When Su Lan moved into the second bedroom, she thought it was just a temporary shared rental.
Every morning, someone cooked porridge and waited for her. Every time she went out, someone helped her gather her scarf. Every hug was supported by terms written in black and white.
Su Lan told herself that Teacher Fu was just a nice person.
Until one day, Fu Qingyu told her in the way of waiting for a flower to bloom - the person she has been waiting for has been you.
You don't need to become anyone.
The flowers will bloom and spring will come.
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On the day Su Lan was broken up, she got drunk at the bar.
Someone held her shoulders. She raised her head in confusion and saw a face that was so cold that no one dared to approach it.
The man took her home and took a folder out of a drawer the next day.
"You signed a shared tenancy agreement last night."
"... Does signing while drunk count?"
"It might be legally controversial, so I'm asking you."
Su Lan looked into those eyes and said "Okay" out of nowhere.
Later she found out that this person was Fu Qingyu, the youngest associate professor in the Chinese Department of S University.
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Su Lan gets up early every day to make eggs, read in the study, and occasionally glance at the person revising the paper next to her.
"Do you have any questions to ask me?" Fu Qingyu looked at her with his chin propped up.
"... Sister, do you prefer prose or poetry?"
"Poetry."
Fu Qingyu would read Bishop's "Insomnia" to her: "Enter that inverted world, where the left is always the right, the shadow is actually the entity, where we are awake all night, where the heaven is as clear and shallow as the ocean is deep now, and you love me."
After the last syllable fell, the living room was quiet for several seconds.
"... It's different when you recite poetry."
"What's different?"
"It's not like reading other people's poems, it's like reading what you want to say."
-
"I did think that you would prefer spiritual love. Those who study literature seem to be more -"
"I don't think so at all. If you are here, I will want to get close to you. Literature teaches people to be depressed, and I didn't learn it well."
Su Lan's ears turned red between her lips.
"... Crooked reasoning."
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"Fu Qingyu, if you like me, hold on to me tightly and don't let me go."
"Okay."
-
"What is sister thinking?"
"Thinking of you."
"I'm right next to you."
"I know, I'm thinking about that too."
Reading guide:
1. Mutual attacks are on the higher side, HE.
2. Cool and intellectual × gentle and slow-heating
3. It is slow-heating in the early stage and sweet in the later stage. It is usually normal.
4. No sadism, and we will communicate seriously if there are misunderstandings.
5. To be determined
Intention: Waiting for next winter
