Chapter 38

"Guess." Cheng Lang set down the spoon and turned to hug Shuangyun.
No one mentioned those empty days. What had he been doing? What had she been doing?
What had he been waiting for? What had she been waiting for?
It was as if nothing had happened. They were still in the honeymoon phase.
After eating, the two cleaned up the dishes together.
Cheng Lang said he'd basically finished up company matters these past few days. The local school work was also wrapped up. He could rest for quite a while now, until February when he'd go to New York.
"So you've been busy with these things these past few days." Shuangyun said. "You don't need to rush. There's still quite a bit of time."
Cheng Lang turned his head and said calmly: "I want to save more time."
"For what?"
"To do what you want to do."
Shuangyun laughed: "You want to keep me company."
"Yes."
"I've been going bouldering every day these past few days." Shuangyun said.
"You like it that much?"
"Yes. When I exercise, I think very little."
"Don't want to think about what?" Cheng Lang asked.
Shuangyun's gaze lifted and also touched Cheng Lang's.
"Don't want to think about me." Cheng Lang said. "You already think I'm trouble."
Shuangyun shook her head.
"Yes and no, Teacher Cheng."
Cheng Lang: "What you don't want to think about actually has nothing to do with me, but you still think I'm trouble."
Shuangyun laughed. She hugged Cheng Lang and looked up at him.
"I haven't made plans to go to New York, but..." Shuangyun paused, "it seems I'll also feel somewhat reluctant because you're leaving."
Cheng Lang's heart melted.
Her message saying she wouldn't come to his place for dinner recently had been like writing an unexplained verdict for him. It left him at a loss, could only numb himself with endless work.
But sending that message and receiving her affirmative reply.
Finally, he'd waited for her pardon.
And at this moment, Shuangyun said she was "reluctant to part with him."
Cheng Lang's lips carefully, gently pressed against hers.
He said softly: "I've learned some other things. Do you want to try them today?"
Shuangyun laughed and asked him: "May I ask, Teacher Cheng, what did you learn this time?"
Cheng Lang said: "Can't explain clearly. I can demonstrate for you."
Shuangyun was moved.
She didn't answer. Cheng Lang automatically received her reply.
He took her hand and returned to the bedroom.
Cheng Lang opened the wardrobe drawer. Shuangyun saw her familiar toy.
In an instant, her body already felt tingly.
Shuangyun thought, as expected of Cheng Lang. He learned anything faster and better than others.
Her soul tried to fly away from her body's trembling several times, also begged for mercy several times in the rhythm he controlled.
Cheng Lang never tired of it, watching Shuangyun's eyes lose focus.
At the moment of the highest wave, Cheng Lang asked her: "Shuangyun, move down here and live with me, okay?"
Shuangyun had no reason left. Kissing him, she said yes.
Cheng Lang thought, he'd become an even more despicable version of himself.
Before, even a drunk Shuangyun couldn't make him lose his reason. But now he'd made Shuangyun agree to his request at the moment she lost her reason.
But he thought, if he could make Shuangyun live with him in New York because she was greedy for his body...
Cheng Lang was now grateful for this.