Chapter 102#

Breakfast was delivered directly by the hotel, with a rich variety.

After breakfast, Chu Ziyu asked Yan Heqing, “Ah Qing, do you know how to ride a bike?”

Yan Heqing had just seen Chu Ziyu moving the bikes from the second floor, he nodded, “Yes.”

Chu Ziyu showed a disappointed look, “I was hoping you wouldn’t, so Ah Lin could take you.”

He still felt embarrassed thinking about it now, “You don’t know, in junior high I rode a new mountain bike, but I couldn’t catch up with him riding his grandma’s ladies’ bike no matter what, it was so embarrassing.”

“Ah Qing, help me win against him once.” Chu Ziyu blatantly plotted loudly, “You ask Ah Lin to take you up the mountain on his bike, he has such good stamina, it’s a waste if you don’t enjoy it.”

“Cough cough cough!” Xie Yunjie coughed a few times, “Don’t drive blindly.”

Chu Ziyu despised, “The lewd see lewdness! My meaning is so pure.” He grinned at Yan Heqing again, showing his white teeth, “Really, Ah Lin’s stamina is like a black hole, it’s absolutely no problem for him to take you up the mountain, and you can take him down the mountain.”

Yan Heqing turned his head to look at Lu Lin, “Is it okay?”

Lu Lin smiled, “If you want to agree to him, of course it’s okay.”

Chu Ziyu immediately stated his arrangement for today.

The hot spring hotel was built next to the mountain. There were no historical sites on the mountain, but there were many alpine azaleas, one of which was over 1000 years old. The mountain path Chu Ziyu chose was the one where they could see that over 1000-year-old azalea.

It was almost June, this was the last flower viewing season of the year.

“After viewing the azaleas, go down the mountain from the other side, ride for two kilometers and there is a Qingquan Beef restaurant, delicious and fun! Come back to catch up on sleep after eating, watch the performance and soak in the hot spring at night, do you accept this arrangement, Ah Qing?”

Yan Heqing had no objection.

At this time, Lu Lin received a call, he got up and went out, and when he came back, he was holding a DSLR camera.

He hung it directly around Yan Heqing’s neck, “Take more pictures of the azaleas later.”

Yan Heqing recognized that this was the DSLR camera Lu Lin said he wanted him to pick up last time.

It should be that Lu Lin specially asked someone to send it from the capital this morning.

Yan Heqing rarely showed emotion, but at this moment he lowered his head slightly, his fingers gently stroking the textured camera body. In his light-colored pupils, it seemed that he was looking at the DSLR, and it seemed that he was looking at something else through the DSLR.

A few seconds later, he raised his eyes, a faint smile hanging on his lips, “I haven’t used it before, teach me when we get to the mountain.”

Lu Lin smiled, “Okay.”

The four of them set off.

Chu Ziyu had planned it long ago, and only brought one modified mountain bike with a back seat.

This bike was much superior to the one at Twenty Bridges, the back seat cushion was large, soft and breathable, and it was quite comfortable to sit on.

As soon as Yan Heqing sat down, Lu Lin freed a hand, pulled Yan Heqing’s hands to hug his waist, “There’s no one at this time, hold on tight.”

Chu Ziyu jeered from the side. “Look at what you said, as if Old Xie and I are non-humans!”

Xie Yunjie also joked with a smile, “Now in President Lu’s eyes, apart from Ah Qing, there are indeed no other humans.”

Lu Lin was composed, feeling Yan Heqing hugging his waist tightly with both hands, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and he left first.

Behind him was Chu Ziyu’s shouting, “Hey hey, leaving people behind at the start is not okay, wait for me!”

Going out from the villa gate, turning left and riding for a while was the entrance to the mountain road.

In late May, the weather was just right, neither hot nor cold. Oleanders were planted on both sides, both pink and white, just starting to bloom, the scattered dots were already very beautiful.

The slope of the mountain road was not large, but the end could not be seen at a glance. Chu Ziyu caught up with Lu Lin and Yan Heqing, leisurely falling behind a step or two, grinning and chatting with Yan Heqing.

The Chu family owned several large entertainment companies, and he knew celebrity gossip like the back of his hand.

But he mentioned a few popular stars, and Yan Heqing didn’t know any of them, so Chu Ziyu quietly changed the subject.

Passing under a cluster of oleander trees, Chu Ziyu reached out and picked a flower, coquettishly wanting to pin it behind his ear, “Ah Qing, you are studying biology now, what flower is this? It’s quite pretty.”

“Oleander.” Yan Heqing’s eyelids moved, “Poisonous.”

“Holy crap!” Chu Ziyu threw it back to Xie Yunjie.

Xie Yunjie immediately dodged, overtook the three of them, and whistled, “Don’t think about plotting against me.”

“It’s fine if you don’t eat it.” Yan Heqing said again.

Chu Ziyu chuckled, “I know, if touching it really killed people, how could it be planted by the roadside, but why plant poisonous flowers by the roadside?”

Yan Heqing explained in detail the effect of oleander on the environment. Chu Ziyu listened carefully, “Plants are quite interesting, then that one—” Just as he was about to ask about something else, Lu Lin suddenly accelerated, leaving Chu Ziyu far behind.

It was just that he was carrying Yan Heqing, and it was an uphill road, so Chu Ziyu caught up after a while.

But this time Chu Ziyu was sensible, he winked, “Okay okay okay, I won’t be a third wheel, you two ride slowly.”

He pedaled hard to overtake Xie Yunjie.

Lu Lin switched back to an unhurried speed, and Yan Heqing asked him, “My turn?”

A mountain breeze hit, very cool, blowing Lu Lin’s voice into Yan Heqing’s ears, “Don’t trust my stamina?”

The verdant trees slowly receded, and Yan Heqing suddenly remembered that time in Huaishan, Lu Lin carried him back to the camp without sweating a drop.

“That time in Huaishan.” Yan Heqing’s eyelashes moved, “How did you find me?”

His topic jumped, but Lu Lin caught it quickly, “You sent that picture of plum blossom algae.”

While talking, a rich purple cloud suddenly appeared in front. Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie were taking pictures under the tree, it was that over 1000-year-old azalea.

Seeing that the two of them finally arrived, Chu Ziyu was just about to go over and show off the photos he took, when Xie Yunjie stopped him in time, “Let’s go first.”

Chu Ziyu realized it later, “Oh right!” He moved faster than Xie Yunjie, jumping on the bike and pedaling like escaping for his life.

When Lu Lin and Yan Heqing arrived at the flower tree, Xie Yunjie and Chu Ziyu were long gone.

Lu Lin explained a little technique, Yan Heqing tried to take a picture first, Lu Lin leaned over to look at the lens, smiling and saying: “If Chu Ziyu sees it, he’ll be autistic.”

Yan Heqing took dozens more pictures. Just when Lu Lin was about to leave, Yan Heqing suddenly pulled him, “Let’s take a photo together.”

Without using the azalea tree as the background, just a casual shot, holding hands, the background was a clean asphalt road.

Chu Ziyu and the others were waiting at the foot of the mountain. When everyone was together, they went to eat Qingquan Beef.

It wasn’t the peak tourist season, and there weren’t many customers. The fun Chu Ziyu mentioned was that the hot pot heating relied on small white stones paved at the bottom. These stones were used to heat the mountain spring water. The side dishes were also interesting. Besides common vegetables, there were also azalea flowers.

The taste was indeed good, or maybe they were hungry. After eating, they went back to the villa to rest.

Not far from the villa, there was a small one-story house with a courtyard. It had a separate hot spring. Several lush pomegranate trees grew by the spring, covering most of the courtyard. Because of the temperature of the spring water, the flowers on this pomegranate tree bloomed larger than elsewhere. The tree was full of red lanterns, and many fallen flowers floated in the spring water.

Xie Yunjie changed Yan Heqing to this separate small courtyard.

“This time is mainly for you to soak in the hot spring for health preservation. Staying in this room allows you to soak anytime, convenient.”

There was one more point Xie Yunjie didn’t say.

He felt that Yan Heqing should not be used to soaking in hot springs with others.

And Lu Lin still stayed in the room he was in last night.

Yan Heqing didn’t have the habit of taking a nap, so he sat on the steps of the courtyard reading a book.

Time passed gradually, the daylight dimmed, and he was almost finished reading. At the same time, he received a call from Lu Lin, calling him for dinner.

Dinner was a buffet at the hotel, and they watched the fire-breathing and face-changing performance by the way.

Arriving at the hotel, it was obviously much livelier, with many tourists. Xie Yunjie originally wanted to arrange a separate private room, but was stopped by Chu Ziyu, “Coming out to play needs more people for the atmosphere.”

The four of them were too eye-catching. While eating, people came over to ask for contact information. Chu Ziyu refused no one, giving it to whoever came. As for the other three, Chu Ziyu smiled gentlemanly, “His family member didn’t come, those two are each other’s family members.”

Xie Yunjie scolded him with a smile, “Are you tacky or not, what era is it to still say family members.”

“How is family member tacky?” Chu Ziyu raised his eyebrows, “How affectionate, how warm! Don’t you think so, Ah Qing.”

Yan Heqing, who was eating, was named. He could feel gazes looking at him from the side. He nodded, “En.”

The fire-breathing and face-changing performance was in the large square in front of the hotel. Although it was called a performance, no stage was set up. The performers walked around, interacting with tourists, breathing fire unexpectedly, or changing a face, provoking bursts of happy laughter and applause.

There were so many people that the air was anxious and thin.

Chu Ziyu was having a great time. Xie Yunjie had long slipped away to somewhere unknown to call his wife. Yan Heqing and Lu Lin walked slowly in the crowd. After walking for a while, Lu Lin said: “It’s time to soak in the hot spring.”

Yan Heqing was still in school. This time he only came out for one day and had to return to the capital tomorrow. The most important hot spring hadn’t been soaked in yet.

Yan Heqing nodded, and the two walked back to the villa along another road in the opposite direction of the crowd.

It took about ten minutes from the hotel to the villa. The surroundings gradually changed from noisy to quiet. Neither of them spoke. Arriving at the villa, Lu Lin was about to go to the big hot spring when Yan Heqing called him, “Let’s soak together.”

Lu Lin stopped. He turned back, his black eyes like thick ink, looking deeply into Yan Heqing’s eyes.

“Don’t tempt me.” He gave Yan Heqing another chance to regret, “Only you, I can’t withstand the temptation.”

Restraint comes from love, desire also comes from love.

A faint light flowed in Yan Heqing’s eyes. A moment later, he stepped forward, stood on tiptoe and kissed Lu Lin’s face, “I am willing.”

The hot spring water overflowed his chest. Yan Heqing’s back was against the stone wall, pressed by Lu Lin and kissed meticulously.

He tilted his head back, his slender neck forming a beautiful arc. In his misty vision, only the red flowers filling the sky above his head drifted down, like a grand rain of flowers.

Finally, he was carried back to the room by Lu Lin.

His whole body sank into the soft mattress. Yan Heqing’s reason returned slightly. He took out a box from under the pillow, “I brought it this time.”

Lu Lin’s eyes were deep, his Adam’s apple rolled violently a few times, and a few muffled laughs came from his throat. He took the box, lowered his head and kissed Yan Heqing’s eyes, “Although the texture is nice, this is not my size.”

Yan Heqing’s earlobes suddenly turned red.

He didn’t understand these things, just grabbed a box casually.

This made Yan Heqing feel a bit indescribably ashamed. He turned his head away, looking at the light and shadow cast by the table lamp, but his voice remained calm, “It’s, it’s fine not to use it.”

Lu Lin smiled, let go of him, picked up the jacket on the floor, took out a box similar to the one in his hand, opened it and returned to the bed, gently turned Yan Heqing’s face, and a feather-like kiss landed on his forehead, with unspoken cherishing, “Say it if you can’t stand it.”

Yan Heqing couldn’t remember clearly whether he spoke in the end.

He didn’t feel too uncomfortable.

Waking up the next day, his body felt very refreshed. Lu Lin had cleaned him up. It only hurt a little bit, and he had to be more careful than usual when moving. Clean clothes for changing were already folded beside the pillow. Just after he changed his clothes, there was a noise outside the door. After a while, Lu Lin pushed the door and came in.

Seeing him awake, Lu Lin came over with water, holding a few pills in his hand.

“You have a slight fever, take a few pills.” Lu Lin handed him the water and touched his forehead again. It wasn’t that hot anymore.

Yan Heqing swallowed the medicine. The water was just the right temperature. He took a few sips, and drank the rest with his head tilted back.

At this time, his neck revealed a few ambiguous marks. Lu Lin kissed his neck for a long time yesterday.

Lu Lin regretted a little. He stroked the red spots on the delicate skin with his thumb and asked him, “Still want to drink?”

Yan Heqing nodded. After drinking, he wanted to get out of bed, but Lu Lin pressed him back first, “Rest a while longer.”

Yan Heqing thought about it. If he rushed back in his current state, he wouldn’t have the energy to do experiments in the afternoon. Although it wasn’t as uncomfortable as imagined, he indeed couldn’t stand for too long, and it was difficult to concentrate, so he lay back down.

“What do you want to eat?” Lu Lin paused, “Liquid food is best.”

It was also at this time that Yan Heqing’s cheeks had a little bit of red. He turned over, with his back to Lu Lin and said: “Sweet porridge.”