“What should I do? We'll be apart for so long!”
Chu Yang thought about it and realized it was true, “Then...we can call each other every day?” Chu Yang was also in her first relationship, and didn't know what other couples did over summer vacation. She guessed they probably called or video chatted.
Chi Yan had an idea, “Why don't you not go back so early, and we can go travel, how about that?”
Chu Yang certainly didn't agree, “No, I have things to do at home. I need to go back and help out.”
Chi Yan lowered his head in disappointment, “So what do I do if I miss you?”
Chu Yang comforted him, “Okay okay, we'll video call and chat every day, it's decided.”
“Alright then.” With no other choice, Chi Yan had to accept.
Zhu House
Zhu Ruxin leapt into Zhu Ying's arms, “Uncle, you're back!” The rest of Zhu’s family were all in the living room. When they saw Zhu Ying, they stood up one by one, “Mr. Zhu, you've returned.”
“Mr. Zhu, please sit.”
Zhu Ying patted Zhu Ruxin's shoulder and went to sit on the sofa, “Yes, so how have things been recently?”
Zhu Ruxin puckered her lips into a pout, her eyes instantly red. “Uncle, Chi Yan has a girlfriend now. And he's been avoiding me this whole time. Not only that, that wretch actually hit me!” Zhu Ruxin lifted her skirt, revealing her knee which was still bruised. “Uncle you have to punish her for me!”
Zhu Ying patted her hand, “Don't worry, I'll definitely help you.” It just so happened he also wanted to meet this person.
“You're the best, Uncle.”
The rest of the Zhu family didn't interrupt, already used to things like this. Zhu Ying glanced at everyone, “Alright, I'm back now, and won't leave again. If there's anything, you can all find me at Huatian Fuding.”
“Yes, Mr. Zhu.”
Zhu Ying had lunch at the Zhu house, then left. But before leaving he said to Zhu Ruxin, “Ruxin remember to come to uncle’s place tonight.”
Zhu Ruxin obediently replied, “Okay~”
But Zhu Ruying was a bit worried about his sister. After Zhu Ying left, he asked Zhu Ruxin, “Sis, you're going to Mr. Zhu's place tonight but will you come back?”
Zhu Ruxin thought it obvious, “Of course I won't come back. I'll return after a couple days.”
Zhu Ruying worried, “Ruxin, although Mr. Zhu claims to the outside he is our uncle, in truth there is no blood relation between us. You...”
Before he could finish, Zhu Ruxin felt annoyed already, “Ugh brother you're so annoying. I'm just going to uncle's place, it's not a big deal. I'll go get ready first.” She left after speaking.
Zhu Ruying sighed.
On Chi Yan’s side, as summer vacation approached, he became increasingly irritable. He spent later and later nights accompanying Chu Yang.
Under a tree next to the female dorm building of A University, Chi Yan had already held Chu Yang for a long time. Chu Yang pushed him away, “Okay enough, it’s almost time. If you don’t go back soon they’ll lock the dorm.”
Chi Yan didn’t budge. “Let me hold you a bit longer. If I can’t get back into the dorm I’ll just go home.”
Chu Yang: “But it’s already so late out.”
Chi Yan: “Don’t care.”
Why is this guy so clingy?
Chu Yang kissed his cheek, then kissed again. “Okay okay, see you tomorrow. Or we can video chat when you get back.”
Chi Yan finally let her go. “Alright then, video call tonight.”
“Mhmm.”
After the person finally left, Chu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
Returning to her dorm room, Chu Yang immediately washed up. Around 10:30pm Chi Yan’s video call came through. Seeing that Jin Yang and the others also had their phone lights on, not yet asleep, Chu Yang felt at ease speaking. But she still intentionally kept her voice down a bit.
“Hello?” In the video Chu Yang saw Chi Yan’s hair was still wet, he must have just gotten out of the shower. His upper body was actually bare chested, and Chu Yang could see his pecs.
Her face grew hot. Chu Yang didn’t dare let her eyes wander, keeping them fixed at the top of his head. “Go dry your hair first, sleeping with wet hair often leads to headaches.”
“Okay~” Chi Yan picked up his phone in one hand while drying his hair, talking at the same time. “It’s Friday tomorrow. Want to go out and play at night?”
“Where to play?”
“There’s an event going on at the amusement park. Let’s go there, good?”
“Good.”
The two chatted a sentence from time to time. Time passed quickly and it was already 11pm. Chu Yang’s dorm was going to turn off the lights. “We have to turn off the lights now, goodnight.”
Chi Yan: “Then keep the call going.”
Chu Yang: “??? We’re going to sleep why keep the call on?”
Chi Yan’s face turned red, scratching his ear awkwardly, eyes shifting around. “Uh...I heard couples keep each other on call when they sleep.”
Chu Yang’s eyes widened. “What if we talk in our sleep?”
Chi Yan laughed. “Does Chu Yang talk in her sleep?”
Chu Yang: “How would I know? Jin Yang and the others said I don’t.”
Jin Yang chimed in at this point, “Chu Yang you sleep very quietly, no snoring or sleep talking. At least I’ve never heard anything.”
Chu Yang relayed this to Chi Yan, “Hear that?”
Chi Yan: “Okay okay, maybe I’m the sleep talker. But it’s no problem for me.”
Chu Yang let out a “huh”, “Hearing you talk in your sleep so late at night, won’t that scare me?”
Chi Yan scratched his head again. “I guess you’re right.”
Wei Feng said from the side: “Boss Chi Yan, you don’t talk in your sleep!”
Chi Yan quickly explained to Chu Yang, “Wei Feng says I don’t sleep talk either. Let’s try it, good?”
Chu Yang thought for a bit. “Okay then, we’ll try. Just test it out.”
“Great~” Chi Yan felt happy.
“Lights out now, I won’t talk anymore, just text.”
“Okay.”
Chu Yang went to turn off the lights, and the dorm instantly became quiet. But actually no one had fallen asleep yet. Everyone still had their phone lights on as Chu Yang texted Chi Yan. Although their call remained connected, only the sounds of tossing and turning or breathing could be heard faintly from each other.
Soon Chu Yang felt sleepy and her phone slipped out of her hand as she drifted off. On Chi Yan's side he was still typing messages, but 10 minutes passed with no reply from Chu Yang. Through the earphones came the soft sounds of breathing, and he knew she must have fallen asleep.
Listening to her breathe, Chi Yan soon fell asleep as well.
In the middle of the night, Chu Yang suddenly woke up. Wearing earbuds while sleeping made her ears too uncomfortable. She took them off! Throwing the earbuds aside, Chu Yang went back to sleep.
On Chi Yan's side, he remained deep in slumber, unaware of anything.
The next morning at 6am Chi Yan woke up with his phone still connected to the call. But he didn't hear Chu Yang's breathing sounds. He figured maybe she had woken up already.
Chi Yan sent Chu Yang a WeChat message, but got no reply for a long time.
After 6:30 Chu Yang finally woke up, seeing her phone was still connected to the call but her earbuds were down by her feet...
At 6am Chi Yan had asked if she was awake yet. Chu Yang immediately replied: “Just woke up, I hazily seem to have thrown away my earbuds last night... Keeping the call going overnight is no good at all, my ears hurt... Let's not do this again. If you want to talk there's plenty of time during the day.”
Chi Yan: ......
In the end, the overnight call game was over!
