BSG - Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Eight o'clock in the evening. Yun Youqing arrived at Shen Wenxin's place right on time. She even brought a small gift.

Shen Wenxin was surprised. "Why bring a gift?"

Yun Youqing smiled sweetly. "You're inviting me to taste good things; of course, I have to return the gesture~"

Shen Wenxin glanced at the delicate packaging. "What's inside?"

Yun Youqing: "Wanna guess?"

Shen Wenxin truly guessed purely, not resorting to unwrapping it. She first weighed it in her hand, then sniffed it. "A scented candle?"

Yun Youqing: "?" "No way!" She cupped Shen Wenxin's hand and brought it to her own nose, sniffing repeatedly, frowning. "Can't smell anything! I even specially sprayed perfume on the outside!" Looking up again, she met Shen Wenxin's smiling face.

"I guessed." Shen Wenxin stated.

"... " Yun Youqing was impressed. Not only impressed, but she also had to say something slick. "You actually guessed it. We really are on the same wavelength, truly a match made in heaven!"

Shen Wenxin smiled, closing the door. Well said. They were indeed a match made in heaven. "Your hand is warm."

Yun Youqing smiled and pulled out the hand warmer from her pocket. "Been using it properly." She tried to return the hand warmer to Shen Wenxin. "Forgot to give this back yesterday."

Shen Wenxin didn't take it. "Keep using it."

Yun Youqing: "I have one at home."

Shen Wenxin: "Then why don't you bring it out to use?"

Yun Youqing giggled. "I forget."

Shen Wenxin smiled and tapped her nose. "Keep it. As a spare."

Then Yun Youqing didn't stand on ceremony. Smiling brightly, she tucked the hand warmer back into her pocket. "So warm. Thank you kindly~"

After coming here once, she was familiar with the place now. Yun Youqing turned around and expertly changed into slippers, expertly walking further inside. As she walked, she unwound her scarf, looking left and right like a squirrel searching for pinecones.

Shen Wenxin, following behind, found it amusing and asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Looking for Xiaoba. Haven't seen him in so long; I miss him terribly," Yun Youqing asked, "Isn't he at your place?"

Shen Wenxin felt a slight sting hearing this. "You want to see him and not me?"

Yun Youqing turned around and met Shen Wenxin's scrutinizing gaze. She exclaimed in surprise, "Are you jealous of a puppy?"

Shen Wenxin argued with reason and evidence, "I'm the one who invited you for drinks, not Xiaoba. If you're going to miss someone, shouldn't it be me?"

Hearing this, Yun Youqing couldn't help but laugh. What is this? It sounds way too cute! "Alright, alright. Don't be jealous, don't be jealous. You're the number one I want to see. Xiaoba is number two. I've already seen number one, so now I'm looking for number two." A very satisfactory answer.

Shen Wenxin nodded, then added, "Such a pity, though. Number two isn't here."

Yun Youqing immediately put on a pitying expression, wilting completely.

Shen Wenxin couldn't bear to see this expression on her now. "Next time, I'll bring him to see you."

Yun Youqing instantly perked up, blooming again. "Really? Then it's settled!"

Shen Wenxin nodded. "Mm. Settled."

Yun Youqing was so happy her eyes curved. They'd set up another meeting. And there'd be a cute puppy, hehe~ Her mood sky-high, Yun Youqing turned around and continued walking. Once in the living room, she resumed her squirrel-searching-pinecones act, then her eyes lit up. "Oh, found it." Yun Youqing headed straight for the sofa in the living room. On the coffee table beside the sofa was a bottle of high-end red wine and two wine glasses. Yun Youqing picked up the wine and examined it, raising an eyebrow. "Nice stuff."

Shen Wenxin sat down. "Teacher Yun knows her stuff."

Yun Youqing said smugly, "Teacher Yun has had her fair share."

Shen Wenxin smiled and gestured to the spot beside her. "Teacher Yun, please, sit."

Yun Youqing sat down. She glanced at Shen Wenxin and scooted over a bit. Suddenly, they were very close. She looked at Shen Wenxin again, tilting her head slightly, her innocent eyes seeming to ask: Is this okay?

Shen Wenxin curved her lips. "Whatever you like."

Yun Youqing was happy. Her little dimples made their appearance again. "You've been spoiling me a lot lately."

Red wine filled half a glass. Shen Wenxin handed one to Yun Youqing. "Only lately?"

Yun Youqing amended herself. "Lately, especially—spoiling me." She added, "Saying you want to see me. Letting me push my luck with requests. Even comparing yourself to a puppy. It's a little unlike you—unlike the Shen Wenxin who said she was focused on her career."

Yun Youqing opened her mouth, ready to list some examples for Shen Wenxin, to help her realize her own unusual behavior. Then she heard Shen Wenxin respond, "I feel so, too."

Yun Youqing paused. So honest. So she'd noticed long ago. Just like how she could tell when Yun Youqing was deliberately not chatting with her. Iron-straight girl, but not as oblivious as one might think. —Then do you know what this means? Yun Youqing wanted to ask this question. But when she opened her mouth, the words that came out morphed into encouragement. "That's good. Please keep it up." Why didn't she ask? Probably afraid that Shen Wenxin's feelings for her weren't quite "like" yet. But that was okay. She could already see hope. As long as Shen Wenxin kept caring about her, as long as Shen Wenxin kept wanting to see her.

What surprised her even more was Shen Wenxin looking at her and saying, "Alright." She said alright. She actually agreed to keep it up! Yun Youqing's eyes instantly lit up, glistening like stars in the night sky. Tonight, there were no stars. Beyond the large floor-to-ceiling window was a deep, dark sky, lonely, without a single star. Shen Wenxin looked into Yun Youqing's eyes and thought, unprompted: Here. Tonight's stars are all here. She suddenly realized something: So the world had eyes this bright and beautiful.

Shen Wenxin saw those eyes slowly curve into two little crescent moons. The clear sound of clinking glasses reached her ear. Then, Yun Youqing's voice. "Cheers." And Yun Youqing's voice again. "So happy~" Yun Youqing sounded so happy. Her little dimples were so sweet. Shen Wenxin's heart was also sweet. She said she was happy, and she actually felt happy too... Feeling what the other person feels—this was what it meant to like someone. Shen Wenxin finally understood a little. Then... do I want to kiss her?

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The red wine was fragrant, and the two drank while chatting. Shen Wenxin's gaze never left Yun Youqing, not for a moment. After a few glasses, a tipsy flush had already crept onto her cheeks. The atmosphere was wonderful, and she couldn't help but drink a bit more.

Yun Youqing was happy today and also drank more than intended. Her level of intoxication was deeper than Shen Wenxin's. But no matter how drunk, she still remembered the person before her. Remembered that she liked her. Remembered that she had never seen her tipsy before. Yun Youqing mimicked Shen Wenxin, propping her head up with her hand. The two sat sideways, face-to-face, eye-to-eye.

"This is the first time I've seen you drunk." Yun Youqing put her hand down and leaned forward, unable to resist getting closer to look, again and again. "Still beautiful even when drunk. So beautiful, Shen Wenxin. How can Auntie be so good at giving birth? Truly remarkable." A drunken compliment.

Shen Wenxin chuckled softly and mimicked her. "So good at complimenting, Yun Youqing. Truly remarkable."

"Indeed," Yun Youqing drunkenly patted her own chest. "I, Yun Youqing, am very remarkable! Otherwise, how could I have liked a straight girl like you for so long?"

Shen Wenxin found it amusing. "Why does that sound a bit resentful?"

"Of course I'm resentful." Yun Youqing pouted and started to feel wronged. "Falling for a straight girl is a very miserable thing—I, Yun Youqing, am very miserable!"

Shen Wenxin felt like apologizing to her just looking at her. "But now, it's not as miserable." Yun Youqing's tone suddenly shifted, the corners of her lips curving up again. She leaned closer to Shen Wenxin with sparkling eyes, her smile dazzlingly bright. "Because, I feel... you also have a little feeling." When she was drunk, her courage grew even bolder, and she spoke without any filters. Whatever was in her head just came out of her mouth. "You cared that I wasn't talking to you. You cared about the things I like. You even said you wanted to see me... Shen Wenxin, do you know these could all be called 'liking'? Do you know?"

Shen Wenxin opened her mouth but before she could speak, Yun Youqing was already talking again. "But that might not count as 'liking' for you yet. But for me, this is hope! It's hope!" Yun Youqing proudly stretched her arms upward, as if she'd won the world championship. "This iron-straight girl, Shen Wenxin, is finally not so ironclad! Woohoo!" Girls who fall for straight girls might not always have bad luck!

After celebrating on her own, Yun Youqing lowered her hands. She found Shen Wenxin still looking at her. There was a smile in Shen Wenxin's eyes, such a gentle smile. Then, Shen Wenxin also leaned a little closer to her. She heard Shen Wenxin say, in a very pleasant voice, with a laugh, "So cute, Yun Youqing. How can Auntie be so good at giving birth? Truly remarkable."

So heart-fluttering. Yun Youqing immediately smiled and gently poked Shen Wenxin with her finger. "You're copying me. You're so mean." Her fingertip landed on Shen Wenxin's chest. On her bare skin. A few light pokes. Shen Wenxin suddenly felt that spot rapidly igniting, both hot and itchy, as if the sensation traveled all the way to the tip of her heart, making her restless. Shen Wenxin's gaze returned to Yun Youqing's face. Yun Youqing was still smiling at her. Her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her cheeks flushed. Her lips were red, too. A glossy, moist red, a red that could instantly capture her gaze.

She suddenly realized that the person before her wasn't just nice to look at in the eyes, but also in the mouth. It also made one curious. What would her lips feel like to kiss... I really want to try.

Yun Youqing, deeply intoxicated, saw Shen Wenxin tilt her head back and finish another glass of wine in a daze. She automatically lifted her own already-empty wine glass and smiled dizzily. "Pour me another glass, too..."

But Shen Wenxin didn't pour her any more wine. Shen Wenxin even took her glass away. The two wine glasses stood steadily side-by-side on the table.

The pitch-black TV screen reflected their silhouettes, also reflecting Shen Wenxin's proactive approach. The beautiful, familiar face magnified before her. Shen Wenxin's fragrance enveloped Yun Youqing heavily. Today, the scent, in Yun Youqing's perception, held a hint of passion and ambiguity. Amidst this ambiguity, she heard Shen Wenxin ask: "Youqing, do you want... to kiss me?"

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