Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 31

When Chi Qiu got off the car, he deliberately brought his own guide cane. The shopping mall was crowded, not as clean and convenient as the restaurant, so he took the cane to give Lu Ming less trouble.

Lu Ming, however, believed that since there were so many people in the mall, it was not convenient to use the cane.

“You can walk with me,” he suggested.

Chi Qiu blushed and felt that it seemed a little embarrassing to do such an intimate act in the mall. While thinking, he hurriedly put the guide cane back, afraid that Lu Ming would change his mind.

He stretched out his hand and was so obedient: “Got it.”

Lu Ming took hold of Chi Qiu’s hand and let him follow him closely. The two are like a normal couple strolling through the mall, slowly strolling around, looking east and west, not in any hurry to get home.

The only thing that didn’t match was that Lu Ming was wearing a suit, which was more formal.

Along the way, quite a few people turned their attention to this intimate male partner. Chi Qiu couldn’t see it anyway and didn’t feel that something was wrong. Lu Ming didn’t care at all, as if he couldn’t see it.

When passing by the bakery, Chi Qiu smelled the aroma of puffed butter. He squirmed and couldn’t walk, like a child who had never seen the world: “Lu Ming, I want to eat bread.”

When the clerk heard the sound, she enthusiastically came over with a tasting tray and asked them if they wanted to try it.

Chi Qiu pulled Lu Ming’s hand, expressing that he really wanted to.

Lu Ming poked each type of bread on the tray with a toothpick and brought it to Chi Qiu’s mouth. Apart from blinking, Chi Qiu’s eyes were basically looking at a place without moving.

No matter how dull the clerk was, she could see his strangeness now. She hurriedly poked toothpicks for them in advance.

There were more than ten types of bread to try, and Chi Qiu ordered the fifth and seventh types from his memory.

The clerk’s head was spinning, how could she remember Chi Qiu’s order. Seeing her in difficulty, Lu Ming pointed to the two types of bread in the tray: “Want these two, thanks.”

It was not the first time for Lu Ming and Chi Qiu to go out. They also went out before their marriage. At that time, Chi Lanyan was particularly worried, and repeatedly told Lu Ming to do many things before she was willing to let him go.

It was precisely because of Chi Lanyan’s cautious nagging that Lu Ming, who rarely spent his time with Chi Qiu, could take care of Chi Qiu meticulously.

Chi Qiu, who was holding Lu Ming’s arm, was still waiting with joy for the clerk to bag the bread. He often couldn’t move because of some good smelling stores.

It was the same when buying aromatherapy; Lu Ming and Chi Qiu smelled the test bottle of fragrance handed over by the clerk. After smelling a variety of fragrances, Chi Qiu asked Lu Ming: “Which one do you like?”

Lu Ming chose the lavender fragrance that made Chi Qiu’s eyebrows relaxed.

Chi Qiu secretly rejoiced: “I like it too! Wait a minute, I’ll pay for this one.”

He fished out a card from his pocket and handed it forward, and the clerk immediately caught it.

Lu Ming noticed that the card in Chi Qiu’s hand was not the one he gave.

Not long after, Lu Ming’s cell phone rang. He picked it up and it was his assistant’s call. He listened to the other party report something without saying a word, and then answered, “Can.”

He hung up the phone and Chi Qiu had already finished paying.

The price of this aromatherapy shop that Chi Qiu visited was not cheap. A bottle of aromatherapy cost a lot of money. Of course, this was nothing valuable for their economic situation.

Chi Qiu handed the aromatherapy bag to Lu Ming, and then took the bread bag in Lu Ming’s hand: “You give me the bread, and I will give you the aromatherapy.”

Relationships had to have the ‘give and take’, so the joy of dating would be multiplied.

Lu Ming looked at the expensive aromatherapy in his hand, and then looked at the bread in Chi Qiu’s hand that cost only 50 yuan in total, saying indifferently, “The bread is cheap, is there anything else you want?”

Chi Qiu shook his head: “These can’t be counted like this.” The heart was most important.

Lu Ming did not say anything more. He took the bread bag in Chi Qiu’s hand again and carried it in his hand together with the aromatherapy: “Next month, there will be a concert in City C.”

Chi Qiu raised his head and blinked blankly, not understanding.

“I asked the assistant to book two tickets, do you want to go?”

“City C…is a bit far.”

“One hour by plane, not that far. The date is on a weekend, so it won’t take up my work time.” Seeing Chi Qiu hesitate, Lu Ming thought he didn’t want to go, “If you don’t want to go, don’t force it.”

Chi Qiu hurriedly said, “I want to go!” He accidentally said a little louder, so Lu Ming could not help but strain his ears.

Only to see one of Chi Qiu’s hands clenched as he pursed the corners of his mouth and said with some excitement. “I know that concert in City C. I really want to go! Thank you, Lu Ming.”

“It’s a small thing, no need to thank me.” Lu Ming let him hold his arm, and the two of them wandered aimlessly.

Chi Qiu felt soft in his heart and kept asking, “I actually like listening to concerts, you bought it especially for me, right?”

Lu Ming responded, “Yes.”

There were not many leisure moments like this; Chi Qiu didn’t care whether there was anyone around him, he pulled Lu Ming’s arm, stood on tiptoe a little, and pecked Lu Ming’s cheek. At the end, he said again with slightly red eyes, “Thank you.”

They were standing in an empty corner of the mall, there was no one else but them.

Lu Ming looked at his crying expression, and for some reason, his heart relaxed a bit. Sometimes, he would feel that Chi Qiu was very silly and naive, but not annoying.

Lu Ming could not help but ask: “If you like it, why never mention it?”

“I can’t go out alone. You were too busy before, so I never mentioned it to you.” Chi Qiu grew up being overprotected by Chi Lanyan, causing him to be not quite the same as other blind people. Many things that a blind person could take care of on their own, he usually needed to be with others before he had the courage to do so.

Previously it was Chi Lanyan who took the time to accompany him to concerts. After getting married, he wasn’t sure if Lu Ming had the time or if Lu Ming had the patience to listen to a concert.

Lu Ming could understand his reasoning and made a promise: “I will often accompany you in the future.”

This was undoubtedly a huge surprise for Chi Qiu.

Today’s date had left a lot of sweet memories for Chi Qiu. Until he arrived home in the evening, Chi Qiu was still in the clouds, lamenting in his heart that it had gotten dark too early.

Once at the villa, he had to let go of Lu Ming’s hand and obediently let Lu Ming go back to the study to deal with some delayed work.

Aunt Zhang put the bread that Chi Qiu brought back into the fridge, “Sir, is this breakfast for tomorrow?”

“Well, let’s make it breakfast.” Chi Qiu made his way to the place where the rose vase was placed, and reached out to touch the few roses that had withered away.

“Sir, I’ve tried very hard to keep it alive for a few more days. But now, ah, it’s really almost gone.” Aunt Zhang explained euphemistically; the implication being that the bouquet of roses should be thrown away.

Chi Qiu couldn’t let go of it and lamented, “I should have known to make it into dried flowers.”

“Sir, Mr. Lu is so kind to you, he will send you roses in the future. Next time he sends you roses, I will teach you to make it into dried flowers, okay?” Aunt Zhang smiled, coaxing the child.

Chi Qiu nodded and finally compromised: “Then this bunch will be thrown away first.”

But he was making a wish in his heart: I hope Lu Ming can continue to send me flowers in the future.

It was getting late, and Lu Ming was still in the study.

Chi Qiu walked over and vaguely heard him talking to someone, it should be a voice conference. Chi Qiu couldn’t disturb him, so he took the lead to take a bath, changed into his pajamas and got into the bed.

Without Lu Ming by his side, he would habitually take out his mobile phone and play audio novels.

Chi Qiu, who did not go out to exercise all year round, was probably tired from walking today. The audio novels in his ears became hypnotic notes, and one or two drilled into Chi Qiu’s ears.

When he woke up again, Lu Ming had already helped him turn off his phone. Chi Qiu rubbed his eyes in a daze and felt the movement of Lu Ming lying into the quilt. Not long after, he came to his senses: “Lu Ming.”

“Did I wake you up?” Lu Ming had already finished his bath, and his body emitted a faint fragrance of lemon.

“What time is it, morning?” Chi Qiu wondered how he had fallen asleep.

“It’s still 10 o’clock in the evening, you can continue to sleep.” He put down the tablet in his hand and tucked the quilt on Chi Qiu.

Chi Qiu quietly moved towards Lu Ming, Lu Ming took him into his arms and let Chi Qiu rest on his shoulders.

“…” Seeing that he didn’t respond, Chi Qiu reached out and hugged him, “What are you doing?”

“Look at the file.”

Chi Qiu asked in a muffled voice, “Isn’t the work done yet?”

“It’s tomorrow’s work, but I want to read it first.” Lu Ming replied.

Chi Qiu stopped talking, he waited silently for Lu Ming to finish reading it until half past ten.

Lu Ming put down the tablet in his hand and saw that Chi Qiu was still awake and was now nestled in his arms, refusing to let go of his hand.

Lu Ming suddenly remembered something, turned sideways and took Chi Qiu into his arms: “Are you tired today?”

“Not tired.” Chi Qiu was very embarrassed. He buried his face in Lu Ming’s chest and said hesitantly, “If you are tired… forget it.”

He could always comfort himself: the future will be long.

Lu Ming lowered his head and kissed him naturally on his forehead, his fingers stroking his cheek with slow movements. Finally, Lu Ming breathed in his ear as if he were puffing: “I’m going to get something.”

Chi Qiu’s ears tickled, his voice was as soft as a mosquito’s voice: “En.”

The moon hung high in the sky, the huge bedroom hid the windows, the heavy curtains were blown halfway by the night wind, the cool air poured in from the outside, accompanied by a faint bedside lamp, all drilled into the sound of Chi Qiu’s tense breathing.

Lu Ming’s hands had well-defined bony fingers, showing a coldness. It was Chi Qiu’s warm heart that was ‘caressed’ by the five fingers, and every time he touched it, it seemed to take away a moment of warmth.

This feeling made Lu Ming yearn for only a few seconds.

Suddenly, the wind blew a curtain of curtains, and under the faint moonlight, Chi Qiu was as beautiful as a first-blooming apricot flower, blooming on the branches and falling into Lu Ming’s palm.

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Afterwards, Lu Ming reached out and picked him up in a hug, saying without hesitation, “I’ll take you to clean up.”

Chi Qiu still stuck in the unfulfilled lingering, he opened his mouth blankly, unable to react to everything that followed.

In fact, Chi Qiu was looking forward to cuddling with Lu Ming softly after this. But this kind of behavior of loving acts, they had never done it once. Lu Ming would always take Chi Qiu to the bathroom first, as if it were a routine.

And Chi Qiu’s first love was Lu Ming. Apart from that, he had never been in love with anyone else. About every first time in his love life was done with Lu Ming.

Therefore, Chi Qiu did not have too much experience to judge whether they were entwined with each other, whether they were in love, and whether they could be completely finished with a condom.

Naturally, he could not find Lu Ming’s indifferent attitude towards this matter, but was satisfied with Lu Ming’s long-lost closeness with him.

Late at night.

A gush of water comes from the bathroom. Not much time later, the sound of water stopped. Lu Ming came out with Chi Qiu wrapped in a bath towel and gently placed him on the bed.

Chi Qiu was too tired to open his eyes, he rubbed against the other party clingingly. His tone slowly brought a little coquettish taste: “I want you to hold me to sleep.”

“En.” Lu Ming lay down and wrapped Chi Qiu in his arms.

Smelling the faint scent of shower gel on each other’s bodies, Chi Qiu hugged Lu Ming tightly and confessed in a low voice, “Lu Ming, I really like you.”

It was a long night and Lu Ming had an insomnia.