Chapter 40: I Like You So, So Much

Yu Qingcuan had no capacity for liquor. He only symbolically took a few sips with Zhao Rui and put down the cup.

Zhao Rui didn't care either. He drank one cup after another silently.

Yu Qinghuan originally wanted to persuade him not to drink too much but caught a glimpse of his low expression, he just swallowed what he wanted to say.

Only once a year, let him have a good drink.

Erguotou had a high degree. Even if Zhao Rui could drink like a fish, he would feel dizzy after drinking two bottles. Fortunately, he had good behavior after getting drunk and did not play the drunkard. He only took out the picture in his wallet and looked at it silently.

"What happened to Uncle Rui?" Wang Ruirui blinked and her immature face was full of concern.

Probably because of her living environment since childhood, the little girl was extremely sensitive and instantly realized that Zhao Rui was in a bad mood.

"Nothing," said Yu Qinghuan in a gentle voice, he picked up a shrimp for then, "Uncle Rui is just drunk, Rui Rui. Don't you worry."

"Hmm." Wang Rui Rui believed what he said and nodded, and her voice was crisp and tender. "My dad is often drunk, and he hits people when he is drunk."

Yu Qinghuan felt distressed. Children didn't know how to lie, and what they say in childish words was often the truth. Her deep impression of her dad's drunk status showed how suffering Wang Rui Rui was at home.

He sighed and was trying to pick up some food for the girl as a consolation only to find out that her second bowl of rice was already empty. Yu Qinghuan immediately got a fright and quickly put down his chopsticks and asked, "Ruirui, are you stuffed?"

He blamed himself in his heart. Why didn't he take care of her a little more? What should he do if she got sick from eating too much? It would be hard to see a doctor on New Year's Eve.

"Yes, a little." Wang Ruirui put down her chopsticks with a red face.

The little girl was short of love at an early age. Zhao Rui and Yu Qinghuan were the only two who cared for her. She was so happy that she was afraid of what she did to make the two unhappy. Thus, she didn't refuse to accept the dishes they had brought and eaten them all.

Clearly, she was less than eight years old, but she experienced what she should not have endured at her age.

Yu Qinghuan was distressed and worried, and had no appetite to eat now. He hurriedly led her out to help with the digestion.

Fortunately, children digested well and after only 20 minutes of walking, Wang Ruirui said she felt much better.

Yu Qinghuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then rubbed her little head, "Let's go back."

When they went out, Yu Qinghuan was afraid that the girl would get cold, so he specially prepared a thick coat to wrap the little girl like a panda.

At this time, she was walking in the snow with small steps. Her clothes were furry, making her look like a little penguin toddling to walk.

Yu Qinghuan felt itchy in his heart. He couldn't help bending down and, in Wang Ruirui's screaming, lifted her up and put her on his shoulder. "Come on, ride the horse."

This was the first time in Wang Ruirui's life that she had such a novel experience.

Soon, fear turned into excitement.

On a snowy winter night, the little girl's crisp and tenellous laughter spread far away.

Perhaps tired from walking, Wang Ruirui's eyelids began to fight as soon as she returned to the small shack. Yu Qinghuan plugged in the electric blanket and let her sleep in his bed.

The girl had a life assistant, but because of the New Year's Eve, her assistant went back to celebrate the New Year.

Yu Qinghuan could not send her back to the hotel since she would be alone. Zhao Rui was drunk and unconscious who couldn't even tell where south was, let alone taking care of the child. He could only let Wang Ruirui sleep in his room.

The little girl started to dream very fast. The firecrackers outside had no effect on her at all. Yu Qinghuan touched her little red face. When he wanted to tidy up the table, he heard heavy sound of footsteps mixed with an anxious male voice outside the shack. "Slow down, San'er! What are you running for? Ah!"

Yu Qinghuan was excited and ran to open the door before he put down the bowl.

"Qinghuan!" The tip of Huo Qu's nose was slightly red, a snowflake hung on his eyelashes, but his eyes were sparkling. "Here I am!"

"I'll leave him to you." Huo Rong came up with a face of helplessness and said to Yu Qinghuan, "When he heard that you're going to have a family reunion dinner tonight, he insisted on not staying at home anyway but coming to accompany you."

Huo Rong paused and patted Yu Qinghuan on the shoulder, "I wish you a happy New Year in advance."

"Happy New Year," Yu Qinghuan replied after a while. It was not until Huo Rong waved his hand and walked away that he came to himself. Looking at Huo Qu, he frowned and scolded, "What are you doing here? It's New Year's Eve!"

"Qinghuan," Huo Qu tried to hold Yu Qinghuan's wrist with a smile on his face, "I'm with you."

Yu Qinghuan sighed, pulled him into the room and closed the door. "Huo Qu, you may not understand that Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year, so on this day, we all have to spend time with our most important people. Don't be capricious, okay?"

"I know," Huo Qu said earnestly, looking into Yu Qinghuan's eyes, "I want to be with you."

Yu Qinghuan felt his heart skipped a beat and could not speak for a long time.

His heart was firmly occupied by warmth, and the original loneliness was totally swept away. Obviously, the words were simple but with incomparable magic, it almost made him red in the eyes.

Yu Qinghuan's Adam's apple moved a little bit. He was about to say something when he saw Huo Qu suddenly stare his big eyes as if he couldn't believe what he saw. He looked at Wang Ruirui and Zhao Rui in the room. That expression was like catching his husband having an affair with someone else.

Yu Qinghuan's heart pounded and his intuition told him something was not right. So he immediately tried to change the subject. The next second, he saw Huo Qu sip his lips and say with grievance, "Qinghuan, you don't want me to come to you, do you?"

"Of course not." Yu Qinghuan replied without thinking.

"But why are there others in your room? Are they your most important people? Do you want to spend the Spring Festival with them the most?"

Yu Qinghuan immediately had a headache and wished the time would go back to a few minutes ago and swallow his words back.

Facing Huo Qu's accusing eyes, he explained under great pressure, "Sometimes… um… Spring Festival also needs to be spent with friends."

"Then why don't you want to spend the festival with me? Am I not your friend?"

Huo Qu questioned, and his eyes were red.

He didn't want to be like this either, but he just couldn't control himself. Qinghuan was surrounded by more and more people. He was so scared that even if he tried his best to be nice to Qinghuan, he would eventually become farther away from him.

Huo Qu felt a tightness in his chest, intensely staring at Yu Qinghuan's eyes as if he want a satisfactory answer.

"Baby," Yu Qinghuan took him by the shoulder, sighed, and smiled, "Don't be like this. Spring Festival is a reunion day. Brother Rui, Ruirui and I, we all have no family and can only make do with each other."

"How about with me for next Spring Festivals?"

"No problem."

"Then… then shall I be the most important one to you?"

Yu Qinghuan didn't answer, Huo Qu was so nervous that he held his breath. When his heart almost jumped out, Yu Qinghuan finally spoke.

He said, "You already are."

Huo Qu came as soon as he heard that Qinghuan was going to have a family reunion dinner tonight so he didn't have supper. Yu Qinghuan had to heat up the leftovers on the table and brought them up to him.

Huo Qu still did not know how to use chopsticks and ate slowly. When he finally had enough, it was almost midnight in the morning.

Yu Qinghuan had just drunk a little wine, and now his head was so excited that he took Huo Qu to sit at the door and watched the fireworks together.

Although the fireworks in the sky were not as beautiful and dense as those in large squares, they reflected the starlight all over the sky, which was quite special.

Yu Qinghuan lifted up his head and had a strong feeling of the New Year. He said to Huo Qu, "Make a wish. I heard that the wishes made under the fireworks will come true."

"Really?" Huo Qu asked pleasantly.

"Yeah," Yu Qinghuan replied gently, quipping, "What? Don't tell me you wish is to win the Nobel Prize!"

Just as the words fell, Huo Qu's devout voice was ringing by Yu Qinghuan's ears.

"I want to spend every New Year with Qinghuan," he said.

Yu Qinghuan held his breath and his heartbeat was out of balance. After quite a while, he lowered his eyes and whispered, "You little fool."

"Qinghuan," just when he was in a blank, Huo Qu suddenly took his hand and shyly put something a little cool into his hand, "This is my New Year gift to you."

"Hmm?" Yu Qinghuan lowered his head and looked into his palm.

In his palm lay a round crystal pendant, glittering and translucent, shining under the bright fireworks, as if a fallen star and was extremely beautiful. The only fly in the ointment was that the inside of the pendant was empty and there was nothing in it.

He felt a little funny, was Huo Qu take him as a little girl to send such a cute thing to him?

He was just about to ask if Huo Qu really bought the necklace for him when he heard the other party's proud but a little shy voice, "Qinghuan, I have frozen our DNA here with liquid ethane according to the principle of frozen electron microscope, and we can see it with electron microscope."

Huo Qu paused and carefully touched the crystal pendant with a small voice, "Qinghuan, your DNA structure is the most beautiful one I have ever seen."

Yu Qinghuan's fingers trembled slightly, "How did you get my DNA?"

Huo Qu took a quick glance at Yu Qinghuan, his eyelashes quivered and he said with little confidence, "I, I secretly picked up your hair."

Yu Qinghuan tried his best to restrain his upturned lip and continued to ask, "Why do you want to do this?"

Huo Qu sipped his lip, revealing a round dimple on his left face. "Sorry, Qinghuan, sometimes I can't stay by your side. But with this, I can be with you all the time."

Yu Qinghuan was silent for a long time, but he managed to suppress his heart throb and said with difficulty, "But I didn't prepare a present…"

"It doesn't matter," Huo Qu leaned toward him, "With you by my side, I am happier than receiving any present."

Yu Qinghuan thought, it was must because the moonlight tonight was too beautiful, he actually had an impulse to kiss Huo Qu.

No, absolutely not! Huo Qu was the loveliest person in the world, and he could not tempt him onto this road.

However, Yu Qinghuan's heart was turbulent and surging. He could not help but feel sour in his nose. He finally did not resist it and leaned against Huo Qu's shoulder.

Just once, he gently closed his eyes. He indulged himself only for this once. After tomorrow, what happened today would be hidden forever in memory and never be mentioned again.

Huo Qu's body was very warm. Even though they were separated by thick coats, Yu Qinghuan could still feel his warmth. The stamina of alcohol in Yu Qinghuan's body reached its peak at this moment, and he fell asleep against Huo Qu's shoulder.

"Qinghuan," Huo Qu called him and he answered after quite some time.

Huo Qu lowered his head. From his perspective, he could see Yu Qinghuan's soft hair, long thick eyelashes, and his high and delicate nose bridge.

This man was so beautiful almost every part of his body that he attracted Huo Qu's sight every minute and every second. Huo Qu's heart was beating fast and an inexplicable impulse ran around his body. He didn't know what to do to ease this feeling.

He instinctively hugged Yu Qinghuan and rubbed his head gently with his own head, there was an extreme desire in his voice, "Qinghuan, I like you so, so much."

On his shoulder, Yu Qinghuan's lips slightly curled and he was sleeping soundly.