Accidental Love

The only sound in the room was the two's breathing.

Zheng Shuyi wrapped the quilt around her tighter and closed her eyes, but she couldn't settle down.

After a while, she opened her eyes slightly and in the blurry surroundings, Shi Yan was still sitting on the sofa and looking at his phone.

It seemed that he was really planning to stay here.

She just sat there, not talking or doing anything, but also giving her an inexplicable sense of security.

She thought to herself, at least when I start to yell in pain someone would be there for me.

That kind of hopelessness made her too scared to even turn ring mode off when she slept.

But after quietly looking at him for a while, Zheng Shuyi silently reached for her phone and turned on silent mode. Then turned around, facing her back to him before finally closing her eyes.

Suddenly, Shi Yan's voice sounded.

"Does your stomach hurt, your head hurts, or what hurts?"

Zheng Shuyi opened her eyes and mumbled, "That hurts…"

The person behind him went silent.

After a while, his cold voice came again.

"Okay, then you should continue wearing a short skirt when going out tomorrow, maybe short sleeves too. I bet that'll fix the problem."

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

This stinky man, does he know how to comfort people at all?!

"Do you think I wore a skirt for…" She groaned and clutched the blanket, "It's to look good."

"You look good without a skirt too."

Zheng Shuyi blinked and looked back at him, "Huh?"

"Go back to sleep."

——

Zheng Shuyi really didn't expect herself to actually fall asleep in such an environment.

Shi Yan didn't expect that she would end up sleeping so soundly either.

There was no movement on the bed after a short while, the only thing left was the long and even breathing sound.

The winter afternoon was long and quiet. The sky was gloomy too; it was only two or three o'clock and the bright sunshine had already disappeared.

The light in the room was a little bright, dazzling in front of him and making it difficult for him to calm down.

Shi Yan looked up at the person on the bed, slowly got up, turned off the lights on the top, and turned on the dim floor lamp beside the bed.

Suddenly, the phone on the nightstand lit up.

There was no sound or vibration; it just showed the caller: "Mrs. Wang, the breeder."

Shi Yan glanced at Zheng Shuyi, who was sleeping soundly and ignored the call, letting it hang up by itself.

But after a few seconds, another call came, it was still the "Mrs. Wang, the breeder"

Does she have a pet at home?

He felt that the call seemed to be pretty important.

So, he reached out his hand, and just when he touched Zheng Shuyi's messy hair, his hand stopped.

He originally wanted to brush the hair off her face and squeeze it in the meantime.

But seeing her sleeping so soundly…

Shi Yan smiled, pinched her hair, and swept it across the tip of her nose.

Once, twice, three times…

As if he was having fun playing, he kept patiently doing the same motion.

"What are you doing?"

After a while, Zheng Shuyi was awakened. Her voice sounded very irritated and was too lazy to even open her eyes.

"Phone call."

Zheng Shuyi's closed eyes took a second to calm down before suddenly opening them and grabbing over the phone.

The moment she saw the caller ID, she curled her lips, then stretched her voice, and said, "Mom…"

Shi Yan: "…"

What an interesting alias…

”I'm sleeping…" Zheng Shuyi rubbed her hair without sitting up.

Based on what Zheng Shuyi's mother knew about her, she was not a person who liked to sleep during the afternoon, so she found this a bit strange.

"Why are you sleeping in the afternoon?"

Zheng Shuyi didn't want to tell her mother that she was sick. After all, being alone and thousands of miles away, she would definitely start to worry.

"It's okay, I'm just a little sleepy."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"So are you free? Then why don't you go meet Yu You?"

When Zheng Shuyi heard those two words, she immediately sat up.

Seeing her sudden movement, Shi Yan also glanced sideways at her.

The eyes of the two suddenly met, and two seconds later, Zheng Shuyi immediately looked away with a sense of guilt.

She scratched her head, "Mom, can't I at least have some rest on weekends?"

"Go have a meal and watch a movie together also counts as resting," her mother probably thought all of this as very natural, "Isn't there a new romance movie? I saw your cousin posting about it in her Moments, you two should go watch too."

"Mom, actually I…" She raised her eyes and took a peek at Shi Yan. He has already turned his back to her. "There's really no need, just please wait a little longer, I'll come back during Chinese New Year and tell you more."

"What? What do you mean to tell me more during Chinese New Year, did you ditch Yu You already?"

Zheng Shuyi grabbed the pillow helplessly, "No, I just…"

"Yiyi,“ her mother suddenly interrupted her, "If you don't like him just tell mom, I won't force you."

When Zheng Shuyi heard it, she nodded immediately.

"Yes yes yes, I don't really like that one."

But her mom almost said at the same time, "I'll go look for some more for you."

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

"Then tell mom, which kind do you like?"

Zheng Shuyi glanced at Shi Yan's back and murmured, "Didn't I send you the photos?"

"Duu, duu, duu…"

As the repetitive sound appeared, Zheng Shuyi took the phone in front of her eyes to take a look: Her mom hung up

The room instantly turned quiet.

Zheng Shuyi rubbed the phone and fell into a strange silence.

She felt that ever since she answered the phone, Shi Yan has been somewhat looking at her.

As if he heard the conversation between her and her mother.

In addition, he wasn't speaking either and just sitting there quietly, letting the tension flow in the air.

From the words "I don't really like that one", and "Didn't I send you the photos", it wouldn't be too difficult for him to guess what the complete dialogue was.

After a long time, Shi Yan saw her digging her hands into the phone, then scratching her hair again. It seemed that she wanted to say something, but Shi Yan suddenly spoke and prevented her from saying what she had prepared.

"Is your family telling you to go on blind dates?"

Zheng Shuyi: !

How did you guess so accurately?!

"No, no…" Zheng Shuyi shrank a little into the quilt, "My mother was buying me a dog."

Shi Yan nodded, "Then which one do you like?"

"Oh… I like the more playful and obedient ones," Zheng Shuyi touched her face, "You know, like a Chinese rural dog."

Shi Yan: "…"

For some reason, he felt like he was being compared to that type of dog.

Maybe being compared was okay, but this little girl has way too many tricks up her sleeves, yet the innocent look on her face would make it hard for anyone to be angry at her.

After a long time, Shi Yan looked away, processed some emotions, and said, "Zheng Shuyi, every day, you really give me a headache."

Zheng Shuyi smiled, pretending that she didn't understand as she blinked her eyes and said, "Then I'll share with you some of my painkillers."

Shi Yan: "…"

His eyes sank and his tone sounded a little irritated, "Go back to sleep."

Zheng Shuyi glanced at the time, it was half-past two.

"Sleep sleep sleep! Don't you have a meeting at three o'clock? You can go ahead, I'm fine now."

Shi Yan approached her, wanting to say something, but seeing her somewhat pale face, his hand just swept across her messy hair, "Okay."

——

After Shi Yan left, Zheng Shuyi never fell asleep again.

After the pain was gone, her body felt very weak.

After covering her head in the pillow for a long time, she finally remembered something.

I! Didn't! Eat! Yet!

Zheng Shuyi immediately got up. Just as she was about to order some takeaway on her phone, the hotel doorbell rang.

A waiter came in with the dining cart.

"Miss Zheng, this is the meal you ordered."

"I ordered?"

"Isn't this room 1026?" The water asked with a nod.

Zheng Shuyi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "Oh yes, it's mine, thank you."

After she left, Zheng Shuyi sent a message to Shi Yan.

Zheng Shuyi: Thank you, boss!

Shi Yan: Who's your boss?

Zheng Shuyi's brain probably wasn't working properly at that time, as she typed out a word and sent it over: Dad!

Shi Yan:…

She didn't bother to care what his ellipsis meant, her empty stomach was already urging her to start eating.

But just after two bites, her phone rang again.

Why are so many things happening today?

Zheng Shuyi was still a little confused when he saw the caller.

"Hello, classmate Chen, long time no see."

Chen Yueding smiled, "Yeah, it's been a while, how are you doing?"

"Pretty good, just busy with work."

This Chen Yueding was Zheng Shuyi's college classmate who came from the same town as her.

Moreover, since the two of them were in the same grade and also on the same debate team, they often talked to each other and were really good friends back then.

After graduating and going to different majors, they didn't contact each other as often anymore.

But since their former relationship was there, they weren't like strangers on the call.

"Oh so, I'm getting married next month."

"Really?!" Zheng Shuyi was a little shocked, "That fast?"

"Not really, we've been dating for two years already," Chen Yueding was probably also busy preparing for the wedding right now, so he also made the long story short, "The fourth day of Chinese New Year, will you come?"

"Yes, of course!"

Chen Yueding said "okay", then he seemed to be hesitant to continue.

"Is there anything else?"

"Oh… I was scrolling Moments some time ago and found out that you and Yue Xingzhou seem to have broken up," Chen Yueding wasn't really sure exactly to say, "I'm not trying to stick my nose in your business, I was just thinking, he had a pretty good relationship with me back then too, and we're all from the same college, then…"

"It's okay," Zheng Shuyi knew what he meant and replied before he asked the question, "Go invite him, it's nothing. Our problems shouldn't affect your affair in the first place."

"Okay, I understand, it's just…" Chen Yueding scratched the back of his head on the opposite end of the phone, "I called him this morning and it seemed that his current girlfriend was there too, and she's also coming to the wedding. I'm not sure if you…"

Zheng Shuyi's fingers trembled a bit, then she forced out a smile as she clenched her teeth, "It's okay, I don't mind."

Chen Yueding let out a sigh of relief and nodded continuously, "Okay, okay, then I'll see you later."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, the smile at the corner of Zheng Shuyi's mouth slowly froze, and she squeezed the chopsticks in her hand.

Looking at the food in front of her again, she instantly lost her appetite.

All her words were lies.

If on the fourth day of Chinese New Year, she attended the wedding alone and Yue Xingzhou showed up sweetly with Qin Lezhi, she might die of a heart attack on the spot.

But Shi Yan…

"Ugh……"

Zheng Shuyi sighed.

She wasn't sure what to do.

Everything seemed to have deviated from her original plan.

For example, before this call, she wanted to see Shi Yan simply because of the way he was, she never thought of this person as Qin Lezhi's uncle anymore.

She felt that now, she seemed to be simply… in love with Shi Yan.

The sky slowly got dark, and the twilight faintly started to show.

If someone else was in the room, then he or she would be hearing a woman's sigh for a while, then the sound of a pillow being smashed at for another while.

Time flowed slowly, and all the emotions were slowly dispersed in the end after the tiredness brought by the effect of the medicine came in.

——

When Shi Yan came back to the hotel, he passed by Zheng Shuyi's room and stopped subconsciously.

He knocked on the door, no response.

After waiting for a while, he directly opened the door with the room key.

When he walked outside her bedroom, he knocked on the door once again, but there was still no response.

He frowned and called her. Once again, no response.

He started to get worried.

When Shi Yan pushed open the door of the room, what he saw was a messy bed and black hair scattered on the pillow.

His heart skipped a beat. For some reason, the first thing he thought to do was to reach out his hand and check for Zheng Shuyi's breathing.

After feeling her steady breathing, Shi Yan withdrew his hand and suddenly felt like he was being dumb for a second.

He raised his hand and looked at his watch.

Half-past seven in the evening.

She sure can sleep.

After entering silently, he also exited the room silently.

Aside from Zheng Shuyi's hand that was now placed into the quilt, there were no other changes.

But in fact, Zheng Shuyi didn't sleep as much as Shi Yan expected.

Eleven o'clock at night.

When Shi Yan was about to change clothes and take a shower, he suddenly received a message from Zheng Shuyi.

Zheng Shuyi: Roll around.GiF

Shi Yan: Awake?

Zheng Shuyi: Just woke up…

Shi Yan subconsciously wanted to say, "It's so late already, go to sleep," but suddenly found that to be ridiculous.

Shi Yan: So?

Zheng Shuyi: I can't sleep…

Sure enough.

Shi Yan dropped his hand that was about to unbutton his shirt.

Shi Yan: And?

Zheng Shuyi: Is there anything for me to do?

Zheng Shuyi: Like ask Mr. Qiu to send me more files or something.

Shi Yan: It's so late, let's not bother others.

Zheng Shuyi: Oh okay, then bye-bye.

Shi Yan: Go change.

Zheng Shuyi:?

Shi Yan: We're leaving.

Zheng Shuyi: To where??

Shi Yan: I'll take you to the movies.

——

Zheng Shuyi was still a little confused until she sat in the movie theater.

At 11:30 in the night, she would have never thought that she would come out to watch a movie with Shi Yan.

And what she didn't expect even more was that on a cold winter night like this, there would be so many people at the movie theater.

There were only three movies available at this time. There was a movie whose name sounded like a clickbait, and another documentary that would probably make one cry just by hearing it.

Zheng Shuyi didn't want to end up falling asleep, nor did she want to end up crying, so she chose the last one, a romance movie with a fluffy name.

Especially in the beginning of the film, when the MC rode a bike beside the blue sea and the title of the film slowly appeared, any one of the scenes could become an excellent desktop background.

Many young girls in the front row took out their phones to take some pictures.

Taking advantage of the dim light, Zheng Shuyi glanced sideways at Shi Yan.

He stared at the big screen and the light coming from it reflected off his face.

Feeling Zheng Shuyi's gaze, he turned his head to look over.

The two sitting side by side were now looking each other in the eyes.

Zheng Shuyi couldn't really see his eyes or his expression clearly, but because of this unexpected look, she felt her heart pounding faster and faster.

A few seconds later.

Zheng Shuyi suddenly got back to her senses and immediately looked away. Then she took out her phone and took a picture of the disappearing movie title.

The beginning of the movie was silent and boring. After only twenty minutes, some people were already sleeping, and more started to play on their phones.

Zheng Shuyi thought that there was no way she could watch the full movie at this moment, that was because the plot was way too boring.

Thinking about it, she lowered her head, turned to the photo she had just taken, and sent it to her Moments.

No captions.

Like an emotion surging in the dark and being frozen on the phone.

It wasn't very late into the night yet and likes and comments from friends flooded in quickly.

Qin Shiyue was the first.

Qin Shiyue: It's so late already and you're watching a movie with your dad??

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

This sister of hers was indeed the king of killing moods.

She didn't know what to say and returned an ellipsis.

Qin Shiyue took it as acquiescence and replied: My dad never has time to spend with me. So jealous, your dad treats you like a treasure!

Zheng Shuyi: Haha.

Now that she felt a bit better, she put away her phone and started to watch the movie.

But… the movie was just too boring.

A few minutes later, Zheng Shuyi took out her phone again.

The strange emotion that dissipated suddenly rose again.

In the countless amount of likes, she suddenly… saw Shi Yan's profile picture.

He liked her post.

The feeling felt amazing.

In the lively Moments, he knew what she was doing yet was quietly approving everything she did.