Luo Mingbai clicked his tongue: “Look at this attitude! When we were young, you always pulled me to sleep together. Now you’ve grown up, gotten tough, and look down on your senior? We haven’t seen each other for years, and you won’t even grant me this small request. Your attitude toward me is getting worse. Soon, will you even forget who I am?”
Xia Xianning: “…”
Luo Mingbai continued: “Oh right, you said it yourself. Once you become a big shot, you’ll disown me. When you have your wedding feast, and your wife asks about someone named Luo Mingbai in your contacts, you’ll say, ‘Luo Mingbai? Who’s that? Oh, vaguely familiar, not really close, better not invite him.'”
Xia Xianning: “…”
As Luo Mingbai performed dramatically, looking like he might break into song, Xia Xianning finally couldn’t take it anymore. Helplessly rubbing his forehead, he turned Luo Mingbai’s head towards the window: “Look outside.”
Luo Mingbai: “Oh, we’re at my place.”
Xia Xianning unbuckled his seatbelt and walked inside first: “Come on.”
Luo Mingbai beamed, quickly getting out of the car and chasing: “Good junior, so obedient!”
If counting his previous life, Luo Mingbai hadn’t been home for a long time. Everything in the room remained the same, the bedding and furniture clean, obviously still being maintained daily in his absence.
Luo Mingbai always kept his emotions hidden behind a smile, rarely letting anyone glimpse his true thoughts.
Xia Xianning, after showering and wiping his hair, glanced at him and asked: “You’re not in a good mood. Why?”
Sitting on the bed’s edge, Luo Mingbai lay down, his head resting on his arm, staring at the ceiling: “Nothing, just feeling complicated about not having been home for so long.”
Xia Xianning didn’t speak further, grabbed another blanket and lay down beside Luo Mingbai. After a long time, he said: “Did Songze tell you about my nightmares?”
Luo Mingbai: “So you really had nightmares? What did you dream about?”
Xia Xianning: “I don’t know.”
He paused, changing the subject: “When you left, I thought you’d be back soon. I didn’t expect it would be almost a year.”
Luo Mingbai smiled slightly: “Feeling like a day without me is like three autumns apart?”
