I will not give up.
It seems like I suddenly understand something.
Gu Huai is not just unwilling to share ice cream with me right now.
He won't even let me go buy ice cream myself.
It's really hard to figure him out.
What does he mean?
Forget it.
I don't care what he means.
I must eat this ice cream!
At first, I didn't insist on having it.
But generally speaking, the more one cannot obtain something, the more one desires it.
Rare vintage items often sell very well, and people crowd to snatch limited edition sneakers.
The more I can't get this ice cream into my mouth, the more I want to eat it!
So, in the middle of the night, while my roommates are asleep, I quietly sneak out of the dormitory.
Because if I go to buy it tomorrow, what if Gu Huai stops me again?
Since the supermarket is closed tonight, I'll sit outside until it opens in the morning!
There are railings outside the window, and I carefully climb down.
There's a particularly thick lawn behind me; I'm almost at ground level, so I won't fall.
I jump back confidently.
My bottom lands precisely in Gu Huai's hands.
He embraces me.
I hugged my waist and lifted up.
"Go back."
"I knew you would jump out the window."
"Don't think about sneaking out to buy something in the middle of the night."
He locked me inside my bed curtain, and I felt a bit restless.
"Why won't you let me buy it? If you want me to eat yours, I can wait until you agree."
Gu Huai's ears turned bright red.
"That thing is bad for your health if you eat too much."
Is he worried about me catching a chill?
What kind of weakling would catch a chill in thirty-degree weather?
A real man never gives up.
I won't easily compromise.
The next day, while Gu Huai was in line to buy breakfast, I sneaked away.
He appeared at the cafeteria entrance in an instant.
I was caught.
On the third day, while Gu Huai was playing basketball, I dashed outside the school.
A basketball rolled right to my feet.
I was intercepted.
In short, for the next few days, I frantically looked for opportunities to escape outside the school.
All ended in failure.
Later, I became so anxious that I ground my teeth at night, dreaming about eating ice cream.
In my dream, I mistook the iron bars of the dormitory bed for ice cream.
I held it and licked it eagerly.
After taking a big lick, I opened my mouth wide and bit down hard.
I let out a cry of "Kaz."
I woke up, clutching my face in pain.
Sitting up in bed late at night, I felt utterly defeated.
I want to eat ice cream!
Later on, I even started hallucinating.
I saw a long, slender ice cream hanging on the balcony.
In the morning, still groggy, I rushed over to take a bite.
Gu Huai hugged me from behind, tightly wrapping both my arms.
He looked completely unwell.
"Song An, what are you doing? That's my sock! Are you really that impatient? I told you I would give it to you."
I felt dazed, my mind somewhat hazy.
Recently, my mental state has been poor; even when I wanted to study to clear my head, I couldn't focus.
So, I sent a private message to the Study Blogger I like, who hasn't updated in a while.
I couldn't help but wake him up with my words.
"For your pathetic feelings, you're not even studying! Have you lost your mind? Should I call you Push Brother, Endure Brother, or Heartache Brother now?
You spend all day pushing and enduring; are you a masseur or a ninja?
If you're a man, then just go for it! Since the other party is already thinking about it, why hold back?
You're insane, absolutely insane!"
It felt liberating.
I thought he would block me.
To my surprise, he replied.
"I'll give it a try."
It was on one of those days when I reached the limit of my lethargy.
I went to the cafeteria with Gu Huai to queue for food.
To be honest, I had already given up on the plan to escape from under his watch during the day.
On this day of desperation, I saw Sun Ye strutting through the cafeteria with his big belly, walking in a swaggering manner.
A week ago, I had asked Sun Ye if he was gay. He said he wasn't. I asked him why he dressed that way. He said he thought it was trendy and learned it from his uncle abroad. In the end, I patted him on the shoulder and told him he would have a brother-in-law soon.
At this moment, Sun Ye was getting closer, and the items he was holding became clearer. It was unmistakably an ice cream! The very green ice cream I had wanted to eat from the start!
Sun Ye was still quite far from me, but I was already drooling and eagerly anticipating it. After a week of feeling mentally drained and on the verge of collapse, my desire for ice cream had reached its peak.
Once I clearly saw what he was holding, I dashed over.
"Sun Ye! I want to eat yours!"
Gu Huai was taken aback.
"You’re really hungry! Didn’t you say he didn’t have any?"
He dropped his tray and chased after me. Just as I reached Sun Ye, Gu Huai caught me from behind again, wrapping his arms around mine.
My eyes sparkled; all I could see was that green ice cream. I stretched my long neck forward with all my might.
He opened his mouth and bit into the ice cream. Sun Ye, dazed and confused, said, "Go ahead and eat... I still have one."
Then he saw Gu Huai lift me onto his shoulder and carry me away from the cafeteria. My wrists were grabbed tightly, and I held onto that green ice cream with my mouth. It was so delicious that I cried out. It was just too good! So incredibly tasty! Even without my hands, my tongue could savor and mix the green bean ice cream in my mouth. It was rich and delightful—simply a heavenly treat!
When Gu Huai locked the dormitory door and threw me onto the bed, I was still trying to hold onto the ice cream and eat as much as I could. Dazed, I saw him place his hand on his waistband. Tears of joy and emotion welled up in the corners of my eyes, uncontrollably spilling over. The melted ice cream still lingered at the corners of my mouth, while my mind floated in blissful oblivion.
The ice cream was just too delicious. I couldn't hear what Gu Huai was saying at all until he turned my head to face him and pulled the ice cream out of my mouth. My pupils dilated as I was about to ask a question, but before I could, my mouth was quickly stretched open wider. My lips... felt like they were about to split apart...
After a while...
"Gu Huai, you know my mouth is small and yet like this."
"Isn't this what you've always wanted?"
"When did I ever want that?"
"You, all the time. Ever since that day you asked me to help you buy... buy..."
He seemed unable to continue.
I covered my slightly aching mouth in confusion.
"Starting with buying ice cream?"
"Ice cream?"
I pointed to the half-eaten ice cream on the ground, which had long melted into a puddle of green water.
"That’s my mom's green mood!"
Gu Huai's body stiffened.
"Green... green mood is this? I thought it was... oh, that's purple..."
"Gu Huai, what are you thinking! All those days before, what did you think I was going to buy at the supermarket? What did you think I wanted to eat... um..."
Why can't I finish my sentence?
His ears turned bright red as he covered my mouth.
His voice trembled and was shy.
"Don't say any more."
...
I am now with Gu Huai.
Because I gradually realized that my previous anger towards him and the other roommates was not just possessiveness from friendship.
There were other feelings involved.
There’s just one more thing.
My studies.
Dating cannot interfere with my learning.
I think that Study Blogger is important no matter what.
If I follow my instincts, I won’t have to struggle anymore.
I can finally learn from him properly.
I happily logged into my account.
I saw that he replied to my private message again.
【That day, I almost couldn’t hold back again, but luckily he provoked me once more. I succeeded.】
That’s good; I’ll update regularly from now on.
However, when I clicked on his profile, it felt like a bolt from the blue.
I saw a pinned announcement.
【I’m in a relationship now; to properly manage this romance, this account will be indefinitely inactive. I’ll be spending all my free time with my baby~】
“???”
What the heck!
Super love-struck!
I clicked into the private messages and started cursing wildly.
I unleashed all the vocabulary I had learned throughout my life, in a long rant.
I was so angry that my hands were shaking.
I had never seen such a love-struck academic before.
When I was having dinner with Gu Huai, my hands were trembling.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing, just got upset by a little love-struck idiot.”
Then I looked up and noticed that Gu Huai didn’t seem very cheerful either.
Neither of them moved their chopsticks.
"What about you? What's wrong?"
He pouted and frowned.
"I was bullied online."
"Who? Which blind person insulted my husband?"
She stretched her neck to take a look.
Familiar 99+ private messages.
Oh.
It turned out to be me, the blind one.
...
So the one who writes emo literature every day is my husband, Gu Huai.
I also figured out, combining it with the previous misunderstanding, what he has been enduring every day.
Later, Gu Huai said he couldn't hold back that day.
I cried like a rain-soaked pear blossom.
I asked him,
"Weren't you supposed to feel reluctant to see me cry? How could you bear it?"
He pushed me against the door.
"In the past, seeing you cry made me heartbroken; I was afraid of hurting you. But now, when I see you cry, it excites me even more.
"I want you to cry even harder.
"Open your mouth."
...
[The End]
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