Chapter 147

"..."

Raina Nan looked up.

Auroras flickered in the sky behind her, leaving a trail of undulating light.

Her face turned slightly red, but she didn't avoid his gaze.

They hesitated, taking a step back, and just continued to look at each other.

"..."

He furrowed his brow slightly, confusion shimmering in his reddened eyes.

...

Was he "afraid"?

She didn't know.

...

After a long silence, he pinched the bridge of his nose and forced a bitter smile.

In a soft voice, he said, "I'm sorry."

...

"Sorry"...

...

The crowd around them became noisy, resonating with the undulating auroras.

In the distance, stardust reflected a dazzling halo on the snowy ground.

His warmth still lingered on her lips, not dissipating.

"Brother..."

She wanted to call him, but found her voice stuck in her throat, unable to come out.

...

There were so many things she wanted to say to him, but for some reason, her mind was blank...

...

"Yuyu!"

At that moment, Bell Tong suddenly appeared behind her.

"I've been looking for you for so long~"

"...?"

Her body trembled, and she turned to look at her.

After a moment, she pressed her chest again, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Don't scare me..."

"Who scared you?"

Bell Tong pouted and looked at her.

"What's this?"

She seemed to have noticed something...

Extending her neck, she brought her face closer.

"It's... nothing..."

Raina Nan blurted out in a panic, clutching the pendant hanging from her neck in her palm.

She turned her head and looked to the side.

"You're being stingy, let me see..."

Bell Tong smiled, persistently trying to snatch it away.

"What's so interesting?"

She tightly held onto the pendant, showing no intention of letting go.

"No fun..."

Bell Tong said disinterestedly, lifting her head.

Only then did she notice Samson Nan, who had been silent the whole time.

"Oh..."

She opened her mouth meaningfully, as if she understood something.

Using her finger to point at the two of them.

"Got it."

She hummed and took two steps back.

"Seems like I missed something~"

"..."

Seeing the two still standing there without speaking, she put away the smile on her face and sighed.

"I'm leaving."

After saying that, she turned around and walked back.

"Wait... wait for me."

Raina Nan said softly and followed after her.

...

Along the way, Bell Tong held her hand and never let go.

She thought she would ask something, but in the end, she didn't ask anything.

...

Whether it was an illusion or not, Bell Tong, who was clearly shorter, walked exceptionally fast today.

She had to speed up her pace to barely keep up with her.

...

"I say..."

Bell Tong suddenly stopped and turned around to look at her.

"That..."

She pointed with her chin at the pendant on Raina Nan's neck.

"..."

Raina Nan remained silent and instinctively reached out to cover the pendant, taking a step back.

"How long are you going to keep wearing it?"

She asked.

"..."

Raina Nan hesitated for a moment, but didn't answer.

"......"

Bell Tong sighed lightly and scratched her head. She just looked at her.

"When people ask later, I won't care, okay?"

"......"

After she said that, she realized something. She hurriedly and carefully hid the pendant exposed outside her clothes.

"......"

"Let's go."

Bell Tong said and turned around to continue walking forward.

......

......

"Xiao Ling, where did you go!"

Roxie Lin saw them both come back and quickly rushed over.

"What's up?"

"Camera! Can I borrow the camera? My phone can't capture the auroras!"

"What a crappy phone..."

Bell Tong murmured and took the camera off her neck.

"Xiao Yu, let's go take pictures~"

"......"

"Xiao Yu?"

"......"

Raina Nan was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses and looked up.

"Oh, okay..."

"......"

Roxie Lin looked at her. Something felt off...

After a while, she looked towards Bell Tong by her side, hesitating, as if trying to find something from her.

......

"Why are you looking at me?"

Bell Tong seemingly didn't understand her meaning and glanced at her.

"......"

She was speechless. But Raina Nan was right there, so she couldn't ask anything further...

......

......

On the other side,

"So beautiful~"

Jocelyn York looked at the night sky through the telescope. The auroras and the densely packed stars appeared together, an uncommon spectacle even within the Arctic Circle.

William Wei, holding a cigarette, sat on the ground next to her and also looked up at the night sky.

"William Wei,"

Jocelyn York pressed her eyes against the telescope and didn't look at him.

"Do you remember when we used to watch the night sky together on the roof of my house in primary school?"

"......"

He didn't say anything. Smoke circles slowly emanated from his mouth holding the cigarette.

After a long while, he finally spoke softly:

"I can't remember too well."

"What?... Is your memory that bad?"

"......"

"I just can't shake the feeling that now it's just like back then~"

Jocelyn York said, still staring through the telescope.

"......"

"Back then, you were also sitting next to me like this, and we were on the roof, watching the night sky together~"

She said, her lips slightly curved upwards.

"But it was a fake 'star-filled sky'... Haha, thinking back now, it was quite silly~"

"......"

He fell silent. The night sky they watched together back then, even though it was fake, to him, it was a thousand times more real than this starry sky.

That was the most beautiful sky he had ever seen.

......

"When you were with me,"

he said, slightly lowering his voice.

"It was boring, right?"

"Um..."

Jocelyn York finally took her eyes off the telescope, thought for a moment, and turned to look at him.

"When I was a kid, I guess it was a little boring. Back then you never talked, it was just me talking..."

"Uh..."

He paused for a moment, carefully thinking, and realized it was indeed like that...

Back then, he always acted like there was no one else around, like a hedgehog, wrapping himself up tightly.

"Haha, but it's much better now~ Well... no! "

She thought for a moment and changed her words.

"You talk too much now, it was better before~"

"......"

He bit his lip, extinguished the cigarette on the ground.

".... What am I supposed to do then?"

"Haha~ just kidding~"

Seeing his conflicted expression, she narrowed her eyes and laughed triumphantly.

"I think you're fine the way you are now~"

"Really?"

"Mm~"

...

...

William Wei looked at her profile.

After a while, he spoke softly again:

"But... "

He said and lit a cigarette.

"Perhaps only you can accept someone like me... a person with hands stained with blood."

"Haha, that's true..."

She said, her smile gradually freezing on her face.

"...blood? What blood?"

She thought she misheard.

"Hmm? Haven't I told you before?"

He said, looking thoughtful and took a deep drag on his cigarette.

"I've killed people before."

"...Huh?"

Her widened eyes stared at him in silence.

As if her heart had stopped beating, she couldn't speak.

...

Two seconds of silence.

"Pfft~"

He couldn't help but laugh.

Just as she stood there in confusion.

He stood up, patted her shoulder.

"Just kidding~~ Did you believe that?"

"Well..."

She nodded, a bit stiffly.

"You scared me? My god, you're so gullible, haha... ow!"

Before he finished speaking, she had already punched him in the stomach.

"Idiot! Don't play jokes like that!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Even someone as strong as William Wei couldn't withstand such force and fell onto the ground.

"Huh?"

Jocelyn York finally snapped back to reality and quickly squatted down.

"Are you... Are you okay?"

"What do you think? About to die, about to die, about to die..."

"It's all your fault, playing jokes like that..."

"I just wanted to tease you... You're really mean... Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

He writhed in pain on the ground, continuously pounding the floor.

"Just a reflex..."

"What reflex? I think you're just revealing your true nature!"

"Be gentle..."

She said and reached out to try to help him up.

"Gently, please..."

"Can... Can you get up...?"

Having been called like that, she hesitated to touch him...

"I can get up."

He said, the painful expression on his face gradually disappeared.

"But if there's any lingering damage..."

He raised his head and looked at her without blinking.

"Then you have to take care of me for the rest of my life."

"..."

She was stunned for a moment and looked down at him.

Silence for a long time.

"...Is this also a joke?"

"..."

William Wei didn't speak.

A moment of pause.

...

"Hey hey~"

He showed a wicked smile.

"Damn you, William Wei! Playing tricks on me again! Get up!"

...

...

...

When they returned to the hotel, it was already early morning.

Although the aurora only appeared for a little over ten minutes, it was still worth the trip.

"Why are you laughing?"

Samson Nan turned his head and looked at William Wei beside him.

"Cough cough, am I laughing?"

William Wei coughed lightly and quickly suppressed his smile.

"..."

"I'll go to the lobby to bring up some hot water. You go upstairs first~"

"Oh."

Samson Nan looked at him suspiciously but didn't ask further.

He walked upstairs.

...

Back in the hotel room, he entered the bathroom.

He splashed cold water on his face, looking at himself in the mirror.

Silent, he bit his lip.

What am I thinking...

...

Feeling a little more awake, he sat on the edge of the bed.

Turning his head, he looked out through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the room.

The pitch-black sea, even at this hour there were cargo ships with searchlights roaming near the harbor.

Without undressing, he lay on the bed, closed his eyes, but sleep eluded him.

The surrounding was quiet, with only the faint sound of waves hitting the pier...

...

Knock, knock, knock.

A series of knocking sounds on the door.

Viagra? So soon...

He stood up, ran his hand through his hair, and walked towards the door in slippers.

"..."

But when he opened the door, he froze again.

"Yuyu?"

He paused for a moment, looking at her in surprise.

"It's me..."

She looked up, glancing at him.

After a while, she looked to the side and whispered softly,

"Can I come in?"

"..."

"Hmm?"

"Ah, sure."

He snapped out of it and took a step back.

She walked straight past him, to the bed, and sat down.

"..."

He glanced at her from the corner of his eye.

"Aren't you going back to sleep?"

"I can't sleep."

She said so, looking out of the window.

"Yuyu, then..."

He thought for a moment and spoke softly again.

"Viagra will be back soon."

"..."

She turned her head, looking at him.

Without saying anything, she stood up and walked to the door.

Click, she directly locked the door.

...

His heart sank...

"I say, little one,"

he said, walking up to her.

"You can sleep here, but where should Viagra sleep?"

"..."

Seeing her not responding, he continued,

"We can't let him sleep in the same room as Roxie Lin..."

"Brother..."

She interrupted his rambling.

"There must be something else you want to say to me, right?"

"..."

"Or... "

She sat on the edge of the bed, holding the blanket with her hand, as she looked at him like that.

"...you want to leave it at that?"

"What do you mean..."

"What do you think..."

She muttered softly, pressing her lips with her fingers.

Avoiding his gaze, she looked to the side.

Her cheeks were hot, even reddening to the roots of her ears.

"..."

Samson Nan looked at her and couldn't say a word for a while.

He felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest, nowhere to be placed.

He took a deep breath, calming himself, and then walked over to sit beside her.

...

The two of them sat quietly, looking at the empty sea outside the window.

...

After a short silence, he spoke in a low voice:

"Sorry... I couldn't hold back back then..."

"..."

"I couldn't resist..."

As he said it, he felt strange even to himself.

What do you mean by "couldn't resist"?

...

"...And what does that mean?"

Such an answer obviously didn't satisfy her...

"Like a fool..."

With a flushed face, she buried her head, still not daring to look at him.

With a voice only he could hear, she whispered,

"Obviously, this kind of thing was my first time..."

"..."

She hugged her knees, burying her face in them.

With some hesitation, she continued,

"...Brother, you too, right?"

"..."

After not hearing his voice for a long time, she slightly revealed one eye and looked at him.

"...Brother?"

"I..."

He cleared his throat, scratching his cheek awkwardly.

"I kind of forgot..."

"...Huh?"

She immediately raised her head, her eyes staring intently at him.

"Besides, this kind of thing... isn't important, right?"

He muttered, trying to brush it off.

"...You actually..."

She lowered her head, her eyes filled with tears.

"What do you think you're doing..."

He instinctively went into a defensive posture.

"You fool!"

She grabbed a nearby pillow and threw it at him.

"Traitor! Pervert! Stinking rogue!"

"Don't make a scene!"

"Who is it? Who is it? Who is it!!"

She seemed unable to listen to reason, swinging the pillow around.

"Have you had enough?!"

He grabbed her wrists and forcefully pinned her down on the bed.

She tried to struggle, but couldn't move.

"..."

Their strenuous struggling left both of them gasping for breath.

"Aren't you going to scream?!"

He panted heavily, glaring at Raina Nan lying on the bed.

"..."

She fell completely silent, her face turning red almost as if it was about to burst into flames, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes as she dared not look at him.

"..."

He paused for a moment and backed away slightly.

Only then did he realize how terrible his actions were at the moment.

"..."

Hesitatingly, he quickly released his grip.

"Sorry, that's not what I meant..."

"..."

She pushed him away abruptly.

And rushed out barefooted.

"Wow! Raina? What happened?"

William Wei's voice came from outside the door.

...

...

He turned over and lay on the bed.

His mind was blank.

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