Chapter 108: A Lover from the Future
“If you could go back to your childhood, what would you want to do?” In the morning, Yu Lin had accidentally seen this topic and had chatted with Chen Shizhou with great interest.
Chen Shizhou had been busy at that time. He had put down his work, and his gaze had looked over quietly. After thinking for a moment, he had said, “I’d take you to play.”
Unexpectedly, at night, Yu Lin had just gone out to buy something, and he had inexplicably returned to ten years ago.
There were no traces of time on the newly paved road at the entrance of No. 1 High School. The wind blew, and the leaves were falling in a swirl.
Yu Lin was holding a yogurt in his hand, and across the street corner, he had seen Chen Shizhou, who was pushing a bicycle and was all alone.
Chen Shizhou was pushing his bike, and his schoolbag was casually draped over his left shoulder. His face was very cold, and he was out of place with the lively surroundings, as if there was nothing in the world that he cared about.
He didn’t need anyone to remind him, and he knew that he was in a bad mood, so when the owner of the breakfast shop had handed him a sugar-free soy milk, he had asked for the first time, “Do you want some sugar?”
Chen Shizhou had glanced at the soy milk in his hand and had been silent. The owner had then added a spoonful of sugar for him and had muttered, “You’re still so young. Be happy.”
Chen Shizhou had not spoken.
He couldn’t be happy.
After he had left, Yu Lin had walked over, and he had looked at the time on the clock in the breakfast shop, and he had found that this was the year he had left. Chen Shizhou had not mentioned this period of time much later, and he had only said that he was fine.
His grades were very good, and he had still maintained them steadily. His life was very good, and his parents had taken care of him with great care. His interpersonal relationships were also very good. Although he did not like to talk, his classmates and teachers were enthusiastic and friendly.
Everything was very good. He had not lied.
It was just that he had not told Yu Lin that he was unhappy, and he had always been unhappy.
The departure of the person he liked was like a damp rain, which had made Chen Shizhou’s heart feel stuffy and bloated. He had no one to talk to, and he could only let the sourness corrode his heart inch by inch.
After Chen Shizhou had finished his breakfast, he had left his bicycle at the school gate with a placid expression, and he had gone into the school as usual. He had passed by the wide road at the entrance, and he had looked at the leaves that were falling from the sky in the wind, and he had suddenly been unable to walk any further.
For a moment, he had seemed to have heard a clear voice coming from behind him. The owner of the voice had smiled and had brushed past him, but when he had turned his head, there was no one behind him, only the screen at the school gate that was scrolling and reporting the weather.
For a moment, Chen Shizhou had felt that he was in so much pain that he could not move. He could not explain this inexplicable pain, just as he did not understand how he had fallen in love with a person, and how he had lost him.
He was dazed and empty, and he was also confused, like a leaking wall, and he did not know how to resist this sudden rain.
An unknown amount of time had passed before Chen Shizhou had regained a little strength, and he had moved the fingers that were hanging by his side slightly, and he had blinked his sore eyes.
Then, as if in a dream, he had looked at a pair of worried eyes that were looking over from the flowerbed at the bottom of the school gate steps.
“…You can let go of me first. I won’t suddenly disappear, okay?” In the woods next to the school, Yu Lin looked at the corner of his clothes that was being held tightly by the young man, and his gaze fell on the other.
Chen Shizhou had reacted very quickly. After he had found him, he had chased after him with a speed that he could barely escape, and he had cornered him in an alley, and he had tightly held a little corner of his clothes that was hanging down.
“Who… are you?” Chen Shizhou had frowned, and his gaze on him was a little surprised, but it also had a little bit of an imperceptible uncertainty.
The leaves in the woods were rustling in the wind. In the light that was falling through the gaps in the leaves, Yu Lin looked at Chen Shizhou, and for a moment, he didn’t know whether to tell him that he was Yu Lin, or that he was his future lover, which answer would shock him more.
The entrance of No. 1 High School was always crowded with many snack stalls, and the portions were large and delicious. After they had said a few words, Chen Shizhou had gone to buy some food and had come back.
“You should go back to class.” Yu Lin had taken the food and had reminded Chen Shizhou.
He didn’t know when he could go back. He hadn’t eaten dinner when he had come, and he was a little hungry after walking for a while. Chen Shizhou had opened the food for him, and after a pause, he had asked, “You… are from eleven years in the future?”
“That’s right.” Yu Lin had smiled. He had been dressed casually when he had gone out, and he was only wearing a simple hoodie and jeans, but his style was obviously very different from eleven years ago.
“Then what are you going to do?” Chen Shizhou had asked him, and his deep black features were lowered, and he had asked him, “How are you going to live here?”
“Hmm?” Yu Lin looked at him, and he blinked, and he smiled. “It’s fine. I have a premonition that I’ll be going back soon.”
“En.” Chen Shizhou’s lips had pressed together lightly. He had seen Yu Lin look up at the school again, and he had wanted him to go back, and he had said placidly, “There’s an activity today. It’s fine if you don’t go.” After a pause, he had asked as if it were nothing, “Do you know me?”
“I know you.” Yu Lin’s eyelashes had lifted slightly.
“Then what… is our relationship?” Chen Shizhou’s palms had gradually become sticky. He had looked at Yu Lin, and he was so tense that he didn’t even know it.
Yu Lin had been asked and had been stuck for a moment. For a moment, he had not known how to tell the seventeen-year-old high school student about their relationship. After thinking for a moment, he had said, “The kind of relationship where we were still chatting in the morning.”
Chen Shizhou looked at him, and his features moved slightly. “En.”
Yu Lin looked at him and laughed. “I just asked you this question this morning. What would you do if you went back ten years? You said you would take me to play, and then I…”
Yu Lin had let out a light laugh, and he had shaken his head. He had stood up, and his eyes were gentle as he had looked at the seventeen-year-old Chen Shizhou. “Okay. You should go back to class.”
The schoolbag on his shoulder had slipped down. Chen Shizhou’s fingers had curled slightly, and he had lifted it up. “Let’s go.”
Yu Lin was puzzled. “What?”
Chen Shizhou said, “I’ll take you to play.”
“…”
The Chen Shizhou of ten years ago had a kind of stubbornness that was exactly the same as his future self. He was stubborn and had to keep his promise, even though the initiator of the promise was the him of ten years in the future.
He had taken Yu Lin for a walk, to eat delicious food, to the art museum, and in the end, he had gone to an internet cafe to play games. And in the shadows of the lights of the internet cafe, he had asked Yu Lin, “Will we still be playing games together in ten years?”
The sleeves of the young man’s wrist were rolled up, and the posture of him holding the mouse was clean and neat. In the dim light of the internet cafe, he had looked straight at Yu Lin, and the outline of his face was distinct.
Yu Lin had put down his mouse, and he had looked at the two characters who were standing side by side on the screen, and then at him.
“We will.” Yu Lin’s eyelashes had lifted slightly, and in the noisy sound of the internet cafe, he had told him, “We will often play.”
Chen Shizhou looked at him, and he had let out a low “en,” and the corners of his lips had curled up slightly.
“Then am I still following your serialization?” Chen Shizhou had asked again, and he seemed to have understood something, and his body had relaxed a lot, and there was a light in his gaze as he had looked at Yu Lin.
Yu Lin had felt that he was about to leave.
By his side, there was still the yogurt that he had bought in ten years to eat with Chen Shizhou, and he had not had time to eat it. The table was piled with the food that the young Chen Shizhou had run around to prepare.
The young Chen Shizhou had done his best to fulfill his future promise and to entertain him well.
Yu Lin had stood up with the yogurt, and his gaze was gentle as he had looked over, and it had overlapped with Chen Shizhou’s. “I am. You are the first audience… I can’t say anymore. I should go.”
“Okay.” Chen Shizhou had followed and had stood up, and his gaze had fallen lightly, and he had watched as he had lightly pushed the door open and had left.
The private room was quiet for a moment, and the noisy sounds of the internet cafe seemed to have faded away.
Chen Shizhou had not chased after him, and he could not have caught up at all. They were separated by a long period of time.
The young man’s gaze had lifted slightly, and then it had fallen lightly, and a little light had appeared in his eyes.
But he knew that it was fine. One day, they would meet again, in that common future of theirs.
How to Easily Capture a Long Aotian [Quick Transmigration] – End