He is Timely Rain, Bringing Peace and Comfort

An Huaixu was pressed against the wall by Shi Yun, who, in a panic, had his arms wrapped around his waist, reversing their positions.

He seemed to have not anticipated that Shi Yun could break free from his restraint.

The sudden collision caused him to grunt in pain, leaving him somewhat dazed.

Darkness infinitely stretched time.

In the silent stillness, the howling wind brought who-knows-what, slamming heavily against the cellar door, creating another ‘bang’ sound.

Shi Yun’s face instantly changed, and he moved closer, completely eliminating the last bit of distance between them.

A tender and enchanting atmosphere fermented at that moment, heavily weighing on An Huaixu’s taut nerves.

An Huaixu felt as if nowhere on his body was alright—

The back of his head throbbed with pain from the collision, his nasal cavity was filled with a thick, grassy scent, his ears buzzed with rapid and frantic breathing, and erratic warmth sprayed onto his neck, igniting a burning sensation that spread down to his waist, finally settling on the pair of hands wrapped around him, trembling slightly.

He stiffly moved his fingers, slowly regaining his senses, turning his eyes, which were gradually adjusting to the darkness, towards Shi Yun.

Shi Yun hid half his face in his shoulder and neck, his eyes tightly closed, his lips pursed into a straight line with obvious fear that was not feigned.

An Huaixu moved his gaze, his expression gradually shifting from assessment to meaningful.

Shi Yun was not short, and normally he did not appear to be weak, but unexpectedly, holding him in his arms felt much thinner than he had imagined.

His back was arched, his neck slender and very soft, giving one an unspeakable urge to abuse.

An Huaixu had darkly thought about how if this person dared to really deceive him, he would definitely break his neck without any mercy.

Thinking about it now, if that time really came, he might be a little reluctant.

Following the smooth lines down to the soft work clothes, An Huaixu glanced over the faintly visible butterfly bones and the alluring small waist, and a sense of regret faintly arose that he could not properly admire the scene.

If possible, he wanted to personally confirm whether Shi Yun had that special raindrop mark on his lower back.

…Just one glance, he would definitely be able to with just one glance…

Thinking this, An Huaixu involuntarily raised his hand, gently tugging at the collar of the other’s clothes.

In an instant, fair and jade-like skin eagerly rushed into his sight.

He deliberately moved along the curve of the upturned buttocks, and then, his eyes widened—

Large scars were ferociously crawling across Shi Yun’s lean waist.

Not to mention the raindrop birthmark, he couldn’t even identify a single patch of intact skin!

How could this be…

What had he experienced in the past?

An Huaixu hadn’t anticipated this situation.

Just as he was anxiously thinking, he inadvertently lowered his head and met Shi Yun’s doe-like eyes.

He felt a sudden shortness of breath, and a sense of unease welled up within him.

From their first meeting, he had been very afraid of Shi Yun’s eyes.

Not only because his smile resembled the innocent Xiaoyu, but also because he always felt that Shi Yun’s eyes could see through all his dirty thoughts.

The two stared at each other for a moment, and someone’s heartbeat skipped a beat, the thumping sound only adding to An Huaixu’s agitation.

He was the first to avert his gaze, his action of releasing his hand somewhat trying to hide his intentions, and he said in a low, slightly unnatural voice, “How… how long are you planning to hug?”

Shi Yun was in a state of mental blankness, completely unaware of his strangeness.

It was only after his reminder that he sluggishly looked at their intimate pose.

He was trying to understand the current situation, and then his blinking suddenly stopped!

In an instant, he was like a boiling kettle, smoke rising from the top of his head.

He released his hands in a panic and at great speed: “S-sorry!”

“I didn’t mean to, I just, I just—uh!”

Shi Yun closed his eyes and retreated backwards haphazardly as he spoke, inadvertently kicking a stone and falling backwards!

As in the past, An Huaixu reached out, quickly pulled him over, and dragged him to a more open area: “Troublemaker.”

Shi Yun still seemed to be unable to see clearly, groping around randomly until he touched An Huaixu’s clothes, then he settled down: “Thank you, you’re really uh…”

An Huaixu pinched his mouth with two fingers, directly physically interrupting the ‘Shi Yun’s good person card’ incantation, and coldly uttered a single word: “Annoying.”

Shi Yun turned and gave a thumbs up, his eyes curved, smiling foolishly.

An Huaixu released his hand with a headache, instinctively wanting to take out his phone for light, but felt in his pocket and realized he didn’t have it.

Shi Yun obviously didn’t have one either.

He took a deep breath, once again did a few seconds of mental preparation, bent over, and began to search for the dropped matchbox.

“Chen Shu’s cellar door can only be opened from the outside, so now we can only pray that they find out soon…” he stopped abruptly in the middle of his sentence, then muttered to himself,

“I remember I clearly dropped it here just now, why isn’t it here…”

An Huaixu watched as Shi Yun missed the black and red matchbox and continued to grope to the side, his expression paused, and he silently continued to observe. 

He was trying to identify the surroundings.

Finally, on the nth circle, he touched the matchbox, followed the wall, and found the candlestick.

Helplessly, he was weak and powerless, and coupled with a slight physiological tremor in his hands, he struck the match several times without lighting it.

He pursed his lips, not only not discouraged, but becoming more and more courageous, to the end.

An Huaixu crossed his arms, watching him like this, and was actually a little upset.

He quickly stepped forward and snatched the match, lighting the candlestick in just a few strokes.

The dim light flickered, making the already simple cellar even more oppressive.

Shi Yun was not used to the sudden light, raising his hand to block the upper half of his face, feeling the warmth of his blood rushing to his limbs, awakening all his senses.

He blinked his eyes, and his gradually clearing vision first stopped on An Huaixu’s straight figure through the gaps between his fingers.

When he clearly knew that he was not alone here, he finally released the fear that had been stuck in his throat.

However, as soon as his spirit relaxed, the pain quickly spread from his arm to his head.

Suddenly, he swayed, his eyes went black, and then the strong aroma of Chen’s homemade fruit wine floated to his nose, hooking him awake, and he steadily supported the nearby wall.

He turned his head to look at An Huaixu, who he didn’t know when had gotten so close to him.

In order not to be annoying, he took two small steps back.

Just then, An Huaixu coldly asked, “Don’t you know how to write the word ‘help’?”

Shi Yun didn’t react to where this question came from for a moment, and looked up at him.

An Huaixu saw that his left eye was written with ‘dull’ and his right eye was written with ‘muddled’, and after a few seconds of silence, with a force in his heart, he didn’t plan to let this question go.

“Why didn’t you call me for help just now?”

He kept a straight face, coupled with this tone, which seemed a little fierce.

Shi Yun didn’t know if he was a little dizzy from the wine, or if he had just experienced these things and his emotions hadn’t completely calmed down, but he actually felt a little aggrieved and uncomfortable.

He scratched at the clod of earth on the wall with his fingers, lowered his head, and said softly, “But you don’t seem like you would help me, you might even scold me…”

An Huaixu was puzzled: “When did I scold you?”

Shi Yun: “You just said I was a troublemaker.”

An Huaixu: “That’s not scolding you, that’s—”

He suddenly stopped speaking, met Shi Yun’s secretly expectant expression, and suddenly realized that this person was setting a trap for him.

His face darkened, and he closed his mouth and didn’t answer.

Shi Yun was a little regretful that he hadn’t heard his true thoughts, sighed, and quietly moved one step closer to him.

He always felt that staying by An Huaixu’s side was very reassuring.

For example, last night was the best night he had slept in since his parents had left home.

He made no secret of his appreciation, openly tracing An Huaixu’s handsome features.

After looking at him for a long time, his mouth couldn’t stay idle, and he asked very directly: “Why are you always unhappy?”

Shi Yun had been wondering about this for a long time.

From the first glance, he felt that An Huaixu was the embodiment of negative emotions.

Just like his mouth corners, perhaps An Huaixu himself didn’t understand, although his eyes could hide many things, his mouth corners wouldn’t.

Usually, his corners of mouth was pressed down, looking as if he had a deep hatred.

But if his mood was slightly brighter, the mouth corners would pull into a straight line.

Shi Yun was used to these two kinds of mouth corners, and began to curiously say:

“What is it like when you are particularly, invincible, and super happy, laughing heartily, or—”

he pinched his throat and imitated a strange laugh “Heh heh heh—”

An Huaixu didn’t answer, but asked instead: “Why do you care about my emotions?”

He paused for two seconds, adding: “This doesn’t seem to have anything to do with you.”

If you listened carefully, you could hear that when he said this, it wasn’t as rushed as before.

On the contrary, it also had a sense of helplessness.

Unfortunately, Shi Yun’s head was gradually dizzy, and afterimages appeared in front of him.

Many handsome faces of An Huaixu were shaking him dizzy, and he had no time to think about other things at all.

He naturally slapped the wall and said righteously: “We are friends, shouldn’t friends help each other and care about each other…?”

Shi Yun’s voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke, but An Huaixu heard every word.

He had long noticed Shi Yun’s strangeness, sniffed his nose, and had a guess.

He said nothing with malicious intent, but instead lowered his body and pressed closer step by step.

“Friends?”

“Yeah!”

An Huaixu seemed to think this word was very interesting.

He didn’t even know what had appeared in their relationship.

After all, in this short day of getting along, he had not been very friendly to Shi Yun because of suspicion and sullenness.

He was very curious about what Shi Yun’s little head was thinking about all day long.

Was there no bad person in his world?

“When did I agree to be friends with you?”

“You…” Shi Yun’s legs were soft and floating, and he really couldn’t stand, so he sat on the ground leaning against the wall, hugged his knees, and said: “As long as they’re not bad people, everyone is my friend.”

“Don’t you think I’m very… fierce to you?”

An Huaixu had just finished speaking when his mouth corners immediately drooped.

No matter how he tasted it, it was awkward.

It sounded like he was acting coquettishly, which made people get goosebumps!

He clicked his tongue, about to drop the topic, but Shi Yun spoke up.

“You’re very good, you just don’t know how to express yourself.”

An Huaixu was stunned, as if he hadn’t expected that he would be such a person in Shi Yun’s eyes.

Since his debut, he had heard too many fancy compliments, but few people had used such a simple word ‘good’ to describe him, and it was still from the mouth of the person he suspected.

He couldn’t describe what this feeling was like for a while.

Shi Yun’s face was red, and he was talking to himself, talking nonsense before he said:

“Young man, be a little adventurous, be more generous! If you only do but don’t say, who will know your good!”

After speaking, he praised himself: “Only I have the eye to see, you’re out in the world, who will indulge you!”

The tone he imitated sounded just like Principal Zhang.

The emotions that An Huaixu had just had were gone after one sentence.

He didn’t know if he was angry or stupid by Shi Yun, but suddenly he laughed lowly: “It’s useless to be reasonable with stupid people.”

Then, he mercilessly mocked: “You can get drunk just by smelling the wine, you’re pretty good.”

Shi Yun asked him in surprise: “So your laugh isn’t ‘Heh heh heh’!”

He tasted the second half of An Huaixu’s sentence, and said a little embarrassedly: “Are you praising me?”

An Huaixu was really amused this time.

When he thought about how he had been fighting with such a little fool all day, he felt it was very outrageous.

Shi Yun glanced at him, covered up his gaze, glanced at him again, and scratched the dirt clods embarrassedly, glanced at him again and again—

An Huaixu sat next to him: “Be generous.”

Shi Yun didn’t expect the boomerang to hit him so quickly, and immediately straightened his head, staring at a certain point in the void without moving.

An Huaixu: “Do you have night blindness?”

Shi Yun nodded.

“Congenital or acquired?”

“Acquired.”

An Huaixu’s heart tightened, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most: “Where are your parents?”

He had never heard Shi Yun mention his family, were they gone, or—

An Huaixu didn’t have time to think about the last possibility, but Shi Yun spoke.