Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 41: Cake in Mouth

New Year's Eve is a special night.

Walking along the path filled with New Year decorations is like reviewing the gains and losses of the past year.

No matter what, it was a happy thing that the siblings were reunited this year. Other relationships, men, and dreams became small problems that needed to be solved next year.

Lin Lu took off a pair of Easter egg hats with the words 2024-2025 on them, put them on herself and Pei Yizhou respectively, and smiled at him.

"I remember the New Year's Eve when you just started college. It was popular in our school to tie balloons on hats. There were all kinds of balloons that could be used to distinguish people. But the one I blew up for you deflated before midnight. The puppy turned into a sausage. I laughed from 11:50 to midnight."

Her tone became cheerful, as if the tacit silence of the past few days had never happened.

They have unique memories that no one can interfere with, whether as siblings or as a couple.

Pei Yizhou then laughed too: "I remember too, there was a smiley face drawn on the balloon tied to your hat, but when I got home I found it was deflated, and the smiley face turned into a wrinkled face. You were so angry that you said you wanted to take a new photo."

Once the memories began, it was hard to stop. Lin Lu continued to reminisce about the past while admiring the surroundings.

"Also, on New Year's Eve of the first year after I graduated, I went to hand out flyers to earn money. I finally had enough to buy a box of fireworks, but there were too many people that day and I got the wrong box. I got a box of handheld magic bullets, which you have to hold in your hands. The fireworks shot out of the straight tube and I almost lost my grip, and they flew into your face."

"Then you grabbed several of them and played with them while shouting excitedly. I was looking for you among a pile of fireworks and almost thought you were pushed into the river." Pei Yizhou continued.

Lin Luren couldn't help laughing. Seeing that there were free couplet-style scarves, he quickly lined up to get one and put it on himself.

Pei Yizhou is a 30-year-old man and doesn't want to become a mascot. He feels a little repulsive.

Just as he was recalling the harmonious past, Lin Lu subconsciously used the old trick to deal with him: "Hurry up, hurry up, brother, brother——"

After saying this, he realized that this trick was no longer suitable for them now. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Pei Yizhou sighed and bent down with his head lowered.

"Can you please look better?" He raised his eyes and asked with a smile.

Lin Lu paused for a moment, but continued to put it on: "Don't worry, if a person is good-looking, he will look good no matter how he wears it. Don't worry about my craftsmanship."

After wrapping it, Pei Yizhou stood up straight and sighed: "I knew that you only have one way to wrap a scarf - the same action as wrapping wool, to achieve the effect of strangling the neck."

She looked away guiltily.

Although we went downstairs too early, we actually didn’t wander around for long before it was already five o’clock and the resort’s New Year’s Eve event officially began.

In addition to the normal eating, drinking and playing games, a dedicated concert stage was set up on the beach. The foreign band invited came with blasting music, so loud that one could not hear the people talking around them.

Lin Lu was holding a caramel and black tea cream cupcake and wanted to go across to try the roulette game. The winner could ask the chef to make a special dessert for him.

She said loudly to Pei Yizhou: "Brother, I'm going to the other side..."

"What?" The noise was too loud, so Pei Yizhou listened attentively.

She could only move closer and say even louder, "I'm going to play games across the street!"

This time she heard it clearly, but she was too close, and the people passing by squeezed her, so her lips rubbed against Pei Yizhou's earlobe, and the cream on the cupcake also stained his earlobe.

Both of them were stunned.

The strangeness on her ear made Pei Yizhou reach out and touch it. He rubbed some caramel-colored cream with his fingertips, then slowly moved his eyes from the cream to her face, looking at her meaningfully.

You don't think she kissed him with cream in her mouth, do you?
The music on the stage was so vibrating that Lin Lu felt his heart was shaking as well.

She blinked her eyelashes, her eyes darted away like a frightened fish, and she pretended to look for the person who was squeezing them, then complained: "My cake——"

Pei Yizhou's expression did not change except for a sharp look in his eyes. When he heard her regret for the cake, he smiled and said he would take her to get another one. Then, he took the cream on his fingertips and put it into his mouth, then wiped it with a tissue.

The action was nonchalant, as if it was normal to just eat up the rice once it was served.

Lin Lu's ears started burning.

She could pretend not to know Pei Yizhou's perverted thoughts, even though both of them knew what was in each other's mind.

But she is still young and lacks the ability to resist these bad temptations.

It’s all Pei Yizhou’s fault. Did he want to drag her into the gutter with him?

As it approached midnight, the lights on the beach, which were as bright as daytime, were turned off one by one, and boxes of expensive fireworks were brought up and formed a circle.

Where they were was the best viewing spot. It was quite close, so one could enjoy the first few boxes of fireworks soaring into the sky, but the ones behind were a bit deafening.

Lin Lu was taking pictures and couldn't help rubbing her ears with the back of her hand. She wanted to rub it a second time, and a pair of hands reached out from behind to cover her ears.

The sounds of fireworks, heartbeats, and other noises were filtered out, and at the same time, a warm body pressed against my back.

The brilliance of the fireworks took away most of the brightness, and she couldn't actually see who was behind her, but she didn't seem to be averse to such contact, and instead thought of Pei Yizhou first.

"Brother?" she confirmed in a low voice.

"Well," Pei Yizhou covered her ears and rubbed her chin with his little finger, asking her to look up, "Look, the most beautiful fireworks are coming."

Dozens of boxes of fireworks exploded together, lighting up the sky with six colorful long-bearded dandelions and the light of the simulated fountain below, almost illuminating half the sky.

Lin Lu didn't bother to worry about the people behind him. He looked up in amazement at the magnificent view in the sky.

Pei Yizhou reminded her to watch the fireworks, but he lowered his eyes and looked at the person in his arms.

Those eyes reflected the light of the fireworks, bright and clear. If she was willing to turn around and look at him with love like she used to, he would also be reflected in her eyes...

If she wants.

Unfortunately, I don’t want to now.

It doesn’t matter, he said to himself, it’s just reliving the past again, as long as she is still around, everything will be fine.

After the most beautiful fireworks display, the clock struck midnight.

Everyone around them started to say New Year's greetings. Lin Lu shook her head, and Pei Yizhou released her hand in sync. He looked at her and said, "Happy New Year, brother!"

The blessing was not noticeable amid the noise of the crowd and the vibrations of the continuous explosions of fireworks.

But Pei Yizhou was only waiting for this sentence, and subjectively could only hear this sentence clearly, and all other sounds seemed to be blown away by the sea breeze.

"Happy New Year." He stroked her hair lovingly, his palm sliding to the back of her neck and pressing her into his arms.

"I'm so glad you're back, Lulu, and we can finally spend another year together."

Lin Lu's hand that was pressing against his shoulder subconsciously lost its strength, and she hesitated and hugged him back.

A red scarf fell on her shoulders. From a distance, it looked like a scarf wrapped around two people, as if they were born to stay close to each other.

(End of this chapter)