Overturned Tower

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"03:30. Three forty... 45, about the same."

"...That is to say, you just slept for more than two hours, right?"

Delphinium was full of helplessness: "This is the first time..."

Obviously she came back several times in the middle, and saw Russell quietly curled up under the quilt with his eyes closed, and he seemed to be sleeping soundly.So she didn't dare to get close to disturb Russell... After all, with Russell's sensitivity, if she just called his name softly, even if he was really asleep, he would wake up immediately.

Russell didn't sleep well because he was taking care of himself.Delphinium knew this very well, so he didn't bother Russell, and didn't even dare to stay here for lunch.She was worried that the aroma of lunch would wake Russell up too... She specially closed the door quietly and went to the bar on the first floor to eat.

She came back several times to check whether Russell was awake or not—although Boss Langyin told her many times that she could go out for a walk and he could help keep an eye on Russell; he also said that Russell was already an adult, Don't be so nervous about him, just leave it alone and go out to play by yourself.

But delphinium is still worried...

It's not an overly idealistic or self-important reason like "I think he needs me".

It was because, when Russell was chatting with Delphinium before, she remembered—Alice died of illness.And after she died, Russell had no relatives on Chongguang Island... He immediately went to Happy Island.

When she realized that there was actually only one bed in the "home" of Alice and Russell...she was sensitively aware that this bed had not been lived in for a long time, but was still well taken care of by the boss of Langyin. The neat bed, the very same bed Alice had died in.

Delphinium's psionic power is related to "love".She could clearly feel that Russell deeply loved his mother...and Alice who raised him alone.Alice's death did indeed have a great impact on Russell, and even changed Russell's personality in a certain sense.

So, when Russell returns to the old place and lies on this bed again, will he first miss his childhood, or will he first think of Alice's death?

The answer is self-evident.

How can the blurred memory buried deep in the brain compare to the despair of a year ago?

Delphinium is very worried, whether Russell will fall in love with the scene.Sobbing alone on this bed, recalling the loneliness, despair and helplessness of the past...

Others regard him as a senior, a leader, an idol, a hero, a savior...even a demon king who will destroy the world.

But Delphinium just regards him as her mate, her lover.

She sees Russell as a person.A fragile mortal who can be happy or lost, angry or sad.

She came back several times, not to monitor whether Russell slept or not.Instead, he was worried that he would not be able to sleep because of cranky thoughts, or that he would be lying here feeling emotional and losing control of his emotions.

If that was the case, she could be there for Russell just in time when he needed her comfort.Rather than letting him be "alone".

...In the end, she never expected that Russell didn't sleep at all.

With Russell's specialized hearing, and he was leaning against the concrete wall with poor sound insulation, he must have heard everything long ago.As he approached the door, he should have heard his footsteps, and immediately adjusted and relaxed his body, pretending to be asleep.

Russell's acting skills can deceive the world-he can really melt and adjust himself into any posture he needs.

No matter what, Delphinium couldn't see Russell's acting skills.Either way, Russell is asleep... and she's far from having the extraordinary wit and insight of Russell's acting.

She is just mortal.

Delphinium adjusted her emotions—said she adjusted her emotions, but she was not really angry.

I just felt helpless and funny: "Let me tell you, brother... I'm not your mother, you don't need to pretend to be so obedient in front of me.

"Didn't I say it before, if you stay up all night again, just send me a message. I won't call you, let you sleep well."

"...You said you wouldn't call me, but you'll still call me when I wake up."

Russell's voice buried under the quilt was somewhat resentful: "That's actually the same."

Just like the teacher said "no homework", he had already celebrated the "oh--" over, but the teacher quickly gave a bunch of "holiday homework" that was actually similar in nature to homework.

"I'm not doing this for your health... Well, since you only slept so short, it's my fault for disturbing you."

Delphinium sighed: "But since it's already reached this point, you might as well get up first.

"It's really difficult for you to stay still for eight hours. But if you don't drink water for such a long time, your body will have problems...you should get up and eat something first, and then drink some water."

Delphinium sighed softly, stretched out her hand and pinched Russell's ear, her orchid-scented mouthwash came over her face: "You sleep at a random time every day...I remember you didn't sleep for 72 hours , and then fell asleep for a whole day, right? This makes me terrified, I am really worried that something will happen to your body. "

"Well. I know, it's your love."

The corners of Russell's eyes were slightly bent, and he murmured softly: "Because it is true love, it is so heavy that I will be careful. That'fear' is not based on fear, it is also a kind of love.

"You are very lenient, even indulgent, to me. But I dare not squander this tolerance.

"Because I love you too, Flotie."

Chapter 28 I love you

Delphinium choked on Russell's whispered confession without warning.

She hadn't expected at all that Russell would remain calm and calm as usual... as if explaining the truth, he would say "I love you" casually on this occasion.

In the "suicide note" sent to her by Russell before, there were only the words "I like you".

And later, when the two of them kissed for the first time, Russell only expressed his love in a very euphemistic way-reciting the old love poem.

Since then, they have confirmed their love for each other.The already somewhat ambiguous relationship suddenly became clear, like cocktails with obvious layers of color gradually melting into each other after sitting for a long time.They made more intimate moves until they crossed that line... The two people who were already passionate and lustful finally let go of everything, and became passionate and lingering in an instant.

It's like a warm mulled wine with syrup, chocolate, coffee and cinnamon.

It is so sweet, so fragrant, and so fiery.People can't help but drink again after one drink, and feel the warm warmth pouring from the tongue, slipping through the chest, sinking into the lower abdomen, and then flowing all over the limbs and bones.It is so sobering and so intoxicating.

They express their love euphemistically with poems, folk songs, opera arias, and lines from film and television dramas.

I also used a card full of graffiti, a well-cooked meal, some messy childish gifts, and two equally childish smiling faces; I used a warm hug, a nearly suffocating kiss, and an emotional scream .

But so far, they have never said "I love you" clearly.

Delphinium was a little disappointed by this, but also looked forward to it.

That was a girl's expectation... She was waiting for Russell to solemnly say these words on a more solemn and romantic occasion that would make her unforgettable in her life.

Until now.

Hearing Russell utter these words in a daze, on the one hand, she felt joyful, but on the other hand, she also felt a little bit regretful—how can you say it so lightly?

When I didn't hear it before, I would feel lost...but now I hear it, but I still feel lost.

She stretched out her slender and fair fingers, gently tapped Russell's cheek, and complained softly:

"This is the first time you've said 'I love you'."

"I thought I said that."

"No! I remember every word you said, except this one is missing."

"At the beginning, you were shy...and you weren't sure what you wanted, so you didn't dare to move."

Russell's head came out of the quilt, and his voice became clear.

"What then?"

Delphinium asked: "Why didn't you say it later... Did you forget?"

"Although I didn't say these three words, I felt like saying 'I love you' every moment."

Russell said softly: "Because I love you all the time too.

"It has become part of my life, the flesh and blood of the new 'me'. I don't need to repeat it to emphasize something to you, I don't need to emphasize it to declare something, and I don't need to declare it to gain something.

"Because I already had you, all of you. When I say 'I love you,' I don't mean to get anything from you. It's because I really love you."

Never said it before, and now it goes on and on—

"Uh huh huh..."

Delphinium covered her slightly hot face, moaning meaninglessly.

On the contrary, Russell opened his eyes completely, as if he had discovered something, his eyes lit up in the evening.

Delphinium didn't actually intend to force Russell to wake up directly, so she didn't turn on the light... She had quietly left room for Russell to "sleep for a while".Therefore, Russell's emerald green pupils that suddenly lit up at this moment were so shining in the darkness, like two gems, and like a bright lamp.

"Are you so pure..."

Russell was amazed: "I didn't expect that you would like to hear this.

"Then I can tell you every day. Once in the morning when I wake up and once in the evening when I go to sleep. I can take you to the Ferris wheel, or travel to the snow-capped mountains with you. I remember Bad Day said that there are many people on Taoyuan Island. The zoo and the aquarium. Or, do you think Yongquan Island is a good tourist attraction?"

"...Aren't you able to penetrate people's hearts?"

Delphinium glared at Russell through her fingers, but she still hadn't taken her hand off—she was still using her hand to cool her cheeks: "Then why don't you look at me more..."

"Except when we first met, I would never look at you with those eyes. That would be disrespectful to you."

"very beginning?"

"That's the first day."

Russell added: "Before I was 'Ultramarine.'"

"You kid..."

The delphinium suddenly came back to his senses: "So you started following me the second day after you went to work? Did you say you were just looking for sex?"

She pointed at Russell's cheeks in a physical sense, and secretly felt that Russell's skin felt really good.

"Is color really color..."

Russell was poked until his voice was blurred: "But one thing to say, I don't often use that talent to those close to me."

"why?"

"A lesson from childhood."

Russell's voice became deep: "At that time, I understood one thing when I was very young...everyone has 'maliciousness'. Friendship is like a gem, there is no such thing as a one-stop, A perfect diamond without any cracks or stains. In this world, one cannot find a "perfect person"; let alone have absolutely pure feelings.

"Contempt, contempt, jealousy, greed, misunderstanding, anger... Even if you are with your best friend, as long as you get along for a long time and have many scenes, you will always have a suspicion. Even yesterday's self How can you always be satisfied with the friends you made yesterday?

"It's just that people use reason and love to suppress those bad thoughts... It's just that they forgive or forget the old unfriendliness.

"...But I can always catch people's 'bad thoughts' when they just arise in their hearts. No one can hide their secrets from me. I arrogantly became everyone's friend, took away Their 'social status' doesn't necessarily mean they don't have revenge. Because I know what kind of ugly people they are in their hearts, so I want to carry out 'revenge that no one knows'.

"It's like a Kamen Rider, a masked hero. No one knows his identity, no one knows his abilities, and no one knows what he did, what he punished, what he saved...you may not know. But every boy will have a similar dream when he was a child, it's just that I have the ability to realize it at the moment of 'just having this wish'."

"Sounds dangerous."

"That's really dangerous. But luckily I didn't grow crooked in the end..."

Russell sighed: "And one of the compromises I made was to be tolerant to the people I accepted and recognized.

"Seeing people I love, people I trust, with an ugliness that's not what they appear to be - that's a big, big shock. There's a big sense of disappointment... ah, yes Yes. It’s like discovering the stars and idols you admire, and the private image is completely different from the fabricated persona, or even runs counter to it.

"It took me a long time to understand...it's not just the voice of a person's heart that represents his 'truth'.

"A real and complete person is the ultimate fusion of the thoughts in his mind, his restraint on himself, and his ultimate actual behavior. Without any part, there is no complete person.

"People judge other people's hearts through their shells. This is a kind of judging people by appearances and preconceived ideas... But I can hear other people's voices and touch their personality, and I regard this 'principal wish' hidden in my heart as their nature. Isn’t this a kind of preconception?”

He looked into the delphinium's eyes and said softly: "I used to have a kind of ignorant emotion for you.

"Then I'm even more afraid to listen to your heart. Because I'm afraid I'll hear...something that disappoints me."

Hearing this, Delphinium sighed softly.

Pushing herself up on her elbows, she lifted Russell out of the cup and stuffed his head into her arms.

"Now then, listen to it. You can listen to it all you want."

Mixed with her strong heartbeat, Delphinium's gentle voice came: "Listen to my heart seriously and thoroughly. From today onwards, you can always listen to my heart.

"Listen and remember... this is the love I have for you right now. It will take on other colors and shapes in the future, but it's still my love at the bottom of it. I return this sentence to you. I want you to find a good place and a good time to say it to me seriously...

"--I love you."

Chapter 29 Islandwide chain

In the end, when Russell came to his senses... he had been coaxed and tricked out of the blanket by the delphinium unconsciously.

Now that he was fully awake, he had no choice but to just get up.

He yawned lazily in the delphinium's arms, and then stretched a big stretch, pulling his already extremely soft body a little longer.

"I promise not to wake you up tomorrow, okay?"

Delphinium whispered: "I won't bother you when I come back, I'll let you sleep well... But you don't want to stay up late when you come back tonight, okay?"

"return?"

Russell keenly captured what: "Where do you want to go?"

"Let's go for a stroll... I don't know where to go. I have never been to Sogo Island."

Delphinium rubbed Russell's face helplessly: "By the way, don't you take a bath? Where is the bathroom here?"