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Extra 7: Days of Their Lives

During the winter break of his fourth year of university, Yue Zhishi received 's offer the eve of Lunar New Year after being painfully swamped for over half a year with studying for the IELTS exam and applying for universities at the same time. Song Yu, about to graduate with his master's degree, received an offer as well. When the good news arrived, Lin Rong both laughed and cried, overjoyed that both her sons were so excellent but upset because they were about to leave her for a while to study overseas.

"Aunt Rong, if you miss us, just buy a ticket and fly over to see us," Yue Zhishi said, comforting her. His head was on her shoulder, his arms wrapped around one of hers.

"True." Lin Rong's mind turned on, and she started to plan a European tour for herself with England as its starting point. "I'm going to close the restaurant for half a year and have fun with my girlies. I'll come back when I've had enough."

Song Jin was already very used to Lin Rong not including him in her travel plans. Instead, he thought ruefully of their future university and slipped an arm around Yue Zhishi's shoulders. "So after so many twists and turns, you're still ending up in England."

"Gege's supervisor gave him a recommendation for UCL's geoscience department, and since he's also written so many papers, there definitely won't be problem for him to apply for the . UCL's supervisor was really satisfied with him, and they even joked and said to gege, 'our profession is to save the world'."

Lin Rong couldn't help but scoff, "British people have the same kind of humour as your brother."

With an indifferent face, Song Yu said, "Ms Lin gave birth well."

"Hahahahaha."

Time passed very quickly, the holiday break gone in a flash. After returning back to school, Yue Zhishi busied himself with his graduation thesis, so busy he almost didn't have time to sleep. The cherry blossom season arrived, and Wuhan U overflowed with people; Yue Zhishi turned in his revised draft and went home that weekend with Song Yu to rest — just in time to avoid the crowds of people heading in to admire the flowers.

Early on Saturday morning at 6:30, Song Yu, who had maintained a habit of exercising in the morning, got out of bed and cleaned up. But when he saw how warm and snuggled up Yue Zhishi looked in the blanket, he couldn't help but sit back on the bed and look at him.

While still sleeping, Yue Zhishi sensed the bed sinking down slightly. He kept his eyes closed and subconsciously stretched out a pale, narrow arm in a daze, groping around, before finally catching Song Yu's hand. It had been pressing into the mattress; Yue Zhishi very affectionately shifted over. The blanket on his body didn't follow along, and the shirt of his pyjamas even rode up and revealed his flat and pale lower belly. He leaned his head against Song Yu's hips, his arms wrapping around Song Yu's waist.

The way he looked made Song Yu think of the hamster he and Yue Zhishi had once seen in a pet store. They'd crouched down to look at it, and the hamster had also clenched his eyes shut like that when sleeping — his tiny paws had also extended out to move around.

Song Yu stroked Yue Zhishi's arms and nudged away the hair lying on his forehead, the pads of his fingers massaging between Yue Zhishi's eyebrows before sliding downwards to touch his cheeks and bottom lip. Yue Zhishi fidgeted, feeling a bit ticklish, and then he felt Song Yu's palm touch his belly and grip onto his waist.

He was originally going to push away Song Yu's hand, but the next moment, Song Yu's kiss landed onto the side of his neck. After tossing and turning for a while, Yue Zhishi's face was flushed, and he fuzzily opened his eyes, his arms around Song Yu's neck.

"Are you leaving now?" Yue Zhishi was lightly panting, his voice very soft.

"Mn. Want to come with me?"