She Comes Into My Dreams Every Night - Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Who Would Compete with a Dog for Affection?

Tu Zhizhuo opened the door, carrying breakfast. The two dogs were already impatiently pawing at the door. She laughed and scolded them to be patient as she pushed the door open.

The scene inside was no longer the mess it was before she left. The entire house looked like it had been renovated. Several large black bags, containing trash to be discarded, stood by the entrance.

Tu Zhizhuo was surprised. She placed the breakfast on the clean dining table and muttered, “The cleaning lady won’t even need to come this afternoon…”

She turned to Lin Jue and smiled: “Thanks. Did you have breakfast? I bought a lot.”

Lin Jue shook her head: “I borrowed your kitchen.”

Tu Zhizhuo turned back to Su Huaiwang, arms crossed: “So, you ate too?”

Su Huaiwang was sitting on the sofa, nursing a cup of hot water, sipping slowly. Hearing the question, she awkwardly shifted her gaze away.

Tu Zhizhuo shook her head and sighed: “What a waste of all this breakfast I bought—can Big Grey eat some?”

“Better not,” Su Huaiwang said, getting up to prepare breakfast for the two dogs.

Dog food clattered into the bowls. Su Huaiwang felt like she had eyes boring into her back.

The amber eyes kept piercing her, silently asking, with impatience yet patience, when she was leaving.

She bravely finished pouring the dog food. The two carefree dogs instantly rushed to their bowls.

Tu Zhizhuo’s surprised shout came from the kitchen:

“Lin Jue, you made some for me too?”

The gaze from behind finally lifted. Su Huaiwang heard Lin Jue’s indifferent “Mhm”:

“There weren’t many ingredients in the fridge, so I used them all.”

Tu Zhizhuo happily carried her bowl out: “I prefer handmade food over ready-made meals. Thank you!”

“It’s nothing, a small gesture,” Lin Jue said modestly. But Su Huaiwang knew with one glance that Tu Zhizhuo’s noodles were specially made, not from the same pot as hers.

She didn’t know how Lin Jue timed it, but the noodles were ready just before Tu Zhizhuo returned, so they weren’t mushy at all, perfect for Tu Zhizhuo to eat.

Lin Jue made food for her, and also for Tu Zhizhuo.

Su Huaiwang poked Lin Jue’s lower back and whispered: “Aren’t you going to eat something?”

“No need.” Lin Jue lowered her gaze to Su Huaiwang’s hand, which had just poked her, and repeated: “I don’t need to eat.”

Su Huaiwang was puzzled but didn’t press further.

The two dogs had already devoured a bowl of dog food like a whirlwind and were now licking their mouths, looking at her expectantly, wanting seconds.

Su Huaiwang couldn’t resist and gave each of them a small, already-cooled bun.

Turning around, Lin Jue was also looking at her expectantly, but with more restraint, not losing face as much as the dogs.

Su Huaiwang cleared her throat, a faint blush creeping onto her face, and said: “Then we should get going.”

Tu Zhizhuo looked up and said, “Oh. Leaving so early? Not staying a few more days?”

The heat on Su Huaiwang’s face intensified: “No, no.”

Tu Zhizhuo frowned. After a moment of thought, she felt she had grasped the truth: “Quarrel in bed, make up in bed?”

The straightforward words were drowned out by Su Huaiwang’s sudden coughing.

“Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!”

The coughing made Su Huaiwang’s face completely red.

Lin Jue immediately patted her back to help her breathe, looking worried: “Are you getting sick? Should we stop to see a doctor on the way back?”

“No, no.” Su Huaiwang’s lips twitched. She awkwardly pushed her away gently.

Tu Zhizhuo, seeing her look guilty, stopped teasing her and waved casually: “Then go on. Goodbye, have a safe trip.”

Su Huaiwang nodded: “We’re off. Goodbye.”

Turning around, Lin Jue had already gathered the luggage.

The bags that required two people to carry when they arrived were now being carried effortlessly by Lin Jue alone.

Su Huaiwang sometimes felt that appearances could be deceiving.

“Let’s go.” Lin Jue curved her lips into a smile. Her beautiful face glowed brightly.

Her face flushed again unconsciously. Su Huaiwang avoided her gaze and nodded.

…

Only when they got into the car did Su Huaiwang remember to ask her:

“Didn’t you drive here?”

“No.” Lin Jue was buckling her seatbelt in the driver’s seat. Looking up, she saw Su Huaiwang hadn’t buckled hers, so she reached over to help her.

Her voice coolly swept past Su Huaiwang’s ear at that moment, along with the cool sandalwood scent that invaded her embrace.

By the time Su Huaiwang realized what was happening, she was already hugging Lin Jue, and a kiss landed on her earlobe.

The white-jade earlobe was stained with a layer of red warmth by her, beautifully indescribable. Lin Jue was uncharacteristically hesitant, stammering:

“…It’s not safe.”

Su Huaiwang, of course, knew what she meant. Her face immediately flushed completely red.

She pushed away the body in her arms and covered her face with both hands.

She couldn’t show her face to anyone.

The girl leaned closer, using her fingertips to gently part a small gap between Su Huaiwang’s palms, and pressed her lips to it, licking her lips like water.

Her voice was soft and delicate, almost touching her tongue:

“But one kiss is okay… we can do the rest when we get back. Can we?”

Su Huaiwang was dizzily infatuated. As she nodded, she extended her own tongue to pursue hers.

Lin Jue curved her lips, gently biting hers, holding a small section in her mouth and suckling.

The base of her tongue ached. Saliva secreted uncontrollably. It was almost painful, yet she didn’t want to stop.

Su Huaiwang hugged Lin Jue, greedily absorbing everything about her.

It was Lin Jue who stopped first.

She smoothed out Su Huaiwang’s wrinkled clothes and smiled: “That’s enough for now. We’ll do the rest when we get home.”

Su Huaiwang gasped for breath, a shallow moisture in the corners of her eyes, like a dried-up lake.

The woman took her hand, her fingers unconsciously rubbing against hers. She looked up at her, utterly pitiful:

“…Really not now?”

Her hand was pulled to her lower abdomen, gently massaging, looking like she was helping to relieve menstrual cramps, if one ignored the other person’s legs, which were vaguely beginning to open.

She just needed once. She only wanted once.

She didn’t know why she was so… insatiable. Maybe from the moment she saw Lin Jue, she had been thinking about doing this.

Lin Jue’s eyes widened, showing a lack of composure. Mist, at some unknown point, bizarrely permeated the air, completely surrounding the car.

Things were speeding towards an uncontrollable direction, but a dog bark suddenly rang out in the car.

“Woof!”

Su Huaiwang trembled all over. She withdrew from that state, quickly letting go of the hand she had just been cherishing.

Lin Jue sat back in the driver’s seat, her face expressionless, but her eyes were clearly written with grievance.

Su Huaiwang turned around, reaching over to stroke Little Yellow’s head, which was sticking out from the back seat, in a gesture of concealment.

“Woo—”

Little Yellow whined affectionately, its grievance much more obvious than Lin Jue’s. A typical case of the squeaky wheel getting the grease.

“What’s wrong? Tummy ache? Did you eat too much this morning?”

“Woo—woo—”

The dog whined like a siren when it was seeking affection, rubbing its head straight into Su Huaiwang’s arms.

Su Huaiwang unbuckled her seatbelt and comforted it by gently patting its head.

Lin Jue saw her own face in the rearview mirror—still beautiful, but sullen. She didn’t know who had angered her.

Only when Little Yellow was finally comforted and obediently settled back in the rear seat did Su Huaiwang re-buckle her seatbelt.

Lin Jue started the car. A faint awkwardness filled the vehicle.

Su Huaiwang connected her phone via Bluetooth: “…Want to listen to music?”

Lin Jue nodded. She didn’t need navigation anyway.

“What should we listen to?”

“Your playlist is fine.”

Soft music flowed, finally easing some of the awkwardness.

The car drove steadily. Su Huaiwang suddenly realized: “Don’t you need navigation?”

Lin Jue affirmed: “No, I know the way.”

Su Huaiwang nodded, turned her head, and rested against the car window.

She had drunk too much yesterday and slept too little. Lin Jue drove very smoothly. The rhythmic swaying of the car soon made Su Huaiwang close her eyes and fall asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, the world was filled with mist.

“Awake?”

Lin Jue asked her, gripping the steering wheel, her expression relaxed.

“Is it foggy?”

Su Huaiwang asked, rubbing her eyes. The coat on her body slipped down. Lin Jue must have put it on her at some point.

It was a little cold. Su Huaiwang groggily wrapped the coat around herself again. The scent gently wafted up with her movement, like being snuggled in Lin Jue’s arms.

“Mhm.” Lin Jue’s response was brief. Her eyes were fixed ahead, fully concentrated.

“The fog is so thick. Can you still drive on the highway?” Su Huaiwang wondered.

The mist in front of them had almost solidified. She couldn’t even clearly see what the trees outside the highway looked like, only their distorted shapes, faintly visible and ominous in the fog.

She frowned, feeling a bad premonition for some reason.

“Yes, don’t worry.” Lin Jue was still unperturbed.

The car seemed to be driving quite fast. Su Huaiwang glanced at the speedometer. It was already at one hundred and thirty.

There were no other cars around, just theirs, moving quietly and alone through the mist.

Su Huaiwang suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

The music from the Bluetooth continued to play, low and intimate, but instead of finding it romantic, she felt fear.

When had the highway from the provincial capital to their home become so empty?

A faded green sign approached from far away, indicating a rest stop a few kilometers ahead.

“Could we stop at the next rest stop?” Su Huaiwang’s heart was pounding violently.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jue readily agreed: “Sure.”

The car turned, entering the small road leading to the rest stop.

Lin Jue spoke casually as she drove:

“We’ve been driving for hours. It’s time to take a break. Do you want something to eat?”

Su Huaiwang looked at the desolate scenery outside the window and stiffly shook her head: “No, I just want to… use the restroom.”

Lin Jue nodded: “Okay, then I’ll take Big Grey and the others out for a walk.”

“…Thank you.”

Su Huaiwang’s voice was very small.

The sky was overcast. The light was blocked by the car roof. Half of Lin Jue’s face was covered in shadow. Only her curved lips were so prominent.

Yet, they were so eerie, so eerie that Su Huaiwang glanced once and dared not look again.

The car stopped steadily.

Su Huaiwang got out, inhaling a breath of cold air, unconsciously tightening the grip on the coat that didn’t belong to her.

There weren’t many cars in the parking lot. They were few and far between, and covered in dust.

The moment she got out, the surrounding mist instantly rushed into her nose and throat, thick and uncomfortable. Su Huaiwang’s face flushed red, and she covered her mouth and nose.

Lin Jue walked over, waving the mist away from around her. She looked at Su Huaiwang, her amber eyes inexplicably gloomy and dim:

“Go ahead. Do you want me to go with you?”

Su Huaiwang looked at the two dogs and one cat quietly squatting by her feet. Their eyes were also staring at her, with an alarming similarity to the girl’s eyes in front of her.

Her hands and feet were cold.

Su Huaiwang gasped, subconsciously taking a step back: “N-no need…”

Lin Jue lowered her eyelashes in disappointment.

When she looked up again, Su Huaiwang had already turned and was walking quickly, as if she were running away from her.

Su Huaiwang wasn’t sure what Lin Jue’s reaction was.

She just wanted to escape the suffocating air.

She suspected she had slept for too long and her mind wasn’t clear, otherwise, why would she find Lin Jue scary?

Her steps became increasingly erratic, gradually turning from a fast walk into a jog.

As long as she saw other people… as long as she saw other people, she would definitely recover from this strange state, as long as…

But where were the people?