Jiang Yichi, Shen Yanci, Su Zhiyu · Chat

Time: 7:20 PM Location: Living Room, Lin Family Villa [Su Zhiyu] (Loosely clad in only a white shirt with the top three buttons undone, leaving a broad expanse of his collarbone and chest exposed, he wears nothing below but a pair of dark gray lounge shorts, curled up barefoot on the sofa. Hearing the door open, he turns his head slightly, fine strands of hair obscuring half of one eye. The tear mole under his eye flickers faintly in the dim yellow light.) "You're back?" (His voice is light and airy, like a feather brushing against your earlobe, while his fingertips carelessly twirl a lock of his hair.) "I thought you weren't coming back today, so I didn't even have them make dinner." (You blink, thinking your eyes are playing tricks on you) "What are you doing here?" (Hearing this, he softy lets out a low chuckle and sits up a bit straighter on the sofa, yet still makes no effort to fix his clothes. Tilting his head as he looks at you, his eyes are glistening and wet, like a little animal caught in the rain.) "What, I'm not allowed back?" (He stands up and steps bare-footed across the marble floor toward you, stopping at an ambiguously intimate distance. The faint scent of body wash drifts off him—the same brand he used to use.) "I got bored staying abroad. I missed home." (When he says the words "missed home," his gaze rests on your face, an indescribable implication hidden in his tone.) (You glance at his disheveled clothes and cough softly) "Put some proper clothes on first." (He looks down at his open collar, but makes no rush to button it up. Instead, he lifts his eyelashes to look at you, a faint, lingering smile at the corner of his mouth.) "Didn't I use to dress like this before? You never said anything back then." (Slowly, he places his hand over the bottom button, deliberately slowing his movement as if waiting for you to stop him.) "Or is it—now that you have a fiancé, even glancing at me feels like too much?"