The Best Of You (English Ver.) - Chapter 40
Sun Tiantian came out carrying a cake, Shen Nianshen stood waiting for her in front of the alley.
“Ah Nian!” Sun Tiantian shouted happily, running over to Shen Nianshen.
“Slow down.” Shen Nianshen looked at Sun Tiantian, subconsciously a smile rose in his eyes. He walked a few steps to pick her up.
Sun Tiantian saw Shen Nianshen approaching her, she jogged a few steps and threw herself into the young man’s arms.
“Slow down.” Shen Nianshen laughed softly, stretching out his arms to hug Sun Tiantian.
Sun Tiantian chuckled and raised her head, “Where are we going to go?”
Shen Nianshen looked at her and asked, “How about a theme park?”
Sun Tiantian hadn’t been to a theme park for a long time, the last time she went there seemed to be during the 2nd high school summer vacation.
They took the MRT for an hour to reach Happy Valley.
Because it was winter vacation, the theme park was very crowded.
Shen Nianshen had already bought tickets online before, they went straight in after the verification process. But almost all the rides inside require them to queue.
Sun Tiantian glanced at the crowd in front of her and said to Shen Nianshen, “Looks like today we will spend some of our time waiting in line.”
Shen Nianshen, “Do you want to ride this one? If you don’t want to stand in line, we can ride something else, that’s alright.”
“I’d love to!” Sun Tiantian smiled happily and hugged Shen Nianshen’s arm, resting her head on the young man’s shoulder, “As long as you with me, I’ll be very happy to stand in line.”
Shen Nianshen smiled and rubbed her head, “Then which one should we go first?”
Sun Tiantian looked up and looked around, then pointed to the front, “Let’s ride the roller coaster first, I haven’t ridden on that in a long time.”
“Okay.”
Lots of people want to ride the roller coasters, the lines were very long. Sun Tiantian took Shen Nianshen’s hand to line up at the back.
Due to the long queue time, Sun Tiantian and Shen Nianshen chatted.
Sun Tiantian remembered that she would soon go to her hometown, she felt a little unwilling, “In a few days, I may return to my hometown to celebrate the new year.”
Shen Nianshen was slightly stunned and asked, “When will you coming back?”
Sun Tiantian replied, “My grandfather is there in the hometown, we may have to spend New Year’s Eve there.”
Her grandfather was old, he had great affection for his hometown. These past few years, he had been unwilling to leave his hometown. So every Chinese New Year, it was the young and the kids would return to their hometown to accompany their grandfather.
Shen Nianshen nodded, “I know, have fun when you get home then.”
Sun Tiantian pursed her lips and buried her head in Shen Nianshen’s shoulder, “But I want to be with you.”
Shen Nianshen smiled, lowered his head, and looked at her, “There are still lots of times ahead.”
“How about you? Are you going to go to your hometown during the new year later?” Sun Tiantian raised her head and looked at Shen Nianshen.
After a long silence, Shen Nianshen felt his throat dried and shook his head, “No, I don’t have a hometown.”
Shen Nianshen’s hometown was in a small district in this city. All his childhood memories that he didn’t want to remember anymore, were there. To escape from that environment, after his junior high school exams, he was accepted into the number one junior high school in the city as the number one national ranking. Grandma took him to live in the city and never came back there again.
After entering middle school, his life gradually got on the right track. No one knows anything about his past and despises him. He started to have friends and normal life.
As for that small district, he would never return there in his entire life.
Sun Tiantian said, “After the new year is over, I will go back to see you.”
Shen Nianshen smiled and rubbed her head, his voice was very soft, “I’ll be waiting.”
Sun Tiantian hugged Shen Nianshen’s arm happily, resting her head on the young man’s shoulder.
The line slowly moved forward, Sun Tiantian saw a little child eating ice cream in front of her and said while looking up at Shen Nianshen, “Ah Nian, I want to eat ice cream too.”
Shen Nianshen, “Eating ice cream in winter?”
Sun Tiantian nodded, “You can eat ice cream in winter as well.” She pointed at the little girl in front of her, “I want to eat that ice cream cone.”
Shen Nianshen replied without thinking, “No way.”
Sun Tiantian, “…”
Shen Nianshen touched Sun Tiantian’s face and coaxed her gently, “It’s very cold now. Don’t eat it.”
Sun Tiantian gently shook Shen Nianshen’s arm, looked at him with pleading eyes and spoiled voice, “I’ll only eat one. It’s okay to eat just one, right?”
Shen Nianshen looked at her and refused firmly, “No, not even a half.”
Sun Tiantian, “…”
Sun Tiantian could not win against Shen Nianshen. She let go of Shen Nianshen’s hand and turned her head, ignoring Shen Nianshen.
Shen Nianshen withdrew her hand, “Are you angry?”
Sun Tiantian retracted her hand, stuffed it into her coat pocket, and snorted in irritation.
Shen Nianshen was helpless, rubbing Sun Tiantian’s head, “Sun Tiantian, you are like a little child.”
Then he said, “Wait for me here.”
After speaking, he turned and left.
Sun Tiantian was stunned, turned her head, saw Shen Nianshen walking towards the crowd, turned at a corner, and instantly disappeared.
Sun Tiantian hurriedly called Shen Nianshen and the phone was connected quickly. She hastily asked, “Ah Nian, where are you going?”
Shen Nianshen said, “Wait a minute, I’ll be right back.”
After waiting for about ten minutes, Shen Nianshen finally returned.
He was holding a very large cotton candy, “Just eat this, no ice cream. Okay?”
Sun Tiantian was surprised, her eyes widened, and stared blankly at Shen Nianshen.
Shen Nianshen noticed Sun Tiantian didn’t speak or move, so he asked her, “You don’t like it?”
Sun Tiantian hurriedly shook her head and took over the cotton candy, “Love it, love it so much!”
Sun Tiantian held the cotton candy in one hand and tightly hugged Shen Nianshen with her other hand. Her head sank into Shen Nianshen’s chest for a while before she looked up with a happy smile, “Shen Nianshen, you are very kind.”
Shen Nianshen smiled and pinched Sun Tiantian’s nose.
Sun Tiantian came out of Shen Nianshen’s embrace, holding the cotton candy in one hand and Shen Nianshen’s arm in the other.
The cotton candy melted in her mouth, its’ sweetness went into the heart.
Sun Tiantian looked at Shen Nianshen and suddenly said, “Ah Nian, are we going to be together forever?”
Shen Nianshen was stunned, “Why are you suddenly asking this?”
Sun Tiantian replied, “I think I like you too much. If one day you don’t want me anymore, I will definitely cry to death.”
Shen Nianshen looked at Sun Tiantian deeply. After a while, he rubbed Sun Tiantian’s head as he said, “Don’t talk nonsense, there won’t be a day like that.”
Only then did Sun Tiantian smile, “Ah Nian is indeed the best.”
Shen Nianshen smiled, reaching out his hand to help Sun Tiantian wipe the sugar stains on her face, “Little cat, you have the sugar all over your face.”
Sun Tiantian touched her cheek and chuckled, “This cotton candy is too big.”
After Sun Tiantian finished her cotton candy, it didn’t take long for them to come into their turn riding the roller coasters.
Shen Nianshen put Sun Tiantian’s cake and bag into the storage cabinet on the side.
When he returned, Sun Tiantian was already sitting on the ride and the staff on duty were helping her put on the safety equipment.
Sun Tiantian hasn’t ridden a roller coaster in a long time, she was very enthusiastic. Seeing Shen Nianshen returned, she waved at him, “Ah Nian, here!”
Shen Nianshen walked over and sat beside Sun Tiantian, immediately putting on his safety equipment.
Before the roller coaster started, Sun Tiantian was both excited and scared. She held Shen Nianshen’s hand tightly.
Shen Nianshen looked at her with a smile, “Scared?”
Sun Tiantian raised her head, “Not scared!”
Shen Nianshen smiled and looked at her suspiciously, “Are you sure?”
Sun Tiantian nodded, “I’m not scared.”
In the end, someone who raised her head and said that she wasn’t scared, continued to scream throughout the ride. Until the ride stopped, her body was still shaking.
Shen Nianshen stifled a laugh, bent down to unbuckle Sun Tiantian’s seat belt. He could feel her hands shaking. But Shen Nianshen’s voice couldn’t hide his laughter, “Don’t be afraid, it’s over now.”
After he finished unbuckling her seat belt, he took Sun Tiantian to get off her seat.
Sun Tiantian’s face was still slightly pale. Shen Nianshen helped her tidy up her hair which was messy from the wind, asking with a smile, “How does it feel?”
Sun Tiantian patted her chest and her eyes rolled, “My heart is beating so fast.”
Shen Nianshen laughed heartily, “You said you weren’t afraid?”
Sun Tiantian, “…how about you? How are you feeling?”
Shen Nianshen rubbed his ears, “My eardrums almost burst from the screams of a cute girl.”
“……” Sun Tiantian was stunned, but then unable to contain her laughter. She punched Shen Nianshen with her fist, “You’re mean, laughing at me.”
Shen Nianshen caught Sun Tiantian’s hand in time and put it in his jacket pocket. He smiled as he said, “What are we playing after this?”
Sun Tiantian was already frightened by the roller coaster earlier. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Let’s ride the bumper cars.”
Bumper cars were not scary.
“Okay.”
Sun Tiantian and Shen Nianshen played in Happy Valley until seven o’clock in the evening.
Shen Nianshen asked Sun Tiantian what she wanted to eat, Sun Tiantian said, “Just eat the cake. I made a very large cake. After eating, you must be full.”
He looked around and his eyes lit up suddenly, “I think there’s a car theater ahead. Let’s go over there, we’ll watch a movie while eating the cake.”
“Okay.”
The car theater was not far from Happy Valley, only about ten minutes’ walk.
Sun Tiantian and Shen Nianshen looked for a car and sat in it, on the screen an American romance film was playing.
After being blown by the cold wind outside, it felt warm again after getting into the car.
“Ah Nian, quickly close the door.”
Shen Nianshen closed the door.
Sun Tiantian placed the cake on his lap, untied the ribbon, and opened the lid.
“Ah Nian, do you have a lighter?”
“Yes.” Shen Nianshen took out a match and lit it, a faint light flashed in the car.
Sun Tiantian smiled slightly and handed the cake to Shen Nianshen, “It’s made by me, is it good?”
With the light of the match, Shen Nianshen’s gaze fell on the image of two small figures kissing on the cake.
On the sides of the two small pictures, some words had written.
On the side of the male picture, it says “Ah Nian”, on the female side it says “Ah Nian’s Cutie”
Shen Nianshen immediately laughed, “You made a wedding cake?”
Sun Tiantian covered her mouth and laughed, “Let’s just say yes.” She looked up and looked at Shen Nianshen with sparkling eyes, “You like it?”
Shen Nianshen looked back at Sun Tiantian, “I really like it.”
Sun Tiantian was overjoyed and said, “Get the candle out of my bag.”
Shen Nianshen put out the match, opened Sun Tiantian’s bag, and took out a box of candles, “When did you buy it?”
Sun Tiantian replied, “This morning while going to your house.”
Sun Tiantian took over the candles, sticking them one by one onto the cake using the light from the film screen.
“Ah Nian, give me the lighter.”
“Let me do it.”
“No, let me be.” Sun Tiantian took Shen Nianshen’s lighter and said, “It’s your birthday, you just wait for the cake to eat.”
Sun Tiantian lit a match, lit the candles one by one and the car lit up with candlelight swaying in the air.
Sun Tiantian thrust the cake in front of Shen Nianshen carefully, smiling sweetly at him, “Ah Nian, happy birthday. Make a wish.”
Shen Nianshen never wanted to celebrate his birthday. He looked at the candlelight in front of him, saw the kissing picture on the cake, saw Sun Tiantian’s bright smile. Instantly, there was a warm feeling that welled up in his heart, making his whole heart felt like it was melting.
His eyes looked at Sun Tiantian without moving, speechless for a long time.
Sun Tiantian urged him, “Ah Nian, quickly make a wish.”
Shen Nianshen’s throat tightened slightly and nodded, “Okay.”
Shen Nianshen lowered his head, closed his eyes, and made a very sincere wish.
Hope to be with Sun Tiantian forever.
Since childhood, he never asked God for anything. Just this once, and he hoped God could grant it.
He blew out the candle and the car went dark again. Sun Tiantian looked at Shen Nianshen with sparkling eyes and asked curiously, “Ah Nian, what is it your wish?”
Shen Nianshen smiled and said, “It can’t be said, it won’t work then.”
Sun Tiantian snorted, “Alright then.”
Outside the car, the movie screen was showing a romantic movie scene. The male and female leads were kissing in the middle of the snow.
The light from the screen came into the car, Sun Tiantian handed the cake to Shen Nianshen and fumbled for quite a while in her bag.
Shen Nianshen asked in a low voice, “What are you looking for?”
“Knife and fork. I remember bringing them.”
After searching it for quite some time, Sun Tiantian finally found them at the bottom of the bag.
Sun Tiantian opened the plastic knife used to cut the cake and then cut the cake into several pieces. She cut in while muttering softly, “I have to be careful, don’t let our pictures get cut off.”
Shen Nianshen couldn’t help but laugh, “Shouldn’t it had to be eaten later?”
“You’re right, too bad.” She asked again, “What do you think of my cake?”
Shen Nianshen, “Honestly?”
“Of course.”
Shen Nianshen, “Hmm, a bit ugly.”
“You can’t eat it then!” Sun Tiantian took the cake back.
Shen Nianshen laughed heartily and bent down to kiss Sun Tiantian’s cheek, “Even though it’s ugly, I really like it.”
Sun Tiantian looked up and smiled, “Then you’ll finish it.”
“I will.”
Sun Tiantian pierced a piece of cake with a fork and fed it to Shen Nianshen’s mouth, “I feed you.”
Shen Nianshen opened his mouth to eat, swallowed it and his expression was a bit strange.
Sun Tiantian was a little nervous as she looked at him, “How is it? Is it delicious?”
Shen Nianshen, “It seems a bit sweet.”
“Is it?” Sun Tiantian immediately ate a mouthful of it and her eyes widened, “You’re right. It seems I put in too much sugar. What do we do?”
Shen Nianshen smiled, “What about it? The cake you made for me, of course, it must be finished.”
While speaking, Shen Nianshen took over the cake and ate two more mouthfuls.
Sun Tiantian watched Shen Nianshen ate her homemade cake, her heart felt happy and satisfied. She came closer and hugged Shen Nianshen’s arm, rested her head on Shen Nianshen’s shoulder, and said quietly, “Ah Nian. In the future, at your every birthday, I will make a cake for you.”
Shen Nianshen looked down at Sun Tiantian, his eyes flashed a gentle smile, “Okay.”
Sun Tiantian looked at the cake that Shen Nianshen had placed on his lap and said, “Feed me too.”
“Okay.” Shen Nianshen took a large piece of cream with a fork and fed it into Sun Tiantian’s mouth.
Sun Tiantian opened her mouth and going to eat it, but suddenly Shen Nianshen’s mischievous smile appeared and he slightly withdrew his hand. In the end, the cream hit Sun Tiantian’s face.
Sun Tiantian was stunned and quickly opened her eyes.
Shen Nianshen saw the cream on Sun Tiantian’s face and burst out laughing. He laughed while looking for his cell phone, “Wait a minute, I want a photo of you.”
Only then did Sun Tiantian come to her senses, “Shen Nianshen, you are mean!”
She immediately took the cream with her hand and applied it to Shen Nianshen’s face.
The space in the car was small, Shen Nianshen couldn’t avoid it. Soon his face was covered with the cream.
Sun Tiantian burst out laughing, shaking her body.
Shen Nianshen retaliated and applied some cream to Sun Tiantian’s face again.
The two did this for a while until their faces and hands were covered with cream.
“I don’t want to play anymore, you cheated.” Sun Tiantian sat back into her position and took out a wet tissue from her bag.
Shen Nianshen put the remaining cake in the car, simply wiped his face, and looked at Sun Tiantian beside him.
The light in the car was a little dark, apart from the sound from the movie, it was very quiet around them, there was no other sound.
Shen Nianshen’s gaze stared deeply at Sun Tiantian. After a while, he bent down and cupped Sun Tiantian’s cheeks.
Sun Tiantian was stunned, her eyes slightly surprised as she looked at Shen Nianshen, “Ah Nian, hmm…”
Sun Tiantian could not finish her word, Shen Nianshen kissed her already.
Their tongues intertwine. Sun Tiantian was initially surprised, but eventually slowly followed Shen Nianshen’s rhythm. In fact, she began to try to respond to the kiss.
Sun Tiantian’s response made Shen Nianshen’s kiss even more intense. Shen Nianshen embraced Sun Tiantian’s body, Sun Tiantian’s body began to lose control. She followed Shen Nianshen, slowly shifted position, and sat on Shen Nianshen’s lap with her arms around the young man’s neck.
Shen Nianshen’s kiss became deeper and deeper, his breath gradually rushing. Originally, Sun Tiantian was able to return the kiss, but then she was unable to keep up with his rhythm. Sun Tiantian received Shen Nianshen’s vicious kiss until she was out of breath. Only then did she slowly push Shen Nianshen’s body, “Ah Nian…”
Shen Nianshen’s strength slowly diminished, he calmed himself down for a moment before finally releasing Sun Tiantian.
In the dim room, two pairs of eyes stared at each other and the two did not speak to each other.
After a while, Sun Tiantian couldn’t help but laugh and buried her head in Shen Nianshen’s chest. Let out a muffled laugh in his chest.
Shen Nianshen couldn’t help but laugh too, rubbing Sun Tiantian’s head, “You silly girl.”
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