Saturday, January 2, 2021

Incurable Chapter 12 Part 1

Mu Wan ordered stir-fried asparagus prawns and salted fried chicken wings. 

After ordering, the two of them went to the supermarket they visited together yesterday.

After seven o’clock in the evening, the supermarket was full of people, and Mu Wan looked like a drop of red ink in water. She was like a kite, drawing people’s attention, and her final position was always next to Liu Qianxiu.

Today, Mu Wan dressed up specially. Liu Qianxiu only looked at her, but he didn’t seem moved. But Mu Wan doesn’t matter because she likes him. If he doesn’t look at her, she will look at him.

In the vegetable area, Mu Wan pushed the shopping cart. With her slender white arm resting on the shopping cart’s handle, she watched Liu Qianxiu stand there and pick up the green bamboo shoots. The green bamboo shoots are thin and symmetrical, narrow at the top and broad at the bottom. They are neatly wrapped in a plastic box, covered with plastic wrap, and shining slightly under the light. The man who held the box of green bamboo shoots has cold white fingers like green bamboo shoots, which are well-defined, slender, and clean.

It’s beautiful. Mu Wan’s eyes are clear and bright, and she can’t hide her love in her eyes.

Liu Qianxiu noticed her gaze and turned his head to look at her, but Mu Wan turned her sight away. The corners of her lips had an unconcealed curvature, and her ears became slightly warm.

Liu Qianxiu turned his head back and continued to pick vegetables. Mu Wan also turned her head and continued to look at him. The two went back and forth like that. Mu Wan was full of joy.

After buying vegetables, Liu Qianxiu pushed the shopping cart in front of the line, waiting for the checkout. Mu Wan stood behind him, looking at the people around the checkout.

The checkout line was very long, but only some people were as tall as Liu Qianxiu. She looked up at his upright back and compared the width of their bodies. If Liu Qianxiu had turned around, he should have been able to wrap her body completely.

When she was merely thinking about it, Liu Qianxiu looked back. Mu Wan’s sight stopped, and she turned her head lightly toward the small shelf beside her.

The little shelves at the cash register are full of colourful snacks, such as chewing gum, mouth-clear candy, and chocolate beans in dazzling red and green packages.

Mu Wan finally saw a box of matcha-flavored chocolate beans. The green box body is simplistic and elegant. The top of the chocolate beans is wrapped in chocolate, while the inside is a light green matcha with a fresh colour.

Mu Wan looked at the bottle’s net contents and calculated how many chocolate beans were inside. In her eyesight, a hand stretched into the shelf. The well-defined fingers curled and took one of the boxes of chocolates. The box of chocolates appeared before her in the blink of an eye.

With her heartbeat jumping fast, Mu Wan raised her head and met Liu Qianxiu’s eyes.

His eyes were still calm. He looked at her and shook the chocolate in his hand. The chocolate hit the box and made a clear sound. Liu Qianxiu asked, “Either?” The chocolate melted in my heart, and Mu Wan smiled, “You want to buy it for me?”

The voice is sweeter than chocolate.
“Yeah.”

“Then I want it.”

After receiving confirmation, Liu Qianxiu retracted his gaze and turned around with the chocolate. He put the chocolate box into the shopping cart with a crisp sound.

Leaning over at Liu Qianxiu, Mu Wan looks at the chocolate surrounded by vegetables in the shopping cart. The chocolate is also green, but its colour is much lighter.
“Why did you buy this for me?” Mu Wan tilted his head and looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

Liu Qianxiu didn’t turn around. He just looked at her sideways. After meeting her eyes, he returned his gaze and said flatly, “You’ve just been staring at it.”

I was looking at you all the time. Would you give yourself to me, too?

Mu Wan laughed, but Liu Qianxiu didn’t know why she was laughing. Then, Mu Wan took her body back with a smile and her hands as if to give a hollow hug on Liu Qianxiu’s back.

Then you are mine now.

After paying the bill, Mu Wan took the chocolates, and Liu Qianxiu took the ingredients he bought. The two got in the car one after another and went home.

After he got home, Liu Qianxiu carried the ingredients into the kitchen. Mu Wan changed into her slippers and asked Liu Qianxiu if he needed help. After being denied, Mu Wan shook the chocolate box and went to the kitten’s room.

It was already dark, and the darkness enveloped the kitchen, but it was not as lonely as before. The sound of chocolate hitting the box came through the glass, adding a layer of life to the enormous house. Liu Qianxiu turned on the kitchen light, listened to the movement next door, and went to the sink.

Putting the shopping bag into the sink, Liu Qianxiu took out the spinach. A while ago, in the supermarket, Mu Wan saw that the spinach colour looked good, and finally enriched the menu and ordered a spinach egg soup.

Drops of water sprayed by supermarket steam are also on the spinach. The leaves are crisp, and the roots are covered with mud and freshwater. When Liu Qianxiu took it out, the spinach was cold, and his fingers were stained with dirt.
“Datou opened its eyes.”

MuWan’ss surprised voice came from outside the door. Liu Qianxiu turned around. Mu Wan stood at the door with her red lips rising and her eyes full of joy. Seeing Liu Qianxiu turning his back, Mu Wan stretched out her slender and beautiful finger. She pointed to the kitten room and suggested: “Would you like to go and see it.”

It had been almost ten days since the kitten was born, so it was time to open its eyes. Liu Qianxiu thought about the vegetables in the sink and his fingers, which were moist with mud. Finally, he turned on the faucet to rinse his fingers and said, “Okay.”

Mu Wan turned around and left. She walked in a hurry, and her skirt was flying. The red shadow disappeared from sight, and Liu Qianxiu followed her.

Mu Wan squatted in the kitten room, watching the three kittens lying together. The kittens had the same mother, but only Datou could half-open its eyes, and she could see the light golden pupil colour.

Maybe it was because the cat was still small or yellowish, so Datou’s eye colour was not as bright as ZhouYi’s. However, its eye colour was soft and waxy, like a crystal pumpkin cake steamed transparent by water.

While she was watching Datou, Liu Qianxiu walked into the room. Mu Wan looked up, and her eyes were full of laughter. After laughing, she reached out and held Datou in her palm.

Based on the palms of her hands and the kittens’ size, Datou had grown a bit in a few days. She held it cautiously, Datou’s eyes half-opened, its transparent pink claw opened and closed, and she cried softly. She carried Datou and handed it to his hand, then said to him: “Look.”

Mu Wan wanted Liu Qianxiu to hold onto Datou and craved to give him all her good things. Liu Qianxiu raised his eyes and glanced at her. His eyelids drooped, and he took it with his hand.

The moment when Liu Qianxiu picked it up, Mu Wan looked at him and began to laugh.
“Our two eyes looked very similar.” Mu Wan said.

Datou, in his hand, stared at him, meowing with a thin, sweet, and soft cry. Liu Qianxiu looked at Datou’s light golden eyes and then at MuWan’s eyes, which were as clean and clear as before, with a broken light.

The light in her eyes jumped slightly, MuWan’s eyes trembled, and a layer of heat floated on her face. She raised her hand and fanned her face. Then, she pointed at Datou and said, “We only have you in our eyes.”

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