MZ ⋆ Chapter 5

Yan Ye looked out the window, watching from the moment he woke until evening. During this time, Yan Ye thought about many things, from initial anticipation to later anxiety.

He was afraid this was truly his own wishful thinking, afraid that Gu Runze would treat this matter as a joke and use it as gossip material with other female Zerg.

By the end, the more he thought about it, the worse it became. He couldn’t control his thoughts, and eventually he couldn’t help but sob, leaving even the meal that Yuan Yuan brought up sitting untouched on the bedside table.

Sad thoughts surged like spring water, and tears fell from Yan Ye’s eyes like pearls on a broken string. He tried to comfort himself:

“It’s not that. General Gu just hasn’t seen the message yet. After all, he doesn’t have as much leisure time as I do.”

It seemed this reason comforted him somewhat, but it couldn’t dispel the doubts in his heart. Yet on second thought, even when busy, there had to be limits, right? It was impossible that from afternoon until nightfall, not a single Zerg would check their light brain.

At this moment, Yan Ye thought of a sentence that was very popular on Earth:

“In an age when phones are never out of hand, anyone who wants to talk to you will reply even if they’re busy.”

Thinking of this sentence, his heart became even more sorrowful. But if you asked him why he was so sad, was it because he liked Gu Runze very much?

Searching his heart honestly, for Yan Ye himself, it hadn’t reached the point of liking very much, and it wasn’t like he had to be together with him. They hadn’t spent that much time together either. So why would he be so sad?

Exhausted from crying, Yan Ye curled his body up, as if only this way could he find warmth. He buried his head in the blanket and whispered to himself with slight sobs:

“It’s fine. I just won’t contact him anymore in the future. Let’s consider this matter in the past.”

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but cry again. If he didn’t really like him, then why was he so gentle to him, often sending him messages?

Sometimes he even asked him to go out and play. If all of these past things didn’t count as intentional toward him, then why did he let him misunderstand…

…

At this moment, Gu Runze was driving an aircraft on the way to Yan Ye’s home, and a bouquet of Lanyan flowers was placed on the seat beside him.

To be precise, it was a flower from ancient Blue Star, evolved from the balloon flower.

Through the passage of historical time, although this flower didn’t possess the delicate petals of the ancient balloon flower, nor the subtle yet refined colors, its flower language had never changed and was preserved:

Unchanging love only for you.

He originally planned to come directly to find Yan Ye to answer his question, because he felt this was a very important matter. Replying on the light brain would lose that sense of impact and formality.

…

After parking the aircraft, Gu Runze walked straight to the bottom of Yan Ye’s building with the fresh flowers held in one hand. He raised his eyes to look at Yan Ye’s house. The downstairs and the courtyard were quiet, with no lights on.

Only the window upstairs revealed a faint yellow glow, indicating the owner of this house was home. Looking at the doorbell within arm’s reach, at this moment he was only one arm’s distance away from what he wanted. As long as he pressed the doorbell, the person he’d been thinking about would come down. But at this moment, he felt a hint of nervousness.

“Sigh…” After letting out a slow breath, Gu Runze pressed the doorbell.

Yuan Yuan, who was in a dormant state downstairs, immediately lit up and quickly called out to Yan Ye: “Report, Xiao Yeye, someone is visiting.”

At this moment, having just finished crying with a pair of swollen eyes, Yan Ye received the news of a visitor. Now he had no mood for it at all and didn’t even want to ask who was visiting. He just wanted to rest well.

“Yuan Yuan, I don’t want to see anyone right now. Help me reply that I’ve already gone to sleep.”

“But the one visiting is General Gu! And he brought flowers too. Xiao Yeye won’t see him?”

It wasn’t that Yuan Yuan was speaking up for Gu Runze, but rather that recently Xiao Yeye and Gu Runze had been in close contact, and combined with what Xiao Yeye had asked that afternoon, it couldn’t help but ask back.

“He brought flowers? But… sigh, I don’t really want to see him right now.”

Still feeling a bit hurt, Yan Ye got up and went to the window to look at Gu Runze downstairs. The Zerg below seemed to sense the gaze and looked up, which startled Yan Ye. He quickly pulled the curtains closed and practically rolled and crawled onto the bed.

“That scared me. I almost got caught.” Lying on the bed, Yan Ye patted his chest with a lingering sense of shock. Having already calmed down, he had figured everything out.

He began to despise himself, feeling that everything was his own preconceived assumption without considering the other party’s thoughts. As for him not replying, that was already the best answer.

Gu Runze downstairs had caught sight of the fleeting shadow on the upper floor and couldn’t help but smile. He couldn’t wait to see Xiao Yeye anymore. Right now he really wanted to hold Xiao Yeye and feel his warmth.

Suddenly, the doorbell transmitted a voice: “I’m sorry, the owner is sleeping. If you have anything to say, please leave a message.”

This sudden turn of events caused a flutter of panic in Gu Runze’s heart. It seemed like this wasn’t how things should be. He lost his usual composure and took it upon himself to send a message to Yan Ye.

As a qualified military Zerg, he was certain that the figure on the upper floor just now must be Xiao Yeye. And normally, at this time of day, it wasn’t yet his sleeping time.

He looked at the message on his light brain again and carefully thought back over recent events. Suddenly he remembered what his adjutant had said to him today, and looking at the time when Yeye had sent him the message, all the doubts in his heart were suddenly resolved.

He wouldn’t say romantic words. What he could do was lay bare that sincere heart of his.

“Xiao Yeye, I’m sorry for sending you a message while you’re sleeping. Today, after finishing training the new recruits, I saw the message, and in that instant I was completely stunned.

Some time had already passed since you sent the message, and at that time my entire heart was filled with the joy contained in what you said.”

Gu Runze glanced at the still faintly yellow light upstairs and continued to slowly recount the events of today.

“It was as if I lost the ability to think. My mind was filled with nothing but the desire to come before you in person.

To tell you face-to-face that I am willing, to tell you about my years of attention to you and the feelings I’ve harbored in secret.”

“I forgot how I left the Military Department, how I got on the aircraft. At that time, my only thought was to see you. It wasn’t until I passed by a flower shop that I suddenly wanted to buy you a bouquet of flowers.

Later I bought a bouquet of Lanyan flowers, because it also contains the character ‘Yan,’ and its flower language is unchanging love.”

“I think a proper relationship should begin with a formal vow, so I wanted to tell you in person.

I didn’t want to tell you through the light brain, which has no emotional transmission. But I forgot that I should have at least replied to your message. I shouldn’t have let you wait alone, suffering like a single Zerg waiting for my response.”

Yan Ye, watching these messages quietly upstairs, couldn’t help but shed tears again. If when he saw the first message he was still thinking about never contacting Gu Runze again,

then after reading the following messages, all his resentment completely disappeared. He really wanted to go downstairs and talk to Gu Runze now. He wanted to tell him how he had waited for his message, he wanted him to hold him, to ease his grievances.

But thinking that he had already told Yuan Yuan he was asleep, he felt embarrassed to go down. He was afraid he would discover that he had lied to him…

“This bouquet will wilt in about an hour. I’m thinking of waiting downstairs until the flowers wilt before leaving. If Your Highness wakes up and sees the message, could you come down to see the flowers?

If Your Highness doesn’t wake up tonight, then I will bring fresh flowers to Your Highness again.”

Upon seeing this message, Yan Ye knew that Gu Runze knew he wasn’t asleep and had given himself a reason. Almost without thinking, he immediately jumped up and ran downstairs.

With a creak, almost the instant the door opened, Gu Runze saw Yan Ye in his pajamas with messy hair running toward him.

In a quick leap, he jumped onto Gu Runze. Gu Runze instinctively dropped the flowers in his hand and caught Yan Ye.

“It’s all your fault. You didn’t reply to my messages for so long, making me wait all this time.”

Yan Ye wrapped his legs around Gu Runze’s waist and wrapped his arms around his neck, opening his mouth to bite at the back of his neck.

This bite force was nothing but a tickle to Gu Runze. He bounced the hand holding Yan Ye’s waist, and with his other hand, he brought Yan Ye’s head closer to his neck, gently rubbing his head.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I made you wait so long.”