Your Distance

88 - Bai Laoban's Browsing History

Bai Changyi walked to the roof of the snow-covered building, only to see the cactus on the fence a distance away, footprints leading from the door to the fence, but there seemed to be no one else around.

He took two steps forward before something suddenly tightened around his waist. Someone hugged him from behind, as warm breaths and a kiss fell upon his neck. He turned around to see Ting Shuang covered with snow from head to toe, the tip of his nose red due to the cold, but his eyes were bright.

In that brightness, there was both tenderness and determination, like the winter breeze at dawn.

The two of them stood close, looking at each other, their reunion making the time they’d spent apart feel less like a loss, and more like something they’d gained. They had gained yearning, gained the accumulation of those thoughts and yearning, and there were suddenly so many more things that they shared between them. After being such a vast distance apart, now that they could see each other again, it felt like they’d already been together for many years.

Ting Shuang took the coffee from Bai Changyi’s hands and joked, “Sneaking out to go on a date during working hours can’t be good, right, Professor?”

Bai Changyi laughed, “It is my duty to spend my working time on students.”

After saying so, he lowered his head and kissed the tip of Ting Shuang’s nose, then moved further down to kiss his lips.

It had been months since they’d last kissed, and when his lips were suddenly pried open, Ting Shuang felt like it was a bit unfamiliar and was even a little nervous. He held onto Bai Changyi’s coat, his whole body trembling as a result of that possessive kiss, as if it was his first kiss.

The bitter cold air made the scent of hormones that Bai Changyi always brought with him even more compelling.

When Bai Changyi’s lips left his, he gasped, his eyes teary and his voice low and hoarse, “Babe, you better not fulfil this duty of yours with anyone else.”

If it was possible, Bai Changyi would have liked to only fulfil his duties to Ting Shuang throughout the day, but it was a working day.

Ting Shuang also knew that. He was very familiar with Bai Changyi’s schedule for this semester, and Bai Changyi had a seminar this morning. If he had passed the Robotik course last semester, then he originally could have been able to select this advanced seminar talk with a capacity of 20 people this semester.

“I’m jealous of your students.” He glanced at his watch and said to Bai Changyi, “They’ll see you in ten minutes.”

Bai Changyi also glanced at his watch, “It’s actually in twenty minutes.”

“Doesn’t class start at 8:15?” Ting Shuang looked at Bai Changyi’s watch. The time on it was the same as the time on his. “It’s already five past eight.”

Bai Changyi said, “I decided to be ten minutes late. Let them wait.”

“Tsk tsk(1), our great Professor Bai also knows how to be late?” Ting Shuang put his arms around Bai Changyi’s neck.

Bai Changyi looked down at Ting Shuang, smiling, “It can’t be helped, since the heavy snow resulted in a traffic jam.”

“Then…” Ting Shuang nipped Bai Changyi’s jaw, “What are we going to do with these twenty minutes?”

Before Bai Changyi could answer, he couldn’t hold back from saying, “Oh my God… I really missed you, can I tail behind you all day today? Can you tell your students that I’m a new personal robot boyfriend that has just been developed through research?”