Timeless Love (When Bright Moon Encounter the Dark Clouds) Chapter 16: Wu Yu 03 (1)

After playing football, I returned to the shop since my colleges were all locals and had homes here. I was the only one staying in the shop.

It was already dark. My body stank with the smell of sweat, but I felt lazy, so I just laid on my narrow bed. I laid there looking at the ceiling while the image of Tan Jiao appeared in my mind: with her head down, wearing my hat, and mute.

I never knew that prickly woman from the ship would act like that. Suddenly, I felt like letting out a smile.

Right then, Xiaohua entered the small compartment after parting the door curtains. He grinned mischievously when he saw the smile on my face. “Brother Yu, you’re thinking about a woman, aren’t you?”

This witty little punk.

I lit up a cigarette without answering him, and he sat beside the bed and said, “Why do I think there’s something between you and that Miss Tan?”

“What’s there between us?”

After giving it a brief thought, he replied, “I can’t put my finger on it. I just feel something is going on when you two are together.”

I cursed at him, “F*ck off.”

Yet, he decided to double down. “Hehe, care to explain why she picked you specifically to wash her car?”

I took a slow draw from my cigarette, feeling the slight sting and bitter taste. “So what? You think I’ll back off from a challenge?”

“Hoho, you’re the best! I think it’s highly likely that you’ll have that Miss Tan eating out the palm of your hand.”

I stopped joking around with him and instead turned my attention to something outside the window.

The street lights came on, lighting up an area with a flock of black birds that had arrived at some point in time. There were around ten of them, and a few of them were looking at me through the window with their yellowish-brown eyes that sparkled faintly.

I looked back at them.

Xiaohua asked, “Brother Yu, what’s up? What are you looking at?”

I had seen these birds before.

Only once, when I was on that ship.

I ran out of the shop and heard the sounds of wings fluttering; they were flying away.

There was a matter I had never told anyone

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