Geeky

After the musical, everyone left.

——After returning to the private room, Atossa pretended to be ignorant, while Su Shi and Xerxes were more like two strangers who deliberately ignored each other.

The dark carriage carried Atossa and Xerxes back to the Dark Castle.

At this time, it was just past midnight, which was still very early for the blood race.

Atossa took off her earrings in front of the vanity mirror in the lounge on the third floor of the castle.

She has thought a lot, and at this moment, there are still many new and messy thoughts emerging.But she kept trying to focus, undoing the tiara, undoing the lace streamers that mingled with her hair.

Competition is brutal, and she doesn't feel compelled to make brutal decisions.

But she doesn't want to make plans and act impulsively when she's angry.

A moment later, the young woman in the mirror had changed into a more everyday attire.

The thing to do now is to see Xerxes. He has been away for three days and just came back today. She should rush over there impatiently to express her thoughts and concerns for him.

Atossa messed up a strand of hair, asked the maid, and then looked for it in the library on the second floor.

Xerxes was no longer in the library, and on the long table between the bookshelves was a book that had been read but had not yet been taken back.

Atossa casually picked up the book and flipped through it, and dropped a note.

Atossa leaned over to pick it up, and recognized Xerxes' bold and simple conjoined handwriting:

"We are just like two trees, separated by fate.

The roots and feet are separated by a road, but the branches and leaves touch each other. "

Atossa stiffened her fingers, took a deep breath, put the sticky note back in the book, and closed the book with a "snap".She took two steps back, turned around and let out a "huh" smile.

... Dare she be the road under their feet?

Atossa closed her eyes, a systematic voice sounded in her mind——

"Are Mino Fan confirmed as a contender?"

Sure.

"Confirmed success, Mino Fan is a competitor, but since the 'golden finger' has already been obtained, it is determined that no reward will be given."

It was him, indeed it was him.

Although it had been expected, but at the moment of 100% confirmation, there was still an unspeakable anger welling up in her heart!

It was you who betrayed me!

Atossa clenched her teeth, staring at a point of nothingness in the air, as if competing with something, clenched her hands.

She turned around and violently pushed down the giant vase, staggered a few steps, and crouched against the bookshelf among the debris on the ground.

Her thin chest heaved with the anger that burned her heart and lungs. She touched the earring, opened the gold-plated pendant, took out the note inside, and then opened the holographic light screen in the ring, and entered the complicated website address on the note.

The interface quickly pops up with a pitch-black login page with just a bat logo that will never be searched.

The page is divided into two areas. On the left is the log-in port for old members, where you will not find a registration button for new members; on the right is the area for sending letters, where Atossa fills in the sender’s name and Phaedofi in order invitation code for .

- A specific invitation code allows this letter to be sent directly to Phaedofi instead of other members of DUSK.

"I want to see you."

This is not my fault,

Everything is your fault.

Atossa looked at the letter and clicked to confirm sending.

These days, Xerxes was busy preparing for the wedding, and he seemed to disappear in Su Shi's world.

The two had never met, and the previous encounter was only Xerxes' forced intervention on him.When Xerxes deliberately avoided him, it was really difficult for Su Shi to approach him.

But Su Shi is not in a hurry, since he wants to avoid him, then he simply hides more than him, as if he is deeply hurt.

For the past few days, he just stayed in his small villa, not going anywhere, and even refused all of Balan's invitations.After a few days, I lived a leisurely life like a pension. Apart from paying attention to the accounts of the store, I just read and wrote, listened to music, slept, and ate and drank every day.

It was daytime at this time, and Xerxes felt that this time point was relatively hidden.

It's just that he hesitated at the gate of Su Shi's villa, still unable to make up his mind.

The sun stings his skin, and even standing in the shade Xerxes felt more and more anxious.Hesitation is not in his character, but reason and emotion are torn into two halves, each occupying its own territory.

In the end he decided to leave, he could not leave room for himself to change, nor could he leave himself a way out.

He knew that when he saw his blue eyes shining like moonlight, he would regret it.

"Shh-!"

There was the sound of a window being pushed open not far away.

Xerxes heard the sound and looked over, only to see Su Shi standing at the window. He opened the curtain at some point, leaned on the window with one hand, and looked down at him.He raised his chin slightly, raised his arched eyebrows, a little cold and arrogant, and his smile seemed a little mocking.

It seems to say "Look, you can't help but come to see me".

Xerxes said to him:

"I was just passing by, not to see you."

He knew he could hear him, so he raised his eyebrows at him, and silently made a slow lip shape with his pale crimson thin lips:

"Oh?"

Xerxes was about to turn his face away, but Su Shi put his hands on the buttons of his suit jacket and unhurriedly unbuttoned them.

Xerxes turned his face 30 degrees and turned back subconsciously.

Su Shi pursed his lips slightly, looked at him like the sun was shining, slightly opened his arms to let the jacket slide off, then carried the suit out of the window, and let go of his fingers.

"..."

Xerxes frowned on one side.

Su Shi stared at him, unbuttoning his shirt one by one.He pinched the skirts on both sides with both hands, and just when Xerxes thought he could see the spring, he suddenly smiled at him, turned his face and bit the white gauze curtain, and pulled it over to cover his figure.

He hid behind the curtain and took off his clothes, throwing them downstairs one by one.

Taking off the last piece, he purposely picked it up with his fingertips, stretched out his bare/naked arm from behind the curtain, stretched his fingers, let the clothes fall off from his fingertips, and then hooked his fingers.

Xerxes: "..."

... This damn... little cousin!

The door opened, and Su Shi was lying on a recliner in the study, fully clothed, and Xerxes felt a little lost.

He was wearing a soft dark gray sweater, a rare home attire, his face was covered with a book with a pearly white cover, his hands folded on his abdomen, motionless, as if he was asleep, but he made a slight chewing sound.

"Dance, my Esmeralda,

Sing, my Esmeralda,

Dance for me one more time,

I love you till death.

Dance, my Esmeralda,

Sing, my Esmeralda,

Let me go away with you,

Died for you, even though I died, I lived..."

The turntable spun, and the hoarse and solitary singing voice flowed from the golden horn of the turntable player.

Xerxes stepped forward to uncover the book on his face, and his smile like the warm autumn sun jumped into his eyes.He opened his thin lips slightly, and flexibly stirred the gum with his tongue.For a man who is well versed in love affairs, this is like some kind of metaphor, but his expression is like a cat who knocked over a cup on purpose, as a matter of course, without any provocation, but seems to know.

Xerxes asked, "What are you thinking?"

Su Shi raised his hand and pinched his chin, and Xerxes knelt on one knee to the side of the chair.He raised his neck slightly and pushed the gum into Xerxes' mouth.

It's blueberry flavored.

Su Shi put his hands behind his head, looked up at Xerxes and said:

"I was thinking that there is no eternity in this world, only regrets time and time again."

He meant something.

Xerxes' expression froze slightly, then got up and turned to the window sill.

Su Shi got up and walked behind Xerxes, put his arms around his waist from behind, and leaned his forehead against the back of his neck.

"Cancel the wedding," he said.

"But we cannot marry," said Xerxes, "and what shall we do if I call off the wedding?"

"Ten years, 20 years, give me a period of time, a time that belongs only to you and me."

"and then?"

"I won't pester you anymore, I will spend the rest of my life alone." Su Shi said, "For you, ten years is so short, you can get married after ten years."

"You are too selfish." Xerxes said, "Is parting so easy for you? Or, do you think I am the kind of person who can get away at will? You are dead, what should I do? If God gave you an hourglass and asked you to count the hourglass and love someone, how would you choose? Don’t force me to make a wrong choice.”

"Is it wrong for me to want to be with you?"

"Then be together!" Xerxes turned to look at Su Shi, "I can give you a castle, I can spend half of every month with you, I can give you money, everything you want, As long as you leave Fei Seli, leave here completely."

Su Shi looked at him incredulously, and pushed Xerxes violently:

"roll!"

Su Shi turned around in a circle, paced back and forth aimlessly, then walked to the door and opened the doorway:

"Don't let me see you again."

"What's the meaning?!"

"I made the wrong choice, but it's just a dish that can't serve the main table. I'm too shameless. I won't disturb the life of the Duke anymore."

"Can't we continue to get along the way we used to? Like friends..."

"You're an asshole."

Xerxes said: "I'm a bastard? Am I not worthy to be your friend? You have no conscience, I will feed you my blood until you are dehydrated..."

The warm liquid that was thrown over interrupted Xerxes' words, he turned his face to one side, and only saw the white lily petals in the porcelain vase splashed with little drops of blood.

Su Shi was standing by the desk, holding a pencil sharpener in one hand, and a wound on the wrist in the other hand, with blood gushing down his palm.

"I can give it back to you!"

Su Shi tilted his head to look at him, and said coldly.

Xerxes looked at him in horror:

"Why are you crazy?!"

He stepped forward to pull Su Shi's hand, and Su Shi desperately withdrew his wrist.Xerxes said angrily:

"If you mess around again, I'll fuck you!"

He clasped Su Shi's wrist tightly, first hemostasis the bleeding, and then pulled out the chest scarf and tied it around his wrist.

Su Shi stood motionless, with a blank expression, just sucked in softly, his eyes were slightly moist, but they were still only moist.

He has such a bad temper, but he just feels distressed.

He knew he just hated him for putting those things under the umbrella of "friends."

Xerxes reached out and hugged him into his arms, hugged him tightly, and compromised:

"Give me some time and let me think about it."

"...What do you mean? What do you want to do with me?" Su Shiqiu settled the score.

"You want to be with me, don't you even think about that?"

"Which aspect?" Su Shi frowned at Xerxes, not believing that he had missed anything.

Xerxes hooked his lower lip, picked him up, put him on the desk, put his hands on his knees, touched his knees lightly, and leaned over to give him a meaningful kiss.

A lingering kiss seemed to reduce the tension between each other.

They stared at each other quietly.His wound was still bleeding, but he looked at him so obediently.

For a moment, Xerxes even felt that if he said that word at this moment, he would be unable to control himself, drink the sweet poison/drug, and ignore the heartbroken heart.willing to sink into hell.

Su Shi said, "I have something for you."

"What?" Xerxes took the long piece of paper that seemed to be a painting, flipped through it, and saw "Entrance Ticket to Life" written on one side, and the deadline is November 11—it was Xerxes wedding day.

Su Shi stretched out his hand to pull his tie and said:

"My life ticket, with this ticket, you can enter my room any day, any time within the time limit. If you want to climb the window, I will open the window for you. But this opportunity is only once, and it will be invalid when it expires. "

"If you get married, live a good life with her, as you promised."

"But, from now on, don't come to see me again."

"Before that day, I will wait for your answer."

Su Shi smoothed Xerxes' tie, pushed him away, slid forward, stretched his long legs to the ground, opened the door again and looked at Xerxes, "Let's go."

"Come again next time, you are not allowed to leave."

Xerxes folded the admission ticket and put it in his breast pocket, walked out of the room, turned around and rubbed Su Shi's head, and left the villa.

Su Shi stood by the window and watched him walk out of the lawn, out of the anti-theft iron gate, and onto the paved sidewalk.His figure appeared among the iron fence and the branches and leaves.

Xerxes walked towards the car in the distance, and subconsciously looked back at the original window while walking, only to see his figure appearing behind the transparent glass when a cloud covered the sun, like a figure emerging from the lake. Water Fairy.

He looked at him, put one hand on the window, closed his eyes, and dropped a long kiss on the glass.

"boom--!"

Xerxes heard the knocking sound from his head, and he felt his heart tremble while holding the lamppost, because he had never been in love like this before.He looked up to the window, and sure enough, he saw Su Shi bent down with a smile.

He couldn't help laughing too.

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I forgot to mention, I don't remember the poem at the beginning very clearly, it seems to be some kind of folk poem?is quoted.

And the lyrics of Esmeralda, from the musical "Notre Dame de Paris", sung by Quasimodo to the dead Esmeralda