Neverland

Xu Muzhou confronted Yan Cen silently for a while, and finally he obediently took his hand and took him back to room 317.

Because Soo Yeon is back.

She was empty-handed, drenched all over, and she looked like a walking dead.

Xu Muzhou didn't know where Song Yan had "sent" Qin Wei to, but judging by Song Yan's appearance, she was just sent back to the original world line.

After Song Yan came back, she stood blankly at the door for a while, then bent down slowly, and picked up the scattered "drinks" from every corner of the hall.Xu Muzhou could see very clearly that all the spirit and energy in her body had dissipated with Qin Wei's departure, and she mechanically repeated the movements of bending over to pick up and tidy things up, like a rusty machine, in a state of embarrassment Unbearable.

It would be a jerk to look at it any further, Xu Muzhou looked away, and followed Yan Cen up the steps.

Xu Muzhou was so upset that he had no time to worry about other things, he just followed Yan Cen up the stairs step by step.

The way up was led by Yan Cen, not as long as when Xu Muzhou groped his way down the stairs, Yan Cen let go of Xu Muzhou's hand before he could figure it out.

Just now when he went upstairs, Yan Cen had been pulling Xu Muzhou very tightly, but now he let go suddenly, Xu Muzhou couldn't react in time, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab a handful.

Yan Cen's right hand, which was about to take out the key card, was intercepted by him halfway, and he turned his head to look at Xu Muzhou in surprise.Xu Muzhou woke up after pulling, and tried to let go embarrassingly.However, Yan Cen didn't give him this chance, Yan Cen took a deep look at him, and said nothing, instead, he clenched Xu Muzhou's hand even tighter, and awkwardly took out the key card from the right pocket with his left hand.

Xu Muzhou looked at the two people's hands, but didn't express any opinion.

Yan Cen pulled him all the way back to the bedroom, hugged Xu Muzhou's shoulders and pressed him to the side of the bed, then got up and closed the curtains to isolate the 3D scene outside, then went to the bathroom to turn on the hot tub. Towels, before walking back.

Team Leader Yan, an experienced veteran employee, glanced casually at Xu Muzhou's expression, and wiped his hands tentatively. Seeing that Xu Muzhou had no intention of resisting, he relaxed and changed his face. , wiped his face.

The warm towel was just right, Xu Muzhou moved closer to the heat source, only to find that his whole body was icy cold from the wind just now.

The rise in body temperature caused his dull thinking ability to slowly return, Xu Muzhou's eyelashes trembled, and he raised his hand to hold Yan Cen's wrist.He didn't use much strength, his five fingers rested loosely on Yan Cen's wrist, but Yan Cen immediately stopped his hands and looked up at Xu Muzhou.

"What will happen to Qin Wei in the future?" Xu Muzhou asked in a low voice.

"Forget about this matter together with Song Yan." Yan Cen withdrew his hand, folded the towel into small square pieces, and said, "After that, she will continue to live and work in the timeline... maybe Zhong Lu New guides will be sent to watch over the timeline, or maybe not.”

"Why not?" Xu Muzhou turned his head sideways and asked with burning eyes.

"Because it's unnecessary." Yan Cen said.

"So you..." Xu Muzhou paused, and asked carefully: "Why don't you ask Qin Wei if she wants to stay?"

Yan Cen paused, turned his head to avoid his gaze, and placed the towel on the bedside table.

It's not the first time Xu Muzhou has been perfunctory by him in such a silent manner. When it comes to the private affairs of Neverland and Yan Cen, Xu Muzhou usually won't insist on breaking the casserole and asking the end.In the past, Xu Muzhou would be "sensible and considerate" not to ask any more questions, but to change the topic according to the situation, and he passed it with a lot of effort.

But today he doesn't want to pass in such a muddle-headed way anymore, after all, the way of getting along between colleagues and lovers is completely different.

Of course Xu Muzhou doesn't have to care about the private affairs of his "colleagues". After all, the relationship between them is too thin. As long as the work is over, they can be separated. Whether they get or lose, they won't cause trouble to people. Kindness doesn't have to pay.

But lovers can't.

"Love" is such a precious and simple thing, Yan Cen took away his few sincerity and wholehearted trust, so he must bear the responsibility of taking these things away.

The identity of "boyfriend" and Yan Cen's intentional or unintentional connivance gave Xu Muzhou confidence, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Yan Cen's collar, and straightened him up without any explanation.

"I don't know what kind of place Neverland is, so I won't comment, and I won't try to change your views." Xu Muzhou said seriously: "But let me ask you, what I see now is Neverland. Is there no township, this kind of work model, or the treatment of employees...I mean, is there anything I don't know about, that you are enslaved or tortured?"

"What are you thinking?" Yan Cen was amused by him, and rubbed his face with the knuckles of his index finger: "In your imagination, are we Yang Bailao?"

"Then why-"

"Because there is no time here, it means that this kind of life will never end." Yan Cen said: "Ordinary people's birth, old age, sickness and death, joy, anger, sorrow and joy, although sweet and bitter, are always delicious, unlike Neverland... ... Muzhou, in the final analysis, is different."

Yan Cen didn't lie to him, but he didn't tell the whole truth. Xu Muzhou could see that he was still hiding something - and it was very important.

"If Qin Wei is willing." Xu Muzhou asked again: "In Qin Wei's heart, if Song Yan can be more than all of these, then for her, staying is not a kind of torture...why not give her a choice? Chance?"

Yan Cen didn't speak again.

After Song Yan sent Qin Wei away, the turbulent Neverland has gradually stabilized.The sound of the rain outside became quieter, and a tiny ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds sharply and sprinkled on the sea.

But the atmosphere inside the room was even more dreary than the layers of dark clouds outside. The two people in the room knew well that what Xu Muzhou was really asking was not Song Yan and Qin Wei, but "Yan Cen" and "Xu Muzhou."

—It's the two of them.

In front of them is like a piece of flimsy window paper, thin and transparent, and they can see what is on the other side without opening it.

But before the window paper is pierced, no matter how bad it is, it is still a piece of paper.Just like the fig leaf does not necessarily cover "shame" in the actual sense, it just expresses a willingness to "cover shame".

Xu Muzhou was probing, pressing questions, and wanted Yan Cen to tear off this piece of paper and come in front of him. Whether it was right or wrong, even if it was an arbitrary decision, he wanted to hear what Yan Cen said in person.

But Yan Cen still didn't answer.

Xu Muzhou knew that this was Song Yan's decision, and it was very unreasonable for him to use what Song Yan did to question Yan Cen.But he can only say this to Yan Cen, and he can only pour out his dissatisfaction and anxiety to him.

Yan Cen's special treatment of Xu Muzhou undoubtedly gave him confidence, just like even on the verge of a quarrel, Xu Muzhou still instinctively knew that in this world, there is one and only Yan Cen who can accept his unreasonable troubles without reservation .

"You don't want to talk about it, so let me change the question." Xu Muzhou took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, and tried to calmly say: "What exactly is Neverland?"

Yan Cen opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Xu Muzhou interrupted him.

"I don't want to listen to your subjective analogies." Xu Muzhou said, "I want to listen to the objective truth."

So Yan Cen's well-thought-out rhetoric was useless, he opened his mouth in vain, and finally did not speak.

Xu Muzhou felt very angry, but also very sad, because at this moment, his heart was still subconsciously leaning towards Yan Cen.While he felt that Yan Cen was already very gentle compared to Song Yan who was arbitrary, he excused him in his heart.

——He also has difficulties, Xu Muzhou thought.

Xu Muzhou finally understood a truth - he was completely bewitched by some kind of fledgling complex before, so that he always looked at Yan Cen with an inexplicable filter.

It wasn't until then that Xu Muzhou finally realized that Yan Cen, like Song Yan, seemed to be born with an inexplicable and strange burden. To put it nicely, it's calm, but to put it bluntly, they're called dead pigs. Don't be afraid of boiling water.

Now the mask on Yan Cen's face, which was originally easy to handle, finally cracked a gap, revealing the soft core inside.Ironically, those nervousness, uneasiness and concealment made Xu Muzhou feel the truth for the first time, and made him feel that Yan Cen is also an ordinary person.

"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it." Xu Muzhou couldn't bear to push him too hard, so he took a step back, he sighed, and said tiredly, "I just want to ask you one thing."

Yan Cen straightened his back unobtrusively.

"If you and I come to this point in the future..." Xu Muzhou said, "Will you make the decision for me?"

Yan Cen licked his lips, choosing the latter between perfunctory and telling the truth.He said, "Yes."

"If I tell you that I am willing to stay here and work for Neverland for the rest of my life, will you agree with me staying?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Yan Cen's eyes lit up, and Xu Muzhou could clearly see that at that moment, Yan Cen was happy with this assumption.But that light was fleeting, and soon disappeared again.

"No." Yan Cen said almost coldly.

If Xu Muzhou hadn't been staring at his reaction just now, maybe he really believed his ruthless demeanor.

Xu Muzhou didn't know what he was worried about, but because of his instinctive reaction just now, Xu Muzhou decided to give him another chance.

"Yan Cen." Xu Muzhou solemnly called his name, and said seriously: "One, I am an adult with the ability to think, you can't make decisions for me. Two, I never regret it."

Yan Cen's fingers moved.

"I'll ask again." Xu Muzhou said in a deep voice, "Is it possible?"

Yan Cen pursed his lips, and he unconsciously frowned, showing an anxious expression of being cornered.

Xu Muzhou waited patiently for his answer, he even slowed down his breathing, for fear that this inexplicable factor would disturb Yan Cen.

"...No." Yan Cen said.

Xu Muzhou finally confirmed that Yan Cen, like Song Yan, had things they couldn't be honest about.

"I understand." Xu Muzhou said.

Xu Muzhou stood up, took a step back, and looked at Yan Cen with a very strange look - there was something that he had ignored before, or he thought of it, but he just didn't go into it.

Xu Muzhou always felt that Yan Cen was a little too indulgent to him after falling in love.According to Xu Muzhou's understanding of Yan Cen, the other party's character has never been very good at communicating with people, let alone falling in love.

But Yan Cen has never shown any youthful feeling of love, he is considerate, gentle, never stingy with getting close, no matter Xu Muzhou is joking or flirting, he will accept everything according to the order, and he can cooperate with him in turn.

This is very good, of course very good, from the perspective of "boyfriend", Yan Cen can almost get full marks in the boyfriend competition.

But now Xu Muzhou suddenly discovered that Yan Cen had never made any demands on him from the time he fell in love to the present.

No matter how mild-tempered a lover is, there will always be more or less demands on the other half, which has nothing to do with whether the character is strong or respectful.Because two people have different living habits and concepts, and they always have to be different in the process of getting along with each other, so someone needs to accommodate.

This is a process of coming and going, which is too common in getting along.

But Yan Cen didn't seem to have it, he was just blindly following Xu Muzhou's pace to find the most comfortable love mode for him.

The problem is that Yan Cen is by no means the kind of person who has no voluntary will.On the contrary, under the premise that he has already developed his own personality and handling habits, this kind of passive cooperation is very abnormal.

——It was as if he was trying his best to treat him clumsily and within the scope of his cognition.

Xu Muzhou originally thought that it was normal for his brother Yan to be single for so many years, and he couldn't find a rhythm in love, but now it seems that it is not.

"You pamper me, accommodate me, whatever you say is right... Is it because you don't think about the future at all?" Xu Muzhou said: "You treat this relationship as a limited product, so you feel that many things are not worth it. There is no need to worry about it, and there is no need to change me. Anyway, we have to separate, right?"

Yan Cen acquiesced.

Xu Muzhou smiled wryly, but couldn't say anything.

He has no way to accuse Yan Cen, nor is he qualified to accuse him.

In fact, he should have realized that according to Yan Cen's character, concealment is unnecessary.But now Yan Cen has emotions and wants to hide something from him - it's because Yan Cen likes him.Xu Muzhou thought that he only realized after seeing Song Yan that Yan Cen, like Song Yan, had a weakness because he had someone he liked.

As a result, Xu Muzhou's rebellious factors seemed to have been poured with cold water, and only a wisp of smoke remained from the flame that had just ignited.

Love is a double-edged sword. When you get sweetness and open your heart to accept another heart, you also expose your soft heart to the blade.