long friend

It's been almost two years since we've been away, but it's not like we haven't seen each other at all.

Just as Su Yan returned to Yanmen, a snowstorm greeted him in a grand manner.Shen Chengjun hadn't seen him for many years, and they exchanged greetings late into the night, and Su Yan couldn't hide his words, so he told the whole story about himself and Xiao Qichen without saying a few words, and analyzed his own mental journey by the way, which made Shen Chengjun even more dumbfounded.

At that time, Shen Chengjun was shocked all night, and the next day he said as if nothing had happened: "You didn't tell Lord Hou about this, did you? Then the next time I go back to Jinling to report on my work, why don't I secretly transport His Highness to you to relieve the pain of lovesickness? "

Su Yan only thought he was joking, and didn't ask any more questions after kicking him twice.

Unexpectedly, in April of the following year, when Shen Chengjun returned to Guangwu City from Jinling, he followed a carriage behind him, and when he lifted the curtain, Xiao Qichen jumped down neatly, regardless of the two young soldiers guarding him, he hung on the on Su Yan's back.

I don't know if it's because he has a very quick acceptance, or because he has been a bachelor for many years, but Shen Chengjun not only did not show any resistance to the two of them, but was quite happy to see their success.

On the contrary, Yan Nandu's face was full of embarrassment, and Su Yan never asked him the reason.

According to Shen Chengjun's understanding, when Su Yan married Li Rong, his face was full of "suffering, boring, and don't want to go home". To be difficult.Now Su Yan recited "I really want to go back to Jinling" every day. After Xiao Qichen came, he became even more serious, with more smiles on his face.

"So," Shen Chengjun said to Yan Nandu boredly, "Emotional matters cannot be forced. Before, I felt uncomfortable when I saw him looking like he was dying. Look now... When did our little prince feel so happy? ?”

Yan Nandu: "...um."

Shen Chengjun: "Does it matter if it's a man or a woman? I think he really likes His Highness, ouch, he went to the military tent again..."

After he finished speaking, he gave out two wretched smiles, showing no trace of calmness in planning.Yan Nandu glanced worriedly at the tent of the Chinese Army, and then at Shen Chengjun, feeling that most of the people here are not normal.

But there was nothing to do in the barracks, Xiao Qichen didn't stay for too long, and he was afraid that the imperial city would find out that he sneaked to the front line, so he went back after just a few days.Afterwards, occasionally when there was no war, Xiao Qichen would secretly run out for a while, and Su Yan would also leave Guangwu City. The two would often meet in Luoyang and separate after a few days.

Since the spring of last year, the Turkic offensive suddenly became fierce. Su Yan had to lead troops to reinforce Youzhou, and the two never saw each other again.

Xiao Qichen saw the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, and fell in love with the scene. He couldn't help finding a carp-shaped wooden envelope by the previous method, and wrote a few words with incomparable love.He didn't guarantee that Su Yan would receive it, but he didn't know that this person took it out as soon as he mentioned it!

Even though Xiao Qichen had been trained so that he was no longer easily shy and aphasic, he couldn't help but blushed at this moment.

"What's the matter?" Su Yan took the letter back without being forgiving, and said jokingly, "Your Highness wanted to write but didn't dare to read it? Well, let me guess, aren't you shy again?"

The word "again" was particularly meaningful in Xiao Qichen's ears. He kicked Su Yan down, and the other party was already on guard, and lightly pushed back, with one leg squeezed between Xiao Qichen's knees.

The clothes Su Yan wore were similar to Hufu, which was convenient for movement on the battlefield and was a uniform standard for soldiers, while Xiao Qichen was wrapped up in layers, making it inconvenient to move, so he grabbed his wrist immediately.Su Yan exerted a little force, and the person against the wall fell off. Xiao Qichen noticed that his breathing was getting closer, and rubbed his legs against himself through his lower skirt, and suddenly remembered that this was still in the Imperial College!

He immediately backed Su Yan, and said in a low voice, "Don't mess around!"

Su Yan said "Oh", and retreated as if nothing happened, and stood aside to tidy up his messy collar.That look was too sanctimonious, Xiao Qichen still couldn't hold back, and stomped hard on his shoe.Su Yan immediately resisted, and just grabbed Xiao Qichen's arm when a timid child's voice came from the moon cave door in the corridor:

"Brother Six... what are you doing?"

The two looked at that side at the same time, Su Yan let go of Xiao Qichen in embarrassment, while the other changed his expression like flipping a book and made a smile: "Qiming, have you finished reading?"

Xiao Qiming, who was standing by the door, nodded, and was troubled by this question, as if he forgot what he saw: "After reading, they are all arguing, saying that the magistrate is not here, and if you want to go home, let me come to find you." Brother Six."

Xiao Qichen walked over and put his arms around his shoulders, leading him into the school: "I'll go and see... Hey, how long have you been here?"

"I saw the general bullying you, Brother Six, didn't you say that he is very nice?"

"He didn't bully me. We were just kidding around. You are still young and don't understand." Xiao Qichen made a gesture to Su Yan behind his back while talking, "Next time you come here, just say a word, don't be like this, today I Teach your poems..."

Seeing one big and one small walking away, Su Yan stayed where he was. When he realized it, he realized that he couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Qichen and the Seventh Prince, who had never met before, seemed to be getting along more harmoniously than he had imagined, but Su Yan couldn't tell what Xiao Qichen's feelings for Qiming were, and suddenly hoped that he at least had some sincerity towards this younger brother.

After Xiao Qichen finished handling those half-human tall children, Su Yan leaned against the door of the Imperial College with a smile: "Where are you going?"

He nodded and said: "I will send Qiming back to Mingfu Palace, you can wait outside the city gate, okay?"

Xiao Qichen didn't need to discuss with Su Yan in this tone, but when he said it softly, Su Yan had no room for rejection, so he left a sentence of "waiting for you" and watched him and Xiao Qiming walk side by side towards the deep palace .

The guards in the palace seemed to have been changed. These patrolling people didn't know Su Yan, but no one came forward to ask him after he stood for a long time.Su Yan didn't have a sword and didn't wear armor, so he couldn't figure it out.

And he didn't wait long, Xiao Qichen came out from the deep palace.

He walked steadily at first, and after meeting Su Yan's eyes, the other party waved at him.Xiao Qichen paused first, then ran towards him resignedly, a long passage became shorter than ever, until he stood in front of Su Yan, Xiao Qichen realized that he was almost out of breath.

He supported his knees, looked up at Su Yan, and said aggrievedly, "My stomach hurts."

"You don't like to move usually, do you?" Su Yan said, pulling Xiao Qichen's arm as if he was taking it, letting him lean half on his body, rubbing the place Xiao Qichen was covering, "Just take two steps gone."

Xiao Qichen was still not feeling well, but he couldn't relax and wanted to argue: "What do you mean by 'not moving', I have to be more steady, how can I always jump up and down."

Su Yan, who just witnessed the stable Sixth Highness trotting all the way, said gently: "...whatever you say."

On the way, Xiao Qichen asked questions, he was very concerned about his absence for the past six months, but the topic was twists and turns, and he was always reserved and refused to bring up that letter again.Su Yan really wanted to tease Xiao Qichen with it, but felt that it made his ears red all the time, and Xiao Qichen would lose his temper too much, so he took great effort to bear it back.

"By the way," Xiao Qichen said suddenly, "That time in Luoyang, who was that white dress next to you?"

If Su Yan's mind was more sensitive, he would be able to smell the jealousy of thousands of turns in his words - it was also difficult for Xiao Qichen to remember it for so long, and he had to wait until the two faced each other again before saying it.

Su Yan thought for a moment and said, "It's Qi Xuan, a friend from the rivers and lakes. He met my younger brother before, and he has a wider network. I asked him to help deliver the letter, but it seems that he hasn't heard from A Jin in the past two years."

He has a twin brother, Xiao Qichen knows it, but he has been lost for a long time, and it is unreal to mention it after many years.

Since it was a serious matter, Xiao Qichen was dissatisfied and said: "Why don't you let me help you find it? People in all four regions have household registration registers. If I help you check it, you only need to find the officials below. Which state or county is he in? will know."

Su Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My lord, how can it be so easy to check... He has never been registered, and he appears occasionally, and he is always in a place where fish and dragons are mixed. Only those who are in the same way can find out his whereabouts."

It was the first time Xiao Qichen heard about the "black household", and it made sense after thinking about it, and said: "Then it's up to you. Didn't it mean that you went to him before and didn't see anyone?"

Su Yan was depressed when he mentioned this: "It was me... the spring of the year I was injured, I went to Luoyang. He ran fast and didn't want to recognize me."

Obviously this was beyond the scope of Xiao Qichen's understanding, so he brought the topic back to the front on his own initiative, leaning into Su Yan's ear and asking: "Then...Qi Xuan, are you familiar with him?"

Accustomed to this person's jumping thinking, Su Yan didn't worry about the front, but just said casually: "I have known each other for several years. Ah Xuan's home is in Chuzhou. I heard that the mountains and rivers are beautiful. We can go to play someday. His man Ah, it looks cold, but he is very kind to friends, not so boring, he is a very thoughtful person."

The corners of Xiao Qichen's crooked eyes suddenly returned to their original radians. His eyes were slightly rounded, and they hadn't changed since he grew up. He looked younger than his peers, but even when he deliberately pretended to be cold, it had a shocking effect.

Su Yan sensed something was wrong and kept silent.After a while, he took Xiao Qichen's hand and asked carefully: "Don't you want me to mention others more?"

Obviously he was the one who asked first, but Su Yan was not happy when he said it, Xiao Qichen reflected on himself, and finally couldn't get angry, so he snorted and turned his head away.In the middle of his anger, Xiao Qichen was thinking about how to make an appointment with Su Yan for three chapters - when you are with him, you are not allowed to mention other people's favors, and...

The tip of his soft and warm tongue licked his earlobe, Xiao Qichen's whole body was shaken, and then a deep voice penetrated into his brain, causing a commotion, like dozens of people arguing together, or like the whole city During the Spring Festival in Jinling City, fireworks were set off throughout the city, creating an unsettling bustle.

"If you are unhappy, just say, you know I don't like to guess other people's minds."

Seduced by beauty, Xiao Qichen thought in shock: When did the idiot who hasn't learned to read people's faces in the past 20 years master the technology of "mind reading"?Can you still borrow your strength?

But at this moment, the atmosphere is just right and it's not suitable for settlement, so Su Yan brought it up by himself, Xiao Qichen naturally refused to let it go, he immediately pulled Su Yan's front, and bit his chin fiercely.Then it was logical to get entangled together, as if the ambiguity that had not been digested by the corner of the Guozijian just now made a comeback, wrapping the two of them tighter and tighter.

"Fortunately, it's in the carriage, but Tianyou is still driving the carriage ahead...Preaching prostitution in the daytime?..." Xiao Qichen held Su Yan's hand stretched to his waist, struggled in vain, and let him go.

The carriage stopped steadily outside Shanglin Garden, and Xiao Qichen's face was obviously still flushed when he came out.Tianyou looked away in embarrassment, pretending to be blind and deaf, knowing nothing along the way.

When the green clothes heard that they were coming back, they prepared snacks and tea early.After all, being surrounded by acquaintances, Su Yan finally let go of his airs in Taicheng, greeted Lv Yi with a smile, and was dragged away by Xiao Qichen before he could say a few words.The green clothes shouted from behind: "Watch out for your feet!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Qichen stepped on a protruding stone on the side of the road in great joy and sorrow. Thanks to Su Yan's quick eyes and hands, he hugged him quickly, otherwise the majestic sixth prince would not have been gnawed by a dog in front of everyone.

Su Yan's palm warmly stuck to Xiao Qichen's back, pinched it without a trace, and teased: "What's the matter?"

"I'm home, happy." Xiao Qichen didn't care about it before he was almost ashamed. When he said this, even Su Yan was startled—his home is naturally the Pingyuan Hou's Mansion, but why didn't he feel that when Xiao Qichen said it? If there was anything wrong, even he acquiesced that the first person he would look for after returning to Jinling was Xiao Qichen.

He suddenly discovered the fact that he should have known earlier, that his sudden attachment to Jin Ling was all because of Xiao Qichen.

After being distracted, Su Yan was dragged to the Luyun Pavilion by Xiao Qichen.The vegetation outside became more and more luxuriant, because the summer had not yet passed, and it rained the night before, he took a deep breath, and the fragrance of flowers and plants filled his heart and lungs, easily driving away the hostility and anxiety brought back from the northern border.

Xiao Qichen leaned on the porch pillar, his whole body was completely relaxed, without the usual seriousness of sitting upright, it was Su Yan's closest and favorite posture.He smiled at Su Yan and asked a very strange question abruptly.

"Ayan," Xiao Qichen called him, "are you really happy with me?"

Su Yan didn't understand, and asked back, "Why do you care about this all of a sudden?"

Xiao Qichen frowned slightly, as if he was worried about other things, and after thinking about it for a moment, he said: "I just feel that you seem to have changed a lot in the past two years, I can't tell... On the contrary, it seems that you have returned to the past."

He really liked Su Yan, and he was very good before and now. His only anxiety was that Su Yan changed too quickly, even Xiao Qichen was not ready, so he was filled with love out of thin air, and he refused to let go when he hugged him.But his mind would be empty occasionally. After all, Su Yan's situation was different from his own. If he didn't get an accurate answer, Xiao Qichen might have to get into a dead end for a long time.

At this time, the atmosphere was good, and Xiao Qichen was in a good mood. He used a hundred reasons to convince himself that if Su Yan's answer was too perfunctory, he could bear it silently.

After all, no one is born to be indebted to anyone. If you only hold hands because of indebtedness, then why bother to delay each other?

Xiao Qichen looked at Su Yan, saw him showing a confused expression, and repeated uprightly: "I always feel... If you think it's because of my hard work that you make up for me, in fact..."

Su Yan understood, and quickly retorted: "No, don't think so."

Xiao Qichen tilted his head to look at him, seeing him getting closer and closer, a cluster of sparkling sparks burned in his eyes.Su Yan smiled at him, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he calmed down again, becoming as serious as him.

"Because I gradually discovered that I will be sincerely happy when I am with you. My life is too constrained by the words of parents and responsibilities. They do what they say, and I don't know what 'like' is." Su Yan said softly Said, "The orders of my parents cannot be disobeyed. I never thought about myself before—but you let me know that I know how I feel so comfortably."

Listening to Xiao Qichen's words, it seemed that Su Yan, who was standing in front of him in an instant, pieced together the piece of his soul that lacked emotion.

Su Yan continued in a deep voice: "I feel that I am truly alive when I am with you."

Xiao Qichen: "I..."

"I have never tried to live like this, but once I tried it, it was like an addiction. No one else can give it to you, Achen, you are the person who understands me best in the world, and I am willing and happy to give it to you."

When I was young and ignorant, I dared to make a desperate promise for you. The older I grew up, the more timid I became. Finally, after I recognized the source of this feeling, I refused to shrink back.

If we don't take this step, we can still be friends, or monarchs and ministers, but I will regret it for the rest of my life.Isn't it funny that most of my life will be over by then, and I still don't know what I am living for?

I am willing to give, and I am willing to bear the accusations of other people's spine and the incomprehension of my parents, just because you said first, "My heart belongs to you."I said that year that I will give you everything you want, isn't it just a piece of sincerity, which should belong to you.If you are willing to accept it, I am too happy.

Su Yan couldn't say what happened later, so he could only hold Xiao Qichen's hand tightly: "Don't blame yourself for what happened in the past, I should face it—Achen, I belong to you."

His failed marriage, his cheap son who cried when he saw him, and all the pressure in the future, Su Yan took it all on himself.His eyes clearly explained this, Xiao Qichen sniffed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"You are..."

He murmured, and replaced all his words with actions, and leaned forward to kiss Su Yan softly in the ear.

Immediately, an arm was wrapped around his back, and his chest was pressed against his chest. Xiao Qichen felt his powerful heartbeat, mixed with tension and stability, beating in unison with his own frequency.

Summer is coming to an end, and the golden autumn sycamore leaves are falling all over the sky, and everything is complete as far as the eye can see.

The author has something to say: the next step is the plot... hey... there is still a small climax/climax