After getting rich through books, I step on and renovate Luochang

"Only the box of this water purifier is left. I'll fix it with tape and make do with it—"

Wei Hongzhi came into the bedroom carrying a large cardboard box dug out from the corner of the garage, and when he looked up, he saw Quining sitting beside the bed.With his head down, he was looking at the large portrait on his lap, with eyelashes covering his eyes.The foam and wrapping paper were removed and scattered on the ground. The little black cat crawled restlessly in the cardboard box, making messy noises.

...Wait a picture? !

The voice stopped abruptly, and Wei Hongzhi's mind went blank for a moment.

At the charity art exhibition, he spent 37 yuan to buy this "Youth in the Garden". He didn't know what to do with it, so he stuffed it in a place under the bed that he thought was very safe. He never expected to be discovered so suddenly.

It was still discovered by the parties in the painting.

Shuangpi Nai's growl came from under the bed, and Wei Hong's forehead twitched, and he quickly guessed the general situation at that time. He took a deep breath, and calmed down in a blink of an eye. The sudden accident was quite hectic, but now he is 32-year-old Wei Hongzhi.

"I saw this painting by chance at a charity art exhibition in April." He stared at Quining, and said in a low voice, "At that time, I thought it was too much like you. If it fell into someone else's hands, it might not have much impact Well, I bought it and didn’t know what to do with it, so I put it under the bed.”

Que Ning didn't speak, and didn't look up, just stared at the young man in the painting who had the same face as himself. He was standing in the lush green garden, sniffing a red rose climbing on the fence. The flower branches, green leaves and goose-yellow roses protruding from the foreground cover the key parts, but there is nothing else.

If you want to say that there is something different about that young man from him, it should be only the missing red birthmark on his waist and the extra tear moles on his eyes.

Que Ning lowered his head, Wei Hongzhi couldn't see his expression clearly at this time, but he still noticed the pursed lips and the hand holding the picture frame, so hard that the knuckles turned white, as if to completely wipe the picture frame. break off.

Even if Que Ning has already built up his mind about what Shao Chenfeng has done, it must be unacceptable for a while when the picture of his self-esteem and desire being trampled on the ground suddenly appears in front of him.

Wei Hongzhi sighed in his heart. He put down the box in his hand, took a step forward and directly grabbed the picture frame, snatched it from Que Ning's hand with undeniable force, turned it around, and the picture leaned inward against the wall: "Don't look, there's nothing to see."

The picture frame was taken away, the palm became empty, the heavy weight on the leg disappeared, and what was missing seemed to be something more vague in the depths of the soul.Que Ning paused with both hands in bewilderment, silently moved to the edge of the bed, and gripped the sheets tightly, it seemed that only in this way could he give some weight to his soul that was about to float away.

Wei Hongzhi squatted down in front of Que Ning, and looked up at his face. Que Ning was completely dazed, as if under the action of some strange force, he had lost all ability to think.He lowered his eyes and bit his lower lip tightly, but from this angle, Wei Hongzhi could clearly see the rapidly flushed eye sockets and the color of water that was about to overflow from them.

The beating heart in his chest suddenly felt a pain, and Wei Hongzhi instinctively stretched out his hand, as if wanting to touch the face that was close at hand, but the moment he made a move, Que Ning suddenly stood up, and he raised his head , holding back the uncontrollable tears, his voice choked up: "I'm going to rest."

Wei Hongzhi didn't have time to say anything, Que Ning bypassed him, and walked out of the bedroom as quickly as if he was running away, as if he didn't want him to see the distressed appearance at this time.

Wei Hongzhi squatted on the ground and didn't get up for a long time. The line of his lips was stretched into a serious straight line, and the center of his brows was tightly knit.He actually regretted it, regretted that he didn't directly burn the painting, but now that the matter has come to this point, regret can't play any real role, it will only make his mentality explode.

He couldn't personally understand what kind of shock Que Ning suffered when he saw the painting, let alone how he felt when he realized that he had already known the clues but concealed them from him. Everything, whether it was anger, grievance, shame and He couldn't even empathize with grief, but why... was he feeling so uncomfortable in his chest?

Shuangpi Nai confirmed that the little black cat had disappeared from sight, and at this moment was finally willing to get out from under the bed. The moment the white cat just showed its head, Wei Hongzhi reached out to fish it over, with a fierce look in his eyes. revealing.

"Meow?"

Shuangpi Nai didn't know what happened and wanted to struggle, but he couldn't resist the claws of the shit shoveler at all. Wei Hongzhi directly pressed his limbs up on the bed, stared at Shuang Pi Nai's innocent eyes for two seconds, and lowered his head Burying his face into the soft fur on the white cat's belly, he let out a long sigh as if he was dying.

"Ugh………………"

Que Ning slept in the guest room last time. Wei Hongzhi went to check and found that the door was closed. He wanted to tidy it up a little bit, but now he might not be able to open the door even if he knocked, so he had to give up.Although he has the keys to all the rooms in the house, at this moment, let Que Ning be alone.

The originally happy night suddenly became heavy. Wei Hongzhi put the kitten into the big box containing the water purifier, and sealed it with tape to prevent the double skin milk from going in again, which would be harmful to the kitten. There is a three-finger-wide gap for ventilation.

After that, he tidied up the scattered packages on the floor, and looked at the paintings leaning on the wall with his hips on his hips for a while, but he still didn't know what to do with them. Anyway, it was impossible to open the window and throw them directly. After thinking about it, he could only stuff it in again. under the bed.

After doing this, Wei Hongzhi went to take a shower, and after he came out, he was blowing his hair. After all, he was still worried about Que Ning's situation, so he took his mobile phone and sent him an emoji.

Quining didn't return.

have you slept?

Of course, it may also be that you don't have the mind to look at your phone at all and don't want to return it.Wei Hongzhi sighed, this was the first time he had sighed tonight, he put away the hair dryer and lay down on the bed.

Shuangpi Nai jumped up and lay down beside him, curling up into a big fluffy white ball.

There was the sound of rain outside the window, the crackling of smashed glass, and the wind picked up.

Wei Hongzhi has never thought that the sound will be so loud when it rains. People who usually fall asleep within 3 minutes of touching the pillow toss and turn many times, but they can't brew a little drowsiness.

...is it too noisy?

Finally, he couldn't help but raised his hand to touch the mobile phone on the bedside table. Looking at the time, it was already one o'clock.

Shuangpi Nai fell asleep, even snoring slightly, and the kitten in the cardboard box did not move.Wei Hongzhi lay down for a while, but seeing that he couldn't fall asleep, he simply sat up.

It was already summer, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. Wei Hongzhi didn't want to sleep in his clothes anymore. He took off only a pair of pants. He took out his T-shirt and shorts and put them on. He put on his slippers and wanted to go downstairs for a while.

The huge villa was pitch black, and the sound of rain swallowed up many small sounds. When Wei Hongzhi walked to the stairs, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be someone in the living room.

Wei Hongzhi paused, and through the brief white light flashed by the window, he saw the figure on the sofa. Que Ning was sitting there alone, and beside him was a fully transparent sliding door leading to the backyard. The sky is full of blurred and meandering rain, empty and lonely, as if he is the only one left in the world.

Wei Hongzhi walked down the stairs. Under the cover of the sound of rain, Que Ning did not notice Wei Hongzhi approaching at the first time. When the young man stood beside him, he raised his head a little slowly.

Quenin held an opened bottle of whiskey in his hand, and it was half-empty, and there was an empty space in the wine cabinet by the bar. He squinted his eyes, as if he was trying to figure out who was coming.

"I'm sorry, I drank a bottle of wine for you." Que Ning said softly, he spoke quite neatly, he didn't seem to be completely drunk.

If Wei Hongzhi remembers correctly, the bottle in Quining's hand is a special Balvenle that Wei Hong brought back from a Scottish winery last year. The price starts at 40 yuan, 50 years old, 42 degrees.

He didn't say much, and didn't try to stop Ching Ning from drinking more, he just sat beside him and stayed with him.

Quenin shook the wine bottle in his hand, raised his head and took another sip. The strong distilled wine brought a lingering burning sensation to the mouth and esophagus, while the tail note contained the sweetness of honey, vanilla and oak, with endless aftertaste. But Que Ning doesn't have the leisure to enjoy it right now, what he needs is alcohol, that's all.

"You reminded me not to eat and drink at Shao Chenfeng's house several times after you knew about the painting." After a brief silence, Que Ning said that he was not asking, all kinds of clues had been pieced together into the truth in his mind.

In fact, Wei Hongzhi first reminded Que Ning before the charity exhibition, but that was because he knew the plot of the original book. For Que Ning, this understanding is no problem.Wei Hongzhi hummed, he couldn't see Que Ning's face clearly in the dark, he could only hear the rapid and heavy breathing of the young man beside him because of the alcohol.

"Shao Chenfeng dared to take out such a painting, which made me think that it was approved by you at the first time, but after meeting you a few times, I don't think you are the person who would agree to let him paint this kind of painting. I thought there might be something wrong, so I tried to remind you. But we were not familiar at that time, and no matter what my identity was, I couldn’t tell you about the painting. After getting along a lot, I don’t know what to do. I told you, I hope you can find out by yourself when reminded."

Que Jing quietly listened to Wei Hongzhi's words, the young man paused, and then said: "You are very smart, you only found out the problem after being reminded a few times, although I know you are no longer a child like Joshua, you are capable Go accept some darkness, but since you already know what he has done, don't look at those paintings."

"I've actually thought about it, many times." Que Ning finally spoke again, his voice still a little hoarse because he drank too much, "It's only when the painting really came to me that I didn't know what to do." I found that... I can't be as calm as I imagined."

What was his reaction when he saw that painting?Anger, sorrow, shame?Que Ning couldn't describe it, when Wei Hongzhi came back from the garage and walked into the bedroom, the intertwined emotions finally overwhelmed him completely, and in this chaotic feeling, he could only taste one kind—— — extreme shame.

Why, why is it in front of Wei Hong?

Another flash of lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating the faint tear stains on Que Ning's face, and at some point, the tears fell without anyone noticing.

"I know." Wei Hongzhi whispered, "I know, no one can really deal with these things calmly."

"But you're not alone." He opened his arms, "Would you like a hug for you?"

Que Ning stared at him steadfastly, his gaze unreadable in the darkness, the thunder rumbled past, and his voice was gradually drowned in the unchanging sound of rain.Just when Wei Hongzhi thought Que Ning was going to refuse, the boy suddenly rushed up and hugged him tightly.

The whiskey swayed in the bottle and made the sound of water, and Wei Hongzhi was thrown into his arms. He hugged Que Ning's back and stroked his hair and the back of his neck.And Que Ning hugged him so tightly and with such force that half of his face was buried in the socket of Wei Hong's shoulder, tears flowed silently the moment he closed his eyes, and went down his cheeks into the material of the clothes.

A voice clamored crazily in his heart like never before, he had many, many things to say, the collapse when he saw the painting, the shame when Wei Hongzhi knelt down to look at him, the tossing and turning, the regret for being so credulous to Shao Chenfeng, and... For the first time in my life, a hatred that was close to malice.

The relationship between him and Shao Chenfeng will definitely not end in such a situation, and he will no longer be patient and give in.

But before the seeds of hatred germinated, another seedling had already clung to the atrium of his heart. Wei Hongzhi's embrace was so warm, giving him confidence, strength, and more.

He is different.

he is……

"Brother Hong." The voice didn't want to stop, Que Ning wanted to hear it, but he couldn't hear it clearly. In the dark living room, he tightened his arms as if afraid of losing, and called Wei Hongzhi in a low voice:

"you are my best friend."