not because of love

Another Friday night.

Today is Li Che's birthday.

Cheng Xiao said that on special days like birthdays, it is enough to eat and sing k with them during the day, and Yan Lei must be left alone at night, so Cheng Xiao took Tang Jia to their house for the weekend, leaving Yan Lei alone. Lei and Li Che were in the dormitory.

Li Che was very speechless about this, why did he leave the night to Yan Lei?My legs are still not sharp...what can I leave...

Yan Lei unwrapped the small cake he bought at noon on Li Che's table, looked up at Li Che by the way, inserted a candle and said, "Don't be in a daze, I'm in front of you, you're still in a daze, what are you thinking about?" ?first love?"

"Isn't that you?" Li Che stretched.

Yan Lei's movements paused for a moment: "First love? Me?"

Li Che nodded, serious.

Yan Lei leaned over and kissed Li Che lightly on the forehead: "It's my first birthday with my first love, this should be a good commemoration, although it's a bit shabby, isn't it?"

Li Che smiled: "No, I didn't celebrate birthdays very much before, so I am very happy when you are with me."

"Yes, yes, thank you for being handsome."

"roll."

Yan Lei laughed: "Okay, okay, I won't make trouble with you. To be honest, when we first met, I was the only one who said my age. You and Cheng Xiao just said that I'm older than you, so I just got over it. I don't know yet. How old are you two? How many candles are you putting in?"

Li Che said very reluctantly: "Twenty..."

"Damn?" Yan Lei was surprised: "It is true that I studied earlier and was younger than most people...but you...wrong, I finally know why you were able to pass the No.1 exam. This is because of age suppression Ah age suppression!"

"..."

"Why don't you go to school very late?"

"No, I was not in good health when I was in junior high school, and I was hospitalized for a long time. After I was discharged from the hospital, I went back to repeat my studies." Li Che replied calmly.

Yan Lei was a little anxious: "Are you okay now? Are there any sequelae or something? What happened at that time? It was so serious? No wonder you fainted during the military training."

Li Che smiled: "Don't mention this, okay?"

Yan Lei wanted to mention it, so they chatted around the topic when they first met, forgetting about Li Che's illness and hospitalization.

Li Che never told Yan Lei why he was suspended from school and hospitalized.

Just as the candles were lit, Li Che's cell phone rang.

Yan Lei raised his chin: "Who is so spoiling the scenery."

Li Che ignored him, and directly pressed the answer button: "Hello, Mom."

Then Yan Lei fell silent, and went to the door to turn off the light with a suppressed smile.

"Okay, okay."

"..."

"See you."

"Hang up now? Did you just say a few words?" Yan Lei had just walked back to the table when Li Che had already thrown his phone on the bed.

Li Che shrugged: "There's nothing to say."

"Happy birthday baby boy?"

"No, I was asked to go home on November." Li Che looked at the lit candles in front of him, and felt a warm feeling from the bottom of his heart: "It seems to be moving, my mother asked me to go back and have a look."

"I'll go too." There was no trace of doubt in Yan Lei's words.

Li Che smiled: "Okay."

To be honest, such a birthday is so ordinary that there is no ripple or surprise. Compared with usual, it is just eating an extra cake, but Li Che is really happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Come on, let's make a wish?" Yan Lei leaned over the edge of the table and cast all his eyes on Li Che's face.

Li Che closed his eyes with a smile, and said silently three times in his heart: Yan Lei must be happy, Yan Lei must be happy, Yan Lei must be happy...

He slowly opened his eyes, just in time to meet Yan Lei's smiling face, "A promise? Let me reveal it a little bit?"

Li Che stretched out his index finger and shook it: "That can't be done, this is my secret."

Yan Lei didn't ask any more questions, he curled his lips pretending to be angry and laughed: "Okay then, my brother Li Che, let's blow out the candles!"

Li Che smiled: "Together."

"Okay, I'll count to three, one, two... ouch I'll go!"

Li Che's cell phone rang again.

"Is it our mother again?" Yan Lei asked, shaking his legs.

Li Che glanced at Cheng Xiao's name on the caller ID, and nodded to Yan Lei.

Yan Lei sighed.

Li Che smiled and put the phone to his ear, "What?"

"Ache, have you been online tonight?" Cheng Xiao's voice sounded a little anxious, "And Leilei, has Leilei?"

"No...what's the matter?" Li Che frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something happened.

"Okay, listen, you must stay with Leilei tonight, don't let him surf the Internet, don't let him watch the mobile phone, especially all kinds of news, understand?"

"Speak clearly."

"On the day of the welcome party...the people sitting behind us talking...do you remember what they said? It seems, it seems to be true, it's already in the news, but I think, if Leilei is really the son of Chairman YAN, then After a while, the news will definitely be suppressed, so during this period, try not to let him see the news, understand?"

Li Che tightened his grip on the phone: "Okay, I understand, thank you..."

"What did our mother say?" Yan Lei pointed to Li Che's put down cell phone and said, "Did our Xiao mother miss us? Or are we here to show off that they went home to meet their parents?"

Li Che pulled out a smile: "What do you care? I want to eat cake."

"Okay, okay, today you are the boss, come let's blow out the candles, and I'll cut the cake for you!"

"Can you not call me that?"

"Then... boss?"

"roll."

In fact, Li Che couldn't laugh anymore, the cake tasted like nothing in his mouth, so he used the toilet as an excuse to secretly glance at the news.

"Nancheng University's School of Film and Television Media's new campus popularity king is actually the illegitimate son of the chairman of the YAN Group?! The model couple is actually acting on the spot!"

Li Che tremblingly clicked in to check.

Inside are all photos of Yan Lei performing at the party, near or far, moving or still, and... the photos of Yan Lei when he was a child, although they are blurry, they are enough to recognize Yan Lei himself.

There is a line of small characters under the photo, which reads: Song Cenxun, son of Song Zhicheng, Chairman of YAN Group.

Li Che turned off the news, opened the browser and entered the campus forum.

Sure enough, it became a new top post.

Li Che clicked in, covered his knees and squatted down slowly, not daring to make a sound.

"I said, how can a person behind the scenes still start a school-wide party? It turns out that it all depends on relationships."

"Look at his ruffian appearance, how can he look like a good student? I guess he didn't take the exam by himself?"

"The chairman is good enough. An illegitimate child is like this? The Film and Television Academy will soon become exclusive to YAN, right? Will his own son lose his temper at home?"

"An illegitimate child? Then isn't his mother... tsk tsk tsk, another shameless woman who raised her child so much for money."

"My son is like his mother, so I guess Yan Lei is not a good person! Oh, no, his name is Song Cenxun!"

……

"Li Che, are you okay? Is your leg hurting again?" Yan Lei knocked on the door of the toilet: "Why is it still not good, do you want me to come in?"

"No, no, it's coming!" Li Che hurriedly walked to the mirror and adjusted his expression to be natural enough, before opening the door and going out.

Yan Lei smiled and came over to help him: "I thought you fell in!"

Li Che looked into Yan Lei's eyes, and suddenly couldn't say a word.

"What's wrong?" Yan Lei pinched the tip of Li Che's nose: "You look very listless, are you sleepy?"

"En." Li Che nodded quickly.

"Then go to sleep." Yan Lei suddenly leaned over and hugged Li Che horizontally.

Li Che was startled: "Be careful!"

"Why are you careful? You are very light!" Yan Lei carefully put Li Che on his bed, and said with a smile, "You sleep in my bed tonight."

"how about you?"

"I sleep in my bed too."

"It's not too crowded..."

"Do you think when our mother Xiao and Brother Tang hated each other?"

Yan Lei also lifted the quilt and got in. The temperature of the air conditioner was turned on very low. He hugged Li Che tightly. He didn't know if it was cold, or he was worried that Li Che would be cold.

"Li Che."

"Ok?"

"Tell me about you. I don't think I know you well enough."

"What do you want to hear?"

Yan Lei paused for a while, then said, "Why are you called this name? Why Li Che?"

Li Che's heart beat a little faster, and the word Song Cenxun was all over his mind.And Yan Lei just happened to ask him such a question, could it be...

"Li Che?"

"Hmm..." Li Che said in his heart, don't think too much, don't think too much, it's all a coincidence.Then he took a deep breath and said slowly: "My mother said that she had already thought about it before my father got married. She said that when they had a child, they should have a clean and clear name. My father said, If they gave birth to a girl, they would be called Li Qingche, and if they had a boy, they would be called Li Qingche. My mother thought it was too ugly, so they decided to call the girl Li Jing and the boy Li Che.”

"Haha, so casual!"

Li Che nodded in the dark: "Yes, they have always been like this."

"They have a good relationship, right?" Yan Lei said.

Li Che said lightly: "It's not good, so we separated when I was very young, and I lived with my mother."

Yan Lei hugged Li Che even tighter, and he said, "Li Che, don't be sad, I'll be with you, and I'll be with your mother in the future, no, our mother."

But Li Che is really not sad, after so many years, he has long been used to it.

He hugged Yan Lei back, trying to comfort him, but there was no reason.

"Actually, I didn't use that name before." Yan Lei said softly.

"En." Li Che responded, quietly waiting for Yan Lei's next words.

But Yan Lei didn't say anything, didn't continue, and didn't speak again.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Che fell asleep in Yan Lei's arms, still tightly clutching Yan Lei's sleeves, as if he was afraid that he would disappear suddenly.

But Yan Lei opened his eyes silently, unable to see a trace of emotion in the darkness.

He took the phone out from under the pillow, turned it off and put it back.

In fact, he saw today's news early in the morning, and even received a text message from Song Yuan to comfort him.

Before he could return, Li Che and Cheng Xiao woke up. He subconsciously hid his phone under his pillow, as if he could also hide the news.

The scar he was most afraid of being discovered was presented to everyone in the most public way.

Afraid of being seen by familiar people, he hid all his fragility and shouted Li Che happy birthday with the most open smile.

However, Li Che still seemed to have discovered it.

Yan Lei stretched out his hand to stroke Li Che's eyebrows.

Stupid or not, you think I don't know, and you deliberately don't tell me, how long do you think you can hide this kind of thing from me...