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For some reason, Ning He felt that the moment Angus saw Ai Xing, apart from being surprised, he also flinched a little.

Ning He hadn't recovered from the tension of being forced to leave just now, so he took a step back unconsciously.Although he wasn't sure whether Ai Xing came to rescue him or just to say hello to Angus, but after weighing the two, he still got a little closer to Ai Xing.

Angus frowned almost imperceptibly at his avoidance.And Ai Xing cast a sideways glance at Ning He who was standing beside him, but didn't say anything after all.

"What a coincidence, William? Come to the casino for fun too?" Angus offered to extend his hand, but Ai Xing didn't hold it, and reached out to shake him.

Ai Xing seemingly casually mentioned another young rich businessman, saying that he had just met him at the Michelin restaurant downstairs, with a beautiful and sexy blonde girl in his arms, and did not answer positively whether he often came to the casino.

Angus was very interested in such topics, and immediately laughed, and invited Ai Xing to play a few rounds of roulette.

Ning He was only half a step away from Ai Xing at this time, his face seemed indifferent, but his heartbeat was uncontrollably fast.

He could vaguely smell the faint smell of smoke emanating from Ai Xing's body, this smell was so familiar that it made his heart flutter.He used to smoke LuckyStrike cigarettes for two or three years, and then quit smoking for Ai Xing, but he would never have thought that Ai Xing would be smoking the same cigarette six years later, but standing beside him like a stranger.

Ai Xing and Angus just chatted for a few words, and the thoughts in Ning He's mind have been refreshed countless times.He recalled every word Ai Xing uttered, every tone mixed, and couldn't help but recall the boy when he was in love, and suddenly had many delusions that he shouldn't have.

The proposal to play roulette was politely rejected by Ai Xing. Before leaving, Angus asked tentatively, "Do you know each other?"—and pointed to Ninghe through the air.

Ning He was stunned, not knowing how to respond.

Ai Xing was silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "It's sort of."——The words were ambiguous, but there was a vague possessive air, and Angus, who had been hanging around for a long time, would not be able to understand this kind of strong man between the signals.

So he rubbed the bridge of his nose awkwardly, and said, "Then you talk slowly." His eyes swept over Ning He, and he left reluctantly.

Ai Xing didn't stay long.When Angus walked out of the bar, he also turned and walked towards another exit.

Ning He hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but chased after him, followed Ai Xing through several tables of guests, and walked to the terrace outside the bar.

Ai Xing knew that he was right behind him, but he didn't intend to stop at all.Seeing that he was about to walk down the spiral staircase with his long legs, Ning He called out dryly, "Ai Xing."

The figure in front stopped, turned his head slowly, and looked at Ning He expressionlessly.

Ning He took two steps closer, and said cautiously, "Are you... free?"

Ai Xing's thin lips curled up, his eyes drooped, and he said coldly, "I don't think we are the kind of relationship where we can talk about old times casually."

Ning He's face seemed to turn pale, and he looked very uncomfortable under the questioning.But Ai Xing's attitude didn't scare him away, he smiled back at Ai Xing friendly, "My suite is in the building opposite, do you want to go over and have a drink?"

The moment the invitation came out, Ning He himself was taken aback.

Ai Xing frowned slightly, surprised at his boldness, then asked with a sneer, "Are you drinking with me?"

Ning He raised his brows and said, "Of course, I'll accompany you." - There was a little joy in his eyes.

Ai Xing's expression became elusive, he looked at Ning He, thought about it, and said, "Okay."

On the way back to the suite, neither of them spoke much.

Ning He walked in front with careful steps, and Ai Xing followed beside him.The semi-dark lights in the hotel corridor shone on Ai Xing's face, reflecting his deep and handsome facial features. Ning He glanced at him several times, and was caught by Ai Xing for the last time.The moment the eyes of the two met, Ning He quickly turned away, and said in a panic, "The front... the front is here."

In fact, it's not just that he feels at a loss, Ai Xing also has mixed feelings in his heart.

On the first day Ning He returned to the United States, he received the news. Later, Ning He signed a contract with Triumph and moved into the Atlantis Club, and he learned about it one by one.

On the night of Ning He's debut on stage, he sat by the slot machine in the casino downstairs for two hours, restlessly stuffing an unknown number of coins, but he didn't even hit a single jackpot (first prize).

Later, the waiter took the initiative to bring him drinks and snacks, probably thinking that he could buy the machine with the money he spent, politely put down the tray, and said, "Sir, this is a gift from you."

Ai Xing waited until the end, finished drinking the wine given by the waiter, finally couldn't hold back and was full of thoughts, and went to the bar on the top floor with a third of drunkenness.

Before the others approached, the singing voice was like ecstasy, luring him step by step, until he was within sight of Ning He.

Ning He lost a lot of weight, and his originally small and delicate face became more and more charming. The loose silk shirt was tucked around his waist, and against that slender waist, it seemed that he couldn't grasp it.The former unruly silver hair was dyed back to black, and his temperament has also changed. He is no longer the lead singer of the band that smashed the stage back then. His brows are a little more gloomy, and his voice is not as clear and high-pitched as before.

Ai Xing saw the large bunch of flowers piled up at his feet, and the fascinated expressions on the faces of the guests present, his heart was filled with unreasonable resentment.

This person, after six full years, is still so provocative without realizing it.

Later, Ai Xing felt as if he was in a daze. As long as there was a night when Ning He sang, he would drive an hour to come here to listen to him sing the last 10 minutes of the song.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but there seemed to be more and more customers in the bar, and Ning He's appearance became more and more stunning.There were floor-to-ceiling glass windows between them, and they didn't say a word, but memories and reality flooded in.

Later, even the casino owner Cheng Jingsen couldn't stand it anymore.Ai Xing had had business dealings with him, and they felt that they were congenial to each other, and they also had some friendship in private.Cheng Jingsen once thought that Ai Xing was an incomprehensible programming genius, and seeing him come here for many days to praise Ninghe, he finally became suspicious.

When Ai Xing sat in front of the slot machine to kill time again, he dragged a stool and sat next to Ai Xing.

"Why don't I give you this machine." Cheng Jingsen joked with him, holding a cigarette in his mouth, "If you're so unlucky, stop playing. All the spending these days will be mine."

Ai Xing stuffed another handful of coins into it, and said without raising his head, "If you don't lack this money, I can buy it for you."

Cheng Jingsen was nearly ten years older than him, and when he had been chasing his wife for a long time, he understood the powerlessness of being so far away, and advised him in a deep voice, "Why bother, no matter how beautiful you are, it's just a surface. If you like someone, spend a little time Buy it with money and keep it, maybe it will be boring after a few nights of sleep."

Hearing his explanation, Ai Xing finally raised his eyes to look at him, and said under pressure, "Boss Cheng, you don't understand."

Cheng Jingsen, an outsider, heard something in Ai Xing's words, lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and said patiently, "I would like to hear more about it."

Casino waiters rarely see such battles, and their boss sits with a technology upstart worth over [-] million yuan, and the boss's posture seems quite modest.The manager stood and watched from a distance for a while, and concluded that the two bigwigs must be discussing some important business in front of the slot machine, so he ordered the waiter to clear the place quickly.

Within a radius of five or six meters where Cheng Jingsen and Ai Xing were, there were no other guests soon.

Ai Xing supported the machine with one hand, tossed coins with the other, and said coldly, "That's my wife."

The smoke between Cheng Jingsen's fingers trembled, and he half-closed his eyes, "What?"

Ai Xing said again, "We were married before."

The air was suddenly quiet, and after a while, Cheng Jingsen asked slowly, "When did it happen?"

Ai Xing's eyes dimmed, as if the marriage was too bad to look back on, "Seven years ago."

Even Cheng Jingsen, who was as calm as ever, couldn't hide his astonishment at this moment, "You... how old were you then?"

"." Ai Xing took out the cigarette case from his trouser pocket, looked down at the eye-catching red dot on it that belonged to LuckyStrick cigarettes, "I proposed on the day I came of age."

Cheng Jingsen suddenly realized, and sighed, "I can't see William, you are so infatuated. What was Ning He like before?"

His subtext was probably, what kind of ecstatic stunner must that be, so that Ai Xing can't forget it for so many years.

Ai Xing just smiled wryly, "I like him, that's enough."

In just eight words, the heartache and helplessness of waiting for six years are exhausted.

Cheng Jingsen saw that Ai Xing didn't want to talk more, so he stopped there, and finally gave a very generous proposal, "How about I give you the contract that signed him, and you don't come here every day."

For a contract of 10,000+, Cheng Jingsen gave it away as soon as he said it, which was enough for Ai Xing.

Ai Xing shook his head, thanked him first, and then declined, "Let's talk."

To him, Ninghe is like a mirror, a dream in the abyss.Ai Xing felt that he couldn't afford to fall in love.

The figure in front of him stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at Ai Xing, and said softly, "Here we are."

There were very few guests staying on this floor, and there were only the two of them in the entire corridor.Ning He felt nervous about the upcoming solitude, his heart was beating violently, and he was very afraid that he would say something inappropriate.

However, Ai Xing looked as calm as he had been for many days, and when he looked at Ning He, his eyes were calm.

Ning He tried to calm down, not wanting to be seen by Ai Xing. At the same time, he took out his room card, slapped it on the identifier, and pushed the door open.

This is a suite with a living room and a cloakroom, about seventy or eighty square meters.Ning He stayed in for less than a week, and the three pieces of luggage he brought from Japan have not been unpacked. Apart from the original furniture, there are very few traces left by him in the room.

"Sit down." Ning He walked into the living room, turned on the lights along the way, and asked gently, "What would you like to drink?"

"Whiskey." Ai Xing sat down on a single sofa with a cold attitude.

Obviously, Ning He had never had a drink here, so he fumbled and opened several cabinets before finding a bottle of Scotch whiskey.He was not very good at opening the bottle, and he was too embarrassed to ask Ai Xing for help, so he took a bottle opener from all angles and fiddled with it for several minutes before he completely opened the metal bottle cap.

Then he rummaged through the wine glass and squeezed the ice cubes. In short, he stumbled all the way, and finally brought out two glasses of whiskey with ice, and pushed one of them in front of Ai Xing.

Ai Xing picked up the cup and stared at him, "Didn't you say you want to drink with me?"

Without hesitation, Ning He immediately picked up the wine glass and drank all the 43-degree strong wine under Ai Xing's watchful eyes.

In order to maintain a better sound state when he was on stage, he ate very little dinner.It was nearly eleven o'clock at night, and the whole person poured this glass of spirits almost on an empty stomach, and soon felt a burning pain in his throat and esophagus.

However, Ai Xing was not satisfied, holding his glass of wine, which was not missing a drop, and said to Ning He, "Let's have another glass."

Ning He knew that he was trying to embarrass himself, but he didn't make any excuses. He got up and poured another glass, and then drank it all at a slightly slower speed in front of Ai Xing.

After drinking two glasses of whiskey in succession, Ning He's face was almost pale, but the smell of alcohol made the corners of his eyes a little red.Perhaps the remaining courage was stimulated by the high alcohol, he endured the stomach pain, and took the initiative to talk to Ai Xing, "Why did you come to New York?"

Ai Xing put one arm on the armrest of the sofa, his slender fingers easily grasped the rim of the wine glass, and looked at Ning He silently.

Ning He said to himself again, "I didn't expect...to see you here."

After finishing speaking, he smiled faintly at Ai Xing.

Ai Xing seemed to be stabbed suddenly, he stood up suddenly and put down his wine glass, walked to the sofa where Ning He was sitting, stretched out his hand and grabbed Ning He's face.

Ning He's consciousness has been taken away by the alcohol. When Ai Xing approached, he still didn't understand the other party's intention, and sat in a daze without moving.It was only when Ai Xing pinched her tightly that she looked up at her former lover in panic.

Ai Xing covered Ning He's mouth with his palm, and Ning He couldn't make a sound, only Ai Xing asked him angrily, "Ning He, do you think I'm so cheap? After six years, I can still sit Here to talk to you calmly?"

Ning He whimpered, but failed to break free from Ai Xing's grasp, and was instead pushed into the sofa by Ai Xing.

"What are you doing back here? How dare you sign in a place like a casino?" Ai Xing restrained him condescendingly, "You know who Angus is from, if Cheng Jingsen didn't order Yin Han's face, I have taken care of you secretly, and you have been eaten to the brim."

Ning He was made dizzy by Ai Xing's series of questioning, he held down Ai Xing's wrist, and barely took a breath from the other party's control.

"Ai Xing... I didn't know you were in New York beforehand. If you don't like me singing here, I can try to terminate the contract with them early..."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Ai Xing let him go and took a step back.

The irritability and out-of-control that was revealed just now disappeared without a trace, Ai Xing said coldly, "You should be clear about your affairs, it's not my turn to ask."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from the tissue box, wiped the palm that had rubbed against Ning He's lips, and turned to leave.

Ning He leaned over and pulled him back, trying to explain, "Ai Xing, that's not the case. I came back, I didn't want to disturb you...I thought New York was far enough away from California to settle here."

He had a severe stomachache, and cold sweat oozes from his forehead, but he held Ai Xing's hand tightly, "I don't mean anything else, I just haven't heard from you for a long time, and I want to ask how you are doing."

"That's enough for Ning He." Ai Xing interrupted him loudly, and at the same time wiped his hand away from his wrist, "It's because I appeared in the bar that you misunderstood me, and it won't happen in the future."

Ning He was stunned, Ai Xing had already left him and walked towards the porch, Ning He got up and wanted to keep him, but curled up and squatted down because of the severe stomach pain.

The dull sound of closing the door sounded immediately, Ai Xing left without hesitation, and the room quickly returned to silence.

Ning He grabbed the sofa with one hand, and pressed his stomach tightly with the other. At first, he buried his head and endured it for a while, but the stomach pain intensified, and what Ai Xing said echoed uncontrollably in his mind repeatedly.He finally cried uncontrollably.

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