The Deepest Color of the Night

At noon, the street was full of traffic and pedestrians. Fang Jin stood by the sidewalk, looking up at the sky, his eyes narrowed slightly by the stimulation of the light.

Pedestrians passed by in a hurry, turned their heads curiously, and looked at this tall, thin and handsome young man in a black suit, who looked like a senior white-collar worker, and the blooming white chrysanthemum in his hand.

After a long time, I lowered my head and looked at the residential building in front of me.

Many years ago, this place used to be a small alley. Later, a family in the alley caught fire, burning half of the alley, and the entire area was demolished and rebuilt.The buildings built at that time were considered high-end buildings in the surrounding area, but the housing market responded mediocrely, because everyone knew that a couple had been burned to death in the fire, and this building was built on the basis of a haunted house.

Over the past ten years, this residential building has gradually become old, and more, taller and more fashionable buildings have been built around it, making it look extraordinarily low and narrow.The existence that everyone should pay attention to when passing by in the past, but now it is hidden in the increasingly busy and crowded cities, and gradually becomes a corner that is forgotten by people.

Fang Jin finally bent down and gently placed the bouquet of white chrysanthemums under the tree by the roadside.

Several female students stopped not far away, their faces were reddish and their heads were open, as if they were talking about this good-looking young man, and suddenly they all let out small exclamations.

Fang Jin felt dizzy suddenly when he got up, and immediately supported the tree trunk.

He closed his eyes and waited for the dizziness to pass away. After a while, he heard a girl's timid voice: "Please...Excuse me, you, you have a nosebleed, are you okay?..."

Fang Jin looked up, and saw the girl holding a tissue and looking at him; following the girl's gaze, he reached out his hand to touch his nose, and it was really dripping, which looked quite scary.

There was no warning, Fang Jin's eyebrows twitched instantly, he immediately thanked the girl and took out a tissue to cover his nose, but soon he could feel the warm liquid seeping through the tissue and gradually seeping into his hands.

The girl looked at him worriedly: "Handsome, are you really okay? There's a lot of blood, do you want to go to the hospital?"

Fang Jin forced a smile at her, "It's okay, thank you for the paper."

Although the voice was muffled because her nose was covered, the girl's face flushed instantly with that smile: "It's okay, it's okay, it's true that nosebleeds are easy to get in the hot weather recently, but you'd better go to the hospital for a checkup." .Handsome, are you... are you waiting for someone? Your flower is..."

The girl kept looking at the large bunch of fresh white chrysanthemums under the tree, her eyes were full of curiosity that could not be concealed.

"Waiting for no one," Fang Jin said softly, with a trace of exhaustion in his eyes:

"If you leave, you can't wait any longer."

The girl was still ignorant, Fang Jin nodded her thanks, turned around and walked away along the sidewalk.

There was a crossroad ahead, Fang Jin stood by the side of the road for a while, and waited for the nosebleed to stop before he hailed a taxi.

The tissue must not be wiped enough, and there was still blood under his nasal cavity, so the driver looked at it several times curiously.Fang Jin ignored him, got into the car and said calmly, "Go to Zhonghai Road, Provincial First Hospital."

·

When Gu Yuan came home that night, Fang Jin had already prepared four dishes and one soup, and fell asleep at the dining table.

In the past few days, Fang Jin has been getting up later than him, going to work later than him, and leaving get off work earlier than him, but he always feels tired.Gu Yuan felt that he was tired from doing the housework, but when he thought about the housework except for cooking, he was being done by part-time workers, and he felt that cooking every day was really too tiring, so he always wanted to take him out to eat, but Fang Jin was always unwilling , inferring that only eating home-cooked food will have an appetite.

During this period of time, he did cook differently for Gu Yuan to eat. He went through several major cuisines, and even watched videos of online chefs teaching cooking during the company's lunch break.That eagerness to learn even gave Gu Yuan the illusion that he would change his career to become a chef, apply for a job as a head chef in a five-star hotel, and start a new chapter in his life.

Once when Gu Yuan was eating, he joked with Fang Jin, explaining that the future will be long, but he wants to serve all the dishes on the table overnight. Could it be that he wants to fatten up the boss so that he can kill him?

Fang Jin didn't smile, he looked at Gu Yuan quietly, there seemed to be an unspeakable light in his eyes.

After a long while, he scooped up a spoonful of the sauce, and randomly sprinkled two sauces on the plate in front of Gu Yuan.Gu Yuan looked down and saw a dark heart slowly flowing on the white porcelain.

Gu Yuan quietly walked to Fang Jin's side, and took out a series of ring measurement models from his bag. After careful identification for a long time, he selected a few approximate models, and gently lifted Fang Jin's fingers to put them in.

As a result, the first model was a little loose, and Fang Jin's fingers were a bit slender like playing the piano; Gu Yuan tried two more times in the small hole, turned his fingers a little, and it was not loose or tight.

Gu Yuan memorized the model number and put away the measurement model. The series of movements and the sound of metal collisions finally awakened Fang Jin from his sleep.He raised his head and rubbed his eyes, stretched long, and looked at Gu Yuan with sleepy eyes: "You're back? - yawn... I just wanted to sit for a while, why did I fall asleep..."

Gu Yuan laughed, and went to the kitchen to fill up two bowls of rice: "I tell you not to cook so many dishes, just order takeaway when you come back from work all day."

"Fortunately, I'll cook for a change of brain."

Fang Jin took the rice bowl, but just woke up but didn't have any appetite, and could only stir the snow-white rice with chopsticks.Gu Yuan saw that he looked like he couldn't finish it, so he grabbed his bowl, poured a few tablespoons of sweet and sour pork ribs soup into it, the sweet and sour sauce made the rice oily and tempting, and then stuffed it back into him. In his hand: "Take it, you must eat, you must have lost weight in the past two days, and you will weigh it in the bathroom in front of me later."

Fang Jin immediately denied it: "—No," he paused and asked, "Why did you come back so late today?"

"Grandpa called me."

Fang Jin snapped his fingers.

"Tell me about my uncle Ke Rong." Gu Yuan scooped up a spoonful of milky white and rich bone soup for himself, not noticing the slight coldness in Fang Jin's eyes, "Ke Rong and Chi Wanru cooperated to harm me , the old man heard the wind and called me to confirm the authenticity..."

Fang Jin lowered his eyelashes, "How can you be sure it's Ke Rong?"

"The driver woke up, and I asked someone to make a statement."

"But the confession may be falsified, he is your uncle after all..."

Gu Yuan glanced at him and seemed to find it very interesting: "It is because of blood relationship that there is a reason to want me to die urgently. Do you think blood relationship only represents family affection? Wrong, blood relationship represents huge interests and intricate relationships Wang, otherwise, when you play rich and powerful families on TV every day, it's all the brains of the screenwriter?"

Fang Jin said euphemistically: "I just think that without hard evidence, it's not good to say that..."

"Of course there is hard evidence. I found the real registration information of that car, that idiot Ke Rong didn't even notice that it was registered under the name of Suda Transportation..."

"What transportation?"

"A small company under the name of my grandfather was handed over to Ke Rong along with other industries two years ago." Gu Yuan lazily said, "There is such a large flaw waiting for me to investigate. Uncle's ability is so good. He hasn't improved at all over the years, and I guess he probably thinks that if he is really found out, I won't dare to turn against him for the sake of grandpa."

Fang Jin nodded and hummed, picked up the mushrooms in the stewed chicken and ate slowly, got up after a while and said, "It's a bit bland, I'll go to the kitchen to get some salt."

Without waiting for Gu Yuan's answer, he hurried into the kitchen, took out his mobile phone from his pocket at the same moment he stepped in, and opened the web page to inquire about express transportation.

There are many transportation companies with similar names. Fang Jin quickly flipped through the webpage, his fingers trembled slightly under the rapid beating of his heart, and for a moment he almost dropped his phone to the ground.

However, soon the thing he was looking for jumped to his eyes along the webpage——

On the line of the three waves, a black seagull logo.

Suda Transportation, which has been in the hands of Ke Wenlong for many years, was handed over to Ke Rong's property two years ago.

Fang Jin pressed his back against the refrigerator door tightly, his heartbeat and pulse almost stopped.

He just stood there quietly, and finally let out a breath after a long time. With the last trace of doubt finally confirmed, his brain suddenly felt calm and sober like never before.

He slid the phone into his trouser pocket, his fingers unusually steady, then picked up the salt shaker and walked out with a normal expression.

·

That night, Gu Yuan thought that Fang Jin was tired and wanted him to have a good rest.But Fang Jin took the unusual initiative. He straddled Gu Yuan's strong waist and bowed his head to kiss him, from the center of his eyebrows to the bridge of his nose, to his firm thin lips, as if he was wholeheartedly kissing a treasure that might be lost at any time.

Gu Yuan was so teased by him that he could hardly control himself, turned over suddenly and pressed him on the bed, and asked hoarsely, "Has your fever gone?"

Fang Jin whispered, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night..."

Gu Yuan couldn't listen at all.His blood flowed all the way down, his lower body was so painful that it was as if a fire was burning through his blood vessels all over his limbs; Fang Jin kissed him viciously before he could finish his sentence, and then roughly ripped off his pajamas Cleaned up.

Sex is indeed the most comforting thing. When the body is at a negative distance, there is often an illusion, as if even the heartbeat is fused together, turning into a ball through the close-fitting chest in the dark night.

Fang Jin frowned tightly, pandering like masochistic, but felt a kind of perverted pleasure in the pain.

It would be nice if nothing else happened.

If only this pain could last forever.

The next day, Fang Jin really failed to get up during working hours.

It's not that he slept in, but that Gu Yuan immediately turned off his alarm when he woke up in the morning to let him sleep a little longer.As a result, Fang Jin woke up and realized that it was already past nine in the morning. After sitting on the bed for a while, he suddenly took out a tissue and covered his nasal cavity.

Immediately afterwards, the blood gushed out, the flow was so fast that even the fingers were drenched with warm and sticky touch.

——Fortunately, the quilt was not stained, otherwise it would be too troublesome to change and wash.Fang Jin passed this idea almost indifferently in his heart, turned over and got out of bed to wash up, went to the sink and pulled a piece of paper to wipe his nose, and threw the blood-stained paper ball into the toilet to flush.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and there was a sound of birdsong. It was a brilliant and good weather.

In the bathroom, Fang Jin looked at his pale face and wanted to smile to himself.

However, when he moved the corner of his mouth, he only saw another face through his eyes—the face of the 11-year-old boy.He cried out heartbreakingly in front of the fire scene, he struggled forward but was caught again and again, he looked at Fang Jin coldly amidst the police cars and the crowd, his eyes were full of mockery and resentment, like Sarcastic about his humble stupidity and absurd love.

·

At eleven o'clock, Fang Jin drove out, went straight to the Hematology Department of the First Hospital, and received the blood test report in the chief doctor's office.

He took the paper but didn't read it. He lightly pressed his backhand on the table, looked directly at the doctor and asked, "How long is it?"

The doctor probably had never seen such a calm patient before, and he might have been a little surprised, but when his eyes touched Fang Jin's young face, there was a little pity: "It's hard to say, the chronic phase you went through before is worse than most slow-grained patients. Relatively speaking, the bleeding phenomenon in the accelerated phase is particularly violent. The key now is to start targeted therapy immediately, and it must not be delayed any longer. It is necessary to prevent the disease from developing to the final stage of acute change. One step, even if you are lucky enough to be matched, the rare blood type is likely to cause fatal postoperative rejection..."

Fang Jin gently closed his eyes.

"Young man, don't give up hope." The doctor couldn't help persuading: "Start treatment immediately, and the possibility of controlling the disease is very high. We also have examples of patients in the accelerated stage who have been delayed for several years—"

"...Thank you," Fang Jin said hoarsely, "I will consider it."

The doctor was stunned, his first reaction was that there was no money for treatment, but he looked at the young man's attire and he didn't look poor: "——why? The faster the targeted therapy, the better. The time from the acceleration phase to the blast phase is God never knows, it might be next year, next month, or even next week!"

"I know," Fang Jin said softly.

——Why don't I know?I know.

In an instant, he seemed to have returned to the dazzling white lights of the shooting range that night. Gu Mingzong said in a low voice, I will not attack Gu Yuan unless you are alive—followed by Gu Yuan's casual voice, he said that the speed of transportation is two It was only handed over to Ke Rong a few years ago, and it had always been my grandfather's property.

Fang Jin's breathing became slightly deeper.

He thought of the black seagull that stared at him coldly in the firelight, and thought of all the turbulent fates, miraculously converging into a road in front of him under various intricate guidance.

Yes, there is only one final path left.

He had no other choice but to move forward.

"I still have...some things I haven't done," Fang Jin said softly, "I have to settle them before I can come back to you."

The doctor couldn't help frowning: "What is it—"

However, Fang Jin stood up and bowed, interrupting him: "Thank you, I won't take this piece of paper."

He actually just pushed the chair away and walked out of the office.

Behind him, the blood test report was quietly left on the table under the doctor's astonished gaze.

Chapter 34 Gu Yuan got up from the chair, knelt down on one knee, and took out the dark blue ring box from his trouser pocket

The door of the auditorium opened, Gu Mingzong strode out, followed by translators, assistants and security guards, and walked out through the resplendent revolving door.

There were a few attendants standing in front of the convoy under the steps, and a confidant strode forward and handed over a thin folder.

Gu Mingzong took it and flipped it over, and the front page showed two slightly enlarged black-and-white photos—one was on the busy street at noon, Fang Jin put down the white chrysanthemum with one hand and covered the bridge of his nose with one hand, blood was continuously overflowing from between his fingers; One is that a few days later, Fang Jin walked out from the hospital gate, holding a plastic bag containing medicines in his hand.

Gu Mingzong looked at it for a long time, then closed the folder and said lightly: "Got it."

Security opened the car door, and Gu Mingzong got into the car, only to hear the confidant whisper again: "There is one more thing, Mr. Gu. When you were in a meeting just now, the Ke family from Hong Kong called to say that it was Mr. Ke Wenlong. I beat it myself..."

There was silence in the car, Gu Mingzong closed his eyes and rested his mind.

After a while he suddenly said, "Call me."

The subordinate handed over the mobile phone, Gu Mingzong found the call record and dialed back, and after a while, an old voice sounded from the opposite side: "Hello, Mr. Gu?"

"Mr. Ke," Gu Mingzong asked with a smile, "What's urgent about the Ke family, please call me personally?"

There was silence on the phone, and then Ke Wenlong's cold and hoarse voice sounded:

"Mr. Gu, you and I are well aware of what happened back then, and we have lived in peace for so many years, but it was too much for you to send people to disturb Gu Yuan's father some time ago! Your people are wandering outside the nursing home, so I will I turned a blind eye and closed my eyes, but now I am getting more and more insatiable, do you really think I can tolerate it forever?"

Gu Mingzong smiled and said: "Oh, who did I send to disturb the elder brother?"

"The assistant you pointed to Gu Yuan is actually your confidant, right? Why did he go to the nursing home? He can't deliver food to your elder brother!"

Gu Mingzong reached out to pick up the folder and opened it again.

There were actually a few sheets of paper behind the photo, densely recording Fang Jin's movements and information, but Gu Mingzong didn't read it.He narrowed his eyes and stared at the young man in the photo. Under the gray sky, he put down a bouquet of white flowers in front of the ashes that no longer existed. In the background of gray shadows.

"Mr. Ke," Gu Mingzong said suddenly, "let's settle this matter thoroughly."

"……What did you say?"

"The friction between the two families has been going on for so many years. I have been on guard every step of the way. You must be tired because you dare not die before me. Why don't you bring your eldest brother to the mainland, and let's sit down and talk about it thoroughly. In the future, when the bridge returns to the bridge, the road returns to the road, I don’t need to guard against you, and you don’t need to plot against me, we are both clean, how about it?”

Ke Wenlong said in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

"I want to completely solve this human bomb in your hand."

"Hehehe..." Ke Wenlong laughed ironically, "If you want your elder brother's life, what will you give in exchange?"

Gu Mingzong said lightly: "80.00% of the Gu family's property."

The other end of the phone paused for an instant.

After a long and stiff silence, Ke Wenlong finally spoke again: "Are you serious, or just talking?"

"You should know what kind of person I am, Mr. Ke. Gu Yang doesn't have the qualities to be an heir, and Gu Yuan's qualifications are all here whether he was born by me or not. If I insist on leaving everything to Gu Yang If I say that, it will only lead to two consequences. One is that after my death, my brother will fight against the wall, and Gu Yang will be completely killed by Gu Yuan who has the backing of the Ke family; The pressure from the family. These two endings will eventually lead to all the family property being owned by Gu Yuan, and Gu Yang can't even guarantee his life."

"And I'm willing to make peace now, and justifiably hand over [-]% of the property to Gu Yuan, and the remaining [-]% ​​to Gu Yang."

"—You have to know that this is a good thing for the Ke and Gu families. You can finally close your eyes with peace of mind. I can also save Gu Yang's wealth and life, and at the same time leave him with wealth that he can eat and drink for a lifetime. This proposal How about it?"

Ke Wenlong didn't speak for a while.

"You are indeed very capable," he said coldly after a long time, "Gu Yuan's father couldn't beat you back then, it really wasn't just him who was weak."

Gu Mingzong said politely: "Thank you for the compliment, big brother is just unlucky."

Ke Wenlong laughed sarcastically, but didn't say anything. Instead, he asked, "Why am I the one who brought people to the mainland? You can't bring Gu Yuan to Hong Kong?"

"Many industry inheritance procedures in mainland China are best handled locally. Besides, if you are worried, I will ask Gu Yuan to take care of you after the Ke family comes to G City. How about it?"

Gu Mingzong's voice could not be heard at all reluctantly. After thinking for a long time, Ke Wenlong finally said slowly: "The name of the transfer of the property needs to be discussed again. I will arrange the itinerary after everything is settled... Gu Mingzong, you'd better not talk to me. Playing tricks, you are the one who is controlled by others now, understand?"

In fact, those who can really control the situation don't need to ask this question, but Gu Mingzong didn't explain it to the truth, he just asked kindly: "Who says it's not?"

After all, Ke Wenlong has been mixing black and white for decades, and there seems to be a trace of uneasiness in his heart, but after much deliberation, it is difficult to say what is wrong.

After all, he is old and stubborn. Some things that he has been obsessed with for decades are difficult to let go. Stubbornness and self-confidence will affect the slightest judgment.

"Then I'll wait for your news." He finally said, "It's best not to make me wait too long."

Gu Mingzong hung up the phone.

Except for the sound of the car driving on the road, the carriage was quiet, and the security personnel sat on the left and right sides like statues.

Gu Mingzong lightly threw the phone back to his assistant, and said, "I will tell you the time and place later, help me draft an email, and send it to Ke Wenlong along with a preliminary letter of intent instructing Gu Yuan to inherit 80% of the assets immediately."

The assistant asked, "What are the specific assets?"

Gu Mingzong laughed.

"Just write whatever you want," he said lazily, "don't take it seriously."

·

"Father intends to hand over [-]% of the family property to me? Invite grandpa to come to mainland China for on-site notarization?" Gu Yuan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window, with surprise in his tone: "What kind of wind is blowing?"

On the phone, Ke Wenlong's voice was very calm: "Gu Yang is incompetent, and his mother's family can't support the wall. What should be given to you will be given to you sooner or later. Besides, transferring to your name does not mean that I will take care of it now. It's just that the title is determined, and there will be no problems with the inheritance in the future."

The glass wall reflected Gu Yuan's slightly squinted eyes.

"—how come this is being said all of a sudden, or through you?"

"The fact that you almost got into a car accident this time has something to do with Gu Yang. Gu Mingzong has to care about what our Ke family thinks. For this reason, my grandfather also put a lot of pressure on the Gu family. If Gu Mingzong dares to shirk again, the Ke family will definitely stand up. Turn against him on your side..."

Ke Wenlong had already thought of these remarks, and they had rich meanings: first, he explained the reasons for Gu Mingzong's move in a reasonable and reasonable way, then mentioned that he had made a lot of efforts without leaving a trace, and finally comforted Gu Yuan, the Ke family will always be behind you, and in the future There will be more help for you.

However, Gu Yuan interrupted him, and asked bluntly: "Grandpa, do you have any private deals with your father?"

Ke Wenlong was taken aback, he didn't expect that Gu Yuan could accurately guess this point without knowing it!

"...No," Ke Wenlong paused for a moment, and said in a more gentle voice: "As long as you succeed in taking the position, what else can I ask for?"

The feeling that something was wrong in Gu Yuan's heart became more and more serious, but the other party was his grandfather after all, so he just smiled and didn't answer, and asked the Ke family when they would leave for City G.After asking about the approximate time and itinerary, I exchanged some pleasantries about the weather and my body, and hung up the phone politely.

Gu Yuan put down his phone, and someone knocked on the office door twice, "Come in."

The door opened, and his confidant bodyguard walked in, holding a familiar large sealed leather file bag in his hand, Gu Yuan's eyebrows twitched slightly.

"Master, last time you asked us to check the background information of the other party's assistant," the confidant respectfully handed over the file bag: "Here it is, please have a look."

Gu Yuan stared at the kraft paper bag, without speaking or moving for a long while.

"... Young Master?"

Gu Yuan finally reached out to pick up the paper bag, and said calmly, "Go out."

The men backed out without a sound, and closed the door behind them with a click.

Gu Yuan sat in the huge and spacious office, quietly looking at the sealed sticker on the file bag, and finally put his hand on it gently after a long time.

With just a slight tear, Fang Jin's experience and background may be displayed in front of him without any concealment.

The mysterious "friend" who rented the house to him, the man who didn't make a sound in the bedroom that day, the pair of jade rings thrown in the trash can, and all the confusing and seemingly fake secrets...

Gu Yuan exerted a little force on his fingers.

...Do you really want to tear it apart?

For some reason, Gu Yuan suddenly remembered that day in Hong Kong, under the brilliant night sky, Victoria Harbor was like a sea of ​​bright stars.Yefeng Zhongfang was leaning on the roof, holding a cigarette in one hand, and his side face had an indescribable charm and an undetectable sadness in the faint white smoke.

He apologized to himself and said sorry.

Then he said Mr. Gu, I don't want to have any relationship with you beyond being a superior or a subordinate.

Gu Yuan's fingers tightened and loosened, and after a while, he suddenly opened the drawer and threw the file bag in, then took out what was just delivered from the jewelry store in the afternoon - a blue velvet ring box.

He held the ring box tightly in his palm, closed the drawer and went out.

·

Fang Jin actually went out to run errands that afternoon, and was going home to cook at night, but when he opened the door and came in, he found a warm orange light in the living room, candles, flowers, and silver tableware were placed on the dining table, and Gu Yuan was setting the frying pan The sizzling steak was poured into a large white dinner plate.

"Are you back? Come and eat."

Fang Jin was stunned for a few seconds, "You are..."

I saw not only heart-shaped steaks on the table, but also baked prawns, oysters soaked in champagne and beef tongue stewed in red wine as appetizers.Gu Yuan took off his apron, revealing a neat shirt that he had already changed under, and turned his head and smiled at him: "I'll show you that I can cook too, so that you won't cry and say that I bullied you and didn't give you good food. "

Fang Jin was a little puzzled, and walked up to look at the color of the steak, and then at the arrangement of the prawns and oysters.

"...Is the appetizer a takeaway?" He finally couldn't help asking: "Only the steak is made by yourself, right?"

Gu Yuan laughed, pressed his shoulders and pushed him into the armchair: "Eat yours quickly, can't my husband buy you delicious food if he has money? Do you know that this steak sells for 800 yuan a pound outside?" ?”

Fang Jin was still a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, not knowing which nerves of Gu Yuan was wrong today, so he went to fry steak for dinner by himself.But the appetizers are really delicious, and even though Gu Yuan's craftsmanship is mediocre, the beef itself is really worthy of the price. When you cut it with a knife, layers of oil are distributed between the fresh and tender meat fibers, and the lips and teeth are all fat and thin. , and the endless aftertaste, even Fang Jin, who has no appetite recently, killed most of it in one go.

Gu Yuan poured two glasses of red wine, clinked glasses with Fang Jin, and said, "Today I have known you for 500 days."

Only then did Fang Jin realize that it was indeed when he was sent to Gu Yuan's company more than a year ago, but at that time Gu Yuan was still a handsome, cold, sharp-spoken, and merciless boss, and it was important for him to be an assistant in peace. Fortunately, every day I try my best to think about how to make the boss not angry with me and not want to fire me.

Fang Jin smiled, but in an instant that smile was suppressed by the deeper haze in his heart.

Gu Yuan looked at him intently, his face was so handsome in the candlelight, so perfect that he didn't look like a real person.

"I used to have a bad temper, and I must have made you angry a lot, but I also know that you are not the fault of many times. Later, I gradually liked you, and I was a little worried about gains and losses. I was always afraid that you would say a word to others, read more They glanced at others, or just fulfilled their responsibilities to me, but they didn’t completely put their hearts on me.”

"I keep saying that you like me, but I don't really know what's going on in my heart. No one can really see the deepest thoughts of another person, and emphasizing so many times is just to increase my confidence. My only What I can confirm is that I like you in my heart and want to be with you. No matter whether it is poor or rich, healthy or sick, I hope to be with you until the end of my life.”

Gu Yuan got up from the chair, knelt down on one knee, and took out a dark blue ring box from his trouser pocket.

Fang Jin's pupils tightened instantly, and Gu Yuan opened the ring box, inside were two men's rings with plain rings standing side by side.

"Even if we can't establish a legal relationship, I still hope that you and I can become spouses in the real sense. We can share property, rights, responsibilities, obligations, we can do test tubes or adopt; we both swear to be loyal and wholehearted to each other, just like this There are tens of thousands of ordinary couples in the world who grow old together."

"Are you willing to enter into this lifelong relationship with me, Fang Jin?"

Fang Jin looked at the ring flickering in the candlelight, as if he couldn't move at all, only the uncontrollable trembling spread all over his body.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. After repeating several times, he tried his best to raise his head, as if he wanted to let the tears welling up in his eyes flow back.

Gu Yuan took his hand and asked, "Fang Jin?"

——Do you agree, Fang Jin?

Fate always throws what he wants the most at the most erroneous times, just like a joke, with infinite malice, making him give up again and again in the inextricable struggle and despair.

Those loves and hopes never come when they should come.

But resentment, pain, separation and loneliness always accompany him in the abyss, bringing everything to the cold and pale end.

"I...I can't promise you..."

Fang Jin's voice was choked with difficulty, every word seemed to turn into a sharp knife, tearing his throat alive: "I just want to keep the current state with you, I really can't promise you..."

"—I'm sorry, Gu Yuan, I'm really sorry."