Pure jade and gold

After signing the last raw material order contract, Yuan Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

He picked up his water cup and walked towards the tea room, but when he opened the door, he saw Lu Zhao'an who was also having coffee.

As soon as the two met, Yuan Rui immediately restrained his attitude at work, and couldn't help leaning closer and smiling, "Brother."

It was 02:30 in the afternoon, and all the employees and designers stayed at their posts without moving around.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaoan simply locked the door of the tea room, "Boss Yuan is done with his work? What do you want to drink?"

"Yeah." Yuan Rui handed him his water glass, "I want to be the same as you."

"It will be too bitter for you to drink, shall I add some milk for you?"

"it is good."

Yuan Rui changed his attitude of being a "studio boss" and stuck to Lu Zhao'an like a little follower, "Brother, are you done with the work at hand?"

"Not yet. At 03:30, I made an appointment with Mr. Zhang of Yuyunhang. Yunnan said he wanted a few pieces of material from them. The purchasing department couldn't handle the old fox over there, so I took the initiative to come forward and talk."

While waiting for the coffee, Lu Zhao'an glanced at his watch, "This matter is going to be hard, and it probably won't be over until six o'clock at the earliest. You go home after get off work tonight, don't wait for me."

"Oh."

When Yuan Rui heard this, he didn't show much disappointment, instead there was a gleam of 'plan succeeded' in his eyes.

Sure enough, Shi Yunnan has a way, he can easily get Lu Zhaoan away in the name of work,

Yuan Rui picked up Lu Zhao'an's cup of coffee and took a sip, his brows were wrinkled in an instant, "Bah, what is this? Senior brother, how can you drink it?"

Lu Zhao'an saw his wrinkled facial features from sideways, smiled lightly and poured him half a glass of water, "Wait a minute, add more sugar cubes to your glass."

Yuan Rui drank the water in one gulp, but the bitter taste still lingered in his mouth.

Lu Zhaoan saw his distressed appearance of wanting to cry but not crying, he half-embraced him and bowed his head to kiss him, the bitter taste in his mouth passed over, and a hint of sweetness came out of the flexible entanglement, which went straight to the heart, making people feel There is quite an urge to stop.

"Mmmm...um..."

Yuan Rui only felt that the heat all over his body was getting hotter and hotter, as if even Lu Zhao's hands on his waist had turned into red-hot irons, and his whole body was about to melt away.

When they reacted again, their postures had already been reversed.

Yuan Rui was half-pressed on the table in the tea room, and Lu Zhaoan tilted his head against his shoulder, as if something was breaking apart in his usually calm eyes.

Lu Zhaoan's voice became hoarse, "Rui Rui, how long have we been together?"

The two were very close, Yuan Rui sensed a trace of impulsiveness, panicked and restrained, "It will be, it will be a month soon."

Lu Zhao'an seemed to sigh, and kissed his earlobe vaguely, "Isn't it less than a month?"

Ever since they got together, Lu Zhao'an was always afraid that Yuan Rui felt that the progress was too fast and he couldn't accept it, so the two of them kept holding hands, hugging, and kissing in their intimacy, and they hadn't reached the last step.

But they are all adults, how can they be indifferent to the person they like?

"Brother..." Yuan Rui thought of the environment he was in, and always felt guilty of 'knowing the law and breaking the law', "I am afraid that outsiders and employees will hear it, so I can't, I can't have an office romance."

Lu Zhao'an took a deep breath, and pulled Yuan Rui back to his feet, "Okay, listen to Mr. Yuan."

The water cup was filled with fresh coffee. Yuan Rui grabbed a handful of packaged candies and picked up his own coffee. "You can go out to work when the time comes. I'll go back to the office first."

"En." Lu Zhaoan opened the door for him.

"Brother." Yuan Rui saw someone beside him and shouted, "I, I'll wait for you to come home for dinner tonight."

Lu Zhaoan patted the back of his neck lightly, "OK."

...

Yuan Rui suppressed the enthusiasm in his body, walked through the office hall as if nothing happened, and went straight back to his office.

It wasn't until the frosted glass door closed that he collapsed on the office chair, covered his face and yelled silently.

Very risky.

It was almost about to expose their secret office romance!

Yuan Rui vented his nervousness and excitement silently for a while, and then he remembered the business tonight.

Yes, Lu Zhao'an was going out to negotiate business in the afternoon, which was completely within his expectation, and it was even a 'game' set up by him and his friend Shi Yunnan.

the reason is simple--

Tomorrow is not only their one-month anniversary together, but also Lu Zhaoan's birthday, which has a very special meaning.

Yuan Rui could guess that with Meng Xuehua's love for them, he would definitely ask Lu Zhaoan and Yuan Rui to go home for dinner tomorrow night.

Their relationship has not been informed to their parents, so there is definitely no way to refuse and live the little life of the two of them alone.

Therefore, Yuan Rui moved forward the celebration plan by one day.

Taking advantage of the time when Lu Zhaoan went out to work, he planned to show off his skills at home and use all the cooking skills he learned in the short video with his eyes in the past half month.

In the past, Lu Zhao'an took care of his diet, and it was his turn to work hard tonight.

In addition, there is another thing that Xiao Xiao has thought about for a long time, but has never dared to put it into practice——

He has always wanted to have closer contact with Lu Zhao'an, but the other party seems to be particularly restrained in this regard.

Yuan Rui opened the drawer, picked up the items that he had just received by courier this morning, and stuffed them into his shoulder bag, his face turned a little crimson in an instant.

He was ashamed to ask Shi Yunnan for advice. He bought these two things blindly, and he didn't know if they could be used.

Yuan Rui didn't dare to be presumptuous on weekdays, so he had to take advantage of this special day to try.Wait for a meal in the evening, then do something to dawdle, and wait until midnight to start implementing the plan.

Maybe Lu Zhaoan agreed?

Someone knocked on the office door, Yuan Rui quickly put on a serious look, "Come in."

Lu Zhao'an came in, and put the teacup in his hand on Yuan Rui's desk, "Drink this, your stomach will feel better, and you should drink less coffee."

"what?"

"I use tea bags and milk to make milk tea, sweet."

While speaking, there were footsteps of employees walking outside.

Yuan Rui was afraid that the employees outside would see the clue, so he coughed, "Assistant Lu, don't you have an appointment to meet Mr. Zhang? Hurry up and don't be late."

Seeing his cautious appearance, Lu Zhao'an suppressed the smile on his lips, "I'm going. If Mr. Yuan has nothing to do, I'll go first."

Yuan Rui nodded pretendingly, but actually blinked slightly at Lu Zhao'an.

He said with his lips: See you tonight.

Lu Zhao'an nodded with a smile, and left the studio as soon as possible without delaying the serious work at hand.

After confirming that Lu Zhao'an had left, Yuan Rui happily picked up the other party's special milk tea and drank a couple of sips. As for the untouched cup of coffee, he had already thrown it out of the sky.

...

Yuan Rui finished the work at hand and left the studio before five o'clock.

He bought the ingredients list listed on his phone one by one, and just drove back to the parking lot downstairs when he unexpectedly received a call from Meng Xuehua.

Yuan Rui took it without even thinking about it, "Hey, Mom, I know what you want to say, don't worry, I will remember my brother's birthday tomorrow, we will go back tonight..."

"Yuan Rui, it's me."

Yuan Puguang's voice suddenly appeared, with obvious seriousness.

"..." Yuan Rui's heart froze, "Dad?"

"Well, are you off work? I just called Zhao'an, but no one answered."

"It's off work." Yuan Rui replied honestly, and then subconsciously explained for Lu Zhao'an, "Brother, he is still negotiating business with material, so it may not be convenient for him to answer the phone."

Lu Zhaoan has always been rigorous and conscientious when working, and will not be easily interrupted by outside news.

Yuan Puguang's tone became more serious, "Well, you come back first, I have something to ask you."

Yuan Puguang has not used this tone for a long time, and Yuan Rui suddenly had a very bad feeling, "Dad, I have today, I am a little tired, how about another day? Or... I will talk to you tomorrow. And again..."

"Yuan Rui, I have something to ask you." Yuan Puguang disagreed, "Whether it's you or your senior brother, in short, you must come back to me tonight! Otherwise, I will go find you."

Yuan Rui choked, "Understood, I'll go back right away."

drop--

The phone was hung up mercilessly.

Yuan Rui exhaled slowly, only to realize that in less than a minute, his palms were already sweating, and the uneasiness that was suppressed deep in his heart found a loophole and came out.

Yuan Rui instinctively found Lu Zhaoan's number and dialed it, but hung up immediately after two rings.

Forget it.

If it is what he thinks, it is better to be scolded by one person than to be scolded by two people.

Yuan Rui managed to calm down, started the car and drove towards Yuan's house. Four or 10 minutes later, the car stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

After getting out of the car, Yuan Rui saw Meng Xuehua who was waiting anxiously, "Mom."

Meng Xuehua approached quickly, then glanced into the empty car, "Xiao Rui, are you back? Where's your brother?"

Yuan Rui replied, "He's still negotiating business with the material, and it's the same if Dad asks me for anything."

Meng Xuehua's expression was a bit complicated, and she held his shoulders and explained in a low voice, "Xiao Rui, your father may have misunderstood, please wait for a while for you father and son to have a good chat, but please..."

Yuan Puguang stood in the courtyard and suddenly interrupted, "What are you doing stupidly at the door of the house? Come in quickly."

"..."

Hearing the stern voice, Yuan Rui took a tight breath habitually, gave Meng Xuehua a cute look, and quickly followed Yuan Puguang into the study.

The father and son looked at each other, and even the surrounding air froze.

It was Yuan Puguang who spoke first, "Yuan Rui, do you know why I asked you to come back?"

Yuan Rui lowered his eyes, not confident in answering, "...I don't know."

"I met Master Wang in the afternoon, and I heard his apprentice Zhong Xiu mentioned you and your senior brother."

Yuan Puguang cut straight to the point, his gaze was like an eagle's, "I didn't even know that the relationship between the good son I raised and the apprentice I taught since childhood is actually that kind of relationship among outsiders!"

"..."

Uneasiness and speculation were confirmed at this moment, Yuan Rui was confused for two seconds and did not answer.

Yuan Puguang recalled the hard-won relationship between father and son, and suppressed the anger all over his body, "That young Zhong Xiu looks like a man with small plans in his heart, I can't trust him."

"Yuan Rui, I just want you to be honest. Are you having trouble with him? That's why Zhong Xiu will gossip behind his back and arrange your relationship with Lu Zhao'an."

"If this is the case, I, Yuan Puguang, will definitely not spare him easily."

Hearing this, Meng Xuehua hurried in, "Old Yuan, don't scare the child."

"Xiao Rui has been close to Zhao'an since he was a child. After half a year of tempering, he has grown up and become sensible. If the brothers are not close, who should they get close to? Where did the messy relationship come from?"

"I'm asking the child, you stand aside and don't talk!" Yuan Puguang had always been kind and caring to Meng Xuehua, but now he was also a bit strict.

"Old Yuan, I beg you, don't ask!"

Meng Xuehua became anxious when she heard this, she stood in front of Yuan Rui and tried to defend herself.

"Last time when I was chatting with Xiao Rui, I mentioned that in a few years, Zhao'an and him should each form a new family, and our family should also add other people..."

Before he could finish his defense, Yuan Rui interrupted with sobs, "Mom, there will be no other people in the family."

"What, what?"

Meng Xuehua turned around and looked at him with astonishment.

Yuan Rui turned his eyes to his parents, and said with difficulty, "Senior brother and I are exactly what you think, we, we are together."

Meng Xuehua shook her head in disbelief, "Xiao Rui, what are you talking about?"

"Bastard!" Yuan Puguang took two steps forward and asked with difficulty breathing, "Yuan Rui, do you have the guts to say it again, is what Zhong Xiu said true? Or is it false?"

"Really, my senior brother and I are together. I like him, the kind of love between lovers! I have identified him in my life, and it is impossible for me to marry someone else..."

--Snapped!

Yuan Puguang's suppressed anger erupted completely because of Yuan Rui's frankness, and a slap sounded, "You, you rebellious son! You really want to piss me off, don't you!"

"Xiao Rui, when did you start? This, how is this possible? You two children... how is it possible?"

Meng Xuehua burst into tears as she spoke, she never imagined that Yuan Rui and Lu Zhao'an actually developed that kind of relationship!

Although Lu Zhao'an changed from an adopted relationship to their apprentice in name after she became pregnant with Yuan Rui.

Even though they are not legal relatives, the husband and wife still regard each other as the 'elder son'.

Although homosexuality has been recognized by the law, the relationship between Lu Zhaoan and Yuan Rui since childhood, in the eyes of their older generation, is simply absurd right now!

Yuan Rui didn't dare to look directly at Meng Xuehua's teary eyes, and he didn't want to disappoint Lu Zhaoan.

He felt the pain on his cheek, and admitted all his faults, "I was the one who provoked Senior Brother first. After meeting again in Dehua County, I couldn't control my feelings anymore."

"...It's not that you don't know my temperament, senior brother can't get rid of me."

"That's enough! Nonsense!" Yuan Puguang interrupted, hating iron for being weak, "Yuan Rui, I thought you'd grown up and become sensible, but you see what you've done behind your back? What did you do with your teacher in name? Did you get a piece?"

Yuan Puguang never thought that the absurd remarks he heard among his fellow friends in the afternoon would be confirmed. He thought of Master Wang and Zhong Xiu's expressions when they deliberately revealed, and he was so angry that he panicked!

He has been shameless for the rest of his life, but he never thought that it would fall into the hands of his own son!

Yuan Puguang picked up a small whip made of wicker that had not been used for a long time from the bookshelf, and shouted, "Kneel down and admit your mistake! Yuan Rui, let me leave my words here. You and Lu Zhao'an have no such possibility. You must give I leave!"

Yuan Rui plopped down on his knees, but still refused to give in, "Dad, I admit that you want to beat and scold me, but you want me to separate from senior brother, that's impossible."

--Snapped.

The wicker was pulled on his body through the clothes, and it was painful and numb for a while.

Yuan Puguang's hand holding the branch trembled slightly, "How dare you speak hard to me! You're right!"

Yuan Rui kept silent, letting Yuan Puguang teach himself as he did when he was a child.

Meng Xuehua couldn't stand it anymore, stopped Yuan Puguang and cried, "Stop beating, Lao Yuan, stop beating..."

Yuan Puguang stopped and took a few breaths, his heart throbbing with pain.In fact, he was still restraining the strength in his hand, so as not to really beat the skin to pieces.

This red mark after whipping will disappear in a day or two.

"Yuan Rui! I told you to separate, do you hear me?"

"Understood." Yuan Rui raised his red eyes, still speaking stiffly, "But I won't leave Senior Brother! No!"

"You! You really want to piss me off, don't you?"

Yuan Puguang was really pissed off now, he clutched his heart and looked around, then fixed his gaze on the feather duster used for cleaning in the corner.

"Okay, today I must kill you, a traitor who has insulted the family!"

As he said that, he hurried to pick it up, turned around and raised his hand to hit someone.

At the very moment, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open.

Lu Zhao'an secretly got Meng Xuehua's WeChat message, and rushed back as quickly as possible.

"Rui Rui!"

Seeing the stick that was about to fall, he instinctively pulled Yuan Ruihu into his arms, and blocked it with his backhand.

- Crack!

The feather duster hit Lu Zhao'an's wrist heavily, and his face immediately showed pain, and the expressions of the three members of the Yuan family, who were slow to react, also changed their expressions.

Yuan Rui only felt that the blood from the beginning to the end was coagulated, and his eyes were red, "Brother, you, your hand..."

Lu Zhao'an is famous for his jade carving skills. The most precious thing in this line of work is naturally his hands. Now that he is suddenly attacked by external forces, anyone who sees it will feel distressed.

"I'm fine." Lu Zhao'an tried to wipe away the mist rapidly accumulated in the corners of Yuan Rui's eyes, but unfortunately, his wrist was so red and swollen that he was trembling uncontrollably.

He had no choice but to give up this idea, but he still spoke softly against Yuan Rui, "Rui Rui, did you get hurt anywhere?"

Looking at Lu Zhaoan's wrist, Yuan Rui panicked, "Brother, I'm sorry, I didn't know this would happen, I'm sorry..."

None of them thought that Zhong Xiu would be the one to break through this relationship. If this was the case, he wouldn't deliberately pose willfully in front of the other party that day.

"Don't be afraid, I'm late, it's okay, there is a brother here..." Lu Zhao'an continued to comfort him.

Yuan Puguang obviously didn't expect that Lu Zhao'an would rush out suddenly, let alone that he was pressing on his numb heart, and for the first time in his life, he pointed the accusation at this apprentice who had always been praised.

"Lu Zhao'an, do you still see me as a master in your eyes! Are you doing me and your teacher's wife a favor?"

Lu Zhao'an protected Yuan Rui with one hand, and turned his back to Yuan Puguang and Meng Xuehua's eyes, "Master, this matter has nothing to do with Rui Rui, it's all my fault. I've tried to control my emotions, but I can't."

"..."

Yuan Rui suppressed his crying, but couldn't stop trembling because of fear.

Even if he turned his back to the two elders in the family, he could still imagine his parents' expressions at the moment, which were anger, disappointment, complaints, disapproval, and determination to separate them.

Yuan Rui can be firm in his own mind, but he feels that he cannot influence Lu Zhaoan's decision.

He clutched Lu Zhao'an's clothes, and listened to his confession in his ears, "Master, Master, I failed your teachings. If you want to beat or scold me, come at me."

Lu Zhao'an looked at Yuan Rui who was huddled in his arms, and thought of the identity of the other party's "old man", and Yuan Puguang and Meng Xuehua's expectations for him along the way, and felt an unprecedented sense of guilt in his heart.

"Or what should I do, so that you two elders are willing to calm down with Ruirui? Except..." Let's break up.

Before the last few words could be finished, Yuan Puguang cut it off sharply.

"Lu Zhao'an, if you still recognize me as a master, you will immediately break off relations with Yuan Rui in front of me!"

"The Yuan family still has a jade business in other provinces, you leave the studio for me immediately and go to other provinces to calm down for a while!"

Yuan Rui's whole body froze, even his breathing was blocked.

The last straw in his heart was ignited extremely quickly.

Listening to Yuan Puguang's request, Yuan Rui raised his head and covered Lu Zhaoan's ears with both hands, "Brother, you are not allowed to listen to him! Don't listen to these! Don't, don't listen to him!"

Yuan Puguang raised his voice, "If you can't figure it out, don't come back! I, Yuan Puguang, have raised such an apprentice as you for nothing for more than ten years!"

"Master, I..."

Before Lu Zhaoan could open his mouth, Yuan Rui, who was originally huddled in his arms, roared as if possessed, "No!"

"Yuan Rui, it's not up to you to decide this matter!"

"I said no, but I just can't!" Yuan Rui turned around and roared, uncharacteristically out of control, "Why are you forcing me! Why are you all forcing me!"

"What else do you want me to do! Why do you want to force me!"

"From childhood to adulthood, whenever I do something wrong, you will scold me and beat me! You say that I am tied up in doing things, that I am dawdling and useless, because no matter what I do, I can't get you. approval!"

"Now I have managed to grab what I want. I want to live a good life with my brother! I want to be with him!"

"People have seven emotions and six desires, is it wrong? Tell me, where am I wrong?!"

"You know that senior brother listens to you the most, you know that senior brother respects you the most as a master! You know that he will listen to you and leave me silently for half a year! Why do you want him to leave me now!"

Yuan Rui yelled out a bunch of questions almost heart-piercingly.

His eye sockets were so red that he could bleed, his face was also flushed abnormally, and even his body was stiff.

"..."

Yuan Puguang had never seen Yuan Rui like this before, and he froze his anger for a moment.

Yuan Rui cried hoarsely, then smiled wildly for the first time, his eyes were terribly empty, "What old man? Why should I live this life against your will! Some of you will tell me!"

"If possible, I would rather not come to this world! I would rather die before you!"

Meng Xuehua, who always loved Yuan Rui, was even more frightened, "Xiao Rui, don't scare mom, we won't force you, we won't force you."

Lu Zhao'an took the out-of-control Yuan Rui back into his arms, feeling distressed like Ling Chi, "Rui Rui, look at me, I don't want to leave, I won't leave you, take a deep breath and calm down..."

"You're going to go, I already knew."

Yuan Rui broke free from his hands, and let his emotions rage, crying and laughing, "It's the same as before, you all left after discussing in the name of 'for my own good', no one wants to ask me what I think. "

"Lu Zhao'an, you are the same as them. If I hadn't met you in Dehua County, or even if I hadn't been in that car accident, you wouldn't have stopped or come back, right?"

"Rui Rui, I..."

Lu Zhao'an was shocked by electric shock, obviously he didn't expect that Yuan Rui kept this matter in his heart, even though there were thousands of words, he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Yes, how is he better than Yuan Puguang?

If Yuan Puguang's way of educating Yuan Rui is the 'culprit', then why isn't Lu Zhaoan an accomplice?

At the beginning, he thought that Yuan Rui was tired of his existence, and it was also he who thought that leaving was the best choice for Yuan Rui.

He was trapped in his unspeakable feelings, trapped in the emotion of being "hurt by the other party's words", and never asked the other party if he was willing when he was awake.

As everyone knows, Yuan Rui was the one who was hurt the most.

If possible, Lu Zhao'an would like to go back half a year and slap himself hard.

Yuan Rui always said that he was not good enough and not worthy of him, but Lu Zhaoan suddenly realized that perhaps he was the most unqualified lover from the beginning to the end.

"I knew it." Yuan Rui's tears fell heavily, his whole body trembling uncontrollably mixed with crying.

"I knew it... I sent you so many WeChat messages, I kept apologizing to you, and you ignored me, even if you just said a word, you ignored me..."

What ring?What live a lifetime?How dare he think?

All he could think of and remember was the days when Lu Zhaoan didn't want him, how he regretted and apologized, and the other party didn't hear from him.

"What WeChat?"

Lu Zhao'an hugged Yuan Rui's shoulder in astonishment. He watched the other party's grievance cry into the dust, and suddenly realized that he had missed a lot of key information.

Yuan Rui was trapped in his own despair, completely unable to understand Lu Zhaoan's expression at the moment, and did not answer his question, "Actually, you don't want me, as long as I don't do well at all, you all will don't want me..."

The studio got better and his parents recognized him.

Only when the studio is stabilized, the senior brother is willing to come back.

Yuan Rui thought of the countless late nights when he was immersed in sorting out the procurement documents, the drinking party where three glasses of wine cost him half his life, and the days when he was afraid that the studio would stop moving forward, his whole body ached so badly.

He didn't know where it hurt, but it was so painful that his soul was torn apart.

Yuan Rui's breathing was trembling, his body was stiff, and the blood on his face was drained in a short time, "Okay, I don't want you either."

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The author has something to say:

#This is the deep-rooted inner demon of the little crying bag. I held back and didn’t say it before, but now I have to break it, otherwise he will not be well in his life, and the senior brother will never know~

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