Chu Ci really planned to buy a cup of coffee. After ordering, he realized that he didn't bring his mobile phone. He told the waiter that he didn't want it. At this moment, he heard someone behind him say, "I'll pay for you."

The voice sounded familiar, Chu Ci turned around, and he saw a familiar face.

Gu Yao.

"Thank you, no need." Chu Ci's face darkened, and he was about to go around Jiyao, but was stopped by the other party.

"Teacher Chu Ci, last time I was in a hurry and didn't have a chance to formally introduce myself. I think we should get to know each other again." With a smile on his face, but provocative eyes, Ji Yao stretched out a hand to Chu Ci, "I It's Ji Yao."

Chu Ci took a step back, glanced at Ji Yao's hand hanging in the air: "I don't think we need to know each other."

Ji Yao withdrew his hand, the smile on his face disappeared, he crossed his arms, and looked Chu Ci unabashedly up and down: "Except for a face, it looks nothing special. Why did Brother Chen Xun marry you?"

Hearing Ji Yao's address to Chen Xun, Chu Ci suddenly clenched his fingers, and his face turned cold.

What Ji Yao wanted was this effect, and the corners of his lips curled up: "You want money, or do you have some other purpose, just ask for a condition."

Without waiting for Chu Ci to answer, Ji Yao continued: "I know you and brother Chen Xun used to be lovers, but why did you come back after breaking up? Since you are an ex, you must have the consciousness of your ex. Anyway, it has been gone for so long, why? Won't it disappear completely?"

"I was with him all the time when you were away. Why did you occupy the position next to him as soon as you came back? How much do you know about him after all these years? The reason why he still wants you is nothing more than nostalgia. You won't Naively thought that he still loves you..."

These words pierced Chi Chuci's heart like a soft knife, his mind was buzzing, and just when he was about to explode, Ji Yao's voice stopped abruptly.

A warm hand came over, pulling back Chu Ci's rationality.

Chen Xun held Chu Ci's hand, and asked warmly, "Why did you come out without telling me, did you buy the coffee?"

The concerned tone made Chu Ci's eyes sore.He bit his lip tightly and broke free from Chen Xun's hand.

Chen Xun was slightly taken aback, but he still didn't even give Ji Yao a look, as if he didn't exist.

Ji Yao couldn't help but take the initiative to speak, his tone was completely different from before, but after being warned last time, he didn't dare to address Chen Xun like before.

"What a coincidence, you also come to play?" Ji Yao was still pretending to be innocent, "Mr. Chu and I met by chance. He didn't bring money to buy coffee. I just wanted to pay for him. I did it out of good intentions. Don't get me wrong."

Only then did Chen Xun's gaze pass over Ji Yao's body, and he did not conceal the warning in it, which made Ji Yao's heart skip a beat.

Ji Yao quickly calmed down, with a smile on his face: "My brother is here too, can we play with you? The coach said that I can't always grasp the point of hitting the ball. I know you are very good. Can you teach me?" I?"

Chu Ci didn't want to hear any more, so he left quickly.He knew that Chen Xun was following behind, but his footsteps became faster and faster. He didn't even stop when Chen Xun called him until he was forcibly pulled by his wrist.

"Chuci, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing." Chu Ci breathed calmly, lowered his head to hide the red eye sockets, but couldn't hide the depression in his voice, "I'm a little tired."

In fact, he really wanted to ask Chen Xun if what Ji Yao said was true.He's an ex, so should he disappear?Chen Xun married him and treated him well out of nostalgia, not because he loved him?

The ridiculous thing is that he didn't even have the courage to ask Chen Xun when he would learn to play tennis.

"Then let's go home." Chen Xun said immediately, sliding his hand down from Chu Ci's wrist, facing his palm with an attitude of not refusing, and clasping fingers.

Chen Xun lowered his voice, as if coaxing: "Go get something, and talk to Liang Xiangcong and the others by the way, okay?"

Chu Ci hummed in a low voice.

Back at the venue, I saw Ji Yao and Ji Feng again without accident.Ji Feng was chatting with Liang Xiangcong, when he saw Chen Xun leading Chu Ci in, his head grew dizzy and he looked at his precious brother.

Ji Yao's face was stiff, but he returned to normal in an instant, and even put on a smiling face.

Hearing that Chen Xun was going to leave first, Liang Xiangcong was not happy: "I know you are different now. Married people, after getting married, leave the company at the right time every day, and don't come out on rest days. I am determined to be a 24-hour filial good husband. But people Chu Ci finally came out to play, and if you go back in such a hurry, Chu Ci might find you annoying."

Chu Ci was originally in a depressed mood, but he couldn't help laughing when he heard Liang Xiangcong's words.

Liang Xiangcong also winked at him and smiled.

"Yeah." Probably relying on You Ji Feng to support him, Ji Yao took a step forward, "It's rare to get together, it's such a disappointment to go back so early."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Ji Yao raised his chin proudly, and suddenly said, "Teacher Chu, do you want to compete with me?"

Chu Ci did not respond.

The atmosphere was tense.

Ji Yao shrugged: "I don't have any other intentions, I just want to learn from each other, if you don't dare, forget it."

Ji Feng had a headache and warned in a low voice: "Ji Yao!"

Ji Yao bit his lip, looking very aggrieved.

As if he hadn't heard of it, Chen Xun let go of Chu Ci's hand and started to pack his sports bag. He didn't bother to say goodbye to a few people, and walked out with Chu Ci, asking as he walked, "Are you hungry, what do you want to eat later? "

When he was about to reach the door, Chu Ci heard the phrase "coward" from behind, and stopped immediately.

He looked at Chen Xun, and Chen Xun told him to ignore it with his eyes.

Chu Ci clenched his fists, as if he had made up his mind, he turned to face Ji Yao: "What do you want to compare?"

Ji Yao raised his eyebrows: "Of course it's better than tennis on the tennis court. We are one-on-one."

"Okay." Chu Ci didn't hesitate, but he knew that his physical strength could not support him to play the whole game, "Just one game, one game will determine the outcome."

Chu Ci returned to the side of the venue, Liang Xiangcong took a deep breath of the air with the excitement of watching the excitement, "This smell of gunpowder is really strong!"

An Sinan gave him a speechless look.

Liang Xiangcong slapped An Sinan: "Who do you think can win?"

Although it was not stated clearly, everyone present knew that this was not just a tennis match.

An Sinan stroked his chin.

He had watched Chu Ci play from the sidelines just now, and his skills were perfect, and he should not be able to beat him at Ji Yao's level.But the problem is that Chu Ci has only played two games just now, so I don't know if his physical strength can keep up.

An Sinan's worries were exactly Chen Xun's worries, and he didn't want Chu Ci to be involved in such a boring matter.

"You don't need to worry about it, I'll take care of it." Chen Xun planned to use the most direct method, which was to warn Ji Feng to take good care of his brother, otherwise the two of them wouldn't even be friends.

Chu Ci grabbed him and said seriously, "I'm not a coward."

A simple sentence shocked Chen Xun's heart.

Thinking that Chen Xun didn't hear clearly, Chu Ci repeated: "I'm not a coward."

He doesn't want to be a coward anymore.

Chen Xun's chest was filled with strong emotions, he took a deep breath, and looked at Chu Ci seriously: "I know you are not."

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Chen Xun pinched Chu Ci's cheek: "I'm just afraid that you're exhausting too much energy."

Chu Ci tilted his head and rubbed against the back of Chen Xun's hand, like a lazy cat: "Then you peel another piece of chocolate for me to eat?"

Chen Xun peeled a piece of chocolate and put it in Chu Ci's mouth, then asked with a smile, "I have other ways to cheer up, do you want to try it?"

Chu Ci pursed his lips: "What method?"

Chen Xun's voice was as low as coaxing: "Close your eyes."

After looking at each other for two seconds, Chu Ci obediently closed his eyes.With his heart beating faster and faster, he felt Chen Xun's approaching breath and a light kiss on the corner of his lips.

"Tsk tsk, I can't see it." Liang Xiangcong said so, but his mind was balanced.These two people not only show their affection in front of him, but also let other people taste what it's like to be stuffed with dog food.

An Sinan looked in Ji Yao's direction. Ji Yao was warming up, but his face was tense and ugly.

"It's nothing more than that. The blood tank was emptied before it even started, and the outcome is clear." Liang Xiangcong said.

Chuci was still dizzy until the game, the first ball allowed Ji Yao to make a sneak attack, and then he calmed down, chasing three goals in a row when he was behind by two goals, Ji Yao was already in a hurry, so it was even more unsustainable Hold your breath, when you hit the ball too hard, the racket came out of your hand, before he could react, he was frightened by Chu Ci's return and froze on the spot.

The return ball was hit directly in front of him, and when it bounced, it just passed his ear and flew out.

The sound of the tennis ball piercing through the air made his eardrums buzz, and Ji Yao's knees softened and he fell to the ground.

Chu Ci walked around the net and walked in front of Ji Yao, looking down at him from above.

"Admit defeat?"

Ji Yao's face was flushed red, and he looked like he was about to cry.Ji Feng couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to step forward, when he suddenly met Chen Xun's eyes, and retracted his feet resentfully.

"If you admit defeat, you admit defeat." Even though he said this, Ji Yao was still not convinced, "But you only won if you were lucky. It's the same with Chen Xun. If you didn't know him first, if I knew him first..."

"No if." Chu Ci interrupted, his beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, like a proud cat guarding its territory, "The fact is that I won, so please stay away from Chen Xun in the future.

"Also." Chu Ci leaned down, smiled, but looked at Ji Yao with cold eyes, "If I hear you call him brother again in the future, the ball will not just brush your ears. "

"Remember, he is my, my, brother, brother."

"Fuck, what did Chu Ci tell Ji Yao?" Liang Xiangcong asked Chen Xun, "Do you know?"

The corners of Chen Xun's lips curled up, he was sure that he was not mistaken, Chu Ci's mouth was clearly calling him "brother".

Ji Yao was stunned, with tears on his eyelashes: "What brother, who is your brother?"

Chu Ci didn't bother to explain, put down his racket and rushed to Chen Xun, Chen Xun immediately lowered down and picked him up.

Liang Xiangcong, who was closest to the two of them: ...

[-] hits in the heart.

Before leaving, Chen Xun warned Ji Feng unceremoniously in front of everyone: "I don't want to have a next time what happened today, otherwise the friendship between you and me will end here, and the cooperative relationship will also end here."

Ji Feng felt that it was outrageous: "It's because...you don't care about it?"

Chen Xun's expression was indifferent: "I won't say the same thing a second time."

Ji Feng looked at Liang Xiangcong in disbelief: "You also agree?"

"Oh." Liang Xiangcong stretched his waist and began to practice Tai Chi, "It's my turn to decide the company's affairs. I'm just a poor and exploited worker."

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at Ji Feng and asked Chen Xun: "Chu Ci made you look good today, so you can't treat me tonight?"

Chen Xun glanced at Chu Ci and said with a smile, "Please."

-

As soon as he heard that Chen Xun had invited him for dinner, Liang Xiangcong chose a high-end Japanese restaurant, determined to kill him to make up for the trauma he had suffered.

Several people drove to the Japanese grocery store separately.While in the car, Gu Qi'an called the video again.Chu Ci hung up, holding the phone in his hand, and told Chen Xun that he wanted to make a call when he got off the car.

"Go ahead, I'll look for you later." Chu Ci said.

Chen Xun lowered his eyes and responded with a warm voice.

Chu Ci did not stand at the entrance of the Japanese grocery store, but walked a few steps to the side. This position happened to be able to see the sunset and the beautiful twilight without any obstruction.

After appreciating for a moment, Chu Ci dialed Gu Qi'an's phone, and the other side answered it as soon as it rang.

"Xiao Ci, you finally answered the phone, I'm still worried..." Gu Qi'an hesitated to speak, "Recently, I finally settled the company's affairs. Thanks to you this time, I really don't know how to thank you."

"By the way, how are you doing in China? It should be over. I'll book you a return ticket? Yaya said yesterday that she missed you, and she even lost her temper with me when you didn't come back on your birthday..."

"I'm fine." Chu Ci interrupted Gu Qi'an's self-talk, "For the time being... no, I probably won't go back in the future."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Chu Ci heard the sound of Gu Qi'an swallowing saliva.After a long time, Gu Qi'an said: "You are kidding me, your friend and your life are here, why don't you come back?"

But the person I love is not there.

Chu Ci took a deep breath and decided to tell the truth: "I'm married."

"Are you married?" Gu Qi'an raised his voice suddenly, "Impossible!"

"Did you say that on purpose because I'm engaged? I know it's wrong for me to get engaged, but it's just an expedient measure to deal with my parents. In fact, all these years I have only had..."

"No, it has nothing to do with you." Chu Ci said, "I am very grateful for your care all the time, but if you say something, you may not even be friends."

Gu Qi'an was silent, realizing that Chu Ci was not joking with him, and his voice sank: "Who is it?"

Chu Ci moved his lips, and Gu Qi'an was already one step ahead and asked, "Is that him? Your boyfriend from college?"

"Yes."

"Oh." Gu Qi'an sneered, "It's really him."

Chu Ci frowned.

"You have been back to China for such a short time, and the old love will rekindle so soon? I don't believe it. With your current personality, you definitely can't bring up the matter of marriage, it can only be him."

Gu Qi'an made a good guess: "Haven't you ever thought about why he married you? Don't forget how you broke up with him when you went abroad. It was so ugly that even a man couldn't look back. "

Probably realizing that his attitude was too blunt, Gu Qi'an said in a soft tone: "Yes, I admit that you were in love with each other at that time, but after so many years, how much relationship can be left? He knows nothing about your experience abroad, I guess you didn't tell him either. Even if he still loves you, once he finds out that you were once a mentally ill person with hearing loss in your left ear, what do you think he will think?"

Chu Ci was poked hard at the sore spot, his body shook, and he could hardly stand up.

"Xiaoci, your character is still so simple." Gu Qi'an sighed, "I have no other meaning in saying that, I'm just afraid that you will be cheated and hurt."

As the sun sank, the last ray of light disappeared, and night shrouded the entire city.Chu Ci stood on the side of the street, surrounded by bustling crowds and traffic, but he felt isolated and helpless.

Chu Ci clenched his lips, closed his eyes, feeling the warmth of the setting sun being taken away by the wind bit by bit, his limbs became icy cold.

At this moment, he seemed to hear someone calling him from behind, turned around suddenly, and saw Chen Xun standing at the door of the Japanese grocery store.

With a cigarette between his fingers, Chen Xun looked straight at him through the lingering smoke.Their eyes met, Chen Xun put out his cigarette, and walked straight towards him.

Chu Ci clenched his phone tightly, and quickly said to Gu Qi'an: "I have nothing to be cheated on, as for being injured..."

"Then I admit it too."

After speaking, without waiting for Gu Qi'an's response, Chu Ci hung up the phone directly.Chen Xun also happened to walk up to him.

"Why is it so cold?" Chen Xun held Chu Ci's hand, his warm palm wrapped around Chu Ci's cold fingers, and Chu Ci's familiar smell of smoke lingered on his body.

Chu Ci's eyes were hot, and he almost wanted to tell everything at that moment.

He said he didn't want to be a coward, but he would still be cowardly when things came to an end.

Chen Xun pretended not to notice his strangeness, and did not ask who he was calling, but said, "Are you hungry? I ordered some first, and if you don't like it, you can order more."

Chu Ci and Chen Xun returned to the private room. As soon as the wooden sliding door was opened, they heard Liang Xiangcong's laughter.

Seeing the two of them, Liang Xiangcong regained his spirits: "Why don't you come here until now? You don't get tired of being together every day. I'm lucky today. There are sea urchins just brought in by air. I'll ask the boss to serve them with caviar, and I'll serve them in a while."

Liang Xiangcong was so focused on eating that he didn't notice the delicate atmosphere between Chen Xun and Chu Ci, but An Sinan was keenly aware of it.

Chu Ci forced himself to cheer up. Fortunately, Liang Xiangcong talked a lot, and An Sinan was also talkative. He occasionally responded once or twice, and the rest of the time he just listened.

While talking, Liang Xiangcong suddenly wrinkled his nose, hooked his head and sniffed in front of Chen Xun, and then showed a disgusted expression: "Are you smoking?"

Chen Xun didn't say yes or no, but his expression didn't look so happy.

"You smoke." Liang Xiangcong said with certainty, and turned to Chuci to complain, "He had already quit smoking, but now he is smoking again. What the doctor told him was a deafening blow."

Chu Ci was taken aback: "What doctor?"

Chen Xun smoked when they were in love, but the frequency was not high, and he would only smoke one or two when the project pressure was particularly high.Chu Ci faintly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Liang Xiangcong opened his mouth to say something, and asked Chen Xun first, "Can you say this?"

To his surprise, Chen Xun acquiesced.

Finally found a chance to talk, Liang Xiangcong regained his energy in an instant, even rolled up his shirt sleeves, and said to Chu Ci: "You don't know, did you know that during the first half year when he went abroad, he was not abstaining from smoking and drinking, and drank until midnight every day. It's smelly, it's smoky and smells like alcohol. To be honest, even me, a stamped dude, can't stand it anymore."

"Later we met, and I forced him to see a doctor. The doctor said that if he continued to smoke like this, he would sooner or later kill him, so he quit smoking. Who would have thought that he would smoke again some time ago."

A few short words startled Chu Ci.

Calculated according to the time, it was only half a year after they broke up at that time. Could it be because of him that Chen Xun was so decadent?

Chu Ci clenched his lips, turned his gaze to Chen Xun, trying to find the answer from his expression.And Chen Xun just lowered his eyes, playing with the green glazed wine cup on the table, as calm as if he was listening to someone else's story.

Only then did Liang Xiangcong realize that something was wrong with Chen Xun, he exchanged glances with An Sinan, and shut his mouth in embarrassment.

Not long after the dinner started, An Sinan wanted to leave first.Chu Ci wondered if he was avoiding suspicion because of his own guess, and felt a little sorry, so he chased him to the door.

Seeing Chu Ci's thoughts, An Sinan smiled and said, "My boyfriend is coming back from a business trip today, and I'm going to pick him up at the airport. When we get together next time, I'll treat him."

As he spoke, he showed Chu Ci the flight information on his mobile phone.

Before leaving, An Sinan handed Chu Ci a business card, only then did Chu Ci know that he was a psychiatrist, and instinctively dodged his eyes.

An Sinan saw everything in his eyes, and said calmly: "I met Chen Xun because of his insomnia, and it was Liang Xiangcong who introduced him to me."

Chu Ci's heart tightened: "Is his insomnia serious?"

"Chen Xun is not my patient, so I don't know much about his situation. But even if he is, strictly speaking it belongs to the patient's privacy, I can't disclose it to you, but you can ask him himself." An Sinan paused Don, "After all, you are the closest companions, and you should be honest with each other, shouldn't you?"

Chu Ci lowered his eyes, squeezed his business card tightly, and then met An Sinan's gaze: "You're right."

After An Sinan left, Chu Ci stood at the door for a while, turned around, and saw Chen Xun again.

The figure was hidden in the dim light, and there was an indescribable loneliness.

At that moment Chu Ci could hardly control himself to run towards him, but his feet seemed to be filled with lead and weighed a thousand catties.

It was Chen Xun who walked towards him first, Chu Ci felt his shoulders sink, and it was Chen Xun who put his coat on him.

"It's cold at night, be careful of catching a cold."

Chu Ci hummed in a low voice.

Chen Xun brushed the broken hair from his sideburns behind his ears: "What did An Sinan tell you?"

"He said you were insomnia." Chu Ci's eyes were red, and he looked up at Chen Xun, "Is it serious? How long?"

Chen Xun hugged Chu Ci gently: "It's not serious, and it hasn't been long."

He didn't stop Liang Xiangcong at the dinner table just now, and sat quietly next to Chu Ci, allowing the unbearable past to be opened up bit by bit, and nakedly displayed in front of Chu Ci, hoping to arouse a little pity from Chu Ci, so that the heart of Chu Ci could be aroused. The balance can be biased towards him.But when Chu Ci was really sad, he couldn't bear it.

Chu Ci was bored in Chen Xun's arms, and whispered, "Liar."

Chen Xun kissed the top of his hair, "Are you full?"

"I'm full." Chu Ci retreated from his embrace, "Don't change the subject."

"I didn't change the subject." Chen Xun changed to holding Chu Ci's hand, "Let's go home when we're full?"

Chu Ci was silent along the way, thinking of Liang Xiangcong saying that Chen Xun was bored smoking and drinking in the house, just thinking about that scene made him feel so sad that he wanted to cry.

Chu Ci thought, is it because of him that Chen Xun is like this?

There is no need to ask for proof, he already has the answer in his heart, but he would rather not know.

Chen Xun didn't bother Chu Ci, he knew that there were some things that Chu Ci had to think about and make his own decisions, and he didn't want to force him.

Back home, Chen Xun thoughtfully left space for Chu Ci and went to the study.After Chu Ci took a shower, he didn't see Chen Xun coming out of the study until twelve o'clock, so he mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

Chen Xun first went to look at Chu Ci's feet, and found that he was barefoot again, so he said helplessly, "Come here."

Chu Ci was still standing at the door, with his left foot on the instep of his right foot, looking very cold, hinting in words: "It's already very late."

Chen Xun understood what he meant, so he had no choice but to stand up from the chair, walked to Chu Ci, picked him up, and walked towards the bedroom.

When Chen Xun saw the milk on the bedside, his heart moved.

Chu Ci brought the milk over. In the past, Chen Xun would prepare milk when he couldn't sleep, so he did the same.

"Drink it, take a hot bath after drinking, and fall asleep soon."

Chen Xun took it with a complicated expression, drank it in a few sips, stared at Chu Ci, and suddenly asked, "What if you still can't sleep?"

Chu Ci thought for a while, his eyes lit up: "I'll read you a story."

Chen Xun raised the corners of his lips, his eyes became darker in the silent night, and he smiled: "Okay, then please tell me a story, Teacher Chu."

Chen Xun went into the bathroom to take a shower, Chu Ci rolled around on the bed, and started looking for bedtime stories with his mobile phone.

At this moment, a notification popped up on his Hanglv APP, reminding him that he has a travel plan for today.

Chu Ci frowned, clicked on the Hanglv APP to check, and found that he had just bought a ticket from S City to Chicago a few minutes ago, and the departure time was less than 12 hours away.

"Did I make a mistake?" Chu Ci muttered in a low voice, and before the end of the sentence, he received another text message from the airline.

【乘客楚辞已购买AU6203/xx月xx日/S市机场T3航站楼12:10-芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场T2航站楼14:15,请准时登机。】

Chu Ci suddenly got up from the bed and sat up straight.

How is this going?He didn't buy a ticket, so who bought it for him?

He knew the answer in the next second.

Gu Qi'an sent a message:

[Xiao Ci, I bought you a plane ticket, we need to have a good talk.Of course, you can also choose not to come back, then don't blame me for using my way to get you back. 】

Chu Ci's heart skipped a beat, and after clicking on this message, a photo was sent by Gu Qi'an.

When he saw the content of the photo clearly, the phone fell out of his hand and fell on the bed with a "snap".

The author says:

Tomorrow is the opportunity for the outbreak, I don’t want to keep everyone waiting, so I will make more today.See you tomorrow--

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