Looking at each other for two seconds, Gu Qi'an walked towards them.

Chen Xun subconsciously stood in front of Chu Ci, his eyes as cold as frost.

Zhou Ran stood aside in a daze, not understanding how the warm atmosphere just now dropped to freezing point all of a sudden.

When he walked in front of Chuci in two steps, Gu Qi'an stopped and said with a smile: "Xiaoci, I came back to China with my friends to attend this meeting. I didn't expect to meet you. What a coincidence."

After a pause, Gu Qi'an took a wrong step to the side, making sure that Chu Ci could see him, before continuing: "But I planned to find you after the end. I want to tell you that I have canceled the engagement. You have time now Okay, let's talk."

"He has nothing to talk to you about." Chen Xun interrupted coldly, "We still have something to do, please get out of the way."

Zhou Ran stared straight, not daring to breathe.

Gu Qi'an's smile faded away, and then he looked at Chen Xun and squinted his eyes.

It was time for the morning meeting to end, and the tense atmosphere on their side had already attracted the attention of the guests coming and going.Chu Ci was sensitive to the fact that several eyes were on him and Chen Xun.

Chu Ci closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes trembling, his thin upper eyelids were almost transparent, and blue blood vessels were faintly visible.A few seconds later, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly at Gu Qi'an: "I have already told you on the phone what I should say, and I have nothing to talk to you about."

Although he tried his best to control it, he still couldn't restrain the trembling in his voice. Chen Xun's heart tightened suddenly, and he pulled Chu Ci around Gu Qi'an and left the venue.

Sitting in the car, Chu Ci couldn't hold back anymore, and his forced composure collapsed a little bit.Regardless of Zhou Ran and the driver being there, he buried his head into Chen Xun's shoulder and said tremblingly, "Can we not go to dinner, I..."

Chen Xun hugged him: "Okay, don't eat. Let's go back to the hotel first."

The car turned around and headed towards the hotel. Because it was arranged by the organizing committee, it was next to the venue, so we arrived soon.

Who knew that Gu Qi'an chased their car and followed them into the hotel.

Although he knew it would be ungentlemanly, Gu Qi'an still blocked the elevator entrance, but this time the object of the conversation was changed to Chen Xun.

"Don't you want to know what Chu Ci has experienced since he left you?"

Chu Ci was trembling all over, from his chin to his lips, and even his teeth were chattering.He gritted his teeth: "Gu Qi'an, you..."

Gu Qi'an turned his eyes to look at Chu Ci, raised the corners of his lips, and pinched Chu Ci with his eyes: "Xiao Ci, I know you too well, you don't even have the guts to tell him everything."

Chen Xun ignored Gu Qi'an and gave Zhou Ran a look. Zhou Ran immediately called the hotel security.

Facing the security guard, Gu Qi'an took a step back and shrugged: "Please check clearly, I am also a guest of this hotel."

Taking advantage of this gap, Chen Xun pulled Chu Ci into the elevator.Chu Ci lowered his head all the way, his vision was blurred by tears, his feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, limp and weak, if it wasn't for Chen Xun holding him, he would have almost tripped over the carpet several times.

Chen Xun swiped his card to enter the room. After the door closed, he picked up Chu Ci, put him on the bed, and leaned over to kiss away his tears.

"Chu Ci, look at me, don't be afraid."

All the fragile shells collapsed, and Chu Ci never expected that Gu Qi'an would appear suddenly.

In fact, he has been thinking about when and how to confess to Chen Xun during the filming in the mountains these days.It's not that he doesn't believe that Chen Xun loves him, but he doesn't dare to take risks, and he is even more afraid that Chen Xun will show disgust when he finds out.

Just like Gu Qi'an's mother who used to love him so much, she called him a lunatic in a cold tone.

But now that Gu Qi'an has returned to China, he seems to have been pushed to the edge of a cliff, but he can't retreat, he can only move forward.

Taking a step forward, there are only two fates waiting for him.

Either one foot is empty, or it is caught firmly.

Hot tears rolled down his cheeks, Chu Ci closed his eyes, and wiped his face hard with the back of his hand.He sat up from the bed, raised his right hand, took off his watch in front of Chen Xun, and exposed his scars nakedly in front of Chen Xun's eyes.

"Actually, I didn't tell you that besides being hearing-impaired, I... I also suffered from a serious mental illness. I was treated for the first two years when I went abroad. I would have hallucinations, and I could always see you and my mother."

"During that time, I was in a very bad state. I felt that I couldn't live anymore, and I did a lot of things that hurt myself. I..."

Chu Ci's voice stopped abruptly, because he felt his wrist being held, and his soft lips pressed against it, followed by hot tears.

One drop, two drops... It fell on that horrible scar.

Chu Ci clenched his fingers, forgetting to cry, and stared at Chen Xun in a daze.

Chen Xun closed his eyes, and kissed the scar as tenderly as possible. He hoped that he could have a kind of magical power to smooth the scar and erase the pain that Chu Ci had endured.

But the reality is that he doesn't have this magical power, which makes him hate his own incompetence, and why he didn't go to Chu Ci in the first place.

In fact, he knew that Gu Qi'an was in Chicago, and guessed that Gu Qi'an would take Chu Ci there. During the two years of studying abroad, he flew from New York to Chicago several times, but in the end he didn't even leave the airport, so he bought a ticket to fly back New York.

At that time, he was severely hurt by Chu Ci's words when they broke up, and he didn't want to admit that the lover he loved with all his heart was just playing with his feelings.

He even thought viciously, maybe Chu Ci really only stayed with him for a while, and maybe he hated the poor and loved the rich. After all, compared to him who was poor and white and still a student at that time, Gu Qi'an was better in every way. better choice.

Until later, after returning to China, for several nights, Chu Ci who had disappeared in his dreams reappeared, looking at him intently with those beautiful eyes.

The eyes are focused and full of love, how can it be fake.

Since then, he has guessed that there may be other reasons why Chu Ci left him.

It's just that he didn't expect that the reason would be so heavy.

Chen Xun turned Chu Ci, who was still in a daze, to himself, kissed his eyelids and eyelashes, and finally pressed his forehead: "Does it hurt?"

Chu Ci was stunned again, he didn't expect Chen Xun to ask such a question.

He was wrapped in a warm body, and his cold limbs gradually regained consciousness.He slowly raised his hand, trying to wipe away the tears on Chen Xun's face, but he was so sad that he comforted him instead: "Brother, don't cry, I don't hurt."

He didn't lie. At that time, his five senses were very dull, and he didn't feel any pain when the knife cut him off. Besides, the nurse who made the rounds soon discovered that only a shallow scar was left after suturing and bandaging him.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault." Chen Xun grabbed Chu Ci's hand and brought it to his lips, "It's my fault."

Chu Ci desperately shook his head with tears in his eyes: "It's none of your business."

"Did you get sick before you went abroad? That's why you want to break up with me?"

The dusty heart was uncovered, Chu Ci embraced Chen Xun, and burst into tears, "I have nothing left, so I'm afraid of dragging you down, brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that to you, I regret it very much, I have always loved you..."

The unfinished words were stuck in his throat, Chen Xun grabbed the back of Chu Ci's head and kissed him sideways.

-

When he woke up again, the room was dark.

Chu Ci moved, feeling the hands around his waist tightened, and immediately dared not move again.

A few rays of light leaked through the cracks in the curtains, and it was not too bright. Chu Ci guessed that it was already evening.He closed his eyes and opened them again. After adapting to the darkness, he gradually saw Chen Xun's face clearly.

Yingting's brows were frowned, and her pretty lips were pursed tightly. Chen Xun didn't sleep well.

Chu Ci couldn't help but want to smooth the wrinkles between his brows, but he was afraid of alarming Chen Xun, so he could only quietly snuggle into his arms.

He hadn't seen Chen Xun asleep for a long time. When he was in love, Chen Xun's sleep was very shallow. He would often get up before he woke up and prepare breakfast. He would only fall asleep when he stayed up late the night before doing projects occasionally. It is relatively heavy, but he will wake up when he moves.

But at this moment, Chu Ci looked at Chen Xun seriously, tracing his facial features inch by inch with his eyes, but rarely saw a fragile expression on this handsome face.

His heart picked up fiercely, and Chu Ci's eyes were a little blurry, he would often ignore that Chen Xun was actually only three years older than him, but he stood up for him without hesitation.

Chu Ci held his breath, but his chest still heaved uncontrollably.Chen Xun subconsciously hugged Chu Ci tighter, frowned, and slowly opened his eyes after a few seconds.

"Did I disturb you?" Chu Ci asked in a low voice.

"No, you didn't disturb me." Sensing his nasal voice, Chen Xun reached out to turn on the desk lamp, and as expected, he saw tears in the corners of Chu Ci's eyes again.

Crystal tears, crumbling, like pearls.

Chen Xun had no choice but to wipe Chu Ci's face with a wet towel, and while wiping, he kissed the corners of his reddened eyes and the tip of his nose: "Little crying bag."

"I'm not." Chu Ci retorted weakly, "It's you who drew my tears out."

Chen Xun didn't know how he could still make Chuci cry when he fell asleep, but he followed suit: "It's my fault."

Chu Ci hurriedly changed his words again: "Why admit your mistake when it's none of your business."

Chen Xun smiled, and kissed him on the lips: "What you say is what you say."

This feeling of being pampered made Chu Ci feel a little elated.He hummed a few times coyly, sat upright and asked Chen Xun to wipe his face.Chen Xun's expression was as gentle as his movements, and he was afraid that if he tried hard, he would be in pain.

But no matter how much he rubbed it, the area around Chu Ci's eye sockets still seemed to be stained with red ink, and the traces could not be removed.

Chu Ci suddenly grabbed Chen Xun's hand, stared into his eyes, and asked cautiously, "Do you really not mind?"

Chen Xun paused for a moment, and looked back straight and unfalteringly: "The only thing I care about is whether you are doing well or not, and nothing else matters. The past is over, so don't think about unhappy things. One day I will make you happy. So never leave me again, okay?"

Chu Ci couldn't hold it back, tears came out of his eyes again, and he leaned into Chen Xun's arms and nodded desperately.

In the past few years, he has lived abroad alone, and no matter what problems he encounters, he can only solve them by himself, so he has become very calm, or appears to be calm on the surface.He seldom cries, because crying can't solve the problem, and reality doesn't allow him to be vulnerable.

He was forced by life to grow into an adult.

But in front of Chen Xun, he realized how much he longed to return to the original carefree child.

At this moment, Chu Ci suddenly wanted to tell Chen Xun everything that happened in these years.

Thinking of the question Chen Xun asked him, Chu Ci pulled down the sweater a little, revealing the tattoo on his shoulder, and whispered, "I won't wash it off."

Chen Xun took a breath.

"The tattoo is for my brother, and so are the ear studs."

"Really?" Chen Xun's heart moved, and he touched Chu Ci's left ear, "Why here?"

Chu Ci closed his eyes, ashamed of what he said next, but he couldn't care less, he wanted to tell everything.

"Because my brother used to like to hug me from behind and kiss my ears. Later, I couldn't hear my ears, so I wanted to put earrings here, so that every time I looked in the mirror, it seemed that my brother was kissing me."

Chen Xun's chest heaved violently. He didn't expect that Chu Ci's earrings were for this reason.He changed into a posture of embracing Chu Ci from behind, kissed the tip of the ear from the earlobe, put the rose earring in his mouth, and licked it carefully.

"Is that right?"

The sound of tsk-tsk water came from the left ear, and Chu Ci's face turned red instantly, as if it was about to burn.

Knowing that Chu Ci still had something to say, Chen Xun stopped and put his arms around his waist: "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Such a posture gave Chu Ci a sense of security, but he wanted to speak out to Chen Xun, so he turned around, his water-colored eyes looked bright and affectionate in the dim light.

Chu Ci relaxed into Chen Xun's arms, and said softly, "I sneaked out from the hospital to get the earrings. It was in a small shop in Chinatown. It was cloudy at the beginning. On the way, the sun suddenly came out, it was bright red, and it was very warm on the body."

"I walked in the direction of the sun and entered a park with a hill inside. I climbed up and stood on the top of the hill looking at the sun."

Chen Xun hugged Chu Ci tighter, and rested his chin on the top of his head: "What happened next?"

"Later..." Chu Ci tilted his head and thought for a while, "I wore a locator on my feet, and when people from the hospital found me, I had no choice but to go back."

"But the ward where I live has only a very small window, and it's very high, so I can reach it on tiptoe. They probably are afraid that I will jump from the window, so they arrange me in such a room. It's a pity that I can't see it." to sunrise."

"Later, I gradually recovered, and I was allowed to go out freely during the day. I went to climb mountains, watch the sunrise, and stayed until the sun went down before going back to the hospital. By the way, I was the Jason I met in the park."

As Chu Ci spoke, he felt Chen Xun's arms tighten around him, and a gentle voice fell from above his head: "I know."

"You know?" Chu Ci raised his head in surprise, "Did Jason tell you?"

"Ah."

"Jason is really..." Chu Ci wanted to say "big mouth", but the words turned into a laugh, "Actually, I should thank Jason. If I hadn't met him, I wouldn't have learned photography."

"Then we'll treat him to dinner after we go back?" Chen Xun said, then asked after a pause, "Why does Tongtong like to climb mountains to take pictures of the sunrise?"

Hearing this title from Chen Xun again, Chu Ci's ears moved, and he raised his head to look at Chen Xun: "How do you know my name is Tongtong? This is my nickname."

A slight smile appeared on Chen Xun's lips, but he didn't answer, but kissed Chu Ci's open lips: "Answer my question first, and I'll tell you later."

"Ok."

Chu Ci had no choice but to temporarily suppress his curiosity and close his eyes. The smell of Chen Xun reassured him.He said in a slow tone: "Because every time I climb the mountain, I will think of you. When I think of the scene of our first camping and watching the sunrise, I will feel very stable in my heart and will not lose hope in life."

After Chu Ci finished speaking, he obviously felt that Chen Xun's breathing became heavy, but he was strangely not too emotional, at least not as painful as expected.

It was as if he was standing in a third-person perspective, looking at his former self, struggling in pain, and saving himself while struggling.The past is like smoke, everything is like a dream.

But now that the smoke cleared and he woke up from the dream, Chen Xun pulled him out of the nightmare.

Chen Xun lifted Chu Ci's chin, exchanged a long kiss, and asked, "And then?"

Chu Ci couldn't explain his sudden desire to confide, he seemed to have changed back to his old self, and he had to tell Chen Xun for a long time even when he saw a cloud with a strange shape on the road.

"Probably climbing the mountain has always had an effect. My mental state has improved and my body has become stronger. The doctor judged that I was cured and let me be discharged from the hospital. I was in the middle of..." At this point, Chu Ci paused, "I I stayed at Gu Qi'an's house for a while, and then Jason helped me sell a few photos, and I immediately moved next to the school when I had some money."

"Brother." Chu Ci adjusted his sitting posture, put his arms around Chen Xun's neck, and put his head on his chest, "I haven't dated anyone since I left you, not a single one. From the beginning to the end, I have only you alone."

Although he had guessed for a long time, Chen Xun almost couldn't restrain his emotions when he heard Chu Ci say it himself.He lowered his head and rubbed the tip of Chu Ci's nose, his eyes full of love locked on Chu Ci: "I have always loved you, and it has never changed."

Chu Ci's eyes and nose turned sour again. Although it was not the first time he heard Chen Xun say it, he still couldn't help but get red eyes.

Every cell in his body was filled and swelled, and he seemed to be trapped in a soft cloud, being lifted lightly.

He stood on the edge of the cliff and took a step forward.He didn't step on the ground, but was held firmly.

What happened later was also explained logically.

"Because my mother's accident happened so suddenly, I didn't leave me any money, so I made money by selling photos. About a year ago, an old friend of my grandfather contacted me and said that the court had unfrozen the house at home. The house is transferred to my name."

"But I was a little scared at that time. I was afraid that I would think of the past when I saw the things in the house, and I was afraid that I would lose control, so I kept procrastinating and never came back. Later, Gu Qi'an's company needed funds, and I returned to China in order to repay him. Sell ​​the house. Then I met you."

So far, the six years of Chu Ci's departure have been lightly covered by a few paragraphs in less than half an hour.

Chen Xun's breathing was a little heavy, and his heart was beating heavily.He couldn't help but wonder, if Chu Ci hadn't returned to China, if he hadn't gone to see Shao Wenbin that day, would they have missed it again.

Fortunately, these assumptions were not established, and his Chu Ci returned, and returned to his embrace.

Chu Ci probably thought of the same thing, and hugged Chen Xun tightly in a gesture of wanting to embed himself in Chen Xun's body.

They are intertwined like vines, breaking through the barrier of skin and flesh, and even the roots are tightly intertwined until they are completely integrated, and no one or anything can separate them.

After quietly hugging for a while, Chu Ci thought of something and retreated from Chen Xun's arms.

"I went to see my mum the day after we got married."

Hearing this, Chen Xun paused, and stroked the top of his head: "What did you say to Auntie?"

Chu Ci recalled the situation at that time, and said with some embarrassment: "I told her that I was married."

Chen Xun smiled, and his tone became more gentle: "That's all you said?"

Chu Ci nodded, but Chen Xun obviously didn't believe it, his eyebrows raised high: "Didn't you mention who you married to?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Chu Ci had no choice but to say: "I mentioned it, I said you are my senior."

"anything else?"

Chu Ci smiled with red eyes: "I also told her that you are a very good person and I love you very much."

Chen Xun's heart trembled, he cupped Chu Ci's face and kissed it, just the touching of their lips made the two of them throb.

"Since you love me, why didn't you tell me then?" Chen Xun asked softly.

Chu Ci lowered his eyes and buried his head in his arms: "Because I did something wrong and said something wrong, I thought you would never want to see me in this life. It feels like a dream to marry you, and I just want to It's good to stay by your side, I dare not expect that you will forgive me."

"By the way, the administrator of the cemetery also told me that someone has been paying them to take care of my mother's tomb all these years. Is that person you?"

"It's me." Chen Xun replied.

"Why did you do this?" Chu Ci held Chen Xun's hand, "You don't know her at all, so there's no need to do this."

"Tongtong." Chen Xun called him suddenly, "Actually, I have met your mother."

The author says:

Second more.

After reading the archived manuscript, there are still two chapters left to finish the text, and it will be released in one go tomorrow.

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