after running with the ball

The intersection of Zhuo Yang and Xi Chen started after he dropped out of school.

When he was about to be in his third year of high school, his family experienced great changes. His mother had her right leg amputated in a car accident, and his father disappeared without a trace with the compensation money and the family's savings to buy a house.Facing his mother who collapsed several times and wanted to die and his younger sister who was panicked, Zhuo Yang, as the only man in the family, gave up his studies, took care of his mother while working part-time so that his younger sister could continue to study, and gritted his teeth to support this crumbling family.

With the busyness and exhaustion of work, and the passage of time, everything in high school gradually became distant in Zhuo Yang's heart. At that time, he seldom thought of people and things in high school, only occasionally in the dead of night , suddenly remembered Xi Chen.

Xi Chen is like a ray of dazzling light, appearing in the dark night with aloofness and indifference, no matter how many people around him are attracted by his light, he still immerses himself in his own world, unmoved.

Zhuo Yang was also attracted by Xi Chen, but since the day he saw Xi Chen in the first year of high school, he knew that he and Xi Chen belonged to two completely different worlds.Even though they had a few brief encounters by chance, Zhuo Yang never dared to dream of having a deeper connection with Xi Chen.He restrained the throbbing of his youth, and after the accident at home, he buried it deeply, waiting for it to be forgotten by time.

It's just that the development of the world likes to catch people off guard.

It was a night in June. Zhuo Yang, who had been working as a waiter in a hotel for almost a year, met Xi Chen who was dragged to the hotel by his friends for a graduation party.During the banquet, Xi Chen was drunk, but he was stopped by Xi Chen's friend and asked him to help Xi Chen to the upstairs room to rest.At that time, he sent Xi Chen to the room, and when he got up to leave, he was grabbed by Xi Chen and fell on the bed.

At that time, it was Xi Chen who took the initiative, but his strength to hold down Zhuo Yang was not strong. If Zhuo Yang wanted to, he could resist completely.But he didn't want to resist, he liked Xi Chen, and also longed for contact with Xi Chen.Following his own will, he had a relationship with Xi Chen.

It was originally a night for Zhuo Yang to satisfy his thoughts, but he didn't expect that after that night, a new life would be born in his stomach.Zhuo Yang discovered the existence of the child relatively late, and it could have been removed at that time, but due to various reasons, Zhuo Yang finally kept the child.

And then there was Lemon.

Zhuo Yang has never forgotten Xi Chen. Time seems to have failed to erase Xi Chen from his heart. With the passage of time, all the intersections between him and Xi Chen have remained in his heart more clearly.

Meeting Xi Chen again, Zhuo Yang was happy but also panicked. He was already prepared to raise Ning Ning alone in this life. He never thought of telling Xi Chen about Ning Ning's existence. Just as he worried, he was afraid of Xi Chen. Chen thought he was a monster, and was afraid that Xi Chen would think he had ulterior motives, and was also afraid that Xi Chen would snatch Ning Ning away from him.

Fortunately, Xi Chen should stay here for a while, and when he leaves the hotel, the meeting between him and Xi Chen should be over.

The next day, Zhuo Yang arrived at the hotel, and when he was walking towards the elevator, he was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Brother Yang!"

A beautiful female voice sounded, and Chen Shanshan, who also just arrived at the front desk of the hotel, quickly walked over with a thermos bucket.She smiled generously, and handed the thermos to Zhuo Yang, "Brother Yang, here is the soup I made myself, you can save it for lunch."

Zhuo Yang looked at the girl, helplessness flashed in his eyes.He knew that Chen Shanshan liked him, but he was destined not to respond to this liking.Chen Shanshan had also sent things to him or Ning Ning several times before, but he rejected them all.Although his way of refusal was mild, his attitude was clear. He thought that Chen Shanshan should have retreated long ago.

Zhuo Yang looked at the time, he came earlier today than yesterday, and there is still a while before the shift, at this moment, there is no one in the entire hotel lobby except for a few other receptionists.Zhuo Yang signaled Chen Shanshan to speak in a corner, and this time he had to make things clear to Chen Shanshan no matter what.

When Xi Chen stepped out of the elevator, he glanced casually, and saw in the corner, Zhuo Yang was lowering his head to comfort a beautiful girl, his eyes suddenly sank.He should have ignored Zhuo Yang like yesterday, and passed by him indifferently, but after walking a few steps, his legs seemed to be out of control, and he turned on his toes, walking towards Zhuo Yang.

The driver who was following him was stunned for a second, then quickly followed.

Xi Chen always followed a group of people when he went out, so it was not silent.When Zhuo Yang turned his head, he saw Xi Chen walking towards him with a cold face exuding an aura of keeping strangers away.

Xi Chen seems to be angry?Doubt flashed in Zhuo Yang's heart, he turned around and nodded to Xi Chen, "Mr. Xi."

Chen Shanshan wiped her eyes, and quickly followed suit.

Xi Chen stood still in front of Zhuo Yang, his eyes swept over Zhuo Yang, then looked at Chen Shanshan, and asked slowly: "He is married, don't you know?"

The tone of these words is light, but the hidden accusation can still be heard.Chen Shanshan blushed, and explained to herself: "I know, I know, but Brother Yang and his wife divorced a long time ago."

Xi Chen turned to look at Zhuo Yang, "You didn't say that yesterday."

"...you didn't ask yesterday." Zhuo Yang said.

Xi Chen looked at Zhuo Yang fixedly.

This is the second time that Zhuo Yang faced Xi Chen's overly focused gaze on him, the first time was that night.Thinking of that night, Zhuo Yang lowered his eyes uncomfortably, avoiding Xi Chen's gaze.

Xi Chen looked away and said, "I see."

Then turned away.

Zhuo Yang looked at Xi Chen's back, not understanding what Xi Chen meant.He turned his head to look at Chen Shanshan, and said, "It's time to go to work, so I'll go up."

Chen Shanshan nodded, her eyes full of frustration.

Zhuo Yang couldn't comfort her anymore, for fear of arousing the girl's mind again.

On this day, Xi Chen was not in the hotel, and Zhuo Yang went to deliver clothes in the morning, but there was no one in the room.Compared with yesterday, Zhuo Yang had a more relaxed day.

At night, when Zhuo Yang was immersed in reading, Xi Chen had just returned to the hotel.

He stood by the bed, unbuttoned his cuff buttons, took off his jacket, took out his wallet, took out a bracelet from it and put it on the bedside, and then went into the bathroom.When he came out, there was an extra driver in the room.

The driver's real name is Chen Ze, and his job is not a driver, but Xi Chen's senior assistant.At this time, he was holding a document bag in his hand, and after Xi Chen sat down, he handed it over with both hands, and said, "This is Mr. Zhuo's message."

Xi Chen took out the document and quickly skimmed it. When he saw Zhuo's mother's disabled right leg, he raised his eyebrows. He said, "No information about his wife?"

Chen Zedao: "No. Mr. Zhuo's family moved to this city five years ago and changed several rented places, but no one has seen his wife during that time. It is said that they divorced before coming here. It is also Mr. Zhuo who is raising his daughter with his mother and sister."

"It's been hard work, let's go rest." Xi Chen said.

Chen Ze nodded and left the room.

The surroundings became quiet again, and Xi Chen looked at the document again.Zhuo Yang's inch photo was pasted on the front page of the document. The young man's eyes are smooth and his brows are gentle, and his temperament is more obvious than in the photo. The warm and restrained temperament on his body is more attractive than before.

After putting down the documents, Xi Chen picked up the bracelet on the bedside.

It was a very thin bracelet with a very common button hanging on the silver chain, which Zhuo Yang dropped beside the bed that night.

In all the years of Xi Chen's life, he rarely cared about people other than his relatives, Zhuo Yang was an exception.

At that time, he liked to look outside through the window, and then he would often see the gentle teenagers in the next class, either holding books or homework, slowly passing by his window with others.After passing by many times, Xi Chen remembered him, only him, his name was Zhuo Yang.

Zhuo Yang is very quiet, doesn't talk often, and looks very shy when he smiles, his eyes are clean and pure, and there is a vague longing.

Xi Chen understood that yearning, because when the people around him looked at him, they all had this kind of yearning in their eyes, and it was much stronger.Xi Chen thought that Zhuo Yang, like everyone around him, would look for opportunities to approach him slowly.But to his surprise, Zhuo Yang didn't, he restrained that longing.

Xi Chen can understand all kinds of emotions between people, but he is naturally indifferent, so it is difficult to understand.At that time, he didn't realize that he cared too much about Zhuo Yang, but it was actually the budding of a relationship.Zhuoyang restrained his yearning for him, and he also habitually shielded his feelings.So when Zhuo Yang disappeared from his field of vision, he just felt uncomfortably that Zhuo Yang was like many people who tried to get close to him and left disappointed, but only slightly.

He regarded Zhuo Yang as a short-lived passerby who left a little impression on him.But when he saw Zhuo Yang again, he found that the imprint of this passer-by was clearer than he had imagined. He even missed this passer-by a little, and hoped that the other party would continue to appear where he could see it as before.

At that time, Xi Chen felt that he should do something, so when Zhuo Yang got up to leave, he stayed with him a little bit forcefully.

After one night, Xi Chen thought that they had reached some kind of consensus, at least Zhuo Yang would not disappear from his sight at will.He found Zhuo Yang who left first, hoping that Zhuo Yang would stay by his side, but Zhuo Yang refused him.

This was the first time in Xi Chen's life that he took the initiative to get involved in the emotional field, and it was also the first time he was rejected. The experience was not good, and he was a little angry and a little dazed.At the same time, he was arrogant, he looked at Zhuo Yang's alienated face, and couldn't say a second time.

He didn't keep Zhuo Yang anymore, and made up his mind to let him be a passer-by in his life forever.But he took the buttons on Zhuoyang's clothes, which he dropped when he tore off Zhuoyang's shirt.

This button followed him out of the hotel, across the ocean, and stayed in a foreign country for six years.He thought many times, throw away the passing things, but in the end he was afraid of losing them, so he chose a strong chain to wear them, put them in his wallet, and took them with him wherever he went.

At this moment, he looked at the button, and instead of putting it in his wallet, he wrapped it around his wrist.

The author has something to say:

Xi Chen: Man, you have successfully attracted the attention of this president.

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