The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

In the room, Tao Zhi's facial features were tightly twisted together, almost distorted, due to the unbearable pain. His clothes had already been soaked with sweat and tears, sticking to his body. Even the bed sheets were stained with sweat.

Tears flowed freely from the corners of his eyes. Tao Zhi wanted to cry out at the top of his lungs, but his voice seemed to be strangled. He could only collapse and shout silently. The suppressed pain drowned him like the sea, and he could not breathe or struggle.

His body was shaking violently, and the tearing and burning pain in his lungs made Tao Zhi vomit several times, but he could only spit out turbid gastric juice awkwardly.

It was several hours later when the memory was transferred. After several hours of pain, Tao Zhi was exhausted and collapsed in the bed. He no longer had the strength to cry out, and gradually his consciousness faded and he fell into darkness.

When Tao Zhi woke up, it was already dark outside. Lying beside him were Xiao Baga, Xiao Xiba and Xiao Ping'an, who had come in at some point in time.

When little Baga saw Tao Zhi wake up, he hummed and buried his head in Tao Zhi's arms. Little Xiba followed suit, and little Ping'an licked Tao Zhi's cold and stiff fingers.

Tao Zhi stared at the ceiling numbly and absent-mindedly.

Gong Cheng is right, I am a liar.

Even I was fooled.

The so-called beautiful dream was nothing but a scam I had created myself. Step by step, I pushed myself into deeper lies, becoming addicted to them and unable to extricate myself.

So in reality, there is no one waiting for me to go home anymore.

So the Tao Zhi who grew up in the love of my parents and brother from the very beginning was me.

So Xu Yanze never gave his love to the wrong person from the beginning to the end, and the person who let him down in his youthful joy was me.

So I have experienced the death and separation of my loved ones twice.

The message is correct.

The truth is crueler than lies.

I am really ridiculous now.

Fortunately, it's all over soon.

I will not make the same mistake again.

Gong Cheng came back a little late, carrying some peach cakes. Just as he was hesitating whether to knock on the door, Tao Zhi's door suddenly opened.

Gong Cheng was held in Tao Zhi's arms. He stood at the door for a moment, allowing Tao Zhi to quietly deepen the hug.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Gong Cheng asked.

"You're getting married tomorrow, but you still call me sir. You really don't understand romantic relationships," Tao Zhi said.

"There are a lot of arrangements to be made at the wedding tomorrow, so I came back late. I brought you some peach cakes. Do you want to eat them so late?" Gong Cheng asked.

"Eat." Tao Zhi replied.

Tao Zhi smiled and pulled Gong Cheng into the house. Gong Cheng could vaguely see that the corners of Tao Zhi's eyes were red.

When I entered the room, I found that the bed sheets had been changed. They were replaced with bright red sheets with a conspicuous "marriage" word in the middle. There were also a lot of paper-cuts pasted on the wall, and red balloons floating in the corner.

"How is it? Do you like it? I specially asked the housekeeper to buy it. Although it is still this bed, it will be the wedding bed tomorrow, so the proper sense of ceremony should be given."

"I arranged all of these myself, come and praise me." Tao Zhi smiled with his nose turned up.

Gong Cheng looked at Tao Zhi in front of him, and felt a warm current surge in his heart, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Tao Zhi reached out and pinched Gong Cheng's cheek.

"Stop. Now is not the time to give our crybaby any free time. Look how dark it has become. Go take a shower quickly. We haven't finished our work for the day yet." Tao Zhi said.

Gong Cheng blushed when he heard that, and before he even put down Taosu, Tao Zhi pushed him into the bathroom.

Tao Zhi took the peach cake from Gong Cheng and spoke while chewing it.

"Xiaocheng brushes and washes herself, and her husband is waiting for you~"

Tao Zhi blinked at Gong Cheng, then closed the door for Gong Cheng, turned around and carried Taosu to the bed.

At this time, the smile on Tao Zhi's face had fallen, and the sweet peach pastry tasted bitter and astringent in his mouth.

Tao Zhi put down the peach pastry, patted his face with his hands, and tried several times before his smile didn't seem so forced.

Tao Zhi was sitting on the bed waiting for Gong Cheng. He saw the screen of the mobile phone on the bedside table light up. He reached out to take it and saw that it was a message from Xu Yanze.

Tao Zhi's heart couldn't help but tremble, and various scenes of the ten years between him and Xu Yanze surged in his mind.

"Tao Zhi, I have something to deal with tomorrow, so I won't attend your wedding." Xu Yanze said.

Tao Zhi's fingers holding the phone trembled inexplicably, and his heart was torn. After deleting and revising the message several times, he sent it out.

"Okay." Tao Zhi replied.

"Congratulations on your wedding." Xu Yanze said.

Tears welled up in Tao Zhi's eyes and he rubbed them with his hands.

"Thank you." Tao Zhi replied.

Xu Yanze didn't send any more messages. Tao Zhi put his phone on the bedside table. After a few moments of silence, he picked it back and clicked on the chat page with Xu Yanze.

"Although your birthday is still some time away, I wanted to tell you in advance."

"Xu Yanze, happy birthday."

After Tao Zhi sent the message, he also added the most basic rose emoticon package that comes with the keyboard.

About three seconds later, Xu Yanze replied.

"Well, thank you." Xu Yanze said.

Tao Zhi used the same mobile phone number he had used to threaten Lang Bushin to send a message saying "I'm sorry" to Lang Bushin, then turned off the screen and threw the phone aside.

After receiving the message, Lang Bushin looked down at his phone in silence for a long time, tears dripping onto the screen.

After taking a shower, Gu Dongnan sat next to Lang Bushin and saw the message on the screen.

"Are you really not going to attend his wedding tomorrow?" Gu Dongnan asked.

Lang Bushin sniffed and threw the phone away.

"If you say you won't go, then don't go. Whoever goes is a dog." Lang Bushin choked.

When Gong Cheng came out of the shower, Tao Zhi had already adjusted his mood. He grinned and patted the seat next to him, motioning Gong Cheng to come over quickly.

Afterwards, Tao Zhi nestled in Gong Cheng's arms, wrapped in warmth.

Gong Cheng kissed Tao Zhi between his brows and reached out to gently stroke Tao Zhi's hair.

“Until now, I still feel like I’m dreaming.”

"I'm so scared that when I wake up, I'll find that everything I'm doing now was just a dream."

"Sir, you really won't leave me this time, right?"

"I can't imagine what I would do if you left me again this time." Gong Cheng said in a hoarse voice.

Tao Zhi's heartbeat slowed down, his nose felt very sore, and he tightened his arms around Gong Cheng's waist, hugging each other tighter.

"What are you thinking about? We are already lying on the marriage bed, and the wedding is going to be held tomorrow. Can I still escape from the marriage?" Tao Zhi joked in a nonchalant manner.

Gong Cheng sniffed when he heard that.

"But I'm afraid. I don't know what I'm afraid of. Since the day I sent Gu Dongnan off and came back from the airport, everything that happened is what I've always hoped for but never dared to hope for."

"I am obviously very happy now, I have obviously got everything I wanted, and you are obviously in my arms."

"But I'm still so scared. The more you give me, the more I'm afraid you'll take it all back when I wake up."

"This time you will really love me as you promised, and never lie to me again, right?" Gong Cheng's voice was hoarse.

Tao Zhi propped himself up with red eyes, his hair falling on his temples. Tao Zhi kissed Gong Cheng on his lips.

"Go to sleep, Xiaocheng."

"You will be happy."

"Good night, sweet dreams." Tao Zhi said warmly.