embrace the moon

"You kneel down for me!"

At night, the moon and stars were sparse, and the weather was cold. In the dark courtyard, Gu Yu knelt down obediently, bowed his head and said nothing.

Gu Qianfan stood in front of him and said angrily: "Have I ever taught you what to do and what not to do; I didn't ask you to memorize family precepts and rules, to be a person who abides by duty and knows how to measure? What do you mean?" !"

Gu Yu nodded and said softly, "Yes."

"Then how did you do it?!" Gu Qianfan yelled, "I usually have some small mistakes, how can I not favor you? How can you ask me to help you with such a big matter? You really think it's just ruined A painting is so simple?!"

"Grandpa, I'm sorry...it's my fault..."

Gu Qianfan was silent for a while before saying: "Xiaobao, since you were young, Grandpa has forgiven you for every mistake you made and taught you to correct it. But this time, do you know how much the price of making mistakes will be?"

"...Know." Gu Yu replied.

"The painting was exhibited. It's the fault of the entire painting boat hall. Grandpa carried it for you." Gu Qianfan sighed, and continued regretfully and eagerly, "But how long has that child Jianqiao worked hard on that painting? How many days and nights, on the way, he often did not eat or drink water day and night, even when he was sick and dangling water to paint, you know this. Grandpa can deal with any number of voices from the outside world, but you say, how can grandpa be worthy of it? Jian Qiao, how should you face Jian Qiao!"

Every word of these words was like a heavy punch hitting Gu Yu's heart.

Yes, what about Jianqiao?

How disappointed he must be, he must be very sad.How should Gu Yu tell him that his hard work has been severely scratched.How should he explain why, what should he say?

"Think about it yourself, grandpa punished you to make you remember!" After Gu Qianfan returned to the room, Gu Yu still lowered his head and knelt on the spot silently.

Until late at night, seeing that he hadn't returned to the room, Mei Niang and Lai Fu lay beside him, rubbing their furry heads against his legs.

Guan Xiaoli sat silently in the corner of the main hall, got up suddenly, strode up to him, and pulled him hard.Gu Yu withdrew his hand, Guan Xiaoli pulled him up even harder, looked at him and said, "If you keep kneeling here, I can't control you. But let me remind you, it's almost twelve o'clock, Jian Qiao After finding out about this, I went out and haven't come back until now. Aren't you afraid that he won't think about it?"

In the early morning, on the side of the street, under the dim street lights, Gu Yu rushed to the corridor.He came to the single room that Jian Qiao got when he signed the contract with the studio, and knocked on the door endlessly.

"Jian Qiao!" Gu Yu shouted towards the door, "Are you there? Even if you don't want to see me, it's okay to say yes...Jian Qiao!"

The door was opened suddenly, but Jian Qiao was not in front of him.

"Why do you have to take the blame for Xu Manyi?" Qi Zirui looked at him, "Why are you pretending to be merciful?"

"Why is it you?" Gu Yu looked inside, "Where's Jian Qiao?"

Qi Zirui sneered and said, "He didn't tell you? Well, let me tell you, Jianqiao let me sign a contract to live in half a year ago, and even lost money, just because he wanted to stay with you in Huazhoutang."

Gu Yu looked at him in a daze.

"Jian Qiao has no place to stay after leaving the Painting Boat Hall," Qi Zirui said, "If you don't explain it clearly to him, do you still expect him to forgive you?"

Very quiet in the wee hours of the night.There are few cars and people on the street, and the cold wind is blowing.He hasn't felt much in the early morning hours of this city, the bustling faded away, leaving only peace.

He rode his bike to many places, made countless phone calls and sent countless messages in the middle of the night, but he couldn't find anyone.

When he was so cold that he couldn't feel his fingers, he received a new message on his phone, which was sent by Guan Xiaoli——

-3:51 AM-

"It's late, come back."

Hanging up the phone coldly, he whispered to the person sitting by the window: "Gu Yu just asked if you were at my house, did you really miss him?"

Jian Qiao nestled on the sofa, looked out of the window calmly, and shook his head: "No."

The decision he made, Leng Qing couldn't persuade him, so he leaned over and poured a glass of water for him.

"Thank you," Jian Qiao said, "Qi Zirui told me that after the painting was scratched, he told Xu Manyi and Qi Zirui to leave quickly, and said that it was none of their business, and he could take care of it."

Holding the water glass, Jian Qiao laughed with red eyes: "This fool."

Leng Qing: "Jian Qiao, you are excellent. This painting, you did a great job, and there will be many opportunities in the future..."

"Desolate." Jian Qiao interrupted him.

Leng Qing immediately stopped talking, and responded, "Yes."

"I was thinking, did I make a mistake?" Jian Qiao asked softly, "When preparing this painting, I asked Lao Chen a lot of questions, and he told me many stories, whether it was the fire or the injury, The case is fine, tell me everything.”

Cold and silent.

"He always told me that if he drew it, he would forget it faster. But his expression and tone at that time were obviously very sad," Jian Qiao said, "Just now Xu Manyi sent me a message to apologize, and said that even if he paid The price is to protect her Teacher Chen."

"I thought about it, and it seems that she did nothing wrong, she just loves someone very much," Jian Qiao said, "If I don't destroy the painting, I won't wake up. When this picture is released to the public, Lao Chen will How hurt he was. He hasn't shown his face for more than ten years, how could he suddenly want his past to be painted?"

The cold moonlight came in from the window, and the shadows in the room were blurry. Jian Qiao suddenly turned his head, his eyes were full of water, shimmering in the blurred moonlight, and his voice softly crossed the night.He asked, "Leng Qing, did I do something wrong?"

He couldn't see anything clearly in the dim night, but Leng Qing saw his face very clearly.He was silent, blinked and said nothing.

That night, Gu Yu couldn't fall asleep, and the endless messages on his phone rushed towards him.He turned off the phone, hugged the broken painting, and sat by the bed in a daze for the whole night.

Until the next morning, when Gu Yu moved, a burst of numbness came from all directions until it rushed all over his body.He picked up the phone with difficulty and pressed the power button.

As soon as he turned it on, the phone rang. He looked at the caller ID on the screen, but he didn't have the courage to press it.

The phone ringing finally disconnected, the screen went dark, and after a while, it quickly brightened again.

Gu Yu ruthlessly answered the call, and put it next to his ear: "...Hello?"

"Why is your voice so hoarse?" Jian Qiao asked, "Guan Xiaoli said that you locked yourself in the room and studied secretly again?"

Gu Yu felt powerless and almost lost his grip on the phone, his voice trembled uncontrollably: "...I'm sorry."

"Huh?" Jian Qiao responded, "You admit to studying secretly?"

"Jian Qiao," Gu Yuyin's emotions that he had endured all night turned out to collapse like a building at this moment, his voice sounded dry and rough, "...I'm sorry."

Listening to the choked sobs on the other end of the phone, Jian Qiao felt quite complicated.He wanted to say something as comfort, but suddenly found that he was the one who should be comforted.

"Where are you?" Gu Yu asked, "I'm sorry Jianqiao, it's my fault, but will you come back?"

Jian Qiao didn't answer and hung up the phone.Gu Yu was at a loss as the busy beep sounded.

Guan Xiaoli knocked on the door: "Come out for dinner."

Gu Yu didn't move, he was still in a daze.It wasn't until Guan Xiaoli called him two more times that he was so impatient that he was about to break in the door that he realized that he got up and walked out the door.

At the dinner table, he stared at the porridge in the bowl, feeling lost, and asked, "Where's grandpa?"

"Go out to deal with things," Guan Xiaoli said, "You can't help with the rest, so don't meddle in it. Eat quickly."

Gu Yu stared at the bowl without moving, but Guan Xiaoli couldn't stand it anymore, pinched his mouth directly, picked up a spoon and gave him a rough mouthful.The moment the spoon was dropped, the ceramics collided with a crisp sound.

Gu Yu swallowed, turned his head and coughed.Guan Xiaoli stretched out her hand, put the back of her hand on his forehead, and smiled inexplicably: "You made a mistake, but the villain complained first, making people feel distressed when you get sick."

Gu Yu didn't quite understand what he meant, Guan Xiaoli ate alone, got up and walked into the storage room.

The door was suddenly pushed open, Gu Yu suddenly raised his head, Jian Qiao stood at the door and smiled at him.

Gu Yu didn't know how to face him, he lowered his head and said nothing.Jian Qiao walked to the table and asked softly, "Why don't you eat?"

Guan Xiaoli took the medicine, and as soon as she walked out, she saw two people talking.He looked down at the medicine in his hand, turned back and put the medicine down, came out with only the thermometer, and put it by Jian Qiao's hand.

Jian Qiao picked up the thermometer and looked at his back and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Buy some antipyretics," Guan Xiaoli replied, "I don't have any at home."

After Guan Xiaoli left, Jian Qiao sat down beside Gu Yu, took out the thermometer and took his temperature: "Have a fever?"

Gu Yu lowered his head and didn't answer, Jian Qiao picked up the bowl and brought the porridge to his mouth with a spoon.Gu Yu took a bite, Jian Qiao gently wiped the corner of his mouth with his fingertips, and laughed: "Oh, Gu Xiaobao, you are so delicate."

Gu Yu also laughed, and reached for the spoon, but Jian Qiao held the spoon firmly and did not let go. While feeding him, he said softly: "Actually, you don't need to apologize, you didn't do it, and I won't blame you. Besides, even if You did it, and I can't blame you."

Gu Yu was silent, not knowing what to say.

"Do you know why I like you?" Jian Qiao asked.

Gu Yu shook his head.

"I don't know either," Jian Qiao said with a smile, his voice very soft, "I really don't know. When you laugh at me, I can't get angry; when you lose your temper, I don't like you." There is no way; even if you beat me up and down again and again, I can't bear to blame you."

"Gu Yu," Jian Qiao put down the bowl, held his face gently, and looked into his eyes seriously, "I like you very much, the kind of love that doesn't need to know why, maybe I will meet Cheng Yu in the rest of my life. Thousands of people will not like it like this.”

The author has something to say: Xiaoli is an assist!Always an assist!

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