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Pei Xun didn't know how they suddenly entered the "cohabitation" state.

In his original concept, this matter is still thousands of miles away from his life.Even during the time Song Yuzhen lived in, he had never been so clearly aware that there was another person in the house.

But when Zhou Nian came, this place suddenly "live".The empty room gave birth to the breath of human existence, like the wind in March blowing away the stagnation of more than ten years through the window lattice.

Living alone for many years, he thought that he would not get used to sharing space with another person, and friction would probably be indispensable—but it didn't; just like he thought that no one would be able to walk so close to him, he also Wouldn't have allowed this to happen - but it happened anyway.

He clearly didn't know where it came from, and it didn't have a deep foundation, maybe it was just out of some unspeakable greed, or something else... But that person just walked into his life naturally.

Zhou Nian had just finished filming a movie, and apart from occasionally going out to the company to discuss arrangements with his agent, there were also some unavoidable business cooperations, and he spent almost all of the rest of the week with him.It's not that people can't bear to stay close to each other. After all, Pei Xun has a special studio, and he spends most of his time in it during the day. Zhou Nian doesn't bother him, but knocks on the door to remind him to eat when it's time.When Pei Xun was free, he would come to his side, look over with such cautious and expectant eyes, and invite him to do something else together.

They finished watching the movie they had agreed to watch together.When agreeing to him back then, Pei Xun only took it as a tactic to slow down the attack, and said what he said first, and said otherwise—he didn't think about it, but it didn't take long for this person to enter the room, and he stayed by his side openly.Wake up next to him in the morning, eat three meals with him, be dragged downstairs by him to walk the dog in the evening, and fall asleep in his arms at night.

"Don't you still have a house?"

When he said this, he had just stepped out of the bathroom, and water droplets were rolling down the ends of his hair.Zhou Nian pushed him into the armchair, leaned forward and took the hair dryer.Pei Xun leaned on the back of the chair and asked him, "Don't you need to go back and have a look?"

"It's okay." Zhou Nian said in the dry warm wind.There is nothing valuable there, so there is no need to keep it, at most it will collect some dust.He was plucking Pei Xun's hair, and it took a while before he realized something else, and he turned off the switch of the blower: "Am I..."

Does it bother you if it's too tight?As soon as this thought came to him, he was immediately at a loss.He has little experience in love, and he doesn't know how to handle it properly. When he meets someone he likes, he just wants to stay by his side all the time.And Pei Xun...presumably there is no such need.

"Clingy," Pei Xun turned around as if feeling his helplessness, pinching his face, "very clingy. In fact, yours is clingy...Zhou Sticky."

Zhou Nianren pinched him, his eyelashes fluttering.Before he could come back to his senses and show an expression, Pei Xun had already grabbed his hand and kissed him on his fingertips: "But I like it."

They didn't get tired of it for long.Zhou Nian's popularity is rising, and there is no room for a long rest period. New film auditions, magazine interviews, and endorsement advertisements are all densely packed during this period.If you go out early in the morning, you often don't come back until late at night.These jobs are no better than filming, without the motivation to enjoy it, even if Zhou Nian doesn't say anything, Pei Xun can still see the fatigue between his brows.

On this day, Zhou Nian still went out in the morning.He had reported his itinerary the day before, and Pei Xun knew that he would not be able to return until very late.So when he received a call from that person in the afternoon, he only thought for a moment, then packed up his clothes and went out.

The meeting was set in a rather private club.Pei Xun arrived at the private room early, and after waiting for a while, someone pulled away the chair opposite and sat down in front of him.

They hadn't met before and had only spoken a few times.When Song Yuzhen handed him his business card, he said that he was "said to be a god".Such comments must have been made by various nobles who have dealt with many dirty things by his hands.Pei Xun had only a few contacts with him, and he didn't say he was godly or not, at least he was well versed in the "rules" of doing things - until there was a moment of progress, there was no need to meet with clients.

And today, that's about the occasion.

Pei Xun knew his surname was Yang.Mr. Yang sat down, didn't say much, just pushed a stack of document bags to him: "Please have a look."

There are stacks of graphic materials in the bag.The photo looks like it's aged, and a cute and innocent boy is smiling at the camera.At first, he was still a baby, but as he turned the pages, he gradually grew into a four or five-year-old toddler, the one he saw in the photo album in Pei Hong's study.Pei Xun casually flipped through the pages. This brief growth process came to an abrupt end when the boy was six or seven years old, and what was shown later was a photo of a woman.

"This one," Mr. Yang said, "is your father's former lover."

She had also appeared in previous photos and should be the boy's mother.In the yellowed image, she hugged the little boy with a bright smile, like a bouquet in the sun.

Since then, it has been her information. From birth to death, more than [-] years of life have been condensed on these three or five pages, making it impossible for people to explore her true past.Pei Xun glanced at it and said, "It's not unusual."

Her face seemed somewhat familiar, probably because the wives his father married almost all looked somewhat similar to her.He had also guessed that maybe long before Pei Hong married his mother, there was such a white moonlight that he could never forget - judging from that person's promiscuous and casual nature, this is really nothing more than normal .

Now he finally met the lady.Just as he had imagined, it really was a concubine whose fate was unlucky, because of a car accident, she died very early.Probably only such a woman who is always fixed in her youth can catch that natural stallion off guard and taste the taste of loss, and become his eternal regret, and his thoughts that he can't get what he can't ask for.

"After her death, her son's whereabouts began to disappear. But according to our investigation, this boy should not have died, but was adopted by some family." Mr. Yang took out a tablet computer, "Mr. Pei seems He was well protected, and we didn't find any other news about him. However, by searching Mr. Pei's past activities, we found this."

He clicked on a video.The background of the picture is the interior of an auditorium. The unconfused Pei Hongzheng stepped into the camera and stood still on the stage.

"This was an annual awards ceremony in a private high school 15 years ago - it was supposed to honor outstanding students, nothing special. We were surprised that Mr. Pei would be present at such a ceremony." Like In the background sound of the film, Mr. Yang's voice was low and indistinct, "In his capacity, it is hard to imagine that an ordinary award ceremony could invite him as a guest. We can only guess that among the students who received the award at that time, there should be There was that boy."

I don't know if it's due to the age, or his illusion, Pei Xun thought, this video is really stuck - otherwise why every expression of Pei Hong, like a slow motion, is played so obviously?

It was undoubtedly his father.Young and handsome.And this is a very strange person at the same time.He never knew that he had looked like this ten years ago.

He was smiling as the camera panned over him.It wasn't the smirk that floated on the corners of his lips when socializing. He smiled genuinely and gently. Such an expression should be called "comfortable".His gratification flowed from the bottom of his heart, like every ordinary father, looking at his excellent son, proud and satisfied.

Pei Xun also curled the corners of his mouth.He didn't know that this man still looked like his father.

The focus of the video stayed on Pei Hong and the school leaders, and only hurriedly glanced at the students who came to the stage to receive the award, so it was impossible to tell who he was looking at.After just a few minutes of the video, Pei Xun looked away, and Mr. Yang continued: "Because there were too many students on stage to receive the award, we haven't found the target yet."

"That person's grades should be good, maybe he is the student ranked first?" Pei Xun asked.

"The top photos of each grade are here." As if he knew he would ask this question, Mr. Yang clicked on another file, "There is no one that looks similar to the target boy."

Pei Xun lowered his head and smiled.

"With this clue, it is only a matter of time to find the target." Mr. Yang said, "If there is no problem, we will continue to investigate. Please wait for a while."

He left the stack of documents on the table, then said goodbye and left.

Pei Xun stayed where he was, and sat quietly for a while.He put his hand into his pocket, only to find that there was nothing in it——Since Zhou Nian came to live with him, the number of times he smokes has unintentionally decreased.Now that it is rare to go out, I naturally forget to prepare cigarettes.

And then he desperately needed a cigarette.Pei Xun sighed and pressed his forehead.The sun had just set outside the window, and the rolling clouds were still covered with bright colors that would not have time to dissipate in the future.Orange and rose red spread out harmoniously, like an impressionist painting in the [-]th century.

The phone's ringtone rang at this moment.Just as Pei Xun put it to his ear, Zhou Nian's voice came over: "Shall we have dinner together tonight?"

"The filming is over?" He stood up.

"Yeah." Zhou Nian said quickly.His voice was raised, as if he was in a good mood: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Pei Xun walked towards the door, and slowly curled the corners of his mouth: "I know there is a restaurant with a terrace..."

"...Can you come back?" The voice on the other side of the phone paused, Zhou Nian seemed to hesitate, and spoke at an unnatural speed, "I'm going to buy groceries..."

"Not recognized?" Pei Xun laughed.

"No." Zhou Nian said.He seemed to want to say something, but quickly stopped him: "Are you coming back? I'll wait for you."

He gave a few more instructions, then hung up the phone hastily.Pei Xun looked at the blacked-out screen, and wanted to laugh——Zhou Nian was like this, he never pretended, as if he was afraid that others would not guess what surprise he had prepared...

And he has to admit that these overly cute little thoughts are just right for him.

By the time we got home, it was already dark.Pei Xun walked to the small window where the orange light was leaking, like a person who has been floating for a long time, he finally approached the lighthouse.

He thought all the way, but he didn't know what Zhou Nian had prepared.Want to celebrate passing your audition?Or won an endorsement?In the end that was all he could guess.

It was very quiet behind the door.The lights in the hall were turned off, except for a chandelier hanging on the dining table.Sitting under the lamp, Zhou Nian frowned when he met his gaze.

"Why...?" He also smiled, "You..."

Following Zhou Nian's gaze, he looked down.A white porcelain bowl was placed on the table, containing noodles.The bright yellow noodles are very thin, mixed with diced mushrooms and choy sum.On the tender green vegetable leaves, there is a tender soft-boiled egg.

Pei Xun raised his eyes and finally remembered what day it is today.

He stood there, laughing silently.

With this smile, all the previous things seemed to be stripped away, and all of them were unloaded.He felt light on his body, and the satisfaction after exhaustion welled up, making people just want to smile.As if he couldn't bear the brightness of the light, Pei Xun covered his eyes: "You..."

Zhou Nian stood up and hugged him tightly.

"Happy birthday," he said.