black eden

Du Yu slept deeply that night.

I thought that kiss would disturb my mind, but my body sank into the bed almost exhausted, and my consciousness quickly floated up.

He had a dream, or rather, he recalled something.

I forgot how long ago, just handed Theon to the care of Christopher, and after a while, the red-haired and violent Christopher came to Ivan, wanting to give Theon to someone else.

"That kid is a stupid ass!" Christophe said of him. "He can't learn anything, and he doesn't listen to instructions! If you hadn't entrusted him to me, I would have beaten his ass to bloom! !"

Ivan was reading a book and was not annoyed when his train of thought was interrupted.

He looked at the red-haired man amusedly: "What did you teach him?"

Christoph calmed down his grievances under Ivan's half-smile expression, and sat down on the sofa in the study: "What else can I have? The most basic fighting and shooting, if you can't even do these well, what will happen in the future?" work for you?"

"Then what did he do?" Ivan asked.

As if recalling something bad, Christopher frowned again, and let out a stern breath through his nose: "I've learned everything that needs to be taught, that brat can't even hold a gun steadily, let alone aim and shoot! Even if he had been shot before, he wouldn't be so delicate, like a little bitch!"

Ivan couldn't help laughing, and rubbed the corners of his eyes with his thumb and index finger. He felt that it was time to relax, and it was time to look at this year's newcomers, so he stood up and raised his chin to Christopher: "Go, Take me to see your training results."

"Oh my God, don't laugh at me!" The man pouted and shook his head repeatedly, but he still stood up to lead Ivan the way.

Christopher's territory is on the west side of Mansandi, a very prosperous area, and he manages it in an orderly manner.

The place where newcomers receive training is further west, almost out of the bustling neighborhood.

Ivan sat in the car and looked out the window intently. Every scenery along the way seemed to become a luxurious Eden, where people shuttled or stayed, enjoying everything.

The car drove directly into an old winery and parked under a simple plastic shed.

Christoph jumped out of the car first, then went around to Ivan's side, and opened the car door. At this moment, he felt condescended for Ivan to come to such a place, and blamed himself for not decorating the place more beautifully. Zhu explained: "Recently there is a lack of people in the winery, so I sent them here for training, training and working at the same time!"

Ivan didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Walking to the fermentation workshop, Christopher felt that the smell inside was too strong, so he asked Ivan to wait outside the door, while he ran all the way into the workshop, shouting at the top of his voice, "Theon! Theon Al Berta, come out when you hear it!"

The other end responded quickly, and a figure ran over.

Ivan looked at the boy with blond hair and blue eyes, who was wearing an uncoordinated apron on his thin body. When the boy saw him, he immediately lowered his head nervously and clasped his hands together.

"Why don't you even have basic manners?" Christopher frowned, raised his hand and patted the boy on the back of the head, "This is your savior, won't you even ask me?"

"No need." Ivan whispered, a little dissatisfied with the way the red-haired man in front of him taught others, "Let him follow me, Chris, you go and gather other newcomers."

Without the red-haired man, Theon obviously relaxed a lot. Ivan took him to the shooting range and asked him to show him the gun.

Sean's appearance with the gun was not as unstable as expected, but he couldn't help trembling when aiming, as if the wooden sign was a hideous enemy.

Ivan took two steps closer, holding the handle of the gun with one hand: "Steady."

Theon took a deep breath, his beautiful eyebrows furrowed together, as if forcing himself to stabilize.

But after trying for a long time, my wrist still couldn't help trembling, and a pair of jewel-like eyes immediately filled with water vapor: "I'm sorry...I...I'm afraid..."

Ivan stared at him for a while, then snatched the gun from his hand unexpectedly, turned the gun and pointed it at Theon's head.

This action frightened Sean into a fool. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the dark muzzle of the gun, his face suddenly turned pale.

"Are you afraid that I will shoot you?" Ivan's voice was very calm, without any hint of joking.

Theon began to tremble, trembling all over his body, his slender golden eyelashes were like snowflakes that would wither at any time, and his frightened blue eyes made people feel fragile at the touch of a touch.

"...No...don't..." He begged weakly.

Ivan moved the muzzle of the gun away, and pointed his arms flat to his side.

"Bang!!" With a sound, the target ten meters away hit the red heart and shook violently. The boy in front of him fell to the ground at the same time, panting in shock.

"Stand up, Theon," Ivan ordered him.

Theon got up with all his strength, his shoulders were still shaking, Ivan had put the pistol back in his hand, and ordered again with an unquestionable voice: "Aim and shoot."

Theon held the gun and raised it slowly. Ivan observed him carefully and said seriously: "There is no fear deeper than being targeted. Remember, you are not killing people, but protecting yourself."

The boy in front of him froze for a moment, and something flashed in his eyes.

Ivan knew that he had comprehended it. Even though his slender wrist still trembled when aiming at the target, it was still negligible compared to before.

He moved his gaze to the target in the distance, waiting for the moment when Theon was truly stable: "Shoot!"

There was a sudden sound of gunfire, and the bullet penetrated the hole made by Ivan.

Later, dark clouds filled the sky, and soon it rained heavily.

Ivan inspected the newcomers under Christopher, and when he was about to go back, he found that there was a deep pool of water under the plastic shed where the car was parked, and the driver couldn't back the car out of the quagmire no matter what.

It was already dark, and the torrential rain was pouring down like a column of water. It must be very difficult to go back.

Ivan looked at the driver helplessly: "Forget it, let's leave tomorrow."

Christopher listened, and immediately sent someone to sort out a dormitory, which was in the building where the newcomers lived.

The dormitory was very noisy at night, and the children didn't seem to know that Ivan was staying overnight. Some even rushed past Ivan's door with pornographic novels, chasing a group of people behind them.

Vincent, who works as both a driver and a bodyguard, lives with Ivan, fidgeting looking at the door, worried that Ivan will be disturbed, and is considering whether to go out to stop those gangsters, but when he turns around, he sees Ivan talking with interest. Leaning against the head of the bed, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Let them go, they will fall asleep when they are tired from playing." After Ivan finished speaking, he lay down first.

"Oh..." Vincent touched the quilt, and seemed to think of something, "I'll go find you another quilt, the temperature is low tonight, and the room is not warm."

Ivan nodded: "Go."

Not long after, breathing the unfamiliar air in the room, Ivan felt a little tired. He relaxed his mind and was about to fall asleep when his body suddenly became heavy.

How did Vincent find such a thick quilt?Ivan frowned and opened his eyes, only to find that he was not covered by a quilt, but a person.

"Theon?" The name blurted out, seeing the limp blond hair.

The boy raised his head tremblingly, and grabbed Ivan's sleeve with one hand: "Take me out of here, please..."

Ivan shook off his hand subconsciously, and sat up from the bed: "You dare to come to me, you are so courageous, are you afraid of staying here and suffering?"

Theon knelt by the bed, clutching the sheets tightly with both hands.

It was only then that Ivan noticed that his neckline seemed to have been torn open, and there was a bright red scratch on the exposed half of his collarbone.

"Who bullied you?" Ivan asked.

He didn't speak, just lowered his head, with an expression on his face that was about to cry.

"If someone bullies you, try to fight back." Ivan took his arm and pulled him up from the bed. "When you successfully repel those people, then come to me again."

"But I want to go to your side right now!" He suddenly hugged Ivan's still arm and hugged it tightly, as if it was his only life-saving straw, "Please! Take me away, take me away from here !"

Ivan didn't shake it off, but his eyes were full of rejection.

Finally, he stared at Theon coldly, and said word by word: "Go away, I don't need cowards!"

……

When it was almost dawn, Du Yu moved his eyelids, but he didn't really want to open them.

The scene from that year kept replaying in his mind, Theon's sad expression, and his fingertips stained red by wine, clutching his arm tremblingly, and finally let go in despair.

With Theon's personality, something must have happened that made his spirit on the verge of collapse, so he begged him desperately.

But what he thought at the time was only "this man is Aldrich's son, and he must never be allowed to come close to him."

Recalling how cruel I was.

A crisp sound of running water pierced my ears.

Du Yu turned over and listened carefully to the movement outside, which seemed to come from the kitchen.

After a while, there was the sound of beating eggs, the sound of the fire stove, and the "sizzling" sound of the oil pan, followed by the sound of the kitchen knife colliding with the chopping board, one after another, very even.

It was Theon preparing breakfast.

Du Yu listened quietly for a while, then sat up from the bed, hesitating how to greet him when he went out.

After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that it was not like me to be troubled by these small things, so I simply went out and rushed into the bathroom to wash up without saying anything.

While washing his face, very suddenly, those pictures on the sofa last night came to mind along with the splash of water on his face. He was jolted up, took a sniff of water, and his face flushed from choking.

He covered his mouth and coughed a few times, never felt that the person in the mirror was so embarrassed.

"Are you up?" Theon's voice came through the bathroom door.

Du Yu hurriedly turned the faucet to the maximum, so that the sound of rushing water drowned out all movement.

After the heartbeat almost returned to normal, he wiped his hands and opened the door.

Seeing Xi En walking into the living room with two plates of breakfast, wearing a normal white shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbow, and the line of the forearm being tough and sexy, Du Yu froze in place for a moment.

When the plate collided with the tea table, it made a crisp "ding ding" sound, which brought his thoughts back again, and made him find that his heartbeat was out of rhythm again, and all the efforts just now were in vain.

It happened that Sean turned his head, he quickly shifted his gaze, and walked to the kitchen: "Uh, what else do you want to take?"

Walking around in the kitchen, he didn't see Xi En's answer. When he turned around, he found Xi En standing at the door of the kitchen, looking at him tenderly.

"Just bring you here." Theon raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Du Yu was at a loss for words, so he could only suppress the restlessness in his heart, and walked out of the kitchen, but at the moment of going out, Xi En grabbed his wrist and pulled him to his side.

"Good morning, Du Yu." Xi En bowed his head, and his lips fell on his side cheek.

A kiss like a dragonfly touches water, instantly melted the ice shell covering the heart, drilled into the softest part of the heart without leaking, and then drifted slowly, as if dizzy with a spoonful of honey.

Du Yu was stunned, never thought that the place he didn't allow anyone to touch could bear the weight of another kiss, and this kiss brought him neither fear nor embarrassment, but something he had never seen before. Felt it, warm and close.