The text messages were sent on the Qichen account, and there were still a few missed calls in front of them, which were not heard because of the mute.

Xie Lian glanced at it, deleted all the text messages and missed calls, and switched to his own number to reply Pei Ruoyan with a yes.After doing all this, he went out with the card removal needle.

"I was just about to call you."

Qi Chen was sitting on the sofa, unpacking the last layer of film packaging outside the mobile phone box, "It seems that new mobile phones have delivery card pins, I just forgot."

"It's okay, I've found it." Xie Lian sat down next to him, took out his card with a needle and handed it over, "What did you plan to tell Pei Ruoyan earlier?"

Qi Chen was unpacking the box, "What do you say?"

Xie Lian said, "Pretend to like my business."

Qi Chen shook his hand and almost dropped the box. Thinking of his scrapped mobile phone, he put the box on his lap with lingering fear, "Let's just say that, I actually met you before I met him, because I like you. I will take good care of him and accompany him to City B because I want to see you."

Xie Lian felt ruthless, glanced at the screen and continued to ask, "And then?"

Qi Chen: "What then?"

Xie Lian: "If he asked you why Tang Ying took him to see me that night and you didn't follow, how would you explain it?"

"...It's just that I'm timid because of the closeness to my hometown. I want to see but dare not. I need to calm down."

Qi Chen was a little puzzled after answering, "Why are you asking these questions?"

Xie Lian finally typed a line of words on the screen, pressed send, and handed the phone to him, "Take responsibility and solve your relationship problems for you."

Qi Chen: "???"

Qi Chen looked down at the screen, and saw that it was a dialogue interface, and the name on the top was Pei Ruoyan.And the content on the screen was exactly the question Xie Lian asked him just now.

The only difference is that Xie Lian changed his rhetoric and replaced it with his own perspective, from their first meeting to the start of school, including what happened in the training camp.

At first glance, Xie Lian's behavior seemed a little overreaching and offensive, but it also shared part of the pressure for Qi Chen. After all, his words were quite hurtful, and whoever said it would attract hatred.Xie Lian said that although he couldn't change the essence, he could partly take away some of Pei Ruoyan's bad feelings towards him.

Qi Chen looked down at the screen and heard Xie Lian next to him ask, "Why are you so cruel?"

"What can I do if I don't?" Qi Chen lowered his head, his voice was very soft, "Let him be like this, if things go wrong, will my father and Auntie Pei get married?"

Xie Lian was quiet for a while, then suddenly said, "Do you really think they can get married?"

Qi Chen looked up blankly, "Why not?"

As soon as the voice fell, the doorbell was rang.

"It's nothing." Xie Lian lowered his eyes to suppress the emotion in his eyes, got up and walked to open the door, "Let's eat."

The door of the room opened, and two men in uniforms entered with special insulated lunch boxes. When they arrived at the dining room, they opened their respective boxes and took out the dinner plates. After setting them up, they left one by one in an orderly manner.

Rao had seen some of the world, Qi Chen was also surprised by this scene for a moment, "Which delivery company did you call?"

"It's not delivery." Xie Lian pulled the chair away for him, "It's the cook that Grandpa hired me, and they cooked the food next door and delivered it."

Qi Chen: "...your chef also lives on the Daping floor?"

"No." Xie Lian said, "There are other types of houses in the community."

Even the chef had to come with him, could it be that Xie Lian has some health problem, can't eat this or that?

Qi Chen recalled it for a while, and realized that he had never seen Xie Lian go to the school restaurant for dinner, and the other party disappeared as soon as the meal time came.Although there is food during the training camp, there are almost always a few fixed windows.

"Xie Lian, are you sick?" Qi Chen realized something was wrong with the words, and hurriedly changed his words, "No, don't get me wrong. What I mean is that you are not in good health? Uh, no, just ..."

"I didn't misunderstand." Xie Lian filled a bowl of soup for himself, stirred the spoon and said, "Strictly speaking, they are nutritionists. I was sick when I was young, and my grandfather was worried, so he let them follow me."

Xie Lian had no emotion when he said this, his tone seemed to be recounting someone else's life.Qi Chen inexplicably tasted something else in this calmness, thinking that if it was an ordinary illness, Mr. Xie would not have taken so much trouble to send the nutritionist over.

But if this is the case, does it mean that Mr. Xie should still value his grandson Xie Lian, so Xie Lian's situation in Xie's family... should be okay?

Halfway through the meal, Xie Lian suddenly said, "What's your plan next?"

"Ok?"

Qi Chen thought he was asking about his plans after eating, swallowed the food in his mouth and picked up the soup bowl, "Go home."

"I mean us." Xie Lian paused, "It's about how to maintain a normal relationship."

Qi Chen nearly choked on a mouthful of soup, "...Wei, maintain?"

"Yeah." Xie Lian took out a piece of paper and handed it to him with a calm expression, "Or do you think we should break up as soon as we get together?"

Qi Chen: "..."

Can he say that he didn't want to be "together" at all?

Originally, he wanted to find a chance to reject this proposal, but the accident in the morning disrupted his plan, and now both Gu Mingye and Pei Ruoyan knew that they were together.

Unable to think of any other more suitable solution for a while, Qi Chen couldn't get off the horse, and it took him a long time to find his voice, "How... how to maintain it?"

"According to statistics."

Xie Lian turned on the phone, looked down at the screen and read: "A passionate couple who has just established a relationship will always want to stay with their partner more than other stages, including but not limited to eating, traveling, and traveling. The average daily communication The time accounts for one-third of the total free time, and the frequency of appointments is as high as…”

Qi Chen's face turned numb when he read it down, "...you mean we want to be like the statistics?"

"That's not necessary." Xie Lian considered his bottom line, "But I think it is necessary to maintain the lowest level."

Qi Chen: "...the lowest level?"

Xie Lian said: "Keep in touch every day and make an appointment once a week. Now it's a holiday, so according to the standard, the appointment should be increased to two."

Qi Chen: "..."

Before Qi Chen could express his opinion, Xie Lian put down his phone and asked, "What day do you have time this week?"

Qi Chen: "...not this week."

Seeing people frown, afraid that he would think too much, Qi Chen explained: "It's really not possible, my dad is coming back."

Xie Lian knew about Qi's father's situation, so he didn't say any more, "Then the communication?"

Qi Chen didn't say anything dead, "I'll try my best."

After eating, Xie Lian sent Qi Chen to the gate of the community.He originally wanted to send him home directly, but Qi Chen refused with an excuse.Although he was not willing to let him go back like this, Xie Lian also knew that their current situation could not support him to ask for too much, so he had to hold his mind down for the time being.

After sending people to the car, Xie Lian said, "Call me if you need anything."

Qi Chen nodded in agreement and added a word of thanks.

It was already afternoon when we returned to Qi's house, Qi Chen walked into the gate, and saw the driver Xiao Fang driving the car to the gate of the villa from a distance.Thinking that he had just come back, Qi Chen walked over, but did not see anyone in the back seat, but the front door was opened instead.

Xiao Fang got out of the car and was surprised to see him, "Chenchen is back?"

Qi Chen gave a "hmm" and asked in confusion, "Has my dad not come back yet?"

Xiao Fang said: "Mr. Qi came back yesterday, he is going out."

"Go out?" Qi Chen didn't react, "Where are you going?"

"The airport seems to be going to country M." Xiao Fang saw the person behind him and raised his voice, "Mr. Qi."

Qi Chen turned around and saw Qi's father who was packed up and ready to go out.

"Morning."

Qi's father stopped beside him, with an apologetic look on his face, "Your Auntie Pei got stuck in the process and was delayed for almost a month. Dad is not at ease and wants to take Xiao Pei over to have a look. Can you spend this holiday by yourself? "

Qi Chen moved his lips, and finally nodded lightly, "Yes."

"Yeah." Qi's father continued to explain, "If you can't contact Dad for a while, I will go to you Uncle Gu and the others..."

Qi Chen listened quietly, and suddenly noticed that someone's eyes were on him, turned his head to look over, it was Pei Ruoyan.

Pei Ruoyan pulled the suitcase and stood on the steps, wearing a peaked cap that was rarely seen, with the brim buttoned down very low.But because of the angle, Qi Chen still saw his eyes.

The eyes of the two met briefly in the air, Pei Ruoyan pulled the box down silently, raised his hand and lowered the brim of his hat, completely blocking Qi Chen's gaze.

Qi Chen stood in the courtyard, watched the car disappear around the corner, then blinked lightly, turned and entered the house.

Aunt Hu was not downstairs, and the huge house was very quiet, which made Qi Chen suddenly think of Xie Lian's flat floor.He used to laugh at Xie Lian living in such a big house by himself, but now that he thinks about it, he is not much better than Xie Lian.

Qi Chen lowered his eyes slightly, went upstairs and returned to his room.

The training box had already been placed in the room, Qi Chen took a look, and didn't want to pack it up, so he walked to the small balcony on the other side.There were some sundries piled up inside, most of which were moved back from the next room after Pei Ruoyan moved in.

Unlike the big balcony, the windows of the small balcony are basically closed, and there is not much dust on the ground.Qi Chen took out a small box from a pile of sundries, hugged it to the small platform under the bay window and sat down cross-legged.

The weather is good today, the afternoon sun shines lazily on people.Qi Chen opened the box and took out a hand-written diary from inside.

This diary looks like it has been around for some years, the edges are faintly yellowed, and the paper is a little curled due to frequent flipping.

Qi Chen turned to the first page. On June [-]th, there was only one line of beautifully written words on the paper, "The baby was born today. The nurse said the time was exactly [-]:[-] in the morning, so I decided to use the word morning."

On June [-], "Mom gave me a look at the cub, her face was so red, will it really become beautiful in the future? I don't believe it."

……

August [-]th, "Babies are really the most amazing creatures in the world, they look different every day, and my baby is the most beautiful in the world!"

……

On June [-]th, "Zai is one year old. They all praise me for being beautiful and have a good eye! But he is too beautiful. What will no girl want to do with him in the future? Worry. Brother Yan said that when Zai grows up, girls will like it. Pretty boy, I always feel like he's cheating on me."

……

July [-]th, "My cub can call someone today, I was the first to call, hahaha Yange is wronged."

……

Qi Chen flipped through the pages, and his depressed mood seemed to slowly become active along with the lively handwriting, until the words "September" appeared in the diary again.

In the past, he would recover after only one or two months of reading, and stop doing other things, but today he did not want to stop after a year and a half.

It was like the sun on a foggy day was covered with a layer of haze, making it difficult to see clearly.

Qi Chen lowered his eyes and stared at the paper, rationally yelling to stop, but his body turned over page after page mechanically as if he couldn't control it.

October [-], "I don't seem to be able to accompany him until he grows up."

As if being pressed to pause, Qi Chen's movements finally stopped. The notebook is very thick, and it's only halfway through here, but there's no need to go any further.

Qi Chen knew what was behind, it was a monotonous and repetitive blank.

It wasn't until Aunt Hu knocked on the door to ask about the contents of the dinner that Qi Chen realized that he had been in a daze for almost two hours.

"I was supposed to make crispy salted chicken, but I can't finish it alone." Aunt Hu asked, "Is there anything else you want to eat?"

Qi Chen slightly drooped his eyes, then raised them after a while, "No, I asked a friend out for dinner."

It was just an excuse to talk casually, but unexpectedly, before leaving the house, Qi Chen actually received a call.

"Qi Chen?" Zhang Yang's male voice rang from the other end of the phone, "Are you free tonight? Come out and play together."

The person on the other side of the phone is Zhou Yang, who grew up with Gu Mingye, two years older than them, and went abroad with his parents a few years ago.The background sound of the phone is very messy, it sounds like a KTV or something.

Qi Chen was slightly surprised, "Have you returned to China?"

"Yeah, just got back."

The noisy background sound on the other end of the phone was quieter, it seemed that Zhou Yang walked to a quieter place with his mobile phone, "I asked Gu Mingye to call you just now to ask you to come out, but he was still unwilling and insisted that I call you , what's going on, you two had a fight?"

Qi Chen vaguely heard Gu Mingye's voice, which seemed to be shouting something, but it was too far away to hear clearly.

Hearing his silence, Zhou Yang said again: "It's been a long time since I saw you, are you really not coming?"

It's true that we haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's impossible to stop being friends forever because of the matter with Gu Mingye.

Qi Chen thought for a while and said, "Send me the address."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yang quickly sent the address to his mobile phone, Qi Chen clicked on it, and followed the navigation to enter the car-hailing software.

On the other side, Zhou Yang shook his phone, raised his eyebrows and smiled at the person on the other side: "Okay, he promised to come."

Gu Mingye couldn't tell if he was happy or what, he grabbed the wine glass and took a sip with a sullen head.

"What's going on?" Seeing him like this, Zhou Yang couldn't help being even more curious, "I heard Naruko and the others say that you want Qi Chen to be together? Did you quarrel again?"

The Naruko and others that Zhou Yang was talking about were all grown up in their circle. After the school celebration last time, Gu Mingye called them together, and at the moment he was holding the microphone and howling in front of him.

"No." Gu Mingye put down his wine glass with a sleepy expression, "Ah Chen didn't agree to me."

After a pause, Gu Mingye said again: "He has a boyfriend."

"I..." Zhou Yang's face was full of shock, "Impossible? Like Qi Chen, if he wants to bend, he will bend with you. I have never seen him get closer to anyone than you."

Gu Mingye tightly squeezed the cup in his hand, his eyes quickly turned red, "He told me himself."

Zhou Yang: "...Calm down, and tell me what's going on from the beginning."

Gu Mingye pursed his lips and told the story intermittently.

"You said you saw them holding hands?" Zhou Yang rubbed his chin, "Then that Xie...er that man said they were boyfriends, you asked Qi Chen, and Qi Chen admitted it?"

Gu Mingye gave a low "hmm".

Zhou Yang asked, "They've only known each other for over a month, are you sure?"

"Sure." Gu Mingye whispered: "Before this summer vacation, we were together almost every day. I haven't seen him get to know others, and I haven't heard him talk about it."

"That shouldn't be right." Zhou Yang said: "Look at Qi Chen's character, does it seem like he can fall in love with someone in a short time? Don't mention that he is a man. And you said earlier, what is his stepbrother to thank you for?" ..."

Gu Mingye said: "Thank you Lian."

"Yes, his brother and that Xie Lian are brothers, they are real brothers." Zhou Yang said: "It is impossible for Qi Chen not to consider his brother's mood."

Gu Mingye muffled: "His brother also likes him."

Zhou Yang: "???"

Zhou Yang waited for a long time before he understood their intricate relationship. He felt dizzy for a while, "...Your country is even more chaotic than my foreign country."

Gu Mingye didn't speak, and took another sip with his head sullen.

Zhou Yang's phone on the table vibrated, he picked it up and took a look, "Qi Chen is here."

Gu Mingye looked in the direction, under the brilliant light, his eyes seemed to be covered with mist.

"I heard from you that they may not necessarily be in a relationship." Zhou Yang patted him on the shoulder and made up his mind, "Brother, I'll try it for you later."

Gu Mingye asked, "How to try?"

"You'll know it just by looking at it." Zhou Yang said, picked up his phone and went out to pick up someone.

Qi Chen followed Zhou Yang into the box, greeted everyone one by one, and finally saw Gu Mingye in the corner.Almost as soon as his gaze passed, the latter swished away.

Seeing the wine glass in front of him, Qi Chen wanted to say that he shouldn't drink if he has a stomach problem, but when the words came to his lips, thinking of the current relationship between the two, he swallowed them again.

Except for Zhou Yang, the others didn't quite know what conflict he had with Gu Mingye, they wanted to promote their reconciliation, and made Qi Chen drink fine for the last pigeon release.

It was a fact to release the pigeons, Qi Chen didn't refuse, and took a drink from the cup.

When everyone saw him drinking, they thought it was a joke, and coaxed him to sit with Gu Mingye. Qi Chen was thinking how to refuse, Zhou Yang said first: "Don't make trouble, Qi Chen has a boyfriend now."

Everyone was stunned, subconsciously looked in Gu Mingye's direction, and asked after a while: "Is it true?"

Qi Chen glanced at Gu Mingye's direction, then retracted his gaze and said, "Really."

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and someone smoothed things over, and half-jokingly said: "As the first one of us to get out of the order, Qi Chen, don't you have another drink today?"

Qi Chen agreed, picked up the cup and drank it down in one gulp.

After a round of quarrel, Zhou Yang suggested to play a game, the loser should listen to the winner to do one thing.Qi Chen was unlucky and lost the first round.

The winner was Zhou Yang, "Let's be simple first, how about this, call your boyfriend for 1 minute, turn on the speakerphone, and say I love you."

Someone laughed and scolded, "Get out, do you distribute dog food on the spot?"

Zhou Yang also laughed, "That's not cheap for you, it's fresh and full."

It's not difficult to make a phone call, the hard part is to call Xie Lian.

Qi Chen was a little worried about revealing his secrets, but it would look weird if he didn't call, so he could only bite the bullet and dial the number.He prayed in his heart not to pick it up, but things backfired, Xie Lian quickly picked it up.

"Hey?"

Unexpectedly, Xie Lian's tone was very gentle on the phone, and there was a little smile on listening carefully, "Didn't you agree that I will call you first?"

Qi Chen glanced at the people beside him, gritted his teeth, "I love you."

Xie Lian didn't speak for a while, and suddenly asked, "Are you outside?"

Qi Chen: "...how do you know?"

Xie Lian said, "I heard music."

Qi Chen: "..."

With less than half a minute left, Qi Chen was thinking about what to say next, when someone around suddenly booed Xie Lian to come along.

Xie Lian heard a voice, "Do you want me to go?"

Qi Chen covered the phone's mouthpiece with his hand, "It's wasting your time..."

Xie Lian said: "If I accompany you, it will not be considered a delay."

There was booing all around, and Qi Chen's ears couldn't help getting hot, but fortunately, it was not obvious in the dim light.He repeatedly told himself that Xie Lian knew someone here would say such ambiguous words, and the temperature slowly dropped.

After hanging up the phone, the game continues.Qi Chen was unlucky and absent-minded, and lost the most.Play if you can do it in punishment, drink if you can't do it.

When Xie Lian arrived, he was already a little drunk, and he blinked slowly when someone sat beside him, "You are so slow."

"There is a traffic jam on the road." Xie Lian touched the top of his head, then looked back at the table, "Qi Qi is drunk, let me play for him."

This is what Zhou Yang wanted, and he agreed immediately.

What they play is the game of spinning the bottle. First, the winner is determined by playing cards, and then the bottle is turned. Whoever faces the bottle when it stops is the loser.

Gu Mingye took a look at the two of them, and suddenly remembered the time Xie Lian played with him at the class dinner when he just turned around. He moved his fingers, lowered his head and sent a message to Zhou Yang, "Be careful, he is very powerful."

Zhou Yang saw it, and didn't take it seriously. He has been playing for so many years, every shot is accurate, and he hasn't seen many people who can beat him.However, in less than 10 minutes, he was quickly slapped in the face.

The bottle turned around several times, changed from fast to slow, stopped slowly, and pointed in Zhou Yang's direction again.

Zhou Yang wiped his face, grabbed his glass for the first time, "Come again."

His shoulders sank, Xie Lian turned his head, saw Qi Chen's head resting on his shoulders, frowned slightly, turned around and said, "Let's play the last round."

"No, brother." Zhou Yang smiled and said, "You still have access control?"

"I didn't." Xie Lian's expression was very calm, and he stretched out his hand to draw a card, "But Qi Qi is sleepy."

Qi Chen looked up blankly when he heard his name, "Huh?"

His chin rested on Xie Lian's shoulder, and the tip of his nose was facing Xie Lian's neck. This sound was all nasal, and the heat of his breath almost fell on Xie Lian's neck.

Xie Lian moved a little, and stretched out his hand to straighten him.

This series of actions fell into Zhou Yang's eyes. He thought about it for a while, and felt that if it was a real couple, it would be impossible for them to avoid physical contact.

And this round Xie Lian didn't seem to be in the mood, making frequent mistakes, which really gave him a win.

"Is it okay to play a little big in the last game?"

Seeing that Xie Lian nodded, Zhou Yang smiled and said, "Give me a kiss, 99 seconds is fine, just mouth to mouth, don't need to go too deep."

Xie Lian frowned invisibly, Zhou Yang thought he would refuse, and just about to speak when he sat upright, he saw Xie Lian half turn around, lightly lifted the chin of the person beside him and kissed him.

Until Xie Lian left with Qi Chen, the private room was still silent.Zhou Yang looked at Gu Mingye beside him, and said dryly, "Ming...Mingye, you..."

After holding back for a long time but unable to think of words of comfort, Zhou Yang was so annoyed that he wished he could slap himself twice, "It's all my brother's bad idea."

"...No." Gu Mingye lowered his head, his voice dry, "It's my problem."

He played back the scene just now over and over again in his mind, as if it was right in front of his eyes.

When Xie Lian just kissed him, Qi Chen struggled reflexively.Before Gu Mingye had time to be happy, he saw Qi Chen blinked, hugged the person in front of him with his backhand, opened his lips and licked Xie Lian's lips, and let out a vague cry.The voice was low, but enough for everyone present to hear.

He was calling Xie Lian's name.

They only saw this, because Xie Lian raised his hand in time to hold Qi Chen's face to block the rest.But just this is enough to prove how close they are, how accustomed Qi Chen is to Xie Lian's approach, and even the body recognizes people before the brain.

*

After coming out of the building, the cool breeze blew again, Qi Chen's brain paralyzed by alcohol was a little clearer, and he remembered slowly.

Xie Lian kissed him just now?

In front of everyone in the private room?

Realizing what these two questions meant, Qi Chen stopped abruptly and froze on the spot.There was some tension in his hand, Qi Chen lowered his head and found Xie Lian holding him.

The latter noticed that he stopped, so he stopped too, and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

Qi Chen moved his neck stiffly and looked at him, "Did you kiss me just now?"

Xie Lian looked down at the time, "If you said 6 minutes ago, that's right."

Maybe it was because his tone was too calm, Qi Chen confirmed it three times before successfully translating this sentence into a language he could understand.However, he knew every word, but he couldn't understand the connection.

Before he could figure it out, Xie Lian said again: "Your first reaction just now was too stiff, a little fake, not real enough."

Qi Chen: "?"

Xie Lian said, "Let's practice more when we have time."

Qi Chen: "???"

The author has something to say: This chapter is a double update.

I want to adjust my schedule and try to be as stable as possible.

The next one is on Wednesday afternoon at 18:00.

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