a man who appears once a year

The air was as quiet as if the pause button had been pressed.

At the banquet, countless strange and exquisite men and women holding champagne and wearing evening gowns turned their heads to look at them.

The luxurious crystal chandelier above the head is exquisite and dazzling, reflecting sufficient and bright light on Ruan Qiuping's face, making his expression clearly visible.

Ruan Qiuping's eyes widened a little, his pupils were slightly moist, and he was so dazed as if he had fallen into a dream.

The half-sectioned bun in Chen Hai's mouth fell to the ground, he pointed at Yu Huan, turned his head to Jingyang with a face of shock and said: "Jingyang! He, he got into bad luck... oh!"

Jingyang quickly covered Chen Hai's mouth.

Ruan Qiuping seemed to wake up suddenly from a dream, his pupils constricted suddenly, and he involuntarily took a few steps back, looking at Yu Huan in shock.

"... Ruan Ruan."

Yu Huan stretched out his hand, as if he was about to touch Ruan Qiuping's cheek again.

Ruan Qiuping reacted quickly this time, and the moment Yu Huan stretched out his hand, he quickly turned his head away.

His heart was beating fast, but his brain was blank, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

He firmly held the ceramic shard in his hand, and there was only one thought left in his mind.

leave here!

Stay away from Yu Huan!

His pupils trembled, and he was about to run out of the banquet hall immediately

But just as he was about to run, Yu Huan sensed his intentions, and stretched out his long arms in front of him, as if he was about to stop him——

Wherever Ruan Qiuping dared to touch Yu Huan again, he immediately stopped and barely stopped in front of Yu Huan's arm.

He wanted to continue running in another direction, but his current position was at the corner of the entire banquet hall, and there were not many roads to begin with. The assistants and bodyguards behind Yu Huan stretched out their arms in unison, holding Ruan Qiuping All the roads are blocked.

The back is a solid wall, and the front is a human wall centered on Yu Huan. Hundreds of people in the entire banquet hall stopped what they were doing and looked at the commotion in amazement.

Ruan Qiuping didn't dare to use invisibility in full view, he couldn't advance or retreat, and when he looked up, he saw Yu Huan's scorching gaze that almost burned him.

Seeing Yu Huan walking towards him step by step again, Ruan Qiuping's brain suddenly jammed like a machine that had been broken for decades, he turned around, and hurriedly got under the pastry table behind him.

……

Jingyang: "..."

Chen Hai: "..."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Whispering and noisy voices came from the quiet banquet hall just now, and many people even picked up their mobile phones and started secretly filming.

"Isn't that Mr. Yu from Guilai Group? I heard that he never attends banquets, so why did he come here?"

"What's the relationship between that man and Yu Huan? Why is there such an atmosphere?"

"...Is Mr. Yu really this kind of bullying person? Look, he scared people under the table."

"I seem to have heard that Mr. Yu has had an abnormal relationship with a man since high school. Someone broke the news that they hugged and hugged in front of many people at that time... Was it this man?"

"High school? That's not the right age."

"...I seem to know the reason why Mr. Yu has no scandals for so many years."

"Fuck! I hit it!"

...what a mess.

Ruan Qiuping was confused when he heard it. He sat on the ground with his knees folded and began to think seriously that if he became invisible or used teleportation to escape at this time, he would need to write a review of thousands of words, and Qiyue should erase it. How many personal memories...

After thinking about it, he felt that this method was not feasible.

Then he remembered that Yu Huan touched the corner of his lips just now.

Ruan Qiuping frowned, lowered his head, looked worriedly at the ceramic shard in his hand, and began to pray that this shard was really useful and could dispel the bad luck that Yu Huan had contracted when he touched him just now.

"Ruan Qiuping!" Chen Hai didn't care about it at all. He lay down on the ground on the spot, poked his head to see Ruan Qiuping inside the table, and shouted, "Hey! Ruan Qiuping! Do you owe anyone money?! How much? Look at you! "

Jingyang pulled up Chen Hai who was lying on the ground, and sighed helplessly: "Chen Hai, don't make any more trouble, okay?"

"Where did I make trouble..." Chen Hai patted his clothes and whispered, "Is it okay to ask?"

The tablecloth was [-] centimeters off the ground, and Ruan Qiuping could see the crutches and leather shoes approaching him step by step.

Then he heard Yu Huan ask: "Excuse me, what is the relationship between you and Ruan Qiuping?"

Chen Hai asked: "Does Ruan Qiuping owe you money? Are you enemies? If so, Ruan Qiuping and I don't know each other."

"No, we have a good relationship."

Chen Hai said: "Oh, then we are classmates! We are still in the same group!"

"I can't entertain you personally, please forgive me. The 17th floor of the hotel is the leisure and entertainment area for VIPs and the top buffet food area. This is a pass card. I hope you can have a good time."

"Wow!" Chen Hai happily took the card, happily pulled up Jingyang and left, "Jingyang Jingyang! Let's go eat the top buffet food!"

"Well, classmate Ruan still..." Jingyang seemed to feel that it was not good to leave Ruan Qiuping behind.

"But I'm so hungry, and I've never had a top-notch buffet..."

"...Okay then." Jingyang bent down and said to Ruan Qiuping, "Ruan Qiuping, I'm really sorry, I'll take Chen Hai to eat first, that, you can take care of it later, you can go up Find us."

He waited for a while, but still didn't hear Ruan Qiuping's answer, so he said goodbye and left with Chen Hai.

After Chen Hai and Jing Jing were dismissed, not long after, the entire banquet hall gradually left.

...The child at that time really grew up, and he looked like he had supernatural abilities. So many people said they were dismissed by him, so they were dismissed by him.

Ruan Qiuping whispered in his heart.

"Mr. Yu, why don't I help you move this table!" A rough voice said, it seemed to be Yu Huan's bodyguard.

Move the table? !

Ruan Qiuping quickly reached out and hugged the table leg, reacting as if a tortoise was guarding its shell.

Yu Huan glanced at it and suddenly shook the table, saying: "No, you all go down too."

After Yu Huan's subordinates and bodyguards left, only Yu Huan and Ruan Qiuping were left in the huge banquet hall.

"Ruan Ruan." Yu Huan called him softly.

As Yu Huan got older, his voice became deeper and more restrained.

Not only the voice, but also his movements, demeanor, and tone of speaking seemed to have changed a lot.

In Ruan Qiuping's memory, Yu Huan still retains his 17-year-old appearance, easily angry, easy to laugh, nervous and coquettish, as clear and bright as the sun.

But the 32-year-old Yu Huan has matured a lot. He talks to people, treats them with a low and elegant manner, and is as clear and cool as winter snow.

Ruan Qiuping, who is so mature, feels a little strange, and it also makes him a little curious. He can't help but want to know more about Yu Huan. He wants to know when Yu Huan put on glasses, and he wants to know why Yu Huan is on crutches. Are mechanical legs uncomfortable to use?He wants to know how Yu Huan got here in the past 15 years, he wants to know why Yu Huan can recognize him at a glance.

But Ruan Qiuping just thought about it, he clenched the ceramic shards in his hands, hugged his knees, and continued to hide under the table quietly like a turtle.

"Ruan Ruan, can you come out?" Yu Huan asked him softly.

But did not get an answer.

Yu Huan bent his knees and knelt down, stretched out his hand and slowly turned the tablecloth.

But Ruan Qiuping pulled the tablecloth tightly inside in a panic.

Yu Huan paused for a moment, then let go of his hand.

When Ruan Qiuping saw Yu Huan let go of his hands, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to squat with his knees hugged.

But when he quietly moved his gaze outside, through the twenty centimeters gap between the tablecloth and the ground, he saw the black metal prosthesis leaking from the hem of Yu Huan's trousers when he squatted down halfway.

Looking at the black and cold metal, Ruan Qiuping felt as if he had fallen into the water, his breathing was suffocated, and there were water plants entangled his heart, making him unable to move or struggle.

Fortunately, Yu Huan quickly stood up again with the help of his crutches. His movements were not smooth, but the metal prosthesis was covered by the dropped trousers.

Yu Huan was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Ruan Ruan, talk to me, don't ignore me, I almost forgot your voice."

Ruan Qiuping still didn't speak.

Yu Huan lowered his eyes, and his voice was low and slow: "Ruan Ruan, do you know how many years I have been waiting for you? 15 years. Now that you have appeared, do you still hide and don't want to see me?"

"Ruan Ruan, you lied to me about a lot of things, do you know? You said you would buy me candy, but you never came back. You said you would appear once a year, but you have disappeared for 15 years."

"You want to give me good luck... But after you left, I feel unlucky every day."

Ruan Qiuping trembled all over.

"Ruan Ruan, let me see how you are?"

"I miss you so much."

Another long silence.

The banquet hall was too empty, and even the sound of the pendulum clock's hands moving became clearly audible.

After a long time, the silver-white tablecloth shook slightly.

A hand stretched out from inside and slowly lifted the tablecloth.

Ruan Qiuping looked up at Yu Huan, his face was pale and his eyes were red.

Seeing Ruan Qiuping coming out, Yu Huan finally smiled.

If it is said that his calm and upright face was as flawless as thick ice before, his smile at this moment has a warmth that can melt ice and snow, overlapping with the pure and smiling boy many years ago.

Yu Huan extended his left hand towards Ruan Qiuping: "Ruan Ruan, come out."

Ruan Qiuping shrank back slightly, avoiding Yu Huan's hand, and got out from the other side of the table.

Ruan Qiuping stepped back a few more steps, and he didn't stop until his back feet were against the wall. He glanced at Yu Huan, then lowered his head and looked down at his toes: "Yu Huan, do you think... you Unlucky?"

Yu Huan: "Yes."

"why?"

Yu Huan's life was smooth and safe, he never encountered accidents again, his family relationship was good, and his social status was high, so why did he still feel unlucky?

Yu Huan suddenly took two steps forward.

Finally, he stopped in front of Ruan Qiuping and said softly:

"Ruan Ruan, I've been waiting for you every year, but I can't wait for you every year. Why do you think I'm so lucky?"

Ruan Qiuping's eyes widened slightly, his lips trembled, and he said: "That's because you don't know anything... Do you know who I am, do you know that you will be unlucky if you meet me, you know all the things you have Is it all my misfortune? You know your legs—"

"—What if I know?" Yu Huan suddenly interrupted Ruan Qiuping.

He took a step forward, almost touching Ruan Qiuping with his toes.

too close……

Ruan Qiuping subconsciously wanted to move away again, but before he could move, Yu Huan suddenly stretched out his arms, wrapped his waist tightly, and pulled him into his arms suddenly.

Yu Huan looked down at him, his dark pupils almost looked like a bottomless tunnel, his arms tightened inch by inch, half of his body pressed against him tightly, the force was so great that it seemed that he wanted to embed Ruan Qiuping into him. As if in the body, he said:

"—What if I just want to touch you?"