The Price of Rebirth [System]

Yuan Ke was in a car accident and went to the hospital.

When Zhang Chongji heard the news, his brain went blank and he was stunned, until the crisp sound of the glass in his hand falling to the ground and breaking into pieces woke him up.

"Aren't you going to see him?" Yuan Yuan looked up at him, squatted down and picked up pieces of glass debris, and said calmly, without any surprise, "I know which hospital he is in."

"No, no need."

Zhang Chongji pretended to be calm, and squatted down to sort out the pieces like him, but he was so absent-minded that the glass shards scratched his fingers, and the pain caused him to cry out in surprise and subconsciously put his hand into his mouth.

A faint smell of rust filled his mouth, but Zhang Chongji felt that a certain part of his heart hurt a hundred times more than the wound on his hand, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

"I didn't force you to do anything," Yuan Yuan stood up, looked at Zhang Chongji who was squatting on the ground, pursed his thin lips, narrowed his long and narrow eyes, with elusive emotions, "I want to move to my You are the one who asked to ignore the gossip news...Wu Jing, I really don't know what you're thinking."

"I'm fine." Zhang Chongji took a deep breath without any trace, stood up, and smiled at Yuan Yuan as if nothing had happened, "Do you have a band-aid here? My fingers hurt."

Yuan Yuan looked at him, hesitating to speak, but Zhang Chongji could clearly see his lips moving but couldn't hear any words from the other party. After a while, Yuan Yuan just sighed softly, and turned to get the band-aid.

After Yuan Yuan left, the smile on Zhang Chongji's face gradually faded until he was expressionless and even a little obscure.

He turned around and looked at the blue sky outside the window, pursing his lips tightly.

Yuan Ke, I'm sorry, since I have recognized everything clearly, if I can't respond to your feelings, then why should I give you extra extravagant hopes.

The lace news, the two still did not suppress it, did not explain or clarify, it just spread more and more widely outside, and it became more and more popular, and most of them were only suspicious from the beginning until now after the news of the two living together was released. All became affirmations, and then, all kinds of unbearable rumors came from all directions like snowflakes, ugly, harsh, and disgusting.

He and Yuan Yuan were two extremes. Yuan Yuan became popular again because of this news, while Zhang Chongji was like a mouse crossing the street. Everyone shouted and beat him.

Therefore, there is no need to ask the principal to dismiss him. Zhang Chongji himself resigned from Aston College. At this time, he no longer wanted to think about Yuan Jun and Fu Jun. To avoid spreading rumors and gossip to Father Wu, since the lace news, he has not returned to his home once, but instead lived in Yuan Yuan's apartment. Although the other party did not fully welcome him, he did not refuse.

Maybe Yuan Yuan knew that he was using him to make Yuan Ke give up.

During this period, his mobile phone showed Yuan Ke or Yuan Cheng's number many times, but Zhang Chongji didn't answer any of them, and he didn't take the initiative to make a call. He couldn't, and didn't dare.

He was afraid that as soon as he heard their voices, he would be deeply overwhelmed by the guilt and feelings in his heart, making it difficult to extricate himself.

What happened to Yuan Ke made him understand his position enough, and now he doesn't even dare to bear any more feelings. In addition to the torture of not being able to respond, he is even more afraid that he will collapse because of these feelings.

Zhang Chongji wisely did not appear at the opening ceremony of Yuan Yuan's debut TV series "The Last Time I Loved You". Everyone knew that he could not stand on the cusp of this kind of gossip again.

However, Yuan Yuan's new drama was extremely hot because of the lace news about the two of them. Everyone couldn't pay attention to Zhang Chongji, so they could only pay attention to the drama he participated in. Zhang Chongji watched the live broadcast on the Internet that day, and came to the scene In addition to a group of gossip reporters, a lot of fans also came, more than the opening ceremony of an idol drama before.

This can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, but this is only for Yuan Yuan.

Aside from the members of the Yuan family, the only person Zhang Chongji feels sorry for is Yuanshen's biological father.

Not to mention that the son he raised by himself was taken by a strange soul for no reason, and he did such a scandalous thing.

"Don't be dazed, come and sit down."

When Zhang Chongji was still standing at the window and sighing, Yuan Yuan dragged him to the sofa wearing a pair of plush slippers. Facing the TV, Zhang Chongji just froze for a moment and then remembered what day it was.

That's right, today is the first episode of "The Last Time I Loved You". Although he didn't attend the opening ceremony, he still knows the basic information.

At 08:30, the first episode of the TV series was broadcast on time. After the opening song, he saw a familiar figure on the TV screen.

The living room was very quiet, only the voices from the TV series. Zhang Chongji nestled on the sofa with his knees curled up, and Yuan Yuan sat beside him.

There was no embarrassment in the atmosphere between the two, but the serenity at this moment gave Zhang Chongji an inexplicable feeling of deja vu.

He slightly tilted his head to look at Yuan Yuan who was sitting next to him, and vaguely overlapped him with the figure of the man in the dream.

The lines of the chin, lips, bridge of the nose, and profile made Zhang Chongji both familiar and unfamiliar.

As if touching a certain nerve in the memory of his mind, some fragmentary fragments flashed in Zhang Chongji's mind, fleeting, and disappeared without a trace before he could catch them.

In fact, this is not the first time. Since the kidnapping incident, some vague and fragmented memory fragments will always flash in his mind for no reason, from few to gradually increasing, and sometimes he will do it like last time Seeing strange and weird dreams, his whole body seemed to fall into a vortex about dreams, repeatedly, and sometimes even he himself couldn't tell which side was a dream and which side was reality.

Zhang Chongji felt that he might be a demon, he would always dream of the same man every time he dreamed, his face was so invisible as last time but it still left a deep impression on him.

He subconsciously stroked his forehead, shook his head and wanted to get rid of some distracting thoughts in his mind, but he heard Yuan Yuan next to him break the silence first.

"For the first time," Yuan Yuan's tone was very subtle. Although he was speaking to Zhang Chongji, his eyes did not leave the picture on the TV screen. It was almost the first time that Zhang Chongji saw such seriousness from his eyes. "This is the first time I have seriously completed a work, and I... feel a little indescribably excited."

Zhang Chongji looked at him for a while, put down his hands and didn't want to take care of everything in his mind, pursed the corners of his lips and just smiled at him.

Putting everything aside, Zhang Chongji understood better than ever that Yuan Yuan's world had gradually opened up to Zhang Chongji.

After moving into Yuan Yuan's private apartment, the two usually didn't talk too much, but they had a tacit understanding. This made Zhang Chongji feel a little subtle, but he didn't feel disgusted by it. It can even be said that he felt that he and Yuan Yuan were in a certain relationship. There was a bit of resonance in some places.

Since talking with Yuan Yuan that morning, he felt that his views on Yuan Yuan had also changed a lot.

He saw Yuan Yuan's world after throwing away his armor, the ordinaryness when he stepped off the shining stage, the sadness behind him, and the unbearable memories of the past.

Zhang Chongji couldn't even perfectly overlap or connect the person he said with the current him, which shows how much Yuan Yuan has changed.

Just how much burden and persistence made such a child who was innocent and contented at the beginning become such a resolute and lonely man now.

And this point may be the resonance between the two of them. Yuan Yuan didn't know, but Zhang Chongji knew clearly in his heart, how did he become the hypocrite who always used masks now? How much torture did I have to gradually let myself climb out of the word "weakness" and become the outstanding person who stood at the apex of the business world.

But now, while Zhang Chongji feels sad for himself, he also feels worthless for what Yuan Yuan has done.

However, the growth of a mature man may be to be trampled under his feet before he can learn to stand up with gritted teeth.

But now, Zhang Chongji has fully understood what Yuan Yuan meant when he said "the first time to complete a work seriously", and he even figured out why the other party would respond to the song he sang when he met Yuan Yuan for the first time. so ironic.

In fact, fans may be a contradictory choice for a star like Yuan Yuan. He quickly became famous with a large number of fans, but he gave a false smile to everyone who liked him. The reason was that his purpose was not to entertain at all. For the development of the circle, but for the Yuan family, for everything that dazzles him, he doesn't even want to treat everyone who supports him sincerely, and the fans he least cares about are the foundation of his fame, and he doesn't put his heart into every song. How could it not be funny for him to sing, release an album and get all the fame and attention he wanted?

From Zhang Chongji's point of view, maybe he might have succeeded at the beginning, but as he himself said, until he got tired of it later, there was no better way to heal it all.

Heal the wound in his heart, heal the long gap between him and the Yuan family.

Fortunately... now he seems to have a new view on what he has done. Maybe one day, he will live for himself, and he will have a new meaning for his works, not limited to the purpose of fame.

In the middle of the first episode, the commercial break started as expected. Yuan Yuan stretched his waist, and the simple movement of raising his hand allowed Zhang Chongji to see clearly the looming muscle lines of his abdomen, which was sexy and masculine.

"Anything to drink?"

Perhaps because he was in a relaxed mood, Yuan Yuan's voice was unexpectedly languid. He rubbed his messy hair, put on his slippers and prepared to get up.

"Plain water, thank you."

Yuan Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and walked straight to the refrigerator without saying anything.

Zhang Chongji watched the commercials full of tricks on TV, but his mind was in chaos. He took out a pillow next to him and hugged it in his arms, but still felt unsteady.

Is it because Yuan Ke is hospitalized?Or have you lost confidence in your future plans?Or are there more and more fuzzy fragments in my mind these days but I still can't grasp them?

Maybe all three of the above are present, and now Zhang Chongji even has some hesitation and confusion about the future. He doesn't know whether he should continue. Those thoughts in the past are getting weaker and weaker because of their feelings, although he always Every time he convinced himself that there was no way out but to continue, but the real motivation became more and more negative every time. Sometimes he even regretted why he agreed to the task of rebirth.

It's not wrong for him to want to be reborn, but the emotional torture is not much more than the torture he suffered when he was alive. Zhang Chongji knew that his idea was very dangerous. Although it was just a flash, it left a deep mark in his heart. He wanted to let himself get rid of this terrible feeling, but it just made him feel more tormented.

And he still couldn't figure out why there were so many fragmented memories in his mind. From the unbearable headache once to the more and more accustomed explanations, Zhang Chongji felt that his whole body was about to split.

Sometimes, Zhang Chongji really doubts whether the main god's purpose is to want him to be reborn. Whenever he is in a dream, he always feels that he seems to have touched the edge of the truth, but after waking up, he still finds that he can't see the whole thing clearly. the real face of the matter.

Zhang Chongji didn't know where he should go, or even where he could go.

The cold water glass was pressed against his cheek, and Zhang Chongji came back to see Yuan Yuan pursing his lips and squinting at him.

"Yuan Yuan?"

"As soon as I walked over, I saw you in a trance." He sat cross-legged on the sofa, and opened the soda in an unambiguous manner. With the sound of "pop--", the bubbles rose higher and higher, as if they were about to overflow the soda can He raised his hand and took a sip. Zhang Chongji saw the movement of his Adam's apple rolling up and down, which was a bit sexy, "Although I don't know what you are thinking, but let me see, it's best not to think about anything now. Useless."

Zhang Zhongji's heart was a little touched.

Knowing that what the other party and he thought was not the same starting point, but Zhang Chongji still felt a little unexpected subtlety.

Is he comforting himself?

It may be because of the resonance of the other party's experience similar to his own, Zhang Chongji is now relatively relaxed when facing Yuan Yuan than facing other people, and even has a subtle sense of relief that he does not understand.

Zhang Chongji lowered his eyelids and took a sip of water, watching the tiny water streaks in the water glass slowly calm down, he opened his mouth suddenly.

"When you were desperate... what did you do?"

Yuan Yuan paused while drinking the soda, then turned his head to look at him, Zhang Chongji couldn't understand the flash of light in his long and narrow eyes.

"Yuan Yuan?"

He pursed his lips and looked straight at Zhang Chongji. After a while, he sneered and said in a low voice: "There is no dead end in the world. You can walk as long as you want. You are walking on the road."

"..."

Zhang Chongji's eyes widened slightly, he moved his lips to look at the other person's expression, and then smiled clearly.

"That's what you said."

The voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself, but also to him.

The path he chose, he had to walk on his own, but now, he didn't even dare to set foot on the path he chose.

"Ding-dong-"

The ringing of the doorbell interrupted Zhang Chongji's train of thought. He subconsciously looked up at Yuan Yuan, but saw that the other party frowned indistinctly.

"Yuan Yuan..."

"It shouldn't be a paparazzi," he paused, put the soda on the coffee table, pursed his thin lips, and looked at Zhang Chongji with an unexpectedly comforting gaze, "They haven't been so arrogant to the point of door-to-door interviews, don't be nervous yet , I will open the door."

Zhang Chongji subconsciously hugged the pillow tighter and nodded.

Yuan Yuan walked to the porch, glanced into the cat's eyes, but froze when he wanted to open the door, Zhang Chongji looked at him with a strange expression, and couldn't help making a sound tentatively.

"who is it?"

Yuan Yuan pursed his lips, turned his gaze to him, and slowly uttered two words.

"Yuan Cheng."