The Price of Rebirth [System]

The three of them sat around on the sofa in the living room, looking at each other, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

Zhang Chongji felt sweaty on the palms of his hands clutching the hem of his clothes. He pursed his lips and did not dare to look up at the man sitting across from him. He stared straight at his toes without speaking.

"Why didn't you answer my call?"

The low voice like the sound of a cello sounded slowly with a little hoarseness, but the gentle tone made Zhang Zhongji tense up nervously.

"...I..." Zhang Chongji moved his lips, but he didn't know what to say. His eyes drifted between Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yuan, and it was difficult to decide, "I don't want to involve you in my personal affairs..."

"Personal matters? Involvement?" Yuan Cheng murmured, then raised his head, his eyes fell on Zhang Chongji, unable to see clearly what kind of emotion was in those eyes behind the reflective lenses, "When will you... So unfamiliar?"

"..."

Zhang Chongji was choked by his words and didn't know how to answer, he just lowered his head silently, his mind was in chaos.

He had thought that Yuan Cheng or Yuan Ke would come to the door in person, but he didn't expect to come so soon, and when he really faced such a situation, his mind was blank and he didn't know How should I make an appropriate answer.

"Everything that's been rumored outside..." After a while, he moved his lips and spoke in a low voice. He spoke very slowly. When the last syllable landed, he didn't even know how to continue the sentence. "I……"

"Everything that's been rumored outside," the magnetic and slightly frivolous voice then took his words, with a hint of joking, "doesn't have anything to do with you, brother?"

Zhang Chongji was stunned for a moment, then looked up subconsciously, only to see Yuan Yuan shaking the soda can with a small amount in his hand, looking at Yuan Cheng opposite with the corner of his lips curled into a half-smile, and the smile in his long and narrow eyes But it's so thin that it doesn't reach the eyes.

Yuan Cheng didn't speak, he just wandered his eyes between the two of them, pursed his thin lips, and said calmly after a while: "I didn't know that you also have your own private apartment outside."

"Of course you don't know," Yuan Yuan's eyes flickered, he laughed lowly, raised his neck and drank the remaining amount in the soda can, "Brother, you are so busy with business, how could it be possible...to control me. "

At the same time as the words fell, there were several harsh sounds like metal being broken, and then a crushed soda can was thrown straight on the coffee table by Yuan Yuan.

Zhang Chongji felt that his throat was a bit congested. He looked at the smile on Yuan Yuan's mouth, and couldn't speak. He just looked down at the soda can lying on the coffee table and moved his lips.

"Yuan Yuan," Yuan Cheng frowned, looked at him coldly, the corners of his lips were slightly tightened, revealing a bit of displeasure, "Are you trying to fight against me?"

"What do you think?" Yuan Yuan just raised his eyebrows and looked at him, not admitting but not denying, but the twinkling in his eyes was not a full smile, but a bit of insinuation, "If the elder brother thinks so, then it is Alright."

The atmosphere between the two was a little tense, Yuan Cheng glanced at Yuan Yuan, his glasses were shining coldly, he thought he would refute something, but he just snorted and didn't answer any more, instead he kept his eyes on Zhang Chongji.

"Xiaojing, come back with me."

Go back, where to go?Is there really a place in this world that is his home?

Zhang Zhong slowly clenched his hand that was holding the hem of his clothes, and his voice was dry and hoarse: "Brother Yuan, if you just want to say these things this time, please come back."

Yuan Cheng pursed his lips and looked at him, before speaking hoarsely after a while.

"why?"

Why there is no explanation, why do not want to leave here.

"..." Zhang Chongji turned his face away and didn't want to see his expression. His nose was sour and he said calmly, "I'm fine here."

Yuan Cheng moved his Adam's apple, he looked straight at the man opposite, and suddenly felt a faint tingling in his heart.

"Brother, after being rejected," Yuan Yuan rested his elbows on the armrest of the sofa, propped his chin and squinted his eyes and looked at the man opposite him playfully, "Don't you think you should go?"

Yuan Cheng clenched his fists, gave him a cold look, then shifted his gaze to Zhang Chongji, pursed his lips, stretched his hand across the coffee table and grabbed the wrist of the man opposite him.

"Yuan Cheng?!"

Amidst Zhang Chongji's exclamation, he was pulled up from the sofa by Yuan Cheng, but before he could stand still, the other hand was also grabbed. He turned his head reflexively, and saw Yuan Yuan with a half-smile corners of the lips.

"Let go."

Yuan Cheng uttered two words with a cold face, and the strength in his hands gradually tightened. Zhang Zhongji was so painful that he could only break out in a cold sweat, but he just bit his lips tightly and did not speak.

"I'll return this sentence to you as it is." Yuan Yuan narrowed his eyes dangerously, the corners of his lips retracted slightly, and his voice was very low, sounding like a warning, "Don't try to touch me on my territory." people."

Facing the clichéd fight between two people, Zhang Chongji was not in a happy mood at all at this moment. He didn't look up and just looked at the floor, but he felt the pain in his heart accumulating with each breath. many.

If you don’t escape, you will have to face cruel emotional choices and let go. It’s not that you didn’t see the emotions flickering in Yuan Cheng’s eyes, it’s just because you can see clearly that it makes his choice more difficult. Now he even talks to Yuan Cheng. None of the courage.

How great it would be if...we could be together, how great it would be if we didn't have to bear so many burdens in the middle.

Taking a deep breath, with his head lowered, the corners of his lips barely curled up, from being stiff to slowly relaxing, and when he finally looked up at Yuan Cheng, he was already smiling as if nothing had happened.

"Yuan Cheng, I have my own plans. Please don't worry about it anymore. You are not able to help me much now." Zhang Chongji paused, his eyes blinking, "I asked to live here, and you don't have to." Transfer your anger to Yuan Yuan."

Yuan Cheng looked at him, his eyes widened slightly, the expression on his face was a little stiff, he moved his lips, and the obscure voice was like a sharp saw cutting Zhang Chongji's heart.

"Xiao Jing, what are you talking about... We haven't always wanted to be together..."

"..."

Zhang Chongji didn't speak, but pulled his hand back from his somewhat loose palm, turned around and stood beside Yuan Yuan with his lips pursed, his voice was very soft, but it almost made Yuan Cheng's heart ache.

"Yuan Cheng, let's go."

Yuan Cheng looked at his face and moved his lips, but he couldn't even say a word. He looked down at his hand that was stiff in mid-air, and slowly clenched his fist, as if every joint was stiff Slowly, slowly retracted the ground as if it was difficult to move, and stood there blankly, not speaking.

The atmosphere fell into a stalemate again, and Zhang Chong couldn't bear to look at his distraught expression any longer, and turned around as if escaping, not wanting to look at his expression, only feeling that if the time dragged on for a second longer, he would collapse a bit: "Yuan Cheng, you Hurry up and go, okay?"

I don't know how long it took before the man behind him finally spoke. His voice was hoarse and he had an ugly smile. Almost every sentence seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and the choked sobs almost made Zhang Chong feel like Knives.

"Okay... I... listen to you, if you want me to go... I will go."

Zhang Chongji clenched his fists, forcing himself to turn around and hug the man's chest. His nails were stuck in his palms, but he didn't know it. He didn't seem to be exhausted until he heard the door of the apartment locked. He fell down on the sofa in a daze, his whole body limp.

Zhang Chongji couldn't help trembling, he hugged himself and shrank in the corner of the sofa, silently.

A pair of big hands covered the top of his head, and the caress was very gentle, but it made Zhang Chongji's heart feel more uncomfortable.

"Yuan Yuan... Am I, very bad?"

The movement of the head paused, and Zhang Chongji felt himself surrounded by a chest, which was warm and firm.

"No," the magnetic voice was somewhat soothing and gentle. Zhang Zhongji noticed that the man hugged him tightly, and pressed his lips against his forehead. When he spoke, the vibration in his chest made him feel inexplicable. Peace of mind, "I'm worse than you."

Zhang Chongji raised his head to look at him, his eyes were blurred and he couldn't see his expression clearly, but he heard the other's fingers slide slowly across his cheek.

"Even if I know you are using me, I am still happy that you can choose me."

"do you like me?"

Zhang Chongji didn't know why he asked this question, maybe it was because the system's notification sound in his mind made him feel a little dazed, or maybe it was the vague figure that made him feel inexplicably at ease. The question came out.

The other party was silent for a while, and then gently covered his eyes with the palm of his hand. Zhang Zhongji felt the movement of the other party's lips gently rubbing through the palm of his hand.

"Ah," seemed to be a bewitching voice, very soft, but Zhang Chongji hugged his arm tightly, "I like you, no one... likes you more than me."

[Ding——Gain 5% favorability of the raid target character "Yuan Yuan", currently 90% favorability]

Zhang Chongji didn't know how he fell asleep. When he woke up, he found that he was already lying on the bed. He stared blankly at the ceiling, his mind was blank.

Since he was discharged from the hospital, Zhang Chongji has been in a daze more and more times. Sometimes even if he concentrates and wants to think, his mind is still in chaos.

Maybe he was really sick.

No one can make him recover from his heart disease, as long as he stays in this world for one more day, he will become seriously ill.

It seems that the previous emotions were too ups and downs, Zhang Chongji felt very tired all over, lying on the bed and didn't want to move, he had no strength at all.

The clock beside his ear was ticking, like a lullaby that made Zhang Chongji's consciousness gradually blurred. At the same time when he felt drowsy, his eyelids closed slowly, and the things in his head gradually changed from one piece to the next. The blank has become a lot of fragments, the first meeting with Yuan Cheng, the first kiss with Yuan Ke...

Many fragmentary pictures flashed in his mind and then disappeared. Those two faces intersected and missed each other, smiling, frowning and angry. Until the end, Zhang Chongji didn't know what he was thinking until those two faces looked alike. His faces gradually overlapped, and when they merged into one person, he suddenly opened his eyes and screamed.