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On Christmas Eve, when Wei Xiangfeng got off work, two children put apples in his bicycle basket. He smiled and patted their heads, and said, "Thank you." The children said, "Goodbye, teacher!" Then bounced and ran away from school.

Wei Xiangfeng is a primary school Chinese teacher. The school he works in is in the "urban-rural fringe area". The teachers are not very good, and the various equipment in the school are not very good. Most of the parents of the children who go to school here are from the city. workers.

Wei Xiangfeng didn't graduate from a prestigious university, and he felt that having such a job was enough to support him.

He passed the supermarket on his way home by bike, stopped in and bought some big red apples.Ye Duan has not been back to their home in Yunjin Mountain Villa for a long time, and this December, he has not seen Ye Duan at all.

Wei Xiangfeng thought for a while, finally mustered up the courage, and went downstairs to Ye Duan's company.

He told the staff at the front desk of the company to find Ye Duan, and the staff looked at him suspiciously and asked if he had an appointment.

Wei Xiangfeng lowered his head and said, "No, please report my name directly."

The staff member said something impatiently on the phone. After hanging up the phone, he said to Wei Xiangfeng: "It's ok, the boss told you to go up. The boss said that there are still customers in his office. Please don't talk nonsense after you go up."

Wei Xiangfeng walked towards the stairs familiarly.

He had been here when the office building was first built.At that time, Ye Duan excitedly introduced to him the layout of the place, what kind of decorations to hang on the walls, how many staff members to hire for each department, and how many machines to buy...

That day, Ye Duan seemed to be synonymous with "vigorousness". The young man said that he wanted to work hard and break out of his own world. Wei Xiangfeng already knew that Ye Duan would definitely have a successful day, and there would always be such a day of.

He gripped tightly, the plastic bag containing the apples, leaving a red mark on his finger.

He knocked on the door, Ye Duan's voice came from inside saying: "Come in."

Wei Xiangfeng walked into the room and closed the door gently.

Ye Duan was sitting at the desk reading documents, and there was a man sitting on the sofa, with a gentle appearance, reading a book.Seeing him coming in, the man turned to Ye Duan and asked, "This is it?"

Ye Duan looked at the man and smiled, then looked at Wei Xiangfeng and said, "It's a food delivery."

Holding the plastic bag tightly, Wei Xiangfeng walked up to Ye Duan, put the apple on Ye Duan's table, and said softly, "Apple, here you are."

Wei Xiangfeng wrapped his scarf and put on his hat. He still felt cold when he was riding a bicycle. There was some cool wind, which made him numb.

When he got home he dove headlong into the kitchen and started cooking.

He has been cooking this meal for a long time, and he stood in the kitchen, as if he had stood there from his youthful years to now.

At some point, Ye Duan came back.

Wei Xiangfeng didn't notice until Ye Duan walked into the kitchen, he hugged him from behind, put his head on Wei Xiangfeng's shoulder, and asked, "Are you angry?"

The knife in Wei Xiangfeng's hand made a "crack" sound when he chopped the meat, and he replied sullenly, "No. Have you eaten yet? The meal is almost ready."

After Gu Shuyu returned home, there was no one at home.I don't know what Chen Hui is busy with, and he hasn't come back yet.The big cat circled around his ankles, seeing that Gu Shuyao ignored it, and came to him with his own cat food bowl in its mouth, "meowing" and calling for something to eat, Gu Shuyao didn't want to talk to it , kicked it away hard.

The big cat didn't expect to be kicked for what he wanted to eat.Mao Du exploded and glared at Gu Shuyu fiercely.

After Chen returned home, the cat ran into his arms as soon as he sat down, screaming "Aww", as if he had been greatly wronged.

"What's the matter? Are you hungry? You can eat too much!" Chen Hui said while playing with its two paws.

The cat only hated that it couldn't talk, otherwise it would strongly accuse Gu Shuyu of kicking it, and it secretly swore that it would never ask Gu Shuyu for food again.

Recently, Gu Shuyu often prevaricates Chen Hui with the excuse of working overtime or being with Xie Yiheng.At the beginning, Chen Hui always asked him where he was, if he needed to pick him up, and if he would come back at night.Later, as the frequency increased, Chen Hui gradually stopped asking.

If it wasn't for Christmas, he would go to Gu's house for dinner, he guessed that Gu Shuyu might not come back tonight.

At that time, Chen Hui thought that the two of them had reconciled. Now, how should the word "reconcile" be defined?It's true that the two of them aren't talking the same way they used to, but still, there's really nothing to be happy about.Chen Hui laughed at himself, he was really happy too early.

When the two of them arrived at Gu's house, almost all the food was on the table.

Gu Shuyu's elder sister, Gu Shuyao, was reporting the company's recent situation. Hearing her cold voice, Chen Hui felt that the elder sister was just like a cold working machine.

After reporting the company's recent situation, Gu's mother began to urge the marriage again, like how Gu Shuyao introduced the son of this family, who is still unmarried in that family.Gu Shuyao was perfunctory: "Okay, okay, mom, I will tell you when I have a boyfriend, besides, I am living well by myself, if I find a man who is weaker than me, wouldn't it be a drag on me?" Back legs?"

Gu's father glared at her, and taught, "Girls are from the same family, and they don't have a clue when they talk! You and Gu Shuyuan, both of you are not as worry-free as your brother." Chen Hui "dog-legged" to help Father Gu filled up the wine.

Gu Shuyuan had been displeased with Chen Hui for a long time, and he said "hehe" twice.

Father Gu cursed again; "What are you laughing at, it's not in shape."

"Okay, Dad. I won't laugh anymore." After speaking, he turned to Chen Hui, "Chen Hui, fill me up with wine too."

Gu Shuyu looked at him and said, "Brother, do it yourself, what are you instructing Chen Hui to do?"

Gu Shuyuan acted like a baby to his sister again: "Sister, look, father and brother are all facing Chen Hui."

Gu Shuyao put a chicken leg into Chen Hui's bowl, and said with a smile, "I'm facing him too." Gu Shuyuan made a gesture to wipe away his tears, everyone was amused by his funny, and the dinner table became lively for a while.

Chen Hui and his bank finally had a holiday. As the boss, he gave the employees a seven-day holiday for New Year's Day. The employees were very happy, and their faces were filled with the joy of "the holiday is coming soon" until they got off work.

Chen Hui did not expect that the last business deal he received before the holiday was actually Xie Yiheng's.

"Chen Hui, do me a favor." When Xie Yiheng said the amount of funds to be transferred, Chen Hui was stunned and asked, "Yiheng, what are you doing recently to use such a large amount of funds?"

Xie Yiheng said with a hippie smile: "Don't worry, I won't do anything illegal or criminal. A friend's company has some problems, and I'm just helping."

Chen Hui was still a little hesitant.

Xie Yiheng urged: "Hurry up and get me Chen Hui, I know you have a good heart, and you are afraid that I will be cheated, so don't worry."

Chen Hui rushed to help Xie Yiheng's capital operation before the employees got off work.

Before getting into the car, Xie Yiheng said that he would invite Chen Hui to dinner next time when he was free.

Chen Hui laughed and said that there is no need to eat, don't always pester Gu Shuyu, just return Gu Shuyu to him.

Xie Yiheng rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't snatch Gu Shuyu from your family. I haven't seen him for a long time, two or three months."

Chen Hui asked, "Really?"

Xie Yiheng raised a few fingers and made an oath: "Of course, anyway, I don't occupy Gu Shudiao, so don't ask me for someone."

Chen Hui was taken aback for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, and said, "It's been a while, you should hurry up and do your work."

Watching the employees leave the company one by one to get off work, they said "goodbye, boss" to him when they left, and he also said goodbye.When everyone left, only he was left.The dim winter twilight enveloped Chen Hui, and he felt lonely and desolate in the endless abyss of time.

He was the last to leave the company and went to his sister's house.

Sister Chen Du and brother-in-law Wen Zhi were cooking in the kitchen, and he went to visit his little nephew in the bedroom.The baby was lying in the crib, and when he saw him coming in, he even waved his little arms at him. Chen Hui picked up the baby and pressed his forehead against his. The baby made some laughter-like sounds, Feeling healed, Chen Hui kissed the baby's face.

Wenzhi looked at the door of the bedroom for a while, then walked in, and said to the little baby: "Yangyang, call me uncle."

Chen Hui laughed and said, "Brother-in-law, hahahaha, he still can't scream."

Wen Zhi patted Chen Hui on the shoulder and said, "I'll put him to sleep for a while, you go to the kitchen and help your sister finish the dishes."

Chen Hui walked into the kitchen, and Chen Du was making soup. He walked around Chen Du a few steps and asked, "Sister, are you almost done cooking? I'm so hungry."

The years when he and Chen Du were in primary and junior high school were the period when their parents were working hard to start their own businesses.

Chen Hui still remembers that at that time, his parents only came back once during the holidays, and they gave their siblings a lot of money when they returned home. Usually, the siblings lived and went to school by themselves. To some extent, the relationship between the siblings closer than their parents.

Although Chen Du is only three years older than Chen Hui, Chen Hui always has the illusion that Chen Du raised him. After all, he was too noisy when he was young and often got into trouble.

These years, he usually cooks at home every day; when eating at Gu's house, he doesn't dare to be idle, and has to help in the kitchen; only with his sister and brother-in-law, he can still act like a little boy when he was a child, In the kitchen, tell the adults that you are hungry, and steal a few bites from the dishes that the adults have already prepared.

Chen Du said: "Boil this pot of soup, and we'll have dinner." Then, he picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and fed it to Chen Hui's mouth.

Chen Hui laughed twice with a "hehe" and said, "It's delicious."

The two chatted and waited for the soup to boil, while Chen Du picked up fish from time to time and fed it to Chen Hui.After the soup was cooked, Chen Hui realized that he had eaten less than half of the plate of fish.

After playing with his little nephew at his sister's house for a long time and having a full dinner, Chen Hui's mood finally improved a lot.At around ten o'clock in the evening, he looked at his phone, but there was no call or message from Gu Shuyu.

Chen Du told him not to go back tonight, but to sleep here directly.He also brought him a thick quilt.

This time he slept soundly.

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Ye Duan sent Gu Shuyu the address of a hotel.

He looked at the address, his heart beating violently.

In all fairness, Ye Duan has been really kind to him during this time. He took him to the art exhibition and his own company. Only then did Gu Shuyu know that Ye Duan was in the jewelry business, not only selling jewelry, but also with The nature of a little design, far away, they can still be regarded as peers.

Last time he tried to ask Ye Duan to accompany him back to his high school, and he agreed.

When Ye Duan was holding his hand and walking around the campus, Gu Shuyu suddenly thought that he was back in high school.Back to the time when he and Xia Tian were together, that time.Many years have passed, and the hatred and love have not weakened in the slightest.

Gu Shuyu knew that Ye Duan treated him so well, but could the two of them continue to talk about this kind of platonic love? It was understandable that Ye Duan wanted something.If he goes to the appointment willingly, they will definitely get along smoothly, but in this way he will have to face the day when things may be revealed and discovered by others; , if you don't get what you want, you will naturally get rid of him like you got rid of Xie Yiheng.

Gu Shuyu was caught in this kind of contradiction, he thought and thought, the betrayal of the moral freedom and the struggling rationality, he covered his eyes with his hands, and cursed viciously: "Fuck, who cares, what do I want?" Whatever I do, I can do whatever I want, and no one should care about me."

Gu Shuyu finally walked into the room that Ye Duan had prepared in the hotel.

In that room, there are roses carefully prepared by Ye Duan, famous wines specially prepared by Ye Duan, exquisite wallpapers, soft beds, unethical behavior, indulgent struggles, kisses, tears, and encounters. There are temporary forgetting, intentional ignorance, unintentional touch, hollow voice, hasty tinnitus, pupil color, looking straight and turning around, waving goodbye, starting from scratch, the years of wheels, traces of broken dreams, and Yesterday is like death, there is also the Ming Dynasty, there is love and hate, there are siblings, there is a boat, and there is a leaf.

Gu Shuyu didn't know when he passed out, and he didn't know when he woke up.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was already bright outside.Ye Duan was leaning against the bedside and playing with his mobile phone. When he saw him awake, he leaned over and kissed him on the forehead. Gu Shuyu was still dumbfounded.

Ye Duan smiled and asked: "What's the matter, Shu Tiao, are you stupid?"

Gu Shuyu glared at him and began to put on his clothes.

Ye Duan said casually: "Let's go after breakfast."

"Eat it yourself, I'm leaving."

Gu Shuyu was walking on the road, he took a taxi last night.Although his waist is sore and his legs are weak now, he walked all the way on the road, and the bitter wind in the winter morning woke him up. He suddenly panicked, took out his mobile phone and called Xie Yiheng.

On the other end of the phone, Xie Yiheng's voice seemed lazy. He must have just woken up, or was completely woken up by his phone call.

"Hey……"

"Yiheng, did you just wake up?"

Xie Yiheng muttered: "Shu Tiao, I didn't wake up at all, I was woken up by you! What happened this early in the morning."

"That," Gu Shuyu was a little nervous, "Yiheng, did you say what I asked you to say?"

"Don't you worry about my work? A few days ago and yesterday, Chen Hui called me, and I answered what you asked me to say. That's what I said," Xie Yiheng coughed twice, pretending to answer Chen answered the phone, and continued, "It's Chen Hui, yes, Shuyuan is at my house, hahaha, why are you like a rich and bitter woman, asking your husband when he will be home every day, okay, let's be serious , recently Shutiao has no inspiration for his creation and design, don’t put so much pressure on him in life, let Shutiao have fun with me for a few days!” After studying, Xie Yiheng seemed to ask Gu Shutiao for credit, and on the phone Duan said proudly: "How about it, Shutiao, I said it perfectly!"

"Well, thank you, Yiheng."

"By the way, Shutiao, why did you ask me to hide Chen Hui? What are you busy with most? You're too busy to go home."

Gu Shuyu made a nonsense reason, saying that he was secretly preparing a gift for Chen Hui, and the time was tight, so he could only use the night time.He also said that in the future, Xie Yiheng might be needed to help conceal it.

Xie Yiheng said it was really romantic. While helping, he accidentally ate a mouthful of dog food.

Gu Shuyu wanted to thank him again.

Xie Yiheng said: "Okay, okay, you're welcome, which one of us is with whom, I'm going to sleep, I'm dead."

"Yeah." Gu Shuyu hung up the phone and walked forward slowly.

It was too early, and there were no pedestrians on the road. There were more students in junior high school and high school.

He saw two students in school uniforms, one was riding a bicycle and carrying the other. He was riding very fast, and he couldn't see the expressions on their faces. He thought they were youthful, cheerful, and honest.

Gu Shuyu suddenly felt heart palpitations. He didn't dare to look at the two teenagers anymore, so he closed his eyes for a while, and when he opened them again, the teenager who was riding a bicycle to school had already gone far away.

Gu Shuyu was stunned for a while, until the morning light gradually rose, and the whole world returned to bright light again.

He hailed a taxi from the side of the road.

Back at the gate of the community, I bought some soy milk fritters and Mai Shao from downstairs.He thought that Chen Hui might still be asleep, so he entered the door lightly.

I don't know if the cat is asleep or squinting, but it is huddled on the sofa, with its head buried in its little paws.Hearing the sound of the door opening, he raised his head abruptly, saw that it was Gu Shuyuan who had returned, and continued to sleep "indifferently".

Gu Shuyu took out a wheat burner and handed it to the cat's mouth to feed it, but the cat refused to eat it and ran to a place far away from Gu Shuyu.

Chen Hui came out of the bedroom with sleepy eyes, saw Gu Shuyuan in the living room, and asked, "Huh? Shuyuan, when did you come back?"

"Just now, I bought breakfast from downstairs, you can wash up and eat."

Chen Hui smiled and said, "Okay."

Seeing that Chen Hui didn't show any abnormality, Gu Shuyuan's heart was hanging all morning, and he finally calmed down a little at this moment.

In the future, with the first time, there will naturally be a second time.

Gu Shuyu and Ye Duan experienced more and more places, hotels, yachts, racecourses, cars, offices, his design studio, Ye Duan's jewelry exhibition room... Gu Shuyu was addicted to them, he felt that Ye Duan was the years The poison given to him, Shaohua once ruthlessly threw Xia Tian away from him.But now with Ye Duan, he looks so similar to Xia Tian, ​​he not only finds the past from Ye Duan, but also finds the splendor and happiness like countless flowers blooming from under Ye Duan.

Gu Shuyu thinks that he has grasped the perfect balance. No one around him will know what happened between him and Ye Duan. We are tired of each other, and if we separate peacefully, maybe we can still meet in a fair place as friends of status in the future.

Ye Duan was waiting for him at the gate of Hongshan Temple.

Gu Shuyu parked the car in a remote place, and complained to Ye Duan as soon as he got out of the car: "How did I find such a place? I drove the navigation and went around seven or eight times before I found it."

Ye Duan put his arms around his shoulders and said, "You will definitely like this place. The inside of Hongshan Temple is very beautiful. Come on, let's go in and have a look."

Hongshan Temple is similar to a super-large courtyard with four houses, one of which is a temple, where people can pray for blessings.The other three sides are guest rooms similar to hotels and hotels.The yard is full of maple trees, and the one in the middle is the tallest, which is full of wishes written by people on red paper.

Ye Duan sighed: "It's a pity, it's winter now, and we can't see the red maple leaves in the courtyard."

Ye Duan suddenly remembered what Xie Yiheng once said to him, "Who doesn't know that you, Ye Duan, have no heart at all."

He thought to himself, he wondered who would be next to him when he could see the red maple leaves in the courtyard next fall.

Wei Xiangfeng suddenly appeared in his mind.He knew he couldn't think about it anymore, and if he thought about it again, he would feel guilty for everything he had done over the years.

Ye Duan and Gu Shuyuan found a room in the south.

Through the glass, Gu Shuyuan looked at the red prayer strips fluttering in the wind on the tree, feeling infinitely guilty.In such a sacred and pure place, he was actually doing the dirtiest and most despicable things, and the most disgusting thing was that he actually got pleasure from it.

Gu Shuyu's tears finally flowed down, he thought, if there really were gods, the gods would not bless him.

When the two came out of the room, Ye Duan saw that Gu Shuyu's legs were trembling when he was walking. Just as he was about to help him, he heard a voice coming from the front.

"The book is far away."

Gu Shuyu looked over in a daze, and saw Wan Chi walking towards them from under the huge wishing tree.

He swallowed nervously.

Wan Chi came over and asked suspiciously: "Shu Tiao, why are you here?" Then he looked beside him, "Who is this?"

Ye Duan said calmly: "I am a client of Mr. Gu's design studio."

Gu Shuyu tried his best to calm himself down, but he couldn't hide the panic on his face, and his voice was a little unsteady, "Yes, he is a client of our studio, and today we are going to talk about the design draft.