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After Xia Zhifeng took a shower, he looked at his face in the mirror.

The scar on the lower lip had healed, leaving a crimson mark that reminded him of a rose of a similar color called Black Magic.

He touched his lower lip with the pad of his index finger, thinking about the person who scarred him.

Chen Zhuo seldom hurts someone directly like this, his hurts are always indirect and implicit, and he pushed him to this point.

Xia Zhifeng laughed dumbfoundedly.

He owed Chen Zhuo a long time ago.

Speaking of which, he still owes Chen Zhuo a life.

On his 20th birthday, Lu Xingze committed suicide by cutting his wrist at the birthday party in his villa.

It was his coming-of-age ceremony, and the birthday of the young master of the Lu family was naturally celebrated by all the stars. His father, mother, cousins...as well as the families with close ties to his family, his friends, all Come celebrate and give expensive gifts.

Lu Xingze responded well, and looked impeccable from the outside.

However, after twelve o'clock in the evening, no one could find him, and no one would think that it was a big deal that Lu Xingze disappeared from everyone's sight.

What will happen to such an outstanding child?It should be somewhere to play again.

It was Chen Zhuo who insisted on looking for him.

Chen Zhuo found him in the bathroom on the top floor. After the butler opened the locked bathroom door, Chen Zhuo ran in. Then, he saw his lover who had lost blood to the point of shock.

After emergency rescue, Lu Xingze survived. Everyone asked him worriedly, if he was attacked, should he call the police?

Lu Xingze smiled and said that he didn't remember what happened, and that he accidentally missed and got injured, making this an eternal mystery.

When Lu Xingze and Chen Zhuo were alone, Chen Zhuo apologized to him.

"I'm sorry, I saw you fell in the bathtub... subconsciously wanted to save you, but if death is your will, then I shouldn't do that." Chen Zhuo had obviously cried once, with thin red eyes, The expression is still restraining himself.

"My wish...?" Lu Xingze was lying on the hospital bed, repeating Chen Zhuo's words.

"Xingze, I don't believe this is an accident. I can feel...you have been unhappy." Chen Zhuo chose his words carefully.

Chen Zhuo continued: "You don't want others to know the reason, and I have never asked you. My attitude has not changed. If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask. Some people say...there are always infinite possibilities in life, and there are infinite possibilities in death. There is no possibility of change at all, but I think that only you have the right to decide on this matter, and no one else can empathize with you anyway, so I will support all your decisions."

Lu Xingze didn't speak for a long while, he just suddenly felt that life is not so difficult.

He raised his hand to wipe away the tears on Chen Zhuo's face, and then gave Chen Zhuo a silent hug.

"Frightened?" Lu Xingze said.

Chen Zhuo shook his head on his shoulder.

Lu Xingze smiled from the bottom of his heart and said, "You saved the person who committed suicide and you came to apologize. I should thank you."

Chen Zhuo shook his head again.

……

A few years later, Xia Zhifeng can still clearly recall the mood at that time.

It's like standing on the edge of a cliff, and when the wind is about to blow you down, a warm hand stretches out beside you.

Even when he was down, thinking of Chen Zhuo would always make him feel better.

In the morning, Chen Zhuo woke up too early, lying on the bed with his eyes open in a daze.

Occasionally, there were a few car horns outside the window, as well as the voices of neighbors saying hello, as dim as the sunlight shining through the curtains.

He touched his lips, thinking of Xia Zhifeng's kiss, for some reason, he felt familiar.

This kind of thinking will be driven out of Chen Zhuo's mind by his rationality at ordinary times. He does not allow himself to relive the kiss that shouldn't exist. Only in the early morning when he is not awake, this kind of thinking will hover in Chen Zhuo's mind for a while.

A message reminder interrupted Chen Zhuo's daze.

He took the mobile phone, it was a message from the strange number who called a few days ago but didn't speak.

Everyone seems to have a tacit understanding of who each other is.

133482375**: I can't find the earrings. I don't know if I forgot them at home.

The timing of Xia Zhifeng's message was very ingenious, and Chen Zhuo's anger was mostly gone, and his mood was stable.

Chen Zhuo replied: Buy a new one.

133482375**: You bought it for me, and if you buy another one, it’s not the same one.

133482375**: Leave me a thought.

Chen Zhuo put down his phone and decided to help Xia Zhifeng find the earring.

He was on the bed, so he looked for it from the bed, and found a small thing under the pillow. It was the obsidian earrings he bought for Xia Zhifeng before. The translucent obsidian was polished into the shape of a hill.

It must have fallen off when I went to bed.

Chen Zhuo sent a message: I found it.

133482375**: Can I go over and get it?

Chen Zhuo replied: I will send it to you.

The other party was silent for a while before sending a sentence: Thank you.

Chen Zhuo: Think about what else is left behind, and I will send it together.

The other party seemed to see Chen Zhuo's good temper, and boldly said: You.

Chen Zhuo turned off the phone.

The Lunar New Year is approaching, and the atmosphere of the New Year is very strong. Although fireworks and firecrackers are not allowed, the children still don’t know which small shop to buy them from and secretly let them off.

Chen Zhuo picked up the little bee firework box next to his car tire, and the bee butt on the box was burnt.

The crew also distributed a New Year gift package, which contained a set of printed couplets, blessing characters and red paper lanterns, which Chen Zhuo pasted on the door after returning home.

There were still many phone calls and text messages congratulating the Chinese New Year. Chen Zhuo replied one by one, then clicked into Lu Xingze's WeChat, and sent a sentence: Chinese New Year is almost here.

Lu Xingze's WeChat profile picture is still a photo of Chen Zhuo. In the photo, Chen Zhuo is wearing a black wool coat and smiling brightly. It was taken at Lu's house during the Chinese New Year.

Everyone has a place they want to go back to, or a place they want to go to during the Chinese New Year, and Chen Zhuo has one too.

Chen Zhuo went back to Caicheng to celebrate the New Year, that was Lu Xingze's former residence, and Lu Xingze's tomb was also buried there.

During the Chinese New Year, of course Lu Xingze couldn't be left alone.

Lu Xingze's parents will not come back to spend the New Year with him. They are divorced and have their own families.

Chen Zhuo has already made up his mind, this time it will be the same as they used to celebrate the New Year, make some dumplings, watch the New Year with candles, and tell him what happened this year.

Chen Zhuo has never concealed anything from Lu Xingze, but this time he intends to conceal Xia Zhifeng's matter so that Lu Xingze will not be unhappy.

Besides, the relationship with Xia Zhifeng was originally just an accident... and now they have separated.

When Chen Zhuo was sitting on the plane, the flight attendant delivered a bouquet as usual, which was red and white camellias.

On the card written by Lu Xingze:

the more i run away

the closer you get

the more i turn my back

But the more I see you

——A Thousand and One Mirrors by Emran Sarohi

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下章和小夏见面OVO~感谢在2021-11-2600:00:00~2021-11-2717:49:54期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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