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Just like that, Xie Yu'an brought Yan Qingchuan to grandpa's house joyfully, and the two collapsed on the sofa to rest after cleaning up the house.

It was the setting sun at this time, and the soft light at dusk spilled into the room through the balcony railing in large swaths, leaving mottled light and shadows on the two of them.

Xie Yu'an has already begun to look forward to the next world of the two of them. She has a lot of things she wants to do with Yan Qingchuan, but the reality is that she has to go back to school tomorrow, otherwise she will face a series of failures.

She turned sideways, looked at Yan Qingchuan and asked, "What do you want to do in the future?"

Yan Qingchuan looked at the sunlight outside the house, the setting sun was hanging in the air, falling into Wanjia little by little.

"When I was young, my family didn't change. I liked to read, write and draw. My father would always praise me for my talent. I would definitely become an outstanding painter in the future. But when I came to this developed world like yours, I was dazzled by everything. , in your place, I seem to have become a penniless person."

Xie Yu'an immediately retorted: "You are thinking wrong, no matter how society develops and how technology changes with each passing day, art will never go out of style."

After finishing speaking, Xie Yu'an jumped up, rummaged through the cardboard box she brought, found a complete set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, took Yan Qingchuan to the study, helped her lay out the rice paper, and said while grinding: " Try it out, see if it goes well."

Yan Qingchuan didn't write for a long time, and felt that he was unfamiliar, so he shirked a few words, and Xie Yu'an stuffed the brush into her hand, "Try it, how will you know if you don't try it."

"Okay." After finishing speaking, Yan Qingchuan concentrated on drawing an ink landscape painting.

The picture scroll is very long, so naturally it took a lot of time. At the beginning, Xie Yu'an still had the energy to stay with Yan Qingchuan, but after a little longer, she couldn't stay still anymore. She ran to the bedroom and took a nap, and it was dark when she woke up .

She had a video call with Xie's mother, and under the guidance of the other party's words and deeds, she made a home-cooked meal and asked Yan Qingchuan to come out for dinner.

However, Yan Qingchuan devoted himself wholeheartedly, without even raising his head, supporting the table with one hand, and sketching the details of the landscape with the other hand.

Xie Yu'an didn't want to interrupt her, so he could only go to eat by himself, and returned to the study to continue to accompany Yan Qingchuan after eating.Curled up on the single sofa and played with the mobile phone, fell asleep after a while.

Time is passing by and the night is getting darker. After Yan Qingchuan finished embellishing the last whip on the cowherd's hand, he wanted to share the satisfaction and joy of this moment with Xie Yu'an. When he looked up, he saw Xie Yu'an curled up and leaning on the sofa Fell asleep.

She put down her pen, walked over with light steps, squatted in front of Xie Yu'an, and called her softly, "Xie Yu'an?"

The other party didn't respond, his eyebrows and eyes were closed obediently. Yan Qingchuan stretched out his hand, intending to touch her face and wake her up, but forgot that his hand was covered with ink, and his fingertip just touched Xie Yu'an's fair cheek. It stained her face a little black.

At this time, Xie Yu'an opened his eyes suddenly, held Yan Qingchuan's wrist, and said with a smile, "I've caught you!"

As he spoke, he wiped Yan Qingchuan's ink-stained palm, and then touched the tip of her nose.

The tip of Yan Qingchuan's nose was stained with ink, she was stunned for a second, and after realizing it, she raised her hand and wanted to rub Xie Yu'an's face, Xie Yu'an slipped away from under her arm, begged for mercy with a smile: "Don't make trouble, don't make trouble Alright, let me see your painting."

When Yan Qingchuan heard that she wanted to look at the painting, he immediately withdrew his hand, looking a little nervous.

But it turned out that her nervousness was unnecessary. After Xie Yuan saw the picture of the mountains and rivers shepherding cowherds on the table, she was full of praise, and said all the four-character idioms about praise that she could think of. all over.

Yan Qingchuan thought she was trying to make herself happy, because the material of the pen and paper was very different from what she was used to, and she felt that she hadn't painted well in many places, "The pen of this brush is too thin, but the brush strokes are too delicate, and the strokes are too delicate. It has a sense of majesty and atmosphere. And this paper is too soft and lacks a little texture. If you can use the fine sand rice paper of Mopingfang in Kyoto, it can better express the shape and ups and downs of the mountain."

How could Xie Yu'an understand this? She thought for a while and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said, "By the way, I will introduce someone to you in a few days. They must have something in common.”

Yan Qingchuan nodded, and then said in a doting tone: "Okay, don't you have morning class tomorrow? Go to sleep."

Xie Yu'an grabbed her wrist, "Aren't you going to sleep?"

"I'll touch up the painting again."

Xie Yu'an knew Yan Qingchuan's character of pursuing perfection, so he didn't try to persuade her much, kissed her on the cheek, and said "good night" in advance.

The next day, Xie Yu'an got up early to go to class. Today's class was so full that she didn't have time to go back at noon. When class was over in the evening, she ran to the school gate as fast as she could, rubbing against a few boys who were carrying basketballs to the basketball court. As they passed by, they heard their discussions.

"Hey, I just came in from the north gate, and there is a beautiful woman standing by the small gate on the right side of the school gate!"

"Look at you, have you never seen a beautiful woman in your life or what?"

"No, she's really pretty, with a good figure and an even better temperament."

The boys laughed and left.

Xie Yu'an didn't take it to heart, so when she ran out of the school gate and saw Yan Qingchuan who was standing beside her waiting for her, she froze in surprise.

After regaining her senses, she ran forward and hugged Yan Qingchuan with her arms wide open. The inertia of rushing over made them both take a step back.

Yan Qingchuan couldn't help laughing: "What are you doing, stand up quickly."

Xie Yu'an let go of his arms, and said with surprise on his face: "You actually came to pick me up after class, I'm so happy."

Yan Qingchuan coughed twice, "Didn't you say that you used to attend classes at the school where your mother taught, and went to and from school with her every day?"

"Can it be the same? One is my mother and the other is my girlfriend."

Xie Yu'an had already told Yan Qingchuan about the meaning of a girlfriend. Yan Qingchuan blushed with shame at Xie Yu'an's blunt words in broad daylight.

Xie Yu'an is the person who is least afraid of being discussed right and wrong, she knows that Yan Qingchuan is just shy, and doesn't mind other people's eyes and criticism.

She raised her chin slightly, put her fingers through Yan Qingchuan's, and clasped her fingers tightly, saying proudly: "I don't care, I just want to hold hands with my girlfriend in the sun."

Yan Qingchuan was infected by her wanton laughter, held her back, and responded with a smile: "Okay."

The two took the subway back to the neighborhood where they lived, bought ingredients and prepared to cook at home.

Laughing and playing non-stop along the way, after getting on the elevator, Xie Yu'an pretended to kiss Yan Qingchuan in the elevator where no one was there, Yan Qingchuan dodged, and when the elevator door opened, she ran out, but was caught by Xie Yu'an's arm I pulled it back.

Originally Xie Yu'an just wanted to tease her, but now he really wanted to kiss her, so he grabbed Yan Qingchuan's arm and kissed her on the side of her face.

There is an old voice-activated light in the corridor, and the voice-activated light lights up in response to the sound, illuminating the two girls who are embracing each other intimately, and also illuminating the shocked father Xie standing outside the door.

Xie Yu'an turned her back to her father, she didn't know what happened that caused Yan Qingchuan's face to change suddenly, and she pushed her away suddenly.

When she turned her head and saw her father's dark face, she froze suddenly, and said with a dry smile, "Dad... why are you here?"

Father Xie's eyes seemed to be on fire, and he said with a firm voice, "If I don't come, when will I break through your good deeds!"

Xie Yu'an was afraid that father Xie would say something hurtful that would make Yan Qingchuan sad, so he hurriedly pulled him back, "Don't be angry, you go back first, I'll go home tomorrow and explain it to you, okay?"

Father Xie pointed to the door lock and said, "Open the door, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it today."

Xie Yu'an understood her father's stubborn character, so she could only open the door slowly, and after letting father Xie in, she turned to appease Yan Qingchuan, "It's okay, you wait for me in the bedroom, don't come out."

After finishing speaking, she dragged Yan Qingchuan through the living room, and after entering the bedroom, she said a few words of comfort, and came out alone to face her father's anger.

Xie Yu'an poured a glass of water and handed it to Father Xie, and asked softly, "Dad, why did you come here today?"

"I went to other schools to take open classes, and I stopped by you when I came back, and I wanted to see you, and I saw you well." After Xie's father finished speaking, he slapped the table heavily: "Xie Yu'an, you are doing it behind my back." What did you do? What did you learn wrong in college?"

Xie Yu'an was a little displeased, but she also knew that if the two of them were irrational now, the final result could only be a big fight, and they broke up unhappy, so it would be even more difficult for her to get Father Xie's understanding.

"Dad, I really like her. I know what I'm doing. It's not a child's play, nor is it a momentary passion. I like her kind of like and love, and the relationship between you and Mom There is no difference in feelings, the only difference is that you are heterosexuals accepted by society and the public, while we are homosexuals who are subject to controversy and even discrimination."

Xie Yu'an glanced at Father Xie's expression, and continued: "I really can't imagine why in this society, the premise of love is still labeled as gender. To be honest, Dad, even before I met her, I felt that the opposite sex There is love between people of the same sex, and love between people of the same sex, and love itself should not be bound by any rules."

Father Xie frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "You two are girls, do you know how many criticisms and ups and downs you will face from the society and others when you are together?"

"I know." Xie Yu'an looked at the man frankly, fearlessly.

She and Yan Qingchuan have gone through so many difficulties and obstacles, and those moments of life and death have passed, so what are the things they will face in the future?

"I'm not afraid." Xie Yu'an added, "I've never been afraid when I'm with her."

Father Xie took a deep look at her, turned to play the emotional card, and said in a soft voice: "Father is just worried about you. You are still young and don't understand what love is. Maybe you just mistook friendship for love."

Hearing this, Xie Yu'an couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "I said, I now know what I am talking about and what I am doing, I am not a child who will never grow up in your eyes, and I will always need to hide Greenhouse Rose. I can take responsibility for every word I say, I like her, I love her, ten years from now, 20 years from now, if you ask me again, I will have the same answer."

Father Xie was irritated by her attitude, and stood up all at once, "You——!"

The two fathers and daughters faced each other fiercely, and neither would let the other.

At this time, the bedroom door was suddenly opened, and Yan Qingchuan went straight to Father Xie and knelt down, his voice resonant and forceful.

"Uncle, although this is rude, I still want to say that I really love your daughter. I can do what a man can do. If you are afraid of her getting hurt, I will protect her. If you are afraid that she will not take good care of her Myself, I can take care of her, and I will work hard...try to dispel all your worries." Yan Qingchuan couldn't help but lowered his head, and continued with difficulty: "If possible, please don't take her away... ...I really...really can't lose her."

Underneath the voice was her gradually hoarse voice.

Xie Yu'an pulled her up, and saw Yan Qingchuan's dark red eyes, fragile and helpless expression.

Xie Yu'an has only seen this kind of Yan Qingchuan three times, one is now, one is when Yan Qingchuan learned of the real murderer of his father, and the night when they separated.

In fact, every time has something to do with her.

Xie Yu'an held her hand, pulled Yan Qingchuan behind him, and said to Father Xie: "Dad, you go back first, I beg you, don't say any more hurtful words."

Father Xie was a little dazed by Yan Qingchuan's kneeling and words just now, he muttered his lips twice, got up and left the room.

The room became quiet, Xie Yu'an pressed the corners of Yan Qingchuan's red eyes and said, "Don't cry, what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Yan Qingchuan just shook his head, grabbed the fabric of her sleeve: "Stay with me."

"it is good."

On the round rocking chair on the balcony, Xie Yu'an hugged Yan Qingchuan in his arms, the night starlight fell on the two of them, the rocking chair shook slightly at a speed that made people forget the passage of time.

Neither of them spoke, looking at the moon, the stars, and the myriad lights in the small windows of the residential building opposite.

"Thank you Yu'an?"

Xie Yu'an rubbed Yan Qingchuan's cool hair with the side of his face, "Huh?"

Yan Qingchuan was a little silent, the silence made Xie Yuan a little flustered, she knew that Yan Qingchuan was uneasy about her father's attitude, so she planned to say something to dispel Yan Qingchuan's uneasiness.

But as soon as she opened her mouth, Yan Qingchuan turned around in her arms, looked at her for a while and said, "I won't let you go."

"Ok?"

"Even if it's your father, I won't let you go." Yan Qingchuan's expression looked stern, even threatening, "You were the one who provoked me first."

Xie Yu'an looked at Yan Qingchuan at this time, as if a frightened cat hides its inner fear by blowing its fur and exhaling, threatening no matter what, "Don't leave me, or I will bite you to death", but nothing Can't hide that fragile and soft heart.

Xie Yu'an didn't try to expose Yan Qingchuan's pretended toughness, but only cooperated and said: "Okay."

Yan Qingchuan relaxed and poked her shoulder, "I'm hungry."

Xie Yu'an made a gesture to get up and cook, Yan Qingchuan was a little embarrassed to ask Xie Yu'an to cook every time, he held her back and said, "How about...let me help you?"

Xie Yu'an stretched out his finger and said NO, "Didn't we agree before? I'll cook."

Yan Qingchuan pouted, "Okay, I'll do the dishes."

The division of labor is reasonable, and both parties are very happy.

The next day, Xie Yu'an received a WeChat message on her mobile phone from her dad. The middle-aged man pretending to be cool sent an emoji wearing sunglasses and a seemingly emotionless message.

[Bring Xiaoyan home for dinner at night].

Xie Yu'an opened her eyes wide, and quickly realized that her father's sending her this content meant that she accepted her and Yan Qingchuan. She couldn't hold back, and stood up directly from her seat.

The teacher who was interrupted on the podium pushed the frame of the glasses very displeasedly: "Xie Yu'an, right? Do you have any opinion on what I just said?"

Xie Yu'an quickly apologized and sat down.

After the day's class was over, she couldn't help but ran home and told Yan Qingchuan the good news. Yan Qingchuan froze for a moment and said, "Then, shall we go there now?"

"Yes, let's go."

"I have to change my clothes and buy some gifts. It's really not good to come home empty-handed."

"Oh, it's okay. You look good in anything you wear. Let's buy things on the way." Xie Yu'an pushed Yan Qingchuan and went out. The two passed by the mall. Xie Yu'an gritted his teeth and bought a bottle of old liquor, pointing to the packaged wine Said: "Just this bottle will make my dad happy for a whole year."

Yan Qingchuan carried a scroll on her back, which was exactly the landscape picture she drew last time. She was a little nervous: "I don't know if uncle will like it."

Xie Yu'an comforted her, "I'm sure he likes it, he likes to study these novels even if he has nothing to do."

The two soon arrived at Xie's house, and it was Xie's mother who opened the door. Xie Yu'an hugged her affectionately, "Mom."

Yan Qingchuan stretched out his hand to shake hands with Mother Xie, "Hello, Auntie."

Mother Xie looked at her kindly, gave Yan Qingchuan a warm hug without shaking hands.

Yan Qingchuan's pupils dilated slightly, and he was a little at a loss with his hands half raised in the air. The woman smelled of smoke and fire from the kitchen, as well as the fresh smell of laundry detergent.

Yan Qingchuan just felt a little uncomfortable with such a strange embrace and breath, but he didn't feel disgusted at all.

"An'an told me about your affairs long ago. Xiao Yan doesn't have to be so polite in the future. Auntie and I will just raise two daughters." Mother Xie said with a smile, beckoning them into the house, and at the same time facing Father Xie in the living room Shouted: "Old Xie, An'an and the others are here, you go and clear the dining table first, and have dinner right away."

After the man answered, he looked at Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan who were walking over, recalled the last time they broke up, and said unnaturally: "Come on, sit down."

Xie Yu'an glanced at the kitchen, quietly took out the bottle of wine from the bag, and handed it to Father Xie, "Dad, I bought it for you, quickly hide it, don't let Mom find out."

Father Xie's eyes lit up, he took it in a hurry, walked into the study with the wine in his mouth, and came out after a while.

After receiving the gift, he couldn't hold on to airs anymore, his face softened a lot, looked at the two of them and said: "I won't ask about your affairs in the future, as long as you know what's going on in your own mind."

"Thank you dad."

"Thank you... Uncle." After Yan Qingchuan thanked him, he took out the scroll and gave it to the man, "Uncle, I heard from Xie Yu'an that you like calligraphy and painting. .”

When Father Xie heard that it was drawn by her, he took it over with great interest, and after unfolding the scroll, his expression was shocked, so for the next 10 minutes, Father Xie asked Yan Qingchuan a series of questions, asking when she started to learn painting Painter, and asked her which teacher she worshiped under, and her views on the various schools of Chinese painting now.

Even at the dinner table, Father Xie didn't stop talking.

After Xie Yu'an and Xie's mother looked at each other, they both smiled helplessly.

"I'm so happy today, An An, you have two drinks with Dad." Xie's father said emotionally, and then asked Xie's mother: "Honey, look, today is a good day, two drinks are not too much."

Xie Mu gave him a white look, and then opened her mouth: "Okay, for the sake of the child, you are allowed to drink a couple of sips, just two sips."

Xie's father grinned so much that his mouth reached the ears, he hurriedly went to the bottom of the cupboard to dig out the wine he had hidden, this behavior made Xie's mother stare at him again.

The sake was poured into the cup, Xie Yu'an was about to toast, Yan Qingchuan snatched the cup from her hand and said: "Uncle, I should respect you."

"Oh? Xiao Yan can drink too? Why don't you drink this cup with uncle, don't drink too much."

Xie Yu'an wanted to stop Yan Qingchuan, but Yan Qingchuan had already drunk a glass of wine. Her father's wine was all high-purity spirits. Judging by Yan Qingchuan's drinking capacity, he had drunk two glasses.

So when Yan Qingchuan wanted to toast again, Xie Yu'an immediately stopped her, "No more, no more."

Father Xie also said: "Don't drink, uncle knows what you want, eat vegetables, eat vegetables."

The family's warm dinner continued to wake up. On the dining table, there were laughter and laughter. In the living room, there was a TV playing lively sounds. Outside the balcony, there were thousands of ordinary and happy families.

The TV switched to the city's news channel, and the host announced that tonight there would be the largest meteor swarm visible to the naked eye this year.

Xie Yu'an became interested, and tugged at Yan Qingchuan's arm, "Would you like to see a shooting star?"

Yan Qingchuan nodded, and after the two greeted Xie's father and mother, they came to the rooftop on the top floor.

There was a raised platform in the middle of the roof, just right for the two of them to lie down on. Xie Yu'an dragged Yan Qingchuan to lie on it, watching the moonlit night sky, surrounded by all kinds of complicated sounds in the city.

There are the whizzing of cars passing by on the road, the sound of cooking and cooking at the food stall downstairs, and the sound of a family coaxing a crying baby from far and near.

Of course, there is also the sound of the heartbeats of the two at the same frequency on this quiet and deserted rooftop at this moment.

If you want to ask Xie Yu'an how she felt it, she thinks that maybe it is her sixth sense or her hearing has improved dramatically at this moment.

She turned sideways, looked at the outline of Yan Qingchuan's side face, looked at her thick eyelashes fluttering because of blinking, and could feel her heartbeat lying beside her at that time.

"Plop - plop -".

One sound after another, regular and full of rhythm, but Xie Yu'an didn't like such a steady heartbeat, she liked to see Yan Qingchuan's heartbeat was unstable because of her, so she leaned up a little, put one hand on the stage, and then leaned forward. Slowly leaning down, kissed Yan Qingchuan's lips.

The other party's lips were still soft and hot, and even tasted a hint of sweet and fragrant wine.

Alcohol is not intoxicating, people are self-intoxicating.

Xie Yu'an was indulging in this lingering kiss under the night, thinking like this in a daze.

I don't know how long the kiss lasted before Yan Qingchuan pushed her away, his eyes were a little dazed, "Didn't you say... you want to watch shooting stars?"

Xie Yu'an still kept looking at her like this, "I feel like the TV is lying to me, we've been waiting for so long, the meteor hasn't come yet."

"hold on."

Xie Yu'an asked her, "Are you cold?"

Although it is early summer, the wind at night is still a bit chilly.

"It's not cold." Not only did Yan Qingchuan not feel cold, he even felt a little hot, maybe it was because of drinking, or maybe it was because he kissed Xie Yu'an just now.

The two held hands and continued to lie flat, chatting for a while, and after a long time, only artificial satellites flickered in the night sky, and there was no other movement.

Xie Yu'an lost his patience, and pulled Yan Qingchuan to leave, "Forget it, go back, I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

Yan Qingchuan hesitated for a while and got up, "Okay."

The two were about to go downstairs, when something flashed across the sky, Yan Qingchuan reacted before Xie Yuan, she hurriedly dragged Xie Yuan to the platform with the best view, and pointed to the meteor cluster falling from slow to fast in the sky.

Meteors are like shining diamonds, tearing through the dark night, accompanying the stars and the moon.

Xie Yu'an was a little excited, "Make a wish quickly, make a wish quickly."

The meteor's existence is very short, so it is even more precious, Yan Qingchuan suddenly pulled Xie Yu'an, put one hand on the back of her neck, and pressed it towards himself.

The lips of the two were printed on everything, Xie Yu'an saw Yan Qingchuan closing his eyes piously, and made her wish under the shining meteors falling.

"God bless."

"I want to stay with Xie Yu'an for a long time and never be separated."

Xie Yu'an hugged Yan Qingchuan back with trembling hands, closed his eyes gently and said, "Okay."

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