later comers

The weather in Rome in May is very pleasant.

The breeze was warm, and the golden sun was shining everywhere.

Those ochre-colored and orange roofs quietly present their simplicity and beauty under the fine sunlight.

The square and the fountain are softer under the sun. There are many people on the street, but they are not crowded. Shen Hanyang is sitting on a bench not far from the fountain, with an easel in front of him, and oil painting boards and paint boxes at his feet. .

In the past few months, Qi Yuan always took time to travel with him, because he was unable to go out in the country, and the depressive environment prevented him from recovering.

Qi Yuan came slowly from a distance, holding a small box of freshly baked pizza in his hand, with sunglasses hanging on his tall nose, Shen Hanyang quickly took out his phone and flashed him a photo.

Before he got close, the smell of pizza in Qi Yuan's hand came to his nose, Shen Hanyang put down the paintbrush and mobile phone in his hand, and wiped his hands with a wet tissue.

"After waiting in line for a long time, I finally bought it." Sitting beside him, Qi Yuan unpacked the pizza, handed him gloves, and let Shen Hanyang taste it first.

Shen Hanyang was also polite, took the pizza and started to eat. The drawing board was half-drawn of the fountain, and the outline was not clear, but compared to the previous paintings, this one is much better, at least the outline looks fine.

He said sincerely, "Painting skills have improved."

Shen Hanyang wiped the oil stains from the corner of his mouth with a paper towel, took a look at his painting, and muttered, "Really? I used to draw this kind of painting a lot, but now I'm really unskilled. ugly."

Qi Yuan took out a drink from his pocket, handed it to Shen Hanyang, and carefully inserted the straw for him, "Drink some water."

Shen Hanyang pursed his lips and smiled, took the drink and thanked him, "Qi Yuan, you are really kind."

Qi Yuan glanced at him, but did not speak.

After eating and drinking enough, Qi Yuan threw the rubbish into the trash can by the side of the road. After returning to the bench and sitting down, he noticed that Shen Hanyang was resting with his eyes closed.

They went out at ten o'clock in the morning, which was not too early. After walking around the square for a long time, Shen Hanyang found a place to sit and draw.

It's past two o'clock now, so it's not too late. Qi Yuan turned on his phone, checked the address, calculated the distance, and patted Shen Hanyang's thigh.

"Pack up and put your things in the car, let's go to the Colosseum."

Shen Hanyang closed his eyes, feeling the breeze blowing across his cheeks, he smiled, the corners of his mouth curved into a beautiful arc, and said softly, "Revisit the old place."

Qi Yuan, "Yes."

"Go to Venice after shopping. I didn't have fun with you last time. This time I will accompany you well."

Shen Hanyang opened his eyes, his black pupils stared at the fountain in the distance, he was silent for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice, "Actually, I really don't want to go back to the old place, and I wasn't in a good mood at that time."

He recalled that when he was in Venice with Qi Yuan, Li Qisi suddenly came to his door and took Qi Yuan away, but he returned home alone in desperation, he didn't want to recall it.

Qi Yuan was a little panicked. He originally wanted to bring Shen Hanyang to recall the past, but it seemed that it was not good to forget this memory.

"Then don't go." Qi Yuan said, he immediately changed the subject, "You draw first, I'll book a plane ticket now, and go to other places."

Shen Hanyang looked at Qi Yuan's flustered look, and chuckled inwardly, "Idiot."

Hearing him scolding himself, Qi Yuan just smiled and didn't speak.

Shen Hanyang picked up the paintbrush on the drawing board, heaved a sigh of relief, dipped in the paint and continued to paint.

The side of the pool is white, which contrasts with the floor. A foreign girl playing the violin stands beside the light blue water. Her chestnut hair flutters freely in the breeze. The background of the busy traffic and the girl complement each other.

Even though he hasn't practiced painting for so many years, Shen Hanyang has a good grasp of the line drawing and the outline of the scenery.

He outlined the appearance of the girl playing the violin with her eyes closed, with a confident and beautiful smile on her lips.

Although the painting is not very stunning, Shen Hanyang still decided to give this painting to the girl.

When the girl playing the violin took the painting in his hand, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak. She held it in her hand and looked at it for a long time before asking him, "Is this me?"

Shen Hanyang nodded, with a slight smile on his face, he explained, "Your piano sound is very beautiful, I drew it out of my own accord, I hope you don't mind that I did it without your permission you."

The girl shook her head again and again, "You draw really well. I'm not as confident as I am in the painting. I really hope that I can really grow up and be as confident as her."

She pointed to herself in the painting.

Shen Hanyang smiled, "It's already very good."

After a brief chat, Shen Hanyang left.

It's getting late, he spent the whole afternoon, it's already past five o'clock.

He wanted to ask Qi Yuan if he had bought a plane ticket, and where he planned to go.

After packing up the easel, Shen Hanyang picked up his backpack and patted Qi Yuan on the shoulder, "You haven't decided where to go yet?"

Qi Yuan's eyes finally moved away from the phone, he hesitated for a long time, and finally replied, "I want to take you somewhere."

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Qi Yuan stood up, dragged Shen Hanyang into the car, and rushed all the way to the airport.

"Where are we going?" Shen Hanyang asked him.

Since getting in the car, Qi Yuan didn't tell him a word, only let him guess, Shen Hanyang guessed many places, Qi Yuan shook his head.

After arriving at the airport, he found that they had taken a return flight, but the landing point was city b.

The place where he grew up, his hometown.

"Are you going to meet my parents? What's fun in City B? Why don't I know? Besides, how do I go out like this?" Shen Hanyang sat on the chair, his tone a bit aggressive.

Now he doesn't like to go back to China at all. He can't wait to live abroad for a long time, and then return to China when he fades out of people's sight.

Qi Yuan took his hand and rubbed it in the palm of his hand, don't worry, you will know when the time comes, get some sleep, and you will arrive tomorrow morning.

The plane flew across the sky, cutting off the clouds, and when they woke up, they had already arrived at the airport in city b.

A driver had already been waiting for them at the airport, and after coming out of the VIP passage, Qi Yuan sent the driver away and took Shen Hanyang away alone.

Shen Hanyang sat in the co-pilot, staring blankly at the familiar scenery passing by his eyes.

He is too familiar with this place, every place in the city, every small shop, memories come to his mind, but things have long changed.

The banyan trees on the side of the road became more and more luxuriant and thick. Under the gloom, the car drove through the prosperous city center. Shen Hanyang looked at the large LED screen on the tall building. He hadn’t been back for a long time. Looking at these places, he always felt that this Things from the previous life.

The car continued to drive forward, crossed the main roads, turned left and right, and entered the small road.

Shen Hanyang looked at the scenery along the road and felt more and more familiar.

Here... This is the way to his middle school. He has walked this way countless times, and he will never forget it.

Shen Hanyang was very pleasantly surprised, he looked at Qi Yuan, his excitement was hard to hide, "Are you going to our high school?"

Qi Yuan raised his thin lips and praised him, "You're so smart."

Shen Hanyang opened his mouth and looked at him in surprise, "You, do you remember?"

Qi Yuan turned his head, his eyes stayed on Shen Hanyang's face for a moment, but he didn't answer him.

Shen Hanyang frowned and asked again, "Do you remember when you were in high school? When we first met?"

Qi Yuan thought of the boy with the pink suitcase, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It turned out that their relationship started here, unknowingly, for more than ten years.

During these long years, how did Shen Hanyang survive alone?

Qi Yuan nodded and admitted, "I remember."

Shen Hanyang withdrew his gaze from looking at him. He had already arrived at the school gate, and the car was parked by the side of the road.

Qi Yuan took a white peaked cap from the back seat and handed it to Shen Hanyang, "Let's go."

Shen Hanyang took the hat, put it on his head, covered his face with a mask, and then got out of the car.

I had already greeted the school leaders, and it was the weekend again, there were not many students in the school, only a few perennial resident students basking in the sun on the playground.

Walking along the gate, a green avenue appeared in front of the two of them.

The memories in my mind overlapped at this moment.

Shen Han Yangdao's eyes were a little red, he was very excited, "Qi Yuan, do you really remember this place?"

Qi Yuan took his hand, and the two walked forward slowly. Under the shade of the greenery, the breeze blew over, some laughter from the playground came over, and the sound of cicadas rang in their ears, as if they had really returned to that time.

When they first met.

"I remember."

Shen Hanyang wiped away tears with his hands.

So Qi Yuan remembered him, they met ten years ago, he thought Qi Yuan didn't remember anything, he wanted to hide his secret love for Qi Yuan for more than ten years in his heart for the rest of his life.

Shen Hanyang smiled, although his voice was a little choked, but he was very happy, "Qi Yuan, I'll tell you something, don't laugh at me."

Qi Yuan nodded, and said slowly and indulgently, "Say it."

"Actually," Shen Hanyang stopped, took Qi Yuan's hand, turned him to face himself, looked at Qi Yuan with shining eyes, and said softly and clearly, "When I first saw you, I fell in love with you."

Qi Yuan knew what he was going to say, and he already knew it, so he nodded and replied, "Yes."

Shen Hanyang breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to smile relaxedly, the tears in his eyes were wiped away by him, "Don't take me seriously just because I've liked you for so long."

Qi Yuan looked at Shen Hanyang affectionately, his deep eyes seemed to suck Shen Hanyang in, he said slowly but seriously, "Yang Yang, I hope that life and death will separate us in this life, It's not because we don't love anymore, we missed ten years, but fortunately I found you back, the rest of my life, I want to spend every day with you, I don't want to lose you again, you are me the most important person."

Shen Hanyang, who had controlled his emotions, couldn't stop his eyes from turning red when he heard Qi Yuan's words.

He wiped away his tears and threw himself into Qi Yuan's arms, "Qi Yuan, if this is a dream, please don't wake me up, I want to have this dream all my life."

Qi Yuan patted his back lightly, and said softly, "Then I will have this dream with you, and I will never wake up."

The boys and girls on the playground kept laughing, and the two hugged each other tightly on the green path. The breeze blew through the air, and the leaves rustled. No one disturbed them, and no one saw them.

Time always dilutes everything, and lovers will eventually get married.

Treasure their love at the beginning of this early summer, and this is the real beginning of their story——