Dripping Grace

Chapter 24

Soon it was New Year's Eve again, Chu Yan returned home after having dinner after finishing the last shift, and started to pack the luggage for going back to his hometown tomorrow.

Every year he goes back to celebrate the New Year with Fang Yu, this year, I'm afraid he will have to travel alone.

Thinking of this, Chu Yan felt a tightness in his heart and a little pain.

Just then, the phone rang.

Chu Yan hurriedly walked to the living room, picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table, but looked lost when he saw the number.

The name displayed on the phone screen is an old acquaintance, the former vice president of the company, Xian Yunxing.

"Xiao Chu, Happy Chinese New Year!" The other party's tone was full of joy, and he sounded decent.

"Mr. Xian, there is still one more day until Chinese New Year!"

"Hehe, didn't I wish in advance?"

After leaving the old company, the two of them have kept in touch with each other by phone, but not very frequently. There were a few business collisions, and a few times it was just chatting and joking.

At this time, Xian Yunxing called, but Chu Yan didn't think much about it, thinking that it was almost Chinese New Year, so he wanted to talk about the current situation.

Unexpectedly, the other end of the phone pondered for a moment, and asked:

"Chu Yan, did you... have a fight with Fang Yu?"

Because they belong to the same industry and have the relationship with Chu Yan, Xian Yunxing knew who Fang Yu of Xiaolin Company was after paying attention.

Chu Yan was a little surprised: "I don't know where Mr. Xian heard the gossip?"

Xian Yunxing smiled wickedly: "I didn't hear it from somewhere, but I saw it with my own eyes."

Chu Yan waited for him to continue breaking the news.

"I saw him several times in a row in the bar, and the people around him are much younger and more beautiful than you, there are more than one!"

Qing Bar is a famous gay bar in C City. Fang Yu took Chu Yan there twice before, saying that he was looking for a base camp.

Chu Yan knew that although Xian Yunxing was dishonest, he was by no means a villain born out of nothing.

Fang Yu mixed with other men?

Chu Yan frowned, but his mouth remained calm: "Then I would like to thank Mr. Xian for tipping off."

Xian Yunxing said quietly: "I'm afraid that you will suffer a disadvantage! Also, by the way, do I have a chance?"

Chu Yan didn't have the heart to deal with him, and replied directly: "No."

Chu Yan who hung up the phone didn't have the slightest intention to clean up. He just sat on the sofa blankly, without changing his posture for a long time.

Fang Yu has always been flirtatious, energetic in a certain way, if he leaves himself, how can he let himself be wronged?

He just returned to the previous state of being playful, but this time there were more men in his target.

Chu Yan squeezed the phone in his hand, feeling the urge to question him, but what qualifications and stand does he have?

After hesitating again and again, he still dialed the number.

The beeping sound for a long time, but unfortunately no one answered.

***

When Chu Yan accompanied her grandma for the New Year's Eve dinner, she was taciturn and often distracted.

"If you are tired, go to sleep for a while, I don't need you to accompany me as an old woman."

Chu Yan raised his head, trying to make himself look energetic: "I'm not tired, who will I accompany grandma when I celebrate the New Year?"

Grandma Chu picked up a large piece of beef for him and put it in a bowl: "Eat more, do you see how much weight you have lost this time?"

Chu Yan obediently put the meat into his mouth and chewed it carefully.

"Oh, Xiao Yan, you are not young, and grandma is also old..."

Needless to say, Chu Yan also understood the rest. He had promised his grandma to get married when her job was stable. Now, several years have passed, and the granddaughter-in-law that grandma was looking forward to is still missing.

"Grandma, I just came back from further study and I'm too busy with the company."

Grandma Chu looked at him, sighed again, and said nothing more.

Every New Year's Day, Fang Yu is always the first person to visit Chu Yan's house to pay New Year's greetings.

This year is an exception.

Fang Yu only called on New Year's Eve and said some auspicious words to Grandma Chu, but she didn't show up.

Grandma Chu didn't ask much, so naturally Chu Yan wouldn't say much either.

Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Chu Yan sat on the sofa and watched the replay of the party.

Grandma has feelings for this place, so she never changed houses.

It's just that now this home looks old on the outside, but the interior decoration equipment has already been completely new.

There were bursts of laughter and laughter from the large LCD TV, and the singing and dancing were peaceful, but the people watching did not show any joy.

The sluggish state lasted for a long time, until grandma woke him up and asked him to go to the kitchen to help cook dumplings.

Just after putting the dumplings in the pot, I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

Chu Yan couldn't hold the spoon firmly, and fell into the pot all of a sudden, and the hot water that burst out scalded his hands, causing a sharp pain in his heart.

With a steady mind, he walked over and opened the door, and the person who caught his eyes was not the person he expected. Standing at the door were old classmates Chen Feng and Liu Jiantong.

Chu Yan didn't care about eating the dumplings, so Chu Yan was dragged out to drink by those two guys.

Although Chu Yan and them are not very close friends, they are still relatively close because of Fang Yu's relationship.

"What's the matter with you and Fang Yu?" Liu Jiantong went straight to the point at the wine table.

Chu Yan was stunned for a long time, then calmly said: "It's nothing, what's the matter?"

The two looked at him like that, looked at each other, and shook their heads secretly.

Chen Feng took a sip of the wine in his glass, and said, "Don't bully us. Even if the two of us don't know you, how can we not know Fang Yu? When he was in high school, he was reborn for you, and he seemed to be buried in a changed person." Study hard, Baba and you apply for the same school.

After so many years, no matter how blind we are, how can we not know Fang Yu's thoughts?Still can't see the relationship between you two? "

Chu Yan lowered his head and played with the rim of the wine glass in his hand, smiling wryly in his heart.

He always thought that the two of them were careful enough that no one would find out the relationship between him and Fang Yu that was deliberately hidden.

But maybe someone else has already figured out the mystery.

Fang's father knew it, Liu Jiantong and Chen Feng knew it, so... did grandma see something too?

Chu Yan didn't know how to answer Liu Jiantong's words, so he kept silent.

Seeing that Chu Yan didn't speak, Chen Feng continued, "Chu Yan, the question now is not only whether we know about the matter between you two? The question now is what's going on between you and Fang Yu?"

The two looked at him, waiting for his answer.

"Divided." Chu Yan replied briefly.

"Why? You two have such a good relationship. Qian Yu was so flirtatious in the past, and it's outrageous to be honest with you all these years." Liu Jiantong didn't understand.

Chu Yan took a sip of wine, and then said after a moment of silence: "I'm not too young anymore, I can't afford to play anymore."

Liu Jiantong and Chen Feng looked at each other after hearing this, not understanding exactly what Chu Yan meant.

Is their relationship for so many years just playing with each other?

Is it Fang Yu who wants to play, or Chu Yan who wants to play?Or did the two agree to play together?

The two wanted to ask, but they didn't know how to speak. After making eye contact, Chen Feng said again: "Then do you know what happened to Fang Yu's house these two days?"

Chu Yan shook his head.He wanted to go to Fang Yu's house to talk to him, but he didn't have the courage after all.

"His family is in trouble, don't you know?"

Chu Yan really didn't know, "What's wrong?"

"Qian Yu brought someone back during the Chinese New Year. In front of Aunt Fang Shufang, he introduced him as his boyfriend."

Chu Yan's facial expression didn't seem to change, but he could see a momentary loss in his eyes.

Chen Feng went on to say: "Uncle Fang directly slapped Fang Yu twice. Fang Yu didn't think it was enough, so he said directly that he couldn't have sex with women, it was a physical disease, and Aunt Fang had to either accept his fate, or Beat him to death. In the end, Aunt Fang was beaten and sent to the hospital. Fortunately, it doesn't matter, she just got angry."

Liu Jiantong asked next to him: "Chu Yan, what's going on? Is it the plan you and Fang Yu made? But this is too...too explosive, right?"

Chu Yan frowned slightly and asked, "How do you know?"

Chen Feng said: "Fang Yu called the two of us, and we agreed in advance to let my brother make preparations. I was afraid that Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang would not be able to take the blow. Fang Yu is so crazy."

"It doesn't matter if you're crazy, but the point is, is this a scheme that you guys conspired with? If not, where did that kid come from?"

Chu Yan didn't continue to listen to what they said, but got up and left in a hurry.

The courtyard of the Fang family was deserted, and no one came out after ringing the doorbell for a long time.

Chu Yan was too flustered. He clearly heard Chen Feng say that Fang Yu's mother went to the hospital in anger, so naturally no one was at home.

Chu Yan took out his mobile phone, slid his trembling fingers to a familiar number and dialed it.

After ringing repeatedly for a long time, the other party finally picked up.

"Hey……"

When Fang Yu's deep voice came from the other end of the phone, Chu Yan felt as if his heart had been pierced by a needle, suffocated and hurt.

"Where are you?" Perhaps because the weather was too cold, Chu Yan's words trembled.

"what's up?"

"Where are you?" Chu Yan repeated stubbornly.

***

The meeting place was at a coffee shop. When Fang Yu entered the door, there was a handsome young man hanging on his arm.

He thoughtfully arranged a seat for the child, ordered a cup of milk tea, and then walked towards Chu Yan.

Then when he sat down, he ordered coffee for himself, but completely ignored Chu Yan's needs.

"Why?" Chu Yan didn't care about being left out, but was eager to know the answer.

"What and why?" Fang Yu asked casually when the coffee came and he sipped it in small sips.

"Why do you say that to your family? Why do you mess around with other men?"

Fang Yu smiled, with cold disdain in his smile: "Why don't you know? I've been with you for so many years, and I'm not interested in women! I'm messing with other men? Isn't it the same as you? ? Everyone is not serious, and it’s okay to mess around.”

Chu Yan gritted his teeth hard, his eyes were like sharp swords, as if he wanted to pierce the person in front of him.

The contempt in Fang Yu's eyes was even worse.

"Why do you have to act like that? Didn't I already set you free as you wished? How do you say that? Yes, from now on you marry me, it's irrelevant!"

"It doesn't make any sense for you to humiliate yourself like this!" Chu Yan tried to persuade.

"Practice? Meaning? Don't be funny. I feel very good in bed with them. It's no worse than you and a woman. How can it be a practice? As for what is meaningless, you know, it's nothing to me!"

"Fang Yu...can you stop doing this?" Chu Yan was almost begging.

"Not like this? What should it be? I want to be good with you, and you don't care about it. Is it okay for me to let you go and have fun? Is there such a reason in the world?"

Chu Yan has never been very talkative, and now he doesn't know how to persuade Fang Yu's aggressive questioning.

The two were relatively speechless, Fang Yu drank his own coffee, stood up and said, "Okay, it's Chinese New Year, let's go back to accompany grandma early."

When he turned around, his arm was tightly held by the sitting person.

"What are you doing?" Fang Yu smiled, the mockery in his eyes became stronger.

Chu Yan didn't speak, and didn't let go.

Fang Yu struggled, and his grip became tighter.

Fang Yu finally had no choice but to turn around and bend down, his lips were close to Chu Yan's ear, smelling each other.

"You want to know why I did that?"

Chu Yan nodded.

"Because the good show you and Shu Luo arranged stimulated me too much. I tried it, but I couldn't have sex in front of women and became an incompetent person.

So, I have no choice.

My baby, you remember, you ruined me,

But I give you everything. "