sinovels Chapter 65 (End)
Chapter 65 (End)
It rained for a whole week before it cleared up. The sky after the rain was exceptionally blue, the white clouds were fluffy and soft like cotton candy, the breeze was blowing, and the air was fresh and refreshing.
It's a good day to move.
Qi Ling watched the moving company send his belongings to his new home one by one. After the people left, the boxes filled an entire living room, including his and Xu Chen's. He specially asked Xu Chen to deliver his own things today. Come here, let's tidy up together.
The things of the two were mixed together, which inexplicably put Qi Ling in a good mood. His eyes were bent, and he took a photo and sent it to Xu Chen.
【Qi Ling: Look, this is my task for today! 】
Followed by an emoji of a kitten rolling up its sleeves and doing work.
Originally, Xu Chen thought that the two of them would clean up together on weekends, but Qi Ling saw that he had no class on Friday and wanted to move to his new home early, so he decided to move the date forward by one day.
The new home has three bedrooms and one living room, a special study room, a storage room, and a bedroom. Outside the living room is a huge floor-to-ceiling window, which is brightly lit. Looking out from the balcony, there is a huge artificial lake underneath. The water quality is clear and the lake surface reflects With the fine light, sparkling, it is really beautiful.
He took off the dust cover from the sofa in the living room. This is the sofa he bought not long ago. He often nestles and fights with Xu Chen on it, and he likes it very much.
And the small single sofa in the bedroom, also brought over.
Xu Chen seems to like this small sofa very much. Every time before going to bed, he likes to hug him and sit on it. Sometimes he blows his hair, and sometimes he reads or plays games with him. The narrow sofa makes the distance between the two of them close. They are very close, close to each other, and the body temperature of each other is transmitted to each other, and there is an indescribable intimacy.
The corners of Qi Ling's lips could not help but curl up, and he straightened the pillow on top, and was about to pack the things in the box.
Before he started, he checked his phone and found that Xu Chen had already messaged him back.
【Xu Chen: If I can't finish it, I'll come back and clean it up. Don't be too tired. 】
[Xu Chen: I will come back early today and take you to dinner. 】
Qi Ling blinked and said hello.
In the past few nights, Xu Chen has prepared delicious food for him at home, and it's good to go out for a change. Anyway, Xu Chen will not go to work tomorrow Saturday, so he is not afraid of delaying time on the road.
After he finished replying to the message, he began to organize his things.
It looks like there are a lot of things, but it doesn't take much effort to clean them up. The two of them have sorted them out and put them neatly. Qi Ling also knows Xu Chen's habits, and just fill up the new home little by little according to the usual arrangement.
In the end, Qi Ling folded the clothes of the two of them and hung them in the wardrobe. His clothes are all casual, while Xu Chen's are mostly shirts and suits. The two styles are very different, but they are inexplicably harmonious together.
It seems that the two should be together by nature, and without anyone, it will become incomplete.
Qi Ling straightened one of Xu Chen's shirt cuffs, and then closed the wardrobe door.
Now, just the last item——
Xu Chen's study.
Xu Chen's study room had the most things. The other party spent most of his time here, as did the room near his company. Qi Ling remembered that the other rooms were all empty, only the study room was full.
Qi Ling shook his head helplessly, he is really a workaholic.
He put the books on the bookshelf first, and Xu Chen brought all the books from Xu's old house here. There is a column of economics-related works, many of which are not available in the market now. Xu Chen said that these books will be beneficial to him in the future It is very beneficial to study under Professor Jiang.
Yes, Qi Ling plans to continue studying under Professor Jiang, and eventually become a scholar and teacher just like the professor.
This is the future he wants.
He wrote down all these books carefully, thinking about when to make a list, and read them in a planned way.
Unknowingly finishing the bookshelves, there is a box containing a bunch of small objects, including desk ornaments, and a thick photo album at the bottom.
Qi Ling's eyes lit up, he picked up the photo album and put it on his lap, and first sent a message to Xu Chen.
[Qi Ling: I saw a super thick photo album!It's all your photos, right? 】
【Qi Ling: Can I watch it? (If I can’t, I’ll take a peek!)]
Then I added an emoticon pack of a kitten waiting on the ground, which looks really good.
When Xu Chen saw Qi Ling's news, the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise.
[Xu Chen: It's my photo, it's a group photo with some from my previous family, you can take a look if you want. 】
[Xu Chen: You don't need to ask me about these things in the future, you can make up your own mind. 】
Everything about him is open to Qi Ling.
Secretary Sun was reporting to work, but when he saw his boss's cell phone ringing several times, the other party raised his hand to signal him to stop, and went to reply the message by himself.
After posting, the cold face just now eased a lot, which made Secretary Sun's heart tense just now.
Every time Mr. Xu sees the news about that person, he always feels better for a while. It seems that he came at the right time.
On the other side, after getting Xu Chen's permission, Qi Ling couldn't wait to open the photo album, and there was a little bun sitting on a toy car, who could vaguely see Xu Chen's shadow in his eyes, straight and cute, cute His heart melted so much that Qi Ling couldn't help taking out his phone to take several photos.
Turning back, the little Xu Chen also grew up a little bit. Sometimes there will be a pair of hands in the photo, slender and slender, which should be Xu Chen's mother.
Xu Chen also said it was a family photo, why didn't his parents show up?
The smile on Qi Ling's face gradually subsided. He seemed to be able to guess the reason. The Xu family happened to be developed more than 20 years ago. Xu Chen's parents should be busy with their careers, right?Not much time to spend with him.
He looked at Xu Chen's youthful face in high school, and couldn't help pointing his finger at his face.
It's okay, he will be with you from now on.
Moreover, I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Xu Chen when he was young was inexplicably familiar to him, as if he had seen him somewhere.
But he had never been out of Qingshui City before college, so how could he have met Xu Chen who was far away in City A?
He suppressed the doubts in his heart, turned a page back, and saw a group photo unexpectedly.
This should be when Xu Chen graduated from high school. The other party was wearing a neat blue and white school uniform. Standing next to him was a smartly dressed woman with short hair. Judging by her age, she should be Xu Chen's mother.
There is only this photo on this page. Qi Ling put his hand on the lower right corner of the album, and was about to turn the page, but he caught sight of that face inadvertently.
His movements stopped suddenly, and he stared blankly at the person next to Xu Chen, unfamiliar yet familiar.
In the cemetery in Qingshui City, he went to pay homage many times.
Is she Xu Chen's mother?
Then, the person he met five years ago, could it be Xu Chen?
In Xu's office building, Xu Chen had just finished a meeting, returned to the office, and explained the next thing to Secretary Sun, but saw Secretary Sun looking at him hesitantly.
He frowned and said coldly: "Speak up if you have something to say, don't hesitate."
Seeing his tone, Secretary Sun immediately stood up straight and said quickly, "Mr. Qi has been waiting for you in the lobby downstairs for two hours!"
He saw it when he was going downstairs to get things, and wanted to ask Qi Ling to come up, but the other party said no, saying that he was afraid of affecting his work, so he just waited here for Xu Chen to get off work.
He saw that Qi Ling seemed to be in a bad mood, and wanted to tell his boss, but he didn't expect Xu Chen to have a meeting for so long, and he didn't come out until it was almost time to get off work.
He was still about to say something, but Xu Chen quickly got up and disappeared into the office.
Qi Ling wore a hat and a mask, and sat in the reception area of the lobby downstairs. Two hours was enough for him to sort out his emotions.
At that time, the moment he saw the people in the photo album clearly, he came directly to Xu Chen's company without even thinking about it, it was obviously still early.
But he just couldn't wait to see Xu Chen.
After arriving, Qi Ling felt the working atmosphere inside and calmed down immediately. Xu Chen must be busy. He was a bit too willful, so he simply waited downstairs, anyway, it wouldn't take long.
According to Xu Chen's habit, he will definitely work a little longer before coming down.
He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, but suddenly a pair of shoes appeared in his sight, which was the style he helped Xu Chen match this morning.
He raised his head in a daze, and saw Xu Chen asking with a slightly unsteady breath, "What's wrong?"
Qi Ling wouldn't suddenly come to him without incident, his eyes were still red, as if he had cried.
Qi Ling really didn't expect Xu Chen to appear in front of him suddenly, he was a little at a loss, and forgot to put his hands on his eyes.
Xu Chen's eyes darkened, he took his hand and walked towards the special elevator.
There were people coming and going at the door during off-duty hours, Qi Ling subconsciously tried to break his hand away, but Xu Chen held him tightly and pulled him into the elevator. As soon as the door closed, his hat was taken off, and Xu Chen flicked his fingertips. Passing the corners of his red eyes, he asked, "Who bullied you?"
Didn't Qi Ling still pack things at home before?
Hearing this, Qi Ling said in a muffled voice, "I'm not a child who came to complain to you..."
After he finished speaking, he felt a little wronged for some reason, raised his arms to hug Xu Chen's waist, and buried his face in his arms.
Xu Chen looked down at the person in his arms, Qi Ling hugged him very hard, as if he was hugging some lost and recovered precious treasure.
The elevator dinged and opened, but Xu Chen didn't move, instead he closed the door, raised his hand and stroked Qi Ling's hair, "What's wrong? Tell me."
Hearing Xu Chen's gentle tone, Qi Ling's eyes were inexplicably sore, and he hugged him tighter, "I saw a photo of you and your mother."
"The person I met five years ago was you, right?"
The one who took him out of the dark cemetery, invited him to dinner, held a doll for him, and told him that homosexuality is not a disease, turned out to be by his side all the time.
He has been ignorant.
Qi Ling felt that his eyes were a little blurry, he grabbed Xu Chen's arm, and bit hard, "Did you recognize me a long time ago, why didn't you tell me?"
But he was still not willing to bite too hard, but when he let go, his voice was crying.
"You don't even know how long I've been waiting for you..."
Since then, he will come back on time every winter and summer vacation, and even sneak back to Qingshui City on holidays, thinking that the chance of meeting people may be higher.
This habit lasted for five full years before he completely gave up, and finally Xu Chen came.
"Actually, I don't have to go home during winter and summer vacations after college, but I went back anyway, just thinking that you might come. You clearly said that you would come back to find me. Xu Chen, you are a liar..."
Qi Ling couldn't bear it anymore, tears fell down, and Xu Chen's shirt was wet.
Xu Chen felt the tears on his chest, and immediately explained: "I have gone abroad, and I have no chance to come back."
At that time, he met with Qi Ling, but he was forcibly sent out of the country the next day, and he never had a chance to say hello to Qi Ling.
He raised Qi Ling's face, took off Qi Ling's mask, looked at the crying man with red nose and out of breath, his eyes were full of distress, "It's my fault, don't cry."
Qi Ling choked up, looked at him with tears in his eyes, "Why can't you come back?"
Hasn't Xu Chen returned home for five whole years?
Xu Chen paused, then said slowly, "Xu Hanhai found a reason to detain my passport."
It wasn't until the matter of Xu Zhou's thesis, coupled with the fact that Xu Hanhai might covet his shares, that he was released back to the country.
Qi Ling's crying stopped suddenly, and his eyes widened: "What? He's still shameless!"
Xu Chen didn't even bother to cry when he looked at the little crying bag. Instead, he looked angrily, suppressed the curve of his mouth, and echoed, "Well, he's shameless."
He reached out to wipe the tears off Qi Ling's face, put his hand on his forehead, and said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you waited for me for so long."
What Qi Ling said before was calm, he had no idea that Qi Ling had been waiting for him to come back.
Qi Ling sniffed, feeling much better after crying, and it's not that Xu Chen forgot the agreement with him, it's just that he couldn't help himself.
After so many years alone in a foreign country, it must be very lonely, right?
Qi Ling couldn't help hugging him again, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, we'll be together now."
After all, he still waited for this person.
The two entered Xu Chen's office, and Xu Chen's clothes were wet in several places by his crying. Fortunately, there were spare shirts in the office, so that Qi Ling would not keep blushing looking at his masterpiece.
In the inner lounge, Qi Ling looked at the person who was buttoning his shirt, thought of one thing, and couldn't help but ask, "Why isn't there any signature on your mother's tombstone?"
Generally, the tombstones have the names of their immediate family members, but Xu Chen's mother is alone on the tombstone.
He knew that that person should be the son of the owner of the tombstone, but there was no name left on it, so he didn't know who was helping him.
Otherwise, he might have recognized Xu Chen earlier.
After Xu Chen heard this, the movements of his hands paused, but he quickly recovered, and said calmly: "She doesn't allow me and Xu Hanhai's names to appear on it."
Xu Hanhai's derailment hit her too hard, and even her son, Xu Hanhai, who also had the same surname, was also disgusted.
But just after he finished speaking, there were hands around his waist, Qi Ling hugged him from behind, and pressed his face against his back, just like that, without saying a word.
Qi Ling could hear the faint loneliness in Xu Chen's words, the more indifferent Xu Chen was on the surface, the more distressed he was.
He is stupid, so he must be curious to mention this.
Xu Chen turned his head and saw that Qi Ling's eyes were red again, he coaxed helplessly: "It's all over, don't cry anymore, huh?"
Why didn't he realize that Qi Ling loves to cry so much?
Qi Ling rubbed his eyes fiercely, and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't cry, it's just that you didn't put on your shirt properly and poked my eye."
"You're talking nonsense again." Xu Chen rubbed the ends of his eyes, "Wait for me on the sofa, and I'll take you to dinner after finishing the last bit of work."
After finishing speaking, he found a big white rabbit toffee from somewhere and put it in his palm, "Wait for me obediently."
Qi Ling was sitting on the sofa with sweet toffee in his mouth, and his mood couldn't help but improve. He watched Xu Chen look down at the document and sign it, and he was fascinated unconsciously.
He raised his hand to cover the lower half of Xu Chen's face, it was really the same, why didn't he recognize it at the beginning?Isn't it because he didn't wear a mask?
But didn't Xu Chen recognize him?His hair was very long back then, and he was silent and gloomy. It's normal for him not to recognize him in the past few years.
No, Qi Ling thought of something, sat up straight, Xu Chen must have recognized him a long time ago, he even took someone to the cemetery to pick up the doll, but this person didn't say anything at that time!
Qi Ling looked at the person who stood up and walked towards him after finishing the work, and muttered, "I think I was fooled by you just now."
"What's wrong?" Xu Chen looked at the person sitting on the sofa looking at him angrily, and habitually took him into his arms and kissed him.
Feeling the soft touch of his lips, Qi Ling's tense face suddenly collapsed, and the curvature of the corner of his mouth was almost suppressed, "Don't play tricks, I'm still settling accounts with you!"
"You recognized me when I took you to the cemetery, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me clearly at that time?"
Xu Chen didn't expect Qi Ling to remember this episode, "I'm afraid you think I've changed."
After returning to China, even Yan Hao often said that he was a different person.
Xu Chen himself knew that the five years of studying abroad had made him lose his gentleness and cheerfulness, and become scheming, and he didn't even know himself now.
But after hearing what he said, Qi Ling raised his eyes in wonder, thought for a while, took out the mask from his pocket, and put it on for Xu Chen.
Dingding took a few glances, and couldn't hold back the smile on his lips anymore, "What! It's exactly the same! The eyes haven't changed."
The current Xu Chen is completely reunited with the person in his memory, and the blurred eyebrows and eyes in the past have also become clear. Qi Ling couldn't help holding his face, and pressed a kiss on Xu Chen's lips through the mask.
"In my heart, you will always be Xu Chen, just Xu Chen."
Xu Chen looked at the person with a soft smile in his arms, and for some reason, he also raised his lips, "Well, I'm just Xu Chen."
Xu Chen who belongs to you alone.
After get off work, when the two got into the car, Qi Ling couldn't help asking, "What did you take at the front desk just now? It was put in your pocket right away, and I didn't even see it clearly."
Xu Chen first went downstairs to the front desk to get something, which he saw vaguely, it looked like a small box.
"A little thing." Xu Chen leaned over to fasten Qi Ling's seat belt, and grabbed his hand that was about to take out his pocket, "Don't make trouble, I'm going to drive."
"Okay!" Qi Ling could only sit up straight.
He was just a little curious, and always felt that Xu Chen was hiding something from him.
The scenery on the side of the road receded quickly, Qi Ling watched Xu Chen drive past their new home, and walked towards University A, he didn't bother to guess the small box, and couldn't help reminding: "Did you remember wrongly? I've already moved all my things there today, and I won't live in the house near the school."
Going now, you can only see an empty rental house.
"Didn't I tell you to take you to dinner?" Xu Chen looked at the road ahead and explained, "Now I will take you there."
"Go to A to eat?"
"Ah."
After Qi Ling got Xu Chen's affirmative answer, he didn't say anything else. He thought Xu Chen had found something delicious near the university.
But Xu Chen drove him into the East District, found a place to park, and dragged him towards the faculty dormitory. Qi Ling looked in the direction, and it was the building where Professor Jiang lived.
Qi Ling stopped in his tracks, "Xu Chen?"
Seeing his tense expression, Xu Chen rubbed his head, "The teacher asked us to come to his house for a meal a long time ago, I think it's time now."
Qi Ling sensed something faintly, but this feeling was indescribably strange.
It's like, two people who have been sneaking all this time suddenly want to meet their parents one day.
He couldn't help but grab Xu Chen's clothes and pull them back, "Are you really going?"
Xu Chen heard his uneasiness, put his hands together in his palms, and comforted him: "It's okay, Teacher, he already knew about it."
When Professor Jiang came to this position, he had met countless people. The tricks between the two of them could not escape his eyes. He called him recently and vaguely said this, asking the two to have a meal together.
Xu Chen led the people forward and explained: "Master and his wife have dedicated their entire lives to the cause of education and have no children, but he treats every student he has taught as his own children."
Whether it's for himself or Qi Ling.
The two knocked on the door of the professor's house, and there was an immediate response, it was Mrs. Jiang's voice.
"Did Xiao Xu and Xiao Qi come here? You old man, stop watching TV and go get people in. I'm busy!"
Professor Jiang immediately said hello.
The door opened in response, and Xu Chen handed over the prepared fruit, "Teacher, sorry for the trouble."
Professor Jiang frowned and said, "It's not too much trouble to bring something for dinner."
Having said that, he still welcomed the person in, happily holding the fruit and preparing to wash a plate, "Just now, let's eat some together, we can't finish it in two bites."
Seeing this, Qi Ling took it immediately: "Teacher, I'll come."
Professor Jiang didn't have time to say anything, and saw that Qi Ling had already taken the fruit basket and went to the sink in a familiar way, and Xu Chen also entered the kitchen, "Master, what can I do for you?"
He looked at the two children and cursed, but he couldn't stop the smile in his eyes.
During the meal, Mrs. Jiang kept adding vegetables to Qi Ling's bowl, "Look at your skinny kid, I don't know how Xu Chen takes care of you, eat more."
Hearing this, Qi Ling glanced at Mrs. Jiang cautiously, and the other party only had distress in his eyes, and looked at him lovingly. He realized something, and buried his head in a big mouthful of food.
Seeing Qi Ling's reaction, Xu Chen poured him a glass of warm water, and explained: "It rained before, and Qi Ling fell ill with a fever. He lost his appetite, so he lost weight again."
"I'll try my best to see if I can bring it back. If not, I can only come to my teacher and teacher's wife for dinner."
Professor Jiang glared at him, "Who are you lying to? Every time I ask Qi Ling to come to eat, he says he has an appointment and wants to go back to eat."
"You think I didn't know that it was you who called people away?"
Xu Chen immediately begged for mercy, "Teacher, I was wrong. I will keep Qi Ling here next time. As long as you don't mind having one more, I will do it."
Professor Jiang scolded with a smile, "You brat."
After he finished speaking, he thought of something, and picked up a chopstick for Xu Chen, "I looked for you when you were abroad, but your father kept it a secret. I don't know what happened between you, but look at you. I’m doing well now, so I’m relieved.”
"Your teacher and I will always welcome you. This is also your home."
After dinner, it was already dark outside.
Qi Ling looked at the fresh vegetables stuffed by Professor Jiang and his wife in his arms, "Did the teacher give us all the vegetables grown by their family?"
"Given by the elders, just keep it."
Xu Chen looked at the tall man with the corner of his mouth turned up all the time, and said with a smile, "Very happy? You ate two bowls of rice today."
It was Qi Ling who added it on his own initiative.
Qi Ling nodded without hesitation, "Of course! Master and mother are really nice."
He never thought that one day he would have dinner with Xu Chen and the two elders, and the other party didn't mind their relationship at all, and let them regard this place as their home.
The shadow caused by his parents before gradually disappeared under Xu Chen's comfort, and the last trace was erased by the care of Professor Jiang and his wife. Even the older elders did not absolutely reject this kind of relationship.
They will understand the child's thoughts, even if they don't understand for a while, their love for the child still exists.
This made Qi Ling realize the long-lost family affection, and the missing piece in his heart was made up. He really felt very happy.
He is a normal person, and Xu Chen is recognized and blessed.
Be it friends or family, the attitude towards them has never changed.
Qi Ling's wish all along was to be accepted by others, and now, he has achieved it.
He looked at his chest full of thoughts, bent his eyes, and stuffed these vegetables into the bag carefully, as if he was afraid of breaking any green leaves, "Xu Chen, can I cook these vegetables with you? "
"Okay, I'll teach you." Seeing the relief in Qi Ling's eyes, Xu Chen also raised his lips, took what Qi Ling was holding and put it on the bench beside him, then stretched out his hand and rubbed his face with his fingertips , "I have met each other's elders, and then I have to do another thing."
Qi Ling looked up suspiciously, but met a pair of gentle eyes.
They were standing under a tall banyan tree at this moment, the leaves made a delicate sound as the breeze blew by, and the mottled light and shadow fell on Xu Chen's face, but they couldn't hide the affection in each other's eyes.
Probably because they stopped for a long time, the kittens in the East District also found their acquaintances, gathered one by one, and gently rubbed their trousers.
"I'm just worried that no one will witness it." Xu Chen gave a low laugh, took out a small blue velvet box from his pocket, unfolded it in front of Qi Ling, and there were two plain rings lying inside.
It is obviously a low-key and generous style, but it looks extraordinarily bright and shining against the light.
Xu Chen took Qi Ling's hand, put one of them on his hand, looked at the ring on his ring finger, which was pressed against his forehead, and said with a smile: "If you catch it, you won't be able to escape in the future."
Qi Ling felt the slightly cold touch on his hands, and felt as if he was really trapped, his heart was full, as if soaked in a honey pot, and the air was full of sweet smells.
He looked at the ring on his hand, and the corners of his lips curled up.
He is willing, he wants to be with this person forever.
Qi Ling took out another ring and put it on Xu Chen's hand, grabbed him by the collar, and kissed him on the lips, "Don't even try to run away."
They belong to each other forever.
Tall trees, cool wind, overlapping green leaves, and lazy cats.
Probably the most comfortable combination for summer.
Now, plus you.
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