After the question was asked, the ward fell into silence for a few seconds. The boy had a bath towel covering his head, his messy hair was tangled, and his eyes were filled with surprise and astonishment. He stopped wiping his head and scratched the bath towel inadvertently with his fingers.

All the subtle movements become particularly obvious along with his stillness, including his eyes and his body, which is a kind of exposed sexiness.

Shen Yuhuai's gaze seemed to become real. Although they were several meters apart, Chen Qizhao knew clearly that the other party was looking at him and sizing him up without restraint. For a moment he felt that gaze was extremely hot. In the past he never thought there was anything wrong with walking out of the bathroom with his upper body exposed, but once the person he was facing was his boyfriend, this very ordinary action seemed to have a different meaning. Following the other person's line of sight, his skin could not help but feel a different kind of shiver.

Their eyes met for only a few seconds, and Shen Yuhuai looked at him naturally and seriously.

Chen Qizhao's brain crashed briefly. When he raised his eyes, he saw the vague figure of Chen Shiming through the closed door. His thoughts quickly came back to him, and Shen Yuhuai had already walked over.

"My clothes are wet. I want to find another one."

The suitcase was right at Chen Qizhao's feet. If he flipped through it, there would be several tops lying there. But when he said this, Chen Qizhao did not hesitate at all. He looked at Shen Yuhuai.

Shen Yuhuai walked to Chen Qizhao's side and searched through the messy suitcase.

Chen Qizhao just stood there and looked at him, watching his hand pass through the bag where he kept his underwear, and finally pick out a shirt from the side.

“Is this one okay?” Shen Yuhuai raised his eyes slightly and looked at him.

The boy’s head was covered with a bath towel, and his face seemed a little red in the dark shadow formed by the light, “…whatever” he said.

Before the next word came out, he changed his tone: "Okay."

Shen Yuhuai didn't move, he squatted beside the suitcase with his legs bent, holding the clothes in his hands but didn't give them to him.

"Come here." Shen Yuhuai.

Chen Qizhao stopped and bent down to take the clothes in Shen Yuhuai's hand. Just as he bent down, Shen Yuhuai's other hand suddenly moved. He put his fingers through the back of Chen Qizhao's neck, pulled him towards him, and using his body as cover, raised his head and kissed him.

His fingers pressed accurately on the back of his neck, and the slight numbing sensation spreading from the contact point crawled along the spine all the way to the coccyx. His originally calm heart was made to surge by this action. He felt that Shen Yuhuai was touching his bones, his cervical vertebrae, and seemed to have touched his spine downwards. The subtle and fragmented feeling was particularly irritating. Chen Qizhao could not help but respond to his kiss, and when their lips parted, he could not wait to continue, biting Shen Yuhuai directly on the lips.

"What are you doing?"

Shen Yuhuai's hand loosened, and Chen Qizhao directly pulled the shirt from his hand. When he stood up, he saw Chen Shiming standing not far away.

When Chen Shiming came in after finishing the call, he saw two people squatting on the other side of the bed as if they were doing something. But before he went over to see, he saw Chen Qizhao standing up with his upper body naked, holding a piece of clothing in his hand, and his face was a little red under the bath towel.

Chen Qizhao: "My clothes fell to the ground and got wet. I called you for a long time but you didn't respond."

Chen Shiming noticed that he was tugging at his shirt, "I was just on the phone."

Shen Yuhuai closed the suitcase, and the sound caught Chen Shiming's attention. Chen Shiming looked over there with concern, always feeling that something was strange, but when he thought of the call he had just received, he quickly put the matter behind him and looked at Shen Yuhuai and said, "Why are you here so late?"

"I just happened to be passing by here, so I came in to take a look." Shen Yuhuai replied, and his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of Chen Qizhao who was already wearing clothes next to him.

Chen Shiming happened to have something to say to Shen Yuhuai, and seeing Chen Qizhao next to him, he did not leave and told him about the recent events of the Gu family. The two of them were sitting on the sofa and talking, while Chen Qizhao was sitting cross-legged on the hospital bed, listening and playing with his cell phone.

The Shen family and the Chen family have been busy with the Gu family's affairs recently, so the news of Gu Zhengsong's release is naturally no secret. When mentioning Gu Zhengsong, Shen Yuhuai looked slightly towards Chen Qizhao, who lowered his head, holding his mobile phone in one hand and wiping his hair slowly with the other hand.

Since Chen Shiming mentioned this matter in front of Chen Qizhao, it should be that the Chen family has already told the other party part of the matter.

Shen Yuhuai's eyes deepened and he continued to listen.

Chen Qizhao didn't blow dry his hair, as it was no longer dripping with water. He simply leaned against the head of the bed and scrolled through his WeChat Moments. He actually doesn't like to check out his Moments. It was okay when he was young and he was very diligent in checking out Moments. But as he got older, he lost interest in many things and would just click directly into someone's Moments if he wanted to see their Moments.

He clicked into Shen Yuhuai's circle of friends and saw no new content. After exiting, he clicked into Liu Sui's circle of friends as usual.

It is better to directly look through Liu Sui's circle of friends to understand Shen Yuhuai's dynamics than to look at his circle of friends. Shen Yuhuai's circle of friends may only be updated once a month, while Liu Sui's circle of friends may have three or four posts a day. They will not disclose matters involving experimental secrets, but occasionally you can see recent dynamics from Liu Sui's circle of friends.

[Liu Sui: The loneliness of life is probably that after working overtime, no one is there to eat with you, and you can only eat instant noodles in the dormitory [Picture]]

Chen Qizhao flipped through a few of their Moments and it seemed like they were busy with experiments recently, and Liu Sui hardly went out.

He raised his eyes to look at the man in the distance. Shen Yuhuai was very serious when listening to people, and his expression was also serious. Under the background of his glasses, there was an indescribable rigor, just like his cold personality.

Liu Sui swiped the phone screen and refreshed his circle of friends.

Chen Qizhao lowered his eyes slightly and left a message under Liu Sui’s circle of friends.

[Zhao: Eat instant noodles? Didn’t you go out with Brother Huai? ]

The hospital has a set rest time at night, and the accompanying information is also registered in advance. When the rest time is approaching, Chen Shiming ends the conversation with Shen Yuhuai and says, “I will send the rest of the information to Xue Lan. In the near future, you should pay attention to the dynamics of Gu Shen’s people.”

Shen Yuhuai nodded, he looked down at the time, and then raised his eyes to look in the direction of Chen Qizhao.

The latter hasn't gone to bed yet, and the faint color blocks on the phone look a little familiar, as if he's playing Tetris.

“Then I won’t bother you anymore.” Shen Yuhuai stood up.

Zhang Yazhi, who was standing nearby, heard this and said, "Are you going back now? Drive carefully on the road."

Not long after Shen Yuhuai left, Chen Qizhao, who was originally sitting on the hospital bed, jumped off the bed and casually put on slippers.

Zhang Yazhi looked over when she heard the voice, "Xiao Zhao?"

"Where are you going? Why are you still drying your hair?" When Chen Shiming sent Shen Yuhuai in, he saw Chen Qizhao about to go out.

"The hair dryer is broken." Chen Qizhao held a bag in his hand and said, "I'm going out for a while."

There were fewer people in the hospital at night. Shen Yuhuai made a phone call when he got out of the elevator. "Yes, someone is watching Gu Zhengsong's affairs. Brother Shi Ming got some information and sent it to you. The rest will be handled later. If Gu Zhengsong makes any moves, it should affect Gu Shen's people."

Both the father and son of the Gu family have relatively extreme personalities. This time they joined forces to make Gu Zhengsong suffer such a big loss. When Gu Zhengsong comes out, he will definitely not let them go easily. In the short term, the other party will not take extreme actions, but it will only be limited to his side.

All the evidence was put on Gu Shen. Even though there was a possibility that the evidence was "arranged" in advance, the police would not listen to one side's story. They still had doubts about the matter and were still collecting evidence. Gu Zhengsong is being targeted by many people, and what he wants to do most now is to shift the target to someone else. A personal injury incident may not be a bad thing for him.

Therefore, people related to Gu Shen will be the targets of Gu Zhengsong's manipulation, which is a suitable way to divert other people's attention from him.

"Leave this matter to us. There aren't many people left in S City by Gu Shen. We recently found someone we hadn't found before." Shen Xuelan said in a serious tone, "The person who was with Gu Shen before had a lot of contact with some hooligans in S City. He is a private detective and has a lot of connections. The person we found this time has a criminal record. He was arrested for burglary and was released two days ago. Gu Shen once did something with him."

Shen Yuhuai listened to her, "Then are there enough people?"

"Enough. Gu Shen was hiding in the dark before, so the Chen family didn't find him."

Shen Xuelan asked: "Are you walking? Where are you going at this time?"

"In the hospital, planning to go back to the apartment." Shen Yuhuai.

Shen Xuelan: "Go see Chen Qizhao?"

Shen Yuhuai did not deny it, “Yeah.”

Shen Xuelan looked at the information on the computer. She had conducted a lot of joint investigations with the Chen family during this period. She felt more and more the importance of the extreme measures taken by the Chen family at the beginning. Before the matter was fully investigated, they thought that Gu Zhengsong was ruthless, but they did not expect that the father and son of the Gu family would be such desperadoes. After Gu Shen went in, they saw a more complete truth when they submitted the evidence. They also saw that Gu Zhengsong sacrificed his son to save himself. This father and son have no bottom line in front of the law and are both extreme egoists.

If they had really followed their way, it would have been even more dangerous with the Gu father and son still in the dark. The two families conspired together, so she naturally knew who planned the Chen family's arrest of Gu Shen. There was a problem with Chen Qizhao's condition, and the confession required by the police was provided by them. When Chen Qizhao caused public outrage against Gu Shen, he contacted the police to arrange a roundup and finally arrested Gu Shen who was holding a gun.

Because of all these, they now have the initiative when facing Gu Zhengsong and avoid being at a disadvantage in the game.

Shen Xuelan went to the hospital to see Chen Qizhao, but when she went there, Chen Qizhao seemed very calm.

That kind of calm is terrifying.

"How is Chen Qizhao doing recently..." Shen Xuelan asked. She heard from Chen Shiming that Chen Qizhao was planning to be discharged from the hospital.

It was even quieter outside the hospital, and it was quiet outside the inpatient building.

When I came, I didn't enter the underground garage. The two cars next to the open-air temporary parking space in the distance were already empty.

“Recently…” Shen Yuhuai was halfway through his words when he suddenly saw a boy walking out of the inpatient department in the distance.

After the boy came out, he looked around and finally looked in his direction. He was still wearing the white T-shirt that Shen Yuhuai had pulled out of the suitcase himself. His unkempt hair was a little messy, and his legs were white and straight under his knee-length shorts.

"Yu Huai?" Shen Xuelan called out.

Shen Yuhuai responded.

Shen Xuelan frowned: "Why didn't you say anything? I just asked you..."

Shen Yuhuai: “I have something to do, I’ll hang up first.”

As soon as the phone call was hung up, Chen Qizhao ran over from the other side. He was wearing indoor slippers and seemed to be running a little fast. When he got over here, his chest was slightly heaving. He walked and talked until he stopped in front of Shen Yuhuai: "I didn't see you when the elevator went down to the garage, and I thought you might be in the parking lot outside the inpatient department."

Shen Yuhuai looked at him and said nothing.

Chen Qizhao handed him the bag in his hand and said, "Liu Sui said you left after get off work without eating."

The bag is not sealed tightly, so you can see the bread inside when you open it.

Shen Yuhuai asked, “Just come down and give this to me?”

"Yan Kailin brought a lot here during the day, but we didn't finish it."

Chen Qizhao stopped, took two steps closer to him, raised his head slightly to kiss the corner of his lips, and he nibbled on it bit by bit. When he tried to pry open Chen Yuhuai's teeth, a hand ran up along his back and finally held the back of his neck.

In the hospital ward, Chen Shiming washed his hands and saw a clean hair dryer next to the washstand.

After plugging it in and turning it on, a whirring wind rushed out of the tube. He frowned slightly, wondering what was wrong with the hair dryer.

"Qizhao hasn't come back yet?" Chen Shiming came out of the bathroom and saw Zhang Yazhi standing by the window looking down. "Mom?"

Zhang Yazhi came to her senses and quickly closed the curtains.

Chen Shiming looked over in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"It's a bit noisy outside. Draw the curtains to block out the noise." Zhang Yazhi glanced downstairs, then quickly retracted her gaze and let go of her hand. "He should be coming up soon."

In the dormitory building of the 9th Institute, Liu Sui had just finished eating instant noodles when he saw his good roommate’s circle of friends.

[Shen Yuhuai: [Picture] Dinner]

After reading it, he looked at his two finished buckets of instant noodles in silence, and shamelessly drooled at the two loaves of bread in the photo. And those loaves of bread must be from the bakery in front of S University! ? Aren’t some of the signature items in that store very hard to grab? Where did Shen Yuhuai buy it? ?

Chen Qizhao was discharged from the hospital at noon, and Chen's father and son put down their work to pick him up.

The luggage has been packed almost completely in the past two days, so there won't be much to take with me when I'm discharged from the hospital. The family went home and had a meal. When Chen Qizhao returned to the dormitory, he felt like he hadn't been home for a long time.

Zhang Yazhi had asked the maid to clean the room, and it was tidy. The quilt seemed to have been exposed to the sun not long ago and had a smell of sunshine.

The other furnishings in the room were hardly moved and remained the same as when Chen Qizhao left. He sat in a chair and turned on his computer. Except for the things he had checked on his phone in the hospital, all the untouched emails appeared when he opened the background.

There was a knock on the door and Chen Qizhao called out, "Come in."

Zhang Yazhi came in with a glass of water and saw a popular new drama playing on Chen Qizhao's computer screen. She said, "Xiaozhao, how are you going to celebrate your birthday next week?"

Chen Qizhao's birthday is in July. Last year's birthday party was not very pleasant. Considering that Chen Jianhong was on a business trip, the birthday party was held in advance as an adult party, and a lot of guests came. The Gregorian calendar time was chosen at that time, and the coming-of-age party was held shortly after Chen Qizhao took the college entrance examination. What was originally a happy event turned into a very unpleasant event because of the college entrance examination application issue, and he was angry with Chen Shiming for several days in a row.

This year, Chen Qizhao had just been hospitalized, so his birthday had been postponed again and again. It just so happened that he could celebrate his lunar birthday in July.

Chen Qizhao said: "No need to make a big deal, just celebrate your birthday."

Zhang Yazhi asked, "If it's not a big event, just invite a few close friends. You can also invite Kailin and the others."

Chen Qizhao had no objection, and Zhang Yazhi discussed the birthday party with him.

Finally, we planned to hold it in Chen’s villa and invite some close friends. A birthday party is a happy event. The Chen family has been plagued by problems recently, and Zhang Yazhi hopes to use the joy of the birthday party to dilute those lingering troubles. After confirming with Chen Qizhao, she did not disturb the child.

But when leaving, Zhang Yazhi asked again: "You said last time that you wanted to cut your hair. Can I ask a stylist to come to your house tomorrow to help you cut it?"

"Let's do it another day." Chen Qizhao said, "I'll go back to school tomorrow to get some things."

Zhang Yazhi paused for a moment, "Are you driving? Otherwise, I'll let Old Wu drive you."

"No, Brother Huai is off tomorrow, so he'll pick me up." After Chen Qizhao finished speaking, he noticed Zhang Yazhi's gaze and added, "He just happened to be going back to the institute to get something, so he picked me up on the way. What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just asked. Mom is worried about you driving out."

Zhang Yazhi walked towards the stairs after she finished speaking, but she was a little distracted when she walked. She happened to meet Chen Jianhong coming out of the study with a few documents in his hand. She asked, "Are you going to the company?"

"Yeah." Chen Jianhong glanced at the other side of the corridor, "Did Xiao Zhao take the medicine?"

"I've eaten." Zhang Yazhi looked at her husband and couldn't help but say, "He's watching a drama in the room. If you're worried about the child, go over and take a look."

After Zhang Yazhi left, Chen Qizhao closed the door of the room, glanced in the direction of the bathroom, and quickly looked away.

From the moment Zhang Yazhi came in, Chen Qizhao noticed her little movements. He was a cautious person and there were some important things in the bedroom, so after returning to the bedroom, he checked the room. The manual razor and scissors in the bathroom were taken away, leaving only the electric razor. Some of the concerns turned into the cautiousness of a mother. Chen Qizhao felt that there was no need for Zhang Yazhi to go to this extent because he would not go to that extreme.

The medicine taken after the meal seemed to be taking effect little by little. Chen Qizhao tilted his head and saw two things brought back from the hospital on the table.

The succulent plants in the pot seemed to be no different from when he first arrived. Chen Qizhao didn't know if he had damaged them. He picked up the pot, opened the curtains by the window, and found a suitable place to put it on the windowsill.

When I looked down, I saw Chen Shiming and Chen Jianhong's car driving away from the villa. They must be going back to work.

He looked for a while and waited until the vehicle was far away before returning to the computer.

Chen Qizhao shrank the popular TV series to the taskbar, opened his email and browsed the important messages one by one. When a sense of anxiety came up, he opened the drawer and took out the cigarette under the documents, but he stopped after just a moment.

never mind.

Chen Qizhao closed the drawer, took a mint candy from the glass bottle next to it, unwrapped it and put it in his mouth.

Not long after, he sent an email and turned off the computer.

The weather was good the next day, and when Shen Yuhuai's car drove into the Chen family villa, he happened to see Zhang Yazhi talking to the servants in the garden, and it seemed that she had new ideas about renovating the garden. When she saw Shen Yuhuai coming over, Zhang Yazhi paused for a moment, and quickly put on a smile: “Are you here to see Xiao Zhao?”

"Aunt Zhang." Shen Yuhuai greeted, and then asked: "Isn't he up yet?"

Zhang Yazhi looked up at the second floor of the villa and said, "He went back to his room after dinner. You can go upstairs to find him."

After talking to Zhang Yazhi, Shen Yuhuai followed the servants into the villa, but noticed that there was a gaze watching him from behind, which did not disappear until he entered the villa. Shen Yuhuai had been to Chen Qizhao's room several times, and he knew which direction to go after going upstairs. He thanked the servant politely, and finally walked along the corridor on the second floor to the door of Chen Qizhao's room, but no one responded when he knocked on the door.

Shen Yuhuai knocked twice more, but no one answered behind the door.

He stared at the door handle, and after a moment the door opened.

There were still some water drops on Chen Qizhao’s face, and his eyelashes were wet. When he saw Shen Yuhuai, he was stunned for a moment, “Why didn’t you call me?”

Chen Yuhuai nodded: "I sent you a message on WeChat, but you didn't reply."

Through the crack in the door, he saw Chen Qizhao still in his pajamas, "You won't let me in?"

Chen Qizhao's hand on the door suddenly loosened, "Come in, I'll go change my clothes."

When Shen Yuhuai walked in, he saw Chen Qizhao taking some clothes into the bathroom and closing the door in front of him.

The room was no longer as messy as before, and there was no smell of smoke in the air. The computer in the distance was still on, as if the owner of the room had been operating it not long ago. Shen Yuhuai observed habitually, so when he saw the potted plants bathed in the sun in the distance, he walked over.

Every time I come to Chen Qizhao’s room, I seem to be able to feel the breath of life in the room.

The colors of the rooms in the house will be brighter, more like young people's rooms, with more decorations and richer colors. In contrast, Chen Qizhao's dormitory at school is much more monotonous, compared to Yan Kailin's youthful behavior of pasting wallpaper and posters.

Single dormitories offer more freedom. When Chen Yuhuai University was living on campus, the dormitory for students living in single dormitories was like a small apartment outside.

But Chen Qizhao’s school dormitory was very monotonous. The sheets and quilts were the same color. There were only professional books and folders on the desk. The small table for takeout was brought from Yan Kailin’s dormitory. Shen Yuhuai could recall the entire picture of the other person's dormitory by closing his eyes. It was so monotonous that it didn't require too much memory, while the room in Chen Qizhao's house vaguely had a youthful atmosphere.

But if you look closely, you will find that the position of the game console has not changed for a long time. The professional books and interest books on the bookshelf are neatly placed on one side, while folders and reference books are placed on the convenient side. It can be seen that the books the other person often uses are on the left, while things of interest are placed aside.

It was as if starting from a certain special time, the owner of the room suddenly lost interest in hobbies such as games.

Chen Yuhuai lowered his eyes slightly, his sight stopped at the glass bottle next to the lit computer screen. The originally full glass bottle still had most of the mint candy left. The blue packaging in the transparent bottle was particularly beautiful, and it was within the reach of the owner of the room.

“I’m fine.” Chen Qizhao pushed the door open and came out, noticing Shen Yuhuai standing in front of his computer, holding the glass bottle of mints in his hand.

Shen Yuhuai asked, “Is it not delicious?”

Chen Qizhao walked over quickly and tried to take the mint candy. "No, I just eat two occasionally."

Shen Yuhuai pulled his hand back slightly, and Chen Qizhao did not get the glass bottle, but instead moved closer to Shen Yuhuai.

The two were close to each other, their breaths intertwined.

Chen Qizhao had just finished washing up, and the cool smell seemed more obvious.

Chen Yuhuai stretched out his arms and put the person in his arms, leaning against the computer desk. He vaguely put his arms around the other person's waist, and put his hand on the other person's tailbone as if lighting a fire. With the other hand, he placed the glass bottle far away, "Chen Qizhao, do you think our relationship is in a cooling-off period?"

When Chen Yuhuai mentioned this, Chen Qizhao's mind instantly returned to the day when he used the tablet to search for entries. He fell asleep while searching, and when he woke up, the tablet had been taken away by Chen Yuhuai. He completely forgot that the search engine also has a function called historical search.

Chen Qizhao was about to change the subject when a hand on his back held his waist. Through his clothes, he could feel the other person's hand pressing on his spine. The force of the touch was just right. Although he was not using much force, he walked in the direction of the other person.

Shen Yuhuai didn't care about his answer, his warm breath carried the addictive mint scent.

"Come closer."