The sensor night light lights up, illuminating the entrance.

Ye Kairu felt like he was in a dream.

He did not take off his shoes, fearing that an inappropriate action would wake him up to reality.

He walked through the entrance hallway into the living room in a daze, and the door closed gently. He shuddered in response, looked back at the closed wooden door, and walked slowly through the living room like a sleepwalker, and entered the nearly 100-square-meter master bedroom suite. Everything was the same as he remembered, the herringbone wood floor, the coffee-colored Danish chieftain chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, the gold wood leather cloth cabinet, and the edge carpet with lake and mountain scenery.

He gently pressed the switch, and the lights came on. In his hazy drunken eyes, everything seemed like a dream. The central fresh air in the whole house never stopped running. Even though Chen Youhan had been away for half a month, the air still smelled cold and clean. Ye Kai fell forward on the bed. Memories rippled from his bones, seeping out along his tightly guarded but paper-thin defense line, and took his lost mind and sank into a deep sleep.

The lights were on all night.

The air conditioner was set at a very low temperature, and my nose was a little stuffy when I woke up. The sky outside the window was hazy, dark blue with a layer of grayish white. It was a sign of sunrise. His body subconsciously took him into the semi-open kitchen. He opened the refrigerator, and saw rows of Fiji Spring and Perrier water. He unscrewed the dark green water bottle, and the bubbles rose into his chaotic brain along his nerves. Ye Kai put down the glass bottle in a daze, and there was a slight knock. He finally scanned the area under the gray light - it was not a dream, he was really in Chen Youhan's house. But Chen Youhan was not at home.

If he hadn't gone back to the past, Chen Youhan would not have come out to kiss him in the early morning light.

That’s right, there is no such a good dream.

Is this considered trespassing? The only sense of humor left was used to mock himself. Holding a bottle of Perrier, Ye Kai walked slowly through this 300-square-meter cold house, like a newcomer.

The oil painting of Half-Faced Buddha is still hanging in the entrance hall, with his signature "Lucky Leaf" in pen in the lower right corner.

The lemongrass and nandina domestica in the sunroom are thriving, and two of the lemons have already turned yellow.

The two words "Zhiyuan" written by my grandfather were framed by glass and hung above the leisure chair in the study.

He pulled open the large chair behind the desk and sank into it tiredly. When they first got together, he was still a sophomore in high school. Chen Youhan was working while he was bent over his desk writing papers. It was really funny to think about it. How could a CEO worth hundreds of billions have the patience to face a pure and boring high school student every day?

He stroked the leather tabletop slowly with his hands, and scanned it calmly, and paused when he saw a black photo frame. It was something unfamiliar to him.

I picked it up, the horizontal version was 6 inches in size, it was——

His pupils suddenly constricted, and his heart felt as if it was crushed by a huge rock.

Critical illness notice.

"Mr. Chen Youhan, the patient, was diagnosed with gastric bleeding. Although he has been actively treated, his condition is worsening and his life may be in danger at any time. We hereby issue a notice of serious (critical) illness. ... At the same time, we would like to inform you that in order to save the patient, we will use the necessary equipment for emergency treatment without your prior consent... Please understand, cooperate and support us. If you have any other requirements, please inform our department immediately after receiving the "Notice of Serious (Critical) Illness". ... Signature of relative guardian: Chen Feiyi"

The red seal soaked into the white paper, and the attending doctor's signature was so flamboyant that it was difficult to read. Only the handwritten date was easy to read. August 9th, the second year after the breakup, the night after his birthday.

The photo frame in his hand seemed to have thorns, which made Ye Kai slam him against the table. He pushed the chair away and stood up quickly. His knee hit the table leg, and he gasped in pain, but still walked away stubbornly. What is this? Chen Youhan worked hard for his job, why should he feel guilty?

"Even when he was in the operating room after receiving the critical illness notice, he was still thinking about seeing you!"

Gu Xiu's roar echoed in his ears. Ye Kai closed his eyes and stopped, holding onto the wall. His heart almost stopped beating because of the sudden pain. He half-opened his mouth and breathed in big gulps. His pupils flashed with a broken light because of the rapid confusion of his thoughts.

Chen Youhan...Youhan's brother almost died once.

This thought flashed through his mind like a white cloud hitting a mountain. The soft belly of the whale was cut in two by the sharp blade. He was in so much pain that only blood could be seen before his eyes.

Ye Kai leaned against the wall in panic. The leather revolving door of the walk-in closet was knocked open, and Chen Youhan's unique fragrance was overwhelming, cold and hot, reminding people of the dark night that rose and fell on his neck. He leaned against the closet door and slowly slid down to sit down, gradually calming down in this absolute silence with a faint fragrance. There was cold sweat on his back and arms, and beads of sweat ran down his temples. Ye Kai wiped his face fiercely, his eyes fixed on the floor-length dressing mirror opposite.

The mirror shows me at my wit's end. I haven't taken off my clothes since yesterday. I look so miserable. Will Chen Youhan call the police when he gets home? Ye Kai sneered at himself. He doesn't need to go home. He can see everything recorded by the camera by just logging into the app online. ...Seeing him stumbling around his house like a madman.

A thief would surely be very happy, there are too many expensive things here to make a fortune. But he is not a thief. He is a poor nobleman, a bankrupt landlord, who can only sneak in to take a look and touch when the owner is not at home - there are his precious memories; here are the fragments of his love. They are all his, and they were all his.

The dressing mirror was movable. Pushing the mirror aside, there was actually a completely enclosed collection room behind it. Antiques bought at Sotheby's, jewellery bought at Christie's - Chen Youhan's expensive collections were all there. Ye Kai felt like a pervert. He stood up, his heart hanging in his chest, not knowing what to look for.

He knew where the switch was; Chen Youhan had never hidden it from him.

The mirror was pushed, and the all-glass collection room appeared in front of me, without any secrets. In the transparent vertical display case in the middle, velvet supported the ring. The sapphire ring face was shining, and the silver Ouroboros ring setting was classical and cold. When I looked away, I saw a painted snowboard leaning against the wall. It was only 8,000 US dollars, why should it be here?

The mirror door shook, reflecting the figure of a person fleeing in panic.

Ye Kai couldn't even make the bed again. The roar of the Panamera rushed through the long street and rushed to the seaside.

During this period, he called Gu Xiu, but he didn't answer and hung up directly without giving Ye Kai any face.

Chen's white double-decker, covering over 1,000 square meters, appears on the coastline, almost floating on the sparkling blue waves in the sun. He rarely comes here. The Chen family used to live on Siyuan Road, but only moved here five or six years ago. Siyuan Road overlooks the coast, and here it is directly on the seashore, with no obstructions to the view. Beyond the green lawn, you can see jet skis surfing, dragging pure white waves on the sea at a very fast speed.

The reason why Chen Fei moved here was simple: his late wife was very attached to the sea.

There has been a rumor circulating in Ning City's upper circles that Chen Fei took away Chen Youhan's devotion, which is why the father and son have such different personalities.

Each house here has its own guardhouse and security team. The uniformed security guard saluted Ye Kai, waited for him to lower the window, and politely asked if he had an appointment.

"Please inform that it is from the Ye family, Ye Kai."

The security guard nodded, holding the intercom and walked away. After a few words, the guard booth let the car pass, and the volcanic ash sports car sped away along the track between the undulating green grass.

Chen Feiyi was sitting in the front yard drinking tea. He was wearing a white linen casual shirt, which matched the white awning. It was around nine in the morning, and the sun was changing on the sea. Alaska was lying on the side, looking exhausted by the sun. Ye Kai stopped the car, walked first, and then trotted over under Chen Feiyi's gaze.

Alaska stood up first to greet him. Although they had not seen each other for many years, it had a good memory and recognized the old man from the familiar smell. The droopy look just now disappeared, and the sturdy figure rushed towards Ye Kai with a breath.

"Lielie!" He squatted down and was knocked to the ground by Lielie.

Fade Chen laughed heartily and stood up with the help of his cane.

"It's a good thing Lielie has a good memory!"

Ye Kai stood up, and fluttered around him, shouting and jumping. He didn't know if Chen Feiyi had something else to say, so his smile became calmer, and he greeted respectfully: "Uncle Chen, long time no see."

"Two years?" Fade Chen put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Come on, freshly brewed black tea and freshly baked cookies. Isn't that a coincidence? I remember you liked to eat these the most."

The servants pulled out chairs for them one after another.

"How are you doing?"

"Same old, my legs aren't very flexible anymore."

Chen Fei has severe rheumatism in one of his joints. He fell last year and his left leg has been unable to bear the strength and he needs to use a crutch.

"Why did you think of this place?" He personally poured tea for Ye Kai.

"Come and see you."

Chen Fei nodded slightly and said, "Where do you go to school? Should I do an internship at a bank during the summer vacation?"

The Ye family kept the information about his schooling a secret, and no one knew he was studying at Tsinghua University.

“In Tsinghua University.”

Chen Fei looked up in surprise and said, "Why didn't you go abroad? With your qualifications, it shouldn't be a problem for you to get into a prestigious foreign university."

"I'm sick."

The atmosphere became quiet, with only the sound of Lie Lie's excited humming and the sound of waves hitting the rocks.

Fade Chen smiled and said, "I'm sick." Then he nodded, "It seems that Xiaojia is worried about you going abroad."

“It’s the same in China. You can learn well anywhere.”

"Yes," Chen Fei laughed for a while, "You're right. Youhan is different from you. He can't learn well anywhere."

How could Chen Feiyi not see that he came for Chen Youhan? He looked at Ye Kai with gentleness and kindness: "You were not led astray by him. You have a good origin and a good character. Very good, very good."

After saying "very good" twice in a row, Ye Kai felt a little sad.

What does "lead astray" mean? His whole life was branded by Chen Youhan, and he even chose the same car as his first one.

"I met Mr. Gu a few days ago... Gu Xiu, Youhan's former assistant." Seeing Chen Fei nod slightly, Ye Kai continued, "He said that Youhan had..." Those few words were so difficult to say, Chen Fei took over the conversation: "He went into the operating room, it's nothing."

Ye Kaixin relaxed, but then felt ashamed again when Chen Feiyi made light of it. Uncle Chen was alone, and the only person close to him was Chen Youhan. How did he feel when he signed the critical illness notice outside the operating room? Wherever he went, he was surrounded by security guards and personal secretaries. When did he fall? Perhaps it was in the long and dark corridor outside the operating room, the marble floor with polka dots was slippery, and the pale fluorescent lights were flashing. Chen Youhan was pushed into the emergency room, and Chen Feiyi was shocked and in pain, and he slipped hard at the corner.

"How is he later?" Ye Kai stumbled for a moment, then began to explain, "Brother Youhan and I haven't been in touch for a long time... We had a little conflict... He..."

Chen Fei looked at Ye Kai quietly, and said sympathetically, "He's fine. The doctor has been helping him recover. As long as he doesn't drink too much, there will be no problem. Didn't he leave GC? He can't socialize. I think he should be considered unqualified as the CEO and should just step down and let someone better take over!"

The second half of the sentence was a joke, but Ye Kai couldn't laugh and could only nod: "That's good..."

He dragged Chen Youhan to drink two kilograms of barley wine in the middle of the night.

Compared to two years ago, he was still hopelessly indifferent. He could not see Chen Youhan's pain, nor his weight loss. He believed him when he said he was no longer in pain, and believed him when he said he had lived a good life in the past two years. Chen Youhan's lies were full of loopholes, but he believed them all. This was not trust,... it was indifference.

"Xiao Kai," Fade Chen patted the back of his hand, his eyes staring quietly at the distant horizon: "Yaohan is thirty-six years old. If he has let it go, persuade him to get married. Uncle thanks you in advance."

Ye Kai froze, his eyes fixed on Chen Fei's face. Uncle Chen was over sixty years old, still very handsome, but time flies by, he must have had a hard time in the past few years, he looked much older than Ye Kai remembered.

"He...Brother Youhan... "

"He listens to you. If you ask him to get married, he will get married."

Ye Kai smiled very stiffly, and all his ease was on the verge of being shattered.

Chen Fei knew? How could he know? ...Yes, he was so stupid. Didn't Gu Xiu say that Chen Youhan wanted to see him before he was pushed into the operating room? But how could the brotherly relationship be so bad? Uncle Chen must have seen it from that time -

"You know that the Chen family has done a favor to your Ye family. Two years ago, I asked him to take the letter to Ning Tong for financing. He said he wanted to marry you. I told him that his story was ridiculous, but he didn't believe it. You young people don't listen to the advice of the elderly," Chen Feiyi finally withdrew his gaze from the distant sea. "Since you have let it go, why not try to listen once. Youhan can't go down alone. I don't have any worries. It's your Aunt Ning who can't let him go."

Ye Kai's hands holding the cup kept shaking.

"Marry...?" He gritted his teeth and tried to calm himself down, but he couldn't do it no matter what. "He said he wanted to... marry me?"

Fade Chen glanced at him and immediately understood. He smiled and said, "It turns out that he didn't discuss it with you. He just wanted to do it on his own."

no!

no--

It's not wishful thinking, no.

Ye Kai bit his teeth tightly, his eyes were blinded by the sea breeze. It hurt so much that tears would flow if he blinked.

He opened his eyes wide - very hard, not daring to blink at all.

What marriage? It's just a casual remark, a love word that can be said to anyone when the mood strikes, right? Sapphires are not valuable, if you like, you can just give me another one. What I want to see you every day is just a joke, "I can't stay with one person all the time", "It's annoying when you keep pestering me", isn't that the case? Why should Chen Fei know about the marriage that was casually mentioned? Why should I tell my father solemnly? Why should I exchange the favor that can save GC's life for it?

As soon as Chen Fei was helped up, he patted Ye Kai's shoulder, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Before leaving, he finally said, "Xiao Kai, since it's just his wishful thinking, don't ask him about it anymore. He will be sad too."