The shadows of flowers and trees changed on the windshield, and the Panamera bypassed the fountain and slid into the underground garage of the GC headquarters building.

Gu Xiu's call finally got through, probably because he was afraid of Ye Kai's patience.

"Basement 2, Exit C." Ye Kai said briefly. Less than ten minutes later, the elevator at Exit C sank, the glass door swayed, and Gu Xiu's figure slowly walked down the stairs. The moment he looked up, Ye Kai turned on the double flash and honked the horn.

Gu Xiu followed the sound and went over. Ye Kai leaned over and got out of the car, still wearing the same clothes they had worn when they met yesterday. The car door was slammed shut, and he leaned against the car body and lowered his head to light a cigarette.

"What's up?"

Gu Xiu stopped two steps away from him. Through the light white smoke, he saw Ye Kai's calm face.

Compared to two years ago, he has changed a lot. Gu Xiu is a silent observer, and there are not many people he can remember deeply, let alone those he has only known for a week or two. But he can still remember the first time he saw Ye Kai. He was wearing a high-end black suit, with clear eyes, and although he was a little immature, he was calm and beautiful. His noble temperament, sense of propriety, and excellent self-cultivation were more impressive than his face. At that time, Ye Kai was like an ice peak wrapped in spring breeze, cold, but not daunting. Instead, people would quickly develop a good impression of him as they got along.

"Where is Chen Youhan now?"

Ye Kai's voice brought him back to his senses. He stared at the man, wearing a well-tailored shirt and looking pale because he didn't get enough rest. For some reason, he looked lazy and deep even though he was only 20 years old.

"No comment."

"Chen Youhan asked you not to tell me?"

"In short, he doesn't want to see you." With a sneer on his lips, Gu Xiu spread his hands elegantly, "Why bother to bother him?"

"Gu Xiu, you are wrong." Ye Kai stood up from his leaning posture, and gently took the white pipe from his mouth with his slender fingers, and smiled faintly, "He wants to see me. He doesn't expect to see me, but he wants to see me, do you understand?"

The forearm lazily held out a brown paper document bag.

"This is the project information you gave me yesterday. It contains the construction progress and addresses of all the schools. If you don't tell me, I can send people to look for them one by one."

Gu Xiu's tense expression relaxed, and under Ye Kai's casual but persistent gaze, a hint of hesitation slowly appeared on his face.

"What do you want to do?"

Ye Kai lowered his head and laughed: "I haven't thought about it yet."

From this smile, Gu Xiu vaguely saw Ye Kai's former shadow.

"I went to see Uncle Chen today, and he asked me to persuade Chen Youhan to get married."

Gu Xiu was stunned and speechless.

Ye Kai took two puffs of his cigarette. No one spoke in the quiet and stuffy underground garage. He raised his eyes and curled his lips expressionlessly: "Can you tell me now?"

Gu Xiu opened his mouth and said, "Yunnan." Then he reported a very unfamiliar place name.

Ye Kai wrote it down in the memo on his phone, then stood up with his hands in his pockets, "Thank you for taking care of Brother Youhan over the past two years." He opened the car door, turned around a second before getting in the car, and added with a half-smile, "But next time you want to scold or beat me, you should ask clearly before you do it."

Amid the roaring engine, Ye Kai made a phone call: "Siqi, help me book a flight."

Thick clouds rolled over the top of the snow-capped mountains, and the white fog concealed the traces of the gods. This is a Tibetan village hidden in the deep mountains of Diqing. It is very large and is divided into two villages along a snow-capped mountain stream. It takes more than half an hour to walk back and forth. Most villagers can see the snow-capped peaks when they look up from their houses. Chen Youhan didn't know it at first, but after communicating with the local village party secretary, he found out that those few peaks were the 13 peaks of Meili, but he only saw the back. July and August are the rainy seasons here. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is hidden under the clouds in the morning and evening. It is only in the afternoon that it is breathtakingly beautiful.

Chen Youhan was drinking tea on the rooftop terrace when he received Ye Kai's call. The sunlight had a hard taste under the strong reflection of the snow line. He had been in poor health these days, and only when he was exposed to the sun did he feel a little alive.

He was half hesitant and half suspicious when he saw the caller ID. Now that everything was out in the open, he didn't think Ye Kai would call him again.

It’s not like I haven’t had dreams before.

I dreamed that he was still wearing the uniform of Tianyi Middle School. After school on Friday, I ran to him in the orange light of dusk. Or I took him to visit the university campus. The long tree-lined avenue, the century-old camphor trees, the creepers hanging down. There were crowds of people around, all foreigners. The picture was broken up like the surface of water. He smiled and said, Brother Youhan, I am studying at Tsinghua University. When I looked again, another man appeared beside me inexplicably. The good dream was abruptly turned into a nightmare, and Chen Youhan woke up in this palpitation.

Sometimes I would dream about unhealthy scenes. Because I had promised him that I would leave him and not bother him anymore, I felt that dreaming about these things was a blasphemy and an offense to him.

"Hello." Chen Youhan picked up the phone. Steam was rising from the oolong tea in the teacup in his right hand.

"Brother Youhan, I'm lost." Ye Kai said, panting slightly. "Lost?" Chen Youhan was startled, and while he found it funny, he felt tender in his heart. Just like the waves rolling over the white sand, it was something he couldn't control. "Can't you find the navigation?"

"I can't find it. It's getting dark."

Chen Youhan unconsciously glanced at the sky. It was getting dark. Night falls early in the mountains. If he was in the city, it should still be bright now.

"Let your family come pick you up."

Ye Kai shook his head: "I can't pick it up. I don't know where I am."

When he said that, Chen Youhan's careless gentleness subsided. His tone became more serious: "Are there any road signs around? Is there anyone? If there is, ask for directions first? Or share the real-time coordinates with someone."

"I'm at..." Ye Kai turned his head and looked, "There is a very tall Mani pile with prayer flags. There is a stone house on the right, and there is a tree... a tree... a tree planted in the yard."

Chen Youhan held onto the rattan chair with a little more force, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Anything else?"

"There are two forked roads ahead. One of them ends at the Golden Summit Temple with a large lawn. The other is downhill and there is a stream along the slope."

The blanket slid to the ground, and Chen Youhan stood up. His Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed twice before finding his voice: "Stand still, I'll pick you up."

Ye Kai said "OK".

He stood at the entrance to the middle section of the village. To the right was the upper village, and to the left was the lower village. The white stream rolled up white waves along the gentle mountain. A mountain villager passed by him carrying firewood and asked in a thick Mandarin accent: "Zaxi Delek! Where are you going?"

Ye Kai also replied with a "Zaxi Delek" and shook his head: "I'm not going anywhere."

The Tibetan girl driving the yaks looked at him timidly: "Zaxi Delek, are you going to the village?"

Ye Kai put his hands in his pockets and smiled gently: "No."

The cattle passed by him slowly. The sun was setting, and the last rays of light painted the snow-capped mountains golden. The wind started to blow, and he zipped up his red jacket. His Balenciaga bucket hat was hard to hold, and was blown away by the wind twice, so he had to take it off and hold it in his hand. His black hair was messed up by the wind, and he turned around in the wind with his backpack on his back. He spun his heels, one circle, two circles, his eyes fixed on the dirt road under his feet. The prayer flags were rustling in the wind, making people suspect that they would be blown away in the next second. When he turned the fifth circle, he felt dizzy and stopped. He saw a Tibetan with a hunched back chanting and praying in front of the Mani pile. Before leaving, he picked up a stone and piled it on top.

Ye Kaixin's idea came to him, and as soon as the Tibetan left, he also picked up a stone and stacked it steadily. Before he could take out his hands from his pockets and put them together, he heard a light laugh in the wind.

He turned around and saw Chen Youhan standing two or three meters away from him. In the dusk, he was bathed in the changing orange light, dressed in black, with a cigarette between his fingertips, looking a little cool.

The wind blew his hair into his eyes. Ye Kai calmly completed the rest of the actions, turned back from the Mani pile, and walked towards him slowly: "What's so funny."

Chen Youhan looked at him and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Lost."

Chen Youhan curled his lips: "It's quite a trick."

"I don't know." Ye Kai glanced at the thermos cup in his hand, "I'm thirsty."

Chen Youhan turned the thermos cup over and handed it to him. It was just hot enough to drink, and Ye Kai tilted his head back and took two sips, feeling that his body was warmed.

“I thought there would be wolfberries.”

Chen Youhan poked him on the back of his head: "Thirty-six, thank you."

Ye Kai muttered softly, "Really? Last time, Zhaxi said you were only a few years older than me. I thought you were twenty-five."

"When I was 25, you were still in elementary school." Chen Youhan said lightly.

Ye Kai felt that he was tongue-tied and remained silent for a while in the wind before he said, "That's not what I meant."

Chen Youhan led him to the left mountain road: "You came at the right time. I won't be here tomorrow, and no one will come to pick you up if you get lost."

Ye Kai's heart tightened: "Why?"

"We're going to the next place. We were supposed to leave yesterday, but it was due to the weather."

It was a stomachache. But of course he couldn't tell Ye Kai the truth.

"I came to find you. If you want to leave, I will leave too."

"What do you want from me?" Chen Youhan stopped and had to light a cigarette.

The fact that Ye Kai appeared here was beyond all dreams, beyond the most ideal extravagant hope he could touch, beyond his reason and expectation. His existence was a kind of pain for Ye Kai. No one would take the initiative to seek pain. The only instinct in the face of pain is to escape. As pain, his most ideal place is outside of Ye Kai's life.

"Uncle Chen said he wants to take you back to get married." Ye Kai stared at him.

As soon as the sun sets, the sky darkens quickly. I could still vaguely make out the other person's face just now, but now I can't even make out the light in his eyes.

Chen Youhan's body stiffened: "Have you seen him?"

"I saw him walking his dog on the beach. Lielie recognized me first." I don't know where he got this ability from, but he tells lies without even thinking.

Before Chen Youhan noticed something was wrong, Ye Kai said, "Uncle Chen told you to go back for a blind date, get married this year, and have a baby next year."

Chen Youhan was choked by the smoke and coughed. At an altitude of 3,000 meters, he held onto a tree trunk and coughed until his breath was short. He knew that Ye Kailai was up to no good, and that the heavens would not grant his humble and insignificant wish.

"That's it." He could only say this, and then asked, "Then what are you doing here?"

"Uncle Chen said that you and I are close and you will listen to me." Ye Kai put his hands in his pockets and said calmly, "He asked me to persuade you to get married."

The bark was hard and rough. Chen Youhan unconsciously exerted force on the tree, causing pain to his fingertips. He let go and turned around, pretending to be calm and continued walking forward. After a while, he said, "If you really want to persuade him, just give him a call. You don't have to come in person."

Ye Kai responded softly: "Really? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Chen Youhan's voice tightened: "Now I know." His tone lifted, with a nonchalant gentleness, "Since you're here, stay a few more days. The scenery is nice."

"You're leaving tomorrow?" Ye Kai looked at his back, "Are you going to the next project, or going back for a blind date?"

"It will be all right."

The rumbling of the stream sounded in my ears. On one side of the mountain road was a cliff, hidden by dense shrubs and slanting tree trunks, and on the other side was a half-man-high earth slope. The winding road led to the village below where lights were on. In the night, smoke could be seen, as every household had stoves burning. The mountains were dark, and beyond the first layer of mountains were the Thirteen Peaks of Meili. The stars seemed to be adorned on their shoulders.

There was no one on the road, and no matter how late the herdsmen came back, they had already found their way home. The village had lights on for them, bright and warm, one after another.

Ye Kai raised his voice: "Brother Youhan, if you get married, how much money should I give as a gift?"

Chen Youhan stopped.

He didn't turn around, but faced Ye Kai with his back: "As much as you like."

Ye Kai slowly approached him: "——But Brother Youhan, you love me so much, are you sure you can get hard?"

Chen Youhan couldn't believe it. He threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out: "What did you say?"

"If you bring your new sister-in-law with you, will you still look at me like that? What if you can't control yourself and get discovered?" Ye Kai moved closer to him and raised his eyes. There were emotions in his eyes that Chen Youhan couldn't read. He chuckled and said, "Are you angry?"

With a bang, his body was knocked onto the slope. The exposed and tangled tree roots pressed against his backpack, and pieces of mud fell down. Chen Youhan grabbed his collar, put his hand on the back of his neck, and said in a deep voice: "Enough!"

Ye Kai turned a deaf ear to him and was indifferent to his violence. He pressed on: "Will you give her a sapphire ring? Will you go to bed with her every day? Will you make love with her in the bathtub? Will you not dare to kiss her even when you are drunk for fear that she will hate you? Will you cook for her and fry lamb chops? Will you--"

The repeated questions were sealed between his lips and teeth. Chen Youhan held his face and kissed him fiercely.

Really fierce, extremely fierce, with a helpless love that had nowhere to be released, a possessiveness that could not be broken even at the end, and anxiety and pain. His heart was torn apart as Chen Youhan rubbed his lips, licked his sensitive palate, and rolled his soft, sweet tongue.

He kissed him hard, foreheads touching, panting and cursing, "You want to know? You really want to fuck? It's you I want to fuck every day, it's you I want to wake up with my arms around, you can have children, I'll fucking have eight or ten of you, haven't you let it go? Why are you messing with me? Convincing me to get married? Convincing me to marry someone else? Can you call my wife sister-in-law when you see her? Can you?" His fingertips slid across his cheek heavily and softly, "Xiao Kai, baby, you hate me so much, and you still want to stab me in the heart, huh? Do you want to hurt me to death? If you hurt me to death, can you relieve your hatred and anger? It's more painful for you to ask me to get married than for me to die. Baby, you know I will agree to anything you say. If you come here today and really want me to get married, as long as you nod, okay, I will love her seriously and stay with her for the rest of my life and I will never be perfunctory," his eyes were red, his breath was short, and he was futilely fierce, "As long as you nod."

Ye Kai didn't move, just stared at him with a tense expression.

His lips moved.

Chen Youhan closed her eyes in despair and kissed him ferociously and recklessly, fearing that he would really nod or even say "OK".

His lips were broken and the taste of blood filled his mouth.

"You want me to get married," Chen Youhan hugged him, pressing him tightly against her neck, her voice choking with sobs, "at least let me see you get married. I can let it go, I can face you openly from now on and not bother you, I can hide from you completely and never appear to bother you, but don't force me, don't force me before you get married."

Ye Kai blinked, tears streaming down his eyes.

He choked up and raised his hands to hug Chen Youhan: "...Do you know what day it will be in a week?"

Chen Youhan was completely unable to think. His first thought was who Ye Kai was going to get engaged to. His heart ached so much that he tightly hugged Ye Kai, almost embedding him in his arms. "Idiot," Ye Kai said softly, his last words trembling, "Why are you trying to persuade me to get married? I'm here to celebrate your birthday."