An Qingyan inadvertently noticed the wooden rabbit carving on his bedside table. He didn't know where the carving came from; it had suddenly appeared in his schoolbag when he was eight years old.
He took the wooden carving, stroking the smooth, polished rabbit's body with his fingertips. He looked up at the man, blinked, and said, "Brother Fei, this wooden carving isn't a gift from you, is it?"
“Yes.” Gu Fei nodded.
This was something he secretly put into An Qingyan's schoolbag on the day he left to study abroad. He wanted to give the child a surprise, but he didn't expect that An Qingyan would forget about it.
He looked at the boy's red eyes and nose from crying and chuckled, saying, "I thought you looked like a little white rabbit back then, and you look even more like one when you cry."
"What...?"
An Qingyan's cheeks flushed slightly. He felt that there was another meaning behind Gu Fei's words. Last time, the man gave him a White Rabbit candy and said that when he cried, his eyes were red, like a little rabbit.
An Qingyan: "You didn't like me back then, did you?"
Gu Fei: "..."
"Do you think Fei Ge is that perverted?" The man curled his long, slender fingers and tapped the boy's forehead helplessly. "You were only eight years old back then, just a little brother."
Gu Fei had always been this way; he disliked being close to others and preferred to be alone in quiet places doing his own thing. Until one peaceful afternoon, he discovered a child hiding in the shadows, spying on him. (Original URL)
At that time, he thought the child was indeed quite annoying, but also quite well-behaved. He was wearing ill-fitting, faded clothes, and his little hand took out a preserved plum candy from his pocket and carefully put it into his palm.
Gu Fei is an only child and has no siblings.
He saw that the child was thin and small and pitiful, but also very well-behaved and cute, so he treated him as his younger brother.
He would occasionally talk to the child and bring him some snacks. The child would always be very happy at these times, and his big, bright black eyes would smile and curve into crescent moons.
They had only known each other for less than two months, and after Gu Fei went abroad, the two completely lost contact.
Time flies like an arrow; so many years have passed.
For Gu Fei, the child who was Lin Qingyan back then was just a passerby in his life, insignificant. But when he occasionally flipped through the photo album, he would think of that child with the crescent-shaped eyes when he smiled.
They met again a few months ago.
Nineteen-year-old Lin Qingyan was still wearing faded clothes, and when she smiled, her dark, clear peach blossom eyes were still curved, and she was still as well-behaved as ever.
He sat alone by the roadside, eating a steamed bun, his thin figure looking particularly pitiful and helpless.
Gu Fei wasn't a great philanthropist and wouldn't just take home a homeless stranger, but he recognized the person as his younger brother from his childhood and felt compassion for him.
Supporting another person in the family was not a problem for Master Gu at all. However, things gradually went astray, and he couldn't control his feelings. He fell in love.
For Gu Fei, eight-year-old Lin Qingyan was just an insignificant passerby in his life, but nineteen-year-old An Qingyan... was the first, and probably only, person Gu Fei ever fell in love with.
...
"Brother Fei, thank you for remembering me, and thank you for taking me home."
An Qingyan's eyes welled up with tears. He wrapped his arms around the man's waist and leaned against him, his soft voice tinged with a sob.
It turns out their connection began eleven years ago.
“I really didn’t expect it…” The man’s deep, sharp eyes held a hint of affection in his smile, softening the sharp lines of his face. “Yan Yan is so easily fooled that she dared to go home with a stranger.”
An Qingyan: "They're not strangers."
Gu Fei, I knew you in my past life.
Gu Fei: "What if I get scammed by someone in the future?"
An Qingyan: "I'm smart, I was just fooled by you."
Gu Fei: "Okay."
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That afternoon, Gu Fei flew off to another city on a business trip.
An Qingyan returned home with worries on her mind.
The traces of his crying hadn't faded from his face, and his eyes were still red. An Jing happened to see this, and his older brother was heartbroken, but he couldn't say anything.
The older brother could only frantically hint, "Yan Yan, you must be moderate in everything you do, understand?"
An Qingyan blushed instantly and could only stammer a "I know." He then noticed the teeth marks on his older brother's forearm and immediately changed the subject: "Big brother, what happened to those teeth marks? Who bit you?"
An Jing: "This... was bitten by a stray dog."
"Really?" These were clearly human teeth marks. An Qingyan observed his older brother's expression and vaguely sensed a hint of gossip. "Which little stray dog was so powerful?"
“Your good friend, that kid surnamed Lu.” An Jing stopped pretending and plopped down on the sofa, picked up an apple from the fruit plate, took a bite, and crunched it down.
"Wasn't last night a celebration party? Lu Yuqi got completely drunk. I kindly took him home, but instead, he threw up all over me and then turned around and bit me!"
"Look at these teeth marks, they haven't faded even after all night."
"Not only that, he kept calling me an old bastard. I don't know what I did to offend him. If it weren't for the fact that he's your friend, I would have dumped him on the side of the road to starve!"
An Jing took another big bite of the apple and continued crunching, as if she were imagining it as Lu Yuqi.
"..." An Qingyan's lips twitched slightly. He didn't expect Yu Qi to be so fierce after getting drunk. Looking at his older brother's gritted teeth, he felt that the two of them were not quite on the same page.
He could only try to explain for his friend, "Yuqi isn't usually like this. He was drunk, so he probably doesn't know what he did. Brother, you're a grown man, so please don't hold it against him."
"Do you need to get your hand injured?"
An Jing shook her head. "No need, it's alright."
He was just venting; he didn't really want to argue with Lu Yuqi. Why should he take a nineteen-year-old seriously? That would make him seem petty.
This little brat actually dared to call him an old bastard, tsk...
An Qingyan then asked, "Big brother, do you and Yu Qi have some kind of grudge?"
"A grudge?" An Jing leaned back on the sofa in a relaxed posture, his legs casually crossed. He narrowed his eyes, racking his brains, but he really couldn't think of any grudge he could have with that kid.
"Just two months ago, I punished him by making him clean the practice room. You know how it was back then. Apart from that, I really can't think of anything else I did to offend him."
"I see..." An Qingyan was also bewildered.
He didn't know what was going on, so he comforted his older brother, explained things to his good friend, and after chatting for a while, he went back to his room and made a phone call to Lu Yuqi.
In the other dormitory room, Lu Yuqi had just woken up and his head was still throbbing. He couldn't remember how he got back last night, but he vaguely remembered that An Jing seemed to be next to him.
"Yuqi, I heard you got drunk last night. How are you feeling now?" An Qingyan asked with concern.
"I'm fine. What do you need me for?"
"Can't I talk to you if there's nothing wrong?" An Qingyan's tone carried a hint of amusement and a touch of gossip: "Tell me honestly, what's going on between you and my older brother?"
"What's going on?" Lu Yuqi frowned in confusion, his head still aching. He was on the phone while packing his luggage; he had to go home today.
"Did you black out?"
“My older brother took you home last night.”
"What?" Lu Yuqi stopped packing his luggage. An Qingyan briefly told him what he had done to An Jing last night, and he blinked blankly.
"You said An Jing brought me home last night, and I not only threw up all over him, but I also cursed at him and bit his arm?"
In fact, not only that, An Jing also hid some things from An Qingyan, such as Lu Yuqi kissing him and then crying in grievance, which An Jing comforted for a long time.
An Qingyan asked, "So what exactly is going on between you and my older brother?"
"..." Lu Yuqi's Adam's apple bobbed, and his tense expression became somewhat unnatural. He snorted softly, "What could be going on? Otherwise, do you still think I like him?"
"I don't like old men."
An Qingyan: "..."
If he remembered correctly, his older brother was two months younger than Gu Fei, only twenty-seven. What kind of old man was he? Brother Fei wasn't old at all, even if he was an old man, it wouldn't matter.
He smiled and said, "Oh, well, I quite like older men."
Lu Yuqi: "..."
An Qingyan's smile deepened, like a little fox. "Yu Qi, I didn't ask you if you liked my older brother just now. You don't need to rush to explain."
Lu Yuqi: "..."
It seems An Qingyan has been corrupted by his cousin.
"I still need to pack my luggage, so I'll talk to you later."
"Okay, when are you free to get together?"
"Okay, we'll talk about it later. I'll hang up now."
Lu Yuqi quickly hung up the phone, scratching his head in frustration. What was going on? What had he done to An Jing? Why did he suddenly lose all memory of it now?
Grass!
On the other hand, after ending the call, An Qingyan temporarily put the matter aside. He hadn't resolved his own issues yet, and he still didn't know what had happened later or why he didn't have the memory of meeting Gu Fei when he was a child.
He took out the yellowed diary and carefully looked at the things recorded inside. He had thought that this older brother did not exist, but he did not expect it to be Gu Fei.
That's great...
After learning it was Gu Fei, he reread these diaries, and his feelings were different; the scenes seemed to reappear in his mind.
He brought the digital camera back with him, and looking at the Ultraman stickers on it, they looked much better now, because he was the one who put them on.
He examined the photos carefully, one by one.
This is what Gu Fei was like when he was young. He was also involved in Gu Fei's past, but unfortunately he doesn't remember it.
Perhaps... Zhou Yuelan knows something.
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