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It snowed for five days, and Xu Yu and Zhu Wenxu stayed at home for five days. It wasn't easy to be completely free. Zhu Fuge called someone and asked to go to the company to clear some projects. Xu Yu could tell she was trying to get Xu Yu to go back to work.
Zhu Wenxu yawned: "I've already left, and I still have to work for free?"
"This is what you should hand over," Zhu Fuge said. "You'll be here for three days at most, and then you don't need to come anymore."
Xu Yu poured him a glass of warm water: "Sister needs you, just go."
These could not be refused. Zhu Wenxu hung up the phone, washed up, got dressed, kissed Xu Yu before leaving, and then took the key and went out.
"Drive slower."
"Okay." Zhu Wenxu said, "If you want me."
"I'm starting to miss you now."
"No, that won't work." Zhu Wenxu waved his hand seriously, "I won't want to go."
Xu Yu kissed him: "Okay, I'll start missing you when you get here."
Zhu Wenxu left. Half an hour later, Xu Yu packed up and left. Ke Yu and Xiao Meng were going back to Qingying today, so they called Xu Yu in advance to escort them.
Taxis are slow to get around in the snow. When Xu Yu arrived, Xiao Meng was sitting with Ke Yu in the warm lobby. Xiao Meng put her hands on her hips and said, "It's only been a short time. You've forgotten your friends after having a partner."
"You and Zhu Wenxu have been hanging out for so long, and you still don't know how to come and play with us?" Ke Yu also started to tease, "How disheartening."
Xu Yu said innocently: "I'm here now, right? Okay, okay, I won't dare to do it again next time. What time is your flight?"
"There are still two hours left." Xiao Meng spun around happily.
"You're so happy?" Xu Yu said, "Why are you so eager to reply to Qingying?"
"Don't make fun of me!" Xiao Meng said happily, "I like it here, but there are good things waiting for me and my wife."
"Won the lottery?"
"You're so stupid." Ke Yu hit Xu Yu's leg. "Zhu Wenxu has been demoted and his relationship with the Zhu family has been severed. What does this mean for me? It means I don't need to arrange a marriage anymore. I can just go ahead and make it a done deal and take my baby to meet my parents."
“…”
Xu Yu didn't answer: "Do they know your sexual orientation?"
"Of course I know, I just don't accept it."
Xu Yu: “…”
I always feel like they might get pissed off.
"When will you take Zhu Wenxu to Qingying?" Xiao Meng said, "If you're here, we can go out and have fun."
"Zhu Wenxu and I have other things to do."
"That's too much!" Xiao Meng was puzzled. "Why would you give up your friends for your partner?"
Xu Yu: "You've become a bad person, Xiao Meng."
"I argue with Sun Xuefan every day. Even if you watch a few more games, you'll start cursing," Ke Yu said. "It's really annoying."
"You guys met again?"
"Yeah." Xiao Meng answered quickly, "I asked my wife to go check on Xi Jiang. He said he's becoming more and more abnormal."
Ke Yu sneered: "I'm not a doctor. I've been at odds with them for a long time. Asking for peace? No way."
Xu Yu was curious: "Is Xi Jiang sick?"
"Who knows?" Ke Yu gently hit Xu Yu's shoulder. "You can't go. You only have eyes for Zhu Wenxu, right?"
Xu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I understand. I will listen carefully to your teachings."
"That's better." Ke Yu took Xiao Meng's hand and said, "Let's go."
"Isn't it two hours later? It's only been forty minutes."
"I was kidding." Ke Yu put on sunglasses.
"You've been fooled." Xiao Meng made a face, "Bye, Yuyu."
Xu Yu waved to them, watched them board the plane, and sat in the hall for a while before he got up and walked out.
It's snowing again.
After buying groceries and returning home, Xu Yu's hands were frozen. He blew on the air conditioner and started to make soup. Zhu Wenxu had been cooking for the past five days, and he had never touched the kitchen.
After cooking, he decided to mop the floor and saw a box next to the sofa. It was the one Ke Yu gave him when he brought Xiao Meng here. Xu Yu opened the outer bag and saw that it was walnuts. He thought of peeling some and making soup with them. He opened the box and found that it was a laptop.
There's also a sticky note.
[Ding, friend card. ∩_∩]
Xu Yu smiled. How afraid is he of being rejected?
Xu Yu took a photo and sent it to the group. They had previously played Landlord and had set up a makeshift group.
[Thanks. ]
On the plane, Xiao Meng connected to the Wi-Fi in the economy class cabin. With a sweet smile, she shared the contents of her tablet with Ke Yu: "He has discovered computers now."
Ke Yu typed: [Why don’t you wait until I’m dead to find out?]
Xiao Meng: [So stupid.]
Xu Yu put down his phone and continued to mop the floor. After cleaning up briefly, he ate. Snow was still falling outside. While he was in a daze, the phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello."
"Hello, I'm Lin Mian," the voice on the other end said. "I've been listening to the wind today. I wanted to ask if you're free in two days."
"Yes." Xu Yu said, "Let's meet near your workplace."
Lin Mian smiled and said, "It's all right. Don't give in to me. I'll book the restaurant and text you."
"Thank you for your help."
"No trouble."
The call ended. Xu Yu felt the weight of the phone hanging in his hand. He was actually quite nervous as he got closer to the truth behind his amnesia.
Zhu Wenxu came back before dark, looking weathered and frosted, and gave her a cool kiss.
"Xu Yu, I'm very happy."
Xu Yu held his face in her hands: "Me too."
"I can see you every day, I can think of you, I can be blatant, I can allow it, there are no restrictions." Zhu Wenxu said, "I am really happy."
"I understand." Xu Yu gently pushed him away, "Change clothes, wash hands, and eat."
The meal lasted more than ten minutes, and they had almost no appetite except for each other in the face of love. They lay in bed, playing with each other's fingers, stroking each other's lines, and then smiled at each other, and gradually fell asleep in the blanket of their own world.
Zhu Wenxu left early in the morning. Xu Yu was still silent when he left. When the weather turned cold, Xu Yu's biological clock would be disrupted. It was difficult for him to get up early in the morning, especially not to leave the warm quilt.
The snow had stopped, and the streets were a blanket of white. Xu Yu's social media feed was filled with photos of the snowy scene and the puzzled thoughts of Ke Yu and Xiao Meng.
[Why is there no snow in Qingying?]
[Why isn't it snowing?]
Xu Yu immediately took a picture of the snow scene and posted it to the group, and they all jumped out:
Ke Yu: [Are you human? Are you human? Are you human? Are you human? Are you human?!]
Xiao Meng: [Take my cute iron fist.]
Xu Yu typed: [How is the battle going?]
[I'm eating now, so I'm not going to talk about it anymore.]
It didn't sound like it was going well; he probably got scolded. Xu Yu went to the kitchen to cook a dish, one meat and one vegetable. She brought some rice to eat, and when Zhu Wenxu came back, she would eat with him again.
At 7:30, Zhu Wenxu still hadn't returned. Xu Yu packed up the trash and went downstairs. A beam of light shone in from behind the railing, then switched to low beam headlights.
Sun Xuefan stared at Xu Yu's face: "It seems that you have lived a good life."
Xu Yu saw her grim expression and asked, "Why are you here like this?"
"Of course I came to find you, to let you know how evil you and Zhu Wenxu were." Sun Xuefan pounded on the railing, "Uncle Zhang, carry him to the car for me."
Uncle Zhang hesitated: "Miss, this is illegal."
"Uncle Zhang!" Sun Xuefan turned around, "I'll take full responsibility."
Xu Yu realized something was wrong, but it was too late. He was thrown into the back seat of the car by three men. His chin hit the door frame, and he grimaced in pain, but Sun Xuefan ignored him and waved for the driver to drive.
"I have no grudge against you, right?"
Sun Xuefan sneered, "Why not? When I tried to get you to join, you weren't decisive at all, and in the end, you chose to leave Xi Jiang. Doesn't that mean we're enemies?"
Xu Yu pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Sun Xuefan, you're being unreasonable. It's my right to decide whether to join or not."
"You can live a free and happy life, but what about Xi Jiang? You don't even consider how much Xi Jiang has to bear alone. All you have eyes for is yourself."
"So? You want everyone to fall into the same trap as you and ruin their lives?"
"Xu Yu, you are an ungrateful person!" Sun Xuefan yelled, tears streaming down his face.
She was in a mess, she had no image, and she went crazy in this cold night. She wanted to seek justice for Xi Jiang every moment, but the person who could be her teammate wanted to be her opponent and insisted on becoming the hatred in this relationship.
Sun Xuefan wanted to help them.
"You know we have a contract. We have no feelings for each other from the beginning to the end. I have done my best to play the role of a gentle 'family member' who can fill the gap behind him." Xu Yu asked, "Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
"You left him!"
"Shouldn't I have left him?" Xu Yu asked again, "It was you who said that someone like me was not worthy of being on the stage, wouldn't be favored by Xi Jiang, and wouldn't receive the jewel gift in the name of love. Now you blame me for leaving him?"
Sun Xuefan took a deep breath and said, "I don't care what you say. The biggest reason for this is because of you."
Xu Yu didn't want to waste any more time talking because Sun Xuefan was totally not listening.
The car drove slowly, and the downhill slope was steep from time to time. When he appeared at the villa again, those scenes resurfaced, but the people in the car did not give him a chance and drove him into the villa's living room.
There was no heating, it was cold, and the atmosphere was oppressive. However, there was an extremely bright light on the second floor. Sun Xuefan pulled Xu Yu upstairs, but Xu Yu struggled to break free, only to be pushed forward by the person behind him.
There was no furniture in the living room on the second floor, only easels one after another. The floor was covered with various paints, both opened and unopened, filling up the entire storage box in the corner.
Xi Jiang wore a white T-shirt stained with dye. His hair had never been cut; if it grew any longer, it would probably reach his shoulders. The dim light above his head made his face look particularly gentle. He kept his head down, painting, mixing different colors.
"A Jiang." Sun Xuefan called him softly, "I brought Xu Yu to you."
Xi Jiang stopped painting, looked up at Xu Yu, then looked away and continued painting without being affected much.
Sun Xuefan pulled Xu Yu over again, like offering a treasure: "A Jiang, don't you like it?"
Xi Jiang took another look and continued to adjust the colors on the palette.
"Let me go." Xu Yu struggled to break free. "Did you pick me up? You just gave me away."
"Didn't you see Xi Jiang's reaction? It's all because of you. It's all because of you."
Xu Yu couldn't look Sun Xuefan in the eye. She was already deeply trapped in this so-called torture. Apart from Xi Jiang, she couldn't see anyone else, including herself.
She watched Xi Jiang cry silently. The makeup on her face was dirty because of the mess, and she looked a little embarrassed. She couldn't let Xi Jiang, who was painting, even look at him.
Xi Jiang wanted to automatically block out the presence of outsiders, not looking up because of the voice, nor being disrupted by the sight.
"Xi Jiang became like this after you left," Sun Xuefan said. "At first, he could still say a few words, but soon, he became unwilling to talk and automatically ignored everyone."
"Xu Yu, isn't he good to you? Bringing you out of those shabby places and letting you enjoy a life that many people can't, isn't that a favor? Wouldn't this kind of favor make you willing to stay with him for the rest of your life?"
Xu Yu couldn't listen: "You stayed with him longer, why didn't you stay with him?"
"You are an ungrateful person. It's a shame that Xi Jiang helped you when those people were slandering you. And that A Lu who wanted to win you over to get Xi Jiang's investment, now you can't hold your head up for the rest of your life after Xi Jiang took revenge for you. You can't even feel his love for you."
“This is not love.”
"How is this not love? Why do you deny this relationship!?"
Xu Yu felt she was hopeless. He took two steps back and stood up straight. "Love isn't like that. It's not about coaxing me with a few words, nor is it about keeping me by your side for years without any clear reason, without any status or position, like a dispensable emotional machine. Sun Xuefan, put yourself in my shoes. Would you like it?"
"You really are an ungrateful person." Sun Xuefan glared at him. "You are as selfish as Wei Pei'er."
"If you want to scold me, scold me first, don't bring anyone else into the conversation." Xu Yu saw through her intentions, "I know you are jealous of her. After all, she is the only one who is pregnant with Xi Jiang's child. Isn't it because of the child that you are seeking reconciliation with her?"
Sun Xuefan looked up in surprise.
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