Chapter 96: Melon Courtyard
The sky was a little gloomy. Xu Qingye was sleeping comfortably wrapped in the quilt. A loud phone call woke him up. He looked at the time and it was just past twelve o'clock.
"Come down, I'll wait for you in the car."
"What are you doing? Just come up when you get here. I'm so sleepy."
Xu Qingye didn't want to move. He opened the curtains and took a look. The weather was bad, so he didn't want to get up anymore.
"Come on, I'll take you somewhere."
Shen Que urged, and Xu Qingye responded reluctantly, using up almost all his strength to get out of bed. It was a cloudy day, the best weather for sleeping.
After washing up and going downstairs, he glanced around before seeing a low-key Volkswagen on the side of the road. Xu Qingye walked over and looked inside. After confirming that it was Shen Que, he opened the door and got in the car.
As soon as he got into the car, a hamburger was stuffed into his hand.
"Eat, you must be hungry."
"A little bit, but since you're here at this hour, you probably didn't drive back overnight."
Xu Qingye took the burger and started eating it without hesitation. There was nothing good about sleeping in, except that one would get hungry easily. He finished the burger in just a few bites. Right after he finished, Shen Que thoughtfully handed him a cup of coffee.
"I took an early morning flight and drove to the company. If I had driven back myself, I wouldn't have arrived so early."
Shen Que shook his head and waited until Xu Qingye finished eating before he started the car.
"Where are we going?"
Xu Qingye felt much more energetic after taking a sip of coffee. He leaned against the car window and drove out. Shen Que took him somewhere without any idea. He felt like he was suddenly kidnapped on an ordinary day.
"To my house."
"Your home? It can't be the home you and your parents live in, right? No, you're being too sudden."
Xu Qingye was startled and wanted to jump out of the window.
"No, it's where I lived when I was in high school. My parents didn't live there. The house should be empty now."
Shen Que looked at Xu Qingye's nervous expression and laughed. He reached out and patted the back of his hand, telling him not to be too nervous.
"Are you a rabbit? You have a home anywhere, but why do you want to go to where you lived in high school? Is there something special about it?"
Xu Qingye breathed a sigh of relief. He was not prepared at all for meeting his parents and could not imagine such a scene at all.
"It's quiet enough over there, no one will disturb you."
Shen Que gave Xu Qingye a meaningful look, and Xu Qingye immediately became alert.
"You don't have anything to do tomorrow, do you?"
"Why are you asking that?"
Xu Qingye looked at Chen Que, but Chen Que just smiled. Maybe it was because of his hairstyle, he looked like a bad boy now, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which made people want to explore this person carefully.
Somewhat dangerous, but incredibly fascinating.
Xu Qingye looked at him and couldn't help but be distracted, and his own problems were suddenly thrown to the back of his mind.
"You look handsome with a buzz cut. It's very different from usual. There's a sense of danger to you."
"Then are you willing to take the risk with me?"
Shen Que smiled even more brightly. He liked the way Xu Qingye looked at him seriously. His eyes were full of him, which was very touching and made people want to stop and kiss him.
"Stop talking nonsense and drive seriously. I'll take a nap for a while."
Xu Qingye looked at Shen Que's somewhat smug expression and didn't want to talk to him anymore. Talking too much would only make him proud. Xu Qingye was too easy to reveal his inner thoughts. He seemed to like him more and more recently.
The car drove for almost three hours before it stopped.
The house where Chen Que lived when he was young was on the outskirts of the city. It was a small courtyard. It was obvious that someone often came to take care of it. The flowers and plants in the garden grew very well, and it was not like they would grow up without anyone taking care of them. Especially those delicate roses, the branches were already full of blooms.
"Did you live alone as a child?"
The courtyard was not small, and it would be lonely if one lived there alone. Xu Qingye stepped inside and looked around the house. The decoration inside the house was a bit old, but it looked cozy.
"Because it's close to school, I lived here for three years of high school. After Chen Mu started high school, he also moved here for a while. Most of the time, I was here alone. When I didn't want to live in the dormitory anymore in college, I came back to live here."
Shen Que took out some purchased food from the trunk and walked to the kitchen, putting some that needed to be frozen into the refrigerator, and sorted out the other food.
"You take a rest for a while, I'll clean up and make you dinner."
Shen Que led Xu Qingye up to the second floor. He opened the door of the room and let Xu Qingye go to rest. Shen Que's room was no different from where he lived now. The room was empty with only a bed and two bedside tables. Looking at this familiar style, Xu Qingye inexplicably felt at ease.
Xu Qingye walked around the room. He opened the bedside table and took a look. There was a notebook in the cabinet. It looked quite new. Xu Qingye picked it up.
"What is this, can I see it?"
"My diary, but I haven't written in a long time. You can read it if you want."
Writing a diary is a solid habit, but I don’t write every day. I just record my current mood occasionally.
As soon as he heard the word diary, Xu Qingye became excited. He sat down on the edge of the bed and opened the book nervously. For a person, a diary is an extremely private thing. Reading a diary is like having all the secrets of a person spread out in front of him.
Chen Que's handwriting is very beautiful, each one is square and looks very comfortable.
[xx year x month x day. It rained for several days straight, the weather was terrible, and I was in a bad mood, so I didn't feel like writing anymore.]
Today, on x/x/xx, my teacher asked me what my dream was. I froze, as if I didn't have anything in particular I wanted to do. My silence surprised the teacher, and I looked at him, and he looked at me. He told me to go back and think about it. I thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with an answer.
[On x/x/xx, I chose the philosophy department in college, not because I loved it, but because I thought this major would help me think.]
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Xu Qingye flipped through the diary and found that most of the content was boring. Shen Que used to be a little weird. He could almost imagine what he looked like when he wrote in the diary. It must be super cute.
The diary was very thick and no one knew how many years it had been used. He continued to flip through it and actually saw content about himself.
[xx year x month x day. Today may be the most ridiculous day. I actually agreed to Chen Mu to chase stars for her. The airport became noisy in the middle of the night because of those star chasers. All I could hear were screams. I thought it would be a bad day, but it was unexpectedly full of surprises.
I met an interesting person today. He seemed to be a paparazzi. He said I would be suitable to be an actor. Acting is a profession I have never thought of, but it seems very interesting. If I become an actor, I might meet him again.
[xx year x month x day. My original idea turned out to be correct. I ran into that guy again at the film and television city. His name is Xu Qingye, what a nice name.]
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The last page of the diary was about the day they met at the film and television city. The notebook was finished, most likely a new one. So this one was placed here. Xu Qingye was curious whether Shen Que continued to write. He put the notebook back into the drawer, stood up and walked downstairs.
Shen Que was still busy in the kitchen. Xu Qingye didn't know how complicated the dinner he was going to prepare was. He really had no talent for cooking, so he couldn't muster the enthusiasm to study it.
Shen Que is different. He can make very good meals just by looking at the recipe. I think it is because he has some talent that he can enjoy it.
With broad shoulders and a narrow waist, she looked very different as she was busy in the kitchen wearing an apron. Xu Qingye stood by and watched for a long time.
"You're down here again, don't you want to rest?"
Shen Que had noticed Xu Qingye a long time ago, but he was busy preparing the ingredients and ignored him. As a result, Xu Qingye just stood there staring at him, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
"I've gotten enough sleep. I don't need any more rest. Are you still writing in your diary? I want to see the back of it."
Xu Qingye walked over and hugged Chen Que's waist from behind, his palm just pressing on his solid abdominal muscles. Xu Qingye couldn't help but touch it twice.
"The following content is not suitable for you."
Shen Que pulled Xu Qingye over, pressed him against the stove, and gently stroked his face with one hand.
"You didn't write anything weird, did you?"
Xu Qingye looked at Chen Que suspiciously. He didn't dare to think too much about the content that he couldn't show him.
"Not really, I just write something sometimes when I miss you."
Shen Que shook his head. Before his love became clear, his feelings for Xu Qingye were vague. Only occasionally in his dreams in the dead of night, Xu Qingye would suddenly appear and occupy his entire night.
Therefore, what is written down between the pen and paper is all about the young man’s thoughts.
"It's definitely not something serious."
Xu Qingye felt a little hot when Chen Que looked at him. He pushed him and wanted to go out, but Shen Que lowered his head and kissed him first.
The kiss was as light as a dragonfly touching the water, so light that it seemed just an illusion. Xu Qingye looked at Chen Que and blinked, somewhat uncomfortable with such an innocent kiss from him.
"If you can't sleep, go play with your phone and don't disturb me while I'm cooking."
Shen Que pushed Xu Qingye out, then closed the kitchen door with his backhand. Xu Qingye reached out and touched his lips, somewhat missing Shen Que's unruly kiss.
With nothing to do, Xu Qingye simply walked around the house.
This is where Shen Que used to live, and there are many traces of his life here, especially in the study where many of Shen Que's things are placed. The bookshelves are full of books, as well as trophies and certificates.
Xu Qingye took a casual look and did not touch the things inside. On the desk were a few photos of Shen Que when he was in high school. Shen Que was younger at that time, but he looked as handsome as he is now. The photos seemed to be taken secretly, so he frowned slightly and looked a little unhappy.
The cocky and weird kid was very different from the current Chen Que. Xu Qingye reached out and poked Chen Que's face in the photo. If he had traveled through time earlier, he might have met the childhood Chen Que.
"Get me some takeout."
The doorbell rang, and Shen Que shouted from the kitchen. Xu Qingye hurried over to open the door. The takeaway boy handed him a bag and left quickly. Xu Qingye looked at the contents of the bag and his face flushed.
There were a lot of things in the bag, and at the bottom were two small square boxes, which were sets.
This kid really had bad intentions. Xu Qingye blushed and threw the bag aside.
Shen Que in the kitchen didn't pay attention to the situation on his side, and continued to concentrate on preparing food. There were only two dishes left to be finished.
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