That evening, Wan Qiu was doing her homework with her head down, and Chu Yigui was beside her.
The scratching sound of the pen tip on the paper overlapped with the sound of Chu Yigui's computer fan running.
Suddenly, Chu Yigui heard Wan Qiu speak.
"I haven't found a solution to the problem yet; I need a little more time."
Wan Qiu didn't look up, but instead kept his head down, continuing to think about the homework problem.
Chu Yigui, however, did not get absorbed in her work again.
He gazed at Wan Qiu, who was intently pondering the problem under the bright desk lamp.
The light shone on Wanqiu's face and into his eyes, as if no matter what, Wanqiu's future was always filled with light.
Chu Yigui knew very well that even Wan Qiu probably couldn't understand what he was thinking.
It's like playing hide-and-seek blindfolded, but trying hard to listen to his voice and figure out the direction little by little.
However, Wan Qiu was genuinely thinking about things for him, which was sweet enough for Chu Yigui.
The phone next to the computer lit up.
The caller ID on the screen caused Chu Yigui's gentle expression to pause slightly.
With the computer on standby, Chu Yigui took her phone to the balcony.
They were currently in a house near the high school, and the temperature on the balcony was a bit low, quickly taking away the warmth from Chu Yigui's body.
With this kind of weather, it'll probably snow soon.
Chu Yigui thought to herself.
He answered the phone.
"Remembering home".
"Good evening, Aunt Yang," Chu Yigui said.
"Is everything I heard true?" Yang Xiaoyu asked directly.
"If there are no problems with the communication, then yes," Chu Yigui replied quietly.
Yang Xiaoyu was silent for two seconds: "When did you start having this idea?"
Chu Yigui exhaled and vaguely saw white mist.
“I used to feel that I had stolen Wanqiu’s life and that I needed to make it up to him.”
Yang Xiaoyu waited quietly on the other end of the phone for Chu Yigui to finish speaking.
“But I also received things from Wanqiu, and the more I received, the less I could repay. Perhaps it would be better to give Wanqiu everything I could, so I did it.”
Yang Xiaoyu suddenly said, "You should tell Chu Zhang what you said; it might inspire him to write songs."
Chu Yigui tilted her head, her expression calm: "Facing me, Brother Chu Zhang probably won't have any inspiration."
"Your analogy is quite interesting. Is something you can just give away casually?" Yang Xiaoyu didn't try to reason with Chu Yigui like Chu Jianshu did.
“Because Wanqiu itself is attractive enough to me,” Chu Yigui said.
Yang Xiaoyu smiled.
It seemed that Wan Qiu was happy because he had received high praise from Chu Yigui.
“I don’t agree with you being with Wan Qiu,” Yang Xiaoyu said.
Chu Yigui was not saddened by this: "I only care about Wanqiu's opinion."
Yang Xiaoyu paused for two seconds, then let out a long sigh.
Do you know how easy it would be for us to make sure you never see Wanqiu again?
Yang Xiaoyu's words were true, and Chu Yigui knew it too.
“I will do everything I can to find out where he is,” Chu Yigui said.
"And then you can go see him anytime?"
“No,” Chu Yigui replied slowly, “It means that I can go to him whenever he wants to contact me.”
Yang Xiaoyu asked with some doubt, "Do you know that I said that because I couldn't bear to see Wanqiu suffer?"
Wan Qiu will definitely go to Chu Yigui, and Yang Xiaoyu will definitely be soft-hearted. Yang Xiaoyu's statement was invalid from the beginning.
"Hmm..." Chu Yigui stammered, a rare occurrence, and did not answer.
Yang Xiaoyu seemed silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "How far have things progressed between you two?"
Chu Yigui was stunned: "What?"
"Did you get into bed?" Yang Xiaoyu asked.
"No." Chu Yigui was clearly taken aback by Yang Xiaoyu's abrupt question.
"Have you kissed?" Yang Xiaoyu asked.
"Yes, I have," Chu Yigui answered honestly.
Yang Xiaoyu gasped, "You forced him? No, no, no, impossible! How could you possibly force Wan Qiu..."
"It was Wan Qiu who suggested it."
"..."
"..."
"Why would he make such a request?" Yang Xiaoyu's thoughts began to wander. "Tell me the truth, could it be that Wan Qiu liked you first, proposed dating you, and then you suddenly started going crazy?"
“I did it first,” Chu Yigui said. “He just wanted to confirm whether he liked me.”
Yang Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Would you force him?
Chu Yigui chuckled, and Yang Xiaoyu answered before Chu Yigui could.
"Okay, I know that's a rhetorical question. So, if he asked you to do it, would you?... Okay, that's a rhetorical question too." Yang Xiaoyu felt she couldn't find anything to criticize about Wan Qiu and Chu Yigui's way of getting along. "Is there anything you would definitely refuse Wan Qiu?"
Chu Yigui had never thought about this question.
He spent a long time thinking about it.
Unfortunately, he didn't find the answer.
Yang Xiaoyu laughed: "He asked you to leave him, would you leave?"
Chu Yigui lowered her eyes.
Unlike Chu Jianshu, Yang Xiaoyu's profession clearly gave her the ability to read people and understand their minds.
If we really want to influence them, the only way out is through Wanqiu.
Chu Yigui closed her eyes, feeling the wind blowing by, taking away the last trace of warmth.
My fingers were in the cold air, and I couldn't even feel the temperature of the phone.
"Yes," Chu Yigui replied.
Yang Xiaoyu smiled.
Through the phone, Chu Yigui couldn't see Yang Xiaoyu's current expression.
Perhaps it was his usual arrogance and ego, looking down on everything.
"Alright, I didn't plan to do anything anyway." However, Yang Xiaoyu relented, "I owe Wanqiu so much, I can't bear to force him to do anything. My only worry is what if Wanqiu falls for some trash in the future?"
Yang Xiaoyu had seriously considered this possibility.
"I was prepared for Wanqiu to fall in love with anyone. No matter what, it's best to strike first."
Chu Yigui listened quietly; this still aligned perfectly with Yang Xiaoyu's way of thinking.
"If it were you, I would feel much more at ease."
Yang Xiaoyu's voice was no longer as serious; instead, it sounded somewhat lazy.
“You don’t have any unclean relatives, so you can directly marry into the family. Our Wanqiu can stay at home forever. You don’t have the ability to treat our Wanqiu badly. Besides… you can also be my son again.”
Chu Yigui's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Yang Xiaoyu then said gloatingly, "Just try your best. After all, you're not sure if Wan Qiu really likes you, are you?"
Chu Yigui sighed silently: "I will try my best."
"You want to pass the test at Jianshu's place, not here?" Yang Xiaoyu asked.
A faint, almost imperceptible smile finally appeared on Chu Yigui's face.
"I will try my best."
"Speaking of which, how's Wanqiu doing lately..."
Yang Xiaoyu and Chu Yigui chatted about everyday things when they had nothing to do.
She seemed genuinely unconcerned about who Wanqiu was dating or whether Chu Yigui was the person she was dating.
Yang Xiaoyu had none of the concerns that Chu Jianshu had. Her personality was very different from Chu Jianshu's, which fully demonstrated her character.
For Yang Xiaoyu, nothing else matters except Wan Qiu himself.
Chu Yi returned indoors after the phone call was disconnected.
The warmth of the room instantly enveloped Chu Yigui, leaping around him in an attempt to dispel the intense chill.
Chu Yigui had her back to the French windows, but then, as if possessed, she turned her head back.
He looked out the window.
Fine, white snowflakes are falling.
It's snowing.
It is so tiny that it can only be barely seen under the light.
Chu Yigui raised her eyes and looked into the room.
In this not-so-large house, his voice could be more easily conveyed to Wanqiu.
"Wanqiu, it's snowing."
The voice, carrying a call and a slightly cool tone, was mixed with a subtle joy of wanting to share what it had seen.
There were sounds of chairs being pushed aside in a disorderly manner.
Wan Qiu came out of the bedroom, walked past Chu Yigui, and stood in front of the French windows.
He looked up at the fine snowflakes falling in the darkness outside the window.
"It's so small, I can't see anything." Wan Qiu looked up at the window.
“Because it’s nighttime, it’s hard to see.” Chu Yigui looked at Wan Qiu.
"We should see snow on the ground tomorrow," Wan Qiu said, turning around. "So, will we have to wear cotton-padded clothes tomorrow?"
"Mm." Chu Yigui nodded.
"It's true that only when it snows do you realize winter has arrived." Wan Qiu withdrew his hand.
He was passing by Chu Yigui on his way back to do his homework, but seemed to have sensed something and stopped.
Chu Yigui lowered his head, and Wan Qiu also turned his head to look at him.
Suddenly Wanqiu hugged him.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yigui asked.
"You're feeling cold, let me warm you up," Wan Qiu said.
Chu Yigui lowered her eyes and hugged Wanqiu as well.
The warm, fireplace-like temperature quickly dispelled all his chill, even more so than the cozy warmth of the room.
"I hope that every winter from now on, we can wait for the first snow together."
When Chu Yigui's voice reached Wan Qiu's ears, Wan Qiu's eyes widened.
Although he really wanted to see Chu Yigui's expression, Chu Yigui held him very tightly.
Wanqiu rested on Chu Yigui's shoulder.
A nameless, silent joy seemed to be spreading little by little through my heart.
——
Wan Qiu really put a lot of effort into thinking about it.
What is the right thing to do after falling in love with someone?
What should Chu Yigui give him to make her feelings for him seem natural?
Although Wan Qiu felt there was no connection between the events, if Chu Yigui was worried, then there must be a reason.
Although Wanqiu really wanted to find a solution himself, unfortunately, after trying for a few days, he realized that he simply didn't have the ability.
Although he really wanted to ask someone, Wan Qiu carefully counted his friends and felt that there weren't many people he could consult.
Zhou Peiyu prefers chasing celebrities to dating, while Wang Yue is all talk and no action, and gets angry whenever she hears about Chu Yigui.
Fu Zhengyu doesn't seem to be as smart as him.
Although Li Shuo has had many girlfriends, he definitely treats girls and boys differently.
The other friends are too old; there must be a generation gap.
After thinking for a long time, Wan Qiu realized that the only people he could ask were Huang Hu and Lu Qinghe.
Since he wasn't that familiar with Lu Qinghe, Huang Hu was the only person he could consult with.
But when Wan Qiu thought of Huang Hu, he sighed.
Huang Hu is also someone who is always busy with work, so he probably doesn't have time to listen to his love life.
"What's wrong with you lately? You seem particularly listless." Wang Yue snuggled up to Wan Qiu. "Pre-holiday blues?"
Wan Qiu looked down at the ground, hesitant to speak.
“Speak your mind. I feel uncomfortable watching you like this.” Wang Yue interrupted Wan Qiu’s thoughts directly.
"I'm thinking about falling in love," Wan Qiu said.
Wang Yue raised an eyebrow: "Are you going to start a relationship with the person who replied to your letter last time? Did you exchange contact information in your letters?"
"No." Wan Qiu shook his head.
"Who is that? Did you fall in love with someone at first sight?" Wang Yue asked.
"..." Unable to answer, Wan Qiu quietly shifted her gaze, learning from Chu Yigui's attitude of remaining silent when she didn't want to answer questions.
Wang Yue squinted her eyes.
"What are you thinking about in terms of relationships?" Wang Yue asked.
"If you like someone, what's the right thing to do?" Wan Qiu seized the opportunity and immediately asked Wang Yue.
"Not illegal or criminal, not morally reprehensible?" Wang Yue didn't understand Wan Qiu's thought process for a moment.
Wan Qiu was taken aback.
Wang Yue squinted, feeling that Wan Qiu's reaction was a bit strange.
"So what should you do if you like someone? If you feel inferior?"
"What are you feeling inferior about?"
Wan Qiu and Wang Yue stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Wan Qiu had no idea what Chu Yigui was feeling inferior about.
"Feeling inferior in a relationship..." Wang Yue thought for a moment, "Is it a problem with your social status? Or do you feel that the other person is too outstanding and you are not good enough for them? Or is it because you are short? Ugly? Who do you like that makes you feel inferior?"
Wan Qiu stared longingly at Wang Yue, but couldn't quite place the points of inferiority Wang Yue had mentioned onto Chu Yigui.
But his identity...
Is it because Chu Yigui is bothered that he has no relatives now?
“Generally speaking, it takes a very strong heart to pursue someone who is better than yourself,” Wang Yue said, squinting her eyes. “Just like I can’t even imagine pursuing someone from X University. To be frank, I can only admire them from afar.”
Wan Qiu knew that "X Da" referred to the protagonist of the novel that Wang Yue was currently following.
Wan Qiu was somewhat discouraged. Sure enough, even Wang Yue, who had a great deal of theoretical knowledge, would find this situation difficult.
Wang Yue looked at Wan Qiu and suddenly asked, "Is your boyfriend from this school? Won't you get found out? Aren't you afraid of being expelled?"
Wan Qiu suddenly choked up.
Oh, I forgot, dating means dropping out of school.
“But you shouldn’t be afraid of dropping out of school, right? Your parents will definitely protect you, but who knows what the other party will do,” Wang Yue said matter-of-factly.
“He’s not from this school, so he won’t be expelled,” Wan Qiu said hesitantly.
"No problem then!" Wang Yue slapped Wan Qiu on the back. "Let me see what you look like."
"..." Wan Qiu pretended not to hear.
Wang Yue's expression was subtle; she had a vague, strange feeling about her.
"What did Chu Yigui say when you started dating?" Wang Yue suddenly asked.
“Yi Gui… Yi Gui… I haven’t said it yet…” Wan Qiu looked up at something else, not daring to meet Wang Yue’s gaze.
"I really don't want to ask this, but the person you like isn't Chu Yigui, is it?"
Although Wang Yue is not a sensitive person, Wan Qiu's behavior was so deliberate that it was hard for her not to notice.
Wan Qiu suddenly froze.
Wan Qiu, who was incapable of lying, tried her best to prevent Wang Yue from seeing her eyes.
He hasn't officially started dating or being in a relationship with Chu Yigui yet, and telling Wang Yue would make her angry.
Wang Yue squinted her eyes.
"When did you realize you liked Chu Yigui?" Wang Yue asked.
"I don't know either," Wan Qiu murmured in reply.
"Then how can you be sure you like Chu Yigui?" Wang Yue asked again.
"Didn't you say before that you could tell if you liked someone just by kissing them?"
Wang Yue: "You two kissed?"
Wan Qiu: "Hmm, I wanted to give it a try, and Yi Gui agreed."
Wan Qiu: "..."
Something seems off.
Wan Qiu looked at Wang Yue again, and Wang Yue stared at him, dumbfounded.
Wan Qiu suddenly realized what he had said to Wang Yue.
I was so nervous that I became incoherent.
Suddenly, Wang Yue grabbed Wan Qiu's wrist. Her expression was serious, but her eyes were bright: "Let's talk after school!"
Wan Qiu felt a chill run down her spine: "Are you angry?"
"To be honest, I feel a bit conflicted right now."
The sound of the pre-class bell interrupted their conversation, and Wang Yue released Wan Qiu's hand.
"We've made plans after school, you have to!"
"Have dinner with me tonight, and tell your driver not to pick you up!"
Wan Qiu and Wang Yue returned to their respective classrooms.
Wanqiu lay face down on the desk before the teacher came in.
I don't know why...
Instead of focusing on the fact that he liked Chu Yigui, the real emphasis was not on the fact that Wang Yue knew about it.
Wanqiu's cheeks were flushed with a faint blush.
He actually... told his friends that he liked Chu Yigui.
A subtle, bittersweet emotion was welling up from the bottom of my heart, constantly hitting my cheeks, my mood was inexplicably soaring, it was extremely strange.
While Wanqiu was still packing his schoolbag after school, Wang Yue was already waiting impatiently at the classroom door.
Wang Yue pulled Wan Qiu along, walking very quickly out of the school gate. If it weren't for the slippery ground in winter, Wan Qiu felt that Wang Yue would almost be running.
Wang Yue brought Wan Qiu to a fast food restaurant. Despite being poor, Wang Yue actually paid for the two of them out of her own pocket.
Wanqiu felt that Wang Yue always seemed to be very stingy with money, so he offered to reimburse Wang Yue for expenses.
But Wang Yue didn't seem to care much about money today.
"You're not kidding me, are you?" Wang Yue stuck the straw directly into the cup, as if to say that if Wan Qiu dared to talk nonsense, she would stick the straw somewhere else.
"no."
"Do you really like Chu Yigui?" Wang Yue asked with utmost seriousness.
"That should be true," Wan Qiu said.
"What do you mean by 'should'?" Wang Yue slammed her hand on the table, and Wan Qiu stared blankly, not daring to utter a sound. "No, liking is liking, and disliking is disliking. How can there be a question of 'should' or 'shouldn't'? Aren't you even sure yourself?"
Wan Qiu was stunned for a moment, then he lowered his head.
"I really like Yi Gui. To me, Yi Gui is different from everyone else. I also like kissing Yi Gui. I also feel that Yi Gui is different from everyone else. I guess that means I like her."
Wanqiu's murmurs made Wang Yue watch longingly.
Is it because of the lighting?
Is Wanqiu blushing now?
"My God, even though I ship them every day, I never thought it would actually happen. You're serious, right? Have you thought about what you'll face if you get together with Chu Yigui?"
Wanqiu was puzzled.
"You two are boys. Boys dating is different from normal boys and girls dating. If people find out, they'll gossip a lot."
Wang Yue was still somewhat worried.
Wan Qiu blinked and lowered her head: "I know."
"Don't you care?" Wang Yue asked hesitantly.
"Well, I don't really care. But if Yi Gui cares, then I will care."
Wang Yue was surprised; it turns out that people in love really do only look at each other.
"Do you know that Chu Yigui likes you?" Wang Yue asked.
“Yi Gui said she likes me,” Wan Qiu added.
For some reason, even though I'm very certain about something, saying it out loud feels like I'm showing off.
Wang Yue asked, "Are you two dating now?"
Wan Qiu's expression suddenly froze.
Wang Yue raised an eyebrow: "What? He confessed to you, and you didn't accept?"
Wan Qiu shook his head: "Yi Gui said he was insecure and didn't want to associate with me."
Wang Yue bit down on the straw of her cola, her eyes filled with shock.
"Chu Yigui? Inferiority complex? With his looks, there's no reason for him to be inferiority complex, right? If it were me, I'd support him."
However, Wang Yue's expression turned serious.
"Wait, it's not impossible. There is indeed a difference in status between a study companion and a prince. Speaking of which, why did you choose Chu Yigui as your study companion? Was it because he was first in his grade?"
Upon hearing Wang Yue's question, Wan Qiu suddenly realized something.
"Don't you know that Yi Gui was originally my younger brother?"
Wang Yue: "???"
Wan Qiu realized that he didn't seem to have told Wang Yue about Chu Yigui.
Suddenly, Wan Qiu had the idea of taking a good look back on his past with Chu Yigui.
“I was stolen when I was five years old and raised in the countryside. Yi Gui was originally an orphan. He was adopted by my parents when he was seven years old and found by them when he was fourteen. I met Yi Gui before I went home. At that time, Yi Gui... was my younger brother.”
Wanqiu hasn't looked back on the past for a long time.
Wan Qiu still remembers Chu Yigui from the very beginning.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems quite different from the current Yigui.
“Yi Gui has helped me a lot from the very beginning, so much that it’s unbelievable.”
Even though they weren't always inseparable at the beginning.
Because of Yi Gui, he was able to get along better with his family more quickly.
Because of his memories of returning home, he has the courage to do many things.
Because of Yi Gui, he was able to live a good life after returning to school, and he made many friends, including Fu Zhengyu and Brother Li Shuo.
It is said that he came into contact with Teacher Jiang Chengfeng because of Yi Gui.
Because of Yi Gui, Wan Qiu had the courage to make up for his stupidity with hard work, and even skip a grade.
Because of his memories of returning home, he is now very confident.
It was also because of Yi Gui that he was able to break free from the influence of the 'original text' on him.
Only then will he willingly accept that the world now belongs to him.
Because of longing for home...
Is it longing to return, longing to return, or longing to return?
It's all because of Yi Gui.
Wanqiu realized that his life seemed to be forever filled with the shadow of Yigui.
Yi Gui was always by his side.
Wan Qiu suddenly realized that he had actually gained a lot from Chu Yigui.
Mingming Yigui has given him so much, so why does she still say that she has nothing to give him?
Wan Qiu's voice gradually faded. He didn't know why, even though he had just seen Yi Gui that morning, he suddenly missed her terribly.
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