Chen Qizhao looked at the door that he had closed in front of him. Inexplicably, he felt a little guilty as never before. I didn't know where this emotion came from, nor did I understand why I suddenly closed the door. It was just that when I saw Chen Shiming, my hands acted faster than my brain.
After it was over, he felt as if it was nothing, and his family would have to know about his relationship with Shen Yuhuai sooner or later.
There doesn’t seem to be much difference between knowing it earlier or later.
There was someone standing at the bathroom door. Shen Yuhuai had just come out of the bathroom. He was shirtless, and there were still many water droplets on his tight and smooth abdominal muscles.
The bright lights were hanging high, and there seemed to be a little red mark on Shen Yuhuai's shoulder. He looked over in confusion, as if he didn't understand why Chen Qizhao was standing there.
Chen Qizhao leaned against the door, looked at him and said, "My brother is outside."
Shen Yuhuai’s expression was stunned for a few seconds.
When the door was closed, Special Assistant Xu who was standing next to Chen Shiming was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected that the second young master would slam the door so decisively in front of his boss. He didn't see the situation in the room, nor did he know what happened inside. He could only glance at his boss's expression nervously, and found that there seemed to be a crack on his boss's usually serious face.
"?" Special Assistant Xu couldn't help but straighten his back.
Silence spread between the two of them, and they could still vaguely hear subtle sounds coming from the room and the sound of faint conversations.
Special Assistant Xu confirmed that the Second Young Master and Mr. Shen should be together, but he didn't understand why his boss had such an expression, as if he had encountered something incomprehensible.
"Boss?" Special Assistant Xu glanced at his superior.
Chen Shiming pursed his lips slightly, his eyes lingering on the door handle for a long time, "...After they come out, ask them to go to the living room."
The birthday party was over, and the guests had almost left. The Chen and Shen families were sitting in the living room. The topic that was originally in progress stopped inexplicably when they saw Shen Yuhuai and Chen Qizhao appear side by side in the living room.
Shen Yuhuai and Chen Qizhao briefly called out to the people, and then sat in the empty seat next to them.
The scene became awkward at some point. After discovering that Shen Yuhuai had not left, in order to determine Shen Yuhuai's location, the housekeeper checked the surveillance in the villa and found that after Shen Yuhuai entered Chen Qizhao's room more than an hour ago, the two had not come out. Only then did he let Chen Shiming go over to look for him.
Shen Yuhuai had been in Chen Qizhao’s room for more than an hour, and everyone present knew it.
As for what they did in the room for more than an hour, they had no idea.
The eyes of several people present were all fixed on the two young men, and for a moment they didn't know what to ask.
Chen Shiming looked at Chen Qizhao, who was wearing loose clothes and only pajamas. The jade tied with a red rope was swaying gently outside his pajamas. He closed his eyes slightly and looked at Shen Yuhuai.
Shen Yuhuai was wearing a loose T-shirt, the style of which was very different from his usual style of dress, and it was obviously Chen Qizhao’s clothes. Chen Shiming was briefly stunned when he saw the clothes, his eyes gradually moved down, and finally stopped at Shen Yuhuai's hand.
A transparent phone case that looked exactly like Chen Qizhao's portrait was in his hand, and an unspoken fact was before him.
Chen Shiming didn't think he could spend more than an hour changing clothes in the room, and he didn't even answer the phone.
Shen Xuelan's gaze moved back and forth between Shen Yuhuai and Chen Qizhao, lingering on the side of Chen Qizhao's neck for a long time, and finally looked at Shen Yuhuai meaningfully.
After an unknown amount of silence, Chen Jianhong finally broke the silence in the living room. "We'll talk about the Gu family's affairs after the results come out tomorrow. Gu Shen seems to have confessed something as well. It would be best if we could point to Gu Zhengsong directly."
As Chen Qizhao sat there, he was constantly being watched from all directions. He lowered his head and played with his phone. He noticed that his boyfriend next to him was sitting upright, listening carefully to the occasional conversation of his elder.
He lowered his eyes slightly, no longer interested in the unprocessed messages on his phone, but glanced at his boyfriend's clothes. The other person had the smell of shower gel in his room. Although the shower gel was mint-flavored, it seemed different after changing clothes. It had a hint of lavender. Shen Yuhuai seemed to exude his own scent from head to toe.
The two sat close together, their thighs rubbing against each other.
Chen Qizhao glanced at Shen Yuhuai's palm placed on the side, stretched out his hand slightly, and hooked Shen Yuhuai's palm in the corner where no one else could see.
The thighs that were pressed tightly together seemed to tense up at some point, and Chen Yuhuai pressed his palm down slightly, holding down the hand that was making trouble.
Chen Shiming looked over there, sometimes frowning, sometimes looking solemn.
Special Assistant Xu, who was paying attention to his boss, glanced at his boss's expression. Sitting next to his boss, he could feel the low pressure coming from his boss at the first moment, but this low pressure was different from the low pressure when a major accident occurred in the company. It was indescribable, a bit strange, and difficult to guess.
His eyes couldn't help but look back and forth between Chen Qizhao and Shen Yuhuai, noticing some unspeakable marks on the other's neck.
Putting all the clues together, Assistant Xu, as a competent worker with a girlfriend, seemed to understand something.
Special Assistant Xu secretly glanced at his boss and straightened his back.
No way! ? So what did his boss just see? Was it so exciting?
The parents of both parties were sitting in the living room. Looking at the leaders of the two wealthy families in S City sitting face to face, Special Assistant Xu felt like he was sitting in the center of some Shura field. However, the Shura Field did not erupt, and these people tacitly kept silent about the matter. Instead, they continued to talk about the Gu family, but they stopped talking halfway. It was obvious that several people were not paying attention to this.
"We have to contact Gu Zhengxun tomorrow." Father Shen coughed, "Let us handle this matter. We are more familiar with the affairs in Beijing."
It was getting late, and it would not be appropriate to stay too late, so both sides tacitly put the matter aside for later discussion.
The Shen family's driver waited outside for a long time, and the Shen family got in the car.
It was a bit far from Chen's house to Shen's house. After getting in the car, the attention of the Shen family members was obviously not on one side. Shen Xuelan looked at Shen Yuhuai again and again. When Shen Yuhuai raised his eyes to look at her, she said, "The mosquitoes here seem to be very powerful. Your neck is red."
Shen Yuhuai's attention was on the phone, his fingers moving slightly as if he was sending a message.
Father Shen glanced at his son and said, "Yu Huai, why didn't you answer your sister's call?"
"I didn't notice." After Shen Yuhuai replied to the message, he looked at the front seat in the business car, put away his phone, and said very solemnly: "I'm in love, with Chen Qizhao."
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Inside the Chen family villa, the servants were still cleaning up the aftermath of the birthday party. Several members of the Chen family watched the Shen family's vehicle leave and returned to the villa after a while. The housekeeper replaced the original tea with warm water. Chen Shiming had been looking at Chen Qizhao and noticed that he had been playing with his mobile phone, as if he was replying to someone's message.
Chen Qizhao put down his phone and asked, "Do you have anything to ask me?"
Chen Shiming asked in a very normal manner: "Yu Huai was in your room just now..."
On the other side of the sofa, Chen Jianhong and Zhang Yazhi looked over. Zhang Yazhi coughed slightly and tried to change the subject, "Zhao Zhao, are you hungry? I didn't eat much at night. Do you want me to ask the kitchen to make you something?"
"I'm not hungry." Chen Qizhao paused for a while after saying this. Seeing that his family was all here, he said, "There is something I want to tell you."
In today's social context, homosexuality is not so accepted. When Chen Qizhao confirmed his relationship with Shen Yuhuai, he never thought about the feasibility of this issue, such as how much a family like his would accept such a thing. He is not a very good person and is used to being casual. It may be because he was single for too long in his previous life, so it is difficult for him to return to his youth in terms of behavior and interpersonal relationships.
“I’m in love with Shen Yuhuai,” Chen Qizhao said directly.
Being able to fall in love with Shen Yuhuai was something he had never imagined before. If it was in the past when he didn't know the severity of the matter, he might not care so much about it. He would just talk about it. As long as he liked each other, what difference did it make whether it was a man or a woman? So he didn't hide the fact that they were in love, and let everything go on as usual, thinking that this matter would eventually be known to other people, and it would make no difference whether they knew it earlier or later.
But when Chen Shiming appeared at the door of the room, Chen Qizhao became more uncertain. He thought about it, what if his family didn't agree? He had been without family for nearly ten years and had done whatever he wanted. But now the situation is different. He has family around him and they care about him. Some things cannot be solved by him alone. So what is the difference between him and the ridiculous person he was before his rebirth in his previous life.
This incident was like a repetition of the same mistake, and it put a contradiction in front of him.
He didn’t want to quarrel with his family, nor did he want to put Shen Yuhuai’s relationship with him at a point of conflict that might lead to eternal quarrels because of this matter.
Chen Qizhao lost too much in his previous life, but his character has already been set, and the experiences that weighed on him for so many years cannot be undone. He could not be the 19-year-old child or younger brother who gradually grew into the ideal and proud person in the eyes of his parents and brothers. On the contrary, he had a bad personality and could not control his temper. Some bad qualities were completely engraved in his bones. He would lie and do other things without telling others.
Not a perfect person, but a terrible person. Since his rebirth, he has suppressed his bad habits, but human nature is like this. When he occasionally loses control, he cannot control his temper towards his family members. He thought that these might be his bad habits that he could not change. Later, people around him told him that he was sick and could recover through treatment.
The control of medication did calm his emotions. He was indeed sick and was receiving treatment well.
But apart from these, the most fundamental thing is that he is a bad kid. No matter how hard he tries, he can never grow up to be a good kid.
Chen Jianhong asked: "How long have you been talking?"
Chen Qizhao didn't answer immediately. After a while, he said, "Several months."
Chen Shiming listened, pursed his lips and frowned again.
I want to ask something, but I don't know where to start.
At this time, Zhang Yazhi suddenly laughed: "Why are you three talking so seriously? Isn't it just a love affair? The children are adults, what's so strange about having a love affair?"
Chen Qizhao came back to his senses: "Mom?"
"It's so late, go back and rest first. We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything." Zhang Yazhi instructed the housekeeper, "Is Xiao Zhao's Chinese medicine ready? Bring it to him when it's ready."
Not long after Zhang Yazhi finished speaking, the housekeeper brought some Chinese medicine. Chen Qizhao drank the medicine under her supervision and was then driven upstairs to sleep.
There was no quarrel, and it was as if the matter was over after they finished talking. When Chen Qizhao reached the stairs, he couldn't help but look back. Seeing that his family was still sitting on the sofa, he stopped for a while, noticed Zhang Yazhi's gaze sweeping over him, and then went upstairs.
The window in the room was open and there was a little breeze tonight, which took away the smell in the room.
After Chen Qizhao returned to the room, he saw that the room had been simply tidied and the clothes that Shen Yuhuai had not been able to take away were hanging on the chair. He sent a message to Shen Yuhuai, but the other party hadn’t replied yet, and when he was lying on the bed, the scene in the living room emerged in his mind.
After a while, he sat up again, still wanting to go downstairs and explain everything to his family.
Just as he walked to the door, Zhang Yazhi sent him a message on WeChat. The message didn't say much, just told him to go to bed early and not to think too much.
Chen Qizhao stopped and went back to sit in the room without opening the door. His peripheral vision caught sight of the small pile of gifts beside him.
When he came, the housekeeper put some sorted gifts at his door. Chen Qizhao told him to put them wherever he wanted, and the things were piled up at the door.
The phone lit up and a call came in.
Chen Qizhao answered the phone, "Hello?"
He walked over to the pile of gifts and listened to the person on the phone talking.
"Finally got through. Boss, you have quite a rich nightlife." The man in the flowered shirt stopped talking and moved on to the next topic with a smile. A lot of things happened during the night, so he told him everything that had not been explained in a few words.
"It's probably like this. Gu Zhengsong has put a lot of pressure on Gu Shen's forces. I heard that Gu Shen still wants to find someone, but you know, the people in S City are basically controlled by Gu Zhengsong. No one will go to visit Gu Shen in prison, let alone people." The man in the flowered shirt said, "It's very lively over there tonight. I guess Gu Zhengsong's people are still watching the results."
On the gift card, write the name of the person who gave it.
Chen Qizhao caught a glimpse of some words out of the corner of his eye and saw the nearest greeting card with his family's name on it.
He sat cross-legged on the ground and picked up one of the gifts. "Gu Shen is a smart man. When he realized that he was alone and helpless, he should have guessed what Gu Zhengsong had done. The police will not disclose the news. Maybe in order to avoid alerting the enemy, nothing about the prison tonight will be spread... If Gu Zhengsong wants to get accurate information, he will have to wait until tomorrow at the latest."
Flowered shirt listened to the weird baby voice on the phone. He had been on the phone with his boss for so long that he thought he had gotten used to the voice changer his boss had used. But every time he listened to it, he always felt that the emotions behind the voice were different. He continued, "Gu Shen will provide evidence to the police, and the police will take action against Gu Zhengsong. Will the plan succeed as you thought, boss?"
Today is his birthday, and his family is holding a birthday party for him after many years.
When opening the gifts, Chen Qizhao hesitated for a while, and finally picked up the gifts prepared by his family.
"Yes, Gu Shen knows that Gu Zhengsong is plotting against him, and he will drag Gu Zhengsong down with him even if he dies. In order to let the police catch Gu Zhengsong, Gu Shen will not only provide clues and evidence, but may even lead the police to find him. He wants to make sure that Gu Zhengsong has nowhere to escape."
Chen Qizhao unwrapped the gift. "Don't underestimate these two mad dogs. Once they bite each other, they will only reveal all their cards. Since Gu Zhengsong was ready to kill Gu Shen and strangle all of Gu Shen's forces, Gu Zhengsong has also blocked his own retreat. He can't kill Gu Shen, so he is the one who should go to hell."
The man in the flowered shirt looked at the message on the computer screen. Gu Shen was isolated and helpless, and Gu Zhengsong was eager to destroy everything. When the message was not fully connected, the police and his boss were the beneficiaries of this dog-eat-dog drama.
Chen Qizhao unwrapped the gift and his voice suddenly stopped.
Zhang Yazhi is a designer, and the gift she gave was a carefully designed necklace; Chen Jianhong's gift was a thin envelope, which, after being opened, had written on it the ownership of some industries in the East District. Just as he had said some time ago, he wanted to hand over part of the industries to him to manage...When opening Chen Shiming's gift, Chen Qizhao saw a whole set of collector's edition books, which were written by a big boss in the industry that he liked very much, and there were signatures in the books.
Families like theirs have birthday parties every year. Before the Chen family's accident, Chen Qizhao received gifts from his parents every year, but he did not cherish them at that time. He regarded the gifts as a formality. Occasionally, he would think that it would be better to give him money instead of spending money to prepare gifts. After he lost his loved ones, he suddenly realized that he had lost the gifts his parents had given him somewhere and in the end he couldn't find any of them.
So when Chen Qizhao saw these gifts again, he couldn't describe the feeling. His family members were all alive, his friends were still there, and everything was what he had expected.
This life is really different.
Flowered shirt was puzzled: "Boss?"
"You say." Chen Qizhao.
"Boss, there's something I've always been curious about." The man in the flowered shirt leaned back slightly in his chair. "Since the planning of Lin's Medical, you've spent so much energy and money to find out this terrible industrial chain. It shouldn't be as simple as getting rid of harm for the world, right? There are some things you don't need to ask me to investigate. With your connections with the Chen and Shen families, you should be able to get more detailed intelligence. Hey, the information is repeated. Isn't this a waste of money?"
Chen Qizhao closed the gift and said calmly, "I gave you money, and you don't want it? I remember you are not that kind of person."
"Just kidding, this kind of poverty alleviation still depends on you. You can also patronize my business after this is over." The man in the flowered shirt said with a smile: "Who can resist money? But the boss is really amazing. This cooperation has lasted for almost a year? You know my personality."
Chen Qizhao listened to the tone of voice on the phone and heard the tentative tone in the other party's words, "It's not amazing, it's just luck."
The two of them have been working together for more than just this life. If they were lucky enough to have a chance to do it again, he would like to thank the other party for his help in both lives.
After ending the call, Chen Qizhao sat in front of the pile of gifts for a while, then put away the gifts one by one and locked some of the gifts given by his family in a drawer. There were a few red envelopes under the secret disk in the drawer. He lowered his eyes slightly, and finally locked the drawer solemnly.
There is still a lot of time in this life, and he will not lose it.
At this moment, the phone vibrated and Shen Yuhuai's call popped up.
It was a video call. After the call was connected, Shen Yuhuai's face appeared in front of him. The other party seemed to be on the balcony, and there was a whistling sound of wind in the background.
Chen Qizhao noticed that the man was still wearing his clothes. "Your clothes are still here with me. I didn't take them with me."
“Well, I’ll get it another day.” Shen Yuhuai looked at the person and scanned the jade on the neck of the person in the video.
Thinking about what happened in the living room just now, Chen Qizhao asked, "Did your uncle and aunt embarrass you?"
"I took the initiative to say it. It's okay." Shen Yuhuai didn't say anything else, "There are no fireworks tonight."
When Chen Qizhao heard this, he recalled that last time on this balcony, Shen Yuhuai showed him the New Year’s fireworks.
Chen Qizhao asked: "Going back to the institute tomorrow?"
“Well, I guess I’ll live there. There’s a lot going on recently.” Shen Yuhuai paused for a while after speaking, and suddenly asked, “Will you stay at home during the summer vacation?”
Chen Qizhao paused, and suddenly remembered that it was summer vacation, so he didn’t have to go to school, and he didn’t have the chance to go out for dinner with Shen Yuhuai every night.
The distance from the research institute to Chen's house is a bit far. Even if they are in the same city, they can't say that they can meet whenever they want. Moreover, Shen Yuhuai's research institute has access control, and outsiders can't get in under normal circumstances.
"When do you get off work?" Chen Qizhao asked.
The two chatted for a while before Chen Qizhao learned about his boyfriend's laboratory schedule at the institute. He searched for the route from the Ninth Institute to this place, and also searched for an apartment next to S University... On the map, he saw other landmarks and a small number of shops.
He paused and searched for nearby supermarkets and 24-hour convenience stores.
In the living room downstairs, the Chen family rarely had any quarrels over such a matter for the first time.
After some discussion, Zhang Yazhi sighed, "Yu Huai knows everything about us, he is an excellent person, and his character is there. He always pays attention to Qi Zhao's affairs, he really cares about our child."
"I know Yu Huai is a very good person." Chen Jianhong said halfway, frowning deeply: "But both children are boys... How can this be guaranteed?"
"What kind of protection do you want for a family like ours?" Zhang Yazhi was almost amused by her husband's words. "You told me some time ago that as long as the children are happy, you won't care about other things. Now the children are taking the initiative to tell us about their love affairs and have not concealed them from us. Do you still want to separate them and say that you don't agree?"
Chen Jianhong did not agree with his wife's statement: "I don't disagree."
"Isn't that enough? Why are you looking so unhappy now?" Zhang Yazhi said.
"Did I have a bad expression on my face?" Chen Jianhong asked back.
"Mr. Zhang, go get a mirror for your husband to look at." Zhang Yazhi looked at him helplessly, "You always put on this face. Even if the child wants to talk to you nicely, you just say a few harsh words, saying this is not allowed, that is not allowed, and this matter is unacceptable. You used to be like this. I know you care about the child, but caring is not just about expressing it through actions. Occasionally you have to put down your attitude... Look at your expression. I have to argue with you when I see you, let alone the child?"
"Shi Ming, you too, even if you disagree with this matter, you still have to talk it over nicely." Zhang Yazhi looked at her eldest son, "Don't always have a sour face, understand?"
Falling in love is a normal thing, and Chen Shiming is not unenlightened.
It’s just that when I knew that Chen Qizhao and Shen Yuhuai were in love, I had an indescribable feeling.
Chen Shiming: "I'll talk to him later."
Zhang Yazhi: "Your brother has gone to bed, why are you still knocking on the door?"
Speaking of knocking on the door, Chen Shiming's mind reappeared the crack in front of the door and the two people he saw through the crack.
After a while, he changed his words and said, “I’ll talk to Shen Yuhuai.”
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