With two rings in hand, I became the focus when I returned home.
Chen Youhan sent him back to Siyuan Road. It was past nine in the evening, and Qu Jia was of course at home. He didn't want to go in and cause trouble. The car stopped outside the villa courtyard, in the same direction as when he picked him up that day. This treatment was worse than that of a Didi driver. At least Didi could go in and drive around the fountain.
Ye Kai was getting better and better at coaxing people: "When it's public, you can watch it as long as you want, and spin it as many times as you want. When you get tired of spinning it forward, you can do it backwards again."
Chen Youhan made a "tsk" sound, took the cigarette from the corner of his mouth, pulled the man from the passenger seat into his arms, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "When are you going to make it public?"
Ye Kai took a puff from between his fingers, exhaled lightly, and said with a hint of sarcasm: "What, are you anxious?"
Glancing at the two rings worth over 10 million yuan on his hands, Chen Youhan lazily scolded in his usual leisurely manner: "Be a decent person, Teacher Xiaohua. Do you want to keep me hanging? In a year, I will go to the entrance of Ningtong headquarters and put up a banner."
Ye Kai stared at his eyes, then lowered his eyes and his sight fell on Chen Youhan's collar, which had two buttons unbuttoned. He raised his hand. There was no light in the car, only a dim street lamp cast a faint light. In the gray hazy light, only the rings on the index and ring fingers glowed. The fingers with the rings were touching Chen Youhan's sexy Adam's apple.
The atmosphere became ambiguous, and Ye Kai asked: "What does the banner say?"
When Chen Youhan spoke again, his Adam's apple rolled under Ye Kai's fingertips, and the faint vibration went along the nerves of his fingers into his heart.
"Just write..." Chen Youhan dusted off the ash from his cigarette, "Master Ning Tong cheated on me and then abandoned me. He accepted the gift, slept with me, called me husband, but he didn't even give me a name." He curled his lips slightly and laughed, "What do you think?"
"That's too much." Ye Kai said half-truthfully, "I wasn't pregnant, I didn't have an abortion, and I didn't cheat you of your youth. I was just having fun." He asked innocently, "What did you lose?"
"You've seduced me and made me restless for the rest of my life. What do you think I've lost?" Chen Youhan grabbed his hand that was lightly touching his Adam's apple, stopped him from touching it, and pulled him up and kissed him. "Besides, you screamed so beautifully in bed, and now you want to deny me after we get out of bed?"
Ye Kai's screams in bed sounded so nice, so nice that it made him harder, and so nice that Chen Youhan always wanted to coax him to scream again when he was awake.
The car stopped at the roadside. In the distance was the tide under the moonlight. Luxury cars passed by one after another. They were cuddling in the car with a film on it, like high school students who were sent home but couldn't bear to part. Ye Kai suddenly remembered his high school deskmate Yang Zhuoning's early love experience. When they were in the second year of high school, they were so cuddled that they wanted to use a loudspeaker to broadcast live to Ye Kai 24 hours a day. He was a day student, and at the end of the evening self-study class, he felt as if nails were scattered on the chair and couldn't sit still. It was good to go home after school, so that he could send his girlfriend home, say goodbye at the small intersection, say goodbye a hundred times, and see you tomorrow, but still hold hands and put lips to lips. Afraid of being caught by parents, they either went to the small shabby park or at the entrance of the shabby convenience store, with a bottle of iced Coke and a can of Mirinda, the lights were dim, and sparks flew.
His disgust was beyond words at that time, but why did he feel so useless now?
Chen Youhan laughed and kissed him vaguely: "Are you stupid? Your sophomore year is better than his—"
"Ridiculous." Ye Kai said.
"Exciting." Chen Youhan was a step late.
He was slightly startled. "Ridiculous?" He gently rubbed Ye Kai's cheek with his fingertips. His eyes softened and he said with relief: "...So it was ridiculous."
He was neither angry nor disappointed. These two words were the testimony of his deep love with Ye Kai.
It's ridiculous, how could he fall in love with the younger brother he watched grow up.
It's not ridiculous. How could Ye Kai fall in love with such a romantic man?
When love occurs is no easier to detect than when a cloud forms or a gust of wind brews. No one can blame the clouds and wind for being out of time.
Ye Kai said softly: "Brother Youhan."
Chen Youhan responded with his eyes, and heard Ye Kai say, "Kiss me."
No one could have said these four words better than he did. They were frank and affectionate, with a hint of pleading, and the tail sound disappeared in the air like a bubble. Chen Youhan sucked the corner of his lips.
It was 9:30 when he arrived at his house, and it was 10:30 when he got out of the car. When the car door closed, he found that Chen Youhan also got out of the car. He stretched out his hand to Ye Kai, "Let's go, senior will take you home."
Ye Kai held it, and his warm palms pressed against his.
There were still a few steps left to the main entrance of the courtyard. They walked slowly uphill, knowingly delaying. Under the full moon, the crown of the old banyan tree seemed to glow. Chen Youhan put one hand in his pocket, squeezed his palm and asked, "Have you booked the flight back to Beijing?"
Ye Kai said, "Number 28."
When the date came out, I automatically calculated in my mind that there were five days left.
Chen Youhan stopped walking, without looking at Ye Kai, and was silent for two seconds before finally saying, "...I'll take you there."
"I can't bear to say it out loud."
But Chen Youhan just curled his lips and didn't say anything.
The main entrance of the courtyard and the sentry box are so close that you can almost see the profile of the security guard on duty.
It’s time to say goodbye under the old banyan tree.
Chen Youhan added, "I will be back at the company the day after tomorrow. I may be too busy to accompany you at first. You should take care of yourself. If you miss me, you can call me or send me a WeChat message. I will reply when I have time. Go to school and eat well. Drink less and smoke less." He just proposed successfully today. In any case, this is not what he should say. Glancing at the ring, Chen Youhan continued, "...Remember to take off the ring."
“Not enough.”
Chen Youhan smiled, "Don't be willful." She took his hand and kissed it on her lips: "Hide it well."
Ye Kai was held in his arms, with the moon in the lonely night sky in front of him, and Chen Youhan's vague words in his ears, "If you like it, wear it when you return to school."
The embrace loosened, the man took a step back, then another step back, and Ye Kai said, "Bye, good night." Turning around, with one hand in his pocket, he looked more elegant and dashing. But then his arm was suddenly grabbed.
His back pressed against the tree trunk, startling two magpies that were awake at night. With his palms on Ye Kai's ears and one hand on the back of his head, Chen Youhan's breathing was a little disordered: "...Baby, don't walk so fast."
Their breaths intertwined, Chen Youhan finally pressed him down and kissed him, kissing again and again, the hot words imprinted in his ears: "Do you know how much I can't bear to leave you... Am I dreaming? This month is better than the best dream I have had in the past two years. You promised me, right? It's true. The ring is on your hand, not my fantasy. If you feel unsure about mom, you don't have to tell her. I will try my best. ... I can't lose you again, promise me," Chen Youhan was a little out of breath. He always spoke carelessly. When had he ever been so anxious? His breathing became faster and faster. He had to force himself to calm down and count his breaths before continuing, "If there is anything, you must tell me."
Ye Kai looked at him for a long time, and when the wind started to blow, he moved his lips.
Chen Youhan heard these two very light words.
"husband."
In a starless night, I seemed to see the Milky Way for no reason.
The old banyan tree is over a hundred years old, so it probably won’t mind their shamelessness.
The security guard opened the door for Ye Kai and still called him Young Master. But after entering the yard, Young Master looked back unusually. He looked in the direction he was looking and saw a tall man standing in the moonlight, with his hand holding a cigarette half-raised and gesturing towards Ye Kai. His posture was lazy and his expression was very light, but for some reason he seemed to be smiling.
The security guard recognized that this was Chen Youhan, and wondered in confusion, why didn't Master Chen come in and sit down? Then he noticed the ring on Ye Kai's finger. It was so beautiful, so beautiful that it moved people.
Ye Kai smiled at him. He immediately withdrew his gaze, straightened his back unconsciously, and then swallowed.
The main villa was brightly lit. Ye Kai strolled leisurely, with his left hand with a ring hanging by his side.
Just after passing the fountain, Uncle Lu came out of the entrance. He lived in the villa next door, so he said goodbye and went back to rest. Seeing Ye Kai, Uncle Lu was startled and asked in surprise, "Xiao Kai is back?"
Ye Kai nodded: "Grandpa is home too?"
"I came back in the afternoon."
Ye Kai's heart suddenly beat faster and faster, then slowly fell back down. He smiled and said, "You should get some rest early."
Uncle Lu sighed, and saw his ring from the corner of his eye. Before he could look away, Ye Kai asked, "Does it look good?"
Uncle Lu could only say: "It looks good. It looks really good."
Entering the hallway, Aunt Jia told the servants about tomorrow's breakfast. When they saw Ye Kai, they all greeted him. Aunt Jia was getting old and needed to wear reading glasses more often. She looked more and more like a housekeeper. When she saw Ye Kai, the wrinkles on her face smoothed out and her voice was soft and kind: "Young Master is back. Are you hungry? Do you want to have some midnight snack? We have Meiling porridge."
He and Chen Youhan had dinner on the glass balcony of Fanning. Because he praised Lucas's fried lamb chops for being more delicious, he was forced to be the referee that night. Words were not enough, so he had to eat half a piece more to prove himself. He used to think it was fun to make Chen Youhan jealous, and it gave him a perverted pleasure. After being fucked a few times and not wanting to smell butter and black pepper again for the next six months, he now just wanted to beat himself.
"No." Ye Kai declined.
Aunt Jia's reading glasses were well matched, which allowed her to see Ye Kai's ring at the second glance. She was not as reserved as Uncle Lu, and exclaimed in surprise: "Oh! Let me see, what a beautiful ring!"
Ye Kai held out his fingers: "Which one looks better?"
Aunt Jia pondered and made a painful choice, and finally said: "This wedding ring is more beautiful."
Then he took off his reading glasses and smiled lovingly at Ye Kai: "You are really good at choosing. I think she is a perfect match for you."
Ye Kai walked into the living room under her gaze. The lights were bright, as bright as day. On the sofa, Ye Jin was wearing a facial mask and holding a film and television magazine. Noticing Ye Kai's movements, she immediately took off the mask and put down the magazine. Although she tried her best to act natural, she still asked nervously, "You're back?"
"how?"
"I haven't been home for so long, I thought--" Her eyes were of course brighter than those of the two elderly people over fifty years old. She stopped herself from finishing her words, and after being stunned for two seconds, she pursed her lips and smiled: "Nothing."
Ye Kai leaned over and poured himself a cup of tea. It was freshly brewed Pu'er osmanthus tea, which was very suitable for digestion. After drinking a cup, he said to Ye Jin, "Don't worry about me."
Ye Jin sat down again, crossed her legs, and picked up the half-opened magazine. She didn't know where she was, so she randomly flipped to a page and sighed, "Sister."
Ye Jin was at a loss for a moment: "What?"
"You should go wash your face."
Ye Jin's face blushed slightly, and she slipped on her slippers, leaving Ye Kai with a hurried back view with her nightgown fluttering.
Go up the stairs, turn the corner, and after twelve steps, the corridor on the second floor appeared in front of him. For the convenience of care, Ye Tong lived on the same floor as Qu Jia and his wife. The light was on in the study. Ye Kai took a deep breath calmly and took the first step. However, the courage he had finally mustered was temporarily interrupted. His father Ye Zheng came out from inside, and it seemed that he had just finished talking to Ye Tong.
"Baby?" Ye Zheng had a refined temperament, but lacked some dignity. Compared with Qu Jia, he rarely asked about family affairs, and gave Ye Kai vague freedom and love.
"Grandpa is practicing calligraphy?" Ye Kai asked.
Ye Zheng nodded, but before he could say anything, Ye Tong's voice came from inside: "Xiao Kai, come here."
When the father and son passed by each other, Ye Kai whispered, "Dad, you should be nicer to Mom recently and coax her more."
Ye Zheng was confused and agreed reflexively.
The study door was gently pushed open. The wool carpet was solid and thick, so it was not easy for the elderly to trip. The dark red jacquard pattern was very classical. Ye Tong was indeed practicing calligraphy. Although he was very old, he could still stand for more than half an hour.
Knowing that Ye Kai had come in, he did not take his eyes off the rice paper. The brush strokes flowed smoothly, and the elegance was accompanied by a powerful momentum.
Ye Kai stood aside and ground the ink. The grandfather and grandson were silent for a while. After writing a line of words, Ye Tong let out a sigh of relief and asked, "How was your summer vacation?"
Ye Kai said frankly and respectfully: "I don't go to the company often."
Ye Tong's eyes were still fixed on the words, he seemed satisfied, yet also dissatisfied. He pondered and pondered, and said with a smile: "You still know."
"Brother Youhan liked the calligraphy that grandpa wrote last time very much. He hung it in his study." Ye Kai paused, "He also said that if grandpa didn't mind, he would like to ask for a few more."
Ye Tong finally glanced at him, his eyes swept across his hand holding the ink stick, and then calmly retracted his gaze, smiling: "My calligraphy is worthless, and Youhan only knows how to make people happy."
"He is very good at coaxing people."
Ye Tong nodded, and casually placed his brush on the precious inkstone. He peeled off a piece of rice paper, and stroked the new snow-like surface with the golden nanmu paperweight. He half-seriously cursed, "If he can't coax people, I would have broken his legs long ago!"
Ye Kai curled his lips: "You are reluctant."
“I can’t bear to let him go!” Ye Tong snorted and looked at Ye Kai. Although his expression was serious and almost stiff, his eyes were calm and peaceful: “…How can I bear to let him go? Youhan is a good child.”
Ye Kai's impulse for the whole night came to an end here. His heart trembled slightly, and his nose was sore that he almost burst into tears. Chen Youhan was a very good person, and he didn't want him to suffer any grievances. He just wanted to win a word of recognition for him, and earn a word of recognition. When he was a child, he always pestered Qu Jia and said, "Brother Youhan is very good," but Qu Jia always perfunctorily answered. But how could his sweetheart be a bad one? He told Qu Jia about all the good things, one by one, over the years. Qu Jia always asked him, baby, do you make money by praising Chen Youhan? He didn't make any money, but he was willing and stubborn to let all those who loved him love the person he loved.
The love they gave him was so good and full that he could give a lot to Chen Youhan. In this way, they were both loved together.
The soft tip of the pen dipped into the inkstone pool and Ye Tong asked, "Tell me, what word does Youhan want to ask for?"
Ye Kai thought about it, and under the bright light, he said calmly: "Just write... Look at the peach blossoms today, which are bright and suitable for the family; predict that in the next year, there will be a large number of descendants, and you will be prosperous and brilliant."
On his sixteenth New Year, they were wandering around the flower market. He framed the bunch of sunflowers that looked like the sun and the old newspaper that wrapped the sunflowers, saying “Congratulations on your golden wedding anniversary” and placed them on the bookshelf. They were the best future he knew of.
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