—Xie Chen, what are you afraid of?
Fu Bai's voice clearly reached Xie Chen's ears. He looked into Fu Bai's clear eyes and saw his own reflection in the amber pupils.
Finally, Xie Chen chuckled softly, reached out and put his arm around Fu Bai's waist, buried his head in the other's neck, and said in a muffled voice, "You really did figure it out."
Xie Chen gently rubbed his nose against the pale neck and asked, "What did Chen Lan just say to you? Besides telling you to leave me?"
Fu Bai put his arm around Xie Chen's shoulder and patted him gently to comfort him, without hiding his conversation with Chen Lan.
He said, "You are children from a blended family, and your family will not acknowledge our relationship."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Fu Bai felt Xie Chen's tense body suddenly relax, and he even laughed out loud.
748 is puzzling.
【Wait, what's Xie Chen laughing about? His family doesn't acknowledge or bless his relationship anymore, how can he still be laughing?】
Fu Bai quickly understood the meaning behind Xie Chen's smile.
She glanced down at the fluffy head pressed against her neck, then chuckled, teasingly asking, "Aren't you afraid I'll listen to Chen Lan and leave you now?"
Xie Chen: "Mm."
He kissed the pale skin of his neck, as if recalling something, or perhaps preparing for something.
After a long while, he slowly said, "Chen Lan and I are indeed children of a blended family. When I was ten years old, my mother married Chen Lan's father, and we formed a new family."
"At that time, I was already training with the swimming team and could only go home a few times a month. I had no objection to my mother's remarriage; as long as she was happy, that was fine."
Xie Chen raised his head, rested his chin on Fu Bai's shoulder, and gazed leisurely at an osmanthus tree not far away.
The evening breeze rustled through the leaves, shattering the scattered lamplight.
Xie Chen narrowed his eyes and continued, "I thought I wouldn't have much interaction with my stepfather's family, but they still disrupted my peaceful and orderly life."
"Chen Lan is five years older than me. He seems to have a kind of magic. Anyone who has spent time with him will like him and then listen to him without question."
“I’m an exception,” Xie Chen said, toying with his pale fingers and smiling with a hint of sarcasm. “I not only dislike him, but I also feel somewhat resistant to him.”
"Perhaps for this reason, Chen Lan started targeting me."
“After I turned ten, anyone who got close to me or had a relationship with me was ‘bewitched’ by Chen Lan and then distanced themselves from me and isolated me.”
"...Even my mother is the same."
Xie Chen fell silent at this point.
Fu Bai turned his head, kissed Xie Chen on the cheek, and then patted his head, as if he could touch the other's drooping, listless ears.
"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't," Fu Bai said.
Xie Chen shook his head and continued, "My father died in an accident not long after I was born."
"Before I was ten years old, my mother and I depended on each other for survival. After she discovered that I liked swimming, she did not make me give up this hobby because of our family's difficulties. She did everything she could to get me into the city's swimming team. It can be said that my career path was created by my mother."
"She is probably the person who most wants to see me stand on the podium and receive honors."
At this point, Xie Chen chuckled, his eyes filled with deep sarcasm.
"Just one month after I won the world championship, while I was preparing for the Olympics, my mother..."
"She forced me to retire by threatening suicide."
At that time, Xie Chen had broken several world records at the World Championships and was rising to fame, making him a top prospect for the national swimming team.
At that time, Xie Chen was rising to prominence; he hadn't even reached his peak yet.
But when he happily returned home with his world championship medal, he found his mother cutting open the artery in her wrist with a cold, sharp blade, forcing him to retire and stay away from the competition.
Xie Chen did ask his mother for her reasons, but she only held a knife and, as if possessed, made Xie Chen retire.
Yes, there is no reason.
Therefore, Xie Chen had no choice but to announce his retirement due to injury, which also caused him to miss an Olympic Games.
After Xie Chen finished speaking, the small garden fell silent, with only the sound of waves crashing on the beach in the distance.
Fu Bai let Xie Chen hold him tightly, while gripping his hand firmly, and said, "So you're afraid that I'll also be bewitched by Chen Lan, listen to him, and leave you?"
"Um."
Xie Chen nodded.
Fu Bai had indeed hit the nail on the head regarding his fears. If even his own mother could be bewitched and controlled by Chen Lan, then what about others?
But Fu Bai did not.
Thinking of this, Xie Chen laughed heartily, feeling as if the invisible hand that had been gripping his heart all along had disappeared.
Big Dog Hook regained its energy and looked up at Fu Bai, its eyes sparkling.
“If you listen to him, he won’t make up any high-sounding reasons.”
Instead, they issued orders directly.
However, it was clear that Fu Bai was not under Chen Lan's control, so Chen Lan had to find a plausible reason to justify his words.
Xie Chen cupped his pale face in his hands and leaned down to kiss him deeply.
Fu Bai didn't push him away. Instead, she raised her hand to wrap around Xie Chen's neck and tilted her head back to receive Xie Chen's passionate kiss.
There were no more restricted scenes, so 748 was not blocked.
First, it whimpered with pity for Xie Chen, then it used the swear words to insult Chen Lan.
Finally, a question is raised: [Why is Chen Lan doing this? Does he really hate Xie Gougou that much?]
Fu Bai didn't have time to answer the question; she was passionately kissing Xie Chen.
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