Chapter 220 Backflow (Two in One) The Young Master is back with his Young Madam...
In the original book, the first encounter between the protagonist and the bottom after five years was quite dramatic.
At that time, Yu Shang had just taken control of the Yu family. His methods were as cruel as his father's, which made his opponents desperate and they hired someone to assassinate him in the street. Although Yu Shang was always accompanied by bodyguards, that day happened to be the anniversary of his biological mother's death, so he got out of the car and went to the flower shop to buy flowers.
At this moment, the killer raised his knife and chopped at him. The bodyguard had no time to react and Yu Shang was already in danger.
The flower shop owner was frightened out of his wits. Yu Shang raised his arm to block the blade amidst the flowers, but a long leg kicked the blade away. The young man was agile and his movements were quick, and he subdued the killer in three or five moves.
Yu Shang looked closely and found that the young man was Lu Qiuyan, whom he had not seen for five years.
From here, the drama of the protagonist and the reconciliation begins. From misunderstanding to falling in love again, from falling in love again, one wave of troubles follows another, and the main plot is a bloody drama.
And now, the protagonists in front of Tian Ruan have no misunderstandings or melodrama, and their reunion after five years is still quite dramatic.
On this bright autumn day, they met at the gate of the high school where they once attended classes, played together, and went to and from school together. Nothing could be more romantic than this moment.
It's romantic and a little funny at the same time.
Tian Ruan looked at the two tall figures, smiled heartily, slowly started the car and left the place - leaving all the lost beauty for the two of them to slowly savor.
This is the correct way to start a reunion. It does not require any external factors to fuel the flames. As long as their eyes meet, the prelude of youth will automatically sound, the echoes of the past will linger in their ears, and their heartbeats will come again.
This unexpected encounter made the two of them unable to look away for a long time, until the violin bell rang for the end of get out of class. To the melodious tune, many "little birds" in white school uniforms flew out of the castle, chirping and smiling as always.
The door slowly opened, and Yu Shang's tightly clenched fingers gradually relaxed. He still spoke in the same tone as when he was a teenager, but it became deeper and deeper: "I am now one of the directors of Deyin, and I came here to see Principal Li."
Lu Qiuyan stood on one leg, and then he stood on both legs. He felt something strange again, and his neck felt a little sore from tilting his head. He suddenly realized that he was still holding the handlebars, and he straightened up and said, "I'm going to your house... I thought you were at home."
"I approved the leave today." Yu Shang was no longer as taciturn as before. In business situations, he could speak eloquently, but at this moment, he was tongue-tied again. "Why don't you wait and come back with me?"
After saying that, he felt something was wrong. What did it mean to go back with him?
Unexpectedly, Lu Qiuyan actually said, "That's fine."
"Yeah." Yu Shang walked towards the school.
Lu Qiuyan kicked his feet habitually and rushed to the corner where he parked his car before, "..."
Yu Shang looked at him steadily, his eyes never moving.
Lu Qiuyan lifted his long legs and stepped on the bicycle as if nothing had happened. He threw the bicycle aside and walked towards Yu Shang. "I am not a student of Deyin anymore. Can I still come in?"
"Once a teacher, always a father. Deyin will always be your alma mater," said Yu Shang.
Lu Qiuyan didn't realize it when he was sitting in the car, but now that he was standing in front of Yu Shang, he was shocked to realize that what Tian Ruan wrote in the letter was true. Yu Shang was really 1.9 meters tall, half a head taller than him.
Yu Shang lowered his eyes slightly, walked towards the teachers' building, and asked calmly, "When did you come back?"
"yesterday."
"Why didn't you tell...us?"
Lu Qiuyan stood up straight, and suddenly kicked a small stone. He kicked it slowly, "I wanted to give you a surprise."
Yu Shang couldn't help but turn his head to look at him again, and said seriously: "I'm already very surprised."
Lu Qiuyan was caught off guard by Yu Shang's deep and fiery eyes, and her ears felt slightly hot.
Yu Shang didn't ask any more questions. There was no need to ask more questions. It was indeed a surprise enough. We will eventually know how long this surprise will last.
Originally, Principal Li had only made an appointment to meet Yu Shang, but she didn't expect Lu Qiuyan to come back as well. She had a smile on her face the entire time and insisted on inviting them to dinner.
Lu Qiuyan wanted to decline, but Yu Shang said bluntly: "Sorry, Principal, Lu Qiuyan is having dinner at Yu's house tonight."
Principal Li understood something and smiled, "Okay, I'll have plenty of time to invite you guys to dinner later."
After that, a board meeting will be needed to decide on some new strategies and policies. Yu Shang replaced Yu Jingmo's position in Deyin, and Yu Shang needed to fully participate in Deyin's future development plan.
Lu Qiuyan nodded, "You guys go, I'll just wait here."
Principal Li said, "It's a rare trip back home, so you can go around and have a look."
"good."
Lu Qiuyan was wearing casual clothes, an old T-shirt over a denim jacket, black pants and white sneakers. He looked simple and capable without any embellishment. If you don’t know him, you might think he is a college student, but if you look closely, you will find that his steps and posture are much more steady and powerful than those of ordinary people.
"Is that the new instructor?" Lu Qiuyan heard some girls talking about this as he walked by.
He glanced over and the girls immediately ran away with sweet giggles.
The senior year classroom, the sophomore year classroom, and finally, Lu Qiuyan stopped in front of the sophomore year class 1 classroom.
The sun was shining, and the seats and desks in the bright and clean classroom had not changed much, but the teenagers who once attended classes in this classroom had disappeared in the long river of time.
At that time, I didn’t know how long time passed.
At that time, I didn’t know how short time was.
Every day, I went to and from school, chatted and boasted, fought, slept in class, and did all kinds of weird things. And every time, there was always a figure beside Lu Qiuyan.
While the teacher was giving a boring lecture, Lu Qiuyan opened his eyes. There were marks from his school uniform on his cheeks. The first person he saw was Yu Shang, who was always sitting upright and dignified.
Yu Shang was either listening to the lecture, taking notes, or looking at him.
"What are you looking at?" Lu Qiuyan wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth in panic.
Yu Shang said nothing, but just put the notes in front of him.
The second thing Lu Qiuyan saw was Tian Ruan, who always wanted to look back secretly but didn’t dare to. He could only write a small note and put it in his textbook: Did you dream about any delicious food? At noon, we had sauce-flavored chicken legs cooked by Liu Ma.
Lu Qiuyan wrote on the back: I want to eat squirrel mandarin fish.
Tian Ruan: Yes~
Among all the lunch boxes he had ever eaten, the one that Yu Shang or Tian Ruan brought him every day at noon in high school was undoubtedly the one that Lu Qiuyan would never forget.
I played a truth or dare game in the army.
Lu Qiuyan drew the truth, and the company commander asked him: "What is the most home-like food you have ever eaten?"
At that time, Lu Qiuyan was stunned and thought for a long time. No matter how he recalled the meals his mother had cooked, he could not remember anything except a bowl of noodles - he hated eating noodles.
But is this the most homely taste?
In addition to this bowl of noodles, Lu Qiuyan suddenly remembered the lunch boxes that Yu Shang and Tian Ruan brought in different styles every day at noon when he was in high school. They were not only delicious but also made him feel happy when eating them.
It was as if those bento boxes were injected with the seasoning of "happiness".
He and Tian Ruan also went to visit shops together, selling stinky tofu, hand-pulled pancakes, fried cakes, snail noodles... The worst thing was the dragon fruit mixed with water sold on the roadside. It had no taste at all and made their mouths look like they had just eaten someone. They laughed when they looked at each other.
Lu Qiuyan found it funny when he thought about it and said, "Too many, but the best thing is the bento."
The boys and girls in the classroom are writing new stories. Perhaps there is a pair of good friends, one is unreliable and the other is even more unreliable. The two are like a dragon and a chick. After many years, they will miss each other's unreliable but sincere friendship.
Lu Qiuyan hopes that he can also give Tian Ruan a surprise.
…
At this time, Tian Ruan had already arrived home. He quickly put down his schoolbag, took a shower, and dressed himself neatly and smelled good, so that he could give Lu Qiuyan a big hug.
But what he didn't expect was that Yu Jingmo came back just after he finished taking a shower.
Tian Ruan was still a little unsure when he went downstairs, "Mr. Yu? Why are you back?"
Yu Jingmo: "? I can't come back?"
After a while, Yu Jingmo smelled the strong scent of shower gel on the young man. Seeing that Tian Ruan's hair was still a little wet, his eyes suddenly darkened: "Did you take a shower?"
"yes."
"Why are you taking a bath?"
"I fell into a pit halfway."
“…”
"Haha, just kidding..." Tian Ruan noticed that Yu Jingmo's eyes seemed a little disgusted.
Yu Jingmo asked: "Have you eaten?"
Tian Ruan: "No! I didn't fall into the pit, I dug the pit for myself, okay?"
Yu Jingmo took the young man's hand and said, "So why did you take a shower? Did you get dirty?"
"It's not dirty." Tian Ruan laughed, "You'll know later."
"I want to know now." Yu Jingmo smelled the refreshing scent of shampoo in Tian Ruan's hair, pulled him to the sofa, and let him sit on his lap, "Tell me, okay?"
Tian Ruan's tailbone felt a little numb. He couldn't stand Yu Jingmo talking to him in that tone, as if he was being begged. He twisted his waist and tried to get down, but was held down. This was a bad posture.
The servant came to wipe the vase and walked over without looking around.
Tian Ruan blushed a little: "...Mr. Yu, don't be like this, you will know in a while."
"Will someone come after a while?" Yu Jingmo guessed.
“…”
"It seems that I guessed right." Yu Jingmo raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Besides me, who else can let you take a bath and wait for me? It's definitely not Yu Shang, it must be... Lu Qiuyan?"
Tian Ruan stared at the handsome, wise and intelligent man in front of him, "Mr. Yu, sometimes being too smart is not a good thing."
Yu Jingmo chuckled: "Knowing his wife's thoughts and all his secrets, isn't it natural?"
"How can you create surprises like this?"
"Giving a surprise to whom? I'm not surprised at all." Yu Jingmo said coldly, "I don't care whether Yu Shang can catch up with his wife. That's his own business."
“…”
"The only one who can surprise me is you."
Tian Ruan bit Yu Jingmo's shoulder: "Is this a surprise?"
Yu Jingmo laughed out loud.
The two were flirting with each other when the housekeeper came in and turned his back without looking at them, "Sir and Madam, the young master is back with the young mistress."
Yu Jingmo patted the young man's butt, "Yeah."
Tian Ruan jumped up, rushed to the bathroom to wash his face to cool himself down, then rushed out of the main house, deliberately shouting loudly: "Oh my God! Is it really Lu Qiuyan? Is it really you? Lu Qiuyanyanyan——"
Lu Qiuyan: “…”
Tian Ruan opened his arms: "Oh! My Lu Qiuyan~ I miss you so much~~"
Lu Qiuyan raised his hand and pressed it on Tian Ruan's forehead. "What's wrong with you?"
Tian Ruan waved his arms, "Oh~ Let's have a warm, passionate and affectionate hug~"
Lu Qiuyan rolled his eyes. "I haven't seen you for a few years, and you're still so out of tune. What you said in the letter about how you've matured, become an adult, and can handle things on your own, is that all just bragging?"
Tian Ruan: “…”
Tian Ruan stopped his exaggerated performance and looked at Lu Qiuyan eagerly, "My forehead is red because you pressed it."
Lu Qiuyan let him go.
Tian Ruan cried out and rushed over, hugging Lu Qiuyan.
Thunder in the sky, shaking faintly.
Tian Ruan: "??? No, you and Yu Shang haven't hugged each other yet?"
Otherwise, why would the thunder sound again after five years? There is only one reason, that is, before the protagonist and the bottom had a love hug, the protagonist was hugged by the supporting character Tian Ruan.
Lu Qiuyan's expression was unnatural, "What nonsense are you talking about." He pretended to push Tian Ruan away.
Tian Ruan let him go first and pushed him to the side.
Lu Qiuyan was caught off guard and his usually steady feet suddenly lost balance.
Yu Shang quickly caught him.
Lu Qiuyan grabbed Yu Shang in a panic, "..."
It really turned into a hug.
Tian Ruan clapped his hands: "That's right, you hug first, then I'll hug you."
They both: “…”
The housekeeper was deeply moved: "The young master, the young mistress and the lady are so happy. It is worth it for me to live one second less if I can see this scene in my life."
Aunt Liu came over and said, "Yeah, I haven't seen the young master smile like this in a long time."
Yu Shang’s face was stiff. Did he... smile?
In fact, there is no difference between Yu Shang smiling and not smiling. He has learned the true skills from Yu Jingmo and is used to keeping a straight face. Even if he is happy, he will not show a particularly obvious smile, only a slight curling of the corners of his lips.
"Tian Ruan..." Lu Qiuyan stood up straight in embarrassment. He didn't know whether he had given Tian Ruan a surprise or not, but the "surprise" Tian Ruan gave him was quite big.
Tian Ruan hugged him again, and his tone suddenly became serious: "Long time no see, Lu Qiuyan."
Lu Qiuyan: “…”
"Are you okay?" Tian Ruan hugged him for a while and then let go, asking as if nothing had happened.
Lu Qiuyan didn't bother to argue, "If I'm not good, would I stand in front of you?"
"It's a little taller." Tian Ruan said with relief, "It's stronger."
Lu Qiuyan looked at Tian Ruan and said, "You haven't changed. You're still a dwarf."
Tian Ruan: “…”
The two of them chatted back and forth, occasionally bickering and occasionally reminiscing about the past, but their way of getting along was not much different from before. Lu Qiuyan took out a bag of bananas from the car and said, "Bananas that you like."
Tian Ruan broke off one and ate it, "Thank you for remembering."
When Lu Qiuyan met Yu Jingmo, he politely called him uncle.
Yu Jingmo nodded and said, "It's taller than before."
"Thank you, uncle." Lu Qiuyan still couldn't change that strange feeling. On the one hand, he and Tian Ruan were friends, but he had to call Tian Ruan's husband uncle.
Maybe, I will become a "dad" in the future...
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Qiuyan didn't dare to look at Yu Shang anymore.
Yu Jingmo said: "Let's have afternoon tea together."
Afternoon tea was served in the courtyard. Today was a warm and breezy autumn day. There happened to be an osmanthus tree planted not far from the white arched pavilion. The fragrance of golden osmanthus fills the air, and drinking osmanthus tea and tasting osmanthus cake are truly pleasant.
Yu Jingmo and Tian Ruan sat at the top, Yu Shang and Lu Qiuyan sat at the bottom, the housekeeper stood outside the pavilion, and servants came and went from time to time.
The grass and trees are lush and the flowers are bright. There is silence all around, and only the sound of the wind can be heard.
Tian Ruan enjoyed this kind of time. He held his face against the stone table like a cat and said, "It's so comfortable."
Lu Qiuyan was startled, "Indeed."
So calm, rich, natural, and at peace with myself.
Yu Jingmo asked: "Lu Qiuyan, have you retired from the army?"
Yu Jingmo can ask questions that Tian Ruan and Yu Shang cannot ask for the time being because he is the elder.
Lu Qiuyan's peaceful heart was slightly disturbed. He swallowed the tea in his mouth and savored the bitterness lingering on the root of his tongue, "Hmm."
"Where is the injury?"
"On the waist." After Lu Qiuyan finished speaking, he found that Yu Shang was looking at him solemnly. He added, "It's not a serious injury, but I can't undergo special training. My superiors suggested that I take good care of myself for two years. I didn't want to waste time, so I applied for discharge."
Tian Ruan's face also darkened. He gave many warnings and instructions just because he was afraid that Lu Qiuyan would get hurt, but the result was still unchangeable - apart from being injured, what other reasons could make Lu Qiuyan retire from the army?
there is none left.
"How did you get hurt?" Yu Shang asked, clenching his fingers.
Lu Qiuyan said lightly: "I was hit by a stray bullet by accident. It's okay."
Tian Ruan knew how Lu Qiuyan was injured. Ever since Lu Qiuyan joined the special forces and became the team leader, he had been working in all kinds of situations, doing all kinds of work to punish evildoers and eliminate evil.
Once, to rescue hostages held by drug dealers, there were a total of 18 women, including a little girl of five or six years old.
These people were sold to the border, and once they crossed it, it was difficult to intervene, so we had to race against time to rescue them. In the game with the drug dealer, he brought the little girl with him, and was injured by a stray bullet in order to protect her.
There were heavy casualties that time. In addition to his injuries, Lu Qiuyan retired from the army mostly because of his guilt for the death of his teammate.
If his plan had been more perfect, would he have saved himself from death?
During the two months of recuperation, Lu Qiuyan often asked himself this question: Why couldn't the plan be more perfect? Why wasn't he the one who died?
Thinking of the exhaustion at the end, the psychiatrist said: "You should leave the battlefield, otherwise you will not survive if you continue like this."
In the original book, it was not mentioned how Lu Qiuyan survived those months. Now, what appeared in front of Tian Ruan was just a calm and composed Lu Qiuyan.
The reasons are obscure and difficult to explain.
Tian Ruan also knew that Lu Qiuyan's psychological trauma would take the next two or three years for him to slowly heal on his own and with the help of Yu Shang.
"Then let me tell you about my experiences abroad in the past two years." Tian Ruan pretended to be relaxed and said, "I encountered so many strange things that I can't write them down in a letter. I'll tell you... blah blah, blah blah..."
Lu Qiuyan was originally lost in his memories, but was unknowingly pulled out by Tian Ruan. Listening to his words which were ten times funnier than those in the letter, she couldn't help but smile.
In the evening, Lu Qiuyan stayed at Yu's house for dinner, just like before.
Lu Qiuyan also became more generous, no longer as awkward as before, and said, "Tomorrow the weather is good, I will treat you guys to a meal of crayfish, as an apology for not hearing from you all these years."
Tian Ruan: "Then we must invite Wang Weiqi. He was complaining to me the other day that he never saw you and he missed you so much."
Lu Qiuyan: "Can he want to die?"
Tian Ruan: "...I mean, he misses you very much."
Lu Qiuyan: "I only thought about him for a few seconds."
Tian Ruan: “Hahahaha!”
After dinner, Yu Shang said, "I'll take you home. Where do you want to live?"
Lu Qiuyan: "I can ride my bike myself. It's not far. It's near the Youth Hostel."
"Youth hostel?" Yu Shang frowned. "That kind of place has a mixed crowd, and several people sleep in one room."
"I also sleep in a room with several other people in the army, so it's no problem." Lu Qiuyan has gotten used to it.
Yu Shang was silent for a moment, then said, "Go back and take your things with you. I have many guest rooms."
If he was eighteen years old, Lu Qiuyan would have no burden living here, because he was Yu Shang's classmate, and it was not uncommon for him to stay overnight at a classmate's house.
But Lu Qiuyan is now twenty-three years old and has already reached adulthood. She cannot shamelessly live in another adult's home.
"No, I'm fine there." Lu Qiuyan said.
I returned to Suzhou, but it didn’t feel like I was “going home”. There is no need to explain the reason. Tian Ruan had long regarded Lu Qiuyan as a family member. How could he bear to see him living in a youth hostel? He couldn't think of a good reason to keep him, so he could only look at Yu Jingmo and whispered, "Mr. Yu..."
Yu Jingmo didn't care about their conversation at first. When he heard the young man's request for help, he looked up from between the newspapers and said calmly, "There is a vacant house in 'Golden Jade House'. Lu Qiuyan can stay there temporarily and move out later when he finds a house."
Yu Shang immediately said, "Okay."
Lu Qiuyan thought, since he didn't fit in with Yu Shang and the others, it didn't matter where he lived, so he said, "Thank you, uncle. I'll move out as soon as I find a house."
Tian Ruan was also very happy. This way he could save Lu Qiuyan's face and he could also reach Lu Qiuyan in just a short walk.
A smile appeared on Yu Shang's icy face. He sent Lu Qiuyan to the youth hostel to get his things, and then helped him clean up his luxurious villa.
After sending Yu Shang's newly bought Bentley out of the manor gate, Tian Ruan stood under the street light and waved, "Lu Qiuyan, see you tomorrow!!"
The co-pilot, Lu Qiuyan, saw it, lowered the window, stretched out his arm and waved as well.
See you tomorrow, Tian Ruan.
This scene was like when they were teenagers, every time they had to say goodbye after school.
At that time, the two were wearing Deyin school uniforms, and their faces were still a little immature. Tian Ruan's voice was clear and sweet: "Lu Qiuyan, see you tomorrow."
Lu Qiuyan: “Oh.”
As I step on the bicycle pedal, time slips away with the sound of the chain and gears rubbing against each other.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but I would become an adult so quickly.
If time could flow backwards, Lu Qiuyan thought, he would definitely slow down, or at least stop at some point, like a game character that was suddenly awakened.
He would hold down the brake, take one foot off the pedal, and pedal on the asphalt road under the dense shade of the sycamore trees.
He would look back at the endless stream of cars and the people coming and going.
He would see Tian Ruan getting into the Maybach and chatting and laughing with his Mr. Yu with his eyes curved.
He would see Yu Shang carrying his schoolbag and walking out of the school gate with a straight posture. He would check around to make sure there was no violation of laws and regulations, and then he would get in the car and leave.
He would see his classmates leaving one by one, as if they had no idea that they would become adults so soon.
"I'm not the protagonist of this world." Lu Qiuyan would say to Tian Ruan, "I don't know what will happen in the future."
What would Tian Ruan say?
He would say: "You are the protagonist of this world, and you know what will happen in the future because you have seen this moment from the future."
Lu Qiuyan thought that he did have the ability to turn back time, at some point in time.
In fact, they have no regrets.
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