◇ Chapter 34 If Line: If Xie Yu traveled back to two years before the story began
Xie Yu and Shen Ci have walked side by side for many years. Xie Yu traveled to five continents alone during his five years of studying abroad. Now he takes Shen Ci to travel around the world, try new foods, and appreciate local customs and practices.
On a leisurely afternoon, Xie Yu was lying in a rocking chair on the island and confessed to Chen Ci that he came from another world and came here for a mission.
At that time, he was wearing beach pants and sunglasses, with a Coke straw in his mouth, and Shen Ci was sitting next to him, applying sunscreen on his chest muscles.
"Yeah." Shen Ci hummed neither lightly nor heavily and continued to apply sunscreen.
The sunshine during the vacation made Xie Yu a shade darker, but he was still handsome. The muscles under his palms were relaxed and soft to the touch.
Xie Yu turned over and grabbed his hand, with a suspicious look on his face: "You are so calm? You don't think I'm crazy again, do you?"
Shen Ci sighed slightly: "Although it sounds strange, I have long felt that you and he are not the same person."
A person's appearance and personality can change, but how can the underlying temperament change? Xie Yu's lazy and carefree appearance hides a gentle heart. How can Chen Ci believe that he was once arrogant, whipped innocent people, and put his happiness above the pain of others?
"Is this true?" Xie Yu raised his eyebrows. "I've felt this for a long time. When exactly was it?"
Shen Ci paused and suddenly looked away.
It’s strange to say, they have been on vacation for so long that Xie Yu’s arm skin has become tanned, but Shen Ci is still so white that even the slightest blush on his face can be clearly seen.
Xie Yu raised his eyebrows even higher.
Of course, Shen Ci is very easy to tease. He is thin-skinned and will blush when teased. Xie Yu also likes to say dirty words to tease him, but after teasing him so much, he has gradually become desensitized. Now, except for the main scenes, you rarely see him with this expression.
Xie Yu crossed his arms: "Tell me, when is it?"
Shen Ci: “…Are you sure you want to listen?”
Xie Yu: "Of course I want to listen."
Shen Ci sighed: “But I’m afraid you’ll be unhappy if you hear it.”
Xie Yu: "Why would I be unhappy about this...wait!"
But Shen Ci's eyes moved down and slowly landed on Xie Yu's colorful beach pants.
Xie Yu looked down.
"……?"
"!"
He sat up in disbelief and pulled a towel over his beach pants: "No way, this kind?"
"Um."
Because Xie Yu moved around, the sunscreen slid down his chest and fell wetly on the beach chair. Shen Ci raised his hand to push him down and continued his actions: "You know, Master Xie is famous. If he talks about love, he should be very skilled, but..."
Shen Ci shook his head slightly, swallowing the rest of the words, with an expression that seemed like he wanted to say something but stopped.
Xie Yu: “???”
His face was distorted: "But what?"
Shen Ci sighed: “If I tell you, you’ll be angry…”
Xie Yu clenched his fist: "Speak!"
Shen Ci said slowly: "If I must say, you are very immature and have no idea what to do, like you are in love for the first time."
“…”
Seeing that Xie Yu was almost petrified, Shen Ci added: “It’s actually not that bad.”
Shen Ci has always been able to endure. Once he had a high fever of 39 degrees and said he was fine. He wanted to get up and go to work, but Xie Yu forced him to sleep at home for a day. If he said he was feeling comfortable, it meant he was actually not feeling well.
Seeing Xie Yu’s face getting darker and darker, Shen Ci hesitated for a moment, but still comforted him: “You are making rapid progress.”
Xie Yu's face was full of black lines: "Assistant Teacher Shen, are you treating me like a child? Should I say thank you?"
The topic gradually went from being serious and proper at the beginning to something strange. When night fell, they lay on the net bed in the water house, looked up at the stars, and decided to explore the problems of the day in depth.
After being exhausted, Xie Yu held Shen Ci in his arms and gently kissed him on the center of his eyebrows.
*
Around noon the next day, Xie Yu struggled to wake up, reached out to the side, but found nothing.
"……?"
Since going on vacation, Shen Ci has been sleeping with him until he wakes up naturally every day. This is the first time that Xie Yu has failed to get anyone.
...Where is my wife?
He opened his eyes and looked around, his sleepiness mostly gone, and then he sat up from the bed.
This wasn't their vacation cabin.
Balcony, suite, heavy mahogany furniture, huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and a round bathtub next to the floor-to-ceiling windows.
This is a suite at the Jiangcheng Hotel.
For a moment, Xie Yu thought this was a crude prank, but no matter how powerful he was, there was no way he could send him here across half the Pacific Ocean while he was asleep. Xie Yu opened his phone and the time showed nine years ago.
There are still two full years before the plot begins and he signs the contract with Shen Ci.
In other words, his wife doesn't know him yet.
Xie Yu cursed inwardly and rolled off the bed. He scrolled through the contacts on his phone from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the beginning, and finally chose Zhou Yang: "Hey, buddy, help me find someone."
In his vague memory, Zhou Yang's family had shares in University A, so it was not difficult to check a student.
At this time, Xie Yu, Zhou Yang and He Zhiyuan had not parted ways yet. The three of them were inseparable. Not long after, Xie Yu received a call.
Zhou Yang's voice came: "The one you want to investigate has received a work-study order from the Student Affairs Department and should be handing out flyers on Qunxing Avenue."
Handing out flyers?
Xie Yu instantly remembered a day after they opened up to each other, when Chen Ci said he once distributed flyers in the summer for 15 yuan an hour, wearing a thick hood, with sweat soaking his shirt and hair, and he almost suffered from heat stroke.
He looked out the window. It was the height of summer, the sun was scorching, and every piece of land was being scorched under the glaring sunlight.
He couldn't imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear a hood in this kind of weather.
Xie Yu quickly put on his clothes and rushed out the door. During this time, Zhou Yang's chattering noise continued to come: "Hey, hey, Xie Yu, why are you asking him? Why do I hear the sound of a car starting? What are you doing?"
Xie Yu: "Looking for my wife."
He turned off his phone.
Young Master Xie's car at this time was not a low-key and luxurious Bentley, but a champagne gold convertible sports car, which was ostentatious and money-making. Xie Yu had no time to care about it. He stepped on the accelerator and rushed onto the main road. He braked suddenly in front of Qunxing Street and stepped down.
At the end of the street, Shen Ci held onto the railing weakly, his stomach twitching.
Uncomfortable, so uncomfortable, sweat dripped down his hair, his shirt hung wetly on his body, Shen Ci didn't even have the strength to take off his hood, he felt dizzy, his body was shaking slightly, his eyes stared blankly ahead through the two eyes of the doll, not knowing where to focus.
It’s so uncomfortable…but if I stop now, I won’t get a day’s wages.
15 yuan for 10 hours is more than a week's food money.
Shen Ci lowered his head. In his hand was a thick stack of flyers, some of which were already wet with sweat and were sticky in his hand.
He thought dizzily, “I have to finish sending it.”
Shen Ci stood up holding the railing. People were hurrying by, but he was slow in his movements. Often people passed by before his flyers were delivered to him. His arms were hit countless times, and after handing out flyers for a long time, the stack in his hand was not much less.
Shen Ci pursed his lips in the hood and quietly grasped the edge of the doll costume. He looked into the distance and saw someone coming.
The man was very tall and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he had a good-looking face. He shouldn't be someone who was difficult to talk to and would probably take his flyer.
Shen Ci stood up with the hood on and handed over the flyer in his hand: "Hello, sir..."
His voice was very hoarse, and it sounded a bit mocking. Chen Ci pursed his lips and smiled faintly, "Sir, we are opening a new store..."
Before he could finish his words, all the flyers in his hands were taken away.
Shen Ci was stunned, and just when he wanted to persuade him to stay, he was grabbed by the shoulders and forced to sit down on the bench.
"...This gentleman?"
Xie Yu opened his hood with one hand.
The bear head was placed next to the chair. The man in the hood had a flushed face and moist eyes. Fresh air suddenly rushed in. He took two quick breaths and then said with his remaining sanity: "Sir, I'm working. Please give me back the hood."
Xie Yu had never seen such a serious word.
He was gentle, polite, and a little shy. Although his grandmother's illness was serious at that time, she was not at the end of her rope. Shen Ci was not dead because of the torture of life, and looked very lively.
Xie Yu said: "You have a heat stroke. You can't work anymore. If you continue to work, your life will be in danger."
He pulled the bear's zipper: "Come out."
Without allowing Shen Ci to refuse, Xie Yu had already pressed the little bear's short, fat, round tail and pulled the whole piece of clothing off.
The person inside the clothes was indeed soaked, his shirt was wrinkled and stuck to his body, revealing the cold white color of his skin.
Xie Yu forcibly pulled him out of his clothes, holding him in one hand and picking up the doll costume in the other: "Let's go, you have to go to the hospital."
At this time, Xie Yu had been working out for a while, and Shen Ci was feeling dizzy, so Xie Yu pulling him was no different from pulling equipment in the gym, and he did it easily with some strength to spare.
Xie Yu didn't explain anything, and Shen Ci was forced to follow. His throat was so dry that he couldn't call for help. He could only vaguely wonder: Was he kidnapped?
But when Xie Yu opened the car door, Shen Ci gave up the idea.
The convertible sports car parked on the side of the road was enthusiastic and flamboyant, with a logo of a shape that Shen Ci did not recognize, but just from the streamlined body and eye-catching color, Shen Ci could guess that it was worth a lot of money.
The owner of the car didn't need to kidnap him because his family couldn't afford even one percent of the car.
Shen Ci's steps were unsteady and he couldn't even get into the car normally, so Xie Yu carried him to the passenger seat, leaned over to fasten his seat belt, and even unscrewed the cap of a bottle of mineral water and handed it to him.
Then Xie Yu started the engine, and the engine made a loud roar. He said, "I will take you to the nearest hospital. You need an IV."
Beneath him was a soft leather sofa with intricate patterns and a delicate touch. Chen Ci thought vaguely: If he had the money for this car, could he give his grandmother the best medicine, hire the best doctor, and have her stay in a single room so that she wouldn't have to wake up from her light sleep every night.
He was almost half-carried into the hospital by Xie Yu. The strange young man didn't mind that he was covered in sweat. He placed him carefully on a chair and took care of the subsequent registration, medical consultation, and medication. Then, he was taken to the infusion area. Xie Yu sat down next to him only after the needle was inserted into the blood vessel.
Shen Ci was very confused, very confused. He didn't know the young man next to him, but Xie Yu was too familiar with him, as if they had lived together for many years. He hesitated a little, and his fingers struggled slightly, as if he wanted to curl up: "You?"
Xie Yu was originally reading the drug instructions. He looked up when he heard this: "Don't move your hands. Be careful of the needle slipping."
“…”
His instructions were natural and intimate, as if he was born to be here, accompanying Shen Ci to get an IV drip.
Shen Ci hesitated: “Sir, do we know each other?”
Xie Yu: "I know him and I don't know him. If I have to say, I don't know him now."
The words were ambiguous, and Shen Ci's dizzy brain worked for a long time, but he couldn't analyze what he meant. He just felt so uncomfortable that halfway through the drip, he closed his eyes sleepily and fell asleep.
When he woke up, he was lying on one side with his head resting on Xie Yu's shoulder.
The clock pointed to nine o'clock. The man had been sitting here for nearly four hours of infusion.
The posture of having your shoulders compressed is not comfortable, and blood circulation is cut off. I'm afraid your arms will be numb after four hours.
Shen Ci raised the arm that was not pierced with needles and gently squeezed it for him: “You?”
Xie Yu did not show any discomfort. He put down his phone and looked calm: "It's so late. Should I take you back to school? But it's a bit far. When we drive back, the dormitory may be locked."
The undergraduate dormitory of University A will be locked at 10 o'clock.
Without waiting for Shen Ci to hesitate, Xie Yu said again: "It's not good for you to sit in the car for a long time now. I'm afraid you will vomit again. Can you stay in the hotel next door for one night? Go back tomorrow morning."
“…”
A stranger inviting someone to stay in a hotel was an impolite request no matter how you looked at it, but Xie Yu's eyes were gentle, without the slightest hint of coercion or inducement, as if he was really just worried that the journey was too long and Shen Ci would feel uncomfortable on the way.
"Oh, sorry." Xie Yu was the first to react: "Don't worry, we'll get two rooms, I won't live with you."
“…”
If someone else said this, it wouldn't be credible, like the so-called "I'll just rub it", but for some unknown reason or maybe because he was possessed by a ghost, or maybe because his brain was not working after suffering from heatstroke, Shen Ci hesitated slightly and actually nodded.
And Xie Yu really booked two rooms.
He handed the room card to Shen Ci and went into his room without looking back. He didn't come out all night, let alone look for Shen Ci. It was not until breakfast time that he knocked on Shen Ci's door.
When Shen Ci opened the door, Xie Yu was standing at the door. He was wearing pure white casual clothes, his hair was casually combed behind his head. The sunlight shone through the glass window behind him, giving him a golden silhouette. His figure was slender and tall, and his appearance was extremely handsome.
There was no mention in the forum that the cruel young master of the Xie family was so handsome.
Shen Ci was stunned for two seconds, then he greeted politely: “Thank you, Mr.
Xie Yu paused and said with a smile: "You found out who I am."
Shen Ci is not a fool, although he did act foolishly yesterday due to his physical condition, but later he reacted and kept an eye on it.
There is no other car like Young Master Xie's with consecutive license plates in the whole Jiangcheng.
Shen Ci was not in their circle, but he had seen a lot of gossip on the forum, talking about how cruel Master Xie was and how many people he had sent to the hospital. There was even a picture of the bloody back of a certain internet celebrity. The evidence was irrefutable and could not be denied.
But Shen Ci was completely unable to connect the legendary man with the young man from yesterday. Although they had not been together for long, Xie Yu from yesterday was clearly patient, meticulous, and gentle to the extreme, not at all like the person in the rumors.
He began to wonder whether the rumor was wrong or he had made a mistake.
Knowing Xie Yu's identity, Shen Ci couldn't help but feel reserved. Xie's was a local pharmaceutical giant with a lot of resources in its hands. Maybe there was someone who could save his grandmother. Shen Ci couldn't afford to offend such a person.
He followed Xie Yu in confusion and finished his breakfast. Xie Yu drove him back to school. During the time, they chatted casually. Xie Yu talked a lot and Shen Ci answered from time to time. The two seemed like old friends reminiscing about the past. Xie Yu never mentioned any reward.
Shen Ci thought: If Xie Yu was really just a kind person passing by, what should he do to make up for the care he showed yesterday?
But when he was about to get off the car, Xie Yu suddenly stopped him and handed him a contract.
Master Xie touched his nose and said, "Take a look first, the terms can be negotiated."
Shen Ci understood clearly.
He asked himself that he had nothing, and except for his skin, there was nothing on his body that was worthy of Master Xie's concern, let alone the right for him to take good care of him and treat him well, but when this contract was really handed to him, Shen Ci still felt a little sad.
Yesterday's kindness really had another purpose. That gentle and kind young man did not exist after all.
Xie Yu saw the uneasiness in his eyes, but said nothing. He just made a gesture and said with a smile: "Call me when you have made up your mind."
He thought Shen Ci would hesitate for two days, but in the evening, he received a call from the other party.
Shen Ci's voice on the phone was nervous, a little confused and bewildered, he asked uneasily: "Mr. Xie, I have read the contract, but..."
Xie Yu smiled: "Are you not satisfied? If you are not satisfied, you can change it."
The tone was quite indulgent.
"No, no!" The volume on the phone rose, then fell back. Shen Ci held the microphone, as if avoiding people. He asked softly, "I see my rights, but what are my obligations?"
Both parties in the contract should enjoy rights and perform obligations. According to Shen Ci's original idea, Master Xie should provide money and medical conditions, and he should offer his body and agree to some non-lethal tricks. But this contract is not like this. Xie Yu did not make any requirements. He did not ask Shen Ci to □□, nor did he ask him to offer anything else, but he agreed to pay a huge fee, enough for grandma to get better medical conditions, and enough for Shen Ci to finish college.
This is a contract that only provides rights but no obligations.
It seems like pie in the sky.
When Xie Yu heard the noise over there, he could imagine how the shy assistant Shen was carefully hiding in the corner of the school, nervously and shamelessly testing the conditions he offered. Just thinking about it made him feel better.
"There are no other obligations but this one."
Xie Yu's voice on the phone was lazy and leisurely. Shen Ci held his breath and heard the other party say slowly: "First, eat well, second, sleep well, and third, well, third, study hard."
“…”
What kind of request is this? Looking through the entire Jiangcheng, there is no contract like this.
Shen Ci was stunned and asked hesitantly: “…Mr. Xie?”
"Oh yeah, there's one last thing."
I don’t know why, but when he heard this, Shen Ci actually breathed a sigh of relief, with a wonderful feeling that “he finally has something to do and doesn’t have to eat for free.”
Shen Ci held the phone steady and stood up properly: “Mr. Xie, I’m listening, you go ahead.”
Xie Yu's slightly stern voice came from the receiver: "Finally
One, you are not allowed to take overtime work-study jobs, you are not allowed to go out on the streets to hand out flyers in the summer, you are not allowed to wear headgear, and you are not allowed to go to the hospital for heat stroke. Do you hear me?!"
Shen Ci’s hand holding the phone trembled, and his heart beat uncontrollably in his chest.
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