Chapter 85: Eternal True Love
Chapter 85
After careful treatment by a team of experts and seven days of stay in a high-end private hospital, the blood clot in Wenxi's brain finally subsided.
Being young and energetic, he was not prone to scars. In addition, he had used various special medicines to nourish himself, so the various bruises on Wenxi's body healed without leaving any scars. Yanjue had a strong physique, and his fractured bones healed very well. He only needed to recuperate for another half a month to recover.
As school was about to start and they were busy with work, they were discharged from the hospital due to various inconveniences.
They had planned to return to Jincui Lake, but before they even got on the car, Zhu Chengyu said that he was worried about their recovery and demanded that they move back to the old house in a tough manner.
Although it was not very comfortable to return to the old house, in order not to worry Zhu Chengyu, Yan Jue took Wen Xi to live in the old house. A service team consisting of hundreds of people including servants, cooks, nutritionists, live-in doctors, etc. provided them with comprehensive and meticulous care.
Just after Yan Jue was discharged from the hospital, he was abducted in a wheelchair by Zheng Yuting, who had been waiting for him for several days. Zheng Yuting said that the brother bureau was playing football and there was only Cen Tan on the field, but they were short of a goalkeeper.
Wen Xi laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, so she didn't laugh out loud in front of Yan Jue. She quickly made up an excuse to go home and went back to the old house. In the past few days in the hospital, Wen Xi had not met her sister in order to make an excuse to go out and study. She usually had to change out of her hospital gown and find a corner where it would not be easy to be exposed before she could video chat with Wen Ran without worry.
Counting on fingers, the brother and sister had not seen each other for nine days.
Wen Xi had just walked into the hall and was bumped into by Wen Ran before he could even stand firmly. Children of four or five years old are the most energetic, and they rushed into Wen Xi's arms like a calf. Wen Xi almost couldn't catch him, and his back was pushed against him before he staggered and stood firm.
A gentle yet stern female voice came from behind, "Ran Ran, what if you run too fast and bump into your brother?"
Wen Ran hugged her brother's waist, poked her head behind Wen Xi and said childishly, "I hope mommy will protect my brother so he won't fall."
Wen Xi turned around and saw Zhu Chengyu bending his fingers and flicking Wen Ran's forehead. He smiled and scolded, "Little spoiled child, I won't do it again next time." He stared at Zhu Chengyu's profile, his throat rolling, his voice a little hoarse, "Mom, aren't you taking a flight back to the research station today?"
"Well...something went wrong with the project and we need to hurry over. The plan is to leave tonight, but the world won't explode if we delay one more day, so let's postpone it for another day." Zhu Chengyu winked at Wen Xi and said cheerfully, "After all, after this thrilling and brave adventure, we still need a reunion dinner made by mom and dad."
Wenxi began to get nervous, "Dad... is here too?"
He has met Yan Jue's brother, sister-in-law, nephew and mother, but he still knows nothing about the rumored Yan Jue's father. He has only seen a few photos of Yan Jue's grandfather with Yan and Su, who was a tall and mighty man.
"Dad is cooking," Wen Ran shook Wen Xi's arm and spoke crisply, "Before brother came back, we were preparing dinner to celebrate his first place in the competition!"
Wen Xi lowered his head and saw a little bit of flour on Wen Ran's raised face. He reached out to wipe it off. Wen Ran smiled a little embarrassedly when she saw the flour rubbing against Wen Xi's hand. Zhu Chengyu touched the back of her head, and Wen Ran shared happily, "I kneaded the dough and prepared to make dumplings."
Wenxi's hand was firmly held by her sister. Her little hand was warm. She looked up and asked expectantly, "Brother, do you want to help mom make dumplings with me?"
The natural and intimate interaction, the natural motherhood, he looked at the tenderness flashing in Zhu Chengyu's eyes, and in a trance he thought of Yan Yili, and Wen Xi's heart was in a mess.
"Xiaoxi, do you want to cook with your mother?"
Wen Xi was stunned, raised his eyes to meet Zhu Chengyu's smiling eyes, his hand was held firmly, and the unique scent that only a mother could have enveloped Wen Xi.
The incomplete wish is fulfilled in another unexpected way.
The missing piece of my heart was filled, my chest felt sore and swollen, and my eye sockets felt a little sore.
Wen Xi sniffed and nodded heavily in the face of his sister's expectant and puzzled eyes, "Yes."
Wen Ran cheered, skipped and pulled Wen Xi away, speaking in a brisk tone and with divergent thoughts. One moment she asked, "Brother, what was your competition like?" The next moment she asked, "Where is Brother Yanjue? Is he working overtime?" The next second she asked, "Brother, do you look like me outside? I dream about you every night when I go to sleep."
Half an hour later, Yanjue returned to the old house and tried to join the family kitchen but was ruthlessly rejected by the four people. The family finished the reunion dinner happily.
Wen Xi came to Wen Ran's room to read to her as usual. After a section, Wen Xi placed the full English version of "The Black and the Red" next to Wen Ran's pillow and lifted the hair caught on Wen Ran's neck. "The story is over, it's time to go to bed."
"Brother, wait a minute," Wen Ran, contrary to her usual behavior, reached under the pillow, took out a teddy bear doll, and squeezed it in front of Wen Xi's stunned eyes. The familiar mechanical "I love you" echoed in the quiet bedroom.
Wen Ran pulled Wen Xi's wrist, stuffed the doll into his palm, then covered him with the quilt, lay down straight, and said, "Give it to my brother."
The little bear doll bought at the amusement park was soaked in fake blood in the car accident artificially created by Wen Guoqing, and became a disabled bear. It was washed clean by Wen Xi, and then buried in the garden of the courtyard in Yongning Town together with a sapling that was not sure whether it was an orange or a lemon.
Now this is just a prop I bought temporarily to avoid being exposed.
Wen Xi lowered her eyes and looked at the happy, white-haired little bear in her palm. She stroked the toy's heart with her fingers and squeezed it hard.
The continuous voices reached Wenxi's ears.
"Ranran, do you want to record this?" Wen Xi paused for a moment. Although it was a mechanical male voice from the system, he could still tell from the steady and calm tone that it was Yan Jue's voice.
"You should record it for your brother. That's weird. I remember I recorded it, but it didn't seem to be recorded in the little bear."
"It's okay, just record it again. When my brother finds out, he'll be very happy."
"Okay!" Wen Ran agreed crisply.
The next second, a childish, lively and proud child's voice penetrated the mechanical structure and rushed to Wenxi's heart.
"Wen Ran loves brother the most! I love you so much!"
"When my brother went out to study, I always had dreams. It was dark in my dreams, and there was a bad guy who wanted to bully me, but you protected me in time and bravely. I knew that my brother was the best brother in the world, and he would protect me even in my dreams."
"Brother Yanjue said that you will be very happy when you find out, but I don't want him to wait. Guoguo in kindergarten said that if you like someone, you must let him know. I think she is right."
Wen Xi leaned over slightly, and just like on the noisy and long train three years ago, he hugged Wen Ran tightly through the quilt.
Wen Ran was caught off guard by being hugged. She hugged the old lion doll and said shyly, "I want to let my brother know my love today, because tomorrow I will have new love for you."
Wen Xi's heart was tingling. He hugged her tightly for three minutes, and finally stood up. He tucked the corners of Wen Ran's quilt again, then bent over, pressed the nose of the little bear against the tip of Wen Ran's nose, pinched his throat and imitated the tone of the captain in his sister's favorite cartoon, and said, "Ding, the signal is received successfully."
Wen Ran giggled at her brother's funny tone, "Good night, brother."
"good evening."
Three minutes later, Wen Xi pushed open the door of the master bedroom in the annex building, and saw a small warm yellow light on the bedside.
Wenxi walked over and sat down. One hand reached in along the edge of the quilt, wrapped around the man's strong waist, leaned against Yanjue's arms, and with the other hand placed the doll on Yanjue's chest. The book in his hand was closed, and Yanjue's left hand dropped down, hooking the fingers that were making mischievous circles on his waist in the quilt.
"You discovered Ranran's secret bear so quickly?"
Wenxi put her ear close to Yanjue's chest. Through the thin pajamas, she could clearly feel the vibration of his body when he spoke. "Ranran told me directly that love should be expressed in time. When did you record the audio behind my back today?"
Yan Jue didn't seem surprised, "When you were taking a shower."
Wen Xi moved his legs and tucked himself into the quilt, "You and Wen Ran are doing a little secret behind my back."
Wen Xi felt Yan Jue brushing away the hair that was covering her ears, and then Yan Jue put his hand over her ears, with his palm covering her entire ears. The heartbeat in her arms was amplified countless times.
"The secret is exposed," Yan Jue said calmly with his eyelids drooping, "but you should sleep well today."
Wenxi blinked her eyes, her heart pounding. She hugged Yanjue's waist tightly with both hands, rubbed his head, and bit Yanjue's heart, which was making a loud noise. The force was neither light nor heavy, like a kitten scratching. She pushed forward and a furry head popped out from the quilt on her chest. She kissed Yanjue's mouth hard, making a "pop" sound, and spoke in a sticky tone: "I give you today's love."
Yan Jue reached out and poked the pretty little face lying on his chest, "What about tomorrow's?"
"Of course tomorrow's will arrive tomorrow."
Yan Jue touched Wen Xi's nose with the teddy bear doll, "Can't I get an advance?"
Wen Xi pursed her lips and blew a breath at him, then said with some energy: "If you want me to kiss you, just tell me."
Yan Jue snorted and laughed, holding Wen Xi's arms, pulled her body out a little, lowered his head and kissed her poisonous little lips.
"You're breaking the rules," Wen Xi refused after being kissed, "I didn't even agree to an advance."
"It's a give and take," Yan Jue added nonchalantly, "My love today."
Wen Xi had a bad start. He turned over and got into bed, pulling the quilt over his head. His voice came out from under the quilt in a slightly dull voice: "Cunning."
With a click, the bedside lamp was turned off and the room fell into darkness in an instant.
Yan Jue lay down, then simply hugged him in his arms and said calmly: "Old men are just unreasonable."
Wen Xi was shocked, "How do you know what I'm thinking?"
Yan Jue reached out and patted Wen Xi's plump buttocks/balls, and waited for the other person to turn around with a groan, and said, "I can read minds."
"No."
"Don't lie to pigs."
"Then read what I'm thinking about now?"
"You want to sleep with me now, and then the next day, kiss me when I open my eyes and give me tomorrow's love."
A man who speaks very boldly and directly.
"Did you guess it right?"
"wrong."
"If we don't kiss each other when we wake up tomorrow, then when will we kiss each other?"
Wen Xi suddenly had an idea and said quickly, "What I want is to kiss you right now."
Before she realized something was wrong after she finished speaking, someone held her lips and kissed them hard from top to bottom until they were wet. The dizzy Wen Xi realized belatedly that she had been tricked by a scheming old man with eight hundred schemes.
She was bullied by the old man with limited mobility and had no chance to resist.
Wen Xi nestled in Yan Jue's arms with her bare buttocks shaking, feeling upset and crying.
*
Zhu Chengyu Yan Xiangsong said goodbye to everyone the next day and set out on the road of Antarctic scientific research. Wen Ran preferred to get along with her former classmates and returned to kindergarten, but changed from full-time care to staying at home on weekends. After staying in the old house for a few days, Yan Jue and Wen Xi moved back to Jincui Lake for the convenience of going to school and work.
Yan and Su, who were not sure about what they wanted, finally figured out what they wanted and made up their minds to pursue the girl on the Hedonie who treated him as a substitute. They were determined to fight and compete with each other, and they were determined to replace her. Ming Yao was promoted to the chief bartender of Niye, and his value increased dramatically. His basic salary was 150,000 yuan. He was determined to save up for the rest of his life in three years, and then live a happy life surrounded by gay novels, gay comics, gay radio dramas, and two-dimensional gays.
In short, life is back on track.
On September 20th, a Friday, Wen Xi received the admission notice for the AI major at Capital Q University. He jumped up and down in his dorm room for the first time, his excitement was beyond words. To celebrate his admission, Yan and Su organized the first team-building dinner for the senior year. Chen Qiao and Ning Haoyu, who were about to take the postgraduate entrance examination, went to join in the fun. Wen Xi finally met Zhou Hengyu's boyfriend Jiang Baiye at the KTV, a junior who exuded an unknown bitterness.
The two looked at each other, and a feeling of regret for not meeting each other earlier came to their hearts. Wenxi was pulled by the slightly drunk junior to chatter and pass on many tips for couples to get along. After learning that Yanjue injured his leg, the junior was very considerate and added Wenxi as a network disk friend, and quickly shared a lot of small information of GB. Although a little embarrassed, Wenxi blushed and accepted the gift from the kind-hearted junior.
We played from four in the afternoon until ten in the afternoon, and then everyone was ready to leave.
Chen Qiaoning Haoyu took a walk to take the subway. When he walked out of the door, a cool breeze brushed his cheek. While waiting for the driver to come, Wen Xi heard Jiang Baiye say that he and Zhou Hengyu wanted to create a new account to post a couple vlog. Noticing someone standing next to him, Wen Xi tilted his head slightly, and Yan Hesu handed him a lemon candy.
"Congratulations," the boy looked at Wen Xi calmly, "Congratulations on your successful admission to Q University."
Wen Xi opened the paper and put it in his mouth. His fingers pinched the wrapping paper, making a rustling sound. He had drunk a little bit of alcoholic beverage that night, so he looked a little drunk and his thoughts began to wander. "Before, you asked me why I didn't take the postgraduate entrance examination. I didn't tell you the truth. I just said that I was busy saving money. But in fact, I didn't dare to hope to continue to improve my academic qualifications and study hard. The wish is too beautiful, and the contrast brought to me by reality will be too strong."
"Everything I have now was beyond my expectation. It feels like a dream now, and sometimes it feels a little bit unreal."
Yan and Su looked at Wen Xi with their eyelids drooped. The boy looked a little tipsy, but the temperament revealed in his eyes and eyebrows was very different from the previous three years, like a piece of beautiful jade that became more dazzling after being carved.
"You are successful in your career and in love, so stop showing off in front of me." Yan Hesu sneered and said in a dragging tone, "Aunt Wenxi."
Wen Xi bit the candy between her teeth and got goose bumps all over her body. "Okay, okay, I won't be serious anymore. Don't call me little aunt, it's weird."
Wen Xi deliberately bit the words, "Yan and Su's little nephew."
"I just realized that you are quite rebellious." Yan Hesu said, "You will say ten things against me if I say one thing."
"Nonsense, I'm an honest man." Wen Xi shook his head. "This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine. I'm doing justice for you and suppressing your evil tendencies."
Yan Hesu exclaimed "Wow", ignoring Wen Xi's hidden meaning, raised his thumb and said, "Then you are this."
Now it's clearly sarcastic.
Wen Xi frowned and gave Yan and Su a thumbs up, then slowly turned his hand with his thumb pointing downwards, "Actually, that's not the case. You are this."
Jiang Baiye, who was watching the fight from the side, laughed out loud, interrupting the two people's elementary school fight.
Wenxi reacted, glared at Yan and Su, turned around and waved goodbye to the new friend clinging to the car window, "Be careful on the road, bye."
"Bye," Jiang Baiye held up his phone and winked at Wen Xi, "Remember to read what I sent you."
Wen Xi's face flushed, and he nodded randomly. As the car started to leave, he heard Yan and Su ask, "You two must have met too late. What did you send?"
Wenxi: "Secret, I have a little secret that I can't tell you."
Yan Hesu didn't know what he was thinking about. He snorted and laughed, but didn't ask any more questions. He looked up and saw the familiar Rolls-Royce approaching. He said, "How is my uncle's leg?"
Wenxi: "He's recovering very well. He recovered a week ago. You don't have to worry."
Yan Hesu raised his chin and asked, "Is he at home taking care of the kids now?"
Wenxi was stunned for a moment after hearing this. She inexplicably felt like she had a warm bed with her husband and children. She said a little impatiently, "We planned to pick up Ranran and take him back to Jincui Lake together in the afternoon, but we had a dinner party at the last minute, so we let him go by himself."
The Rolls-Royce stopped steadily beside the two of them.
Yan and Su looked at the driver who came down to open the door. After Wen Xi got in the car, they looked at Wen Xi through the window with drooped eyelids, looking a little hesitant.
Wen Xi asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Yan Hesu: "The admission letter has arrived. Are you planning to return to Yongning Town?"
Wen Xi was stunned for a moment, and the smile in her voice faded. "Three days later, the court will open tomorrow. After the verdict, he will bring two good news back to tell mom."
The warm orange light of the street lamp fell on Wenxi, the evening breeze blew her hair on her forehead, revealing a calm face.
Yan Hesu paused, tapped the Rolls-Royce with his fingers, looked at Wen Xi, and said, "Then - I hope he is sentenced to life imprisonment, so that your wish will come true and you will have double happiness."
Wen Xi was startled by what he said, but then she reacted, curled her eyes, stretched out her hand, clenched her fist and bumped fists with her roommate: "Thank you for your good wishes."
On September 21, the trial of Wen Guoqing's kidnapping case was held, and Wen Xi testified as the plaintiff. Wen Guoqing was sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple crimes, which had a bad social impact. Wen Guoqing did not raise the above issue.
On September 23, Wen Xi came to xx Prison in the suburbs of City A. Apart from the court trial, this was the second time he saw Wen Guoqing.
In the visiting room, through the explosion-proof transparent windows, Wen Xi saw Wen Guoqing's dejected appearance, with drooping shoulders, hunched back, wearing a blue and white prison uniform, and had lost his former pride.
The moment Wen Guoqing saw Wen Xi, his face darkened and he angrily asked, "What are you doing here? I've been sentenced to life imprisonment, and you still want to come and laugh at me?"
Wen Xi looked at Wen Guoqing and curled his lips: "Do you think life imprisonment is a lot?"
"Then what else do you want?" Wen Guoqing gritted his teeth and slammed his hands on the glass window, making a clanging sound, saying, "If you hate me, just kill me! Don't you have the ability? Kill me!"
The prison guard rushed in and forcibly pinned down the violent Wen Guoqing, scolding him harshly. After he behaved himself and did not leave, he stood beside him and waited until the meeting time was over.
Wen Guoqing was so angry that his expression was distorted, but he was afraid of the prison guards and did not dare to act recklessly. He could only sit obediently on the bench and listen to Wen Xi on the phone.
Wen Xi just looked at him calmly and said, "I won't do anything that breaks the law."
"But I can still tell you about the murderous and heartbreaking things."
Wen Guoqing stared in astonishment, "Is Wen Can dead?"
"The condition worsens, the rescue fails, and all those who are no longer useful die. Isn't this what you expected?"
Wen Guoqing held the receiver tightly. "You came here today just to tell me this? Do you think I care about his life or death? What do you want to say!"
Wen Xi stood up and looked at Wen Guoqing coldly.
"You have lost the last relative in the world. From today until you die, no one will come to see you, and you will not know any news from the outside world."
Wen Xi's eyes were still cold and indifferent, but also a little compassionate. "Wen Guoqing, congratulations. You will live a lonely and desperate life in prison for the next few decades."
Wen Guoqing felt that Wen Xi was looking at him as if he were a bluffing dog. He smashed the window and growled at Wen Xi's back.
"I'm sorry - Wenxi - I was wrong, I was wrong -"
"Wenxi——Dad was wrong——"
Wen Xi's departure was like an execution notice of a life or death punishment. The fear of being abandoned and discarded by human society suddenly filled his heart, but the sound was blocked and sealed by thick glass, and no sound could be transmitted to the outside world.
Wen Guoqing fell to the ground in despair, full of regret, but it was too late and regret was of no use.
Walking out of the prison, he saw a Rolls-Royce parked quietly outside the gate, and Yan Jue stood in front of the car, looking at him quietly.
Wen Xi stopped in front of the man, Yan Jue reached out and held him in his arms, with their upper bodies pressed tightly together. The body temperature of the other person was continuously transmitted to Wen Xi's body, warming the ice accumulated in his limbs.
Wen Xi sniffed and buried her face in Yan Jue's shoulder. "I feel like a villain."
Yan Jue put one hand around Wen Xi's waist and the other hand across his back and clasped it tightly at the back of his neck. His hot palm pressed against the bare flesh of his neck and clenched it. A feeling of fullness from being squeezed spread to the cerebral cortex. Wen Xi heard Yan Jue speak calmly: "He brought it upon himself. You shouldn't have to bear the guilt. Wen Xi deserved everything Wen Guoqing has done to him. You need to forget him and live your own life."
Wen Xi's sudden little emotion was calmed down in an instant. She sniffed, leaned on Yan Jue's shoulder and nodded heavily, "I want to live a wonderful life. I want to see him one last time before he dies and make him mad to death."
The mood changed quickly and fiercely. Yan Jue pinched the back of Wen Xi's neck with relief, "Support the pig's revenge plan."
Wen Xi touched the corners of her eyes quietly to make sure she didn't burst into tears, then she let go of Yan Jue, "Then let's hurry to catch the plane. I'll take advantage of the good mood I've made Wen Guoqing so angry that he's half dead, and meet mom to share my good mood with her."
On September 24, Wen Xi, after going through many hardships and dangers, finally returned to Yongning Town with Wen Ran and Yan Jue.
Wen Ran is a smart child. She knew from childhood that her parents were both dead and she only had her brother to depend on. Although she could call Zhu Chengyu and Yan Xiangsong "Mom and Dad" when she met them later, they were not her own parents, but the parents of Yan Jue's brother. Her biological father was a bad guy who always bullied her brother and mother. Although her mother was a very good person, she had passed away.
It seems that her brother doesn't want her to know what happened in the past. Wen Ran guessed that it was a very bad time, so bad that her brother was always depressed and sad in his memory. Wen Ran looked at her brother's back standing in front of her mother's tombstone, calm and sad. She didn't want her brother to worry too much, nor did she want her brother to be sad, so she decided to pretend that she didn't understand anything and didn't ask about things that would make her brother cry.
Wen Xi squatted down, calmly lit the copy of the court judgment and admission notice, and threw it into the brazier.
"Mom, thank you for blessing me. Wen Guoqing finally paid the price. He lost everything except his life. Death is too light for him. Only a life worse than death can atone for your sins."
The flames licked Wen Xi's fair cheeks.
"Ran Ran is still young and doesn't understand life and death very well. I will tell her everything when she is an adult. This decision may deprive her of her right to know, but Mommy and Daddy Zhu have satisfied her longing for her parents. I don't want her expectations of parental love to be worn away too early. But no matter what, we love you very much."
"Mom, I was admitted to Q University and will go to the capital to study. Will you be proud of me?"
"I will most likely work in the Capital City in the future. Do you want to leave Yongning Town with me?"
Moving graves requires digging up the graves, disturbing the peace of the deceased, not to mention that Yan Yili's grave was dug up by Wen Xi himself. Yongning Town is the hometown where her mother was born and raised, and her family members are buried here forever.
Wenxi was not sure whether moving the graves was the right thing to do.
He pursed his lips tightly, raised his eyelids, looked at Yan Yili's gentle eyebrows and eyes on the tombstone photo, and said after a while: "Mom, I will stay in Yongning Town for a week. During this period, if you are willing to leave here with me, tell me in your own way."
"Mom, if possible, I would like to stay in the same city with you in the future. In this way, whether I miss you or you miss me, we can see each other on the same day."
Wen Xi raised his hand to wipe the dust off the tombstone, then slowly stood up, lowered his neck and said: "I want to take you to see the outside world."
After a long while, Wen Xi bowed to Yan Yili and turned to leave.
On the forest path behind him, Yan Jue and his sister were holding hands and waiting for him quietly. There was no impatience or urging, only infinite tolerance and gentle love.
Wen Xi and Yan Jue each held one of Wen Ran's hands and slowly walked towards home. In the evening, the sun was setting, the birds were noisy and returning to the forest, and the trees were rustling.
At the doorstep, they met an unexpected person - the village secretary.
The village secretary teased Wen Ran, and after the little girl shyly called him grandpa, he sighed softly and looked at Wen Xi with some annoyance in his eyes, "Xiao Xi, the last time you came back, I was going to give this to you, but who knew that something like that would happen that day."
Wen Xi was puzzled: "What?"
The village secretary took out a worn envelope from his pocket and handed it to him. "Three years ago, you asked me to sell your house. I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to pack it properly. This is a letter that the seller found in the deepest part of your closet. It's from Xiao Li."
The secretary grabbed Wen Xi's wrist, and then the envelope fell into his palm. The old man's voice was full of vicissitudes of life, "Now I am returning it to its original owner, which can be regarded as fulfilling Xiao Li's wish."
Wen Xi put the letter away.
He suddenly felt a sense of contradiction, both anticipation and fear. He wanted to know what his mother would say in the letter, but he was also afraid that it was a suicide note and once opened, it would bring him back to that dark and painful memory.
Wenxi's heart was filled with contradictions and conflicts, and he had not made any decision until he finished his meal.
The TV was reinstalled in the living room. Wen Ran was following the tutorial of the host of Wisdom Tree to make handicrafts step by step. Wen Xi was listening to the laughter of the youth channel, his mind was in a mess. He looked at the treasure cabinet next to the TV cabinet. On the top layer was the letter from his mother that was three years late.
Feeling confused, Wen Xi stood up and walked into the kitchen.
Yan Jue was wearing home clothes, with his sleeves half rolled up, revealing his lean arms. He was holding a fruit knife with his slender knuckles, calmly cutting the fruit plate. When he heard Wen Xi's footsteps, he paused in his knife-cutting action, and then his waist was hugged.
Wen Xi put her face against the man's back and expressed her dilemma: "Brother."
Yan Jue put the knife back into the knife box temporarily, turned around and hugged Wen Xi face to face, "Is it difficult to decide?"
Wen Xi rested her chin on Yan Jue's chest, her face wrinkled and somewhat pitiful, "I can't bear to look, please help me."
Yan Jue lowered his head and looked at him, "You asked me for help, and the answer is already out."
Wen Xi was stunned. Yan Jue raised his hand and pressed his fingertips on Wen Xi's frowning brows. "Aren't you struggling over whether to move Mom's grave? This is Mom's response to you."
The fingertips were wet from the tap water, and Wenxi felt as if his mind was suddenly clear.
His eyes widened, and his breathing began to become rapid. Yan Jue picked up a strawberry and stuffed it into Wen Xi's mouth, "Go read the letter, be bold, and see what your mother said in response to you."
Wen Xi chewed subconsciously, and the sweetness instantly filled his mouth. His heart felt sour and swollen. He looked into the calm and steady black eyes, and the balance in his mind had already tilted towards the answer he wanted.
Wen Xi smiled widely, stood on tiptoe and kissed Yan Jue on the lips, said "I'll go read the letter first", and then left the kitchen impatiently.
Yan Jue looked at his joyful back and took out the knife to process the fruit again. The difference was that he ate a strawberry.
On the rooftop, the moon hangs high in the night sky.
Wen Xi looked at the familiar environment, feeling a little dazed. Just like when he was a child, he found a mat, spread it on the ground, and sat on it, carefully opening the letter.
There were six characters written on the front of the envelope: [Written to my child Wenxi]
The date in the lower right corner is [2006.1.1]
Wen Xi's heart was beating rapidly and violently. He couldn't believe that this was a letter written eighteen years ago.
Wen Xi's hands were almost shaking as he opened the letter that was written before he was born.
There was only a thin piece of letter paper, and the title was: [A letter from Yan Yili to Wen Xi]
[Hello Wenxi, I am Yan Yili, your mother. Today is January 28, 2006, New Year's Eve. I am not an artistic person, I don't like to keep a diary, and I have never written a letter to anyone. But half an hour ago, when the fireworks were set off, I heard the firecrackers, and I had an impulse, very strong, but I didn't realize what this impulse was at the time.]
[Until I returned to the room and saw the letter paper on the table, I suddenly realized that I had found what I wanted - I should write a letter to commemorate the first New Year with you by my mother's side.]
[…I named you Wenxi, which is suitable for both boys and girls. I hope you can grow up like a stream, and finally flow into the sea. I wonder if you like it? …Your father hopes that you are a boy and inherit his dream. I don’t like this. I don’t want you to be bound by anyone. Mom only hopes that you grow up healthy, strong and soft inside, and even if you encounter difficulties in the future, you still maintain compassion and innocence, and grow into a brave and free child.]
[……]
[Fireworks are being set off in the village. New Year's Eve has passed and the New Year has arrived. Wenxi, I'm glad you're spending your first New Year in your life.]
[Mom loves you.]
It was a thin letter, casually expressing some psychological activities, but every word was filled with Yan Yili's love.
My vision was blurry and distorted, leaving only patches of color. My throat and chest seemed to be stuffed with cotton balls soaked in sugar water, swollen and painful but surging with strands of sweetness.
With a click, the fruit plate was placed on the small table. Wen Xi looked up and saw Yan Jue. What Yan Jue saw was a little face with tearful eyes. He was holding his mother's letter, trying hard not to cry. His nose and eyes were red. He looked clumsy and stubborn, which made him lovable.
"This is a letter from my mother, written to me on New Year's Day before I was born."
Yan Jue took the precious letter and read it carefully. His heart ached. He looked up. Wen Xi raised her hand and wiped away her tears with her sleeve. She looked at him with hopeful and pitiful eyes, "Have I done everything my mother wanted me to do..."
Yan's throat was in great pain, and he said, "You have done all this. Mom must be very proud of you. You are a brave and free child."
Yan Jue's tone was steady and his voice was firm, which made people couldn't help but be convinced.
Wen Xi got a positive answer and smiled, "Yan Jue, let's take mom away from here. She must want to go out and see the world with me."
"good."
Wen Xi was still sobbing a little, but after calming down, he folded the letter solemnly and put it away. Yan Jue raised his hand to wipe away the tears still hanging on Wen Xi's cheeks, "You've cried so much that your face has become a clown."
Wen Xi tilted her head in embarrassment, "It seems that after I met you, I cried easily. When people have someone to rely on, they will become a little more delicate."
Yan Jue listened to these somewhat naughty words, a smile appeared in his deep black eyes, and the palm of his face suddenly covered Wen Xi's eyes. Wen Xi blinked blankly, and his eyelashes brushed against Yan Jue's palm, giving him a tingling feeling.
Wenxi: "What's wrong?"
"I performed a magic trick for you as compensation for making the strong Wenxi unable to control her tears."
"Ah?" Wen Xi only had time to let out a short breath of confusion before his hand was held, and then something cold was put on the ring finger of his right hand.
Wen Xi was stunned and hadn't figured it out yet. The next second, he moved his hand from his eyes away, lowered his head, and saw a ring on his right ring finger.
The ring is made entirely of platinum, with a vivid little fish swimming on the white knuckles, and the iconic red mouth is replaced by agate. This is a little fish that looks very much like the bighead carp in his WeChat avatar.
Wen Xi looked at the ring and suddenly realized what it was. His breathing began to become rapid and excited. When he was too excited to speak, Yan Jue held his hand. A big fish with black jade eyes swam to the small red-mouthed fish and embraced them intimately.
"Wenxi——"
As soon as Yan Jue opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Wen Xi who burst into tears again.
Wen Xi held the man's hand against her chest, crying and laughing, tears streaming down her face, "Don't say anything, I want to say it first..."
"When did you prepare this ring? Yan Jue... Actually, I wanted to buy the ring to propose to you, but you got there first..."
"Although I lost, I'm very, very happy. In my heart... it feels like there are little fish swimming," Wen Xi was so excited that she spoke incoherently, "This is the first time I like someone, and it should also be the last time. I want to be with you forever and ever..."
"I was a bad person at first, I was after your money... But I have changed now, I am a good person now... Someone who loves you with all my heart... So..."
Crystal clear tears as big as beans rolled down the cheeks and fell onto the tightly clasped ring fingers, like two fish swimming in the sea of tears.
"Would you please...be my partner?"
In a trance, Yan Jue saw again the pair of fox eyes when they first met, timid and ignorant, like a lonely bird with broken wings that needed treatment, but now with full wings, high spirits, and his reflection filled in the sparkling eyes.
Wen Xi's tearful eyes saw Yan Jue kneeling on one knee in front of her, wiping her tears gently, her vision clear, their breaths interacting, and she looked into Yan Jue's deep black eyes with a slight smile. Her brows slightly lowered, and the cold edge disappeared, replaced by a surging and open love.
Heart throbs, soul buzzes.
The violent kiss robbed Wen Xi of all his thoughts.
Unable to bear the separation, he heard Yan Jue say, "I do, Wenxi."
*
Time flies and Christmas is approaching.
The temperature in City A dropped suddenly and is gradually tending to fall below zero degrees.
When Wen Xi came out of the laboratory, there were wisps of cold rain floating in the sky. He stood under the eaves looking for an umbrella. Just as he opened it and was about to leave, he heard someone calling his name from behind.
"Senior Wenxi, wait a moment."
It was Chen Shilang, a new sophomore student in the lab. Wen Xi paused as he stepped onto the stairs, holding an umbrella and looking at Chen Shilang in the corridor, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Chen Shilang looked at Wen Xi, who was holding a transparent umbrella in the rain. Their eyes met, and his breathing became rapid. Amid Wen Xi's puzzled gaze and the shoving of his friends, Chen Shilang mustered up the courage to speak: "Today is Christmas, and we were thinking of getting together. Senior, do you want to join us?"
After hearing what Chen Shilang said, his friend standing next to him showed an expression of "I give up".
Wen Xi's eyes swept over the two people with different expressions, he took out the still vibrating phone from his pocket, touched the volume button with his fingertips, pressed it twice, and the ding-dong-dong message alert sounds rang continuously.
Chen Shilang heard the familiar WeChat notification tone, and thought of the rumor in the lab that "Wen Xi has a boyfriend, and he's a man", and his heart sank. Then he saw Wen Xi shaking his phone at him, "Sorry, I have an appointment."
Chen Shilang did not give up, and he mustered up the courage to ask: "Is he the senior's boyfriend?"
Wen Xi was stunned for a moment, then blinked. Chen Shilang saw a faint smile on his beautiful and innocent face, which was soft and captivating.
"It's indeed my boyfriend."
Senior Wenxi really has a boyfriend. Woohoo! Chen Shilang's heart was broken into a thousand pieces. He barely maintained his calm on the surface and spoke with all his strength: "Okay... Senior, you and sister-in-law... er, brother-in-law... have fun."
Wen Xi walked down the last step holding an umbrella, turned around and looked at Chen Shilang and said, "I hope you have fun."
Wen Xi walked out of the school gate and the Rolls-Royce happened to be parked at the school gate.
Wenxi got in the car and leaned skillfully in Yanjue's arms. She took a sip of the hot orange juice that had been prepared long ago. Yanjue touched Wenxi's little face and felt it was a little cold. Then he covered Wenxi's cheek in a hugging posture.
The cheeks under the palms are bulging, like a hamster that is eating seriously.
"I came out a little late today."
Wen Xi tilted her head to clear the gap, pressed her cheek firmly against Yan Jue's hot palm, thought for a moment and said, "There's a boy in the lab who seems to like me."
Yan Jue moved his fingers and teased Wen Xi's fluttering eyelashes. "How old is it?"
Wen Xi blinked: "Sophomore, right? He should be 19 or 20 years old. He's called a junior, but he's actually a little older than me."
He lowered his head and looked at Wen Xi calmly: "Do you like small ones?"
"I like someone older than me. If he's ten years older and still my roommate's uncle, it would be best if he has the last name Yan and the given name Jue."
Yan Jue used both hands to press hard with his palms, pinching Bai Shengsheng's cheeks together. Wen Xi was forced to pout. Yan Jue ruthlessly ravaged her and commented: "Slippery tongue, sharp tongue."
Wen Xi blinked his eyes, expressing his dissatisfaction with Yan Jue's interruption of his juice drinking and pinching his mouth into a bird's mouth, and sobbed, "Don't talk nonsense, I refused decisively, and it gives my boyfriend a sense of security."
"Hehe, Boss Yan, you should praise me for my ruthless behavior of cutting off my peach blossoms."
Shaking the kitten's tail proudly and complacently, Yan Jue bent down and kissed Wen Xi's nose, "This is the reward."
Wen Xi's face immediately darkened, and she complained, "Perfunctory."
Wen Xi sat up straight, holding the unfinished orange juice in one hand, and with the other hand, she pushed the small fish ring on her hand in front of Yan Jue, "Sure enough, men don't cherish it once they get it. Hey, Boss Yan, Boss Yan, how can you follow those bad guys outside and learn bad things?"
There were two ambiguous red finger marks on Wen Xi's fair face, and her face looked puffy, like a white peach that had been bruised and pinched red.
The boy pretended to cry, humming and peeking through his fingers. When he was caught by Yan Jue, he pursed his lips in embarrassment, hummed and muttered while holding the cup: "Bad thing, you should at least kiss my mouth. Today is Christmas, have you forgotten?"
"I didn't forget," Yan Jue handed the phone to Wen Xi, "I prepared a gift."
Wen Xi stared at him stubbornly for three seconds, then curiosity got the better of him and he decisively picked up the phone to look.
It was a screenshot of an order album, "…Sky Restaurant…Couple Christmas Collection Set Menu…Outdoor Fireworks Show and Drone Performance…"
My hand slipped.
It was another screenshot of an order. Wen Xi glanced at it for a second and locked his sight on December 25th to 26th, 24. He realized that this was today's order and read on, "Christmas Limited Full Mirror Presidential Suite——"
Wen Xi's face flushed immediately, and she stammered in disbelief, "A full mirror suite? ...Is it what I was thinking of?"
The phone screen was almost touching his face. Yan Jue reached out and dialed the number, saying in a nonsensical way, "It may be, it may not be. After all, the order was placed on the phone itself. You will know the details when you visit the store."
Wen Xi: "...Did it also take the screenshot itself?"
Wen Xi stared at Yan Jue indifferently. The man might have felt that what he said was inappropriate, so he narrowed his eyes and made a cold joke: "Maybe the phone has become a spirit."
Wen Xi clenched his fists and said angrily, "Yan Jue, what do you want to do?"
Yan Jue looked at him silently.
Wen Xi: “…”
Three seconds later.
Wen Xi threw the phone into Yan Jue's arms in frustration and rage. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He drank the orange juice in one breath and slammed it heavily on the table. The crisp sound seemed like his unbreakable determination.
Wen Xi folded his arms with a serious face. A second before he opened his mouth, Yan Jue's calm male voice spoke first.
"You may have thought wrongly. Actually, my original plan was for you to play tricks on me."
Wen Xi only had time to let out a short breath, staring blankly into the man's dark eyes, and heard Yan Jue continue to say: "Our family has just opened a hotel, and we provide handcuffs, ropes, and other props, so I'll let you do whatever you want."
Some of the lofty ambitions I had expressed about training a dog came back to my mind.
"So you want to give it a try?"
Wen Xi slowly lowered his folded arms, leaned forward, his eyes flickering, and whispered seriously, "Really? You won't be able to break free from the handcuffs and handcuff me, right?"
Yan Jue looked at the innocent little face that was eager to try, and was silent for three seconds. He stretched out his hand to grab Wen Xi's waist and brought her into his arms. He looked sincere but was actually dishonest and said, "I won't break free from the handcuffs."
Wen Xi breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and faced the man's teasing eyes, trying to act natural and blushing as she said, "Well, since you're looking forward to it, I'll sacrifice myself to accompany you and be bold for once."
It's a very clear emphasis on the fact that there is nothing fishy here.
Yan Jue smiled.
At two o'clock in the morning, Wen Xi could only rely on Yan Jue's arms to avoid falling off the bed. With tearful eyes, he looked at himself in the ceiling mirror with trembling eyes, helpless.
There were pure gold handcuffs on his ankles, and the end of the chain was connected to a collar around the man's neck. Whenever the handcuffs moved, the chain would rattle and the collar would release a weak electric current. His strong and sturdy body would tense slightly, his movements would become more and more fierce, and Wen Xi would cry louder and louder.
"...Liar...You didn't say there were handcuffs..." Wen Xi sobbed in despair, "Asshole...Wuwuwu...Don't play word games with you..."
Wen Xi seemed to be made of water, his tears fell on the sheets. Yan Jue had to stop feeding him water to make sure that the boy in his arms, who had become a spirit like a stream, would not become dehydrated.
"You... are going too far." Wen Xi grabbed the chain on Yan Jue's collar tightly, "I cried so hard for a long time... and you didn't stop, not even trying to comfort me... Yan Jue, you are a liar, you have lied to me so many times... Woohoo, I want to install an anti-fraud system for you..."
Yan Jue's neck tilted back, his throat rolled, and the collar left red marks. He held Wen Xi from the front, supporting her hips like a baby, walked to the bathroom, took a towel and wiped the sweat off his forehead, saying, "A liar can also be forgiven by a pig."
Wen Xi regained her senses, her eyes filled with tears and her mouth pursed, "Do you think I should be forgiven if you say so? Don't I have any dignity?"
Yan Jue opened a candy and put it into Wenxi's mouth. Wenxi subconsciously took a sip. It tasted like mint and was very stimulating and refreshing.
"How about I comfort you?"
The man believed what he said. Wen Xi raised her hand to wipe away her tears, sniffed and asked in a muffled voice: "How are you going to comfort me?"
Yan Jue supported himself on the sink with both hands, his sexy and handsome face was covered with sweat, and his slightly hoarse voice struck the scalp and trembled: "Go travel around the world, and then continue to fall in love."
Wenxi exclaimed, "Ah," and asked, "Actually, this is the Christmas present, right?"
"Well, do you like it?"
Wen Xi was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her hand and pushed aside the man's hair, revealing his cold and aggressive eyes that were full of testosterone. "Stupid Yan Jue, you got the order of things wrong."
Yan Jue lowered his eyelids and looked at Wen Xi quietly for three seconds. He pursed his lips and looked a little annoyed. "What should I do? There is no way to start over again."
Wen Xi blinked, hummed a little proudly, and said: "But it's no big deal if it's the wrong way around. I'll cooperate with you."
Yan Jue smiled and said, "So good? Now you are actively cooperating?"
Some of his little thoughts were exposed. Wen Xi snorted twice and said stubbornly: "After all, who made me a good person who likes you very much? We good people are kind and soft-hearted."
Eyes met.
Yan Jue lowered his head and approached the kind-hearted Wen Xi's lips, but did not kiss her directly. He kept a finger's distance between them in the air. His hot and disordered breath fell on her fair skin, blowing it and dyeing it crimson.
Hormones are rampant and aggressive.
Wen Xi blinked and said, "I'll tell you a secret. I can actually feel your heartbeat. It's beating so fast and hard that it hurts my ribs."
Yan Jue lowered his eyes and watched quietly, "Do you hate it?"
"How can I hate it? Let me tell you another secret." Wen Xi paused for two seconds, slowly stretched out her arms to wrap around his neck, and whispered softly and stickily in Yan Jue's ear: "Actually, I am really happy tonight."
Yan Jue's breathing suddenly became heavier, his Adam's apple rolled, he hugged Wen Xi tightly in his arms, bit her earlobe lightly, and murmured hoarsely: "I know, me too."
Wen Xi hugged Yan Jue's neck shyly. The man lowered his head and gave him a long, quiet "orange mint-flavored" kiss.
*
December 27, 2024.
Wenxi, Wenran and Yanjue boarded a plane to start the first stop of their global trip.
Four days later.
Yan and Su, who had successfully taken the place of a substitute after much effort, spent New Year's Eve on the top floor of a building in the harbor. When they were waiting for their girlfriend's circle of friends to make an official announcement, they first discovered Wen Xi's update.
Wen Xi hasn't updated his status for more than three months. Yan and Su have been busy with their relationship in recent months and have paid less attention to their brother who works as their aunt's roommate.
It was quite rare for Wenxi to be online at around 12 o'clock. Yan and Su curiously clicked on Wenxi's homepage and found that he had changed his username to [Stream Becomes Sea (Giant Ice Version)]
Yan and Su were stunned for a moment, then clicked into their Moments. The latest pinned Moments post consisted of four photos - there were groups of Adélie penguins, huge glaciers that had never melted, and a dinner with five sets of bowls and chopsticks.
Yan and Su stayed together the longest in the last photo. Wen Xi was wrapped up tightly. He tilted his head and leaned his cheek on Yan Jue's half-clenched hand, who was wearing couple outfits, to form a not-so-standard heart shape. Then, like a proud little bear, he raised his hand to the camera with sparkling eyes and made a "V" sign.
Copywriting: [At the end of the world, we love each other]
Position: [Antarctic xx research station]
The screen refreshes and the first comment appears.
[Banquet Decision]: The earth is our witness.
January 1, 2025 00:00
Fireworks fill the night of Victoria Harbour, with crowds of people and love everywhere.
The new year has arrived.
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