Nan Yu: "Yes, yes, Yu Zhan graduated this year and is already working. He and Xiao Ge are very happy."
Nan's mother glanced at her youngest son in the passenger seat, wanting to say something to him, but ultimately held back and asked Nan Qi, "That child can't give you anything, so why do you insist on being with him?"
Nanqi remained silent.
Nan Yu continued, "Although love without a material foundation is like a pile of loose sand, Xiao Ge and Yu Zhan are like wet sand. They are very close and especially happy."
Nan's mother, unable to bear it any longer, shouted: "Don't speak!"
Nan Yu: "..."
It sat up straight like a quail, no longer turning its head to peek out.
"If Mom doesn't come, are you planning to never come home again?"
Nanqi finally spoke, "Yes."
The car suddenly fell silent. I don't know how long we've been driving, the scenery outside the window keeps rushing past. Nan's mother sighed and took her son's hand. "Let's go home, Yu..." I forgot what to call him.
Lamp wick: "Leftover lamp".
Nan's mother nodded, "Go home, everyone."
Nan Qi turned his head away, desperately holding back the tears that were about to fall. He was either moved or felt wronged. "I'm living a good life now."
Nan's mother: "You're willing to suffer, and you want that child to suffer with you too?"
Nanqi: "We don't feel bitter."
Nan's mother touched her son's face and sighed, "Mom feels sorry for you. Come home, Xiao Qi. Your father misses you too."
The two elders of the Nan family had always been lacking a way to save face, and Nan Yu helped to do so. Seeing her son suffering, Nan's mother stopped arguing. Nan Qi did not return, and Nan's mother was both angry and annoyed.
If I had known it would turn out this way, I would have agreed in the first place.
"Stop the car, I want to get out."
Nan's mother: "Where to?"
"go home."
Nan's mother said to the driver, "To the airport."
"I want to go back to my own home!"
The wick: "Mom, Little Brother wants to go back to the house with more lamps."
Nan's mother had no choice but to send him there and check on his condition, but Nan Qi wouldn't allow it and kept threatening to jump out of the carriage. There was nothing she could do but let him get off.
Nan Yu sent a message to Yu Zhan, asking him to help persuade him.
The lamp wick found another reason to keep Nanmu.
Nan's mother understood the situation, so she stayed.
Yu Zhan definitely wanted Nan Qi to go home. She didn't care whether she was accepted or not. She held his hand tightly, her eyes blurry with tears: "Please come home. It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to suffer so much."
She put her arm around Yu Zhan, wiped away his tears, and asked, "Did you know my mother came today?"
Yu Zhan nodded.
Nan Qi: "Nan Yu told you that?"
Yu Zhan nodded.
Nanqi: "Delete him."
Yu Zhan shook his head and cried, "Please, go home. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let you go..." If Nan Qi stayed here for the rest of his life, the boy would be restless all day long. He cried so hard that he couldn't wipe away all the tears with his hands.
Nanqi took out a tissue to wipe Yu Zhan's eyes and whispered gently, "You are my spiritual pursuit. I am willing, and you have done nothing wrong."
Yu Zhan shook her head, crying even harder.
The better Nanqi treated him, the more he felt guilty.
Finally, she fainted from crying. Nanqi took her to the hospital, where the examination revealed that she was emotionally agitated and would be fine after waking up and calming down. Yu Zhan continued to cry, and when she got home, she packed up Nanqi's things and kicked him out.
Nanqi got angry and had a fight with Yuzhan.
Dragging her suitcase, with nowhere to go that night, Yu Zhan found a bench in the park and messaged Nan Yu, saying that she had chased Nan Qi away and asking if he had gone home.
Nan Yu: No.
Nan Yu: He hasn't contacted us at all.
Yu Zhan panicked; he wasn't with his benefactor.
Holding a flashlight, he went out at night to look for someone. Due to limited conditions, Nanqi's inspiration for painting could only come from a few places such as parks, campuses, and riverbanks. Yu Zhan was also afraid that Nanqi might do something rash.
I sent him a lot of messages and made phone calls.
All calls went unanswered.
Yu Zhan was so frightened that she cried.
I was walking while on the phone, my legs were weak and my hands were shaking, and I felt so panicked that I was about to faint.
Nanqi turned off his phone, put his arm behind his head, and pondered the future. He was also thinking that if he didn't rely on his family, would he really have to live a mediocre life in this small town?
Nanqi simply didn't want to. After all, he graduated from a prestigious university, resources in the small town were limited, and he didn't want to live too far away from Yuzhan, which is why he chose the freelance food delivery industry.
I occasionally take on part-time jobs, so life isn't too hard. It's just that the lifestyle is quite different from what I used to live as a young master. I have to be careful with my money, but with Yu Zhan by my side, my happiness level is high.
I don't know how long I've been lying there.
Gazing at the night sky, my mind is in turmoil.
Suddenly, a familiar sobbing voice came from afar and pierced his ears. Nanqi got up. The bushes obscured the view, and he could only see a faint light, but he was certain that it was Yu Zhan.
The sound of crying gradually faded into the distance.
Every now and then, he would call out. Yu Zhan was timid and dared not come to the park alone in the middle of the night. Nan Qi abandoned his suitcase and ran towards the source of the sound. Yu Zhan cried as he searched.
Nanqi: "Leftover cup!"
The boy paused, turned around, and sure enough, it was the person he had been longing for. Luckily, he was alright. He ran over and threw himself into the other person's arms, crying his eyes out.
Nanqi patted his shoulder reassuringly: "If you didn't kick me out, why are you crying?"
"I thought you were going to contact them, waaaaah, I was so scared..."
"What's there to be afraid of? I'm not going to commit suicide. Don't come out looking for me so late next time."
Yu Zhan shook her head, still concerned: "How can you get home?"
Nan Qi's expression was complicated: "You really want me to go back that much?"
Yu Zhan: "Mm."
Nanqi held the boy and stopped talking.
Yu Zhan found someone standing there, feeling sleepy. She couldn't help but yawn, rubbed her swollen eyes from crying, and looked up: "Where's your suitcase?"
Nanqi: "Next to the chair I just lay down on."
Yu Zhan: "Then let's take it home."
Nanqi asked with a smile, "Which home are we going back to?"
Yu Zhan: "Anything is fine." She sniffed, looked up and said seriously, "Don't let your brother's good intentions go to waste. Actually, your mother really wants you to come back. Qi-ge, I'll wait for you, I'll always wait for you. Come home, okay?"
Nanqi finally agreed.
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"dad."
"Uncle, Uncle."
Yu Zhan was nervous and subconsciously wanted to hug Nan Qi's arm to give herself more security, but she was afraid that Nan's father would be angry, so she could only clench her hands tightly.
As Nan's father sipped his tea, he noticed that compared to three years ago, he had aged and become more mild-tempered. He no longer had the energy to get angry with them and simply said, "You're back."
Nanqi still needs to admit his mistake first.
Not wanting Yu Zhan to feel uneasy about this later, he could only apologize to his father, but still firmly stated his position:
"I'm sorry, Dad. I was too willful and made you angry, but I don't regret it. I love Yu Zhan and don't want to be separated from him."
Nan's father gave a faint "hmm".
The atmosphere fell silent the moment the words were spoken.
Yu Zhan was afraid, but he still fought for Nan Qi.
"Uncle, you must forgive Qi-ge. I didn't come here today to ask you to agree. For the past three years, I've been the one who stopped Qi-ge from contacting the family. He actually misses you and Auntie very much. It's all because I was too greedy and wanted him to sever ties with you. It was all my fault for instigating him..."
Before he could finish speaking, Nanqi couldn't stand it anymore and angrily interrupted:
"Yu Zhan! We agreed to come together today. If they agree, they agree; if they don't, they go back. Why are you taking the blame? What responsibility do you have? Stop talking and let's go!"
He then tried to pull Yu Zhan away.
Yu Zhan wouldn't leave, and Nan Qi, being strong, could only sit on the ground.
He came to apologize, but things escalated into a fight. Nan's father just watched quietly. In the end, Yu Zhan bit Nan Qi hard.
Nan Qi, in pain, released her. Yu Zhan knelt before Nan's father, saying, "It's all my fault, please don't blame me..."
Nan Qi pulled him up again. The young man's eyes were bloodshot. The two argued for a while, and Nan's father had had enough. He put the cup on the coffee table, making a loud clattering sound.
After the argument stopped, Nan's father said in a deep voice:
"I don't care what happens to you, just make a sound during holidays so no one outside will know you've died!"
Although the words were unpleasant, I accepted them nonetheless.
Nanqi: "..."
Yu Zhan's eyes lit up; he really wanted a positive answer: "Uncle, can Brother Qi go home now?"
Nan's father glanced at him and said, "Hmm."
Yu Zhan was overjoyed, wiped away his tears, and immediately wanted to pack his things to go home, afraid that Nan's father would change his mind. Nan Qi saw him fiddling with his suitcase again and said wearily, "Are you leaving again?"
Yu Zhan wiped away her tears with her sleeve and smiled, "You stay home for a few days first. I'll go home and come back to see you in a while."
He was afraid that if Nan's father saw him, he would be angry and take it out on Nan Qi.
Nan Qi took the clothes from his hand and threw them aside. He then pulled the man down onto the bed. Yu Zhan struggled, but the young man's voice was weary: "No need. My dad agreed. Let's stay here for now."
Yu Zhan: "But..."
Nanqi touched his face, "No buts, I'm not lying to you."
Yu Zhan: "Then why are you unhappy?"
Nan Qi sighed, "Who told you to argue with me and say all that nonsense?"
Yu Zhan looked apologetic: "I just want you to go home."
"Are you just going to abandon me so I can go home?"
"No, I will come. We can meet secretly."
Nan Qi smiled, rolled over and lay on the bed in a starfish shape, staring at the crystal ceiling, feeling particularly emotional. It felt really good to have finally achieved success after going through so many hardships. He hugged the boy and kissed his forehead.
Let him lie in your arms and feel your heartbeat.
Nanqi said, "It's not like you're something shameful to show off, why do you have to hide it? From now on, we'll hold hands wherever we go."
Yu Zhan smiled and nodded emphatically.
The luckiest thing in his life was not meeting Nan Qi, but meeting Nan Yu. Without him as the starting point, there would be no love like this now.
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(over)
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