《The Laws of Love》


 CH 1

    At a quarter past three in the morning, Suo Yang¡¯s alarm clock rang.


    It was the first flight of the month, and as usual, it was an international flight, with a flight time of 19 hours and a departure time of 6.15 am.


    The flight was at quarter past six, and he had to check in at half-past four.


    Suo Yang was accustomed to this kind of life¡ªit always had nothing to do with working from nine to five.


    He got up, picked up a glass of water, drank it, and took a simple shower. He then came back to quickly changed clothes and went out with a suitcase.


    He didn¡¯t even need to organize his suitcase, because when he came back the day before yesterday, he had already changed his clean clothes, so as not to be in a hurry before leaving again.


    Suo Yang was a person with a very disciplined life. His rules were different from ordinary people¡¯s. This kind of rule was formed under the perennial irregularities of flight attendants.


    It was raining outside, and he turned on the wipers as he drove out of the underground parking lot.


    Fortunately, it was not raining hard enough to make any difference to anything.


    Suo Yang drove to the airport along a very familiar route and picked up a colleague on the way.


    ¡°Good morning, Yang ge.¡± The girl¡¯s name was He Tian, ??and she looked sweet. She only came here last year. The two would occasionally be in the same crew, and Suo Yang would take her to and from get off work along the way.


    ¡°Good morning.¡±


    Suo Yang had worked in this airline for four years. Because he was handsome and easy to get along with, he could handle all kinds of incidents¡ªfrom big flight emergencies to small emergencies such as difficult passengers. He handled it all well and was a very reliable person at least at work and everyone quite liked him, especially the new young girls.


    The reason why it was ¡°especially the new girls¡± was that the new girls didn¡¯t know him well and were easily fooled by the illusion of him being ¡°easy to get along with¡±. In fact, he was the kind of person who seemed to be very friendly but always kept a safe distance from you.


    After working for four years, the number of colleagues and even tourists who made advances to Suo Yang was no longer able to be counted by hands and feet. However, Suo Yang always politely and suavely declined, not giving anyone a chance to get close to him, even the opportunity to ¡°start as friends¡± was not given.


    This guy was emotionally hard-hearted, everyone says so.


    Suo Yang drove He Tian to the airport in the car, the girl sat in the passenger seat, and it didn¡¯t take a while before she started to unexpectedly sob.


    Suo Yang glanced at her in surprise, took out a tissue and handed it to her, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°Thank you Yang ge,¡± He Tian took the tissue and carefully wiped her tears in the mirror, for fear of wiping off her makeup, ¡°I haven¡¯t slept all night.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Been working hard lately?¡±


    ¡°No, I¡¯m just angry.¡± He Tian said, ¡°My boyfriend cheated.¡±


    What to say about this?


    Suo Yang had seen quite a few.


    They were busy at work, they were not at home, and they have irregular work and rest periods. Not to mention boyfriend or girlfriend, even the married older brothers and sisters in the unit had experienced several of these kinds of incidents.


    It was very heartbreaking and very helpless.


    He Tian sniffed and said, ¡°Yang ge, do you guys also care about company? He said I can¡¯t always be there for him, so that¡¯s why he found someone else.¡±


    ¡°Everyone cares about companionship,¡± Suo Yang looked ahead, ¡°That is not a reason for cheating.¡±


    He Tian raised her head and tried her best to keep her tears flowing, ¡°I told him the same, but he seemed to think he was very reasonable. It was the nature of my job that forced him to cheat.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed softly, ¡°Are you sure you still want to shed tears for a man like that?¡±


    He Tian was startled and wiped away a line of tears that had fallen.


    ¡°Yes, he doesn¡¯t deserve it.¡± He Tian gritted her teeth and said, ¡°I was blind to be with him for three years.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not that you are blind, it¡¯s that he doesn¡¯t know how to cherish.¡±


    On a rainy day, the road was slippery, so Suo Yang drove very carefully.


    He Tian turned to look at him, was silent for a while, and asked softly, ¡°Yang ge, are you never in a relationship because you were worried about this?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled again, ¡°Of course not, it¡¯s just that the time has not come.¡±


    The airport was still noisy in the early morning.


    On the way to the meeting with He Tian, Suo Yang said, ¡°Adjust your emotions and ask questions before the flight so that you don¡¯t make any mistakes.¡±


    He Tian dragged her suitcase and walked beside Suo Yang quickly. She said¡±En¡± and continued, ¡°Yang ge, I envy you a little bit.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and said nothing.


    What is there to envy?


    Not everyone is the same.


    The period before boarding was the busiest time for passengers. Fortunately, the entire crew was well-trained, and all checks and preparations were done in a neat and error-free manner.


    There was no time for small talk, Suo Yang was busy with his own affairs, glanced at He Tian who was checking the number of blankets, and confirmed that the girl had adjusted her state and would not go into work emotionally.


    Everything was ready, and Suo Yang returned to the first-class cabin.


    While waiting for the guests, Suo Yang suddenly remembered the question He Tian asked him: Is it because he was worried about this that he never fell in love?


    It really isn¡¯t.


    The answer he gave at the time was that fate has not come, but fate was such a wonderful thing, whether it existed or not was another matter, let alone whether it would come or not.


    He Tian envied him for not being tied down to a relationship and shouted long live singleness and freedom.


    But when he came home every day, it was so cold that even the sound of his breathing was clearly discernible, which was actually quite heartbreaking.


    ¡°Guests on board¡±


    Suo Yang regained his senses and put on a professional and just right smile.


    ¡°Hello, welcome to this flight.¡±


    ¡°Hello ma¡¯am, let me help you.¡±


    ¡­


    Who in this world should envy who?


    Suo Yang thought: Isn¡¯t everyone living a hard life?


    Shen Huiming¡¯s aeroplane ticket holder was slashed by someone. It was a pure leather luxury brand limited edition, and today was his second time using it. The other party was a young girl, and what slashed his ticket folder was a charm on her bag.


    The girl didn¡¯t seem to notice that she had ¡°injured¡± something, checked the seat number, and continued to walk inside.


    It was only when he stood up and looked back at the girl that he noticed Suo Yang standing behind him, he didn¡¯t know Suo Yang¡¯s name at that time.


    A young flight attendant, with a tall and straight posture and a handsome face. His white uniform and black tie, made this person have an air of asceticism that cannot be played with.


    Shen Huiming had seen many beauties, and those in uniform were not uncommon. The flight attendants of this airline were all handsome and beautiful, but this person alone made him forget what he was standing up for.


    It was as if he was meant to see this guy in the first place.


    If he had to say what was so different about this person from the others, Shen Huiming could only answer ¡°his temperament¡±. He was not extraordinary, but when he looked at him, a cold light shone into his eyes.


    Shen Huiming never believed in love at first sight, especially in the adult world where everyone understood too well what this word was all about.


    The cliche sentence was not a bad joke, but the truth of the world¡ªthe so-called love at first sight was nothing more than a ploy.


    It was a superficial person¡¯s inability to resist a beautiful outward appearance.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t admit that he was superficial before, but now he admitted it because he was superficially attracted to this young male flight attendant¡¯s appearance.


    Don¡¯t crusade him because of this, this was also his first time in 30 years.


    Shen Huiming had always had eyes on the top of his head. He was so arrogant that he was both liked and hated. He was also a master who refuses one who came along. It was a mishap in his life that such a person could be attracted to another person at a glance.


    Someone spoke from behind, a sweet but not intimate voice, ¡°Sir, do you need any help?¡±


    Shen Huiming turned back to the well-mannered flight attendant with a slight smile and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    He sat back down again, holding the ticket holder in his hand and rubbing his fingers over the cut hole, waiting to start what seemed to be a significant flight.


    It was very romantic.


    Shen Huiming, who had always scoffed at romance, suddenly felt that he was trapped in one. He didn¡¯t even know the other person¡¯s name and orientation, but he was already looking forward to meeting that person¡¯s eyes.

 CH 2

    While his colleague gave a safety demonstration, Suo Yang was preparing for his next work. For him, today¡¯s flight was no different from every other one before.


    19 hours sounded terrible, but he was used to it.


    He knew all the procedures by heart, to the point where he had developed muscle memory. He didn¡¯t even need to think to know what he should do next.


    Their company stipulates that they can be upgraded to first-class after flying for the specified number of hours. When he first arrived, he flew as much as he could and was one of the people who was promoted to first-class soon afterwards. During the same period, he also took on the task of broadcasting.


    ¡°Welcome aboard Huanxing flight AS5311 to New York. The distance of this flight¡­¡±


    Suo Yang was sitting in the seat, holding the book in one hand and the microphone in the other. It was no exaggeration to say that it was done at ease.


    When the broadcast sounded, everyone knew that the journey was about to officially begin.


    Shen Huiming sat in a comfortable seat and listened to the broadcast with his eyes closed. At first, he just thought that the male voice was nice, cool and non-aggressive, with the right tone and speed. Listening to him, he suddenly remembered that the voice was a little familiar. He had just heard it just now.


    At that time, he was not too far away from the young flight attendant, and he could clearly hear the voice of the other party.


    It was him.


    Shen Huiming smiled, thinking that the person was just like his voice.


    He began to think about how to strike up a conversation,  or at least find a reason to leave his contact details with each other.


    But this kind of thing was not easy for him at all. He was a person an energetic person with great ability at the negotiation table, but he becomes timid in this kind of thing.


    Although he had grown up with a privileged life since childhood, he was not the good-for-nothing young man from rich parents type at all. He had never done anything like strike up a conversation with someone, so he had no experience.


    If the plane hadn¡¯t taken off at this moment, he could have turned on his mobile phone and called his cousin who is an expert in love to ask for an experience, but the plane had already started to glide, and he was too late.


    Shen Huiming opened his eyes and looked out the window, everything at the airport was rapidly receding.


    It was hard to say whether he would have a chance to talk to the other side during the next 19 hours of flight.


    How to exchange contact information with an unfamiliar flight attendant in a reasonable, polite and dignified manner had become the most important issue for Shen Huiming today.


    After the plane entered the stratosphere, the flight attendants began the cabin service.


    There were only eight seats in this plane¡¯s first-class, and it was not full, so the service was not so stressful.


    Suo Yang began to ask the passengers¡¯ needs one by one from the front.


    Shen Huiming felt that this was probably a good opportunity. When he heard the other person ask softly what other people needed, he had already begun to plan his next move.


    When Suo Yang came over, the man in front of him seemed to be thinking about something. Suo Yang asked him softly, ¡°Hello sir, can I get you something to eat?¡±


    Shen Huiming was clearly in a daze. He was thinking from the start that the flight attendant was switching to his frequency. Before boarding the plane, he was looking at a contract, and by now he was pondering about the content of the contract.


    Suo Yang¡¯s voice was just right, the tone and volume are just right, and the speech was not bad. He was not calling out to Shen Huiming for him to answer him and didn¡¯t suddenly disturb and startle him.


    As a family of businessmen, Shen Huiming grew up in a crowd of people. He knew how to treat people and deal with others. He understood all too well that there were some elites around him, no matter how good his ability at work was, at least he had enough emotional intelligence when it comes to getting along with others.


    But he rarely met a person like this flight attendant. Everything was just right with him. It was as if there was a ruler in this person¡¯s world. Even a smile, a speech, and even a look were measured to the right degree.


    This kind of person was the best and most difficult person to deal with.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s interest was sparkedÒ»from his appearance to his personality.


    He took the menu handed over by the other party, and at the same time glanced casually at the badge pinned on the man¡¯s uniform.


    Shen Huiming saw his name clearly: Suo Yang.


    He restrained his smile and calmly flipped through the menu while quickly making his selection.


    Because it was an early flight, Shen Huiming, who was a little tired, said after ordering breakfast, ¡°Give me a cup of black coffee first, thank you.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled lightly, ¡°Sir, drinking coffee on an empty stomach will stimulate the stomach and may also cause a rapid heartbeat.¡±


    Shen Huiming was the kind of person who has a cup of coffee first thing in the morning when he woke up. This habit had been maintained for more than ten years. Before going out this morning, for fear it would be inconvenient, he didn¡¯t drink at home, but he made up for it when he got to the airport.


    He was tempted to joke with the other party, and just say: Not on an empty stomach, I already have a cup in my stomach.


    But when he thought about it, he let it go and said with a smile, ¡°Okay then, I¡¯ll listen to you, I¡¯ll drink it after a meal.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled at him, ¡°Okay, please wait a moment.¡±


    After Suo Yang left, Shen Huiming breathed a sigh of relief.


    He had never felt nervous when he was with a person, but it had just happened.


    He smiled self-deprecatingly, then closed his eyes.


    Suo Yang has always been meticulous in his work. He carefully checked the needs of each passenger and then delivered them one by one.


    ¡°Sir, your breakfast.¡± Suo Yang placed the breakfast on the table in front of Shen Huiming, and even the angles of the individual small plates were surprisingly consistent.


    Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t hold back and asked, ¡°Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder?¡±


    Suo Yang was startled and looked at him in confusion.


    ¡°Ah, I¡¯m sorry, it¡¯s a bit presumptuous for me to say that,¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, ¡°I just think you are very meticulous.¡±


    He pointed to the plate, ¡°Each plate is equally spaced..¡±


    Suo Yang smiled at him, ¡°It¡¯s not an obsessive-compulsive disorder, it¡¯s just professionalism.¡±


    Having said that, Suo Yang straightened up. Still with the standard professional smile, ¡°I wish you a happy meal.¡±


    He was hard to approach.


    After Suo Yang left, Shen Huiming thought about him while eating.


    However, it didn¡¯t take long for his thoughts to return to work.


    Suo Yang¡¯s professionalism made him meticulous to the point of near perfection.


    And Shen Huiming¡¯s professionalism prevented him from spending too much energy on things that were not profitable.


    After breakfast, Shen Huiming pressed the call button and asked someone to clean up the plate. This time he didn¡¯t take the initiative to talk to Suo Yang, and the other party just said some professional words without emotion to him. Then after cleaning the table, he left with an empty plate.


    Shen Huiming shrugged and felt that his love at first sight was likely to die.


    As the plane weaved through the clouds, Shen Huiming looked out the window, relaxed his mind for a few seconds, then took out his laptop and started to look at the contract.


    He had a very important partnership to discuss in New York this time, and his assistant had arrived a day early, just waiting for him to arrive.


    The 19-hour flight was exhausting for ordinary people, but for people like Suo Yang who were used to it, there was not a trace of fatigue on their faces.


    He thought it was an extremely unbearable journey, but as he focused on his work, and enjoyed rest and sleep intermittently, Shen Huiming felt that the time had passed quickly.


    When he was about to get off the plane, he didn¡¯t pay that much attention to Suo Yang, and only looked twice when he walked past.


    He was busy and so was the other party.


    Although he was curious and enchanted, for people like them, love did not seem to be a necessity, but work was.


    Shen Huiming thought that the intersection between the two of them was limited to this. Before the plane landed, he once again enjoyed a soothing voice like an ¡°ear massage¡± on the radio, and then waited for the plane to land and parted ways with this handsome young man.


    It was like he had put on a play himself and it was time for the curtain to go up, although he felt a bit sorry, life was already a pile of countless ¡°pities¡± and ¡°regrets¡±, and this one was no exception.


    At the end of the 19-hour flight, Shen Huiming was so tired that his temples were throbbing.


    When they got off the plane, Suo Yang stood there to say goodbye to them one by one, Shen Huiming glanced at him, and the two smiled at each other.


    It was still the kind of standardized handsome smile without any personal emotion.


    Shen Huiming walked past him, ready to pick up his luggage.


    However, while waiting for his luggage, Shen Huiming suddenly found that his ticket folder was missing. He recalled it and thought it was possible that he had left it on the plane.


    Already tired, he had to get up again and walk back, intending to ask at the information desk.


    Just when he turned around, he saw Suo Yang walking towards this side quickly.


    ¡°Mr. Shen, is this your ticket holder?¡± Suo Yang walked too fast and was a little out of breath.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°It¡¯s mine.¡±


    He took it and said to Suo Yang, ¡°I was just about to go back for it.¡±


    ¡°I saw you as soon as you got off the plane. However, you ended up walking too fast, but at least I caught up.¡± Suo Yang smiled at him, ¡°I wish you a smooth journey, I¡¯ll go back first.¡±


    ¡°Hey, wait a minute!¡± Shen Huiming stopped him subconsciously without even thinking about it.


    ¡°Your name is Suo Yang, right?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled faintly and nodded.


    ¡°Leave your contact information.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°So that I can find a chance to thank you later.¡±


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    Ahahaha, he found a way to exchange contact number!!

 CH 3

    How many times had this been?


    Soyo couldn¡¯t remember how many people had asked him for his contact details, not that he was being presumptuous, but he could almost confirm that this man¡¯s intention was not a simple ¡°thank you¡±.


    Although Suo Yang dared not say that he has read countless people, he understands the implicit meaning in human beings very well.


    People were not as good at concealing their desires as they thought. Some people write desires on their faces, and some on their eyes.


    This Mr. Shen in front of him seemed to be more sincere and a little more intelligent than some of the people before, and his method of asking for contact information was more sophisticated. In this way, even if he was rejected, it would not be too awkward.


    Neither of them would be too embarrassed.


    Suo Yang was still polite and thoughtful, and said with a smile, ¡°You¡¯re too kind. I¡¯m just doing what I should do.¡±


    After that, he wished Shen Huiming a pleasant journey once again, before he turned around and left.


    Shen Huiming stood at the same spot without rushing to leave. His fingers gently rubbed the cut on his airline ticket holder again, his gaze kept falling on the man who had already walked away.


    Suo Yang was not short. Standing in front of Shen Huiming, who is 1.87 meters tall, he could almost see him at eye level. The appearance of the other party in uniform reminded Shen Huiming of pygmy bamboo1. Even just looking at the back of the other party made Shen Huiming feel relaxed and it was enjoyable.


    Is this the legendary pleasing to the eye kind of person?


    Shen Huiming smiled and thought that this airline was quite good at selecting people.


    Suo Yang had already drowned in the crowd of people at the airport. Shen Huiming, who failed to strike up a conversation, didn¡¯t feel too disappointed and turned back to wait for the arrival of his luggage.


    He secretly set a romantic definition for this flight¡ªas a trip fling.


    Although it was only his one-sided affair.


    This is quite interesting, Shen Huiming thought as he dragged his suitcase out. A rose suddenly bloomed in his dull life. Although it was only a mirage that dissipated in the blink of an eye, his fatigue was swept away and he could go to the meeting in full energy.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s company had encountered some difficulties recently. Although it was not a matter of life and death, if this partnership could be obtained, there was no need to be nervous even if they did not take on new projects in the next few years.


    But if the deal doesn¡¯t go through, then this project would fall into the hands of competitors, and they would probably be suppressed for a long time.


    It was precisely because of this importance that Shen Huiming came to talk in person.


    Before he came, he knew which leprechaun he was going to deal with. Although he had a headache, he was well prepared.


    Shen Huiming was taken to the hotel by the assistant who came to pick him up at the airport. He washed off his dusty body and changed into a decent suit. He looked calm and poised.


    The two set off for the venue.


    The assistant said, ¡°Mr. Shen, are you sure you really don¡¯t need to rest for a while?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I understand that guy. If I don¡¯t meet him first when I come, he¡¯ll make sure to take advantage of the situation.¡±


    Who was the target of the negotiation?


    It was a classmate from his undergraduate days, someone who had once treated him as an imaginary rival in love.


    Shen Huiming felt that he was wronged. At that time, he lived a little far from the school, and he drove to and from school every day, picking up other students on the way.


    At that time, there was a boy who was quite close to him, but no matter how close they were, he was only a friend. Shen Huiming had no intention of being in a relationship at that time.


    He had no intention, but the other guy had an intention.


    Unexpectedly, it attracted the dissatisfaction of the rival.


    Everyone was in their twenties when they were students. No matter how precocious they were, they were still young and naive compared to today.


    Back then, Shen Huiming was not as calm as he is now. He was annoyed by a few words and fought with the other party.


    It was the first and only time in his life that he had fought with someone. The two of them had a tie, and neither of them got any advantage.


    Later, although the two were still classmates, they were almost on the opposing side.


    The guy who was the main cause of the argument between them didn¡¯t end with either of them later. In their junior year, that guy made a white boyfriend, saying that he enjoyed some fine lovemaking.


    Shen Huiming smiled at this, but the ¡°rival in love¡± who had fought with him felt that he was offended. At lunch one day, he sat in front of Shen Huiming with a dinner plate.


    The other said, ¡°I¡¯m actually not smaller than a white man.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at the other person in surprise and then both of them laughed.


    Later on, they unexpectedly become friends, and the other party learns that Shen Huiming had no intention of being a rival in love with him at all.


    If that was the end, then today¡¯s cooperation was actually quite easy to talk about. However, the problem is that they then fell out again.


    Like God¡¯s will, whoever that person liked would take a fancy to Shen Huiming.


    It was not that the other party¡¯s conditions were much worse than Shen Huiming¡¯s. On the contrary, Shen Huiming always felt that others were more popular than himself, but he couldn¡¯t escape this curse.


    Once after a drink, the two of them disagreed, but they didn¡¯t quarrel, but the conversation fell apart and they never spoke to each other again.


    That was undeniably childish indeed.


    After that, the two hardly contacted. Shen Huiming heard that the other party had been staying in New York, but he just heard about it. He didn¡¯t expect the world to be so big and yet so small that they would meet again at the negotiating table.


    When Shen Huiming walked into the building, he thought to himself that a fierce battle was about to begin.


    Suo Yang and the others had a layover in New York and flew back the next morning.


    In the first year or two, people regarded this as a so-called ¡°company-paid travel¡±, where they could play wherever they stopped, but gradually, they began to prefer to rest in hotels rather than go out to play.


    They didn¡¯t toss and turn anymore.


    When they arrived at the hotel, Suo Yang shared a room with a colleague. He was a young guy in the economy class, and his name was Qiu Chao, who also came last year, with He Tian.


    This young guy was fun-loving and talkative. He usually talked a lot, but he was not a bad person by nature.


    As soon as he put down his suitcase, Qiu Chao said excitedly, ¡°Yang ge, do you want to play later?¡±


    As Suo Yang changed his clothes and prepared to take a bath, he said, ¡°Go ahead, I can¡¯t toss around.¡±


    ¡°No!¡± Qiu Chao followed him to the door of the bathroom, ¡°If you don¡¯t go, I¡¯ll be the only guy, I¡¯m shy!¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°You¡¯re still shy?¡±


    ¡°Why not! I¡¯m super shy!¡± Qiu Chao leaned against the door frame of the bathroom and begged him, ¡°Yang ge, let¡¯s go with me, or else the girls won¡¯t like to take me.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, smiled helplessly, and finally nodded.


    ¡°Ouye!¡± Qiu Chao cheered directly at the door and was immediately locked out.


    Suo Yang was really not a frequent visitor to a place like a bar. If he didn¡¯t have friends and colleagues to show up, he would never come himself.


    It wasn¡¯t that he had anything against such places, he was just lazy.


    And he didn¡¯t know if it was because he had really gotten ¡°old¡± in the past two years. He began to prefer to stay at home quietly. Usually, he was busy and tired from work, and it was better to rest at home if he had time.


    He followed the noisy handsome guys and beauties into the bar, most of them were blonde and blue-eyed white men and women as far as the eye could see.


    Suo Yang walked last and sighed softly.


    Even if he was going to a bar, he should have gone to a gay bar.


    With a wry smile, he continued to walk in.


    A few people came over, some for drinking, some for dancing, and Suo Yang was purely to accompany the guests.


    He sat there casually looking around, drinking a drink that feel like much.


    Occasionally someone came to strike up a conversation, it was all girls, and he politely refused.


    In the second half of the night, it was too stuffy and tiring. Suo Yang couldn¡¯t say he wanted to leave first, so he had to find an excuse to go out and get some air.


    He went out of the bar and stood on the side of the road blowing wind.


    It was September, and there was a cool light rain.


    He walked along the street in boredom. There were far fewer vehicles and pedestrians on the road at this time.


    ¡°Suo Yang?¡±


    His name was suddenly called, and Suo Yang turned around.


    He was surprised as the man get out of a car, and vaguely remembered that the man¡¯s surname was Shen.


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 CH 4

    This accidental encounter was unexpected for them. The fact that two people met in such a way in the middle of the night in the largest city in the United States really makes you think of the word ¡°fate¡±.


    When Suo Yang turned around and looked over, he was completely surprised.


    Shen Huiming returned to his sense earlier than Suo Yang, and said politely, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect to meet again here.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled.


    Even though he had already taken off his uniform, Suo Yang still had the right smile on his face, and there was not much surprise in his tone. Compared with him, Shen Huiming seemed somewhat impulsive.


    ¡°Good evening, Mr. Shen.¡± He stood up straight and looked at Shen Huiming very calmly.


    The more Suo Yang was like this, the more restless Shen Huiming became.


    He came over, regardless of whether he would disturb the other party or not, and forced himself into Suo Yang¡¯s night


    ¡°Why are you out alone so late?¡± Shen Huiming kept a distance to interact with him, not too far or near, and it was just right.


    ¡°I¡¯m not alone.¡± Suo Yang replied with a smile, ¡°I came out to play with my colleagues, I¡¯m getting some air.¡±


    Shen Huiming glanced in the direction he came from with the row of bars over there.


    At the airport, Shen Huiming had already been rejected once before, and according to his character, even if they met again, he would just exchange pleasantries and go his own way. However, when he bumped into Suo Yang, he actually said, ¡°Want to have a drink together?¡±


    Suo Yang obviously did not expect this Mr. Shen to be so persistent. He could see that he was an arrogant person. Generally speaking, this kind of person would not give others the chance to reject him twice.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go to that pub across the street.¡± Shen Huiming could see his hesitation, ¡°I¡¯m tired from the meeting I had right after I got off the plane today, I want to drink some and relieve my fatigue.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t want to go, and it was not that difficult to say no.


    But he raised his hand and looked at the time, then said, ¡°Okay.¡±


    He seldom accepts invitations from others, especially from people he hardly knows.


    It was just that he was also very tired, but he thought that it would be inappropriate for him to go back to the hotel first, which would spoil the enthusiasm of his colleagues. And he didn¡¯t want to go back to that noisy bar, so the best option is to go to a pub for a drink.


    It was just that the person he went with happened to be this Mr. Shen.


    Shen Huiming was ready to be rejected again, but he didn¡¯t expect Suo Yang to agree.


    ¡°Okay, wait for me a moment.¡± Shen Huiming turned around and went back to the car, letting his assistant go first, saying that he would take a taxi back later.


    After explaining everything, he walked back to Suo Yang. When the two walked towards the opposite side of the road, the light drizzle entangled them, and the slightly cool evening wind swept around them. Shen Huiming smelled the scent of the other party¡¯s body, a woody scented perfume that he had also bought.


    The pub was very comfortable, and they sat by the window on the second floor.


    Suo Yang sent Qiu Chao a WeChat message, telling him that he had met a friend and was nearby for a couple of drinks, and to call him when everyone was going back to the hotel.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯m quite surprised.¡±


    ¡°About?¡± Suo Yang¡¯s fingers gently rested on the wall of the glass, and he wore a seemingly affectionate but detached smile when he asked.


    Shen Huiming smiled more sincerely than him, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to agree to come and drink with me.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled softly, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect it either.¡±


    Suo Yang picked up the wine glass, and Shen Huiming touched the glass lightly as he received the signal, and the two took a sip of wine each.


    ¡°You¡¯re flying back tomorrow?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯m flying back in the morning, 19 hours.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s been too hard.¡± Shen Huiming asked him, ¡°Have you thought about changing careers?¡±


    In their industry, it was true that many people changed careers after a few years, and did whatever they wanted to do after that.


    ¡°No such plan for the time being.¡±


    Suo Yang spoke very little. He almost answered whatever Shen Huiming asked, and the content of the answer would never be extended, and he would not give the other party any chance to use the question to find new topics.


    This person lived a very cautious life.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry, he felt that coming to drink with him was probably the most careless thing Suo Yang did.


    With this in mind, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and then stopped asking any more questions, and followed Suo Yang to look out the window and listen to the music in a daze.


    The late night rain continued to fall, not getting heavier, but not stopping either.


    Shen Huiming seemed to have never wasted time sitting by the window with anyone like this.


    No, that was not really the right word.


    He was indeed a person who strictly managed time and did not allow himself to waste even a single second, but during the relatively silent hour or so sitting here with Suo Yang, he hadn¡¯t felt that time had been lost in vain.


    Although they barely spoke to each other, and even only a little eye contact. Most of the time they were mostly silent, trapped in their own thoughts, piecing together some questions that did not need to be thought about to kill this long silence, but he didn¡¯t feel that his time was wasted in the slightest.


    He thought of the so-called ¡°Romantic fatalism¡±, the irresistible feeling that everyone experiences at least once in their lives, knowing that they couldn¡¯t have it, but still falling into it.


    ¡°Is Mr. Shen here on a business trip?¡± Suo Yang finally felt that his long silence was a little rude, so he took the initiative to break the silence and pick a topic to talk about.


    ¡°Yes, there is a partnership to discuss.¡± Shen Huiming was very happy to chat with him about anything. ¡°The other party is very difficult to deal with, and my head is all over the place after this day.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled after hearing this, ¡°It must be very hard.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not easy for everyone.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°If you want to have something in return, you have to give something. Just like if I want to make friends with you, I have to be cheeky and ask you for contact information. ¡°


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t expect him to mention this again and showed a rare display of embarrassment.


    He licked his lips and took a sip of wine.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Just kidding, I won¡¯t force you.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, put down the cup and said with a smile, ¡°Mr. Shen, I¡¯m a very boring person. Making friends with me¡­ I¡¯ll probably be the most dull person on your friend list.¡±


    ¡°Are you dull?¡± Shen Huiming understood what he meant, and Suo Yang was just tactfully persuading him to quit. However, he still had to say what he should say, because Shen Huiming knew that since it had reached this point today, either he would never have anything to do with him again, or he would get Suo Yang¡¯s mobile phone number smoothly.


    The fate between people was also limited, and two people would not meet three times in a world so vast that one didn¡¯t even know where the boundaries were.


    Twice was the limit.


    The first time, he failed. Shen Huiming wanted to forget this person from then on, but God arranged a second meeting for him. It was like a preferential treatment out of thin air and felt it was a pity if he didn¡¯t seize this chance given by God.


    ¡°Are you saying that the plain water is dull? But there are people who have eight glasses of water a day.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°People are different, some people like heavy flavours without spiciness, and some people like clear soup with little water. Can we say what is good and what is not? I think they are all good.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed softly at what he said but did not respond.


    Shen Huiming tried hard, but it seemed that there was still no result.


    This was really an iron plate, and the other party was still indifferent even if he kicked his toe bones to pieces.


    Qiu Chao called and asked where Suo Yang was.


    Suo Yang said a few words to him briefly, made an appointment for the meeting place, hung up the phone and held the cup, clinking with Shen Huiming lightly, and drank the little wine left in it.


    ¡°Mr. Shen, my colleague is waiting for me. I have to leave first. Thank you for your wine. I had a great evening.¡± Suo Yang took the napkin on the table and wrote a series of numbers on it with the pencil on the menu holder, ¡°My mobile number, good night.¡±

 CH 5

    Hope always took a turn for the worse against our expectations the second before it turned for the better.


    Suo Yang left and the rain was still raining outside. Shen Huiming sat there and continued to drink his wine with a napkin with a series of numbers written on it was laid on the table in front of him. Even on the soft napkin, he could see clearly that the man had good handwriting.


    After the last sip of wine, Shen Huiming smiled and put the number in his mobile phone, then carefully folded the piece of tissue paper and put it in his suit pocket.


    He took a taxi back to the hotel and sent Suo Yang a message before going to bed: Good night.


    When Suo Yang woke up in the morning, the first thing he saw was Qiu Chao who hadn¡¯t even changed his clothes.


    The man drank a lot last night and was lying on the bed as soon as he returned. Suo Yang didn¡¯t care about him and didn¡¯t even help him take off his shoes, because it was unnecessary. If you drink by yourself, you should bear all the consequences yourself, and no one was obliged to take care of you. Suo Yang just closed the curtains, took another shower and slept comfortably.


    Because of the late night yesterday and the return flight in the morning, the group hadn¡¯t actually slept for a few hours.


    Suo Yang got up and cleaned up and patted Qiu Chao, who was still drowsy, and said mercilessly, ¡°I¡¯ll leave you here if you don¡¯t get up.¡±


    With a jolt, Qiu Chao sat up from the bed and dazedly went to clean up, like a wind-up toy.


    Suo Yang ignored him, sat while drinking coffee and picked up his mobile phone. Only then did he see the message that Mr. Shen sent him at three o¡¯clock in the morning yesterday.


    Almost no one sent text messages these days, and almost all his messages in the box were system messages, but Suo Yang was indeed a bit compulsive in this regard, and will not let any ¡°red dots¡± linger on his phone for too long.


    He actually didn¡¯t realize who sent the text message at first. After all, a string of unfamiliar numbers could be anything.


    But he suddenly remembered the mobile phone number he left for the man when he left last night and guessed that it should be the other party.


    He didn¡¯t save or reply to the message. After taking a look at the weather today, he finished his coffee and waited for Qiu Chao to go out together.


    It was still 19 hours back, and when they landed on the territory of their motherland again, they even had to make a point of looking at the date to be sure what day it really was.


    Qiu Chao yawned and walked beside Suo Yang and said, ¡°Yang ge, I really admire you, you don¡¯t get tired from all the tossing.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and said, ¡°Drink less wine and dance less, so you are not tired.¡±


    Qiu Chao laughed, ¡°I¡¯ve learned it!¡±


    In fact, it was impossible to say that he was not tired. Suo Yang, who was seriously lacking in sleep, went home and went straight to the bathroom, almost falling asleep in the bathtub.


    He came out of the bathroom after washing and heard the phone ringing.


    ¡°Yang ge, don¡¯t forget the day after tomorrow!¡±


    The person who called him was called Zhoumo, and he used to work for their company too. Back then, they were in the same group, and they often flew on the same line.


    Suo Yang was not a person who liked to make friends. He grew up with few close friends and kept in touch with each other. He was one of those people who only had one or two close friends at a time, but when they moved on to the next stage of their lives, they stopped seeing each other every day and gradually broke off contact.


    Back when they were still in the company together, the two of them had a good relationship. At that time, Suo Yang hadn¡¯t bought a house yet, and Zhou Mo was still single. The two rented a two-bedroom apartment near the highway intersection together and became roommates for a while.


    Later, Zhou Mo began to talk about a boyfriend and they met on the plane. The two decided to live together shortly after they were sure of their relationship. In order to for Zhou Mo to spend more time with his boyfriend, he finally decided to change careers.


    Zhou Mo¡¯s current job was introduced by his boyfriend. At first, he was the lobby manager of a five-star hotel, but he was promoted last year. After all, he was also on an international flight crew at the beginning. His English was good enough, and Zhou Mo was able to speak fluently. Now he was the sales manager of their hotel, specializing in some joint overseas sales jobs, and the salary was already beyond Suo Yang¡¯s expectations. At the beginning of the year, Zhou Mo called Suo Yang to ask if he wanted to change careers. After all, a career change was the general trend for these people. At that time, Suo Yang refused, on the grounds that he had not flown enough.


    As Zhou Mo was one of the few a friend who kept in touch with Suo Yang after resigning, it was natural for Suo Yang to be there for his birthday the day after tomorrow.


    Suo Yang was quite willing to go. He rarely attends these gatherings. It¡¯s better to relax, but one could never really refuse to socialise.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t forget.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I have prepared a birthday present for you.¡±


    ¡°What gift?¡± Zhou Mo was full of excitement, ¡°A macho man?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°Don¡¯t let Mr. Cheng hear you.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s alright, I¡¯ve been trying to persuade him to invite a striptease boy band to dance for my birthday,¡± Zhou Mo said with a smirk, ¡°It¡¯s a birthday party, you must liven it up.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed helplessly and said nothing.


    ¡°Okay, anyway, don¡¯t forget about this. There are a lot of people here, all of them are serious and close friends. My old Cheng has two friends who are also gay, and their circumstances are good. I¡¯ll introduce you to them when the time comes and you develop some relationship.¡±


    ¡°Come on, I¡¯m so busy, I don¡¯t want to hurt people.¡±


    ¡°Busy is not an excuse!¡± said Zhou Mo, ¡°It depends on whether you have the intention or not. Look at me, weren¡¯t we just as busy at first? And what happened? I met my true love on a plane!¡±


    Suo Yang sat on the sofa and laughed as he wiped his hair, saying that Zhou Mo was just lucky.


    ¡°It¡¯s destiny, and I can¡¯t stop it. Maybe your destiny is at my birthday party, so you should dress better then.¡± Zhou Mo paused and said, ¡°Forget it, you¡¯re usually handsome enough. Don¡¯t be too handsome the day after, and don¡¯t overshadow me or I¡¯ll hold a grudge against you!¡±


    ¡°Who can overshadow you,¡± Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Aren¡¯t you the dancing queen? I can¡¯t compare.¡±


    The two ended the call with Zhou Mo¡¯s triumphant laughter, Suo Yang flipped through his schedule again and reconfirmed that he didn¡¯t have a job that night.


    After flying back from New York, he took a day off before continuing to fly.


    It was a short trip this time, and although it wasn¡¯t much easier, at least he could go home and sleep at night.


    On Zhou Mo¡¯s birthday, he had a flight arrangement in the morning and arrived home after three o¡¯clock in the afternoon.


    He cleaned up the house, took a shower, had a quick bite to eat and was out the door by 6 pm.


    He knew very well that he was going to drink this night, and he was afraid that he would get drunk soon if he didn¡¯t fill his stomach in advance. Zhou Mo was a man who loves to party. It was his birthday, and his boyfriend must have let him get away with it, and from past experience, no one was likely to leave until they were drunk.


    So Yang didn¡¯t drive because he knew he was going to drink, so he took a taxi to the nightclub the birthday boy had booked, with a present for him.


    Zhou Mo¡¯s boyfriend was a businessman, and although the word immediately conjures up images of a middle-aged man with a pot belly, in fact, his boyfriend was young and promising. He was in his early thirties and he was unbeatable in every way. At the end of last year, he took Zhou Mo abroad to get married.


    It was said that every man has his own life, and this was absolutely true.


    Sometimes Zhou Mo found it unbelievable that Suo Yang, a handsome guy who made people drool every time he stood, was still single after all this time. He always sighed, ¡°If it were not because you were taking care of me, I really wanted to pounce on you.¡±


    Suo Yang knew it was a joke, Zhou Mo and Cheng Sen were too good to not be together.


    Halfway through the drive, Zhou Mo phone call came again.


    ¡°My Yang ge! Where are you, old man?¡±


    ¡°Almost there,¡± Suo Yang glanced at the driver¡¯s navigation, ¡°Six hundred metres to go.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s really fast,¡± Zhou Mo said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, there¡¯s no rush. I¡¯m just asking, the people are not all there yet, it¡¯s my stripper group that¡¯s already waiting. I¡¯m thinking about taking you to feel what sexy muscles are first!¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°You can¡¯t keep taking advantage like that, don¡¯t make trouble.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t understand, these guys are having a lot of fun being touched by me.¡± Zhou Mo couldn¡¯t help laughing, ¡°Okay, okay, I¡¯ll pick you up at the door, see you later.¡±


    Within minutes of hanging up the phone, Suo Yang arrived. He paid the money and got out of the car. Before he could stand still, he heard Zhou Mo¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Yang ge! Long time no see!¡±


    It had indeed been a while since they saw each other. Last month, on Suo Yang¡¯s birthday, the two originally planned to have a meal together, but there was an emergency over the weekend, so they hadn¡¯t been able to make it.


    ¡°Happy birthday.¡± Suo Yang handed him the gift, ¡°I¡¯m not too late, am I?¡±


    ¡°No! Come on, let¡¯s go in first.¡± Zhou Mo took Suo Yang inside, ¡°Today, old Cheng took care of everything in this place. Feel free to make a scene, don¡¯t worry.¡±


    He looked at Suo Yang and added, ¡°Okay, I guess it¡¯s someone else who will make trouble for you.¡±


    After they entered, Zhou Mo took him in and pushed the door into the huge innermost room, and Zhou Mo said mysteriously, ¡°Old Cheng brought him here. It¡¯s the childhood friend I mentioned to you before. I think he¡¯s good. You can pay more attention and give it a go.¡±


    He said with great excitement, then pushed open the door, ¡°Everyone! Here comes the most handsome flight attendant in our industry!¡±


    There must be a dozen or so people present at the moment, Suo Yang went in and said hello to Cheng Sen, and then he was pulled aside by Zhou Mo, ¡°Come, come, sit here!¡±


    At this moment, Suo Yang saw Shen Huiming sitting on the sofa while drinking and chatting with people. He felt a bit unbelievable. Two people met three times in one week, isn¡¯t this a bit too¡­


    Suo Yang thought: Could this Mr. Shen be Cheng Sen¡¯s childhood?


    If it was, that was quite a coincidence.


    However, life was always very full of drama. Shen Huiming was indeed Cheng Sen¡¯s friend, but he was not the legendary childhood friend.


    Zhou Mo pulled Suo Yang to the man who was chatting with Shen Huiming, and introduced him, ¡°Jiang ge, here he is, this is my good friend, Suo Yang!¡±


    Shen Huiming raised his head and was stunned when he saw Suo Yang.


    The man sandwiched between Shen Huiming and Suo Yang smiled and said to Suo Yang, ¡°Hello, I¡¯ve heard a lot about you, my name is Jiang Tongyan.¡±


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 CH 6

    Shen Huiming¡¯s first reaction was: The God of destiny makes fools of the people.


    His good friend Cheng Sen had thrown a birthday party for his lover and invited them all to come and have fun.


    Shen Huiming was not a person who liked to participate in this kind of activity, but recently, he had been under a lot of pressure and exhausted both physically and mentally, so he thought it would be good to come out and have a good time.


    He was also quite familiar with Cheng Sen¡¯s lover. He took him with him almost every time he went out to play with them. He was a very noisy person and said that he was also a flight attendant earlier.


    In the past, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t have any extra thoughts about the flight attendants until Suo Yang appeared.


    The invitation to this birthday party was sent out two weeks ago. At that time, Cheng Sen called and asked him, ¡°Still single? Xiao Mo said that he had a good friend and wanted to introduce him to you.¡±


    At that time, Shen Huiming hadn¡¯t met Suo Yang, and he didn¡¯t even want to fall in love, so he refused straight away.


    Then the matter of ¡®matchmaking¡¯ fell on Jiang Tongyan, another buddy of Cheng Sen.


    It was indeed an ill-fated relationship, to say the least. This Jiang Tongyan was Shen Huiming¡¯s old classmate who was full of love and hate entanglements when he was in New York. The two of them had cut off contact, but they met a while ago because of business negotiations. They had finally let go of their previous grievance, and it happened again.


    Shen Huiming understood that life was really more full of ¡®surprises¡¯ than a well-written script.


    A few minutes before Suo Yang came in, Shen Huiming and Jiang Tongyan were still talking about this. Since he was heartbroken in college, this Boss Jiang has become an absolute believer in bachelorism. Didn¡¯t you, Shen Huiming, keep beating me? Fine, then I won¡¯t fall in love. He only said that when they met a few days ago, but turned around and agreed to do Zhou Mo¡¯s matchmaking.


    Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°It¡¯s not matchmaking, it¡¯s just an introduction to acquaintances. If you feel good, maybe you can get in touch and see.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed at him, ¡°Is this the blossoming of the iron tree1?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s blossoming or not, but I¡¯ve been alone for a long time and I still want someone to warm my bed.¡± Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°The only thing that makes me feel bad is that you¡¯re there again. But it¡¯s okay, if we can really make it work, I¡¯ll take that person to New York and stay away from you.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, patted the other party¡¯s shoulder and told him that he promised not to rob him.


    Zhou Mo told Jiang Tongyan that what he introduced to him was also a flight attendant and very handsome.


    When Jiang Tongyan mentioned this, Shen Huiming thought of Suo Yang subconsciously.


    He hadn¡¯t contacted Suo Yang for the past few days, and only sent a ¡®good night¡¯ message on the night the they had been drinking.


    If he pursued him too closely, he would appear to be desperate and would often cause the other party to be disgusted with him.


    Although Shen Huiming¡¯s emotional experience was not so rich, he still understood people very well and knows the principle of ¡®prescribing the right medicine for an illness2¡®.


    It was just that he didn¡¯t calculate that the ¡®the most handsome guy in the flight attendant world¡¯ that Zhou Mo wanted to introduce to Jiang Tongyan was Suo Yang.


    Jiang Tongyan, who didn¡¯t know the truth, shook hands with Suo Yang very gently. Although Suo Yang was a little surprised by Shen Huiming¡¯s presence, he still behaved calmly and decently.


    Zhou Mo said, ¡°You guys talk, I¡¯ll go out to pick up people.¡±


    He ran off, and before he left, he even squinted at Shen Huiming, then hooked his fingers and said, ¡°Brother Ming, old Cheng is over there, you can accompany him for a drink!¡±


    His intention was too obvious, he wanted Shen Huiming to support and give the two of them a chance to be alone.


    But at this time, how could Shen Huiming walk away? It was just that this time I really want to feel sorry for Jiang Tongyan.


    Shen Huiming waved at Zhou Mo and then turned to Suo Yang.


    At this moment, Suo Yang just took the wine that Jiang Tongyan handed over, and said with a smile, ¡°Zhou Mo is too boisterous, especially when it comes to randomly matched couples.¡±


    Suo Yang was not a person who pretended to be arrogant, nor did he reject this way of ¡®introducing each other¡¯. He had always felt that if he really met the right person, he could fall in love with them, but the important thing was that he only needed to take one look to know that Jiang Tongyan was not the kind of person he was looking for.


    Zhou Mo was right, Jiang Tongyan¡¯s conditions were very good, both in terms of appearance and financial strength, there was absolutely nothing to nitpick. Moreover, since he was introduced by Zhou Mo, there would not be major flaws in his character.


    It was just that Suo Yang¡¯s eyes are too fierce, or rather, extremely goal-oriented, and simple exchange between the two made it clear to him that he and Jiang Tongyan were not on the same page.


    A relationship, or even a marriage, was not something that could be decided by ¡®good conditions¡¯.


    More importantly, Suo Yang found that his attention was drawn more to Mr. Shen, who was next to him.


    Maybe it was because the two had met before and had a brief relationship, or perhaps it was because the fate of the three encounters really sounded the alarm in Suo Yang¡¯s heart. In short, he really minded about the person who was sitting next to Jiang Tongyan.


    Shen Huiming turned around and also picked up the wine.


    He said to Suo Yang, ¡°Do you remember me?¡±


    As soon as these words came out, Jiang Tongyan froze for a moment before asking in surprise, ¡°You know each other?¡±


    Suo Yang was surprised. He thought that Shen Huiming would pretend not to know him. After all, Zhou Mo was going to introduce him to Jiang Tongyan and Shen Huiming already made a vague gesture to play along and express goodwill.


    However, it was Shen Huiming¡¯s outspoken manner that made Suo Yang look at the man in a different light.


    A gentleman that was open and honest.


    Suo Yang smiled and said, ¡°Of course I remember, Mr. Shen.¡±


    So far, Suo Yang only knew his surname Shen, as for his first name, he did not know.


    ¡°You¡­¡± Jiang Tongyan leaned back slightly and said with a smile, ¡°Should I step aside?¡±


    The God of destiny indeed makes fools of the people.


    Jiang Tongyan was all set to resign to accept his fate.


    Suo Yang and Shen Huiming both laughed, Shen Huiming said, ¡°That¡¯s not necessary, it seems that I¡¯m also not Mr. Suo¡¯s type either.¡±


    When he said ¡°also¡±, Jiang Tongyan understood what he was implying.


    Jiang Tongyan smiled, stood up and said, ¡°I¡¯ll go and get the wine, while you guys catch up.¡±


    He walked away and went over to chat with Cheng Sen.


    Suo Yang looked at Shen Huiming, not knowing what to say.


    It was Shen Huiming who spoke first, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect to meet again. I really don¡¯t believe it if one were to say that you and I are not destined to meet.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°It¡¯s true.¡±


    He took a sip of wine and looked at Cheng Sen and Jiang Tongyan who were talking not far away.


    Shen Huiming followed his line of sight and asked, ¡°What do you think of Tongyan?¡±


    Suo Yang said, ¡°We are people of two worlds3.¡±


    Shen Huiming turned to look at him.


    ¡°The relationship between people is actually defined when they first meet, whether or not they hit it off and how far they can develop is all predestined.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Although it may be a bit arbitrary to say so, I¡¯m a big believer in first impression.¡±


    ¡°So, my friend and I are out of the game at your first strike?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Don¡¯t say that, it¡¯s just my subjective and rash judgment, it doesn¡¯t mean anything.¡±


    Shen Huiming felt that Suo Yang was very smart. During the chat, he would never give you a clear rejection or acceptance. You could even hardly extract his genuine thoughts from his words, you could only guess, and could not find an answer yet.


    This guy was very interesting.


    ¡°But it¡¯s still a pity,¡± Shen Huiming made no secret of his affection for Suo Yang, ¡°At first Zhou Mo was going to introduce you to me.¡±


    Suo Yang still chuckled, as if with a little bit of shyness, but Shen Huiming didn¡¯t know whether the so-called ¡®shyness¡¯ was deliberately performed by the other party to show comfort or a psychological effect of his own.


    ¡°Zhou Mo, eh¡­¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Fooling around all day.¡±


    Shen Huiming shook the wine glass in his hand, pondering the meaning of this ¡®fooling around¡¯ phrase.


    ¡°Have a drink,¡± Shen Huiming poured another drink for Suo Yang, ¡°It¡¯s just to celebrate our third chance encounter.¡±


    Suo Yang gently clinked glasses with him, thinking while drinking: Is this romantic fatalism?


    When the wine glass bottomed out, Shen Huiming already handed his tissue to Suo Yang.


    Suo Yang took it, thanked him, and wiped his lips lightly.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid you don¡¯t know my name yet, do you?¡±


    He put down the cup and shook hands with Suo Yang, ¡°Shen Huiming, the Hui of badge4 and Ming of tomorrow5.¡±


    Suo Yang said softly, ¡°Shen Huiming.¡±


    ¡°Right,¡± Shen Huiming said with a smile, ¡°I don¡¯t know if you have studied the five elements. Although it sounds a bit metaphysical, my name contains gold and water in the five elements, and your name contains gold and fire.¡±


    He let go of Suo Yang¡¯s hand and poured wine for the two of them.


    ¡°Gold reinforces water.¡± Suo Yang said.


    Shen Huiming was a little surprised.


    ¡°Water conquers fire.¡± Suo Yang looked at him and frowned slightly.


    ¡°But fire conquers gold.¡± Shen Huiming handed the wine glass to Suo Yang and said meaningfully, ¡°We can reinforces and conquers each other.¡±


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    Notes:


    I really feel bad for Jiang Tonyan tho, hope you finally met someone good for you!


    I used a lot of notes in this chapter coz a lot of words are not really¡­easy to find the English equivalent, I hope this won¡¯t make the reading experience worsen


    More about the Five elements talked about in this chapter.


    Also


    Because today is someone¡¯s birthday I decided to just update 3 of the novels I¡¯m doing, kek

 CH 7

    Suo Yang didn¡¯t know much about the so-called Five Elements. He only knew about them because he flipped through a book when he had nothing to do, and after a few glances, he remembered it.


    As for ¡°reinforce and conquer each other¡±, how to reinforce? How do you conquer one another?


    He just listened and laughed.


    Seeing that Suo Yang didn¡¯t speak, Shen Huiming felt as if he had shot an empty arrow again, which was really a headache.


    The two of them sat like this and didn¡¯t speak anymore, Suo Yang looked at the other guests not far from them with a faint smile.


    As Suo Yang said, he knew very well that he was not in the same world as Shen Hui Ming and Jiang Tongyan, and this could also be seen from Zhou Mo and Cheng Sen.


    Those who came to Zhou Mo¡¯s birthday party were clearly two different groups of people. Part of them was fashionable and playful, unrestrained and crazy, and the other part was unusually refined and elegant even without suits and leather shoes. You could guess which ones were Zhou Mo¡¯s friends and which ones were invited by Cheng Sen.


    There was no difference between these two types of people, but the sense of separation made Suo Yang feel dazzled.


    But then again, he didn¡¯t feel he was unworthy of anyone, there was no such thing as ¡®worthy or unworthy in this world of relationships, only ¡®want or don¡¯t want¡¯.


    He was not sure what Jiang Tongyan thought of him, but the chances were that he would still politely decline.


    It was not only because he didn¡¯t want to integrate into the other man¡¯s life, but he couldn¡¯t give up his favourite job like Zhou Mo in order to spend more time with his lover.


    In fact, he pretty much had the same attitude towards Shen Huiming.


    ¡°This Zhou Mo is really something,¡± Jiang Tongyan came back, holding the wine in his hand, ¡°Bringing you here and just leaving it at that.¡±


    By now, most of the guests had arrived. Zhou Mo was flying around like a butterfly, mooching people off everywhere. Cheng Sen was not concerned, he just kept standing on the side to look at him and smiled.


    Suo Yang smiled and said, ¡°Fortunately, I¡¯m used to it.¡±


    Shen Huiming said sourly on the side, ¡°Am I not keeping him company?¡±


    Jiang Tongyan glanced at Shen Huiming and deliberately sat between the two again.


    ¡°How is it? How¡¯s it going?¡± Jiang Tongyan poured wine for the two of them and asked this question seemingly without many thoughts.


    These three, each with their own worries, and the atmosphere was delicate.


    Shen Huiming felt that nothing he said was inappropriate, and he was afraid that Suo Yang would be annoyed by his talkativeness, so he simply kept quiet and watched how Suo Yang would respond.


    Suo Yang was unexpectedly frank, ¡°Mr. Shen and I have only met twice by accident, and it¡¯s a rare thing that he still remembers me.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan laughed when he heard what he said, ¡°It¡¯s not that rare.¡±


    He handed the wine glass to Suo Yang, ¡°You leave a deep impression.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him. On this occasion, he also showed that kind of professional smile that made Shen Huiming very helpless. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his eyes seemed to be smiling, but you never knew whether his smile was real or not.


    Jiang Tongyan wouldn¡¯t just guess around like Shen Huiming, but asked bluntly, ¡°Were you all flight attendants trained to smile? Since you came in, every time you smile, the curvature of your smile is exactly the same.¡±


    The smile on Suo Yang¡¯s face froze for a second before he hurriedly put on a lighthearted smile and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, maybe this is also a type of occupational disease.¡±


    Suo Yang, who was exposed, felt a little embarrassed, but his embarrassment was not discovered by anyone.


    He continued to talk and laugh with Jiang Tongyan and said some irrelevant remarks. Jiang Tongyan was not a grouchy and annoying person. Although he mercilessly exposed Suo Yang¡¯s smile, it only made Suo Yang feel that he might need to keep a safer distance from this person, that¡¯s all, to not create any offence in any way.


    In fact, Jiang Tongyan was a good conversationalist and good at finding things to talk about. Because he knew the specific nature of Suo Yang¡¯s work, he started talking about all the countries where the two had visited. Suo Yang didn¡¯t answer often, even if he did it was polite and brief. In the end, they talked back to New York, back to the night where Suo Yang stayed last week, and the meeting he had had with Shen Huiming.


    The topic went back to Shen Huiming. Shen Huiming, who sat beside him for a long time without speaking, said with a smile, ¡°Seeing you guys talking so well, I almost thought I wouldn¡¯t have a part to play today.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan laughed, turned around and said to Suo Yang, ¡°I still have a few love-hate relationships with Huiming that we have to talk about.¡±


    Suo Yang, who had no interest in any topic at first, seemed to have finally had his interest triggered and looked at the two people in front of him suspiciously.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°It¡¯s too easy for people to misunderstand when you say that, those who don¡¯t know will think that there¡¯s something wrong between us.¡±


    ¡°The two of us did have a problem,¡± Jiang Tongyan smiled at him, then turned to Suo Yang and said, ¡°We were both undergraduate classmates in New York at the time, and whoever I liked, liked him, just like a curse. I almost went to a shaman to break my curse.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Really?¡±


    ¡°So, he has a sense of crisis now.¡± Shen Huiminglooked at Suo Yang with a light smile, ¡°Maybe he would be happier today without me.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan shrugged noncommittally.


    While they were talking over here, Zhou Mo turned off the lights in the room.


    Suddenly there was darkness, and the originally bustling venue suddenly became quiet.


    Suo Yang looked around in surprise, then met Shen Huiming¡¯s gaze, neither of them said anything, just looked at each other and looked away.


    Zhou Mo took the microphone and walked to the small stage that was specially set up for today. He snapped his fingers and a chasing beam of light spilt down.


    ¡°Thank you, friends and family, for coming to my concert today.¡±


    Everyone was amused by him.


    ¡°Oh no, it¡¯s not a concert,¡± Zhou Mo said, standing there solemnly speaking, ¡°It¡¯s my coming-of-age ceremony.¡±


    Suo Yang burst out laughin.


    Shen Huiming noticed that he smiled relaxed this time, not knowing whether it was because the other party was Zhou Mo, or because they were still in the dark at the moment.


    He could see that Suo Yang was a person with a strong sense of self-protection, and it was quite difficult to be accepted and recognized by him.


    How could he pry open this iron plate and get a glimpse of the world inside?


    Shen Huiming felt that he had to meticulously study this to understand him clearly.


    ¡°When we arrive at Zhou Mo¡¯s place, we¡¯ll have fun and drink, we¡¯ll get drunk tonight!¡± Zhou Mo said, ¡°But before everyone gets drunk, remember to send me your gifts first, thank you for your cooperation!¡±


    He made a scene on the stage, and then he snapped his fingers. On the stage came four muscular men dressed so sexy that Suo Yang¡¯s head was full of question marks.


    The lights in the centre of the stage were all turned on, both the lights and the people on the stage were too exaggerated, making Suo Yang rub his brows.


    That was how Zhou Mo¡¯s birthday party started with the stripper¡¯s performance. The four muscular men on the stage danced with great dedication, and many people in the audience danced along wildly.


    Suo Yang was leaning on the sofa while drinking and watching the excitement with a smile. Jiang Tongyan asked him, ¡°You¡¯re not someone who often goes out to have fun, are you?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I used to, but now I prefer to sleep at home.¡±


    At this time, Zhou Mo suddenly ran over and grabbed Shen Huiming.


    Suo Yang watched Zhou Mo pull Shen Huiming onto the stage, where the man stood there with a helpless face, surrounded by four strippers dancing.


    Jiang Tongyan said gloatingly, ¡°Old Shen really has a lot of good fortune in love affairs.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t say anything but looked at Shen Huiming and smiled.


    Jiang Tongyan turned to him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, ¡°You smiled very sincerely this time. Although the real smile and the fake smile are both good-looking, there is still a big difference.¡±


    He snapped his fingers in front of Suo Yang¡¯s eyes and whispered, ¡°I see the stars in your eyes.¡±


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 CH 8

    Suo Yang thought, there are stars hidden in people¡¯s eyes phrase was indeed an exquisite metaphor.


    When a person saw something he liked, or someone he liked, their eyes would light up unconsciously. A projection of joy and desire, and was regarded as a shining star.


    It was not that he felt such ¡®joy¡¯ and ¡®desire¡¯ were bad, but in recent years, he had rarely felt such a desire for anything, and rarely had stars in his eyes, as Jiang Tongyan had said.


    Suo Yang was a little puzzled and felt that he didn¡¯t think he was too good for Shen Huiming.


    Suo Yang smiled at Jiang Tongyan and pointed to the flickering lights, ¡°It¡¯s not a star, it¡¯s a lamp.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan could see that this was a man who would never give in to any outside interference in matters of emotion. Suo Yang was a man who only recognises his own heart.


    He didn¡¯t say more, even though the phrase of ¡®an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved¡¯ was already on his lips.


    It was better not to recognise it.


    Jiang Tongyan thought: Then I would still have a chance.


    He had a good impression of Suo Yang, because the Suo Yang he had seen so far was almost infinitely closer to his ideal pf a boyfriend.


    He was arrogant but not impatient, intelligent but not c-cky, calm and restrained, reserved and refined.


    Everything about Suo Yang fits into the criteria he set for his other half, as if this person was tailor-made for him.


    Of course, Jiang Tongyan knew that Suo Yang was definitely not as simple as he appeared, he was a difficult person to figure out, and he didn¡¯t even know how to please him.


    Jiang Tongyan meaningfully observed Suo Yang beside him, and Suo Yang, who was being watched had long since noticed the other man¡¯s gaze, but he pretended to be oblivious and looked at the still lively centre of the stage.


    Shen Huiming had already been pardoned and got off the stage, but Suo Yang¡¯s eyes did not follow him and stayed on the stage all the time.


    ¡°Well?¡± Jiang Tongyan said to Shen Huiming, who walked back with a helpless smile, ¡°Do you feel like the pressure has been released?¡±


    Shen Huiming sat down and took a sip of wine, then said with a wry smile, ¡°I feel more pressure.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t join their chat, just watched and listened.


    Several muscular men on the stage danced provocatively, and under the cheers of the crowd, they began to slowly pull down the zip of their tights


    Suo Yang¡¯s fingers lightly rubbed the wine glass, seemingly watching, but also seemingly lost in thought.


    Not far away, Zhou Mo pretended to be shy and pounced on Cheng Sen¡¯s arms, then boldly ran up to the stage to dance provocatively with the dancers.


    When the strip show was over, Zhou Mo called out to everyone to drink, and the lights in the whole place were lit up in that ambiguous yellow colour.


    Zhou Mo ran over and asked, ¡°How is it?¡±


    He squeezed in next to Suo Yang, the ¡®How is it¡¯ referred to how Suo Yang felt about Jiang Tongyan.


    Before Suo Yang could answer, Jiang Tongyan took the lead, ¡°It¡¯s pretty good.¡±


    Zhou Mo stared at him with a smile, ¡°Our Yang ge is indeed pretty good!¡±


    Suddenly an idea struck Zhou Mo¡¯s mind, he then drank the wine in his glass, got up and ran again.


    The music changed to a soothing dance tune, and Zhou Mo pulled Cheng Sen close, flirting as they danced a duet.


    Soon, everyone was looking for a dance partner in the crowd. Before Shen Huiming could extend out his hand, Jiang Tongyan said to Suo Yang, ¡°May I have the honour?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled slightly, put down the wine glass in his hand, got up and put his hand on Jiang Tongyan¡¯s open palm to him.


    The two blend in into the dance floor. Even though they were dancing, Suo Yang¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change in any way¡ªhe was still smiling, decent but distant.


    Shen Huiming was vexed by his slow reaction and was surprised that Jiang Tongyan had taken the lead first.


    He was drinking and sitting there with a loathsome face.


    Once a man like him was alone, he would be the prey of some people. One hand stretched out, and the owner was a man with a delicate and pretty face with seduction written in his eyes.


    The man looked at Shen Huiming and smiled, opened his thin lips, and said to Shen Huiming, ¡°Handsome guy, dancing?¡±


    Without Suo Yang, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t plan to dance.


    But when he looked up and saw the two of them on the dance floor, his desire to win suddenly flared up.


    He took the man¡¯s hand and led him ¡°unintentionally¡± to Jiang Tongyan and Suo Yang¡¯s sides.


    Suo Yang glanced at Shen Huiming who was holding the stranger¡¯s hand, and watched as the two hooked their hands on each other¡¯s shoulders. Then heard Jiang Tongyan say, ¡°Don¡¯t look at others, look at me.¡±


    Suo Yang withdrew his gaze and smiled at him.


    This kind of pas de deux1 was not so much about dancing but about flirting.


    Zhou Mo and Cheng Sen were so lovey-dovey that they were on the verge of kissing each other during a dance, and Shen Huiming¡¯s partner was pressing himself against him bit by bit.


    But Shen Huiming had a sense of propriety that when the other party stepped closer, he stepped back. The two always maintained their original distance and caused the other party to pout.


    ¡°Gege, what¡¯s the matter with you?¡± the man said aggrievedly, ¡°Do I have body odour?¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Then why are you avoiding me?¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t answer but looked at Suo Yang subconsciously.


    As he did so, the dance partner in front of him also looked back.


    ¡°Understood.¡± His dance partner smiled and said, ¡°Your sweetheart has been snatched.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°It¡¯s not like that.¡±


    ¡°Watch me.¡±


    His dance partner suddenly pulled him to the side of Jiang Tongyan and Suo Yang while dancing, and even deliberately bumped Jiang Tongyan¡¯s back.


    Jiang Tongyan looked back, nodded his head in a very gentlemanly manner and apologised, then ducked to the side with Suo Yang.


    The more they avoid, the closer the man pulled Shen Huiming.


    Jiang Tongyan laughed, ¡°What does this mean?¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s dance partner winked at him, ¡°I didn¡¯t mean it.¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to pull the person to the other side.


    When he saw that they were gone, Jiang Tongyan continued to dance with Suo Yang and said, ¡°Old Shen can be quite childish sometimes.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled without saying a word and danced indifferently.


    Suddenly, the music changed, and Zhou Mo shouted, ¡°Swap partners!¡±


    He was like a commander, with one order, everyone was looking for a new dance partner nearby.


    Before Jiang Tongyan could react, the person in front of him had turned into the one who kept bumping into him.


    He turned back to look for Suo Yang and found that the other party was being held by Shen Huiming around his waist.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°You react very quickly.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°Otherwise, how can I snatch you back?¡±


    Snatch you back?


    Suo Yang smiled and said, ¡°Your partner dances well.¡±


    ¡°You mean you or¡­¡±


    ¡°The one just now,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I can¡¯t dance.¡±


    ¡°This kind of dance, it¡¯s not about dancing well or not,¡± Shen Huiming said to him as he looked him in the eyes, ¡°It¡¯s about who to dance with.¡±


    He wrapped his arms around Suo Yang and turned around, facing Jiang Tongyan who was looking over.


    ¡°Tongyan likes you very much.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s merely just a good impression on the first meeting,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Like is still out of question.¡±


    ¡°What about you? Do you have a crush on him too?¡±


    Suo Yang glanced at Shen Huiming¡¯s cufflinks and said, ¡°I like this brand.¡±

 CH 9

    When a person has unchaste thoughts for another person, then any sentence the other person says was no longer simple, and every word has an underlying meaning left to the understanding of the listener.


    Therefore, when Suo Yang said that he liked the brand of Shen Huiming¡¯s cufflinks, Shen Huiming understood that, at least between him and Jiang Tongyan, Suo Yang was more interested in him.


    Of course, Shen Huiming was a very clear-headed person, and he was not a smartass who keep going and talking more. Sometimes it was not appropriate to speak too clearly when dealing with some people.


    The two looked at each other and smiled, Suo Yang seemed to inadvertently look away, and continued to handle the song with ease.


    Hands held together, veins linking to the heart.


    The warmth of the heated fingertips also reached the tip of the heart.


    Perhaps he really received some hints of the so-called ¡®fate¡¯, and Suo Yang kept thinking about his ¡®fate¡¯ with Shen Huiming.


    The first meeting was at an altitude of 30,000 feet, and the second meeting was in thousands of square kilometres¡¯ foreign country.


    Now, for the third time, he was accidentally introduced to Jiang Tongyan, who had a ¡®magical¡¯ relationship with Shen Huiming.


    Everything seemed to be implying something.


    Suo Yang couldn¡¯t help but pay attention to these successive ¡®coincidences¡¯.


    He felt that perhaps when they first met, on the sky he was familiar with, someone was playing with their fate on a whim, tying an obscure knot between them.


    ¡°What are you laughing at?¡± Shen Huiming asked softly.


    Suo Yang looked at him without hesitation and replied, ¡°I¡¯m laughing that fate is so unpredictable.¡±


    At the end of the song, Jiang Tongyan returned to find his first dance partner as soon as possible. However, Shen Huiming very unkindly refused to let go of Suo Yang¡¯s hand, and said to Jiang Tongyan, ¡°Now he is my partner.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan chuckled, ¡°Can I say something?¡±


    The two men stood on either side of Suo Yang, looking at each other with a smirk.


    Suo Yang said nothing, let go of Shen Huiming¡¯s hand, and went back to find a drink.


    The man who just danced with Jiang Tongyan passed by them and dropped a line, ¡°When rivals in love meet, both would be green with envy, and you two will have blood dripping from your eyes!¡±


    Jiang Tongyan smiled, ¡°Rivals in love? Are we two rivals in love again?¡±


    Shen Huiming replied seriously, ¡°Depends on how you interpret it.¡±


    He touched his pocket, turned to look at Suo Yang, who was sitting there drinking, and said to Jiang Tongyan, ¡°Let¡¯s go out for a cigarette?¡±


    The two of them needed to have a good chat, just like real love rivals.


    Jiang Tongyan followed Shen Huiming to the outside, shut down all the noise in the room, and faced the noise outside.


    He took the cigarette handed by Shen Huiming, lit it for the two of them, and asked with a smile in his eyes, ¡°The first time?¡±


    Shen Huiming took a drag on his cigarette and smiled too, ¡°Probably.¡±


    ¡°Tell me about it?¡± Jiang Tongyan laughed, ¡°I¡¯m quite surprised.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve met him twice before,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Do you believe in love at first sight?¡±


    ¡°I believe in love at the first appearance.¡± Jiang Tongyan said to him, ¡°You just can see how good-looking some people are.¡±


    ¡°He is good-looking, and you¡¯ve never seen him in a uniform. It¡¯s unforgettable at a glance.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°The first time I saw him was on his plane, I¡¯m not afraid of you teasing me, I asked for his contact information, but he didn¡¯t give it.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan laughed, ¡°Well done!¡±


    Shen Huiming also laughed, ¡°I thought that was it. I didn¡¯t leave my contact details and I was afraid that we wouldn¡¯t meet again in the future, but to my surprise, it seems that the fate of the two of us has not run out.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan stared at him with a light smile, and the smoke he exhaled slightly blurred the vision between the two of them.


    ¡°So now it¡¯s a declaration of war?¡± Jiang Tongyan asked, ¡°I¡¯m a little nervous now, after all, I¡¯m going back to New York the day after tomorrow, and after all, you¡¯re in the pavilion closest to the water enjoying moonlight first1.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not a declaration of war,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯m just curious about what you¡¯re thinking.¡±


    He turned around and looked at Jiang Tongyan, ¡°Although I have the confidence to get the moon first, I still want to know if you really want to be with him, or¡­¡±


    Jiang Tongyan laughed.


    ¡°Old Shen, I¡¯m calling you Old Shen, don¡¯t you understand?¡± Jiang Tongyan looked at him seriously, ¡°At 30, we both are already clear that neither you nor I are the rash young man we were back then, I am not that naive.¡±


    He took a drag from his cigarette, ¡°Suo Yang is not bad, at least he gave me a very good first impression, he is my ideal perfect lover.¡±


    He smiled and looked at Shen Huiming, ¡°Let me tell you this, gay marriage is now legal in New York and I can give him a stable marital relationship.¡±


    ¡°Do you think this is your advantage?¡± Shen Huiming also smiled, ¡°Besides, you only met for the first time today. Isn¡¯t it too early to talk about this now?¡±


    After the cigarette was finished, Shen Huiming threw the cigarette butt into the trashcan, ¡°Tongyan, I didn¡¯t think we both could get away with it.¡±


    ¡°I really didn¡¯t think so.¡± Jiang Tongyan followed him and threw away the cigarette butt, smiling relaxedly, ¡°So it would have been better if we hadn¡¯t reunited?¡±


    Both of them looked at each other meaningfully.


    ¡°I suddenly remember one thing now,¡± Jiang Tongyan said. ¡°The night when the negotiation ended, your assistant drove us, and halfway through you got out of the car to talk to someone and later let us go first.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan asked softly, ¡°The person I met at that time was Suo Yang, right?¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Look, you missed the beginning.¡±


    Old friends met again yet surprisingly they turned tense at their reunion. Although from who they were, it seemed a bit ridiculous to do this for a man that both of them had not yet been intimately acquainted with. Even Jiang Tongyan was a little confused for a moment whether he had to fight with Shen Huiming because he really had to have Suo Yang or whether he simply was annoyed.


    ¡°Let me remind you of one thing,¡± Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°Suo Yang was introduced to me by Zhou Mo. It was you who rejected it at the beginning and then he was introduced to me. It was you who missed out.¡±


    ¡°Let me also remind you of one thing, the so-called ¡®introduction¡¯ is a two-way choice, it¡¯s not a one-shot deal.¡± Shen Huiming lightly rubbed his cufflinks with his fingers, he said, ¡°If Suo Yang also expressed his affection for you and decided to try a relationship with you, I¡¯ll withdraw unconditionally. However, if he doesn¡¯t make a stand, we are all still outsiders in his world.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°We¡¯re done talking and we¡¯re done smoking, shall we go back?¡±


    The two turned around and walked back together.


    Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°Old Shen, to be honest, I am very confident to break that curse this time.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m also very confident,¡± Shen Huiming said with a smile, ¡°to keep that curse.¡±


    The two returned to the room where the people were dancing wildly. Suo Yang was chatting with Zhou Mo about something while drinking.


    Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°I haven¡¯t had sex for more than a year.¡±


    Shen Huiming glared at him, and raised his hand to give Jiang Tongyan another hard slap on the chest, ¡°Behave yourself, don¡¯t be obnoxious.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan laughed and said, ¡°Look at you, I¡¯m just saying about it. I don¡¯t believe you don¡¯t have that in mind for him.¡±


    How could he not?


    Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang who was sitting there.


    Some people¡¯s presence was comparable to that of the strongest wine, which could make you slightly drunk at a distance, and by the time you got closer, you couldn¡¯t wait to get drunk in the smell.


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 CH 10

    Shen Huiming also wondered, what exactly was the evidence of liking a person or rather, falling in love with a person?


    Your eyes always followed the other person at all times?


    Getting attracted to every single action of the other person?


    Unconsciously trying to interpret every look and every word of the other person?


    Or, when you were just thinking about the other person, the most primitive desire to possess all of them rise up?


    Shen Huiming actually didn¡¯t like being in this state of putting too much of his mind on another person. This kind of situation consumes his mind too much, and his life was already busy enough that his time off was constantly squeezed and he didn¡¯t have time to rest. So when emotional matters come into play, it would only makes him more exhausted.


    But things had not turned out as he had expected. Instead of being tired, paying attention and trying to get a glimpse of Suo Yang¡¯s matters had sparked his enthusiasm for life.


    When he sat back next to Suo Yang, and the two were so close that Jiang Tongyan, who was one step late, could not squeeze himself between the two, he felt that this state was like someone had dropped a bomb into the pool of his life, which was as unchanging as it was, and the splashed everywhere in an instant. It was dangerous and exciting.


    In the past 30 years, most of his challenges and self-challenges had come from his studies and career. Now he had finally stepped into another field.


    Zhou Mo said, ¡°Ming ge, what are you doing here?¡±


    He narrowed his eyes at Shen Huiming, ¡°Tongyan¡¯s nose was on the verge of wrinkling.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled and picked up the cup comfortably, ¡°Have a drink?¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s have a drink!¡± Zhou Mo and Shen Huiming lightly clinked glasses, then took a big gulp.


    Zhou Mo was a smart person. He didn¡¯t need Suo Yang to tell him anything when he sat down here. He could tell from the look in the other two people¡¯s eyes that they had created a love triangle.


    He especially wanted to roast Shen Huiming, who had said he would not consider a relationship before. Why was he so excited now?


    But Zhou Mo was one of those people who didn¡¯t think it was a big deal to watch the bustling scenes. He was still curious about how Shen Huiming and Jiang Tongyan would pursue Yang.


    Suo Yang was more difficult to kick than an iron plate, who could overtake him would really be based on their true ability.


    Zhou Mo stood up and twisted his waist happily.


    When Shen Huiming turned to Suo Yang, he found that his face had turned a little red, and he knew it was because of Zhou Mo.


    This man sat firmly in the corner of the room, with no expression on his face, but his eyes were slightly misty. A state that blurred the line between cold and seductive, making one wonder if he was rejecting you or seducing you.


    Shen Huiming asked, ¡°Too much drink?¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s drinking capacity was actually quite average, especially today, all the wine Zhou Mo brought was strong with the purpose to intoxicate everyone.


    But he was also very sensible and would not allow himself to get drunk on any occasion. He has a skill that once made Zhou Mo amazed¡ªeven if he had drunk too much, far beyond his limit, as long as he had not returned home, Suo Yang was able to stay awake and even made it impossible for anyone to see that he was extremely drunk. However, once he got home and entered the door, he couldn¡¯t walk a single step and would collapse directly at the door and fall asleep.


    Zhou Mo had only seen him in that state once before when Zhou Mo and he were roommates and they were both new to the company.


    They were both new to the company, handsome, and were sure to be pestered at the annual meeting.


    Zhou Mo was good at drinking, and no one could get him drunk. As a newcomer, Suo Yang certainly couldn¡¯t refuse his seniors¡¯ drink, so they both drank a lot. When the scene was over, the two of them seemed to be in a similar state. Suo Yang¡¯s eyes and face were slightly red, and he was blinking less frequent, but his speech and actions didn¡¯t show that he was drunk at all.


    They both took a taxi home together and were chatting normally before they walked in the door. As soon as they entered the door, Suo Yang sat on the stool at the entrance to change his shoes and fell asleep.


    That was the only time.


    Zhou Mo didn¡¯t know how many people had seen Suo Yang like this, but he felt that it was pretty awesome anyway.


    This man, Suo Yang was very tense even when drinking, and Zhou Mo really didn¡¯t know how to make him relax.


    Facing Shen Huiming¡¯s concern, Suo Yang smiled, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    He looked at the wine glass in front of him, felt a little thirsty, picked it up and took another sip.


    ¡°Have something to eat.¡± Shen Huiming put the pastries on the table in front of Suo Yang, ¡°Your stomach can¡¯t take it if you just drink.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Thank you.¡±


    Shen Huiming wanted to chat with him as much as possible, but he found that it was too difficult. Unless Suo Yang was willing to take the initiative to tell him some deep stories, no one could pry his mouth open.


    Suo Yang stretched out his hand and picked up a pineapple cake. He hesitated when he opened his mouth to bite, and finally took a bite.


    The pineapple cake tasted good, but the crumbs fell on him in all directions with this bite.


    He lowered his head and frowned.


    Shen Huiming smiled.


    Suo Yang looked at him uncertainly, his eyes were full of questions: What are you laughing at?


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°I think your expression just now was a little cute.¡±


    Cute?


    It was the first time anyone had used the word to describe him.


    ¡°Take a tissue with you.¡± Shen Huiming handed him the tissue, ¡°Or, I¡¯ll help you take it.¡±


    Suo Yang chuckled lightly, took the tissue and thanked him.


    Next to them, on Shen Huiming¡¯s left, Jiang Tongyan was being forced to drink with the dance partner he just met.


    ¡°Gege, I¡¯m telling you, I¡¯m really too miserable.¡± The young man who had danced with him was forcibly holding Jiang Tongyan¡¯s arm, and was already drunk at this moment, ¡°How come nobody loves me? I counted yesterday, in twenty-three years, I¡¯ve been rejected twenty-three times, How come I¡¯m so miserable? Am I not good-looking?¡±


    Jiang Tongyan¡¯s head hurt from his noises and he kept dodging back.


    He ducked back and could only crowd in Shen Huiming.


    The more he squeezed Shen Huiming, the more Shen Huiming had to get closer to Suo Yang in order to avoid him.


    Shen Huiming reluctantly said to Suo Yang, ¡°Sorry, these two are really¡­ Shall we change places?¡±


    At this moment, Suo Yang had been pushed into the corner, and as long as he relaxed, he and Shen Huiming¡¯s legs would stick together.


    That was too ambiguous.


    Of course, he knew that Shen Huiming didn¡¯t do it on purpose, and he also saw the drunken scene between the two behind him.


    ¡°It¡¯s a little stuffy here,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I want to go out and get some air.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll accompany you.¡± Shen Huiming and Suo Yang stood up together.


    As soon as he stood up, Jiang Tongyan, who was leaning on him, fell directly on the sofa, and the ¡°poor little man¡± who was so drunk and burst into tears threw himself on Jiang Tongyan.


    Suo Yang couldn¡¯t hold back and laugh.


    Jiang Tongyan felt that this was the end, and he had already been executed before the love rival battle with Shen Huiming had even begun.


    He watched the two of them walk out of the room together, and he could only helplessly take a tissue and wipe the tears of the little drunk who was bawling in his arms.


    He felt that his life was really bitter. Wasn¡¯t Sou Yang his blind date? Why had he left with someone else?


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 CH 11

    Suo Yang said, ¡°Mr Jiang and that boy are quite suitable.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked back before going out. The drunk and crying guy was still hugging the innocent Jiang Tongyan in a deadly hug.


    He smiled and said, ¡°I didn¡¯t think you could joke about it.¡±


    When the two came out, Suo Yang took a deep breath of fresh air and said with a smile, ¡°I¡¯m serious.¡±


    Shen Huiming knew too well what kind of people Jiang Tongyan liked. It was more or less someone like Suo Yang, but no matter what, it would not be someone a little crazy.


    But he just smiled and looked at Suo Yang, and didn¡¯t say anything to refute.


    ¡°I think it¡¯s quite interesting,¡± Suo Yang stood on the side of the road and raised his hand to rub his somewhat sore neck, ¡°When two people with completely different personalities get together, their life will be turned upside down.¡±


    Shen Huiming wasn¡¯t sure if Suo Yang had something to say. It would take a lot of work to understand what this person and this person were saying.


    ¡°It¡¯s true that a life that¡¯s hardly changes can feel boring,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°So, trying to accept new friends, trying to do things that you never thought you would do before, is a way to relax.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°It could also be a new burden.¡±


    ¡°Are you¡­¡± Shen Huiming paused just in time.


    He originally wanted to ask Suo Yang if he was afraid of change, but he suddenly realized that people like Suo Yang would not like the word ¡®afraid¡¯.


    He changed his words and asked Suo Yang, ¡°Are you very resistant to change?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him and smiled, and asked, ¡°Mr. Shen, do you have any cigarettes?¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect him to smoke, so he took out his cigarette case and handed it to him.


    Suo Yang skillfully lit the cigarette, took a puff, then closed his eyes and slowly exhaled the smoke.


    He had indeed drank a little too much today.


    Suo Yang was not very addicted to smoking, especially when he was either at work or at home. He felt that both places were not suitable. He used to have a few cigarettes a day when he was in school, but he gradually quit since he started working.


    Shen Huiming quietly stood beside him smoking a cigarette, watching Suo Yang¡¯s profile become ambiguous under the orange street light.


    He remembered Jiang Tongyan¡¯s words¡ªI don¡¯t believe you don¡¯t have that in mind about him.


    How could he not?


    Shen Huiming just looked at him like that. He was a little restless and ready to create some trouble.


    In this regard, the man¡¯s body had always been honest.


    But after all, Shen Huiming was not the kind of man who would easily get aroused, and his curiosity about Suo Yang was not just a desire for a physical adventure.


    He also took a deep breath and suppressed his desire.


    Zhou Mo¡¯s alcohol was too strong, and Suo Yang felt a little dizzy as he leaned against the wall and smoked with his eyes closed.


    He didn¡¯t say anything, just tried to keep himself sober and decent.


    When he finished smoking a cigarette, Suo Yang opened his eyes and said, ¡°I¡¯m really sorry, I suddenly remembered I have something to do. I have to go first.¡±


    Although Suo Yang didn¡¯t say it, Shen Huiming could tell that he was a little drunk.


    People who often pushed glasses and changed glasses on the wine table could actually tell who was drunk to what extent at a glance. No matter how steady Suo Yang was at this moment and how clear his words were, his hazy eyes and slowed speech had completely exposed him.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expose him. When dealing with a person like Suo Yang, if you acted too much like ¡®you understood¡¯, it would make them more resistant.


    Sometimes it was not half bad to feign ignorance.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Do you want me to pass the message to Zhou Mo?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll call him later.¡± Suo Yang walked towards the side of the road, ¡°Then I¡¯ll go first.¡±


    Shen Huiming followed him diagonally behind and raised his hand to help him call for a taxi.


    Suo Yang felt dizzy, a state of real drunkenness that he would have at most once or twice in a few years.


    And he was well aware that this state would only become more and more obvious. He couldn¡¯t handle such a strong drink. If he wanted to keep his attitude, the best way is to escape as soon as possible.


    That being said, it seemed to be somewhat useless.


    But even as a deserter1, Suo Yang didn¡¯t want to lose his dignity in front of others.


    When the taxi arrived, he reached for the door and missed the handle.


    He panicked for a moment, hurriedly calmed down, and forced the door open.


    Shen Huiming saw his actions, but he didn¡¯t say a word. He just said to the driver as the other party sat firmly in the car, ¡°Please take care of this.¡±


    Then he turned back and whispered in Suo Yang¡¯s ear, ¡°Be safe and send me a message when you get home.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled at him, ¡°Goodbye, Mr. Shen.¡±


    Shen Huiming helped him close the car door and stood there watching the car disappear into the night.


    He lit another cigarette, recalling what Suo Yang looked like just now.


    It was very arousing, it was the feeling of being tickled by a cat¡¯s whiskers.


    Suo Yang, on one hand, made him feel as if he was as fresh as a mountain forest, tall and straight as a green bamboo, and on the other hand, it made him feel like he was a poppy blooming in the middle of the night, gorgeous and attractive.


    He thought of the ¡®The Flowers of Evil2¡¯, the torch of Satan, a gift of nature.


    It was an unpredictable spiritual turmoil.


    Shen Huiming waited outside, and the wind was blowing, knowing what he was waiting for.


    Suo Yang forced his way to the house, and the moment he entered the door, he slumped on the chair in the hallway.


    He leaned against the wall for a breath, raised his hand and rubbed his temples vigorously.


    He really couldn¡¯t drink with Zhou Mo, the guy was getting scarier and scarier.


    He had just sent a message to Zhou Mo on the way,  telling the other party that he had left beforehand because he had something to do and that he would treat him another day as an apology.


    Zhou Mo didn¡¯t reply, he was probably making trouble.


    Suo Yang felt light-headed and it felt like his whole body was out of control.


    He leaned against the corner, his eyes closed, and his breath was burning hot.


    It had been a long time since he drank like this. The wine had melted into his blood, burning him like dry grass that had been set on fire.


    The phone suddenly rang, loudly.


    Suo Yang frowned and fumbled, finally taking out the phone that kept making noises from his pocket with a shaking hand.


    He picked it up without looking, swallowed hard, closed his eyes, and tried to make his voice sound the same as usual.


    ¡°Hello.¡± Suo Yang said.


    Standing on the side of the road with a cigarette between his fingers, Shen Huiming asked softly, ¡°Home yet?¡±


    His voice pierced into Suo Yang¡¯s ears like electricity, causing him to shiver.


    He suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the dark and empty home, and replied calmly, ¡°Well, I just got inside.¡±


    Shen Huiming chuckled, ¡°That¡¯s good, have a good rest, take care of yourself, and see you another day if there¡¯s a chance.¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s voice was like a wisp of smoke, swirling around Suo Yang, making him dizzy.


    ¡°Suo Yang?¡±


    ¡°Oh, okay.¡± Suo Yang lost his concentration. He realized that he had revealed a flaw, ¡°See you some other time, good night.¡±


    He didn¡¯t dare to listen to the other party¡¯s words much longer, the man¡¯s slightly husky voice turned into a gentle ribbon that tightly strangled his throat in his silent home.


    Something was killing him.


    When Suo Yang put down his phone, he thought: Maybe I should take a cold shower.


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 CH 12

    Suo Yang woke up on the sofa the next day with a splitting headache and started to vomit as soon as he moved.


    He rushed straight into the bathroom and threw up all over the place.


    It was not that he hadn¡¯t had hangovers before. He used to play around with everyone for a while when he was in college. On weekends, he would soak in bars and spend the next day recovering energy.


    However, Suo Yang only fooled around for around a year or so, and then gradually began to restrain himself and no longer indulged himself indiscriminately.


    He hadn¡¯t felt this way in a long time.


    After he vomited, he took off his clothes and took a shower. The cold water poured down, causing him to clench his teeth and frown.


    His muddled brain was briefly awakened by the cold water, and he quickly adjusted to the temperature of the water, closing his eyelids as he finished the shower.


    Afterwards, he cleaned up the bathroom and did laundry.


    After he came out, he confirmed that he had no flying duties today, and then he rummaged through the cupboard to find a painkiller, took it with the cold water and slumped back down on the sofa.


    He fumbled with his phone and turned it on; it still had 20% battery left.


    In the middle of the night, Zhou Mo texted him back and asked him if something had happened to him.


    After about an hour, Zhou Mo sent another message. It should be Shen Huiming who told the other party that he had arrived home, so he told him to take a good rest.


    Except for Zhou Mo, nothing else.


    Suo Yang put the phone aside and looked at the ceiling pondering the events of last night.


    Nothing else impressed him, but that last call from Shen Hui Ming still made his fingers tingle when he thought about it.


    Suo Yang had never been a person who was easily attracted to someone. He even would suppress his own desires deliberately, for anything and everyone.


    He felt that desires were burdens, and when one had more and more desires, one would live an increasingly tiring life.


    Of course, it wasn¡¯t much easier for him now.


    For several years, Suo Yang had done well, and he was very satisfied with himself.


    His home was in minimalist style, and so was his life. If he didn¡¯t want or desire anything, he wouldn¡¯t be trapped by his desires.


    However now, he was still stuck.


    Just because of the voice that reached his ears late at night.


    Suo Yang was not a person who had an obsession with sound, but he was indeed aroused by Shen Huiming¡¯s voice at that moment.


    Was it because he had suppressed it for too long?


    Suo Yang found a reasonable explanation for himself. Because he had been abstaining from sex for too long, coupled with the catalyst of alcohol and the dark night, this had led to the buds of lust sprouting in his heart.


    That was probably the case.


    Suo Yang sighed and closed his eyes with a wry smile.


    He knew that wasn¡¯t the case.


    Otherwise, why else would he have put his hand in his pyjama trousers now that the alcohol and the darkness had all but disappeared from his world?


    Ah, man¡­


    Inseparable from desire.


    Suo Yang thought: Let¡¯s take a rest. I have a day off today.


    It was noon when Shen Huiming came out of the conference room. The assistant asked if he wanted help ordering lunch. He waved his hand and refused.


    ¡°I¡¯m going out, and I won¡¯t necessarily be back in the afternoon.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Call me if anything happens.¡±


    He handed the materials in his hand to the assistant and went downstairs directly.


    Shen Huiming also went home shortly after Suo Yang left last night, but after all, he drank a lot of alcohol, so he didn¡¯t drive when he came to the company this morning.


    Now, he walked out of the building and took a taxi to meet with Jiang Tongyan.


    The two of them met at a Spanish restaurant opposite the hotel where Jiang Tongyan stayed.


    When Jiang Tongyan came, Shen Huiming had been looking at the menu for a while.


    ¡°How much did you drink yesterday?¡± Shen Huiming asked him, ¡°You look half-dead now.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan sat down and first asked the waiter for a glass of warm water. He then finished it in one gulp.


    ¡°I think I¡¯m finished.¡± Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°I¡¯m in trouble.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked up at him, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Did you give away your company while you were drunk last night?¡±


    Jiang Tongyan rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, ¡°Do you know who was sleeping next to me when I woke up this morning?¡±


    Shen Huiming put down the menu.


    ¡°Suo Yang.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Okay, I lied to you.¡± Jiang Tongyan let out a sigh, ¡°The one you danced with yesterday.¡±


    ¡°Good for you. Surely you won¡¯t go back empty-handed once you¡¯ve come back, right?¡±


    Jiang Tongyan took the menu and looked at it: ¡°I¡¯m not kidding you. I¡¯m really in trouble.¡±


    Shen Huiming leaned back in the chair and squinted at him with an amused look on his face.


    ¡°I drank too much last night, and I don¡¯t even remember how I got back to the hotel,¡± Jiang Tongyan said. ¡°I was so drunk that I definitely couldn¡¯t get hard, so I told him I didn¡¯t touch him.¡±


    Shen Huiming sneered and said nothing.


    ¡°But he said his butt hurt and asked me to be responsible for him.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan looked bitter, but Shen Huiming was happy.


    It was good. No one would rob Suo Yang from him this time.


    Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°I have a good idea of what I can do, I definitely didn¡¯t sleep with him.¡±


    ¡°But you have no evidence.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Admit it, you¡¯ve planted yourself in someone¡¯s hands.¡±


    ¡°This is a scam, I have to find a way.¡± Jiang Tongyan called the waiter and the two ordered their food.


    ¡°By the way,¡± Jiang Tongyan asked Shen Huiming, ¡°Last night, when I turned around, you and Suo Yang were gone. Don¡¯t tell me you went to open a room.¡±


    Shen Huiming was about to drink water when he almost choked on his words.


    ¡°You think we¡¯re all the same as you?¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°You¡¯re so senseless, you little.¡±


    Jiang Tongyan sneered, ¡°You are really not a man.¡±


    ¡°You are,¡± Shen Huiming said politely to him, ¡°Sleeping with someone and still not admitting it.¡±


    ¡°But I didn¡¯t sleep with him!¡±


    ¡°Who knows whether you slept or not? There¡¯s no proof in your words, you have to show proof.¡±  Shen Huiming said, ¡°With all this going on, are you not going to be able to leave today?¡±


    ¡°Leaving, I¡¯m definitely leaving,¡± Jiang Tongyan was flying back to New York tonight, ¡°It¡¯s just a little troublesome.¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s cell phone rang, and the assistant called to confirm the time for a meeting tomorrow.


    In the time it took for him to call, Jiang Tongyan made a decision.


    ¡°I¡¯ve thought it over.¡±


    As soon as Shen Huiming hung up the phone, Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°He didn¡¯t say I slept with him, and I think I didn¡¯t.¡±


    The waiter brought the food and set it up.


    When the waiter walked away, Jiang Tongyan stared at the meat on the plate and said, ¡°Anyway, the pot has been buckled down. I¡¯ll go back to sleep with him when I¡¯m full.¡±


    Shen Huiming felt that the logic of this man was too formidable, and he could not wait to applaud him.


    After the two finished their meal, Jiang Tongyan rushed back to the hotel with a look of grief and indignation. Before leaving, he asked Shen Huiming, ¡°What are your arrangements for later?¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t tell him. He waited for Jiang Tongyan to leave, took out his phone, and called Suo Yang.


    ¡°Hello.¡±


    ¡°Suo Yang?¡± Shen Huiming stood in the autumn sunlight, looking at the flower shop across the street, and said with a smile, ¡°It¡¯s me, Shen Huiming.¡±


    ¡°Ah, Mr Shen, how do you do?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s just, when I sent my clothes to the laundry today, I found that I had lost one of the cufflinks on my shirt. I searched everywhere but couldn¡¯t find it. I want to ask you if you have any recollection of where I dropped it. ¡°


    Suo Yang sat on the sofa and listened to his voice. When he finished saying this, he raised his eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on the glass coffee table.


    There was a silver cufflink on it, the one he told Shen Huiming yesterday that he liked the brand.


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    Originally when Jiang Tongyan said, ¡°This is a scam, I have to find a way.¡± in the raw, he was saying ÕâÊÇÅö´É literal translation ¡°This is touching porcelain.¡± It was a trick that reportedly takes its name from a scam in which unscrupulous antique sellers would rig up damaged porcelain vases to look whole, wait for customers to ¡°break¡± one by picking it up, and then demand that they pay for the item.


    But I had to change it to scam because it sounds suitable that way.

 CH 13

    Some encounters were coincidental, but others were clearly intentional.


    Although Suo Yang had a splitting headache at the moment, his mind was still clear. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the cufflinks as the midday sun broke through the window, casting a somewhat dazzling light on it.


    ¡°No.¡± Suo Yang said softly, ¡°I really don¡¯t remember anything.¡±


    The cufflinks were specially placed in Suo Yang¡¯s pocket by Shen Huiming in order to create a chance for the next meeting reasonably.


    Therefore, he knew very well that either Suo Yang hadn¡¯t found out, or Suo Yang had found out and was deliberately playing dumb.


    ¡°Is that so¡­¡± Shen Huiming sighed with a wry smile, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that I would lose it.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s important?¡± Suo Yang thought subconsciously, that maybe the pair of cufflinks was given to him by someone who meant a lot to Shen Huiming.


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s very important,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°It¡¯s an X brand limited edition, with the number and name engraved on the inside of the button, but that¡¯s not important.¡±


    Suo Yang listened quietly while picking up the cufflinks on the table and examining them carefully.


    There was indeed a number on the inside of the button, and Shen Huiming¡¯s cufflink was number 1.


    As for the name, he saw an ¡°S¡± near the number, which should represent ¡°Shen¡±.


    S.


    Suo Yang looked at it with a slight smile in his eyes.


    Suo Yang¡¯s Suo was also S.


    He was suddenly alarmed because he found himself subconsciously looking for what he had in common with Shen Huiming.


    This was what happened when you start caring about someone.


    This made Suo Yang feel that he and Shen Huiming did seem to be starting to get involved in a way that was inevitable.


    ¡°More importantly,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Someone told me yesterday that he likes the cufflinks.¡±


    With a ¡°bang¡±, Suo Yang¡¯s alarm bell blew up.


    It was not that Suo Yang had never met a push and pull master, but all the tactics Shen Huiming had used had hit him right in the heart.


    A subtle hint, no rush and no impatience.


    He preferred to be treated like this than those who thought they were passionately pursuing him.


    ¡°I just got up.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯ll look for it later, and I¡¯ll contact you later.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, and since Suo Yang said that, it proved that he had wavered.


    ¡°Alright.¡± One couldn¡¯t rush, couldn¡¯t be too blunt, couldn¡¯t give the other party the feeling of being pushed.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯ll also look for it. Maybe it fell in one of my pockets.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed silently and said softly, ¡°I¡¯ll contact you later. Bye.¡±


    He hung up the phone, lay on the sofa and played with the cufflink in his hand.


    He did say that he liked Shen Huiming¡¯s cufflinks, but of course, that wasn¡¯t his focus at the time. He believed that Shen Huiming could understand his underlying tone.


    It was just that they didn¡¯t expect that the other party was also someone who was capable of going back and forth, and now these cufflinks had become the thread that held them together.


    Suo Yang hadn¡¯t really looked at the cufflinks before but felt that the simple design matched Shen Huiming¡¯s calm temperament.


    He hated everything that was overly ornate. Anything too shiny or complicated in design made him feel that it was too flashy and overwhelming.


    This simple design had just the right touch. It felt low-key and not cheap.


    The same was true for object and person.


    Half an hour later, Suo Yang sent a text message to Shen Huiming: Mr Shen, I found your cufflinks in my trouser pocket.


    At this moment, Shen Huiming was sitting in a coffee shop drinking coffee and reading a book, patiently waiting for his message.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect Suo Yang to call, and he even suspected that the other party didn¡¯t store his number at all.


    Suo Yang really didn¡¯t save it, but he remembered the string of numbers, found the ¡°good night¡± from a few days ago in the text message record, and sent the message.


    Out of courtesy, Shen Huiming did not call back immediately but sent a reply to Suo Yang via text message.


    ¡¾Luckily, I didn¡¯t lose it. When is it convenient for you for me to go and pick it up?¡¿


    Suo Yang had already drank two glasses of water while standing in front of the water dispenser. He looked at the text message, thought about it, and replied¡ª


    ¡¾I haven¡¯t made any arrangements today. Let¡¯s meet somewhere.¡¿


    Suo Yang really didn¡¯t have the habit of letting unfamiliar people come to the door. So he met them outside, meeting at home was too ambiguous.


    The two met at a coffee shop an hour later. The coffee shop where they met was the one where Shen Huiming was now.


    He had already made plans when he came.


    When Suo Yang reported his home address to the taxi driver last night, he heard it, but he had to pretend he didn¡¯t know.


    This coffee shop was not far from Suo Yang¡¯s house, and there was a shopping mall and a cinema upstairs, so if possible, he might be able to get a chance to watch a movie and have dinner.


    After making an appointment with Suo Yang, Shen Huiming asked the waiter to clean up the table, take away the empty cup, and replace the tissue with a new one, then continued reading and waiting for Suo Yang to arrive.


    Before he left the house, Suo Yang deliberately found a small box and put the cufflinks in it. Because of the headache, he went back to take another painkiller when was already about to lock the door.


    In fact, he didn¡¯t really want to go out today. The hangover felt too torturous.


    But he had a flight for three days in a row starting tomorrow. So after some hesitation, he decided to meet Shen Huiming today.


    With a headache and nausea, Suo Yang didn¡¯t drive, went out and took a taxi to the coffee shop he had made an appointment with.


    Maybe he should have a cup of coffee, an Americano with ice,  to suppress the non-stop nausea feeling.


    Suo Yang sat in the back seat of the car, fell asleep in a daze, was woken up by the taxi driver, then hurriedly paid to get out of the car.


    He took a deep breath outside for a while and adjusted his state.


    It was already autumn in September, but the temperature was still a little high in the afternoon.


    He rubbed his eyebrows, saw the sign of the coffee shop, and walked over there.


    Before Suo Yang reached the door, he saw Shen Huiming. The man was sitting by the window, and the huge transparent glass wall allowed people outside to see the world inside in full view.


    Shen Huiming was sitting on a black leather sofa, looking down intently at the book in his hand, and Suo Yang couldn¡¯t see clearly what he was reading, but the way the man was sitting there peacefully was a bit charming.


    He looked at him and smiled and suddenly felt that if he hadn¡¯t made an appointment with Shen Huiming, if the two of them didn¡¯t know each other, maybe, just as he passed by, he would have taken a second look at this man.


    Shen Huiming was very attractive.


    He pushed open the door and walked in, went to the bar and ordered an Americano with ice, then walked towards Shen Huiming with the small dark blue box with cufflinks in it.


    Shen Huiming never looked up. So Suo Yang walked towards him step by step, reached him, leaned over and put the small box on the table in front of him.


    Only then did Shen Huiming freeze for a moment before looking up.


    The two looked at each other and smiled, and Suo Yang sat opposite him.


    As Suo Yang sat down, he recalled the scene he had just witnessed, and surprisingly, he felt like he was proposing with a ring in his hand.


    This made him laugh and cry, and he felt that he was indeed strange.


    ¡°Something to drink?¡± Shen Huiming put down the book and asked Suo Yang.


    ¡°I already ordered.¡± Suo Yang glanced at the book Shen Huiming was reading, ¡°Someone at 30,000 feet high must have been fiddling with our fate.¡±


    Shen Huiming followed his line of sight to the book and then smiled because this sentence was from the first chapter of the book, where the male and female lead met on the plane.


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    Soo, I missed last week update sadly because there are too many things to manage, and now I¡¯m trying to make it up with a double update (¤Ä¦Ø`?)


    I will always try to make up a once a week update, but if I can¡¯t, I will always try to compensate it to the week after ><


    Also if you guys like angst and stories to make u sad, please spare some time to read ¡°Died Before the Wedding¡±~


    The update is once a day~ So you can patiently wait while slicing onions~~

 CH 14

    After being attracted to a person, everyone has the potential to become a detective.


    One would try to explore the common interests between both of them, and would intentionally decipher what the other person said after a deep thought.


    All of this became a clue to approach the other party, an ambiguous hint hidden under the lingering smoke that the other person gives himself.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Coincidentally, we both met for the first time at 30,000 feet too.¡±


    Suo Yang thanked the waiter who brought the coffee, and gently fiddled with the ice cubes inside the glass with a plastic straw.


    ¡°As the hand of God produced clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another, so does literary creation that comes from life.¡± Suo Yang looked up at him and smiled, ¡°In other words, the author couldn¡¯t have predicted the meeting of the people more than 20 years ago.¡±


    ¡°Well? How does the book end?¡±


    ¡°Want me to spoil it?¡± Suo Yang took a sip of coffee, pressing the tip of his tongue against the ice.


    ¡°Because I think, I probably don¡¯t have the patience to finish reading.¡± No patience, and not much time.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t usually read this kind of book. Today, he just had nothing to do while waiting for Suo Yang, so he picked this book out of the coffee shop¡¯s bookshelf.


    He felt that the copy that he took with him happened to be the one Suo Yang had read, which was also a hint of fate.


    The two of them were just made for each other.


    ¡°Broke up.¡± As Suo Yang put the ice cube in his mouth, the coolness relieved his headache and nausea, ¡°The male protagonist finds another new love at the end, and starts a new round of research on the subject of love.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled wryly and shook his head, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have asked.¡±


    ¡°Whether you ask or not, the ending is already written.¡±


    ¡°But if I hadn¡¯t asked, they would have ended up differently in my world.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°In fact, nothing in the world is really set in stone, and a well-written and established ending may not, in fact, be unchanged.¡±


    He picked up the small box on the table and opened it slowly.


    Suo Yang fiddled with the ice cubes in the glass and said with a smile, ¡°Is this self-deception?¡±


    ¡°Sometimes there¡¯s nothing wrong with deceiving yourself,¡± Shen Huiming said as he examined his cufflinks that had been sent back to him. ¡°It¡¯s like I know you¡¯re bound to reject me and have already done so, but I still think it¡¯s hard to say what¡¯s going to happen later. What do you think?¡±


    Shen Huiming put the cufflinks back on, ¡°We all know that fate is very metaphysical, and everyone is a scientific supremacist, yet in this matter, we firmly believe in fate.¡±


    He lowered his head and fiddled with his cufflinks with one hand, ¡°Fate has made us meet by chance several times, and I think I should fight for it even if it¡¯s just to be an ordinary friend.¡±


    He raised his head and looked at Suo Yang, ¡°What do you think?¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s eyes kept falling on Shen Huiming¡¯s wrist, who was struggling with cufflinks.


    He put down the cup and stretched out his hand, ¡°I¡¯ll help you with it.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled and handed the half-finished cufflinks to Suo Yang, then extended his hand.


    Helping someone with cufflinks was like helping someone with a tie, which was more or less intimate and ambiguous. This was the first time for Suo Yang to do such a thing, and it was also the first time for Shen Huiming to be ¡°taken care of¡± by someone like this.


    Both of them were silent, Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang¡¯s slightly frowning brows, unable to guess what the man was thinking.


    When the cufflinks were fastened, Suo Yang subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.


    ¡°How was it? Did you have a good rest last night?¡± Shen Huiming began to look for a topic of conversation.


    Suo Yang smiled bitterly, ¡°I have a headache, it¡¯s been a long time since I drank like this.¡±


    Shen Huiming actually didn¡¯t know how much Suo Yang had drunk and what exactly he had drunk. In the time it took him to go out for a cigarette with Jiang Tongyan, Suo Yang¡¯s face and eyes were already red when he came back.


    ¡°You don¡¯t usually drink much?¡± Shen Huiming remembered that when they met in New York, Suo Yang had just come out of a bar.


    Probably everyone had heard the rumours¡ªthat the flight attendant circle had a chaotic life.


    Of course, there are similar rumours¡ªthe chaotic life of foreign executives, the chaotic life of the gay community, the chaotic life of surgeons, and so on.


    The list went on and on.


    Shen Huiming has always hated grouping and labelling. There were good people in every group and black sheep in every group, and generalising from one point to another only makes people look more narrow-minded.


    But it was undeniable that he was curious about Suo Yang¡¯s life.


    ¡°Not so much in these past two years.¡± Suo Yang felt uncomfortable in his stomach and put another ice cube in his mouth.


    ¡°It¡¯s good, alcohol is something that is good to spice up your life once in a while, but too much of it is really bad for your health.¡± Shen Huiming leaned on the back of the sofa and sighed, ¡°Sometimes I suspect that the alcohol content in my body has exceeded my blood level content.¡±


    Of course, he was joking, and both of them knew that.


    But Shen Huiming¡¯s ¡°deliberate show of misery¡± still caught Suo Yang¡¯s attention, who hooked his tongue around the ice cube, swirled it around and then chewed it hard.


    ¡°It¡¯s inevitable for businessman,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°but it¡¯s better to take care of yourself if possible. Your health is important.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Can I take that as a concern?¡±


    Suo Yang also smiled, ¡°It¡¯s supposed to be a concern.¡±


    He took a sip of coffee and swallowed the shattered ice.


    ¡°It¡¯s not pleasant to be drunk.¡± Suo Yang rubbed his temples, ¡°I still feel nauseated.¡±


    Shen Huiming stared at him, watching his neatly manicured and clean nails turn pale from pressing too hard on his forehead.


    ¡°Have you eaten?¡± Shen Huiming asked.


    Suo Yang shook his head, ¡°My stomach doesn¡¯t feel good.¡±


    ¡°Do you remember what you said to me on the plane before?¡± Shen Huiming tapped Suo Yang¡¯s coffee cup with his fingers, ¡°The downside of drinking coffee on an empty stomach, remember?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I feel like I¡¯ve been caught doing something bad.¡±


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you?¡± Shen Huiming stood up and said to him, ¡°Let¡¯s go. let¡¯s have something to eat. there should be a congee shop nearby, simply eat a little or your body won¡¯t be able to take it.¡±


    Suo Yang sat there and tilted his head to look at him.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t hide his gaze, and said to him very calmly, ¡°This is me being concerned about you.¡±


    Suo Yang wanted to refuse but then heard Shen Huiming say, ¡°You helped me twice, the ticket holder and cufflinks. It¡¯s not too much for me to treat you to a bowl of congee as a thank you.¡±


    Shen Huiming asked him with a smile, ¡°You wouldn¡¯t deliberately make me owe you a favour, would you?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly and stood up with his hands on the table.


    He finally realized that it was very difficult for him to win against Shen Huiming. The other party was too shrewd and knew how to bridge the gap for him.


    As the two walked out, Shen Huiming said, ¡°It looks like you haven¡¯t taken care of yourself very well either, you¡¯re really looking a bit pale now.¡±


    Suo Yang walked beside him without speaking.


    ¡°I originally wanted to take the opportunity to invite you to watch a movie, but seeing you like this, I couldn¡¯t bear to ask.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled in his heart: But you still said it.


    ¡°Maybe next time.¡± Suo Yang said lightly, ¡°If there¡¯s a chance later.¡±

 CH 15

    Apart from at the company, Suo Yang rarely ate with others, and he was never one to call people his friends either. After Zhou Mo moved out, he mostly kept to himself.


    Therefore, Suo Yang would still feel somewhat uncomfortable sitting face-to-face and eating congee with someone he didn¡¯t know very well like this.


    Fortunately, Shen Huiming acted very naturally and did not pay too much attention to Suo Yang.


    He would take care of Suo Yang, but he would not be too deliberate. Suo Yang could do things like taking a spoon and a tissue by himself.


    As the two of them ate, they chatted softly one after another, not going too deep into the conversation, but just commenting on the taste of congee and the way the dishes were prepared.


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to know how to cook congee.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t only know how to make congee.¡± Shen Huiming said with a smile, ¡°When I was studying in New York, I didn¡¯t learn much from a proper course, but my cooking skills were quite good.¡±


    Suo Yang thought about his cooking skills, smiled, and continued to eat his congee without saying anything.


    Shen Huiming really wanted to show his skills to Suo Yang. Although he was not sure if the saying ¡°to capture a man, you have to capture his stomach first¡± was true, but it was certainly true that if you liked someone, you wanted to show everything you were good at in front of them.


    However, even though Shen Huiming had some free time and wanted to show off more, he couldn¡¯t open his mouth to invite the other party to his home.


    There would always be opportunities in the future.


    Shen Huiming comforted himself with this.


    After the two of them finished eating, Suo Yang still felt uncomfortable and walked out of the restaurant with a frown on his face.


    When he saw Suo Yang like this, Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t bear to force the other person to accompany him, so he asked him if he wanted to go back to rest first.


    His approach made Suo Yang feel quite good. Shen Huiming knew the right balance and it was not that much of a burden to get along with him.


    The two walked out, but Suo Yang suddenly felt like vomiting, and subconsciously grabbed Shen Huiming¡¯s wrist.


    Shen Huiming responded quickly and asked him if he wanted to vomit.


    Suo Yang closed his eyes and nodded gently with an ugly expression on his face.


    Shen Huiming directly pulled his wrist and led him towards the nearby shopping mall, and he found the restroom without a hitch.


    Suo Yang went in and vomited secretly. He leaned against the wall of the cubicle and thought that it was really embarrassing. He thought he would feel better after coming out of the house to get some fresh air, but to his surprise, he threw up again.


    So, at the end of the day, he shouldn¡¯t have had those few drinks last night.


    When Suo Yang came out of the cubicle, Shen Huiming was already waiting for him outside with mineral water.


    ¡°Rinse your mouth.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with some concern, ¡°Should I not have taken you to eat?¡±


    Suo Yang forced a smile out and unscrewed the bottle cap to rinse his mouth.


    When it was cleaned up, Suo Yang let out a long breath of relief.


    After throwing up, he was eased a lot, and his whole body was not as heavy-headed as before.


    Suo Yang rubbed his stomach, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, and said casually, ¡°I want to eat frozen yoghurt.¡±


    Shen Huiming was startled for a while, then smiled, ¡°Let¡¯s eat it, there should be some in this mall.¡±


    He didn¡¯t expect that Suo Yang also had a childish side, wanting to eat something and when he said it, he was a bit aggrieved, which was oddly cute.


    Suo Yang¡¯s original intention was not to pretend to be aggrieved to seduce Shen Huiming, he just thought it would be more comfortable to eat something cold.


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t like sweets, and pure ice cream was too sweet for him, so frozen yoghurt was just right. It was just the right amount of sweet and sour, with a bit of fruit thrown in to be eaten.


    The two walked out of the bathroom, and Shen Huiming asked him, ¡°Do you feel better?¡±


    Suo Yang nodded, ¡°I feel much better after vomiting.¡±


    Shen Huiming could see that Suo Yang was a little embarrassed, and deliberately said his embarrassing story to make the other party happy, ¡°Last month I had some talk about a business deal, you know it, how can I not go to drink when I talk about business now? From the restaurant to the bar, the old Russia big brother, their drinking capacity is really not blown out of proportion.¡±


    Suo Yang turned his head to look at him with a smile, ¡°Got you drunk?¡±


    ¡°I got so drunk that I threw up seven times a night.¡± Shen Huiming shook his head, ¡°After that, I had to lie in bed for two days before I recovered.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°Business talk is not easy.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, some people look as if they are shiny and bright, but in fact, they secretly got stomach perforation so fast when they drink.¡± Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°I¡¯m not talking about you, I¡¯m talking about myself.¡±


    Suo Yang also looked at him and smiled, and then replied, ¡°The stomach perforation is very serious, so you still need to pay more attention to it in general.¡±


    Suo Yang turned forward when he spoke, Shen Huiming turned his head to look at him, and could only see the high bridge of his nose and the slightly quivering eyelashes.


    The two walked slowly and leisurely in the mall. The mall was rarely crowded on a weekday afternoon, even the shop assistants of each store were lazy.


    The two of them walked around and found a shop selling frozen yoghurt.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°What¡¯s the difference between this and yoghurt?¡±


    Suo Yang was a little surprised, ¡°You¡¯ve never eaten it?¡±


    ¡°Would it make me look stupid if I said I hardly ever come to the mall, and have never seen or eaten anything?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, then ordered two servings and let Shen Huiming choose the fruit by himself.


    ¡°It¡¯s on me,¡± said Suo Yang, ¡°to show you the world.¡±


    The two big men each took a frozen yoghurt and sat down on a small chair in the shop.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°The first time I had frozen yoghurt was when Zhou Mo bought it, and I had a hangover the night before. We went out looking for something to eat the next day, and he bought this for me.¡±


    Shen Huiming took a small plastic spoon and scooped the white piece into his mouth. It was cold and sweet and sour, ¡°Well, it tastes good.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him and smiled, ¡°You don¡¯t have to force yourself if you don¡¯t like it.¡±


    ¡°Then you really misunderstood me,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°People like us, in order to maintain dignity, even if we eat the best food, we have to act calm and reserved in order to maintain our decency, after all, we are a boss, we can¡¯t act so ignorant.¡±


    Suo Yang was so amused by his words that he burst out laughing.


    Shen Huiming was quite amusing, Suo Yang thought, more amusing than I thought.


    Suo Yang lowered his head and laughed softly as Shen Huiming poked a piece of fruit with his fork and brought it to his mouth.


    He took a bite of the mango, which was also slightly cool and delicious, with a touch of sweetness, a bit like the feeling Suo Yang gave him at the moment.


    Maybe it was because the two had become familiar with each other after a few meetings, or maybe it was because he had just seen Suo Yang broken down, so the person in front of him seemed to have finally taken off his armour temporarily, no longer hiding his fatigue.


    Suo Yang¡¯s face was pale and he sat there quietly eating frozen yoghurt. Shen Huiming looked at him and wanted to say: Why don¡¯t you lean on me?


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Suo Yang found him staring at him, no longer pretending not to know, but turned to ask.


    ¡°I was thinking, what kind of people would you be attracted to,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°What kind of person would make your heart flutter?¡±

 CH 16

    One of the reasons Suo Yang felt comfortable with Shen Huiming was that he was good at revealing his mind at the right time and expressing his sincerity at the right time.


    It could be extremely uncomfortable to get along with someone who was all about so-called generic conversation topics, but it could also be annoying to be an adult who didn¡¯t know how to be discreet or when to stop.


    Shen Huiming had a good grasp of when to advance and when to step back so Suo Yang was always in the middle of two situations when he was with him¡ªhe was in control of Shen Huiming as Shen Huiming was in control of him.


    It was like the two of them were dancing the tango, crossing their steps, moving in and out, never looking each other in the eye, knowing everything, but testing each other.


    It was somewhat amusing.


    ¡°I want to know too,¡± Suo Yang said. ¡°I¡¯ve been waiting for that person too.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him, and was unexpectedly satisfied with Suo Yang¡¯s answer, because at least this sentence was not for show, and it was rare to hear Suo Yang¡¯s sincerity from it.


    ¡°Everyone is waiting.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°When I was a teenager, I was thinking about what kind of person I will fall in love with and what kind of person I will be with in the future. I listed a lot of criteria and reasons for loving someone. However, the more I grew up, the more I realized that love has no criteria or reasons.¡±


    Suo Yang listened to his words and nodded gently to show his agreement.


    ¡°I chatted with Tongyan that day and talked about this.¡± Shen Huiming felt that he was not very kind and sincere. At this time he caught Jiang Tongyan and let him appear to whip him. ¡°He said you met all his expectations for a lover.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°Really?¡±


    ¡°Of course, it¡¯s also possible that he modified his standard after meeting you.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed softly when he said that, and he was in a good mood, not as uncomfortable as before.


    Shen Huiming liked to see Suo Yang laugh like this, there was a kind of heartwarming feeling that made people pity him.


    ¡°By the way,¡± Suo Yang suddenly turned around and asked Shen Huiming, ¡°How is Mr Jiang? I didn¡¯t have time to say goodbye to him yesterday.¡±


    He mentioned Jiang Tongyan on purpose, just like Shen Huiming mentioned the other side on purpose.


    ¡°He should be fine,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°I guess.¡±


    He didn¡¯t tell Suo Yang that the person might be having a good time in the hotel at the moment, so he had the possibility to gossip about his rival behind his back. If Jiang Tongyan had already been in a process of getting together with someone else yet still came to flirt with Suo Yang, he would definitely stop him. However, he would have only dealt with Jiang Tongyan to his face, and would never have done something like ¡°telling on¡± Suo Yang behind his back.


    ¡°The¡­ curse he said yesterday, is it true?¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect Suo Yang to remember this, and he didn¡¯t expect the other party to ask about it.


    How to answer this question was a matter of knowledge.


    ¡°It was indeed true before I met you,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°Tongyan and I were classmates for four years. Apart from the two of us, there are four other parties who can testify to this.¡±


    Suo Yang asked knowingly, ¡°So why do you say before me?¡±


    ¡°After I met you, I lost confidence in myself.¡± Shen Huiming was very frank this time, ¡°It¡¯s strange to say, I¡¯m not the kind of person who has low self-esteem. Of course, I don¡¯t feel inferior when I get along with you. I just feel uncertain.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s smile faded, but there was still a vague smile in his eyes. He wanted to see what Shen Huiming would say.


    ¡°Have you ever been in that situation? It was a situation where you¡¯ve always won everything, but then suddenly one day you meet someone and everything becomes full of uncertainty.¡±


    ¡°Do you feel uncomfortable because of this feeling?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Shen Huiming smiled at him, ¡°On the contrary, I enjoyed it.¡±


    He took a bite of frozen yoghurt, savouring the taste Suo Yang liked.


    ¡°You know, life is boring. I should thank you for adding something unusual to my boring life.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s hand that was holding the spoon was slightly sweaty.


    He found himself and Shen Huiming had two very different attitudes on such matters.


    ¡°You don¡¯t seem to be the kind of person with a life full of noises and excitement.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Although it¡¯s rude to speculate on your life without permission, I do want to have a good chat with you.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him.


    ¡°Let¡¯s talk about us, not about cufflinks, not Jiang Tongyan, not millet congee or frozen yoghurt.¡± Shen Huiming said sincerely, ¡°I know we should take our time, and the aggressive approach will only make you turn around and walk away. But can you give me something sweet first, so I know what kind of position I have in your heart after these few meetings?¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s words made Suo Yang silent for a long time. During this silence, he kept thinking about the meaning behind these words.


    He understood that this was a multiple-choice question given to him by Shen Huiming.


    Adults, especially people like them, had to weigh the pros and cons of everything they did.


    Including how they felt.


    With their short lives and limited energy, people endure things far more than others could imagine.


    The older they got, the more afraid they were to enter into a relationship because something like falling in love takes time and energy. When one were in love, one must give a part of yourself to the other party, and one must break the deep-rooted life, or the rhythm would be completely disrupted.


    The adult romance was a very thorough adventure, since they were very realistic people, and everyone would think twice before embarking on this adventure.


    The impulses of youth would be there, but eventually, they would be overwhelmed by reason.


    They were mundane and profane. However, that was who they are, which was an undeniable truth.


    Suo Yang appreciates Shen Huiming¡¯s honesty because they really didn¡¯t need to beat around the bush.


    If one had a good feeling and felt that they could try to connect, then go ahead and try to become intimate.


    But if the death sentence had been given at this moment, there was no need to dwell on others, everyone was very busy.


    Suo Yang was considering how to answer, while Shen Huiming waited quietly for his sentence to be announced.


    This was actually a gamble that Shen Huiming had made. It was all up to Suo Yang whether he lost or won.


    A full five minutes had passed. Shen Huiming¡¯s confidence was being depleted, and he was even ready to extinguish his thoughts about Suo Yang from now on. After all, he had explicitly hinted at the other party several times but still remained unmoved. So if he continued to pester them, it would only add to their troubles.


    They all need to be decent in this sort of thing.


    Suo Yang was actually in a bit of a dilemma, he rarely encountered such a tangled situation. Shen Huiming had given him a difficult problem.


    ¡°Mr Shen,¡± Suo Yang said, turning to Shen Huiming, who was uneasy, ¡°what if I say I don¡¯t know how I should position you?¡±


    Shen Huiming breathed a sigh of relief at his answer, then laughed.


    ¡°Since you said that, then I understand what to do next.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, ¡°Do you know why you feel unable to position me? Because you have been shaken.¡±


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 CH 17

    Although Suo Yang didn¡¯t want to admit it, Shen Huiming was right.


    Why did he feel like he was unable to position the other party? If he really didn¡¯t feel anything at all, he could have refused politely and without hesitation, just like he did in the past.


    Just like when Shen Huiming asked him for contact information for the first time.


    But now, he was somewhat a little greedy for Shen Huiming.


    Suo Yang smiled, and in order to hide his unease at being seen through, he deliberately bit into his plastic spoon and said ¡°Is Mr Shen that confident?¡±


    ¡°Actually, I¡¯m faking it,¡± Shen Huiming also smiled, ¡°because I don¡¯t think you like people who are not confident.¡±


    Both men looked at each other with somewhat meaningful eyes, and their smiles each had hidden charms, hiding their heart.


    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I like confident people.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled brightly and was in a brighter mood too. Yesterday¡¯s little trick was not in vain and neither was this frozen yoghurt today.


    After the two of them finished eating, no one mentioned what they wanted to leave, and they walked slowly and leisurely down the empty corridor of the mall.


    Neither of them was someone who liked to go shopping, and neither of them has the time to do so. Usually, Suo Yang¡¯s rest time was used to catch up on his sleep, while Shen Huiming basically didn¡¯t have any time to rest.


    Such two people were actually willing to spend their precious time in this way at this moment, and Suo Yang felt that he had really changed.


    ¡°Suo Yang, let¡¯s make a bet.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Suo Yang looked at Shen Huiming, ¡°What kind of bet?¡±


    ¡°If we run into each other on the plane again, just accept one of my invitations to date.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°It doesn¡¯t look like you want to go on a date with me too much.¡±


    The odds of that were too low.


    ¡°I definitely want to, but I think the odds are that if I ask you out normally, you¡¯ll turn me down.¡± Shen Huiming walked beside Suo Yang with a smile on his face, ¡°Of course, you can deny my speculation, then I will immediately I¡¯ll invite you to watch a movie together another day.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly, ¡°What to do? I¡¯m a bit nervous about spending time with you now.¡±


    He wasn¡¯t joking as he realised that this man, Shen Huiming was almost looking right through him.


    It created a very complex feeling for your next move to be guessed by someone accurately. There was a sense of joy in finding a very close friend and a sense of crisis in showing a flaw in front of the enemy.


    He thought that Shen Huiming was very smart, and he dismantled him in a euphemistic and soft way that he could not hate.


    For Suo Yang, this kind of person was still terrifying, and he had no chance of winning this game.


    When he had no chance of winning, it was time to change his tactics.


    ¡°Nervous?¡±


    ¡°Yes, I seem to be being led by your nose.¡±


    Shen Huiming understood what he meant, and deliberately distanced himself slightly from Suo Yang.


    How else could one say that Shen Huiming was a smart person? He could hear the other party¡¯s underlying meaning from just Suo Yang¡¯s one sentence.


    Shen Huiming was a little eager to accomplish what he wanted, and Suo Yang was hinting to him that he still had to keep his distance for the time being.


    Not just physical distance, but also psychological.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Then how about this, I¡¯ll wait for you to ask me out.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him and then heard him say, ¡°I¡¯m too presumptuous sometimes, and I can¡¯t control my sense of proportion. I¡¯ll give you the remote control, and the receiver is with me. You can control it how you want.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled: ¡°Don¡¯t, that¡¯s not the relationship between us.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him and waited for him to continue.


    ¡°Actually, you don¡¯t need to be so careful with me, this makes me a bit stressed instead.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯m looking forward to seeing the real you.¡±


    Indeed, the two met each other four times, and each time it was as if they were playing chess, with the two of them sparring on the art of war. Although they knew the starting point was good, they always felt insincere.


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t deny his affection for Shen Huiming, but it was enough up to that point. What he wanted to see next was not how smart Shen Huiming was, but how sincere the other party was.


    He himself was actually the same.


    Everyone was an opportunist and shrewd adult, and it took courage to express sincerity. This society is full of hot faces and cold asses1, which made people reluctant to give their sincerity easily.


    ¡°I¡¯m really wavering,¡± Suo Yang continued walking forward, ¡°it¡¯s like when we have to choose one of the two but don¡¯t know which one to choose, and the moment we flip a coin we already have the answer in our minds. I¡¯ve flipped the coin in my mind.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s words were totally unexpected, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect the other party to be willing to talk to him openly about this so soon.


    ¡°I¡¯ve been deceiving myself for many years, and I chose not to listen to or look at anything that I found troublesome,¡± Suo Yang smiled, ¡°The same is true for relationship issues, I think it¡¯s troublesome to fall in love.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled: ¡°I used to think so too.¡±


    The two looked at each other, both smiled helplessly.


    ¡°Life is very stressful and time is packed. I always feel that I don¡¯t have the leisure to fall in love. Of course, a large part of the reason is that I don¡¯t think I will meet someone who makes me willing to continue to compress my time to be with them.¡±


    Shen Huiming listened and nodded.


    Suo Yang¡¯s line of thoughts was not that unique. In this large but crowded city, people with such a mentality probably made up the majority.


    ¡°The day I met you for the first time, a colleague of mine asked me why I didn¡¯t fall in love. I didn¡¯t know the answer at the time. I could only say it¡¯s just that the time has not come.¡± Suo Yang looked at the balloons floating in front of him and said softly, ¡°But fate is too mysterious. Whether it exists or not, who knows?¡±


    Shen Huiming had always been a person who didn¡¯t believe in the so-called ¡®fate¡¯ and ¡®destiny¡¯, but his recent experience made him realise that maybe fate did exist, and maybe the matchmaker god, Yue lao2 had already tied red threads to everyone¡¯s wrists.


    ¡°I¡¯m still not sure if fate exists, but it is undeniable that the three consecutive encounters with you have made me care about you.¡± Suo Yang chuckled, ¡°It¡¯s quite embarrassing to say that suddenly. ¡°


    ¡°Mr Shen, I¡¯m saying this because I hope you know I¡¯m trying to show you my sincerity,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I just made a request to you, saying that I would like to see a more real you. As the call, so the echo; I can¡¯t just let you show your real side and still do nothing.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s words surprised Shen Hui Ming to the extent that he couldn¡¯t find the right way to respond for a while. The other side stood still, looking at him with a pale face and smiling.


    ¡°Well, as you said, if we meet on the plane again, I¡¯ll go on a date with you.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°You can decide what kind of date it is, as long as it doesn¡¯t interfere with work, I¡¯ll accept it anytime, anywhere, and in any way.¡±


    He looked at Shen Huiming and said with a smile, ¡°But if not, then we are not meant to be. Mr Shen, do you still want to play this bet?¡±


    Shen Huiming stopped with him, and the two looked at each other as if facing each other.


    Shen Huiming smiled: ¡°Bet. Of course, I have to bet, and I promise not to do any little tricks behind my back.¡±


    After all, he also wanted to know if anyone was fiddling with their fate at 30,000 feet.


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    This is the end of article 1~


    I will work on article two as soon as possible, hopefully I can still update 1-2x/ week~


    Imagine if they just didn¡¯t met at all, and end of article 1 become the end of the whole novel, lmao

 CH 18

    It was a very comfortable thing to be with Shen Huiming. Even though Suo Yang was in a state of tension most of the time during this whole process.


    He would always subconsciously try to interpret what Shen Huiming said, every sentence, and even every word used. In his opinion, Shen Huiming was not the kind of person who would not speak without thinking, and whenever he expressed something, it naturally had a deeper meaning.


    However, he also knew that maybe he cared too much and interpreted too much, which was not a good thing.


    When he got home, he didn¡¯t even bother to change his clothes and just lay directly on the bed.


    The sheets and quilts had just been changed yesterday, but it had been a while since he aired the quilt, and even with the new bedding, his so-called happiness in life had not improved much.


    He pulled the quilt over his head, knowing full well that he should take a shower and change into his pyjamas for a good night¡¯s sleep, but he just didn¡¯t want to move. He lay there thinking about the bet he made with Shen Huiming.


    In fact, the step he took today was very dangerous. After all, before that, he had never thought that one day he would say this to a person he was not familiar with.


    But it was undeniable that he was wavering, and the balance was clearly tilting in Shen Huiming¡¯s direction.


    Suo Yang had met a lot of people, from all walks of life, with various looks and personalities, but few made him feel comfortable and made him nervous but still enjoyable to be around.


    Although he had politely expressed his dissatisfaction to Shen Huiming today¡ªthe other party seemed to just be very generic than sincere. He actually didn¡¯t mind it very much. Life was originally boring and it was so much more enjoyable to have someone to keep you company.


    He hid under the quilt and chuckled, then lifted the quilt and got up and went to take a shower.


    After taking a shower, Suo Yang was no longer sleepy, and the discomfort from his hangover had basically disappeared.


    He got himself a glass of warm water, and then on a whim, changed his clothes again and went downstairs.


    Suo Yang drove to the bookstore, turned around twice and found the book¡ªthe one that Shen Huiming had read in the coffee shop before. Before they left, he watched Shen Huiming put the book back on the shelf of the coffee shop, so he must have just pulled it out casually to look at it.


    Suo Yang bought it at the bookstore and bought two copies at once. Apart from the book, he also bought a pack of sticky notes and a pen in the cultural and creative section of the bookstore and went to the coffee shop next door after paying for it.


    This kind of behaviour was a bit childish, and not even Suo Yang in middle school would have done such a thing.


    However, what he didn¡¯t do in middle school, he did now.


    In the time it took to get a cup of coffee, Suo Yang wrote a note and put it in the book, then arranged for a courier to meet him at the coffee shop and sent the book with the note in it.


    It would be delivered by same city postal delivery tomorrow morning.


    The address was given to him by Shen Huiming. Before the two separated today, Shen Huiming handed him a business card of his own and added, ¡°I¡¯ve never properly introduced myself, I always thought we could take our time, but in case we don¡¯t get a chance to get along later, I¡¯d better give some introduction of myself.¡±


    When Suo Yang finished the delivery, he tucked Shen Huiming¡¯s business card into the book he had kept, and then drove home contentedly.


    When Shen Huiming received the courier, Suo Yang had already flown away again, serving other first-class passengers at 30,000 feet high.


    Shen Huiming had a meeting in the morning and came out of the conference room after eleven o¡¯clock. The little girl at the front desk immediately came to him with a courier package.


    ¡°Mr. Shen, there is a package for you.¡±


    Shen Huiming was not someone who would buy things online and it was also rare for someone to send him something to the company.


    He thanked the lady at the front desk and returned to the office with the package.


    The sender¡¯s information was incomplete, and his name was ¡°S¡±, but he looked down and smiled when he scanned the phone number, which he remembered.


    Shen Huiming flipped the weight of the package in his hand, went to his desk, put down his notebook, picked up the scissors in the pen holder and carefully opened the package.


    Inside was a book, Alain De Botton¡¯s ¡®On Love¡¯, the same one he had read in the coffee shop, even the edition was the same.


    Shen Huiming smiled as he took the book and sat down in his chair, leaning back and turning to the window walls behind him to bask under the sun as he flipped through the book.


    He quickly turned the pages of the book first, and sure enough, he found a sticky note inside.


    Suo Yang¡¯s handwriting was beautifully written, in a style that casual and elegant. A powerful but not rigid one stroke to the left and another to the right, which was very similar to the feeling he gave.


    Shen Huiming took the note and examined it, slowly reading and savouring it word by word.


    ¡¾Mr. Shen: Actually, whether you read it or not, the ending of each book has been written, but that is only its own ending, not ours.¡¿


    Suo Yang did not sign his name, but he knew that Shen Huiming must have guessed who sent it.


    Shen Huiming looked at the word ¡°ours¡± under the sun and smiled.


    That¡¯s right. The ending between him and Suo Yang hadn¡¯t been written yet.


    Not only the ending, but the story had not yet officially started.


    Shen Huiming sent a message to Suo Yang: Want to read the book together? I am currently at 4/248.


    When Suo Yang saw Shen Huiming¡¯s text, he was transiting in Paris and was about to leave for Rio de Janeiro.


    The thirty-hour flight was halfway through so far.


    While waiting for the passenger to board, Suo Yang turned on the phone and glanced at it, and then saw Shen Huiming¡¯s message.


    He was not the kind of person who always kept an eye on his phone. With few friends, he hardly misses any important information due to work, and his parents knew that he was busy, so they always waited for him to initiate contact for anything important.


    But today, Suo Yang always subconsciously paid attention to his mobile phone as soon as he landed. After finishing his work, he finally found a chance to turn it on and take a look.


    The chief flight attendant laughed at him, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you today? You got a girlfriend?¡±


    Suo Yang responded with a smile, ¡°No, there¡¯s something at home that¡¯s on my mind.¡±


    On my mind.


    When Suo Yang saw Shen Huiming¡¯s text, although he didn¡¯t want to admit it, he had to admit that he was happy.


    The note he left for Shen Hui Ming was written in a somewhat ambiguous way. In fact, he regretted it after sending it. It felt as if he was implying something to Shen Huiming, but he just wanted to say that they were not the main characters in this book, and there was no certainty on how the future would develop.


    Fortunately, Shen Huiming was not the kind of person who was crazy to show off when he got a little advantage, and he knew how to respond to Suo Yang¡¯s advances.


    Shen Huiming understood that complacency over a single gesture of affection would only lead to a quicker explosion.


    So, he still behaved well. Even though Suo Yang said that he wants to see a more real him, it was not right to rush things.


    In response to Shen Huiming¡¯s reply, Suo Yang again had to marvel at this man¡¯s shrewdness.


    He had made an appointment to read together and attach his own progress. In this way, even if he didn¡¯t have the chance to meet for a long time, he would still be able to exchange messages.


    Suo Yang held the phone for a moment and hesitated, but did not reply. He turned it off again and put it back in his pocket.


    However, a minute before he board the passenger, he quickly turned on his phone and sent Shen Huiming a message.


    Suo Yang¡¯s reply didn¡¯t say much else but sent his flight number over.


    He sent the message and turned it off after it was sent successfully.


    When he looked up again, the shuttle bus had already driven over, and the passengers were about to board the plane.


    Suo Yang put the phone away, took a deep breath, and returned to his former professional appearance, with a decent smile on his face.


    He watched the passengers rush out of the bus, and thought: the first flight after placing the bet and not meeting Shen Huiming.


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 CH 19

    Suo Yang was not worried that they would not have the chance to meet again. Although he had never seen the idol drama, he knew that when Shen Huiming proposed that bet, he must have already had the next step in mind. They both knew that as long as Shen Huiming was willing, it would not be difficult to find out Suo Yang¡¯s flight arrangements; after all, Zhou Mo was there.


    It was just that Shen Huiming was really surprising. Half a month had passed, and except for text messages to exchange reading progress and reading experience, there was no other action, and the text messages were not every day.


    During this period, Suo Yang flew two trips to Rio de Janeiro and two trips to New York, and the rest of the time was basically short trips.


    During his breaks, he would flip through the book and put the bookmark on the page where Shen Huiming was ¡°reporting¡±, but he didn¡¯t read it much.


    First, there was no time, and second, he wasn¡¯t in the mood.


    He found himself completely hung up on Shen Huiming. As long as he stayed still and picked up the book, his mind would be full of him.


    It wasn¡¯t that he missed him, not really, he just felt puzzled.


    What was Shen Huiming¡¯s tactic here?


    He couldn¡¯t figure it out.


    This actually annoyed Suo Yang a bit. It was fine if Shen Huiming wanted to go back and forth with his moves on him, but it was absolutely not fine if he wanted to play mind games on him like that.


    So later on, he simply didn¡¯t reply to Shen Huiming¡¯s text messages.


    He didn¡¯t reply to the text messages, but his thoughts never stopped spinning.


    Suo Yang has never liked to ponder about people, but the human heart was incomprehensible. The same kind of rice could feed all sorts of people1, and what¡¯s more, he felt that he and Shen Huiming were not eating the same kind of rice. He would not even try to explore this topic even philosophers could not understand why.


    But that was only before, and these days, Suo Yang completely overturned his original thoughts.


    It was true that people were difficult to understand, but human behaviour could be analysed. Shen Huiming¡¯s purpose was very clear, and in order to achieve the purpose, he used some methods. Wasn¡¯t this a typical ¡®result-oriented¡¯ approach? Suo Yang was feeling a little disappointed when he thought about this. In the few times he got along with Shen Huiming, he accepted the other man easily and had concluded from experience that he was to a large extent the type of person he would like to get along with.


    But he had forgotten that Shen Huiming was a businessman. He was asking for trouble when he talked to crafty businessmen about the Art of War.


    After he thought about it clearly, Suo Yang was sulking with himself for a while and then decided to take a shower and go to bed.


    He suddenly realised that he had ¡®grown wiser¡¯ through this incident, which was not a great loss.


    When he got out of the shower, the phone rang.


    It was from Zhou Mo. He called and asked about his progress with Jiang Tongyan.


    Suo Yang said with a smile while drying his hair, ¡°I haven¡¯t been in touch since then.¡±


    ¡°Haven¡¯t been in touch?¡± Zhou Mo was a little surprised, ¡°That¡¯s not right, I remember he told me at the time that he had a very good impression of you!¡±


    ¡°You believe everything people say? Would you say something bad about my friend to my face?¡±


    ¡°Tsk tsk tsk, Jiang Tongyan really has a bad eye. He doesn¡¯t even know to grasp an excellent person like you when you put it there. No future.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled as he sat in front of the window and basked in the sun.


    ¡°Is it your day off?¡±


    When he heard Zhou Mo¡¯s question, Suo Yang¡¯s nerves were suddenly affected. Could it be that Shen Huiming had started to act now?


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m flying tomorrow afternoon.¡±


    ¡°Then should we have dinner tonight?¡± Zhou Mo said. ¡°Old Cheng is on a business trip. It¡¯s been more than a week since he left. It¡¯s too lonely for me to be alone in an empty room.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s been more than a week since he¡¯s gone before you think of me?¡± Suo Yang deliberately ran on him, ¡°I think you¡¯re not that lonely.¡±


    Zhou Mo laughed loudly over there, ¡°No a, I was afraid that you would be too busy and that you wouldn¡¯t rest well, so I didn¡¯t dare to look for you!¡±


    For Suo Yang, Zhou Mo was the only one who would not be turned down if he asked him out.


    ¡°Okay, what time and where?¡±


    ¡°Come to my place, I¡¯ve been learning to cook recently, so I¡¯ll practice with you.¡±


    What could be done? He could only say yes.


    Suo Yang told him that he would catch up on his sleep first and come later. With this, the two of them set up an appointment.


    After hanging up the phone, Suo Yang realized that Zhou Mo hadn¡¯t asked him about his future flight arrangements, so he laughed to himself at his own expectations, but before he lay down and went to bed, he still thought maybe he would ask when they were having dinner tonight?


    Whether he admitted it or not, the bet did have an impact on Suo Yang. It was like someone hid a diamond in the calm water. It looked as if it was the same as before, but in reality, there was already an undercurrent surging violently underneath the lake.


    All of Suo Yang¡¯s expectations about Shen Huiming were in vain because when he and Zhou Mo had dinner in the evening, the other party didn¡¯t mean to inquire about his flight at all. The two chatted about trivial matters in their lives, but Suo Yang didn¡¯t tell him about his entanglement with Shen Huiming; it was not easy to talk about it.


    After dinner, Zhou Mo tried to drag Suo Yang to the bar but was rejected by Suo Yang.


    Although he knew that he would not drink as he did last time, after all, he had to go to work tomorrow afternoon, and he didn¡¯t want to accompany Zhou Mo until late at night.


    He didn¡¯t go, but Zhou Mo couldn¡¯t stay at home, so he gave him a lift to the bar.


    The two chatted on the way about nothing more than their personal life.


    Suo Yang won¡¯t talk to others about this kind of topic, but if it was Zhou Mo, he could still talk about it briefly.


    Zhou Mo was curious about why he and Jiang Tongyan didn¡¯t work out, but Suo Yang thought it was normal. He was not an RMB2, where anyone who saw him would like him3.


    ¡°What about Shen Huiming?¡± Zhou Mo suddenly mentioned this person, ¡°I remember the last time we met, the two of you were still dancing.¡±


    When it came to Shen Huiming, Suo Yang didn¡¯t say a word.


    Zhou Mo was used to his behaviour and didn¡¯t take it seriously. He got out of the car at the entrance of the bar and joked with a smile, ¡°My friend, adults should arrange some of their X life properly, otherwise, their hormones will be out of balance.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud and waved his hand to tell him to drive safe and go home early.


    After he watched Zhou Mo enter the bar, Suo Yang closed the car window and drove away.


    There were bars on both sides of this street, many of which they had frequented before.


    It had been a while since Suo Yang had gone to a bar for a drink, and his life was getting duller and duller. Not to mention an X life, he didn¡¯t even fantasize about X¡­


    At the red light ahead, Suo Yang stepped on the brakes.


    When he thought of his X fantasy, he was going to laugh at himself for not even having one, but then he suddenly remembered that not too long ago, on the night of Zhou Mo¡¯s birthday, he came home drunk and got turned on because of a phone call from Shen Huiming.


    Shen Huiming.


    Shen Huiming.


    It was neverending.


    Suo Yang was a little upset and wanted to find a place to have a drink, but when he looked up, the light was green, and he ended up driving home.


    The feeling of being disturbed by someone was bad, and Suo Yang felt the need to do something about it.


    =======


    Shen Huiming sent a message to Suo Yang at two o¡¯clock in the middle of the night, and the content was: I have time to read that book carefully this time.


    At that time, Suo Yang was still awake. He had slept in the afternoon and had some trouble sleeping at night.


    He was sitting at the table flipping through the book ¡®On Love¡¯ when Shen Huiming¡¯s message came in.


    It had been three days since the last time Shen Huiming sent a text message, and it had been a week since he replied.


    Suo Yang looked at his message, and he originally didn¡¯t want to reply. But at night when all was still, people could easily become emotional.


    He replied: What? Finally had some rest?


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect that he would reply to the message. After all, it was so late. If he was not on the plane, he should have been sleeping.


    Shen Huiming smiled when he saw the reply and sent a message to Suo Yang to ask: Is it a good time to call?


    After he sent it, a few minutes later, Suo Yang¡¯s phone call came through.


    Suo Yang himself was surprised. There were only his parents and Zhou Mo in his call records. His colleagues only sent out WeChat, but all of them were only related to work, and there were no casual calls.


    He originally still had some grudges towards Shen Huiming, yet he called on this night.


    He should have pretended to be asleep and not even answered text messages.


    ¡°Why are you still awake this late?¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s voice came from the other side of the phone, and what made Suo Yang feel a little incredulous was that this man¡¯s voice seemed to have a kind of magic, and it was extra sexy at night.


    Suo Yang was never easily seduced, but there was something that people could not resist.


    He stood up, walked to the balcony and opened the window, lying on the window sill as the cool wind in the early autumn night blew and said to Shen Huiming, ¡°I slept in the afternoon, so I can¡¯t sleep now.¡±


    ¡°How have you been? Still very busy?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°I¡¯ve always been the same, but you, are you very busy?¡±


    Shen Huiming heard his laughter and laughed along, ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve been so busy that I¡¯ve left you out.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s eyes flickered, but he didn¡¯t speak.


    ¡°But this next period of time should be quite empty,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°All that should be dealt with has been dealt with, and then there¡¯s a bit of my own business to deal with next.¡±


    Suo Yang thought he was talking about their business.


    ¡°So, our agreement may have to be delayed.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    Shen Huiming sighed, ¡°If I tell you that I¡¯m in the hospital now, am I guilty of selling a tragedy for sympathy?¡±


    ¡°Hospital?¡± At the hospital at two o¡¯clock in the middle of the night?


    ¡°Well, I was so busy a while ago that I didn¡¯t get in touch with you very much.¡± Shen Huiming said lightly. ¡°I¡¯m finally done with it, so I¡¯m doing a little something in advanced so that I can go on a date with you in good health.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°What? Mr Shen also went to have plastic surgery? ¡°


    ¡°Do you think I have to do that?¡± Shen Huiming likes to listen to Suo Yang¡¯s joke, ¡°I¡¯m still very confident in my appearance.¡±


    It was as if all the grudges from before had disappeared, blown away by the wind of this night.


    Suo Yang asked, ¡°Are you not going to tell me why you¡¯re in the hospital?¡±


    ¡°I want to say it, but I was afraid you would think I was using this to beg your pity.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯m not the kind of person who likes to win pity.¡±


    ¡°How do you know I¡¯m bound to be sympathetic? I¡¯m not the kind of Holy Mother who feels sorry for anyone she sees, either.¡±


    ¡°I had a minor operation on my stomach,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°It¡¯s the third day today, and I sent you a message as soon as I had the strength. Are you touched? Do you want to feel sorry for me?¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t expect Shen Huiming to be in the hospital for the past few days after he had cut off contact and suddenly felt a little despicable for guessing haphazardly.


    ¡°A little.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°So do you need me to go visit?¡±


    ¡°If you want,¡± Shen Huiming said with a chuckle, ¡°However, a visit is a visit, it¡¯s not really a date, and our bet will continue.¡±


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 CH 20

    Suo Yang couldn¡¯t help but laugh as he listened to Shen Huiming¡¯s words, thinking that this person was really fussing over minor matters.


    ¡°I know.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯ll come to see you tomorrow morning if it doesn¡¯t bother you.¡±


    ¡°Of course not,¡± Shen Huiming¡¯s fingers gently turned the page of the book and put a soft tone on his voice, ¡°I¡¯d be honoured.¡±


    The two made an appointment for tomorrow and hung up together.


    Suo Yang put his phone back in its original position, and next to him lay the book ¡°On Love¡±. He flipped to the page number sent by Shen Huiming before, and there was a paragraph on that page¡ªbeing loved made people realise that others were as dependent on another as much as themselves, and it was because they sought this dependence that people love in the first place.


    Suo Yang was too lazy to analyze whether the author¡¯s statement made any sense or not, but from his own point of view, he didn¡¯t entirely agree.


    The first half of the sentence was correct. When Shen Huiming expressed his wish to visit him, he suddenly felt that he and the other party needed to be cared for. He felt that being invited to visit a doctor was also a kind of ¡°being cared for¡±, which proved that he was needed.


    As for the second half of the sentence, whether the decision to love was a result of seeking such dependence or not, he felt that this was not quite the case.


    There were many reasons for deciding to love, and presumably, this feeling was just one of them.


    But there was no denying that it was not a bad feeling to be needed.


    After he contacted Shen Huiming, Suo Yang sat at the table and read a book for a while before going back to bed at almost four o¡¯clock.


    He was not sleepy at first, but he still lay down and pondered. He thought that he would have to go to the hospital at dawn and work in the afternoon, so he should get some sleep if he could.


    Suo Yang woke up after only two hours of sleep, and it was already bright at six o¡¯clock.


    He got up from the bed and drank a glass of warm water.


    As he drank the water, he flipped through the book again and suddenly wondered where Shen Huiming had read last night.


    He sent a message to the other party, imitating the other party¡¯s example, and only sent a page number progress: 96/248.


    After that, he opened Weibo and flipped through it, and saw Zhou Mo taking a selfie with a quilt in his arms in the early morning. With the text: Enjoying yourself with eating, drinking and playing are sensible things to do, but without a husband, eating, drinking and playing is no longer fun.


    Suo Yang smiled and gave him a like.


    Suo Yang¡¯s Weibo was originally registered by Zhou Mo. At that time, they had just started working. Zhou Mo said that every time he flew to a city, he would do a check-in in the place there. When he retired, it would be very meaningful to look back at it.


    Suo Yang felt that what he said was not unreasonable, so he signed up with him.


    Suo Yang¡¯s Weibo ID, which was laughed at by Zhou Mo was called ¡°Sky Mirror¡±, and his avatar was a picture of the sky taken before his first flight.


    Zhou Mo, who originally said that he would use Weibo to check-in in different cities, later changed his career, and his Weibo content became all sorts of exciting pieces of life or funny rant posts, while Suo Yang still kept his habit of checking in. His entire Weibo account had no other content; it was all about the location of each city in each country, not even a single descriptive word.


    Zhou Mo has tens of thousands of followers on Weibo. After he posted this, the comments were very lively, while Suo Yang was the opposite, with only single-digit followers, except for Zhou Mo, the rest were either zombie fans or ¡°newbie guides1¡°.


    Before, Zhou Mo said, ¡°I¡¯ll give you a like with my fingers, and if you can post a selfie, you¡¯ll become an instant internet celebrity.¡±


    Suo Yang quickly refused. Unlike Zhou Mo, he really couldn¡¯t enjoy being followed by so many people.


    When he was about to close the Weibo, Suo Yang glanced at Zhou Mo¡¯s ¡°Following¡± and suddenly thought that there might be interesting people among the 300+ followings.


    His so-called ¡°interesting people¡± were in fact targeted at Shen Huiming.


    But when he opened Zhou Mo¡¯s follow list, Suo Yang also knew that his voyeuristic desire was very shameful, and Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t have the time to do this.


    He stood there drinking water and scrolled through Zhou Mo¡¯s following list. After he finished drinking, he also finished scrolling through the list, and as expected, there was no one he was looking for.


    Suo Yang put down his phone and went into the bathroom.


    He took a shower, ate, and read a book for a while.


    It was 8:10 am when Suo Yang went out, and he had arranged to visit Shen Huiming at 9:00 am.


    It was actually a bit early to visit at 9:00 am, but considering the flight assignment in the afternoon, Suo Yang had to go to the hospital early.


    He was really unfamiliar with places like hospitals. He had never been to a big hospital after graduating from elementary school. Small fevers and colds were basically cured by the clinics outside the community, and the company¡¯s regular medical check-ups were also held at the medical check-up centre every year. He and his family were in good health and had hardly ever been to the hospital.


    He drove over and saw that he was about to arrive at the hospital, only to get stuck in traffic.


    He sent a message to Shen Huiming as if he was reporting on his work: Mr. Shen, I will be there soon, but there is a traffic jam nearby, so I may be a few minutes late.


    Shen Huiming had already eaten some liquid food under the care of the nurse, and his condition was much better than the previous days. If that were not the case, he would not dare to contact Suo Yang easily.


    When he saw Suo Yang¡¯s message, he called him directly.


    ¡°It¡¯s like this near the hospital,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°You may not be able to park in a while. I have a car parked a little south of the main entrance of the hospital, and I¡¯ll send you the license plate number. Someone is waiting there, he¡¯ll give you the parking space when you get there.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°That thoughtful?¡±


    ¡°Of course, you can come to see me, and shouldn¡¯t I need to make it as convenient as possible?¡± Shen Huiming said with a smile.


    Because of the convenience provided by Shen Huiming, Suo Yang successfully parked the car, followed the directions of the security guard at the entrance of the hospital, and found the hospital admission office.


    Suo Yang actually thought about what gift he would bring here. After all, it was something that needed to be done when visiting a sick person.


    But Shen Huiming had stomach surgery, so food was definitely not an option.


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t think it was appropriate to give flowers.


    It was not right to visit a patient empty-handed, so out of courtesy, he had to prepare something.


    Suo Yang racked his brains at home, and he really thought of an idea.


    He found Shen Huiming¡¯s ward and saw the patient¡¯s name pasted on the door, and the words Shen Huiming stood out.


    Visiting a sick person could be a romantic and heartwarming scene in a film or TV drama, but in fact, no matter how romantic and heartwarming it was, it was not as good as being healthy and safe.


    He knocked lightly on the door, heard the answer from inside, and pushed the door to get in.


    They hadn¡¯t seen each other for more than half a month. Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Suo Yang was still shocked by Shen Huiming¡¯s haggard appearance.


    A surgery, no matter how you put it, was very draining. Shen Huiming, who used to be very high-spirited every time he met before, was currently sitting on the bed in a hospital gown. Although he seemed to be in good spirits, his face was pale, and he had lost a lot of weight.


    Suo Yang frowned subconsciously, but Shen Huiming smiled first, ¡°What? Seeing my appearance, do you regret coming here?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly and put the paper bag he was holding on the table beside Shen Huiming after entering.


    ¡°A gift?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Suo Yang said with a smile, ¡°a gift that can take you around the world while you are resting.¡±


    Shen Huiming was curious and brought the paper bag over to him, it was quite heavy, and he looked down to see that inside were a few thick books.


    He took the books out of the bag and found that they were all about travelling.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know if you have been to these places,¡± Suo Yang said. ¡°The first international flight I ever took was to Berlin.¡±


    He pointed to the Berlin travel guide.


    ¡°I also fly to several other places,¡± Suo Yang smiled at Shen Huiming. ¡°You should be quite bored in the hospital, so consider it as me inviting you on a trip abroad.¡±


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 CH 21

    When Shen Huiming was in high school, he wrote a composition on the topic ¡°The life I want to live¡±.


    At that time, he wrote that he hoped that one day he could travel around the world and leave his footprints in every place where there was a story to tell.


    Of course, this dream was never realised simply because of nothing more than a lack of time.


    In recent years, he suddenly discovered that people always skillfully put shackles on themselves. When he first started his business, he wished to have 48 hours a day to work. At that time, he thought that he would retire early when he had made enough money and that he should not spend all his life at work.


    However, the more time passed, the more he found that he couldn¡¯t stop, not only because it was impossible to ¡®earn enough¡¯ money, but more importantly, he was carrying a whole company, many projects and a stable livelihood for dozens of employees on his shoulders.


    He couldn¡¯t stop.


    It was the same for getting hospitalised for the operation. The doctor had said a long time ago that he had to take care of his health, and even when the doctor ordered him to be hospitalised, he put off coming to the hospital until the end of a project.


    ¡°What¡¯s on your mind?¡± Suo Yang brought a chair over and sat near the edge of Shen Huiming¡¯s bed.


    Shen Huiming turned the page and said with a smile, ¡°Wondering if you can do fortune-felling.¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s speech tempo was completely normal, but when he said the words ¡°Wondering if you¡±, Suo Yang¡¯s breath unconsciously soared.


    When Shen Huiming finished his words, he knew that he had thought too much and started to laugh at himself again. He had to admit that his thoughts were more active when he was hung up by Shen Huiming.


    ¡°Why do you say that?¡±


    Shen Huiming told Suo Yang about the beautiful life he had imagined in his middle school days, ¡°I really dared to think about it at that time, but it is probably like this in adolescence, not thinking about things that are too realistic.¡±


    After hearing what he said, Suo Yang laughed softly, ¡°In fact, there is a profession that can really do that.¡±


    He pointed at himself, ¡°Travelling around the world and leaving footprints in countless cities.¡±


    Shen Huiming was stunned for a moment, then smiled, ¡°It really is.¡±


    The two looked at each other, and Shen Huiming said, ¡°I never thought that my adolescence dream would be fulfilled by you for me.¡±


    Suo Yang likes this kind of ambiguous rhetoric as if the two of them were involved in a past life and a present life.


    He found that he still seemed to like those romantic settings in his bones, but he knew very well that romance in this world is like stargazing in the daytime; you knew it was there, but it just wouldn¡¯t let you find it.


    The same goes for love.


    ¡°Do you know what I wanted to do when I was in middle school?¡±


    Shen Huiming asked curiously, ¡°An astronaut?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Why an astronaut?¡±


    ¡°Actually, it could also be a pilot, it feels like you enjoy the feeling of flying.¡±


    ¡°I really enjoy this feeling now. I¡¯ve been working for many years, but I still find the experience of going through the clouds amazing,¡± Suo Yang suddenly smiled slyly, ¡°However, this is me now. Back in middle school I actually wanted to be an archaeologist.¡±


    ¡°Archaeologist?¡±


    ¡°Yes, wearing a small vest, take a small shovel, and go digging in a deserted place.¡± Suo Yang smiled, ¡°It was a time when I was lulled into a fascination by various tomb-raiding novels.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to read those novels.¡±


    ¡°Of course I do.¡± Suo Yang also laughed, ¡°At that time, I didn¡¯t listen properly in class, so I put the novel in the middle of the textbook and read it secretly.¡±


    ¡°I was the same, but I thought you¡¯ve always been that kind of good student.¡±


    The two started chatting like this, perhaps because Shen Huiming on the hospital bed lost his usual impeccable elite style, which made Suo Yang relax his nerves subconsciously.


    The two were no longer trying to go through the motions of a back-and-forth through a relationship that had not yet fully unfolded. Rather, like two perfectly ordinary friends, chatting about grounded and light-hearted topics.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Then I should be glad you didn¡¯t go to the archaeology with a small shovel.¡±


    ¡°How so?¡±


    ¡°In that case, the two of us may not meet.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, ¡°After all, if I could still have a chance encounter with you doing that kind of work, either I¡¯d be a grave robber and be caught by you, or I¡¯d be living in a tomb.¡±


    Suo Yang was amused by his words and couldn¡¯t help laughing. The two men, who had removed their delicate masks, were actually joking around like that.


    Ever since the two met, it seemed that Shen Huiming could surprise Suo Yang every time they met.


    In his past experience, the more people got along, the more boring they became, and he himself was a prime example of this.


    He was very aware of his significance. Because of his appearance, it was easy for people to be interested in him, but often, after spending time with him, he would become more and more boring.


    The legendary ¡°A beautiful beauty, but have no soul¡±?


    He was never one of those people who, the deeper you dug, the more stories there were to tell, and while he was superficially light-hearted, he was indeed always empty.


    He was a pool of water, too clear to even keep fish alive.


    He was waiting for someone to oxygenate his pool of water so that water plants could grow at the bottom of the lake and the suffocated fish could come back to life.


    He suddenly felt that Shen Huiming seemed to have this possibility.


    But the problem was, it was only a possibility. Suo Yang was full of expectations, but he didn¡¯t dare to jump to conclusions.


    It was a good idea to socialise as friends first. After all, a ¡®favourable impression¡¯ did not translate to ¡®love¡¯. There were many prerequisites for falling in love, and they were not yet at that stage.


    There was no need to be in a rush, provided that Shen Huiming was willing to take the time to take it slow with him.


    The two of them had been talking for more than an hour when the nurse came to do rounds.


    Only then did Suo Yang remember that he hadn¡¯t even asked Shen Huiming what kind of surgery he had undergone.


    When the nurse left, he asked Shen Huiming, ¡°Will you be in the hospital for a long time? If it¡¯s stomach surgery, it¡¯s quite serious, right?¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t tell him too much and really didn¡¯t want the other party to think that he was using his illness to seek sympathy.


    ¡°If I recover well, I can go home to recuperate in a few days.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Actually, it¡¯s my own fault. I don¡¯t pay attention to my health usually, and even after the doctor reminded me, I didn¡¯t pay attention to it. It was all my own doing.¡±


    When Suo Yang looked at the man who had lost a round of weight in front of him, he couldn¡¯t say that he felt distressed, but he did feel that it was quite unpleasant.


    ¡°Even if you¡¯re busy with work, you also need to pay attention to your health,¡± Suo Yang said. ¡°If your body breaks down, there will be nothing left.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile in his eyes and said softly, ¡°Yes, it¡¯s true that I didn¡¯t care before, but I¡¯ll have to care more in the future. After all, apart from work, I have the motivation to live longer.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t say it anymore. It¡¯s weirdly embarrassing to say it too bluntly.¡±


    As soon as he said this, Suo Yang understood even if he didn¡¯t say the next words.


    ¡°Even if it wasn¡¯t for this,¡± Suo Yang looked at him, looking down and flipping through the ¡®On Love¡¯ that was placed by the hospital bed, ¡°you should still live a good long life.¡±


    Shen Huiming watched him flip through the book to the page with the bookmark.


    Suo Yang saw that on that page, Shen Huiming had underlined a certain sentence with a pencil¡ªWhat do I love about her? Almost everything about her.


    It was like a hint, evoking his fantasy of what Shen Huiming was thinking when he read that sentence.


    Was the other party also asking himself what he loved about him?


    But Suo Yang believed that they were just two people who did not know each other, and no one would love everything about the other.


    He closed the book and said with a smile, ¡°It¡¯s time for me to go.¡±


    Shen Huiming was a little reluctant, but he had to let the man go.


    Suo Yang stood up and stacked the books beside him.


    ¡°I¡¯m flying to London this afternoon.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Eleven hours.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s hard work.¡± Shen Huiming sat on the hospital bed and looked at him because he knew that the other party was leaving, but he didn¡¯t know when the next meeting would be. As a result, his eyes were reluctant to blink.


    ¡°It¡¯s not too hard,¡± said Suo Yang, smiling, as if on purpose, ¡°It¡¯s still nineteen hours to New York, remember?¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Of course I remember.¡±


    The two stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, and then Suo Yang prepared to leave.


    ¡°By the way,¡± Suo Yang said to Shen Huiming before walking away, ¡°recuperate well, our bet is still on. I will wait for you on the plane. If there is a chance.¡±

 CH 22

    The opportunity was definitely there, and Shen Huiming had been waiting for this opportunity.


    However, the fact that he was hospitalized seriously affected his progress with Suo Yang and once again proved that ¡®Your health is your most precious asset¡¯.


    When one¡¯s health was poor, one¡¯s efficiency in pursuing others was forced to decrease.


    After Suo Yang met Shen Huiming in the hospital, he never saw him again until Shen Huiming was discharged from the hospital.


    In fact, Suo Yang was worried about him. However, on the one hand, he had to fly all over the place, and on the other hand, he did not want to show too much concern for the other party. It was not his style to be too attentive.


    However, the two of them kept in touch with each other, and before Suo Yang left the hospital, Shen Huiming successfully added his WeChat.


    WeChat was much more convenient than texting.


    Several times, when Suo Yang landed, he subconsciously wanted to report his position to Shen Huiming, but most of the time he held back. The only time he didn¡¯t was when he flew to New York again, and that night he stayed at the same hotel as his colleagues on the same shift.


    This time he declined the invitation to go to the bar and stayed at the hotel alone under the excuse that he had a ¡®headache¡¯.


    At night, just after it rained in New York, he stood by the hotel window and smoked a cigarette.


    The cool air refreshed his mind and made him not sleepy. He hadn¡¯t smoked for a long time, and he almost choked when he took a puff.


    It was on this night that Suo Yang suddenly began to admit that he had some concerns. He used to think that he would not care too much about anyone because he was taught to love himself more since he was a child.


    His parents had their own education method, which always regulated and constrained Suo Yang¡¯s life. Even though he had lived alone for many years without his parents, the rules he strictly followed since childhood had been engraved in his bones and could not be changed.


    Don¡¯t like others easily, and don¡¯t be kind to others easily because everyone is selfish, except for parents; no one would love you without limits, and it was not worth your selfless love.


    These were the principles that his parents taught him.


    Suo Yang always felt that what his parents said was right, that perfect, unreserved love could only be found in literature or artworks that had not been embellished; Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai1, none of them were real.


    If they did exist, they were few and far between.


    It was said that people would meet 29.2 million people in their lifetime, and the probability of two people falling in love was only 0.000049%.


    Influenced by his parents¡¯ ideas, Suo Yang had also become a ¡®love pessimist¡¯ and thought that such things could never be found.


    He thought he would never meet such a person in his life who could hit his nerves, but accidentally, this person seemed to really appear.


    Suo Yang was on guard while dealing with it. He thanked Shen Huiming for not rushing in and knocked on his door calmly.


    He casually took a picture of New York late at night after the rain and sent it to Shen Huiming.


    He didn¡¯t say where he was, but he believed Shen Huiming would recognize the nearby landmarks.


    Shen Huiming was a bit flattered to receive the message. Although in this relationship, it was not that he was the one who always took the initiative while the other party stayed indifferent. At times, Suo Yang would respond to him, but after all, there were very few times he would take the initiative to send messages.


    It was noon in China, but the picture sent by the other party was midnight.


    This feeling of two worlds crossing and overlapping made Shen Huiming Ming feel somewhat fascinated.


    On one side was the warm light of an autumn day, and on the other was the cool rain of an autumn night. One was warm, and one was cold. After he had given some thought to it, Shen Huiming raised his hand and took a picture of the view outside the ward and sent it to Suo Yang.


    After Shen Huiming finished sending the photo, he then said: When will we meet again in New York?


    Suo Yang smiled, held his cigarette in his mouth, typed with both hands, and replied to Shen Huiming¡ªit depends on when you will be discharged from the hospital.


    The two didn¡¯t talk for long. Shen Huiming remembered that it was already late at night there and urged Suo Yang to get some rest.


    He was now all too aware of the importance of a good night¡¯s rest, and staying up late was not an option.


    Suo Yang was still not sleepy when he lay down. He took the phone to look at his previous chat records with Shen Huiming. When he realized how stupid his behaviour was, he quickly turned off the phone and went to sleep.


    He had a dreamless night, but when he woke up in the morning, he received a greeting from Shen Huiming.


    ¡ªGood morning. It should be dawn on your side of the world.


    Suo Yang sat on the bed hugging the quilt and smiled. When someone inquired him about a good morning, his annoyance vanished instantly.


    Regarding that bet, both of them kept it in their minds.


    Originally, when Shen Huiming brought up this bet, he intended to follow the will of God. He always felt that there was an invisible hand between him and Suo Yang that was connecting them. Otherwise, how could he explain the previous coincidental encounters one after another?


    So, at the very beginning, he didn¡¯t want to do anything deliberately. It would have been the most romantic thing to have a willow grow out of nothing2to hardly do anything to reap the outcome3.


    However, when he was finally discharged from the hospital and returned to the company to deal with the accumulated work for two days, he felt that to leave everything between him and Suo Yang to destiny was a little bit unfair to Fate.


    Fate was only responsible for letting them meet, not for the subsequent development.


    It was up to them to decide how far they would go.


    It was up to them to plant the ¡®cause¡¯ and taste the ¡®fruit of the ¡®cause¡¯  by themselves. In the end, whether it would be good or bad, whether they would be satisfied and happy or whether they will end up with regret. The responsibility should be their own, not Fate.


    What¡¯s more, Shen Huiming discovered that Suo Yang was actually looking forward to it as much as he did.


    Since this was the case, how could he let Suo Yang down?


    Shen Huiming got discharged from the hospital and didn¡¯t tell Suo Yang. He was going to give him a surprise.


    It was not difficult to know where Suo Yang would fly on a certain day. Shen Huiming expedited the visa application, freed up time, and bought a plane ticket.


    The flight to Berlin took nearly thirteen hours, with a flyover in Moscow.


    When Shen Huiming set off to the airport with his simple luggage, he couldn¡¯t help but think: It was not easy to court a flight attendant. You have to have the money and the time.


    The streetscape kept receding, and Shen Huiming was getting closer and closer to the airport.


    At this time, Suo Yang didn¡¯t know anything about Shen Huiming¡¯s whereabouts. He had just arrived at the airport and was about to go to a meeting.


    Before he left home, he was still sending a message to Shen Huiming. At this time, he didn¡¯t know that Shen Huiming had been discharged from the hospital, and he was about to win their bet.


    Suo Yang stood in front of the bathroom mirror and adjusted his uniform again, making sure that he was in perfect condition.


    He walked out of the bathroom and went to the meeting with other colleagues in the team.


    He had to fly to Berlin today. The first international flight in his flight attendant career was to Berlin, but he hadn¡¯t had the opportunity to fly this route since then.


    He liked the place quite a lot.


    When all the staff are there, the meeting begins.


    The first-class passenger list was handed over to Suo Yang. He looked through the information of each passenger as usual and then saw the familiar name¡ªShen Huiming.


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 CH 23

    When Suo Yang first saw Shen Huiming¡¯s name, he thought he had read it wrong, or maybe it was just someone else with the same name.


    But soon he realized that this was Shen Huiming¡¯s strategy, and the guy was discharged from the hospital without telling him at all.


    Suo Yang was not the least bit upset. Instead, he looked at the passenger list and smiled. A colleague next to him asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°Nothing.¡± Suo Yang politely responded with a smile.


    Suo Yang wondered if Shen Huiming had ever thought that his whereabouts had been revealed before he even boarded the plane. This so-called surprise made him at a loss whether to cry or to laugh


    For the first time in his career, Suo Yang was a little distracted as he went to get ready after the meeting.


    Suo Yang suddenly remembered the first time he met Shen Huiming on the plane. On that occasion, just like now, he was given the list of first-class passengers during the meeting. However, at that time, he did not feel any strange emotions when he saw the name Shen Huiming, and at that time, he did not know that he would later become so involved with this person.


    At this moment, Shen Huiming, who had completed the check-in procedure and was walking to the VIP lounge, took his mobile phone and wanted to send a message to Suo Yang, but he was afraid that he would affect the other party¡¯s work, so he could only force himself to suppress such thoughts.


    He went to the waiting room and received a cup of coffee. When he sat down and was about to drink, he remembered that he had been told by Suo Yang on the plane not to drink coffee on an empty stomach.


    Shen Huiming got up with a smile and went to pick up a small cake that was individually wrapped.


    He didn¡¯t expect he would be so obedient. After Shen Huiming sat down, he took a photo of the coffee and cake in front of him, ready to find a chance to ask for praise from Suo Yang.


    This was the first time Shen Huiming went to Berlin. He was not sure if Suo Yang would stay there and how much free time he would have if he did. However, he took the time to prepare himself properly so that if Suo Yang said he had enough time by then, they could just walk around Berlin.


    Just a casual walk, not really a date.


    Shen Huiming was very cunning. He believed that there should be a complete setup for dating. Meeting, eating, walking, and even watching movies were not considered real dates.


    He anxiously waited for the boarding announcement. He, who has always been calm, even got up from time to time to check the news at the boarding gate.


    This was what it felt like to want to meet someone so badly as if he had smelled the aroma of the other person from a long distance and couldn¡¯t wait to follow this faint fragrance all the way.


    Shen Huiming was holding the half-read copy of ¡®On Love¡¯ in his hand, which almost became his ¡®love bible¡¯.


    Because Suo Yang had spoiled the ending in advance, Shen Huiming actually started to read the first 120 pages and kept rereading the previous parts again and again.


    He felt that, at least at this moment, his relationship with Suo Yang was more suitable for the first eleven chapters. He refused the entertain the idea of the so-called ¡®Romantic Terrorism1¡¯, and he only needed to discuss ¡®Romantic Fatalism2¡¯ with Suo Yang.


    During his stay in the hospital, Shen Huiming gave serious thought to the relationship between them and what attracted him to Suo Yang.


    Although everyone says that love has no reason and that any love that has reasons would collapse on the first blow.


    But in fact, Shen Huiming felt that everything that happened in the world had its reasonable reasons, including love.


    The emergence and development of love follow the same principle¡ªto touch the soft part of your heart.


    Love was not without reason at all. The first time Shen Huiming saw Suo Yang, he saw the rare calmness and tenderness in the people around him. Although Suo Yang always maintained a ¡®professional¡¯ attitude, the just right sense of distance attracted him.


    As they spent time together afterwards, Shen Huiming felt more and more that Suo Yang¡¯s life was like a beautifully wrapped gift box that everyone wanted to take for themselves, but the price was so high that many people had to turn away.


    But he wanted to go out of his way to get it back at a high price, not to get a glimpse of what was inside, but to untie the packaging that was binding him and give him freedom.


    Shen Huiming felt that Suo Yang was yet another kind of himself, a person who was raised high by life and forced to tighten his nerves.


    Therefore, he wanted to be Suo Yang¡¯s hero, or at least allow the other person to be unrestrained when he was by his side.


    The most clich¨¦d metaphor to describe the relationship between the two he imagined was that Suo Yang was a swimming fish, and he wanted to be the everlasting lake for this fish3.


    It was challenging and fun.


    Shen Huiming waited for a long time and finally got the boarding notice.


    He took his book and walked towards the boarding gate with his ticket and passport in his hand.


    Here we are again.


    Finally, we meet again.


    He won the bet anyway, albeit with a little less than honourable tricks.


    Shen Huiming smiled and walked towards the shuttle bus, which was going to take him to Suo Yang¡¯s side, and he was looking forward to his reaction when he met him.


    Suo Yang stood there to greet the first-class passengers, dressed in a neat uniform, with a decent smile and standardised conversation.


    When Shen Huiming walked up, he looked at Suo Yang from afar, and the two of them looked at each other without any unusual reaction from Suo Yang.


    When Shen Huiming arrived in front of Suo Yang, Suo Yang smiled and said, ¡°Hello Mr. Shen, welcome to this flight.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled at him and nodded, responding, ¡°Hello.¡±


    After he said that, he went inside and found his place.


    Thirteen hours. The journey was divided into two parts.


    For the first time, Shen Huiming felt that the long flight time was a good thing.


    Suo Yang greeted the passengers and returned to the cabin to continue the service in order. He helped the passengers to place their carry-on luggage and asked them what their needs were.


    Shen Huiming sat there peacefully the whole time, but his attention was focused on Suo Yang.


    His voice.


    His smile.


    The way he lifted his arms as he helped people set up their luggage.


    And that waistline.


    The uniform shirt was tucked neatly into his trousers, and even the belt uniformly distributed by the airline seemed to be a limited edition of a luxury brand on Suo Yang.


    The only one of its kind in the world.


    Everything seemed like yesterday once more4. Shen Huiming seemed to have returned to the day he left for New York when a flight attendant called Suo Yang caught his attention and made his long and tiring journey full of mystical tales.


    Ultimately, Suo Yang was very professional and held himself to a very high standard of professionalism.


    He would not let the presence of Shen Hui Ming interfere with his working routine. He treated the other party as ordinary passengers during the whole process, following all the procedures and regulations, without even any unnecessary pleasantries.


    Safety demonstrations routine, after that broadcast tasks routine.


    Shen Huiming listened to Suo Yang¡¯s voice on the speaker and tapped his fingers on the cover of the book with pleasure.


    His fingers landed on the word ¡®love¡¯, as if he was tapping on the door of the heart one after the other as if notes were popping out of it.


    The plane took off, and once again, Shen Huiming and Suo Yang flew together into the blue sky and into the clouds, and Shen Huiming felt as if he understood why Suo Yang liked this job.


    It was so romantic.


    Leaving the footprints of his life at an altitude of 30,000 feet, the footprints were the notes, and each route was the lines of the music scores5, and not everyone could write such a tune.


    Now, it was not only Suo Yang who had left footprints in his life, but also love who stepped in and forced himself into this life.


    Their relationship sprouted in the blue sky, and it would also sprout and bloom here.


    Shen Huiming looked out the window and watched as they moved further and further away from the familiar city, as they were wrapped in clouds and their love was as sweet and soft as a cloud-shaped cotton candy.


    Does Suo Yang like to eat cotton candy?


    He vaguely remembered that Suo Yang seemed to say that he didn¡¯t like sweets very much.


    But it didn¡¯t matter. He just had to eat this one. Keep this one and put it in his mouth, and let it melt little by little for a lifetime.


    In the midst of Shen Huiming¡¯s wild thoughts, the plane reached the stratosphere, Suo Yang came over, stood beside him, leaned slightly and said, ¡°Mr. Shen, can I get you something to eat?¡±


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 CH 24

    How exactly should Suo Yang¡¯s voice be described?


    It was clean and clear, like a ray of light penetrating the clouds.


    In the past, when Shen Huiming was dealing with all kinds of people, he would try to analyze the logic and behaviour style of the other party through their appearances out of his businessman¡¯s instinct. He was good at predicting the next move in advance after the other party made their first move. This was the kind of foresight a businessman must have.


    But when he met Suo Yang, his original framework of dealing with people was no longer applicable.


    He was reluctant to guess or analyze the actions that Suo Yang might take next. All of his logical analysis of Suo Yang was wiped out, and he just wanted to follow his heart and be sentimental.


    Now Shen Huiming was so sentimental that even hearing Suo Yang¡¯s voice felt extremely healing.


    ¡°Coffee.¡± Shen Huiming looked up at him with a smile, ¡°Black coffee.¡±


    Suo Yang originally wanted to appear tense and to suspend Shen Huiming¡¯s appetite, but the other party asked for coffee, which made it impossible for him to not remember their first meeting.


    ¡°On an empty stomach¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not an empty stomach this time,¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°I just ate a piece of small cake while waiting for the plane.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, looked at him helplessly, and said: ¡°Okay, please wait a moment.¡±


    It was funny. It was like a bubble suddenly appeared in a pool of stagnant water.


    While waiting for Suo Yang to come over with coffee, Shen Huiming flipped through the book and turned to the first page again, where the story begins.


    The first sentence of the whole book¡ªIn this world, there is nothing stronger than the desire for love.


    If it were before, Shen Huiming would not agree with this sentence at all and even sneered at it, but now, as he looked at the clouds outside the window and thought about the person who would be coming over with coffee later, he felt that this statement hit him right in the heart.


    On a whim, he tore off a sheet from his notebook, quickly wrote a line, and stuffed it into Suo Yang¡¯s trouser pocket when the other party came over.


    Suo Yang looked at him, didn¡¯t ask any questions, just smiled, put his coffee away and turned to leave.


    For the next few hours, everything went on as usual. Shen Huiming didn¡¯t cause trouble for Suo Yang, and Suo Yang didn¡¯t express special attention to him because there was an ¡®acquaintance¡¯ of his own sitting in the cabin.


    They both knew only too well that Suo Yang was in the middle of his work and that Shen Huiming should not disturb him, nor should he be distracted. This was the self-control he should have, at the very least.


    However, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t feel bored during the seven hours or so he spent on the connecting flight to Moscow. He flipped through books, processed the documents sent by the assistant before he boarded the plane, and then took a short nap. The time passed like this.


    For him, it was never possible to have a dull moment of free time. For a long time, Shen Huiming wished that he could have 48 or even 72 hours a day, and the things that he needed to deal with were simply endless.


    Under such circumstances, he was willing to divide his attention and time to be close to Suo Yang, which was enough to show how irresistible Suo Yang¡¯s allure was to him.


    When the plane arrived in Moscow, the weather conditions were not very good, it was overcast, and it looked a bit bleak.


    They had more than two hours of transit time and needed to change to another terminal to board the plane.


    Shen Huiming walked out with the other passengers, and before he got off the plane, he took a second look at Suo Yang and thought that even if there was a row of flight attendants standing there, Suo Yang was the only one who stood out.


    This was not because love was blind, Shen Huiming thought; this was a fact.


    It would take another two or three hours to arrive in Berlin after taking off from Moscow. While waiting to board the plane, Shen Huiming had already started planning how to invite Suo Yang to take a walk in Berlin together after landing.


    Berlin was a place he was looking forward to. After all, in his shallow understanding of the city, it should be colourful and full of a strong artistic atmosphere. In such an environment, it seemed easier for people to indulge in it and become emotional. In this way, it would be easier to open up and not to mention that it was where Suo Yang had his first international flight, so there should be unique emotions here. Shen Huiming felt that this place was perfect for the two of them to spend some time together.


    However, the saying that plans would never be able to catch up with changes1 would always be true.


    Lightning and thunder began to strike outside half an hour before their boarding time.


    Thunder and lightning weather was a terrible situation for flying. People like Shen Huiming who flew around all year round knew this all too well.


    He got up, walked to the window, looked at the sudden rainstorm outside and the lightning that split the sky in half, and suddenly had a bad feeling.


    A few minutes later, Suo Yang found him.


    ¡°We probably won¡¯t be able to fly.¡± Suo Yang was just taking his chances to see if Shen Huiming was waiting obediently at the gate, but to his surprise, he actually saw him at the window.


    ¡°I have a hunch,¡± Shen Huiming spoke as a thunderclap rumbled, and Suo Yang frowned, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter to me. I originally came here for you.¡±


    Shen Huiming was so straightforward that Suo Yang forgot how to respond for a moment.


    Shen Huiming smiled and said, ¡°It¡¯s alright, I¡¯ll follow the arrangement, but it seems you need to appease the other passengers.¡±


    At this moment, the broadcast sounded, announcing the news of the flight delay.


    To everyone¡¯s surprise, the delay was a long one, and the flight did not take off until late at night.


    The sudden change of weather made many passengers restless. Shen Huiming sat on the side and looked up from time to time.


    The airport staff tried their best to calm everyone down. Shen Huiming looked at the time and felt that he might have to stay here tonight.


    At ten o¡¯clock, they were told that they would not be able to take off today, and the airport staff took them to the hotel.


    Before leaving the airport, Shen Huiming sent a WeChat message to Suo Yang while there was still WiFi, telling him about his current situation.


    Suo Yang replied to him: OK, I will contact you later.


    From the airport to the hotel, Shen Huiming felt how bad the weather outside was at the moment.


    Indeed, it was impossible to take off in such conditions.


    As he sat on the bus and looked up at the dark sky, he suddenly felt uneasy.


    How many times had Suo Yang encountered such a situation over the years? How many times had he encountered an unexpected situation during a flight? Has he ever been afraid?


    Shen Huiming frowned and tried not to think about it as much as possible, he couldn¡¯t accept any bad thoughts sprouting up.


    They were taken to the hotel, where first-class passengers were accommodated in a deluxe room, which was not bad.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s cell phone was almost out of battery right now, so he changed his clothes, charged his cell phone, and waited for Suo Yang to contact him.


    There was still lightning and thunder outside the window, and it felt like the end of the world, with the wind and rainstorms causing the branches to be broken.


    He was a little worried about Suo Yang and was surprisingly a little anxious as he waited.


    In order to ease this lousy mood, Shen Huiming turned on his laptop and started working.


    At almost twelve o¡¯clock, Suo Yang finally sent a message.


    Suo Yang said that he had also arrived at the hotel and asked Shen Huiming how things were going on his side.


    Shen Huiming: Everything is safe, but I am a little worried about you.


    Suo Yang had just entered the room with his colleagues and felt relieved after seeing Shen Huiming¡¯s message.


    He replied: Have you eaten anything tonight? I brought a boxed meal back.


    Five minutes later, Suo Yang knocked on Shen Huiming¡¯s door.


    Shen Huiming did not eat anything at night, but it was not because he couldn¡¯t eat. The airport prepared a very good dinner box for them, but he just didn¡¯t have an appetite at that time.


    What¡¯s more, even if he had eaten, he would have to say he hadn¡¯t; otherwise, how could he get Suo Yang to come to his door?


    He opened the door and saw Suo Yang had already changed his uniform and wearing a light-coloured striped shirt and jeans. He looked like a refreshing college student.


    Suo Yang held two sets of meals in his hand and said with a smile, ¡°The steward took care of me and gave me two portions.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at the person in front of him and was a little dazed. This feeling of having a familiar person visit him late at night while he was temporarily settled in a foreign country was very heartwarming.


    Despite the strong wind and heavy rains, lightning and thunder outside, the atmosphere in the room was not affected at all. Because of Suo Yang¡¯s appearance, the atmosphere became warm and soft.


    The two sat on the carpet and used the hotel¡¯s promotional brochure to pad their meal box. They just sat on the floor and ate their dinner, which was several hours late.


    They were like old friends, chatting in the dim light of the room. Suo Yang was no longer on the edge, after all, he was tired enough for today.


    ¡°By the way,¡± Shen Huiming reached for his phone, ¡°I heard a song by accident that day.¡±


    He opened the music software and searched for ¡®Berlin¡¯.


    Before the start of this trip, Shen Huiming had checked countless information related to Berlin, even including the song.


    Sometimes darkness, it creeps in


    to my body while I¡¯m sleeping.


    and I watch you fall,


    from the pedestal,


    where you¡¯ve rested for so long.


    Suo Yang sat there, looked at the swaying branches outside the window, and listened in fascination, while Shen Huiming sat opposite him and looked at him.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t know what Suo Yang was thinking at the moment, but what he thought was: When you fall from the pedestal, I can catch you.


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 CH 25

    It was not often that Suo Yang felt this close to someone. Not in terms of spatial distance but in terms of distance in his heart.


    People were probably like this. The more they grew up, the harder it was to accept the advances of others. Their defensiveness would increase with age. When a person approaches, they would subconsciously think about the other party¡¯s intention.


    It might seem too utilitarian and too realistic to say this, but this was true. Every adult who had been in society had a lock on their heart.


    It was precisely because of this that people always say that after leaving the campus, there would be fewer and fewer sincere friends.


    Suo Yang was not the type of person who could easily make friends with others. He was so used to being alone all these years that he had forgotten what it was like to have company. On many stormy days, what he thought about was when the weather would clear up and when was the time to take off; but instead, he thought that the atmosphere was just right at this moment.


    The atmosphere was just right for a glass of wine.


    Shen Huiming seemed to have seen through his thoughts, or maybe he just happened to have the same thoughts as him.


    He asked, ¡°There is red wine in the wine cabinet. Would you like a glass?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Then I¡¯ll have a glass.¡±


    Shen Huiming got up and walked to the wine cabinet.


    Suo Yang cleaned up the finished meal boxes in front of him, put all the rubbish in a bag and put it aside, then turned to look at Shen Huiming who was opening the wine.


    He walked over, took out the wine glass to wash it, and when he came back, Shen Huiming was already waiting for him.


    ¡°This wine is not bad,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°but it needs time to wake up for a while1.¡±


    Suo Yang saw that he had poured part of it into the decanter.


    ¡°No rush.¡± Suo Yang put the glass away, ¡°The night is still long anyway.¡±


    While waiting for the wine, the two sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and watched the unsightly night scene outside.


    The strong wind was swirling with branches and rain, and the lightning was accompanied by rumbling thunder, which was very similar to the end-time scene in the movie.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°This kind of weather is what I fear most.¡±


    When a person was willing to confess his weaknesses to you, it proved that he had begun to accept you.


    Shen Huiming asked, ¡°Because of your job?¡±


    ¡°Part of the reason,¡± Suo Yang¡¯s voice was very soft, but he was not anxious. He just told him a very common thing calmly, ¡°It seems that since high school, evening and windy weather would make me feel horrible.¡±


    ¡°Evening and windy days?¡±


    ¡°Yes, to put it simply, if I am outside at such a time, I will feel anxious and sometimes experience heart palpitations and dizziness.¡± Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I even went online to find out what this was all about.¡±


    ¡°Did you find out the results?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°The internet says it¡¯s called ¡®sundowning syndrome¡¯, which is generally a series of emotional and cognitive function changes that occur in Alzheimer¡¯s patients at dusk.¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry, ¡°Alzheimer¡¯s disease?¡±


    ¡°Hahaha yes, dementia,¡± Suo Yang laughed in a relaxed manner, ¡°When I saw this, I immediately closed the webpage.¡±


    Shen Huiming shook his head, ¡°So that¡¯s why when there is any problem, you can¡¯t just check it online. You will just find out that you are terminally ill.¡±


    ¡°So until now, I didn¡¯t know why I am like this.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°But now I rarely think about it that much. The bad weather will only make me anxious because the flight is affected.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked out of the window, or rather, he was looking at Suo Yang reflected in the glass window.


    He was silent for a while, then said, ¡°I think there is one possible answer.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°But I¡¯m afraid of offending you when I say it.¡±


    ¡°Still worried about that now?¡± Suo Yang deliberately joked with him, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you consider this issue when you bought the ticket for this flight?¡±


    Shen Huiming lowered his head and smiled.


    After a while, Shen Huiming restrained his smile and said seriously, ¡°Maybe it¡¯s because of a lack of security.¡±


    The smile on Suo Yang¡¯s face gradually faded, and he seemed to be looking out in a daze.


    ¡°I don¡¯t dare to speculate on your psychology without permission, and I¡¯m not sure if you¡¯re aware of this problem.¡±  Shen Huiming said, ¡°Evening signifies the junction of the day, an ambiguous period of time in which it is easy to give rise to emotions that would not be visible during the day. It was like a hook that hooks day to the night, and in bringing out the night, it also brings out the restlessness and desires of the people along the way.¡±


    Shen Huiming turned to look at Suo Yang, ¡°I don¡¯t know if anyone has told you this, but you¡¯re really very good. We don¡¯t really have a deep friendship, but I can feel that you¡¯re doing your best to do what you like, and I admire you for that alone.¡±


    How should one describe this feeling?


    It was like a secret that one didn¡¯t discover, but it was suddenly exposed by others. In an instant, a chill ran down your spine, and your palms were sweaty.


    Suo Yang was a proud person, and his pride was not the arrogance of raising his chin and looking down on others but the feeling that he was forged with a bronze wall that could not be violated. He felt that he should be infallible, flawless, and be praised everywhere he went.


    In order to maintain this state, he had to take a deep breath at the beginning of each day, and he must be full of energy no matter how tired he was.


    But there was a person who was telling him tactfully: Suo Yang, you are not confident.


    Pride and confidence were two entirely different things


    The crux of Suo Yang¡¯s problem was that he had never been sure of himself. He felt that he was not good enough and that he had to live more attentively to get by.


    At the end of every day, he felt that he had not grown at all. He denied himself every day, and at the same time, he had to pretend to put on an arrogant look of superiority. He thought he had played the proud So Yang very well, but he didn¡¯t expect that Shen Huiming would see through him so easily.


    As he saw that Suo Yang hadn¡¯t spoken for a long time, Shen Huiming secretly thought it was bad and that he had said too much.


    Suo Yang had a strong defensive mentality. If one talked too much, he would lock the door instead.


    As for Suo Yang, after what he said, the two of them may go on two extreme paths. One was that Suo Yang opened up his heart to him and treated him as a close friend, and the other was to bid him farewell.


    He didn¡¯t know if he was being too smart or too stupid in saying those things.


    For a while, he was dumbfounded.


    Ever since he met Suo Yang, Shen Huiming felt that every step he took was a gamble.


    ¡°The wine is almost ready.¡± Shen Huiming stood up, ¡°I¡¯m going to pour a glass.¡±


    Suo Yang nodded but did not speak.


    When Shen Huiming went to pour the wine, Suo Yang kept looking at the people in the room through the window. He was full of questions, and he couldn¡¯t figure it out at all.


    When Shen Huiming returned with the wine glass and handed it to him, Suo Yang asked, ¡°Am I being obvious?¡±


    Shen Huiming was stunned for a moment and smiled, ¡°Not really, although it seems like I¡¯m being unmodest to say so, I believe that there are only a few who can tell.¡±


    He laughed not only because of Suo Yang¡¯s question but because, since the other party asked such a question, it meant that Suo Yang had not rejected him because of this.


    This was a good sign.


    Suo Yang frowned with a look of disbelief. He really didn¡¯t understand how Shen Huiming had found this out.


    They had only met a few times, and they usually had very shallow conversations. Suo Yang has never shown any ¡®weakness¡¯ in front of each other.


    What was going on?


    Suo Yang suddenly felt that Shen Huiming was a scary person, so smart that he wondered if this person had opened his sky eye2.


    ¡°If I say I¡¯m just guessing, does it appear that I¡¯m not sincere?¡± Shen Huiming sat down again and took a sip of his wine.


    ¡°So, it¡¯s not a blind guess.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Can you tell me about it?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m still very accurate in reading people,¡± Shen Huiming said with a smile, ¡°Of course, there are times when I miss the mark.¡±


    He held the wine glass in both hands, hesitated for a moment, and said to Suo Yang, ¡°This is how things are in this world. No matter how well you disguise yourself, but when you meet someone who really has his heart set on you, he can see the flaw at a glance.¡±


    Shen Huiming said jokingly, ¡°I don¡¯t mean to be sarcastic about my love rivals.¡±


    Suo Yang also laughed, took a sip of wine and said, ¡°There is no such thing as a love rival.¡±


    ¡°Suo Yang,¡± Shen Huiming stopped joking and said to him seriously, ¡°Actually, many times, words are the palest in comparison, and the best way to make a person affirm himself is not the praise of others, I believe you don¡¯t lack this at all.¡±


    Suo Yang looked down at the wine in his hand.


    Yes, he had never lacked praise.


    From childhood to adulthood, whether it was parents, teachers, classmates or friends, even if it was just a passenger that he had the pleasure of having met once, had always praised him.


    He didn¡¯t even understand why this was the case. Why was it that he couldn¡¯t identify himself when he should be standing up straight and thinking he felt incredibly good?


    This emotion has plagued him for years and even nearly broke him a few times.


    ¡°I¡¯ve tried to find the answers before,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I always thought that all diseases have their causes, and I could solve this problem by finding the root of the problem, but strangely enough, I found that I couldn¡¯t find the cause at all.¡±


    He took a sip of wine, ¡°Many people¡¯s character flaws initially come from their family, but in fact, I always think I came from a good family. My parents were respectful of each other; they were strict with me but never hurt me, and I was able to feel their love.¡±


    Shen Huiming sat beside him and listened quietly.


    ¡°If it¡¯s not originated from the family, where is it from?¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Emotionally? I¡¯m not afraid of you making fun of me. I¡¯ve never formally walked into a relationship, and I think things like relationships are too heavy for me, and I can¡¯t afford it easily. I don¡¯t trust other people or myself, and I don¡¯t believe that perfect love really exists.¡±


    ¡°Actually, perfect love really doesn¡¯t exist.¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°It hurts the perfectionist.¡±


    Suo Yang shrugged, ¡°Probably.¡±


    ¡°Perfect love isn¡¯t even common in works of art. All love has its uniqueness. But if we have to dwell on ¡®perfection¡¯, I think every love is perfect.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°As long as it exists, it is perfect; even if it¡¯s like cracked porcelain, it¡¯s still a work of art. So love is art, and the pursuit of love is the pursuit of art, and you say that art is perfect? ??It doesn¡¯t matter if it is beautiful art or ugly art, but where it is art, it is perfection. The same goes for people. Everyone is a work of art. In a way, there is no perfect person, but everyone is perfect.¡±


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 CH 26

    As long as it exists, is it perfect?


    Suo Yang had never thought about this question, but when Shen Hui Ming said this point of view, he suddenly felt that it was not unreasonable.


    It had always been in his mind that the world was full of cracks, irrespective of people or things, but where there was a crack, there was naturally a flaw. And a flaw was a far cry from perfection.


    He regretted this flaw, but Shen Huiming looked at this issue from another angle and regarded the flaw as an irreplaceable perfection.


    This concept made Suo Yang feel fresh, and his breathing suddenly became easier.


    Suo Yang was a person with a strong sense of self. He would listen to other people¡¯s opinions, but seldom agree with them and accept them, and very often he could understand that they had a point, but he was still willing to stick to his own side of the world.


    But as it turned out, always sticking to one side of the world solidified thoughts and perspective, and this was where all his confusion comes from.


    By looking at things from a different perspective, many problems could be solved accordingly.


    He envied Shen Huiming¡¯s positive thinking, which was probably the opposite of his¡ªthe world of optimists.


    What would happen between them as a pessimist met an optimist?


    Shen Huiming raised his hand and looked out of the window through the wine glass, ¡°Actually, I said too much, what it boils down to is that I want to tell you¡­¡±


    He turned around and looked at Suo Yang through the glass. The man in his vision became distorted in shape, even a little comical.


    Shen Huiming said with a smile, ¡°No matter how many layers of surfaces I look at you, what you are distorted into, we all know that you are you, because you are Suo Yang himself, so you are unique and perfect enough.¡±


    People would not change their minds just because of someone else¡¯s words, let alone become confident enough to really believe how much more perfect they are.


    This was something that both of them knew very well.


    Shen Huiming said these things just to let Suo Yang know that he understood him and was willing to get closer to ¡®every single one of him¡¯.


    In any relationship, ¡®understanding¡¯ was far more heartwarming than ¡®love¡¯, and the bonding of the soul is more valuable than the bonding of the body.


    After hearing Shen Huiming¡¯s words, what he cared about was not whether he was perfect in the eyes of the other person, but whether this person was looking at him attentively.


    Suo Yang raised his hand, clinked glasses with Shen Huiming lightly, and said with a smile, ¡°Thank you for the bedroom philosopher¡¯s enlightenment.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not just a philosopher in the bedroom.¡± Shen Huiming and Suo Yang looked at each other with a smile and took a sip of wine.


    Suo Yang chuckled lightly, ¡°Does Mr. Shen have a side that I don¡¯t know about?¡±


    ¡°A lot, you can understand it slowly.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°But before we get to understand each other, can we have a discussion first?¡±


    ¡°Um?¡±


    ¡°Change the way you call me,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°You always call me Mr. Shen, which makes me feel like I¡¯m on the same level as Jiang Tongyan in your heart.¡±


    When Jiang Tongyan was mentioned, Suo Yang was taken aback. He had almost forgotten about this person.


    He smiled, ¡°How is Mr Jiang doing these days? Very busy?¡±


    ¡°Busy, busy defending against me.¡± Shen Huiming beat around the bush to try to let Suo Yang know that Jiang Tongyan was already having a story with someone else, ¡°He¡¯s so busy that he¡¯s bruised and battered.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°It¡¯s pretty good.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m to blame,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t mention him. How can we give him a part in the conversation when we are alone?¡±


    Suo Yang shook the red wine in his hand, raised his hand and drank the rest in one go, then asked, ¡°What would you like me to call you?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s hard for me to say when you ask that.¡± Shen Huiming said as he pretended to put some act, ¡°I¡¯m also quite bashful.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him with a smile, ¡°Since we are all bashful people, I¡¯d better call you Mr. Shen.¡±


    ¡°¡­Don¡¯t be ridiculous, when did you learn to joke around.¡±


    Suo Yang sat beside him and smiled, and said after a while, ¡°Huiming?¡±


    This was already a very close term of endearment for Suo Yang.


    He had always kept a safe and secure distance from others. He was polite and courteous to anyone, never overstepping his bounds, even with his close colleagues and friends, and always maintaining his poise.


    He was somewhat afraid of intimacy. He always felt that when two people fall into an intimate relationship,it would expose many unseemly flaws. He was terrified that people would be disillusioned with him.


    Getting him to start an intimate relationship was harder than getting him to fly for a month without a break.


    But ever since he met Shen Huiming, he always seemed to be hooked forward and couldn¡¯t help but follow.


    He suddenly remembered about ¡®reinforce and conquer each other¡¯ that the two of them had talked about before, and was afraid that he might really have to be superstitious for once.


    Shen Huiming understood the principle of when to stop as soon as he saw a deal, the name ¡®Huiming¡¯ was probably already the limit for Suo Yang, and he would be embarrassed to say more.


    What¡¯s more, there¡¯s no need to be so nasty, like Zhou Mo who used to say ¡®hubby¡¯ every day. Not to mention that he and Suo Yang hadn¡¯t reached that point yet, even if they really did, they probably wouldn¡¯t be able to say it.


    People have different ways of getting along with each other, Suo Yang was slow to warm up, and now this was already a rapid progress.


    Shen Huiming poured some more wine for the two of them, and Suo Yang, who had originally said he would only drink one glass, went on to drink a second.


    Afterwards, the two of them didn¡¯t talk about those ambiguous topics anymore. They just sat there looking out of the window, saying some innocuous words one after another.


    At some point, Suo Yang¡¯s voice became softer and his response frequency became lower and lower. Shen Huiming turned around and found that the other party was sitting there holding an empty wine glass with one hand and one hand just resting on the arm of the chair, surprisingly asleep.


    It was probably because he was really too tired and had drunk some red wine to relax his nerves.


    Shen Huiming quietly looked at the person leaning there and fell asleep. He looked at Suo Yang¡¯s slightly flushed face from drinking, and he felt extremely at ease in his heart.


    When he was giving a ¡®lesson¡¯ to Suo Yang, he was very eloquent and logical, but in fact, he wasn¡¯t that open-minded either.


    He knew that Suo Yang definitely didn¡¯t have expectations for love, and which adult who had been shattered by reality wouldn¡¯t be like that?


    Love was there just to balance their lives. Of course, it was good to have it, but no one was going to force it.


    You couldn¡¯t ask for it. True love was always something that could be found but not sought.


    Before meeting Suo Yang, Shen Huiming always thought that his love would never come. Love could be written in books, painted in paintings, made into sculptures and placed in cathedrals, but it would never come to him.


    They were all just a mediocre, a boy or girl next door1 kind of people. They were not so lucky.


    But the Gods were kind, and Yue lao2 did not forget him when he tied the red thread.


    Suo Yang was the kind of person that someone would fall in love with at first sight, after all, who wouldn¡¯t like someone who was good-looking?


    However, he was also too good at turning people away. A man who always felt that when he was understood, he would be abandoned.


    Dull? Bland?


    Shen Huiming looked at the sleeping Suo Yang and remembered what the other man had told him before.


    That¡¯s not true.


    Suo Yang had been hurt by love before, right? Shen Huiming laughed bitterly in his heart. Had this person experienced some failed relationship and was that why he thought like that?


    He didn¡¯t know what others think of Suo Yang, but to him, Suo Yang was not indifferent at all, and the more he spent time with him, the more he wanted to embrace him.


    In the early morning when the wind and rain gradually subsided, there was his beloved sleeping beside him.


    It was so romantic that Shen Huiming felt that his heart had returned to his early twenties, full of expectation and enthusiasm.


    Suo Yang had become his oasis. It was a place where he could rest and adjust when he was tired of fighting in the adult world with its many thoughts, and be reminded that life really was a very gentle thing.


    As Shen Huiming watched the sky grow brighter, he secretly reached out his hand and carefully took hold of the other man¡¯s hand.


    Suo Yang¡¯s hand was warm and soft, like a magnolia flower floating on the surface of hot spring water.


    Do you know what it means to have your heart beats in excitement?


    When Shen Huiming gently held Suo Yang¡¯s hand, he felt that he couldn¡¯t help but feel his heart pounding for this person.


    Actually, Suo Yang woke up the moment his hand was held, his heart tightened, and he subconsciously wanted to open his eyes but restrained himself.


    He didn¡¯t move and continued to pretend to be asleep, forcing himself to calm down, for fear that the sudden violent beating of his heart would wake up this still sleeping morning and that the heartbeat would reveal his mood.


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 CH 27

    It was very easy to hold Suo Yang¡¯s hand, but he shouldn¡¯t hold it for too long.


    This was similar to the slogan: ¡®Although a strong wine is good, don¡¯t be greedy.¡¯


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t want to bear the consequences of drinking greedily now.


    He just shook it, and when the sunlight came through the clouds, he let go of the other¡¯s hand.


    But that feeling lasted for a long time, and it gradually became sweeter from the bottom of Shen Huiming¡¯s heart.


    How many years had it been since he had felt this way? Since he started working, people had lived indifferently, it was difficult to feel touched, and it was difficult to have the sweetness that hits the bottom of his heart.


    This reminded him of the sweets his parents had bought in advance during the Chinese New Year¡¯s Eve when he was a child. He was explicitly forbidden to steal the sweets and had to wait until New Year¡¯s Eve, but he wouldn¡¯t behave and steal one when his parents weren¡¯t looking to double the sweet portion.


    Suo Yang was the candy he ate in advance.


    Suo Yang kept pretending to be asleep. He couldn¡¯t even think during the time Shen Huiming was holding his hand; all his attention was on the warmth and force coming from the other side until the alarm clock on his phone woke him up.


    When he opened his eyes, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was afraid of being seen through, he quickly took out his mobile phone and said, ¡°I have to go back.¡±


    The bad weather had passed and the sun was out.


    After a night of fierce wind and rain, autumn was in full swing.


    Shen Huiming stood up with him and walked towards the door.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°Someone will call you later, see you at the airport.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled at him, ¡°See you at the airport.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, and felt a little guilty.


    Logically speaking, Shen Huiming should be the one who felt guilty, but Suo Yang averted his gaze first.


    The two said goodbye, Suo Yang turned and prepared to leave.


    ¡°Suo Yang.¡± Shen Huiming suddenly stopped him.


    When Suo Yang turned around, Shen Huiming said to him, ¡°Don¡¯t put so much pressure on yourself, live a more relaxed life.¡±


    These words were obviously nothing out of the ordinary, but they suddenly seemed to be more soothing than the sunlight outside the window.


    Suo Yang smiled at him, nodded and said ¡°Okay¡±, then walked downstairs quickly.


    He didn¡¯t even wait for the elevator, because he didn¡¯t dare to linger for a moment too long.


    When Suo Yang returned to the room, his colleague had already changed his clothes and was waiting to leave. When he saw Suo Yang coming back, he jokingly said, ¡°Staying out all night, huh!¡±


    Suo Yang was a little embarrassed, and casually replied, ¡°I met an acquaintance, and we chatted for a while.¡±


    He glanced at the time and saw that it was too late to take a shower, so he could only run to the bathroom to wash up quickly and put on his uniform.


    On the way from the hotel to the airport, Suo Yang took out his mobile phone and found the song that Shen Huiming had played for him last night. As he listened to the song, he felt as if he had gone back to a few hours ago and was watching a man named Suo Yang chatting and drinking with a man named Shen Huiming as an outsider; time seemed to be slowed down, every movement and every look of them slowed down. Suo Yang could see clearly when the two looked at each other, there was a smile in their eyes.


    It was impossible to deny it.


    Suo Yang sighed and found himself being drawn to Shen Huiming.


    The weather turned fine and the flight conditions were good.


    The passengers boarded the plane again, and Shen Huiming sat in the cabin again.


    Almost three hours passed quickly, and they arrived at Berlin Sch?nefeld Airport from Moscow without incident.


    It was still morning here when they arrived in Berlin. When he got off the plane, Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t help but sigh, after such a trip, the jet lag was making him completely messed up.


    He found a place to sit after getting off the plane and connected to the WiFi to send a message to Suo Yang.


    After all the passengers had left, Suo Yang and the others had a lot to do, and it would be a long time before they were all done.


    They had six hours of free time and would be ready to return by late afternoon.


    Suo Yang remembered to turn on the phone after finishing his work, and the first message he received was from Shen Huiming.


    Shen Huiming said: I¡¯m waiting for you by the elevator leading to the exit, there is a coffee shop.


    After looking at the time the message was sent, Suo Yang found that the other party had been waiting for a long time, so he quickly replied: I just finished my work, where are you?


    Shen Huiming had drunk half a cup of coffee and was reading a document at the moment. After receiving Suo Yang¡¯s message, he raised his hand and took a picture of the coffee shop.


    Suo Yang sent: Wait for me a moment, I¡¯ll come over to you.


    He declined his colleague¡¯s invitation, and before he even had time to change his uniform, he walked quickly towards the coffee shop.


    The feeling that someone was waiting for him was very subtle, which makes Suo Yang feel both ashamed and at ease.


    He had always disliked being waited on, even if it was a meeting with Zhou Mo or a colleague, he would always be the one to arrive early.


    It was the first time someone was waiting for him, and it made him feel like he was in a foreign country but with a home waiting for him, so he was so eager to return.


    Suo Yang followed the exit and soon found the coffee shop. The coffee shop was open on all sides, and there were very few customers inside. Shen Huiming was sitting on the sofa at the far end.


    The other party was looking at the notebook very intently and did not notice him coming from behind.


    Suo Yang stepped lightly, steadied his heavy breathing, and then slowly approached.


    In front of Shen Huiming was the laptop, and in his hand was the half-drunk coffee and the book ¡®On Love¡¯ by his side.


    Suo Yang stood behind and looked at him secretly for a while as if admiring a painting hanging in an art gallery, while others were looking at the painting, he was looking at the people in the painting.


    When he had seen enough and his breathing had calmed down, Suo Yang walked over to Shen Huiming and said, ¡°Mr. Shen, I¡¯ve kept you waiting.¡±


    Shen Huiming was too focused on the documents, when someone suddenly spoke next to him, which startled him, and accidentally knocked over the coffee with a wave of his hand.


    Half a cup of coffee, half spilt on the table, half spilt on the ¡®On Love¡¯.


    For convenience, Shen Huiming had already removed the outer cover of the book and put it at home. At this time, one-third of the white hard inner cover was smudged into a brown colour.


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t expect such an accident, he quickly took out a tissue and apologized while helping to deal with the aftermath.


    Shen Huiming moved his notebook aside, picked up the book and said, ¡°Not bad, the book smells like coffee.¡±


    After Suo Yang wiped the table, he frowned and said apologetic words. Shen Huiming laughed at him, ¡°That¡¯s enough, apologizing too much makes me feel like an unreasonable bully.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at the soiled book in his hand and smiled wryly, ¡°Fortunately it didn¡¯t spill on you¡­¡±


    But then, before he finished speaking, he found that Shen Huiming¡¯s pants were also stained with coffee stains.


    A few drops of coffee splashed on his thigh, and Suo Yang couldn¡¯t conveniently wipe it, so he could only pass a tissue over and let Shen Huiming do it himself.


    But coffee stains were so stubborn that they couldn¡¯t even be washed off, let alone wiped.


    This time Suo Yang really felt sorry.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°it¡¯s just a pair of trousers.¡±


    Suo Yang knew that Shen Huiming¡¯s pair of trousers was not cheap.


    However, the most important question now was not how much the trousers were worth, but that he couldn¡¯t just wander around in a pair of dirty trousers.


    ¡°Did you bring a change of clothes?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    Shen Huiming shrugged, ¡°That¡¯s all I brought with me on this trip.¡±


    Suo Yang sighed slightly, and said, ¡°Then¡­ I¡¯ll go change my clothes first and then buy you a pair of trousers.¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Shen Huiming was a little surprised.


    ¡°After all, it¡¯s because I got it dirty,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯ll pay you a pair.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°I¡¯m a bit torn.¡±


    ¡°How?¡±


    ¡°You have luggage, right? Do you have spare trousers? Actually, we are about the same height, so you can lend me a pair temporarily.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°However, if this is too personal, so I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t speak.


    ¡°On the other hand, the fact that you bought me trousers,¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, ¡°I¡¯m quite happy that you bought them for me, it¡¯s a gift.¡±


    He let out a deliberate ¡°tsk¡± and rubbed the centre of his eyebrows, ¡°It¡¯s a hard choice.¡±


    Suo Yang was amused by him, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it, I only brought a pair of trousers, and I¡¯ll have to change myself to it later.¡±


    He put the empty coffee cup on the tray and prepared to return it to the bar, ¡°Clean it up and wait for me for a few minutes. There is a bathroom across the street. I¡¯ll go change my clothes.¡±


    Shen Huiming obediently obeyed and sat down peacefully to wait for Suo Yang.


    He watched Suo Yang in uniform walking towards the bar, his tall and straight back was really pleasing to the eye.


    The other party walked out of the coffee shop, took the suitcase and went into the bathroom.


    A few minutes later, Suo Yang, who had changed into casual clothes, came over, still wearing the same shirt and jeans, so refreshing that Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t take his eyes off it.


    ¡°I just checked, there is a men¡¯s clothing store right after you go out,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Let¡¯s go buy you trousers first.¡±


    Shen Huiming got up, packed his things and walked out of the coffee shop with Suo Yang.


    The two walked out side by side, and Suo Yang told him that he had six hours of free time.


    ¡°Six hours¡­¡± Shen Huiming tentatively said, ¡°Then can I apply to take up your six hours?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°The bet?¡±


    ¡°No, no, no, that doesn¡¯t count,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°A proper date takes a whole day, twenty-four hours, and wouldn¡¯t I be at a loss if I was only given six hours?¡±


    ¡°Twenty-four hours?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°The person in front of you is just so greedy, he wants to hog your twenty-four hours.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, not knowing what to say.


    ¡°It¡¯s a bit bad, isn¡¯t it?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s kind of bad, anyway, you have to be willing to admit defeat. When the time comes, free up your time and listen to my arrangements.¡±

 CH 28

    Suo Yang found that he was not very good at rejecting Shen Huiming. When facing this person, he couldn¡¯t say ¡®I¡¯m undeserving of your affection¡¯ as politely and distantly as he did to other people.


    However, in the end, it was just a matter of him not wanting to refuse.


    He knew all too well what was happening because Shen Huiming was not the only one who was looking forward to that date.


    ¡°Then you¡¯d better arrange something exciting.¡± Suo Yang looked at him and smiled, ¡°If it¡¯s boring, there really won¡¯t be a next time.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed when he heard it, ¡°So if I behave well, I can have a next time.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled without saying anything and walked forward quickly.


    After the two came out, they first went to buy a pair of trousers for Shen Huiming. Suo Yang said jokingly, ¡°Mr. Shen, you know my family¡¯s conditions, and I can¡¯t really afford to buy the same type of trousers to compensate you.¡±


    Shen Huiming followed him into the shop and said with a smile behind him, ¡°I don¡¯t know much about your family¡¯s condition, but on another matter, you are indeed a bit of a bully.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Suo Yang looked back at him suspiciously, ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°Why do you call me Mr. Shen again?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s really out of place.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled apologetically, ¡°I¡¯m used to it.¡±


    During the conversation, the clerk greeted them and said hello to them. Suo Yang meant to ask the clerk to help choose a pair of suitable trousers for Shen Huiming, but Shen Huiming said, ¡°No, since you are the one who is paying, of course you have to choose it.¡±


    It was pointless for the clerk to choose.


    This was a matter in which Suo Yang was not in a position of saying anything, so he could only let the other party do as he pleased.


    Shen Huiming followed behind Suo Yang who had his eyes on the trousers on the shelf peacefully, while he stared at Suo Yang.


    It was a subtle feeling, like a couple shopping, but it felt really sweet.


    Both Shen Huiming and Suo Yang were people who went to shopping malls for nothing. Even if they needed to buy something, they would go straight to a certain store with a clear goal, and leave quickly after choosing. ¡°Window shopping¡± was never a term that existed in their world.


    But both made an exception for the other.


    Suo Yang had no experience in buying trousers for others, and he was afraid that the one he chose would not suit the other party¡¯s wishes. He took a good look at one pair and looked back at Shen Huiming.


    ¡°Relax and choose anything,¡± Shen Huiming could see his thoughts, ¡°Even if it¡¯s a skirt you chose for me, I would happily wear it.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°How do you know that I plan to buy you a skirt?¡±


    Shen Huiming liked to see the way he joked around, with a touch of cute slyness.


    He felt that not everyone could see this side of Suo Yang, which made him very proud.


    ¡°I can give it a try.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, then turned back, raised his hand and picked up the pair of trousers hanging on the shelf.


    It was actually just a very common pair, and Suo Yang tried to be as conservative as possible in order not to make any mistakes.


    Shen Huiming took it over, ¡°I¡¯ll try them on.¡±


    He followed the clerk to the fitting room. Suo Yang followed behind and watched his back.


    When Shen Huiming went to try on his trousers, Suo Yang stood in front of the huge mirror and waited. He looked at himself and suddenly felt a little strange because he couldn¡¯t imagine that he was gradually getting into an intimate relationship with someone.


    His solid world has been shattered, as Shen Huiming waited for the opportunity to stand by his side.


    This feeling was not as terrible as he had imagined; on the contrary, he liked it a bit.


    And so, it was really impossible for a person to live on an island that was really isolated. There would always be a light boat with a fisherman on board.


    When the two came out of the store, Shen Huiming was wearing the trousers Suo Yang bought for him, and when he walked his steps felt lighter.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Now I am almost a light year ahead of all my love rivals.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly, ¡°There really were love rivals.¡±


    ===


    Shen Huiming had done his homework before and wanted to take Suo Yang for a stroll around Berlin.


    But the time was short, only six hours, in fact, excluding the time on the road, it was less than six hours, and it was still in the morning. The most exciting part of the world would not wake up until night, so they couldn¡¯t make it this time.


    After the two left the airport, they went to have a simple meal first, and then planned to just take a short walk.


    Night parties and performances, unique food and beer, at least today, were out of the question.


    However, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t feel regretful, he always had the feeling that time and mood slowed down when he was around Suo Yang¡¯s side, and everything became relaxed and long-lasting, even if the two of them enjoyed the shade under a tree for a whole day, they wouldn¡¯t feel bored but very comfortable.


    All the plans were put on hold but they unexpectedly had a novel experience.


    They wandered aimlessly after the meal, passed by a park in the middle of the street, and went in for a walk, unexpectedly caught a wedding.


    At that time, they saw a church as soon as they passed through the garden in the middle of the street. Shen Huiming and Suo Yang were not religious people, and they were not interested in churches, but when they passed by, they saw two people in suits walking inside while holding hands, surrounded by a dozen relatives and friends, cheering and surrounding them.


    Shen Huiming and Suo Yang slowed down, looked at them, and were suddenly called by one of the couple¡¯s family and friends, inviting them to come along to the wedding.


    Suo Yang subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Shen Huiming agreed with a smile.


    Shen Huiming turned to look at him, ¡°Let¡¯s go, and get some happiness1.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly and followed him inside as if accepting his fate.


    Attending the wedding of two strangers was a bit unbelievable to say the least, but when Suo Yang stood at the end of the procession with Shen Huiming as the couple walked into the church, Suo Yang was able to blend in a little bit with the atmosphere.


    In Berlin, you could see gay people walking by holding hands everywhere, and even kissing on the corner of the street.


    Same-sex marriage was legalized here a few years ago, and such weddings were nothing new.


    It was certainly not new to the locals, but it was an unusual experience for Shen Huiming and Suo Yang.


    They sat in the chairs at the back of the church and witnessed the moment when the two men became legal lovers with their relatives and friends. Neither of them could understand German, but they seemed to understand it all, and every word really stuck in their hearts.


    When the two exchanged rings and kissed together, Shen Huiming turned to look at Suo Yang.


    He didn¡¯t know what Suo Yang was thinking, but at this moment he suddenly felt that he was taking advantage of the situation because, in this church, it wasn¡¯t just the lovers, when God heard and blessed the couple, perhaps God could also be distracted to come to see them both and hear their heartbeats.


    Shen Huiming greedily stole a little God¡¯s blessing from the couple and made a wish that if possible, they would return to this church together one day in the future.


    It was a kind of vow fulfilment wish.


    When Shen Huiming and Suo Yang walked out of the church, they were dazzled by the sun and they raised their hands to cover their foreheads almost at the same time.


    They looked at each other and smiled at the gesture, and Suo Yang said, ¡°The weather is really nice.¡±


    The two people standing in front of the church looked up at the blue sky together. At an altitude of 30,000 feet, there should be planes flying by at this moment. They couldn¡¯t hear the rumbling sound, but they must exist.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Can I ask you a more personal question?¡±


    ¡°Go ahead.¡±


    ¡°Have you ever thought about the kind of person you would spend your life with?¡±


    Suo Yang put down his hands and walked down the steps.


    Shen Huiming followed him, and the two sat on the pew in front of the church.


    ¡°I thought about it when I was a kid; when I was a teenager.¡± Suo Yang replied, ¡°But later I found out that what I think about this matter is actually not important.¡±


    ¡°Why do you say that?¡±


    ¡°Because imagination belongs to imagination, and reality can never make you feel so happy.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°But when you were a teenager, you didn¡¯t understand this truth, and you always fantasized about some very beautiful things. When you grew up and saw everything clearly, you would know how childish you were at the beginning.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Alas, in that case, I am still very childish now.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him.


    ¡°Because I still fantasise about such things now,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°When I attended the wedding just now, do you know what I was thinking?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him and didn¡¯t speak, but he had his own guess in his heart.


    He said to himself: Don¡¯t be too sentimental.


    Shen Huiming said to him, ¡°I¡¯m not telling you.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Suo Yang couldn¡¯t hold back and smiled inexplicably.


    ¡°It¡¯s a secret,¡± Shen Huiming deliberately messed with him, ¡°Wouldn¡¯t it be embarrassing to tell you everything? What if you feel that you have understood me thoroughly, and there¡¯s nothing new left?¡±


    Suo Yang shook his head and smiled, ¡°Why are you like this?¡±


    ¡°This is just how I am,¡± Shen Huiming rested his hand on the bench next to Suo Yang¡¯s, and when the wind brushed by, it was as if the wind could blow each other¡¯s body heat over, ¡°especially childish.¡±


    Suo Yang leaned against the back of the bench and smiled, looking at the kites in the distance, feeling that the sky of Berlin was so beautiful that he was intoxicated.


    Was it just the Berlin sky?


    Of course not.


    But Shen Huiming could have secrets, and so could he.


    Suo Yang put the secret in his pocket and didn¡¯t want to reveal a word to the other party, because he knew that Shen Huiming was not in a hurry to dig out his secret. Even though the other party had a telescope in his hand and didn¡¯t intend to use it, he did not want to spy on each other ¡®from a distance¡¯. One needed to approach slowly, and then slowly walk in.


    ¡°I imagined that the person I would spend the rest of my life with would be a flight attendant,¡± Shen Huiming said suddenly, ¡°working a lot, with the days and nights upside down, but enjoying the work.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him in surprise.


    ¡°That person would always be very polite and distant to people, but he was going to give me a nickname,¡± Shen Huiming said thoughtfully, ¡°I think his surname should be Suo.¡±


    Suo Yang sighed and laughed at him, ¡°I thought you weren¡¯t going to tell me?¡±


    ¡°I take it back, it¡¯s hard to guess a man¡¯s mind,¡± Shen Huiming looked at him, ¡°It¡¯s something I fantasised about as a teenager anyway, so it¡¯s not out of the question to tell you about it.¡±


    ¡°Teenager?¡± Suo Yang glanced at him with a stern smile, ¡°Nonsense.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, I¡¯m talking nonsense.¡± Shen Huiming was very calm, ¡°It¡¯s something I was imagining when I was thirty years old, and I don¡¯t know if it will come true in the future.¡±

 CH 29

    Suo Yang felt that what he could not resist the most was probably someone like Shen Huiming whose jokes were mixed with half-truths and frank sincerity. One minute you were laughing at him, and the next you were brought under his control.


    Shen Huiming was smart and scheming, and the two of them would always go back and forth. However, this man would not always use tricks on himself, and when the right time came, he seemed to say something sincere without meaning to, which often poked at the heart.


    Suo Yang leaned on the back of the chair and thought: If Shen Huiming wants to play with anyone¡¯s heart, it would be easy to do so.


    The few hours in Berlin seemed to have suddenly flown by and they had to return to the airport before they knew it.


    On the way back, Suo Yang took a picture of the scenery outside the car window with his mobile phone, opened Weibo, and checked in as usual.


    The photo was of a church. In fact, he felt a little regretful that he had just forgotten to take a photo when he was attending that wedding. It was quite worth commemorating it anyway.


    Shen Huiming asked curiously, ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    Suo Yang never thought of hiding his Weibo account, there was absolutely no need for it, anyway, his Weibo was full of check-in records in various cities, and it was nothing to be ashamed of.


    If there was something that might embarrass Suo Yang, it was probably that this kind of ¡®ritual¡¯ might be a bit childish and funny in some people¡¯s eyes.


    He handed the phone to Shen Huiming, ¡°I¡¯m posting one in every place I go.¡±


    Shen Huiming glanced at it, and there were nearly a thousand Weibo posts.


    ¡°Actually, many of them are duplicate cities,¡± Suo Yang said. ¡°I¡¯ve been flying for so many years, and when I used to fly domestic flights I often had to visit two or three places in a day.¡±


    ¡°It was tiring, wasn¡¯t it?¡±


    ¡°It was quite enjoyable.¡± Suo Yang said with a smile, ¡°I also got to eat good food from everywhere.¡±


    Perhaps when you were doing what you like, no matter how busy you were, you would not feel tired.


    It was rare for Shen Huiming to envy someone, but he felt that Suo Yang was the kind of person who lives very clearly, knowing what he wanted and only wanting what he wanted.


    People with clear goals were always full of charm.


    When they arrived at the airport, the two parted. Before it was time for Shen Huiming to check in, he found a random coffee shop and waited while working.


    There was something Suo Yang was too embarrassed to tell Shen Huiming face to face, so after they parted, he sent a message to the other party¡ª


    I had a good time these few hours, thank you.


    Suo Yang was actually a little ashamed, even if he didn¡¯t really understand how busy Shen Huiming was, he could still imagine it. When he went to the coffee shop to look for Shen Huiming, the other party was busy reading documents while waiting for him, which made Suo Yang a little uneasy.


    He didn¡¯t like to owe others, for fear of wasting other people¡¯s time and feelings.


    However, he couldn¡¯t tell Shen Huiming not to make time for him anymore, because he suddenly found that he was very selfish and enjoyed spending time with the other party very much.


    He began to seriously consider the relationship between the two, and it was clear that the scales in his heart had tipped dramatically towards Shen Huiming.


    However, it was too hasty to make a decision now, and Suo Yang has his own worries.


    He was worried that he was fascinated by Shen Huiming¡¯s tenderness just because he had no one to accompany him for too long.


    He was also worried that Shen Hui Ming was only seeing a part of him now and that after spending time with him, he would be like others and find him boring.


    Just wait a little longer, just a little longer.


    Suo Yang was a little nervous, he hoped that Shen Huiming would be a little more patient with him.


    It was only when he was changing into his uniform that he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something very important. On the plane when he arrived, Shen Huiming had slipped him a note, which he had forgotten later in his busy schedule.


    After changing his clothes, Suo Yang searched his pockets, touched the neatly folded note, opened it, and smiled after reading the line.


    Shen Huiming wrote: My name is Shen Huiming, nice to meet you.


    What kind of play is this?


    Suo Yang laughed out loud.


    ¡°Yang ge, what are you laughing at?¡± A guy in the same class leaned over to read it, but he didn¡¯t see a word, and Suo Yang had already put away the note.


    ¡°Cut it out, don¡¯t show it if you are not going to give me a look.¡± The guy said, ¡°Some passenger must have slipped it to you again.¡±


    As he adjusted his uniform, he muttered, ¡°It¡¯s a bad idea to fly with you!¡±


    ¡°Why?¡± Suo Yang turned to look at him.


    ¡°Why?¡± The other party grimaced aggrievedly, ¡°Why do you say? All my handsome, natural and unrestrained charms are covered by your light! Flying with our company¡¯s top-notch beauty, who would still see mediocre people like us!¡±


    Suo Yang chuckled lightly, ¡°Knock it off.¡±


    ¡°But it¡¯s true,¡± the two tidied up and went out together, ¡°Yang ge, to be honest, when I first came here, I had a crush on you for a few days!¡±


    ¡°¡­What?¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t know this guy very well. They had flown together a few times, but there wasn¡¯t much contact. Moreover, he didn¡¯t know that this guy was also gay. When he thought of the two of them that night in Moscow staying in the same room suddenly felt a little weird.


    ¡°I¡¯m serious,¡± the boy said with a hey smile, ¡°but don¡¯t stress about it, right now I have nothing but feelings of admiration for you.¡±


    Admiration?


    Suo Yang suddenly felt that he had reached mid-life.


    ¡°Mainly because I can¡¯t afford to climb high, hahaha,¡± the two went to a meeting together, and the guy whispered in Suo Yang¡¯s ear, ¡°What kind of big boss haven¡¯t you seen? This young flight attendant is no match for them.¡±


    When he heard this, Suo Yang felt that something was wrong, and argued softly, ¡°That¡¯s not true.¡±


    The other party listened, smiled, and bumped Suo Yang with his shoulder, ¡°I saw everything.¡±


    ¡°Saw what?¡± Suo Yang subconsciously frowned, feeling that something was wrong, he quickly stretched it out.


    ¡°You came here with a guy just now, right? He¡¯s pretty handsome. I¡¯ve seen him on the plane.¡±


    Suo Yang understood, he was with Shen Huiming and was seen.


    Originally he wanted to say something, but Suo Yang suddenly felt that it was unnecessary.


    He didn¡¯t know this person well, so why talk so much? Anyway, this was all his own affairs, others could think what they liked, and he was not obliged to explain his life to everyone.


    When he saw that Suo Yang didn¡¯t speak, the other party only regarded him as acquiescing.


    ¡°So that¡¯s why it was the clear choice for me to stop this early, how can I compete with someone on my terms!¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not the conditions that make this kind of thing better.¡± Suo Yang¡¯s voice was a little cold. Although the other party didn¡¯t say it clearly, he was treated as a snob in his words, which made him a little unhappy, despite his displeasure, he said politely, ¡°It¡¯s the heart.¡±


    The other party wanted to say something, but was blocked by Suo Yang, ¡°The crew chief is here, let¡¯s hurry up and go to the meeting.¡±


    After he finished speaking, Suo Yang quickly walked towards the direction of the crew chief, without giving him a chance to say more.


    That was how it was originally.


    Suo Yang thought: In this kind of love, especially the adult¡¯s love, it is impossible not to consider the conditions of both parties. But shouldn¡¯t you be sincere in the first place? If one is not sincere enough, what¡¯s the point if the conditions are good?


    In this kind of love, it was not about how much money you have, how many houses and cars you have, but how much sincerity you have.


    After the meeting, Suo Yang took out his mobile phone and not surprisingly received a reply from Shen Huiming.


    The other party replied: I am the one who should say thank you, I haven¡¯t taken a vacation for a long time.


    Suo Yang smiled and didn¡¯t reply to the message.


    The crew began to prepare for the flight. In fact, Suo Yang knew very well that every time at this time there were countless people waiting to board the plane, but this time he felt very different because there was somebody in those ¡®countless people¡¯ waiting for him.


    When he stood at the door of the cabin to greet the passengers, although he knew he shouldn¡¯t be, he was still distracted as he looked for Shen Huiming.


    The first-class passengers arrived and boarded the plane one by one. He had a professional smile on his face and professional speech skills on his lips. Everything was in order, but when it came to Shen Hui Ming, something went wrong.


    To everyone else, he said, ¡°Hello sir, welcome to this flight.¡±


    And when Shen Huiming appeared, Suo Yang smiled so much that his eyes were curved. He just looked at him and said, ¡°Mr. Shen, good evening, I wish you a pleasant journey.¡±

 CH 30

    Before he met Suo Yang, Shen Huiming felt that flying was troublesome and tiring. Sometimes it only took two hours of flying distance, but counting back and forth, he spent most of the day at the airport.


    However, it was different after getting to know Suo Yang.


    He suddenly felt that the sky was a unique meeting place for him and Suo Yang. Every time he was flying, even if he was not on Suo Yang¡¯s flight, he would feel that he had a secret connection with the other party.


    It was so romantic.


    To be thirty and still pursue romance might be laughed at when you tell people about it.


    But wonderful romance was as unattainable as love, and the deliberate pursuit of it was far less profound than this.


    He sat still and heard the voice of Suo Yang greeting other passengers.


    Suo Yang had a good voice, and this good voice always greets others in the same way but said many more beautiful things to him.


    Shen Huiming was secretly snickering there and felt like a villain gaining powers.


    He sat there, stroking the coffee-stained book with his fingers, listening to Suo Yang saying hello to everyone as if he was enjoying a certain musician¡¯s solo at a concert.


    This was his man.


    Even if he was not at the moment, he would be in the future.


    Shen Huiming felt that people still need to be a little confident.


    The plane took off, broke into the clouds and left Berlin, and for a few short hours, they attended a wedding and stole a blessing from God.


    The return was the same as the arrival, with a connecting flight in Moscow, they would not reach the destination until the next afternoon.


    It was midnight when they boarded the plane again, after twelve o¡¯clock, Shen Huiming finally used part of the time to finish all the work.


    Even though he had to hurry up and do everything he could on such a trip, he didn¡¯t feel tired, on the contrary, he enjoyed it, and he attributed it all to Suo Yang.


    It was said that a person who fell in love was like a perpetual motion machine; they could always remain excited and never feel tired.


    Shen Huiming now thought that this might be true.


    It was already late at night after the plane took off again, and there were very few first-class passengers. Except for Shen Huiming, there were only two other passengers left.


    As usual, Suo Yang served other passengers first before finally coming to Shen Huiming¡¯s place.


    He smiled and asked Shen Huiming, ¡°Sir, do you need something to eat?¡±


    It was already night anyway, and he was the last one, so Shen Huiming boldly joked with Suo Yang, ¡°Why don¡¯t you call me Mr. Shen this time?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and handed him the menu, ¡°Have a look?¡±


    Shen Huiming took the menu and opened it, only to find a note inside.


    He raised his head and looked at Suo Yang. The other party was as calm as if nothing had happened, he took the note and opened it directly in front of Suo Yang.


    There were only two words in the note Suo Yang wrote to him: Good night.


    Shen Huiming smiled, put the note in the book at hand, and said to him, ¡°I want to have a cup of coffee.¡±


    Suo Yang said softly, ¡°It¡¯s already late, are you sure you want coffee?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sure.¡± Shen Huiming asked, ¡°And would like to invite you to have a cup too.¡±


    Suo Yang, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, we have rules against ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°If not now, how about some other time?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I won¡¯t force you to break the rules, but, give me a chance to buy you a coffee later?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him helplessly and smiled, and said to himself, what an opportunity to drink coffee, the 24-hour date has already been set then.


    ¡°So, are you sure you want a cup of coffee?¡±


    Shen Huiming closed the menu and said to him, ¡°You can help me decide.¡±


    Suo Yang took back the menu and told him to wait a moment.


    It was already this late, and Suo Yang hoped that Shen Huiming could have a good rest and sleep, although it was a little difficult on the plane.


    But how so he did not have to get coffee?


    After he went back, he thought about it and poured Shen Huiming half a glass of red wine.


    When Suo Yang gave the red wine to Shen Huiming, he found that the other party was opening the book and staring at the note inside. In the dark cabin, Shen Huiming¡¯s behaviour made him feel a little soft.


    The night and the dim light could easily give rise to ambiguity, Suo Yang walked over lightly, trying not to disturb other passengers, put the red wine on the table gently, and then sat next to Shen Huiming.


    Shen Huiming was a little surprised and closed the book to look at him.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t this against the regulations?¡± He deliberately made a joke about Suo Yang.


    Suo Yang said softly, ¡°You can change shifts and rest in the stratosphere during midnight flights.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him with a wine glass and didn¡¯t speak for a while.


    ¡°Forget it.¡± Shen Huiming turned his head and looked out the window.


    At this time, there was a river of stars outside the window, and it was so dreamy that it was somewhat unreal.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    Shen Huiming moved his eyes from the star river to Suo Yang reflected in the glass window. He chuckled and said, ¡°I dare not stare at you like that, the atmosphere is too good. I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to control myself and go over to kiss you.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s heart skipped a beat at Shen Huiming¡¯s words, and he clenched his palms subconsciously.


    Shen Huiming turned around and smiled, ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous, I can still control myself for the time being.¡±


    Of course, Suo Yang knew that he was just all talk. Shen Huiming was a man of discretion and would never act recklessly.


    But he had to admit that the other party¡¯s words did make him nervous, and he suddenly wondered if Shen Huiming was really going to come over and kiss him, would he accept it or would he dodge it?


    ¡°So, relax.¡± Shen Huiming drank his red wine, squeezed Suo Yang¡¯s wrist with a smile and said, ¡°Be my guest, I invite you to look at the stars.¡±


    Together, the two turned in the direction of the window and looked out at the stars.


    In all his years of flying, what kind of nights had he not seen?


    Starry ones, dark clouds, no matter what kind of high altitude night he should not find it rare, yet at this moment he felt that this starry sky was different from every day in the past.


    Because in the past, there was no Shen Huiming to look at the stars with him.


    Suddenly, Shen Huiming said, ¡°The moon.¡±


    Suo Yang returned back to his senses, leaned closer to Shen Huiming¡¯s side slightly, poked his head over, and saw the bright moon, which was soaked in the river of stars and moonlight, quiet and lonely.


    He suddenly remembered a saying¡ªthe moon under the sea is the moon in the sky, and the person in front of him is the person in his heart.


    The person in front of him?


    He turned to look at Shen Huiming.


    ===


    The plane landed at 1:40 pm, and the crew made all preparations to see off every passenger.


    After Shen Huiming got off the plane, he immediately sent a message to Suo Yang, asking him what his plans were for later.


    He knew that Suo Yang would not look at his mobile phone for a while, so he found a coffee shop at the airport and waited.


    The coffee shop at the airport also became their unique dating spot.


    When Suo Yang switched on his phone, he had already changed out of his uniform and was heading out. When he saw Shen Huiming¡¯s WeChat, he immediately gave the other party a callback.


    He was not a person who liked to call, but the other party¡¯s message had been sent for a long time and he desperately wanted to reach that person.


    Shen Huiming was quite surprised that Suo Yang called, he answered with a smile, ¡°Are you done?¡±


    There was no greeting, but it seemed more intimate.


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve just finished.¡± Suo Yang asked, ¡°Where are you now?¡±


    ¡°Starbucks.¡± Shen Huiming looked back in the direction he had come from, ¡°The one leading to the baggage claim, will you be passing by?¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll go over to you,¡± said Suo Yang, ¡°Are you driving? I can drive you back.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled.


    Not to mention that Shen Huiming didn¡¯t drive here at all, even if he drove, he would have had to say that he hadn¡¯t.


    ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll wait for you.¡± He liked to wait for Suo Yang, he wouldn¡¯t feel anxious even if he had to wait for a long time.


    Shen Huiming, who had finished his work, was very relaxed at the moment, sipping his drink while looking through Suo Yang¡¯s Weibo.


    He looked at every place Suo Yang went and the post he made on Weibo, and felt that this person was really serious and cute.


    Shen Huiming wished to write down every city the other party had been to. In some places, Suo Yang would casually post a photo of the scenery, which he saved, thinking that maybe the two of them would go back to that place together and take a photo together later.


    He was thinking about it, but he didn¡¯t know whether Suo Yang would give him this chance and whether they had the time.


    When Suo Yang went to look for Shen Huiming this time, he didn¡¯t startle him like before, even though he could pass behind him, he still walked around to the bar and walked through the main entrance.


    As soon as he came in, Shen Huiming saw him and raised his hand to greet him.


    Suo Yang walked over with a smile and sat opposite him.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    ¡°Looking at your Weibo.¡± Shen Huiming turned the phone screen to show him, ¡°I¡¯ve been here too.¡±


    Suo Yang looked over and found that it was the banks of the Seine River in Paris.


    ¡°And, the day before you went, I was there.¡±


    This was three years ago when Shen Huiming was accompanying his parents on their holiday.


    ¡°Three years ago on the banks of the Seine, we were only a little bit close to meeting each other.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I don¡¯t know if this is considered fate or not?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him with a smile in his eyes, ¡°Are you talking nonsense again?¡±


    ¡°Of course not!¡± Shen Huiming was very serious, opened WeChat, found his father¡¯s circle of friends, and deliberately turned to the one from three years ago to show Suo Yang, ¡°I have proof.¡±


    Shen Huiming himself never posts on Moments, and rarely even takes photos.


    Fortunately, his parents had taken quite a few photos there at the time and posted them in order to show off.


    He showed it to Suo Yang, ¡°Not nonsense, right?¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t expect that the two of them could have such a ¡®connection¡¯ that he couldn¡¯t tell whether he should be happy or regretful. He thought for a while and said, ¡°It was kind of fate, I guess. We almost met three years ago but missed it, and after three years of going round and round, we still met.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s words were very pleasing to Shen Huiming, and he thought it was a bit of a pity at first, but when he said it like this, it seemed a bit like fate.


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s fate,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°We were destined to meet each other. Although it was three years later, the result is still the same.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled at him, but in his heart, he felt that it was a bit too nauseating for him to say such words.


    ¡°Are you tired?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°You probably didn¡¯t rest well on the plane.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s alright, I¡¯m used to it.¡±


    Although Suo Yang said so, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t need to think about it to know that he must be tired.


    Shen Huiming tidied up, got up and asked Suo Yang to leave together.


    ¡°Let¡¯s have a simple lunch,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°After you go back and have a good rest, will you have free time next?¡±


    Suo Yang thought of the ¡®24-hour appointment¡¯ between the two.


    ¡°24 hours is not possible for the time being.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°However, I can discuss with my colleagues about changing shifts to free up time.¡±


    When Shen Huiming heard the first half of the sentence, he thought he had no chance in the near future, but he didn¡¯t expect Suo Yang to be willing to change shifts for him.


    ¡°So you¡¯re actually looking forward to our date, aren¡¯t you?¡±


    Suo Yang walked beside him, smiled and didn¡¯t intend to answer.


    Just when Shen Huiming thought he wouldn¡¯t say anything more, Suo Yang suddenly said, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m quite looking forward to it.¡±

 CH 31

    Suo Yang was always the one the others changed shifts to, and everyone liked to ask him for help when they were unable to fly because they know that he was single, free and easy to talk to.


    In fact, everyone remembered how good he was, so when he was looking for someone to change shifts, everyone raised their hands and said they could do it.


    Suo Yang was a very dedicated person. He never thought that one day he would change shifts for a date, but it was a bit lovely to have something to look forward to in life because the morning he opened his eyes to get ready for his date, he was in a good mood that his whole body felt refreshed.


    It was a beautiful day at the end of September.


    Suo Yang opened the curtains and saw the light blue sky at a glance, empty and clean, high and vast.


    He stood in front of the window and stretched, then turned his head to glance at the small alarm clock on the table.


    At a quarter past six in the morning, he opened the window.


    Suo Yang opened the window to ventilate and then went into the bathroom by himself.


    At nine o¡¯clock, he was going to Shen Huiming¡¯s 24-hour date. From nine o¡¯clock today to nine o¡¯clock tomorrow morning, and who knows what would happen between them in those 24 hours.


    Suo Yang had never expected romance, but Shen Huiming had brought him a lot of romance in an invisible way.


    For example, at this moment, as he stood under the shower, he was thinking about someone, which was also a kind of romance.


    When Suo Yang walked out of the bathroom and returned to the room, he turned on the stereo which automatically played the song he had listened to before going to bed the night before¡ª¡¯Berlin¡¯, which Shen Huiming had recommended to him.


    He walked to the closet, opened the sliding door, looked at the rows of clothes hanging inside, and thought for a long time but didn¡¯t know which one to wear.


    He sat on the opposite bed and crossed his legs in a daze until the song ended, and the single started again. On a whim, he took a photo of his wardrobe with his mobile phone and sent it to Shen Huiming.


    Suo Yang asked Shen Huiming: Which one do you want me to wear?


    When he received the message, Shen Huiming was sitting on the balcony, drinking coffee while working on his work.


    He had been woken up by Jiang Tongyan¡¯s phone call at four o¡¯clock and had been forced to get up to have a video conference, after which he had some remaining work to finish.


    He put down his coffee cup, clicked on the picture, and smiled.


    In fact, all of Suo Yang¡¯s clothes were in the same style. When he changed out of his uniform, he mostly wore dark shirts. Shen Huiming remembered that the light shirt Suo Yang wore that night in Moscow was not in it, and it must have been sent to the laundry.


    He liked to see Suo Yang wearing light-coloured clothes. The light-coloured clothes made the man more clear and bright.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t directly help him decide which one to wear but said: Going on a date is all about being spontaneous and choosing what you like best.


    Suo Yang chuckled as he looked at the message, got off the bed, and quickly changed his clothes.


    He wore a light grey pinstriped casual shirt, and a white T-shirt inside.


    Everything was ready, but it was still very early.


    Suo Yang was lying on his bed listening to a song, feeling so relaxed for the first time in his life.


    ===


    At exactly nine o¡¯clock, Suo Yang went downstairs, but Shen Huiming was already waiting downstairs.


    Suo Yang asked, ¡°When did you come? Why didn¡¯t you call me?¡±


    Shen Huiming pulled open the door of the passenger seat for him, ¡°The appointment was at nine o¡¯clock, I should have waited peacefully if I had come early.¡±


    He arrived fifteen minutes early. After all, it was morning rush hour, so he was afraid of being late due to traffic jams.


    When it comes to a date, punctuality was important.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t want to be late for the first date. Because in this case, there would probably be no second time.


    Perhaps it was a tacit understanding, or perhaps Shen Huiming spied something from the photos that Suo Yang had sent earlier, the two of them were surprisingly dressed to complement each other a bit today, both in shirts and T-shirts and Shen Huiming, who was usually calm and steady, also wore jeans for a rare occasion.


    Both of them were tall and long-legged handsome guys, with good figures and good looks. When they stood there, all the passers-by would take a second look.


    When Suo Yang got into the car and fastened his seat belt, he asked Shen Huiming, ¡°Where is the first stop?¡±


    ¡°Breakfast.¡± Shen Huiming started the car and drove Suo Yang out of the neighbourhood.


    Before this date started, Suo Yang had made some assumptions.


    He thought that a person like Shen Huiming would arrange an exquisite and expensive itinerary, but what he didn¡¯t expect was that the breakfast shop Shen Huiming took him to was just a small shop outside an old neighbourhood, and even the breakfast shop did not even have its own name. There was only a plaque with red letters on a white background that read¡ªBreakfast Fast Food.


    Suo Yang was somewhat surprised.


    When the two stood at the door, Shen Huiming explained, ¡°Although the shop looks small and old, the hygiene conditions are very good, so don¡¯t worry about eating.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I don¡¯t mind about that.¡±


    He followed Shen Huiming in, ¡°I just don¡¯t quite understand what¡¯s the need to drive so far to this one specifically.¡±


    Because it tastes so good?


    ¡°Because I grew up eating breakfast here.¡± Shen Huiming led him to a seat by the window and pulled out a chair for him to sit in. ¡°You sit first, I¡¯ll go and order.¡±


    Suo Yang nodded, sat obediently and waited for Shen Huiming.


    ¡°By the way,¡± Shen Huiming asked him, ¡°Is there anything you should avoid?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I like everything that tastes good.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Good. At least we are the same in this regard.¡±


    After nine o¡¯clock, the peak dining period of the breakfast restaurant had passed, and all the office workers had already left for their workplaces. Even if there were still people queuing up to order, they were all for takeaways and there were not many people dining in. So Suo Yang who sat by the window could directly see Shen Huiming standing in line.


    Among the customers in the row, Shen Huiming was the tallest one.


    He stood out a lot.


    Suo Yang looked at his back, watched him wait patiently, and watched him turn around to look at himself after answering a phone call.


    The two men looked at each other and Suo Yang smiled at him, to which the other man responded with a smile that was almost like exchanging feelings across the air.


    When Shen Huiming came back, he was holding the plate in both hands. Suo Yang hurriedly got up and wanted to help him up, but after he gave it some thought, he felt it was unnecessary, so he stood there waiting for the other party to come over, and said, ¡°Thanks for your hard work.¡±


    Shen Huiming ordered two plates of small buns with different fillings, a bowl of millet congee for each person, and a few small dishes.


    ¡°It¡¯s a very simple meal.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°But this is the most important memory I have growing up.¡±


    He told Suo Yang, ¡°At that time, after setting a date with you I thought I had to bring you here to experience it, but the food actually tasted really good.¡±


    It had been a long time since Suo Yang had been out for breakfast. Because of irregular work and rest after work, breakfast was basically what was served in the airport¡¯s canteen, which was actually quite hearty, but it really didn¡¯t feel the same sitting here.


    ¡°You live around here?¡±


    ¡°I lived here when I was a kid,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°and only moved away in my third year of high school.¡±


    Suo Yang put a small steamed stuffed bun into his bowl and recalled the nearby neighbourhood that he just saw.


    Because Shen Huiming was doing well in his career, Suo Yang subconsciously thought that he was a rich second generation and had the help of his family, but now it seemed that he had been narrow-minded.


    ¡°When I was young, my parents were busy at work. Both of them worked in the hospital, and they often had no time to take care of me. I basically ate three meals a day outside.¡±


    Suo Yang listened quietly as Shen Huiming told him about himself, this feeling of leisurely and comfortable talking about the past made him feel comfortable.


    ¡°Back then, my family used to settle my breakfast bill with the owner of this shop on a monthly basis,¡± Shen Huiming recalled the incident when he was a child that he still found interesting now, ¡°I can get up early enough to eat here before going to school, but you know how students are. I don¡¯t even want to get up and often just packed it up and took them to the classroom to eat. The buns smell good, and I get caught every time I sneak a bun in the morning study.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to do this kind of thing when you were in school.¡±


    ¡°You too?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s not like that, I thought you were one of those extraordinarily well-behaved honours students.¡±


    ¡°When I was in the third year of high school, I was caught by my homeroom teacher sneaking hot and spicy food with my classmates in the evening study. Suo Yang smiled, ¡°So let¡¯s say we are no better than the other.¡±


    Their student days were already far away, more than ten years ago in fact, but as they exchanged embarrassing and cute moments of their adolescence, they both felt that the person in front of them had become more vivid and real.


    The good breakfast not only filled Suo Yang¡¯s stomach but also made him feel comfortable. He should have felt tired after flying for more than ten hours the day before, but during his time with Shen Huiming, not only he didn¡¯t feel tired but also rarely relaxed.


    He recalled a theory he had read a long time ago, which said that certain types of emotions actually had a similar effect to pills, which could stimulate certain nerves and activate certain human cells.


    This so-called ¡®certain type of emotions¡¯ was called ¡®love¡¯.


    For the time being, Suo Yang was not sure that his love for Shen Huiming was confirmed, but at least he had a good impression of this person, and because he had a good impression, he was willing to continue to spend time with him.


    It was past ten o¡¯clock when they came out of the breakfast shop.


    Time seemed to fly by, just one breakfast and an hour or so had already passed.


    ¡°Where is the next stop?¡±


    ¡°Tsk,¡± Shen Huiming stretched at the door of the breakfast shop, and then said to him with a smile in his eyes, ¡°Can we not be so formal? You¡¯re asking a question like you¡¯re trying to clear a game. ¡°


    ¡°Then how should I ask?¡±


    Shen Huiming thought for a while and said, ¡°You should say this.¡±


    He cleared his throat and tried to imitate Suo Yang, ¡°Huiming, we have eaten to our heart¡¯s content and the weather is so nice now, shall we go for a walk?¡±


    Although the imitation failed, he still made Suo Yang laugh.


    ¡°Even though I said you¡¯re mine for 24 hours today, the truth is, all of your time is not always at my disposal.¡± Shen Huiming walked slowly and leisurely forward with Suo Yang, ¡°Going one stop at a time to complete a task, that¡¯s not called a date. A date should be relaxed, spontaneous, a sudden whim when you are on it and it¡¯s a combination of everything you have to do. You¡¯ve only given me 24 hours, your time is mine, but I¡¯m yours, and I can accompany you to do whatever you want. Of course, I will also balance my selfishness in this process and let you accompany me to do something I want to do.¡±


    The two of them walked side by side along the pavement, aimlessly moving forward.


    Suo Yang was moved by Shen Huiming¡¯s words.


    Your time is mine, but I¡¯m yours.


    He had to admit that Shen Huiming was an expert, and he couldn¡¯t resist such a person.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Then you can walk with me on the street and bask in the sun.¡±


    Sometimes, a casual walk on the street was also enjoyable.


    Hai Zi1¡®s famous saying, ¡®You have come to earth to see the sun and to walk in the streets with your beloved.¡¯ completely turned an aimless walk under the sun into a romanticism of love.


    Neither Shen Huiming nor Suo Yang was people who had extra time for walking. With their fast-paced lives and irregular work schedules, they didn¡¯t even have enough time to rest. Rather than saying that they seemed to be sitting on a high-speed train, it was better to say they were the train itself, and the so-called ¡°passengers¡± in the train were the burdens they carried, burdens that made them unable and afraid to stop.


    In the end, this was a common problem faced by every adult who had to work hard to make ends meet in this society.


    Therefore, on the rare occasion that he completely dropped everything and went out on a date, Shen Huiming made some arrangements with his assistant in advance and repeatedly instructed him to wait until he returned to the office tomorrow, and not to call him easily during this period.


    And Suo Yang was finally willing to hold off flying for the sake of someone, to come back to the ground from high altitude and feel the sunshine in the hustle and bustle of the city rather than over it.


    This was a breakthrough for both of them.


    The old city districts always had more personality than the new ones.


    The old man, who had come out early in the morning to walk the birds in the park and practice tai chi, walked back with his bird cage, greeting the shopkeeper who was cleaning the front of his shop on the roadside as he went.


    The sleepy-eyed young man led the dog and took the pocket money to buy egg-filled pancakes2 at the moving breakfast stand that was about to close the stall.


    There were also children who are late for school, crying and running out from the gate of the neighbourhood, followed by their grandmas be it from the father¡¯s side or mother¡¯s side chasing after them with school bags.


    How long has it been since they saw a scene like this?


    They used to see it every day, but it was hard to notice it anymore.


    Suo Yang looked at what happened around him with a smile and suddenly wondered what he and Shen Huiming looked like to others.


    Two not bad-looking men with a good temperament walking leisurely along the road. Where did they come from? Where were they coming from and where were they going?


    As they walked along the road, Shen Huiming pointed out the neighbourhood across the road to Suo Yang, ¡°I lived there when I was a kid.¡±


    Suo Yang looked over and heard Shen Huiming say, ¡°This building is older than me, I remember it was built in the eighties, almost forty years ago, I remember it was said to be demolished a few years ago, but since this area is a school district, there are too many things involved and it has never been implemented.¡±


    Shen Huiming asked him suddenly, ¡°Are you a local3?¡±


    ¡°Well,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I studied here in college and stayed here to work after graduation.¡±


    Shen Huiming could actually understand why Suo Yang works so hard. There were a lot of foreigners in their city, and it was not easy to stay and take root here. Many people had to go back home or settle in other cities where life was not so stressful after working for a few years or a dozen years. It was rare for someone like Suo Yang who could buy a small house with his own ability at such a young age.


    Suo Yang knew what Shen Huiming was thinking, and said to him, ¡°Many people may think that we make a lot of money in this line of work.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him.


    In fact, Shen Huiming had always thought so, perhaps because of the special nature of the flight attendant industry¡ªflying in the blue sky, always gives people a sense of mystery and endless reverie.


    Just like the ¡®private life¡¯ the two talked about before, many people thought that the private life of the flight attendant was chaotic, but did those people really understand them?


    ¡°But the truth is, it¡¯s not that easy to make money.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°The amount of money we make each month depends on the number of hours we fly and where we fly, and we really aren¡¯t a team of high-flying models who live off our looks and bodies going through the motions every day.¡±


    He laughed, ¡°There is a certain amount of danger in what we do.¡±


    Of course Shen Huiming understood what Suo Yang said, but he didn¡¯t interrupt the other party and listened quietly.


    ¡°Cabin service is actually not easy, and communicating with people is a very laborious task.¡± When Suo Yang said this, he always smiled and spoke in a relaxed tone, but Shen Huiming knew that he was talking about something very stressful in a relaxed tone as much as possible, ¡°But compared to those unforeseen emergencies, this is already very easy to deal with.¡±


    ¡°Unforeseen emergencies¡­¡± Shen Huiming frowned slightly.


    Shen Huiming thought about this when he encountered the bad weather in Moscow last time. In fact, he suddenly understood the reason for Zhou Mo¡¯s career change, and maybe it was also due to this factor.


    ¡°You¡¯ve been on planes a lot, you must have experienced the turbulence,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Every time the broadcast was aired, the passengers will feel very uncomfortable sitting there. Of course we will take some measures, but often there¡¯s no way to just sit down and fasten your seat belt in the first place.¡±


    They walked into a park and took a slow stroll along the river.


    ¡°When we flew to Rio de Janeiro a while ago, there was a sudden turbulence in the middle of the flight. At that time, were doing cabin service handing out meal boxes and one girl was hit in the back before the meal cart could stop because the turbulence was so violent.¡± Suo Yang said softly, ¡°This kind of thing, in fact, happens every day.¡±


    When most people thought of flight attendants, they think of the ¡®glamour¡¯ and ¡®good pay¡¯ they had, but rarely do they think of the problems they had to face.


    Of course, all professions and trades had their own share of difficulties, but they only get so much in exchange for their hard work. Not to mention, many times they didn¡¯t get as much as what was rumoured by the outsiders.


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Sorry, I complained to you.¡±


    ¡°What are you sorry for?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I like to hear it, and I want to know more about your life.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, ¡°What do you want to know? You can ask me.¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Shen Huiming was unexpectedly showing a tsundere4 side, ¡°I¡¯m going to wait for you to reveal it to me little by little.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°Fine, then you can wait.¡±


    The two walked around the park and coincidentally reached the place where they rented the boat.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Do you want to row a boat?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at the sparkling water surface, this season, this temperature, and this time, boating couldn¡¯t be more suitable.


    There were not many tourists in this park, it was still early, and there were only a few scattered boats on the water.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°But, can I choose the pedal boat?¡±


    Shen Huiming was not quite concerned with the shape of the boat, but he was very curious why Suo Yang had to choose a pedal boat.


    ¡°The others¡­are scary.¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect Suo Yang to give such an answer. Suo Yang was so cute that Shen Huiming laughed out loud immediately.


    ¡°It turns out that you also have something to be afraid of.¡±


    ¡°Of course, I¡¯m human too.¡± Suo Yang said with a smile, ¡°I¡¯m afraid of water.¡±


    When he heard what Suo Yang said, Shen Huiming waved his hand, ¡°Forget it then, let¡¯s go do something else.¡±


    He didn¡¯t want his suggestion to bring any pressure on Suo Yang.


    Suo Yang suddenly grabbed Shen Huiming¡¯s wrist and said firmly, ¡°No, I want to experience it, maybe because of this, I can overcome my fear of water.¡±


    Suo Yang learned to swim when he was in elementary school, but he choked on the water on the first day, and since then he had been afraid of water. After that, even when the school organized everyone to go to the park on Children¡¯s Day, he didn¡¯t participate in the ¡®swing the oar¡¯ with the other students.


    For so many years, he always had a sense of fear for rivers and lakes.


    He didn¡¯t like it. He didn¡¯t like that he had a weakness.


    In fact, he disliked exposing his weaknesses to others, but perhaps because Shen Huiming made him feel reliable, he was even willing to take risks with him around.


    Shen Huiming looked at him, suddenly grabbed Suo Yang¡¯s hand holding his wrist, squeezed it hard, and then let go.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m here.¡±


    With a single word, Suo Yang felt relieved.


    He was not a person who liked to rely on others, but it felt really good to have someone he could trust.


    It was even, somewhat touching.


    Shen Huiming and Suo Yang went to rent a boat, and Suo Yang smiled and pointed to the little yellow duck¡¯s pedal boat, ¡°Is it childish?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s cute, that¡¯s all.¡±


    After they paid the deposit and asked about the fee standard, they put on their life jackets and then followed the staff to the shore.


    Shen Huiming went up first, sat down, and waited for Suo Yang to come up.


    As Suo Yang stood there and raised his feet, the boat in front of him was shaking slightly on the water¡¯s surface. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he didn¡¯t dare to look at the water¡¯s surface.


    As he tensed and hesitated, Shen Huiming stretched out his hand.


    ¡°Suo Yang.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him and said, ¡°It¡¯s alright, come on.¡±


    Suo Yang raised his head and looked at Shen Huiming, and the moment the other party extended his hand to him, it was as if the world was silent.


    Everything was just a fleeting glimpse. Only the hand extended towards him and the person looking at him were real.


    Suo Yang stretched out his hand and held it.


    Shen Huiming pulled him hard and rose slightly, protecting Suo Yang as he took him aboard.


    The two held hands all the time, and they didn¡¯t let go until Suo Yang sat down.


    The boat swayed from side to side due to their movements, the swaying range was not large, but it was enough to make Suo Yang flustered.


    He held Shen Huiming¡¯s hand tightly, and tried to look calm and collected.


    Shen Huiming turned around and briefly exchanged words with the staff, then turned to him and said, ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    Suo Yang nodded.


    ¡°Keep your feet on the pedals.¡± Shen Huiming was as patient and gentle as if teaching a child to learn to walk.


    Suo Yang obediently lifted his foot and put it on the pedal, and then heard Shen Huiming say, Hold my hand tightly if you¡¯re afraid, I¡¯ll count to three, two, one, and we¡¯ll press the pedal hard together, and prepare to sail.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang held Shen Huiming with one hand and grabbed the handrail beside him with the other hand.


    ¡°Three, two, one.¡±


    The ¡®Little Yellow Duck¡¯ sailed and cut through the calm water, as it carried the two of them towards the centre of the lake.


    Suo Yang¡¯s heart was beating fast. He didn¡¯t know if it was because of nervousness or because of the hand he was holding.


    Suo Yang could probably understand the reason why he was afraid of water¡ªfloating, helpless, not in control of his body, and even his breath could be taken away at any moment.


    He didn¡¯t like this sense of uncertainty, and the feeling of his fate spiralling out of control made him feel panicked.


    It was already a breakthrough when he reached the shore. He thought that he would be too nervous to speak when he got on the boat, but to his surprise, everything was much more relaxed than he had imagined.


    ¡°I learnt to walk in this park,¡± Shen Huiming said while stepping on the pedals to Suo Yang¡¯s rhythm, ¡°I also learnt to ride a bicycle here.¡±


    He pointed to the road they had come from, ¡°It¡¯s over there, on that road.¡±


    Suo Yang looked in the direction of his finger, knowing that it was impossible, but it was as if he saw the child Shen Huiming walking there step by step with his parents, and the adolescent Shen Huiming speeding past with his classmates on bicycles.


    He missed Shen Huiming of that era.


    Lovely, childish, youthful and soaring.


    Suo Yang suddenly felt a little regretful, if they could have met earlier, wouldn¡¯t they have had a chance¡­


    Suo Yang put away these unrealistic fantasies.


    He smiled and said, ¡°Are you bringing me here to reminisce over the years?¡±


    Shen Huiming also smiled, ¡°Oops, you found out.¡±


    He did.


    He brought Suo Yang to see the place where he grew up and let Suo Yang know that he really wanted the other party to come and see his world.


    Since Suo Yang had no intention of opening the door for him yet, he had no choice but to take this step first.


    ¡°I want to show you my favourite place,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I have always said that there is no word ¡®best¡¯ in life, every moment is brand new, every moment is the best, every moment is the most worth cherishing and remembering. But the truth is, people are biased.¡±


    Shen Huiming stepped on the pedal, and the boat swayed and took them farther and farther away from the shore.


    He said, ¡°My favourite time should be before the age of seventeen. I can¡¯t say that it was a carefree time because there was always something to cause headaches, such as forgetting to wear a red scarf when I went to school or having a parents¡¯ meeting when I didn¡¯t do well in an exam.¡±


    As he listened, Suo Yang slowly relaxed and sat beside Shen Huiming with a light smile.


    The two chatted while they roamed the lake. The little snippets that Shen Huiming narrated seemed to fill the gap between the two of them for so many years.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s thirty years.


    Suo Yang¡¯s twenty-seven years.


    The two non-overlapping worlds were pulled in front of Suo Yang by Shen Huiming through storytelling.


    And their hands were held together from beginning to end.


    After the lake tour was over, the two returned to the shore.


    Shen Huiming let Suo Yang go ashore first, and himself guarded behind.


    This time, although Suo Yang was still a little nervous standing on the swaying boat, he did not feel as dizzy as when he arrived, because someone was holding his hand all the time, and not only that, he was also protecting him from behind.


    When he came back to the ground from the boat, he really knew what it meant to have ¡®his feet on the ground¡¯.


    Suo Yang breathed a long sigh of relief, and Shen Huiming asked with a smile, ¡°How is it? Do you feel alive now?¡±


    Suo Yang rubbed between his brows, ¡°It¡¯s better than I imagined.¡±


    ¡°Then do you dare to board the boat when you are alone?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, thought for a while, and replied, ¡°Maybe it won¡¯t work. Maybe it won¡¯t work if someone else is around.¡±


    This sentence was a pleasant surprise to Shen Huiming, he suppressed his laughter, and asked Suo Yang as calmly as possible, ¡°So, I¡¯m the only one who can?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, didn¡¯t say anything, and turned around to go elsewhere.


    The autumn wind swept by, and a fallen leaf fell on Suo Yang¡¯s shoulder.


    Shen Huiming quickly followed him and lifted his hand to pick up the leaf on his shoulder, holding it in his hand and playing with it.


    ¡°I¡¯m taking it back and making a specimen.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him suspiciously.


    ¡°It¡¯s got your autumn on it.¡±


    ===


    It was already noon when they came out of the park, and the two were tired from walking and playing. When they got back to the car, Shen Huiming handed Suo Yang a bottle of water.


    When Suo Yang took it and thanked him, Shen Huiming was a little exasperated, ¡°When will you stop being so polite to me?¡±


    Suo Yang took a sip of the water and said as he screwed on the cap, ¡°I¡¯m used to it.¡±


    ¡°Alright, take your time.¡± Shen Huiming glanced at the time. It was still early, and it was not suitable for eating or watching movies. He raised his hand to pick at his hair and said, ¡°Do you mind accompanying me to get a haircut?¡±


    ¡°No problem.¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s hair should really be cut. He was busy a while ago and went to the hospital after he finished his work, and after he came out of the hospital, he chased Suo Yang to Berlin.


    Before they set off, Shen Huiming called his hair stylist and asked him if it was convenient for him to go there. After he received the approval, he drove Suo Yang there.


    The place where Shen Huiming cut his hair was not far from his company. When he passed by, he still thought that maybe he could take Suo Yang to his company on the way.


    He found out that he was a villain indeed, and having lured Suo Yang to his side, he couldn¡¯t wait to flaunt him around and let everyone see him.


    But he didn¡¯t tell Suo Yang about this plan in advance, for fear that Suo Yang would feel embarrassed.


    The two of them parked the car and went to get the haircut first.


    When they entered, Shen Hui Ming¡¯s hair stylist was already waiting at the door, and as soon as he saw him, he smiled, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your hair? Are you going to change careers to be an actor, and play a tramp?¡±


    Suo Yang followed behind Shen Huiming and looked over after hearing the sound.


    The hair stylist was a young man, very white and thin, not very tall, it was already autumn, but the temperature inside was nice, he was still wearing short sleeves and had a flower arm tattooed on one arm.


    Shen Huiming responded with a smile, ¡°Mocking me as soon as I get here.¡±


    After talking to the other party, he immediately turned to look back at Suo Yang, making sure that the other party was following him.


    The hairstylist noticed this man just now, and they stared at him for a long time before they came in.


    ¡°Friend?¡± The hairstylist leaned against the bar to look at them.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Shen Huiming smiled at Suo Yang, and said to the hair stylist, ¡°He came with me.¡±


    The hairdresser tilted his head and looked at Suo Yang, then smiled softly, straightened up, turned around and walked in with light steps, ¡°Come on, I¡¯m waiting for you specially.¡±


    Shen Huiming and Suo Yang walked side by side behind the hairstylist, ¡°No need to queue today, we should be able to finish the cut soon.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°It¡¯s okay, there¡¯s no rush.¡±


    In this barber shop, each hairstylist had their own independent workroom, which had no door and was spacious, with a workbench in front and a waiting sofa at the back.


    After the hair stylist took them there, he asked his assistant to wash Shen Huiming¡¯s hair first, then pointed to the sofa behind and said to Suo Yang, ¡°Handsome guy, you can sit there.¡±


    Suo Yang politely thanked him, then sat down by the side.


    As Shen Huiming went to wash his hair, the hairstylist glanced at Suo Yang, turned around and got him a glass of water.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± Suo Yang smiled at him.


    The hairstylist leaned on the back of the chair and looked at him with a smile, ¡°Are you dating Ming ge?¡±


    Suo Yang was very calm. He held the paper cup in both hands, and looked up at the other party with a smile, ¡°Just friends.¡±


    The hairstylist curled his lips and smiled, ¡°Oh, just friends for the time being, and hard to say about it in the future.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and said nothing.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright, you guys are well-matched.¡±


    Suo Yang listened to his tone of voice and could probably guess what he was thinking.


    ¡°Handsome, what do you do for a living?¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing, just curious.¡± The hairstylist said, ¡°I see that you have an unusual temperament. What¡¯s the word for it¡­¡±


    The hairstylist tapped his forehead vigorously, but couldn¡¯t remember, turned his head and shouted outside, ¡°Andy! What is the word you use to describe your idol?¡±


    ¡°Gentle as jade!¡± The man called Andy was nowhere to be found, but his voice overpowered the music in the shop, ¡°Baby! Are you going to be in the pit5?¡±


    ¡°Into the pit my ass.¡± The hairstylist muttered in a low voice, then turned to Suo Yang and said, ¡°That¡¯s the word, gentle as jade, looks like a cultured person.¡±


    Suo Yang was amused by him, but he just smiled and didn¡¯t say much, let alone tell the other party his profession.


    The hairstylist saw that he was not willing to talk, and he didn¡¯t know whether it was Suo Yang¡¯s personality, or that Suo Yang still looked down on him and didn¡¯t want to talk to him, so he felt bored, so he stopped talking.


    He turned around, looked in the mirror, and subconsciously compared himself in the mirror with the person sitting behind him.


    Suo Yang suddenly raised his eyes and just met his gaze. The hairstylist didn¡¯t dodge and smiled at him.


    Shen Huiming came back from washing his hair, and as soon as he came in, he looked at Suo Yang who was sitting there.


    Suo Yang smiled at him, put down the water glass, and got up to take the phone and car keys that Shen Huiming handed him.


    ¡°It almost fell out just now when I was lying there washing my hair.¡± Shen Huiming said.


    ¡°You should have let me hold it for you before you went.¡± With Shen Huiming¡¯s things in his hand, Suo Yang moved to the side and watched Shen Huiming go over and sit in front of the worktable.


    Instead of going back to the sofa to sit down, he stood and watched.


    The hairstylist was neat and skilled, and he didn¡¯t talk too much when cutting Shen Huiming¡¯s hair, which was really good.


    Suo Yang stood there looking at Shen Huiming. The other man¡¯s eyes were closed and his eyelashes were covered with a little bit of hair that had been cut, making him want to go over and help him blow it out.


    The waiting time was longer than the two of them expected. Suo Yang could tell that in the end, they were just trimming some insignificant parts. The hairdresser seemed anxious to cut and repair them one by one.


    That hand holding the scissors was thin and white, and they were very dexterous. He carefully styled Shen Huiming¡¯s hair, obviously delaying time on purpose.


    Shen Huiming naturally found out, and asked, ¡°Suo Yang, what time is it?¡±


    When he asked Suo Yang the time, he was actually tactfully urging the hairstylist.


    Suo Yang glanced at the phone and found that it had been cut for almost an hour.


    However, only Shen Huiming was in a hurry, while Suo Yang was really not in a hurry. He stood there a bit lost in thought, his thoughts fell on the hairstylist.


    The hairstylist understood what Shen Huiming meant, ¡°What¡¯s the hurry? If you don¡¯t get a good cut, you¡¯re ruining my reputation.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Can we not be in a hurry, both of our time was very precious today.¡±


    The reason why he asked Suo Yang to come and cut his hair with him was that he thought that this matter was quite personal, and only those who were close to him would accompany him to have a haircut.


    However, he didn¡¯t expect it to be so slow.


    The hairstylist pouted again, ¡°What for? A date?¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled and said, ¡°Yes, can¡¯t you see it?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed softly, and when he raised his eyes, he found that the hairstylist was looking at him.


    ¡°I can see it now.¡± The hairstylist stopped talking and announced after a few minutes that the cut was done.


    Although the hairstylist seemed to not really be in a good mood, the cut was pretty good.


    Shen Huiming went to the cashier to swipe his card, while Suo Yang walked slowly behind.


    ¡°I¡¯m envious of you,¡± the hairstylist said beside Suo Yang, ¡°I told you. He just won¡¯t look at me.¡±


    Suo Yang turned to look at him.


    ¡°I make a lot of money a month,¡± the hair stylist muttered, ¡°but it¡¯s not the same. No matter how much I earn, I¡¯m not at the same level as him.¡±


    Suo Yang listened to his words, was silent for a few seconds, and said softly, ¡°Don¡¯t say that, you just haven¡¯t met the right person for you.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± The hairdresser didn¡¯t expect Suo Yang to comfort himself.


    ¡°Thank you for your hard work today,¡± Suo Yang said with a smile, ¡°He looks a lot more refreshed.¡±


    The hairstylist stared at Suo Yang and then smiled too.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± said the hair stylist, ¡°Next time you come to see me, I¡¯ll give you a 20% discount.¡±


    After swiping the card, Shen Huiming came to look for Suo Yang, holding a red immortal flower bear in his hand. It was not big, it was packed in a transparent box and tied with a black ribbon6.


    He conveniently handed the little bear to Suo Yang.


    ¡°A top-up gift.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It looks cute.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at the little bear in his hand and leaned closer to smell it through the package.


    ¡°Can you smell the fragrance?¡± Shen Huiming asked with a smile.


    ¡°It seems to be okay.¡± Suo Yang handed the little bear in front of him, and Shen Huiming was really cooperative, so he leaned over to sniff it.


    The hairstylist standing on the side pouted and said, ¡°Alright, you guys should go now. Not only do I have no one to date, but I also have to continue working, please let me live!¡±

 CH 32

    Shen Huiming and Suo Yang laughed as the hairdresser kicked them out. They stood at the door, and Shen Huiming turned back and waved to the people inside.


    The hairstylist stomped his foot hard and then turned around and went back to his work.


    When Shen Huiming looked away, he found that Suo Yang was looking at him, and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing, I just think he cut it well.¡±


    ¡°Does that mean that I¡¯m quite handsome now?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Yes, very handsome.¡±


    Shen Huiming suddenly discovered that being happy was such a simple thing. Being praised by someone you like could make you feel good all day long.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± As the two of them walked towards the parking place, Shen Huiming asked, ¡°Are you hungry? What time do you plan to have lunch?¡±


    Suo Yang hugged the eternal flower bear in his arms, and sang a song: ¡°Romance is not a warm dinner¡­¡±


    Shen Huiming heard Suo Yang sing for the first time, and asked, ¡°Is it true that people with good voices also sing well?¡±


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you focusing on the wrong thing?¡± The two walked to the side of the car, Suo Yang opened the door and sat in, put the bear on his lap, waited for Shen Huiming to get into the car and said, ¡°The point shouldn¡¯t be¡­¡±


    ¡°Romance?¡±


    Shen Huiming¡¯s unexpected joke made Suo Yang laugh out loud.


    ¡°Whatever.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t just neglect me,¡± Shen Huiming started the car and said in a good mood, ¡°Romance is a matter between two people.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t retort, nor did he know what to say, so he simply stopped talking, and looked down thoughtfully to fiddle with the eternal flowers.


    Shen Huiming turned on the stereo in the car, and deliberately found the song that Suo Yang sang just now.


    He was not a person who listened to songs very often, but it just so happened that he had liked this song a lot.


    [Love does not stop, how brave it takes to go to the end of time.]


    It really took a lot of courage for a person to be willing to part with half of their world to exchange it with another person.


    Shen Huiming drove his car and arrived at his company¡¯s downstairs within a few minutes.


    Suo Yang asked, ¡°What are you doing here?¡±


    Shen Huiming turned off the stereo and unfastened his seat belt, ¡°I just remembered something, I need to go back to the company to deal with it, just a few minutes, will you accompany me up?¡±


    Suo Yang wanted to refuse, but Shen Huiming didn¡¯t give him a chance to refuse: ¡°Come on, come up and have a cup of coffee, it was sent by Tongyan a while ago.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled when he heard Jiang Tongyan¡¯s name.


    He put the Immortal Flower Bear in the back seat and got out of the car.


    ¡°Does Mr. Jiang know that we are dating?¡± Suo Yang deliberately asked as he followed Shen Huiming to the office building.


    ¡°If you haven¡¯t told him, then he shouldn¡¯t know yet.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°However if you don¡¯t mind, we can give him a surprise.¡±


    ¡°A surprise?¡±


    ¡°Well,¡± Shen Huiming pushed open the revolving door and led Suo Yang inside, ¡°When you fly to New York next time, I¡¯ll join you. Won¡¯t it be a surprise if we both hold hands to meet him?¡±


    ¡°¡­I¡¯m afraid it would frighten him instead?¡± Suo Yang smiled helplessly, ¡°It¡¯s better not to mess with him.¡±


    The two entered the elevator, and Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang through the mirror of the elevator.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t refute.¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t understand.


    ¡°I just said that the two of us went to see him hand in hand.¡± Shen Huiming turned around, ¡°You acquiescence?¡±


    Suo Yang finally found out that Shen Huiming was actually quite good at teasing people.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t hear that one.¡± He said deliberately not following the other party¡¯s idea like a child throwing a tantrum.


    Shen Huiming liked to see Suo Yang like this, throwing a little temper, which was much cuter than being polite in a standard way.


    The elevator door opened, and as soon as he walked out, he came straight to the front desk of Shen Huiming¡¯s company.


    ¡°Mr. Shen!¡± The girl at the front desk saw that it was Shen Huiming and stood up to greet him.


    Shen Huiming responded with a smile and led Suo Yang to his office.


    ¡°This floor is all yours?¡±


    ¡°I rented it.¡± Shen Huiming was very calm, ¡°I can¡¯t afford it.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°To be honest, I always thought you relied on your family¡¯s background to get your business going before.¡±


    When the two of them arrived at the door of Shen Huiming¡¯s office, the assistant heard the sound and poked his head out from the office next to them.


    ¡°Mr. Shen? Aren¡¯t you not coming today?¡±


    ¡°Something came up,¡± Shen Huiming opened the office door and let Suo Yang in. ¡°An Jie, make a cup of coffee and bring it here.¡±


    ¡°Okay!¡±


    The assistant went to make coffee, and when Shen Huiming entered the room, obviously nothing was wrong, but he still had to pretend to be busy for a few minutes.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°Really, there is no need to trouble yourself.¡±


    ¡°That won¡¯t work,¡± Shen Huiming walked behind his desk, pretending to rummage through it, but actually acting on purpose, ¡°It¡¯s rare for you to come here, so I have to take care of you.¡±


    Sometimes, for some people, it was really easy to make a fool of themselves in trying to be smart.


    Shen Huiming originally only wanted to come to the office and take Suo Yang around the company, which was to let the other party have a brief look at his workplace. But to his surprise, an important phone call really came, and the call took half an hour.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s assistant brought coffee and put it on the tea table in front of Suo Yang, and greeted him politely.


    Suo Yang said softly, ¡°Thank you, don¡¯t worry about me, you should go back to work.¡±


    The assistant didn¡¯t know his relationship with Suo Yang, so he just regarded him as a friend, and said with a smile, ¡°I still have something to do, so I¡¯ll go take care of it first, call me anytime if you need anything.¡±


    Suo Yang nodded to him with a smile, then looked at Shen Huiming who was standing by the window talking on the phone.


    This was not the first time he saw Shen Huiming at work. When they first met, the other party had spent almost the whole night reading documents on the plane.


    Shen Huiming was very busy, Suo Yang had always known that but the difference in the profession makes one feel worlds apart. He didn¡¯t understand Shen Huiming¡¯s projects, and he had never worked in such a workplace, and he still couldn¡¯t imagine how Shen Huiming would look in the company.


    Now, he saw it.


    From the morning¡¯s trip to the lake in the park to this moment, Suo Yang felt as if he had quickly skimmed through Shen Huiming¡¯s thirty years, of childhood, and adolescence, and now, from youthful to graceful, it seemed that Suo Yang had never lacked class.


    Shen Huiming was dressed casually, but when talking with the other people, he still had the poise air surrounding him.


    Calm and wise. They chatted about topics that Suo Yang couldn¡¯t understand, but Suo Yang still looked at Shen Huiming in a daze.


    He liked smart people. Really smart people not only had high intelligence, but also had fascinating emotional intelligence.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s ability to support such a large company by himself at a young age was enough to show how good this person was.


    Suo Yang picked up the coffee and took a sip.


    The aroma was rich and mellow, with a long aftertaste.


    It was a bit like Shen Huiming¡¯s feelings for him.


    Perhaps because of his work, the last thing Suo Yang had ever lacked was patience. He was used to waiting; waiting for passengers to board, waiting for take off, waiting for landing, and now, waiting for Shen Huiming to look at him after he was busy.


    Drinking coffee and waiting for the other party, turned out to be a kind of enjoyment.


    Shen Huiming was actually a little anxious, he was afraid that Suo Yang would get impatient after waiting for a long time, but if the work matter was not handled properly, he probably wouldn¡¯t be able to rest for the remaining ten hours or so today, so he had to deal with the other party, and finally got it done.


    When he hung up the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his brows, and turned to look at Suo Yang.


    The person on the sofa looked at him with a smile and said to him, ¡°Your coffee has gotten cold.¡±


    Shen Huiming came over, sat down beside him, and found that Suo Yang¡¯s cup was empty.


    He took a sip, and the taste of the cold coffee changed when it was in his mouth. He did not continue to drink it, but asked Suo Yang, ¡°Did you wait long?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Suo Yang got up and went to the water fountain next to him to get him a cup of water, ¡°It¡¯s a break?¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, and took the water glass, ¡°How come you are still being considerate to me even now?¡±


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you working hard?¡± Suo Yang sat back beside him, ¡°I feel thirsty after listening to you talk for so long.¡±


    ¡°This water is quite sweet.¡± Shen Huiming took a sip, pretending to be surprised.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to follow along,¡± Suo Yang sat down with a smile, ¡°It¡¯s a bit childish.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed out loud, ¡°Okay, got it.¡±


    The two looked at each other and laughed together.


    Shen Huiming finished his water and got up to take Suo Yang to prepare to leave, after all, he couldn¡¯t really waste his time here for the date he hardly managed to get.


    When the two went out, the assistant happened to come over and asked Shen Huiming to sign some documents.


    The three of them stood at the door, and Shen Huiming signed with a swipe of his pen.


    ¡°Mr. Shen, are you going out?¡±


    ¡°Yes, don¡¯t contact me if there¡¯s nothing to do today.¡± Shen Huiming turned his head and said softly to Suo Yang, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    The first part was a very formal tone, but the tone for the latter part instantly became gentle.


    The assistant stood aside and watched the two leave, feeling that this ¡®friend¡¯ was not so simple.


    Shen Huiming took Suo Yang around his company and then went downstairs. Suo Yang couldn¡¯t help but praised a few words, and Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s very good, the effect has been achieved.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, ¡°Only now do I realise that a distinguished young man with a successful career can also be very naive occasionally.¡±


    The two walked out of the office building, Shen Huiming opened the door for Suo Yang, ¡°Do you hate it?¡±


    Suo Yang got into the car and looked up at him, ¡°No.¡±


    That¡¯s good.


    Shen Huiming looked at him and smiled, then returned to the driver¡¯s seat by himself.


    After tossing and turning for so long, both of them were hungry, so Shen Huiming looked at the time and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go eat something first, and then watch a movie together?¡±


    ¡°Sure.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯ll choose the restaurant this time.¡±


    He gave an address, and Shen Huiming was surprised when he heard it, ¡°You don¡¯t speak a foreign language, do you?¡±


    The place to eat that Suo Yang said was near the University of Foreign Studies.


    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Haven¡¯t I told you before? I majored in English, and when the airline came to recruit me in my senior year, I didn¡¯t think I¡¯d actually get accepted.¡±


    He really hadn¡¯t said it.


    ¡°There¡¯s something,¡± Shen Huiming started the car, and drove Suo Yang over there, ¡°I probably haven¡¯t told you about it.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°How else can we say that we are destined for each other? If I hadn¡¯t gone abroad, you would have been my junior.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°I went to a university abroad, but I took the college entrance examination at that time.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him, ¡°I was also admitted into foreign language university.¡±


    Shen Huiming was three years older than Suo Yang, three years above him.


    If Shen Huiming had stayed in China to study at the university, at least for a year, the two would have been seniors and juniors on the same campus.


    Although he was not sure whether what Shen Huiming said was true or not, Suo Yang was willing to believe it was true, just like after he met Shen Huiming, he began to believe in the so-called ¡®Romantic Fatalism¡¯.


    ¡°Then, today this junior will take the senior to taste the delicious food near the University of Foreign Languages,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Not only is there a lot of delicious food, but there are also many handsome men and beautiful women.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Handsome guys and beautiful women? I don¡¯t really need this. Isn¡¯t there a foreign language most handsome guy sitting next to me?¡±


    The author has something to say:


    It¡¯s probably going to be at least two to three more chapters of dating for the two of them. These 24 hours are really fulfilling. I will continue to work hard!


    Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2020-05-06 16:14:11~2020-05-08 06:12:53~


    Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!


    Notes:


    The song Suo Yang sang is from this °®ÇéתÒÆ ³ÂÞÈѸ (¸è´Ê°æ)

 CH 33

    Before he came to go on a date with Shen Huiming, Suo Yang was a little nervous.


    The whole dating thing was actually a bit foreign to him. All he could think of was sitting in an expensive restaurant and eating an unrealistic meal, watching a movie that might not necessarily be exciting. Other than that, he couldn¡¯t think of anything else.


    As a matter of fact, it was kind of boring.


    Before the date started, he was a little worried that those good feelings built up by Shen Huiming would be drained to nothing on this boring date.


    However, Shen Huiming proved to be far more intelligent and interesting than he had thought.


    The two arrived at the food street near the University of Foreign Studies, with a slightly narrow path, and Shen Huiming drove carefully looking for an empty parking space. Suo Yang sat in the passenger seat and looked at the students passing by the window, young and fearless.


    After a long turn along the path, Shen Huiming finally found a parking space. He then said, ¡°There¡¯s really something wrong with the planning of this place.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°Because it was not planned for you!¡±


    The two got out of the car, and Shen Huiming looked around the surroundings. Suo Yang said, ¡°It¡¯s only students from the nearby schools who come here, so few people drive here, so naturally there¡¯s not much parking space.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m being narrow-minded¡± Shen Huiming joked with him, ¡°Teacher Suo educates well.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°Why are you¡­¡±


    It was not quite what he imagined.


    Although they had met before, and had even spent a few hours alone together in Berlin, before today, Suo Yang¡¯s impression of Shen Huiming had always been that he was ¡®mature and dignified¡¯ and a ¡®smart gentleman¡¯, but he had never expected that he would still like to joke around.


    It was rare for Sawyer to joke around with people. In his opinion, it was not always possible to make jokes in all relationships, and it required the right person and the right words.


    He always lived a very careful life, was afraid of offending others and didn¡¯t like to be offended.


    However, when he was with Shen Huiming, he would subconsciously joke with the other party and did not resist the other party¡¯s jokes.


    To a large extent, it was because Shen Huiming¡¯s jokes were also well-measured, and not over the top, but were a bit cute.


    Suo Yang felt surprised that he secretly thought Shen Huiming was cute. Logically speaking, Shen Huiming shouldn¡¯t have anything to do with the word ¡®cute¡¯.


    ¡°What are you thinking about?¡± Shen Huiming saw that he hadn¡¯t spoken for a long time, so he walked up to him, ¡°What did you want to say about me?¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t answer his question, but asked him, ¡°Chicken clay pot, is it okay?¡±


    Shen Huiming rubbed his stomach in a very cooperative manner, ¡°My mouth is watering right now!¡±


    When he was in college, Suo Yang and his group of students would come to this food street every week to satisfy their cravings. Perhaps because the customers were students, the food here has always been good and cheap.


    Suo Yang led Shen Huiming to walk along the path, and the two of them were a bit out of place, as they were surrounded by rowdy and youthful university students.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°Actually, several food stalls that I liked very much in the past have closed down, but this chicken clay pot has been open all the time.¡±


    ¡°Do you come here often?¡±


    ¡°No, I used to choose this place occasionally when I made appointments with Zhou Mo.¡± Suo Yang suddenly smiled, ¡°There is something very funny. I liked to eat here when I was in college. When I was in college I liked to eat at this restaurant, I thought that I would have the opportunity to go to Chongqing in the future to try the authentic Chongqing chicken clay pot, but I didn¡¯t know until I arrived in Chongqing that there is no Chicken clay pot in Chongqing, and they seem to eat more roasted chicken in Chongqing.¡±


    Shen Huiming also laughed, ¡°Just like Sichuan doesn¡¯t have Sichuan Malatang1, and California doesn¡¯t have California Beef Noodles?¡±


    The two of them just joked and laughed like this, and went into the shop.


    It was the rush hour for lunch, and when they entered, the store was very crowded. At first, Suo Yang thought they would have to wait for a table, but to his surprise, there was still one last empty table left in the corner, as if he was waiting for them on purpose.


    The owner took them to sit down and put the menu on the table for them to order.


    ¡°Look at it first,¡± Suo Yang pushed the menu in front of Shen Huiming, ¡°I¡¯ll add to it after you¡¯ve ordered.¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t push back and took the overly plain menu and looked at it carefully.


    The two ordered a big chicken pot. When adding dishes, Shen Huiming would ask Suo Yang¡¯s opinion on each one he ordered. The other party would nod, and then he would let the owner write it down. When Shen Huiming finished ordering and gave the menu to Suo Yang, Suo Yang said, ¡°Boss, two more bottles of Artic Ocean2.¡±


    After he said that, he returned the menu to the boss.


    Shen Huiming asked, ¡°You¡¯re not adding any more dishes?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ve already ordered everything I like to eat.¡±


    It didn¡¯t matter whether it was a tacit understanding or intentional, what mattered was that both of them were happy.


    The small shops on the food street that was there for years were plainly decorated and were not that spacious. In order to accommodate as many customers as possible, the tables were spaced just far enough apart for one person to walk.


    Such an environment was not really good, let alone for Suo Yang, even Shen Huiming himself never thought that one day his date with Suo Yang would be in such a place.


    It wasn¡¯t that it was bad, it was just that it was too down-to-earth.


    ¡°What are you laughing at?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    The boss came over with two bottles of Arctic Ocean first and put a bottle opener on the table for them to open by themselves.


    Suo Yang directly picked up the bottle opener, opened the bottle neatly, then took out a tissue, and carefully wiped the mouth of the bottles before handing them to Shen Huiming.


    ¡°I was wondering if you think I¡¯m too stingy.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It was hard to ask you out, and you deliberately transferred your shift to come here, only to take you to eat buns and stroll around the park in the morning, and now here to eat chicken pot at a small shop.¡±


    Suo Yang lowered his head and smiled as he wiped the mouth of his own bottle.


    ¡°Other people¡¯s dates are western restaurants with thousands of dollars per person, and the two of them go in in suits and elegantly cut steaks.¡±


    ¡°Hey, knock it off.¡± Suo Yang looked at him with a smile in his eyes, ¡°Don¡¯t you think that kind of date is boring?¡±


    Shen Huiming took a sip of soda and looked at Suo Yang with a smile.


    ¡°Actually, the form of dating is not the most important thing, what¡¯s important is the purpose.¡± Suo Yang¡¯s fingers gently rubbed against the glass soda bottle, ¡°Do you want to take a walk with the other party in the flashy Crystal Palace? Or do you want to take advantage of this rare opportunity to really get to know each other? Everyone positions themselves differently for each date, so the direction will be different.¡±


    He took a sip of the soda, the cold bubbles were stimulating and refreshing.


    ¡°I really like this feeling now.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°It¡¯s more real, isn¡¯t it?¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him in a daze, and nodded. He felt that he liked this man a little more.


    In fact, there was no absolutely perfect Three Views3 in this world, but when two people were together, it was important that the three views fit together.


    Although the Crystal Palace was certainly a beautiful and romantic, people always always have to come back down to earth and live with one¡¯s feet on the ground. What¡¯s more, there¡¯s been plenty of romance between them¡ªthe encounters one after another at the beginning, the bet at a height of 30,000 feet, and the wedding in a short trip to Berlin. All the memories were real and romantic, and now, sitting down unpretentiously to a cheap but hearty chicken clay pot, how was that not romantic?


    Having eaten and drunk enough, Suo Yang went to the cashier to pay the bill first.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t argue with him, because it was the most unnecessary and meaningless thing.


    When the two came out, Suo Yang stood at the door and sniffed on his own shirt.


    ¡°It has a strong smell of chicken clay pot.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°It was probably a mistake to bring you here for meal.¡±


    ¡°At this time, this big brother will show off.¡± Shen Huiming smiled softly, ¡°Let¡¯s go, get back in the car.¡±


    Suo Yang followed him into the car with a puzzled look on his face and then watched Shen Huiming take out a small spray.


    ¡°It¡¯s to remove the smell,¡±  Shen Huiming said, ¡°Spray your clothes and hair, it will disperse the smell soon.¡±


    ¡°That amazing?¡± Suo Yang took it and carefully sprayed some on his shirt.


    ¡°Do you think I live very delicately?¡± Shen Huiming sat there gloating, waiting for Suo Yang to praise him.


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Very delicate, so can I ask you for a gift? Just this thing. Give me one.¡±


    Shen Huiming leaned there and looked at him with a big smile, ¡°I¡¯ve seen people who need flowers, watches, bags and houses, but this is the first time I see people who need scent spray.¡±


    Suo Yang finished spraying his shirt, then lightly sprayed it on his hair, ¡°Gifts are still the most thoughtful when they are practical.¡±


    The two of them sat in the car and joked around for a while, and Suo Yang said he wanted to take Shen Huiming to school for a while.


    Of course Shen Huiming was eager to do so, he was curious about the place where Suo Yang had studied.


    In other words, he was curious about everything about Suo Yang.


    It took less than five minutes to drive from the food street to Suo Yang¡¯s school.


    Once they entered the campus, the car was parked under the guidance of Suo Yang.


    Across the street from where they parked was the basketball court. Through the iron fence, they could see those young men who were not afraid of the cold still playing there wearing their autumn clothes in full swing


    As the two of them walked slowly along the basketball court, Suo Yang pointed to a building in front of him and said, ¡°That building is the building of our department. At that time, the majority of our major classes were held at that time.¡±


    ¡°When I was studying, I always went to the wrong classroom.¡± Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I don¡¯t know what happened back then, like a fool.¡±


    Shen Huiming listened beside him, imagining how the college student Suo Yang would run into the classroom in a panic with his books in his arms, and then ran away in a panic after realizing that he had gone to the wrong classroom.


    Those embarrassing moments in youth always become extra cute when you thought about them later.


    Shen Huiming also wanted to meet that reckless Suo Yang back then.


    ¡°I made a fool of myself a lot when I was in college,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I don¡¯t know how to play basketball, but in there¡¯s a competition in the department, and there were not enough boys in our class, and I had to cover. As a result, after the whole game, everyone remembered Suo Yang as someone who will definitely give points to the opponent whenever he makes a move.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed so hard that his whole body felt like it was pulled back to years ago, with that basketball game in front of him.


    ¡°I¡¯m a good basketball player,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Should I teach you another day?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t,¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry, ¡°I can¡¯t even understand the rules, so I¡¯d better not trouble you.¡±


    When the two of them reached the entrance of the school building, Suo Yang asked, ¡°Do you want to go in and take a look?¡±


    ¡°Can I go in?¡±


    ¡°It should be possible.¡± Suo Yang led him inside, and the guard¡¯s uncle was dozing off.


    The two slipped inside gingerly, as if they were thieves, then quickly turned around and went upstairs, and smiled at each other on the empty stairs, like two students who had successfully avoided the teacher¡¯s inspection and skipped class.


    At this moment, it seemed that they were no longer a small boss who needed to read documents on the plane and the flight attendant who was tense to serve passengers, but rather two ordinary college students, the senior leading the junior one to fool around in the school building.


    Youth seemed to have left for a long time.


    But in fact, youth had always been there.


    Going back to the university campus was like going back to when they were 20 years old, and everything could be very simple, including liking someone.


    The author has something to say:


    Dear friends, I¡¯ll be updating tomorrow night for some reason. Everyone can go be happy before going to bed and bow manually.


    I¡¯d like to say one more thing in passing. Some girls said that there is a Malatang in Sichuan. That¡¯s right. Sichuan¡¯s Malatang is not the same thing as our local Malatang. The ¡°authentic Sichuan Malatang¡± in northern legends looks different. My friend who went to college in Chengdu back then said: We should call it Dongbei4 Malatang.


    Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2020-05-08 06:12:53~2020-05-09 05:30:31~


    Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

 CH 34

    When Suo Yang and Shen Huiming went upstairs, the classrooms were mostly empty. It was now lunch break time and few people would stay there.


    The two entered a classroom on the third floor, and Suo Yang walked in front, leading Shen Huiming all the way in.


    The last row of the classroom was near the window, and the weather in early autumn was very good. With the windows opened, there was a comfortable cool breeze blowing in.


    As they sat side by side, Suo Yang said, ¡°Going to a university abroad should feel very different from the one inside the country.¡±


    ¡°Well, few of us stay at the school, and when we first went there, we were not used to the food there, so we had to learn to cook by ourselves.¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°It¡¯s not like the local universities, where they have everything in the canteen.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°When I was at the university, everyone always complained about the unpalatable food in the canteen and the rising price of food. But after graduation, I was exposed to how society was and started to live alone. Only then did I realize that the school canteen is actually very good and cheap. ¡°


    Two men who had left the university campus for many years sat in the classroom and told each other the stories of their student days, looking at the handwriting left by the teacher on the blackboard, looking at the water glass left by a classmate on the table in front of them, feeling a rare sense of relaxation.


    Suo Yang was lying on the table, looking at the leaves blowing outside the window, while Shen Hui Ming looked at him slightly sideways, watching his hair being stroked by the wind blowing in.


    ¡°Suo Yang.¡±


    ¡°Hm?¡±


    ¡°Do you think, if we had met when we were in college, what would have happened?¡±


    Suo Yang still looked out of the window, and after a few seconds of silence, he said with a smile, ¡°I don¡¯t know, my imagination is really poor.¡±


    The sound of music suddenly came from outside the window. It was the school¡¯s radio station that started to play a song.


    This was the tradition of Suo Yang¡¯s school. Every day at one o¡¯clock in the afternoon, the radio station would play songs until the class starts at half past one.


    Suo Yang listened to the music and closed his eyes.


    ¡°There\¡¯s wind that blows in from the north.¡±


    To Suo Yang¡¯s surprise, when he sang the first line of lyrics along with the melody, Shen Huiming¡¯s voice came at the same time.


    The breeze from the north met him unexpectedly.


    The tacit understanding between him and Shen Huiming came unexpectedly again.


    The two hummed a part of this song softly, and Suo Yang was a little sleepy, lying there lazily, enjoying the music, the autumn wind, and the rare good time.


    He was drowsy and almost fell asleep. After an unknown amount of time, the classroom started to be noisy. Suo Yang sighed and sat up straight.


    Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang who was sleepy, and asked with a smile, ¡°Are you asleep?¡±


    ¡°Maybe.¡± Or maybe he wasn¡¯t asleep.


    Who knows? But it didn¡¯t matter at all.


    It was almost time for the afternoon class and some students had already arrived early.


    The students who came in looked at the two men sitting in the corner, some turned a blind eye, and some looked over curiously.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°People are going to study, let¡¯s go.¡±


    The two got up and left the classroom one after the other.


    They walked against the flow of people along the path, and when they passed a small bush, they saw a young couple kissing.


    Shen Huiming glanced at Suo Yang, and said, ¡°Let me ask you a rather personal question.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°Did you ever fall in love when you were in college?¡±


    When he heard his question, Suo Yang subconsciously looked at the couple who were kissing as if no one else was around.


    ¡°No,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°There are only a few boys around, and they all like girls.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed out loud, ¡°It¡¯s a pity.¡±


    ¡°Pity?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, if I didn¡¯t go abroad, I would be your senior. If I was around, although we wouldn¡¯t necessarily be able to talk, we wouldn¡¯t necessarily not be able to talk either, don¡¯t you think so?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled softly, ¡°Senior, have you ever thought about this, this school is so big and there are so many students. Even if we both go to school here, we may not know each other.¡±


    ¡°No, even if you don¡¯t know me, I should know you.¡± Shen Huiming joked, ¡°You are the Suo Yang who can score points as soon as he strikes ¡®the enemy¡¯ on the basketball court.¡±


    Suo Yang glanced at him with an angry smile but had nothing to say.


    The two walked around the school, and when it was almost time, they decided to go to a nearby cinema to watch a movie.


    Shen Huiming was in charge of driving, and Suo Yang was in charge of selecting movies. Suo Yang said, ¡°There doesn¡¯t seem to be any good movies recently.¡±


    ¡°Is there anything you are interested in?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°or relatively interested?¡±


    There really wasn¡¯t.


    Suo Yang actually didn¡¯t watch movies very much, he spends most of his rest time sleeping.


    ¡°Just choose one randomly.¡± Suo Yang opened the cinema¡¯s film schedule, ¡°You say a number, and you can watch whichever you choose.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°So random?¡±


    ¡°Mm-hmm, just that random.¡±


    ¡°1,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°What¡¯s at the top of the list?¡±


    Suo Yang suddenly laughed loudly: ¡°You really know how to choose.¡±


    It just so happened that there was a red light ahead, so Shen Huiming parked the car and leaned over to check Suo Yang¡¯s phone.


    When he saw the film he had chosen, he immediately supported his forehead helplessly.


    ¡°What is this¡­¡± A domestic horror movie. He didn¡¯t need to think but he knew there would be nothing worth watching, How about¡­ you change it? ¡°


    ¡°No need.¡± Suo Yang stifled a laugh and said, ¡°Let¡¯s just watch this.¡±


    Suo Yang bought the tickets directly on the mobile phone, and when the two arrived at the cinema, they directly picked up the tickets and waited in line to enter.


    Shen Huiming squeezed the movie ticket in his hand and lamented, ¡°It¡¯s been two years since I last came to the cinema, I didn¡¯t expect that after two years, I would have to watch such an exciting film.¡±


    Suo Yang browsed the cinema¡¯s new film promotional board, pointed to it and said, ¡°The plot is really exciting.¡±


    As for the movie they were about to watch, even though it was a horror movie, the plot was very much like a ¡®family ethic drama1¡¯. What was that brother-in-law, what kind of sister-in-law, Suo Yang couldn¡¯t help laughing.


    Shen Huiming stood behind Suo Yang watching him laughing, and he couldn¡¯t help but laugh along with him.


    Was this what it felt like to be in love and dating?


    Shen Huiming thought it was even cuter than he had imagined.


    Since it was a weekday, there were few students at this time, or rather, no one wanted to see this kind of movie.


    After checking the tickets, Shen Huiming and Suo Yang went in, only to find that they were the only ones in the entire screening hall.


    ¡°The whole cinema is reserved,¡± Shen Huiming sat helplessly in the middle, ¡°the atmosphere is good.¡±


    Suo Yang was standing next to him on the left, unable to hide his smile all the time.


    It didn¡¯t really matter what kind of movie they were watching, what mattered was the fun that developed from the event itself.


    Suo Yang felt that Shen Huiming¡¯s reaction now was more interesting than any movie.


    ¡°Oh no,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I forgot to buy you a bucket of popcorn.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I¡¯m not a kid who likes to eat snacks.¡±


    ¡°Then you have to do it for fun.¡±


    Suo Yang patted him, ¡°Don¡¯t bother.¡±


    The movie soon started, and as expected, the plot was too absurd to watch.


    Shen Huiming was acting like he was sitting on pins and needles, while Suo Yang was like sitting as steady as a mountain.


    With this alone, Shen Huiming was subdued by him.


    But what Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect was that while Suo Yang seemed to be sitting steadily, he actually fell asleep after a while.


    Was this person really tired?


    He had slept on his stomach during the school day and then fell asleep again at the cinema.


    Shen Huiming turned his head to look at him, and the flickering light of the movie shone on Suo Yang¡¯s face, giving him a cold and beautiful look.


    Suo Yang¡¯s body was tilted to the other side, looking like he was about to fall down.


    Shen Huiming made a quick decision and ran around to the other end and sat down, just in time to support Suo Yang with his shoulder.


    Suo Yang woke up suddenly and looked at Shen Huiming in a daze.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Sleep, I¡¯ll be your pillow.¡±


    Suo Yang was a little embarrassed and wanted to sit up straight, but Shen Huiming grabbed his hand.


    ¡°Lean on me when you¡¯re tired.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°There¡¯s nothing to see in this movie anyway.¡±


    The two looked at each other for a few seconds in the dark screening room, Suo Yang lowered his head and smiled, and then leaned safely on Shen Huiming¡¯s shoulder.


    For more than an hour after that, until the end of the movie, Suo Yang actually didn¡¯t fall asleep.


    But he didn¡¯t get up either and kept leaning on Shen Huiming.


    Since childhood, Suo Yang had never been one to rely on others. Even if it was his parents, he would not act coquettishly. While other children were still being taken to school by their parents¡¯ hands, Suo Yang was already waiting for the bus every day with his school bag on his back.


    He was not used to being dependent, not used to relying on others, and he had never liked that feeling.


    He wanted to be independent, to hold up his own life.


    But at this moment, when he was leaning on Shen Huiming, he suddenly felt that it would be nice to have someone who could give him a break.


    Suo Yang just leaned against Shen Huiming, and his hand was held by the other party all the time.


    His palms were sweating and his heartbeat had increased in speed.


    His eyes were closed, but it was as if he could see the two of them sitting in the cinema right now, and although the film shown was very ¡®amusing¡¯, it was particularly warm between them.


    Meeting Shen Huiming was indeed a great thing.


    The movie ended and the lights in the screening room slowly came on.


    When Suo Yang straightened up, he felt a little bit sad.


    But it had to end even though he was reluctant. He had borrowed his shoulders from Shen Hui Ming for over an hour and that was enough.


    ¡°Did you get some sleep?¡± Shen Huiming asked with concern.


    ¡°Probably, in a daze.¡± Suo Yang stretched his waist, ¡°I¡¯ve been flying too much recently, I couldn¡¯t hold it, I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    ¡°What are you apologising to me for?¡± Shen Huiming stood up with him, ¡°If I hadn¡¯t dragged you out on a date, you would have been able to rest better.¡±


    The two walked out. This time it was Shen Huiming who walked in front, and Suo Yang looked at his back.


    ¡°Huiming.¡±


    It was rare for Suo Yang to call Shen Huiming¡¯s name.


    The flattered Shen Huiming looked back at him and heard Suo Yang say, ¡°When there is a good movie another day, I will treat you to a movie. I will definitely not sleep next time.¡±


    This was the first time that Suo Yang had taken the initiative to invite Shen Huiming.


    ¡°I want to ask a question.¡±


    ¡°Go ahead.¡±


    ¡°Have you dated anyone before?¡±


    The two of them were standing in the exit aisle, with no one around and the soft red carpet under their feet.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Then have you seen a movie with someone else?¡±


    Suo Yang replied, ¡°No.¡±


    Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t believe it.


    ¡°I really didn¡¯t.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Today is the first time.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, and suddenly took half a step forward, gently hugging Suo Yang in his arms, ¡°Thank you.¡±


    ¡°Thank you for what?¡±


    ¡°Thank you for letting me take advantage of you.¡± Shen Huiming let go of him, and said with a smile, ¡°Suo Yang, you¡¯re spoiling me so much, I really have to suspect that you actually have a thing for me too.¡±


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 CH 35

    Suo Yang sometimes suspected that he had a hidden ¡®avoidant personality¡¯. In many cases, when faced with questions that he was unwilling to answer or didn¡¯t know how to answer, he simply chose to ignore them.


    In response to Shen Huiming¡¯s sudden hug, he did not refuse, nor did he hug him back.


    As for Shen Huiming¡¯s half-joking and half-serious sentence, he also pretended not to hear it.


    Shen Huiming also knew how to leave room for each other, he knew that he had said enough, and to continue to pester with an answer, would only make Suo Yang retreat.


    He was not that stupid.


    The two of them walked out of the cinema, each with their own thoughts, smelling the smell of popcorn, walked to the escalator, and went downstairs like this.


    ¡°Just strolling around?¡± Shen Huiming asked.


    ¡°Sure.¡±


    They sat in the movie theatre for almost two hours, and it was good to move around.


    The floor below the cinema was full of beverage shops and game centres. When they passed by the arcade, Shen Huiming asked him with a smile, ¡°Want to play?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and waved his hands, he was really not very interested in these things.


    The two were wandering around, originally planning to turn around and go downstairs, but they were stopped by two boys in front of an escape room.


    The two boys were very embarrassed to say that they came to play the escape room, but two people had to leave at the last minute, and the number of people was not enough, and they had already paid the money, so they asked if they would like to form a team together.


    Shen Huiming and Suo Yang had never encountered such a thing.


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°Anyway, the money has been paid, can¡¯t you just go in? The boss even cares about this?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not the same thing,¡± one of the boys explained. ¡°There are rules about the number of people, some of the levels have to be completed by six people.¡±


    Shen Huiming and the others understood, but the problem was¡­


    Shen Huiming turned his head and asked Suo Yang, ¡°Want to play?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, and then said to the two boys apologetically, ¡°I¡¯ve never played before, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll hold you back.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay!¡± The boy in front of him was very bold, ¡°It¡¯s the newbies that make it fun!¡±


    Suo Yang looked at Shen Huiming with some embarrassment.


    Shen Huiming hadn¡¯t played it before either. He and Suo Yang had never had any contact with games like this one which had only become popular among young students in recent years.


    ¡°Come on,¡± the boy said, ¡°We¡¯ve been looking for someone for a long time, but we can¡¯t get enough. It¡¯s a fate for us to get together. I beg you two brothers, let¡¯s cherish this fate!¡±


    Shen Huiming was amused by him, looked at Suo Yang, and softly asked for his opinion, ¡°Do you want to give them the honour?¡±


    The two boys kept chattering, ¡°Please, please cherish it and give us the honour.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly and said, ¡°Okay.¡±


    So, the two of them, who were nearly ten years older than the others, were pushed into the escape room store.


    Suo Yang asked Shen Huiming in a low voice, ¡°Have you ever played before?¡±


    Shen Huiming said, ¡°No, but it seems quite interesting.¡±


    Suo Yang was the kind of person who had high standards and strict requirements in everything he did. The reason why he hesitated for a long time just now was entirely because he was worried that he wouldn¡¯t do well and affect everyone¡¯s progress.


    After they came in, they joined the others. In addition to the two boys who just pulled them into the group outside, there was another boy and a girl, six people in total.


    Suo Yang and Shen Huiming followed the clerk¡¯s request, stood in a row with the others, and then put on blindfolds.


    The clerk said, ¡°Everyone put your hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you, and I will lead you in.¡±


    Someone at the front asked, ¡°Can you put it on your waist?¡±


    Shen Huiming, who was standing at the back, listened, chuckled lightly, and then raised his hands, and put them lightly on Suo Yang¡¯s shoulders.


    They moved forward cautiously, their vision obscured by black blindfolds, and their other senses sharpened.


    Suo Yang¡¯s attention was all on Shen Huiming¡¯s hand on his shoulder. When they turned the corner, the other man used a slight amount of force.


    They walked for a while, finally stopped, and the clerk told them they could take off the blindfold.


    The temperature here was lower than outside, and as soon as he came in, Suo Yang felt a chill on Suo his skin through his shirt.


    He raised his hand to take off the blindfold and looked back at Shen Huiming for the first time.


    Shen Huiming subconsciously took the blindfold from Suo Yang¡¯s hand and handed it back to the shop assistant along with his own.


    The two had never played the escape room before, and only now did they realize that each escape room game has its own theme, and the one they had been dragged into was ¡®School of Horror¡¯.


    The shop assistant briefly explained the precautions, gave them two walkie-talkies, and then left.


    This room was not big, the set was a classroom, Suo Yang and Shen Huiming were standing near the door, with rows of desks in front of them, and the teacher¡¯s desk not far away.


    The air conditioner in the room was fully turned on, with the spooky paintings on the wall and the dim light, it was much more interesting than the ¡®horror movie¡¯ the two of them had just watched.


    This place was quite cool, Suo Yang thought in his heart, he should come in summer.


    As he was thinking, creepy music suddenly started playing in the room, and one of the boys standing in front of him was so startled that he knocked a desk upside down.


    Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang calmly, and asked softly, ¡°Are you scared?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I¡¯m an atheist.¡±


    As he spoke, a female voice came, and along with that eerie music began to tell the background of this story.


    In the setting, several of them were students who had graduated from this class many years. On the tenth anniversary of graduation, they received an invitation letter to come back to the school for a reunion. However, when they arrived there, they found that the school had become an abandoned building. Originally they just wanted to come in to see the classroom they once had, but upon entering they were locked inside.


    Just as the female voice introducing the background stopped, the floating red flag on the wall suddenly fell down. The red flag was right behind Suo Yang. When it fell, everyone was shocked.


    A few of the boys backed away from the scene and burst into foul language because of the shock.


    On the other hand, Suo Yang turned his head and looked down at the floating red flag that fell on the ground. He felt that something was wrong, so he bent down to pick it up.


    Shen Huiming went over and watched Suo Yang turn over the flowing red flag, and found that there was writing on the backÒ»A fire left me here, and I will let you be buried with me today.


    Suo Yang really couldn¡¯t get into the scene, so he tried his best not to laugh.


    He and Shen Huiming looked at each other, then turned over the flowing red flag and showed it to several others.


    Those boys were more involved in the drama than Suo Yang. After they saw the words on the flowing red flag, they deliberately acted as if they were scared out of their wits and almost ran away, but the girl said calmly, ¡°Knock it off, already! Hurry up and find clues!¡±


    With the flowing red flag in his hand, Suo Yang looked around and found that there were five people¡¯s names written on the blackboard, but there were six desks.


    ¡°What did you find?¡± Shen Huiming asked.


    Suo Yang shook his head.


    Shen Huiming looked down at the table in front of him, and then in the direction of the teacher¡¯s desk. He walked over and opened the drawer of the desk.


    ¡°There¡¯s something here.¡± Shen Huiming took out six name tags from the drawer, the kind of plastic name tags that elementary school students in the nineties would put on their school uniforms.


    There were six name tags in total. Suo Yang went over to take a look and then looked up at the blackboard.


    He took those name tags from Shen Huiming and placed them on the table one by one according to the order on the blackboard. For the last remaining name tag, the owner¡¯s name was not on the blackboard, but there happened to be an empty table.


    He stood in front of the table and said, ¡°The student who was burned to death should be him, Zhang Xiaohui.¡±


    ¡°Here is Zhang Xiaohui¡¯s locker!¡± A boy walked to the locker at the back of the classroom, ¡®Password lock.¡¯


    Suo Yang handed the nametag in his hand to the other party and asked him to try the last four digits of the student¡¯s number.


    Sure enough, the cabinet opened.


    When the cabinet was opened, the ¡®wall¡¯ under the blackboard suddenly collapsed with a square gap that could pass through people. It seemed that they had passed the first level.


    ¡°Here is a piece of paper.¡± The only girl took out the piece of paper from the cabinet, ¡°It¡¯s only part of it.¡±


    ¡°It looks like we are going to have to go through all the levels and put this paper together.¡± When the students were talking, Suo Yang had already returned to Shen Huiming¡¯s side.


    The two stood by the blackboard, and Shen Huiming asked with a smile, ¡°How was it? Did you find it fun?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not bad.¡± Suo Yang watched the students gather together to read the words on the paper and said, ¡°It¡¯s quite interesting.¡±


    Several people stooped through the gap and entered a small, dusty room.


    Before coming over, a boy complained: ¡°It¡¯s not difficult!¡±


    As soon as he finished speaking, he screamed.


    ¡°What the hell is this!¡±


    The room was a bit crowded with six people standing, and Suo Yang was almost pressed up against Shen Huiming.


    ¡°This is the laboratory.¡± Suo Yang looked at the table in front of him and the apparatus on it, ¡°What¡¯s in it?¡±


    He leaned over to look, and Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s a feet.¡±


    Suo Yang hurried back and stood next to Shen Huiming as if nothing had happened.


    Shen Huiming was amused by his reaction, ¡°Scared?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°It¡¯s a bit¡­abnormal.¡±


    On the table were not only bottles filled with human feet but also various human organs. Although he knew that it was all fake, Suo Yang still felt very uncomfortable looking at them.


    Several people observed the room and found a scale balance on the far side.


    One of the balance weights was missing, so the box was left open and set aside.


    ¡°It should be weighed.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°The weight corresponds to the bottle, try it.¡±


    ¡°Which one does it correspond to?¡± a boy asked.


    The girl walked over, picked up the bottle with the ¡®heart¡¯ on it and said, ¡°Let¡¯s try them one by one!¡±


    Suo Yang and the girl tried repeatedly there, but after a few times, they found that something was wrong. In fact, the weight of each bottle was the same, but one of the weights was missing.


    ¡°Maybe that¡¯s not how it works.¡± A boy who hadn¡¯t said much had a walkie-talkie in his hand, ¡°I¡¯ll ask for help.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t, it¡¯s useless to ask for help!¡± Another boy stopped him, ¡°Let¡¯s figure it out on our own, the clue must be in this room.¡±


    ¡°A weight is missing?¡± Shen Huiming suddenly realized something, and walked to Suo Yang¡¯s side, ¡°Put that bottle on.¡±


    Suo Yang obediently took one of the bottles and put it on the tray.


    Shen Huiming put away all the weights, and then said, ¡°Wait for me.¡±


    After he finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the classroom where he had just come from.


    Soon, Shen Huiming came back with the six name tags in his hand.


    He came over and carefully placed the name tag on the tray with weights. At the same time, there was a ¡®Dang¡¯ sound from under the table, and a small wooden door opened.


    A boy complained, ¡°You still have to crawl through it!¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t care about this, he just looked at Shen Huiming with a smile and said, ¡°How did you come up with the idea of using a name tag?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s just a sudden idea,¡± Shen Huiming was a little smug, ¡°Would you like to praise me?¡±


    ¡°Praise you.¡± Suo Yang smiled as if he was the only one in his eyes, ¡°You¡¯re really thoughtful and attentive.¡±

 CH 36

    Suo Yang found that Shen Huiming, who was playing games with the students, had a childish cuteness to him. He was very curious how Shen Huiming¡¯s staff would react if they saw their boss here asking for praise like a schoolboy who had won a certificate.


    Six people entered through the gap under the table and went straight to the corridor, where they got another part of the torn diary.


    The corridor was glowing with an eerie green light, and there was no end in sight.


    On one side of the narrow corridor were six photographs of the students, each photo with a corresponding name underneath.


    ¡°So, this is us?¡± A boy pointed to the obviously old photo on the wall and said, ¡°Then this is Zhang Xiaohui who wants to kill us! It¡¯s a girl!¡±


    Suo Yang and Shen Huiming walked last, looked up and followed the direction he pointed, and found Zhang Xiaohui¡¯s photo was facing a room with a sign by the doorÒ»Principal¡¯s Office.


    There was a gap in the door of the principal¡¯s office, and it was pitch black inside. Looking through the gap, one couldn¡¯t see anything. The boy in front of me was about to push the door in, and before he did so, he said, ¡°There¡¯s no one in there, is there?¡±


    Probably this student just opened his mouth to say whatever. As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened, and he saw a person sitting behind the principal¡¯s desk.


    There were screams one after another, and Shen Hui Ming, who was at the end, subconsciously protected Suo Yang in front of him.


    Suo Yang was actually not frightened by the people inside, because he was blocked by the people in front of him, so he couldn¡¯t see what was going on inside. However, he was completely frightened by the cries of those people.


    Shen Huiming turned sideways directly, half-protecting Suo Yang in his arms, and turned to look inside, wanting to confirm what was going on.


    When Shen Huiming turned his head to look at Suo Yang, he happened to lock eyes with him. The two were about the same height, and they were still close at this moment, with the tips of their noses almost touching each other.


    The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Suo Yang asked softly, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    At this time, they heard the girl say, ¡°What are you shouting for? That is just a dummy!¡±


    When they heard her words, Suo Yang and Shen Huiming were taken aback, and then both laughed.


    ¡°It didn¡¯t scare you, did it?¡± Shen Huiming stepped aside and followed everyone inside, but still protected Suo Yang behind him.


    ¡°Their scream startled me.¡± Suo Yang looked at Shen Huiming¡¯s back and secretly smiled behind him.


    Actually, Suo Yang never told Shen Huiming about one thing¡ªwhen he was in elementary school, he watched horror movies alone at home in the middle of the night, and he didn¡¯t feel scared at all.


    This kind of scene setting really didn¡¯t scare Suo Yang. If there was a real NPC in it, Suo Yang could even chat with the other party and directly set out the way to clear the level.


    All these virtual things, whether it was a movie or a game, did not scare him. He was a flight attendant who must remain rational and calm in the cabin to appease the passengers and guide everyone to help themselves when he was in a real crisis.


    They entered the principal¡¯s office, and Suo Yang still stood with Shen Huiming all the time. The two who had never played the escape room had roughly found the way to pass the previous level and passed the next three rooms very smoothly. The torn diary had also been pieced together, and the overall context of the story had been fully restored. Normally, they should be able to go out.


    But the problem was that several people were trapped in the corridor, and there was no door to get out.


    ¡°So that means the last level should be the corridor.¡± One of the boys said, ¡°But there¡¯s nothing in the corridor!¡±


    One of the boys got a bit anxious and just picked up the walkie-talkie to get help from the shop assistant.


    Suo Yang and Shen Huiming, who were originally pulled to make up the numbers, couldn¡¯t express any opinions, but the boy who asked for help was ¡®cleaned up¡¯ by his teammates while calling the shop assistant.


    However, in the end, it was only because they asked for help that they found a way through the level.


    In the last level, there was no password to be cracked, but six people need to go back to the six rooms where they came back and wait there alone for the bell to ring after class before going out.


    Two boys muttered fear in their mouths, but it was impossible to do it without being separated.


    Six people walked back along the corridor, to the door of one room, and said goodbye to one person.


    The scariest part of the set was the principal¡¯s office with dummies and the laboratory with human organs. These two rooms naturally fell on the two ¡®big brothers¡¯.


    Shen Huiming remembered that Suo Yang had some kind of reaction to the organ soaked in the bottle, so he asked himself to go there.


    At the door of the principal¡¯s office, only Suo Yang, Shen Huiming and the only girl were left.


    Before he entered the door, Suo Yang exchanged glances with Shen Huiming, and said softly, ¡°See you later.¡±


    After he finished speaking, Shen Huiming shook Suo Yang¡¯s hand suddenly.


    The light was dim, but they had already adapted to the environment and could see each other clearly.


    Shen Huiming smiled and said softly, ¡°I¡¯m right next door to you.¡±


    Suo Yang also laughed, originally wanting to explain that he was not afraid, but in the end, he only said, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Shen Huiming watched Suo Yang walk into the principal¡¯s office, and then followed the girl.


    The girl asked him in a low voice, ¡°Big brother, what¡¯s the relationship between you two?¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Why do you ask that?¡±


    ¡°I think you have an unusual relationship.¡± The girl smiled slyly at him, ¡°Straight men don¡¯t have fun that way.¡±


    They had already reached the laboratory as they were talking. Shen Huiming stopped, smiled and said to the girl, ¡°Go ahead, if you¡¯re scared, call me through the wall to talk with you.¡±


    The girl waved her hand, ¡°I¡¯m very brave.¡±


    She went in through the small door from when she came and went back to the first room, then bent down again, poked her head through and said with a smile, ¡°You two are so good together!¡±


    These words won Shen Huiming¡¯s heart, and although Suo Yang might frown if he knew it, the other party was not here after all. Shen Huiming¡¯s vanity secretly made him say to the girl, ¡°The little girl has good eyesight, we are indeed a good match.¡±


    All six people were already in place, each guarding an eerie room.


    In the beginning, there was no sound, and then, the faint female voice sounded again and recounted the whole story. Finally, the female voice said sadly, ¡°Class is over, and one person must stay with me after the bell.¡±


    After she finished speaking, the ear-piercing bell rang, which was really uncomfortable to hear in a somewhat terrifying environment.


    A full thirty seconds, Suo Yang had to admit, these thirty seconds were more difficult than the previous two hours.


    By the time the bell ended, a door opened in the room where each person was.


    Everyone went out separately, five of the six returned to the bright hall, but Suo Yang was the only one missing.


    Shen Huiming frowned, remembering the female voice at the end saying that there would be only one person left.


    The other people were a little panicked and asked if they wanted to go back and find someone.


    Shen Huiming thought for a while and said, ¡°He should be able to handle it.¡±


    After finishing speaking, Shen Huiming walked around the outside and found a door that hadn¡¯t been opened yet.


    He stood there waiting, believing that Suo Yang would come out soon.


    At this moment, Suo Yang entered another room, which was dark and had the appearance of a student dormitory.


    He understood that he was the one who had been ¡®left behind¡¯.


    He glanced at the time and thought that Shen Huiming should have gone out, and he was a little afraid that the other party would worry about him.


    But they had handed over their mobile phones before they came in, so there was no way to contact them, so they had to get through the level as soon as possible and meet up with each other.


    The last hurdle was left to Suo Yang alone.


    Shen Huiming waited outside the door a little anxiously but he was too embarrassed to show too much anxiety. He glanced at the time and found that he had only waited for less than three minutes.


    Those students had already taken their mobile phones and brought Shen Huiming and Suo Yang¡¯s as well.


    Shen Huiming stood there, clutching their mobile phones in their hands. Now the sky was bright outside, and the sunlight outside the window was even a bit dazzling, but he knew it was dark in the chamber. He really wanted to ask if Suo Yang would be scared inside alone.


    Just as he was in a hurry, the door in front of him opened unexpectedly.


    A boy next to him said, ¡°So fast?¡±


    Shen Huiming hurried forward, and before reaching the door, he saw Suo Yang poking his head out from inside.


    At that time, Suo Yang was really cute, like a gopher who just came out of a hole in the ground, dazzled by the sun.


    Suo Yang narrowed his eyes to look at the person in front of him, then smiled and said, ¡°It¡¯s over?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s over.¡± Shen Huiming stretched out his hand to pull him out, and found that Suo Yang was actually holding a small banner in his hand, ¡°What is this?¡±


    ¡°Souvenir.¡± Suo Yang said with a helpless smile, ¡°After I cracked the password it showed that this was a souvenir of passing the level, so I took it out.¡±


    Shen Huiming watched him open the banner, which read: You are such a smart little one!


    ¡®Smart little one¡¯, Suo Yang and Shen Huiming looked at the banner together and laughed, Suo Yang said, ¡°You can have this, take it back and hang it in your office.¡±


    Although the original solo date turned into a multiplayer game because of these students, they spent more than two hours happily, just like the wedding in Berlin, it was an unexpected gain.


    After saying goodbye to a few students, Suo Yang and Shen Huiming went downstairs and left.


    It was past six o¡¯clock when they got back to the car, and their date had entered the tenth hour.


    During these ten hours, they began to see each other in a more realistic light, and the distance was finally slowly drawn closer.


    It was late September, and autumn had already arrived. The sky was not yet dark at this time, but the sun had already gone to work in the other hemisphere.


    Suo Yang looked out the window, and suddenly heard Shen Huiming ask: ¡°Do you feel anxious?¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say before that one would feel anxious if one was outside in the evening?¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t expect that he still remembered.


    A little bit, actually, this time of day made it impossible for Suo Yang to quiet his mind.


    ¡°Let¡¯s take you to a fun place.¡± Shen Huiming started the car, ¡°Half an hour, and then we¡¯ll go have dinner.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t ask where he was going, he just followed Shen Huiming quietly.


    Before dark, Shen Huiming brought Suo Yang to their destination.


    This was a small square with few people, and some people were flying kites.


    After the two parked the car, Shen Huiming found two coins from the car and handed one to Suo Yang.


    ¡°Coin?¡±


    ¡°Well, it will be useful later, take it.¡±


    They got out of the car, and Suo Yang followed Shen Huiming to the depths of the square.


    There was a small fountain in the middle of the small square, and several children were playing around the fountain.


    When they walked to the fountain, Suo Yang realized that the bottom of the fountain was full of coins.


    ¡°This fountain has been around for a long time,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°I don¡¯t know when it started. Some people say that this fountain is more effective than the Trevi Fountain.¡±


    The Trevi Fountain, the most famous Trevi Fountain in Rome, legend had it that couples throw coins into the pool together, and their love would last forever.


    ¡°I don¡¯t mean anything else,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I just want to bring you here, so you can make a wish yourself.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, and gently rubbed his fingers against the coin Shen Huiming gave him.


    He looked at the water gushing out and the coins in the pool, and for a long time he didn¡¯t think that he could make any wish.


    ¡°I don¡¯t seem to have a wish.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him in surprise.


    ¡°You still have to rely on yourself for the goals you want to achieve, don¡¯t you?¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s words made Shen Huiming feel that he didn¡¯t know whether to admire his transparency or feel sorry for his transparency, but Shen Huiming reckoned that Suo Yang didn¡¯t need his distress.


    ¡°Then make a wish that you can¡¯t achieve on your own.¡± Shen Huiming looked away, looked at the fountain, and threw the coin into the water while talking, ¡°I wish you will be in a good mood tomorrow.¡±


    The coin fell into the water and made a splash.


    Suo Yang was silent for a few seconds, then tossed a coin as well.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°I wish that tomorrow you are also in a good mood.¡±

 CH 37

    Neither of them really believed that wishing on a fountain would have any effect, but it was kind of heartwarming to give each other the chance to make a wish themselves.


    They left the small square, and the two had dinner.


    After they went out of the restaurant, Shen Huiming said, ¡°There are still 13 hours left.¡±


    Suo Yang stood in the autumn night wind, looked at a few scattered leaves from a tree in the courtyard of the restaurant, and said, ¡°How time flies.¡±


    A few years ago, Suo Yang was the kind of person who would plan out what he would do each hour in advance after waking up, for fear of wasting any of his days, but this habit had gradually disappeared in the past two years, mainly because he found himself getting tired more and more easily, so he simply used all the rest time to sleep or relax.


    It had been a while since he¡¯d let a day pass so full.


    ¡°It¡¯s getting dark,¡± Suo Yang said as he stretched out, ¡°Let¡¯s go for a drink.¡±


    Of course, such an item was certainly in one of Shen Huiming¡¯s plans, but he thought he would be the one to bring it up.


    Today¡¯s Suo Yang always took him by surprise, some actions of the other party made him respond emotionally, and he felt that he was not the only one who was enthusiastic about the two of them.


    ¡°Are you going to choose the place?¡± Shen Huiming asked.


    ¡°You choose.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I haven¡¯t been to a bar for a long time, so I don¡¯t know.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°I haven¡¯t been to one for a long time.¡±


    When the two got into the car, Shen Huiming turned on the navigation and deliberately asked, ¡°Are we going to have a small drink tonight, or are we going to get drunk without going home?¡±


    Suo Yang leaned on the back of the chair and said softly with a smile, ¡°It depends on how things are.¡±


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t take Suo Yang to a place that was too noisy, so after much deliberation, he decided to go to a bar.


    He parked the car, entered the door and went upstairs.


    Suo Yang chose a seat by the window, with a wide glass window to look out, and the angle of view was very wide. From here, he could see the clock tower that had been there for hundreds of years.


    Shen Huiming ordered a drink, ¡°The last time we drank alone was in New York.¡±


    It seemed like it happened just yesterday, and it seemed like a long time has passed.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°But last time I didn¡¯t drink to my heart¡¯s content.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, ¡°Are you going to enjoy to your heart¡¯s content today?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him without speaking, feeling some mixed emotions.


    Suo Yang hadn¡¯t really accepted anyone for so many years, and increasingly felt that he might not be able or fit for a relationship, but when he faced Shen Huiming, he always had the feeling that his ground was shaking.


    No one had ever made him feel like this before, so he offered to drink.


    Suo Yang knew himself well enough to know that once the alcohol level in his body rises to a certain level, his self-defence system would automatically be switched on, just like last time at Zhou Mo¡¯s birthday party. Before he was sure that something was wrong with him, he had forced himself to calmly leave. He had a good grasp of his tolerance and would not make a fool of himself. Suo Yang had always been confident that he could balance his sanity and instinct. However, when he was too sober, his sanity would always deaden his instincts, even if he wanted to happen, he would be persuaded by reason. Therefore, today he wanted his instincts to come out to play, and all he needed was a little push, half a step forward was enough.


    As a person who had always been cautious, this was a rare risk that Suo Yang had taken in years.


    He leaned forward, leaned his elbows on the wooden tabletop, dragged his chin with his palms, and looked at Shen Huiming with a smile.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯m in a good mood today, and I want to have a few more drinks.¡±


    All people have desires.


    Suo Yang knew very well that he was just an ordinary person, he was not that noble, and he also had temptations that he could not resist.


    The drink was brought to him and Suo Yang picked up the glass.


    Some people were naturally attracted to each other. Suo Yang, who had not started drinking, just looked at Shen Huiming and felt that the other party was constantly hitting his innate mental state.


    The two lightly clinked glasses and Suo Yang closed his eyes as he drank.


    The mojito with mint leaves floats in the mouth with just the right amount of sweetness from the greenness.


    Just one sip of drink was not enough to make Suo Yang drunk, but when he raised his head to drink, the curvature of his jaw and the twitching of his Adam¡¯s apple was enough to intoxicate Shen Huiming.


    Maybe the bar itself was an ambiguous place, where alcohol not only existed in the glass but also spread in the air.


    Suo Yang had very fair skin, and his face quickly turned red, but his eyes were still clear. When he looked at Shen Huiming, he gave Shen Huiming a feeling that the the feeling of a scarlet temptation that was ready to come out but was being restrained.


    This was a fatal seduction for Shen Huiming, and he even began to wonder if he shouldn¡¯t drink with Suo Yang at all, for he was worried that he would do something to offend him.


    There were always times when people lose control.


    Shen Huiming could only do his best.


    As Suo Yang himself said, he would like to have more drinks.


    The thing about alcohol was that sometimes the more you drink, the more you don¡¯t want to stop.


    Suo Yang had always been measured, but today he was inexplicably wronged by drinking, and he didn¡¯t know what he was wronged for, let alone for whom he was felt wronged. He didn¡¯t say anything, just drank one cup after another, and then looked at Shen Huiming with a smile.


    The atmosphere of the bar was ambiguous, the music was also ambiguous, and the two people sitting face to face were also ambiguous.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°I thought you would take me to a lively bar.¡±


    As he spoke, Shen Huiming had just returned from downstairs with another drink.


    ¡°What? Want to dance?¡± Shen Huiming stood by the table, or rather, stood next to Suo Yang. He looked down at the person sitting there as he uncapped the bottle of fruit wine.


    Suo Yang was still sober, and of all the drinks today, none were stronger than the one Zhou Mo had brought him last time.


    He looked up at Shen Huiming, smiled and said, ¡°I don¡¯t want to, it¡¯s too noisy there.¡±


    Shen Huiming put the opened wine by Suo Yang¡¯s hand and sat back across from him again.


    Suo Yang looked at Shen Huiming, listened to the song, and stroked the wine bottle with his fingers.


    ¡°Let¡¯s play a game.¡± Shen Huiming said suddenly.


    ¡°What game?¡±


    Shen Huiming took out two boxes of dice from the desk drawer, ¡°Compare the number, and then tell the truth.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°Such a childish game?¡±


    ¡°Yes, because I find that it¡¯s always me asking you questions and you don¡¯t seem to want to know me too much.¡± Shen Huiming pushed one of the boxes of dice to Suo Yang¡¯s hand, ¡°Or, if you want, we don¡¯t have to play, you can ask me questions directly, and I will answer them in every detail.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡± Suo Yang put his palm on the dice.


    ¡°Because I want you to get to know me better.¡± Shen Huiming replied seriously, ¡°I want you to know everything you want to know. The people I like are not interested in me, and that makes me frustrated.¡±


    Suo Yang stared at him for a while.


    It wasn¡¯t that he didn¡¯t want to ask, and it wasn¡¯t that he wasn¡¯t interested.


    Suo Yang was just used to only asking others  ¡°How can I help you?¡± and ¡°Can I help you?¡±


    Before meeting Shen Huiming, he never gave others a chance to really ask him real questions. Even if he did ask, it was always in a roundabout way and he would not give a clear answer.


    He didn¡¯t like being probed and every trace of him was studied like he was a specimen.


    But obviously, this principle did not apply to Shen Huiming.


    He also wanted to ask Shen Huiming a question, but he was worried that he would offend him.


    The two looked at each other. Suo Yang took a sip of wine suddenly, and when he put down the bottle, he smiled and shook the dice in his hand.


    ¡°I¡¯ll guess big.¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll guess small.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him and smiled, and the two rolled the dice together and opened them at the same time.


    Suo Yang won.


    This was exactly what Shen Huiming had in mind.


    Suo Yang looked down at the dice and hesitated for a long time before finally asking, ¡°Have you ever been in a stable relationship?¡±


    Shen Huiming originally thought that Suo Yang would remain tense, but unexpectedly, this time he finally gave up struggling.


    ¡°No.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s shameful to say that you are the first person to make me think this way.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed softly, didn¡¯t say anything more, and continued to roll the dice.


    Suo Yang won the second round again.


    ¡°Why me?¡±


    ¡°The book you gave me tells me that this is the fate of love,¡± Shen Huiming paused, ¡°but if I were to speak for myself, the only reason is that as soon as you appear, I can¡¯t see anyone else. So, it can only be you.¡±


    This wasn¡¯t the first time they had talked about their relationship, and the purpose of Shen Huiming¡¯s presence at Suo Yang¡¯s side had been clear to them from the start.


    It was just that, in the past, the discussion was always done in a light-hearted and joking manner, but now it was very serious.


    ¡°I¡¯m nothing much.¡± Suo Yang said.


    ¡°As far as that is concerned, it¡¯s up to me.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him, ¡°Your image with me is defined by me.¡±


    ¡°What kind of image do I have with you?¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°Hey, why are you cheating? How many questions have you asked after winning once?¡±


    Suo Yang was startled, then smiled helplessly.


    However, in the next round, it was Shen Huiming who won.


    ¡°Did you have fun spending time with me today?¡±


    Shen Huiming had other questions he wanted to ask; Suo Yang¡¯s views on some topics¡ªlove or sex, and there were many things he wanted to know how Suo Yang saw them, but the most urgent thing was to know whether the other party was happy because of him today.


    Not just happy, but happy because he felt happy.


    ¡°Very happy.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I haven¡¯t been this happy for a long time.¡±


    Before Shen Huiming could say more, Suo Yang had already started to roll the dice.


    ¡°I won.¡± Suo Yang surprisingly seemed a little eager, ¡°What kind of image do I have with you?¡±


    Shen Huiming lightly pointed to the empty wine glass with his finger, and there was a piece of green mint leaf lying in the wine glass, which was the glass that Suo Yang used to drink Mojito just now, ¡°Such an image.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t understand and looked at him quizzically.


    ¡°It looks clear and tastes refreshing, but when you really drink it, you can get drunk very quickly.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled softly, ¡°Get rid of these vague metaphors, I want to hear the simplest answer.¡±


    ¡°Before you were indifferent and restrained, and politely kept a safe distance from everyone.¡± Shen Huiming took a sip of wine, then looked at him again, ¡°Then¡­¡±


    Suo Yang waited quietly.


    ¡°I¡¯m a little drunk.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Maybe some words will go too far.¡±


    Suo Yang still didn¡¯t say anything, just looked at him.


    ¡°Then occasionally I think you¡¯re actually quite cute, and as for now,¡± Shen Huiming looked straight at Suo Yang, the music in the store was in the gap between the two songs, and he said softly, ¡°Now, it¡¯s this moment of you looking at me that¡¯s sexy and makes me want to kiss you. ¡°

 CH 38

    This was the first time Shen Huiming had expressed his desire for Suo Yang so bluntly, and he wanted to be more honest.


    Perhaps the noble saints could get rid of the fascination with the body and only indulge in the splendour of the soul, but in the end, they were not saints, and they didn¡¯t want to be saints. There was nothing wrong with being an ordinary person who not only yearned for the labyrinth-like spiritual world of your beloved but also indulged in their poppy-like skin and breath. Shen Huiming admitted his vulgarity, and he was not afraid to reveal his vulgarity to Suo Yang.


    The music started again, and the lazy female voice hummed in a language they didn¡¯t understand.


    Suo Yang who had been drinking but was not even slightly tipsy, felt a little dizzy as he heard Shen Huiming¡¯s words. The other party¡¯s words were stronger than the wine Zhou Mo had handed him.


    It was not that he had never heard anyone say such things to him before.


    But it felt different.


    Those naked invitations or almost harassing physical contact made Suo Yang feel extremely uncomfortable, how could that situation be compared to what Shen Huiming had said to him?


    His consciousness was suddenly pulled back to the night not long ago when Shen Huiming sent him to the taxi and watched him leave. After he got home and opened the door, he sat on the stool by the door when the other party called.


    Suo Yang dared not recall that night easily, he felt that he had done a very disgraceful thing.


    He got aroused by a man¡¯s voice on the phone in the middle of the night and even allowed his desire to set fire to his body, even though he was drunk at the time, which was still a bit out of line.


    But instinct. Human instinct sometimes made you completely powerless to resist.  You know it was shameful, but you kept sinking in this shame.


    Just like now, Suo Yang should¡¯ve said something to ease the almost frozen atmosphere, but he only said one word when he opened his mouth, ¡°Oh.¡±


    Shen Huiming was still nervous at first, wondering if the other party would be angry, but when he saw Suo Yang¡¯s blank ¡°oh¡±, he couldn¡¯t help but laugh out loud.


    Suo Yang looked at him, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°Nothing, I think you are cute.¡± Shen Huiming picked up the dice again, ¡°Shall we continue?¡±


    Suo Yang had no intention to continue, his whole body was now haunted by a strange thought as if Shen Huiming had planted poison in his body, and now the poison had gradually started to take effect.


    As Suo Yang regained his grip on the dice he realised that this time his instinct might have the upper hand.


    It should be from the third time he met Shen Huiming, that he had accepted the existence of this person as driven by fate, and after this concept was established, when he was getting along with the other party, every minute he spent with the other person again was a step towards them, not backwards.


    He had long ago set an ending for each other, as long as there was no major landslide in the process, he had already accepted it.


    During this period of getting along, Suo Yang had been trying to find the place where the collapse might have occurred but found that the more he searched, the more he wanted to follow the other party.


    A new round was won by Shen Huiming.


    In fact, Shen Huiming could clearly feel that at the moment, Suo Yang was out of his element, a situation that started when he uttered those words.


    This was actually a good sign. It showed that Suo Yang was not a saint, just like him.


    Who wanted to be a saint? They only want the ordinary happiness of ordinary life, and the ordinary but unique love and solace.


    Shen Huiming looked at him and asked, ¡°I want to know what I do that would make you feel uncomfortable.¡±


    Suo Yang looked down at the dice in front of him and didn¡¯t answer for a long time.


    ¡°Is it difficult to answer? Then I¡¯ll ask you another way,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Is there anything I¡¯ve done so far that makes you feel uncomfortable?¡±


    Suo Yang said simply, ¡°No.¡±


    No.


    Neither did the phrase ¡®makes me want to kiss you¡¯ just now.


    Shen Huiming smiled.


    Originally, Shen Huiming wanted to say that this was the end of the game, but Suo Yang became excited, and before he could speak, he had already rolled the dice in his hand.


    It was as if the other party had many questions to ask and many answers to find.


    Shen Huiming was happy to see him like this, as he himself had said before, his beloved¡¯s refusal to ask questions of himself was tantamount to not being interested in him, which was not a good feeling.


    He wanted to tell Suo Yang everything, even things that were so private that only he knew about them.


    In the following rounds, Suo Yang was bullied miserably by ¡®luck¡¯. Clearly, he had so many questions to ask, but he kept losing.


    With another game, Shen Huiming won three consecutive victories, and he couldn¡¯t bear it anymore, so he smiled helplessly and said, ¡°Then I¡¯ll ask¡­ what do you want to ask me?¡±


    Suo Yang was a little aggrieved because he had lost several times in a row, and was drinking to dispel his sorrows. When he heard Shen Huiming¡¯s question, he originally wanted to tell the other party not to have to accommodate him, but after he thought about it, he felt that there was no need to be so fussy.


    ¡°I¡¯ll ask one last question.¡± Suo Yang already had three glasses and four wine bottles empty in front of him, he had drunk a lot. ¡°The cufflinks you dropped on me on Zhou Mo¡¯s birthday, did you put them there on purpose?¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°You still remember that cufflink?¡±


    ¡°You did it on purpose, didn¡¯t you?¡± Suo Yang actually not only remembered but also cared about it a lot.


    If it wasn¡¯t for this cufflink, he and Shen Huiming might not have met later, and then the story between the two of them would probably have ended that day.


    Shen Huiming took a sip of his wine, chuckled and said, ¡°If I say yes, will it affect your judgement of me?¡±


    After getting an affirmative answer, Suo Yang looked at him with a smile on his chin.


    ¡°No.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°But if you say no, then it will.¡±


    In fact, this matter couldn¡¯t be more obvious. The reason why he had to ask was to know whether Shen Huiming would deceive him in order to maintain the so-called ¡®fatalism of love¡¯.


    Fortunately, Shen Huiming was not only smart but also upright in a timely manner.


    ¡°At that time, I took the opportunity to play a little trick to create opportunities for myself.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°You also know how difficult it is to ask you to meet.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him with a smile in his eyes, satisfied with Shen Huiming¡¯s answer.


    ¡°Let¡¯s do it one last time, an exciting game.¡± Shen Huiming picked up the dice again and proposed, ¡°Do you dare to play with me?¡±


    Suo Yang sat up straight, heard him say ¡®an exciting game¡¯, and subconsciously licked his lips, ¡°What game?¡±


    ¡°For the last time, no more truth.¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with a sly smile, ¡°Let¡¯s play a dare.¡±


    A dare? Of course Suo Yang was not afraid, because he was already taking risks.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang picked up the dice and shook it with Shen Huiming.


    When the dust settled on the result of the last game between the two, Suo Yang looked at the dice on the table and his breathing went haywire because he lost.


    The feeling of both nervousness and some anticipation made him restless.


    Suo Yang seldom or almost never felt this way. He had always been calm and restrained, but today he was on the verge of losing his composure.


    Shen Huiming was very satisfied with the result, his dice points were only a little higher than Suo Yang¡¯s, but only by this point, the other party had to obey his orders and embark on a ¡®dare¡¯.


    ¡°What do you need me to do?¡± Suo Yang raised his head and asked him, willing to admit defeat.


    Shen Huiming looked at him and smiled, then got up and walked to him.


    Suo Yang¡¯s gaze was always glued to the other person as he watched that person get up, watching that person approach, and watching that person stop in front of him. He sat there looking up at Shen Huiming, and when he was wondering what the other party was going to do, a kiss fell on his face.


    A kiss as simple as a seal of approval, and Shen Huiming¡¯s name was stamped on his face.


    Perhaps, if there was no music, Suo Yang¡¯s heartbeat would be heard by everyone present. But fortunately, the music never stopped, and he hadn¡¯t been exposed yet.


    The faint breath of wine exhaled by Shen Huiming touched Suo Yang¡¯s skin, penetrated into his body along the pores, and melted into his churning blood. Just for a moment, Suo Yang felt drunk.


    It turned out that this was his ¡®dare¡¯.


    When Shen Huiming straightened up, he said very gentlemanly, ¡°Thank you.¡±


    He spoke so sincerely that Suo Yang almost thought that he had really made some generous contribution to the other party.


    Suo Yang stared at him blankly, the place where he was kissed seemed to be burning with fire.


    The century-old bell tower not far away could actually make a sound, and the deep and heavy chime that wouldn¡¯t even be drowned out by the music in the bar just came through.


    Dang¡­ Dang¡­ Dang¡­


    One time, two times, three times¡­


    Each stroke seemed to hit not the ancient bell, but Suo Yang¡¯s heart.


    When the bell finished ringing, Shen Huiming said to Suo Yang, ¡°We still have ten hours.¡±


    As soon as he finished speaking, Suo Yang, who had been sitting there looking up at him, suddenly put his arms around his neck, pulling the man towards himself and kissing him.


    The fire that had originally only stayed on my cheeks was not enough to stop there and spread completely.


    This was something Shen Hui Ming had not expected.


    It was also completely out of Suo Yang¡¯s own plan.


    This isn¡¯t a gay bar, right? The people who come here may be reminiscing with old friends or gathering with colleagues. The action of the two men kissing attracted the attention of the people around them.


    But it was almost the first time in his adult life that Suo Yang disregarded the eyes of passersby. He even raised his other hand and wrapped it around Shen Huiming¡¯s neck, deepening the kiss.


    Shen Huiming was surprised but responded quickly.


    There was nothing more suitable for a lingering and long kiss than this moment.


    Suo Yang¡¯s sense of shame came late after the kiss was over. He had always felt that intimacy in public was inappropriate and disrespectful to others, but he didn¡¯t expect that one day he would do this kind of thing himself.


    His cheeks were flushed, and he didn¡¯t know whether it was from the alcohol or the kiss just now.


    But despite the shame he felt, he just couldn¡¯t look at the people around him, and when faced with Shen Huiming, he could still look at each other calmly.


    Two-thirds of his kisses were based on instinct, and the remaining one-third were still rationally thought.


    This was what he initiated and what he wanted, and what he showed was what he wants to express.


    ¡°Drunk?¡± Shen Huiming squatted beside him, put his hand lightly on his lap, and looked up at the person sitting there.


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Do you think I kissed you because I was drunk?¡±


    He took the remaining half glass of wine on the table and drank it down. When he put down the glass, he even picked up the wine-soaked cherries.


    He brought the cherry to Shen Huiming¡¯s mouth and watched him open his mouth to eat it.


    ¡°I¡¯m kissing you because I want to.¡±


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 CH 39

    When Suo Yang walked out of the bar behind Shen Huiming, he felt like he had stepped on a sponge, as if he had eaten too many cherries soaked in wine and got himself completely drunk.


    As he pushed the door open, the autumn night wind didn¡¯t show mercy to them at all, and the slightest sweep of it sent a shiver down Suo Yang¡¯s spine.


    Shen Huiming turned his head to look at him and took his hand to walk directly towards the parking place.


    Although it was night, there were quite a lot of people on this street, and it was too eye-catching for two men to walk in the crowd holding hands.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t care, and neither did Suo Yang at the moment.


    Suo Yang just looked at Shen Huiming, looked at the ends of his hair blown by the wind, and thought about the sentence this person said before, ¡°As soon as you appear, I can¡¯t see anyone else. So, it can only be you. ¡°


    It can only be you.


    Suo Yang remembered this sentence.


    They walked through the night like this, passing by a shop where a song that Sawyer liked very much when he was at school was playing on the stereo.


    I want to take you and run away, to the farthest town.


    I want to take you with me and run away, to be the happiest person.


    He suddenly had the illusion that he was running away with Shen Huiming, and the thrill of that deviation made him ecstatic.


    He had been too disciplined over the past 20 years, and the only thing that had not developed according to his parents¡¯ wishes seemed to be his sexual orientation.


    He had always disliked excitement and adventure and put himself in a safe shell. Now Shen Huiming came along, cracked his eggshell, and pulled him out.


    Even the evening wind tasted like wine, a cherry-flavoured fruit wine that tasted exactly the same as the one in Shen Huiming¡¯s mouth.


    Suo Yang smiled as the other party took his hand, and quickly found the car parked there.


    Shen Huiming only opened the door of the back seat, and Suo Yang glanced at him. When the two looked at each other, there seemed to be some secret signal in it that others could not comprehend.


    Suo Yang got in, and Shen Huiming got into the car after him.


    As soon as the car door closed, before Suo Yang could turn around, he was kissed by Shen Huiming who came up to him, holding the back of his head.


    The space inside the car was cramped but it was enough for a kiss.


    Shen Huiming whispered in Suo Yang¡¯s ear, ¡°Coming with me?¡±


    Suo Yang clasped his fingers instead of answering.


    Shen Huiming smiled softly, took out his mobile phone, and called for a chauffeur. While waiting for the chauffeur to arrive, the two just held hands and kissed.


    It turned out that kissing was such a stress-relieving thing.


    It was as if the kisses weren¡¯t enough and they didn¡¯t want to stop. At this time, the brain was completely empty and just enjoy the kiss itself.


    Until the call from the chauffeur came, Shen Huiming had to put his finger on Suo Yang¡¯s lips.


    ¡°Wait a minute.¡± Shen Huiming looked at the somewhat misty-eyed Suo Yang with a smile and rubbed his fingers lightly on his lips.


    Suo Yang obediently sat there watching him, waiting for him, and listening to his phone call with the chauffeur.


    After Shen Huiming hung up the phone, he leaned over and kissed Suo Yang.


    ¡°Wait for me.¡± Shen Huiming turned around and got out of the car to meet the chauffeur.


    When Shen Huiming came back, the chauffeur sat in the driver¡¯s seat. Suo Yang had sobered up a bit. He opened a gap in the car window and sat in the back seat.


    Shen Huiming gave his leg a gentle squeeze, ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled as a response.


    After calming down for a few minutes, Suo Yang began to feel a little embarrassed.


    He still didn¡¯t take things easy on this kind of thing. He enjoyed it dizzily at the moment and then began to feel ashamed afterwards.


    The chauffeur confirmed the address with Shen Huiming again and then turned on the navigation.


    Suo Yang had never been to other people¡¯s houses since middle school, and even when he was a child, he seldom visited with his parents. His parents were not the kind of people who like to visit relatives and friends, and he didn¡¯t want to disturb others or be disturbed.


    ¡®Home¡¯ was a very private place where the most essential parts of a person could be exposed.


    Now, Suo Yang was following Shen Huiming on his way home, and he would soon know what kind of person Shen Huiming was.


    Halfway through the car, Shen Huiming suddenly asked the chauffeur to pull over and stop the car, saying that he was going to a convenience store to buy something.


    The chauffeur didn¡¯t know what he wanted to buy, but Suo Yang knew it in his heart.


    He glanced at Shen Huiming, who just smiled at him and said to him softly, ¡°I¡¯ll be back soon.¡±


    Shen Huiming got out of the car and walked quickly into the convenience store on the side of the road.


    As he said, he came back soon, with a bag in his hand, and it was impossible to see what was in it.


    Back in the car, Shen Huiming thanked the driver and told him that he could go.


    Suo Yang hardly dared to breathe hard. At this moment, he seemed to return to the first day of flying, nervous but looking forward to it.


    He wasn¡¯t sure if the next developments would make this adventure more amazing, but he was sure that his decision was at least the right one.


    Whether more wonderful or not, he should and wanted to experience it.


    Shen Huiming was the one he chose, at least emotionally he was satisfied.


    For the rest of the journey, Shen Huiming held Suo Yang¡¯s hand all the time, and the two of them did not communicate too much more, nor did they need to. It was enough to just wait quietly for the rest of the day.


    The car drove into the neighbourhood and parked in the underground parking garage.


    The money was paid and the chauffeur was sent off.


    The two stood in the garage, looked at each other, and then kissed each other.


    They didn¡¯t need to pretend to be reserved, it was too unnecessary for them.


    Shen Huiming took Suo Yang back home, a three-hundred-square-metre flat-floor residence, and he entered the house directly as soon as the elevator door opened.


    On the porch, before Shen Huiming untied Suo Yang¡¯s belt, he asked again, ¡°Are you drunk?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him in the dark, and replied, ¡°Very sober.¡±


    The night was always enchanting, and so were the people in the night.


    On a night full of wine fragrance, two slightly drunk people soaked in the liquor brewed by each other, sinking a little, getting a little confused, and falling a little into each other¡¯s world.


    This adventure was indeed wonderful, and it was even more unpredictable than Suo Yang imagined. He felt as if he had become an artist¡¯s overturned palette. all the colours mixed together, only to rub out an abstract painting on this bed that could only be imagined.


    ===


    Time seemed to suddenly become precious. No matter how tired the two of them were, they were reluctant to just fall asleep like this.


    Shen Huiming got up and wanted to get a glass of water for Suo Yang, but before he could get off the bed, Suo Yang grabbed his wrist.


    He turned around and asked with a smile, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    Suo Yang lay there watching him. He didn¡¯t have the nerve to say that he just subconsciously didn¡¯t want him to go away.


    ¡°I¡¯m going to get you some water.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I remember there¡¯s honey at home, drink some so you don¡¯t get a headache tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll join you.¡± Suo Yang was actually not comfortable moving, but he sat up anyway.


    Shen Huiming found his own pyjamas to give to Suo Yang, and the two walked slowly from the bedroom to the kitchen.


    As they passed by the living room, Suo Yang glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, it was past one o¡¯clock.


    Suo Yang counted how many hours were left in his mind, and began to hope that the time would pass more slowly.


    Up to now, Suo Yang has really begun to believe that the closeness of the naked body could indeed quickly change the relationship between two people. No matter how compatible he and Shen Huiming were before, they still seemed to be separated by a thin veil, and the two of them would feel each other¡¯s palm lines with their palms pressed against the veil, which always felt a bit unreal.


    But after tonight, or rather, after the hours just passed, that layer of veil disappeared.


    He followed Shen Huiming into the kitchen, and the other party took two cushions and put them on the chair, ¡°Sit here and wait for me.¡±


    Suo Yang went to the chair and sat down, watching Shen Huiming getting busy over there for him.


    Shen Huiming took a cup of warm water, scooped out some honey, added it, and stirred gently with a spoon.


    He walked back, handed the cup to Suo Yang, and before bending down to sit down, he kissed Suo Yang lightly on the forehead.


    Suo Yang¡¯s ears felt hot from this soft and intimate kiss. He had done everything, but his heartbeat would still speed up because of such a move.


    He lowered his head to drink water, and Shen Huiming sat beside him to accompany him.


    Suo Yang drank half of his glass, looked up at the people around him, and passed the glass over.


    Shen Huiming took it with a smile and took a sip, ¡°It seems a bit sweet.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s alright.¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t like anything too sweet, but he felt this cup of honey water was just right, just like Shen Huiming was just right for him.


    Shen Huiming held the cup in both hands and kept looking at Suo Yang.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Suo Yang felt a little uncomfortable when he saw him and pursed his lips after asking.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°I still want to kiss you.¡±


    Shen Huiming put down the cup, took advantage of Suo Yang¡¯s lack of response, and leaned forward to kiss Suo Yang.


    He really couldn¡¯t get enough kisses.


    Maybe this was the feeling of falling in love with someone. Wishing to keep kissing and hugging all the time, and no one could escape this curse.


    When the two came out of the kitchen, they sat by the window again, under the pretense of ¡®watching the moon¡¯ because they didn¡¯t want to sleep.


    The two were close to each other, and as soon as Shen Huiming sat down, he took Suo Yang¡¯s hand.


    After a carnival, what was left was not loneliness and emptiness, but rather an endless tenderness.


    This was a very different kind of love from what Suo Yang had once thought, on this night he confirmed that he had been too pessimistic about relationships in the past.


    He looked at the moon outside the window, sat on a strange carpet in a strange house as he wore Shen Huiming¡¯s pyjamas, and thought about whether he was a little too clumsy just now.


    He thought about it, and then he laughed.


    ¡°What are you laughing at?¡± Shen Huiming asked him softly.


    ¡°I¡¯m laughing at myself.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I always think highly of myself and feel that I am not the kind of person who is greedy for pleasure, but I never thought that I simply overestimated myself.¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t say that,¡± Shen Huiming squeezed his hand, and the shoulders of the two touched each other, and they could feel each other¡¯s body temperature. ¡°If it wasn¡¯t me today, you might still be who you thought you were.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°Aren¡¯t you being conceited?¡±


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m being conceited.¡± Shen Huiming lowered his head and fiddled with Suo Yang¡¯s fingers, which were white and slender, beautiful and powerful. He thought of those hands that were tightly clutching his shoulders just now, and that scene was indeed worthy of his pride.


    ¡°We still have seven hours.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Use these seven hours to seriously consider a question.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the question?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    ¡°Do you want to accept me as your boyfriend?¡± Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang and said solemnly, ¡°Seven hours to think about this question, is that enough time?¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t take seven hours.¡± Suo Yang turned around, facing Shen Huiming, he smiled, leaned forward and kissed him, ¡°I¡¯m not an indecisive person.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him, ¡°Have you got an answer?¡±


    ¡°Before I came here.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Nice to meet you, my Mr. Shen.¡±

 CH 40

    These words were not spoken by Shen Huiming, nor by Suo Yang, but it was printed in the book they had read together.


    In many ways, Suo Yang was convinced of this. Especially those who had been alone for a long time but had always longed for companionship, often made hasty decisions because of a momentary distraction, mistaking passion for love, and infatuation from adoration.


    But not him.


    Even though he had drunk a lot of wine, even though the atmosphere was always somewhat stimulating, he was still sober. For Suo Yang, his instincts had only pushed him to break down the wall he had built for himself and take a small step forward, but the rest of the step was a choice he had made with his senses.


    Today, so far, he had only been in a trance in the moment of climax, but at other times, he knew exactly what he was doing, who he was doing it with, and why he was willing to do it.


    Why?


    Of course, it was because he fell in love with Shen Huiming.


    Suo Yang lay on the carpet in front of the window and kissed Shen Huiming, still wearing the other party¡¯s pyjamas.


    Two people who had showered smelled the same from head to toe, and from the outside to the inside. They were different people but had the most ambiguous connection.


    Shen Huiming looked at him through the moonlight, ¡°Will you regret today¡¯s impulsiveness after dawn tomorrow?¡±


    ¡°I never make decisions on impulse,¡± Suo Yang lay there looking at him, his hands resting on the soft carpet, ¡°let alone confusing passion and love.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°So, you love me?¡±


    Suo Yang tilted his head and looked out of the window, his eyes were full of nourishing spring water, but he refused to answer.


    ¡°Do you love me?¡± Shen Huiming gently pinched Suo Yang¡¯s chin, forcing him to turn back and look at him, ¡°Now, do you love me?¡±


    It was actually not easy for Suo Yang to say the word ¡®love¡¯. The word was too heavy, and he could not open his mouth without complete certainty and courage.


    ¡°What are you afraid of?¡± Shen Huiming kissed the tip of his nose, ¡°Or you¡¯re still¡­shy?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°I was thinking, how can I make myself look more trustworthy.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it more practical to do something than to talk about love?¡± Suo Yang looked at him, ¡°Words can be deceiving.¡±


    ¡°Then, if you say you love me, are you lying to me?¡±


    Suo Yang discovered that Shen Huiming seemed to have come here specially to ¡®subdued¡¯ him. In the past, he could dismantle everyone¡¯s schemes, but in front of Shen Huiming, he could only be dismantled.


    ¡°No.¡± If he didn¡¯t like it, he didn¡¯t love it either. Suo Yang was someone who couldn¡¯t even be bothered to lie.


    Shen Huiming also laughed, lowered his head and bit Suo Yang¡¯s chin lightly, then pulled Suo Yang¡¯s hand on the carpet to wrap his hand around his neck.


    ¡°Let¡¯s kiss again for a while.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯ll kiss you until you are confused so you can say something I like to hear.¡±


    ¡°Okay,¡± Suo Yang looked at him and smiled, ¡°Then you can try.¡±


    ===


    It was still early when Suo Yang woke up, and when he counted on his fingers, he had only slept for less than four hours.


    Lying on a strange bed in a strange room, he didn¡¯t feel the uneasiness he expected. His ears were filled with the steady breathing of Shen Huiming, who was still holding him and enjoying his sleep.


    At six o¡¯clock in the morning, through the gaps in the curtains, one could guess that today was another fine day.


    It turned out that autumn was not bleak, but at some point, it was vibrant.


    He got out of bed carefully, washed up briefly, and took a glass of warm water.


    Suo Yang walked to the window of the living room. He looked outside and drank water leisurely, remembering the wish the two of them made by the fountain yesterday¡ªa wish that tomorrow they both would be in a good mood.


    It seemed that the wish really came true.


    Suo Yang heard movement behind him but didn¡¯t look back, he knew who it was.


    Shen Huiming hugged him from behind, leaned up sleepily, and rested his chin on his shoulder.


    ¡°So early?¡± Shen Huiming said and yawned.


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Did I wake you up?¡±


    ¡°I woke up as soon as you moved.¡± Shen Huiming kissed his neck, ¡°Why don¡¯t you sleep a little longer?¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t sleep anymore.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Go to sleep, you don¡¯t have to stay with me.¡±


    ¡°That won¡¯t work.¡± Shen Huiming just hugged him like that, and looked out the window with him, ¡°If you sneak away behind my back, wouldn¡¯t I suffer a big loss?¡±


    Suo Yang patted him helplessly.


    ¡°Are you hungry?¡± Shen Huiming laughed enough, and asked softly, ¡°Shall I make breakfast?¡±


    ¡°You do?¡±


    ¡°Did you forget what I said before?¡± Shen Huiming straightened up, took his hand and walked towards the kitchen, ¡°I didn¡¯t learn anything else during the years I went to school in the States, but I¡¯m very good at cooking.¡±


    The two entered the kitchen. Suo Yang leaned against the door and looked at him with a smile.


    Shen Huiming opened the refrigerator and asked, ¡°What do you want to eat? Chinese or Western? Or, one of each?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Just cook a bowl of noodles.¡±


    Shen Huiming took out a pack of sliced noodles from the refrigerator, ¡°You can cook noodles, but you can¡¯t do it casually.¡±


    After he took out the noodles, Shen Huiming took out the tomatoes and eggs, scalded the tomatoes in boiling water, peeled off the skin, cut them into pieces, and stir-fried the eggs in a hot pan with cold oil.


    Suo Yang looked at him with a smile as he drank the water. The scene of Boss Shen, who had come out of a high-end office building, changed his trousers and shirt and wore his pyjamas to work in the kitchen, was also so heart-warming.


    Two bowls of sliced noodles with tomato and egg were ready soon. Shen Huiming and Suo Yang sat at the dining table with the noodles in their hands.


    ¡°A very simple breakfast,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I will cook you a grand meal when I have a chance in the future.¡±


    Suo Yang picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of noodles, ¡°Who would have thought that Boss Shen, who dominates the shopping mall, was also a good man at home?¡±


    Shen Huiming, who was praised just because of a bowl of noodles, was very happy, and said a little proudly, ¡°Am I now having a plentiful harvest in my career and love?¡±


    Suo Yang ate his noodles with his head down, smiled and didn¡¯t answer.


    ¡°You,¡± Shen Huiming had no way to find, ¡°you didn¡¯t pamper me either.¡±


    Suo Yang was almost choked by his words, quickly swallowed the noodles in his mouth, and took a sip of water to keep the noodle down.


    Then, Suo Yang coughed lightly and said, ¡°I¡¯m a bit envious of you.¡±


    ¡°Envious of me?¡±


    ¡°Envious of your harvest in love and career.¡±


    After Suo Yang finished speaking, he lowered his head and snickered, and Shen Huiming, who was sitting in front of him, laughed until he was full even without eating noodles.


    It turned out that being in love was really interesting.


    Suo Yang, who never had any expectations for love, now had to admit that he really enjoyed being in love.


    People who were in love probably had fun doing anything as long as they were together, even if they didn¡¯t do anything but lean on each other and drink a glass of water, it was all fun.


    Their ¡®24-hour date¡¯ was spent kissing.


    Twenty-four hours ago, he never thought the date would end like this.


    ¡°I¡¯m a bit sad.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°It¡¯s the first time I feel that 24 hours have passed so quickly.¡±


    ¡°I feel okay,¡± Suo Yang said to him holding back a smile, ¡°When I¡¯m not flying, everything was almost the same as napping.¡±


    Shen Huiming pinched Suo Yang¡¯s nose angrily and helplessly, ¡°You¡¯ve really learned to joke around.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°Surprised?¡±


    ¡°So cute.¡±


    ¡°Using cute to describe a man¡­¡±


    ¡°It means that I really like this man.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Do you think I¡¯m cute?¡±


    Why is it so corny? Although he complained in his heart, Suo Yang said, ¡°Kind of cute.¡±


    He closed his eyes and enjoyed Shen Huiming¡¯s hug and kiss, enjoying the taste of cherry-soaked taste of wine that he had never experienced before.


    The 24-hour date was over, but every subsequent time they spent together would add up to a long and wonderful date. Suo Yang hoped that this date could continue until they were seventy and eighty, their hair turned grey, Shen Huiming retired from the company, and he could no longer stand in the cabin as a flight attendant.


    At that time, they could still kiss, still hug, and still look at the stars together at an altitude of 30,000 feet.


    However, at that time, they would be two old men who were travelling around the world, going to a church in Berlin to hold their wedding, and going to New York to meet old friends from the past. The two old men would hold hands until the end of their lives.


    His heart raced at the kiss and he suddenly realised that he seemed to be thinking too far ahead.


    The relationship had just begun, and he was already fantasizing about growing old together.


    ¡°What are you thinking?¡± Shen Huiming pulled him up from the sofa.


    Suo Yang¡¯s cheeks were flushed from the kiss, and he said to him, ¡°Thinking that I¡¯m flying to Rio de Janeiro tonight.¡±


    ¡°Tonight?¡± Shen Huiming subconsciously turned to look at the time.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Suo Yang told him, ¡°I have to catch the flight at eight o¡¯clock in the evening and I have to be there by five.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s less than eight hours,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°You can catch up on sleep and take a good rest.¡±


    ¡°Are you going to the office?¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t say anything, but he hoped that Shen Huiming could accompany him.


    ¡°Well, there was a backlog of things waiting for me to deal with yesterday.¡± As he spoke, Shen Huiming had already stood up from the sofa.


    Suo Yang did not show any displeasure, but went to the bedroom with him, ¡°It¡¯s been a long day, then I¡­¡±


    He originally intended to go into the bedroom to change his clothes, and then go out with Shen Huiming. As the other party went to the office, he would go home to catch up on his sleep.


    In the end, just after following the other party into the room, before he could react, he was thrown on the bed.


    When he met Shen Huiming¡¯s smiling eyes, Suo Yang knew he had been fooled.


    He said with a mixture of tears and laughter, ¡°Why are you still doing this trick?¡±


    ¡°Because I want to see you acting like a baby,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I thought you would hug me and not let me go.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°I¡¯m not that kind of person.¡±


    ¡°I know, but what if?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°You won¡¯t show it to others, maybe you will show it to me?¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him quietly and bit his lip lightly.


    ¡°Want to see?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    ¡°Can you act like a baby?¡±


    Actually¡­ no.


    He couldn¡¯t act like a baby, but Suo Yang knew how to do other things.


    He hugged Shen Huiming and turned over on the bed, ¡°Don¡¯t go, sleep with me.¡±


    He pulled off the quilt and wrapped them around them.


    At a quarter past nine in the morning, Shen Huiming unbuttoned Suo Yang¡¯s pyjamas with his fingers.


    Was it just sleeping?


    Of course not.


    Anyway, they still had eight hours, Suo Yang only needed six hours to catch up on sleep, and the other two hours could be used to do things they loved to do.

 CH 41

    A healthy relationship is not two people who only have each other in their minds all day long, and only want to be tired of being with each other, but about being in love when they are together and living well when they are apart.


    At three o¡¯clock in the afternoon, Shen Huiming drove Suo Yang home. After that, one of them had to go back to the office and the other had to prepare for a flight to another country.


    Suo Yang fell asleep in the car, hugging the eternal flower bear Shen Huiming had gavin him, sleeping peacefully and a little cutely.


    Shen Huiming followed the navigation and arrived at Suo Yang¡¯s house, parked the car, but was reluctant to wake him up.


    But Suo Yang was not a heavy sleeper and opened his eyes not long after the car stopped.


    ¡°Tired?¡± Shen Huiming raised his hand to smooth the hair on Suo Yang¡¯s forehead.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± Suo Yang took a deep breath, ¡°We¡¯re here¡­¡±


    He tilted his head to look upstairs, the apartment on the 17th floor was about to welcome a new guest.


    ¡°Want to come up and sit down?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    Shen Huiming wanted to go up very much, but he just received a call from his assistant on the way to the office, that someone was visiting.


    He explained to Suo Yang and told him that he had to go back to the company first.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t care about these things, he shook Shen Huiming¡¯s hand, ¡°Drive safely, go home after work and have a good rest afterwards.¡±


    Shen Huiming looked at him and smiled, and leaned over to give him a light hug.


    ¡°It¡¯s a wonderful feeling to have a boyfriend who cares.¡± Before Shen Huiming let go of him, he kissed his ear, ¡°Go back, pack up, rest for a while, and remember to send me a message to report that you are safe when you have free time.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him, and imitated his tone and said, ¡°It¡¯s a wonderful feeling to have a boyfriend who cares.¡±


    The two looked at each other and smiled.


    After Suo Yang got out of the car, Shen Huiming said, ¡°When will you be back? So I can go and pick you up at the airport.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re very busy, don¡¯t worry about it.¡± Suo Yang stood outside the car with the eternal flower bear in his arms and slightly bent over to Shen Huiming, ¡°I¡¯ll contact you when I get back.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s talk about it when the time comes. I¡¯ll go if I¡¯m free.¡± Shen Huiming actually wanted to pick Suo Yang up, that feeling of picking up his boyfriend from work was probably just as fantastic. However, he really couldn¡¯t be sure that he would have time when the time comes, and it would be bad to let Suo Yang¡¯s expectations fall through.


    Suo Yang smiled at him and said softly, ¡°See you later.¡±


    Shen Huiming sat in the car and watched him enter the building door before turning the car around and leaving.


    When Suo Yang was standing in the elevator, he suddenly felt that all of this was a bit unbelievable, that he had just started a relationship with someone.


    In the first five minutes after he and Shen Huiming were separated, Suo Yang had completely calmed down. He entered his home, thought for a moment, and placed the red eternal flower bear on the bedside table, replacing the glass vase he had not placed flowers since he bought it before.


    As he packed up his things, he began to carefully trace the development of the relationship between the two. From their first meeting at 30,000 feet to the love that passed through their eyes when they had just parted, everything actually developed quickly and reasonably.


    Shen Huiming was his well-deserved ideal lover.


    At least so far, the other party had not only fulfilled his spiritual fantasies of a lover¡ªrationally understanding and considerate as well as tempting sexually and attractive, but also completely liberated and greatly satisfies his sexual desires.


    Shen Huiming personally demonstrated and explained the ¡®body and soul¡¯ that he could not understand in the book.


    He was blushing because of his uncontrolled desire for sex, and at the same time, he was fascinated by Shen Huiming, who had been slow to leave the scene in his mind.


    He had a lover who was both mentally and physically sexy.


    Suo Yang sat on the carpet, looked at the opened suitcase, and laughed softly.


    ===


    Suo Yang hesitated for a while before leaving, and in the end, he didn¡¯t take his car. He dragged his suitcase and walked several hundred meters, waited for ten minutes, and got on the airport bus.


    Although he told Shen Huiming to just mind his own work and not to pick up the plane, he still held on to the 100% fantasy of expecting that there would be that one time when he got off the plane and returned home in Shen Huiming¡¯s car.


    Coincidentally, he met a girl from the same group on the bus, He Tian, who was sitting in his car secretly wiping her tears because her boyfriend had cheated on her.


    He Tian saw him as soon as he came up, and immediately sat next to him with a smile and waved her hands.


    ¡°Yang ge is in a good mood today?¡±


    Suo Yang was a little surprised, ¡°How did you find out?¡±


    ¡°Obviously, when I usually greet you, your smile doesn¡¯t really reach the eyes.¡± He Tian said, ¡°You¡¯re so happy today, did you get a boyfriend?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°So obvious?¡±


    He Tian was surprised, ¡°Really?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled instead of answering.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect it, I really didn¡¯t expect it.¡± He Tian said, ¡°Judging from this, we don¡¯t even have a chance!¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°A few days ago when we flew to London, we got together to chat and talk about who could catch you,¡± He Tian curled her lips and said jokingly, ¡°In the end, before someone could make a move, suddenly you¡¯re in the hands of someone else!¡±


    Suo Yang recalled the last time He Tian sat in his car and cried. It seemed that she had come out of the shadow of the break-up.


    It¡¯s good, one shouldn¡¯t sink like that because of a failed relationship.


    ¡°Yang ge,¡± He Tian said, ¡°I was joking with you just now, but I was really surprised.¡±


    ¡°Surprised by what?¡±


    ¡°I thought you¡¯d long disregarded the world of mortals.¡± He Tian smiled, ¡°The last time we chatted, I asked you why you aren¡¯t in a relationship, and you said that fate didn¡¯t come. However, fate is such a mysterious matter. When you answered like that, there is a feeling that the six senses have been severed.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°How is that possible?¡±


    ¡°Really, I was thinking at the time, it¡¯s a pity for a handsome guy like you.¡± He Tian looked at him and smiled, ¡°However, seeing that you are really in love now, I am envious and blessed, when will I find a good man¡­¡±


    Good man?


    Suo Yang turned his head and looked out the window. The heavy traffic in the evening made him miss Shen Huiming suddenly. He obviously had only been apart for a short time, but he already wanted to know what the other party was doing at this time.


    The feeling of worrying about your boyfriend was also quite amazing.


    ¡°What kind of person is your girlfriend?¡± He Tian asked gossipingly, ¡°Super pretty, right?!¡±


    Suo Yang smiled.


    Girlfriend?


    Super pretty?


    He thought for a while and said, ¡°The most suitable person I can imagine.¡±


    He Tian covered her mouth, ¡°Amazing.¡±


    Suo Yang looked puzzled.


    ¡°Yang ge is really in love,¡± He Tian said, ¡°The work machines can talk about love.¡±


    Suo Yang shook his head helplessly and smiled, he really didn¡¯t understand how he had become such an image in the eyes of his colleagues.


    The two chatted all the way, in fact, most of them were mostly He Tian trying to gossips, and Suo Yang picked and chose to answer.


    In the past, Suo Yang didn¡¯t like to talk about his personal affairs with others, but today he was very happy. Although his answers were always vague, He Tian had already created an image of a peerless gentle beauty in her brain.


    When he arrived at the airport, Suo Yang returned to his usual state.


    Kind and courteous to everything, but appropriately detached.


    It was just that everyone who met him today asked him if there was something good happened to him, saying that he looked different all over.


    It was indeed different.


    Everywhere was different from before.


    Suo Yang changed into his uniform, and there was a note written to him by Shen Huiming in his pocket.


    When he flew, Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t be by his side, so he let this little note he had slipped to him accompany him through the clouds, flying in the blue sky.


    ===


    After Shen Huiming sent Suo Yang home, he went directly to the company. He then first received visiting clients and then began to deal with the work that had piled up. After such busy work, a few hours passed in a blink of an eye, and it was already dark when he raised his head and rubbed his sore neck.


    When he looked at the time, he realised that Suo Yang should have been taking off for a while by now.


    He stood up, poured himself a cup of coffee, and walked to the window with the steaming coffee cup in his hand.


    All the employees had already left work, including his assistant, and he was the only one left on the whole floor.


    The world had become very quiet, and the floor-to-ceiling windows with good sound insulation effect isolated him from the outside world, and the sounds of cars and people could not reach his ears.


    He looked up at the night sky, the weather was good. He could see the stars all over the sky, and a bright moon was hanging there, quietly watching the people on the ground.


    Shen Huiming took a sip of coffee, looked at the moon and thought about Suo Yang.


    Sure enough, the two of them were so busy, and neither of them could remember to send a message to the other.


    He smiled, not caring too much about it.


    Isn¡¯t that how life also is? Everyone was busy yet still loves the other, think about each other when taking a break, and then invest in the next round of work.


    He finished drinking a cup of coffee standing by the window, and was about to return to his desk to continue working when he suddenly saw a flashing red dot in the sky.


    It was a plane flying over the city.


    Even though he knew that it couldn¡¯t be the plane carrying Suo Yang, Shen Huiming still stopped his movements and stood there watching until the red dot disappeared from his sight.


    Shen Huiming hesitated for a moment, picked up his phone and sent a message to Suo Yang.


    He texted: Saw a plane and instantly missed you.


    It was a very cringy sentence, and Shen Huiming himself felt embarrassed after sending it.


    But he didn¡¯t back down. It was no big deal to say some cringy things to his boyfriend.


    Shen Huiming knew that Suo Yang was flying and would not reply to him in a short time, so he put down his phone and continued to work while waiting for the time to pass and looking forward to their next meeting.


    Suo Yang¡¯s flight today was to Rio de Janeiro. It was a 30-hour flight and could be said to be a long journey. He still devoted himself to his work as before. The only difference was that when a passenger showed interest in him and tried to stuff his business card into his pocket, he smiled and refused, and changed what he said to the person, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, we have regulations, we can¡¯t accept it¡± to ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I have a lover.¡±


    At this time, the stars outside the cabin were shining brightly. When Suo Yang finished the cabin service and walked back, he glanced at the moon in the distance. He knew that although they were not together if Shen Huiming looked up at this time, they would see the same round moon.

 CH 42

    Suo Yang flew to Rio de Janeiro this time, counting the time spent overnight there, the round trip took almost four days.


    It was afternoon when they arrived in Rio de Janeiro, and they didn¡¯t return until the next afternoon, so they could rest there for a day.


    Suo Yang saw off the last passenger, sorted out the cabin affairs, and turned on the phone after everything was done.


    After turning it on, the first message that came in was from Shen Huiming: Saw a plane and instantly missed you.


    In fact, he hadn¡¯t gotten used to this state for the time being¡ªhaving someone think of him all the time, and thinking of someone else all the time. But it was undeniable that when I saw this sentence, the exhaustion accumulated after more than 30 hours of flying was swept away.


    There was an 11-hour time difference between here and China. Suo Yang replied to Shen Huiming, who had already fallen asleep where the sun was shining brightly in Rio de Janeiro.


    He didn¡¯t say much, just told the other party that he landed safely¡ªEverything is going well, don¡¯t worry.


    Suo Yang went to the hotel with everyone. As usual, two people shared a room. This time, the colleague who lived in the same room with him happened to be in the same group as his girlfriend. After the two arrived, they went to open a separate room and then said to him with some embarrassment, ¡°Yang ge, I won¡¯t come to stay at night.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and nodded to express his understanding.


    It was good that she was not coming over, so he was happy to be alone.


    He put away his luggage, tidied up briefly, went to take a shower, then picked up the book he brought with him, and lay down on the bed.


    Suo Yang felt that he might be influenced by Shen Huiming, and even carried that ¡®On Love¡¯ book with him when he went out. He sent this book to Shen Huiming anonymously before, and the two met to finish it together. For Suo Yang, it was actually a re-reading, so he didn¡¯t take it too seriously at the time. Every time Shen Huiming sent him the reading progress, he would turn to that page at the same time and scan the pages.


    Today, tired as he was, he actually tried to reread it word by word from the first page.


    [In this world, there is nothing stronger than the desire for love.]


    Seeing the first sentence of the first chapter, Suo Yang laughed.


    When he read this sentence last time, he didn¡¯t think so, but now he nodded.


    Shen Huiming seemed to believe that the relationship between them was influenced by ¡®Romantic Fatalism¡¯. He believed that the fate of the two had been tied together long ago. As for Suo Yang, he always thought this matter was mysterious before, and he always tried to get rid of ¡®Fate¡¯ every time it was mentioned, but always found that it seemed difficult for human beings to get rid of the so-called ¡°Fate¡±.


    However, even if ¡°Fate¡± always haunted them, it only had a small impact on their lives, and it only leads them to meet, and later on, the whole relationship between them still depended on themselves.


    Suo Yang felt that he and Shen Huiming could come together, fate only contributed 30% of the whole development, and the rest should be credited to Shen Huiming.


    It was Shen Huiming who made a person who neither expected nor was optimistic about love, willingly write the word ¡®love¡¯ on paper.


    He leaned on the bed, leaning on the soft pillow, and finished reading the encounter between ¡®I1¡¯ and Chloe in the book.


    He and she, he and him, they all met at thirty thousand feet, on the plane, in the clouds.


    As he closed the book, Suo Yang clearly knew that ¡®Romantic Fatalism¡¯ was still just a very metaphysical thing. It could reasonably exist in the book, but it might not really exist in reality.


    But regardless of whether ¡®Romantic Fatalism¡¯ existed or not, he had truly fallen in love with that man, and he truly was missing him on this afternoon in a foreign country.


    He glanced at the time. It was 4:30 p.m. Rio de Janeiro time.


    It should be the early morning of the next day at Shen Huiming¡¯s place, and the other party must be in a dream.


    He picked up his phone and sent another message to Shen Huiming: I wish you another wonderful day when you wake up, and I miss you too.


    ===


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t sleep for long this time, he woke up around eight o¡¯clock.


    The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to touch his phone and check his messages.


    This was also a new change for him.


    Shen Huiming sent him a photo of his breakfast two hours ago¡ªa bowl of delicious-looking wontons.


    Suo Yang had barely eaten since the morning, and he hadn¡¯t felt hungry at first, but when he saw Shen Huiming¡¯s wontons, his stomach suddenly growled shamelessly.


    He subconsciously rubbed his stomach, turned over with his mobile phone, and replied to Shen Huiming: Good morning, the wontons look delicious.


    Shen Huiming had already finished his coffee when he received the text and was sitting on the sofa with his mobile phone looking through the schedule sent by his assistant yesterday.


    It was another busy day.


    Sometimes Shen Huiming thought, just as employees didn¡¯t want to go to work, the boss didn¡¯t want to go to work either, just like students didn¡¯t want to go to school, and teachers didn¡¯t want to either.


    Who didn¡¯t want to enjoy life and make money at the same time? But the problem was that they were all ordinary people, and if they didn¡¯t work hard, they just couldn¡¯t afford to eat or live.


    He looked at the long list of schedules, and Shen Huiming had a headache, but when Suo Yang¡¯s message came, he was in a good mood.


    Shen Huiming replied to him and asked cautiously: Can we do a video call?


    He wanted to see Suo Yang.


    Suo Yang had never video-called anyone, including his parents.


    Shen Huiming hadn¡¯t received a reply for a long time, and he was a little nervous. Although the two were indeed a couple now, they really didn¡¯t know each other well in many habits. He was still afraid that he will touch Suo Yang¡¯s trigger.


    Just as he was thinking about how to talk, Suo Yang¡¯s video call invitation came through.


    Shen Huiming laughed, thinking that he was being too cautious, while Suo Yang was not so.


    The two were separated by more than 17,000 kilometres. truly separated by mountains and water, and when they saw each other on the video, their longing doubled.


    ¡°It¡¯s already dark over there, isn¡¯t it?¡±


    ¡°Well, I slept through the evening.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed, ¡°Tired?¡±


    ¡°A little bit,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°but there is enough rest time, and we will return to the journey tomorrow night.¡±


    Shen Huiming made a rough calculation. If Suo Yang returned tomorrow night, he would arrive in the morning of the day after tomorrow. He quickly glanced at the calendar on the table, intending to free up as much of that morning as possible.


    Although Suo Yang said no, he still wanted to pick him up.


    ¡°Your wontons seem to be pretty good.¡± Suo Yang had already gotten off the bed, sat on the chair by the bed and looked out the window, ¡°I¡¯m hungry.¡±


    The phrase ¡®I¡¯m hungry¡¯ actually seemed a bit coquettish, which made Shen Huiming wish he could go over and cook wontons for him right away.


    ¡°I¡¯ll cook it for you when you come back,¡± Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, ¡°What are you going to have later? Authentic Brazilian barbecue?¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud, ¡°Shall I eat alone?¡±


    ¡°What? You¡¯re not going out with your colleagues?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I don¡¯t really want to go out.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Then when I have a chance in the future, I will accompany you to go.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at the video of a fully dressed Shen Huiming and suddenly wanted to help the other party tie their cufflinks.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang looked at him with a slight smile, ¡°Where else do you plan to go with me?¡±


    ¡°Berlin.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°Let¡¯s go to a wedding later.¡±


    The two men looked at each other for a moment.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t say it explicitly, because to say it now would make him seem a bit impatient and frivolous, but he was really thinking that when the two of them returned to Berlin in the future, it would be their own wedding they would be attending then.


    If Suo Yang agreed.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang replied with a smile.


    Shen Huiming knew that Suo Yang agreed to go back to Berlin together, but he secretly changed the meaning in his heart, which brought him a double good mood.


    ¡°Are you getting ready to go to the company?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    ¡°Well, it¡¯s almost time.¡± Shen Huiming didn¡¯t want to go to work in the first place, and now he¡¯s video calling Suo Yang, he didn¡¯t want to go out even more.


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Go, I won¡¯t bother you anymore.¡±


    Shen Huiming sighed and said, ¡°I desperately need a vacation to travel around the world with you.¡±


    ¡°There will be a chance,¡± Suo Yang waved to him, ¡°but before that, you still have to work hard to make money.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed out loud, and couldn¡¯t help feeling that Suo Yang was being genuine.


    ¡°Okay, I¡¯m ready to go out.¡± Shen Huiming looked at the person on the other side of the video reluctantly and said, ¡°I miss you very much. When you come back, I will pick you up.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled and didn¡¯t answer his words, just said to him, ¡°Drive carefully, don¡¯t get too tired.¡±


    The two said ¡®goodbye¡¯ to each other, but it was Suo Yang who hung up the video first.


    The video call cut off and the room became quiet again.


    Suo Yang raised his hand and pinched his face which was a little sore from smiling, and stared at the phone interface in awe.


    After the video ended, Shen Huiming sent another message. He said: Contact me anytime if you have anything to do. You are as important as work.


    Suo Yang stared at the message with a smile and replied after a long time: Okay.


    Shen Huiming put him in the same position as work, which didn¡¯t make Suo Yang unhappy, on the contrary, he thought it was the right thing to do.


    Love and lovers were important, but for a mature and rational adult, one should not be easily carried away by emotions.


    In this world, it was realistic that one must first survive and live, and only then we could have the energy to love others well.


    If Shen Huiming told him today that he was more important than work, Suo Yang might feel disappointed instead.


    The person he had chosen should not be like that.


    He stretched and looked out the window.


    Suo Yang suddenly discovered that he had not only love for Shen Huiming but also admiration.


    He appreciated the other party¡¯s reasoning and his way of dealing with the world.


    His sight fell from the scenery outside the window to himself reflected in the glass window. This man in pyjamas with dishevelled hair was so lucky. He was doing a job he liked and met his ideal lover. All of this was too wonderful to believe.


    He picked up his phone, opened Weibo, and took a picture of the night scene outside the window. When he posted, he added a few rare words.


    He wrote: Missing you on this night in Rio de Janeiro.


    A few minutes later, a message came from Zhou Mo: What¡¯s going on? Who did you miss?


    Suo Yang never thought of hiding it, and admitted openly: I am in love with Shen Huiming.

 CH 43

    Zhou Mo suspected he had misread it and sent three question marks in a row, asking: Who are you in love with?


    Suo Yang stood up and stretched, then leaned against the window and replied: Shen Huiming.


    A voice call came in from Zhou Mo.


    ¡°What¡¯s the situation?¡± Zhou Mo said in surprise, ¡°Why are you two secretly communicating behind my back?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled softly, ¡°We¡¯ve known each other since before your birthday.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­Really?¡±


    ¡°Well, he was on a business trip to New York once and took my flight.¡±


    Zhou Mo was even more surprised, ¡°And then you saw each other after that? That¡¯s not right! You¡¯re not that kind of person!¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not true, but there are always unforeseen things.¡± Suo Yang briefly told Zhou Mo about the several ¡®encounters¡¯ he had with Shen Huiming, and after hearing that, Zhou Mo couldn¡¯t help but feel that fate was really to blame.


    ¡°Ming ge is pretty good,¡± Zhou Mo said, ¡°but this guy is really¡­ What should I say to him.¡±


    ¡°Huh? What¡¯s the matter?¡±


    Zhou Mo sneered, ¡°He¡¯s really good at pretending. Did you know that?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the meaning?¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t I introduce Jiang Tongyan to you on my birthday? I originally wanted to introduce Ming ge to you,¡± Zhou Mo said. ¡°but then he pretended to say that he had no intention of being in a relationship for the time being and that he should concentrate on his career first. Tsk, what a hypocrite! ¡°


    Suo Yang laughed out loud.


    ¡°Oh, but then again, you two hadn¡¯t met each other yet at that time,¡± Zhou Mo said, ¡°He¡¯s also good at it too. Is this a case of seeing what you desire?¡±


    It didn¡¯t matter if it was a fling or anything else. The important thing was that they were together now, and Suo Yang could feel Shen Huiming¡¯s sincerity.


    ¡°Does Jiang Tongyan know about this?¡± Zhou Mo said, ¡°He¡¯s in deep shit.¡±


    ¡°Why do you say that?¡±


    ¡°There is a curse between him and Old Shen. Haven¡¯t you heard of it?¡± Zhou Mo laughed, ¡°Whenever Jiang Tongyan likes someone, that person is bound to like Shen Huiming!¡±


    Suo Yang laughed out loud.


    He remembered this incident, but at that time, he didn¡¯t feel that this ¡®curse¡¯ would come true to him.


    However, Jiang Tongyan might not really have fallen for him. After all, he hadn¡¯t contacted him since that meeting.


    Zhou Mo was in a good mood as he listened to Suo Yang laugh.


    He had always regarded Suo Yang as his best friend for so many years. When he saw that Suo Yang was finally willing to look for someone and found a good one, Zhou Mo was happy too.


    ¡°Where are you?¡± Zhou Mo knew he was at the hotel, ¡°Old Shen didn¡¯t fly with you, did he?¡±


    Back in the days before Zhou Mo changed careers, Cheng Sen chased after him and flew with him at every turn. The two flirted with each other on the plane, and after getting off the plane, they looked for a place to rent a room. Life was so good.


    ¡°I¡¯m in Rio,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°Huiming has a lot going on at his company, so he can¡¯t just leave whenever he can.¡±


    ¡°Yo yo, Huiming!¡± Zhou Mo said with a gossipy laugh, ¡°Calling so sweetly!¡±


    Suo Yang laughed and didn¡¯t say much.


    ¡°But it¡¯s true, old Shen is all on his own. It¡¯s very hard work,¡± Zhou Mo said, ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t bother you anymore. You should take the time to recuperate and come back to make up for your hard-working man.¡±


    There was nothing Suo Yang could do with him; this man had always spoken immoderately.


    ¡°It¡¯s time to hang up. I have to pack up and get ready to go out.¡± Zhou Mo muttered at the end, ¡°I¡¯ll have to find a chance to get old Shen to treat me to a big meal!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll treat you.¡± Suo Yang said with a smile, ¡°I¡¯ll contact you when I get back.¡±


    After he hung up the phone, Suo Yang smiled and let out a long sigh of relief.


    This was the first time he had heard about Shen Huiming¡¯s refusal to be introduced by Zhou Mo. He didn¡¯t expect that there would be such a story.


    Suo Yang, who had had enough sleep and didn¡¯t want to go out with his colleagues, changed his clothes and wandered alone on the streets of Rio, wanting to see if there was anything he could buy back as a gift for Shen Huiming.


    At this point, Suo Yang suddenly realized that the two of them really didn¡¯t know each other well enough, and they didn¡¯t even know each other¡¯s likes and dislikes. He understood that he could only discover these things slowly in the future and write them down bit by bit.


    He could even imagine that whatever he gave, the other party would accept it like a treasure and then say he liked it.


    But he still hoped to match what he liked and hoped that what he gave to Shen Huiming was what the other party liked and could really use.


    As he was walking along this road, he suddenly smelled the aroma of coffee.


    He suddenly remembered that the last time he went to Shen Huiming¡¯s company, he drank the coffee Jiang Tongyan gave.


    Suo Yang stopped, followed the aroma, and looked around. He then finally found the source of the coffee aroma.


    What he thought when he pushed the door open was: Next time, I want Shen Huiming to say that my lover brought this back from Brazil when he invited people for coffee.


    He smiled self-deprecatingly. Why was he still feeling jealous?


    ===


    The night before Suo Yang¡¯s return, Shen Huiming stayed up all night to finish all the work he could handle so that at least he had half a day free to go and pick up Suo Yang.


    He realised that he didn¡¯t tell Suo Yang he would be there, and when he finally contacted the other party, he only said, ¡°It will depend on the situation at that time¡±.


    Life was always going to be a bit of a surprise!


    Shen Huiming slept for over three hours, got up at seven o¡¯clock, went to the nearby market to buy some ingredients, and left for the airport at almost nine o¡¯clock, waiting to pick up his hard-working boyfriend home.


    This kind of life was too blissful, which made Shen Huiming feel like he and Suo Yang had already lived a married life.


    When he arrived at the airport, Suo Yang hadn¡¯t landed yet, and Shen Huiming was really inexperienced in picking up a flight attendant and didn¡¯t know whether he should wait with everyone at the international arrival exit.


    He pondered for a while, found a coffee shop to sit down, sent a message to Suo Yang, and then waited there quietly.


    This time, Shen Huiming had no urgent work, so he brought out the book with the coffee-stained cover and sat in the coffee shop at the far end of the airport lobby, holding his mobile phone and scrolling through Suo Yang¡¯s Weibo.


    In Rio de Janeiro, Suo Yang said he missed him.


    Shen Huiming smiled and clicked on it, replying: I miss you too.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t have a Weibo at first, but when he was in Berlin last time, he knew that Suo Yang was playing Weibo, so he remembered it. In the past few days, on a whim, he also registered one.


    He didn¡¯t even bother changing his avatar and ID; the only person he followed was ¡®Sky Mirror¡¯.


    After replying to Suo Yang¡¯s Weibo, Shen Huiming saw Zhou Mo¡¯s comments. Zhou Mo¡¯s profile picture was a photo of him and Cheng Sen, but the photo only showed a part of Zhou Mo leaning on his shoulder. Cheng Sen¡¯s face was not shown.


    The bored Shen Huiming clicked on Zhou Mo¡¯s Weibo, and the first thing he saw was: My best friend has been pigged out, and although the pig is not bad, it feels like a loss!


    Shen Huiming probably guessed what he was talking about, smiled helplessly, and said to himself, Am I a pig?


    From where Shen Huiming was sitting, he could see the blue sky at a glance. He put down his mobile phone, stared at the planes taking off and landing, and guessed which one of the returning planes had his sweetheart on board.


    Suo Yang¡¯s flight landed on time, and after finishing his work, he turned on his phone.


    Shen Huiming said: I¡¯m here, waiting for you.


    ¡°Yang ge, why are you so happy?¡± A colleague came in to change clothes, saw him standing there with his mobile phone and giggled, and deliberately made fun of him, ¡°A lover?¡±


    Suo Yang replied with a smile, ¡°Yes.¡±


    The other party was a little surprised and then congratulated again and again.


    Suo Yang was anxious to see Shen Huiming, and after he changed his uniform, he didn¡¯t chat with his colleagues. He made an excuse and left first.


    After he came out, he called Shen Huiming, ¡°Where are you?¡±


    Shen Huiming said the location of the coffee shop he was in. He smiled and asked, ¡°Miss me?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled lightly and did not answer.


    ¡°I know even if you don¡¯t say it.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°You missed me when you were in Rio.¡±


    Suo Yang was a little surprised, ¡°Did you see my Weibo post?¡±


    ¡°From now on, just tell me directly if you miss me,¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Showing love over the air, wouldn¡¯t it be a loss if I don¡¯t know?¡±


    Suo Yang dragged his suitcase, passed through the noisy crowd at the airport, and walked quickly towards the coffee shop on the far side.


    Him, ¡°Okay, next time I miss you, I will tell you directly.¡±


    ¡°Where are you?¡± Shen Huiming asked, ¡°I¡¯ll go to your side to meet you.¡±


    ¡°No need, I¡­¡±


    ¡°I miss you,¡± Shen Huiming got up and walked outside, ¡°If I can see you one minute earlier, I will earn an extra minute.¡±


    The two big men, surprisingly so cringy, Suo Yang smiled so much that his ears burned.


    The two walked towards each other on the phone like this and saw each other¡¯s figures through the people they were passing by.


    ¡°Want to kiss you right here.¡± As they finally got closer and stood in front of the other party, Shen Huiming stared at Suo Yang, ¡°It¡¯s going to be hard to control myself.¡±


    ¡°But you still have to control it.¡± Suo Yang put the phone away and looked at him with a smile, ¡°I¡¯ll let you kiss me when we get back.¡±


    This was already the most cringe thing that Suo Yang could say.


    Shen Huiming was happy and led the other party out quickly.


    However, although Suo Yang said that he would give him a kiss after they got back, actually, as soon as he sat in the passenger seat, Shen Huiming came over and took the opportunity to kiss him under the pretext of helping him fasten his seat belt.


    ¡°Why am I like this?¡± Shen Huiming said after kissing him, ¡°Like a bad wolf.¡±


    ¡°You are aware of that, huh?¡± Suo Yang took his hand and squeezed it lightly, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Shen Huiming sat back and drove Suo Yang away from the airport.


    He directly took Suo Yang back to his home and hugged him as soon as he entered the door.


    Suo Yang smiled helplessly, letting him cling to himself childishly, and then slowly responded. The two kissed on the sofa for nearly twenty minutes before separating.


    ¡°Why is your face so red?¡± Shen Huiming asked with a smile.


    ¡°Why do you think?¡± Suo Yang looked at the other party, leaned forward and kissed him, ¡°I brought you a gift.¡±


    He patted Shen Huiming lightly, pulled him up from the sofa, and then went to open the suitcase.


    ¡°Coffee?¡± Shen Huiming took the two packs of coffee beans from him, ¡°Why did you think of buying this?¡±


    ¡°Keep one pack at home and one pack at work.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°You like coffee, and I can buy speciality coffee from various countries for you in the future.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled while holding the coffee beans and asked, ¡°Do I smell vinegar1?¡±


    Suo Yang, a little embarrassed, turned away from Shen Huiming, squatted there, and pulled the suitcase back up.


    ¡°Jealous of Jiang Tongyan too?¡± Shen Huiming went over and hugged him from behind, ¡°Okay, go for it. You are so cute when you are jealous.¡±

 CH 44

    Suo Yang never thought that he would be like this when he was in love. He used to think that regardless of the time, he would never lose his composure too much.


    However, when he was really in love, he turned to be like everyone else, caring about each other and every detail of each other¡¯s life.


    He respected Shen Huiming¡¯s living habits, and at the same time, he hoped to leave a place for himself in the other party¡¯s ¡®habit¡¯. He tried his best to infiltrate into the other party¡¯s life as unobtrusively as possible, but he seemed to be in a bit of a hurry and was exposed in the blink of an eye.


    ¡°No.¡± Suo Yang said stiffly, ¡°It just occurred to me that you like coffee.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Alright, if you say no, then no it is.¡±


    He lightly kissed Suo Yang¡¯s ear, ¡°You clean up first, I¡¯ll go and cook for you.¡±


    Shen Huiming stood up and looked down at Suo Yang, who tilted his head up.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°You¡¯re going to?¡±


    ¡°I went to the morning market on purpose,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°The vegetables and meat are fresh in the morning, and the ingredients are all taken care of, just waiting for you to come back and put them in the pot.¡±


    Shen Huiming always had a way of making Suo Yang lose his armour.


    After all these days, they both knew very well that for people like them, sweet words were enough to listen to, but what could pierce the heart was definitely not those beautiful words of love.


    ¡°Let me help you.¡± Suo Yang stood up.


    ¡°Alright,¡± Shen Huiming did not refuse, ¡°Change your clothes first, and don¡¯t let the oil splash on your shirt.¡±


    Ever since that day when Suo Yang stayed overnight, Shen Huiming had bought him a new set of home clothes, which was placed on the other pillow of the double bed. For a few days, Shen Huiming patted the clothes lightly every morning when he got up as if he was talking to Suo Yang, and he said good morning to that clothes.


    He had been thinking about the other so much that he had become obsessed.


    He was embarrassed to let Suo Yang know about this; a thirty-year-old man fell in love and made himself look like this. It would be embarrassing to talk about it.


    However, after looking forward to it for several days, the man finally came back, and the clothes Shen Huiming had bought had finally found their owner.


    ¡°I prepared home clothes for you,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°On the bed in the bedroom.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang moved his suitcase to the side and walked into the bedroom.


    As soon as he entered the room, he remembered the night the two spent together. Shen Huiming was more gentle than he imagined, and it made him blush, and his heart raced even more.


    Suo Yang hesitated momentarily and changed his clothes after closing the door. Although he knew that there was no need to worry about these things between him and Shen Huiming, he still felt a little embarrassed.


    After changing his clothes, he folded the clothes he had taken off and put them on the hanger by the door.


    When Suo Yang opened the door and walked into the kitchen, Shen Huiming had already put the processed fish into the pot.


    He picked up the apron hanging on the hook at the door and walked towards the other man, ¡°Lower your head.¡±


    Shen Huiming obediently obeyed, smiling and bowing his head slightly, allowing Suo Yang to put the apron on him.


    The thin rope of the apron was hung around Shen Huiming¡¯s neck. He turned around to cover the pot, and Suo Yang stood behind him and helped him tie the rope behind him.


    ¡°I¡¯ve had this apron for over a year now, and I¡¯m wearing it for the first time today.¡±


    Suo Yang said softly while knotting the rope, ¡°Don¡¯t let it splash on your clothes.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Do you think I¡¯m having a rough time?¡±


    If Shen Huiming had it rough, then there should only be a few meticulous people out there.


    A person¡¯s personality could also be seen from a person¡¯s kitchen. Just now, when Suo Yang came in, he saw that Shen Huiming had arranged all the ingredients in an orderly manner. Although he didn¡¯t cook much, he still knew how to cook. Yes, he found that the order in which Shen Huiming placed the ingredients was even in a logical sequence.


    ¡°What can I do?¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t answer his question but stood beside him.


    ¡°I forgot to beat the eggs,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯ll chop the mushrooms. There are eggs over there; take two and beat them.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Suo Yang obediently went to get the eggs and came back and skillfully stood by the side to break them up for later use.


    The two of them were busy working together in the kitchen, and they really felt like a young couple living together.


    Suo Yang liked this kind of feeling, warm and down-to-earth.


    The gorgeous dining room was ornate with exquisite plating. However, those were not what made it precious. The most precious thing was the most ordinary and simple home-cooked meals.


    Shen Huiming wanted to cook for Suo Yang a long time ago, and today he finally had a chance to show it.


    The dish was spicy stir-fried beef, braised chicken drumsticks with seasonal vegetables, stir fry king oyster mushrooms, stir-fried cabbage, two meat and two vegetables, plus a bowl of fish soup. Shen Huiming was very proud.


    Suo Yang sat at the dining table and looked at him with a smile, ¡°I thought you were bragging, but I didn¡¯t expect the cooking skills to be really this good.¡±


    ¡°Have a taste.¡± Shen Huiming served the rice, ¡°I guarantee it will be delicious.¡±


    When the two were eating together, Suo Yang looked up at Shen Huiming from time to time.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Shen Huiming asked, ¡°It doesn¡¯t suit your taste?¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Suo Yang quickly explained, ¡°It¡¯s just that it¡¯s been a long time since I¡¯ve been like this, and I feel a bit unbelievable.¡±


    Over the years, Suo Yang had always felt that he was living a good life, quiet but well-organized, and he had always enjoyed it.


    But at this moment, he suddenly realized that ¡®home¡¯ was not just a house, a room and a bed.


    When he first met Shen Huiming, he didn¡¯t expect that the other party would bring him such an experienceÒ»one that was grounded and full of fireworks.


    ¡°What¡¯s unbelievable?¡± Shen Huiming served him a bowl of fish soup, ¡°This is my special dish, try it.¡±


    Suo Yang picked up the small soup bowl, took a sip, and then smiled until his eyes were curved.


    ¡°It smells so good.¡± It was light and fresh, and after one bite, Suo Yang felt comfortable in his stomach.


    Suo Yang liked it, and Shen Huiming couldn¡¯t be happier.


    ¡°What do you like to eat?¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I will make it for you when I have the chance.¡±


    Suo Yang thought about it seriously but found that he didn¡¯t seem to have any favourite dishes.


    When Shen Huiming saw Suo Yang in a dilemma, he smiled, ¡°Okay, I got it.¡±


    ¡°What did you get?¡±


    ¡°In the past, all the dishes were similar at your place1Suo Yang¡¯s dish is too monotone and lacks of variety,¡± Shen Huiming said. ¡°In the future, every dish I make will be something you particularly like to eat.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed, ¡°Are you bragging about yourself?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Shen Huiming picked another piece of meat for him, ¡°Do you think my bragging is justified?¡±


    Suo Yang ate the piece of meat, nodded and said, ¡°It¡¯s quite reasonable.¡±


    The meal satisfied both of them physically and mentally. Shen Huiming said, ¡°I reckon, after such a meal, you will love me a little more.¡±


    ¡°How so?¡± Suo Yang followed him to clean up the kitchen.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Isn¡¯t there a saying that to tether a man¡¯s heart, you must first tether his stomach? I¡¯ve satisfied your stomach today, haven¡¯t I?¡±


    Suo Yang lowered his head and smiled.


    More than just the stomach.


    He didn¡¯t have the nerve to say it, and he could only secretly laugh.


    They had eaten and drunk enough, but it was still early.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°Are you going back to the company?¡±


    Shen Huiming glanced at the time, ¡°Are you tired?¡±


    ¡°Me?¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯m good.¡±


    Shen Huiming went over and suddenly leaned over to kiss him, ¡°Do you want to accompany me to work?¡±


    Suo Yang hesitated.


    He hesitated not because he didn¡¯t want to go but because he was worried that if he went, he would disturb Shen Huiming¡¯s work.


    ¡°If you are tired, rest at home, and I will come back to accompany you at night.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not tired.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid it will be inconvenient for you if I go over.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°What is there to inconvenience me? If you don¡¯t go, I won¡¯t feel at ease, and I will always miss you.¡±


    After confirming their relationship, the two haven¡¯t seen each other for a few days. They finally saw each other, and when they did, they couldn¡¯t afford to hide it at home, so they definitely wanted to take it with them wherever they went.


    When he heard what Shen Huiming said, Suo Yang didn¡¯t hold back any more. He stood up from the sofa and took Shen Huiming¡¯s hand, ¡°Then go change your clothes.¡±


    The two of them just changed their clothes, and they hugged and kissed for a long time. It was Shen Huiming¡¯s assistant who called, and they were forced to separate.


    The assistant had a document for him to sign. Initially, Shen Huiming said that he would be there after two o¡¯clock, but it turned out that it was almost four o¡¯clock, and he was still missing.


    When Shen Huiming answered the phone, Suo Yang changed his clothes, then went to help Shen Huiming take off his pyjama pants, and helped this busy man change his clothes like taking care of a child.


    After Shen Huiming finished his phone call, Suo Yang finished his clothes.


    ¡°I¡¯m a little shy.¡± Shen Huiming smiled and watched Suo Yang buttoning his shirt, ¡°No one has helped me with my clothes since kindergarten.¡±


    Suo Yang¡¯s original intention was to save him time, but now he suddenly felt that his behaviour was a bit too much, and he was embarrassed to look at Shen Huiming. His ears were as red as if they were dyed with roses.


    When he saw that Suo Yang didn¡¯t speak, Shen Huiming didn¡¯t tease him anymore, and when they finished cleaning up, they went downstairs holding hands.


    Suo Yang kept looking at the hands they held together and suddenly thought of something. He looked up at the camera in the elevator.


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°It¡¯s okay, no one cares about our relationship.¡±


    Suo Yang laughed softly and leaned against Shen Huiming again.


    It was already 4:30 when the two arrived at Shen Huiming¡¯s company, and Suo Yang was still holding the coffee beans he had bought from Rio.


    When Shen Huiming¡¯s assistant saw Suo Yang this time, he immediately said with a smile, ¡°Hello, Yang ge!¡±


    Suo Yang was a little surprised. He didn¡¯t remember introducing himself to the other party when he came last time.


    After Shen Huiming finished signing for the assistant and the assistant left the office, Shen Huiming said, ¡°After all, he is my assistant, and there are some things he needs to know.¡±


    Suo Yang understood. He was introduced to others by Shen Huiming.


    Shen Huiming brought a laptop to Suo Yang, ¡°I may be busy for a while. You can use this computer if you are bored.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t depend on the internet at all, and he could pass the time by lying there and listening to music and flipping through books.


    He sat on the sofa, turned on the player with headphones on, and listened to the song ¡®Berlin¡¯ that Shen Huiming played to him at the beginning, watching the other party frown and handle the work.


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t feel bored at all accompanying Shen Huiming to work. He looked at the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him, watched the light dimmer slightly, saw a plane fly by, and felt that life was more beautiful than he imagined.


    At 6:30, the employees began to clock out to get off work.


    Shen Huiming was sitting in front of the computer, still reading the proposal. When the assistant opened the door and came in, Shen Huiming gave him a ¡®shh¡¯ gesture because Suo Yang was lying on the sofa and fell asleep.

 CH 45

    When Suo Yang opened his eyes, it was already dark, and he was in a daze for a while before realising that he had fallen asleep.


    There was only one lamp turned on in Shen Huiming¡¯s office, and the person at the desk was frowning at the computer and revising a proposal.


    Suo Yang lay on the sofa and didn¡¯t get up immediately, but just watched Shen Huiming quietly in the dark for a long time.


    He was obviously the person who Suo Yang had the most intimate moment with, but looking at him like this, seemed a little strange.


    This kind of strange feeling did not make Suo Yang feel uneasy, on the contrary, he felt the wonderful pleasure of discovering a new world. He had never been a person who liked to encounter new things and meet new friends, but when it comes to Shen Huiming, he was happy to feel the freshness that this person brought to him from time to time.


    He just stared at him for a while, then got up and rubbed his sore neck.


    As soon as Suo Yang moved, Shen Huiming immediately looked up at him.


    ¡°Just woke up?¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Well, this sofa is quite comfortable.¡±


    Shen Huiming got up, walked over, crouched down beside Suo Yang¡¯s legs and looked up at him.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Suo Yang asked.


    Just after he asked, Shen Huiming suddenly came up to him and kissed him.


    ¡°Nothing, I just want to take advantage of the opportunity.¡± Shen Huiming lingered before standing up and turning on the light.


    ¡°You¡¯ve been working?¡± Suo Yang also stood up and stretched his shoulders.


    ¡°Well, I thought I¡¯d get it done quickly so we could go home.¡±


    Suo Yang glanced at the time and found that it was already past eight o¡¯clock, ¡°How¡¯s the progress? Will it be a while yet?¡±


    Shen Huiming said apologetically, ¡°It will take a while, I really shouldn¡¯t have asked you to come with me.¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t care how long he waited, anyway, wherever he was, it was the same¡ªhe would¡¯ve fallen asleep just the same.


    ¡°Are you hungry?¡± Suo Yang asked him, ¡°I¡¯ll go downstairs and get some food, so you can eat and rest a little.¡±


    ¡°I planned to take you out to eat after I finished my work¡­¡±


    Suo Yang gently squeezed his shoulder, ¡°I¡¯ll go downstairs and take a look around, you should finish your work.¡±


    It was common for Shen Huiming to work overtime, and it was strange not to work overtime. However, when he used to work overtime and stay up late, at most he dragged his assistant to accompany him. Sometimes the two of them would quarrel over a detail of a plan, like killing enemies on the battlefield, and it had never been this cozy.


    He took Suo Yang¡¯s hand, ¡°Thank you for your hard work.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°It¡¯s still harder for you.¡±


    Suo Yang went downstairs, Shen Huiming stretched his waist and continued to work.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s company was in a good location, and when he went downstairs, there were quite a few restaurants nearby.


    When Suo Yang went downstairs, he searched and found a restaurant with a good reputation on the internet. He packed a few dishes and took them home.


    As he walked back with the packed bag, Suo Yang looked up at the office building.


    It was almost nine o¡¯clock in the evening, and the office building was still brightly lit, with lights on every floor.


    This was the world they lived in, and no one had it easy.


    But even so, everyone was still working hard to move forward.


    Thinking about it this way, it was a bit tragic.


    He looked towards the ninth floor, where Shen Huiming was sitting was the only office with the light on.


    Suo Yang looked at the floors below for a while, then stepped up and walked into the office building.


    He couldn¡¯t make Shen Huiming wait too long, and he didn¡¯t want the other party to wait too long either.


    On the elevator, Suo Yang raised his arms and looked at the dishes he had packed through the bag. He didn¡¯t know if Shen Huiming would like these dishes. He hoped that the other party would like them and that his hard-working boyfriend could enjoy his meal.


    When Suo Yang came back, Shen Huiming was about to make a cup of coffee, and the two happened to meet in the corridor.


    ¡°Let¡¯s eat first.¡± Suo Yang grabbed Shen Huiming¡¯s hand and pulled him back, ¡°Eat before you drink.¡±


    Shen Huiming was smiling as he was pulled by Suo Yang and returned to the office obediently.


    Three dishes, two bowls of rice.


    Suo Yang took the food out of the bag, and Shen Huiming went to the water dispenser to fetch two glasses of water.


    ¡°Not bad,¡± Shen Huiming sat next to him, ¡°This restaurant has the best taste around here.¡±


    When Suo Yang heard what Shen Huiming said, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said proudly, ¡°I checked it online before I went.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Clever.¡±


    The two sat on the sofa to eat. Although this restaurant had good reviews on the internet, and Shen Huiming also said that it tasted good, Suo Yang felt that this restaurant¡¯s chef skills might be a bit inferior compared to Shen Huiming¡¯s cooking skills.


    He didn¡¯t know if this was the so-called ¡®love filter¡¯, but he did prefer the dishes made by Shen Huiming.


    As they ate, the two chatted softly.


    Shen Huiming talked to Suo Yang about work matters¡ªvarious project proposals, meetings and negotiations.


    Suo Yang asked, ¡°You are the boss, why do you need to write the plans?¡±


    He had never worked in this kind of business, so he really didn¡¯t know much about it.


    ¡°How should I put it?¡± Shen Huiming took a sip of water, ¡°It was more reassuring to do everything by myself. But it was not a good thing for me to do so, since the people under me will never be able to take care of themselves.¡±


    Suo Yang nodded, he felt that it was really tiring for Shen Huiming to be like this.


    ¡°In fact, they did a good job, but I just don¡¯t feel at ease. I have to follow every project. Even when they come up with a plan, I have to read it word by word, and circle the problematic ones for them to change.¡±


    ¡°So much work.¡± Suo Yang didn¡¯t expect Shen Huiming¡¯s job to be like this.


    ¡°Once you get used to it, it¡¯s just as usual.¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°It used to be even more difficult. In the beginning, when the company was registered, there were only two people working with me. The three of us supported the company¡¯s work. There is no distinction between bosses and employees, and we had to do everything ourselves.¡±


    Starting from scratch was easier said than done, and the hardships and pressures involved were unimaginable to those who had never experienced it before.


    ¡°When the company grows bigger and more outstanding people join, I will slowly be able to let go.¡± Shen Huiming deliberately teased him, ¡°Do you want to consider coming to our company? A high salary is offered, and the job description is to work with me every day so that I can watch you de-stress.¡±


    Suo Yang knew he was joking, so he teased him with a smile, ¡°A high salary? How high?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m giving you the owner of this company. Don¡¯t you think this salary is high enough?¡±


    Suo Yang tried his best not to laugh, then bit his chopsticks and looked at him thoughtfully.


    Shen Huiming asked, ¡°What are you thinking?¡±


    ¡°Thinking about how much you are worth.¡±


    Shen Huiming laughed out loud, ¡°How much do you think I¡¯m worth?¡±


    Suo Yang thought about it seriously, and then said, ¡°Priceless.¡±


    A priceless treasure that couldn¡¯t be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold.


    In such a big world, it is so rare to meet such a person.


    Obviously, the two were joking, but there was something heartwarming in the way they said it.


    Shen Huiming put down his chopsticks, took a sip of water, and suddenly pulled Suo Yang over for a kiss.


    Suo Yang was a little surprised at first but quickly responded. The two kissed on the sofa in the office for a while, and Shen Huiming said, ¡°Why do I like hearing you praise me so much?¡±


    ¡°Then let me praise you more,¡± Suo Yang looked at him with a smile, ¡°If you¡¯re in a good mood, ate a lot, and work hard when you¡¯re full, we¡¯ll go home early.¡±


    Shen Huiming hugged the man in his arms and let out a long sigh of relief.


    This feeling was really good, this love talk was making him happier than he imagined.


    ¡°Let me tell you something.¡± Shen Huiming looked in the direction of the window, and the big glass window reflected the two hugging each other.


    ¡°Okay, tell me.¡±


    ¡°At that time we went to New York, and we almost missed each other.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°My assistant originally booked me the previous flight, but something happened and it was delayed, so I had to change it. If I hadn¡¯t changed it then, maybe we would have still met later, but how we would have developed, it¡¯s all uncertain.¡±


    Indeed.


    Everyone knew about the butterfly effect.


    A butterfly flapping its wings in the rainforest could cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later.


    Not to mention a missed encounter.


    ¡°The time I saw you, it was really¡­¡± Shen Huiming smiled, ¡°Sort of just because of your appearance?¡±


    Suo Yang also laughed, ¡°So straightforward?¡±


    ¡°Because it sounds a bit hypocritical to say it¡¯s love at first sight. I¡¯m simply attracted by your appearance.¡±


    ¡°You are honest.¡±


    ¡°I must be honest with you,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°but I can guarantee that you are the only one who has made me fall in love over the years, so I¡¯m not that superficial, am I?¡±


    Suo Yang didn¡¯t make a sound, but his eyes were always full of smiles.


    He liked being hugged by Shen Huiming and listening to Shen Huiming talk.


    Two people from completely different worlds were hugging and chatting together as if the two worlds were slowly mingling.


    ¡°Let me ask you a question.¡± Shen Huiming smiled self-deprecatingly, ¡°Why do I have so many questions today?¡±


    ¡°Ask away.¡± Suo Yang was willing to answer as many questions as possible.


    ¡°How did I stand out from the crowd of suitors?¡± Shen Huiming let go of him, and looked into those smiling eyes, ¡°Tell me about it and make me proud.¡±


    The two were very close, and this scene of exchanging heartfelt affection was a bit overly cozy.


    ¡°That night in Moscow, you made me feel horrible.¡±


    ¡°Horrible?¡±


    ¡°En.¡± Suo Yang paused for a moment, lowered his eyes, and looked at his hands.


    His hand slowly reached out to hold Shen Huiming, and the two of them clasped their fingers tightly.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t know that someone could see through my strange thoughts at a glance.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°It¡¯s like the most difficult lantern riddle I devised was solved by you, and suddenly I met my soulmate.¡±


    He raised his head and looked at Shen Huiming, ¡°I watched a drama before, and there was a line that I still think is the truth of life.¡±


    ¡°What lines?¡±


    ¡°In our lives, encountering love and sex was not rare, but what was rare was encountering understanding.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I didn¡¯t realise before that I was so desperate to be understood, and that stormy night you touched my soft spot straight away.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, and continued, ¡°Also, when the sun came out, you secretly held my hand, and I was¡­a bit reluctant to let you go.¡±


    Shen Huiming said in surprise, ¡°You were awake then?¡±


    ¡°Well, I know you held my hand.¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°At that time, felt that my heart was captured by you.¡±

 CH 46

    Suo Yang did not like to express his feelings and was not very good at it. For Suo Yang, those sweet words were not so easy to say, and Shen Huiming knew this very well.


    From the time they got acquainted to the time they fell in love, Suo Yang only said only a handful of cringy words, but on this night, when Shen Huiming was working till dizzy, Suo Yang seemed to have finally opened himself up and willing to confess his deepest feelings to him.


    For Suo Yang, liking someone might not be the most challenging thing. Admitting that he likes the person was the most difficult thing.


    But now, he was willing to admit and tell the other party.


    Because he wanted Shen Huiming to be happy, and on a busy and exhausting evening, a little bit of happiness might make life a little bit easier.


    Shen Huiming didn¡¯t expect that his little tricks in Moscow would be discovered like that. Now Suo Yang said such sweet words with a gentle smile in his eyes, but he felt a little embarrassed.


    ¡°So I was found out.¡± Shen Huiming chuckled, ¡°I didn¡¯t dare to hold it too much at the time because I was afraid I would annoy you when you woke up.¡±


    Suo Yang was actually a little sorry. He could feel that Shen Huiming had put a lot of thought into him. Shen Huiming¡¯s life was not easy, and being tossed by him like this must be so tiring.


    He squeezed Shen Huiming¡¯s hand, ¡°Hurry up and eat. The food will be cold later.¡±


    Shen Huiming nodded with a smile and ate obediently.


    The love talk was over, and the stomach was full after dinner.


    Shen Huiming continued to work at the table, and Suo Yang tidied up the lunch box and threw it away.


    When he came back from throwing out the trash, he happened to pass by the pantry. He remembered that Shen Huiming was going to make coffee before, so he turned around and walked in.


    He turned on the light, stood by the door and scanned around.


    Shen Huiming¡¯s company pantry area was quite large, complete with all kinds of utensils, drinks and instant food in stock. There were two small round tables near the window for people to rest.


    Suo Yang saw that the coffee beans he had brought were placed on the shelf, so he walked over to prepare to grind some coffee beans and make a cup of coffee for Shen Huiming.


    He was not as obsessed with coffee as Shen Huiming, and he couldn¡¯t even distinguish the difference between coffee from different places. The only coffee knowledge he had about coffee was for work.


    But the coffee beans were very fragrant. He held it in front of his nose and smelled it, and he could smell the rich aroma through the bag.


    He ground the coffee beans and made coffee. Suo Yang was surrounded by the mellow aroma of coffee in the pantry by himself.


    A cup of coffee was ready. He hesitated for a moment and did not add sugar.


    He remembered that Shen Huiming never added sugar or milk.


    Suo Yang returned to Shen Huiming¡¯s office with the coffee. The other party looked up at him, and he smiled and said, ¡°Mr. Shen, your coffee is ready.¡±


    The two looked at each other and smiled. As if they were on the plane, Suo Yang served Shen Huiming a cup of coffee in the middle of the night.


    Suo Yang carefully put the coffee by Shen Huiming¡¯s hand and said softly, ¡°Thanks for your hard work.¡±


    Was it that much of a hard work?


    It was definitely hard to work overtime at this hour, but with someone to keep him company and someone to love, the suffering was not so unbearable.


    Afterwards, Shen Huiming worked until almost eleven o¡¯clock, and Suo Yang, who had enough sleep, took a book from his bookshelf and read it to accompany him.


    When the two left the office building, some of the offices in the building were still lit. Everyone was trying to survive and live with their tired bodies and drooping eyelids and had no time to enjoy the brilliant night sky and the night breeze.


    It might sound a bit heavy to say, but everyone was crawling forward like this.


    ===


    After a few days of not seeing each other, everything happened as a matter of course¡ªSuo Yang stayed over at Shen Huiming¡¯s house as a matter of course, and Shen Huiming kissed Suo Yang and fell into bed as a matter of course.


    On a night without the slightest hint of alcohol, the two of them were like two balls of flames, and the sheets were like a forest, burnt to nothing but ashes.


    Shen Huiming wished to live this kind of life with Suo Yang every day in the future¡ª holding hands to and from work and hugging each other to sleep on the same bed.


    But he knew very well that he could not rush.


    He would not let Suo Yang make sacrifices for him, whether in life or in work.


    Since Suo Yang liked his job, then he should continue to roam in his blue sky.


    To enjoy flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet and to enjoy love on the ground full of traffic.


    Before drifting off to sleep, Suo Yang felt a kiss landed on his forehead; he subconsciously hugged the other man tighter and soon fell asleep.


    Suo Yang had no dreams all night and slept soundly, even more deeply than he slept in his own home.


    In the morning, he was woken up by the ringing of the alarm clock and turned over with a frown. Before he woke up, he saw Shen Huiming, who was wearing an apron, rushing in to turn off the alarm clock on his phone.


    Suo Yang lay there wrapped in a quilt and looked at him a little absent-mindedly, all in a daze.


    Such Suo Yang looked more soft and cute. Shen Huiming leaned over with a smile, gently rubbing his messy hair, ¡°Did I wake you up?¡±


    Suo Yang shook his head and grabbed his hand.


    At seven o¡¯clock in the morning, Suo Yang didn¡¯t want to get up yet, but Shen Huiming was already full of energy, making breakfast for his boyfriend.


    ¡°You can lie down for a while longer.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I¡¯ll put it in the pot to keep the food warm when it¡¯s ready, so you can eat it when you get up.¡±


    ¡°Are you leaving?¡± Suo Yang glanced at the time.


    He had almost forgotten that Shen Huiming had to go to work today.


    ¡°Seven thirty.¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°I have to go early today.¡±


    Suo Yang thought for a while, then sat up.


    When he got up, the quilt slid down to his waist, and the bright crimson mark under the collarbone was very eye-catching.


    But Suo Yang himself didn¡¯t know that there was a hickey there.


    Shen Huiming looked at the hickey, and his heart was tickled, but he was going out later, and there was no time for him to fool around.


    ¡°What? Not going to sleep anymore?¡±


    ¡°Well,¡± Suo Yang pointed to the hanger beside the bedroom wall, ¡°Help me with my pyjama pants.¡±


    Shen Huiming smiled and went over to help him bring over his pyjamas.


    Suo Yang got dressed and walked out of the bedroom with Shen Huiming.


    One of them went into the kitchen, and the other into the bathroom.


    By the time Suo Yang finished washing up, Shen Huiming¡¯s breakfast was ready.


    During the meal, Shen Huiming asked him, ¡°What¡¯s the arrangement for today?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll meet up with you later,¡± Suo Yang said, ¡°I¡¯ll go home first.¡±


    Shen Huiming nodded.


    ¡°Go back and tidy up briefly, and then maybe meet Zhou Mo for dinner.¡±


    ¡°Zhou Mo?¡±


    ¡°Well, after he knew about our affairs, he insisted on asking me to treat him.¡± Suo Yang smiled, ¡°I guess he just wanted to hear gossip.¡±


    Shen Huiming also smiled, ¡°Okay, when the time comes, you can decide the time and place. I can accompany you if I have nothing to do here.¡±


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you busy today?¡±


    ¡°I have a meeting this afternoon, and I should be fine after that.¡± Shen Huiming took a sip of water, ¡°You can¡¯t be so busy every day; you have to have some time to relax and to do romance.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Okay, I will be in touch then.¡±


    After the two left, they parted at the gate of Shen Huiming¡¯s residential area. Originally, Shen Huiming wanted to send Suo Yang back, but Suo Yang said, ¡°It¡¯s too troublesome for you to go back and forth during the morning rush hour. I¡¯ll take a taxi and go back.¡±


    They are not children, so there was no need to engage in the drama of insisting on sending someone home, not to mention, it was just a taxi on the side of the road, so there was no need to worry about it.


    The only problem was that Shen Huiming wanted to see Suo Yang more.


    He pulled over and stopped until Suo Yang took a taxi and left, then returned to his car and drove towards the company.


    After parting, they went about their business.


    When Shen Huiming arrived at the company, he began to deal with the affairs at hand and prepare for the afternoon meeting, while Suo Yang went home to pack his suitcase, wash his clothes, and then take a comfortable bath.


    Their lives seemed to be the same as before, but great changes had taken place.


    Suo Yang made an appointment with Zhou Mo to have dinner together and then spent time alone at home leisurely.


    At three o¡¯clock in the afternoon, Shen Huiming sent a message asking him what he was doing.


    At that time, Suo Yang was about to change all the sheets and quilt covers and was halfway through the process when he called Shen Huiming.


    ¡°Changing the quilt,¡± Suo Yang asked, ¡°Are you done?¡±


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m getting ready to leave early.¡±


    Suo Yang smiled, ¡°Then¡­ come to see me?¡±


    ¡°To your house?¡± Shen Huiming was quite curious as he had never been to Suo Yang¡¯s house.


    ¡°Well, do you still remember where my house is?¡± Shen Huiming sent him back on the day the two confirmed their relationship. At that time, Suo Yang wanted to invite him to sit down, but Shen Huiming was in a hurry to go to the company.


    Suo Yang said, ¡°Why don¡¯t you come over and have dinner together with Zhou Mo tonight.¡±


    ¡°Of course I remember!¡± How could he forget the address of Suo Yang¡¯s house?


    Shen Huiming was happy and agreed cheerfully.


    Suo Yang¡¯s house was quite far from Shen Huiming¡¯s house. When Suo Yang bought a house, he deliberately chose a place close to the highway out of the city. It was convenient to go to work1, and this side of the city was much quieter than the city centre, and the house price was also much lower.


    Shen Huiming company wasn¡¯t too far from the house, and he drove for nearly 40 minutes to get there.


    Before he went there, he bought a bouquet of red roses and rang the doorbell of Suo Yang¡¯s house with the flowers in his hand.


    When Suo Yang came to open the door, he had already cleaned up the house, and everything that needed to be changed and washed had also been tidied up.


    This place, which seldom had guests, was really welcoming a distinguished guest this time.


    When Suo Yang opened the door, the first thing he saw was not Shen Huiming but the big bouquet of red roses.


    He froze for a moment, then laughed.


    ¡°What is this for?¡±


    ¡°For you,¡± Shen Huiming said, ¡°it¡¯s the first time I give roses to someone, and I feel like I¡¯m in an idol drama.¡±


    Suo Yang looked at him with a smile and took the flowers from his hand.


    ¡°Come in.¡±


    Suo Yang prepared slippers for him and stood aside with flowers in his arms, waiting for him to change his shoes.


    Shen Huiming followed Suo Yang into the house. This not-so-big apartment was clean and tidy, with good lighting.


    It turned out that our handsome flight attendant lived in a house like this. Shen Huiming scanned the room and thought it was really nice here.


    Suo Yang had a vase at home, but he had never bought flowers. He and Shen Huiming sat on the floor and trimmed the roses and then put them into the vase one by one.


    The autumn afternoon sun slanted in through the bright windows, wrapping the two of them and the rose in soft light.


    Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang who was fiddling with roses with his head down, and said softly, ¡°I want to kiss you.¡±