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Qin Zhou habitually reached out and rubbed Jiang Lin’s head.
During those three years, he had countless opportunities to come to Nancheng to see Jiang Lin, or to make a phone call to report his safety.
But he never did.
He completely discarded his old identity and started a new life——
While ignoring the damage it caused to others.
He had thought about whether he should make a phone call to Jiang Lin, but he thought it would be better to just sever completely like that.
At that time, he thought that Jiang Lin had so many friends around him, and he was not alone, so he would soon forget him.
“I’m sorry………I’m sorry……….” Qin Zhou apologized over and over again.
Jiang Lin didn’t speak, but just hugged Qin Zhou tightly.
Jiang Lin hugged him for a while, and after letting go, he urged: “Brother Zhou, you need to get well soon.”
“Yeah.” Qin Zhou nodded in response.
“Eat three meals on time, drink more water, play less on your phone……..” Jiang Lin prattled worriedly like a parent.
Qin Zhou lay obediently on the hospital bed, and Jiang Lin also helped cover the quilt.
Qin Zhou took a nap first.
When he woke up again, Jiang Lin was still in the ward.
Qin Zhou moved his body, and Jiang Lin on the side also noticed the movement, and quickly asked, “Are you feeling better?”
“Yeah.” Qin Zhou nodded, and said, “I can be discharged from the hospital.”
Qin Zhou propped himself up, wanting to get out of bed.
However, Jiang Lin continued to cover Qin Zhou with the quilt, and said, “Have a rest first.”
“I still have to work.” Qin Zhou rubbed the space between his brows, “I asked for leave for several days, and I have to go back to the company today.”
Jiang Lin:” It’s okay. I’ve told Yuan Lie and took a one-month leave.”
Qin Zhou wanted to say something else, but this time Jiang Lin was very determined.
“Brother Zhou, get some rest.” Jiang Lin forced him into the quilt.
Qin Zhou lay down for a while, and then asked, “Where’s my phone?”
Jiang Lin handed over the phone.
Qin Zhou unlocked it and flipped through the messages on the phone.
When Jiang Lin saw it, he said, “Brother Zhou, don’t play with your phone when you’re sick.”
“I’ll chat with you.” Jiang Lin leaned over, lay down on the bed, and moved to Qin Zhou’s side.
The hospital bed was not very big, but it was enough to squeeze two people.
Qin Zhou also moved to the side to make room for Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin asked somewhat curiously: “Brother Zhou, what are you going to do in the future?”
Qin Zhou thought for a while and said, “Continue be an actor.”
“Brother Zhou, what do you want to play? I can invest.”
“Let nature take its course.”
“Then do you want to go out to play these few days?” Jiang Lin took out his phone and sent Qin Zhou a few links, “There are several exhibitions this month, and there is also an auction, which is very lively.”
Qin Zhou Zhou also received the links from Jiang Lin. He clicked on one of them, and found that it was the introduction page of a jewelry auction.
So Qin Zhou asked, “Is this the auction you told SuSu last time?”
Jiang Lin glanced at it, nodded and said, “Yes.”
Qin Zhou was not interested in jewelry and the like, but because Su Tang mentioned diamonds, he turned the page and took a few more glances.
On the auction page, there was an introduction to some of the auction items. Qin Zhou flipped through it and saw the introduction of a blue diamond, Eternal Love.
Qin Zhou looked at it for a while, then felt dizzy again, so he said, “I have a headache. I’ll sleep for a while.”
“Okay, okay!” Jiang Lin hurriedly got out of bed and helped Qin Zhou cover the quilt.
Qin Zhou put the phone next to the pillow, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Jiang Lin stopped disturbing and left the ward.
He Yang was still outside, sitting alone on the waiting chair outside the ward.
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Jiang Lin glanced at the other party and said, “He’s asleep.”
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Qin Zhou stayed in the hospital for a few days.
After being discharged from the hospital, Qin Zhou went to the tour guide’s hometown together with He Yang.
His hometown was a dilapidated and backward small village in the north, and most of the village was elderly.
Qin Zhou chose the cemetery and buried the urns of Grandma and the tour guide in it.
When he came out of the cemetery, Qin Zhou’s eyes were still red.
Qin Zhou put on sunglasses to cover his eyes, and returned to Nancheng.
But after the two got off the plane, He Yang did not take Qin Zhou back to the apartment, but took Qin Zhou back to the main house.
The car drove towards the main house and parked outside the yard.
In the courtyard of the main house, QiQi was still basking in the sun on the lawn.
After hearing the sound of the car, QiQi’s ears moved, and then he raised his head to look over.
Outside, was a familiar black car.
QiQi got up from the grass. He got up and walked towards the car habitually, squatting beside the car.
The door opened and the man got out of the car.
QiQi continued to squat next to the car, poked his head and looked into the car again.
After seeing another owner in the car, QiQi immediately got into the car with some excitement and threw himself into the arms of that person.
Before Qin Zhou could react, he saw a fluffy touch in his arms.
“Woof!” QiQi raised his head and rubbed against Qin Zhou’s body.
Qin Zhou rubbed QiQi’s head and got out of the car with QiQi.
The old Steward stood at the gate of the yard, and saw Qin Zhou came back. He smiled and nodded, and did not ask.
QiQi followed Qin Zhou, and ran to the lawn not far away. He picked up the Frisbee on the ground, and took it in front of Qin Zhou.
Qin Zhou took the Frisbee and brought QiQi to the open space next to them.
He Yang had already entered the villa. He stood by the window, looking at the figure on the lawn outside.
The sun was out and the weather was fine.
With a smile on his face, the young man played games with QiQi on the lawn.
Everything was just as it was before.
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Qin Zhou played with QiQi outside for a while, then went back to the house first.
Qin Zhou came to the room on the second floor and found that the room was still decorated as it was three years ago.
QiQi also followed, squatting on the carpet, and looking at Qin Zhou’s figure.
Qin Zhou rubbed QiQi’s head, and then leaned against the railing of the balcony, the wind blowing.
He Yang came over and hugged Qin Zhou from behind.
Looking at the garden outside, Qin Zhou suddenly said: “He Yang, are we going to continue?”
“Huh?”
“Grandma is gone.” Qin Zhou lowered his head slightly and said softly: There is no need to keep that relationship anymore.”
He Yang frowned, and said in a low voice: “Three months haven’t up yet.”
He Yang leaned over and kissed the young man’s neck with his lips.
Qin Zhou was itchy from being kissed, and turned his head uncomfortably, “Don’t kiss.”
He Yang didn’t stop.
And because he was very familiar with the young man’s body, He Yang clearly remembered every sensitive spot on the young man’s body.
Neck, collarbone, waist………
He Yang’s hand had already reached in from the hem of the young man’s clothes.
“He Yang.” But Qin Zhou still pushed the man in front of him, panting slightly, “QiQi is still here.”
He Yang paused slightly, then lowered his head, and saw a big dog beside his leg.
The big dog with black and white hair was squatting on the ground, looking innocently at the two masters.
He Yang frowned, and said to QiQi, “Go outside to play.”
The big dog wagged its tail, but didn’t move, and just looked at Qin Zhou.
Qin Zhou tidied up his clothes, touched QiQi’s face, and said, “Go outside to play.”
After hearing this, QiQi got up slowly and walked outside.
He Yang also bowed his head, put his palm on the young man’s waist, and asked: “Continue?”
“No.” Qin Zhou shook his head. He went back to the bedroom, nestled on the sofa and played with his phone.
It was until evening, Qin Zhou went downstairs and came to the dining room.
But when Qin Zhou passed by, he saw Father He on the first floor.
Father He was sitting in a wheelchair, with a chessboard in front of him. He was playing chess alone, entertaining himself.
After hearing the movement, Father He looked over.
Father He stared at Qin Zhou for a long time, as if he was remembering something.
Qin Zhou also walked over and called, “Uncle.”
Father He said to Qin Zhou, “I seem to remember you……..”
“Yeah.” Qin Zhou came down with a smile, sat opposite Father He, and said, “Uncle, do you want to play chess?”
The pieces were put back in place.
Qin Zhou played chess with Father He, and occasionally gave way to Father He, deliberately making a few wrong moves.
In the middle of the chess game between the two, Father He suddenly raised his head and said, “I remember you. You played chess with me before.”
Qin Zhou raised his head, he was somewhat surprised.
Every time he came to the main house before, Father He would stay upstairs and would not come down, and they rarely communicated with each other, only occasionally playing chess.
Father He asked again: “Are you the piano teacher?”
“Yes.” Qin Zhou nodded.
When he came to the main house before, he would introduce himself to Uncle again every time.
But Uncle’s memory was not very good, he couldn’t always remember his name, he only remembered one: “the piano teacher”.
“Are you back?” Father He laughed, “He Yang mentioned you to me last time………”
Father He didn’t remember the car accident anymore; he only remembered that He Yang seemed to tell him that he and the piano teacher were already engaged.
So Father He looked at Qin Zhou’s left hand and asked, “Where’s the ring? Why didn’t you wear the engagement ring?”
Qin Zhou was slightly taken aback. He subconsciously looked at his empty left hand, and didn’t speak.
At that time, He Yang also came over.
He Yang came to Qin Zhou’s side, leaned slightly and hugged Qin Zhou’s shoulders, and said to the middle-aged man: “The ring is inconvenient, so just took it off.”
“Is that so…….” Father He nodded, and said to Qin Zhou, “It’s your turn.”
Qin Zhou was looking at the chessboard, thinking about where the next move should be placed, when he saw that He Yang had already placed the chess pieces for him.
When Father He saw it, he shook his head with a smile and said: “I’m getting old. I can’t play chess like you young people…….”
He Yang also said: “I’ll take him to eat first.”
After he finished speaking, He Yang pulled Qin Zhou and left.
After arriving at the dining room, Qin Zhou said to He Yang, “I gave in on purpose. Why did you make the move to win directly?”
Qin Zhou frowned, a little dissatisfied.
He originally intended to deliberately lose to Father He, but when He Yang came, he put the chess piece for him, directly cutting off Father He’s way.
He Yang said casually: “No need to accommodate him.”
Dinner was already prepared on the dining table.
Qin Zhou sat on his seat and ate leisurely.
After dinner, Qin Zhou was taken to the home theater room by He Yang.
Qin Zhou picked a movie at random, then leaned on the sofa and looked at the screen.
The movie was a comedy film, the male protagonist and his grandmother depended on each other for life, and then some daily stories happened.
The interaction between the male lead and his grandma was very warm. Qin Zhou watched it, and suddenly thought of Grandma.
Obviously the movie was full of funny dialogues and plots, but Qin Zhou just got more and more sad the more he watched it.
“He Yang.” Qin Zhou couldn’t help raising his head, looking at the person beside him.
“Huh?” He Yang leaned over slightly.
“I miss Grandma.” Qin Zhou couldn’t control his emotions, his eyes were slightly red.
He was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage.
Grandma was his only family.
Grandma was usually reluctant to eat more, but remembered to buy ginger candy for him.
Grandma wouldn’t eat any delicious food, and would wait for him to come back before giving it to him.
Even if that warm family affection was something what he stole, he still fell into it.
Qin Zhou leaned on He Yang’s shoulder and didn’t speak.
Tears wet a small piece of fabric on the clothes. He Yang put his arms around the young man, and whispered: “It’s all right.”
He Yang leaned over, held the young man’s face in one hand, and kissed the corner of his eyes.
He Yang was not very good at saying those comforting words.
He was just clumsy, kissing the eyes over and over again.
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The next morning, Qin Zhou woke up very early.
And because of crying the night before, Qin Zhou’s eyes were still a little swollen.
The sun was still shining outside. So, Qin Zhou went downstairs to the yard to bask in the sun with QiQi.
Qin Zhou sat on the lawn and threw the Frisbee out, and then QiQi held the Frisbee in the mouth back and asked Qin Zhou to throw it again.
Not long after, the Steward found Qin Zhou and handed him a basket of strawberries.
“It’s the fresh strawberries that were just delivered.”
Qin Zhou took them.
There were water droplets on the strawberries, which should have just been washed.
Qin Zhou held the small basket and ate a strawberry.
Strawberries were plump and very sweet.
QiQi came back with the Frisbee in his mouth and then saw Qin Zhou eating strawberries, so he poked his head curiously and took a look.
But QiQi was not interested in strawberries, so he lay on the grass, basking in the sun.
While eating strawberries, Qin Zhou took out his phone and checked the time.
A piece of news automatically popped up on the phone——
【Rare blue diamond auctioned for a sky-high price! The mysterious buyer successfully bid by phone! 】
Qin Zhou skimmed over that news immediately, and clicked on Weibo to read it.
Suddenly, Qin Zhou seemed to have noticed something. He turned his head and looked behind him, and saw He Yang on the balcony on the first floor.
He Yang was leaning against the railing, and was looking at him all the time.
Qin Zhou got up, walked over with the small basket, and asked, “Do you want to eat strawberries?”
He Yang looked at the strawberries in the basket, and suddenly asked, “Is it sweet?”
Qin Zhou ate another strawberry, nodded and said: “Sweet.”
After speaking, Qin Zhou took the strawberry and handed it over.
He Yang was on the balcony, while Qin Zhou was outside in the garden.
Qin Zhou stretched out his hand and handed the strawberry to the man through the railing.
He Yang looked at the strawberry in the young man’s hand, but didn’t take it.
One of He Yang’s hands was still resting on the railing, and with a little force on his hand, he leaned out of the railing slightly, and the other hand also stretched out, resting on the back of the young man’s head.
Then, He Yang leaned over and kissed him.
He Yang stuck out the tip of his tongue and licked his lips lightly.
“Well, it’s sweet.”
It was very sweet.
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T/N: One thing I like about this book (or the author?) is that although it is some cliché wife-chasing theme, the author is really good at delivering the characters’ emotion. If those emotions were not properly delivered in this translation, it is my translation that fails to fully delivered, not the author’s fault. Please also love and support the author!!! Thank you!
Btw, let me tell you! There’re only two innocent and pure little boys in this book: Jiang Lin and QiQi! They’ve suffered enough!
QiQi I love you! Jiang Lin I love you! Everything is full of pain 😭
Jiang Lin is MVP from any of these novels. As you say translator this book is delightfully tropey but is clever in how the angst is delivered. We all feel Jiang Lin and Qiqi’s pain.
QiQi is my favorite and always will be
And I love the both of them! My sweet cuties!
Thank You for the new chapter (๑˙❥˙๑)
I don’t think your translation leaves anything to be desired- you convey the characters’ emotions very well. This is a joy to read, despite (or because of?) the excellently delivered angst 😁
I really feel sorry for Jiang Lin. But I still strongly disagree with leaving mc with He Yang. Your cousin couldn’t offer any comfort to mc until mc was hospitalised. At least mc would have motivation to keep living with you, even if it’s still guilt.
I’m so glad he finally met with the dog! Like the dog always waiting broke my heart. Kids and dogs waiting for a parent whose never coming back, that sht fcks me up.
I teared up when Yanyan mentioned grandma. It’s really sad that she passed. 🙁
Tsk, I still don’t like He, but I’ll give him one last chance so he better now F*** it up this time and make baby cry!!! >:#