TLC: Yuyin
Although Liang Muqiu wanted Cen Nan to go to Yandu with him, he just thought about it and didn’t take it to heart.
So when Cen Nan took leave from Ren Qihan and could accompany him, his heart was full of doubt.
Cen Nan sorted out his luggage and explained to him, “I just finished a case and told Ren Qihan about my leave. I said I’ll pick up a new case when I return. And now I’m not the only capable lawyer at his disposal, there’s no reason to focus on exploiting me only.”
As for Ren Qihan who shouted angrily, calling him homosexual and inhumane, it was beyond the scope of his consideration.
Liang Muqiu took bites from the apple. He always felt that his words were not so simple.
But it was out of his hands anyway, and he didn’t care.
Cen Nan was currently packing both his and Liang Muqiu’s luggage.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter. There were mostly T-shirts and shirts inside, all neatly folded and packed. The toiletries and regular medications were also packed inside.
Liang Muqiu was happy to throw everything to Cen Nan and bit down on the apple. He watched Cen Nan busy about, like a landlord squeezing his labourers.
But after checking the contents in the suitcase, the ‘labourer’ stood up again and went straight to Liang Muqiu’s bedroom.
Liang Muqiu was puzzled. He had already taken out everything he needed.
But soon, he knew the answer. Cen Nan came out with a box of underwear and under his incredulous eyes, he calmly stuffed it into the trunk.
Liang Muqiu almost jumped up. “Who asked you to help me pack this?”
It’s not like he hadn’t done more intimate things before. Frankly speaking, which inch of his body hadn’t been kissed or invaded by Cen Nan when they were together? Even his ankles were left with ambiguous red marks by Cen Nan.
But after being apart for many years, his face had also thinned over time.
But now, watching Cen Nan calmly put away his underwear, he resembled a roasted sweet potato, with smoke coming out from all seven orifices.
“I’ll do it myself,” he said angrily. “If it doesn’t work, I can still go there and buy new ones, you put it down for me!”
Cen Nan ignored him and didn’t move his eyelids.
“It’s not like I haven’t seen it,” Cen Nan said calmly and then looked at Liang Muqiu’s lower body in a meaningful way. The corner of his mouth twitched and his eyebrows took on a bit of playfulness, “What’s there to be embarrassed about, your size hasn’t changed.”
Liang Muqiu: “…”
He really wanted to smash the apple core into Cen Nan’s face.
Seeing that Liang Muqiu was really about to explode, Cen Nan also took it as a sign and stopped teasing him. After confirming that there was nothing missing, he closed the suitcase.
“All right, everything’s been packed. Don’t touch it.” He casually coaxed Liang Muqiu and pushed the suitcase to Liang Muqiu’s side to show his innocence.
He looked down at the time, it wasn’t too early. He told Liang Muqiu that their flight was early in the morning and that they needed to get up at seven o’clock tomorrow.
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Based on Liang Muqiu’s current mood, he wouldn’t be welcomed to stay tonight. He stood up wisely and said, “I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning. Don’t dawdle in bed, I’ll knock on the door at seven-thirty.”
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As someone who usually slept till noon, he was still drowsy after finishing breakfast and entering the car. Liang Muqiu’s neck was resting on a neck pillow and yawning consecutively, not even trying to stay awake. The trip to the airport took an hour and a half.
He put down the sun visor and said to Cen Nan, “Call me when we get there.”
Cen Nan let out an “En” and turned down the soft music in the car.
Liang Muqiu had a good sleep. When they arrived at the airport, they checked their luggage and went through security. After all the procedures were completed, there was still more than half an hour to boarding.
They sat in the VIP room for a while. Liang Muqiu had already told the director that he would be bringing a friend with him. He didn’t bother to explain Cen Nan’s identity and only said that his friend happened to be on a business trip to Yandu.
The director didn’t mind. Cen Nan wasn’t staying for a long time anyway, not to mention that it was an acquaintance of the scriptwriter and wouldn’t interfere with the crew’s progress.
He said, “When you guys get off the plane, I’ll pick you up for dinner. It just so happens that the main actors are arriving today and we don’t know each other so we’ll have dinner together to get acquainted.”
Liang Muqiu had seen a few stills of the main actors, but he wasn’t the one in charge of the drama and he was just passing by.
He didn’t care too much and said, “Okay, I’ll see you tonight.”
He put away his phone, took another sip of coffee and asked Cen Nan, “I’m having dinner with the director tonight. He’s someone you know, Liu Fengtao. He was from the next door university, Rongying, a few years above us, do you remember?”
Cen Nan also remembered because they always had friendly exchanges with Rongying and had a good relationship. Liu Fengtao was more active in those years and Liang Muqiu worked with him in his second year. However, he and Liu Fengtao didn’t meet much.
He nodded.
Liang Muqiu said again, “He invited us to dinner. It’s not a big dinner party. The crew will have dinner tomorrow and it’ll be just us and another two main actors tonight. Do you want to go?”
In fact, Cen Nan didn’t like these kinds of occasions.
However, he didn’t like Liang Muqiu leaving his sight.
He blew on the coffee, “I’ll go.”
It was finalized.
Liang Muqiu looked down at his phone again.
Cen Nan watched him chat with others regarding work.
In the past, Liang Muqiu followed the teacher and worked on projects in school. At that time, he was still a student, a little green and tender. He didn’t know when, but he had become a confident person in the workplace.
They were two different kinds of charm but both were attractive.
It also reminded Cen Nan once again how many years of Liang Muqiu’s life he had missed.
He took a sip of his black coffee, it was slightly bitter.
After a few minutes, his mobile phone on the table also rang.
Liang Muqiu was chatting with someone on WeChat but subconsciously glanced to the side, seeing the name on the screen – Mom.
Cen Nan frowned.
He glanced at Liang Muqiu, loosened his brows again and said calmly, “I’ll go out to answer a call, I’ll be back soon.”
Liang Muqiu was a little surprised and nodded.
Cen Nan walked outside the lounge and accepted the call.
The call was accepted but there was no sound from the other side. Instead, it was silent.
Cen Nan was not surprised and after a few seconds, he spoke first, “Mom, what’s the matter?”
His voice was calm but there were no emotions in them. It was slightly alienated.
The person on the other side of the phone could also sense his tone.
Gu Jinxiu’s grip on the phone tightened. She calmed down before saying, “I don’t have anything in particular, I just want to call you. It shouldn’t be too much for me to call my own son.”
Cen Nan gave an “En” and didn’t continue.
Gu Jinxiu waited for two seconds and didn’t hear a response, so she could only say again, “I just want to ask you if things are going well lately, you’ve been back in China for half a year, right, how’s your job?”
“Everything is fine, there’s nothing to worry about.” Cen Nan leaned against the wall and wanted to laugh when he heard his mother’s feigned calm voice.
He knew that what his mother really wanted to ask was probably not about work.
Sure enough, after a few seconds of hesitation.
Gu Jinxiu added, “So, you and that person, have you met up yet?”
Cen Nan glanced at Liang Muqiu who remained indoors.
Liang Muqiu had put down his phone and was looking at a magazine beside him.
The sun in the lounge was bright. He was wearing a large black T-shirt with washed jeans. His face was clear and fair and his hair was slightly golden brown in the sunlight, soft and sticking out slightly.
Merely sitting there and doing nothing, Liang Muqiu was that precious, the sedative that could soothe all his emotions.
“I saw him,” Cen Nan said. “Although you may not care, his name is Liang Muqiu.”
He paused and said, “He is a good person, as soft-hearted as ever and waiting seven years for me. Even when I did this to him, he doesn’t want to take revenge on me.”
Gu Jinxiu’s breathing became rapid.
“Cen Nan…” She called out again, her voice bitter. “Do you have to talk to me like this?”
There was still no expression on Cen Nan’s face.
After he left Liang Muqiu, his feelings seemed to be sealed under the ice. There were no ups and downs.
No matter how he spoke, he knew Gu Jinxiu wouldn’t like it.
“Do you have anything else to ask?” His demeanor was considered to be calm, “If there’s nothing, I’ll hang up now. I’m accompanying Liang Muqiu on a business trip. I’m boarding the plane soon.”
Gu Jinxiu didn’t say anything.
She hung up the phone with an abrupt click
A hasty cut, like a whistling slap.
Cen Nan put the phone down as he stood outside the lounge. His face was extremely odd for a moment. It wasn’t gloomy, but there was a lingering sullenness.
However, it only lasted for a few seconds. When he turned back to the lounge, he became normal again. Seeing Liang Muqiu looking at him, he smiled, “What’s wrong?”
Liang Muqiu shook his head.
He was peeling pine nuts and when Cen Nan came back, he gave him a small handful.
Although Cen Nan looked no different, he felt that Cen Nan had an odd expression when he saw the caller ID.
He probed carefully, “Was that your mother just now? Is she looking for you for something?”
Cen Nan let out an “En.”
He lowered his eyes and helped Liang Muqiu peel the pine nuts. “She wasn’t looking for anything in particular. She just asked me what I was doing and whether my work was going well. You know my parents are lawyers, so they’re concerned about my work.”
There was nothing wrong with that.
Liang Muqiu glanced at Cen Nan hesitantly. Since he reunited with Cen Nan, he never saw Cen Nan go back to see his parents, and Cen Nan’s parents hardly talked to him.
It wasn’t quite normal but Cen Nan grew up with his grandmother and already had a neutral relationship with his parents.
When he was still in university, Cen Nan wouldn’t go home unless necessary, and even followed him to his hometown one New Year’s Day.
So upon a closer look, it wasn’t surprising that Cen Nan had a cold attitude towards his parents.
He looked at the contours of Cen Nan’s face but still pressed down the doubts in his heart.
It just so happened that the gate for their flight was opened.
Cen Nan stood up and reached out to him. “Let’s go.”
Liang Muqiu shook off the crumbs on his hands and got up.
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