TLC: OnlyForNovels
Liang Muqiu was originally not prepared to send Cen Nan to the airport.
It was one thing for him to accept Cen Nan’s departure, but watching him leave again was another.
But before 8 o’clock that morning, he woke up. Even though he only slept around two last night, he was wide awake.
He lay on the pillow and watched Cen Nan whose head was bowed and buttoning his cuffs in the dim room. His side face was handsome with smooth lines and his collar was still unbuttoned, revealing the tooth mark on his clavicle where he had bitten yesterday.
Over the past two days, the color had faded and it had become more pinkish, resembling a blooming rose but also a stamp to mark Cen Nan.
Liang Muqiu suddenly changed his mind.
He sat up from the bed and said in an irrefutable tone, “Wait for me, I’ll take you to the airport.”
Cen Nan was stunned and turned to look at him.
Liang Muqiu sat on the edge of the bed. The soft and messy white quilts were bundled around his waist and his thin white legs were swinging. There was no expression on his face but he looked like he had just woken up with a belly of fire.
Secretly, Cen Nan hoped that Liang Muqiu wouldn’t come.
Liang Muqiu wasn’t the only one who was tortured by the separation seven years ago.
However, he watched Liang Muqiu for a while and chose not to argue. “Okay.”
The two had a simple breakfast outside and Liang Muqiu called Liu Fengtao to ask if he could borrow his car.
He wasn’t used to Liu Fengtao’s car and the ride was a bit bumpy at first but fortunately, he quickly got used to it and arrived at the airport before ten o’clock smoothly.
Neither of them talked much along the way.
The songs playing in the car were all Liu Fengtao’s favorites. Liang Muqiu hadn’t listened to them a lot but he hadn’t slept well last night and listening to the song was squeaky and annoying so he shut off the speaker.
After they stopped the car at the airport, they went to bring out the luggage.
Liang Muqiu didn’t need to go down all the way but he still pulled out the car keys and walked Cen Nan to the terminal.
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Liang Muqiu stood still and took a deep breath. He couldn’t express what he was feeling and looked at the security checkpoint in front of him in a trance.
Seven years ago, he also bid farewell to Cen Nan in the same way. The only difference was that back then, he was wrapped up in Cen Nan’s arms and refused to come down. He wasn’t afraid of others staring at him as tears rolled down his face and soaked Cen Nan’s sweater.
The winter was cold and bleak outside the window but it was as warm as spring inside the airport.
He wiped his tears with Cen Nan’s scarf and muttered threats to Cen Nan, telling him to be well-behaved even if he’s going abroad and not to get hooked onto a blond man. He also demanded to receive roses when Cen Nan returned.
He was sure that Cen Nan would return.
Cen Nan had no choice but to hug him and come to an agreement.
It was now summer and in the blink of an eye, seven springs and autumns had passed.
The sun was shining in the airport. He was now taller than he was at twenty years old. He looked at Cen Nan for a while, raised his hand and helped Cen Nan tidy the wrinkled shirt.
“I can only send you until here, hurry in,” he said lightly. “Have a safe journey and remember to tell me when you arrive.”
It was like bidding farewell to a friend, plain and ordinary.
However, Cen Nan suddenly hugged him.
Liang Muqiu was stunned but didn’t break free.
This terminal was filled with people rushing everywhere, no one would notice this small corner.
Cen Nan hugged Liang Muqiu and rubbed his palms against Liang Muqiu’s back, thinking that he was too thin.
The year he left, Liang Muqiu didn’t seem to be so thin. At the age of twenty, Liang Muqiu had been raised by him for a winter. He had a round face and a bright and dependent gaze. He was so obedient that Cen Nan couldn’t even get angry.
His chin rubbed gently against Liang Muqiu’s hair.
“The flight from Yandu to Bincheng is not long. It’s only two or three hours. I’ll buy wifi on the plane so you can contact me anytime. I won’t disappear nor leave you alone.”Cen Nan hugged Liang Muqiu even tighter, “Trust me one more time.”
Liang Muqiu didn’t speak, but his eyes felt slightly hot.
He grabbed Cen Nan’s shirt and the originally flat ironed fabric became wrinkled.
There was still half an hour before the boarding check and he couldn’t delay any longer.
He hugged Liang Muqiu and said, “I will wait for you to return home at Yuhe Garden. I’ll pick you up when you come back. I have a gift for you.”
Liang Muqiu’s lips moved.
He wanted to ask something but decided not to and indifferently spoke, “What gift, it’s still a while before my birthday.”
Cen Nan didn’t answer his question and instead said, “Let’s not talk about it, take it as a present for Childrens’ Day.”
They were both twenty-eight, who was he trying to kid?
Liang Muqiu kicked him.
He broke away from Cen Nan’s embrace. His eyes were cold, “Don’t talk nonsense anymore. If you miss your flight, I won’t take you in either.”
Cen Nan looked at him again for a moment.
“Take good care of yourself in Yandu,” Cen Nan couldn’t help saying these cliché sentences. “Don’t use the air conditioner all night because of the heat, eat your three meals on time, and stay up less at night. Let me know if you need anything.”
Liang Muqiu neither agreed nor disagreed.
He nodded and sent Cen Nan his parting words, “Understood, get out.”
Cen Nan smiled helplessly.
He finally left this time but not before kissing Liang Muqiu on the forehead. He turned and left.
He was walking through the VIP passage. At this moment, there was no one there and it was empty. Cen Nan walked all the way with his back upright. Thin and slender, it looked like an ink bamboo painted in an ancient scroll.
Liang Muqiu stood where he was without moving.
Cen Nan’s back, in his eyes, gradually merged with that of seven years ago.
Seven years ago, he seemed to be standing in the same position, watching Cen Nan leave him.
He had to come today because he didn’t want to be trapped by the past, otherwise it would be ridiculous to talk about. Some people were afraid of enclosed spaces, some were afraid of the deep sea, and some were afraid of thunder and lightning.
But when it came to him, he was scared of the airport and to bid goodbye.
How disgraceful.
But at this moment, when he saw Cen Nan slowly fade away, he still felt like he couldn’t breathe.
In the sea of people, he once again sent away his lover.
Liang Muqiu didn’t know how long he stood there, maybe a second, maybe a century.
These seven years of separation and sleeplessness was like a bullet embedded in the heart. After a long time, they scabbed and left a scar, but they would throb every once in a while, making him speechless with pain.
But it seems there was never a day that could be as painful as today.
With difficulty, he withdrew his gaze, no longer resembling a stone sculpture, turned around and left.
But just as he was about to leave the terminal, the phone in his pocket vibrated.
He took a look. It was a text message sent by Cen Nan.
The text was short, consisting of just one sentence.
“I love you, seven years ago and now.”
There is no beginning or end, neither sentimental nor beautiful to the ear. Liang Muqiu, as a screenwriter, wanted to personally come forward and help revise it.
But he stared at the sentence for a long time, his eyes turning sore.
A tear fell on the screen, blurring the word “love”.
“Really hopeless.” He cursed himself in a low voice. He slipped the phone back into his pocket and continued to walk out.
The sun was shining outside and it was a beautiful day.
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