Shao Qinhan remained seated in the same position for quite some time, and his already injured leg felt increasingly uncomfortable. He frowned imperceptibly, then settled his right leg with an expressionless and fatigued face. When he finished this series of movements, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Shao Qinhan leaned against the back of the chair and looked up at the shadowy lights on the ceiling, his face was pale, uncertain of whom he was waiting for.
His father was dead.
Mom too …
He was the only one left alive, the only one left.
“No one came to pick me up…”
Silently he moved his pale lips and muttered to himself. His eyelashes cast shadow under his eyes, overlaying the green and black there, like someone who hasn’t slept in over a decade.
The clock’s hand pointed to two o’clock, and Shao Qinhan finally gave up waiting.
He laughed at himself, then leaned on the chair with his hands, stood up with difficulty, and limped two steps about to call the driver to come and pick him up, when the sound of footsteps suddenly rang in his ears, followed by a pair of shoes appearing in front of his eyes.
“Hey, what happened to you?”
Shen Liang was too lazy to wait for the elevator and had climbed the stairs and ran upstairs, so tired that he was out of breath and sweating. He had just run up the stairs when he saw Shao Qinhan alone in the hallway, with no one around him.
Shao Qinhan didn’t expect him to come, so he stood still for a moment, not responding.
Shen Liang’s hair was messy and he looked like he had just woken up. He breathed evenly and scratched his head with his hand somewhat annoyingly. He looked at Shao Qinhan’s bruised appearance up and down and frowned, “How come you´ve had a car accident?”
Shao Qinhan was unable to stand up due to his leg injury and staggered before collapsing on the seat. He stared at Shen Liang blankly, and only after a while did he finally speak, “It was the other car…”
Shen Liang didn’t believe him, Shao Qinhan’s car was so expensive that other people would rather hit the guardrail than his car.
Shen Liang approached Shao Qinhan and squatted down, and touched his pants. But he found that being soaked with blood, it had become stiff after drying. Moreover, the leg was wrapped in thick gauze that made the wound invisible.
Shen Liang paused, “Is the wound serious?”
Shao Qinhan looked down silently, his eyes rested on Shen Liang’s face, and lightly said, “Oh, it’s nothing, just a dozen stitches.”
Shen Liang was surprised and looked at him, thinking; you call this nothing? Shen Liang had never suffered any wounds since he was a child, so stitches were already a big deal in his eyes.
He couldn’t help but reach out and touch the gauze on the leg, “Does it hurt?”
Shao Qinhan kept silent, “…”
Shen Liang was not surprised to see this, people like Shao Qinhan were high-minded and arrogant, and would never show their weaknesses to others. He was about to get up from the ground when a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
“It hurts…”
Shen Liang was startled and unconsciously looked at Shao Qinhan, suspecting for a moment that he was hallucinating, “What did you say?”
Shao Qinhan slowly took Shen Liang’s hand, placed it on his wound, and looked at him seriously, blurting out off-key words in a hoarse voice, “It hurts…”
Whether it was an illusion is unknown, but when he said these words, Shao Qinhan’s eyes turned red.
Shen Liang felt a lump in his throat and became speechless. He blinked slowly and stood up from the floor, pointing in the direction of the reception desk, and stammered, “Then… do I seek the… doctor… ?”
“No.” Shao Qinhan silently pulled Shen Liang, sat down on the chair, raised his head, and said earnestly, “Take me. I don’t want to stay in the hospital, I want to go back with you…”
Shen Liang’s hands were warm, but Shao Qinhan’s fingertips were cold. Shen Liang couldn’t help but squeeze his fingers, trying to warm him up a little, “So…. does the doctor agree?”
Shao Qinhan, “He does.”
Shen Liang… what else could Shen Liang do?
He could only go to the reception to get the medicine for Shao Qinhan, then he bent down and squatted in front of the other party, gesturing for him to climb on his back, “Come on, I’ll carry you downstairs.”
Shao Qinhan plopped down on his back, “Why did you come?”
Shen Liang chattered, “I came because you were pitiful.”
“Hmm.” Shao Qinhan didn’t get angry, he leaned against Shen Liang’s warm back, closed his eyes, and whispered, “I only accept you pitying me.”
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If anyone dared to pity him, he would torture the other party to death.
Shen Liang did not speak anymore. He stared at the elevator door, wondering a little why he had to come to the hospital in the middle of the night. Was he crazy?
Shao Qinhan suddenly said, “Why don’t you ask where Shen Yan is?”
Just as the elevator reached the second floor, a ding was heard. Shen Liang walked out with his back to him, stopped after hearing the words, and then continued, “Ah, I forgot. Where did he go?”
Shen Liang didn’t need to ask, because when he arrived, he saw Shen Yan and Su Qingyan arguing.
Was the red thread between these two tied in a dead knot by the Moon God!?
Shen Liang couldn’t help but analyze things, such as Shao Qinhan’s failed date, Su Qingyan’s intervention, and the unforgettable old love that Shen Yan can’t let go of. It was unbearable to see dog blood being spilled again and again.
He was afraid to poke into Shao Qinhan’s heart, so he deliberately did not ask.
When Shao Qinhan heard the question, he slightly tilted his head to look at Shen Liang, as if he wanted to observe his reaction. The black hair inadvertently brushed his ear, causing a slight tingle, “Shen Yan was taken away by his boyfriend.”
Shen Liang corrected, “Not boyfriend, ex-boyfriend. Mr. Shao, you still have a chance, don’t let the ambition of others spoil yours.”
His indifferent expression was irritating.
Shao Qinhan stared at him and said, “What if Shen Yan still can’t forget that person?”
Shen Liang thought, then that’s your problem. If you were good enough, you could expel Su Qingyan.
“Did you do what I taught you when you were together?”
Shao Qinhan nodded, “We ate and watched a movie.”
Shen Liang asked, “How was my brother’s attitude?”
Shao Qinhan said lightly, “Not good.”
In one place that Shen Liang could not see, he curved his lips slightly and laughed quietly. Saying in his ear, “Shen Liang, what you taught me doesn’t work.”
Shen Liang analyzed his words, wondering how the trick he taught could not work and frowned suspiciously, “Are you sure it doesn’t work?”
Shao Qinhan did not hesitate, “No.”
This statement undoubtedly struck Shen Liang’s pride, like a glass bottle falling from a 100-meter-high platform, cracking and shattering against the ground. He spoke no more and walked out of the hospital with Shao Qinhan on his back. The night breeze was blowing with a deep chill, making people aware of the approaching autumn.
The car was parked in front of the hospital. Shen Liang went to the back seat and was about to open the door to put Shao Qinhan inside, but heard him say, “I want to sit in the front.”
Shen Liang froze, why is Shao Qinhan so authoritative?, “It’s better to sit in the back, you can lie down.”
Shao Qinhan, “I want to sit in the front.”
Shen Liang could only close the back door with a light kick, put Shao Qinhan in the co-pilot, went around to the other side and got in, and then drove the car off.
Shao Qinhan’s car was badly damaged and was pulled away. Sitting in the passenger seat, he took a couple of glances inside, vaguely feeling that the car looked somewhat familiar, although he couldn’t remember where he had seen it before, “Whose car is this?”
Shen Liang started up and said calmly, “Oh, I picked it out of your garage. It’s impossible to walk here in the middle of the night.”
Shao Qinhan, an evil rich man, had dozens of cars parked in his garage, all of them full of dust. This made Shen Liang, who didn’t even own a small bike, feel very unfair.
After saying this, he thought Shao Qinhan would mock or criticize him as before. But it turned out that the other party didn’t react to anything, just let out a very light hmph, “Drive it if you want”.
Ah…
Shen Liang, “Did you take the wrong medicine?”
At the mention of medicine, Shao Qinhan couldn’t help but think of the sugar in the pill bottle Shen Liang had switched. He had certainly taken the wrong medicine. He was silent for a moment and said to himself, “Perhaps.”
As the night spread outside, the car window was like a natural mirror reflecting the faces of Shao Qinhan and Shen Liang, but because of the floating dust, it was not very clear. At the time of going through the tunnel, when the light was dark, their shadows even blended at one point, indistinguishable from each other.
Shen Liang was concentrating on driving.
Shao Qinhan wanted to lean against the window, but seeing a thin layer of dust floating on it, he couldn’t help but wipe it off. His fingertips gently ran along the glass, leaving a serpent trail, as if he was writing on a piece of paper.
Shao Qinhan slowly wrote one word…
Shen…
The crystal only reflected the blurred profile of the person next to him.
Shao Qinhan watched intently, his fingertips wandered along the car window, and with a ghostly stroke, he wrote another word…
… Liang
Shen Liang.
These two words are like the inexhaustible weeds of the desert, that no matter how much the snow falls and the autumn cools, the wind blows and the rain beats, they will always grow all over the barren land in a fixed season, in a year, in a lifetime.
Shen Liang…
Shao Qinhan silently chewed these two words in his heart, and a subtle joy arose in his heart. He rubbed his fingertips on the car window, and was even a little reluctant to erase them, until Shen Liang saw him stand too still and turned his head curiously, causing him to use his sleeve to erase them in panic.
Shen Liang, “What are you doing?”
“Nothing.” Shao Qinhan’s white sleeve was dirty in a patch, he lowered his head and rubbed it, but he couldn’t clean it. He had to give up, “Drive, don’t look at me.”
Shen Liang did not intend to look at Shao Qinhan, but he was driving properly. And suddenly, System rang: [Ding! The villain’s blackening level had dropped to 29%!]
It had inexplicably dropped again.
Again for no apparent reason.
The profession of a writer is somewhat similar to that of a journalist, both like to get to the bottom of things. Shen Liang took a careful review what had happened to Shao Qinhan today; a failed date, a car accident, and Su Qingyan’s appearance. Nothing seemed to be good, right?
Is there something wrong with Shao Qinhan’s brain…?
Although Shen Liang had doubts, he was not foolish enough to blatantly ask this question. After driving for another half an hour, they finally arrived home. Shen Liang looked at his watch and found that it was already four in the morning, he opened the car door and got out, going to the other side.
He leaned slightly and rested on the car door, but did not immediately pull Shao Qinhan out of the car, but said, “If I suddenly die one day, it will be your fault.”
Only then did he pull Shao Qinhan out of the car, carefully avoiding his injuries, and then kicked the car door close.
The night was silent, and through a thin layer of cloth, Shao Qinhan seemed to hear Shen Liang’s heartbeat in a trance. He looked up and stared at Shen Liang’s somewhat blurred profile, and asked, “Why would you suddenly die?”
Shen Liang was afraid of waking Nanny Zhang, so he did not turn on the lights. He led Shao Qinhan upstairs, walking slowly for fear of falling.
Shen Liang, “Because staying awake during the night will cause sudden death.”
“Bullshit.” Shao Qinhan closed his eyes, smiled, and whispered in the darkness, “I haven’t slept well for twenty years, and I’m still alive and well…”
Shen Liang smiled and paused his steps, then continued, “Then you should continue taking your medicine.”
He walked towards the door of Shao Qinhan’s room and was about to enter, when he heard Shao Qinhan say, “I want to sleep in your room.”
Shen Liang’s movements froze.
It seemed to him that Shao Qinhan’s unreasonable requests today were too much, so much so that he wanted to ask, Mr. Shao, are you sick?
Shen Liang looked at him suspiciously, “Why, is there gold under my bed?”
Shao Qinhan smiled meaningfully in the dark, “You can try digging, maybe there is.”
“…”
Shen Liang ended up taking Shao Qinhan to his room. Because his mother used to say, the dead are the most powerful… oh no, the wounded are the most powerful, and it’s best to try to satisfy them within one’s capability.
Shao Qinhan’s leg was wounded, and it was impossible to bathe, besides his clothes were dirty. He didn’t even have to take the initiative to ask, Shen Liang had already begun to remove his clothes.
“You have blood all over your body, don’t even think of sleeping in my bed without taking a shower.”
Shao Qinhan was sitting on the sofa, and most of his clothes were off. He pursed his lips slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable, but he couldn’t help it and finally closed his eyes so as not to see him. His expression was calm, but the tips of his ears hidden in his black hair were red and hot.
Shen Liang didn’t have any strange thoughts at this moment, he wet the towel and gave Shao Qinhan a brief wipe before taking him to bed, “Sleep.”
He took out a quilt to cover the large spring-colored surface in front of him.
Shao Qinhan raised his eyes slightly, he was lying on the bed, his black hair scattered among the pillows, his collarbone exposed and his beautiful cold face vaguely held a feeling of melting snow, “What about you?”
Shen Liang casually said an excuse, “I’ve slept enough this afternoon, I’m not sleepy, so I’m going downstairs to eat noodles.”
When Shao Qinhan heard him, he sat up and the sheet fell off his body, revealing a large area of fair skin, “I want to.”
Shen Liang realized that Shao Qinhan seemed to be hovering over him deliberately today. He threw the towel on the sofa and gave him a sidelong glance, “Do you want to eat? Come down yourself.”
After these words, he left the room and closed the door with a click.
Shen Liang felt a little funny in his heart, yet he didn’t know why. He went downstairs slowly, and without preparing noodles, he lay down on the sofa and closed his eyes, opening them again after a while, and looked at his hands.
They were shaking.
Half from holding Shao Qinhan, and half from taking off his clothes.
Don’t believe Shen Liang’s calmness when he was undressing the other just now. He was a little nervous and didn’t dare to stare. He has always had problems with his acting and had to control himself. The last time he drunkenly pressed Shao Qinhan against the wall to kiss him was a bloody example.
He clenched his fingers, lay down on the couch, and curled up, ready to sleep.
System didn’t understand and leaned over his ear: [You’ve been sleeping all afternoon, why are you still sleeping?]
Shen Liang didn’t even open his eyes, “Nonsense, why not sleep at four in the morning?”
If you don’t sleep at night, you can only sleep during the day. If he keeps this up, in a few days, his schedule will be reversed to the American one.
Shen Liang’s sleeping skills were superb, even if he slept all afternoon during the day, he could still sleep at night. He wants to give Shao Qinhan a share.
Nanny Zhang got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, but she found a man lying on the sofa, and only when she approached did she realize it was Shen Liang. He patted him twice, “Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen.”
Shen Liang opened his eyes in a daze, “Hmm? Who is… ?”
Nanny Zhang, “It’s almost autumn, why are you sleeping here? Go back to your room, you may catch a cold.”
As she said that, she pulled Shen Liang from the sofa.
“Quick, go to your room.”
Shen Liang could only sleepily walk up the stairs, his mind fuzzy as he went back to his room. He lay on the bed in the dark, looking for a pillow to cuddle and sleep.
His chest rose and fell, his breathing deep.
Shao Qinhan lay next to Shen Liang, his back tensed and then slowly relaxed. With some difficulty, he turned to his side and faced Shen Liang, looking at his sleeping face, slightly lost in thought.
Because of the proximity, their breaths were colliding, and they had a slight itch on their faces.
Shen Liang rubbed against the pillow and struggled to open his eyes, only to find Shao Qinhan lying beside him, his pupils shrank for a moment, and the air froze instantly.
“…”
Shen Liang is now a little afraid to get close to Shao Qinhan, and he doesn’t know why. But he feels that if he keeps deepening the relationship with him, there will be no turning back.
It is not good to focus too much on the villain.
Shen Liang calmly moved back, ready to get off the bed and leave. However, Shao Qinhan seemed to sense his intentions, and suddenly called out to him in a low voice, “Shen Liang…”
He rarely said his name softly.
Shen Liang looked toward him, “Yes?”
Shao Qinhan softly said, “I am very happy that you came to pick me up today…”
This was the only time he felt joy ever in the twenty years he had been in the darkness.
NOOOO!! 😭😭 Shen Liang is gonna have to leave this world at some point and I don’t know how Shao Qinhan is going to take it!
+1 Shao Qinhan is so pure and soft in my eyes, I just know he’ll cry and cage himself in his room once Shen Yan is gone ಥ‿ಥ
I’m imagining scenarios in my head of how it’ll all go down and now I’m just making myself sad ｡ﾟ(*´□`)ﾟ｡
Oops! I meant Shen Liang in my reply. Got confused for a second. I just noticed my mistake.
Dang I just noticed too 😨 Honestly don’t care much for Shen Yan, he needs to get his priorities straight. 😔
+2 he’s truly a sweet one underneath and my heart isn’t ready for the time he realises he’s alone again 😭
i hope after he’s able to hind happiness and love himself… sobs why does this need to happen???
+3 aaaaaaa
The fact that they’re not gonna stay together forever deeply saddens me:(
+1 same.. we’ll have to hope that he remembers what he learns and goes forwards (both of them)
i’m glad that he picked him up !!!
but i’m now worried… he liked his brother because he was pure and he wanted to hold that light…. but now he’s showing him the light he wants to hold onto him…
this sweet puppy needs love but he’s still needs love…
Everyone already said what I wanted to say, so I’ll just add something a little out of topic~
What is this original novel main CP? That ML literally wanted to marry someone else and only made up his mind about SY after he realized SY almost died 😭 I’m not surprised readers were more biased towards the villain if the real ML was so lame 💀
Also, about the second lead… I wonder why he turned out to be different than in the actual novel.
Mc changing his medicine on candies was genius. He probably saved his life this way.
When SQ wrote SL’s name in the mirror I thought of the ending where he repeatedly wrote SY’s name.. something similar isn’t going to happen.. right?