When Han Feng and the others came back, it was already noon. Several large bags of food were enough for them to eat until the end of the holiday.

Qu Tao helped sort the ingredients and put them in the refrigerator. Han Feng carried two large bags of fast food and put them on the coffee table.

"Taozi, we're having fried chicken for lunch today, so don't put all the beer in the refrigerator."

On a rainy day, there's nothing better than eating fried chicken, drinking beer, and bragging about yourselves.

Qu Tao dragged a box of beer and put it next to the coffee table. Han Feng thought of something and winked at him mysteriously.

"Guess what we encountered when we came back?"

"what?"

Qu Tao sat down with the beer box, and Han Feng turned to ask other questions.

"You guys stayed here, didn't you hear anything?"

Qu Tao shook his head in confusion, and Han Feng simply stopped keeping him in suspense.

"Ambulance, Mu Jingyan."

Han Feng threw out two key words, and Qu Tao's eyes were filled with confusion. "Mu Jingyan was taken away by an ambulance?"

Han Feng nodded and shook his head: "No, it's the boy who was with him."

Qu Tao was startled and looked in the direction of Xi Mozhou. Xi Mozhou was standing not far away and was also looking at him.

As they looked at each other, they both thought of the note from noon requesting to add a friend.

Retracting his gaze, Qu Tao looked at Han Feng anxiously: "What happened to that young man?"

The teenager was carried out of the villa on a stretcher. Because it was the only way to go, the ambulance and the crowd of onlookers forced them to stop their car.

Out of curiosity, Han Feng and Qiu Mingxuan got out of the car and watched for a while.

I could clearly hear Mu Jingyan answer the doctor's question, "The boy accidentally slipped while taking a hot spring bath."

But in the eyes of Han Feng and Qiu Mingxuan, things are not that simple.

The wrists and neck that were exposed were all bruised and purple, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell it was caused by human intervention.

What’s more important is that the massage stones used at the bottom of the hot spring are effective in preventing slipping.

After Han Feng finished sighing, Qiu Mingxuan sat down from the sofa and interrupted.

"Were you talking about the ambulance at the intersection?" Seeing Han Feng nod, Qiu Mingxuan was immediately filled with righteous indignation. "That kid looks to be only eighteen or nineteen. It's ok for Mu to be an old cow eating young grass, but he was so cruel. He is really not a human being."

Qu Tao felt a little regretful at this time that he did not accept the boy's friend request.

Xi Mozhou saw what he was thinking, walked to his side, and patted his shoulder soothingly.

"The fact that the young man knew your phone number is itself a question. Who knows if it was Mu who deliberately set you up?"

Xi Mozhou knew that what he said was cold-blooded. Compared to the safety of the young man, he was more worried about Qu Tao getting into danger.

Besides, violence between couples and in marriages always starts with the first attempt and then becomes more brutal. There is never a one-time occurrence.

The fact that the boy was carried out on a stretcher this time is enough to prove that it is not the first time. I just hope that this time, he can understand what to do.

The rain outside showed no sign of stopping, and the drinking party at noon continued into the afternoon.

After the show, the four of them returned to their room to rest, while Qu Tao and Xi Mozhou shared an umbrella and went out for a walk.

The top of the mountain was shrouded in rain and fog, and they walked towards the snack street.

Perhaps they were all trapped in the rain for a whole day and wanted to go out for some fresh air, so you could often see couples and families taking a walk on the road.

When passing the intersection that Han Feng mentioned, Qu Tao glanced at the villa next to him.

It was pitch black without a trace of light. Just as Qu Tao was thinking that they would not come back, a car stopped a few steps away from them with the sound of tires rubbing against the ground.

The driver got out of the car first and stood at the back door holding an umbrella. Mu Jingyan got out of the car and first looked in the direction of Qu Tao before reaching out his hand into the car.

The young man got out of the car holding his wrist, and Mu Jingyan immediately picked him up horizontally.

As he walked past them, Qu Tao saw the boy's pale face and the scars faintly visible in the uncovered areas.

Xi Mozhou seemed to have seen it as well. He held Qu Tao tighter in his arms and walked forward.

"Why did you bring him back from the hospital when he was injured like that?"

"Don't worry about them. If someone adds you from another number in the future, don't add them unless they are someone you know."

"I know." Qu Tao raised his head from his arms and smiled slyly, "I'm not stupid."

"Not smart either."

There is a small square in front with a few scattered fitness equipment and a pavilion.

Xi Mozhou took the umbrella from him and asked, "Would you like to sit inside for a while?"

The raindrops were very fine. Qu Tao walked into the pavilion but did not sit down. Instead, he stretched out his hand to catch the raindrops like a child.

Xi Mozhou put down the umbrella, hugged him from behind, and rested his chin on his shoulder armor.

"Tao Tao?"

"Ok?"

The raindrops felt cool as they fell on his palms. Qu Tao poured out the accumulated water and continued to watch the raindrops fall on his palms drop by drop.

Xi Mozhou stared at the palm of his hand, his dark eyes full of tenderness.

"When my arm injury heals, let's go see your parents together."

"Okay." Qu Tao paused and tilted his head slightly: "Let's go see my aunt too."

"Well, are your hands cold?"

Xi Mozhou went to hold his hand, made him face towards him, and put it in his arms.

Their eyes met and Xi Mozhou blurted out.

"Taotao, shall we get married?"

"Oh..." Qu Tao raised his eyes, widening them, "Are you...proposing to me?"

"Well, is that okay?"

Xi Mozhou originally wanted to plan a grand proposal, but when they looked at each other just now, he was bewildered and blurted out the words.

Qu Tao stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then curled his lips and pulled his hand out from his armpit.

"No."

"why?"

Xi Mozhou frowned and stared at him. Qu Tao didn't look at him, but kicked the ground and complained in a low voice.

"Isn't Mr. Xi's proposal too simple?"

"What do you want? I'll grant you everything!"

How could what he was about to export be the same as what he had carefully prepared? Qu Tao rolled his eyes at him in reproach.

"Sincerity, I want to see President Xi's sincerity." Qu Tao said, and then he thought of something and raised the corner of his lips. "When the day comes that the big golden retriever only recognizes the name Xi Xiaozhou, I will agree to marry you."

"..." His Taotao was different from others, with such a weird request. Xi Mozhou was stunned for a few seconds, then agreed without hesitation, "Okay, I'll train it right away when we get back."

The sky darkened and the drizzle that had lasted all day finally stopped.

On the way back to the hotel villa, they held hands and the dim street lights made their figures look slender.

Before reaching the intersection where he would meet Mu Jingyan, Qu Tao saw the figures of Mu Jingyan and the young man from a distance.

It was late autumn and it had just rained. The young man was wearing thin clothes and leaned sickly in Mu Jingyan's arms.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, he raised his eyes slightly, then drooped them listlessly.

"Mu Jingyan is sick, right? The child is obviously still sick. It would be fine if he didn't stay in the hospital to recuperate, but he brought him out to get some fresh air."

After walking a distance, Qu Tao was indignant. Xi Mozhou pulled him into his arms and gently kissed his hair.

"They're a pair of lunatics, leave them alone."

If you want to leave, there is always a way to leave. It depends on whether the person who wants to leave knows how to make choices.

No matter what happens, you must know how to love yourself, because being alive is the most important thing!

As for the rest... they are all illusory, and can go from existence to non-existence, or from non-existence to existence.

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