On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

The car slowly drove into the parking lot and stopped steadily in the parking space. I don't know if it's because it's an old neighborhood, but there are always a few lights in the underground parking lot that are flickering, making the already insufficiently illuminated area even dimmer. At this time, there is almost no light outside the car window, and the interior of the car is also dim.

"Brother Chi Mu, the car door is not open." Chen Qian pulled the handle twice but failed to open the door, so he had to turn back and speak to the driver's seat.

"Let's wait a while before going up." Chi Mu said after taking a deep breath, his empty eyes falling on the glass in front of him.

"Are you okay?" Chen Qian saw that he was not in good condition, so he quickly held his shoulders and turned him around.

Chen Qian's left hand was covered by another hand. The person opposite shook his head and continued, "Chi Yuyuan and Chi Yuxing are my half-brothers, twins. My father ran away from home after they were born.

"After meeting my mother, they fell in love and had me. Shortly after my tenth birthday, he was found by the Chi family and ended his life alone in the mansion. At that time, I had just lost my mother, and at the age of fourteen, I was taken back to the Chi family because of the suicide note left by my father. It was a very common tragedy of a wealthy family.

"So I am also very common. I am not having a good time in that vast Chi family courtyard."

There was no expression on his face. It didn't seem like he was telling a story, but rather reading a written story, a concise and concise story prepared in advance.

Yes, many things that Chen Qian had forgotten came to mind, including the figure who was always alone at that time, the scars hidden under the turned-up corners of his clothes, the day when he looked at his birthday cake in silence, and his determination to face the punches that came at him... When my brother's friends mentioned the name Chi Mu, they all said that he was a weirdo who had no family but went to an international school full of rich people.

"But Chi Mu is doing pretty well now." Chen Qian moved his right hand upwards and pinched the soft flesh under his hand. Chi Mu's face slightly changed with the movement, which made people laugh. "He has his own achievements, friends he trusts, and me."

"Everything I have now is related to you." Chi Mu did not stop him. "If Chen Tian hadn't come to me, I wouldn't even have any friends."

"You know? When?" Chen Qian paused.

"At first. Because Chen Tian never spoke to me."

"Is that so..." Chen Qian suddenly realized, feeling the slight tremor on the back of his left hand. "Then what are you afraid of now, huh? Aren't we both heading towards success? How wonderful."

"I have brought you a lot of suffering, yourself, your family and even... In order to avoid these, the best way is to stay away from me, and now Chi Yuyuan has just gotten into trouble." He swallowed the difficult part, his brows furrowed, and his words were dry and bitter.

"But you've also helped me solve a lot of problems. You chased away the thugs who came to me to ask for money. You pushed me away when I was about to be hit by a car and told me you were just going back to school to get something. You even saved our company recently.

"I feel so safe around you. Now I've even let go of the worldly gazes that I was most worried about. When I'm next to you, I'm not afraid of anything." Chen Qian rubbed his brow and smiled brightly, "Why don't we tell everyone tomorrow that we're together? Isn't it said that the Chi family can't tolerate scandals? A homosexual illegitimate child would be a heavy blow, and they would be abandoned directly."

I don't know if Chen Qian's words had a soothing effect, but Chi Mu didn't say anything else. Chen Qian didn't get a response and didn't speak again. After the two of them were silent for a long time, Chi Mu unlocked the car and took him upstairs.

While waiting for Chi Mu to open the door, Chen Qian deliberately asked a question that he had been curious about for a long time - is the password to unlock the door Chen Qian's birthday?

What amused him was that, as if something had touched his heart, the usually outspoken Chi Mu's cheeks turned red, a rare occurrence for him, and his nodding action looked a bit shy.

Having never seen Chi Mu show such a side before, Chen Qian's mind was frozen and he was stuck at the door. After he came to his senses, he just thought that this little hidden detail was so cute and continued to chase him to ask for his bank card and mobile phone passwords.

After getting a few satisfactory answers, Chen Qian immediately took a leisurely tour of the house again, especially the study room, which he usually did not go into. His intuition told him that there must be many little secrets hidden here.

Sure enough, in the cabinet in the study, Chen Qian found a big box, which was full of many small items related to him.

There were erasers and pens I'd accidentally lost in middle school, test papers I'd failed the year I had the worst grades and was afraid Chen Tian would find out, ID photos stuck to my information booklet, and name tags engraved with the Chinese characters "Chen Qian" that I'd ordered and lost over and over again. The prefixes on the name tags were exactly the same, from Class 1, Grade 8, to Class 5, Grade 10...

"What do you mean? You collect stamps, man?"

"I asked someone to get it for me at the end of the school year."

"What about this? My volunteer card. I wore it during my internship at the bank during the summer vacation of my freshman year. How come it's here with you?"

"Chen Tian used this to exchange for project information from me."

"What? There's also a share for Chen Tian, ​​are you two just thieves? I'm going to keep it as a souvenir, call him now!"

“It’s almost twelve o’clock, he should be asleep.

"Baby, we should go to bed too. Aren't you sleepy? Your internship is almost over and you don't want to be late in the last few days."

"My brother is a shareholder, and my partner is the general manager. Who..."

"Vice President Wu, who's in charge of HR, might block your internship stamp."

"Hurry up and wash up and go to bed, dear. You are really sleepy."

"You called the wrong name..."

……

In the early hours of the morning, Chen Qian woke up. He had intended to go to the bathroom and then go back to sleep, but when he came out of the bathroom, he couldn't move his feet as he looked at the bed dimly illuminated by the bathroom light.

Chi Mu was so quiet, his skin looked a little pale because of the dark bedding, his eyes were closed, and a few strands of hair were scattered on his forehead. It should have been a peaceful picture, but the owner's anxiety was revealed because his brows were not relaxed even in deep sleep.

It seems that I didn’t have a good dream, Chen Qian thought.

Suddenly something flashed through his mind, he turned off the bathroom light and left the room carefully.

I remember it was on the TV cabinet, where there were a few family photos...

When I came to the living room, several wooden photo frames were still there as before. Because the color tone was not very eye-catching in this room, I had never seen them again except for the first time.

The photos are well-preserved, even specially sealed with plastic film, but they still show some signs of age, with the corners slightly yellowed. Although the photos are not very similar, they all have obvious similarities, so they should be from the same set of photos.

The protagonists of each photo are the same family of three. The child in the photo who looks only about ten years old is Chi Mu, and the other two should be his parents. They are estimated to be in their thirties and still very young.

Chen Qian looked through the photos. The expressions of the three people were highly consistent, all of them were smiling happily, especially the parents. Whether they were looking at each other or gazing at their children, their eyes were full of love.

He had never seen such a smile on Chi Mu's face since they met in junior high school.

Chen Qian sighed lightly and put all the photo frames back in their original places. His eyes fell on the last photo and he felt a little sour in his heart.

How could they be placed together with his deceased parents...