On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

After Chi Mu returned home, he went into the study right away, leaving Chen Qian alone in the living room pacing back and forth anxiously about this matter.

He was not surprised that Chi Mu had feelings for him, but he did not expect that these emotions were... too strong.

Chen Qian was puzzled. In his opinion, it was not a big deal if he was not told in advance when he came back. At least after thinking about it from a different perspective, he didn't mind it too much.

Could it be about something else? We were clearly having a back-and-forth conversation right after we got in the car.

Chen Qian was walking around in the living room with his head covered. It was not until his phone received a text message and made a notification sound that he realized it was almost dinner time.

He turned his head to look at the study door. Chi Mu was alone in the study and showed no intention of coming out.

Chen Qian had lunch late, so he wasn’t hungry yet, but shouldn’t Chi Mu eat something?

Chen Qian slowly dragged his feet to the door of the study. He took two deep breaths before placing his hand on the door handle and pushing it down...

I can’t press it down…

He didn't give up and tried twice more, confirming that there was no problem with the door, it was just locked from the inside.

His heart was dead now, completely.

"Brother Chi Mu, are you there? Open the door~" Chen Qian pinched his throat, knocked on the door, and leaned his head against the door panel. The sound of light footsteps came from inside.

He was secretly delighted in his heart, acting coquettishly really worked!

After stopping his furtive eavesdropping, Chen Qian quickly stood up straight and waited patiently for the person inside to open the door. He could be said to be looking forward to it.

But after waiting for a long time, the corners of his raised mouth began to feel sore and stiffened. The door still didn't open, and Chi Mu still didn't give him any response.

No matter how close his face was to the door, there was still complete silence inside.

Chi Mu sat on the ground by the door with his back against the wall, his body curled up and his head buried in his arms.

He could hear the front door opening and closing.

Chen Qian left.

My breathing was restricted, and a sense of loss overflowed, saturating my mood.

The study door that Chen Qian had been waiting for for a long time was opened after he left.

Chi Mu came to the living room, which was pitch black. The narrow space seemed to have been forcibly expanded many times at this moment. It was very empty, with only the humming sound of the central air conditioner.

……

"I don't know. The boss told me to wait for a while, but I ended up waiting for an hour." Chen Qian carried the bags in one hand and managed to hold the phone between his cheek and shoulder. He used his free hand to awkwardly tap the numbers on the combination lock.

After taking the phone off, he continued to complain to Chen Tian on the other end of the line: "And the traffic is super congested. People in this city are really crazy. It took me almost an hour to get back. If I had known that the trip would take so long, I would have ordered takeout."

"Come on, I see you're enjoying it. Okay, I have to continue working overtime, you can just coax Chi Mu." Chen Tian rolled his eyes at the air and hung up the phone.

The word "goodbye" barely escaped his lips before being silenced by a "beep, beep, beep" sound. Chen Qian hummed softly, put away his phone, and groped his way into the hallway.

Identifying the location of the light switch in his memory, Chen Qian was careful with the food bag in his hand and his feet.

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The sudden light in the living room was a bit dazzling. When he opened his eyes again, he was attracted by the figure on the sofa that almost blended into the dark sofa.

"Brother Chi Mu? Why are you sitting here without turning on the lights?" Chen Qian placed the things in his hands on the coffee table one by one, and talked to the person on the sofa with a happy smile on his face.

The man covered his eyes without opening them. He thought he was just not used to the sudden light, but was it because he had been adapting for too long? "Chi Mu, what's wrong with your eyes?"

"It's okay." Chi Mu's voice was a little hoarse, as if he was suppressing something, something was not right.

Chen Qian panicked for a moment, grabbed his wrist and tried to move it away, repeatedly asking, "Let me take a look, is it uncomfortable? Is there anything stuck in it?"

"I'm really fine." Chi Mu didn't let go of his hand and turned his head to the other side.

His actions made Chen Qian even more nervous. She began to worry whether he was feeling uncomfortable, but she endured it and simply stood in front of him and held up his turned away face.

But today, Chi Mu was inexplicably determined and insisted on fending off every outstretched hand of Chen Qian. He needed to be stronger, and Chen Qian, with his body tilted, couldn't find a good foothold. After trying for a long time, he almost tripped, so he simply knelt on the sofa and sat on Chi Mu's thighs.

It was like two people were fighting, one blocking and the other pushing, and there was a back and forth movement.

After a while, Chen Qian's strength was almost exhausted. His hands were already sore from carrying things all the way, and it happened that Chi Mu was like a broken jar and suddenly stopped blocking.

Chen Qian just wanted to pull up his lowered head and carefully observe whether his eyes were okay. After spending so much effort, he became rough when he got the chance and pinched Chi Mu's face to lift it up.

Well, it didn't lift up.

Chen Qian's world was turned upside down. When he came to his senses, their positions were reversed. It was Chi Mu's hand that was pressing firmly under his waist. "Pull your hand out, it's pressed..."

What Chen Qian originally wanted to say was, be careful, don’t hurt your hand.

But something cold fell on his face, interrupting his words. Chen Qian now understood why Chi Mu didn't want him to see it.

The silence could not dissipate because of the sound of sobbing.

"Ah? Why are you..." The water drops seemed to be raining on Chen Qian's face, and the dripping became more and more frequent.

He reached out to wipe it, but the more he wiped, the more it came.

In order to avoid being forced to wash his face in this situation, Chen Qian had to pull the person down and put him on his shoulders.

The warm area gradually became wet and sticky, and his hands patted and touched Chi Mu's back.

"I said I'm fine..." Her complaints were mixed with sobs, and she had no strength at all, just like her act of coquettishness.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Chen Qian was terrified and rubbed his head to comfort him, "I was wrong. I should have left you alone for a while."

"Don't..." The other party rejected the comfort.

Chi Mu's emotions quickly calmed down with Chen Qian's comfort, his sobs stopped by his ears, and Chi Mu picked him up from where he was half lying on the sofa.

Chen Qian had just been trying to hold his waist straight because of the hand that was pressed under him. Now his posture changed, the strength in his waist loosened and he was so weak that he couldn't sit up straight and could only hold on to Chi Mu's shoulders.

"Are you feeling better now?" The two looked at each other. Chi Mu's eyes were red and a little swollen.

"Why did you go out?" Chi Mu did not answer, but asked him back.

"Because you haven't eaten yet, are you hungry?" Chen Qian said, clasping his hands behind Chi Mu's neck. "I packed some food for you from that French restaurant we went to before. Do you want to eat now? It's the hidden menu we ate at together."

"You were out for so long, just to pack these?" He raised his eyebrows, looking at the table full of takeout boxes with some helplessness, "I thought you wouldn't be coming back tonight."