On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

Chi Mu looked at him with a smile. The wind came from the front, passed by Chen Qian and blew onto him, bringing with it a familiar scent.

The two people walked one in front and one behind, always half a step apart, with the moon and street lights hanging above their heads, and their shadows entwined under their feet.

At some point, a shadow appeared, taller than the other, but the two people were shoulder to shoulder.

Their arms swayed in sync, their fingertips quietly intertwined, and they walked a long way... Holding hands tightly, the two of them walked aimlessly until they reached the park.

They walked around the rows of wooden flower beds, which were filled with many small pale blue flowers that had a long flowering season and had not yet begun to wither. They were a variety that Chen Qian did not recognize.

At this time every day, small vendors gather on the side streets, setting up stalls, offering food and playthings in a row. The aromas of various foods blend together, stretching from one end of the street to the other, almost without a break. From a distance, it looks like a long line of light, with puffs of warm white mist rising around it.

The mechanical hawking sounds from the loudspeakers contain more than a dozen different contents. At first, they all sound weird, but when you listen carefully, you can hear the egg burgers, Taiwanese grilled sausages and so on ringing out like thunder in different stalls, mixed with the noisy voices of people.

The park, which is bustling during the day, does not cool down even in the middle of the night. Instead, it becomes even more lively. Standing on the cobblestone path surrounded by greenery composed of low trees, you can occasionally brush shoulders with pedestrians.

When passing by the wide small square in the center of the park, you can see a group of elderly men and women dancing in formation, following the rhythm of the huge speakers on the ground.

Chen Qian felt relaxed and happy.

This was the most comfortable period of time he had experienced in recent times.

He deliberately turned around and walked backwards in front of Chi Mu, shaking their hands as they faced each other and pulling him along.

Chi Mu's shadow covered Chen Qian's head, and the light could not reach his face, so his expression could not be seen clearly.

Chen Qian suddenly asked him, "Do you know what I'm going to do next month?"

Chi Mu was paying attention to the other person's feet. He didn't hear what he said clearly for a moment, and a questioning sound escaped from his nose: "Huh?"

"I want to visit Andersen's hometown." Chen Qian thought he was asking a question, and he smiled and said in a relaxed tone.

"Well, I heard from Chen Tian."

The touching hands tightened, Chen Qian pursed her lips and turned back.

He took advantage of the darkness in the park to cling to Chi Mu's arm, his hair brushing against his slightly higher shoulder, and leaned on him.

Later on the road, both of them were silent and didn't say anything.

……

Chen Qian carefully moved between the display cabinets, stopping from time to time to carefully look at the items in the cabinets.

He has walked around the store three times and still hasn't found anything he likes. The shopping guide behind him filled the tray with things and put it back, and it is still empty.

Chi Mu sat on the sofa on the side holding a magazine. He didn't turn the page and his eyes never left Chen Qian.

The reason for going out suddenly was that Chen Qian suddenly had the urge to buy a gift for everyone, and he insisted on asking Chi Mu to put down his work and accompany him.

He didn't mention it because he was leaving and worried about when he would come back next time, but Chi Mu knew it in his heart, so he followed him and acted as his vase and shopping cart.

This is Chen Qianjin’s fifth store since he entered the mall, but he only bought one thing.

It was a Cartier blue balloon, and he said he wanted to give it to Yu Wangxi, who had everything he wanted.

After a whole morning of browsing, Chen Qian became increasingly excited, thinking this one would suit Ke Wu, and that one would suit Lin Xixi. But when he returned and looked at them again, he felt that none of them were quite as interesting.

He was so excited that he almost missed lunch. Fortunately, Chi Mu noticed the time when he answered the phone, and pulled him along to catch up, and the two of them finally made it in time for the appointment.

Chi Mu was looking through the menu at the other end of the table and ordering with the waiter.

Chen Qian leaned back on the dining chair, looked at the packaging bags piled on a chair beside him, and wondered how many gifts he still had to choose.

He suddenly remembered that he had just passed by a custom suit studio downstairs, and a light bulb went off in his head.

After the waiter left, he asked Chi Mu.

"What do you think if I give Sun Cheng a custom-made suit?"

"Why do you want to give that?"

"He's going to be preparing for an internship next year, so I think he'll need a set."

Chi Mu thought for a while and offered his suggestion: "People's bodies change. Giving a suit now may not necessarily make it wearable in the future, but it's a good idea."

"Then...let's order it first, and then come to the store to make it when he needs it?"

"Well, I'll help you find a suitable place later."

"it is good!"

Chi Mu seemed to understand Chen Qian's taste very well. Every time they ate together, the dishes always met his preferences.

When leaving the restaurant, Chen Qian felt that his stomach was round. He opened his hands and rubbed it, trying to reduce the bloating feeling.

Chi Mu looked at his little movements with some helplessness, bent down, opened the drawer in front of the passenger seat, took out a box of digestive tablets and stuffed it into his palm.

"Take two slices. You'll feel uncomfortable if you eat too much, and you can't control yourself when eating." He smiled lightly, with a hint of disgust in his words.

"It's because it's so delicious. The food you cook is delicious, and the restaurant you found is even better. I've become like this because of you." Chen Qian couldn't help but retort when she heard him laugh, but it still seemed unreasonable, so she had to turn her head away and suppressed herself to the point of pouting.

Chi Mu stopped at a red light and turned around to look. It was the back of Chen Qian's head, but when he looked in the rearview mirror again, he saw his little expression again.

His smile widened, and he apologized like a child, "Well, I'm sorry. Now that I hear it, it's my fault."

"Then you should be more careful next time. I forgive you this time."

Afternoon tea and dinner were also taken outside. Chi Mu sent Chen Qian to the gate of the community before the curfew that Chen Tian suddenly set.

He rejected Chi Mu's offer to take him home and got out of the car alone.

He was carrying several bags of various sizes, and there was an envelope tucked into the breast pocket of his shirt.

Without hands to say goodbye, he stood by the roadside and repeatedly said to Chi Mu loudly: "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!"

Chi Mu also cooperated very well, stretched out his hands out of the window and shook them and replied to him: "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."

When he was downstairs, he noticed that the lights in the house were on, so Chen Qian didn't look for the key. He raised his hand holding various bags and rang the doorbell.

The door was opened quickly.

It was obvious that Chen Tian had just taken a shower, changed into home clothes, and had a towel draped over his shoulders.

He took the opportunity to share Chen Qian's bags and went into the house first.

Chen Qian closed the door and changed his shoes in the entrance hall.

He glanced at the wall clock and saw that it was still very early. He asked Chen Tian, ​​"Brother, you got off work so early today."

"Well, there's less work today, so I just brought one or two left over and dealt with them. But you, why are you so abnormal today? You suddenly remembered to go shopping."

"I bought some things for everyone to commemorate the simple and lovely version of Chen Qian." Chen Qian muttered nonsense and walked to the coffee table filled with things. "When you come back, I won't be the same person as before."

"Niu Hulu Qian?" Chen Tian blurted out an old joke, sat on the sofa, and laughed: "That's really necessary to commemorate it."

"Take out the red bag next to you and have a look."

"Hey, after raising you for over twenty years, you can even drop gold coins now. Let me see what it is."

Gold coins are just a joke, they are not really given as a gift.

Yes, Chen Qianzhen gave it to me.

When the half-covered bag was fished out, it was revealed that it was entirely covered with the logo of a gold shop.

When it was opened, there were two small boxes. One box contained a toad holding a gold coin, and the other contained a black rope braided chain with a gold coin-shaped pendant.

When the two are put together, they are not light in weight. When they are taken separately, they are still not light.

Chen Tian felt that his eyes were really filled with tears at this moment.

His throat was dry, and he swallowed several times but it didn't ease the dryness. He said in a hoarse voice: "You didn't give me these on my birthday, but only when you were about to leave."

"I'm worried that you'll lose me and have no one to support you, so I called my cousin to take my place." Chen Qian chatted with him while gathering up the other things. "I'm still waiting for you to come visit me in a few days."

"Of course I will come to see you, whether you have gold coins or not. If you have gold coins, I will come to see you more than twice a month." Chen Tian couldn't wait to pick up the bracelet and put it on his wrist. He tightened the noose from both ends, and then lifted it up in front of his eyes and put it on display.

A small pendant, woven from a black dragon-scale chain, was carved into the shape of a round gold coin, with joy engraved on one side and sudden wealth on the other. The movement of her wrist caused it to sway, swaying and reflecting the golden light.

The more Chen Tian looked at this, the more he liked it. He cared about it more than the toad figurine squatting next to him.

"As long as you like it." Chen Qian didn't know what to say when she saw how cherishing he was.

These things were not valuable to Chen Tian. To be honest, no matter how many more he had, they could not compare to the vase by the window. However, he treated this gift as something rare. This made Chen Qian's heart so warm that he seemed to melt into a pool.

However, this kind of brotherly atmosphere has always been more precious than treasure, especially in this house. Basically, by the time Chen Qian took a shower, the atmosphere had almost dispersed.

Especially when he came out and heard Chen Tian showing off in real time on a video call with his friends, he was left with only helplessness and shame.

Chen Tian's expression and tone made Chen Qian, the capital of showing off, feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart, not to mention the friend opposite him.

It's really too much.

His eyebrows were raised, the corners of his mouth were curled up, and his face was full of pride. He found an excuse to put his wrist tied with a black rope in front of the camera, and deliberately hung the part with flashing golden light in the part that could be captured by the screen.

"Oh, why is my left hand so heavy... Oh! It turns out I'm wearing the bracelet my brother gave me. Look, I almost forgot about it."

"Didn't you say in elementary school that you wanted to be a doctor? Then you have to help me take a look. Why is my wrist so sore? Is it tenosynovitis? Or is it the bracelet my brother gave me? Can you take a look?"

"Does your third aunt's daughter's great-aunt's brother-in-law's brother-in-law work in a gold shop? Then you must know a lot about gold. You can help me see if this chain my brother gave me is good. You can't tell the difference between gold and gold? That's okay. Then take a look at this rope."

……

There is not much time left, so Chen Qian tries to arrange his tasks tightly every day and try to do more.

Get up on time in the morning, open your eyes as soon as the alarm rings, tidy up, go out immediately after breakfast, go home on time in the evening, strictly abide by Chen Tian’s access control, and start running home an hour in advance.

I don’t know if it’s to fill the regrets in advance so that he will have enough memories in his future life to resist the feeling of loss and loneliness of being alone.

He spent some time eating at his favorite restaurants in the city, took advantage of the good weather to revisit the beautiful scenery he had seen before, and even scanned the movie theater schedule...

His original plan was to set out alone, spend the day alone, and return home alone.

But from a certain time on, I always walked with Chi Mu.

It wasn't like they had agreed to do this, it was more like they had some kind of tacit understanding. Chen Qian didn't think of telling him specifically what he was going to do, but when he went downstairs, he was waiting for him downstairs again. This happened every day.

Of course, later Chen Qian thought about it and thought that someone must have borrowed the surveillance camera at home to tip off people behind the scenes, rain or shine, otherwise how could he always hit the jackpot and meet them no matter it was early or late.

As soon as he walked out of the building, he could see a tall figure standing under the scattered trees in the bleak autumn wind, looking at him eagerly, holding two cups of warm drinks in his hands.

This happened so often that Chen Qian had the feeling several times that he wasn't going out to make up for his regrets, but was going to elope with Chi Mu...

If only it were that way...

The day of departure was specially circled on the calendar, a big circle with a small airplane drawn in the middle. The boxes before that were filled with schedules, and a small tick was placed on the completed items.

Time is like an accelerating progress bar, rushing towards the end.

After a few more gatherings with friends, and finally after presenting gifts in the reserved bar box, those who had already prepared for the news of his departure got drunk together in the alcohol-smelling room, and then fell in different places, without even being able to say goodbye properly.

When leaving, Ke Wu was hugged by Qi Yu and walked out, blessing Chen Qian with indistinct words. In fact, it was difficult to hear what he said, but it was probably something like "live happily".

Lin Xixi came out and stood on the street, her mind immediately awakening. She pulled the limp Yu Wangxi and Sun Cheng together, surrounding Chen Qian in a hug. When they separated, her eyes were red, probably from the alcohol.

Sun Cheng and Yu Wangxi were in a daze and could not stand steadily. The two of them supported each other and maintained a not very decent posture.

Finally, everyone said goodbye and left in taxis one after another.

Chen Qian was standing at the door of the bar, staring at the car lights going by. Suddenly, he turned to Chi Mu, who was holding his arm around him, and said, "Should we go to a midnight movie? There's another movie I want to see that's currently scheduled."

"Okay." Chi Mu tightened his hand on his shoulder and tilted his head to rub Chen Qian's temples, "Let's go and see."