old age

"This is indeed an accident, none of us thought of it." Su Cheng's tone was a little heavy.

The bid they won this time was the overall reconstruction project of a village in County H. The overall project was not too complicated. Similar projects had been done before. The only special thing this time was that it was an AIDS village.

"The project is at the municipal level, and it also received the Poverty Alleviation Fund of County H, which is considered a key project." Su Cheng reached for a cigarette, hesitated for a while, and then put it aside.

"I don't mind, it's up to you." Yi Chen maintained his superficial calm, but his hands were shaking slightly.

Su Cheng didn't light the cigarette. He continued, "It went smoothly at first, and I didn't have much contact with the villagers. Last Monday, a few people came down from the city to communicate about the progress of the previous research, but there happened to be The subsidy has not been allocated yet. As for the people in the village, I heard that people from the city don’t care what they do, so they come to ask anyway. I didn’t quite figure out what happened afterwards. Anyway, they were in the temporary office There was a conflict. I was in school that day, and Kai Yang and his senior brothers were there. They didn’t want to do anything with us, but the scene was really chaotic at that time. Kai Yang and one of his senior brothers were scratched by the villagers... "

Yi Chen grabbed the tea on the table and took a sip indiscriminately, trying to calm down, "This kind of situation usually doesn't..."

Su Cheng sighed, "Kaiyang was caught with blood at that moment, that villager has been diagnosed as an AIDS patient, and there are pustules that are bleeding on his hands..."

It was already night when Yi Chen arrived at the gate of the community.The two security guards dozed off in the guard room without raising their heads.

Yi Chen took out his mobile phone and checked the address again. There was nothing wrong, Ji Kaiyang lived here now.

Yi Chen walked in along the signboard, and the winter night was eerily quiet.

Before he left, he asked Su Cheng for Ji Kaiyang's new address. After he came back from the village, he didn't live in school anymore.Su Cheng thought that Ji Kaiyang didn't want his family to worry, so he didn't tell them, and he didn't have too much doubt about anything else.He finally comforted Yi Chen and said that the chance of infection in this situation is not high, and Ji Kaiyang also took the blocking medicine in time...

But they all know that no matter how small the possibility is, it doesn't mean it's impossible. No one can guarantee such a thing.

Yi Chen stood still at the door, was about to knock and stopped.

He withdrew his hand and touched the pocket of his coat again, finally feeling a little more relaxed.He let out a light breath, took out his mobile phone, and dialed Ji Kaiyang's number.

"Hello?" Ji Kaiyang's voice was very clear, and he thought he was still asleep, "Hello, Yi Chen? Why don't you talk?"

Yi Chen coughed, "I'm at your door."

Ji Kaiyang was silent for a while, "What are you doing here?"

"Can you open the door first?" Yi Chen couldn't hear his answer, so he called his name again anxiously.

Ji Kaiyang seemed to sigh, and somehow the transmission was so clear through the phone's radio waves.Yi Chen heard footsteps coming from far and near in the room, the door was opened, and the light poured out from inside, Ji Kaiyang looked at him helplessly, "What's wrong?"

"Can I go in?" Yi Chen pressed his hand on the door frame before opening his mouth. He was calmer than expected, "I know everything."

Ji Kaiyang frowned, glanced at his hand that was so tightly grasped that the knuckles were protruding, and finally took a step sideways, "Come in."

Ji Kaiyang simply tidied up the documents and laptops on the table, took a bottle of soda and put it in front of Yi Chen, and went back to sit on the sofa next to him silently.

Yi Chen turned on the water, "Did you want to tell me when you called the other day?"

"No." Ji Kaiyang denied, "I pressed the wrong button."

"Oh." This excuse is too bad, but Yi Chen just glanced at him, "Then I know now."

Ji Kaiyang was a little annoyed for no reason, he unbuttoned the top button of his shirt, knocked on the bridge of his nose, "You know it now, go back."

Yi Chen shook his head, "You these few days..."

"It's nothing." After the incident, Ji Kaiyang was actually quite calm all the time, and even resting at home these days, he still read books and drew pictures normally, but now that Yi Chen came, he became inexplicably anxious. Slow down, "Go back, I'm really fine."

"Ji Kaiyang. I'm very afraid of you telling me it's okay." Yi Chen pursed his lower lip, "If you're really okay, you won't let me go forever."

"Whether I have anything or not has nothing to do with you."

He stood up and opened the door, "Go back now, don't come here."

Yi Chen sat on the sofa without moving, just looking at him.

"At least until I'm diagnosed." The two were deadlocked, and finally Ji Kaiyang took a step back, "For these three months, try to stay as far away from me as possible."

"Normal contact will be fine." Yi Chen said, "Didn't Teacher Su say that you are on vacation to adjust your mood, and you have to go back to work and class normally next week? Others are fine, why should I stay away from you?"

Ji Kaiyang pinched his fingers, and the slap of his knuckles was very abrupt in the room.Normal contact is of course no problem, but treating Yi Chen is different from others, Ji Kaiyang does not want him to have the slightest possibility of being in danger.

"Of course you should stay away from me." He said in a low voice, "We have already broken up."

Yi Chen froze for a moment, "I know, what does that matter?"

He walked to Ji Kaiyang's side, slammed the door shut to prevent him from stepping back, and leaned forward to kiss him.

"What are you doing?" Ji Kaiyang didn't expect his sudden movement, and hurriedly pushed him, but Yi Chen leaned over again and ignored him.

"You..." Before Ji Kaiyang finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill on his arm, and Yi Chen had already backed away.

He looked down at his hands, the sleeve of his shirt was torn, and blood seeped from a cut in his arm.Although the wound was bleeding, it was actually not too deep, at least compared to the one in Yi Chen's hand, what's more, Yi Chen scratched it hard before he could react.

Ji Kaiyang hurriedly slapped the knife off his hand and kicked it aside, the blood left a dazzling red mark on the floor.Ji Kaiyang stared at Yi Chen, his chest heaved twice, but he couldn't speak immediately.

Yi Chen laughed, "Can I stay now?"

Ji Kaiyang gritted his teeth fiercely, and hurried into the bedroom to find the blocking medicine.Yi Chen refused to take it, so he could only forcefully pinch Yi Chen's chin to force him to swallow it. After Yi Chen coughed several times and swallowed the medicine, he breathed a sigh of relief and dialed Su Cheng's phone number.

"Hey, teacher, something is wrong here..."

Yi Chen's hand was still bleeding, Ji Kaiyang took out a towel, moistened it and wrapped it up for him, "Go, go to the hospital now."

"I'm not going..." Yi Chen said.

"What are you crazy about!"

"So what if I'm crazy?" Yi Chen raised his hand, and the towel slid down again, and he could almost see faint bones through the wound. He looked at Ji Kaiyang calmly, as if he was saying a word of love, "If you really have something to do, let's go together."

In the end, Yi Chen was dragged to the hospital by Ji Kaiyang, and the wound was bandaged.

Su Cheng came to pick up the people downstairs, contacted them for another blocking medicine, and sent them back when they were done.

"I really didn't expect it to be like this. I originally hoped that it would be better if you have relatives to accompany you at this time." Yi Chen went upstairs first, and Su Cheng glanced at his back and said to Ji Kaiyang , "Your brother's personality is too..."

As Su Heng said, he always felt that something was wrong, "Is it really my cousin?" He suddenly asked softly.

"No." Ji Kaiyang hesitated for a second, then shook his head.

"That's it." Ji Kaiyang didn't say anything more, but Su Cheng obviously understood. "I mean, no fraternity would go this far. You two are...?"

"There was something wrong some time ago." Ji Kaiyang simply didn't say any more, and started another topic, "I thought you couldn't accept this."

"That's not enough." Su Cheng waved his hand, "Philip Johnson is also an architect I admire very much. I am your teacher and your boss. Your personal affairs do not affect your ability to work and are out of my control."

"You are unlikely to be infected, and he is even less likely. But it is definitely unrealistic for me to tell you to relax." Ji Kaiyang forced a smile, and heard Su Cheng continue, "The last time I I have already said that this happened during your work. If something really happened, the studio must be responsible. But now it’s a bit far away, let’s think about the bright side. Last time I asked you to sort it out Where has the information progressed in the past few days?"

"It's almost ready." Ji Kaiyang said, "I'll send you an email tomorrow."

"Okay, it's a little faster than I expected." Su Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "Next week, we will come as usual as originally planned."

"Well, I know." Ji Kaiyang opened the door and got out of the car, "Goodbye, teacher."

Yi Chen was waiting at the door, looking down at the backstage message of the official account with his head down.Hearing the elevator door open, he raised his head, looking for something to say, "Are you finished talking?"

Ji Kaiyang put his hands in his pockets. On the way back, Yi Chen didn't say that he was going back to the neighborhood where he lived, and Ji Kaiyang didn't mention it, so they came directly together.

Ji Kaiyang's eyes fell on Yi Chen's gauze-wrapped hands and then moved away. He took a step forward and took out the key to open the door.

He didn't talk to Yi Chen, but he didn't stop Yi Chen when he followed in.There were still bloodstains on the floor, and there was a vague smell of blood in the air.Ji Kaiyang took out a mop from the bathroom to clean it up, and Yi Chen suddenly hugged his waist from behind. "What are you doing?"

"Can I stay?"

Ji Kaiyang stopped his hands and stood up straight without moving.Yi Chen lowered his head, his hair poking hard at Ji Kaiyang's neck, "It's useless for you to let me go. If you really do, but I don't... you know, if I want to catch the infection, there will always be There is a way."

"Are you threatening me or cursing me?" Ji Kaiyang said coldly.

"I'm blessing myself." He tightened his hands and hugged Ji Kaiyang tightly, "Don't be afraid. I won't pester you, and I won't force you and me to start over."

Ji Kaiyang froze for a moment, and Yi Chen continued in his ear, "Just now, before the result comes out, let me stay with you, okay?"

Ji Kaiyang didn't speak all the time, and Yi Chen was not in a hurry, he just hugged him, and that was enough.

After a long time, he heard Ji Kaiyang sigh and Yi Chen laughed silently. He knew that Ji Kaiyang had compromised with him again.