Soul Mate - The Calamity of Millennium Reincarnation

In the palace, in the middle of the winter night, in the watch hall, a tall Western man is bending over and standing in front of a large workbench, concentrating on playing with a precision Western clock. A young apprentice in a dark blue robe with braids Holding a cup of hot tea, he walked over with a smile on his face: "Sir, take a rest with a cup of hot tea, your favorite black tea."

The Westerner raised his head from the workbench, took off the eyepieces stuck on his eyes and placed them on the table, revealing a handsome face and a pair of charming blue eyes like jewels. He casually grabbed his shoulder-length chestnut curly hair, The Westerner uttered a sentence in broken Chinese: "Fu Kangtai, why are you still awake so late?"

Fukangtai smiled: "Sir is still working, how can I sleep."

Westerner: "I told you many times, just call me Dou Tingce by my Chinese name. I'm not used to people calling me Mr. or Master. It feels very strange."

Fukangtai: "No, no, I am the rules and etiquette of our country, so I can't be careless."

Dou Tingce blinked his deep blue eyes and shook his head helplessly: "You Chinese are always so stubborn. I heard that your father was a general and you are also a descendant of nobles. Why don't you become a general and make contributions? You must run to Do you want to learn how to make clocks from the palace?"

Fukangtai: "I like these intricate Western gadgets. It's amazing to see the second, minute, and hour hands that are constantly chasing every day, as well as the gears that rotate behind them!"

Dou Tingce shrugged helplessly: "Don't you think it's boring to stare at these machines every day?"

Fukangtai looked up at those jewel-like blue eyes, smiled slightly, and said with a little shyness on his fair face: "Mr. You is... not boring."

Dou Tingce, who has always been serious about his speech, saw the two dimples on Fukangtai's face, and couldn't help but twitch his lips: "You are very beautiful."

Fukangtai dissatisfied: "Sir! I am a man, a man... can't be described as beautiful."

Dou Tingce: "Then what do you use? Your language is too complicated, I can't understand it."

Fukangtai: "Use handsome, handsome, and handsome."

Dou Tingce drank the lipstick tea: "Okay, you are very handsome."

Fukangtai: "Mr. is also very handsome. Um... Mister, can I wear that eyepiece? How did you get stuck in your eye?"

Dou Tingce put down the teacup and handed over the eyepiece on the table. Fukangtai took it in his hand and looked inside. When he saw the situation in front of him, he was magnified several times. As he thought, it was a magnifying glass. Clip directly over the eyes to free your hands.

Fukangtai tried to put the lens tube on his eyelids, but as soon as he put it down, the lens tube slipped off his eyelids, he was so surprised that he quickly reached out to pick it up, but a pair of big bony hands had already picked up the dropped eyepiece by himself. In his hand: "Be careful, I brought this eyepiece from Italy. It is very expensive. If it breaks, I have to ask someone to bring it from abroad."

Fukangtai nodded again and again: "I'm sorry sir, I was sloppy, why can't I get stuck? Do I need to use any force?"

Dou Tingce took the eyepiece and put it on the eyes lightly. With a little force from the upper and lower eye sockets, the eyepiece was smoothly stuck on the eye: "Did you see it? You need to use the bones and muscles of the upper and lower eye sockets to clamp it, and try again." .”

Fukangtai tried again according to the method Dou Tingce said, and sure enough, it got firmly stuck in his eyes, and he couldn't help laughing excitedly: "Haha, I have learned it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyepiece slipped off his eyes again. This time, Fukangtai caught it by himself, glanced at Dou Tingce with a worried face, and said, "I caught it this time."

Dou Tingce: "You can't yell and laugh when you wear the goggles. If you pull the facial muscles, they will fall off if you are not careful."

Fukangtai: "I see, sir, can you open the back cover of this clock and let me take a look? I want to see how these complicated gears rotate to keep the hands on the front rotating!"

Dou Tingce stood up to get out of the way, and handed Fukangtai a screwdriver: "Come on, open it yourself."

After working with Dou Tingce for half a year, Fukangtai has been doing such trivial things as serving tea and water, and delivering tools. This is the first time that Dou Tingce is willing to let himself touch this expensive and sophisticated Western clock. Fukangtai is holding a screwdriver With slightly trembling hands, Dou Tingce began to unscrew the screws on the back wall of the exquisitely carved rectangular clock. Standing behind him, Dou Tingce gently pressed his slender big hands on Fukangtai's shoulders: "Don't be nervous."

Fukangtai turned his head and glanced at Dou Tingce who was standing behind him as tall as a big tree. The back of his head happened to just reach Dou Tingce's broad shoulders. Looking up from this angle, he could just see the outline of Dou Tingce's sharp and firm jaw. A light stubble fringes his chin.

Dou Tingce: "Look at what?"

Fukangtai came back to his senses: "It's nothing... I was a little nervous for the first time."

Fukangtai nervously removed a few screws on the back wall, gently picked the back wall of the clock made of thin wooden boards with both hands, took a deep breath, and then lightened the wooden back wall. It was easily disassembled, and the moment the back wall was opened, Fukangtai's eyes were immediately stunned by the intertwined gears, large and small!

Fukangtai: "Sir, with so many gears, how can one be guaranteed to be good, and to be able to mesh and rotate accurately?"

Dou Tingce: "This is art. Don't worry, take it step by step to understand the function and working principle of these gears. Come on, try turning this big gear with your hands."

Fukangtai moved the big gear carefully with his index finger, and then saw the other small gears start to rotate slowly with a vertical axis in the middle. He stretched his head and glanced at the dial outside. Sure enough, the thinnest second hand immediately started to rotate quickly, followed by the minute hand, and finally the hour hand also moved slightly. It is really a wonderful and fun thing!

Standing behind Fukangtai, Dou Tingce pointed to the parts inside the clock one by one and introduced: "Did you see it? This is the escape wheel, this is the second, third, and fourth wheels, and this is the barrel, spring, and spring." axis……"

Dou Tingce pointed to Fukangtai patiently one by one. It was the first time he saw so many devices inside the clock. He asked softly in his ear, "Do you remember?"

Dou Tingce's warm breath blew behind Fukangtai's sensitive ears, and the magnetic voice gently reached Fukangtai's ears with a magical power, which made Fukangtai's whole body covered with goosebumps, and he couldn't help but With a fever on his face, he shook his head in a panic: "No... too many, I can't remember it for a while."

Dou Tingce stretched out his long and slender hand and gently held Fukangtai's white and soft palm which was completely smaller than his own. Fukangtai didn't expect Dou Tingce to make this sudden movement, and his body trembled suddenly: "Sir... "

Dou Tingce stretched out his thumb and forefinger to pinch Fukangtai's index finger with a calm face: "Don't move, look at this, it's called the stem, it's an important device for power transmission of a watch, it may deform or break after a long time of use, Then it will need to be replaced.”

Dou Tingce gently pinched Fukangtai's fingers and gently tapped on the small vertical axis, patiently explaining...

After an unknown amount of time, Dou Tingce looked at the pocket watch in his pocket: "It's already two o'clock in the morning, go back to sleep first, and continue studying tomorrow."

Back in the room in the backyard of the watch museum, Fukangtai's heart was still beating wildly. In Fukangtai's impression of Dou Tingce, a tall and highly skilled western watch technician, he was a silent and unsmiling person after being together for half a year. I don’t know why today I suddenly became so approachable. Not only did I see his rare smile for the first time, I was guided by him so meticulously and patiently, and I was even willing to touch those precise tools and instruments by myself for the first time. …He breathed the warm itchy breath, magnetic voice, and gentle touch behind his ears, which seemed to make him feel a little uncontrollable excitement and longing. The 17-year-old Fukangtai suffered from insomnia for the first time after entering the palace. .

One month later, Fukangtai had memorized the names and working principles of all the parts, and he could try to assemble and repair it by himself. The master and apprentice became even more busy, because the emperor wanted to make a large floor-standing pendulum as tall as a person. In the palace, although Dou Tingce was assigned a dozen craftsmen and assistants in the palace, Fukangtai was actually the only real apprentice recognized by Dou Tingce. Therefore, the ten craftsmen were only doing some clock casing making and craft carving. Dou Tingce and Fukangtai are responsible for the external work such as painting and coloring, the installation, commissioning and final completion of the core part of the clock.

This is a very complicated and huge project. It is said that the precious stones and gold to be inlaid on the shell of this clock are a sky-high price, not to mention the complicated patterns, patterns and descriptions on it. Fukangtai has seen Dou Tingce draw it himself. According to the drawing, this display clock with a height of one person is rectangular in shape as a whole. It is composed of a herringbone golden dome on the top and two floors with railings and golden pillars on the bottom. It looks like a magnificent two-story palace as a whole. , from Dou Tingce's dignified expression and cautious attitude when he works every day, it can be seen that this work is of great significance to this 23-year-old young watchmaker. Perhaps after making this clock, he will become famous and famous all over the world.

Fukangtai once asked Dou Tingce how long it would take to complete the display clock. Dou Tingce said that it would take half a year. Dou Tingce also encouraged Fukangtai. If he could complete this work with him, Fukangtai would also become the history of the Qing Dynasty. One of the most famous watchmakers in the world, this work will have decisive significance for the careers of both of them. Fukangtai is full of confidence, and he is busy with Dou Tingce every day. Although he is tired, he is practical and forging ahead of.

A month later, due to overwork and severe cold weather, the tall Western watchmaker finally fell down with severe typhoid fever. The sickness that is slowly recovering cannot be cured immediately in three or five days. The progress of making the display clock has been seriously delayed. Looking at Dou Tingce's thinning face and gradually dull eyes, listening to Dou Tingzhong's daily life late at night He was still coughing violently, and Fukangtai was anxious to get angry and restless, but there seemed to be no better way than running to help him get a glass of warm water and thumping his back.

This evening, after taking the medicine, Fukangtai just fed Dou Tingce half a bowl of rice porridge, wiped his hands and face, soaked his feet in hot water, and then helped Dou Tingce's tall body to put him on the bed Dou Tingce looked at the anxious Fukangtai with blue eyes that had lost a lot of brilliance, and said calmly: "The imperial doctor said that my disease is contagious, so don't come to my room again, I just take medicine and recuperate .”

Sitting in front of the bed, Fukangtai patted his not generous chest pretending to be relaxed, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I'm strong, so it won't be contagious!"

Dou Tingce looked at Fukangtai, who was a head shorter and thinner than himself, and as delicate as a woman, couldn't help showing a faint smile at the corner of his mouth: "Now you are still leading the craftsman to work slowly. , if you fall too, the emperor will behead both of us."

Fukangtai said casually: "Chop it up, it's fine, anyway, it's nothing to regret if I die together with my husband."

Dou Tingce was silent for a while: "Are you married?"

Fukangtai: "Ah? No, but... before I entered the palace, my family had already arranged a marriage for me. I was supposed to get married at the end of the year, but... I don't want to get married."

Dou Tingce: "Why? Isn't the bride beautiful?"

Fukangtai: "No... I heard that the looks are not bad, but... I, I don't know the bride, and it feels weird to be married to a strange woman who has no feelings. Sir, I heard that marriages between men and women in your country are very common. Freedom, is it true?"

Dou Tingce: "It's not entirely like this. Love is free, but marriage is also subject to many restrictions, such as class, status, wealth, etc., which is almost the same as the right family in your country."

Fukangtai: "Anyway... It's always better than the situation where we don't even have the freedom to fall in love. By the way, sir, are you married?"

Fukangtai nodded lightly, and Fukangtai's eyes showed an inexplicable sense of loss: "Then what does your wife do? Why didn't you come to the Qing Dynasty with you?"

Dou Tingce: "She is the daughter of a farmer. My father runs a winery. They actually don't want me to travel so far to be a watchmaker. They hope that I can accept their advice and run the family business together. However, that kind of life I didn't like it, so I ran out on my own, and my wife Lucy said China was a backward and dirty place, and she didn't want to come with me."

Fukangtai: "Then...do you have a good relationship with your wife?"

Dou Tingce shook his head lightly: "As your country said, it is my father's decision to know what kind of family is right."

Fukangtai: "Then before you got married, did you ever pursue the woman you like freely?"

Dou Tingce's eyes dimmed suddenly, and he said lightly: "When I was studying clock making, I once liked a classmate who was a few years younger than me. He was also an Asian, and he looked..."

Speaking of this, Dou Tingce hesitated to speak, Fukangtai: "What does she look like? What kind of person is she?"

Dou Tingce: "Looks...very good, I just had a crush on him for a long time, maybe I don't know him very well, I haven't confessed to him, and I haven't made any further progress. I'm a little tired, you go back to bed early Well, I have to go to work tomorrow morning, cough cough..."

Dou Tingce suddenly coughed violently again, so startled that Fukangtai quickly brought a cup of warm water to Dou Tingce's mouth and let him drink a couple of sips, then stretched out his hand to caress Dou Tingce's chest slowly, and said guiltily: "I'm sorry sir, I was the one who forced you to chat until you got tired."

Dou Tingce: "It's okay. I've been lying in the room for the past few days and I've been bored. I really want to talk to you. You can go back. Also, it's cold at night. If I cough again, don't come here in the middle of the night. I can do it myself." Get out of bed and pour water."

Fukangtai: "Understood."

The room of the two was on the opposite side, separated by a passage. That night, when he heard Dou Tingce coughing, Fukangtai woke up with a jerk, and ran over quickly, still putting on his cotton clothes. After shaking to the ground, the charcoal fire in the brazier was about to go out, so he picked up the quilt and covered it for Dou Tingce, poured water for Dou Tingce to drink, and finally added more charcoal in the brazier, and then went out lightly. But suddenly I heard Dou Tingce calling his name softly: "Fukangtai..."

Fu Kangtai turned around: "What's the matter, sir? But what else do you need?"

Dou Tingce: "It's okay..."

Ten days later, Dou Tingce's health improved slightly. He coughed much less at night and had no fever. He also recovered a lot from his diet. Then he fell ill, and the jobs of the two of them were changed. Although they still couldn't do much practical work, Dou Tingce began to go to the watch hall to supervise the work of the craftsmen every day, while Fu Kangtai was lying on the bed and couldn't get up. I can't get a job.

In the evening, after Dou Tingce took medicine and washed in his own room, he came to Fukangtai's room across the street, looked at Fukangtai's flushed face, Dou Tingce took off the towel from Fukangtai's forehead, and stretched out his hand Gently touched Fukangtai's face and tried □□Wen: "You have a bad burn."

Fukangtai forced a smile: "Sir, don't worry, I'm still young and I won't die. When I get well, I will make many more beautiful and high-end watches with my husband!"

Dou Tingce washed the towel again in cold water and wrung it dry, then put it on Fukangtai's forehead: "You also said that you are not contagious because you are strong, but you still got it from me."

Fukangtai: "Only when I get sick with my husband and have the same disease can I know the pain in my heart and body."

Dou Tingce was taken aback for a moment, his blue eyes became more tender: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Looking at Dou Tingzhong's charming eyes and the warmth in them, Fukangtai was agitated for a moment, and blurted out a sentence: "I know... I want to empathize with Mr., I want to know Mr.'s heart, I want to be with Mr.... "

Dou Tingce's eyes, which were still full of warmth just now, suddenly turned cold, and he said lightly: "Don't think wildly."

Fukangtai originally thought that Dou Tingce would accept what he said, but unexpectedly, he saw the indifference and rejection in his eyes. His heart that was so hot just now turned cold as if he had fallen into a thousand-year-old ice cave, and his hot face instantly turned cold. Two lines of cold tears flowed: "I'm sorry... Maybe I'm thinking too much."

Dou Tingce picked up the medicine bowl on the table and sat down: "Take the medicine, it won't be hot anymore."

Fukangtai struggled to sit up and reached out to take the medicine bowl: "I'll do it myself, Mr.'s illness is not healed yet, let's go back to the room to rest."

Full of expectations that Dou Tingce would stick to stay and feed himself the bowl of medicine. Unexpectedly, Dou Tingce really stood up with a soft grunt, put the medicine bowl in his hand, turned around and walked out. Fukangtai looked at Dou Tingce With a tall but cold back, he couldn't help feeling aggrieved and depressed, and even raised his hand with a bit of resentment and dropped the medicine bowl to the ground.

Dou Tingce, who had just returned to the room, heard the sound of Fukangtai slamming the medicine bowl to the ground. He paused and reached out to close the door. His tall body leaned tightly behind the door, and two lines of hot tears rolled down his face instantly. On the tense face, the shoulders trembled uncontrollably, Dou Tingce put his hands to his mouth and sobbed silently: I'm sorry, Fukangtai, I can't give you what you want, we are destined to be on the dial The second hand that is constantly chasing and the gear that is always undercurrent behind the dial... cannot intersect or overlap.

For the first time, Dou Tingce disobeyed the imperial doctor's order not to eat spicy food and not to drink alcohol. He reached out and took the bottle of red wine from Italy that had been preserved for a long time from the wine cabinet. After drinking a bottle of wine and throwing away the empty bottle in his hand, Dou Tingce lay down on the bed precariously, his heart was in a mess: Did I really hurt him?That boy whose mind is as pure as crystal...

I still remember that more than half a year ago, when I first saw that timid and shy boy brought into the palace by his father and said that he wanted to worship him as a teacher, Dou Tingce was surprised that there was such a delicate and handsome boy in the Qing Dynasty. The boy, what's even more coincidental, is that this handsome boy is somewhat similar to the little classmate he was infatuated with back then, especially those crystal-clear eyes, that feeling that seemed to have passed through a thousand years, which made him feel instantly I figured it out, if I was only slightly in love with that little classmate at that time, then I was moved by Fukangtai, and my heart was completely moved. With just one glance, Dou Tingce felt his heart tugged lightly, as if inexplicably A thread grows out and is generally tightly entwined...

It wasn't until Fu Kangtai's father, Ford Hou, coughed lightly to remind Dou Tingce that he woke up from the dreamlike state, and repeatedly asked Fu Kang'an who was standing in front of him waiting for his reply: "You just now say what?"

Fukangtai: "I, I just said that I met Master."

Dou Tingce: "Oh, hello, you don't need to call me Master, my Chinese name is Dou Tingce, just call me by my name."

The beautiful young man Fukangtai smiled lightly like a spring breeze: "That's something out of order, we can't do it, then I'll call you Mr.

Dou Tingce nodded numbly: "Okay...what's your name?"

Fukangtai: "My name is Fukangtai, happiness is Fu, health is Kang, Antai is Tai! In short, it means Futai Ankang!"

Everything was so dramatic. Dou Tingzhong knew that this Fukangtai would definitely not be the little Korean boy Jin Junhao. That little boy had already finished his studies and returned to China, and his height was a bit different from Fukangtai. Maybe it's just that I had a preconceived impression of Jin Junhao, so I regarded Fu Kangtai as Jin Junhao.

From then on, Dou Tingce forcibly suppressed the inexplicable affection for Fukangtai in his heart, and forcibly created an image of a taciturn and unsmiling strict teacher in front of him. Only he knew in his heart that every time he saw Fukangtai's pure eyes and When Sunshine smiled, I was so excited and turbulent in my heart, I was even afraid that I would lose my mind and run over to hold him tightly in my arms, but no, he was just a 17-year-old child, He has his dreams and future, and he might be married or engaged, and he already had a wife in name before coming to China.

However, the more suppressed, the more elevated emotions accumulated in his heart, and Dou Tingce felt that he would collapse if he suppressed it forcibly. He needed proper relief and a reasonable vent. So, there was a night more than a month ago, when I saw the handsome and handsome Fukangtai come to the watch shop with tea in his face, and shyly said the phrase "Mr. , I finally couldn't help but twitched the corner of my mouth and said the phrase 'you look beautiful', and now I still clearly remember Fukangtai's first smile when he saw him, and the first time he heard such a bold and straightforward compliment from him. The joy and excitement on his face at that time.

Sure enough, all the mistakes started from me. If it wasn't that after that night, I couldn't restrain my thoughts towards him and led him into this gentle trap step by step, how could he have the thoughts he has now?Sure enough, it is also a sin to be in love with a simple boy. How can I be so selfish to give such an unrealistic fantasy to a boy?Filled with guilt and self-blame, Dou Tingce fell into a drowsy sleep.

After 20 days, the typhoid fever of the two finally recovered, and they resumed the previous state of cooperation with each other. However, both of them clearly noticed the deliberate alienation and indifference of the other. It's different. Dou Tingce's emotions are very complicated, including comfort, loss, and forbearance, while Fukangtai is more sad, disappointed, aggrieved, and even a little bit resentful. He hates Dou Tingce's two months. The sudden gentleness he showed before made him fall into this trap slowly, but when he was getting deeper and deeper, he pushed himself away fiercely. At the same time, Fukangtai was also forcing himself to wake up, how could he It may not be Dou Tingce's fault that he falls in love with a man who is still his master...

The two silently worked on the work in this entangled and contradictory mood, but Fukangtai's skills became more and more proficient unknowingly. In the early summer of the next year, the production of the display clock, which was delayed by two months, was finally completed. When the emperor saw that the display clock was more magnificent and exquisite than he had expected, the emperor did not blame him. He personally unveiled the clock and rewarded him with a thousand taels of gold as encouragement.Sure enough, since that day, Dou Tingce's name has spread around the world through the reputation of the famous "watch collector" emperor, and he has become a world-class watchmaker, and Fukangtai has also become one of the best young watchmakers in the Qing Dynasty .

That night, both of them were very happy. Dou Tingci specially held a celebratory banquet in the backyard of the clock museum, and asked all the craftsmen to stay to celebrate. People drank and ate meat, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. Xia Dou Tingci and Fukangtai met each other's eyes, both of them drank a little too much, and their eyes were a little drunk, but there were too many secrets and forbearance hidden in their hearts, and they were silent when they met.

Fukangtai felt a little boring, stood up and said to Dou Tingci: "Sir, I'm sleepy, I'm going back to my room first."

Dou Tingce suddenly said silently: "I'm going back to China tomorrow, and I have already prepared my luggage."

Fukangtai paused: "Why did you suddenly return to China? When will you come back?"

Dou Tingce: "Something happened at home. My father is critically ill. If he dies, the family wants me to take care of the funeral and stay to manage the winery."

Fukangtai: "You won't come back again?"

Dou Tingce: "The emperor gave me a two-month leave and asked me to come back immediately after finishing my affairs, saying that his watch shop cannot do without me, but... I'm not sure if I can come back, after all, I don't have any other brothers in my family My sister came to manage the winery for me, and my mother is getting older."

Fukangtai's voice choked up: "You...really reluctant to come back?"

Dou Tingce: "I don't know, I've already told the emperor, even if I don't come back, it's fine to run the clock house with your current skills, you go back to sleep, I'm going back to my room too."

Fukangtai: "You haven't answered me yet, are you really reluctant to come back?"

Dou Tingce didn't look back, and didn't answer. Both of them went back to their rooms. Fukangtai rinsed his mouth blankly, washed his face, soaked his feet, and made preparations before going to bed, but his heart was in a mess. When I came back, should I go to say goodbye to him and express my careful teaching and cultivation over the past year?After thinking about it, he felt that he told himself the news before he left, maybe he wanted to avoid embarrassment for the two of them.

So entangled, Fukangtai lay quietly on the bed, and heard the sound of tidying up things from the opposite room. After a while, the room became quiet, and Fukangtai put on a robe lightly and got off. Bed, lying on the door and looking at the movement across the door, after a while, the light in Dou Tingce's room was also turned off, and Fukangtai felt a little flustered: Did he fall asleep?After he left tomorrow morning, maybe the two of them would never have the chance to meet again.

Fukangtai hesitated whether to open the door and go to say goodbye, put down and put up the hand on the doorknob, repeated this, I don't know dozens of times, and the last thought came to his mind, a master and apprentice, He doesn't even care about his apprentice who has been serving tea and drinking water by his side for more than a year, so why should he go to show his hospitality?But... why is my heart always so uneasy and entangled?

Finally gritted his teeth, Fukangtai lay back on the bed and pulled up the thin quilt, and even covered his head with the quilt on purpose, trying to cover up the chaos in his mind, but it didn't help, his mind was still full of random thoughts Squeezing to the point where he was about to explode, he was in a state of agitation when he heard the creaking of the opposite door, followed by soft footsteps coming to his door, Fukangtai held his breath and listened quietly with his ears : What is he going to do?Take the initiative to say goodbye to yourself?

Thinking of this thought, Fukangtai suddenly became excited. Fukangtai couldn't lie down anymore, he got out of bed and came to the door, but he didn't dare to see the scene outside through the crack of the door. He was afraid of the people outside the door. People were also looking in through the crack of the door. The two of them remained silent for a quarter of an hour. Finally, no one could bear it any longer. Dou Tingce reached out and gently pushed the wooden door. It happened that Fukangtai stretched out his hand and opened the wooden door. The two of them In an instant, they were exposed face to face in the hazy night.

Eyes met again, no forbearance, no resentment, all that was left were fiery gazes, Dou Tingce stepped into the door and pulled Fukangtai into his broad arms, hot tears flowed down Fukangtai's side On Bai's neck, Fukangtai's tears had already gushed out and wet the skirt of Dou Tingce's chest, and Fukangtai choked with sobs: "Aren't you cruel? Aren't you cruel? Aren't you heartless? Hit me again What does the door do?"

Dou Tingce gently touched Fukangtai's narrow shoulders with a pair of big hands: "I'm afraid I really won't be able to come back in the future, and I will never see you again in my life."

Fukangtai: "For me, come back, okay?"

Dou Tingce: "I heard that in the New Year, you went home to visit relatives and had a big fight with your parents because you didn't follow their wishes to get married, right?"

Fukangtai shook his body slightly, realizing that the timing of this question was a bit wrong: "Well, why did you suddenly mention this matter at this time?"

Dou Tingce: "Because, I don't want you to go on the road of conflict and break with your family. Your future depends on your father's prestige in the court, and I am also responsible to the family and Lucy."

Fukangtai's heart suddenly turned cold: "What do you want to say to me when you come here?"

Dou Tingce: "I want to say, we... are unrealistic, so let's give up as soon as possible."

Fukangtai struggled violently in Dou Tingce's arms: "Let go of me! You thief! Big liar! I don't need you to enlighten me!"

Dou Tingce tightly clamped Fukangtai's thin shoulders with a pair of big hands, and said anxiously: "Don't you understand, you and I are the second hand on the dial and the gears behind the dial, and you are always chasing what you can't get. things, but I will always only be behind your heartache undercurrents... This relationship, it’s over.”

Fukangtai's heart was ashamed: "Did you decide that you would never come back?"

Dou Tingce burst into tears again, and nodded heavily: "Yes."

Fukangtai gritted his teeth: "Okay! Get out, go back to your Italy, go back to your Rome, go to your winery, Lucy! I will take charge of your clock house, the Qing Dynasty will still be the same without you change!"

Dou Tingce turned around and walked outside the door: "I hope that without me, you will live a good life."

Fukangtai slammed the door shut: "You don't need to care!"

Dou Tingce looked back at the tightly closed door, his heart ached like a knife, and he clenched his hands tightly, letting his nails get embedded in his palms one by one... Perhaps, this is good for everyone, and this is the best thing he has ever done in his life. It was a difficult and most rational decision. When he walked to his door, Dou Tingce closed the door and squatted behind the door, sobbing silently. Now he has begun to hate himself for being so heartless and rational. Even if he deceives him, give him a little bit of himself Isn't the fantasy of a possible return bad?

The next day, before dawn, Dou Tingce went out alone with a big suitcase. Fukangtai hid behind the door and quietly watched Dou Tingce go out, close the door, and leave from the crack of the door, and even noticed Dou Tingce Before leaving, he deliberately glanced at his closed door...

Two months later, Dou Tingce finally did not come back. Fukangtai devoted all his body and mind to making clocks and watches, and kept making exquisite, grand, gorgeous, or novel clocks for the emperor one after another. Afterwards, Fukangtai became the chief watchmaker of the Qing court, but he did not marry the woman who had been engaged. He was only single and obsessed with the development of various novel watches all day long. As for Dou Tingce, it has been several years. There is no news, maybe he has already become an excellent owner of the winery... Only occasionally, Fukangtai would dream of a man with blue eyes as charming as jewels and said to himself with a smile: You are very beautiful .

The image in the mirror gradually blurred, I looked at Yuelao speechlessly, relatively speechless, this life has become the love of two men, the two love so tolerantly, restrained, and heartbroken, apart from being moved, I What else can I say?