The Cannon Fodder Strikes Back

Yun Jinshu's eyelashes trembled, and the astonished expression on his face was cleaned up, leaving only a proper smile, "Why are you here?"

Han Jiang raised the corners of his mouth, raised his brows and said, "It's okay, I just came to see you."

"Oh, what's interesting about me?" Yun Jinshu shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "I'm very tired today, and I don't have time to accompany Boss Han to blow the cold wind here. If you just take a look, you have seen it by now. Please come back."

As he spoke, he picked up his backpack, turned around and walked into the corridor, not intending to continue talking to Han Jiang at all.

But Han Jiang stood there without moving, his gaze fell on the backpack Yun Jinshu was holding.He recognized the sign above, which was the trademark of a resort several kilometers away from S city.

His chest was very stuffy, and he only felt a sharp throbbing pain in his forehead. He suppressed his emotions and asked slowly, "Where did you go today?"

Yun Jinshu's footsteps faltered, he didn't intend to hide him, and said with a smile, "I didn't go anywhere, I just went for a walk with my friends..."

Han Jiang's face sank, he stepped forward to look at him and said, "Which friend are you with? You don't even want to answer the phone because you are playing?"

Yun Jinshu froze for a moment, then subconsciously said, "Is it you who always call me today?"

Once the words were blurted, there was no time to take them back, Han Jiang's eyes contracted violently a few times, and his original worry about Yun Jinshu suddenly fell to the bottom.

While standing downstairs waiting for Yun Jinshu to come back, Han Jiang couldn't help worrying about him. Now that the outside is in such a mess, he told him not to go out, but he was not only disobedient, but also disappeared completely.

It's not that he never thought that he was being chased by the paparazzi and couldn't get away, or that he was busy with work and didn't have time to answer the phone... But after looking for so many reasons, in the end it was all in vain.

It's not that Yun Jinshu didn't hear his call, but he deliberately didn't answer it. He would rather go out with others for a day than say hello to himself.

This feeling is like being slapped severely by someone, it is hot and bitter, spreading from the heart to the whole body, turning into a cold air and penetrating into the limbs and bones.

Han Jiang's complexion changed again and again, evoking a self-deprecating smile, "Yes, it was me, today I made 56 phone calls and sent 49 text messages to you, and every time I look forward to you giving me some Hui Yin, just one or two words to let me know that you are safe, but unfortunately..." He shook his head with a wry smile, but finally stopped talking.

Yun Jinshu's face turned completely pale, and his fingers in his pockets trembled a little. He didn't know what kind of tricks Han Jiang was playing. Wen Zeyun had just been arrested, and he didn't want to find a way to find a back door for him. What does it mean to run downstairs by yourself?

The expression on his face remained unchanged, he smiled politely, "Sorry, I really didn't have time to answer the phone before, I didn't mean to embarrass you."

Han Jiang really didn't like how he treated him like a stranger, his jaw clenched tightly, and he said slowly, "What are you busy with, you don't even have time to answer the phone?"

Yun Jinshu shrugged his shoulders, "This is personal privacy, isn't it true that Boss Han is even interested in this? Then your control is too wide, right?"

The smile on his face was perfect without any flaws, and even the arc of the corner of his mouth was measured precisely as if it had been measured by a ruler, but that was not what Han Jiang wanted, he just wanted Yun Jinshu to talk to him as before It doesn't matter if it's gags or nonsense, but at this moment Yun Jinshu seems to be wearing a thick mask. Although the two people are less than two steps apart, the distance between them seems to be separated by an ocean.

Seeing that he was silent, Yun Jinshu only had those deep black eyes looking at him dimly, and his heart was confused for a moment, his mouth was tightly pursed and he didn't say a word.

The two stood under the dim streetlight like puppets, relatively silent, each other's shadows were stretched very long, the cold wind of winter night was blowing, and Han Jiang's windbreaker was rustling.

Under the stagnant atmosphere, Yun Jinshu's cell phone rang again suddenly. He didn't want to continue the stalemate with Han Jiang, so he hurriedly avoided his sight and took out the cell phone from his backpack in a panic. It turned out that all the calls from Han Jiang were missed. phone, but the number displayed on the screen now belongs to Gu Yan.

Han Jiang's face was condensed, and he looked at him silently, Yun Jinshu tightly pressed his lips, glanced at him and still answered the phone.

"……Hey?"

"It's me, Jin Shu. I calculated the time and you should have arrived home, but I didn't see you calling or sending a text message, so I took the initiative to throw myself into the trap. Haha, didn't you get caught by the paparazzi on the way?"

Gu Yan's hearty laughter came from the receiver, and it was especially piercing in the silent late night. Han Jiang's face was already pale, and the palm holding the red wine was tightly clenched, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

Yun Jinshu took a few steps forward, nodded indiscriminately, "...well... no, it's just... pretty good."

"Could it be that you're so tired from playing golf all day that you haven't recovered yet?" Gu Yan said with a muffled laugh on the other end of the phone, "You just lack exercise. Next time when you're free, let's Let's go together again, the cheese shrimp ball I ate tonight was pretty good, next time I'll ask for an extra."

"Um……"

Gu Yan chatted with him on the other end of the phone, but Yun Jinshu felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. He obviously had nothing to do with Gu Yan, and even if he did, he had nothing to do with Han Jiang, but he was still very uneasy, and even felt a tingle on his back. Even cold sweat came out.

Gu Yan chatted with him a few more words, noticed that Yun Jinshu's mood was not high, smiled and said, "Are you sleepy? It's late, go to bed early, you have to work tomorrow, Jinshu, good night and sweet dreams. "

Yun Jinshu pursed his lips and nodded lightly, "...good night."

After the phone hung up, there was a long beep. Yun Jinshu was in a state of confusion. He turned his eyes aside, even gave Han Jiang a wink, and went up the stairs directly with the phone.

Han Jiang stood in the cold wind and watched him, watched Yun Jinshu slowly disappear into the dark night, panicked, he ran forward a few steps, couldn't help calling out his name, "Jin Shu .”

Yun Jinshu didn't stop, he forced himself to say nothing and not turn back, but Han Jiang gave a faint wry smile far away from him.

"today is my birthday."

Yun Jinshu stopped suddenly.

Han Jing's deep voice was like a vague sigh, drifting into the vast night, the weather was getting colder, and his frozen voice was a little unstable.

"It's 10:10, and tomorrow is twenty minutes away. Can I just have twenty minutes?"

Yun Jinshu's lips trembled slightly, his fingers gripping the backpack were tense, almost no blood was visible, and his eyes were hot. He knew he shouldn't be like this, but he couldn't help but think of the past. matter.

Five years, five birthdays, no matter how busy he is, he will fly back to celebrate Han Jiang’s birthday. I remember one time, he was filming in London, and it happened to catch up with this day, so he had to temporarily ask the crew for leave. I picked up that charming heroine in order to be able to return to City S before twelve o'clock midnight, but I bought a plane ticket and prepared gifts, but it started to snow in London in the afternoon, and all flights were forced to be cancelled.

At that time, he was anxious but powerless, and went back to the hotel dejectedly. When he opened the door, he saw the dusty Han Jiang.

He still remembers the smile on Han Jiang's face when he looked up and saw him. He opened his arms and said to him, "I read the weather forecast the day before yesterday and said that there was a blizzard in London. I'm afraid I won't see you today. Even though I came here by plane overnight, I didn’t expect God to save me so much, as soon as the plane landed in the morning, there was a blizzard in the afternoon.”

Yun Jinshu couldn't remember what expression he had at that time, maybe he was crying with joy, maybe he was overjoyed, but no matter what it was, he still remembered that when he hugged Han Jiang tightly, he whispered in his ear: Pass

"Jin Shu, I want to be with you every birthday in the future."

The past is vivid in my mind, but now I can't bear to look back.

In the past, he could firmly remember Han Jiang's birthday, but now he just forgot it like this.I can't tell whether it's relief or emptiness, but I still remember that I once promised Han Jiang that I would celebrate every birthday for him, and I owed him once for the missed appointment in Wudu that day.

Now, let's just return it as it is, so I can leave without any worries in the future, right?

Time passed by, Han Jiang almost gave up hope while waiting, but Yun Jinshu turned around standing on the stairs at this moment, gave him a faint look and said, "Come up."

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23:52:41.

In less than 8 minutes, this day of twists and turns is finally over.

After entering the house, Yun Jinshu put down his backpack, poured a glass of water and placed it in front of Han Jiang, "There is only coffee and water here. It's too late, so no coffee will be provided. Boss Han will just drink it."

"Clear water is fine."

Han Jiang took the water glass and took a look at the hut. It is a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room. The decoration is very simple, but it is very clean and tidy, which is very homely.

Putting the cake and red wine on the small coffee table, he smiled softly and said, "I couldn't get through to your phone, I thought you were being haunted by the paparazzi, so I thought about buying a piece of cake and bringing it up if you didn't eat. You can pad your stomach, but I heard that you have eaten with Mr. Gu just now, so forget it."

Yun Jinshu gave a "hmm", looked at his frozen red cheeks and asked, "You've been waiting outside? Why don't you sit in the car?"

Han Jiang took a sip of hot water and felt his whole body finally warmed up. He smiled and shook his head, "Many paparazzi recognize my car. At this time, I didn't want to cause trouble for you, so I walked here alone."

Yun Jinshu choked for a moment, and looked away, "I don't like sweet things, anyway, today is your birthday, so you can take care of the cake and red wine by yourself, don't put them here."

Han Jiang pursed his lips, raised his head and looked at him with a gentle look in his eyes, "If you don't like it, just throw it away. Anyway, no matter how delicious the expired birthday cake is, it's meaningless."

Yun Jinshu lowered his head and didn't intend to answer his words. He sat on the sofa with a cup of boiling hot water in his arms, and watched the time on his phone tick by. Han Jiang's birthday would pass in one minute.

The room was so quiet that only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard. At this moment, there was a "grunt" sound from nowhere, and Han Jiang touched his nose in embarrassment.

Yun Jinshu couldn't help laughing, Han Jiang looked at him softer, "Sorry...I came out in a hurry today, I wanted to have dinner with you, but..."

Nodding clearly, Yun Jinshu was a little dumbfounded, he had known Han Jiang for six full years, and from the beginning to the end, he was gentle, handsome and personable, and he had never been in such a predicament like today.

Sighing, he put down his cup and stood up, "Wait a while, I'll get you a bowl of noodles."

Han Jiang did not refuse this time. First, he was really hungry at the moment. The most important point was that he missed the time with Yun Jinshu very much, the taste of that bowl of noodles, and of course he missed Yun Jinshu snuggled up against his lap. Looks like he is fast asleep.

There was the sound of beating eggs from the kitchen, and after a while, the aroma of stir-fried shallots mixed with the pan wafted into the living room. Han Jiang slowly leaned over, leaning on the door frame and watching Yun Jinshu skillfully cut the tomatoes into small even pieces , Stir-fried in the pot a few times, poured half a bowl of water to boil, grabbed a handful of longxu noodles and put them in.

Yun Jinshu has not changed since the day he left Emerald Villa. He still has neat short hair, a straight back, and a blue plaid apron around his waist, which made Han Jiang want to hug him in an instant.

He wondered why there was a person in the world who could give him such a strong sense of home, even in the compound of the military region. He hated that well-behaved, strict and rigid old house, the father who was obsessed with politics and the noble but difficult to get close to Mother, and a house full of servants and housekeepers, everything is perfect, but the only thing missing is the sparkle.

He couldn't help but walked over, stretched out his arms to hug Yun Jinshu from behind, but his arms still hung down half way through, and finally he didn't make a sound, just exited the kitchen silently.

Yun Jinshu brought out the hot pot of tomato and egg noodles and put them on the table, took a paper towel to wipe his wet hands, glanced at Han Jiang, and walked out of the restaurant alone without calling him to eat.

Han Jiang just smiled, picked up his chopsticks and began to eat. The taste of the noodles was not very good, not as good as the bowl of "clear soup noodles" made by Yun Jinshu last time, but he was very satisfied.

The clock had already pointed to [-]:[-], and it was another new day. Yun Jinshu glanced out of the window, not knowing when heavy snow fell in the sky, and the noise had already dyed the night into pure white.

Looking back at Han Jiang who was eating noodles, Yun Jinshu said without expression, "Your birthday is over, let's go after eating noodles."

Han Jiang paused holding the chopsticks, and raised his head after eating the last noodle in the bowl, and said briefly, "Okay."

Yun Jinshu didn't expect him to agree so simply, but he was stunned for a while.

After Han Jiang took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen and cleaned them, he went to the living room and took out a piece of paper from his pocket, put it in front of him, and said with burning eyes, "I said that it will take only 10 minutes, and I won't break my promise, but I will You have to finish what you have to say before leaving."

He unfolded the folded paper, pointed to it and said, "This is the contract we signed at the beginning. At the beginning, I thought about forcing you to come to Emerald Villa no matter what. Let's talk about this matter again, but before I came today, I I don’t know why I brought it with me, Jin Shu, I promised to give you freedom, so in the future you can take this contract, tear it up, or keep it, it has nothing to do with me.”

Yun Jinshu stared at the contract in black and white, with his own signature on it, and he overturned the five-flavored bottle in his heart.

The plot of this life was reversed as if it was a different world. He spent five whole years in the previous life without escaping the shackles of this contract, but now he is holding it in his hand so easily.

He pursed his lips and clenched the thin piece of paper, and after a moment of silence, he started to do it. After a few strokes, the curse-like thing had broken into several pieces, and it looked a bit dazzling when it fell on the clean floor.

From now on, he is free, and he is no longer a puppet controlled by Han Jiang with a string, nor is he a shield for anyone.

After watching him tear it up, Han Jiang felt disappointed because Yun Jinshu wanted to leave him so urgently, but he still had a smile on his face, "Can I pursue you as an equal in the future?"

Yun Jinshu didn't answer his question, but pointed to the door and said, "Go back, there is an umbrella at the door."

Han Jiang didn't get the answer he wanted, so Han Jiang just gave a wry smile, and opened the door with the umbrella at the door, "Then... I'm leaving, Jin Shu, thank you for celebrating my birthday with me."

Yun Jinshu waved his hand, but still didn't look at him, the door closed slowly, Han Jiang's last figure disappeared before his eyes, and he raised his head, his chest felt very tight, but he didn't know why.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind was blowing, and soon the shadows of people on the road could not be seen clearly. Yun Jinshu forced himself not to think about how difficult it would be for Han Jiang to walk on such a street at the moment. Xinxin took a shower and got into bed.

On a snowy night, the entire city of S was as cold as an icehouse.

In the second half of the night, the temperature was getting lower and lower, and Yun Jinshu, who had finally fallen asleep, curled up, still unable to sleep well, but after a while, he suddenly heard a loud knock on the door.

He woke up suddenly, put on a piece of clothes and ran out, the door was still banging, he opened the door and found Han Jiang squatting on the ground.

At this moment, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he was shivering from the cold, but his expression showed a deep sense of panic and despair. Yun Jinshu was about to speak in astonishment, but Han Jiang suddenly hugged him fiercely.

Yun Jinshu really didn't know what he wanted to do, so he broke free and pushed him, "Han Jiang, what do you want to do by guarding my door without going home in the middle of the night?"

Han Jiang rubbed his forehead with one hand, his hair was messy and he no longer had the handsome appearance before, "Jin Shu... I had a dream, I dreamed that you were thrown into the sea, and I stood on the shore and watched Watching you sinking, unable to shout or move... I woke up immediately, and then I couldn't help but want to see you."

Yun Jinshu froze for a moment, and then his face instantly turned pale...