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They just kept holding hands, and Xia Qu sent Tang Tan home.

This road is not too far away, but they walked very slowly, hoping that such a beautiful and harmonious time can be extended to the unpredictable future.

When passing by the convenience store where Tang Tan bought beer last time, Xia Qu couldn't hold back, and lowered his head and smiled lightly.

Tang Tan knew what he was laughing at and held Xia Qu's face in his hands.

The index finger gently stroked Xia Qu's chin, which he forgot to apply the medicine on, and his eyes flickered.

While his eyelashes were fluttering, Tang Tan kissed Xia Qu.

Just like what Xia Qu did when he confessed his love, he only pressed his lips to his lips, feeling the warm breath of the other party.

At this moment, the vast stars are shining for them, holding the person they like, kissing the lips of the beloved...

Time fell silent into the earth.

Xia Qu didn't expect Tang Tan to embrace her suddenly, everything was so illusory, only the beating heart close to her was real and powerful.

"Honey, I want to tell you something." Tang Tan slowly turned his head back and said solemnly to Xia Qu.

The two came to the convenience store naturally.

This is a 24-hour convenience store, brightly lit but empty at the moment, only the two of them.

Tang Qin cooked his favorite flavor of instant noodles familiarly, and helped Xia Qu prepare a flavor he thought Xia Qu would like.

Three minutes later, each of them had an extra serving of instant noodles with bagged sausages in front of them—this was Tang Tan's luxurious configuration.

Looking at Xia Qu's dull gaze, Tang Qin explained excitedly.

"Try it, this is what I'm willing to buy when I'm celebrating my birthday."

The natural words made Xia Qu feel sad.

The instant noodles are his favorite seafood flavor, but they are not fresh and sweet at all. They are completely incomparable with those made by the chef at home. They only have a salty and flavorful taste.

But listening to Tang Tan's voice of making noodles by his side was more satisfying than eating all kinds of high-end cuisine.

"I haven't told you about myself yet...but you should have found out that I live with my mother, and my father has never been there," Tang Qin paused for a moment. , "Because of him, when I was very young... died."

The nagging voice stopped, and Xia Qu's eyes widened. He didn't expect Tang Tan's childhood to be so sad.

Just as I was about to speak, I was interrupted.

"It was suicide, I jumped from the top floor..."

Tang Tan felt very uncomfortable. Every time he recalled this story, he would be swallowed up by overwhelming helplessness and had difficulty breathing.

But he wanted to tell this story to Xia Qu, to someone he thought worthy of liking.

Xia Qu hugged Tang Tan who was shivering.

He found out what the darkness that Tang Tan had been hiding in his heart was all along, but he found that he couldn't do anything after learning about it.

At least I can hold him like this, Xia Qu thought.

Indeed, what Tang Tan needs is such a strong embrace—he always expresses his strength, but in fact, he secretly yearns for it all the time.

Before you know it, the instant noodles are getting cold.

Tang Tan sat up from Xia Qu's arms and put on a lively smile.

"If you have any sad stories, be sure to tell me, and I will give you the same warm embrace."

Xia Qu nodded and smiled, but didn't speak.

Tang Tan, who was familiar with Xia Qu's habits, could only temporarily hide his curiosity and helplessness.

The next day was the day when Xia Qu went back to his hometown. Since he was beaten until he couldn't get out of bed last time, he hadn't gone back for three weeks under the pretext of being seriously injured.

This time it was Xia Su who gave the order to die, and Xia Qu must be brought back.

It was still the same house with a familiar appearance, but for some reason, Xia Qu felt that he was becoming less and less familiar with this place.

Entering the door, the chilly air that was completely different from the sultry heat outside rushed in. Xia Su sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression.

Sighing and getting ready to face everything, Xia Qu walked up to his father and bowed as meticulously as before to say hello.

"Why are you still hanging out with that kid, didn't you learn enough from last time!"

The veins on Xia Su's neck were throbbing, and he was completely unprepared to save face for Xia Qu, so he yelled loudly in front of all the servants, his face flushed red.

"Father, he is not a kid, he is my friend..."

After a pause, Xia Qu threw out three well-pronounced characters.

"Boy friend."

What greeted him was a loud slap, so loud that even the male servant watering the flowers in the garden outside could clearly hear it.

Xia Qu bit her lower lip, her fingertips trembled, as if she had made a huge determination, she took two steps back, knelt on the ground with a plop, stood her back straight, raised her head, and looked at Xia Su.

"Father, I like him very much, he is not a bad person, he..."

Before he finished speaking, he slapped again, on the other cheek.

"Let me finish, father, he's actually fine, he just hasn't been led in the right direction."

This time Xia Su held back his anger and let him finish.

But the price was four louder slaps, two on each side, that nearly knocked him off balance.

Xia Qu's face was already red and swollen visible to the naked eye. In addition to the unbearable pain, it was more of a bitterness in his heart that he was not understood and accepted by his biological father.

Two drops of physiological tears slowly overflowed from the corners of his eyes, but he tried hard not to let them flow out of his eyes, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

After a long time, no palm wind came down again, Xia Qu raised his head, and Xia Su couldn't even see his shadow.

"Master, get up, sir, he went upstairs, and he said that you won't be there to say hello until the end of the final exam."

Xia Qu wiped away her tears, stood up straight, straightened her clothes before going out, and returned to her home next to the school.

Stiffly, he took out the ice pack from the lower shelf of the refrigerator and stuck it on his face. The original pain became tingly and cold.

His expression was so painful that he gritted his teeth and applied both sides together - he couldn't leave traces that would worry Tang Tan.

But the effect was not good—every slap Xia Su slapped when he was in a hurry was ruthless.

So Xia Qu could only choose to wear a mask to school.

Tang Tan was naturally anxious, asking what happened all the way, but Xia Qu told him that he just had a cold and nothing serious happened.

But Tang Qin just felt that it was not that simple, Xia Qu kept some things from him every time.

Although he knew that he shouldn't break the casserole and ask the end, he still thought it was necessary for him to know these things that had caused substantial harm to Xia Qu.

Since Xia Qu refused to speak directly in the ordinary way of questioning, he had to spend some time trying to change the way of questioning.

Before the final exam comes, the final physical test is about to arrive one step ahead.