back edge

Xie Jingnian fell into a dead end, he was wandering around in the darkness in a daze.

Although he has always wanted to stay away from Xie Laosan, but now that heaven and man are really separated forever, he actually feels a sense of emptiness.

He hates the third child.But this scumbag is indeed his only blood relative in this world, and the 17 years they spent together were not all painful memories.

He didn't know what else he could do now.He who has lost his faith is like a bunch of rotten oranges that have been trampled flat. No one is willing to pick it up again, and even he himself is unwilling to leave the dirty land.

He wanted to join Anti-Blade—so that he could stay by Chen Xi's side all the time.

But Chen Xi didn't say anything, just let him continue to study hard.

"Wait until you graduate from university." Chen Kui paused for a moment, and then said, "If the back blade is still there, play as you like."

Study hard and graduate from college.

These eight words were engraved into his brain together with Chen Xi's voice.

Chen Xi had never lied to him, so he always believed in Chen Xi.

Anyone can lie to him, only Brother Yu can't.

He is only old.

After the third year of high school started, the school's evening self-study time was extended to 09:30 in the evening.

There was a long queue of vehicles at the school gate, which brightened the dark sky a lot.

Chen Jiu was still the same as usual, leaning against the tree beside the road on his motorcycle, just in time to be hidden in the shadow of the bushes.

Xie Jingnian avoided the parents who were waiting for their children at the door, and trotted up to Chen Xi with ease, unconsciously curling his mouth.

"Bro, let's go home."

Chen Xi was looking at his mobile phone, when he heard this, he raised his eyelids, and the eyeballs turned a very light brown in the light of the screen.He responded and took a helmet from the back seat and handed it over.

It was pitch black, and Xie Jingnian was only focused on talking to people, so he didn't notice that Chen Xi was actually wearing two helmets today.

"Brother Rotten..."

Xie Jingnian raised his head abruptly, before he could say anything else, Chen Xi grabbed his schoolbag and dragged him over.

With Chen Kui's well-articulated hands, the movement of the belt passing through the buckle was very light, as if he was afraid of accidentally hurting him.

As the buckle was fastened with a "snap", Xie Jingnian felt his heart beat violently.

Xie Jingnian was wearing a pink and white helmet, his head was slightly raised, and he looked very obedient.Watching his small Adam's apple twitch from time to time, Chen Kui's fingertips were itchy, and he flicked on that bulge gently.

Xie Jingnian shrank back in pain, didn't understand what Chen Xi meant, so he stopped where he was and didn't move.

"Okay." Chen Xi withdrew his hand, his knuckles on the handlebars turned white.After a while, he put on his helmet in a little panic.

"This will be yours from now on." Chen Xi said, "You keep it yourself."

Because Xie Jingnian got on the back car, it sank a little.The person behind him stuck to Chen Jiu's back, and the zipper of the school uniform hurt his bones through the thin fabric.

He heard Xie Jingnian stuffed into the helmet, and whispered: "Thank you Brother Jiu."

Like a small animal.

Chen Xi suddenly remembered the night when someone squatted in the alley and called him. It was the same voice, sobbing so hard that it was so pitiful.

And when crying in his arms——

He rushed out with a fistful of oil, facing the warm wind, his body was hot and inexplicably weak.

Fucking hell.

After that night, Xie Jingnian couldn't put it down holding the helmet, and wished he could hug him under the covers and sleep.

He was also teased by Zhou Yantong, wearing a pink helmet, like a little girl.

Xie Jingnian just ignored it.

This helmet was the first thing Chen Jiu gave him besides the necklace, and he cherished it very much.

The small iron box he used to hide things in the past was filled with all kinds of old and small objects.

The necklace that Chen Xi gave him last time had no place to put it, so he always wore it next to his body, the color had already faded in a few months, revealing the original dark copper color of the pendant.

Even Zhuang Jie ridiculed him for wearing a cheap necklace.

Xie Jingnian didn't care.

Until one day, this faded chain was discovered by Chen Shi.

Chen Yu put his finger into Xie Jingnian's neckline across the tattoo table, and gently hooked the chain with his index finger and pulled it out to form a straight line.

He looked at it for a while before hesitantly asked: "I gave this to you?"

The two were too close, and their posture was ambiguous.Xie Jingnian was always worthless in front of Chen Xi, and his ears were quietly red.

"En." Xie Jingnian nodded.

Chen Yu didn't say anything else, took off his black rubber gloves, took out his mobile phone, and took Xie Jingnian's hand to press on the empty slot for identifying fingerprints.

"Hide what?" Chen Kui pressed the person down with a little strength, and put Xie Jingnian's finger on the empty slot to identify it.

Xie Jingnian couldn't understand many of Chen Xi's actions recently.He always felt that the distance between himself and Chen Xi was getting closer, but it happened to be blurred like a layer of veil.

After recording the fingerprints, Chen Yu threw the phone to Xie Jingnian, cleaned up the tattoo table by himself, and asked someone to order takeaway.

Chen Xi especially likes to eat yellow stewed chicken, Xie Jingnian searched the store only to find that the store is not open today.

"Bro Yu, that braised chicken shop is closed." Xie Jingnian flicked the screen with his fingertips, "What do you eat?"

Chen Kui was cleaning the utensils, and without raising his head, he replied, "Same as you."

Xie Jingnian looked at it for a while, and finally ordered two sets of Malatang.

In just a short while, Chen Kui had already packed up the tattoo table and started mopping the floor.

Xie Jingnian put Chen Xi's mobile phone into his trouser pocket, leaned over and said, "Brother Jiu, let me drag it for you."

"No need." Chen Kui turned sideways slightly to avoid Xie Jingnian's overstretched hand, raised his jaw and pointed at the sofa, "Go back and sit down."

The takeaway was delivered soon, and the two sat side by side on the small sofa on the first floor to eat.

Chen Xi gave Xie Jingnian all the meatballs in his portion of Malatang, and even picked out lotus root slices for others to eat for himself.

Xie Jingnian was delighted in his heart, but his face was quite calm.He likes to eat with Chen Xi the most. Although it is very plain, it is the warmth that he never experienced before when he met Chen Xi.

Malatang is delicious, and his heart is full of irony.

"What are you silly?" Chen Kui slapped him in the head as he spoke.

Xie Jingnian was used to playing by him, and now he doesn't feel that much pain, not to mention that Chen Xi didn't use much strength.On the contrary, he thought that it was Chen Xi's intimacy with him.

Recently, Zhou Yantong always came to Chen Xi to talk about things. Although Chen Xi hadn't mentioned it, Xie Jingnian could understand what was going on after a little thought.

Seeing that there are still a few months until the comeback, both of them are planning the performance plan.

"Brother Jiu, are you going to bring Yu Ning and Brother Heng back?" Xie Jingnian asked.

"Yeah." Chen Xi said, "Yu Ning is done contacting, Yuan Fangheng still needs some time."

Xie Jingnian thought for a while, and tentatively asked: "Then... can you still bring me to the show in the future?"

Chen Xi put down his chopsticks and looked up at him: "No."