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Shen Junhuai came early the next day.

Zhan Yue got up earlier.He didn't want Shen Junhuai to see himself lying next to Lu Qingchen when he opened the door, even though he was really just sleeping, even though the incident happened for a reason, he didn't want to be "caught rape" early in the morning.

When Shen Junhuai came, Zhan Yue was leading Lu Qingchen to have breakfast at the hotel with two dark circles under his eyes.

As soon as Shen Junhuai sat down, he stared at Lu Qingchen: "Why is your complexion so bad, did you not sleep well?"

After all the trouble last night, Lu Qingchen started to have a fever in the middle of the night. Luckily, he had taken a bath and drank ginger soup before. As soon as the fever came up, Zhan Yue immediately gave him antipyretic medicine. The temperature had already dropped in the morning, but his face was visibly sluggish. go down.

Lu Qingchen shook his head wearily.

"Last night, I had a fever due to the cold wind. I have already called the doctor to see him." Zhan Yue said from the side.He looked at Shen Junhuai with a hesitant expression, but said nothing.

Shen Junhuai didn't ask any more questions.

After the three of them finished their breakfast, Zhan Yue sent the two of them away first. He was the person in charge of the organizer and could not leave until the afternoon.

On the way back, Lu Qingchen fell asleep again in a daze.Shen Junhuai stopped at the service area, carried him to the back seat of the car and lay down, then took a blanket and carefully wrapped him tightly.

He leaned outside the car door and lit a cigarette, then dialed Zhan Yue's phone.

The two talked for ten minutes, Zhan Yue said, and Shen Junhuai listened.

Shen Junhuai frowned, and he didn't feel any pain when the smoke burned his hand.During breakfast, Zhan Yue sent him a message, asking him to call back at his convenience and to avoid Lu Qingchen.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen last night.

At the end of the call, Zhan Yue told him not to leave Lu Qingchen alone.

Shen Junhuai put out his cigarette, let the smell out for a while, then opened the car door and started on the road again.

When Lu Qingchen woke up, he found himself lying on a single bed.He looked around in confusion. It was a small room with a bed, sofa, wardrobe, and bathroom.The closet was open, and there were a few shirts hanging inside, which belonged to Shen Junhuai.

This is Shen Junhuai's office?

There were vague voices outside the door, and he recognized that one of the voices was Shen Junhuai.Lu Qingchen got out of bed, walked to the door, and gently opened the door.

Outside the door was Shen Junhuai's office. Several people were discussing something. When they heard the door opening and looked up at the same time, they all looked surprised. Obviously, they didn't expect that there were people in Professor Shen's lounge.Shen Junhuai immediately came over and held his hand, with a gentle tone: "I still have something to deal with, so I will come to school directly, and I will go home in a while. Do you want to sleep for a while?"

Lu Qingchen shook his head.

"Qingchen, it just so happens that you are here, I have an appointment with Qiao Moli at noon, let's go together." Su Changxian also walked over, and after not seeing each other for a long time, he looked at Lu Qingchen suspiciously, "Why are you losing weight again? This is not good, you can’t leave at noon, so I’ll make up for you.”

The others also stood up to say hello one after another. Lu Qingchen didn't recognize them, but one of the teenagers looked familiar.He stared blankly at the other party for a while, and Xia Ke was a little guilty of being stared at like this, so he took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, Mr. Lu, my name is Xia Ke, and I am Professor Shen's assistant."

That's right, this person's name is Xia Ke, the student who likes Shen Junhuai.

Lu Qingchen stared at him blankly, the boy's face was full of energy, his whole body was full of sunshine and enthusiasm, he thought this is the one who wants to follow Shen Junhuai, you see, he is really a good match.

"Qingchen—" Shen Junhuai called his name again, holding his hand tightly.

When Lu Qingchen heard the shout, he blinked and turned his face away.

Shen Junhuai pursed his lips tightly, and a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.The way Lu Qingchen stared at Xia Ke just now was a little abnormal.He called him three times before he heard it.The others also glanced between Xia Ke and Lu Qingchen in embarrassment, and in their minds, there was already a big scene in which Zhenggong found out that the green tea mistress wanted to come to the scene to demonstrate.

"Go and eat, we're going home first." After Shen Junhuai finished speaking concisely, he picked up his coat and put it on Lu Qingchen, and walked out with him in his arms, without looking at anyone else.

Su Changxian saw that the atmosphere between the two seemed to be out of order, so he hurriedly asked everyone to disperse before sending them out.

The three of them walked to the car, Su Changxian handed a large bag of documents to Shen Junhuai, and said casually: "The application has been sent to me, please take it." Then he patted Lu Qingchen on the shoulder, Jokingly said: "Qingchen, I will go to country M to find you in the future, and take you to the big entertainment city to watch a reality show!" After speaking, he winked at him, "Let's not take Lao Shen with us, and play by ourselves."

Lu Qingchen obviously didn't understand what he meant, before he could speak, Shen Junhuai pushed him into the car and closed the door.

Shen Junhuai threw the file bag back to Su Changxian, and warned in a low voice: "Shut up." Then he got into the car with a grim expression.

"No way? You haven't told him yet, have you?" Su Changxian's question was also locked out of the car.

Lu Qingchen discovered that the invitation letter from the alliance university was purely accidental.

But all accidents are inevitable results, maybe this is fate!

Shen Junhuai is a little strange these few days. His project in Pingzhou has ended, but he is still very busy, as if he is handing over some work.All the things that can be handled at home are at home. If you really need to go to school for work, you can take Lu Qingchen to school with you.

Colleagues were also shocked that Lu Qingchen appeared in the office almost at the same frequency as Professor Shen.But Professor Shen still went his own way.In fact, most of the time, Lu Qingchen stayed in the lounge to sleep, and occasionally went for a walk on the campus, and Shen Junhuai almost never left his side.But on the matter of arranging someone to accompany them for a walk, the two were deadlocked.

Until Lu Qingchen said: "Since you don't want me to go out alone, why don't you lock me up at home?"

One sentence discouraged Shen Junhuai.

In the end, it was Shen Junhuai who gave in. The time for walking was limited to half an hour, he could not leave the campus, and he had to keep his mobile phone unblocked at all times.

The few times Lu Qingchen came to the school with him, he never saw Xia Ke again, and even Shen Junhuai's other assistants disappeared. Only after listening to other people by chance, did he know that Shen Junhuai had dismissed several assistants.

Lu Qingchen understood that Shen Junhuai's work in Pingzhou was almost over.

Some things should come, will always come.

The file bag that was thrown back to Su Changxian last time somehow reappeared on Shen Junhuai's desk, and several documents were spread out on the desk.Lu Qingchen went out for a walk and felt a little cold, so he turned back. Shen Junhuai was not in the office, he should still be in the meeting room.

The top document is all in English, and the gold-stamped cover is luxurious and elegant, making it hard not to notice.

Lu Qingchen's English is very good, but it is a bit difficult to read at the moment. It took him a few minutes to figure out what was written on it. The general idea is that in view of the outstanding contributions made by Professor Shen Junhuai, he was invited to give lectures and so on. The time is to leave at the beginning of next month. , which lasted half a year, was signed as the knight logo known to all human beings in league colleges and universities.There is also a confirmation receipt of the invitation letter, on which someone signed, the handwriting is clear and smooth, and there seems to be no hesitation.

After looking at it for a long time, he finally recognized what the three words in the signature position were.

The Shen Junhuai who fell on the paper seemed to be two people with the Shen Junhuai in reality. The Shen Junhuai who was going to the other side of the world to give a lecture tour for half a year, and the Shen Junhuai who was still by his side and told him to come back early, were torn apart before his eyes.

He wanted to keep Shen Junhuai in front of him, but he was afraid of Shen Junhuai who was about to go far away.

In the end, he couldn't do anything, turned around and walked out silently.

The campus of the United Nations University is full of green trees, and the sun is covered by verdant greenery. Even a century-old famous school is a path hidden in a corner of the campus.

Lu Qingchen sat in a hidden garden scene, silent.

"Clear out the trash today, and Director Zhao will have to talk about it after seeing it." A middle-aged man in work clothes in the corner is directing the two to carry a huge green leather trash can.

"Put the trash can in the utility room in the northwest corner later, or you'll think the trash can is ugly and doesn't match the temperament of our school." Another person also echoed, causing everyone to laugh.The president of the United University attaches great importance to the school's prestige. Even the garbage bins on the campus are designed in an antique style, just like a work of art, which perfectly integrates the history and characteristics of the United Nations University.And those practical but cumbersome green leather trash cans can only be hidden in the corner to play their role.

Lu Qingchen looked at it blankly for a while, and then laughed.

After dinner, Shen Junhuai was not in a hurry to go home, and took Lu Qingchen for a walk on the campus.

"Qingchen, there is something I want to discuss with you." Shen Junhuai said.

Lu Qingchen's back stiffened for a moment, and then he relaxed. He smiled very softly, and his voice was also soft, and he said hello softly.

Probably feeling that Lu Qingchen was in a good mood, Shen Junhuai hesitated for a long time before making up his mind to say it, and it became less difficult to say: "Next month, I will go to the alliance colleges and universities to give lectures, and it will take about half a year." He paused and continued, "You can go with me, or you can stay and continue to complete your creation. I will not interfere with your decision."

Lu Qingchen stopped in his tracks and remained silent for a long time.

Looking at his hair tip, Shen Junhuai felt a little uneasy: "But I hope you can go with me." Traveling around the world for half a year, he was not sure whether Lu Qingchen's body and mind could bear it, nor could he He was sure whether it would affect the other party's start-up career, but he couldn't rest assured that Lu Qingchen was left alone in Pingzhou or any other place.

"After half a year is over, let's choose a place you like and settle down. OK?"

Shen Jun held him in his arms, feeling the warmth of his palms, and gave an answer to the "after" question that the two of them hadn't settled for a long time ago.

Smelling an all-too-familiar smell at the tip of his nose, Lu Qingchen buried his face in the man's arms, and vaguely said hello.

As the end of the month approached, the final procedures of the project were handed over one after another, and Shen Junhuai also breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Qingchen received psychological treatment on time, ate and rested on time, with a stable mood and a gentle expression.Shen Junhuai also gradually let him go out by himself, but he just took a walk in the community, and occasionally went to Hanxing to hand in his works.

Things at work are finished, and the private part also needs to be sorted out and handed over.

The house they are currently living in in Pingzhou does not belong to Shen Junhuai's private property, it is the property that Binhai United University had in the early days of its establishment, and was provided by the school to live in for famous teachers hired from outside.Now that Shen Junhuai wanted to leave Pingzhou, he needed to hand over the house and school.

The two lived together for more than a year, and they had a lot of things. After a few days of packing up, some valuables and large items were sent back to Country M, and most of the other things were thrown away.Lu Qingchen often stares at the empty house in a daze. There are too many memories here, good and bad, sweet and bitter, all of which disappear in the gap of time with the disposal of each item.

Lu Qingchen's studio hadn't started tidying up yet. Right now, he was looking at a box in front of him, not knowing what to do with it.

These were brought by Xiao Mo from Nancheng before, and he hadn't tidied them up, letting them accumulate dust in the corner of the studio.He cut the tape with a paper knife, and took out the contents one by one: there were important materials and personal documents that he had kept for many years, and some scattered small objects, the first certificate after school, A pendant from a good friend when I was young, a greeting card full of birthday wishes, there are so many things, each one has a special meaning, and each one was once a treasure in my heart.Turning to the end, there is a photo of him and his parents. He looks like he is five or six years old, snuggling up between his parents, smiling wildly.

That's all of his 25-year-old life.

All the past years seem to be packed in this box.

Now, where are these things going to be stored?He found sadly that in his life, he had nowhere to go in the end.

He didn't want the box to follow him around anymore.

He picked out his ID and the photos of his parents, put them in a plastic bag, and carried them downstairs.

When he reached the door of the study, he stopped and looked in.The door was ajar, and Shen Junhuai was having a video conference with the project team from Country M. The light from the screen hit his face, reflecting his calm and serious face, giving him an unreal sense of distance.

Shen Junhuai looked up and saw him, made a tentative gesture to the computer, stood up and walked over from behind the desk. "Finished?" He said in a warm voice, his brows were slightly loose, and he looked completely different from the previous appearance.

"Well," Lu Qingchen looked at him intently, his eyes seemed to be dripping with tenderness, and then said: "I'll go out for a while."

"Where are you going?" Shen Junhuai came over and rubbed his hair, and answered casually.

"Go take out the trash."

The two of them have already had dinner, and taking a walk after dinner has always been Lu Qingchen's regular activity, but today I have a meeting, so I'm afraid I can't accompany him.Shen Junhuai took it for granted that he was going for a walk to throw out the trash, so he smiled: "Go, I have a meeting, so I won't take a walk with you today."

Lu Qingchen hummed, and suddenly took a step forward to hold his hand, leaned over to hug him, and raised his head to kiss his lips.

This kiss was soft and soft, lips pressed against lips, without any lust, but with a little warmth, as if kissing the most important treasure in the world.Shen Junhuai was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and pinched Lu Qingchen's face, and said with a smile: "Come back early."

Lu Qingchen was half a head shorter than Shen Junhuai, looking up at him now, listening to him carefully, grabbing his face-pinching hand and putting it on her lips.Then he nodded gently with a smile, turned around and went downstairs, and never looked back.

It's no different than going out as usual.

Shen Junhuai watched as he carried a garbage bag and went downstairs to leave.He only wore a long-sleeved gray sweater and a pair of ordinary black home pants, and went out like this.At this time, a thought flashed in Shen Junhuai's mind, wanting to remind him to put on an extra coat when it was cold at night, but before he could say anything, he heard the door shutting in the living room.

Shen Junhuai shook his head, thinking that it wouldn't be too cold for a while, so he turned and went back to the study to continue the meeting.

It wasn't until a long time later that he realized that the reminder he didn't say at the time became the thing he regretted most for the rest of his life.

Only then did he know what Lu Qingchen's last sentence meant.

Only then did he know that that kiss was Lu Qingchen's final farewell to him.