Finale

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The car chased the sunset down the mountain, with red maple leaves and breeze along the way.It was getting late, so they stayed in a B&B at the foot of the mountain. Because they didn't book a hotel in advance, there were not many rooms available in the past, and almost all of the slightly better ones were gone.

Lu Chunyan asked Guo Zhaoan to book a suite and a single room. Guo Zhaoan finished the formalities, watched Lu Chunyan take Qiuyao upstairs to the suite, shrugged his shoulders, and walked slowly towards the single room.The suite is on the top floor. Open the door and enter, insert the room card, and the lights in the corridor of the room will automatically turn on.

The curtains of the small living room were not drawn, Lu Chunyan walked to the balcony, opened the glass sliding door, and the wind blew in.Standing on the balcony, looking around, the sunset looks like splashing ink on the mountain peak, clouds and tree shadows overlap, and the autumn wind rolls up circles of grass clippings.

"It's so beautiful." Qiuyao walked to Lu Chunyan and sighed. He had seen very few things, and when he came out with Lu Chunyan, he would be deeply moved by everything he encountered.

Lu Chunyan raised her hand, her palm resting on the back of his head, her soft hair was close to her fingers, and she opened her fingers slightly when touching up and down.

For dinner, I ate local farm food. Qiu Yao didn't like to eat at all, and Lu Chunyan didn't have much appetite. Almost all the dishes on the table were eaten by Guo Zhao'an alone. He didn't want to waste, and in the end he sat in a chair and almost couldn't get up. .Lu Chunyan looked at him helplessly, "If you can pack it if you can't finish it, you don't have to force yourself to eat so much."

Guo Zhao'an hiccupped, propped his stomach, and said to Lu Chunyan, "Boss, if this eats up, can it be considered a work-related injury?"

Lu Chunyan smiled, "I'll give you a raise when I go back."

There are two rooms in the suite. Lu Chunyan asked Qiuyao which one she wanted to sleep in, but unexpectedly the child said she wanted to sleep with him.I took a shower and washed my hair before going to bed.Seeing water dripping from his hair, Lu Chunyan hurried over to grab a towel to wipe his hair.Qiu Yao raised her head slightly, and Lu Chunyan stood behind him and said, "Did you come out without drying your hair?"

He spoke in a tone like an elder, Qiu Yao raised her head feeling a little uncomfortable, so she simply turned around and faced him.As the towel wiped her forehead, Qiuyao narrowed one eye and turned slightly to one side, muttering in a low voice, "Didn't you wipe it for me?"

Lu Chunyan's hands paused, he smiled to himself, and said softly, "That's true."

Qiuyao didn't like the sound of the hair dryer very much, so Lu Chunyan wiped his hair with a towel until it was half-dry. Seeing that it was almost done, he patted the top of Qiuyao's hair and let him play by himself.Qiuyao was liberated, and she ran outside in her slippers.He was watching a movie before taking a bath. Lu Chunyan saw that the time was about the same and it was late, so he asked him to take a break and go take a bath first.Now that he was done washing, he immediately ran to the small living room, turned on the TV, and continued with the movie he just watched.

Lu Chunyan had seen the movie, he glanced at it casually, and said to Qiuyao, "Look, I'm going to take a bath too."

"Go, go." Qiu Yao didn't turn her head, and Lu Chunyan smiled helplessly.

The shower gel in the hotel here smells like milk. When the warm water is poured under it, the heat is dense. Lu Chunyan squeezed some into his palm, and the milk smell is even stronger.He didn't hate the smell, but thinking that Qiu Yao had also used it just now, he raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help laughing.

The wet knuckles were tense, and the bathroom door was pushed open as soon as the cover of the shower gel was fastened.

Water mist filled the glass, and a vague figure took a few steps forward. Amid the sound of "crashing" water, Lu Chunyan heard his voice, "Your phone is ringing."

The phone ringing over and over again is like a small stone being turned up and down in the sea at this moment. As if Lu Chunyan didn't hear Qiu Yao's words, he took a step forward and poured hot water on his back.

The glass door slid open, and the heat escaped. Qiu Yao couldn't help closing her eyes, and then a wet hand gently held the back of her neck.

The phone fell to the ground and stopped ringing.

My heart was beating "Bang Bang Bang", and the hair I had just dried was wet again.Qiu Yao raised her head, a few drops of water fell on his eyes, he quickly closed them, the moist breath passed over his cheeks, and finally landed between his brows.

Lu Chunyan seemed to be kissing him...

Qiu Yao didn't dare to move, her eyelashes turned into the wings of a butterfly, and the butterfly flew into a storm, its thin wings trembling violently.

Disturbed breath, the lungs that can only come out, and the surrounding area is still hot, and the air seems to be squeezed out bit by bit.Qiuyao took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and her eyes fell into Lu Chunyan's sight.

He saw himself in Lu Chunyan's eyes, a bewildered self.

He pursed his lips, his whole face was red, he stumbled and asked, "Why did you kiss me?"

Lu Chunyan put his hand down from the back of his neck, turned to prop it on the glass door behind him, bent down and lowered his head, a wet kiss fell on his cheek.

Lu Chunyan's voice seemed softened by warm water, he said, "Yaoyao, I like you."

What exactly is like?

Qiu Yao felt her face was wet, but her heart was hot and itchy.

That kind of feeling, like when it is about to bloom, green buds appear on the branches, it will be a little itchy, the buds will bloom in the middle of the growing leaves, soon the peach blossoms will fall all over the branches, and soon the whole tree will become pink.

Just like the current Qiuyao, a flower seemed to bloom in her heart, and the peach blossoms stained her face. He asked in a low voice, "Do you kiss me only when you like me?"

Lu Chunyan's hair was all wet, a few strands of wet hair stuck to his face, and his chin was dripping, he said yes.

As soon as the words fell, Qiuyao stood on tiptoe, raised her head, and tried to get closer, her lips brushed against the corner of Lu Chunyan's mouth, and gave it a light touch.

Lu Chunyan blinked in a trance, with a few drops of water hanging on his eyelashes, he heard Qiuyao say, "I like you too."

"Silly boy, do you know what liking is?"

Lu Chunyan laughed, and Qiuyao was confused.He really didn't understand what liking was. When Lu Chunyan talked about liking, he also wanted to learn how to like Lu Chunyan, like a child imitating an adult, he imitated that kiss, that heartbeat, that admiration.

Lu Chunyan had a panoramic view of his expression, sighed inwardly, withdrew his hand and turned to turn off the hot water.

He said to Qiuyao, "Go out, your clothes are all wet, go change."

Lu Chunyan opened the glass, Qiuyao took a step back, there was water on the ground, her foot slipped and almost fell.Lu Chunyan pulled him to her side, and walked out almost half-embracing him.

Qiuyao leaned in his arms, turned her head to see the mobile phone on the ground, was stunned for a moment, then raised her voice and said, "Your mobile phone is still ringing."

Lu Chunyan had a meal, but he still didn't stop.He put on a bathrobe and wrapped a large towel around Qiu Yao's body. Qiu Yao wiped the water off her body. Lu Chunyan took out a set of clothes from the suitcase and asked him to change directly.

He watched Qiuyao change her clothes, and he didn't forget to tell her: "Hair is wet too, please wipe it again."

"So complicated."

Qiu Yao frowned, and under Lu Chunyan's gaze, she pursed her mouth and obediently wiped her hair.

Lu Chunyan put on his clothes and walked back to the bathroom. The phone fell to the ground and the screen was covered with water.Lu Chunyan picked up the phone, leaned back on the sink, reached out and pulled a paper towel from the side to wipe the phone, just after the water stains were wiped off, the screen turned on, this time it was not a phone call, but a message.

It was from Lu Chunyan's mother, saying that his father had a stroke and went to the hospital, and told him to go back immediately.

The hospital was still brightly lit in the early morning, and a black car was parked in front of the hospital.Lu Chunyan opened the car door, glanced at Qiuyao who was half tilted in the car, and said to Guo Zhaoan, "Take him to the apartment."

Lu Chunyan came overnight, and it was almost one o'clock in the morning when he arrived, but even so late, the ward was still full of people.

He is the only son, and he was in charge of almost everything in the Lu family before. Except for marriage, his parents were satisfied with everything about him.But in the past two years, he was depressed and lethargic, and the two old people were tormented and haggard.This morning, while his father was watching the news, he happened to see some tidbits about Lu Chunyan.

In the early years, Lu Chunyan would have scandals with various female stars. This kind of thing was commonplace in the circle, and his father didn't care about it, but the news this time was different.

Lu Chunyan stood outside the door, and when the relatives who came to visit saw him coming, they retreated to the sides to make way for him.He took two steps forward, and someone couldn't help saying: "Chunyan, go over and tell your father quickly, what's on the news is not true."

Lu Chunyan was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and asked, "What news?"

The speaker breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I'll just say, he doesn't even know about it, and the news must be fabricated."

The other party handed him the mobile phone. The webpage was just opened, and the signal in the hospital was not good, so the loading was slow.The people in the whole room watched Lu Chunyan silently, watched him take the phone, waited for the news to jump out, glanced at it, just took a look, and then said: "It's true." The tone was so flat that it seemed to be talking about the good weather tomorrow Bad in general.

Father Lu who was lying on the bed was short of breath. He was obviously in a coma, but he seemed to hear Lu Chunyan's outrageous words.

Mother Lu couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up, looked at him with red eyes, and said in a low voice, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Lu Chunyan turned his head, the light in the ward was so bright, shining on his face, his whole body was clear and sharp.He said: "I fell in love with a boy who is many years younger than me. It's not just for fun, but I really like it."

In silence, Mother Lu looked at him blankly.

The first person in the room who called to stop Lu Chunyan just now reacted and asked everyone to leave first.They walked out one after another, and the last one gently closed the door. From the closed gap, you could see Mother Lu raised her hand and slapped Lu Chunyan on the face.

Lu Chunyan remained motionless, and Lu's mother's voice was hoarse. She stared at Lu Chunyan's face, "Do you know what I'm talking about? How old are you? It's nothing more than having such thoughts in high school. Why are you still thinking about this now?" An unrealistic feeling?"

Lu Chunyan's eyebrows moved slightly, "High school?"

"Didn't you like the Xu family when you were in high school? You think we don't know? We all know, but I don't care at all, because I know you care too much about what others think." Mother Lu paused, she Sighing and controlling her emotions, she said: "Chun Yan, you are a good boy, do you know how the outside world views homosexuality? The report wrote about you like that, which is already belittling our family. Your dad saw it." In the end, I was so angry that I had a stroke, and I don’t know how it’s going to be. Can you take some responsibility, for this family, for the company, don’t..."

Lu Chunyan interrupted her, "If it is because I have affected the company's stock price, I will resign, and I have already selected all the people to take over."

Lu's mother stopped breathing, and then she heard Lu Chunyan say: "Mom, I'm very tired, I don't want to live with a mask anymore."

The windows and doors are closed, and only the sound of respirators can be heard in the room, one after another, a person's life is maintained in such a state of embarrassment.Everyone's destination will be like this. What's the use of a glamorous life if you can't keep love. He missed it once, and he has no right to make another mistake.

He said: "If I stay here, I am irresponsible to him. I can give up everything, but only him, I can't."

Qiuyao was sent to Lu Chunyan's apartment by Guo Zhao'an, the dizziness of the elevator made him wake up all of a sudden, leaning against the elevator wall, when he reached that floor, he couldn't wait to run out.

Guo Zhaoan went to open the door, but Qiu Yao stood at the door and didn't go in, she turned to him and asked, "Where's Lu Chunyan? Why didn't he come?"

"The boss has something to do, and he will come over when it's done. You go in first."

"Is this his house?" Qiu Yao looked inside.

Guo Zhaoan turned on the light at the entrance, and the dark house was lit up. He opened the shoe cabinet to see if there were any slippers in it. He thought that there would be nothing prepared in the house where no one lived in it for a long time. Unexpectedly, when the cabinet was opened, the inside There are several pairs of shoes.

He took a pair and put them on for Qiuyao. They were just the right size, and there were little pink peaches on the shoes.

"Mr. Lu hasn't lived here for a long time, but someone will come to clean it regularly every week, so it's all clean." Guo Zhaoan took Qiuyao in. The living room layout has not been touched, and many things are from Qiuyao before. The ones to buy are colorful and colorful, Guo Zhaoan felt that Lu Chunyan's house was decorated more than once in a particularly festive manner.He went to the guest room, opened the door, turned around and said to Qiuyao, "You can sleep here tonight, my aunt just came here yesterday, the quilt should be newly changed."

Qiu Yao nodded and said yes, Guo Zhaoan pursed his lips, and said to Qiu Yao: "You have a good rest, you can see the boss when you open your eyes tomorrow."

"really?"

Guo Zhaoan smiled, "Really."

Guo Zhaoan didn't stay for long, and it was not easy for him to be an assistant, he was exhausted, after sending Qiu Yao off, he drove home.

After Guo Zhaoan left, Qiu Yao came out of the guest room and turned on the light in the living room. He walked back and forth in the house. For some reason, he felt that this place was very familiar.

The painting on the wall was bought by Lu Chunyan from the gallery at a high price. It is said to be a master's work, but Qiuyao accidentally spilled tomato juice on it.Qiuyao herself was scared to death and kept apologizing, but Lu Chunyan was not angry, but comforted him by saying that this way looks better.

The crooked little peach on the sofa was embroidered by Qiuyao herself, and her fingers were pricked by the needle. Show the embroidered peach to Lu Chunyan.Lu Chunyan thought it was an apple, but Qiuyao blushed when she saw that he took it for an apple, and hesitated but did not refute.

The small tropical fish kept in the small fish tank on the balcony are still alive, the hanging basket hanging in the corner is still green, and the carpet at the door says "Welcome Home", it is Qiuyao's favorite bright red color, Lu Chunyan thinks it is so earthy, Qiuyao insisted on buying it, but in the end she had to.

All the traces that can be done, the traces of Qiu Yao's existence that can be preserved are all there, and they are all stored in this house completely, waiting for someone to unlock it.

With a "click", the door was gently pushed open.Qiu Yao was stunned, a little dazed.

Lu Chunyan pushed open the door and saw that the light in the living room was on. He changed his shoes, walked in, and saw Qiuyao sitting on the sofa.

It seems that the memories are overlapping, so many times, when he came home late at night, Qiuyao always sat on that sofa and waited for him.

Walking a few steps quickly, she walked to the sofa, Qiuyao looked at him sideways, and one side of Lu Chunyan's face was a little swollen.Startled, Qiuyao immediately stood up, grabbed Lu Chunyan's arm, and pushed her directly onto the sofa.

Lu Chunyan's chin was raised, Qiuyao lowered her head, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"

"It's nothing, I accidentally touched it."

"It's a lie, there are obviously palm prints on it."

Lu Chunyan backed away, and Qiuyao held his head to keep him still.Lu Chunyan was helpless, his tense body slowly relaxed, his head was resting on Qiuyao's chest, and he said sullenly: "Yaoyao...you are so fierce."

Qiu Yao was stunned, her chest was warm, like Lu Chunyan's breathing, but not like...

He lowered his head, his eyes fell vertically on Lu Chunyan's messy hair, slowly raised his hand, carefully placed it on the top of Lu Chunyan's hair, and said softly: "Lu Chunyan, are you... crying?"

In primitive society, the average life expectancy of human beings was 15 years old, and it increased to 61 years at the beginning of the [-]th century. The lifeline has been extended so much, and the things filled in human minds have also become more.I can no longer speak straightforward words, and I have to hesitate three minutes about being brave and heroic. Everything becomes slow, even love.The ancients said that one stands at thirty, and one is not confused at forty. Lu Chunyan almost lived half of his life. Only now does he seem to really understand how to live this life.

Anyone can create a beautiful life. The eyes of others are always in the eyes of others. What others say and think is their business. He doesn't want to care about it anymore, he just wants to be more real, more real.Think about what you want, love what you love, and like someone, dedicate all you have to him, don't shrink back, don't say half a word, don't regret anymore.

Qiuyao asked him if he was crying, and he was indeed crying.

Time flies, and it is not easy to look back.He was grateful that the peach blossoms flew to his yard.