confused abo

14

The next day, Chi Liangxiao sent Pei Zhuo to the airport.

Pei Zhuo, who had wailed, looked haggard. Chi Liangxiao accompanied him in the luggage check-in line, and it was almost their turn, so he still couldn't help asking, "Why don't you go."

Chi Liangxiao's frowning brows couldn't be opened because of the illusory alpha's sixth sense, always feeling that something big was about to happen.

"No." Pei Zhuo shook his head and said mechanically, "The work has been assigned, I won't go temporarily, and I can't find someone to replace me."

"Alright then." Chi Liangxiao reluctantly sent him to the security checkpoint after completing the formalities.The fellow lecturers and professors were all waiting there, and they were all gentle. Chi Liangxiao's height and temperament were too outstanding and different, which attracted a lot of peripheral vision and eyeballs, which made him feel embarrassed to stay for a long time.

"There is mung bean soup in the thermos, you can drink some if you want, if you don't want to drink, just pour it out before going through the security check." Chi Liangxiao handed the briefcase to Pei Zhuo, "If you need anything, call me."

"Okay." Pei Zhuo finally stopped bowing his head, he cried too much yesterday, and now the corners of his eyes are red, looking very listless and sad.

"Then I'll go back first." Chi Liangxiao pinched Pei Zhuo's cheek, "See you next week."

He took a step back, then turned around, and after walking a few steps, he heard Pei Zhuo calling his name, and turned his head overjoyed, it seemed that Pei Zhuo really had something to say.

"Actually, you can-"

"Pei Zhuo!" Xu Ning ran over with a folder, leaned over to Pei Zhuo and opened it for him to see, "I've convinced these people, and there is a process to change the accommodation, come on, look, the two of us Finally a room..."

The smile on Xu Ning's face slowly disappeared, because he noticed that Pei Zhuo's complexion was really bad, even though he tried hard to force a smile to himself.He couldn't help looking at Chi Liangxiao. Chi Liangxiao hunched his back slightly to make himself look not so tall, and asked very politely: "When will you live together?"

Xu Ning nodded and said that the organizers arranged for all participants to stay in standard double rooms in four-star hotels.

"Then I'll trouble you to take care of Pei Zhuo," Chi Liangxiao said, "He hasn't had a good appetite these two days."

"It's okay, leave it to me." Xu Ning said cheerfully, telling Chi Liangxiao not to worry.Chi Liangxiao stood silently for a while, seeing that Pei Zhuo had nothing to say to him, he really left.Pei Zhuo watched his back disappear into the doorway without moving. Xu Ning waved his hand in front of his eyes before he came back to his senses.

Then they went through the security check together, and when Pei Zhuo's briefcase was taken out alone, he belatedly remembered that there was a thermos inside.The staff member unscrewed the cap of the bottle and asked Pei Zhuo if he wanted to drink more. Pei Zhuo shook his head blankly, and when he was more than half poured, he suddenly stretched out his hands to hold the bottle tightly, which shocked everyone around him.

"I, I drank it." Pei Zhuo was also embarrassed, but he still drank the rest without tasting the sweetness.He was not feeling well at all, his throat was always sour, so he gulped down half a bottle of mung bean soup, and he went to the bathroom to vomit after sitting in the waiting area for a long time.Xu Ning watched Pei Zhuo shuffle out of the bathroom with water still on his hands and face, so he hurried over to help him.When Pei Zhuo returned to his original position, he kept covering his face. It was so long that Xu Ning worried that he might be crying, so he sat up straight again, and his complexion was at least more human than before.

"What happened?" Xu Ning asked with concern.

"It's okay." Pei Zhuo's voice was very soft.

"You don't seem to be fine now," Xu Ning approached, and said word by word, "You look tired."

"Everyone is tired." When Pei Zhuo said this, there was an uproar in another waiting area not far away.The flight to the border city was eventually canceled. The flight attendants calmed the restless crowd and showed them the latest official safety regulations, but some people still refused to accept it, saying that they had jobs and family members there, and they had to go.

Pei Zhuo rubbed his face vigorously, took several deep breaths, and opened his mouth again, and it was the Pei Zhuo that Xu Ning was familiar with again.They were assigned different positions. Xu Ning was in the simultaneous interpretation team, and Pei Zhuo was the personal interpreter of the Kangsheng Pharmaceutical delegation. It was easier than Xu Ning's, but the working hours were longer.Pei Zhuo asked why his husband didn't come, Xu Ningnu shrugged and said that he was still in the lab, and he seldom went home these two days.

It was already afternoon when the plane arrived in City C. They followed the pick-up staff to the designated hotel, and then they could rest or go out for a stroll.Xu Ning likes to play, he will go to disco, but Pei Zhuo is isolated from bars and nightclubs even when he is in good shape, let alone now, he is listless.They had a light meal nearby, and returned to the hotel. Pei Zhuo was still annotating the documents, while Xu Ning lay on his bed and typed, chatting with someone in full swing.Hearing that voice, Pei Zhuo suddenly remembered that he hadn't sent a message to Chi Liangxiao after he got off the plane to report his safety. He sat quietly for a while, put down his pen, took out his phone, swipe his finger under the dialogue box with Chi Liangxiao, and for some reason trembled, and pressed It's time for "Video Calls".

Just as Pei Zhuo was about to hang up, Chi Liangxiao connected, as fast as he had been waiting.He is at his mother's house, Pei Zhuo is not around, it is more convenient for Chi's mother to take care of Xiaoxiao.Pei Zhuo hurriedly sat upright, and when Chi's mother came into the mirror, she saw Pei Zhuo no different from before. He didn't show his teeth when he smiled, but his eyes were crooked. He was so gentle and peaceful that everyone who saw him felt comfortable.Mother Chi is feeding Xiaoxiao, and Pei Zhuo also greets Xiaoxiao, but Xiaoxiao's mind is on the bottle.

"Xiaoxiao can drink milk powder now." Chi Liangxiao flicked the camera to face himself, and then turned to Xiaoxiao.He uttered all kinds of onomatopoeia to tease his son, and those voices emerged completely unconsciously from his memory, from farmland, mountains, lakes, and nature conquered by cities.

After drinking the milk, Chi's mother wanted to coax Xiaoxiao to sleep, so she winked at Chi Liangxiao and asked the two of them to chat alone.Chi Liangxiao went into another room and asked Pei Zhuo what he ate on the plane, what he ate at night, and whether it was good.Pei Zhuo's answers were all embellished, because he didn't eat much.

"I also drank mung bean soup," Pei Zhuo suddenly thought, and felt that it was necessary to tell Chi Liangxiao.Chi Liangxiao smiled and asked how it tasted, Pei Zhuo also laughed and said it was delicious and sweet.

They have nothing to say, just looking at each other through the screen, if they are face to face, they will definitely be at a loss.Pei Zhuo was about to say that he still had materials to read, when Chi Liangxiao asked him if he could go back to his hometown together after he came back this time.

"...Back to Midtown?" Pei Zhuo felt that this proposal was sudden, but judging from Chi Liangxiao's expression, he should have thought it over.

"Well, I want to take you to the forest next to our village." Chi Liangxiao scratched his hair in embarrassment.There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the urban and rural areas of Zhongcheng. Pei Zhuo's family is well-off, he has received a good education since he was a child, and his mind is meticulously cultivated according to the omega that will become an alpha in the future.But Chi Liangxiao was different, he was a wild child in the mountains, if he hadn't joined the army, he might have been self-sufficient in that small village for the rest of his life.

"It's early summer, the best time to pick mushrooms." Chi Liangxiao plausibly said, "Some of them are very beautiful. Dumplings, pine mushrooms, yellow and white cup umbrellas, light white and green cup umbrellas..."

Pei Zhuo didn't know any of the breeds that Chi Liangxiao mentioned, but he listened carefully.He has lived to this age, and the number of times he left the city can be counted on one's fingers. The most recent time was eight years ago, when he attended her friend's wedding with Lu You.The friend was already a city resident, but he did not forget his roots. He booked a side street in the village for lunch, and set up more than 80 tables for the whole village to eat, and confiscated a share of the money.

But that village was not close to the forest, Pei Zhuo was still unfamiliar with Chi Liangxiao's description.He was also at an age when he was close to nature, but that curiosity has long since been smoothed out by the trivialities of mundane life. At Chi Liangxiao's age, his eyes sparkle even if he doesn't even mention the mushrooms in the forest.

"Let's go back together to relax." Chi Liangxiao asked, "Do you want to go?"

"Okay." Pei Zhuo thought for a while and agreed.Chi Liangxiao smiled, seeing that Pei Zhuo had a pen in hand, he didn't bother him anymore.

After they said goodbye, Pei Zhuo looked at the pitch-black phone screen and let out a deep breath.Xu Ning has turned off the computer since they started talking, and has been lying on the bed to listen. After seeing Pei Zhuo hang up, he reacted like this, and asked, "Didn't you say that you don't want to go back to Midtown for the rest of your life?"

"...Did I say that?" Pei Zhuo subconsciously flipped the fingernail of his thumb.

"Of course I did." Xu Ning is a simultaneous interpreter and has a good memory, "I asked you when you were pregnant, why didn't your family come to see you? You said they didn't want to come to City C, and you didn't want to go back either. Zhongcheng, then you paused and said that this is very good, anyway, you don’t want to go back in your life.”

Pei Zhuo didn't refute, although he really couldn't remember, but even now, he could say such a thing, because he didn't need freedom in the city where his ancestors lived.

"Then why didn't you tell him?" Xu Ning lay down, looking at Pei Zhuo with his chin in his hand.Pei Zhuo glanced away, still fingernails on the other hand, and said, "He wants us to go back together."

"But he asked if you wanted to." Xu Ning said, "He cares about your thoughts, not asking you to just give in—" Xu Ning hurriedly got up from the bed and rushed to the edge of the table, making the tears suddenly go out of control. Pei Zhuo hugged.

They stood up, but Pei Zhuo's legs were often weak, and Xu Ning needed to support him.Pei Zhuo is very thin, and Omega doesn't think he is particularly heavy. Xu Ning hugged him and sat on a softer bed, and hurriedly wiped his face with a tissue.

"What's the matter?" Xu Ning asked when Pei Zhuo's emotions were not as excited as before, anxious and worried.

"It's nothing." Pei Zhuo tightly clutched the tissue in his hand, forcing himself to calm down.

"I'm fine," he said, "everything's fine." He tried to laugh, but it only made his tears worse.

"Then you must be running away from something." Xu Ning took the mobile phone on the table and handed it to Pei Zhuo, "You need to call Chi Liangxiao."

"I can't let him see me like this..." Pei Zhuo didn't unlock it, "he will be worried."

"You are really adults, you can bear and digest your own pain, and don't bother others." Xu Ning smiled, but then turned serious.

"But he is your husband, and everyone can tell that he likes you very much." Xu Ning said, "Chi Liangxiao must love you very much."

Unexpectedly, his words didn't have a soothing effect, Pei Zhuo covered his mouth but couldn't swallow the crying, as if he couldn't bear that love.

"Why..." Xu Ning was overwhelmed, "I know that you two have only been together for a short time, but from what you said about the past, you are still very destined."

Pei Zhuo lowered his head until his chin was almost touching his neck, closed his eyes and shook his head. After a long time, he opened them whirlingly.

"Before I met Chi Liangxiao, when I was a graduate student, I fell in love."

Xu Ning suppressed a smile: "In any age, you can get married more than once. What's wrong with falling in love, and you were only... 24 five at that time, didn't you break up with that ex-boyfriend before you met a more suitable one?" Chi Liangxiao."

"No," Pei Zhuo's voice gradually became clearer, "...they are really similar."

Xu Ning held Pei Zhuo's hand, and suddenly thought of something, his eyes widened: "You mean that estrus period—"

"I didn't expect this to happen, I didn't expect..." Pei Zhuo closed his eyes again.He thought he would keep it a secret for the rest of his life, which is not difficult for a sociable person.But when he learned that Chi Liangxiao really liked him, to the point of giving up his bright future, instead of just passing by like him, facing Chi Liangxiao's sincere eyes, he always felt that there was a cliff behind him .

"I don't even know how to tell him," Pei Zhuo said in a difficult and broken voice, "I thought the person who had the sandalwood pheromone that day was Ye Ruize."