Venus

When it was time to get off work, Xia Qiyou discovered that Qiu Ziming didn't have any important guests—he just wanted to hang himself out.

Xia Qiyou understood why Qiu Ziming wanted to draw a line with himself.The person you like suddenly becomes your relative, and everyone would want to escape from such a situation.

In the past six months, Xia Qiyou himself didn't know how to face Qiu Ziming.

He made new friends; but no one can be like Qiu Ziming, who can make him feel at ease just by being there, and can understand each other without words.

But after the night before, he had completely lost Qiu Ziming as a friend.

Xia Qiyou followed Qiu Ziming into the elevator: "Shall we talk?"

Qiu Ziming was a little impatient, "If you don't want to see the company ruined in my hands, then consciously leave this city...or I can find someone to help you with immigration."

"Don't talk about the company..." Xia Qiyou looked at his indifferent expression sourly, "I want to talk about the things between us... what happened last night."

After a solemn silence, the elevator reached the ground floor.

Qiu Ziming said: "Nothing happened last night, we have nothing to talk about."

Xia Qiyou was stunned in the elevator, only reacting when the door was about to close and rushed forward, blocking Qiu Ziming: "Ten minutes. Just ten minutes. I really have something to tell you."

"..." Qiu Ziming took a step back, easily getting rid of his offense, "Tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the reception room, I only give you 10 minutes."

Xia Qiyou took another half day off the next day, and arrived at the reception room on the top floor of the Xia family half an hour earlier.

One minute before two o'clock in the afternoon, Assistant Xiao Han pushed open the door of the reception room, and Qiu Ziming, with a suit jacket in his hand, came to sit down opposite Xia Qiyou with no expression on his face.

"Count down for 10 minutes." Qiu Ziming gave instructions to his smartphone, and then raised his chin slightly, "What do you want to say?"

Xia Qiyou felt nervous for no reason, "Ziming, do you consider me a brother? I mean blood."

"..."

"You have already used this relationship to obtain the absolute controlling rights of the Xia family, and it is impossible to deny it," Xia Qiyou smiled wryly, "But do you really think of me as a relative in your heart?"

"Why do you need to ask me if you know the answer?"

"Okay, okay, you never regarded me as a relative in your heart. I know."

"..."

"Then do you still consider me a friend?"

Qiu Ziming pursed his lips hesitantly, but did not speak.

"Let me change the question... Do you still have feelings for me?" Xia Qiyou felt like his heart was going to jump out of his throat, "I mean... the feeling of heartbeat."

Qiu Ziming closed his eyes, then opened them again quickly, his light-colored pupils were no longer cold; "Yes."

Xia Qiyou was surprised.He never imagined that Qiu Ziming still likes him after so long.

To be more precise, he couldn't feel the current Qiu Ziming's liking for him at all.

"If there is..." Xia Qiyou stared at him cautiously, "Then let me tell you, I will also..."

"I won't do anything to hurt Xiao Ling." Qiu Ziming interrupted, "Besides, I don't want to fall in love with you anymore."

"When you married Qiao Dailing when you had me in your heart, wouldn't you be hurting her?"

"She's got someone else in her heart; there's always been fairness between me and her."

"..."

"Sex is not love," Qiu Ziming said in a calm and indifferent tone, "We are all adults, there is nothing we can't let go of this kind of thing. If you really can't let go, you can find a few more people to try..."

Xia Qiyou became anxious: "What about you? You still have me in your heart, what qualifications do you have..."

"I am your only relative, your elder brother. Of course I am qualified to prevent you from making such mistakes."

Xia Qiyou stroked his forehead with one hand, and sighed deeply, "Why is it okay for a man to be with a man, but not for brothers?"

Qiu Ziming remained silent until the countdown ended before speaking:

"I'm not a person who abides by social ethics. I don't think it's a sin to be struck by lightning when the relatives of my compatriots become lovers...

I just simply don't want to have that kind of relationship with you.

The reason is also very simple - I hate Xia Jinghong, I hate Xia Jinghong's blood flowing on my body, and because of this, I hate you even more.

We haven't been in touch for half a year, and I can feel my liking for you is slowly fading.

As long as I don't contact you for long enough, sooner or later I will completely let go of my feelings for you. "

Xia Qiyou asked Lan Jia to meet at the tea restaurant.

Lan Jia's eyes were sly and charming: "A date in a tea restaurant? Why, do you want to play with me seriously?"

Xia Qiyou's scalp was numb, and he shook his head lightly: "I want to ask you something... about Lan Cheng."

"Oh? He only likes women, have you taken a fancy to him?"

Xia Qiyou was speechless for a while, "I want to know what happened between him and Qiao Dailing."

"They...that's complicated..." Lan Jia looked at him meaningfully, "Ah Cheng is my younger brother, so it doesn't seem right for me to tell you about him as gossip?"

"...Forget it then." Saying that, Xia Qiyou stood up and picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair.

"You are really..." Lan Jia hurriedly pulled him back, "There is no human touch at all. You have already come, so it's not too late to have something to eat and chat before leaving."

"No, our demands are different, don't waste each other's time."

"Xiaoyou, you are so interesting." Lan Jia restrained his frivolous eyes, exuding an aggressive aura all over his body, "I really want to get serious with you."

Xia Qiyou gave him a cold look, and left without looking back after he withdrew his hand tactfully.

That night, Xia Qiyou received a long email from Lan Jia, which listed in detail the emotional entanglement between Lan Cheng and Qiao Dailing.

At the end of the email was a short confession written by Lan Jia himself, which made Xia Qiyou get goosebumps again.

Xia Qiyou is very self-aware; Lan Jia is only interested in his own skin and unflattering temper, but he has no interest in Lan Jia.

He thought about replying "thank you" in the email after work the next day, but he forgot about it when he arrived at the company, and never thought about it again.

Xia Qiyou sorted out the relationship between Qiao Dailing and Lan Cheng, and compared with Qiu Ziming's words, he was more sure that Qiao Dailing and Qiu Ziming's marriage was just a business cooperation.

Xia Qiyou temporarily put aside a cracking program he was working on, and didn't pay much attention to his work.

All his thoughts were on Qiu Ziming.He practiced the most clichéd methods one by one: sending flowers, picking him up and going to and from get off work, greeting and caring uninterruptedly, taking Qiu Ziming to the place that bears the memories of the two of them...

Occasionally, when the atmosphere is right, he will also improvise and create casual romance.

Within a few days, both Qiu Ziming and Assistant Xiao Han blocked his contact information.

Xia Qiyou was unavoidably irritable if he couldn't get through the phone; he ran to Xia's in person, but was turned away by the security at the door in embarrassment: "Mr. Qiu said that you can't go in."

Afterwards, Xia Qiyou stopped at the gate of Xia's headquarters after get off work for a few days, and saw Qiu Ziming walk out of the building and followed his special car from a distance.

Qiu Ziming's schedule was simple; he couldn't see, and he was notoriously abstained from alcohol, and most of the things that needed to be discussed were scheduled for daytime.Occasionally it was in the conference room of Xia Group, and occasionally it was in the high-end restaurant of Jinmao Center.

After get off work, Qiu Ziming is usually sent back to the apartment directly by the driver; every Tuesday and Friday night is a fixed date with Qiao Dailing. Separated and went home before [-]:[-].

Xia Qiyou has been a stalker for ten days, living in disgust with himself every day, and finally thought of a way to re-establish contact with Qiu Ziming before his mental breakdown.

He worked out a detailed special fund plan, which he named "Watching the Light" with dozens of PPTs.

To put it simply, it is a nominal fund for Qiu Ziming to act as a corporate model and make charitable donations for the blind community.

The chairman of the foundation and the chairman of the board of supervisors are very optimistic about this proposal; because no one is more suitable than Qiu Ziming.

But obviously, Xia Qiyou is not suitable to be the promoter at all.

Everyone in the city knows how bad his relationship with Qiu Ziming is.

After a lot of talking, Xia Qiyou finally persuaded the chairman of the board to make an appointment with Qiu Ziming for an interview.

The director did not tell Qiu Ziming in advance that he would bring Xia Qiyou to visit with him.

When Qiu Ziming showed displeasure, the chairman could only smooth things over in embarrassment: "Xiao Xia is the planner of this fund, he is also the organizer of the Communication Association for the Blind in D City, and a special consultant for more than ten schools for the blind. They are more professional than me."

After the meeting, Xia Qiyou "by the way" invited Qiu Ziming to dinner.

The chairman probably felt too embarrassed, so he found an excuse to go back first, and before leaving, he said "it's up to you" to Xia Qiyou with his eyes.

The dinner was at an izakaya that the two of them used to frequent.

Xia Qiyou graciously took food for Qiu Ziming, and in a short while the food was piled up on his plate.

Qiu Ziming put down his chopsticks before taking a few bites: "I heard that Lan Jia is chasing you?"

Xia Qiyou almost choked out the plum wine he just drank, "When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

"Xiao Ling told me."

"...You guys really talk about everything."

"There is no secret between me and Xiaoling."

"Then does she know what I did the night you got engaged?"

Qiu Zibai's fair cheeks flushed slightly, "I solemnly beg you, don't mention that day again."

"Okay. If you don't want to hear me, don't talk."

"..."

Xia Qiyou tried to adjust the atmosphere and told a few bad jokes.

"Your sense of humor is not as good as before," Qiu Ziming twitched the corner of his mouth, "Do you want to change the environment to adjust your mood? Anyway, there will soon be nothing worthy of your nostalgia here."

"I'm not leaving." Xia Qiyou sat next to him while drunk, and put his arms around his shoulders, "You're still here, so I'm not leaving."

"...you drank too much."

"You don't know, I..." Xia Qiyou approached Qiu Ziming's ear with a half-smile, "I don't drink more, I dare not tell you what's on my mind."

Qiu Ziming was a little dazed, turned his head, and said in a calm and probing tone: "What's on your mind?"

"That's right... from the bottom of my heart..." Xia Qiyou nestled on his shoulder, "The thing from my heart is...that's..."

Qiu Ziming pushed him away stiffly, "What's in your heart...you shouldn't have told me."

Xia Qiyou felt sour in his heart, and drank a few more sips of wine.He hadn't drank for a long time, and he felt dizzy earlier than expected.

Childishly, he rested his head on Qiu Ziming's lap, grabbed his hand and clasped it tightly, whispering in a sleepy voice.

"What did you say?" Qiu Ziming bent down slightly.

Xia Qiyou hooked his neck with one hand, exhaled hot and humid breath deliberately: "But I just want to tell you."

He seemed to hear Qiu Ziming sighed very lightly, and heard him say: "You are too selfish."

In the middle of the night, Xia Qiyou suddenly woke up.He saw a dim lone star dotted on the ceiling in the dark night, and his head went "buzzing" for a moment.

Consciousness gradually came back, and he confirmed that he was in Qiu Ziming's bedroom.

The weak breathing and the soreness of the body of the person in the arms all showed the absurdity not long ago.

Xia Qiyou got up carefully, went to the bathroom, and looked at himself in the mirror with bloodshot eyes.

He floated back to the bedroom with a blank mind, and found Qiu Ziming curled up, his body twitching slightly, as if he was having a nightmare.

He hugged Qiu Ziming tightly and comforted him gently until he calmed down.

Qiu Ziming fell asleep peacefully in his arms, but he suffered from insomnia.

He remembered in horror that before Qiu Ziming knew his life experience, he wanted to hug him like this.

Early the next morning, Xia Qiyou opened the curtains a crack, and the hazy morning light fell on the floor.

He woke up Qiu Ziming by kissing him, and sneaked in when his defensive consciousness was weakest... (omitted)

He saw Qiu Ziming's eyes gradually covered with charming mist, bit his earlobe and whispered hoarsely: "Ziming..."

Qiu Ziming closed his eyes, but endured the pain, "Don't force me to hate you, please."