Venus

Nearly a month later, the public trial of the court ended, and major media rushed to report the final judgment of the case.

Xia Qiyou's "plagiarism" incident, the suicide incident of a professional student, and the corruption incident of a well-known professor all came to light:

The program was written by Xia Qiyou independently, and the professional students and professors jointly stole his achievements, and publicly spread rumors and slander on the multi-party media network;

After Xia Qiyou hired a lawyer to defend his rights, the professor shifted all responsibility to the professional students. Under the double pressure of the lawyer and the professor, the professional students finally chose to commit suicide and left a suicide note full of malice towards Xia Qiyou and distorting the facts.

At the end of the case, the professor reached an out-of-court settlement with the parents of the student who committed suicide. After compensating a huge sum of money, the professor successfully got the parents to withdraw the lawsuit.

Xia Qiyou refused to accept the professor's financial compensation and insisted on prosecuting the professor for "academic fraud" and "embezzlement of scientific research funds".

The professor was fired for a thorough investigation; Qiu Ziming assured Xia Qiyou that such academic scum would be kicked out of the scientific research circle forever.

The public opinion turmoil was finally passed without any danger, but Xia Qiyou couldn't relax.

He missed the national competition, a chance to prove himself.

But it was a blessing in disguise, and he also had a different idea of ​​his responsibilities and future.

He was finally willing to let go of his love for programming, and polished himself into a competent entrepreneur like Xia Jinghong.

Regarding his decision, Qiu Ziming still acted very calmly: "Just as long as you think this is appropriate."

"I have been spoiled by my dad since I was a child," Xia Qiyou smiled wryly, "I thought he would always be so young and strong, that I could be a boy who would never grow up...but I just discovered recently that he is no longer young Now, it's my turn to pamper him from now on."

Qiu Ziming reached out and touched his shoulder, patted it lightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xia will definitely be proud of you."

Xia Qiyou stood in the shade of the trees in the parking lane in front of the court, looked up to see the blue sky, and looked down to see the light and shadow of the sun passing through the leaves and falling on the ground.

He took a long breath, put his hand on the back of Qiu Ziming's hand, and unconsciously grabbed his hand.

Xia Qiyou is very grateful to Qiu Ziming.

If it wasn't for him, the reputation loss of himself and the Xia family would be immeasurable; if it wasn't for him, the professor might not have received the punishment he deserved; if it wasn't for him, he might not be able to survive that extraordinary period.

He wanted to send Qiu Ziming a thank you gift, so he found his assistant Xiao Han.

Xiao Han told Xia Qiyou that Xia Jinghong asked Qiu Ziming to find him, just wanting him to comfort Xia Qiyou; unexpectedly, Qiu Ziming took the initiative to help him so much...

"Teacher Qiu is not a nosy person," Xiao Han said. "What is easy for us, is also very troublesome for him. So I think, he just did it because he wanted to help you. It's not about getting some kind of thank you from you."

"But he said..." Xia Qiyou still remembered that Qiu Ziming said that if he wanted to gain Xia's care, he had to gain Xia's trust first.

"You really don't understand Mr. Qiu," Xiao Han showed a disappointed expression, "Mr. Qiu can definitely make things worse and put Xia's reputation in crisis. Wouldn't he need to put in less effort and gain more benefits?"

"Then why did he...?"

"I don't know why Teacher Qiu is so kind to you." Xiao Han looked at Xia Qiyou with some reluctance, "He said you were his only friend who really understood blind people, but I don't think so."

Xia Qiyou personally went to ask Qiu Ziming what he wanted.Anything is fine as long as it is within his tolerance.

He felt that he didn't deserve to be Qiu Ziming's friend, but he really liked this friend, and he couldn't accept Qiu Ziming's kindness with peace of mind.

Qiu Ziming thought for a while and said: "Then accompany me to climb the mountain to watch the sunrise; I dare not watch the sunrise alone, because I won't know when the sun comes out. If you accompany me, I won't feel like I am alone. He's blind."

Xia Qiyou was silent for a while, then hugged Qiu Ziming tightly.

He realized that his behavior had crossed the line, but he still wanted to embrace his only, perfect, unfortunate friend seriously.

On a deserted dawn, Xia Qiyou and Qiu Ziming came to the city's highest peak.

The morning light is faint, the morning breeze is blowing, and the morning birds are chirping.

The two sat together on a boulder on the top of the mountain.

He put one hand on Qiu Ziming's shoulder, looking back at his expression from time to time.

Obviously Qiu Ziming was the one who wanted to come to "watch" the sunrise, but Xia Qiyou himself was much more than he expected.

The moment the first ray of sunlight lit up the mountain, Xia Qiyou realized for the first time that the alternation of light and darkness originally contained such a sacred meaning.

He clung to Qiu Ziming's ear, with a magnetic voice that was as transparent as a breeze: "Ziming, it's dawn."

Qiu Ziming's pupils shrank for a moment.

Xia Qiyou watched the rays of light and the morning sun reflected in his light gray pupils, looked at the hazy sea of ​​clouds in his eyes, and felt that his soul was going to be sucked by those eyes.

He heard his own voice: "Because of the light, everything in the world can show its own color. However, in front of you, the colorful world can only shed its disguise."

Qiu Ziming's body trembled slightly, his eyes were wet and his long eyelashes moved slowly twice.

He repeated very lightly: "Light...?"

Qiu Ziming was silent for a long time, as if he wanted to understand the ultimate meaning of "light" and "darkness" from a visual perspective.

Looking at his side face, Xia Qiyou felt a faint impulse, wanting to exchange his life for Qiu Ziming's chance to see a ray of light.

After a long time, most of the dark blue sky became brighter, but Qiu Ziming's pupils still showed a pale gray color.

It's just that the morning glow in the sky was fixed in the center of his pupils, and the corners of his mouth curled up beautifully, as if he had really grasped some great profound meaning.

Maybe it's because the morning scenery is too hazy, or maybe it's because the light changes too unpredictable in his eyes.By coincidence, Xia Qiyou kissed the corner of Qiu Ziming's lips.It was the first time he kissed someone, and it was also the first time he wanted to kiss someone so seriously.

The tip of his tongue carefully traced the shape of Qiu Ziming's lips, and his teeth lightly touched his lower lip.He saw the sunrise scene in Qiu Ziming's pupils replaced by his own shadow, and he felt an unprecedented fascination in his heart.

Xia Qiyou wanted to kiss him more deeply, but suddenly saw the confusion in his eyes and the bitterness between his brows.

There was a sudden sharp pain in his stomach; he took two steps back in panic, his face was blue, and his back was wet with cold sweat.

He couldn't believe that he actually kissed a man.He tried his best to restrain the instinct of vomiting, and explained in a hoarse voice: "I... I was not just... Don't get me wrong..."

He didn't know what he said at all, he only saw Qiu Ziming's face was morbidly pale, and the eyes that had been filled with a trace of emotion before quickly returned to coldness and emptiness.

On the way down the mountain, Xia Qiyou was still brooding.He babbled on about irrelevant things, as if that would drive away his anxiety.

Qiu Ziming was quiet all the way, and when he got to the foot of the mountain, he only cared about drinking water.He looked very tired, with a little sweaty temple hair sticking to his forehead, and his expression revealed a world-weary tiredness and laziness.

He screwed on the cap of the mineral water bottle, and suddenly interrupted Xia Qiyou: "Okay, I know what you mean."

"...Huh?" Xia Qiyou didn't even know the special meaning of the current affairs he was chatting about.

"we are still friends."

"Ha... yes... of course..." Xia Qiyou began to speak incoherently again, "You are my best friend. Even if you want to break up the relationship, I won't agree."

"..."

"Just now at the top of the mountain...I really didn't mean to...I...I don't like men, you know..."

"I know." Qiu Ziming interrupted him coldly, and decisively ended this awkward conversation.

"I know" - Xia Qiyou was annoyed by these three words for no reason.

Why does Qiu Ziming always act like he knows everything and doesn't worry about anything?Does he never lose control?

Xia Qiyou didn't know how sinister and surly his eyes were at the moment.

After sending Qiu Ziming to the publishing house, Xia Qiyou secretly made up his mind to reduce contact with Qiu Ziming.

He had an intuition that his life would gradually be derailed because of Qiu Ziming's existence.

It's just that things backfired, Xia Qiyou received a call from Xiao Han's assistant that night.

After leaving the publishing house, Qiu Ziming went home alone. He was knocked unconscious by a blunt object in an empty alleyway, his abdomen was pierced by a sharp object, and he lost a lot of blood.

Xia Qiyou rushed to the hospital when he heard the news.

He waited all night outside the ward, and finally waited for the sentence "the patient is out of danger" early the next morning.

Just a few words made his eyes flush, and he almost cried.

Xia Qiyou stood by Qiu Ziming's hospital bed and fell asleep in a daze.

Not long after, he was awakened by a strange sound.Following the sound, he saw his father standing at the door, and an old man with gray temples and eagle eyes.

Xia Qiyou came to the door silently, carefully closed the door of the ward, and asked his father suspiciously: "Dad, why don't you stay in your ward?"

"I heard that Teacher Qiu is injured, let me come and see." Xia Jinghong's voice was full of worry.

"He's fine, I'll stay with you." Xia Qiyou said and wanted to take his father back to the ward.

"Are you Xia Qiyou?" The old man suddenly shouted from behind.His voice was deep but powerful, with an invisible sense of oppression.

Xia Qiyou turned around and smiled politely: "Yes. Who are you?"

Xia Jinghong answered in a low voice: "This is Mr. Qiu's adoptive father, Mr. Qiu Min Zeqiu."

Xia Qiyou had never heard Qiu Ziming mention his past, let alone that he had an adoptive father.

But the name Qiu Minze, I am afraid no one would not know it.Qiu Minze, the most mysterious top rich businessman in the country, is actually Qiu Ziming's adoptive father?

"I'm not his adoptive father," Qiu Minze seemed to have insight into Xia Qiyou's heart, "I'm his creditor."

Xia Qiyou didn't like his eyes very much, and asked in a deep voice, "What does he owe you?"

"That's between me and Ziming." Qiu Minze didn't get angry, "He hasn't paid it off yet, so he can't just die like that."

Xia Qiyou couldn't stand the old man's arrogance a little bit, he turned his head to look at his father, and found that Xia Jinghong also had a solemn expression on his face.

"Ziming has helped you so much, is this how you repay him?" Qiu Minze glared at Xia Qiyou, "Is he blind, and his heart is also blind? How could he treat someone like you as a friend?"

"Mr. Qiu, please speak with respect." Xia Jinghong couldn't help but speak out.

"What's wrong with me?" Xia Qiyou stood in front of his father.

"Father and son really came out of the same mold," Qiu Minze sneered, "It's useless to be the same!"

Xia Qiyou was annoyed, and wanted to argue with him, but was dragged back to his ward by his father.

"Dad, what's the matter with that old man?!" Xia Qiyou was furious, "Why does Ziming treat someone like me as a friend because he is blind? Am I worthy of being Ziming's friend? When will it be his turn to give advice? "

Xia Jinghong had a bad heart, so he looked at him tiredly after a while: "Let me ask you, do you know why Teacher Qiu was injured yesterday?"

"I...I don't know..."

"Because of you." Xia Jinghong took a few deep breaths, "Mr. Qiu found someone to investigate overnight, and it was the professor who had trouble with you who found someone to do it."