Venus

After returning, Xia Qiyou carefully asked about Qiu Ziming's past.

He wanted to know the relationship between Qiu Ziming and Qiu Minze, and even more wanted to know why he "doesn't need family affection".

Qiu Ziming habitually curled himself into the sofa, hugged his knees with his hands, and put his head on his knees.

"Do you really want to know about my past?" Qiu Ziming asked softly.

"I think," Xia Qiyou looked at him earnestly, "I want to know everything about you."

Qiu Ziming seemed to be remembering some unpleasant past, his cold gray eyes made people shudder.

After a long time, he shook his head bitterly: "If you knew about my past, you probably wouldn't want me as a friend."

"We are friends, I trust you without reservation, and you should trust me too," Xia Qiyou's tone was extremely solemn, "I treat you as a friend not because of how much you have helped me, nor because of what happened in the past. I like you as a friend because..."

Xia Qiyou was annoyed by his lack of vocabulary and poor diction, "Because you are you. What you have done and what you have become are my most admired and trusted friends."

Another long silence.

Qiu Ziming was very calm when talking about the past, like an outsider:

"I was born blind. My adoptive father died when I was six and he told me he had picked me up from a dump.

When he first picked me up, I was seriously ill.He had no money to see a doctor for me, so he exchanged three hundred catties of waste paper with the doctor in the town for a few packs of herbs, which made me survive.

After he died I became an orphan.No one was willing to take in me, a blind man. I didn't know Braille at that time, and I didn't know how to communicate with people, and I didn't even know that there was an orphanage where I could go...

I was a roadside beggar until I was eight years old.After I was eight years old, I was taken back to their dens by human traffickers for 'training'; they taught me how to swallow mud pills packed with drugs, how to avoid police inspection, how to find drugs in my own excrement...

Before the age of 14, I escaped no less than ten times.Every time I failed, I was caught by them, then soaked in ice water, whipped, locked in a cold place with nothing to eat...

Then I poked a lead servant in the eye with a ballpoint pen... and no one dared to mess with me after that.

The leader admired me very much and promoted me to be his follower.It didn't take long for me to be the new leader of the gang.

When I was 16, Mr. Qiu took me out of that ghostly place.He helped me a lot and taught me a lot.He gave me a name and asked me to find a respectable identity for myself.

I couldn't see, I couldn't be a fine jeweler and an antique collector; I didn't have the formal education, resume, or authority I had.After much deliberation, I can only write books, and I didn't expect to write for so many years.

You asked me what it would be like to be in love with someone before... Now you know - people like me never had the chance to be in love with me before.

Because...it's not easy to survive. "

Xia Qiyou didn't dare to ask any more questions.He sat down beside Qiu Ziming, and embraced him tenderly with all his might.

"My poor brother..." He repeated silently in his heart, but he didn't dare to say those two words.

Qiu Ziming leaned in his arms, like a stray cat drenched by rain and finally returned home.

They are too close.Fascinating emotional factors seemed to flow in the air.

Xia Qiyou suddenly remembered that his father was a scumbag who liked men and hurt his mother, and his stomach felt cramped again.

He suddenly let go of the hands around Qiu Ziming, instinctively wanting to keep some distance away from him.

At the same moment, he saw the fear flashing across Qiu Ziming's gray and cold pupils, as well as some specious sadness.

Xia Qiyou bit his lower lip bitterly, and hugged him again.

This is his elder brother, how could he be the same as his father...

Xia Jinghong's condition worsened again, and Xia Qiyou had to take care of schoolwork at the same time, so there were inevitably loopholes in the company's management.

Xia Jinghong handed over an apartment key card to Xia Qiyou: "This is the apartment that you and Teacher Qiu were looking at together. I found the buyer and bought it at three times the price. The house is big enough. You can move with Teacher Qiu." go in."

——He didn't dare to call Qiu Ziming by a more intimate name.

Xia Qiyou couldn't react for a while: "Three times the price..."

"The house you both like, I have to buy it for ten times the price. Accept it. I'm happy to see you get along well."

Xia Qiyou decorated the apartment according to Qiu Ziming's preferences and living habits, and a large number of furniture and electrical appliances used voice control equipment.

In addition, Xia Qiyou also added some of his own thoughts to this world.

He didn't tell Qiu Ziming how the house came into his hands, but just let him move in.

"What about you? You've also taken a fancy to this house, why did you give it to me?" Qiu Ziming was a little puzzled.

"I'm moving in too," Xia Qiyou said naturally, "The apartment is so big, isn't it just right for the two of us to live together? Don't worry, I won't disturb your writing."

"Cohabitation?" Qiu Ziming asked softly, "Isn't it appropriate?"

"It's nothing, isn't it popular among young people to rent together?"

Qiu Ziming was silent for a while, "Then I should also pay half of your house price, as well as decoration and other expenses."

"Don't, don't, don't," Xia Qiyou panicked, "You've helped me so much, I should give you the whole house as a gift. If you really feel embarrassed, you can usually help me with the staff company."

"..."

"I also want to buy a few more properties as investment. Now the policy is strictly controlled, so only your name is written on the real estate certificate of this apartment." Xia Qiyou said again.

Qiu Ziming shook his head: "I'd better let Xiao Han call you the loan."

"Ziming," Xia Qiyou said in a deep voice, "if you treat me as a friend, don't say such things."

Xia Qiyou showed no scruples with Qiu Ziming in various occasions: companies, schools, board meetings, press conferences, restaurants, exhibitions, banquets...

Rumors and rumors about the two gradually increased, but Xia Qiyou didn't take it seriously.

He knew that he and Qiu Ziming couldn't have anything, so he let everyone suspect.

For him, a "gay" label will not have any impact on the company, and it will even accumulate popularity for him.

But if Qiu Ziming's true identity is made public...the consequences would be unimaginable——

Xia's prestige will plummet, and Xia Jinghong's reputation for half his life will be ruined.

And Xia Qiyou himself will be regarded as a thief who robbed Qiu Ziming of his happy life.

What Xia Qiyou was more afraid of was the possibility of being resented by Qiu Ziming for himself and his father.

Although the whitewashed peace and happiness are hypocritical, they are greedy.

Xia Qiyou hopes from the bottom of his heart that Qiu Ziming can be kept in the dark forever, can always respect Xia Jinghong, and can always regard himself as a close friend.

In less than a year, Qiu Ziming has become an existence on an equal footing with Xia Qiyou in the Xia Group.

His business acumen and negotiating skills are even more amazing than Xia Jinghong 20 years ago.

However, there are still many veterans who are not convinced, thinking that he climbed to his current position by blowing Xia Qiyou's pillow.

Rumors spread to Xia Jinghong's ears, and his sense of indebtedness to Qiu Ziming deepened.

Xia Qiyou and Qiu Ziming brought some fruits together, Xia Jinghong asked Qiu Ziming about his love life after a detour: "You are also 26, don't you have a girlfriend yet? Does Qiyou always bother you about the company? Don't you?" If you take him too seriously, you should also consider your own lifelong events."

"Dad—" Xia Qiyou felt inexplicably angry, "Brother Ziming is writing a new book recently, don't let him be distracted."

Qiu Ziming also smiled warmly: "I don't plan to think about these issues for the time being."

Xia Jinghong was a little embarrassed: "Teacher Qiu is not free, so you can find him for Qiyou. Anyway, if you have any troubles, let him take care of you..."

"Dad..." Xia Qiyou was speechless, "Brother Ziming said he doesn't want to fall in love, so don't worry about it."

Xia Jinghong put on a straight face: "I don't care about him, I care about you, right? You're about to graduate from college, you want grades but you don't have grades, you want a girlfriend but you don't have a girlfriend, I think back when I was in college..."

Qiu Ziming listened to the object of the father and son, his thoughts seemed to drift away.

Xia Qiyou didn't know if it was his own illusion - he felt that he saw a trace of sadness in Qiu Ziming's empty eyes.

After returning to the apartment, the two went back to their rooms.

In the middle of the night, Xia Qiyou warmed up a cup of milk with rock sugar, and knocked on Qiu Ziming's door.

"My dad is getting old, don't mind what he said today."

"It's okay." Qiu Ziming took the hot milk and held it in both hands, standing at the door, not intending to let Xia Qiyou into the room.

Xia Qiyou wanted to have a good chat with him: "Well...how is your new book going?"

"No inspiration lately."

"That's it..." Xia Qiyou didn't know how to write novels, so he mumbled vaguely, "I heard that being in love can stimulate people's creativity. Would you like to find a girl to try?"

Qiu Ziming frowned slightly.

Xia Qiyou couldn't see him frowning; for such a beautiful person, frowning would make him feel distressed.

"We have known each other for more than a year..." Xia Qiyou's voice became softer and softer, "Did I delay your normal life? You..."

"Speak directly if you have something to say." Qiu Ziming interrupted calmly.

Xia Qiyou didn't know what he wanted to say.He felt that he should persuade Qiu Ziming to find a girlfriend, or at least a lover.

But he didn't want to do that.

He liked the feeling of living with Qiu Ziming very much.

Both of them are single, and they can say and do anything freely and freely without any scruples.

But if Qiu Ziming has a lover, there will inevitably be a distance between them, and many exchanges will be restricted.

Xia Qiyou admitted that in his heart he didn't want Qiu Ziming to fall in love.

He held back for a long time, and finally said: "I have nothing special to say, but I can't sleep alone...Can I sleep with you at night?"

Qiu Ziming: "..."

"Ahem, I mean it literally. You know my orientation best. If I wanted to do something to you, I would have done it already, wouldn't I?"

Qiu Ziming hesitated for a moment, and opened the door, "Come in."

There is only one dim light in Qiu Ziming's room, like a lone star dotted in the vast and deep night sky.

Xia Qiyou found himself wanting to get close to Qiu Ziming uncontrollably.

……(slightly)

Ridiculous, how could he be like his father?