High-end restaurants are usually opened in the city center. Qin Chuan first spent nearly an hour buying chestnuts, then turned around and drove to the city center to buy other food.
Although Xue Chong only said one thing, it is absolutely impossible for Qin Chuan to buy only one thing and go home.
So Qin Chuan turned eastward and westward, bought milk tea, desserts, and sushi, and bought a portion of almost every edible thing he saw. Qin Chuan didn't think it was enough until the car couldn't fit anymore.
Therefore, it took Qin Chuan a full four hours to get home from the two hours he expected at the beginning.
It was 16 o'clock when I drove out, and it is already past 20 o'clock now. When Qin Chuan got on the elevator with a lot of things, he couldn't help wondering how someone would react.
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. Qin Chuan stood in front of the door of the apartment. After thinking about the words he was going to say later, he slowly entered the password and opened the door.
Stepping into the house, Qin Chuan was taken aback for a moment.
The light in the living room was off, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything.
So now Qin Chuan became even more anxious. Following the route in his memory, he gently placed the things in his hands on the coffee table in the living room, trying not to make the slightest sound.
At this time, the living room was extremely quiet, as if one could even hear the sound of breathing.
Master... asleep
Qin Chuan subconsciously thought so. And because of this, Qin Chuan didn't even dare to turn on the lights. Because there would be noise when turning on the light, Qin Chuan was afraid of disturbing Xue Chong's sleep. Not to mention turning on the lights, Qin Chuan walks lightly now, for fear of disturbing Xue Chong.
... But someone hasn't eaten yet, so going to bed hungry is not okay. I am often so hungry, but I will suffer from stomach problems.
Thinking so, Qin Chuan didn't care that someone would be angry, and prepared to wake someone up. It's not too late to get angry when someone has eaten.
After thinking about it, Qin Chuan walked towards the guest room, but when he unscrewed the door lock, Qin Chuan couldn't help but relax his movements. Subconscious movements of the body.
Opening the door, Qin Chuan mustered up his courage and looked up to the direction of the bed, but the next second, he was stunned.
— There is no one on the bed.
The sheets were clean and tidy, without a single wrinkle, exactly the same as when Qin Chuan finished tidying them up when he went out in the morning, there was no difference.
Qin Chuan was stunned for a while, wondering if someone couldn't wait and went out to eat by himself
The more Qin Chuan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and called Xue Chong. However, he held up his mobile phone, and besides the busy tone, he could no longer hear other sounds.
However, perhaps the image of Xue Chong not answering the phone was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even though Qin Chuan had made three phone calls and no one answered, Qin Chuan just thought that Xue Chong was angry because of his late return and did not do anything. he thinks.
After calling nearly ten times in a row but still no one answered, Qin Chuan had to accept the fact that someone might be angry, so he didn't call again, and then began to think about how to beg for mercy when someone came back later.
So he sat in the living room and waited slowly. From 21 o'clock, until 23 o'clock, and then from 23 o'clock, until 6 o'clock in the morning.
Qin Chuan was like this, sitting on the sofa in the living room from night to early morning.
At first, Qin Chuan told himself that someone was just angry, he went out to eat alone, and he would be back soon. But at 23 o'clock, after Xue Chong still hadn't returned, the apprehension in Qin Chuan's eyes turned into panic. Then, as time passed, the frightened eyes turned into panic, and then from panic, to indifference, and finally... numbness.
Even when the sun slowly rose at 6 o'clock in the morning, and the dazzling light reflected into the room from the window of the guest room, and illuminated a small ring on the coffee table, Qin Chuan did not show any surprise. Instead, with a calm face, he picked up the ring on the coffee table and looked at it quietly, his eyes were as calm as stagnant water.
But after picking up the ring, Qin Chuan didn't do anything else. It was as if it had been frozen and never moved again.
It was not until the evening that the phone on the coffee table rang, and Qin Chuan had a slight reaction. He raised his eyes and looked at the word Qin Yue on the phone screen expressionlessly. After looking at it for about tens of seconds, he slowly picked up the phone and pressed the connect button.
Father Qin's stern voice sounded from the other end of the phone, "What are you doing, why are you only answering the phone now!"
Qin Chuan didn't speak.
Qin's father didn't seem to intend to wait for Qin Chuan to reply, so he finished his sentence, and immediately continued: "Since I have graduated, I will come back to the company to help me tomorrow. I have already booked the air ticket for you, and the flight at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning .”
After finishing speaking, Qin's father was about to hang up the phone, but Qin Chuan was faster, Qin Chuan had already pressed his finger on the hang up button before Qin's father spoke the word "hang up". Next, press .
After the night, more than half of the pile of food I bought last night was uneatable. However, there is still a small part that has not been affected. However, Qin Chuan, who hadn't eaten a drop of rice for nearly two days, didn't even look at the things on the coffee table. Instead, he raised his foot and walked towards the guest room. Then, after entering the guest room, he suddenly opened the wardrobe door.
Then, Qin Chuan walked towards the bathroom silently. He opened the door of the bathroom and looked in, then closed his eyes quietly.
All of Xue Chong's things disappeared. But none of the clothes and shoes that Qin Chuan bought for Xue Chong has been touched, and they are still in place, exactly the same as when they were just bought.
Qin Chuan sat slumped on the ground, his eyes filled with dead silence.
He thought that these two years were enough for him to change from wishful thinking towards Xue Chong to mutual wishful thinking. He also thought that Xue Chong never said that he liked him, but because of his shyness, he was too embarrassed to speak, so he kept silent.
It turned out... It was all his misunderstanding.
No matter from the beginning to now, Xue Chong has never liked him. And it's impossible to like him at all. In the past two years, he was the one who forcibly cooperated with him, so there was rarely a smile on his face. That's why... I left so resolutely, without nostalgia.
Qin Chuan smiled lowly, but there was no smile in his eyes. It seems to be sneering, and it seems to be laughing at himself. Then, Qin Chuan sat all night in this slumped position on the ground.
Qin Chuan hadn't eaten for three days in a row, but he didn't seem to feel hungry at all. He had no desire to eat at all, and he couldn't eat any more. It's just that the physical strength is rapidly losing. According to this situation, Qin Chuan might be sent to the hospital on the fourth day.
But before the fourth day, the grandma who had been waiting in Qin's mansion for a long time before Qin Chuan came back couldn't bear it anymore.
After waiting for Qin Chuan to come back for a long time, she told herself not to be too anxious on the first day, Qin Chuan still needs to get together with her classmates for a while. The next day she told herself that Qin Chuan needed a day to pack his luggage. On the third day, she couldn't find a reason, so she finally couldn't bear to call Qin Chuan and asked when Qin Chuan would come back.
The cell phone on the coffee table rang suddenly. Qin Chuan thought it was Qin's father urging him to go back, so he didn't plan to answer it at first. In Qin's house, not only Su Jiaman, but also Qin Chuan didn't have much affection for his father. Except for grandma.
The ringing of the mobile phone has been echoing in the living room, and there is no thought of stopping.
Five minutes later, Qin Chuan finally had a reaction. He stood up and walked towards the coffee table. However, it is not to answer the phone, but to turn off the phone.
He picked up the phone on the coffee table, and just as he was about to turn it off, he suddenly discovered that the name on the phone screen was not Father Qin's name, but grandma's. Qin Chuan was taken aback for a moment, and after two seconds, he pressed the connect button.
Grandma's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, "Grandma has made so many calls, why did she answer it? Is something wrong?"
Qin Chuan's expression was a little silent, "No, grandma."
After hearing Qin Chuan's answer, grandma breathed a sigh of relief, and then said eagerly: "When will you come back, grandma misses you. Oh, by the way, when will you bring my daughter-in-law back for me to see? If If he doesn't mind, you take him home for a meal and let me meet you."
Grandma's words kept Qin Chuan silent for a long time. After a long time, Qin Chuan finally found his voice, "... Maybe I can't bring him back to see you."
Grandma was stunned for a moment, and said inexplicably, "Why can't I bring it back? Could it be that he is embarrassed? Otherwise, you can give him the phone and I will tell him. Just come home and have a meal, and let him not be afraid. it's nothing."
Thinking that Xue Chong was ashamed to see others because of his gender, grandma wanted Qin Chuan to hand over the phone to Xue Chong and let her talk.
However, as everyone knows, it's not about being ashamed to meet people at all, but leaving.
Qin Chuan's throat choked, and the silence was longer this time. Holding the phone in his hand, he said for a long time, "I'll be back tomorrow."
Seeing that Qin Chuan avoided talking about Xue Chong, grandma thought that Xue Chong and Qin Chuan were not mentally prepared, so she didn't ask any more questions. But when Qin Chuan said that he was coming back, grandma immediately became happy and said hurriedly, "What do you want to eat when you get home tomorrow? Grandma will make it for you."
Qin Chuan closed his eyes, "... I don't want grandma, I don't want to eat anything."
After hearing this, grandma immediately retorted what to do if she didn't eat it. So he finalized the dishes on his own, and after telling Qin Chuan about tomorrow's dishes one by one, he hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Chuan held up his mobile phone, stared at the familiar but now extremely unfamiliar scene in the living room, and smiled lowly, self-deprecatingly.
Qin Chuan's self-deprecating laughter echoed in the silent and empty apartment, making the apartment even more desolate and deserted.
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Qin Chuan packed his luggage, dragged his luggage, walked to the entrance, and glanced back in the direction of the living room.
The two pillows on the sofa, the couple's porcelain cups on the tea table, the foreign masterpieces that can be seen from time to time in every corner, and the two pairs of slippers by the shoe rack... There are traces of his life with Xue Chong everywhere.
Qin Chuan remembered that when he lived here before, there was nothing, clean and empty, like a high-end hotel, and he couldn't feel the feeling of home at all.
But... even if he doesn't give up, it's just his wishful thinking. Even if he continues to stay here, it will not change any facts, it will only further reveal the fact that it was his wishful thinking from beginning to end.
Ah, maybe the other party doesn't like men at all, and will never be able to like men. Otherwise, why has he never said that he likes himself? Don't even want to wear a ring on your finger
The more he thought about it, the more sour he became. Qin Chuan twitched the corners of his mouth dismally, and then slowly closed the door.