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The air froze at this moment, Chi Qiu's jaw tightened, and tears were about to come out of his eyes.
He is not a person who can say too many cruel words coherently, and he does not want to lose face in front of Lu Ming at all. So, he turned around and walked to his room, saying loudly, "Aunt Su, call the security guard and drive him out! Throw that painting out too!"
He didn't give Lu Ming any face.
"Chi Qiu!"
Lu Ming was in a hurry, stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, and said without measure: "I didn't act! I was really sick before, and I don't have any memory about you. It's because my mother's death is part of me. This made me blame myself very much. I couldn't bear the pain at the time, so I implicated you and forgot you... All of this is my fault. I'm sorry. I don't expect you to forgive me. But Chi Qiu, you Can you give me another chance... "
Chi Qiu pulled out his hand vigorously, took two steps back, almost stumbled and tripped.
Lu Ming hugged him quickly and hugged him tightly.
Chi Qiu pushed Lu Ming away with all his strength, but Lu Ming still insisted, standing in front of him abruptly, with no intention of giving up.
If reason is a wall, then Lu Ming doesn't need to think at all, he can break a big hole in the wall for Chi Qiu.
He no longer waited for the opportunity, and said regardless: "Chi Qiu, I love you!"
The air was silent as an abyss, and it was terrible.
Lu Ming's eyes were red, and he said affectionately: "It was ten years ago, and it will be ten years later. I have always loved you. It was my fault to lie to you to get married for the sake of property. It was my fault to help Jin Chengjun in private. I have always been indifferent to you. No, it’s my fault for always selfishly asking you to match my pace! I know you don’t want to trust me anymore, so we can leave—”
"Snapped-"
A slap slapped Lu Ming's face crisply, crushing all his unfinished words. The crisp sound made the whole room quiet.
Chi Qiu had exhausted all his strength and his whole body was stiff.
He would rather Lu Ming treat him with the same indifferent attitude as before, and he would not see Lu Ming pretending to please himself in order to achieve his goal.
"Shut up."
"..."
"Lu Ming." Chi Qiu's tone was unsteady, he swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva, and threw out the last clue, hoping that Lu Ming would give up on himself, "I have you investigating the past between your grandfather and my grandfather. Evidence, you should know what your grandpa hates the most."
The slap marks on Lu Ming's face were clear, he was beaten and his head was buzzing.
He couldn't hear what Chi Qiu said, and the tingling pain spread throughout his body.
He suddenly remembered that ten years ago, he and Chi Qiu were leaning together to listen to the songs on the phone. A pair of earphones, one for each person, Chi Qiu was held by his hand, and fell asleep on his shoulder. The boy's hair has the fragrance of green grass under the sun, no matter how lonely he is, he is still full of vitality.
Lu Ming reached out to brush the hair on his forehead, but the half-awake Chi Qiu grabbed his hand.
The 15-year-old Chi Qiu's voice was like a soft cloud, and Lu Ming was afraid to melt it in his mouth: "I'm sorry, I fell asleep, does your face still hurt?"
The 17-year-old Lu Ming shook his head: "It's amazing, the pain will disappear soon after you are with me."
Chi Qiu rubbed his eyes, reached out his hand to touch his slightly swollen cheek, and said distressedly: "Your father is really bad, how could he hit you."
Lu Ming said, "It's okay, I'm used to it."
"Don't get used to it!" It's rare for Chi Qiu to be willful, and only in front of Lu Ming can he have this willfulness to be himself. His slightly cold fingertips gently comforted Lu Ming, and complained in a low voice: "I hate him for beating you..."
Chi Qiu hated anyone who hurt Lu Ming.
And now.
Chi Qiu's tears fell just like that, his palms were burning with pain, and repeated emotions devoured his calmness. He once regarded Lu Ming as a star in the sky. Even if he spread his palm, it was used to protect Lu Ming and cherish Lu Ming. It would never be a slap to hurt Lu Ming.
But now he also hit Lu Ming...
Chi Qiu's tears drew a gully, and he turned his back miserably, and issued an ultimatum: "Don't come to me again, or I will hand over all these evidences to your grandfather, and let you pay even a penny." None of the property can be obtained."
This time, he easily pushed Lu Ming away and stumbled towards his room.
Close the door and hit the catch.
When he heard outside the door, Aunt Su stopped Lu Ming and persuaded him in a panic: "Young Master Lu, hurry up! If you, if you don't leave, I really want to call the security guard!"
Lu Ming's footsteps did not come any closer. He came back to his senses and was awakened by the pain again.
Surprisingly, Lu Ming's tone did not change after being beaten, it was still as gentle as when he spoke the first sentence. After a while, regardless of Aunt Su's obstruction, he walked all the way to the door of Chi Qiu's room, and said softly: "It's my fault for making you unhappy today, I'm sorry."
Chi Qiu covered his ears irritably inside the door. He wanted to scold Lu Ming, but he couldn't. He didn't want to hear it, but he couldn't cover his ears. Lu Ming's voice could always penetrate his defenses.
Outside the door, Lu Ming who didn't get a response continued, "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... I will keep coming until you calm down."
After a few minutes, the villa was finally clean.
Lu Ming didn't take "Re-engraved Spring Day", he left it at Chi's house. Regarding this painting, Chi Qiu pretended not to see it, and neither kept nor lost it. Aunt Su decided on her own, temporarily put it in the collection room of the villa, and covered it with a curtain.
On this day, Chi Qiu had no appetite, so he didn't come out to eat something until evening.
Aunt Su went into his room to clean up a bit, and took out the bag from the trash can.
When Chi Qiu saw it, he unexpectedly didn't say anything.
Every time Aunt Su changed the garbage bags in the bedroom of her boss, she would habitually check the things thrown inside to avoid dropping some valuables.
When she found the envelope with the handwriting smudged by rain from the trash can, she felt blocked, both for Chi Qiu and for Lu Ming.
Aunt Su thought for a long time, and finally took the envelope out of the trash bag, folded it, and put it in a drawer in Chi Qiu's room without authorization.
She shook her head, as if she was meddling in her own business.
For the next week, Lu Ming reported for duty at the entrance of the community holding a rose every day as usual. No one knows how long he can last, but at least for now, Lu Ming has no intention of giving up.
In the blink of an eye, the second Saturday arrived, at around ten o'clock in the morning, Chi Xia came back to pick up old books.
Chi Qiu didn't come out to say hello, and stayed alone in the room to read the materials. It turned out that by coincidence, I don't know what kind of wind is blowing today, and an unexpected guest came to Chi's house—Jin Chengjun.
Aunt Su's first reaction was to shut Jin Chengjun out, and she didn't mean to ask the guard to let him into the villa area. When she was about to call Chi Lanyan, Chi Xia stopped her.
"Mom is busy with work abroad, so don't bother her with such trivial matters."
It is obvious that Chi Xia's emotions towards Jin Chengjun are much more stable than the day he just returned home: "Let him in."
Aunt Su did not notify the doorman for a long time, and said worriedly: "Miss, is this bad? The young master is also at home, just in case something happens."
"He's not that kind of person." Chi Xia said with a cold face, "And now I have a doubt in my heart, so I have to ask him. I believe that my brother must also want to know the answer."
She asked Aunt Su not to worry about this matter, and told Aunt Su not to tell Chi Lanyan about Jin Chengjun's coming.
But when she thought about it carefully, Aunt Su was also an extremely eccentric person and never cared about her. Even if she told Aunt Su not to talk too much, Aunt Su would still tell Chi Lanyan about the matter in the end.
What's more, there is Chi Qiu at home, she can't hide it no matter what.
Seeing Aunt Su's delay in making a move, Chi Xia ignored the persuasion and directly pressed the "pass button" at the entrance to let the guard let him go.
Fortunately, as Chi Xia said, Jin Chengjun is indeed a gentle person.
Wearing a plain autumn outfit, he stood cautiously in the huge living room, putting down the two gift boxes in his hand. He has a gentle appearance, which is somewhat similar to Lin Yuming's temperament.
Jin Chengjun politely introduced himself to Aunt Su: "Hello, you must be Aunt Su, right? I'm Jin Chengjun, and I belong to Chi Xia..." He hesitated for a while, then said, "I'm Chi Xia's friend."
Aunt Su nodded in fear and brought a cup of tea: "Mr. Jin, please drink tea." She said, "You sit down first."
Jin Chengjun nodded and sat down on the sofa carefully.
Chi Xia said coldly, "I have something to ask you."
Jin Chengjun felt ashamed of Chi Xia and stood up immediately. Chi Xia glanced at Aunt Su, pursed her lips, didn't give Jin Chengjun a look, and said directly, "Come with me to the study." She also said, "Aunt Su, go do your work, I'll see off the guests later."
...
Half an hour later, Chi Qiu, who was studying in the room, went to the living room to pour water because he was thirsty, but happened to run into Jin Chengjun who was about to leave.
Aunt Su strode up to Chi Qiu, smiled shyly at Jin Chengjun, and made a "please" gesture to the door.
Chi Xia also let Jin Chengjun leave mercilessly: "Take your gift box away, our family doesn't care for such shabby things."
Jin Chengjun's hands froze: "Okay." He nodded politely to Chi Qiu subconsciously, then, after thinking about it, he said to Chi Xia, "I... I'm going back to my hometown. I came here today to say hello to you. Individually. I will not go to the job that Mr. Fang arranged for me before. Chi Xia, I am really sorry during this time. "
As soon as Chi Qiu heard it, he knew that the "Mr. Fang" in Jin Chengjun's mouth was Fang He, the person who used to help Lu Ming.
And Jin Chengjun glanced at Chi Qiu again, and said in a low voice, he said to Chi Qiu: "I will be responsible for half of the money you helped us before. After that, I will pay it to a card in installments , return it to you as soon as possible."
After finishing speaking, Jin Chengjun left Chi's house without looking back.