The referee announces the winner and the two teams shake hands.
Immediately after the awards ceremony, everyone stood together for a group photo. Lin Yifei squatted in the front row, while Rex put his hands on his shoulders and smiled brightly. When the photo was over, Chris glanced at Rex with a warning, then pulled Lin Yifei's wrist and left.
It was a tiring and exciting day. After returning to the dormitory, Lin Yifei lay on the bed looking at the medal and giggling.
Chris folded a towel and walked over, sat down beside Lin Yifei, "It's gold-plated, not pure gold, I don't know why you're so happy."
"But it's still a gold medal!" Lin Yifei glanced at Chris with some dissatisfaction, who knew that the other's fingers came to the cuff of his slacks, and even pulled it down.
"Hey! Hey! What are you doing!" Lin Yifei put down the medal and grabbed his pants.
"Aren't you convulsed? Use a hot towel to help you." Chris sighed, as if accusing Lin Yifei of being willful.
"Oh..." Lin Yifei slowly let go, Chris pulled off his slacks, held a hot towel and applied it to his calf.
Lin Yifei thought that Chris would tell him to warm up before the game or drink more milk, but he didn't expect that the other party just kept silent and gently massaged his calf with a towel. The strength of his fingers was just right, Lin Yifei narrowed his eyes and reveled in that comfort.
The hot towel gradually cooled, and Chris placed it on the bedside.
"Thank you. Actually, the spasm was not that serious this time, and I don't feel any pain now." Lin Yifei stretched out his hand to pick up the slacks that Chris threw on the ground, but unexpectedly, the other party directly stepped on the pants.
"... I know you don't like this brand of slacks, but you don't have to stop me from wearing them..." Lin Yifei sighed helplessly.
Chris sat back on the side of the bed, supported Lin Yifei's calf, followed the smooth curve there, kissed and bit lightly, Lin Yifei tried to retract the leg, and Chris would bite even harder.
"Hey! It hurts!" Lin Yifei yelled, he really wondered if Chris would want him to bleed to be reconciled.
The other party slowly loosened his teeth, and lightly licked the bite marks with the tip of his tongue. The pain and squishy feeling were mixed together, and Lin Yifei shrank his shoulders.
"You shrug your shoulders when you're emotional." Chris moved forward and lay on Lin Yifei's body.
"Go down! I don't want to be emotional with you now!"
"Yifei, how long will it take for you to become an adult?" Chris asked softly.
"Two years and three months!" Lin Yifei glared at him.
"It's still a long time." Chris said in a muffled voice, resting his head on Lin Yifei's shoulder.
"I don't want to be an adult so soon! Being a minor is a privilege." Lin Yifei said with a smile.
Two weeks later, on the weekend, Lin Yifei returned to Chen Linji, and to his surprise, the restaurant was closed. Walking up from the side door, I saw Father Lin, Mother Lin, and Uncle Chen in the living room discussing something sadly.
"Mom, I'm back." Lin Yifei walked over, and Uncle Chen said "don't disturb your family together" before getting up and going back to his room.
Lin's father and Lin's mother smiled, but Lin Yifei did not give up asking.
"What's the matter?"
"It's nothing! Xiao Fei, you just need to study hard." Lin's mother wanted to push Lin Yifei into the house, but he refused.
"Mom - I'm not young anymore, is there anything I can't know?"
For a moment, the living room became dull. Mother Lin sat there not knowing what to say, while Father Lin lowered his head.
After a long time, Father Lin raised his head and said, "Two days ago, someone complained that we had cockroaches in our dishes...the other party reported to the supervision department, and we have been under inspection for the past two days."
"Then did you find the so-called cockroaches?"
"Of course it's impossible." Lin's father pressed his eyes, "but it's definitely not beyond the specified range. And Xiao Fei, you know that every time the restaurant closes, we have to clean up the kitchen. How is it possible? Let customers eat cockroaches in the dishes?"
"That means someone is looking for trouble for us?" Lin Yifei frowned.
"I don't know. I haven't received a notice that it can reopen. The store has lost a lot of expenses in the past few days." Father Lin shook his head.
"However, the efficiency of the government departments here has never been very high, so don't worry too much, Dad." Lin Yifei said comfortingly.
Papa Lin nodded, "That's all I can think of."
Back at Osborne's house, as soon as Chris entered the door, he saw the old man De Niro and Mr. Osborne sitting on the sofa, chatting for some reason. Chris has never been interested in the affairs of the Osborne family, but was stopped by Mr. Osborne when he was about to go upstairs.
"Chris, come with me to the study."
Mr. Osborne's tone was very low, Chris raised his eyebrows a little displeased, but he followed his father to the study.
I just didn't expect that old man De Niro to follow in.
Chris leaned back in the seat with a cold and unruly expression.
De Niro smiled slightly and put a photo on the desk.
It was a photo of Chris kissing Lin Yifei at the end of today's game. The pixels are not very clear. It looks like it was taken with a mobile phone, but it is definitely possible to tell who is in the photo.
"It's hard for me to imagine that a child like you, who seems so rational and indifferent, will have such a crazy side. Young people are really different from old people like me who are about to go into the coffin."
Chris looked at the photo with a colder expression.
"What do you want to say?"
"Get away from this Chinese boy." There was no order in De Niro's voice, but advice.
"I can leave the Ozburn family, but I will not give up on him." Chris was about to leave when De Niro's voice sounded again.
"The truth is you can't leave the Ozburns, and I have the power to ruin this boy's life."
"What do you want to do?" Chris' tone rose, his fingers gripping the chair tightly.
"You can make a phone call and ask that boy, their Chinese restaurant should be closed now, right? In fact, it's just a trivial matter. I can bankrupt their family, get him expelled from school, and let his whole family Being deported back to China, I have a lot of ways to make him live in pain." De Niro folded his hands and supported his head, "Chris, what can you do to help him?"
Chris opened his eyes wide, as if he didn't expect that De Niro would do these things to Lin Yifei.
"Don't you feel that what you have done is redundant? I can give up the Ozburn family. I believe there are many people in the family waiting for this heir."
"Chris, do you think you can be free if you give up your inheritance rights? Think how many people hate what you have now, and how many people are waiting to make you feel worse if you lose this position?"
"I won't be separated from him."
De Niro smiled, "'Don't want' and 'won't' are two concepts. You don't want to, but you have to separate from him, and the most important thing is that you will leave him covered in bruises. If you are sure this is what you want If you want, I will call the school next week and ask them to expel that Chinese boy, and no school in the entire United States will dare to recruit him."
Chris clenched his fists, shaking.
"I'll give you a week to think about it. After a week, I will make that Chinese boy die. You all like fencing, right?" De Niro stood up and patted Chris on the shoulder, "Imagine because of you, he Will he accept you when he can never hold his sword tightly again?"
When De Niro walked out of the room, Chris hung his head and his teeth trembled slightly.
"Is what he said true?"
Mr. Osborne nodded.
"That's what he said to me at the beginning. If I go to see Sissi, even if I give you living expenses, De Niro will make Sissy's life even more painful. If he doesn't approve, he will spare no effort to cut it off."
"Heh!" Chris sneered mockingly, "Then I have to follow the path he said?"
"Chris, do you know when a man is freest?" asked Mr. Ozborne.
Chris looks at him.
"When your power is greater than all others. At that time you can choose the path you want to go and love the person you want to love." Mr. Osborne clenched his son's fingers, and the helplessness in his voice may only be Only at his age can he understand, "Like at that time, I knew that your mother was not doing well, and I knew how many things she had done to live without dignity, but I couldn't stand up, because once I did that, Germany Nero will make your life more miserable. I can only wait and endure until my wings are full and I am no longer subject to him."
"And now? Why should we be subject to him now?"
"Your aunt in the Taylor family, that is, my younger sister, has a certain amount of financial strength in the Ozben family. If they really marry Elizabeth to the sons of your two cousins, they will join forces with De Niro's support. The situation is not good for us. If this photo is taken by other people, your status as the heir of the family will be questioned, and others will use this as an excuse to unite with opposition forces to target us. When the time comes, the wind and rain will be precarious, and I will not be able to protect you. It can't protect Lin either."
Chris sat there quietly, looking at the photo.
"...I'm terrified of being separated from him."
"Chris, Lin is a strong boy, think about what he said to you when you left New York with me."
Chris closed his eyes, a smile playing on his lips.
"He asked me 'do you know what it means to be twelve'."
"Then what's the answer?"
"It means that life has just begun, it means that we can still do a lot of things to fulfill our unfulfilled wishes, and it means that we are not strong enough to resist fate." Chris laughed at himself, "It turns out that four years have passed, and I still Not strong enough to rebel against fate."
"Then let yourself grow. It's not a big deal to love. Are you able to bear the urge to love?"
It was the only conversation between father and son in four years.
Mr. Osborne got up and left the study, leaving Chris at his desk. Throughout the night, Chris never left.
On Sunday night, George drove to Chinatown to pick up Lin Yifei back to school.
Opening the car door, seeing Chris sitting in the back seat depressed, Lin Yifei faintly felt that something had happened.
"Hey, Chris! Your face looks really stinky." Lin Yifei smiled and moved to his side.
Chris looked up at Chen Linji who had the door closed outside the window and frowned.
"Ah, a customer said that they ate cockroaches in the dish. They have been inspected by the relevant departments in the past few days, and they are temporarily closed." Lin Yifei shrugged his shoulders, "Don't worry, it will be fine in a few days."
Chris nodded and George drove off.
"When the business was good before, my mother didn't have to rest. She talked about hard work all day long. Now she can finally rest for a few days."
Lin Yifei sighed, his fingers were held by Chris, and then his fingers intertwined. Along the way, Chris was silent.
Although it was always Lin Yifei talking and Chris listening, but at this moment, Lin Yifei could feel something strange.
After entering the dormitory door, Lin Yifei put down his bag, while Chris sat by the bed and watched him organize things.
Lin Yifei couldn't breathe from the sight of wanting to help him desperately. Putting down the things in his hands, he also sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Chris, "What's wrong with you?"
Chris looked at Lin Yifei, Lin Yifei hadn't seen such an expression for a long time, except the day when he bid farewell to him in New York.
Chris left his bed and walked over slowly. He straddled Lin Yifei's bed with one leg and stretched out his hand to drag the back of his head. As soon as Lin Yifei opened his mouth, there was a burst of kisses. Chris demanded wildly and pushed Lin Yifei down on the bed. Lin Yifei tried to get up, Chris sat directly on his body, and pressed his forehead with his palm, the despair was faintly revealed in the madness of the kiss.
Fear surged into Lin Yifei's heart like a tide, and the illusion of being killed made him tremble with fear.
He didn't dare to resist, for fear that a slight refusal would offend Chris. Chris's kiss gradually got out of control, his palm lifted up Lin Yifei's T-shirt, the stroking strength seemed to crush Lin Yifei's bones. When his palm stretched in along the slit of his trousers, Lin Yifei knew that he couldn't bear it anymore. Knees bent to touch Chris's abdomen, the other party had expected to press his knees, Chris's knees pressed between Lin Yifei's legs, pushing one of his legs upwards.
"What the hell are you doing!" Lin Yifei, who turned his head away from Chris' pursuit of kisses, couldn't help but curse.
Chris tightly strangled Lin Yifei's hands and pressed them against the pillow.
There was a sudden dead silence between the two of them.
His eyes were so cold, and there was a dull pain between his brows.
"Tell me, what happened?" Lin Yifei knew that something must have happened, otherwise he wouldn't be so abnormal.
"Why...someone always wants to separate us?" Chris asked softly.
Lin Yifei was stunned for a long time before opening his mouth, "What's going on?"
Chris hugged Lin Yifei and didn't speak.
"Let me guess, is it because someone in your family objected?" Lin Yifei stretched out his arms to hug Chris, stroking his back and asked.
Chris was silent, Lin Yifei knew he was right.
"That person must not be Mr. Ozborne. To make you so distressed, that person's status in the Ozborne family may surpass that of your father." Lin Yifei frowned, feeling sour in his heart, "What are they using to threaten you? gone?"
"You." Chris whispered in Lin Yifei's ear.
"...me?" Lin Yifei paused, "How did that person threaten you?"
"Let Chen Linji close down, make you unable to study, send you back to China... and... make you unable to hold a sword for the rest of your life..." Chris's tone was calm, but Lin Yifei understood that under this calm, Chris was afraid . He was afraid that all this would become reality, and he was powerless to resist.
"So... what should we do?" Lin Yifei asked softly.
"I don't want to be separated from you." Chris's voice was trembling, and Lin Yifei had never seen that expression on Chris's face since Mrs. Osborne's death.
"If we don't separate now, my parents will have to pay the price for me." Lin Yifei swallowed, he was no longer a child, and the moment he realized that he also liked Chris, he had already seen the huge and big girl behind Chris. heavy family. Some things, sooner or later, are bound to come. And Lin Yifei has been preparing for this for a long time.
After a long time, Lin Yifei said very forcefully, "So, let's separate."
Chris propped up his upper body and looked at Lin Yifei. Lin Yifei also saw that look three years ago, when he persuaded Chris and Mr. Osborne to go to New York.
"Why, Yifei. You can be so calm every time you separate? It seems that you are never afraid of separation. I have never occupied an inseparable position in your heart. Why?"
Chris asked him, tears slipped from his eyes and fell on Lin Yifei's face, burning like fire.
"Do you want me to resist all this?" Lin Yifei closed his eyes and smiled wryly.
He is an adult in his heart, he understands how indifferent this world is, they can't change this world, so they can only wait for the opportunity.
"Why didn't you resist?" Chris asked viciously.
"Because you know the outcome of resistance as well as I do." Lin Yifei reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of Chris' eyes, "So what we want is not resistance, but victory."
"Be strong, Chris. If someone can threaten you, then defeat him. If someone is stronger than you, then surpass him. If someone stands in your way, then destroy him." Lin Yifei's brows trembled, Although he has been enduring it all the time, he finally lost control of his emotions and sipped lightly, "Chris, some people say that poverty, coughing and love are the three things that cannot be concealed. If you can bear the feeling of loving me, you can still What can stop you?"
Chris held Lin Yifei's hand, still silent.
"It's not separation that you're afraid of. We're separations, not breakups, Chris. Tell me, what's your real fear?"
"...I've never been a perfect person. And your world is so wide, you will meet people who are 10,000 times better than me, and then you will be attracted, and you will slowly forget the feeling of being around me."
Lin Yifei smiled and shook his head lightly.
"Of course you're not perfect. You don't talk much, and you keep forcing me to jerk you off. There are people 10,000 times better than you in this world. If you're afraid I'll be attracted to them, then become Stronger and brighter. Let me only look at you. Just want to look at you."
This week, they go to class and after school together. After participating in the activities of the fencing club, they went back to the dormitory together. Chris always kissed Lin Yifei, as if there was not enough time for the kiss. In bed at night, they squeezed into the narrow single bed, next to each other. His embrace is very strong, and Lin Yifei is sometimes strangled by him until he can't fall asleep.
On Thursday, Catherine and Ivy came to their dormitory.
Catherine appeared very angry, asking Chris why he had transferred schools without telling them. As she spoke, she began to cry. Ai Wei comforted her in a panic.
Chris sat side by side with Lin Yifei until Catherine stopped crying.
"When I'm not by Yifei's side, please take care of him for me." Chris said.
"Aha..." Catherine smiled mockingly, "Would you still ask others to do things? When you and Lin were stuck together before, it seemed that if someone got closer to him, you could kill him with your eyes. Now? You want Someone else will take care of him?"
"Don't be like this, Catherine. There is no way. I can take care of myself." Lin Yifei smiled, even a fool could see the bitterness on the corners of his lips.
"Please, Catherine. Please urge him to get up for morning exercises in the morning. Make sure he drinks milk, otherwise he will have cramps during the game if he lacks calcium. He will not remember the time as soon as he plays online games. You must remind him to go to bed on time. It takes two days to be full of energy... "
"Don't tell me your last words." Catherine turned her head away, frowned after a long time and said, "Do you think I'm a fool? You can't see how much you like each other. What happened? It's because of Oz Can't my family tolerate the two of you?"
"It's not Oz's family's tolerance, it's because I'm too weak." Chris's throat trembled, and Catherine couldn't bear to say anything more with such a small movement.
"Don't think that Lin will wait for you foolishly." Catherine got up, pulled Ivy up to leave, she knew that she should leave more private space for them, "You know how good he is, he is considerate and gentleman, I like him There are too many girls to count, and there's a Rex Gray!"
She walked away, sniffling as she walked, a little amused. But only a friend like Catherine would stand by Lin Yifei regardless of the world.
Come Friday, it's like the end of the world.
George comes to pick Chris up and leaves.
Lin Yifei sat on the edge of the bed blankly, watching him pull up the suitcase, walked to the door and stopped with his back to Lin Yifei.
"Yifei... life and death are inseparable, talk to Zicheng. Hold your hand, and grow old with you." Chris read softly in Chinese. His Chinese is very standard, hoarse and cold, but has the magnetism of a mature man.
"You once said that the promise is because you are not sure." Lin Yifei endured with all his strength, not letting tears fall.
"That's not a promise, it's the ending between me and you." After Chris finished speaking, he pulled the suitcase and walked out the door.
The sound of the door closing was resolute and heartbreaking.
It wasn't until the sound of the suitcase disappeared at the end of the corridor that Lin Yifei's tears fell down.