Second break up

Chapter 24

Qiao Wenqian was holding an old puppet half the height of a person in his arms. It was a little raccoon with its tail hanging out of his arm, swaying in the wind.He first smiled at Gu Cheng: "Long time no see." Qiao Wenqian looked over Gu Cheng and landed on Xiang Yuan, a little surprised, and after a moment of pondering, he understood something.

"You don't tell me when you come back." Qiao Wenqian said to Xiang Yuan, refraining from his usual indecency, but a bit gentle, "I'll treat you to dinner before you go back."

Xiang Yuan hesitated to speak, but Gu Cheng put his hands behind his back, precisely grabbed his sleeve, and shook it gently.Xiang Yuan understood, and said, "Thank you in advance, we still have something to do, let's go first."

Qiao Wenqian said goodbye to them with a smile, turned around and walked up, the umbrella cover was slightly tilted, covering the puppet tightly, but part of the back was exposed outside.

Xiang Yuan looked at his back without moving his feet, frowning in thought.He stood by the stone steps at the foot of the mountain, looking up at the neat rows of tombstones on the mountain, Qiao Wenqian's route became more and more familiar, and finally stood at the place where they had just come down.

The drizzle was hazy, and the mountains gradually became foggy.

Qiao Wenqian's figure gradually became blurred.

Gu Cheng kept looking at Xiang Yuan, and explained: "He was the boyfriend of the eldest brother before his death."

Xiang Yuan was not surprised, he had seen Qiao Wenqian once in his memory, in the hospital.

Gu Wenzhao passed away, and the Gu family could not contact him, so Qiao Wenqian only showed up after the funeral.At that time, Gu Changming received a call from the nursing home. The nurse hesitated and said, "Mr. Gu, that Mr. Qiao stayed in the ward and refused to leave. He said he wanted to see..."

Xiang Yuan happened to be at Gu's house, so they followed him.

There was no one in the ward, the quilts were neatly folded, and the flowers on the bedside table were replaced with new ones, still stained with dew.The light of death went out, and the traces of Gu Wenzhao's stay here disappeared with him.

Xiang Yuan didn't go in. He saw a young man kneeling by the bed, clutching the bed sheet tightly, crying out loud.

Everyone didn't go in. Gu Changming came to persuade him to leave. He moved his lips and let out a long sigh, but didn't speak. He watched him cry and trembled, and kept calling "Wen Zhao".

Xiang Yuan was in a daze, stepped back a few steps, stood against the wall, was suddenly pulled into an embrace, the side of his neck felt cold, tears rolled down, it was Gu Cheng.

"Ayuan..." Gu Cheng said in a hoarse voice, "I regret it very much."

Xiang Yuan knew what he regretted and hugged him tightly.No one could have predicted that Gu Wenzhao's health would suddenly deteriorate in the past two years. He had already recovered well, but Gu Changming gave Gu Cheng two years of freedom, and cared about his eldest son's health. despite this……

Gu Cheng has been thinking for so many years, if he directly replaces his eldest brother after graduation, will Gu Wenzhao still be alive.If not for those two years...

"Thinking about what?"

Xiang Yuan snapped back to his senses, "Are you still going up?"

Gu Cheng shook his head, "I won't go, he will stay until the early hours of the morning."

Xiang Yuan remembered that when Qiao Wenqian was in the bar, he always casually teased the little boy, and then retreated calmly before the other party met him. He originally thought that he was lustful but not courageous. .

Xiang Yuan and Gu Cheng left the cemetery.

When you come, you will be alone, and when you go, someone will accompany you.Tomb-sweeping is not a pleasant thing. I visit the tomb twice a year, and I feel very sad when I leave.

Gu Cheng's car parked on the side of the road, "I'll take you home."

Xiang Yuan was thinking about other things, and followed Gu Cheng all the way to his car, looking like he wanted to rub the car.He was about to say goodbye when Gu Cheng offered to send him back.

Xiang Yuan looked at him, took out a red ticket, stuffed it in his hand, opened the car door and got in, "Drive steadily."

Gu Cheng: "..."

Gu Cheng put the money away without changing his expression, sat in the driver's seat, coughed twice and said, "Address?"

Xiang Yuan reported the address and leaned on the back of the chair.

Gu Cheng played soothing music, and Xiang Yuan closed his eyes to rest his mind. At first, he rested his hands on his lap, beating the beat bit by bit. Slowly, his movements slowed down, and then he remained motionless.

The car drove to the gate of the community.Gu Cheng didn't wake him up, got off the station on the side of the road, took out a cigarette in his pocket, and finished smoking it while coughing.

Gu Cheng waved the cigarette standing in front of him, coughed a few more times, and couldn't understand why Xiang Yuan likes to smoke this.

The rain gradually stopped.

Gu Cheng leaned on the car, looking sideways at Yuan's sleeping profile through the glass.He has not been able to untie Xiang Yuan's knot for so many years, and he has never even believed in his feelings. Three years ago, he began to feel tired, and after the inexplicable cold war with Xiang Yuan, he once thought about whether to continue .

It is undeniable that in those years he really missed Xiang Yuan from the past. In the dream, he was smiling and talking to him, but when he woke up, there was only the silent back of the other party.

Gu Cheng was at a loss, and finally thought that he still loved him in the past.

They ignored each other for three years like this, and others were tired of watching.

Xiang Yuan finally understood that he was the one who was selfish.

Gu Cheng went to the canteen to buy a bottle of water, and when he came back, he saw Xiang Yuan standing on the side of the road waiting for him.

Xiang Yuan waited for him to approach, and said, "I'm sorry."

Gu Cheng was stunned.

Xiang Yuan smiled slightly, "I owe you an apology."

No one can bear the sudden indifference of the lover, Xiang Yuan started first, he felt that he should apologize.

Gu Cheng lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry. I also owe you an apology."

Xiang Yuan smiled and said, "You have apologized many times." He looked at Gu Cheng, and said, "Thank you."

——Thank you for your tolerance for me, and your love that is so hidden.

The hurt caused to the other party cannot be healed by a single apology, and besides apologizing to the other party, they didn't know what to do now. After staring at each other for a long time, Gu Cheng was urged away by a work call.

As Xiang Yuan walked home, he felt a little emotional. It took them ten years to prove that they were not suitable for long-term companionship. The past relationship was wiped out, leaving only a little sparkling ashes, which still gave people hope.

Three days later, there was still no news from Mr. Xie. Xiang Yuan suspected that the other party had gone back secretly, so he called him, but he was doing something harmonious, panting as if he had run a long march.

Xiang Yuan hung up the phone in embarrassment.

It seems that this business trip was just because of an awkward dispute between him and Mr. Xiao.

Xiang Yuanquan was on vacation, so he didn't dare to go to the minus ten degrees bar for fear of running into Qiao Wenqian.Gu Cheng didn't make cold jokes anymore, maybe he found that he didn't have the talent in this area, so he changed the weather forecast.

This afternoon, while standing on the balcony watering the flowers, he received a call from Shao Yan.

Shao Yan said, "Xiang Yuan, can you do me a favor?"

Xiang Yuan: "Go ahead."

Shao Yan hesitated for a long time, and talked a lot at first, only when Xiang Yuan was a little impatient, he said, "I'll use your finger."