Huang Dan and Chen Yue avoided the others and walked to the playground. They recalled the military training, sports competition, basketball game…… and the confession that year.

Chen Yue walked backwards, his eyes never leaving Huang Dan.

Huang Dan held an umbrella in one hand and the other in his pocket, walking slowly in the snow, “Don’t walk like this, you’ll fall down easily.”

Chen Yue said it was okay, he would only be childish in front of this person in his life, “I want to see you.”

Huang Dan stepped on the footprints left by Chen Yue, “You haven’t seen enough, but when you see more, you will find that I am no different from ordinary people.”

Chen Yue’s face twitched, “I haven’t seen enough? In the past ten years, apart from eating, sleeping and working, I have spent the rest of my time either looking at you or on my way to see you.”

Huang Dan raised his eyelids and looked directly at the man, “I mean, haven’t seen much this way.”

The smile on Chen Yue’s lips was slightly stagnant. There was indeed less face-to-face contact this way. He mostly looked from a distance, either from across the road, looking up from downstairs, or peeking from behind.

Huang Dan walked over step by step. He stopped in front of the man and moved the umbrella above his head, “Chen Yue, I am actually different from what others see me as. I am not perfect at all and I even have many shortcomings.”

Chen Yue pretended to think, “Well, I know, you are too cold, you don’t care about this or that, you forget things as soon as you see them, you cry a lot, when you cry, you will use up at least half a pack of tissues, and you have a superpower that others don’t have.”

Huang Dan was stunned, “What superpowers do I have?”

Chen Yue took the umbrella away from Huang Dan’s hand, “If Tang Monk wants Monkey King to obey him, he has to recite the spell to tighten the hoop. You don’t need to do that. You just need to frown at me and I promise to obey you. Isn’t that a superpower?”

Huang Dan was speechless for a second or two, “You are fifty-two days away from turning thirty.”

Chen Yue suddenly raised his head, his face full of surprise and disbelief, “Do you know my birthday?”

Huang Dan patted the snow off Chen Yue’s head, brushed his cold fingertips over his short, stiff hair, and then touched the snow on his eyebrows, “I know.”

Chen Yue bent over in cooperation and put his hand in Huang Dan’s coat pocket. He held the biggest treasure in the world and did not dare to sleep, fearing that it was just a dream, “I always feel that it is unreal.”

Huang Dan said, “I’ve already worn the ring, still not real?”

Chen Yue pressed Huang Dan’s forehead, and after a while he smiled and sighed, “You are so good, no one in the world can be worthy of you, including me.

Huang Dan said slowly, “Then I’ll give you the ring back.”

Chen Yue grabbed his hand and glared at him fiercely, “You dare!”

Huang Dan’s fingers hurt from being pinched by Chen Yue, and the force was terrifying. He took a breath and said seriously, “Don’t say that again, I don’t like to hear it.”

Chen Yue smiled, and his facial lines softened instantly, “Okay, I won’t say what you don’t like to hear.”

Although it is said that time flies like an arrow and the sun and the moon like a shuttle, every day is a real twenty-four hours. The fourteen years did not pass in the blink of an eye, but went day by day. Whatever Chen Yue experienced, it was all in his hands. It was written in the rough palms of both hands.

No one cares that Chen Yue once had to treat himself like a cow or a horse due to the pressure to make a living. No one cares about whether he ever struggled to his death, and what he was thinking at that time and how he managed to survive. They only look at his glory today.

Whether it is so-called talent or so-called luck, behind both are hard work and persistence.

At that time, Chen Yue’s pride was stripped away, his self-confidence was shattered, and his life was like a floor tile being stepped on by people. It took him a long time to climb out from the trough of life.

The belief that supported Chen Yue was to be able to stand by Huang Dan’s side, so that when Huang Dan encountered difficulties, he could come forward to protect him instead of just standing by and worrying.

There is a saying that what you can’t get is the best, and if you get it, it’s just that. Chen Yue doesn’t know what others are thinking, and he can’t understand it. For him, if he can’t get it, he will guard it silently.

If God had visited matchmaker and let Chen Yue get his princess, he would have cherished him desperately and lived every day to the fullest.

The campus was covered with a layer of silver, and the heavy snow was not going to stop for a while.

Jiang Long and party met Huang Dan and Chen Yue, and saw that they were holding an umbrella. The height difference was about half a head, and they were wearing coats of the same color, and looked particularly close standing together.

“Don’t they look like a couple?”

“You know what, seeing them walking in the snow with an umbrella really does make me feel that way.”

“Aiyo, shit, the more I look at them, the more they look like that. I’m worried that my myopia has worsened again?”

“I don’t think you have high myopia, you are blind.”

Jiang Long was not happy to hear others talking about Huang Dan like that. He snorted coldly, “What nonsense are you talking about? Can two men be a couple? They are not gay!”

Liu Feng glanced at Jiang Long, yo, not bad, not bad, the truth was revealed before he knew it. He waved his hand and shouted, “We want to take a group photo. We are waiting for you two. Come here quickly!”

Those who came to the party this time were all students from Class 5 of Grade 1, not the group that came after the class division in Grade 2. Someone took out the group photo of military training on his mobile phone. It was taken according to the photo, and it was not particularly clear, but people could make out that they all had young faces, full of simplicity and innocence.

Being at a certain time and place, with certain people, can easily evoke nostalgic feelings. Everyone was happy to look at the photo and stand according to the positions shown on it.

“Ai, Chen Yan, you are the second one in the first row, not the third one. You are standing in the wrong place.”

“Huang Dan, you are in the third row……”

Jiang Long pointed to a direction and confirmed while looking at the photo, “Here, you were standing here at that time, remember? The instructor likes you very much. Whenever an instructor from another class comes over, he will call you out to give him face.”

“The instructor also likes Chen Yan and asks her to do everything, but it’s a pity that they’re not destined to be together.”

Chen Yan was no longer a little girl who blushes easily. She had a high imitation leather bag hanging on her hand, showing the melancholy that time had not spared, “I think I was also a flower back then.”

“You are also a flower now, broccoli.”

Huang Dan walked over with his hands in his coat pockets, his eyes fixed on the snowflakes in the sky. Perhaps because there was no emotion on his face and his clothes were dark in color, he seemed out of place standing among a bunch of laughing and noisy people.

A few women took the time to whisper to each other, discussing the gentlemen in the class, which one was a high-quality stock, which one was a potential stock, which one had stopped rising and would not rise anymore, and which one would not only not rise but would fall rapidly.

One of them smiled and said, “Young Master is colder than the snow on the mountains.”

Huang Dan glanced, and the woman who spoke lowered her head in embarrassment, pretending to be arranging her clothes.

Chen Yue hung up the phone and walked over. Just like before, he stood at the back, his eyelids half-closed lazily, his gaze fixed on Huang Dan in front.

Listening to everyone shouting 123 cheese, Huang Dan also curled up the corners of his mouth.

The photo was shared in the group, then forwarded to the circle of friends, and posted on Weibo. Thanks to Huang Dan and Chen Yue’s temperament, as well as their looks, the number of reposts and comments exceeded expectations. Many people were inspired and shared the most handsome old classmate in their class.

The glass bottle of youth floats in the long river of memory. Five years, ten years, twenty years pass, and you think it has drifted far away and can’t be found, but at some moment you suddenly realize that it is still in the original place.

Chen Yue stood behind the tree and looked at the photos on his phone, stroking the familiar smiling faces in the third row with his fingers, “What were you thinking about when the photo was taken? So happy?”

Huang Dan said, “I want to smile.”

Chen Yue raised his head from the screen, his eyes looking at him with burning passion, “So do you want to now? How about smiling for your Gege only?”

Huang Dan said, “Gege?”

Chen Yue raised his lips proudly, “I’m nine days older than you.”

Huang Dan，“……”

Chen Yue whistled like a hooligan. He was nearly thirty years old, but when he did this, he did not have the nonchalance of his youth but rather the charm of a mature man.

Huang Dan smiled at him tenderly.

Chen Yue seemed to see a flower blooming in the snow, bright and dazzling. He was dazed for a moment, and the next moment he lowered his head to pinch Huang Dan’s face, not willing to use any force, “Hey, you are not a fake, are you?”

Huang Dan said, “I remember I was bumped into in the cafeteria while getting food, and you gave me a pack of Hearttex. That was the first time.”

Chen Yue’s Adam’s apple slid, “Hmm, then?”

Huang Dan added, “The second time you gave me the hearttex was when I was on my way back from the toilet, a girl bumped into me and my mouth was broken. I went to the sports field to cry, and you secretly gave me a pack, but you didn’t dare to come out to meet me.”

Chen Yue turned his head away. “Did that happen? No, I don’t remember it.”

Huang Dan noticed that the man’s ears were red, and he twitched his lips, “I’ve finished proving it, and now I suspect that you are a fake.”

Chen Yue tilted his head back when he heard this, “How do you want me to prove it?”

He glanced at his old classmates not far away and saw that they were all checking their phones, so he pulled Huang Dan to the corner and lowered his head to kiss him.

After kissing for less than two minutes, Huang Dan pushed Chen Yue away and said, “Stop kissing me.”

Chen Yue’s breathing was heavy, and his grip on the other’s waist did not diminish, “Let me kiss you for a while longer.”

Huang Dan said, “I can’t kiss anymore, I’m hard.”

Chen Yue laughed in a low voice, “Don’t be afraid, I’m arouse too.”

Huang Dan，“……”

Jiang Long muttered, “Where is the person? Why is he gone again?”

Liu Feng stopped Jiang Long from looking for people and deliberately taunted him, “Are you Huang Dan’s follower?”

Jiang Long was successfully pissed off by him.

Huang Dan and Chen Yue called off the battle in the corner and decided to continue it at another time.

Jiang Long received a call and his girlfriend on the other end said she couldn’t come.

Huang Dan said, “Is there something urgent that she can’t leave?”

Jiang Long sighed in disappointment, “That’s what I said, she’s a nurse, the patient is more important, Ai, I’ve already prepared the ring.”

He suddenly grabbed one of Huang Dan’s hands and said, “Fuck you have a partner?”

Huang Dan said, “Hmm.”

Liu Feng, who was not far behind, clicked his tongue twice, “It’s pretty fast.”

Chen Yue looked at the back and said, “I bought it several years ago.”

Liu Feng said, “You knew he would fall in love with you at that time?”

Chen Yue said he didn’t know, “I just want to design a ring for him.”

Liu Feng gave him a thumbs up.

Everyone went to eat first and played until late at night before going to Love at First Sight.

The hotel was booked in advance and the rooms were all standard rooms.

Liu Feng and Chen Yue were in the same room. Before he could put down his things, he was asked to sleep next door.

“Fuck, you are putting more value on sex over friendship, aren’t you?”

Chen Yue leaned against the table and smiled, “Does that count ? Later I’ll let you know what it means to value sex over friendship.”

Liu Feng’s saliva flew everywhere, “Our old classmates are all here, can’t you just be patient?”

Chen Yue squinted his eyes, “Dude, if you were me, could you bear it?”

Liu Feng gritted his teeth, “No.”

After loving for so many years, I’m finally with him. If I can still tolerate this, there is only one possibility, that is, I can’t hold my head up.

Chen Yue patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t close the door.”

Liu Feng put his phone in his trouser pocket and said, “It’s freezing cold outside, but it’s warm as spring in this room. When your flowers come, it will be as hot as summer. Be careful not to get heat rash.”

Chen Yue waved his hand at him. “Alright, alright. I know you’ve read a lot in the past few years and know a few four-character idioms. Next time, I’ll give you half a day to show off as much as you want.”

The fat on Liu Feng’s face trembled, “Go fuck yourself!”

Chen Yue looked at him and shook his head, “Bro, you weigh 200 pounds, right? You really need to lose weight after this winter.”

Liu Feng died by vomiting blood.

Jiang Long next door was chatting with Huang Dan in the room. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. He asked who it was and opened the door when he heard the response.

Liu Feng came in with a dark face and said to Huang Dan, “I’ll switch with you.”

Huang Dan looked calm, knowing that this would happen, so he didn’t even change his shoes.

Liu Feng didn’t notice it because he was too busy staring at Huang Dan. This person was related to his buddy’s happiness for the rest of his life, so he had to be good friends with him in the future.

“What’s that, Jiang Long, tonight we two Ge will……”

Jiang Long was very agitated, “Get lost, your snore sounds like a hole drilled by an electric drill, and your feet stink. Who wants to sleep in the same room with you?”

Liu Feng chuckled, “Then you go to sleep in the lobby, so I can sleep on the two beds joining together.”

Jiang Long glared at him, “In your dreams!”

“I’m really ready to dream now.”

Liu Feng lifted the quilt, lay down, and covered himself with it, and it was done.

When he was about to fall asleep, he thought vaguely that he had no idea of who was doing whom between Chen Yue and Huang Dan.

Can men make their quilts red?

Thinking of this, Liu Feng suddenly woke up. It must be possible, that place is not for doing business.

Even if there was no bloodshed, the scene wouldn’t be much better.

Liu Feng couldn’t sleep. He looked at the battery level of his mobile phone. He might have to call 120 at night.

Jiang Long was texting his girlfriend on WeChat when he suddenly saw Liu Feng getting up and standing against the wall. He was startled, “Are you sleepwalking?”

Liu Feng ignored him and was busy listening to the drama.

Separated by a wall, Chen Yue paced back and forth at the bathroom door, putting his ear close to it from time to time to eavesdrop. He wiped his face and said, calm down, this is not your first time.

Why not? It’s obviously the first time.

Chen Yue put the quilt on the bed aside and made it neatly after thinking about it. He lay down on it with his hands behind his head and his long legs folded together casually, waiting for the beauty to come out of the bathroom.

As he waited, Chen Yue felt thirsty. He did dozens of push-ups on the bed, reached for the lighter and cigarette case on the bedside table, took out a cigarette and stuffed it back.

Because the sound of rushing water in the bathroom stopped.

Huang Dan wiped the water off his body and walked out of the glass compartment, “Mr. System.”

Before he said anything, there was a handful of chrysanthemum spirit in his hand.

Mr. System worked very efficiently this time.

Huang Dan looked at the tube in his hand. There were six tubes in total. This was the first time he had seen the real thing. He squeezed out a little and smelled it. There was a chrysanthemum fragrance.

It’s good stuff and he likes it very much.

When Chen Yue saw the bathroom door open, his Adam’s apple moved, “Come here.”

Huang Dan wiped the water from his head. He kicked off his slippers and went to bed. He put his hands on both sides and kissed Chen Yue’s raised Adam’s apple, “Don’t be nervous. Just relax.”

Chen Yue didn’t expect Huang Dan to be so proactive. He was very excited, but as soon as he got excited, it was over after a minute or two.

Huang Dan said calmly, “It’s understandable.”

Chen Yue’s face flushed with anger. He couldn’t understand why it didn’t even take three minutes. He pulled Huang Dan’s sweaty hair back and said, “Dear, I have a physical examination every year. I am physically and mentally healthy. There is nothing wrong with me. If you don’t believe me, touch me.”

Huang Dan said, “No need to touch it, I believe it.”

Chen Yue looked at him with a knowing look, and the anticipation in his eyes could hardly be contained, “Touch me.”

Huang Dan touched it and Chen Yue saluted him in answer.

Chen Yue held Huang Dan’s chin and kissed him, “Stick your tongue out, don’t hide it.”

Huang Dan didn’t hide, just because he was afraid of being bitten, so he did as he was told, and soon he couldn’t help but gasp softly.

Chen Yue wiped the saliva from Huang Dan’s mouth, buried his head in his neck, and moved his lips and tongue inch by inch.

Huang Dan hugged his generous waist and said, “Be gentle.”

Chen Yue made a vague sound from his nose, kissed his neck a little softly, and was distracted by other things.

Huang Dan held down the man’s hand and pursed his slightly swollen mouth, “Okay, that’s it.”

Chen Yue’s chest rose and fell, “Speak if it hurts.”

Huang Dan reminded him, “You too.”

Chen Yue ，“……”

He held a piece of Huang Dan’s ear in his mouth and said, “You will cry and scream later. Jiang Long and Liu Feng will be scared to death.”

Huang Dan said, “Not scared to death.”

Jiang Long next door suddenly jumped out of bed, “Liu Feng, I think I heard Huang Dan crying.”

Liu Feng said with a wooden face, “Illusion.”

Jiang Long’s eyes widened, “It’s not an illusion, it’s real. I really heard it!”

Liu Feng continued with a dull expression, “It’s just an illusion.”

Jiang Long didn’t believe it.

Liu Feng raised his little finger, “If I were to lie to you, it would be this.”

Jiang Long replied back this time.

Liu Feng took a breath, damn Chen Yue, why are you making such a big fuss? Bullying singles, right? I will make myself un-single tomorrow!

On the other side, Chen Yue was coaxing his lover who was almost paralyzed from crying. His eyes were scarlet, “Don’t cry anymore. Don’t cry anymore.”

Huang Dan rubbed his wet face on the pillow, “Don’t worry about me, just do your thing.”

Chen Yue’s veins jumped in self control and he cursed, “Then I really don’t need to care?”

Huang Dan nodded.

Without saying anything, Chen Yue pressed Huang Dan’s back and kissed him on the shoulder.

Huang Dan cried again, his body twitching in pain. He didn’t look at the production date and shelf life of chrysanthemum spirit, and felt it was expired.

Chen Yue really couldn’t bear to continue, so he decided to leave it tonight and make preparations next time.

Huang Dan refused to let Chen Yue give up halfway.

Chen Yue stuffed him into his arms, gasping and saying, “You can count to ten thousand and it will be over.”

“……”

At three o’clock in the morning, Huang Dan was lying on the bed chatting with a client. Because of the time difference, the client was in the afternoon, very energetic, and also asked him why he was still awake so late.

Huang Dan had just finished exercising and was very comfortable and not sleepy.

Tomorrow is Monday, and it will be his busiest day of the coming week. He needs to complete the work that piled up last week, has two design drawings waiting to be negotiated with clients, and has a business trip on Thursday. If all goes well, he will be back in two days.

Chen Yue also lay down on the bed and exposed his head like him, “Does it still hurt?”

Huang Dan said it didn’t hurt.

Chen Yue rubbed his waist, “Do you know what I was thinking when I got you?”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t know what you were thinking, but I know you were crying.”

Chen Yue’s handsome face twisted, “That’s sweat.”

Huang Dan glanced at him, “Can sweat flow from your eyes?”

Chen Yue choked, hooked his foot on Huang Dan, and rubbed his toes, “Tell me again.”

Huang Dan knew which sentence he was referring to, “I’m in love with you.”

Chen Yue smiled contentedly, “You don’t find me annoying, do you?”

Huang Dan said no, “You won’t change it anyway.”

“Clever.”

Chen Yue looked happy, “When I got you, I was thinking about the first time I saw you.”

Huang Dan remembered that he was no different from usual that day. He was wearing ordinary jeans and a white T-shirt, just like other candidates.

Chen Yue fell into memories, giggling for a while and frowning for a while, “You can make me mad to death with just a word or a look. You are the only one in the world who can do this. It was like this before, and it hasn’t changed now.”

Huang Dan said, “Blame me?”

Chen Yue said that he felt strange at that time, “It was my own problem. It was the first time I liked someone, and I didn’t know what to do, so I acted childishly and deliberately provoked you, trying to attract your attention, but you didn’t do this.”

He pinched the bridge of his nose and said, “No, you won’t buy any of them. I really couldn’t do anything to you.”

Huang Dan was silent for a while and asked, “Where is the love letter?”

Chen Yue said, “In the safe, with other things.”

Huang Dan thought of that mission and felt that the love letter also had feelings, “Give it to me in the future, I will keep it.”

“It was originally yours, and everything mine is yours.”

Chen Yue tentatively asked, “If I told you to quit your job, drink tea at home every day, plant flowers, watch movies and go shopping, and say I will support you for the rest of your life, would you hit me?”

Huang Dan pressed the Bluetooth key, “I won’t hit you, but I won’t like it.”

Chen Yue had an expression that said “I knew it”. He propped up his head with one hand and looked at his lover. He couldn’t get enough of looking at him, “From now on, I will be your strongest supporter. Just keep moving forward. If your job doesn’t go your way, you can find another one. At worst, you can start your own company and be your own boss. My family’s safe and mine will fully support you.”

Huang Dan said seriously, “Chen Yue, actually I am not very ambitious.”

Chen Yue put his hand into the other’s sweater, “Huh?”

Huang Dan said, “Others do what they do at their age. I want to do what I should do at that age. Work is something I should handle well at my age. When I retire, I will relax.”

Chen Yue tickled him twice, “Yes, you have made a set of plans for your life. It is very detailed. What needs to be done every day must be done within a limited time. You don’t allow any small accidents to happen, but you didn’t expect that an accident that was not in the plan would occur, and that was me.”

Huang Dan was not ticklish and did not feel anything at all, “I gladly accepted it.”

Chen Yue was startled, then he stroked his forehead and said, “It’s over, it’s over, if you sell me someday, I’ll count the money back to you.”

Huang Dan，“……”

Chen Yue leaned his head over and said, “Going on a business trip? Take me with you. It’s a must-have for traveling and home.”

Huang Dan said, “Aren’t you busy?”

Chen Yue rubbed his waist with his rough palm, “I can work overtime on company matters.”

Huang Dan frowned.

Chen Yue panicked when he saw him like that, “Don’t worry, I will make arrangements. Those people below all receive high salaries and are equipped with good cars. Only when the company is good will they have a good life.”

Huang Dan said, “Why is the company called MP?”

Chen Yue said, “This is for you. I don’t want to see you suffer in the future.”

Huang Dan said, “I’m not short of money.”

Chen Yue kissed him on the face and said, “For occasional shortcomings, okay?”

Huang Dan said, “Okay.”

Chen Yue’s shoulders shook and he laughed, “Why are you so cute?”

Huang Dan，“……”

Chen Yue’s hand moved up and touched his smooth back, “The roses in the garden have bloomed. When will you come back with me?”

Huang Dan thought, “Not this year. After the New year, I will try to complete all the projects in hand in the first half of the year.”

Chen Yue respected his decision, “Then I will come to accompany you.”

Huang Dan said, “Thank you.”

When two people are together, one of them will always give up a little more.

Chen Yue tilted his head on his arms, staring at the person next to him without blinking.

His princess had grown up, and luckily his castle was very big, so it took a while to ride around on horseback.

Will like it, right? Chen Yue said, “By the way, I have a Shiba Inu named Little Pudding. He just celebrated his third birthday.”

Huang Dan thought of the little pudding, “Do you have any photos?”

Chen Yue said no, “It’s not photogenic.”

Huang Dan didn’t want to save face for him, “It’s so photogenic. You’re jealous of its beauty.”

Chen Yue’s face twitched, and he lay on top of him pretending to be angry, “It’s okay if you know, why do you say it? See how I deal with you!”

A gun was pressed against Huang Dan’s back, and he stiffened, “Stop making trouble.”

Chen Yue kissed the back of Huang Dan’s neck, rubbed it slowly with his lips, and hit him a few times with a gun, “Can you let me do it well tomorrow morning?”

Huang Dan said, “Tomorrow is a working day.”

Chen Yue blurted out, “It’s okay, I’ll be quick.”

He almost bit his tongue when he reacted. Damn it, has anyone ever cursed themselves like this?

The sequelae of stupidity are indeed terrible.

Huang Dan’s breath was slightly messed up, “I don’t need to work overtime tomorrow night, you pick me up.”

It should be okay to tell Song Min when the time comes.

Only then did Chen Yue get off his back with satisfaction, and went to the bathroom to finish the problem before going back to bed.

Huang Dan was discussing matters related to tomorrow’s meeting with clients. His assistant was supposed to do it, but he likes to do it himself, so it’s easy to be his assistant.

Chen Yue blew onto Huang Dan’s neck and said, “Architect, please stop being busy. I’ll tell you everything.”

Huang Dan immediately put the phone aside and turned his head to look at him.

Chen Yue pulled the quilt up a little and said under the quilt, “I died once.”

Huang Dan was stunned.