I Fell In Love With Qing Leng Xue Shen Chapter 84

Chapter 84 Stars

At dusk, the city’s neon lights lit up one after another, turning the sky outside the law firm window into a hazy orange-purple color.

Xie Shuhan closed the last court record, his fingertips ran across the dense annotations on the page, and fatigue spread over his limbs like a tide.

The hour hand of the clock on the wall pointed steadily at ten past eight, and he rubbed the sore back of his neck.

He carefully locked the files into the safe, packed his briefcase, and hurriedly walked out of the law firm.

Driving home all the way, soft piano music echoed in the car.

The car drove slowly in and stopped in front of his house.

At this time in the past, the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room would always shine with warm yellow light.

Like a pair of gentle eyes, quietly waiting for those who return late.

But tonight, the whole house was plunged into deep darkness, with only the street lamps in the courtyard casting a dim and lonely light.

“Ajin?”

Xie Shuhan’s voice broke the silence of the night. He raised his hand and pressed the sensor light in the entrance. The light turned on, and the warm yellow light filled the living room, but the familiar figure was not reflected.

The sofa in the living room was empty, there were no scattered documents on the coffee table, and there was no half-cup of warm tea. There was only an empty silence, so quiet that you could hear the rustle of the wind blowing through the treetops outside the window.

Xie Shuhan’s heart sank suddenly, and a trace of uneasiness crept into his heart.

He changed his shoes, walked slowly through the living room, and glanced at the dining room and kitchen. Every corner was empty, and there was no trace of Lu Jin.

“Ajin?” He shouted again, his voice a little more urgent than before.

No one answered.

Only the sound of his footsteps echoed in the whole house, which seemed extremely empty.

Xie Shuhan’s eyes fell on the closed door at the end of the corridor, the study.

An indescribable premonition, like a thin vine, instantly wrapped around his heart.

He walked lightly towards the study step by step, his fingertips landed on the cold door handle, and he turned it gently.

There was a soft “click” and the door opened.

There was no light on in the study, and the moonlight outside the window filtered through the gauze curtains, casting a faint clear glow, barely outlining the outline of the room.

The laws and case collections on the desk are still neatly stacked, and the traces of sunlight have not completely faded away.

But Xie Shuhan’s eyes were fixed on the floor under the desk for an instant.

There, curled up was a familiar figure.

The silver hair glowed faintly in the moonlight. It was Lu Jin.

He leaned his back against the leg of the desk, bent his legs, and hugged his knees tightly with his arms. His whole body shrank into a small ball, like a wounded animal, licking its wounds alone.

That look was completely different from the usually flamboyant and arrogant Lu Jin.

Xie Shuhan’s heart seemed to be grasped hard by an invisible hand, and the pain made his breathing stagnant.

He walked over quickly, almost subconsciously, reached out and pressed the switch on the wall.

The warm yellow light suddenly turned on, dispelling the darkness in the study.

Xie Shuhan squatted down, his eyes fell on Lu Jin, and his breath suddenly choked.

Lu Jin’s silver hair was still flamboyant, but stuck to his forehead in a messy manner. He usually had a somewhat unruly eyebrows, but now he was frowning slightly. His eye sockets were extremely red and swollen, as if he had been crying for a long time, and even the ends of his eyes were abnormally red.

Those eyes that were always full of smiles were staring blankly at the floor at the moment, as if they were filled with heavy mist, filled with sourness that could not be resolved.

In his arms, he held the glass jar tightly.

The mouth of the jar is loose, but the stars inside are still folded, but they are loose. At first glance, it seems that they have been taken apart and read.

Xie Shuhan’s fingertips trembled suddenly, and Ajin saw…

“Ah Jin.” Xie Shuhan’s voice was as light as a feather, fearing to disturb the fragile person in front of him.

Lu Jin’s eyelashes trembled slightly and he slowly raised his head.

When his eyes met Xie Shuhan’s eyes, those red and swollen eyes were instantly filled with moisture.

He opened his mouth to say something, but found that his throat was so choked that he couldn’t say a word.

Xie Shuhan stretched out his hand, gently held his cold wrist, and slowly turned his shoulders so that he faced him.

When her fingertips touched Lu Jin’s warm skin, she could clearly feel the slight trembling of his body.

“Ajin, look at me.” Xie Shuhan’s voice was so gentle that it could drip water.

Lu Jin raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.

Under the light, Xie Shuhan’s eyebrows and eyes were still cold, but revealed an indescribable tenderness.

His hair was a little messy, and the corners of his eyes were tired, but the eyes that looked at him were full of heartache and warmth, like a warm spring water that could drown people in it.

“Husband.”

These two words escaped from Xie Shuhan’s lips gently and deftly, with a bit of careful tenderness and a bit of relief that the dust had settled.

This was the first time Xie Shuhan called him husband outside the bed.

Lu Jin’s mouth suddenly deflated, and the emotions accumulated all afternoon seemed to have found an outlet to vent.

Tears surged out without warning, falling one by one on the back of Xie Shuhan’s hand, hot and scorching.

“Husband, we are already married. This is all in the past. We still have many, many more seven years in the future.” Xie Shuhan said softly.

“But…” Lu Jin’s voice was extremely hoarse, as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper, and every word was heavily choked.

“I can’t make up for your sadness… When I think of you… writing these stars alone, watching my scandals with others… my heart aches… so much that I almost die…”

He spoke incoherently, his vision blurred by tears, and his voice was trembling.

“I can’t even imagine…how you survived those more than two thousand days and nights…Every time you write one, you must be very sad…Why am I so stupid…so slow…”

Hot tears dripped on the back of Xie Shuhan’s hands and also on his heart, making his heart sore.

Xie Shuhan looked at the man in front of him who was crying like a child, looked at his red eyes, looked at the tears falling from the corners of his eyes, and his own eyes instantly became moist.

He reached out his hand and gently touched Lu Jin’s red and swollen eyes, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingertips, his movements as gentle as if he were handling a rare treasure.

“Don’t cry, A Jin.” Xie Shuhan’s voice was choked with subtle sobs. He leaned forward slightly, lowered his head, and pressed a gentle kiss to the corner of Lu Jin’s eyes.

Tears slid down the seam of his lips and into his mouth, salty and astringent, with Lu Jin’s unique smell.

Xie Shuhan stretched out his arms and hugged Lu Jin tightly.

He rested his chin on the top of Lu Jin’s hair, feeling the person in his arms tremble slightly, and patted his back gently with one hand, once and again, as if comforting a wronged child.

“Stop crying, Ajin.” His voice echoed gently in Lu Jin’s ears, “Every minute and every second of waiting is worth it.”

“Because I know that the person I am waiting for will definitely come.”

“Look, aren’t you here now?”

“We are already married, Ajin.” Xie Shuhan’s voice contained a relieved smile and firm tenderness, “Those days and nights hidden in the stars have passed, and we still have a long, long way to go.”

“We will be together every day from now on.”

Lu Jin’s crying gradually died down, and he buried his face in Xie Shuhan’s neck, greedily absorbing the clear breath from his body.

That breath was like a good medicine that could soothe all the soreness and pain in his heart.

He stretched out his arms and hugged Xie Shuhan’s waist tightly, with such force that he felt like he wanted to rub this person into his own bones and blood.

The two people holding each other, in the warm yellow light, listened to each other’s heartbeats and felt each other’s warmth.