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    Chapter 66 Chapter 66 I can’t help it

    After Wen Yelan finished speaking, he turned around and stood up without looking at Fan Qingzhi’s face that was blurred by hatred and tears.

    “What do you know! Stop pretending here! Do you think you won? You are just lucky, someone is supporting you!” Fan Qingzhi’s hoarse voice came from behind, like a dull knife scraping the ground, full of unwillingness and madness after complete collapse, “Wen Yelan, just wait! You won’t be so lucky forever!”

    Wen Yelan didn’t stop, just shook his head, and sighed tiredly: “To get to where I am today, I have never paid less than anyone else. Without a background, you have to rely more on yourself. I have walked the road that you think is difficult, and it is even harder. It’s just that I spent my energy where it should be spent, instead of staring at others and thinking about how to pull them down.”

    Fan Qingzhi stopped cursing for a moment, and then broke out into a sharper roar, speaking incoherently, repeatedly chanting “unfair” and “why”.

    She didn’t listen at all. She had long been trapped in the cage she had built and refused to see any light from the outside.

    Wen Yelan coughed twice.The last trace of softness in my heart completely disappeared.He looked at Bai Yu, who was sitting quietly, his eyes always falling on him. When he looked over, there was even an expectant smile at the corner of his mouth.

    “We took him away,” Wen Yelan said.

    The dim light in Bai Yu’s eyes became a little brighter, and she leaned forward slightly, waiting for his next word of thanks or forgiveness.

    However, Wen Yelan’s next words completely froze the curve of his mouth.

    “I will call the police.” Wen Yelan said, looking at Fan Qingzhi who was curled up on the ground. “What she did and what punishment she deserves, the law has the final say. As for you–” His eyes fell back on Bai Yu’s face, with only alienation in his eyes, “Bish your own luck.”

    The expression on Bai Yu’s face froze for a few seconds, and then he laughed briefly.The laughter seemed a bit sad in the empty and dilapidated warehouse compartment.

    “Call the police… Xiaolan, you are still like this…” He paused, as if he was thinking of a suitable word, “soft-hearted, naive. Do you think it is fair to hand her over to those procedures and terms?” He glanced at Fan Qingzhi, without concealing his contempt, “You heard what she just said. This kind of person has a rotten heart. No matter how many times you give her a chance, she will choose to take the road darker and darker.”

    “That’s her business.” Wen Yelan interrupted him, his tone unwavering, “I’m not a judge and I’m not qualified to judge. What I can do is let the person responsible send her to where she needs to go. As for whether she will change, that’s her own destiny.” He paused and looked at Bai Yu, “Moreover.”

    Bai Yu raised his eyebrows.

    “You illegally detained and used violent coercion,” Wen Yelan said clearly and slowly, “These are also illegal.”

    The smile on Bai Yu’s face finally disappeared completely. He tried several times to put on a smile again but failed, leaving only sadness in his eyes.”So, you want to send me… in too?” he asked, his voice was very soft.

    As light as Brother Yu who would tell him stories when he was scared many years ago.

    Wen Yelan looked away.

    “Are you willing to give her another chance,” Bai Yu suppressed her trembling, “Why… can’t you give me one more time? Xiaolan, between us… after more than twenty years, is there really nothing left? Not even a chance to change?”

    There it is again.Wen Yelan felt a wave of exhaustion welling up from the bottom of his heart.In Plum Garden, he made it clear enough.The warmth of childhood is real, and so is the later harm and control.Feelings are not a simple addition and subtraction. If broken things are forcibly glued together, the cracks will always be there.

    “I have finished talking about what happened between us on that day in the Plum Garden. There is nothing more to say.”

    After he finished speaking, he stopped no longer, stretched out his hand, and took the initiative to hold Pei Yan’s hand that had been hanging quietly by his side.The moment he grasped it, Pei Yan immediately tightened his grip and supported his swaying figure.

    Wen Yelan held Pei Yan’s hand, turned and walked towards the door.The pace was steady and there was no hesitation.

    Pei Yan was led by him, and his eyes coldly glanced at Bai Yu, who had already stood up, warning him to stop here and not to follow him again.

    Bai Yu didn’t move anymore, just looked at their intertwined hands and their backs as they left.

    Just when Wen Yelan was about to step out of the dilapidated barn door, Bai Yu’s voice came from behind again.

    “Pei Yan.”

    Pei Yan paused slightly and did not look back.

    “When did you… fall in love with Xiaolan?”

    The question came unexpectedly.Wen Yelan subconsciously wanted to pull Pei Yan away, but felt the person next to her stopped.

    Pei Yan turned half of his body, looked at Bai Yu, and answered decisively without any hesitation:

    “Everest.”

    “After the avalanche.”

    One time, one place.

    “After the avalanche on Mount Everest…” Bai Yu murmured and repeated, nodding, “It’s great. You remember it so clearly.”

    His eyes crossed Pei Yan’s shoulders and landed on Wen Yelan’s straight back. Every word seemed to be squeezed out from the heart, with bloodshot eyes: “Fortunately… Xiaolan found someone who truly loves him.”

    Wen Yelan turned her back to him, her eyelashes twitched slightly, and did not look back.

    Bai Yu took a breath and slowly exhaled it, with a calmness in his tone.

    “The laws here probably can’t do anything to me. I will take care of everything and then… go back abroad. I will not appear in front of you again in the future.”

    Wen Yelan still didn’t look back, her fingers trembling slightly in Pei Yan’s palm.

    “Finally,” Bai Yu’s eyes fell firmly on Wen Yelan, wanting to take another look at the thin and dependent child in his memory through the layer of clothes, “Xiaolan.”

    Wen Yelan finally took one foot out and stood at the junction of light and darkness on the door frame. Half of his figure was immersed in the darkness of the warehouse, and the other half fell in the skylight from outside the door.

    “What Brother Yu said will always count.” Bai Yu spoke every word, slowly, clearly, and solemnly, “No matter you… need it in the future or not. I will always be your escape.”

    After the words fell, the cubicle fell into complete silence.

    A teardrop hit the doorframe.

    Pei Yan held his hand tightly, pulled him, and stepped out of the door.

    When the assistant saw them coming out, he quickly stepped forward and asked in a low voice: “Mr. Pei, Dr. Wen, inside…”

    “Call the police.” Pei Yan said concisely, “Hand Fan Qingzhi to the police and prepare the chain of evidence. As for Bai Yu…” He paused briefly, his eyes heavy, “Stop first and make sure he gets on the plane to leave the country. Before that, don’t let him make any more noise.”

    “Yes.” The assistant responded quickly and waved for others to go in and deal with it.

    Pei Yan said no more and walked towards the car outside the gate with Wen Yelan in his arms.

    Sit in the car and close the door, blocking out all the noise from the outside world.The driver tacitly raised the partition, turning the back seat into a relatively private space.

    Wen Yelan leaned on the seat, tilted his head slightly, closed his eyes, and had no expression on his face, but Pei Yan could see the stretched veins on his hands.The confrontation just now obviously consumed a lot of his energy.

    Pei Yan didn’t say anything, he just stretched out his hand, took Wen Yelan’s somewhat cold hand into his palm, and kneaded it slowly.

    After a while, Wen Yelan slowly opened his eyes. His eyes fell vaguely on the speeding and retreating scenery outside the car window, and he whispered: “He said… he will always be my fallback.”

    Pei Yan paused while squeezing his fingers, then continued with a steady voice: “You don’t need his escape route.”

    “I know.” Wen Yelan quickly answered, with no fluctuation in his tone, as if he had already thought it through, “It’s just… hearing those words, it still feels a bit…” He tried hard to find the right words, “It seems… the person who would give me sweets when I was a child, comfort me, and say to me, ‘Brother Yu will always be here,’ appeared again just now. Then, he disappeared again.”

    He turned his head and looked at Pei Yan, his eyes clearer and a little self-deprecating: “Isn’t he very promising? He has obviously done all those things.”

    Pei Yan looked at him, shook his head, raised his hand and wiped the corner of his eyes with his thumb, “It’s not that he is hopeless.” He said, “It’s about nostalgia and feelings. That’s right. What’s wrong is using your nostalgia and feelings to kidnap you and hurt your people.”

    Wen Yelan looked at him quietly and suddenly said: “Pei Yan, kiss me.”

    The kiss was gentle at first, tentative and reassuring.Wen Yelan closed her eyes and raised her hands to wrap around Pei Yan’s neck.After receiving the response, Pei Yan took a deep breath and immediately deepened the kiss. He pried open the teeth with the tip of his tongue and drove straight in.

    The temperature inside the car suddenly rose and the air became thinner.The sound of the water intertwining between lips and tongues was subtle but clear, mixed with the two people’s gradually heavier breathing.Wen Yelan was a little hypoxic from being kissed and her head was dizzy, but her body involuntarily moved closer. Her fingers inserted into the short hair on the back of Pei Yan’s head and tightened unconsciously.

    Pei Yan’s hand slid from his waist to his back, holding his face with the other hand, stroking his cheek with his thumb, and kissed him more and more fiercely.

    “Well…” A muffled groan escaped Wen Yelan’s throat.

    Pei Yan’s muscles all over his body tensed up instantly, and his movements stopped abruptly.He gasped and stepped away a little, resting his forehead against Wen Yelan’s, staring at his slightly red and swollen lips with red eyes, and then moved up to the pair of eyes filled with mist, which rarely revealed direct desire.

    “Ye Lan…” Pei Yan’s voice was extremely hoarse, with a thick nasal sound and suppressed pain.

    Wen Yelan wasn’t much better either, her chest was heaving and she was breathing lightly.

    “Go on,” he heard himself say, his voice a little hoarse.

    Pei Yan’s pupils shrank suddenly, burned by these two words, as if he heard the horn of charge.He immediately pressed the communication button in the car and gave a hurried order to the front seat: “Old Chen, find a place and park the car. Where there is no one. Hurry up.”

    The driver turned the steering wheel and the car turned into a relatively quiet side road. It drove for a few more minutes and finally stopped firmly in a temporary parking area with lush greenery and away from the main road.

    Then there was a slight sound of the car door opening and closing.

    The car became completely quiet, except for the intertwined breathing of the two people.

    Pei Yan turned around and looked at Wen Yelan.Wen Yelan was also looking at him.

    “Do you really want to continue?” Pei Yan asked again with his Adam’s apple rolling, but his hands had already wrapped around Wen Yelan’s waist and brought him into his arms.The armrest box between the seats was a bit obstructive, so he simply half-hugged the person over and let him sit sideways on his lap.

    This position makes the two of them fit together perfectly.Wen Yelan’s body stiffened, then relaxed, and his arm naturally rested on Pei Yan’s shoulders.

    “Yes.” Wen Yelan nodded, lowered his eyes, his eyes fell on Pei Yan’s Adam’s apple, and then moved away, “Otherwise? I want you to endure it?”

    “I can bear it.” Pei Yan said harshly, but his hands were honest. His palms were pressed against the curve of his lower back, and the heat seeped through his clothes.

    “I can’t help it.” Wen Yelan raised her eyes, looked directly at him, and said four words in a calm tone.

    Pei Yan’s breath was stagnant, and then he laughed softly, his chest shaking.”Dr. Wen, you are a bad student.”

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    The author has something to say: In fact, Xiao Wen is still soft-hearted…How could he not know that this would not have any impact on Brother Yu [poor]

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