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    Chapter 72 Hug

    As soon as Xu Wen stepped into the entrance hall, Lu Qingrang grabbed his wrist.

    “Xu Wen, let’s talk.”

    The anger that had been suppressed all day suddenly surged up. Xu Wen suddenly threw his hand away and slammed the person into the wall.

    The wall made a dull sound, which was particularly harsh in the quiet room.

    Before the words of rejection were spoken, a suppressed groan was heard.

    “Hmm”

    There was obvious pain in the voice, which made Xu Wen hesitate, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Lu Qingrang’s shoulder that hit the wall.

    “Are you… okay?” He subconsciously took two steps forward, with a panic in his voice that he didn’t even notice. He raised his fingers slightly, wanting to check but stopped in mid-air.

    Before he finished speaking, a huge force suddenly pulled him into a hot embrace.

    “!”

    “Let go!” Xu Wen struggled, but he didn’t dare to use too much force.

    Warm breath passed by his ears, with a weak trembling sound: “It hurts…Xu Wen”

    All struggles stopped instantly.

    Xu Wen’s body stiffened slightly, and he stood there and let Lu Qingrang hold him in his arms.

    Lu Qingrang’s arms naturally wrapped around his waist, and he leaned slightly so that their eyes were level.

    This distance is so close that you can clearly see the reflection in each other’s eyes, and feel the gentle intertwining of each other’s warm breaths.

    “Let’s talk, okay?”

    His voice was low and soft, almost blending into the soft sound of the fabric.

    Xu Wen turned his face to the side, avoiding his gaze.

    Time seems to be stretched infinitely, flowing slowly in silence.

    Lu Qingrang didn’t urge him, he just stroked his back with his palms over and over again, his movements gentle and soothing.

    The palms conveyed a reassuring warmth through the thin fabric, and every touch seemed to be a silent apology.

    He was coaxing him.

    With tenderness that showed weakness, he patiently rubbed Xu Wen’s lingering temper bit by bit.

    Lu Qingrang no longer rushed for an answer, but just held it and waited.

    “I’m very angry, Lu Qingrang.”

    Xu Wen’s muffled voice came from his arms, with a thick nasal sound.

    Lu Qing let the hand caressing his back pause and put down more gently.

    “Well,” he responded in a low voice, his voice as gentle as coaxing, “it’s my fault.”

    “Would you like to talk to me?”

    “I’ll listen to everything, okay?”

    As soon as his gentle words fell, his fingertips gently penetrated Xu Wen’s slightly messy hair.

    Xu Wen lowered his head obediently, covering his eyes with soft forehead hair, letting the soothing touch fall down.

    His shoulders shrank slightly, and his voice came from below, with a suppressed tremor: “We have clearly agreed… that we will face it together.”

    He tightened his fingers on his clothes: “What do you think of me? A decoration that can only share joys and sorrows with you?”

    The voice was choked with embarrassment, but he stubbornly refused to raise his head: “You said we are one! But what you are doing is pushing me away and taking the danger to yourself!”

    The last words were almost squeezed out from between the teeth, with a deep sense of weakness:

    “Do you just… like giving of yourself?”

    “I’m sorry…” These three words fell on Xu Wen’s ears with warm breath.

    Lu Qingrang’s palm was firmly placed on Xu Wen’s back, conveying a reassuring warmth: “I’m afraid that you will get hurt, and I’m afraid that you will be implicated in my past and break your promise.”

    As soon as he finished speaking, he felt Xu Wen let out a very light gasp. The body that had always been stiff and keeping the last bit of distance from him finally relaxed its shoulders as if resigned to fate, and leaned completely into his arms.

    “It won’t happen like this again.” He took advantage of the situation and promised in a low voice.

    Xu Wen was silent for a few seconds, then slowly raised his head.Her red eyes looked straight into his, and her voice was still choked with sobs:

    “Then you promise me.”

    Lu Qingrang looked into those moist eyes and gently touched the corners of his eyes with his fingertips.

    “I promise.” His voice was low and serious, “No matter what happens in the future, I will discuss it with you first. I will never make my own decisions again, and I won’t make you worry anymore.”

    At the moment when he got the promise, Lu Qingrang stared at the red eyes in front of him, which were still filled with wet water, reflecting his figure.

    Every subtle expression on this face, the anger caused by him, and the panic caused by him, all silently told his weight in Xu Wen’s heart.

    Those subtle muscle movements, those little movements of biting his lower lip unconsciously, all told him: this person cared about him, very much.

    Lu Qingrang clearly realized that something was wrong with him.

    Xu Wen’s tears should have made him feel distressed, but at this moment, looking at this man losing control of his emotions, looking at those always bright eyes filled only with his own shadow…

    He actually felt a certain kind of satisfaction that was almost trembling.

    It turns out that being cared about to this extent can be addictive.

    The moment before his tears fell, Xu Wen suddenly buried his face in Lu Qingrang’s clothes, rubbing them like a furry puppy, rubbing all the tears that were about to fall on the fabric on the other person’s chest.

    The movements were fast and urgent, with obvious panic.

    Xu Wen didn’t raise his head until he felt that his eyes were no longer wet, and deliberately looked away from the piece of clothing that was wet by him, but the roots of his ears quietly turned red.

    “Brother Lu…I’m hungry.”

    This lie was so lame that even he felt guilty, and his voice was muffled with a thick nasal sound.

    He raised his hand and gently pressed it against Lu Qingrang’s chest, trying to create some distance.

    “Okay.” Lu Qingrang took this abrupt turn of events gracefully, and finally stroked a gentle arc on his back with his palm, “I don’t have time to prepare today, so I’ll go downstairs to buy you some food, okay?”

    “Well…”

    Xu Wen responded vaguely, finally breaking free from the warm embrace that almost drowned him.

    He lowered his head, his ears still flushed, and he quietly rubbed his eyes with his sleeve.

    When he confirmed that Lu Qingrang’s footsteps disappeared outside the door, he fell into the sofa with a thud and buried his hot face into the cushions.

    It’s over, it’s over—

    How could he cry?

    This is so unmanly!!!

    Xu Wen rolled around on the sofa, grabbing his hair desperately with both hands, and his toes curled up in embarrassment.

    calm down!calm down!

    Xu Wen, this is no big deal!

    He chanted crazily in his mind, trying to convince himself with reason.

    But the scene just now keeps replaying in my mind

    This picture was so beautiful that he didn’t want to see it anymore.

    Finally, he gave up on himself and wailed at the system:

    “Quick! Quick! Say anything to me!”

    [The communication connection is restored.】The system’s steady electronic sound sounded.

    “?” Xu Wen raised his head from the pillow, “What do you mean?”

    [Since leaving the press conference, the host has not responded to any system prompts.】The mechanical voice broadcast is emotionless, 【System self-test in progress…】

    Xu Wen touched his nose guiltily.

    From the moment he received Lu Qingrang, his mind was filled with anger. There seemed to be a few moments when some voice flashed through his mind, but at that time he was too busy typing out all kinds of unplayable words in his heart that he had no time to pay attention.

    “Stop, stop, stop, I can hear you. Stop checking.” He quickly stopped, “What did you say?”

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