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    “Hmm, does Xiaoyi want to go see him?”

    Yun Yi didn’t know about the impending bankruptcy of the Yun family. He shook his head, placed the small watering can on the shelf, and said to Qin Jiangqiu’s back, “I don’t want to go back.”

    “Why?”

    Yun Yi was silent for a long time, then mumbled, “What if Dad sends me back to the hospital again?”

    “He won’t.” Qin Jiangqiu took Yun Yi’s hand and washed it clean. It was stained with nutrient soil. He didn’t need to guess to know that Yun Yi had been feeding fertilizer to those flowers again.

    Silly boy, seeing that the flowers weren’t blooming well, he fed them fertilizer every day, and he had to secretly dig out the fertilizer when Yun Yi wasn’t around.

    “I’ll go with you. We’ll go and come back the same way we went. I won’t leave Xiaoyi alone.”

    Yun Yi couldn’t even take care of flowers well. How could he let Yun Yi go out alone? His illness and injuries were all his pain.

    Qin Jiangqiu held Yun Yi’s shoulders. The young man was born with an androgynous beauty, his eyebrows and eyes pampered, but at this moment, he looked a little sad. “Xiaoyi, I promise you, I will never leave you alone in this life. Wherever you are, I will be.”

    “So, if you want to go, go. Don’t be afraid. This is always your home. You can always come back.”

    Yun Yi’s pupils trembled.

    He seemed to be shocked by these words, staring blankly at Qin Jiangqiu.

    In a daze, Yun Yi felt that the rose he was raising seemed to have bloomed.

    Roses best express love.

    Once it blooms, it can be picked and given to the one he loves.

    Yun Yi stood on tiptoe, reached out and hooked his arm around Qin Jiangqiu’s neck, and kissed his lips.

    “Brother… Jiangqiu…”

    Qin Jiangqiu’s hands, which were gripping Yun Yi’s shoulders, froze. He didn’t know whether to push the person away or pull them into his arms.

    His thoughts were pulling him in different directions.

    One was clamoring to kiss him, to kiss this ungrateful child until he cried.

    The other was saying that there were still six months, to endure for another six months.

    Before the struggle was over, the emotions in Qin Jiangqiu’s eyes suddenly surged.

    Yun Yi’s tongue probed in, tentatively, and then quickly retreated as if afraid, leaving only a trace of wetness that was enough to drive him crazy.

    He closed his eyes, wrapped his arms around Yun Yi’s back, and hugged him tightly, deepening the kiss.

    Yun Yi was his person in this life.

    He had been teasing him for so long, what was wrong with collecting some interest in advance?

    Qin Jiangqiu couldn’t suppress his pounding heart, it was so fast that it seemed to want to jump out and tell Yun Yi, “Look, how much I love you!”

    His Adam’s apple bobbed, as if he was extremely thirsty, and only Yun Yi could quench his thirst.

    Until Yun Yi pushed his chest.

    It was a habit of these years, always afraid of Yun Yi getting hurt, afraid of Yun Yi’s unwillingness, afraid of Yun Yi’s sadness, and even more afraid that Yun Yi wouldn’t be able to stay with him until old age.

    Leaving the already reddened lips, he gently kissed Yun Yi’s thin eyelids with utmost care.

    From his eyes to the tip of his nose to his lips, he had so much love to tell Yun Yi, but he had nothing at hand. Saying “I love you” like this was too frivolous, he couldn’t bring himself to say it, and it wasn’t worthy of Yun Yi.

    After thinking about it, it all turned into a “Xiaoyi” that overflowed from his lips.

    “Mm…” Yun Yi slowly opened his eyes, his cheeks flushed, and his nostrils flared as he calmed his breathing.

    He gripped the clothes on Qin Jiangqiu’s chest, his lower back leaning against the washbasin.

    After a while, he whispered, “Brother, you’re poking me.”

    Qin Jiangqiu: “…”

    This was killing him.

    *

    Yun Yi still returned to Hai City.

    Yun Chongshan was still staying in the hospital room, with an IV drip on the back of his hand, and among the visitors was a lawyer wearing a black suit.

    Yun Yi knocked on the door, and a voice inside said, “Come in.”

    Qin Jiangqiu wanted to go in with him, but Yun Yi stopped him. “Brother, wait for me outside.”

    “Okay.” Qin Jiangqiu didn’t stubbornly follow, but patted Yun Yi’s shoulder. “Xiaoyi, don’t be afraid. If you get angry, hit them. If you can’t beat them, call me. It doesn’t matter what happens, your brother will back you up.”

    Yun Yi gave a smile, and then pushed the door open alone.

    Yun Chongshan was stunned when he saw Yun Yi, and frowned coldly, “Instead of staying in the hospital, where did you run off to?”

    “Dad, I’m not sick.” Yun Yi explained in a very soft voice, even though he had explained this countless times, but Yun Chongshan didn’t believe him. “I heard you were sick, so I wanted to come and see you one last time.”

    “Last time?” Yun Chongshan sneered. “You disappeared for two years and didn’t come back, but as soon as you heard I was sick, you came back. What are your intentions, Yun Yi?”

    Yun Yi’s heart was ice-cold.

    He wasn’t like Yun Chongshan’s son, but like a stranger.

    He played a wicked role in the Yun family, a role that was hated.

    “Yun Chongshan, I don’t want anything under your name. I just have one thing to say.” Yun Yi didn’t want to stay in this hospital room anymore, it was suffocating him.

    “Am I your son?”

    Yun Chongshan went from a cold face to frowning, “If you weren’t my son, would I send you to the hospital to be treated?”

    “But I’m not sick.” Yun Yi took out a diagnosis certificate and several photos from his pocket. The diagnosis certificate only showed moderate depression, and nothing else.

    The photos were of a man and a woman. Yun Chongshan recognized the woman, it was his wife Zhang Xiaonuo. He also recognized the man, he was the family doctor.

    “Zhang Xiaonuo lost her fertility a long time ago, and she wasn’t pregnant back then either. As for why she drove me away, after thinking about it, it’s nothing more than fear that I would compete for the family property.”

    “Similarly, my diagnosis certificate back then was also forged by Doctor Han. Because of her words, I haven’t been to school since I was seven years old. Because of her words, you believed that I pushed her downstairs.”

    “And even more because of her words, you locked me in the hospital for five years without asking.”

    “Yun Chongshan, you are my father, but I would rather not be named Yun.”

    Yun Yi didn’t cry, he just stated the facts so calmly, but the emotions in his eyes were shattered, his fingers were clenched tightly, his fingernails digging into his palm, holding back his sanity.

    Yun Chongshan seemed to have not heard, clutching the photos, he roared out angrily, “That bitch actually dared to cuckold me!”

    Yun Yi looked at Yun Chongshan’s face, and after a long time, he gave a self-deprecating smile, his heart falling to the ground and shattering completely.

    He thought that if he wasn’t sick, Yun Chongshan could love him.

    The harm he had suffered over the years was just a gentle breeze blowing past his ears, not causing the slightest ripple in his father’s eyes.

    Forget it.

    He shouldn’t expect family love.

    Having lived for three lifetimes, he should have understood.

    Yun Yi didn’t say anything, and quietly left the ward.

    Qin Jiangqiu was standing outside the ward, arms folded, staring at the door. If Yun Yi called, he could rush in.

    The door opened, Yun Yi squeezed out a smile, and took Jiangqiu’s hand, “Brother, let’s go home.”

    “Did you finish seeing him?” How could Qin Jiangqiu not notice Yun Yi’s emotions?

    He held Yun Yi’s hand back, it was a little cold, he wanted to warm it up, if it was warm, Xiaoyi wouldn’t be sad.

    “Yeah.” Yun Yi sighed softly, his tone relieved, “Brother, I don’t want to come to Hai City ever again.”

    “I’ll listen to Xiaoyi in everything.”

    Qin Jiangqiu didn’t go to inquire about what had happened in the ward, but he took Yun Yi to the amusement park.

    The love he didn’t receive in his childhood, he wanted to give to Yun Yi.

    Yun Yi could get a lot of love from him here, and could make up for the love that had been missing for all these years.

    His wife should be happy, and should live a long life.

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