Chapter 1

"Why don't you come back for dinner so late?" It's very late. It's past ten o'clock.

"The company has a temporary party. I forgot to inform you. Eat alone, good boy."

"I see. Drink less wine. I'll wait for you to come back.

"It may be very late. You don't have to wait for me. I'll go to bed after dinner. I'll clean up the rice bowl."

"Good."

I hung up the phone, and the empty room returned to silence. The room was full of darkness, but the warm yellow in the kitchen was a little angry.

After taking a shower, it was almost twelve o'clock. Gu Yu climbed into bed, breathed the residual body fragrance of Ye Nan on the pillow, and slowly closed his eyes.

I didn't sleep deeply. It was past two o'clock in the morning when Ye Nan came back.

At the entrance, Ye Nan changed his upper and lower leather shoes, put on a home cotton mop, and walked to the bedside softly. The moonlight looked more white through the floor-to-ceiling window of the big fan. Gu Yu's exquisite face made people feel an impulse to protect him under the moonlight.

The smell of wine and the faint smell of tobacco made Gu Yu frown slightly. Ye Nan reached out and stroked his eyebrows, leaned over Gu Yu's forehead and gently kissed and turned into the bathroom.

It was not until the sound of water from the lotus head in the bathroom that Gu Yu slowly opened his eyes and got up and went into the kitchen to cook a bowl of sobering soup for Ye Nan.

Two years ago today, it was the day when Ye Nan took Gu Yu to live in this hut. It was also two years ago today that Ye Nan looked at Gu Yu unswervingly and made a request to Gu Yu, "Let's date." Ye Nan took Gu Yu home. His father scolded with a stick and indulged no matter how painful it was. Ye Nan still hugged Gu Yu for fear that Gu Yu would be beaten. Mother Ye knelt down and begged Father Ye to show mercy. Mother Ye pulled Ye Nan and cried all the time. She cried so sadly. Finally, he said, "You choose the road by yourself. No matter how difficult it is in the future, you have to go on by yourself."

Ye Nan pulled Gu Yu out of the house and left the home where he had been for 22 years.

Gu Yu's parents died early, leaving a lot of property, as well as this hut. That day, Gu Yu took Ye Nan home and took off Ye Nan's shirt. The stick marks on his back were shocking. Gu Yu sobbed softly, bit his lips, and insisted on squeezing the tears back, but the tears still fell down, and the tears became bigger and bigger. The beads fell, and the scorching temperature stabbed Ye Nan's back. Gu Yu got up to get the medicine and was grabbed into his arms by Ye Nan.

"Xiao Yu, I only have you now. Don't leave me, okay?"

"Uh-huh!" Gu Yu nodded with hatred and hugged the man in front of him fiercely.

The sound of the bathroom stopped, leaving only the sound of boiling soup in the kitchen.

Ye Nan hugged Gu Yu from behind. He was taller than Gu Yu and always liked to put his chin against Gu Yu's head. Ye Nan, who had just bathed, filled Gu Yu's nasal cavity with a faint mint fragrance, and the smell of alcohol was less.

"Don't drink so much wine in the future."

"I didn't drink much."

"Drink this."

"Hmm."

The bedside was dark, and the moonlight was sprinkled on the floor through the floor-to-ceiling window. The sound of Ye Nan washing dishes came from the kitchen. With the stop of the sound and the slight depression by the bedside, Ye Nan hugged Gu Yu.

He is still so thin.

"Xiao Yu."

"Hmm?"

"I promise you that I won't come back so late again."

"Hmm."

"I will definitely come back to have dinner with you in the future."

"Hmm."

"I will never drink again."

"Hmm."

"You're tired, too. Go to sleep."

Gu Yu turned around and buried his head in Ye Nan's chest. He listened to his powerful heartbeat and gradually closed his eyes.

Ye Nan held him tighter, rubbed his soft hair, and looked out of the window without saying a word. The moonlight was still so beautiful, and it shone on a medical examination report on the porch.

"Xiao Yu?" Ye Nan shook Gu Yu in his sleep.

"Hmm?" Gu Yu rubbed his sleepy eyes and grabbed the alarm clock at the head of the bed.

"Get up, brush your teeth, wash your face and have breakfast." Ye Nan took the alarm clock in his hand and put it back at the head of the bed.

"Hmm."

"Let's go to Central Square later." Ye Nan brought breakfast and put it at the head of the bed.

"Where to do what?"

"Fool, haven't you been clamoring to feed the pigeons?" Ye Nan rubbed his soft hair with a smile, and her eyes were full of tenderness.

"Aren't you working today?" Although I'm happy, I still need to pay attention to Ye Nan's work.

"I asked for leave today. We haven't been there for a long time."

I haven't been there for a long time. It's been two years.

When he just left the door of Ye's house, Ye Nan sat on the wide Central Square with Gu Yu and spent an afternoon looking at a group of pigeons in the middle of the square. Then Gu Yu took Ye Nan to the current home.

Two years have passed, and there are still many pigeons in Central Square, but who knows if it is still the original pigeons? The bench two years ago was still there, but it was painted again.

Gu Yu took a bag of corn and sprinkled it at the center of the square. Immediately, a group of pigeons came to compete for food.

Ye Nan looked at the smiling man in front of her, touched the unique wedding ring on the ring finger of her left hand and smiled bitterly. How long can this life last?

Night

"Ye Nan, I have a stomachache." Cold sweat covered Gu Yu's forehead.

"Well... why do you suddenly have a stomachache?" Ye Nan sat up from ** and looked at Gu Yu, who was sweating in front of him. A panic crossed his eyes and reached out and touched Gu Yu's forehead. "Why is it so hot?"

"Ye Nan... My stomach hurts..." The cold sweat on Gu Yu's forehead still kept, and his whole body trembled gently.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you to the hospital! Don't be afraid! Come on! Put on your clothes, good boy!" Wipe Gu Yu's sweat, change his clothes, put on a coat by himself, and rushed out of the door with Gu Yu on his back.

In the early morning, there were so few taxis that I didn't see one for more than half an hour. Gu Yu on his back was still shaking, muttering pain from time to time.

"Xiaoyu, it's okay. I'll take you to the hospital!" After saying that, he ran to the hospital behind Gu Yu's back.

"Doctor! Where is the doctor!" Ye Nan was sweating profusely when she arrived at the hospital and kept shouting at the doctor, "Doctor! Please help him!"

"Come on! Lie the patient on the cart first!"

"Doctor! Please save him! He is in great pain!"

"I know I know!"

When the light in the operating room went out, the doctor came out.

"Let's take a step to talk."

"Doctor, how is he?" Ye Nan asked eagerly. Just now, Gu Yu died in pain. He couldn't wait to hurt for him.

"We have preliminarily judged... stomach cancer."

"stomach...stomach cancer?!" Ye Nan couldn't believe it, "But he obviously just has a stomachache and a little fever. How can it be stomach cancer? Doctor, did you read it wrong? Huh?"

"We are only making a preliminary judgment. Specifically, it is recommended to have a general examination."

The doctor's words echoed in the empty and narrow corridor.

"It may be stomach cancer."

"Specific details, it is recommended to have a full-body examination."

Pushing open the door of the ward, **'s Gu Yu had fallen asleep, with fluid in his hands, his eyes closed, and his lips were slightly open. Holding Gu Yu's hand, he approached his face and looked at the man in front of him. Thinking of his cold sweat just now, it must be very painful. He lowered his head and kissed his lips.

Ye Nan followed the doctor's advice and took Gu Yu for a general examination.

"I just have a stomachache. I don't need to do a full-body test. It's so troublesome." Gu Yu complained.

"What do you know?" Ye Nan scraped Gu Yu's tall nose.

"Gu Yu, please come in." The nurse in the room called.

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here." Ye Nan said hello,

"Hmm."

Ye Nan looked at the physical examination report in her hand and was distracted. How could it be? How could it be?!

Last night, the company did not have a dinner party. The hospital informed Ye Nan to pick up the medical examination report form, which suddenly said that stomach cancer - advanced stage. A burst of thunder, as if the sky had collapsed. Even if he broke off his relationship with the Ye family at that time, he didn't feel now, because he still had Gu Yu, but now?

I drank a lot of wine that night. One person was on the bench in Central Square, one can after another.

When I got home, I saw Gu Yu sleeping. I was heartbroken. Why? Why him? What should I do after leaving him?

"Ye Nan, come over for dinner." Gu Yu called in the kitchen.

Put away the physical examination report, wipe your face with both hands, and get out of the room.

"What did you cook today?" Ye Nan asked with a smile.

"It's your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs!" Gu Yu filled him with a bowl of rice with a smile, "Eat more, there are many."

"Good!"

Gu Yu, I can't bear to part with you. How can you bear to see me alone in this world? You promised that I would not leave me, didn't you? Why do you regret it now? Ye Nan bowed her head and cooked rice.

"Don't just eat, here, let's see if what I cook is good or not." Gu Yu picked up a piece of ribs for him.

"Delicious..." Ye Nan's eyes turned red.

"Ye Nan, what's wrong with you?" Gu Yu was a little panicked.

"It's okay." Ye Nan wiped his eyes with his hand, "Look at you, with so much vinegar, my tears are sour, hehe."

Gu Yu picked up a piece of ribs, which was sweet and not sour at all, because he knew that Ye Nan liked sweetness. Even if he liked sweet and sour spareribs, there was very little vinegar in it.

"Ye Nan, my physical examination report should come out. It's been so long."

"..." Ye Nan paused for just that second, "That's right. It's been so long. I'll call the hospital sometime to ask."

Gu Yu bowed his head and cleaned the inside and outside at home every day. How could he not see the document on the top floor of the bookcase?

"Ye Nan, I want to see my parents."

"Oi, we'll go tomorrow."

Ye Nan took the bowls and chopsticks in Gu Yu's hand.

"Good boy, take a shower and go to bed. I'll do it."

Gu Yu took out his pajamas from the bedroom and caught a glimpse of the warm yellow figure in the kitchen at the corner. His nose was sore, flashed into the bathroom, and he turned his backhand to the door.

It was not until the door of the bathroom was closed that a tear fell into the sink, rushing along the water to the dark sewer, disappearing.