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Chapter 163 Childhood Friends (18)

Duan Xu was worried that Chen was not around, so he ordered some takeout.

Chen also said, "Go ahead."

Although he was not familiar with Hu Li, he remembered that she was a nice person.

After Chen Ye finished soaking his feet, he poured out the water. Then he curled up on the sofa, resting his head on Duan Xu's arms and watching TV.

A new TV series was playing on TV. Chen Ye was watching it with great interest and opened a bag of potato chips. In order to avoid getting the potato chip crumbs on Duan Xu, Chen Ye sat up straight and leaned back on the sofa.

The plot on TV was full of climaxes, but Duan Xu had no intention of watching it. His eyes were occupied by Chen Ye next to him.

"Who is Zhao Mingwei?"

Duan Xu said something out of the blue, and Chen Ye thought he was hallucinating, "What?"

Duan Xu repeated, "Who is the Zhao Mingwei that Sun Xiaoxiao mentioned?"

After taking a bite of potato chips, Chen Ye said, "A girl from the class next to mine in high school. I didn't know her well in my freshman and sophomore years, but in my junior year I found her umbrella and she treated me to milk tea to thank me. We became a little more familiar with each other. You were in college at the time, so you didn't know."

In the past, Duan Xu knew everything about Chen Ye, including who he had contact with and who he was close to. However, when Duan Xu was a freshman, Chen Ye was still studying in Tianhe, so Duan Xu had no way of knowing everything that happened to Chen Ye.

After coming down the mountain, Chen had a hunch that Duan Xu would ask Zhao Mingwei, but he didn't expect it to be at this time.

Duan Xu said, "Why does Sun Xiaoxiao think that there is a possibility for you two to develop a relationship? Have you ever flirted with each other, or has she confessed her love to you?"

Duan Xu turned his head and looked at Chen Ye. Chen Ye's round eyes looked a little bewildered, "We haven't been ambiguous before."

"That means I have confessed."

Chen Ye put down the potato chips and said, "She confessed her love to me when we graduated from high school, but I rejected her. She went to Nanjing University and I was in the capital. It was impossible for us to be together since we were so far apart."

After hearing what Chen Ye said, Duan Xu's gloomy face did not ease. He said, "If you were admitted to the same university, would you be together?"

Chen didn't know how Duan Xu came to this conclusion, so he asked, "Brother, why do you care so much about this?"

Facing Chen Ye's question, Duan Xu remained calm, "You call me brother, so why can't I ask?"

Chen Ye chuckled in his heart, thinking he was probably jealous.

"You can ask, but I've already said that we're just ordinary classmates and we haven't been in touch for a long time. Don't think too much about it."

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Chen Ye hugged Duan Xu's neck and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. I want to eat pineapple pork ribs tonight. You make it for me."

Duan Xu placed his hand on his wrist and said softly, "Okay."

Chen Ye, having succeeded, let go of Duan Xu and said, "I'm going back to my room to do my homework. I have to hand it in tomorrow. Bye."

Duan Xu stared at his back as he walked in, rubbing his brows, "I shouldn't have asked that."

Because of jealousy, he felt unbalanced and asked about Chen Ye's relationship with that girl, and his tone was even a little aggressive.

Fortunately, Chen Ye was a carefree person and didn't notice anything.

Duan Xu had determined his feelings for Chen Ye very early on, but at that time they were both very young and Duan Xu himself was in a period of confusion.

He once bought a BL novel in a bookstore when he was accompanying Chen Ye to visit the bookstore. The novel told the story of two male students. The novel cleared the fog in Duan Xu's heart.

Duan Xu finished reading the book while avoiding Chen Ye. He was sure at that time that he liked Chen Ye.

Afterwards he looked up some more information on his own and learned about homosexuality.

However, he feels that he is not gay. He has never had any other thoughts about other same-sex people. He only has thoughts about Chen Ye. He should just like Chen Ye, regardless of gender or anything else.

As soon as he made up his mind, Duan Xu wanted to avoid Chen Ye.

It's not because he is timid and afraid that his love for Chen Ye will be exposed, but because Chen Ye's feelings for him are a kind of dependence on him as a brother. Once Chen Ye knows that he likes him, he will probably be at a loss.

According to Chen Ye's personality, he will not stay away from Duan Xu, but he will definitely be entangled and hesitant. After all, the two grew up together, and Duan Xu does not want to bring too much trouble to the young Chen Ye.

In addition, Zhou Ying and Li Lijun are also factors that Duan Xu is worried about. They only have Chen Ye as their son, and they treat Duan Xu as their own son.

If Duan Xu liked Chen Ye regardless of anything, Zhou Ying and Li Lijun would definitely be hurt and disappointed.

Feelings cannot be controlled freely. Duan Xu thought about distancing himself from Chen Ye but failed. His reason told him to stay calm and not indulge himself, but his heart couldn't help but want to get closer to him.

Take Zhao Mingwei for example. When Duan Xu heard Sun Xiaoxiao's words, his mind went blank. If Chen Ye was really with someone else, got married and had children, he had no idea what to do.

At the same time, many dark thoughts that did not belong to him were also growing secretly, making Duan Xu want to keep Chen Ye by his side at all costs.

Sitting on the sofa, Duan Xu thought a lot in his mind. After taking a long breath, he decided to keep this feeling in his heart.

In November, the weather was getting colder, so Chen Ye and Duan Xu went shopping and bought a down jacket each.

Wearing a newly bought down jacket, Duan Xu took Chen Ye to Hu Li's house.

Hu Li's business has been doing well in recent years and she has bought several houses in the villa area of ​​the capital.

She married a lawyer last year, but they don't have any children yet.

The doorbell rang, and the nanny in an apron quickly opened the door for Duan Xu and Chen Ye. Hu Li, who was sitting on the sofa, quickly stood up and walked to the door.

"Xiao Xu, Xiao Guo, come on in."

Duan Xu had already called Hu Li in advance to tell her that Chen Ye would also be coming, so Hu Li was not surprised that Chen Ye was also coming.

"Hello, Aunt Hu." Chen Ye greeted her after sitting down.

Hu Li smiled and said, "Don't be polite to Aunt Hu."

She pushed the fruit plate in front of Chen Ye and said, "Eat some fruit. I heard from Xiao Xu that you like it, so I asked my aunt to go to the supermarket to buy some this morning."

Chen didn't hesitate and took a bite of the fruit plate with a toothpick, "Thank you, Auntie."

Not long after sitting there, the doorbell rang again with a "ding dong" sound. The nanny immediately went to open the door. Hu Li sat there without moving, but her face looked a little uncomfortable.

Chen Ye turned around and saw the family of three dressed up.

The woman who came in was wearing a light gold long dress. She was intellectual and elegant. There were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She should not be young, but judging from her appearance, she looked to be only in her early thirties.

The most eye-catching thing was the woman's eyes, which were a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, bright and shining, very similar to Duan Xu's. As soon as the woman came in, her eyes fell on Duan Xu, her eyes were slightly red, and tears were in her eyes.

The man next to the woman had blond hair, blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and was tall. He wore a well-tailored dark gray suit with a handkerchief in his jacket pocket, looking like a very British gentleman.

Between the two men was a little girl of about five or six years old. The little girl was obviously mixed-race, with a three-dimensional face, dark black hair, and ice-blue eyes. She was wearing a pink puffy skirt and staring at Duan Xu curiously.

Chen also guessed their identities. The woman must be Duan Xu's mother, the man was Hu Bing's husband in France, and the younger one was naturally the daughter she gave birth to when Duan Xu was in junior high school.

The man patted the woman's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, dear. Duan Xu will forgive you."

Victor's Chinese is not very good. He started learning it just for Hu Bing. After studying for several years, he could only communicate barely.

Hu Bing smiled at him and walked towards Duan Xu, "Xiao Xu, mom is back."

She looked at Duan Xu with her sad and beautiful eyes, but what disappointed her was that Duan Xu's eyes were chillingly calm. There was neither anger at Hu Bing for abandoning him nor joy of surprise at his mother's return.