Chapter 47.2

When the two of them walked out of the theatre, they found that it was also snowing heavily that night.

The cold wind blew past them, and broke the withered branches by the roadside. Gu Yanshu couldn’t help but sneeze a little.

Shen Jue pulled up the hood of Gu Yanshu’s down jacket. “Wait for me here. I’ll drive the car over.”

Gu Yanshu put his hands in his pockets and hid his chin in his collar. He said softly, “No, I’ll go with you.”

“Mm, alright.”

Shen Jue didn’t argue with Gu Yanshu. He just walked out silently and blocked the wind for Gu Yanshu.

Large amounts of white snowflakes swept over. The two of them walked together slowly towards the parking lot.

Their feet made rustling sounds on the snow.

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Fbld Kwl pweeldzu pyke, “Ebs es usw vbkdj oyp vbl sdl obs ldele wr kd fykz?”

Qw Zydpbw ydpolale yzxspv kdpvydvzu, “Mbl uswdtla casvbla.”

“Ebu?”

“Jlnywpl bl oswzed’v clya vs zlv bkp casvbla vyjl vbl czyxl qsa bkx. Xvblaokpl, bl oswzed’v byhl akpjle bkp zkql vs pyhl bkx ewakdt vbl pbkroalnj.”

“Jwv bl oydvle vs jkzz bkp casvbla. Gde yp zsdt yp bkp casvbla vssj vbl ayr qsa bkx, bl nswze ldfsu lhlauvbkdt bkp casvbla bye, kd bkp casvbla’p dyxl.”

Mblal oyp y pbsav pkzldnl.

Mbl okde obkpvzle rypv.

Qw Zydpbw pyke nyzxzu, “Tl eked’v alyzzu oydv vs jkzz bkp casvbla. Gzps, bl oypd’v flyzswp. Tl oyp fwpv pye.”

Shen Jue turned to look at him.

However, he didn’t look at Shen Jue. He lowered his eyes and looked at the broken branches on the ground, as he spoke very softly, “When you think you’re the only one who cares about the agreement, it’s actually very upsetting.”

Shen Jue stopped in his tracks.

Gu Yanshu turned around and looked at him.

The snowstorm became stronger and stronger, wreaking havoc in the distance between the two of them. Large amounts of snowflakes landed on Gu Yanshu’s head, and refused to melt.

After a long time, Shen Jue slowly sighed, then reached out to brush the snow off his head and said in a low voice, “I’m sorry.”

Gu Yanshu didn’t really understand what he meant by that.

Shen Jue’s voice sounded especially low and gentle in the snowy night. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have kept you out. I didn’t expect you to be so sad.”

When Gu Yanshu said that he would really be sad if he was the only one who cared about the agreement, he finally understood that Gu Yanshu wasn’t throwing a tantrum.

A child like Gu Yanshu, who had never felt safe since he was young and had no one to rely on, would take every promise seriously like a treasure and fulfil it seriously. However, because he also didn’t have any sense of security, he would carefully wait for feedback.

This was because he had so little and couldn’t afford to lose them at all, so once he felt that his trust and hope might fail, he would build a cold and tough defence mechanism and hide his soft and fragile thoughts, as if he wouldn’t lose anything this way.

This was his way of protecting himself.

And this sense of self-protection had already reached the point where he didn’t dare to express his liking even when he was drunk. Then, how much anticipation, how much disappointment, and how much sadness had he experienced all these years?

But even so, Gu Yanshu still chose to accept his attempts to become closer to him again, even when he didn’t explain anything.

So, he was the one who didn’t do well enough. He wasn’t strong enough at that time, and he didn’t notice Gu Yanshu’s thoughts earlier, which made Gu Yanshu sad for so long.

He rubbed Gu Yanshu’s head. “I won’t make you sad in the future.”

He said these words gently.

However, Gu Yanshu couldn’t stand this kind of gentleness. He was afraid of appearing pretentious, so he directly turned his head away and avoided Shen Jue’s hand. “I’m not sad. Don’t flatter yourself.”

His tone was cold and fierce, but the moment he turned around, the corners of his eyes turned slightly red.

He was just acting stubborn.

Shen Jue chuckled and his tone returned to its usual lazy tone. “If you weren’t not sad, why were you angry today?”

Gu Yanshu was stubborn. “I wasn’t angry.”

“You’ve already hit me. How could you say you weren’t angry?”

Gu Yanshu became overbearing instead. “That’s because you snatched my phone. You were being disrespectful.”

“Oh, I see.” Shen Jue appeared as though he was enlightened and said gently, “I was indeed wrong about this. Can I apologise to you then?”

He said it especially sincerely.

Gu Yanshu couldn’t help but stop and turn around to look at him. “How are you going to apologise?”

Shen Jue thought about it seriously for three seconds and replied, “I can give you a lesson on how to take a set of similar movie stills for free.”

“…”

“One-on-one service. I guarantee you’ll be able to do it.”

“…”

“It’s not impossible if you want me to demonstrate it personally.”

“…”

“If you want both of us to do it together too, I don’t mind…”

“Shut up!”

“You’re so fierce.”

“Have some dignity!”

“How am I shameless… Gu Yanshu, you actually threw snow at me! Are you getting bolder now?”

“Ah! Shen Jue, let go of me! You’re a grown man, but all you know is to tickle me. Aren’t you being childish?”

“So you were not being childish when you threw a snowball at me?”

“Hey, let go of me!”

“Aiya, why do you sound like a baby when you’re anxious?”

“Who sounds like a baby?!”

“There are only two people on the street. Who do you think I’m referring to?”

“You’re so annoying. Let go of me!”

“Then you’re not allowed to throw the snow at me again.”

“I won’t.”

“You’re still not…”

…

On the empty street at three in the morning, where the snow was falling heavily, two tightly wrapped figures chased each other and played on the street, like two children who had yet to graduate from kindergarten.

By the time they returned to the villa secretly, their hair and coats were already completely drenched.