Hidden heart

Chapter 26

Shen Yao stayed by Fan Xuechen's side all day, watching Fan Xuechen and his senior brother Fu Shi look at paintings and chat.He had never seen Fan Xuechen being so talkative.

As long as he talks about his own paintings, he seems to be a different person. He is no longer the taciturn person who is afraid of communication, but that kind of conversation with restraint and ease.

When he was talking happily, he often showed that kind of heartfelt joyful smile, just like the blooming of spring flowers, which made people fascinated.

Following this change in Shen Yao's psychology, he couldn't help feeling a kind of uneasiness similar to loss.

He tightly held Fan Xuechen's exposed cold hand, but Fan Xuechen only glanced at him occasionally, and the rest of the time his eyes were only on the painting in front of him, and Fu Shi who was talking to him, it was obvious that the two of them had already ignored Lost his existence, immersed in the world they coexisted together.

"Xue Chen, give me this "Snow Mountain Spring Dawn Picture", I must take it back and show it to the teacher." Fu Shi pointed to a long scroll on the wall and said.

"Brother, you can take it if you want."

"Really? In addition to this one, I will bring back another seventeen or eight paintings, will you give them to me?"

Fan Xuechen smiled, "Of course. It is a blessing for these paintings and mine to have people who can appreciate them."

"You really haven't changed at all, Xuechen, you are still such a pure person."

Fan Xuechen lowered her head in embarrassment, and said, "When are you leaving? I'll put these paintings away for you."

"Actually, I was invited by a friend by chance this time, and I didn't expect to meet you. Since you are here, of course I have to stay a little longer. By the way, you really don't think about going to Mount Lu? I In fact, I really want to go with you."

Fan Xuechen thought for a while and said, "In the future, I..."

"Okay! Then I will put this matter on hold for now, and we will go together when you are free."

The two walked outside while talking.At this time, the day is slanting to the west, the autumn wind is bleak, and it is the time when the day is coming to an end.

"Where do you live now? Can I come to your place at night?"

Fan Xuechen lowered his head and muttered, "I..."

"Or you come to me? I actually have a few paintings I want you to see."

"Xuechen lives with me, it's not convenient for him to come to your place now." Shen Yao was finally able to speak.

"Living with you?" Fu Shi laughed, "Damn it! What does Xue Chen do living with you? What can he talk to you about? A son like you probably doesn't understand anything except money!"

"Senior Brother Fu!" Fan Xuechen blushed slightly, "I can look at your painting tomorrow, I've been here all this time, you just come to me tomorrow."

"You really live with him?"

Fan Xuechen nodded slightly.

"Why? I really don't understand. How could you make friends with someone like him! Didn't you hate him the most? Did he threaten you to do something? Or..."

"No!" Fan Xuechen glanced at Shen Yao, and quickly stopped Fu Shi from continuing, "Senior Brother Fu, don't think too much. Anyway, come tomorrow, I'll wait for you here. I want to go back too Alright, see you tomorrow."

"Xuechen!" Fu Shi saw that he was about to leave, so he pressed his shoulder, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Aren't you going to have a meal together? This time I'll treat you!"

"No, there's no need, Senior Brother Fu..."

"You don't look down on me now that you are well-off, do you?" Fu Shi's face showed a trace of dissatisfaction and loss.

"No! I never meant that! Brother, I..."

"Xuechen, let me tell him." Shen Yao finally couldn't bear to stop Fan Xuechen.

"Shen Yao!" Fan Xuechen grabbed his hand, her face turned red and pale, "Stop talking, let's go!"

"You let him talk! Xuechen, I want to see what he can say!"

Fan Xuechen didn't know whether it was shame or anger, she shook off his hand and walked forward quickly.

"Xuechen!" Shen Yao gritted his teeth, gave Fu Shi a hard look, walked up and pulled Fan Xuechen into his arms.

"I didn't say it!" Shen Yao said to him.

"I want to go home!" Fan Xuechen's eyes were also red.

Shen Yao just put his arms around him and got into his car.When the car started, Fu Shi could still be seen standing there from the window.

"Are you so afraid that he will know our relationship?" Shen Yao lowered his face.

"I do not have!"

"No why didn't you tell him?"

"no need."

"Ha!" Shen Yao grabbed his hand in pain, "Why is it unnecessary? He stalked you like that..."

"Shen Yao!" Fan Xuechen's face returned to its previous paleness, and she looked at him and said, "He and I are brothers."

"Then you can't tell him?" Shen Yao saw that his lips were tightly pursed and said nothing, "You have nothing to say?"

"You know that we are just brothers!"

"I don't care if it is or not. In short, I don't want to see you with him, you know?"

"Yes, you don't want to—" Fan Xuechen's eyes suddenly shed a series of crystal clear tears.

"Xue Chen!" Shen Yao was startled, and immediately wanted to hug him.

Fan Xuechen pushed him away and turned her head to the other side.

"Xuechen..." Shen Yao climbed onto his shoulder carefully, then slowly approached him, holding him in his arms. "I don't want to force you, Xuechen, I just want him to know that you belong to me alone."

"And then?" Fan Xuechen smiled mockingly with his tearful eyes, and one of the teardrops hanging on his eyelashes fell down. "It's not fair that you make me yours alone."

"What's not fair?"

"Are you only mine, too?"

Shen Yao's heart tightened, and he said, "Of course I belong to you too."

"Mine?" Fan Xuechen smiled again, as if there was a sharp needle in his smile, which hurt himself.He stared at the handsome man in front of him, and said softly: "It's not just people like you who have the right to own it, just like your jealousy."

"What are you talking about? Xuechen?" Only then did he realize that Fan Xuechen seemed to have been suppressing a kind of dissatisfaction with himself, which made him feel uneasy and angry.

"Are you mad at me? Why?"

Fan Xuechen didn't answer him, but just said: "I don't belong to anyone, Shen Yao." His eyes looked at him, and a calm indifference appeared in his choked voice.

When Shen Yao choked on him, it was like pouring a basin of water.He squeezed the cold hand and said, "Really? You don't belong to anyone...huh, but now you and I are the closest relationship, why don't you tell him?"

"That has nothing to do with him."

"Yes, it has nothing to do with him!" Shen Yao's mood became very bad, but he couldn't lose his temper. He could only grit his teeth and say, "Do you want to hide our relationship in your heart and not tell anyone? ?”

"Who do you want to tell? Your parents? Your brother? Everyone here?"

"I... I don't care to tell them if I can."

"Then wait until then."

Shen Yao was suppressing a nameless anger in his heart, at this moment the phone rang, it was related to the company, he hung up the phone, sent Fan Xuechen home first, and then went to the company.

Although the matter was over very early, he was not in a hurry to come back. He really felt a little depressed. It happened that Xue Ze came to ask him to go to the bar for a drink, and he agreed.

"Brother Yao, were you okay yesterday?" Seeing his uneasy expression, Xue Ze was faintly excited.After all, Shen Yao is better than him in everything, and he would find it very interesting to see him being deflated occasionally.

Shen Yao drank a glass of wine, then stretched out his finger, and someone beside him came up and lit a cigarette for him.

Xue Ze knew that Shen Yao seldom smoked, and would only smoke one when he was extremely irritable.It seems that yesterday's incident dealt him a big blow.Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked again: "Brother Yao, tell me what's the matter, I have a brother to share it with you!"

Shen Yao glanced at him coldly, took a puff of smoke from his mouth, and just sprayed the thick smoke on Xue Ze's face.

Xue Ze waved his hand, and asked someone to light a cigarette for him, saying, "This cigarette actually tastes pretty good!"

"I didn't expect that your darling would be able to talk to someone. I thought that people like him would never be liked by anyone except you!"

Xue Ze kept talking about Fan Xuechen, hoping to draw out Shen Yao's words, but Shen Yao kept drinking and didn't say a word.After smoking the fifth cigarette, he left Xue Ze and walked out of this extremely noisy place alone.

Li Jin sent him home.When he walked out of the car door, a gust of cold wind blew away the heat from his body, and he became dizzy.

The light in the living room was still on, but Fan Xuechen wasn't there, but there were still some small dishes on the table, obviously prepared for him.

He went up the stairs and saw Fan Xuechen sitting quietly in the studio, holding a paintbrush in his hand, he was so focused, as if nothing in this world could break into him except the painting in front of him heart.

Every time he comes back late, there will be such a picture in front of him-making him feel peaceful and beautiful, as if it will never change.

But at this moment, he just felt depressed in his heart.He even felt that he was excluded from the world of this person in front of him—perhaps in Fan Xuechen's mind, his position was only a little bit, not only inferior to these paintings he liked, but even today The senior brother I saw was no match!

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't control it anymore, and his body had already rushed towards the person who hadn't noticed him.