Chapter 7 Pink Amber, Still Eternity 03
After returning home, I was still in a bad mood and had a severe headache, but I was thinking about another question - why did Duanmu Jichu suffer from sleeping sickness?
Why do I always feel so sleepy for no apparent reason?
Is it because of something that happened in the past?
This question lingered in my mind, making me more and more confused, and even a little restless. I kept thinking about this question until the next day when I was dating Leo.
"Xiao Ye, what are you thinking about? You look so engrossed." Le Ou sat on a bench in the amusement park. He considerately handed me a bottle of water and asked me with concern.
"Nothing, just some small things..." I shook my head hurriedly and turned to look at Leo.
He was wearing a white casual suit today, a simple style, but he looked extremely noble in it. The piece of blue amber hanging around his neck would occasionally come out to breathe some fresh air as he moved, and there was another piece of pink amber in the world that was the same style as the blue amber, and it was now hanging around my neck.
I looked at Le Ou's beautiful and dazzling face, hesitated for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Le Ou, you and Master Ximen, Duanmu Jimo, and... and Duanmu Jichu, did you really grow up together?"
"Of course." Le Ou smiled proudly, "I grew up in my grandmother's house when I was a child. My grandmother was an old servant of the Duanmu family, and the Ximen family and the Duanmu family are old friends, so the four of us have had a good relationship since childhood..."
What a complicated relationship! But it sounds like they have a really good relationship, so he must know everything about Duanmu Jichu.
"I really want to know about your childhood. Did you really go to an aristocratic kindergarten together like in idol dramas, and were confessed to by girls in kindergarten?" I asked curiously.
Okay, I admit that I started to play tricks, and planned to ask questions about Duanmu Jichu step by step. But I would also observe Leo's expression, and if he showed an unhappy expression, I would stop asking questions immediately.
"We didn't go to kindergarten. We invited a teacher to Duanmu's house to teach the four of us. At that time, Ximen didn't talk much and often just watched us play. The teacher and parents were worried that he had psychological problems, but we invited a very professional psychologist to counsel him, but he still didn't like to talk and didn't have any expression. Later, everyone gave up. But now that I think about it, it's probably hereditary. Uncle Xi doesn't like to talk and has never smiled. He's very similar to Ximen now..." Le Ou was so happy when he talked about his childhood and was always immersed in happy memories.
"Uncle Xi? Shouldn't Ximen's father also have the surname Ximen?" I asked curiously. If I remember correctly, Ximen should be a double surname, the same as Duanmu.
"Haha, Xiao Ye was fooled too. His last name is not Ximen anymore." Le Ou laughed so hard on the bench, his azure eyes flickering, very beautiful. "From childhood to adulthood, his name has fooled many people. In fact, his last name is Xi, Ximingmen, not Ximen."
"Ah... So that's how it is. I've always wondered why no one has ever mentioned Master Ximen's name, and even his student card only has his last name." I laughed along with Leo, and while Leo was happy, I quickly asked the next question, "What about Duanmu Jichu and Duanmu Jimo, have they looked alike since they were young? I was shocked when I first saw them. Except for their hair color and temperament, their facial features and height are exactly the same!"
"Well, they look very similar since they were young, but they have different preferences. Ji Chu likes to wear cool-colored clothes, while Ji Mo likes to wear brightly colored clothes, so they are easy to distinguish. But we also played a game of making them look exactly the same and then tricking the teacher." Le Ou didn't seem to notice my conspiracy and still answered my questions seriously.
"Were they both naughty when they were young? Duanmu Jimo must have been very naughty, was Duanmu Jichu also naughty? I'm very curious, a fussy and weird guy like Duanmu Jichu, did he have a bad temper since he was a child?" As I got closer to the question I wanted to ask the most, I got so nervous that my hands began to shake.
Le Ou blinked and thought about it carefully. I don’t know if I was overthinking it, but his voice didn’t seem as excited as before when he answered the question: "Ji Chu’s temper is actually not that bad. He is a good person and very good to his friends. Everyone likes him. It’s just that he became a little indifferent after his parents passed away. But this can’t be blamed on him. The heavy burden of AURORA Group is all on him alone..."
"Did anything strange happen to him as a child? For example..." I clenched my fists nervously, "For example, something that hit him hard, or he got sick. Otherwise, how could he suffer from narcolepsy? And when he falls asleep, it's like he's in a coma and you can't wake him up. He will also hold on to things around him and won't let go. This is a very dangerous thing. What if..."
"Xiao Ye..." Le Ou stood up from the stool and interrupted me. Although he still had a smile on his face, that smile had slowly lost its luster. "Xiao Ye, this is actually the question you really want to ask, right? Although I don't want to doubt you, but do you know? From just now on, all your questions revolve around Ji Chu, starting with others, and then step by step around Ji Chu...Xiao Ye, do you really like Ji Chu?"
He was discovered anyway...
Seeing Le Ou's blue eyes dimming little by little, my heart suddenly tightened, and I hurriedly explained: "Le Ou, it's not like that , I didn't ask Duanmu Ji Chu's question deliberately, I just happened to want to know... just... I just wanted to know..."
"So can I understand that Xiaoye is not attentive when she is with me? Although I have always pretended that I know nothing and have not noticed anything, Xiaoye's expression is always depressed. She only smiles happily when she mentions Ji Chu..." The smile on Leo's pretty face has completely disappeared, and it is slowly covered with a distressing sadness. There is a ray of sunlight behind him, but he slightly tilts his head and buries his face in the shadow.
"Xiao Ye, you know what? Every time you show that lonely and depressed expression in front of me, I feel like I'm the bad guy who broke you up."
Did I really look that depressed?
It turns out that I have always been so bad. When I was dating Leo, I showed that kind of expression...
No wonder Bai Yuanyuan said my expression was so pitiful...
so poor……
I looked up at Leo, watching his pretty face slowly become filled with gloom. I wanted to refute, to comfort him, but in the end I didn't say a word, even when I saw him turn around and leave, I still couldn't say a word.
That's terrible, I'm such a terrible person...
It’s not worthy of your love at all, I’m sorry, Leo.
I was wandering alone in the playground, and there were many couples walking by me hand in hand. Girls stood on tiptoes to wipe the sweat off the boys, and boys carefully tidied up the girls' hair that was messed up by the wind. Some couples also shouted "so cute, so cute ...
Such a sweet love is something even angels would yearn for.
Looking at the expressions of those girls, I stood silently by the roadside and took out a small mirror to look at my face. There was no radiance at all, my eyes were dull, my expression was wooden, it didn't look like an expression of being in love at all. As expected... I really couldn't completely forget Duanmu Jichu...
"Ye Ye, you look really ugly."
That's right, even I think I look ugly, no wonder Leo is angry. I gave a frustrated smile to myself in the mirror, then sighed softly, sat down on the flower bed by the roadside, and silently shed a tear.
"Xiao Ye..."
A soft voice came from beside me, and that voice seemed to pass through the clouds in an instant, carrying the power to make people smile.
Then I was pulled over by the owner of the voice and hugged tightly.
Le Ou, I knew it was Le Ou. Even without seeing his face, just hearing his voice, I knew he was back. He didn't leave me because he was angry.
"Leo..." I lay in his arms and cried intermittently, apologizing while crying, "Leo, I'm sorry... I shouldn't be indecisive, I'm sorry..."
"I was too greedy. You can't blame Xiaoye." Leo patted my back and buried his face in my hair. "I liked Xiaoye too much, so I was too anxious. I wanted Xiaoye to love me wholeheartedly. I'm sorry, I was too greedy..."
"Don't say that, Le'ou. You'll make me feel even more ashamed." I cried and hugged him tightly, hoping that my apology could reach him. "I can't answer you whether I like Duanmu Jichu or not. I can't lie to you and say that I've completely fallen in love with you... I'm sorry, Le'ou, I can't lie to you, I'm sorry..."
"I'm so happy that you can say that. At least it proves that Xiaoye still values me." Le Ou let go of me and raised the corners of his lips to reveal a smile, but that smile was mixed with too much sadness, and it looked more heartbreaking than crying.
He smiled like that, looked at me and said, "Xiao Ye, please promise me that when you fall in love with me, you must tell me. I will wait for you, wait for the day when you fall in love with me wholeheartedly."
"Yeah." I sniffed and nodded vigorously.
"Now it's my turn to answer your question." Leo said, pulling me to sit on a bench at the side. "I will tell Xiaoye everything he wants to know, and I won't be jealous anymore."
The following is Leo's narration:
When Duanmu Jichu was young, he hated his parents who were so busy with the company and making money that they had no time to take care of him and his brothers. On their 10th birthday, their father had to fly to the United States to discuss a very important project, but he wanted to celebrate his birthday with his father, so he went on a hunger strike and locked himself in his room. His father was embarrassed, but he couldn't leave him alone, so he postponed his trip to the United States for one day. As a result, the other party thought that AURORA Group was not sincere and changed its partners.
The loss directly affected the operation of AURORA Group, causing it to experience a decline that had not happened in more than a decade, and it was difficult to turn over funds. In order to save costs, the board of directors of AURORA Group had to cut a department and several high-paid managers. The father of the little girl named Xuexi who often played with Duanmu Jichu was also laid off, and the family was forced to move away. On the day when the little girl named Xuexi left, Duanmu Jichu went to see her off and gave her a very beautiful necklace with a ring.
"Xuexi, when you wear this necklace, I will be able to recognize you at a glance. No matter how old you grow, you must wear it." Duanmu Ji Chulian reluctantly put the necklace on Xuexi personally.
Xuexi nodded to him while crying: "I will definitely wear it, you must come to see me, Master Jichu."
Although reluctant, Xuexi was still carried by her father onto the moving company's big truck.
But from that day on, Duanmu Jichu never saw Xuexi again, and he would never see her again. Because on that day, a car accident happened on the highway, a moving company truck collided with a long-distance bus, and Xuexi's family never woke up again...
After listening to Le Ou's narration, I was so surprised that I could hardly close my mouth, as if I understood a lot of things at once.
Why does Duanmu Jichu care so much about money...
Why did Duanmu Jichu work so hard to manage the school and handle AURORA's affairs...
Why did Duanmu Jichu suffer from intermittent narcolepsy...
He blames himself, he keeps blaming himself.
A fool like him must think that the death of Xuexi's family was caused by him. Such a heavy psychological burden has always been on his heart, so he would fall asleep unconsciously every time he was in a heavy mood.
On the surface, you pretend that nothing has happened, but you keep the heaviest things deep in your heart, bearing them all by yourself, and not mentioning them to anyone. What a fool... Duanmu Jichu, you are really a complete fool!
Why don't you find someone to share the burden with you?
Whether it's Duanmu Jimo, Ximen, Leo... or even if I'm a third-rate inferior product, I'm willing... I want to share some of your burdens, whether it's the pain or the unforgettable past, I'm willing to share them all with you...
