Chapter 53

When the road was finally cleared and Yang Lei left the village, he had already been delayed for several days.

When Yang Lei returned to Lu City, he was also burning with anxiety. As soon as he got into the city, he found a public phone and called Yan Ziyi, telling Yan Ziyi about the situation.

“If I still hadn’t heard from you, I would have sent people to look for you!”

Yan Ziyi nearly thought that he would have to report a missing person.

“It’s nothing! I’ll be right back!”

Yang Lei hung up and called Fang Yu. In the small building, Aunt Zhang said that Fang Yu hadn’t stayed there these days and had gone back home. When he called his home, no one answered. The Grand Century Restaurant said that Manager Fang had work and hadn’t come for the last few days.

“What work?”

Yang Lei’s heart tightened. He was afraid of what happened before, afraid that something had happened to Fang Yu again.

“Probably nothing important. We also don’t know.”

Yang Lei was worried and called Hua Mao. Hua Mao also really didn’t know what Fang Yu was busy with. He hadn’t seen Fang Yu for the last few days.

“If there’s nothing, that’s good!”

Hearing Hua Mao confirm that nothing was wrong, Yang Lei was relieved.

“When you see Fang Yu, tell him that I’m back in Lu City.” Yang Lei knew that Fang Yu was probably also worried that there was no news about him these last few days.

After these phone calls, Yang Lei returned to his hotel room. He first lay on his bed for a long time before getting up. He was very tired from the car bumping the whole way. He went into the bathroom and took off all his clothes, taking a refreshing shower. This wasn’t possible in the village. He hadn’t showered for a few days and he felt awful.

Just when he finished showering and turned off the showerhead, the phone in the room rang. At that time, it still wasn’t common for hotels to have a phone extension in the bathroom like now. Yang Lei came out naked and answered the phone at the bedside.

“Hello?” Yang Lei said.

There was no sound over the phone.

“Hello?”

Yang Lei said again. He pulled the receiver away and looked at it, thinking that there was something wrong with the phone.

“…Me.”

There was a deep voice through the receiver.

Yang Lei was stunned. The second he heard this voice, his heartbeat even missed a beat.

Yang Lei hadn’t thought that Hua Mao would move this quickly. Just while he showered, he had already told Fang Yu.

“I was just looking for you. You weren’t there. I told Hua Mao to tell you that I’m back in Lu City.”

Yang Lei spoke into the phone.

“The road was blocked. There was a landslide. I was stuck in the village below. I just got back today,” Yang Lei explained.

“You’re fine?” Fang Yu said.

“I’m fine.”

Yang Lei didn’t even know what to say.

Facing the receiver, his smooth tongue wasn’t smooth at all.

Being separated from Fang Yu for so many days, how could he not miss him?

But when he left, he had said that he wouldn’t contact Fang Yu much. He would give him time and let both of them think carefully.

Hearing Fang Yu’s voice now, Yang Lei didn’t know how far Fang Yu had thought or what kind of decision Fang Yu would give him. He wanted to ask, yet he was afraid to ask.

“I disappeared for many days. Were you worried about me?” Yang Lei joked.

“What would happen if I worried?” Fang Yu said. Yang Lei was stunned. Fang Yu wasn’t joking at all.

“If you were worried, why didn’t you come look for me? What else?” Yang Lei half-seriously teased him.

“You want me to look for you?”

“…I was teasing you. That’s not necessary.”

Although it was a joke, hearing Fang Yu ask this, there was still a feeling of loss in Yang Lei’s heart.

He had been missing for so many days. It sounded like Fang Yu didn’t feel like it was anything. But this also wasn’t Fang Yu’s fault. He was the one who had said when he left that he wouldn’t contact him much. No news was also normal.

“Okay, I’m fine. I’ll rest for a night and return tomorrow,” Yang Lei said, his mood not very good.

“Are you busy outside? You can keep working. Let’s talk after I go back tomorrow.”

The noise on Fang Yu’s end was very loud, like he was on the streets.

After hanging up, Yang Lei went into the bathroom and dried his body.

With this phone call, his good mood from before was all gone. Yang Lei silently and slowly dried his hair.

Just as he was thinking, the doorbell rang.

“Who is it?”

Yang Lei thought that it was probably an attendant. He randomly grabbed a bath towel and wrapped it around his waist, and went over to open the door.

After opening the door, Yang Lei was stunned.

Fang Yu stood at the entrance, looking at him.

Fang Yu arrived at Lu City a few days ago. He had already followed each of the places that Yang Lei had gone to and searched them.

When Yang Lei left the village today, Fang Yu also went toward the village. Fang Yu couldn’t even wait for the long-distance bus. He spent money and rented a car. These few days, he went everywhere in this car, going to every place. They all said that Yang Lei had already left a few days ago. Only this last and farthest plot was left. Only halfway there did Fang Yu know that there was a landslide, the road was closed, and it had just been cleared. When Fang Yu arrived at the village with difficulty and asked, he learned that Yang Lei had just left a few hours ago. Fang Yu didn’t even stop. He turned around and got in the car to chase him.

Fang Yu made the phone call just now from the public phone across the hotel.

Hearing Yang Lei’s “hello,” Fang Yu’s heart, which seemed to be possessed these days, finally settled.

During the days when there was no news of Yang Lei, Fang Yu had never known that he would have such a difficult time.

It was so difficult that he couldn’t concentrate on doing anything else. He even pushed off the things that Luo Jiu handed to him!

“I have to go out, Jiu Ge. Wait for me to come back for this. If I don’t go out, I can’t do anything.”

After saying these words, Fang Yu picked up his luggage and got on the train.

Er Hei and the others said that, for someone like Fang Yu, it was very difficult to easily fall in love, but once he fell in, it would be very difficult to come out again.

Perhaps Fang Yu also knew that he had this problem, so Fang Yu’s heart was rarely moved easily. He regarded his brothers as much more important than women.

But he also hadn’t thought that one day, his feelings for a brother would change. Furthermore, the change also caught himself off guard and unable to control it.

Yang Lei looked at Fang Yu, who was outside the door and travel-stained, and was completely stunned.

He didn’t even dare to believe his own eyes.

“You… you…”

Yang Lei dumbly stood there, dumbfounded. He didn’t even let Fang Yu in.

Fang Yu was the one who pushed Yang Lei into the room.

Fang Yu threw down his luggage and locked the room door. He pulled Yang Lei over roughly, forcefully pushing him against the wall.

Yang Lei’s bare back hit the wall heavily. Before he had time to feel pain, Fang Yu’s breath already covered him from head to toe, seizing his lips.

People in love were irrational.

This was true for Yang Lei, and Fang Yu was the same.

They didn’t say a word or converse at all. They only used physical contact to acknowledge the other. This was a man’s animal instinct.

Yang Lei forcefully grabbed Fang Yu’s hair. Like animals gnawing at each other, he forcefully kissed Fang Yu back. His tongue entangled with his fiercely, mixing. He was dizzy, his mind clouded, and he kissed until his eyes started going black. Even the air in his lungs was about to be taken out.

From the moment he opened the door and saw Fang Yu, he was already dizzy. He was shocked beyond words. His heart was about to burst open.

…Fang Yu… Fang Yu!!

In his heart and mind, only this name remained. This name was bound to be deeply engraved in his heart. He wouldn’t be able to forget the moment he opened the door for the rest of his life!

Fang Yu stroked him heavily, kissing him.

As he touched Yang Lei’s skin that was giving off heat right after showering, and touched his solid shoulders, his arms, and his muscles that were full of strength, Fang Yu was finally at ease.

Yang Lei was fine. Yang Lei was here and well, by his side.

These few days that Yang Lei was missing, Fang Yu was the clearest about what he felt.

Turmoil and confusion, like a headless fly, a mess!

Had Fang Yu ever been a mess? Had he??

Before, he always thought that if something happened to Jiu Ge, and only if something had happened to Jiu Ge, could he become a mess.

Jiu Ge was his closest person, his most important relative.

But now, he knew that Jiu Ge wasn’t the only person in this world who could affect all of his thoughts.

The two of them finally separated, panting. They looked into each other’s eyes, like they couldn’t see enough of the other.

“…Why are you really here?”

Yang Lei still felt like he was dreaming.

“…I was worried.”

Fang Yu’s voice was rough.

“…Have you figured it out?”

Yang Lei panted. He stared into Fang Yu’s eyes.

“I don’t need to think about it!”

Fang Yu roughly pulled off the bath towel around Yang Lei’s waist…