Chapter 59

  The last rays of the winter sun had disappeared from the window, but darkness did not have a chance to envelop the earth. The street lamps lit up one after another, and the dim light illuminated the empty space in front of the door.

  It's getting dark, it's time for dinner, Lucky forced himself to be spirited and smiled through to the end.

  Dinner had just ended, and Gong Xi was eager to leave. He couldn't stand the atmosphere here either. He didn't know what his father wanted to do again, but if he made things difficult for himself, then this family couldn't be stayed in anymore.

  His father, however, was not anxious and noticed his son's dissatisfaction, nor was he worried.

  Walked into the dining room and then sat back in the living room.

  Directed Xiao Liu to help clean up the kitchen, and then asked Gong Xi to go to his own room to fetch a red box.

  "Gong Xi, take this over to Teacher Liu's house next door and say it's from me as a thank you."

  Jiayu frowned at her dad, "I'm not going, let Xiaoliu go later."

  Commander Gong's face immediately turned stern. "How can you be so disobedient? How could this kind of thing be left to Little Liu to handle? Hurry up and go, I had originally planned for you to deliver it yesterday."

  Gong Xi was at a loss, and signaled to Chong Yun with his eyes, letting him endure for a while longer. He'll be back soon, then we can leave.

  Jiayu opened the front hall door, and a gust of wind and snow squeezed in through the gap, it's snowing again.

  The cold air swirled at the door and was absorbed by the warmth in the house.

  Jiayu's father said to Yongyuan: "Yongyuan, it's cold downstairs, go upstairs and rest for a while."

  Lucky just smiled and nodded in agreement.

  Lucky carefully walked up the stairs, afraid that if he walked too fast, it would reveal his intention to escape in his heart. Occasionally, he glanced down with the corner of his eyes and found Palace Dad's gaze seemed to be following him as well.

  Good fortune hastened his steps, he went up to the second floor and escaped into Gong Xi's room.

  Closed the door and finally let out a sigh of relief.

  That oppressive atmosphere makes people feel suffocated.

  Sitting on the bed, good fortune is just a daze.

  A woman's hair clip was on the small table beside the bed, and something colorful was exposed at the corner of the pillow. Luckily, he stretched out his hand to feel underneath.

  It's actually a condom! If it's just Palace Joy alone, wouldn't she not need this kind of thing?

  Good fortune didn't want to snoop around Qīng Xǐ's room, but for some reason, he felt as if there were a pair of hands pushing him from behind. Good Fortune opened the drawer of his bedside cabinet.

  Inside, the lucky charms were knocked out one by one, a whole box of them, the lid open, scattered in the drawer, and a book titled "Notes on Pregnancy for Couples" was placed under the condoms, with something else seemingly inside.

  Luckily, the book was picked up and flipped to a page where a corner of a photo was exposed. It was a joint photo of Gong Xi and Xu Yue Xiang standing in front of a Christmas tree, gazing lovingly at each other.

  He felt a little itchy and had some difficulty breathing. He stretched his hand into the high collar, tugging hard at the dense weave of the woolen fabric, but this was futile and did nothing to alleviate the pressure he was under.

  Behind him, the door suddenly opened.

  Luckily turning her head back, Gong Xi's father was standing at the door.

  He looked at Lucky holding the photo in his hand, and walked slowly towards Lucky with a difficult expression on his face, as if he was struggling, his footsteps were slow and heavy, making people feel that he had become an old man.

  He pulled Lucky's hand and made him sit down, then sat beside Lucky himself.

  "Lucky." The voice was drawn out, with a tone that seemed to be sincere.

  "You've seen it too. Little Xu and Gong Xi... some things are just between men, you should understand."

  Something was pounding heavily on the lucky heart, boom, boom, boom, shaking him so hard that he felt like vibrating with the sound. He clenched his fists and made an effort to maintain a still posture, continuing to listen to Gu Xiang's father speaking in a heavy tone.

  "You also know that this kind of thing, between men it's nothing, but once you switch to women, it's different. They pay a lot of attention to this kind of thing."

  Lucky heart was shocked again, must men be indifferent? Does it matter who sleeps with whom?

  "You know, if I don't marry her, she'll make things difficult for me, and it will be really hard to deal with."

  Looking at Gong Xi's father, the expression on his face seemed to be really troubled, rather than delighted. He seemed to have already seen how Gong Xi would end up if she didn't stay with the woman downstairs - miserable to death.

  "I know your feelings for Gong Xi, but things have happened and can't be helped. Xiao Xu's family members are also old acquaintances of ours."

  Gong Xi's father suddenly grabbed Xing Yun's hand, his pleading eyes looking at Xing Yun, "You know, if we really fall out, then this old face of mine will truly have no place to hide."

  "Lucky, most importantly, at that time Gong Xi was drunk and didn't know it was Little Xu, and forcibly slept with her for a night."

  "Rape! The accused has come out, and Gong Xi's life is ruined."

  His head was throbbing with pain, the sudden impact making it impossible for him to think clearly. He was being pushed by someone, his head forced underwater, suffocating, and all he could feel now was the suffocation.

  "Lucky for you, you're a sensible kid and also the one who loves Gong Xi the most. You can't just watch him ruin his life like this forever."

  The lucky one sat there calmly, without responding.

  "And you also know, originally two men being together is a very difficult thing, the worldly gaze, the public opinion around them, this pressure, can you really bear it? A lifetime of withstanding this kind of pressure, walking together?"

  Lucky or unlucky.

  The old master of the palace, feeling that time was running out, had to settle things before Palace Joy returned. He was getting anxious, and his face no longer hid any expressions of sadness, sorrow, or compassion.

  He let go of Lucky's hand, stood up neatly and said coldly to Lucky: "Lucky, it's almost New Year's now. You should also go home and see your parents first, and consider this matter at the same time. What do you think?"

  The expulsion order has been issued, and Lucky smiled coldly and stood up dazedly, walking towards the door.

  "Don't go yet." Gong Xi's father called out to Lucky from behind.

  Lucky stopped in his tracks and didn't look back.

  "Let Little Liu take you there."

  "Thank you, no need."

  "It's still necessary, let him send you, on a snowy day like this, it's hard to get a taxi."

  Luckily I understand now, this is something that has to be forced upon myself.

  Lucky sneered and walked out, no matter how humble he was, he wouldn't cling to this place shamelessly.

  Lucky turned around and looked at Gong Xi's father with a cold gaze. Although his heart was already wounded, he still had a strong backbone.

  "Thanks for your kindness then."

  Gong Xi was still sitting on the sofa in Liu Shizhang's home, holding a cup of top-grade Yunwu tea that Liu Shizhang had just brewed. The hot air from the teacup rose and swirled, taking on a seductive shape, like an ancient fairy, swinging her water sleeves and dancing lightly in the clouds of heaven.

  Gong Xi watched as the steam changed into this and that until the tea was almost cold.

  Liu Shizhang still hasn't found the documents he needs to take back to his father.

  The palace is not easy to walk, can only sit there and continue to wait.

  The hot tea in his hand had completely turned into cold tea, and Liu Shizhang finally wiped the sweat from his forehead with a smile, took out a cowhide paper from his sleeve, and handed it to Gong Xi.

  "Hand it over to your dad personally."

  It seems like an important military document.

  But what documents would be worth passing on by two retired old men?

  Gong Xi bid farewell to Liu Shizhang with a polite smile and courteous words before leaving.

  It's said to be next door, but in fact it takes about five minutes to walk there. Each house is far apart from each other. Gong Xinan looked at the bag in his hand with a puzzled expression, feeling inexplicably annoyed in his heart. He could have finished early, but he insisted on waiting for half an hour, what a hassle.

  The snowflakes grew bigger again, hitting her face one by one. Gong Xi walked quickly towards home, welcoming the wind and snow, with the sound of footsteps crunching on the snowy ground.

  Kōji walked away, and Kyosuke stood at the entrance of the stairs, watching him leave the Kōji household.

  He walked out with Little Liu, one in front of the other, a lucky silhouette, stubbornly standing upright.

  He didn't know why, but he felt a little sad. This battle was won, said Liu Shizhang, the upper soldier felled the strategy, what he said was right. With just a small trick, he had already won. But this victory did not make him feel happy, the lucky figure's back was still floating in front of his eyes, although that door had long been closed, and the person was probably already out of the military compound.

  But he seemed to still see that stubborn back, that proud eyes, and the perplexity in his eyes when he sat on the bed.

  Xu Yu Yao walked out of the room and stood downstairs, looking up. She vaguely felt that something had happened. The house was as cold as ice outside the door, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

  She just looked at Gong Xi's father, with some inexplicable emotions in her eyes.

  Gong Xi's father felt at ease when he saw Xu Yu Yao. He comforted himself, thinking that he was also helpless, and that this was just the way of the world - yin and yang complementing each other. He had no choice but to follow the rules of society.

  The gate creaked open with a loud bang and was pushed open by Gong Xi, who rushed in wrapped in wind and snow.

  "Dad!"

  As soon as he entered the house, he felt the abnormal atmosphere inside. His father stood at the staircase with a sorrowful expression, his eyes empty and hollow.

  Kyosuke was startled awake by the sound of the door and Kiyoshi's voice, immediately regaining his composure.

  "Ah."

  "How did you go for such a long time?" asked Mr. Guo.

  Jiayou looked around and didn't answer his father's question. He raised his head and asked his father: "Where is Xiaohe?"

  "Ah~" Gong Xi's father paused for a moment, the lines he had prepared in advance suddenly got stuck.

  "He just received a call from home saying there was an emergency and he left."

  Gong Xi raised his head and looked at his father in disbelief, then looked at Xu Yu Yao standing in the hall, "What did you say?"

  He has something at home and went back.

  "Impossible! He can't just walk away without saying a word! What's going on?!"

  Gong Xi shouted loudly, his face like a furious beast that could lose its mind at any moment.