Chapter 144: Confession (2/2)

The little girl was disappointed, ”What is it, is it more important than watching a baby panda?”

Tang Jinyu smiled and rubbed the tip of his nose, ”Yeah, something special and very important.”

Han Yixing was busy there and didn't talk much. She just told him that he should spare a few days to eat together, and then hung up in a hurry.

Xia Ye packed their luggage and tidied the bedroom. He just came out to hear his brother talking to someone on the phone and asked, ”Who was it?”

”Stars called, and asked me if I wanted to see a panda.” Tang Jinyu saw that Xia Ye's collar was not fixed, so he tidied it up. Xia Ye was still a little bit tall, so he stepped up on his feet.

Xia Ye originally frowned slightly, but after seeing the little guy concentrate on smoothing his collar, he thought for a moment and didn't say much.

When they came back, it so happened that it began to snow in the beginning of winter in the small town.

The snow was quite heavy, and it snowed at night.

Tang Jinyu kept standing by the window watching. Xia Ye called him twice, but didn't hear him, and only reacted after Xia Ye held his hands to warm him, and raised his head and said, ”Brother?”

Xia Ye held his hand and said, ”You were so deep in your thoughts. That you placed your hand on the glass and forgot to remove them. It's cold, so be careful of getting sick.”

Tang Jinyu smiled and said, ”No, I'm in good health now!” He raised his arm and pretended to show it to Xia Ye. After a few strokes, Xia Ye was amused. After seeing the snow scene outside, Tang Jinyu gently pulled Xia Ye's hand, and pulled his sleeves and whispered, ”Brother, will you go for a walk with me? I want to step on the snow.”

Xia Ye hesitated.

Tang Jinyu tugged his sleeves twice and looked at him eagerly. Xia Ye couldn't bear this. He felt soft and nodded, ”It's just a short while, and we will come back after a while, okay?”

”I knew that my brother was the best!” Tang Jinyu happily gave him a hug and ran to change his clothes.

Xia Ye followed behind him, gave him a hat, scarf and gloves, fully armed the little guy before putting on a jacket, and held his hand.

The two of them didn't go far, so they walked in a circle in the community, and walked the same route when Tang Jinyu went out to walk when he was a child.

Tang Jinyu walked two steps ahead, put his hands in his pockets, and stepped on clear shoe prints on the snow, making a ”creaking” sound. Xia Ye followed behind him, stepped side by side and stepped on the slightly larger shoe prints. As he walked, he mentioned to Tang Jinyu about the time he wanted to be carried on his back when he was a child. He deliberately teased him: ”Do you still want to be carried today?”

Tang Jinyu stood there and stopped, shook his head and said, ”No.”

Xia Ye also stopped and looked at him. There was a small intersection in front of him. He waited for the little guy to re-determine the route.

Tang Jinyu stood there without moving, as if he built enough courage, turned around and walked two steps to Xia Ye, and gave him a hug.

Xia Ye was caught off guard, raised his arms for him to hold him, and called him: ”Xiaoyu?”

The boy in his arms didn't say a word, but he hugged him very hard and buried his head in his arms. Xia Ye slowly put his hand on his shoulder and patted him comfortably, touched his head with the other hand, and called him again softly.

Tang Jinyu could feel the coolness of snowflakes falling in his ears, but the moment it fell, it was melted by his own heat. He was not cold at all at the moment, and his whole body was warm. He held Xia Ye hard and didn't let go, ”Brother, during your absence, I thought a lot, sometimes I think, if I have a blood relationship with you, it would be fine, even if there is a little bit, so that I can run to disturb you without fear of making mistakes, or any sudden separations, but I think, if you are not my brother, maybe I can have a little more…thoughts…”

Xia Ye noticed something wrong and asked in a low voice, ”Baby?”

Tang Jinyu hugged him, buried his head in his arms and squatted and said, ”I, I wrote you letters and wrote a lot. I thought about it for a long time, originally I wanted to wait for you to go back to read those letters at night before saying it, but I can't wait, brother, I want to tell you in person…I, I like…”

Xia Ye's heartbeat speeded up, and the last sentence that the little guy said, buried in his chest, was almost a whisper, with a slight tremor, and was said quietly, but he still heard it.

Xia Ye raised his hand and touched his head, lowered his voice as much as possible, and coaxed softly: ”Xiaoyu, you say it again, I didn't hear clearly.”

”I like you.”

This time the little guy said much more clearly, grabbed his clothes and raised his head. His face was already flushed from his cheeks to his neck. He tried to look into his eyes and said again: ”I like my brother, I want to be with you.”

Xia Ye's adam’s apple rolled, and the corners of his lips rose up, but it quickly converged, and said in a hoarse voice, ”You are still young, I can accompany you for several years…”

”No.”

”Oh?”

”I'm 17 years old and I know what I'm doing.” Tang Jinyu looked at him seriously, ”I don't want to wait a few years. If you leave me for a few months, I won’t be able to stand it anymore, brother, will you stay with me forever?”

Xia Ye thought about a lot of confession scenes. He wanted to wait a few years and let him take the lead, let the little guy at home touch him a little bit, give him the best of everything, and give him the most reassuring love, but he never thought that he would receive such a childish and serious confession.

The boy in his arms said it stubbornly, and it was not easy to look him in the eyes when he said this, as if he would continue to grind until he nodded even if he did not agree today.

Xia Ye thought to himself, maybe the other party was more courageous than him.

He looked at Tang Jinyu and slowly nodded: ”Okay.”

Tang Jinyu smiled, but soon hesitated, ”Brother, am I embarrassing you like this? But what should I do if I really like you? If you meet someone you like more in the future, well, then I have to work harder than everyone else, so that you can like me more…”

Xia Ye said: ”There is no one else.”

Tang Jinyu looked up at him, Xia Ye took off his gloves, stroked his cheek with a warm palm, lowered his head and dropped a kiss on his forehead, ”I promise you, there is no one else, the one I like is here.”

From beginning to end, he liked this one.

This one in front of him, this one in his arms, is the treasure he has carefully hidden in his heart.