Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 52: Extra Story: Birthday (2)
The training time in M ​​City passed by day by day, and before going to bed every day, Qu Tongqiu had to carefully read the calendar again, counting the days until he could go home.

When the number became "2", he got another piece of good news.

"The remaining two days are reserved for us to visit the mountains and rivers. In other words, the training is over today. Can we leave early?"

The person in charge of the reception said with a smile: "Of course. However, the expenses for the two days of play are paid by the organizer. It will be a pity for you to leave early."

Qu Tongqiu repeatedly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you for your hospitality, but I want to change my ticket."

As soon as he went back, Qu Tongqiu hurriedly packed his luggage and said to his daughter, "If we leave in the afternoon, there is still time to go back to celebrate your uncle Ren's birthday."

Qu Ke rolled her black eyes and said, "Are you going to tell Uncle Ren?"

"Of course."

"Aren't you going to surprise him?"

"Uh, surprises or something..." I'm too old to do that.

"Then, even if you don't plan to surprise him, tell him in a romantic way."

"Uh... romantic..."

As a middle-aged man who struggles with romance, Qu Tongqiu had no choice but to follow his daughter's lines: "Ren Ningyuan, what birthday wish do you have?"

"My wish is that you have fun there."

Qu Ke frantically said: "It's really too boring, at least say something like 'you come back is my biggest birthday wish' or something."

"Uh……"

"How can people continue with the following words?"

"Uh……"

Ren Ningyuan is not as eager as he is, and Ren Ningyuan will not feel anything unusual during his absence.As for when he arrived in T City, it might not make much difference.

Qu Ke said angrily: "He is so calm, let him continue to be calm. Dad, tell him that we are going to travel to the surrounding cities by the way, and we will go back after playing for a few more days. Let's see what he says?"

"..."

Ren Ningyuan's response to this is:
"Okay, let's play for a few more days, do you want me to help you arrange it?"

"..."

When the plane landed in T City at night, Qu Ke was still angry: "Why did you come back so early? I told him that it would be a week before I would go home, and he agreed. You came back in such a hurry, What are you drawing?"

"Uh……"

Compared with Ren Ningyuan's indifference, his eagerness seems a bit redundant.Although Ren Ningyuan didn't care at all, he really wanted to return to Ren Ningyuan as soon as possible.

"I rushed back here to celebrate his birthday, and no one came to pick me up at the airport. It feels really bad!" Qu Ke pouted, "Call Uncle Ren and ask him what he's doing?"

The call was connected quickly, Qu Tongqiu said cautiously: "Ren Ningyuan, what are you doing?"

"I'm at the bar and everyone's having a birthday party."

"Oh..." The words that asked him to come to pick them up at the airport could not be said for a while, "Then, then you have a good time with them."

"Well, you too, how was today?"

"pretty good."

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"I've eaten." In fact, I was completely hungry.

After hanging up the phone, Qu Tongqiu comforted his furious daughter: "You can't blame him, he didn't know we were coming back early."

"But it still makes people very angry. This feeling is so annoying. You see that you are so good to Uncle Ren. You think of him every time you see him. He doesn't care about anything that is neither salty nor bland. What is your attitude?"

Unknowingly, he was infected by his daughter's depressed mood, so when he finally arrived at the door and saw the warm light coming out of the room, as long as he remembered that Ren Ningyuan was not in the room at the moment, he would be completely incompetent. Be happy.

Arriving at the door, just as she was about to reach out her hand, Qu Ke suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

"how?"

Qu Ke took two steps back, looked up and said, "Uncle Ren is at the bar, why are there lights in your bedroom? It's so late and the servants are all resting."

Qu Tongqiu said, "I probably forgot to turn off the lights."

"No, I seem to have seen a figure just now."

Qu Tongqiu was startled: "Is there a thief?"

"How is it possible? Thieves can break into our house, and there is no safe place in T City."

Qu Ke thought for a while:
"Wait a minute, I'll make a call and ask."

The daughter has become more and more like the master of the house, and she has begun to make decisions before him in everything. This is the power of genes.

"Uncle Ye, are you in the shop, right? Is Uncle Ren with you?"

While listening to the phone, Qu Ke looked at her father with big eyes and made a surprised expression: "Not here? He didn't celebrate your birthday with you?"

Qu Tongqiu was taken aback when he heard the words: "Huh?"

Seeing his daughter Shi Shiran hang up the phone, Qu Tongqiu couldn't help rubbing his hands anxiously: "Isn't your uncle Ren in the store? It's such a big birthday, where can he go? Is there something urgent? ?”

Qu Ke seemed to be overjoyed: "Dad, don't worry, he's such a big man, he can't be thrown away."

"..."

Qu Ke made another phone call: "Uncle Ren, um, Dad and I both had a great time, so we don't know when is the best time to go home."

"..."

"Then it's settled like this. It's okay to go back after we have had a good time, right?"

When she hung up the phone, Qu Tongqiu, who was silent because of her daughter's various gestures, hurriedly said, "Isn't it good to deceive people like this?"

"It's okay. Since Uncle Ren is so calm, it doesn't matter when we come back, so let him calm down a little more."

"..."

"Okay, Dad, don't worry, just do as I tell you, and I'll help you bring out the missing Uncle Ren."

"Uh……"

Qu Tongqiu had no choice but to call that person again.

"Ren Ningyuan..."

The other party was as gentle as ever: "Have you had fun?"

"Well, pretty good, how about you?"

"This side is also very good." The other party paused, "Xiao Ke said, you haven't set a time to go home yet?"

Qu Tongqiu looked at his daughter's eyes and said hesitantly, "Mmm..."

"It's good to go out more, don't be reluctant to spend money. Remember to buy what you like when you see it."

"Well... By the way, Ren Ningyuan, what birthday gift do you want, Xiao Ke said that he would bring you one."

The man said, "My best birthday present is that you have fun."

"..."

Qu Ke, who tiptoed to open the door, immediately rolled her eyes: "You are so stubborn..."

After going up the stairs, Qu Tongqiu was still holding the phone anxiously: "You really don't need us to come back earlier?"

"It's okay. I have a lot of friends here."

"Um……"

The man suddenly said: "I seem to hear..."

"what?"

The other party paused for a while, and then said gently: "It's nothing. It may be the wind outside. I often hear it wrong."

Under the instruction of his daughter, Qu Tongqiu had no choice but to continue to bite the bullet and say, "Actually, I have prepared a gift for you at home."

"Really? You prepared it?"

"Um……"

"where to put?"

Qu Tongqiu really didn't have the courage to lie, so he stammered when he said it: "Uh, in, in the living room... Uh, you can check it when you get home, it's not a good thing, don't worry..."

Then I heard the man on the other end of the phone say, "Wait a minute, I'll go away."

Qu Tongqiu was sitting anxiously on the sofa in the living room when the bedroom door suddenly opened.

The man standing at the door was still tall, but his face was haggard. His white shirt, which was always straight, was a little wrinkled, and a beard was about to grow out on his thin face.

Qu Tongqiu almost failed to recognize it for a while, and when he saw it clearly, he could only open his eyes and mouth wide.

The four eyes met, and the other party was obviously quite surprised and surprised, and took a step back, as if he was at a loss.

At this time, no one had time to cover up, and completely forgot to cover up.Just like this, they both looked at each other off guard and froze for a while.

Qu Tongqiu asked: "Why do you..."

"..."

There was nothing else to say after that.

It was the first time he saw Ren Ningyuan like this.His face was dull, his hair was messed up, his beard was unshaven, his clothes were old, and there were marks from cigarette burns on his collar.

His usual calm and calm Ren Ningyuan was so embarrassed on his birthday, as if he had just survived a catastrophe.

Qu Tongqiu didn't care about doubts, and he felt distressed all over the place.He hurriedly lost his luggage, and went over to wipe off the cigarette ash on the man's shirt: "Hey, how did this happen..."

Ren Ningyuan didn't make a sound or move, showing an awkward silence at this moment.

Qu Tongqiu was about to ask his daughter to help him bring a hot towel, but when he turned around, he realized that Qu Ke had gone nowhere.

"Oh..." The child is just ignorant.

Seeing that Ren Ningyuan is so untidy from head to toe, it can't be solved by rubbing his face twice, so Qu Tongqiu rolled up his sleeves: "Well, let me put some hot water, and you can take a good bath first? "

He had already forgotten that he was the one who came back from a long journey and needed a rest, so he quickly prepared hot water, and then went to the bedroom to help Ren Ningyuan get some change of clothes.

As soon as I entered, I saw several bowls of brightly colored things eye-catchingly stacked on the table.

Qu Tongqiu suddenly took a deep breath: "Oh?"

Even if Ren Ningyuan stole some contraband, he wouldn't be as surprised as he is now, but it's instant noodles? !
Qu Tongqiu couldn't help feeling that the problem was quite serious.

Logically speaking, Ren Ningyuan is not too sloppy, and instant noodles are eaten by ordinary people, but these small problems, placed on Ren Ningyuan, seem to be terminally ill.

Worried, Qu Tongqiu took his clothes and went to the bathroom, and saw Ren Ningyuan facing the mirror, holding the washstand with one hand, and planning to shave himself with the other.

"your clothes……"

Ren Ningyuan seemed to be unsteady, and a bloodstain immediately appeared on his cheek.

Qu Tongqiu was frightened and hurriedly said, "Hey, let me do it."

So, he helped the man stop the bleeding, then carefully shaved off the remaining stubble, cleaned off the foam, and washed his face by the way.

Looking at it this way, the face can be regarded as completely new, but an OK bandage needs to be pasted on it.

Ren Ningyuan's face was in his palm, looking uncomfortable.

Qu Tongqiu asked, "What's the matter?"

The man only lowered his eyelids, and said in a slightly embarrassed tone, "It's nothing."

Suddenly, Qu Tongqiu felt a strange and subtle feeling in his chest.

He is used to the perfect and impeccable Ren Ningyuan.Ren Ningyuan, who looks like this down and out, who would miss even if he shaves, is unfamiliar, but he seems to be close to his heart.

He was suddenly emboldened in this strange, warm, almost pitiful mood.I really want to kiss that face that I have been thinking about for ten days.

It's been so many years.But Ren Ningyuan, in his opinion, is still not much different from the boy he first met when he was a student, and he is still as lofty and meticulously beautiful.The eyebrows are clear and handsome, the bridge of the nose is straight, the lips are smooth and tight, and there are almost no lip lines.

Although I tried my best to endure it, my heart was still pounding.

Ren Ningyuan probably also felt that he was strange, so he raised his eyelids again and glanced at him: "Huh?"

Qu Tongqiu was dizzy this time, holding the man's face in his hands, he couldn't think any more, only mustered up his courage, boldly, stood on tiptoe, and put his lips on it.

I felt the man tremble.Qu Tong was stunned by autumn colors, but he still held each other tightly.His skills are really lackluster, and he doesn't dare to make mistakes, just hugging like that, and he is satisfied.

The other party quickly responded and hugged him forcefully.This undoubtedly gave him great encouragement.

Qu Tongqiu thought feverishly, how could he be so happy just like this?

When I couldn't help hugging each other, the other hugged harder.Life can reach this point, suddenly it seems that there is nothing else to ask for.

Qu Tongqiu regained his strength after a while, and said, "Take a bath..."

At least he hasn't forgotten the original purpose of coming to this bathroom.

Ren Ningyuan said: "Yes."

After the two washed and dried, they went back to the bedroom to sleep together.Qu Tongqiu was so tired that he couldn't walk clearly, and almost hit the wall.

It was still Ren Ningyuan who locked the door, drew the curtains, covered the quilt, and turned off the lights. He seemed to have returned to the calm and orderly person again.

Leaning on each other's shoulders under the quilt, when he was about to fall asleep, Qu Tongqiu suddenly remembered: "That's right..."

"Ok?"

"We're going to go out in the future, let's go together."

"Ah."

After a while, another thing popped up in his exhausted, lost head: "Ah, today is your birthday..."

"Ah."

"I haven't prepared the gift yet..."

He got a warm hug in the dark.

(End of this chapter)