Zhou Luoyang had imagined the arrival of this day countless times, denied his own intentions countless times, and said to himself countless times, "How could I love my roommate? This is so ridiculous."

But this day finally came, as if the countless reasons in the great river of time finally roared downstream and converged into the only result. It came so logically, not at all earth-shattering and magnificent.

It seems like a thousand words, but in the end there are only two sentences: "I like you." "I know, I like you too." So simple.

However, Zhou Luoyang knew in his heart that due to Du Jing's condition, he wanted him to face up to and accept all of this, and take the initiative to say the words "I like you". When he died, there was no need for delusions.

Not only that, what Du Jing said also made their feelings tragic - they both understood what Zhou Luoyang's answer meant. When Zhou Luoyang said these words, he was not just talking. He clearly enjoys love and family, and lives a peaceful life, which is easy for ordinary people.

But for Du Jing, it was very difficult, very difficult. What a normal person can do is as difficult for him as climbing mountains and thorns. Just as running in the sun is something every able-bodied person can easily do, but Le Yao, who is physically handicapped, can never do it. The years are quiet, and when it comes to a serious and serious love, Du Jing is also out of reach.

On the first day of the new year, at two o'clock in the morning, before Du Jing drove back to the hotel, they were too tired and decided not to watch the sunrise. But after stopping the car, the radio in the car was still ringing. Teresa Teng's song from the moment of the New Year's Eve at Universal Studios, accompanied them until they came back, first in the playground, then in the red and white song party, and finally in the The radio starts playing.

The car was silent for a while. Everyone listened to the song, but didn't want to get out of the car. Another year has come. In this New Year's Eve, the people who accompany each other have a special meaning in the passage of time.

"This song is so fitting." Zhou Luoyang sat in the car and smiled with emotion.

Le Yao replied, "Japanese people like to listen to this song on New Year's Eve. What's it called in Chinese?"

"I only care about you." Du Jing said.

Zhou Luoyang said: "Let time flow by in a hurry."

That is the translated song title of the Japanese version, which happens to be the same sentence as the Chinese version of the song title.

"Are you serious?" Du Jing said.

"Well." Zhou Luoyang said, "how about you?"

Du Jing said, "Me too."

The song stopped, Zhou Luoyang looked at Du Jing, Du Jing's hand on the steering wheel seemed a little nervous, his wrist was shaking, he looked sideways at Zhou Luoyang, and inadvertently, his eyes fell on Le Yao.

Du Jing's face flushed, as if his inner thoughts were pierced by the two brothers.

"I'll take you out of the car." Du Jing changed his mind.

Zhou Luoyang suddenly found it very interesting - at that moment, Du Jing must have wanted to kiss him, but considering that Le Yao was in the back seat, he was very embarrassed.

Carrying the results of today's shopping and Le Yao's doll, he followed behind them and returned to the homestay. Le Yao suddenly said, "I want to make a video with Aaron tonight, shall I sleep in the living room?"

"What... what?" Du Jingdeng became even more nervous.

"No need—" Zhou Luoyang understood his brother's teasing, pushed Du Jing in to take a bath, and said, "Don't be stupid."

At three o'clock in the night, Le Yao was making a video outside, Zhou Luoyang was kneeling on the ground, laying down the quilt on the tatami, and Du Jing watched Zhou Luoyang after taking a shower.

"So we are together now." Zhou Luoyang put down the pillow and glanced at Du Jing.

"Look at you." Du Jing knelt down beside Zhou Luoyang, held his hand, and said, "If you are just impulsive and regret it after you recover, just pretend you didn't say it."

"How is that possible?" Zhou Luoyang felt that today's Du Jing was very serious, serious and interesting, "Even if the time goes back 24 hours, you and I are in it, and what I said is said."

Du Jing looked at Zhou Luoyang, and at the end, whispered, "Can I kiss you?"

"It's not like you haven't kissed before," Zhou Luoyang and his face were close enough to breathe each other's breath, "I didn't agree several times."

"That's different." Du Jing put one hand on Zhou Luoyang's side face and said movingly.

"What's the difference?" Zhou Luoyang raised his eyebrows.

"You didn't close your eyes." Du Jing said again, "Close your eyes."

The two then closed their eyes, and Du Jing gently kissed Zhou Luoyang's lips, Zhou Luoyang suddenly felt a strange feeling, as if they had never kissed each other, and tonight was their first kiss. Du Jing's kiss was very careful and restrained, he didn't even hug Zhou Luoyang, he just held hands, and his fingers were trembling so nervously.

Zhou Luoyang took his hand and pressed it on himself, and Du Jing immediately separated from him.

Zhou Luoyang's face was flushed, but he didn't speak. He smiled, got up and took Le Yao's quilt, bowed and put it on the ground.

Du Jing was still sitting on his knees, a little overwhelmed.

"How do you feel?" Zhou Luoyang asked him sideways.

"It's like a dream," Du Jing turned his head away. Under the sunlight, his hair slightly covered his eyebrows and the scar, and said, "It's not real."

Zhou Luoyang smiled and said, "I asked if you feel it?"

"Yes." Du Jing understood what Zhou Luoyang meant.

Zhou Luoyang said, "I have it too."

"Well," Du Jing glanced at the paper door, "I met it."

Zhou Luoyang did not expect that when kissing, he would actually have a sexual impulse towards boys.

"A man's body doesn't lie," Zhou Luoyang said. "It does when you touch it, so I really like you and I didn't lie to you."

"I know," Du Jing said, "I knew it from a long time ago."

Zhou Luoyang made the bed and said, "I want to be with you. You can go as far as you can, and try to hold on to it. When you feel that your condition can no longer be controlled, we will calm down and do it together. That thing."

Du Jing stopped talking, just kneeled on the tatami and looked at Zhou Luoyang.

"Le Yao!" Zhou Luoyang said outside, "Sleep! Let's say New Year's greetings to the classmates tomorrow!"

Le Yao didn't use a wheelchair in the machiya. Hearing the sound, he rested his hands on the ground with his elbows, still holding the mobile phone in his hands, and slowly climbed into the bedroom. Zhou Luoyang looked a little distressed and carried him over and put him on the quilt. .

"Understood." Le Yao put down her earphones reluctantly and said, "Happy New Year, see you later."

Zhou Luoyang recalled his past video chat with Du Jingyuan when he was on vacation in college, and couldn't help but find it very interesting.

"You two have a good relationship," Zhou Luoyang covered his brother with a quilt and smiled, "How long have you known each other?"

"Some people have only known each other for a few months, but they seem to have known each other for a lifetime, right?" Le Yao glanced at his brother, locked the screen of his phone, and lay in bed.

"Happy New Year." Zhou Luoyang also lay in the quilt. He will leave Japan and return to China tomorrow. He is a little reluctant to take this vacation, but their future is still very long and there are many possibilities.

Du Jing turned off the light and also lay down under the quilt.

Zhou Luoyang put one hand under the quilt, and was about to reach out and poke Du Jing to tease him, but Du Jing thought exactly the same as him, and just happened to reach out his hand.

The backs of their hands touched inadvertently, and Zhou Luoyang laughed very much. When he was about to withdraw his hand, Du Jing turned his palm over and held him under the quilt, not letting him take his hand away.

Zhou Luoyang didn't speak and didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing Le Yao, he let him hold his hand and fell asleep quietly.

The next day, at Osaka Airport:

Zhou Luoyang observed Du Jing and said, "You haven't slept all night?"

"Sleep," Du Jing replied, "I fell asleep when it was almost dawn."

"Why are you losing sleep again?" Zhou Luoyang poked him and said, "Hello."

"What do you think?" Du Jing looked at Zhou Luoyang from behind his sunglasses.

The two were going through the check-in procedures, and Zhou Luoyang asked again, "Did Le Yao think something would happen last night?"

"What do you want to happen?" After Du Jing's insomnia was cured by Zhou Luoyang, it recurred again.

"Who do you think is attacking and who is receiving?" Zhou Luoyang wanted to tease Du Jing when he saw that he didn't speak, as if he was holding a branch to poke an animal that would attack people, which made him feel in control. with a sense of achievement.

Du Jing lowered his head and glanced at Zhou Luoyang, but said nothing.

"Have you thought about this?" Zhou Luoyang said solemnly.

Zhou Luoyang once missed some kind of philosophical film in the next movie, and he was shocked.

"No." Du Jing said seriously, "What do you think?"

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Du Jing seemed to have returned to the state they had just met before. The phrase "What do you think?" was too familiar, so he threw the question to Zhou Luoyang again.

"Do you want to hear me tell the truth?" Zhou Luoyang started to play pranks and was going to continue teasing him.

Du Jing: "Listen to your arrangement? You know more about this than I do."

Zhou Luoyang's calculus failed. He originally thought that Du Jing would argue with him in a serious way, but he didn't expect that he seemed to know that he just wanted to make fun of him.

"I know you can't accept it." Zhou Luoyang had no choice but to stop teasing him and said.

"I can do it," Du Jing finally took off his sunglasses and said seriously to Zhou Luoyang, "As long as I'm with you, I'm willing to do whatever I want. I think in this regard..."

Then, his handsome face turned red.

Du Jing looked around, as if he didn't want to be heard.

"...As long as two people like each other, even in that matter, they can compromise with each other." Du Jing said, "I think there is no need to care too much. I will be whatever you want me to be."

When he heard this, Zhou Luoyang was moved instead. He observed Du Jing's expression, but Du Jing quickly put on his sunglasses again, like a big boy who had been confessed, dodging Zhou Luoyang's gaze all day.

"Okay, you can be the offense for the time being," Zhou Luoyang said. "The trial period is three months. If you don't do it well, you can't do it."

"Okay," Du Jing said, "it will be normalized after three months. The assessment period is very reasonable. I will try my best to perform."

Deep down in Zhou Luoyang's heart, he actually misses the night when he was drunk a few years ago. Under the influence of alcohol, they all let go.

Especially since Du Jing is still a man, after breaking through the psychological defense line, the tacit sense of taboo and uneasiness deepens the excitement.

But after returning home, Du Jing didn't do anything out of the ordinary. After all, Le Yao was still at home. He still sleeps with Zhou Luoyang, but he hugs him every night and kisses him a few times when he wakes up in the morning. In addition, Zhou Luoyang did not make more demands.

"Want that?"

At night, Du Jing hugged Zhou Luoyang and kissed. It was snowing in Wanshi on a winter night, but the room was very warm. They only wore T-shirts and underwear.

Zhou Luoyang felt that they did have impulses to each other's bodies, but he was not ready yet. After all, he knew that he knew, and sex was sex. In all these years, except for the night of his sophomore year, he never had sex with anyone again. experience.

"Do you use your hands?" Zhou Luoyang said in the dark, "Do you want to?"

Du Jing said, "You decide, after all, I'm still on probation."

Zhou Luoyang was immediately amused by Du Jing's words, he let go of him, lay down and laughed for a while.

They were already lovers, but he wasn't quite used to the transition from friend to lover for a while, and knew that Du Jing must be the same.

"It's too embarrassing." Zhou Luoyang said.

"Come back." Du Jing hugged Zhou Luoyang again.

Zhou Luoyang said, "Le Yao is next door."

Du Jing hummed and said, "No need for now, he will go to school tomorrow."

The New Year's holiday is coming to an end soon. On the last day, Du Jing drove and sent Le Yao back to school with Zhou Luoyang.

"See you next week, brothers." Le Yao smiled.

"See you next week." Du Jing waved to Le Yao.

Zhou Luoyang said: "If you want to go home, come back to review."

Le Yao nodded, Zhang Yalun pushed him back to the dormitory, Du Jing's expression seemed to be relieved.

"What?" Zhou Luoyang couldn't help laughing, "My brother is at home, does it cause you a lot of psychological burden?"

Du Jing immediately clarified: "No."

He pulled the car out a bit and parked on the side of the road.

"Go home now?" Du Jing asked.

"I have to go to the store." Zhou Luoyang said, "Aren't you going back to the company to handle the handover?"

"I don't want to go," Du Jing said, a little frizzy, "I want to go home."

"Then you go back first?" Zhou Luoyang said.

Du Jing glanced at Zhou Luoyang, but did not speak, Zhou Luoyang immediately understood what he meant.

"Ah?" Zhou Luoyang's heart beat wildly, Le Yao came to school, Du Jing wanted to go home with him.

I rely on, Zhou Luoyang thought, what does he want to do?

"I asked you last night, but you don't have to." Zhou Luoyang said.

"Last night you said to use your hands." Du Jing replied seriously, "I meant to try something else."

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

Zhou Luoyang put one hand on Du Jing's shoulder and looked at him. For a while, he didn't know how to evaluate Du Jing. After a while, he finally couldn't help but say, "Boss, why do I suddenly feel that you are a little dangerous, don't forget that you are still on probation."

Du Jing said: "But if you perform well, you can turn into a regular in advance, right? You don't have experience, but don't you want to try it?"

This kind of attempt is simply too much to break through people's psychological defenses, and Zhou Luoyang couldn't help swallowing.

Du Jing was looking at him intently, he had guessed from Zhou Luoyang's expression, and raised his eyebrows inquiringly at him.

Zhou Luoyang grabbed his tie, dragged him a little, and kissed his lips.

"Let's go tonight." Zhou Luoyang thought about it and said.

When Du Jing got this promise, he whistled in high spirits and started the car on the road.

Zhou Luoyang can feel that Du Jing's condition has stabilized a lot recently, which may be a good thing. But during the period of love, people are always happy, and no amount of pain can be blocked by this grand happiness.

The most dangerous moment is to get used to a new relationship and spend the run-in period after the love period. They will definitely quarrel over trivial matters, which will cause Du Jing's condition to worsen.

But Zhou Luoyang didn't mention this. Now that he has decided, he is willing to face Du Jing together with Du Jing.

Du Jing parked his car outside the Chang'an Clock and Antique Store, and Zhou Luoyang said, "See you at night."

"I'll pick you up when I'm done." Du Jing said, rolling down the cab window.

Zhou Luoyang walked quickly into the store. Jiang Yupeng was broadcasting the contents of his store live. He was white and clean, young and handsome, as his name suggests, and he went by the online name "Jade Mian Xiaofeipeng". Xiao Wu gave him another idea, let him go to the gay live broadcast room to be the anchor. So Jiang Yupeng attracted a lot of fans and began to cash in traffic, trying to sell goods. During the entire Christmas and New Year holidays, he really sold a lot of jade ornaments from the Sihui jewelry market.

"It's hard work, are you cutting your fans' leeks again?" Zhou Luoyang said, "It seems that you are an internet celebrity who was delayed by programming."

"It's not expensive in the first place, boss," Jiang Yupeng said. "Some people live on Taobao to bring goods, some people live broadcast lipstick, and some people live broadcast agricultural products. How can you call it cutting leeks?"

"Thank you for generating income for the store." Zhou Luoyang smiled, "You can take a vacation. You have been working hard these days to see the store. Has anyone been here?"

"Brother Jing's assistant, the one named Xiaoli came here once." Jiang Yupeng put away his mobile phone and said, "I ask them a lot for large items. I asked them to add the store's official account, and I was trying to push it."

Zhou Luoyang opened a public account, intending to write some popular science about antiques, and sell his products by the way.

He handed over the accounts of the past few days with Jiang Yupeng, gave him three days off, and then sent him away.

Today, Zhou Luoyang prepared the tools and decided to take apart another piece of the Eye of Versailles to see what was inside, and try his best to repair it by the way.

If nothing else, the internal structure of the two watches should be the same, the only difference is the lack of the key component that allows the time to go back 24 hours.

After returning from Cambodia, Zhou Luoyang analyzed it many times, and also discussed with Du Jing about the operation of the Eye of Versailles. First of all, this is a watch, it has all the functions of a watch, no doubt.

Only the extra retrospective effect made him feel quite incredible. If there is such an extraterrestrial civilization device in the world that can turn back time, call it a time machine. So how did the craftsman who made this watch get a glimpse of its working principle and combine the time machine with the clock invented by human civilization?

If a mechanic wants to build a car that can fly, he must first be familiar with the structure and working principles of both aircraft and motor vehicles. This is the same reason.

But the existence of the time machine itself has far exceeded the system of human scientific civilization. Can watchmakers really understand it?

Zhou Luoyang manipulated tweezers and a special screwdriver, carefully opened the steel case on the back of the watch, held his breath, and stabilized his hand, revealing a complex and grand mechanical kingdom in front of his eyes.

"Ultimate Chaos"

The only difference is that this mechanical kingdom like a vast universe has lost its life many years ago.

"When you do this job, you need to be very steady." A voice said beside him.

Zhou Luoyang knew that guests were coming, but he didn't hear the bell on the door.

"Yes," Zhou Luoyang replied, "I shouldn't actually smoke. People who have the habit of smoking tend to tremble easily."

Zhou Luoyang picked up the mobile phone, turned on the light that came with the mobile phone, and slid open WeChat while looking at the internal structure of the mechanical watch, and typed a line to Du Jing to notify him with one hand.

For a watchmaker, hand stability is an entry-level requirement.

"Why don't you choose another industry?" the voice said again.

Zhou Luoyang replied, "Don't you think a mechanical watch is like a vast universe?"

The voice said, "It's really beautiful."

"My grandfather said that in this world, there are two things that can make the abstract concept of time manifest. One of them is the clock. They are tightly bound to the time dimension, and time is separated from abstraction and turned into concrete."

The voice said, "What about the other one?"

"Light." Zhou Luoyang replied, "Well... it seems that the transmission wheel of the watch string is stuck."

Zhou Luoyang plucked the watch string with tweezers and tried to wind it again. The threads turned round and round, pushing the brake gear, causing the watch string to bow slowly.

"This watch fell once," said Zhou Luoyang, "a lot of parts are loose."

He adjusted the parts, and for half an hour, the visitor did not talk to him again, until Zhou Luoyang closed the back cover again, loosened the strings, fully wound them, loosened the strings again, and finally fully wound them.

Swartanowski's other Eye of Versetti began to turn slowly again.

"What time is it now?" Zhou Luoyang looked up and asked.

Su Pu knelt down on the tea couch, opposite Zhou Luoyang, and said, "It will be twelve o'clock noon soon."

He raised his hand and showed his watch to Zhou Luoyang.

Zhou Luoyang checked the time, put it aside, and said earnestly, "So you're still in a daze, what do you want to do from Hong Kong all the way to Wanshi? Now that there's no one else here, you can say what you want to say. "

Su Pu looked at Zhou Luoyang and said, "You know I have no ill intentions towards you."

Zhou Luoyang raised his eyebrows and said, "I also know that you are Du Jing's former colleague, if something happens to me today, I think you and the mastermind behind you, no matter who they are, will be retributed by Du Jing. "

"No," Supu said, "no, Mr. Zhou, there is no main messenger. Really not. The reason for pursuing this matter is all my personal will. As for why, that is another story. If you are watching After I have finished what I will show, if you are still willing to listen, I can tell you exactly what it is."

Zhou Luoyang didn't answer, narrowed his eyes and watched Supu take out an Apple laptop from his bag.

Su Pu was about to open the computer cover, glanced at Zhou Luoyang, and said, "Do you know what I want to show you?"

"I don't know." Zhou Luoyang replied bluntly.

"You know," Sup said, "you must know."

Zhou Luoyang was about to deny it when Su Pu suddenly said, "Otherwise you wouldn't be so calm, tell Vincent to come over and try to hold me back."

Zhou Luoyang said: "Since you are a special agent, with your skills, you would have known it long ago."

"You're unreasonably calm, you haven't been trained by us," Supp said.

Zhou Luoyang became a little impatient and said, "What are you going to show me?"

Sup said: "The only explanation is that you met me in another time and space and learned the whole thing."

Zhou Luoyang: "!!!"

Zhou Luoyang's face changed instantly, and he wanted to get up subconsciously, but Su Pu said, "Sit down! Zhou Luoyang! Since I know, I can't do anything to you!"

Zhou Luoyang: "……………………"

At that moment, Zhou Luoyang instinctively had fear—the fear and guilty conscience that his secret was broken by others. How did Supp know? !

"You too..." Zhou Luoyang said in disbelief, "No, this is impossible...another time and space?"

Zhou Luoyang forcibly calmed down, and suddenly thought of a key question. Maybe Supu didn't know the truth of time reversal, nor the Eye of Versailles. At least he didn't look at the watch on his workbench when he came here. at a glance.

"What are you kidding?" Zhou Luoyang said.

Sup said: "I have all the clues about your time travel. You are a time traveler. But this is not what we are going to discuss now. Let's watch the video first. After watching it, you will understand that I can believe it.of."

Zhou Luoyang's hands were covered in sweat, and he glanced at the phone on the side.

Su Pu opened the video, turned to the computer, and put it in front of Zhou Luoyang.

"This is Haneda Airport two years ago," Sup said. "Do you recognize who is in front of the camera?"

Zhou Luoyang: "..."

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