If it was an adult Venus, he could see at a glance what these gods were thinking of him, and he would enjoy it, playing them with applause and applause. But the young Venus didn't know the hearts of these jackals, tigers and leopards, and thought they were all brothers who were simply good to him.

Venus lowered his head and sniffed the fragrance of roses, and a red-haired youth limped into the garden: "Venus!"

Venus turned his head and smiled: "Hephaestus? Why are you here?"

The comer is Hephaestus, the son of the god king Zeus and the god queen Hera.

Half of his face is handsome and flirtatious, and the end of his eye on the other side is covered with flame lines, winding all the way to the forehead. It doesn't look like a god, like an ominous monster.

The flame was his birthmark, and when she was born, Hera screamed in horror when she saw his face, unable to believe that she had given birth to an ugly monster, and threw Hephaestus down the mountain, causing him to lame his leg and walk after that Just lame. Because of this, his relationship with Hera's mother and son is very poor.

Because of his ugliness and lameness, Hephaestus was often ostracized and ridiculed on Mount Olympus in his youth, causing him to be taciturn, loner, very disgusted with dealing with gods, and always staying in his own palace. go out. But when he became an adult, he merged with the godhead, not only became the god of fire, but also activated the god of craftsmen and forging. His craftsmanship was very good. .

Hephaestus is autistic, does not know how to refuse, always completes his work silently, and rarely gets thanks from the gods. He doesn't seem to be naturally attractive, he's used to it.

On the day Venus came to Olympus, the stars were surrounded by the gods. He stood far away from the crowd, watching the new gods easily gain the favor of the gods. The beauty god was so beautiful, Hephaestus subconsciously covered the ugly birthmark on his face, feeling that he was out of tune with them.

Out of subtle jealousy, Hephaestus actually hated the beauty god at first. He even thought darkly that the gods loved Venus, but only wanted to sleep with him.

One day, Olympus was celebrating the birthday of the gods, a festival that belongs to all the gods. Human beings worship the gods they believe in, and the gods also give gifts to each other at banquets. Venus received the most gifts, he couldn't hold it with both hands, he couldn't even stack it on the table, and the things fell to the ground.

Hephaestus sent out many weapons and jewelry made by himself, all of which other gods asked him to do before, without any payment. And he himself did not receive a gift.

He sat in the seat empty-handed, and there was nothing on the table.

Venus came over and said embarrassedly holding the gift box that was piled higher than the mountain: "Hello, can I put the gift on your table? I really can't put it down."

Is he showing off? Hephaestus sneered in his heart. But he was not good at dealing with gods, and even less good at rejecting, so he silently moved the wine, vegetables and fruits on his table to one side to make room.

"Thank you." Venus laughed, put the gift on his table, then tilted his head and asked, "Didn't you receive a gift?"

... Do you want to ridicule after showing off? Hephaestus thought blankly.

Venus thought for a while, turned a white rose in his hand, and handed it to Hephaestus: "For you."

Hephaestus was stunned.

The gods were shocked and jealous. Venus even gave Vulcan white roses! They worked so hard to gain goodwill, but they didn't get the roses from Venus!

Hephaestus blushed suddenly, took the rose with trembling hands, and stammered, "Thank you, thank you."

"No thanks." Venus smiled sweetly, "The divine pattern on your face is really cool."

Hephaestus hurriedly covered the corners of his eyes: "It's not a divine mark, it's a birthmark."

Venus' green eyes widened: "Then you are born so cool? I am so envious."

Does he envy me? Hephaestus thought hesitantly, obviously I should be envious of him.

Venus has turned and left, leaving a beautiful back.

Hephaestus stared at his back, thinking, Beauty is indeed worthy of being favored by the world.

Even he couldn't help but love him.

After that, Hephaestus, the famous autistic house god of Olympus, suddenly started going out and ran frantically to the Rose Palace of Venus. He created countless exquisite jewelry, all just for Venus. Even if other goddesses saw that they wanted, he refused to make the same style - this was the first time he learned to refuse.

He fell in love with Venus, not because he coveted the body of the beautiful god. Vulcan moved his heart, but because of his low self-esteem, he was very satisfied to have the identity of a friend.

He knows that other gods have bad intentions towards Venus, and it is not easy to remind this Venus, who is ignorant and has good intentions towards anyone, and can only protect him silently.

"I made another necklace for you," said Hephaestus.

"Hephaestus, you have given me a hundred necklaces." Venus was both happy and distressed, "I can't wear ten more heads."

Hephaestus smiled: "Venus deserves the best in the world. The necklace can be omitted, but it must be."

"Then I'll thank you." Venus happily ran back to the palace and opened his dressing cabinet. Several drawers in a row were filled with jewelry. He had to open the bottom drawer, where only the An ice blue crown.

He remembered that Sea God picked him up when he almost fell into the sea and put on this crown for him. But he couldn't remember what the Sea God said at the time. He even forgot what the Sea God looked like.

After all, when the god was born, his memory was not very good. After another hundred years, Venus can still remember that the crown was given by the sea god.

Venus put the necklace in the drawer and ran out of the palace.

Hephaestus was still waiting outside. After a long time of mental preparation, he summoned up his courage and said, "...Venus, can I ask you to take a walk by the river in the afternoon?"