mesbooks Chapter 550 I’m very busy
Chapter 550 I’m very busy
Since returning with Lin Ci'an, Chu Ziyu naturally moved into his villa.
Lin Ci'an arranged the most comfortable guest room for him, the housekeeper and servants treated him with great respect, and even his mother's medical expenses were covered by Lin Ci'an.
But there is always an invisible barrier between them.
Lin Ci'an would accompany him to the hospital to visit his mother, would deal with the troubles of his gambling father with a cold face, and would knock on the door and ask "Are you okay?" when he had a nightmare late at night.
But every time Chu Ziyu got a little closer and his fingertips just touched his cuffs, Lin Ci'an would quietly step back half a step, as if he was afraid of being burned by something.
Lin Ci'an stood at the corner of the second floor, secretly peeking at the young man on the first floor. Chu Ziyu was wearing a loose white sweater, with his plaster arm hanging in front of his chest, and his other hand unconsciously fiddling with the blades of the blinds.
The sunlight shone through the gaps, casting mottled shadows on his face. His eyelashes cast small shadows under his eyes, and he looked as thin as a piece of paper.
This was a position he had tried many times, where he could peek without being discovered.
He knew he shouldn't do this.
Whenever he saw Chu Ziyu’s wet eyes, he would remember the young man kneeling beside the bed and saying “I’m sorry” in the ward of his previous life.
But the next second, his memory would flash back to the severe pain during the car accident and the despair of death - he couldn't tell whether Chu Ziyu's feelings were true or just the uncertainty of youth?
I am already old, and when the young man reaches my age, he can just leave, and I will lose everything.
So he chose to distance himself.
The company suddenly had countless "emergency meetings" and the lights in the study were often on until the early morning.
He deliberately avoided dining with Chu Ziyu, and even when they occasionally met in the corridor, he would just nod faintly and leave quickly.
Soon a month passed and Chu Ziyu's injuries were mostly healed. After the plaster was removed, only a faint scar remained on his arm.
Lin Ci'an's alienation also became worse and worse.
Having not seen him for a week, Chu Ziyu stood in front of the study door with a breakfast tray. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door gently.
Lin Ci'an was looking at the document delivered yesterday - the gold-stamped cover of the court's judgment glowed coldly under the light.
Although Chu Ziyu was successfully "returned" to her name, her marriage with Guo Mingjie was still in the cooling-off period, and she still had a full month to file a lawsuit to dissolve the marriage. (Same-sex marriages require a three-month cooling-off period for marriage and divorce)
His fingers unconsciously stroked the edge of the verdict until a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.
"Come in."
Lin Ci'an's voice came through the door, as cold as ice.
This was the seventh consecutive day that Lin Ci'an refused to have breakfast with him on the grounds of work.
Chu Ziyu pushed open the door and saw Lin Ci'an sitting behind a large desk. His cell phone screen was turned off. The morning light shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto his chiseled profile, and even his eyelashes were coated with a layer of gold.
"Mr. Lin, I did what you like——"
“Leave it there.”
Lin Ci'an didn't even raise his head, but glanced at it secretly, and his pen drew sharp lines on the document, "I'm busy."
All I heard was a slight hum from the young man.
The tray was gently placed on the corner of the table. Chu Ziyu's fingers stayed on the wooden table for a second, and his fingertips turned slightly white.
Lin Ci'an's eyes involuntarily followed those slender fingers, watching them reluctantly withdraw from the edge of the table, like unwilling little animals being forcibly dragged away by their owner.
He turned to leave, but heard Lin Ci'an suddenly speak:
"There is a business reception tonight. Please come with me."
The moment these words came out of his mouth, Lin Ci'an himself was stunned.