Third Movement - Chapter 6

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Bai Wenlin knew very well how much Yuanxiao liked rabies.* After all, when rabies did not go mad, he is a good dog and will act like a spoiled child, he on the other hand will not. He does not know how to express such emotions.

Yuanxiao realised that he seemed to have said something wrong. Thinking of the reason, his arm got ready to move. He wanted to extend it to shake the other’s arm, but he didn’t know what to say. After many years of separation, he and Bai Wenlin had lost the intimacy of the past.

He stared at the dim light and looked sideways. Bai Wenlin seemed to have fallen asleep. His side face was well contoured, his eyelashes hung down and his eyebrows twisted. It seemed that he was having a very unhappy dream.

Yuanxiao bought the red eye flight. The flight at this time is cheaper than the day flight, so he simply slept.

It was almost noon when he got up. He couldn’t see Bai Wenlin in his room. After looking around, Yuanxiao found him in a well hidden room.

With a dark brown cigar between his slender fingers, the whole cigar room was covered in smoke. Bai Wenlin’s whole face was immersed in the smoke, and his long legs were slightly spread. It was a very domineering sitting posture. In the dimly lit room, there was a smell of old aristocracy – and Yuanxiao was choked. The smell was very strong, but it was indescribably tempting. He smelled it on Bai Wenlin that day.

When the smoke dispersed, the man behind revealed his deep face. Under his thick eyebrows were deep and charming blue eyes, as if with a blink of his eyes, stars would fall.

Yuanxiao marvelled at the bottom of his heart. He was so handsome. In fact, many men in Inner Mongolia are very handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, strong physique and quite manly, but they can’t compare with Bai Wenlin. Yuanxiao is a fan of his talent. Even if he saw his performance video on youtube and found that he was so handsome and charming, he was more concerned about his skills than his face.

But now he has gradually become a shameful, face fan.

It took a long time to take his attention away from his handsome face. Yuanxiao was somewhat embarrassed: “Wenlin, I have to go out for something.”

Bai Wenlin paused for a moment: “Are you leaving now?”

“No, the plane is at night.” He shook his head. “I have something to give back to my friend.”

“Where? I’ll take you.” Bai Wenlin crushed the cigar with a “sst” sound.

“There’s no need to send me. It’s too far away by car. I can go there by myself.”

“I’ll take you.” He got up.

Yuanxiao had no choice but to take out the business card: “This coat is Steven’s, I should give it back to him.”

Bai Wenlin pinched the white business card and squinted: “Why are other people’s coats at our place?”

“Ah? I fell asleep in the prison that day and Steven covered me with his coat. He was very nice.”

“You call him so familiar? What relationship do you have with him?”

Yuanxiao was even more puzzled: “I have only met him twice.”

Bai Wenlin frowned: “I’ve met you twice, yet you don’t call me so intimately. Also, you’re not allowed to wear other men’s coats in the future.”

Yuan Xiao: “…” at this time, he realised that Bai Wenlin’s deeply hidden tyrannical personality seemed to have finally revealed a tip of the iceberg. Which was enough to prove that what the musicians of the orchestra had said was true, that he is really fierce…

Bai Wenlin called the driver. An hour later, they arrive at Steven’s law office in New York.

Yuanxiao walked in with the ironed suit jacket. This office is not big, but the decoration is high-end and elegant, which shows that Steven should be very capable. After all, he can become the exclusive lawyer of a five-star airline at such a young age.

He was followed by Bai Wenlin, who he could not get rid of.

Fortunately, although Bai Wenlin’s appearance is eye-catching and his name is well-known, few people can recognize his face at a glance. You should know that close-up photos of himself that he hates most have been taken down from the Internet. However, some performance videos are still widely circulated on the Internet. It can be inferred from his distant handsome profile that his looks are heavenly.

When Steven saw Yuandiao, he greeted warmly and apologetically, “please come in, Mr. Luo. I’ll treat you to dinner tonight. I know a great French restaurant.” He noticed that the man who followed in was very tall and elegant, with wide shoulders and long legs. He was wearing a mouse-grey double-breasted suit, green collared shirt, and diagonal stripe tie — only the upper class who paid attention to detail would dress like this.

He wore sunglasses and his brown curls were styled casually.

Steven quickly recognized Albert Royce and was surprised.

Since Mr. Royce picked up Luo Yuanxiao from the Manhattan branch that night, he realised… This 18-year-old little Mr. Luo is a bit powerful.

“Ste……” Noticing Bai Wenlin’s gaze, Yuanxiao hurriedly changed his words. “Lawyer Li, it’s really unfortunate that I have to catch a plane to return home in the evening.”

“You are returning to China so soon?” Steven was surprised. “Please make sure our company arranges for you to fly first class to China tonight.”

Yuanciao shook his head quickly: “I have already booked my ticket, so I don’t need it.”

“That’s what we should do…”

After a few words, Yuanxiao backed down. After all, it’s very tiring to fly for more than ten hours, and it’s expensive to upgrade.

Bai Wenlin, acting like a gentleman on the side, finally couldn’t bear it. He coldly interposed: “for the sake of safety, he will take my plane home, so there’s no need to bother your company.”

“How dare you fly with their airline?” Back in the car, Bai Wenlin’s voice was a little cold.

Yuanxiao honestly said: “… I don’t dare,” he added, “but it’s safer than Malaysia Airlines. At least it’s also a five-star airline. I’m still a lifetime platinum member of Malaysia Airlines, and they won’t charge me…”

Bai Wenlin: “My private plane is safer than the president’s plane. I’ll take you home.”

Yuan Xiao: “…”

Bai Wenlin looked at him and insisted, “if you must return home, I will follow you.”

Yuanxiao looked at him in astonishment. He thought Bai Wenlin would be very mature, but who knew he was still like a child. It’s like when he was 17 years old, Bai Wenlin refused to go home with father Royce, stubbornly following him and saying, “I’ll take care of you all my life.” The simple stubbornness and childishness, that showed his dependence.

Yuanxiao thought to himself that the child Wenlin lacked love when he was young. His appearance might have filled the missing part in his heart, but now… so many years have passed.

He and Albert Royce are people of two worlds. The other is a great pianist who has reached the summit of the world and is regarded as a genius. He is bound to be remembered to the day when mankind perishes. Yuanxiao is a young man who has a dream of music. However, God always opposes him and even deprives him of half of his hearing. Recently, he even found that his original excellent musical sense had gone with his hearing loss.

When he returns to school, he will probably be advised to drop out.

“Wenlin, don’t make a fool of yourself.” He sighed helplessly.

Bai Wenlin frowned and did not talk to Yuanxiao any more. He just ordered the driver to drive.

Yuanxiao glanced at him, but Bai Wenlin didn’t have any extra expression on his face. He couldn’t see anything and felt extremely stressed and his heart was heavy with uncertainty.

Later, Bai Wenlin took him to the airport and asked him for the last time, “do you really want to leave?”

Yuanxiao was also reluctant to part with his music. He patted him on the back and sincerely promised: “I will definitely come to your concert next year. See you then!”

Bai Wenlin didn’t say anything, but just followed him into the airport. Yuanxiao was about to get his boarding pass, but Bai Wenlin dragged him directly to the green security channel.

Yuanxiao did not have much baggage, and Bai Wenlin’s hands were empty. When the two men passed through customs and Bai Wenlin took out his passport, only then did Yuanxiao realise: “You’re leaving too? Are you going back to Munich?”

Bai Wenlin said succinctly: “I’m going with you.”

Yuanxiao: “…”

Bai Wenlin didn’t raise his head either: “we just agreed.”

Yuanxiao: “… When did we?”

“Then it’s what I decided unilaterally.” He put his arm on Yuanxiao’s shoulder without expression, and his tone was the one which others could not disobey. “Now it’s useless to say anything. Let’s go.”

Yuanxiao opened his eyes wide and was half hugged by him. “I thought… You were joking.”

Bai Wenlin’s private plane was already in place, but there was still a queue to take off. He pulled Yuanxiao to board the plane directly. Yuanxiao saw the private plane that was better and safer than the US president’s private plane. Looking around like a country bumpkin, his mouth could not close.

This plane looks like a huge mansion! There are more than ten spacious rooms. Before taking off, they seem to be indoors, not on a plane, which is enough to prove how big this plane is.

Although Bai Wenlin took him to have an examination that day and knew that he had no heart disease, he was still worried about him, so there was a medical team equipped on the plane. In the other cabin, the medical team and the bodyguard sit together.

The plane is running up on the runway with the engine sounds kept to a minimum. It is not as noisy as that of an ordinary plane. At the moment of taking off, the weightlessness makes Yuanxiao lean against the back of his chair, and his ears hum when he takes off his hearing aid. Bai Wenlin stretched out his hand and said, “are you afraid?”

“Yes… a little.” He turned away. “My ears are a little uncomfortable.” Yuanxiao thought he wouldn’t be afraid, but the moment the plane took off, the fear rose from the bottom of his heart. The plane crash really caused a great shadow on him. He could not help but close his eyes.

Bai Wenlin stretched out an arm and covered his left ear. “When it’s stable, you can lean on me. I’ll hold you. Don’t be afraid.”

Yuanxiao was embarrassed, and felt that this was too intimate: “I’m fine.”

“Will you listen to me?” Bai Wenlin frowned slightly, and his eyes showed pain. “I can’t lose you again.” He clenched Yuanxiao’s wrist and pinched him so hard that he felt pain. Yuan Xiao endured andsaid: “I won’t sleep this time. Don’t you have a piano on the plane? We can practise the piano, and I will definitely not fall asleep.”

After flying for more than ten hours, Yuanxiao struggled to prevent his eyes from closing. He was also afraid of falling asleep and never waking up again. Bai Wenlin taught him how to play the piano and how to make his unique “ethereal shock” sound. He told him: “the moment your fingers touch the keys of the piano, it feels like you want to press blood out of your fingertips.”

The first thing he did when he got off the plane was to make a phone call. American cards can’t be used in China and the airport only sells the data cards. Yuanxiao felt that the fact of taking Albert Royce home was too mysterious. He did not dare to go home directly. Instead, he followed Bai Wenlin’s arrangement and went to the hotel.

The next day, Yuanxiao went to apply for a phone card and called home: “Mom, I’ve arrived. I’ll go home later. This is my new number.”

Bai Wenlin still wants to follow, but Yuanxiao didn’t agree: “I went to the United States for more than 20 days. When I returned home, I brought a handsome man of mixed blood, the Albert Royce… What do you think my parents will think? What should I say when they ask?”

“Say I’m your boyfriend.”

“… Don’t be ridiculous.” Yuanxiao said, “there are a lot of homosexuals in our film academy. My parents have always suspected me of being gay since I’ve never had a girlfriend, and I have seriously clarified with them that I am not.”

Bai Wenlin looked at him: “have you ever liked anyone?”

Yuanxiao thought for a while: “there weren’t none…”

Bai Wenlin’s face sank, when he heard Yuanxiao say: “but I was not even ten years old at that time. I just travelled from Han to study, and I was very tanned and I couldn’t speak Mandarin well. Everyone excluded me. But there was a girl sitting in front of me. She said my skin tone was lovely…” Yuanxiao sighed. “I just can’t remember her name.”

“Do you like anyone who says you’re cute?”

“That’s not……” Yuanxiao looked up at the smoggy sky and said with emotion. “At that time, I was not well liked. and even the teacher suspected me of ADHD. She was the only girl who showed kindness to me.”

Bai Wenlin didn’t want to be jealous of a girl whose name can’t be remembered. He chuckled in a low voice and pinched Yuanxiao’s young pink face: “you cute now.”

This chapter reminds how much I like the exaggeration in the descriptions. Hope someone will pick this up!