If Liang Ruizhe hadn’t thought of everything before he left, Shen Yu would definitely be worried if he couldn’t contact Liang Ruizhe. However, before Liang Ruizhe left, he told Shen Yu that he couldn’t use his mobile phone where he was going, so he would not reply to Shen Yu’s messages and calls.

　　Shen Yu felt a little lost.

　　He sat up from the sofa, and a piece of clothing that did not belong to him slipped off his body. There was a person lying next to him.

　　Gu Yingyi sat in a wheelchair, lying in a rather uncomfortable position.

　　He blinked twice. When did Gu Yingyi come back and why was he sleeping here?

　　Gu Yingyi slept very restlessly, his heroic brows were furrowed, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and his forehead was covered with a dense layer of cold sweat, as if he was trapped in a terrible dream and couldn’t extricate himself.

　　The clothes he was wearing belonged to Gu Yingyi, who was now only wearing a thin long-sleeved inner shirt.

　　Shen Yu looked at the clothes covering him, then climbed down from the sofa quietly and put the coat that had just covered him back on Gu Yingyi.

　　As soon as the clothes touched Gu Yingyi, Shen Yu’s hand was suddenly grabbed by Gu Yingyi’s powerful palm.

　　He was startled. Gu Yingyi’s hand was like a pair of pliers holding him tightly. Shen Yu saw Gu Yingyi crying and heard Gu Yingyi mumbling, “Yu Yu, don’t go… don’t leave me…”

　　I don’t know if it was the real touch in his hand, but Gu Yingyi’s brows in the nightmare gradually relaxed and his breathing became even and steady.

　　Shen Yu’s hand was still held by Gu Yingyi. Whenever he struggled, Gu Yingyi would hold it tighter and his brows would be furrowed even deeper. After he stopped struggling, he found that Gu Yingyi no longer had nightmares.

　　With his wrist held by him, Shen Yu couldn’t break free, so he had to crawl back onto the sofa and let Gu Yingyi hold him.

　　He lay back on the sofa helplessly, staring at Gu Yingyi boredly for a while, and couldn’t help but admire that this man was so handsome.

　　As he watched, an inexplicable sense of familiarity flashed by, and then his heart suddenly ached. Shen Yu hissed and quickly covered his chest.

　　When the strange pain in his chest passed, Shen Yu muttered something incomprehensible, “How strange.”

　　……

　　As the sky brightened, Gu Yingyi woke up from a long dream. He had a very long dream. He dreamed of Shen Yu. The early part of the dream was very painful. He saw with his own eyes his former self abusing Shen Yu. He roared and tried to stop it, but could do nothing.

　　Then there was nothing he could do to keep Shen Yu back.

　　The dream was bizarre and illogical.

　　Somehow, later on, Shen Yu brought their Lele back to him. They loved each other very much and lived a happy life.

　　After waking up, Gu Yingyi was suddenly pulled away from the beautiful illusion. The huge gap was indescribable. The warm touch of his palm suddenly made him look down.

　　He held a slender white wrist in his hand. Shen Yu was curled up on the sofa and sleeping peacefully. He remembered that he had clearly covered Shen Yu with his coat last night, but now it was on himself.

　　Shen Yu bent his legs. Gu Yingyi touched his curled feet, which were cold.

　　He loosened his grip on Shen Yu’s wrist, and saw five clear fingerprints on the snow-white skin. He had been holding Shen Yu’s wrist all night last night, and he didn’t know how much strength he used.

　　And Shen Yu must have woken up once during this time and covered him with the coat again.

　　Gu Yingyi felt extremely distressed for a moment. When he went to the room and got a small blanket, Shen Yu had already woken up.

　　”Go to your room and sleep for a while.” Gu Yingyi said to Shen Yu who was still dazed.

　　Shen Yu was in a state of panic. He took a while to react before shaking his head to indicate that he didn’t want to sleep anymore.

　　Then he put on his slippers and scurried off.

　　Gu Yingyi stopped where he was and looked at Shen Yu’s back as he ran away. He rubbed his palms which still had the residual warmth from Shen Yu’s wrist.

　　I thought he went to wash up, but Shen Yu came back.

　　Holding a cup of warm boiled water in his hand.

　　He handed the water to Gu Yingyi, “Your lips are cracked.”

　　He thought that this man had saved him, so he should return the favor.

　　He drank alcohol last night and went to the hospital to get an injection to dilute the medicine in the evening. His body lost a lot of water. Gu Yingyi didn’t drink a sip of water, and his lips started to crack and bleed.

　　Shen Yu suddenly treated him well. Gu Yingyi was flattered. He hurriedly took the water and asked in disbelief, “Is it for me?”

　　Shen Yu nodded.

　　He was nice to Gu Yingyi because he thought of how Gu Yingyi cried after having a nightmare last night, and also because he saw his legs sitting in the wheelchair. Sitting in a wheelchair means he will never be able to stand up again. People like him are very pitiful.

　　”Thank you, thank you Yu Yu…”

　　It’s just a cup of tasteless boiled water, but it seems like sweet honey.

　　Gu Yingyi was very happy about Shen Yu’s closeness. He was very happy that Shen Yu no longer resisted or rejected him, and was willing to take the initiative to approach him.

　　He didn’t know how to express his feelings, he only felt a faint sour sensation in his nose.

　　Shen Yu was still staring at Gu Yingyi’s legs. The scene at the oil tank factory that day was still vivid in his mind. The sound of the gunshot was deafening. Suddenly, he asked, “Does your leg still hurt?”

　　”It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

　　Shen Yu: “Is it true that I^[1]here for Gu yinyi can never stand again?”

　　Gu Yingyi was stunned. He himself didn’t know the answer to this question. The doctor said there was a chance of recovery, but after such a long time, he still couldn’t walk independently.

　　He didn’t want to burden Shen Yu. “I can.”

　　Shen Yu was silent for a while, “Thank you for saving Yu Yu.”

　　Shen Yu’s concern today was beyond Gu Yingyi’s expectations. He never thought that one day he would hear Shen Yu say these words again. He thought that as long as Shen Yu no longer rejected him and was willing to stay with him, he would be satisfied. But people are always greedy and want more after getting it.

　　Gu Yingyi’s eyes were slightly moist, “Yu Yu, can I…can I hug you?”

　　Shen Yu hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards him, opened his arms and gently hugged Gu Yingyi who was sitting in the wheelchair.

　　Gu Yingyi held Shen Yu tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to rub him into his bones and blood.

　　The touch in his arms was so real and warm. he was the person Gu Yingyi had been thinking about for several years. It was a scene he had dreamed of countless times.

　　His depression is back.

　　……

　　Gu Yingyi was overwhelmed by the joy that Shen Yu was willing to accept him. He wanted to make up for Shen Yu’s past wedding and give Shen Yu the best of everything for the rest of his life.

　　However, when Assistant Liu learned of his idea, he looked worried and said, “Mr. Gu, it’s better not to do that.”

　　”I know you want to make it up to Mr. Shen, but sometimes it’s not a good idea to disrupt the existing peace.”

　　Assistant Liu’s words were very straightforward, but they were also for their own good: “A grand wedding, you think it is the best thing for him, but does Mr. Shen want it? Besides, Mr. Shen has to bear the pressure of public opinion and these force majeure risks.”

　　These words woke Gu Yingyi up. What Assistant Liu said was not without reason. He was frustrated and depressed. “I just, I just want to make it up to him… I owe him…”

　　In the end, this wedding that was held for the purpose of making amends was never finalized. He just secretly took Shen Yu’s ID to get a new certificate, and the two became legal partners again.

　　Not being able to give Shen Yu a grand wedding like Pei Jin became a lifelong regret for Gu Yingyi.

　　He asked someone to go to France to customize a pair of unique rings. There was a special string of French words on Shen Yu’s ring, which spelled out “true love” in Chinese. However, there was nothing on Gu Yingyi’s ring, except that the design was different from Shen Yu’s.

　　The ring designer only designs one pair in five years, and they are priceless.

　　Gu Yingyi went to France five or six times. Only after he told the story between him and Shen Yu did the designer agree to do it.

　　Three months later, Gu Yingyi got the two rings.

　　His platinum ring has a very simple design, with a carving that looks a bit like a miniature gear. The overall design is very beautiful and elegant, simple but not too plain.

　　There is also a letter written in French under the ring box, which is from the designer of the ring.

　　The letter explained the meaning of the ring and contained blessings to Gu Yingyi.

　　The letter said that Shen Yu’s ring was called Rose, and there were elements of time and rose on the ring, while Gu Yingyi’s ring was called “Gear”, and there were carved thorns entwined around the gear in the center. The combination of the two implied that “if the gears of fate were reversed, the rose would not be covered with thorns.”

　　The thorns are carved on Gu Yingyi’s ring, not Shen Yu’s, which also implies Gu Yingyi’s desire to reverse the past.

　　This is what the designer wants to express.

　　Taking the two rings, Gu Yingyi returned home.

　　Shen Yu was painting with Lu Qian in the back garden. The Shiba Inu was rolling on the grass basking in the sun. The scene was harmonious and peaceful.

　　Lu Qian saw Gu Yingyi from a distance and shouted to him, “Father!”

　　Gu Yingyi walked over and when he saw Shen Yu, he couldn’t help but clench the ring box in his pocket.

　　Lu Qian happily showed Gu Yingyi a drawing of three little people, pointed at them and said, “This is Dad…my brother, this is Qianqian, and this is father!” Lu Qian almost called out the wrong name, and quickly bit his tongue to correct it.

　　Gu Yingyi reminded him not to call Shen Yu “father” or “dad” at the same time in front of Shen Yu.

　　Although Lu Qian didn’t know why, he still obeyed obediently.

　　Gu Yingyi rubbed his head and said, “Go play with Aunt Li.”

　　The clever Lu Qian saw that Gu Yingyi wanted to be alone with Shen Yu, so he ran away in a hurry.

　　As soon as Lu Qian left, Shen Yu felt a little awkward being alone with Gu Yingyi. He lowered his head and snapped his fingers uncomfortably, wondering what reason he could give to leave.

　　Gu Yingyi took out the ring box from his pocket and held it in front of Shen Yu devoutly as if he was holding his whole heart.

　　Shen Yu tilted his head and looked at the beautiful ring box and asked, “What is this?”

　　”Yu Yu, open it and take a look.” Gu Yingyi’s fingers were trembling a little. Since he couldn’t give Shen Yu a wedding, he wanted to give Shen Yu a pair of unique rings.

　　Shen Yu opened the small box, revealing two exquisite rings. He picked up the larger one and held it up to the sky. The ring reflected a platinum-colored light in the sunlight, which was extremely beautiful.

　　”Yuyu, can you… put it on for me?”

　　Shen Yu didn’t understand the meaning of putting a ring on Gu Yingyi. He put the ring on Gu Yingyi’s ring finger, and then raised a bright smile to Gu Yingyi, “Okay.”

　　Gu Yingyi’s eyes were hot. He looked at the ring on his hand that Shen Yu had put on him personally, and his fingers trembled slightly.

　　Shen Yu thought that the smaller one was also for Gu Yingyi to wear. He took it out and tried it on Gu Yingyi’s fingers for a long time, but found that none of his fingers could fit it.

　　He wrinkled his face in distress, “This one is too small.”

　　”Not small.” Gu Yingyi breathed a sigh of relief and took the ring back from Shen Yu’s hand. Then he took Shen Yu’s hand and his eyes paused when he saw his still slightly deformed little finger. Then he looked away in self-blame and slowly put the ring on Shen Yu’s ring finger.

　　When the ring was halfway put on, Shen Yu suddenly pulled his hand back, and the ring fell into the grass and disappeared.

　　Gu Yingyi was puzzled: “Why?”

　　Shen Yu put his hands behind his back. He didn’t know why he suddenly pulled his hands back. He only knew that he didn’t want the ring that was exactly the same as Gu Yingyi’s. He frowned and said, “Yu Yu, don’t wear that.”

　　Gu Yingyi’s eyes were hurt. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but it felt like a fishbone was stuck in his throat, and in the end, nothing came out.

　　Perhaps sensing Gu Yingyi’s sad breath, Shen Yu pursed his lips and said softly, “Yu Yu don’t like it…”

　　Shen Yu just stood in front of him silently, and the light in Gu Yingyi’s eyes dimmed a little bit, “Okay…if you don’t like it…we won’t wear it…”

　　On that afternoon with a gentle breeze and a strong autumn atmosphere, Gu Yingyi’s heart seemed to be instantly placed in an ice cellar three feet high in the cold winter, and even his blood turned cold.

　　The last hope in his heart was like a withered flower, dying one by one, without any vitality left.

　　He and Shen Yu were like a broken mirror. No matter how hard Gu Yingyi tried to repair it, it was useless. Shen Yu was still covered with scars. Even though he didn’t remember anything now and didn’t understand the meaning of the ring, he still instinctively didn’t want to accept himself anymore.

　　A broken mirror can never be mended.

　　Gu Yingyi knew that they could never go back…

　　Later, he strung the ring into a necklace and wore it on his body.

　　Gu Yingyi never got to put it on Shen Yu’s ring finger until his death. Just as everyone said, he never got to hear Shen Yu’s forgiveness in his entire life.

　　Gu Yingyi has been telling the lie that Liang Ruizhe would come back for his entire life.

　　If the meaning of the ring could come true.

　　If only the gears of fate could be reversed.

　　His little fool will no longer be covered with thorns.