Take what you need

Chapter 9

That night, Qin Heng seemed extraordinarily gentle, and would ask Xie Xingzhou if it hurt every time.He gently stroked Xie Xingzhou's delicate skin, leaving one red mark after another on it.Put him in the tub afterwards and clean him up gently.Early in the morning, when Xie Xingzhou went downstairs to eat, Qin Heng was on the phone in front of the coffee machine. His mobile phone was placed on the table and turned on speakerphone. Xie Xingzhou walked over to pour water and just overheard the conversation.

The person opposite should be Qin Heng's elder sister. Qin Heng's father has already found her place of residence, so she has nowhere to go and can only ask Qin Heng for help.

"I'll pick you up in the afternoon, you stay at my house first." Qin Heng hung up the phone and turned off the coffee machine.

Xie Xingzhou thought while holding the water glass, "Boss Qin, I do know a place where your family can't find it."

Qin Heng raised his eyebrows when he heard his name, and walked towards the living room with his arms around his waist, "Where is it?"

Xie Xingzhou turned around and put the water glass on the dining table, stretched out his hand and hugged Qin Heng's waist weakly, "I have a house in Jingshui District, the house is not small but the location is a little bit out of the way, let's see if your sister can make it up ?”

"Static water area? Why have you never heard of it?" Qin Heng looked at him quietly.

"It was left to me by my grandfather. Because of work, I seldom live in it, so it has been empty." Xie Xingzhou let go of Qin Heng's waist, picked up the water glass and sat on the sofa, and said, "If I think it's okay, I will Get a cleaner to clean it up."

Qin Heng also sat down and opened an old movie with the remote control: "How about the security?"

Xie Xingzhou: "Very well, strangers are never allowed in."

Qin Heng nodded while holding the coffee, Xie Xingzhou smiled and asked him: "I'll call Auntie Cleaning to clean it right away, and I can just take your sister to live in tomorrow."

In the afternoon, just as Xie Xingzhou put the cake into the oven, he heard the door open. He walked to the kitchen door and looked out, only to see a woman in a light yellow suit with black straight long hair looking at him in surprise.

Qin Yue looked at Xie Xingzhou and then turned her head to look at Qin Heng. When she looked over again, she had a decent smile on her face. She put her bag on the sofa and walked over to say hello to Xie Xingzhou, "Hi, I'm Qin Heng's older sister, Qin Yue."

Xie Xingzhou wiped his hands and shook hands with her: "Hello, Xie Xingzhou."

Qin Yue glanced into the kitchen and asked with a smile, "What are you doing? It smells so good!"

Qin Yue asked Qin Heng to take his luggage upstairs while he went into the kitchen, Xie Xingzhou turned his body sideways to let Qin Yue in, and replied: "I heard from Qin Heng that you like desserts, so I made some cakes. "

Qin Yue rolled up the sleeves of her clothes, and took down an apron from the wall, "Is it time to make butter? Let me do it."

Before Xie Xingzhou refused, Qin Yue had already started cracking eggs, chatting with Xie Xingzhou while doing the action.

"Xiao Xie, how old are you this year?"

"23." Seeing that there were still some oranges in the refrigerator, Xie Xingzhou cut some and squeezed the juice.

"23 years old!" Qin Yue thought for a while and asked, "Did you enter the entertainment circle at a very young age?"

Xie Xingzhou hummed softly, "I started to be a trainee at the age of 18."

Qin Yue quickly sent off the egg whites and sealed them with plastic wrap. "Tired?"

Xie Xingzhou smiled and shook his head, "It's not bad, it's quite fulfilling."

The orange juice was ready, Xie Xingzhou got two glasses and gave one to Qin Yue, and the other to Qin Heng who just came downstairs.

The cake embryos in the oven were also baked. Qin Yue stopped Xie Xingzhou just as he was about to spread the cream, "Let me do it. I'm busy abroad every day without touching the floor. It's rare to have the opportunity to make cakes."

Qin Heng took a sip of orange juice, and pulled Xie Xingzhou out with a smile, "My sister likes to cook very much, let her do it..."

Xie Xingzhou smiled, let Qin Heng hold his hand, turned around and sat in his arms.The next day, Qin Heng rejected the three notices and took Qin Yue and Xie Xingzhou to the still water area.

Xie Xingzhou's house was a three-story villa with an independent yard. The moment he opened the door, he saw withered roses all over the yard, and the ground was full of petals that had fallen due to withering.

Xie Xingzhou sighed, suppressing the sadness in his heart, he turned his head and smiled at Qin Heng and Qin Yue and said, "Come in, the yard is too messy, I'll find someone to clean it up later."

Qin Yue seemed very happy: "Xing Zhou likes to grow flowers?"

Xie Xingzhou nodded and replied: "However, these roses were planted by my grandfather before. After he passed away, no one took care of them. I only come back to water them occasionally, but it seems that they are all dead now."

Qin Yue squatted down and looked around, "It's okay, if you take good care of it, it will bloom next year."

Xie Xingzhou smiled and did not answer, and walked into the villa with Qin Yue's suitcase.Xie Xingzhou hired five cleaning aunts to clean it. The place has a new look, but there is a slight damp smell. Qin Heng put the suitcase on the stairs and walked to the French windows in the living room, drew the curtains and opened the windows.

Qin Yue changed shoes at the door and came in, "Xingzhou, thank you, if it weren't for you, my dad would have driven me back by now."

Xie Xingzhou smiled slightly: "Anyway, this house is empty, and I see that Sister Qin Yue is very interested in the roses in the yard, so I will ask Sister Qin Yue to take care of them."

"Yes, certainly."

Xie Xingzhou carried the suitcase and said to Qin Heng, "Sister Qin Yue's room is upstairs, help her carry her luggage up." He turned around and looked at Qin Yue, "Sister Qin Yue, you want to see your room. Room?"

Qin Yue nodded with a smile and followed him upstairs.

There are four rooms on the second floor, one is the original grandfather's bedroom, and the other is the study room. Qin Yue's room is the original guest room. Yesterday, someone specially changed the bed sheets and quilt covers, and put some scented candles and the like girls like things.

Qin Yue packed things in the room, and she never let others interfere, so Xie Xingzhou and Qin Heng went out together.

Qin Heng stood in the corridor and stared at the iron door on the stairs between the second and third floors for a long time. Xie Xingzhou walked to his side and watched the closed iron door silently. Qin Heng felt the tension around him. The atmosphere became a little heavy and couldn't help turning his head to look at Xie Xingzhou.

Xie Xingzhou pursed his lips, "This door has never been opened since my grandfather passed away." He walked over slowly, put his hand on the chain of the iron door, and wiped off the dust bit by bit.

He turned his head to look at Qin Heng, smiled at him and said, "Do you want to go up and have a look?"

Qin Heng slightly raised his eyebrows, but did not refuse.Xie Xingzhou patted the dust off his hands, went to grandpa's room and took a bronze key.

The sound of the iron chain colliding with the iron door was a bit loud, and it attracted Qin Yue who was packing his clothes.Xie Xingzhou opened the iron door and stepped on the thick dust on the steps to go upstairs. He reached out and pressed the switch on the wall, and the corridor was instantly illuminated. The warm yellow light made people feel at ease.

There was only one room on the third floor, and everything inside was covered by a dust-proof film, but Qin Yue could still see what was inside by taking advantage of the light.

"Painting board? Paint?" Qin Yue seemed a little surprised, "Do you know how to draw when sailing a boat?"

Xie Xingzhou removed the dust-proof film, and the whole picture of the room was displayed in front of the eyes of the three of them.There are two drawing boards in the middle of the room. The paints and palettes are piled up in a mess in the corner. There is still an unfinished picture on the drawing boards. There is only a whole piece of blue sky, and the remaining half of the paper is still blank. Although it is not complete, it It is also enough to see the painter's deep workmanship.

Qin Yue walked over and took a look, "Did you draw this?"

Xie Xingzhou nodded, "I was drawing at the time, and I was called to the hospital when I just painted a piece of sky, and I never came back after that."

Xie Xingzhou was very depressed when he said this, so Qin Yue didn't ask any further questions.

Xie Xingzhou took a deep breath, and took the drawing paper off the drawing board, "I've already forgotten what I was going to draw at that time?" He gave a wry smile, crumpled the drawing paper and threw it into the trash can next to it.

Qin Yue raised her head and was attracted by a painting on the wall. She looked straight at the painting, walked quickly to the wall, looked up at the painting, and asked Xie Xingzhou excitedly: "Xing Zhou , why do you have this painting here?"

Qin Yue stretched out his hand, but retracted it again, as if the painting in front of him was something sacred and not to be played with.

Xie Xingzhou also walked over. Looking at the painting, his eyes felt dry. He reached out to touch the photo frame, his throat tightened, "I haven't seen this painting for more than a year."

He stabilized his mind, coughed lightly, resisted the urge to choke, "This painting was a birthday present from my grandfather when I was five years old."

Qin Yue exclaimed for a while, and looked at Xie Xingzhou in surprise, "You mean this painting was drawn by your grandfather?"

Xie Xingzhou nodded, seeing Qin Yue's surprised look, he couldn't help but asked in doubt, "You know my grandpa?"

"Your grandfather...is your grandfather's English name Clarence?" Qin Yue was a little speechless with excitement.

Xie Xingzhou hummed softly, "My grandfather is the painter Clarence who never shows up."

Qin Yue cried out excitedly, and the tears couldn't stop streaming down. Qin Heng walked up to her and put his arms around her shoulders, and explained to Xie Xingzhou: "Clarence is her favorite painter, and we still have a collection of his at home. "

Qin Yue took the paper handed over by Xie Xingzhou, choking with sobs: "He is my favorite painter. He disappeared suddenly a year ago. Everyone is looking for him, but there is no news at all."

"I originally thought that as long as I lived long enough, I would see him one day, but I didn't expect it to be in this way." Qin Yue wiped away tears and looked at the painting on the wall solemnly. The painting was only exhibited once in one gallery, and I tried to buy it, and I talked to Clerance's assistant several times, but was rejected."

"No wonder." Qin Yue looked at Xie Xingzhou, "No wonder the old man didn't want to sell it. It turned out to be a gift for his grandson. I don't think he would sell such a precious thing even if someone paid a sky-high price."

Xie Xingzhou didn't know what to say, so he smiled lightly.