I'm in a hurry

It was almost noon when Chi Yuan arrived at the airport. Fortunately, there were many flights from H City to B City, and Chi Yuan managed to snag a ticket on his way to the airport.

Take off at 12:30 and land at 3:00.

The passengers on the red-eye flight were all extremely tired. Chi Yuan had been recording a program all day and hadn't rested for a moment. His body was exhausted, but his spirit was extremely excited.

He told himself he needed to rest well on the plane, otherwise he'd be too tired after landing and Mr. Jiang wouldn't look good when he saw him. But if he fell asleep and only slept for two or three hours, wouldn't he look even worse?

Chi Yuan had never cared so much about his image in front of anyone, not even when interviewing for a director or his agent.

Before the plane took off, he thought about whether to send Mr. Jiang a WeChat message to tell him that he had boarded the plane, but then he changed his mind and gave up the idea.

It's already past midnight. If I send him a message, what if Mr. Jiang is waiting for me? I can't keep Mr. Jiang waiting.

Will Mr. Jiang wait for him?

What if?

As they pondered and discussed, the plane soared into the sky, and the people around them began to slowly fall asleep, but Chi Yuan remained excited.

Although he had been busy with work and excited about gradually getting into a stable job, he would think of Jiang Haochen whenever he had a moment of quiet. He wanted to contact him countless times, but he was afraid of bothering Mr. Jiang.

Mr. Jiang said he was like a well-behaved kitten, so he would be a well-behaved kitten. People like to keep pets because pets only appear when their owners want to; they don't bother them when their owners don't want to.

He absolutely cannot let Mr. Jiang dislike him.

He wanted to try to stay by his side as long as possible, so that he might be able to renew the contract when it expired in two years.

At 3 a.m., the plane landed at B City Airport. Chi Yuan had no luggage and left the airport as quickly as possible, but by the time he got a taxi, it was already 3:30 a.m.

Even though there was no traffic in City B in the early morning, it still took him more than forty minutes to arrive at Mr. Jiang's apartment complex. By the time he stood outside Mr. Jiang's apartment door, it was already 4:30 a.m.

It wasn't until he stood at the door, facing the question of whether or not to knock, that Chi Yuan realized it was too late.

Mr. Jiang must be asleep by now.

Mr. Jiang has trouble sleeping, so it's best not to knock on the door.

But I promised Mr. Jiang I would come, so I should let him know. What if he thinks I broke my promise?

Chi Yuan took out his phone, opened Jiang Haochen's chat window, and looked at the last chat history.

At 4:30 PM, Mr. Jiang sent him a message: {I want to see you.}

He only saw the message after recording the show, and by the time he replied it was already 9:50.

It took him nearly seven hours to get here, from 9:50 to 4:30.

Chi Yuan hesitated for a few seconds before deciding to send Mr. Jiang a message: {Mr. Jiang, I've arrived.}

That way, when Mr. Jiang wakes up and sees this, he will know that he has rushed back with all his might.

After sending the message, Chi Yuan leaned against the wall and sat on the floor. The fatigue of the day surged up like a tide, pulling his eyelids down heavily.

Just a door away.

Jiang Haochen, who has trouble sleeping, finally fell asleep at three o'clock. His phone was on the bedside table and had been put on silent, but he still noticed it because he is a light sleeper.

Jiang Haochen was a little irritable. He had taken melatonin before going to bed, but the effect was obviously not good.

I can't just take sleeping pills, can I?

Jiang Haochen had a period of severe insomnia, during which he relied almost entirely on sleeping pills. However, taking too many sleeping pills is bad for the brain, so he forced himself to stop taking them.

I tossed and turned in bed a few times, trying to shake off the sleepiness, but to no avail, so I finally just sat up.

I turned on the bedside lamp and checked my phone, wanting to see which clueless person was disturbing my precious sleep by sending me a message at this hour.

Chi Yuan? !

Jiang Haochen was taken aback. He opened the message and saw a message sent by Chi Yuan two minutes earlier: {Mr. Jiang, I've arrived.}

arrive?

They only exchanged three messages today, so he easily saw the message he sent in the afternoon.

He said he wanted to see Chi Yuan, but several hours later Chi Yuan replied that he would come back as quickly as possible.

He didn't reply to the message because he no longer wanted to see Chi Yuan. He also didn't take the message to heart, after all, they were thousands of kilometers apart, and if they were to meet, it would be the next day.

Have we arrived yet?

Jiang Haochen suddenly remembered something, so he opened the security camera video at the door and saw that a few minutes earlier someone had been loitering at his door.

It was Chi Yuan; he returned overnight.

He didn't finish recording until almost 10 o'clock, and then flew back from H City. Did he not rest for a moment at all?

Jiang Haochen, wearing a bathrobe and slippers, went to open the door.

The motion-sensor light outside the door turned on when the door opened, illuminating the boy sitting in the corner.

The boy was wearing simple jeans and a T-shirt, with makeup still on his face, messy hair with hairspray, and a tired look on his face.

He had just arrived at his doorstep a few minutes ago, and he had just sent himself a message, but now he was sleeping like a log.

Such enviable sleep quality.

Jiang Haochen stared at the boy's sleeping face from a distance for a few minutes. After realizing that the boy really wouldn't be woken up by his staring, he smiled helplessly, walked over, bent down, and tried to pick the boy up.

But as soon as his hand passed through the boy's waist, the boy woke up alertly.

Her cat-like eyes first warily scrutinized him, and the sharpness that flashed in that instant made Jiang Haochen turn his head. Then, as if she recognized him, she immediately became obedient.

"Mr. Jiang, I...you...why did you come out?"

"Didn't you message me saying you arrived?"

"I...did I bother you?" Chi Yuan asked, full of guilt. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have sent the message."

Actually, I shouldn't have sent the message in the first place. I just needed to wait outside the door, and Mr. Jiang would have seen me when he came out in the morning.

I was greedy and tried to be clever, so...

"Why didn't you knock?" Jiang Haochen asked.

"I...I thought you were asleep," Chi Yuan said.

"I did fall asleep, but I was woken up by your message."

Chi Yuan's face immediately turned pale. Just as he expected.

"So, next time you come, just knock on the door," Jiang Haochen said, emphasizing each word. "Because sending a message will wake me up just the same way."

Chi Yuan immediately said, "I...I won't send messages next time, never again."

Jiang Haochen could tell from his expression that he had misunderstood: "So what are you planning to do? Just wait here at the door? What if you get photographed?"

Chi Yuan was at a loss for what to do. Couldn't he just wait at the door?

What should we do then?

Jiang Haochen almost laughed at his own stupidity: "Fine, I'll give you the password in a bit."

Chi Yuan was stunned. Password? The password to Mr. Jiang's apartment?

While still in a daze, Chi Yuan suddenly felt his body lighten as Jiang Haochen picked him up.

"Mr. Jiang, I... I can walk by myself." Chi Yuan struggled to get down.

"Don't move," Jiang Haochen said. "I like cuddling my kitten."

Chi Yuan immediately stopped moving and obediently nestled in Jiang Haochen's arms. However, the boy's skin was thin and red, like the morning glow on the horizon.

A smile unconsciously crept onto Jiang Haochen's lips, as if the headache from insomnia had been relieved considerably.

"Why did you come back so late at night?"

"You said... you wanted to see me."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry."

"I...I'm in a hurry." Chi Yuan didn't dare to look at Jiang Haochen's teasing eyes.

If you want to see me, I will do everything I can to come back, no matter how far away you are, even if you don't need to.

"Okay, you're in a hurry." Jiang Haochen chuckled and carried the person directly into the master bedroom.