The Law of the Excluded Middle

Huo Yi pursued Su Lü for three years, and Su Lü avoided him for three years.

One was like a dog, once he set his sights on someone, he never let go. The other was like a cat, showing his belly only to his own people.

Huo Yi got blackout drunk and kissed him, then forgot all about it the next day. Su Lü blocked him. Later, when a light came crashing down and a car came hurtling toward them, Huo Yi repeatedly shoved Su Lü out of harm's way, ending up with stitches and a broken leg himself. But he knew someone was targeting the Su family, and had been quietly shielding them all along. He never said a word. And what Su Lü hated most was that he never said anything.

Huo Yi's grandfather locked him in the rear building and tried to force him to break up. Huo Yi refused to back down. Then the old man went to Su Lü and forced him to sign an agreement never to return to the country. Su Lü signed. He left behind a citrus candy, with a ring engraved with 0211 hidden inside the tin. Around his neck, he wore the one engraved with 0915. Then he left.

Huo Yi refused to eat for seven days. Once he was out, he fought his way back to control of the family, step by step, all so that one day he could stand before Su Lü and say, "I've come to take you home."

He went to the snow hut, the place they had promised to visit every year. Su Lü was there too. By the fireplace, they cried as they kissed.

Later, Su Lü returned to C Country. At the security checkpoint, Huo Yi held his hand and wouldn't let go. Su Lü reached the corner, turned back, and called, "A Yi." Huo Yi immediately answered, "I'm here."

On the plane, Su Lü opened his phone. His lock screen was a photo of them kissing in the snow. He smiled, then tears filled his eyes. After landing, he received a message. The last three messages read: "I miss you." "I love you."

Huo Yi waited in the car for a reply, waiting a long time. When he saw those words, he clutched his phone and cried like a child.

Everyone said he was crazy. Only Huo Yi knew that what he had always wanted was never the Huo Corporation.

What he wanted was Su Lü. Their one and only unchanging truth was:

I choose you, forever.