It was raining outside the window all the time, accompanied by faint thunder, Xie Jin stepped on the wooden floor lightly, trying to avoid making unpleasant trampling sounds as much as possible.

When he passed by the sofa piled with bedding, he found that Wen Liang had already fallen asleep. His long white hair, which was nearly waist-length, was disheveled, and Wen Liang was not afraid of the cold with his upper body naked, tucking most of his face into the fluffy quilt, and he seemed to have fallen asleep long ago.

Xie Jin stood by and tried to take out the quilt from Wen Liang's armpit to cover him, but Wen Liang seemed to use the quilt as a pillow, and refused to let go, so he gave up, and then crept into his bed.

He was lying on his side facing the window, the sound of rain hitting the plastic ceiling outside the window and the faint sound of water coming from the bathroom blended together, Xie Jin lifted the quilt up, and his whole body almost became a plane.

The eyelids began to sink, and the exhaustion from running around all night soon began to appear in the limbs. Xie Jin felt that his limbs began to feel heavy and sore, as if the ends were tied with lead weights and fell to the ground.

Even in such a drowsy scene, his brain was still thinking wildly uncontrollably. Xie Jin closed his eyes, he thought of this not-so-big rental house, when did it start to be filled with all kinds of objects?

Is it Ji Duan? Or gentle? Or maybe it was the arrival of these two people that brought life to this shell that belonged to him to escape from everything. The originally empty rental house also stuffed a lot of second-hand appliances after Wen Liang decided to live there for a long time.

This is also very good, compared to being alone and not being understood by anyone, it is much better to have two friends who are worried about you standing behind you.

Just when Xie Jin was about to fall into a deep sleep when his consciousness was confused, the bed beside him sank, and he turned his head to look in a daze, but someone grabbed his waist, and the scent of shower gel of the same style as him wafted from his nostrils.

"Go to sleep." Ji Duan turned over and took Xie Jin into his arms, rubbing against the man's dry hair, "Go to sleep, Xie Jin."

A murmur made Xie Jin completely let go of his guard. He turned over to look for the source of heat, his arms unconsciously wrapped around something, and Xie Jin's breathing began to become soothing and steady.

After a dreamless sleep, Xie Jin opened his eyes after the "pillow" in his arms moved. The lights in the room were not turned on, but it was not difficult to tell from the light cast from the gap in the curtains that it should be getting late now.

"...Ji Duan?" Xie Jin realized that the so-called pillow in his arms was actually Ji Duan's waist, and he quickly withdrew his arm, as if scalded by the temperature, "Uh, now, what time is it? "

"Three fourteen." Wen Liang on the sofa not far away has also woken up, he is watching TV with the lowest volume, "I slept for more than eight hours, it seems that I slept well."

"Well... I didn't have a dream today." Xie Jin sat up from the bed, not sure if it was because he just woke up, his cheeks were flushed with a thin layer of blush.

"You can have a good rest this afternoon, Uncle Xie, are you going to the hospital?" Ji Duan took the clothes on the side and put them on. He looked at Xie Jin's head, which was a messy chicken coop, and couldn't help rubbing it with his hands, "Would you like it?"Have something to eat before going, you have eaten a half-poached egg since last night."

"Well... there are instant noodles at home, let me make some noodles, do you want to eat?" Xie Jin jumped off the bed, he tried to avoid the young man's smiling eyes, and at the same time he was glad that Wen Liang's focus was on the TV show from beginning to end , should not have discovered the situation on their side.

"I want two bags plus an egg." Wen Liang replied casually. He heard footsteps passing behind him, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Xie Jin, your phone is broken, right?"

"Yeah, it's broken again." Xie Jin was starting a pot to boil water. When Wen Liang reminded him that the old buddy who had been with him for many years was indeed completely scrapped in the pouring rain in the early morning, he smiled helplessly. After dinner, I'm going to check out my new phone."

"Well, I have a proposal." Wen Liang turned over and lay down on the sofa, facing Xie Jin who was in front of the stove, "After all, I live here with you, so I can't live and eat for free. I will pay you for your mobile phone. It’s like mortgage rent.”

Wen Liang fumbled on the sofa for a long time, then took out a savings card from his bag, "There are three thousand dollars in this card, and the password is 000405."

"How can this work? No need, I'll just buy it myself." Xie Jin quickly waved his hand and declined, "Wen Liang, you have helped me a lot, and I can't take any more money from you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ji Duan jumping off the bed, striding over to Wen Liang to get the savings card, the whole set of movements was smooth and smooth, without any hesitation.

"Uncle Xie, he already said that himself, why don't you, go on." Ji Duan couldn't help but stuff the card into Xie Jin's hand, as if the card belonged to him skillfully.

Xie Jin was still a little embarrassed, he looked at this and that with a bitter face, and finally found that the two seemed to be in collusion, as if they must give the money to him.

"Accept it, it will be my rent payment." Wen Liang yawned and urged impatiently, "Thank you boss for cooking the noodles, I will follow you in the future, but if I don't eat now, I will be hungry dead."

"Thank you, boss... Even if it's rent, it's too much money, so..." Xie Jin pursed his lips, the money Wen Liang gave him was almost worth five months' rent, the rent of the old house was low and there were more than one person Let's face it, no matter how you look at it, it's Wen Liang's disadvantage.

"Uncle Xie, the water is boiling, put the noodles." Ji Duan interrupted Xie Jin, pretending to be in a hurry to lift the lid of the pot, and pretending to be scalded by the steam, "Hiss! It's hot!"

Xie Jin really got his attention, and hurriedly sent the young man to work while he did it. Wen Liang witnessed all this silently, waved his hand to regain his senses and continued to watch his financial program.

After a simple meal, Xie Jin packed up and was ready to go out. Only Ji Duan was with him. Wen Liang said that he would continue to sleep and did not want to go to a place like a hospital.

The rain has stopped, but to avoid accidents, Ji Duan still stuffed an umbrella in the backpack that Xie Jin carried with him. The two of them left the old building side by side. The ground was still damp, and the stone bricks with large gaps were easy to splash out if they were not careful. of mud.

Ji Duan walked in front, he carefully avoided all the gaps that might spill mud, and then extended his hand to Xie Jin: "Come."

Xie Jin was somewhat embarrassed. He was a man in his thirties, and he had to be taken care of by a young man younger than himself, which made him feel very ashamed, but Ji Duan's eyes were firm, as if he was saying that if he didn't hold Xie Jin today refuse to go.

He could only reluctantly compromise, even if it seemed to outsiders that he was fighting with the air, but in Xie Jin's eyes, he was holding the young man who took care of him.

At dusk after the rain, a rainbow hangs on the horizon dyed golden yellow by the setting sun. There is a breeze blowing past the entrance of the old street. It is not as cold as the early morning, but like a warm spring breeze, which makes people feel itchy.

"Go to the hospital first?" Ji Duan looked sideways, Xie Jinzheng closed his eyes and felt the wind stop from his face, because he was leading steadily forward without stopping.

Xie Jin shook his head and pointed to the small shop on the corner: "Before you go to the hospital, buy something for Brother Cheng's son and sister Zhang Chi. The children have just been rescued, so the parents should not bother to buy something to comfort them. emotional stuff."

He took Ji Duan into the small shop he frequented. The shop owner was sitting in the glass cabinet at the door eating melon seeds. When she saw Xie Jinlai, she greeted her warmly, "You're here, young man? Do you want to call today?"

"Not today... Boss, are there any children's toys in the store? Can you help me pick some?" Xie Jin nodded politely to the boss. When he had no money to charge his phone bills, he often came here to borrow a landline to make calls, so he and The boss is quite familiar.

"Children's toys? There are some, and I'll go back and get them for you." The boss threw a handful of melon seed shells into the trash can, got up and walked to the back warehouse, "What do you want, young man? Buy more and give you a discount."

Xie Jin finally chose a car and a doll with an unorthodox pedigree from a pile of toys, plus a bag of snacks for children. Because he was carrying a large bag of small things, his and Ji Duan's interlocking hands naturally also just loosened.

"Shen or not?" Ji Duan glanced at Xie Jin's two hands occupied by things, and seemed a little gloomy, "I really want to take it for you if I can."

Xie Jin laughed: "That's not good. Others will think that you have hit a ghost during the day. If you see several bags flying in the air, you will be taken away by an unknown organization for research."

"It's better to study it, at least it's better than holding on like this now." Ji Duan regretted his angry words as soon as he said it. His head lowered in frustration, waiting for Xie Jin's reaction beside him.

"Ji Duan, are you..." Xie Jin sighed softly, not as extreme as he imagined, "Are you not sure about solving the curse on your body?"

This is Xie Jin's first contact with the shaman's curse. Although he has heard a lot of it before, he has never encountered it on a human being, so even if he wants to, he cannot feel the pain caused by this curse on Ji Duan. .

"No, I'm just..." I'm afraid that on the day when I really can't cure it, when I leave, you will be the same as when I first met you, Ji Duan secretly slandered and didn't say the second half of the sentence, "Forget it. , don't worry, I'm fine."

"By the way, Uncle Xie, don't you think you've changed a bit recently?" Ji Duan changed the subject again. He looked at Xie Jin's smiling face, "Do you feel that way?"

"Is there any change?" Xie Jin's face was itchy when Ji Duan stared at him. He turned his face away and tried to avoid the fiery gaze, "Is there? I don't feel anything."

"Well, it's changed." Ji Duan affirmed, his hands were empty and would not hinder his movement, so his warm palms pressed against the man's thin cheeks, which seemed to have a thinner layer of flesh than before.

"I have become laughing, and I can communicate with other people normally... I seem to have gained a little weight."