Hugging too hard, Sheng Min had the illusion that his bones were trembling because of his arms, but soon he found that it was not him, but Li Xuan's hand on the back that was trembling.

His breathing was more rapid than usual, and every beat seemed frightened. Sheng Min had to gently stroke his spine to comfort him, as if smoothing the fur of a large ferocious beast.

"Okay." He said, "There are children watching from behind, so don't be a bad example."

Naughty children, laughing and whispering, even the game temporarily lost its appeal, running closer to watch, but shy, shoving and jostling in the distance.

"It was speeding, and I almost ran a red light." Li Xuan didn't let go because of this, and the ghostly messenger answered his initial question, as if a criminal was prosecuting himself to a judge, and then argued, "I'm afraid it's too late."

"What's too late?"

Li Xuan didn't answer, his breath landed on the back of his neck, blowing through the fine hairs on his skin.Niu Tau said erratically, "I haven't been afraid for a long time...Sheng Min, you must tell me if you have anything to do."

"You have to know everything, why are you so arbitrary." Sheng Min said in a low voice.

"Arbitrariness is your choice."

"Yes, I chose." Sheng Min's warm breath pressed against his ear, "So didn't I ask you to come?"

"I should come." Li Xuan replied simply.

Sheng Min smiled lightly: "Don't be nervous. It's okay, really... at least it's not all bad. You don't have to think about how to deal with difficult mother-in-law and uncle."

He made such a joke that Li Xuan didn't realize it immediately.After a while, he stepped back slightly and looked at Sheng Min in astonishment: "What do you mean?"

"That's the literal meaning...well, let me go first." Sheng Min broke free from his arms, "The two kids behind have been laughing, it's embarrassing, don't spoil the kids."

Li Xuan frowned: "Sheng Min..."

"I'm hungry." Sheng Min cut him short, shaking his arms, "Have you eaten yet?"

Li Xuan hesitated for a second.

"Tell me not to lie to me."

"No."

"Breakfast or lunch?..." Seeing his expression, Sheng Min came to a conclusion, "Neither."

Li Xuan said helplessly, "Don't change the subject."

"Who is changing the subject now?" Sheng Min smiled, "Let's find a place to eat first."

Walking to the east end of the town, there is a very small market, and a few restaurants are scattered here and there. It was late, and the moon quietly blew over the treetops. Most of the shops were closed, and only a kind-hearted old lady guarded the room.Small noodle shop.

"Are you busy tomorrow morning?" Sheng Min asked him after ordering and waiting for the kitchen to cook.

"It's nothing important, and I brought a computer, it's the same everywhere." Li Xuan said.

"Then find out if there is a hotel in the town later, and if so, don't go back to the city tonight?" Sheng Min tilted his head to ask for his opinion, and raised his finger to the rolling hills behind him, "Come with me tomorrowMountain."

"There is no hotel in the town." Before Li Xuan could answer, the old man who cooked the noodles heard it, wiped his hands on his apron and came out, "You two want to stay? If you can't stay at my house, go up to the second floor....It's clean, my grandson went to study in the city, and his room is empty...but the bed is a bit small. I live downstairs with the old man, and it's quiet.”

Glancing at each other, Sheng Min nodded: "Okay."

"Then..." The old man was a little shy, "Fifty?"

Sheng Min smiled: "Yes." Li Xuan beside him consciously took out two banknotes and handed them over.

"It's much, much more."

"It's okay, take it." Sheng Min said, "You don't need to put coriander in a bowl of noodles."

"Okay, remember. Go and rest first." The old man was happy and embarrassed after making money, wishing he could be more warm and thoughtful, "It will be ready in a while, I will serve it to you later...Go into the alley next to it, and you can go upstairs with a ladder."

"I thought you've been here for the past few days." Walking out of the store, Li Xuan continued what he hadn't finished speaking just now.

"I didn't arrive until you called."

Sheng Min tugged at his sleeves, and the two of them turned to a clothing store that didn't have a signboard next to them, and bought two sets of T-shirts and shorts that had almost no tailoring, but were soft to the touch, as pajamas.

"I wanted to go up the mountain today." Sheng Min said softly, "You said you wanted to come, so I'll wait for you."

"What are you doing up the mountain?" Li Xuan took the bag from the owner.

"I don't know." Sheng Min thought for a while, "It's nothing special... maybe find a tree."

There was a little confusion in his tone and expression, and he looked closely with unspeakable anxiety, Li Xuan's heart tightened, and he stopped asking.Gently hugged his shoulder and said, okay, I'll accompany you.

Walked two steps down the alley and saw the stairs.The railings are rusty and mottled, and they rattle when stepped on. The upstairs is a small one-bedroom layout.A bland and homely scene.

Sheng Min said that he was hungry, but his appetite was not very good. He ate half a bowl of noodles, picked up the vegetables inside, and put down his chopsticks.

"I'll go down and cook you a bowl of white water vegetables?"

"I'm full." Sheng Min shook his head, "I haven't missed three meals...you have to finish eating, you can't eat well, you will get stomach problems when you get old."

"Then will you take care of me?" Li Xuan joked.

"Take care of you?" Sheng Min scowled, "I'll send you to a nursing home."

"Then we have to live in one room too." Li Xuan followed him and changed his words, "Forget it, I heard that they will abuse the elderly, so I'd better put me in your house."

Sheng Min pursed his lips and did not answer, Li Xuan lightly kicked his calf with the toe of his shoe: "Why, don't you want to start messing around and end up giving up?"

Sheng Min knew that he was trying to tease him, so he tapped his bowl with chopsticks: "Eat first, I'll think about it."

So Li Xuan obediently ate up a bowl of noodles, and he took the half bowl left by Sheng Min and ate it. After finishing, he drank a glass of water before saying, "It's a bit salty."

"The old man has heavy hands." Sheng Min refilled his glass with another half, and asked casually, "Is this the kind of glass you smashed?"

Li Xuan almost swallowed his saliva, Sheng Min said slowly: "I see you are eighty years old, your hair is all white, and you can become a king even in a nursing home. If anyone dares to beat you, you will be fine if you don't beat others."After pulling Li Xuan's hand, the latter wanted to shrink back, but was glared lightly: "Waiting for me to ask you?"

"Slightly bigger than this cup." Li Xuan said after deliberation.

"Who did you hit?"

"I have such an image in your heart." Li Xuan deliberately made the atmosphere relaxed, "Why can't someone hit me first."

"Okay, whoever hits my boyfriend, I'll fight back for you."

Li Xuan's Adam's apple twitched: "You are not suitable for this kind of thing."

"Then you tell me something?"

Sheng Min slid his fingertips over the wound on his palm, and raised his eyes slightly. Under such a dim light, his face was still so beautiful. Li Xuan hesitated for a moment, and finally lost under such gaze: "You shouldI know...Zhao Jizhe, remember? He's out of prison."

"It seems that it's time to get out of prison...and then?" Sheng Min thought for a while, "Did you plan to give him the Internet cafe in the university town?...I had a chat with Zhu Zhou."

Li Xuan nodded: "Yes, but he doesn't want it."

"What does he want?"

Li Xuan paused: "...He wants to go to the company."

"So you got into a fight?"

"almost."

"But you finally agreed." Sheng Min glanced at him.

Li Xuan leaned forward and got closer to him: "Are you angry?"

Sheng Min pursed her lips: "I'm only mad at you for being an idiot, for arguing with others and getting hurt...was he hurt?"

"No."

"That would be even more exasperating." Sheng Min said in a flat tone, looking down at the cut in his palm and the light scars on his fingers that had healed, "Does it hurt?"

"No pain."

Sheng Min glared at him, as if he was going to press his wound, Li Xuan didn't hold back, and looked at him indulgently, but Sheng Min didn't press it in the end, lowered his head, blew softly, remained silent for a while, and thenThen I asked him: "He must go to the company, is it because of himself or because of you?"

This question is really interesting, Li Xuan thought for a while: "...We met in the orphanage, I left there long ago, he hasn't."

"Do you think it's your responsibility to help him leave?"

Li Xuan denied: "I have no responsibility to Zhao Jizhe, I just want him to accept the fact that I will not go back...Of course there is no other way to solve it, but I really don't like this feeling.....”

He couldn't find the right words for a while.

"Being accused?" Sheng Min asked suddenly, and Li Xuan raised his eyebrows lightly.

Sheng Min reached out to touch the center of his brow: "I guess."

"That's right." Li Xuan twitched the corners of his mouth, "It's absurd, isn't it? There are so many people accusing me, he's the only one who counts... But I just want to prove that I'm right, heIf I feel that I owe him, I will let him go away convincingly!"

His voice was not high, but his tone was very strong. After he finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his composure, and looked at Sheng Min: "Do you also think that I am wrong?"

"Also?...Is there any conflict in the company over this matter?"

Li Xuan pursed his lips: "I doubt that Qi Boyuan had called you."

Sheng Min poured him another glass of water, watched Li Xuan finish drinking, and then said: "It's okay, if you want to do it, then do it. I don't care about the rest, and I don't care. It's just that you will give it to me next time."If I get two scars myself, I will be angry."

"What happens when you get angry?"

"Go hit him." Sheng Min replied calmly.

Li Xuan looked at him for a while, put away the hostility on his face, and smiled.Sheng Min also smiled: "Give the old man the bowl, I'm a little tired and want to sleep."

As he spoke, he was about to stand up, but Li Xuan held his hand again: "Have you forgotten something?"

"Um?"

"Don't play dumb, I've told you everything." He took Sheng Min's hand to his lips and kissed it, "What's going on these days?"

"You really don't want to suffer at all."

"I am very willing to suffer from you."

Sheng Min was silent for a long time, but Li Xuan looked at him patiently all the time, and finally said slowly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just what I told you this afternoon... Do you remember when we first met, youTell me, are you an orphan? Now I am too. In fact, I have always been... I was picked up by my dad."

I have vaguely guessed some context, but when I really heard Sheng Min say it, Li Xuan's hand tightened suddenly, Sheng Min was a little hurt from being squeezed, but he just patted the back of Li Xuan's hand comfortingly: "Be careful!I'm fine, okay, I'm going to take a shower. You take the bowl down for others."