cold flame

During this time, Gao Wenxuan started to be busy with academic papers, held meetings and seminars until late at night, and spent less time at home, let alone going to Lin Mo's house.

Today, however, he finished his work ahead of schedule, and drove to a commercial circle in the center of the city in the twilight.In the afternoon, Lin Mo contacted Gao Wenxuan and said that it was Lin Zi's birthday, and Xu Yan wanted to celebrate his birthday, so he chose a mid-end KTV here.

Gao Wenxuan was always not interested in banquets such as birthday parties, but despite this, he brought the prepared gifts and arrived at the box before the appointed time.

Xu Yan was the first to stand up and said with a smile on his face, "Doctor Gao, I heard from Lin Mo that you are very busy recently, so I thought you would not come today."

"No matter how busy you are, you still have to take time to attend your friend's birthday party. After all, it only happens once a year." Gao Wenxuan sent the gift directly to the inviter for this party, and nodded to Lin Zi: "Happy birthday."

Lin Zi just gestured lazily, "Thank you."

Xu Yan was a little embarrassed to take the gift. Originally, he just invited Lin Mo. He thought it would be more lively, and he couldn't invite the friends around him who didn't know about his situation, so he temporarily asked Lin Mo to invite Gao Wenxuan, whom he still knew. I came here, but I didn't expect the other party to give a special gift.

"Doctor Gao, thank you for the gift. When is your birthday?"

Gao Wenxuan was slightly taken aback after sitting down, and joked, "Why, you want to celebrate my birthday too?"

"Uh..." Xu Yan was thinking about how to answer, he just wanted to give a gift.

"That's all for next year." Lin Mo, who was sitting next to him and hadn't spoken since just now, said suddenly.

A trace of surprise flashed in Gao Wenxuan's eyes, he smiled slightly at Lin Mo and said, "I didn't expect you to remember."

"I just remember an approximate time." Lin Mo was wearing a black coat, his hair was cut shorter than before, his cold eyes were bright and emotionless, and he was sitting on a comfortable cushion like this, it was hard to imagine him The appearance of the training school teaching and dispelling doubts to a group of young students.

Gao Wenxuan suddenly felt better, as if there was an outlet to relieve the busyness of the past few days.

"Doctor Gao, come and sing a song too! Just now Lin Mo and the senior sang." Xu Yan had already put away the gift, and was enthusiastically handing the microphone to Gao Wenxuan.

"You always call me Doctor Gao, it's too unfamiliar,"

Xu Yan thought for a while and thought it made sense, "Then I'll call you Brother Gao, after all you are Lin Mo's brother-in-law."

Gao Wenxuan touched his nose with a helpless smile, and took the microphone, "There are some of you music students here, so I have to play well."

"Which song do you want?" Xu Yan had already gone to the song ordering screen.

"Old songs are good, but new songs are less heard."

Gao Wenxuan learned the piano since he was a child, and he was already familiar with the rhythm. Even if he sang a song with a female voice, he skillfully lowered the key, which immediately made people feel refreshed.

"No matter how deep the sky is, no cracks can be seen, the brows are still full of dense clouds, even if a dark light in the room can't penetrate my body, it can still reflect your heart, let this smoke rise, and my body sinks How much I want to be close to your heart and eyes Mouth and ears have no destiny, I can't hold it tight, I'm afraid that the tragedy will repeat itself, my fate is more beautiful, the more I can't touch it..."

Low and slow, like the autumn wind blowing in a deep alley, whirling muffled in the dark and endless corners.Lin Mo listened to the singing close to his ears, and did not look at the profile of the person holding the microphone next to him.

After the song was over, Gao Wenxuan put down the microphone, and only Xu Yan sat upright in the middle and applauded, saying, "Brother Gao, you sing really well."

Lin Zi sat lazily next to Xu Yan, with only one pair of eyes fixed on the most active lover tonight, while Lin Mo finished listening in silence, still expressionless.

Gao Wenxuan said with a smile to Xu Yan: "Thank you for supporting me so as not to embarrass me. Alright, I've finished singing, shall we get to the point?"

"Well, we can finally open the cake."

Xu Yan moved the cake box on the table to the middle, carefully opened the paper box, Lin Zi was infected by his solemn actions, and naturally moved to the side of the dessert that was not of interest at all.Inside is a two-layer square cake, with a simple human figure drawn on it. Judging from the hair characteristics alone, this human figure must be Lin Zi.

Next to it is a guitar about the size of a human being, surrounded by red cherries, and the only chocolate sign standing on top of the snow-white cream, on which is written the most sincere congratulations from the person who ordered the cake—"senior, birthday hapiness."

Lin Zi raised the corner of his mouth, his usual frivolous jokes were gone, he looked at Xu Yan and said, "Thank you, I like it very much."

Xu Yan pursed his lips and smiled, "It's just that I didn't draw very well." In order not to spoil the overall aesthetics of the cake, he only took a candle and lit it symbolically.

"Okay, you come to make a wish."

"You don't need this?" Lin Zi rubbed Xu Yan's hair helplessly.

Xu Yan, who is accompanied by family and friends to celebrate his birthday every year, said: "But if you don't make a wish on your birthday, wouldn't it be a waste?"

"I have no wishes."

Xu Yan didn't force himself anymore, and helped Lin Zi blow out the candles. Gao Wenxuan and Lin Mo congratulated the birthday star again.Xu Yan took the initiative to share the cake with the people present, because not long after dinner, everyone didn't have much appetite for the sweets on the plate, so they ate a few mouthfuls according to the birthday atmosphere.

After the ceremonial cake wishing was over, they opened wine and drinks and continued to sing and sing. After the birthday celebration just now, Lin Zi became more interested, and Xu Yan and Xu Yan each took a personal mic and sang popular saliva songs with a strong rhythm.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Lin Mo put the cigarette case and lighter on the table into his pocket, stood up and greeted them.

Not long after he left, Gao Wenxuan also went out.

Xu Yan stopped singing, and without leaving the microphone in his hand, he whispered to himself, "They always go to the bathroom together."

"Who knows." Lin Zi said, wrapping his arms around him and pulling him into his arms.

Gao Wenxuan found Lin Mo who was smoking a cigarette on the other side of the corridor. The gorgeous chandelier above his head scattered warm light, projecting on his fair face. With the cumbersome brightly patterned wall behind him, it looked like a vivid palace oil painting.

"Why are you smoking here?" Gao Wenxuan walked over and asked.

"Get some air outside."

Seeing the other party approaching, Lin Mo put out half of the cigarettes left in his hand, and threw them into the trash bin next to him, "Go in." After speaking, he turned to Gao Wenxuan with confidence, and after walking a few steps, he thought of something, and turned back and said: " By the way, I saw your acquaintance today, at school."

"My acquaintance?"

"It's the woman I met downstairs in my school on National Day last time."

Gao Wenxuan frowned slightly, "She? She is my patient, you'd better stay away from her."

Taking advantage of the weak light, Lin Mo, who didn't let go of the subtle expression on his face, said in a colder tone: "Yes, she told me a lot."

"Oh, what about the bar?" Gao Wenxuan was not surprised at all.

"That's right." Lin Mo glanced at him coldly, "Although I don't know the reason why you asked someone to go to the bar to make trouble, it does sound like you Gao Wenxuan would use, and now I don't want to argue with you The price my friend and I paid in this matter is just seeing your guilt-free face, and I am furious, and you don't seem to think that I will turn against you because of this."

Indeed, I think they have been together for seven years, and there have been many indignant or unpleasant things during the period. Whether it is a misunderstanding or a fact, they can always heal the superficial rift and continue to communicate. Part of the reason, but more, Gao Wenxuan came from a kind of self-confidence that came from knowing Lin Mo's understanding of himself.

He has stopped hiding in front of Lin Mo since a long time ago, so the other party will not be surprised by anything he does, even if Lin Mo sometimes finds it hard to explain why.

He asked someone to go to the bar to make trouble. The plan was just to intimidate Lin Mo to find fault and get him fired. Unexpectedly, the development of the situation was unexpected. Not only was Lin Zi injured and hospitalized, even Lin Mo almost made a big mistake and went to jail. risk.

Although he achieved his goal in the end, it was a risky move that he almost regretted, and the reason for doing so was naturally the scene he saw when he improvised to pick up Lin Mo that night.