leaning on bamboo at sunset

Qi Mu had no way to shirk, so he could only get into Yin Xiuzhu's car.

When he sat in, he felt a little unbelievable.Yin Xiuzhu actually offered to send him off, he thought that Yin Xiuzhu would never talk to him again, and would even avoid all opportunities to be alone with him.

Time is terrible, everything can gradually fade away.

It's just beginning of spring outside, and it's still very cold at night. Fortunately, the temperature in the car is suitable, and there is a very faint fragrance, which seems to be some kind of aromatherapy, which can soothe people's spirits.

Yin Xiuzhu asked him: "Do you want some water?"

Qi Mu nodded: "Okay."

Yin Xiuzhu poured water for him and put it on the cup holder beside his seat.

Qi Mu took a sip of hot water and felt his whole body relax a lot. He couldn't help asking: "Is there any incense in the car?"

"Hmm." Yin Xiuzhu asked back: "Aren't you used to it?"

Qi Mu shook his head: "It's pretty good, it's not strong at all." He asked again, "Does it have the effect of soothing the spirit?"

Yin Xiuzhu paused and said, "There are some."

With a thought, Qi Mu asked him: "Are you tired from work?" There was even such an incense in the car, so it must be because of the great pressure.

Yin Xiuzhu said softly: "It's okay."

Maybe the incense played a role, maybe it was Yin Xiuzhu who took the initiative to send him off, which relieved Qi Mu's tense heart. He has done things that countless people can't do in their lifetime.

Yin Xiuzhu looked slightly gloomy, and asked him: "How have you been doing all these years?"

This is the first sentence that a friend who hasn't seen for a long time should ask, right?They waited until now to ask.

It took Qi Mu a while to say: "It's okay." It's hard to say if it's good or not, but it's not what he imagined.

Qi Mu asked him again: "What about you?"

Yin Xiuzhu couldn't even say the word 'okay'.

At this moment, Qi Mu's cell phone rang, and Qi Mu said to Yin Xiuzhu, "I'll answer the call."

Yin Xiuzhu said: "Please." As he spoke, he turned his head and looked out the window as if avoiding suspicion.

It was Qiao Jin who called, and Qi Mu said, "I've had a drink, so I won't go back and trouble you."

Qiao Jin said, "If I think you're making trouble, I won't give birth to you."

Qi Mu said: "Okay, I will definitely go back tomorrow."

Qiao Jin said, "Your son will not be allowed to stay."

Qi Mu coaxed her: "Da Qiao is obedient, I will go back tomorrow and bring you a present."

Qiao Jin: "...not rare."

After hanging up the phone, Qi Mu said to Yin Xiuzhu: "By the way, I'm not going home, please take me to Huachen."

Yin Xiuzhu asked: "Why do you stay in the hotel all the time?"

Qi Mu said: "At first it was my house that I hadn't lived in for too long and I didn't clean it up, and later I drank with Xu Xiaoming, and it was too late to go home and quarrel with them."

Yin Xiuzhu nodded and asked, "Are you used to staying in a hotel?"

Qi Mu said: "I think it's pretty good, but Da Qiao is very disgusted and asked me to disinfect myself before going home."

Yin Xiuzhu's throat was slightly dry, and he said, "Why don't you go live with me."

Qi Mu was taken aback.

After saying this, Yin Xiuzhu was very nervous, he felt that he was sick again, otherwise he would say such absurd words, but he couldn't stop, as long as he could stay with him for a while, he didn't want to miss a second.

"I mean..." Yin Xiuzhu explained, "The hotel is indeed not clean, and it's not convenient to travel."

Qi Mu smiled, he knew Yin Xiuzhu's petty cleanliness, he said: "I'm fine, what I said."

Yin Xiuzhu used to be able to make the most eloquent people speechless in meetings, but now he hesitated, and it took a long time before he said: "I moved out and live by myself."

Qi Mu replied: "It's fine to move out." It's too uncomfortable to live in such an empty house.

Yin Xiuzhu said again: "It's near here."

Qi Mu: "..."

Yin Xiuzhu's voice became smaller and smaller: "...here we are."

Qi Mu felt that he was crazy when he entered the elevator - what is this for?Why did you catch up with me in a flash?Live at Yin Xiuzhu's house?Can he sleep!

But... Qi Mu couldn't help but glance at the people around him.

Why did Yin Xiuzhu invite him?Shouldn't he hate him to death and don't want to see him again.Why did you invite him to live at his house?

Qi Mu's mouth was dry and he wanted to smoke.

The elevator stopped, and Qi Mu followed behind Yin Xiuzhu.I live in a duplex apartment. The first floor is a very spacious living room. Because it is open up and down, it looks very spacious and bright, without the cramped feeling of an apartment.

As soon as Qi Mu came in, he smelled the same incense as in the car.

He liked the smell quite a bit, but he was a little worried.It seems that Yin Xiuzhu has been under a lot of pressure these years, and he probably has poor sleep.

Qi Mu took off his coat and changed his shoes. Yin Xiuzhu asked, "What would you like to drink?" If it was before, he would definitely make hot cocoa for him, but now...

Qi Mu said, "Coffee."

Yin Xiuzhu responded: "Wait a moment."

Qi Mu sat on the sofa, looking around - this house is very new.It's normal, Yin Xiuzhu didn't come back for long.

The decoration style is very warm, but for some reason, Qi Mu always feels that it is a bit deliberately warm, as if deliberately creating a relaxing atmosphere, trying to give some comfort to the people living in it.

The warmth of the home is not maintained by decoration, but the breath of life.However, such a warm "home" lacks traces of the owner, and has been reduced to a model room with a label of warmth and comfort.

Yin Xiuzhu came out with coffee, Qi Mu took it and said, "Thank you."

Yin Xiuzhu said: "No need." Then he sat down on the sofa next to him.

They used to sit on the same side, but now there is no such thing as the past.

Qi Mu lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, but the taste of coffee couldn't hide the bitterness in his mouth. He wanted to smoke, but he didn't want to smoke in front of Yin Xiuzhu.

Yin Xiuzhu suddenly asked him: "Why don't you eat chocolate?"

One sentence stopped Qi Mu from asking.What is he going to say?The real answer was even hard for him to tell.

After going abroad, Qi Mu has never touched chocolate again. This is his favorite food, but it has become the thing he dreads the most.It was only after seeing the chocolates that he realized that in his more than ten years of life, almost all the chocolates were given to him by Yin Xiuzhu.

When I see chocolate, I will inevitably think of Yin Xiuzhu, and then think of their terrible present.

He once tried to eat a piece of chocolate, but he couldn't taste the slightest sweetness, only thick bitterness, so he never touched chocolate again.

Wei Pingxi had given him cigarettes many times before, but Qi Mu didn't touch it, because he knew that Yin Xiuzhu would definitely not be able to stand the smell of cigarettes.It's all right now, Yin Xiuzhu is no longer by his side.

Qi Mu said softly, "It's too naive to eat chocolate for such a big man."

Yin Xiuzhu's eyes lit up, and he asked him: "So, you still like to eat, right?"

Qi Mu: "..."

Yin Xiuzhu stood up and said, "I have it here, do you want to eat it?" He asked this question cautiously, for fear that Qi Mu would refuse.

How could Qi Mu refuse, he swallowed dryly and said, "Okay, okay."

Yin Xiuzhu had a smile in his eyes and said, "Wait for me a while."

Qi Mu nodded, sitting on the sofa but he didn't know how to put his hands and feet.

Yin Xiuzhu came back soon, he held a box and put it in front of Qi Mu.

Qi Mu hadn't felt this kind of anticipation for a long time, he said: "I opened it."

Yin Xiuzhu said: "It's all yours."

With a trembling heart, Qi Mu opened the box.The not-too-big box is full of chocolates, and the packaging is different, of different types, and all kinds are crowded together, which weighs the whole box heavily.

When Qi Mu saw the familiar types of chocolate, his nose instantly became sour.

Yin Xiuzhu's throat was dry and hoarse: "Try it?" He was cautious and careful, he could only stand in the ice and snow, shivering from the cold, trying his best to please the distant sun that refused to give him any more light.

Qi Mu's fingers were numb, he didn't know how to open the wrapping paper, and he didn't know how to put the chocolate in his mouth, but when the sweet taste filled his mouth, he seemed to come alive.

"Delicious." Qi Mu bit his lip, trying not to lose his composure.

Yin Xiuzhu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Just as long as you like it." He prepares chocolates every year, batch after batch, the best and freshest ones, Qi Mu might like them, and he tries his best to collect them.

If Qi Mu is unwilling to see him again in this life, then this is the only connection between him and him.

Yin Xiuzhu picked up another piece and said to him, "Try this again."

Qi Mu couldn't eat any more, his eyes were hot, but when he said it with a smile, it seemed like he was crying: "Before, you didn't want me to eat two yuan at once."

Yin Xiuzhu was stunned.

Qi Mu held the chocolate, his eyes were almost filled with tears, he said, "Yin Xiuzhu... I'm sorry."

This apology confused Yin Xiuzhu.Why do you apologize?How could Qi Mu apologize to him?Isn't he the one who can't be forgiven?

Qi Mu couldn't help it anymore, he said all the words he had held back for four years: "I was wrong that day, I shouldn't talk nonsense and humiliate you."

Yin Xiuzhu came back to his senses, he stared straight at the chocolate in his hand with a stiff expression.

So it turned out to be like this... Is Qi Mu apologizing for the confession of the wrong person?Qi Mu got drunk, mistook him for Wei Pingxi, and confessed his love.Is he apologizing to him for this?But what is there to apologize for?

"You are not wrong." Yin Xiuzhu said with lowered eyes, "I hurt you that day."

Qi Mu hated himself so much, he unconsciously raised his voice: "If I hadn't been confused and said those nonsense, you wouldn't be so angry, and you wouldn't..." The reason is him, he broke them for many years Feelings.

Yin Xiuzhu's head felt a sharp pain like a needle prick again, he said softly: "Don't say that, Qi Mu...you are not wrong, I know you don't like me, but I still treat you like that, it's me who put everything to shame. destroyed."

Qi Mu was stunned.

Yin Xiuzhu said: "Qi Mu, I'm sorry, I thought you would never see me...I thought I would never see you again...I..." There was a long-lost pain in his head, which almost made him lose consciousness. ability to think.

Qi Mu noticed his strangeness, and said distressedly: "Yin Xiuzhu, what's wrong with you?"

Yin Xiuzhu covered his head, his strength was so great that the veins on the back of his hands burst out, his voice became even more embarrassed, and he said all the unspeakable things that he knew would only make everything worse.

"...I will not disturb your life, I will not interfere in your life, I just want to stay by your side, as long as I can see you... I will not say that again, I will work hard, hard not to like you You... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

"Don't ignore me..." During the six months of his illness, these four words were the only things he could explain clearly.

Qi Mu's head was buzzing: "What are you talking about? Yin Xiuzhu, do you... like me?"