Cappuccino Rhapsody

When Qi Xu finished smoking the last cigarette in the cigarette case, he finally got someone.

The little girl put on exaggerated lipstick and eye shadow, her face seemed to be covered with a thick layer of white paint, her face was filled with impatience, but her eyes lit up the moment she saw Qi Xu.The rain fell exaggeratedly, and it hit the top of the umbrella with a "slap" sound. She stood still and took a few steps forward, stretching out the umbrella to cover Qi Xu's already wet body.

She said, "Sorry, I'm late."

The sound of "click" just turned to the top of Qi Xu's head, and suddenly became louder, making his ears hurt.

Qi Xu took two steps forward and stood side by side with her, the umbrella blocked both of them at the same time.

The little girl was a little shy: "My name is Lin Xieyang."

"Hmm." Qi Xu took out the cigarette in his mouth, extinguished it, raised his phone, switched to selfie mode, and said in a hoarse voice, "Look at the camera."

"click" -

The camera left Qi Xu's plain gaze, and the little girl's hastily raised smile.

"Let's go." Qi Xu said.

"Hey wait, what's your name?"

The sound became smaller and smaller.

Qi Xu heard the other party say again: "Why don't you take the umbrella, it caused you to be drenched in the rain for so long."

The little girl was wearing a black dress and white shoes, and the splashed mud stained her all over. She quickly ran to Qi Xu's side, stuffed the umbrella into his hand, and said involuntarily, "Take it, take it."

Qi Xu paused, sighed, and said, "Forget it."

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, there are almost no people on the street, many shops have turned off the lights, everything is in a gray and black, Qi Xu holds an umbrella in one hand, and takes out his mobile phone in the other hand, and takes out the picture just now. The group photo was sent to Qi Roujun.

The little girl's voice whispered in her ears: "I didn't expect you to be so handsome. If I had known that you were so handsome, I would have taken it seriously. Put on nice makeup and wear clothes that don't look like a dog. Be good!" Let's match it... After all, I'm just a dog..."

"You don't need to take it so seriously." A new message was received on the phone, and Qi Rou asked him to take it down, and Qi Xu put the phone in his pocket indifferently, "I didn't take it seriously either."

Lin Xieyang was at a loss for words for a moment, and after a while he said: "Ah, all right. Then you have waited for me for so long?"

"Always give someone an explanation."

For a long time, no one spoke.

Under the dim street lamps, the moths that should have rushed to the flames had already run to shelter from the rain. From a distance, the road seemed endless.

After entering the community, Lin Xieyang said: "But... your first love is really still there?"

Qi Xu staggered a little, turned to look at her, somewhat unbelievable: "What?"

Lin Xieyang rolled his eyes with some embarrassment, and said: "Ah, what, Sister Qi told me that your first love is still there, I think you are 24 or [-] years old... If your first love is still there, it is because you are so beautiful It doesn't look good, or it's because of a hidden disease...so..."

Qi Xu stopped walking, stood there looking at her, and suddenly smiled: "Then which one do you think I should be?"

Lin Xieyang covered his blushing face: "I don't know. Don't look at me like that, you are so handsome. I'm shy."

An indescribable sense of helplessness rose in Qi Xu's heart, an emotion that hadn't reappeared for many years.

Qi Xu sent him to the unit building, Lin Xieyang pushed down the elevator floor, and insisted on giving him the umbrella: "Just return it to me when you have a chance."

"No need," Qi Xu said rather unkindly, "There is no need to contact me anymore."

"Then take the umbrella." Lin Xieyang insisted, "You don't have to return it to me."

Qi Xu didn't want to bother with her anymore, and took the umbrella back with a "hmm", the elevator finally went down to the first floor slowly, Lin Xieyang raised his hand to say goodbye to him.A figure came out of the elevator, grasped Lin Xieyang's wrist, and said in a very low voice, "I didn't bring an umbrella. I'm coming to give it to you."

Lin Xieyang let out an "oops" and said, "I brought it and gave it to my blind date. He sent me back just now."

The man smiled, and there was a not-so-obvious fine line at the corner of his eye. He turned his head and met Qi Xu's eyes: "Thank you, first..."

The sound stopped suddenly.

"Birth?" Qi Xu answered the last word for him with squinted eyes, and took out an empty cigarette case in his pocket.There was no more smoke, he thought to himself, "tsk", and asked, "Is there any smoke? Ling Jiangyuan."

Ling Jiangyuan lives alone.

The house is quite big, with a huge floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, and the raindrops gathered into small streams and slid down from above, obscuring the entire window shrouded in fog.

"The light is broken, so let's make it up." Ling Jiangyuan found a pair of slippers for Qi Xu, "Only my shoes, so you can make up for it."

"Yeah." Qi Xu changed his shoes and looked around the layout of the house. It can be seen that the owner is still very lively. There are a lot of green plants in the living room, and there are still leftovers on the open kitchen countertop. There are a few tomatoes under the house, there is no TV in the room, and the field of vision seems to be open.

Ling Jiangyuan pulled out the drawer, actually took out a box, and threw it to Qi Xu.

Qi Xu smiled: "I thought you didn't have one."

"some."

Ling Jiangyuan also laughed after finishing speaking.

They stood in the dark, relying only on the faint light outside the window, they could dimly see the expressions on each other's faces.In a trance, it seems to have returned to that summer night many years ago, but there was no such heavy rain that day, and the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus blooming was blown by the wind in the distance.

Qi Xu learned to smoke that day.It belongs to Ling Jiangyuan Church.

Qi Xu lit a cigarette, and an unknown light shone in his dark pupils.

With a "click", Ling Jiangyuan suddenly turned on the desk lamp.

Under the dim yellow light, Ling Jiangyuan seemed to have changed, but he didn't seem to have changed.His hair is shorter, there are more fine lines around his eyes, and when he smiles, he is no longer as gentle and powerful as before.

"Go take a shower." Ling Jiangyuan said, "Don't catch a cold."

"Yeah." Qi Xu looked at the bathroom that Ling Jiangyuan was pointing at, turned around and walked over there, the moment he opened the door, he turned his head, looked at Ling Jiangyuan and said, "I forgot to say—"

"what?"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Ling Jiangyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Well, long time no see."

Qi Xu stretched out his hand to wipe the blurry mirror clean.

There are some things that Ling Jiangyuan usually uses on the table. He still pays so much attention to maintenance, but even so, he still looks a little older.Maybe it's because any skin care products can't resist the growth of age, can't resist the long years, after all, they have to carve marks on each other's bodies.

Ling Jiangyuan has changed, in fact, he has also changed.

Ling Jiangyuan knocked on the door: "Here come the clean towels."

Qi Xu half-opened the door, took the towel from the other party's hand nonchalantly, wiped it clean, and changed into the clothes Ling Jiangyuan prepared—dry, with the warm breath of the sun.Ling Jiangyuan is about the same height as him, so the size of the clothes is just right.

When Qi Xu walked out, Ling Jiangyuan paused the things in the computer, looked back at him for a moment, and then said: "It's just right. I have grown taller."

"Taller than you." Qi Xu said.

Ling Jiangyuan looked at him: "It was only at the position of my ear before."

Qi Xu was aroused to be unconvinced, and said: "Do you want to compare?" He realized his sudden childishness after speaking, and just about to say "Forget it", Ling Jiangyuan actually stood up and said: "Call Lin Xieyang come and see."

In the middle of the night, Lin Xieyang was sleeping soundly, and was grabbed from the bed by Ling Jiangyuan like a strong man, watching the two big men with dark circles competing for height.

Ling Jiangyuan and Qi Xu stood back to back, the heat of each other's bodies pressed tightly against each other.

Qi Xu straightened his back silently.

Lin Xieyang yawned and said, "Brother, you lost."

Ling Jiangyuan was not annoyed either, and said with a smile: "When people get old, their growth shrinks."

"Are you all right, two big brothers?" Lin Xieyang said so, and went out with a precarious body, closed the door, and returned to his home.

Ling Jiangyuan's and Qi Xu's bodies were still touching each other tightly, and neither of them took a step forward.

Qi Xu looked at the swaying shadows of the two on the ground, and suddenly whispered: "I won."

Ling Jiangyuan didn't speak, they still pressed their backs tightly.

Finally, it was Qi Xu who came to his senses, he took a step forward and said, "Pick another one."

"Are your lungs okay?" Ling Jiangyuan squinted at him, as if to refuse, "Don't blame me for talking too much, smoking too much is not good for your health."

"You're a bit talkative." Qi Xu looked at him very bluntly.

"Okay." Ling Jiangyuan threw the whole pack of cigarettes to him and asked, "Have you graduated yet?"

"You're living a muddled life." Qi Xu's every sentence suddenly became sharp, "I'm 25, uncle. Even if I'm studying for graduate school, I've already graduated."

Ling Jiangyuan looked a little strange in his eyes, looking at him strangely.

"Why?" Qi Xu looked at him.

"It's nothing..." Ling Jiangyuan smiled, "It's just that I haven't heard anyone call me that for a long time."

It was only then that Qi Xu realized the word he subconsciously yelled just now.

Frowning tightly, he stood up suddenly, pinched the cigarette in his hand, and said, "I have to go back."

"Yeah." Ling Jiangyuan didn't stop him, and said, "Be careful on the road."

"En." Qi Xu opened the door, and at that moment, an impulse surged in his heart, and the impulse swept all his thoughts, and he lost his reason.

But he has wanted to ask this question for a long time, since the first time he saw him.

So Qi Xu turned around and glanced at him, and asked, "Where's Miss Bai?"

Ling Jiangyuan was stunned for a moment, the water glass in his hand almost fell over, he cleared his throat, looking a little embarrassed.But Qi Xu obviously wanted to wait for an answer, so he just stared at him straight.

Ling Jiangyuan had no choice but to say: "Overseas."

"Oh." Qi Xu smiled and said, "Separation."

Before Ling Jiangyuan could say more, Qi Xu had already closed the door. With a "pop", it seemed that all the surprises of meeting and reunion were buried behind this door.

They did not exchange contact details.Ling Jiangyuan thought.

The author says:

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