if you catch me

After a while, I finally shook my head slightly, "Forget it, I'll take a shower too."

The dormitory building is very quiet, and most of them work in the workshop.

Qi Chengliu turned off the light before going to take a bath. Without the light, Tan Zhou soon felt sleepy and fell asleep after a while.

Qi Chengliu came back from the shower, walked into the house in the dark, deliberately took his steps lightly, and put down his things lightly too.

He approached Tan Zhou's bedside and heard his even and steady breathing.

Fell asleep.

Qi Chengliu stood by the bed for a long time.

In the end, he touched Hei'er and carefully pushed Tan Zhou in, trying to make room.

Unexpectedly, Tan Zhou woke up unexpectedly. He opened his eyes and vaguely saw a vague figure. He knew it was Qi Chengliu at a glance. He asked, "What are you doing?"

Qi Chengliu almost had a heart attack from fright.

His whole body tensed up, and it took a long while before he made a sound: "...Are you awake?"

Tan Zhou was still a little dizzy, and didn't think about it. He turned over, closed his eyes and continued to sleep, muttering, "I was woken up by you."

Tan Zhou made room by turning over.

Qi Chengliu looked down and thought to himself, tsk, it would be nice to turn over earlier.

Qi Chengliu thought about it for a while, but still didn't want to give up this opportunity, so he said after some consideration, "Can I sleep with you?"

Tan Zhou opened his eyes again.

No sleep at all.

Seeing that Tan Zhou didn't reply for a long time, Qi Chengliu muttered in a low voice: "Asleep?"

Only then did Tan Zhou say: "No."

"Then, do you agree or disagree?"

Tan Zhou said, "I don't agree."

Qi Chengliu said: "I won't do anything, you trust me."

"I've already made the bed for you." Tan Zhou acted as if he hadn't heard his promise.

Qi Chengliu thought for a while, "Then I put that quilt away?"

Tan Zhou: "..."

In this silence.

Qi Chengliu's brain became hot, he didn't wait for Tan Zhou's consent, and went directly to the bed forcefully. In order to prevent being kicked out of the bed, he hugged Tan Zhou tightly the moment he came up, not letting him struggle, while talking nicely "Tan Zhou, don't be angry..."

Tan Zhou was a little dumbfounded.

What is this called.

It's like saying vigorously while beating you, don't get angry.

"Qi Chengliu." Tan Zhou called his name.

Qi Chengliu's heart skipped a beat.

Calling him by his first name so seriously, nothing good will happen next.

Moreover, Tan Zhou rarely called his name.

Everything is abnormal, and people's first reaction is that something is going to happen.

Not a good thing.

In the dark, Qi Chengliu let go of Tan Zhou. He was not afraid that Tan Zhou would kick him out of bed at this moment when he was about to start talking.

Qi Chengliu responded honestly.

As his eyes got used to the black, Tan Zhou said slowly, "You don't know how much time it took me to consider you as a friend."

Qi Chengliu was stunned.

"I'm a person who holds grudges very much. You ruined my life. I can't—" Tan Zhou paused, and after a while, he said softly and slowly, "I can see that you are making up for me, so, Treating you as a friend is already my biggest step back."

"Qi Chengliu, don't think about anything else."

Qi Chengliu opened his mouth, but felt that his throat was very dry and he couldn't make a sound.

My mood is like a mess, chaotic, panicked, and powerless.

was executed...

Every word and every sentence of Tan Zhou was like a sharp knife, every word ruthlessly gouged out a piece of flesh from his body.

I'm disabled, but there's still nothing I can do.

The soul is still there.

I won't like Tan Zhou less because of one more injury.

Tan Zhou closed his eyes, agreed to share the bed with him, and said softly, "Go to sleep."

Qi Chengliu smiled wryly, his voice was so dry, "I can't sleep at all."

Tan Zhou didn't say anything.

"Tan Zhou, you've blocked the way forward." Qi Chenglu paused, his tone contained a hint of frustration that he didn't realize, "Don't you think what you said was too absolute?"

Qi Chengliu rolled over and pressed down on Tan Zhou, her powerful right hand firmly restrained Tan Zhou's hand, she lifted it up vigorously, and firmly touched the iron rod at the head of the bed.

Tan Zhou grunted in pain, feeling his hands going numb.

A flash of panic flashed in Qi Chengliu's eyes. He put down Tan Zhou's hand and tried to rub it in the dark, "Does your hand hurt?"

Tan Zhou twitched his hand, not letting him rub it.

Qi Chengliu couldn't even smile wryly, "I just want to sleep with you, why do you say such bad things..."

In the darkness, Tan Zhou's eyes dimmed a lot.

why.

Just because of sleeping together for one night?

no.

and also.

Tan Zhou was terrified and deeply understood that he was changing silently, and he couldn't control it or stop it.

Therefore, it was because of this trigger that he said these words.

In order to stop Qi Chengliu.

Also to stop myself.

Just don't... anything more.

"Then I'll go back to sleep, can you take back these words?"

Tan Zhou clenched his fists fiercely, and before he had time to trim some of the long-grown nails fell into the palms of his hands, making crescent crescent marks.

Qi Chengliu got out of bed.

He went back to his bed, and when his warm skin touched the cold, temperatureless quilt, it was as if he didn't feel anything.

The house was eerily quiet.

Qi Chengliu lay down for a while, only to feel that the mess was gradually sorted out by itself, it was really, extremely powerful healing ability.

"However, I'm not desperate yet."

When I decided to find you, I knew it would be a protracted battle.

Because I also know that you are a slow person.

But it doesn't matter, you're already walking towards me.

Not urgent.

Still young and plenty of time.

Tan Zhou closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling.

He didn't know what to think, his mind was very confused.

As a result, the rare opportunity to sleep at ten o'clock was lost in vain.

He suffered from insomnia, and didn't dare to toss and turn, so he could only stiffen his body, feeling his body numb and numb clearly.

The person on the other bed also couldn't sleep.

Tan Zhou's words kept circulating in his mind.

Qi Chengliu rested his hands on his head and kept his eyes open until they got used to the darkness.

He thought about it.

For a long time.

A hoarse voice pierced the silent room——

"Tan Zhou... I can give you a new life."

Tan Zhou couldn't restrain himself. In the darkness, he opened his eyes suddenly, curled up quietly, and was absent-minded for a long time.

The author has something to say: Although this chapter is short, it has great significance. Do you feel it?

There is one more at seven o'clock.

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It snowed heavily a few days ago, and when the snow melts, it will be a warm and sunny day.

The school has started to suspend classes for review.

Qi Chengliu hadn't been to a garment factory for almost a week since he came back last time.

Although I would occasionally send text messages to Tan Zhou, but usually nothing happened.I called directly, and I didn't chat a few words, but I was busy.

Taking advantage of the good weather, Qi Chengliu came to the factory.

He went on a lunch break.

As a result, there was no one in the dormitory, and the door was locked.

Qi Chengliu stood at the door, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then called Tan Zhou.

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.

Qi Chengliu was stunned for a moment, sensing something was wrong, she pressed the phone and walked straight to Zou Jiaming's dormitory without staying for a second.

Zou Jiaming was biting a cigarette and playing cards with two other men, when he saw Qi Chengliu, he was really stunned.

Qi Chengliu just stood at the door and didn't come in, and asked straight to the point, "Where's Tan Zhou?"

Zou Jiaming picked up the cigarette in his mouth and blew out a smoke ring, "Oh, he's home."

"Go home?" Qi Chengliu's expression changed unexpectedly.

"That's right." Zou Jiaming obviously didn't have much patience with Qi Chengliu, he replied casually, and continued to yell at his partner to play cards.

Qi Chengliu's heart was beating fast, he didn't care about Zou Jiaming's attitude towards him, but asked eagerly: "He resigned?"

As soon as the words were finished, Zou Jiaming gave him a strange look, then put down the cards, said to the two partners, "Come again later", got up and walked towards the door.

Zou Jiaming bit his cigarette and squinted at Qi Chengliu.

This expression is wrong.

Zou Jiaming thought for a while, then changed his words: "Yes, he said he would quit."

Qi Chengliu swayed, he didn't have time to think, turned around and walked to the corridor, and called Tan Zhou again.

Still can't get through...

Qi Chengliu turned and looked at Zou Jiaming, "Can you call Tan Zhou?"

It was the first time Zou Jiaming saw Qi Chengliu's gradually dimmed expression, which reminded him of the peacock falling into the water.

Zou Jiaming clicked his tongue twice, his heart softened, and he didn't continue to lie to him.He stomped out the cigarette butt and said, "Tan Zhou didn't resign, he just had something to do at home and went home."

As if being injected with vitality all of a sudden, Qi Chengliu cut through the mess in his heart and asked, "What's going on at home?"

"I don't know." Zou Jiaming shrugged, "You should also know that Tan Zhou rarely tells others about himself."

Qi Chengliu didn't ask any more questions, and walked downstairs holding the phone.

Zou Jiaming was left alone in the corridor in astonishment.

ho.

Zou Jiaming looked downstairs. After a short while, Qi Chengliu trotted to the door. There were several cars parked outside the door. He opened the door of a black car, got in and drove away.

Zou Jiaming's eyes widened, "Damn it, there's a car."

Someone in the room shouted: "Zou Jiaming, what are you doing standing there, I'm just waiting for you!"

Zou Jiaming just came back to his senses, went into the room and sat down, tsk-tsk said: "Fuck, Tan Zhou is really lucky, he is buddies with the rich boy, and he is quite rare for his fuck."

Qi Chengliu drove home directly.

To be precise, it is my hometown.

Wanlu County is quite far from the urban area, and is the poorest of the counties under the jurisdiction of the city, but the consumption is quite high, and Wanlu County has quite famous high schools.

Tan Zhou lives in Ronghua Village, Nantang Township, Wanlu County. Although it is called Ronghua Village, it is not prosperous at all. It takes more than 40 minutes to drive to the county seat. It is considered a poor village in a poor county.

Qi Chengliu knew Tan Zhou's home address, and he had been there once before.

The village is quite remote and small, with only thirty or forty families, but none of them are fuel-efficient.

Qi Chengliu didn't even eat lunch, and after driving for so long, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived.

There is a slope in front of us, and we have to go downhill for a while to reach the village.

There is a land temple at the entrance of the village, and there is an open space not far away, and there are a few camphor trees with stones built as stools, where you can sit and enjoy the shade in summer.

Qi Chengliu parked the car here.

The houses in the village are neatly arranged, one on the left and one on the left, and there is a road in the middle, which is paved with cement.

Tan Zhou's house was at the end of the village. Qi Chengliu looked around and saw little change. Most of them were tile-roofed houses. Occasionally, one or two built two to three-story buildings. They were considered rich in the village.

After walking a few steps, I saw five or six people standing sparsely in the two rows in front. I guess it is quite leisurely without farm work now, and it is sunny again, so we gathered together to chat.

As soon as Qi Chengliu walked over, everyone looked at her.

Qi Chengliu lowered his eyes, didn't look back, and passed by silently.

"Hey, it's not that..."

"The old friend of the son of the Tan family!" A woman in her 40s shouted gloatingly.

"are you crazy!"

"That's right, didn't the monster come back a few days ago? This one probably came after him, ouch!"

People in the village have always been bold and can gossip loudly in front of the person concerned.

Qi Chengliu's body was stiff, his steps were stiff and slow, he clenched his fists, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged.Those gossips filled his eardrums, slowly crawling up to him like poisonous snakes, vomiting messages recklessly, so flamboyant that one would want to chop their heads off with a knife, shut up.

But, it's just a fantasy——

It wasn't until they could no longer hear their voices that Qi Chengliu gradually relaxed.

Behind them are still their following eyes.

"Hey, the old lady is so pitiful. Once this person comes, death will not be peaceful."

"Wow, wow—"

"The life of the old lady is miserable, and Jin Hua is such a person, it would be great if she could buy her mother a coffin!"

"But Zhou Ziren is quite filial, it's a pity... he actually likes men."

……

In front is Tan Zhou's home.

The tile-roofed house is very dilapidated, and there is a vegetable field in front of the house, with a lot of weeds growing, all withered and yellow.There are two chicken coops on the ground, basking in the sun leisurely.

The door is open.

Qi Chengliu stood still, he was a little afraid to go in.

The sun was shining on him, and it was warm.

Tan Zhou lowered his head and went out to pour water, and when he looked up, he saw Qi Chengliu.

Holding the iron basin, he froze.

He and he looked at each other at a distance of five meters.

Qi Chengliu tried to bend his lips to hide the obscurity in his eyes. He walked towards Tan Zhou, pretending to be nonchalant, "Why are you back?"

Tan Zhou was still holding both sides of the iron basin, his fingertips turned white, he looked away, and lowered his head in a panic, hiding something.

As soon as Qi Chengliu approached, he could clearly see that his eyes were red, as if he had been crying for a long time.

Qi Chengliu's heart tightened, "What's wrong with you?"

Tan Zhou still kept his head down, and he spoke in a hoarse voice, "Let's go into the room first."

The light in the room was not good, and it was dim. As soon as Qi Chengliu entered the room, he saw a coffin placed in front of the hall.

Qi Chengliu shuddered.

He understood... why Tan Zhou went home.

Tan Zhou put the iron basin on the ground, moved a long wooden bench over, and whispered, "Sit down."

Qi Chengliu was still staring at the coffin, feeling sore and astringent in his heart.

"Tan Zhou..." He called his name.

Tan Zhou sat on the other end of the stool by himself, lowered his eyes, and replied in a low voice, "Yes."

Qi Chengliu was speechless, he didn't know what to say, but he could empathize with the pain of losing a loved one.

"...Condolences."

Tan Zhou's expression was a little dazed. He raised his eyes and looked at Qi Chengliu slowly. His eyes were dull, and his eyes were covered with a layer of moist mist. He obviously didn't have any expression, and he didn't even cry, but he still let Qi Chengliu Lyu couldn't stop feeling distressed.

"Qi Chengliu, I don't have a grandmother anymore."

Qi Chengliu looked at him with dark eyes.Tan Zhou was also looking at him, but his vision was scattered, as if he had no soul, only a shell left, living in the world.

Qi Chengliu couldn't help reaching out to hug him.

He really didn't know what to say, he could only hug him distressedly, use his own body temperature to warm him and wake him up.

Tan Zhou pushed him away and looked at the dark coffin, "My grandma is watching."

Qi Chengliu's throat felt dry, his thoughts were very complicated and chaotic.

After a long while, Qi Chengliu spoke dryly.

"Are you crying?"

Tan Zhou said in a muffled voice, "No. Enough crying."

What is enough.

I just can't cry.

I was so sad that I couldn't vent it even when I cried.

only—

Bored, relying on time to release.

Time, ah, can take away a person, and it can also take away the sadness of a living person.

The author has something to say: I ran up to take a look, and the clicks dropped too badly.Hey, if you have any comments and suggestions, you can put them forward. I will seriously think about it and work hard to improve.But thank you very much for your comments, so I changed the time to save the manuscript and double-updated it today.

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Tan Zhou was the only one at home, and his mother went to play mahjong.

In rural areas, we have dinner at four or five o'clock.

Tan Zhou stood up and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

Qi Chengliu shook his head stiffly.

"I went to cook."

Qi Chengliu has always known that Tan Zhou is not weak at all, on the contrary, he can keep everything in his heart and is as strong as a giant.

Therefore, any comforting words are useless, they are all empty words.

Qi Chengliu regretted not coming to the factory earlier and knowing about it earlier.

If he had known earlier, he would have...

Qi Chenglu paused and was speechless for a while, what can he do?

"I'll help you." Qi Chengliu also stood up.

To be with him, to grieve with him, or to share some of his grief.

The kitchen is built on the left side of the tile-roofed house. It is small, dirty, and dimly lit.

Tan Zhou's family is still using an earthen stove, and there is a small wooden chair behind the stove, and there is a lot of firewood behind the chair.

There are two buckets next to the stove, one is filled with clean water with a large plastic spoon floating on it, and the other is used to hold swill.

There is a bamboo kitchen cabinet on the right. Four bamboos support the two-story kitchen cabinet, which looks shaky.

Tan Zhou turned on the light and saw the cobwebs on the beams.

Qi Chengliu shifted his gaze to the stove mouth again, and said, "Let me light the fire."

Tan Zhou nodded, then walked to the kitchen cabinet by himself, opened the cabinet door, and took out some eggs from the lower floor.

Qi Chengliu saw the kitchen cabinet shake.

"There are only eggs." Tan Zhou asked, "How about egg noodles?"

Qi Chengliu said, "Yes."

Tan Zhou closed the cupboard door, then tiptoed to get the basket hanging from the beam, and took noodles from it.

Qi Chengliu was sitting on the chair, only to notice that there was a small opening next to it for lighters and matches.

He found it novel, and it was the first time he had seen these things.

Tan Zhou put the noodles and eggs on the stove, walked over, knelt down, reached over Qi Chengliu with his arm to get the lighter, grabbed a handful of straw with the other hand, and lit it, "Let me start the fire."

Qi Chengliu looked at it, "I can do it too."

Straw grass is easy to burn, and the fire spread in a short while. Tan Zhou put it into the stove, and put a handful of it in with tongs. Soon, the fire rose. Tan Zhou stood up and said softly: "You Just put the firewood in there."

Qi Chengliu looked at the orange fire inside, the fire was very strong, and it made him feel warm.

He took the firewood in and looked up at Tan Zhou.

Tan Zhou was cracking eggs, his eyes were lowered, his bangs were a little long, covering his eyes, he seemed to feel it, he stretched out his hand to push his bangs aside, and continued to stir the eggs with chopsticks.

Qi Chengliu was fascinated.

After Tan Zhou beat the eggs, he saw that the pan was hot, so he poured oil.

Tan Zhou didn't notice Qi Chengliu's gaze until the water was put on the noodles.

"Be careful of the fire." Tan Zhou reminded him.

Only then did Qi Chengliu come back to his senses, and looked into the stove, and found that the firewood was almost burned, so he hurriedly added more firewood into it.

After sitting for a while, I feel warm in my body.

Qi Chengliu said: "It's very warm to sit here, why don't you come and sit for a while?"

Tan Zhou shook his head, "I'm not cold."

Qi Chengliu stared at him, and said seriously, "Tan Zhou, you look bad."

Tan Zhou looked at the noodles cooking in the pot in a state of bewilderment.

Cooking on the stove is very slow. It takes a long time for the water to boil, and it takes a long time for the noodles to be cooked.

Qi Chengliu got up to pull him over, pushed him on the chair, and said without hesitation: "Just sit for a while."

Tan Zhou's mother saw this scene when she returned to the kitchen after playing mahjong.

She leaned against the door, whistled, and said with a half-smile, "Yo."

Qi Chengliu and Tan Zhou looked outside the door.

Tan Zhou suddenly felt uncomfortable. He subconsciously broke away from Qi Chengliu's hand and wanted to get up.

Tan's mother clicked her tongue, full of sarcasm, "You two are perverted."

After finishing speaking, he spat on the ground, "It's really unlucky, I lost money and came back to see you so disgusting."

Qi Chengliu had met Tan's mother a few years ago, a woman who was a fool and didn't look like a mother at all.

Tan's mother was pregnant when she was working outside. She was young and didn't understand these things. When she learned that she wanted to have an abortion when she was pregnant, she couldn't have an abortion. She had no choice but to return to the village. He left it to his mother to take care of him, and went out to hang out by himself.

Tan Zhou was not valued by his mother since he was born, and even his name was randomly chosen. When he looked at the calendar hanging on the wall, the first thing he saw was the word Zhou, and his name was Tan Zhou.

Fortunately, the first thing I saw was not the word "日".

Tan's mother had played enough outside, she came back when Tan Zhou was in junior high school, and stayed at home, busy with farm work, and played mahjong when she was free, just like that, ignoring other people's gossip, life will be short It is still possible.

Until Tan Zhou went to the county to study in high school——

After that incident, Mother Tan felt that she was so stupid a few years ago, thinking about saving her son's tuition, tsk, it would be better to play mahjong to be more comfortable.

Tan Zhou looked at his mother with a pale face and fear.

Qi Chengliu stood in front of him, although he was unhappy in his heart, he still politely called out: "Auntie."

"Who is your aunt!" Mother Tan glared at her, "What the hell are you doing here?"

Qi Chengliu suppressed his anger, squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "Come and see."

"Yo." Tan's mother came over and grabbed Tan Zhou. She grabbed Tan Zhou's hair. Tan Zhou was like a vulnerable doll in her hands, let her play with it, "come on Look at this trash?"

Qi Chengliu clenched his teeth, he admired his endurance, otherwise he would have punched her in the face.

Tan Zhou's face was gray and he had no vitality at all.

The noodles in the pot are already cooked, before the eggs can be put in, the water slowly mixes with the noodles.

Tan's mother brought Tan Zhouyang over like she was throwing trash, "I don't care if you don't want this stuffed/fart/eye trash, I'll give it to you."

Qi Chengliu hugged Tan Zhou subconsciously, looked at him with pity, and asked in a low voice, "Are you all right?"

Tan's mother looked at them coldly with her arms folded, and she felt disgusted. She said, "Now you go away."

There was no blood on Tan Zhou's face, his hands were cold, and every sentence was like a sharp sword, piercing his chest quickly and accurately.

Qi Chengliu didn't know where the impulse came from, and grabbed Tan Zhou's hand, took a step forward, and said forcefully, "You made a mistake, I was the one who got fucked."

It was only now that Tan Zhou seemed to have a sense, and looked at him blankly.

"Who cares who you are, get out of here!"

Qi Chengliu dragged Tan Zhou out.

Tan Zhou turned his head, not daring to look at his mother, but said softly, "Mom, the noodles are ready..."

A lot of sour water welled up in Qi Chengliu's heart, sour and astringent, he hoarsely said, "Please Tan Zhou, be nice to yourself."

The color of the sky is very light, with turbid white, but there is a brilliant sunset in the west, like a fire burning in a stove. From a distance, it seems that these trees, mountains, houses, and lakes are all burned up one by one.

Everyone in the village is busy with dinner, and there are not many people outside.

Qi Chengliu felt relieved, Tan Zhou didn't need to hear those gossip...at least, not now.

Tan Zhou let him drag him away without saying a word.

It wasn't until he got on the road that Qi Chengliu looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he dared to hug Tan Zhou, stroked the back of Tan Zhou's head with his big hand, and went down to comfort him.

He said in a low and hoarse voice, "Tan Zhou, and me...and me..."

The corners of Tan Zhou's eyes were moist, he was stuffy in Qi Chengliu's chest, feeling the tears streaming down, he murmured: "I thought I couldn't cry anymore."

Tears soaked Qi Chengliu's coat, Qi Chengliu hugged him even tighter, "If you want to cry in the future, you can hide in my arms and cry, don't worry about being seen by others."

Qi Chengliu drove Tan Zhou back to the county seat.

Along the way, Tan Zhou just looked out of the car window without saying a word, but his thoughts drifted away.

So much has happened these days, and each one is painful.

Qi Chengliu took the time to look at Tan Zhou several times. Half an hour later, Tan Zhou still maintained this posture, motionless.

"Tan Zhou." Qi Chengliu called out his name.

Tan Zhou acted as if he hadn't heard it.

Qi Chengliu didn't shout anymore.

Forget it, let him be quiet.

When he arrived at the county seat, Qi Chengliu stopped at the door of a restaurant, went to pack some food and came back, and then drove to find a hotel.

It wasn't until he got out of the car that Tan Zhou seemed to wake up. He looked out the car window, "Are you there?"

Qi Chengliu leaned over to help him unbuckle his seat belt, and said, "Here we are."

This is the third time staying in a hotel with Qi Cheng.

Tan Zhou stood in the lobby of the hotel, in a daze.

He looked at Qi Chengliu, who was illuminated by the bright lights in front of him. He was tall and tall, and dressed casually and handsomely. He looked like a young man who hadn't worked yet.

Qi Chengliu's appearance has not changed much, it is similar to when he was studying, very dazzling and flamboyant.

However, he has actually changed a lot.

Qi Chengliu came over, carrying two plastic bags of food, looking silly.

Tan Zhou said, "I'm going back tomorrow."

Qi Chengliu was stunned, "Why?"

"Tomorrow my grandmother will be buried."

"I'll be with you." Qi Chengliu said.

"Don't—" Tan Zhou said with great difficulty, "Don't go, grandma won't..."

The words stopped abruptly, but Qi Chengliu understood, and he smiled, "Okay, I won't go. I'll take you home and stay at the market."

"Ah."

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After entering the room, Qi Chengliu opened the lunch box and asked Tan Zhou to come over for dinner.

There was an ad on the TV, but no one was watching.

Tan Zhou came over, Qi Chengliu pushed the chair for him to sit down, and took off the chopsticks for him, "Are you hungry? Eat quickly."

After Qi Chengliu finished speaking, he buried his head and started to gobble it up.

He was starving, tired and hungry.

Tan Zhou was carrying a lunch box. He didn't have much appetite. He hadn't eaten much in the past few days. He really couldn't eat.

He glanced at Qi Chengliu, and asked softly, "Are you hungry?"

Qi Chengliu swallowed the food in his mouth, and replied: "It's okay."

"Then you eat more." Tan Zhou knew that he was lying, so he wanted to pour some of his food to Qi Chengliu.

Qi Chengliu saw his bowl full of rice, "Why didn't you eat a single bite? The food didn't suit your taste?"

"No." Tan Zhou said, drawing more than half of it into his bowl, "I'll eat it right away."

Tasteless.

Like chewing a candle.

Tan Zhou put down his chopsticks after taking a few bites, "I ate quite a lot at noon, and I'm still holding on."

"Who are you lying to?"

Qi Chengliu brought the soup and put it in front of him, "Drink some soup if you can't eat it, you can't have an empty stomach."

Seaweed egg drop soup, neither thick nor light.

Qi Chengliu took a sip and fed it to his mouth, "Hey, open your mouth."

Tan Zhou opened his mouth to hold the spoon in his mouth, and the warm soup slid into his stomach.

"One more bite."

Tan Zhou made a gesture to come by himself, "You eat yours."

"I'll feed you first." Qi Chengliu said, coaxing, "You are good."

Tan Zhou had no choice but to be fed obediently.

Qi Chengliu had an idea, took a mouthful of rice and put it in the spoon, soaked the rice in the soup, "Come."

Tan Zhou took a look and opened his mouth.

"No matter how bad you are, you have to eat, you know?" Qi Chengliu said while feeding, "You can't starve yourself, you see you are so skinny, you really want to be skinny?"

Tan Zhou didn't answer.

"Come and eat."

Qi Chengliu didn't continue to eat until Tan Zhou had finished eating.

Tan Zhou opened the curtains and looked out the window.

Although Wanlu County is a poor county, it is brightly lit at night.

After eating, Qi Chengliu walked over and asked him, "Would you like to go out for a walk and relax?"

Tan Zhou looked at the night scene, thought for a while, "OK."

The two left the hotel.

Seven or eight o'clock is the busiest time in the county.

After walking for a while, there is a leisure square. A group of aunts are already dancing square dances. The songs are transmitted far and far through the speakers, which is very infectious.

Qi Chengliu watched for a while, and then commented: "The dance is pretty good."

Tan Zhou looked at the smiles on the faces of the aunts and their lively dance steps in silence. He felt very uncomfortable. If grandma was still alive, it would be great if he could dance square dance like them.

"I remember when we were in high school, we didn't see any square dancing when we went out to play at night. I didn't expect there to be in the past few years."

Tan Zhou didn't hear Qi Chengliu's words clearly, he fell into his own world.

The hustle and bustle of the surroundings was in sharp contrast to Tan Zhou's loneliness.

Tan Zhou couldn't hold it anymore, he took Raqi Chengliu's hand and whispered, "I want to go back."

Qi Chengliu's gaze moved to Tan Zhou's face. Under the light, Tan Zhou's face was frighteningly pale, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Qi Chengliu was terrified, "What's wrong with you?"

Tan Zhou's lips were pale and dry to the point of peeling. He said, "I want to go back to sleep."

Back at the hotel, Tan Zhou lay on the bed and closed his eyes.

Qi Chengliu went to the bathroom, wet the towel, and then came over to wipe Tan Zhou's face and body, again and again.

Tan Zhou let him rub it, and his body didn't move, except that occasionally, his eyelashes would tremble uncontrollably.

Even though Qi Chengliu had bad thoughts about Tan Zhou every day, he didn't have any distracting thoughts at this time, and wiped it carefully for him.

After he was done, Qi Chengliu helped him tuck the corner of the quilt, and then turned off the light.

Qi Chengliu was lying on another bed.

After more than half an hour.

Tan Zhou's voice came from the bed over there: "Qi Chengliu, I can't sleep..."

He said he wanted to go back to sleep, but couldn't.

Tan Zhou was very sleepy. Ever since he found out about his grandmother's death, he hadn't had a lot of rest. These days, he had insomnia every night until dawn.

In the darkness, a figure came over.

The bed collapsed slightly, and Qi Chengliu lay on it. He stretched out his arms to hug Tan Zhou's shoulders sideways, and with a little force, Tan Zhou pressed against his body.

Qi Chengliu stroked Tan Zhou's back and asked softly, "Do you want to sleep?"

Tan Zhou nodded and said in a muffled voice, "Yes."

"I'll chat with you, don't think about anything else, just close your eyes and listen to me, okay?"

Tan Zhou didn't understand Qi Chengliu's intention, but he still complied.

Qi Chengliu's voice was very soft, deliberately slowing down, and he whispered softly in Tan Zhou's ear.

Originally I wanted to tell a story, but there were not many stories to read, so I had to talk about my growing experience from childhood to adulthood.

Whispers are very hypnotic.

This is Qi Chengliu's experience.

So, he wanted to try to see if he could make Tan Zhou fall asleep.

Like a gentle and comfortable wind blowing by.

Qi Chengliu talked for a long time, until his mouth became parched, he stopped, feeling the movement of the person in his arms, as if he had already fallen asleep.

Qi Chengliu didn't dare to move, for fear of waking him up.

Tan Zhou slept deeply. He was so exhausted that he didn't want to move in his sleep.

Qi Chengliu wanted to kiss him, but held back.

He muttered silently in his heart.

"Good night, sweet dreams."

Suddenly, Tan Zhou's fingers moved unconsciously.

Only then did Qi Chengliu notice——

Tan Zhou put his hand on him!

fuck!

Qi Chengliu, whose heart had softened into water before, suddenly boiled, almost boiling hot water.

Tan Zhou hugged him back!

Tan Zhou took the initiative to hug him back! !

Take the initiative! ! !

Hug back! ! ! !

Qi Chengliu felt that there was someone in his heart who was constantly roaring with excitement, but he was still extremely quiet on the surface, only the corner of his mouth was filled with a more and more intense smile.

the next day.

Tan Zhou woke up very early, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Qi Chengliu's face.

Qi Chengliu was still sleeping, her peaceful sleeping face lost her usual vivid expression.Tan Zhou looked carefully and found that the corners of his mouth seemed to be upturned.

Tan Zhou looked away and woke him up.

Qi Chengliu half-closed her sleepy eyes, opened a gap to look at Tan Zhou, and muttered, "What time is it?"

Tan Zhou left his embrace, got up to get his mobile phone on the cabinet, glanced at it, and replied, "21:[-]."

"It's so early..." Qi Chengliu read again, pulled Tan Zhou down, hugged him like a teddy bear, and continued to sleep.

Tan Zhou struggled and said, "I want to go back early."

Qi Chengliu closed his eyes and bargained, "Will you wake up at 06:30? I'm sleepy..."

"it is good."

Satisfied, Qi Chengliu hugged Tan Zhou tightly, encircling him with numb hands from the pillow, and even stretched out a leg to rest on his body.

It's just like sleeping with a teddy bear.

Tan Zhou was pressed against his chest, his cheek was pressed against his skin, so uncomfortable...

Fortunately, Qi Chengliu wore a pair of trousers to sleep this time. If he only wore a pair of underwear and put his legs on him like before, then Tan Zhou would collapse...

The feeling of returning home is the most fragrant.

Qi Chengliu was even more reluctant to be woken up by Tan Zhou again.

Rubbing his chin against the top of Tan Zhou's head, he muttered, "Ten more minutes of sleep, okay?"

"Not good." Tan Zhou firmly refused.

There was no other way, Qi Chengliu had no choice but to get up.

After washing up, the two came to the front desk downstairs. Qi Chengliu half-closed his eyes and walked forward, but Tan Zhou noticed something and grabbed him,