Cat's eye

Lin Mao doesn't often visit places like the vegetable market. Things like shopping and cooking with others are still very unfamiliar to him at the age of 27.And before today, he had never noticed that Su Haotu was actually a man who was good at this.

The scene in my memory of the father who does all the housework busy in the kitchen is not a beautiful picture. His back is facing the mother and son, and the figure hunched in front of the stove is unfortunate and indisputably unlucky.Lin Mao thinks that he is definitely not a gentleman, but he believed in the principle of being away from the kitchen since he was a child. Now that he is living under the fence, he is too embarrassed to pay attention to anything. He rolled up his sleeves and followed Su Haotu into the kitchen to get busy.

Lin Mao was bullying a few tomatoes with a kitchen knife, Su Haotu glanced at him, and hurried over to stop him: "Is there anyone who cuts tomatoes like this? Look, the blood has spit out a chopping board!" Lin Mao put down the butcher knife , with both hands hanging in the air, not knowing what to do, Su Haotu glared at him angrily: "You think you are useful?"

Lin Mao was a little embarrassed: "I just want to help you."

"You've done me a great favor by not coming in to make trouble for me!"

Lin Mao was given a lot of scolding by Su Haotu. If he hadn't accidentally heard and witnessed that confession just now, Lin Mao would have been fooled by his usual flamboyance.Thinking of the scene just now, Lin Mao felt tenderness in his heart. He didn't refute Su Haotu, but said: "I don't know much about these things, I just want to help you. See what I can do."

Lin Mao's unprecedented gentleness made Su Haotu suddenly stunned. He could feel the guilt and flattery contained in this gentleness. Although he was not used to it, he didn't feel disgusted either.Because of this unusual atmosphere, Su Haotu also became a little cautious. He didn't look at Lin Mao, but only gave him two eggs, handed him chopsticks and an empty bowl, and said, "You always beat the eggs. Will."

Lin Mao took it with a smile: "I will."

Su Haotu's face felt hot, he quickly turned his head, picked up a cucumber and peeled it.Lin Mao lowered his head and concentrated on breaking the eggs, only the crisp sound of chopsticks repeatedly touching the bowl wall was left around him.Su Haotu's kitchen is not very tidy. Lin Mao was standing leaning on the stove, and suddenly felt that the situation at this moment was very reasonable. There was a tacit understanding between the two of them, and the surroundings were quiet and warm for a while. .

Lin Mao looked up at the movements in Su Haotu's hands, and said casually, "Cucumber skins are edible."

Su Haotu didn't raise his head, and answered him casually: "But you don't like to eat."

The sound of chopsticks touching the wall of the bowl stopped. Lin Mao stared blankly at Su Haotu's back. He was standing by the window. The miserly sunset in late autumn was covering his whole body. He lowered his head, but his back was straight. Very straight, as if he has always loved his posture.The golden back was too dazzling, Lin Mao couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly, he was a little obsessed with it, as if he had never seen such a beautiful light and shadow.The movements in his hands paused for a long time, and Lin Mao suddenly said, "Mice."

Su Haotu responded inadvertently: "En."

"You're pretty handsome."

Su Haotu snorted lightly, it sounded like he was smiling.

Like Lin Mao's, the house that Su Hao rented is just a small apartment. There is only one bedroom in the house, and there is no extra bed.Lin Mao took out the bedding, and consciously spread it on the sofa to show that he has no ambition to occupy the magpie's nest, and patted the quilt quite generously, "It's okay, it's not cold."

Su Haotu sneered: "Who is worried about you?"

Lin Mao felt ashamed, picked up some clothes and went to take a shower.Su Haotu sat on the sofa where Lin Mao sat just now, touched the quilt, and felt relieved.He was a little puzzled, since Lin Mao knew that he liked him a long time ago, and pushed him away awkwardly in the morning after a hangover, then why on the day he was sick, Lin Mao was able to take the initiative to stay and be with him without any hesitation. Sleeping in the same bed by yourself?

When Lin Mao came out of the bathroom, Su Haotu cleared his throat, put on a look of indifference, and said, "I want to ask you something."

"What?" Lin Mao asked him, rubbing his hair.

"When did you find out, cough, that I like you."

Although Lin Mao was scratching his head, he was still a little puzzled: "Didn't you tell me that night yourself, you kissed me and scolded me, I almost scared you."

Su Haotu almost fell off the sofa: "What?! What did you say?!"

Lin Mao explained in a daze: "It was the night when I was beaten, my buddy was preparing to cry, and asked you to go first, but you put me on the bed in one fell swoop."

Su Haotu felt a bolt of lightning strike his head, and covered his face with his hands.Lin Mao sat over and asked him with concern: "Mouse, what's the matter?"

Su Haotu replied with trembling voice: "I need to calm down."

After Su Haotu also came out of the shower, Lin Mao took out a few cans of beer that he bought in the afternoon, and greeted him: "Mouse, come and have a drink."

Su Haotu sat down next to Lin Mao, leaned against him, and then moved a little to the side.Lin Mao understood that he was afraid that he would mind, and his heart was warm and sour, so he leaned against Su Haotu and sat down, took the towel from his hand, and began to wipe his hair.Lin Mao could feel the stiffness of Su Haotu's body, so he lightened the strength in his hands, and said gently: "It's cold, let's buy a hair dryer next time. I keep saying that I want to buy one, but I can't remember."

After wiping his hair, Lin Mao opened a can of beer and handed it to Su Haotu: "Have a drink with me." Lin Mao had a slight smile on his face, and the age gap between the two seemed to be slightly revealed at this moment .He wiped his hair and handed him wine, with a gentle expression as if he was infinitely pampering his young brother.Su Haotu was immersed in this extraordinarily warm atmosphere for a moment. At this moment, it seemed that he would not be punished for being willful at all, and he would not be scolded for being presumptuous at all. He took the beer can from Lin Mao's hand with his right hand, while his left hand held his He held the hand very lightly, with a strength that could be broken free at any time, gently holding it.

Lin Mao didn't break away from him, just smiled and asked, "Mouse, why do you like me? I bullied you so much before."

Su Haotu took a sip of his wine: "Sometimes you really dote on me." After thinking about it, he said, "I can't say it, it's probably like a mouse meeting a cat, I can't do anything about it."

Lin Mao looked at him: "I really thought that even you would lose me that morning."

"I can't lose it." Su Haotu inserted his fingers between Lin Mao's, interlocked his fingers, and brought his hand to his heart, "You are here."

Lin Mao's eyes became hot, his vision gradually became hazy, and he turned his face away.Su Haotu's heartbeat came through the back of his hand, that chest was so hot that even his hands would be burned by its temperature.Lin Mao also tightened his five fingers, held Su Haotu's tightly, and said, "Mouse, let's just live together like this."

Su Haotu didn't quite understand: "Together?"

"Yes, it's just the two of us. I guess I won't like any woman anymore. Let's live together in this life."

Su Haotu was stunned for a while, then asked: "If we two live together, what do you think of me? A friend? A boyfriend?"

Lin Mao stared blankly, opened his mouth a few times but didn't know how to answer.

However, Su Haotu smiled, it was rare to be frank and gentle, and frankly satisfied: "This is already very good.