secret galaxy

It was late at night, and the boundless moon shrouded Yuzhou. Looking out from the floor-to-ceiling windows, the sky was quiet and hazy.

Liang Qian was sitting in the living room, ravaging the sofa pillows in his hands, occasionally sneaking a glance at Duan Xinghe, as if he lacked confidence.

He reflected angrily, why he didn't recognize Duan Xinghe on the day of the high school report, and cited many reasons, for example, they went to the western restaurant on Fengming Road for dinner at the end of June, and Yuzhou Middle School reported at the beginning of September. In two months, Duan Xinghe He jumped five or six centimeters taller, and his demeanor has completely changed, he is not at all like that disgraced little boy.Another example is that they only talked through the fence when they met for the first time, but they waved from afar the next two times, and Duan Xinghe was wearing a hat, covering most of his face.Another example is the day when we first met, the weather was hot, Liang Qian was a little bit heatstroke, and his mind was dizzy.

There are many excuses, but he knows in his heart that there is only one reason for forgetting: not caring.

At that time, Liang Qian only regarded the thin and frail Duan Xinghe as a passer-by who met by chance, and got along carelessly, never thinking that after many years, he would become the most important person in his life.

During that summer vacation, he played around everywhere, showing the restlessness of adolescence to the fullest. He played games all night, pressed the road late at night, climbed mountains to watch the sunrise, sneaked into nightclubs, and watched love action movies with his friends despite being too generous.In short, it was crazy for a while, until Liang Yanjie threw him into summer camp and cram school.During that period of rich, flourishing and wanton days, the vignettes of Fengming Road seemed extraordinarily dull. After a long time, all the details faded and faded, sinking into the deep sea of ​​memory.

But fate is really the most unpredictable thing in the world. After going around for more than ten years, Liang Qian unexpectedly returned to that summer afternoon full of cicadas.

"Can I send your matter to the class?" Wen Weizhe on the other end kept sending several WeChat messages: "I'm suffocating! I want everyone to experience my shock! Oh yes, Duan It seems that Xinghe is not in the group yet, you can pull him."

Liang Qian replied succinctly: "No. No."

He put down his phone, walked behind Duan Xinghe, hugged him gently, resting his chin on top of Duan Xinghe's head, like a giant koala.

Duan Xinghe stopped writing, looked at the reflections of the two in the floor-to-ceiling window, thought Liang Qian was sleepy, and asked him to go to bed first.

Liang Qian said, "I can't sleep alone."

Duan Xinghe had no choice but to make a mark on the book.He wanted to stand up, but Liang Qian didn't let go, pressing heavily on his back.

"you……"

"In the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school, you helped me buy drinks at the public basketball court on Fengming Road."

Duan Xinghe was stunned for a moment, the upward force was loosened, and he sat back in the chair with an "oh".

"Why did you suddenly grow taller?"

Duan Xinghe was still surprised, his eyes were dazed, and he subconsciously replied: "Development is slow, it just happened to grow taller during the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school, and later in high school, he also grew taller."

Liang Qian recalled it, and it seemed to be the case. When he first entered the school, Duan Xinghe's seat was close to the blackboard, and then gradually moved back, and finally stopped in the penultimate row.

He joked: "Did you listen to me and drink milk every day?"

Duan Xinghe smiled, noncommittal.

There was silence in the room for a while, Liang Qian pinched Duan Xinghe's nose, forcing him to turn his face, the moment his eyes met, his heart beat wildly, and he stuttered a bit: "I'm sorry, I actually... gave you forget."

"It's nothing." Duan Xinghe opened his lips and gasped, "I was wearing a baseball cap at the time, dirty and short, it's normal if you don't remember."

He is gentle and tolerant, his eyes are clean, without a trace of resentment.Liang Qian couldn't help laughing: "You're making so many excuses for me?"

He let Duan Xinghe's nose go, instead he held the back of his head and kissed him not too deep or shallow.

"Your mother was different back then."

"Well. She used to be timid and weak. When you came to Fengming Road to play, my father passed away for just one year, and an uncle who lived nearby pursued him. My mother likes educated people. That uncle is With a high school degree, she was a little short of being admitted to university, so she was a little tempted."

"and after?"

"Zhang Yonggui—that's the guy you hit with a basketball, and he went around talking about my mother, and that uncle has a grudge, so it won't happen."

Liang Qian snorted: "It's fine if you fail, I'm not a responsible man."

"Let me ask you another question." He held down Duan Xinghe who was trying to get up, put his hands on the back of the chair, and wrapped him in his arms.

Duan Xinghe listened carefully.

Liang Qian smiled mysteriously and complacently: "Did you like me when you were on Fengming Road, and fell in love with me at first sight?"

Duan Xinghe blinked unnaturally, blushing.

"Forget it." After he finished speaking, he slipped away from under Liang Qian's arms like a fish.

"What's not counting!" Liang Qian chased after him, and dragged Duan Xinghe to the bedroom, "Let me help you recall."

Amid the laughter, the lights went out, and some suppressed moans and gasps merged into the silent night.

A few days later, the day of the law test arrived.

Steady as Duan Xinghe, he has gone through countless exams since he was a child, and he can't help being nervous when things come to an end.

There is not much Liang Qian can do, only accompany, guide, and supervise his work and rest, and help him adjust his biological clock as soon as possible.

Duan Xinghe's examination room was in a certain elementary school in Dongcheng District. Because the location was remote and far away from home, Liang Qian booked a hotel nearby in advance. No. 30 in the afternoon, the two of them moved in.

After dinner, Duan Xinghe sat in the chair by the window, flipping through the previous wrong questions, and Liang Qian played a game with the computer for a while, feeling uneasy, so he checked Duan Xinghe's ID again.

In fact, he was also anxious, but he just pretended to be calm.

"Don't look, let's chat."

Duan Xinghe looked away from his notebook, thought for a while, and asked: "Who is helping me with my work these days?" He felt that he was causing trouble to his colleagues, and planned to give a small gift when he returned.

"Xiao Liu." Liang Qian suggested to Duan Xinghe, "It's getting cold, give her a hot water bottle."

Duan Xinghe nodded, and asked again: "Where are Lawyer Nie and Lawyer Ding?"

"Hey," Liang Qian deliberately ran on him, "You're a bit of a gossip."

Duan Xinghe looked innocent: "You are the one who wants to chat."

In high school, he wasn't so sharp-tongued.Liang Qian laughed lowly and said, "The two of them have really made some progress."

But progress has been mixed.

At noon today, Liang Qian asked Nie Han and Ding Puning to have dinner as usual, but the two refused one after another, acting very abnormally.Especially Nie Han, who was not in a good state of mind, sitting in the office with her head slumped and eating biscuits, and the dog-blooded idol drama You Love Me, I Love Her was playing on the computer screen, and she watched dumbly without any reaction.

Out of concern for his friend, Liang Qian inquired about the situation in a friendly manner, but he didn't know if he didn't ask. When he asked, he was startled. Nie Han said that she and Ding Puning had sex a few days ago.

Very clichéd drunken sex, neither of them was so drunk to the point of losing their minds, yet they had a relationship half pushed and half pushed.Waking up in the morning, facing the mess in the room, Ding Puning rubbed his temples in pain, and said to Nie Han, let's calm down for a while.

The subtext behind it is self-evident.

"Lawyer Nie must be very sad, right?" Duan Xinghe defended Nie Han, "Lawyer Ding is too much. Sister Zhong always speaks well of him and praises him for being honest and reliable."

"He is quite reliable and takes care of his family very much. Everyone in the institute knows it. It's just that he is divorced now and has not yet come out of the shadows. And Nie Han is also at fault, too anxious."

"Anyway, office romances don't end well." Liang Qian started talking nonsense, but after he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong, raised his head, and met a pair of clear and lingling eyes.

He chuckled, and declared solemnly: "Except for us."

After ten o'clock, Duan Xinghe took a shower, and was forced into bed by Liang Qian.

As soon as he took out his arm and put it on his stomach, Liang Qian exhorted "don't catch a cold" in a fussy manner, then stuffed his hand back in and pulled the quilt up to his chin.

"I can't sleep." Duan Xinghe said helplessly.

"It's brewing." Liang Qian said with a straight face, "Who told you to stay up all night before?"

Duan Xinghe smiled, closed his eyes meekly, opened them again after a while, and asked: "Can you come up to accompany me?"

It is rare for him to be so dependent, and Liang Qian's heart warmed up: "Okay."

He lay down next to Duan Xinghe, and turned off the last light in the room.

The night was getting thicker and thicker, the moonlight was flowing slowly on the floor, and the room was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Because he slept well during the lunch break, and because he had trouble recognizing his bed, Liang Qian lay down for a long time before he felt sleepy. Hearing Duan Xinghe's steady breathing, he yawned a little.

What time is it, eleven o'clock?twelve o'clock?

He rolled over and lay on his side, moving his stiff limbs.

Suddenly, a hand put on his waist and hugged him from behind.Just as Liang Qian was about to turn his head, Duan Xinghe's chest was pressed against him. Then, a stream of hot and humid air blew past Liang Qian's earlobe.

"Liang Qian?"

"Ok?"

"Happy birthday."

Liang Qian was stunned. After a while, he heard himself say, "Thank you."

The time displayed on the phone was [-]:[-]. He was both moved and angry, and when he spoke, his voice was a little hoarse: "Have you been up all this time?"

"Don't turn around." Duan Xinghe stopped him, his tone flustered, as if he still had something to say.

Liang Qian could only agree, and lay down obediently.

Duan Xinghe leaned against his broad back, and occasionally rubbed his chin against his shoulder, like a little squirrel hiding in the tree canopy.He seemed to be gathering courage, but he was silent for a while, but only said an ordinary "thank you".

Liang Qian was slightly surprised, and said gently, "Thank you for what I'm doing."

"This year, since I met you, everything has improved unbelievably, Xiaoyou and my mother's illness, and me and you...and your family is very kind."

Duan Xinghe spoke incoherently, and Liang Qian was also worried, as if walking a tightrope on a cliff, with sweat dripping from his palms.

"Last year, Xiaoyou said he wanted to marry me, and I agreed, because I never thought that we would be together. I came to work in Xingbang not to pursue you, but just to see you."

"I'm really happy with my life right now."

Hearing some faint swallowing sounds, Liang Qian didn't wait any longer, propped himself on the mattress and turned around, staring at the silhouette of Duan Xinghe in the dark.

They moved closer slowly and shared a deep and long kiss.

"Do you know," Liang Qian gasped and laughed, "The most correct decision I made at the age of 26 was to return to Yuzhou."

As for the next 27 years old, because of Duan Xinghe, he will definitely be happier.