Difficult round

Standing in front of this iron gate that he had entered and exited countless times, Shen Xi was in a trance for a moment.The last time he came back here was before Gu Yan got drunk and sent him home.

At that time, he thought that he could go in for another look, but Gu Yan turned him away mercilessly.

Obviously, it was actually not long ago, but Shen Qi felt that it had been a long, long time, and at this moment, he felt a sense of homelessness. He raised and lowered his arms, put them down and raised them again, but he still didn't dare to touch them. knock on the door.

Even if he knew that there would be no one in this family now, no matter how much he knocked or smashed the door, Gu Yan would not know and would not come out to drive him away, he still did not dare.

He lowered his arms in a slump, put the suitcase against the wall, and sat on the cold ground by the iron door, with his arms hugging his knees, and buried his head inside.

Then the memories of those New Years in the past flooded back, drowning Shen Qi in the night.

Gu Yan is from Linshi. In previous years, the two of them would get bored until two days before New Year's Eve, and then go back to their respective homes. They would come back after the holidays.Only one year is an exception.Just two years ago.

At that time, the two of them had already bought the plane tickets to go home. Shen Qi was dragging his suitcase to go out that morning, but Gu Yan hung on him like a big dog and dragged him back from the door. , sticky and said that he was reluctant to let him go.

"Don't go back this year, okay? Let our parents go on a trip, and then we will spend the new year alone."

Gu Yan pressed him down, suppressed him with force, and then pressed him to kiss, so that Shen Xi's legs and feet were weak, and he was dazzled, and agreed as soon as his head became hot.

The two hugged each other again, kissed each other and went to the bed, and the thunder and fire continued until the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, Gu Yan dragged Shen Qi from the bed, who looked like he had been run over by a wheel, and went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and went to the supermarket to buy Spring Festival couplets, lucky characters, and various snacks and drinks.

After returning home for a simple lunch, Shen Qi sat on the sofa eating snacks while watching replays of previous years' Spring Festival Gala, while Gu Yan was busy in the kitchen alone.

Shen Qi actually wanted to help, since he said he wanted to celebrate the New Year together, he couldn't really do nothing and just wait to eat, but Gu Yan refused, he put Shen Qi on the counter and ate first After a big meal, he hugged him back to the sofa again, and said with a gluttonous face:

"You just stay here obediently. I will eat you, and you will eat the dishes cooked by your husband. We have a clear division of labor."

Shen Xi blushed at what he said, wishing he could kick this shameless person out of the house.

In the evening, the two watched the Spring Festival Gala while eating New Year's Eve dinner, making complaints from time to time.Before he could clean up the dishes after eating, Shen Qi was taken to bed again by Gu Yanguai.

Hmmmm, sleepless all night.

At that time, Shen Qi was regretful, very regretful.I feel that I shouldn't listen to Gu Yan's sweet words, let alone be deceived by his pitiful appearance, and stay for this year, so that I almost died on the bed after the New Year's Eve.

Gu Yan usually likes to do it, but he is very restrained and never messes around, so Shen Qi doesn't understand why this person was so excited in those few days, and he opened and closed his eyes thinking about that stuff.

Later, Shen Qi couldn't stand the torment, so he laughed at whether Gu Yan secretly ate some bullwhip antler, and had nowhere to vent his energy.

When she asked this question, Gu Yan was kissing him, her lips were rubbing against his eyebrows, eyes, and mouth, and she whispered in his ear with a slightly hoarse voice after being moved:

"Because I'm very happy, so happy that I just want to stick with you all the time, I don't want to do anything else, I just want...you."

In fact, Shen Qi himself was quite happy, it was the first time for the two of them to celebrate the New Year together, he still laughed at Gu Yan:

"What nonsense are you talking about? We will spend many years together in the future. Do you want to spend every year in bed?"

Gu Yanchou said shamelessly: "What's wrong with that, I like staying in bed with you..."

At that time, Shen Qi really thought that the two of them would have many opportunities to celebrate the New Year together, but it turned out... In the end, there would be no more chances.

That year became the only one in my memory.

Shen Qi suddenly felt a little regretful, he knew it would be like this, at least he should have pasted up the couplet, so that he wouldn't eat up the shopping bag later and just remembered that there was such a thing.

After that, Gu Yan put the Spring Festival couplets in a drawer: "I'll post them next year."

Next year and next year, before today, Shen Qi didn't even remember that they ever bought a pair of Spring Festival couplets, Gu Yan probably did the same.

So Gu Yan also threw away the couplets, together with their photos.

Shen Qi recalled that there was a heavy snowfall on New Year's Eve, and when they woke up the next day, it was already a vast expanse of whiteness outside the house, cars, flower beds, street lamps, roofs...everything in sight seemed to be All are shrouded in snow.

This is a wonderful sight for City A, which never snows all year round. The children in every household seem to have come out, running and frolicking in the snow, having a great time.

The two of them also joined in the fun, took the largest copper washbasin in the house, dug a basin full of snow in the flower bed downstairs, and then built a little snowman in the washbasin and placed it on the balcony.

Gu Yan used grapes and carrots to make the snowman's facial features, and he found the little Christmas hat that was given to him when he went shopping in the supermarket before Christmas and put it on the snowman's head.

The little snowman looked naive and cute, Shen Qi liked it very much, and took many photos of it.

But the next few days were sunny, and the little snowman didn't last long, and it didn't take long for it to melt.

Shen Xi was a little sad because of this, but Gu Yan found a wine jar from nowhere, and scooped the snow water from the washbasin into the wine jar bowl by bowl, Shen Xi didn't know why, so he asked him what he was planning to do.

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "In order to show how noble and arrogant they are, don't those princes and nobles in the novel say that they only use rootless water to make tea? What's so great about it? Put up the little snowman, and we will soak in it when spring comes."

Gu Yan is quite stable most of the time, but from time to time, he will pop up an unreliable whimsy, which often makes Shen Qi dumbfounded.

"Aren't you stupid? They're just pretending it's snow that just fell. How many days have you kept it in this washbasin, and the pollution is so serious now, are you sure you can drink it?"

Gu Yan glared at him foolishly: "If you don't do anything, you won't get sick if you eat it."

Shen Xi glanced at him: "If you want to drink it yourself, I won't accompany you to go crazy, so at least I can call an ambulance for you."

Then...then Shen Qi paid the price for these words, moaning and making Gu Yan rub his waist all night.

The night was getting deeper and the temperature was getting lower, Shen Xi tightened the sweater on his body, feeling even more sad.

Running away from home was a temporary idea. At that time, I was full of thoughts of fleeing, but I didn't realize that I was only wearing a sweater when I ran out of the house.

Later, I came all the way in a daze, and I didn't feel cold.It was until he stood outside this familiar iron door, was shocked by the cold wind passing through the hall, and realized later that he was no longer qualified to open this door, and when he returned to his warm and comfortable home, he could no longer hear The man said "You're back" with joy.

At that moment, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his whole body felt a chill in his heart.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and reason told Shen Xi that he should go, and staying here would not change anything except for freezing himself to death.

But he couldn't bear it.

Because he knew that once Gu Yan came back, he wouldn't even have the chance to sit at the door without thinking like this.

The uncle upstairs led Huanhuan downstairs for a stroll, saw Shen Qi squatting at the door, and greeted him:

"Hey, Xiao Shen, happy Chinese New Year, did you forget to bring your keys?"

Shen Qi opened his mouth, wanting to say something back to the uncle, but found that he couldn't speak, only uttered a few broken and out-of-tuned sounds.

"This is a cold. You only wear a sweater in this cold weather. How can you not catch a cold? Young people should also pay attention to their health!" The uncle looked worried.

"Why don't you go to my house first and stay there. Your Aunt Zhang is at home. I'll go up after I finish my walk. It happens that your Aunt Zhang is making sugar cakes. When Xiao Gu comes back, ask him to come over and eat together!"

Huanhuan is a three-and-a-half-year-old border shepherd, very clever and clever. When Shen Qi and Gu Yan come out for a stroll after dinner, they often meet Uncle Zhang and Huanhuan playing with the Frisbee there. .

"Thank you, but there's no need." Shen Qi finally regained his language function, sniffed and lied, "My brother...he's coming back soon."

At the beginning when the old couple asked about their relationship, Gu Yan was not afraid to reveal the relationship between the two, but Shen Qi felt that it was a matter between the two of them, there was no need to make it too high-profile and public, and at the same time, he was afraid of being shocked The old man lied to them that he and Gu Yan were cousins ​​who went out to work hard, and they lived together to take care of each other and save rent.

The old couple naturally believed it, and hadn't doubted it for so many years.

"That's fine, then I'll go down first." The uncle didn't force him, and he led Huanhuan downstairs after speaking.

The uncle doesn't like to take the elevator, he climbs the stairs every day, and his body is very strong.

Shen Qi then also stood up.Because of maintaining the same posture for a long time, his legs were numb and painful, and he slowly recovered after holding on to the iron gate for a while.

"I should go too, happy new year, Gu Yan." He whispered to the iron gate.

And at this moment, the iron door creaked, and it was pushed open from the inside out. Gu Yan hid half of his body behind the door, and a flash of astonishment flashed in his eyes, but after seeing the person who came, the little bit of astonishment quickly disappeared. Turned into alert.

He frowned and asked Shen Qi: "Why are you here?"