summer rot

"You really don't think your boyfriend is a little... weird?"

When the lights are brightly lit after dark, the crowd in the hot pot restaurant is still bustling, and even lined up all the way to No. 42 outside the door.The waiters walked around to clean up the dishes, and the sound of jingling came and went, and was quickly drowned out by the loud voices.In such an atmosphere, Jiang Mengyuan suddenly lowered her voice, so that Zhou Xiangxing, who was working hard to cook, did not react for a while.

"What?" He fished the mutton out of the sesame sauce and looked at his female friend who had been away for three months.With raised eyebrows, the not-so-rich facial expression looked a little serious.As if thinking of something, he swallowed the mutton and hesitated: "Why do you say that?"

"It's still the same thing as last time." Jiang Mengyuan said: "I don't know why, I can't sleep every day in the past few months, no matter how I think about it, I don't think it's something normal people can do."

After she finished speaking, she knew that the words were serious. At any rate, this was her friend's boyfriend, so she paused and changed her words: "It can't be said that it's abnormal, right? It's rather strange?"

That last time...

Zhou Xiangxing knew what she was referring to. Three months ago, before Jiang Mengyuan left the city, he brought his boyfriend to meet her.

He knows that her boyfriend is easy to think wildly, so before meeting him, he spent an entire hour explaining to him all the innocent past between him and Jiang Mengyuan—not his ex-girlfriend, not Bai Yueguang, not Secret love, no experience of pretending to be a boyfriend and girlfriend, no marriage urges at home, each other has a partner, both of them are crooked.It can be said that there is no sign of any transcendence of friendship, and such outrageous things will not happen in the future.And this meeting is just a farewell for old friends before leaving.

At that time, her boyfriend was lying on the sofa, hugging his knees, only a pair of dark eyes were exposed between his bent elbows, and he nodded obediently.

Even when we first met, everything was very natural, and my boyfriend even took the initiative to shake hands.

Until he went to the bathroom on the way, and when he came back, he saw a table knife stuck on the wooden table in front of Jiang Mengyuan.

Jiang Mengyuan was frightened and stayed where she was, with her hands folded in front of her chest, while her boyfriend just stared at him motionlessly after turning his head, without saying anything.Later, he pulled out the knife several times but failed to pull it out completely. The waiter tied it with a towel before pulling it out.

When the knife was pulled out, it hit the corner of the table and made a moderate thud.When he looked at the deep and black knife edge on the dining table, Zhou Xiangxing's first thought was: This force can definitely kill anyone.

That day, he compensated for the replacement of the dining table, and was blacklisted by this restaurant again.

And when he asked his boyfriend why he did this, the boyfriend just looked at him calmly, pulling at the hem of his clothes without letting go, as if he felt guilty, but he didn't know what he did wrong. After thinking for a long time, he said: " There was a bug in there at the time."

"What about the bug?"

"Pinned down."

They'd already left the restaurant, and he'd never know if there really was a bug down there with a crushed body.

Zhou Xiangxing pointed to Jiang Mengyuan who was standing aside.No need to speak anymore, the boyfriend walked over consciously and apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to scare you."

At that time, the girl just shook her head stiffly and said it was okay.

But today, Jiang Mengyuan brought up this matter alone.

"He wanted to stab my hand at the time." The originally relaxed atmosphere became a little tense, the girl raised her glass, took a sip of sour plum juice, and tried not to make a fuss.But the erratic gaze and the non-stop scraping of the cup with her thumb all showed that she was flustered.

"At that time, he stared straight at me...he didn't pay attention to the bugs on the table at all. If I didn't happen to want to change the pair of chopsticks, I would definitely not be able to avoid the knife."

When she mentioned this matter, her tone was still a little trembling.

The girl looked at the friend in front of her.Under the slightly dim light in the corner, the young man's short black hair revealed a strand of silvery white, which was highlighted when it was dyed.Zhou Xiangxing has always been the eye-catching type among the crowd.She has a handsome appearance and restrained demeanor. Although she occasionally looks serious and indifferent when dealing with people, she knows that her friends are just very restrained, and it seems that because of this, she has been tagged with some "cold" labels, making her more popular.

It is also easier to attract the attention of some weird people.

"I'm a little worried about you." Jiang Mengyuan reached out and grabbed Zhou Xiangxing's hand.Generally speaking, it's not easy for her to intervene in this kind of "family matter", but he is one of the people she cares about the most. She made up her mind to say these words even if there is a quarrel: "If you find out that he has something In a similar situation, you must remember..."

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of shattering dishes from behind, interrupting the girl's words.

Zhou Xiangxing turned his head subconsciously and found that a waiter accidentally slipped the tray in his hand to the ground.A few porcelain plates were broken and leftovers were spilled, and the people who were talking were quiet for a moment. They turned their heads to check the situation, and quickly returned to normal after the other party's hasty apology.

"Thank you for reminding—"

And when he turned his head again, he found that there was another person in front of him, and the words were on his lips.

"...when will you go home?"

Her boyfriend's dark eyes were watching him.

Zhou Xiangxing was startled.He subconsciously looked at his friend and found that Jiang Mengyuan had completely stayed where he was.

And it was such a movement of averting his eyes, which seemed to have aroused his boyfriend's dissatisfaction. He stretched out his hand to block his sight, leaving only a central position for Zhou Xiangxing to look at him.

"When will you go home?" he asked again.

Zhou Xiangxing said, "Why are you here?"

The boyfriend pursed his lips, and there seemed to be a little aggrieved in his dark eyes: "It's getting dark."

This is accusing yourself of being out for too long.

Zhou Xiangxing avoided that hand, turned his head to turn on the phone, counted the time, and went out for two hours.Counting the four or ten minutes lost on the road, the time to sit down and eat is not much at all.

He looked at his boyfriend in front of him again, standing opposite him, with one hand on the table, leaning forward slightly, in a slightly oppressive posture.Those somewhat unique eyes with small whites are not very expressive, like the eyes of the legendary "Mona Lisa", no matter which angle you go to, they always seem to be staring at you.

"Sit down, Li Zhi." He frowned.

So the boyfriend sat down beside him obediently, put his hands on his knees neatly, put his feet together, and his back was straight. Except that his whole body kept getting close to Zhou Xiangxing, he looked upright like a primary school student.

Zhou Xiangxing didn't get out of the way, and sure enough, within five seconds, her boyfriend began to slowly wrap his hands around his waist, as if trying to wrap him up, but after trying many times, his arms were not that long, so he had to give up .

Zhou Xiangxing looked at Jiang Mengyuan, who was completely stiff, and remembered their last topic. He was silent for a while, and said, "You go first, and I will talk to you about work later."

Only then did Li Zhi finally notice the person opposite.He stared at the girl's face for a long time, finally grinned reluctantly, and stretched out his hand: "Hi, I'm Zhou Xiangxing's boyfriend."

He didn't introduce his name at all.

Jiang Mengyuan reluctantly smiled back at him, picked up her bag and prepared to leave without shaking hands.Before she left, she took a deep look at her friend, as if hesitating, but finally said: "If there is a problem with work, I will be there at any time."

The first two words are accentuated, as if implying something.

Zhou Xiangxing thanked earnestly.

And Li Zhi looked at his neglected right hand, tilted his head, and put it down.He waited until the girl's figure had gone so far away that he could no longer see him, then he went to hold Zhou Xiangxing's hand again: "You guys sat here for 10 minutes just to talk about work?"

"Yes."

Zhou Xiangxing looked at her boyfriend - Jiang Mengyuan was right, Li Zhi was indeed very strange.

From the first time they met, Zhou Xiangxing felt that the other person's appearance was dancing wildly on his own preferences.At that time, Li Zhi was sitting behind the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of the bookstore, his mid-length hair dyed silver was lightly tied behind his head, half a street away, his black eyes were looking at him intently and seriously, and they were looking at him.Not only that, not only his appearance, but also Li Zhi took the initiative to come to him when they got along for the first time, and their conversation went very smoothly.Li Zhi seems to know his hobbies like the back of his hand, and even a lot of things about his childhood resonate with him.

He just thought it was fate.

But now that I think about it, it's really weird.

"When did you come?" Zhou Xiangxing asked.

Li Zhi looked away: "Passing by by chance."

Deceiving.

If you pass by by chance, it is impossible to know that he sat here for 10 minutes.

But Zhou Xiangxing didn't say anything, he just looked at the other party quietly, finally stood up, paid the bill on the mobile phone, and walked out of the hot pot restaurant.

The summer night wasn't too hot, but it was a bit humid and stuffy. In addition, Zhou Xiangxing, who had just walked out of the air-conditioned room, soon broke into a thin layer of sweat after eating hot pot.His body was sticky, which made him a little uncomfortable. He reached out and pulled his neckline to lift the clothes to prevent it from clinging to his body.

Seeing that the hem of the clothes was getting higher and higher, Li Zhi immediately offered his hands to cool down his boyfriend.

Zhou Xiangxing paused for a moment, but did not move away.

The hand was cold, without any sweat.He looked at Li Zhi calmly, and found that not only his hands, but also his whole body showed no signs of sweating at all, and his body temperature was so low that it was not like a normal person in summer.

They have been together for three years, and there have been small quarrels, but each time they ended quickly with Li Zhi's bottomless compromise.In the homosexual community, it can already be regarded as the category of true love, and Zhou Xiangxing himself thought so.

But now, he had to admit that he was a little afraid of Li Zhi.

On the way home, Zhou Xiangxing deliberately looked around a few more times. The stray cats that used to be fed nearby stopped coming recently.He remembered that one of them, Sanhua, was exceptionally beautiful. It had even been neutered and its ears were cut off. People from the community came to feed it every day, and wandering became a way of freedom.

The crowds of square dancers and dog walkers had disbanded in place, and small clusters of insects were flying under the dim street lights. At this moment, the interior of the closed community seemed very quiet.

"Who are you thinking about?" Li Zhi's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Cat." Zhou Xiangxing pretended not to be frightened, and looked at a dark and unknown trace by the wall: "There is a Sanhua, I haven't seen it for a long time."

"...Is that so..." Li Zhi drew a strange long voice, and then smiled: "It should have run away, creatures like cats will run away with whoever gives them more food."

The wind blows the green bushes and rustles.The grassy smell mingled with the sour smell of something rotting in the breeze that was coming.Summer is a season that is prone to deterioration, Zhou Xiangxing held his breath, and continued to breathe after walking to that place.

"Do you like the color of his fur? Or the sound of his bark?"

This question is very strange, Zhou Xiangxing thought for a while: "I like them all, cats are very cute."

"Look? Personality?"

"like it all."

Then they stopped talking, and it was very quiet all the way.Until the elevator lights up and makes a ding-dong sound, sending the two of them to the 11th floor.

In the silver-white elevator room, Zhou Xiangxing once again observed his boyfriend through the reflection on the door.

Li Zhi's jealousy is very obvious, no matter who he has physical contact with, or who he thinks about many times, even this "who" is not limited to a certain gender...and a certain species, Li Zhi will react violently.

He used to think that Li Zhi lacked a sense of security, but now he finally feels that if it is a particularly strong mental health problem, then he may not have the ability to heal the other party.

The momentary dizziness caused by the elevator ascending dissipated, and Zhou Xiangxing looked at her boyfriend again.

This time, it happened to meet the opponent's eyes.

Li Zhi, who was looking at him on the reflection of the elevator door, pursed his lips, and seemed to be in a bad mood.The dark eyes were even more mysterious under the night, and they locked on him immediately, as if seeing some prey.

Zhou Xiangxing has always felt that her boyfriend's "black eyes" are completely different from the dark brown "black eyes" of ordinary Asians.Thinking about it this way, it is actually a bit strange.

It made him look away.

At this moment, the elevator reached the end point, breaking the somewhat embarrassing and dignified atmosphere.

Zhou Xiangxing heaved a sigh of relief, and was about to step out of this narrow space, but the elevator door in front of him closed in front of him, almost pinching him.He looked back with some doubts, and found that his boyfriend not only pressed to close the door, but also pressed directly to the top floor.

Li Zhi lowered his eyes, looking innocent: "Xiang Xing, did you find something?"