In the silent place

The stairs in the upper floors are long and steep, the windows for lighting are pitifully small, and the lights are dim, giving people a depressing feeling.Bai Yutang kept scrambling to run ahead, then stood at the corner of the stairs and looked at Zhan Zhao who was behind with a smile on his face.When they climbed to the fourth floor, Bai Yutang was fine, but Zhan Zhao was already panting.

"What did I say?" Bai Yutang said proudly.

Zhan Zhao smiled and didn't answer, he held the handrail of the stairs, raised his head and asked, "How did you choose this place in the first place?"

"When I first came here, I lived in my elder brother's house. My sister-in-law was nice and never said anything, but I couldn't bother them all the time, so I wanted to come out and rent a house. Later, my fourth brother said that the family he was in charge of decorating would go abroad. , I want to find a long-term stable tenant. I came here to have a look, and I felt pretty good, so I settled down. There are not many residents here and it is quite quiet. I have lived here for almost two years. It has been so long, and I have encountered elevators twice Disable it, this is the third time." Bai Yutang said with a smile. "I said your face is dark enough."

Slowly climbing to the fourth and a half floors, Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang who was waiting for him on the fifth floor, and had to admire his good physical strength.This guy didn't blush, he wasn't out of breath, and he looked more energetic than before he went upstairs.After dawdling to the fifth floor, Zhan Zhao lifted the hem of his coat, sat down on the stairs, and let out a long breath.

"Hey, isn't it, I can't climb anymore on the fifth floor?"

"Including the parking lot just now, this is the seventh floor." Zhan Zhao argued.

"You don't think so..." Bai Yutang was about to tease him, when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from downstairs.An old man with gray temples came up with a bag. "Master, which floor do you live on?" Bai Yutang asked with a smile.

"The seventh floor." The old man's voice was full of confidence.

The stairs are spacious enough, Zhan Zhao sat on the side and nodded to the old man with a smile.The old man looked at him, chuckled and said, "Young people can't do without exercising. Look at me, I'll take a bend sooner or later, and it will come in handy now." The old man continued to climb, walking The sound gradually faded away.

It's rare to see Zhan Zhao disregarding his image in front of others, suddenly remembering what he said earlier about his leg cramps, Bai Yutang couldn't help feeling distressed. "Is your leg weak?"

"It's okay." Zhan Zhao looked up at Bai Yutang and said with a smile.Due to the exercise, his cheeks were flushed at this time, and his complexion looked better than usual.

Bai Yutang looked at his legs, and swallowed what he wanted to say.

After resting for a while, Zhan Zhao felt that his heartbeat was not so fast, and his breathing calmed down a lot.Grasping the handrails and standing up, my eyes went dark for a moment, but it passed in an instant, as if time stopped and resumed.This time, he only insisted on climbing the third floor and it was a bit overwhelming.Standing on the stairs, he held on to the handrail and panted heavily, feeling his heart beating violently and rapidly, it seemed that even his eardrums could feel the thunderous vibrations.He reached out his hand to wipe the sweat from his palms on his clothes, and looked up the escalator.What Bai Yutang said is true, his face is dark enough, this is only the eighth floor, and on the twelfth floor he is really...

Standing on a high place, Bai Yutang saw that his face was flushed and began to sweat, and his temples were wet, so he couldn't help reaching out his hand to give him a hand, but Zhan Zhao smiled at him without refusing.

"You go up first, don't wait for me." Swallowing a few mouthfuls, Zhan Zhao tried his best to dispel the rust smell in his throat. "I'll catch up later."

"Sit down and rest when you're tired."

"No need." Zhan Zhao leaned against the wall, panting.If he sat down at this time, he might really not be able to stand up.

Bai Yutang looked at him, took out a cigarette and lit it, took two puffs, and exhaled thick blue smoke.

"Cat, I remember you used to participate in the 5000-meter long-distance race in the school sports meeting, right?"

"Hmm. 1500 and 5000 meters."

"Remember, you ran first in 1500, and you seem to be second in 5000?" Bai Yutang straightened his back and stretched his back. "Since then, the girl from the second class, who is called Qian, has been pestering you all the time, and it is said that she even wrote you a love letter."

"Who did you hear all this from?"

"Da Liu and the others. At that time, everyone in the class didn't know about it. It's just that our homeroom teacher is the mother of that so-called Qian, so no one dared to say more." After exhaling smoke, Bai Yutang approached Zhan Zhao and asked curiously: " Did you really write it?"

"Can not remember."

"Liar."

"I forgot."

"Blind ghost, if you don't want to tell me, just say it."

"I said how old are you, why do you ask such meaningless things?"

"I just want to know. Did you write it or not?"

After a pause, Zhan Zhao replied honestly, "I wrote it."

"What did you write?" Bai Yutang asked anxiously.

"forget."

"..." Bai Yutang opened his mouth, and it took him a long time to spit out three words. "You win!"

The two rested for a while, and Bai Yutang didn't rush forward like he did at the beginning, with a cigarette in his mouth, he climbed slowly, as if he was taking a walk.After climbing half a floor, he looked back and saw that Zhan Zhao was half bent, holding his leg with one hand, and had no intention of moving at all, so he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Mao'er, is your leg hurting so much?"

Zhan Zhao leaned against the wall, feeling helpless in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.If he insisted on following Bai Yutang to climb up like this, he probably wouldn't be able to climb up.Sighing secretly, he raised his head and smiled at Bai Yutang, and said bravely, "I've had a bad stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, and my legs are a little weak now. Just rest for a while. You go up first, and I'll crawl slowly."

When Bai Yutang heard this, an unknown fire welled up in his heart.Why does he always say nothing, it used to be like this, and it is still like this now. "Why are you still climbing?" He rushed down angrily, snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, looked left and right to see if there was no trash can, so he took out the cigarette case and stuffed the remaining half of it back.He grabbed Zhan Zhao's arm with one hand and put it on his shoulder, wrapped his arm around his waist, and growled in a low voice: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Are you really planning to use your hands and feet without me asking you?" Climb up for me?" Rather than saying it was Qi Zhanzhao, it was better to say that he was more angry with himself.He knew Zhan Zhao's temperament, if he could still hold on, he would never spit it out.When he was on the fifth floor just now, it wasn't that he didn't notice it, but he only thought of his legs and thought he was so strong, so he just turned a blind eye and let him do whatever he wanted, but why did he forget about his stomach? What's wrong?Obviously, I just smelled the pungent smell of traditional Chinese medicine at noon.

Seeing Bai Yutang's gloomy face, Zhan Zhao felt a little guilty, and lowered his head without saying a word.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Bai Yutang felt depressed, turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao, saw that his eyes were hidden behind his drooping bangs, and the blood on his face just now had faded completely, his heart was really angry and hurt .It was rare for this cat to be so honest, he couldn't bear to scold him again, but his mouth refused to obey. "You are really cunning. Now that you know how to be honest, where was your energy just now?"

"I..." Zhan Zhao turned to look at him, then lowered his head again.

Bai Yutang saw his lips pursed, his chest heaved and his fingers were icy cold, he felt nervous and cursed himself for being dizzy. "Cat, don't be angry. Don't you know my mouth?" He always spoke like this, rarely considering the occasion and other people's feelings.Especially in front of this cat, he was even more unrestrained, saying whatever he wanted, and a few times he spoke too much, and thinking about it afterwards, he himself found it difficult to accept.

"I'm not angry." Zhan Zhao said, deliberately leaning on him, jokingly said: "There are still four floors, I can only ask you to help me up."

Seeing him like this, Bai Yutang wished he could beat him up and teach him not to be arrogant; he also wished he could hold him tightly in his arms and never let him go for the rest of his life.He felt that he was about to be tortured to death by him.Could it be that he really owed him in the previous life, otherwise why would he be so willing to let him scratch his heart and lungs in this life. "Cat, don't be brave in the future, okay?"

Zhan Zhao lowered his head and hummed softly.Bai Yutang tightened his arms around his waist, and walked towards the top of the stairs together with him.

When he reached the tenth floor, Zhan Zhao was so uncomfortable that he could barely move his legs.He was dizzy, had difficulty breathing, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't even bend.Bai Yutang also sensed something was wrong, seeing that his body was getting heavier and heavier, with sweat dripping from his forehead, he hurriedly stopped and asked, "Cat, what's wrong with you?"

Holding the armrest tightly, Zhan Zhao adjusted his breathing, and said with a pale face, "I feel a little sick to my stomach, I want to sit for a while."

Bai Yutang panicked, and helped him to sit on the steps, while he squatted down beside him with one leg up and one leg down.

"Maybe it was motion sickness just now, I'll just rest for a while."

"Stop talking." Although he didn't know what it was like to have a stomachache, Zhan Zhao looked really bad.Bai Yutang was so anxious that he scolded the damn elevator no less than [-] times.

Sitting on the stairs, Zhan Zhao didn't care about that much anymore, buried his head in his arms folded on his legs, closed his eyes and suppressed the feeling of wanting to vomit.He could clearly feel the blood vessels in his temples throbbing and throbbing, and the shocks made him feel like he had a splitting headache.If possible, he really doesn't want Bai Yutang to see him like this, there are only two layers left, he really shouldn't be discouraged at this time, but the intense pain in his legs and physical discomfort have completely overwhelmed him. He beats.Taking a few deep breaths, he slowly raised his head. There was a sharp pain in the front of his head, and the scene in front of him suddenly became distorted, and even Bai Yutang, who was close at hand, became blurred. "You...you go up first." He knew it was useless to say it, but the feeling of palpitations intensified, and he really didn't know how long he could last.

Bai Yutang saw that his face was as white as paper, his lips were pale, his eyes were in a daze, and he was afraid that he would faint.He bent down, patted himself on the back, turned his head and said, "Come up." Seeing that Zhan Zhao didn't move, Bai Yutang said again: "Cat, come up."

Zhan Zhao shook his head, grabbed the escalator with one hand, and reached out to Bai Yutang with the other. "Help me up."

Crouching in front of Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang really wanted to stroke the sweaty hair on his forehead, but he didn't dare to reach out.He said distressedly: "You look like this, so don't be stubborn." Seeing him lowering his head silently, his eyes drooping, his eyelashes were black and thick, and wet, the sweat must have flowed on them just now, he felt a pain in his heart, He put his hands on Zhan Zhao's legs and patted them. "It's nothing to be ashamed of." Seeing that he was unmoved, he couldn't help threatening: "If I don't let me carry it, then I'll carry you up. Do you believe it?"

After being silent for a while, Zhan Zhao raised his head, and the corners of his lips curved into a smile.Bai Yutang patted his head, and said almost dotingly: "That's right, I've listened to my elder brother and still need to suffer this kind of pain." He knelt down and carried him on his back.

Zhan Zhao lay quietly on Bai Yutang's back, watching the hair on his neck flickering in a daze, which made his eyes ache.He bit his lips without saying a word, but he couldn't hold back the tears anymore, flowing down the bridge of his nose, sliding down his cheeks, and quietly falling on the clothes on Bai Yutang's shoulders.He knew he shouldn't be like this, but he couldn't control his heart.He is so greedy for this moment, for his solid back, and even more for his warm body temperature.Resting on Bai Yutang's shoulder, he slowly closed his eyes.If time could stand still, how much he wished it was this moment.

"Mao'er, you've only grown taller, and your weight hasn't changed much since high school." Bai Yutang lifted Zhan Zhao up on his back.Seeing that he was silent for a long time, he asked worriedly: "Do you feel very uncomfortable?"

"That's...I...keep it up well." Zhan Zhao's voice came from next to his ear, with a bit of a nasal tone, speaking intermittently, as if he had gritted his teeth and popped out.Seeing that although he was suffering, Bai Yutang still wanted to make fun of him, so he relaxed a little. "Persist for a while, and we'll be there soon." He could clearly feel the heartbeat from the man on his back, hitting his back one after another, driving his heart to beat non-stop.Zhan Zhao must also feel his heartbeat.Thinking of this, Bai Yutang seemed to have poured infinite power into his body, quickened his pace, and climbed up.

The stairwell was extremely silent, only the sound of Bai Yutang's climbing footsteps, steady and deep, with a heavy echo, reverberated in Zhan Zhao's ears.

"Cat, we're here." Seeing the floor number, Bai Yutang gasped and stopped, and shouted excitedly.

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