like the abyss

Bai Ru'an made an appointment three days later, not far from where Lu Yuan lived, it was a Chinese restaurant.Lu Yuan left the house half an hour earlier, did not drive, and walked slowly along the road.

City C has a large floating population, and when the new year is approaching, it often becomes an empty city overnight.Occasionally, a few passers-by also pulled their hoods, lowered their heads, and walked in a hurry.Along the way, Lu Yuan watched his own shadow change from long to short and from short to long under the street lights.

Qin Suzheng hasn't contacted him these days. Lu Yuan only sent a message on the first day to ask him if he was used to it. Qin Suzheng never replied. Lu Yuan thought it might be inconvenient for him, so he didn't message him again.When Qin Suzheng was at home, Lu Yuan could always see him dangling in front of his eyes. After he left, Lu Yuan realized that there were very few contact methods between them.Lu Yuan's little understanding of him comes from Xiao Zhoujing and Lin Surui, but more is gone. Qin Suzheng has never talked to him about himself, so Lu Yuan has no way to talk about it. It seems that this is a kind of The two should maintain a tacit understanding.

When Lu Yuan arrived, Bai Ru'an hadn't come yet.Lu Yuan found the box according to the information he gave, took off his coat and scarf and sat down.The waiters followed him in, and the well-trained ones refilled the tea and left.The box is next to the courtyard, which is in the style of a garden, with exquisitely pruned landscape trees and scattered rockery.There is running water brought in from the outside through the yard and poured into the pond. City C does not freeze, so you can hear the sound of gurgling water, and it is extremely quiet.Lu Yuan stood in front of the window and looked at it for a while, then pushed the window open a crack.The icy cold air rushed in, Lu Yuan inadvertently took a breath of cold air, and coughed a few times.

It happened that Bai Ru'an pushed the door open and came in.Bai Ru'an heard Lu Yuan cough, rushed forward to close the window in front of Lu Yuan in two or three steps, and scolded him in a low voice: "It's so cold outside, why are you opening the window?"

Lu Yuan moved sideways to make room for him to move.Probably because he coughed too quickly just now, Lu Yuan covered his mouth and shook his head at him, speechless.Seeing him coughing with tears in his eyes, Bai Ru'an felt anxious, wanted to pat him on the back, but was afraid that his hands would make him feel more uncomfortable; wanted to help him smooth his chest, but Lu Yuan's hand was in front of him, and it was inconvenient to move, so he could only be at a loss standing in front of Lu Yuan.Lu Yuan closed his eyes for a while, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Bai Ru'an looking at him anxiously, sweating on his forehead.Bai Ru'an stood close and stuck him in the corner by the window.Lu Yuan tugged at the chest of his coat, his voice still a little hoarse: "It's hot inside, go and take off the coat."

Bai Ru'an didn't move, wanted to touch his forehead, stretched his hand half way, then retracted it, still staring at him: "Are you having a cold?"

Lu Yuan pushed him back, "No, I was choked by the cold wind just now."

Only then did Bai Ru'an feel relieved, and turned to him and said, "I really have you, how old are you this year? Three years old?"

Lu Yuan coughed and blushed, followed him to the table, Bai Ru'an helped him pull out the chair, Lu Yuan was about to sit down, but found that the person sitting opposite was an acquaintance.

It was Qin Suzheng.

He should have come with Bai Ru'an just now.As soon as Bai Ru'an came in, he blocked Lu Yuan against the window - he was already two centimeters taller than Lu Yuan, and he gained weight after eating abroad in the past two years, but he wasn't actually fat. He has grown some muscles, broad shoulders and narrow waist, and looks like a mature man - standing in front of Lu Yuan like this, Lu Yuan's line of sight was completely blocked by him, so naturally he didn't see anyone following him.

Qin Suzheng has taken care of it carefully, his hair is neatly combed, and he is wearing a black turtleneck sweater, which is fully supported by the muscles on his chest and arms.It was really hot in the room, and while looking at Lu Yuan, he casually pushed up his sleeves.

Lu Yuan didn't expect that he was the senior that Bai Ru'an was talking about, he froze slightly, sat down and took a sip from the water glass.

Bai Ruan took off his coat and came over, saw Lu Yuan holding the cup in his hand, stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the cup, it was cold, frowned, took the cup out of Lu Yuan's hand: "You still drink cold water? "

It was only after Lu Yuan swallowed that the water was already cold. The warm water slid across the esophagus, and his senses were infinitely magnified. Lu Yuan was a little dazed.Hearing Bai Ru'an's question, he looked away from Qin Suzheng's face in a daze, "I didn't expect it to be cold."

Bai Ru'an put the cup on the other side of the table away from Lu Yuan, sat down next to Lu Yuan, and gestured to the waiter waiting by the door, the waiter bent over and left.Qin Suzheng was sitting opposite to Bai Ruan, and now he had turned his eyes away to see Bai Ruan's movements.Bai Ru'an didn't see the two people staring at each other just now, and looked at Lu Yuan, "Let them bring you a warm cup later."

Lu Yuan nodded.

Bai Ru'an turned to look at Qin Suzheng, who was also looking at him.Bai Ru'an didn't care, she hugged Lu Yuan and leaned against her, "Senior, this is Lu Yuan, my half-brother."

Being pulled by him like this, Lu Yuan's center of gravity was unstable, and he almost fell into his arms. He could only hold the table with one hand and support the back of the chair with one hand to maintain his balance.Bai Ru'an didn't notice anything, and turned back to look at him, "This is the senior I told you about two days ago, Qin Suzheng, you know the Qin family, right? Maybe you've met before."

Lu Yuan nodded with difficulty, couldn't hold on anymore, and rubbed down again, Bai Ru'an smiled viciously, "Yuan'er, are you throwing yourself into your arms?"

Lu Yuan simply let go of the table, and pulled his arm around his neck with his free hand. Bai Ruan didn't use much force, and Lu Yuan opened it as soon as he pulled, and was about to sit up straight, but was dragged back by his arms.

Qin Suzheng on the opposite side suddenly stretched out his hand across the table, "Hello, I'm Qin Suzheng."

Bai Ru'an didn't want to make trouble anymore, so he helped Lu Yuan to sit upright, and lifted Lu Yuan's neckline.Lu Yuan wore a low-necked thick-knit sweater, which was pulled a little crookedly by Bai Ruan just now, revealing half of his thin collarbone.Lu Yuan didn't know why Qin Suzheng came so suddenly, so he could only shake hands with him, "Lu Yuan."

Qin Suzheng didn't intend to shake hands at all, he just touched him before taking it away, looking at Bai Ruan, "How long will you stay when you come back?"

Lu Yuan was even more confused, and then slowly withdrew his hand after being taken aback for a moment.Bai Ru'an counted the time, "I won't be here for long, I have to go back in the third year of junior high school."

Qin Suzheng looked at Lu Yuan again, "Ru'an has always said that you look alike, but when I saw you today, I don't think you are very similar."

Lu Yuan didn't know what to say, so he could only continue his words: "I don't think so either."

But Bai Ru'an was not happy, and moved to Lu Yuan's side, and looked at Qin Suzheng face to face with Lu Yuan, "What's not like it? Look carefully!"

Qin Suzheng didn't speak, and looked at Bai Ru'an with a smile.Lu Yuan had never seen him smile like this, and there was a smile in his eyes.Lu Yuan was a little uncomfortable, just about to drink water, but remembered that the cup had been taken away by Bai Ru'an, so he could only cover up and ask him, "Is the food still ready?"

Sure enough, Bai Ru'an was distracted, sat back and rang the service bell.Lu Yuan didn't know where to look, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Qin Suzheng glance at him.

Lu Yuan couldn't tell what kind of emotion was in this flirtatious look.His heart felt chilled by this look, and he went back to the time when he was young and went to look for Lu Jiming with the report card but was reprimanded by Lu Jiming.

Lu Yuan regained his composure, thinking that this matter was really fantastic.He and Qin Suzheng sat at the same table, but pretended to be strangers to each other, and even shook hands politely, which was ridiculous and ironic; but he couldn't tell the truth to Bai Ruan, because it was too difficult to say— — Not only did we know each other, but we also slept together for a month — so that the three of us would have to get under the table in embarrassment, and by the way, we would all come out with Bai Ruan.Thinking about it this way, there is also a reason for Qin Suzheng's weird behavior: the acting is too exaggerated.

The dishes are very rich.Bai Ru'an picked up a few dishes for Lu Yuan with serving chopsticks, and when Lu Yuan finished eating, he looked at him expectantly, "How is it? Do you think the taste is familiar?"

Lu Yuan didn't taste anything special, and didn't understand what Bai Ruan meant, so he turned to look at him.

Bai Ru'an was a little disappointed, "It was Uncle Li who used to cook at our house, and he also opened this restaurant. I can imagine the taste outside."

Lu Yuan comforted him: "I remembered it, it was delicious." In fact, Lu Yuan didn't remember it.He moved out early and didn't want to go back. He had forgotten everything about the Lu family, and only vaguely remembered that there was such a person.

Bai Ru'an regained his spirits and asked Qin Suzheng to try it too.Qin Suzheng was very supportive, tasted every dish carefully, and commented a few words.Bai Ru'an filled Lu Yuan's plate, and chatted with Qin Suzheng while talking and laughing.

Lu Yuan listened to their chat while eating.The two of them stopped chatting about food, and turned to chatting about current affairs, finance, stock market and so on.Bai Ruan and Qin Suzheng are in the same major. Qin Suzheng asked him a few questions about his studies, and Bai Ruan answered them one by one, then slapped his head as if remembering something, "Oh, Yuaner, I forgot to bring you the game disc. !"

Lu Yuan was eating well and was suddenly cueed, raised his head with puffed cheeks.Bai Ru'an probably felt that he had been left out in the cold just now, and then kept talking about the game.Qin Suzheng was unusually talkative today, but Lu Yuan was as usual.During the banquet, apart from Bai Ru'an's banging voice, there was an occasional response from Lu Yuan.Qin Suzheng couldn't intervene, so he had to peel two mantis shrimps and put them into Bai Ruan's bowl.

Lu Yuan was halfway through his sentence, but when he saw Qin Suzheng's natural movements stop for a moment, he continued.

Bai Ruan followed Lu Yuan's gaze and looked over, but was not too surprised. He gave one to Lu Yuan, and looked at Qin Suzheng with a smile, "Senior, you can eat it yourself, you don't need to peel it for me, I have learned how to do it now."

Hearing this, Qin Suzheng wiped his hands clean and raised his chin, "Then try peeling it off."

Bai Ru'an picked up one and pushed the dish towards Lu Yuan, "Yuan'er, I'll teach you how to peel it."

Lu Yuan didn't know how to peel these weird looking things, he ate even the shells, now he got serious and watched him peel them closely.

Bai Ru'an boasted about going to Haikou, but in fact the operation was a mess, a good mantis shrimp was stripped into four or five pieces.Bai Ru'an was a little embarrassed, and was about to throw it out with the shell, but Lu Yuan picked up a piece and ate it first.Lu Yuan still smacked his lips, imitating his words with a serious face: "It's super delicious."

Before wiping his hands, Bai Ruan grabbed Lu Yuan with his wrist and pressed it into his arms, pretending to be angry, "Lu Yuan, why are you so bad!"

Lu Yuan held up his chopsticks to hide from him, smiling a little, his eyes shining slightly.

On the opposite side, Qin Suzheng's face was so heavy that ink dripped out.