like the abyss

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Lu Yuan was awakened by a knock on the door.

It was dark in the bedroom.Lu Yuan touched the button to turn on the light, opened his eyes sleepily, and faced Qin Xiaoer's big face.

Lu Yuan picked up the cat and put it in his arms and "chirped". Qin Xiaoer was not happy, so he put away his nails and stuck the meat pads firmly on Lu Yuan's face.

Lu Yuan sucked on the cat for a few minutes to gather enough strength, and carried Qin Xiaoer to open the door.

Shen Zening hung his hand in mid-air, probably because he didn't wake up, and wanted to keep knocking.

Lu Yuan forced a smile, "What's wrong?"

Shen Zening withdrew his hand and scratched his head, "It's nothing, Brother Lu, I just wanted to ask you if you ate, you didn't eat at noon..."

Lu Yuan shook his head, "Don't worry about me."

Shen Zening nodded, "Okay, then I'll eat it myself."

Lu Yuan turned around and closed the door.

Qin Xiaoer jumped from his arms onto the bed and rolled around, but Lu Yuan ignored him and took a set of clean pajamas to change.

He didn't sleep well. He tossed and turned all afternoon, and his back was covered in cold sweat.The temperature of the central air conditioner in the bedroom is low, and the cold air blows, and the wet cotton cloth sticks to the skin, feeling cool to the heart.

Qin Xiaoer lay on his back, watching Lu Yuan enter the bathroom.

A figure was reflected in the mirror behind the washstand. Lu Yuan stopped for a moment, propped himself up on the table and looked at it for a while, as if he didn't recognize himself, he traced the outline in the mirror with his fingers.

Lu Yuan didn't look in the mirror often, and was not familiar with his facial features. Now that he looked carefully, he realized that he didn't look like Bai Ru'an as he imagined.

His eyes are similar in shape to Bai Ruan's, but rounder and less sharp.The lips are thinner, and the lip color is not as bright as Bai Ru'an.Bai Ruan's pupils were dark, but his pupils were light. Without Bai Ruan's handsome and heroic spirit, he looked softer.

Their eyebrows and eyes are similar, but their temperaments are very different. People who are familiar with them will never mistake them.

Lu Yuan stared blankly, trying to see something else from the mirror.

However, the longer I looked at it, the more confused I became, and I couldn't even recognize the person opposite me in a trance.

The face of the person in the mirror blurred and changed, reorganizing into the woman who died early.The woman's facial features twisted, as if she was smiling, or mocking, with a hint of pity.

Lu Yuan backed away in shock, flipping the mouthwash cup on the shelf with his arm.The mouthwash cup rolled down from the washstand, making a crisp sound, it shattered, and the fragments splashed.

When Qin Xiaoer heard the movement, he quickly jumped up from the bed, ran into the bathroom, and threw himself into Lu Yuan's arms.

Lu Yuan subconsciously caught Qin Xiaoer.Qin Xiaoer pulled his ears back and stared straight at Lu Yuan's face, as if to make sure he was not injured.

Lu Yuan came back to his senses, rubbed his ear, "It's fine."

Qin Xiaoer was relieved, raised his claws to hug Lu Yuan's hand and took a bite.It didn't hurt, Lu Yuan didn't hide, Qin Xiaoer let out a dissatisfied "meow", and opened his mouth threateningly, revealing his sharp canine teeth.

Lu Yuan couldn't laugh or cry when he was interrupted by it, he picked it up by its two claws and put it on the washstand.

There were broken glass all over the ground, Lu Yuan was afraid that it would step on it, so he touched the back of its paw, "Don't move."

Qin Suzheng used to train Qin Xiaoer like a dog, hoping to make a cat obedient. They often played this "don't move" game.

Qin Xiaoer knew that if he was obedient, he would get cat snacks rewarded by Lu Yuan after the game, so he squatted obediently at the moment, watching Lu Yuan clean up the glass shards with his round eyes open.

The cold sweat on the back was half dry, and the clothes felt sticky to the touch.

Lu Yuan glanced at Qin Xiaoer, and suddenly envied his fluffy fur.

Do cats get cold?

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After Lu Yuan changed his clothes, he went to the kitchen to cook chicken breast and cat rice for Qin Xiaoer.

Outside the kitchen, Shen Zening was secretly observing.

Lu Yuan filled a small piece and steamed it in the wok, and there were two larger pieces under his hand.Shen Zening probed his head, Lu Yuan could see clearly from the corner of his eye, without turning his head, he concentrated on making a knife on the fascia side of the meat piece, turned it over again, and asked Shen Zening while beating with the back of the knife: "Can you eat pepper?"

Shen Zening was startled, and shrank back abruptly, then slowly revealed his head after a while, "Brother Lu, do you ask me?"

Lu Yuan didn't look at him, and spread salt evenly on the loose chicken breast, picked up the pepper shaker and shook it, "No, I'll ask Qin Xiaoer."

Shen Zening laughed "hehe" twice, picked up the cat at his feet, rubbed it next to Lu Yuan, stretched his neck to look at the meat on the chopping board, "It's edible, thank you Brother Lu!"

Lu Yuan smeared pepper again, found olive oil from the cupboard, cut a lemon, and squeezed the juice with a juicer. After thinking about it, he ordered Shen Zening to get a bottle of white wine from the wine cabinet.

Open the wine bottle, pour part of it into the measuring cup, calculate the time, fry the marinated chicken breast until golden on both sides, put it out, boil it with lemon juice, olive oil and wine, add the fried chicken breast again, and simmer until The sauce was thick, so Lu Yuan put two plates on them, sprinkled a little rosemary powder on them, and handed them to Shen Zening.

Shen Zening put down the cat, took the plate and carried it to the dining table.

Lu Yuan tore up the steamed chicken breast for Qin Xiaoer, put it in a cat bowl, mixed some chopped boiled beef, and took out two goblets from the cupboard in his hands.

Qin Xiaoer always wants to eat at the table.Lu Yuan put away the cat bowl, hugged it and sat on the table.

Shen Zening held up chopsticks and waited for Lu Yuan to take his seat.

Lu Yuan didn't make things difficult for him, sat down, divided the remaining wine into two glasses, and pushed Shen Zening a glass.

The wine that Shen Zening took was the Riesling bought by Lu Yuan. It was sweet and young, with the aroma of peach, yellow peach and mango, which was not Qin Suzheng's favorite taste.

Shen Ze Ning was very supportive, and swallowed his share in two or three bites.He ate in a hurry, got choked, hurriedly picked up the wine and pressed it down, rolled his eyes and gave Lu Yuan a thumbs up.

Lu Yuan smiled, leaned back in his chair and took a sip of his wine.

Shen Zening swallowed it with great difficulty, and couldn't even articulate, "Brother Lu, it's delicious!"

Lu Yuan moved his empty plate away, and pushed his share towards him.

Shen Zening was a little confused, "Brother Lu?"

Lu Yuan was a little embarrassed, turned his gaze and poked Qin Xiaoer next to him, "I'm not hungry."

Lu Yuan was apologizing.Just now Shen Zening came to ask him if he wanted to eat, but he was not energetic, so it was rude to refuse.

Qin Xiaoer was not happy to be interrupted from eating, so he twisted his body and carried her back, leaving Lu Yuan with a round butt.

Shen Zening was not polite, ate Lu Yuan's share, drank the rest of the wine in the glass, and got up to wash the dishes.

Lu Yuan didn't dare to bother Qin Xiaoer anymore, fearing that it would violently arrest him.He looked at Shen Zening's chest, and said hesitantly, "You..."

Lu Yuan needs to know what Shen Zening is doing.

Shen Zening paused for a moment, then sat down again.

Lu Yuan took another sip of his wine.

Shen Zening was quiet for a while, stretched out his hand to scratch around the scar near the end of the brow bone, and then grabbed the scalp with only a layer of green stubble, as if making up his mind, "Brother Lu, can you do me a favor again."