There is a noise source next door

When I walked into Ke Mengyan’s house with my schoolbag on my back on Saturday—this time I didn’t knock on the door, I opened it with the key—I was still thinking that if I posted on Weibo first, then Ke Mengyan would be able to see it immediately, and I would be pleasantly surprised Won't it get smaller?However, the aroma I smelled after entering the door made me forget the little plans in my mind for a moment.

"It smells so good... what are you doing?"

Ke Mengyan came out of the kitchen with a large steaming bowl and put it next to another bowl on the coffee table, then said with a smile, "Beef noodles."

After sitting in front of the coffee table, he smoothed the ends of the hair on the back of his neck in embarrassment, and continued, "Inexperienced, I didn't estimate the amount well, maybe it's a bit much..."

I put down my schoolbag, sat down and looked at the two big bowls that were full, and deeply wondered if my hand slipped when I drank the soup at the end, could my face be completely covered in the bowl.

I took the chopsticks and didn't rush to pick up the noodles. Instead, I picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup. After I put it down, I was surprised: "It tastes really good. Senior, you still have some skills in this area. It's really unexpected."

Hearing what I said, Ke Mengyan showed a happy expression, but immediately lowered the corners of his mouth and explained: "The stewed beef is ready-made, I just cooked noodles..."

I immediately picked up a chopstick of noodles, buried my head in my mouth, and slapped my mouth after eating, "I won't praise your noodles well...but the beef noodles are really delicious. The senior has cooked before. ?"

"Not at all." Ke Mengyan picked up the beef in the bowl with chopsticks, "I have eaten all the small restaurants nearby in the past few years."

I was hungry along the way, and while listening to Ke Mengyan's words, I buried my head in the noodles, "Talk while eating, the noodles will soften after a while."

For a moment, there were only the sound of two people sucking noodles in the living room, and then Ke Mengyan suddenly laughed: "I think I might have the talent to be a chef."

...I don't think it takes a lot of talent to cook noodles.I thought about it, but I didn't say this sentence to severely damage Ke Mengyan's self-confidence, but just poked it a little, "Then wait until Chef Ke can cook me a stir-fried dish someday."

"Lin Lin, have you ever cooked?" Ke Mengyan asked curiously.

I nodded: "At home, my parents are busy with work, and my brother is busy with study, so I can only do it myself, and have enough food and clothing."

Ke Mengyan glanced at me with fighting spirit in his eyes, "Then I can't lose either!"

Senior, please be sober, this is not a food competition show.I explained with difficulty: "My craft is not very good, at most I can't die of hunger, you can't lose no matter what."

"At my current level, if I just cook by myself, I might starve to death."

"Senior, are you a little confident??" I couldn't laugh or cry, "You haven't even done it, don't sentence yourself to death now."

Ke Mengyan's eyes were sincere, "I want to taste your cooking."

Facing this look, I have absolutely no power to resist. I can barely make a promise: "Next week? Or next month? There will always be a chance to eat it."

Ke Mengyan was categorical: "Then next week." After finishing speaking, he softened quickly, and said with a smile, "Of course it's at your convenience. I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, there is always a chance to get it."

After eating, I followed the international practice of "one person eats and one person washes the dishes", and brought the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen to prepare for cleaning.Ke Mengyan followed me step by step and squeezed into the small kitchen.As soon as I turned around, I saw him standing next to the sink, with a blank and somewhat unclear expression, so I couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you following me? Watch me wash the dishes?" I asked with a smile.

"It's the first time for me to feel this kind of..." Ke Mengyan tilted his head and thought for a while, "This kind of family feeling?" He laughed, "I've never been in a relationship with anyone before. It feels like I can’t think of it based on my previous fantasy.”

I turn on the faucet, and I am completely skilled in washing dishes, so I don't really dislike it.

While washing the dishes, I joked, "I think the sense of family is not entirely based on cooking and washing the dishes. What if two people like to order takeaway?"

Ke Mengyan said solemnly, "Swipe the takeaway lunch box."

"Pfft, where did the joke come from?" After cleaning the dishes and chopsticks, I looked around and asked, "Where is the cupboard?"

Ke Mengyan waved his hand, "I just put the two bowls outside." He added, "I bought the second bowl after we dated."

That's right, living alone, and basically taking out food as a companion, using two bowls is a bit extravagant.

Looking at the empty small kitchen, I think my previous thoughts may be a bit naive, "The schedule of letting you try my craft should be pushed back—your home should only have an induction cooker and a matching pot for the induction cooker, right?"

Ke Mengyan nodded blankly: "Yes."

"Shovels, spoons, knives, and so on." I snapped my fingers, "I think since we both like small restaurants so much, we can save money on these tools."

Ke Mengyan looked disappointed, and followed me out of the kitchen step by step, "Then when can I taste it..."

I turned around, put my hands on Ke Mengyan's shoulders, and solemnly promised: "There must be a chance." I maintained this posture and thought quickly, and then gave a somewhat hesitant suggestion, "Otherwise, you can come to my house during the summer vacation...? "

Ke Mengyan froze for a moment, "I'm a little nervous..."

I probably knew what direction Ke Mengyan was thinking of, so I smiled and said, "Why are you nervous, of course it's the day when my parents go to work."

After I finished speaking, I was worried that my words seemed too cold and natural, revealing a cowardice that would always secretly fall in love and dare not let others know, so I remedied: "Uh... If you come out of the closet, you probably have to wait until you graduate. My family members probably don’t think that I’m mature enough to be responsible for my own life.” Having said this, I couldn’t help curling my lips, and whispered, “Even now I don’t spend much on the living expenses provided by my family, but they Still think I'm naive." I sighed.

Come out later, so that even if my family doesn't understand and takes a decisive attitude, I can afford my own life enough to stretch the front and grind them slowly.Another point is that I am worried that they will think that I am just a child, and that I am just greedy for new things when I fall in love. I don't want my cherished relationship to be regarded as a play, and a longer time of dating will also make them feel Is this less likely?

Of course, there are some reasons that I don't want to admit.That is, I may really not be able to afford it now, and I am indeed still a little naive and naive.

I have thought about the consequences of coming out of the closet, but the worst possible outcome after thinking about it, I am now unable to face it with ease.So I couldn't help but want to delay this matter, pin my hopes on my future self, and think that I can always grow into a responsible person.But daydreaming is useless, so I'm also serious about being reliable.

I promised Ke Mengyan: "Really, I will come out after graduation." I was a little depressed, and regarding my current weakness and avoidance, "I should have grown into a very reliable adult by then. Wait a minute, sorry."

"No need to say I'm sorry." Ke Mengyan shook his head and said with a smile, "I know you're really thinking about it seriously. For now, this makes me happy enough."

As he said, he pushed me into the bedroom, pressed my shoulders and pushed me into the chair in front of the computer desk, and then sat down on the bed opposite me.He seemed to be thinking about something, he lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then crossed his legs, raised his head and said with a smile: "Why don't you listen to the senior's experience of coming out of the closet—although there is basically no reference value, it is still a successful experience. "

"Why are you out of the closet?" I was shocked, "Are you in such a hurry?"

Ke Mengyan shook his head and denied, "It's not that I was in a hurry to come out after dating, but I came out before we dated."

I opened my mouth and said hesitantly, "It can't be...it has something to do with me, right?"

Ke Mengyan smiled without saying a word, and blinked slyly at me.

I adjusted my sitting posture, put my hands on my knees and sat upright, with a strong thirst for knowledge, "I want to hear it."

Ke Mengyan rested his elbows on his legs, put his hands on the side of his face, and began to talk in a relaxed tone: "I was in Yanyi's winter vacation and came out of the closet at home."

My heart tightened. When Ke Mengyan saw me, I was making up classes during the winter vacation of the third year of senior high school, so the matter of coming out must have something to do with me.I can't tell whether I'm secretly happy or sad, but I feel a little pity for Ke Mengyan at that time, and I also feel a little bit disgusted with myself who lacks courage now.

"At that time, I actually thought about it for several days, and made a lot of drafts, and I was quite prepared, but..." He smiled slightly, "At this time, I need some strategy. I deliberately said a little rashly in the first sentence, 'Dad , Two days ago when I went back to school, I saw a boy in the third year of high school, and I felt that I liked him very much, because I wanted to have a relationship with him."

I was dumbfounded, this was more than a little reckless, it was so reckless that it could break a telephone pole, okay?And this relationship is different from what I heard at the beginning. Wasn’t it because he was stimulated to fall in love impulsively at the beginning, isn’t it limited to me and anyone?

My shock was too obvious, and Ke Mengyan explained: "At that time, I really didn't expect to fall in love with you so far, but I realized that I would only be able to fall in love with the same sex in my life. This sentence is half-truth The fake words are to calm down the situation first, no matter who you are dating, you have to let my father accept that his son likes men, right?"

...I can use the word "suppressing the place" when talking with my own father. Ke Mengyan's speaking skills are really worth learning for a person like me who can only complain.

"Anyway, my dad was stunned by my words, and I guess he doesn't know whether to face the fact that his son is gay or the fact that his son wants to have a puppy love with a high school student first. "

I sincerely said: "Both these two things are enough to make a person's head dizzy."

"That's right, so my dad took a while to talk to me calmly." Ke Mengyan had a funny expression on his face, "His first sentence was 'You didn't tell that student, did you?' After I answered, he I was relieved. The first thing he cared about was not that his son was gay, but that he was afraid that I would affect the exam status of senior high school students."

Ke Mengyan smiled and shook his head, "My dad is really professional, too."

Ke Mengyan talked to me when he was chasing me. His father is a high school teacher with rich qualifications and experience, and he often leads the third year class.Taking the class of the third year means being busy, and they are a single-parent family-Ke Mengyan's mother died before he started elementary school, and his father has never remarried-so the person who takes care of Ke Mengyan the most in life is actually his grandmother.However, the old man also passed away when Ke Mengyan was in junior high school... Therefore, it can be said that Ke Mengyan and his father depended on each other for life, and the relationship between the two is also a father and a friend.

I looked at Ke Mengyan's innocent expression, and asked curiously and concernedly: "So, have you been embarrassed since then?"

"I was educated and told me not to delay the flowers of my motherland and concentrate on preparing for the exam." Ke Mengyan looked complicated, "Who would have thought that I could wait until the flowers of my motherland go to the same university as me and still have the same major as me."

I smirked, nodded and said: "The flowers of the motherland have thrown themselves into the net."