Admit defeat

After the big accident, the research institute is being refurbished, and some sophisticated instruments have been burned down, and they will not be able to buy them back from foreign origins for a while.

Cheng Che has nowhere to go, so he can only stay at home and revise his thesis. He has only one hobby, and usually has nothing else to do except go to the laboratory. After staying in this bustling and bustling city H for so long, he still seems to be as pure and ascetic as "a hundred poisons are not invading".

Luo Yao couldn't wake up from the joy of suddenly becoming a father for several days in a row. Even though he was busy with his affairs, he still had to spare three hours every day to go to the nursery with Cheng Che to accompany the duckling. The institution discussed with Cheng Che when they came out, and wanted to take the duckling home early and hire professional private care for the duckling, but Cheng Che refused. The price of the babysitting institution is not low, and he has already paid the full amount, so he doesn't want to waste it.

Fortunately, tonight is the penultimate night of Duckling's stay at the nursery, and the TV is turned off on an unknown channel, playing a silent image. Luo Yao hugs Cheng Che, and the two of them nestle on the sofa and whisper, like A long time ago, when they went to school, they would be like that in the apartment.

"Chengzi, it must be very painful when you give birth to a duck egg, right?"

Cheng Che was wearing thin cotton pajamas, and Luo Yao's hands covered Cheng Che's stomach and gently kneaded it. There was a period of time that he was absent and missed forever.

"It's okay." Cheng Che felt a little itchy, so he pressed his hand on the back of Luo Yao's hand.

"You lied to me, giving birth to a child is never painless." Luo Yao held Cheng Che's hand instead, and it was clear that Cheng Che's whole body was hugged tightly, but his hand was still cold.

"Don't look at the duckling who is so obedient every time he stays with you. He was quite skinny when he was not born, and it's a bit overwhelming to be pregnant."

Duckling has more strength than other children. Cheng Che suffers from hypoglycemia and often suffers from dizziness, and his reactions during pregnancy are stronger than other pregnant women or pregnant women. He has indeed suffered a lot.

"Probably because he was afraid that I would be too tired, so he wanted to come out early."

Speaking of this, Cheng Che thought of the past half a year, from surprise to apprehension, to despair and pain.The pain of pregnancy and the pain of leaving Luo Yao both tormented him, and made him almost mentally collapsed, so that after he went to the hospital alone to give birth to the duckling, he kept running away, his thoughts seemed to be disturbed by something. Terrible emotions took hold, and he dreaded seeing the joy of other parents welcoming their new life.Male childbirth recovers faster than female childbirth. Cheng Che only stayed in the hospital for three days, and despite Yan Lang's obstruction, he was discharged from the hospital and did not take the statutory one-month maternity leave.As a premature baby, the duck egg was also born with pain. Many organs were not fully developed, and the body was full of tubes in the first few days.Although the current level of medical care is very advanced and the mortality rate of premature babies is extremely low, Cheng Che, as a father, leaving the child in the hospital and going to work by himself, and only visiting occasionally seems too "cold-blooded", but he doesn't realize it , It wasn't until Luo Yao's appearance that night that he woke up suddenly. This was his child, not anyone else's.It was also the first time that he found a sense of belonging from the child he gave birth to.

Now that I think about it, it's no wonder that the duckling is closer to Luo Yao.Children are not ignorant, Luo Yao has loved the little duck egg from the first moment he saw it, and compared to Luo Yao, he is indeed very incompetent.

Luo Yao didn't ignore the strange expression on Cheng Che's face, and there was deep regret in his eyes. His Cheng Zi suffered, but he couldn't share it.Fortunately, in the end, Cheng Che was willing to come back to him and give him a chance to make amends.

"I should be with you."

"Okay, it's all over." Cheng Che's voice was very soft, with an indescribable gentleness, whether it was due to the atmosphere or something else.

"Yes." Luo Yao scratched Cheng Che's palm, making Cheng Che hold his hand.

Cheng Che smiled, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the TV screen, which was showing a short video of his star journey, and on the screen was Bai Zhen when he participated in the draft.

Cheng Che turned up the volume of the TV, and Bai Zhen's gentle singing voice immediately filled the entire living room.

Cheng Che looked at it silently for a while, and then said: "I remember that he participated in some drafts when he was in college, but they were all irregular small competitions, and he was used as cannon fodder for others."

"Well, in fact, Bai Zhen is capable in all aspects." Luo Yao made an objective evaluation.

Bai Zhen has an outstanding appearance and a strong affinity. He is not afraid of the stage by nature and has control over the stage. He is shy and humble on the outside, but he yearns for attention on the inside.Although Bai Zhen did not graduate from a formal conservatory, he is very talented in music, especially the piano, violin and guitar, and these coincide with Luo Yao. If he remembers correctly, Bai Zhen and Luo Yao are the most talented. The worship musician should be the same person.

Accidentally thinking too much, Cheng Che turned off the TV and withdrew his thoughts.

"You can sign Bai Zhen, you have found a treasure." Cheng Che paused, and asked curiously: "How did you sign him?"

"Bai Zhen came to find me by himself."

"He came to find you by himself?" Cheng Che asked in surprise.

"At that time, I had just returned to China to take over the company. He hoped to join our company as an artist, and he also said bluntly that he wanted to be popular." Luo Yao stroked Cheng Che's soft hair, "I promised him not because he was mine. Junior, but I want to return him a favor, now it seems that no matter whether it is public or private, I was right to sign him at the beginning."

Cheng Che knew what Luo Yao was referring to as a favor. To be precise, it was to repay the favor for Cheng Che.

Luo Yao didn't say that he and Bai Zhen met abroad, he always remembered what Cheng Che said, he saw him kissing Bai Zhen, so he didn't want to mention Bai Zhen too much before this matter was clarified.

Cheng Che still wanted to ask something about Bai Zhen, but Luo Yao diverted the topic to other places. Luo Yao told Cheng Che some other interesting things about the company.Then the two just hugged like this, stopped talking, and comforted each other with a small amount of pheromone, and the time in the whole living room seemed to slow down.

Cheng Che gradually became sleepy, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and nodded his head towards Luo Yao's chest, such a quiet and lovely Cheng Che almost touched Luo Yao's life mercilessly.

Cheng Che is relatively thin, and Luo Yao can hold him in his arms with one arm. He leaned over and rubbed the tip of his nose against Cheng Che's neck. There was a vague creamy scent on his fair skin...

"Chengzi..." Luo Yao's Adam's apple moved up and down, his voice was unusually hoarse, as if he was suppressing something.

"Huh?" Cheng Che immediately opened his sleepy eyes and looked up at Luo Yao.

This dazed look made Luo Yao's heart itchy, he was immediately emotional, turned over and pressed Cheng Che under him, holding Cheng Che's face and wanted to kiss it, but unexpectedly, Cheng Che lifted it away forcefully, and he He propped it up with his hands so that he didn't fall to the ground.

This is obviously a subconscious stress response, an action made without the brain.

Cheng Che stood up from the sofa in a panic, then walked to the bedroom on the second floor without saying a word.

His heart was beating wildly, like waking up from a nightmare.Just now, the image of Luo Yao pressing Bai Zhen on the sofa and kissing passionately flashed through his mind.

The warmth that was originally flowing slowly disappeared in an instant. Luo Yao looked at Cheng Che's back, but did not catch up. He remembered very clearly that during the period of their reconciliation, except for the night when he secretly kissed Cheng Che in the hospital, Luo Yao did not catch up. Cheng Che, who was half asleep and half awake, never gave him a chance to get closer.

Luo Yao read the documents in the study for a while before returning to the bedroom. Cheng Che had already fallen asleep on the big bed.

The next day, as if nothing happened, both of them seemed to choose to forget about this episode at the same time.

Anyway, there was no work to do, so Cheng Che ordered a set of music-related books online, intending to get in touch with this world that he had never been in touch with, and he had already had this idea for a long time.

When Luo Yao came back from the company, Cheng Che was cooking in the kitchen. Luo Yao didn't even have time to take off his coat, and hugged Cheng Che's waist directly from behind Cheng Che.

"Honey, do you want to cook for me?"

The soup was gurgling and boiling in the pot, and Cheng Che sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions into it.

"Well, didn't you say you wanted to eat home-cooked food?"

This was what Luo Yao casually said two days ago when the two of them were eating together at the restaurant. He didn't expect Cheng Che to remember it in his heart and make it happen for him.

"I have nothing to do when I'm free, but I haven't touched it for a long time, so it probably doesn't taste very good."

Cheng Che basically ate in the cafeteria of the research institute. Even if he ate with Luo Yao, he ate the food cooked by the senior chef of Luo's Hotel, and seldom cooked it himself.Over the years, Cheng Che's culinary skills have not improved much except for the technique of making dim sum, but as long as Cheng Che cooks, Luo Yao will be very happy, and he can even eat everything by himself.

"How is it possible? I can add three more bowls of rice to the meals you cook."

Luo Yao's words made Cheng Che very useful. Knowing that Luo Yao was a compliment, Cheng Che still smiled and said, "You said that. I'll keep an eye on you. You'll have to add at least three more bowls later."

Luo Yao made a "totally ok" gesture, "No problem, I'll change clothes first."

"Well, I'll be fine soon."

Luo Yao changed into home clothes of the same style as Cheng Che's, and the two of them brought the food to the table together.

Simple four dishes and one soup, the presentation is not particularly attractive, but for Luo Yao, it is attractive enough.

Cheng Che didn't eat much as usual. After eating, he stared at Luo Yao to eat. Seeing Luo Yao's satisfied expression, Cheng Che also felt better. He also ate just now, but the taste was very ordinary. So he has already started to figure out how to improve his cooking skills.

Before "supervising" Luo Yao's eating all the food, Cheng Che received a courier message that the book he ordered in the morning has arrived, but this is a villa area, the courier can't get in, so he has to pick it up by himself.

Cheng Che changed his clothes, left Luo Yao in the restaurant, and went out to pick up the package by himself.

After Cheng Che left, he left his phone on the table and forgot to take it away. At this time, the screen lit up and a message came out. Luo Yao never looked at the contents of Cheng Che's phone, but unfortunately he caught a glimpse of the person who sent the message. —— Yan Lang.

Luo Yao knew Cheng Che's mobile phone password, and he opened the message box.

"Xiao Che, I have two concert tickets now, do you want to go to listen together? I think you might be interested."

Luo Yao flipped forward, and the records showed that Cheng Che hadn't communicated with Yan Lang on the Internet for a long time, but yesterday he suddenly chatted with Yan Lang about music, and Yan Lang also mentioned himself His mother said that she could introduce Cheng Che.Yan Lang's mother is a famous pianist, and Luo Yao studied with Yan Lang's mother for a while before.

The long-lost anger surged up, but was immediately suppressed back. In terms of emotional control, he is indeed worse than Yan Lang by more than 01:30 points. It has been like this since he was a child. He is always irritated by Yan Lang. Once irritated, he It is possible to hurt Cheng Che.

Besides, it's just an appointment for a concert, so it's not a big problem.

Luo Yao stared at the screen for a long time, then deleted the message with a dark face.

When Cheng Che came back, the plates on the table were already empty, and he said pleasantly, "Are you really done eating?"

"Of course, when did I lie to you?"

Cheng Che pursed his lips, but did not answer Luo Yao's words.

Luo Yao took the big cardboard box that Cheng Che was holding, "Is this a book? Why is it so heavy? If I knew it earlier, I would go get it."

"Well, people around me say that I'm boring, and I want to take advantage of this spare time to develop some hobbies." Cheng Che followed Luo Yao to the study.

"Who said that? As soon as I saw you, I had a stomach full of things I wanted to say, and I wanted to talk to you for the rest of my life."

This Cheng Che didn't refute, because it seemed to be the case, Luo Yao especially liked talking to him, a boring person, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to become friends or even lovers with Luo Yao in college with his personality.

Luo Yao put the box on the ground, and Cheng Che cut the seal with a knife to check the condition of the books.

It was a box of music-related books, ranging from popular science to professional, a total of twenty books.