Rust II

The chaotic and turbulent night finally receded, and when the morning light first appeared, Lin An woke up from his sleep in a dizzy state, and was awakened together, as well as the soreness and pain all over his body that could not be ignored, from the corners of his eyebrows and eyes to his limbs.

He slowly opened his eyes, a gleam of light appeared from the eye-catching curtains, mixed with the occasional birdsong, sending in the first message of the new morning.Lin An narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the light blue fabric for a while, his vision gradually became clear.

He was drunk last night, he knew it.He did not forget why he was drunk.And the annoyance and pain that were magnified more times after drunk, and the disappointment and remorse that had been restrained and suppressed for many years, remained in my heart exactly.So much so that the first reaction after waking up was to recall Xu Xin's furious face yesterday afternoon.

I fucking told you to stop talking!

Lin An gave a wry smile, his eye sockets suddenly sore.

To say that alcohol is really a good thing, everything you don’t want to face can be diluted and discarded, and everything you yearn for can get what you want.For example, when he stumbled and returned to the community last night, thinking that the other party's car had parked here several times, the next second, that silver-gray car would appear miraculously; Looking at the green-painted anti-theft door downstairs in the unit, thinking that the figure of the other party had stopped here several times, the next moment, Xu Xin walked towards him; He leaned forward and kissed the other party's resolutely pursed lips, and the other party did not refuse indifferently.

Suddenly, there was a vague cough outside the door, and Lin An's chaotic thoughts froze slightly. Just as his sore neck was about to turn around, a slightly hoarse voice sounded after the cough: "...well, let Ding Hua see Be careful, I won't go there today."

After talking for a while, he said again: "... Ma Jiaqi also pushed back, saying that I am on a business trip and will be back in a week."

After speaking, there was no movement.

A few seconds later, the bedroom door was pushed open.

Lin An was completely stunned. He stared blankly at the direction of the door, his arms were still in a position to support himself when he got up, but when he saw Xu Xin's face appearing behind the door, he completely froze and didn't dare to move. .

Seeing the undisguised surprise in his eyes and the fleeting embarrassment, Xu Xin didn't say anything, only glanced at his loose pajamas, put his mobile phone on the desk in front of the bed, and sat down beside the bed They looked at each other for a moment, and then asked aloud, "Are you awake?"

Lin An has not yet recovered from the shock, his whole expression is like a dream.He looked at the face close at hand without moving, opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Xu Xin lowered his eyes slightly, stretched out a hand, grabbed his right hand hanging on the edge of the bed, and shook it under his palm.

A trace of coolness spread along the hands of the two, Xu Xin noticed it, frowned slightly, bent down and lifted the other's forehead hair, and pressed his own forehead.

The warm touch spread instantly, and two seconds later, Xu Xin's voice sounded closer to his ears: "I still have a fever, will I take you to the hospital later?"

Lin An's hand that was held down trembled, but he didn't answer. He stared blankly at the other party for a long time before blinking his eyes as if waking up from a dream.

"you……"

Xu Xin backed away a little, looking at him with dark eyes.

At this moment, there was a "beep" sound from the kitchen after the rice cooker finished running. Xu Xin heard it, hooked the corner of his mouth, let go of the other party's hand, got up and said, "I'll go and see."

After speaking, he turned around and disappeared behind the door.

Lin An watched the door close in front of his eyes again, and his stiff body moved, but he didn't expect that this movement would immediately cause even more indescribable pain all over his body. He couldn't help but frowned, as if there was something in his mind. The blurry picture flashed by, he was stunned, subconsciously looked down at the arm exposed outside the thin quilt, only to see that the suit he wore when he went out last night had been replaced by a In the light blue pajamas, he was stunned, then sat up again, lifted the quilt and looked at his legs - it was no longer the black suit pants from last night.This discovery is like a key to unlock the memory cage, allowing the originally blocked pictures to come out one after another.

It turned out that the silver-gray car parked at the door last night really existed, and the tall figure standing in front of the green-painted anti-theft door...was not an illusion...

Lin An thought anxiously, and in the next second, he recalled scenes that were even more horrifying than these two scenes: intertwined lips and tongues, scorching breaths, eager comforts, and the uncontrollably addictive wanton kisses ...

These images flashed alternately in my mind, from blurry to vivid.Lin An's face suddenly flushed red, and his hands and feet, which had just regained some strength, seemed to lose consciousness in an instant, and he sat frozen in place like a wooden stake.

Xu Xin took out a bowl of freshly cooked porridge in the kitchen, took a cup of hot water from the kettle, took two antipyretic tablets bought from the pharmacy downstairs last night, and took them together to Lin An's bedroom. But he didn't want to see the silhouette of the other party sitting upright on the edge of the bed with his head buried as soon as he opened the door.

He put the things in his hands on the table, and when the table and bowl collided, there was a light slap, and Lin An heard that the feet on the slippers retracted invisibly.

Seeing his frightened behavior, Xu Xin was slightly taken aback, as if in a daze, he had returned to the dilapidated small machinery factory back then.

He collected himself, dragged a stool by the table and sat down in front of the bed, turned around and took the bowl and spoon, handed them to the other party, and asked in a low voice, "Let's take a bite first?"

Lin An didn't respond, he fixedly looked at Xu Xin's hand and the porcelain white spoon in his hand under his nose, and a few seconds later, he looked away as if electrocuted.

"Yesterday I……"

After a while, Fang opened his mouth with a hoarse voice, but just after he said three words, his flushed face became hotter like boiling oil on fire.So much so that he paused for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to take a quick glance at Xu Xinchu, but before he could even see the other person's appearance clearly, he lowered his head even faster.

This glance seemed to be flustered, to ask for confirmation, to be frightened, but also to have a hint of expectation.

Xu Xin successfully received it, but still didn't say anything, just moved the spoon in his hand forward, touched the other party's lips that were slightly pressed because of nervousness, and said with a normal expression: "Eat first." After a pause , and said: "Let's talk after eating."

Lin An clasped his hands tightly to the edge of the bed, and nodded.

The rice porridge that was sent to the mouth was fragrant and delicious. Lin An had hardly eaten anything the day before, and he was still sick, so the porridge that was sent one after another seemed particularly sweet.The warm food warmed the stomach that had been vacant for a long time, and even the high tension and fear seemed to be comforted invisibly.

Lin An sat quietly in the same place, raised his downcast eyes from time to time, and quietly looked in Xu Xin's direction, and when the other party handed over the spoon and bowl, he pretended to look back calmly again.

Xu Xin secretly saw the opponent's actions, but didn't point out, and just continued with the actions in hand.It wasn't until the porridge in the bowl bottomed out that he called out in a low voice, "Lin An."

Lin An's hands hanging on both sides moved slightly, and raised his head in response.

Xu Xin caught the other party's gaze and didn't speak any more, only staring at him in an unusually silent manner.

Lin An was entangled by the silent gaze, and the temperature on his face rose unconsciously. After a few seconds, as if he couldn't take it anymore, his eyes trembled, and he lowered his face again in a panic.

But he didn't want his chin to be firmly grasped by a firm force as soon as he moved.

He sat there in a daze, and in the next second, his moist lips became hot—a kiss fell.

Lin An's breathing stopped abruptly, and the lingering images of last night that had been suppressed in his memory reappeared in front of his eyes with this kiss.

He froze in place without moving, and even his half-drooped eyes seemed to freeze.

Xu Xin only stayed between his lips for two seconds, then backed away and sat back on the chair again.

"What were you trying to say just now?"

Lin An's fingertips twitched slightly when he heard the words, but he couldn't answer for a long while.This sudden kiss, like an extremely swift flood, washed away all his remaining sobriety and reason.

"Last night... I was last night..." So after turning it upside down and over and over again, only this sentence remained.

Xu Xin smiled and took it for him, "You were drunk last night."

Lin An subconsciously rubbed his fingers on the bed sheet, and his eyelids drooped even more, covering up the flash of embarrassment and embarrassment in his eyes.

"...Yes, isn't that right..." He said hoarsely, but he didn't want to be cut off by the other party again before he finished speaking.

Xu Xin looked at him and pointedly said, "But I didn't."

Lin An raised his head suddenly.

Xu Xin met his gaze, paused for a while, stood up and put the bowl back on the table behind him, then turned around and probed his forehead, but when it came into contact with a slightly higher temperature than before, His brows wrinkled again.

Lin An's gaze was still fixed on him, and his expression was indescribably puzzled and shocked, or perhaps, mixed with a trace of joy and anticipation that he dared not reveal, but at this moment Xu Xin had no time to study, the other party's The body temperature did not subside, and the color on the face from the past few days had not completely subsided. In addition, the eye sockets were red and swollen, the lips were white, and the expression looked tired, which made people feel uneasy.So he made a decisive decision, took the coat hanging on the back of the chair, and said to the other party: "I still have to go to the hospital, and I can't delay any longer. Let's go now."

Lin An's eyes flickered as he looked at him, and wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to remain silent. He just got up to tidy up and wash up, and followed him downstairs in silence.

Xu Xin's car was still parked at the door, the moment the anti-theft door was opened, sunlight poured in from the outside.

Lin An looked at the person walking in front of him, and for some reason, he had a certain illusion in a trance—it seemed that all the filth, darkness, pain, and hopelessness before would be replaced by this dazzling light, and after that All that is left under the sun will be endless candor and calmness.

Xu Xin unlocked the car, turned around after opening the door, and found that the other party was still standing at the door, staring at the car in a daze, so he couldn't help calling him.

Lin An came back to his senses, looked at him in a daze for a while, and walked over slowly.

The road to the City No. [-] Hospital was not far away, and the road conditions were not bad. When we arrived in the city center, we didn't see any congestion as usual. Half an hour later, Lin An followed the other party and got out of the car again.On the way here, Xu Xin seemed to have already communicated with someone, so when he arrived at the lobby, he bypassed the number and took him directly to the elevator around the corner. A few minutes later, the two Walk through the corridor and stop at the door of an office.

Xu Xin glanced at the door plate, raised his hand and knocked on the door panel, and there was an immediate response from inside, "Come in."

Xu Xin opened the door first, then turned around and nodded at Lin An.

The person who was tidying up at the desk turned around, saw the two people standing in the room, and smiled heartily, "Hey, it's so fast, it's coming as soon as you say it?"

Xu Xin also laughed, and greeted: "Aunt Hou."

Hou Weiting glanced at him slightly reproachfully, but still had a smile on his face: "You, it's only at this time that you think of me, Aunt Hou, who is usually not as attentive as your brother." She said and glanced behind him. , asked: "Why is there another person standing behind this? Your friend?"

Xu Xin responded: "En." He took Lin An to his side, and explained: "I have a little fever, I took medicine yesterday, but the fever has not subsided, so I brought it here to have a look."

Lin An stood beside Xu Xin, and smiled shyly at the old doctor opposite.

Hou Weiting agreed, but when he saw his face, he was suddenly taken aback, and said in surprise, "Hey, why does this look familiar?"

Hearing what she said, Lin An couldn't help being taken aback.

Xu Xin smiled: "Do you still remember?"

Hou Weiting stared at Lin An for another two seconds, shook her head, and didn't bother with the topic anymore, turned her head and asked, "What did you just say? Have a fever?" Xu Xin nodded, "Yes." Hou Weiting then He asked Lin An to stick out his tongue and take a look, took his temperature and drew his blood, and then asked with a routine smile, "Are you allergic to penicillin?"

Lin An shook his head.

Hou went to look through the medicine shelf behind him, and rushed to Xu Xin, who was always standing near Lin An, and said, "You, you are not too young, so it's not worrying, you treat my office as a private clinic, right? What are you doing standing there stupidly? You are still pretending to be cautious when I am here, find a place to sit on your own."

Xu Xin smiled without saying a word, glanced at Lin An who was sitting neatly next to him, and sat down on the small sofa one meter away.Hou Weiting turned back after taking the bottle and other medicines, and when he met Lin An, his face softened again, and he said kindly, "Come on, raise your hand up."

Lin An did as he said, and Hou Weiting quickly hung a bottle for him, and looked at him a few more times. The more he looked at him, the more he felt familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before, so he asked casually: "Are you young?" Xu friend?"

Lin An quietly glanced at the person sitting across from him, and said "En" warmly.

"Oh..." Hou responded, and asked again, "Are you from City C?"

Lin An smiled slightly, "No."

Hou Weiting saw that he was good-looking, and he seemed shy and gentle, very bookish, which was quite different from the other friends she had met in the past who were close or close to Xu Xin, especially that Ding Hua, who was flattering. He boasted that he was omnipotent, making people dumbfounded every time he came back, and he couldn't help but feel even more strange.

She has been with the Xu family for nearly 40 years, and the three sons of the Xu family can almost be regarded as the ones she has grown up with since she was a child. Therefore, she knows more about the big and small things that happened in the Xu family in these years than others. After Xu Zhong passed away in a car accident, Xu Boda was overly sad, and he also suffered from lung disease, so he passed away within a few years. From then on, only Xu Guang and Xu Xin were left to support the family.Fortunately, Xu Guang's career has not been affected, and his career has become smoother and smoother. In recent years, he has been promoted again and again. After Xu Xin took over his second brother's business and company, he also changed his previous temperament and style and became more and more successful. hair calm.Xu's mother was hit hard by the successive deaths of Xu Zhong and Xu Boda, and she was depressed all day long, but fortunately her youngest son Xu Xin turned around in time, which made her feel refreshed and comforted while grieving. Today, even when talking about the most naughty third child in the family, he no longer hates iron but is full of pride and complacency.

Hou Weiting was already on good terms with the Xu family. After Xu Boda left, he often went to Xu's house, sitting with Xu's mother and chatting casually about the family affairs. If they talked a lot, they would inevitably talk about their children's problems.Xu Guang has always been reassuring. As the eldest brother, he has been more sensible and motivated than the other two brothers since he was a child.But Xu Xin is different. It seems that he was born against the scales. He never obeyed other people's wishes when he was born in his mother's womb.Later, she finally opened her mind and came back, but after a few years, Xu's mother had a new worry, which was Xu Xin's lifelong event.

To be honest, among her three sons, Xu Xin is the most outstanding in terms of appearance, and now that she has a successful career, it stands to reason that she shouldn't worry about this problem, but the fact is just the opposite. Not only is it worrying, but it is getting worse every year.As long as Hou Weiting went to see her in Xu's old house, eight out of ten times she would be dragged to talk about her youngest son's love affair.

In Xu's mother's words, in this city, any girl with a good-looking background will have a photo call, and even set a time for dinner, meeting and date, but her son can do it. Kong, if you say you don't see him, you don't see him, if you say you don't have a shadow, you don't see him. It's so easy to watch him talk about so many things, but at most half a year, there will be no more words.Asking the reason is not sure, in the end, it was all pushed to busy work. If you push it again, you will fly to another place for a business trip, and it will take ten and a half months after you leave, so that you can't even touch the shadow of anyone.

Hou Weiting couldn't laugh or cry when she thought of this. She glanced at Xu Xin who was sitting by the window casually flipping through the morning newspaper, and then remembered the way Xu's mother frowned and sighed when she mentioned Xu Xin when she went to Xu's house in the middle of last month.

"Well, the granddaughter of Lao Ma's family invited him to dinner last time, but he didn't go. He kept them waiting all night, which made Lao Ma's family very angry. At the same age, Ren Ma Yifu's child is two years old. He's in no hurry."

She continued to comfort her: "Not everyone is like that child from the Ma family. Look at the one next to Xu San'er named Xiao Ding, isn't he still married?"

Unexpectedly, Xu's mother snorted coldly when she heard it: "Oh, don't you really mention that Ding Hua, Xu Xin was probably brought by him. He refuses these bastards, look at Xu Guang and Xu Zhong, those who play small things are all friends on the right path, which one is like him now?" Thinking of the shrewd second son who died young, Another burst of grief.

It's not that Hou Weiting doesn't know about Xu Xin's friendship with Ding Hua, so he couldn't say much when he heard this, so he just smiled and let it go.

But after thinking about it carefully, Mother Xu is indeed right. Xu Xinchang is so old, except that he had many friends around him when he was young. After returning to Xu's house, except for Ding Hua, the surroundings have become deserted. Unless he is a business partner, he has never I heard that he has had any close contacts with anyone in private, even the children of the Ma family who are even family friends, they get along in a neutral way, and it is considered good if they can occasionally join in a dinner or a game of cards.It was said outside that when the youngest of the Xu family was arrogant and rebellious, no one knew what he was thinking. Now that he is back, he is stable and on the right track, but no one can figure out his thoughts.

Therefore, the appearance of Lin An really surprised Hou Weiting.You have to know that she has worked in this hospital for so long, before retirement and after her re-employment, for decades, she has never seen the third son of the Xu family bring anyone directly to her, and it is just For a mere headache.

Lin An noticed that Hou Weiting couldn't help looking at him, and smiled at her uncomfortably.

Hou happened to have nothing to do in the morning, and was really curious about Lin An, so he simply stayed in the office and chatted with him casually.Seeing him smiling at him now, he was even more surprised that there was such a shy friend beside Xu Xin, so he continued to ask, "Isn't he from City C? Where is he from?"

Lin An replied: "... County X."

"Oh..." Hou Weiting was stunned, "That's pretty close, is he here to work?"

"Oh... what kind of job is it?"

"……teacher."

Hou Weiting laughed when she heard that, "No wonder, when I saw you just outside the door, I thought this kid is gentle, like a cultured person, I really guessed it." He turned his head and threw a slap at Xu Xin who was sitting on the other side. With a wink, Mei Tai said: "Look, the temperament is different. If you change it and sit there quietly, you will still be a debt collector." Then he asked casually: "Hey, when did you go back recently?" What? Your mother told me last month that the two of you have been busier than the other lately, and it's hard to see you both."

When Xu Xin heard this, he raised his eyes from the newspaper, looked at the hanging bottle hanging on Lin An's arm, smiled and did not answer.

Hou Weiting had long been used to his lukewarm attitude when he mentioned the family. After giving him a blank look, she didn't ask any more questions. She turned back to look at Lin An, and continued the conversation on the topic just now.

"What subjects are you teaching?"

"Language."

"Oh... high school or junior high school?" Hou Weiting asked again.

"High school." Unexpectedly, before Lin An could open his mouth this time, Xu Xin, who had been silent for a long time, took the lead.

Hou Weiting glanced at him and said with a smile, "Hey, do you know what to say now?"

Xu Xin slightly bent the corner of his mouth, took the newspaper and explained: "He is Xu Yuan's class teacher, teaching Chinese." After a pause, he continued: "What questions do you have... It's the same to ask me. He has been in the past few days The state is not good, and the voice is hoarse, if you keep asking this question, you will not be able to go back to class."

Hou Weiting was so angry that he laughed out loud, and couldn't help cursing "little bastard", but didn't say anything more, got up and took the notebook out from the desk drawer, knocked on the edge of the table, and joked: "Okay, then I won't talk about this old bone here, so as not to be annoying." When passing by the small sofa where Xu Xin was sitting, he pushed Xu Xin's slightly forward shoulders and softened his voice slightly. Said: "You, also think about your mother's difficulties, don't keep playing against her, the girl from Xiaoma's family looks pretty good to me, and we both know each other's family background, so you just try to get along everywhere, and don't worry about it. You'll lose a piece of meat."

Xu Xin didn't say anything, but only looked at Lin An meaningfully, who was looking in his direction.

After Hou Weiting finished speaking, she patted him on the shoulder again, "Okay, I'll go outside for a walk and come back in 40 minutes, just in time to change a bottle for your friend, you just wait here."

Lin An hurriedly thanked her, but Hou Weiting waved her hand briskly and smiled at him: "No, there are still fewer back doors for him to walk with me?" As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Xin who came to see her out, meaning something Jokingly said: "Thank you so much, hurry up and urge him to have a girlfriend."

Hou Weiting's figure disappeared behind the door.After Xu Xin sent her away, he closed the door and stood there for a while, then walked towards Lin An's direction, and sat down on Hou's chair.

The two sat opposite each other and didn't speak for a while.Xu Xin looked at him in silence for a while, then stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, "How do you feel?"

Lin An lowered his gaze and shook his head.

Xu Xin withdrew his hand, adjusted the seat for him, and said softly: "It will take a while to finish hanging up, if you are tired, go to sleep."

Lin An didn't respond.What Hou Weiting said before leaving was still stuck in his mind. He stared at the infusion tube winding out of the back of his hand for a while, then turned to look at Xu Xin who was sitting in front of him.The eyes of the two met in the air slightly stained with the smell of disinfectant water, silently, but seemed to contain thousands of words.

A few seconds later, Xu Xin's voice sounded in the silence, "...don't think too much."

Lin An's eyes moved, and the next moment, the same voice said again, "Don't worry."

After 40 minutes passed quickly, Hou Weiting appeared on time. After replacing the bottle with a new one, she simply asked a few words, then left again, and did not come back until near noon.

Xu Xin was standing in the corridor at the door of the office. He had just hung up the call from Xiao Wang to report the situation, when he turned around and saw Hou Weiting walking towards him.

"Aunt Hou." He greeted.

Hou Weiting stopped at the door, but didn't go in. She just pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose, then turned her head and gave him a wink in the direction of the office, and joked to him with a smile: "Hey, it's very close to Teacher Yuanyuan, Send me a cold..." He hesitated for a while before asking, "When did you meet?"

Xu Xin also looked towards the door and replied, "More than ten years ago."

Seeing the expression on her face, Xu Xin said after a moment of silence, "Actually, you have seen it before." After a short pause, he asked her, "You don't remember?"

"When?"

"...a long time ago." Xu Xin replied, "About 92."

After Hou Weiting was reminded by him, the faint sense of familiarity came back in her mind. She turned her head slightly, stared at the floor tiles by her feet and muttered: "92... 92... Hey wait, It seems that there is such a thing, no wonder I see that child’s face is familiar." As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, looked up at him again, and asked, "I remember you were in that steel factory called Guolian No. [-] Factory at that time. Do you want to stay in the factory? The one on Yongning Road?"

Xu Xin smiled slightly, "Yes."

"That's right, I finally remembered." As he spoke, he gave Xu Xin a reproachful look, and continued: "At that time, you were away from home for several years, and every time I went back to visit your parents, I saw Xu Xin Before you could show up, you ended up collapsing in the hospital and being bumped into... Eh? That kid also had a fever at that time, right?" After asking, I didn't know what to think of, and couldn't help but said happily: "When you mention me, all of you Thinking about it, he hasn't changed at all, he's still the same as when I first saw him, he'll blush even if he gets an injection here, his skin is thinner than a little girl's."

Xu Xin also smiled.

The past was brought back again, causing people to have the illusion of going back in time for a moment - he naturally would not forget that day under the pale light, the man was standing next to the bed with his hands pulling his pants and his face flushed.

"So you have been in touch for so many years?"

Xu Xin paused for a moment, then shook his head, "No, we met again this year because of Xu Yuan's matter."

Hou Weiting was puzzled, and just about to ask again, the phone in the office rang suddenly.When the two heard it, they turned and opened the door and walked in. Hou picked up the phone and said a few words before hanging up. Then he walked to Lin An who was awakened by the ringing, removed the needle and the bottle for him, and said to the two: "The courtyard notified a meeting. I have to leave in a while. You can take this list and go to the first floor to prescribe two boxes of medicine. You don't need to take it at noon. You can just have a meal after dinner. Get up tomorrow morning and see if you still have medicine. Burn it, come back and hang it again."

Lin An thanked him again and again, Hou Weiting remembered the past meeting with him, her attitude became more cordial, and she gave some instructions, and the three of them went out together.When they got to the elevator, Hou Shangshang went to the third floor, and Xu and Lin took the medicine and ran directly to the parking garage.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, it was nearly 12 o'clock when I set foot on the way back to Cuifangyuan.

Lin An squinted at Hou Weiting's place for nearly half an hour when he was getting the infusion, and now he looked much better than when he just came out in the morning.Xu Xin turned his head and glanced at him while waiting for the red light, and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Lin An lowered his eyes slightly and shook his head.

Xu Xin couldn't help but put a smile on his face when he saw how nervous he was beaten back to his original shape in that instant.He thought for a while, and then said: "I still have to eat something." After talking for a while, he asked again: "What do you want to eat? When I get to the gate of the community, I will buy it for you."

Lin An turned to look at him in surprise.Seeing this, Xu Xin raised his eyebrows, "What?"

"It's nothing...it's nothing." Lin An met his gaze, and for some reason, panicked in his heart again.

The embarrassment and embarrassment that had just been dispersed in the hospital suddenly came back again in the confined space where the two were alone.

Xu Xin turned his eyes around him and didn't ask any more questions. Just when the indicator light changed, he started the car and continued to drive forward.

From then on, there was nothing on the way, except for the slight sound of the engine, there were only a few occasional coughs in the whole car.

It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that the car drove into Cuifangyuan and stopped downstairs of a certain unit, that one of them yelled again.

"Lin An."

Lin An looked at the sight outside the window, and turned his head back in panic.

Xu Xin looked at him, in the suddenly darkened light, there seemed to be some kind of emotion surging in his eyes.

"... Let's... start again." After a long time, a deep and gentle voice sounded in the suffocating silence.

The green shade covering the front of the car rustled and danced, and was blown like waves by the wind. If you don't listen carefully, it's like a drizzle falling in the morning.

Lin An was stunned for a while, stunned by the sudden news.

His lips moved slightly, but he couldn't make a sound.

Xu Xin stared at him. After a while, he continued in a low voice: "I originally planned to talk about it after your fever subsides, but after thinking about it on the way back, I think it's better to explain it to you earlier."

After finishing his speech, he paused for a while, and added a sentence that seemed fake: "It just so happens that I also need a reason to stay overnight with you tonight."

Lin An was completely stunned.

The sound of the heartbeat almost covered everything around.

After Xu Xin finished speaking, he waited and saw that he was silent for a while, then changed the subject with a smile, and asked, "How is it? Have you thought about it?"

Lin Anshang was in the shock brought by the other party a second ago. Hearing the words, he just stared at the front in a daze, and said dully: "...what?"

Xu Xin looked at him and continued to ask, "What's for lunch?"

Lin An's entire reaction was a beat slower than usual. After waiting for a while, his face turned red again. He suddenly withdrew his gaze from the other party who couldn't control it just now, and stood between the two in a panic. He was looking for the next foothold where he could put his gaze, but within two seconds, even his neck turned slightly red.

"It's all...you can..." After a long time, he answered the question with a hoarse voice.

Seeing his reaction, Xu Xin paused for two seconds and said, "Okay, you go up first, and I'll go to the nearby vegetable market to buy something."

Lin Anne nodded.

But when he stood at the door of the rental house 5 minutes later, Lin An suddenly found that the key to the door was not in his pocket.He was startled, and subconsciously touched all over his body, but suddenly remembered that when the two came out together in the morning, it seemed that the other locked the door.

Lin An slowly put his hands down, and the blush that had just been suppressed appeared again on his face.

What Xu Xin said in the car was still in my ears, and the gentle smile on the other party's face seemed to be right in front of my eyes.

Lin An subconsciously recalled over and over again, replaying in his mind the actions, demeanor and expressions of the other party's words a few minutes ago.The emotion and joy that had been deliberately suppressed in my heart finally surfaced uncontrollably in this endless aftertaste.

He didn't know why Xu Xin's attitude suddenly changed in one day and one night, and he didn't have the courage to question or explore the reasons and answers behind it. One more moment of calm and self-possession.

He wants to cheer, hug, cry, laugh, and even run, to tell every wind and every inch of grass that he passes by here. A commitment to start over with that person.

After Xu Xin turned the corner on the second floor with a bag of vegetables and meat, what he saw was Lin An standing at the door dazedly. : "Why don't you go in?"

Lin An suddenly came back to his senses, turned his head to look at him, suddenly blinked hastily again, forced himself to hold back the soreness in his eyes, and lowered his head a little shyly: "...No, no key."

Xu Xin was startled, but then he realized that he couldn't help but smile, and then took out the door key from his trousers pocket, and handed it to the other party.Lin An stretched out his hand to pick it up, but when he was about to take it back, he was gently grabbed by the other party.He took advantage of the opportunity to look up, but saw Xu Xin looking at him with a half-smile.

"When will you wait for the illness to recover, and then make another string?"

Lin An was stunned, and after understanding the meaning of this sentence, he couldn't help but blushed even more. He quickly raised his eyes to look at the other party, stood there for a while, then nodded slightly, and responded like a gnat. Said: "...En."

The two then entered the door, and after Xu Xin told him to go back to the room to rest, he walked into the kitchen familiarly with the plastic bag.

Lin An stood in the living room and stared at the tall figure of the other party for a while, then turned and went to the bedroom on the right, but stood or sat, got up or lay down in the room for a long time, still unable to dispel the growing pain in his heart. The more agitated emotions.He silently stared at the suit jacket hanging on the back of the chair, and listened to the faint opening and closing of the cabinet next door, his whole being was in a daze as if in a dream.After fidgeting in the room for two or three minutes, he finally couldn't help but turned around and walked out the door.A few seconds later, he stood at the door of the kitchen again.

The house he rented was not too big. It was a typical one-bedroom apartment, and the kitchen was particularly small. In addition, when he first moved in, he stuffed a new refrigerator and cupboard, which made it even more cramped.He usually doesn't feel like living alone, but Xu Xin is tall