Rust II

Huge, shrinking inside at this time, the whole space seems more cramped than usual, and for a while, it seems that even the room temperature has risen a lot.

Lin An stood by the door frame, couldn't help but be fascinated by watching, he stared at the man's every move, watched him stand hesitantly by the sink for a while, took out the vegetables in the deep red plastic bag and washed them, Watching him look around, he found the cutting board and knife in the corner, and watched him hesitate for a while, then took the freshly washed radish out of the water, cut into sections and peeled off the skin.

Perhaps because he hadn't touched the kitchen for a long time, the other party's movements seemed a little clumsy and slow, which was quite different from his previous temperament and style.Lin An quietly watched from outside the kitchen, his tense mood relaxed a little, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

After Xu Xin cut the radish into pieces, he stood there holding the knife for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and bent down to find a large porcelain bowl from the cabinet, intending to soak the raw meat he bought in the Inside, he unexpectedly turned around and saw Lin An standing at the door looking at him.

Seeing the other party's avoiding gaze and blushing face instantly, he put the bowl on the stove, then raised his eyebrows and asked him, "Why did you come out?" After speaking, he smiled comprehensibly, and asked, "Can't sleep? "

Lin An was still in the embarrassment of being knocked out by the other party. Hearing this, he slightly lowered his eyelids and replied in a low voice, "Yes."

"Is your body still uncomfortable?"

"...Okay, much better."

Xu Xin looked at him for a while, wiped his hands and walked over, then touched his forehead and said: "Then go sit on the sofa for a while, listen to the news and watch TV, I will make a soup with radish, it will be ready in a while .”

Lin An nodded, but didn't leave, just continued to stand at the door.

After Xu Xin turned back and soaked all the meat in the bowl, he turned around and found that the other party was still standing by the door, so he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Lin An raised his gaze to take a quick look at him, then lowered his gaze to the floor tiles under his feet, and said softly, "I... let me help you."

Xu Xin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled after a while, stepped aside, and motioned for the other party to come in.

In fact, Lin An regretted it just after he finished speaking. The kitchen is not big, and once he entered, the two of them couldn't turn away. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in with the smiling eyes all around him.

The suddenly shortened distance made the whole kitchen look like it was about to burn.In a trance, Lin An couldn't tell the source of the scalding temperature, whether it was his body that had not cooled down, or Xu Xin who was standing quietly beside him.

He stood by the pool in a daze for a long time before he said hoarsely to the ribs soaked in the water: "This, this can cut out some extra meat... put it in the refrigerator... "

Xu Xin seemed puzzled, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why?"

Lin An pursed his lips, his eyes lingered on the hands that had fished the meat out of the water as promised, and explained softly: "...the meat on the side is relatively old, making soup is not easy to taste, and... ...It's not easy to chew...so it's better to cut it up and use it as fried shredded pork..."

Xu Xin nodded in agreement. At the same time, he had already cut a piece in his hand, and looked at the other party inquiringly: "Is this so?"

"...En." Lin An replied softly.

In the following time, every time Xu Xin fished out a piece of meat, he would ask this question, so in just two or three minutes, the frequency of the two talking was even higher than the sum of recent days.

"Do you want this one too?"

"...No, no need."

"What about this one?"

"Cut, cut a little...but not too much."

Between you and me, Lin An's tense emotions finally eased. Although Xu Xin used the other party's excuse to help him and kept him by his side, he actually didn't let the other party have the slightest chance to do anything. Under the guidance, the ingredients needed for the stew were quickly prepared, and after the stew pot was turned on, he leaned against the sink.

"Are you tired?" Xu Xin asked after a while.

Lin An shook his head.The smell of meat began to waft faintly from the pot on the gas stove, and the light blue flame also added a bit of heat to the small space. The two of them fell silent for a moment, and after a short silence, they looked at each other in unison.

"you……"

"after……"

A few seconds later, they both spoke at the same time.

Xu Xin smiled, and stared at the other party with slightly lowered eyes: "What do you want to say?"

Lin An pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and glanced at him quickly, the temperature on his face rose higher and higher. After a long while, he gathered up enough courage to open his mouth and asked: "Just, those words in the car just now... Are you... for real?"

Seeing his anxious but expectant look, Xu Xin suddenly had the urge to tease him for some reason, so he retracted the answer that had just come to his lips, "Which sentence is Teacher Lin referring to?"

Lin An was stunned by the question, and when he realized the teasing meaning in the words, his gaze drifted even more.

Xu Xin knew that the other party was thin-skinned and couldn't stand being teased, and seeing his flustered expression, he couldn't help but soften his heart. After a smile, his face became serious, but he didn't expect to answer when he was about to answer. The phone on the coffee table in the living room Suddenly screamed.

He touched the other party's hair and whispered: "Wait a minute."

Lin An nodded and watched him walk out of the kitchen.

Xu Xin took a few steps to the tea table in front of the sofa, saw Ding Hua's name flashing on the screen, and answered the phone with a frown.

"Hey boss! Why can't you get through your work machine? No one is in the company, I've been looking for you for a long time!" Ding Hua's yelling came from the receiver immediately.

Xu Xin recalled the mobile phone that was placed in the hidden compartment of the car before, and explained: "It's out of battery." Then he asked: "What happened?"

Ding Hua hesitated, then suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously after a few seconds: "Your brother just came to me."

Xu Xin frowned slightly after hearing this, "...he is in City C?"

"No, he said he couldn't reach you. He told me to send a message when I saw you. He said that there was something urgent to discuss with you. He asked you to call him back immediately after you came back. Oh, and..."

"what?"

"...He also said... that you'd better fly to City B again if you have time recently, saying that the one surnamed Li is looking for you."

Xu Newsyan frowned even more, and after a few seconds of silence, he replied, "Yes, I see."

After Ding Hua finished talking about the business, his heart of gossip started to stir again. He hehe asked, "Hey boss, where are you now?"

Xu Xin glanced at Lin An who came out from behind, and said directly: "Cuifangyuan."

Ding Hua laughed even more when he heard this, "Oh...Cuifangyuan... Hey brother, you didn't go home last night, did you? What are you busy with? Early in the morning, he even told Xiao Wang to lie to the masses that he was on a business trip. , I don’t know we still have business on Bo’ai Road?”

Xu Xin didn't have time to argue with him, so he cursed, "Is your skin itchy?" He was about to hang up, but was stopped by Ding Hua, "Hey, wait a minute."

Xu Xin frowned, "What's wrong?"

Ding Hua's tone suddenly became serious again: "I heard your elder brother's tone seems to be really anxious. Don't forget to contact him if you have nothing to do, otherwise he will get angry when the time comes, and don't really kill him when he turns around."

"Also, say hello to Xiao Lin for me." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone in a hurry.

Xu Xin put down his phone, didn't take the other party's ridicule to heart at all, and only frowned at the blacked-out screen.

Xu Guang was rarely in such a hurry, and what he said was undoubtedly not as simple as it seemed on the surface. His brother and Li Ping were colleagues, and Li Ping was his father's former proud student. The two had stayed together in City B for so many years. , coupled with the relationship with Uncle Lang, the two are even more intimate than ordinary people.Although on the surface, the two seem to be of different ranks and different departments, one is upright and serious, the other is exquisite, but they can always "coincidentally" on most issues, and it is not unreasonable to say that the same nostrils are out of breath. Pass.Therefore, based on Xu Xin's understanding of Xu Guang, the other party told Ding Hua to convey the two sentences, the former sentence was most likely just a cover to deceive others, and the latter sentence was his real intention.

As for the topic that can involve the three of them at the same time, and is extremely sensitive and urgent, in the past six months, it seems that the only thing that the company has just discussed is the cooperation case of medicine and equipment.

Lin An saw that his expression became serious in an instant, so he couldn't help but called him worriedly, "...Xu, Brother Xu?"

Xu Xin came back to his senses, his face softened a little.He stretched out his hand and pressed his temples twice, and when he looked up again, a trace of imperceptible anxiety flashed in his eyes. He glanced at Lin An, who was full of concern in front of him, and after a moment of hesitation, he said in a low voice: "The mechanical case a while ago may have happened. I have some questions... I want to go to City B as soon as possible."

Seeing his slightly worried expression, Lin An immediately put aside those emotions a few minutes ago, and became a little nervous for a while, "Serious, is it serious?"

Xu Xin shook his head, "I don't know yet."

Lin An nodded, and said softly: "...Well, let's go quickly." After speaking, he smiled at the other party and said softly, "Work is important."

Xu Xin didn't speak, just looked at him. After a while, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the other's right hand hanging by his side, and agreed, "Okay." Don't forget to take your medicine."

Lin An stared at the handshake of the two, his ears turned red, "...OK."

Xu Xin looked at him, and continued: "The soup will be ready in a while, if you can drink it, drink two more bowls."

"……Um."

"The same is true for radishes. Eat as much as possible. Only by driving away the cold can the disease be cured quickly."

Lin An nodded.

After Xu Xin explained everything, he didn't stay any longer, went into the bedroom, took his coat and went out.Lin An sent him downstairs, watched him get into the car, reversed the car out of the parking space, then lowered the car window, took a deep look at himself, and finally disappeared at the door of the unit covered with fallen leaves.

He stood in front of the anti-theft door for a while, then turned around and closed the door sadly, and slowly climbed upstairs.

But I didn't want to take out the key and open the door, the phone in the coat pocket vibrated.He took it out and saw that the word Xu Xin was flashing on the screen.

He froze for a moment, then quickly picked it up, "...Hello?"

The other party's voice immediately rang in my ears: "I forgot to mention it when I was in the kitchen." After a pause, he said again: "It's true."

Lin An was startled, but didn't react, "...En?"

The person opposite seemed to smile, and after a slight pause, he reminded: "The question you asked—what I said in the car is true."

Lin An's hand holding the key trembled, he tightened his grip on the cell phone, and replied softly, "...En."

The other party seemed to have parked the car at some busy intersection. During the short silence, there were occasional vague car bells or hawking, mixed with the same dazzling sunlight, which made people dazzled, as if they had returned to the old days. The alley outside the steel factory.

So in this hazy illusion, he seemed to hear the other party calling him again.

"Lin An,"

"……kindness?"

Xu Xin's voice came steadily from the other end, "Wait for me to come back." It was deep but seemed infinitely gentle.