Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

"Brother, do you have oatmeal or glutinous rice balls for breakfast?"

Zhou Xuerong's voice came from the kitchen, but Xu Minglang ignored it, still wondering if what happened last night was just a dream.

Why should Zhou Xuerong be wary of entering that room?

Is there something in that room that I can't know?

"Brother, what are you thinking?"

While he was still in a daze, Zhou Xuerong suddenly came up to him, startling him.

Zhou Xuerong's eyes were full of smiles, his unstoppable joy was relaxed, those who didn't know thought he had won the lottery.Looking at such a face, Xu Minglang couldn't relate to that weird laughter in the night.

Seeing Xu Minglang's dull face, Zhou Xuerong scratched his nose with his finger, and repeated the question again, Xu Minglang thought for a while and said, "I'll just eat oatmeal."

Zhou Xuerong turned back to work in the kitchen, chatting with Xu Minglang at random, talking about today's arrangements, and talking about "I want to try driving off-road in the snow".

During the meal, Zhou Xuerong's mouth was not idle, but he just talked about trivial matters, such as the laundry detergent at home was almost gone, and he planned to go to IKEA to buy some furniture, and it was best to paint the walls.Xu Minglang thought, he never knew that Zhou Xuerong could say so much.

"Hey, brother, what color do you like? Do you think blue-gray is too depressing? How about milky yellow?"

Xu Minglang came back to his senses and replied, "Anything is fine."

Zhou Xuerong smiled happily: "Okay, let's make it milky yellow, it's warmer." After he finished speaking, he just finished eating the last bite, but he didn't get up to wash the dishes, but propped his chin to watch Xu Minglang finish eating, and then put away the tableware.

After eating, they drove the bulldozer towards the development zone. On the way, Zhou Xuerong spotted an SUV, but because he didn't have the car key, he couldn't drive it, so they let it go.

The two drove north all the way, and it took almost an hour to arrive at IKEA.Zhou Xuerong was full of interest. After going upstairs, he took the stroller and put his body on the handle, imitating children to slide the stroller, but he almost fell over because it was too heavy.

Xu Minglang copied his pockets with both hands, and smiled from behind.

Zhou Xuerong called him to the front, while expressing his opinions on the designs of various items in the cabinet.Pointing to the glass cup, he said, "This can be used when drinking." Then he picked up the glass candy jar and weighed it. A little disappointed, he said, "It's pretty, but it's too heavy."

Xu Minglang took the candy jar and put it in the cart and said, "Take it if you like it, it doesn't cost money anyway."

Zhou Xuerong's expression became gloomy, and he nodded and said, "That's right. But I don't feel like I was in the mood when I bought it with money."

"How do you feel?"

"Shop around and judge the product. Although you may not buy it in the end, what matters is the process." Zhou Xuerong glanced at the people around him and sighed, "I won't understand even if I tell you."

Xu Minglang was still putting plates in the cart. He still remembered those plain white plates and bowls in Zhou Xuerong's house. He wanted to buy some tableware with a sense of design. Brother, I also have a life."

Zhou Xuerong smiled helplessly and nodded in agreement, then pointed to the corner and said, "Brother, let's go shopping for furniture."

"Why are you in such a hurry..." Xu Minglang was still picking out the cup, looked up at Zhou Xuerong's pleading expression, his heart softened, and he pretended to say perfunctorily, "Okay, okay."

The model room, which was always overcrowded, is now empty.Xu Minglang suddenly missed those uncles and aunts who slept on the bed, and also missed the feeling of rubbing shoulders with people.

He looked at the empty store, and what popped up in his mind was the usual scene of IKEA: a family of three or couples, they held each other's arms, fumbled about the products they liked, and exchanged every design Good or bad, express your preferences and needs, and plan the future that belongs to the two.

It was originally thought that all living beings could not escape the food, rice, oil and salt, but now it has become a luxury.

It seems that people really have nothing to think about, Xu Minglang spurned himself in his heart, and was dragged into an idyllic living room by Zhou Xuerong in a blink of an eye.

"Brother, how do you feel about this?" Zhou Xuerong sat on the sofa bouncing back and forth, turning his head and pointing under the TV, "Look! There is a fireplace here. I have always dreamed of having such a living room when I was a child. In winter, I can Sitting on the sofa with my family, watching TV and chatting, there is a dog sleeping in front of the fireplace."

Xu Minglang automatically generated the pictures of Disney movies, which is quite warm when you think about it.

"I can't see that you are still at home."

"I don't really like going out." Zhou Xuerong smiled sheepishly.

Xu Minglang remembered that he had never seen Zhou Xuerong go out before, so he nodded, thinking "I can see it".

When they arrived at the bedroom area, Zhou Xuerong was even more joyful. He almost wanted to sit on every bed to feel it, and insisted on pulling Xu Minglang to lie down together.

Xu Minglang tirelessly pushed and pushed the arm that was pulling him, but he still couldn't beat the strength gap, and fell into the big soft bed together.

"How about it, isn't it very soft?"

Xu Minglang was stunned.

Zhou Xuerong was still saying: "But I heard that sleeping on a harder bed is good for the spine, and I don't know if it's true."

"Can you sit up straight and play the piano? If you continue like this, you will become a turtle!"

In a trance, he seemed to hear Yingying's complaint.

That was a year ago, when they had just found their current house, there were almost no decorations in it except for the refrigerator, washing machine and sofa. Playing around in the house.

Later, they were all tired from shopping, and lay down on the bed, closing their eyes and resting their minds.At that time, Yingying said something very similar to Zhou Xuerong, and the content was nothing more than "soft mattresses are not good for the spine". .

He retorted, "Who would sit up straight and play the guitar, stupid or not."Xue Yingying was very good at blurring the focus, and began to criticize him for "not cherishing her body".

At that time, he was actually a little sulking, thinking about how the cohabitation life had not yet officially started, so how could he experience the negative aspects of intimacy.

He was angry and didn't speak, but listened to Xue Yingying's rambling, thinking that he would stop when she got tired of talking.

"Minglang, you said that if one day we become old men and old ladies, it would be great if we could still chat like this?"

He turned to look at her, but he didn't understand the meaning of the twinkle in her eyes.

The future that he once thought was within easy reach is now out of reach.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Minglang had trouble breathing, and felt that he was so contemptible now.

Xue Yingying may be suffering at this second, but he is enjoying life here, so heartless and ungrateful.

He looked at Zhou Xuerong who was bouncing on the mattress, and wanted to ask him, "Aren't you worried about your lover at all?"...

Xu Minglang stood at an angle where he could see Zhou Xuerong's smile when he lowered his head, and the sunlight shining from his deep black eyes, like gold rubbed into ink.

He fumbled along the line of his trousers to find the pocket, and the small hard object inside was his cross earring.

When I got home in the evening, the kitchen floor was piled up with all kinds of snacks and drinks from IKEA.There was a big can of paint in the living room, Zhou Xuerong couldn't wait to start painting the walls, but Xu Minglang stopped him, saying that it was not a bad night, otherwise he would not be able to sleep because of the smell of paint.

So Zhou Xuerong suggested to get up early the next day, find a hotel to stay for two days after painting the walls, and move back when the smell of paint is almost gone.

After eating, the two played poker from the canteen until after eleven o'clock.Ever since Xu Minglang was trapped here, his work and rest became regular. He was already full of sleepiness, and proposed to take a shower to sleep.Zhou Xuerong put down the cards in his hand, got up and went to make the bed.

It was night, Xu Minglang didn't fall asleep, he just closed his eyes and rested, his mind was full of that earring and that locked door.

The secret mood is like a corner of a crumpled book, difficult to smooth out.The more Xu Minglang thought about it, the more he became more sober, and the more sober he became, the more entangled he became. His brain's perception of the passage of time seemed extraordinarily long, which made him want to turn over and sigh.

But he didn't do that, he had to pretend to be asleep and wait.

After a while, the person next to the pillow uttered ravings, murmuring fragmented content, and he listened with all his ears, but he didn't understand a single word.

Zhou Xuerong gasped heavily, accompanied by painful groans, like having a nightmare, Xu Minglang could not bear to wake him up, at this moment, he felt the heat source in the bed disappear.

Zhou Xuerong got up.

Still the same as the night before, Zhou Xuerong opened the freezer and stayed there. After a while, he walked to the cabinet, opened the drawer, took out the key, walked out of the living room, opened the locked room, and walked in.

Xu Minglang closed his eyes and dozed off, focusing his senses on his ears. After waiting for a while, he heard the sound of footsteps and the sound of closing and locking the door.Zhou Xuerong put the keys away, stood by the cabinet for a minute, and then slipped back into the bed lightly.

Xu Minglang turned his back on Zhou Xuerong, closed his eyes and waited for about 10 minutes to confirm that the breathing sound of the other party had gradually stabilized, then gently lifted the quilt, walked to the cabinet, and opened the drawer.