cold flame

Sure enough, it started to rain, and it started to knock on the window since waking up at noon, and there is no sign of stopping until now. Lin Mo stood up after practicing the piano, walked over and opened the other half of the curtains, and looked at the The rain-soaked gray buildings on the opposite side of the complex.

Looking from top to bottom, umbrellas of various designs and colors are slowly moving along the roadside. It is the rush hour for get off work, and the rain that makes the temperature drop slightly in summer does not hinder the pace of people returning home.

There was a sound in the living room, and Mother Lin came back from get off work. Because the unit is very close to home, she came back earlier every time, which was also in line with her idea of ​​taking care of her two children conveniently.

"Momo, are you hungry? What do you want to eat tonight?" Mother Lin put on her slippers and opened the rain-stained umbrella to dry on the balcony.

"You can eat whatever you buy." Lin Mo walked out of the room and saw his mother walking to the kitchen with the freshly bought vegetables.

"Then mom will cook a few side dishes, okay? Your dad has a school meeting today and wants to have dinner with some directors. Your brother-in-law just called and said that he can't come to dinner, so you don't have to make so many dishes. You can also eat early. .”

"He's not coming?" Lin Mo asked while sitting on the sofa.

"Who? You said Wenxuan, he said that the hospital was temporarily busy and couldn't come."

Obviously, I asked myself to go shopping last night. Since I couldn't make the appointment, shouldn't I say hello to myself?Lin Mo was a little speechless, not just because he was suddenly released, but also because he had prepared something for his sister tomorrow—although Mother Lin had already bought what should be prepared.

After eating, Lin Mo went back to the room to practice the new song. The rain outside continued unabated, and the neon lights reflected on the window, melting into fuzzy dots of different sizes.

The phone rang, and the caller - Gao Wenxuan, at 23:[-].

"I'm downstairs, come down when you're done."

"Aren't you not coming today?" Lin Mo was wearing pajamas, he didn't expect the other party to come now.

"I told mom not to come to dinner, didn't I tell you not to go shopping?"

"understood."

"Well, tell Mom and I won't go up."

The black vehicle was parked in front of the building, and the rain was constantly washing away to form a silver curtain, which covered the car windows and made it impossible to see the figure inside.When Lin Mo came down, he realized that he didn't bring an umbrella, so he hurriedly opened the car door and went in.

"I forgot to remind you to bring an umbrella, sure enough." Gao Wenxuan smiled and took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo wiped his face and glanced at him, "You have forgotten more than one thing."

"for example?"

"For example, forgetting to tell me in advance to delay leaving get off work but the plan remains the same."

Gao Wenxuan turned the steering wheel and said with a smile, "Although I don't think there's anything wrong with it, I'd like to say sorry to see you getting wet from the rain."

The wipers swung regularly, sweeping away the rainwater falling on the windshield, Lin Mo suddenly said, "It's just like that time."

"When?"

"When you came to my house for the first time, you said you were going to come, but suddenly you said you had something to do and didn't come."

"In the end, I still came."

Lin Mo looked at him, his clear eyes were shining in the black color, "You are very confident in this, even if you miss the appointment temporarily, others will not have any dissatisfaction with you because you will always find a way to eliminate them negative emotion."

"You say that like you're angry. Should I think about how to get rid of your negative emotions?"

"Not angry, I know you did work overtime today, but at that time, you lied to us."

Gao Wenxuan didn't show surprise at all, he still had that half-smile expression, "So you heard it all."

"Yes, in the second week after that, you came to my house. I only found out when I was on the phone from the balcony in the afternoon. The first time we met, I said that I couldn't come because of something at home. In fact, it was just an excuse to not want to miss the game. "

"You know a lot about me." Gao Wenxuan paused for a few seconds, then continued indifferently: "Since I knew it so long ago, why didn't I tell your family? I'm curious about this."

Because to see how far you can go with lies.As a result, the relatives around him naturally loved him and trusted him extremely. Even Lin Mo himself gradually changed to another kind of affection at some point.

"Is it useful to say it? You will still have a way to make them believe you." Lin Mo was convinced of this.

Gao Wenxuan said with a helpless smile, "Why did you call me a habitual liar."

Lin Mo looked at the raindrops falling outside the window, and said, "Even watching the football game will end, you clearly know that you can delay coming, why do you say you can't come?"

"Because it is easier to achieve unexpected results after lowering expectations." Gao Wenxuan explained in a scholarly tone, "and no matter what the reason, being late always equals a bad impression."

"It turned out to be like this. You deliberately didn't say it, and then pretended to come. This is just your psychological method."

"So, I heard the news that I won't come today, but now I still came as promised, how do you feel?" Gao Wenxuan, who was driving slowly while talking in the rain, watched Lin Mo's from the corner of his eye. action.

Lin Mo looked straight ahead, looked at the wipers swaying left and right, and said in the calmest tone, "I don't feel anything."

After finishing speaking, he heard Gao Wenxuan's chuckle, Lin Mo turned his head and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"I just didn't expect you to answer this question seriously. You don't usually do this."

"Why, are you going to come up with your set of psychological research theories again?"

"If you want, I can use you as my subject for the next psychological research paper."

"Please pay me a high salary." Lin Mo answered immediately.

The time passed in such a relaxed gossip, and when it was almost time to arrive, Lin Mo suddenly realized that there was no familiar pure music flowing in the car, only the clear and crisp sound of rain ticking outside the car, coming in through the car, the volume was not loud It's not like there is a rhythm, but even the mood is also lightened up.

"It's here." Gao Wenxuan parked the car in the open-air parking lot, took an umbrella from the back seat, and reminded Lin Mo not to get out of the car before he walked around the other side with the umbrella.

The two men holding the same umbrella were still a bit crowded. Although Lin Mo deliberately kept a distance after getting off the car, he turned his head inadvertently and found that the other shoulder was already wet outside the umbrella. He could not help but hold the umbrella towards Gao Wenxuan Get your hands closer.

As if hearing a chuckle from above his head, Lin Mo quickened his pace a little, not looking at the other party, "Where is it?"

"It's just ahead."

We came to a shopping mall. Since there were few people at night on rainy days, they were scattered in various counter shops. Gao Wenxuan didn't say what to buy, and took Lin Mo to the fourth floor by taking the escalator to the fourth floor. district.

"Buy an album?" The two entered a music CD store, and Lin Mo couldn't help asking as he looked at the shelves full of album covers of various styles.

Gao Wenxuan asked instead: "Whose album do you think should be bought?"

The boss should have received Gao Wenxuan's appointment in advance. When he saw him coming, he put down the PSP in his hand, took the receipt from Gao Wenxuan and walked to the small room in the store. After a few minutes, he stretched out his head and shouted, "Okay, come in for a trial listening Bar."

The indoor space is small, and there are some recording equipment and stereos. The boss threw a pair of headphones to Gao Wenxuan and ran out to look at the store. Since the latest pop music was playing outside to attract customers, he didn’t forget the sound when he went out. Intimately bring the door to help guests soundproof.

"Try it." Lin Mo didn't fully understand the purpose of coming, and before he could ask "whose is it?" Gao Wenxuan involuntarily hung the earphones on his head.

The soft piano music came slowly, and in just a few seconds, Lin Mo could easily recognize that this was his sister's favorite "La Plus Que Lente", and the audio was slightly different from the original version.

"For your sister, you are the master of music in her mind." Gao Wenxuan's voice jumped into Lin Mo's ears along with the music.

Lin Mo raised his head and asked, "When did you record it?"

The other party skipped his question, put his fingers on the computer keyboard next to him and tapped lightly, and said, "Listen to another song."

Different from the tranquility just now, the prelude pressed down like an undercurrent, sweeping over Lin Mo's senses. This familiar piece made him frown slightly unconsciously. He remembered that he had never played this piece in front of Gao Wenxuan before. "Cold Flame".

It is very likely that the other party played and recorded himself.

The music seems to be gradually turned up by someone, and the earphones wrap the notes around the ears as if they are tightly attached to his side, so that he is isolated from the sound of the outside world at this moment.

Gao Wenxuan approached, opened and closed his lips and said something, Lin Mo raised his head in a panic to ask, he met those deep eyes, under the faint light from the computer screen, he saw the corners of the other party's mouth curled up, his gaze Rolling with a deep smile.

Everything was so quiet that only the piano music in the ears was left, and it was ushering in the first small climax, and the undercurrents gathered into layers of vortexes, which surrounded Lin Mo in a rapid flow.