cold flame

"What time is it? Why hasn't Momo woke up yet?" Mother Lin stood up and walked to the bedroom, muttering, "What time did this kid read last night..."

"Mom, I'll call him." Gao Wenxuan stepped forward quickly, opened Lin Mo's door first, and said to Lin's mother, "I just said hello to him and left."

"Well, let him get up quickly. There are people at home who are coming to pay New Year's greetings today. I'll cook first."

The person lying on his side on the bed was still soundly asleep. The quilt that was covered for him before he left last night had been pulled off, revealing half of his back, which was dotted with the remaining marks of sex.

Knowing that it would be like this, so he didn't leave this morning and stayed here. Gao Wenxuan pulled the quilt to cover Lin Mo, more because he didn't want the other party's cold to get worse.Sitting on the edge of the bed, she gently pinched Tian Jing's face, and said softly, "Momo, get up."

"Hmm..." Lin Mo rubbed the pillow he was hugging, and subconsciously gave a weak answer.

After waiting for a few seconds, he seemed to come to his senses, blinked his eyelashes and opened his eyes, looking at Gao Wenxuan with weak eyes.

"Why did you wake up as soon as you called today?" Gao Wenxuan was a little surprised, and reached out to stroke his face.

"I'm hungry."

Hearing that the originally clear voice became hoarse overnight, the palm lingering on the other's cheek became lighter, slightly scratching the swollen lips.

Gao Wenxuan leaned close to him, and the tip of their noses touched, "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Reaching out to hug his close lover, Lin Mo replied without thinking: "Fried noodles"

"Okay, I'll do it now, you get up and wash up."

After finishing talking, Gao Wenxuan kissed him lightly on the forehead and left. Lin Mo, who woke up from a deep sleep, suddenly felt that this scene of opening his eyes and touching him was like returning to the time when he was temporarily staying at the other party's house. The incomparably real sense of warmth is there every day.

"Wenxuan, are you up?"

"Get up, he's a little hungry, I'll make him something to eat." Gao Wenxuan rolled up his sleeves and walked to the kitchen.

Mother Lin looked at the clock in the living room: "It's past ten o'clock, what are you doing, eat some snacks and you'll have lunch soon."

"It's okay, it will be done soon anyway."

"Aren't you going to your parents? Let me do it. Don't be late."

"No, mom, you should rest for a while, are you tired from work these days?"

"Isn't that how people come to celebrate the New Year? Either they go to pay New Year's greetings or someone else comes to their house to pay New Year's greetings, but it's better to be lively, and people who are festive should also be more energetic."

After the fried noodles were ready, Lin Mo came out to eat in a leisurely manner. After being nagged by Lin's mother for a while, Gao Wenxuan asked a few words about the taste, then picked up the key and prepared to leave.

"Mom and Dad, I'm leaving first." Gao Wenxuan stood at the door, his gaze finally rested on Lin Mo, and made a gesture of calling, "Momo, goodbye."

Lin Mo smiled and nodded, "Goodbye."

After Gao Wenxuan left, Lin's mother came over from the living room. While fiddling with the dining table, she pretended to ask casually, "Momo, Mom sees that your relationship with Wenxuan has become quite good recently."

"It's okay." Lin Mo added, "When I was at his house, he took good care of me."

"Yeah, I've already said that your brother-in-law really has nothing to say." Mother Lin picked up the vase on the dining table and looked at it, then continued: "Then when you lived in his house, did you find anything?"

"Discovery? What do you mean?"

"Oh, for example, does any friend come to his house, or does someone often call him or something?"

Lin Mo didn't know the purpose of his mother's question, but he still answered truthfully: "No. Mom, what's wrong?"

Mother Lin waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, I'm afraid you'll disturb others too much if you live there, so just ask."

"Hey, Wenxuan, why are you here?" Mother Lin, who was chatting at the mahjong table in the living room while watching the cards, was a little surprised to see her son-in-law who suddenly came to visit in the afternoon.

Father Lin also showed surprise, glanced at the cards on the table, and said to the visitor: "Is there something wrong? Didn't you go to your relatives to pay New Year's greetings today?"

Gao Wenxuan took off his coat, greeted the relatives of the Lin family decently one by one, and said to Lin's father and Lin's mother, "I just finished eating there, and I passed by here to take a look. I heard Momo, how are you doing now?"

Mother Lin stood up, signaled Father Lin with her eyes to continue playing mahjong with relatives, and led Gao Wenxuan to Lin Mo's room.

"The cold worsened when he came back from his uncle's house last night. I woke him up in the morning and found out that the child was running a fever. He was taken to the hospital and hung up on the water. He just took the medicine and lay down. I don't know if he fell asleep."

Mother Lin opened the door softly, "Momo, are you asleep?"

The curtains in the room were tightly closed, and it was gloomy. The person on the bed turned his head slightly when he heard the sound, and a strange look flashed on Gao Wenxuan's pale and haggard face.He only opened his mouth to call his mother, "Mom."

"Haven't you slept yet? Wenxuan came home and just came to see you." Sitting by the bed, Lin's mother touched her son's forehead distressedly, "Oh, why did he get sick after Chinese New Year?"

"It's okay, I'll just sleep for a while." Lin Mo answered Mother Lin sullenly, but his eyes wandered, involuntarily moving to the person standing next to him.

Lin's mother also followed his gaze and looked at Gao Wenxuan, "Look at this kid, I don't feel at ease playing cards when he is so sick. I plan to take care of him all afternoon."

"Mom, you go outside to greet your relatives, and I'll take care of Momo."

Mother Lin thought for a while and said, "That's fine. Anyway, he's going to sleep soon. You can just talk to him. Call me if you need anything."

After Mother Lin explained, she closed the door and left. Gao Wenxuan sat by the bed, put his hand on Lin Mo's forehead, and said, "It's still a little hot."

"Aren't you paying New Year's greetings?"

"I heard from my mother that you were sick, so I came to see you. Are you still feeling uncomfortable now?"

"Take the medicine and feel better."

Lin Mo, who was sick, had a different expression and tone than usual, the indifference and aloofness that he deliberately pretended to be faded away, only soft eyes were left, slightly lowered, and even his voice was like the dim light in the room, losing the original clearness and fullness .

Gao Wenxuan recalled the past, and said, "You used to be sick, and you would sleep in bed for a whole day, and sometimes you wouldn't wake up even if you were told, as if you wanted to make up for the sleepless nights at once."

Lin Mo tried his best to blink his drowsy eyes, and said: "Before? How did you know?"

"Isn't it just the time I took you to the beach, and when you came back, you had a fever and slept in bed all day."

"What did my sister tell you?"

"Of course not." Gao Wenxuan looked at him, and pinched the corner of the quilt that leaked air around his neck tightly, "I also came when you had a fever. I stayed there all afternoon and didn't see you awake, so I went back later."

"So you have been here..."

"Hmm." Gao Wenxuan seemed to be recalling something, and said with a smile: "That time not only didn't teach you how to swim, but also made you sick and had a fever."

If it wasn't for the picture of the other party and his sister walking on the beach holding hands, causing him to blow the salty sea breeze all night, he shouldn't be sick the next day?Thinking of the reason, Lin Mo showed a wry smile that he didn't want to continue to recall.

Gao Wenxuan saw it at a glance, and said, "It seems to be an unhappy memory for you."

"It's not..."

The endless blue sky and the sparkling gem-like sea reflect each other. Although there are groups of people splashing on the waves at the beach, it does not affect its all-encompassing vastness and magnificence. Even if you recall it, you can immediately feel that A summer of brilliant sunshine and gusts of sea breeze.

"Then go again this year, and I will continue to teach you how to swim?" Gao Wenxuan held the other's hand under the quilt.

"Go, just learn to swim..."

Gao Wenxuan said with a smile: "Then the two of us can sit on the beach and bask in the sun, it's not bad."

"Wenxuan." The door was suddenly opened.

Seeing Mother Lin appearing at the door, Lin Mo subconsciously wanted to withdraw the hand held by Gao Wenxuan, but the other party not only did not let go, but even increased the force, and did not move under the cover of the duvet.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

"Oh, let me ask where you have dinner? Do you want to eat here?"

"Okay, I'll go back after eating."

"Okay, I'll make more dishes that night." Mother Lin reminded before closing the door: "Momo, sleep for a while after taking the medicine, don't drag your brother-in-law to chat for too long."

"It's really time for you to take a break, haven't you lasted a long time?"

It can be said that it was a sleepless night last night. After taking the medicine, Lin Mo did feel sleepy early, and he persisted until now with his willpower.His eyelashes drooped slightly, looking at the person who was still holding his hands tightly through the blurred light.

"I slept."

Gao Wenxuan leaned over and kissed him lightly: "Sleep, I'm sure I'll still be here when you wake up this time."

"Suddenly want to listen to music."

"What do you want to hear?"

The gentle whisper was close to the whisper, Lin Mo's eyelids were a little heavy, half-opened and half-closed, and said softly: "The first time I met you played the song."

"Okay, I'll play it for you."

I was still the same person back then, playing the same music, seeing scenes I had known before, but I felt that something was not the same anymore.

This was the second time he heard Gao Wenxuan play this piece that left a deep impression on him. It was melodious and melodious, echoing in the room with a heavy sound that was difficult to resolve.Lin Mo closed his eyes and listened, but he felt an inexplicable open-mindedness. This kind of relief was like walking in place for a long time and suddenly stepped over a barrier, which made him feel at ease about the next journey.

Maybe sometimes it's not the music that is sad, it's just that the listener brings his own state of mind to add color to it invisibly. The thing itself is static and unchanging.

Only human beings can have such diametrically opposed, contradictory and unconscious concepts

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I posted a screenshot of the meat part of the previous chapter to the lofter. Those who want to see it can search [打舞已风] on Baidu, and click on the homepage to watch it.