At sunset, the mountains are far away

Tao Yan was standing in the bright and warm living room in his pajamas, beating his sore waist with his hands backwards, looking around seriously, checking if there were any messy corners, and when he found that the living room was clean and tidy, he showed a satisfied smile and said to himself He said to himself; "Okay, we have successfully moved again."

After Xia Chengqi and Xining Newspaper's two-year contract expired, they left Xining and lived in Suzhou for more than three years. Now they moved this time, they chose Chongqing as the city, and both of them were naked.Xia Chengqi is going to set up a storefront to open a bookstore, and write scripts in normal times.Tao Yan is still hesitating whether to run a bookstore with Xia Chengqi, continue to be a teacher, or open a pastry restaurant that he has always wanted to open.

"Honey, you help me with my staff, what should I do?" Tao Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, asking Xia Chengqi to help with his future plans.

Xia Chengqi's eyes still fell on the map of Chongqing spread out on the bed, and he drew circles with a red pen from time to time; "I suggest you visit a few local pastry restaurants first, get a feel for it first, and check the storefronts in each area by the way. , and then make a decision.”

When Tao Yan was a teacher in Suzhou, he enrolled in a pastry class. When he was not in class, he went there to learn how to make pastry.When Xia Chengqi was in Suzhou, he was also a teacher in a local private middle school. At the same time, he enrolled in a crash course in screenwriting. During the winter and summer vacations, he and Tao Yan went to foreign countries to see the scenery and taste the food. They seemed like a couple of gods.

"Don't you want us to run a store together?"

"If you have time, you can help each other."

"But..." Tao Yan hesitated to speak, Xia Chengqi raised his eyes and waited for Tao Yan's next words.

"Wouldn't it be better to open together? It's like a husband-and-wife store, can't you get married now? In a few days, you're going to go home with me to celebrate the New Year?" Tao Yan's voice became smaller and smaller, With a low voice, she hinted at Xia Chengqi as quietly as possible.

"Are you hinting to me that I want to marry you?" Xia Chengqi sat up, with a sharp remark, and sat face to face with Tao Yan.Seeing that Tao Yan's expression was about to become lively, Xia Chengqi added a sentence in time, "Think clearly before answering, and rule out the influence of factors such as arrogance and embarrassment."

Tao Yan swallowed the arrogant words that came to his lips, and nodded shyly and weakly.Tao Yan didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, because every time he ended up being arrogant, he would be deflated and sulky. Since he couldn't play with Xia Chengqi, he simply let go of his self-esteem obediently.

"Then what do you think?" Tao Yan asked Xia Chengqi directly about his marriage intention, "I will be 33 years old after Chinese New Year, so it can be said that I am 34 years old."

Xia Chengqi looked at Tao Yan who put down his self-esteem, lowered his posture, and completely opened up his heart to ask for marriage with him, and he felt a warm feeling in his heart, "During the Chinese New Year, I will accompany you to Hong Kong for egg freezing surgery. I don't want a child right now." , but I want a little Tao Yan in the future, this is the only condition I want you to agree to before marriage. Is it possible?"

Tao Yan's heart hung up all of a sudden, and her emotions were surging violently. She never thought that Xia Chengqi would agree so happily.After all, Xia Chengqi is still in his prime and full of ambition, and he can understand that he is not in a hurry to get married.

Xia Chengqi looked into Tao Yan's eyes with questioning eyes, secretly looking forward to Tao Yan's answer.

"Will the egg freezing operation hurt? If it doesn't hurt, it's fine. If it hurts...will it hurt more than when the kidney stone broke out?" Tao Yan had a stone last time, and the pain was so painful that he was drenched in cold sweat.

"You mean, if it hurts, you won't go to freeze the eggs?" Xia Chengqi's eyes turned cold. She thought of Su Qingmo's wedding night, Tao Yan who had vowed to have a baby with her, and she was really drunk. In the state, the brain is not clear, and you can run the train with your mouth full of words.

"Qiqi, don't be angry, I'll go, I'll go, I'll endure the pain, after the operation, can you marry me?" Tao Yan saw Xia Chengqi's frightening gaze, he instantly lost his hesitation and said casually It should come down.No matter how much she didn't want to admit it now, she was indeed eaten to death by Xia Chengqi, and she seemed to be a cowardly slave.

"Well, we can ask Auntie to agree on the date of the wedding. I think Auntie should be happy to organize the wedding, but don't be in a hurry, you can take your time." After Xia Chengqi finished speaking, he leaned over and hooked Tao Yan's neck, "Besides, Dong Ovum surgery means that it hurts when you get the injection to promote ovulation, but it doesn’t hurt when you get the eggs, and it’s over in 10-20 minutes, don’t be afraid, I’ll be with you, okay?”

"Okay." Tao Yan stretched out his arms to hug Xia Chengqi, and he was surrounded by layers of happiness and steadfastness. This must be the most beautiful aspect of life.With an ideal lifestyle, a perfect lover, and healthy and enlightened parents, Tao Yan feels that he is really lucky, so lucky to have a gentle, considerate, talented, and sparkling Xia Chengqi.

Suddenly, a rush of mobile phone ringing echoed in the bedroom, breaking the warm and tender embrace.Xia Chengqi reached out to pick up the mobile phone in the drawer of the bedside table, and slid it open to answer.

"Qiqi, Gao Lan doesn't want me anymore, help me get her back. I'm so sad, I don't want to break up with her, can you help me? I beg you." Zhou Runzhi spoke from the receiver with a weak crying voice from here.

"Runzhi, calm down first. Tell me why Gao Lan broke up with you." Xia Chengqi straightened his back, frowned, and sat on the bed with a serious expression.Tao Yan snatched the phone, pressed the speakerphone, and put the phone on the bed.

"She said that she fell in love with someone else, and she wanted to be with that person instead of me. Qiqi, you know Gao Lan so well, you must have a way, right? I have been with Gao Lan for so long, it is impossible to express our feelings It's all right, Qiqi, you have to help me, I don't want to lose her." Zhou Runzhi begged in a low voice, which was depressing.

Xia Chengqi and Tao Yan looked at each other, their eyes were full of distress and sympathy, but also a little helpless.Although Zhou Runzhi is his good friend for many years, it is his duty to help her find happiness, but for Gao Lan, if he intervenes, is it meddling and reckless?

"Is Gao Lan willing to calm down and chat with you? Find out all the hidden details of the breakup, and the slowly fermented emotions, so that there is a possibility of getting back. But to be honest, the probability is still very small, after all, she doesn't care about you anymore. " Xia Chengqi finally spoke.

"She doesn't want to answer my calls anymore, and she doesn't want to talk to me. Qiqi, you help me talk to her and keep her. She will definitely answer your calls. I can only rely on you now. Qiqi, you Say, why am I always the one who is abandoned by others? What is wrong with me, what did I do wrong?" Zhou Runzhi's voice was suppressed, and she gradually lost her mind. "

After Xia Chengqi responded helplessly, Tao Yan comforted Zhou Runzhi, who was depressed for a while, and hung up the phone after Zhou Runzhi went to bed in a stable mood. Both of them felt a little heavy.Feelings are the most unpredictable. It is not uncommon for people who have been together for many years to suddenly split up.

"Cheng Qi, do you think Gao Lan said that she likes someone else, is it just an excuse to break up? This kind of excuse is very common, and it is easy to make the other party give up." Tao Yan lay in Xia Chengqi's arms, his thoughts were still on Zhou Runzhi on the matter of breaking up.

"Gao Lan is not a double-minded person. She has high moral standards for herself. In fact, I hesitated to help Runzhi chase Gao Lan back then, but there is really nothing to do with Runzhi. The two of them are not suitable. I I will find some time to chat with Sister Gao Lan, let's try it out."

With a heavy heart, the two hugged each other and fell asleep. In the dark, Tao Yan subconsciously hugged Xia Chengqi tightly, as if he was afraid that Xia Chengqi would be like Gao Lan and suddenly abandon him ruthlessly one day. The pillow was replaced by her.

Xia Chengqi sensed Tao Yan's insecure movements, slightly parted his lips, and said in a soft voice, "Idiot, how can I be willing to leave you." After speaking, he planted a kiss on Tao Yan's cheek.

The dimples on Tao Yan's lips were covered by the boundless darkness, covering the increasingly lonely driveway outside the window.

However, Xia Chengqi opened his eyes wide in the dark, pondering and daydreaming, and the familiar yet unfamiliar face that appeared on the live broadcast screen on the day of gaypride kept appearing in his mind.Time flies, can we meet again?Or should we say goodbye?

In the next few days, the two of them were very busy. They split up and were busy on the streets of Chongqing, inspecting the situation of the store and preparing for the opening of the store. settle down.After finishing their business in the store, the two of them began to wander around the major shopping malls again, racking their brains about what gifts to bring back for the New Year.In the past few years, Xia Chengqi also went home with Tao Yan to celebrate the New Year, but he has never met anyone other than Tao Yan's parents in a fair manner.

"Yanyan, what time do you and Chengqi arrive in Xiamen tomorrow? We'll pick you up." Tao Yan put his phone on the bed and made a video call with his parents. home luggage.

"Honey, what time is it?"

"Four quarters in the afternoon." Xia Chengqi sat on the bed and fiddled with the computer, and replied casually.

"Cheng Qi, where are you? Come and talk." Mother Tao spoke on the other side of the screen.

Xia Chengqi put down the computer, sat cross-legged on the floor, and waved with a smile, "Hello, uncle and aunt."

"This child, why are you still calling him uncle and aunt? You have told me everything, you are considered engaged, so change your mind quickly." Mother Tao frowned and replied dissatisfied.Father Tao sat quietly by the side, with a smile on his kind face.

Tao Yan put down the clothes in his hands, and leaned close to Xia Chengqi's face from behind, "Mom, you are right, you, the daughter-in-law-to-be, should change your tune."

Xia Chengqi struggled inwardly, and finally opened his mouth a few times before timidly shouting, "Dad, Mom."

Mother Tao smiled when she heard this, and patted Father Tao beside her, "Old Tao, look at your daughter-in-law, she is so young and well-behaved. By the way, Cheng Qi, you and Tao Yan are going to Hong Kong to freeze. As for the eggs, Mom can follow along."

"of course can."

Mother Tao and her well-behaved daughter-in-law discussed the procedure of egg freezing surgery again, and then started the routine again.Tao Yan packed his luggage virtuously behind Xia Chengqi, interjecting a sentence from time to time, and the deep smile on his face never faded.

The two intertwined their fingers, each holding a big suitcase in the other, nimbly dodging through the crowded airport, and when they walked out of the building, they saw Tao Yan's parents waiting beside the car.

"Dad, Mom, I miss you all." Tao Yan spoke first, stepped forward and hugged his parents.

"Dad, Mom, please come to the airport." Xia Chengqi called his parents a little out of habit, and said politely.

"Stupid boy, what's the trouble? Come here and let Mom give you a hug." Mother Tao stretched out her arms and gave Xia Chengqi a hug, "Go, Mom and Dad bought a lot of dishes, all of which you like to eat."

As the only male in the car, Father Tao assumed the responsibility of the driver and drove quietly along the way.Mother Tao sat in the back seat with the two and chatted excitedly with them.

As soon as he opened the door at home, Tao Tao turned around, wagging his tail, excited by the familiar smell that he hadn't heard for a long time.Father Tao took the luggage of the two, pushed it into Tao Yan's room, and then walked into the kitchen to start working. He looked like a good man at home.

"Chengqi, Yanyan, do you two have any requirements for the wedding?" Mother Tao was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night after receiving the news that the two were going to get married. Newlywed stuff.

"Mom, don't worry, neither of our stores have opened yet, let's talk about it in the second half of the year."

"Mom, the time will be in the second half of the year. As for the wedding dress, I hope it will be a Chinese-style phoenix crown and summer drape. Tao Yan, what do you think?" Xia Chengqi sat on the sofa, stroking Tao Tao in his arms.

"It's fine, let's have a Chinese wedding."

Mother Tao liked this even more. People of their generation always thought that a Western-style pure white wedding dress was not as good-looking as a Chinese-style red wedding dress. Red color and white appearance make people look more charming.

The family ate dinner lively, with constant laughter, full of the joy of the New Year.

At night, Xia Chengqi and Tao Yan snuggled up on the bedside, flipping through the photos recording Tao Yan's growth, "You looked a little ugly when you were young." Xia Chengqi had a sarcastic smile on his lips.

"Then freeze your eggs and use your genes."

"I was uglier when I was a kid."

"I believe you have ghosts." Tao Yan covered the photo album and put it on the bedside table, "Honey, why did you agree so simply when I mentioned marriage for the first time? Did you also want to get married very early? ? I'm just embarrassed to say." Tao Yan looked sideways at Xia Chengqi with a girlish expression.

Xia Chengqi smiled, got up and found the earphones, plugged them into the phone, and Tao Yan each wore an earphone, playing the video of Tao Yan's drunken proposal recorded by Su Qingmo on their wedding night.

Tao Yan looked at it seriously, covered his mouth with his hand, stared wide-eyed, and looked at himself who was begging and proposing marriage with disbelief, even the pink bubbles in the air, such silly and sweet words were natural He blurted out, and suddenly turned his head to the side and grabbed Xia Chengqi's face ferociously, "You villain, I'm already drunk, you still play tricks on me, you have cataracts, presbyopia, it's too much."

Xia Chengqi tilted his head and kissed Tao Yan, "The wonderful one is at the end, let's watch it under the quilt." Xia Chengqi turned off the light, lifted the quilt, and hid with Tao Yan in the airtight, dark quilt.

"Ahhh...Xia Chengqi, you actually recorded huan□□, and we are the protagonists."

"Qiqi, you're a little intense."

"My voice is pretty ecstatic."

"It's too much, I asked for it more than once, I'm drunk, how can you bully me like this."

"I'm not drunk now, so I can bully you." Xia Chengqi grabbed the phone, pressed Tao Yan under him, and started copying and pasting the excitement of that night.

"No, why are you on top again? According to the old rules, rock-paper-scissors wins five out of nine rounds." Tao Yan lifted the quilt, sat up, and waited with a serious expression for a duel with Xia Chengqi for the top position.

"Dear Hui Bao, do you know why my rule is to win five out of nine games?"

"Why?" Tao Yan was also puzzled before, but he thought it was just Xia Chengqi's random rules, but he didn't expect that there was a reason.

"Nine means that our relationship will last forever, and five means that our life will be colorful." After Xia Chengqi finished speaking, he dragged Tao Yan into the quilt, "I am so careful with numbers, so I am judged to win this game." Yan resisted and kissed her, then reached into Tao Yan's pajamas and stroked it carefully.Tao Yan hooked Xia Chengqi's neck and let the latter kiss, the smile on his lips gradually became confused...

Outside the door, Mother Tao, who was passing by Tao Yan's room, stood firmly against the door, pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the foot of the wall, with a colorful expression on her face, "Cheng Qi, thank you for your hard work."

The two people in the room stopped suddenly, their breathing was unsteady, they were stunned, and suddenly felt thunderous, "Tao Yan, you are indeed biological."

When Tao Yan heard it, he immediately understood what Xia Chengqi meant. After getting Xia Chengqi off his body, he picked up the pillow and smashed it hard, "It's all your fault. You're a shame."

After the two were tired, they hugged each other and fell asleep, waiting for the morning sun to come.

"Mom, where's Cheng Qi?" Tao Yan got up together, looked left and right in the room but couldn't find Xia Chengqi, and asked casually.

"Look at you, you don't wash your face, you don't brush your teeth, it's just like you. You don't get up until the sun is up, and you go to the supermarket to buy vegetables with your father..." Mother Tao began Following Tao Yan, he chattered non-stop.

After Tao Yan finished washing, he sat at the dining table and had breakfast. Mother Tao sat over mysteriously, "Yanyan, don't just enjoy yourself at night. You're older, so you have to make it easy, you know?"

Tao Yan didn't come up in one breath, just sprayed out the porridge in his mouth, and wiped the table in a hurry, "Mom, I'm done eating, I'm going to walk the dog."

"You have to remember Mom's words, ah, Yanyan." Mother Tao shouted to Tao Yan at the entrance.

"This kid, why don't you take the dog out for a walk?" Tao Tao was locked at the door inexplicably, stretched out his paws and scratched the door panel in despair, moaning and chirping.