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[Don't ask how big the white cat pot is]

"dad--"

Shen Ziyuan got a headache from his argument, "Don't ask me, I have no experience."

Li Xiaoran's grandma liked him very much at first, but the old lady's eyes were poisonous, and she guessed what his son was thinking about as a "good brother" when his son was still ignorant.

Shen Ziyuan wanted to be courteous, but the old lady refused.

But what I didn't expect was that the old lady let go after staying here for a summer vacation, "You are a good boy. You have liked Ye Zi for so long. He got married and divorced. You have no complaints against him, and you are also very good to Xiaoran."

What Shen Ziyuan said at that time was also the truth, "Auntie, he is not to blame for this matter, but I can only be blamed for being too timid."

He still remembered that he wanted to speak many times, but when he reached the tip of his mouth, he was stopped by Li Ye's smile brighter than the sun.

At that time, it was no different than now, and even his knowledge about homosexuality was found by secretly looking through the materials.

The first time he realized that he dreamed of kissing Li Ye, he wondered if he was crazy.

Having the courage to tell him that I dreamed of you, Li Ye's first reaction was to reach out and touch his forehead, "Why are you dreaming about me being a big man?"

That was probably the closest he came to confessing.

No, one more time.

On the eve of Li Ye's wedding, he took it for granted that Shen Ziyuan would be his best man.

"Or I'll forget it, you have so many teammates." Shen Ziyuan tried his best to keep smiling.

"How can it be the same?!" Li Ye frowned.

"Why is it different?" Shen Ziyuan lowered his eyes.

"It's just...it's different..." Li Ye felt a little lost, and felt uncomfortable touching his heart.

"You try this one, white! It suits you."

Li Ye was wearing a black suit and insisted on trying the white one.

"Which best man dresses better than the groom?"

"We look good from a distance! If they don't accept it, they will hold back."

Shen Ziyuan took the clothes and went to the fitting room. Li Ye scratched his head and felt that Shen Ziyuan was a little abnormal. If he called it that way normally, Shen Ziyuan would have pulled out a scalpel.

But Shen Ziyuan in the fitting room silently recollected his words——

far, far.

In fact, he likes to listen very much, but he dare not listen too much.

Li Ye dragged the dawdling Shen Ziyuan out, "Look, black and white match well."

Shen Ziyuan looked at the two people in the mirror, just like what Li Ye said, they really looked like a good match.

"I'm going to need this set." Li Ye made a decision directly, but when he wanted to change it, Shen Ziyuan stopped him.

"What's wrong? It doesn't fit? If it doesn't fit, let them have it changed. The waist is a little loose." Li Ye looked him up and down.

"Hello, can you take a picture for us?"

Li Ye was in charge of surveying the scene at that time, and he carried a film and card machine with him, which Shen Ziyuan handed to the clerk.

After the first photo was taken, Shen Ziyuan pursed his lips, "There are not many more, you should finish the photo."

So Li Ye later posted more than a dozen group photos of that day. The clerk didn't know how to take pictures, and the only ones he could see were two. One was the best photo, and the other was Shen Ziyuan staring at him angrily and was robbed. of.

Li Ye secretly kept that photo by accident.

I found an excuse for myself-saying that I am irritable every day, and when I get old, I will show you how bad your temper was before.

And Shen Ziyuan, who received another photo, carefully put it into the frame, and told himself, "Shen Ziyuan, this is the last time you will stand beside him openly."

In the past, it was your liking alone, but now it belongs to someone else, and your liking has become the original sin.

He put the white suit in a dust cover and hung it up. It cost Li Ye two months' wages, but he still didn't have the courage to put it on.

Afterwards, he chose to go abroad for further studies, and when he returned to China, Li Ye's wife was already pregnant.

"Why go?"

"Isn't this coming back? Going abroad for further study, many people can't wait for the opportunity." Shen Ziyuan smiled and lit his cigarette, "How did it become a bad thing for you?"

"You didn't tell me."

"Aren't you going to have a wedding? If you change the date for me, I will be a sinner. "

"Yeah." Li Ye bit the filter and said nothing.

Only later did Shen Ziyuan know that the original wedding did not take place as scheduled.Shen Ziyuan thought it was because of himself at first, and was full of apologies to Li Ye's wife.

But later, he discovered that many things were not as he imagined.

The purpose of that woman's marriage is not so simple.

"Are you stupid or not, how could it be because of you?" Li Ye looked at him, "I just showed up temporarily."

When Li Xiaoran was born, Shen Ziyuan hugged him earlier than Li Ye, "The mouth is like you, the eyes are like you, the nose..."

"The nose is like yours." Li Ye lowered his voice very softly.

Shen Ziyuan's heart was soft, he thought he would dislike this child, but when he saw him, even the wrinkled red skin made him happy.

It was Li Xiaoran's mother who puzzled Shen Ziyuan, "Doesn't she even look at the child?"

Li Xiaoran didn't even drink a sip of breast milk, Shen Ziyuan fed him little by little with milk powder.

"She takes what she wants, just keep Xiaoran." Li Ye said nothing.

Before Li Xiaoran turned one year old, his mother ran away with someone else.

"It's not that sad, it's just a little disappointing." Li Ye turned the wooden wheel on the cradle, looked at Li Xiaoran clenched his fists and giggled.

"You have a son and everything is fulfilled now." Shen Ziyuan laughed at him, but he bought Li Xiaoran no fewer toys than Li Ye.

"Do you want to move here?" Li Ye asked suddenly.

"No, this is your wedding room."

"That's right." Li Ye didn't insist anymore.

A few days later, Li Ye suddenly called Shen Ziyuan to look at the house.

"You want to change rooms?"

"Well, doesn't that woman just want a hukou and a job? I am satisfied with her, but I don't want to hang up with her hukou."

"Then why did you come to look at the house near the hospital?"

"...Well, the police station may move in the future."

Shen Ziyuan had no doubts, but until many years later, when Li Xiaoran was already in charge, the police station still didn't move here.

It was also a long time later, at a gathering of Li Ye's teammates, that Shen Ziyuan found out that on the day of the wedding, no one arranged for Li Ye to appear on the scene, and he took the initiative to invite Ying.

Shen Ziyuan asked him after returning home, "Why didn't you hold a wedding at that time?"

The drunk Li Ye pressed on him and smirked, "Actually, I don't know either."

"Yeah, I just can't see you... I feel uncomfortable."

He clearly agreed to wear a suit with him, and he clearly looks the best when black and white stand together...

Shen Ziyuan put his arms around the drunk man in his arms, "Hoo hoo, hoo hoo won't be uncomfortable."

"I still have to touch it." Li Ye pushed forward and was very shameless.

Then, then... Let's touch it, Shen Ziyuan blushed and thought.

……

"Huh? Why didn't you speak suddenly?"

"Dad is asleep." Li Xiaoran's voice was very soft, and he pointed to Shen Ziyuan in the back row.

While waiting for the traffic lights, Zhou Cheng also looked back, making sure that Shen Ziyuan was wearing a seat belt before he felt relieved.

Shen Ziyuan had a smile on his face at the moment.

"Probably had a good dream." Li Xiaoran touched the back of Zhou Cheng's hand that was holding the gear.

Zhou Cheng grabbed him with his backhand, "You don't have to dream in the future, just open your eyes and look at me."

"Ah."

Before going to Zhou Cheng's parents' house, they also went to the cemetery.

The custom here is to burn paper money to the deceased relatives before New Year's Eve.

Shen Ziyuan burned the paper money. He usually wanted to say a lot, but at this time he couldn't think of it.

I came to see you.

I just had a dream about you.

Do you still think I look good in this outfit now?

Shen Ziyuan got up, straightened the cuffs of his white suit, and looked down at Li Ye's photo on the tombstone.

If you think it looks good, come back and see me.

……

Li Xiaoran and Zhou Cheng followed Shen Ziyuan and left the cemetery.

"I just told the old man that I called Uncle Shen's father, and I will take good care of Uncle Shen. I also told him that although it is embarrassing to let him die, I have found someone who can live my life." Li Xiaoran He held Zhou Cheng's hand and whispered.

"I also told Dad that I will take good care of Uncle Shen. I also said that no matter what happens, I will never leave you alone." Zhou Cheng clenched his hand.

It's too hard to be alone.

Snowflakes fluttered in the sky, but before they fell on Shen Ziyuan's shoulders, they melted quietly.

It's like someone is always protecting him from the wind and snow.

-

Zhou Cheng's home is in this city, but the road is not easy to walk. It took three hours to get there, and half an hour of the drive was on a mountain road.

"I suspect that they came to be landlords in the deep mountains and old forests." Zhou Cheng closed the door and gave Shen Ziyuan a hand and complained.

"Will my outfit be too exaggerated?" Shen Ziyuan felt that it was too unapproachable for an old man to wear this outfit.Although it is a style decades ago, it is still extraordinarily grand in its simplicity and elegance.

"It's okay." Zhou Cheng smiled and shook his head.

"Where is this landlord..." Li Xiaoran got off the car on the right side, and when he looked up, he saw the villa in front of him and the lady at the door, and murmured, "This is clearly the princess."

The well-dressed woman originally had a serious face, but when she heard this, she broke down immediately, and stepped forward with her big skirt in her hand, "You lower your head."

Li Xiaoran didn't understand, so he bowed his head obediently, and his head was rubbed, "Ah! It feels good in the hand, let's shine a paw again."

Li Xiaoran raised his hand without knowing why, and the woman stomped her feet, "Be good, be good."

"good--?"

The woman dragged him into the house, "Cheng'er said he was looking for a cute black cat, so he didn't lie to me this time."

Zhou Cheng, who was suddenly sold, felt a little dizzy, as if a pot had hit him on the head with a "bang".

What he said clearly was—his target was the heroic and mighty black cat sheriff!

Shen Ziyuan patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Take care."