Fix fixed point

Hong Rui lay on the bed with his eyes closed.His consciousness was blurred, and he lay in a drowsy state for an unknown amount of time, but he just missed the critical point and completely lost consciousness.That's okay, he told himself, and he dragged his mind back to the unfinished menu again and again, but it just went completely uncontrollably, turning back to the door over and over again.

He was waiting for a knock at the door, which Hong Rui would not admit, but he knew he was waiting—when Adam left, he needed to press a button to release the lock.When that door is closed, there will be a muffled sound that Hong Rui has heard countless times.It was very quiet at night, even through a door, he could still feel the slight vibration.He knew he was the only one here.

But that sound never appeared, like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head, hanging but not falling, and he didn't know when it would fall, Hong Rui couldn't help thinking about it.

He tossed and turned on the bed, rolled back to a lying position and stared at the ceiling, his restlessness burned away the only drowsiness he had.Hong Rui simply got up from the bed, grabbed his glasses, and pulled on the dressing gown belt.He was going to see what Adam was doing and why this time hadn't left.

The facial recognition system recognized Hong Rui's face and released the door lock.He pushed open the door leading to the experimental kitchen, and Hong Rui stretched out his hand to half cover his eyes, getting ready for the coming strong light.However, the light coming through the door was dim, and Hong Rui could only see the road clearly, and Hong Rui walked in without stopping.

When he left the kitchen was brightly lit and the air was thick and full of warmth.But now most of the ceiling lights have been extinguished, and the cabinet stands in the faint light, like a silent monster standing in the corner, and the cold air that hits Hong Rui shivering.Adam must have left long ago, he just missed the sound.Hong Rui sneered, it was ridiculous and pitiful that he couldn't sleep for most of the night because of an unnecessary noise.He stood in the empty kitchen and looked around: clean pots, wine glasses and saucers were upside down on the counter.Adam had already cleaned the kitchen - even though he signaled to Adam not to worry, he would come to clean it up the next day.Finally, Hong Rui saw that there was still a light on in a corner, and Hong Rui thought that Adam forgot to turn off the light there, or he couldn't find the switch there.When he went to turn off the lights, he saw a person sitting on the sofa.

To be precise, it was Adam leaning on the sofa, still holding an open experiment notebook in his arms.He was motionless with his eyes closed and appeared to be asleep.There are several other notebooks on the coffee table, some of which seem to have been read, while others seem to have not been read.

And Adam has changed his motorcycle windbreaker because of cooking, and now he is only wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt.Generally, people who sleep with their backs leaning on something will stretch their bodies.But even though Adam was leaning back on the sofa, he still maintained a curled up posture - he was crossing his arms and looked very cold.It is winter now, and the temperature outside occasionally drops below zero. Even though the experimental kitchen has a 24-hour central air conditioner to keep the room temperature above 10 degrees, this temperature is still too cold for sleeping.

Hong Rui bent down, reached out and took away the notebook on Adam's stomach, and put it lightly on the coffee table.The residual heat of Adam's body temperature came from the surface of the notebook cover.Hong Rui looked at the sleeping Adam carefully with the reading light on.

Adam had slight dark circles under his eyes, and the lights stretched his new stubble, making him look gaunter than ever.Adam was still frowning, looking restless in sleep.Hong Rui suddenly remembered the conversation he heard in the afternoon. The other young chef complained to Gray, "This Adam is flirting with all the waitresses."

Hong Rui examined Adam's eyebrows, recalling those brown eyes.What was it like for Adam to flirt with someone else?What does he really look like when he smiles?The Adam in Hong Rui's memory always looks easily startled, or has a worried expression on his face.

So he brought out some wine tonight, hoping that Adam would be less uptight in front of him.The young man was still a little nervous when he drank the first cup, but when he drank the second cup, he obviously relaxed a lot.Adam no longer sat as straight as he did at the beginning. He leaned back in the chair, resting his elbows on the back of the chair next to him.Adam's eyes began to move, his smile curved wider, his voice became louder, and he looked confident and radiant.It was amazing, like watching a bud gradually unfold and finally become a lush green leaf.

By the time Adam had his third drink, a slight blush appeared on his cheeks, which made him look shy.

"Wow, this is really cool." Adam was amazed while listening to Hong Rui's introduction of the equipment.His exclamation made Hong Rui feel a little more proud, and the explanation was more patient and meticulous than before.Who doesn't like to be respected, and who doesn't like their work to be affirmed by others, and the object of Hong Rui's explanation is such a talented young man.

"You know, I've always wanted to see you, I've been thinking about it for a long time." Adam said easily what he wouldn't usually say: "I was 18 when I first saw you, and you were Improve recipes for the Navy."

There seemed to be tears in Adam's eyes, and his eyes were as moist as tea crystals under the moonlight, and he looked at Hong Rui with undisguised admiration and appreciation: "You didn't even wear a chef's uniform, you did. "Adam looked at Hong Rui's clothes, paused and said: "You are wearing a pair of black trousers - I always remember, Hong Rui Dukas, I thought this person is really amazing. Then someone gave me A book on molecular gastronomy in Spanish."

Hong Rui stopped abruptly, and his heart twitched suddenly.Molecular Cooking was his earliest book, and it was also the least popular book in the culinary world. That book had long been forgotten in the corner of his memory.Adam mentioned it at this moment, Hong Rui didn't want to hear any negative comments from Adam, but he still wanted to know Adam's thoughts.Hong Rui pretended not to care and asked, "Oh, have you read that book?"

"Needless to say! But my Spanish is not very good, I looked through the dictionary many times, but I still read the Spanish one, three times!" Adam pointed out three fingers: "Later I bought another English one. Yeah, I didn't intend to be a chef forever - I could do other things, but after reading this I think it's fun to be a cook too, there's so much we don't know about the kitchen yet. Ah yes , Dr. Dukas, can you sign it for me?"

"Of course!" Hong Rui looked at Adam, his joy was like a budding flower, they were here all the time tonight, which made the corner of Hong Rui's mouth smile.But because of what Adam said just now, they suddenly bloomed, and a colorful river suddenly rose from the rugged and arid valley, and the wind was full of soft and sweet fragrance.

He let out the breath that he had held in his chest for an unknown amount of time, and the blooming flowers completely wiped away all shadows.When he thinks back on that book later, he will only remember the satisfaction of this moment - all the hard work has finally paid off, and he can finally admit that Molecular Cooking is the best book he has published in the past One.At the same time, he felt proud and lucky—if it wasn't for that book, perhaps Hong Rui would never have met Adam.

On the other hand, Hong Rui felt a different emotion.Adam is so frank and happy, with love revealed in words and innocent mood revealed in actions, Adam is like Marilyn Monroe, making everyone who gazes at her feel the joy of being loved by her, and makes the gazers Feel unique.Hong Rui couldn't move his eyes away, as if Icarus was attracted by the sunlight.He kept watching until Hong Rui realized his gaffe, he lowered his eyes and turned to look at the notebook.

Adam didn't realize the ambiguity before, he was staring at the notebooks without blinking, the expression on his face was a mixture of longing and awe - Adam was restraining himself, but obviously that was what he really wanted.

Hong Rui woke up immediately, disappointed as if ice water had been poured all over his face, dripping down his cheeks drop by drop.The flowers in the valley withered instantly, bearing bitter fruit.Adam did see him, but like everyone else, he didn't see the real him.

But Adam is too young to blame Adam.The only one who should be blamed is Hong Rui himself.Hong Rui secretly scolded him for which bottles of wine he should not have taken out, let alone allow himself to drink several glasses.The wine made this light meal give him the illusion of a date.But hey, he's French, how can a Frenchman eat without wine?And that beef was delicious, and it would be murder without wine.

Hong Rui forcibly stopped all kinds of arguments in his mind, he decided that he couldn't stay any longer, and left the room on the grounds of taking a rest. It was almost the most embarrassing time he left in these years.He knew what he was, and he knew he was only interested in men.He had a deep relationship, and the pain made him sleepless for several nights when he was separated.He is very satisfied with his current life, and he has no intention of mixing himself into another relationship.Maybe Adam is the kind of person Hong Rui would want to spend the night with when he meets in a bar, but Adam is by no means a suitable person.

But now, the person who made him sleepless in the middle of the night opened his mouth slightly in front of him, sleeping unconsciously.

Hong Rui stared blankly at Adam's sleeping face for a while, and finally decided to find a pillow and bedding for Adam.There may not be much he can do for Adam, but at least he can prevent Adam from catching a cold.

Hong Rui put his hand on Adam's head, supported his waist with one hand, and carefully laid Adam flat on his side on the sofa.Adam let out a few indistinct grunts from his movements, which quickly calmed down.Perhaps feeling the heat from Hong Rui's body, Adam stretched out his arms to hug Nuan Yuan, and his face fell into Hong Rui's arms, rubbing against Hong Rui's dressing gown.Hong Rui immediately froze on the spot, maintaining a bent posture.

They were so close, he could feel the pressure of Adam's fingers digging deep into his dressing gown, and he could smell the smoke in Adam's hair.And Adam's breath penetrated Hong Rui's dressing gown, and the heat seeped into his chest, like a wronged child.

The breath stirred Hong Rui's heart wave after wave, crisp and itchy, like the roar of the sea tide echoing over and over again in the valley at night.Soft ripples echoed in Hong Rui's chest, and for a moment he wanted to hold Adam to his guest room so that he could have a good night's sleep.

At this moment, there was a vibration on the table.Hong Rui turned his head to look, and the screen of Adam's mobile phone was flashing: Kara is calling.Hong Rui recognized the photo that appeared with the caller ID. She was the waiter of the small shop, and she was also the woman he saw when he sent Adam home.Apparently, Adam has a roommate.

The incoming call was automatically hung up because no one answered, and the phone screen showed that Kara had called eight times—a normal roommate wouldn’t make so many calls because another roommate didn’t come home at night.Just when Hongrui wanted to see it more clearly, the screen suddenly turned black and shut down automatically because the battery was exhausted.

At this time, Hong Rui was still holding Adam's head in one hand, and his brief touch was interrupted by the phone call.Hong Rui pulled his arm away, and he carefully pulled Adam's arm away from his waist. Adam wrinkled his face and complained shortly - except Adam himself, no one could understand what he said, and his eyes were still closed .Hong Rui put Adam's legs on the sofa again, not caring that Adam's shoes might dirty the fabric sofa.He finally tucked the quilt into Adam's arms, and the young man hugged the quilt and buried his face deeply in it.Adam finally stopped moving after finding a comfortable position.

Adam curled up in Hongrui's sofa and quilt until dawn.

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Hong Rui was awakened by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.The heavy landing shook his floor, and then a loud howl split his chaotic consciousness.

"Oh... I rely on..." A man's voice came from the other side of the wall.

Only then did Hong Rui remember that Adam slept on the sofa in the kitchen next door last night.Adam's voice was full of pain at the moment, and it didn't sound right.Hong Rui put on his dressing gown and hurried to the experimental kitchen.

When Adam woke up, he didn't feel right, the pattern of the quilt under his arms was different, this wasn't his bed, it didn't seem...not a bed either.When Adam wanted to get up, he finally knew where the real abnormality was. When Adam tried to move, a sharp pain hit him, and he lost his balance and fell down.Adam's body first hit the coffee table next to the sofa, and then hit the floor, making a dull sound.Shoes are the last to hit the wooden floor.

His whole body was in pain, his neck was aching like needles, his shoulders were sore and swollen, and his knees were burning hot.Even his head was aching—did he hit his head?Adam thought so.But there was nothing he could do but lie motionless and wait for them to dissipate.

So what Hong Rui saw was that the coffee table was tilted to one side, and Adam was facing the right side, squeezed between the sofa and the coffee table, with a few notebooks scattered around his body.

"Adam, are you okay?" Hong Rui asked softly, amused by the sight in front of him.

"It's so deep..." Adam heard Hong Rui's voice, and immediately remembered what happened last night.He also heard the smile in the voice, and the pain on his body disappeared for a moment because of embarrassment.He wanted to take the opportunity to jump up and dig a hole to bury himself.But he tried, but he couldn't, he couldn't even move, he could only lie on the ground obediently - still face down, Adam thought angrily.

Hong Rui put away his smile, feeling that something was wrong, and asked again: "What's wrong with you? Answer me, Adam."

"Wo, the nest can't move..." Adam's head was down, his words were vague, but Hong Rui understood what he said.

The table was moved and the light suddenly brightened.Someone walked up to Adam's side.

The man was barefoot, with light blue veins floating on the white instep.Black trousers dangled from them - what looked like pajama pants.

Hong Rui's voice came from a high place, not far away, and he was worried: "Why can't you move?"

"Shoulders, neck, and waist."

The clothes rustled, one leg touched the ground, and the black robe was swept up immediately, with one palm resting on Adam's side.Hong Rui knelt on one knee, his voice was closer than before: "Adam, bear with me, I need to touch your neck to see what's wrong."

A hand touched the back of Adam's head, the fingers were warm and dry, in stark contrast to the cold floor on Adam's left face.

The movement of that hand was very light, but when Hong Rui touched Adam's right neck, the muscles there felt sore and painful. "It hurts here." Adam felt that this sentence was worthless, but he said it anyway.

"I see." Hong Rui didn't stop the movement of his hands, he continued to press down.Through Adam's T-shirt, Hong Rui brushed every joint of Adam's spine inch by inch.In order to reassure Adam, Hong Rui checked and said, "Your spine is normal and there is no misalignment. Now I want to check your scapula."

Hong Rui's finger poked the spot where Kara had pressed, which made Adam cry out in pain: "It hurts! Where is the injury still not healed..." Hong Rui immediately relaxed his strength, and he quickly touched the muscles on Adam's waist, Finally, Hong Rui withdrew his hand and said, "Adam, you don't have any bone problems. I think you have a stiff neck. I can help you stretch the muscles there, but it will hurt."

"Yeah." Adam wanted to nod, but he couldn't move.He moved his fingers to express his understanding.

"I'll help you up first. Adam, I'll lift you up by the waist of your trousers. Try not to move your shoulders and neck."

Adam originally thought that Hong Rui would turn him over first, and then pull him up, so he was stunned when he heard Hong Rui's words: Hong Rui was only 1.8 meters tall, and Adam was 192 cm tall. Hongrui weighs a lot.Just as Adam was about to express his objection, there was a pull from his waist. Adam lightened his body, and his face got farther and farther away from the ground.

"Bend your legs," Hong Rui reminded.Adam hurriedly bent his legs and knelt on the ground. After Adam supported himself, Hong Rui lifted Adam's chest with his left hand, and continued to lift Adam with his right hand to help him stand up.When Adam finally sat on the sofa, his mind was still a little confused. He couldn't believe that Hong Rui, who looked extremely thin on the outside, lifted himself up with one hand just now——Hong Rui even spoke, as if carrying a Just as easy as a pet.

When Adam was still hovering between pain and shock, Hong Rui had already started to deal with it.Hong Rui obviously knew what to do next, so the instruction was short but effective: "I'll give you a hot compress first, can you take off your shirt? Adam."

"I need help."

Even with help, Adam groaned a few times as he moved his arm.

When Adam's long-sleeved T-shirt was taken off, Hong Rui exclaimed "Oh".He didn't expect to see this, but it was amazing.

In front of Hong Rui is a world map.

Adam has North America tattooed on his left shoulder blade and Latin America on his arm.Between the shoulder blades is a slightly enlarged map of Great Britain and Europe, with Africa occupying Adam's spine.On his right shoulder is a map of Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania stretching down Adam's lower right arm.Adam himself has very broad shoulders, and due to work reasons, his shoulder blade muscles are full.The slightly curved and drooping map wraps around his neck, making his shoulders wider.Even if Hong Rui examined it with critical eyes, he had to think that this map was very decorative.

But this map is not fully formed, and some places are just a rough outline, such as Southeast Asia and Oceania.Britain, and most of the European countries, have been painted and colored.The names of cities and the most representative mountains and rivers are also marked.In the Asian part, Hong Rui saw that India, Japan, and northern China were also carefully outlined. The map of the United States along Route 66 from east to west showed a clear vein.In some places, there are acronyms marked with fine brushwork, and only Adam himself knows the specific meaning.

Different parts have different color techniques, and even the degree of detail of the finish is not the same.The Swedish one is obviously more refined than the Indian one.If you look closely, you can see that even the style of the tattoo is slightly different.

"Isn't it amazing?" Hong Rui couldn't see Adam's face, Adam's tone was full of pride, as if he was talking about something he was very proud of: "My childhood dream was to travel around the world, so every time I went Everywhere will be tattooed."

Hong Rui didn't answer, he silently looked at the map behind Adam (*Note [-]), Adam's past was clearly in front of him.

Hong Rui was thinking, Adam is only 24 years old this year, but he has traveled so many places.This means that he does not stay long in each place.And those landmarks to be filled are also Adam's next destination.The current London is not the end of Adam's journey, but a short-lived destination.Adam has been wandering for many years, and he still needs to spend the same or even more time to complete the rest of the map.

They are not people of one world.

Adam didn't get a response from Hong Rui for a long time, Hong Rui stood behind him and Adam couldn't see Hong Rui's expression, Adam couldn't help but began to worry.Knowing that many people are prejudiced against tattoos, Adam quickly defended himself: "Did I scare you, Dr. Ducas? I've never been in a gang, and I don't have any bad hobbies. I'm not what you think , I just want to record the places I've been. I... I want to record the things that are important to me."

"I didn't think so. Many chefs have tattoos." Hong Rui quickly cleaned up his melancholy and put on a calm mask.He went to the sink to rub a hot handkerchief, and walked towards Adam: "Now I'll deal with your neck." Then Hong Rui covered Adam's right neck with the towel and pressed gently.

When Adam heard Hong Rui say that many chefs have tattoos, he almost asked, what about you, do you have tattoos?But Adam was sensitively aware of the suddenly frozen atmosphere in the air—after seeing his tattoo, Hong Rui seemed to suddenly decide to distance himself from him.Hong Rui's tone was still very gentle, but Adam just knew that Hong Rui was alienated a lot in an instant.He never dared to ask that presumptuous sentence.

But it's just a tattoo.Many people have tattoos.And his tattoo is not a mermaid nude angel King Kong or something, but a world map, which is the bottom line he hired a very famous tattoo artist to design and draw for him, why can't that tattoo artist It's a pity to finish the whole work.But... Adam thought again, Hong Rui is a serious Ph.D. in architecture, and he graduated from Cambridge. He has read many more books than most chefs have touched. He must feel that people with tattoos It's all vulgar, of course Hong Rui doesn't have any tattoos.

Thinking of this, Adam suddenly felt wronged again, and he even had the urge to hide the tattoo.

"Adam, don't move." Hong Rui's voice pulled Adam back to reality.Only then did Adam realize that his head was resting on Hong Rui's chest.Hong Rui had already taken off the heavy dressing gown, and he was standing behind Adam in only cotton pajamas.Adam's entire naked back was attached to Hong Rui's chest and abdomen, and there was only a thin layer of cotton cloth between them.

Hong Rui pressed Adam's shoulder with his right hand, his left elbow crossed Adam's forehead, and his left fingers clasped the neck muscles. "It may hurt a little. If it hurts, you can make a sound, but don't use force." After speaking, he slowly moved his left hand Use force to pull Adam's head to the left.

Adam's entire head was pressed against Hong Rui's chest.The pattern on Hong Rui's black pajamas kept enlarging until his face was sunk in.There was a sharp stabbing pain in Adam's neck, like a knife stabbing in suddenly, which made Adam hiss, but Adam quickly fell silent again.A strange world attracted Adam's full attention, the light suddenly dimmed, and the beating sound of the heart came from Adam's ears, like a big drum, beating firmly and lazily again and again.The soft and warm muscles wrapped Adam's side face, Hong Rui was pressing so tightly, Adam could feel the contours of the muscles under the skin, Hong Rui was far more fit than he looked on the outside.At this moment, he and Hong Rui are so close, Adam can smell the sweat from the body temperature on the clothes, like cinnamon apple pie sprinkled with sea salt.

Hong Rui maintained this stretching position for about 30 seconds, and no one spoke. It should have been awkward for the two men to be so close, but Adam had no time to think about it. He was enjoying the warm temperature on his face while trying to Identify the smell on Hong Rui's body.Besides cinnamon he smelled a more somber scent. What was that?He was so absorbed that he completely forgot about the pain.When Hong Rui pulled his head back to the original place, Adam almost sighed for the distant temperature.

Hong Rui stretched repeatedly several times, and finally applied hot compresses to loosen the tangled muscles on Adam's shoulders.Adam stood up from the sofa, flexing his shoulders.After the pain in the body is relieved, even the mind is much clearer.

"Okay." Hong Rui picked up the long-sleeved T-shirt that was put aside and threw it to Adam.Adam took the T-shirt and put it on quickly.It was only then that Hong Rui noticed that there was also a tattoo on the heart of Ya's chest, which looked like a compass from a distance.

Hong Rui also picked up the black dressing gown that was put aside, and wrapped himself in it.

Only then did Adam see that the small rest area was already a mess, the pillows and quilts were piled up in one place, the tea table was moved to one side, and a few notebooks were piled up on it. Adam was sure that there were no quilts here before he fell asleep last night .He was so sleepy from watching last night, he wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while before going back, but he didn't expect to sleep until dawn.And Hong Rui even kindly brought him a quilt and pillow.

He was full of guilt for causing Hong Rui a lot of trouble.He wanted to move the tea table back to its original place, but Hong Rui stopped him: "Adam, don't use your shoulders too much now, I'll clean it up later. You go back and have a good rest. It's best not to open the shop today."

It sounds like an eviction order.Adam suddenly panicked.

Facing Hong Rui, he sincerely thanked: "Thank you, Dr. Dukas, I have caused you a lot of trouble, I am really sorry."

Adam's hair was a mess, and the skin from his neck to behind his ears was red from the heat.His eyes glistened with pain, making Adam's eyes look rounder, bigger and brighter than ever.Adam shrugged his shoulders and looked shorter than his actual height. Hong Rui could see a bit of grievance when he lowered his eyebrows and apologized.Looking at his figure, Hong Rui suddenly softened again.Technically speaking, he thought, Adam now represented Alimentum.If Adam wanted to see the notes, there was nothing wrong with showing him.

So Hongrui made a decision that he wanted to kick himself when he thought about it in the future. He said, "Adam, if you want to read these notes next time, feel free to come up and read them. I will record your face into the facial recognition system later. You can open the door of the test kitchen at any time. Just don't stay too late, or your friends will worry."

The color makes the mind faint, and he is no exception if he is not a sage-Hong Rui can only comfort himself in this way.

*Note [-]: The composition of Adam's tattoo is the same as the first picture, but the tattoo is on the back.Adam's tattoo is also a bit more detailed than that one, the first picture is closer to the bottom line.Adam's tattoo details are closer to the last picture.