side by side

Liang Jixuan sat up suddenly from the bed, gasping for breath like drowning.Beads of sweat dripped down from his forehead, ticking into the quilt, melting into a deep bruise.He broke out in a cold sweat, so that the bedding was damp.

"...Ji Xuan, you're awake," Gu Huatian sat at the table, he raised his face slightly, his expression was hidden behind the candlelight, and the whole thing was dark.

Liang Jixuan looked around in disbelief, this decoration, this setting, he is now back in Gu Huatian's small house.He hurriedly got up, got up too quickly and staggered, Liang Jixuan fell out of bed, lying on the ground, grinning in pain, his head buzzing and throbbing.

That point hurt, but now it made him sober up a lot.

"Where's Xiao An?" Liang Jixuan grabbed Gu Huatian who rushed over to help him, and asked him hastily, "Where is Du Ruobai? And that little monk? Shouldn't we be in the other residence that Du Ruobai rented?" ? You... where have you been?"

Gu Huatian lowered his head, Liang Jixuan couldn't see his expression clearly, he could only see that the hand holding him was lit with yellow light by the candlelight, dizzy with shadows, and the light shook violently with the candlelight.Liang Jixuan had an illusion, he felt that Gu Huatian's hand was trembling slightly following the candlelight, following the light and shadow.

Gu Huatian is afraid?Liang Jixuan tilted his head, confused, how could he have such an idea.This weird idea took root in his mind, lingering and lingering, Liang Jixuan subconsciously fixed his eyes on Gu Huatian's hand, he really felt the hand on his arm trembling slightly, A trace of coolness spread upward from the connection, and the coldness made him feel uncomfortable all over.

Liang Jixuan subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch him, but Gu Huatian shrank suddenly, he took a step back in shock, the reaction was so great that he almost fell to the ground.Liang Jixuan froze on the spot, he was so choked that he couldn't speak, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped, and nameless acid water gushed out of his chest, which made his throat sore and his nose ache from choking, he stayed where he was The ground, the eyes are sore.Liang Jixuan didn't know what he did wrong, since he returned to the country, he had felt this similar look countless times.Displeased, defensive... panicked.He is not good at words, he doesn't know why, he only knows to accept silently.Now, facing Gu Huatian's reaction, he was really wronged. He wanted to get angry but couldn't find a reason, so he grinned and held back.Liang Jixuan's eye circles turned red, and he sat down on the ground and couldn't get up, he was angry with himself and Gu Huatian.

Gu Huatian still maintained the awkward posture of taking a big step back. He stiffened his shoulders and stood there in a daze.He stretched out his hand tremblingly, but stayed in mid-air again.

Panic, hesitation, embarrassment, Gu Huatian was afraid but still moved forward.

Finally, he broke through that shackles.

Gu Huatian raised his head suddenly, maybe it was because of the backlight, Liang Jixuan felt that Gu Huatian's face was abnormally pale.By the light of the candle, Liang Jixuan found that Gu Huatian's eyes suddenly changed, and even his whole body changed.That idea was decisive, that idea was firm, Liang Jixuan couldn't see clearly, he was confused, he didn't understand.Gu Huatian carried him back to the bed, his hands were warm and strong, not trembling slightly, not feeling cool, Liang Jixuan sat on the side of the bed in a daze.

He couldn't understand Gu Huatian's series of changes, he couldn't understand all of this.

"No, what are you talking about? Nothing happened just now," Gu Huatian smiled with him, the same as usual, he completely forgot, as if he didn't do everything just now, "You Did you have a nightmare?" He squatted down, leaning against Liang Jixuan's legs, looking up at Liang Jixuan with concern on his face.His slender red phoenix eyes are half-closed because of a smile, hidden under the square glass mirror, lit by candlelight, and the long eyelashes cast a large shadow, which casts a strange feeling on the eyes.

Liang Jixuan's heart sank little by little, was everything just a dream?

"Since you came back from Gu's house, you have been falling asleep," Gu Huatian held Liang Jixuan's hands curled up on his knees, and Liang Jixuan keenly noticed that his palms were slightly sweating, "Xiao An...Xiao An Since he is in Yonghe Town, Ruobai is currently being punished by Mr. Du and locked up at home. How could he appear here without going to school? How could we be with him? As for the little monk...what a little boy Monk, Ji Xuan, you were frightened this afternoon, I'm afraid this is just a nightmare of yours."

Dream?Liang Jixuan was confused, was everything just a dream of his?If yes, when did this dream start?

Did it start when he arrived at Gu's house, or earlier.Maybe all of this is just a dream, maybe he wakes up still in Germany, and this trip back home is just a fantasy of his.Thinking by day, dreaming at night, everything here may be just an illusion...

"...Then you are just my dream?" Liang Jixuan was dazed, he lowered his head, looked at Gu Huatian in front of him, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to explore him.Liang Jixuan's fingertips were slightly cool, and he touched Gu Huatian's forehead. Gu Huatian had just shaved his hair, and his temple hair was short and hard, and it felt numb in his palm.

The idea jumped onto Liang Jixuan's fingertips with some warmth, and he was keenly aware of the slight beating of the pulse underneath.He suddenly came back to his senses, Liang Jixuan's face flushed red, he suddenly withdrew his hand and put it behind his back, his fingertips trembled slightly, as if he had been stung by boiling water.

What is he doing... Liang Jixuan blushed so much that he was about to bleed, and now he just wanted to find a crack to get in quickly.He moved uncomfortably to one side, and then again, the heat source beside him made him uncomfortable at this moment, "Hey, what am I talking about," Liang Jixuan fanned his face with his hand, he spoke incoherently, "I really fell asleep."

Liang Jixuan only wanted to fool him quickly, but Gu Huatian didn't allow him to escape.

"I'm real," Gu Huatian pulled the hand hidden behind him and pressed it against his cheek, his face was still pale, but Liang Jixuan felt the flesh under his hand was so hot that it made him ache, "You It's also true."

Gu Huatian turned his face sideways, his long and narrow eyes were slightly closed, and his eyes were deep.Liang Jixuan wondered if Gu Huatian was crazy, his eyes were so hot that he felt hot and painful all over his body, like a needle prick or a cat's scratch, it was a subtle but not negligible existence; Liang Jixuan also doubted himself Did he go crazy too? The pain and the hotness made him dizzy, scratched him, made his heart go soft, and made him numb and sweet.

He actually gave birth to some blissful joy.

The snow-white fox felt on the imperial concubine’s couch was faintly yellowing in the night, more than half of the red candles in the gold-plated candlesticks on the table were lit, and the candles exploded and crackled, and the carved mahogany bed was facing a half-length mirror... Liang Jixuan was on fire all over his body, his consciousness wandered, his eyes wandered unconsciously, and he noticed countless details that he didn't notice in ordinary times.

Liang Jixuan stared blankly at the mirror opposite the bed.He saw the mahogany bed, Gu Huatian half squatting and kneeling, with his back arched, like a Catholic worshiping or a pilgrim worshiping Buddha, his posture was almost devout.His arched back covered the movement of his hands, and he couldn't see it in the mirror, but Liang Jixuan knew that Gu Huatian was holding his hands, his slightly pale lips were thin and well-shaped, and they were printed on his wrists. On, so pious.

Liang Jixuan saw himself trembling in the mirror in a daze, and he trembled too.

tbc.