ray of light cafe

Lian Shen was talking about the past with a smile on his face, as if the good mood that night had lasted until today a few years later.

Finally, Lian Shen glanced at Tao Fu and concluded with a smile: "He's really not suitable for bass."

Tao Fu had never heard of that scene, turned on his mobile phone, and found no "Return Together" among the songs posted on Xiyou's personal homepage. He could only rely on his imagination—it was impossible to imagine that a person with such a high-pitched opera voice could have a deep voice. Sexy, so nodded in agreement:

"Well, everyone has their own strengths."

Lian Shen withdrew his overly happy smile and said seriously, "That's right, that's right, because I also tried acting once..."

Tao Fu was surprised: "Huh? Did you sing live and openly like that?"

Lian Shen smiled and shook his head: "No, I tried to record it in private."

Tao Fu asked curiously: "What's the result? How is it? Does it sound good?"

Lian Shen avoided Tao Fu's gaze, looked away from the window and said, "Embarrassing."

Tao Fu was speechless: "..."

Lian Shen turned around, smiled helplessly and said, "So, everyone has their own strengths."

Later, Lian Shen replaced the others and became the singer who appeared the most in Xi You's nest.

Every time, whether it's early morning, afternoon, or late at night, whenever Xi You calls him, he will answer the call as soon as possible.And whether it's chatting, chorus, or impromptu a cappella, he always fully cooperates and enjoys it.

On the phone, there was such a conversation——

Xi You: "What are you doing?"

Lian Shen: "Smoking."

Xi You: "...and again, hey, can't you stop smoking? It hurts your throat."

Lian Shen: "If you don't smoke, your mouth will be lonely."

At this time, a fan in the channel spoke and answered:

"Brother Youyou: Angry, will your mouth still be lonely when chatting with me?"

"Brother Lian's heart: Of course, chatting is not enough, kissing is enough."

The scene fell into embarrassment, and the parties were silent for a while.

Xi You broke the silence: "Can't you eat fruit?!"

Lian Shen laughed and said, "What are you eating? Grapefruit?"

Xi You quickly answered before the fans reacted: "Apple, banana, pear, everything is fine!"

Lian Shen rarely understood: "Huh?"

Xi You's head became hot: "I'll buy it for you."

Lian Shen was quiet for a while, and his voice became cheerful: "Now?"

Xi You was also quiet for a while, and said awkwardly: "Another day."

Xi You said it was another day, but he never took any action. After all, the two only interacted online at that time, let alone meeting each other, and they didn't even have each other's addresses.

Until a long time later, when even Shen had forgotten about this episode, this another day unexpectedly appeared.

It was another night, Xi You started the live broadcast again after a long time, and later called Lian Shen habitually, but planned to say a few unnutritious words like 'Where are you and what are you doing' as usual? Just be happy.

But this time, Lian Shen didn't answer his call. Not only did he not answer, but after the color ring rang a few times, it changed to "Sorry, the user you broadcasted is busy, please broadcast later"... Obviously he saw Hang up after calling.

As soon as the live broadcast ended that day, Xi You hurriedly continued to call Lian Shen. After several persistent calls, the connection was made.

Lian Shen's voice sounded a bit muffled: "Huh?"

Xi You's tone was relaxed: "What's the matter, are you in a bad mood?"

Lian Shen said lightly: "No."

Xi You then asked: "What are you doing? Why didn't you answer my call just now?"

Lian Shen didn't speak, he coughed as if he had been choked by something.

Xi You said in a dissatisfied tone: "You are smoking again, right? Didn't I tell you——"

Lian Shen interrupted him with a tired voice: "Don't talk to me now, can you?"

Xi You choked, and stopped for a while, and when he spoke again, he could hear his depression, "Okay." After speaking, he waited for another two seconds, and hung up the phone without hearing Lian Shen's voice again.

On the other side of the phone, Lian Shen was sitting on the sofa in the living room. The room was dark with no lights on.

Only the phone in his hand glowed, and the screen displayed "Call ended".

The "beep" sound of hanging up the phone stopped after a few beeps, and at the same time, the phone screen went dark.

The room was dark and silent again.

Lian Shen put the phone on the coffee table, leaned back against the back of the sofa as if he was relieved, closed his eyes, raised his hand and gently rubbed his stomach that was so hungry that he hadn't eaten dinner.

On the coffee table, the silver ashtray next to the mobile phone is full of cigarette butts.

After a while, he put aside the image of arguing with his parents in his mind, and wondered if he had exposed his impatient and annoying side in front of Xi You just now...

Lian Shen got up and turned on the light, and walked to the refrigerator, which was empty.He leaned on the open refrigerator door, looked back at the mobile phone on the coffee table in the living room, frowned slightly, his face was tangled, he didn't know what to do for a moment, so he just stood there.

At this moment, the doorbell rang suddenly.

Lian Shen, who was in a daze, was startled, then closed the refrigerator, and walked over to open the door in [-] doubts, completely unexpected that anyone would come to his house where few people knew the address at such a late hour.

The door opened, and outside was a man in a blue uniform with the words XX takeaway written on the uniform.

"?" Lian Shen had a question mark on his face.

"Is that Mr. Lian Shen? Your delivery has arrived." The delivery man said mechanically.

"I am," Lian Shen nodded hesitantly, "but I didn't order takeaway."

"It was ordered for you by a gentleman who didn't want to be named," the delivery man held up the transparent plastic bag in his hand to show Lian Shen, "apple and pear juice and peach and grapefruit juice."

Lian Shen froze on the spot, letting the delivery man stuff the bag into his hand.

In the living room, the floor lamp beside the sofa was on, illuminating the things on the coffee table—two glass bottles with cartoon fruit patterns, one beige and the other pink, both of which were fruit juices.

Lian Shen put away the juice, sat back on the sofa, and kept the posture of elbows on knees, hands clasped, leaning forward to look at the juice for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, his eyes were sore from looking at it, so he picked up the bottle of pear juice on the left, unscrewed the cap and drank it. It was lightly sweet, slightly cool, delicious and refreshing.

Lian Shen held the glass bottle in his left hand and drank the Sydney juice. With his right hand, he picked up the mobile phone that had been lying quietly on the coffee table for a long time, lit it, unlocked it, opened WeChat, and entered a text message in the top chat box: "You buy me something?"

Immediately received a reply after sending it.

Xi You: "Well, freshly squeezed pear juice, it nourishes the lungs."

When Lian Shen's thumb stayed on the top of the phone and didn't think about what to reply, another message came.

Xi You: "Your lungs are too difficult."

Lian Shen smiled when he saw this sentence, put the juice in his hand back on the table, quit WeChat and dialed a phone number.

The phone was connected, and the voice of the energetic young man came over: "What are you doing?"

Lian Shen's low voice with a smile came over: "Thank you."

Xi You fell silent, and after a while, he said, "You really need to smoke less, isn't one pack a day too scary?"

Lian Shen put his voice lightly and said in a very gentle tone: "Well, I promise you, smoke less."

The next day, before Lian Shen went to bed, he took a look at the cigarette case on the bedside table - there was one left, not as empty as before.

He turned off the desk lamp, lay down on his side, closed his eyes, and raised the corners of his lips slightly, thinking, one less cigarette is less, and from now on, he should smoke one less cigarette every day.Promises to people, we must do what we say.

On the third day, the fourth day... on the 700th day, he really did it all.

Until the day when Lian Shen went to a light cafe to take shelter from the rain, he still maintained the habit of smoking one less cigarette every day... although Xi You had already ignored him.