Jigsaw puzzle

Han Yicheng didn't agree immediately, nor did he refuse.He stared at Li Ran for a long time, until the elevator opened on the first floor, he came back to his senses and walked out of the elevator with big strides.

"Hey?" Li Ran chased after him, "Do you want to come? My mother cooks delicious food, and she will be happy if there is one more person... You can also play chess with my father—"

Han Yicheng stopped suddenly, and Li Ran bumped into him unexpectedly, "Damn it," Li Ran rubbed the bridge of his nose, and found that his whole body was surrounded by the faint smell of laundry detergent.

"Why do you keep helping me?" Han Yicheng asked him, "I can't think of how to pay you back."

"If you can't figure it out, you owe it." Li Ran looked at him and blinked. "I owe each other more and more, isn't it just friends?"

Han Yicheng couldn't hold back in the end, and agreed to Li Ran's going to their house for the New Year.But before he went, he insisted on driving Li Ran to the supermarket, as if he wanted to empty the supermarket.

Li Ran glanced at Han Yicheng who was aggressively pushing the shopping cart, and had the illusion of a ghost entering the village.He looked helplessly at Han Yicheng desperately stuffing things into the shopping cart.

"That...Old Han, don't drink anymore...My parents are not cows...I can't drink that much..."

"Also, the two of them are in good health, don't buy health care products...these things are probably deceitful..."

"Too many snacks can lead to diabetes..."

In the end, under Li Ran's repeated persuasion, Han Yicheng gave up half of the shopping plan, but the remaining things still filled the trunk to the brim.

Standing at her door, Zhang Lingyu saw Han Yicheng behind Li Ran covered in plastic bags, she was taken aback for a moment, and then greeted him warmly.

"Li Weiguo, come and have a look!!!" Zhang Lingyu yelled at the door, "Our family is going to open a supermarket!" She looked at Han Yicheng with a smile and said, "Xiao Han, you are too polite! Come over directly from now on That's fine, you don't need to buy so many things."

"I came over during the Chinese New Year and caused trouble to my uncle and aunt," Han Yicheng said.

"Where is that! I'm not happy when you say that." Zhang Lingyu took out a pair of slippers for Han Yicheng while packing her things, "Li Ran told me that your parents are abroad, and you are the only one here," Zhang Lingyu looked at it pretending to blame She glanced at him, "If you don't come to Auntie's place, you still want to spend the New Year alone?"

Han Yicheng tried to politely follow behind Zhang Lingyu to help, but Zhang Lingyu rushed him to sit in the living room.After a while, Li Weiguo came over with a chessboard and wanted to fight him for [-] rounds.

Li Ran was helping Zhang Lingyu make dumplings in the kitchen, and heard Li Weiguo's annoyed shouts from the living room from time to time.

"Your father's stinky chess basket," Zhang Lingyu wore a down jacket, frowned and glanced into the living room, "Going out all day to shame people, now the whole community asks me when they see me, did Lao Li lose chess again?"

"Mom, don't talk about him," Li Ran smiled. "Playing chess is not a bad hobby. Let my dad exercise his brain to prevent dementia."

"Come on," Zhang Lingyu heard another shout from the living room, "I think he is a sign of dementia now."

Zhang Lingyu worked very neatly, rolling the skins like an assembly line, and Li Ran was not fast enough to make dumplings. After a while, Zhang Lingyu came from behind and made more dumplings than Li Ran.

"Li Ran, Mom asks you something... is that okay?" Zhang Lingyu didn't raise her eyes, and continued to do the work in hand.

Li Ran raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Lingyu, "Don't be so serious, please ask if you want."

"You...are you friends with Xiao Han?"

Zhang Lingyu said these words lightly, but Li Ran broke out in a cold sweat immediately.He didn't know how to answer for a while, and he forgot how to pinch the dumplings in his hand.

Li Ran was in a complicated mood. Ever since the incident at the university, Zhang Lingyu had been obedient to him in every major matter. Although she said that she was not forgiving, she actually had an extremely strong desire to protect him.

Regarding sexual orientation, Li Ran has not talked frankly with his family, but he has not deliberately concealed it either.If it wasn't for Duan Chenyi's work needs before, he would probably be "out of the closet" at this moment.

Later, the two became indifferent, and Li Ran started to get busy with work. He felt that the matter of coming out of the closet had to be discussed in the long run.At least I have to wait until I have the ability not to worry my family members before I can talk calmly.

Unexpectedly, at this juncture, Zhang Lingyu pierced the window paper with him.

"Mom," Li Ran said pretending to be relaxed, "what are you thinking all day long, we don't have that kind of relationship."

Zhang Lingyu still didn't raise her eyes, "Oh, is that so...you broke up with that little star?"

Now Zhang Lingyu's meaning was very clear, what she wanted to talk to Li Ran was not Han Yicheng, but Li Ran himself.

Li Ran squeezed the center of his brows, and said in an awkward tone, "When did you know about my...situation."

"I doubted you when you graduated from high school." Zhang Lingyu put down the things in her hands and looked at Li Ran: "At your graduation ceremony, there was a little boy in the first year of high school who could cry behind you all the time. You are so chic , leave after kissing someone, without taking your head back."

Li Ran rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and subconsciously looked to see if there was anyone outside the kitchen. Fortunately, Li Weiguo and Han Yicheng were still playing chess, and only Zhang Lingyu was still talking to himself.

"I felt something was wrong at the time, but it turned out that there are so many beautiful girls around you who just ignore you, and there is a small section on the left and Xiaohan on the right."

"Han Yicheng and I... really don't have that kind of relationship..." Li Ran held his forehead.

"It's okay," Zhang Lingyu said, "I see that you have changed a lot of people now, and Xiao Han is the only one who is reliable."

Li Ran: "...I'm going out to use the bathroom."

"Li Ran," Zhang Lingyu called to stop him, "I know you don't like to hear some things, but I'm a mother, so I have to finish."

Li Ran stood at the door of the kitchen.

"You are a virgin, mom doesn't care, but mom knows that the road you have chosen is not easy, and you know better than me how many obstacles there are outside. If you don't care about some things now, it doesn't mean you won't care about them in the future, and neither will you. You have no other choice, think about it yourself."

"Mom," Li Ran said to Zhang Lingyu with a wry smile, "I also want to have other choices, but I really don't have any."

Zhang Lingyu seemed to have expected it, and continued to murmur: "Ah, I knew you would say that, so if this is the case... In fact, Xiao Han is a pretty good guy..."

Li Ran: ...

Li Ran washed his face in the toilet to calm himself down.Zhang Lingyu's attitude surprised him a little. He always thought that Zhang Lingyu would quarrel with him, but in fact, he had the mentality that a done deal was done.Rather than "persuading" him, it was more like forcibly matching him and Han Yicheng.

Li Ran returned to the kitchen, and Zhang Lingyu returned to his original state, telling him what was wrong with Li Weiguo, and why the young man in the store had a rude attitude again, which made Li Ran's nose sore.

He freed his hand and hugged Zhang Lingyu who was wearing an apron.Zhang Lingyu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly patted Li on the back.

Li Ran froze the dumplings in the refrigerator, and suddenly heard Zhang Lingyu calling Han Yicheng, which startled him, turned around and saw Han Yicheng standing at the door of the kitchen.

Han Yicheng poked his head in at the door, looking at the flour all over Li Ran's body: "Do you need help?"

"Oh no, it's not enough to cause trouble!" Zhang Lingyu waved her hand, "Just wait." After she finished speaking, she patted Li Ran again, "Go out too."

Li Ran dawdled at the door: "That... does my dad know?"

"Your dad doesn't know anything," Zhang Lingyu rolled her eyes, "Someday you can make up your mind and tell him yourself."

Li Ran exited the kitchen, returned to the living room and saw Li Weiguo was still playing chess with Han Yicheng, he walked over to have a look, Li Weiguo struggled again and again on the verge of losing.

At this time Han Yicheng's cell phone rang, he stood up and went out to answer the phone, Li Weiguo was still sighing at the chess game.

Li Ran dug out a box of tea leaves from the things Han Yicheng bought, and brewed them for Li Weiguo.

"You still don't know how you lost?" Li Ran asked, "Stop playing chess with him, he has a Ph.

"What's wrong with getting a doctorate?" Li Weiguo's eyes immediately changed to a cheerful and smirking face as soon as he left the chessboard, "If I didn't catch up with the times, maybe I can get a doctorate for fun."

When Han Yicheng came back after answering the phone, he saw Li Weiguo clearing the chessboard, "No more?" Han Yicheng asked.

"I'll torture you another day," Li Weiguo smiled and thumped his back, "I'll go to the back room to lie down and recharge my batteries for watching TV at night."

There were only Li Ran and Han Yicheng left in the living room. Li Ran glanced at Han Yicheng and found that he was sitting on the sofa in a daze again.Li Ran concluded that Han Yicheng often sat alone in a daze.At first, he thought it was Han Yicheng who was angry or thinking about something.After getting along for a long time, I realized that Han Yicheng was just in a daze.

Li Ran snapped his fingers in front of Han Yicheng, and Han Yicheng's eyes gradually focused back.

"You're in a daze again," Li Ran asked him, "Do you know that when you are in a daze, you look like a criminal who is plotting something?"

Han Yicheng:?

Li Ran blinked: "Do you usually have no hobbies? Listening to music? Watching movies? Sports? Watching anime?"

Han Yicheng shook his head and thought for a while: "Does playing games count?"

Li Ran: "That's not counting, right? It looks like you're playing games like you're working, and you don't even have any emotional ups and downs."

Han Yicheng asked: "Can you play an episode of The Smurfs?"

"Why?" Li Ran was confused.

"I want to see Gargamel."

Embarrassed, Li Ran thought, how could I forget this.He looked at Han Yicheng's expectant expression, and answered cruelly: "No."

Han Yicheng snorted, took out his phone and fiddled with it.Li Ran thought he had given up thinking about it, so he breathed a sigh of relief. He found a few packets of potato chips from the plastic bag, tore open one of the boxes, and crunched a bunch of them into his mouth.

When he was about to finish a package, Han Yicheng laughed twice beside him.Li Ran turned his head and found that on the screen of Han Yicheng's mobile phone, there was a picture of Gargamel.

Li Ran: "...Look, isn't he quite handsome?"

The corner of Han Yicheng's mouth was still raised, Li Ran didn't understand where he was so happy, "Why do you always compare me to a bad guy?" He asked Li Ran.

"Because you look fierce," Li Ran said, "Has no one ever told you that you look fierce? What are you laughing at? You're so happy to be called a villain? You're so strange."

Han Yicheng pointed to the picture of Gargamel, "This one is cute." He said seriously.

Seeing him smiling over there, Li Ran couldn't help but snort Han Yicheng's hair with his hands, "You're the cute one," he said.

Han Yicheng's hair was slightly longer than Li Ran's, and it felt soft to the touch, which did not match his temperament at all.Li Ran touched his hair and felt comfortable, so he rubbed it again. It turned out that Zhang Lingyu just came out of the kitchen at this time, and saw his son smoothing Han Yicheng's hair like a loving mother.

Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, Li Ran pushed Han Yicheng's head aside.

Han Yicheng didn't know why he lost his temper, and looked at Li Ran blankly while covering his head.

Li Ran: "Sorry, my hand slipped..."

Zhang Lingyu cooked a table of dishes and directed Li Ran and Han Yicheng to bring them from the kitchen to the coffee table.Li Weiguo excitedly took out his long-preserved white wine from the cabinet, and put four small wine glasses on the table.

On the TV, the Spring Festival Gala has already begun, and the heads of people are densely crowded together, and the big skirts dance vigorously to show the prosperity of the new year.

Li Weiguo poured wine into all four wine glasses. Zhang Lingyu picked up the wine glasses with some distaste and sniffed, "Do you still have alcohol in this wine? Has it evaporated long ago?"

"No matter how much it evaporates, it's my treasured Wuliangye," Li Weiguo said, holding up his wine glass, "Happy New Year!"

Everyone clinked glasses with a sense of ritual, and drank with their heads raised.Looking up again, Li Ran found that Han Yicheng was secretly gasping.

Li Ran felt that his drinking capacity was inherited from his parents. When the three of them went out to drink, they often got down with all their relatives and neighbors. When they drank with friends, he was always in control.But today, Han Yicheng has to work hard and go to the countryside to do as the Romans do.

Han Yicheng has drank alcohol very few times in his life, and he has never even touched baijiu.As soon as the spicy liquid was poured into his throat, he immediately felt his neck and stomach start to boil, bringing heat to all his limbs.

But he pretended to be very calm on the surface, making everyone mistakenly think that he is a drinkable species.

Of course Li Ran knew how much Han Yicheng could drink, but he kept his mind on it today and didn't pull Han Yicheng, watching Li Weiguo pour him wine glass by glass.

"This sketch is becoming more and more boring," Li Weiguo sighed, "It's not as good as it was in the early years."

"That's because you're old," Zhang Lingyu said with a smile, "You can't keep up with the times, and you blame other people's shows for being bad."

Li Weiguo shook his head, "I'm old, I'm not convinced—"

In the middle of his speech, he suddenly stopped and watched Han Yicheng pat Li Ran.

"Do you think Xiao Han is...drunk?"

Li Ran turned to look at Han Yicheng, and found that the back of his ears was very red, his eyes were wandering and he was smiling, as if the noise in the world had nothing to do with me.

"Han... Yicheng?" Li Ran waved his hand in front of Han Yicheng, but Han Yicheng still didn't look at him, and kept smiling.

"Hey," Zhang Lingyu said worriedly, "I'm really drinking too much, why don't you take him back to your room and lie down for a while?"

Li Ran patted Han Yicheng on the back, "Stand up, take two steps~", he lifted Han Yicheng up as he spoke, knowing that Han Yicheng was very obedient after being drunk, so he got up as soon as he lifted it.

Han Yicheng looked at Li Ran in confusion for a while, and three words came out: "What are you doing?"

Li Ran: "Repeat what I said, be confused."

Han Yicheng: "Xijikula——"

Before Han Yicheng finished speaking, he leaned back and sat back on the stool.He squatted down soberly, and lowered his head aggrieved: "I don't want to say..."

Li Weiguo quietly leaned into Zhang Lingyu's ear: "It's the first time I've seen someone drink too much like this... Do you think our family can drink too much? Or is this kid too honest?"

Li Ran half dragged Han Yicheng from the living room back to his room, Han Yicheng seemed to be very obsessed with standing on his own, competing with Li Ran invisibly.He is very thin, but has a big frame, and the edges and corners hurt Li Ran.

Li Ran threw him on the bed and found himself sweating from exhaustion.Han Yicheng sat on the bed, looking at him with shining eyes in the dark.

"Lie down quickly." Li Ran said.

After receiving the order, Han Yicheng moved his two long legs up and obediently lay on his side on the bed, his eyes still fixed on Li Ran, as if he was waiting for the next order.

If there is no smell of alcohol spreading in the room, Li Ran suddenly feels that he is also very hot, so he shakes his head quickly to wake himself up.He stood up and was about to leave when Han Yicheng grabbed his hand.

"Aran..." Han Yicheng called him hoarsely.

If it wasn't for the lights in the room not being turned on, Han Yicheng would have seen Li Ran's face turn red in a second.He hesitated and sat on the head of the bed, looking at Han Yicheng's sincere eyes, feeling like he was going to be melted by the scalding heat in his hands.

"Close your eyes and be obedient." Li Ran said.

Han Yicheng stared at him for a while, then he closed his eyes.

"I'll be back later," Li Ran said close to his ear, and then very quickly, he pressed his lips to Han Yicheng's face, and left almost the moment he touched his cheek.

Li Ran looked at Han Yicheng in shock, but luckily the latter still had his eyes closed, wondering if he was asleep.

When Li Ran returned to the living room, Zhang Lingyu had already packed the bowls into the kitchen.Li Weiguo, who was watching TV, glanced at Li Ran, "Are you drinking too much?" He asked, "You blushed as if you were burning."

"There's something wrong with your wine." Li Ran stared at the TV and said, "How many years have you kept it? I guess the water has evaporated and it's all alcohol."

"Really?" Li Weiguo picked up the wine bottle and looked at it in wonder for a while.

"Can the water in the alcohol evaporate first?" He said to himself, and poured himself another glass.

Zhang Lingyu came back from the kitchen shaking her hands, and saw the father and son sitting on the sofa and playing with their mobile phones.She used the remote control to turn down the volume of the TV, and sat beside her eating melon seeds.

"Hey," Li Weiguo said suddenly, "Look at Lao Chen, he's gone abroad for the Chinese New Year, and he's very chic."

"If you want to be able to make money, you can go to the moon to celebrate the New Year." Zhang Lingyu glanced at him dissatisfied, "Thinking about these things all day long."

Li Ran went over to Li Weiguo to look at his phone, and saw a location in Thai under the photo, "I went to Thailand, it won't cost too much."

Li Weiguo immediately echoed, "That's right! Old Chen said that the tour group cost more than 3000 per person."

The three members of the old Li family had never been abroad in their life, and Zhang Lingyu was a little moved when she heard the price, so she moved over to look at the photos on Li Weiguo's phone.

"I'll start classes when it gets warmer in two months," Li Ran said, "I'll sign up for a better group for you two, don't look for the one that's too cheap, and when the time comes, I'll kill you there."

"Hey," Li Weiguo said optimistically, "we both have money, so we can report it ourselves if we want to. Besides, people in foreign countries don't like to slaughter people."

Li Ran had never been abroad before, so after thinking about it, he thought it might make sense, so he didn't say anything, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and knocked them with Zhang Lingyu.

"Now this year, it's boring," Zhang Lingyu sighed, "I don't let you let flowers go, and I don't like to visit the house. It's hard to come to Xiaohan, and I'm still drunk after two sips."

"What do you know?" Li Weiguo put his phone away, "This is in response to the national call to protect the environment and not to let off fireworks. Also, those who used to kowtow and kneel all the time, how vulgar," he said. Zhang Lingyu came to a small cup, "It's a new era now, don't do that."

Li Ran brought his own wine cup from the dining room, and Li Weiguo also filled it for him. The three of them clinked their glasses and drank them down in one gulp.

"Of course in our family," Zhang Lingyu said with a smile, "There is nothing else inherited, just the ability to drink."

"Hey, that's not true," Li Weiguo also smiled, "And this face, Tuojun, is carved just like when you were young."

After drinking until twelve o'clock, Li Weiguo and Zhang Lingyu went back to the room.Li Ran also tiptoed back to his room, and found that Han Yicheng turned on the night light in his room at some point. He stood at the bedside and stared at Han Yicheng, who seemed to be fast asleep.

Unexpectedly, Han Yicheng who was lying down suddenly opened his eyes, which startled Li Ran.

"Damn!!!," Li Ran said, "You didn't sleep?"

"Well," Han Yicheng said sullenly, "waiting for you to come back."

"Are you sleepy?" Li Ran asked him.

Han Yicheng shook his head.

"Then let's go out for a while." Li Ran patted him, "I'll show you something fun."

Li Ran urged Han Yicheng to put on his down jacket, opened the cabinet to get some things, and ran to the courtyard with Han Yicheng.Li Ran's residential area is relatively old, and the big red lanterns bought by the property are hung at the entrance of the unit, creating a very retro atmosphere.

What Li Ran took out from home were the leftover flowers for Chen Xian's birthday last time, a stick that could be sprayed, and a few fireworks sticks in his hand.He put the pier in an open place and handed Han Yicheng a lighter.

"Isn't it... banned?" Han Yicheng refused with a full face.

"This flower has no sound, it's just good-looking, and others can't find it." Li Ran looked a little excited, "Just touch the twist."

"I didn't let it go..." Han Yicheng still resisted.

"What?" Li Ran was shocked, "You didn't let it go? Well, then you have to try it! Hurry up!"

Han Yicheng held back for a long time, and finally whispered, "I...don't dare."

Li Ran stared at him for a while, then burst out laughing.Li Ran took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one and took a puff, then handed the cigarette to Han Yicheng.

This was the first time Li Ran smoked in front of Han Yicheng. He was not addicted, and sometimes he would smoke two for entertainment when he was really upset.

Han Yicheng stared at Li Ran with his slender white eyes.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Use this point!" Li Ran pointed to the pier and said, "It's absolutely impossible to burn it like this?"

Han Yicheng looked at the burning cigarette, as if he had made up his mind, took it from Li Ran's hand, squatted far away from the pier and stretched out his hand to light the cannon.

Almost the moment it was lit, Han Yicheng threw away the half-burnt cigarette, then quickly ran back to Li Ran, picked him up and ran back several steps.

It took a few seconds for the twister to burn, and before the firework burst out, Li Ran started laughing wildly.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!" Seeing Han Yicheng hugging him in a panic, he almost burst into tears from laughter.

"I didn't expect you to be so cowardly hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!"

Han Yicheng was a little annoyed by him, staring at him speechless.

At this time, the twister of the fireworks burned out, and fire trees and silver flowers spewed out from the conical pier.

Han Yicheng turned his head to look at the fireworks, as if he was being sucked in.

A steady stream of sparks gushed out from the inside, illuminating the entire open space in various colors. The fireworks seemed to be alive to show themselves, gathering the sparkle of the starry sky, burning out ecstasy, and finally gradually weakened, leaving only a little red flame , Quit the flags and drums.

Han Yicheng stared blankly at the gradually extinguished flame.

Li Ran was still held in his arms, and he twisted uncomfortably, before Han Yicheng let go as if awakened from a start, and took two steps back.Li Ran started to blush again, and quickly took out a firework stick from the plastic bag at hand and handed it to Han Yicheng.

Han Yicheng silently looked at the burning firework sticks in the hands of the two, and suddenly said: "In two days... can you accompany me to see someone?"

Li Ran felt a little clear: "Is it... your sister?"

Han Yicheng nodded.

Li Ran stepped forward to give him a hug and said, "Of course it's no problem."

When the two returned to the room and lay down again, Han Yicheng was much more at ease, and Li Ran couldn't sleep with his eyes open.Listening to the gradually steady breathing beside him, he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

"Han Yicheng? Old Han? Old counselor?" Li Ran turned around, watching Han Yicheng fall asleep and kept calling him in a low voice.

After shouting several times, Han Yicheng didn't respond, so Li Ran had no choice but to give up.

How can someone have such a beautiful nose bridge?He stared at Han Yicheng's side face and thought, after a few minutes, he started to be ruthless again, quietly raised his body, and approached Han Yicheng.

A pervert is a pervert, he doesn't know anyway, Li Ran thought desperately, just touched his nose, don't blame me, who told him that the bridge of his nose is so beautiful?

So Li Ran put his heart on hold, and put his lips on the bridge of Han Yicheng's nose, maybe because the hard and cool touch was so good, he couldn't help but stay there for two more seconds.

Just when Li Ran was about to leave, Han Yicheng suddenly turned over, stretched out his arms to Li Ran and hugged him in his arms.

Li Ran's blood boiled all of a sudden, he froze and did not dare to move, his forehead just touched Han Yicheng's protruding collarbone.

Fuck blah blah blah blah blah blah blah! ! !

Li Ran wasn't sure if Han Yicheng was dreaming or waking up. He was hugged in his arms, listening to the heartbeat of the other party, half of his body was paralyzed.

"Han Yicheng?" He tentatively called again.

Han Yicheng moved and tightened his arms holding Li Ran. After a long time, he replied, "Ah Ran..."

Li Ran: "Are you awake? Talk to me about being confused."

Han Yicheng: "Hush underwear..."

Li Ran held his breath for a while, and found that Han Yicheng was really drunk and dreaming, so he relaxed.He moved a little, looked up and saw Han Yicheng's sharp jawline, he adjusted a comfortable position in Han Yicheng's arms guiltily, and then closed his eyes.