Jigsaw puzzle

The atmosphere at the dining table suddenly cooled down, and the smile on Zhang Lingyu's face had not had time to clear away, and it was frozen there awkwardly.Li Ran poked the bowl with his chopsticks and said, "I'm sorry for bringing this up suddenly."

Han Yicheng couldn't see much expression fluctuation on his face, "It's okay, it's been a long time," he paused, and the subject changed abruptly, "Qi Xin said that she likes the nails painted by auntie very much."

Then Li Lingyu laughed again, stood up and went back to the room to search for a long time, took out a small bottle and handed it to Han Yicheng: "You can take it back and play with her, but this nail polish is not good for your health, if she is willing, in the future Bring her to my shop, and I'll give her a makeover for free!"

Li Ran looked at Han Yicheng and thanked him blankly, then carefully put the inferior plastic jar into his inner pocket.

He stared at Han Yicheng for a while longer, and saw Han Yicheng glance at Li Ran in a panic, as if he looked away with some guilt.

The atmosphere of this meal was quite harmonious, the three members of Li Ran's family were quite able to speak, and against the backdrop of the two elders, Li Ran was considered stable.Han Yicheng didn't talk much, but he seemed to have an aura that made his elders like him. Every time he answered a sentence, Li Weiguo and Zhang Lingyu could chatter and praise for a long time.

In the end, Li Weiguo still felt dissatisfied, and wanted to find wine from the back room to drink, but was stopped by Li Ran: "Why are you so energetic again, he will still drive later, how can I have the time to drink with you!"

Han Yicheng looked at Li Weiguo and nodded, and smiled apologetically, this smile made Li Ran's skin crawl.Li Weiguo put the wine bottle back into the room angrily, and told Li Ran to wash the dishes.Han Yicheng packed up the rest of the dishes and followed Li Ran into the kitchen.

"Put on a coat." Li Ran rinsed the bowl in the sink, drained the water and handed the dishcloth to Han Yicheng, "Our kitchen is very cold."

Han Yicheng shook his head, put the bowls and chopsticks in the cupboard after wiping the water.

Li Ran glanced into the living room, where Zhang Lingyu and Li Weiguo were watching TV.He quietly closed the kitchen door, took out two bottles of Coke from the refrigerator, and handed one to Han Yicheng.

"It's a good thing I didn't know you when I was a child. You are someone else's child!" Li Ran leaned on the cabinet with a smile, and looked at Han Yicheng with his head tilted: "My mother and father have never been so enthusiastic. I guess I will bring someone back. No such treatment."

Han Yicheng unscrewed the jar silently and took two sips.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Li Ran leaned closer to Han Yicheng again: "You used to be a top student, right? What education? Could it be that you have a Ph.D.?"

"…Um."

"It really made me guess right! Scientist!" Li Ran smiled and looked down at him, "Hey, it doesn't look like it!"

"It's not like...?" Han Yicheng lowered his head and met Li Ran's gaze. "

"Yeah, you look fierce, you know, you don't look like an intellectual, but rather—" Li Ran paused for a moment, "Pervert killer!"

Han Yicheng was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably, and he burst out laughing.

Hey, Li Ran thought, it's not so fierce when you smile, why is it like a husky.

Li Ran felt that Han Yicheng's face was very extreme. When he was expressionless, he looked really difficult to provoke, but when he smiled, he was very childish.The two canine teeth are looming, looking like a child, not like a 30-year-old.He fiddled with his phone for a while, and sent Zhang Lingyu's shop address to Han Yicheng.

"Well, if Qi Xin likes it, she can take her to play. My mother really likes children, so don't feel embarrassed."

Han Yicheng looked at Li Ran's selfie portrait and nodded: "Thank you."

"Are you doctors all so polite? Why are you always saying thank you, just like going to school?" Li Ran pushed open the kitchen door, and Han Yicheng walked out behind him, "In the future, if you have any troubles, you will have to."

When Han Yicheng left, the two elders held back for a while, Li Ran stood behind and winked at him, Han Yicheng looked at him, nodded expressionlessly, turned and left.

When Li Ran closed the door, Zhang Lingyu was still waving outside.

"What's going on with you two today? Have you been beaten?" Li Ran felt a little funny.

"But how do you talk?" Zhang Lingyu didn't like to listen, "Xiao Han is such a nice guy. I haven't seen you make a few serious friends. It's hard to have a good boy. Can I be more enthusiastic?"

Li Weiguo coughed deliberately, but was shut up by Zhang Lingyu's stare. He lowered his head and took the lid of the cup and gently scraped the mouth of the cup to pour water, making a disturbing movement.

"Is what I said wrong? Ah? The friends you brought home to play before, all of them are dressed in strange clothes, just like demons and ghosts."

This kind of quarrel is already commonplace for Li Ran, he looked at Zhang Lingyu: "I'm on the same path as demons and goblins."

Li Ran's words were not loud, and his tone was quite flat, but when he said it, the room fell silent, only Li Weiguo's tea cups kept ringing.

"Mom didn't mean that..." Zhang Lingyu was suddenly discouraged, her voice weakened, "I just think that you are no worse than other children since you were young, I—

"Mom", Li Ran interrupted her, "I understand what you mean, I don't feel that I am aggrieved now, and I am very happy now."

Zhang Lingyu watched him hesitate to speak, the expression on his face changed again and again, and he couldn't tell whether it was grievance or self-blame, sitting at the table and looking at the water glass in a daze.Li Ran has not seen her like this in the past two years. He suppressed the irritability in his heart, walked over and patted Zhang Lingyu on the shoulder.

"Don't think about it, I'm going to sleep."

Li Ran closed the door and threw himself onto the bed, exhausting the little sense of relief he had accumulated after get off work.He punched the bed with some resentment, picked up his phone and sent Han Yicheng a wechat message.

It's all because of this guy's performance in front of his parents, he has to be allowed to wait!

- I just had a quarrel with my mother, it's annoying.

There was no reply from Han Yicheng. Li Ran guessed that he might be driving, so he dropped his phone and started rummaging through boxes and cabinets.After the dance studio stabilized, Li Ran thought about renting a house outside.But his budget was really limited at that time, and his family had a lot of loans at that time, so every time he was unhappy here before, Li Ran went to hide with Duan Chenyi for two days.

Li Ran was sweating profusely, only to realize that his computer seemed to be still in Duan Chenyi's apartment.A stronger sense of frustration hit him, and he sat back on the bed resignedly, clicked on the renting software in the app store, and watched the icon start to download slowly.

To some extent, Li Ran subconsciously recognized Zhang Lingyu's worries.Li Ran was often praised by others for being smart and good-looking when he was a child, but now it has been almost five years since he graduated, and besides hurting his family's debts, he has almost achieved nothing.

Sometimes he even misses that when he was tricked by the brokerage company two years ago, he still had a false target after him.Now after falling to the real ground, the place it reaches is barren.

Li Ran opened the renting software and entered a few conditions, but after swipe for a long time, he couldn't find a satisfactory price. Just when he was about to give up, Han Yicheng's WeChat reply came.

- When you are irritable, you can watch movies and listen to music, or close your eyes and think about some happy things.

Li Ran almost didn't laugh out loud when he saw this WeChat message. He felt that he was getting familiar with Han Yicheng's unique brain circuit. Compared with the last time, his mentality is still calm now.

- don't you want to ask why?Big fire.Jpg

-why?

-Because my mother thinks you are so good! ! !

- do you think i'm good

-? ? ?

It seemed that he still overestimated Han Yicheng's EQ, the corner of Li Ran's mouth twitched, jumped out of the chat page, and continued to browse the rental information just now.About 10 minutes later, Han Yicheng's WeChat message came again.

- I think you are excellent.

Li Ran suddenly thought of what Qi Xin said to him in the dance room a few days ago: "My uncle said you danced beautifully!" He quit the software and quickly replied a message.

- Well, what a coincidence, I feel the same way myself.

Han Yicheng replied very quickly, and it was the first emoji on WeChat.

-【Smile】

-? ? ?Don't make that emoji!

-OK.

Han Yicheng knew nothing about the unspoken rules of WeChat emoji, he hesitated for a long time among a bunch of round-headed villains, picked another emoji, and put it behind the text.

- you sleep late. 【doubt】

- Looking at the house, the rent is so expensive that I doubt my life [smile]

-I'm going to move soon, to a bigger apartment [Happy]

Seeing that "happy" smiling face, Li Ran really wanted to throw the phone at Han Yicheng's face.

- If you don't rent it to me, why show off to me? 【Smile】

- I didn't show off [about to cry]

Li Ran looked at the aggrieved expression and raised his eyebrows.He thought of Han Yicheng's face that owed 800 million, and the corners of his mouth began to rise uncontrollably.At the same time, Han Yicheng sent another message.

-I need to think about it before deciding whether to rent a house to you.

Li Ran burst out laughing, and quickly typed out a line of words with his fingers.

- Then you think about it, good night.

-Good night】

Li Ran always thought that about renting a house, Han Yicheng just said casually, and didn't take it to heart at all.

However, he understood this "proposal" as Han Yicheng's favor towards him, and when he saw Han Yicheng coming to pick up Qi Xin in the dance room, Li Ran would always take the initiative to chat with him.

Han Yicheng always had that indifferent look, said very little, and never took the initiative or refused.

He listened attentively to what Li Ran said, although many times, Li Ran suspected that he didn't listen.

However, Li Ran is in a good mood, and has never been hit by Han Yicheng's "cold" attitude. He still persistently shares his ordinary little world with him.

After going back and forth like this, the two of them became a little familiar.

Sometimes Qi Xin would interject a sentence or two when they were talking. She was not so serious in Li Ran's class, and she was no longer obsessed with standing in the last row, but resigned herself to randomly occupying the floor.

Li Ran was very busy with his class schedule, and he kept on turning around for several days. The matter of renting a house was temporarily put aside by him, until he couldn't find his computer again.

Now finally came the time when he had to practice Duan Chenyi.

Li Ran stared at Duan Chenyi's name, hesitating for a long time, and finally dialed the phone, this time the connection was almost immediately connected.

"That," he cleared his throat in embarrassment, "do I still have something with you? When are you free, I—"

"I'll take you to the dance room," Duan Chenyi said, his voice was hoarse and exhausted, "Are you here all weekend?"

"Well", both of them were silent for a while, Li Ran broke the silence first, and said: "You... Take care of your body, don't be too tired."

"Brother Ran, are you..." Duan Chenyi asked halfway, his voice weakened again.

"what happened?"

"It's okay, let's talk about it when we meet." After the other side finished speaking, he quickly hung up the phone.

Duan Chenyi had been to Li Ran's dance room many times before, usually coming quietly in the middle of the night and leaving quietly in the early hours of the morning.As a result, before Li Ran's class was over, he heard a scream outside.

The children in the class were all startled, they all stared at Li Ran with panicked eyes, including Qi Xin who had recently moved slowly from the back row to the front row.

"Qi Xin," Li Ran waved to her, motioning her to stand in front, "You take everyone to do a set of stretching, I'll be right back."

Li Ran walked to the foyer and found that Xiao Yu was almost slumped against the wall, ready to cry.She looked tremblingly at the person wearing a mask at the door, and said in an ecstatic and cautious voice: "Duan, Duan Chenyi?"

Duan Chenyi took off his mask and smiled softly: "I'm sorry, I came here to disturb you all of a sudden."

Yu Yu's eyes were filled with tears of excitement and happiness, and she let out a "beep", and Li Ran felt that she was going to faint in a second.

"Brother Ran, can I talk to you alone for a while?"

Yu immediately turned his head to Li Ran and looked at him in shock: "You...know each other?"

Li Ran clicked his tongue, he didn't know what Duan Chenyi was doing, and the minute hand was half a circle away from the end of get out of class.

"I haven't finished my class yet."

"It's okay, then I'll sit here and wait for you for a while." Duan Chenyi forced his face to be calm and calm. If Li Ran was not too familiar with his character, he would have been perfectly deceived by the performance just now.

Duan Chenyi sat next to Xiao Yu on the slightly shabby sofa, and Xiao Yu let out another exaggerated sob. Li Ran couldn't stand the miserable situation here, so he turned and walked back to the classroom.

In the second half of the class, Li Ran was in a state of trepidation. As the end of get out of class was approaching, the parents who were picking up their children gradually gathered outside.Li Ran kept looking out through the glass to make sure that Duan Chenyi hadn't been recognized by the parents yet.

The moment the pointer touched the half o'clock, Li Ran immediately announced that get out of class was over, rushed out of the classroom and dragged the person on the sofa directly to the storage room.

"What's the matter with you? It's full of people outside, aren't you afraid of being photographed now?"

Duan Chenyi didn't answer Li Ran immediately. He frowned and stared at him for a long time before pulling off his mask and saying, "Li Ran, did you break up with me because of someone else?"

"Huh?" Li Ran blinked in confusion, "What the hell?"

Duan Chenyi knew that Li Ran was soft on the outside and stubborn on the inside, and would choose to run away if he was in a hurry, but he had never lied about this kind of thing.

"Then why do you suddenly have to separate?"

Li Ran sighed: "Do you remember when we last dated?"

Duan Chenyi stared at him without answering, and gradually bit his lips tightly.

"We haven't had a serious date, have we?" Li Ran smiled self-deprecatingly, "I only asked if you cared, but in fact, these hypocritical rituals are more important to me." He paused, "My life needs at least something, even if there is only one thing, don't be so perfunctory."

After finishing this passage, Li Ran felt the pleasure of uncovering the scar, which was painful and refreshing.His eyes were a little red, and he rubbed his eyes in a concealed manner. The small space was filled with depression, and the two of them remained silent for a long time.

"I'm sorry, Brother Ran," Duan Chenyi sniffed, and handed the schoolbag in his arms to Li Ran, "Then, can I still come to you in the future? As... a friend."

"Come if you want." Li Ran patted Duan Yichen's head, opened the door of the storage room and looked back, "But you should have no shortage of friends."

Li Ran walked out of the storage room, ignoring Yuyu's eyes that were almost spitting fire at the door, "Get off work immediately, and I will explain to you tomorrow," he said, and took two steps towards the lobby, watching Yuyu walk into the elevator door, and suddenly found that Han Yicheng was sitting on the sofa staring at himself.Qi Xin was sitting next to him playing with her mobile phone, and the crackling sound effects of the game could be heard endlessly.

"What's the matter?" Li Ran rubbed his eyes in a concealed manner, making the eye sockets redder.

"I've thought about it," Han Yicheng adjusted his sitting posture and straightened his back, "We can live together."

When Han Yicheng said this, Duan Chenyi was walking towards the elevator from behind Li Ran.Even though Han Yicheng's tone was flat as if he was reading an opening report, Li Ran felt that Duan Chenyi behind him instantly turned his neck with a "huh" with the wind.

"Who is he?" Duan Chenyi grabbed Li Ran's arm.

Perhaps the hidden hostility in Duan Chenyi's question was too obvious. Han Yicheng, who was relaxed on the sofa, suddenly became nervous. He folded his arms in front of his chest and stared at the iconic three-white eyes, which made Li Ran's hair stand on end.

Duan Chenyi almost thought that the guy on the sofa was going to kill someone and throw his body away.

"This is..." Li Ran was almost as big as one head and two big. He glanced at Han Yicheng and said with a heartbeat: "This is my new landlord."

Han Yicheng didn't respond to this positioning, and still stared at Duan Chenyi with a tense defensive posture.It's a pity that Duan Chenyi interpreted Han Yicheng's "self-defense" as "provocation", and the two stalemate here for a while.

Li Ran felt that he was in a predicament of being attacked from both sides for no reason. He moved two steps in the middle to block Han Yicheng's view of Duan Chenyi.

"Tell me about it." Li Ran held on to the conversation, "Then what, what's the condition of your house? It's too expensive and I won't accept it!"

Han Yicheng looked at Li Ran, his expression relaxed a little, "XX community, second bedroom with three bedrooms and one living room, seventh floor with elevator, 2000 a month", after finishing speaking, he tilted his head and took a tentative look at Duan Chenyi who was standing behind Li Ran ,"Who is this…?"

"He—" Li Ran didn't answer him right away, he was busy making small calculations in his mind. He had forgotten about renting a house. Just now, he wanted to find an excuse to reject Han Yicheng, but after listening to Han Yicheng's report of the neighborhood and price, he Suddenly there is a heartbeat.

So when Li Ran was distracted and hesitant to calculate the price/performance ratio, he heard Duan Chenyi say, "I'm his...ex-boyfriend!"