under the filth

Amidst the noise of objects moving, Tang Cen reluctantly opened his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, what Tang Cen saw was a blurry darkness.He rubbed his eyes and focused his eyes for a long time before he could see the scene in front of him clearly - the ceiling and chandelier with gorgeous and strange textures.

The dizziness caused by the long-term deep sleep has not completely subsided, and the noise at the door has not stopped, and his head is aching. Tang Cen rubbed his temples and lay on the bed for a long time before he recovered.

There is a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror in the corner next to the wardrobe in the bedroom. As long as you stand in front of the wardrobe, your whole body will be fully illuminated, and even if you just turn your head sideways, you can see the figure in the mirror.

Tang Cen got off the bed with his upper body naked.He grabbed a T-shirt from the closet and prepared to put it on, but when he raised his hand, he caught a glimpse of the image in the mirror.

He stared at the pale figure in the mirror, threw his clothes on the bed, and walked towards the mirror step by step.

Although the room was spacious, Tang Cen was only a few steps away from the mirror, but he walked very slowly.

Tang Cen walked to the mirror and stood still. The mirror now clearly reflected his current appearance - a man in his early thirties with disheveled hair, a circle of blue stubble on his chin, and no trace of his naked upper body. Sensual, pale skin clings to the bones, so thin that the ribs on the waist are distinct.

Tang Cen's body had already suffered a great burden from the extremely chaotic life schedule and years of taking medicine, but at that time there were still doctors and Lu Sheng watching his diet.Now that he lives here alone, and sleeps day and night, Tang Cen is now more emaciated than those years when he stayed behind closed doors.

Tang Cen's appearance was still the same, but his eyes were no longer as clear and bright as they were when he was young. They were as calm as a pool of stagnant water, making one feel that even if a boulder rolled down, there would be no waves.

In fact, it has been five days since Tang Cen moved into this apartment, but except for going shopping on the first morning, he has been curled up on the bed or sofa all day and has never gone out.

After relaxing, Tang Cen's body was very uncomfortable. Tang Cen felt a vague sense of suffocation when he woke up several times. Even when he just woke up and sat up, he often had to lie down because of a strong dizziness. rest.

Such a physical condition made Tang Cen really unable to think about going out, but he ate the last egg last night, so he had to go out anyway today.

After changing his clothes, Tang Cen simply washed up and went out, but the scene at the door made him stunned for a moment.

A pile of cardboard boxes was piled up by the door of the neighbor opposite, and several people in dark blue uniforms were moving things into the room. It looked like a new resident had moved in.

No wonder he didn't hear a sound in the past few days. It turns out that the room opposite has never been occupied, and he doesn't know what kind of person moved in. I hope it's not someone too noisy.

Tang Cen only took one look and went downstairs.He was not walking fast, but the stairs were very short, and his figure quickly disappeared around the corner of the stairs.When he stepped onto the second floor, Eisen just walked out of the room on the third floor and checked the luggage list with the moving company.

It takes only five meters to go up and down, and it takes only five seconds to go forward and back. In such a short distance and time, the two of them missed a moment.

Eisen took the list from the worker, checked it, and prepared to sign his name.He quickly wrote down his name on the paper, suddenly remembered something, paused the tip of the pen, raised his head and asked, "Who was it just now?"

Although the worker was surprised by his sudden question, he happened to bump into Tang Cen who was about to go downstairs, and answered truthfully, "It's the gentleman who lives at the opposite door."

"Really." Eisen glanced at the closed wooden door behind the worker, turned his head and added his last name.

Eisen didn't know if it was his own illusion, he always felt that he had just missed a very important person, but since he lived across the street, there would always be a chance to meet.

Tang Cen didn't want to have too much contact with his new neighbor, and Eisen tried to meet "the gentleman who lives at the opposite door" because of his inexplicable intuition, but no one expected that the meeting between the two in the afternoon would be such an embarrassing scene.

After shopping around the mall, Tang Cen climbed up to the third floor out of breath with two shopping bags in the evening.He stood in front of the door, put the bag in his left hand on the ground, put his hand into the pocket, and fumbled back and forth several times before he found the approximate location of the key.

On the other side, Eisen, who had just packed his luggage, was about to have dinner nearby.The moment he opened the door, he saw Tang Cen holding a shopping bag in one hand and looking for the keys in his pocket.

It was Tang Cen who lived across from him, Eisen was both surprised and pleasantly surprised.Although he couldn't figure out why Tang Cen suddenly appeared here, he was overwhelmed by the surprise, and Eisen completely forgot the unhappiness that happened before.

Looking at Tang Cen's back, Eisen couldn't help shouting: "Tang Cen!"

Tang Cen was startled by the sudden sound behind him, and he threw the bag in his hand to the ground.He turned his head and saw Eisen standing behind him looking at him in surprise.

"Why are you here!" Tang Cen didn't expect that even if he went to Paris and lived in a corner, he would run into people he didn't want to meet.Eisen's expression at this time was very inexplicable to Tang Cen, but his face reminded Tang Cen of that ridiculous night all the time.

"I was sent to the branch in Paris..." Eisen explained subconsciously, and then remembered Tang Cen's words in the bar before, and asked instead, "Why are you here? Didn't you mean to go to Italy?"

Whether the new neighbor who moved in was the one-night stand or the cheating partner, no matter what his identity is, it is undoubtedly challenging Tang Cen's patience.

"It has nothing to do with you." Tang Cen dropped the words, turned around and slammed the door hard.

Eisen wanted to continue asking, but he saw the scar on Tang Cen's wrist. His outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, and then slowly dropped down.

Hearing Tang Cen's indifferent and decisive words, Eisen remembered how he treated Tang Cen that night. At that time, he walked neatly, and now he wagged his tail and leaned forward to do it?

Tang Cen's personality has changed a lot, and his eyes are also very different from before, but he is the one who sneaks in, and he is also the one who runs away after sleeping. It is normal for Tang Cen not to want to see him again.But now that Tang Cen was right in front of his eyes, he suddenly didn't know whether he should chase after him or not.

Watching the door slowly close in front of his eyes, Eisen slowly lowered his head, staring at his toes.

At the moment before the door closed, Tang Cen saw Eisen standing at the door through the slowly closing door.He stood there with his head down, looking like a big dog abandoned by his master, Tang Cen's hand stopped in place with just one glance.

Eisen's pitiful appearance made Tang Cen want to open the door several times.There was still a gap left in the door, whether it was opened or closed, he only needed to move his hand lightly to do it.But at this moment, the door seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and his hands were tightly grasping the handle, unable to push it open no matter what.

After struggling for two seconds, Tang Cen's cold words from that night echoed in Tang Cen's mind. He moved his fingers and slowly let go of the doorknob he was holding.The door lost its only support, slid in gently, and with a "click", the door closed.

Eisen, who was standing at the door, raised his head until he heard the sound of the door lock being clicked.He looked at the closed wooden door and sighed, turned around and opened the door of his room.

The only two doors on the third floor were closed back and forth, and the corridor where there had been a brief dispute returned to silence again.

In the following five days, Tang Cen didn't step out of the room once, and Eisen continued his nine-to-five work life after reporting to the branch office.There was no further interaction between the two, and the doorbell never rang.

In the early morning, the rising sun shone through the gap between the heavy curtains into the dim room, and fell impartially on the face of the black-haired young man.Although this faint heat was not enough to wake up the sleeping person, the young man opened his eyes in a daze after rubbing his face in the dark velvet quilt.

Tang Cen opened his sleepy eyes, turned his head and glanced at the wall clock on the wall, his soft black hair was scattered on the dark velvet quilt following his movements.

The clock showed the current time, 6:45.

Tang Cen usually didn't wake up until close to noon, but this time he woke up much earlier than usual, but in fact he had already slept for a long time.

Ever since I met Aisen that day, certain things have been bothering Tang Cen, causing his sleep quality to drop sharply. He began to suffer from insomnia all night, and even when he closed his eyes, the scene of that night would appear in his mind .

Yesterday afternoon, because he was too sleepy to keep his eyes open, he lay on the bed and wanted to take a nap. Unexpectedly, he was so exhausted that he fell asleep until the next morning.

Eisen's distraught appearance that day has been lingering in Tang Cen's mind, because of his lowered head, Tang Cen dared not even open the door.Tang Cen didn't know what he was afraid of, but he didn't want to have that hurt expression on Eisen's face when he opened the door.

Tang Cen couldn't figure it out, he obviously didn't do anything, didn't hurt anyone, he was the one who was hurt before, but why did Eisen show that expression?

After Lu Sheng was Eisen again, what did he do wrong, these people had to torture him back and forth.

Tang Cen turned sideways and buried himself in the soft velvet quilt.Tang Cen didn't know how to describe the delicate and warm fluff against his skin. The feeling of being completely wrapped from head to toe was not as secure as a human embrace, but he liked the warmth very much.

The sun shines on the bed sheets through the gaps in the curtains, Tang Cen strokes the piece of light, feeling the warmth from his fingertips and the back of his hands.

Tang Cen didn't know what day of the week it was, but the weather outside was just right. He felt that he should go out for some activities, bask in the sun, and throw out all the unhappiness and depression accumulated before.