under the filth

The aroma of food floated in the air and permeated the whole room. Opera Cura squatted in front of the dining table, staring intently at the steaming dinner on the table.

Tang Cen was still busy in the kitchen. There were several pieces of meat of different varieties on the chopping board. He cut the meat into small pieces with a knife and put them into the blender together.

The shadow of ribs was reflected in Opera Chow's light amber eyes, and it cautiously stretched out its front paws.Just when the paws were about to touch the ribs, there was a "buzz" from the kitchen, and Opera Chow was frightened by the sound of the mixer running, quickly rolled off the dining table, and fled under the sofa.

The sound of the blender running was loud, Tang Cen was fully focused on the meat in the blender, and did not hear the sound from Opera Cun.

After the blender completely crushed the meat and mixed it evenly, Tang Cen took out the kitchen scale, weighed the minced meat according to the proportion, put one part into the pot and steamed it, and wrapped the rest in plastic bags, and put them in order. In the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.

More than 100 grams of minced meat was steamed very quickly. Tang Cen stirred the minced meat with chopsticks to dissipate heat. Suddenly, there was the sound of the lock tongue turning at the door.

"I'm back." The door opened from the outside, and Eisen stood in the entrance to change his shoes. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a strange fragrance, "It smells so good."

Eisen walked in the direction where the scent came from. When he found the source, he suddenly widened his eyes, put his hands on the dining table, and carefully looked at the plate of food that could not be seen from the ingredients but exuded an attractive aroma, " What's this?"

Tang Cen put the minced meat in a ventilated place, put his chopsticks into the sink, wiped the water off his hands and walked out of the kitchen.Seeing Eisen questioning the dishes he made, Tang Cen looked at the appalling appearance, and said with some embarrassment: "Braised pork ribs."

"Too much soy sauce?" Eisen picked up a piece with his chopsticks after asking, took a small bite and tasted it.

"Hands shook..." When Tang Cen was pouring the soy sauce, his hands suddenly shook for some reason, and the soy sauce poured in dyed the ribs a terrible dark brown.

Tang Cen probably doesn't have much talent in cooking, and his grasp of various seasonings is always a little bit worse, and the appearance of the dishes he makes is always much worse than the taste.But he rarely has any accidents when making desserts. After all, the baking recipes are all prepared in advance, and when he just started learning, Tang Cen only practiced with the simplest ones.

"It's delicious, but it doesn't look good." Eisen joked with a smile: "The tomato beef you made before is the same. You put too much tomato sauce, and the pot looks scary."

Tang Cen remembered that the pot of stew that looked like a murder scene, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said, "Let's eat."

Seeing that Tang Cen didn't pick up the words, Eisen didn't mention his dark history any more, and sat down opposite Tang Cen honestly, and tasted his dishes one by one.

Aside from the bad appearance, Tang Cen's cooking is really delicious, and there are so many tricks that he can cook without repeating it for a week.

Eisen was eating, and suddenly remembered that he had made an appointment to go to the premiere of the movie this month, "Let's go out tomorrow night, and go to the movies after dinner."

Tang Cen shook the chopsticks holding the ribs, and looked up at him in surprise.Eisen received his gaze, and slowly added: "It was agreed before."

After Eisen said that, Tang Cen realized that it had been a month.Although he has been with Opera Cen during this time, Tang Cen has already finished all the movies that were left behind. Now that the weekend is approaching, Tang Cen thought that he hadn't gone out with Eisen on a date for a long time, so he didn't shirk it and agreed directly. A: "Okay."

Having got the word right, Eisen immediately took out his mobile phone to watch the movie scene, and quickly selected the scene, but after calculating the distance, he encountered difficulties again.The work at this stage will be finished tomorrow. Eisen is not sure when he will be able to leave, but he will definitely not be too early.The company was not far from the movie theater, but they went home to pick up Tang Cen before going to dinner and watching a movie, which would take a lot of time.

As far as the alley in front of the house is concerned, there is not much time to wander outside at night.Eisen got more and more headaches, and couldn't hide the expression on his face. Tang Cen saw that he frowned suddenly, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Eisen looked at his phone, then at Tang Cen, "It's a bit late to go out when I get back from get off work, do you want to pick me up from get off work?"

Tang Cen hesitated and did not answer him.He didn't know the address of Eisen's company, and if he got lost, he would waste time and mess up the rare appointment.But even if he found the right place and stood downstairs waiting for him, Tang Cen didn't want anyone Aisen knew to find out about their relationship.

He doesn't want to make it public, at least not now, he still can't bear all kinds of attention from the outside world, and walks down the street holding Eisen's hand openly.

"Are you okay?" Eisen looked at Tang Cen expectantly, blocking back all his words of rejection.

Originally it was just a casual mention, but now he suddenly wanted Tang Cen to visit his work place, and he really wanted to see the person he liked waiting for him as soon as he left the company after get off work.

Someone sent him out in the morning, and someone was waiting for him to have dinner at home in the evening. Eisen knew that he was pushing himself a little too far, and he was a little naive, but he really wanted to experience what it felt like.

Eisen seemed to be looking forward to it. Tang Cen couldn't bear to disappoint him, so he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Then tell me the address, and remember to remind me when you're about to leave work, I'm afraid I'll forget it."

Knowing that this was Tang Cen's biggest concession, Eisen accepted it as soon as he saw it, and booked restaurants and movie tickets happily.

After dinner, Eisen cleaned up the things on the dining table. Tang Cen poured the minced meat that had just been cooled in a ventilated place into Opera Chow's rice bowl, mixed some cat food, and then tapped the edge of the bowl. Opera Chow rushed out of the bedroom when he heard the voice.

While they were eating, Opera Chow, who was hiding under the sofa, saw the sweeping robot slowly moving in the living room, crawled out from under the sofa, squatted on the flat back of the robot, and followed the sweeping robot Moved into the bedroom.

Opera Cun trotted in front of Tang Cen and rubbed against his legs before squatting in front of the food bowl and sipping dinner.Tang Cen squatted beside it and stroked the long hair on its back.

Eisen put the dishes into the sink to soak in the water, and when he turned around, he saw this scene, and with a thought, he stood behind them and called out suddenly: "Opera."

The sound startled Opera Cen, who was eating, and Tang Cen also trembled.

Seeing that his prank had succeeded, Eisen squatted down and rubbed Opera Chow's little head not too gently, "We'll go out on a date tomorrow, and play at home obediently."

Opera Chow retreated repeatedly after being rubbed by Eisen, and then paused when she heard Eisen's words, looked at Tang Cen with her round eyes, and softly called out: "Meow——"

For some reason, Tang Cen always felt a little wronged when he heard Opera Chow's cry.

Eisen looked at the kitten and asked uncertainly, "Do you think it understands?"

Tang Cen pondered for a while, "Should?"

After all, two days ago, Opera Chow turned off the alarm clock in front of the two of them, and now they treat him with the default that he can understand human speech.

The next afternoon, after Tang Cen received Eisen's text message, he changed his clothes, patted Opella who was squatting by the door, and went out.He followed the guidance of the navigation and arrived at the location of Eisen Company without much effort.

Tang Cen checked the time. It was still a while before Eisen got off work. After he sent Eisen a text message, he walked around the square in front of the company, and finally turned into a cafe.

It was not time to get off work, and there was almost no one in the cafe. Tang Cen ordered a cup of hot cocoa, found a corner seat and sat down.

Within four to five minutes, the clerk brought over the hot cocoa. Tang Cen took a sip, felt that the taste was a little bad, so he stopped drinking it, and stared out of the window in a daze while holding the warm paper cup.

The weather in late autumn in France was colder than Tang Cen had imagined. A person like him with cold hands and feet all the year round just stayed outside for half an hour, his fingers turned white from the cold.Although this cup of hot cocoa is hard to drink, it can warm your hands anyway.

Half an hour later, the temperature of the cup in Tang Cen's hand was completely gone, and it was time for Eisen to get off work, and people came out of the company gate one after another.Tang Cen got up and pushed the door out, threw the paper cup into the trash can outside, and walked quickly towards the door.

When Tang Cen was standing in front of the company's gate, Eisen, who was looking from inside, met him.Eisen trotted in front of him, ignoring the eyes of the people around him, and hugged Tang Cen directly, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Just... just arrived." Tang Cen was stunned by his sudden hug, and only reacted after hearing the trivial discussions around him, and hurriedly broke free from Aisen's arms.

After Tang Cen broke free from his arms, Eisen realized that he was still at the gate of the company.He glanced at the two colleagues standing behind him, looked at their two colleagues meaningfully, held Tang Cen's hand in his palm, and led him towards the cinema, "Let's go."

It's not that he hasn't held hands on the street before, but in front of Eisen's colleagues, Tang Cen couldn't hold hands with him frankly.

The hand in the palm suddenly struggled hard, and Eisen squeezed it, his fingers passed through the gaps forcefully, and his hands were clasped together, "Is it warm?"

Warm body temperature came from the palm of his hand, Tang Cen moved his fingertips, did not struggle anymore, and let Eisen lead his hand from the company all the way to the cinema.

The two of them went to a restaurant near the cinema to have dinner first. Twenty minutes before the movie started, Eisen settled the bill and walked slowly towards the cinema holding Tang Cen's hand.

Five minutes before the opening of the movie, Tang Cen and Eisen checked the tickets and entered the theater, found their own seats on the left side of the last row and sat down, which happened to be a relatively hidden seat.

After the movie started, the lights in the auditorium were turned off at the same time, leaving only the light reflected from the screen.

In the darkness, Tang Cen felt a warm hand grasping his wrist, he turned his head to look at Eisen, and Eisen, who noticed his gaze, also turned around and smiled slightly at him.

Tang Cen looked down at his wrist, the pale light projected by the screen hit his hand, blurring the hideous scar on his wrist.

Gently breaking away from Eisen's hand, Tang Cen slightly opened his palm.

When the white light dissipated and the auditorium was plunged into darkness, he held Eisen's hand.

The auditorium was full of people, only a few empty seats in the front row, but everyone was staring at the screen, and no one noticed what was happening in the left corner.

Tang Cen's hands were very cold. Even if Eisen covered his hands all the way, and stayed in a high temperature environment like a movie theater, once he left the heat source that was close to him, his hands quickly lost their temperature.

The hand in Eisen's palm was cold and slender, his cold fingers slid across his palm, and the hands on the armrest clasped together, and a tingling electric sensation spread from the fingertips and palm to the heart.

In the surround sound effect produced by the high-quality audio equipment in the cinema, Eisen heard the sound of his heart beating violently.

This was the first time Tang Cen took his own initiative to hold his hand.

Tang Cen and Aisen have not been dating for a long time, but they have held hands many times, when they were walking on the street, when they were entangled in the bathroom, and when they were in love on the bed... But none of them The exceptions are Eisen's initiative.

Many messy thoughts flashed through his mind, and Eisen didn't care about what the movie was about. He held Tang Cen's hand, and gently scratched his palm with his fingertips.Fingernails brushed the sensitive zone of the palm, Tang Cen shook the left side of his body unexpectedly, he turned his head and glanced at the person who disturbed him watching the movie, and was about to withdraw his hand, but Eisen pinched his chin.

There are many people sitting around, even in the last row, such a large movement can easily attract the attention of others.With Eisen pinching his chin, Tang Cen couldn't turn his head to see the reaction of the person sitting next to him. He subconsciously tightened the muscles on his back, waiting for Eisen's next move.