under the filth

When Eisen came out of the bedroom, the dark brown long-haired cat was lying in the coat that Tang Cen casually threw on the sofa with its big fluffy tail in its arms.Hearing his approaching footsteps, the pointed cat ears trembled, but did not open their eyes.

After winter, the temperature in Paris drops every week.Even with heating and a thick coat, the kitten who has been pampered by Tang Cen for several months is still getting more and more afraid of the cold. The soft foot pads are like Tang Cen's hands, which are always cold. Eisen's chest was so cold that he gasped.

Opera Chow still likes to get under the covers in the middle of the night and squeeze into Tang Cen's arms to sleep with him.But since that time when she and Eisen were kicked out of the house, whenever the atmosphere in the house was not right, Opera Chow would wait for the blond man to coax the master well before going up to act like a spoiled child.Yesterday, probably smelling mixed emotions from the master, Opera Cun didn't follow into the house, but slept in Tang Cen's coat all night.

Seeing the kitten, which was originally favored and proud, sleeping aggrievedly in the coat that smelled of Tang Cen, Eisen bent down to smooth its fur when passing by the sofa, and heard Opera Chow "grunt" Snoring, I turned around and went to the balcony to draw the curtains.

Eisen leaned against the window and looked out through the glass. The temperature rose a little in the afternoon. Although the water on the ground hadn't completely dried up, the situation was obviously much better than when he went out yesterday.

Maybe it will clear up tomorrow.Thinking of this, Eisen walked into the kitchen slowly, and took out the cake that was frozen in the refrigerator yesterday and unmoulded it.

After peeling the cake out of the mold, scratching the surface with a spatula, and arranging the fruits for decoration, Eisen put the cake back into the refrigerator, took out the steak and started cooking today's dinner.

Today is a very important day, so important that Eisen worked overtime in the company just to make a perfect plan, but he wrote countless plans and finally crossed them all out, leaving only the one he thought of at first, A plan that is not affected by time, weather...any external factors.

It's also fortunate that he chose that one, otherwise Tang Cen would have slept through breakfast now, and even faintly seemed to continue to stay in bed for lunch, and the plan to go out for the day would basically be cancelled.

At 02:30 in the afternoon, Tang Cen, who was addicted to bed, was still curled up in the bed and refused to come out. Eisen had woken him up two hours ago.After hugging and talking for a while under the quilt, after Eisen couldn't lie down and got up, Tang Cen rolled back to his original position with the quilt in his arms.

Eisen had no doubts that if Tang Cen was the only one at home, he could lie down until night.

Glancing at the bedroom door with a crack, Eisen sighed and continued preparing dinner.

"Prickly——" the moment the steak was put into the frying pan, there was a loud noise, the oil splashed, and a few drops landed on the back of Eisen's hand, and his fair skin instantly turned red.

Working behind his mother since he was a child, Eisen didn't care about the place where he was burned. He put the fried steak on the plate, tidied up the table, and put the steak on it.He looked at the somewhat empty table, turned around and took two goblets from the kitchen, and another bottle of red wine that had been locked in the cabinet before.

After setting up the table, Eisen beckoned to Opera Cura, who was squatting on the sofa and watching him: "Come here, Opera."

Upon hearing the call, Opera Chow jumped off the sofa neatly, jogged to Eisen's legs, rubbed his cheek against his calf affectionately, and let out a loud purring sound from his throat.

Eisen squatted in front of Opera Chow, and put on a red collar with a silver medal on it: "Does it look good?"

"Meow——" Opera Chow called out obediently, and the silver plate engraved with her name and phone number shone under the light.

After scratching Opera Chow's chin twice, Eisen pointed to the bedroom door: "Go and show your father."

When Opera Cun heard that she could play with Tang Cen, she happily ran around the room, jumped from the dining room to the sofa in the living room, ran back and forth on the sofa twice before sneaking into the bedroom.

Eisen took advantage of the time when Opella went in and called Tang Cen to get up, and reached into his pocket to touch the velvet box. The moment his fingers touched the velvet surface of the box, he vaguely heard a wail from the bedroom.

Within 2 minutes, the bedroom door opened, and Tang Cen walked out holding Opera Cun, rubbing his waist as he walked.

"Did you buy a collar for Opera Cen?" Tang Cen put Opera Cran on the ground, and the kitten jumped onto the chair as soon as it landed, staring straight at the steak on the dining table.

"Yeah." Eisen picked up Opera Cen who was squatting on the chair with one hand, and said to the confused Tang Cen, "After washing up, come over to eat."

Tang Cen glanced at the wall clock, saw where the hour hand was pointing, obediently closed his mouth and went to the bathroom to wash up.When he washed up and sat at the dining table looking at the sumptuous dinner, he finally couldn't help asking, "Which meal is this meal?"

"Then I have to ask the person who has been lying in bed." Eisen, who had fed Opella the cat food, sat opposite Tang Cen, and poured red wine into their glasses.

Eisen threw the question to Tang Cen with a light sentence, and Tang Cen knew he was wrong, so he dared to mutter in a low voice: "Why don't you just lie down for a while... Are you going to make three meals today? "

Although it was said that it was Tang Cen who stayed in bed that caused the two of them to miss two meals in a row, Eisen did do a little too much today, and even took the initiative to open a bottle of red wine.

However, when Eisen heard his words, his hand holding the red wine bottle shook, and some red wine was spilled.The dark purple liquid flowed down the wall of the cup, wet his fingers and the table, but Eisen didn't realize it: "Don't you remember?"

"Remember what..." Tang Cen asked in surprise, before he could finish speaking, Eisen's face continued to enlarge in front of him, and then his eyes darkened, and his hands covered his eyes with the aroma of wine.

Eisen's voice sounded in his ears, and he said, "Don't look."

Everything happened so suddenly that Tang Cen couldn't guess what would happen next, so he couldn't help feeling a little flustered, but also vaguely looking forward to it.

Eisen's hand left, Tang Cen did not open his eyes according to his words, he heard a rustling sound, as if Eisen was looking for something, he heard the sound of the refrigerator opening and closing, and Opera Chow The humming that jumped down from a high place.

Tang Cen felt like he had been waiting for a long time, but in fact, less than 5 minutes had passed.After a while of clothes rubbing against each other, Eisen's voice sounded again: "It can be opened."

Opening his eyes, Tang Cen saw something in front of him, his brain suddenly stopped working at that moment, and all his emotions disappeared without a trace.

On the table were two glasses of red wine, the cake Eisen made yesterday, and... a black velvet gift box with a pair of silver rings in it.

"Happy birthday." Said Eisen who was sitting in front of him.

"Happy birthday", when Eisen said these four words, Tang Cen's mind suddenly buzzed, as if it exploded.He sat there, watching everything in front of him, without any response.

Tang Cen didn't know what kind of reaction he should make. He always thought that he was not expected.

There was no joy as expected, Tang Cen's reaction was too silent, Aisen's heart was raised suddenly: "What's wrong?"

Tang Cen sat on the chair and looked at the pair of rings. The silver light reflected by the rings reflected in his pupils, like stars in the dark night, shining with never-ending light.

He lowered his head slowly, and said in a hoarse and choked voice, "I haven't had my birthday...for many years."

Today is Tang Cen's birthday, the 30th year since he came to this world.

However, he himself forgot about it, and forgot how he spent every birthday before the onset of illness.

"I was not able to accompany you on any of the previous birthdays, but I will accompany you on every birthday in the future, 40 years old, 50 years old... I will accompany you." Eisen said the most touching voice in his usual gentle voice Promise of.

Tang Cen completely forgot about such a thing, but this is not only the third month he and Eisen have been dating, but also the first time they have spent such an important day together.

Commemorating the day when Tang Cen came to this world, Eisen didn't want to fool around casually. He secretly planned for a long time and prepared a lot.

"The time was too short, and I didn't ask you what you meant. I didn't know what style you like, so I made a decision on my own."

The tear ducts were uncontrollable, big hot tears fell on the back of Tang Cen's tightly clenched hands, and splashed water droplets fell on the floor.

"Would you like to come home with me for Christmas? My parents would love to see you."

Eisen didn't kneel down on one knee, didn't force or beg, but just pushed the ring in front of him and asked his wishes seriously.

Tang Cen really wanted to say that he was willing, but he didn't dare.He hid too many things from Eisen, and he also knew nothing about Eisen's family. All he knew was what Eisen showed to him.

"I don't even know who's in your family, I don't know what they like, I'm not ready yet."

The scar on his wrist was still clearly visible, and he dared not gamble again in less than a year.

"Just have dinner together, okay?" Eisen tried his best to make the last attempt. He knew what Tang Cen was afraid of, and he didn't want those bad pasts to haunt Tang Cen all the time.

"Can they accept me? Can they accept their son being with a man, a man with a mental disorder..." Tang Cen recalled the way his younger brother looked at him at the door of the study that day, as well as the humiliation of his father.He has never met Eisen's family, and he can't imagine what kind of family can cultivate a person like Eisen. He can only use his most despicable malice to figure out people's hearts.

"sorry."

"There are still many things I haven't had time to tell you." About Jiang Yan, about that night that completely changed his life.

"Can you wait a little longer and give me some more time After I tell you, if you are still willing to accept me, then I will go back with you to meet your parents."

I screwed up again.

"I was too anxious." Eisen knew that this was the biggest concession Tang Cen could make.He got up and walked to Tang Cen's side, wiped away the tears on his face, and hugged him into his arms: "Do you like the ring?"

"I like it." His mother passed away early, and his father was such a heartless and ungrateful person. Tang Cen didn't have too many fantasies about love since he was a child. During the years of dating Lu Sheng, reality trumped everything else. "Vulgar things like rings" ", Tang Cen never had any expectations until he actually received it.

Tang Cen didn't understand why he exchanged rings when he got married until he actually received it.

"Put on the ring I gave you, and you will be mine from now on, and one day I will take you home."

Eisen was extremely persistent in bringing him home. He felt that if he didn't bring Tang Cen home or bring him to his parents, there was always something missing between them.

"do not talk."

"Then help me put it on."

Tang Cen leaned against Eisen's arms, and someone put a cold object on the ring finger of his left hand.He wiped away the tears that blurred his vision, picked up the only ring left in the box with trembling hands, and put it on Eisen's finger tremblingly.

That ring was very light, not particularly expensive, and its style was too simple, but to Tang Cen, it was already the best promise he had ever received.

The cold precious metal clings to the skin, and the ring worn by Eisen has incredible magic power, which firmly encloses Tang Cen's anxious heart, and the soul that has been wandering for many years finally has a home.

Tang Cen couldn't tell what it was like, the wound that had been bleeding out was blocked, and the cavity was filled with fiery love, and the warmth of Eisen's body temperature spread from the heart to the whole body.

He is not a young girl in love, and she has already passed the age of longing for love. The man who just passed his 31st birthday still longs to be valued and loved.

After all, he just wanted to be valued, even if only once.

But after repeated disappointments, those fantasies eventually became unattainable luxury.

Tang Cen thought that he would never be able to get these again, but Eisen did it. All his expressed and unspoken wishes were fulfilled for him, and all the things he could not get since childhood belonged to him now.

It was the first time that Tang Cen truly realized that there were still people who loved him and were willing to dedicate their passionate love to him.