under the filth

I originally thought that Raymond Sterling's sudden visit would not have any impact on my life, but in fact it was approaching the end of the year, and some things that I thought were already fixed were difficult to maintain.

In the two weeks before Christmas, even though everyone's minds are already on the holidays, it seems that except for "jobless people" like Tang Cen, everyone else has entered the busiest period. Even Eisen, who has been slacking off at home He was also dragged back to the company by Raymond.

During the first two days of Raymond's visit, Eisen could still find excuses to stay at home. On the third morning, Raymond made three or four phone calls in a row, dragging him out of his sleep.As soon as the phone call was over, Eisen suddenly had a mountain of work on hand, forcing him to get up early. When Tang Cen was still sleeping soundly with the quilt rolled up, he was already hiking on the thick snow with an umbrella. company.

Around Christmas, the streets of Paris were covered with thick snow. Before Eisen returned home, except when the weather was fine, Tang Cen, who had almost zero ability to keep out the cold, liked to curl up with Opera Cen In a small house with one bedroom and one living room, Lai sits next to the radiator blowing warm air or simply gets into bed.But now Eisen was very busy in the company, and Tang Cen didn't want to go out alone in the cold wind, so Eisen never experienced the joy of Tang Cen picking him up from get off work.

Eisen spent a few weeks of sloppy days, and before he had time to take Tang Cen out on a trip, he was dragged back to his nine-to-five job. He only returned to the company for two days of overtime, and he couldn't help but hang up when he got home. Tang Cen complained: "Raymond is too much, we can do it after the festival, why do we have to finish everything now, read the report every day, my head hurts, I don't want to work overtime..."

Tang Cen couldn't even cut vegetables, so he pushed Eisen's head that was buried in his neck and dawdled back and forth angrily: "Listen to his arrangement carefully, you came to Paris in the first place If you are on a business trip, always asking for leave will make people gossip."

Eisen was pushed by Tang Cen, raised his head and muttered, "That's the truth, but I wanted to take you out to play this week... ah!"

A scream exploded next to his ear, so frightened that Tang Cen almost couldn't hold the knife. He turned his head, but saw Eisen covering his eyes with a painful face: "What's wrong?!"

Eisen blinked his eyes hard, and the stimulated lacrimal glands secreted big tears, which quickly wet his fingers.Tang Cen hurriedly pulled a tissue and stuffed it into his hand. After taking it, Eisen covered his eyes, sniffling and choking, "Onion juice..."

Tang Cen was stunned for a moment, put his finger against his nose and sniffed, a strong onion smell rushed up his forehead along his nostrils.Choked by the smell of onions, Tang Cen remembered that he had just finished cutting an onion before Aisen came back, and before he could wash his hands, Aisen hung on his body, and he accidentally rubbed the onion juice on his hands Eisen's face.

Realizing that he had done something bad, Tang Cen quietly rubbed his hands on the apron.

That night, the red-eyed Eisen pierced the onion slices in the bowl with a fork, and the culprit sitting in front of him could only poke the vegetables in the bowl nonchalantly, pretending he didn't know anything.

The time the two spend together at night always passed quickly, and when Tang Cen woke up the next day, only he and Opera Cen were left in the room.

Aisen was not at home, and Tang Cen felt that his time during the day seemed to slow down again, and he spent every day at home with nothing to do, wasting time recklessly.He thought that just going back to the original situation, he would soon be able to adapt to such a life.What's more, such a situation is unavoidable, he knows very well that it is impossible for Eisen to be by his side every day, and they all have their own things to do.

But even now, Eisen has been back to the company for a busy week, and Tang Cen is still not quite used to it.Moreover, Eisen came back later and later every day, from dinner time to bed time, and the time spent at home became shorter. The room where two people and one cat originally lived was just missing one person. But it became very quiet.

Time passed day by day, and the closer to the day when he would meet Lei Meng, the weird sense of loneliness and uneasiness in Tang Cen's heart became stronger.This uneasiness has continued since the day Raymond arrived, and it has even become more intense. He has no idea, but he has nowhere to vent it.

The room without one person was terrifyingly quiet. Tang Cen tried his best to adapt himself to this environment, but when he couldn't find anything, he would subconsciously call Eisen.

Because tomorrow he will be entertaining Aisen's family, Tang Cen thought about cleaning up the room today. Although it wasn't very messy, Opella's hair was blown everywhere by the heater, which was really annoying to watch.

Rolling back and forth on the sofa with a roller, after gluing all the cat fur, Tang Cen found a pack of cat strips in the gap of the sofa. He didn't know when he took it out and forgot to put it back.

Tang Cen tidied up the sofa, and tiptoed to open the cabinet where the cat snacks were stored. Originally, he just wanted to put the snacks back to the original place, but he searched the cabinets but couldn't find the box of snacks. Tang Cen was puzzled Subconsciously blurted out: "Eisen, where did you put Opera Chow's snacks?"

His voice echoed in the quiet room. Tang Cen waited for two or three seconds without waiting for Aisen's response, and was about to turn around to ask him before realizing that Aisen was not at home.

Habits are a terrible thing.Tang Cen stared at the floor, and after a long time slowly raised his head, he let out a long sigh, the hot and humid air exhaled from his mouth turned into a puff of white mist in the air, and quickly dissipated away.

Unable to find the snacks he was looking for, Tang Cen threw the things on the table and shuffled towards the sofa.Before he could sit down, Opera Chow came out of nowhere, picked up the snacks on the table and trotted towards him.The adult cat, which had fully recovered after the operation, stood up, with its front paws resting on his legs, fawningly shaking the snack bag in front of Tang Cen, with an indistinct cry from its gagged mouth : "Meow--"

Tang Cen took the snacks and opened the package after hesitating for a moment. He squeezed the package and squeezed out a small amount of mushy substance, hanging above Opera Chow's head and teasing back and forth.Attracted by the scent, Opera Chow raised his front legs and hopped vigorously trying to reach the dried fish, but was dodged by the malicious owner several times.

Seeing Opera Chow vigorously kicking his short legs, Tang Cen burst out laughing at that funny and cute look.When Opera Chow yelled "Meow Meow" anxiously, he finally lowered his hands and let Opera Chow hold his hand and lick his beloved snacks.

Although Eisen is not here, fortunately, Opera Chow is still clingy, and——

"After all, I'm not a child, so I don't need to bother teaching it too much."

After eating the snacks, Tang Cen turned on the robot vacuum and continued to wander on the sofa. After eating and drinking, Opera Cen started chasing the robot all over the room again.

The sweeping robot circled back and forth in the room, turned from the bedroom into the dining room, and slowly moved from under the dining table to the living room, bumping and circling in the narrow passage between the sofa and the coffee table.

"Meow——" Opera Cen, who stepped on the back of the sweeping robot and walked around the room, was transported back to Tang Cen. Responding, she jumped onto the sofa and squatted beside him, putting her two front paws on his thighs.

Tang Cen realized that a heavy object was suddenly placed on his leg, and raised his hand to rub Opera Chow's small head.The moment Tang Cen put his hand on his head, Opera Cen closed his eyes, with a loud grunt rolling in his throat, and turned his furry belly in front of Tang Cen.

After eating snacks and playing around in the room for a long time, Opera Cen snuggled into Tang Cen's arms. After finding a comfortable position, her breathing soon calmed down, and she squinted her eyes as if falling asleep.

Tang Cen hugged Opera Cen, the soft hair swept over the back of his hands, listening to the steady and soothing breathing in his arms, his faintly restless heart calmed down a little.

Tang Cen was going to meet Lei Meng tomorrow, and Tang Cen's already anxious heart was going up and down again.How to face Raymond, this question has always troubled Tang Cen, even though Eisen said countless times that he didn't need to worry about it, but Tang Cen still couldn't help it, his understanding of Raymond only stayed at what Aisen told him, There are also bits and pieces of news that can be searched on the Internet.

When I asked about Raymond earlier, it was inevitable that I would mention Eisen's childhood. These days before going to bed, Eisen would tell Tang Cen about his childhood, including the pets that belonged to his mother that he had taken care of.

Ever since raising Opera Cen, watching Opera Claude act like a baby with himself, snoring comfortably because of his touch, Tang Cen couldn't help thinking that if he could have a pet to accompany him like Eisen when he was a child, even He still has no friends. Will he live better than now when he lived to be 31 in that environment?

Tang Cen had dreamed of that scene, but that dream had no ending, because he didn't know what he would become at that time.All his fears, expectations, and everything appeared in his dreams, teaching him to recognize reality time and time again.

But Eisen's family has never appeared in Tang Cen's dream, he can't imagine it, maybe he will be able to imagine it tomorrow.

The sky outside had already completely darkened. As Tang Cen expected, it was another day of doing nothing. When Eisen came back to wash and turn off the lights, the day passed again.

Turning off the robot vacuum cleaner, Tang Cen went into the bedroom again with Opera Cen in his arms. One person and one cat were nestled in the soft quilt. Tang Cen was watching a boring literary film with his tablet in his arms. Dozing off.

Unsurprisingly, the literature and art films he found at random were full of unknown content. Tang Cen couldn't help but dozed off after watching a short part. He heard the sound of the door lock turning when he was half asleep and half awake. He just closed the tablet. The door was opened from the outside.

Eisen opened the door and leaned against the door with most of his body. Seeing a person and a cat already lying in the bed, he couldn't help but wailed: "I'm so tired..."