alternate performance

Xu Chenhe chose the less crowded exit of the cinema, and Tang Sui waited outside in his car. When someone approached, he handed him a helmet, patted the back seat, and asked, "Can you ride it?"

"Yes." Xu Chenhe straddled his legs and got on the bike, "I'm so hungry."

"Then go eat, Japanese food or French food?" Tang Sui started the car, "Or cold dishes, the weather is so hot that people have no appetite."

"It's fine, I pay the bill and you decide." Xu Chenhe said.

It was still early, and the two of them occupied the corner seat. Tang Sui checked the menu and asked, "We watched a movie together, why didn't he invite you to have a meal?"

"Didn't I make an appointment with you?" Xu Chenhe looked sloppy.

Tang Sui glanced at him: "Although we haven't known each other for a long time, I can tell how much water is in your words."

"Don't be serious." Xu Chenhe kicked him under the table, but Tang Sui shouted back: "It's okay to kick me, but don't hurt you again."

After ordering, Xu Chenhe leaned back on the sofa, letting the cold air from the air conditioner blow on his face: "I'm afraid that if I look at him for a second longer, my heart will soften."

"That's why I still like it." Tang Sui concluded.

"Don't always emphasize this word," Xu Chenhe picked up the small pillow and threw it at the other party, "Do you know that for a person who chooses to forget, this is tantamount to stuffing all the memories back into his mind?"

Tang Sui raised his hand to catch the pillow: "You think I want to?" He leaned on the edge of the table, and stared closely at the little bird that he personally painted on Xu Chenhe, "That guy is so annoying, he thinks about it affectionately all day long." I want to capture you, but I am not qualified to help you drive him away, after all, this is the business of the two of you, unless..."

The words that were about to suffocate himself into internal injuries twisted and turned in his stomach, Tang Sui put on a joking tone: "If you are my boyfriend, even if you are reluctant to drive him away, I have the position to reprimand him."

Perhaps because he had been facing the air outlet for a long time, Xu Chenhe shuddered inexplicably, and the smile on his face was a little stiff: "Tang Suiyou..."

"Okay, don't you know that I'm single?" Tang Sui tapped the back of Xu Chenhe's hand with his fingers, "Xu Chenhe, you have taken acting classes, don't be fooled easily, okay?"

After a meal, Tang Sui talked so much that Xu Chenhe couldn't get in his mouth. He was vaguely surprised that although Tang Sui was usually talkative, he didn't have to fill up the short silence with trivial topics like today.

As if trying to cover up something.

In the past, when he was a supporting teacher, he often talked with children. Xu Chenhe was used to being delicate and thoughtful, and he could make an estimate of any signs of the other party|/ninety-nine.He pretended to be fine on the surface, but his heart was heavy. After dinner, Tang Sui sent him back, and he even declined the other party's offer to carry him upstairs: "I can do it myself, the doctor told me to walk more. "

"Why does it sound unreliable to me?" Tang Sui didn't force it, and made a phone call gesture, "Remember to send me a text message when you go upstairs, I'll go back to the store to get busy first."

Xu Chenhe nodded and waved at Tang Sui.

The heat of the day dissipated in the evening wind, and at the convenience store across the road from the public rental building, Gu Congran picked up half a dozen dark beers and pushed open the glass door.Seeing the scene of Xu Chenhe and Tang Sui waving goodbye from a distance, he paused, and for some reason, he retreated to the shop, probably understanding another reason why Xu Chenhe didn't eat with him.

The proprietress who was eating with a small pot behind the cash register didn't raise her eyes, only when he forgot to buy something, and when the other party took a lighter and put it on the counter, she chewed the rice and said vaguely: "Two yuan."

As a result, Gu Congran quickly opened the door and left after paying the money. The lighter was still on the cash register. The proprietress was happy to pick up two yuan for nothing. After spitting on the "weird", she put the lighter back.

When Gu Congran chased out of the store, Xu Chenhe was nowhere to be seen. There were many cars passing by at both ends. He stopped and walked across the road without traffic lights, and ran up two floors before he heard the sound of slow footsteps on the stairs above his head. .

In many unexpected situations, Gu Congran wanted to protect Xu Chenhe, even if Xu Chenhe said that he was too independent to be protected, he never lost this idea.But now that he fell behind the opponent by a large distance, all Gu Congran could do was to keep his footsteps as light as possible, and protect himself behind him without being discovered by Xu Chenhe.

After recuperating at home for less than a week, Xu Chenhe basically didn't feel any pain in his ankle, and he walked much more freely as usual.He resumed his old days, getting up at dawn to make himself a simple breakfast, or going to work after eating, or taking it to the store to make dessert while taking a bite.

Occasionally, he cast his eyes away and looked outside the store door, and Gu Congran's car stopped there, probably because he listened to what he said.The day-to-day life is actually not very interesting. When chatting with regular customers in the store, some people would ask him why he didn’t find a partner. When you forget the last relationship, you ruin the next one.

Tang Sui didn't have much time to look for him. When Xu Chenhe asked, he found out that the other party had a boyfriend who had just grown up, and that was the one who really dared to tattoo his buttocks. Tang Sui sent a photo to Xu Chenhe, a snow-white There is a fiery red fox curled up on the skin of the buttocks.

"Does he mind if you just send me his private photos?" Xu Chenhe asked in a voice.

Tang Sui typed back: That guy can let go, nothing will mind.

Xu Chenhe was embarrassed by his own sentimentality a few days ago, and he didn't consciously talk too much, and his hands typing on the keyboard jumped fast: Didn't you say singleism, and you relapsed so soon?

Tang Sui: Singleism in front of the person you like is bullshit.

Xu Chenhe finished work late that day, and it was almost early morning when he returned to the public rental housing.A sensor light was set up in the corridor, and when Xu Chenhe stepped on it, he was surrounded by lights that suddenly lit up. He touched his nose and smelled a smell of cigarettes that was not cheap.

It's a bit like the brand that Gu Congran often smokes.

He froze, and the quiet corridor fell into darkness again. Just as he was about to stomp his feet to turn on the lights again, someone coughed at the ventilation window at the other end of the corridor.Under the bright lights, Xu Chenhe was shocked to see Gu Congran who was stubbing out his cigarette butt and playing with the keys in his hand. The other party didn't see him, who was hiding behind the handrail of the stairs, and stopped directly in front of the house opposite 803.

After the crisp sound of keys colliding, Gu Congran opened the door, he took out the key, and just as he took a step, hurried footsteps came from the direction of the stairs——

"What do you mean!" Xu Chenhe gasped and stopped in front of him, his speech was a bit broken because he couldn't believe it, "You've been living here?"

Gu Congran was slightly stunned, keeping the gesture of pulling the door with his hands: "I thought you had already rested."

"What else?" Xu Chenhe didn't know whether to be angry or funny. In front of Gu Congran, he became less like himself. He put away his gentle face and became irritable, indiscriminate, and even vented his emotions indiscriminately. Rebellion—although this word should not describe him who is about to be 30 years old, but the situation that did not appear in middle school has appeared in him now, "Is it true that if I don't go home at this point tonight, I will Didn't know you live across from me? Why on earth are you following me around? I think... I want to forget you, but I..."

The scene is like going back to the morning before they parted, but the positions of the two parties seem to be reversed.Gu Congran became the one being blamed, he stood there motionless, the smell of nicotine wafted in the air, but it didn't have the slightest effect of relieving his sorrow.

Xu Chenhe swallowed the rest of the words. He felt that he was being unreasonable. Once a person vents, he will pour out words that are against reason, but it is difficult to control the end.

In the silence, the sensor light was turned off, Gu Congran heard Xu Chenhe gasped as if he was frightened.

He took two steps forward gently and quietly, stretched out his arms to hug Xu Chenhe into his arms, and stroked Xu Chenhe's back twice.

It seemed that Xu Chenhe would only agree to his hug when it was gloomy, and even his tense nerves would relax.Gu Congran spoke in his ear very softly, afraid of disturbing the sensor light, afraid that Xu Shenhe's dignity would not be maintained under the condition of seeing each other's faces.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that my existence would cause you such pain." Gu Congran wanted to fold his arms, but he didn't put it into practice, for fear of breaking the silence, "I'll move out tomorrow. Just go out and promise not to let you see it again."

His chest heaved and he opened his mouth, wanting to say that he loved him so much, but he didn't want to put pressure on Xu Chenhe anymore.

Xu Chenhe's neck became hot, and when he realized something, Gu Congran let go of him, and the chests and abdomens of the two who were originally tightly fitted passed through the cool night wind, and the residual warmth left by Gu Congran on his body quickly disappeared. They dispersed.

He only heard the sound of closing the door resounding through the corridor, and the sensor lights above his head lit up one by one, Xu Chenhe found that he was the only one left in the corridor.

In the house opposite 803, Gu Congran put the key on the coffee table, opened the refrigerator, took a can of dark beer and buckled the tab.

Leaning on the balcony railing, he took a sip of wine from the can, and he felt numb when the wine rolled down his throat, neither burning nor cold.

The night scenes in different cities are actually similar. Before meeting Xu Chenhe, he didn't like to see the scenery so much. Later, because Xu Chenhe liked it, he also paid more attention to it.But it seems that the world is more beautiful when Xu Chenhe introduces him with a willingness to share with him.

The empty soda can fell loose from his hands, hit the back of his feet and rolled away, Gu Congran didn't pick it up, went back to the living room and kicked over the cans of luminous paint piled up next to the sofa.

The four canvases nailed to the four walls, which took half a month to paint, were ruthlessly removed by him, and the ceiling was difficult to remove for a while, so he would destroy it when he sobered up tomorrow.

Unable to go back to the room, Gu Congran spent the night paralyzed on the sofa. Before dawn, he heard the chirping of birds and continued his unfinished work. He used scissors to turn the canvas into cloth, and piled it in the corner to pack the few luggage. Standing on the balcony and waiting for seven o'clock to pass.

Seven o'clock is the time for Xu Chenhe to go out, and when the hour hand moved to the scale of 7, the door of 803 was delayed.

Xu Chenhe stood behind the door, put his hand on the doorknob, and hesitantly put it down again.