legal cohabitation

"Can I come in." Lu Qian heard himself say this.

Only then did He Peng react, and hurriedly turned sideways to let Lu Qian in.

The decoration of He Peng's house is similar to that of the previous apartment. It is still his usual style, with three colors of black, white and gray. Lu Qian always disliked the decoration as too heavy, but the decoration of the apartment opposite him seems to be similar.

"Sit down for a while." He Peng said.

He wanted to pour a glass of water for Lu Qian, but he picked up the glass and remembered that Lu Qian didn't like drinking water before, so he turned his head and asked, "What do you want to drink, milk, juice or water."

Lu Qian paused: "Whatever, I can do it."

He Peng poured him a glass of milk and put it on the coffee table. He asked Lu Qian to wait a while, and then went into the bedroom and put on some clothes before coming out.

He sat down on the sofa in front of Lu Qian.

He didn't ask Lu Qian why he came to see him. He knew clearly that if Lu Qian really had something to do, he would only make it clear at the door instead of going into the house with him and sitting on the sofa waiting for him to change it. clothing.

But aside from this, the reason why Lu Qian was willing to go upstairs to find him... He Peng was a little afraid to think about it.

"I met Miss Shan today." Lu Qian held the milk in both hands, interlaced his fingers, and rubbed it lightly.

"Huh? What did she tell you?"

"It's nothing, just chatting casually." Lu Qian sighed, "She said that you have had a bad life these years."

He Peng was silent, with his eyes downcast, and after a while he said: "Well, I'm very busy at work...it's just like that."

"Are you too busy to have time to eat?" Lu Qian asked.

He felt distressed when he thought of He Peng's surgery for a stomach problem just a few days ago.How could he not pay attention to his body so much.

"Have you had dinner?" Lu Qian asked him again.

He Peng was stunned for a moment, and answered honestly: "...No, I didn't have time, I just got off the plane."

Lu Qian turned on his phone to check the time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

"You are like this, how can your body bear it?" Lu Qian frowned at him, he put the milk back on the coffee table, stood up, "I, I'll make something for you, I'll watch you eat, I'll eat it after you finish eating Walk."

He Peng really didn't expect Lu Qian to do this, so much so that he didn't even think to politely stop him. The scene of his ex-boyfriend cooking dinner in the kitchen is really absurd and strange.

He didn't expect that Lu Qian would cook for him, nor did he expect that Lu Qian could cook.

Of course, he soon discovered that Lu Qian couldn't cook.

Lu Qian turned his refrigerator upside down, but couldn't find any easy-to-cook quick-frozen food, so he squatted on the ground and looked up at He Peng and asked, "Are there no dumplings, wontons, etc. here?"

"No, I don't cook much myself."

"Then what do you have?" Lu Qian stood up.

He Peng approached him and opened the upper door of the refrigerator. He gently wrapped his arms around Lu Qian, and his chest was close to Lu Qian's back. The familiar temperature and smell made Lu Qian dazed for a while.

"That's all."

The only ingredients that can be used are noodles, tomatoes and eggs.

It was too much a test of Lu Qian's cooking skills. He hadn't actually learned how to cook, but he had participated in a variety show with cooking skills before, so he learned two dishes specially.

It should be... more or less the same.Lu Qian thought to himself.

So the scene when it really comes to play is like this.

He Peng: "You don't need to add oil to cook noodles..."

He Peng: "Put the noodles in later, let the water boil before putting them in."

He Peng: "Let me cut the tomatoes, be careful not to cut them with your hands."

He Peng: "Don't break the eggshells in..."

The more Lu Qian did it, the more he felt useless and discouraged. He lowered his head and muttered: "It seemed quite easy when you cooked noodles for me before. I thought it was very simple."

In a word, the two were brought back to the memories of three years ago.

Lu Qian picked up a pair of chopsticks and stirred the clear noodles in the pot. The only sound in the kitchen was the sound of two people breathing.

Then he heard He Peng say: "Lu Qian, have you thought about what to do with our relationship?"

"I thought about it."

"and then."

"……I have no idea."

He really doesn't know.

He knew that he still liked He Peng, and He Peng seemed to still like him, but he didn't know what would happen in the future, and he didn't know if they would suffer such a painful breakup again after they got back together.

He cherishes He Peng too much.

Even if they can't become lovers, he doesn't want more trifles and tribulations to wear down their relationship.

The noodles were cooked quickly, but when Lu Qian was about to lift the pot and pour it into a bowl, He Peng pushed him away.

"I'm coming," he said.

So Lu Qian watched the noodles fall into the bowl.

Lu Qian stood diagonally behind him and asked, "What about you, what do you think?"

"I listen to you, I still like you."

Lu Qian's heart skipped a beat.

He Peng continued: "If you don't want to get back together... I will still be your brother. If you are willing, I will be your boyfriend."

Lu Qian's heart beat violently.

"He Peng." He finally stopped calling brother, "Don't always think about my thoughts, you know, you are always doing it for my own good, and taking care of my emotions will make me feel very... very guilty and Feelings of guilt."

"I just want to know, have you lived well without me all these years?"

He Peng hugged him from behind, wrapped his arms around Lu Qian's waist, and lowered his head to his neck. Lu Qian could feel his trembling eyelashes and uncontrollable trembling nose.

"not good."

"I'm not doing well at all, and I'm not doing well without you."

Lu Qian simply didn't know why they both felt so uncomfortable when they clearly liked each other.

Lu Qian took He Peng's hand on his waist, rubbed his palm, sighed, and said, "He Peng, let's take our time."

**

Serve the noodles to the restaurant table.

Lu Qian sat across from He Peng. He lowered his head and sent a message to Yu Ci. Yu Ci was accusing him of reneging on appointments and releasing pigeons to play big names. In the end, Lu Qian said "I saw He Peng" and blocked all the accusations. down the throat.

It took a long time for Yu Ci to reply.

[Yu Ci: Where did you meet him? 】

[Lu Qian: I met a few days ago, and now I'm at his house. 】

【Yu Ci:...... Remember to wear a condom】

[Yu Ci: Oh, I forgot that you are not a little girl and you will not be pregnant. Don't you need to wear something for your firewood? 】

Lu Qian was amused by him, and with a puff, He Peng looked up at him: "What's wrong?"

"...My friend was joking with me." Lu Qian paused, and added, "It's Yu Ci, the one you've seen before."

"You guys are still in touch."

"Well, it's not broken. I was going to find him to play today."

He Peng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

"Did you come to me to cook me a meal?"

"It can't be said that I made this side." Lu Qian pouted and put down his phone, "I just think it's annoying that the two of us are disconnected, and I want to make it clear to you."

"Do you think it's clear now?"

"It's clearer than before." Lu Qian took a deep breath, "At least I like you, and you also like me, right. Take your time with the rest, I don't want to be so hasty this time."

He Peng nodded, his voice was very deep: "OK."

"Sister Shan also told me, did you have an operation a few days ago?"

He Peng frowned: "No."

Lu Qian looked at him: "Don't lie to me."

"Really not." He Peng sighed.

"Then take your clothes off and show me." Lu Qian said subconsciously, and realized that these words were really not suitable for his ex-boyfriend status.

He Peng pulled the corner of his mouth, put his hands on the hem of his clothes: "Are you sure?"

Lu Qian quickly said, "Forget it."

"Chang Shanzhi lied to you." He Peng said.

Lu Qian's eyes widened suddenly: "Why did she lie to me?"

He Peng looked at him inexplicably, Lu Qian suddenly understood, and sat down lazily on the back of the chair: "Okay."

"The surgery didn't work, it was a stomach problem, and a few needles were hung on it to suppress it."

"Are you always skipping meals..."

"Well, sometimes I forget after the meal time."

Lu Qian lowered his head and played with his fingers: "You used to eat very regularly."

"Isn't that you here?" He Peng laughed, "I can only get off work on time when you are at home. I can't let you eat alone at home."

"So, Lu Qian, in your eyes, you invaded my time and disturbed my work, but in my eyes, you can leave the boring work early and go home to see you, and you can eat and sleep on time. It's more important to me than you think."

"Brother." Lu Qian continued to look down at his fingers.

He Peng's heart tightened, the title Lu Qian always scared him.

Then he heard Lu Qian's muffled voice.

"I don't want to go back tonight, do you have any more quilts?"

He Peng's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Lu Qian suddenly, suspecting that he had heard it wrong, but Lu Qian still lowered his head, as if the words just now did not come from his mouth.

"what……"

"I said." Lu Qian raised his head and looked at him, "I want to sleep with you, do you have any more quilts, if not, I'll go back and get them."

"There are quilts." He Peng paused, "But the beds in the guest rooms don't have mattresses, so they can't sleep people."

Lu Qian: "..."

He Peng pondered: "Why don't you sleep with me...?"

The two looked at each other, and the sudden easing of the relationship made Lu Qian feel relieved, so he suddenly had the urge to laugh at this embarrassing moment.

He didn't hold back, and directly cursed with a smile: "He Peng, I realize that I haven't seen you for three years, it's still very shameless?"

Lu Qian didn't know that his relaxed words, which were no different from his attitude and expression three years ago, gave He Peng a great sense of security and satisfaction.

He Peng raised his hand and touched his nose: "No, what I mean is...you sleep on my bed, and I sleep on the sofa."

"Forget it." Lu Qian said, "Sleep together if you sleep together, it's not like you haven't slept before."

***

Lu Qian just entered He Peng's bathroom at night.

The moment the warm water hit Lu Qian, he felt that he was alive again. When this familiar sense of belonging swept over again, Lu Qian shivered violently. It was really a long time.

He still hadn't figured out what to do next.

But when he heard Chang Shanzhi say that He Peng had a bad life, he was really distressed, and he was also very reluctant to let He's mother be so sad, but her attitude of not objecting gave Lu Qian courage that he had never had before.

He still thinks that way: He has already made He Peng bend down, and he cannot be made to kneel down again.

But after they broke up, He Peng lived as if he had never straightened his waist again.

Lu Qian thought that he could bring He Peng two kinds of results, one is to make He Peng stand up again and return to the "altar" that Chang Shanzhi said, and the other is to kneel down.

He had to find a way to achieve the first result.

Lu Qian didn't even bring any clothes. He was wearing He Peng's pajamas, which didn't fit as well as before, although they were still too big.

There was a familiar smell on the pajamas.

The pajamas on him were worn by He Peng once, and this knowledge made Lu Qian a little breathless.

When he opened the door and came out of the bathroom, two quilts had already been spread on the big bed, and Lu Qian still slept on the left side as usual.

As soon as he got under the quilt, He Peng came in with a toothbrush that hadn't been taken apart: "I'll put the toothbrush you use tomorrow for you."

"Ah."

"Are you asleep, did I turn off the lights?"

"……Um."

The room went dark in an instant. Before his eyes adapted to the darkness, Lu Qian couldn't see anything. He could only feel the mattress sinking on one side, and He Peng lay down beside him.

thump.

thump.

thump.

Lu Qian was so nervous that he didn't dare to move, while cursing in his heart that he was so worthless, he had done more things with He Peng before, and now he was lying on the same bed and dared not move.

"Lu Qian, are you asleep?" He Peng asked after some time.

"……not yet."

He Peng's hand stretched out from his quilt, reached into Lu Qian's quilt, and took his hand.

Every little move is magnified on this quiet winter night.

Lu Qian closed his eyes deeply, and held He Peng's hand back.

After 5 minutes, Lu Qian's voice muffled from under the quilt: "I still can't sleep."

Why is the quilt so thick, and the temperature of the air conditioner is too high, he is sweating...

Lu Qian kicked the heavy quilt on his body, kicked again, kicked again, kicked again...

Kick kick kick kick.

He Peng finally couldn't help it anymore: "Be careful of catching a cold, it will be cold in the middle of the night."

Lu Qian was a little aggrieved: "It's too thick."

"My Bo." He Peng said.

Lu Qian looked at him blankly, and he saw He Peng's eyes in the darkness, and there was a cluster of light in his eyes.

Then in the next second, He Peng shook off his quilt, wrapped his big hands around Lu Qian's waist, and hugged Lu Qian into his quilt.