I'm in Delingha tonight

The nearest movie theater is only 15 minutes' walk away. After Xi Shan has booked his tickets, it's not long before the screening.They drove, looked for a parking space, and fumbled for a while, and finally almost missed the opening.

The number of shows is limited, and what Xi Shan bought was an ordinary commercial popcorn show, an imported film with a lot of gunfight scenes.

Chi Nian didn't expect the evening movie to have a high attendance rate. They sat in the third row from the bottom to the left, and the visual effect was somewhat affected.But after all, Chi Nian's mind was not on the screen, and he used the opportunity of drinking drinks to peek at Xi Shan every now and then - Xi Shan was more serious than him, and he didn't even eat a few mouthfuls of popcorn.

After the show ended, there was a crowd of people, neither of them left immediately, they sat quietly and waited, so they were almost the last ones to leave the theater.

When walking out, Chi Nian studied the theater next to it: "There's no midnight show here?"

"There are fewer people, and there are even fewer people who come to the midnight show." Xi Shan explained, "I would not come so late before, but the premiere of some blockbuster movies will still be stuck at zero."

"I thought..." Chi Nian was a little embarrassed, "It will be quieter here, after all, it's more... I'm biased."

Xi Shan rubbed his fluffy hair—this action was already very smooth—and said: "I don't blame you, people who have never been here will think so. But it is a city anyway, and it has everything it should have."

"I see."

"Speaking of which, don't you northerners seem to have no nightlife?"

"It's a rumor." Chi Nian said, scratching his head again, "But to be honest, I haven't been outside this late in a long time..."

"So you're Cinderella?"

Talking and walking outside, the elevator was too crowded, so they simply took the stairs.The shopping mall was empty, and the footsteps echoed. Xi Shan took two steps forward, and the lights suddenly went out from the back to the front.

Turning on the phone's light, Xi Shan moved closer to Chi Nian.

The sudden darkness made Chi Nian stop first, staring at a small piece of light from the flashlight of Xi Shan's phone, and their two pairs of shoes were hidden in the shadows.With a thought, Chi Nian grabbed Xi Shan's short sleeves - Xi Shan stood one step lower than him, this height was just right, and it didn't look too deliberate.

"I can't see clearly." Chi Nian tried to explain under cover.

Xi Shan didn't answer.

He and Xi Shan pressed closer together, and his elbows naturally touched Xi Shan's exposed skin. It was a little cool, but soon warmed up together, becoming the same temperature.

Xi Shan followed him down, and the few short steps seemed as long as walking for half a century.In the last step, Chi Nian jumped down, then quickly let go of Xi Shan, and moved forward as if nothing had happened.

The front is bright, but the back is getting darker.

The temperature of the other party remaining on his body quickly dissipated, and Chi Nian walked into the night wind.

They drove back to the hotel with only the sound of each other's forced calm breathing. In the car, the host of the late-night radio station poured chicken soup for a heartbroken lovelorn with an overly sweet voice.

As the light flickered, Chi Nian thought about his actions just now, and the more he thought about it, the more flustered he became.

Could Xi Shan have misunderstood something?

For Chi Nian, his liking and closeness can't be hidden at all, and he will be very measured after making up his mind. The problem is that now even he himself can't tell how he feels about Xi Shan.

Their meeting was too dramatic and coincidental, so Chi Nian took Xi Shan as his life-saving straw.Xi Shan is a very charming person, so he wants to know the other party's thoughts again and again... Let's make a hypothesis, if Xi Shan is just an ordinary person, not handsome or rich, even in the Gobi Tan gave him a hand, would he still be so clingy?

...Maybe, he didn't look at his face like this before.

The words in the lyrics that want to escape and get closer are probably the best portrayal of him now. While looking for a way, while facing Xi Shan’s "Where do you plan to go in the future", he secretly said in his heart: I can go anywhere with you .

But Xi Shan must think he is a pervert if he really said it. They have known each other for less than seven days.

It was too difficult, Chi Nian stuck the car window in frustration.

I have to stay in another room tonight, really...

It's so hard to be a human being.

It was so difficult to think about being a human being while riding in the car, and when Zhen went back to his room to wash up and stain the pillow, Chi Nian fell asleep within half a minute.Physically and mentally exhausted, he did not dream.

The bed in the small hotel is so soft that you can hear the springs creaking when you sit on it, the berth of the green leather train is hard and smells uncomfortable, and then the car, the dry air of the guest house and the dusty window sills... Before Chi Nian arrived in Delingha, he couldn't figure out when he hadn't leaned on a pillow of moderate hardness.

He didn't even know when Xi Shan fell asleep, Chi Nian woke up once in a daze near the morning, as if someone called him, but he couldn't move his body, so he could only utter a few sleepy sounds like "hmmmm".

Go back to sleep, and when you wake up, the room is still dark.

Chi Nian turned over, reached for the mobile phone next to the pillow, and sat up soberly the moment he saw the time.He unplugged the charging cable, unbelievable: he actually fell asleep until 01:30 the next afternoon.

The room was dark because of the curtains, so Chi Nian narrowed his eyes.

There were traces of sleeping on the other bed, but Xi Shan was nowhere to be seen.His mobile phone and car keys are not there, but the suitcase is placed far away, and a few T-shirts are hastily spread on the top floor.

"Where did you go?" Chi Nian thought, and opened WeChat.

Xi Shan didn't leave any message for him.

He rubbed his messy hair and got out of bed to wash, his eyes were a little swollen from sleep, Chi Nian casually used a towel to apply a cold compress for a while.Walking barefoot to get water to drink, he turned on the light and saw a post-it note beside the pot.

This is the first time Chi Nian has seen Xi Shan's handwriting, it is not as perfect as imagined, Xi Shan's handwriting is scrawled and messy, and it is impossible to understand what he is writing without careful identification.Chi Nian stood there for almost 5 minutes, the toothpaste and mint smell left in his mouth irritated the roots of his teeth, and he barely understood Xi Shan's message.

"There is hot water in the thermos."

"When you wake up for lunch, order a takeaway."

"Go out to do something urgent, wait for contact at night."

"Must eat!"

Signed: You, Brother Xi.

Chi Nian pinched this post-it note a little funny, and his heart was full of warmth.He treasured the note paper into the small inner pocket of the backpack, zipped it up, and kept it as his secret.

After drinking water and ordering takeaway, Chi Nian opened the curtains to let the sun shine in and then reminded the housekeeping.

He didn't know that Xi Shan had made an appointment for a few days, kept accounts on his mobile phone, and planned to transfer the money to Xi Shan after the two separated - although it was natural to take advantage of the mouth, he still had to give the money that should be given, Chi Nian didn't want to owe too much favor debt.

Chi Nian squatted on the sofa by the window, he was quite comfortable in this position.The ultraviolet rays on the plateau outside were too strong, and Chi Nian didn't want to move when he saw it, and he didn't have the slightest desire to go out for a walk.

After a night of charging, the mobile phone was finally revived with full blood. What should come will always come.

Like replying to a message.

Chi Nian didn't know which one to reply to the unread messages that had been saved for half a month. After hesitating for a long time, he finally chose to contact Tao Zi first.The relationship between senior sister and junior is neither close nor far, but Tao Zi is also far away from other friends, Chi Nian will be more calm when he has something to say to her, and he is not afraid of her spreading it.

Those question marks were still in place, Chi Nian thought about it, and typed: "Are you awake?"

Tao Zi was probably holding her mobile phone, so she replied in seconds.

The peaches are not crisp: ?

Peaches are not crisp: Can you check what time it is?

Peach is not brittle: Damn, where did you die? [Crazy]

Pool: Qinghai

Peaches not crisp:  …

After sending the ellipsis, Tao Zi called him directly on WeChat - Chi Nian's mobile phone card was changed, and now it is a virtual number, Tao Zi doesn't know, so it's better to dial WeChat directly.

"Hello?" Chi Nian picked it up, the back of the phone was slightly hot.

Tao Zi scolded him first.

"You are an adult if you disappear without saying a word." "If you don't, you will lose your love." "Do you know that there are still people who will worry about you?" "You won't be responsible for yourself after graduating from university"... She said words The speed was already fast, and he fired Chi Nian up and down like a machine gun.

After Tao Zi scolded enough, Chi Nian admitted his mistake in a low voice: "I know it's wrong...I didn't think about it at the time."

"Then are you thinking about it now?" Tao Zi had no words, "I'm so mad."

"I'm sorry." Chi Nian apologized.

Tao Zi probably didn't think that he could lie down and scold him like this, so she chose to give him a suspended sentence: "Hey, well... Anyway, it's okay for people to be fine now. Oh, that guy named Zhuo Pei'an basically asks me every day if I'm okay. There is no news from you... who is she, how did she know to contact me?"

"I was the one who made you young, and I mentioned you to her." Chi Nian didn't know how Zhuo Pei'an could find Tao Zi, and told the whole story, "I haven't contacted her for a long time... probably from my family From what I heard there, our two families know each other very well.”

Tao Zi: "Then you remember to send her a message, the little girl is very worried about you."

Chi Nian said he knew.

Considering that the last time Chi Nian and Tao Zi met was before the completion of the work, it was so long ago that he couldn't even remember whether Tao Zi had long hair or short hair, and what color her hair was dyed.Usually, there is no gap between asking about the cold and the warmth, but after a pause, where to start next becomes a problem.

It was Tao Zi who broke the embarrassment.

She cleared her throat and asked the same thing as Xi Shan: "Then what are you going to do now, go home?"

"No." Chi Nian was so stubborn on this matter that he couldn't hold back, "It's not that I'm afraid of losing face... My dad thinks homosexuality is a disease, what if he sends me to Yang Yongxin for electric shocks?"

"That's right, it's impossible for you not to talk about it in the future." Tao Zi had a headache, "Can Faxiao help?"

Chi Nian: "I don't want to bother them. If my parents find out, it's not easy for them to follow. I might..."

I wanted to say, to see how far I can go with my new friends, Chi Nian choked up.

"...Forget it, I don't know."

Putting on a self-defeating tone, even Chi Nian hated herself, but Tao Zi smiled softly on the other end of the phone: "Look at you, why didn't you even have a charter when you ran away from home, and it made you lose your mind."

"Sister, don't laugh at me." Chi Nian said in embarrassment.

Tao Zi might have walked to the balcony, and her voice suddenly opened up: "Why don't you, you are also a talented student who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, and I have now set up a studio... Recently, two teachers have changed jobs, and the manpower is not enough. No, why don't you come over and help? How about staying and thinking about what to do in the future?"

"Hey?"

"Come to Chongqing." Tao Zi said briskly, "Give me a part-time job, and you will have a worry-free life."