I'm in Delingha tonight

On a sunny evening after the rain, the clouds seemed to be lit by the setting sun.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the entire sky was occupied by a clear blue, and the hazy fog had all dispersed.The edges of the clouds are inlaid with gold, and the sunset glow is radiating, soft red like a young girl's spring. The light beams spread out in a fan shape, and a little setting sun is at the far west, tremblingly throwing into the river from the gaps in the tall buildings.

The dome made of metal and glass displayed all the colors in front of them. Unlike Qinghai's sunset, which is thick and colorful, Chongqing's sunset is light but far away, allowing people to watch it peacefully for a long time.

Chi Nian finished his coffee long ago, and the topic came to an end.

He and Xi Shan seemed to chat a lot, but they didn't seem to talk about anything.Time passed too fast, Xi Shanru didn't want to talk about himself more than before, so Chi Nian just chatted with him about his colleagues in the studio.

Xia Yaning is lively, even her poetic language is quiet, her posture is pungent, and Tu Xiangyi is gentle... and those little kids, each of them more or less reminded him of his art exam training back then.So the content took advantage of the trend and turned to Chi Nian's 17-year-old, sketching, sketching, and color training. He was talking, looking for pictures from his mobile phone to show Xi Shan.

Those bright or plain colors fell into Xi Shan's eyes, as if they all sank into darkness.There was only a little light left in the depths of the pupils, Chi Nian hurriedly dodged, as if looking directly at the sun.

About Xi Shan was hungry, seeing that there was still one third of Chi Nian's cherries left, without saying hello, he took his spoon and took a small bite, put it straight into his mouth, then frowned.

Chi Nian paused while talking: "...what?"

"It's too sweet." Xi Shan said vaguely.

Chinese people are used to using chopsticks, and they put vegetables in the same bowl since they were young. Unless there is a difference between men and women and serious cleanliness among friends, sharing tableware is not too surprising.But Xi Shan's extremely natural movement made Chi Nian inexplicably hot. He touched his earlobe and warned himself not to think too much.

As soon as it was time for dinner, the number of people in the dessert shop began to decrease.There's no point in sitting any longer, so Chi Nian took advantage of the opportunity to send out an invitation: "Do you want to have dinner together tonight?"

Xi Shan was stunned, then smiled and nodded in agreement: "Of course, I haven't seen you for a long time, please."

Chi Nian said that he would serve the dessert, but Xi Shan didn't give Chi Nian a chance, and took out his mobile phone to summon the waiter to pay the bill.Chi wanted to grab it, but Xi Shan held down his wrist.

"Say it, I'll come." Xi Shan threatened him speciously, pretending to be angry.

Scan code, face unlock, pay.Xi Shan finished a series of movements smoothly, and Chi Nian was dumbfounded. He glanced at the two cups and one plate on the table, and belatedly made amends: "No, senior sister said that she would reimburse me..."

"Next time, I won't fight with you, okay?"

He had finished talking here, and it would be a little hypocritical for Chi Nian to refuse, so he had to stand up with Xi Shan.He walked up to Xi Shan, and Xi Shan held Chi Nian's shoulders without warning.

His back twitched violently, Chi Nian turned his head, and Xi Shan pushed him away: "Go, go, I'm starving to death."

Chi Nian maintained this posture, and almost walked out of a hand and foot.But when he wanted to stare at someone and asked Xi Shan to take his hand away, Xi Shan's extremely calm expression made him hesitate again.

Should I not speculate?

For him, maybe this is the way of getting along with good brothers?

The shoulders were warmed by the palms, Chi Nian's face was stiff, his head was lowered, and he cursed silently in his heart.

...Straight man!

Xi Shan didn't drive, and asked Chi Nian first after leaving the Imperial Capital Square: "What do you want to eat? There are many things around here."

"Whatever you want." Chi Nian said indifferently, feeling a little uneasy in his heart——

Chongqing is known as the kingdom of gourmet food. From hot pot, small noodles, Geleshan spicy chicken to all kinds of Jianghu dishes, it is enough to make people linger and forget to return.But the most authentic food can't escape the word "spicy" without exception. It's not that Chi Nian can't eat spicy food.

When he first came, Tao Zi greeted him, and took Chi Nian to Nanshan to eat spring water chicken.

Chi Nian has never been to Chongqing, and he rarely ate Sichuan cuisine before.Hearing the name "Spring Water Chicken", the first thing he thought of was the refreshing taste of white-cut chicken, so he ate the original one.After serving the dishes, he was shocked when he saw the plate full of red, and then he was reluctant to try it.

Everyone at the table, from Tao Zi to Lian Shiyu, persuaded him, "It's not spicy, you can eat it." Chi Nian took a bite suspiciously, and never touched it again that day.

He shouldn't believe in Chongqing people's "not spicy"!

A bunch of charlatans.

So now when Xi Shan asked, he said "whatever", but he began to pray silently in his heart, hoping that Xi Shan would take him to eat some Japanese, Korean or even Mexican food... In short, no hot pot or the like.

"Ah, hot pot and barbecue, you can choose one." Xi Shan asked him, "Have you eaten hot pot since you came to Chongqing?"

Chi Nian shook his head, on the verge of despair.

"Then eat hot pot?" Xi Shan tilted his head slightly, waiting for his answer.

Chi Nian: "..."

Chi Nian showed a generous expression of going to death: "Eat."

If it wasn't for being with Xi Shan, if it wasn't for Xi Shan looking forward to killing him, Chi Nian would not have agreed to eat hot pot in the early autumn when the heat was still hot.

He would like to call it beauty misleading people.

Xi Shan didn't know anything about Chi Nian's thoughts, but he was very satisfied with the other party's choice, muttering "I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time", hooked Chi Nian's shoulder, and found a convenient place to take a taxi Hired a taxi.Chi Nian got into the back row, thinking that Xi Shan would go to the co-pilot, but the other party followed to sit in the back row and gave a list of addresses.

Here it comes again, that fierce speaking tone.Chi Nian was surprised and didn't understand what was going on, but Xi Shan's expression was calm, and the driver, as if he was used to it, nodded and started the car.

The back row of the taxi was narrow, and Xi Shan, who was about 1.8 meters tall, sat a little aggrieved, with his shoulders shrunk slightly, and instead of looking at his phone, he stared out the window at the rapidly receding street lights in a daze.

"Where to eat?" Chi Nian tried to find a topic.

Xi Shan turned his head as if he had woken up, and showed Chi Nian's familiar gentle smile to him: "Take you to a nice shop."

Chi Nian joked: "What, is it just 'not bad'?"

"I know the big boss, so I can't exaggerate too much." Xi Shan said seriously, "Otherwise, after you go there, you will think that it is just so-so, so I am not exaggerating?"

Chi Nian said how is it possible.

For some reason, his words made Chi Nian feel as if his life was being shared by the other party.

Xi Shan is a different person from him, having grown up in a different city, and has completely unrelated social circles.In the short few days they met before, they were all foreigners trapped in the Gobi, somewhat similar, but there was no environment and opportunity to share others with each other until now.

He came to Xi Shan's city, and then Xi Shan began to open himself up.

The shops he knows, the places he likes to go to, Chi Nian guessed, will he take me there one by one?

Driving along Jiangbin Road, you can see the scenery of the Yangtze River reflecting the sunset along the way, which is the best portrayal of the ancient famous saying, "Half the river is rustling and half the river is red".

As dusk deepened, they stopped at what looked like a commercial square.Xi Shan paid the fare, and took Chi Nian with a dazed face around the corners, milk tea shops, restaurants, clothing stores, and even one or two cat cafes, and finally stopped at the corner and said to Chi Nian : "It's here."

The two shops are next to each other, one is a barbecue restaurant with a very Japanese decoration style, and the other...

If it hadn't been for seeing the advertisement "The boss is doing charity! Buy one get one free for fresh hairy belly!", Chi Nian would have found it hard to believe that this ins-style, small and fresh decoration is a hot pot restaurant.

On the contrary, it is more like a coffee shop, a book bar or something...

There is a self-service number-taking machine outside the hot pot restaurant. After the frosted glass, you can see that the business is really good.There are several benches outside, where people who are waiting for a seat rest.Chi Nian habitually wanted to go over and get a number to line up, but Xi Shan grabbed him and dragged Chi Nian into the store as if no one else was there.

"Have you booked a seat?" Chi Nian asked.

Xi Shan said "ah", but before he answered, the waiter at the front desk saw him stand up abruptly: "Eat?"

"Eat, old location."

Inexplicable dialogue, but it sounds like a regular customer so I have a little privilege.

Chi Nian was still thinking about the relationship between this strange shop and Xi Shan. Within a few minutes, the waiter led them to the innermost small private room—and Xi Shan kept holding him along the way.

They used to have a lot of physical contact, hugging their necks, hooking their shoulders, crossing the road with their arms pulled, as well as those cheek-pinching, nose-tip pinching and feigned angry slaps they used to have when they were playing...but this is the first time, Xi Shan Take his hand, not pull the wrist, nor drag any arm.

Xi Shan held him, palm to palm, walking from the street to the restaurant, like a couple.

Chi Nian could even feel that the other party's pulse was a little faster.

The small private room is much quieter than the outside, a large window is closed, and the Yangtze River can be seen.But he was too surprised to find out that Chi Nian couldn't care less about enjoying the scenery. After sitting down, he rubbed his palms under the table and glanced at Xi Shan from the corner of his eyes.

Was it an accident?

Still, as always, "caring" and "care".

Chi Nian was a little secretly happy. He erected the menu to cover his smile, and it took a while to regain his composure, revealing a pair of round and big eyes from behind the very high menu.

"What's wrong?" Xi Shan thought he was in trouble, "Don't know what to eat?"

"No, I was thinking..." Chi Nian said, "If I ordered Yuanyang hot pot and slightly spicy today, wouldn't I be too disrespectful to Chongqing?"

Xi Shan was stunned, and then laughed "puchi" and lay down on the table.

Chi Nian blushed in embarrassment: "As for it!"

But Chi Nian didn't know that this was the first time Xi Shan laughed from the bottom of his heart since he parted with him.

After a while, Xi Shan had had enough of laughing, and kept saying "not so".

He took the menu from Chi Nian's hand and checked it a few times, tolerantly supported the little turtle's decision: "If you want to eat mandarin ducks, go for mandarin ducks. This restaurant can make tomato mandarin ducks, it should be your taste."

"Brother Xi, you are so kind, I really, really like eating tomatoes." Chi Nian immediately complimented him, seeing that Xi Shan was coaxed into a comfortable expression, he immediately decided to hit the snake and follow the stick to get an inch, and leaned forward in a flattering manner. The eyes are particularly bright, "Can the other side be slightly spicy?"

Xi Shan's smile turned cold suddenly: "No."

Chi Nian: "..."

Xi Shan: "You have to have a bottom line in life."

Chi Nian: "Oh."