The Heart of a Smith

It was dark, and the corridor was extremely quiet.The door of the office was pushed open, and Lu Shang was writing documents inside, without raising his head, he asked, "Is there any result? How did the other party reply?"

After waiting for a while, there was no answer at the door, so Lu Shang raised his head and saw Li Sui leaning against the door with folded arms, and smiled at him.

Lu Shang was taken aback: "Are you back?"

After finishing speaking, she immediately stopped writing, waved to him, and said with a smile, "Come on, let me give you a hug."

Li Sui walked over and put the porridge on the table at the same time: "You will work overtime as soon as I leave. If you do this next time, I have to find someone to watch you."

"Today is an exception." Lu Shang wanted to hold him, but Li Sui bent down and picked him up, spreading his legs and placing them on his own.

"Did you eat well? Why do I think you've lost weight?" Li Sui lightly squeezed his waist.

Lu Shang was a little itchy from his pinch, and smiled: "In just a few days, how thin can you go? You are tanned."

"Well, the sun is too strong over there, and there is wind and sand. I still have sand in my hair now."

Hugging and staring at each other for a long time, Li Sui was reluctant to kiss, as if he wanted to save the most delicious bite for the last, he just touched his nose: "How long have I been away?"

"Ten days."

The two were very close, Lu Shang caught a glimpse of the blood in his eyes, and knew that he must have rushed back all the way, so he asked softly, "Are you tired?"

"I'm tired on the road, so I won't be tired when I see you." Li Sui lowered his head and circled him, took advantage of the situation and leaned his head against him, rubbing against him.Surrounded by Lu Shang's breath in his nostrils, Li Sui's whole body was like a wild wolf being soothed, his fur all over his body softened, and he squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

Hearing this, Lu Shang didn't say a word, he patted him on the back, his heart ached so much, he just thought that next time he wouldn't let Li Sui go far away, even if Li Sui could bear it, he couldn't bear it.

To expand the territory for the business in a foreign country, the network, the market and the capital chain all need to be re-established. Even with the help of Dongyan, this is still not an easy task.Not long ago, Lu Shang took over a project and needed to go to the Gobi for a half-month inspection, but he couldn’t do without him, and he was worried about sending someone else to Lu Shang. Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Li Sui asked Ying Run this trip for him.

Lu Shang was reluctant at first, since they got married, they hadn't been separated for so long, but the reality was before him, and he had to compromise.Before leaving, he babbled about it all night, but Lu Shang himself didn't realize that he still had the potential to be a chatterbox. When Li Sui really got on the plane and flew away, he stood at the airport, only feeling overwhelming regret, like It's like losing something valuable, and I'm so anxious.

Maybe he is really old, Lu Shang thought to himself mockingly, turned around and started counting the days.

It was late at night, as if the air had become silent, Lu Shang felt Li Sui's fatigue, patted his back lightly, and said softly, "Go home."

"You haven't finished your work yet?"

Lu Shang smiled: "It's more important to sleep with you."

On the way back, while Lu Shang was driving, Li Sui kept rubbing his eyes in the passenger seat, obviously sleepy.Intermittently talked about some business trip experience, when waiting for the red light, intentionally or unintentionally rubbed Lu Shang's arm and shouted tired.

Lu Shang got all pissed off by him, and the two of them almost got into trouble in the car.Almost in a fight, he took a shower and climbed into bed. Boss Lu wanted to make a quick decision and finish it quickly so that they could rest together. Only after he stripped naked did he realize that he had been tricked. Li Sui's spirit was simply not very good, his eyes were as bright as night The wolf that came out after eating.

The whole bedroom is filled with a strong atmosphere of lust. After finishing it with difficulty, there is a second time to come. Lu Shang is exhausted. Seeing Li Sui's vigorous appearance, he feels his legs are weak, and he has a gut feeling that it will be finished tomorrow: "Um... on the way Aren't you tired?"

Li Sui laughed, and a pair of lying silkworms were particularly obvious. He leaned over and grabbed his neck, thrust his lower body in skillfully, and grinded slowly: "Isn't this charging?"

After hugging and thrusting for a while, Li Sui keenly noticed that Lu Shang's legs were trembling involuntarily, gradually stopped, pulled out slowly, and changed to kissing.

Lu Shang exchanged a long and lingering kiss with him. After waiting for a while, he realized that Li Sui had no intention of continuing. He opened his eyes and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Let's go to sleep." Li Sui took out a wet towel and wiped the two of them briefly, "Do you want to take another bath?"

Lu Shang sweated a little, but Li Sui left more on his body, he thought about it, and shook his head.Li Sui shook off the quilt to cover the two of them, and reached out to pull Lu Shang into his arms, only then did he feel that the equipment for falling asleep was fully equipped: "Okay, sleep!"

Lu Shang is also very busy these days, he has hardly rested since he sat in the office in the morning, now that Li Sui is back, he is completely relieved.With a sense of security in his heart, he will inevitably start to feel sleepy. He really wants to sleep, but there is a certain hard object on his waist... How can it make people sleep!

The two of them kept their awkward postures, and the room fell silent. Lu Shang was silent for a long time, but he still couldn't hold back: "You..."

"It's okay, it will be fine in a while." Li Sui hugged him tighter and kissed his hair.

Lu Shang found it funny: "Don't hold back."

"I know," Li Sui also smiled, covering his eyes with his fingers, "Take a good rest, we have plenty of time tomorrow."

Lu Shang originally wanted to say something, but was blocked by Li Sui forcefully, so he had to shut up.He was indeed tired, his back was sore and his legs were weak, his eyelids gradually sank before the stabbing thing behind him softened.Before he fell into a deep sleep, he suddenly thought that Li Sui had changed a lot in the past few years by his side, without realizing it.

No matter how delicious the food is, he will not gobble it up as soon as he sees it, but know how to savor it slowly and cherish it. From a certain point of view, this is a sign of enough security. To fight for something, this thing is his, in his arms, can't run away.

The two of them slept together the next day, Li Sui didn't wake up, but Lu Shang was afraid of disturbing Li Sui, so he woke up before dawn and turned off the alarm clock.The long-lost embrace was so comfortable, neither of them wanted to spoil this beautiful morning.

There was a call at noon, and Lu Shang answered it immediately. Li Sui was still woken up, and rubbed against Lu Shang with his messy hair in a daze, and was pushed back into the quilt by the latter.

"What did you say?" Lu Shang got up and went to the bathroom, "Sorry, did you make a mistake?"

The person on the phone didn't know what they said. Lu Shang paused for a while, rubbed his sore back, and said, "That watch is for blind dates? Thank you for your kindness, but you may have misunderstood..."

Li Sui came to his senses, stretched his neck and glanced towards the bathroom, then got up resolutely and followed: "Who is it?"

"Ms. Jane," Lu Shang hung up the phone, not taking it seriously, "the community wants to organize a Chinese singles fellowship, and submitted the list to me."

When Li Sui heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded: "Single date?"

"Well," Lu Shang washed his face with water, "she may have made a mistake. She came to me a few days ago and asked me to help fill out a form. I thought it was for social surveys, but I didn't expect it to be used for matching."

Mrs. Jane is their landlord, a romantic white old lady, probably leading the red thread sunset group really knows no borders, even in a foreign country, the old lady is too enthusiastic, Lu Shang has only moved in for half a month, already Zhang Luo wanted to introduce someone to him.

"Don't she know..." Li Sui's expression was complicated, and he stopped talking halfway, yes, who made him not be here for half a month, the old lady saw that Lu Shang lived alone, she probably thought he was single.

After Lu Shang washed his face, he caught a glimpse of Li Sui lowering his head against the door frame, almost touching the wall with his fingers, and couldn't help being amused: "What are you thinking?"

Li Sui stared at him quietly, then moved his eyes to the ring on Lu Shang's hand, the jealousy in his eyes was too strong to look at: "I am your husband, we are a couple, legal."

Seeing that he was really depressed, Lu Shang stopped laughing and said in a deep voice, "Let's treat her to lunch at noon and make it clear."

That's what he said, but when Lu Shang really wanted to make a call, Li Sui stopped him again, scratched his head and said, "Forget it, it seems that I am too generous to go and talk about such a trivial matter with two people."

Lu Shang just smiled, for some reason, Li Sui always felt that there was a little joy hidden in his smile.

In fact, Li Sui has another consideration, it sounds a bit selfish, after all, they just moved here, Zuo Chao's people are not around, many things are not convenient in the country, at this time the neighbor relationship becomes very important.First of all, the old lady was also kind, and he took Lu Shang to question her face to face in such a hurry, which could easily lead to a deadlock in the relationship; second, the old lady was religious, and Li Sui didn't know what attitude she had towards homosexuality, but For those who can keep a low profile, he still doesn't want to publicize it too much. Anyway, everyone is his, so it doesn't matter if others know it. Although Lu Shang's psychological endurance is not bad, he still doesn't want him to be affected by anything. hurt and blame.

In the afternoon, the two of them went to the company together. Li Sui made a business report at the meeting. Halfway through the meeting, he found that he had left an important piece of data in his room, so he had to vaguely mention it. Unfortunately, he had fooled others but could not fool Lu boss.Lu Shang knew it well, but he didn't say anything, he just nodded and asked him to sit down, blatantly covering up.

After the meeting, Li Sui drove back to get the materials, and Lu Shang patted his head with a smile: "What is that little head thinking?"

Li Sui shrugged apologetically: "I can't help it, you will be the only one on my mind when I get back."

Lu Shang closed the car door for him: "Drive slowly, don't worry."

When Li Sui was far away, Lu Shang turned around and went upstairs, and the passing employees nodded to him in salute, this scene was familiar for a long time.In the past few years when he retired to the second line, Li Sui has managed the company in an orderly manner. Although there have been no major innovations, it is not easy to stabilize the situation in the economic downturn.Li Sui always said that Dong Yan's return was due to his many years of foreshadowing. In fact, Lu Shang understood that it was not completely like this. This kid has entrepreneurial qualifications, ideas and vision, but he lacks ambition.Now that everything is back to normal, he would rather be a project manager than a leader. Lu Shang knew that Li Sui actually didn't like to be in that position, and he was appointed when he was in danger, all because of him.

It was rare for the two of them to have two days of rest on the weekend. Before they discussed where to go out to play, Mrs. Jane came and knocked on the door: "Mr. Tie, are you at home?"

Lu Shang always wears suits and leather shoes, so the old lady nicknamed him Mr. Tie.

Li Sui opened the door: "He is taking a shower, you can come in and wait a while."

Seeing that there was someone in the room, Mrs. Jian only had a few words with Li Sui outside the door, and handed him an invitation card by the way: "Tomorrow night at 07:30, don't be late."

"Okay, I will convey it." Li Sui smiled calmly.

Lu Shang came out of the bathroom wiping his hair: "What's the matter?"

"Someone has taken a fancy to you and invited you out for French dinner." Li Sui was playing with a pad on the sofa, and pointed to the invitation card on the table, which contained an anonymous personal introduction form.

Lu Shang raised his hand to throw it away, but Li Sui hurriedly stopped him: "Don't you want to take a look?"

Lu Shang asked strangely, "Why do you want to watch it?"

"Let's have a look." Li Sui acted more interested than him, "The person who asked you out is quite discerning."

Seeing Li Sui's look of looking forward to the "rival in love", Lu Shang felt amused, so he had to take it apart to see.The invitation was well written, and there was almost no nonsense except for the time and place, but the table inside was quite interesting.

This form Lu Shang also filled out a form, and after a simple scan, he found an interesting thing: "Why... does this person look a bit like you?"

"Really?" Li Sui regained his energy, and glanced over, "It's true, the height, weight, and hobbies are similar to mine, um... even the type I like, no wonder Mrs. Jane matched you with someone It's him."

"Throw it away," Lu Shang opened the refrigerator, "What's for lunch, Chinese food or Western food?"

"Are you really not planning to go?" Li Sui said, "Go ahead, everyone else has invited you."

Lu Shang thought that Li Sui was jealous, stared at him for a while, and found that he was serious, so he thought of teasing him: "I'm going on a date with someone else, so don't you worry about me being with someone else?"

"Impossible." Li Sui waved his hand to express that he was not worried, "You will only find out how good I am when you go."

Lu Shang was amused by him all of a sudden, pretending to be deep: "Okay, go tomorrow."

In the blink of an eye the next day, Li Sui took out the wine red shirt that Lu Shang seldom wore from the closet early in the morning: "You wear this at night, it looks good in this color."

The night before, he indulged too much, Boss Lu was still not fully awake, so he responded vaguely.

At noon, Li Sui took a nap with Lu Shang, and when he woke up, he said that he had to go to the company because of something on the project. Lu Shang didn't think much about it, and just asked him to go early and return early.

"Don't be late for the date tonight." Li Sui told him before leaving.

Lu Shang just laughed, he had never seen someone with a bigger heart than Li Sui, his lover was dating his rival, and he cared more than the other party.

"Understood, you go quickly."

It was getting late, and looking down from the top of the high-rise building, you can have a panoramic view of the bright night scene.Li Sui straightened his bangs in front of the mirror, put on his tie and walked out the door. The waiter handed him the menu and asked him to confirm the dishes to be served later and the music to be played during the meal.

"He has undergone heart surgery, so he can't drink alcohol, let's change it to soda water." Li Sui politely handed back the menu.

There were not many people around, a simple scan showed that almost all of them were couples, the atmosphere of the restaurant was very good, in the corner, a waiter was playing the violin, the music of the violin was soft and smooth.Li Sui rubbed his fingers on the ring for a while, took a deep breath, and subconsciously straightened his back.

He did leave the data at home on purpose that day, and while Lu Shang was away, he knocked on Mrs. Jane's door.

"I heard that you are organizing a fellowship for Chinese singles, can I join?"

After filling out his own information, he handed it back to Mrs. Jane, and tentatively said: "When you match the participants, you only look at the other party's mate selection requirements, is that right?"

"of course."

"Don't look at gender, isn't it possible to be matched with the same sex?"

Mrs. Jane said with a smile: "If there is someone of the same sex who perfectly meets your requirements for choosing a mate, it's not a bad idea to meet and make friends, and it doesn't have to be a lover."

Li Sui breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed to her: "Then I'll leave it to you."

It's not easy to be romantic these days just to pretend to be a stranger and have a date with Lu Shang.Thinking of Lu Shang's possible reaction when he came and saw him, Li Sui was a little nervous for some reason, and kept arranging his hair and tie, as if he was going on a date with an unknown blind date.It stands to reason that the two of them have been together for so many years, they should have lost the excitement and shyness of their first love long ago, they are probably an exception.

"Sir, is the food ready now?"

Li Sui glanced at the time, it was 25:[-]: "Wait a little longer."

Outside the window, you can vaguely see the continuous flow of traffic, and there is a bridge not far away, and the lighting scene is very magnificent. Unfortunately, Li Sui has no intention of admiring it at all. His palms are almost sweating, and his eyes are intentionally or unintentionally directed towards the door. cast a glance.

Probably because his movements were so obvious that even a young man and woman at the next table noticed, and asked the waiter to bring a rose to his table.

"I wish you a successful proposal, brother!" The man at the table gave him an exaggerated gesture of cheering.

Li Sui nodded his thanks, but did not try to explain the misunderstanding.To be honest, this is really comparable to the tension he felt when he proposed. Lu Shang still doesn’t know that the night before the proposal, he tied the heart cockle for the ring to the bottom of the small wooden boat with a fishing line. Dragging the ring and jumping into the sea for a few minutes, it was purely a scheming attempt to make Lu Shang nervous and increase the chance of agreeing to him.Liang Zirui also asked him why he didn't jump into the bottom of the sea to pick it up, but he thought, but how dare he, he was so nervous that he exploded at that moment, and he secretly practiced it several times in advance, just in case there was a wave in the sea and the shells would be destroyed. After rushing away, I was still worried in the end, and after thinking for a long time, I came up with such a foolproof solution.

Strange to say, sometimes he can't figure it out, he is not too young now, and he can take care of himself outside, but why when facing Lu Shang, all the childishness, anxiety and joy are still the same as when he was young, as if he has always been It's not like he grew up.

Fortunately, his lover is willing to tolerate him and give him warmth and guidance. To him, Lu Shang is not just a lover, he is also his elder brother and teacher.The longer the time, the more Li Sui can understand that the so-called love is not a marriage contract, a ring or a house, but a lifetime of companionship with each other.

The hour hand pointed to eight o'clock, but no one had arrived yet. The waiter's eyes on Li Sui had changed from envy to pity.

Li Sui sighed, and was about to call Lu Shang when the phone rang first.

"Are you coming back for dinner? I'm going to cook dumplings." The other end seemed to be rummaging for something.

Li Sui was stunned, unable to react for a while: "What?"

"Why is someone playing music at your place? Are you not in the company? Or are you back?" Lu Shang asked.

"You... are you home?"

"Where am I not at home?" Lu Shang asked strangely.

"Didn't you go on a date?"

"What's the date?" Lu Shang laughed, "No matter how similar you are, it's not you."

"I..." Li Sui sat in the dining room, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, stood up after a while, almost tripped over the chair, "I'll be right back... come back to eat, put more vinegar in my portion."

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave in a hurry. When he reached the door, he realized that his clothes hadn't been changed yet, so he went to the changing room to change again. I have been in the industry for more than ten years, and it is the first time that I am so happy to see being released as a pigeon.

It was already very dark, the streets were full of traffic, and there were many people walking their dogs in the neighborhood. Li Sui walked through them, greeted the neighbors with a smile, walked to the door, and was about to knock when the door suddenly opened. The smell of dumplings came from inside.

The light in the living room was too warm for him to keep his eyes open.

He often looks for a door in his dreams, but for some reason it doesn't always open.He wandered outside the door with scars all over his body, not knowing where to go in panic.Then one day he raised his hand to knock on the door, but the door opened from the inside, and the man stood at the door, smiling at him, with a consistent tone, as if everything was normal: "Go home? Wash your hands and eat."

He was stunned for a long time, and stepped in with cautious steps.

The door closed behind him, and he finally had a chance to take a look at what was inside the door. The appearance was different from what he had longed for, but the feeling was surprisingly the same.

"Why are you in a daze?" Lu Shang held the bowl and frowned slightly, "It's overcooked again, let's make do with it, I'll add more water next time."

"Ah."

There is a place in this world that does not need romance, that is his home, his belonging.

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