gentlemen!Please don't call me Douding

This is the fourth year he and Shao Yao have been together.

And until now, he still doesn't know whether that incident happened, or if it was just a magical and lingering dream he had.

It was another long and sweltering summer afternoon, and the cicadas on the old tree outside the house were vibrating non-stop, and the warm summer wind rolled into the house with a slightly dry and sultry heat.

He was alone in the room, and no one disturbed him. The sunlight cast colorful shadows on the light beige curtains.

He didn't turn on the air conditioner, only the fan creaked and turned, as if outlining the most simple relationship with the hot summer. Ding Dou looked at the blades of the fan, turning, and fell into a dream.

Until later, he could still recall the scene when he woke up. It was a house covered with light green cloth sticky crafts, and the walls were covered with ivy and light pink flowers.

He raised his head from the table, his arms were constricted due to the long sleep, and he looked at the melted ice cream next to his hand in a daze.

"Sir, would for you", the waiter in the store came over and asked friendlyly.

Ding Dou answered smoothly, "no, thank you." He frowned and thought for a while, then asked in English, "Where is this...?"

"of california sandiego" (San Diego, California) the girl replied.

Ding Dou nodded, took out the money from his body and handed it to her, and walked out of the ice cream shop.

Opening the door to the world, the sunlight streamed in front of his eyes from the green leaves, he narrowed his eyes slightly, completely unable to remember why he was here.

He was at home before falling asleep, but why did he wake up in California?

The same summer, cool and hot, Ding Dou couldn't figure it out, looking left and right, there were only tree-lined paths and rows of houses with red roofs.

He sat down along the steps with nothing on him but a few coins.He looked down at the row of tiny ants on the steps under his feet, carrying a green leaf and walking past his toes.

He closed his eyes, and when he pinched his brow with his fingers, something warm ran over and licked his hand.

He looked up, and a big golden dog greeted him cheerfully wagging its tail. He smiled, stroked the dog, and murmured, "I seem to be lost."

He sat quietly on the steps, watching the children sneaking out of the house in the summer afternoon in the distance, and a large group of white-skinned children were playing on the street with skateboards.

Just as he was hesitating where to go, he suddenly heard a soft cry from the opposite street. Ding got up, walked over with the big dog, and rounded an intersection, he saw a group of children confronting a little boy with blond hair sitting on the ground .

The cry came from the little blond boy. He was about seven or eight years old. He was sitting on the ground with some bruises on his knees.

"Hey, sorry!"

Ding Dou rolled his eyes, and the leader of the group of children was a black-haired boy who was Chinese. It was very obvious among this group of foreign children that he was the leader of the children's gang.

"No, you rascals!" said the little boy.

The black-haired boy bent his lips and smiled, intervening in the half-mature and half-sentimental youth, his voice was a little hoarse because he was in the voice-changing period, he lowered his head and grabbed the boy's collar, raised his fist, "You are the villain, You steal things, no one will play with you! If you don’t apologize, I will let you taste the power of my fist!"

The children behind him all laughed, looked at the blond boy triumphantly, and said with a smile, "Sam, you can't beat us, apologize quickly, or you will spend all your money to buy ice cream!"

"Eric, hit him!"

The boy said in a threatening tone, "Boy, you really don't apologize?"

Sam was grabbed by the neckline by him, a little scared, but very stubborn, said something in a low voice, and the black-haired boy clenched his fist and punched him on the stomach.

Ding was in a hurry, and strode over, "You can't bully him, there are many of you, it's not fair!" He lowered his head to help the blond child up, but the child spat at him, broke away from his hand and ran away.

"Ha, I told you, meddle in your own business!" The young man snorted coldly with his chin up, stared at Ding Dou, and after a while, suddenly said in broken Chinese, "Are you Chinese?"

Ding Dou nodded, "Then you can't beat him either."

The black-haired boy curled his lips, looked down at Ding Dou and frowned at his saliva-stained clothes, waved his fist at him nonchalantly, and said, "He wanted to hit me too, but he couldn't, so he scolded me. You His clothes were also stained by him, so I should catch him and beat him!"

Ding Dou sighed helplessly, looking around, looking for something to wipe his clothes, the black-haired boy whistled to the back, and everyone ran away happily after him.

Not long after, only about two to three minutes, the boy stepped on the skateboard and came back alone, and handed Ding Dou a wet tissue, "Hey, here you are!"

Ding Dou blinked, with a smile in his eyes, "Thank you."

The boy jumped off the skateboard and turned to sit on the ground with Ding Dou, squinting at the colorful tree shadows in the distance, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm lost."

"Where are you going?"

"Um... China."

"Oh, you want to go back?" The boy opened his mouth exaggeratedly, with a sneer on his face, and the joke was unbelievable.

Ding Dou shook his head quickly, "No, I just, I just don't remember how I got here."

"Ha, you are so stupid."

Ding Dou pursed his lips, "How can you say that about me."

The boy stretched out his hand towards him carelessly, "My name is Eric, what's your name?"

"Ding Dou."

"Oh, I have a Chinese name too, but I've never called it. Do you remember how it came from?"

Ding Dou blinked, of course he knew how to get from China to California, but he forgot how he suddenly woke up here.

He shook his head dejectedly, like a downcast deer wandering in the lost forest with beautiful antlers, his big moist eyes were as clear as the summer sun reflected in the water.

"I... fell asleep, don't remember."

Eric cut out, "Sure enough, the Chinese are amazing."

Ding Dou was speechless, "You too."

"Well, but I've never been, I've always lived here. My parents are."

Ding Dou's face was a little pale from the sun, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. Eric observed him for a while, and a glint of color flashed in his sharp eyes, "You look very uncomfortable."

"Well, it's very hot." Ding Dou raised his hand to wipe his sweat, thinking about how he would go back, obviously he didn't have enough money on him, he didn't quite know what happened, and his head was a little dizzy.

Eric thought for a while, "You seem to have been in the sun for too long."

"Well, I want a drink of water."

"But I don't."

Ding Dou felt like he was suffering from heatstroke, and he had indeed been in the sun for a long time. He stood up staggeringly, staggered, and was supported by the black-haired boy, who reached Ding Dou's chest, just supporting him waist to take him to a cooler place.

"Where are you going then?"

"I...don't know, I don't have any money."

The corner of the boy's lips curled up, and there was a layer of sweat between the brows. He thought for a while, "I'll take you to my host family, but my room is on the second floor, and we have to go up."

Ding Dou's lips became even paler, and his dizziness was severe, "Then I won't go, I'll take a rest."

"Let's climb up from behind. It's okay. I often sneak out. If you can't climb up, I can carry you."

Ding Dou supported his face with his hands and forced a smile, "I'm tall, you can't memorize it."

Eric snorted coldly, "I'm only 13 years old, I will grow taller, and I will grow taller than you! Stronger than you!"

"Oh…"

Eric picked up his skateboard and grabbed Ding Dou's arm, "Hey, let's go, or you will sleep here, I can kindly keep you overnight, and I can also give you ice water to drink."

Ice water, Ding Dou stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, the place where the small piece of pink swam was moist, Eric bent down to stare at him, and reached out to touch his face, "You look very good-looking. "

Ding Dou's head sank, "Yes."

The boy grabbed his arm, pulled him up from the steps, blocked Ding Dou's waist with his own arm, and led him quietly around the main road of the street, and came to a small road. The boy quickly threw the skateboard into the backyard , stepped on the small protruding stone next to it, and jumped into the yard after a few strokes.

Ding Dou cheered up, huh?He seemed to have seen the back of that person just now, with his neat movements and the spines that protrude when exerting force, he tried hard to recall, where had he seen it...

Not long after, the door to the backyard opened a small gap, an arm stretched out to grab Ding Dou, and quickly took his hand to bring him in.

Eric hissed on his lips, and pointed to the open glass on the second floor, "Look, that's my room, jump up from the one over there, be careful not to step on the flowerpot, and then walk along the path close to the wall That's it."

Ding Dou shook his head quickly, "No... I can't climb up."

"Then I'll throw you a rope from the house, tie it around your waist, and I'll pull you up."

"Well, it will hurt."

"You are so troublesome!" Eric glared at him, looking at Ding Dou's fairer skin than his, he had no choice but to accept that this method would not work.

He thought for a while, and said a few words in Ding Dou's ear, Ding Dou nodded in embarrassment.

Eric ran into the living room on the first floor and yelled loudly, and then continued to yell in the front yard. People in the room who heard the voice came out one after another to ask what happened to him.

Ding Dou cautiously slipped into the house when people were paying attention to him, and quickly disappeared up the stairs on the first floor.

Eric scratched his head, "Ah, I found my skateboard, I thought it was missing."

The landlady spread her hands angrily, "Little troublemaker Eric, if you keep yelling in the room, I will tell your father."

"Well, I was wrong, ma'am, I'll go upstairs first."

Eric slipped into the room carefully, closed the door, locked his own door, and turned to look at the adults standing awkwardly in the room.

"You can sit down."

Ding Dou looked at his room. It was very tidy. There were many toys, tanks, and airplanes on the table. He shook his head, "Can I have a glass of water?"

Eric took him to his bed and sat down, went to pour a glass of water for Ding Dou and brought it over. When he heard the wife outside the house calling his name, Eric agreed and said in a low voice, "You are here, don't go out, I will go and give it to him." You get something to eat."

Ding Dou nodded, and sat on the bed in a daze after the boy left.

He was very sleepy, and the boy's bed was very attractive to him. When he fell down unconsciously, he closed his eyes and thought, the bed was so comfortable, and there was a smell that he was very familiar with, but he couldn't remember it at all.

After dinner at night, when Eric walked in with a fruit salad, Ding Dou had already slept for a while, his thin and slender body curled up on his bed, his black bangs somewhat blocked his eyes, and his pink lips gently Sipping.

He squatted beside the bed silently staring at Ding Dou's face, stretched out his hand hesitantly, as if he had made a big decision before touching it, and gently rubbed the side of his face with his fingers, the fingertips were cool and smooth, better than those golden hair The girl seemed to be more bewildered, he stared at Ding Dou's face anxiously, and only quietly pressed his lips to it when he was sure that the man was indeed asleep...

When Ding Dou woke up, the moment he opened his eyes, he saw the young man smiling at him with a blushing face at a loss, "Are you awake, are you hungry?"

Ding Dou rubbed his eyes and looked around, but he didn't expect that it was still here. He lowered his eyes in disappointment and looked lonely.

Eric felt his heart ache, and climbed onto the bed carefully, "What's wrong with you?"

Ding Dou shook his head, "I want to go back."

"Why do you have to go back?"

Ding Dou gave him a blank look, "I miss my lover."

Eric was stunned for a moment, his eyes burst into flames, "But you can't go back, right? Where did you come from? God brought you here so that you could meet me!"

Ding Dou frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Eric leaned closer, his pupils were deep, and there was a star in his eyes, "I just kissed you while you were asleep, so you can't go!"

Ding Dou was so frightened that he immediately pursed his lips, curled up and leaned against the end of the bed, unable to believe what the 13-year-old child said, and panicked by the anger welling up in his eyes.

Eric rushed forward and grabbed his arm, "I never liked those people, I only like you, although I haven't grown up yet, but I will be 17 years old in four years, we can get married!"

Ding Dou was startled by his words, opened his mouth slightly, stuttered and couldn't speak, he suddenly threw away Eric, staggered and wanted to jump out of the bed, but he didn't expect that the young man was stronger than him, and easily pressed him body.

Even though he was not as tall as Ding Dou, he relied on his own strength to hold the person under him. He leaned over and kissed Ding Dou indiscriminately with his mouth, "I seem to like you, so I want you, don't go. "

"You let go! Eric! Listen to me, you're a kid and you—"

While he was talking, the boy suddenly leaned over and kissed him. He didn't seem to know how to kiss yet, so he could only bite his lips with his teeth indiscriminately. The familiar breath enveloped his whole body, entwining him tightly like a familiar net. live.

Ding Dou was disturbed by the familiar aura on him, staring at the brows and eyes in front of him, those slightly sharp eyes are experiencing more things, and he will be more sensitive and decisive in the future.

That face still has the childishness of a child, but Ding Dou tremblingly found that the thin and hazy shadow imprinted in front of his eyes gradually merged with the mature and stable face in his memory, becoming more and more familiar and more familiar. more and more

He suddenly gave up struggling all over his body, and said softly, "You hurt me."

The boy immediately raised his body and looked at him apologetically, "Don't go, I like you the moment I see you."

Ding Dou nodded, lying flat on the bed after he left, recalling the conversation he had with the young man during the day, he frowned, and lay down beside the young man, "Eric, you said you have a Chinese name, what is your name?"

Eric took his hand and drew strokes on his body, "Shao—Yao."

Ding Dou, "..."

He suddenly laughed lowly, blinked his eyes, and murmured, "So I haven't woken up from my dream."

Eric didn't know what he said, looked nervously at Ding Dou's red marks, and said apologetically, "I, I'm sorry."

Ding Dou lay on the bed, nodded, and looked sideways at the boy's face, which was very similar, even though he hadn't fully matured yet, his eyes were still stubborn and sharp, and his personality was domineering and unreasonable.

He began to greedily look at Shao Yao in his youth, and couldn't help but laugh, "You said that you will marry me in the future?"

"Yes, I will marry you. Well, California stipulates that boys can marry at the age of 17, and there are four years left!"

Ding Dou pursed his lips and smiled, his crooked eyes were as bright as the moon, "This dream is really interesting. Hmm... Shaoyao? Can I call you by your Chinese name?"

"Okay, no one here has ever called me."

Ding Dou lay down comfortably, "But I'm already married."

The young man pursed his lips, a trace of sadness appeared on his face, "If you don't leave, won't you be able to see him?"

"I'll be sad if I don't see him anymore."

"But if you leave, I will also be very sad. You suddenly appeared in my world, why did you leave again?"

Ding Dou closed his eyes and said silently in his heart, "For...to meet again in the future."

The young man stared at him, Ding Dou took his hand and pulled him beside him, "Eric, I'm so tired, can I sleep?"

"You promise me to marry me, and I'll let you sleep."

"it is good."

……

Ding Dou woke up after being kissed. When he opened his eyes, the sky had turned dark blue.

Shao Yao helped him to sit up, stretched out his hands and rubbed his head, his voice was gentle and magnetic, and he smiled teasingly, "Honey, I've slept all afternoon, are you still sleeping tonight?"

"You've grown up..." Ding Dou rubbed his head, looked at the mature, stable and sexy face, reached out to hug Shao Yao's arm, and sighed, "No, no. I had a long, long dream."

Shao Yao sat beside him and hugged him, "Tell me about it?"

Ding Dou shook his head, leaned on his shoulder and shook his head. After a while, he suddenly asked, "Shaoyao, did you ever say you wanted to marry someone else when you were young?"

Shao Yao's eyes widened, he turned his head and coughed dryly, "Don't think about it, cough, I only want you alone."

Seeing his appearance, Ding Dou became serious, his heart beat, he curled his lips, put his hands around Shao Yao's head with a half smile, not allowing him to look away, "You seem guilty. Shao Yao, look at me , tell me, have you ever said anything about who you want to marry?"

Shao Yao helplessly stroked his back with his palm, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have remembered it. It seems that there was one, but I was young at that time, so I almost forgot about it."

Ding Dou snorted, not wanting to talk to him.

Shao Yao hugged him, shook his shoulders, and asked through gritted teeth, "How did you know? Who told you?" Don't let him catch who told Ding Dou this!Such a long time ago, how can a child take it seriously!

"Kids are talking nonsense, really!"

"Hmph, it turned out to be nonsense."

"Who told you that?"

"No one, I just know it myself!"

Shao Yao couldn't ask, so he stretched out his hand to scratch his itch, "Don't tell me, tell me who told you, you can't be angry because of this, I forgot, really, I only marry you!"

"Hahaha, I won't tell you. I'm angry. I don't think it's serious for children to mess around. I don't take it seriously either. Hahaha, don't take off my clothes. Well, Shaoyao—"

Shao Yao, you old bastard!Oh no, I've been a little bastard since I was a kid!

Ding Dou thought silently in Shao Yao's lingering kiss, after all, is it a dream?However, it doesn't seem to matter anymore, you don't need a time machine to fall in love with your future self.