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Shen Wei made several boyfriends without telling his parents.

But in that era, dreams alone were not enough. People who walked on thin ice were full of fear and shame every step of the way. Love and desire could not overcome the world in the end.

So Shen Wei's every love ended without a problem, and every breakup was extremely heroic.

But he seems to be trapped in this vicious circle forever, he likes to find people who are much older than himself, and feels that those uncles have a sense of security, like moths to a flame.

It's a pity that those people seldom have a peaceful life, and they didn't want to go forever.

Some men and women take it all, and there are many romantic encounters around them, and Shen Wei borrows the money when they run out; some already have families, and finally they have enough fun, so they leave him and return to the so-called "normal" life. Of course, this is Shen Wei after a long time. , Only through other people's mouths.

Every time Shen Wei fails in love, he buys a few catties of beef, buries himself in the quilt and gets drunk, or calls Liu Guohua, crying until he is dark.

As soon as Liu Guohua answered the phone, he ran back to take care of him, coax him, and cook him noodles and hangover soup.

He put his hands on the top of Shen Wei's head, and stroked back and forth a small piece of his hair that was exposed outside.

This man has the warmest hands in the world and can serve him the most delicious noodles. Every time he cooks happy breaking up noodles, he will put an extra piece of meat than usual.

But he never asked much about the details of the relationship, he was willing to listen to what Shen Wei wanted to say, and he never inquired or persuaded Shen Wei if he didn't want to talk.

In this way, Shen Wei felt at ease.

He hugged Liu Guohua's waist and asked, "Why am I so unlucky? When can I have a normal relationship?"

He no longer asks for "long time", as long as the other party takes him at ease when getting along, treats him well, and makes him feel at ease.

For such a person, it is difficult to say that it is difficult, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult.

There is a ready-made one around.

It's a pity that this person doesn't seem to be interested in Shen Wei.

Liu Guohua never told Shen Wei about his own affairs, but he didn't hide anything, he met him when he met him, let him guess, and never explained a word.

Once when the snack bar was closing, in the middle of the night, Shen Wei had just swallowed the last mouthful of soup, when Liu Guohua came to clean up the bowl, the door was pushed open.

By light, Shen Wei could clearly see a handsome and rich man in leather jacket and leather pants standing there.

Liu Guohua knew him, put down the bowl in his hand and went outside to talk with him.

The two smoked for a long time at the door, looking out through the glass door of the snack bar, Shen Wei could only see the afterglow of the moon cast on Liu Guohua's back.

The person beside him suddenly became excited while talking, dancing with hands and feet, and the voice drifted in intermittently in the night.However, Liu Guohua stood still, like a clay sculpture nailed in place.

After lobbying for an hour, the man slammed his unfinished cigarette on the ground and left.

Liu Guohua stood there, watching his back slowly disappear at the entrance of the alley.

Back in the store, he met Shen Wei's concerned and searching eyes unexpectedly, Liu Guohua rolled the words on the tip of his tongue, sat back beside Shen Wei, and took a sip of his unfinished tea.

"Old friend, you want to find me—to make money."

Shen Wei braced his face and waited for him to say more.

"But I'm getting old, and I can't handle the wind and waves anymore. I just want to have security in terms of finances and life."

Shen Wei raised his eyelids to look at him, his eyebrows were full of temptation: "Then you should find a young one to help you with your retirement."

Liu Guohua shook his head: "I did a lot of wrong things when I was young and hurt many people. Now——I don't want to hurt others anymore."

He didn't say anything about what went wrong, who was hurt, and Shen Wei didn't get to the bottom of it, he just took a chopstick and tapped on the countertop.

"Would someone be willing? Willing... to send you off, okay?"

Liu Guohua paused, got up, took the bowl and walked into the kitchen.

In 2004, Shen Wei resigned from the government office, used all his savings to rent an abandoned factory in the alley, and opened a bathhouse.

This bathhouse is specially provided for comrades, it is very hidden, and there are only men's baths and no women's baths.

Ever since Shen Wei saw the man in the park committing suicide, Shen Wei has been thinking about one thing—the living space for comrades is so small and the environment is so difficult, is there any way for him to benefit everyone by himself, even a little bit? It is also good to make everyone feel a sense of belonging.

So he took a risk and did such a thing. There was no fanfare when he opened the business, but he couldn't stop Youyou's mouth. It didn't take long for him to be reported, and the police station came to investigate one after another.

Fortunately, the regular customers who come here also cherish it. When they go there, they just chat, take a bath, relax, make friends, and find another place if they like them. They never do anything out of line in the bathing place.

They nicknamed Shen Wei "Sister Hua" because of his handsome appearance, and because of his exquisiteness and kindness, the business of the bathing place was very prosperous.

Later, the bathing place added a scrub business, and they were all serious.

Shen Wei invited two or three young technicians to help in the bathhouse. Some regular customers would often jokingly "complain" that the newcomers couldn't handle themselves properly and rubbed them uncomfortable, and wanted the boss to personally serve them.

Shen Wei smiled, put some fiery red nail polish on the counter: "You can't afford the boss's price."

Of course he can't afford it, the kung fu in his hands has only been shown to one person.

The bathhouse was closed later than the snack bar, Liu Guohua came to the door almost every day to wait for Shen Wei to get off work, sometimes packed a bowl of noodles for him, sometimes other things.

Those who knew them joked when they saw Liu Guohua: "Hey, the master is here."

Shen Wei grabbed a handful of melon seeds and threw them over his head.He wanted to recognize the Lord, but he didn't want to.

Sometimes when all the people in the bathing place had left, Liu Guohua would stay to take a shower, and Shen Wei would rub his back.

The man's body didn't seem to show any signs of aging at all. His wheat-colored skin had firm back muscles, but many old wounds could be faintly seen on it.

When Shen Wei was taking a bath, he would touch the wounds one by one with his fingertips. Sometimes he would feel the man's body shaking, and the outline of the hills couldn't be covered by the towel at all.

He asked, "Want to help?"

Liu Guohua stood up "squeaky" and went to rush down the running water by himself.

At that time, blogs were just becoming popular. Shen Wei registered a special account, concealed the names of the parties and a lot of key information, and only recorded their joys and sorrows. The blog quickly became popular. His parents did not know how to find out about this. After that, they ran to the place where he lived and had a big fight.

His father pointed at his nose and trembled again, tore off the flowery skirts drying in the yard, and called him "corrupting the style of the family".

Shen Wei didn't understand: "Why did I ruin the family tradition by opening a bathhouse?"

"Don't think you don't know if we're not here! Your brothers, sisters, and children are all studying! And you! Have a good life, but whether you're male or female... still... still... you're shameless and we want more!"

The second elder cursed around the corner, but didn't say a word to Liu Guohua, and didn't even look at him.Liu Guohua didn't know how to argue, so he could only choose to be scolded. Shen Wei was so angry that he drove the neighbors out with their curious eyes.

His eyes were red under the setting sun, and he trembled again because of his parents' insults.

That day Liu Guohua sat with him at the door for a long time, and he finally talked about his own affairs for the first time: "My parents left after my accident, and within half a year, they were pissed off by me. , I'm sorry for them."

"Also—my son and his mother."

When Liu Guohua was young, he often led a group of brothers to fight in the city. At first, he wanted to survive, and wanted to let the bottom-level people who lived by crafts have a place to survive in this land.Then gradually the taste changed.

He was young and energetic, able to fight and respond to every call, and the guy in his hand gradually changed from a stick at the beginning to a dagger and a kitchen knife, and finally killed someone.

After going in for a few years, when you come out, the trees are down and the monkeys are scattered, and the sky has changed.

"She divorced me. I could more or less guess it, so I signed it. After all, I was sorry for her. I didn't expect that my parents would collapse after the divorce." He closed his eyes and said hoarsely, "They both died They didn't forgive me, they all called me a sinner."

This infamy made him unable to straighten up for the rest of his life.

Liu Guohua only found out that he was gay after he got married. He had concealed it from his mother and son for a long time, because of fear, but also because he wanted to save face when he was young, and he was afraid that he would be laughed at by his younger brothers when he divorced.

As a result, the relationship between husband and wife and even parent-child relationship deteriorated after marriage. The husband and wife did not have a common language and often quarreled. With his son, he ran away with a rich businessman who went south.

It's a pity that his son is ineffective, and he gambles and whores. He is really not doing his job properly.The money his mother gave him was not enough to feed him. Every Chinese New Year, everyone came to have a reunion dinner, but he came to his own father to collect debts with nothing.

Liu Guohua felt guilty, and basically responded to all kinds of unreasonable demands of his son.

But who said Liu Guohua doesn't understand romance.Shen Wei likes lipstick, whenever a big brand in a department store comes out with a new color, he will give Shen Wei a copy.

Shen Wei didn't understand what Liu Guohua was thinking in his heart, he made explicit hints, even pretended to be crazy and crawled on him while drinking, but he was able to pull him off and stuff him back under the quilt.

Shen Wei was so angry that he finally yelled: "Liu Guohua! Are you not good?!"