In the golden cage

On the day of Chen Pei's surgery, it rained in autumn, Ji Shaoting waited outside with Li Chen, saw a misty white mist outside the window at the end of the corridor, and thought that after the rain, it would probably turn cold completely.

Winter is coming.

Ji Shaoting is from the north, and later he went to Europe to study and work. It always snows in his winter.This was his first winter without snow, but it was still cold. Just as he was about to put his hands into his sleeves, he heard Li Chen say, "Give it to me."

Li Chen's hands were sweaty, but Ji Shaoting didn't feel uncomfortable because it was cold sweat of fear.He looked at Li Chen, and realized for the first time that this omnipotent man was also vulnerable. After all, the one lying on the operating bed in the ward was his only relative.

With endless love and pity gushing from Ji Shaoting's heart, he wrapped the back of Li Chen's hand with his other free hand, and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay, it will get better."

Ji Shaoting's voice is not too deep, and even retains a youthful timbre, clear and bright, and because he has seen too much suffering, it is particularly soothing.Li Chen met his eyes, then looked down at his ring again.A pair of small silver wings with a clear diamond in the center.

People will eventually grow old and die, but it is eternal and new.

He suddenly wanted to hug Ji Shaoting and attach all this heavy weight to his body.He hasn't hugged him yet, they've been together for half a year, why hasn't he hugged him yet.

Just as he was about to pull out his hand to put the request into action, a medical cart suddenly passed by in the corridor. Li Chen sat stiffly, as if he had just woken up, and realized that the strong desire for dependence that Fang had germinated in him was very strange, but it didn't feel strange. Too bad.

But Ji Shaoting was unaware of Li Chen's inner struggle, and only diverted his attention with a relaxed tone: "I chose this ring really well."

"En." Li Chen thought, it's very good, there is nothing better than this.Ji Shaoting.

Under the light gray sky is the misty world.The autumn rain is pervasive, and passers-by open their umbrellas, but the sweet-scented osmanthus is still blooming.

"Mr. Li, can you tell me something about yourself?" Ji Shaoting asked.

Li Chen paused, "What?"

"Anything is fine," Ji Shaoting smiled gently, "I want to hear it."

What Ji Shaoting thought in his heart was to ask Li Chen to talk, so that he would not be too focused on the progress of the operating room.

But on the one hand, he was also worried about offending Li Chen's privacy. He had no intention of prying into his secrets, but only wanted to know some trivial things, so he added: "For example, what color Mr. Li likes."

Li Chen blurted out: "Red."

It was beyond Ji Shaoting's expectation: "I thought you would like black."

"Red," Li Chen pointed at Ji Shaoting's eyebrow mole, and repeated firmly, "the kind with a bit of brown."

He spoke so accurately, it seems that he really likes it, Ji Shaoting silently remembered it in his heart, and asked again: "The food——"

"What about you?" Li Chen interrupted.

Under the calm surface was excitement. He had always wanted to know more about Ji Shaoting, but he couldn't show it.Ji Shaoting never talked about personal affairs with him, and he didn't even know that Ji Shaoting was in poor health when he was young, and one hand was still lifeless.

"I like white," Ji Shaoting seemed to think of something after answering, "Mr. Li, why don't we play a game. I will say two options, such as cats and dogs, and then I will count to three, two and one, and we will make a choice together."

Calling it a game is more like testing tacit understanding.Cats and dogs, both choose dogs.Both rice and noodles are rice.Vegetables and meat, Ji Shaoting is vegetables, Li Chen is meat.

In fact, Ji Shaoting knew this in his heart, and he just wanted to have a reason to ask Li Chen: "Eat more vegetables, I always mix meat and vegetables for you according to the nutritionist's advice."

Li Chen suddenly said "you feed me and I will eat" in his heart, and he was surprised by himself.

Ji Shaoting continued: "McDonald's and KFC, three—"

"I haven't eaten." Li Chen didn't wait for him to finish counting, "I haven't had two."

Ji Shaoting couldn't believe it for a second, and then laughed: "Then I'll treat you another day. Although it's fast food, it's not bad after eating it once or twice."

Li Chen stared at Ji Shaoting's smiling face and said yes.

Communication had never been more effective, and their relationship seemed stronger by the time the surgery was over.The 24 hours after the operation is a high-risk period for bleeding. After Li Chen learned about the situation from the doctor, he didn't bother him any more. He only went in to take a look at Chen Pei, and then left the hospital with Ji Shaoting.

Went to McDonald's.

Fortunately, Li Chen didn't wear a suit today, only a white shirt and a quilted jacket, otherwise it would be quite illegal to go in and out of this mortal place.Ji Shaoting looked at Li Chen, thinking that the way this great god frowns at the menu card is actually a bit cute.

"What to eat?" Li Chen asked seriously.

Recently, a set of Disney animation is being released, and it has a linkage with McDonald's, and children's meals will be delivered with toys.Ji Shaoting suddenly became playful, and he asked Li Chen to find a place first.

The location I found was very remote, close to the back door alley, and Ji Shaoting walked around the restaurant with a plate in his hand before seeing him, with two long legs side by side, sitting cautiously by the glass window, looking around for Ji Shaoting, and found him. Now, pursing his lips, his dissatisfaction was written all over his face: why are you so slow.

Ji Shaoting looked so cute to him, and he explained while taking his seat: "The line is so long."

Then he said happily again: "I have a gift for Mr. Li."

Li Chen's eyebrows moved.Ji Shaoting asked him to guess whether it was the left pocket or the right pocket.Li Chen casually said the right side, but saw Ji Shaoting shaking his head: "Hahaha, actually neither."

It's in a hamburger box.

As soon as Li Chen opened it, he saw a little plastic bird, red with a little brown.

"Is it the color you like?" Ji Shaoting smiled so prettily that he couldn't help poking his eyes when he was near the table.

Getting along with Li Chen in such a fireworks-filled occasion made Ji Shaoting very comfortable.Li Chen, who was wearing plain clothes, was much younger. Sitting in the warm yellow light of McDonald's, he was no longer a lofty savior, but a big boy next door who could be approached, someone who could be a friend.

"Yes," Li Chen removed the bird's plastic cover, compared the color of Ji Shaoting's mole on the eyebrows, and said, "I like it."

No matter how awkward Li Chen was, he had to admit that he felt very good at this moment.Mother's surgery went well, and Ji Shaoting was giving him gifts.

His ambition has always been huge, and he has been expanding his career territory day and night. Of course, there have been so-called happy moments, but those are not the same as the current feeling. Now this is a more precious happiness.Sitting with Ji Shaoting in an ordinary fast food restaurant, outside is the brightly lit downtown, watching him take a sip of his drink, stretching his eyebrows and eyes and praising: "Ah! Iced Coke."

I listened to him chatting about trivial matters, wondering if this animation is good or not, he likes Pixar's CoCo the most, where is Mr. Li?Do you have a favorite movie...

When I came out of McDonald's, it was not too late, and I could take a stroll on the street for a while.Ji Shaoting said that he wanted to buy blue vinyl, so that the bird could be glued to the car seat, so he felt inappropriate.

I was so happy that I crossed the line, Mr. Li's car is so expensive, how could he allow him to put a cheap fast food toy.

"No, no, don't," he quickly remedied, "It would be better if your business friends saw it."

But Li Chen asked back: "My wife is still childlike, what's wrong?"

Ji Shaoting's heart skipped a beat when he said these words, but Li Chen took his hand very naturally, "There is a university nearby, so there should be a stationery store, go and have a look."

Ji Shaoting gesticulated with the clerk, but failed to find the blue vinyl he wanted.The patent of this thing seems to be abroad, there is no domestic brand, so it has to be specially imported, and finally Ji Shaoting can only buy a roll of double-sided tape.

When he came out, he talked to Li Chen about the previous party time, saying that they all used blue vinyl to fix the decorations.

"Wecallitblu-tack." He suddenly said something in English with a correct accent.

When Ji Shaoting doesn't speak Chinese, he always feels strange to Li Chen, as if he can glimpse the days before he was with him, the days of studying and working in a foreign country, a long period of nearly ten years.

It was too late, he met Ji Shaoting too late.

The rain had stopped long ago, and the wet ground made the soles of my feet slippery.The night near the university is not as noisy as the daytime. Looking in from the outside, you can see a row of lights in the library that stay on all night.

Students in twos and threes, holding umbrellas in their hands, passed by them.Li Chen also wanted to take Ji Shaoting to see the sea in Nanyun City, but he didn't notice that one of the scattered students was looking at him intently.

It was Ji Shaoting who noticed it.He stopped and found a handsome boy who was very stylishly dressed.

Li Chen also stopped, turned his head, and met the boy's eyes, at first he didn't recognize who he was, and then his facial features gradually coincided with a certain lustful face in his memory when he was emotional.Li Chen immediately grabbed Ji Shaoting and ordered arrogantly: "What are you looking at, let's go."

A bunch of jealous eyes pierced Ji Shaoting's eyes from the corner of his eyes, making him unable to help but turn his head again, but the boy turned his eyes away and got into a expensive car.

Ji Shaoting seems to know the relationship between Li Chen and this boy.