In the golden cage

They had a false reconciliation, at least for Li Chen, the previous suspicions had been wiped out.

The day went on according to the usual rhythm, Ji Shaoting let Li Chen hug him before going to bed.He was holding a stack of Christmas cards in his hand, which Sally helped deliver at the Christmas party last time. For some reason, Li Chen suddenly said he wanted to read it tonight.

After sensing Ji Shaoting's love, his desire to control became more and more insatiable. He had to know everything about Ji Shaoting, even the greeting card written to him by a child contained a part of Ji Shaoting that he didn't know.

In fact, they are all beautiful, but I must say that Harria's Christmas card is the most beautiful.

Ji Shaoting shook the card back and forth against the light, saw the dark blue sky full of debris of stars, and thought that she even added glitter powder to the watercolor, which was too delicate.

Open the painting card that is comparable to a work of art, and inside are neat lines of English cursive script, starting with dear Jonas and ending with a PS: Do you remember our agreement?

"Of course I remember." Ji Shaoting had been imprisoned for a long time, and he already had the habit of talking to himself.

He promised her to go to her graduation ceremony.

Li Chen also knew this, and when he read this passage, he couldn't help but smile, put his arm around Ji Shaoting's shoulder and said, "Let's go together."

Ji Shaoting was noncommittal, and those who knew him knew that this meant unwillingness, but Li Chen didn't think about it.He fell in love for the first time in thirty-three, and his whole body was in a state of intoxication, and the tiniest nerve was blunted.

"Will you write back?" he asked again.

Ji Shaoting said yes, his habit is to send greeting cards for the Lunar New Year, which has a strong national color.Li Chen's hand slid down from his shoulder to his waist, pulling him into the quilt, "Show me after you finish writing," he said coquettishly, "I haven't seen you yet." Write English words."

There is no Chinese characters, Ji Shaoting thought, what else can he do now besides housework?Where is the opportunity to get a pen.

"Tingting."

"Ok?"

It took a while for Li Chen to answer, shyly saying, "I want it too."

"What do you want?" Ji Shaoting reached out and pressed the light.

"Greeting card."

"new Year card?"

"No, another greeting card."

Ji Shaoting thought it was something else, while letting Li Chen kiss him over and over again, since that night Li Chen must do this before going to bed.

The area he invaded is gradually expanding, extending from the neck area to the waist and abdomen. Ji Shaoting knows very well that resistance will not be effective, and it will only return the state between them to a half-dead state, like those days after returning from London Same, so he didn't say anything, he just regarded himself as a corpse.

As long as this is also part of paying off the debt.

"I know you remember," Li Chen whispered into Ji Shaoting's ear, "I must remember."

Ji Shaoting didn't know what Li Chen was talking about, but he felt that if he said he didn't remember, he would cause a lot of trouble.

So he changed the subject, thinking that this matter could be dealt with later.He put one hand into Li Chen's hair, and gently patted it with a soothing force.He knew that Li Chen couldn't bear this the most. "Understood, go to bed early," he said softly, "I'm so busy with work at the end of the year."

"Well, good night, Tingting," he heard Li Chen laugh, "I'll wait."

It is also a coincidence that the university where Chen Pei teaches is in the north, very close to Ji Shaoting's hometown.

Ji Shaoting's current friendship with Chen Pei is probably deeper than that of Li Chen, at least his feelings for Chen Pei are all positive.So when Chen Pei talked about the arrangements after work, he pushed his brother out very rudely: "Mom, if you need anything, just call my brother, he works in that area."

"This is so troublesome." Chen Pei still habitually said politely, Ji Shaoting was anxious when he heard this, and immediately replied, "No trouble! My brother is your brother——"

At the dinner table, it was Li Chen who laughed first, and Ji Shaoting coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, and quickly changed the subject: "I'll tell my brother later, if Ah Chen's working hours permit, why don't you come back to me this year?" Is it New Years?"

The more he talked, the more he felt that this was a good idea: "Stay a little longer and settle down with mom."

"I can," Li Chen looked at Chen Pei, "Mom, what do you think?"

Chen Pei was still laughing at Ji Shaoting's slip of the tongue, and the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes were swimming. "Okay," she nodded, "Of course."

The company of Ji's family is indeed reborn, and the person in charge, Ji Linzhang, is getting busier and busier.Ji Shaoting didn't receive Li Chen's answer until the end of his bath, saying that it was of course good: "I'll tell my parents later, when are you planning to come over? It's almost the end of the new year, so you have to buy a plane ticket early."

"For Mr. Li, it's not a problem to buy a plane ticket." Ji Shaoting calculated with his fingers, "It's early February, brother, when will you and Dad be free to pick up the plane? Aunt Chen is also here, and a family member will come to pick you up. Be polite." , and the room at home must be arranged first.”

Then he heard the bathroom door lock open and close, Li Chen came out with his hair pushed back, his voice was laziness and comfort after bathing: "Who are you calling?"

"My brother." Ji Shaoting pulled out the warm quilt to the side, Li Chen naturally lay down in Ji Shaoting's heat, and hugged him, but he had no intention of communicating with his family, and he didn't even seem to intend to say hello.

Ji Shaoting glanced at him, and continued the topic: "Are you optimistic about the date?"

"Dad doesn't like to talk, so I'll just go with these things." Ji Shaoting heard Ji Linzhang pressing the keyboard, "I checked, there is a direct flight on the morning of the [-]nd, and I happen to be free in the afternoon, how about this day? The second of the month."

"February [-]nd? Let me ask," Ji Shaoting slightly distanced the phone, turned to look at Li Chen, "Is it too early? Is there a lot of business in the company?"

Li Chen didn't speak.

Ji Shaoting noticed that something was wrong with Li Chen's eyes, and his first thought was that this person didn't need a chance to go crazy, so he trembled reflexively in his heart, and shouted with his voice: "A Chen?"

It took two or three seconds for Li Chen to speak, his voice was hoarse, and the content was just a repetition: "February [-]nd."

"Hmm, um..." Ji Shaoting did not know where he made a mistake, and carefully completed the information, "I took a plane to my house this day, and my brother checked it. There is a direct flight in the morning."

Li Chen remained silent, and Ji Linzhang on the other end of the call also smelled an ominous atmosphere, and even called out "Ting Ting" twice, asking if he was okay.Ji Shaoting said that it was all right, and while sneaking a glance at Li Chen from the corner of his eyes, he quickly ended the call: "Brother, I will discuss with Mr. Li again, you should go to bed earlier and talk back."

Now there were really only the two of them left in the room, and the air became more rigid.

"Ah Chen..." Ji Shaoting's whole posture was flattering, he let his waist soften and held Li Chen's hand around his waist, and said every word in a warm voice, "What's wrong? What did I do wrong?" gone?"

"What do you want to arrange that day?" He heard Li Chen ask slowly.

This is the real proposition. In this atmosphere, even if Ji Shaoting answered one word wrong, it would be the beginning of a nightmare.Li Chen's mood was unpredictable, so Ji Shaoting had to do his best to come up with the most perfect arrangement: "Take the plane in the morning and arrive at about two or three in the afternoon. Go back to my house to rest for a while, and then go out for a meal in the evening. If you want , I'll take you around after dinner."

"that's all?"

Ji Shaoting bit the bullet: "The first day was tiring, I don't want you to work too hard. The next day I will drive you to the scenic spot. Do you want to soak in the hot spring? Our place—ah!"

Li Chen suddenly turned Ji Shaoting over on the bed, put his hands on the side of his face, with a gloomy look on his face: "You actually forgot."

Ji Shaoting stared blankly at Li Chen: "Forgot...?"

Li Chen stared at him.In fact, deep down in love there is always a bit of hatred, but this bit of hatred expands infinitely in Li Chen's pupils.He stared at Ji Shaoting, wanting to stare at him like he would be hacked into pieces.

Ji Shaoting trembled and said sorry twice. Being in extreme danger, his natural temper came out again, all his reactions were slow, and all his thoughts faltered. The more he tried to remember, the more he couldn't remember: what did he forget? What?

Li Chen loosened his arms and suddenly collapsed, burying his head on Ji Shaoting's neck.

Ji Shaoting seemed to hear the whimper of a wild beast, which was so small that it passed by his ear, and he had no time to catch it.Then there was a sharp pain, Li Chen bit his neck: "February [-]nd."

Then came the four words with gritted teeth: "It's my birthday."