In the golden cage

Li Chen has observed Ji Shaoting's residence countless times through the cat's eyes, and today he finally stepped into it for the first time.

Ji Shaoting's residence, as soon as he entered the door, he knew that Ji Shaoting lived here.The layout is very simple, one kitchen, one bedroom, one living room and one toilet. Everything is simple, but everything is not mediocre.Because of Ji Shaoting, this place rose from the mundane and became a place that does not belong to the mundane.

The bedroom is not too big, but the living room is big, and the flowers from Li Chen are piled up in every corner.And Ji Shaoting passed through it, becoming the most splendid spring scene in the world.Li Chen's filter for Ji Shaoting was already so thick that he had nowhere to cut it down. Seeing this scene, he was even more dumbfounded.

Ji Shaoting walked to the kitchen, only to notice from the corner of his eyes that Li Chen was motionless, as if cast in place.He turned around and invited again: "Sit wherever you want, don't stand, sofa or dining table, sit for a while, I'll be fine soon."

Li Chen finally chose to sit at the dining table, because from this angle he could see Ji Shaoting in the kitchen.He was deftly untying his apron with his hands behind his back.

An extremely familiar scene was so familiar to Li Chen that he could draw it even if he was asked to close his eyes.

In an instant, all disputes, confrontations, and conflicts evaporated and dissipated.Li Chen returned to the home he shared with Ji Shaoting, listening to the clink of pots and pans, full of emotion filled his limbs and bones.

In any case, the conflict between them finally eased, and Li Chen could see Ji Shaoting's busy back in the kitchen again.

This cognition alone is like a big dream to Li Chen, so sweet and illusory that it loses its real color.

Ji Shaoting said that it will be ready soon, and it will be soon, after all, he really doesn't have the mind to entertain Li Chen with any tricks.He just reheated the fish from last night, and fried a fresh dish, plus a plate of tomato scrambled eggs.

When it was served to the table, Li Chen came to help, saying that this was the first time he helped Ji Shaoting with housework.

Probably because their identities have been reversed.Although they are now inseparable, they do not owe each other. Ji Shaoting no longer submits to him, and even turns his back on the guest: "You let it go."

Ji Shaoting's tone was unfamiliar and polite: "It's fine if I come, you are a guest after all."

Guests, a definition full of distance.

A watershed, an insurmountable gap, Li Chen couldn't help but panic, and immediately said: "I'm not a guest!"

Ji Shaoting's heart tightened, and the chopsticks slipped out of his hands. He looked up at Li Chen in confusion, wondering what had offended him again.

Only then did Li Chen realize that he had crossed the line again, and he said dryly, "At least, at least we are legally still husband and wife, right?"

Ji Shaoting stared at Li Chen, trying to understand his obsession with their husband and wife status.

Probably, in Li Chen's eyes, the status of husband and wife is the only proof that they are connected. Ji Shaoting thought, after all, their initial relationship skipped friends and lovers, and they were husband and wife directly. the instigator.

That's why Li Chen's reaction to that ring was so great.Probably the thing he can't tolerate the most is that Ji Shaoting has become someone else's wife.

"Then sit down," Ji Shaoting said in a low voice, "I'll do this kind of thing."

In fact, he wanted to say that his wife should do this kind of thing, but the word "wife" was like a curse word, and he still couldn't say it.

They faced each other again and shared the same meal.

Arguing is a very exhausting thing, and all the stomachs are empty after the earth-shattering, so they bury their heads in the meal and use it to give themselves some quiet time.

Except for the sound of thanks when the food was served, there was no sound on the table.

Until Ji Shaoting's WeChat call alert sounded.

The phone was closer to Li Chen, and when he heard the sound, he subconsciously glanced at it, it was Ji Linzhang.

He immediately clenched his chopsticks.

He found that Ji Shaoting's first reaction after taking the phone was to look at the clock, so it should be at this time every day that Ji Linzhang would call.

Li Chen told himself repeatedly in private that they were just brothers, but the bitterness of jealousy was still unavoidable in his heart.

Even though the two places are separated, Ji Linzhang can still enjoy Ji Shaoting more than him, and has the time to video chat with him every night.

Ji Shaoting's eyes flicked back and forth between Li Chen and the phone a few times, looking very hesitant.

So Li Chen picked up his job, sat on the sofa in a corner where the camera couldn't see, and said, "Listen."

Ji Shaoting hesitated for a moment, nodded, and got through the call with Ji Linzhang.

Ever since the monitoring incident, Ji Shaoting knew that his brother was very sensitive, and he could feel something strange even if he didn't listen to the phone once.

Ji Shaoting couldn't use overtime as an excuse, because his job never required him to work overtime; he couldn't even lie about attending a party, because his brother sometimes asked him to take photos when he got excited.

So it's best to deal with it as usual. Ji Shaoting greeted him in a relaxed tone as much as possible: "Boss Ji, good morning."

"What's for dinner tonight?"

"The leftover fish from last night..."

Every time the two of them started with trivial matters, they chatted along the scattered topics, from food to parents to Ji Linzhang's work.Although Ji Shaoting was unnatural, he had to admit that his acting skills had reached the peak of his life at this moment, at least he felt that Ji Linzhang didn't hear anything wrong.

Until Ji Linzhang threw out the last topic before going for a morning run, it was about Ji Shaoting's neighbor: "That Anderson, right? How about it, what did he give you today?"

Ji Shaoting couldn't hold back anymore, he was suffocated, and his eyes unconsciously wanted to drift towards Li Chen.

Fortunately, he took it back only halfway through, and Ji Linzhang didn't feel anything wrong through the blurry picture quality.

"Today he sent a piece of bread." Ji Shaoting answered in a deliberate manner, half-truths and half-truths in his words, Li Chen did send a piece of bread, a bread paper bag.

"Very good," Ji Linzhang's voice was mechanically processed to distort it, it came out from the microphone, passed through the air, and passed into Li Chen's ear canal, "It's too exaggerated to send flowers all the time, the young man is quite good at it— "

Ji Shaoting immediately knew what his brother was going to say, and couldn't help interrupting: "Ji Linzhang, don't talk nonsense, I haven't met anyone."

"It's not better, it means that he doesn't want your good looks, it just depends on your personality."

"A few notes, what kind of character can you see?"

Ji Linzhang pretended to be authentic and said yes and no: "It is the details that are the most real."

Li Chen obediently sat on the sofa with a bowl and buried his head in eating. Ji Shaoting glanced at his appearance out of the corner of his eyes, and for some reason felt even more terrified.

He didn't want to continue this weird conversation anymore, so he urged Ji Linzhang to go for a run: "Wait until the sun comes out and you are too hot, now is the best time."

"The last sentence and the last sentence," Ji Linzhang put away his laughing expression, and said, "Tingting, I don't care if he is Anderson or Robinson, the most important thing is that you like him. There are many kinds of love in this world. Self-righteous liking is the most harmful thing. Of course it’s good to be happy with each other. When we can’t do it, we will take a step back and choose someone you love, not necessarily someone who loves you.”

The three people present knew what the "most harmful" was referring to.

"I see," Ji Shaoting lowered his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Thank you, brother."

After Ji Shaoting put down the phone, there was a moment of silence in the air, and then he heard Li Chen speak, as if he was asking a question, or talking to himself:

"But how can I make you fall in love with me?"