In the golden cage

Ji Shaoting's household registration book arrived with the repaired wedding photo.Li Chen took half a day to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Ji Shaoting to complete the formalities, and handed the small red book to Chen Pei that day.Recently, she has been sleeping more than she is awake, but even if she is awake, she is not energetic, and her eyelids are always half-drooped.

The marriage certificate of the two gave her a rare refreshment, almost radiant.She stared fixedly at the photos of the two of them, saying that the photos were really sweet.Ji Shaoting was tucking her in the quilt, when he heard the words, he leaned over affectionately, and echoed, "Yes, it's rare for Ah Chen to smile."

Li Chen looked up at Ji Shaoting from the document, but didn't make a sound.Chen Pei blamed: "It's always like this, it's nice to smile like the one in the photo."

"Mom." Li Chen called out flatly.

Chen Pei knew what he meant was unrealistic, so he didn't continue. He just stared at the photo and said, "Fortunately, Ting Ting likes to laugh, complements you, and looks like a husband and wife. Look, nose, your noses are quite similar. Yes, they are all high."

Chen Pei was energetic today and rested later than usual. Ji Shaoting chatted with her for a while, and it was already around seven o'clock when he got home.Li Chen made himself a part of the timetable, he would be irritable when the schedule deviates, even his stomach has a biological clock, he is a master who cannot be hungry, so Ji Shaoting hurriedly poured the prepared ingredients into the table as soon as he got home. pot.

He made a new dish of shredded radish tonight.The class went smoothly. Ji Shaoting would serve a new dish about every two days. Li Chen would not comment for a long time. He needed Ji Shaoting to observe his words and count how many times he moved his chopsticks. Obviously, he was very interested in Ji Shaoting's new dish tonight. Homework interest dull.

Ji Shaoting's self-criticism may be because it is too sweet.Li Chen is very picky, he doesn't like too greasy sweets, and he doesn't like vegetables very much.

Tonight Chen Pei kept praising them for being a good match, while Ji Shaoting pursed his lips and smiled sweetly, but in fact he was like a bright mirror in his heart.It is impossible for him and Li Chen to live together, as the unequal status between the two of them, as small as their eating habits, are all colliding sharply.

Ji Shaoting likes sweets, as well as fruits and vegetables.If his courses were too tight in college, he would only eat a banana at noon, plus a row of chocolates.

Ji Shaoting now often thinks about the past, because there is too much time.In this kind of profligacy and a lot of surplus time, people tend to recall the past.

He was so deep that he didn't even hear Li Chen calling him, and when he came back to his senses in bewilderment, Li Chen's complexion was not good, although it is more accurate to say that he never gave Ji Shaoting a good face.It wasn't intentional, Li Chen had the kind of face that would be particularly fierce as long as he didn't smile.

But the smile is really sweet, Ji Shaoting thought to himself, it would be great if Mr. Li was willing to smile more.

"Is it packed?" Li Chen asked.

Ji Shaoting's work skills are quite good now, and every corner of the kitchen is clean after use.He nodded and said yes, Li Chen turned and walked out, "Then follow me out."

Ji Shaoting asked where he was going, and when he asked for the second time, he found that Li Chen had deliberately pretended not to hear, so he stopped asking, and just obediently followed him into the car again.

Twenty minutes later, they walked into a jewelry store. Only then did Ji Shaoting figure out the cause and effect, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Li wants to—"

He paused, and replaced the "surprise me" with "Take me to buy a ring?"

The word "surprise" doesn't match Mr. Li.

"It's obvious." Li Chen walked into the store without stopping in front of the display cabinet.Ji Shaoting heard him give his last name, and then someone led him upstairs to a room similar to an office, where a blond man in a suit and leather shoes came forward to shake hands with Li Chen.

Ji Shaoting felt that he was a Frenchman, and then he turned to Ji Shaoting and said Bonsoir.

When Ji Shaoting was out of the situation, the Frenchman smiled and said, "Mr. Li said you can speak French."

He did, but in fact he minored in two languages ​​when he was in college, and German made him want to bang his head against the wall, so he only learned one French in the end.This is also thanks to his French classmate, and the French never speak English when they can speak French.

Ji Shaoting was forced to take over the situation. During the conversation, he found out that the Frenchman is the chief designer of this jewelry group.Li Chen said that it was just a formality, but even the ring had to be specially designed by a unique person.

Ji Shaoting felt faintly uneasy because of this, but he didn't think about it any more, he only thought that these things were worthless in Li Chen's eyes.He happily chatted with the French about the details of the design.

Language affects personal temperament. Ji Shaoting did not exaggerate that changing the language is like changing a person, but Li Chen really felt that Ji Shaoting was different.

Ji Shaoting himself is talkative, and he has a very high ability to find something to talk about when he has nothing to say. The Frenchman in front of him is also very friendly.He leaned against the back of the office chair, put away his usual restraint, and put one hand on the table naturally, sitting in a very relaxed, even lazy manner.

French is a romantic language, and a daily routine is like a stanza, which is gracefully formed on Ji Shaoting's lips.Li Chen listened to him talking, saw him turning his head and smiling at him, and asked in Chinese, "What do you think, Mr. Li?"

"You decide." Li Chen said that he was only responsible for the final amount.

So Ji Shaoting has many faces, Li Chen thought.

He has been together day and night for a long time, but he still doesn't know that Ji Shaoting can be delicate, he will hold his cheeks, hold his mouth indecisively, and slide the design drawings on the tablet back and forth, as if he is going to act like a spoiled child to Li Chen in the next second. Ask him if he can have both.

Of course Ji Shaoting would not make such a request.He rarely asks Li Chen.

But as long as he is willing to mention it, Li Chen knows that he will definitely agree.

It was almost a pity for Ji Shaoting when he left.He rarely saw living people other than Chen Pei and Li Chen. This Frenchman was good at talking and humorous, which was Ji Shaoting's favorite character.If Ji Shaoting was a free man now, he would have invited him to dinner.

And obviously the Frenchman also had a good impression of Ji Shaoting, and after sending him to the door, he kissed him intimately.Ji Shaoting hadn't heard such a special or even exaggerated kiss for a long time. He laughed happily and said goodbye to the Frenchman.

Turning around, Li Chen outside the door looked gloomy.

"Men usually don't..." Ji Shaoting followed Li Chen down the stairs. In fact, this was just a basic social etiquette, but frightened by Li Chen's low pressure, Ji Shaoting felt weak and even lowered the volume of his explanation: "But it also depends on which region of France it is in, and the designer himself is very enthusiastic."

"Oh." Li Chen replied coldly.

Ji Shaoting bit the bullet and said, "Mr. Li, it's just a cultural difference."

"I don't like it, you are my wife," Li Chen paused, and then answered the next sentence with a little reluctance, "At least in front of people."

This man is a traditional Chinese man, he is not good at expressing himself, he is serious about his words and smiles, and he takes his face seriously.Ji Shaoting became more and more aware of how to get along with him, just follow him and show weakness, all mistakes are his Ji Shaoting's fault.

But to his surprise, this time his repeated submissiveness did not ease the atmosphere, and Li Chen kept a straight face until he got home.Looking at Li Chen who was sitting on the sofa, Ji Shaoting knew that if he couldn't coax this big Buddha well, he wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully tonight.

It's inappropriate to stand, and it's inappropriate to sit with him. In the end, Ji Shaoting knelt beside the sofa, raised a helpless face, and asked, "Mr. Li, what are you so angry about?"

What are you angry about?

Angrily, he and Ji Shaoting have never been so close, not even once in terms of social etiquette.

Ji Shaoting is generous and proactive in front of others, but he is always polite to himself.Strangers who have just met are better than Li Chen, who can see a vivid Ji Shaoting and shake his head and say no to this or no to that, but Li Chen will always only have Ji Shaoting who is as obedient as a dummy.

He really doesn't mind Ji Shaoting losing his temper with him, but he will never say such words.

Li Chen looked at Ji Shaoting and felt a little resentment. He was so resentful that he had to get something from him in order to calm down the indignation in his heart, so he asked, "Have you ever kissed anyone?"

"It depends on what you mean, I have kissed a lot on the cheek." Ji Shaoting answered honestly.

Li Chen stared at Ji Shaoting's lips.

Ji Shaoting turned his eyes away and said: "I have never had a mouth to mouth relationship. I should have told you that I have never been in love."

Li Chen fell silent again.Ji Shaoting only felt that it would be no more difficult for Li Chen to communicate even if it was a stone. He hit the stone, and the stone gave him a crackling sound.

When Ji Shaoting was tired from kneeling, he finally couldn't help shouting "Mr. Li", and then Li Chen gave the following, which was confusing: "That's your first kiss."

"what?"

"When you get married," Li Chen said, "you need to kiss."

Ji Shaoting realized later: "Oh, yes, yes, we want to kiss."

"But you don't know how."

Only then did Ji Shaoting realize that at some point, Li Chen looked at him very seriously.His focused face was like a sculpture, motionless, and his breathing was deep and steady.Ji Shaoting met his eyes, and the inside was as dark as a heat-dead universe, where all life should disappear, but there was a reflection of himself.

And only myself.

Ji Shaoting's heart skipped a beat.

Unknowingly, he allowed himself to follow Li Chen's suggestion and asked, "Then...does Mr. Li teach me?"