Mindful

The night was still sweltering, Qiao Yuanlin tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and a few mosquitoes kept buzzing in the room.He couldn't take it anymore, and stepped on his slippers to find toilet water.

There was light shining through the gap in the door opposite, Liang Cheng was playing with his mobile phone.

Qiao Yuanlin found toilet water and sat at the end of the bed to smear it. The air conditioner was really cool. In order to stay longer, he pressed his ankle and rubbed it for a long time, until Liang Cheng was sleepy and turned off the phone.

"Are you going to sleep?" Qiao Yuanlin asked, "Can I also sleep in this room today?"

Liang Cheng said, "No, go back to your room."

"It's too hot in that room." Qiao Yuanlin's voice was not loud, but he spoke plausibly, "You helped to dismantle the air conditioner in that room. If I suffer from heat stroke, you will be responsible, or you can let me sleep here."

Liang Cheng didn't have the energy to argue with the brat, and annoyed: "Don't pull my quilt."

Qiao Yuanlin immediately came over with the pillow and quilt, climbed into the bed, and Liang Cheng lay on the outside.As soon as the lights are turned off, the five senses become sharper, and the sound of the air conditioner and the humming of cicadas can't cover the breath beside me.

Qiao Yuanlin looked at Liang Cheng's outline, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything clearly. Today when he was sitting on his shoulder and shooting a basketball, he noticed a small scar hidden behind Liang Cheng's ear.

How could it hurt there?

Why are there so many scars all over his body?

He couldn't sleep more and more, so he asked softly, "Brother, are you asleep?"

Liang Cheng didn't respond.He said again: "Are you really asleep? Liang Cheng? Xiao Liang?"

Suddenly, the bed board creaked, Liang Cheng couldn't bear it and turned over.Qiao Yuanlin froze immediately, a gust of wind blew from the pillow, and it was Liang Cheng who said, "Why, tell you a bedtime story?"

Qiao Yuanlin was not that childish, but he really wanted to hear Liang Cheng talk about some things, such as how he saved him three years ago.

Liang Cheng used to fool around and said, "Forgot."

Qiao Yuanlin said, "Then you saved me, why did you run away?"

Liang Cheng replied: "I'm afraid you will blackmail me."

He looked at Qiao Yuanlin's body lying flat like a corpse, and guessed it was to avoid compressing the heart.He hasn't asked all this time, saying, "What's wrong with your heart?"

However, Qiao Yuanlin didn't know either.I didn't understand it when I was young, but after I became sensible, my parents deliberately kept it from him, fearing that if they told him the exact information, he would secretly check it himself.

Over time, Qiao Yuanlin stopped being curious and resigned himself to fate in this matter.

Now Liang Cheng asked him, but he couldn't answer, so he thought for a while and said, "Why don't you listen?"

Liang Cheng laughed, did he regard him as a god?Qiao Yuanlin had already slipped out of the bed, dragged him to sit up in the dark, knelt straight and approached him.

When the pinna touched the smooth skin, Liang Cheng was startled: "Who told you to take off your clothes?"

Qiao Yuanlin rolled up his vest and pressed his chin, straightened up simply, and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to hear me, my voice should be weaker when I'm sick."

Liang Cheng tilted his head, Qiao Yuanlin came over, and after a few times, he hurriedly pressed his shoulder.He couldn't avoid it, the young man's chest was thin and warm, slightly undulating, exuding the smell of toilet water.

Qiao Yuanlin seemed to be selling watermelons: "Is it okay?"

Liang Cheng had difficulty concentrating on catching the sound of his heartbeat, and said, "Well, that's enough."

"Is it more boring than normal people, is it considered mature?"

Liang Chengdao: "Sandy."

Qiao Yuanlin laughed. When Yao Fu was a child, he said it was boring and ugly after listening to it. Grandpa opened his eyes and coaxed him with nonsense, saying it was louder than firecrackers.For the first time, someone described it appropriately and comfortingly.

Qiao Yuanlin slid down: "Let me listen to you." Liang Cheng didn't have time to avoid it, his furry head was arched against his chest, rubbing against his clothes, "Brother, I'm not sure."

Liang Cheng pinched the back of Qiao Yuanlin's neck, put it on his heart, let go, touched the sweat with his hand, and put down the back that touched Qiao Yuanlin's slightly convex vertebrae.The rough calluses on the palms made Qiao Yuanlin tremble in shock, and bumped against him lightly.

Qiao Yuanlin almost shrank into Liang Chengwei's arms and said, "It seems to be getting faster."

Liang Cheng just felt ridiculous: "Have you heard enough?"

Qiao Yuanlin asked, "Why did it become faster?"

Liang Cheng pushed Qiao Yuanlin aside, the surroundings were dark, but he seemed to be able to distinguish Qiao Yuanlin's innocent expression, after a long silence, he had no choice but to scare: "Go out if you don't want to sleep."

With the high temperature in the past few days, Qiao Yuanlin has been hanging on and not leaving. The final exam is about to come, and he has to study until late at night every day and has no energy to make Liang Cheng unhappy.

After the exams and the summer vacation, Dexin will arrange some extracurricular projects for the students. Qiao Yuanlin didn't go to the kindergarten last time, and needs to make up a service activity.

He couldn't wear a helmet in the wet weather. Liang Cheng came back from school by bus and saw Cheng Liye and another policeman standing on the side of the street.

"Get in the car first." Cheng Liye said to his colleagues, and then walked up to Liang Cheng, "I'm on business, so I'm not here to harass you."

Liang Cheng asked, "What happened?"

Cheng Liye said: "Several burglaries occurred in nearby residential buildings, but no one was injured. Come here to find out the situation."

"You don't seem to be in charge of this area." Liang Cheng said.

"Insufficient manpower, temporary." Cheng Liye sighed, "People who are about to retire, can go wherever the leader tells them to go, even if they don't pay wages."

Liang Cheng had nothing else to say, and was about to leave, when Cheng Liye suddenly said: "Last week, there was a case to be investigated by women and children, and I met He Jie, she is very good."

Liang Cheng let out an "um" and crossed the road.

The cheongsam shop didn't have Teresa Teng, so the boss came to measure the size of the customer.Qiao Yuanlin sat behind the operating table with Xiao Le in his arms, looking at the store while tutoring homework, and his brain collapsed when he missed a question.

Xiao Le's forehead was flushed: "Brother Xiao Qiao, which one did you buy me for takeaway?"

"Shrimp risotto?" Qiao Yuanlin said, "That's too far away, and most people can't get it. If you get five questions right, I'll order one for you."

Xiao Le asked: "Why can you call me?"

"I'm amazing." Ying Xiaoqiong gave Qiao Yuanlin a meal delivery card on the night of her birthday, and said, "I note that I am Liang Cheng's brother, and I can get a [-]% discount."

Xiao Le: "Then Brother Liang Cheng is even more powerful."

Qiao Yuanlin flicked his finger again, feeling that the child must not understand, and said, "If the remark is Liang Cheng's object, the price will be half the price."

Xiao Le said in surprise: "Really?"

"Yeah." Qiao Yuanlin made use of elementary school students, "I ordered for you, what do you think I should note?"

Xiao Le said: "Then you remarked that you are Brother Liang Cheng's son, so you don't need money?"

Liang Cheng couldn't hold back his laughter, and when he had heard enough, he entered the door, and when he passed the console, he said, "You can try it."

Qiao Yuanlin hid the order card in embarrassment, and found an instructional video on sign language introduction from the Internet, looking quietly.

This service activity is very special. He applied to be a volunteer in an aid organization for the disabled and helped more than a dozen deaf-mute people hold a collective wedding.

He learned some basic sign language and made gestures at home every day. A few days later, Liang Cheng was not on duty, so he begged him to go with him.

The place where the wedding was held was at Lanming Church, which was located in the south of the urban area, in the center of a city garden that was quiet amidst the hustle and bustle.

Due to the limited cost, no professional photographer was hired, so Qiao Yuanlin volunteered to take pictures with his personal SLR.He gestured to the bride and groom in sign language, and at the same time directed Liang Cheng to light up: "Higher, higher."

She's quite handsome, Liang Cheng thought in his heart.

Qiao Yuanlin spoke again: "Liang Cheng, what are you laughing at? You put your long legs back, they're all in the mirror."

In fact, Lanming Church is not too big, but it is long and beautiful, and every window is covered with orchid patterns.When it's time for the wedding ceremony, volunteers guide the couple into the church.

The pastor is also the witness, standing right in front.More than a dozen couples stood under the stage. They couldn't hear or speak, and they held hands tightly together for communication.

Qiao Yuanlin looked up at the high pointed arch dome. When he was a child, he read the word "church" in a fairy tale book. He didn't understand what it was. When he visited for the first time, he remembered the unique roof.

The ceremony was about to begin, Qiao Yuanlin took a few photos, and then left with the volunteers.

Everyone scattered around to rest in the garden. There were no empty chairs, so Qiao Yuanlin and Liang Cheng walked a little farther along the corridor until they reached the back of the church.

Surrounded by dense sycamore trees, the window sills were covered with fallen leaves. Qiao Yuanlin approached and glimpsed the scene inside the church—the bride and groom interlocking their fingers and praying with their eyes closed. This moment has nothing to do with religion or belief, but only expresses how much they cherish each other.

It turned out that the wedding was like this, Qiao Yuanlin was full of curiosity, were his parents like this back then?And how did they wear away love day after day and go their separate ways?

Perhaps the day of marriage is the time when many people have the most love. The lucky ones can have it for a lifetime, but the unfortunate ones will slowly lose it.

After the bride and groom finished praying, they let go of their hands.

Qiao Yuanlin whispered, "Brother, come and see."

Liang Cheng was estimating the age of a sycamore tree, when he heard the sound, he walked aside and said, "What are you looking at?"

"Inside." Qiao Yuanlin said, "Is it time to exchange rings?"

Liang Cheng took out the flow sheet from his pocket and said, "It's time to read the oath."

As soon as the words fell, the church bell rang, and the pastor pressed his right hand to his heart, and read to each couple as usual——

Love, loyalty, eternity.

A gust of wind blows, the leaves above the head sway, and the shadows of them standing side by side are reflected in the window.Holding her breath, Qiao Yuanlin accidentally touched Liang Cheng's hand, retracted, and tentatively grabbed it again.

Liang Cheng asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

Qiao Yuanlin replied unfluently: "I... have cold hands."

Liang Chenghui held him, as if the fragile heart in his chest was held together.Just for a moment, Liang Cheng tried to loosen the temperature, but he didn't expose his lie.

After the swearing-in, all the newlyweds faced each other and said "I love you" to each other in sign language.

Qiao Yuanlin raised his camera and took a picture of this scene.

After running around all day, Qiao Yuanlin was a little wilted when he came home at night, so he went to bed and lay down after taking a shower.Liang Cheng thought he was asleep, so he turned off the light and lay on the outside.

After breathing evenly behind him, Qiao Yuanlin huddled under the blanket and still hadn't fallen asleep. He flipped through the photos one by one, picked a few good ones and put them in the activity log.

He witnessed the incompleteness today, and also recorded the consummation, taking pictures of crying, laughing, and the combination of the ordinary into the sacred.

Turning to the last one, you can see the windows with orchid patterns, and if you look closely, there are more than a dozen couples in the church. The figures of him and Liang Cheng are so ethereal and secretive.

But Qiao Yuanlin suddenly realized one thing.

Under the sycamore tree, stained glass windows, solemn and long bells, in this wedding, only they heard the unswerving vows.

Liang Cheng rolled over from a deep sleep, hugged Qiao Yuanlin's back, and said in a rare sleepy way: "...I'm fine too."

Qiao Yuanlin remained motionless: "What did you say?"

Liang Cheng put his hands on him, hugged him, and said in a daze, "burglary...don't steal you away."

The next morning, Liang Chengduo squinted for a while, vaguely felt Qiao Yuanlin leave from the end of the bed, and when he woke up, there was no one around.

He went to the bathroom to wash up. Qiao Yuanlin had just dried his hair after taking a shower. He looked in the mirror and said, "Did you sleep well yesterday?"

"It's okay." Liang Cheng slept soundly and didn't have any impression.

The shorts that Qiao Yuanlin wore to sleep last night were soaking in the washbasin. There was too much laundry detergent, and the foam was almost overflowing. Liang Cheng passed by and glanced at it.

Qiao Yuanlin said: "I accidentally spilled yogurt on my pants in the morning."

Liang Cheng didn't ask or answer, and went out after washing.

Qiao Yuanlin heaved a sigh of relief, knelt down and stared at the washbasin, his clothes were soaked and the dirt was no longer visible, but he really remembered the indescribable collapse when he woke up from the dream.

Fortunately, Liang Cheng didn't see through his blush just now.

It was guilt, shame and throbbing.