Balance beam

Li Jia was sitting in the coffee shop clasping his hands, and the waitress stood beside him, "Sir, do you want a refill?"

The girl blinked her big eyes, and her eyelashes seemed to be straight and slender as if they could be combed back to the back of her head. The cute doll head looked more youthful and invincible.Li Jia opened his mouth so nervously, swayed his body from side to side in anxiety, leaned slightly and touched the seat with his fart, "No need."

He has been sitting here since the opening, hesitating and hesitating, and the time is slowly passing.

The number of customers gradually increased. Although it was not overcrowded, it was too shabby for a customer who ordered the cheapest coffee at 25 yuan without pastries and only had one refill.

Opposite was the building of Perrin's company, but he didn't have the courage to go in.He rushed here as soon as he got off the plane, and the only one he wanted to see most was Palin, who didn't return home.

When I turn on my phone and it shows that the time is 10:30, I think "Is he in a meeting now?" After sitting for half an hour, I think "Is he assigning work?"

Finally mustered up the courage to dial the number, held his breath and waited, but Palin just said oh~oh~ after a few times, he said flatly, "Okay, wait for me for 20 minutes."

This attitude, no matter how Li Jia confessed, it has nothing to do with enthusiasm. Maybe he was too reckless, what would Palin think if he came here like this?Is the indifferent attitude just now unwelcome?

The waitress covered her mouth and walked away blushing, the bow on her head trembling slightly, as pink and cute as a big Mickey.

Li Jia didn't know what she was laughing at, and was pulling the white sweater habitually with his hands. Many years ago, he sat somewhere waiting for someone, staring at the lights outside the window full of apprehension.

Li Jia is a person who has no fashion concept for styles and colors. The knitting texture of the sweater and the embroidered nameplate on the chest are all Jiang Jiang's taste.

When the girls glanced at them again, Li Jia lowered his head guiltily, and naturally couldn't hear those whispers, "Do you think that uncle is always looking at us?" "Is he looking at us?" Is it?" "It's not us, it's me." "No, maybe I'm in a daze," "But the dazed look is so cute~" "I'm already an uncle, so don't use the word cute?" "Don't you think Is the uncle who looks like a doll cute?" "I don't think he may be an uncle, he looks very young!" "Forget it, you have bad taste and like mature types." "What, look more He took a few glances, and the more he looked, the more interesting he was."

This coffee shop is located in a high-consumption economic zone, and the quality of the waiters is naturally not comparable to that of a small restaurant. Although Li Jia is uncomfortable, he can still tell the kindness in the girl's eyes.

I am not in harmony with this place, but Palin is different, blending into one, like a born king.From the moment he came in, he almost grabbed the attention of most people, and the words that were still in private conversation paused for a few seconds.

His sense of presence cannot be ignored at any time.

Palin unbuttoned his clothes, leaned back on the sofa, took off his glasses and kneaded between his brows for a long time, then opened his eyes and looked at Li Jia sleepily, "I'm exhausted, when did you arrive?"

"Just got back today."

"Let's have some food first!" The two left the coffee shop one after the other. Li Jia was not familiar with the eating place that Palin mentioned, but it shouldn't be far to walk there.

"Did you go home and have a look?"

"No."

"Are Aunt Li and Uncle Li healthy?"

"Yes, my dad's trachea was not very good a few years ago, and he has been drinking Sprite and eggs for the past year, and it seems to have improved a lot."

"Turn left ahead."

The two of them walked a shoulder distance apart, chatting occasionally, feeling very unfamiliar.

The hotel was chosen by Palin, and he had seen the world with Palin back then, but Li Jiazhen was a little at a loss when he entered this hidden place on the sixth floor.

As soon as you get out of the elevator, you will be faced with a lattice window with a virtual upper part and a solid lower part. The window is framed with red gauze. Going to the left, there is a long and narrow corridor about five meters long. They are all decorated in this way. The glorious hollow-shaped floor tiles, at the end of the right turn stands the crystal clear Maitreya, one and a half meters high.

Obviously this is not an environment suitable for his magnetic field, and he is not as calm as Palin in any case.Li Jia repeatedly warned himself not to look left and right, but the Western paintings on the wall still caught his attention.With simple lines and charcoal pen workmanship, he couldn't tell whether it was a fake or a genuine one, but there were two very similar ones in the collection of famous paintings on Jiang Jiang's bookcase.

After being seated, someone brought a clean water basin and an antique-style teacup. After drying his hands and rinsing his mouth, Palin reported a few coded dishes, "Two servings for number six, two servings for number two..."

Palin's face softened a lot when he was serving Li Jia's food. "The dishes here are private, and there are only a few tables open every day. When you called, it was too late to make an order. Fortunately, a friend gave me a seat."

Li Jia bit the crisp cake that melted in his mouth, a little ashamed, as if his sudden arrival had caused Palin a lot of trouble.

The two talked nonchalantly while eating. "Why did you come back? Is this time of year a holiday? Is there something wrong?"

Li Jia wiped the corner of his mouth and coughed lightly, "The company is on a business trip, here to do some business."

The smile on Palin's face widened, and the light flashed under the lens, "Do you have business with our company?"

Li Jia shook his head, "Your affairs will be followed up by others."

Perrin smiled, secretly relieved.

"How long will you stay?"

Li Jia shook his head hesitantly, and raised his eyelids to look at Palin, "It's not easy to say." Seeing Palin's serious expression, he immediately changed his words, "I haven't decided how to do it for the new project, and it will take a year to set it. Come here, I don't know the details yet, I'll let the big boss make up his mind." Palin gave a clear oh.

"How do you get reimbursed for a business trip in such a city? Why do you have to pack it?" Li Jia blushed for a while. He is an honest man. The company did not have the reimbursement standard for such a place. He lives in his own home."

Seeing Palin laughing so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, he knew that he was laughing at himself for calculating the expenses, and Li Jia didn't explain.

After the meal, the itinerary was naturally to open a room. The two reunited after a long absence, like dry wood meeting a raging fire, they were a little excited.Changing various postures, the location also changed from the hallway to the bedroom and then to the bathroom. After coming out of the bathroom, Palin pressed Li Jia on the bed and loved him. It's over.

When things were over, Palin's lips moved along Li Jia's skin and sucked, and finally touched his head, "I still have things to do, you can sleep for a while."

Li Jia nodded and fell into a deep sleep in a daze.

It was already dark when he got up, and he took out his phone to check the time, only to find that there was a text message and several missed calls. Have someone bring it to you. Take care of yourself."

He thought it would be the room he shared with Palin, but it was actually a commercial residence close to the suburbs.The room was empty, there was nothing in it, except for a bed and a few simple pieces of furniture, many things needed to be prepared, including bedding.

The driver explained the water and electricity switch and the gas valve, and then handed the door key to Li Jia, "Mr. Qian said that he has a party tonight, and he will come to see you tomorrow." At the same time, he secretly looked at him.Li Jia smiled awkwardly and explained automatically, "Okay, it's okay, Palin and I are good friends."

Li Jia didn't get a response, and the slightly mocking look in the driver's eyes made Li Jia feel ashamed, vaguely knowing that he had embarrassed Palin again.It doesn't matter if he doesn't dress as well as the driver of Palin's family, but he has become inexperienced in connecting people and things, which is really troublesome.

Because the bathroom has not been used for a long time, rusty water flows for a long time when the faucet is turned on.Finally, I found a slightly damp quilt in the storage room, and felt that I could live overnight without being strong.

After tidying up briefly, Li got on the bed. After reading the message again and again, he carefully closed the phone.The shadows of the stars came in from the outdoors without curtains, and the brilliance of the moonlight filled the room. Li Jia shrank under the quilt and closed his eyes, with a silly smile on his lips.He didn't think the conditions were difficult, but because he was so close to Perrin, he felt blissful.

Li Jia was sleeping soundly when Palin came the next day.

Palin was surprised for a while, and rubbed Li Jia's cheek distressedly, "Why are you sleeping here?"

Li Jia opened his eyes in a daze, "Are you here? The bed board is uncomfortable." Moreover, the dampness from the quilt was not felt at first, but after sleeping for a long time, it seemed to penetrate into the body, and hair spread all over his body. Itchy, I took off my clothes and my skin was red from scratching, but I couldn't see half a bug.In desperation, Li Jia curled up on the sofa in the middle of the night, covering his body with his coat.

Perrin let Li Jia lean on him, stretched out his big hands and rubbed his face indiscriminately, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Li Jia giggled twice, got up and washed.

When Palin accompanied Li Jia to have breakfast, Li Jia realized that it was very early, "Are you so free?" Palin shook the newspaper in his hand, and smiled at him, "I'm free only when you come."

Knowing that Li Jia was free, Palin led him to trim his hair, and dressed Li Jia according to his own ideas, leather bag, shoes, suit, tie, and picked out a white coat for him. Li Jia's slender figure is very pleasing no matter what angle you look at it from.

Forget about other things, the coat is very expensive, Li Jia is embarrassed to say that he has to pay for it himself, Perrin smiled and watched him flip through the wallet, "You are all mine, isn't yours mine too?"

Li Jia smiled shyly. He didn't have a credit card, and he didn't have enough cash to buy it.If the happiness in front of him is overdraft consumption, he is willing to be a high debtor.

The underwear is very fancy, and Li Jia just feels embarrassed when faced with all kinds of underwear, how can he tell which is better?While helping him choose, Palin explained the differences from color to style, and explained the differences in detail. When Li Jia stared at a pair of underwear that would reveal grooves no matter which direction he looked at, Palin swiped his finger along the sideline, It seems to row to Li Jia.

"This gear has infrared magnetized fiber material." After speaking, Palin winked at people, and Li Jia's face turned red in an instant.In the end, Li Jia chose the underwear with ducklings. The fluffy duck head was embedded in the underwear and occupied the narrow strip. The three tufts of hair on the head were sticking out, and the red tongue was sticking out. It's very cute. It's quite erotic. I imagined that Li Jia only wore it and walked around in front of my eyes. When it was bulging, Palin looked at it with a suppressed smile. "It's very similar to you."

Li Jia felt that the other styles were too revealing, so he couldn't get used to it anyway, so he chose this cartoon style, not knowing that Palin was laughing at his coquettishness.

Perrin was so happy that he walked a long way out of the store, laughing.

Palin half-bowed and waved his hands at Li Jia again and again, "I don't mean any harm, trust me, let me have a good laugh, haha."

Li Jia looked at him impatiently, "Okay, okay, I don't mind, Mr. Qian, let's not squat here, okay?"

Of course, Li Jia didn't really mind. Seeing Palin laughing, he wanted to tell him that I like you, but he was afraid that the abrupt confession would scare him.Turning his gaze and pretending to look elsewhere, Li Jia's heart was fluctuating, he didn't want Palin to be hurt again, as long as Palin could stay by his side, even if he had to learn how to play tricks.

Palin asked Li Jia where the current affairs in charge are going to go. Li Jia hesitated and couldn't say why. He only said that he hadn't figured it out yet and had to wait for the company to notify him.

Li Jia has always been a confused person, Palin's original intention was to help, seeing that he was vague, it was not easy to ask more questions.Thinking of Zhou Dazhi in Li Jia's company, who is usually extremely ambiguous, and should block him when encountering incidents, presumably the boss will not rush him.

Palin's thoughtful look made Li Jia feel even more guilty, so he had to change the subject and ask him, "How is your company doing now?"

This question is so general that it is impossible for people to answer it. Palin smiled, "The company I run is about to start. Since you have nothing to do, why don't you come to my company to help."

"Ah?" Li Jia opened his eyes wide in surprise, and almost bumped into Palin inadvertently, "Your company? What about the current company? You, um, family members, do you know that you do this kind of thing?"

Seeing that Palin didn't answer, Li Jia immediately lowered his head, secretly blaming himself for talking too much and saying the wrong thing.Asking him so many inexplicably, although it was out of good intentions, it was Perrin's business after all.They have not been related for many years. With their current relationship, they should not be qualified to give advice to Palin.

Palin never mentioned the matter of asking Li Jia to join their company again, and Li Jia never asked Palin about his current plans.

After returning from a date with Li Jia, Palin was in a good mood and ran upstairs all the way.The servant was surprised at his early return, and was as horrified as seeing an alien's eyes following him.This abnormal behavior did not arouse Palin's dissatisfaction. On the contrary, every pore on his body expanded excitedly, shouting, "Cook a bowl of red bean porridge." Humming a song, he took off his coat, and unbuttoned his shirt with one hand.

Sonia, with her arms folded and her hair unkempt, leaned against the door of the master bedroom to look at him. "I'm very happy today."

"It's okay." The smile on Palin's face gradually froze, and he looked through the half-open door. A man was lying under the blanket like a cocoon, with one calf still exposed.Perrin froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.

His eyes lingered on Sonia's face for a while, and he said to Sonia sincerely, "You are really old, haven't you paid attention to sunscreen recently? The autumn sun is also very strong. You can see that the chloasma has come out. Is all the frog oil eaten for nothing?"

Sonia opened her eyes wide and shook Perrin's shoulders crazily with her hands. Her eyes were already big, but she was even more nervous when she was angry, glowing aggressively like a beast.No matter how gentle the woman is, the long fingernails stuck in the arm will hurt. Perrin pushed Sonia away with his hands, and Sonia slammed against the door panel.Palin helped her up, "Look at you, I was so careless." He helped Sonia lift up the slipped shoulder straps, and through the pajamas, Palin stared at Sonia's chest, "Although I don't like it, you also You need to know how to take care of it, since it’s drooping, don’t you want to buy any prettier bras? It’s good to hold the one with the iron frame, or do you want to put some silicone in it?”

Sonia was dazed with anger, turned around and entered the room, and slammed the door shut. Perrin was shut outside the door, and stood there for a long time before laughing out loud.

Sure enough, there is a difference. Seeing Zhou Dazhi was jealous when he was at Li Jia's house, and seeing Sonia fooling around with men, I just thought it was funny.

The man in the room exposed half of his head from the side of the bed, lowered his voice and complained to Sonia, "Why did you mess with him?"

Sonia pinched him a look from the corner of her eye, and sneered, "Are you scared?"

The man laughed, "I'm so timid, I'm not afraid."

"Aren't you afraid? I'm not afraid of you getting in."

"This is so embarrassing!" After finishing speaking, I burst out laughing, "This is the first time that I have been stuck in bed by my husband, and I can still make sarcastic remarks calmly. By the way, what did you do to make your husband into a mess?" so?"

Sonia opened her mouth wide in surprise, and casually grabbed the perfume bottle on the dressing table and threw it at the man.

Sonia threw herself onto the bed with a green face and strangled the man's neck, "Why did I do something? Why didn't you tell him?"

The man repeatedly raised his hand to beg for forgiveness, "I'm not interested in knowing about your husband and wife, so I'll be leaving first. When will we see you next time?"

"roll."

"I'll take you to the Maldives!"

"roll"

"No, it's too easy to bump into acquaintances there."

"Go~"

"Let's go to Italy, I have a villa there. Come on, little kiss, let me kiss you, don't be angry, listen to my phone." The man kissed Sonia on the cheek, and after getting dressed, he wet his hands The perfume was sipped and sipped on the temples.

The man slid away from Sonia's room, and soon the gap that was opened in the children's room gradually widened, and he poked his head out to look around.

How could Palin not see Sonia's love affair? Although she was a bit annoying, she still enthusiastically approved the work, and the progress was still very fast.

The son squeezed the door open with the toy in his arms, and Palin looked over from above his eyes, "It's Songsong, come in!"

Ai Ai went to Dad's side, "I don't like the murals in my room."

Pei wanted to laugh, and hugged his son on his lap, "Okay, I'll find someone to replace him tomorrow."

"I want to sleep in my mother's room."

Palin stared at the screen, his cheek pressed against his son's face, "Songsong is an adult, a man, and can no longer share a bed with your mother. Do all your classmates have their own rooms?"

Songsong pursed his lips, avoiding the stinging stubble on his father's face, "Dad, take me to Disneyland!"

"Okay, I'll go wherever Songsong says I want to go, and I'll take you there when Dad has a vacation."

Palin's fingers fluttered on the keyboard, Songsong adjusted his sitting position in his arms, stretched out and touched his father's cheek, it looked smooth, why was it so painful to rub against it? "Dad, where are you going on vacation this winter?"

Palin thought for a while, and the school exams are about to take place in a month or so. In previous years, when the winter vacation was loose, he would find time to arrange programs.But this year is different, Li Jia is here, it is not easy to leave him and take his family around.

His son should also come back, right?He will naturally return to his parents during the Chinese New Year, so it should be no problem to accompany Songsong before the fifteenth day.

Thinking of Li Jia, Palin picked up the phone and dialed his number.

"Ah, Perrin, it's you."

"doing what?"

"The bed in the bedroom has been changed?!" Li Jia's surprised voice was very helpful to Palin. "How is it, are you satisfied?"

"The bed? It's so comfortable."

"Comfortable~ just fine, I also feel very comfortable~comfortable" Palin's eloquent tone made people not think too much, and Li Jia blushed involuntarily on the other end of the phone and his heart beat.

Songsong writhed on Palin's knee, and Palin put his son on the ground.

Focusing on his son sitting on the carpet flipping through the picture album, he lowered his voice and talked to Li Jia affectionately, "I miss you."

There is a small bookcase in Palin's study room for relaxing books and toys. When the child is tired from playing, he puts the picture album on the bookcase, climbs onto the sofa and curls up into a ball, hugs the doll in his arms and closes his eyes to sleep.

Palin was reluctant to carry the child back to the room, so he covered him with the coat, and put his face against his son's and gently wrapped him in his arms.

Perrin can say anything now, or he can say nothing. What he can be sure of is that this is his child, his flesh and blood, and his only one.