Cross the sea

The countdown to the end (he's the main character) closed the 24-hour convenience store downstairs in the inpatient department. Three people stood outside the shutter door smoking a cigarette to pass the time. The thick smoke drifted overhead and then dissipated. All three were silent.

In fact, this seems to be the first time the three of them smoked together. Li Chengyun hadn't caught up with this bad habit in college, and He Zhen couldn't catch Zhou An's eyes. In addition, the relationship between Li Chengyun and He Zhen was complicated. The three of them couldn't have it together.

It's different now. They each have their own unwillingness and their own suffering.

In the army, it was a luxury to spend three to five minutes smoking a cigarette. He really cherishes such time now, but Li Chengyun always spoils the scenery. He brushed off the cigarette ash, looked at Zhou An through the white air, and stopped. A few seconds said: "Yesterday your mother called me and asked me to persuade you to go on a blind date."

The outdoor temperature was approaching 38 degrees, Zhou An took off his hat, squatted on the curb and grinned: "Time flies so fast, it feels like it was yesterday when my mother scolded me for my puppy love with her slippers on."

The wind that rolled the fallen leaves blew by, and the burning sparks in Hezhen's hand also ran away with the wind. Li Chengyun glanced at him with a smile, and handed the cigarette in his hand to Hezhen's mouth.

He Zhen bent his eyes, lowered his head and kissed the back of Li Chengyun's hand before biting the cigarette in his mouth.

Seeing all this, Zhou An's facial features were wrinkled together. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, shaking his head and sighing that the world is getting worse.

Li Chengyun didn't answer, just smiled noncommittally, and put his right hand on Hezhen's shoulder.

On the way, He Zhen ran to buy water. Seeing He Zhen's back, Zhou An turned his head and looked at Li Chengyun who was standing there facing the light: "You and He Zhen...Are you going to tell your family about the two of you?"

Li Chengyun and Zhou An looked at each other: "We haven't discussed yet."

It was around this second that Zhou An really felt the changes in Li Chengyun. He and Li Chengyun played together since they were young, and Li Chengyun almost never asked other people's opinions for any decision, so that he would not have to be responsible to others and could enjoy it alone. Victory or bitterness, but now, he began to care about another person's thoughts and no longer made decisions alone.

Seeing He Zhen running towards the wind from a convenience store in the distance, Zhou An smiled ambiguously: "Then find a time for you to discuss it."

It was close to one o'clock in the afternoon, and the green light at the door of the operating room went out. The doctor came out, took off his mask and said that the operation went well. Zhou An loosened his clenched fists and let out a long breath in a low voice.

When An Qianqiu was sent back to the ward, he was still under anesthesia. Zhou An sat by the bed and looked at An Qianqiu with drooping eyelids.

"Why is she so yellow here?"

Zhou An pointed at An Qianqiu's forearm and frowned.

Li Chengyun picked up the newspaper next to him and hit Zhou An on the head: "It's iodophor, use your pig's brain."

Although He Zhen really wanted to wait for An Qianqiu to wake up before leaving, Zhou An seemed to hold back his words and wanted to talk to An Qianqiu alone. In the end, He Zhen sent An Qianqiu a text message and followed Li Chengyun to leave the hospital.

Walking out of the hospital gate, Li Chengyun held Hezhen's hand, and occasionally passers-by turned their heads to look, but Li Chengyun didn't seem to care.

The way back was driven by Hezhen. Li Chengyun sat in the co-pilot to deal with a large amount of mails. When waiting for the red light, Hezhen subconsciously pulled Li Chengyun's hand.

The sound of typing stopped, Li Chengyun turned his wrist and interlocked He Zhen's fingers, and the sound of typing sounded again, but the rhythm was much slower.

"How do you reply to emails like this?"

He Zhen smiled and pulled his hand back, but failed.

Li Chengyun stared at the screen, pressed the back of Hezhen's hand with his fingertips: "You can go back."

So they held hands and waited for the red light for nearly 4 minutes.

When they got home, Li Xiangting and He Ping were not at home. They had nothing to do. Li Chengyun took a bottle of opened wine from the wine cabinet and went upstairs to watch old movies with He Zhen.

The curtains were drawn tight, and He Zhen stood on the bed and adjusted the angle of the projector. The light and shadow flowed and shone on the skin, like a rainbow.

The movie was chosen by He Zhen. From the second the background music started, He Zhen kept secretly glancing at Li Chengyun.

Until the progress bar slowly advanced to 7 minutes, Li Chengyun remembered that this was the work of the film appreciation class in college.

When watching this movie for the first time, both of them were distracted, one was staring straight at the person next to him, and the other was pretending to be serious, but he had already started to lose his mind.

Yesterday reappeared, He Zhen started staring at Li Chengyun again, and this time Li Chengyun finally looked at He Zhen openly.

The red wine in the glass was half down, He Zhen leaned on Li Chengyun's chest, and asked quietly: "What did you say to Zhou An when I went to buy water?"

"Aren't you being too strict?"

Li Chengyun held the wine glass, and when he lowered his head, his chin brushed He Zhen's hair.

He Zhen looked up at him, just smiled and didn't answer, it was acquiescence.

The moonlight in the movie flashed by, and the sky was still shining brightly on the heavy curtains. Li Chengyun repeated the question Zhou An asked in the afternoon. The person who was resting on his chest remained motionless. Li Chengyun caught a glimpse of Hezhen's eyelashes trembling slightly from the corner of his eye.

"Then what did you say?"

He Zhen asked him in a low voice.

Li Chengyun didn't answer, but asked him instead, "Do you want to talk?"

The red wine has a strong aftertaste, and Hezhen couldn't turn his head around. He shook his head and said he didn't know. After a while, he asked Li Chengyun: "Do you think you want to say it?"

"No."

Li Chengyun answered quickly.

Even if it is a mother who is not very close to him, it will take a lot of time to recover after losing it. This feeling is not good. Li Chengyun doesn't want Hezhen to do it again like him.

The two-word answer should be easy to misunderstand, but He Zhen seemed to understand. Li Chengyun watched He Zhen sit up, bent down and hugged him around his neck, and whispered in his ear: I love you, once again Not enough, He Zhen repeated it many times.

The movie that was playing was once again faced with the end of no one caring about it. Li Chengyun put his arms around He Zhen's waist, buried his head in the crest of his neck, and breath mixed with alcohol was entangled.

In the middle, Li Chengyun's cell phone vibrated a few times, but no one paid attention to it. Li Chengyun clasped Hezhen's chin and kissed.

There is no exciting plot in the movie, so the loudest sound in the quiet space is the sound of fabric rubbing. You must concentrate on kissing, even if you ignore the landslide and tsunami, it is understandable.

So when the bedroom door was opened, no one in the room noticed it until He Ping, who was holding a laundry basket, stood at the door, everything seemed to be paused, only the non-stop movie was still slowly pushing the progress bar .

The phone screen lit up again, and it was a few messages from Zhou An.

"An Qianqiu is awake, let's talk."

"She doesn't like me."

"Probably didn't like me from the beginning."