lemonade

(One)

Fu Yue and Xu Zheng deliberately set aside a few days to move to a new house, decorate and organize things.

Among them, the most difficult thing is the books of two people, because there are too many, a total of ten large boxes were packed, and they were moved back and forth twice.

On this day, the two divided the work, Fu Yue was in charge of putting away the kitchen supplies, while Xu Zheng was in charge of arranging the books and putting them on the bookshelf.

Xu Zheng opened the box and arranged the books by category.

After being busy for a long time, he finally filled most of the bookshelves, and planned to take a rest for a while and continue to arrange them later.Sitting cross-legged on the clean ground, he casually pulled out a book from the box.

The one that was pulled out was "Intimate Relations" by Roland Miller.

Xu Zheng turned a few pages, and suddenly felt that the inside of the book was bulging, as if something had been stuffed.

This book belongs to Fu Yue.

He only hesitated for a few seconds before opening the book, only to see a few plastic photos stuffed in the middle of the book.

The photo looks like a graduation photo, with five or sixty people standing in four rows, and those in the first two rows squatting down, with a long red banner hanging behind them—the "Lighthouse Project" rural summer camp has come to a successful conclusion.

Xu Zheng held his breath, this should be a photo taken eight years ago, when Fu Yue was 22 years old, he recognized Fu Yue at a glance.

On the far left of the fourth row, it's a little darker than it is now.When this photo was taken, there was no sunlight, and the weather was continuous and gloomy, but Fu Yue had a kind of contented brightness under the cloudy and dark sky.

Xu Zheng suddenly called out, "Yuba."

Fu Yue had already cleaned up the kitchen, and was about to cut some fruit and serve it to Xu Zheng, when he heard Xu Zheng calling him, and as soon as he threw the fruit knife, he ran over.

"What's wrong?" When Fu Yue passed the kitchen door, he took out two paper towels and wiped his hands.

Xu Zheng turned his head and waved to him: "Come here."

Fu Yue walked over, sat down cross-legged like him, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Xu Zheng took out those photos and showed them to him.

Fu Yue took the photos and said, "Hey, where did you find them? I have searched for these photos several times, but I couldn't find them."

Xu Zheng pointed to the book of intimacy, and said, "It's in this book."

Fu Yue still misses the time when he was a volunteer teacher. At that time, he had just graduated from college and was not in a hurry to work. He went to the Lighthouse Project in Bay City for a total of two weeks.

"Sure enough, moving can bring out a lot of memories." Fu Yue said with a smile.

Xu Zheng asked: "Do you know all the people in the photo? Do you still have contact?"

Fu Yue said: "How is it possible that we all know each other? We were divided into four groups, ABCD, and each group was responsible for a different area. I only knew people in our group B. There are two people who are still somewhat related. They will say some congratulations during the New Year's holiday, and if they come to H City, they can make an appointment to have a meal."

Xu Zheng said "Oh" and said, "Will you take a closer look at these photos?"

Fu Yue didn't know what Xu Zheng meant. He followed his words, lowered his head, and looked at it for a long time, but he could only recall his youthful years from his own photos.

"What a pig." Helpless, Xu Zheng pointed to the person on the far right in the fourth row, "Look who is this?"

Fu Yue finally looked at it seriously for a few seconds, and his expression changed.He raised the photo, looked at Xu Zheng, and then at the person in the photo, and repeated this several times before he dared to ask: "This, is this you?"

Xu Zheng said, "You finally figured it out."

Fu Yue opened his eyes wide, and it took him a while to digest the information.

"Which group were you in then?"

"Group C."

"Just a little bit." Fu Yue said, "Just a little bit, we knew each other eight years ago."

That year Fu Yue was 22 years old and Xu Zheng was 17 years old.

Xu Zheng asked: "If you could go back in time, would you want to know me at that time?"

Fu Yue thought for a long time, shook his head, and asked, "What about you?"

Xu Zheng said, "I'm the same as you."

"reason?"

"The you at that time must have looked down on me." Xu Zheng said, "If I knew you at that time, I would have missed you. I don't want to miss you like that."

Fu Yue smiled: "How do I feel that you should have looked down on me at that time? Then if you go back in time and go back to that time, what do you want to do?"

"I won't let my dad change my first choice. What about you?"

"Me, I probably want to go to the school of architecture in country F to continue my studies."

People should be like this. When they choose one of the roads at the fork in life, they will often think, if "I" chose another road at the beginning, would the result be better than now?

"But I still think it's best now."

Fu Yue understood what he meant, kissed his lips, and said, "That's right, it's fine now."

There are countless possibilities in life. If certain trajectories change slightly, they may know each other in the "Lighthouse Project", or they may not know each other's existence in this life. The romantic love in "Intimate Relationship" will always be with them. Can't touch it.

That's fine now.

Shortcomings and stumbles are another kind of perfection.

(two)

Fu Yue is a fool.

One weekend, Fu Yue brought out a bunch of building blocks and wanted to play a game of "Jenga" with Xu Zheng.

"Is there a bet?"

The two were barefoot, sitting cross-legged on the floor.

Xu Zheng asked him while overlapping.

Fu Yue thought for a while and said, "The loser is not allowed to kiss for a day."

Xu Zheng: "...Who are you punishing?"

This bet, those who lose are uncomfortable, and those who win are also uncomfortable.

Fu Yue stacked the building blocks and asked, "Who will start first?"

Xu Zheng: "Anything is fine."

Fu Yue said, "Then I will go first."

It is very easy to play at the beginning, they can draw at will, and this building block tower is not so easy to collapse.

And in the end, the two took each step carefully.

When the building was about to fall, Xu Zheng held his breath, and accurately and quickly pulled out a building block on the lower floor.The building block tower swayed for a while, and remained trembling.

Fu Yue: "..."

Xu Zheng said with a smile: "Yuzhu, it's your turn."

Fu Yue glared at Xu Zheng, then aimed at a building block above, and stretched out his hand to hit it.

Xu Zheng said, "If you smoke this, you will collapse immediately."

"I know, I didn't smoke it, so I just touched it." Fu Yue changed his hand, stopped next to the next building block, and asked, "Will this one fall down?"

Xu Zheng chuckled and said, "Didn't you study architecture? You should be very clear."

Fu Yue said: "Then, am I nervous? When I get nervous, I can't remember anything."

Xu Zheng asked, "Do you want to win or lose?"

Xu Zheng can't kiss him if he wins, and he can't kiss Xu Zheng if he loses, he doesn't even want to.

But he made the bet.

Fu Yue pursed his lips, and took out a building block casually.

The building blocks were scattered everywhere.

"All right, give me a kiss." Fu Yue said.

Xu Zheng kissed his side cheek.

Fu Yue also kissed Xu Zheng's side face.

"Didn't it mean that the loser can't kiss for a day?"

"I didn't kiss you, I just, I just 'contacted' your face with my lips."

"Then you can 'contact' me all the time today?"

"Yes! I didn't cheat."

It's a kind of self-righteous attempt to hide the truth by saying that he didn't cheat.

Games and bets are not as important as his yuba, Xu Zheng rubbed Lai Jing's face with a smile, pressed him to the ground and kissed him softly.

(three)

Fu Yue is not only good at cheating, but also good at acting like a baby.

One day, when he was chopping vegetables, he accidentally cut his index finger.The wound was not big, and it didn't hurt much, but because Xu Zheng was in the room, he yelled: "Brother! Brother! I'm hurt!"

Xu Zheng hurried over when he heard his howling.

Fu Yue held up his index finger, pointed at Xu Zheng's eyes, and said, "Look, look, there's a lot of blood!"

"..."

On that index finger, there was only a little bloodstain, which was the precious bloodstain that Fu Yue left on purpose without washing or wiping it, and waited for Xu Zheng to come.

Xu Zheng grabbed his hand, rinsed it under the tap, and then brought him to the living room, disinfected it with alcohol, and put on the bandage.

"Sit down, I'll cook." Xu Zheng rubbed his head, got up and went to the kitchen.

Xu Zheng washed the white radish that Fu Yue had cut in half, and continued to cut. When he was about to finish cutting, he was hugged from behind.

"Brother—" Fu Yue dragged his voice.

Xu Zheng: "Huh?"

Fu Yue said, "I'm hurt, my hand hurts."

Xu Zheng said: "I know, if you are in pain, go to bed and lie down for a while. Be good, it won't hurt if you lie down."

Fu Yue hugged him tightly: "Brother, did you take care of today's housework?"

Xu Zheng: "Okay."

Fu Yue pushed forward: "Tomorrow's you too?"

Xu Zheng: "...OK."

"Brother, you are so kind!" Fu Yue rubbed his head on his back vigorously, "My brother is the best man in the world! I love you so much."

Xu Zheng only felt that there was a ball of fluff behind him, and he smiled and said, "Slacker."

Fu Yue grinned: "My nature is so lazy and reckless, it's useless for you to regret it."

Xu Zheng put all the chopped white radishes on the plate and said, "I don't regret it."

Fu Yue was elated, raised his head and kissed Xu Zheng quickly, and then bounced out.

If he was the only one in this room, even if all ten of his fingers were cut, he would still put on a hemostatic patch without changing his face, and then continue to cut vegetables and cook.

But there is his brother at home.

With Xu Zheng around, he doesn't need to be so independent, nor does he need to be so strong.A little bit of pain can also be coquettish, sloppy, and wronged, because he knows that Xu Zheng will love him and spoil him.

And he enjoys this favor with peace of mind.

This is the unique warmth in the world.

(four)

As the saying goes, a man with a family should not go wild in bars.

But you can take your family and go wild together.

That night, on a whim, Fu Yue took Xu Zheng to a bar near his home for a drink.

"Brother, let me tell you, there is a new bar opened nearby, and the reviews are pretty good. Let's go have a drink or two and have a good drink."

Because they were going to drink, it was inconvenient to drive, anyway, Qing Bar was not far away, so the two of them walked over directly, and they also took a walk after dinner.

The name of Qingba is quite special, it is called "Shelter", which means refuge.

With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open, and they walked into this side of the shelter.

There are several customers sitting on a row of wooden high stools. Behind the bar is a wine cabinet that occupies the entire wall. Bottles and cans of wine are placed on it. The decoration is wooden style, and there is lazy soft music playing in the store. , the warm-toned lights were switched on, and the room was isolated from the outside world.

Fu Yue took a glance, there were quite a lot of people in this store, and there were two seats left at the bar, so he led Xu Zheng to sit.

The bartender glanced at them and asked, "Welcome, would you like something to drink?"

Fu Yue glanced at the wine menu and asked, "Can I have two blind-box wines?"

"Okay." The bartender said, "Tell me about the strength and taste."

Fu Yue said: "Low degree, he doesn't like sweets, I can do it."

The bartender said, "OK."

They started chatting, and within a few minutes of sitting down, the two guests next to them left, and soon, new guests filled the vacant seats.

Fu Yue was chatting with Xu Zheng with his head tilted, when he heard the voice next to him, he suddenly felt a little familiar, so he turned his head.

"Senior Lin?"

But it's Lin Nanshu who is tall and well-dressed with single eyelids.

Lin Nanshu also stopped talking with the people around him, and said with surprise, "Ah Yue?"

Neither of them expected to meet in this bar, Fu Yue asked: "When did you come to City H, why didn't you tell me?"

Lin Nanshu said: "I just came here yesterday. I wanted to ask you out for dinner tomorrow, but I didn't expect to meet you here tonight."

The two had a good chat, their respective partners were not so happy.

The thick-browed man next to Lin Nanshu squeezed his fingers: "Aren't you going to introduce me?"

Fu Yue just remembered, and quickly introduced Lin Nanshu to Xu Zheng.

The boy with thick eyebrows is handsome, it is those eyebrows, thick and impressive.

Xu Zheng sized him up a few times, feeling like he had seen this person somewhere before.

The thick-browed man also secretly looked at Xu Zheng, then suddenly slapped his head and said, "You, are you that boy who almost drank that drugged glass of wine a few years ago? In T City, I stopped you."

Memories about Tang Xibai flooded into his mind, and Xu Zheng remembered it, but he was calm and only nodded lightly.

Fu Yue and Lin Nanshu were confused and asked, "You two know each other?"

Xu Zheng said, "It doesn't count."

The thick-browed man smiled flatteringly at Lin Nanshu, and then told the incident back then, and finally said: "You, don't be angry, I didn't know you at that time, I just saw it for sex, after I met you, I only have you in my heart."

Lin Nanshu coughed and said, "Then let me tell you something, don't be angry, we're even."

Thick-browed man: "You say."

Lin Nanshu glanced at Fu Yue and said, "I had a crush on him for several years before. Then I mustered up the courage to confess, but he rejected me."

Thick-browed man: "..."

Xu Zheng: "..."

Fu Yue shrugged his shoulders towards Lin Nanshu, and his eyes conveyed the meaning of "Brother, please ask for blessings".

The thick-browed man couldn't help but "rely" and said, "This world is really small."

At this critical moment, the bartender brought them two glasses of wine.

One cup is "Sunset Rose", which is shochu mixed with berry juice. It looks like an orange-pink sunset, with clouds and afterglow intertwined and torn.

One cup is "Green Years", the upper layer is a slightly sour orange, and the bottom layer is a turquoise blue liquid, which is unique and beautiful, very pleasing to the eye.

The thick-browed man said, "We want two glasses like theirs."

Fu Yue scratched his head and asked Xu Zheng, "Which cup do you want?"

"I drink sunset roses." Xu Zheng glanced at him meaningfully, "You want your green years, after all, your green years are quite rich."

Fu Yue felt distressed, looked at Lin Nanshu, and both sighed.

They are obviously not exes, and it has been many years since the confession, how could it be so embarrassing.

In the end, I didn't know how the night passed. When they parted, they said, "We will meet again next time."

That night, Fu Yue was tortured terribly.

While begging for mercy, he thought bitterly: "Get together a ghost, if we get together again, we will have to go underground."

(Fives)

After dinner that day, Xu Zheng took a book from the bookshelf and read it on the sofa.

Fu Yue leaned over and asked, "Brother, what are you looking at?"

Xu Zheng unfolded the cover for him to see - "The Art of Love"

Fu Yue said: "I read this book a long time ago, but I was alone at that time. How about I go with you and read it again."

Xu Zheng said, "Okay."

As they read, they discussed the ideas in the book.

Some points they agree with, such as "true love is the expression of inner creativity, including caring, respect, responsibility and understanding many factors."

They disagree with some views, such as "Men and women can only find inner unity in the combination of yin and yang, so homosexual lovers will never escape the torment of loneliness."

There are also points of view that they hold on to one side, and they started arguing after chatting. In the end, either one person persuaded the other, or neither party could convince many parties, so they had to temporarily sue for money and fight again next time.

One night was spent in deep reading and thinking.

Finally Xu Zheng said: "Yuzhu, this is just a way of understanding love."

Fu Yue tilted his head: "Huh?"

Xu Zheng said: "I read this book tonight, and I will forget about it tomorrow."

——He wants to throw away all the information, philosophy and research results, and with the most sincere heart, go to appreciate the romantic love in this world with Fu Yue.

(six)

After Fu Yue and Xu Zheng moved to their new home, they only made one rule.

That is——as long as you don’t work overtime and don’t go on business, after dinner every day, you have to go for a half-hour walk outside together. During the walk, you are not allowed to look at your mobile phone, and just talk to each other and have a heart-to-heart talk.

The reason for setting this rule is that they don't want to be reduced to a "cohabitation" relationship. If they go home every day and just have a meal together, and then do their own things after the meal, it is not a lover, but a roommate.

And taking a walk after a meal is good for your health - this is what Xu Zheng said.

Today, as usual, they had dinner and went out hand in hand.

The summer night is very comfortable, not as hot as the day, and the breeze blows by, bringing a refreshing fragrance of flowers.

Fu Yue asked: "Is your work going well today?"

Xu Zheng said, "It didn't go well."

"Huh? What happened?"

"It's nothing, it's just that there is a tricky case. How about you? Is your studio okay?"

"My side is pretty good. I hired another first-class architect, and now Xiangzhu's reputation is getting bigger and bigger."

"Then congratulations."

"In a few days, when you finish your work, let's go out and play."

"Okay, where do you want to go?"

"I want to see the mountains, the sea, and the grasslands."

"it is good."

"I want to eat sesame seed cakes, fish eggs, and meat buns."

"it is good."

"I want to play haunted house, bungee jumping, pirate ship."

"it is good."

"I think……"

"it is good."

"I haven't said what it is yet."

"It doesn't matter if you don't say anything, I will agree anyway."

Fu Yue laughed a few times, looked at a convenience store in front of him, and said, "Wait for me here."

He ran in and quickly came out again with two cans in his hand.

Xu Zheng took a can, it was ice cold, it was lemonade.

They each opened the tabs, and there was a "stab" sound, and the bubbles gushed up.

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

The two touched the cans and each took a big sip.

The sourness of the lemon has been turned into a sweet lemonade, which still retains a bit of the sourness of the lemon, but the sweetness spreads layer upon layer on the tip of the tongue, covering up the sourness and astringency.

Fu Yue raised his head and smiled at Xu Zheng.

"It's sweet."