recession

This kiss did not have any taste of lust, and was even a bit bitter because of the tears remaining on the lips.

Tao Liyang remembered that when he was in college, the small theater had to rehearse "Salome". ①Xu Yunqing did not participate in the show, but, as always, accompanied him to make some adjustments to the original play.

It was an afternoon, the sun was about to sink, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast translucent orange on Xu Yunqing's white shirt.

Xu Yunqing was sitting on the window sill, holding the newly printed script in his hand and whispering: "I finally kissed your lips, and the taste on your lips is quite bitter. Could it be the taste of blood? No, it might be the taste of love." .People say that Aiqing is bitter..."②

At that time, they were separated by an arm's length, and he couldn't see where Xu Yunqing's eyes fell.Now Tao Liyang understood that those eyes were always on him, just like this moment.

Xu Yunqing looked at him, and gently kissed Tao Liyang's lower lip.He didn't speak, but many years ago, his voice penetrated those lost years and drifted past them.

The last line said, "But so what? So what? I kissed your lips."③

Although the kiss came late, even though it was indeed bitter.It doesn't matter.What's more, the bitterness has completely dissipated during the rubbing of ears and temples.

Xu Yunqing was really exhausted, leaning against Tao Liyang, and closed his eyes in a daze.Tao Liyang waited for his breathing to calm down, got up and twisted a hot towel over, and carefully wiped away the tears on his face.Hug him again.

Xu Yunqing woke up several times that night and kept having nightmares.Tao Liyang didn't sleep all night, the person in his arms moved slightly, so he reached out to touch his back to comfort him.At dawn, he heard Xu Yunqing call his name indistinctly, Tao Liyang held his hand and replied softly, I'm here.

Xu Yunqing opened his eyes and glanced at him, resting his head on his heart, listening to his heartbeat, and gradually fell asleep again.Tao Liyang gently stroked his hair, and finally fell asleep.

This sleep lasted until the afternoon, the curtains were drawn all the time, and I couldn't tell the time.Tao Liyang touched the watch on the bedside table with his backhand to check the time, and when he moved it, Xu Yunqing also woke up.

"Sleep a little longer?" Tao Liyang asked him softly.

"Don't sleep anymore." Xu Yunqing said with a hoarse voice, "I'm thirsty."

"I'm going to pour water." Tao Liyang touched his face, put on his nightgown, went to the kitchen to mix a glass of honey water and came back.Xu Yunqing took two sips from his hand before sitting up.There was some pain in the temple, and she leaned over and leaned against Tao Liyang's shoulder.Tao Liyang frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Xu Yunqing noticed it and asked him.

Tao Liyang was pillowed by him all night, numb from his shoulders to his chest, but he just smiled: "It's okay."

Xu Yunqing was slightly stunned, and came to his senses.She pursed her lower lip unnaturally, sat upright, and reached out to pinch his shoulder.

"It's really fine." Tao Liyang laughed and pulled him back into his arms, "It will be fine in a while."

Xu Yunqing raised his eyes to look at him, then turned around suddenly, wrapped his arms around his waist forcefully, buried his face on his collarbone, and said in a muffled voice, "Tao Liyang."

"Huh?" Tao Liyang didn't wait for his next sentence for a long time, kissed his ear lightly, and said warmly, "Okay, it's okay. I know, I know everything."

The days went on in an orderly manner.They didn't talk about what happened that night again, maybe one day they will bring it up again, the future will be long, there is no need to rush.

Xu Yunqing stopped taking drugs as usual, and Tao Liyang continued to write his scripts. When the weather was good, they drove to places with few people for a walk, and when it rained, they nestled together and watched an old movie.Xu Yunqing's insomnia got better, but he still had nightmares occasionally, so Tao Liyang moved back to the master bedroom.Xu Yunqing woke up in the middle of the night, and he could always be comforted in time.

Once the rules are established, the time passes quickly.After Xu Yunqing stabilized, he asked Shen Xi to contact the film crew, and ended his vacation early to go back to filming.

"You really don't need me to send it?" Tao Liyang stood in front of the cloakroom and looked at him.

"No need, Zhang Xin will be downstairs soon." Xu Yunqing closed the suitcase, turned her head and said, "Go back to sleep for a while, don't you have to go to the script meeting later?"

Tao Liyang wrote the manuscript for the whole night last night, and slept for less than an hour, when Xu Yunqing got up and followed suit.

"It's okay." He shook his head, covered his mouth and yawned, but he couldn't help laughing, "Okay, then I won't send it off. In case you don't want to leave when you get to the airport."

"You are reluctant."

"I'm really reluctant." Tao Liyang admitted happily, spread his hands, and looked at him with a smile, "Come here and hug me for a while?"

Xu Yunqing glared at him, pursed her lips and walked over, hugging his back.His chin rested on his shoulder: "I'm not here, so don't stay up all night writing the manuscript. Which company did you accept this time, and the rush was so urgent. You have just finished the manuscript, and you have a meeting again? The script with a short deadline, please download it." Don't accept it again."

Tao Liyang laughed straight: "That's not like what you said. Go back to filming by yourself and encourage me to be lazy? Then I won't be a screenwriter at all. You fire Zhang Xin and I come to work as an assistant for Teacher Xu, okay?"

"Then there's no need to grab the little girl's job." Xu Yunqing turned his head and glanced at him, "She has her job, you just need to warm the bed."

Tao Liyang said seriously: "I have no objection, when will you sign the contract with me?"

"When do you want to sign?" Xu Yunqing asked following his words.

Tao Liyang pretended to think seriously for a while: "No hurry, there is no one else but me for warming your bed." But he laughed, holding the back of Xu Yunqing's neck and kissing him, "Pay a deposit before leaving. "

After procrastinating for half a month, the crew naturally grasped it tightly.The day before, Xu Yunqing had already sent over the scenes planned to be filmed today. Xu Yunqing arrived at the crew at noon, ate lunch casually, and started filming.

There were all literary dramas that day, but in several of them, the emotional conflict was very intense, and it was not easy to shoot.Shen Xi had said hello beforehand, and the director had also worked with him before. Caring that Xu Yunqing had just been hospitalized some time ago, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on, so he said several times that he could take a break.

Xu Yunqing didn't want to delay the progress any longer, so he just said it was okay, and when he paused in the middle, he kept watching the replay in front of the monitor.

It was past two o'clock in the morning when work was over.At the end of the last scene of the day, I went back to the dressing room to remove my makeup, and I felt exhausted belatedly.

He took a short nap on the way back to the hotel.When the car drove to the gate, I saw a large number of fans surrounding it.After Xu Yunqing's successful transformation, he is no longer an artist who follows the traffic route.However, he has always been popular, and he hasn't appeared for too long. The fans are so jam-packed that they keep saying hello, asking if he has recovered, and how it feels to be filming.There was a lot of noise, and the flashes went on and on.Xu Yunqing's temples felt dull pain.It's just that he was always kind and kept a smile on his face, saying that he was fine, he also accepted the letter, thanked him again and again, and finally got out.

Zhang Xin was going to send him to the door of the room, but Xu Yunqing was tired of seeing her.When they reached the floor, they drove her back to rest.I went back to the room alone.After standing on the balcony for a while, seeing people lingering below, I called the front desk of the hotel, ordered desserts for the fans at the door, and sent a Weibo message to persuade everyone to leave.After the crowd gradually dispersed, I went to the bathroom.

The water temperature was suitable, and Xu Yunqing fell asleep in the bathtub.It was only when the water cooled down that he suddenly woke up. He wiped off the water casually, put on a bathrobe and went back to the bedroom.I probably slept for a while first, although my body still felt tired and tossed and turned, I couldn't fall asleep.

When I am awake at night, it is always easy to think wildly, and those bad memories that I have deliberately forgotten come to my mind again.He raised his hand to turn on the bedside lamp, but the light didn't make his life much easier.In the past, Tao Liyang was always there at this time... As he thought so, he touched his cell phone and dialed Tao Liyang's number.

The moment he dialed it out, Xu Yunqing suddenly remembered that he might have rested at this time.Before I could hang up, the other end was connected.

"Hello? Yun Qing?"

Tao Liyang's voice came through the receiver, so gentle that it made people trance.For some reason, Xu Yunqing inexplicably felt soft and sad in his heart, but he didn't show it when he spoke: "Aren't you asleep? Are you writing a manuscript again?"

Tao Liyang just laughed: "You called to check the post?"

"Yeah, I got caught."

"Fifty steps laugh at a hundred steps." Tao Liyang said, "You didn't sleep either."

Xu Yunqing hooked his fingers unconsciously on the tassels on the pillow, paused for a moment, and finally said: "I can't sleep, please talk to me."

"Go to sleep. I'll tell you a story."

Xu Yunqing smiled unconsciously, and drew out his voice: "Hey, how old am I, and I still want to listen to your stories."

"It's right to be younger than me." Tao Liyang answered him.Sure enough, I started telling him about a script I wrote many years ago.Xu Yunqing had seen that film, and it had a very happy ending.Tao Liyang spoke slowly, but it felt different.

Xu Yunqing pulled up the quilt a little and changed into a comfortable position.Tao Liyang's voice was gentle and calm. He didn't know where he was, and he could hear an inconspicuous echo when he spoke.Xu Yunqing's heart gradually settled down.

"Is it better?" Tao Liyang asked him softly after an unknown period of time.

"I regret it." Xu Yunqing said.

"what?"

"You should have sent me off this morning." Xu Yunqing sighed softly, listening to his breathing, "I miss you."

Tao Liyang seemed to smile, and paused for a moment, with a satisfied and helpless tone: "Then you open the door."

Xu Yunqing was taken aback, lifted the quilt, and hurriedly got up to open the door.

Tao Liyang had a windbreaker in his arms, and his mobile phone was still by his ear. He stood at the door and looked at him with a smile: "What are you doing in such a hurry? Who lives downstairs, will come to trouble you later."

Xu Yunqing pursed his lips, watching the tiny lights fall on Tao Liyang, and asked that stupid question after a long time: "Why are you here?"

There are so many things to say and so many answers to say.Tao Liyang smiled, and chose the easiest one: "Because I miss you too."

The author says:

①: "Salome" is a play adapted by Oscar Wilde based on a biblical story, and ② and ③ are the lines in it.The original play is a tragedy, the overall style is crazy and decadent, it is not long, and the resources are easy to find.Interested friends can come and have a look.