After the rain

Gophers, "gophers" are lollipop-shaped catnip, unattractive balls of yarn, cat teasers and remote-controlled mice scattered around the living room.

"Brother." Shen Yan was a little surprised to see him come back, and looked at the time again, it was already six o'clock.

"I haven't cooked yet." He relaxed for a moment, and the catnip was caught by the milk tea.

"It's okay." Shen Xin smiled softly, put the briefcase and coat aside, bent down to pick up the ball of wool at his feet, walked over to sit opposite him, picked up the milk tea on his lap and hugged it, and said wickedly Grab the catnip, "I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time, I'll go out to eat later."

"Meow!" Milk Tea was extremely dissatisfied, waving his paws and pawing at his arm.

Shen Xin took advantage of the situation to hold up its big face to look at it carefully, and asked, "What did the doctor say?"

"I'm not sick, I'm just in a bad mood."

"In a bad mood? Why?"

"It fell in love with my friend's cat in Wenheng, and now it is forced to have a long-distance relationship, and I rarely play with it. It probably feels..." Shen Yan thought of a suitable word and said: "Lonely .”

Shen Xin raised his eyebrows in surprise, pointed at the milk tea and said in disbelief, "Dating? It?"

"Well, his girlfriend's name is Pearl, and she's a British shorthair blue cat." Shen Yan opened the phone's photo album, and the system automatically generated an atlas containing photos of cats, which was easy to find, "Look."

Shen Xin swiped the screen to look at a few photos, his eyes became brighter the more he looked, and he said cheerfully, "Okay, the fat boy is actually the first one in our family to get out of the order, he is promising, promising!"

The fat boy who had taken back the catnip rolled happily in his arms.

Shen Yan suddenly asked: "Brother...have you not fallen in love yet?"

Shen Xin's smile froze, and he tried his best to say in an indifferent tone: "No, it's not in a hurry."

"28." Shen Yan reminded lightly.

"..."

"You've grown up! Dare to urge your brother!" The age of an old man with a single mother and child is a taboo. Shen Xin was poked at the sore spot, and he gave him a hand on the head in anger, gritted his teeth and smiled: "28 is very Old? Huh?"

"It's not a reminder, and I didn't say you're old, but I hope someone can take care of you when I'm not around." Shen Yan said.

There was no expression on his face as usual, but those pure black pupils were no longer empty at some point, there was a faint light tearing a crack, Shen Xin couldn't help looking in, and saw the closed door in his heart. The door opened a crack, and a scarred hand stretched out from the crack, waiting nervously and expecting someone to hold it.

Shen's heart and mind trembled, he was so dazed that he couldn't make any reaction, but suddenly a storm surged in his mind.

He remembered that Xiaobao called two months ago and told him earnestly, "I'm moving forward"; he remembered those report cards with rapid progress; he remembered the word "friend" that appeared frequently in Xiaobao's mouth; he remembered that day In the office, Song Ye praised Shen Yan for being smart, hardworking and patient, and getting along better and better with his classmates; he also remembered the boy named Song Qikun, when Xiaobao was with him, his eyes were very bright, and his words and deeds revealed Unknowingly dependent, the whole person becomes warm and lively.

Someone knocked on the heart door that had been locked for many years, firmly held that hand, gave him hope and confidence, and led him to say goodbye to the past and walk towards a bright and bright future.

At this moment, Shen Xin realized this fact very clearly, he was a little pleasantly surprised, a little relieved, and also a little unspeakably melancholy and bitter.

He knocked on that door for six years.

The two brothers faced each other in silence, Shen Yan seemed to be very concerned about this matter, Shen Xin couldn't help but make jokes, unconsciously scratched Milk Tea's head, struggled for a long time before saying: "Xiaobao, I know you are thinking of me, but I At the moment... I have no plans to fall in love. Think about it, if two people are together, they must take care of each other and be considerate for a long time. I am usually so busy with work, it is difficult to separate my mind to deal with the relationship. I don't want to waste the time of other girls. "

"But don't worry! I will definitely find you a gentle and beautiful sister-in-law, but I don't plan to at this stage!"

"It's up to you." Shen Yan nodded, stretched out his hand to pinch Milk Tea's ear, and easily took the catnip in his hand, "Don't worry about me, just find what you like. I'll go change clothes, and you clean up here. Pour half a bowl of cat food for it."

"Oh... huh? Half a bowl?"

"lose weight."

42. Discovery

On New Year's Eve, the two Shen brothers went shopping after breakfast. The trunks were packed full with the new year's goods they bought. When they got home, they couldn't rest. They started decorating the house and preparing the New Year's Eve dinner non-stop. Milk tea also ran around excitedly. .

The New Year's Eve dinner was naturally headed by Shen Yan, after all Shen Xin's culinary skills were really worrying, even he could hardly swallow the meals he made with his own hands, and he didn't know which link went wrong.

The skill of helping the chef has become more comfortable through the accumulation of time. He handles the ingredients neatly, and then obeys the chef's instructions to deliver the dishes.

Busy until 08:30, the New Year's Eve dinner is complete.

Outside the window, the night is filled, houses and streets are decorated with lights and colorful lights, and the colorful lights reflected on the windows are flickering. The sound of firecrackers and fireworks exploding is like the surging tide.

Shen Xin handled his chopsticks like the wind, he took care of eating and chatting at the same time, he ate his belly until he couldn't fill it up, so he stopped his chopsticks, raised his face and burped in satisfaction.

Shen Yan also put down his chopsticks, "Have you finished eating?"

"Ang—" Shen Xin dragged out the tone lazily.

The corners of Shen Yan's lips curved slightly, and he got up to clear the dining table.

"I'll come! Let me do it!" Shen Xin jumped up, grabbed the plate in his hand and put it aside, then pushed him towards the living room, "You rest for a while, I'll clean it up."

Shen Yan was indeed a little tired, but he was not at ease, "Can you do it by yourself?"

"Why, look down on me?"

"No."

The Spring Festival Gala was playing on the TV, and a certain comedy sketch was being broadcast, and Milk Tea nestled on the sofa to watch intently.

Shen Yan picked up the remote control and turned up the volume, and bursts of laughter from the audience made the living room lively.

He looked at it blankly for a while, then stepped forward and took the mobile phone from the TV cabinet.

The battery is full, the messages are dazzling, and the red envelopes with special effects are flying all over the sky, most of them come from group chats, and a few are obviously copied and pasted group blessings.

Shen Yan replied to a few familiar friends, and then went to the group of seven to give out red envelopes, and they were all robbed in half a minute. The king of luck turned out to be Tang Chen, who had the slowest hand speed.

Tang Chen: [Holy shit, why is your red envelope so big? ]

Qi Jiajia: [Oh, the male god is finally here!Long time no see～]

Tang Chen: [I miss you so much? ]

Song Qikun: [? ]

Duan Zheng: [Woohhhhhh, why did I grab five pieces? ! ]

Xie Junwen: [I'll send it, you are ready. ]

Liu Xinrong: [Secret Observation.jpg]

The group messages were refreshed one after another, Shen Yan glanced at the screen for a while, cut out to have a private chat with Song Qikun, and sent him a New Year's red envelope alone.

After receiving it, Song Qikun sent back a thank you emoji with a bouquet of flowers, and said: I also prepared a red envelope, and I will wait for Wenheng to give it to you.

Shen Yan: [Star Eyes.jpg]

He always likes to send some cute and funny emoticons, which are very inconsistent with his own image, but to a certain extent, it reflects his true emotions.

For two people in love, if one party is not good at words, the other party needs to be willing to express and guide the other party to open up.

Song Qikun: [Did you miss me? ]

Shen Yan: [Yes. ]

Song Qikun: [Well, what does that mean? ]

Shen Yan: [I miss you. ]

Song Qixi: [I miss you too. ]

Shen Yan: [Video? ]

Song Qikun: [The children of relatives pester me to play games with them, and I will call you later. ]

Shen Yan: [Okay, then I'll take a shower first. ]

After getting a reply, he casually put his mobile phone on the coffee table, got up and went to the kitchen to check the progress - the cooking table had been cleaned up, the floor was also swept, and Shen Xin was taking out the tableware from the dishwasher and stacking them into the cabinet.

"Brother, I'm going to take a shower." He informed.

Shen Xin turned his head to take a look, and replied: "Okay."

The taste of the New Year's Eve dinner was mainly according to Shen Xin's preference. The heavy oil and salt were still too spicy. Shen Yan drank two glasses of water while eating. After taking a shower, he still felt thirsty. He wiped his hair and went downstairs to find water to drink. He glanced inadvertently, stopped in his footsteps, and narrowed his eyes in displeasure to confirm.

I saw Shen Xin leaning on the sofa with his milk tea in his arms, holding his mobile phone, carelessly stroking the cat while flipping through his photo album.

Again.

Tampering with his phone without permission.

Shen Yan walked over with a cold face, and gradually saw the picture on the screen clearly as the distance got closer, his outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

The one I found right now is an intimate photo of him and Song Qikun.

When I went to Dongjiang Ancient Town a few years ago, I took a picture in front of the mirror in the hotel. Song Qikun hugged him from behind, didn't look at the camera, and kissed the corner of his lips with half-lidded eyes.

Shen Xin was very focused on watching, the cat also forgot to touch it, and swiped two fingers to zoom in and out of the photo, looking at some details.

For example, the tight arms around Shen Yan's waist, the marks of different shades near the neckline, the soft eyebrows hiding a faint smile... and so on.

It is tantamount to a public execution.

Shen Yan's ears felt hot, and his expression became a little colder. Without any further hesitation, he took the phone back and directly pressed the power button to turn off the screen.

Shen Xin turned his head slowly, raised his face and looked at him with a subtle expression: "You two... what's the situation?"

Shen Yan asked coldly: "What do you think?"

Song Qikun played childish games with a group of children for more than half an hour, his head was full of childish words, and he felt that even the way of thinking had been assimilated