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The sun seemed to emerge from the clouds, but the fine rain still didn't stop.Wen Xu stood under the umbrella, quietly watching the heavy iron door.

"Brother Yan, can I come later this afternoon? I couldn't pick up my friend. I want to wait for him." Wen Xu held the microphone and said the request slowly, feeling a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Xing Yan was easy to talk to, so he readily agreed to his request.

He just squatted at the gate of the prison foolishly like this, but he couldn't wait for anyone to wait for.He had no choice but to carry the things he bought in a bit of embarrassment, patted his numb legs and feet, and limped back.

There are no holidays in dessert shops, and the holidays are just peaks of customer traffic again and again.Wen Xu called his parents in advance, and quickly took a taxi back to the store.It wasn't until the sun swayed down the mountain that he carried those things that were in the way and set foot on the way home.

One of the few street lights was broken, making the road even darker.After a day of rain, it finally stopped. He put away his umbrella, stepped lightly on the rain pit, and listened to the sound of rain splashing.When he was a child, he loved diving into puddles with Wen Shu the most. When he was tired from playing, he would go home and kick his shoes casually, staggering on the sofa, without worrying about anything.

Suddenly, the ringtone of his mobile phone echoed in the empty street, frightening him.He quickly answered the phone and said "Hello".

"Brother, you... are you home now?" It was Wen Shu's voice, but he seemed very nervous, and he was a little guilty, and his voice was a little awkward because he deliberately pinched his throat.

Wen Xu was a little strange. His younger brother had been a bully since he was a child. He was not afraid of anything. Speak in a shrunken tone.

Although Wen Xu wanted to see Wen Shu's joke, he still confessed honestly: "I'm walking up the stairs, I'll be home soon."

He lives in an old-fashioned residential building. Although the public security conditions are poor, the price/performance ratio is extremely high in Yuecheng, a place where every inch of land is expensive.It seems that the circuit is being repaired in the community recently, and there are frequent power outages in some places, and the elevator has been out of service for a long time.Fortunately, there are only seven floors in this building, and he lives on the third floor, so even if he climbs up and down, he won't be exhausted.

Hearing his words, Wen Shu's voice over there became even more anxious, raised an octave almost instantly, and said in a growl: "Then don't go back! Go find some hotel, and forget it for one night first." .”

Wen Xu frowned, and the feeling of something wrong in his heart became stronger, and he asked cautiously: "Did something happen? Tell me about it."

But Wen Shu hesitated and couldn't understand, and just kept telling him not to go back.

"You can let me hide for a day, but I can't hide for a lifetime. Only tell me what's going on, so I can deal with it." Wen Xu's voice was still full of patience, as if he wouldn't be angry with his brother at all.

After seeing Wen Shu, many of Wen Xu's friends said that if this was his younger brother, he would definitely be beaten to death, but Wen Xu can still talk to him calmly, he is really a kind person in the world.

"I……"

Wen Xu seemed to have understood his younger brother's temper a long time ago, his brain automatically blocked the man's hesitation, and he didn't think about the wonderful remarks of "staying in a hotel today" without beginning and end, and stepped on the steps on his own .

The stairwell was very dark, and the only small yellow light was off. It seemed that the circuit maintenance had reached their building today.He slowly stepped up the stairs, walking forward tentatively, barely watching under the faint moonlight, for fear of accidentally falling down from this pitch-black place.

Hearing that Wen Xu had already gone upstairs, Wen Shu said with tears: "Sooner or later today he came to see me, and he asked me for your address. I... I didn't mean it, he threatened me, I Just told him..."

Wen Xu froze in place suddenly, but it wasn't because of Wen Shu's words, but the person who slowly came out of the darkness—sooner or later he was wearing a slightly thin black short sleeve, almost blending into the darkness up.

Moonlight came in from the window glass in the stairwell, illuminating a small area in front of his door, and also faintly illuminating Chi Chi's side face, some of the moonlight fell on his shoulders.

"Sooner or later," Wen Xu called him softly, even breathing tremblingly, "Long time no see."

There was no tension as expected, but a slightly dead calm, tracing this man's face with his eyes.

Thinner, the original baby face seems to have been slumped, revealing a smooth mandible line, because there is really no flesh on his cheeks, and the cheekbones are a bit high.He wasn't fair in the first place, but now he seemed a little darker. There was no sunscreen in the prison, and he stood under the sun and was tanned. It didn't take long for his skin to darken a lot, erasing the last trace of immaturity.

It seems that everything has changed. In the past, his eyes when looking at Wen Xu were always bright, like a clear spring, Wen Xu couldn't help but look at him a few more times.But now, the moment Wen Xu touched his eyes, he only saw indifference and numbness.

"Yeah, long time no see, Brother Xu." Chi Chi frowned and put on a smiling face.It's just that there was no smile in his eyes, and Wen Xu just felt the bone-chilling cold.

Wen Xu squeezed the bag in his hand nervously, lifted it up unconsciously, and said, "I went to pick you up today, but I couldn't."

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" Chi Chi shrugged, as if she wasn't listening to what Wen Xu was saying.He looked at some old mahogany doors next to him, and the anti-theft outer door that looked like a decoration, and seemed to say something unintentionally: "You live in another place."

It seems to be a question sentence, but it uses an undeniable tone.Wen Xu was taken aback, he seemed to hear some dissatisfaction from this sentence.

He quickly put those things on his arm, reached out and took out the key, squeezed in front of Chi Chi, and opened the door a little nervously, so that he failed to put the key into the keyhole several times.

Sooner or later, the muscles on his body are very strong, and he is not too short. Even if he is just next to Wen Xu like this, he has a very strong sense of presence.His eyes were fixed on Wen Xu, as if he wanted to make a big hole in the back of this man's head.

Wen Xu's breathing was heavy, and he lowered his head slightly, trying to look into the small hole.He has been short-sighted since he was a child, and he seems to be half-blind in such a dark environment.He wanted to relieve the current atmosphere, so he quickly picked up the last question sooner or later, and said: "After I found a new job, I moved out. Xiaoshu still lives at home with my parents, and I... sometimes go back."

"Oh? Brother Xu is so inattentive when opening the door, do you want me to help?" The person behind opened his mouth, but the hot breath seemed to linger on Wen Xu's neck, making his goosebumps pop out instantly, and even The hair is a little standing on end.

Before Wen Xu could speak, sooner or later he stretched out his hand, wrapped his arms around Wen Xu's arm, put his hand lightly on the back of Wen Xu's hand, gently pinched the key, and inserted it into the keyhole with precision.From a distance, Wen Xu seemed to be hugged by him, but his head was slightly tilted to the side, with a serious expression.

The door opened at the sound, and sooner or later he immediately withdrew his arms, increasing the distance between the two of them, and stepped in without the slightest bit of acknowledgment.Wen Xu carried the bag and stood at the door, allowing this man to scan his room unabashedly.

The house he rented was not big, less than [-] square meters at full cost. It was a small apartment with one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. Fortunately, there was a balcony that was not too small outside, allowing him to grow some green plants. Not too monotonous.When the house was rented, the decoration had already been decided, and he just took care of it a little, so it looked very lively and not too messy.

Turning around sooner or later, the smile on his face seemed to never fall.He sat down on the sofa neatly, looked up at Wen Xu who was still standing at the door and didn't come in.There was only one small light on in the room, and the dim light shone lightly on Chi Chi's body, giving a trace of warmth to the black clothes.

He knew that it was because Wen Xu was afraid of the dark.In the past, even when Wen Xu was sleeping, he would quietly leave a small lamp on, so he dared to wrap himself tightly in the bed, laying upright as if he was paralyzed, and barely fell asleep.

Five years later, this person is still like this.

Wen Xu closed the door, put on slippers, and then turned on the light. The room was instantly illuminated by white light, showing its original appearance.He put the things in the bag on the table, pointed to Chi Chi cautiously, and said to Chi Chi: "This is something I bought for you today, would you like some?"

Seeing that sooner or later he was still looking at him with a smile on his face, Wen Xu pursed his lips, slowly took out the cake, chicken legs and rice dumplings, and said to himself: "Otherwise, I will give you the rice dumplings Let’s heat it up, and this chicken leg, it will be uncomfortable to eat cold. The cakes in our store are delicious, let me bring you a bowl and chopsticks... By the way, I still have some coconut milk, you can make do with it .”

"No need, I've already eaten." Sooner or later, listening to Wen Xu's babbling, I thought it was so cute for a moment, and I couldn't bear to interrupt it.

Wen Xu raised his eyes to look at him, but sooner or later he didn't dare to look at him.This person's eyes are too gentle, as if if he is not careful, he will drown in this bottomless spring water.

Sooner or later, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket and shook it towards Wen Xu, still smiling, grinning at the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Can I smoke?"

Wen Xu nodded, but quietly opened the window on the side when the smoke diffused from the red fire.

The sultry air blew in along the windows, carrying the stench of tobacco, reverberating in the room.There is no refreshing coolness after the rain, it seems to be still hot when the wind and rain are about to come, the crickets in the bushes are screaming, and the air seems to be frozen.

He wanted to ask how these years passed sooner or later, but he already had the answer in his heart.He glanced at the not-so-abundant balance in his phone, but he still held on to that idea.He carefully unwrapped the cake bag, thinking about when this month's salary would be paid, but lost his mind accidentally.

"Brother Xu," sooner or later he extinguished half of the cigarette, and his smile seemed to be tainted with something, "I have nowhere to go tonight, are you going to take me in?"

Wen Xu's hand froze for cutting the cake, and accidentally touched the cream. The soft and delicate cream dyed his fingers pink and tender.He nodded, looking at Chi Chi with calm and soft eyes.

Sooner or later, he threw the remaining cigarettes into the trash can, and rubbed his smoke-stained fingertips as if disgusted.He got up and walked to the window, and closed the window with his hand, the veins on his arm were faintly visible.

"It's late at night, and there will be mosquitoes that disturb people's dreams."