wait, i'm chasing you

When going to the winery with Tao Yi and the others, Hao Chen was left alone at the end, with his head lowered without any intention of speaking.

He basically didn't sleep much last night, the conversations with Chen Yiran were like a single loop, replaying in his mind over and over again.From the beginning of entanglement about what Chen Yiran was thinking, to the end I was worried about whether it would be awkward to meet him again.

In case he ignored himself, how would he strike up a conversation with him.

But the facts proved that he probably thought too much, the first second Chen Yiran saw him, he smiled and opened his mouth.

"Happy birthday, kiddo."

As he said that, he handed him a straw rabbit with a dog's tail, which was probably a product of boredom while waiting for them.

Hao Chen picked up the grass rabbit, raised his eyebrows at him, and said half-jokingly, "Could this be your birthday present?"

"Yes." Chen Yiran cooperated in a serious manner, and said confidently, "Didn't you say that you can give anything as a gift, anyway, I made it up myself, don't you think it's disgusting?"

Hao Chen clicked his tongue and nodded, "Okay, I just don't mind."

"Look, I don't know who said before that it doesn't matter if you give it or not." Chen Yiran curled his lips, and patted a small wooden box on the tricycle, "I know this can't be taken seriously, but fortunately I have second-hand preparations. "

"What is this?" Hao Chen said, and was about to get the wooden box, but was interrupted suddenly by Tao Yi.

"Brother Chen, don't move! We will have a unified gift giving session later, you can watch it later, it's all for you anyway."

"……Oh."

With such an interruption, the anxiety on the road was completely dissipated.

A few people thanked Aunt Wang, pushed the tidied up tricycle and took Erya to the hillside with the creek last time.

It was as if what happened yesterday never happened, Chen Yiran was still walking side by side with Hao Chen, still joking with him.

When he arrived at the place, Tao Yi set up a camera while everyone was installing the grill, intending to record the whole process.

After everything is ready, gift giving has become the first important link to bear the brunt.

"Hi everyone, our girl group is going to be the first to present a gift to Brother Chen." Wen Luo pretended to raise the microphone to the camera, "Please look this way, yes, the first gift we gave today is a homemade gift. Cake, please let Manman show us presents."

Shen Yiman untied the ribbon on the cake box, and on the cake was painted a cartoon boy with a slap in the face with the words "Brother Chen, happy 17th birthday!" written on the cake.

"Wow." Tao Yi was the first to express surprise, "Did you draw this?"

Wen Luo cleared his throat in a timely manner: "I will continue to explain to everyone. Now you can see the little boy on the cake. Yes, this is Brother Chen. As for whose masterpiece it is, of course it is our classmate Manman Already! Next, I invite Manman to come forward and speak."

Shen Yiman was forcibly pulled in front of the camera by Wen Luo, brushed the broken hair from her ears, and said simply to Hao Chen: "Happy birthday."

"Thank you, the painting is very beautiful." Hao Chen said with a light smile.

"I think so too!" Tao Yi joined in the fun and said, "I haven't seen you draw before, and what about this hidden skill?"

"Manman has practiced for several days, can't it look good." Wen Luo sang and answered, "Brother Chen likes it?"

"Well, I really like it." Hao Chen looked at the painting on the cake, and was really surprised, raised his eyes and said to Shen Yiman: "Thank you."

With a shallow smile, Shen Yiman shook his head and said nothing more.

Chen Yiran leaned against the tree and lowered his eyes, stroked his fingers lightly on the wooden box where the gift was placed, lowered his head and smiled.

"Next, we invite Brother Ran to give Brother Chen a gift."

It wasn't until he heard Wen Luo's words that he walked over slowly, met Hao Chen's expectant eyes, smiled and handed him the wooden box.

"Okay, let's take a look, what kind of gift will Brother Ran give you?"

Following Wen Luo's words, Hao Chen opened the box, and there was a light brown earthenware bowl inside.

The moment he saw the pottery bowl, he remembered the pottery shop Chen Yiran frequented in those few days.

"Did you do this?"

Hao Chen looked at him with a smile on his eyes and eyebrows.

So in those days, he was just preparing birthday gifts for himself, and he didn't know what kind of vinegar he was eating, so stupid...

"Yeah." Chen Yiran nodded with a smile, "After learning from Jiayi for a few days, several of them were discarded in the middle. I originally wanted to make a pair, but in the end it was just this one."

Hao Chen looked down at the pottery bowl in his hand, it wasn't exquisite, but it was flawless.

The bottom of the pottery bowl was a bit uneven to the touch, Hao Chen turned it over, and there were two characters engraved on it, "Chen Cub".

"Happy birthday, little morning cub."

When he saw those two words, Chen Yiran added a sentence in a timely manner.

Hao Chen stroked those two words lightly, facing Chen Yiran's gentle smile, the unwillingness and loss left over from yesterday disappeared without a trace.

Forget it, Japan has a long way to go.

"Thanks, bro."

Tao Yi, who was supposed to be the last to finish the gift, ended the gift-giving session because he had already prepared a gift and left it at home without bringing it.

Everyone unpacked the snacks, opened the beer, and started eating and drinking. The two girls also took Erya to turn on the selfie mode, laughing and joking.Chen Yiran took over the responsibility of being the chef of the barbecue. Hao Chen stood beside him and watched him busy.

"Are you a supervisor, or are you hungry?" Chen Yiran gave him a helpless look, "If you're hungry, go eat some snacks first."

"As a supervisor." Hao Chen raised his eyebrows and said.

"Don't worry, our restaurant has always paid attention to environmental protection and hygiene, absolutely healthy and pollution-free." Chen Yiran said seriously.

"Really." Hao Chen nodded clearly, "Why do you still use charcoal for environmental protection? No pollution?"

"..." Chen Yiran pointed to the snack team over there, and looked at him expressionlessly, "Go and get something to eat, don't be idle."

Hao Chen leaned against the big tree beside him and looked at him very calmly: "I don't."

"..."

Probably seeing Chen Yiran pointing over, Erya thoughtfully carried a bag of potato chips and ran to Hao Chen.

"Brother, this is for you."

Hao Chen took it with a smile, and pinched her braid by the way: "Thank you Erya."

Seeing Erya trotting all the way to find Wen Luo and the others, Hao Chen unpacked the potato chips, glanced at Chen Yiran, paused, took a piece and handed it to his mouth.

Chen Yiran was brushing oil on the meat skewers, glanced casually at the potato chips, opened his mouth to take them, and said vaguely, "Thank you."

Hao Chen withdrew his hand, stared at the fingertip touched by him, took another piece and fed it into his mouth.

"Brother Chen, Brother Ran, look at the side!"

Hearing Tao Yi's voice, the two raised their heads subconsciously. Tao Yi was holding another camera and pressed the shutter on the two of them.

"Quick! Make a concave shape!" Tao Yi said after finishing the shooting.

Chen Yiran raised his two occupied hands: "Our cooks don't have the ability to make concave shapes, so you can do it yourself."

Hao Chen was stunned for a while, leaned closer to him, and handed over another piece of potato chips.

"..."

Chen Yiran stared at the potato chips in his hand, and finally took them cooperatively. After Tao Yi finished filming with a laugh, he said with a speechless face.

"Who said you were a supervisor just now? Whose supervisor is rushing to feed the chef? It's not unhygienic now..."

After listening to him, Hao Chen gave him a faint smile.

"My pleasure."

"...Come on, come on, aren't you free?" Chen Yiran snatched the potato chips and stuffed the contents into his hand, "Let's do it yourself."

Hao Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled, without saying anything, followed his example and began to do it himself.

Standing beside him, Chen Yiran leisurely took out his phone, wondering what he was doing.

"Boy, look up."

"Ok?"

Hao Chen raised his head and looked over, and saw that he was holding his mobile phone facing him, so he hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled at him lightly.

Chen Yiran's gaze shifted from the screen to Hao Chen.

"Boy, are you satisfied with the gift?"

Hearing his question, Hao Chen froze for a moment: "Where are you videotaping?"

"No way? Don't interrupt, I'm asking you for a gift." Chen Yiran said with a smile.

"I like it." Hao Chen also laughed, "I like it very much."

"Then do you want to express it?" Chen Yiran said half-jokingly.

"How do you say that?" Hao Chen asked.

"Hmm..." Chen Yiran paused, "Brother."

Hao Chen laughed after hearing this: "Are you still doing this trick? How few people call you that now..."

"Then you can call it that, why are you talking so much?" Chen Yiran said confidently.

"Brother." Hao Chen didn't talk nonsense with him, and said kindly, "Thank you, Brother Yiran, for the gift. I like it very much."

After Hao Chen finished speaking, he shuddered uncontrollably and made fun of himself, complaining while laughing.

"Tsk...so stupid..."

Chen Yiran was a little dazed looking at the vivid young man on the screen, his knuckles holding the phone turned white, and the smile on his lips gradually tightened.

He took a light breath and put away his phone: "Okay, I'll do it."

After all, everyone came here to play. After Hao Chen blew out the candles and made a wish, everyone turned up all kinds of games. No matter how he played, anyway, if he lost, he drank, and if he won, he ate meat. Erya was like an auspicious Everyone was laughing and joking around like a monster.

Tao Yi's mother also called Hao Chen halfway to express her condolences. Of course, the condolences were not limited to words. Together with the birthday funds given by Hao Chen's father, all of them went to Tao Yi's account.

So Hao Chen went to the grocery store with Chen Yiran to buy beer under the booing of everyone clamoring for a treat, planning to play until dark before going back.

"elder brother."

On the way to buy wine, Chen Yiran seemed to be in a trance from time to time, the uneasiness in Hao Chen's heart came out little by little, he endured the whole way, and finally stopped him when he went back.

"Huh?" Chen Yiran looked at him in confusion.

"What are you thinking? I called you a few times just now, but you didn't hear me." Hao Chen looked at him and said.

"Really?" Chen Yiran asked back with a smile, "I didn't think about anything, what did you ask me to do?"

Hao Chen paused, lowered his head and said, "Brother, I want to know how... how do you view homosexuality..."

The voice becomes smaller towards the end.

He has always wanted to ask this question. Ever since he found out that he fell in love with Chen Yiran, he seemed to know the other party's opinion, but he was always suppressed by various emotions.

But he needs to know this question, this is a necessary prerequisite.

Chen Yiran was stunned for a moment, he thought Hao Chen would not ask him this question again.

Unprepared, he remained silent for a long time, long enough to inadvertently catch a glimpse of Hao Chen's slumped shoulders.

"Actually..." He cleared his dry throat.

"I don't see a problem with that..."

The moment Hao Chen heard the answer, he stared into his eyes, the eyes were filled with obvious expectation, as bright as sparks.

Chen Yiran subconsciously avoided his sight.

"But don't go down this road lightly if you can."

Hao Chen didn't make a sound, and he didn't dare to visit him again, he was afraid of seeing Hao Chen disappointed and sad, if possible, he didn't even want to answer his question today.

"I don't want you to get hurt." Chen Yiran said softly.

Back on the mountain, Hao Chen drank the wine he bought in silence, watching the other people still laughing happily.

Hao Chen forced a smile along with it.

Birthday wishes are still a lie.

he thinks.

Chen Yiran sat behind him, watching him drink himself.

After all, he still didn't let him have a good birthday...

Chen Yiran laughed at himself.

After evening, darkness seems to be an instant.

Hao Chen didn't know how much wine he had drunk, and he could hear the sound of cans wherever he moved his feet, but he was still conscious, knowing that he was probably drunk.

But knowing Gui Zhi, the movements of his hands still did not stop, as if they had become some kind of mechanical movements.

Chen Yiran sighed, stood up and walked in front of Hao Chen, and took the bottle of wine from his hand.

"Okay, stop drinking."

"give me."

Hao Chen frowned, looking at him with misty eyes, obviously as cold as before, but a little more wronged for no reason.

The grievance he gave him...

Chen Yiran closed his eyes, covering up those turbulent emotions.

Forget it...just pretend I'm drunk too...

"what are you doing?"

Hao Chen looked at Chen Yiran a little unresponsively, watched him drink up the rest of his wine, watched him rub his hair, and watched him speak softly to himself.

"I'm done drinking, there's nothing left, so stop drinking, okay?"

The grill had already been loaded onto the car, and after playing for a day, Er Ya lay in Shen Yiman's arms and her eyes were already sleepy, Chen Yiran said it back, and everyone picked up the garbage on the ground one after another.

Hao Chen originally wanted to stand up, but just as he got up, he staggered a step, and was grabbed by Chen Yiran beside him.

"How is it?" Chen Yiran looked at him, regretting making him drink so much.

Hao Chen took out his hand and shook his head slightly.

On the way back, Chen Yiran followed him all the time, afraid that he would not walk stably or that he would fall.

Hao Chen's mind was in a daze, he lowered his head, trying to recall Chen Yiran's appearance just now, he didn't know whether he had drunk too much and had hallucinations, or he really saw it.

Chen Yiran looked into his eyes, obviously with emotion.

But with emotions, why don't you want to let him know...

Hao Chen stretched out his hand and tugged at the corner of Chen Yiran's clothes.

Anyway, I drank too much, I was drunk, I can do anything...

He looked at his hands, thinking a little unreasonably.

But in the next second, Chen Yiran held his hand.

Hao Chen stared blankly at the hand he was holding, and then stared blankly at Chen Yiran.

Chen Yiran didn't speak, and looked at him quietly for a while, until he looked away first.

Then he looked at the hands of the two people unconsciously, and tightened his fingers slightly.

In this way, he walked to the fork without saying a word.

Chen Yiran let go of him, and whispered to him with the corner of his mouth bent.

"Go back, little morning cub."

Hao Chen looked into his eyes, it seemed that his eyes were suddenly full of moonlight, glowing, too bright.

Hao Chen really wanted to hug him at that moment, just to hug him.

But he was afraid that he would cry and felt sad for no reason, so he held back.

Next time, next time he must hug him...

"Goodbye."

Hao Chen whispered, tearing his gaze away from him.

Turned around and didn't look back.

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The author has something to say:

Emmmmm......

Chen Yiran: slip away...

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