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When Chen Tingbai was just discharged from the hospital after being injured, his recovery was not as good as it is now, and even the mobility of his right hand was not as good as it is now.Not only that, but he often had spasms, and his legs would vibrate like clockwork at any time, and he could tear himself out of bed if he didn't pay attention.

But Chen Tingbai is already an adult male, even if Mr. Lu wants to be by his side to take care of him at any time, he has to avoid it.There is no way but to hire a nurse for him.

But it doesn't feel good to have someone following him anytime and anywhere. Chen Tingbai was once sensitive to the fact that what he did at home was not protecting him, but monitoring him.

It didn't take long before he lost his temper. No matter how uncomfortable he was at night, he didn't want to live in the same room with him, and he had to sleep by himself.

But Xu Shaohua is different.

At least Chen Tingbai felt that he was different.Xu Shaohua was not invited by his family to be a caregiver who would only follow him rigidly, nor was he picked up by himself as Hu Cong.

He is a boyfriend, someone who has//skin//closed//professionals with him.

Regarding that aspect of things, Chen Tingbai no longer remembers what kind of heart he is. Indulgence//desire or restraint are not too important.

At least for now, he should be regarded as the restrained type.

But it doesn't mean that you don't want to have intimate contact with your boyfriend, kissing, hugging, whatever, even lying on the same bed and talking.

"Master..." Hu Cong raised his hand and waved it in front of Chen Tingbai's eyes. The kid spoke substandard Mandarin, and Master spoke with a different accent, pulling Chen Tingbai back abruptly.

Chen Tingbai came back to his senses, and responded with drooping eyelashes.

He had been in the car for a day, and his lower limbs were swollen badly. When Hu Cong picked him up from the car just now, he saw that his ankle was very swollen. It's full.

Perhaps sensing that Chen Tingbai was in a bad mood, Hu Cong smiled flatteringly and asked him, "Master, have you been tired all day? Shall I soak your feet?"

Hu Cong brought a pot of slightly scalding hot water to Chen Tingbai's feet. He took off Chen Tingbai's shoes with a little skill, and slowly put Chen Tingbai's feet into the hot water, Massage while soaking.

In many cases, Chen Tingbai didn't actually regard Hu Cong as a servant or anything else. If the child called him "Master", then anyway, he could be considered half of his parent.

It seems that once all relationships in the world become family members, it is easier to detect emotions that are difficult for others to detect.

Hu Cong kept his head down and rubbed Chen Tingbai's feet, until Chen Tingbai's high insteps softened and turned into the usual drooping appearance.

He kept silent, and the expression on his face didn't change too much, but Chen Tingbai still reached out and grabbed Hu Cong's hair half-rubbing and half-grabbing.

He asked: "What? I got such a big red envelope in the morning, but I'm still not happy."

He has little strength, but his fingertips are a bit cold, and he is so close to Hu Cong's scalp and grabbing the hair on the top of Hu Cong's skull that Hu Cong feels a little painful.

Hu Cong, who was squatting in front of him, seemed to be poked in the center, and the roots of his ears turned red instantly.Regardless of the fact that his hands were still dripping wet, he rubbed his ears casually, then paused, and then confessed honestly: "Just... I just think it's not worth the trip."

Hu Cong talked more and more.

Lifting his face, he asked Chen Tingbai angrily: "Actually, I never figured it out, Master, what do you like about him?"

The hot water burned Chen Tingbai's pale feet red. He hadn't spoken for a long time, and his brows and eyes were tense. Hu Cong thought that being himself made him unhappy again, so he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he hurriedly helped Chen Tingbai. Wipe off the water stains on the feet, and then transfer Chen Tingbai to the bed.

When Hu Cong turned the water out, Chen Tingbai still maintained the posture just now, leaning crookedly on the cushion made of quilts.

The hotels in the town are not as good as the hotels in the city, and even worse than the bed at home that was custom-made for Chen Tingbai. Chen Tingbai leaned crookedly, and his legs were stretched out to the sides, with the back of his feet rubbing against the bed. .Looking at it this way, he looked a little embarrassed, which was in line with his temperament at all.

Fearing that Chen Tingbai would fall off the bed if he turned so crooked again, Hu Cong rushed to Chen Tingbai in three steps at a time, picked up Chen Tingbai and leaned back against him.

He supported Chen Tingbai's back, intending to lay Chen Tingbai on his back.

Chen Tingbai couldn't sit still, his body leaned towards Hu Cong.

Half of his face was on Hu Cong's chest, and his voice was muffled.It was so stuffy that I couldn't hear it clearly, not as loud as the unknown insects outside the window.

"I do not know why either."

"Maybe he is a born performer. He inadvertently performed the worship of me, which reminded me suddenly that I used to be a calligrapher."

Chen Tingbai suddenly laughed softly.

"So even if his acting skills are a little bit bad, I want to try."

Xu Shaohua was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, and he was a little angry when he was woken up.When I opened the curtains and saw that the street was covered with a layer of red confetti, I really felt that I had returned to my hometown.

And it's really the New Year's Eve.

He drew the curtains aside to let the light in.

After all, Xu Shaohua likes his hometown very much. There is a breakfast stand near the hotel. He lives on the second floor and can clearly hear the sound of fried dough sticks being cooked.

He really wanted to rush down to buy a bowl of hot soy milk and eat it with fried dough sticks. This is the taste he misses the most while wandering outside for so many years.

Xu Shaohua quickly took a shower, cleaned himself up and went downstairs.

If it weren't for the two cars of Chen Tingbai heard at the entrance of the hotel, Xu Shaohua would never have thought that when he returned home this time, there would be two "troublemakers" behind him.

But thanks to this "trouble", he was able to "return home" like today, so no matter what, Xu Shaohua still thanked Chen Tingbai from the bottom of his heart.

He was so rude to people yesterday, so he has to hurry to see them later, Xu Shaohua thought while taking out his mobile phone to check the ticket details of the scenic spot near the town, planning to take him around tomorrow.

Not today, today he will be rushing home in a while.

When Xu Shaohua knocked on the door of Chen Tingbai's room with soy milk and fried dough sticks, Chen Tingbai had already gotten up and was fighting with his toothbrush in the bathroom.

Xu Shaohua went into the bathroom and saw Chen Tingbai putting toothpaste on the sink, holding the toothbrush in his right hand, and squeezing the toothpaste onto the toothbrush with his left hand.The movements were very slow, but they could still be done independently. Xu Shaohua didn't interrupt him, but just leaned against the door frame and watched quietly.

Chen Tingbai also saw Xu Shaohua, but he didn't care about Xu Shaohua now.Hu Cong originally wanted to help him during the washing time, but he refused all of them. He usually doesn't need other people's help for things that he can do by himself, but he doesn't look good and takes more time.

It's just that it's more troublesome when washing his face. Chen Tingbai's waist is tied with a seat belt to help him sit still. There is a certain distance from the pool. If he doesn't go forward enough, he will get wet. There are too many, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to stand up straight after washing my face.

So Chen Tingbai could only turn the wheelchair around, facing the washbasin sideways, and then stretched out his hands to splash a handful of water on his face, but his body was still somewhat stained with water.

These are trivial things, the real difficulty is twisting the towel, Chen Tingbai who can only move one hand can't do it at all.No matter how I did it, the towel was still dripping sparsely.Xu Shaohua stepped forward, took the towel over it naturally, helped Chen Tingbai wring out the water, stretched it out again, then started to help Chen Tingbai dry the water on his face and right hand, and pulled it up after thinking about it. With Chen Tingbai's left hand, he gently spread the fingers of Chen Tingbai's left hand, and wiped each finger and the back of the palm.

When wiping, Xu Shaohua still smiled and asked Chen Tingbai: "Will you feel uncomfortable if I do this?"

Chen Tingbai shook his head, and asked Xu Shaohua to help him take out the pomade from the toilet bag, open the lid and put it on the sink. Chen Tingbai dipped a little pomade in his hands, and straightened his hair in front of the mirror, smoothing out all his bangs, revealing a clean look The forehead looks refreshed all of a sudden.

Of course, in Xu Shaohua's heart, when he said he looked at the spirit, he meant ignoring him sitting in a wheelchair, and ignoring his paralyzed feet on the pedals.

To put it bluntly, only the upper body looked like a spirited young man.

Xu Shaohua turned his head and looked in the mirror. He just washed his hair and it was only half-dried. It will look a little sloppy when the wind blows downstairs. one time.

After finishing it, I looked back and saw Chen Tingbai, who had also taken care of it, went around behind the wheelchair and pushed Chen Tingbai out of the bathroom to the small table.

Hu Cong asked the front desk for a few paper cups, and poured out the soy milk in the plastic bag, which had cooled down and was just suitable for drinking.

Chen Tingbai found a pair of disposable chopsticks from the packing bag and handed them to Chen Tingbai, and said happily: "Try this soy milk fritters, I used to go to school in the town, and my favorite is his family's. It's early."

Chen Tingbai looked at the soy milk in the paper cup, but still picked it up and drank it.He pondered silently in his heart, if Xu Shaohua bowed his head on his own initiative, then there was no need for him to keep a straight face.

He has always been easy to coax, his former lover was so crazy and carried himself away, when his lover remembered, Chen Tingbai would have been angry long ago, but as long as that person said a few nice words, Chen Tingbai's bracket smile would creep up on his face again.

This will be the same, although I can't laugh, but the tone of my mouth is already gentle: "You eat too, you didn't eat anything last night."

Xu Shaohua knew that Chen Tingbai was not angry anymore, so he also picked up his chopsticks.It can be seen that he really likes it, he ate a lot, and even drank the soy milk soaked with deep-fried dough sticks.

"I don't know what suits your taste. You will ask Hu Cong to order a few dishes from this restaurant. Let's have a meal at noon, and then go home to have a New Year's Eve dinner. You should like this restaurant. It is already a town It’s a very good restaurant, don’t dislike the small place.” After eating, Xu Shaohua put away the plastic bags and paper cups and threw them into the trash can, and then wrote the name of the restaurant based on his impression with the hotel’s pen and paper. Give it to Chen Tingbai.

Chen Tingbai took it, looked at the note and thought for a while before answering, and said, "No, I come to this place to taste the local specialties."

After listening to Chen Tingbai's words, Xu Shaohua was slightly relieved, and then said: "I'm going back to the village at night, there must be many relatives and friends, I'm going to buy something, you just wait for me here, don't go anywhere, or I will find you It's not you." He bent down and explained to Chen Tingbai with a smile, his voice was already as soft as possible.

Chen Tingbai nodded, and then heard Xu Shaohua say: "Have dinner with my parents tonight, we'll go back to the hotel and take you shopping tomorrow? OK?"

Chen Tingbai moved his left hand as far as possible, touched Xu Shaohua's hand, and then held Xu Shaohua's hand with his right hand, and said in a low voice: "Your parents must be wondering why someone would come home with you for the New Year's Eve Supper."

It was the first time that Xu Shaohua knew that Chen Tingbai's left hand could move slightly, but he still felt uncomfortable when that hand touched him.

He calmly withdrew his hand from Chen Tingbai's hand, and said, "It's okay, the old man likes to be lively, so don't think too much about it. I'm going shopping and I'll be back in a while."

Then he turned around and left Chen Tingbai's room.

Chen Tingbai sat by the window for a long time.

He said he was going on a trip, but he didn't know where he was going, or he was not interested in so-called travel at all. He knew in his heart that the purpose of his trip was to accompany Xu Shaohua home for the New Year.

He called Hu Cong in and told Hu Cong to order two meals when ordering, both for lunch and dinner.

Hu Cong was puzzled, didn't he agree to go to Xu Shaohua's house to have a New Year's Eve dinner at night?

Chen Tingbai laughed, then shook his head again, how could he just casually go to someone's house for a New Year's Eve dinner.

What's more, when the time comes, how will he introduce his identity to Xu's parents? He is not willing to just be that "friend", but Xu Shaohua will never say the word "boyfriend".

When Hu Cong went out to order food, Chen Tingbai was still sitting by the window and watching the people coming and going. This city was different from the city he was in. Everyone here seemed to know each other, and they would greet each other when they met. before leaving.The ground was originally covered with a thick layer of snow, but now it is also covered with confetti from the firecrackers set off in the morning.

In fact, he also likes lively places, he likes this kind of place full of fireworks, that's why he opened the wording near the lively art academy, so that he could hear the outside even if he was only in the room. lively.

--world.

That's right, it's the human world.These are the words that popped into Chen Tingbai's mind when he looked out of the window.

His world belongs to one person, it is small, and it requires others to bow their heads and bend their waists.

But this is not the world, the world is a bowl of hot soy milk, a crispy fried dough stick, red firecrackers all over the place, and a sweetheart.

Thinking of this, Chen Tingbai's mood improved, and he no longer wondered why he came this trip, or how to face the New Year's Eve dinner at night when he didn't know where it was. He just wanted Xu Shaohua to come back as soon as possible. Maybe it's still early for the three of us to go downstairs after dinner.

It was Hu Cong who came back first, carrying two big packing bags in his hands.Chen Tingbai looked at the size of the packing bag and asked Hu Cong: "Why did you buy so much? Can you finish it?"

Hu Cong smiled, his eyes were full of joy, and he told Chen Tingbai excitedly: "When we just went out, your mother gave me a lot of money. She asked me to have a good meal with you when I was 31 years old. I just ordered two more dishes. This town is so similar to my hometown. I just saw Sugar Blower. Since I came out of my house and followed you, I have been running to big cities. I haven’t seen Blower for a long time. Sugar man."

Chen Tingbai was also happy after listening, and a slight smile appeared on his sullen face like a spring breeze.

He had only seen the sugar figure when he was very young, and he hadn't seen it since he grew up, unless he had the chance to see it when he was traveling in some ancient town.

But he thought it was too sweet and boring, so he wouldn't even buy it, and he didn't expect that the children who followed him would like it.Then he said: "Otherwise, when Xu Shaohua comes back later, you give him the key of 350, and we won't go to his house for dinner. You and I will walk around the town today. I'm not comfortable going to his house."

Hu Cong readily agreed, and he didn't want to go to a stranger's house for dinner, not to mention that he didn't like Xu Shaohua, so it would be embarrassing to go there.

But he suddenly thought of one thing, he opened his mouth and said to Chen Tingbai: "But master, the key to 350 is already on Brother Shaohua's body. He bought things in that car. We don't need to give him the key. Just tell him we won’t go.”

After Hu Cong said these words, Chen Tingbai's heart, which had just floated up, sank to the bottom of the sea again.

The village road is not easy to walk. Although many engineering teams have come to repair it in the past two years, it is still not as smooth as the road in the city. The things in the trunk rattled all the way because of the bumps. Chen Tingbai was so annoyed that he scolded him several times

——Cao, how many things are there, do you really need so many things to go out?

——Fortunately, I just parked when I got home, and no one would know what was in the trunk.

Thinking of this, Xu Shaohua felt much better. He stepped on the accelerator, increased the speed, and rushed home before lunch.

The author has something to say:

Don't think that this article is only updated now, but in fact this is the first article I wrote, and I wrote it long before I signed the contract.

At that time, these two people just flashed in my mind, and then I wrote it.As the article said, it's clumsy and rubbish.How should I put it, if I had to describe it, it would be aggrieved.Even looking at it now, I feel very aggrieved, and I can't imagine how I could produce such two paper figures.

Xu Shaohua in this book has no love for Xiaobai at all, he may be dependent, he may occasionally feel distressed, or he is used to Chen Tingbai's existence.But just as he himself couldn't understand when Chen Tingbai wrote "There is nothing in the south of the Yangtze River, let's talk about giving a spring", he also didn't know if he was really tempted for a moment.

But in the final analysis, Xu Shaohua has always been a showman with poor acting skills, and his use is greater than his heart.

Xiaobai has been silent for so many years, and when he meets such a person, he is tempted and willing, even if he loses in a mess in the end, he is still willing.Between the lines, his words and deeds are all filled with liking Xu Shaohua, so even if he wants to maintain that little bit of self-esteem, it won't help.

To lose is to lose.

I'm sorry, Renren, if you really don't like it, don't force it, I won't write such aggrieved articles after I post him, just take it as a souvenir for me.Anyway, he is the eldest son, so he can't always be so empty.

Bow, thank you for reading my article.