Aromatherapy

After the matter of following Chen Hongting passed, Chen Hongting's attitude towards Li Xinyun had a very subtle change.

He is no longer an alienated tenderness towards Li Xinyun, but has begun a tentative approach. He will hug Li Xinyun before leaving home to go to work in the early morning, or always come to say good night to him before going to bed.Occasionally when resting at home, he and Li Xinyun would sit together, and would be very close to Li Xinyun, shoulder to shoulder, arm to arm, breathing intertwined, he turned his head slightly to talk to Li Xinyun, as if he was about to fall behind at any time. Kiss, but he didn't really kiss. If Li Xinyun overreacted and avoided it, it would seem too serious.

He approached a stray cat cautiously as if holding a delicious dried fish, because he was too non-aggressive and grasped a strict sense of scale, so even a stray cat with high vigilance would be alert while blowing its fur. There was no way to escape in a flash.

A slight turmoil in Li Xinyun's heart made him very uneasy.

Amid such unease, Nuan Xia ushered in.

Li Xinyun opened the door of the terrace, he went to pick up the cup he accidentally left outside in the morning, when he just woke up in the morning, he used to stand or sit on the terrace for a while.As soon as the door was opened, a wave of heat hit him, and the August temperature made him dizzy.In the blue sky, the fire umbrella stands tall, and under the hot and bright light, the plants on the terrace have grown into patches of rich green that belong to midsummer. Li Xinyun was stunned for a moment, and then realized that it had passed since he woke up. It's been more than half a year.

More than half a year has passed, and Li Xinyun still hasn't been able to realize the plan to leave that he made when he first woke up, and this plan seems to be getting further and further away.

Li Xinyun took the cup that was left outside the house in the morning. The body of the cup was scorched by the sun, holding it in his hand as if he was holding a ball of fire. The skin on his palm seemed to be burning, and he could even feel a little pain But he still held it, as if he knew that he should leave Chen Hongting quickly, but he couldn't do it.He is always led by Chen Hongting, and has already lost the direction he decided on at the beginning.

When Li Xinyun took the cup and stepped into the room from the terrace, because of the extreme difference in light and temperature, Li Xinyun's eyes went dark for a moment, he stood holding the door for a while to wake up, and the next moment a pair of strong arms embraced him , Chen Hongting asked gently and concerned: "Ayun, are you okay?"

Li Xinyun hurriedly said: "It's okay. It's just that it's too hot outside, and I felt a little dizzy for a while, but it's already gone." Then he hurriedly broke away, "Why are you here?"

Chen Hongting is on vacation today, even though he is the owner of this house, it is only natural for him to appear anywhere.But he still lives in the guest bedroom, and Li Xinyun lives in the master bedroom. When both of them are at home, Li Xinyun always acts like an otaku. Run into Chen Hongting.He's totally like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand, using some pretty self-deceptive tactics to escape the coming storm.

Seeing that Li Xinyun seemed to be fine, Chen Hongting said, "I'm here to find a book."

A built-in bookshelf in the master bedroom is packed with books.As a scumbag who has been hanging around since he was a child, Li Xinyun obviously has no habit of loving reading, so he has never touched it.

Chen Hongting went to the bookshelf to look for books. When he stretched out his hand to pick up the book, he found it difficult to raise his arm.After the last follow-up visit, although the doctor said that Chen Hongting recovered from the injury very well and basically had no sequelae, but because the injured arm is not used to it, it is still not comfortable to use it for the time being.

Seeing this, Li Xinyun stepped forward and said, "Be careful, let me help you—which book do you want?" He stood in front of the bookshelf and asked Chen Hongting.

"The red one on the top." Chen Hongting said standing behind him.They were very close, as if they could complete a hug at any time, his voice and breathing could be heard by his ears, which made Li Xinyun's ears feel a little hot.

Li Xinyun tiptoed upwards and stretched out his arms to fetch the red book.Perhaps the books on the shelf were too tightly arranged, or perhaps the breath of Chen Hongting behind him made people nervous, and Li Xinyun couldn't take out the books for a while.So he tried again, and managed to hold the spine of the book. Because he was too hard, he accidentally brought it to the next book, and several books fell down along with Li Xinyun's movements.

Chen Hongting shouted "Be careful!" and then stretched out his arms to wrap around Li Xinyun's waist and moved to the side. Before Li Xinyun had time to react, Chen Hongting had already taken him aside, and then heard a sound of crackling objects falling to the ground.He just came back to his senses, and clearly saw a book smashed on Chen Hongting's shoulder.

Chen Hongting frowned slightly, he was still protecting Li Xinyun's head with one hand, and asked Li Xinyun, "Are you okay? Didn't hit you?" Chen Hongting still held Li Xinyun's waist, almost touching his chest chest.Li Xinyun's heart was beating very fast, and he didn't know that because of this small change, the distance would still be too close.

Li Xinyun came back to his senses, stretched out his hand to push Chen Hongting away, and thought of the book that Chen Hongting had just dropped, he hurriedly asked: "Are you okay? It seems that you were hit just now, is your hand okay? "

Chen Hongting let him go, rubbed his shoulders, smiled, and seemed to comfort Li Xinyun: "It's okay." After saying that, he wanted to bend down to pick up the book that fell on the ground, but Li Xinyun hurriedly stopped him and said: "Let me do it."

"It's okay, didn't the doctor say that I'm recovering well, don't worry so much." He squatted down and went to pick up those books with Li Xinyun.

When picking up books, Li Xinyun looked at those books written by Chen Hongting, many of which Li Xinyun couldn't even understand the titles of the books, and there were even original English books, Li Xinyun couldn't help but click his tongue.Finally, they went to pick up the one that Chen Hongting dropped. The book looked very old. The cover was black, and it was a thick leather cover, with gilding patterns on the edges, which was heavy.When Li Xinyun picked it up, he realized that it was not a book, but a photo album.

Li Xinyun's hand and Chen Hongting's hand fell on the photo album at the same time, Chen Hongting seemed to be taken aback when he saw it, he picked up the photo album, and said with a smile: "I forgot, I haven't seen it for a long time , so this photo album is here."

So Chen Hongting naturally flipped through the photo album.Li Xinyun stood beside him, and looked with him a little curiously.

The first page of the album is a photo of a young girl, who is extremely beautiful, sitting on a chair and smiling at the camera. Even blurry old photos cannot hide the moving brilliance.Her facial features are quite similar to Chen Hongting's, and she is more feminine than Chen Hongting's. Li Xinyun guessed that this is probably Chen Hongting's mother, Chen Ying.

The photos in the first half of the album are all taken by Chen Ying alone, recording Chen Ying's growth from girlhood to adulthood, and even to wedding photos.When the album turned to the middle part, the first photo of her and someone else appeared. She was sitting on the terrace, holding a small baby in her arms. The baby stared at the camera with big eyes—probably Chen Hong I'm nervous.Starting from this photo, the protagonist of the following photos has been replaced by Chen Hongting.

The second half of the album records every period of Chen Hongting's growth, from babbling, to toddler, to ignorant teenager. The photos were probably taken by Chen Ying, because each photo shows the photographer's love for him. Can't hide the concern and love.Li Xinyun looked at Chen Hongting in the photo from a cute little dumpling carved from ice to a young man with a clear and beautiful gender blurred. Chen Hongting obviously inherited the beauty of his mother Chen Ying since he was a child. Very delicate.Turning over the pages of the album, Li Xinyun felt a very strange feeling in his heart, as if he accompanied Chen Hongting through his growing years.

The album quickly turned to the last page.

The last photo is also Chen Hongting, but it seems quite different from the previous photos.

In the photo, Chen Hongting was still a teenager, without a smile on his face—although Chen Hongting in the previous photo didn’t smile either, and he looked young and mature, but there was a lot of youthful vigor in his expression, which is different from this photo The gloominess of is quite different.Chen Hongting in this photo looks about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his appearance has roughly the current appearance of Chen Hongting, but because he is still young, his facial features and face have not yet grown into that of an adult male. Therefore, it still seems that the gender boundary is very blurred.His figure is unusually thin, his loose white shirt looks empty, his overly gorgeous facial features and long hair that reaches his shoulders make him look like a girl who is too cold and withdrawn at first glance, as beautiful as a ghost, It makes people feel fearful, but can't help being tempting and addictive.

He looked at the camera with very focused eyes, as if he was staring at the person behind the camera very seriously, as if he was staring at his prey.The corners of his lips are slightly bent, as if he reluctantly showed a symbolic smile after the photographer's earnest persuasion. Even a smile contains some kind of danger.

Li Xinyun was a little dazed looking at the photo, and stared blankly for a while.

After looking at Chen Hongting's face in the photo for a while, Li Xinyun felt that the photo was a bit weird. He moved his gaze down the photo, only to find out where the photo was weird.

... Chen Hongting is sitting in a wheelchair.

Perhaps aware of Li Xinyun's doubts, Chen Hongting explained: "Ah...that photo was taken when I was 17 years old. I just got into a car accident and injured my leg. When I was recuperating in the old house, others I took a picture."

Li Xinyun then remembered the rumor that "Chen Ying's child was hit by a car accident and crippled his legs". It seems that it is not entirely a rumor.He subconsciously looked at Chen Hongting's legs, and Chen Hongting noticed his gaze, and said with a smile: "It's all happened more than ten years ago, and it has been raised long ago."

Before closing the album, Li Xinyun saw that the lower right corner of the photo was written with a black pen, marking the time and place. It took a while, and the address could barely be seen clearly. Li Xinyun tried to identify it, and it seemed to be written " On August [-]th, in Jiuqiao Town."

Old Bridge Town?

This is a place name that Li Xinyun is quite familiar with. It is the hometown of his adoptive mother. When he was 14 years old, his adoptive father fell ill and his younger brother was still young. Because the adoptive mother was too tired to take care of him, he had no choice but to send Li Xinyun to his hometown, Jiuqiao Town. Relatives took care of him, and Li Xinyun lived there until he was 16 years old.

Li Xinyun subconsciously pressed the place where Chen Hongting's name was engraved on his abdomen. There was a scar that he could no longer remember the origin of.