thousand cups

Shen Chaowen was looking forward to the first time he went to Jiang Mo's rented apartment, even a little excited.

When he entered the door, the first thing he saw were brushes, paper, cigarette butts, and garbage scattered around in the small living room. It is no exaggeration to say that the floor is full of mess.

This scene made the anticipation in Shen Chaowen's heart disappear instantly.

Jiang Mo explained to him calmly: "My roommate...is busy with an art exhibition recently. He said that this environment is easier for him to create, and I don't have time to clean it, so just pretend you can't see it."

In fact, Jiang Mo didn't like to tidy up before, but the place he stayed in wasn't dirty, just messy.Shen Chaowen looked at the messy living room with mixed feelings in his heart, guessing that Jiang Mo's living environment should be much worse than he imagined.

While talking, Jiang Mo's rainbow-haired roommate came out of the room wearing a pair of underwear and poured water on his face. The man found the kettle and poured water without squinting. Out of body.

Jiang Mo greeted him and said that he would bring someone to stay overnight today.The roommate responded, and then turned to look at Shen Chaowen as if waking up from a dream.Shen Chaowen raised his hand to greet him, and said something in French: "Bonjour."

The color-haired roommate looked at him, and then at Jiang Mo, feeling that the atmosphere between them was rather subtle. After a few seconds, he suddenly realized, and asked Jiang Mo gossipingly, boyfriend?

Jiang Mo thought for a while, and answered him, maybe in the future, but not yet, everything is unknown.The roommate laughed and whistled at them, saying that he would be quiet tonight and would not disturb.

After the door closed, Shen Chaowen put down his bag and asked curiously, "What did you just say?" He couldn't understand French.Without answering, Jiang Mo took out a new towel and toothbrush and handed them over, telling him, "You go wash first."

After taking a shower, Shen Chaowen changed into a sleeveless T, wiped his hair and came back to organize his simple luggage.

The room was not that big, and it seemed a bit more crowded when two grown men shared the same room.

Shen Chaowen huddled beside Jiang Mo's table to pack his things, Jiang Mo couldn't help but start to shift his gaze, and glanced at him a few times.

Shen Chaowen has the habit of exercising, and his figure is of a very healthy standard. Probably because of his good living habits, he is in a very energetic state, with a kind of vigor unique to young people.The muscles are also beautiful, not exaggerated, just right.

Seeing him putting away his glasses, Jiang Mo casually asked, "How much is it?"

"More than 300." Shen Chaowen said, "I am afraid that my eyes will be deformed, so I wear them with invisible frames at school... I feel that wearing glasses is still a bit troublesome. I plan to have myopia surgery after graduation."

Jiang Mo thought for a while: "It doesn't matter if you do it or not, actually I think you look good in glasses."

Shen Chaowen was stunned for a moment: "Looks good?"

Jiang Mo nodded: "You are more refined with glasses on. Through the layer of glasses, your eyes look less fierce and much softer."

Shen Chaowen lowered his head and continued to fold his clothes: "Oh."

nice?Then no surgery, he thought.

After looking at him casually for a while, Jiang Mo suddenly realized that something was wrong.

There is something on the skin of this person's shoulder blade, most of which is covered by loose clothes, but his T is a bit see through, and it can be seen faintly that it is dark blue...

Jiang Mo straightened up and stared at that position for a few seconds.

...Tattoos?

It's tattoos.

Jiang Mo was so startled that he picked up Shen Chaowen and pressed him to the bed. While checking his clothes, he asked, "When did you get Wen?"

"Before you come to exchange."

"Aren't you crazy? You... What kind of tattoo are you studying law? You won't work in the future, what do you think of Shen Chaowen!" Jiang Mo said, "You still get tattoos while studying law. If you work in the future..."

Shen Chaowen didn't resist, and was obediently suppressed for a while, and after hearing his incoherent scolding, he explained: "I don't know how to take the public prosecution law test. I will be a lawyer in the future, and there is a high probability that I will do non-complaints, so I don't need to go to court. The law does not stipulate that lawyers No tattoos, just don’t make it too public, and I don’t have tattoos on my face.”

How can Jiang Mo listen to it? At this moment, his mind is full of thoughts. Is my brother stimulated by the death of his grandma to rebel and start to let himself go? How should I persuade him...

Seeing that he was really anxious, Shen Chaowen quickly explained: "It doesn't really matter. I have a very clear plan for my career. I will definitely not take the public examination in the future. Now many lawyers have tattoos. It's nothing unusual. Don't worry, I will There are many."

Jiang Mo didn't care about that, and immediately turned into a feudal patriarch and slapped him on the back, "I went to do it without saying a word, I didn't realize that I didn't plan to say it anymore? Shen Chaowen, no one cares about you, right?" He was still angry at the end, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he slapped his waist again.

Shen Chaowen was beaten up by him obediently, without saying a word.

Jiang Mo couldn't see his expression buried under the quilt, he was beaten happily, his brows and eyes were stretched, and he smiled happily.

"Grandma is gone, and my parents don't care about me. I really don't care." He turned his head, "Will you care about me in the future?"

Jiang Mo was stunned, and then sneered, "I don't dare to care about you, you Shen Chaowen is so capable, you either bicker with me or plot against me every day...don't you care?"

Shen Chaowen nodded: "Listen. If you really don't like it, I'll wash it tomorrow."

"..."

Jiang Mo felt helpless, and pointed at the pattern with his finger: "Did Sophia draw this picture for you?"

The two of them have learned to draw together, and Jiang Mo is very familiar with Sophia's style of painting. After all, they have been friends for many years, and they can tell who made this thing at a glance.

Shen Chaowen nodded: "I asked her to design it. An epiphyllum, one of the petals was painted like a feather, and the date was written on it, my grandma's birthday." He asked seriously, "Does it look good?"

Good-looking is pretty good-looking.Sophia's painting style is more wild, different from her character, with fangs and claws, even a quiet flower can draw a sense of sharpness.Probably because it was designed for boys. The overall lines are not so slender, but more abstract and tough. The flower body is full of vitality, and it is in the most flourishing state, which is quite suitable for Shen Chaowen's back.

Why is Epiphyllum, Jiang Mo can understand it after thinking about it casually.

They watched it together.

But...Jiang Mo still felt that Shen Chaowen's subversion of people's imagination should not be encouraged.

"It's not pretty at all." Jiang Mo sang out loudly, "It's a whole flower, don't you want to be more delicate, it's dead."

"What's wrong with that text, tiger and lion?"

"It's very dirty!" Jiang Mo glared at him, "Are you late for rebellion?"

"A tattoo is rebellious? You still know too little about me."

Really know too little.Jiang Mo picked up the hard book picture book at hand and smoked him, "You don't smoke or drink but you have tattoos, you are such a good student."

Shen Chaowen nodded in agreement: "I'm really a good student. I rank first in the exam every year. I don't smoke or drink but I have tattoos. I also like my brother. I look forward to sleeping with him every day."

Jiang Mo: "...Besides, I will throw you out immediately."

Shen Chaowen quickly made a movement of pulling his mouth shut, and didn't make any further progress, and silently rolled to the side to wait for Jiang Mo to come to rest.He looked around the small room, thinking in his heart that he must tidy up the room tomorrow, why are there so many books at the foot of the bed... things are too messy.

Before going to bed, Jiang Mo seriously warned Shen Chaowen not to kiss him secretly, not to touch him, take everything slowly, don't worry, don't be impulsive, don't act aggressively... Shen Chaowen reluctantly agreed, saying that he would do his best.

When he lay down on the same bed again after a long time, Jiang Mo felt very sad.

But he didn't know if it was because he didn't dislike Shen Chaowen or because the two of them were used to sleeping in the past, but he didn't feel that uncomfortable.

Next to him lay a younger brother who had that kind of thought for him... Can you sleep?Jiang Mo didn't know if he was too worried, but he could really sleep, not only didn't feel repulsed, but also felt very relaxed.

Before going to sleep, the feeling that the mind is about to withdraw from consciousness is very strange. Jiang Mo fantasizes about himself and Shen Chaowen together as if out of his body...

As he was thinking about it, some very ambiguous voices suddenly floated into his ears, disrupting his fantasy.

Yes, the big Italian guy next door is back in a duet with his girlfriend.

The soundproofing of this house is so poor that you can even tell what stage the two have reached from their barking.

That person also said that it will be quiet tonight?Liar... a big liar, Jiang Mo scolded his roommate three hundred times in his heart, he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

In the quiet late night, this voice seemed particularly ambiguous, it was almost lingering and uninterrupted, and it made people uncomfortable to hear it.

Jiang Mo was sleepy and helpless, he was used to listening and could remain indifferent, but Shen Chaowen was still lying beside him.

Kind of embarrassing.

I want to pretend I can't hear you and fall asleep quickly. I'm really tired today, so I really should rest.But he unconsciously began to pay attention to the movement of the person beside him—Shen Chaowen turned over.Shen Chaowen gently moved the pillow.Shen Chaowen moved a little closer to him...and a little closer.

It's so close you can't breathe.

Jiang Mo sighed and questioned him: "How did you promise me just now?"

Shen Chaowen put forward the application in a low voice: "I just want to hug you and do nothing... is that okay?"

Jiang Mo remained silent.

He was really sleepy, and his thinking speed slowed down a lot. If Shen Chaowen was really tough at this moment, he would not have the strength to resist, so he simply kept silent and pretended to be dumb.

If you don't speak, it's the default.Shen Chaowen tentatively hugged him from behind and gently rubbed his face against his back.

The bodies fit together seamlessly.

Even with his back turned to Jiang Mo, he could feel that this hug had nothing to do with desire, it was an expression of instinctive desire to get close to someone.

He was very careful and his movements were gentle, as if he was embracing someone with a cherished strength.Especially amidst the direct and presumptuous groans from the next door, this hug was set off so sincerely that it could be described as holy.

In a foreign country, on a very narrow bed, on a tired night filled with the voices of other people's desires, a simple hug...these elements are grotesquely combined to form a delicate balance.

Inappropriately, Jiang Mo thought of the old-fashioned words of depend on each other because of this hug.

That was the first time Jiang Mo hugged a man like this.

Apart from other people's groans, he always felt that there was some regular and powerful sound ringing in his ears...it should be heartbeat.It wasn't his own, it was Shen Chaowen's.

I slept peacefully all night and nothing happened.

When Jiang Mo woke up, his room was tidy and clean.Literati Shen Chao was sitting at the desk reading a book, looking very focused.

Whether standing or sitting, this person always has a straight back.

Jiang Mo nestled under the quilt and watched him quietly for a long time before getting up to wash up.

After getting up and having dinner, Jiang Mo took Shen Chaowen for a stroll around the school.After shopping, they went to a photography exhibition together.

The name of the exhibition is literally translated from French as Fragments of Love. It is about some images of different "loves". There are works by photographers from [-] different countries, and the so-called "moments of love" are included.

I wanted to take Shen Chaowen to take a look around, but I didn't expect that the standard of this exhibition far exceeded expectations, and there were many good works.

Jiang Mo's favorite is a photo of a couple. In a very old room, the wife sits smoking in front of the balcony with loose hair. The husband wakes up and sits on the bed watching her without bothering her.

Shen Chaowen spoiled the scenery by his side, and commented: "I don't see love from this photo, these two people don't care about each other at all, it looks like they are arguing."

...has no artistry.Jiang Mo glanced at him, moved closer, and said in a low voice: "I think this photo expresses the intolerance in love. A man loves that woman, so he also loves her freedom when she is alone. I can't bear to disturb her. I can't bear to A certain emotion when destroying the other person's ego."

Shen Chaowen said, "I think you're over-interpreting."

Jiang Mo continued: "I woke up this morning and found you reading a book. I thought you looked good studying, so I secretly looked at you for a while. I thought you had the same eyes in the photo, the eyes that I couldn't bear to disturb."

Shen Chaowen: "..."

Jiang Mo asked him with a smile: "Do you feel love from this photo now?"

Shen Chaowen nodded immediately: "Well, I can feel it, it's very strong, this love."

"Really feel it?"

"real."

Jiang Mo restrained himself from laughing in the exhibition hall.

Eight hours by train back to London.This trip was very short, he only had one weekend to meet Jiang Mo, and he would spend a lot of time on the road, to meet and sleep for one night, and then he had to go back to school the next day.His curriculum is very tight, and his studies must not be delayed, and he must go back.

When entering the station to say goodbye, Jiang Mo leaned over to hug him, first patted his back with his hand, and stroked his back with his fingers along the spine.

With just a stroke, my waist almost went numb.Turning around and leaving, entering the station to check the ticket... Shen Chaowen was still thinking about that hug.He was out of his mind, his heart was beating very fast, and it was still beating until the train started, and his body seemed to be so light that he wanted to fly out of the window.