between heartstrings

The teapot was bottomed out, and the bowls and plates were empty. Wei Sizhe called the waiter to prepare to pay the bill. The reply from the other party was: "Chu Hu has already paid for the meal. If you use the employee card, you can get a [-]% discount."

Wei Sizhe put away his wallet and pressed the bridge of his nose, with a helpless tone: "Chu Jiahe, it's too wrong."

"Mr. Wei doesn't know that I want to 'come to Japan for a long time' with you?" Holding his present, Chu Jiahe got up and evacuated his seat, "So, you still miss me two meals."

Wei Sizhe bowed down and replied, "Okay, I'll wait for your free time."

Going down to the first floor, Chu Jiahe walked straight to Wei Qiao's room, Wei Sizhe stopped him and said, "I'll just take care of my dad, you go and take care of your business."

"The old man wakes up from a nap recently with sore calves. I'll give him a massage soon." Chu Jiahe said, "By the way, ask him whether carrots or white radishes are in the fish soup."

Wei Sizhe was puzzled: "Can't we put them together?"

Chu Jiahe slightly bent the corners of his eyes: "Carrots will destroy the vitamin C in white radishes, leading to the decomposition and loss of nutrients. It is best not to."

About half an hour later, Chu Jiahe stirred the loquat juice with honey, brought it to Wei Qiao, and told Wei Sizhe to go directly to the cafeteria for dinner at six o'clock sharp, then hurriedly closed the door and went into the kitchen to deal with the grass carp.Wei Qiao flipped through Ban Yue's "Spring Tea Notes", put on his reading glasses, and snorted softly, "You have the nerve to ask Xiao Chu to work for us?"

Wei Sizhe held up the half-peeled pear in his hand, and said, "I'm helping him share the burden."

"You bastard." Wei Qiao laughed and teased Wei Sizhe, "It's only natural to take care of your father."

"It's only right and proper? You have come to the nursing home, so far away from me." Wei Sizhe cut the pear into slices and fed it to Wei Qiao's mouth, "I can only reach you with my arms stretched out."

Wei Qiao fell silent, and obediently ate pears. After a long while, he muttered in a low voice, "It's really worth living in this nursing home."

After watching the two episodes of the spy war TV series, Wei Sizhe found the remote control, cut off the impassioned ending song, and bent over to help Wei Qiao put on his shoes: "Dad, let's make a bet, guess Chu Jiahe stewed fish with carrots, Or white radish?"

"You don't like carrots as a child." Wei Qiao supported Wei Sizhe's arms to stabilize the ground, and flattened his sleeves, "Just now Xiao Chu asked us, you have to fight me, what carrots are there, do you want to eat them? Bet, naive."

"You love to eat." Wei Sizhe said with a smile, taking Wei Qiao's shoulders and walking towards the door, "So no matter what is put, I am the winner."

One bowl of fish soup for each person, one serving of fried rice with soy sauce, Chu Jiahe only had time to ask "How does it taste?", and he had to go back to the back kitchen to clean up.Wei Qiao held the handle of the spoon, pushed aside the carrots in the bowl, suddenly smiled, and asked happily, "Son, do your fish have bones?"

Wei Sizhe picked up one with chopsticks: "Yes."

Wei Qiao smiled happily: "Oh, it seems that Xiao Chu still treats me better."

After drinking a spoonful of delicious fish soup, Wei Sizhe raised his eyebrows and said, "Children."

Wei Qiao countered, "You childish ghost."

Just after returning the lunch box and bento bag, and taking Chu Jiahe's thermos away, Wei Qiao held the teacup and looked at Wei Sizhe meaningfully, feeling that his son's chasing posture was much inferior to his own back then.

Wei Sizhe turned around at the door: "Dad, I'm leaving. I'll see you next Wednesday."

Wei Qiao nodded and said, "Be careful when driving."

Accompanying Wei Sizhe out of the courtyard, the temperature plummeted after the spring rain, Chu Jiahe wore less clothes and kept his shoulders on his shoulders, Wei Sizhe said in a deep voice: "Okay, just send it here, don't catch a cold."

"There may be rain at night." Chu Jiahe looked up at him, and handed over the umbrella in his hand, "Just in case, take it."

Wei Sizhe reminded him: "Chu Jiahe, I'm driving."

Chu Jiahe asked: "Is the parking lot in your community above ground or underground?"

Wei Sizhe replied: "Both, I usually stop on the ground."

"It's still a few steps before you enter the building." Chu Jiahe repeated the words just now, "Just in case, take it."

Watching Wei Sizhe get into the car, he suddenly thought of something, Chu Jiahe raised his hand and pressed it in the air, the driver's window was lowered, he bent down and said, "The fish soup needs to be heated on a stove, you can't be lazy and use a microwave."

Wei Sizhe responded, "Remember."

Chu Jiahe emphasized his tone: "You can't be lazy."

Wei Sizhe's attitude was quite sincere: "Can I take a picture of you while it's heating up? Little nagging."

"Let's go." Chu Jiahe stepped back two steps, frowning embarrassingly, and said, "Let's go."

Holding back his smile, Wei Sizhe raised the car window and drove slowly towards the exit. At a distance of 50 meters, he glanced at the rearview mirror six times, and the corners of his lips raised until he walked into the house.

After changing the water in the fish tank and staring at the turtle flopping a few times, Wei Sizhe looked around at the bare walls and leaned on the sofa, thinking.Now that he has made his mind clear, and has tested Chu Jiahe intentionally or unintentionally, the other party has given him the response he wanted no matter in words or actions. Wei Sizhe believes that it is time to take a step closer.

He straightened up, arched his back again, rested his elbows on his knees, and rested his fingertips on his forehead.In what way should I express my feelings?Surprise surprise?Confession naturally?It seems that there is almost something, Wei Sizhe thought about it, and made his heart beat faster and faster.

Picking up the small bonsai on the dining table and holding it in the palm of his hand, Wei Sizhe stood quietly in the darkness, touching the soft winter beauty with his fingertips, letting himself miss Chu Jiahe over and over again.

A 34-year-old man, when he meets the love that he longs for and is persistent, he loses the hot-headedness and walking on thin ice when he was young. He takes a steady step, approaches the other party in a planned way, slowly enters his world, and surrenders frankly. Sincerely, no worries.

Early Monday morning, Wei Sizhe accompanied He Yuan to the Beichen Industrial and Commercial Bureau to attend the seminar, and spent the whole day in the city going through a bunch of formal/formal/transformed procedures.At four o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Sizhe was released early, sat in a cafe near his work for a short break, ordered a cup of American latte, and basked in the evening sun.

The road outside the glass wall is bustling with people and vehicles, and it is about to usher in the evening peak of the day.Wei Sizhe picked up the cup and looked into the distance through the window. The clouds were dyed a faint orange, which made the sky clearer and clearer, as beautiful as an oil painting.

But this picture is not enough to keep Wei Sizhe's eyes.

Inadvertently, passing the Yichu Lotus Supermarket across the street, Wei Sizhe suddenly narrowed his eyes and slowly sat up straight.After staring at it for half a minute, he was finally sure that it was Chu Jiahe. The painting in front of him suddenly had a focus, and the theme was clear. Wei Sizhe thought: People are much better than scenery.

Unlocking the phone impatiently, Wei Sizhe dialed Chu Jiahe's number, keeping that person's figure in the center of his field of vision.When Chu Jiahe heard the special ringtone, he hurriedly swiped the screen with his right hand to connect, but the items he was carrying were too heavy, and one of the plastic bags accidentally fell to the ground, so he yelled anxiously: "Don't hang up, Wait me a moment."

Putting the plastic bags and kraft paper bags on the ground, squatting down to guard the things he bought, huddled into a small ball among the passing crowd, Chu Jiahe moved the phone back to his ear, cleared his throat, and was about to speak , Wei Sizhe said first, "Look across from you."

Chu Jiahe was taken aback, quickly raised his head to search for the target, then fixed his gaze, looked at Wei Sizhe standing behind the glass wall in surprise, raised his right arm and greeted him overjoyedly: "Mr. Wei——"

Where can you hear the sound here, Wei Sizhe sighed with a smile.

Feeling stupid in a moment of excitement, Chu Jiahe retracted his arm pretending to be natural, and said warmly to the phone: "Mr. Wei, what a coincidence."

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