between heartstrings

From the garden to the parking lot, Wei Sizhe took unsteady steps, his mind was entangled in those few words of Chu Jiahe, savoring them repeatedly, the throbbing and lingering warmth between the heartstrings could not stop.

When the two parted, Chu Jiahe's advice was still the same as usual: "Report to me when you get home."

The surroundings were quiet, Wei Sizhe lightly hugged Chu Jiahe's waist, bowed his head and whispered: "Hey, I don't want to leave."

Chu Jiahe smirked and said, "I don't want to leave so late, do I still want to do something?"

Wei Sizhe tightened his arms, pulled the person closer, and wrapped him in his arms: "Tsk, don't hook me."

Chu Jiahe made fun of him: "I remember the old man said that you have never been clingy since childhood, what's going on now?"

"Hmm..." Wei Sizhe explained, "Probably the hidden skills were inspired by Chu Jiahe."

After the voice fell, the surroundings were no longer quiet, and Chu Jiahe's refreshing laughter could be heard a few meters away.

Seeing Wei Sizhe for two consecutive days, with this precedent, Chu Jiahe will inevitably be full of expectations for tomorrow.Wei Sizhe never let Chu Jiahe's hope fail, the so-called "visit" changed from once every three days to every day.

Wei Qiao couldn't control Wei Sizhe at all. Although he felt sorry for him tossing back and forth, he didn't stop him. After all, he used to look like this when he was chasing Ban Yue. People in love don't listen to persuasion.

One evening before the long vacation, Wei Qiao was flipping through "Spring Tea Notes", took out the old photos that were stuck in the notebook, and admired them for a few seconds, then suddenly said to Wei Sizhe, "Bring the SLR camera from home tomorrow."

There were boiled shrimps in the cafeteria tonight, Wei Sizhe took some lunch boxes and brought them home, and peeled them for Wei Qiao to eat.Throwing away the shrimp shells, he asked, "Isn't a mobile phone very convenient?"

"Let's be more formal. Occasionally life needs to have a sense of ritual." Flipping over the photo, Wei Qiao showed it to Wei Sizhe, "Let's take a set of this with the three of us."

The honeysuckle bonsai was half trimmed, Chu Jiahe put down the scissors and walked to the bedside.Wei Qiao had shown this photo to Chu Jiahe before, and it was a group photo of their family of three.

The background is the residential buildings where they used to live, with red tiles and brick walls, and all three of them were wearing simple clothes.The sky was blue, white clouds, and the sun was just right. On the bench next to the carport, Ban Yue sat between Wei Qiao and Wei Sizhe, who had just returned to China, holding the ear of one of them with one hand.

Wei Sizhe said: "I'll take you to a photo studio to take pictures."

"Smeared on the face, wearing clothes that don't fit, it's too distorted." Wei Qiao waved his hand and said, "I'm already old, don't waste this time, take Xiao Chu there when you have time, wash A large-sized one hangs in our living room."

"It's inconvenient for two big men to go to the photo studio." With some sauce, Wei Sizhe brought the boiled shrimp to Wei Qiao's mouth. "Tomorrow's weather will be fine and suitable for taking pictures. I'll leave the photo of the two of us to you."

"My photography skills are too average." Closing the notebook, Wei Qiao turned to Chu Jiahe, "Does Xiao Chu mind?"

"How could that be?" Chu Jiahe laughed, "I'm afraid I might get nervous when facing you."

"Relax." Wei Qiao patted the back of Chu Jiahe's hand and grinned, "The atmosphere in our house will always be relaxed."

On May Day, children came to the nursing home to pick up their parents one after another, but more than half of the elderly stayed behind to spend the holiday with each other.A tripod stood in front of the bench by the pond, and Wei Sizhe stood behind the camera to adjust the focus. This posture attracted many envious eyes.

Wei Qiao was sitting upright, with Chu Jiahe on his right hand who had changed into a private server.Uncle Liu in the next room stood with his hands behind his back not far away to observe for a long time, and shouted at Wei Qiao with a broken voice: "Teacher Wei, you are so beautiful in your heart!"

Wei Qiao squinted his eyes at Uncle Liu and raised his chin, slowly raised his hand and said "yeah" to his heart. Others thought that the old man was complacent, but in fact, Wei Qiao wanted to tell the people who saw the photo: This is mine. Two precious sons.

Wei Sizhe pressed the shutter, adjusted the aperture and said, "Don't look at me, you two, look at the camera."

Wei Qiao replied "Oh", and Chu Jiahe adjusted his sitting posture with red ears.

There were more and more old people waiting and watching, and there were also many medical staff in nursing homes. If Wei Sizhe and Chu Jiahe were to take pictures in full view, it would inevitably cause discussions.Wei Qiao had an idea, and suddenly shouted: "Si Zhe, can you do it? I can't even adjust the camera. Put it there and let Dad come!"

Wei Sizhe, who has already finished taking a group of photos: "...?"

Wei Qiao stood up alone, and Chu Jiahe hurried forward to help him.Walking to the back of the tripod, Wei Qiao raised his hand to chase them away, pushed the arms of the two of them and said loudly, "Go, go, I will adjust the angle while you two are sitting, please ask Xiao Chu to take a picture for us father and son after the adjustment is completed. "

With a reasonable arrangement, Wei Qiao stared at the viewfinder. In the vibrant courtyard, Wei Sizhe had a calm posture and Chu Jiahe had a restrained smile.The camera was switched to Chu Jiahe's hands, and the father and son in the lens were strange and funny, they pressed the shutter quickly, and every warm moment was completely recorded.

"Xiao Chu." Wei Qiao said happily, "Set a countdown timer and take a selfie, come here quickly."

Chu Jiahe did as he said, straightening the corners of his clothes and smoothing out the wrinkles when he ran over.After sitting down, Wei Qiao looked sideways at him and asked him, "Ten seconds? 15 seconds?"

Chu Jiahe replied: "Ten seconds."

Counting the seconds in his heart, when he counted to "eight", Wei Qiao beamed and said, "Eggplant!"

Wei Sizhe quickly exchanged glances with Chu Jiahe, followed Wei Qiao's rhythm, and said at the same time, "Egg... hiss."

"Crack", the photo is clearly displayed on the camera screen.Grabbing one person's ear with one hand, Wei Qiao laughed out loud, Wei Sizhe grinned in pain, and Chu Jiahe was in unspeakable pain.

Afterwards, the big orange passing by here was picked up by Wei Qiao to his lap, and he was "forced" to join in the fun.

The sun was baking his back, Wei Qiao was sweating profusely on his forehead, and his mood was rare and calm.The breeze was blowing under the shade of the willows, and after finishing work and returning to the house, Chu Jiahe opened the curtains to let the sunlight fill the field of vision, the room already had the temperature of early summer.

Wei Qiao half leaned against the head of the bed, sifting through the photos in the camera, and finally left twenty photos.Taking out the memory card and handing it to Wei Sizhe, Wei Qiao instructed: "You and Xiao Chu go back to the city to find a photo agency, both of which are [-] inches. Let me set up a photo of the three of us."

Wei Sizhe was surprised: "Now?"

"The weather is so nice, go out and play, don't surround me." Holding the remote control, Wei Qiao turned on the TV, and said leisurely, "Dr. Fang will come to me later, we want to play a few games of chess , I don’t need you two as spectators.”

It was very different from the attitude he had just had when he took the photo, Wei Sizhe was too clear about Wei Qiao's intentions.After putting away the memory card, he smiled and replied, "Dad, see you tonight."

The green plants in the dormitory hadn't been watered for a long time. Before leaving, Chu Jiahe took the time to water them one by one with a watering can.In the fish tank placed on the window sill, Da Ben was basking leisurely in the warm sun. Wei Sizhe tapped the wall of the tank with his index finger bent. The turtle's head retracted quickly, and within two seconds, it came out cautiously again.

The room was quiet, the light was shining on the back of his hands, as if he could feel the softness of time, Wei Sizhe looked up at Chu Jiahe's back, and after a while, said softly, "You have been watering this water for a long time."

Chu Jiahe's wrist trembled slightly, Wei Sizhe approached slowly, took the watering can and put it back to its original place.The corners of his eyes were red, Chu Jiahe smiled gently, Wei Sizhe pinched his chin and swayed from side to side, asking, "What moved you?"

Chu Jiahe pursed his lips and said, "In the old gentleman, I saw what every child expects in his heart, the appearance of a father."

Aiming elsewhere, Wei Sizhe understood that Chu Jiahe was a little overwhelmed by his staring too bluntly at the moment, so he embraced him in his arms, stopped being greedy for his eyes, and gave him enough love and warmth.

Wei Sizhe asked: "Then, have you seen in me what you expect in your heart, the appearance of your lover?"

Chu Jiahe smiled lightly: "What should a lover be like?"

Wei Sizhe replied: "People who love each other can make each other feel at home."

Chu Jiahe sniffed and said, "Then I want to experience it now."

Wei Sizhe said, "I'm hugging you, right?"

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