God said I would meet you

"Which room do you sleep in at night?" Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Lin Jinyu thought that he wanted to ask questions related to accommodation but didn't know how to ask, so he confessed: "The rent is cheap for the holidays, so I just rented it out. , otherwise you can only leave the dog here and go to the hotel by yourself."

It means that if there is only one room, he would rather drive him out than sleep in the same space as him.

Zhang Xinli was mentally prepared for this, but still inevitably lost, he covered it up and said, "There is no bedding in that room."

Zhou Hui has already withdrawn the lease, and of course he took away all the sheets and bedding. Lin Jinyu didn't expect this, and said, "Forgot... I have more than one set in my dormitory, but now The school has been closed."

They had finished their exams early and were on vacation. Except for those who applied for leave to stay in the school and stayed in the corresponding dormitory buildings, all the dormitory doors were locked, and the access rights of the cards were temporarily removed, so they couldn't get in at all.

Lin Jinyu found it troublesome to have no bedding, but Zhang Xinli was a little happy... Although he was not very kind, he did have a little bit of abnormal joy in his heart.

"You..." The dog crawled back and forth between his arms. Lin Jinyu looked Zhang Xinli up and down, saw that he was wearing thin clothes, and said, "It's useless to ask you to cover yourself with such thin clothes."

There is floor heating in the room, so if you have thick clothes, you can barely make do with it, but Zhang Xinli's outfit... Let's forget it.

"I'm already wearing thick clothes," he said, "it's not cold at school."

"Can the winter here be the same as the winter in your place?" Lin Jinyu said, "Think more about it. If you don't know how to bring your dog's things, you can just take them with you, and you don't know how to wear your own clothes."

It was obviously a reprimand, but Zhang Xinli didn't feel angry at all when he heard it. Instead, he felt warm: "I'm in a hurry," he whispered, "I want to see you soon."

Lin Jinyu, who was stroking the dog's hair, almost poked his finger into the dog's eyes, but the dog was in pain and barked, which brought him back to his senses: "Hey," he said without emotion, "When did you become like this?" Straightforward."

Zhang Xinli said lightly, "I can say whatever I think."

The words are good words, but... Lin Jinyu thought to himself: Hey, I'm really not used to it.He was always eloquent, but now he didn't know how to answer it, so he just changed the subject and went back to the previous point, saying: "Then you sleep on the bed at night? I only have one extra blanket, forget it, I will lend you."

Zhang Xinli had seen him cover that blanket with astronauts printed on it countless times. In the dimly lit living room, Lin Jinyu once covered it and leaned on the armrest of the sofa to read a book. He looked lazy, wearing only a pair of underwear, and his legs were long and slender under the blanket. .

No matter how many times I think about it, that scene is very exciting.

"Jinyu..." Zhang Xinli wanted to say how much a blanket is enough for this season, but Lin Jinyu had already turned around and found it for him in the closet, with a gesture of 'this topic is over, serve tea to see off', so he had no choice but to take it and turn around gone.

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At night, Lin Jinyu's room was fully equipped with quilts and thick sheets, and the moon and stars were scarce outside the window. He was lying on the bed, not to mention how comfortable and warm it was under the blessing of the floor heating, but for some reason, he couldn't fall asleep.

Although there is floor heating and blankets, it is already deep winter in the north, so I will not be able to sleep well after all.

The dog went to sleep with Zhang Xinli. The floor of the room is tiled. Would it be cold?

Lin Jinyu was lying on her side with her eyes closed. Most of the pressure of the postgraduate entrance examination was gone now, and the opening report was finished. The graduation thesis was something to do after the semester started, so she had nothing to do for the time being.He really wanted to fall asleep quickly, and felt that he had no reason to be so preoccupied and should fall asleep quickly, but he just couldn't.Countless random thoughts flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, just like ghosts, which he couldn't drive away.

It was the time when the northwest wind was raging, and the airflow from the Mongolian-Siberian Plateau was dry and cold, and the weather forecast said that there would be snow again in the middle of the night... Lin Jinyu was wrapped in a warm blanket, and his mind was in chaos. He did not know how long he had been thinking this way. Gradually a little confused.

It should have been midnight, and a layer of white gas had formed on the window panes.Lin Jinyu was in a daze, and didn't know whether she was asleep or not. It seemed that she had an unreal dream. She dreamed that she had reached the North Pole, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, as if a huge boulder was pressing on the sky, and even the air was stagnant.The wind was loud, like the screaming of some strange bird, and he felt empty, and was chased by penguins... Huh? There seems to be no penguins in the North Pole.

The scene contrary to reality woke him up suddenly, the curtains were not drawn, and white flakes fell under the night—it was really snowing.

This was the coldest night in the past month. Lin Jinyu sat up from the bed suddenly, his chest was heaving and heaving, and he was overwhelmed by entanglements and contradictions.

"Tap, tap, tap."

Suddenly, as if responding to the contradiction in his heart, three rhythmic knocks came from the closed door.Dogs obviously don't knock on doors so politely, so...

Lin Jinyu suddenly raised her head and looked towards the door: "...what are you doing?"

"Jinyu," Zhang Xinli's voice seemed hoarse, "It's really cold."

It's no wonder it's not cold, even if there is floor heating, a blanket is definitely not enough. The bone-chilling chill from the dream just now seems to still linger on Lin Jinyu's body, it's really an unbearable feeling.Listening to Zhang Xinli's voice, Lin Jinyu finally realized what it meant to be "disturbed".

"Why don't you... cover all your clothes," he shouted through the door, trying to deceive himself and make some suggestions that he knew were useless: "Or... you sleep with the dog?"

The dog is indeed very warm, holding it like a small hot water bottle. If they are in the wild at the moment and are in a desperate situation of freezing, this is a good way. However, this is in a residential house in a civilized society, not to mention the mountains How long has the puppy not been bathed, and not everyone is willing to treat pets like family members. It is somewhat offensive to suggest that people sleep with dogs.

"..." Fortunately, Zhang Xinli's voice outside the door didn't sound angry: "It hasn't been bathed since it was born, and it runs on the ground all day, afraid of dirtying your place."

Still a little dirty dog, Lin Jinyu thought so, and heard Zhang Xinli say again: "Jinyu, it's cold."

There was no accusation in those words, more like a statement and request.

Lin Jinyu felt in a dilemma.In his opinion, feelings are the most taboo and ambiguous. Either they have figured it out together, or they have a knot in their hearts. Give each other time to think. There is no doubt that he should not open the door.But the heart is a piece of flesh, not a stone. They broke up not because one party made a principled mistake such as cheating. The beauty that once existed has not deteriorated, and the relationship is still there.

Zhang Xinli coughed slightly from outside the door.

"..."

Lin Jinyu was silent for three seconds, turned on the light, put on her clothes, got out of bed, put on her shoes, and opened the door.

The light in the living room was not turned on, and Zhang Xinli had no idea at first. When the only light in this cold and silent night finally shone on his face through the door, he seemed to see the door that should have been closed in his life open to him again. embraced.

The sudden light stimulated Zhang Xinli to squint his eyes involuntarily. Lin Jinyu was wearing clothes against the light, and strands of light stretched from behind him, like the silvery silk of a spider.

"Come in," he said, "one half, don't talk...and don't touch me."

Still very concise and concise, as if he didn't want to say more than half a non-essential word.Zhang Xinli nodded and squeezed in through the crack of the door.

A warm quilt is many times more comfortable than a blanket in the cold winter months. The warmth in the quilt is Lin Jinyu's body temperature.

The people who wanted to be rejected had already entered, so there was no need to close the door. Lin Jinyu turned off the light and went to bed, flung the quilt, turned her back to Zhang Xinli, and fell asleep without saying a word.

Zhang Xinli took his steps very lightly, from approaching to lifting the quilt to go to bed, every movement of him was cautious.

The bed in the rental house is only a little wider than the bed in the school that is just enough to sleep one person. Lin Jinyu sleeps very close to the edge of the bed, leaving a large space for him to come out. I don't know if it's because Lin Jinyu is soft-hearted and wants him to sleep comfortably, or if he really resents even meeting him.

Anyway, he opened the door, which is a good sign.

In the darkness, there were only two men's long breathing.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xinli, who was not asleep, heard Lin Jinyu, who was not asleep, ask, "What time do you get the ticket tomorrow?"

Zhang Xinli didn't buy a ticket at all. He said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, and I'm very nervous. I'll ask at the station tomorrow."

Tickets are released in batches. Most of the online ones are sold out, but not necessarily those at the window. This reason is very reasonable. Lin Jinyu turned her back to him and said, "Well, what about the dog?"

"If you don't mind, stay here." Zhang Xinli was lying on his side. Although he was not allowed to touch him, he silently looked at his back and said, "It likes you very much."

There are three unspoken words: Me too.

Lin Jinyu said, "Yes." Then he stopped talking.

The last time they lay on the same bed was in summer, and Zhang Xinli knew that it was impossible for him to fall asleep.

He waited silently for a long time until Lin Jinyu's breathing gradually eased, and he seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.The thick quilt wrapped his whole body, only his head was exposed outside, and his hands under the quilt were warm and knuckle-boned.

Now that the inch has been obtained, is it possible to make a little progress now... Zhang Xinli was actually very sleepy after sitting in the bumpy truck for a few days with the dog in his arms, but he couldn't sleep.

So close at hand, but unable to touch, it is impossible for him to fall asleep.

"Let go." Lin Jinyu closed her eyes, and when Zhang Xinli's fingertips just touched the back of his hand, the words of refusal sounded abruptly in the room.

Zhang Xinli paused when he stretched out his hand, but he didn't retract it—he had retracted it too many times, and he didn't want to retract it this time.

"I can't sleep," his voice was very soft, without any sense of coercion or threat. Zhang Xinli was still lying on the spot, a few punches away from him, and his only hand moved forward slightly, holding Lin Jinyu's little finger and ring finger: " That's it, okay?"

Lin Jinyu didn't speak, and after three to five seconds passed, he didn't move, and he didn't withdraw his hand.

There were rustling dog footsteps at the door, the puppy woke up and found that Zhang Xinli was not there, followed the smell all the way, abandoned the simple but warm kennel that Lin Jinyu temporarily made for it with pillows, and turned around a few times , yawned, and curled up on the cool floor tiles at the foot of their bed.

It was snowing all over the sky outside the window, Zhang Xinli finally closed his heavy eyelids.

……

Early the next morning, when the heavy snow had passed, Lin Jinyu was woken up by the glare of sunlight reflecting into the house from the white snow.

It was empty around him, and Zhang Xinli was no longer there, but he didn't notice it at all, and didn't even feel the cold wind when he got up.

The quilt is cold, and the person should have been gone for a long time... Could it be that he has already left?

Lin Jinyu frowned and sat up, pawing around under the bed with her feet, but she missed the slippers and rubbed against a fluffy mass.

"Little thing, you're really hardworking. I'm the last one to get up among the three of us," said Lin Jinyu, who had a puppy for the first time in her "home". After a while: "Where's your dad? He died early in the morning... Well, should I say your brother? Forget it, he must be unhappy to hear that the dog is his relative. Let's wash your face and brush your teeth and make it for you. Have something to eat."

As he said that, he picked up the dog and went out with his slippers. He thought that he was greeted by an empty and lifeless living room, but who knew——

As soon as the door was opened, the smell of food was hot. There was everything on the small coffee table in the living room, soy milk, steamed buns, cakes, and porridge. There was the sound of boiling water coming from the kitchen. These trivial things The daily sounds are so warm and everyday, intertwined with the crackling sound of snow falling from the branches outside the window, making people feel that everything is so beautiful.