blazing fire

But Cheng Zhuo quickly noticed that Yuan Yu's body, which was originally close to him, moved back a little, and immediately retreated from a slightly intimate position to outside the comfort zone.

When facing each other, the distance between people is only 5 centimeters.Cheng Zhuo's eyes fell on Yuan Yu's face, confirming that he didn't do it unintentionally, and raised his eyebrows lightly.

Yuan Yu: "Huh?"

"I'll talk to you later." Cheng Zhuo laughed and lifted his chin, "Sit down first, I bought you a glass of flat white, I don't know if you're used to it."

Yuan Yu frowned slightly, as if a little dissatisfied with his non-response, his eyes fell on the cup of coffee, and he said softly, "Didn't I say no?"

"Then it's impossible for me not to buy it for you." Cheng Zhuo said, "Drink it, if you really don't like it, just throw it away."

Throwing... is impossible.

In fact, if the engineering team does not owe wages, moving bricks is a very lucrative job, so Yuan Yu is not as hard-pressed as before, but who made him receive the education from childhood to "don't waste it".

He picked it up and tried to take a sip. It was a bit bitter in the mouth, but the taste was smooth and had a wonderful taste.

Cheng Zhuo saw that he frowned slightly, and hurriedly asked, "Why, don't you like it?"

Yuan Yu shook his head: "It's a bit strange... I haven't drank it before." After he finished speaking, he took another sip, and then drank it in small sips.

Cheng Zhuo just kept looking at him, completely forgetting that there was a younger brother beside him.

Michael looked left and right, turned his head and grimaced at himself reflected in the glass exterior wall.

Yuan Yu tasted a third of it in one breath before putting down the cup.He looked around the table, saw a large pile of handbags in the corner, and asked, "Are you finished shopping?"

Cheng Zhuo: "Well, what do you want to buy? I can accompany you."

Yuan Yu raised his eyes, stared at his eyes and smiled: "Ashtray."

Cheng Zhuo: "..."

Yuan Yu: "But isn't it good to bring children to buy such things?"

"...It's okay," Cheng Zhuo struggled to find his voice, "It's time for him to go back to sleep."

He immediately turned his head to look at Michael, and his mouth switched to fluent English in seconds: "Brother is going shopping with a friend, it's too late, should I ask the driver to pick you up?"

"What? But I don't want to go back yet." Michael couldn't understand half a sentence of Chinese, and he didn't understand his fate as a light bulb until now, his eyes widened in surprise, "God, can't I go with you? "

"No, the kid should go back to sleep." Cheng Zhuo refused him neatly, took out his mobile phone and called the driver.

Michael wailed: "You value sex over friends!!!"

Cheng Zhuo: "You are not my friend."

"But you are serious!!!"

"You say yes." Cheng Zhuo shrugged.

He didn't care what Michael thought at all.

Michael wailed for a long time, and found that Cheng Zhuo was really indifferent, kicked his legs as if discouraged, pointed to the display shelf and said, "Buy me a cup."

"But you already have..."

"If I don't buy it, I won't go back!" Michael stared angrily.

Cheng Zhuo made a gesture of surrender: "Fine, you won, which one do you want?"

Michael walked over to get the cup, and Cheng Zhuo followed him to pay the bill.

They spoke quickly, and there were many words that were not in the scope of the college entrance examination. Yuan Yu half-understood, and probably guessed that the child was unwilling to go back and was throwing a temper tantrum.

The interaction between the two brothers looked very funny, and Yuan Yu couldn't help laughing.

At that time, Cheng Zhuo had just scanned the payment code for the waiter, and happened to look back.

In front of the round table, the young man turned sideways, with his head hanging down, revealing the beautiful back of his neck, and smiling softly.Maybe it's an illusion, Cheng Zhuo always felt that he could see his thick eyelashes and the pleasant shadow they cast.

That picture is really... so good.

I want to hold people in my arms, maybe I can do something else.

Cheng Zhuo licked his lips, and brought back Michael who was happily jumping around with the new cup: "Don't run around."

……

The driver sent by Cheng Guangzong was only responsible for a few of them recently. Cheng Zhuo yelled and arrived near Starbucks not long after.The three came out of the store one after another, and the two older ones sent Michael to the car.

Cheng Zhuo stuffed the shopping bag belonging to Michael that he had carried all the way into the passenger driver, and told the driver to take it upstairs in a while before closing the car door.

Michael looked at him angrily, but said nothing.

The car started quickly, and Cheng Zhuo waved his hand symbolically.

"Don't you let him take the bag back with you?" Yuan Yu said behind him.

Cheng Zhuo was stunned, glanced at the "Montblanc" bag, and pursed his lower lip: "No, I'll take this."

"Oh."

Yuan Yu rolled his eyes: "Speaking of which... I think you treat your brother very well."

"Really, I thought you would say that I didn't care enough to bring him up." Cheng Zhuo has never thought of taking credit for taking care of his younger brother, "I'm just a tool person who pays the bill."

Yuan Yu laughed.

Cheng Zhuo: "Go?"

"En." Yuan Yu nodded, took the lead, and led him to the other side.

It was already a bit late, the shops on the street were scattered and closed, and there were fewer pedestrians than before, but it seemed a little quieter.The evening wind blew past, blowing away the suffocating heat, and the temperature and humidity were just right, making it suitable for walking.

Yuan Yu started a conversation: "I didn't know you had such a young brother. How old is he?"

"Ten years old." Cheng Zhuo paused, and then continued with a natural expression, "I have two younger brothers, one is fourteen years old, the other is ten years old, and there will be a third one soon—oh, actually they are all the same It doesn't matter to me, did I forget to tell you that my parents are divorced?"

Yuan Yu was taken aback—he really didn't know about it: "Yes."

"Half-brother and half-brother." Cheng Zhuo said, "I have a good relationship with my mother, so sometimes I will help take care of the children. My dad...I haven't seen that brother for a long time. , I don’t know what it’s like now.”

"That's it." Yuan Yu seemed to be savoring such a family relationship, but he didn't seem to have it, because he quickly changed the subject, "Then can you continue talking about what happened just now?"

Cheng Zhuo didn't react: "What?"

"It's about the boyfriend."

Cheng Zhuo blinked.They just turned a corner and turned into a dark alley from the brightly lit street. The heavy shadow on Yuan Yu's face suddenly turned into a dark color, which made his facial features stand out instead, Cheng Zhuo therefore See the slightly deliberate calm on his face.

He stopped and laughed: "You care?"

"What?" Yuan Yu stopped and turned to look at him.

"I just found out, do you mind." Cheng Zhuo was in a good mood, and said with a smile, "Yuan Yu, do you still like me?"

His tone is always sloppy, the kind of slut that makes people obsessed and wants to beat him up.

Yuan Yu tilted his head and looked at him for a long time. When Cheng Zhuo thought he would admit it with a stiff neck, Yuan Yufei gave him a sharp look and said in a flat tone, "Crazy."

Then turn around and leave.

"Hey——" Cheng Zhuo chased after him and grabbed his arm, "Why are you crazy, can you ask me?"

"If you have a partner, you still come to ask me this question?" Yuan Yu sneered, "Cheng Zhuo, I used to think that you were a bit irresponsible at best, but now I find that you are really a scumbag."

He made a gesture to leave, but Cheng Zhuo pulled him back and pushed him towards the wall.

The white street lamps in the alley were dim, leaving a small spot of light on the retina, making the gaze extraordinarily hot.

Cheng Zhuo looked at him with a serious expression: "Why am I a scumbag? My boyfriend is a joke Michael made on me. Can I say that I have never been with anyone else in the past five years? Now I can ask that question again Yet?"

Hearing the answer, Yuan Yuhang pinched the hand next to him imperceptibly, with no expression on his face: "Really?"

Cheng Zhuo smiled, but couldn't see it: "Why do you think I would lie to you about this?"

"Who knows then."

"But even if I change boyfriends like changing clothes, I have never had a window period in the past five years—" Cheng Zhuo drew a long voice, and increased his strength in his hands, "I have to ask this question now, how can you take me?" What should I do? If you don't answer and I won't let you go, can you really not answer?"

"..."

Really can't.

Because in fact, even if Cheng Zhuo didn't threaten him, he would tell him the answer.

Cheng Zhuo has a boyfriend, he can wait for them to break up; Cheng Zhuo is single, he will start now.

The first step in catching a big fish is to let out the bait, and let it be inadvertently.

Cheng Zhuo still smiled: "So what did I lie to you for?"

"...I believe it." Yuan Yu lowered his head, "Let go."

"Not loose, unless you answer me."

"I like you." Yuan Yu lowered his eyes and said lightly, "Can you let go?"

Cheng Zhuo suddenly grinned, "Sure enough."

Yuan Yu didn't take it seriously, and continued to talk about the weather in the same tone: "If you don't let go, the store will be closed."

He has been working since he was a child, and his strength is much stronger than Cheng Zhuo's. If he really wants to break free, Cheng Zhuo can't help him.Yuan Yu pulled out her hand, turned around and walked to the other side of the alley.

This is the back side of the business district and there are still a lot of shops, but on a much smaller scale than on the main road outside.As the saying goes, "Although a sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs" - there are everything in the alley here, and the closing time is later. Cheng Zhuo saw many young men and women gathering in groups for supper in the restaurant, which was more lively than the street outside.

Yuan Yu walked to the door of a store selling groceries, walked in, and stopped in front of the display rack near the inside of the store.

Then he turned his head: "Which one do you like?"

There are a bunch of ashtrays of different shapes but all of them are very earthy on the display rack. Cheng Zhuo was startled for a moment, then laughed, and picked out the most portable and fashionable transparent ashtray from among them, "I want this .”

"Okay." Yuan Yu took the ashtray from his hand and took it to the door to pay.

The things in the store are sold cheaply. Seeing Yuan Yu's proficiency, he probably comes here often.

He knows how to spend money and is very frugal, but Cheng Zhuo can't see poverty in him.Although the young master has never felt ashamed of having less money, the reason why some people are despised is not all because of poverty.

Yuan Yu would not be like that, Cheng Zhuo liked his neither humble nor overbearing.

Well, he has to admit, he should just be Yuan Yu.

Wearing a filter, everything looks delicious.

Cheng Zhuo rubbed his nose and followed Yuan Yu out of the store.Yuan Yu held the bag containing the ashtray in his hand, turned his head and glanced at him: "I'll take this back to the rental house."

"Then you bought all the ashtrays..." Cheng Zhuo lowered his head, raised his eyelids slightly, and said with a touch of testing in his tone, "Can I still go tonight?"

Yuan Yu pursed his lower lip lightly.

The fish is hooked.

He lowered his head, as if looking at the shadows on the ground.The reflection of the two people at night is not complete, half of them are blocked by the shadow of the house, but they can still be seen sticking together, as if they should be.

Yuan Yu's voice was very soft: "Cheng Zhuo, what are you doing now?"

"Ok?"

"Isn't it very strange? I promised to come back, but I haven't seen you for five years; if I hadn't gone to 'Ye Shi' to help the workers replace the shift, how long would it take for me to see you?" Yuan Yu raised his head and looked at him Passed over, "When we met, you came to me again...what do you think of me?"

Cheng Zhuo finally found a chance to explain why he never returned, and hurriedly said: "I have not been in China these few years, let alone Yang Huai, I have never even returned to Jiangcheng."

"?"

"I just returned to China the day I met you." Cheng Zhuo said, "The time I went back to Jiangcheng... I was taken on the plane by my mother on the day I arrived in Jiangcheng. I didn't graduate from high school when I left. Learning languages ​​and going to university, graduating in five years is already very fast. You also know that my grades are not good... Besides, you didn't even have a mobile phone at that time."

When we parted, Yuan Yu didn't have a cell phone; Yuan Yun, who had a cell phone, wasn't by his side, and Shepi didn't know Yuan Yu well.

These could indeed constitute grounds for disconnection.

But in fact, if you really want to contact, there is still hope for Cheng Zhuo to find someone with this level of "broken ties".

"So you came back for me?" Yuan Yu asked suddenly.

Cheng Zhuo choked.

"Have you tried to find my contact information? Is it because I have learned everything I need to learn in five years and am eager to graduate and return to China?"

"..."

"You can't answer, Cheng Zhuo." Yuan Yu smiled, and walked forward, "Let's go."

Cheng Zhuo looked up: "Where are you going?"

"Don't you want to go to my place? Then go." Yuan Yu checked the time, "If you don't go, the last bus will be gone."

Cheng Zhuo suddenly grabbed his hand.

Yuan Yu turned around: "?"

Cheng Zhuo lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a long time, he slowly raised his head.

"I'll answer your first question now, the 'what are you doing'." He looked at Yuan Yu, "—I'm chasing you."

As he spoke, he stuffed the exquisite little bag into Yuan Yu's palm, and said in a low voice, "Chasing you again, is it okay?"

Yuan Yu opened his mouth, and after a while, he closed it again.

He didn't answer Cheng Zhuo's question, but just looked at the small bag and asked, "So this is for me?"

"Ah."

"What is it?"

"Pen." Cheng Zhuo was a little embarrassed, "I don't know what to give you, so I... buy you a pen. Take it apart and have a look, I don't know if you like it or not."

Yuan Yu carefully pulled out the box and opened it slowly.

"Actually, it looks better under the light, but you can't see it here." Cheng Zhuo regrets buying this one now. Under the street lights here, it probably doesn't look as good as the one Michael chose. If you need a pen, it shouldn’t be a waste to give you this.”

"Is it expensive?" Yuan Yu asked softly.He doesn't know the price, but the texture of this pen is full of the word "money".

"It's okay." Cheng Zhuo rubbed his nose, not sure if Yuan Yu would accept it.

Yuan Yu is indeed hesitating, he is not afraid of accepting Cheng Zhuogui's gift, but it seems that it shouldn't be now.

only……

"What will you do with it if I don't take it?"

"Throw it into the utility room?" Cheng Zhuo's heart sank, and he frowned, "I have a lot of pens, so I don't need it."

"Then I'll accept it, thank you, but don't give it away again in the future." Yuan Yu said, "We have nothing to do with it now, you shouldn't give me an expensive gift, I can't afford it."

"I don't have to pay it back. Besides, even if..." He skipped the part that both of them knew well, and bit his lower lip in displeasure, "Can ordinary friends not be able to do that?"

"You give such an expensive gift to ordinary friends?"

"What's the matter, the watch I gave Huang Menghui for his birthday two days ago is worth several pens." Cheng Zhuo suddenly remembered, "Hey, when is your birthday?"

"Winter." Yuan Yu glanced at him, "I won't tell you the date, lest you give gifts indiscriminately—let's go, go by car."

Yuan Yu walked away first, and walked to the other end of the alley. At an angle that Cheng Zhuo couldn't see, he laughed uncontrollably, and it took a while before he retracted his smile.

Walking out from the other side of the alley, there is another road extending in all directions. Yuan Yu wanted to take a car, but was stopped by Cheng Zhuo.Cheng Zhuo's face was somewhat confiscated, and he frowned and said, "Don't take the bus, take a taxi."

Yuan Yu looked at his expression and guessed: "You don't like taking the bus?"

"No, I just don't like crowds."

He didn't have this problem before.

Yuan Yu thought for a while, and made a "please" gesture to him, signaling him to go at his own pace.

Knowing that Cheng Zhuo hadn't returned to the country for five years, the resentment in his heart dissipated a little, but it was still the same sentence, he wanted Cheng Zhuo to like him, but Cheng Zhuo never said this sentence to him.

So even if Cheng Zhuo said that he wanted to chase him again, Yuan Yu could only pretend that he didn't hear it.

In five years, a person can be pinched beyond recognition. Fortunately, they can still recognize each other, but there are some preferences and habits that need to be adapted again.He could feel that Cheng Zhuo had changed a lot, and Yuan Yu needed to observe it slowly.

While waiting for the car to arrive, Cheng Zhuo stood by the road and smoked three cigarettes.

Smoked too much.Yuan Yu shook his head secretly.

Once a stranger and second acquaintance, and the second time, Cheng Zhuo has adapted to the dirty and messy environment of the rental house, and followed Yuan Yu upstairs.

Today they came back a little later than the day before, but the corridor was more lively than yesterday—someone seemed to be arguing next door to Yuan Yu.

"There's a man living here. It's fine if his girlfriend doesn't come to see him, but he makes a fuss when he comes." Yuan Yu opened the door and entered the room, and asked casually, "Are you a light sleeper?"

"It's okay...? I'm not sure." Cheng Zhuo said, "I've never slept in such a noisy environment."

"If you can't sleep, go back to sleep." Yuan Yu suddenly stopped all movements when he said this, "Have you had dinner today?"

"Eat." Cheng Zhuo laughed, "Thank you baby."

"..."

It is meaningless to correct this kind of address, Yuan Yu felt that this person would probably hit a snake with a stick.

What he wanted was not this kind of teasing, so he might as well pretend he didn't hear it.

So Cheng Zhuo watched with disappointment as he locked the door naturally, sat down by the bed again, and pulled out the pen to read again.

"Like it?"

Yuan Yu soon discovered the secret of the pen looking at the light, and stared straight at it for a long time before turning his eyes back.

"It's beautiful." This time, his tone was a little more solemn and sincere, and he said to Cheng Zhuo, "Thank you."

"You know I don't want to hear thank you." Cheng Zhuo teased this sentence. Seeing that he was indifferent, he rubbed his nose for fun and changed the subject, "Yuan Yu, when are you going to go back to school? Are you moving bricks?" Quit your job and go to study, I'll pay you if you don't have enough money."

"Why are you more active than me in studying?" Yuan Yu was a little confused, "Can you stop giving me money from uncles and aunts to let me go to school? Why am I embarrassed?"

——Because when you talk about reading, those eyes are very beautiful.

This sentence suddenly rolled to his lips, Cheng Zhuo subconsciously stopped talking.He secretly savored the meaning of this sentence, and always felt that it seemed too straightforward.

He doesn't like to say such blunt and nasty words, he hasn't learned it since he was a child, and when he speaks out, he usually doesn't get good feedback.

He had no choice but to pretend that he didn't hear it, and said, "This time it's neither my father's money nor my mother's money. I have money myself."

Yuan Yu raised his eyelids: "Didn't you just graduate?"

"When I didn't graduate, I did a lot of profitable projects. My mother also has a lot of places where I can help." Cheng Zhuo smiled, "I work for her for a salary."

"Is that so..."

"So don't reject me, go to school. It's okay not to let me chase you, you have to go to school, right?" Cheng Zhuo said, "It should be possible to retake the college entrance examination in China? I don't know how to do it... Can you apply for a high school resumption class? Like this , I will ask someone later, and then I will see what procedures are needed..."

"No need." Yuan Yu interrupted him.

Cheng Zhuo frowned: "Why don't you accept it..."

"No," Yuan Yu said, "I have already finished the college entrance examination, and I just filled out my volunteer application today. Now, just wait for the admission letter."

"..."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Cheng Zhuo was stunned for a while, and finally remembered what he wanted to ask.

"Then... which one did you volunteer for? Are you sure?"

"I..." Yuan Yu thought for a moment, and said softly, "The factory where my sister works is going to Nanwan City to expand new business, and I want to transfer a group of technical backbones there, so I ordered it on my sister. A while ago, my sister helped me I inquired and said that Nanwan University is pretty good, so..."

"Are you leaving?" Cheng Zhuo's eyebrows jumped.

"I'm also thinking about what I'm going to do in Jiangcheng?" Yuan Yu smiled lightly when he said this, his eyes fell on the corner of the wall, a little distracted, as if he was recalling something, "When I came to Jiangcheng to work, I wanted to find you. Whether it’s asking you why you backtracked, or paying back your 6 yuan, I have to see you before talking. Now that I’ve seen the person, asked the question, and paid the money back, it seems that I can really leave... right?”

"Yes—"

fart!

Cheng Zhuo suddenly felt an unreasonable anger in his heart. He knew that every word Yuan Yu said made sense, but he rejected it wholeheartedly. This kind of inability to refute can only be watched as things gradually develop to the point that he doesn't want to see it. The feeling of direction is really bad, he hasn't been this angry for a long time.

Incompetent fury.

He thought that when he grew up, at least he would no longer be incompetent.

but……

"Then why are you still buying me an ashtray?" Cheng Zhuo held back his anger, "You have decided to go, see me chasing after your ass like a fool, is it fun?"

"I've said it before, 'reciprocity'." Yuan Yu said softly.

Give back the touch you and I have experienced.

Also return the empty joy you and I have experienced.

"..." Cheng Zhuo was furious.

Just when he was about to say something, a high-pitched scream came from the next door.Cheng Zhuo suddenly came back to his senses, and the two looked at the wall together.

The louder scream seemed to be pressed the play button, and it came continuously from behind the wall.

Yuan Yu laughed out loud.

"Occasionally, the sound insulation is not very good here," he said.

After [-] rounds of verbal fighting, the couple next door finally fast-forwarded to the next step of "fighting at the head of the bed and fighting at the end of the bed" and started making eighteen-forbidden noises.