Tropical Highway

The Milky Way is quiet, the snow-capped mountains across the city are illuminated by starlight, and the wind blows away the clouds.The flashlight is on, like a cluster of unknown signals shooting into the sky, no answer is required.

You Zhen waited silently for Zhai Lan to be tired from crying, he took out two tissues from his bag, before handing them over, Zhai Lan sat up straight and wiped away the tears with his hands indiscriminately.Water stains mixed with dust, Zhai Lan wiped his face like a little cat, but he didn't notice it, he just kept sniffing, twisting his red face, and felt ashamed after a while.

"...It's too embarrassing." Zhai Lan whispered to herself, "You saw me crying like this."

You Zhen kept his sitting posture and supported his face with one hand: "It's okay."

Zhai Lan's eye circles were still swollen, and he didn't dare to rub his dirty hands, so he lifted them up in the air in embarrassment.His eyes fluttered, and Zhai Lan quickly thought about whether it would be too much for him to ask You Zhen to wash his hands with their drinking water, but his cheeks suddenly turned cold, his whole body shivered, and then he wanted to hide——

"Don't move." You Zhen deliberately warned him, "I'm not responsible for poking your eyes later."

The tissues came in handy in the end, Zhai Lan didn't know when Youzhen got wet with mineral water, he wiped off the messy tear stains, and covered his red and swollen eyes with moist compresses for a while.

Keeping his back tensed until You Zhen removed the tissue from his eyes, Zhai Lan opened his eyes and almost forgot to breathe.

They were too close, You Zhen leaned forward, and was finally helping him wipe the dust off his side face.The soft warm light illuminates You Zhen from bottom to top, paints the pupils into a nearly transparent beige, and stares at himself like glass.Zhai Lan couldn't tell, the gaze made his palms hot, his lips were speechless, and he backed away subconsciously.

"Okay..." Zhai Lan reminded in a low voice, "I'll wash my face when I go back."

You Zhen smiled, rolled up the tissue and threw it into the garbage bag: "Then let's go down the mountain."

Although the mutual heartbreak under the starry sky was inadvertently facilitated, it brought the two of them closer than expected.Once again on the road with You Zhen, Zhai Lan somehow feels that the man in front of him is not so alienated. Just a few hours ago, even if You Zhen showed his friendship, he would joke around and be ambiguous, but now, Zhai Lan seems to be able to to shake his hand.

Thinking this way, it happened that the light from the flashlight was not very clear, and there was no light on the hillside path at night, and the starlight was clear but not enough for him to notice the gullies and gravel.

Zhai Lan suppressed her heartbeat, took a deep breath, then took a step forward without warning and grabbed You Zhen.

"Huh?" He made a nasal sound in surprise.

Zhai Lan carefully observed the road conditions: "I just cried, but my eyes are still blurry, I can't see clearly."

This excuse is so clumsy that it doesn't need to be exposed at all, You Zhen smiled, his short breath was full of tolerance for him, he grabbed Di Lan with his backhand, all five fingers were put in the palm of his hand, and his thumb was close to Di Lan's tiger's mouth.

Even the pulse is clearly felt.

The holding hands on the mountain road never let go, and when the skin was touching, the words briefly quit the communication, Zhai Lan's breathing was a little short, he couldn't tell whether it was because the downhill was too tiring and steep, or because You Zhen's body temperature kept clinging He, making his brain a mess, his heart beating faster, and the eyes that had been wiped began to turn sour again.

But this time it was not for any other reason, he was completely irrational by You Zhen, almost lost his ability to speak, couldn't tell the direction, and only walked forward with You Zhen.

Without any warning, it seems that only that word can summarize all the reactions of the body and mind at this moment.

"I kind of... like him? Do I like him more than that night in Zone?" Zhai Lan thought confusedly, "Is this love at first sight, or what—is this like like?"

He was bewildered, he had never experienced love, but now he had preconceived it, and felt that there could be no other explanation.

Even if they had known each other for less than a week, they had only met twice before.

However, like him.

Don't just like him because he's nice.

All I could see was You Zhen's back, Zhai Lan's eyelids drooped, the fingers in his palm could not be illuminated by the dim light.The white crescent of You Zhen's wrist was hidden in the shadows, but somehow it was a little brighter.

Lost in focus, the soles of his feet slipped, Zhai Lan staggered two steps, the person in front turned his head: "What's wrong?"

"...you're walking too fast."

"Really?" The palm holding the flashlight rubbed against his hair, You Zhen chose to accommodate, "Then let's go slower."

Holding hands without letting go, Zhai Lan tentatively rubbed his birthmark with his thumb.

You Zhen didn't look back, and scolded him with a smile: "Smelly brat, don't touch it, it's itchy—"

But even if they slowed down and deliberately extended the hand-holding time, it was faster to go down the mountain. After walking quietly for more than half an hour, the two saw the Tibetan house they had passed by before.

This place is the end of the country road where you can drive, and a street lamp stands at the door.

After stepping into the coverage area of ​​the light, Youzhen let go of Zhai Lan, his fingers were pinched a little numb, now when the wind blows, all that is left is cold.Zhai Lan rubbed it there, keeping his composure, he just had a love affair and couldn't find his way, now You Zhen returned to his original position as if nothing happened, he said he was not lost is a lie.

However, "Don't push yourself too hard." Zhai Lan told herself.

You Zhen glanced at the time: "It will take at least an hour or two to walk to the street from here, it's a bit long."

"Ah." Zhai Lan thought he was talking about the long distance, and hurriedly proved himself, "It's okay, I'm not very tired now, and it's okay to walk back, it's not too late—"

"I'll go to Uncle to borrow a car." You Zhen interrupted him, "Just now he also mentioned that we can say hello to him when we go down the mountain."

After leaving a sentence of "you wait here for me", You Zhen pushed open the half-closed iron door without any hesitation.After a while, he came out with a key and pointed to the motorcycle next to him.

Zhai Lan was dumbfounded: "Did I lend you a car?"

"Return the water bottle to the uncle, and then I mentioned to him that it seems to be a long way from here to the city, and the last bus is gone, so he asked me if I can ride a motorcycle." You Zhen studied the keys in his hand , "Give him the car and put it at the back gate of Sera Monastery later, and hide the key. The nearby residents will recognize this car, so it doesn't matter."

"The legendary social bullshit..."

You Zhen: "What are you whispering?"

While speaking, he straddled the semi-old motorcycle and unscrewed the engine.The lighting in front turned on instantly, and Zhai Lan's eyes were shaken for a while and couldn't get used to it.

"Get in the car." You Zhen said, leaving him more space.

The back seat was raised, and when Zhai Langang sat on it, he leaned forward, almost touching You Zhen's back.When he realized this, his face suddenly turned red. To avoid suspicion and keep calm, Zhai Lan reached out and grabbed a metal shelf carefully straightened up and leaned back, trying to distance himself from You Zhen.

There was a long "hum" sound when it was activated, You Zhen ignored his small movements, and went straight to speed up and dive along the mountain road.

Feng pushed Zhai Lan from behind, all the efforts a few seconds ago were in vain, and he would encounter double resistance when he stood up straight, Zhai Lan approached You Zhen unconsciously, but the other party didn't care at all, so he stopped struggling.

The day was very cold, the sun was shining brightly during the day, and the scorching heat seemed to be in the last century. Zhai Lan pulled up the hat of his jacket and put it on, but the cold wind still kept hitting him, pouring bitterly into every crevice.His teeth were shivering, and the hand holding the metal bracket for balance was frozen like ice in an instant.

Zhai Lan was trembling, and when he realized this, he turned his head to the side. He pressed the brake to slow down, and he saw Zhai Lan's red knuckles out of the corner of his eye.Doubts flashed in his heart, You Zhen didn't understand why he didn't put it in his pocket.

Is it that good to blow dry?

Maybe Zhai Lan started to be stubborn again regardless of time and place.

You Zhen sighed silently, and stopped the car by the side of the road.

Without waiting for Di Lan to ask anything, he clamped Di Lan's hand and pressed it on his waist involuntarily.You Zhen's coat has two thick pockets, he covers Zhai Lan and pats them there.

His intentions were obvious without words.

Zhai Lan still didn't move.

It was only then that he realized that he had different feelings for You Zhen, if he pushed the boat along, it seemed that he was taking advantage and You Zhen didn't know about it, and there was an invisible unequal situation, Zhai Lan felt that it shouldn't be like this.

"It can only be like this." You Zhen thought that the hugging posture was awkward, and explained, "You sit so straight, the wind blows directly on your head and then you catch a cold the next day—Zhai Lan, I know that you get a lot of colds in the plateau Is it dangerous? You are still taking oxygen in the morning, and you want to go to the hospital tomorrow?"

You Zhen had never said such unkind words, and Zhai Lan's face turned hot: "No, I don't think...it's very good."

"Eh?"

"do you mind?"

You Zhen was stunned for a sentence without beginning or end: "What?"

"..."

After turning his thoughts three times, You Zhen suddenly laughed out loud: "Don't worry! I don't have the principle of 'the back seat of the motorcycle and the co-pilot of the private car must be reserved for the boyfriend', now it's yours to let you sit, you don't need to have any burden."

Boyfriend, not girlfriend.

He already had selfish motives at work, and You Zhen's words at this time were a proper hint to him.But it's not clear, but it will make people feel passionate: Does You really mean that he actually has a boyfriend?

My mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and I really wanted to pretend that I didn't understand anything.

But now it's just the two of them, isn't it? If you have a boyfriend, why do you treat him so well?Or, to You Zhen, this "goodness" is insignificant?

Don't worry about it, do you dare to ask him?

Zhai Lan didn't dare.

In the end, he only said "um" in a low voice, observing that the other party didn't show any disgust, Zhai Lan tentatively inserted his hands into the pockets of You Zhen's coat to keep warm, a real hug from the back.

He rested his chin on You Zhen's shoulder, thought for a while, and buried his head again as if he didn't feel very comfortable.

The forehead is pressed against You Zhen, leaving no gap between them.

Not even the wind can blow in now.

The jacket has a light fragrance, a certain kind of fruit, I don't think about it for a moment, it's beyond the social distance and it won't be intimate, but it's enough to make Zhai Lan's mind turn into a mess.Smearing left and right, trying to figure out the logic, the casual "boyfriend" was like thunder, throwing out countless possibilities.

Like a coward, helplessly suppressing curiosity and masquerading as friendship.

Thinking about it this way, Zhai Lan felt that he was presumptuous enough, he would want more if he had a hug, he was insatiable, unless You Zhen took the initiative to refuse him, he could pretend to be stupid and absorb some warmth that did not belong to him.

"Let's go." You Zhen reminded him from the front, "Hold tight."

"……Um."

The motorcycle started again, and the flailing shadows on both sides of the road receded and quickly blurred. The dark blue, black, and gray fragments made up the night, and nothing else could be seen clearly.

The street lighting space is limited, the stars are too far away, and there is no moon.

In the middle of the night, a beam of white light travels through the darkness, as if reaching the end of the snow field.

The author says:

I know that the update is relatively slow. I have been busy with work recently, and I have blood clots in my eyes and severe conjunctival congestion. I really dare not stare at the screen for a long time. I apologize to everyone (kowtow