Manhattanhenge

Ning Yixiao wore a hat, but Su Hui recognized him at first sight.The headlights swayed in the rain and released many long lights, like entangled ropes, binding them together.

Ning Yixiao, who was drenched in the rain, approached him, habitually smiled first, and asked kindly, "Why are you here?"

Su Hui's hair was shorter than before, and it was blown a little messy by the wind. His expression was loose, and he seemed to have a youthful freedom, a flickering, unsteady beauty.

He spoke slowly: "I was playing, I ran out, and I came here after walking."

His nonsense and jumping were treated with tolerance, Ning Yixiao stopped in front of Su Hui, took away the empty water bottles he put on the bench one by one, and sat beside him.

"What are you playing?" Ning Yixiao asked without looking at him.

A gust of wind blows, rolling the rain.Su Hui closed his eyes, spread his arms, and let the wind blow his shirt up and blow it away, letting the wind get close to every inch of his skin.

"I like the wind so much." He said softly.

Ning Yixiao didn't care about the jump of his topic, "Why?"

Su Hui opened his palms, feeling the wind blowing through his fingers, and looked at the swaying tree shadows on the opposite road.

"When there is wind, the world doesn't seem to be lifeless anymore, everyone is alive."

Ning Yixiao understood what he meant very well, and unconsciously opened her hand that was hanging down, feeling the air and rain flowing between her fingers.

He looked at Su Hui, "Have you cut your hair?"

"Yeah." Su Hui nodded feebly, then raised her head suddenly, and asked Ning Yixiao with a smile, "Does it look good?"

For some reason, Ning Yixiao felt a little sad when he saw him smiling. He couldn't tell if it was empathy or if he really felt something.

"Well, it was fine before." He replied.

Su Hui smiled again, this time more sincerely.

"I like the old one better too. They told me to cut it because they thought it looked better."

As he said that, he wanted to stand up, but he felt dizzy all of a sudden. He bent down, put his elbows on his knees, and his head drooped feebly.

Still want to vomit.

Through the wet shirt, Ning Yixiao could see his slightly protruding butterfly bones.

"Have you been drinking?" Ning Yixiao bent down to check his condition, "It looks like he's drinking a lot."

As he said that, he moved his eyes to the water bottles beside him, thinking to himself that this person would be very thirsty when he was drunk.

Su Hui didn't think about whether to tell the real reason, but in the end she didn't deny it.He was still uncomfortable, and his condition was even worse after leaning over, so he helped his knees and tried to get up, but he almost vomited.

Ning Yixiao immediately supported him, holding his thin elbows with both hands, "Are you okay? Feeling sick?"

Su Hui didn't dare to shake her head anymore, and half leaned on Ning Yixiao's shoulder, "I...I want to go to the bathroom."

The hot breath lingered around Ning Yixiao's neck, making his muscles stiff. Ning Yixiao let go of Su Hui and let him sit down first.He bent down and collected all the water bottles one by one, threw them into the trash can, and then helped him up.

When Su Hui came up, the collar was pulled away, revealing a large piece of white skin, it seemed that it was easy to leave marks on it, and it would easily disappear if left.

Ning Yixiao stopped suddenly, took off his baseball cap and put it on Su Hui's head.

Su Hui was dizzy, a little dazed, and hummed like a kitten, "Huh?"

"Wear it." Ning Yixiao supported him, "It's easy to get sick if you get your head wet."

There are no public restrooms around here.He walked with Su Hui for a long time. Although the rain was not heavy, it was not enough to keep drenching. Su Hui's shirt was soaked through.He planned to find a restaurant to solve it, but Su Hui pointed and said that there seemed to be a bar on the corner of the street.

It's more like a nightclub than a bar. There are many people standing outside, both from China and foreign countries, and all of them have expressions on their faces that they are too idle to waste time.

Thinking of his skillful instructions, Ning Yixiao couldn't help but associate these people with Su Hui, but felt different.

There were two men standing at the entrance of the nightclub. They were holding objects that could imprint short-lived fluorescent tattoos on the backs of hands. They were looking at Ning Yixiao's cheap short sleeves and the famous watch on Su Hui's wrist.

"Hello, the ticket for men is [-] yuan, and cash, WeChat and Alipay are all OK."

Ning Yixiao was at a loss for words for a while, and the request to borrow the toilet stuck in her throat.

Su Hui raised her head, she was very straightforward, but her words were not smooth, "Borrow, borrow... I want to go to the bathroom, please..."

Seeing his face, the man at the door immediately showed an indescribable expression, stared at him up and down, and then glanced at Ning Yixiao sideways, "Oh, I drank like this before the show started, be careful not to be picked up by someone. Corpse, handsome boy."

Ning Yixiao's complexion changed, Su Hui's mind seemed to freeze, he was still thinking about the 300 yuan that the clerk said just now, subconsciously went to touch his pocket, unexpectedly his wrist was grabbed, when he raised his eyes, he saw Ning Yixiao He frowned.

"Come with me."

Su Hui was a little confused, being dragged out by him for a few steps, he didn't remember to ask where he was going, but said with difficulty: "I want to go to the bathroom..."

Ning Yixiao said he knew, but still grabbed his hand and led him onto a bus.

Su Hui couldn't remember the last time he took a bus. A few words popped up in his mind - danger, mental illness and crowded, but they dissipated quickly.Because he found that among the crowded passengers, Ning Yixiao surrounded him with his arms without touching him, a safe and measured barrier.

He suddenly felt that these three words had nothing to do with him.

In the chaos, some phantoms appeared before Su Hui's eyes.He suddenly saw the appearance of the sea from Ning Yixiao's face, a deep black sea, but soon, it turned into tiny pills, from black to white.

This hallucination lasted until Ning Yixiao took him out of the car, half-embracing him like taking care of a child, and came to a dilapidated old building.

There is no elevator here, and the first floor of the unit building is like the entrance of a gray tomb, dark inside, filled with the smell of rotting fruit and meat, accompanied by a damp musty smell, no life in sight.

Su Hui's weak attention was attracted by the small advertisements in the corridor, and then dispersed by the black oily smoke. He stared at the dirt on the wall, and almost tripped over the garbage bags at the door of other houses in the corridor.

He felt that he was walking down, his body could not help but lean forward, and was dragged back by Ning Yixiao.

After stabilizing, he heard the crackling sound of the key being fitted into the hole, and a door opened, blending into the dark corridor, and Su Hui was brought in.

"You don't need me to help you?" Ning Yixiao said, pulling his wrist to a very small door.

Turned on the light, the space inside was extremely small, a few toiletries were placed on the yellowed and damaged ceramic sink, and some were placed on the window sill.

Su Hui leaned on the wall and went in. The hallucinations did not stop, and everything became bigger. He felt like an intruder from Lilliputian, but he stumbled around and knocked his knee directly on the cabinet under the sink.

"never mind."

He heard Ning Yixiao's voice, and then he was held by his elbow, and he was taken to the urinal, Ning Yixiao's hand was only released.

Then he left, leaving only one sentence, "I'll wait for you outside."

Su Hui also struggled to wash her hands, always misjudging the location of the faucet, playing hide-and-seek for a long time.When he came out, his feet were tripped by the threshold, his hands were still wet, and he fell into the arms of Ning Yixiao who was standing honestly at the door, wet handprints were also printed on his clothes.

Obviously, Su Hui felt Ning Yixiao's body stiffen slightly, and then pushed him away.

"It's how much you drink."

Ning Yixiao felt strange, and could not smell the alcohol on Su Hui's body, only felt that his limbs were soft and his hands were shaking slightly.

"Ning Yixiao, is there still water..."

Probably metabolism played a role, the drug was gradually excreted from the body, the hallucinations gradually disappeared, Su Hui's visual ability recovered, and he could clearly see the inside of the house.

This is a narrow two-bedroom, one-living room with no windows. The lighting in the room is dim. The living room is slender and connected to the even narrower kitchen, like a sickle.

"There is no mineral water, can I boil water now?"

"Yes, yes." Su Hui nodded, subconsciously grabbed Ning Yixiao's hand, "I want to drink salt water."

He looks very obedient, with moist eyes, making it irresistible.

Ning Yixiao had no choice but to take him to his room, boiled a pot of hot water, poured it into his only cup, added some salt as he said, and brought him into the room.

He just got the keys last night and moved some things before class today.Ning Yixiao was obsessed with cleanliness. He mopped the floor three times and wiped the furnishings four times with disinfectant. The time left was only enough to make the bed, and all the luggage was piled up in this small room of less than ten square meters.

And Su Hui sat on the only empty floor that wasn't piled up with boxes, with his head tilted against the edge of the bed, his back turned to him, motionless, like an exquisite doll that didn't belong here.

This is a converted basement with two bedrooms and one living room. There are no windows, and the room is stuffy.Ning Yixiao saw his hair sticking to the back of his neck, so he moved his luggage with great difficulty, walked to the only small table, turned on the old fan left by the landlord, and drank a glass of water to dry.

As soon as the fan was turned on, Su Hui seemed to come alive. He opened his eyes and stared fixedly at the whirling fan.

"Drink?" Ning Yixiao had no place to stand, sitting on his suitcase, and passed the water, "It's hot, just boiled."

"Yeah." Su Hui stretched out his hand, "I'm not afraid of being hot." Then he took the mug, held it, and sipped it.But it was still too hot. Every time he took a sip, Su Hui would raise his head and blow his hot face against the fan.

It took a lot of effort to finish the drink, and Su Hui felt that his whole body was going to be covered in steam.He leaned against the bed, staring at Ning Yixiao, his voice was looser than usual, "Why did you move out, isn't there a dormitory?"

Ning Yixiao had no objection to his sudden question, with a habitual smile on his face, "I got an internship offer from a company, and I have to stay in school to do a project and write a thesis during the summer vacation. I didn't apply for a dormitory, so I can only come out to live gone."

While answering, he found a towel that hadn't been used a few times from the suitcase, handed it to Su Hui, and motioned for him to wipe off the water on his body.

"It's a good company, isn't it? Where is it? Is it far away to go to work?" Su Hui took the towel with an obvious smile on her face, and her long eyelashes, which were usually a little heavy, flickered with her smiling eyes.

"Far." Ning Yixiao only answered the last question.

"Why don't you stay closer?"

"Because it's cheap here." Ning Yixiao answered the question patiently, and asked the young master very directly, "I've gone to the bathroom and drank the water. Are you going home? I'll see you off."

I thought Su Hui would cooperate, but he shook his head, "I won't go back."

Su Hui rested her chin on her arm and took a deep breath, "Ning Yixiao, I have no place to stay."

That doesn't sound convincing.

Ning Yixiao's roommate's voice suddenly appeared in Ning Yixiao's mind, and those specious and romantic topics emerged one by one.

How could he be someone who has no place to stay?

Su Hui suddenly turned her head, and moved closer to Chaoning for a night, looked at him with eyes that could easily get everything, and asked him, "Can I stay with you for one night?"

There was only a dozen centimeters between them, and Ning Yixiao could clearly see the sweat dripping from the tip of his nose. He was obviously indifferent, even a little distant, but his moist eyes revealed a kind of weak temptation.

"Just for one night, you take me in." Su Hui was a little unsteady on his knees, he paused, then raised his head, "Really, I won't sleep in your bed, I won't squeeze you, I'll lie on the ground, no... I don't need to sleep."

There was a trace of excitement in his expression, which was not obvious.

"Help me, I don't want to go back today no matter what..." Su Hui said, suddenly stopped, moved closer and stretched out his hand, and grabbed Ning Yixiao's face.

Ning Yixiao was stunned, subconsciously holding his hand.

"There are bugs..." Su Hui whispered.

Ning Yixiao was very sure, "There are no bugs."

Su Hui felt that she was right, and suddenly leaned over, leaving only ten centimeters between them.

"Yes, little flying insect..." He stared at Ning Yixiao's face, blinked, then suddenly reached out to touch his right eye, and then smiled, "No, no, it's your mole."

Ning Yixiao was a little overwhelmed by him, so he grabbed both of his hands at once, clenched his wrists tightly, and folded them together, like interrogating a prisoner, "Don't move around."

"Okay..." Su Hui muttered a few words in a low voice.

At such a close distance, when Su Hui opened his lips to speak, Ning Yixiao suddenly noticed the tip of his tongue.

It appears to have a pink pill on it.

Ning Yixiao raised his eyebrows, "Are you taking medicine?"

"Huh?" Su Hui was taken aback for a moment, tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled again. He was about to wave his hand, only to realize that his hand was caught, so he just shook his head, "No."

His eyes were bright, revealing a bit of cunning. He raised his face, opened his lips, and stuck out his tongue for Ning Yixiao to see. The "pill" was dotted on the pink tongue, and the moist tip of the tongue lightly rubbed against the teeth, moving slightly. It was rolled again, exposing the bottom of the tongue nail.

The corners of the mouth were raised, and Su Hui bit the top with his teeth, like biting a piece of medicine lightly.

This kind of display is very ambiguous, so ambiguous that it is obviously very short, but it melts into slow motion in Ning Yixiao's eyes.

The scary thing is, his first reaction turned out to be, what kind of touch would this be?

I want to stick my finger in and try it.

These jumping-out reactions startled Ning Yixiao himself, and his reason stopped immediately.His heart was beating fast, but in the next second, his willpower tried to force himself to calm down again.

The potency of the pill seemed to be really kicking in, the bitterness spreading.

To Su Hui, this might not be anything.Ning Yixiao thought, maybe he has shown it to others more than once, or maybe he is now on alcohol, doing everything naturally.

It has nothing to do with who the other party is, it's just that he happened to find out.

Su Hui took it back with a smile, and explained, "It's a tongue nail. I'm not in a good mood today, so I put it on."

This is very illogical.

Ning Yixiao withdrew his mind from leaving slightly, looked at him, and asked an illogical question, "Is it effective?"

Su Hui felt very novel about his response, this was the first time someone could rule out all the answers he didn't like and throw out this kind of feedback.

He is such a strange person, but he can also generate resonance with another person.

"Hmm..." Su Hui whispered softly, the tone and content were completely opposite, "I just wanted to annoy others a little bit. If I was found wearing this, they would have a headache. I don't want to be put on like a decoration." Let everyone see there, I am a person, not a toy. It's a pity that those adults only care about socializing, and haven't had time to see..."

"However, you were the first person to find out, and your mood suddenly became very good again."

While speaking, the "pill" on the tip of his tongue appeared and disappeared.

A pill that never melts.

Su Hui looked at Ning Yixiao with a pure smile, "Is this considered particularly effective?"

The author has something to say:

好涩

Someone came up and imagined inserting a finger, it's really a bit sloppy...