Manhattanhenge

When Ning Yixiao uttered the word "home", Su Hui thought that his heart had been completely captured, and there was no room for anyone else.

This world will not remain static, but at least at this moment, no one understands him better than Ning Yixiao.

He followed Ning Yixiao back to that rented house. Three months ago, it was just a place for him to stay overnight, and he could allow himself to hide here for a lonely and annoying night.But now, this small room is called their home by Ning Yixiao.

Su Hui thinks he is lucky, although life is not satisfactory, but at least he got what he wants most, and Ning Yixiao is very gentle, he didn't let him wish for too long.

In the evening when it was getting dark, the setting sun could not penetrate the walls of the basement.It was very dark here, and Ning Yixiao turned on a small desk lamp, dyeing the small room with a warm and fluffy halo.

They huddled together and lay on a single bed. Ning Yixiao gave Su Hui a seamless hug, gently stroked his hair with his fingers, and patted his back.

Su Hui is willful and asks for a lot, wants him to hug and kiss, and wants him to express his love for her in a deeper way.Ning Yixiao's way of expression is also overly doting, giving everything without reservation.

The autumn air has completely cooled down, leaving no trace of summer temperature, as if that summer never existed, but the temperature in the room is scorching hot.The milky yellow light reflected on Su Hui's sweaty snow-white back, rising and falling, the thin sweat turned into sparkling waves, and every drop carried the blooming desire.

Pressing her fingers on Ning Yixiao's chest, her fingertips were almost pinched into the skin, and the moment she let go, Ning Yixiao stretched out her hand to hold it again, interlocking her fingers.

He is as beautiful as a precious painting, the kind that Ning Yixiao never dreamed of in the past.The hair sticking to the side of the face, the flushed cheeks, the receding neck, and the narrow waist curved like a thin blade all present an impeccable beauty.

In places they couldn't see, the twilight stayed for an extra long time, as if it couldn't let go of such beauty. When the last ray of sky light left, Su Hui's body also fell, and fell into Ning Yixiao's embrace .

He was half pressed against Ning Yixiao's chest, staying in his arms like a cat for a long time, unable to speak, so he had to let Ning Yixiao clean up, comfort and hug him.

Ning Yixiao changed Su Hui into his sweater, which was big and wide, covering Su Hui's body, and seemed to be able to resist everything he didn't want to face.

He kissed Su Hui's face very tenderly, and felt the temperature of his cheeks drop a little, and he was a little sleepy, so he whispered, "You also sound like a kitten."

Su Hui's ears were very red, thinking that he felt that he was suppressing his voice and it didn't sound good, so he explained, "The walls here are very thin, and it's not like you don't know it."

"I mean it's very cute, although there are only a few sounds." Ning Yixiao rubbed his ears, leaned closer, and called him in a low voice, "Little cat."

Su Hui's face would always be hot when he heard him call that.He pretended to be deaf, and buried himself in Ning Yixiao's neck. His waist was sore and tired, so he accidentally fell asleep.He thought he had slept for a long time, and opened his eyes in a daze. He asked Ning Yixiao how long he had slept, and was told that it was only 10 minutes.

"What's wrong with you today?" Ning Yixiao pushed back the broken hair on his forehead, "Is there a conflict at home?"

"Well, I'm used to it."

Su Hui was too lazy to tell him all those things, there would be too much to talk about, not bad for this one.The only thing that bothered him was the last question left by the girl after the hasty blind date ended.

That question was always lingering in Su Hui's mind, even when he was the happiest, it would pop up suddenly, like a bird slamming into his chest.

"Ning Yixiao." Su Hui grabbed a small piece of fabric on Ning Yixiao's back with his fingers, and suddenly said, "What if my illness never recovers?"

Ning Yixiao couldn't answer quickly, he was never a person without thinking, and his tone was as calm as ever.

"Take it slowly. This is a chronic disease, and it won't be cured all at once."

Su Hui corrected and asked again, "I mean, it won't get better at all."

Ning Yixiao felt something, and lowered his head close to him, "That's okay, I'll be with you."

Su Hui was silent for a moment, "Then what if I die?"

After saying this, he realized that he was hurting Ning Yixiao, so he explained, "I mean, if one day I can't hold on anymore, I have no choice but to choose to leave."

Ning Yixiao was very quiet and didn't speak for a long time, Su Hui became uneasy and felt guilty, so he apologized first.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said these things." He hugged Ning Yixiao, buried his face in his arms, and said in a muffled voice, "You forget these few words."

Ning Yixiao suddenly smiled, as if he thought he was childish.

Then he patted Su Hui's head and told him, "Don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong."

But neither of them talked about everything about the disease again.

As if to make up for the mistake just now, Su Hui started another topic and talked a lot.

"Ning Yixiao, can we move to a place with a sea in the future?" Su Hui made a big gesture, "I want a big sea, and it's best that every room can see it."

Ning Yixiao said: "The sea is very big. But it's a bit difficult to see it from every room, unless you live on a small island."

"Small islands are not good." Su Hui smiled, playing with the rope on Ning Yixiao's hoodie, tangle it back and forth, "I watched a horror movie before, and I was a little afraid of small islands. I like the beach with plenty of sunshine. There is also a garden in a good house, full of plants I like, and there are flowers to see all year round."

Ning Yixiao liked the way he was thinking about the future, and couldn't help kissing his lips, "Yeah."

But Su Hui pretended to be angry because the kiss interrupted his speech, "I haven't finished yet."

"Tell me." Ning Yixiao kissed the tip of his nose instead.

"Let's get a dog in the future. I like puppies." He raised his eyes, his eyes were bright, like the pupils of a child, "It's better to have a bigger one that can be hugged as a whole."

Ning Yixiao nodded, and also hugged him, "Then if we get a dog in the future, if you think of a name, let's practice it first."

Su Hui was suddenly asked by his plan for a rainy day. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a particularly suitable one, so he gave up, "Come on, and leave the task of naming to his father."

Ning Yixiao couldn't help laughing, "Then what are you his? Mom?"

Su Hui's face turned red for a moment, and only then did he realize that he had been entangled and fell into a trap, "I'm not." After saying this, he immediately covered Ning Yixiao's mouth and physically interrupted the spellcasting.

Sure enough, Ning Yixiao didn't imitate his tongue this time, so Su Hui felt relieved and withdrew his hand.

But at this moment, Ning Yixiao said calmly, "You have a very deep understanding of yourself."

"You..." Su Hui pinched his arm, defending himself, "You are his father, and I am his daddy, can't you?"

Ning Yixiao pursed his smile, and nodded under his coercion, "Yes, of course." He asked again, "What about your seven little elephants?"

"That's right." Su Hui remembered, "Although they cannot be consigned, we can go to Africa to visit them together. We will go when your illness is better, okay? I want to be in front of them." Use the harmonica to blow out the seven-tone scale, and you take a video for me as a souvenir. I hope the breeding base will be cleaner, or I will go in by myself, and you will wait for me outside."

Ning Yixiao nodded and asked again, "Can you play the harmonica?"

Su Hui shook her head with a smile, like a child, "No, let's learn together."

So one more item on the to-do list.

He said a lot, a lot of which Su Hui couldn't remember, his thoughts ran too fast, and he forgot while talking, but Ning Yixiao listened very carefully, as if he had listened to everything.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Su Hui was a little hungry, and his previous trousers were soiled, so Ning Yixiao found him a pair of his own and took him down for supper.

There are many small stalls in the back streets of the old community, some selling barbecue, and some selling fried rice and fried noodles. Ning Yixiao himself doesn’t come here often, but Su Hui likes to eat small dirty stalls, so he can only listen to Su Hui of.

As soon as he ordered something and sat on the outdoor seat, Ning Yixiao's cell phone started ringing. It was always an unfamiliar Beijing number, and he called three times.

Because he was always being chased for debts, Ning Yixiao was always cautious about unfamiliar numbers, but he only remitted money to the creditor a week ago, and he felt that it was not so fast, and they had always used the number from his hometown, which was not right at all.

So, when the Beijing number was dialed for the fourth time, Ning Yixiao got up and went to a secluded place to get through.

To his surprise, the person on the other end of the phone was someone he had never expected——Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi briefly explained the purpose of the phone call, "Su Hui's grandfather has been looking for him all day, but he couldn't get through the phone, and he couldn't find anyone at school, so I thought of you. Is he with you?" ?”

Ning Yixiao asked very vigilantly, "How did you know my phone number?"

Xu Zhi sighed, and seemed to think that this was not important at all. It would be a waste of time to even answer him, but he still answered, "I asked the teachers in your department. Now is the information age, and everyone's data is very open and transparent."

In fact, Ning Yixiao had basically thought of this when he called. Xu Zhi was already in a high position and had resources that many people didn't have. Many things seemed trivial to him.He wanted to point out that Xu Zhi was abusing his network, but he kept quiet and gave up saying it.

"He was with me, we were eating, he was fine, nothing happened."

"Which street are you on? I'll go and bring him back." Xu Zhi didn't give him any other options. "Su Hui's grandfather is very angry. He has something important to bring back and talk to him face to face."

When Ning Yixiao hesitated for a moment, Xu Zhi said again: "Don't think that by protecting him now, you are helping him. In fact, you are probably harming him. No matter how you say it, he and his grandfather are relatives. No matter how big the conflict is, it is a small matter, and it will become a big matter if there is no communication."

Hearing this, Ning Yixiao loosened up.

"Wait until he finishes eating."

He hung up the phone and went back to the little table.Su Hui asked who he was calling with, Ning Yixiao thought about it, and told Su Hui.

He originally thought that Su Hui would lose his temper, or just refuse to eat in anger, and leave here, but after listening to it, Su Hui seemed to be used to it, and only said "oh", then bowed his head and ate a big spoonful of fried rice.

"I knew it."

He swallowed the fried rice with great difficulty, and sneered, "Even if they don't pass you, they will try their best to find me."

Ning Yixiao didn't know how to comfort him, and he didn't know how he should intervene in his family affairs. He just wanted to make Su Hui happy, so he reached out and touched Su Hui's face.

At first Su Hui held back, but Ning Yixiao comforted him, and he soon shed tears.

The adult's face that lasted only a few minutes shattered in an instant, turning back into a child's appearance. He raised his hand to wipe away his tears while making sad assumptions.

"It would be great if my father was still alive. I could live in my parents' house instead of being like this now."

When Ning Yixiao heard this, he felt complicated, he took out the paper he carried with him, and wiped away Su Hui's tears.

Even though he has thought about the same question many times and made the exact same fantasy, imagining what he would be like now if he had a father, would he still be so tired?Will it be at least a little happier.

But Ning Yixiao still said to Su Hui very maturely, "It will be fine in the future."

When Su Hui got into the car, she looked calm, even lifeless, as if nothing had happened.Ning Yixiao stood by the side of the road and watched them drive away.

He was locked behind the small car window, turned around completely to face Ning Yixiao, with both hands on the car window, like a child who was reluctant to leave the amusement park.

Ning Yixiao's heart was empty, he didn't know what happened, he was worried because of himself, he was afraid that their feelings would be exposed, so he had to stop here, so he could hardly sleep all night, tossing and turning.When it was almost dawn, he closed his eyes drowsily and dreamed the dream he was afraid of.

He dreamed that Su Hui told him to break up, saying that his family knew everything and felt that he was not worthy or suitable, and hoped that he would understand.

Ning Yixiao was startled awake by this.

He still couldn't come out of the dream while washing, but when he opened the door and got on the bus to go to practice, Ning Yixiao thought about it calmly. He didn't think Su Hui would say such a thing, and he also thought that his family members didn't. Quickly discover their relationship, they haven't shown so many flaws yet.

Maybe it's because of other things, maybe it's the conflicts within their family, not necessarily.

Ning Yixiao firmly believes that dreams and reality are opposite, and quickly puts himself into work, hoping to quickly forget all the plots of the nightmare.

He was busy all morning and sent several messages to Su Hui, but he never got a reply. Then he held a meeting with the group all afternoon. At the meeting, he reported on his recent work content. The department manager praised him, and the other party skillfully drew the cake, and persuaded Ning Yixiao to stay and become a regular.

If it was Ning Yixiao in the past, maybe he would really stay because of this. After all, it is not easy to stay in Dachang. With his ability, he can show his world here and get rid of embarrassment.

But now when Ning Yixiao heard such words, the first thing that came to his mind was Su Hui's small wishes. They seemed to have connected the future that Ning Yixiao wanted and expected.

After spending the whole day in a daze, Ning Yixiao was a little bit distraught, and even got on the bus only to find that his mobile phone was dead and turned off.

He wanted to go home earlier to recharge and contact Su Hui, so he ran after getting off the bus and returned to the old community as quickly as possible.

Walking into the dilapidated apartment building, Ning Yixiao walked down quickly, lighting up the voice-activated lights in the corridor with hurried steps.

But when he turned the corner and went down to the B[-] floor, he saw a figure curled up in front of the door of the house he was renting, with a white suitcase standing beside him.

Ning Yixiao froze in place, the voice control lights dimmed, everything fell into darkness, like an extinguished dream.

The next moment, the voice in his dream appeared, lighting up the dim light again.

"Ning Yixiao, are you back?"

Su Hui raised his head, half-closed his eyes, confirmed his gaze for a moment, then stood up stiffly, holding the handle of the suitcase.

"Why is it so late..." He said with a pitiful look, but held back his emotions, and only picked up a few important words to tell him.

"I had a quarrel with my grandfather, and he told me to get out, so I just grabbed something and came out."

Ning realized after a night that she went down the last few steps, and under the flickering lights, she came to Su Hui.

"This time, I really have nowhere to go, no home to return to." Su Hui said to herself, resting her head on Ning Yixiao's shoulder.

"How come?" Ning Yixiao kissed the top of his head, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, "You still have me."

Another sentence, he thought about it, but still didn't say it, and felt that he was not qualified now.

I can also give the kitten a home.