Manhattanhenge

Kissing and going to bed with an ex is already embarrassing enough, the most terrifying thing is that there is no way to escape.

Su Hui felt that the situation was out of her control, and she knew that she was doing something wrong, but she still couldn't make up her mind to reject Ning Yixiao.

With complicated emotions, he felt that he already owed Ning enough for a night, and wanted to make up for it within a safe range as much as possible, and be a qualified friend who could provide him with emotional value.

But Su Hui is very clear that he is quietly stealing warmth in these inappropriate "compensations". Every approach and every care of Ning Yixiao makes it hard for him to let go.

Knowing that Ning Yixiao hadn't been with anyone else in the past six years, Su Hui was also shaken for a moment, but soon sobered up.

Although he didn't know the process of Ning Yixiao's hard work, but in just a few years, Ning Yixiao was able to go from nothing to where he is now. He must have put in hard work beyond the reach of ordinary people, and there will be no time to maintain new relationships. .

For a person like him, perhaps feelings are the most worthless thing.

Su Hui had no way to make better delusions.

For a long time after the separation, under the instigation of the manic period, he was also eager to withdraw the decision to break up, and tried to contact again and again, but nothing came to nothing.

As time went by, his delusions gradually disappeared, sealed up like all invalid letters that could not be responded to, and finally sealed himself into the boundless hallucination.

In fact, Su Hui likes hallucinations very much, because he often hears Ning Yixiao talking to him, and he doesn't feel lonely at all. This is how their relationship continues, and they even evade treatment for it.

But facing the real Ning Yixiao, Su Hui was timid, not knowing what to do, afraid of doing something wrong, afraid of hurting him.

Perhaps psychopaths are better off living with hallucinations.

"What are you thinking about?"

Ning Yixiao had already come in front of Su Hui, lowered his head halfway, "Not feeling well?"

Su Hui came out of the long and jumping thoughts, blinked and shook her head.

Ning Yixiao paused, as if observing him, "You haven't recovered from your cold yet, so it's okay if you don't go."

Su Hui avoided his gaze, but agreed to his request, "Go, I also want to go out for a walk."

"En." Ning Yixiao replied, but stared at him and did not leave.

Su Hui was a little uncomfortable, raised her eyes, her ears were blushing, and she didn't know, "What are you looking at..."

Ning Yixiao pointed to his neck, "Do you want to change into a turtleneck sweater?"

"What?" Su Hui was a little confused.

Ning Yixiao was not ashamed to say anything, and said unserious things with a very serious face, "I accidentally left a mark."

Su Hui's ears became even redder. He lowered his head and walked to the closet. He looked in the mirror, and sure enough there were hickey marks. He turned his head and found that there were teeth marks on the back of his neck.

What an outrageous thing they did yesterday...

Su Hui didn't have the face to check it, she unbuttoned her pajamas, and was about to take it off, when she suddenly remembered that Ning Yixiao was still behind.

He had never been so embarrassed.

After thinking about it, Su Hui casually found a turtleneck sweater from the closet, took a pair of trousers, and slipped into the bathroom by herself.

When he came out, the bed had been tidy and the quilt was folded into squares, meticulously. Ning Yixiao sat at the desk where Su Hui usually sat, and was making a work phone call. As soon as the bathroom door opened, he turned his head to look over .

"Let's talk about it later, I will consider the road show." Ning Yixiao hung up the phone.

Su Hui was a little worried that he would see his draft, so he walked over unnaturally and tugged at his sleeve, "Why don't you go out?"

Ning Yixiao glanced at his hand, then raised his head again, "It doesn't seem normal for me to go out of your room alone now."

Ok.

Su Hui had nothing to say, and tugged at his collar in embarrassment, for fear of revealing anything, "Then I'll go out and have a look first."

Ning Yixiao agreed and followed behind him.Su Hui came to the door, opened the door a little, and looked outside.

But the ice cream's nose is too sharp, just as it opened the door, it smelled the smell of the two of them, and rushed up, the guy weighing several tens of kilograms, knocked open the door all at once.

Su Hui was unprepared, and was knocked backwards, falling directly into Ning Yixiao's arms.

"Be careful."

Ning Yixiao supported his elbow from behind, almost half hugging Su Hui.

"It's okay." Su Hui quickly withdrew from his arms, regardless of whether there was anyone outside, and went out directly.

But it was completely contrary to his expectations, there was no one in the living room, only the wine glasses and the crumbling wine bottle remained, and the three of them disappeared.

"They're not here." Su Hui heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and said to Ning Yixiao.

Ning Yixiao couldn't see the slightest flaw on his face, "Really? You know how to go home after a hangover, and your quality is good."

Su Hui didn't feel strange, but was very lucky, otherwise he didn't know how to explain it clearly. After all, they only knew that they were Ning Yixiao's ex last night, and they walked out of the room together today. The shock was too great. big.

"I'll go up and change." Ning Yixiao said, "Come down and go."

"Oh." Su Hui nodded, taking advantage of Ning Yixiao's time to change clothes, went to the sofa to clean up last night's wine bottles and glasses, and put all the used dishes in the sink.

Standing in the kitchen, Su Hui felt familiar, squatted down, and found that there were indeed fallen cigarette ash on the ground, and half a cigarette that had been crushed on the middle island.

This adds to the reality of last night.

Su Hui's face became hot, and he got up and went back to his room to put on his coat. It was snowing outside, and he put on a black coat, but there was a special day outside the holiday season. On the first day of the new year, Su Hui subconsciously thought that he should dress a little more auspiciously, so He took out a burgundy beanie that he seldom wears, and put it on his head.

Her hair grew to her shoulders, and it was curled up under the pressure. Su Hui stroked it for a long time, but still gave up.

When walking out, Ning Yixiao just came down and came to his door.

I don't know if it should be regarded as the tacit understanding of the ex, or the dedication to the New Year, Ning Yixiao's outfit once again bumped into him - black coat, black turtleneck sweater, black leather gloves, dark red cashmere scarf.

Su Hui raised her hand subconsciously, trying to tear off the wool cap on her head, but Ning Yixiao stopped her.

"Wear it, it's cold outside."

After he finished speaking, he added, "And you wear it very cute."

Su Hui pretended not to understand what he said, went out with his head down, changed his shoes, the temperature outside was really low, he put his hands in his pockets, and entered the elevator with Ning Xiao one after the other.

The inner wall of the metal mirror of the elevator reflected the two of them, and it looked like a standard couple's outfit that would be posted on some social software.

Ning Yixiao pressed the first floor, thought for a while and asked again, "Do you want to drive there or call a taxi? I ​​gave the driver a day off today."

"Let's drive." Su Hui blurted out, "It seems that it's not easy to hail a car here."

Ning Yixiao paused, "Can you drive?"

Su Hui shook his head.

Ning Yixiao still pressed B1 and teased him, "It's been six years, and you still haven't learned how to drive?"

Su Hui pursed her lips, "Yes, there is no chance."

And learning how to drive is very expensive here.

"It's very inconvenient not to drive in the United States." Ning Yixiao said.

Su Hui recognized this very much, "Yes, it's very troublesome, so I usually take the subway, but if I go out of New York, I can't help it. I often take a ride with a professor or a student. There was a student who taught me to drive before, but I was afraid that if I had a car accident on the first day, it would be over."

He spoke a lot more than Yu Qi, and his speech speed became faster, and he always subconsciously brought some playful endings.

When the underground parking lot arrived, Ning Yixiao walked out first, "It's true that the teacher was taught how to drive by a student..."

"It's embarrassing, I know, don't blame me." Su Hui said it first, as if this way she wouldn't be laughed at.

Ning Yixiao chuckled, "It's not shameful, it's very cute."

Is this word appearing too frequently today?

Su Hui lowered her head, trying to turn up the collar of her sweater to cover her entire face and hide herself.

He unexpectedly discovered that Ning Yixiao was not familiar with this parking lot, and it took him a long time to find a car.

So he approached Ning Yixiao's shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Do you know where it is?"

Ning Yixiao knew that he was looking for an opportunity to fight back, so he glanced at him, "It was all stopped by the driver."

"Okay, Mr. Ning." Su Hui changed his words after finishing speaking, "No, it should be Shaw."

The start wasn't smooth, but Ning Yixiao still found a few cars parked here, he chose the one that looked the most low-key, and opened the passenger's door.

"Thank you."

Su Hui found that although Ning Yixiao could drive, she was not as relaxed as usual, and even a little tense, especially after driving.

He didn't know if this was his own illusion, because this feeling was so subtle that he wouldn't notice it with another person.

"Do you not like driving?" Su Hui wanted to speak to ease the tension.

Ning Yixiao stared at the rearview mirror, and indeed said less than before, "Yeah."

"Then don't drive next time when you go out." Su Hui said, "We can take the subway. I am very familiar with the subway in New York."

Ning Yixiao finally laughed, just when he encountered a red light, he stopped and looked at Su Hui, "When is the next time?"

Su Hui was asked.

Yes, what is he talking about.

"Next time..." Su Hui thought for a while, "My birthday? Let me treat you to dinner."

Ning Yixiao said no, but he was pleased by this small sentence in his heart, "How can I let the birthday star treat me? Of course I will come."

Chinatown and their apartment are actually very close, but it took a long time in the car because of the bad traffic in New York.When he got out of the car, the snow outside had stopped, but the temperature was still very low, alternating hot and cold, his throat felt a little uncomfortable, and he coughed a few times.

His hands were a little cold, so Su Hui put them in his pocket and didn't intend to take them out.

They came just in time, Chinatown is holding a New Year's parade. The dragon and lion dancers lead the way, passing through the festively decorated streets, the crowds are crowded, everyone is holding small lanterns or paper-cutting, and the streets and alleys are playing classic songs. New Year's greeting songs, full of New Year flavor.

Su Hui hadn't felt such an atmosphere for a long time. Even at home in the past, there was no such a strong festive atmosphere during the Chinese New Year. At best, he had a New Year's Eve dinner and spent it with people he didn't know well.

He used to look forward to spending the new year with Ning Yixiao. He thought that he would spend every year together, but in the end even the only time failed.

The dragon dance team passed by them, and the watching crowd rushed over. Su Hui didn't notice, and was almost knocked down.

But Ning Yixiao pulled him over and stretched out his hand to protect him.

The crowd pushed them very close, and the safe distance caused by unfamiliarity was broken. Their arms rubbed against each other, and Su Hui's backs of hands and fingertips touched Ning Yixiao's cold gloves several times. But as if being scalded, he withdrew his hand.

Someone set off firecrackers on the corner of the street, the sudden sound startled Su Hui, his shoulders shook, but after a while he tiptoed to look at the firecrackers again.

Ning Yixiao grabbed his wrist, "There is a Chinese supermarket over there, go buy some paper-cut couplets and paste them at home."

Su Hui was dragged away by him like this.

They wandered around in the store, which was full of red, paper-cut window grilles, couplets, and lanterns. Su Hui's eyes were attracted by a small tiger head keychain, and he subconsciously bought a pair. But after thinking about it, he thought it was weird, so he hid it away. Of my own, I only kept one in my hand.

"What is this?" Ning Yixiao saw it, walked over, and took the tiger head keychain from his hand.

"I'll see you off." After Su Hui finished speaking, she felt that this didn't match Ning Yixiao's style, "It doesn't matter if you want it or not."

Ning Yixiao put it in his pocket directly.

He very much doubted that if he didn't want it, Su Hui would give it to a student instead.

While Ning Yixiao was paying for other New Year's goods, Su Hui kept looking out, and suddenly he found a small shop selling food across the street, and carefully checked the [Festival Limited] menu at the door. He was a little pleasantly surprised, so he told Ning Yixiao said: "I'm going to buy something diagonally across, and I'll be back soon."

His voice was not loud, and he was drowned in the guests coming and going, but he didn't notice it.

Ning Yixiao paid the bill, turned around and found that Su Hui was not by her side, her heart tightened, "Su Hui?"

He turned around to find someone, even forgot to take the things he bought, and left them on the counter. When he left the store, he was stopped by the clerk and stuffed into his hands.

Ning Yixiao took out her mobile phone and dialed Su Hui, but no one answered.The streets were crowded with people, and there were crowds of people in sight, and he couldn't be found at all.

Just after hanging up the phone, he heard Su Hui's voice.

Following the sound, he saw Su Hui waving at him through the turbulent crowd, just across the street, covered by the crowd beating the big drum.

Finally letting go of his heart, Ning Yixiao walked over, almost losing his temper, but still suppressed his anger, and said in a calm tone, "What are you doing? Why did you walk away suddenly? There are so many people here."

"I said, I want to buy something." Su Hui smiled, pulled Ning Yixiao to a secluded place aside, opened the takeaway box in his arms like a treasure, and handed it to Ning Yixiao, "Look , Fried Lantern Festival!"

Ning Yixiao was stunned.

Su Hui smiled sincerely, and said a lot, "I suddenly found out that it's on sale. What a coincidence, it happened to be the last one. If I arrived later, it would be sold out. And that auntie is very nice, because it's the last one. He gave me sweet-scented osmanthus honey, and told me to pour it on and eat it, and it would smell like sweet-scented osmanthus."

There were too many people, and his voice could easily be drowned out, so he had to tiptoe up to Ning Yixiao and say that Ning Yixiao wanted to kiss him here several times.

"Would you like to try it? I don't know how. Anyway, many people buy it. I bought black sesame stuffing." Su Hui said, picked one up with a bamboo stick, and was about to hand it to him, when he suddenly thought of it. Ning Yixiao's obsession with cleanliness made it very uncomfortable for him to eat on the street with so many people.

"Forget it, let's find a restaurant first, I'm so hungry."

Su Hui didn't realize that she was subconsciously acting like a baby, but she just wanted to find a place with a good environment to eat Yuanxiao with him.

Ning Yixiao's attention was entirely on Su Hui's frozen red hands.

"Wait a moment."

Su Hui turned her head and saw Ning Yixiao took off the gloves and handed them to him.

"You help me wear it."

Su Hui was a little puzzled, "Don't you wear it?"

"Well, I want to apply some hand cream." Ning Yixiao said casually, "It will be uncomfortable to wear after applying it."

Su Hui's expression was still very confused, "Then put your hands in your suit pockets. Are your coat pockets too small? I can help you pack them."

Ning Yixiao couldn't do anything about his brain circuit, "It's crowded, it's easy to miss, you can wear it for me for a while."

"Okay." Su Hui thought he was strange.

But Ning Yixiao might be really nostalgic, maybe he would be very anxious if he really lost it.

Su Hui handed the Fried Lantern Festival to Ning Yixiao, and obediently put on his gloves.

So warm.

It was Ning Yixiao's body temperature.

It was a bit big, he pinched Kong Kong's fingertips, thinking that Ning Yixiao's very wide hands could always wrap him completely.

For some reason, Su Hui's cheeks felt hot. To him, wearing Ning Yixiao's gloves seemed as intimate as holding hands with him.

"I know a good restaurant." Ning Yixiao grabbed his wrist in the crowd, "Let's go."

They sat down in a lively Cantonese-style restaurant. There were many old people speaking very authentic Cantonese. Su Hui didn't quite understand it, but found it very interesting.

Afraid that he felt that the environment was not clean enough, Su Hui took out a paper towel and wiped the table, and also took away the hand sanitizer on the table.

"Don't wash, your hands are already clean." He said to Ning Yixiao.

Ning Yixiao had no choice but to compromise.

There were too many guests, and the restaurant didn't accept adjustments in taboos when ordering. Ning Yixiao probably ordered a few dishes, all of which were Su Hui's favorite dishes in the past.

After the meal was served, like a conditioned reflex, Ning Yixiao picked up the chopsticks and picked up the green onion and coriander from the dish one by one.

This move made Su Hui a little sad for no reason.

They seem to have been subconsciously solidified, and they are still the same as when they were together, although everything has changed.

This feeling is especially strong when I see the last bowl of egg custard served.

Su Hui thought that in his life, he might never meet someone like Ning Yixiao who would always remember his likes and tolerate his shortcomings.

The cold affected the sense of taste, but Su Hui still ate happily. He ate most of the egg custard by himself, and also shared a few fried dumplings for Ning Yixiao.

"It's delicious, isn't it?" He looked at Ning Yixiao with expectant eyes.

Ning Yixiao nodded, with a smile on his lips, "It's delicious."

At the end of this Chinatown, they passed an old-fashioned dim sum shop that sold traditional Chinese dim sum shortbread.

"Do you want to eat?" Ning Yixiao asked Su Hui with his head turned.

Su Hui's thoughts were guessed by him, so he admitted, "I want to eat wife cake."

She liked to see his guilty conscience, Ning Yixiao smiled, and happily lined up to buy it for him.

It was hard to get him in line, but the shortbreads were almost sold out, and the wife’s cakes were the most popular, and there would be a new batch after waiting for 5 minutes.

The cake seller was a young aunt who spoke Cantonese, but Su Hui couldn't understand it at all, so she leaned over to Ning Yixiao and asked him in a low voice, "Is it sold out?"

"You have to wait, there will be new ones out soon." Ning Yixiao said.

"You can understand Cantonese." Su Hui was a little surprised, and asked with a hint of luck, "You shouldn't have been able to before."

He felt that he could remember correctly, although they had only been together for half a year.

But Su Hui was subconsciously unwilling to accept Ning Yixiao's changes.

"Well, I learned it later." Ning Yixiao said, "When I first started, I met a Chinese investor. He is from Cantonese. He has immigrated for several generations. He can only speak Cantonese but not Mandarin. Investment, I spent a little time learning Cantonese, I want to get closer and communicate better.”

"And then?" Su Hui was curious, "Did you get his investment?"

Ning Yixiao nodded, "He invested a large amount, which was the highest amount of money I got in the A round of financing, and he also invested in the subsequent round."

"You are amazing." Su Hui raised her head.

Ning Yixiao felt that his tone was very sweet, almost imitating his tongue, but he held back.

The aunt who sold the cake said, "My wife's cake is ready, who wants my wife's cake?" Ning Yixiao turned his head and replied in Cantonese, "I want one, thank you."

My aunt felt very friendly when she heard him speak Cantonese, and saw that he was tall and friendly, so she smiled and said, "Hey boy, who are you buying for?"

Ning Yixiao understood her teasing and smiled lightly.

"This kid next to me is wearing a hat." He said in Cantonese.

Auntie glanced at Su Hui, and suddenly understood, "Oh, she looks so pretty, she's a perfect match. I'll send you a piece of red bean cake. The new year is so sweet."

She also stuffed an extra takeaway coupon, which was designed like a business card, "You can call us to deliver it next time."

Ning Yixiao said thank you, took the shortbread and passed it to Su Hui.

Su Hui was very curious, followed Ning Yixiao's footsteps and asked, "What did Auntie just say?"

"I won't tell you." Ning Yixiao deliberately teased him.

Su Hui was a little anxious, "What do you mean, you guys had a great chat, and she's been laughing all the time, I want to know too."

Ning Yixiao stood still and began to lie, "I said I wanted a wife cake, and she asked me if I like wife cakes."

"And then?" Su Hui's forehead hair was pressed under the woolen cap, revealing a pair of sparkling eyes.

Ning Yixiao didn't blush when she told a lie, "I said yes, and then asked her, can I buy wife cakes for my wife?"

Su Hui began to realize that something was wrong, and his complexion gradually changed. He pulled up the collar with his gloved hands to cover the lower half of his face.

Ning Yixiao continued solemnly, "She said, seeing that I look good, you can introduce her daughter to me."

"Give me my business card."

Su Hui was skeptical, and suddenly felt that the hot shortbread in his hand was no longer fragrant.

Seeing that there was no reaction from him, Ning Yixiao didn't continue. They returned to the parking place from another street with few people. Halfway, they were sprayed with ribbons by a child, and they were covered all over.

Back in the car, Ning Yixiao turned on the air conditioner, and saw Su Hui was in a daze with the ribbon on his shoulder, so he took it off for him, "Why don't you eat? I've been waiting in line for a long time."

Su Hui regained his composure, took it out, ate a mouthful, then put it back, fearing that he might get the cake crumbs into Ning Yixiao's car, he checked for a long time.

The car drove to another block, and while waiting for the red light, Ning Yixiao suddenly heard Su Hui speak.

"She really wants to introduce her daughter to you?" Su Hui turned her head and stared at Ning Yixiao's face with a serious expression.

Ning Yixiao didn't expect that he was still thinking about this matter, and almost laughed out loud.

"What's the matter, am I not worthy?"

"No." Su Hui shook his head, "It's nothing."

There were still two seconds left before the red light, if there were a few more seconds, Ning Yixiao might really not be able to resist kissing him.

Ning Yixiao couldn't help smiling, and confessed to Su Hui, "I lied to you."

"Buy wife cakes but don't give them away, idiot."