Comparable species

Qi Yan took two steps back without a trace, until his back was pressed against the marble wall, and the coolness flowed down his spine to his limbs.

"You're going to watch a movie too." Qi Yan didn't answer Cheng Sen's question, he pretended to change the subject casually, but his voice was a little higher than usual, and occasionally everyone passing by would glance at them.

"Yeah." Cheng Sen nodded, his messy and dry hair swayed, and he stared down at the half of the ticket stub in his hand: "It's not very pretty."

Qi Yan glanced at the movie ticket in Cheng Sen's hand. On it were two illegible words, retrograde.

The phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly, Cheng Sen looked away from the movie ticket, he stared at Qi Yan's face, and after a while he frowned suspiciously.

"Your phone seems to be ringing." Cheng Sen raised his finger and pointed to his trouser pocket, half of the back of his hand was covered by the overly long sleeves, "Don't answer it?"

"It's okay." Qi Yan held the phone, glanced at the names on the screen, and pressed the hang up button indifferently, "It's all harassing calls."

Cheng Sen nodded sluggishly, and his fingers hidden in his cuffs were twisted into balls, as if he was in extreme entanglement.

"Then I'll go back first." Qi Yan's back was pressed against the wall, and he took a small step to the side, but was quickly blocked by someone again.

Cheng Sen supported the wall with his hands, his wide sleeves were empty, like a dead bone that no one cared about.

"I...I'll see you off." Cheng Sen stumbled as he spoke, as if trying to figure out how to keep him from leaving, his sunken brows wrinkled several times.

"It's too troublesome, my home is quite far away."

"No trouble!" Cheng Sen seemed a little excited, he seemed to be startled by his own voice, and swallowed nervously, "Besides, your home is not too far away..."

The lobby of the movie theater was filled with the rich aroma of popcorn and drinks, and the phone in his trouser pocket vibrated a few more times. Cheng Sen seemed to be afraid that he would run away, so he fixed his eyes on him without blinking.

"Okay." Qi Yan lowered his eyelashes and couldn't see his expression clearly, but the corners of his mouth were curled up, and he let out a soft breath: "Then I will trouble you."

The man in front of him showed a relaxed smile, he lowered his arms and took two steps back, making way for Qi Yan.

Qi Yan knew that Xia Shishen's car should be parked at the corner of the gate, and he should be waiting impatiently now, because the vibrating mobile phone in his pocket had already numb his legs.

"Let's go through the back door." Qi Yan turned around and smiled at Cheng Sen who was following behind him, "Closer to my house."

Cheng Sen froze for a moment, then nodded nervously.

Even though Qi Yan's fingertips and the back of his head were numb from the cold, he couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, because Cheng Sen's overly reserved expression was too much like a victim, and he was the pervert who followed others everywhere.

Walking to the corridor near the bathroom, the smell of food is gradually covered by thick and inferior incense, and the soft aroma that lingered at the tip of the nose at the beginning is now gone.There were fewer and fewer people around, and in the end, it seemed that only he and the man behind him were left, with chaotic footsteps in tandem.

In the movie theater, he was shivering from the cold, but within a few minutes after he came out, a thick layer of sweat formed on Qi Yan's neck.

The phone in my pocket no longer vibrated, maybe that little bit of patience has been exhausted.But Xia Shishen's phone calls so many times were unexpected, after all, they were just together...

Maybe they can't be counted as being together, after all, Xia Shishen never said that he likes him, and neither did he.

The black shadow who took a step away from him suddenly followed a little closer, Qi Yan clenched his hands in his trouser pockets, his nails dug into his palms, which made him sober up a lot.

"Qi Yan..." Cheng Sen, who was following behind, suddenly called out to him, Qi Yan stopped and answered with a muffled voice, but he didn't turn his head.

Cheng Sen looked at Qi Yan who was standing under the street lamp, his exposed skin was as white as salt, maybe even whiter than salt.

"Are you familiar with Xia Shishen?"

Qi Yan took his hand out of his pocket, turned around, and said very calmly: "Why do you ask that?"

Cheng Sen wanted to take two steps forward to get closer to Qi Yan, but Qi Yan just looked at him and didn't tell him to come forward.

"Didn't Xia Shishen and you get photographed?" Cheng Sen paused before continuing, "He came to pick you up from get off work, and I saw you getting off his car when I was downstairs at your house. And when I was in the hospital..."

Cheng Sen seemed to feel that he had talked too much, he quickly shut his mouth tightly, and glanced at Qi Yan who had been silent all this time.

The chill that had just faded came out again, and the air seemed to be filled with huge dust particles, making it difficult for Qi Yan to breathe.

Qi Yan turned around and showed an unnatural smile: "Do you think the person being photographed is me?"

Seeing him turn around, Cheng Sen tugged at the hem of his suit twice before saying, "It must be...you're easy to recognize..."

Qi Yan's expression didn't fluctuate much, but Cheng Sen became more courageous, with a flattering smile: "Even if you stand with the star, I will see you first!"

There was naked greed in the man's eyes, and Qi Yan turned his head uncomfortably, suppressing the discomfort surging from his stomach, and said in a flat tone, "Xia Shishen's news is not easy to write, these are all for work."

The black shadow on the concrete floor took two steps closer, Qi Yan turned his head vigilantly, Cheng Sen's glasses slipped to the bridge of his nose, and for the first time, those bloated eyes were exposed in front of Qi Yan without any concealment.

"I can help you..." Cheng Sen took another step forward, the corners of his mouth moaning incessantly due to some strange emotion.

"At work, or anything else... I can help you!"

Having said that, Cheng Sen became more courageous, raised his hand, and stretched it straight towards Qi Yan's face.

There was no one around, Qi Yan watched the hand getting closer and closer, he frowned and planned to avoid it.

— with a snap.

The crisp and clear voice was scattered in the wind, and Qi Yan's eyes were wide open. He looked at Xia Shishen who jumped out of nowhere, and his heart, which had just been jumping up and down, suddenly fell silent.

Cheng Sen glanced at the back of his hand, which was rapidly turning red, and then at the man in the hat in front of him, his gaze was dull.

Xia Shishen looked at Cheng Sen coldly, as if looking at a humanoid hanger in a cheap store.

After a while, Qi Yan watched Xia Shishen turn around, the clean and steady breath on his body seemed to smooth his internal organs.

"Mobile phone." Xia Shishen said.

Qi Yan finally came back to his senses, he tried his best to recover from the current mess, he tilted his body to one side, trying to appease Cheng Sen.But just as he showed his head, Xia Shishen pressed his shoulders and dragged him back.

"Mobile phone." Xia Shishen repeated.

Qi Yan couldn't resist, so he took out the phone from his pocket and handed it over.

Xia Shishen pressed the screen to turn it on, looked at the series of missed calls on it, and said calmly: "Why didn't you answer the phone."

Qi Yan was a little anxious, he hurriedly added: "This is Cheng Sen, he and I are colleagues, and are usually responsible for writing copywriting."

The words "colleague" and "writing copywriting" were emphasized a lot by Qi Yan, and he felt that Xia Shishen could understand what he meant.

Xia Shi pondered deeply for a while, he took out the cigarette case from his pocket, shook it twice and found it was empty, squeezed it in his hands a little irritably.He glanced at the man named Cheng Sen, who happened to be looking at him too, Xia Shishen turned sideways, and looked down at him.

Xia Shishen looked at Cheng Sen and said to him, "You are too close to Qi Yan."

"I don't like it very much."