gentle moonlight

The landlord, Mrs. Chen, is from Guangzhou. She doesn't speak Mandarin very well. Most of them speak Cantonese. Wen Chu doesn't understand her very well. She relies half on listening and half on guessing.About three or two days before Xu Kezhou's wedding, it was raining again in Sydney, and Wen Chu rarely went out, lying on the bed and listening to prenatal music for the baby, and because of the weather, he was drowsy.

After a while, Mrs. Chen knocked on the door. She was a little curious about this tenant. He didn't communicate much with others and liked to be alone. The door was often closed.He sometimes chats with himself, and more often stares out the window for a long time.She casually asked him what he was doing in Australia, and he said he was on vacation, but he didn't look like he was on vacation.

"Mr. Wen, someone is looking for you." Mrs. Chen knocked on the wooden door twice and spoke in Cantonese. It took Wen Chu a while to understand what she said.He made an appointment with Zheng Chen for a check-up today, and he thought it was Zheng Chen who came, but when he looked at his phone, it didn't arrive at the appointed time.

Wen Chu got up and put on a woolen sweater, and went out in cotton slippers. The one standing downstairs was not Zheng Chen.

It's Xu Kezhou.

Wen Chu was in a daze for a while. He happened to dream about Xu Kezhou last night. He didn't remember what he dreamed about, but it was indeed a dream, so he was a little confused for a while. He couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, so he rubbed desperately. Eye.

One of them stood upstairs and the other downstairs, neither of them spoke, they looked at each other through the air that filled the room.

Mrs. Chen came out of the kitchen with a vegetable basket, not aware of the delicate atmosphere, and asked Wen Chu kindly and hospitablely, "I'm going to buy vegetables, what does Xiao Wen want to eat today?"

Her children are not around, and she is as close to Wen Chu as she is to her own son.He looked at Xu Kezhou again, he probably didn't know the climate and temperature in Sydney, he was only wearing a thin coat, drenched in the rain, and hurried to get a dry towel, "Oh, I'm going to catch a cold! "

She whispered to herself, as if she was muttering something, seeing that the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, she left with a basket on her shoulders before Wen Chu's answer.

The only sound left was the sound of rain coming in from the window and the crackling fire in the fireplace.

"Ah Chu."

"How did you come?"

The two actually still had a tacit understanding, and they spoke almost at the same time.

Xu Kezhou wiped his dripping hair with a towel, and replied naturally, "I'm here on a business trip to Australia, and I'll take a look at you."

Wen Chu raised his eyebrows subconsciously, he didn't remember Xu's project in Australia.He didn't know this action before, and he didn't know when he developed it.He wanted to ask Xu Kezhou how he knew he lived here, but when he thought about how they had set each other's location on their mobile phones, Wen Chu almost forgot about it.

Xu Kezhou looked really embarrassed, the shirt inside was soaked, some mud was splashed on the trousers, and the hair was still dripping after wiping and wiping. I don’t know how he came here in such a cold weather. Even Wen Chu was too embarrassed to turn him away.

What made him unable to refuse even more was the way Xu Kezhou stared at him.

Forget it, just this once, Wen Chu told himself.

"Come up first."

There are three bedrooms on the second floor, and the one on the right is warm and comfortable. Because there are not many furniture, it does not feel cramped. If the weather is good, most of the room can be exposed to sunlight.

Wen Chu brought him dry clothes, and consciously avoided Xu Kezhou when he was changing clothes. He went downstairs to the kitchen and boiled half a pot of ginger soup. My wife usually likes to cook soup, and these ingredients are complete.

When he went up again, Xu Kezhou had already changed his clothes. After all, he was taller than himself, and the clothes felt tight on his body.

There was still prenatal education music playing on the phone, making a very unpleasant voice, Wen Chu hurriedly pressed it off.He was used to the way the two of them got along before, and he didn't change it for a while. He scolded Xu Kezhou while collecting the wet clothes angrily, "Don't you know it's winter here? You wear so little."

After he finished speaking, he was also taken aback, feeling that there was something inappropriate, but Xu Kezhou smiled, not really a smile, he pursed his lips and raised it lightly, looking at Wen Chu like a child who has done something wrong, "I won't do it next time. "

There will be no next time, Wen Chu thought so, but didn't say it.

The small blanket he was covering just now was folded and spread randomly on the bed, looking messy, Wen Chu bent over to fold it, and just after folding the corner, Xu Kezhou hugged him from behind.

"Why didn't you tell me when you left..." There was only a cold letter left, and the unfamiliar and polite tone made him unable to believe it was written by Wen Chu.

Why, what else could it be? It's not that he was afraid of such a situation. Once Xu Kezhou persuaded him to stay, he couldn't even bear to leave.

Wen Chu wanted to take away the hand that was wrapped around his waist, but he was so greedy for the warmth of this moment, it was warmer than his blanket, warmer than the sun shining in on a sunny day, even warmer than burning A roaring fireplace.

But no matter how warm it is, it can't warm him for a lifetime. Wen Chu still took his hand away. The moment he touched his palm, Wen Chu felt that Xu Kezhou's hand seemed rougher than before, and the calluses on his fingers were thicker. The temperature made him familiar to strange, as if the last time I saw him was a long time ago.

"Ah Chu..."

When Xu Kezhou called his name, Wen Chu smiled brightly, but his eyes were blurred.

He broke away from Xu Kezhou's embrace almost as if fleeing, ran away, and ran downstairs to turn off the fire that was boiling ginger soup.

The water boiled away, and dense water vapor filled the surroundings, Wen Chu raised his head and waited for the water in his eyes to evaporate.

He scolded himself in his heart, why was he so dishonest.

Just being hugged and immersed in it.

Standing at the stairs, Xu Kezhou seemed to be expecting Wen Chu's escape, but at the same time he was at a loss. Wen Chu would never avoid him, no matter what the circumstances.

He attributed the reason to his rash behavior, "I'm sorry."

Wen Chu filled him with a bowl of ginger soup, and by the way, also filled himself with a bowl of dispelling the cold, probably because he was afraid that he would come up to him again, so he deliberately walked in front.He hated Xu Kezhou's sorry to death, and every time he said it, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped.

"Isn't it busy these days?" When they returned to the room, Wen Chu was sitting on the rocking chair holding a bowl to warm his hands, Xu Kezhou didn't seem to be much better than before, he looked even more tired, maybe it was because he had been sitting with him for a long time related to the aircraft.

"It's okay." Xu Kezhou was drenched in the rain, his voice became hoarse, and he seemed even deeper, "It's just that I'm not used to it."

He couldn't get used to the absence of a home.

Wen Chu blew on the hot ginger soup, pretending to be nonchalant, "Really? I heard that there is a symptom called premarital phobia, which probably has something to do with it."

Xu Kezhou was most afraid and didn't want to hear him mention this matter, "You know I don't want to."

Wen Chu smiled, laughing at his stupidity, "That's why I'm afraid."

Xu Kezhou was blocked by him, he had nothing to say, he faintly felt that Wen Chu seemed to be different in something, and it seemed that nothing had changed, he was still the same person who could talk and laugh with everyone, gentle and elegant, and as rich as jade.

His appearance gave Xu Kezhou the courage to fight against the whole world.

"When will you go back to China? Your wedding is coming soon." Wen Chu felt that he had talked too much, as if he wanted to say everything he hadn't said these days, "I'm afraid it's not good if the groom isn't here."

Xu Kezhou's eyes were indifferent, "You know I don't have any relationship with her."

But Yan Yun said that feelings can be cultivated slowly, he and Xu Kezhou can do it, and Xu Kezhou can do it with others.

Wen Chu said, "It has nothing to do with me."

Xu Kezhou was always able to see people thoroughly. Seeing Wen Chu's drooping eyes, he felt distressed, "But you are sad."

Wen Chu was taken aback, "No."

He answered too hastily, but seemed to be trying to cover up, but also eager to hide his unnaturalness, sipping ginger soup, forgetting that the soup was still hot, he was so hot that he gasped, and almost lost the bowl in his hand.

Xu Kezhou sat by the bed, more than one meter away from him, quickly realized, took the bowl in his hand and put it down, and said anxiously, "Open your mouth, let me see!"

Wen Chu was still fighting against his last stubbornness, Xu Kezhou had already scratched his chin and looked at it, but Wen Chu couldn't see it, so he had to lick the feeling with his tongue, probably it was blisters.

Seeing the pink tip of his tongue, Xu Kezhou swallowed it.