he summer winter

I still went to eat roast duck in the evening, and changed to another restaurant closer to home. This time, the queue was early. When I arrived at the store, there was only one table in front, and the two of them were waiting at the door.

A row of palace lanterns was hung under the eaves outside the shop, the height of the bottom of the lamps was exactly two or three centimeters above Xia Yue's head, Chi Lidong was about to touch his head when standing under the lamps, so he had to stand under the steps.

Xia Yue laughed at him on the steps: "Stupid big man".

He wasn't annoyed, either, and smiled in agreement.

Xia Yue reached out and brushed off the little dust on his hair for him.

The waiter in charge of calling the number is a little chubby guy, with a round face, a smile on his face, and two dimples, which is very festive.At this time, I was busy, delivering hot tea, melon seeds and fruits to the guests waiting outside. I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt in early winter, and I was still sweating profusely.

Xia Yue seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "Look at this little brother, does he look like the master of the school's second canteen? The one who sells siu mai."

Chi Lidong looked at it, laughed too, and said, "Like, he seems to be rounder than that master."

Xia Yue said: "Master Shaomai is much rounder now. I went back to school the year before last and saw him, and his belly is so big." He even gestured on his stomach, as if he was holding a big watermelon.

Chi Lidong looked at him in surprise, and said, "The year before last? Have you been back to Beijing?"

Xia Yue said: "This is my hometown, why am I not allowed to come back?"

Chi Lidong raised his head slightly, and asked hesitantly, "Then why... didn't you find me?"

Xia Yue said, "What are you looking for?"

Chi Lidong was a little stunned when he heard the sudden indifference in his sentence.

There are tables of customers coming out of the shop.

Xia Yue gave way, took advantage of the opportunity to come down the steps, and walked aside, Chi Lidong hurriedly followed him.

A little further away from the waiting guests.The two faced each other and stood on the side of the road.

Chi Lidong asked carefully: "Unhappy?"

Xia Yue said: "Do you think I am very happy?"

Chi Lidong said: "You know I'm stupid, I didn't mean to make you angry."

Xia Yue said: "I'm not angry with you."

Chi Lidong said: "Don't get angry with yourself."

Xia Yue: "..."

Chi Lidong poked his face with his index finger and said, "Smile quickly."

Xia Yue scolded him in Cantonese: "You are crazy." (You idiot.)

Chi Lidong laughed and said, "You speak Cantonese really nicely."

Xia Yue's face softened a lot, he pushed him and said, "Annoying."

He took half a step back in coordination, vomiting blood from serious injuries.

Xia Yue finally smiled, but quickly took it back.

He lowered his eyes and said, "I have been back to Beijing several times, but I have never looked for you. In fact, I know that you have been single all these years, probably not because of me."

Chi Lidong stood up straight from the "serious injury", unable to speak.

Xia Yue said: "I miss you very much, but I don't want to see you. I am very afraid that I will humiliate myself again."

Chi Lidong's heart was pierced by these words, he raised his hand suddenly, wanting to hug Xia Yue, but under Xia Yue's too calm gaze, he lowered his arm silently.

Compared with Xia Yue's heartbreak, his heart piercing at this moment is ridiculously frivolous.

He can give Xia Yue a hug at this moment to comfort him, but in the tens of thousands of moments in the past 12 years, those who miss him and don't want to see him, every Xia Yue is buried in time forever , he could no longer give them hugs.

"A few months ago," Xia Yue said, "you actually got involved in Beijing's gay scene, and even said you wanted to find a partner. That's amazing, Brother Dachi."

Chi Lidong bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "I was wrong."

Xia Yue said: "I still go to the party twice in three days. How do you feel about the dishes that day? Are you happy to be called Brother Da Chi by a bunch of small zeros, waiting for you to choose a concubine? If I come back later, are you happy?" Don't you just pick a partner to live with?"

Chi Lidong lowered his head, trying to get into a crack in the ground.

The waiter at the roast duck restaurant came out and called the number, and the last table of guests in front of them went in.

"Even if you call the number," Xia Yue said, "you have to call me first. I took this number 12 years ago, and there is no door for me to pass the number."

Chi Lidong: "...that day at the clubhouse, did you come to find me specifically?"

Xia Yue didn't answer him, and said: "In the past, you only wanted to cook for one person and didn't entertain me. I admit it. Now that you open the door to accept new guests, I will sit at the head table."

He turned his back to the street, behind him was the traffic, neon lights shuttled, his figure melted into the night, but his eyes were as bright as stars, and he was determined to win.

Chi Lidong finally couldn't hold back and hugged him.

"In the future, it will be your private dish."