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After this incident, from Tang Lixing's point of view, Yu Ruining was fine with everything except that he still refused to say that he loved him.

He knew that Yu Ruining loved him, even after He Jin's heartache, he seemed to cherish him even more, holding him a little cautiously.

Yu Ruining has always been a person who cherishes blessings.Really happy, Tang Lixing gave him three points, and he thought he was not good enough for five points.He also loses his temper capriciously in front of Tang Lixing, either because of his capriciousness towards He Jin and He Xiu, who deliberately try to please others, or because of the petty love between lovers.

Tang Lixing felt a sense of accomplishment as if he had raised a ginseng fruit by himself.In his eyes, Yu Ruining is as precious as ginseng fruit.

Recently, Yu Ruining returned to the stage of drama and took on a non-dramatic historical theme, which was a story between Louis XIV and his younger brother, Prince Philip.He plays Prince Philip.

When he was rehearsing, Tang Lixing went to visit the set. He was wearing a French court dress, so beautiful that he was outrageous.

The lace bow that was unique to court dress during the Louis XIV period in France, and Prince Philip's long curly black hair, Yu Ruining dressed up exactly like the ornaments in the girl's cabinet.

Tang Lixing followed to the dressing room, and Yu Ruining took off the blue coat that reached to the knees. Inside was a tight gown of the same color, and inside was a white coat with puffed sleeves and a fluffy collar.He raised his face slightly and fumbled for the button hidden in the collar flower, turned his head and didn't see the assistant, and said with a smile: "Did you kick my assistant out? Are you going to be my assistant?"

He held Yu Ruining's waist with one hand, and raised his hand to touch his neck, but instead of helping him, he said "willing to help".Yu Ruining laughed out loud, raised her sleeves and rolled them around in his arms for half a week, and kissed his mouth like a superficial kiss: "Do you like this dress?"

Tang Lixing lowered his head and rubbed against his shoulders through the thin cloth, and finally stopped at his collar and neck, but his hands lifted the hem of the clothes and stretched into his hips. Yu Ruining's breathing was a little heavy, but he pressed his hands: "If you If you like it, don’t change your clothes today.”

Tang Lixing was taken aback, smiled softly, picked up the two coats and wrapped them around him, hugged him horizontally and went out.

He was wearing high-heeled shoes that matched his clothes for rehearsal this time, and he was uncomfortable walking. After returning home, Tang Lixing held him in his arms. He Xiu and Tang Jinyan looked at him with stagnant breathing.

Tang Jinyan watched them go upstairs, and said with a smile: "These two are getting better at playing."

Tang Lixing put him on the bed. He kicked off his shoe and smiled at Tang Lixing: "You came late today, and you didn't see it. There is also a scene where Prince Philip attends the court ball with the knight of Lorraine in women's clothing."

He was wearing knee-high white socks and wide knickers that only reached the knees, which were spread beside the bed like a lotus leaf skirt.Tang Lixing held his foot and stroked it up along his leg.

The coat was spread under him, with a blue background, making Yu Rui's radiance white.Tang Lixing didn't want to take off his suit, and Yu Ruining looked very obstructive in this suit, but it made Tang Lixing do whatever he wanted.

The tight gown held him a little uncomfortable, and the slightly frowning look seemed to Tang Lixing to refuse and welcome.

Tang Lixing was not as gentle as in the past in this love/event, but seemed a bit of court taboo and temperance/education.

Yu Ruining panted slightly: "What kind of eccentricity do you have?"

Tang Lixing pushed the costume that he had torn off after half the night to the ground, kissed the thin sweat on his forehead, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, do you like it?"

Yu Ruining didn't speak, and stretched out his arms to hook his neck and smiled.

When the play was about to be performed, Yu Ruining received a call while having dinner with Tang Lixing at noon that day, his expression changed suddenly, and when he hung up, Tang Lixing asked, "What's wrong?"

He frowned: "It's okay, a marketing call."

The call came again in the afternoon, but Yu Ruining only picked it up when there was no one around.

The tone of the person on the other side of the phone was a little timid, and Yu Ruining sounded a lot older, "Ruining, I didn't want to disturb you at first, but your grandfather and I promised you many years ago that we would not disturb you in the future, but , I still want to see you. Can you come back and see your father, he..."

Gradually, the other side of the phone began to sob.

"You misunderstood, I don't have a father."

"Son, listen to me. He's dying. He has liver cancer. It's at an advanced stage. The doctor said there's only one month left. He doesn't care about anything, he just wants to see you."

"You let him watch TV." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone.

In the next few days, Yu Ruining was absent-minded in everything he did, the book in his hand dropped while he was reading it, and his eyes were distracted while staring at the TV screen.Tang Lixing asked him, but he didn't say anything.

Until about half a month later, when I came back that night, I saw a person sitting in the living room, and I could vaguely recognize the appearance of more than ten years ago between his eyebrows and eyes.

Yu Ruining's face turned cold instantly, Tang Lixing and He Xiu sat next to the guests, the atmosphere was stagnant.

"What are you doing here?" Tang Lixing rarely saw Yu Ruining talking to others in such a tone, and softly advised him: "Ruining, don't do this."

Meng Xi stood up: "Rui Ning, the family is waiting for you to go back. You should think about it." After speaking, he nodded to Tang Lixing in thanks and left.

After Meng Xi left, Yu Ruining shut himself in the study and didn't eat dinner. Tang Lixing went to ask for it a few times, but he didn't respond. He Xiu went to deliver a bowl of porridge. When he went out, he saw Tang Lixing standing at the stairs: He felt uncomfortable when he stayed by himself for a while. I felt distressed when I heard what his brother said. It's hard for him for so many years." He Xiu was jealous when she said that.

In the middle of the night, Yu Ruining went back to the bedroom without turning on the light, and climbed onto the bed in a smear, touched Tang Lixing, and got into his arms. Tang Lixing hugged him without saying a word.

The next day Yu Ruining went to the theater as usual. At noon, he called Tang Lixing and asked him if he was busy at night. He bought two tickets and wanted to listen to "The Peony Pavilion".Tang Lixing agreed.

The Kunqu Theater is right next to the Drama Theatre. Tang Lixing came early to watch his rehearsal, and the two of them went to have dinner before wandering off to the Drama Theatre.

The sun has not yet set, and the waterfowl in the lake in the city center are gliding lightly on the water surface. The wind in late summer is like a heat wave, which makes Yu Ruining even more irritable.

This version of Peony Pavilion lasted for nearly three hours. Yu Ruining heard a piece of "Death Judgment" and unconsciously grabbed Tang Lixing's hand. Tang Lixing looked at him sideways. You can also see the tears on his nose.Just shook his hand.

After the show, Yu Ruining was going to eat noodles, Tang Lixing said with a smile, "I'll make it for you when I go back."

Yu Ruining: "Can you make vegetable noodles?"

Tang Lixing thought for a while: "I think with my current cooking skills, even if it's the first time I cook it, it won't be too bad."

It's midnight, in the kitchen of Tang Zhai, the host is busy making a bowl of vegetable noodles.

Yu Ruining watched him cook with his chin up, and said lightly: "You don't go to work tomorrow, okay, I want to go see my mother."

Tang Lixing paused for a moment, and then responded lightly.

When Yu Ruining was eating noodles, he raised his head and asked Tang Lixing, "Is today's opera singing good?"

Tang Lixing took out a tissue to wipe the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile, "It's not bad."

Yu Ruining bit the noodles in her mouth and muttered, "Not as good as my mother."

Tang Lixing ordered flowers early in the morning and wanted to take a black suit from the cabinet, but Yu Ruining stopped him: "Don't wear that, she doesn't like it."

Tang Lixing said with a smile: "Then you can choose for me."

Yu Ruining pointed to the closet from a distance: "That soot-gray T-shirt, black and white checked pants." He himself wore a white T-shirt with dramatic face graffiti and light blue cropped pants.

There were very few people in the cemetery. Tang Lixing stood in front of the tombstone, put down the bouquet, and bowed respectfully.Yu Ruining has the same surname as the person on the tombstone, and there is a seven-point resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes.

Yu Ruining wiped the stele with a paper towel, and said to himself: "Mom, I'll bring him to see you. Don't blame me for taking so long to get married." As if he couldn't continue, he stopped for a while, and only Cicadas are left.

Tang Lixing put his arms around his shoulders and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I will take care of him."

Tang Lixing has always spoken concisely.Yu Ruining smiled and tugged at his arm: "Let's go. It's good to have seen it."

Tang Lixing scratched his nose: "It's rude."

Yu Ruining turned to look at the tombstone, and stuck out her tongue at Tang Lixing: "Don't worry, she doesn't care about this."

On the third night, Meng Xi called Tang Lixing. Tang Lixing thought for a while and replied: "In the past two days, I went to the theater with him and visited his mother in the cemetery. I don't think I need to persuade you. He will figure it out on his own, wait a minute, please. He has endured for ten years, and no one cares about him. Now it is right for him to care about your father or not for this kind of thing. "

Meng Xi didn't speak for a long time, and finally said: "Thank you, Mr. Tang."

After eating early in the morning, before the temperature rose, the air was as cool as dew. Yu Ruining lay on the hammock on the balcony, took a book and read for a while, then covered his face and closed his eyes to rest. Tang Lixing opened the door and entered. After watering the flowers, she sat beside him and asked softly, "Aren't you going to rehearse today?"

Yu Ruining let out an "um" in his throat, but he didn't move.Tang Lixing asked him, "Can you sing The Peony Pavilion?"

A chuckle came from under the book: "There will be a paragraph, "Lazy Thrush" in Xunmeng. Would you like to listen to it?"

Tang Lixing stroked his hair: "Okay."

Yu Ruining hummed softly, slurring the words——

The most tantalizing spring is this year/If you don’t have anything low, you will come to the wall/It turns out that the heart of spring hangs everywhere/It’s the sleepy tea that catches the hairline of the skirt/It’s just like the flower that draws people’s hearts to the good/

Tang Lixing was obsessed with listening to it, and pestered him to sing another section, but he refused desperately.

"You know Kunqu opera, what else do you not know?"

Yu Ruining said with a smile: "I'm just listening. I don't know anything else. The Peony Pavilion listens the most. Besides, in our line of work, we need to know a little bit about any literary and artistic work that has anything to do with it."

When the wind picked up, Tang Lixing got up to close the balcony window. Yu Ruining mentioned: "Some leaves of Chlorophytum are withered, you should cut off the yellow leaves." Tang Lixing turned around and took the scissors to trim the flowers and plants.

Yu Ruining chatted with him again: "My mother used to sing Kunqu opera, and Peony Pavilion sang the best. When I was young, I heard an aunt in the courtyard tell me that in the [-]s, when the drama theater was the most difficult, her plays could also sing. Sell ​​the seat. Later...the man she fell in love with later was a cadre of unknown rank, with a family, she was not afraid of delaying herself, and wanted to give birth to me, but someone was afraid of delaying her official career, so she didn't want her, and she didn't want me .I was almost ten years old before a man came to my door. She told me to call me Dad. Do you think it's funny?"

"She never blamed anyone all her life. She supported me with the little money she earned from singing opera. She hummed the peony pavilion at home, planted flowers and plants in the yard, and smiled and told me that the man liked it. She wouldn't allow me to speak ill of the man. In those years, Liyuan Xing was looked down upon by others, and grandpa insisted on being strong. She gave birth to a child out of wedlock, so grandpa cut off relations with her angrily, and would not let her enter the family mausoleum after death."

"I was 14 years old at the time, and I was still too young. I don't know how depressed she is. She may be worried about money, or she may really feel that life is too hard, so she took two bottles of sleeping pills. She left me a letter and a Passbook. Someone put money into it regularly, I guess it was that man. Later, when I was in college, I exchanged the passbook for a card and sent it to me. Maybe it’s still there, and I don’t remember where the card was put.”

Tang Lixing's hand holding the pruning knife stopped at some point. The hibiscus flower under the gradually rising sun made Tang Lixing feel a little dazzling, but he asked softly, "Do you hate that man now?"

Yu Ruining looked up at Tang Lixing: "I don't know, I hated it before, and it wasn't worth it for her, but now..."

He lowered his head again, and said with a bit of aggrieved emotion: "Maybe loving someone, any reason is in vain. You still lie to me, I don't even..." He couldn't continue, and he was stunned like a sulky man. sitting.

He was talking about what happened on Tang Zhenze's birthday.Tang Lixing touched his nose embarrassingly, and hurriedly defended: "That's different. I..." He couldn't make up a reason.

He recalled it with joy, "You admit that you love me, don't you?"

Yu Ruining glared at him, got up and went downstairs.Tang Lixing was overjoyed, but also felt that this inexplicable fire was really a blame from the sky... He had to chase after him to apologize, and sighed in his heart: this blame is destined to be carried for a lifetime.But fortunately, he has been by his side all his life, and turning over old scores is sometimes an opportunity to coax him.Tang Lixing was happy with this kind of "entanglement".