A Tooth For a Tooth

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(1)

Xu Yao didn't respond at all, so Yang Ren had no choice but to raise the volume and use a normal speaking voice. He thought that Xu Yao had poor hearing after all, and it was a bit too embarrassing to wake him up with a low voice.

After waiting for a while, such a sound could not wake Xu Yao up. Yang Ren was a little anxious, and turned around to find an angle to see if his hearing aid was turned on. The battery buckle was tightly fastened, indicating that there was no problem. Ren had no choice but to raise the volume again, calling him in the same voice as when talking to him, Xu Yao was already asleep, and there was no sign of waking up at all.

"Xu Yao, wake up!" Yang Ren shook Xu Yao in fear, afraid that something might happen to him.

Awakened by the sudden movement, Xu Yao suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were slack and he had almost no ability to focus. His eyes were fixed on the front. The action is startled, is this the so-called blind state?Yang Ren had never seen Xu Yao who was groping helplessly like this before. In the home he was familiar with, Xu Yao moved freely. Even if he went out with Yang Ren, he was guided by Yang Ren, and there was no need to act alone. Chance.

But at this moment, he was suddenly awakened, and he didn't have time to hide his movements, and because he was worried about Yang Ren who was drunk, he eagerly groped with both hands.

Yang Ren's stomach felt uncomfortable again because he no longer had nausea, so Yang Ren hugged Xu Yao without saying a word.

(2)

"Are you awake? Are you still uncomfortable?" Xu Yao cared about him, holding his face in his hands, trying to see his expression clearly.

Yang Ren cheated, and put his head in Xu Yao's arms again and shook it violently. Xu Yao felt relieved and asked, "What time is it?"

"Hurry up," Yang Ren was depressed again, reaching out to hold down his hearing aid, "Take it off and go to sleep, after wearing it for so long, do you have a headache?"

As soon as Xu Yao turned his head away from Yang Ren's hand, he shook his head and said, "Go to sleep, I'll sit here and watch you."

Of course Yang Ren disagreed, and reached out to grab the eardrum again, twisted it, and took off the hearing aid. Xu Yao smiled helplessly, waited for him to take off both, and spread his hands: "Let me put it on myself, Otherwise, I won’t be able to find it tomorrow morning.”

Only then did Yang Ren hand over the hearing aid to him. Watching him reach out and touch the bedside table, he seemed to have found the drying box in a fixed place, and then put the hearing aid away.

"Turn off the lights." Xu Yao looked at Yang Ren's face, not knowing how much he could see clearly.

(3)

Yang Ren turned off the light, and the two of them lay in the dark.This time there was no child between the two of them, and they were finally able to get closer. Taking advantage of his bad mood as an excuse, Yang Ren kept pushing towards Xu Yao. face.

Putting his hands on his face with such thoughts day and night, Yang Ren suddenly regained his energy, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.After such a long time, Yang Ren's sunny and handsome face when he was young has long been engraved in Xu Yao's mind, but how has this middle-aged man changed from before?Xu Yao has always wanted to know, but even when he held Yang Ren's face in his hands, he couldn't see clearly, so Xu Yao's fingers walked on Yang Ren's face, feeling every part of his facial features.The face in his mind also emerged, he thought while touching it, and the two faces overlapped like this.

"You haven't changed at all." Xu Yao said with satisfaction.

Yang Ren didn't answer either. He knew that Xu Yao couldn't hear what he said at the moment. Xu Yao's finger slowly moved to the corner of Yang Ren's mouth. Yang Ren was startled, but he couldn't hide anymore. Sure enough, Xu Yao followed As if seeing it in the dark, the fingertips reached the small scar at the corner of Yang Ren's mouth.

"You know? Can you see my scar with your eyes?" Yang Ren was very guilty, and his eyes adapted to the darkness kept staring at Xu Yao. He was engrossed in his fingers, feeling the touch of Yang Ren's scar, and didn't notice it. He is talking.

(4)

Yang Ren quickly relaxed, thinking: With Xu Yao's current eyesight, people's expressions can't be seen clearly, how can he observe such a small part?He couldn't help laughing at himself, and stopped thinking about it, and when Xu Yao's hand stroked his upper lip again, he raised his lips and kissed Xu Yao's fingers mischievously.

Xu Yao was amused by his childish movements, but he was reluctant to leave his fingers, so he put his fingers on his lips, feeling the softness.

Yang Ren spoke suddenly, without making a sound, but moved his lips:

"I love you."

Xu Yao froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Me too."

"What did you say?" Yang Ren stood up in shock, "Do you understand?"

The lip next to his hand suddenly moved away, Xu Yao was completely stunned, staring blankly at the darkness in front of him, Yang Ren grabbed his hand and put it on his lips again, and asked tentatively: "Can you understand what I said? "

Xu Yao caressed Yang Ren's lips lightly with his fingers, and when he finished moving his lips, he said, "Did you forget that I used my mouth shape to distinguish the meaning of sounds since I was a child?"