Midsummer of Eden

The next morning, Zhang Chi woke up in a daze. In the light of day, he propped up a small tent with his thin trousers, which was painfully swollen.

He hadn't been greedy about this matter before, either he let it go away in a moment, or he dealt with it in a daze.But today, maybe last night's dream was too good, he turned over, and Yin Jueming's face appeared in front of his eyes in sleepiness.

This made Zhang Chi sober up a lot, he squinted his eyes against the sky light, and was completely awake.Hands slipped hesitantly from the firm belly into the trousers, and the forearm exposed outside the trouser waist was covered with tendons, which were lazily retracted and released.

He couldn't help raising his head, wondering if it was an illusion, as if he smelled the faint fragrance of toilet water.Faintly, as if Yin Jueming was beside him.

The picture of last night is clearer now, the body and silhouette behind the curtain, the cool skin and trembling body... He has desire for him.

Zhang Chi's whole body was tense, like an angry bow, his body was sweating, and after a while, his body relaxed in vain.Panting, he drew his hand out and looked at the liquid on it.

Yin Jueming, who was next door, was obviously unaware of all this.

Zhang Chi couldn't get up today, the old lady made breakfast.By the time Zhang Chi finished washing, Yin Jueming had already had breakfast and was about to go back to work.

Perhaps Zhang Chi was also uneasy because of what happened in the morning, so he hurriedly ate breakfast and went to work in the workshop.With this work, I didn't even catch up with dinner.

He thought, he seemed to suddenly become Yin Jueming from before, and he became obsessed with work, wishing he could spend twenty hours a day in the workshop, go out after cooking for several days in a row, and come back at night after they had finished eating.

As the saying goes, there is a tacit understanding that you ignore me, and I ignore you.

During this period of time, Zhang Chi and Yin Jueming developed this tacit understanding to the extreme.But the silence wasn't awkward, or tinged with negativity.

They all knew that this tacit silence came from the curtain that was never lifted that day.

Zhang Chi was restless day and night, and his worries aggravated a lot.On the other hand, Yin Jueming is really heartless.He created during the day and went out to play at night, but his relationship with Lan Shan and Xue Mingzhu became increasingly close.

Xue Mingzhu used to be around Zhang Chi, but now she is completely attracted by Yin Jueming.

One day Zhang Chi arranged for Xue Mingzhu to help deliver some goods. In the past, Xue Mingzhu would definitely stay for a while when he came, and Zhang Chi often had to drive him away before giving up.But this time when Xue Mingzhu came, she hurried away, greeted Zhang Chi and left.

"Wait, where are you going?" Zhang Chi took off his gloves, wiped his sweat under the scorching sun, and was blinded by the sun.

"Brother Jueming said he was waiting for me. He said he hadn't seen the movie yet, and he was surprised that the movie theater here is not a decoration. Of course I want to show him." Xue Mingzhu smiled so brightly that his eyes almost turned into moons. up.

Zhang Chi felt a little unhappy, but he couldn't say it out, he turned on the kettle and took two gulps and said, "You think Brother Ming has an appointment with me tonight, and he forgot about it."

"Ah?" Xue Mingzhu was stuck on the bicycle with half of her body, her beautiful face looked a little dull, "No, brother Jueming clearly said that he was fine tonight, but he said it yesterday!"

"If you don't believe me, go ask him! Little bastard, you are so quick to yell, and now he doesn't believe me?" Zhang Chi nodded at him from the air, pretending to be angry.

"I believe you, I believe you!" Xue Mingzhu rolled over from the bicycle with a smile, and rushed into the workshop again, "Then let me tell brother Jueming, maybe he forgot!"

Zhang Chi watched Xue Mingzhu rush in to make a phone call, and stood at the door and lit a cigarette.The fatigue and heat of the whole day were relieved, and he looked at Xue Mingzhu with the faint light coming in from the door.

Xue Mingzhu called Yin Jueming, but Zhang Chi didn't speak, just leaned against the door and took a deep breath of cigarette, staring at him.

The person on the other side of the phone might have said something, Xue Mingzhu said softly like a child: "Is that so? Let me say, maybe you forgot, you remember to tell Brother Chi!"

Zhang Chi pinched his cigarette, and watched Xue Mingzhu stick out his tongue: "Brother Jueming said he forgot, and asked me to apologize to you, saying that in order to express my apology, he will pick you up at the appointed time in the evening." get off work."

Zhang Chi couldn't help laughing—what does it mean to pick him up from get off work in order to express his apology?

Like coaxing a woman.

What's more, what about the appointed time.They didn't have a date at all.

Yin Jueming's meaning to Xue Mingzhu's words is enough for someone to ponder all afternoon.

So much so that Zhang Chi turned around and worked for a long time before he remembered: He drove the car today, and the key is with him.Yin Jueming said he would come to pick him up, how did he pursue him?

After getting along during this time, Zhang Chi felt the magic power of Yin Jueming to some extent—his attitude towards everything was ambiguous, not only towards people, but towards everything in the world.So much so that people want to explore him, ponder him, and figure him out.But once you have such thoughts, you have fallen into his trap.

When it was time to get off work, dusk had come, and colorful clouds rolled in the blue sky.Zhang Chi hung up the phone to the old lady and began to wait for Yin Jueming hungry.

What time is the "appointed time", he himself does not know.

The colorful clouds in the sky faded, but Yin Jueming didn't come; the sky turned blue, and the thin moon appeared, but Yin Jueming didn't come; when the sky became completely black and there was no light on the horizon, Yin Jueming didn't come.

Zhang Chi realized belatedly that he might have been tricked by Yin Jueming.

Having figured this out, he didn't wait any longer.He is very hungry and wants to eat a bowl of fried noodles.

However, when he packed up and walked out of the mill, he saw a smiling man half-riding a bicycle with one leg propped up.

Yin Jueming was wearing a white shirt, which glowed coldly under the moonlight, and had a wild flower pinned to his chest.Zhang Chi remembered that when he met him for the first time, there were pine branches there.

"I said I'm going to watch a movie tonight." Yin Jueming twitched his thumb and rang the bicycle bell, which made the jingling sound especially clear in the night, "I didn't expect that I would watch it with you instead of Xue Mingzhu." .”

Zhang Chi walked up to him, and covered him in his own shadow with a domineering aura: "Look at me, what's wrong?"

"It's not bad, so I'm here to pick you up." Yin Jueming swiped his arm in the air, and looked around, as if satisfied, "That's why we have to wait until it's dark to watch the movie. Then you show me the movie theater, open-air yes, isn't it?"

Zhang Chi had never felt this way in his life, as if he was being held in the palm of his hand.

Looking around, Yin Jueming didn't come by car.Noticing Zhang Chi's gaze, he patted the back seat of the bicycle instead: "I'll never break my promise when I say I'll pick you up."

In Zhang Chi's inherent memory, only the old lady had the back seat of the bicycle that carried him. Other cognitions may be that in high school or college, boys picked up girls on bicycles.

Of course he would not have imagined that Yin Jueming's so-called "pick him up" actually came to pick him up on a bicycle.

Zhang Chi was a little surprised, but he didn't think about resisting.On the contrary, it was extremely attractive to him.Without any doubts, he directly straddled his legs and sat on the back seat of the bicycle. He stretched out his long arms and embraced Yin Jueming's thin waist very naturally.His palms are hot, and his five fingers spread out and stick to a small piece of skin on his waist, which is very sensitive to ordinary people. In this way, a tall man like Zhang Chi squeezed into the narrow back seat of Yin Jueming's bicycle, not only did not show the slightest sign of commitment, but seemed like Taking advantage.

When Yin Jueming started to ride the bike, Zhang Chi tightened his waist even more, and even pressed his face against his tense back, feeling that Yin Jueming's body tensed unnaturally.

He is more sensitive than imagined, Zhang Chi thought.

"Are you familiar with Lan Shan and Xue Mingzhu now? Are you dating them every day?" Zhang Chi asked casually.

The car sped across the forest path, quickly throwing the lights on both sides backward.

"Yeah, or if you have any beautiful girls to introduce to me, I would rather enjoy the company of girls." Yin Jueming said against the wind.

"Lie." Zhang Chi said.

“How come you see?”

"Feel."

"Then your feeling may be wrong." Yin Jueming lowered his voice, but he did not let the words be covered by the wind, "You don't know me too well, so you judge me arbitrarily, it's not fair."

"Will you give me a chance to understand?" Zhang Chi's hand lay down along Yin Jueming's waist.He has long arms and wide palms, reaching Yin Jueming's chest almost effortlessly.

There is a slope on the road that must be passed by the bicycle. Perhaps Zhang Chi's physique is too heavy, or it may be due to other reasons. Yin Jueming began to pedal hard, and the speed slowed down immediately. Within 2 minutes, his forehead became thinner. A layer of sweat.

The night gradually thickened, and the figures of the two were almost blurred in the darkness.

And Zhang Chi's voice was a little hoarse, like bewitching: "Tell me about you."

Yin Jueming gritted his teeth, still struggling to pedal upwards.

"About me, there are many things that you don't know. Which one do you want to hear?" Even when he is unable to do what he wants, Yin Jueming still seems to be able to handle it with ease.

"Is this something I can ask arbitrarily? Since you gave me this right..." Zhang Chi turned his head to the side and straightened up.His physique itself is taller than Yin Jueming's. After his whole body is tensed up, he can just reach Yin Jueming's ears and neck. The hot air sprayed around Yin Jueming's ears, and his bewitching power is even worse than before. "Tell me, you and Yin Jueming Qin Shuo, what's going on?"

Yin Jueming was silent, but the silence was only for a moment.

Then there was a little smile in his voice: "What exactly do you want to know?"

Zhang Chi didn't ask any more questions, and Yin Jueming didn't speak anymore, and the tacit silence continued all the way.It looks very long, but in fact it is only five or six minutes.

Yin Jueming parked his bicycle at the entrance of the cinema, took out the chain from the car and began to lock it carefully, while Zhang Chi went to the cinema to get a movie list.

The theater is open-air, just a circular venue, with two layers of stone steps stacked up, and it can accommodate hundreds of people when there are the most people.With the circular field as the central axis, the screen hangs down from the cross braces covered by bamboo poles.People on the front and back are all looking at this piece of cloth.The content is played in rotation on weekdays, but Zhang Chi asked Yin Jueming to choose.Yin Jueming finally chose "The Sun Also Rises".

When the film opened, there was no light left on the horizon.Before the projection lights up, the two sat on the warm stones at night. They were completely hidden in the darkness, but something different from the past flowed quietly between them.

The moment Zhang Chi stretched out his hand, the projection light radiated and the screen lit up.The film is romantic oriental in tone.

Yin Jueming focused on watching the movie, and his mind was not distracted. His facial expression changed slightly from time to time, which Zhang Chi, who didn't watch the movie seriously, could see all of it.

Halfway through the movie, Xiaoliang played by Huang Qiusheng played the guitar and sang "The Beautiful Thoreau River"* in Beijing in the [-]s. , followed by a soft humming.

From this moment on, Zhang Chi's gaze was fixed on him.His hand resting on the stone platform moved out and met Yin Jueming's hand behind him.

Yin Jueming's humming stopped for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened.He didn't dodge, but there was no more reaction.Only the humming ditty seemed to become more seductive in the night.

美丽 的 梭罗河

我 为 你 歌唱

你 的 光荣 历史

我 永远 记 心 上

……

This was the first time Zhang Chi heard Yin Jueming's voice, and the surrounding area was completely dark, only the oriental romantic tones of the screen were echoed.

When Yin Jue Ming sang, he was completely unaware of what was happening around him, and even himself became a part of the ignorance.His singing voice is like a siren, almost innocent, there is a kind of pure and imperceptible temptation.

So much so that in the second half, Zhang Chi no longer noticed what was happening on the screen.

After returning home at night, Zhang Chi was in a daze in the living room.

The old lady looked away from the book for a moment, opened the reading glasses and looked at Zhang Chi from above the lens.She obviously noticed that something was wrong with her grandson these days.

How smart the old lady is, and she is a person who has read thousands of books.Zhang Haiyin folded the book upside down on the sofa, and was about to speak when she suddenly heard a singing sound faintly coming from the flower garden behind.

It was Yin Jueming who was singing, of course Zhang Chi knew it.What he hummed was the song "The Beautiful Thoreau River" in the movie the two of them watched tonight.

Barefoot and wearing loose and light pajamas, Yin Jueming sat on the window sill of the attic again, his legs dangling in the air.

你 的 源泉 来自 梭罗

Ten Thousand Mountains will send you all the way

Rolling waves flow far away

一直 流入 海洋

……

Zhang Haiyin listened and gradually stood up.It was the first time Zhang Chi had seen the old lady react like this, and he also stood up and followed the old lady's staggering footsteps.

She walked to the balcony, suddenly made a stop gesture, and listened to the singing outside the window, her eyes gradually filled with muddy tears.

Zhang Chi was shocked: "Grandma?"

And Zhang Haiyin didn't speak, she stood quietly in front of the balcony window for a long time, and she didn't turn around until the singing gradually stopped.

Zhang Chi held her hand and asked with his eyes.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." In just a few minutes, the old lady returned to normal, and even showed a little comforting look to Zhang Chi, "You also go to bed earlier, I'll go to bed first."

Zhang Haiyin turned and went upstairs, and Zhang Chi came to the flower garden wearing slippers.He looked up, and sure enough, he saw Yin Jueming's smooth legs dangling back and forth in the warm light from the third-floor attic.With a few sentences on his lap, he was singing and peeling an orange with concentration.

Sensing Zhang Chi's gaze, Yin Jueming's singing stopped abruptly.

"It bothered you?"

"It's so late, what are you doing up there? I've said it several times, it's dangerous, why don't you listen?" Zhang Chi raised his eyebrows at him from bottom to top, crossing his arms.

"I can't sleep, I can't write anything, I have nothing to do, so I just eat oranges." Yin Jueming kicked his legs, smiled and threw the orange in Zhang Chi's hand, "Thank you for inviting me to watch a movie tonight. The movie is very good, I invite you Do you eat oranges?"

Zhang Chi looked silently, looked at Yin Jueming for a while, didn't reach out to ask for the orange in his hand, but suddenly turned and entered the room.

Yin Jueming lowered his eyes, picked at the bottom of the orange, and peeled off the orange peel in several pieces.He heard the sound of Zhang Chi going upstairs, from the stairs in his own room.

Note: * "The Beautiful Thoreau River" has a metaphor of homesickness in the original movie.