Distant Night Bright Stars

The two walked side by side, very close to each other. Li Shilin held Shen Xing's hand and put it in his coat pocket to keep warm. The fingers of the two clasped hands were intertwined, rubbing the back of each other's hand with their fingertips.

Just holding hands like this, Shen Xing felt that his heart was overflowing with honey.

In the severe winter of December, the night wind occasionally blew across his face, but Shen Xing couldn't feel the coolness at all, instead he felt very hot.

There is a huge Christmas tree in the center of the square, which is as tall as the shopping mall next to it. The tree is covered with Christmas balls, Santa Claus and other ornaments, and it is covered with radiant colors. It stands behind the fountain.

Shen Xing pulled Li Shilin to stand below and watched for a while. The movie tickets they bought started at 08:30, and now they are killing the boring waiting time, so they go shopping here and there to pass the time.

They ate steak at a restaurant in the square just now. In fact, it's not that Shen Xing doesn't like western food, he's not used to knives and forks.In contrast, he prefers hot pot, barbecue, and skewers.

But what to eat is not the point, as long as he is with Senior Brother Li, he will feel delicious whatever he eats.

Li Shilin and Shen Xing were watching a foreign sci-fi blockbuster. The two big men sat in the last row. Taking advantage of the darkness in the projection hall and the strong sound effects in the projection hall, they never let go of their interlocking hands. They were not idle either, for a while it was a cola-flavored kiss, and for a while it was a popcorn-flavored kiss.

The two were kissing passionately when Li Shilin's pocket vibrated suddenly, it was his phone.

Li Shilin froze, and let go of his junior brother who had been hugging him tightly a second ago.

Being interrupted suddenly, a trace of displeasure appeared on Shen Xing's face that was already flushed red by emotion, and he frowned.Li Shilin patted his head soothingly, kissed him on the cheek again, and went out to answer the phone.

In the last row of the projection hall, Shen Xing was left alone, empty, with his head resting on the backrest behind him, staring blankly at the blockbuster in front of him.

The sci-fi blockbusters are mainly about special effects, and the plots are very clichéd. After a while, Shen Xing felt bored, so he got up and went to the bathroom.

Hearing a familiar voice in the corridor, Li Shilin's impatient and suppressed voice reached Shen Xing's ears: "I'm very busy today, didn't I tell you that I will work overtime until late today..."

Shen Xing didn't listen to the latter words, he didn't want to pry into his senior's privacy, he respected his senior's personal space.

But it was inexplicably uneasy, the senior brother was already off work, why did he say he was working overtime?If my brother is really busy at work, I won't force him to come on a date.

And although my brother loves me, he is also a workaholic. If there is really something to do at work, he will not leave it alone and come to date me.Who is on the other side of the phone?Shen Xing frowned, puzzled, and simply stopped thinking about it.

When Shen Xing returned to the screening room after going to the bathroom, Li Shilin hadn't come back yet, so he could only continue watching the movie bored.

When he saw a familiar figure coming and sitting beside him in the darkness, Shen Xing's empty heart immediately filled up.

Li Shilin held Shen Xing in his arms and kissed him on the top of his head, "Xing, I'm so sorry, I have to go back. Suddenly..."

Before the words on the top of his head were finished, "Senior Brother, let's do it, I'm fine." Shen Xing kissed Li Shilin's shoulder through his clothes, "Today, Senior Brother has been with me for so long..." He didn't want to see Senior Brother embarrassing expression.

Li Shilin looked at Shen Xing in his arms, and Shen Xing saw that his eyes were full of guilt and tenderness.

"Suddenly, at home..." Li Shilin took a deep breath and continued, "Something happened."

There is something at home, it is a very versatile and empty reason, and the family member is sick and sent to the hospital?Brothers in the family got into trouble and got into a fight to get someone?Or just go home for a meal?

Big and small, they can all be summed up by "something at home".

In Shen Xing's mind, the reason of "something happened at home" was concreted into countless events. He even thought about the exaggerated plots he had seen in the family ethics TV series, but in the end, he still didn't ask what the matter was.

Senior Brother Li didn't want to talk, and he couldn't bear to ask.Because he looked like he was really, really embarrassed.

"Be careful on the way home, and wear your scarf when you're outside." Li Shilin held Shen Xing's slender and tender hand for a good meal, and then reluctantly left.

Shen Xing once saw an interesting ranking list of loneliness on the Internet.Watching movies alone is also on the list.

But at this moment, there was another person living in Shen Xing's heart, so he didn't feel lonely.

After the movie ended, Shen Xing put on his fisherman hat, wrapped up his scarf and planned to go home.I was called when I passed the box office at the entrance of the cinema.

"Shen Xing, Shen Xing." Two calls came from behind.

Shen Xing?Are you calling me?He turned his head, wanting to make sure.

This confirmation brightened his dull eyes just now, he smiled and waved not far away, "Xu Zan!"

Xu Zan ran over and hugged Shen Xing in his arms, both of them laughed and patted each other's back, and took several hard pats before they separated.

"Handsome Shen, I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to be handsome again. What's the matter? Are you nourished by love? Which girl is so lucky to be in your eyes?" Xu Mei patted the handsome boy's shoulder and squeezed eyes said.

"Go away. Who the hell is like you, who is a girl every day." Shen Xing smiled and poked Xu Zan, noncommittal.

Xu Zan looked at Shen Xing suspiciously, "Without the nourishment of love, come here to watch a movie?"

Shen Xing was silent.

"Tsk tsk tsk, handsome guys also have today, alas." Xu Zan shrugged.

"Get lost..." Shen Xing replied.

The two were talking and laughing when a soft voice sounded, "Xu Zan, the movie is about to start, let's go in."

Shen Xing looked in the direction of the voice, and there was a little girl standing beside Xu Zan. She was very petite, less than Xu Zan's shoulder height, probably only up to chest height.Black long straight hair, bangs, big eyes, watery, looking innocent when blinking, holding a can of popcorn in one hand, and two bottles of Coke in the other.

When the girl saw Shen Xing, her face turned red, and she shyly avoided Shen Xing's gaze.

Shen Xing asked: "This is..."

Xu Zan waved his arms, took the girl under his arms, and raised his chin, "Then do you still need to ask?"

Shen Xing understood, and punched Xu Zan on the shoulder, "It's ok, buddy, the efficiency is quite high, and there was no girlfriend at the party a few days ago, so fast."

"That's right." Xu Zan raised his chin again.

Xu Zan's movie started, and Shen Xing always felt that this tall and short figure left, feeling particularly incompatible.Is this the cutest height difference in the legend?

Senior Brother Li suddenly appeared in his mind. He was about the same size as himself. Shen Xing shook his head and gave a wry smile.

The next day, Christmas Day.

Quetelet went to work normally. Shen Xing didn't see Senior Brother Li when he was running errands to the project department. He asked Senior Brother Li's assistant Xiao Chen: "Xiao Chen, did Mr. Li go to the scene?"

"No, he asked for leave today."

"Oh."

It seems that the senior brother is indeed busy, why do you need to ask for leave at home?Why don't you tell me, maybe I can share it.Shen Xing was a little disappointed, he felt that his senior should not take care of everything by himself.

Xiao Ye didn't know what was going on today, during his lunch break, he kept sending emails to him through the company mailbox, but the main idea was still to ask him out.

Shen Xing pretended not to notice, and kept busy, doing a lot of chores.

In the end, I replied to Xiao Ye's email before leaving get off work, and replied with a reason why his stomach hurts. When Xiao Ye met him in the morning and took the subway to work, he was fine, but after work, his stomach hurt. Shen Xing also felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched .

Hehe, the corner of Shen Xing's mouth twitched, anyway, he just didn't want to go to Xiao Ye's appointment, so he couldn't care less about it.He scribbled a bunch of apologies at the back of the email, then tipped over with his backpack in hand.