Luting Canteen

On the first day of the new year, Ye Qi knew that Fan Wenbin didn't want to see him, so he waited outside, watching Yan Ting go in to pay New Year's greetings, and then come out after saying a few words.

In fact, not only during the Chinese New Year, Yan Ting and Tang Meng would go to see Fan Wenbin during the holidays, and they would also make a phone call to ask questions.Fan Wenbin was not used to contacting others, Ye Qi thought that as long as he knew that he was okay, he would feel at ease.

He brought Li Hui's pre-prepared meals to the door of the house last night.

There are blessing characters and couplets pasted on the gates of the courtyard next door, and my family has never had anything to do with these festivities these years.Ye Qi sighed, took out the key to open the courtyard door and entered, but stood outside the house and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.Ye Qi had no choice but to open it with a key.

As soon as you enter the door, there is still the smell of paint mixed with men and dull air.

Ye Qi looked at the living room, found a place to put down the lunch box bag he was carrying, opened the curtains first, and then opened the window.Then looking at the quiet room, I panicked inexplicably, and hurriedly went to each room to check, but Fan Wenbin was not there.Ye Qi took out his mobile phone and dialed Yan Ting's number.

"Boss, can you call Wenbin's father for me? He's not at home."

Yan Ting agreed over there, and called again a few minutes later to tell Ye Qi that he was fine, because he was called by the editor to eat at home.Ye Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled wryly again.

If that's the case, I won't be back for a while.Looking at the house where no traces of Chi Yiyan's life can be seen anymore, Ye Qi rolled up his sleeves - let's take this opportunity to clean up.

I went to the kitchen and dug out a few large garbage bags. After cleaning up the sundries on the coffee table, I started to sweep the floor and wipe the table again.After that, check and clean up the empty shower gel bottles in the bathroom that have not been thrown away and the toothpaste that has been rolled out, and then wipe off the toothpaste foam on the faucet.

Ye Qi looked at the mirror in the bathroom, and remembered that when he was younger, Chi Yiyan had prepared a small bench for him, letting him step on it so that he could brush his teeth in the mirror.

still there?That bench?

Ye Qi suddenly wanted to look for it - he hadn't seen anything about Chi Yiyan in this house, he remembered that Fan Wenbin had burned it little by little for a long time.

Putting down the rag in his hand, Ye Qi washed his hands.Generally, the benches are placed in the studio. I don’t know if there will be there?

Coming out of the bathroom and opening the door of the studio, the smell of paint was stronger, but at this moment Ye Qi felt nostalgic—this room was bigger than his own, and bigger than that of his fathers. It was the master bedroom, but it was specially turned into a studio.But when it comes to painting, only Wen Bin's father insisted on continuing to paint. Dad went to a design company. Although it was also related to painting, he seldom started to paint.

Ye Qi remembered the time when the three of them drew together.At that time, my father was always a model, so he wanted to go over there, but Wen Bin's father took him aside, threw him an old drawing board, told him how to put stickers on it, and asked him to sit by and follow along.

When painting, Wenbin's father always looked at him with gentle and serious eyes, sometimes he didn't look at him, he just drew lines on the paper, and sometimes he stopped writing and stared at the good-natured boy. model, finally curling the corners of her mouth slightly.

Ye Qi touched the old easel that was stained with a lot of paint, squatted down and picked up the paint tube on the ground, without paying attention, he bumped into a shelf behind, Ye Qi turned around quickly to help.As a result, the shelf was stabilized, and a large sketch folder placed on it was knocked off, probably because the strap on the top was not fastened properly, and the drawing paper inside fell all over the floor.

Ye Qi sighed, scratched his neck and bent down to pick it up. After picking up two or three pieces, he realized who was drawn on them.

——That was Chi Yiyan.

Chi Yiyan who was sleeping sideways.Chi Yiyan eating dumplings.Chi Yiyan, who tied her bangs into a braid and stood upright.Chi Yiyan who was half-turned to the toilet and raised his hand to block someone.Chi Yiyan, who squinted her eyes and was about to sneeze...

After watching, Ye Qi understood.

These are the appearances of Chi Yiyan that Fan Wenbin has seen.

He slowly picked them up from the ground one by one and looked at them.When he saw the wrinkled, white-haired Chi Yiyan who stretched out his hand towards him with a gentle smile on the drawing paper, Ye Qi couldn't hold back his tears anymore.

After coming out of the house, thinking that his eyes were still red, Ye Qi simply went to Tang Meng's house.

Throwing myself on the bed and laying down loudly, the mobile phone rang a text message alert after a while.I took it over and saw that it was a text message from Tang Meng wishing me a happy Chinese New Year, and said to give him a big red envelope when I go back.

Ye Qi laughed out loud.After replying "waiting for your return", put the phone aside.

In fact, whether it’s the red envelopes he’s received over the years, whether he’s earned from part-time jobs, or the bonuses from cosplay activities, he’s saving everything except the usual expenses.

He also remembered the tuition and living expenses that Fan Wenbin paid him, and planned to return them to him in the future.Originally, he did not graduate because he was afraid that after graduation, according to Fan Wenbin's temperament, he would really stop dating him.But Ye Qi didn't want to take the postgraduate entrance examination either, so he just procrastinated while doing his own thing.He also understood that he had to consider the way ahead, and although he probably had a plan, he still wanted to talk to Tang Meng first.

On Fan Wenbin's side, he really didn't know how to break this inexplicable silence, and now he wanted to make some changes.

After being with Tang Meng, he wanted to be more upright and stand with him with his head held high.The matter between the two of them will eventually have a showdown with Tang Meng's parents. At that time, he wants to be with Tang Meng.Thinking of Tang Meng, Ye Qi felt that he was not afraid of anything now.

Tang Meng looked at the phone screen, it was rare for Ye Qi to send such a short message.However, he knew that Ye Qi missed him.It was as if he was thinking about him now too.

When Tang's relatives were around, she would look at him and call him over to say hello, acting the same as usual.But she no longer babbled to him in the kitchen that cooking was troublesome, and the things bought by so-and-so would definitely not be needed. She only talked to Tang Meng and asked him to answer the necessary things. Also only do necessary interactions in front of relatives.

After the busiest days passed, everyone finally began to rest at their respective homes.Tang Meng has been waiting for this moment, but his mother seemed to have forgotten to hear about him and Ye Qi, and said to him when he went into the room to talk to her:

"Your second cousin said that she is going to ask you to meet someone in two days. She has a friend's child. She is simple and has never dated anyone. Although she is from the countryside, we are all. Besides, you stay there , Marrying with our children here is more practical. They know the basics and can take care of you. You can stay if you want to, the house is reserved for you, and we will live back. If you want to stay there, we will renovate the house .”

"Mom, you know I can't go."

Tang Meng listened to her and watched her speak.

"I won't marry anyone else. I want to marry. I will only marry the person I like, the person I want to be with for the rest of my life. You know about Xiaoqi and me, and I won't hide it from you. If so, I know that Dad will tell you You said it, and I’ll repeat it again, it’s still the same sentence, I will stay with Xiaoqi, no matter how difficult it is.”

Mother Tang didn't make a sound, she lowered her head, looked at the thread on the corner of the clothes, wrapped her fingers around and tugged vigorously.After a while, he laughed out loud, then looked up at Tang Meng with a sad face, and finally shouted out the words he had held back for several days:

"Son, what are you fascinated by? Two men, what good will the two men have? Didn't you see? Didn't you see the two men? Ah? One Dead, but one, good life, yin and yang all day long, you tell me Ye Qi, right? He was regarded as a son by two men, and the result? What kind of son is that? No blood relationship, not biological, what happened to him? Alright? Raising a child and pretending to be a family like playing, if you want me to say, this is retribution! Retribution!!"

Tang Meng's face, which had always been gentle, was now tense, and his lips were tightly closed.His hands were clenched into fists and trembling slightly by his side - for many years, he and his father had always wanted his mother to understand, if he couldn't understand, at least to respect.Later he understood, understood that his mother was someone who never tried to understand, and would not accept things that were different from the rules of the public. At that moment, he also understood that there are many such people in this world.

They can't see those tender moments, and naturally they can't see those loves that are the same.If you reveal some of the sadness and hardships that are inherent in life, they will blame it all on the same reason-who told you to like someone of the same sex.

But Uncle Chi, Uncle Wen Bin, they are just in love, but the two people who are in love are living, living like us.Ye Qi was taught very well, they did what parents would do, because they knew what Ye Qi would encounter, so they were more cautious, even more like parents than some parents.

Why can't you look at it?

Why is it that you just stand at the door and glance at things like luck or happiness before making a judgment?

Tang Meng looked at his mother and said these words to her again.

Mother Tang opened her mouth and stared straight at Tang Meng.

"Mom, I can't marry and have children like other people, but even if there is no Xiaoqi, I still won't rush to get married and have children. What I want is not someone who takes care of me, but we can take care of each other. Even if it is a person who is still reluctant to part after arguing and wants to hold hands and continue to carry on, I now know who I want to go all the way with.

Mom, I'm sorry for you.I know you'll hear gossip about me in the future.But Mom, gossip comes from people's mouths, and there are always times when the mouth is closed. You have always been doing it for the sake of your son. You think I can have an ordinary and smooth life, but that is still my own life.In my own life, I can't give up the most important things just because of those casual jokes. "

Tang Meng tried his best to speak calmly, but he didn't realize that his father had already entered the room and stood behind him.

The mother moved her mouth, and saw the father and son standing there looking at her with indescribable pity. She suddenly felt that they had always looked down on her, so she came up again in one breath:

"You, you just think that I don't read as much as you two, and I don't understand as much as you! You talk one way, so you come to suppress me! What I do, ah? Is it not for you Good for this family!!"

Looking at the blushing mother, and listening to her reprimand, Tang Meng became calmer.Glancing at his father, he said slowly:

"Mom, you are wrong. It has nothing to do with how many books you read. It has something to do with your heart.

Mom, I don't want you to be sad, but if you go to Xiaoqi because of what we talked about today, "

Tang Meng paused, and then seriously accentuated his tone:

"Then I will never go back to this house again."

Tang's mother was shocked by her son's resolute tone and expression, and wanted to yell again but couldn't get up.Father lowered his voice behind Tang Meng:

"Tang Meng, you can't talk like that."

Tang Meng then sighed again:

"Mom, I don't ask you to accept and understand right away. My words are a bit harsh today, but I just want you to understand that Xiaoqi is a very important person to me. Going forward, no matter how difficult it is, I can resist. For you And father, I can only say, I'm sorry you two elders."

Father glanced at Mother Tang who was about to cry, and stood in front of Tang Meng:

"There's nothing to be sorry about. You are our son, but it's not because our parents want you to get married. After one thing in life, you have to do it if you want to have grandchildren. We want you to get married, I really wish you well.

Now that you have decided to be with Ye Qi.After that, you have to understand that no matter how much you feel that same-sex love is normal and natural, it is still considered unreasonable in today's society. It's fair, Tang Meng, are you mentally prepared for this? "

"Dad, I made it a long time ago."

Tang Meng looked into his father's eyes and answered word by word.