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Xu Sheng didn't wait for Lu Li.

That night until two o'clock, Malatang closed the stall, and the noodles in Malatang in front of Xu Sheng were lumped together, and Lu Li did not show up.

He went upstairs tiredly and lay down under the quilt.

The phone rang slowly, "Xu Sheng..."

At the other end was Lu Li's drunken voice, "Come and pick me up."

Lu Li's drinking capacity is not good, but when he is drunk, his face can only turn a little red, and he is not drunk like Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng pulled him upstairs, and after entering the door, Lu Li suddenly grabbed his hand, his eyelashes drooping: "Don't go."

Xu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and asked, "When did I say I want to leave?"

It was three o'clock in the morning, and the surroundings were silent. Lu Li looked at his face, held his hands and kissed him.

After the drunken kiss, Lu Li leaned on his shoulder and murmured in a low voice, "Xu Sheng...Xu Sheng...help me."

"What help?"

Xu Sheng was at a loss.

But Lu Li still refused to answer.

At noon of the next day, Lu Li woke up rubbing his hangover head. His body was very clean, so clean that there was no thread. Xu Sheng slept beside him, with several hickey marks on his neck.

A woman can't kiss such a big mark, obviously he kissed it last night.

Xu Sheng stretched his waist: "Are you awake?"

Lu Li nodded.

"I feel like you're taking revenge. I waited downstairs for five or six hours yesterday. If you don't come, you should call me anyway. Let me wait stupidly and let me pick you up. Do you have a conscience? "

As he spoke, Xu Sheng touched his head, "I've caught a cold, I might have a fever."

Lu Li watched him chatter, but smiled lightly: "Burn it, burn it, I will take care of you."

Xu Sheng wrapped the quilt up like a cocoon, "You can burn whatever you want? Anyway, it's not you who are suffering."

As he spoke, he wowed again, "My forehead is almost ready for fried eggs."

After Xu Sheng stayed at home for two days, he went to work properly.

Sitting in his office this time, Li Min saw him coming in and greeted him from a distance: "Xu Sheng, long time no see."

To be honest, Li Min's appearance is very similar to those greasy-headed and noodle-filled niches in Excellent Era. Even in the entertainment industry, his appearance is above average.

But it just didn't catch Xu Sheng's eyes.

Xu Sheng stood at the door and called the assistant: "Why is he here?"

The little assistant was at a loss.

Li Min took over the conversation, feeling a little complacent, "President Xu may not believe it."

Li Min straightened his clothes and walked up to Xu Sheng: "I bought Excellent Era."

Xu Sheng's pupils dilated unconsciously, Li Min was very satisfied with his expression, and gave Xu Sheng his hand: "Mr. Xu, we will have a happy cooperation in the future."

Xu Sheng didn't answer.

Li Min was a little embarrassed, but quickly changed his mind, "The future will last forever."

He gave a low laugh: "Mr. Xu has been getting close to the second son of the Lu family recently, so he doesn't like me anymore, but Mr. Xu has heard that he has not. The second son Lu has broken up with his family recently. I'm afraid life will be difficult."

He looked into Xu Sheng's eyes, "I talked to Uncle Lu on the phone yesterday and talked about Lu Li's recent situation in detail. Uncle seemed to be in a bad mood after hearing it. The old man is not very receptive, so he muttered It's a pity to beat Lu Li to death, what I said unintentionally almost affected the harmony of other families."

Xu Sheng clenched his fist, and finally couldn't help throwing it at Li Min, "You are really sick!"

Li Min laughed, dodged the attack, and said with self-satisfaction: "It's much better to see you angry than to look expressionless...Xu Sheng, are you free tonight? Have a meal with me, or I will have a conscience." If you find out and go to the Lu family to talk nonsense, Uncle Lu is not as simple as talking."

Xu Sheng endured his nausea, and after a long time: "Where? What time?"

After dinner, Xu Sheng walked on the road and was shivered by the cold wind. Li Min quickly walked over to wrap a piece of clothing on him. Xu Sheng looked at him coldly and accepted it silently.

Li Min saw the huge banner for the opening of the cinema not far away, and couldn't help asking Xu Sheng: "How about we go to the movies?"

Xu Sheng suddenly remembered the movie he had watched with Lu Li in Harbin that year.

He had forgotten what was being shown, but that night was much colder than today.

"What movie are the two big men watching?" Xu Sheng complained, "Each go back to their respective homes."

Xu Sheng went home directly, opened the door, and the lights were on.

Lu Li has the key here.

Before taking two steps, Xu Sheng's cell phone rang, and it was Li Min who asked him if he was home.

Lu Li was standing at the dining table and was about to warm up his meal when he heard Xu Sheng's voice at the door: "I'm home... Okay... Got it."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Li couldn't help asking Xu Sheng: "Who?"

"No one." Xu Sheng saw the food on the table, "I've eaten it, you can eat it yourself."

Lu Li grabbed Xu Sheng's arm, "Who did you eat with?"

Xu Sheng hated being restrained, especially hated this questioning tone. The anger that had been accumulated by Li Min burst out for no reason at this moment: "Don't worry!"

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know the beginning and the end, and his tone softened a little, "There is still one year...does what you said count?"

Xu Sheng asked, "What did I say?"

Lu Li didn't answer again.

Xu Sheng was really annoyed by his appearance, he always liked to hide everything.

Lu Li finally opened his mouth: "Did you just annoy me on purpose?"

"Aren't you also mad at me?" Xu Sheng's eyes were full of anger, "The pajamas in the bathtub, the cover in the sofa, and the smell of women's perfume when I just came back, if you really want to find a woman, go find it and give it to me." I see what it means!"

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, he was stunned for a long time by Xu Sheng's questioning, and then walked around him and went out.

Xu Sheng chased him out, but Lu Li hurriedly stopped, but when he waited, he said: "Don't come here again!"

And the sound of the door being slammed shut.

Xu Sheng was surprised to receive a call from home.

Since his parents divorced, he lived alone and hadn't spoken to his family for a long time.

Xu's father's call was short and concise. To sum it up, Xu Sheng grew up and should take good care of himself in the future.

The more Xu Sheng listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. After several times of questioning, he heard the news that Xu's father had leukemia with cold hands and feet.

The Xu family's surgery fee can be collected, but the bone marrow has not been able to find a suitable one.

Xu Sheng asked for leave to go to the hospital to test father Xu's bone marrow.

Coincidentally, I met Lu Li.

He looked at Xu Sheng who was sitting on the blue chair, and paused, "What's wrong?"

Xu Sheng told him about the matter, and finally apologized to him: "I was in a bad mood that day... I shouldn't be angry with you."

Lu Li shook his head.

He looked ahead indifferently, "Xu Sheng, do we have a future?"

Xu Sheng didn't answer.

After leaving the hospital, Lu Li sent Xu Sheng to the company and asked him if he was free tonight.

Xu Sheng hesitated and said, "No time."

Working overtime at night, Xu Sheng rushed to make plans, and Li Min waited for him at the door of his office, but Xu Sheng pushed him away but couldn't. After a long time, it became a routine for the two of them to leave the company together.

When they walked out of the company, Lu Li saw them in the rearview mirror.

It was not the first time that Lu Li saw the two of them leave together.

When Xu Sheng came home at night, there was a figure at the dining table.

Xu Sheng tentatively asked, "Is it Lu Li?"

Lu Li, who had been drinking in the pitch black, threw himself on him.

Lu Li's voice was weak and distorted: "You're actually going back to China for Li Min, right?"

Xu Sheng's hands stopped, tired: "Yes."

Broke up unhappily.

Xu Sheng also punched him.

This should be the first quarrel between the two since they separated.

For Li Min.

Lu Li was so angry that he was going crazy.

The hospital test results came out.

Xu Sheng never expected that Lu Li's bone marrow would match.

Xu Sheng quickly found Shang Lu Li's door.

Lu Li had just finished the meeting when he heard the secretary say that Xu Sheng was coming, so he gave a pause.

Xu Sheng sat across from him, expressing his intentions tactfully, during which Lu Li kept looking at him without saying a word.

Xu Sheng was still waiting for his reply.

"Xu Sheng, how about we being together, we are really together, not playing tricks." Lu Li smiled, "If you promise me, I will promise you."

Xu Sheng didn't quite understand Gou Xue's eight o'clock development.

Trying to ease the atmosphere: "Lu Li, I'm not joking, my dad is still in the hospital."

"I'm not joking." Lu Li stared at him, "I have been played by you for so many years, when did I ever make a joke?"

Xu Sheng moved to Lu Li's house that day.

The New Year is coming soon, and Excellent Era's project is only halfway through as expected, Xu Sheng leaves early and returns late every day, and Lu Li leaves work on time and always sees Xu Sheng, he asked Xu Sheng: "Are you busy with work? "

Xu Sheng wished that one person could be broken into two, and collapsed on the bed weakly: "What do you think?"

"I didn't ask you to move here so that you wouldn't see anyone every day, and you would collapse on the bed as soon as you came back." Lu Li was very displeased, "You should resign."

"Do you think it's possible?" Xu Sheng chuckled, "I don't want it."

"Don't you want to part with Li Min?" Lu Li asked coldly, "You returned to China because of him, right?"

Xu trembled.

Laughing back in anger, Xu Sheng endured it, lay down on the bed and continued to pretend to be dead.

Lu Li saw that his attitude was almost acquiescing, and felt furious, directly overwhelmed him, holding Xu Sheng's face and kissing him forcefully.

Xu Sheng didn't know if he was angry, but he fell ill the next day and lay in bed with a high fever.

Seeing his pitiful face, Lu Li put him beside him to warm him.

After not taking care of her for a few days, it was Lu Li's turn to donate bone marrow.

Bone marrow pumping is very painful. Although the medical treatment has progressed rapidly, Lu Li's body is still very weak just after the bone marrow pumping.

For his father's sake, Xu Sheng thought he was doing his best to take care of him.

But one day when he came back from the company, he saw Lu Li throwing things in a rage at home.

"What are you doing!" Xu Sheng's computer at home was not spared, and it was broken into [-] small pieces. If it wasn't smashed with a hammer, he wouldn't believe it.

Lu Li's eyes were red, "Are you going abroad again?"

He smashed the remote control at Xu Sheng: "Get out!"

Xu Sheng really wanted to go back to him: I can go wherever I like, but thinking that Lu Li has not recovered yet, he softened his tone: "The head office asked me to report to work, and I will return after the new year."

He asked Lu Li back: "How do you know?"

Lu Li froze immediately, and hid the visa application that Xu Sheng had originally put in the drawer on the second floor.

Xu Sheng looked over suspiciously, and suddenly became angry: "Are you sick, are you looking through my things every day, do you understand what privacy is! Fuck!"

Xu Sheng cursed a few words, then looked back at the broken computer, and shouted, "I can't live through this day!"

Xu Sheng moved out of Lu Li's house logically.

But he was also worried that Lu Li would have an accident, after all he donated his father's bone marrow, so he still visited him every now and then.

Lu Li was quarreling, but when he saw him, he knew very clearly that he liked him very much.

Xu Sheng was helping him hang his clothes, he walked over and couldn't help hugging him from behind.

He thought, even if this person doesn't like me, I'm still very happy when he's by my side.

After Lu Li recovered, he injured his arm unfortunately, Xu Sheng worked hard and came to his house to help him take care of the housework.

Lu Li looked at his back, although he was unwilling, he still asked, what do you plan to get married, and to drink your wedding wine when the time comes.

Xu Sheng smiled and said nothing.

It was a long time later when Lu Li found several photo albums in Xu Sheng's luggage.

Inside are photos of Lu Li.

It took Xu Sheng a long time to love him, a long time.

During the three years in France, Xu Sheng held these photo albums every day, and actually regretted coming to this foreign country.

It's a pity that Lu Li directly blocked his way back at that time. He received a postcard from Lu Li every year, in which he was asked if he was happy but not if he would come back.

The reason why he returned to China was because he wanted to tell Lu Li that he actually liked him very much, he really liked him, and he didn't realize until he left that he had liked him unconsciously for many years.

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