Mainly because he gave too much money

Yan Xiuji wanted to have a good talk with Zhou Ziyi.

But after a few days in a row, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the two people who lived under the same roof had no chance to sit face to face and have a serious talk.

Yan Xiuji has been working overtime every day lately, and when he gets home at night, he often arrives at [-] o'clock or [-] o'clock, and Zhou Ziyi's guest bedroom has already been closed.Yan Xiuji stood at his door for a few minutes and was silent for a long time, but he didn't raise his hand to knock on the door after all.

There is still a chance in the morning, Zhou Ziyi honestly got up to make breakfast the day after the "drunken raid".It's just that Yan Xiuji went downstairs, seeing the hot breakfast on the table, various noises in the kitchen...but there was no sign of Zhou Ziyi.

Yan Xiuji stood by the dining table, staring at the open kitchen door for a long time, but did not walk through it after all.

——Forget it, the time in the morning is too short, don't be in a hurry.

Although there were not many key points in the conversation, Yan Xiuji always felt that it was too informal to spend only 2 minutes to communicate.If possible, Yan Xiuji even felt that he should arrange a simple and elegant dinner for two, then go for a walk to see the night view, and finally express his thoughts clearly during the walk.

Instead of saying a few words in a hurry during the 10 minutes of breakfast, I have to rush out.

After all, the relationship between the two was initially based on a contract.President Yan Da knows very well that if two or three sentences are unclear, misunderstandings are likely to occur.Instead of hastily speaking about mistakes, it is better to wait calmly and find the right time to speak thoroughly.

And Yan Xiuji also guessed...Zhou Ziyi probably doesn't dare to face him right now.

Last time Zhou Ziyi took the initiative to kiss him, and then there was no breakfast and no one was around for a week, as if there was no such person at home.If it wasn't for Yan Xiuji's initiative to ease, Zhou Ziyi might be able to hide for how long.This time, he made some progress. He hid for a day and came out.Although he hasn't spoken yet, at least he won't lock himself in the room.

Thinking of this, Yan Xiuji suddenly realized something.

——The last time Zhou Ziyi kept avoiding after kissing, was he afraid of embarrassment, or...?

Yan Xiuji recalled that earlier, Zhou Ziyi didn't seem to be too afraid of embarrassment.

In the relationship between the two, Zhou Ziyi has always been the one who actively enlivens the atmosphere, and often intentionally or unintentionally makes little moves that leave Yan Xiuji speechless.Even if Yan Xiuji is dissatisfied and angry occasionally, Zhou Ziyi can still find a way to soothe the atmosphere.He used to be able to tell Yan Xiuji blatantly that he was going to ask his sister for a fee, and could he withdraw the pocket money in advance.

Since when did Zhou Ziyi become unwilling to tell Yan Xiuji about his difficulties?

Why did Zhou Ziyi dare to apologize the next day after kissing him for the first time—although Zhou Ziyi didn't remember the kiss? After the second kiss, there was nothing left to do but escape?

Yan Xiuji pondered silently, and gradually got the answer in his heart.

An answer that made him happy.

He was sitting at the kitchen table with an egg and bacon sandwich in front of him and a cup of coffee with three sugar cubes next to it.

Looking at the three sugar cubes, he suddenly thought of something and took a sip of coffee.

……really.

In fact, this cup of coffee has been freed from sugar.But according to Yan Xiuji's taste, he really wanted to put three more candies.

Yan Xiuji suddenly realized that Zhou Ziyi had already figured out his taste, but he would not express it or ask for credit in front of him.The young man would just hand him a cup of sweet white peach sparkling water, peel the sweet oranges to him, and put a lot of sugar in the cold tomatoes.Ever since Yan Xiuji forgot to take sugar with his coffee to work for the first time, Zhou Ziyi would check every time whether he had forgotten the small paper bag containing the sugar.

There should be many more similar things, but Yan Xiuji may not be able to remember all of them at once.

But it is these bits and pieces that slowly weave into a big net and seep into Yan Xiuji's life.

Moisturizing is silent.

Yan Xiuji was used to being very serious in the past, and there were not many entertainment activities after returning home.But since Zhou Ziyi moved in, the house seems to have gradually adapted to his rhythm—relaxed and comfortable.

With him, the apartment has some pop without being overly noisy.This is no longer just a place to come back to sleep at night, but a harbor where you can really relax your nerves and stay comfortably.

I don't know when it started, but when Yan Xiuji got off work, he would already have a thought: it's time to go home.

"Home……"

Yan Xiuji started to eat breakfast.Zhou Ziyi's craftsmanship is not at the top level, but the taste and level are just right for Yan Xiuji.As Yan Xiuji was eating, he suddenly remembered that he had eaten recently, and it seemed that he had never tasted the taste of the "smoky seasoning" before.After thinking about it for a few seconds, I actually found it a little funny.

Probably because Zhou Ziyi put it away, out of sight.

Yan Xiuji, who has always disliked being influenced by others, decided to condone this kind of "overstepping" behavior that he thought was invisible, and even pretended not to notice it.

Yan Xiuji also couldn't tell what point in Zhou Ziyi's body made him give up the restraint again and again, and then let Zhou Ziyi walk around freely in his "territory", doing whatever he wanted.Maybe it's because of Zhou Ziyi's politeness, maybe because of his cleverness, maybe because he can keep up with the topic and chat about everything...or maybe he has a little bit of everything.

Yan Xiuji remembered a passage he had read at some time.

"Some people, you don't think he is particularly outstanding at the beginning. But when you find out, he has completely adapted to you like a good Tetris."

If the Tetris is adapted, the entire line will disappear, just like some things are more difficult to detect if they are tacitly understood; only when they are not suitable, the Tetris will become higher and higher, and the contradiction will become more and more obvious.

But now, Zhou Ziyi has obviously successfully adapted to all the boundaries of Yan Xiuji.

He is not an outsider in Yan Xiuji's family, but a part of it.He silently became a net that surrounded Yan Xiuji, continuously striving to give a little bit of warmth and protection; and became a seedling in Yan Xiuji's heart, bringing joy with vigorous vitality .

This net and this seedling can be pulled out, but you will only find out when you do it, and pulling it out will make people hurt.

They have lived together for less than a year, and Zhou Ziyi can do this.Yan Xiuji couldn't imagine what it would be like in three years.

If Zhou Ziyi became a big tree whose roots permeated every corner of this home, what would this home look like when he was uprooted and about to leave?

And... Yan Xiuji swallowed the last mouthful of the sandwich slowly, drank two sips of coffee, and his thoughts were very profound.

There is another very important point.

——Zhou Ziyi, did you do this completely voluntarily?

——Is he tired of doing this?

On the one hand, Yan Xiuji felt that the tacit understanding between him and Zhou Ziyi was comfortable, but on the other hand, he was a little worried. This was the result of Zhou Ziyi's one-way efforts to change himself.

Whatever the truth is, we have to talk about it.

Yan Xiuji made up his mind to find a suitable time to discuss everything.

Only when everything has been answered can it be truly determined whether the two of them are really meeting each other.

"click".

Yan Xiuji put down his coffee cup, stood up, and walked towards the kitchen.

He stopped at the door, looked at the back of the figure inside who didn't know whether he was really busy or pretending to be busy, and made a sound.

"I'm going to work."

Zhou Ziyi was startled by the voice, and his whole body trembled without any trace.He didn't expect Yan Xiuji to say this on purpose, and he couldn't pretend he didn't hear it, so he turned his head and glanced at the other party.

They stared at each other for only a moment, and then looked away as if fleeing.

"See you."

Yan Xiuji opened his mouth, originally wanting to say "Let's talk when we have time".But he looked at Zhou Ziyi like a frightened bird, and he didn't want him to think wildly while waiting, so he decided to wait until he could really spare time before mentioning this matter.

Before that, let Zhou Ziyi be a quail, if he wants to.

Thus, the words that had come to his lips turned into a plain farewell: "Goodbye."

***

Yan Xiuji was busy for more than a week.

He and Zhou Ziyi seem to be getting along normally on the surface, but everyone knows that there is a layer of fog and ice in between, and it is difficult to clean up after being pierced.Zhou Ziyi still treated him like a tortoise, but Yan Xiuji calculated his days, thinking that after two days, he would almost finish his work, and then he could put his private affairs on the agenda.

Also because of his recent busy schedule, Yan Xiuji missed some news from Moments and several party invitations.He was not very keen on social occasions, and would only attend the more necessary ones.He didn't care when someone sent a message to call him, and he dismissed it casually and left it behind.

Until this afternoon, he received a call.

When the bell rang, he was stunned for a moment when he looked at the phone screen.He hasn't seen the three words displayed by the caller for a long time.

Two seconds later, he came back to his senses and picked up the phone: "Hello?"

"Hello, Ash?"

A familiar but unfamiliar male voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'm Yu Yanxi."

Yan Xiuji leaned back in his chair and replied, "...I know, your name is displayed on the phone."

"Haha, yes, I forgot, and I wanted to tell you a surprise." The other side laughed, "I'm back!"

Yan Xiuji replied: "Welcome back. When did you arrive?"

"I arrived a few days ago, adjusted the time difference for a few days, and attended a party." Yu Yanxi smiled, and said in a familiar tone, "They also said they asked you to come together, but you didn't give me face, which made me look forward to it in vain. field."

"It's not a matter of giving face or not." Yan Xiuji said, "I've been busy recently, and I can't find time, and I haven't heard that you're back."

Yu Yanxi said: "No wonder, I just said that I have posted in Moments that I am back, why didn't you even give me a like, you didn't see it when you co-authored it!"

Recently, Yan Xiuji was either busy with work or thinking about how to arrange the "conversation". He really didn't have much time to look at his phone, so he had to say "Sorry".

"It's fine to apologize, but let's get together if you have time?" Yu Yanxi smiled, "I have an appointment at XX bar the day after tomorrow. Let's clean it up. It's not noisy. All the friends from our circle are going there. Come together when you're free? Come later It doesn't matter, the bar closes late anyway."

After Yan Xiuji listened, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Ziyi seemed to have been bored at home for a long time.If you take him out for some activities, on the one hand, let him come out to get some air, and on the other hand, it should also ease the atmosphere between the two of you.

"Yes." Yan Xiuji readily agreed.

"But I'm taking someone with me."