Wait till the sun rises

"Guess who I'm with today?" Chen Ruolin's smiling voice came over as soon as the phone was connected.

Xu Jiming squeezed out the cigarette in his hand, and said, "Who is it?"

Chen Ruolin laughed and said, "Xia Yang."

Xu Jiming was shocked, his body was leaning against the wall straight, he wanted to ask something, but he didn't know how to express it, so he kept silent.

Chen Ruolin continued: "He looks so good, it makes my blood boil. I heard he doesn't have a girlfriend, right?"

Xu Jiming said, "Why do you ask this?"

Chen Ruolin smiled and said, "I want to see if I have a chance, so as to save myself from having to worry about it every day, and having to collude with you."

Xu Jiming said, "How long are you going to keep it a secret?"

"Well, I have to wait until I really find a boyfriend." Chen Ruolin said in a relaxed tone, "Don't worry, when the time comes, I'll say that I cheated on you and kicked you."

Xu Jiming played with a cigarette in his hand, and said with a smile: "How important is a girl's family reputation, let me play the villain."

Chen Ruolin laughed with him for a while, then her tone suddenly became serious, she said: "Student, answer my question seriously... Xia Yang, is this the person in your heart?"

After a long silence, Xu Jiming hummed lightly.

Chen Ruolin sighed: "Sure enough, I said that you don't have any close friends, but you always go to City B."

Xu Jiming laughed: "So powerful?"

Chen Ruolin said proudly: "This is our intuition as women. We don't usually know that you two are together, and you can tell it at a glance. There is something wrong with your eyes, and you always look at him. Then, Xia Yang, is he with you? You too……"

"No." Xu Jiming shook his head and said firmly, "He's not!"

Chen Ruolin let out an oh, and the voice sounded a little pity: "It would be great if he likes you."

Xu Jiming lit a cigarette and took a puff, then smiled sullenly: "Senior sister, I beg you to find a boyfriend quickly, I am tortured to death by my mother every day."

·

After the New Year, Xia Yang started a busy work life.He found that his grandfather's appetite had started to become poor, but after a few days, he was haggard all over.

He thought his grandfather was ill, so he dragged him to the hospital for an examination. Fortunately, his grandfather was in good health.At first he thought that he was going to work, he was away at noon, and his grandfather didn't have a good meal, so he took a car home at noon every day, had lunch with his grandfather, and then hurried back to the company.

But even so, Grandpa Xia was still dying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xia Yang frowned, and cooked according to the recipe every day. Grandpa Xia waved his hand and said, "Don't be so troublesome, I have eaten too much fish and meat during the Chinese New Year, and I haven't exhausted it yet."

"How can I do that?" Grandpa Xia's health is the first priority in Xia Yang's heart, and he dare not relax at all.

Worrying about grandpa's appetite every day, but leaving those sad things behind, Xia Yang bought a lot of health books, read them in his spare time, and then followed the above methods to take care of grandpa.

After ignoring Xu Jiming's text message again, Xia Yang walked out of the kitchen after making the millet porridge.But he didn't see anyone in the living room. He went to the bedroom, and Grandpa Xia came out from the balcony with his mobile phone.

"time to eat."

Grandpa Xia hummed, and seemed to be in better spirits.

After Xia Yang washed the dishes, when he came out, he saw his grandfather took out a small suitcase to pack his clothes.

Xia Yang said: "Grandfather, where are you going?"

Grandpa Xia folded the clothes to be changed and put them in neatly, and said with a smile: "I've been bored at home for so many days, and I can't sit still. It just so happened that the chess players spontaneously organized an event in this city, and Old Wang and I went to have a look. "

Xia Yang said: "Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow."

Grandpa Xia refused: "Work is important. Grandpa is with you. We chartered a car to go there. It's very safe. I'll call you when we arrive."

Xia Yang was still not at ease, Grandpa Xia finally got angry, called a friend, and after connecting, he threw the phone to Xia Yang.

It was an old man who often played chess with his grandfather. Xia Yang had met him before and had dinner with him. He was in good health.

After hearing Xia Yang's explanation, the old man smiled and said: "It's okay, we often meet here, tomorrow I will walk from your community and pick up your grandfather on the way, and it will be delivered safely."

Grandpa Xia was full of energy and seemed to want to participate very much. Xia Yang couldn't stop him. After sending Grandpa to the car the next morning, he went to the company.

The work is not so hard, and there is more and more free time.Grandpa talks to himself every day, and even learned to video call with the help of his friends. He looks in good spirits, his cheeks are rosier, and Xia Yang's hanging heart is finally relieved.

Grandpa is his only relative in this world.

Xia Yang wanted to get busy, but found that he couldn't do it no matter what.The big stone in my heart fell to the ground, and the figure of Xu Jiming appeared in my mind all the time. The more I didn't want to think about it, the more I couldn't control it.

It has been more than ten days since he came back from Xu's house, and he never talked to Xu Jiming on the phone, but he just shirked that he was too busy with work.At night, the house is empty and silent.Xia Yang began to anesthetize himself with alcohol.

Han Rui said that if you die drunk, you won't worry anymore, which is really true.

·

The mellow aroma of wine, gorgeous lights, and roaring music are intertwined, opening the curtain of the night.

This is a small gay bar, but it is very emotional.

The dance floor was full of beautiful boys and men. Their actions were bold and hot. There were even two men hugging each other and kissing while dancing. The whistle kept ringing.

With smiles on their faces, the two pushed away the crowd, and left the bar holding hands.

In the night, they don't have to hide themselves carefully, and they don't have to worry about others looking at them with disgust.Don't worry about being a different kind in the eyes of others. They are free here, but it is only here.

This is their paradise.

Xia Yang's fair and slender fingers rested on the wine glass vaguely, looking at the people in the center of the dance floor, he thought silently, will this be my paradise?He laughed at himself, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

He was a little drunk, his head was dizzy, and after drinking another glass, a voice rang in his ears.

"Alone?" The man's voice was deep and mellow, with a hint of provocation at the end, "I don't know if I have the honor, please have a drink, sir."

Xia Yang smiled slightly, took the wine handed over by the man, raised his head and drank it down.The smile on the man's lips deepened, and he sat down beside Xia Yang.

"Seldom come here?" The man took another glass of wine handed over by the bartender, and whispered, "I've never seen you before."

Xia Yang's cheeks were red from the smell of alcohol, but his eyes were extremely bright. He unbuttoned the two buttons on his shirt, put down his wine glass and finally turned his head, squinting his eyes at the man sitting beside him, but couldn't see clearly. It took him a while before he said softly, "It's my first time here."

Facing his blurred eyes, the smile on the man's lips deepened, he leaned forward, leaned into Xia Yang's ear and whispered: "No wonder, do you want to chat in another place?" He looked around, "Here It's noisy."

Xia Yang nodded, pushed the wine glass, stood up and said, "Let's go."

The man smiled, stretched out his hand to adjust his glasses, and said to the waiter, "I paid for the gentleman's account just now, just put it in my name."

The bartender nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Bai."

·

The night was very cold, Xia Yang shivered involuntarily from the icy evening wind, and at this time a coat was draped over his body.

"You forgot your clothes." The man wearing glasses stretched out a hand to cut his hair, Xia Yang thanked him in a low voice, and took a step back to avoid the man's hand.

The man put his hand down indifferently and said, "Do you want to go?"

Xia Yang put on his coat, and shook his head when he heard the words: "It's too cold." The man laughed again, tilted his head, and said, "Wait here for me, I'll go pick up the car."

Xia Yang stared at the man's back for a long time before his brain, drugged by alcohol, realized that this man was dating X...

Figured this out, Xia Yang rubbed his eyes, then wrapped his coat tightly, stopped a taxi without the slightest hesitation, and left without looking back.As for the man just now, he can only be considered unlucky.

·

It was almost twelve o'clock when I got home, Xia Yang felt very dizzy, it seemed that he drank too much.Xia Yang shook his head, and staggered into the corridor.

Xia Yang lived on the fourth floor, and the voice-activated lights in the corridor broke down at some point. Xia Yang just climbed up in the dark. The lights on the fourth floor were still working fine, but he didn't expect to break down tonight.

Xia Yang took out the key from his pocket and fumbled to open the door.

At this time, a hand stretched out from the dark to hold his wrist. The man was chilled all over his body, and his voice was obviously panicked: "Where have you been? You don't answer your phone, and you don't even look at the present." What time is it? What should I do if something goes wrong?"

Xia Yang's eyes were slightly hot, and he stepped forward and hugged the man who was speaking tightly. The man froze all over, and after a while, he reached out and patted his back, asking, "Have you been drinking?"

Xia Yang didn't speak, but just tightened his arms and hugged the man tightly. He used such strength, as if he would disappear before his eyes if he didn't hug him tightly.

In the dark, he felt that the man seemed to sigh, and said after a while: "Where are the keys, don't stand at the door in this cold day."

Xia Yang shook his head, the man broke away from Xia Yang's embrace slightly, but Xia Yang stubbornly wanted to hug him, and refused to let go.

The man stiffened and said, "How much did you drink?" He struggled hard, but Xia Yang suddenly took a step back as if frightened, and stood there with his head down.

The man grabbed Xia Yang's hand and put the key in the keyhole. With a click, the door opened.

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