scorching cold

On the day Li Suihan and Tao Zhuo went home, Tao Zhuo felt even more nervous than when he checked his college entrance examination results.

"What should I do? I really want to take you home." He walked around next to Li Suihan, tugging at his collar for a while, and brushing his hair for a while.

"Regret?" Li Suihan looked at him with a smile.

"I'm afraid my mother will drive you out." Tao Zhuo said worriedly.

"Then will you come with me?" Li Suihan asked.

"If you are kicked out, I will probably be held down by my mother. Remember to squat at the door and call me." Tao Zhuo imagined the scene and smiled, "As long as you call, I will with you."

"Why do I have to squat down and shout?" Li Suihan hugged him and hugged him, "Can't I just stand up and shout? Can't I hug him?"

"Standing is fine, it's risky to hold it." Tao Zhuo narrowed his eyes with a smile, "I'm afraid you'll be kicked and kneeled by my brother again."

The consequences of being too nervous made him like a howling roller coaster, chattering for a while, and being amused by Li Suihan for a while, and really waited until he got downstairs, and he was on it again.

"Give me a cigarette, I have to prepare." He was pawing in the bucket of Li Suihan's car.

"It's not possible," Li Suihan took a cigarette, lowered his head and stuffed it into Tao Zhuo's mouth, "This is not the first time I have visited your house."

Tao Zhuo looked at him for a while, and suddenly asked curiously: "It was the first time you went to my house for class, how did you feel when you first saw me?"

Li Suihan thought for a while and said, "You didn't wash your hair, didn't you, that day."

Tao Zhuo: "..."

Tao Zhuo laughed so much that he leaned back on the seat, a large amount of cigarette ash shook on his pants.

Li Suihan reached out to pat him, and looked at him inexplicably and amusedly: "What's the fun?"

"I can't get through this..." Tao Zhuo blushed with a smile, cleared his throat and sat up, "Actually, every time I meet you again after a long time, I haven't washed my hair. This is a curse."

"Really," Li Suihan shook his head with a smile, "I don't have any impression of it later."

"Then it was the first time you met me." Tao Zhuo turned the subject back, "Can you imagine that I will be the one who will be with you in the future?"

"No," Li Suihan said sincerely, "I'm not a pervert, imagining the future for junior high school students."

"Hey you! Are you a straight man?" Tao Zhuo laughed angrily, danced twice with a cigarette in his hand, and pointed to himself, "I mean, look at me now, and think back to the past Don't you think it's amazing that we met for the first time?"

"Yeah." Li Suihan looked at him, eyes bent, "You are magical."

Miraculous Zhuozhuo took the straight man Li Suihan upstairs, stopped in front of the house, he walked lightly, and took another deep breath.

"It's coming," he said to Li Suihan in a breathy voice, "Our country has no marriage protection for homosexuals. I'll take you home. Rounding it up is equivalent to taking you to get a license."

Li Suihan's originally steady eyes suddenly became a little moved because of this sentence, and he raised his hand to scratch Tao Zhuo's face.

"Once you get the certificate, you are a family." Tao Zhuo grabbed his hand, "We are a family. If my parents' expressions are a little bit uneasy, you can't worry about it. You have to hang up, okay?"

"Don't worry." Li Suihan assured him softly.

Tao Zhuo wanted to say something more, but the door was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and his mother poked her head out to look at them: "I dare not enter until we are at the door?"

"Hey!" Tao Zhuo was startled, "Mom, why are you still peeking inside?"

"Auntie." Li Suihan called out.

"Hey, good." Mom ignored Tao Zhuo, looked Li Suihan up and down, and pushed the door wide open, "Come in first."

Slippers are ready, disinfectant and alcohol spray are placed on the porch table, and there is a special cabinet for them to store the things they brought.

Dad was watching TV, and asked his mother a few words if it was hot today, just like treating classmates who came to the house every time, it was very natural, and Tao Zhuo's nervous mood was relieved for the most part.

Just as he was changing his shoes, Tao Zhen came out with a spatula in his hand and said, "You're coming?"

"Ah." Li Suihan took off his mask, nodded with a smile.

"This is my brother." Tao Zhuo hurriedly introduced, "Brother, this is Li Suihan, you can just call him Brother Li."

"Just call your name." Li Suihan said politely.

"'Brother' went together," Tao Zhen also smiled, "One day I will make an appointment with a senior official."

"Is it older than Tao Zhen?" My mother came out of the kitchen and said, "Sit in the living room first, there are still two dishes left."

"More than half a year old." Tao Zhuo said, "Mom, doesn't he look familiar to you?"

"Have I seen it?" My mother put down the plate, took a few steps closer to take a closer look at Li Suihan, "It's so handsome, if I've seen it before...it seems familiar."

Dad heard the words and followed suit.

"It's said that the surname is Li and I can't remember it." Tao Zhuo said suddenly a little sad, "It's amazing, my tutor in the third grade."

As soon as these words came out, the whole family was shocked.

My mother had a very good impression of Li Suihan back then. Every time Li Suihan came to teach Tao Zhuo, she would prepare tea and snacks, ask questions, and praise Tao Zhuo after class.

Tao Zhuo wanted to learn art, part of the reason why his mother didn't object was because he thought it would be great if he could learn like Li Suihan.

"Oh my God," my mother opened her mouth, and for a moment she forgot what identity Li Suihan came here today. She sat down on the sofa, stared at him, and said with a smile, "How many years have we not seen each other? Tao What year was Burning in the third year of junior high school?"

"It's been ten years," Dad said.

"My God, why do you..." Mom suddenly became vigilant, "You wouldn't have..."

"No." Li Suihan and Tao Zhuo hurriedly shook their heads together.

"I met at school later." Li Suihan said.

"Li Suihan later went to graduate school, and he happened to be in his second year of my freshman year." Tao Zhuo added.

They briefed the family on the key points of their reunion, and the mother's eyes could not be said to be uncomplicated.

She nodded for a while and smiled for a while, feeling that there were too many elements, and she had to take her time.

However, human mentality always has its wonderful places.

At least the person Tao Zhuo brought home was Li Suihan, not some messy cat or dog. This alone suddenly made her feel a lot more at ease, and it was a little comforting.

It was the first time Li Suihan ate at home, and his parents didn't talk too deeply with him, so they recognized the face and let Li Suihan recognize the family.

Li Suihan knew it well, he didn't stay too long after the meal, and got up to leave after chatting for a while.

Tao Zhuo tentatively got up and wanted to leave, but his mother glanced at him, and Li Suihan asked him to stay at home and talk to his uncles and aunts.

"Then you go back by yourself and take your time." Tao Zhuo didn't know why, after taking Li Suihan home, his desire to be with him surged sharply, and he felt a little inseparable.

"Xiao Li, let's play again." His mother sent him out, and said with a faint smile.

After Li Suihan left, Tao Zhuo took the initiative to clean the pots and bowls, made tea, and brought it to his parents, looking at them expectantly.

"It's rare to do a job once in ten years." His mother mocked him with a sideways look.

Tao Zhen lit a cigarette. Dad hadn't smoked for a long time, so he asked for one. The father and son were driven to the balcony by their mother.

"Mom." Tao Zhuo called out obediently without moving.

My mother didn't speak, she was stunned for a long time, and when she raised her eyes to look at Tao Zhuo again, her eyes were a little dazed again.

"You really..." She didn't seem to know how to speak, she rubbed the center of her brows, propped her head and looked at Tao Zhuo in confusion.

"Mom, really." Tao Zhuo took her words very seriously.

"...Can't it be changed?" Mom asked again, almost cautiously.

Tao Zhuo felt a little sad, he sat beside his mother and hugged her, the mother closed her eyes and sighed, and didn't speak any more.

A few days later in the evening, my mother suddenly "wandered" near Li Suihan's house, and called Tao Zhuo to ask if it was convenient for Fang to visit them.

Tao Zhuo got up from the bed with his butt bare, and frantically threw the two people's underwear and clothes into the washing machine.

Li Suihan made the bed, turned on the purifier, and before going downstairs to pick him up, Tao Zhuo surrounded him and sniffed it twice, blushing and said, "It doesn't smell, go ahead."

Li Suihan shook his head amusedly, and scratched Tao Zhuo's hair.

That day when my mother came over, she didn't sit for long, but she brought a bagful of fruits and asked Tao Zhuo to wash in the kitchen.

Tao Zhuo washed absent-mindedly, and he was about to take it out after the first sloppy rinse.

He had already reached the kitchen door. Hearing his mother's whispering voice, he was suddenly blessed. He turned back to the sink, turned on the faucet, and rubbed it carefully twice.

It was too much to wash, so he simply pulled down the chopping board, cut a fruit plate, and listened to the conversation between his mother and Li Suihan.

It's actually not right to say "dialogue", because basically it's my mother talking, and Li Suihan agreed.

"... I don't know if he had a relationship with a girl or a boy when he was in school. You don't like to tell your family about children, but I know that you are the first one, so You alone."

"If you want to say whether you accept it or not, how can I accept it? Can your parents accept it? I think it is very difficult for parents to accept it, and I don't understand how you can ensure that you are together. What should you do when others ask you?" Say?"

"What you're telling me now, son, I can't understand either. My boss has been telling me a lot these days, and I've checked the information, but your uncle and I still don't understand. You don't understand why the family I don’t even support it, I want you to get married well and have your own home.”

"I think, you are still young, maybe now you feel very happy together, and you don't have any restraints, you don't have to worry about so much... But sooner or later, you will still go back to the right path and have your own life."

"Auntie just wants to tell you, I know my child, he is just like his elder brother. If one day you figure it out and want to start a family, you can tell Tao Zhuo, don't catch him, don't coax him , good for both of you, you know?"

"Don't talk too much about your relationship with others. To protect yourself, you can avoid unnecessary trouble. You know?"

……

Tao Zhuo didn't listen carefully to what his mother said later.

He lowered his head and cut the fruit, his eye sockets were hot and wet, and his heart was the same.

It seems that he has lived for nearly 25 years, and at this moment, he really understands what is meant by "the heart of being a mother" in this passage.

When the mother left, she even scolded Tao Zhuo, saying that he struggled to wash all the fruit, and it took him a long time to wash it out.

Tao Zhuo looked at her, sniffed "Oh".

"Go home early the day after tomorrow, I'm going to help your brother, I can't help at all..." Mom explained, and slapped Tao Zhuo on the arm, "Did you hear me!"

"Ah!" Tao Zhuo agreed loudly.

"You two together." Mom looked at them again, put on a mask and turned away without letting Li Suihan see them off.

Tao Zhuo watched his mother leave from the balcony, while Li Suihan hugged him from behind, resting his chin on his head.

"I don't think there will be another mother who can be like my mother." Tao Zhuo leaned back into Li Suihan's arms and whispered, "Obviously I didn't do anything, but I feel like I did everything."

Li Suihan said "hmm" and said, "Auntie is fine."

Tao Zhuo sighed, turned around and scratched Li Suihan's waist, and then began to think about it and said, "When will you call 'Mom' with me, do you dare to meet next time?"

"Stop irritating her by stepping on the gas pedal." Li Suihan pushed Tao Zhuo back, and carried Tao Zhuo directly into the house with his waist between his arms. "I thought about breaking up with you one day, so I'll be in vain..."

"Really?" Tao Zhuo was caught in the itch, laughing like crazy, "Then what if one day I want to go?"

"I broke your leg." Li Suihan slapped his ass.

Tao Zhen's wedding was lively and restrained.

The new crown has not completely passed, and the young couple are quite cautious, especially Tao Qiwei. It is said that she excluded more than half of the guests just by excluding them from the guest list.

Many classmates and friends from other places just didn’t let them come over. The people who got together this time were the closest family members on both sides. The hotel has made all the arrangements, and they won’t be busy for long, so we still get together to chat .

Li Suihan was a stranger to the two Tao families, so others would not ask more questions, but he had to look at him more or less.

The person being scrutinized didn't feel anything, Tao Zhuo felt uncomfortable at first, and wondered what to look at, never seen such a handsome foreign guest?Simply lead Li Suihan around more generously.

Tao Qiwei didn't show any surprise when she saw Li Suihan, she already knew everything from Tao Zhen, greeted the two of them, and let Li Suihan do whatever he wanted.

The best ones are the parents. Someone asked them who Li Suihan was. The mother glanced at Li Suihan, patted his arm with a smile, and said, "I'm a son."

Tao Zhuo gratefully poured three glasses of wine for his mother, and secretly whispered to Li Suihan: "What about our relationship now? There are more brothers."

"And godfather and son." Li Suihan said softly with drooping eyelids.

"My dear father is sitting opposite!" Tao Zhuo rubbed Li Suihan's thigh twice under the dining table.

In the second half of the wedding, Tao Zhuo remembered that he was confused, he drank too much, and to be precise, he "reaped the fruit of himself" - witnessing that his own brother, who grew up naked and rolled on the bed, really got married and started a family like a dog Yes, there is an indescribable emotion and touch.

Then when he was moved, he limped, squeezed the white wine that he had just poured for his mother, and drank it down.

He swallowed quickly, Tao Zhuo covered his mouth and wrinkled his face for a long time: "Hey, I thought it was Xuebi!"

"Oh, what a day," my mother took the cup and sniffed it, almost dying of worry, "what can't you do, make trouble No. 1!"

"Are you still surfing the Internet?" Tao Zhuo laughed, "The language is quite trendy."

His mother was so annoyed that he didn't want to talk to him, so Li Suihan poured him a glass of juice, observed Tao Zhuo's expression, and asked, "Can you drink it?"

"I don't know, I've never had white wine before," Tao Zhuo shook his head, "I haven't felt it yet, but my throat is rushing into my brain."

"Tell me if you feel sick, if you feel like throwing up, pull me," Li Suihan said helplessly, "Don't bear it, I definitely can't bear it."

"Okay." Tao Zhuo nodded.

Not even half an hour after nodding his head, little gold stars appeared in front of his eyes, he pulled Li Suihan's elbow, and walked out in a twirl.

Li Suihan told his mother that it was all right, I supported him, took Tao Zhuo's arm and took him to the bathroom.

Tao Zhuo's eyes were about to turn black, and he endured the urge to vomit two or three times, only to think that he still had to leave.

When he finally couldn't bear it anymore, the door of the bathroom appeared in front of him. He shook off Li Suihan's hand and rushed in. He leaned on the sink and vomited it out with a "wow".

Li Suihan followed him and patted him on the back. The faucet was sensory. He put one hand around Tao Zhuo's waist, and hung the other hand under the faucet, turning on the water to wash away the dirt in the pool.

"Is it better?" He raised his arm and pulled a disposable face towel from the wall next to him to wipe Tao Zhuo's mouth.

Tao Zhuo wiped it carelessly twice, trying to rinse his mouth with some water in the palm of his hand.

I opened my hands and realized that I felt so sick to my stomach just now. When I got up from the dining table, I was still holding a thick hollowed-out carrot flower in my hand.

"It's not broken." Tao Zhuo squeezed the radish flower and rinsed his mouth with a "huluhulu", feeling his brain dangling like water slurry.

"What?" Li Suihan glanced at it, and wanted to pinch it for him and throw it away.

Tao Zhuo avoided his movements, grabbed Li Suihan's hand and lowered his head seriously, and put this piece of broken radish flower on his little finger.

"When I saw it just now, I wanted to tell you if it looked like a ring." Tao Zhuo looked at the nondescript radish flower ring and was happy, shaking Li Suihan's wrist. "Your hand is too big, and the ring finger can't fit it."