hope and gift

Mu Xiao was paralyzed like a deflated balloon, but he stretched out his hand and eagerly embraced Teng Jiangyan in his arms, as if he was afraid that Teng Jiangyan would run away from under his nose.

Teng Jiangyan, on the other hand, had his hands hanging by his side, not intending to comfort the trembling person in his arms at all.

His chin was forced to rest on Mu Xiao's shoulder, and because it was uncomfortable, he even turned slightly to the side.However, Mu Xiao thought that his movement meant to break free, so that he hugged Teng Jiangyan even more forcefully.For a moment, Teng Jiangyan felt that this was not a hug at all, it was murder, and it was the kind that would crush his ribs.

However, he remained silent, waiting to witness whether Mu Xiao was stubborn or changed.Time flowed quietly, and I don't know how long it took. Even Teng Jiangyan was about to give up, but Mu Xiao suddenly spoke.

"I'm really contradictory. On the one hand, I want you to be strong enough to be someone who walks with me. On the other hand, I want you to be locked in a world where I'm the only one. , being well protected by me, that’s enough.” When Mu Xiao said this, his voice was even tinged with tears, “I’m sorry, I said that sentence on purpose. I didn’t want to test how much you care about me. , but because I'm jealous, I'm jealous of everyone close to you, everyone you take seriously. I thought about it before, even if people know that you are gay, because of your mixed race status, they will not say three Dao Si has brought you troubles. But you will definitely stay away from Mu Qin and Han Qiao, and even everyone you care about because of gossip, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm too selfish."

Teng Jiang smiled instead of anger. At this moment, he could deeply feel that this person's hard shell seemed to have cracked a seam for himself. Although this seam was like a drop in the ocean, it was the key to Mu Xiao's willingness to open his heart to him. witness.An uncontrollable touch and joy arose in his heart, and he stretched his arms around Mu Xiao excitedly, responding to the helpless man's struggle when he was on the verge of despair.

"No matter what you do, I won't blame you." Teng Jiangyan held back the tears that were about to flow, and whispered softly in his ear, "I am now alone without father or mother, you Who do you think I am willing to work hard to recover and live well for?"

"I really can't do anything about you. After all, the world is so big, but you are the only one left for me."

Mu Xiao's half-closed eyes suddenly opened when he heard this, and the word surprise was written all over his eyes and expression.He let go of Teng Jiangyan, stared at him as if he was looking at some treasure, and only after a while did he react and say: "Xiaoyan, you..."

"Confession, don't spoil the atmosphere." Teng Jiangyan used almost all the courage to say that sentence, and after being scrutinized by Mu Xiao's sincere eyes for so long, the tips of his ears were completely red from embarrassment.

Mu Xiao laughed lightly, covered his eyes with his hands, and said with relief: "Don't look if you're shy."

As soon as the words fell, Teng Jiangyan felt Mu Xiao's familiar aura coming towards him.Mu Xiao must have brushed his teeth in the shower, and now his mouth smells like strawberries.Just after Teng Jiangyan secretly laughed at Mu Xiao's bad taste in his mind, he was a little unable to think because of Mu Xiao's restless hands.

But he can still think of one thing, the first day of the new year is really a good day.

In Teng Jiangyan's mind, Mu Xiao was like a gift from heaven, pulling him up when he was most desperate and giving him the hope of living.

That's great, he thought, everything will be better in the future, because at the age of thirty, he made a wish under the fireworks.

Later, when the end was over, Teng Jiangyan was so tired that he fell asleep.When he opened his eyes at night, he found that his thigh was sore and his throat began to ache.He glanced at Mu Xiao who was still sleeping next to him, and planned to get out of bed lightly to buy some food to bring back, but he couldn't even stand up straight and knelt down on the ground.Fortunately, there was a carpet on the floor, otherwise his knees would have suffered.

The movement was a bit loud, Mu Xiao rubbed his blurry eyes after hearing the sound, and finally saw Teng Jiangyan who fell to the ground clearly.

"What's the matter with you?" Mu Xiao quickly ran up and hugged Teng Jiangyan to the bed to lie down, touched his forehead, and muttered to himself: "It's not hot, I don't have a fever."

Teng Jiangyan's eyes were unnaturally erratic, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "My legs are weak."

After hearing this, Mu Xiao turned his face away and began to snicker.

This kind of behavior caused great psychological trauma to Teng Jiangyan. He simply covered his whole body under the quilt and said in a muffled voice: "It's all your fault. I still have a sore throat. I must have caught a cold from you." gone."

"Okay, I'll make cold medicine for you, and lie down obediently. By the way, if you want to eat, call the first floor and ask them to bring it up." Mu Xiao found a piece of clothing and put it on. He poured out the cold boiling water on the cabinet over there and boiled another pot, and said, "If you don't like it, I'll go out and buy it for you."

Teng Jiangyan flipped through the menu by the bedside, picked out a few dishes that suited his appetite, and called the first floor to ask them to bring them up.Mu Xiao poured two cups of cold medicine and put them on the bedside. As soon as he put down the cups, the phone rang.

Mu Xiao glanced at the caller, sat down on the bed and answered the call.Teng Jiangyan could hear a very small voice from the microphone, and it sounded like it was from Mr. Luo.

"Well, happy new year to you too." Mu Xiao laughed when he heard it, "Why did you suddenly want to call me today?"

"Just arrived, oh, that's it, I see. By the way, how long has Sun Yunyun signed the contract? Can you terminate the contract early?...OK, let's do it, and hang up when it's done." Mu Xiao finished a long list After explaining the matter, I hung up the phone and asked Teng Jiangyan: "Why didn't you say anything just now? I thought you missed him a lot, and asked you to talk to Luo Jun. If you didn't say anything, I would I didn't say anything."

"I've quit the team, and I said it made both parties uncomfortable." Teng Jiangyan was thinking about what Su Jinnian had said to him before, so he could only selectively deceive Mu Xiao.But just as he finished speaking, he heard Mu Xiao's cell phone ringing again. Mu Xiao didn't understand why he received so many calls all of a sudden, so he could only pick up the cell phone to take a look, and found that the call was actually from Fang Shimei video call.

Mu Xiao turned around so that the camera only pointed at him, and quickly answered the phone.

"Oh, it's fine. When I got home today, Mu Qin was the only one in the house. You didn't even have any news. I thought you'd be caught in a pyramid scheme." After seeing Mu Xiao's person, Fang Shimei breathed a sigh of relief. But he still talked nonchalantly.

Mu Xiao was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "You don't know about my coming to Hangzhou?"

"Where do I have time to take care of your affairs? Yesterday I was going to Mu Yueru's house for a New Year's Eve dinner, and I had to deal with that family. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I have time to come back and rest." Fang Shimei paused when she said this , Strangely said: "Why did you go to Hangzhou?"

"Oh, it's nothing, let's see Xiaoyan." Mu Xiao rushed to the side of Teng Jiangyan, pointed the camera at him, and said, "Let me show you your future daughter-in-law."

Teng Jiangyan pulled the quilt up in horror to cover his upper body.He bumped Mu Xiao hard with his elbow, and said in a low voice: "I'm not wearing any clothes, you put the camera away, let me say hello to Aunt Fang after I get dressed."

"Xiaoyan, you have worked hard during this time." Fang Shimei didn't care too much about Teng Jiangyan's clothes or not, and only sincerely said a word of thanks.

"It's okay, I just should go to school, and I can't do anything, so I can't bear the hardship." Teng Jiangyan quickly evaded, a little embarrassed by the words.

"I'm just Mu Xiao. I naturally hope that he can live a good life. I'm already arranging what I can do for you. If you can take Mu Xiao to go abroad in the future, don't I'm back again." Fang Shimei's eyes showed a bit of helplessness when she said this, "Forget it, don't say such depressing words on the first day of the new year, happy new year."

"Happy New Year." Teng Jiangyan was a little confused by Fang Shimei's words, but she still didn't have the nerve to ask one, two, three, so she could only reply politely.

"Where's Mu Qin?" Mu Xiao looked at the empty living room behind Fang Shimei, "Did you go to sleep?"

"No, he also ran out to play, and told me that he went to Guangzhou." Fang Shimei seemed to remember something when she said this, "He said that he went to see his classmate, and his name is Han Qiao, who is Han Zi's younger brother."

"He can run too, so I won't say much, Mom, happy new year, I wish you live a younger life." After Mu Xiao compared her heart to her, Fang Shimei smiled and hung up the video.

Teng Jiangyan glanced down at his still cell phone, feeling a little more disappointed.

Mu Xiao glanced at him, got up and adjusted his clothes, and said, "I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back in a while."

"Okay." Teng Jiangyan went to Mu Xiao's suitcase to find a piece of clothing to put on, then went back to the bedside and touched the cup containing the medicine, but found that it was still very hot and could not be drunk.

Mu Xiao rubbed his hair, then turned and went out.

Teng Jiangyan didn't have much curiosity about where Mu Xiao was going, so he picked up his phone and started sending blessing messages to his friends one by one to pass the time.After a while, Teng Jiangyan also received a call from an unknown number, which showed a landline in Hangzhou.

He saw that the place name was not Wuhan, so he hesitated to answer the call.

"Hello, who are you?" After Teng Jiangyan answered the phone, the person on the other side remained silent, so he could only ask first.

"Happy New Year." Mu Xiao's voice came out clearly from the other side, with intermittent panting, "I'm exhausted, I ran a long way to find a phone booth, surprise?"

Teng Jiangyan didn't know how to answer the conversation, so she got out of bed and opened the curtains, only to find that the room was facing the sky by the West Lake, and festive dances were playing on the sky to celebrate the New Year.

For a moment, he felt a kind of warmth burst out of his heart, gently soothing his sore body, this kind of warmth made his nose sore, and the corners of his eyes were a little red along the way.

Finally, he burst out laughing and said softly, "Happy New Year to you too, it's cold outside, come back."

Mu Xiao smirked for a while and then hung up the phone. Teng Jiangyan stared at the disconnected phone in a daze. After a while, he put down the phone and stood alone looking out the window.

He probably didn't notice the slightly raised corners of his mouth and eyebrows either.

The food downstairs was delivered after Mu Xiao came back and urged once. The waiter laid out the soup and rice on the coffee table in a normal manner and then left.

Teng Jiangyan was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back, so he didn't care that much.Mu Xiao looked at the table, shook his head helplessly and said: "You can order whatever you want, and you can also order some of your favorite food. I eat very well every day, so don't care what I do. I think you have lost a lot of weight. , no matter how thin you go out, you will be blown away by the wind."

"I'm not picky, and I'm not thin." Teng Jiangyan muttered while sitting on the sofa, "I just went to weigh myself the day before yesterday. Not only did I not lose weight, but I also gained two catties."

"Just know how to talk back, you should study hard now, and I will rely on you to support you when you are successful in the future." Mu Xiao put a chopstick of Dongpo meat in his bowl, jokingly said: "This is what I have lived before. The most comfortable first day of the Lunar New Year, I would have come if I knew I was [-] years old."

Teng Jiangyan looked at the fat and oily big naked eyelids jumping in front of him, so he could only use the excuse to say something to Mu Xiao: "What nonsense are you talking about, how uncomfortable it is for your mother to be there alone in her [-]s."

"She has to go to Mu's house on New Year's Eve. From the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, she may be busy with business matters. Before Mu Qin didn't come, I was alone." Mu Xiao said here with a somewhat melancholy tone. , but he thought of something like a flash of inspiration, and bumped Teng Jiangyan's shoulder, "You have to make it up to me in the future, and spend the New Year with me every year, you know?"

"Let's talk about business first, Sun Yunyun, what are you going to do with it?" Teng Jiangyan lost his temper at his glib words, so he shook his head helplessly, trying to change the topic to the main topic.

Hearing this, Mu Xiao had a rare serious expression on his face: "It's just a waste of time, anyway, I have already told her clearly, let her stop some thoughts on me earlier. She is now I didn't like your seat in the training area, so I simply changed seats with Lao Cheng and stayed away from her."

Teng Jiangyan was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and said to him: "Why are you so naive, you won't lose a piece of meat when you see it. By the way, why do you think Uncle Yue has contact with Sun Yunyun? "

"I'm also surprised. Sun Yunyun's family has always been an official and has money. Mu Yueru is a businessman. Why do they take a fancy to him?" Teng Jiangyan looked at it and said, "Look, her father is the director of the Provincial Public Security Bureau, her uncle is the captain of the Municipal Criminal Investigation Brigade, yes, the boss of Captain Shi who is in charge of your case, and her grandfather is the retired mayor."

"However, her grandfather has been seriously ill and hospitalized. I heard that he is still in a vegetative state. He is unconscious." After Mu Xiao finished speaking, he turned off his mobile phone, picked up his chopsticks and picked up food for Teng Jiangyan. Don't talk about it, talk about making trouble."

Teng Jiangyan was still a little confused when he heard this, but these words really ruined the atmosphere. He kept his mouth shut, and finally chose to eat his meal quietly.