The Third Rose

After hearing what Chen Xingze said at the party, Mi Sheng admitted that he was a sinner.

A sinner who secretly rejoices in his crime.

He changed what Chen Xingze said "the first time I want to have sex with the person I like" to "the first time I have sex with the person I like" without authorization, and then stored it in his mind.

He doesn't care if this is self-deception, on the contrary, he likes this feeling very much, as long as there is a little bit of reality, the rest will be made up with fakes, so that it seems that all emotions are under his control.

"Mom, if this continues, I may have to be your company."

Today is a rare free time, and Mi Sheng is packing things for his mother. Her mother is going to participate in a three-day hot spring recuperation activity for mental patients, and Aunt Wang will accompany her to take care of her.

"I finally understand why you like to sleep so much. People still have to rely on dreams to survive. Do you think it will be much easier if I am like you?"

His mother looked at him and asked softly, "Are you sleepy?"

Mi Sheng paused at his fingertips.

Mother: "Do you want to sleep?" She raised her hand to touch Mi Sheng's face, "Good boy, go to bed when you're tired."

The sky is clear today, and the sun shines on Mi Sheng's face along the bay window.He pursed his lips, his eyes shivered, and he held his mother's palm with his backhand. "I'm not tired, mom, I won't sleep, I will take good care of you. So you have to promise me that you must stay by my side in good health."

The mother's spirit is up and down, and most of the time she is half asleep and half awake, which alleviates her troubles to a certain extent. Sometimes she will show a loving smile, as beautiful as when she was young.

Aunt Wang came out of the room, saw Mi Sheng, and said, "You two are in a good mood today."

Mi Sheng hummed.

Aunt Wang said again: "When you are happy, the room lights up."

Mi Sheng then helped his mother organize things.

Aunt Wang sized him up and asked, "Did you buy new clothes?"

"Yes." He was still wearing the clothes he wore to the party yesterday.

Aunt Wang: "You haven't bought new clothes for a long time. You look really good." She walked to the kitchen, nagging, "You're just too thin. Yesterday your mother was in good condition. She soaked glutinous rice by herself and made it for you." Eight-treasure rice with lard and sand. But it was too late when you came back, so I put it in the refrigerator. Would you like to try it? But your mother is also very good at cooking, like a professional chef, I was shocked. Come and see Watch what she does."

When Mi Sheng came to the kitchen, the eight-treasure rice was placed on the plate like a shrunken yurt, very cute.

Aunt Wang picked up the plate, "I'll heat it up for you."

Mi Sheng stopped her, "Wait a minute."

Aunt Wang: "Aren't you hungry? If it's not hot now, I'll take your mother out later, and you'll have to heat it up yourself."

Mi Sheng: "It's okay, I can do it myself."

Aunt Wang went to help her mother make the final preparations before departure. It was rare for her mother to wear a dress. Aunt Wang praised her repeatedly, "Sister Xu, you are so beautiful."

Before leaving, Aunt Wang asked Mi Sheng repeatedly. "You must keep an eye on it when you are heating something, and turn off the gas when you are done using it. Before going to bed at night, you must lock the door and the windows. Don't underestimate the current thieves. Those people can climb up!"

Mi Sheng was helpless, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

"You are sometimes more confused than a child."

It was also rare for her mother to say goodbye to Mi Sheng. She took Mi Sheng's hand and said softly, "Good boy, rest when you are tired. Mom will help you share the pressure."

Mi Sheng nodded with a smile.

The bus was waiting at the door of the house, and Mi Sheng sent them away and came to the window sill.Today's weather is so good, he stared at the pure blue sky for a while, and didn't go back to the house until the sun started to dazzle.There was still the eight-treasure rice made by his mother in the kitchen, Mi Sheng hesitated for a moment, and finally took out his mobile phone.

On the way to the teaching building, Chen Xingze received a message from Mi Sheng. Mi Sheng asked him if he had any class today and if he wanted to go to his house.

Chen Xingze replied "no class" without hesitation.

"I have something to go, please help me take notes, if the teacher asks, just say that I sprained my ankle and went to the hospital." Chen Xingze hurriedly left a sentence and ran away.

"Hey!" Shi Kai shouted from behind, "What are you doing! It's a review class!"

Lu Xiaofei looked at Chen Xingze's back and said, "Looking at the speed, I thought I won the lottery."

Shi Kai didn't answer, Lu Xiaofei looked at him and said, "Are you going to confess your love to Aze?"

"You are sick!" Shi Kai turned his head and left.

"Why are you sick?"

"How could I possibly confess my love to him? Besides, how can anyone confess his love these days? Smart people will hint, do you understand?"

"But Aze is not smart at all in this regard."

Shi Kai didn't speak, and Lu Xiaofei didn't ask any more questions.The two of them walked quietly all the way to the entrance of the teaching building, and Shi Kai said in a low voice, "It's not that they are smart, it's just that people don't want to suffer at the moment. Unless it's absolutely certain, the person who confesses first will always lose first."

The two came to the classroom, 10 minutes before the opening.They sat in the back row. The curtains were not drawn in the classroom, and the orange walls were a little dark.

Chen Xingze left the school gate and took a taxi directly to Mi Sheng's house, got off at the gate of the community, and rushed to Mi Sheng's house at a speed of [-] meters.

Mi Sheng opened the door, Chen Xingze was out of breath.

Mi Sheng was wearing a white shirt with one button loose at the neckline, revealing his delicate collarbone.His sleeves were rolled up to the elbows, and his forearms were white and smooth, with almost no body hair.

"Why are you sweating so much?"

"...It's kind of hot outside."

"come in."

This is Chen Xingze's first visit to Misheng's home in Shanghai. It is a very ordinary residential building with a small three-room building of more than 90 square meters. It has been renovated for some years.The main advantages of this community are the good greening, the quiet environment and the tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle, which is very suitable for recuperation.

only……

"You're such a mess here."

"Is this your mantra?" Mi Sheng leaned against the load-bearing wall of the living room and lit a cigarette. "Talking about chaos everywhere."

Chen Xingze scanned the room, then looked back at Mi Sheng.Mi Sheng was already white, and he was wearing white clothes. Under the strong sunlight, he seemed to disappear.Only the drifting smoke brought everything back to reality.Chen Xingze felt that the house was too quiet, so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat.

"Why did you call me here?"

"Why not." Mi Sheng said flatly, smoking a cigarette, "I order too many takeaways, and I can't eat them myself."

"Ah?" Chen Xingze never thought of such a reason. "Too many takeout orders?"

"You don't want to eat?"

"No, I'm hungry."

It's so rare to tell a lie, Chen Xingze's chest is almost pumped together.

Mi Sheng stood up, "Then I'll warm it up for you."

"I'll do it myself."

"You sit."

Chen Xingze couldn't sit still, "Where is the broom, let me clean it for you."

Mi Sheng pointed to the window sill.

Chen Xingze threw himself into the cleaning with a passion for work. The first thing he cleaned was Mi Sheng's room, which was also the messiest room in the whole house.Chen Xingze swept under the bed, a pile of dust choked him, making him cough a few times.

Mi Sheng's clothes were piled up on the chair, Chen Xingze shook them off one by one, and then went to the wardrobe to find the hangers.

In class, Shi Kai and Lu Xiaofei deserted together.Ever since Chen Xingze left, their topics have always revolved around him.

Lu Xiaofei wanted to bring the two roommates together.

"To be honest, I think you and Aze are quite a match."

"Where does it match?"

"You are too unserious, you have to match the seriousness of Aze."

Shi Kai looked at him, "Who are you talking about being dishonest?"

"Be serious, do you want to talk to him carefully?"

"Didn't you see the speed at which he was running just now?"

"You have to take a long-term view. No matter how good-looking that person is, he is ten years older than us. The generation gap must be deep. You and Aze have more in common. Don't think that Aze is fascinated by him now, because we are still students. It's normal for Aze to be curious about people in society, but the novelty will definitely decrease in the future."

Shi Kai said with a cold face, "If only it were that simple."

Lu Xiaofei provoked him and said: "You still persuade Aze to have self-confidence. I think you must have self-confidence. You usually want to look at people with your nostrils. Why are you so cowardly at this time?"

Shi Kai: "I won't love others."

Lu Xiaofei: "Then why not? Ze is a very simple person, you might be able to take the initiative if you take the initiative."

Hearing Lu Xiaofei's words, Shi Kai fell into silence, as if he was recalling something, and after a while he said: "...Simple doesn't mean you haven't experienced anything. Do you still remember Luliang?"

Lu Xiaofei: "Remember, isn't it your friend, the one who broke up with her boyfriend last year and was dying."

Shi Kai: "Yes, I told Chen Xingze about this in an English class later, but he kept taking notes, and his attitude was very perfunctory. I scolded him for not having experienced anything before, so he was so irrelevant..."

Lu Xiaofei: "And then?"

Shi Kai: "Then he put down his pen and said to me, 'It's really okay, your friend will be happy'. He made a special promise, it didn't sound like comfort, it seemed like the real thing, so I asked him 'Is it true? Who told you', and he froze."

Lu Xiaofei: "Stopped? Why?"

Shi Kai: "I don't know, I just asked casually. Then he seemed to think of something, but he didn't tell me. That whole day he seemed to be lost, staring at one place in a daze, as if he was about to cry Yes. From then on, I felt that he should have a lot of things hidden in his heart."

Lu Xiaofei frowned, "Why didn't I understand?"

Shi Kai sneered, "Of course you don't understand EQ."

After cleaning the room, Chen Xingze quietly came to the door of the kitchen. Mi Sheng was following Aunt Wang's instructions before leaving, and was staring at the heating steamer without blinking.

He didn't notice the person standing at the door, he just looked at the eight-treasure rice in the pot.He is no longer shrewd and nimble in a daze with his arms folded, his back is naturally slightly hunched, and his spine is not as strong and powerful as that of a young man.

Chen Xingze stood silently.

who told you

Who made you believe without hesitation at the very beginning that people like us will surely be happy?

Who protected you when you were budding?

Is this person doing well on his own?

There is the smell of rice in the air, as well as floating dust. There are seasoning bottles on the kitchen table, and there are also oil stains that cannot be wiped clean.

The sun climbed onto Chen Xingze's back, making it hot and itchy. He stood motionless, watching quietly.