Pretending to be miserable

Yan Chu clenched his hands holding the cake box tightly. He looked down at the two sentences on the chat interface, and his brows could not help but knit together, forgetting that he was already standing at the door of Han Xuan's house.

It so happened that Han Xuan was about to go downstairs to throw out the trash, and when the door opened, she almost slapped Yan Chu on the face, and was startled, "Oh! Why are you standing here without ringing the doorbell, Yan Yan?"

"Ah...Sister Xuan." Yan Chu came back to his senses and subconsciously put the phone back in his pocket before going to see her, "Do you want to go downstairs to throw out the trash? I'll go."

As he spoke, he directly stuffed the cake in his hand to Han Xuan, took the garbage bag by himself, turned around and left.

Seeing his slightly stiff back, Han Xuan couldn't help frowning.It is rare for Yan Chu to be so absent-minded, and I am afraid that something happened recently...

Coming out of the elevator, Yan Chu threw the rubbish into the trash bin at the door of the unit, and then took out his cell phone.The two words Chi Zheng said made him feel a little awkward no matter what. He couldn't tell what was going on, but he just felt uncomfortable.

But some things have to be faced, and avoidance is not Yan Chu's style.He replied to the man's message with a calm face: "Okay."

When he returned to Han Xuan's house, he found that Sister Xuan had left the door for him.At that moment, he was so troubled by something that he forgot to say happy birthday to someone first.Yan Chu went into the room and took a look in. Seeing Han Xuan busy in the kitchen, he quickly washed his hands and followed suit.

"Sister Xuan, you are a birthday star today, so there is no reason to cook by yourself." He said, taking the kitchen knife from Han Xuan and continuing to cut the ribs on the cutting board.

Given the relationship between the two of them, there was no need to be polite, so Han Xuan made room for him, leaning against the cupboard with a smile and watching him cook, "Yanyan really has grown up."

Every time Han Xuan called him that, he felt awkward, and now he turned to look at her with a frown, "Sister Xuan, I'm almost thirty, you still call me that, you're not embarrassing me."

"Ke Chen? Is he coming too?"

Chu always played with this stalk when he was a child, but he hadn't mentioned it much in the past two years. Suddenly, Han Xuan couldn't help laughing when he was reminded like this, "Tch."

"I still have the fruits and skin care products he entrusted me to bring to you in my car. He said he was ashamed to come to see you, and he was afraid that you would not accept other purchases. This happens every year. I will go downstairs and bring them up for you later. "

Han Xuan just smiled and nodded and said nothing. She always felt sorry for Ke Chen. Although she was a good seed, she dropped out of school early and became a gangster because of her adoptive parents.

Think about it too, which child can live with positive energy after being abandoned twice?

Ke Chen is not bad, anyway, he has not really gone astray, he is a gangster with a bottom line.

It was exactly twelve o'clock when Yan Chu finished the meal. Han Xuan said that she was born at noon, so the first thing "filial" Yan Yan did was to light the birthday candles.

"Sister Xuan, happy birthday, please make a wish."

Han Xuan's happiest day is every year when she celebrates her birthday, Yan Chu can tell.But this kind of happiness will only last until Han Xuan blows out the birthday candles. Maybe making a wish and blowing out candles will remind people of the past. After all, birthdays happen every year, and it is not unusual to have some stories from the past.

Although Yan Chu felt so, he never asked too much.

"Is that the same wish this year?" he asked.

Han Xuan smiled and opened her eyes, and blew out the candles on the cake.

——"Mom, Tangtang just made a wish, I hope my mother can be with me forever!"

——"Mom, you promised me...don't you want Tangtang?"

……

"Mom wants you to be happy forever, Tangtang." The corners of her lips curled slightly, and she said this in a low voice.

Seeing Han Xuan's eyes turn red, Yan Chu felt bored, but he knew he couldn't show it, otherwise today's birthday would not be celebrated.

He raised his hand and gently pinched Han Xuan's shoulder, comforting him softly: "Sister Xuan, he will be happy."

"kindness……"

After leaving Han Xuan's house, Yan Chu went directly to the bar.Today is already a holiday on October [-]st. He notified Ding Ye and the others to come to work early today, and the bar will extend its business hours by one hour.

After Fang Xiazi's commotion yesterday, there must be too many people in the store today. He just wanted to take this time to adjust the style of the store, and the decorations must be replaced slowly.

There is no rush for this matter, we have to take the November holiday as a transitional stage, and adjust slowly this week.

Thinking so, Yan Chu opened WeChat and sent a message to Yu Chengfeng: "Do you have time today? Come and try a class."

The message over there was quickly replied: "Yes, yes! Brother Yan, when will I arrive?"

"Come here at five o'clock to warm up."

"Ok!"

After explaining about the new resident singer, Yan Chu put his phone back in his pocket and concentrated on driving.It was just past four o'clock when he arrived at the bar, and he thought about tidying up and getting ready to open the door.It was inconvenient to carry the mobile phone with him, so he simply put the mobile phone on the bar counter, and was busy picking up the colored lights on the wall.

The phone vibrated twice, but Yan Chu didn't hear it. He didn't have the habit of turning on the ringtone. He always vibrated, but today he turned on the speaker on a whim. Even though it was just playing a very soothing English song, it was easily overwhelmed. The vibration of the mobile phone.

At this moment, he was standing on a chair to install the chandelier, and he didn't know that a person had already walked in the door.

Chi Zheng called him twice but no one answered, so he came here to look for him when he was at a loss. I found out that the store was open, but it had a closed sign.

When he opened the door and came in, he saw the man standing on the chair and tiptoeing slightly to install the chandelier on the ceiling, without noticing that he had already walked into the shop.

Chi Zheng didn't intend to disturb him, so he found a seat at the bar and sat down, just in time to see the mobile phone on it.

He couldn't help laughing, feeling that he was too nervous just now.Yan Chu is quite big and can't lose it alone, but he can make up a car accident scene because he missed two calls, which is really a bit exaggerated.

Not only exaggerated, but also a bit silly.

Yan Chu installed the chandelier, tried the light again, and turned around when he felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

There seems to be someone sitting at the bar?

He turned his head to look again, only to realize that there was indeed a person sitting there, and that person was still waving at him.

Yan Chu's body stiffened and his throat felt inexplicably dry. He swallowed hard, "Why are you here?"

"I booked you for one night, check and accept in advance." Chi Zheng got up and walked towards him, every step of that tall and thin figure seemed to be provocative to Yan Chu.

Yan Chu twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment. After all, what happened last night is still vivid in his memory. Now as long as the two of them are alone together, the surroundings seem to be covered with an ambiguous color.

That feeling is uncomfortable, inexplicable resistance.

"Then you have to wait for me, this is not finished yet." He took half a step back indistinctly, took out the last chandelier from the box and prepared to install it.

Chi Zheng could see that he was at a loss, so he simply took the things from his hand, "I'll do it."

As he spoke, he had already stood on the chair and installed the chandelier with ease.

Chi Zheng was originally taller than him, but now he was standing on the chair and Yan Chu could only look up at his neck, "How would you handle this?"

"Yes." The man didn't talk nonsense, and the only thing left in the bar was the music from the stereo. It was an old song "Yesterday Once More". Same ambiguity.

After Chi Zheng finished installing the lights, Yan Chu tidied up again, and then he looked up at him, and suddenly remembered the embarrassing incident that the red envelope he sent to others was not received, and couldn't help asking: "Here you are." You confiscated the red envelope, have you eaten at noon?"

Knowing that he would ask this, Chi Zheng frowned deliberately, "No, I'm starving to death."

Yan Chu couldn't help but froze, seeing Chi Zheng's stern and cute expression, a dark tide surged in his heart.This person really eats him to death, and he wants to poke at his cute spots every now and then, it's really unbearable.

In the end, the boss still smiled, "Let's go, I'll take you to dinner first."

He was about to leave as he said, but was stopped by Chi Zheng.The man's hand held Yan Chu's wrist, and the warm touch in his palm spread to him continuously.

"What's wrong?" Yan Chu looked back at him.

Chi Zheng shook his head, "I'm lying to you, I'm not hungry."

When he spoke, his tone was very light, and with the voice of the subwoofer, it sounded crisp to the bone.Just that one sentence is enough to make people disarm and surrender.

Yan Chu looked at him in a daze, and was finally dragged up to the rooftop of the bar.

He doesn't come to this place often, and usually puts some waste, broken tables, chairs and equipment, and usually uses it as a storage room, and he doesn't know when Chi Zheng discovered it.

But it's really a good place to chat, quiet and private.

As night falls, Wanjia lights are lit up, standing here is the starry sky above the head, stepping on a river of stars.

Standing by the railing, the two of them looked down at the busy traffic in this city. They seemed to have infinite emotions in their hearts, but they didn't know where to start.

"Today is a very important day." Chi Zheng's arm rested casually on the railing, his slender fingers crossed together.His face was cast in a small shadow by the light falling from nowhere, adding a hint of melancholy to his look.

Yan Chu stood beside him, intending to just be a listener.

Chi Zheng didn't intend to ask him to answer anything at first, and continued: "That person is very important to me. I thought she would never leave me...but she still left."

As he spoke, he suddenly smiled, Yan Chu had never seen that smile on his face, it was bitter, powerless, and humble.

"Never came back." Chi Zheng said.

Yan Chu felt bored, although he didn't know who the person Chi Zheng was talking about, but he was sure that that person must have accompanied Chi Zheng through a very difficult time, that's why it was so important.

It is a blessing and a misfortune to have someone in your life who is so important that you cannot forget it.

"I love her, but I hate her even more." Chi Zheng said, turning his head to look at the person beside him, "So I don't trust anyone anymore. I don't need friends, and I don't need help from others. No one deserves my heart."

His words stopped here, and his whole body suddenly leaned towards Yan Chu.

"Until I met you."

Yan Chu's heart skipped a beat when he said this, and he stared blankly at him speechless.

He has always refused to be ambiguous, but he doesn't feel disgusted in this state now, he just doesn't know how to respond.

He and Chi Zheng are so similar in their bones, but they are quite different on the surface.

All the edges and corners of him have been smoothed by time, and he will take the initiative to integrate into this society and deal with people, but he doesn't know how to make friends, and he doesn't think there is anything in this world worthy of his nostalgia.

But Chi Zheng's reaction was extreme and clear, refusing to communicate with others, closing himself up, holding absolute malice towards this world...

But the hopeless loneliness of the two people is because of each other that there is such a glimmer of hope.

"Chi Zheng..." Yan Chu called his name, but he didn't think about what to say, and just let the atmosphere fall into endless silence.

Chi Zheng blinked at him, and also called his name: "Yan Chu."

His voice was low and serious, "You know I'm chasing you, right?"