under fern mountain

The sky was gray on Friday night, with light rain floating in the sky, and a layer of watery light wrapped the rough asphalt roads and crosswalks. The city has a mirror.Shi Ran, who worked overtime until eleven o'clock, just got into a taxi and looked at everything outside the window with a numb expression.The company's newly opened business is very tricky. As the team leader, he has been busy for half a month.

In the car, there was an emotional line broadcast with a bad signal, and someone on the road would honk the horn in a panic from time to time.Focusing his eyes from the street to his tired face on the car window, Shi Ran straightened up as if waking up from a dream, rubbed his face hard, and rolled down the car window to let the night wind mixed with raindrops blow in.

He remembered the two years he had just graduated from university, when he worked overtime on Fridays, no matter how late he was, he could still go out with Pei Haojie, and when he returned home in the early hours of the morning, he would have intense sexual intercourse while taking advantage of the alcohol and entertainment. Going shopping refreshed... Thinking of Pei Haojie, he took out his phone from his bag. He hadn't responded to the WeChat message 10 minutes ago.

There are sporadic raindrops floating outside the window, it is already late at night.Pei Haojie sent the WeChat message to ask what time to pick him up.Shi Ran didn't want to trouble Pei Haojie to pick him up, so he only replied to his WeChat now that he was in the car.

Shi Ran: It's okay, I'm already in a taxi.The road is not very congested, and it takes 15 minutes to get home.

After 2 minutes, Pei Haojie called directly.

"Let's agree that I'll pick you up after you finish working overtime."

Thinking of Pei Haojie's crazy expression, Shi Ran couldn't help laughing: "I'm back, haven't I? That's it..."

Pei Haojie didn't do anything at all: "I won't listen!"

"I called you 10 minutes ago, but you didn't answer. Although you replied to my WeChat 10 minutes later, let's assume that you leave immediately within 5 minutes. It will take about 15 minutes from home to our company. We have to... Speaking of which, he glanced at the time, "We can't meet until eleven thirty-two."

"..."

"But now we can meet before half an hour, isn't it great?" Shi Ran said in a very patient tone.

"...It's awesome." Pei Haojie sighed over there, with a tone of helplessness, "I don't care about this with you, I can't talk to you. I'll go downstairs to pick you up."

"Row!"

Shi Ran and Pei Haojie met when they graduated from university.At that time, both of them were rookies who had just stepped out of the society. There were many bumps and bumps, and even a lot of detours in their relationship before they finally got married.Supporting each other, growing up together, forming a family... Living as two men, this is a stable relationship that Shi Ran never imagined before.It is also because of this that Shi Ran always hopes that he will behave better in front of Pei Haojie, and he wants to continue this sense of solidity.

Turning around the intersection of traffic lights, the beams of car lights illuminate the bushes in front of the apartment building, and there is a tall and handsome figure.The tree shadows under the street lamps dangled on his shoulders, making him both quiet and lively.

The exhaustion from overtime work was swept away, Shi Ran opened the door almost before the car stopped, and went straight to Pei Haojie who was waiting for him by the side of the road.

Pei Haojie was dressed in shorts and a sweater in a simple and casual way, but it still made Shi Ran's eyes shine.Pei Haojie always carried a kind of vigor that Shi Ran did not have.Although he has become more and more settled in the past two years and seems to be quite calm, he always retains a naturalness in front of Shi Ran, such as stubbornly coming to pick him up every late night.

As soon as Pei Haojie grabbed Shi Ranren, she hung on Shi Ranren's body, her head hung on his shoulders, and she looked at Shi Ran with bright eyes.

Shi Ran patted him: "Shen!"

Pei Haojie was still hanging there.

"Why, are you playing tricks on me?"

"Charge!" Pei Haojie buried his neck and said sullenly, "You work overtime every day so late, and my charging time is so short."

"It'll be better next week, and I've handled everything more or less today." Shi Ran walked upstairs with Pei Haojie hanging on her shoulders.

The two swiped their cards and entered the elevator.As soon as the elevator floor was turned on, Pei Haojie couldn't wait to rush forward.He is much taller than Shi Ran, so he completely covered him, wanting to hug him.

Shi Ran couldn't hide, and he kissed her chin several times, angrily and funny: "Be quiet! What are you doing in the elevator?"

Shi Ran has been busy for the past half month, and she was too sleepy to go home, Pei Haojie was obviously overwhelmed.The two staggered to open the door, and as soon as they entered, Shi Ran was kissed against the wall by Pei Haojie.He wanted to respond, but his body was too tired, and the sleepiness and exhaustion from overtime work surged up, making him almost unable to open his eyes.Perhaps when a person returns to a familiar resting place, the body and spirit will involuntarily relax.

Feeling his powerlessness, Pei Haojie gradually stopped, and found that Shi Ranqiang was looking at him with his eyelids open.

"Sleepy?" Pei Haojie slowly let go of his arm.

"Working overtime for too long, my back hurts." Shi Ran nodded.He was in such a bad state that he didn't notice Pei Haojie's stiffness.

Pei Haojie let go of him and took a step back, the faint light in the entrance analyzed the contours of his face, dividing light and darkness.After a while, he rubbed the back of Shi Ran's head and said, "Go and rest. Do you want to take a bath?"

Shi Ran shook his head, shuffled into the bedroom, fell asleep on the bed without taking off his clothes, and fell asleep within a minute.

Pei Haojie followed into the room, took off Shi Ran's outer pants and shirt, covered him with a quilt, and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at him quietly.He was indeed too tired, every expression on his face and every inch of his body was exhausted.His hair was very soft, hanging down to cover his ears, revealing his white forehead, his lips parted unconsciously, and his breathing was steady and long.Pei Haojie looked at every corner of his face - when he was awake, he was vivid and green; when he was asleep, he turned into a smooth stone sinking in the water.

After Pei Haojie washed up, he quietly went to bed and turned off the lights, and folded their mobile phones next to the bed to charge.

Shi Ran's sleep was dark and sweet, and it was already noon the next day when he opened his eyes again.Intense light came in through the gaps in the heavy curtains, and the air was filled with the aroma of food.The alarm clock of the mobile phone was turned off, and there was a connected mouthwash and a toothbrush with toothpaste in the bathroom.

Shi Ran stared at the mirror in a daze for a few minutes, took a quick shower, and when he came out, he found that the dinner table was ready.

The kitchen is half open, Pei Haojie poked her head out with a shovel: "The last dish will be ready soon, you put some rice first!"

On the morning of the weekend, everything was so comfortable and comprehensive that Shi Ran was almost uncomfortable.He used to do housework a lot, but after he was promoted, he became busier and less energetic than he was two years ago, and he did less and less housework.On the contrary, Pei Haojie, who used to be a mess, now takes care of his family because he works at home.

When three dishes and one soup were served, Shi Ran immediately became hungry.Even the food is delicious, he thought, Pei Haojie is almost invincible.

"Being so attentive this morning, is this bribing me?" Shi Ran smiled and pulled the chair away.

Shi Ran praised Pei Haojie in his heart, and when he looked up, he saw that the other party was looking at him with a smile, no matter how you looked at it, that smile had malicious intentions.

"What?"

"Let's go out after eating. You promised me last night, go out on a date."

"Is there?" Shi Ran was suspicious when he saw Pei Haojie's expression, and immediately became a little weak, "I don't remember..."

Yesterday's memory seemed to be fragmented, and he couldn't remember anything since he walked into the bedroom.He knows what kind of virtue he has when he is sleepy, and most likely he will "hmm" agree to what others say.

"But you promised last night." Pei Haojie didn't give him a chance to struggle, "Go to the game hall first, and then go to the movies... How about going to the snack city at night?"

After all, Shi Ran has never tortured Pei Haojie, and was dragged out by him to bask in the sun on a sunny day.But he didn't expect Pei Haojie to really arrange this day very well. First, he took him to a nearby video game city. He was doing an event this Saturday, and the first prize was a GoPro.Shi Ran wanted this thing for a long time.

His mind turned quickly, and he knew what was going on at the time. This GoPro was probably in Pei Haojie's plan.

Pei Haojie was already a well-known game blogger when she was in college.At that time, his side job was to do game live broadcasts and chat with fans about games.Pei Haojie seldom shows his face, but with his magnetic voice, he has attracted many female fans, and within a year he has become a half-red game blogger.After graduating from university, he signed a contract with a live broadcast platform.After working for two years, I started to do game evaluation and write game market data analysis.He formed his own small team online, and has business cooperation and contacts with many game companies and live broadcast platforms.Until one day, his income from this side job exceeded his main job, so he quit his job and concentrated on doing it at home.

Shi Ran doesn't know much about the game industry and the market.When Pei Haojie decided to become a freelancer back then, Shi Ran silently gave her a lot of support and tolerance.The two rent a house together, live together as a partner, and seek stability.From a psychological point of view, Shi Ran thought that Pei Haojie was younger than him, so he should bear more financially.It doesn't matter if the work is a little harder or a little more tiring, in exchange for Pei Haojie to concentrate on doing what she likes, there's nothing wrong with it.This choice is a little risky, it's all up to the individual.In the past two years, Pei Haojie's enthusiasm for games has only increased, and there have been more and more online businesses, and her income has gradually increased.

An hour later, Shi Ran took the overflowing bag of game tickets to exchange for prizes, and deeply experienced what it means to be full of happiness.

"How is it? I'm not bragging, right?" Pei Haojie put his arm around his shoulders and said, "After a round of beating, the game coins only cost more than 100 yuan, isn't it cool?"

"Exciting!" Shi Ran nodded with a smile, "It's worth a reward. I've arranged for the next movie and snack city."

The time on the weekend was like stealing, and it was night in a blink of an eye.After the two of them got into the car after eating and drinking, Shi Ran realized that it was almost nine o'clock.

"Today is the weekend, don't you need to broadcast live?"

After Pei Haojie's online business was dispersed, live broadcasts were no more frequent than when she was in college, but she would never miss the prime time every weekend.

"It's not a dead salary, it's just for freedom." Pei Haojie turned the steering wheel, with a happy face blowing in the evening breeze, "Are you happy today?"

Pei Haojie knew too well how to speak in fours and twos, so Shi Ran's attention was distracted by him when he was chatting.It wasn't until he got home after taking a shower and lying on the bed that he remembered this incident again, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became.Pei Haojie can be regarded as an Internet celebrity game blogger, it can be said that 24 hours are business hours.They were together all day today, Pei Haojie didn't even check Weibo, and didn't look at her phone at all... What's going on?

The sound of running water in the bathroom could be heard, and Pei Haojie started to take a bath.Shi Ran looked in the direction of the bathroom with doubts, turned on the phone and entered Pei Haojie's live video account, and found that the comment section under the platform seemed to be arguing.Upon closer inspection, both sides scolded fiercely, but the matter was unclear, and they didn't know what it was for.Shi Ran turned off the video platform, and turned to Weibo to search for Pei Haojie's game blogger account.

When he searched, he jumped out of a tag: #游戏博主阿把打职#

In the real-time status, there were people swearing and interceding. Shi Ran finally found a Weibo where the incident was sorted out, and read it carefully from beginning to end.He had just finished reading when the bathroom door opened. Pei Haojie walked towards him while wiping her hair with her upper body bare, "What are you looking at? His expression is so serious."

Shi Ran turned on the phone screen and looked at his face, seeing him startled.

"You switched to the live broadcast platform? Why didn't you tell me that the Internet has become like this?"

Pei Haojie's eyes flickered, and she looked at Shi Ran with a complicated expression.

"I didn't mean to hide it from you." Pei Haojie wiped her hair vigorously, "Don't worry, it won't involve our real life!"

"Really, do you think this is the problem?" Shi Ran looked at him seriously, "You don't look at your phone all day, and you feel annoyed, why didn't you tell me?"

The author has something to say: A story type that has never been tried, a little hidden