South of Chutian

The school's supermarket was not big, so the two searched for it, and found that there was no prickly ash at all, and of course, there was no Sichuan pickle they used to buy.

In the end, I had to buy a bottle of green pepper oil, a bag of Korean spicy cabbage, two boxes of luncheon meat, a row of eggs, and a pack of five bags of Chumae Yiding.This kind of noodles are actually instant noodles, which are very common in Hong Kong and Macau, but they don’t seem to be eaten much in other places.

Li Yuechi carried the basket, took the food from Tang Heng, and put it in one by one.They ended up buying another can of Laoganma.Tang Heng stayed in school for two years, and it was the first time he knew that Laoganma sold them in the supermarket.

Back home, Tang Heng took out brand new pots and tableware from the locker—so new that they hadn't even opened the packaging.Li Yuechi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Was it given by someone else?"

"Well, Director Xu gave it to me when I first joined the job," Tang Heng smiled embarrassedly, "He said this pot is very easy to use... I haven't tried it either."

Li Yuechi said, "Try it today."

There was no apron at home, so Tang Heng found an old shirt casually, bent over and tied it around Li Yuechi's waist.Li Yuechi patted the top of his head: "Go and wait."

Tang Heng said, "You don't need my help?"

"What can you do to help?"

"...It's still okay to crack an egg."

Li Yuechi said with a smile: "Go and sit for a while, it will be fine soon."

Tang Heng walked out of the kitchen, of course he was reluctant to leave like this.He sat in a chair in the dining room, resting his chin on his palm, staring straight at Li Yuechi.Li Yuechi turned his back to Tang Heng, his body covered the movements of his hands, but through the long-awaited sounds, Tang Heng knew what he had done.

There was a crisp "click" sound, and it was he who cracked the egg on the stove.As soon as the thumb picks the egg shell, the egg white and egg yolk flow into the bowl.He cracked four eggs, and then started to stir them. It was the sound of wooden chopsticks colliding with porcelain bowls.It can be imagined that the egg liquid was stirred so delicately by him that a layer of fine foam floated on the surface.

When the oil was hot, he slowly poured the egg liquid into the pan, making a sizzling sound, and the smell of fried eggs wafted out immediately.Tang Heng moved his nose and couldn't help asking: "Li Yuechi, how is the pot?"

"That's right," Li Yuechi's voice was mixed with the background sound of zi la zi la, "it's not sticky at all."

Tang Heng took out his mobile phone and silently wrote in the memo, "I want to buy a non-stick pan for my new home".

Li Yuechi cut the fried egg into pieces with a spatula, put them out and put them aside.Then he washed the pot and boiled the water, and soon the water boiled. Tang Heng couldn't help but leaned forward and helped him unpack the bag that had been packed in front of him, and threw three pieces of bread into the bubbling water.Li Yuechi shredded the kimchi, cut the luncheon meat into pieces, and put them in the pan with the eggs, then poured in the pepper oil and the seasoning powder packet that came with Yiding.

The warm aroma of the noodles rushed into his nostrils, making Tang Heng a little dazed.Li Yuechi put the lid on the pot, and said with a little regret: "It would be great if there were onions and garlic in the supermarket."

Tang Heng swallowed: "It's okay... go to the supermarket outside at night, they have everything."

The kitchen is small, so the two of them are very close to each other with their arms next to each other.Li Yuechi looked sideways at Tang Heng, his eyes seemed to be melted by the hot water vapor, and became very soft.

Tang Heng's heart was pounding, and he was about to reach out to wrap his arms around his neck——

"Goo... Goo!"

Tang Heng; "..."

Even if they were too close together, Li Yuechi could clearly hear his stomach growling.

Tang Heng felt very embarrassed immediately, so he pretended to cough: "It smells so good, so what, I'll do the dishes later."

Li Yuechi smiled and said, "Okay."

"Is the face ready?"

"It should be almost there," Li Yuechi lifted the lid of the pot, turned off the fire, "take the bowl."

There are two bowls full of noodles on the dining table.The chumae ichicho and the fried egg are golden, the luncheon meat is pink, and the chili sauce that coats the kimchi has been washed away, revealing a pale emerald green.Tang Heng stared at the face in front of him, for a moment he didn't even know how to set his chopsticks.

He had never thought that a bowl of noodles could be so beautiful and delicious that he couldn't bear to eat it.

The air is full of the smell of food, the numbing smell of pepper oil, the oily smell of fried eggs, the salty and spicy pickles... I never imagined that one day his house will be filled with these smells. I wonder if I can smell them in the corridor?The couple next door are both from the mainland. The husband from Beijing likes to eat shabu-shabu, and the house often smells of sesame sauce. The wife from Sichuan likes to eat braised vegetables, and the house often smells of brine. Sometimes Tang Heng comes home from the office very late. When they caught up with them for supper, the corridors were full of aromas—at those moments he felt like he was already out of this world.

He found the thought pretentious, so he only let it pass.

"Tang Heng."

"Well——" Tang Heng came back to his senses, and met Li Yuechi's eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Eat," his dark eyes filled with urging, "Aren't you hungry?"

"Hmm...Okay." Tang Heng picked up his chopsticks, with an almost solemn expression, and picked up a piece of fried egg.

Seeing Tang Heng chew up and swallow the fried egg, Li Yuechi immediately asked: "How is it?" After speaking, he shook his head and smiled, "If I didn't say it, what if the fried eggs all taste the same... "

Tang Heng suddenly realized that he was as nervous as himself.

Tang Heng said: "It's okay, it would be better if it was more tender."

Li Yuechi was stunned: "Maybe it's been cooked for a long time."

Tang Heng nodded: "Well, there is no shortcut to this thing, learn more and practice more."

Li Yuechi: "...Okay," then he smiled again, "Lao Tang will try the dishes in the future."

They are really tired after running around all day.After eating noodles and taking a shower, the two fell asleep.The habit of Macau people is to wait until the working day to discuss big things, so no one contacted Tang Heng.

After sleeping like this until after six o'clock in the afternoon, Tang Heng opened his eyes uncomfortably.Sweat covered his back, as did his forehead, and a warm sea breeze blew in through the crack of the window, caressing his sweaty face.

Tang Heng was in a trance for a moment before realizing the current situation.He turned over and met Li Yuechi's eyes.It turned out that he was already awake.

"The air conditioner suddenly stopped," Li Yuechi said, "Is it out of electricity?"

"Oh...it should be," Tang Heng wanted to get up to get his mobile phone to pay the electricity bill, but his body was sluggish after a deep sleep, so he lay still, "Bring my mobile phone and put it in the living room to charge it."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes closed again.

He heard Li Yuechi get off the bed, walked to the living room, and turned back again.

"Here you are." Li Yuechi said.

Tang Heng opened his eyes, only to see Li Yuechi's face suddenly enlarged.

With his upper body bare, Li Yuechi put his hands on Tang Heng's pillow, leaned over and kissed his brows, nose bridge, and corners of his mouth, and then inserted between Tang Heng's lips.His movements were slow and restrained, but his breath was a little hasty, like an uncontrollable impulse of a vigilant beast facing its prey.

After kissing like this for a few minutes, Tang Heng panted and pushed him: "Wait... hey, take a break..."

With a "hmm", he unloaded his strength and lay down on Tang Heng's body.

The sea breeze blew in, lifting a corner of the light curtains.

Tang Heng narrowed his eyes and saw the setting sun outside the window, and the sky was as red as splashed blood.It turned out that there was a cloud of fire today.Such exaggerated sunsets often appear in Macau in summer, as if the sun is tens of kilometers ahead, and its edges are blurred like a mass of molten iron, which will swallow everything up.

Of course Tang Heng was also included.

Li Yuechi suddenly raised his hand, and his warm palm slowly groped, from Tang Heng's hair, to his ear, and then to his cheek.

Finally, Li Yuechi covered Tang Heng's eyes.His vision darkened, and he could no longer see the red-hot sky.

"Are you still kissing?" Li Yuechi asked with a smile.

"Um……"

So his kiss fell gently, and Tang Heng heard him say in his ear:

"Don't be nervous, it will be dark when we finish kissing."

The author says:

"When you wake up, it will be spring again" & "When we finish kissing, it will be dark", Brother Li's charm is still the same as before.