secret galaxy

"Sister Zhong and I asked for leave, and we won't go to work next week." On the way home, Duan Xinghe told Liang Qian.

Today is Thursday, and the law test will be next Saturday. The review time is getting shorter and shorter. It is time to sprint with all your strength.Liang Qian asked, "Are you still going to Cangshi this weekend?"

According to the usual practice, it was time to visit Sun Juan in the nursing home again.

Duan Xinghe nodded: "Go and return on the same day, as early as possible."

"Then I'll give it to you," Liang Qian said domineeringly, "Don't refuse."

When he was about to reach the community, Duan Xinghe closed his book and asked Liang Qian what he would like to eat tonight.

Three meals a day, firewood, rice, oil and salt are the ordinary little things that make up the flesh and blood of life. Worrying about what to eat is probably the happiest worry in the world.Liang Qian looked around, picked one of the restaurants lined up along the road, and said, "Let's pack two servings of stewed pork rice."

"Then I'll go buy it." Duan Xinghe lowered his head and unfastened his seat belt. With a click, the button came loose. He raised his face and wanted to ask Liang Qian if he wanted to bring something else. Before he could open his mouth, a kiss came down.

The kiss was short and intimate, as natural as autumn leaves falling on a slate.

The two separated, Duan Xinghe hesitated to speak, but Liang Qian was extremely calm, and said with a smile: "I suddenly thought about it."

Recently, the parking space is tight. When Duan Xinghe was buying dinner, Liang Qian went back to the community to find a place to park.It was the evening, half of the sunset in the sky, lazily sprinkled the last bit of afterglow on the world.He locked the car and walked towards building A03. When he passed a bush, he suddenly heard the trembling of branches and leaves.

It was a stray cat with round, buff eyes, a tortoiseshell pattern, and a white neck and front paws, as if wearing elegant square scarves and gloves.It got out of the bushes and landed lightly in front of Liang Qian, shaking its fur.

Liang Qian looked at it for a moment, took a step to the left, and continued to walk forward calmly. The cat was not intimidated, licked its nose, and strode forward with arrogance.

They are like passengers who meet by chance on a train and sit opposite each other, tacitly keeping a distance from each other, with reserved expressions, and each watching their own scenery.

There was no communication, the cat did bark twice, but Liang Qian couldn't understand it, and he didn't dare speak rashly—what if he was scolding him?

In the end, one person and one cat all stopped downstairs in Building A03. Liang Qian sat on a bench and waited for Duan Xinghe. The cat lay on the lawn, not far or near him, shrinking into a kiwi fruit.

Evil, Liang Qian thought, has this cat become a spirit? What is it doing here?

The door of the unit behind him opened, and two people came out. Liang Qian felt the voice of the conversation was familiar, and turned his head to see that it was Yao Xuyun and Duan Xiaoyou.He asked, "Sister, why are you here?"

Yao Xuyun patted the trolley case: "Xiaoyou go home and collect some things."

Liang Qian's eyes fell on Duan Xiaoyou, and found that she and Yao Xuyun were wearing the same camel coat, and her face seemed to have a little more flesh, showing a healthy pink color.

The fierce dispute last time is still vivid in my memory, and it is somewhat embarrassing to meet again.Liang Qian smiled at Duan Xiaoyou, no matter what, he was really relieved and happy for the little girl's change.

Surprisingly, Duan Xiaoyou also returned him a faint smile.

"Xiaoyou, wait for me here, I'll go drive." Yao Xuyun passed by Liang Qian with a suitcase, and patted his arm, "It's cold, wear more."

Liang Qian nodded: "Yes, you should quit smoking."

The surroundings fell silent again, and the cat not far away stretched its body, changed its posture, and began to lick its paws seriously.

Duan Xiaoyou bit her lip anxiously, her big blinking eyes were as beautiful as butterfly wings.Liang Qian decided to formally apologize to her: "Xiaoyou, I'm sorry for what happened that day, I hope you don't take it to heart."

Duan Xiaoyou didn't answer, and just a second before Liang Qian couldn't help but want to explain, she said softly, "It's nothing."

"Where's my brother?" she asked Liang Qian.

"He bought dinner outside the community."

After licking its paws, the tabby cat on the side came gracefully and circled around Duan Xiaoyou. Liang Qian asked in surprise, "Did it come looking for you?"

"It should be looking for my brother, who often feeds it." Duan Xiaoyou squatted down, gathered the hem of the coat to his knees to avoid dust, then reached out and touched the cat's back.

When Liang Qian heard that it was the cat that Duan Xinghe had fed, he immediately felt a lot closer. He bent down and tried to stroke it, but the cat gave him an arrogant look, and walked away with a flick of its tail.

Duan Xiaoyou couldn't hold back, and turned his head to laugh.

All right, Liang Qian thought helplessly, it would be embarrassing to be ashamed, at least to make my sister-in-law happy.

With Duan Xiaoyou's laughter, the alienation and hostility between them seemed to ease, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, melting silently.

Duan Xiaoyou took out a tissue to wipe his hands, lowered his head: "My brother likes you very much, you must treat him well."

Liang Qian solemnly agreed: "I will."

"He has liked you for a long time," Duan Xiaoyou's voice was a little choked up, "I used to know you before you came to our house."

"What do you mean?" Liang Qian's thinking ability suddenly dropped, and he asked inarticulately, "How do you know me?"

Yao Xuyun's car arrived, and Duan Xiaoyou said, "Ask him yourself."

The car quickly disappeared at the end of the road.The setting sun completely sank into the horizon, and the sky was dim. Liang Qian stood under the banyan tree, full of thoughts.

Duan Xinghe came back, carrying a few takeaway boxes, and said with a smile: "There are a lot of customers today."

As soon as he appeared, the feigned cat opened its eyes, and ran forward happily, wagging its tail.

"Give it to me." Liang Qian took the takeaway bag for Duan Xinghe's convenience.

Duan Xinghe took out a fresh meow strip from his pocket, tore open the package and handed it to the cat. The cat sniffed it, barked a few times excitedly, and then licked it.

Liang Qian said, "You still carry cat snacks with you?"

Duan Xinghe smiled embarrassedly: "I was going to feed it in the morning, but it's not here."

It only takes a minute or two to eat a Meow Fresh Bar, Duan Xinghe teases the cat, Liang Qian teases Duan Xinghe, rubs his hair, pinches his earlobes.

Duan Xinghe felt itchy, so he shrunk his neck and hid twice, but because he was squatting on the ground to feed the cat, his range of motion was limited, so he still suffered a lot of bad hands in the end.

Huamao is a polite cat, after eating the snacks, he licks Duan Xinghe's fingers politely, and rubs his ankles and calves back and forth.

"Do you like it?" Liang Qian felt that this scene was very warm, and naturally had an idea, "Why don't you raise it."

Duan Xinghe hesitated for a moment, and resisted the temptation: "Forget it, it's good as it is now, free." As if to convince himself, he added: "You don't have to possess it if you like it."

Liang Qian thought of Duan Xiaoyou's few words before he left, and suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if wearing a rough sweater with the hard label constantly scratching his neck.

"Then give it a name. With a name, it is no longer a strange cat. It has a connection with you."

Duan Xinghe was obviously moved, and asked hesitantly: "What do you think it should be called?"

"I think..." Liang Qian began to play tricks, and pondered for a few seconds, satisfying Duan Xinghe's expectations, before saying, "Call it Xiao Xinghe."

Duan Xinghe simply didn't want to talk to him, smiled, then quickly restrained himself, and said tit for tat: "Why aren't you called Xiao Liangqian?"

"Because Liang Qian is not young."

The logic is perfect, there is no flaw, and at this moment Huamao gave a "meow", as if to echo.

Liang Qian laughed loudly: "Look, look, it agrees."

Duan Xinghe felt that he was very stupid, so he immediately turned and went home. Liang Qian quickly grabbed his wrist, followed him like brown sugar, hugged him and laughed for a long time.

"Stop making trouble, I really thought of a good name."

"I don't believe you." Duan Xinghe said.

Liang Qian swears: "This time he is serious. General, how is it?"

Duan Xinghe looked back and saw the cat with its small head held high, looking deeply at the sunset in the sky, its tail sweeping across the lawn, as if thinking about the mysteries of the universe, couldn't help laughing: "Okay."

Liang Qian whistled: "Hey, General."

"Meow~" Huamao turned her head arrogantly, expressing her approval for her honorific title.

"I met Xiaoyou just now." When taking the elevator, Liang Qian casually mentioned the previous meeting, "She is in a very good condition now."

"Do you think so too?" Duan Xinghe has been in touch with Duan Xiaoyou on WeChat, and some subtle changes can be found in the chat. Now that Liang Qian has made the same judgment, he can't help being a little excited.

"Yeah." Liang Qian intertwined his fingers and walked out of the elevator side by side, "Didn't I say that everything will get better and better?"

"It all depends on Sister Taozi's help," Duan Xinghe was very grateful to Yao Xuyun.

"It's not all, thanks to you taking care of Xiaoyou in the past few years."

Duan Xinghe didn't take the credit: "I didn't do anything."

After teasing the cats, the takeaway was a bit cold, Liang Qian washed his hands, put the dinner in the microwave, and Duan Xinghe was not idle, changing the water for the vase.

Duan Xiaoyou's words lingered in Liang Qian's ears all the time, like a balloon falling on the water, just after being pressed down, it popped up again.

After all, he couldn't hold back, and spit out quickly: "Today Xiaoyou said that she knew me before she saw me for the first time, why?"

Duan Xinghe was arranging the bouquet, throwing the withered petals and leaves into the trash can, adjusting the position of each flower, looking quite calm: "Really?"

Once he intends to deceive others, it will be difficult for Liang Qian to see through, so he can only guess without thinking: "Did you tell her about me before?"

"No."

"Then how did she know each other?" Although they were already intimate lovers, occasionally, Liang Qian still had the illusion that there was still something unsolved about Duan Xinghe's puzzle.

He changed his mind and started playing emotional cards, recalling the past at the dinner table: "Do you remember when we first met?"

In Liang Qian's impression, it was the first day of high school registration, and the autumn was crisp and cloudless.Yao Xuyun was going to work overtime at work, so he woke him up early in the morning and sent him to school on the way.Liang Qian followed the road map to find the classroom of Class [-] and [-] of Senior High School, went in and saw that only five students came.

The four girls should have been promoted from the same junior high school, and they were huddling together and chatting. They didn't know what they were exchanging, but they were smiling shyly anyway.When they saw Liang Qian, they fell silent one after another, with different expressions, some were shy, some were curious, but no one said hello.

The classroom suddenly fell silent. The only male student noticed the change in the atmosphere and looked up at the door.

Liang Qian met his gaze and thought subconsciously, it's over, I'm not the most handsome in our class anymore.

"Hi, hello." He waved his hand, greeted the whole classroom, and then sat directly on the empty seat next to the boy.

"My name is Liang Qian." He was ready to meet his first friend in high school, and asked with a smile, "What about you?"

The man looked at him in surprise, and after a few seconds he introduced himself: "Duan Xinghe."

This is the opening line in Liang Qian's memory.He once felt that Duan Xinghe had a cold personality, which established the impression that he was "difficult to get along with", but now that he thought about it, there might be other reasons for Duan Xinghe's weird reaction.

"Is that the first time you saw me that day?" He observed Duan Xinghe's expression, casually probing, "Or did you meet me before reporting?"