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21.

The next day, Duan Li first called Brother Duan and told him about the stepping.Then I called the company and asked for a month's leave. Their manager was nice and valued him very much. After asking a few words, he agreed to his request.In fact, even if the other party disagrees, he has already prepared for the worst.

He will not return to City B for the time being, Zuo just resigned.He has decided to stay with Cheng Zhensheng until he recovers.

After everything was settled, Duan Li walked into the ward with the thermos cup.

Cheng Zhensheng had already woken up, and was leaning against the head of the bed looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Zhensheng, are you awake?" He put the thermos on the table and said, "Have some soup first, okay?" His tone was very soft, just about to plead.

Cheng Zhensheng turned his head to look at him, but didn't speak.

Duan Li just looked into those eyes, and the air suddenly became extremely dull.

Duan Li thought of the surprise and resistance in Cheng Zhensheng's eyes when he opened his eyes for the first time this morning, but before he could react, those eyes were full of alienation again.

At that moment, Duan Li felt as if his heart was being pricked by various things, it was very painful.

Duan Li sighed silently, took the lead to look away, and turned to open the thermos. Inside was the chicken soup sent by Cheng's mother early in the morning.

He poured the sugar into a bowl, scooped up a spoonful and brought it to his lips, blew it gently, and then brought it to Cheng Zhensheng's lips, begging, "Just drink a little, okay?"

Cheng Zhensheng stared at him blankly, neither spoke nor opened his mouth.

Duan Li then begged: "Just have a sip. Zhensheng, just have a sip, okay?"

He just held the spoon like this, waiting for the other party's response.He knew there would be difficulties at first, but he was patient and had enough time.

Finally, he saw Cheng Zhensheng sighed softly, and then drank the soup from the spoon with his raised hand.

Duan Li knew that Cheng Zhensheng had softened his attitude.

He quickly took another spoonful, blew it cool, and brought it to the man's mouth, carefully examining the other's expression.

Cheng Zhensheng just hesitated this time, and quickly drank the soup.Repeatedly like this, a bowl of chicken soup soon bottomed out.

Looking at the empty bowl, Duan Li felt that he had never been so happy in his life as he is now.

He put down the bowl, turned to hold Cheng Zhensheng's hand, and said softly: "Zhensheng. I don't know what to do to make you forgive me, but I will definitely work hard. So, don't torment yourself anymore, okay? good?"

Cheng Zhensheng just looked at him quietly, without expression or response.

Duan Li smiled wryly and shook his head, let go of his hands, took the thermos cup out, and said, "You are taking a rest, I'll wash the cup. Aunt Cheng will bring lunch later."

Cheng Zhensheng still did not respond.He stared at the back of the person leaving until the back disappeared in front of him.Facing the air in the room that still smelled like that person, he said to himself: "Duan Li, what do you want me to do..."

22.

In the following days, the relationship between Duan Li and Cheng Zhensheng became monotonous.

Duan Li runs to the hospital early in the morning every day, and then stays there for a whole day.The time spent in the hospital was nothing more than eating and talking with Cheng Zhensheng, and then massaging Cheng Zhensheng's body.

Of course, the words are usually Duan Li talking to himself.Ever since Cheng Zhensheng met Duan Li, he hasn't said a word to Duan Li. Duan Li knows it's because he still doesn't want to forgive him, so even if he doesn't get a response, he will find nothing to say when he is bored. Say a lot more boring things.

As a result, Duan Li learned a new skill, which is telling cold jokes.Although Cheng Zhensheng, who was his only audience, never laughed.

Just like now, Duan Li is telling bad jokes to Cheng Zhensheng again.

"One day the coffee cup and the glass were walking on the road at the same time, and suddenly someone behind shouted: 'Be careful, there is a car!', but the glass was crushed... the glass is fine. Do you know why?" Duan Li Pretending to be a profound question.

Cheng Zhensheng sat on the bed and read a book.Duan Li knew that of course he would not respond to him, so he had no choice but to entertain himself and said, "Because coffee cups have ears, but glass cups don't! Funny? Haha!" After speaking, he smiled cooperatively.

"Hey!" He sighed suddenly, lying on the side of the bed, looked at Cheng Zhensheng's side face and asked, "When do you think you are willing to talk to me?"

Cheng Zhensheng's hand flipping through the book paused imperceptibly.

It happened that Cheng's mother pushed the door in with her things.

"Xiao Li, I'm here for you, you go home!" Since Duan Li's arrival, her son is finally willing to eat, and Cheng's mother's complexion has obviously improved a lot, and the smile on her face has also increased. .

Duan Li stood up, but the things in Cheng's mother's hand were placed on the table: "Auntie, are you here?" Then he turned to Cheng Zhensheng and said, "Zhensheng, then I'll go back first. I'll come to accompany you at night."

Mother Cheng hurriedly said, "I'll just accompany Zhensheng tonight! You go back and have a good rest. You've lost weight in the past two days!"

Cheng Zhensheng frowned slightly.

"I'm fine!" Duan Li shook his head: "I've lost weight if I'm thinner!"

Cheng's mother laughed at him: "You child! You look so good, why do you want to lose weight?! Listen to your Auntie Cheng, go back tonight and get a good sleep, and come back tomorrow."

Duan Li wanted to say something, but Cheng Zhensheng who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "Don't come tonight."

Duan Li looked back in surprise.

Did he hear correctly just now?Cheng Zhensheng talked to him? !

He stared closely at Cheng Zhensheng, who was still reading with his head down, and never looked at him from the beginning to the end.The sentence just now was like an illusion, but he knew it wasn't.

Cheng's mother patted him on the back and reminded him: "Look, Zhensheng told you to go home at night and have a good rest, so just be obedient."

It really wasn't an illusion!Duan Li thought, he has waited, even though it is just a little bit of the beginning, but he is indeed slowly moving towards the goal, and Cheng Zhensheng is standing at the end, watching him quietly.

He smiled and nodded: "Then I'll come back tomorrow morning. You remember to eat well. "

It was not Cheng Zhensheng's intention to put himself in the hospital.Since falling out with Duan Li, he has been forcing himself to get used to life without him by his side.He kept forcing himself to eat food that looked unappetizing. At first, it was nothing, but he didn't know whether it was because he was too eager for quick success or something else. He started to vomit what he ate.

After Duan Li went to City B, although he forced himself not to think about him, every time it was time to eat, he would inevitably think of the time when he had dinner with the other party. Vegetables in his bowl.

A person who usually doesn't even bother to talk, but when eating, it seems like someone is forcing him to talk endlessly.

Thinking of this, he was even less in the mood to eat.So almost every day by drinking water and dairy products to maintain vitality.

Finally, when his body couldn't hold back and passed out, Cheng Zhensheng still thought, if it wasn't for Duan Li, maybe he had already gotten used to the days without appetite, just like before he met Duan Li, he didn't understand the beauty, when he lost It won't be so painful.

When Cheng Zhensheng opened his eyes and saw Duan Li standing beside his bed with a worried face, his first reaction was surprise, and then he felt his chest was blocked by something, sad and depressed.Then he couldn't help looking at the other person with indifference.

He knew why Duan Li came.In addition to his mother's request, this person must feel that he became like this because of him, so he feels guilty and wants to make up.

Cheng Zhensheng wanted to laugh, he didn't need this person's compensation.He became like this, all because of himself, no one else.

He has already decided to forget Duan Li, forget all the good things about him and all the bad things about him.

He doesn't talk to Duan Li, no matter what the other party does, he ignores it.He thought that this would make Duan Li give up, couldn't take it anymore, and left.

However, what Duan Li did afterwards hit his already weak determination time and time again.

Duan Li held up a spoon, begging him to eat earnestly; Duan Li was looking for trouble, telling him jokes that would kill him; Duan Li massaged him, being careful not to hurt him too much...

He said to him: "Zhensheng. I don't know what to do to make you forgive me, but I will definitely work hard. So, don't bother yourself anymore, okay?"

He felt that this person was still the same, even though he was lazy, he was still very patient with him and very nice.

It wasn't until Cheng's mother said that Duan Li had lost weight that he realized that there was a heavy shadow under this man's eyes.The body shape is also much thinner than before.

Cheng Zhensheng suddenly softened.Looking at Duan Li like this, he felt very heartbroken.

He asked himself: Cheng Zhensheng, is this what you want?Are you happy to see this person sad, hurt, and emaciated?

He thought: If it is now, can he try to believe it?Is it because he doesn't torment himself anymore, and this person won't leave him again?For whatever reason...

Finally, he sighed silently, forget it.He thought, if it was so easy to forget, he would have given up after so many years.Make him sad, he can't bear it.

Take the first step, and the road after that will be much smoother.

After figuring it out, Cheng Zhensheng's attitude towards Duan Li became much more relaxed than before.Although the interaction between the two is still pitiful, at least Duan Li is no longer singing a one-man show alone.

Holding the soup in his hand, Duan Li scooped up a spoonful and handed it to Cheng Zhensheng like a treasure, and said, "Zhensheng, why don't you try this pig's foot soup quickly!?"

Cheng Zhensheng looked at him suspiciously, and took a sip from his hand.

"How is it? Is it good?" He asked impatiently.

"En." Cheng Zhensheng nodded.

Hearing his answer, Duan Li suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily, "Great! This is my first time cooking, and I'm still wondering what to do if you don't like it?"

"You did this?" Cheng Zhensheng was surprised.

"That's right!" Duan Li said proudly, "Not bad, right? For this soup, I have been taught a lot by my mother." He sighed softly, as if he couldn't bear to look back on the past.

"You..." Why did you do this?Cheng Zhensheng wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to ask.

Knowing his thoughts, Duan Li explained: "Not only soup, but also many dishes. In the future, no matter what you want to eat, I will cook it for you."

Cheng Zhensheng stared quietly into his eyes, seeing his sincerity.

Duan Li put down the bowl, held Cheng Zhensheng's hand, and said with a serious expression: "Zhensheng, let's be together, okay?"

"You...do you know what you are talking about?" Cheng Zhensheng's voice trembled a little: "We are all men..."

"I know." Duan Li's voice did not hesitate.

"You..." Cheng Zhensheng didn't know what to say.

"Zhensheng. Do you still remember that you asked me 'Can I like you'? I can tell you now..." Duan Li shook his head and said, "'No'."

Cheng Zhensheng felt for a moment that this person must be playing tricks on him, and couldn't help but want to withdraw the hand held by the other party.

Duan Lijia put all his strength on him, and then said: "I don't mean 'can't' like you, but don't. Zhensheng, you don't need to ask me to like you, because I have already liked you Yes. Although my liking may be a little different from what you want, but I will work hard to become what you want."

Duan Li took a deep breath, stared straight at him, and said solemnly: "Cheng Zhensheng. I will never leave you again."

Cheng Zhensheng suddenly felt that his eyes were watery, as if something was about to come out.Duan Li's words were like heavy wooden stakes, knocking into his heart word by word.

He has already decided that no matter what Duan Li decides in the future, he will continue to like him. He doesn't need the other party's response, and he will not hurt himself or him because of this liking.

However, he never thought that he would hear such words from Duan Li's mouth.He felt that he must be dreaming, if so, he would rather not wake up from the dream in his life.But the body temperature from another person told him that this was not a dream.

Duan Li's heart is beating very fast now, as if it will pop out of his mouth in a second.

He was already prepared to fail, after all he didn't dare to ask the other party to forgive him for the mistakes he made in the past just once.

But he had finished speaking for a long time, and the person he confessed to didn't even respond.Duan Li experienced for the first time that the waiting time is so long and so tormented.

He expected the other party to give him an early response, but also worried that the result he got would hit him hard.Finally, when he couldn't take it any longer and was about to give up, he saw Cheng Zhensheng smiling and said to him, "Duan Li. The pig's knuckle soup is too salty. Next time, put less salt."