don't let me go

Lin Gu had unexpectedly, the first day of reunion, Duan Xu would ask him like this.

He lowered his head and scratched the scar on the tiger's mouth of his right hand back and forth, without saying a word.

The two of them didn't eat in the afternoon, so Duan Xu took Lin Guo home, put him in the living room, opened the refrigerator door and asked, "There are only dumplings, do you want to eat?"

Lin Guo nodded repeatedly, "Okay..."

Duan Xu was busy in the kitchen, Lin Guo took this time to look carefully at Duan Xu's home.

He was looking at it on the way here, the location is very good, very close to where Duan Xu works.

After entering the community, at a glance, every building is clean, looking like a new house in recent years.

Lin Guo only came to this city this year, so he doesn't know the market price at all, but he can tell that the rent is not cheap.

The location is good and the house is new. If the rent can be lowered, it can only be deducted from another flaw—the house is small.

It looks... It is about the same size as the house Duan Xu rented when he was in high school, and even the layout is very similar.

The furniture inside was quite simple, but it was tidied up very cleanly, and there was a faint, faint scent.Lin Guo couldn't tell what kind of fragrance it was, but he just thought it smelled good.

The characteristic of living alone in this house is quite obvious, especially when Duan Xu took out a new pair of chopsticks, Lin Guo could already conclude that Duan Xu lived here alone.

Peace of mind.

while eating.

Lin Guo picked up a dumpling, and after taking a bite, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother, did you make this yourself?" The taste was completely different from that of quick-frozen dumplings.

Duan Xu hummed lightly, and after a pause for a few seconds, he explained: "I'm usually busy with work, so when I'm free, I'll pack some more in the freezer at a time, and I can eat it as soon as I get home."

Lin Guo thought to himself: I have to make dumplings by myself after working so hard. In fact, if Duan Xu had a girlfriend who could take care of others...

"Quick-frozen dumplings are too unpalatable." Duan Xu said suddenly: "After being beaten up by society for a long time, all skills have been illuminated."

In order to silence his own mouth, Lin Guo stuffed many more dumplings until the plate in front of him gradually became empty.

His and Duan Xu's chopsticks were hanging on the last dumpling at the same time, Lin Guo retracted it quickly, hiccupped appropriately, and said to Duan Xu's slightly smiling eyes, "I, I'm full."

Duan Xu went to wash the dishes, Lin Guo took out a piece of paper and wiped the table which was not dirty.

When both of them were free, the dead atmosphere of an hour ago returned again.They sat on both sides of the sofa, each staring at the screen saver of their mobile phone—swipe it on, turn it off, swipe it on, turn it off.

Lin Guo suddenly pointed to the empty TV wall, "Brother, don't you usually watch TV?"

Duan Xu followed his words and looked at a blank TV wall, "There is a projector, and I occasionally watch a movie when I'm bored. TV... I'm poor. And no one watches it except me. It's a waste to buy it."

"Then why don't you find a girl..." Lin Guo blurted out the question that he had held on all night without thinking, and it was too late for his brain to react.He hastily covered his mouth.

Duan Xu raised his eyebrows lightly, "Why don't you find a girlfriend?"

Lin Guo didn't dare to ask a second time.

Duan Xu asked back: "Then what about you, why don't you find a girlfriend?"

Lin Guo paused for a moment, never expecting that Duan Xu would throw the question back to himself.

He didn't need to think about this question at all, and said with a clear and vague attitude: "I don't like it."

Duan Xu allowed him to take advantage of his loopholes without asking.

Lin Guo stood up suddenly, and said awkwardly, "Brother, I'm going home first. If you want to find me, you can... oh yes, I didn't leave a phone number."

He opened the address book, "Brother, what is your phone number?"

Duan Xu reported a series of numbers, Lin Guo broadcasted it, and quickly hung up when he heard any movement from Duan Xu.

"Then, if you want me, just call, I can come to you at any time." Lin Guo said while stuffing the phone in his pocket, and then hurried out.

Duan Xu remained motionless until he opened the door——

"Lin Guo..." Duan Xu shouted in a low voice, his voice became deeper than before, his sitting posture was still slack, only his gaze towards Lin Guo was serious.

"Go home and send me your address."

Lin Guo: "Okay..."

"Will you run again?" Duan Xu asked bluntly.

Lin Guo's fingers holding the doorknob exerted a little force, and the fingertips turned white, "I...I don't know."

Duan Xu closed his eyes briefly, got up and walked to the bedroom.

He turned his back to Lin Guo and said - "If you leave me this time, I will never wait for you again."

The next day when Lin went to work, Xu Xiaobai held him down and asked for follow-up for a long time.

After he explained everything in detail, Xu Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief: "What the hell, I gave my sister a fright. I almost thought he had taken a fancy to you and wanted to treat you like a little duck."

Lin Guo scratched his head, "No, it's impossible..."

"Let me just say, although you are a bit stupid, you are not so stupid that you can walk with strangers casually.

He let you go home, then what?Did you get him to do his hair this morning? " Xu Xiaobai asked.

Lin Guo said no.

When a customer enters the store, the topic ends like this.

What helped him with his hair, I knew it was Duan Xu talking nonsense.Although it was an obvious excuse, Lin Guo couldn't help but look forward to it. He waited for news and calls every day, but he never got one.

Duan Xu's WeChat account is his mobile phone number, Lin Guo added it that night, and obediently sent his address.

Duan Xu only replied with one word - "Hmm..."

Ok?

Mmm what um.

And it's been several days, not a single message, not a phone call.

Probably still angry.

What are you angry about?

Are you angry that he left without saying goodbye many years ago, or angry that he didn't give any response when he heard Duan Xu's last words that night, and even ran away after closing the door?

It's not that he doesn't want to respond, he just...

【Segment: Come to eat】

Suddenly receiving a WeChat message from Duan Xu, Lin Guo's hand holding the phone trembled.

Quick reply: OK.

Then ask Xu Xiaobai for leave: "Miss Xiaobai, my brother asked me to eat, can I ask for leave for a while?"

Xu Xiaobai never cared much about the employees in the store, they were very free, and when they saw that there was no one in the store, they all ran away.

It's just that Lin Guo has never been absent from work since the first day of work, even if he sits in the shop all afternoon.

"Go, go, if it gets dark after eating, you don't need to use it." Xu Xiaobai continued to play with his mobile phone after finishing speaking.

What I ate today - two bowls of noodles that don't look like much.

Duan Xu was busy in the kitchen as soon as he entered the door today. Lin Guo sat in the living room and looked at Duan Xu's house again—even though he had already seen it a few days ago—it seemed that something was missing?

Probably an extra set of bowls and chopsticks, an extra cup, and an extra pair of slippers.Oh, and there's an extra cute throw pillow on the sofa.Lin Guo hugged and squeezed.

Duan Xu's expression has always been very flat, he hardly talks to him, it seems that eating is really just eating.

Lin Guo didn't dare to mention anything, so he could only bury his head in hard work.

After eating, he stared at Duan Xu again. He couldn't figure out what Duan Xu was thinking, so he had to repeat the scene a few days ago.

"Brother, I'll go back first."

If Duan Xu has something to say, he should say it now, right?Lin Guo thought.

But Duan Xu's expression was flat, he nodded slightly to him, and told him "be careful on the road", and there was no more.

After Lin Guo went out, he was still confused.

He turned on his phone and looked at the calendar. Today is Sunday.

For the next whole week, Duan Xu was "not saying a word" again. Lin Guo opened WeChat every day to wait for his news, and his mobile phone was always fully charged to wait for his call.

Waiting for him to sit in the store with a sad face every day, Xu Xiaobai deliberately joked that when customers entered the store and saw him crying, they might think that he just got a haircut here, so they probably wouldn't dare to enter.

The second Sunday, the same afternoon, almost the same time.

【Segment: Come to eat】

Lin Guo came to life in an instant, sat upright and replied: Good.

What I ate today was pickled fish with pickled cabbage, which was a bit of a failure to look at the appearance, but Lin Guo still thought it was delicious.

When looking at Duan Xu's house this time, Lin Guo found that there were a few more pots of flowers on the small balcony, and an extra rug under the coffee table. It seemed that there were more pots in the kitchen?Oh, and there's a brand new tea set on the table.

Lin Guo couldn't tell what was going on, but every time he came, he would find a few extra things in Duan Xu's house, although they were all inconspicuous little things——

But somehow it made him feel, as if the house was fuller, it felt more... like home?

I don't know if this description is accurate, after all, he has never seen what is called home.

In the third week, Lin Guo simply asked for leave in the afternoon and squatted directly in front of Duan Xu's house.

Unfortunately, it was not on time as he expected. Duan Xu sent him a message more than an hour late, and his legs were numb.

【Segment: Come to eat】

Lin Guo replied in seconds: Come and open the door.