[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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Lu Zhiang was wearing his own dark blue pajamas, he was very lazy when he just woke up in the morning, the button was unbuttoned and he didn't think to fasten it, the pendant on his neck fell out.

It was the guard that Gu Qiaochu brought him from Japan in the year of SARS. He wore a rope around his neck. It has been around for some time, and even the corners are a little worn.

"I'm afraid I'll lose it in my pocket." Lu Zhiang got up and put on his shoes as if nothing had happened, and slipped the guard back.He tilted his head and pulled up the thin quilt to cover Gu Qiaochu's face with an inexplicable smile, only feeling a little hot on his face.

"There are new toothbrushes and towels in the cabinet above the bathroom, I used them myself." Gu Qiaochu didn't struggle, he just flattened the pillow on his back and lay down.When he was sleeping, he seemed to habitually tilt his head to the left, but his hands and feet were placed very neatly, "Call me when the meal is ready, and I will sleep for a while."

"Yes, you are uncle." Lu Zhiang rolled his eyes and went into the bathroom, after a simple wash, he walked into the kitchen.He was a little surprised to see the kitchen utensils, which were clean and apparently never used. He opened the cabinet below, and found that even the rice bag hadn't been opened.He yelled at the bedroom surprisingly angrily, "Why didn't you starve to death?!"

Gu Qiaochu didn't respond, he was so sleepy, he could only hear voices in a daze, and didn't bother to speak.

Lu Zhiang was cooking porridge in the small electric cooker, he turned back to open the refrigerator, and saw that there was a box of unopened eggs, all kinds of canned food and some beer, cola and mineral water.

He rubbed his forehead with some headaches, and suddenly had the urge to lift Gu Qiaochu up from the bed.Who knew that when he walked into the bedroom with his slippers on, and saw Gu Qiaochu fast asleep, he couldn't bear to disturb him.

Terrible.

Gu Qiaochu slept soundly this time, when he woke up naturally at noon, he rubbed his eyes and sat up, turned his head to see Lu Zhiang who was sitting by the window reading a book, he was a little confused, "Why don't you wake me up, you won't always Sit here."

Lu Zhiang raised his eyes to see that he was very sleepy, he didn't answer Gu Qiaochu's question, he just curled his lips and turned the pages of the novel in his hand, "Go wash up when you wake up, there is white porridge in the pot, I will fry eggs for you later .”

When Gu Qiaochu just woke up, he always couldn't keep up with his brain. He listened to Lu Zhiang's words and did it very obediently. He didn't wake up suddenly until he was halfway through brushing his teeth. After rinsing his mouth, he walked to the door with bare feet , "You take this as your home?"

It was already summer at that time, and the sunshine in Tokyo poured out from the gap between two dark gray curtains, making Lu Zhiang's short maroon hair a little lighter.He was clearly facing the light, but his skin was too fair, and he looked great even in the shadows.

Hearing Gu Qiaochu's exclamation, Lu Zhiang actually smiled, he stood up with his lips curled up, stepped on Gu Qiaochu's slippers, walked in front of him, and lowered his voice to tease, "You... think I'm rare?"

"Just yours? The kitchen is brand new, the rice hasn't been opened, the leaves of the root vegetables in the refrigerator have not been opened, and the seasoning package hasn't been opened..." He couldn't stop complaining as soon as he said it, no matter how he looked at it, he looked so angry , can't stop.

Gu Qiaochu was quite angry at first, but he suddenly laughed when he heard it.He pursed his lips, and his voice was hoarse and deep just after waking up, "Because it's my home."

Lu Zhiang stopped talking immediately, there was still a lot to say, it seemed to be stuck in his throat, his throat was stuck.He looked at Gu Qiaochu's genuine and warm appearance with a smile in his eyes, but when he just woke up, he was always lazy, and his steamed hair was drooping down after washing.He originally wanted to ask, "Are you still awake?".

But at that time Lu Zhiang only thought that Gu Qiaochu was not good-looking, no matter how he looked at it, he should be the one he liked.Before he had time to ask what he had planned, both of them ran into each other's eyes, and he didn't know who didn't give the other a chance. He suddenly grabbed the smiling person's wrist and pressed him against the bathroom glass On the door.There was a dull sound when his body collided with the door panel, and he heard the person in his arms grunting because of the pain, but he didn't have time to ask if it hurt, he just buried his head and kissed the upturned lips with a sullen face.

On the day Lu Zhiang became an adult, his father told him that he would be an adult from today on.When a person is an adult, he has the right to choose his own life.But at the same time, he must also take full responsibility for the choices he made.

"Gu Qiaochu, then what is my responsibility after I kiss you?" Lu Zhiang held him in his arms, they hadn't been this close for some time, and he realized that he was already taller than Gu Qiaochu, taller Until he could bury his head into Gu Qiaochu's shoulder and neck, so that his expression would not be revealed at all.He pressed Gu Qiaochu's wrist against the door with one hand, and tightly wrapped around Gu Qiaochu's waist with the other, muttering in a muffled voice, "You should miss me."

He thought that Gu Qiaochu really ate himself to death, even when he picked up the plane yesterday.Whoever was waiting to pick up the plane was eager to stand at the exit and wanted to meet him quickly, but Gu Qiaochu was the only one who sat there leisurely, as if he was sure that he would walk over to find him when he saw it.

What he said was so logical, as if Gu Qiaochu didn't want him to be a big sin.But he didn't expect that Gu Qiaochu would have a rare good-tempered and sincere smile and replied, "I miss you."

Gu Qiaochu didn't know where his feelings came from. He blinked and didn't know where to look. After thinking about it, he remembered those times when he was in the hospital.At that time, he regretted every day, why he wasn't more careful, whether he didn't handle it well enough, whether he was more careful, these things could have been avoided.

He can successfully take the college entrance examination and graduate, come to Japan and spend a year to settle down, waiting for Lu Zhiang to come over.They are in a new country where no one knows them.And there is enough tolerance for gay men.He thought maybe he could also hold Lu Zhiang's hand on the street, as natural and comfortable as other boyfriend and girlfriend relationships...

But everything is hypothetical.

He knew how anxious and even angry Lu Zhiang would be if he suddenly disappeared, but the situation at that time did not allow him to be entangled, so he could only be trapped in the hospital.He was as angry and hesitant as every person who just knew that he might be unable to move in the future, and he also became hysterical when the test results were not satisfactory, but during the time he missed Lu Zhiang, he never thought of giving himself such a weak and miserable appearance to him. Lu Zhiang looked.

Although he misses him so much, he often thinks, because the only one who will be hurt by those people is himself, and others should never be involved again.

Lu Zhiang stretched out his hand to smooth Gu Qiaochu's hair, his voice trembled violently, as if he had made up his mind, "Then Gu Qiaochu, do you want to..."

Who knew that he didn't finish a sentence, and even got stuck in the most critical half, when the damn doorbell suddenly rang!

Gu Qiaochu was amused by this situation and laughed muffledly. He looked at Lu Zhiang who heard his laughter and raised his head to stare at him. He didn't know whether he was flushed with embarrassment or anger. He just thought it was more fun, "How about , let me open the door?"

"Who is it!" Lu Zhiang let go of Gu Qiaochu's hands, he slammed his fists against the wall and screamed silently.He wants to see it!Who is so bad about him!

After making up his mind, Lu Zhiang straightened his clothes and planned to go out, but after looking carefully, he found that he was still wearing pajamas.In line with the concept of neither losing nor losing, he locked the bedroom door behind his back, turned his head and buried himself in Gu Qiaochu's closet, and changed into a set of casual clothes.He rushed into the bathroom to check his hair in the mirror, and then opened the door with a professional smirk and walked out.

"You... are quite suitable and good-looking." Seeing Lu Zhiang walking out wearing his own clothes, Gu Qiaochu almost burst out laughing, he grabbed his hair with a rubber band, and then introduced, "This is my senior and friend , Naoya Morikawa. Morikawa, this is a friend in our country, Lu Zhiang is now a student of our school’s finance department.”

friend?Listening to Gu Qiaochu's introduction to himself, Lu Zhiang began to feel that his father's advice was right.As expected, he is an adult, so he should clarify the matter of responsibility, otherwise he would have kissed him, so he is still a friend.

He was not very friendly in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, he smiled and grinned and shook hands with Morikawa to say hello, "Hello."

Gu Qiaochu seemed to suddenly remember, turned to Morikawa and said, "Sorry, we can't have lunch together today. Zhiang just came to Japan, I want to show him around."

On the surface, Lu Zhiang stood next to Gu Qiaochu and smiled very harmoniously, as if I had no idea and I listened to Ah Chu (?), but he began to nod wildly in his heart and urged this little Japanese to leave him quickly so that he could continue what he just said topic.

Morikawa originally wanted to say, "It's okay, I can show you the way! I can also drive you." Who knew that Lu Zhiang stared at him with a pair of emotionless and cold eyes. He blinked and took a closer look. Seeing that person was smiling, he could only feel that he was wrong.But he thought about it, and then tentatively said, "That's a pity...Call me if you have anything to do with that bridge."

"It's not good to bother you!" Lu Zhiang clapped his hands and laughed, he suddenly stepped forward and put one hand on Mori Chuan's shoulders, and sent him to the door with an attitude that could not be refused, "You see, it's getting late, we will meet again another day Let's talk!"

Gu Qiaochu waved his hand at Mori Chuan, he turned and went to the kitchen to fill up the porridge warming in the pot, ignoring Lu Zhiang who was noisy around him and asked "Did you hear what he called you?" "How long have you known him? Call you"?

Lu Zhiang was full of grievances, he did the math, he was called Gu Qiaochu by his first and last name all year in his first year of high school, and later he occasionally called him Qiaochu or Achu jokingly, Gu Qiaochu always smiled. Ask him "Are we so familiar"?

oh!So how long have you known him to call you that!

He was very angry. Who knew that Gu Qiaochu took a sip of the porridge with a spoon and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Fried eggs?"

Lu Zhiang's whole body seemed to be paused, he raised his hand and made an "okay" gesture, then turned and went to the kitchen, "Wait a few minutes."

The ears finally became quiet, and Gu Qiaochu shook his head to express his relief.He thought about it, sometimes Lu Zhiang is really very cute.