[The summer solstice has not yet come] Carving time

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"Gu Qiaochu, just say what you think of me, I won't laugh at you,"

When Lu Zhiang said this, Gu Qiaochu just got out of the car with the varnish he bought in the city.

He hired a repairman and planned to speed up the installation of the bookstore and reopen it. However, the varnish used for the decoration was too difficult to buy, and it took almost two hours to get the goods in the city.

Lu Zhiang saw that he was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and immediately came over to be a free driver after the company's affairs came to an end.

Gu Qiaochu's eyesight is bad, he still remembers it, and he will never forget it.

As a result, when he drove back, Gu Qiaochu fell asleep sitting in the co-pilot.He tilted his head for a glance, and when he came back to look at the road, he heard Gu Qiaochu mumble his name in a daze, "Lu Zhiang..."

Even the first and last names, the voice is not soft at all, cold and clear, but it sounds very good.

"Fuck me!" Lu Zhiang endured and endured, so he didn't wake people up, and didn't do anything out of the ordinary in the car.He just stopped the car and looked at Gu Qiaochu carrying the varnish jar to the store, then raised his voice and said, "Gu Qiaochu, just say what you think, I won't laugh at you."

Then, taking advantage of Gu Qiaochu's faltering frightened by his words, he took the varnish into his hand.When they passed each other, he said again, "Not only am I not laughing at you, but I'm so fucking happy."

If you can think of me during the times I miss you, then I really think it's fucking worth it.

Wearing a pair of glasses, Gu Qiaochu discussed with the maintenance workers whether a ceiling could be added to the broken glass wall and a row of small lights would be installed, so that people who read at night would be more comfortable.He finalized the plan, and asked the master to list the required materials and rough budget, and let people start to do it.

After all these things were done, he turned his head and bumped into Lu Zhiang's eyes.

Lu Zhiang lifted a bench and sat near the door, watching Gu Qiaochu seriously discussing matters with the workers, neither disturbing nor helping.He just sat there and watched, this state lasted for several days, but he still couldn't figure out what kind of life he lived during the time when Gu Qiaochu was not around.

When Lu Zhiang choked him in high school, he could choke back ten sentences with a smile on his face.Later in college, the two of them got together, and occasionally Lu Zhiang couldn't hold back anymore, and he would reply jokingly.Later, when both of them joined the work, no matter what differences they had, he would just patiently explain it to him.

He seems to adapt to the changes around him faster than all his peers, and he quickly engraved this adaptation in his bones.

So, during the time when there was no news, what kind of life did he live that made him become... No matter how Lu Zhiang choked him, he couldn't say a word.

Whether it was on the river embankment that day or today at the store entrance, he just listened to Lu Zhiang's words with obvious meaning, without saying a word, just smiling like that.

It seems a little helpless, but also seems to be feeling emotional.

It was almost ten o'clock at night when the business in the store came to an end.Gu Qiaochu locked the security door, looked back at Lu Zhiang pushing his bicycle and standing under the street lamp waiting for him.

"My tire is flat." Lu Zhiang lifted his foot onto the bicycle and raised his chin at Gu Qiaochu, "I'll spend the night with you today."

Gu Qiaochu began to regret not removing the back seat when buying a bicycle.

He walked over and said helplessly, "This trick has been used."

Lu Zhiang was more helpless than him, he felt sorry for the tire he had pierced himself, "You want to cooperate with me?"

So Gu Qiaochu stopped talking again.

There is a voice-activated light in the corridor of Gu Qiaochu’s apartment building, Lu Zhiang locked his bicycle in the shed, watching the dim light turn on with Gu Qiaochu’s coughing sound.

The corridor was a bit narrow, just wide enough for two people to pass through.But this was the first time, Lu Zhiang didn't want to walk beside Gu Qiaochu.He was following Gu Qiaochu, missing three or four steps in height and distance, so he could only see Gu Qiaochu's back clearly by raising his head slightly.

The corridor is not too long, but Gu Qiaochu walked slowly.He didn't walk to the door of his house until it was time for the voice-activated lights.He took out the key from his trouser pocket, and stopped his movements because of the sudden darkness, he opened his mouth and was about to cough again, when Lu Zhiang suddenly covered his mouth with his hand from behind.

He held his breath all of a sudden, not wanting his wet breath to hit Lu Zhiang's palm.

"I just remembered that there is something I haven't told you yet." Lu Zhiang didn't know if his hands were shaking, he stubbornly covered Gu Qiaochu's mouth with his hand, then leaned over and said softly, "Ah Chu, Duan Qiao Died. It was an accident."

Now Gu Qiaochu couldn't hold back anymore, he just felt like a mess in his mind.

He doesn't have much contact with Duan Qiao, only seeing him a few times occasionally.But in my memory, that person always looked heartless and smiling.

Such a person, how...how did he die.

In that dark and narrow corridor, Gu Qiaochu heard Lu Zhiang's trembling voice in pain.

"There are too many accidents in this world. You see, I am standing in front of you and stalking you. But no one knows when the next accident will be me."

"You say, who knows how much time we have."

"Who knows if one day I will suddenly..."

Before Lu Zhiang could finish his sentence, Gu Qiaochu suddenly turned around and grabbed his collar with one hand and pressed him against the wall.

"You fucking say one more word!" Gu Qiaochu swears out after a long time, his eyes are swollen and painful, it is obviously dark here, only sporadic moonlight shines in through the windows above the corridor, but he still works hard Trying to see Lu Zhiang's expression clearly.

but failed.

He was a little annoyed, because Lu Zhiang kept telling him that if something happened to him.

Because when he did those things, he never thought that it would have a bad influence on Lu Zhiang.

He opened his mouth and wanted to scold something, but Lu Zhiang pulled his waist closer with one hand, and then his lips became hot.

Lu Zhiang didn't say anything, the words he said just now were actually the best.

He didn't tell Gu Qiaochu that the day of Duan Qiao's accident was the day planned and when Yu met to register with the Civil Affairs Bureau.

At that time, not long after Gu Qiaochu had left, Yu Laiqu Litong beat him up, picked up the bench and endured it, and only smashed his computer.

Just like what Yu Lai said to him at the end, "Lu Zhiang, what you owe him, you will never pay it back in your life."

No one can really tell how much Gu Qiaochu, who was born to be frank and unrestrained, gave up and lost for Lu Zhiang.This is his first time in love, but he has used all the determination and hard work he can do in love in his life.

Lu Zhiang usually doesn't say anything, but he is like a mirror in his heart.

When Duan Qiao's accident happened, almost everyone around was entangled in a bunch of bad things.So Lu Zhiang secretly thought about self-torture all day long, what if he and Gu Qiaochu had an accident, what should we do?

After Gu Qiaochu left, he tried to call Gu Qiaochu at a public phone booth, but the mechanical female voice reminded him that this man who was sober and meticulous had already canceled his phone number.

So no wonder Lu Zhiang always thinks of a terrible thing.

If he or Gu Qiaochu, if any accident happened between them, the other person might not even have the chance to know.

Although they love each other deeply, when they were young, they tried their best to have such an untimely relationship.

It's like the college entrance examination that year.

Lu Zhiang has experienced it and never wants to do it again.

When lying on the bed at night, Gu Qiaochu was hugged by Lu Zhiang and didn't let go. He broke it for a while without breaking it, and asked with a frown, "Aren't you hot?"

"It's not hot." Lu Zhiang's upper body was bare, "My heart is so cold."

Just now he was kissing Gu Qiaochu in the corridor, but suddenly someone came up downstairs, so scared that Gu Qiaochu slapped him away.

With that slap, the sound control lights of the slap turned on.

He didn't react until he entered the door. He grabbed Gu Qiaochu and questioned him relentlessly, "Are you a bit human? Are you cold?"

"...One slap is not enough?" Gu Qiaochu stretched out his hand to press the light while pressing the corner of his lips, just bitten by Lu Zhiang, some blood oozing.

But that being said, he was also frightened by that slap.Thinking of this, Gu Qiaochu said softly, "Then to apologize...you can be so happy."

These two sentences were really wrong, even a person like Lu Zhiang who thinks he has excellent reflexes took a while to realize that Gu Qiaochu was answering what he said during the day.

"If you want me to say it, I won't laugh at you."

"Not only am I not laughing at you, but I'm so fucking happy."

"You can be overjoyed."

Lu Zhiang buried his head on Gu Qiaochu's shoulder and smiled sullenly. He felt a little uncomfortable from the bone in his shoulder, but he still smiled and said, "It's not easy to hear you say something nice."

In this regard, after so many years, Gu Qiaochu has not changed at all.

Thinking this way, Lu Zhiang suddenly realized what word he had just used.

For so many years.

He had just realized clearly that he and Gu Qiaochu had known each other for so many years.

Since he just entered Asakawa No. [-] Middle School, the two were tied together because of the "speeding" entanglement, and then Gu Qiao was sitting at the airport in Japan to "pick up the plane". Qiaochu pushed the door open and asked him why he was here... Finally at his home, Gu Qiaochu said to him, "everything will be fine".

It's been almost ten years.