detour

After two days of shopping in the furniture city, the two big men basically bought everything they needed to furnish their new residence.

Holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, Xu You sat in the lounge area of ​​the Furniture City to check the bill. The more he looked down, the more frustrated he became, "My little savings can't support you to spend so much."

Zhuang Shaodong pursed his lips and laughed.Before going out, Xu You gave him his bank card in a grand manner, but Zhuang Shaodong didn't use his money when he paid the bill.He felt that Xu You's wages were very hard to earn. Since Xu You's name was written on the house, there was really no need to calculate the purchase of furniture so clearly.But he didn't plan to say it right now, because Xu You's little face with a slumped face was simply too cute.

"This lamp," Xu You poked the note pad in his hand angrily, "I'm out of date, [-], it's like stealing money. I didn't see that it was better than the [-] next to it. "

Zhuang Shaodong suppressed a smile and comforted him, "Because it is handmade by a famous master, and it is the only one in the world."

"I can also go to the construction site to find a steel bar and twist it for you, which is the only lamp holder in the world." Xu You continued to poke the note pad in his hand persistently, "Eating bran and swallowing vegetables for a month, the money I earn It's only enough to buy a light bulb...how can I feel so bad."

Zhuang Shaodong suffocated his smile so much that his cheeks twitched, "Didn't you also say it's pretty?"

Xu You was sad and angry, "Didn't I not see the price tag?"

Zhuang Shaodong laughed.

"After 30 years of hard work, I returned to before liberation. I became a negative man again..."

Zhuang Shaodong couldn't bear it anymore, he broke his face and leaned over to kiss him, "Why are you so cute?"

"What are you doing?" Xu You turned pale with shock, "It depends on the occasion when you play hooligans."

Fortunately, the rest area is full of high-back sofas, and they sit in the corner.It's not a holiday, there are not as many customers in the mall as there are waiters, and no one pays attention to them.Even so, Xu You still couldn't sit still, and dragged the cheeky Zhuang Shaodong out of the furniture city at a trot.

"Let's go, I'll treat you to lunch for the sake of being a responsible person." Zhuang Shaodong waved his hand very generously, "You can choose whatever you want to eat."

Xu You said angrily, "Go eat French food."

"Since when did you love French food?" Zhuang Shaodong wondered.

"I don't like food." Xu You looked at him honestly, "But French food is expensive, and it tastes better to relieve hatred."

Zhuang Shaodong: "..."

In the end, the two of them didn't go to eat the expensive French meal, but ran to the Korean restaurant on Xiangjiang Road to eat barbecue.It was closer to where Zhao Xiaoqi worked, so Xu You called Huang Haitao and his wife again, and turned their date lunch into a meal for four at a friend's gathering.Zhao Xiaoqi complained that her father-in-law and mother-in-law urged them to have a baby, Xu You complained that her father treated her as a transparent person and didn't even give her a look, and the two husbands were discussing housing prices and decoration issues.What was originally a pleasant lunch completely changed after Xu You and Huang Haitao went to the bathroom together.

Zhao Xiaoqi pulled the shiitake mushrooms on the grill, suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and pointed behind Zhuang Shaodong, "The two of them, what are you looking at?"

Zhuang Shaodong looked back, Xu You and Huang Haitao were standing stupidly beside the flower table in the restaurant, staring straight at a dining table in the corner.Following their line of sight, Zhuang Shaodong jumped up as if electrified.Daocheng is not big, it is not small, why do people you know come here? !At the table in the corner, Zhuang Shijie held a meat clip in his hand, and looked at Xu You blankly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.He didn't come alone. There were two men in the soft seat opposite, who seemed to be gathering with friends.

Zhuang Shaodong couldn't help cursing: "Fuck, Zhuang Shijie didn't do it on purpose, did he?"

"Zhuang Shijie?" Zhao Xiaoqi's eyes widened suddenly, "Ah, ah, Zhuang Shijie? The legendary hero."

"Is there any mistake?!" Zhuang Shaodong was so excited by the word "male protagonist", "I am the one!"

Zhao Xiaoqi comforted him, "Oh, are you the real version?"

Zhuang Shaodong stared at Xu You, his palms sweating from nervousness, he didn't know what he was nervous about.But for a moment, there was a little... fear in his heart.

Xu You was still holding a tissue in his hand, and his movements of wiping his hands froze as if someone had pressed the pause button.It wasn't until Huang Haitao touched his arm worriedly that he came back to his senses, his eyes glanced vainly around him, and then fell back on Zhuang Shijie as if being pulled by something.It seems that until now, he still can't accept the fact that Zhuang Shijie really appeared in front of him.

Zhuang Shaodong knew that Xu You's reaction was more due to an accident, but he couldn't stand the excitement of facing him, so his hand holding the chopsticks still trembled slightly.

"I said," Zhao Xiaoqi finally couldn't stand it anymore, "don't be so jealous, I think it's really unlikely that Xu Zi's old love will rekindle. It's just a bit of a first love complex, and the two of them are at the top of their hearts. They were separated at every point, so Xu Zi inevitably has a little special feeling for this person."

Zhuang Shaodong took a deep breath.

Xu You's face was still a little pale, but he seemed to have calmed down. While continuing to wipe his hands, he nodded at Zhuang Shijie, as if he met an ordinary acquaintance, with a not-to-be-distant expression on his face. A close, gentle smile.Then he turned around and walked towards his seat, his eyes crossed half of the restaurant and fell on Zhuang Shaodong's face.It wasn't until this time that his eyes flickered slightly and became clear.

Zhuang Shaodong tried his best to suppress the throbbing flames in his chest, and with a seemingly calm attitude, he put the freshly baked shiitake mushrooms on Xu You's plate, "The shiitake mushrooms are roasted. Do you want more crispy chicken bones?" "

Xu You sat down beside him, silently watching him pick up food for herself, with no emotion on her face.

Huang Haitao sighed, and pulled Zhao Xiaoqi up, "Xiaoqi is about to go to work, let's go first. If you have something to say, talk slowly, don't get angry."

Zhao Xiaoqi patted Zhuang Shaodong's shoulder worriedly, "Calm down, Shaodong."

Zhuang Shaodong gave her a "don't worry" look, watched the couple walk away step by step, and then turned his gaze back to Xu You's face, "Are you angry with me?"

Xu You asked him back, "You knew he was back?"

"I found out yesterday." Zhuang Shaodong thought of the floating feeling in his heart when he came back from the dealer's old house yesterday, and felt that he was really a fool.The island city is so big, and Zhuang Shijie didn't just stay for a day or two, why didn't he count, what is the probability that Xu You can completely avoid him?

Xu You closed her eyes tiredly, "You didn't say anything on purpose?"

"Yes." Zhuang Shaodong put down the clip in his hand, and said angrily, "I don't want you to see him at all. Just two days of comfortable life, why should he jump out and disturb?!"

Xu You sighed, "You don't have confidence in me?"

Zhuang Shaodong shook his head, not for this reason.But he could not explain this terrible possessive desire to hide him from sight.Especially, I don't want Zhuang Shijie to see it.

Xu You rubbed her forehead, with an angry and funny expression on her face, "What do you think of me, really..."

Zhuang Shaodong heard that there was no anger in his words, and was slightly taken aback.

Xu You stretched out his hand and gently pinched his chin, "Shaodong, you can be really stupid sometimes."

Zhuang Shaodong pinched his hand, put it to his mouth and bit it lightly, "I just don't want him to see you."

Xu You looked at his movements, and a faint smile appeared on his lips, "Zhuang Shijie will come over later, if you don't worry, I want to chat with him. If you don't worry, you can sit here Listen to our chat."

Zhuang Shaodong couldn't help using his teeth, Xu You frowned and pulled his hand out, "Shaodong?"

Zhuang Shaodong let go of his hand, and gave him a slow sideways glance, "I'd better wait for you in the car. I'm upset when I see that guy." He looked at his watch, "Don't say I'm restricting your human rights, Half an hour. When it's time out, I'll come in and beat people up."

Xu You smiled helplessly, "Okay."

There are still some uneaten ingredients left on the table: mushrooms, beef, and half a chicken crispy bone.Xu You poured them on the baking tray in an orderly manner, not because she wasn't full, but simply because she wanted to find something to do for herself.In his heart, he complained a little about Zhuang Shaodong, the jealous guy. If he had told himself that Zhuang Shijie was in Daocheng when he came back yesterday, he wouldn't be so caught off guard today.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a familiar figure.Xu You raised his head, and looked at the man with a warm smile on him in a daze, as if he had replayed it countless times in his memory.

Zhuang Shijie sat down across from him, staring deeply with somewhat mixed feelings of sadness and joy, "I really didn't expect to meet like this."

I didn't expect that either.Xu You thought to herself, I never even imagined that such a bizarre drama would be staged on me one day.

"You have grown taller, thinner, and mature." Zhuang Shijie looked at him with some emotion, "You have become a man. I almost don't know you anymore."

Everyone has changed.He, Zhuang Shaodong, parents, Zhuang Liyunxin... However, Zhuang Shijie's age seemed to be stuck in the cracks of the years. He was still the same as Xu You remembered, almost exactly the same.When they looked at each other, his eyes were still filled with the tenderness of drowning, and involuntarily it would give people an illusion, as if you were the most important person in his life.

Of course, it's just an illusion.

Xu You was almost a little surprised to find that she was not indulging in his sight. The feeling of being unable to extricate herself and being dazzled at the beginning was now gone.

Xu You felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.

Time goes by, the world is vicissitudes, small human beings are like small dust floating in the long river of time, floating and sinking with the surging waves, in the blink of an eye, thousands of sails have passed, and things are different.

Xu You took two wine glasses, filled them with sake and handed one of them to Zhuang Shijie, "You haven't changed, but I have changed too much, I am no longer the person you know."

"Don't say that," Zhuang Shijie said with sadness in his eyes, "Back then..."

"At the beginning, I was grateful for your care, and I always hoped to have the opportunity to thank you." Xu You interrupted him, and raised his glass to him, "I was too young at that time, and I couldn't share anything, you worked hard .”

Zhuang Shijie's eyes turned red, and then he lowered his eyes to cover up, picked up the wine glass, touched him lightly, and they both did it.The alcohol content of the sake was not high, but as the cold liquor slid down, the fire-like spiciness burned all the way up the throat, almost forcing out the bitterness in his eyes.

"I've always wanted to say sorry to you." Zhuang Shijie closed his eyes and shook his head lightly, "I didn't persevere back then, when I..."

Xu You filled his wine glass and interrupted his self-examination without showing any trace, "Since we all feel that what we did back then was not good enough, then... let's just smile away the grievances. From now on, we will not owe each other anything."

Does everyone owe each other?Zhuang Shijie smiled wryly, raised his glass and drank it down, and the circles of his eyes became hot.Those old things accumulated in each other's memory did not shed the stinging thorns until now, revealing the fragrance hidden inside.It was not until this time that the questions that had been kept in my heart would not appear too abrupt.

"How are you?"

Xu You nodded.It was just a faint smile on his lips, but it made his whole face brighten up.

Zhuang Shijie couldn't ask the rest of the questions.The feeling in my heart became extremely complicated for a while.This person was once a treasure in his life, but what Zhuang Shaodong said was right, once he let go, his sorrow and happiness would no longer have anything to do with him.Some things, even reluctantly, eventually pass.

Zhuang Shijie took a deep breath, "Xiaoyou, can we still be friends in the future?"

Xu You looked at him and shook his head slowly, "For me, you are always a special existence in my memory. I can't treat you as an ordinary friend."

Zhuang Shijie couldn't help but smile wryly.This answer is really weirdly consistent with that arrogant Zhuang Shaodong.

"That's it." Xu You stood up, smiled and stretched out a hand to him, "I wish you happiness."

This is the most common etiquette between two grown men. Looking at this hand, Zhuang Shijie suddenly had a real understanding: the big boy with pure eyes in his memory, that period of dark night and fragrant years The old things are really gone forever.He stood up and held Xu You's hand solemnly. For some reason, his voice suddenly became hoarse.

"I wish you happiness too. My..."

Xu You looked at him deeply, took two steps back, and left the restaurant.

Zhuang Shijie watched him leave, and silently completed what he had just said in his heart: I wish you happiness too, my dear boy.

Zhuang Shaodong was getting impatient waiting in the car, and was about to roll up his sleeves and go in to drag that disobedient guy out, when he saw Xu You walking out of the restaurant with his head down.

Yo, I'm quite reluctant...

Zhuang Shaodong gritted his teeth, feeling a little sour in his heart.

Xu You, who walked down the steps, raised his head as if sensing something, and looked in his direction, with an almost dazzling smile blooming on his face.

Zhuang Shaodong watched this bright-eyed young man striding towards him, then opened the car door and sat beside him.He had already planned to put on an open-minded attitude in front of Xu You, but unexpectedly he opened his mouth sourly, "Are you willing to come back?"

The smile on Xu You's lips deepened, but there was a bright brilliance in his eyes.

Zhuang Shaodong snorted and licked his lips uncomfortably.

Xu You leaned over and quickly pecked the corner of his mouth, "You wait here for me, of course I'm coming back."

Zhuang Shaodong put on a serious face, "Anyway, this is the last time. If he dares to come here to seduce you again in this past tense, I will beat you up."

"Do you need to emphasize the three words past tense?" Xu You laughed.

Zhuang Shaodong wrapped his arms around his waist, and bit the tip of his nose warningly, "Of course it is to let some people see the situation clearly. Because the progress and the future tense have absolutely nothing to do with some people."

"Future tense?" Xu You lay on his chest and looked at him, slightly drunk in her beautiful eyes.

"The future tense." Zhuang Shaodong emphasized, "Because you have to live with me every day in the future. Even if you become a twitching little old man, you still have to lie down next to me."

Xu You laughed, "Is there any benefit?"

"The good thing is... I'm lying next to you too."

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