mouth of truth

The first sunlight in the morning shines through the window and gently falls on the lace curtains. As time goes by, the sunlight becomes more dazzling, stretches its tentacles, spreads slowly, and decorates the pink and colorful room, presenting a warm and sweet atmosphere. Dreamscape.

A seven-year-old girl was lying on the same pink bed, with a smile on her sweetly sleeping face, and a red apple face that made people want to take a bite.

Suddenly, she wrinkled her nose, her small face shrunk like a bun, took a few quick breaths, smelled the thick creamy aroma, and then relaxed again, smiling deeper, so deep that even the dimples came out.

I don't know what dream this apple-faced little girl is having.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to [-]:[-]──

"おはよう, おは──(Good morning, morning──)" Tinker Bell on the bedside suddenly yelled, but before he could yell a second time, he was beaten to the ground by the little master and declared dead.

Six thirty is the time for Miss Xi Youning to wake up.But-

"Hmm..." Xi Youning turned over, pulled the quilt over his head, covered it, and went back to find Grandpa Zhou.

At 35:[-], the door was opened from the outside, and a figure sneaked into her room.

Xi Youning, who was under the quilt, opened his eyes and turned over quietly. Under the cool quilt in summer, he could vaguely see the shadow outside, walking towards her step by step.

"If you don't get up again, the big wolf will eat Little Red Riding Hood..." the visitor said in a low voice, approaching the sleeping little girl step by step.

Xi Youning grabbed the quilt, rolled his eyes with a smile, and counted in his heart: five, four, three, two, one──

Lift the quilt, jump up, scary! "Wow! I'm the big bad wolf!"

"Wow, Little Red Riding Hood is so scared──" The visitor patted his chest cooperatively, with a look of fear on his face.

"Hahaha..." The little girl lay on the bed hugging the quilt and laughing. "Brother Zhang is not Little Red Riding Hood, how can there be such a big Little Red Riding Hood."

"There is no such a small and cute wolf as you." Zhang Yuen rubbed the child's head. "Get up, brush your teeth, wash your face, and have breakfast. I'll send you to school later."

Xi Youning shook his head and spread his hands towards her brother Zhang, "I want a princess hug!"

"Huh?" Zhang Yuen was dumbfounded. "What is a princess hug?"

Ms. Xi Youning geniusly bent her knees and added half a sit-up, squeezing herself into a "Zigzag" to demonstrate teaching. "Just hug like this, and then, my hands will hug brother Zhang's neck, like this." Both hands circled Xiaoyuan in mid-air. "This is the princess hug."

Looking at the strangely twisted posture on the bed, Zhang Yuen only found it funny. "What should I do? I don't know how to hug a princess, I only know how to hug a monkey."

Huh?The little girl was puzzled, so she kept her original posture and asked, "What is a monkey hug?" Brother smelly, hurry up and say, her waist is so sore...

"That's it---" Zhang Yuen bent over, pulled Xi Youning's little hand away and climbed onto the nape of his neck, and lifted him up.

"Wow!?" Xi Youning screamed, and his two legs instinctively clamped the adult's body, as if hanging around the adult's neck.

"This is the monkey hug, little monkey." Zhang Yuen said with a smile, pinching the little girl's nose affectionately. "It seems that our little Ningning is not a little princess, but a little monkey."

"It's not a monkey!" How could she be so ugly!All the aunts and uncles who saw her said she was cute! "I'm a little princess──"

"If you don't brush your teeth and wash your face, you're a little monkey." Zhang Yuen said, leading him to the bathroom. "When you brush your teeth, wash your face, and put on your uniform, you will become a little princess."

The little brow furrowed. "No princess wears a uniform. All other princesses are well dressed..."

"So—"

"Brother Zhang..." The little girl made a tweed voice, and kept poking her little index finger into the adult's neck, as if planning to make a hole there.

"What are you doing?" Puzzled. "Brother Zhang's neck doesn't itch, it doesn't matter if you don't scratch."

"Hey! You are acting like a baby!" said the idiot brother. "It's always played like this on TV. When a girl is acting like a baby, her fingers will be like this---"

Silly boy, if you want to drill your chest, whoever told you to drill your neck is not a vampire.Zhang Yuen complained.

"I see. Tomorrow is Wednesday's casual dress day. Miss Xi Youning is going to dress up like a princess, right?"

Nodding like a pounding garlic, "I knew Brother Zhang loved me the most!"

"I haven't made a decision yet." Xiao Nizi, it's not like this to want to take advantage. "Princesses love to be clean, only little monkeys don't brush their teeth and wash their faces because of other people──"

"I'll go! I'll go!" Xi Youning jumped down immediately, and rushed into the bedroom in three steps at a time.

Just when Zhang Yuen wanted to follow in to help get the toilet utensils, he was immediately pushed out by the little girl.

"Boys can't watch girls go to the toilet, shame face!" Bang!Close it hard.

This kid... What TV program did Xi Jinxun let her watch yesterday?Zhang Yuen knocked on the door.

"What are you doing!" A vague voice came from inside.

"Dear Princess Ningning──" Zhang Yuen yelled viciously: "Remember to wipe your butt clean after you finish the tuba, otherwise you will get bugs."

"Ah──" A high-pitched scream came out of the bathroom.

At 23:[-], the front of the famous private elementary school was as usual, full of motorbikes or bicycles, rushing to land on the main road in front of the school, so that they could send their little ones to the school and start a busy day of work. It doesn't matter whether you are the perpetrator of the traffic chaos in Taipei City or not.

It stands to reason that Zhang Yuen, who carries the little princess of the Xi family to school, should also be one of the inconspicuous little characters.

Riding a 27-speed variable speed mountain bike──It's not important, although it is different from the lady's bike of mother-in-law and mother, it is not a strange phenomenon.

The little girl is sitting on the seat on the crossbar in front—that’s okay, it’s a variable-speed off-road vehicle, why is there a child seat installed at the back?

However, he has brown mahogany color with short hair dyed in deep linen red and gold, wears sunglasses borrowed from Xi Jinxun temporarily, and a pseudo two-piece indigo sleeveless tight shirt with a cream blue tie wraps his lean and sturdy upper body , the trousers of dark skinny jeans are tucked in high boots, making the legs look more slender, dressed in a trendy man, like a cowboy who just got off work from a nightclub, so that he just parked his 27-speed mountaineering The iron horse attracted the surprised looks of many mothers-in-law.

After all, no one sends their kids to school in such gorgeous clothes so early in the morning!

The little girls who were being carried to school couldn't help but stare in amazement.

"Mom, that brother is so handsome..."

"Brother..." also glanced to the side, throwing a faint complaint: "Why are you different from other people's brother..." The fifth grader's brother glanced at his sister sadly.

The little boy's admiration is not little—

"I want to wear that when I grow up!" said the third grade kid, pointing to the sleeveless shirt.

Immediately, the classmates around him retorted: "Hum! Those glasses are the coolest!"

On the other side, the fourth-grade child held his mother's hand: "Mom, I want that handsome shoe too."

The boy's world simply thinks that if he has the same thing as the other party, he will become as handsome as the other party.

"I said, little princess Ningning, are you still not getting out of the car?" Unaware of the amazement around him, Zhang Yuen focused all his attention on the little girl who refused to get out of the car.

The girl's cheeks were bulging with anger, like a squirrel stuffed with walnuts.

"Even a princess would have diarrhea." It was just a joke, why did she get so angry. "I told you I'm sorry, forgive me! Well, don't be angry, you will get wrinkles, you will be ugly, and you will not be beautiful, huh?" He tugged on the little girl's sleeve to please her.

"They don't have any." Xi Youning glanced at him sadly, very aggrieved, swinging his feet in the air back and forth. "I wipe it clean every time, I'm a little princess who loves cleaning, not a little monkey."

"Yes, yes," Zhang Yuen picked up the little girl with one hand, and got out of the car and parked it. "You are a little princess, not a little monkey. Don't be angry with brother, huh? Please..." The little girl's mind was really hard to understand.

"That, that──" Yuanyuan's eyes slid across the adult's begging lips and flickered. "Brother Zhang, give Ningning a kiss! Give Ningning a kiss, and Ningning won't be angry."

"Clam?"

"Princess kiss."

"Clam!?" Also specify the method. "What is a princess?"

"Like a prince kissing a princess." The little girl said embarrassedly, blushing and turning to the side. "Kneel down and hold your own hands." Shame.

Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang: 25:5, the morning self-study preparation bell rang to remind parents and students that there were still [-] minutes before the morning self-study.

"Okay." Zhang Yuen put down the little princess of the Xi family, ignoring the "wow-woo" surprises and stares around him, and knelt down on one knee with his palms facing up.

Hum dong, huh dong... the little girl heard her heartbeat speeding up, stared blankly at her favorite brother Zhang, and stretched out her cute and round little hands in a daze.

"Dear Princess Ningning, are you willing to take a bite of your fat and tender pig's trotters with Brother Zhang?"

"Ah ─ ─" the little girl soared the second high octave this morning.

When he got home, Zhang Yuen immediately changed back into his pajamas, and saw the man lying on his back in a deep sleep, tiptoeing into the bed and snuggling up beside him.

"Huh?" Xi Jinxun grumbled, until the mattress on the left was sunken, one hand wrapped around his waist from behind, his warm body was close to him, and the cold skin touch that he was accustomed to came from the palms overlapping in front of his abdomen. "came back?"

"Sorry to disturb you." Zhang Yuen leaned on his lover's shoulder, adjusted his posture, bowed his head and kissed the man's shoulder and apologized. "I'll pay attention next time."

"It's okay..." The sleepy man responded hoarsely. "I'm a light sleeper." Unconsciously pampering without even realizing it, the hand that hugged back brushed the soft hair of the person in his arms, and the lazy fingertips slid across the jawbone until he fell asleep again.

With a smile on his handsome face, he touched the man's slightly stiff hair, tilted his head and kissed the fingertips on his cheek, pulled up the blanket to cover the two of them, and closed his eyes contentedly.

The sun shining on his calf from the window was so warm, like the aftertaste left by a lover's caress.

In the distance, three or four sparrows chirped through the window occasionally, accompanied by the occasional sound of passing cars...

Nearby, the inaudible sound of the air conditioner in the bedroom, the ticking gears of the clock...

Beside him, the man's deep and regular breathing, steady and slow heartbeat...

"Haha..." With a yawn, sleepiness finally fell.

The chaotic sounds made up were meaningless, but they made Zhang Yuen feel at ease like never before, like a lullaby, pulling him away from reality and dragging him into a dreamland of blurred consciousness.

Zhang Yuen snuggled into the man's chest, feeling the man's arms tighten around him, and closed his eyes with a smile.

Zhang Yuen’s day goes like this──

At around two or three o'clock in the morning, I finished the work of the Pandaemonium night shift waiter and came home from work. After taking a bath, I gave Xi Jinxun a muscle massage, then took a nap until 06:30 and got up for breakfast. I sent Xi's spooky little princess to school and then turned back Catch up on sleep and go to bed, get up at 04 o'clock to prepare Chinese food for the two of you, tidy up and go out with Xi Jinxun, and part ways on the way, Xi Jinxun goes to the hospital for regular daily rehabilitation, and he rushes to work in a friend's cafe, at three o'clock Pick up people back to the cafe, go to school to pick up Ningning and go home together at 30:[-], cook dinner with Xi's uncle and nephew, after a short rest, go to work at Pandaemonium at [-]:[-].

His life is so fulfilling that friends who know about it feel like he is masturbating himself, but seeing his high spirits and joyful appearance every day, he can only praise him and say with admiration──

"Young people have physical strength. Even if they don't have physical strength, they have energy..." Ah Cao, who was sitting in front of the bar, lifted up the coffee and sighed, took a sip with a resentful expression, and suddenly spit out obscenities. "Wow! This is dried shrimp!? I ordered a latte! Why does it taste like soy milk!"

"New product, coffee beans, a latte made with soy milk instead of milk." Inside the bar, Zhang Yuen introduced it to his friends with a smile. "How about it? If it tastes good, I'll consider adding it to the menu."

"Do you think soy milk and coffee will taste good when they fight in your mouth?" Ah Cao gave him a big roll of eyes. "Don't think that people who drive dicks don't have tongues, okay? Those who work in our industry know where the food is better than anyone else!" All angry!

"Ah Cao, you are not in a very good mood today." Zhang Yuen looked at her and said wildly, "Could it be...your aunt came to look for her?"

"Please, please," Xiao Wu, who came back from the food delivery, couldn't figure out the situation and insisted on interjecting: "Her aunt has long since cut off contact with her, how could it be... Wow!? Damn woman, you stepped on my feet! "

"Damn Xiao Wu, your aunt cut off ties with you! Fuck you!"

"You two──" Zhang Yuen stopped, while nodding and laughing at the guests who were disturbed. "If you want to quarrel, the guests are watching."

"See if you dare in the future." Ah Cao snorted.

"Don't blame me for being kicked out by the landlord. I didn't kick you out." Tch!

"You were kicked out by the landlord?" Zhang Yuen finally knew the reason for his old friend's bad temper. "Why don't you tell me?"

"What's the use of saying it, could it be that you can build a golden house to hide my beauty?"

"Jiao, what a jiao!" This kind of words can also be said! ?Xiao Wu snorted. "How delicate can you be at your age? I think it's burnt, Ya Sang."

Ah Cao didn't jump her feet in anger, but just snorted coldly: "Which pig was it that proposed to my 'burnt' Ya Sang last year? Hey, Wu!"

"That's why I was blind—"

"It can't be called a golden house, but the environment is not bad, and there are all the furniture and appliances that should be there." Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Zhang Yuen quickly intervened. "It's not too far from here."

"I said you guys didn't quit the rent, did you?" Xiao Wu, who had to work two jobs to make a living like Zhang Yuen, asked in surprise. "Why are you renting an apartment instead of moving in together? Paying that money for nothing every month──"

"Let me live!?" Ah Cao pushed Xiao Wu away and grabbed Zhang Yuen's hand, her eyes were shining brightly, her expression was like a lamb lost in the desert saw God pointing to the east and said, "Poor lamb, go there! That's your home", full of the joy of being saved. "You want to borrow me? Really? Don't cover me?"

"Well, no one lives there anyway." Zhang Yuen was very happy to be able to help. "You just helped me take care of the house."

"Octopus, isn't this strange?" Xiao Wu asked without giving up: "You already live together, why do you need to rent another house? Is it possible that you really plan to hide "Jiao" in a golden house?" Not afraid of death, he pointed to his side The "Jiao".

Strange, isn't cohabitation just for two people to live together and save rent by the way?How can anyone who has nothing to do with money and secretly rents a house without telling his lover? I really don't understand.

"Don't think about it." Zhang Yuen laughed. "I just don't want to stay there. I always have feelings after living there for almost two years──by the way, I didn't let Xun know about this, and none of you are allowed to say it. Do you hear me?" The two of Jin Xun.

No way, who taught that this is the place where he would drink tea and rest every day after his rehabilitation.

"Why?" Ah Cao asked. "Is there something wrong with you?"

"There is no problem, we are the same every day. Sometimes I think, is it okay to go on like this?"

"The old couple's burnout period has arrived?" Xiao Wu guessed: "Look! Who told you to skip the love period and go straight to the couple's home plate, there is no novelty---" Pop!The slap on his bald head stopped him from speaking. "Why did you hit me!?"

"Death bald, what are you talking about!" Can he speak human language? "Don't listen to him—well, I'll admit it, you, him and that girl are like a family of three, no one is wiser and a housewife than you."

"That's right," Xiao Wu who was reminded (or frightened?) nodded quickly to help. "Your housewife index is so high that women may not be able to match it. Just look at the one next to me." Not afraid of death, he raised his thumb and pointed to the side.

"Fuck you!" Ah Cao kicked Xiao Wu fiercely, and when he turned around to see his old friend still frowning, he patted him on the shoulder and cheered him up. "Didn't you say before that you feel happy now? Since you feel happy now, don't think about whether you will be happy in the future. You may not be hit by a car the next second you walk out the door and go back to your hometown. The most important thing is to grasp the moment. You still told me."

"You're right, I think too much." Zhang Yuen cheered up, and glanced at the clock── "Ah, I have to go. Yesterday the doctor told me to go to the hospital today, and he said that Xun was about to proceed. I'm recovering at this stage, and I need to tell me something about home care—I'm off work first, and I'll come over with Xun later, Xiao Wu, I'm counting on you in the store, bye." Without waiting for the two to respond, they hurried The figure disappeared behind the door panel of the staff lounge.

"Hey, do you believe that he has cheered up?" Xiao Wu looked at the closed door with a strange expression. "Don't you think it's strange that you still haven't returned the rent after you've lived together? You still hide it from that guy---he obviously loves him very much, even I can tell, you don't even know the first time he saw that surnamed Xi When I entered the store, my eyes were all bright, as if I saw Angelina Jolie, the sun and the moon are shining together, and the situation is changing!"

"Anjie, you're big, Anjie, do you believe it if I can beat your pigs and sheep to change color?"

"Hey, what kind of grass are you, so fierce!"

"Nepenthes!" Annoyed.Ah Cao couldn't help but slap Xiao Wu's round bald head again. "Say you're stupid and don't admit it, the first day you met him, if you didn't love him, you would move in with him and massage his legs every day? You even volunteered to be an old mother to take care of that little girl, making yourself as tired as a dog ?”

"Otherwise?"

"Are you asking me? I still want to ask you!" Pop!Guangjie's head suddenly had another five-finger mountain. "What do you men think in your heart? You men know best. Ask me why." Tsk.

"Ah?" Xiao Wu looked at her in surprise. "Are you a woman?"

Snapped!The third Wuzhi Mountain seems to be taking shape, with its peaks connecting to the horizon.

The burnout period of old couples?

Stepping out of the cafe where he worked part-time, Zhang Yuen said to himself: "If there is, I would like to know what it's like."

It took him about 10 minutes to get to the hospital, and it took him twice as long. Sometimes he waited for the traffic lights, sometimes walked under the arcade, sometimes went around to walk on the sidewalk, and was suddenly forced onto the road by a locomotive parked on red bricks.

In the past, he never thought about the inconvenience.People are like this, it is difficult to have any curiosity about the things they are used to. It was not until the first time when he went out with Xi Jinxun that he noticed how inconvenient this city, which claims to be a modern and capital city, is for people with limited mobility. .

In addition, the poor quality of the asphalt road, the red brick missing a corner of the sidewalk, arcades are often seen, and the ground with a height difference of more than [-] centimeters lacks auxiliary ramps-it is impossible to move an inch!

Zhang Yuen couldn't imagine how hard it was for Xi Jinxun to go out. He and Ningning met him and Ningning half a year ago because the tire of the electric wheelchair blew out because of the uneven road, so they were trapped there—unfortunately, it was just opposite the apartment where he lived.

If he could pretend not to see it at the beginning, there would be no further intersection between the two, but—he couldn't do it, how could he just leave it alone?

The next day, Xi Jinxun entered the store and sat at the same table as before; but when he was delivering drinks, he rarely looked up and recognized him.

Then there are more and more conversations day by day, more and more intersections...