white swan and puppet

?【five】

Early on Saturday morning, Wen Nan received a call from Yang Mingrui.

"How do you get to your house?" His voice was cheerful and full of energy.

"Have you already set off?" Wen Nuan was a little surprised.

"I went downstairs to the company where you work. I think your home should be nearby?"

Wen Nan couldn't help smiling.

"Where are you? I'll pick you up right away."

After hanging up the phone, Wen Nan changed his clothes and went downstairs.Yang Mingrui was on the opposite street, and Wen Nan saw it as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the community.

Today's weather is cool and cloudy without the sun. Yang Mingrui wore a long shirt and slacks. He looked like a student. He was tall and stood out from the crowd.

Wen Nan felt his heart beat faster again.

He waved in Yang Mingrui's direction, Yang Mingrui saw it and ran towards him with a smile.

"I came too early, did I bother you?"

Wen Nan was embarrassed to say that he also woke up early, thinking that he might come, and kept waiting.

"Let's go."

They went back to Wennan's rental house together. The room was small, with one bedroom and one living room, a dirty kitchen, and a shared bathroom. Wennan's suitcases hadn't been unpacked yet, and they were piled up in the corner at random.

"I thought office workers would have a better life." Yang Mingrui said with emotion after looking around.

Wen Nan just smiled: "Do you watch TV? Or play games?"

"It will be all right."

When Wen Nan went to the kitchen to boil water, Yang Mingrui followed him in. "Thirsty? Wait a little longer, it will be fine soon." Wen Nan buried his head in scrubbing the cup without looking back.Suddenly, a hand was placed on his shoulder, and Yang Mingrui poked his head out from behind him: "At noon, will you cook for me?"

Their bodies were so close that Wen Nan could almost feel the heat coming from Yang Mingrui's body.Yang Mingrui's tone was also very ambiguous, with his head resting against his ear, his voice was low.

Wen Nan was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Okay."

There is no refrigerator in the rental house. Fortunately, the weather has turned cold now, and many vegetables can be stored for two or three days. Wen Nan went to the vegetable market yesterday, and there are still many vegetables left.

Although Wen Nan is talking about cooking, he is actually not good at it. To save money when he is alone, he doesn't care if the taste is good or bad.But now it's for Yang Mingrui to eat, Wen Nan doesn't want to deal with it casually.

In the end, it was Yang Mingrui who helped a lot, and the two of them worked together to cook a table of dishes.

"You cook deliciously." Wen Nan sighed.

Yang Mingrui said with a smile: "You should have just started living alone after you graduated and found a job, right? After being alone for a long time, you will naturally learn."

Wen Nan didn't ask him the meaning of this sentence, but Yang Mingrui said it himself: "I, when I was in high school, my adoptive parents passed away. It was really hard during that time. Every day I was thinking about how to save food and money, study , part-time job, so busy that I return to an empty home at night and have to cook by myself, because I can save more money in this way.”

"..."

"Looking back now, I don't even know how I got there during that time."

"No... anyone else helping you?"

Yang Mingrui shook his head: "I'm an orphan, with no family or reason, who will help me?"

Wen Nan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

"Fortunately, everything is over now." Yang Mingrui's expression brightened again, and he returned to a full smile.It seemed that Wen Nan's gripped heart finally had a chance to breathe.

He will only be happy if he sees him happy.

【six】

"By the way, if you want to find a teacher, you can come to the consultation room in the afternoon, when there are fewer patients." Before leaving, Yang Mingrui said so.

"Are you going to work in the afternoon?" Wen Nan came once in the afternoon before, but the door of the consulting room was closed, and no one was seen.

"Yes." Yang Mingrui said, "It's just that I get off work at four o'clock, so you can come earlier."

Because of this sentence, Wen Nan came to the second floor of the outpatient clinic of the Chinese Medicine Hospital for the fourth time.

It's Tuesday, and it's the end of October.

Yang Mingrui was not there, and the old doctor stayed leisurely in the consultation room, struggling to read a newspaper.

For a moment, Wen Nan forgot his purpose. "Where's Yang Mingrui?" When he blurted out this sentence, he was startled.Since when did you care about him so much?

"Xiao Yang asked for leave for something, are you his classmate?"

Wen Nan shook his head: "Did he come this afternoon? Or did he ask for leave early?"

"I came in the afternoon. I didn't know what was going on. I went to the toilet and I was going to ask for leave when I came back."

Why?Wen Nan racked his brains, what happened on the way to the toilet?To go to the toilet, you have to pass through the corridor. From there, you can see the registration office in the main hall of the hospital. Did Yang Mingrui see anything?It was the same last Thursday, Yang Mingrui was away, and the old doctor said that he asked for leave because he saw an acquaintance.

Who did he see?

Is it because of that person that he asked for leave today?

His heart that had not been relaxed became tense again, Wen Nan walked out of the consulting room in a daze, he didn't know how pale his face was.He walked a long way in a daze, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he had unknowingly reached the old residential area on Daqian Road.

"Wen Nan!" A cheerful voice suddenly came from behind.

Wen Nan knew without looking back that it was Yang Mingrui.

Didn't expect to meet here by chance.

Yang Mingrui ran up to him, with surprise in his voice: "Why are you here?" Before Wen Nan could answer, he said again: "My place is nearby, do you want to go up and have a seat?"

Wen Nan nodded.

Yang Mingrui led him towards the old residential area.Wen Nan has been here countless times and is very familiar with it, but he didn't say anything, just followed behind Yang Mingrui silently.

They entered Building No. 13, climbed the stairs panting, and finally stopped in front of the house number marked [-]. Yang Mingrui lowered his head to take out the keys, while Wen Nan peeked at the crack of the door. gone.

——Of course, after all, several days have passed.

Yang Mingrui opened the door and invited Wen Nan in.

The interior of the room was as old as its exterior, with a damp and musty smell in the air due to poor lighting. "This is the house I rented when I was a sophomore in college, and now I continue to live in it because it is close to the hospital where I work," Yang Mingrui said.

I know.Wen Nan said in his heart.

He looked around slowly, this is where Yang Mingrui lived these years.Although he has been here many times in the past three years, he just looked outside the door and silently put down the envelope he brought.He never walked in once.

Suddenly, he was surrounded by a burst of warm breath.Yang Mingrui reached out and hugged him from behind.

"What—?" Wen Nan turned his head, and immediately felt a warm touch on his lips.

His eyes widened in an instant.

Yang Mingrui's face was close at hand, and he was also looking at him.It took several seconds before they parted.

"What are you doing--?"

"You know it." Yang Mingrui interrupted, "You know it, don't you?"

what do you know?Wen Nan really wanted to ask this question.

"I like you, and I want to be with you. I tried you several times, and you acquiesced, and you like me too, don't you?"

Words never thought of were slowly spit out from Yang Mingrui's mouth, and Wen Nan couldn't help being stunned. ?