tidal lock

The author has something to say: I wish everyone a happy National Day holiday!

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My impression is that when I was in the third grade of elementary school, my parents invited all the children who had a good relationship with me in the class to their home in order to hold their own birthday party.

The reason why the long-term memories that should have been vague are still fresh in my memory is because after spending the happiest birthday so far, I found out the fact that my favorite puppet keychain was missing the next day.

Great joy and great sorrow were like torrential rain and typhoon, sweeping through Ye Xi's young heart in turn, and the loud cries in the attic soon alarmed the nanny who came to clean it.

After the mother said that as long as you close your eyes silently and make a wish, a miracle will happen, the beloved key chain was successfully found in the corner of the bookcase.

Xiao Yexi happily hung the lost and recovered keychain on her schoolbag, and rushed into the classroom like curled leaves blown by the autumn wind——

Joy must be shared no matter what.

However, this sincere smile from the bottom of his heart quickly froze on his face.

My best friend closed the pen case in a panic when he saw him, and at the same time exposed a small half of the black and white cloth fabric outside.

The color is really too similar to my beloved puppet.

After working hard for half an hour, I finally found the brand new shopping receipt that my mother hid in the deep drawer of the dressing table.

Since.

Ye Xi never believed in so-called miracles again.

The dilapidated apartment downstairs was crowded with cars, dozens of cameras and photographers were on standby, some journalists raised their microphones and chattered, some squatted on the side of the road and gnawed bread, but their eyes were always fixed on Narrow corridor entrance.

The sound of quarreling between the residents and the landlord escaped sharply and abnormally from the air-leakage window in the corridor on the second floor, and outside the car window with a gap, there was chaos everywhere you looked.

Zhou Yichao opened today's second candy blankly, completely ignoring the warning gaze from the manager in the front seat, turned his head and asked vaguely——

"Do you want to go back?"

Ye Xi clenched his cell phone, which had been receiving calls from strangers since Zhou Yichao's exclusive interview was published, and remained silent.

After hesitating for a long time, Ye Xi's lips parted slightly, but was interrupted by the fuselage shaking again in the palm of his hand.

This time it was a familiar number.

"Hey."

"Now because of you, the tenant and I have already quarreled to the sky! At the beginning, I only signed the agreement with you because of your honesty. Who would have thought that there would be such a big commotion now! You really can't pretend! You Where are you now?"

——In the car of popular idol Zhou Yichao.

Ye Xi's lips unconsciously overflowed with a sigh, but the landlord didn't intend to wait for an answer at all, and continued to yell on the phone on his own.

"You don't have to tell me where it is! I'll pack up all your luggage in a while and throw them at the door of the garbage station in the back building. It's your freedom to take it or not, and don't come to hinder my business in the future!"

When he heard that the landlord was planning to tear himself apart, Ye Xi became anxious, grabbed the phone and raised the volume——

"But I paid half a year's rent!"

"It's fine if I don't want your liquidated damages! Kid, are you ashamed to ask me about the money? Do you know that because of you, almost half of the tenants in the building are now clamoring to quit the rent..."

The mobile phone, which had finally run out of battery, automatically cut off the landlord's sharp and mean shouts, Ye Xi lowered his head, his eyes gradually lost focus.

Even the last shelter was lost.

The battery of the mobile phone is dead, and all that is left around me is the part-time fee settled today in a paper bag, and I can't even stay in the cheapest hotel for one night.

The index fingers of both hands were bent into the palms, and the body leaning against the car door curled up again. Ye Xi bit his lower lip and put the phone back into his pocket.

"Turn right at the intersection and go straight 800 meters to a 24-hour convenience store. Please give me a ride."

The car started, and the chaotic noise quickly disappeared without a trace.

Ye Xi stared at the speeding car outside the window, and the fragmented stream of light flashed before his eyes.

The empty pupils are reflected in the glass.

Zhou Yichao looked down at the cold cup of hot tea in his palm, and waved his hand at the rearview mirror.

The manager in the front seat glanced back at him. Zhou Yichao opened and closed his lips, and the eyes imprinted in the rearview mirror were extremely oppressive.

The car made a sharp turn at the intersection in front of the convenience store and re-merged into the main road with heavy traffic.

Zhou Yichao was the first to interrupt Ye Xi's eagerness to get out of the car and speak.

"You're wrong about one thing."

Exactly the same as the look in the latter part of the interview, Ye Xi hugged the paper bag in his arms tightly, his eyes were involuntarily attracted by the strong emotion in it.

"I'm bothering you."

Half of the chocolate wafer was stuffed in, Zhou Yichao lifted his knuckles slightly, and put the remaining half into his mouth with a crisp snapping sound.

"Zhou Yichao!"

The manager's furious voice came clearly from the front row, but Zhou Yichao himself didn't care, and even drank tea calmly in the back seat.

Half of the chocolate wafer biscuit was in a dilemma between the teeth, and the heat climbed from the neck to the cheeks.

Zhou Yichao's thin side face sank in the dim light, looking warm and sad.

Sure enough, the charm of active idols cannot be underestimated.

Ye Xi reached out to touch the tissue in his pocket, but unexpectedly met Zhou Yichao's turning eyes.

"Crack."

When the wafer biscuit was bitten off, the crumbs went straight into the throat.

The whole chest was coughing and aching.

Ye Xi scratched his neck and bent over to cough fiercely, a powerful hand suddenly grabbed his right shoulder.

Warm tea was fed into the dry and stinging throat, but the pain in the chest still remained. Ye Xi coughed until his eyes turned red, and looked gratefully at Zhou Yichao, who responded quickly.

The words of thanks swirled around in my mouth, and finally turned into an apology.

The car seat and the soles of the feet were covered with biscuit crumbs. Ye Xi touched his uncomfortable throat with one hand, and bent down holding a tissue——

Just clean it up.

The jacket on his body was pulled upwards by the neckline, and Ye Xi was carried back to the original place by Zhou Yichao. The tissue in his hand fell lightly and covered the biscuit wreckage impartially.

"We're here, be careful on the way back."

Zhou Yichao put on the mask and hat, picked up the scarf and wrapped Ye Xi's cheeks and neck again, threw the coat into a paper bag and got out of the car without even looking at the manager.

Ye Xi nodded his thanks to the manager in the front seat, and hurriedly got up to chase after Zhou Yichao who walked into the snow in thin clothes.

The manager stared at the backs of the two people who were gradually overlapping for a long time, then lowered the window and lit a cigarette leisurely.

"cold."

Ye Xi stared at Zhou Yichao's hands that were rapidly freezing red, and his eager and short syllables were muffled in the scarf, making them even more indistinct in the cold winter wind.

Zhou Yichao turned his head, his eyes fell on Ye Xi's frown, and he stopped slowly.

Ye Xi supported the scarves piled up on his neck and cheeks, afraid that the other party might not hear clearly, so he repeated it again.

"cold!"

The rattling paper bag was quickly handed to him, and the other party obviously misunderstood what he meant.

The more he wanted to explain, the more the scarf wrapped around his neck became unruly folded and fell down. Ye Xi frantically helped it, while anxiously glanced into the bag.

"You help me dress."

The bottom loop of the scarf quickly slid down to the shoulders.

Zhou Yichao stood upright, and handed the paper bag in front of him——

"Didn't you emphasize it twice because you were afraid I would be cold? I helped you, at least I have to return the gift, right?"

I heard it all...

Ye Xi took out his coat, stood on tiptoe and put it on for Zhou Yichao.

"I'll take it."

Ye Xi stretched out his palm, begging Zhou Yichao for his remaining luggage.

I still vaguely remember the way I came here. If I walked back all night, I should be able to retrieve my pitifully shriveled package before the garbage truck came into the station.

Covered by warm palms, Ye Xi raised his head in disbelief.

Zhou Yichao took a step forward, pulling himself away from the target and deviated from the direction.

"No."

Zhou Yichao took big strides, Ye Xi passively trotted to keep up, and the loose scarf once again faced the crisis of overall decline.

"I mean... um!"

The scarf on his shoulders quickly fell towards the snow, Ye Xi had no choice but to interrupt the conversation and reach out to grab it.

Never get dirty.

The anti-theft system of the villa's gate was cracked by Zhou Yichao's iris, and by the time he successfully grasped the end of the scarf, it was too late.

Zhou Yichao involuntarily dragged him into the porch. The black cotton quilt was neatly placed in front of his feet. Zhou Yichao got up and put on white disposable slippers, and hung the coat on his shoulders on the hook at the door.

"I need a nanny."

The black and white striped shirt bulged out a beautiful arc on Zhou Yichao's back, and it passed quickly before his eyes in an instant.

The noisy sound of TV projection came from the living room, Ye Xi stretched out his hand and picked up the paper bag on the cabinet that seemed to be forgotten by the other party.

Two grapefruit-flavored hard candies were placed between the key and the vitamins. Just looking at it made people's teeth sore.

But the worst was more than that.

The eye sockets were sore and swollen, and hot tears fell unconsciously.

Ye Xi bowed and trembled uncontrollably, exhausting all his strength to barely make a sound.

Six years is enough to wipe out all the close relationships, so why are you still so obsessed with it?

There is only one phenomenon that can be called an explanation——

Xuanguan swallowed all the weeping whispers, and the sense of helplessness all over his body was gradually dissolving under the overwhelming warmth——

The so-called miracle.

I obviously don't believe it.