blockhouse

The school was on holiday, and the usually lively and annoying campus became deserted in an instant.

Gu Zhong didn't think there was anything to be excited about, and after sending Su Jinli to the station one by one, he was not in a hurry to go home.

The school is deserted, and the home is even more deserted.

He sat on the edge of the court, watching a few technical secondary school students who hadn't had their holiday yet playing.

He always thought it was annoying to see technical secondary school students everywhere, but only now did he realize that after there was no one on campus, there were actually very few students in the technical secondary school.

Suddenly, I felt the taste of winter, and it was even more lonely than autumn.

Ever since he knew that the "boss" would end up dead, he had always felt quite lonely.

He has good classmates, friends, and friends, but he has never had a life-threatening friendship with any of these people. It is not easy to have such a friendship these days.

Qi Yue must be lonely too, under his careless appearance.

Although he can't understand it.

A basketball bounced from the edge of the court and flew towards Gu Zhong, saying, "Playing?"

"No." Gu Zhong caught the ball and threw it back.

"College department?" The man caught the ball.

Department? Department your uncle.Gu Zhong looked at him silently, with an unhappy expression on his face.

It’s okay to go to the Assembly University, and it’s still called the “Department”. It feels like it’s dropped by another level.

He stood up to go.

"Are you the one who lost the game with us last time?" The man asked again, with a smug smile in his voice.

Gu Zhong stood down and looked back at him.

Lose your uncle.We lose when we play without incident, who knows which time you are talking about!

"Stop talking." Another person patted the man on the shoulder and whispered, "He's a gangster in a cafe."

"What cafe?" the man asked.

"Just the one named Qi...Hua Bi Na"

Gu Zhong gave a "tsk", turned and left the court.

It's been cold for a long time, and Qi Yue's arms have been covered for a long time. If this person doesn't mention it, he will hardly remember Qi Yue's flowery arms. If he has time, he should show it for himself to review.

Today Gu Zhong rested, Qi Yue asked him to go to the blockhouse in two days, but he struggled and agreed to go tomorrow.He didn't want to go home and stay, and he didn't want to reunite with classmates who got into a good school, and he didn't want to reunite with classmates who didn't get into anything.

Of course, sometimes he feels that these reasons are all excuses.He just wanted to go to the blockhouse, and was willing to stay with Qi Yue for comfort.Maybe it was to take care of his emotions about the exam, Qi Yue didn't pay much attention to him when he went running around.

He went back to the dormitory and threw the packed bag on the bicycle. He went to the vegetable market on the north wind road, bought two roasted sweet potatoes as big as watermelons, and then went to the gun building.

It's already past the afternoon tea time, and it's not yet time for dinner, so there is no one on the first floor of the shop.

"Xiao Zhang, were you fired because your words hurt the self-esteem of the former boss?" Qi Yue sat on a chair leaning against the wall, with his legs stretched out on another chair, and He was busy behind the bar Xiao Zhang spoke.

"No." Xiao Zhang replied.

"If you are dismissed by me one day, it will be for this reason." Qi Yue said, turning his head to see Gu Zhong, I raised my eyebrows. "Second? Why are you here, didn't you say tomorrow?"

"It's free." Gu Zhong put his bag under the bar, "It's too early for me to go back now."

"Your family's family relationship is not doing well." Qi Yue stretched his waist and said.

Xiao Zhang took two cups of hot cocoa and went up to the second floor. Gu Zhong quickly made himself a small cup of coffee, took it and sat next to Qi Yue, and said, "I found out that you really hurt people, is that your only hobby?"

"I'm envious, I haven't hurt you for a long time." Qi Yue smiled.

"Xiao Zhang is so honest, you still say that about him." Gu Zhong whispered, looking upstairs, Xiao Zhang was just walking down with a tray.

"Let him work overtime, without giving him any face, and without any room for negotiation, he refused me directly." Qi Yue glanced at Xiao Zhang, "Isn't it, Zhang'er."

"No one will agree to work overtime on New Year's Eve." Xiao Zhang sighed, "Besides, who would come out for coffee at night on New Year's Eve."

"I'm dedicated." Qi Yue lit a cigarette and drank it, "I'll give you overtime pay, and I'll make you beef short ribs, and I'll make you whatever you want..."

"Brother Qi, I'm serious, you are enough that day, there will be no guests," Xiao Zhang said while wiping the bar, "Why don't you ask someone else...Ask Xiao Gu?"

Gu Zhong turned his head to look at Qi Yue, Qi Yue slowly exhaled a puff of cigarette, then slowly choked out the cigarette, and then turned his head to meet his gaze.

"I..." Gu Zhong wanted to say that I was free.

"He's not free." Qi Yue interrupted him, so he could only shut up.

He should be free, although Dad should not agree.

Every year on New Year's Eve, the family goes to grandma's house. The whole family first makes preparations, then eats and drinks, and then sets off firecrackers. Anyway, no one sleeps this night, chatting, playing mahjong and playing cards until the first day No one will go to bed until noon the next day.

During the 24 hours of continuous fighting, Gu Zhong usually couldn't hold on and was unwilling to hold on. He didn't like to make trouble, he didn't like to eat, he didn't know how to play mahjong, playing cards with relatives was also boring, and he couldn't scold his mother when he was excited.

He usually said that he was playing with his mobile phone on the side, or that the cat was playing games in front of the computer.

He has time to work overtime.

But... Is it a bit unreasonable to agree so simply and quickly?

Ren Xiaozhang couldn't hide from the pain on his face. He was about to go up, he was more dedicated than the boss, and he didn't know where the motivation came from.

But to be honest, when Qi Yue said that he wanted to make short ribs for Xiao Zhang, and even cook anything he wanted, he was so envious, he must have starved to death in his previous life.

Xiao Zhang ran away when it was time to get off work, as if he was afraid that Qi Yue would push him up again and make him work overtime. When the two successors entered the door, Qi Yue got up and went to lobby.

Make beef short ribs, do what you want to eat.

After a while, he sat back beside Gu Zhong and said, "Go get me a cup of black tea, add more milk, no sugar."

"En." Gu Zhong got up and went to the bar, and made tea for Qi Yue.

"These people have no conscience." Qi Yue took a sip of tea.

"Why do you... have to open on New Year's Eve?" Gu Zhong actually didn't quite understand Qi Yue's thoughts.

"I promise." Qi Yue said.

"Who did you promise?" Gu Zhong asked in surprise, but before Qi Yue could answer, he suddenly felt that he had probably guessed it. Although it was a bit unbelievable, it was almost his first reaction.

"Qi Mao Mao's father." Qi Yue smiled.

really.But even though he guessed it, Gu Zhong couldn't guess what kind of promise would make Qi Yue persist like this.

"One year, we had no place to go when we were [-], and we were walking in the street in the cold." Qi Yue leaned his head on the window sill, his eyes didn't know where to look, "he said, it would be nice if there was a store open right now , I can go in later and I will say that my coffee shop will open in the future, and I will open the door on New Year's Eve, you just come."

Gu Zhong looked at him and asked after a long time: "That's it?"

"Yeah." Qi Yue glanced at him, "What do you think?"

"I thought it would be more exciting," Gu Zhong replied truthfully.

"I've watched too many novels and movies." Qi Yue stood up and looked out of the window, "Where are there so many? You said I'm going to tell them about this. Will any of them be willing to work overtime?"

"Don't talk about it." Gu Zhong said quickly, "No one will come after you talk about it."

"What?" Qi Yue was amused, "Are you afraid that he will come over?"

Gu Zhong sighed and said, "I don't think anyone will come to eat at night on New Year's Eve, why do you have to hire a waiter?"

"Because of loneliness." Qi Yue said.

Gu Zhong glanced at him and said nothing.

"You." Qi Yue lightly touched his leg with his toes, "Don't think about it, the overtime pay I pay is not too much, and it's not worthwhile to spend one night."

"I...not for your overtime pay..." Gu Zhong said.

"It turned out to be for me." Qi Yue looked suddenly enlightened, and looked at him with a frame between his fingers, "Don't say it, I really appreciate your model. If you work hard, I should be able to..."

Gu Zhong stood up: "I'm leaving, come to work tomorrow."

Qi Yue's happy laughter came from behind him.

The street is bleak in winter, and the loneliness of the cold season is accompanied by the fine sand and leaves rolled up by the old north wind.

Lonely, Gu Zhong caught a dead leaf that hit him on the face, looked down, and saw that it was a sealing strip torn from the packaging bag.

Lonely, he frowned and threw this thing into the trash can next to him. It was the kind of loneliness that is unique to when the happiest and most lively festival of the year is about to come.

Isn’t Qi Yue going home to celebrate the New Year? Gu Zhong suddenly realized that he had known this man for so long and had never heard him mention home and family. The only person who counted as “family” was his goddaughter Qi Mao Mao, and his only friend was Qi Mao Mao His father is still dead.

Is Qi Mao Mao also surnamed Qi? It's called Mao Mao?

Gu Zhong squeezed the car brake and stared at the red light at the intersection.

See some outlines.Qi Yue is like a cloud of invisible smoke, half hidden and half visible, half true and half false, unable to see clearly.But some outlines can be vaguely seen.

For him, this is the attraction.There are all kinds of inexplicable things about Qi Yue that attract him.

However, such things as going to work overtime on the [-]th of the year were strongly opposed by my father. Although he never participated in eating or playing, he couldn’t cook, ate very little, played cards and was not enthusiastic.” But his people must be there.

"I don't care if you think you have to change your energy, your heart and soul can fly, and your shell has to celebrate the New Year with everyone!" Dad looked at him.

Gu Zhong didn't say anything.

"Are you working overtime or going on a date?" Mom asked.

"Huh?" Gu Zhong raised his head and looked at his mother, feeling that he had seen a glimmer of hope. Just to be on the safe side, he used the Falun Dafa method, "Work overtime."

"Does the female boss who cooks for others also work overtime?" Mom sat next to him and whispered.

Feeling his father's gaze, Gu Zhong cleared his throat and didn't speak.

"It's meaningless to stop you from falling in love. This kind of thing has to be left to fend for itself," Mom said to Dad, then turned back to look at him, "But you still have to eat at home, after eating, go Work overtime."

Gu Zhong was a little surprised by his mother's decision. He never felt that his mother expected him to fall in love so much. As soon as he entered college, he felt anxious to have a grandson.

"Is there... pocket money?" Gu Zhong tried to ask.

"No." My mother replied with certainty, "The New Year's money can be given to you in advance."

"One hundred, right?" Gu Zhong asked.

"Otherwise, as much as you want, the tradition in our family is 100 yuan." Mom said.

100 yuan, which is given by the family, and everyone who made an appointment with relatives only gave [-] yuan, and this year I haven't paid it anymore, because I agreed to go to college and I won't give it.

A family that unites and thrifts together to bully children.

spray.

After dinner on New Year's Eve, you can go to the gun tower to work overtime. In order to allow time for group play, the family eats very early. When you come to work overtime, you may be able to catch up with Qi Yue to make him a beef short rib.

But Gu Zhong didn't tell Qi Yue about this, he felt that Qi Yue would not agree, he could clearly feel from the very beginning that Qi Yue didn't intend to let him take a so-called overtime class, but he didn't know why.

During this period of time years ago, the business was still going well, and young couples would come to sit and sit before going home, and young couples who reluctantly returned from other places would also come to sit and sit at Candlelight Coffee to express their lovesickness.

Gu Zhong looked at such scenes when he was doing odd jobs every day. He thought it was funny at first, but within a few days he became unhappy, feeling the discomfort of being a lonely single dog.

When the young lovers hiding on the second and third floors behaved too outrageously, he would always show up immediately, wipe the table, move the chairs, etc., and pretended to pass by when there was nothing wrong.

"It's very inhuman for you to run around holding a torch like this every day." Qi Yue leaned against the window, smoking the pipe.

"There are guests on the first floor." Gu Zhong glanced at him, "Stop smoking, you still open a window in such a cold day."

"It's not on my side." Qi Yue looked at the two tables next to him, both of which were empty.

"Is it because they don't come to do a good job?!" Gu Zhong said, "The second floor is full."

"How nice." Qi Yue turned and looked out the window, "Quiet."

Gu Zhong didn't say any more, and went on with his work.

None of the employees in the store agreed to work overtime on New Year's Eve. After Qi Yue asked one by one and was completely rejected, he didn't continue to work hard. He just took a piece of torn paper and listed a New Year's Eve dinner package for himself to think about every day with.

It was a holiday on the [-]th of the new year, after the cleaning was done, Gu Zhong came down from the upstairs, and there was only Qiyue alone on the first floor, sitting at the bar looking at the torn paper.

"The upstairs is all cleaned up." Gu Zhong walked to the side of the bar and said something.

"Yeah." Qi Yue stood up, "Wait a minute."

"Oh," Gu Zhong watched him into the dressing room, and when he came out he was holding his coat and was pulling his hands out of his pockets, "A red envelope?"

"Yes." Qi Yue took out a red envelope and handed it to him.

"Is it big?" Gu Zhong squeezed it, "It seems quite big?"

"Where is the big one?" Qi Yue lowered his head.

"Damn." Gu Zhong was a little speechless, "Shame on you! You're quite a big man."

"Is it thick?" Qi Yue looked at him with a smile, "It's all ten yuan."

"Thank you Brother Qi." Gu Zhong said, "Happy New Year."

"Go back." Qi Yue waved at him, "You go to work in the second year of junior high school."

Suddenly breaking away from the busyness of years ago, Gu Zhong felt a little inexplicably lost. In fact, he was quite busy all day on New Year's Eve, but it was not the same as being busy in a blockhouse.A little disturbed.

I went to grandma's house early in the morning, and all the relatives in the family arrived, shouting and chatting all day long, Gu Zhongzhi sat on the sofa in the corner, feeling a little confused Feeling dizzy, I took my little cousin out to set off a firecracker for a while.

It's already afternoon, there are no people on the street, and the cars have disappeared. Firecrackers are constantly ringing in the calmness. You can see the smoke and hear the "cracking" sound, but you can't see anyone. The cold air is wrapped in the smell of gunpowder smoke. , smells good.

He wanted to call Qi Yue and ask him what he was doing, but he hesitated for a while and didn't call again.

During the meal, Qi Yue sent him a message, asking where he put the milk he bought last week. After Gu Zhong replied the message and told him, he asked again, "Have you eaten yet?"

"In a while, I can solve it alone." Qi Yue replied.

Dining at home was the same, it was lively and chaotic, half of the people at the three tables were not sitting, they were toasting and laughing as they walked around, Gu Zhong ate a few mouthfuls and then put them aside.

He looked at his mother for 5 minutes, but he couldn't meet his eyes, not to mention his mother, even other people didn't connect with him. He was sure that he had activated the sixth person. Stealth state, so got up and went out the door.

Against the old north wind, he wrapped his head into a ball, and rode a bicycle all the way to "fly through the clouds and fog".

There was no one on the street, and no one could see clearly, it was full of smoke.

He shrank his neck until he saw the familiar sign of the blockhouse before he straightened his neck.

The blockhouse is really still in business, the lights from the first floor to the third floor are on, and the warm yellow light shines through the windows, as usual.

After putting the bicycle by the door, he tugged at the scarf and suddenly became a little excited. He didn't know whether he was looking forward to seeing Qi Yue or the scene when Qi Yue saw him.

There was a burst of firecrackers in Qi Yue, and he leaned over to the crack of the door curtain and looked in.

Qi Yue stood in front of a table in the corner with his back to the door, unable to see what he was doing.The table was next to the window, and outside the window was a dilapidated brick wall full of graffiti. Gu Zhong also said before that the table on the first floor had the best view, without seeing the chaotic streets.

He gently opened the door curtain and walked in, trying to scare Qi Yue under the cover of the sound of firecrackers.

Standing on his feet and walking towards the table, the sound of firecrackers suddenly stopped. He was about to speak when Qi Yue suddenly said, "Are you here?"

"Hey!" Gu Zhong was startled and shouted.

"Ouch, this movement." Qi Yue turned his head to look at him with a snort, and said, "How dare you still want to hold the sword to the end of the world?"

"How did you know someone came in?" Gu Zhong asked, and now he could see clearly that Qi Yue was setting the tableware on the table, there were two sets of plates, knives and forks.

"The more you lock the car, the louder it is, I can know someone is coming in from upstairs." Qi Yue said.

"I came over right after I finished eating..." Gu Zhong looked at the tableware on the table, then at Qi Yue with a calm face, and said, "Aren't you surprised to see me?"

"I knew you would come." Qi Yue picked up the apron from the back of the chair and put it on, "Can I have some more? I'm making short ribs now."

"Is this for me?" Gu Zhong asked

Otherwise? If you don’t want to eat it, leave it to Mao Mao’s father. "Qi Yue smiled and narrowed his eyes.

"Don't scare me." Gu Zhong said, pulled the chair and sat down, "Boss, I want beef short ribs, half-ripe black pepper sauce, corn soup with extra cream, a glass of red wine, and almond yogurt pumpkin and sweet potato for dessert." lock up……"

"You are really shameless." Qi Yue looked at him.

"You say that those who come to work overtime can do whatever they want to eat." Gu Zhong took off his scarf, took off his coat and leaned back on the chair, "Give me a milk pudding first."

Qi Yue smiled and walked away.

Gu Zhong sat at the table in a daze for a while, feeling that Qi Yue probably wouldn't make these things for him... Pudding is ready-made, so he got up and planned to eat a milk pudding first.

As soon as he turned around, Qi Yue came over with a serving of milk pudding on a tray.

"The service is so thoughtful?" Gu Zhong was taken aback.

"If you don't eat it, leave it to..." Qi Yue put the pudding on the table.

"Eat, eat, eat, eat, I just order it!" Gu Zhong interrupted him, sat down and picked up the spoon, "What else?"

"Wait." Qi Yue patted him on the shoulder, grabbed him lightly, and turned around to enter the kitchen.

The pudding was finished soon, so he got up and walked behind the bar, leaned over to the kitchen window, poked his head in carefully, and saw Qi Yue who was making short ribs with his sleeves rolled up.

"Deduct money." Qi Yue said without looking back.

"Hey, do you have special abilities?" Gu Zhong said, "Why don't you have to look back every time?"

"My IQ and observation skills are probably at the level of the gods in front of you," Qi Yue flicked his fingers on the rusty steel pot next to him, "You can see the window here."

"Oh..." Gu Zhong looked at the pot.

After being stunned for a while, Qi Yue ignored him, so he squeezed another glass of orange juice for himself at the bar and sat back.

Qi Yue made things very neatly, and within a short while, he brought over short ribs and prepared desserts.

Gu Zhong was very moved, although the desserts he asked for were all ready-made in the store, but Qi Yue at least remembered it and did it accordingly.But unexpectedly, what Qi Yue made for himself was porridge and frosted sugar fritters, which were quite early.

"Let's eat." Qi Yue threw the apron aside, took a chair and sat next to him

Usually, he and Qi Yue seldom sit side by side when chatting or eating, they are always face to face. Now that Qi Yue sat next to him like this, he suddenly felt a little... not awkward or uncomfortable, but nervous and cramped .

The heartbeat is a little irregular.Bewitched.

"You just said you knew I would come?" Gu Zhong asked without words, picked up a knife and fork, cut a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, "How did you guess?"

"Can you guess?" Qi Yue took a deep-fried dough stick, took a bite, and suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered, "I also know that your mind is full of me all day long, thinking about this and that about me. .”

"I..." Gu Zhong was startled, and leaned against the wall next to him. He didn't know if it was because the store was too hot. His face felt hot all of a sudden, and he frowned after a while. You, where did you get the confidence!"

"You gave it to me." Qi Yue looked at him happily while eating fried dough sticks.

"I..." Gu Zhong didn't know what to say, so he could only cut another large piece of meat and stuff it into his mouth, "Just as long as you are happy."

"Did it come out of a quarrel with the family?" Qi Yue asked

"Ha!" Gu Zhong put down the fork and laughed loudly twice, "Ha! Haha!"

"Did you guess wrong?" Qi Yue hooked the corner of his mouth.

"I came out peacefully and took 100 yuan for the New Year..." Gu Zhong touched his pocket, "Dizzy, I forgot the New Year's money, I don't know if my mother will renege on it..."

"Why don't you stay at home on New Year's Eve?" Qi Yue asked again.

"It's boring to stay here." Gu Zhong sighed, and said while eating, "My grandma and grandpa are gone, so I go to grandma's house during Chinese New Year. It's the same every year, eating, drinking and having fun, messing around and messing with my brain hurts."

Qi Yue didn't speak, and took a sip of porridge.

"Every New Year's Eve, our family has a headache. We have to watch the night, play cards and mahjong. If we don't play, we talk all night. We wait for the firecrackers. It's very annoying. We always quarrel with my dad. He wants to If you beat me up, you will still beat me..."

"How wonderful," Qi Yue said.

"Huh?" Gu Zhong turned his head to look at him, and Qi Yue also turned his head to look at him.

In Qi Yue's eyes, Gu Zhong was a little surprised to see other than the calm and playful eyes he was used to.

A little bit of envy? And a little bit... Although it was fleeting, he saw it—sadness.

Yes, because the emotion of sadness rarely appears on Qi Yue, even if it is only for a moment, he still sees it clearly.

"A big family." Qi Yue smiled, his eyes have returned to the usual calm, "It's so lively, it's great, it's annoying, but I will miss it if it's gone."

"Really?" Gu Zhong stared into his eyes for a few more seconds before turning his head to stare at his fork.

Qi Yue's eyes are very light, amber in color, quite beautiful.

Gu Zhong took a bite of the fork before he came back to his senses, and asked, "Are you living out of town?"

"I grew up here." Qi Yue leaned against him with a fried dough stick in his mouth, his arms resting on the back of his chair, "I watched your broken school be built.

"It's not too broken." Gu Zhong said, after thinking about it, "Then why don't you go home?

"I can't go back." Qi Yue said with a smile, his tone was very flat, "The person my family never wants to see again is me."

Gu Zhong stared at him, trying to see something from his expression and eyes, but when Qi Yue said this, he looked the same as when he usually arranged work, and he didn't even deliberately dull.

"Let's eat." Qi Yue raised his chin, "You will be fined for wasting."

When Gu Zhong ate everything, Qi Yue had already finished his porridge and fried dough sticks and went to watch TV.

The sound of firecrackers coming from outside from time to time covered the sound of the TV quite tightly, and Qi Yue didn't know what Qi Yue was watching while staring at the TV.

Gu Zhong put away all the tableware for washing, thinking while washing, this person's home is here, and he refuses to go home for the New Year, it's a bit inconceivable to think about it.

He doesn't have a good relationship with his father. He is always bullied and habitually scorned. He also quarrels a lot. The beatings stopped after he went to college, but if he and his father are separated for the rest of their lives, no one will less than.

Is there anything that can cut off the family relationship? There are many stories about Qi Yue, but after knowing him for so long, Gu Zhong feels that this person is not the same person in the story at all, he is easy to touch, has no airs, and is quite attractive

When he came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes, Qi Yue was still watching TV in the same posture. The TV was full of red and he didn't know what it was, just two words: happy.

"I think..." Gu Zhong walked to his side and said.

"Ah?" Qi Yue responded by turning around.

"I don't think you are young anymore..." Before Gu Zhong could finish his sentence, someone next door started firing cannons, and the deafening sound rang out. He opened his mouth and didn't know whether to stop or continue, but Qi Yue Zhi looked at him with his head tilted, and he had no choice but to continue, "Is there any unreasonable matter with the family to fight so much? If you really go back on New Year's Eve, your family will definitely be happy, old man Well, they are all soft-spoken and soft-hearted, I don’t know how many people are looking forward to your return!"

After speaking, he looked at Qi Yue.

Qi Yue still looked at him, without moving or speaking.

The two kept looking at each other until the sound of firecrackers stopped, and Qi Yue said: "What?

"Damn," Gu Zhong was immediately discouraged, and sat down on the chair next to him to stare at the TV, "Why are you still listening to me when you can't hear anything!"

"It's not that I didn't hear everything, I heard you say that I'm old." Qi Yue said.

"I didn't say you're old! I just said you're not young anymore! I think..." Gu Zhong sat up straight and turned around to repeat what he said just now, when the firecrackers sounded again, this time from the back of the building, directly from the back door smashed in.

Qi Yue was suddenly happy, put his legs on the table, folded his arms and laughed until he lost his eyes.

Gu Zhong waved his hands dejectedly, staring at the TV and not planning to speak again.

After staring at the TV in a daze for about 10 minutes, Qi Yue leaned over and yelled in his ear with the sound of firecrackers: "Do you want to drink?"

"What!" Gu Zhong was startled and turned his head.

"Drink!" Qi Yue yelled again face to face with him, "Drink! Drink! Little brat!"

Do you have convulsions after drinking?" Gu Zhong saw the smile in the corner of his eyes.

"It's hard to say!" Qi Yue replied.

"No! Drink!" Gu Zhong roared.

Qi Yue stood up with a smile, went to the wine cabinet and looked at it for a while, took out a bottle of unknown wine, poured himself a glass, and went upstairs with it.

Gu Zhong hesitated for a moment, got up and went to the wine cabinet to have a look. It was the rum used to make Spanish coffee, and the strength was not high, but he still went upstairs.

Halfway through the walk, Qi Yue came down from the stairs, putting on his coat while putting the empty cup in his hand.

"What do you mean?" Gu Zhong hurriedly asked taking advantage of the silence of the firecrackers.

"Go." Qi Yue said.

"Where are you going?" He ran down the stairs, took his coat and put it on.

"My family," Qi Yue said, "didn't you say that the old man is looking forward to my return?"

"Damn! Don't you say you didn't hear clearly?" Gu Zhong shouted.

"If you're so simple, don't think about walking in the rivers and lakes." Qi Yue raised his hand and patted his back, and walked out of the building with the road on his shoulders.

"Do you want to close the door?" Shunzhong looked back.

"No, no cash, and nothing valuable." Qi Yue said.

Gu Zhong huddled in his scarf, and Qi Yue's arms were still on his fan. He still felt a little cold, not only because of the temperature, but also because of the smoky and deserted streets.

In the darkness and smog, Gu Zhong could only roughly tell that Qi Yue's house was behind the blockhouse, because they turned right twice after going out, and Qi Yue didn't drive, which meant that it should be very close.

It's so close, I don't even go home for the New Year.

Gu Zhong didn't quite understand this miraculous behavior.

After walking for less than 10 minutes, Qi Yue stopped and looked up.

"Are you there?" Gu Zhong

"Yeah." Qi Yue still raised his head, there was someone at home, "I guess I haven't finished eating yet."

"Would you like...to clear up your mood before going up?" Gu Zhong asked.

Qi Yue laughed: "As for it."

"Then go up," Gu Zhong rubbed Yu Yu, "You should bring some gifts, you can just pick up some coffee beans from the store, and red wine."

"No need." Qi Yue said, "It's not necessary."

"Huh?" Gu Zhong didn't understand his words, but Qi Yue had already moved forward, so he had no choice but to follow.

While standing in the elevator, Qi Yue was fascinated by the number of floors, but Gu Zhong was inexplicably nervous, feeling like he was preparing to cry together when the touching moment came.

On the 9th floor, the elevator door opened and Qi Yue went out, Gu Zhong followed behind him.

He stopped in front of a door on the left, looked back at Gu Zhong, and then rang the doorbell.

The door opened quickly, and the lights and hot chatter and laughter poured out, rushing to Gu Zhong's face with warmth.

"Qi Yue?" The people inside the door were a little surprised.

Qi Yue didn't speak, and stood silently without moving.

There was a middle-aged man standing inside the door, and he didn't know what his relationship with Qi Yue was. Gu Zhong was a little anxious, and after waiting for two seconds to see Qi Yue, he had no intention of opening his mouth. Zhong Shou wanted to poke him to remind him, but his fingers didn't touch him. Qi Yue's clothes, an old lady stood up from a large table in the room.

She's not too old, she should be Qi Yue's mother depending on her age.

The old lady walked quickly, pushed the middle-aged man aside, and closed the door without any hesitation, neatly.

After the sound of "orbital", the surroundings returned to darkness.

Gu Zhong was so shocked that he couldn't come back to his senses. The old lady didn't even take a second look, and just closed the door.

It wasn't until Qi Yue pulled him from the building to the street that he finally said, "Is that your mother?"

"En." Qi Yue replied, "It was my brother-in-law who opened the door."

"Oh..." Gu Zhong didn't know what else to say.

Qi leaned on his shoulder and said, "Shall I take you home? There is still enough time, go back and watch the new year with your parents."

Gu Zhong didn't speak, and followed Qi Yue to walk forward slowly.

He suddenly understood what Qi Yue's previous sentence "can't be used" meant.

Back at the gun tower, the TV was still on, the firecrackers were not loud, and the singing on the TV was extraordinarily festive. It took Gu Zhong a while to see clearly that this was the Spring Festival Gala.

"Are you still attending the Spring Festival Gala?" He said.

"I watch it every year." Qi Yue entered the kitchen, "Wait a minute, I'll get you some supper."

Gu Zhong followed and took a look, Qi Yue turned on the oven and came out with a plate of freshly baked dim sum, but he couldn't tell what it was, only that it was puff pastry.

"What stuffing?" he asked.

"Egg yolk crisps." Qi Yue took a packed paper box and stuffed them one by one, "Salted egg yolk stuffing."

"Ah?" Gu Zhong didn't react for a while.

"It's the egg yolk mooncake stuffing." Qi Yue closed the carton and handed it to him.

"You made it with stuffing left over from the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Zhong was frightened, his eyes rounded.

"Yeah..." Qi Yue sighed, "You are so upright, hurry up and call the Food Safety Bureau to report me."

Gu Zhong was sitting on the passenger seat holding a box of egg yolk cakes, tilting his head and staring at Qi Yue.

"Am I handsome?" Qi Yue said, "It feels like you are tonight... oh, if your family doesn't sleep tonight, then tomorrow, I feel like you will dream of me tomorrow night."

"Where's the face?" Gu Zhong couldn't complain anymore.

"Here, do you want to touch it?" Qi Yue said.

"I go to work in the second year of junior high, right?" Gu Zhong asked.

"Well, I can go and pick you up," Qi Yue said, "You are the first one in my shop for so many years."

"Didn't it come out of a quarrel with the family? It doesn't feel like your character was cultivated by a free-ranging family." Qi Yue looked at him.

"It's really not noisy. My dad didn't agree with it at first, and my mom thought I..." Gu Zhong cleared his throat, "It's a date, let me out."

"A date?" Qi Yue tickled the corners of his lips, "With whom?"

"The owner of the coffee shop I work for... Mom." Gu Zhong looked out the car window with some embarrassment.

Qi Yue was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Don't laugh, what's so funny?" Gu Zhong snorted, "When I brought you the food, I already said it was for the proprietress."

"The proprietress is so touched that she is about to die." Qi Yue said with joy.

"It's okay to save face and stop laughing," Gu Zhong said, "I came here to work overtime anyway,"

"Do you want overtime pay?" Qi Yue asked.

"Why not? Didn't you say you would give it?" Gu Zhong sat up straight.

"We are both in a dating relationship, if we continue to develop, I will be you in the future