recession

Xu Yunqing came back three days later, Tao Liyang didn't know it beforehand.

He just passed by Xu Yunqing's apartment in the city center that night, and accidentally saw the light on the window.Tao Liyang frowned and dialed Xu Yunqing's number, but no one answered.He hesitated for a moment, parked the car on the side of the road, walked up, and rang the doorbell.

After a short wait, the door opened.Xu Yunqing stood by the door and looked at him. Light poured out from behind him and landed at Tao Liyang's feet.

"When did you come back?" Tao Liyang asked him in surprise, "Why didn't you tell me?"

As he spoke, he was about to enter the house, but Xu Yunqing stopped him, and his tone was still very ordinary: "Don't come in, it's inconvenient."

Tao Liyang froze, and then he heard a woman's voice in the room.

"What do you mean?" Tao Liyang moved his Adam's apple with difficulty, reaching out to touch Xu Yunqing's face, but he avoided it.

"Means nothing."

Xu Yunqing glanced into the room, and when he turned around, there was a real smile on his lips: "I'm going to remarry Li Shuang."

Tao Liyang woke up.

He sat up abruptly and turned on the bedside lamp.The pajamas were soaked in cold sweat, and the back was very cold.In the silent room in the middle of the night, only the beating of my own heart could be heard, which was very abrupt.

Tao Liyang raised his hand to cover his face. After a long time, he took a deep breath, touched his phone and checked the time. It was five o'clock in the morning.

Xu Yunqing's return ticket is today, and before Tao Liyang went to bed, he was already preparing to leave the hotel.They also had a brief phone call, and there were many staff members accompanying them, so it was agreed that Tao Liyang would not need to go to the airport to pick him up.

Tao Liyang recalled, and read the call records several times, his heartbeat finally calmed down.

He turned off the light and lay down again, but he still didn't feel sleepy.After tossing and turning, thinking that Xu Yunqing was due to land in a few hours, and the airport map at the time of departure should be out early, he touched his phone and clicked on Xu Yunqing's super phone.

The airport map has indeed been released. Xu Yunqing is wearing a camel-colored overcoat, with his head slightly lowered, and his profile is clear.

Tao Liyang slid his fingers lightly across his face on the screen, suspecting that he seemed to be thinner, and continued scrolling down.Suddenly saw another message.

Some fans took pictures of Li Shuang entering the airport, and there was only about ten minutes between Xu Yunqing and Xu Yunqing. They speculated that they might have taken the same flight back to China.There was a lot of discussion in the comment area, and some fans clarified that they were at the airport and watched Xu Yunqing board the plane. Li Shuang's flight was just at a similar time, not the same flight.But she didn't come up with more evidence, and the reply was full of arguments and doubts.

The popularity of this Weibo is not low, and it is not on the hot search, probably because the company is suppressing it.

Tao Liyang's hands froze, it was difficult for him to judge whether it was true or false, and it didn't make much sense to be true or false.He forced himself to put the phone aside.But a few seconds later, Tao Liyang picked it up again.He stared at Xu Yunqing's photo for a few seconds, then Li Shuang's.

The feeling of suffocation when he just woke up resurfaced irresistibly.

After a while, he got up, changed his clothes, took the car keys and went out.

It was still early, and there was no traffic jam all the way.By the time we got to the airport parking lot, the sun was just peeking over the back of the building.

Tao Liyang knew that he was a little impulsive, he thought he shouldn't come, but it was really hard to convince himself to go back.

Even if it wasn't late, Xu Yunqing would still arrive in several hours. Tao Liyang went to the vending machine next to him to buy two cans of coffee, and returned to the car to wait slowly.

In the middle of waiting, he tried to revise the first draft discussed at the meeting a few days ago, but after typing for a long time in front of the document, he found a bunch of gibberish and unintelligible characters, and the only one who could distinguish it was Xu Yunqing name.

After discovering this, Tao Liyang sighed—he often sighs recently, raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows, deleted the manuscript, closed the tablet a little discouraged, and stared blankly at the display screen not far in front of him.

After waiting like this until noon, the news of Xu Yunqing's flight arrival finally appeared on the screen.Tao Liyang took out his cell phone, hesitated for two seconds, and dialed Xu Yunqing's number.

"Hello?" Xu Yunqing's other end sounded a little noisy, and Shen Xi's voice could be vaguely heard.

"Are you there?" Tao Liyang asked him.

"Just got off the plane, not out of the terminal..."

"I'll be waiting for you in the parking lot."

"What?" Xu Yunqing obviously paused.

"The location has been sent to your WeChat." Tao Liyang interrupted him, "I'll wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, he turned off the phone directly.Then, as if all the strength had been removed from his body, he supported his head with his hands and slowly pressed against the steering wheel.

Tao Liyang maintained this somewhat stiff posture and remained motionless until the co-pilot's door was pulled open.Tao Liyang turned his head, Xu Yunqing took off his hat and smiled at him.

"There were too many people, and we went out for a while before returning." Xu Yunqing explained that it had been almost an hour since the call was over.He didn't mention why Tao Liyang came suddenly, but asked him softly: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

He was wearing the camel coat that Tao Liyang had already seen in the photo, and Tao Liyang reached out and touched his face lightly, with a trace of chill, only then did he have a sense of reality that Xu Yunqing had indeed returned to his side.

Tao Liyang withdrew his hand and tried his best to restrain his urge to kiss him here: "It didn't take long."

He wanted to try to be as normal as possible, but his tone was indeed a little stiff.Xu Yunqing glanced at him, and suddenly noticed the scar on the back of his right hand: "How did you do this?"

"It's nothing, I accidentally cut it." Tao Liyang said lightly.Xu Yunqing wanted to ask again, but the phone rang.

"Sister Shen?"

The car was very quiet, and Shen Xi's anxious voice leaked from the phone: "Where are you? Why did you disappear in a blink of an eye? Zhang Xin said you have something to leave? Are you kidding, you will have a magazine interview later. "

Tao Liyang froze for a moment, then looked at him.Xu Yunqing gently shook his head at him, and said to Shen Xi: "I won't come, let's do the interview another day. Just say that I'm not feeling well. If they want, they can do it on another day. It doesn't matter if you can extend the interview time a little bit, no If you want, you can pay according to the contract."

"Not feeling well? What's the matter? Where are you now?"

"It's nothing serious. I've been flying for too long, so I'm a little tired. I'm going home, so don't worry." Xu Yunqing said, "Take care of the magazine's affairs first, and I'll call their editor-in-chief later. That's it for now. Bye."

"I didn't know you had an interview." After quieting down, Tao Liyang said.

"It's okay." Xu Yunqing said, "I didn't want to go either."

Tao Liyang frowned slightly, but Xu Yunqing was still smiling.

"It's really okay." He shook Tao Liyang's hand on the steering wheel, and stroked the scar with his fingertips: "Okay, don't look at me like that. Let's go home."

On the way back, they didn't talk much.Probably because we were a little tired, we only chatted a few words about the film festival, but this topic didn't seem to be safe at all, so we stopped talking soon.

So all the way to the door in silence, Tao Liyang took the key and opened the door, Xu Yunqing followed him in.However, the box hadn't been put down yet, and in the next second, Tao Liyang turned around, pulled off Xu Yunqing's mask and kissed him.

This kiss came a bit suddenly, but it was within the expectation of each other, Xu Yunqing was not surprised or struggled at all.Tao Liyang held his profile in one hand, pressed his hand with the other, and pressed him against the wall of the entrance to kiss.None of them closed their eyes, and they could clearly see each other's trembling eyelashes and dark eyes, but they couldn't accurately distinguish every emotion inside.

This kiss lasted longer than expected, when Tao Liyang's lips moved to his neck, the doorbell rang, it was a pre-ordered meal on their way home.

"Li Yang." Xu Yunqing panted slightly, "Someone knocked on the door."

"I'll go open it." Tao Liyang bit his Adam's apple, stroked Xu Yunqing's lips with his thumb, and then stretched out his hand to pull his somewhat messy shirt, "You go in first."

Lunch was ordered from a Huaiyang restaurant they often go to.Xu Yunqing was really hungry. After flying for so long, his appetite was rare. Tao Liyang was sick a few days ago and didn't eat well. The two of them actually cleaned up a large table of dishes.

After eating, Tao Liyang packed up the dishes and went to the kitchen.Xu Yunqing originally thought that he would be jet-lagged and would not be able to sleep in the afternoon, so he looked for the script to read.But it was indeed too sleepy. When Tao Liyang came out of the kitchen, he had already fallen asleep on the sofa.

"Yunqing?" Tao Liyang called him softly, seeing that he didn't respond, he bent down and hugged him onto the bed in the bedroom.She also changed her clothes and lay down next to him. Xu Yunqing didn't wake up and just turned her lower body to his side. Tao Liyang stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his shoulders and hugged him tighter.

There is one more person in the room, which is always more reassuring, but Tao Liyang didn't sleep, and just looked at Xu Yunqing quietly.During the period, Xu Yunqing didn't know if he was dreaming, and moved a few times in a daze. Tao Liyang heard him call his name, and promised that I was here. fell asleep.

Xu Yunqing's palm is warm, and Tao Liyang enjoys his inadvertent dependence and the emotion revealed in the overlapping and accumulation of various details.But sometimes more, other details make him worry.He stroked the back of Xu Yunqing's hand a little bit. Xu Yunqing's hand seemed a little softer for a man. Tao Liyang thought that he was also soft-hearted, otherwise they might not have what they are today.He knew that he shouldn't think about these things, he had already got enough, but he was always greedy towards Xu Yunqing, wanting more and more is always a bad root...

It gets dark early in winter, and when Xu Yun wakes up, the lights are already on.

"What time is it?" He rubbed his eyes.

"A quarter past six." Tao Liyang said, brushing his hair with his hand.

Xu Yunqing asked softly, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

"I just feel like I haven't seen you in a long time."

"Less than two weeks."

"But I think it's half my life." Tao Liyang said, paused and then said, "If it's true, you'll be by my side in half my life."

Xu Yunqing smiled, raised his hand to touch his face, Tao Liyang asked him: "Are you still sleeping?"

Under the warm yellow light, Xu Yunqing's face seemed to be covered in a layer of mist.He smiled and shook his head, then Tao Liyang slowly leaned over, slipped his hand over his waist, and bit his lip again...

The hickey fell from the collarbone to the lower abdomen, Xu Yunqing hooked his back with his hand, felt Tao Liyang's sweat fall on his neck, and then slid down along the skin texture, to the place where the two touched.

Tao Liyang's movements were heavier than usual, Xu Yunqing actually felt a little pain, but he didn't say anything, he just catered to the kisses that fell one after another, almost docilely pampering Tao Liyang's possessive desire, until it ended in his own in the body...

There was still an ambiguous atmosphere in the room, and they snuggled together quietly.Tao Liyang half-folded his back, and said for a long time: "You don't need to wear it."

His voice seemed to be filled with grievances that he couldn't explain and shouldn't, so Xu Yunqing took his hand back and said softly: "Yes, I said it."

"You also said a lot of things, do they all count?"

"It counts." Xu Yunqing said softly, "What I told you, counts."

Tao Liyang was silent for a while, but said sorry again.

"What nonsense?"

Tao Liyang kissed his eyes, and said without thinking: "Yun Qing, move here and live with me."

Xu Yunqing was stunned for a moment, did not answer immediately, but turned to look at him: "What's wrong with you?"

Tao Liyang looked into his eyes and asked him, "Do you really want to know?"

Xu Yunqing stopped talking.

"never mind."

The silence continued, Tao Liyang smiled, put on his nightgown and got up and got out of bed.For a moment, his back was so clean that it seemed that he would not turn around again, but he came back soon, covered Xu Yunqing with a quilt, and even rolled down the corners of the quilt, before closing the bedroom door and going out.

The building where Tao Liyang lived was well lit and had a wide view, facing a river that ran through the city.The lights on the other side are mixed with the moon shadow falling on the river water. It is not clear, it is just a hazy ball of light.

Tao Liyang lit a cigarette and stared into the dark night.He hung the water for two days, and the cold was almost cured, but his throat was still a little uncomfortable.I didn't feel it during the day, smoked a few cigarettes, and started coughing again inadvertently.

"Why are you coughing?" Xu Yunqing walked over from the living room and handed him a glass of warm water.

Tao Liyang took it and drank it, got up and drew the curtain of the balcony - even though last month, he had already replaced all the glass in his house with one-way glass.

Xu Yunqing had already taken a shower, and there was a little moisture on his body.Hearing that Tao Liyang coughed for a long time, he reached out and patted his back lightly.

"Okay, no more coughing." Tao Liyang waved his hand.

Xu Yunqing withdrew his hand, frowned and looked at the cigarette butts on the table, then at the half cigarette still burning between Tao Liyang's fingers, and said quietly for a while: "Liyang, quit smoking."

Tao Liyang turned his head to look at him, and Xu Yunqing also looked at him: "I smoke when I write manuscripts, and I usually also smoke. How can my throat and lungs bear it... Doesn't it mean that we still have half our lives to live? Quit smoking." .”

"Is it an exchange?" Tao Liyang asked him after a while.

Xu Yunqing pursed her lips, her voice was very calm: "If I say no, won't you agree to me?"

Their eyes met, and after a while, Tao Liyang pinched the cigarette in his hand.Xu Yunqing stretched out a hand towards him, Tao Liyang sighed and took out the half pack of cigarettes and lighter left in his pocket and put them in his hand.

"Promise me?"

"I promise you."

Xu Yunqing laughed.It's just that there doesn't seem to be all happiness in the smile.He turned around and entered the living room, Tao Liyang didn't look back.

After about half an hour or longer, Xu Yunqing returned to the balcony.He sat down next to Tao Liyang, leaned over and hugged his shoulder, and rested his head on the hollow of his shoulder. Tao Liyang touched his arm lightly and did not speak.

"I'm going to make up that interview tomorrow."

They maintained this intimate posture for a long time, until Xu Yunqing stuffed a key into Tao Liyang's hands.The voice was incredibly gentle: "So, go and help me move."

The author says:

The first half of this chapter was written on Monday and Tuesday. I originally wanted to update it on Wednesday, but there are too many things, and I have no time to write until today.Some time ago, it was because my condition was not good, and I was too busy during this time, and I wrote very slowly, and I changed it repeatedly.It is good to write for an hour and leave [-] words in the end.I'm sorry for making everyone's experience of following articles so bad, I will not give up on articles, and I will try my best to write as soon as possible, although I can get very little from writing articles, and sometimes I even feel burdened, painful and unnecessary Internal friction, but there are still moments of happiness that support me to continue.This is not to excuse anything, but to explain the recent situation, and there is no need for any comfort and sympathy, as long as everyone cares about the characters, I hide behind them and finish the story, which is enough for me.Sorry again, thank you for still reading the article.