Too much

Shen Zeming paused with his fingertips, then put the phone back.

He closed his eyes again, after the meal that day, Shen Zelin and Shen Ming came back together.

Shen Ming has always been serious, after listening to Song Lan's introduction, he just nodded to Sheng Juan, followed the usual practice and said hello, then washed his hands and prepared to sit down for dinner.

However, Shen Zelin seemed extremely excited. He had just entered junior high school and was infinitely curious about his tall and handsome neighbor brother Qi Jingchen.

Relying on the tolerance and doting of his parents, at the dinner table he dragged the chair and squeezed Shen Zeming away, moved to Qi Jingchen's side openly, stared at Qi Jingchen eagerly, wanted to speak but didn't know how to speak.

In the eyes of outsiders, Qi Jingchen has always been the gentle and elegant big brother next door.His badness and embarrassment seemed to be aimed at Shen Zeming alone.

Qi Jingchen smiled at Shen Zelin, Shen Zelin was like a jumping monkey who got a fairy peach, the chatterbox opened up in an instant, the older brother was older, the older brother was shorter, so noisy that Song Lan, who had always doted on him, couldn't help scowling and yelling to stop him.

The dinner table finally quieted down, separated by Shen Zelin who was angry and refused to eat properly, Shen Zeming took a peek at Qi Jingchen, and found that he was calmly picking out the vegetables that Shen Zelin had put into his bowl and throwing them away.

Shen Zeming was startled for a moment, and in the next second, he met Qi Jingchen's eyes that turned over inadvertently. It was obviously Qi Jingchen who did the bad thing, but in those few seconds, Shen Zeming felt guilty for no reason. He quickly lowered his eyes and concentrated on eating.

When Song Lan started to speak, he couldn't help but look up again. Qi Jingchen was smiling at the corner of his mouth, and looked down at Shen Zelin slightly, listening to him patiently, completely unable to see the disgust and impatience when he threw the vegetables just now.

Shen Zeming was stunned for a moment, and then felt some secret joy.It turned out that he was not the only one who hated Shen Zelin.

After the meal, Shen Zelin naturally pulled Qi Jingchen into his room, before closing the door, he cast a complacent and disdainful glance at Shen Zeming, and then slammed the door hard.

Song Lan and the others had moved to the living room to drink tea while watching TV, talking loudly.Shen Zeming clenched his fists, his palms ached. He stood at the door for a while, then turned around to clean up the table and wash the dishes.

He could actually imagine Qi Jingchen in Shen Zelin's room. After all, Shen Zelin's room was big and bright, with air conditioner and computer, as well as all the toys and books that boys of this age loved.It must be more comfortable than staying in his room.

But unexpectedly, Qi Jingchen only stayed in Shen Zelin's room for less than half an hour, while Shen Zeming was doing homework in his own small room.

He heard Shen Zelin crying incessantly saying sorry, the scene was very chaotic, Song Lan's voice and Sheng Juan's comfort were all mixed together.

Shen Zeming quietly opened a crack in the door, and saw a cloud of black ink splashed on Qi Jingchen's clean white T. Although he tried his best to endure the suppression, the disgust in his eyebrows and eyes could not be faked.

The white T-shirt was lying in the trash can together with his sticker book the next morning.

Therefore, on the first day they met, Shen Zeming knew that Qi Jingchen had a cleanliness habit.

The water temperature in the bathtub was getting colder. Shen Zeming opened his eyes. The phone had already stopped vibrating. He stood up, dried himself, wrapped himself in a bathrobe, and picked up the phone to check.

Cai Wei made three phone calls and sent two text messages, to the effect that she wanted to discuss with him the time and place to meet tomorrow.Shen Zeming glanced casually, and replied to let her decide.

The knife mark on the ring finger of the left hand has been soaked for a long time, and the surrounding area is red and swollen, resembling a small ring with a strange shape.Shen Zeming stared at it, and thought of Qi Jingchen's pair of rings, with a ring of diamonds inlaid on the outside, very low-key and elegant.

A long time ago, Shen Zeming learned to weave a grass ring clumsily using grass roots from the school's green field.On the way home from self-study at night, he wanted to secretly put it into Qi Jingchen's schoolbag, but he was discovered soon.

Shen Zeming blushed, and in a panic wanted to snatch it back and throw it away.

Qi Jingchen quickly raised his arms, with smiles hidden in his eyes, he pushed Shen Zeming back to the corner with a force, sealed his lips with a not-so-gentle kiss, and also sealed Shen Zeming's lame explanation.

In the end, Shen Zeming's face was flushed, Qi Jingchen held his hand, slowly stuffed the straw ring into his ring finger, and said maliciously: "Xiao Liu wants to marry me."

"But what to do? We are all men and cannot marry."

Shen Zeming's heart beat fast, his ears and neck were flushed, and then a soft kiss fell on his forehead, Qi Jingchen said: "But I will marry you."

Ten years later, Qi Jingchen married someone else.

Shen Zeming's hands trembled violently. He had never deliberately suppressed these memories, they just came together with Qi Jingchen ten years later, as if they were going to drown him.

He curled up into the quilt, and his right hand uncontrollably pressed the wound on his ring finger, as if this could divert the pain from inside his body.

The next day, Shen Zeming was awakened by the vibration of his mobile phone. Before he woke up, he dreamed of Qi Jingchen.

In the dream, Qi Jingchen was indifferent and alienated, standing there in a normal way, with a hand wearing the same ring on his arm, with his back to Shen Zeming walking away.

Shen Zeming sat up straight in a daze. This dream was so real that he could bear it. He could endure Qi Jingchen's silence for ten years, and he could also endure Qi Jingchen's hatred and disgust, but he couldn't help but watch Qi Jingchen and others be in love with each other.

Qi Jingchen could only grow old together with Shen Zeming.

The phone was still vibrating. He closed his eyes, exhaled lightly, and bent down to pick up the phone lying on the ground.

It's Cai Wei's call.Shen Zeming hesitated for two seconds, then clicked on the connection.

Cai Wei said, "You don't know how to get up just now, do you?"

"En." Shen Zeming said with a nasal voice, hoarse voice: "Sorry, what's wrong?"

Cai Wei sighed on the other end of the phone, "I made an appointment last night to meet today, did you forget?"

He really forgot, "...I'm going out now."

Cai Wei hung up the phone.

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Zeming packed up and went out for the appointment.

The shopping mall that Cai Wei chose was not too far from the neighborhood where Shen Zeming lived, and it was only three subway stops away.As soon as he got out of the subway station, he saw Cai Wei in a long skirt waiting for him under the street sign.

Shen Zeming doesn't like to socialize, and he can finish a word without saying a second word.He walked over, met Cai Wei's eyes, and said directly, "Sorry for the long wait."

"It's okay." Cai Wei said with a smile, "I didn't wait long."

Shen Zeming nodded, and suddenly heard Cai Wei exclaim, "What's wrong with your hand?"

Shen Zeming looked down and saw that the wound on his ring finger was very red and swollen, and the edge was white and bleeding, which was a bit scary.But he didn't care very much, and said indifferently: "It's nothing, I accidentally scratched it."

"No." Cai Wei frowned, "There's a clinic nearby, I'll take you there for treatment."

Shen Zeming originally wanted to refuse, but Cai Wei's attitude was very tough, so he had to nod in agreement.

Along the way, Cai Wei taught him a lot about the dangers of wound infection, Shen Zeming answered absently, until Cai Wei asked about Qi Jingchen.

"You and Qi Jingchen reconciled?" Cai Wei asked, "What happened back then? I've always wanted to ask, why did good friends suddenly turn against each other?"

Shen Zeming was stunned for a moment, subconsciously pressed the wound on his ring finger, blood dripped down his fingertips, "It's not a reconciliation."

"There is a contradiction." After Shen Zeming finished speaking, he couldn't help biting his lips.

They were really ugly back then.On the first day of separation, he applied to the head teacher for a seat change, but Qi Jingchen objected, so he rushed over and grabbed his neck in the office, his eyes were scarlet and asked him why.

So everyone thought they were fighting because of changing seats, only Shen Zeming knew it was not like that, Qi Jingchen was asking him why he abandoned himself.

Cai Wei glanced at him, not knowing why, and didn't continue to ask. After a short pause, she suddenly said: "You have changed a lot, especially your personality."

Over the years, many friends and classmates said that Shen Zeming seemed to be a different person.Only Qi Jingchen mocked him for not making any progress.

Shen Zeming gave a low hum, didn't explain, and didn't ask what had changed.

The doctor in the clinic disinfected and applied medicine for him, and told him not to touch the water in the near future.After coming out, Shen Zeming had a thick bandage on his fingers, and Cai Wei stuffed him with the ointment prescribed by the doctor.

"Change the medicine on time."

Shen Zeming nodded. Cai Wei was a chatterbox in high school. She talked all the way to the mall, but most of them were questions. Shen Zeming only needed to answer them.

Lunch is on the ninth floor. It is a Sichuan restaurant. You need to take the sightseeing elevator up. There are many people on weekends, and the elevator has to stop on each floor.

Shen Zeming stood at the back, clinging to the wall of the car, watching the crowd pouring into the car with some irritability.The elevator finally reached the ninth floor, and Cai Wei dragged him out.

At this time, a familiar figure flashed past his eyes, Shen Zeming turned his head to look back, and his eyes caught half of a profile face wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

It's Qi Jingchen.

He didn't see Shen Zeming, followed by Zhou Xiao and a tall woman, talking and laughing, walked into the western restaurant next to the Sichuan restaurant.

Shen Zeming's heart clenched, he clenched the corner of his clothes, and his fingertips turned white.

After a while, he let go of his hand, touched Cai Wei's shoulder, and suggested, "Can I eat Western food?"