Temporary cohabitation

"Ren Mingyao? Yes, what did I lie to you for?"

Zhong Yu said exactly, "He said it himself, the university he wants to go to is the one close to home. Who knows why he ran so far to go to school later."

Cheng Shi nodded, but before he could say anything else, the sound of "Welcome Home" sounded as the door was unlocked.

Ren Mingyao didn't bring his mobile phone to the gym, so he stayed a little longer thinking that he would have to wake up and change the script in the dark for the next two weeks.

I thought that when I came home later, I would just catch up with the fragrant dinner in the house, but I didn't expect that there would be only one more uninvited guest.

"Why are you here? Song Ziyang told you that I live here?"

Zhong Yu didn't stand up, but adjusted his sitting posture a little bit, "Come to your district for a meeting to study. I heard that you will join the group tomorrow, so I'll stop by to have a look."

"Anything for me?"

"It's nothing serious."

Ren Mingyao nodded, "Then you won't be left to eat."

"..."

"Song Ziyang was also in Maohua recently, I asked him to come and pick you up?"

"..."

As soon as Zhong Yu's expression collapsed, the appearance of being dignified just now also broke down in an instant: "No need! Why are you mentioning him!"

"With such a big reaction, he confessed to you?"

"Get out!!"

"This is my home."

"..."

As expected of you, Ren Mingyao.

With just a few words, Zhong Yu's cheeks were flushed with shame and anger, and he picked up his satchel and stomped on his high heels, "I'll go!"

Cheng Shi immediately said, "I'll see you off."

Walking to the door with Zhong Yu's back and forth, he turned back worryingly and said, "Mingyao, take a look at Xiaojun, don't fall off the sofa."

Ren Mingyao was startled: "...OK."

He closed the door with his backhand, and sent Zhong Yu to the elevator.When I pressed the button and waited for the elevator, even though I knew I couldn’t hear it from inside, I still involuntarily lowered my voice, pleading, “Keep keeping it secret for me, okay?”

The elevator arrived with a ding.Zhong Yu glared at him angrily, took out a small book the size of a palm from his small satchel, and slapped him on his chest viciously, "Who cares about you!"

**

When Cheng Shi returned home, Ren Mingyao was still sitting next to Cheng Xiaojun, watching over him obediently, sitting upright, exuding a "beautiful" aura from head to toe, reminiscing about his short address.

Because the speed of speech is so fast, it is almost like an illusion.But it still drills into the ears, with a faint sweet smell.

"It's so late? I'm just talking, and I haven't had time to prepare dinner yet."

Cheng Shi picked up his phone and looked at the time, and said with a smile as usual, "Are you hungry? Why don't you go take a shower first, and I'll order a takeaway."

Ren Mingyao obediently got up and went to the bathroom, "Okay."

He should be hungry, ordered the barbecue rice downstairs and it will be delivered upstairs soon, and it is just right to eat when it comes out of the shower.It's pitiful to eat such a sloppy takeaway for the last meal before leaving home, Cheng Shi thought as he cut a fruit plate for him, and freshly ground coffee was fully foamed with milk.

After 10 minutes, the takeaway arrived, and Cheng Shi brought it in and put it on the table.Ren Mingyao quickly took a shower, dried his hair and walked to the living room, where he saw his silhouette busy at the dining table.

"The takeaway has arrived. But do you want to check your luggage first? I sorted out what you put in before, and put some things that should be needed." Cheng Shi heard his footsteps, didn't look back, and then unpacked the takeaway , propping the table and leaning over to get a paper towel to wipe his hands.

The moment the t-shirt was close to the back, the outline of the spine was faintly revealed, and the thin waist wrapped in the loose t-shirt was not enough to hold.

Ren Mingyao stared at him for too long.It was so long that the sight from behind was hard to ignore, Cheng Shi turned around in surprise, "What's wrong? Is something missing?"

Who can remember a suitcase?

Ren Mingyao shook his head and carefully organized his words, "Would it be strange if I wanted to hug you?"

"..."

Cheng Shi blinked his eyes, as if he understood something, walked over proactively, put his shoulder against his with a smile, and patted his arm, "Don't you want to leave? Why are you so childish, work is important. I want to laugh at you..."

Not this kind of distance-keeping, comforting half-hug.

Ren Mingyao silently raised his hand to hold his back, and wrapped his other hand around his waist to tighten it.Cheng Shi hadn't reacted and struggled, but was already pressed into his arms firmly, "Hey..."

Only then was Ren Mingyao satisfied, and he lowered his Adam's apple close to his shoulder socket, his voice buzzing and vibrating, and he muttered to himself, "You are so small."

"..."

Cheng Shi stood there stiffly, not daring to raise his hands.

He wanted to retort, "You are young", but his heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't say a word because his throat was blocked.

Fortunately, Cheng Xiaojun still exists.There were babbling and dissatisfied protests from the sofa, and he suddenly woke up. He bravely pushed Ren Mingyao away, and habitually changed into a sweet and soft voice to coax the children, "Are you hungry too? It’s time to warm up the meal for Xiaojun, don’t worry~”

When facing him, it was more than 01:30, "Go and eat quickly."

Facing Kong Luoluo's embrace, Ren Mingyao pursed his lips, went to sit at the dining table and played with his mobile phone for a while.After Cheng Shi was busy feeding the child, he came to see that the barbecue rice in front of him had not touched a single chopstick, so he couldn't help frowning, "Why don't you eat it? It's going to be cold soon."

Then he put down his phone, "waiting for you."

"Why are you waiting for me?" He said this verbally, but Cheng Shi still put down the unwashed milk bottle first, wiped his hands and sat beside him, picked up the chopsticks, "Eat quickly."

Ren Mingyao hummed, and while taking apart the chopsticks, he raised his chin towards the other side of the table, "What is that? Zhong Yu gave it to you?"

He just chased after him to send it off, and when he came back, he had a small notebook in his hand and put it there.

For some reason, it always looks familiar.

"She paid it back to me."

Cheng Shi reached out to take it, and flipped through a few pages with great interest, "I almost forgot about this."

This small book contains his commonly used formulas for the synthesis of science and mathematics. It is neatly arranged and practical. Before the exam, I lent Zhong Yu to read it. "She called the other day and said that she forgot to return the formula book after the exam. I just said I gave it to her. I didn’t expect that she still keeps it.”

"Did you contact her later?"

"No... I called her before I left. You shouldn't..."

"know."

Ren Mingyao said, "I asked her."

He knew that Cheng Shi's last call before he left was to Zhong Yu, and the timeline was a pair, which was later than the call to him.

However, Zhong Yu kept his mouth shut and refused to disclose what was discussed on the phone, only saying that there were no clues related to Cheng Shi's whereabouts.

Ren Mingyao always felt that she was hiding something.

Just because of this, let alone liking that girl, every time I see her, I feel blocked.

"You used to have a good relationship."

"It's okay." Cheng Zhi said.Going home after evening self-study and calling and talking about men in the middle of the night is not uncommon.

Fortunately, Zhong Yu is really keeping a secret for him.

"I heard that she confessed to you after she accepted the college entrance examination?" He said in a nonchalant tone, jokingly, "She is excellent. Why didn't you agree to her?"

"Didn't you tell me to study hard not to fall in love early?"

"..."

Cheng Shi couldn't help laughing: "You're both in college, so of course you can fall in love."

"I heard from her that she is a doctor now. She must have studied for many years. It's really not easy." He muttered, "I was good at studying when I was in school, and it's really getting better and better now."

He keeps praising others.The more Ren Mingyao heard it, the more he didn't like it, put down his chopsticks, "What do you want to say?"

"I just want to say... She still seems to like you."

Cheng Shi gritted his teeth, and said bluntly, "She is in good condition, and she should be pursued by many people. If you are interested in someone, you have to start early."

"..."

What kind of genius mind can say such a thing.

The food was cold and I lost my appetite.Ren Mingyao looked at him with complicated eyes.

After a long while without getting a response, Cheng Shi lowered his head and mixed the shredded kimchi and roasted pork belly, trying to explain, "That's right, it's up to you. I just mentioned it casually."

"It doesn't matter to me what happens to her. Song Ziyang is chasing her."

"……what."

"What did you guys talk about?"

After chatting with Zhong Yu, something has changed.

Before he had time to ask where the "Ming Yao" came from.Cheng Shi, however, seemed to be unable to listen to his words. For the first time, he left the unfinished food on the dining table, held the formula book and got up and said, "Just leave it for me to clean up. Go to rest early after eating, you still need more food tomorrow." On business trip."

He carried Cheng Xiaojun back to the room, closed the door hastily, and left Ren Mingyao alone in the living room.

So hypocritical.

He didn't know how he could say those words just now.

"Why didn't you promise her"?Why did he ask that, what kind of answer did he want to hear from Ren Mingyao?

"I do not like her"?Or "I don't like women"?

Why did he have strange expectations in his heart.

Is it because of that hug?

Cheng Zhi's mind was in a mess.Not daring to think about what Ren Mingyao would think of him outside the door, he sat on the bed with his knees hugged and said nothing.

Cheng Xiaojun held his precious building blocks tightly in his arms, stood beside him, looked at him for a while, and carefully handed him a piece.

"Thank you baby." Cheng Shi took it but put it back in his arms, raised his hand and rubbed his head, and said softly, "How about playing by yourself? Uncle is a little tired."

What Zhong Yu said was not wrong.He can only dodge, he can't do anything other than dodge, and it's not a loss to be scolded.

He squeezed Cheng Xiaojun's increasingly rounded short hands, and whispered without looking up, "My baby, you should grow up well. Eat more and sleep more, grow taller, and become brave. Don't become someone like a little uncle in the future, okay?"

Cheng Xiaojun was not in the mood to listen to him talking about these great principles, and tilted his head to look at him for a while, then threw himself into the building blocks in his hand, immersed himself in another small world and started playing by himself.

Cheng Shi picked him up and put him on the floor mat to play with, walked to the closet with his old formula book, stood there for a while, opened it silently, and took out the tin box that hadn't been touched for a long time.

It is old, the iron sheet is rusted, and it is difficult to open it.Cheng Shi turned the lid carefully, and the moment he took it off, a faint musty smell came over his face.

Its contents had not been seen by his eyes for many years.

The most conspicuous thing in the box is an old mobile phone.He didn't use the old number after he left home, in fact he didn't even take it with him.It should be down by now.

He picked up the old cell phone and put it on the lid aside, with a dozen thick pink envelopes under it.He took them out one by one to look at.

These were all accepted by him on behalf of Ren Mingyao.Some little girls are too embarrassed to confess their love in person, and dare not even stuff the love letter into the desk pocket of their crush, so they can only ask him, a close friend, to pass it on to them.

But in the past, with despicable thoughts, he always advised Ren Mingyao to study hard and not be distracted.Ren Mingyao really listened to him, he didn't even open these love letters, he just said "you can just refuse for me".

This is the reason why he once had a good relationship with girls.When he went to answer those little girls who were full of expectations, he always tried his best to find gentle and euphemistic words to comfort him, as if doing so would alleviate the guilt in his heart—

He always felt that perhaps among those girls who left with red eyes and disappointed, one originally belonged to Ren Mingyao.It was just driven away by him.

But at least they still have a chance to confess.

After Cheng Shi sorted out the envelope, he picked up the self-made small notebook full of formulas and flipped through it page by page, only to find that there was a post-it note in it at last.The sticky note has a beautiful font and a string of phone numbers written on it.

this girl.

Cheng Shi smiled, took the phone and stored Zhong Yu's number in it, and put the small formula book and the sorted envelope together.After taking a long time to do this, he picked up a crumpled kraft paper envelope that was pressed at the bottom of the box.

The envelope was unsigned and nothing was written.There is no seal, just folded in half and used as a separate storage.He carefully picked up the envelope, flattened it and poured it out.

A piece of manuscript paper covered with bruises fell silently in the palm of his hand.Cheng Shi even breathed lightly, but his fingers were trembling.

He too has been brave.

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