Wintering

Chen Yue would turn on his phone and stare at the calendar these days when he had nothing to do. He felt that every minute and every second was so difficult that he wished he could get on the time machine and fly to the date that he had made with Mo Dong.

He suffered from insomnia again last night, because his mind was full of organizing what he would say after meeting Mo Dong.

In the end, he was full of affection and only suffocated a few dry sayings.

He opened his mouth and faced the air, imagining that Mo Dong was right in front of him.But he couldn't even say those few clichés.

He tossed and turned in the middle of the night, still not sleepy, took out his phone, clicked on the photo, looked at the man's quiet eyes, and thought: Why didn't I find him so good-looking before?

After watching it for a while, I was annoyed why I didn't record his voice during the video.

He also wanted to hear Mo Dong's voice.

After tossing for a long time, it finally came to the weekend.He made an appointment with Mo Dong early on for a certain time, and booked the high-speed rail ticket.

Since cats cannot be brought on the high-speed rail, Chen Yue had to entrust Dudu to a colleague.

"Let him come to see you next time." Chen Yue hooked Goudud's chin, bid farewell to it, and boarded the train impatiently.The sky was dark, with layers of dark clouds in the distance, and the air carried a trace of water vapor.Chen Yue was worried that it would rain, so he brought an umbrella before going out.But it didn't rain all the way.

The car he took in the morning arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon.After getting off the station, he took a taxi to the address Mo Dong gave him, and saw a person standing at the door of the apartment from a distance.

In white clothes and black trousers, with a slender figure, he stood quietly by the side of the road.

After getting out of the car, Chen Yue stood there, so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands, and awkwardly greeted the person who had missed him for 173 hours, "Hi, how are you?"

Mo Dong looked at him for a while and asked, "Is the work very hard?"

"No, no, it's not hard."

Mo Dong nodded and led him upstairs.The two of them didn't talk much all the way, Mo Dong always talked less, while Chen Yue was waiting for the organization to confess, the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while.

When taking the elevator, Chen Yue stood behind Mo Dong, his eyes almost greedily copying his back.

I haven't seen him for a few days, Mo Dong doesn't seem to have changed much, but his hair has been cut short, his neck looks more and more slender, with soft curves winding down, and finally tucked into a clean white collar.

Chen Yue stared at the fluffy hairs on the back of his neck, thinking they were so cute, he couldn't help touching them.

"Ding." When the elevator arrived, Chen Yue woke up like a dream, quickly withdrew his hand hanging in the air, and followed Mo Dong to his residence with a normal expression.

Mo Dong took out the key to open the door, turned back and said to Chen Yue: "I live with a colleague, he has something to go out now, the room may be a bit messy..."

He entered the door, habitually took a pair of slippers from the entrance and put them at Chen Yue's feet.

Chen Yue looked at the pair of blue plastic slippers, which were exactly the same as the ones at home, and felt a little excited, knowing that Mo Dong bought them specially for him.

He is always like this, treating him quietly and engraving the habit into his bones.

Chen Yue suppressed the emotion in his heart, and began to quietly observe Mo Dong's new residence.

It is indeed a bit messy, the living room is stacked with sundries, a few bottles of wine are placed on the coffee table, and a few denim jackets are randomly thrown on the sofa.

"Sorry." Mo Dong walked quickly to the sofa, put his clothes aside, cleaned up the table, and looked at Chen Yue with a bit of embarrassment: "The roommate has a lot of things. You sit first."

Chen Yue said "no matter, no matter", but his eyes quietly looked at those clothes.

The light-colored washed denim jacket with a strong street style, some places are specially ground with holes, and a string of small copper rings are hung on it, which looks flamboyant and arrogant.

Spread out on the ground are some messy magazines and various discs.

There was the sound of water in the kitchen, and then Mo Dong appeared with a cup of tea.

Chen Yue took it, thanked him, put down the glass after taking a sip, and said hesitantly: "Mo Dong, is your roommate there? Did I disturb him?"

Mo Dong was lowering his head to peel an apple for him. A long strip of apple peel was hanging down from his white hands. Hearing this, he paused, and then continued: "Don't bother, he won't be here this weekend."

"That's it," Chen Yue tried his best not to look so deliberate in his question, "Could it be that you went to your girlfriend's house?"

"I don't know." Mo Dong pressed the tip of the knife against the stem of the apple, and rotated it to remove the excess skin.

A clean and translucent apple was handed to Chen Yue.

"Thank you." Chen Yue quickly took it, took a bite, the taste was crunchy and sweet, when he thought of this apple being touched by Mo Dong's hand, his throat seemed to be scratched by the tip of a feather, and the dense itch went all the way to his heart.

From the corner of his eye, he quietly glanced at Mo Dong's hand. He rubbed some apple juice on it when he was peeling the skin just now, and now the soaked fingertips looked watery, as beautiful as a piece of amber candy.

Mo Dong didn't know what the man on the other side was thinking while staring at his fingers, so he randomly took out a tissue to wipe his hands, sat aside and looked at the floor, not knowing what to say.

The phone in his pocket suddenly started to vibrate, Mo Dong took it out, it was a serious bug suddenly appeared in the company's latest APP, the senior management notified all the people in the technical department to work overtime urgently.

"Sorry." Mo Dong didn't expect to work overtime so suddenly, he told Chen Yue about the situation.

Chen Yue hurriedly said that it's all right, work is important, and then added: "I won't disturb your work here, will I?"

Mo Dong shook his head, feeling that it would be impolite to leave Chen Yue alone in the living room, so he took out a computer from the room, sat next to him and started typing.

Chen Yue looked at his screen curiously at first, and found that it was densely packed with colorful codes that he could not understand.

Like many nights in the past, Mo Dong sat next to him and wrote the code, the sound of the keyboard sounded like some kind of magical lullaby, coupled with the serious lack of sleep these days, his sleepiness surged, and his eyelids rolled Shrug it off.

In a daze, his body seemed to be flattened by someone, his head was propped up, and he was placed in a comfortable position. The sound of typing on the keyboard became smaller and smaller, and finally he fell into a deep and sweet dreamland.

***

When he woke up, he was the only one lying on the sofa in the living room, covered with a light blue towel, and there was a computer beside the coffee table, which was still turned on.

"Mo Dong?" Chen Yue called out.

A few seconds later, a door opened, and Mo Dong came out, still holding the phone in his hand, "I just went to answer a call, did I wake you up?"

Chen Yue hurriedly waved his hands and said no, and looked at the clock on the wall, it was past seven o'clock in the evening.

"Are you hungry? I don't have anything prepared here. Let's go out and eat?" Mo Dong said.

Mo Dong drove him to a famous Cantonese restaurant nearby, called Zecao Garden. The entrance was a gate with a carved brick lintel, white walls and black tiles, which had the charm of Suzhou gardens.

"I came here with my colleagues last time, and I think it's okay. If you don't like it, I'll change to another one."

Of course, Chen Yue said he had no opinion.

At the entrance of this restaurant is a stone path made of bluestone slabs, with two rows of lush phoenix bamboos planted beside it, which rustle when the wind blows, and even the red lanterns hanging beside it are shaking, dimly illuminated.

The stone road is very narrow, and there are some moss growing in some places.The waiter leading the way reminded them to pay attention to their feet from time to time.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mo Dong didn't pay attention, slipped his foot, and was about to fall to the ground. Chen Yue quickly grabbed his arm and pulled it, which was a false alarm.

Mo Dong steadied himself, turned his head and said to Chen Yue, "Yes, it's alright, let go."

Chen Yue was really frightened by his sudden action just now, and he would clasp his hands and dare not let go, "No, what if I fall again later, I don't worry."

Mo Dong couldn't refute him, so he led him away.

The sky was dark, and the dark red halo hit the ground, floating gently like water.

Chen Yue's hand let go of Mo Dong's arm, slid down, and finally held Mo Dong's wrist tightly.

Too thin, so thin that Chen Yue can completely wrap the wrist bone with only his thumb and index finger, and he can clearly feel his pulse from the fish muscle.

Chen Yue was really afraid that if he tried too hard, his hand would be broken.

Why doesn't he always take good care of himself?

Angry and worried at the same time, he couldn't help pinching the man, but of course he wasn't willing to use too much force.But this pinch made Mo Dong almost fall again.

After zigzagging for a while, after passing a moon gate, the whole view suddenly opened up. The central courtyard is stacked with rockery, and the whole courtyard is full of weeds, lush and lush, unlike other courtyards where trees and flowers are planted.

"Did you grow this grass by yourself? Why didn't someone remove it?" Chen Yue was a little surprised.

"No, this grass is specially used to grow dewdrops. Our boss's lover likes to watch the dew in the early morning, so the boss planted it himself in this courtyard."

"That's it." Chen Yue became interested, "Can your boss introduce me?"

"Sorry, it's not convenient for us to disclose this."

Chen Yue felt that it was a pity that he still wanted to make friends with such an interesting person.

The waiter led them through the atrium to the hall, where there were not too many people, Mo Dong found a seat by the window and sat down.

After he took the menu and ordered a few dishes, he asked Chen Yue: "Is there anything else you want to eat?"

Chen Yue: "Why don't you order a few that you like?" He looked at the menu and ordered what Mo Dong often made for him at home.Mo Dong knows his preferences clearly, but he doesn't even know what he likes to eat.

"I can do anything." Mo Dong really didn't like anything in particular.

Chen Yue sighed and added Dongpo Pork and Gourd Roasted Duck to the menu.

While waiting for the food, it suddenly started to rain outside.Looking out of the window, the grass in a courtyard is bathed in misty rain, which is very pleasing to the eye.There are a few warblers singing softly under the eaves.

The two watched the rain scene quietly for a while, and Chen Yue suddenly said, "Mo Dong, I'm an intern now."

Mo Dong was taken aback for a moment, then said: "Congratulations. Do you still have to work overtime?"

"sometimes will."

"Oh."

"What about you?"

"Ok?"

"You never told me about your job. Now I don't even know where you work, your relationship with colleagues, your position, and your job content."

Mo Dong was a little surprised, "These are trivial things..."

"Mo Dong," Chen Yue interrupted him, looking intently at the person in front of him, "I want to know more about you, can't I?"

Mo Dong avoided his eyes, and introduced the company he worked for and his interpersonal relationship from beginning to end like handing in a year-end report to his superiors.

From time to time, Chen Yue would add a sentence or two, "Wow⊙⊙! That's amazing, Mo Dong." Someone's ears turned red when he spoke.

Chen Yue discovered that Mo Dong didn't like to talk, he just felt that no one wanted to be his audience.As long as he properly asks one or two small questions, or one or two modal particles to express emotions after he finishes speaking, it is like adding water to a water pump, and the water will come up continuously, and it will not stop. live.

He has no way to describe Mo Dong who is talkative. If he had to use one word, it would be cute.

Really cute!

If it wasn't for the fear of disturbing Mo Dong's speech, he would even have taken out his phone to record a video.

If there was a mirror next to Chen Yue at this time, he might be shocked to find that he was grinning to the back of his ears facing Mo Dong, smiling like a fool.