Wintering

Wrapped in a towel, Chen Yue was lying on the sofa staring at the ceiling in a daze. When the door opened, he immediately looked over.

The door of the room opposite Mo Dong opened, half of the light shone into the dark living room, the light climbed up the sofa all the way, and stopped on Chen Yue's face.

Chen Yue raised his hand to half cover his eyes, "Du Guo?"

Du Guo was startled by his voice.

He was a night owl, and he came out at night. After sleeping for most of the day, he came out looking for water to drink when he was thirsty. Unexpectedly, a person appeared in the living room.

"Brother Chen? Why are you here?" Du Guo just wanted to ask why you didn't sleep in Brother Xiaodong's room, but when the words slipped from his mouth, he immediately realized it.

"Are you making brother Xiaodong angry?" He sat up and approached, with a playful tone.

Chen Yue glanced at him, "You know we..."

Du Guo smiled, "Damn, I've never seen Brother Xiaodong willing to get so close to someone." After a pause, he asked curiously, "What is the reason you guys are arguing? Brother Xiaodong actually Will you lose your temper too?"

"You care about him?" Chen Yue narrowed his eyes.

Du Guo chuckled, and couldn't see the emotions in the half-bent eyes, "I'm curious."

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm leaving tomorrow, he doesn't want to part with me, he just loses his temper. Tomorrow will be fine." Chen Yue said in a relaxed tone.

Du Guo patted him on the shoulder, "Hey, it's not a big deal. But the long-distance relationship is indeed a bit dangerous. I can't guarantee that I will be poached one day... Hey, hey, what am I talking about, the relationship between the two of you It’s so good, there will definitely be no problems. Brother Chen, don’t you think so?”

Chen Yue glanced at him, "Of course."

After Du Guo returned to the room, the living room was shrouded in darkness again. Chen Yue couldn't sleep, so he went to the balcony to enjoy the breeze.

The balcony is not big, and there are a few pots of sparse green plants with white flowers on it. The flowers are small and hidden under the leaves.Chen Yue glanced at it and remembered those white roses that Mo Dong hadn't given away.

Just now I kissed Mo Dong, but Mo Dong showed such resistance, did he not like himself anymore...

He reached out to touch the petals of the flower closest to him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched it, the flower shattered and fell down on the terrace.He looked at it for a while, then turned and wanted to go back.

Suddenly there was a man standing behind him, looking at him quietly.

Chen Yue was startled at first, and when he saw that it was Mo Dong, he hesitated for a moment, walked towards him, and thought about his tone, "Mo Dong, why did you come out? Did your voice wake you up? "

"I'm really sorry, just now."

Mo Dong looked away, pointed to the sofa beside him, "Your pillow."

When Chen Yue came out, he was in such a hurry that he even forgot to bring his pillow.After Mo Dong finished speaking, he was about to leave. Chen Yue subconsciously wanted to hold him, but he stopped when he stretched out his hand in mid-air, and clenched into a fist by his side.

"My car tomorrow morning."

Mo Dong said calmly, "Okay."

Chen Yue watched him go back to the room and closed the door, picked up the pillow on the sofa, and buried his head in it.

***

Back in City A, after Chen Yue picked up Dudu from his colleague, he was exhausted and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

The shower sprayed hot water and the mist was steaming.Standing in the bathtub, he turned his gaze to the shelf beside him, where there were two newly purchased bottles of lemon-flavored shampoo and body wash.

He purposely bought the same brand as Mo Dong, but when he rubbed off the foam, the fragrance in the air was different from what he smelled on Mo Dong that day.

He is a little depressed.

After a hasty shower, Dudu squatted obediently at the door of the bathroom when he came out wearing a bath towel.

He walked to the bed, and Dudu followed him like a puppy, the wheels whirling on the ground, making a lot of noise.

The leftmost wheel of the hind limb wheelchair was broken. Chen Yue found the tool box and tried to replace it with a new wheel.

But he didn't understand the structure of these machines very well, and after fiddling with them for a long time, he still couldn't figure them out.He was sweating profusely sitting around a pile of screws, and wanted to call Mo Dong to ask what to do, but what Mo Dong said to him at the station made him shrink back again.

"In the future, please keep in touch less."

"Stop torturing me."

"I don't like you anymore."

……

Chen Yue lowered his head and continued to play with the wheel.

Dusk gradually closes, the moon rises.The moonlight cast a long shadow behind him, and beside his shadow, a piece of emerald Jade Guanyin fell.

He glanced up at the moon.

What is that person doing now?

***

"Look at the moon?"

Mo Dong shook his hand holding the cigarette, and some ashes scattered in the air.

Du Guo held a can of cold beer in his hand, and walked from behind Mo Dong while drinking, looking at the past from his perspective.

The night sky is high and far away, and the moonlight is gentle.

Du Guo held the beer in his left hand and leaned on the terrace, "Not in a good mood?"

Mo Dong didn't speak, and lowered his head to pick up the white petals that fell from the terrace one by one, and put them back into the soil of the flower pot, as if he had no intention of paying attention to him.

"You and that kid..." Du Guo still didn't give up.

Mo Dong extinguished the cigarette butt, turned and left the balcony.

"Hey, why did you lose your temper all of a sudden?" Du Guo followed behind him, knowing that he had offended him, and tried to save him, "Don't be so stingy, by the way, you haven't eaten all day, I'll cook for you Let's order something." Then, he walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, "Hey, why is there still a bowl of wontons here? Is Mo Dong yours?"

Mo Dong was silent for a while, "Throw it away."

He opened the door and walked in, sat on the bed, staring at the extra pillow on the bed in a daze.

When Chen Yue left this morning, he went to the station to see him off.

The air in the morning was a little bit chilly, and the wind was a bit strong. Chen Yue stood at the gate of the station, wearing the white sweater he had when he came here. The wind was blowing into his clothes, like a white dove about to fly away. He turned his head and said to him with a smile, "Mo Dong, you can go back. Next week... I will come to see you again."

"No need," he said.

The wind was very strong, Chen Yue didn't seem to hear clearly, "What?"

"Let's contact each other less in the future."

"Why?" Chen Yue asked him.

"You know," Mo Dong's voice suddenly became louder, "Stop torturing me!"

"I don't know!" Chen Yue's tone was agitated, with disbelief in his eyes, "Please, don't scare me with such words. Let's not quarrel, okay, I really like you."

"But I don't like you anymore!" Mo Dong yelled at Chen Yue for the first time, breathing quickly, "I can't tell whether your liking for me is sincere or just lying!"

Chen Yue stood on the spot, the wind made his whole body start to shake, he thought for a while, and finally realized the meaning of Mo Dong's words.

The last two stood quietly for a long time, until Chen Yue said first, "I see. You go back, it's cold, wear more clothes. Take care of yourself. Remember to eat on time."

Mo Dong watched him walk into the station, the white sweater gradually shrunk, turned into a small origin, and finally disappeared.

For the next three years, Mo Dong never saw Chen Yue again.