Wintering

They went back after walking the dog, and Mo Dong stopped at the gate of the community.

"I'm going back."

Chen Yue's hand holding the dog's leash paused, then turned to ask him, "Where are you going?"

"I booked a hotel outside."

Chen Yue was stunned for a moment, "Oh, oh, okay." He looked down at Dong Dong, "Where is your hotel? I'll see you off."

Mo Dong shook his head, "I just called a car, it's coming soon. You go back."

"Then, remember to send me a message when you get back to the hotel."

Chen Yue led his dog for a distance, and then couldn't help but look back.

A car parked next to Mo Dong, he opened the door and walked in, the door closed, and disappeared from sight after a while.

The sky dimmed, and the roadside lights came on one after another.

Chen Yue walked very slowly, and the big dog in front often had to stop and look back at the dejected master with a puzzled expression.

He thought that Mo Dong would stay tonight.

Before Mo Dong came, he had carefully cleaned Mo Dong's room, and packed up his sheets and quilts and put them back in his room.

But Mo Dong left without even looking at it.

Chen Yue sighed, and told himself whether to be in a hurry, take it step by step, and take it slowly, not like the time three years ago.

***

Mo Dong went back the next day, and as soon as he landed, he received a call from the boss, "Mo Dong, Xiao Zhang told me that I can't get in touch with you, what's the matter?"

Xiao Zhang is the product manager in charge of this management software project. He is not a technical background, but is airborne from the operation department.

Mo Dong didn't have much contact with him, and the two only added WeChat a month ago.

"Really, maybe I didn't notice his message."

The boss didn't say anything, just gave a few instructions and then hung up.

Mo Dong looked through WeChat, but he didn't find any messages from Xiao Zhang, until he clicked into the group chat, and saw in the historical news that last night, he mentioned Mo Dong in the group, but he didn't No @Mo Dong.

Xiao Zhang asked how he was doing in the group, and set a ddl for the whole group, which will be next Wednesday.

Mo Dong felt that the time was a little tight, and asked him if he could delay it, after all, he didn't expect to write a bunch of dug codes in time.

"Brother Dong, you don't have much time, and you have to test and go online in the future, so I have worked hard for you."

Xiao Zhang cried to him in WeChat, saying that he could do nothing.

Mo Dong wrote the code design document overnight after returning home, and worked overtime at the company until the early morning for several days.

When Chen Yue received the call, he was still fixing an online bug.

Chen Yue asked him why he was not off work.He looked at the time, only to realize that it was 11:30, and almost all the people in the office had left, except for the computer at his desk, which was still on.

He held his forehead, "There is still a little thing to deal with."

"I just got off work, so I'll pick you up by the way." The other side of the phone seemed to be afraid of being rejected by him, and then added, "I'm almost here."

Mo Dong hung up the phone and glanced at the red crosses and exclamation marks all over the screen. His brain, which had not been resting for a long time, began to have a dull pain. He simply turned off the computer.

He went downstairs with a backpack on his back, and there was a small black car parked beside the entrance of the building.

With the window down, Chen Yue waved to him from the driver's seat, "Hey, Mo Dong, here."

Mo Dong walked around the front of the car, opened the door, and sat on the passenger seat, "You bought the car so soon."

"Well! It's better to buy it earlier, and the traffic will be more convenient. By the way, did you drive here this morning?"

"No, take the subway." Recently, he has a heavy workload. He has only slept for three hours for three consecutive days, and if he drives to work, he is afraid of a car accident.

"You usually work so late?" Chen Yue glanced at him for a few days, and he seemed to be thinner again, "Why are you so haggard, why didn't you rest?"

Mo Dong lowered his head, with long hair hanging down his forehead, he only saw a thin side face, "It's okay."

Chen Yue saw that he was depressed, so he smiled and said, "Mo Dong, today is the day of Zhuangshan Hospital. I brought a bottle of red wine. Why don't we go to your place tonight and have a drink to celebrate."

Zhuangshan Hospital is the branch of TK pet chain hospital in C City.

Chen Yue was ready for Mo Dong to reject him, but Mo Dong actually agreed, "Congratulations to you yet."

"It's okay, I didn't tell you in advance, for fear of disturbing your work." Chen Yue restrained the excitement in his heart, and couldn't help but glance at Mo Dong a few times while talking.

Mo Dong didn't notice his big and small movements. He wrote the code for more than ten hours and was very tired. He fell asleep against the glass shortly after getting in the car.

Chen Yue turned off the music, turned up the temperature, slowed down the speed of the car, and even his own breathing became more careful, with countless colorful bubbles slowly expanding in his heart, like a greedy monster looking at his beloved jewelry , was safely hidden in a hidden cave that no one knew about.

The street lamps in the city are continuous, gently supporting the way home for Ye Guiren.

It's just that Chen Yue hopes that this road will never end.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he slowed down, no matter how long the road was, it would be over.

Arriving at the downstairs of Mo Dong's apartment, he stopped the car steadily, took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the sleeping Anran, and sneaked closer.

Mo Dong closed his eyes, his thick black eyelashes were closed quietly, his eyes were slightly blue, a few too long forehead hairs were scattered beside his nose, his body undulated slightly with his breathing.

Chen Yue resisted the urge to kiss him, helped him push his hair behind his ears, raised his mobile phone to take several pictures, looked at them quietly for a while, and then gently shook him awake, "Mo Dong, Mo Dong, Wake up, you're home."

Mo Dong's eyelashes trembled, and slowly opened, his eyes were full of dazedness and ignorance when he first woke up, like a newborn baby animal.

Chen Yue looked at him, "We're home."

Mo Dong's sanity gradually cleared up, he got up, loosened the seat belt, "Sorry, I fell asleep." He opened the car door and walked down, suddenly remembered something, he turned back and said to Chen Yue, "The parking lot is at the back , you turn left for 100 meters and you will be there.”

Chen Yue said, "You are also tired today, let's go to another day and rest early."

Mo Dong was indeed very tired, but for some reason, there was a burning anger in his heart that was waiting to be vented. He looked at him with lowered eyelids, "I want to drink."

Chen Yue couldn't stand being looked at by his eyes, "Okay, okay."

***

Mo Dong took the key and opened the door, turned on the light in the living room, turned around and said to the person behind, "The slippers are on the shelf."

As soon as Chen Yue put on his slippers, he heard the door open. Du Guo poked his head out, "Brother Xiaodong, you are so late...Chen Yue? Why are you here?"

Mo Dong explained to him again, Du Guo scratched his hair, "Oh, oh. Then keep your voice down when you chat, I have to catch up..." After finishing speaking, he closed the door.

The living room suddenly became quiet. Mo Dong felt that the light was dazzling, so he stretched out his hand to dim it.Chen Yue went to the kitchen to get a cup, searched around, but couldn't find a goblet, so he took two ordinary glasses.

The red wine was sent by Jiang Yanzhou, and it is said that it was brewed in his own winery.Chen Yue was not interested in wine, but it just gave him an excuse to come to Mo Dong.

He poured half a cup for Mo Dong and himself, Mo Dong sank into the sofa, reached out to take it, poured it all in at once, held up the empty cup and handed it to Chen Yue, looking at him, expressing that he wanted more.

Chen Yue poured him another glass, Mo Dong snatched it and drank it down in one gulp.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yue felt that his mood was not right, so he couldn't help asking worriedly.

Mo Dong had already downed three cups, and his cheeks started to turn red. He shook his head, apparently not wanting to say more, and bowed his head to look down at the empty cup in his hand.

Chen Yue couldn't bear to see his current appearance, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand, wanting to pat him on the shoulder, but Mo Dong was startled by his sudden action, his body dodged back, pulling the muscles on the cervical spine, A piercing pain went straight to the bone marrow, and he broke out in a cold sweat, "Hiss".

Chen Yue was also taken aback by him, and asked at a loss, "What's wrong, did I bump into something?"

Mo Dong frowned, stiffened his back, "It's okay, I've been staring at the computer for a long time, and my neck flashed."

Chen Yue became nervous and leaned over, "Don't move, show me." He stretched out his hand and gently squeezed Mo Dong's neck, "Is this here?"

"Ah."

"Don't move around, lie down slowly, yes." Chen Yue quickly went to the refrigerator in the kitchen to get an ice pack, carefully placed it on the left side of Mo Dong's neck, and applied it back and forth, "How is it, does it still hurt?"

"It's better." Mo Dong's voice came muffled.

There are many acupuncture points and nerves on the neck, Chen Yue carefully controlled the pressure of the ice pack, "You don't usually pay attention to it, don't stay in front of the computer all the time, if something goes wrong here, it will be very troublesome."

Chen Yue gave him a cold compress for a while, found a bottle of safflower oil and applied it on him, and helped him back to the room, "Are you dizzy now?"

Mo Dong felt it, "It's much better, thank you."

Chen Yue sat down by the bed, put his palms on the back of his neck and gently massaged to help the medicinal wine absorb faster.Mo Dong was lying on the bed, his neck was hot, and the alcohol was gradually coming up. He half-closed his eyes, looking out of focus at the slightly shaking white pillow in front of him, feeling as if he was lying on a warm wooden board, his body Below is the breathing black-blue sea, with waves swaying one after another.

There is a lighthouse in the distance, and the moon-white light shines on the jumping waves, getting weaker and weaker.

Just when the light was about to disappear, in the dimness, he heard Chen Yue's voice coming from the depths of the sea.

He opened his eyes, "Huh?"

After reacting for a while, I realized that Chen Yue was asking him, "Why are you working so hard? Don't you know how important your own body is?"

Mo Dong looked at the finely woven patterns on the pillow, and the corners of his eyes began to feel astringent for no reason.

I just, just don't want you to see my incompetence.

What a failure.Can't do anything well.

Why are you still showing up in front of me?

Every time you look at me, I want to run away and hide away.

"Why do you want to hide?" Chen Yue's voice rang in his ears, "You obviously still like me."

Mo Dong felt strange, Chen Yue's voice was so gentle in the dream for the first time, as if the waves were licking his ankle gently.Hearing him say that he still likes him, I felt a little embarrassed.

"I do not have."

Chen Yue's voice got closer, "Then why are you secretly hiding my puppy sweater?"

"Little liar, duplicity."

A naughty little wave got into his hand, warm and wet.

Having been exposed the secret in his heart, he was embarrassed and angry, and buried his face in the wooden board.

"Anyway, you don't want it!"

"Okay, okay, I don't want that dress. What about me, Mo Dong, do you still want it?"

The sea breeze blew into his ears, making them sticky and itchy.

He struggled in a panic, trying to get rid of the haunting voice, but there seemed to be a mountain on his back, and he couldn't move no matter what.

"No. No more!"

"Why?" The voice was softer, sounding a little sad.

"I'm sorry..."