muddy boy

When he climbed up from the river, Chen Linhu's trousers were already rubbed badly, and the mud prints were all over the place. Zhang Xun helped him to take pictures for a long time, but there was not much improvement.Fortunately, they are dark pants, which can't be seen at night.

"Just make do with it," Zhang Xun gave up, and brushed off the hem of Chen Linhu's coat. "Anyway, if you see your face while walking, no one else has time to care about your trousers."

Chen Linhu didn't quite understand Zhang Xun's oblique compliment on his appearance. He hasn't come out of his emotions yet, nervousness and excitement occupy his brain at the same time, his face is unconsciously tense, and he looks a little more fierce than usual Son.

The two of them stood under the streetlight at the end of the bridge, and suddenly they didn't know what to say. Chen Linhu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xun. At this moment, his out-of-control emotions had been suppressed, and he returned to his usual calm expression. There are still red marks at the end of the eyes, and while taking cigarettes from the cigarette case and putting them between his lips, he looks at the cars passing by in front of him with some distracted attention.

The traffic on the bridge was passing by and people were coming and going, Zhang Xun was illuminated by the lights, and Zhang Xun still had some watery eyes. He was stunned as if he was wandering away. Chen Linhu could see some daze that Zhang Xun seldom had in normal times. It feels like a photophobic creature that was forcibly fished out from the depths of the sea, not knowing where to go.

Chen Linhu's chest tightened, and he choked out a sentence: "Are you eating?"

Zhang Xun came back to his senses, the corners of his mouth curled up: "Are you hungry?"

"A little bit," Chen Linhu heard that his voice was still hoarse, and he touched his neck unconsciously, where Zhang Xun just posted it to calm his emotions, "I was thinking about words before I came here, and I didn't eat."

Zhang Xun couldn't help laughing: "It's almost done, it's like asking me for an interview."

"Well," Chen Linhu said, "can we get to the bribery link now? I'm really hungry."

Relying on a little memory of wandering around here when he was a child, Chen Linhu took Zhang Xun to find a shop with a small door. The two tables in the room were already full. Find a seat at a table outside.

The small shop only opened at night, mainly selling dumplings and wontons. Chen Linhu reported a menu for two bowls of wontons, but paused before returning to his seat.

It is a simple folding table with a square shape, and there is no one else occupying the seat. It stands to reason that Chen Linhu should sit face to face with Zhang Xun, but at this moment he especially wants to be next to Zhang Xun.

Thinking of Zhang Xun's mental state just now, Chen Linhu didn't want to push too hard.

Zhang Xun was wiping the oily table with a piece of paper. He raised his eyes and saw Chen Linhu standing beside him staring at him. He was stunned for a moment. Guessing what the other person was thinking, he hooked a plastic stool to his side with his feet: "Sit here, it's cold outside, squeeze to keep warm."

I don't know who this explanation is for. Zhang Xun felt that he was guilty of being a thief, but he subconsciously found a reason.

Chen Linhu's facial features instantly softened to three points, and he sat down next to Zhang Xun. Their arms could touch each other during the action, but the distance was kept within a decent range.He took out two napkins and wiped his computer bag: "This store also sells raw wonton dumplings. You can buy some and cook them when you're hungry in the middle of the night."

"There is still a pile of instant noodles at home." Zhang Xun looked at Chen Linhu's bag that was also splashed with mud. "Did you drop it on the ground just now? Did you break it?"

"It's okay, the computer is fine." Chen Linhu opened it to check, and then took out the hand-painted tablet to have a look. There was nothing wrong, except that the bag was a little worn out.

Zhang Xun saw that he had everything covered: "Do you still have to draw a manuscript this week?"

"No, there is an animation project recruiting people, and the teacher wants me to participate in the drawing of the character design part," Chen Linhu said, "Let me try to draw a character first."

Zhang Xun was quite familiar with this aspect and nodded clearly.Although his mood has dropped at the moment, his mind is still in a mess, and he doesn't know what to say to Chen Linhu, but hearing Chen Linhu's voice can make him feel better, forgetting his own considerations for a while, and said along the way: "It's good. of."

"But there shouldn't be much money." Chen Linhu said again.

"Why do you always think about money at such a young age?" Zhang Xun couldn't help laughing, "Do you like this?"

Chen Linhu thought about it: "I want to try it, but it will take up some time for receiving business drafts."

As he spoke, he unconsciously began to frown. Chen Linhu's brows were white, and his brows and eyes were clear. When he frowned, he seemed to be worrying about a math problem, and he was seriously distressed.

Zhang Xun wanted to laugh, but when he touched Chen Linhu's list in his pocket, he remembered the "financial independence" and "making money" written on it, and suddenly understood what he was thinking. My heart softened a lot.

"University is only a few years old, and you told me that there is nothing special you want to do before, so hurry up and try more," Zhang Xun slowed down his voice, looked at Chen Linhu, and his eyes unconsciously showed a little warmth , "Take your time, please, take your time in everything."

Chen Linhu heard the meaning of these words, and immediately went to see Zhang Xun's expression.Zhang Xun didn't dodge it, the eyes of the two met, Chen Linhu suddenly felt more at ease, and nodded: "Yeah."

He really didn't want to push Zhang Xun too hard. This person is the type who thinks more about everything, and he has to take off the shackles he put on himself little by little.

Chen Linhu fully realized that Zhang Xun is actually a very pragmatic person, unless he really stepped on the ground, otherwise he would have to keep his heart hanging and want to take care of everything.

"Then what?" Chen Linhu asked hesitantly, "How is Zhang Cheng doing?"

He directly decided that Zhang Cheng was not a good bird, and his hostility was very obvious, and he didn't even mention that he was Zhang Xun's brother.

"I didn't answer the call, and I didn't read the message I sent. I guess I went back," Zhang Xun said casually after cleaning the desktop to his minimum standard of hygiene. Can let him do this kind of miscellaneous work regardless of 21."

Chen Linhu remembered what Zhang Cheng said before: "Then your mother..."

Before he finished speaking, the little girl from the wonton shop came over with two large portions of wontons. Chen Linhu didn't continue to ask, and cleared the miscellaneous things on the table to make it easier to put the bowls and chopsticks.

Zhang Xun didn't answer either, he was too lazy to think about whether Zhang Cheng was going to trick him again this time, he was annoyed at mentioning this, wanted to smoke, and stopped taking cigarettes because he was in a crowded place, a little anxious Fiddled with the lighter on the table.

The flame turned on and off, turning upside down at Zhang Xun's fingertips. Chen Linhu reckoned that Zhang Xun's mood at the moment was similar to that of the tossed lighter.

Chen Linhu pulled over the two bowls containing wontons, and touched Zhang Xun's hand with the lighter to comfort him.

The little girl who delivered the meal saw this little move, and looked at the two of them in surprise.

Chen Linhu was naturally sensitive to the gazes of the people around him, and with animal intuition, he immediately caught this piercing gaze, raised his head and glared at the little girl with a fierce expression, which made her shrink back in fright.

"Thank you," Zhang Xun slammed Chen Linhu's leg under the table without a trace, and said with a smile, "There is no vinegar on this table, can you bring the bottle with you? It's troublesome."

The girl nodded, took a small jar of vinegar from the next table to Zhang Xun, and pretended to be busy to greet other customers who had just entered the store.

"You scared her away." Zhang Xun was a little amused.

Chen Linhu stirred the wontons in the bowl, and said in a muffled voice, "She wants to leave on her own, it's none of my business."

Zhang Xun felt helpless when he saw such a stubborn and stubborn look. Chen Linhu was very wary of strangers, but he didn't know how to save face at all: "You will stare like this, so how can you talk about this kind of behavior that can only be done in the world?" Love under the table holding hands?"

Chen Linhu bit half of the wonton in his mouth, and it burned when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Zhang Xun.

"Why?" Zhang Xun said, "You're going to stare me away too, aren't you?"

Chen Linhu licked his burned lips, couldn't help leaning over, and whispered in Zhang Xun's ear, "Are we dating?"

When he spoke with heat, Zhang Xun's ear tips that were a little bit sore from the cold were instantly numb and itchy, and he turned his head to see Chen Linhu's slightly red lips from being scalded, and the tip of his tongue left moist water after licking it.

He glanced away and quickly looked away, his heart was beating wildly in his chest, his brain couldn't move, and he couldn't answer Chen Linhu's question: "What do you think?"

"I don't know," Chen Linhu said, frowning, "You never said you wanted to date me."

Zhang Xun was tortured by Chen Linhu's character with clear boundaries in everything: "Do you still think there should be a declaration of love, shouting like you three times by the river, and it's better to have a rooftop, Stand on the roof and shout."

"Well," Chen Linhu also smiled, "You can go to the rooftop when you go back."

"I think you're crazy," Zhang Xun said, blowing on the heat of the wontons, "Let Uncle Chen know, no matter what, I'll give you ten yuan first."

Might as well be pissed off.Zhang Xun thought aimlessly, if he is a good young man, he will be able to talk about marriage in a few years, but he didn't expect to make such an outrageous move.

The wonton in his mouth suddenly became choking, and Zhang Xun couldn't swallow it.

Chen Linhu tapped the bowl with a spoon: "Even if I know, I will tell him well."

"Oh," Zhang Xun glanced at him, "what are you going to say?"

Chen Linhu opened his mouth, but did not answer.

He found that in any case, there seemed to be irreconcilable contradictions in the content and themes.

Of course, the principle of "resolving conflicts with fists" that has been used for 18 years cannot be applied to this problem. Chen Linhu suddenly found that all his methods of solving problems suddenly became impractical and unfeasible.

Zhang Xun smiled, Chen Linhu is still young, all things and ideas are in a big frame, relying on instinct and reckless and straightforward personality to face him: "Eat first, you are not hungry anymore, right?"

The northern handmade wontons are big and thin, and the color of the stuffing is revealed in the skin after cooking. The soup is translucent, mixed with seaweed and shrimp skin, and a few drops of balsamic vinegar. It is very refreshing. It is very refreshing to eat a bowl of hot wontons on a winter night Happy thing.

But now Chen Linhu felt unprecedented frustration and impatience while eating, his mouth was as hot as lipstick after eating a bowl of hot wontons.

An incandescent light bulb was connected to the door of the small shop, and the light hit Chen Linhu's face, creating a seductive atmosphere. Zhang Xun couldn't help but take a second look, and found that he had the potential to be seductive and stunned, and felt that he was very unnatural. After all, people and children are still frowning in distress.

Zhang Xun sighed inwardly, put down his spoon after eating, stood up and patted Chen Linhu on the head: "Did I just say, don't worry, take your time, take everything slowly, and give me some time .”

Chen Linhu moved his lips to speak, when he felt raindrops falling on his face, it finally rained after a whole day of cloudiness, and before the two of them packed up their things, they started to panic.

Fortunately, the two of them finished eating, and the guests who had just seated around were sleeping with wontons in their hands, cursing and swearing, and the rain caused the whole street to fry like boiling water in oil.

When Chen Linhu and Zhang Xun helped the little girl in the shop to carry the table to the eaves, they were drenched in water. The rain was so fast that no one brought an umbrella, and they were all blindfolded.

"Bag, bag!" Zhang Xun pulled back the computer bag in Chen Linhu's hand, "Right now, there are people running around in disorder on the street, so be careful that your bag will drop it."

Chen Linhu stared at the pouring rain, suddenly changed the computer bag and took it away, freeing his hand to hold Zhang Xun quietly.

Zhang Xun was taken aback, and subconsciously stood at attention, blocking the sight of others: "What the hell are you crazy about—"

"Run?" Chen Linhu turned his head and said in a low voice, "I'm holding you, they don't know it's holding hands."

The smell brought by the heavy rain seemed to ferment as soon as it hit the ground, making Zhang Xun's eye sockets sore and swollen. He couldn't tell whether it was heat or pain in his heart. Hold the ground and buckle it back.

Zhang Xun controlled the tone of his voice, trying to show his usual demeanor, but clenched his hands tightly: "Lead the way!"

Regardless of sight and gaze, Chen Linhu rushed into the rain curtain with Zhang Xun as if stepping on the gas pedal.

Pedestrians hurried in the heavy rain, lowered their heads and held umbrellas, and walked forward in embarrassment.

They are like two little monsters under the sea going against the current, and they get the right to run wildly when others are chaotic.

Rainy night is a tolerant cover-up.

Zhang Xun knew for the first time what it was like to run at night on a rainy day. He stood in the corridor like a drowned rat, looked at Chen Linhu, who was also drowned, and came to a conclusion.

"Is going crazy contagious?" Zhang Xun said.

Chen Linhu bared his teeth with a smile: "I thought you couldn't keep up, your physical strength is not bad."

"Looking down on someone," Zhang Xun wiped off the drops of water on his chin, "If it wasn't for me being drenched in the rain so that I couldn't see the way clearly, who would be the front line?" After finishing speaking, he was also surprised, "You can still watch the rain so hard." clear?"

"Well," Chen Linhu's bald hair, remembering his little pitiful computer bag, quickly opened it to see if it was soaked, "I'm fairly familiar with this road, and I can feel it back with my eyes closed and the smell."

"Receive your beast-type supernatural powers. I'm really afraid that someone passing by the zoo will catch you in. I want to see you later, and I have to pay for the ticket." Zhang Xun ran all the way, except for being wet and annoying, he even followed Relaxed as if venting emotions.

Seeing Chen Linhu checking the computer, Zhang Xun realized that he was also afraid of water, so he quickly put his hand into his coat pocket.

Chen Linhu glanced at him: "You don't have to go in if you catch me."

"What about you?" Zhang Xun smiled helplessly, "You have to tease me."

As he spoke, he took out the things in his pocket, and he smoothed out Chen Linhu's list and folded it up. Because the coat was quite thick, it didn't get soaked in water, so Zhang Xun felt relieved.

Chen Linhu didn't expect that the piece of paper was still in Zhang Xun's hands. He thought it had been thrown into the river, and immediately reached out to grab it: "It's useless for you to take this, return it to me."

"I picked it up when it fell on the ground, why are you bringing it back and asking for it?" Seeing that he was in a hurry, Zhang Xun couldn't help laughing, and said while avoiding Chen Linhu, "Confiscate it, so you don't have to worry about it all the time." Son, is it your student who should worry about it?"

Chen Linhu was furious. The two fought over the ownership right because of a piece of crumpled paper. They were even about to start the second scuffle today. With a "click" sound from the corridor, the door of Uncle Liao's house opened, and Uncle Liao's son's face turned yellow. Sticking his thin head out, he looked at the two of them like he was looking crazy: "What, what are you two doing?"

The light in the corridor was already poor, illuminating Uncle Liao's son's face like a kid, Chen Linhu and Zhang Xun almost jumped up in fright.

I don't know if it's because the relationship between the two of them has reached a new level, and the things that usually don't bother them are magnified infinitely now. Chen Linhu has become a little sensitive and cautious, and his words seem quite unnatural, and he said dryly: " It's okay."

"It's okay, it's still barking," Uncle Liao's son said suspiciously, "I was in the house, the house, the house, and I thought the two dogs were fighting outside."

Zhang Xun's heart was beating wildly, but he was much calmer than Chen Linhu. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "You're a little bit of a curse brother, I'm sorry, we met on the road, pouring a head of rain and twisting the water. You haven't rested yet?"

What he said was very comprehensive, and he even explained why they were together, which was very natural.

Chen Linhu pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.

When he first met Zhang Xun, he just thought that if he had such communication skills, he would definitely have the upper hand when arguing with his father Chen Xingye.But right now he just felt anxious, uncomfortably anxious.

Sure enough, Uncle Liao's son didn't ask any more questions: "Hey, you two, this is quite suffocating, like a bald chicken. I, how can I rest well, my father has not been in good health for the past two days, and he can't sleep at night. Be down-to-earth, just, just squint your eyes, am I afraid that you two will wake him up."

"You don't delay at all by cursing people," Zhang Xun nodded, "Okay, I'm sorry brother, we will be back soon, don't worry, say hello to Uncle Liao for us."

The other party waved his hand, and then he closed the door and locked it from the inside, as if he was about to rest.

Seeing Zhang Xun, Chen Linhu was obviously relieved. He knew for the first time what "unspeakable" is in this narrow space. The chicness who ran wildly in the rain just now was damp at this moment, and he felt a bit bitter in a trance.

He was still too young, and too unaccustomed to blending in with the world, he always felt that Zhang Xun was forced to be his outer layer of grease, to prevent him from being too jerky and putting himself in an embarrassing situation.

"Okay, go back and change clothes quickly," Zhang Xun didn't care much, after all, he ate a few years more than Chen Linhu, and he learned to get used to this situation earlier, turned his head and saw Chen Linhu's bangs, and smiled and teased him , "You really have to change to another barber shop, it's too restrictive to use your face."

Chen Linhu grabbed Zhang Xun's evil hand on the tiger's head, held it, was silent for a while, and lowered his voice: "I will soon learn how to deal with these things."

It took Zhang Xun a few seconds to realize what he was talking about, what it was like to be unable to explain, and thought that it would be someone else, whoever he liked would not need to learn these things.

But he couldn't say that, saying it would be like fueling Chen Linhu's stubbornness, Zhang Xun also teased in a low voice: "Aren't you a square with four straight sides?"

"...a square also has four right angles," Chen Linhu said, "together it is 360 degrees, and I can make it round."

Zhang Xun's heart was as soft as a sponge, and he couldn't help rubbing Chen Linhu's head and rubbing it again and again. Chen Linhu struggled a few times without any strength, but finally gave up resistance and let Zhang Xun beat him with his head down. Xun came over and kissed him on the top of the head.

"I hope you will never be rounded in this life," Zhang Xun said in a soft voice. The voice-activated lights in the corridor were not heard and went out. Only Chen Linhu could hear the half-voiced voice, "I Said, let's take our time, shall we?"

Chen Linhu had heard these words several times, and after hearing too much, he became a little suspicious, thinking that Zhang Xun was going to delay the relationship between the two of them by time, draw a boundary with himself, and threw away his hand and stared at him.

Zhang Xun saw Chen Linhu's expression through the dim light of the street lights outside, and knew that this person was about to get serious again, so he squeezed Chen Linhu's face: "Huzi, I really, really, really like you, at least I will never deny that in the future.”

Chen Linhu's cheek was gently pinched by him, his fierce eyes gradually softened, and he said "um".

"I never thought about pushing our relationship before, just let you run around and rush forward," Zhang Xun said again, "I don't want you to think that you are pushing me, This relationship was made. I said slow down, not to deny this relationship and the current relationship, but to sort it out, like you make a list, I have to know what I can give you before I dare to be serious I will make up the declaration for you."

Chen Linhu frowned, and just about to say "no", Zhang Xun said again: "I have to give you a declaration, you see things are never black or white, I didn't expect that my place would become a gray area, swallowing jujubes wholeheartedly past."

"Then we," Chen Linhu looked at him, "are we dating?"

Zhang Xun was bewitched by the light in Chen Linhu's eyes, and the struggle, depression, and bewilderment in his heart were covered by an unprecedented emotion. When Chen Linhu's forehead was pressed against his forehead, he didn't want to escape.

"Yes," Zhang Xun said, "it's a relationship that requires me to think about it more responsibly, so can you slow down? Give me a time to accept and buffer."

Chen Linhu smiled silently, and nodded slightly.

So good.Zhang Xun stroked Chen Linhu's hair and thought, I have to arrange it more steadily and cautiously. One day is one day, and when I am still looking at him, he doesn't need to be rounded.

The lights in the corridor didn't turn on again until the two separated and Zhang Xun started to go upstairs.

Chen Linhu was drenched in the rain, and when he entered the door, the old Mr. Chen who greeted him thought his grandson had rolled in the mud.

"You have to catch your own misfortune to catch a cold, right?" Old Chen cursed and patted him, and after patting him twice, he felt something was wrong again, "Are you stupid? Where did Huner go?"

Chen Linhu stood at the door rubbing his shoes for a long time, with one hand still scratching his own bangs, suddenly raised his head, gave his grandfather a bear hug, and slapped old Chen's shiny head.

"Master," Chen Linhu said, "I saw the light on your head, and I was so happy."

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Old Chen slowly raised the sole of his shoe.