street people

It rained two days ago, and the temperature plummeted to below zero. It went from early winter to mid-winter overnight.

Sun Yanshi is both afraid of heat and cold, so the curtains that were removed after autumn were installed again, and the hot air from the air conditioner blew against the counter.He was bathed in the warm wind, propped his head on one hand, let his eyes go empty, and let his thoughts float in the void.

Aunt Hua walked into the store rubbing her frozen hands, and this was what she saw.

She shook her head helplessly, took a bottle of soy sauce from the shelf, walked to the counter, called "Xiao Sun", but got no answer, then stretched out her hand and shook Sun Yanshi's eyes: "Xiao Sun, I'm thinking what?"

Sun Yanshi was startled, came back to his senses, and said with a dry smile, "I'm distracted."

Aunt Hua put ten yuan on the counter and joked with a smile: "This can still be contagious. This morning, Xiao Song set up a stall at the entrance of the alley, just like you lost your soul. There are two young men buying from him." Filled pancakes with two eggs, and left without paying, he was dumbfounded, and he didn’t care if someone asked for money, or I yelled and called the two of them back.”

Sun Yanshi paused while looking for change in the drawer, then took out two coins and handed them to Aunt Hua, and said with a smile, "Thank you, it's not easy for kids to earn some money."

Aunt Hua sighed and said, "That kid looks like he has something on his mind." Then she suddenly said seriously, "You have to enlighten him, he is so lost, forgetting to collect the money is a trivial matter, if you don't pay attention while riding Getting bumped or bumped by a big car is a big deal."

"Okay, I'll make a note of it." Sun Yanshi responded repeatedly, and watched Aunt Hua walk out of the store with a faint smile.Immediately, the corners of his mouth slowly drooped, forming a straight straight line—what Aunt Hua said was exactly what he was worried about these days.

Over the past week, he has been working hard to repair the relationship between the two, hoping to restore it to its previous appearance as soon as possible. Of course, he can also feel that Lang Song is also trying to "let go".They still get along as calmly as before. Lang Song will make breakfast for him and Langyue every morning, soak lemonade and go out to the stall. They went out together, Lang Song went to work, and he sent Lang Yue to school.

During the day, he looked after the store at home, and in the evening, he went to the kindergarten to pick up Langyue and took her to the rehabilitation center for classes.After class, he took Lang Yue home and heated up the meals Lang Song had prepared in the microwave for dinner or went directly to the restaurant to eat.

Everything is calm and calm, but this is just an illusion on the surface, and only the person involved can experience the undercurrent hidden deep below.

He seems ordinary, but he always subconsciously avoids Lang Song's eyes.

Lang Song seems to have let go of it slowly, but in fact, he always unconsciously and suddenly falls into a sluggish state, with a blank expression, immersed in his own world.

Just as Aunt Hua was worried, he was also worried about it. If it was at home, it would be fine. If he suddenly became dazed while cycling or going to work, a little carelessness might cause irreparable consequences.

In fact, he wanted to chat with Lang Song yesterday, but it was almost eleven o'clock when Lang Song got home from get off work last night, with a tired face, he urged him to go upstairs to rest.

Sun Yanzhi scratched his hair in distress, thinking that he must have a chat with Lang Song today, if this continues, something will happen sooner or later.He pursed his lips and picked up the mobile phone covered on the counter. He had just finished editing the message and was about to send it to Lang Song. He asked him if he could get off work on time today, when the mobile phone suddenly vibrated in his palm.

Looking at the three words "Xie Shuangyu" on the caller ID, Sun Yanshi paused for two seconds before answering the phone.

Xie Shuangyu's voice was as gentle as ever. She said on the phone that she was free today and wanted to invite Sun Yanshi and Lang Song to have dinner together to thank them for taking care of her when she was injured.

Sun Yanshi agreed without hesitation, but found an excuse of "very busy recently" and declined for Lang Song.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Yanzhi raised his eyebrows helplessly. He might not be able to talk today. He deleted the edited message from the dialog box, thought for a while and called Zhang Wu.

He wanted to let Langyue play with Zhang Wu, and then go to pick up the little one after eating, just in time to bring back some of his supplies, and live in his own home, so he couldn't be bothered to be cheeky anymore.

Zhang Wu opened his own shop, and he has ample time and freedom, so of course he readily agreed.

Accompanying Langyue to finish the language class, Sun Yanshi sent her to Zhang Wu.

Lang Yue was hugged by Zhang Wu, sitting on the other's thick arm, turned around, and asked slowly: "Dad, Dad, where are you going?"

Sun Yanzhi patted her head, hesitated for a moment and said vaguely: "Father has something to do, I will pick you up soon." In fact, he originally wanted to take Langyue with him, but when he thought about the real meaning of going to eat this meal He gave up the idea again, and he was still a little worried that Lang Yue would slip up in front of Lang Song.

After leaving Zhang Wu's house, Sun Yanshi drove to Xie Shuangyu's workplace, picked him up and went to the restaurant together.Along the way, he frowned and remained silent, staring intently at the road ahead.

Xie Shuangyu frequently looked at the driver's seat, and asked after a long time, "Is there something on your mind?"

Sun Yanshi turned his head to look at her, chuckled lightly and said perfunctorily, "Something small."

Xie Shuangyu nodded thoughtfully: "That's good."

Silent all the way, the two arrived at the restaurant and ate dinner peacefully.

Sun Yanshi was preoccupied, and stuffed the food into his mouth without taste. When he was almost finished, he put down his chopsticks, glanced at the dial of his watch, and thought about how to start the conversation.

Xie Shuangyu, who was sitting opposite, also put down her chopsticks. She wiped her mouth with a paper towel, then put her elbows on the table, clasped her hands and slightly supported her chin, and asked with a smile, "Hurry up?"

Sun Yanshi realized that Xie Shuangyu had misunderstood his actions, so he didn't explain, and replied with a smile: "I'm going back to pick up the child, but it's still early."

"Child?" A trace of surprise flashed in Xie Shuangyu's eyes.

Sun Yanshi replied frankly: "Lang Song's younger sister."

"So he has a younger sister," Xie Shuangyu nodded in understanding, and asked again, "Do you like children very much?"

"Actually, I don't really like her, but she is a very obedient little girl. It's hard not to like her." When he said this, the warmth in Sun Yanshi's eyes almost overflowed. He didn't realize it himself, but it was all reflected in the into Xie Shuangyu's bright eyes.

Xie Shuangyu was a little lost in thought, but quickly withdrew her thoughts.She picked up the water glass in hand, took a sip of water, and said casually: "You can also have a well-behaved daughter of your own."

Sun Yanzhi was stunned, and then realized that the topic was developing in the direction he expected. He straightened his sitting posture slightly, and replied, "It is impossible for me to have a child of my own." This sentence may be confusing to others. I feel confused, but if someone knows his sexual orientation, he will definitely understand what it means.

However, to Sun Yanzhi's surprise, Xie Shuangyu responded immediately: "You can have it." After a pause, she suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Consider marrying me?"

"What, what?"

Sun Yanshi was stunned by such a sudden and earth-shattering sentence, and it took him a while to realize what the other party meant - Xie Shuangyu wanted to marry him?

His expression was a little dull, his Adam's apple twitched up and down but he didn't know how to speak, because what happened in front of him was completely beyond his expectations.

Although Xie Shuangyu didn't show anything from the beginning to the end, he has already realized what the other party's repeated appointments and the mere call for help in the middle of the night meant, so he also wanted to take this opportunity today to make things clear.

However, he originally thought that with Xie Shuangyu's personality, he would not take the initiative to speak, and even if he did speak, he would be reserved and reserved. However, what was unexpected was that Xie Shuangyu was so straightforward, directly skipping the process and fast forwarding to the step of getting married.

While shocked, Sun Yanshi was also puzzled, did Xie Shuangyu know about him and Zhuo Li?If you know, why would you say such a thing?

Seeing Sun Yanshi's mouth open several times, but still unable to open it, Xie Shuangyu chuckled, "Scared you?"

"No, no." Sun Yanshi came back to his senses, cleared his throat, and responded bluntly, "Sorry, I like men."

Xie Shuangyu didn't show any surprise on her face, she even smiled and said, "I know."

"Then..." Sun Yanshi tilted his head, completely confused, since he knew it, why did he say it?

Xie Shuangyu continued: "I knew about it when I was in high school."

Sun Yanshi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, and finally understood why Xie Shuangyu gave him a feeling of "comfort" every time he met Xie Shuangyu after the reunion at the classmate reunion.

Whether it was Tong Bo's insinuating provocation at the dinner table that day, or Zhuo Li's out-of-control entanglement with him after the party, Xie Shuangyu always took it lightly, never showing unnecessary surprise or curiosity.

After that, they met several times, and Xie Shuangyu didn't ask any more questions, and even deliberately avoided the name "Zhuo Li".

At first, he thought that Xie Shuangyu didn't know anything about him because he had been living abroad.Later, he realized that Xie Shuangyu should know about it, and he just took care of his feelings and pretended not to know out of politeness or some other reasons.

It wasn't until now that he realized that Xie Shuangyu had known it since high school, so he was no longer surprised by all that.

Xie Shuangyu lowered his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I haven't said this all the time."

Sun Yanshi picked up the water glass on the table, drank most of it, and shook his head: "There is nothing to be sorry for, it's not a secret." In fact, apart from surprise and a little embarrassment, he was more curious about Xie Shuang's words How on earth do you know.

Xie Shuangyu saw the doubt in Sun Yanzhi's eyes, and explained with a light smile: "The day our class held the third year graduation party, I saw you and Zhuo Li holding hands under the desk."

That night, there was a love letter hidden in her schoolbag.She hesitated for a long time before mustering up the courage, and decided to let Sun Yanshi know her long-lasting secret love before breaking up—whether the other party accepts it or not.

But before the letter could be taken out, when she was picking up the items that fell on the ground, she inadvertently saw two boys' hands clenched under the table.

At that moment, she suddenly realized, and finally understood why Zhuo Li always looked at her with fearful eyes, why Zhuo Li happened to interrupt her twice when she tried to confess her love, why Sun Yanshi occasionally had Wearing a T-shirt from Zhuoli.

Everything has the answer - because Zhuo Li likes Sun Yanshi, because they are together.

In the end, the letter couldn't be delivered after all, just like her crush that ended without a cause, it was folded and stuffed into a certain book.

Xie Shuangyu withdrew his thoughts from the memories, lowered his head and took a deep breath, adjusted his facial expression to make himself look more calm, and then raised his head: "Actually, my original plan was to be more sincere. Take some patience and approach you slowly, but I can tell it seems to be bothering you, so I'll just say it."

She paused and looked at Sun Yanshi intently, "I heard a lot of things from my classmates, so I don't know if it's true or not, and I don't really know why you broke up with Zhuo Li two years ago, but I I think the pressure from your parents forced you to come to this point. After all, you were so good at the beginning, so good that I think anyone will separate, but you will never separate. However, now that you have broken up, do you want to consider it? Marry me? You don't have to feel the burden. I have let go of the feelings I had back then. You can treat this as a cooperation or a transaction. I am not young anymore. My parents hope that I will start a family as soon as possible. I have long been pessimistic and just want to find a suitable person to marry and start a family."

Sun Yanshi worked hard to mobilize the stiff facial muscles, and before he could open his mouth, Xie Shuangyu suddenly leaned forward and moved closer to him.

This private restaurant used a small rectangular dining table about one meter wide. Xie Shuangyu leaned forward so suddenly that the distance between the two was drawn very close.The warm and soft light from the restaurant happened to hit Xie Shuangyu's face, and Sun Yanshi clearly saw the carefully drawn slender eyeliner at the end of the other's eyes, as well as the dazzling light in his eyes.

Xie Shuangyu opened her red lips lightly, and said in a low voice: "Zhuo Li left you to get married and have children, don't you want to take revenge on him? It must be hard for you to break up with your parents? And..." After a pause, she remembered On the day of the hospital, Lang Song's watchful and apprehensive eyes, which were standing not far away, gradually overlapped with Zhuo Li's eyes when he looked at her in high school, "And I guess the 'little thing' you encountered recently is related to that Children? Whether it’s revenge on Zhuo Li, repairing the relationship with your parents, or solving your current troubles, marrying me is the best choice, isn’t it? Don’t rush to refuse, seriously consider this suggestion, okay ?"