When Lin Yao sat up for the fourth time to take a photo of him with his phone, Guan Ze felt helpless. He raised his hand to block his face and said, "My biggest mistake today was letting you stay overnight. Are you going to sleep or not?"
"You look different when you sleep than usual," Lin Yao lowered his head to fiddle with his phone. Looking at the dozen or so photos of Guan Ze sleeping on it, he laughed, "You look very well behaved when you sleep."
"I'm not asleep yet. How can you tell that I'm asleep?" Guan Ze snatched the phone from his hand and pressed it under his pillow, then sat up and hugged his shoulders, "Go to sleep, dear."
"Hey," Lin Yao lay down, turned over and hugged Guan Ze, resting his head on his arm. Guan Ze didn't wear pajamas when sleeping, and wherever he touched, he felt smooth and warm skin. He closed his eyes in enjoyment, "I'm telling you, you just have to bear with it tonight. I don't think I can sleep."
"Don't you have to hand in your work this week? If you don't sleep, you will have to sleep in the office tomorrow." Guan Ze gently touched his back.
"Can you see anyone who won a five million dollar jackpot and still sleep well at night?" Lin Yao said with a sigh, "You can't understand how I feel right now."
"I understand. If you didn't, I would have thrown you into the living room a long time ago." Guan Ze turned his head and kissed his forehead. "I'm mainly worried about you. You're usually dazed and always make mistakes. If you don't sleep well again and send my photos to the client's email, I really don't know how to make it up to you."
"Bullshit!" Lin Yao laughed. "Why would I do that? I haven't had any problems at work yet."
Lin Yao originally thought that he could stay awake all night and just stare at Guan Ze's various sleeping positions, but perhaps because he was too excited earlier, he fell asleep before midnight.
It was already daybreak when he woke up. He rolled around twice in bed in a daze, then lay on the bed and paddled a few times like swimming, and slowly came to consciousness.
"Guan Ze!" he shouted. Guan Ze was not in bed. This man got up really early.
Not hearing a response, Lin Yao got out of bed slowly. His butt still felt uncomfortable. He frowned and went to take a look in the bathroom. No one was there. He went out and walked around the living room, and found that Guan Ze was not at home.
"Damn, where did he go?" Lin Yao went back to the bedroom, took out his cell phone and dialed Guan Ze's number. A cell phone ringing sound came from the living room. Guan Ze didn't bring his cell phone with him.
Did you go for morning exercise
Lin Yao entered the bathroom again and saw a new set of toothbrushes and towels next to the sink. They should be prepared by Guan Ze for him.
He picked it up and looked at it. He found that Guan Ze had a habit of buying a lot of things at a time, including many shirts of the same style but different colors, and the same goes for pants. Now he also noticed the face towels. They were all the same and the color didn't change.
After brushing his teeth, he didn't use a new towel. He reached out and took Guan Ze's one to wipe his face.
After washing up, Guan Ze still hadn't come back. Lin Yao walked to the balcony, lit a cigarette, leaned on the railing and looked down.
There were quite a few old men and women doing morning exercises downstairs, doing Tai Chi or fan dances. Although they were very young, Lin Yao still stared at them for a while. Then he saw a person running towards him from the other end of the road.
He narrowed his eyes quickly, it must be Guan Ze.
He was very familiar with Guan Ze's every move, which was the result of staring at him every time he met him for a long time.
Guan Ze was probably jogging around the path downstairs. Lin Yao watched him running downstairs with great interest. Guan Ze looked very handsome when he ran. Lin Yao had seen people running with their butts sticking out, people running with their bellies sticking out, people running with small steps, people running like a triple jump, and some running while roaring like a lion. When passing by, his roar could scare people so much that they would kneel down with their left foot stepping on their right foot. Only the way Guan Ze ran with great power and at a leisurely pace was the most pleasing to the eye.
When Guan Ze came back after running, Lin Yao was still lying on the balcony. When Guan Ze walked to the bottom of the balcony, he suddenly looked up.
The early morning sun shone on his face, and beads of sweat on his body flickered in the golden light. Although he couldn't see clearly, Lin Yao still felt that his saliva was about to drip. He swallowed quickly and waved vigorously towards the people downstairs.
Guan Ze also waved and went into the building.
When he heard the door open, Lin Yao ran into the living room, rushed over, hugged Guan Ze and kissed him.
"Hey, hey, hey," Guan Ze held his shoulders, "I'm sweating all over."
"I want to be sweaty!" Lin Yao rubbed against him, pushed him against the door, leaned over and bit his neck, "So sexy."
"You have breakfast," Guan Ze hugged him and kissed him, then put the lunch boxes in his hand on the table, "I'm going to take a shower."
"Don't close the door." Lin Yao opened the lunch boxes one by one. There were dumplings and snacks, quite a rich variety.
"What?" Guan Ze looked at him.
"I'll take a look later."
Lin Yao felt that he was quite bored. He could also squat at the bathroom door and watch people take a bath.
Guan Ze was quite calm, standing under the shower to wash himself, without even looking at him. After washing, he stood naked in front of the mirror to shave, and then asked: "You didn't wash your face?"
"Wash, use your towel." Lin Yao stood up and walked into the bathroom, standing behind Guan Ze, putting his arm around his waist and reaching his hand forward.
"Which one are you using? Am I using it to wipe my feet?" Guan Ze smiled and didn't hide from him, allowing him to gently stroke her from below.
"Wipe your feet?" Lin Yao was stunned, and stopped moving his hands. He stared at Guan Ze who was shaving slowly in the mirror, "What are you using to wipe your feet? Damn, how can you be like this? You have no manners!"
"Who has no manners? You're so angry about stealing someone else's towel," Guan Ze laughed. After washing his face, he took the towel and wiped it. He turned around and flicked Lin Yao's forehead. "I'm just kidding. I don't have a foot towel."
"Depend on!"
On the way to work, Lin Yao stood next to Guan Ze's car and tapped the hood of the car with his fingers for a long time.
"Drive." Guan Ze threw the car keys to him.
Lin Yao took the key with a smile and handed the key of his Xiali to Guan Ze: "Be nice to my car. Don't step on the accelerator too hard. It accelerates slowly. Be gentle."
"Got it," Guan Ze opened the door of the Xiali and got into the driver's seat. Before Lin Yao jumped into the Grand Cherokee, he stuck his head out again, "Lin Yao."
"Um?"
"Come here and show me how you sit," Guan Ze pointed at the steering wheel helplessly, "The steering wheel is against your legs, how do you drive?"
"Come, I'll teach you." Lin Yao leaned over the car window, reached in and touched Guan Ze's legs, and then grabbed a handful of his crotch. "Spread your legs, with the steering wheel in the middle, and put your legs on both sides."
"It's so uncomfortable..." Guan Ze put his legs in the correct position according to Lin Yao's instructions. Although this way he wouldn't be pressing against the steering wheel, it was really uncomfortable to drive with his legs splayed out. "You don't want your brother to buy you a car, so I'll buy it for you."
"No, I'll buy it myself. I just don't believe it." Lin Yao turned around and jumped onto the Mercedes-Benz, then drove out in a very cool manner.
When entering the company parking lot, Guan Ze followed behind. When Lin Yao drove the Ford into the parking space, Qiu Yueling walked out of the parking lot. Guan Ze hurriedly drove the Xiali to chase after her. When Qiu Yueling saw his car, she would definitely stop and wait for him to get out. When Lin Yao was about to get out of the car and saw President Qiu standing outside the car, he might be so scared that he would get back into the car.
"Mr. Qiu." Guan Ze rolled down the car window and greeted Qiu Yueling before entering the parking space.
"Oh," Qiu Yueling was stunned, and then looked at the Grand Cherokee, "Isn't this Lin Yao's car? Who's driving your car?"
"His car broke down on the road, so I drove it here for him." Guan Ze answered, parked the car and got out.
"You can also repair cars," Qiu Yueling smiled, "I remember you two live in the same direction."
"Good morning, Mr. Qiu." Lin Yao was startled when he pushed open the car door and got out. He almost got his foot hooked by the door and fell into the car next to him.
"Good morning, the car broke down." Qiu Yueling nodded.
"Ah, yeah." Lin Yao glanced at Guan Ze and handed over the car keys. "Thank you, Director Guan."
"You're welcome." Guan Ze held back his laughter.
Lin Yao leaned on the chair while working in the morning. He always felt uncomfortable in his buttocks and wanted to find a toilet chair to sit on.
Around noon, Guan Ze sent him a text message: Are you still feeling bad
It's OK. If there is a hole in the chair, I can sit more comfortably. Lin Yao replied and continued to lean on the chair and stare at the computer.
"You..." Jiang Yifei had been observing him for the whole morning, and finally couldn't hold it anymore. He slid his chair over to him and put a box on his desk. "Do you have hemorrhoids?"
"Ah?" Lin Yao looked at the thing he put on the table, Ma Yinglong, and his hair stood up immediately, "What are you doing!"
"You've been fidgeting all morning, and I think you're about to get hemorrhoids. It just so happens that I bought two boxes last time," Jiang Yifei patted his shoulder, "Does it feel uncomfortable? Go to the toilet and apply some."
"I..." Lin Yao's face turned green. Seeing Jiang Yifei's sincerity, he couldn't say anything else, so he stood up and took the box. "Okay."
Lin Yao put the box in his pocket and walked to the toilet dejectedly. When he passed the tea room, he ran into Guan Ze who was walking out of the company.
"The lunch exercises started earlier?" Guan Ze asked.
"Jiang Yifei gave me Mayinglong and told me to apply it when I had hemorrhoids. I couldn't say anything, so I just applied it," Lin Yao sighed and looked at Guan Ze, "You go out?"
"Um."
"See Ning Juan?" Lin Yao really didn't want to care about so much, but he blurted it out anyway. He regretted it right after he said it. He seemed quite stupid by asking this question.
"Yeah, I made an appointment with her," Guan Ze didn't react. He took two steps forward and then stepped back to his side and whispered, "I'll call you when I get back."
"Actually, I didn't mean anything else..." Lin Yao was a little embarrassed.
"I know." Guan Ze didn't look back, waved his hand and turned out of the company gate.
Ning Juan didn't book a place to eat that was too far away. It was just a small cafe next to the company, less than ten minutes' walk from the company.
Guan Ze entered the store and saw Ning Juan sitting in a corner in a daze. He walked over quickly and sat opposite Ning Juan: "How long have you been here?"
"Just arrived," Ning Juan smiled, waved for the waiter to come over and ordered a pot of coffee, "I thought you were coming over because you were getting off work."
"I have nothing to do now, and I thought you would arrive early, so I came here." Guan Ze took off his coat and put it beside him. Ning Juan looked a little haggard. To be honest, Guan Ze did not feel good seeing her like this. The relationship between the two of them was not a day or two. They had been living like sisters for more than ten years. No matter how awkward it was, he would still feel sorry for this sister.
"It will only take you half an hour." Ning Juan gathered the hair beside her ears and stared at her fingers. "If I can speak smoothly, it may not even take half an hour."
"Do you want to talk about Lin Yao?" Guan Ze picked up the coffee and took a sip.
"Well, I know it doesn't make sense for you to do this," Ning Juan stirred her coffee and smiled, a smile that seemed a little helpless, "It's just that we haven't said a lot of things over the years, and I feel like we've held it in for long enough."
"Go ahead, I'm listening." Guan Ze looked at her.
"I don't know why you're suddenly with a man, and I don't want to know. To me, it doesn't matter whether you're with a man or a woman," Ning Juan stared at the coffee, stirring the spoon unconsciously in her hand. "I'm just your sister, right?"
Guan Ze leaned back in his chair, supporting his forehead with his fingers: "Yes, my sister."
"We can be considered to have grown up together. I watched you grow and change little by little. You have always been very good to me and you can be said to have doted on me," Ning Juan continued to stir the coffee. "Is this because you are accommodating your sister or because of my legs?"
"Both," Guan Ze held down Ning Juan's hand that had been stirring the coffee and put the spoon aside, "You are a relative to me."
"You sponsoring Lu Teng, does it have anything to do with my legs?"
“There is this reason.”
"Actually, I should be content, right? Love may not be forever, but family members are for life." Ning Juan raised her eyes and looked at him.
“That’s fine.”
"But I'd rather not have this lifetime," Ning Juan smiled, holding her chin with her hand, "From the moment you came to my house, I've been waiting for you to fall in love with me. It doesn't have to be forever, just once, a few days, a few months, anything is fine, but I've waited for more than ten years, but I haven't even waited for a day."
Guan Ze didn't say anything. Maybe he should say sorry, but he was not the person to say sorry in this situation, and Ning Juan was not the person who needed an apology in this situation.
"If it were someone else, they would have given up long ago," Ning Juan's eyes fell on Guan Ze's back, a little drifting, "It's not that I haven't thought about giving up, but I just can't. The longer the time goes, the more reluctant I am. You are where I can reach with just a stretch of my hand, and I really can't accept it. I know that feelings can't be measured by time. A few days or a few years, there is no difference, but I just can't accept it. I don't care about this leg, and I won't use this leg as a weight. These are useless to you. I just can't accept that I have loved you for more than ten years, but I haven't had even a moment of your love."
"Juan'er," Guan Ze looked into Ning Juan's eyes. There were tears in her eyes, but Guan Ze knew she would not cry. "I can only say that I will wait for you for a lifetime. You are also my sister for life. Please be good to yourself. You know better than anyone what kind of person I am. You also know whether I am good enough to make you wait for so long."
"I know all this. My dad has advised me against this countless times," Ning Juan waved her hand and took a sip of coffee. "I'm just being hard on myself. I just want a positive, direct answer from you."
"You are my sister and you will always be. I will never have any feelings for you other than a sister."
"Well," Ning Juan picked up the cup and drank the coffee in one gulp, then she leaned her elbows on the table and smiled at him, "I will always be your sister, but in my heart, I will never accept anyone around you, regardless of gender, because I love you."
Without waiting for Guan Ze to answer, Ning Juan stood up and put on her coat: "I'm going back, you go ahead."
"How's the store going?" Guan Ze sat in his chair without moving.
"That's almost it. I'll be happy to help you with anything." Ning Juan pressed on his shoulder.
Although there was clothing between them, Guan Ze still felt the coldness of Ning Juan's hand. He took Ning Juan's hand and shook it, then exhaled, "You are wearing too little."
When she was a child, Guan Ze would often warm her hands in this way. Ning Juan loved to be beautiful and was never willing to wear too many clothes in winter.
"I'll pay attention, don't worry." Ning Juan smiled, turned and left.
Guan Ze sat in the cafe and finished the pot of coffee, then took out his cell phone and called Lin Yao.
“So soon?” Lin Yao must have just entered the restaurant provided by the company, and it was noisy.
"Yeah, nothing much." Guan Ze looked out the window, "Are you eating?"
"I just came in," Lin Yao lowered his voice, "Oh my god, it's shredded potatoes again. Shredded potatoes every day. I want to cry when I see this."
"Do you have annual leave this year?" Guan Ze asked.
"No, there will be one next year," Lin Yao said with a sigh, "It's not like I'm treated differently than you, what does it have to do with Mr. Guan?"
"Take two days off for your birthday," Guan Ze waved and asked the waiter to pay the bill, "I happen to be on annual leave, so I'll take you out for two days."
Lin Yao fell silent. After a while, he lowered his voice and asked in a trembling voice, "How do you know my birthday?"
"Nonsense, it's all written on the employee list," Guan Ze sighed, "You love studying me so much, but you didn't even check the list to see my birthday?"
"Oh shit, I forgot about this. I'll check it out when I get back!" Lin Yao shouted.
"Are you going?"
"Where are you going?"
“Where I was born.”