Because of his posture, Shu Nian is taller than the sitting Xie Ruhe. The distance between the two narrowed in an instant. Her whole body was filled with his breath, and she could clearly feel the rhythm of his breathing.
The warm breath sprayed on her neck, a little itchy.
His face was handsome, his narrow eyes were raised, and his eyelashes were curled and long. His skin was white and thin, and he could faintly see blue-purple blood streaks, but he was no longer as sick as before, and had a little more blood.
Shu Nian looked at him for a few seconds.
The air seemed to stagnate.
He has a very light mint smell, mixed with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine, which is like a confetti, and it is bewitching. Shu Nian gradually tightened his fists, and stayed where he was nervously.
Xie Ruhe's eyes darkened, his Adam's apple slipped.
It was as if an invisible force was pulling their distance closer. Xie Ruhe's grip on her wrist gradually increased, he looked at her quietly, and suddenly raised his head—
At the same time, Shunian's mobile phone rang.
"..."
Shunian came back to his senses, turned his head away, and hurriedly climbed off him. She picked up the phone, her voice was trembling, and she pretended to be calm and said, "I'll answer the call."
Xie Ruhe froze, and it seemed that her warmth still remained on his hands. He hummed pretending to be calm, and then leaned lazily on the back of the chair.
After looking at the caller ID, Shu Nian picked up the phone: "Mom?"
Deng Qingyu's voice sounded over there: "Hey Niannian, are you going to work today?"
Hearing this, Shu Nian quietly glanced at Xie Ruhe: "What's wrong?"
"I have nothing to do today. I plan to go over and clean up your house." Deng Qingyu nagged, "Seeing that you usually go to the recording studio, you probably don't have much time to clean up. But Xiaoxi took away the keys of your house today, and he I was in a hurry to leave today, so I took my bunch of keys."
Shu Nian whispered: "It's okay, you don't need to come."
Deng Qingyu asked: "Are you not at home?"
Shu Nian secretly looked in Xie Ruhe's direction again.
He lowered his head slightly, his jaw was closed, his lips were straightened, and his expression was vague. The mood looks bad, and it seems to be a little annoyed. Perhaps the indoor air is not circulating, and the tips of the ears are still red.
She looked away, a little guilty: "Yes."
"Okay." Deng Qingyu said, "Then I'll go there tomorrow, you should pay attention to yourself and remember to eat. The temperature has been fluctuating recently, drink more hot water, don't get sick, you know?"
Shu Nian nodded: "Okay, you have to take good care of yourself."
After hanging up the phone, Shu Nian silently put the phone on the coffee table.
The interrupted episode just now made the air a little awkward and stiff.
Shu Nian didn't know what to say or what to do, so he picked up the cake in front of him and ate it. She gradually lost her mind, inexplicably remembering what happened just now.
If Deng Qingyu hadn't made that call, what would the scene be like now...
She can't fantasize.
After a few seconds, Xie Ruhe sat up straight and poured her a glass of warm water.
As if they had reached a consensus, neither of them mentioned what happened just now, and they had a tacit understanding.
Xie Ruhe watched the TV and broke the silence first: "Are you watching a movie?"
Shu Nian said softly, "I just opened it casually, I'm not reading it."
Xie Ruhe nodded.
There was silence again.
Shu Nian thought that you have to come and go, just now he brought up a topic, now it's her turn to talk about it. Just happened to see the novel she put under the coffee table, she took it out, and suggested, "Why don't you accompany me to practice my lines."
Xie Ruhe glanced at the cover, and said bluntly, "Practice your lines?"
"That's right." Shu Nian casually turned a page, "Just like you sing, you should also practice. The same goes for your line skills, it doesn't happen overnight, you have to practice all the time."
"Um."
"I used to practice alone." Shu Nian said, "Today you play with me."
Xie Ruhe came down: "Okay."
Hearing that he agreed, Shu Nian was a little happy.
She looked at the content of this chapter, and concluded on her own: "The hero and the heroine are childhood sweethearts. The heroine has liked the hero since she was a child, but the hero has always ignored her. This scene is about , the male lead confessed to the female lead, the male lead became anxious, and after speaking ill of the female lead, he kissed the female lead forcibly."
"..."
Shu Nian grabbed a pen from the side, and marked on the book: "I'll mark out the lines of the two of us first."
Xie Ruhe was silent for a few seconds, and asked, "The book you bought?"
"This one?" Shu Nian flipped through it, recalling, "It seems that I bought it to make up the bill before, I haven't read it."
Xie Ruhe remembered that when he came here before, he seemed to have turned a few pages of this novel.
The dialogue is a bit pompous.
But seeing Shu Nian's serious appearance, Xie Ruhe didn't want to disturb her interest.
Once he started doing things related to dubbing, Shu Nian would become very serious. She took notes, substituted the mood of the protagonist, and figured out the character of the character.
Soon, Shunian handed the book to Xie Ruhe and said, "I've drawn all your lines for you, the blue highlighter is it, do you want to adjust it?"
Xie Ruhe lowered his eyes, and when he saw the above lines, his expression became stiff.
Before waiting for his reply, Shu Nian tilted his head and said, "Then let's start directly?"
"… Um."
It started with Xie Ruhe's lines.
Xie Ruhe let out a sigh of relief, tightened his hand holding the book, and read dryly: "Didn't you say you like me? You changed your mind quickly enough. What's so good about that man? How can he compare to me? You liar, little liar .”
"..." Shu Nian frowned, and couldn't help but said, "You look like you're studying."
Xie Ruhe pursed his lips and remained silent.
Shu Nian leaned over and pointed to him: "And there's a 'heh' here, haven't you seen it? It should be a frivolous and sarcastic tone. It's like this—'heh'!"
"..."
Shu Nian looked at him, "Try it."
Xie Ruhe's scalp was numb, and he reluctantly said, "Heh."
"It's not like that." Shu Nian scratched his head and said dully, "Why are you so weak?"
Xie Ruhe didn't say anything.
Noticing his expression, Shu Nian suddenly came to his senses and guessed, "Do you think this line is too shameful for you to say it?"
Xie Ruhe really didn't want to read it any more, and admitted in a low voice: "Yes."
"Don't think like this." Shu Nian didn't mean to stop at all, and said seriously, "You have to put yourself in it. It's not you who are saying this line, it's this character who is saying it."
"Shu Nian." Xie Ruhe licked his lips and gently reminded, "I'm not a voice actor."
"Ah." After a pause, Shu Nian's voice dropped instantly, "But aren't you playing with me? I can't get into the show with you like this... Forget it, let's watch a movie."
Shu Nian closed the book, turned sideways to find the remote control.
Sensing her emotions, without thinking at all, Xie Ruhe immediately grabbed her hand.
Shu Nian turned around: "What's wrong?"
He really couldn't say it at all, but he didn't want her to be unhappy because of it.
Xie Ruhe lowered his eyes, took the book back, and opened it again. Looking at the really hard-to-speak lines, he closed his eyes and compromised: "...you teach me again."
The two spent the whole afternoon on this.
In the end, Xie Ruhe finally let go of his psychological burden and managed to get through with a little bit of emotion.
Shu Nian originally regarded this as a very serious homework, but later the purpose was inexplicably distorted. It was like a child found a new toy, and seeing Xie Ruhe's usually plain face had another expression, her interest shifted instantly.
She knew it was bad, but she couldn't help but find it funny.
Then I couldn't help but tease him.
The two had dinner together.
Thinking of Deng Qingyu's phone call, Shu Nian thought for a while, and said to him: "My mother will come to see me tomorrow, I haven't seen her for a long time, I plan to accompany her."
Xie Ruhe remained silent, as if thinking of something, he quickly said hello.
At noon the next day, Deng Qingyu arrived at Shunian's house.
Shunian's sleep was light, she woke up immediately when she heard the door, put on a coat and went out to the living room.
Deng Qingyu brought her a bunch of food, and was stuffing things into the refrigerator at this moment. Seeing that the book was read, she casually said, "Did it wake you up?"
Shu Nian shook his head, went to the bathroom to wash up.
When she came out, Deng Qingyu had already left the kitchen and was tidying up the living room. Shu Nian walked over to help and said, "Do you have anything else to do today?"
"No." Deng Qingyu smiled, "I'll go back after dinner with you. When I was just going out, Xiao Xi also pestered me to come over, and I called her back to do my homework."
Shu Nian paused, and then said, "He can come whenever he wants."
Hearing this, Deng Qingyu looked at her, seeming a little pleasantly surprised: "Well, I will bring him with me when I come next time."
Shu Nian bent his lips: "Yes."
"Don't do it first." Deng Qingyu pointed to the dining table, "I brought you some porridge and put it in an insulated box. You should eat it first, so you don't feel hungry."
Shu Nian nodded and went to the dining table to eat.
Shunian's house is not big, and the place where a girl lives won't be too dirty, it's just a simple clean up, and it will be done soon. It just so happened that Shu Nian also finished his porridge, and the two sat on the sofa and chatted.
Mostly talking about recent events.
Shunian originally wanted to tell Deng Qingyu that he and Xie Ruhe were in love, but thinking of Deng Qingyu's attitude towards him before, he hesitated, and finally swallowed the words.
The two talked while watching TV.
An afternoon passed quickly.
Deng Qingyu's cell phone rang suddenly, it was a reminder from WeChat. She picked it up to take a look, then sighed suddenly, and put the phone aside.
Noticing her expression, Shu Nian asked casually, "What's wrong?"
"The group from my hometown." Deng Qingyu said, "Do you still remember? It's just your friend from junior high school. I seem to have seen you meet him before? It's that Xie Ruhe."
Hearing Deng Qingyu mention Xie Ruhe's name, Shu Nian was inexplicably guilty and nodded hesitantly.
"I just saw your uncle say that his father passed away today." Deng Qingyu said, "It is said that the two elders of the Xie family have been calling to ask the child of the Xie family to go back to see him for the last time, but they never went."
"..."
"Now that family member says they want to come to Ruchuan to look for him, saying that he is a white-eyed wolf and has no conscience."
Shu Nian opened his mouth, unable to speak for a moment.
"That kid has a grudge against this family, how could he go?" Deng Qingyu shook his head, "This family is too. Why are you just looking at the wolf, the premise of the white-eyed wolf is that they have to be kind to him, where does this come from? It's all hatred..."
Deng Qingyu was still rambling on, but Shu Nian couldn't stand it anymore.
She lowered her eyes and lit up the phone, looking at the date displayed in the center of the screen.
Shu Nian's memory emerged bit by bit.
On this day eight years ago.
Ji Xiangning disappeared for a week.
On this day, under the notice of the police, Xie Ruhe, who had been looking for her day and night for a long time, saw her body with Shu Nian.
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Thinking of this, Shu Nian became anxious, and didn't know how to mention it to Deng Qingyu. No matter what, she felt that Xie Ruhe should not be left alone on such a day.
While Deng Qingyu was cooking, she sent Xie Ruhe a WeChat message: [Are you home?]
After quite a while, Xie Ruhe replied: [Yes.]
Seeing this reply, Shu Nian couldn't sit still, and immediately walked into the kitchen and said to Deng Qingyu, "Mom, I want to go out for a while. I can't have dinner with you."
Deng Qingyu asked in surprise: "Where are you going? Have you eaten your meal first? I'm almost done."
"I have something urgent..." Shu Nian looked guilty, "May I go to you next time?"
"It's okay, go if you have something to do." Deng Qingyu didn't mind too much, "I'll put the dishes on the table, and you can eat them after you come back. You don't need to put them in the refrigerator in this weather."
Shu Nian said hello, hurried back to the room to change clothes, and then went out.
Go to the door of Xie Ruhe's house.
Shunem summoned up his courage and rang the doorbell.
Soon someone came to open the door, it was Fang Wencheng. Seeing Shu Nian, he was a little surprised: "Shu Nian? Why are you here?"
"I'm here to find Xie Ruhe." Shu Nian whispered, "Is he there?"
"Yes, in the room." Fang Wencheng said, "Today is the anniversary of my wife's death. The young master went to see his wife in the morning. After returning, he has stayed in the room and never came out."
Shu Nian pursed his lips and asked, "Can I go in and find him?"
Fang Wencheng couldn't make a decision on this matter, he was just an assistant. But he felt that Xie Ruhe's condition was not very good at the moment. Out of friendship, he reminded: "Yes, but the young master is not in a good mood now, and he may lose his temper."
Shu Nian said, "I know."
Fang Wencheng turned sideways and moved an empty seat for her: "Go in, I'm going to leave too. It's the second-to-last room, you just go in directly, the young master shouldn't be able to hear you knocking on the door, his music will be played very loudly."
Shu Nian nodded: "Okay."
Shu Nian changed his shoes and walked in.
This house has four rooms, in Shunian's impression, the innermost room is Xie Ruhe's bedroom. But the penultimate room that Fang Wencheng mentioned, she had never been in this room, and she didn't know what it was like inside.
Although Fang Wencheng said that there is no need to knock on the door, Shu Nian still knocked on the door cautiously.
There was no response, she hesitated and said, "Xie Ruhe, did I go in?"
Still no response.
Shu Nian grabbed the doorknob and pushed the door open.
The deafening rock music reached Shunian's ears in an instant.
The room was empty, with no extra furniture. It was half dark outside, the curtains were wide open and no light could come in, and the lights were not on.
Shu Nian can see Xie Ruhe at a glance.
He was sitting in the middle of the room with lowered eyebrows, unable to see clearly, like a vampire lurking in the dark. As the door opened, a sharp light suddenly illuminated half of the room.
He moved dully and looked in the direction of the door.
Noticing that it was her, the hostility in Xie Ruhe's eyes dissipated a bit, and he still sat there without moving.
But he held out his hand to her.
Shu Nian closed the door, the room smelled of smoke, she couldn't help coughing. She walked over, took his hand, and sat down beside him.
She could clearly feel that his mood was different from usual, which was obviously very bad.
Xie Ruhe held a cigarette with the fingertips of his other hand, which glowed scarlet.
Hearing Shunian coughing, he stubbed out the cigarette. Then he freed his hand to pick up the remote control and turned off the music.
Next to it are dominoes arranged in a crooked manner.
Shu Nian didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only sit by the side and accompany him. Just like when he was at a loss because of his mother's disappearance, she could only accompany him to search everywhere.
Noticing the ashtray with more than a dozen cigarette butts lying beside it, Shu Nian whispered, "Do you smoke?"
Xie Ruhe hummed lightly.
Shu Read didn't know how to express it, so he murmured, "Smoking is bad for your health."
Fine hair fell on his forehead, and the tails of his eyes were raised, which was inexplicably attractive. His sad emotions were suppressed by him, and he smiled, looking foolish.
Alone in such a dark place, surrounded by deceptive music.
Xie Ruhe felt that he should not be sober at this time. His voice was a little hoarse, mellow and clear, with a casual smile.
"Kiss me once and I'll quit."
The atmosphere froze instantly.
Shu Nian clenched his fists and stared at him, as if he was at a loss.
Seeing her so nervous, most of Xie Ruhe's bad mood dissipated. Because of this cover-up in the dark, he didn't feel embarrassed, instead he felt the pleasure of expressing his desire.
But he didn't want to make her too uncomfortable.
Xie Ruhe lowered his eyes, but he still hasn't said the phrase "I'm joking with you".
The next second, as if he had made up his mind, Shu Nian suddenly supported the floor with one hand and raised his head. Because she was inexperienced, she didn't find the right position, so she only kissed his lower lip.
The breathing of the two of them was very clear in this room.
The dim light, the soft touch on the lips.
Like a dream from the past.
Xie Ruhe was caught off guard, his eyes widened slightly. Unknowingly, his hand reached behind his back, touching the domino behind him. The dominoes fell in order in an instant, making a clattering sound.
He froze, staring at Shu Nian, his Adam's apple rolled up and down.
For a moment, Shu Nian backed away. Her eyes are round and bright, and the ends of her eyes are naturally drooping, like a puppy acting like a baby with its owner, clearly reflecting his face.
An ambiguous and charming atmosphere is fermenting.
Xie Ruhe's mind went blank.
It was so quiet for an unknown amount of time.
After a long time, Shu Nian said softly, "I kiss you."