Chi Cheng has returned to Beijing, Shi Kai has returned to Beijing, and Ji Nan is even further away, going back to continue taking courses until graduation.
For a while, the excitement and prosperity of the New Year's Eve disappeared, and there was still only an invisible Tao Huainan and a socially handicapped Pan Xiaozhuo left in this city.
The two boys smiled at each other for a while, Pan Xiaozhuo scratched his head and said, "My brother is gone!"
Tao Huainan said, "My little brother left early."
Pan Xiaozhuo scanned the code on the corner of the table, ordered something for himself, and said to Tao Huainan, "Please treat me to eat."
"Okay," Tao Huainan readily agreed, "Order."
Pan Xiaozhuo was not polite, and ordered quite a few for himself, and by the way, ordered Tao Huainan's as well. After ordering, he directly scanned the QR code with Tao Huainan's mobile phone, and held up the mobile phone to ask Tao Huainan to press a fingerprint to pay.
A set of movements is very proficient, and the two have a tacit understanding.
Tao Huainan asked, "When will Brother Kai come back?"
"I don't know," Pan Xiaozhuo pretended not to care, and said calmly, "I didn't say anything."
Compared with him, Tao Huainan was much more honest, he didn't hide his concern at all, and said with a sigh: "Beijing is too far away."
Let’s talk about how far it is, but it’s actually not that far. The high-speed trains and planes are very fast, and you can get there with just a swipe.
But Chi Cheng expressly forbade him from going, Tao Huainan was still afraid that he would get angry, and he was afraid that he would delay things, so when he went to Chi Cheng, he was distracted to take care of him. Moreover, Tao Huainan himself is a bit busy, there are many things at the hospital and school recently.
The little brother has been back for more than a month, Tao Huainan only occasionally made a phone call to send a video to listen to the sound, only a few text messages left.
When Chi Cheng sent messages to the past, Chi Cheng did not reply. For example, Tao Huainan did not reply to the few Chi Cheng sent in the past today.
"You guys are already reconciled, right?" Pan Xiaozhuo asked Tao Huainan with noodles rolled up on his fork.
"Nope."
Pan Xiaozhuo looked up in surprise: "Not yet?"
"Yes." Tao Huainan said.
"I look pretty good..." Pan Xiaozhuo was really a little puzzled, "Then how can it be considered a reconciliation?"
Tao Huainan also rolled the noodles slowly, turning the fork around in his hand, smiled and said, "I don't know, anyway, don't worry."
"Okay..." Pan Xiaozhuo helped Tao Huainan cut a piece of meat and put it on his plate, "Just don't worry."
He said he was not in a hurry, but he was calm, as if he was not the one who asked "Are you reconciled today" every night before going to bed.
After having dinner with Pan Xiaozhuo, the two went back to their respective homes.
Chi Cheng still didn't reply to his message, it was already dark, there were five messages in the morning and afternoon, none of which was answered.
At this time, the two brothers in the family have not come back yet. Tao Huainan wears earphones to listen to the materials. There are a lot of papers to be written this semester.
It takes a lot of time for him to write a thesis, and he needs to save a lot of audio files.
"Brother Chi, mobile phone!" Fan Guo called Chi Cheng from a distance, and waved his arm at him with the mobile phone.
Chi Cheng hooked his hand at him, motioning for him to bring it.
Fan Guo skipped to deliver it, and asked, "Are you going to eat?"
Chi Cheng glanced at the WeChat message, it was a group message, belonging to everyone in Aite. Chi Cheng threw the phone aside, then used Guo Yiming's computer to find something.
"Let's eat! I'm hungry!" Fan Guo said beside him.
Chi Cheng didn't raise his head: "Go by yourself."
"Then I'll bring you whatever you want to eat!" Fan Guo didn't touch the meal card on his body, and didn't bother to go back to get it, "Give me the meal card."
"On the table, take it yourself."
Chi Cheng was obviously not very patient, Fan Guo walked away with a wink, and stopped making trouble.
Tao Huainan kept watch on his phone while listening to the materials until half past ten.
When Chi Cheng's news came, he was just about to take a shower, and when he heard the phone ringing, he immediately picked it up.
Chi Cheng: Asleep
Tao Huainan: No!
Chi Cheng: Inconvenient
Tao Huainan: Convenient!
One person sent two messages, and there was no movement after sending them. Tao Huainan couldn't figure out what Chi Cheng meant, he always took his cell phone with him when he took a shower, but the cell phone never rang again.
Xiaodong and Brother Tang were watching a movie with their legs on their pillows again. They must have fallen asleep and couldn't hear a word. Tao Huainan went over to remind: "It's eleven o'clock, and I'm going to work tomorrow."
Tang Suoyan looked up and said, "OK."
Tao Xiaodong had indeed fallen asleep, sleeping deeply with Tang Suoyan's legs on his pillow. Tang Suoyan put one hand on his body, and the two of them were still clasping hands, fingers interlocking.
In other words, Tao Huainan couldn't see, so the two brothers were always not shy.
Tang Suoyan was still reluctant to call Xiaodong, and wanted him to sleep for a while, and wait until he woke up by himself. Tao Huainan ignored the two of them and went back to the room and closed the door.
Before going to bed, Tao Huainan didn't wait for anything. At 11:30, he sent a voice message to Chi Cheng: "I didn't reconcile today. I will continue to work hard tomorrow. Good night brother, go to bed early!"
His voice sounded very comfortable in such a low and quiet voice at night.
Chi Cheng directly dialed a voice call, Tao Huainan froze for a moment, then quickly picked up.
"Brother?" Tao Huainan whispered.
Chi Cheng was still working, his phone was on the table, and he was wearing earphones.
"Going to sleep?" Chi Cheng asked.
Tao Huainan said "um", and Chi Cheng took the initiative to call and chat, which made him a little happy.
Chi Cheng's clattering sound of typing on the keyboard didn't stop, and he didn't say anything. The receiver of the earphone was a bit close, or he was biting the ground. Tao Huainan could hear his breathing clearly, and sometimes even There will be a sound of spraying wheat when exhaling.
Listening to Chi Cheng's breathing through the earphones, the tingling sensation gradually expanded around the ears until Tao Huainan couldn't bear it and called out "brother".
"Say." Chi Cheng responded.
"Did you do it on purpose?" Tao Huainan said weakly, "Don't blow into the microphone..."
Chi Cheng paused for a moment, then laughed softly, and asked after laughing, "What's wrong?"
Tao Huainan was always honest about this kind of thing, saying: "I can't stand it."
He didn't reply to the message for a day, and now he seems to be a little happier. This time, Chi Cheng really put the receiver of the earphone to his mouth, biting a piece of the earphone cable, and talking to Tao Huainan.
It wasn't intentional just now, but it must be now.
Tao Huainan buried his face in his arms, and Chi Cheng asked him, "What did you do today?"
"There are classes in the morning and afternoon. After class, I have dinner with Xiaozhuo," Tao Huainan replied, "I told you everything."
Chi Cheng said, "When did you tell me?"
"I told you before and after class..." Tao Huainan lay there and said in a muffled voice, "You didn't reply to me."
Chi Cheng stopped typing on the keyboard, picked up the phone to look at the chat interface, and then quit to look at the group: "I didn't receive it."
"Huh?" Tao Huainan raised his face unexpectedly, "Impossible."
One was sent and the other was not received.
Tao Huainan studied for a long time before he found out that none of the few messages he sent to Chi Cheng during the day had passed, and there was an exam at school today, so he pretended to block it.
The message failed to be sent and there was no reply, so Tao Huainan had no idea that he hadn't sent it.
"I thought you didn't want to call me back," Tao Huainan sat up and said, "If you didn't call just now, I might have fallen asleep lonely tonight."
Chi Cheng said flatly, "I thought you were busy today."
"No matter how busy you are, it's impossible not to look for you..." Tao Huainan said, "I love you."
He has never been stingy about talking about love, every time he says it seems easy, but every time he is very sincere.
Neither Guo Yiming nor the other roommate were there, so he was alone in the dormitory.
Chi Cheng hung up the voice and dialed a video call.
Tao Huainan picked it up and asked, "Is it me?"
Chi Cheng said "yes".
Tao Huainan took the phone away, smiled and said, "Let me show you."
There was a handsome boy on the screen, smiling obediently, the collar of his pajamas was messed up, and he didn't know it, a part of it was turned upside down and folded inside.
Chi Cheng subconsciously reached out to touch him.
"You think I didn't look for you today," Tao Huainan was clever after all, and he understood many things as soon as he thought about it. He smiled a little more presumptuously, and said into the phone, "You're a little unhappy!"
Chi Cheng nibbled on the headphone cable and said, "No."
"Yes!" Tao Huainan said affirmatively, "I still think about it, why do you sound out of mood today?"
Chi Cheng looked at the screen, leaned on the back of the chair, rather coldly: "Did you say it?"
Tao Huainan didn't argue with him, and made his own conclusion: "You miss me!"
Tao Huainan was very happy that night, and later Chi Cheng got annoyed and hung up the video, Tao Huainan added a message: I miss you too!
Chi Cheng replied: sleep.
Because of this night, Tao Huainan was very energetic in the next few days, studying and working very hard every day, and finished all the work in hand for the past few days.
I deliberately didn't arrange work that weekend, and took the high-speed train to Beijing directly after class on Friday morning.
Chi Cheng changed a small project these few days, stayed up all night last night, and only took a nap in the morning. In the morning, I went to the leader's meeting with Fan Guo, and came back at noon to catch up on sleep.
When the knock on the door sounded, Chi Cheng's expression was fierce, thinking it was Fan Guo, he turned over with a frown.
Tao Huainan thought that Chi Cheng was not there, so he put away his hands and prepared to wait at the door, and took out his mobile phone to ask where Chi Cheng was.
But Tao Huainan caught the slight sound of turning over inside the door, he hesitated for a while, and knocked on the door a few more times.
Chi Cheng's expression when he got off the bed and opened the door was really fierce enough.
If it was really Fan Guo who was standing at the door at this time, he must have been scared when he saw it. Brother Chi's cold face was the scariest.
But now there is a little blind man outside the door, he can't see it.
Chi Cheng opened the door, turned around and walked back, his face still darkened, he didn't even want to say a word.
Tao Huainan quietly followed in and closed the door.
Chi Cheng walked a few steps before suddenly realizing something was wrong, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around abruptly.
Tao Huainan looked at him with a smile on his face.
Chi Cheng frowned, and said in disbelief, "Tao Huainan?"
Tao Huainan raised his voice and responded, "Hey!"
Chi Cheng stared at him, almost gritted his teeth and asked, "You came here by yourself again?"
Tao Huainan didn't answer, he threw his blind stick, and rushed towards Chi Cheng, with the cold air all over his body, hugged Chi Cheng tightly, and sucked him hard on the mouth.
Chi Cheng made him jump back two steps, the expression on his face was difficult to describe for a while, but he subconsciously raised his hand and hugged it.
Tao Huainan kept kissing Chi Cheng's mouth endlessly, with all his heart and mind, afraid that Chi Cheng would scold him, so he blocked his mouth first.
Chi Cheng bit his lip hard, but it didn't break through, but it still hurt a lot.
"My wife misses you, little brother," Tao Huainan licked his bitten lip, his eyes were bright, and he was so happy to hold Chi Cheng, "Don't scold me."