During the period before the college entrance examination, Tao Huainan relied heavily on earphones. He wears headphones for a long time every day, and doesn't take them off except when he sleeps.
There were no classes in the last few days, and it was the school's time for them to relax and adjust their own rhythm. The big exam is just around the corner, and each class didn't organize a breakup meal, and they all waited until the exam was over. Pan Xiaozhuo sent some questions to Tao Huainan every day, and asked him to listen to them in voice. Ji Nan and his small group have been much quieter these days, and they are equally nervous whether they are studying or not.
Chi Cheng doesn't squeeze the time to study like before, and he doesn't have much to learn anymore. His grades are fine as long as there are no huge mistakes, and there is no reason for him to fail the exam.
Tao Huainan, however, seemed to use up all his unused strength in the past few days. He sat at the study desk all day long, plugged his ears and only studied.
At the beginning, Chi Cheng still cared about him. If Tao Huainan didn't listen, Chi Cheng would get angry. Later, when he didn't listen, Chi Cheng just let him go. He didn't want to get angry with him before the college entrance examination.
Chi Cheng brought over a cup of yogurt, put it beside him, and let him drink it.
Tao Huainan sank his head and was braille on the paper. There was a thick stack of used Braille paper next to him.
Chi Cheng touched him and took off the earphones from his ears.
Tao Huainan was startled, he held his shoulders stiffly and did not move.
"Do you eat fruit?" Chi Cheng stroked his hair and asked.
Tao Huainan sat there in a daze for a long time without speaking, pursing his lips and brows and slowly wrinkling his eyebrows, before asking a little louder: "I'm scared, can you not talk to me? I want to stay by myself."
Chi Cheng still put his hand on his shoulder, and raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
Tao Huainan added impatiently, "I don't want to talk."
Chi Cheng stood behind him, looking down at him. Tao Huainan has been sitting very straight, in a tense state. Chi Cheng stared at him for two minutes without saying a word.
Later, Chi Cheng said, "Drink the yogurt", then turned around and walked out.
Tao Huainan put the earphones back on his ears again. He sat in his original position, with his right hand still holding his pen on the table, and his left hand hanging on his lap.
He thought that Chi Cheng had already gone out, but under the earphones he didn't know that Chi Cheng hadn't left, but just leaned against the door and kept looking at him.
Chi Cheng watched Tao Huainan's shoulders gradually slump, then slowly bent down, put his forehead on his arm, and curled up on his stomach.
For as long as Tao Huainan lay on his stomach, Chi Cheng watched him for as long as he sat up, until Tao Huainan sat up straight again and began to read. Chi Cheng closed the door and went out.
If it wasn't for the upcoming college entrance examination, Chi Cheng might have talked to him once.
Regardless of whether he loses his temper or not, Tao Huainan needs to clean up, and it is impossible for Chicheng to spoil him all the time. But seeing the college entrance examination, I don't want to talk to him at this time.
Tao Huainan himself knew that this was a challenge to Chi Cheng, and he might also have a guilty conscience. He kind of avoids people, especially Chi Cheng, and doesn't take the initiative to say anything to him.
Chi Cheng will go with him for the next few days, everything will be discussed after the exam.
Tao Huainan is disobedient, but occasionally leans on Chi Cheng obsessively and dependently, as if he loves him very, very much.
This made him look very divided, sometimes closing himself up with an unhappy face and ignoring no one, sometimes hugging tightly, going down to kiss Chi Cheng's mouth, and muttering "Chi Cheng" uncontrollably.
Chi Cheng indulged his repeated emotions these days, hugging him when he behaved, and staring at him coldly when he was not behaved.
One morning when he woke up in Chi Cheng's arms, he heard Chi Cheng's steady breathing. Chicheng seldom wakes up behind him, he feels less sleepy, and Tao Huainan is more lethargic.
He opened his arms and embraced Chi Cheng. The pure cotton material is soft and comfortable, with a warm body temperature.
Tao Huainan rubbed the side of Chi Cheng's pajamas, some common reactions of boys in the morning, Tao Huainan clearly felt that Chi Cheng was very hot. During this time Tao Huainan was disobedient and Chi Cheng refused to kiss him.
Chi Cheng also frowned faintly in his sleep, as if he was uncomfortable. Tao Huainan couldn't see him frowning, but he knew he was unhappy.
He was still sleeping, Tao Huainan kissed his neck, and then quietly got into the quilt.
Chi Cheng woke up with a frown, and reached out to touch Tao Huainan's face after waking up.
Tao Huainan tossed himself until the corners of his eyes were moist and red, and his throat was burning and sore. Chi Cheng asked him to come up in a low voice, Tao Huainan only shook his head.
Afterwards, he climbed up and lay on Chi Cheng's body, as well-behaved as before, like an animal clinging to its master.
Chi Cheng hugged him and unconsciously stroked his hair, Tao Huainan's eyes were pitifully red, but also beautiful. Chi Cheng fished him up, kissed him at the corner of his eye, and asked him, "Are you honest?"
Tao Huainan wished he could hug him with his whole body, but he didn't answer his question, and only kissed him on the chin.
If you don't answer, it means that you are not being honest. After being obedient for a short time, you make a mistake again, and the next day you become that obstinate character again. Since Chi Cheng has made up his mind to ignore him, he won't even say a word.
Brother Tang is busy with work, and his daily work is irreplaceable for patients. Tao Xiaodong was much more free than him. In the few days before the exam, he had planned to be a bit serious. Instead of going to the store, he would stay at home with the candidates.
As a result, the candidate seemed not to want him to accompany him, so he locked himself in the room and did not come out at all.
Later Chi Cheng said to him: "Brother, go and do your work."
Tao Xiaodong pointed to the door and asked softly, "What's the matter with him?"
"For a while, don't worry about him." Chi Cheng said, "We'll talk about it after a few days."
Of course Tao Xiaodong understood what he meant, and thought that the little boy was going to be cleaned up and couldn't escape, and he helped him say a few words: "There is a lot of pressure, understand, understand."
"Well, I don't know what's going on in my head, I'm still wondering." Chi Cheng said calmly, "I'll chat with him after the exam."
"You didn't tell him about brother secretly, did you?" Tao Xiaodong moved closer again, almost asking in a breathy voice.
Chi Cheng said no: "He didn't ask me either."
Tao Xiaodong nodded and said, "That's fine."
Chi Cheng looked at him: "But you can't hide it from him, brother."
Tao Xiaodong said "um", and said in a deep voice, "Take it easy first, and I will tell him slowly later."
Chi Cheng didn't say anything, raised his hand after a while, and put his arm around Tao Xiaodong's shoulder. It's a hug with one hand circling the past and a pat on the back.
Tao Xiaodong often hugged them like this when they were young.
Chi Cheng is already almost as tall as Xiaodong, and he is still using this posture of carrying his shoulders higher than his elder brother. He is still not good at talking, maybe everything he wants to say is in this hug.
Tao Xiaodong was first amused by his embrace, and then shook the back of Chicheng's head with his backhand.
Fate is a very capricious thing, it is not fair most of the time.
The Chi family gene carried in Chi Cheng's life, he should be a child of the Chi family, who was beaten and frozen since he was a child, and almost couldn't survive. But in such a severe winter, Tao Xiaodong carried him into the house with his arms on the kang, and since then he has an older brother and a younger brother.
Tao Huainan was born with a blinding gene, a four-year-old boy who was still pretty and bright, suddenly went blind. It doesn't count if you are blind, and then even your parents are gone. But it is also fate that he has the best brother in the world, and later he has Chi Cheng.
But on Tao Xiaodong, fate played a very ironic joke. He is a tattooist and an artist, and he earns a lot of money from this, and also spends a lot of money on charity for eye diseases, but now his own eyes have problems.
It can be seen that fate is not controlled by people's hearts, it can play however it wants.
Tao Huainan has always been a child played by fate, what he wants to take away from him, what he wants to give him, Tao Huainan has always been passive, he has to follow no matter what.
Tao Huainan is like a pinch of mud leaking from the fingers of fate, no matter how you rub it.
Chi Cheng let his today be like this and tomorrow will be like that. During this period of time, all the anger he had accumulated was waiting to be settled after the college entrance examination.
But Tao Huainan sometimes even has too many things to do, which really makes Chi Cheng a headache.
The day before the college entrance examination, Tao Xiaodong went out in the morning, but came back in two hours. After coming back, he has been sitting on the sofa with Chi Cheng, and the two brothers talked a few words from time to time.
Tao Huainan was originally in the room, but later went to the toilet. Coming out of the toilet, he was about to slap Chi Cheng's hips, and before Chi Cheng could stop him, he had already sat up.
Chi Cheng glanced at Tao Xiaodong, who was also looking at them in surprise.
Tao Huainan put his arms around Chi Cheng's neck and pressed against him, Chi Cheng frowned and called out "Tao Huainan".
Tao Huainan didn't say a word, just hugged like this.
Chi Cheng and Tao Xiaodong looked at each other, but both brothers couldn't find something to say. This is really not a good time to say something, so the two brothers are speechless to each other, and there is a little bit of embarrassment in their expressions because they suddenly didn't think about what to do.
Later, Chi Cheng turned his face away, showing Tao Huainan's unmoving expression, trying to push him away but didn't reach out.
Tao Xiaodong laughed instead, turned his face away, and said, "Talk to me later, Brother Bitter."
Chi Cheng said, "Okay, brother."
Tao Huainan got into trouble, and he didn't know it. He lay on Chi Cheng's body for a long time, and then fell asleep directly, and was hugged back by Chi Cheng.
Tao Xiaodong rubbed his face, leaned on the back of the sofa, but didn't have much other reaction.
The two days of the college entrance examination passed fairly peacefully, and everything was normal.
Tao Xiaodong acted as the driver himself, and the two examination rooms were not far away. Tao Xiaodong picked them up and sent them back and forth, so he took good care of the two candidates. Blind candidates always attracted attention, and Tao Xiaodong blocked the interviews taking pictures. Fortunately, Tao Huainan was not affected, and he felt that he did well in the exam.
After the college entrance examination is a new stage of life. On the night after the exam, the messages on the mobile phone have not been interrupted, and the small group keeps swiping the screen. This group of self-funded boys in the school has finally completely let go, and some of them have already booked flights overnight. Traveled.
Chi Cheng's phone rang even louder, and many people came to him for answers.
Chi Cheng didn't reply to anyone, and he never touched the phone at all.
After Tao Huainan finished the exam, he locked himself in the room and ignored everyone. The door was locked by him, and neither Chi Cheng nor Tao Xiaodong could open it.
Chi Cheng's patience had reached its limit, his expression was very ugly, he stood silently at the door.
Tao Xiaodong took him by the arm and pulled him to sit by the sofa, coaxing him, "Let him take it easy, brother will clean him up with you tomorrow."
Chi Cheng was not in the mood to speak, but he didn't want to show his face to his brother, so he said, "It's okay, brother."
"It seems that many candidates are not in a stable state of mind. There are a lot of them every year, and they are all pressured by the college entrance examination." Tao Xiaodong rubbed his back.
Chi Cheng's face remained dark, but he also said "um".
Tao Xiaodong, the peacemaker, was afraid that Tao Huainan would make Chi Cheng too angry, so he kept helping him coax him.
Tao Xiaodong opened the door with the key, and saw Tao Huainan lying sideways on the bed, with no expression on his face. Tao Xiaodong patted him and came out again.
Tao Huainan then locked the door again.
Tang Suoyan also went in to have a look, Tao Huainan had already fallen asleep. Tao Xiaodong also went in together, only Chi Cheng was not, he was always sitting on the sofa.
He didn't go back to sleep that night, he just slept on the sofa.
Tao Huainan never took the initiative to open the door, never came out to hug him stickily.