Tao Huainan made Fanguo happy with two hundred yuan, and happily went to buy milk tea.
When he came back, he stuffed a cup of coffee into Chi Cheng's hand, Chi Cheng looked up, and Fan Guo said, "The red envelope Nan Nan gave to buy milk tea, you two are really interesting hahaha, I think he is afraid that you will be cold."
Chi Cheng was holding the paper cup with both hands, it was a little hot. The scalding temperature of the coffee spread into the palm, creating a strong temperature difference with the coolness of the back of the hand.
"I really don't understand whether the relationship between you two is good or not." Fan Guo sat next to Chi Cheng, drinking his own milk tea, and his mouth was steaming when he spoke, "I used to think it was not good, but later I thought it was not good." OK, I also saw the photo."
Fan Guo thought of those photos in Tao Huainan's circle of friends, and was a little puzzled for a while: "Why don't you two keep in touch?"
Chi Cheng never told others about him, and now he doesn't want to.
Holding the paper cup in my hand, the temperature is incompatible with the current weather. Chi Cheng looked down at it, there was a small picture drawn on the kraft paper holder outside the paper cup. Coincidentally, there are two puppies drawn on it.
"It's weird," Fan Guo took another sip of milk tea and muttered, "Don't be awkward."
From this day on, Tao Huainan suddenly became more courageous.
It seemed that he was infuriated by the phone call, Chi Cheng on the phone was really gentle. An exaggerated "puppy" didn't elicit any rejection, and none of the things he was worried about happened, and the little brother on the phone and the little brother under the sun described by Pan Xiaozhuo made Tao Huainan feel vaguely. peace.
He sent more and more messages to Chi Cheng, except for the greetings he kept at a distance before, and occasionally some irrelevant nagging.
He became more and more lively in the chat box, Chi Cheng's non-response can also be understood as a kind of silent connivance to some extent. No matter what Chi Cheng's original intention was, Tao Huainan understood it this way anyway.
— Brother, it’s snowing again!
—Ah, I'm going to be late today, my brother insisted on cooking in the morning, and asked me to finish eating before leaving, it's too late!
- Can't get a taxi and can't get a taxi.
"Look, brother Chi is busy with business. You are busier than me. Are you going to be my boss tomorrow?"
The boss took a look at Chi Cheng, and taunted him: "This is ridiculous, and there is no end to paying it back."
Fan Guo is on the sidelines and is about to get into the computer, and he can still laugh out loud when he hears this.
The boss is going to fly to Canada again soon, and he can't come back years ago. During this time, he sneaked the two of them into front of his eyes and stared at them, fearing that they might not be able to handle the project. It's rare to be patient today, so I called them over early in the morning to follow my train of thought, and Chi Cheng's phone rang every once in a while.
Chi Cheng said "Sorry", opened his eyes, and set the phone to vibrate.
"Look at this style, I know the leader!" The boss kicked his chair, "Turn off your cell phone for me!"
Tao Huainan was really late, so he hurried to the classroom and sat directly by the back door.
—Twenty minutes late! This time it was really too much! It is because of my special teachers that they never say anything about me or fail me.
—The back door is a bit cold, it’s been very cold recently, brother, you should wear more.
Tao Huainan guessed that Chi Cheng should have set him as Do Not Disturb, so there was no pressure to send a message, using this as a tree hole envoy, Chi Cheng never returned, and Tao Huainan never thought he would.
So the phone suddenly vibrated, and Tao Huainan was about to quit to find out who it was, but when he realized it was Chi Cheng, Tao Huainan was immediately taken aback.
For a while, I didn't dare to listen.
After being nervous for a long time, he nodded tremblingly, and Chi Cheng only sent one word.
-stop.
Tao Huainan was a little dazed, holding the phone for a long time and didn't hear what the teacher was talking about.
This is the first time that Chi Cheng replied to him, and after adding WeChat again this time, it was the first time that Chi Cheng received a message in this chat box. Even though there was only one word, Tao Huainan was still happy.
I can't help thinking about many things, and Tao Huainan prefers to ponder.
Thinking over and over again, thinking about myself until my heart is floating.
"What's going on recently?"
Tao Xiaodong reclined on the sofa, Tang Suoyan pillowed his leg. Tao Huainan sat with Xiao Pidun and listened to the movie with the two of them. From time to time, he touched the phone, neither sending nor playing anything.
Tao Xiaodong glanced at him, blinked and asked, "It seems that the soul is lost."
Tang Suoyan scratched his stomach with his backhand, preventing him from asking, "Don't be annoying."
Tao Huainan said "Hey" and repeated: "Brother Tang won't let you be annoying."
"Watch your movie carefully," Tang Suoyan said with his eyes closed and squinting, "Go to bed after watching it."
Tao Xiaodong put his hands on his head and gently grasped it, giving him a massage. Tang Suoyan closed his eyes and said, "You two haven't taken medicine for a few days."
"I can eat it, I have become self-conscious." Tao Xiaodong said.
Tao Huainan immediately said, "I ate it too."
"Be obedient." Tang Suoyan boasted casually.
Tao Huainan picked up the phone again and held it in his hand. Tao Xiaodong peeked at him. If Tao Huainan didn't connect the earphones, there would be no secret to playing with the phone. Anyone he could hear could hear.
Later, Tao Huainan stood up and went back to his room, not to accompany the two brothers to watch.
There has been no news about Chi Cheng since that "stop".
But this didn't affect Tao Huainan at all, the "stop" ignited a cluster of small flames in his heart, and he didn't dare to think about many thoughts before, and didn't dare to expect extravagantly.
But what if
If there is still a chance... that would be great.
But the small flame didn't last long, and it almost went out again.
The day before Chi Cheng's birthday, Tao Huainan sent Chi Cheng several messages like every day.
Messy thinking of what to say, he hasn't talked to anyone like this in the past few years. Tao Huainan is not as talkative as he used to be. New acquaintances always say that he is shy. Although Tao Huainan is not shy, he is not so talkative anymore.
Pan Xiaozhuo came to his campus to exchange some things, and came to Tao Huainan by the way.
Tao Huainan waited for him at the school gate, and accompanied him to pay. Pan Xiaozhuo hates winter the most. Once he puts on his winter glasses, the frost falls back and forth on the ground, which is too annoying.
The two were sitting in the cafe, Pan Xiaozhuo was wiping his glasses with a tissue when his cell phone buzzed.
He put down his glasses and lowered his head to answer the phone.
"Not at school."
"What's wrong?"
Pan Xiaozhuo was a little surprised in his tone: "Then where are you?"
"Then why didn't you say it earlier..." Pan Xiaozhuo frowned, unable to see clearly, and put on his eyes again.
"Don't, don't..." Pan Xiaozhuo said, "Wait for me? I'll be soon."
"No trouble, no fuss, it will be quick."
Tao Huainan listened to his call with a smile, Pan Xiaozhuo had never spoken to anyone in such a tone.
There is something wrong with Little Glasses, last time Tao Huainan said he still didn't admit it.
After hanging up the phone, Pan Xiaozhuo said, "I have to leave Huainan, I'm sorry, I'll come to you next time."
Tao Huainan didn't ask anything, just smiled and waved to him and said, "Come on, be happy, Xiaozhuo."
Pan Xiaozhuo smiled a little embarrassedly, but he didn't bother to say more, and ran away in a hurry.
Tao Huainan drank both cups of coffee by himself.
There are people coming and going in the cafe, and there are always many people here in winter, maybe because of the warmth.
It's December, and tomorrow is my brother's birthday. His birthday is in winter, when it's very cold.
Tao Huainan used to have nothing to give him. Whenever it was Chicheng's birthday, he could only stay in the early hours of the morning to say happy birthday to him. When Chi Cheng woke up from a sound sleep, he would impatiently kiss him on the mouth and say, "I know it."
In a blink of an eye, it was many years ago.
Tao Huainan sent a message to Fan Guo, asking: Guoer, are you still there
Fan Guo replied to him in seconds: No! Hahahaha why did you ask such a coincidence!
Tao Huainan: What's the matter
Fan Guo sent him a location, and immediately withdrew it after sending it, and changed it to text: I'm waiting for Brother Chi at the station, right here with you!
Tao Huainan asked unexpectedly: Are you here
Fan Guo: Passing by! Right away! Brother Chi went to find Brother Xiaodong, and left when he came back!
Tao Huainan didn't care about anything else, took his blind stick and left immediately.
Chi Cheng is back!
Although he was just passing by, Tao Huainan still wanted to see him very much, very much.
The school is not far from my brother's shop, usually about 20 minutes by taxi, Tao Huainan kept frowning, and whispered, "Please hurry up, master."
"Can't get up, kid, the road is snowy and slippery, and the car is driving slowly."
The driver was very patient with him, and many of the drivers he met were kind.
Twenty minutes by car, the time has doubled. Tao Huainan called Xiaodong in the car, Xiaodong didn't know that Chicheng was back, Tao Huainan said that if the little brother came back, he would stay for him.
Xiaodong agreed.
But when Tao Huainan arrived, he still couldn't see Chi Cheng, the younger brother had already left.
"I didn't keep it, he was in a hurry." Xiaodong told him.
Tao Huainan stood there with his head down. Tao Huainan got off the car at the intersection just now, and he walked over in a hurry, and his breathing was not so steady at the moment.
He turned his back, found an empty corner, and took the initiative to call Chi Cheng.
Chi Cheng really took it.
"Hey?"
Tao Huainan asked, "Are you leaving? Brother."
Chi Cheng said "Let's go".
"You..." Tao Huainan didn't know what he wanted to ask, he was so lost that he couldn't speak.
He wanted to see Chi Cheng very much, but he knew it too late, if he could ask Fan Guo earlier, maybe it would be too late.
The little brother passed by here, and he was in a hurry to see him, but he didn't want to see him.
Tao Huainan has no position to ask anything, he should shut up, he asked for everything today.
But people can't always be rational. Tao Huainan's heart was about to fly along the way, but he still didn't have time to grasp anything. Tao Huainan didn't know which muscle was wrong, so he opened his mouth before his reason.
"Could you tell me in advance next time? Brother." Tao Huainan asked.
Chi Cheng didn't make a sound, Tao Huainan frowned, and said softly, "Don't let me just miss this moment, I can wait for you a long time in advance, as long as you want."
Tao Huainan would not have said such things in normal times, but now he was overwhelmed by disappointment.
"I'm very… "
In the end, he didn't completely lose his mind, the sentence "I want to see you very much" was not complete, and he pressed it back.
Chi Cheng didn't speak for a while, Tao Huainan could hear his breathing.
"Tao Huainan." When Chi Cheng called his name on the phone, Tao Huainan squeezed the phone tightly.
"What are you going to do?" Chi Cheng's voice was low and deep, coming from beside his ears.
Tao Huainan closed his eyes, and heard Chi Cheng ask him, "Do you want to see me?"
"I think." Tao Huainan jumped even though he knew it was a trap, and said affirmatively, "I want to see you."
"Do you care again?" Chi Cheng asked.
"Don't seem too emotional," Tao Huainan said without waiting for an answer, "That's what I don't believe the most."