Shen Antu smiled as soon as he saw him, and the curve of his mouth was very beautiful: "I knew you were back when I heard the sound of the car."
For a moment, Xie Duo's mind flashed with the colorful corals in the sea. They were dazzling and beautiful, but they often hid terrible predators.
Xie Duo spent half a second thinking, if he were a fish in the sea, could he refuse this piece of coral? Probably not, after all, no creature can resist instinct.
"What did you do at home today?" Xie Duo asked him.
"I didn't do anything, it was a bit boring, but I had an idea. I want to learn how to cook from Aunt Zhao, so that I can cook for the family in the future, okay?" Shen Antu took the suit jacket he took off and hung it on his arm, waiting for his response.
"Why do you suddenly want to learn how to cook? Is Aunt Zhao's food not to your liking?" Xie Duo loosened his tie and was taken over by Shen Antu.
"That's not the case," Shen Antu scratched his chin and said in a half-joking tone, "Isn't there a saying that if you want to capture a man's heart, you have to capture his stomach first?"
Xie Duo stared at him for a while, then took back his clothes and tie from him: "You don't have to do these, you already have them."
Shen Antu stood there in a daze. He looked at Xie Duo's back as he went up the stairs. It took him a long time to come to his senses. He turned around on the spot and cursed "Damn it" under his breath.
Shen Antu did not mention his discovery at home today until the two of them sat down at the dining table and started eating dinner. However, Xie Duo could see that he wanted to say something several times during the meal, but ended up changing the subject temporarily.
Finally, before going to bed, when Xie Duo came out of the bathroom, Shen Antu was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed. He spoke with a serious expression, but the question he asked was not what Xie Duo had expected at all.
Shen Antu asked him: "Have we broken up? Before I got into trouble."
"Why do you ask?" Xie Duo had just come out of the shower, with the front of his bathrobe half open. Water droplets rolled down his hair from his neck to his strong chest muscles. Shen Antu took a glance and then looked away.
"There's nothing of mine in this house. Either I've never lived here, or I moved my things out. I think it's most likely the latter." Shen Antu put his hand over the wound on his forehead. He felt his head aching again. "So... are we breaking up?"
"No." Xie Duo answered very straightforwardly. He really didn't lie, because they had never been together, so naturally they had never broken up.
Shen Antu looked up at him, disbelief clearly written on his face.
Xie Duo walked up to him and stretched out his hand to check his injury: "Does it hurt again?"
Shen Antu avoided it, lowered his head and said nothing.
Xie Duo could only half-kneel in front of him: "Okay, I'll tell you the truth, you insisted on breaking up with me at that time, and moved all your things away, even though I didn't agree."
"I knew it." Shen Antu said angrily, "Is this also the reason why I got into a car accident? Didn't you say that I was accidentally hit by a car while crossing the road? At that time, I thought, how could I be so stupid? Now it makes sense. I was probably depressed and absent-minded at that time..."
Xie Duo didn't say anything, so Shen Antu took it as his consent.
"But why did we break up?" Shen Antu asked Xie Duo, his tone full of confusion and a little complaint.
Xie Duo was thinking of an excuse while observing his expression.
He thought, is this the solution Shen Antu had been thinking about for the whole afternoon? If these reactions and expressions were all acted out, maybe he should switch careers and become an actor.
"We didn't break up." Xie Duo corrected him again, "The reason you gave me at the time was that you felt it was too tiring to be with me and you couldn't go on."
Shen Antu frowned and thought for a while: "Is it because of your status? You are the director of a big company, and I am a freelance translator. To put it bluntly, I don't have a stable job. This house must have been bought by you, right? It's like I eat your food, live in your house, and use your things. I feel that I can't catch up with you, so I want to give up?"
After saying this, he changed his mind again because he felt that he was not the kind of person who would have such an idea.
While Shen Antu was daydreaming, Xie Duo had already combed his hair and turned off the lights in the room. He got into bed with the light from the headlight and sat next to Shen Antu: "Don't think about it. Doesn't your head hurt?"
"It hurts, but I can't help thinking about it." Shen Antu's hair completely covered his face. The light from the headlamp was too weak, so Xie Duo couldn't see his expression.
Shen Antu's voice became as dark as the room. He said, "If you hadn't lied to me, I would have no parents, no brothers or sisters now. I have forgotten my friends because of amnesia. I can't even remember my bank account and password. I have nothing to rely on, not even myself. I only have you now. If we have broken up, then..."
Shen Antu didn't say anything else, perhaps even he himself didn't know what to do.
Xie Duo chewed on the guilt in his heart and repeated:
"We didn't break up."
Shen Antu smiled bitterly: "Really? Xie Duo, are you feeling sorry for me? My ex lost his memory after a car accident and I have to take care of him out of a sense of responsibility? I remember that if I hadn't asked you last night, you didn't plan to sleep with me."
"Shen Antu, look at me."