Shen Antu also didn't know how to choose photos. As long as they were not blurred, he would print them all out and put them in the album. Sometimes there would be several similar photos from the same angle, but he didn't care. He wrote the date and location on the back of the photo very seriously, and when he was happy, he would draw a simple sketch and add a heart to Xie Duo's name.
Sometimes Shen Antu would take out the photo album that Xie Wenxuan brought and look through it very carefully. He would stare at a photo for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Shen Antu lay on the carpet in the living room. He ignored the newly bought large photo album and photos scattered around him and only focused on the small photo album in front of him. He looked at the photos one by one and calculated the approximate time.
There were only three high school photos of him and Xie Duo, and there were many more photos after that. At that time, Shen Antu was losing his memory, and Xie Wenxuan was so eloquent that Shen Antu had no doubts. Now he knows that because there were too few high school photos, it was difficult to Photoshop. After that, Shen Antu frequently appeared in the media and other people's cameras, so there were materials for technicians to use, and so many so-called "group photos" of him and Xie Duo were Photoshopped. But even if it was a group photo, in order to prevent Shen Antu from seeing the clues, there were very few photos of the two of them facing each other, and most of them were taken from a distance or simply without the face.
Looking back at the new photo album that Shen Antu is making, almost every photo in it shows the two of them facing forward, with many intimate actions. He and Xie Duo are squeezed into small squares, holding hands, leaning on each other, or hugging and kissing. Each frame is a small world with only him and Xie Duo in it.
Shen Antu also printed out several solo photos of Xie Duo. There was one that he liked best, which was a frontal photo of Xie Duo staring at the camera. He was wearing casual home clothes, looking down at Shen Antu, his thick long eyelashes drooping, and his handsome face, which usually had no expression, showed a smile for the first time. It was a smile that was only for Shen Antu.
Shen Antu stuffed the photo into the last page of the album. He thought that if he had to leave one day, he would definitely take this photo with him.
Shen Antu was still daydreaming when the doorbell suddenly rang. He looked at the time and it was already 10:30. It was Aunt Zhao who came with the ingredients.
At 11:30, Shen Antu went out with an insulated lunch box and drove to Xie Duo's company. Before 12 o'clock, Xie Duo picked him up in the underground garage and took him upstairs.
Xie Duo's schedule is very tight as he has a meeting at 1:30, so Shen Antu cannot stay too long.
After they finished their meal and were clearing the dishes, Xie Duo suddenly said, "My mother has been feeling unwell these past two days, so she asked me to go back and see her. I won't be going home tonight."
Shen Antu nodded and said, "Aunt's health is the most important. You are usually too busy and probably don't have much time to go home to visit. It's almost the New Year, so spend more time with them."
Xie Duo responded, helped him put away the tableware, and then sent him out.
Only after watching Shen Antu's car drive away completely did Xie Duo return to the office. The gentle mask he used to face Shen Antu finally fell off, and a trace of hostility crept into his brows.
Xie Duo received a call from the housekeeper Uncle Zhang while Shen Antu was driving here. Uncle Zhang said that Li Wei was not in good health and wanted Xie Duo to come back to see her and stay at home to take care of her for two days.
"Has the doctor examined it? What did he say?" Xie Duo asked.
"I've seen her. The problem... isn't too serious. Old people all have some problems to a greater or lesser extent. But Madam... well, the doctor said it's a mental illness. She needs her children to spend more time with her and talk to her so she can relieve her emotions." Uncle Zhang spoke hesitantly.
Xie Duo knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. He didn't want to embarrass the housekeeper, so he said okay and hung up the phone.
The news of Shen Antu coming to the company these days must have reached Xie Changqing's ears again, but he couldn't control Xie Duo, so he could only tell Li Wei about it and let Li Wei find a way to control him.
Xie Duo knows his mother very well. She is a very traditional woman. She looks gentle, virtuous and easy to talk to, but she is actually very stubborn. Not to mention homosexuality, she cannot even accept men and women living together without getting married. Xie Duo can use the company to fight against Xie Changqing, but he cannot resist Li Wei's tears. This is a very difficult stage.
It was almost 9 o'clock when Xie Duo returned to the Xie family's old house in the evening. He had already eaten something in the company cafeteria. When he asked the housekeeper, he heard that Li Wei had not eaten dinner yet and said that she had no appetite. So Xie Duo asked the nanny to cook porridge and personally brought it to Li Wei's bedroom.
Xie Changqing was reading in the study, and only Li Wei was lying on the bed in the bedroom. Xie Duo called out "Mom", and Li Wei turned her head to look at him, then turned her head and closed her eyes, as if she didn't want to see him.
Xie Duo sat beside the bed and put the bowl of porridge on the bedside table: "Mom, get up and eat something before going to sleep."
After a long while, Li Wei said, "I don't want to eat."
"I heard from Uncle Zhang that you didn't eat much at noon, and if you don't eat at night, your body will collapse." Xie Duo advised.
Li Wei snorted: "So what if it collapses? No one will care anyway."
"Mom, saying angry words to provoke me won't solve the problem. If you are unhappy about something, just tell me directly and we can talk it over." Xie Duo's tone was very calm.
Li Wei pounded her fist on the cotton, she was so angry that she couldn't vent it. She couldn't stand Xie Duo's behavior the most. He was so cold and inhuman, nothing caught his eye. It seemed that even if her mother died in front of him, he wouldn't even frown.