Hidden Summer

21

It was almost twelve o'clock at night when Cao Liyu came home.The room was pitch black, the doors of Li Hang's and Xiao Yu's rooms were closed, and there was no light coming through the cracks in the doors. There was only a small cold light in the entrance, which seemed to have been turned on for a long time to wait for him to come home.

In the afternoon, Xu Zhiyuan accompanied Cao Liyu to play around the Pedestrian Street, and after lunch, he went to the animation city for an afternoon. He didn't say goodbye to him until he received a call from Liang Dong to complete his "job" as a "driver".

Cao Liyu was tired from playing and didn't want to continue to toss, but he had already told Xiao Yu that he would not go back to Li Hang's store, and he didn't want to go back to nest, so he checked the movies that were showing on his mobile phone, and ran to the nearby Small movie theater, even watched a sci-fi action movie and a thriller.After admiring the bloody murder scene on the big screen, Cao Liyu went to eat a super burger, and then went home with a full stomach.

Now that we're all asleep, let's talk about something tomorrow.Thinking so, Cao Liyu went back to the bedroom, brushed his teeth, washed his face and feet, then went into the bedroom and nestled under the quilt, and fell asleep in a daze after a while.

At this time, there was a sound outside the door, and Cao Liyu's mind instantly woke up, he opened his eyes, and his ears moved accordingly.

The sound came from Li Hang's room on the right. If you listen carefully, you can hear the soft sound of household cotton being dragged on the floor, and the footsteps stopped at the door of his room.The moment the doorknob was gently opened with a "click", Cao Liyu tightly closed his eyes and held his breath.

Li Hang walked to Cao Liyu's bedside, and found Cao Liyu's sleeping face by the faint city lights in the living room outside the door.Sitting down on the floor beside the bed, Li Hang quietly stared at Cao Liyu's sleeping face closely.Cao Liyu waited quietly for a long time, and found that Li Hang didn't seem to be planning to wake himself up or do anything else, so he relaxed, listening to Li Hang's shallow and steady breathing, and his drowsiness gradually returned.

Li Hang got up straight and changed to half kneeling by the bed, Cao Liyu didn't care.It wasn't until the soft, warm and moist breath brushed over his face that Cao Liyu regained his senses a little, but Li Hang had already covered his lips.In the dark and quiet room, Cao Liyu's sense of touch on his lips was extremely sensitive. He could clearly feel Li Hang's thin lips were soft and slightly cool, with the faint mint scent of toothpaste.Maybe it was the mint smell that refreshed the mind. Cao Liyu woke up instantly, stretched out his hand and pushed Li Hang away, sat up, covered his mouth and looked at Li Hang who was about to melt into the darkness in surprise.

"Ha, you're really awake." Li Hang broke the silence, speaking with ease and confidence.

"I haven't fallen asleep yet, what about you? You didn't sleep in the middle of the night, why did you come to my room? And...you kissed me..." Cao Liyu was glad that Li Hang didn't turn on the light, otherwise the expression on his face I'm afraid it's wonderful.

Li Hang was half kneeling by the bed, but now he was pushed to the ground by Cao Liyu, with his hands propped back on the floor.Due to the darkness in the room, Cao Liyu could only barely see the outline of Li Hang by the city lights shining into the room from the living room window.Due to the backlight, he couldn't see Li Hang's face clearly.

Li Hang sat up straight with his body propped up, raised his head so that Cao Liyu could see his shiny black eyes, and answered the wrong question: "You pushed me away twice today."

Li Hang's tone was flat and without any emotion, but Cao Liyu could hear grievance and blame from it.Because he couldn't see his face clearly, Cao Liyu felt confident, puffed his chest and asked confidently: "I haven't asked you why you kissed me suddenly today. If you kissed me without warning, of course I would push it away. You What are you thinking?"

Li Hang lowered his head, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Then why didn't you push Xiao Yu away when Xiao Yu kissed you at night during the summer vacation in my junior year?"

Cao Liyu's breathing was stagnant, and his mind was blank, as if a child who did bad things had been caught, thinking in vain of what excuses to make.

Before he could speak, Li Hang added, "Xiao Yu told me everything."

Cao Liyu was completely silent.

Unexpectedly, when she was an ostrich and buried her head in the sand, Xiao Yu, who had always been restrained, became the one who stood up bravely.This made Cao Liyu, who had secretly made up his mind not to let Xiao Yu bear the pressure alone, feel guilty.

Li Hang looked at Cao Liyu's profile illuminated by the dim light in the dark, his heart was heavy but calm.He has been thinking a lot since last night, thinking that he lost his sleep, and got up directly at dawn.The strange thing is that before lying on the bed, he thought that he would be hurt, angry, and unable to let go. Maybe for a long time, whenever he faced those two people, he would be at a loss, but the fact is that he is very calm, and he will soon have concluded.

He was not surprised that Xiao Yu and Cao Liyu came together, or because he was a bystander, he was subconsciously prepared to accept this possibility.It's just that compared to the anger of being betrayed, what made him more anxious was the situation of being excluded by those two people.If so, he doesn't know how to deal with himself.He suddenly understood Cao Liyu's previous mood.

But Li Hang is not Cao Liyu. He understands each other better than Cao Liyu, is more decisive, and has more action.When he saw Cao Liyu and Xiao Yu cuddling together in the morning, immersed in the world of two people, Li Hang quickly understood what he wanted - he loved Xiao Yu, but the words Cao Liyu had already been carved into it In his heart, that's why he had such a crazy idea when he was afraid that Cao Liyu would escape from their iron triangle, and he simply pulled the single-celled Cao Liyu, who had been carefully isolated outside the circle, into their muddy water.He believed that for Xiao Yu, even though he chose Cao Liyu, it didn't mean he was unfeeling towards him.So Li Hang decided that he didn't want to monopolize, he wanted an unbreakable bond between the three of them.

Therefore, Li Hang, who made such a bold and crazy decision, really felt hurt when Cao Liyu pushed him away without hesitation——Cao Liyu only wanted Xiao Yu, not himself.This thought made Li Hang fall into endless depression.

Seeing that Cao Liyu remained silent for a long time, Li Hang asked: "Is it so difficult to answer? Let me help you answer—you like Xiao Yu, so accept his kiss; you don't like me, so you reject me. Isn't it that simple? "

"No, you can't simply say that..." Cao Liyu retorted in a low voice.

"Then why?"

"Because... aren't you and Xiao Yu together? Accepting you is the same as destroying you? Besides, don't you like Xiao Yu? You don't like me, why do you want to kiss me? And..."

"Who says I don't like you? If I say I like you, will you accept it?" Li Hang interrupted abruptly.

Cao Liyu originally wanted to complain a few more words, but was completely stunned by this sudden disguised confession.What does Li Hang mean by this?Does that mean he likes himself?Or is it just pure assumption?How should he answer now?

Cao Liyu was so nervous that his hands tightened the sheets under the quilt, his throat suddenly became hoarse, his heart beat like a drum, and his face and neck were extremely hot.Like a fish that goes to the surface of the water to seek oxygen in a rainy day, he opened his mouth silently with great effort, and then opened his mouth again, before he found his own voice: "Then do you like me?"

"Yes." Li Hang replied without hesitation, he had already thought of this answer clearly.

"But, you also like Xiao Yu..."

"Yes."

"How can this be..."

"Xiao Yu is the same. He has liked you for a long time, but his relationship with me is also true. If you don't believe me, you can ask him directly."

As Li Hang said, he turned his head to look at the door of the room. Cao Liyu followed his gaze and found Xiao Yu standing there quietly, leaning on the door against the light, and seemed to be staring at him intently. .

The current atmosphere is a little unreal and blurred, a little unbelievably absurd, but there is a trace of tenderness lingering around.Cao Liyu looked dumbly at Li Hang by the bed, and at Xiao Yu at the door, trying to find traces of a joke on their faces, but he couldn't see it clearly.

At this moment, Li Hang reached out and turned on the wall lamp beside the bed. The orange light was not bright, but it instantly illuminated Li Hang's dark and deep pupils, and Xiao Yu's gentle and peaceful face.From their expressions, Cao Liyu read "seriousness".

"So, neither of us wants to lose. The only question is—do you have the same idea? Or, do you want me to quit?"

One day off on New Year's Day.Although Cao Liyu had just been transferred to the head office in City B, he had worked in City H for two years before, so he began to enjoy six days of annual leave this year.Cao Liyu asked for three days off in one go, including last Tuesday's New Year's Day holiday, and the following weekends, he had six days off in one go.

The day before New Year's Day, Cao Liyu directly took the high-speed train heading south after get off work, heading for City H where he had lived and worked for two years.

By 2018, the high-speed rail network has extended in all directions, from city B to city H almost runs through the north and south of the motherland, but it only takes five hours.So before ten o'clock in the evening, Cao Liyu met his long-lost old friend, college classmate Cheng Chen at the exit of the H city railway station.

Cheng Chen was still the same, tall and big but with a bright smile on his face, wearing a navy blue sports padded jacket and dark jeans, he looked like a dead college student.

Seeing Cao Liyu, Cheng Chen raised his arms and called out his name, and then came forward to meet him: "Hey! Long time no see, boy! Just this little luggage? I don't think it's useless to lend a hand."

Cao Liyu grinned: "It's not a cute little girl, just bring a few sets of clothes for a change of clothes, is it possible that you also need to bring a bunch of cosmetics? I can get the things by myself, mainly because I don't know where you moved, otherwise I will kill myself Just go there."

Cheng Chen scratched the back of his head, and smiled shyly: "Hehe, Mingli wants to stay at home with his daughter, so I'll pick you up by myself, otherwise he can come by car, which is more convenient."

Cao Liyu rolled his eyes suddenly, and complained with disgust: "Please, don't talk like your wife and daughter are waiting for you to come home. You are like a silly dad in his 40s with a wife and a daughter! I really doubt it." Are you the same age as me?"

Cheng Chen didn't answer and just laughed, looking really silly.

Cao Liyu finally gave Cheng Chen a sideways glance, sighed and walked to the subway entrance first: "No matter how you say it, you have achieved a positive result, congratulations~ Back then I didn't understand anything and did a godly assist, Now is your chance to repay me. Hurry up, open the way ahead and wait for me!"

An old friend is an old friend after all, and it will not be unfamiliar after a long time.The two were still talking and chatting naturally, talking about each other's changes, as they did when they worked hard together in City H, and walked towards the subway station.

Although Cao Liyu ran farther this time, fortunately, he no longer ran away from home.He had greeted Li Hang and Xiao Yu properly, and then came to H City for vacation.The two of them agreed very simply, leaving aside Li Hang's poker face, and Xiao Yu also cared about Cao Liyu's accommodation in H City first, knowing that he had acquaintances here to receive him, so he let him go with confidence. .

It has been a while since the night when Cao Liyu tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, but Cao Liyu still clearly remembered the serious and expectant expressions on the faces of Li Hang and Xiao Yu under the dim light.At that time, he was in a trance for a moment, and felt absurd, but he couldn't laugh.Finally, he was dumbfounded for a long time before murmuring to himself: "This is too strange..."

Later, he didn't know how he lay down and nested under the quilt. It seemed that Li Hang and Xiao Yu said to him, "I have to go to work tomorrow, let's go to bed first." They naturally helped him turn off the lights, closed the door and left. , leaving him lying on the bed with his eyes closed and insomnia.The next morning, his head was dazed, but blank, and he couldn't remember what he thought about the night before, maybe he didn't think about anything at all.

The days that followed passed at a leisurely pace, but the three of them became restrained and cautious with each other, as if they were testing an invisible boundary.Cao Liyu was conflicted, he couldn't agree with Li Hang and Xiao Yu's ideas, but he couldn't push any of them away either.He finally admitted that he likes Xiao Yu, and he knows that Xiao Yu has liked him for many years, this time he will not change his words no matter what.At that time, the forbearance and determination in Li Hang's question were still in his ears. Cao Liyu felt that if he answered that he wanted Li Hang to quit, he would lose Li Hang as a "brother".

So he can't make a decision.And Li Hang and Xiao Yu seemed to understand his feelings, and never urged him to reply.Day by day, until the new year was coming, Cao Liyu suddenly realized that he couldn't keep procrastinating, the matter had to be settled, otherwise the stalemate would spoil the friendship.

After thinking hard, Cao Liyu planned this vacation to relax. He wanted to leave City B, leave the cozy three-bedroom apartment, leave Li Hang and Xiao Yu who were kind to him in every possible way, and leave their three-person world to think about it.When he returns to their "home" again, whether it's joy or sorrow, he must make a decision.

When Cheng Chen took Cao Liyu into the elevator, Cao Liyu became a little nervous.

After all, even though I know Cheng Chen well, Cheng Chen still lives in someone else's house, even though that person is his same-sex couple.Moreover, there is a little girl in their family, so if I disturb her so rashly, it will still cause inconvenience to others, right?

When Cheng Chen took out the key to open the door, Cao Liyu reconfirmed: "Aren't you really going to trouble you? Let's not talk about your words, who... the uncle's family has a daughter, will my unexpected guest be very annoying? "

"No, it's not like you haven't met Mingli. Although he doesn't like to laugh, he is actually very enthusiastic, but he is not good at expressing it. I told him that you are coming to H City for a few days of vacation, and he said you There is no place to live here. And our house has nothing to offer, just a sofa." Cheng Chen turned the key with a smile, and that smile gave people a feeling of trustworthiness.

As soon as the door was opened, a small figure flew onto Cheng Chen's thigh with a childish voice: "Sammy~!"

Cheng Chen bent down to change his shoes, then picked up the little girl stuck to his leg, turned his head and smiled at Cao Liyu, and walked in while explaining: "This is Mingli's daughter, is it the first time you see her? Actually I just moved here for a few days, so I haven't had time to clean up some things, and I'm planning to take care of them on vacation, but now they're all piled up in the living room, so it's a bit messy..."

Cao Liyu followed into the living room, and sure enough, he saw two huge cardboard boxes on the ground: "It happens that I can help you too. By the way, where is yours?"

Cheng Chen was about to answer, but was interrupted by the little girl lying on his shoulder: "Sammy, who is this? Why did you come to our house?"

It was only then that Cao Liyu realized that the little girl had been showing a pair of big black eyes on Cheng Chen's shoulders, staring at him curiously.But Cao Liyu doesn't know how to coax children, and he doesn't know how to deal with children. He even feels scalp numb when he thinks of a lot of little kids, probably left behind by some brawling kids from his relatives. shadow.So the response he made after racking his brains at this moment was to pull the corners of his mouth and show a smile that he thought was more friendly, and waved to the little girl: "Hi~ hello~ I am Uncle Cao, a good friend of your Sammy, come to you Stay at home for a few days. Little girl, what's your name?"

The little girl seemed a little shy, seeing Cao Liyu talking to her, she shrank back and hid most of her eyes behind Cheng Chen's shoulder.

Just when Cao Liyu felt that such a shy and pretty child was quite soft and cute, he heard the little girl block Cao Liyu's realization with a pair of chubby hands, and leaned into Cheng Chen's ear: "Sammy, this Uncle Cao is very good-looking, It’s just a silly smile.”

Cao Liyu was slapped in the face in an instant, and he stood there with black lines all over his head - obviously your Sammy is thousands of times stupider than me when he laughs, okay? ! !

Cheng Chen quickly smoothed things over, and automatically ignored the little girl's words while laughing, and said, "Mingming, Uncle Cao has already introduced himself to you, so you should introduce yourself too."

Only then did the little girl straighten up and show her full face, and said to Cao Liyu solemnly: "Hello, my name is Mingming, my nickname is Mingming, my English name is Sara, I am eight years old this year~"

The child's crisp and soft voice, coupled with the child's cute face like an angel, really dispelled Cao Liyu's worries in an instant and melted his heart.

At this moment, a series of footsteps approached from the balcony, accompanied by a clear and mature male voice: "Cheng Chen, is Xiao Cao here?"

When Mingli appeared in the light of the living room, Cao Liyu saw a smile named infatuation and happiness on Cheng Chen's face, and was blinded by accident.Mingli didn't change much from when Cao Liyu saw him before, but it seemed that his interaction with Cheng Chen was more natural and intimate.After Mingli greeted Cao Liyu, he turned around and complained to Cheng Chen: "Mingming is already so old, don't keep holding her to make a habit of it. And I can hardly hold her anymore, and you can hold her so easily. In the future, Mingming What if I only get close to you?"

At this time, Mingming's little hand touched the real father's face to comfort her, and she said amazingly: "Dad, don't be jealous, Mingming likes dad the most~ and Mingming didn't get jealous when Sammy and dad hugged and kissed~"

It can be said that children's words are unscrupulous, the two adults on the opposite side lowered their eyes in embarrassment, Cao Liyu found it funny instead, and no longer felt so restrained.

Ming Li coughed lightly to break the silence: "Okay, it's getting late, Cheng Chen, take out the quilt from the closet, Xiao Cao, you're tired just after getting off the train, go take a hot bath first. You're welcome."

Only then did Cheng Chen recover from the state of being overwhelmed by embarrassment, and said to Cao Liyu: "Yes, go to bed early, everyone will have a holiday tomorrow, so we can go out for a day. Mingming has been looking forward to it for a long time."

Cao Liyu smiled and agreed. When he was looking for a change of clothes, he looked back at the two who were still coaxing the children.

*Cheng Chen×Ming Li CP moved to → "We still didn't know each other's names when we met again"

The author has something to say: I will go on a business trip to City B the day after tomorrow. It will take at least five or six days. It is inconvenient to post outside. I don’t know if I can update it.If not, I will code the words and send them back. (⊙v⊙) um