In the silent place

Chapter 28 Night

The three sat at the dining table, chatting while eating.Bai Yutang slurred his words while picking up the rice, and asked, "Do you two have a drink?"

"Give me a can of Coke." Jiang Dong raised his head and raised his arms and said.

"I don't need it." Zhan Zhao followed.

Bai Yutang stood up, took a mouthful of vegetables with his chopsticks, put them in his mouth, and walked to the kitchen while chewing.After a while, I brought two cans of Coke over.

Opening the can, Jiang Dong raised his neck, gulped several gulps, and then exhaled comfortably. "Young Master Bai, tell me, what's wrong with living here, you have to live on a high floor. Once the elevator stops, it's very inconvenient to climb the stairs."

"It's not as serious as you think. I often climb upstairs. And the elevator is usually fine. I've lived here for two years, and I've only encountered it three times." Bai Yutang turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao. "It's unlucky today. It was fine when I went out in the morning, but the elevator broke down when I came back in the afternoon. If I knew Zhan Zhao was suffering so much, I wouldn't choose today to let him come."

When Jiang Dong heard this, the chopsticks holding the vegetables stopped immediately, and looked at his cousin worriedly. "Are you okay? Is there..."

"It's okay. I just felt a little sick to my stomach at the time, but it's much better now." Zhan Zhao explained with a smile, raised his hand to pick up vegetables, but a chopstick fell on the table and rolled a few times before falling on the table with a thud. on the ground.

"I'll get you a new one." Bai Yutang stood up.

"I'll go by myself." Zhan Zhao said and got up.

Bai Yutang didn't say anything, and went straight to the kitchen.

"Are you stupid?" Jiang Dong scolded in a low voice.Seeing that the cousin's face was not very good, his right hand was clenched into a fist, and he seemed to restrain his trembling forcibly, he sighed lightly, and didn't say any more.

After a meal, Jiang Dong helped clean up the table and chairs.Bai Yutang walked into the kitchen with the dishes in his hand, and suddenly saw a plastic bag on the peripheral countertop. Looking from the open bag, one could clearly see that it was a small wooden box, with fine workmanship, and the surface of the red sandalwood was well polished. , shining with a warm luster.

"What is this?" Bai Yutang asked in bewilderment.

"Huh?" Jiang Dong just walked out of the kitchen, and turned around when he heard the voice.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Bai Yutang's mind, he winked at Jiang Dong, and said with a smile. "Yo, Jiang Dong, I can't tell, you're quite romantic."

"What romance?" Jiang Dong was dumbfounded.

"Huh?" Bai Yutang pointed to the small wooden box in the bag. "Didn't you buy this for your girlfriend?"

"That belongs to my cousin." Jiang Dong cast a contemptuous glance at Bai Yutang.

"What does a big man use a jewelry box for?" Bai Yutang's voice suddenly rose several decibels.

Zhan Zhao, who was receiving water from the water dispenser in the living room, came over upon hearing this. "What's wrong?"

"I can't explain it clearly to him, you can explain it yourself." Jiang Dong left a sentence, turned around and walked into the living room, and sat down on the sofa.

"Mao'er, this box...is yours?" Bai Yutang asked babbling.

"Well, it's mine." Putting the water glass on the table, Zhan Zhao took the small wooden box out of the bag, and gently opened the lid under Bai Yutang's unbelievable gaze.The inner layer of the wooden box is glued with a layer of hard plastic, which is dense and seamless, and there are several small squares on the box body where various pills of different colors are scattered.

"Who bought this? It looks like a jewelry box." Bai Yutang muttered.

Zhan Zhao, who was about to drink water with a pill in his mouth, couldn't help but cast a glance at Bai Yutang. "Who told you that a wooden box has to be a jewelry box?"

After getting bored, Bai Yutang curled his lips, turned around and went to wash the dishes.Looking at his back, Zhan Zhao raised his cup and took the medicine.

While Bai Yutang was washing the dishes, Jiang Dong called Zhan Zhao over.The two sat on the sofa, and Jiang Dong lowered his voice and said, "I really don't understand you. I'm usually very smart, but why did I get confused when I met Bai Yutang? But luckily, I ran away with him after a few days in the Bingdeng Pavilion; buying a mobile phone is also..." Jiang Dong said, thinking about it, he is the 'culprit' about the mobile phone, so it's not good anymore get to the bottom.Scratching his head, he changed the subject. "Let's not talk about the past, let's just talk about today's incident. The elevator broke down, so you just climbed hard. Are you stupid? Does he want to live on the top floor? You also climbed?"

"Cousin, I..." Zhan Zhao lowered his head. "I know I was wrong."

Seeing that he admitted his mistake, Jiang Dong's heart suddenly softened a little, and then he put aside the baggy clothes on his cousin, he could guess the situation at that time, and asked worriedly: "Are you all right?"

"Well. It's okay."

"If you dare to act recklessly again, I will tell him about your illness immediately."

"No more." Zhan Zhao replied anxiously. "This time it's my fault, don't..."

"You are really..." Jiang Dong didn't know what to say to him for a moment. "What if I tell him?"

Zhan Zhao frowned and turned his head away, staring straight at the ground without saying a word.Seeing his stubborn appearance, Jiang Dong shook his head, picked up the TV remote control on the armrest of the sofa and changed the channel. "Okay, I won't say it." He turned his face and stared at his cousin seriously. "If you dare to do it again, I'll let your father teach you a lesson."

"Thank you cousin, I promise, there will never be a next time."

"Don't pretend to be good for me, verbal thanks are useless, and I will buy a mobile hard disk for my brother later."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao smiled happily. "What brand do you want? How big is it?"

"I'll tell you later when I'm done."

Bai Yutang came over after washing the dishes, seeing the two of them chatting happily, walked over and waved at Jiang Dong, motioning for him to make room for him to come out, Jiang Dong was staring at the TV watching a boxing match, and moved to the side without thinking, Bai Yutang immediately Sit in the middle.

"Jiang Dong, it's getting late." Bai Yutang glanced at Jiang Dong. "It's almost ten o'clock."

"Wait until I finish watching this boxing." Jiang Dong didn't realize it until he finished speaking, and turned his head to stare at Bai Yutang dissatisfied. "Boom?" Looking at his cousin on the other side, he muttered, "What kind of discrimination is this? Don't watch it, I'm going back." He stood up as he spoke.

"Cousin..." Zhan Zhao also stood up and grabbed his cousin.He kicked Bai Yutang who was sitting motionless on the sofa. "Bai Yutang!"

"I'm not afraid that he will go back too late and won't be able to rest. Why does he think so badly of me?" Bai Yutang said, stretching out his hand lazily and tugging at the corner of Jiang Dong's clothes. "Sit down and leave after reading."

Jiang Dong thinks about it, in fact, what Bai Shao said is correct, if he stays here, his cousin will definitely not go to rest.Thinking about it this way, the anger just now disappeared. "No, I'll watch the replay some other day." Then he patted his cousin on the shoulder: "Go to bed early, I'll go back first."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Dong was on his way, Bai Yutang smiled and stood up to see off the guests. "I don't have any plans these days, so you should take a good rest. Call me on the phone if you need anything."

"Okay, I got it." Jiang Dong replied.

The two sent Jiang Dong out the door and returned to the living room to sit down.Feeling sleepy for a while, Zhan Zhao rubbed his sore eyes and couldn't help yawning.

Seeing his tired face, Bai Yutang reached out and patted the sofa cushion beside Zhan Zhao. "Sleepy?"

"Well, a little." Zhan Zhao said, covered his mouth and yawned again. "It's convenient, I want to take a shower."

"Okay, there is an unopened toothbrush in the drawer under the washbasin, you can take it yourself. I'll find you pajamas."

"Thank you."

"Don't be rude to me."

"Okay, then I won't thank you." Zhan Zhao said in a daze, stood up, stretched his arms, and walked into the bathroom.While turning on the water, he returned to the living room and called home again. After hanging up the phone, he felt relieved, feeling even more exhausted and unstoppably tired. He took the pajamas that Bai Yutang handed him, and hurriedly took a shower. He said good night and fell asleep.

Lying on his side on the sofa, Bai Yutang grabbed the remote control on the glass coffee table to turn down the volume of the TV, changed several channels, and finally locked on the movie channel.

Zhan Zhao has never been a person who likes to watch TV, Bai Yutang discovered this as early as in high school.Even if they stayed overnight at Zhan Zhao's house, the two would often go their own way without interfering with each other.By Zhan Zhao's side, he can always feel a kind of tranquility and physical and mental freedom, even if he doesn't glance at each other or say a word, he won't feel lonely and uneasy.At night, he would always occupy the 21-inch color TV at Zhan Zhao's house. Sometimes he would watch Zhan Zhao at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, and when he went to see Zhan Zhao again, he would have already fallen asleep on the bed.At this time, he would habitually take away the novel in his hand, then squeeze Zhan Zhao to the base of the wall, lie down with his back to him, and read the novel he just read.In the middle of the night, when he fell asleep, he would occasionally feel in a daze that the person sleeping on the side of the bed was raising his arm and half pressing on his body to reach the desk lamp on the wooden table. The person lay down again.The gap behind him suddenly widened, and he moved in with his eyes closed, leaning against the man's back, and sank into a deeper dreamland contentedly.

Outside the window, the moonlight is still there, and he and he are still inside the house. Some things seem to have changed, but some things have never changed. That is the familiar feeling of peace that Zhan Zhao brought him.

Bai Yutang smiled, propped his head on one hand, and shifted his gaze to the TV screen.The face on the screen seemed familiar, he thought about it for a while, and remembered that this person was the Tong Yujie he met when he was recording a variety show not long ago.In the film, Tong Yujie's appearance is natural and fresh, he looks like a college student who just graduated, completely different from the last time he saw him in person.He suddenly became interested, sat up, and watched this new-style love movie carefully.As the story unfolded, he gained a deeper understanding of Tong Yujie's acting skills.Speaking of appearance, Tong Yujie can be ranked in the upper middle of the idol stars, but there is always something unclear about him, which makes him disgusted.When the whole movie is over, he finally sorts out one word, frivolity.Yes, even in the play, you can feel that attitude.Bai Yutang sneered and turned off the TV.Like how many nights with Zhan Zhao before, he opened the bedroom door.

In the dimness, he saw the person on the bed lying on his side facing the door, the moonlight came in from the large window opposite and poured on him, his face was hidden in the shadows, his left arm rested lightly on the quilt, thin and thin Under the moonlight, his wrist and slender five fingers showed an almost transparent paleness.He stood at the door, watched quietly for a while, closed the door lightly and left quietly.When the door separated them again, the people in the room slowly gathered their five fingers together and clenched into fists.A sigh, low and inaudible.

Waking up in a daze on the big bed in the guest room in the morning, staring blankly at the ceiling for a while, Bai Yutang got up and went to the French windows and drew the curtains.The morning light slanted into the room from the left side, warming the body.After rubbing his face, he stretched himself, picked up the thick nightgown from the chair and put it on, and walked out of the bedroom.The door of the other bedroom was still closed tightly. He looked up at the wall clock in the hall, and the hour hand had pointed to eight o'clock.After washing up, he made a simple breakfast and served it on the coffee table in the living room. While watching the news report of CCTV [-], he enjoyed the delicious toast and fried egg sandwich and the comfort brought by the hot coffee.At [-]:[-], the news broadcast ended, he packed the tableware, came to the closed door of the bedroom, gently opened the door and walked in.The sound of the doorknob turning didn't wake up the person on the bed. He was still asleep, with his head slightly turned to the French window, and his body lying flat under the quilt didn't even move.Bai Yutang tiptoed around the end of the bed and walked to the other side, and picked up his handbag from the ebony stool next to the bedside table. With a 'snap' sound, the small USB flash drive fell to the ground with a crisp sound, which seemed particularly abrupt in the quiet room.He quickly raised his head to look at the sleeping person, only to find that the other person didn't even frown.With a drum in his heart, he put down his hand, knelt on the bed with one leg, leaned over to approach the man and called out tentatively: "Cat?" The voice is not loud, but Zhan Zhao has always been a light sleeper. If he is not awake at ordinary times, he will frown and rave in protest.Bai Yutang's heart was pounding, he stretched out his hand and patted Zhan Zhao's cheek twice. "Cat? Wake up."

The person lying on the bed finally moved. He lazily raised his arms, dazedly pushed away the big hand on his cheek, turned over but did not wake up.Bai Yutang finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhan Zhao, smiled slightly, and was about to get up, but Zhan Zhao turned around again, his eyes slowly opened, showing a little confusion.

"You were in a deep sleep. I called you twice and you didn't wake up." Bai Yutang stood up and picked up the handbag beside him. "Sorry for waking you up, I thought..." After a pause, he waved his hand at Zhan Zhao. "It's okay, you can go to sleep."

"No, I woke up." Since he just woke up, Zhan Zhao's voice was slightly hoarse, with a strong nasal sound, which sounded like he had a cold.He lifted the quilt and sat up slowly, only to feel that his legs were sore and stiff like wood and stone.He has always liked sports, and the muscle pain caused by long-term lack of exercise is different from the heart-piercing throbbing pain. He has not experienced this feeling for a long time. The last time was when he was in the special physical training at school. Although it is hard and unbearable, it is also dripping and fun.He squeezed his thigh, and a warm current surged in his heart, so longing and familiar.

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"Very good." Zhan Zhao's voice became clearer.

Putting his hand on the bed, Bai Yutang gently opened the curtains.Turning his head, the man was sitting on the edge of the bed with his back to him, lowering his head and rubbing his eyes, his thin back was slightly bent, revealing an unspeakable exhaustion.Bai Yutang couldn't help feeling a little regretful, he really shouldn't have woken him up. "Are you all right?"

"Well, it'll be all right once I wake up." Zhan Zhao woke up from a nap, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, looked at it, sat for a while, and walked out of the room slowly.Bai Yutang walked out with the computer in his arms.

After washing up, he went back to his room, changed out of his pajamas, and went outside the kitchen.

"Coffee? Milk? Or tea?" Bai Yutang put the fried toast slices and poached eggs on the table in front of Zhan Zhao like a attentive restaurant waiter.

"Milk, thank you." Zhan Zhao's hair was a little wet, a few locks of unruly hair hung down on his forehead, and there was a faint smile on his handsome face. It looks a little more lazy and free and easy than usual.

"Please wait for a moment, I'll be here soon." Bai Yutang bowed his head pretentiously, and when he looked up, a ball of paper crumpled into a square napkin was flying towards his face. He quickly raised his hand to grab it, and looked Looking at the person opposite, he looked like he had nothing to do with himself, and he was lowering his head, holding a knife and fork, preparing to eat.He smiled and unfolded the tissue paper on the countertop, then heated a cup of milk, brought it over and placed it gently on the crumpled tissue paper.

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