driftwood

When Chen Xing woke up on Saturday morning, Zhou Chen was still sleeping. He got off the bed lightly, and was hugged from behind while the milk was being heated in the kitchen. Zhou Chen rested his chin on his shoulder and asked in a daze: "Why do you wake up so early?"

Chen Xing poured the milk into the cup and said, "I have to make up lessons for Xu Xin and another boy on Saturday, so I can't accompany you."

"Is the other boy your classmate?"

"No, another one from high school, I haven't seen it, the son of Xu Xin's father's friend."

"Will it be very tiring?"

"Not tired, just two of us, I won't come back at noon, can you call a takeaway shop yourself?"

Zhou Chen nodded with his messy hair: "What time will you be back in the afternoon?"

Chen Xing thought for a while: "About six o'clock, buy the ingredients for what you want to eat, I'll make it when I come back, remember to miss me, the second dog and cat food are finished, I bought them on the way home."

When Chen Xing arrived at Xu Xin's home, Xu Xin's parents were not there.Chen Xing put down his schoolbag and asked Xu Xin, "Where are your parents?"

"The company is working overtime."

Chen Xing nodded: "Where is the other person?"

Xu Xin shrugged: "I don't know, we agreed to arrive at eight o'clock."

The doorbell rang as soon as the words were spoken. Chen Xing was sitting on the sofa drinking water. Xu Xin jumped down from the sofa to open the door. When he opened the door, Xu Xin's eyes were wide open. Du Keming stood in a white sweater and black pants with a smile Greeted Xu Xin outside the door: "Hello, Xu Xin?"

Xu Xin nodded blankly: "Well, are you here to make up lessons?"

"I'm Du Keming, I'm here to make up lessons, can I go in?"

Xu Xin hastily let the door open: "Come in."

Chen Xing was lowering his head to take out a book, when he suddenly felt that the sofa next to him sank, and when he turned his head, Du Keming's face was right in front of him, Chen Xing subconsciously took a step to the side, looking at Du Keming with eyes like looking crazy: " why you?"

Du Keming wore an earring on his left ear, a small diamond was shining brightly, making his whole temperament even more sinister.

He unloaded his schoolbag, his voice was clear and clean, and he smiled: "It's me, I said that we will have a long life in the future."

The first time Du Keming heard the name Chen Xing was in the class meeting. The head teacher hated the iron and scolded the students in his class. Why are they so bad at studying? Look at the No. 1 Chen Xing in the third middle school, and then He is a good seed for the provincial champion.

The second time I heard it was in the gossip of the girls in the class after class: "Chen Xing, the head of the third middle school, crushes the whole No. [-] middle school." Du Keming didn't think so at the time, he still didn't believe that this person could be better-looking than him.

The third time I heard it was at the dinner table at home, his father scolded him for being idle and not doing his job properly.There is a staff member in their company whose son is in No. [-] Middle School. He is a good friend with No. [-] No. [-] Middle School. Do you know that Chen Xing is also a student. Look at his grades, and then look at you.

It is said that there are only three things, Du Keming wanted to see if this Chen Xing is really that good, if not, he doesn't want to be so aggrieved by letting someone who is not as good as him be his role model all day long.

That's why that morning I called a few people to block people at the gate of No. [-] Middle School. Since I hadn't seen the photos, I could only see whose face was better. When Chen Xing walked towards him, he thought, yes, it must be this person up.

Well, he is really good-looking, his temperament is really cold, and his temper is really strong. When Chen Xing stared at him, when he let himself move away indifferently, and when he punched himself neatly, he was like a bark The grinning little wolf dog, he likes this person very much.

That's why he took the initiative to ask for make-up lessons, and asked his father to help him find Chen Xing to make up lessons, because he seemed to hate himself, so he could only find a gentle way to get close.

Chen Xing didn't bother to think about what this man wanted to do, so he took his notes and walked to the dining table and sat down. Du Keming and Xu Xin sat on Chen Xing's left side and Chen Xing's right side.

Chen Xing asked Xu Xin: "What should I make up first?"

Xu Xin rummaged through his schoolbag for a while, found out the math booklet and asked Chen Xing, "Is math okay?"

Chen Xing nodded: "First sort out the knowledge points you don't know, and I will talk about it later."

Turning his head, Du Keming was staring at himself with his chin propped up.

Chen Xing resisted the urge to hit someone, and asked calmly as much as possible: "What do you want to do first?"

Du Ke Ming didn't move, blinking his eyes, "It's fine."

"let it go."

"Mathematics, I will make up mathematics." Du Keming remained motionless after finishing speaking.

Chen Xing really couldn't hold back and roared, "You fucking took out the book, see if I'm useful, and I don't have any stamp on my fucking face."

Du Keming grabbed the schoolbag next to him and fumbled in it. Chen Xing felt that he was not here to make up lessons, but to teach himself how to be a human being.

Chen Xing simply ignored Du Keming, took out the biology book and began to memorize the knowledge points.

"Chen Xing, after sorting it out, I won't do any of this." Xu Xin pushed the draft over and looked at Chen Xing with bright eyes.

"Ellipse, hyperbola, and parabola don't know anything. You can just say that you didn't learn conic section here." Chen Xing really wanted to strangle Xu Xin to death. When he was going to give Xu Xin a lecture, Xu Xin ran faster than anyone else. Quickly, now that he asked three questions, he finally realized the complicated feelings of the math teacher who hates iron for steel.

"Chen Xing, you are the best, save me quickly." Xu Xin put his arms around Chen Xing's neck and was about to kiss his face.Chen Xing opened Xu Xinshou: "Okay, sit down, I'll talk."

It was more painful for Chen Xing to explain the questions to Xu Xin than to write the papers by himself. He talked about a conic section for a full two hours. After the lecture, Chen Xing threw a set of papers for Xu Xin and turned to look at Du Keming.

It was rare for Du Keming to sit quietly by the side and do the questions. Chen Xing glanced at it and was a little surprised. Du Keming's handwriting was very good, and the neat block letters did not match him at all.It's just that the correct rate of this question is worrying, and the first trigonometric function is considered wrong.

Noticing Chen Xing's gaze, Du Keming raised his head and smiled: "My handwriting is not bad."

Chen Xing nodded honestly: "That's right, but few of your questions are right."

Du Keming didn't believe it, and checked step by step depressed: "Impossible, I remember what the teacher said."

Chen Xing sighed, pulled the paper and used a pencil to calculate step by step on it, Du Keming looked at Chen Xing's hand seriously because of holding the pen for a long time, a thin layer of callus was worn on the side of the middle finger of the right hand, the nails were neatly trimmed, and the fingernails were neatly trimmed. Very white, with long knuckles.He couldn't help but stretched out his finger and poked the back of Chen Xing's hand.

Chen Xing raised his head and asked, "What are you doing?"

Du Keming withdrew his hand and smiled lightly: "It's nothing, let's continue."

"Be careful."

"Ah."

The three of them ate some of the takeaway they ordered at noon, and it was already six o'clock when Chen Xing was packing his schoolbag. It was Zhou Chen's phone.

While answering the phone, he was looking for Xu Xin the papers to be done on the weekend: "Are you in a hurry?"

The voice in the microphone was gentle and low: "No, I just miss you, is it over?"

Chen Xing smiled: "It's over, I'll be right back, what's for dinner?"

"Tomato and egg noodles, don't run around, stay safe."

"I see, I'm not a child."

After Chen Xing hung up the phone, Xu Xin chased him outside: "Hurry up, someone at home is waiting urgently."

Du Keming looked at Chen Xing and asked, "Who is it?"

Chen Xing hung his schoolbag on his right shoulder and said casually, "I'm dating."

Du Keming turned to Xu Xin for confirmation, and Xu Xin nodded: "Well, he's the one."

Du Keming was very surprised when Chen Xing called just now. He thought that Chen Xing would not speak in such a gentle tone.

Du Keming grabbed his schoolbag and ran out, followed Chen Xing in two or three steps.Chen Xing walked quickly, Du Keming patted him on the shoulder from behind, Chen Xing turned his head and glanced: "Why are you following me?"

Du Keming smiled: "My house is also going in this direction."

Chen Xing: "Oh."

"You live with your partner."

Chen Xing didn't even turn his head: "Is it related to you?"

"Ask whatever you want."

Chen Xing turned into the pet shop by the side of the road, and Du Keming followed. When Chen Xing was buying cat food, Du Keming stood beside him and asked, "Do you still have cats?"

Chen Xing answered very honestly this time: "My partner."

"How long have you been with your partner?"

"..."

"how did you guys meet?"

"..."

"do you like him?"

Chen Xing stopped, and gave Du Keming a rare smile, "I like it, I really like it."

"How much do you like it?"

"He was scratched that day, do you know how distressed I was at that time, I wish I could chop that idiot with a knife, how much do you think I like it?"

"You are not my beloved, how do you know that I am deeply in love?" Du Keming suddenly understood the meaning of this sentence.

For the rest of the road, Du Keming was silent all the way, and Chen Xing didn't bother to talk to him, the sky gradually darkened, Chen Xing turned a corner and saw Zhou Chen, waiting for him at the gate of the community.

Du Keming saw Chen Xing's eyes brighten for a moment, and he followed Chen Xing's eyes to see the man, tall and tall, with a handsome face and a gentle temperament.

Chen Xing trotted over and kissed Zhou Chen's chin, and asked in surprise: "Why did you come out?" Zhou Chen put the scarf on Chen Xing's neck, lowered his head and kissed Chen Xing's lips: "Why do you always forget to bring the scarf?" , is it cold?"

Chen Xing shook his head: "It's not cold."

Du Keming came over and looked at Zhou Chen and smiled: "Hi, I'm Du Keming."

Zhou Chen smiled politely: "Hi, I'm Zhou Chen."

"My boyfriend." Chen Xing added.

Zhou Chen turned to look at Chen Xing in surprise, Du Keming smiled: "It's okay, I like boys too."

Chen Xing was stunned for a moment, and then said "Oh." He didn't expect Du Keming to also like boys, and he admitted it so readily.

Du Keming smiled with the corner of his mouth bent: "I'm leaving, goodbye."

"Goodbye"

Zhou Chen walked back with his arms around Chen Xing's shoulders: "That boy looks pretty good."

Chen Xing glared at Zhou Chen: "How about I take you with me when I make up lessons next week?"

Zhou Chen smiled: "No, I'll be on duty next Saturday, how about next week?"

"You think it's pretty."

After dinner, Zhou Chen handed the compiled knowledge points to Chen Xing: "This is all the test points for classical Chinese, you just memorize it."

Chen Xing took it and asked Zhou Chen, "Are you tired?"

"Not tired, really."

"Don't lie to me, tell me when you are tired, don't carry it all by yourself."

Zhou Chen rubbed Chen Xing's hair: "Yes, I will talk when I am tired."

Chen Xing held Zhou Chen's hand, and after a long silence, he said, "Zhou Chen, can you tell me something about your family?"

Zhou Chen squeezed Chen Xing's finger: "Want to hear it?"

Chen Xing nodded: "I want to hear it."

"If you want to hear it, I will tell you."

"I have never met my dad. My dad passed away in a car accident when my mom was pregnant with me in the fourth month. My family didn't like me since I was a child, especially my mom. She had a very good relationship with my dad. She thought I was a Disastrous star, so she didn't plan to give birth to me at that time, and then my grandmother insisted on persuading her to keep me."

Hearing the word "disaster", Chen Xing panicked. Such a good person, this is his hero, not someone else's burden.

Zhou Chen looked at Chen Xing and smiled helplessly: "I have a brother, Zhou Chuan, who is one year older than me. My mother likes him, but my brother is very good to me. In my sophomore year, Zhou Chuan and I were together A school, he is in the third year of high school, he has a bicycle, I don’t, he will wait for me after school every day, and take me home, one night, I have something to do, let him go first, as a result, he got into a car accident on the road , I couldn’t be rescued. When my mother saw me standing in front of her, she asked me: Why didn’t you die?”

Chen Xing couldn't imagine how much a mother hated her child to say such things. Why did he cry so much recently? Zhou Chen wiped his tears with a smile and coaxed him softly: "Don't cry, why do you like me so much?" Cry, I told you that it would make you feel uncomfortable, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn’t have said it.”

But the tears couldn't be stopped, and they rushed out of his eyes. Chen Xing's teary eyes could only see the outline of Zhou Chen. He buried his head in Zhou Chen's chest and asked, "And then?"

Zhou Chen patted him on the back and said softly: "Didn't you ask me why I applied to the Public Security University? Because Zhou Chuan wanted to be a policeman, my mother said that I should go to university for Zhou Chuan, so I am now a policeman." Yes, I could have been a criminal police officer, but I didn't want to, my mother asked me to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and I didn't want to, so I came here as soon as I graduated, and then I met you."

Chen Xing raised his head and cried even harder: "What about you, what about your ideal?"

"I originally wanted to be an architect, but no one knew about it. They thought Zhou Chen didn't have a dream of his own. You were the first person to ask me."

Chen Xing had never cried so sadly like now: "Zhou Chen, are you wronged?"

You obviously did nothing wrong, but you are regarded as a sinner by your blood relatives, you are so outstanding, but you can't even realize your own dreams, you obviously don't want to, but you have to live in this world for another person according to other people's wishes, you Do you feel wronged?

Zhou Chen gently kissed the tears on Chen Xing's face, and said softly, "It was a little bit at first, but when I met you, I felt that everything was worth it. It turns out that all the suffering I suffered before was because of your appearance. paving."

It’s great, there are people in this world who care about him, ask him about his dream, care about whether he feels wronged, shed tears for him, feel sad for him, and take care of his pain for so many years, making him feel that there is still hope in life Yes, this world is still worth it.

Chen Xing hugged Zhou Chen's neck, choked up and said, "Zhou Chen, don't let others bully you in the future, okay?"

Zhou Chen lowered his brows and said in a low voice, "Okay."

"No one can."

"it is good"

"Neither can I."

"you can."

"Then don't want me, I won't bully you."

"it is good."

Zhou Chen tenderly kissed Chen Xing, forehead, eyes, nose, lips, neck, and finally to the collarbone.

"Bite it."

Zhou Chen obediently took a bite, and Chen Xing hugged Zhou Chen's neck, leaving a hickey on his neck.

"It's like this."

Zhou Chen left marks on Chen Xing's collarbone, two marks, one on Chen Xing's Zhou Chen and one on Zhou Chen's Chen Xing.

"Then we will return to each other from now on, shall we?"

"it is good."

The author has something to say: I don't want to abuse Zhou Chen like this...

Wow, I cried, brother Zhou is really pitiful, I almost cried when I wrote this chapter