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The next day, Xinye drove his Mercedes-Benz to pick up Lansheng to watch the sunset.

Seeing Xin Ye, Xie Lansheng was still a little sad, but he tried his best to suppress it.He got into the car, fastened his seat belt firmly, and tightened his grip on the window handle.It is Lan Sheng's habit to hold on to the handle when riding in a car. He is worried that he will shake from side to side due to inertia when turning.

After sitting down, turning his eyes, Xie Lansheng looked at Xin Ye's face, trying to remember the other's appearance.He knew very well that after Xinye left, he would never see him again—is this the male protagonist of "Growing Roots", a witness to hardships, a witness to glory, or... Xie Lansheng thought for a while: What is Xinye still? ?He thought of the snow on the top of the tower, and the Bicerin in the small shop. The former is beautiful and the latter is fragrant. Then, he thought of the warm fingertips on his lips.He pursed his lips, then felt a little strange, and let go again.

Xinye has very handsome eyebrows, smooth forehead, deep eyes, high nose bridge, thin lips, and sharp jaw line.Xie Lansheng has seen photos of Xinye's mother when she was young, so she can only say that it makes sense for Xinye's rich stepfather to marry, so it makes sense for Xinye's mother to be willing to marry and have children at the age of 22... About, All of them are super beautiful.

Just thinking about it, the corner of Xinye's mouth suddenly twitched: "Have you seen enough?"

Xie Lansheng: "..."

He was a little shy, stopped looking, and turned his head to look at the road outside the window.Cars come and go, in a hurry.

The two went all the way to Jingshan.Jingshan Park is next to the Forbidden City and is the highest point on the central axis of Beijing.It was called "Meishan" in the Ming Dynasty. When Emperor Yongle moved his capital, he piled up a large amount of coal here. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Jingshan", which means the place where the emperor and empress look after it. It is regarded as the back garden of the royal family.

The mountain is not high, 50 meters, and the two walked up slowly.

When passing an intersection, Xie Lansheng said: "Chongzhen committed suicide over there."

"Chongzhen?" Who is Chongzhen?This is beyond his knowledge.

Xie Lansheng felt amused again, and said: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng's army invaded Beijing, Chongzhen hanged himself on the old locust tree. The Qing army called it "Sin locust tree", and it was surrounded by iron chains. But the original tree was in Wen x It was regarded as the "four olds" and cut down, and now the locust tree is newly planted."

Xin Ye nodded: "Yeah."

Xie Lansheng feels that this beautiful place is always a bit sad.

Thinking about it, Xie Lansheng said again: "Hey, it was still called 'Red xx Park' in the two or three years when I was born, but it was closed immediately, and everyone was not allowed to come in and play, and it reopened after a few years."

There are people going up and down.Xie Lansheng always felt that everyone around him was amiable and lovely.They live in the same city, climb the same mountain, breathe the same air and drink the same water.As he walked, he suddenly smiled.

The two set foot on the top of Jingshan Mountain, and the sun just started to set.In the bleak Beijing winter, it has a soft halo, like a red lantern covered with silk cloth in an ancient costume movie.

Xin Ye took out something, squeezed it, and after a "bang", Xin Ye handed it to Lan Sheng: "The sun is going down soon, it's cold, take it."

"Oh..." Xie Lansheng sighed again in his heart: Xin Ye is really careful.However, this thing can start to heat up after being crushed, which is amazing.

He sat on the side of the pavilion, looked into the distance, pinched the hot pack repeatedly with his thin fingers.This pavilion is called "Wanchun Pavilion", which was built in Qianlong's time, and it is a pair with "Qianqiu Pavilion".

Clouds are reflected in orange and red.In mid-air, the light spreads straight to both sides, adding beauty to the city of Beijing.The walls of the Forbidden City have changed color, and they are elegant and luxurious in the setting sun. On the other side, the White Pagoda in Beihai Park is dyed golden red by the setting sun, as is the lake below it, and the surrounding trees are like gold leaf screens.

"Xinye," Xie Lansheng sat on the fence, facing the lake and mountains, with his back to the inside of the pavilion, asked, "Do you have any important words?"

"Not urgent."

"Um……"

Xin Ye did not sit down together, but stood beside Lan Sheng, facing the setting sun, thought for a while, and asked, "Lan Sheng, have you heard of 'homosexuality'?"

"Huh?" Xie Lansheng suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still replied seriously: "I've heard of it. And, in fact, most people don't know that there are 'homosexuals' in China. There was before, and there is now.”

"Oh?" Xin Ye smiled, "How do you know?"

Xie Lansheng fell into memories: "When I was young, a man in the next door neighbor was shot dead for 'sodomy'. When I was older, people in the building still called him... Pi Eyesman." But Xie Lansheng remembered that man —— Fair skin, handsome facial features, gentle and soft-spoken, even brought himself to buy glass balls.At that time, Lan Sheng was at a loss: Why was he shot?

Xin Ye listened, but did not speak.

"Later, after I went to university, I heard people say that Beijing still has a 5-kilometer-long gathering place for marginalized people. It was incredible. The public toilets, parks, and public baths on both sides are all their 'spots', and the police often go there to arrest people. .I read on "Bei Wan" that in May, June and July this year, a total of 6 people were arrested. But it is said that as long as you confess your mistakes, you will not be arrested."

"……Um."

"I thought...they couldn't help it. They knew the danger...Moreover, the dating environment was dirty and smelly. Later, when I was in my junior year, People's Literature published "Nie Zi" by Taiwanese writer Bai Xianyong. It's funny, It wants people on the mainland to see the 'degenerate' sea, but I feel... very sad, I still remember the first paragraph is 'In our kingdom, there is only night, no day, and we have no Government, no constitution, no recognition, no respect, people are a mob'."

It describes a group of people who are exiled by society, exiled both physically and spiritually.The main character "I" was expelled from school and driven away by his father to join "Kingdom" in the park.Xie Lansheng has always been the most sympathetic to literary and artistic works. He also burst into tears and was in pain. In the end, when the protagonist "I" led Luo Ping to face the cold, he ran and called "one two, one two, one two" At that time, he seemed to see the light.

Xie Lansheng thought about it, and said: "It should be in my senior year, the British movie "Maurice" (Morris) was released, and I won the best director and best actor at the Venice Film Festival. I watched the movie at school. "

In Cambridge, Clive knelt down and confessed to Maurice. Maurice chose to accept after struggling, but after Clive graduated, he married a wife and had children.

Xie Lansheng still remembers the words of the confession, "If you leave me, I will be half asleep and half awake in this life."

The picture is top-notch.For some reason, Xie Lansheng inexplicably felt that Maurice and Alec were very beautiful - Alec was unwavering in love, he climbed the ladder to Maurice's room, and he gave up the good opportunity to go to Argentina to change his status... The two of them were in love together. Falling in love with each other, embracing each other, and only each other under the intolerance of the world is very simple and beautiful.

The two leading actors of the film jointly won the best actor at the Venice Film Festival.

And because this film won the award, Xie Lansheng can slightly feel something behind it-Europe and the United States are probably "reflecting".

Thinking about it, Xie Lansheng said to Xinye again: "I just feel...they should be more tolerant. They can't help it...Who would be willing to be shot? Who would be willing to see the police?"

After a pause, he said again: "Maybe it's because he was born with a disease...with DNA? This thing can't be cured..." He didn't know about this thing, and he was just guessing and talking nonsense.

"No." Hearing this, Xinye couldn't take it any longer, and walked directly opposite to Lansheng.

Xinye thought, after half a year, if he didn't take the initiative to show his cards, the other party would never feel it.

"Huh?" Xie Lansheng also looked up.

Xinye is still tall and handsome.Behind him, the setting sun was still glowing red, adding a layer of golden red to Xin Ye's black hair.

Because of the angle, Xinye's face was a little dark, but his eyes were clearer, like the sea, with a surging love on the surface, but a steady and deep waiting underneath, he said: "Lan Sheng, I suddenly found out a few days ago... "

"Found what?"

"Find out, the World Health Organization just removed 'homosexuality' from its list of diseases."

"Huh?" The World Health Organization?

Xin Ye nodded: "Yes."

Knowing that the other party was not repulsive, he was pushed and pushed by the impulse, and continued: "These people... have no discomfort, no pain, they don't need any treatment, they can live a very happy life, and stay with the one they love for a lifetime. They just Just happen to be in love with a same-sex soul. I know... and kinda happy.

"..."

Xie Lansheng thought: what are you happy about?

He didn't speak, knowing that Xinye would continue, but his heart tensed up.His heart was pounding, and he instinctively felt that something big was about to happen.

Xinye didn't let him go, and forced him to ask: "Why don't you ask?"

Xie Lansheng couldn't escape, so he followed along and asked, "Why?"

Xin Ye's voice seemed to be tinged with mist by the setting sun: "Because... liking men is no longer a disease."

Xie Lansheng's heart clicked.

Xin Ye stretched his pants and squatted down in front of Xie Lansheng, while Xie Lansheng's lips were dry.On the central axis of Beijing, in front of the Wanchun Pavilion in Jingshan, there is a whole piece of golden red sunset behind Xin Ye, and there is only one shadow in his black eyes. He said: "I like you, or I like you." Loving you is no longer sick."