"Master, where are you taking me? Be careful not to burn yourself!"
In the dim country kitchen, Xiao Tao Shiyan was stuffing the buns wrapped in kraft paper into his pocket. The freshly baked meat buns were hot, soft and tender, and the fragrant smell could be smelled through a layer of kraft paper and a coat.
.
He will definitely like it, Tao Shiyan thought.
Tao Shiyan walked out and said to the left side of the stove: "Aunt Jiang, I'm going to the village head."
Aunt Jiang, who was standing on the right, sighed, "It rained last night and the road outside is a bit slippery. Please walk slowly and don't be in a hurry."
Tao Shiyan didn't respond. He opened the door and stepped out of the threshold naturally. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't have noticed that he had an eye disease.
Only the scars on his legs tell how many times he fell on this threshold and how many times he got up before he could walk freely like a normal person.
Aunt Jiang was right. It had rained last night and the dirt roads in the countryside were filled with mud and water. Tao Shiyan's feet began to slip after just a few steps.
He put one hand in his pocket to protect the bun, and made a fist with the other hand to maintain balance. As a result, he accidentally stepped on a small stone and involuntarily stretched out his arm to grab it.
When he finally stood firm, he waved his arms belatedly - only a blind man would be as helpless as he was just now.
He is not blind, he just cannot see things temporarily, and he will recover sooner or later. He does not allow himself to keep the same habits as the blind man.
Tao Shiyan took a deep breath and walked more carefully. Occasionally, he felt muddy water splashing on his pants, which made him frown for a long time.
"Moo~moo~" Until he heard the cry of cows in his ears, his mood suddenly fell to the bottom.
Because that means if you continue walking, you will smell an unbearable smell - there must be cow dung everywhere in front of you.
Although he has lived in the city since he was a child, he has no resistance to the relatively harsh conditions in the countryside. The only things that make him feel uncomfortable are the sanitary environment and animal feces.
He has a slight mysophobia and can't stand his clothes being dirty, let alone being exposed to unpleasant odors.
Tao Shiyan hesitated for a moment, squeezed the warm bun in his pocket, and finally took a step forward.
The braying of the cows continued all the way to the village. By the time they reached the wall of the first house at the village entrance with their noses covered, the others were almost fainting. If their eyes were not covered, their faces would have been stained with tears.
He knocked on the bowl-sized glass window.
"You're here!" Not long after, the boy's hoarse voice sounded, "It's a little later than yesterday, did you stay in bed?"
Tao Shiyan never stayed in bed and was too lazy to argue with the little kid. Without saying anything, he took out the bun from his pocket and groped around and handed it to the window frame.
The hot aroma penetrated into his nostrils. Cheng Xi, who had not eaten well for two days, immediately swallowed his saliva, but instead of picking up the buns, he tugged on Tao Shiyan's sleeves: "Why are you standing so far away? I can't see you. You are so far away from me."
near-point."
The window was located low, only reaching Tao Shiyan's chest. Tao Shiyan took a step forward as instructed, and Cheng Xi found that he still couldn't see him, with only a few shirt buttons facing his face.
Cheng Xi: "..."
I'm so angry, why is this guy so tall?
Because "that family" let him out the day before yesterday and asked him if he wanted to call his parents, he didn't say anything, so Cheng Xi only drank water and had no food for the past two days.
He was not worried about starving to death. After all, "that family" spent a lot of money and could not kill him just because he didn't call for help.
But he was in the period of growing body, and it was really hard to go without food for two days. Looking at the buns, Cheng Xi swallowed his saliva and his stomach let out an unsatisfied howl.
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Tao Shiyan's hearing was extremely sensitive. He tightened his lips when he heard the sound, "Eat quickly, it will get cold in a while."
"Why are you laughing? It was the sound of a stool being moved," Cheng Xi lied confidently as the other party couldn't see it, "Have you eaten? Let's go together."
Tao Shiyan: "I only brought two buns."
"One for you and one for me," Cheng Xi separated the paper bag from the middle, "That's just right."
Tao Shiyan was still willing to share half of it with him despite his hungry stomach growling. Tao Shiyan was startled for a moment. He wanted to say he didn't want it, but a warm touch came from his palm, and then his soft little hand patted his arm: "Here, eat it.
.”
If he pulled it any longer, the bun would probably get cold. Tao Shiyan had no choice but to nod in agreement.
However, he was not in the habit of eating under the stench. He took a small symbolic bite and asked, "Why is your voice hoarse?"
After a few seconds, the little boy answered vaguely: "But, maybe I didn't cover myself with a quilt last night, so I caught a cold."
"I have medicine over there. I'll go back and get it for you later." Listening to the sound of the little boy chewing, his mood suddenly improved due to the bad smell, and Tao Shiyan's voice became much lighter.
"No, I...cough, cough, cough, cough..."
Halfway through his words, Cheng Xi suddenly broke out into a violent cough!
Tao Shiyan knew that the other person had eaten too quickly and choked, so he subconsciously wanted to find water for him to drink. When he turned around, he realized that he had no water.
He stretched his arm along the window and wanted to pat the other person's back to comfort him, but the window was too small and he couldn't touch the other person's back at all.
what to do......
The little boy's coughing became louder and louder, and Tao Shiyan's face wrinkled up in anxiety. In the end, he could only fumble his way up, pinch Cheng Xi's cheeks, and push hard——
The food stuck in his throat came out smoothly, and it all spat out on Tao Shiyan's hand.
"Huh..." Finally able to breathe, Cheng Xi leaned on the window sill and took deep breaths. When his eyes regained clarity, he realized that he had vomited all over his hands.
He quickly stretched out his clothes and wiped his hands while apologizing: "I'm sorry, little brother, I made your hands dirty."
Tao Shiyan seemed not to hear, recalling the feeling when he pinched the little boy's cheek just now: "Is your face swollen?"
He once touched the little boy's cheek, which was a little fleshy, but definitely not as bulging as it is today.
Cheng Xi knew he couldn't hide it, so he said "Yeah", "It's swollen."
"how did you make it?"
What else could he do? That family member beat him. However, Cheng Xi did not tell the truth and only said: "I fell off the stool."
After a few seconds, he added: "It doesn't hurt at all. Really, you don't have to sympathize with me."
Some people are not born with the talent to lie, such as Cheng Xi, and the excuses he makes every time are very lame.
Tao Shiyan, who was only eleven years old, could tell it was a lie. He even wanted to ask the other party countless times if he was being abused at home. However, the little boy's resistance was very obvious, so he could only put away those thoughts and pretend
Believed those lies.
It was the same this time. Tao Shiyan took back his hand, handed his bun to Cheng Xi, and leaned against the wall to change the subject: "Tell me what it's like outside today."
"Okay," Cheng Xi lay on the window sill, his voice hoarse but calm, "Today's sky is very blue, with big clouds. The one on the left looks like a kitten, and the one on the right... and
KFC’s grilled wings are exactly the same!”
"It rained last night, so there was muddy water on the ground, but not much. The red, yellow, and purple flowers on the roadside were particularly bright."
"Right in front of me, at the position of the wooden pile, was a cow that looked very old. It was wagging its tail slowly, and two birds were jumping around on its back...
.”
The more Tao Shiyan listened, the more surprised he became, and he began to wonder if what he heard and what Cheng Xi saw were actually the same scene.
Especially the cattle. He clearly heard the braying of the cattle when he came over. Cheng Xi didn't need to explain, he could imagine the scene - a large group of dirty cattle walking in the muddy water, excreting as they walked, and excreting as they walked.
...
This little guy, why did you lie to him?
"Um...what time is it?"
Tao Shiyan was doubting when he was pushed hard by the person in his arms. When he opened his eyes, the young man's face in front of him gradually overlapped with the childish face before, and then he realized that he was actually dreaming.
Today is the second anniversary of his relationship with Cheng Xi. After experiencing the storm of the exposure of their relationship, Cheng Xi's career has been developing better and better, and the public has slowly accepted their relationship.
Tao Shiyan, on the other hand, gradually focused his energy on the company's operations. Six months ago, Tao Shiyan's studio was officially renamed Yanxi Media, which is a homonym for the two names, which means like a big tree growing tenaciously in a rock crevice.
, looking for hope in desperate situations.
Last month, Yanxi Media was officially listed on the Nasdaq exchange. Tao Shiyan was busy there for a full month before returning.
Over the past two years, the two of them had played in the places they should play and eaten the food they should eat, so they unanimously decided not to go out to celebrate the anniversary, but simply cooked some food at home and started live broadcasting at the same time - sooner or later they would have to pay back the money when they went out to hang out.
Yes, after fans relentlessly pursued the case for a year and a half, the two finally couldn't stand it any longer and decided to start a live broadcast to tell their love story to their fans.
However, the relationship between the two has been written into a song by Cheng Xi, and Tao Shiyan shows off on Weibo whenever he has nothing to do. Fans have already memorized their love story. So compared to the history of love, today is more like
It’s a casual chat with fans.
Their joint live broadcast is also one of the platform's major projects. The platform has finalized the date and time of the live broadcast with them several days in advance, and expanded the original five lines to eight to avoid paralysis of the entire platform.
The live broadcast time was set at 6 pm. Cheng Xi had been busy for too long last night and couldn't sleep well, so the two of them took a nap first.
Fortunately, Cheng Xi woke up early. Tao Shiyan looked at his watch and saw that it was not too late at 5:30 in the afternoon. He hugged Cheng Xi and kissed him for a while before getting up and going to the bathroom to wash up together.
When everything was ready and the machines were connected under the guidance of the staff, they saw more than 10 million people waiting in the live broadcast room.
After the live broadcast announcement was sent out, the numbers increased at an alarming rate. Cheng Xi raised his eyebrows and greeted the fans: "Good afternoon everyone."
【Good afternoon, has the baby had dinner?】
[My brother just woke up, his eyes are still red.]
[Brother Yan, please say something, this is fulfilling the promise you made a year and a half ago (manual dog head)]
【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Xixi husband looking so sexy when he just got up! I love it!!】
After being gone for a month, it was not easy to be together and spend time on live broadcasts. Tao Shiyan refused.
Originally it was only intended to be used as a backdrop, but when he saw the last barrage, he suddenly sat upright.
Of course, the main reason for sitting upright was not the fan's yelling, but the fan's ID - the God of Demacia.
Demacia is one of the forces in the game, and those with this ID are usually men.
Girls often call Cheng Xi her boyfriend or something, but Tao Shiyan never trusts her. If a man calls Cheng Xi her husband, that is absolutely not okay!!
Tao Shiyan leaned forward and opened the fan's profile. As he expected, the gender was male, and the signature was: When did Cheng Xi dump Tao and be with me?
Ha, Tao Shiyan sneered.
wishful thinking.
However, on a big day, arguing with fans can easily affect his mood. Tao Shiyan stretched out his arm to Cheng Xi and rolled up his sleeves first.
Immediately afterwards, he patted Cheng Xi's arm, like a small gesture of intimacy between lovers. The fans did not find anything wrong, and neither did Cheng Xi. He answered the fans' questions carefully one by one:
"I ate late at lunch and haven't had dinner yet."
"Yeah, I just took a nap and almost missed the live broadcast."
"If he doesn't want to talk, let him do it." This was exactly what Cheng Xi wanted. "It would be good for us to have a chat."
"You guys came here so quickly. How long have you been squatting?"
Cheng Xi automatically ignored the barrage calling him husband, and fans flooded the screen to say that they had been waiting for dozens of minutes. Some even hung out in the live broadcast room since noon.
At this time, Tao Shiyan suddenly spoke: "Hello everyone, have you noticed anything different about me?"
Depend on......
Every time Tao Shiyan opened his mouth to speak, something would easily happen. Cheng Xi had an ominous premonition and quickly pinched Tao Shiyan under the table, ready to bring the topic back.
However, the fans are very silly and sweet, and are very cooperative with Tao Shiyan:
【Brother Yan is handsome again!】
[Last time I lost 20 pounds for a role, but I haven’t regained the weight yet. I feel bad. Little Chengzi, please cook some delicious supplements for Brother Yan]
Tao Shiyan took every opportunity to reply: "I cook all the food at home."
my home......
Aren't you married yet? Fans were a little speechless, "Brother Yan is really a good man among handsome guys."
"Well, Xiao Xi said the same thing."
"..."
Fans couldn’t stand it anymore: [It’s been two years since the show, right? Let’s have a nice chat, okay??!!]
"Okay, let's have a good chat," Tao Shiyan nodded, "Then do you see what's different about me?"
Fans breathed a sigh of relief as they finally changed back to the serious topic.
So everyone continued to guess:
[Clothes? Is this T-shirt a model from the H family? 】
Tao Shiyan: "It's a show piece, but it's not the focus. You've seen a lot of my show pieces."
[Hairstyle? The bangs seem to be longer than last month]
Tao Shiyan: "If my hair doesn't grow in a month, I may need to go to the hospital."
An eagle-eyed reader saw his wrist: [Look at Brother Yan’s watch, it looks like it’s new, I’ve never seen you wearing it before]
"Finally someone has found the key point," Tao Shiyan twisted his wrist in an extremely exaggerated manner and pointed the dial at the screen. "Does the latest model that has not yet been released on the market look good? Of course, whether it looks good or not is secondary, the main thing is
..."
[What’s the main thing?] Fans’ emotions are easily affected.
Tao Shiyan looked at the screen with satisfaction for a while before replying: "The main thing is that you Xi Zai gave me this watch."
fan:"......"
Tao Shiyan pulled Cheng Xi's wrist: "It's still a couple's style."
fan:"........."
That's sloppy.
Tao Shiyan took off his watch: "There are also words engraved on the back of the dial, our initials," he read word by word, "y.x."
"Okay, okay, put it away."
At this time, Cheng Xi couldn't bear it anymore and told the truth without expression: "It was the cabinet sister who kept persuading me to engrave it. I had no intention of engraving it."
"Hey, just in time," Tao Shiyan raised his left eyebrow, "Even the counter sister thinks that our relationship will be like this sapphire dial, forever and ever. Ha, some people are waiting for Cheng Xi to get rid of me.
Yes, you can reincarnate and wait in the next life."
fan:"............"
Ahhhhhhhhh why do I have to come and suffer this kind of abuse!!!”
[Stop torturing me or you will die, you should just get married!!]
Cheng Xi's cheeks were slightly red, and he secretly glanced at the person next to him. Seeing that the other person had no reaction, he lowered his eyelashes: "...We have only been in love for two years, so we are not in a hurry to get married."
He said he didn't want to be abused, but in fact the number of people in the live broadcast room was still increasing, and none of the familiar IDs left.
At eight o'clock, the doorbell rang. Tao Shiyan patted Cheng Xi on the shoulder and told him to continue, and opened the door himself.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Tao Shiyan left, a large number of people suddenly parachuted into the live broadcast room. He called them disgusting and made up all kinds of stories that had never happened. For example, they both had girlfriends before they got together, and they were all in love.
Liars, etc. There are even rumors that Tao Shiyan has secretly married and is having an extramarital affair with him.
...simply outrageous!
Cheng Xi quickly picked up his mobile phone and called the platform: "Help me deal with the gangsters in the live broadcast room, thank you."
The voice on the other end of the phone hurriedly said, "The house management is blocking the account, but there are too many blackmails and it can't be blocked at the moment!"
"Please hurry up, I don't want Brother Yan to see it."
"——There's something you don't want me to see." As soon as Cheng Xi finished speaking, he would not come back sooner or later. Tao Shiyan came back at this time.
"It's nothing," Cheng Xi quickly hung up the phone and blocked the phone screen with his body, "We were joking."
What he didn't know was that Tao Shiyan had actually heard the content of the phone call.
At this moment, Tao Shiyan suddenly understood the reason why Cheng Xi lied to him when he was a child.
No matter whether he is behind bars or facing online violence, what his little windmill wants to show him is always the most beautiful and pure world.
Perhaps that phone call had an effect. The house manager blocked the blacklist as quickly as possible, and Cheng Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
Half an hour later, the live broadcast officially ended. Cheng Xi almost broke his waist. He rubbed his waist and went to the kitchen to settle the score with Tao Shiyan, who had left the broadcast in advance to cook. "Why are you telling fans about the engraving of couple watches? Next time."
If you wear this watch out, you will be teased again——"
Halfway through the words, I got stuck in my throat.
In front of him, on the wooden dining table, roses were spread out in the shape of a big heart. Among the layers of petals, lay a blue velvet box.
The lid of the box has been opened, and inside is a pair of simple diamond rings.
Cheng Xi was stunned in place, watching Tao Shiyan take out the portfolio from his pocket and push it in front of him, "We have completed all the registration procedures, and the wedding venue has been reserved. The appointment time is for your global tour.
The week after the meeting ends, it will not affect work."
"The invitations will be sent out one after another starting tomorrow. I have made a few lists. Your friends should not be left behind. You can take a look at them later and just add whoever is missing."
"Actually, the wedding is still half a year away, so there's no need to be in such a hurry, but I want to put a ring on you now."
"We have only been in love for two years, which may not be that long, but before that, I have been looking for you for seventeen years... I have been waiting for this day for too long, and I really can't wait any longer.
Yes, every minute and every second is suffering.”
"Cheng Xi," Tao Shiyan picked up the blue velvet box, "If you don't want to continue wearing that watch, how about changing it to these rings?"
Tao Shiyan showed a rare nervous look on his face, his eyes turned red, and the fingertips holding the box trembled slightly.
Under the background of the kitchen light, the diamond ring that symbolizes eternity is coated with a layer of warm yellow light, as if the so-called eternity is right in front of you, at your fingertips.
"...Long-winded."
Cheng Xi's eyes were blurry. He complained, then took out the ring - three times five times two and put it on his ring finger. "You have already made an appointment for the wedding. Am I qualified to refuse?"
After a pause, he pointed at Tao Shiyan's finger: "Why are you still standing there? You are wearing it too. You are not waiting for me to wear it for you, are you?!"
In fact, they have no particularly romantic story to tell their fans. Even the proposal ended simply without music or ceremony.
From now on, life will be more ordinary, just like every ordinary couple, one house, two people, three meals, four seasons, year after year.
Hold hands and spend the rest of your life together.