MTL - Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?-Chapter 53

Amidst the sizzling sound of hot oil, the stall owner quickly filled a portion of fried milk and handed it to Huo Ran.

When Huo Ran took it, he deliberately paused in front of Jin Shaoyuan, and then sent it to Tao Zhiyue very naturally.

"Be careful, eat slowly."

Tao Zhi laughed so hard that he was about to get hurt internally, he really didn't know how to react, so he simply picked up a piece of fried milk and concentrated on eating.

He blew on the hot air and took a bite, revealing a smooth milk paste under the golden skin, which melted in his mouth.

Tao Zhiyue couldn't help squinting his eyes, "It's delicious, very sweet."

So Huo Ran nodded with a smile as if he had tasted it himself: "That's good."

The goal of showing affection was successfully achieved, he pulled Tao Zhiyue and walked to the side, leaving Jin Shaoyuan with a very chic back view.

There is also a sincere teaching.

"It's your turn to buy, remember to eat in time and don't waste it. See you the day after tomorrow, Young Master Jin..." He paused deliberately, "Far away."

Jin Shaoyuan's expression at the moment was comparable to the black earrings beside his ears.

He stood there in a daze for a long time before slowing down. He wanted to turn around and leave.

After hesitating for a while, Jin Shaoyuan still whispered to the stall owner: "A serving of fried milk."

Because it looks really delicious.

Tao Zhiyue at the other end tried very hard to restrain his desire to turn around and watch the excitement.

"What do you think he looks like now?"

"It must be a stinky expression." Huo Ran said without hesitation, "I've been bothering me for so long, and finally when he is unlucky, I really want to take a picture as a souvenir."

"You are bad."

"By the way, when it comes to taking pictures, we don't have any pictures together yet. Should we take a selfie? Then I will post a post. I think many people will post pictures like this when they have a date."

"No, I never take selfies, it's weird." Tao Zhiyue shook his head immediately, "Don't post a post either, I'll have a cancer attack from embarrassment."

"Then you still laugh at my nesting doll!"

"I'll teach you a new meme, the essence of human beings is double standards." Tao Zhiyue tried to get away with it, "Where are we going to play tomorrow?"

"I have something to do tomorrow morning, so you can just sleep in." Huo Ran pondered, "What should I do in the afternoon? Is there any place you want to go?"

"There doesn't seem to be anything interesting." Tao Zhi thought about it more, "I don't like shopping. I've played enough games today, and there are no good movies. Are you going to a scenic spot?"

"There will be a lot of people, and it will be very tiring." Huo Ran was a little regretful, "I want to watch a movie with you, but we haven't really watched it together yet."

Tao Zhi got an idea, "Why don't you watch a horror movie at home, I will definitely not ask strange questions this time."

"Is it at your house?"

"Well, you can watch it on the TV in the living room. What do you like to eat? I'll go shopping in advance in the morning, and I'll make dinner after watching the movie. I can teach you, I promised to teach you seasoning last time."

Tao Zhiyue felt that this arrangement was perfect, Huo Ran was the one who planned everything before, and it was rare for him to take the lead once.

"How? Can you?"

Huo Ran didn't respond for a long time, Tao Zhiyue turned his face to look at him, only to find that he blushed suspiciously.

So Tao Zhiyue also blushed suspiciously, "Why do you have such an expression?"

"I'm going to your house, I feel a little sudden... and a little nervous." He added slowly, "I'm looking forward to it too."

"It's just watching movies and eating, don't think too much."

"I didn't think much about it, what are you thinking about?"

"I don't!"

…

That night, Huo Ran, who was in a luxury suite of a five-star hotel, and Tao Zhiyue, who was in a small bedroom in an old residential building, fell asleep again in unison.

Tao Zhiyue tossed and turned the pancakes on the bed.

For a while, I felt that I was too reckless and shouldn't invite people to my home rashly. What if Huo Ran thinks that the place he lives in is terrible?

After a while, he began to imagine the scene of being together tomorrow. It is the first time to watch a movie together. It should leave a good memory. Don’t watch that kind of American blood plasma movie. Japanese horror movies are more fresh...or watch something else ?

Really unable to fall asleep, and still awake when awake, Tao Zhiyue simply got up and tidied up the house.

Although I just inspected it in the morning, I concluded that it was very clean and did not need to be cleaned. But now that I have changed my mood, I can see that there are problems everywhere.

The books on the bookshelf can be arranged more neatly, there is dust on the corners of the floor, and it needs to be mopped again, and the dust on the TV cover must be wiped clean... In the end, he even took out the clothes hidden in the closet and folded them again .

After tossing around, the exhausted Tao Zhi managed to fall asleep, and woke up early the next day naturally.

[Xiao Huo: Good morning! Did you sleep well last night? ]

[Tao: Morning, sleep well. ]

[Xiao Huo: Me too! Now it's time to go out and run errands. ]

[Xiao Huo: See you at two in the afternoon! ]

People who are in love are liars.

Tao Zhiyue thought silently.

Although he didn't sleep for long, he was so energetic that he made a special trip to a large chain store two kilometers away, walked around efficiently, and bought a lot of things.

Two pairs of sky-blue slippers, two hammer-mesh glasses that look summery at first glance, a light coffee-colored checked tablecloth, and patterns reminiscent of plastic fruit bowls from childhood...

When he saw the sunlight coming in in the morning, he suddenly felt that everything at home was too ordinary.

Even the pair of gray slippers on her feet looked particularly bleak.

He bought a bunch of brand new daily necessities, and selected fresh vegetables and meat according to the names of Huo Ranbao's dishes. When he came out to take a taxi with three heavy bags, he saw someone selling ten yuan at the bus stop beside him. Twenty yuan a bouquet of flowers.

Flowers of different colors are clustered together, violets, chamomile, baby's breath, carnations, sunflowers...

The bouquet of roses that Huo Ran gave him in the movie theater had withered, he picked some petals and dried them into dried flowers, stored them on the bookshelf, and used them as bookmarks in the future.

The vase is still on the table now, but it is empty inside.

Tao Zhiyue returned home, put down his things in a hurry, first took the sunflower to the kitchen, trimmed the branches and leaves, soaked the roots with hot water to protect its wounds according to the method learned on the Internet, and then inserted them into the transparent vase leaning against the window .

The settled sunflower smiled warmly at him, its orange-yellow petals quivering in the wind.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the knock on the door rang on time, and Tao Zhiyue, who was nestled on the sofa and stared at the brand-new living room in a daze, jumped up suddenly.

He walked to the door step by step, took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and opened the door.

As soon as Huo Ran saw him, he raised the two bags that were full in his hands.

"good afternoon…"

"watermelon!"

"watermelon!"

Tao Zhiyue answered decisively, almost speaking with him.

"..." Huo Ran was very surprised, "Why was I guessed again? It shouldn't be! Is it because I didn't speak fast enough?"

Tao Zhiyue took a bag of watermelon and a bag of snacks in his hand, and started talking nonsense: "Because I'm smart."

Huo Ran changed into the sky blue slippers placed at the door, while still wondering: "Why don't you guess the snacks?"

"I bought a lot of snacks, including melon seeds, potato chips, shredded squid, popcorn, jelly, cola...these names are obviously possible."

"If you call me Guazi, I'll change your note to gas stove."

"...No, I like Xiao Huo."

A whole watermelon was too big, Tao Zhiyue took it to the kitchen and skillfully cut it in half.

Huo Ran followed behind him, watching his movements: "Is this melon good? I picked it for a long time and knocked every one on the stall... the sound seemed to be the same. Finally, the stall owner couldn't stand it anymore and chose it for me. one."

Tao Zhiyue smiled and said, "It's very popular, and it smells very sweet. I would like to praise it solemnly."

He wrapped the two halves of the watermelon in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator to freeze.

"It's a pity that the tap water is very hot in summer now." Tao Zhiyue couldn't help sighing while washing his hands, "When I was a child, my dad bought watermelons and put them in a bucket and soaked them in cold water. When I came back from work, I soaked them and cut them at nine. Eat it, it's also very refreshing."

"I've seen it too. Once when I was climbing a mountain, I passed by a small stall set up by residents on the mountain. I used that kind of big silver basin to pick up mountain spring water, soak small watermelons, tomatoes, cucumbers...all of which are very convenient to eat. fruit."

"That watermelon is very small, and it looks very cute." Huo Ran leaned against the sliding door of the kitchen, trying to gesture with his hands, "It's about the size of my two hands, I bought one, cut it in half, and used it Eating it with a spoon is very thirst-quenching, but it is finished in three minutes."

"I was in a trance after eating, and I always felt that I hadn't eaten anything. I hesitated for a while, and went back and bought another one."

"...and then I'm full."

The sweet smell of watermelon remained in the air, Tao Zhiyue wiped off the water droplets on his hands, turned his head with a smile, and gently brushed his hair against his ears.

Under the sunlight coming in from the glass window in the kitchen, Huo Ran, who was chattering, looked golden.

Brilliant gold like a sunflower.

The coffee table covered with a light brown checkered tablecloth was full of snacks. Huo Ran arranged them in a neat line very rigorously. In the front were two cans of Coke, with fine drops of water dripping from the cold cans.

Tao Zhiyue pressed the remote control and flipped through the movies in the film and television section. Today he specially opened a membership, and there are many movies to choose from.

"Do you want to watch horror movies? Other genres are also available, you choose."

In front of the dense film library, Tao Zhiyue chose to commit a phobia, and simply handed over the decision-making power to Huo Ran.

Huo Ran stopped what he was doing, took it, looked at it carefully, and searched for comments on his phone from time to time.

Tao Zhiyue got up to get the ice tray, poured the freshly frozen ice cubes into a shiny glass, poured Coke, and a lot of exciting bubbles burst out instantly.

"I often drink Coke recently." Tao Zhiyue took a sip, then reflected, "This is not good."

"Exercise more is enough. I run for an hour every morning." Huo Ran said, "There don't seem to be any good horror movies here, and the evaluation is not good."

He flipped through the pages, and his eyes were suddenly attracted by a title: "How about watching this? It's a European romantic literary film. I think the rating is quite high."

Tao Zhiyue followed his line of sight, the title of the film was "Love in Summer".

He couldn't help laughing: "That's it."

The story begins on the golden beach next to the blue sea. The heroine, a painter who is full of trivial matters, comes to the seaside villa to relax, and meets the heroine who is traveling here.

After a few brief encounters, the young and handsome man became a model for the female painter. Amidst the lingering gaze and rich colors, feelings gradually arose.

Huo Ran hugged the canned popcorn and commented: "If only I could draw, you can be my model."

"I can't move, I'm very tired." Tao Zhiyue took the popcorn from his arms, "It's still delicious from the movie theater."

"I also think, let's eat potato chips. I bought three flavors."

"I like the cucumber flavor, very refreshing."

"I bought it, and I love it too!"

After watching for an hour, under Huo Ran's longing gaze, Tao Zhiyue took out watermelons from the refrigerator, half of them for each person, each with a silver spoon.

The two of them nestled side by side on the sofa, each holding half a cold watermelon in their arms, digging and eating while watching a movie.

The air conditioner is blowing cold air, the electric fan is running at full speed to dissipate the sweltering heat, and the long chirping of cicadas can be heard outside the window.

The men and women on the screen kept chattering, and they also had endless things to say off the screen.

In this long summer afternoon, Tao Zhiyue felt that time seemed to stand still.

Not long after eating the watermelon, the two people who also suffered from insomnia for most of the night fell asleep unknowingly to the soft and soothing soundtrack.

When Tao Zhiyue woke up in a daze, he found himself leaning on Huo Ran's shoulder.

His neck was sore, he stretched out his hands and rubbed it, and in a blink of an eye he saw that the sun was dim.

The setting sun is about to fall outside the window, the sunset glow is flushed with a large area of ​​azure blue, and the end of the sky is glowing with a touch of brilliant gold.

The movie is still playing. After a depressing misunderstanding and dispute, the female artist is sitting on the beach in the morning, blowing the salty sea breeze. There are clear footsteps behind her. Someone sighs in a low voice: the morning is so beautiful.

Then they hugged and kissed and their tears fell into the damp wind.

The slowly changing light and shadow fell on the side of Huo Ran's face, the sound of light breathing was close at hand, and the sunflower in the peripheral vision was immersed in the dusk, tender and empty.

Tao Zhiyue didn't move, he leaned quietly for a long time, until the night fell and the story on the screen came to an end, frozen in a romantic and poetic empty mirror.

Huo Ran woke up at some point. He blinked blankly, and after regaining consciousness, he calmly picked up the glass and took a sip of the flat Coke.

Tao Zhi sat up straight quietly, and deliberately asked him, "Did you fall asleep just now?"

"No! Are you asleep?"

"I do not have either."

Huo Ran took a closer look, only to find that the end credits were already playing on the TV, "...Why did it end? After that artist friend came over, did they quarrel?"

"There was a fight, and then it was made up again."

"Ah, how did you reconcile?"

"I won't tell you." Tao Zhi laughed at him more, "Didn't you fall asleep?"

"...Maybe fell asleep for a while. It is scientifically proven that it is easy to get sleepy after eating sweets. We ate a whole watermelon."

Huo Ran resorted to the great method of changing the topic: "I'm hungry, do you want to cook now? I'll help you."

The size of this one-bedroom is small, and the kitchen can only accommodate two people just enough.

Said it was a helper, but it was actually washing vegetables. Huo Ran washed a bag of tomatoes and handed them to Tao Zhiyue one by one, then stood in front of the pool full of water and watched him chop vegetables.

At the request of Huo Ran, I made tomato fish today.

Holding a kitchen knife in his slender and slender hand, Tao Zhiyue gently cut open a tomato, removed the stalk, cut it into eight petals, and put it into the plate together with the juice.

He couldn't help laughing: "Scrambled eggs with tomato, grilled cold noodles with tomato pulp, tomato fish...you really like eating tomatoes."

"Because it's sour and sweet." Huo Ran said solemnly, "My favorite in the past was tomatoes mixed with sugar, but now the tomatoes are not as strong as before, and it's not delicious to mix them directly."

Tao Zhiyue looked at a large bowl of chopped tomatoes, and said thoughtfully, "The ones I bought today seem to be pretty good."

He picked up a piece, sprinkled it with a little sugar, tasted it, and nodded: "It's delicious."

His fingers were stained with light pink wet juice, and a few crystal clear white sugars were also scattered, Tao Zhiyue sucked his fingers reflexively.

He turned his head to meet Huo Ran's gaze, so he took the initiative to say: "Do you want to eat? There are a lot of tomatoes, I can mix a small bowl for you."

Huo Ran stared at him steadfastly, and seemed to be distracted, with inexplicable emotions flashing in his eyes.

An ambiguous atmosphere quietly breeds.

There was a cool feeling from the air at the fingertips, and Tao Zhi wanted to say something more, but he was speechless.

In a small space, affection has nowhere to hide.

A few seconds later, Huo Ran leaned forward.

The warm yellow light overhead and the dark blue night outside the window were all covered by tall figures.

The silt at the bottom of the pool suddenly became clear, and the water surged downward like a whirlpool.

The vortex engulfs everything, the heart beats violently, and the breath is hot and humid.

There is silence beside the ear, only the soft heat between the lips and teeth.

"I tasted it, it was sweet."