Gossip and Coronary heart

The autumn evening on the mountain was cool and crisp.

Yi Zhize sat aspect by aspect with the person on the steps, surrounded by the cries of birds and the chirping of bugs.

There have been only some stars within the evening sky, which weren’t very vibrant, and Ou Tingyun requested him, “Are you right here alone right now of yr?”

“Sure.”

“Aren’t you afraid in the midst of nowhere?”

“No.”

“Simply sit like this till daybreak?”

“Not all the time, generally I depart early, generally I keep somewhat longer.”

“What about tonight? How lengthy do you propose to remain?”

“Tingyun, shouldn’t you be… aren’t you scared?”

“How is that potential?”

“In that case,” Yi Zhize stated intentionally, “then I will let you know just a few attention-grabbing issues which have occurred right here.”

“What… what attention-grabbing issues?”

“Two years in the past, after I was alone till midnight, I vaguely noticed an odd shadow.” Yi Zhize’s tone was flat, however within the evening it appeared crisp and gripping: “Ah, Tingyun, look, there it’s.”

Ou Tingyun instantly bought up from his spot and took Yi Zhize’s wrist in his hand: “Let’s go down the mountain.”

Yi Zhize laughed, “Aren’t docs imagined to be purely materialistic? Why are you so timid?”

“Sure, Zhize, I am scared.” Ou Tingyun leaned nearer to him and stated, “Due to this fact, it is advisable keep nearer to me.”

Considering he was actually scared, Yi Zhize defined, “I used to be simply teasing you, there wasn’t any shadow in any respect.”

“I do not care, I used to be scared, in any case you possibly can’t let go of my hand.”

“…. Okay.”

Ou Tingyun smiled, holding Yi Zhize with one hand and turning on the flashlight with the opposite, stepped into the moonlight, alongside the mountain path, and climbed down the steps.

Yi Zhize touched the palm of his proper hand, touched the rise and fall of the scab, and whispered, “The wound is healed?”

“Mmm.”

“Thanks, Tingyun.”

“Thanks for what? I came upon you’ve gotten an enormous downside.”

“What?”

“Being too well mannered.”

“What do you name that? How can politeness be a fault?”

“Politeness is for outsiders,” Ou Tingyun stated, “and by being well mannered to me, you might be distancing your self from me.”

“However I feel it is simply mandatory respect and has nothing to do with closeness.”

“Zhize, when you’ve gotten a girlfriend sooner or later, are you going to be well mannered along with her every single day too?”

Yi Zhize imagined that scene and actually felt unusual, and could not say something for half a day.

Ou Tingyun squeezed his palm.

Yi Zhize stated, “That is completely different.”

“What’s completely different?”

“My relationship with you shouldn’t be what you say it’s…”

“Okay,” Ou Tingyun interrupted, “I am your therapist and proper now, I am discovering that you’ve got an issue: an absence of expertise with intimacy that may have an effect on your anxiousness ranges and your sleep. From this second on, you aren’t allowed to be well mannered to me, do you perceive?”

“I do not perceive.”

“I will train you.”

“No want.”

“That is okay,” Ou Tingyun stated persistently, “we are able to… slowly determine it out.”

Once they reached the underside of the mountain and their respective parked vehicles, Ou Tingyun stated, “Why do not you permit the automobile and I will take you dwelling?”

“No want.” Yi Zhize let go of Ou Tingyun’s hand and felt round in his pockets, however he could not discover his automobile keys. It dawned on him that he had forgotten them within the automobile when he had come again for his umbrella.

Noticing the state of affairs on his aspect, Ou Tingyun stated with a smile, “What is the matter, Zhize? Cannot discover your keys?”

“En.”

“Then I will be sort and offer you a journey dwelling.”

“Okay.”

“Don’t say thanks.”

“Thanks.”

It was almost an hour’s drive from Anhe Mountain again to town.

Maybe too drained, Yi Zhize leaned again in his seat and fell asleep.

Ou Tingyun reselected the navigation vacation spot and switched from Yi Zhize’s home again to his personal.

———

The following day, at seven within the morning.

When Yi Zhize wakened from his sleep, he opened his eyes and noticed a totally unfamiliar setting.

He fastidiously recalled the occasions of final evening, when Ou Tingyun had pushed him dwelling after coming down from the mountain.

Then….

Had he fallen asleep within the automobile?

Lifting the covers, he was carrying beige pyjamas, which clearly bore the scent of Ou Tingyun.

This…. What was occurring right here?

Trying to his aspect, Yi Zhize was much more shocked.

Ou Tingyun was mendacity beside him, seemingly having simply been woken up and looking out somewhat worse for put on: “Mr. Yi, it is solely seven within the morning.”

Yi Zhize requested nervously, “How did I…”

Ou Tingyun checked out him on the aspect, the quilt slipping off to disclose half-naked pores and skin.

Yi Zhize’s ears instantly turned crimson: “Final evening, I, you…”

Ou Tingyun smiled, “As you possibly can see, all the things that ought to have occurred occurred and all the things that should not have occurred additionally occurred.”

Yi Zhize’s thoughts crashed and went clean.

Ou Tingyun stared at him with curiosity, watching his response.

It took some time earlier than Yi Zhize muttered, “Are you critical?”

“What do you assume?”

“You lied to me.”

“Inform me fastidiously, how did I deceive you? Hmm?”

“Shut up!”

Ou Tingyun laughed softly, “So simply shy? Zhize?”

Yi Zhize requested, “Why are my garments modified?”

“You bought moist yesterday, do you prefer to sleep in moist garments?”

“You’ve got quite a lot of rooms at dwelling, what is the level of compacting in with me?”

“You’ve got so many questions,” stated Ou Tingyun, “I am completely happy to.”

Yi Zhize bought away from bed and stepped barefoot on the carpet, “I bear in mind you wore considered one of my outfits final time, do you continue to have it?”

Ou Tingyun’s voice was lazy, “I do not know, it is gone. You’ll be able to put on mine, take no matter you need from the wardrobe.”

By the point Yi Zhize had completed his bathe and adjusted his garments, Ou Tingyun had solely simply gotten up.

As a matter after all, he stated, “Zhize, I need to have an omelette and toast.”

Yi Zhize: ……

Ou Tingyun added, “By the way in which, there may be milk within the fridge, the sort you prefer to drink, simply heat it up.”

Yi Zhize requested, “How are you aware what sort of milk I prefer to drink?”

“I noticed it at your own home final time.”

“That is what I prefer to drink, what did you purchase it for?”

“Needed to attempt it, cannot I?” Taking a look at him in his personal garments, Ou Tingyun was in a very good temper, “I will take you to work after breakfast later.”

Yuanfan Constructing, under Ruizheng Regulation Agency.

Yi Zhize bought out of Ou Tingyun’s automobile, walked into the foyer of the workplace constructing and went to the elevator room to attend for the elevator.

He occurred to stumble upon An Rong.

An Rong smiled brightly and spoke with a deeper which means, “Mr. Yi appears to be like terribly uncommon right now.”

“Do I?”

“For instance, this outfit of yours shouldn’t be like some other.”

Yi Zhize coughed uncomfortably, “Every so often I need to change my model.”

“One other instance is that you simply exude the aura of affection throughout your physique.”

The elevator reached the primary flooring with a crisp ding.

Yi Zhize stepped into the elevator: “You are considering an excessive amount of.”

An Rong adopted after him, “Am I overthinking it? Then which little sweetie gave you a journey to work right now?”

Yi Zhize answered with out altering his face, “DiDi driver.”

Ou Tingyun: ????

An Rong pretended to be puzzled, “Why is the driving force you matched with such a good-looking one? Oh, and why does this driver look precisely the identical because the earlier Mr. Ou? Mr. Yi? Why? Why on earth is that?”

The elevator reached the fifteenth flooring and made one other crisp ding.

Yi Zhize stated, “Miss An, how’s your labour dispute case from late September coming alongside? And the brand new chapter restructuring case you took over, it appears difficult, proper?”

An Rong instantly bought cranky: “Ahhhhhh annoying, why are you opening the pot?” (Angel: Opening the pot refers back to the idiom “Which pot shouldn’t be opened and which pot needs to be opened”, which implies “Individuals shouldn’t point out the privateness shortcomings of others, what needs to be stated, and what shouldn’t be stated shouldn’t be stated”.)

Yi Zhize smiled, “I will offer you again the pot.”

An Rong sighed helplessly, “Mr. Yi, you are actually, actually vengeful.”