Three-day tour
"There's a spot of dirt on your forehead." Ou Ranyu wiped Chen Can's forehead, and Chen Can quickly retreated to a normal distance.
"Thanks."
By now, Chen Can had almost sobered up. Perhaps because the mosquitoes were buzzing so loudly, the silence around him was even more pronounced. Chen Can stood there for a moment before leaving. He really didn't know what had happened to him tonight.
It’s okay to just drink water when you’re thirsty and cry, but you can also hug me...
Chen Can's feet were still a little weak, so he had to hold on carefully when going down the stairs. In fact, if he just raised his head a little, he could see Ou Ranyu staring at him very closely, as if
When watching my child learning to walk, I am afraid that he will fall or get hurt.
Chen Can first called both families to report the situation, to avoid any worries. Once that was done, Li Yachang and Zhu Baifeng could move into the living room sofa. As for Shi Zhimu, he simply laid down on it and left it alone.
"Lightbulb, woo woo woo—come and save me."
Zhu Baifeng was howling while holding the wine bottle, and Shi Zhimu was standing on the dining table, screaming loudly.
"Son and son-in-law, come and drink and sing with me~~" Shi Zhimu was already dancing on the table, but was kicked down by Chen Can.
"Where are the duck intestines?" Chen Can pulled Zhu Baifeng up and asked.
"Duck intestines? Roasted duck intestines are more chewy." Zhu Baifeng held the wine bottle tightly.
Chen Can gave up asking, dealt with Zhu Baifeng and moved him to the sofa in the living room.
Li Yachang had already fallen under the sofa, holding her head with an indescribable look on her face. She was probably overwhelmed by Shi Guangmu's "singing".
Chen Can moved Li Yachang to the sofa, and just as he was about to leave, Li Yachang immediately rolled under the sofa.
Chen Can patiently carried the person up, but as soon as he turned around, the person rolled down again.
Chen Can carried the person up for the third time and couldn't help but warn: "If you roll down again, I will let the king come and take you home."
Chen Can used his foot to hold Li Yachang's butt to threaten her. After a few seconds of silence, Li Yachang finally became obedient.
When Chen Can returned to the restaurant, Ou Ranyu had already cleaned up the mess and was washing dishes in the kitchen. Chen Can glanced into the kitchen.
What you see is the image of a good wife and mother.
Pooh.
"Are you going back tonight?" Chen Can asked, squatting at the kitchen door.
Ou Ranyu glanced at Chen Can and turned the tap to rinse the foam off his fingers. The water flowed slowly down his clear white fingers, outlining the slightly raised veins.
Chen Can looked at him for a long time, and then remained silent for a long time. He even forgot what Ou Ranyu said.
"There's access control at home." Ou Ranyu repeated.
"I heard it." Chen Can's tone contained a hint of displeasure at being interrupted.
"You sleep here, what about him?" Chen Can pointed at Shi Zhimu who was lying on the ground with his butt sticking up and asked.
"Kick him out, he's an eyesore." Ou Ranyu said mercilessly.
After all, Chen Can couldn't kick the person out, so he let Shi Zhimu sleep there. Ou Ranyu didn't care and went up to the guest room on the second floor.
Chen Can looked at the two dusty bed boards in the guest room and was speechless. He felt really embarrassed to let the guests stay there.
"I'll go see if there are any spare mattresses and sheets."
In fact, there were two other rooms on the second floor, but Chen Can didn't want to touch them, so he could only look for them in his own room.
No.
I did have a spare set before, but he got it dirty.
Now there is only a thin quilt.
When Chen Can came down from the third floor, Ou Ranyu was staring at the bedroom on the second floor.
"Is this your brother's room?" Ou Ranyu asked.
Chen Can noticed the cartoon sticker on the door and felt a little dazed.
You can't just say it's his brother's because you saw this sticker? Ou Ranyu may not know who this cartoon character is.
Chen Can said: "No, it's my dad and... aunt's room."
Ou Ranyu said "Oh" and nothing else.
"Auntie... is my brother's mother."
Afraid that he might misunderstand, Chen Can added another sentence.
Of course Ou Ranyu would not ask again, "What about your mother?"
Chen Can wouldn't say it on his own initiative.
"There is only one quilt left." Chen Can said.
His mind raced for a moment before he remembered there was a tent in the room.
"But I have a tent/I'd better leave." It seems like they have a tacit understanding, but not a tacit understanding.
Chen Can asked again: "Are you sleeping in the corridor?"
Ou Ran didn't answer him.
Chen Can sighed and compromised: "Come with me."
Ou Ranyu followed Chen Can to the bedroom on the third floor.
"You live in the tent. I'll set up here. There's a lot of dust on the floor of the guest room below."
Chen Can was very good at it and soon he set up a tent in the room. Ou Ranyu watched the whole process and finally moved in with a thin blanket.
"If you feel bored at night, just come out and lie on the bed." Chen Can mentioned casually before turning off the lights.
It's really a bit redundant.
Ou Ranyu just poked his head out and responded obediently, "Okay, good night."
"Go to sleep."
It was late at night, and the moonlight came into the house, as full as water.
Can't sleep.
Chen Can's face was covered in the water. After struggling for two seconds, he jumped out of bed and pulled the curtains tightly. The bedroom seemed to have closed its eyes, plunging into a silent darkness.
Chen Can kept his eyes open, staring at the vague darkness. There was actually no difference between opening his eyes and closing them.
Chen Can closed his eyes and opened them again. After the alcohol wore off, his sleepiness also disappeared.
Or in the silence, the faint breathing and heartbeat can be heard through a thin tent, as if infinitely magnified by the darkness, disturbing the peace.
"Ou Ranyu, don't sleep."
Chen Can called out in a low voice, not intending for anyone to hear.
"Okay, I won't sleep.
Across the tent, Ou Ranyu's voice was very soft.
Don’t sleep anymore.
Chen Can turned his head in bed and moved closer to the tent.
Ou Ranyu just happened to poke his head out of the tent.
In the darkness, I can't see anything, only my shortness of breath
Temporary exchange.
"I'll go draw the curtains."
Chen Can stepped back twice, stood up and was about to draw the curtains.
"Don't pull away."
Ou Ranyu suddenly grabbed his wrist.
The sudden cold touch caught Chen Can off guard and he almost pushed him away.
Chen Can sat stiffly on the bed, waiting for the hand to loosen itself before lying back on the bed.
"Can't you let it be seen in public?" Chen Can asked with a smile.
"I'd rather stay in the dark."
Ou Ranyu sat near the opening of the tent and looked at Chen Can lying on the bed.
Blatant yet no one knows.
Chen Can said: "How about we tell stories? Each of us takes turns telling a story. Whoever can't tell a story will be the next one to tell.
You have to help the other person realize a wish."
Although he couldn't see anything clearly, Chen Can could feel Ou Ranyu facing him.
"good."
Chen Can heard the person on the other side respond.
"Then you start first. I think I've told you enough today."
Chen Can supported his chin and waited for what was to come.
"Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to be a scientist, and then he actually became a scientist."
Ou Ranyu started talking, and Chen Can listened quietly.
"The scientist had a great dream, and he wanted to realize it. Later, he and a group of partners who shared the same dream founded a team to realize the dream together."
Ou Ranyu paused and didn't say anything for a long time.
"And then?" Chen Can asked, "What are their dreams?"
"Then, someone stopped them and they couldn't realize their dreams," Ou Ranyu said. "Their dreams
Their dream was to "save humanity and continue civilization", but they disappeared without realizing their dream.
"That's a shame."
It was a long time before Chen Can made a comment.
"It's your turn." Ou Ranyu reminded him
"Then I'll tell you the story of the tent you're sleeping in now." Chen Can cleared his throat. "I'll begin."
In the darkness, Ou Ranyu observed his every move.
"This tent actually belongs to Zhu Baifeng. One time, the three of us agreed to spend the night in the mountains. But when we got there, Zhu Baifeng realized he had forgotten to bring his sleeping bag, and with it, this tent."
"Then, this idiot insisted on squeezing into a sleeping bag with me. He forced his way in, and the sleeping bag ripped apart. I kicked him twice on the spot.
"In the end, Li Yachang shamelessly borrowed a double sleeping bag from a young couple on the mountain. We slept in one sleeping bag for the whole night. But when we came down the mountain the next day, Zhu Baifeng still caught a cold. When he got home, his father scolded him."
"Afterwards, the tent stayed at my house. Zhu Baifeng wanted to go into the mountains again to avenge his previous defeat."
Chen Can’s recollections end here.
"It seems like you have a very good relationship." Ou Ranyu commented.
"Of course, after all, we are friends who have risked our lives together." Chen Can thought for a moment and then said, "You are the same as them."
"Same?" Ou Ranyu asked him softly.
Chen Can said, "Aren't we friends for life?"
Ou Ranyu didn't say anything.
"Okay, now it's your turn." Chen Can urged him to continue.
"Everyone disappeared except the scientist."
Ou Ranyu continued with the previous story.
"The scientist accidentally discovered a loophole, a loophole in time and space. In his step-by-step search
Through research, time and space can be reversed."
"To continue fulfilling his dream, he traveled back and forth across space. In another time and space, he successfully transformed the abandoned girl, giving her the ability to 'create the world'. He was trying to impose the results of his previous experiments on the people in another time and space."
"One day, he traveled to a different time and space and discovered their former 'dream utopia.' So he decided to single-handedly bring his former companions and experimental results from the past world to the present world, replacing the past with the present."
"So, he used that time and space's 'utopia' as his base, using living people as sacrifices in his attempt to change time and space. One night, a rift in time and space opened, and just when he was about to succeed, he was stopped. His plan came to an abrupt end. No one knows where he has hidden, or whether he will come back."
Ou Ranyu disappeared again, and the air suddenly froze.
"This story is really bad." Chen Can commented after a few seconds of silence, "Your storytelling is also very bad."
Ou Ranyu said: "Whatever you want to hear, I am always ready for you."
"Forget it, this sounds like SVIP level stuff, I can't afford it."
Chen Can was still frightened by the last storytelling conference he attended. If he tried again, he might see some unspeakable scenes again.
"Now it's my turn. I'll tell you a more exciting story."
Chen Can thought for a moment and then slowly began to tell the story.
"Once upon a time, there was a pregnant woman who lived with a man who had four dogs. One night, a strong wind blew, and the four dogs barked incessantly upstairs. The woman was annoyed by the noise, so she took a knife and, with her belly sticking out, chopped off the heads of the four dogs.
Chen Can lowered his voice even more.
"The woman dragged the four dog heads off and hung them on the headboard of the bedroom bed. Dog blood dripped onto the bed. Late at night, the headlights of a passing car shone into the bedroom. The woman, heavily pregnant, was hunched over the table. The heads hanging on the headboard flashed by. The light shone on the fifth head: a small, wrinkled face with all the characteristics of a human."
Chen Can took out his phone for some reason, turned on the flashlight, shone it on his face, and said softly:
“Just like this”
Ou Ranyu stared at his face for a long time.
This is clearly the face of a clean, handsome boy with a bright smile.
"How about it? What do you think?" The young man put away the light.
There was still a smile on his face.
“It looks very nice.”
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, it's your turn." Chen Can suddenly became a rogue and didn't hear clearly what he said.
Ou Ranyu was silent for a moment, not saying a word, which meant he admitted defeat.
"What do you want me to do?" Ou Ranyu asked.
"I want you to listen to me tonight. You have to do whatever I ask you to do, and you have to answer truthfully whatever I ask." Chen Can said.
"good."
Ou Ranyu agreed very readily.
Chen Can sat on the bed, many evil thoughts popping up in his mind.
"Sing me another song." Chen Can ordered.
"Are you sure?"
Ou Ranyu was willing and reluctant.
Chen Can threatened with his eyes: "You have to sing even if you don't want to.
Ou Ranyu had no choice but to hum a song to him that he couldn't name.
"Not bad, not bad. Compared with the music of Time's Dusk, it's simply heavenly." Chen Can was very satisfied.
"Now, come out of the tent and sit on the bed," Chen Can patted the bed and ordered, then jumped out of bed.
Ou Ranyu followed his instructions, slowly walked to the bed, and then sat on it.
"So good."
Chen Can crawled into the tent.
"Now it's Q&A time, and I thought I'd change seats to show my respect."
Ou Ranyu looked down at him.
"Your..." Chen Can started to speak, but stopped himself. After thinking for a moment, he didn't know how to start.
"Have you decided what to ask?" Ou Ranyu asked him.
Chen Can finally looked up and seemed to look him in the eye.
"Think it over. My top student, please listen to the question."
"What did you have for breakfast yesterday?"
Chen Can asked casually.
"No." Ou Ranyu answered truthfully.
"Why don't you eat?" Chen Can asked
"I forgot."
Just remember to come and see you today.
"What's the happiest thing for you today?"
"Singing for you."
Chen Can suddenly couldn't ask any more questions. He felt that he himself was seriously ill.
"Then you should continue to sing for me tomorrow to keep your body and mind happy." Chen Can said without changing his expression.
Ou Ranyu decisively refused: "No."
"Why?" Chen Can was not happy.
"What do you think?" Ou Ranyu asked back.
"I think I can abuse my rights a little bit." Chen Can said, "I want you to continue singing for me tomorrow."
"Also," he paused and continued, "remember to be happy every day."
Ou Ranyu was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "Got it. Any other questions?"
"May I ask how your mental state is?" Chen Can finally got to the point.
"I have a history of mental illness. I'm currently asymptomatic, but there's a possibility of relapse."
Ou Ranyu downplayed it, but Chen Can still felt a little upset.
It has nothing to do with pity or anything else, it just makes me feel depressed.
"In your home..." Chen Can stopped talking.
"I actually don't have a home." Ou Ranyu answered briefly.
Chen Can regretted saying it, and also regretted asking him to tell the truth.
"Well..." Chen Can felt a little uncomfortable and didn't know how to respond.
Fortunately, I haven’t seen Ou Ranyu’s current expression, but even if I saw it, I wouldn’t be able to interpret anything.
"Go to bed, it's already late." Ou Ranyu took the initiative to end the topic.
"Don't move, just lie there." Chen Can went back into the tent. "Good night."
Another deep silence, a dreamless night.
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