A few seconds later, the tightly closed door in front of me was opened with a "click". The door opened a crack, and a man stood behind the crack with a pale face. He rubbed his eyes and asked sleepily: "What's wrong? It's so early in the morning, and I finally got some sleep..."

Then she felt the person standing outside the door push the door open with his shoulder. When Zhuchuan subconsciously turned aside, she slipped into his room like a loach.

With a "bang", the blackout curtains were opened, allowing the morning sunlight to pour in, illuminating the entire pitch-black room and dispelling the darkness;

He casually grabbed a supermarket plastic bag scattered on the ground, poured all the garbage from the overflowing trash can into it, and instantly tied it into three bulging bags and threw them into the corner;

Empty beer bottles, instant noodle boxes, and takeout boxes on the bedside table and in front of the computer were flattened and stuffed into the fourth largest bag;

Next to the pillow, next to the mouse, all the cigarettes in the open cigarette box were taken out, broken and thrown away;

She jumped onto the bed, shook out all the pillows and quilt covers and changed them. When she saw a small hole on the pillow caused by cigarette smoke, she raised her head and glared at the man standing stupidly by the door...

Zhuchuan: “?”

The man standing on the bed shaking the quilt put his hands on his hips and said, "It's time for the life of the cave dweller to end. Teacher, cheer up!"

Hearing this, Zhuo Chuan leaned against the door and smiled like a gangster: "I'm always energetic, otherwise you can come and touch me."

But the smile did not reach his eyes, and his voice was low and hoarse due to lack of sleep... When he stood there, the sunlight outside the window shone on his face, but it seemed that it could not shine into his eyes, and could not dispel the darkness in his eyes.

Chu Li moved his hands. For the first time, he realized that a humanoid creature that was ten times bigger than a cat or a dog could make people feel sorry for it just standing there... He knew that what Chu Chuan lacked the most at this time was "sympathy", so he moved his eyes away unnaturally: "Don't be so frivolous. Turn on the computer and take a look at CCTV news. Today's "Interview" program... Teacher Chu Guxuan was on TV, angrily denouncing the Internet violence and rumor-mongering."

Zhuchuan: “…”

Zhuo Chuan: "You are such a liar, didn't you hear what he said before: just let the people on the Internet curse you to death."

Chu Li pulled Zhu Chuan and made him sit down in front of the computer. She bent down and turned on the computer for him: "This is to prove that you two are biological father and son. You are the best at pretending to be tough on the outside but soft on the inside... You can tell by yourself. Tsk tsk, the smell in your room, the ceiling is yellowed by smoke, how many cigarettes did you smoke this week?"

While Hirukawa clicked the mouse slowly to open the CCTV official website, Chuli stood behind him and twirled a piece of his hair with her orchid fingers: "How long has it been since you washed your hair?"

"..." The sound of clicking the mouse paused, and Zhuchuan said, "Get out."

Chu Li let down his hair and wiped her hands on his shoulders: "I know you've been in a bad mood recently, but let's at least, well, pay attention to our image - I'm your girlfriend, but not your wife, and a girlfriend still hopes that her boyfriend's personal image is a little neater..."

"Why am I not neat and tidy?"

"How many days have you not washed your hair?"

“…”

"Have you taken a shower?"

"Underwear, underwear needs to be changed every day."

"What's the point of not showering and changing your underwear?"

"I have to prevent myself from drowning in the bathtub at any time, so I can't just take a bath. You see, I even unplugged the network cable in my room, just to prevent myself from hanging from the ceiling at any time... Don't you even mind that I'm going to be a beggar?"

“…”

I remember that a long time ago when you told me about your lofty ambition of “begging on the streets”, I clearly expressed my “ugly refusal”. How come you suddenly said “I don’t mind” now?

Chu Li closed her mouth as she wanted to retort, and stood behind Zhu Chuan, watching him slowly click on the CCTV News Channel program list at a speed a beat slower than usual. When the mouse moved to the "Interview" program that had just finished airing this morning... Chu Li turned around and went to clean up his room.

The window opens.

The air conditioner is on.

The aromatherapy machine is turned on.

She replaced the bed sheets with new ones; she stuffed all the dirty clothes on the floor into the washing machine; she went around again and came back to strip off all of Zhaochuan's clothes, leaving him with only a pair of underwear so that he could squat in front of the computer; then she slammed the door of the washing machine.

When the intro to the show "Interview" sounded through the half-open door of Zhuchuan's room, Chuli walked back to the room, bent down and picked up four garbage bags on the floor: "Teacher, remember to take a shower after watching this, you're almost going bad."

The person squatting in front of the computer scanned the room without raising his head, with his palms facing inward and the back of his hands toward the door.

The man standing at the door holding four garbage bags looked at the newly renovated room, the sunlight pouring in, and the man staring at the computer screen, curled his lips, turned around and went out to take out the garbage.

Because she wanted to give Zhuchuan some time to think quietly, Chu Li also took Er Gouzi, who hadn’t been out for a long time, along. The dog’s nails had grown a little long, and they made a “clicking” sound when they stepped on the roads in the community… Er Gouzi hopped and trotted in front, and when he ran too fast, he stopped, grinned and stuck out his tongue, and looked back at Chu Li. When Chu Li smiled at him, he turned around and continued to chase butterflies—

Even a dog knows what it feels like to let go.

At the garbage station, I met the old lady who collected garbage last time. When I handed her the plastic bag of wine bottles, Chu Li said, "This is probably the last bag. Thank you."

The old lady opened the plastic bag and threw the flattened bottle into the bamboo basket. She looked up at Chu Li and said, "The weather is good today. It has been raining for several days in a row during the rainy season, and it is finally clear now."

The little girl holding the dog raised her head when she heard the words. Above her head was the blue sky and the bright sunshine. She raised the corners of her lips and said, "Yes, it's finally sunny."

"Is everyone at home okay?"

"It's all right."

"Okay, okay...that's good."

Chu Li waved to the old lady, turned around and left, taking Er Gouzi to the gate of the community to buy a roast chicken. With so much food, the big dog, who could hardly walk a step, held the bag of roast chicken in his mouth, pulled the leash and ran all the way home.

…

It took an hour to open the door with the key.

The first second after returning home, Er Gouzi wiped his paws very politely, then poured the roast chicken into his own dog bowl and started eating while wagging his tail;

Chu Li put down the key and the leash, raised his head and looked eagerly at Zhu Chuan's room. The door was still half open, and there seemed to be no movement inside.

I walked towards the door anxiously, and then I heard the sound of water splashing from the bathroom in the room...

Chu Li: "..."

Slightly curl the corners of your lips.

Chu Li stood outside the bathroom door: "I'm back."

Amid the sound of water splashing in the bathroom, someone said "hmm" as a response... Chu Li leaned against the door with his hands: "Have you watched the show "The Interview"?"

"Um."

"Is he a biological child?"

"Um."

"Give Teacher Zhou Guxuan a call later? You were grinning at the dinner table that day. In comparison, don't you feel particularly ignorant and heartless? The shelf life of this program is at least half a year, so your aunt should be relieved. It looks like your family will have a good New Year this year..." Chu Li leaned against the bathroom door and browsed Weibo. "There are so many people apologizing to you on Weibo. Oh, these fans, you can say they are very fence-sitters. One of them was asking you to apologize yesterday, but today you apologized on your own and someone even took a screenshot of it. It's embarrassing--"

While he was mumbling, the bathroom door was suddenly opened from the inside.

The man stuck his head out, splashing water like crazy, with bubbles on it: "Can you let me take a good bath?"

Chu Li, who was standing by the door holding her phone, was stunned for a moment, then she smiled casually, raised her hand and touched the man's wet face through the crack of the door: "Okay, wash it clean."

Zhuochuan mumbled something vaguely, retracted his head, and slammed the door shut, locking it at the same time.

Chu Li stood outside the door and said with a smile, "It's as if I want to break in." Then he turned around and went back to the living room. At this time, he found that Er Gouzi, who had finished a roast chicken in just ten seconds, was lying on the sofa with his big tail hanging down. He was very clean and wiping his mouth with a piece of white paper...

Chu Li: "..."

He is a really clean dog.

Nothing like your slovenly master.

After eating roast chicken, you still know to wipe your mouth with paper, but your master doesn't even know how to wash his hair and take a bath properly. Even so, you are still a single dog, while your master has found a fairy-like girlfriend like me...

Well.

Where did the white paper come from?

Chu Li walked over and rescued the white paper stained with roasted chicken grease from Er Gouzi's paws. Then, in a second, he saw the elegant and beautiful handwriting on it -

[The man raised his hand and rubbed the rough tip of his thumb quickly across the corner of the lips, which were pursed into a straight line due to tension.

Hua Mian: “????”

Hua Mian: “!!!!”

Ignoring the stunned face in front of him, the man looked back at the brown stain on his thumb, which had a bean paste-like texture: ...It's not blood. 】

Chu Li: "..."

The name of this heroine is very familiar.

After racking her brains to think about what this thing was, a few seconds later, Chu Li, who was lying on the sofa, changed her expression. She held Er Gouzi and looked over the sofa backrest. Only then did she find that behind the sofa, starting from the second step of the attic stairs leading to her room, manuscripts similar to the one in her hand were carried all over the floor by the dog...

Chu Li clumsily flipped over the sofa backrest and rushed to the attic. Only then did she realize that at the second step of the stairs in front of her, there was a pile of manuscripts that had been trampled into a mess by the dog...

Qi and blood suddenly rushed to the head.

Chu Li bent down and picked up the manuscripts as if they were treasures. Halfway through, her vision was blurred by tears. She stood at the entrance of the stairs, her hands trembling with excitement. She stretched her head and called out in surprise, "Zhechuan!!!!"

The man's impatient voice came from the bathroom: "What are you doing again?!"

Chu Li stood at the stairs with tears in her eyes, holding the messy manuscripts in her arms, smiling like a fool...

From beginning to end, they never said the word "thank you" to each other.

It was just that long period of darkness that she walked through with him. He was silent, but he saw it all and kept it in his heart.

One day, the warm sunshine finally dispels the haze——

He will give everything—

What she wanted.

What he can give.