Chapter 43 Chapter 43 "You call this a neighbor? ...
"I haven't played this for a long time! Lao Tan, hurry up, give me one too!" Su Qi shouted.
Tan Du's eyes were still fixed on Qiao Zhuo's face. He waved his arm, and Su Qi did a backflip like an acrobat, falling to the ground. He clutched his chest and wailed, "Ah—I'm hurt."
"Showing off!" Zhou Jue was not surprised.
Xiao Lu and Xiao Luo were stunned. Boss Su actually had this ability!
"That's all he knows." Tan Du walked up to Qiao Zhuoyi at some point, bent down and whispered in his ear.
"Did you play it often in the past?" Qiao Zhuo asked in a muffled voice.
"High school was very lively," Tan Duhui said. "I was so competitive that I wanted to learn everything."
"You can do it too?" Qiao Zhuo looked at him with great interest.
"Interested?" Tan Du squatted down.
"Yeah." Qiao Zhuo's eyes lit up.
"I can only perform for you next time." Tan Du sighed.
"Why today..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiao Zhuo saw him holding his heart like Xi Shi, looking up at him from below, and curled the corners of his lips, "Now he's injured."
“…” Qiao Zhuo turned his eyes away, stood up and walked forward.
"Brother Zhuo, where are you going?" Xiao Luo shouted, "Why are you laughing so happily?"
"..." Qiao Zhuo quickened his pace, "Set up the tent."
"Why are there only four?" Zhou Jue asked, "Boss Su—"
"They've all been rented out. I still have to rely on my hand speed to pick up these four!" Su Qi replied.
"Are we two?" Xiao Lu said, putting his arm around Xiao Luo's shoulder.
"Okay." Xiao Luo replied.
"Old Qiao, I'll give you a single room," Su Qi raised his chin towards Tan Du, "Old Tan, let's share a room."
Qiao Zhuo stared at the ground and gritted his teeth, saying, "A room for two... I can do that too."
"That won't do!" Su Qi waved his hands. "We can't let the birthday girl suffer. We have to give you a single room, right, Lao Tan?"
Tan Du glanced at him and said nothing.
I can't describe the feeling.
Qiao Zhuoyi stared in the darkness, touched the seat beside him and sighed, not wanting to just snatch the person away.
He felt cramped staying in the tent, so he simply put on his down jacket and went to the cliff.
As night falls, the stars seem to be within reach, but when you really raise your hand, you find they are thousands of miles away.
As soon as Qiao Zhuo withdrew his hand, he found that the clothes were a little big. They belonged to Tan Du. The remaining aroma of coffee was blown away by the wind.
His head felt a little dizzy from the wind, so he shrank his neck, sat down against a big rock, put on the hood of his down jacket and closed his eyes.
The sharp mountain breeze, carrying the freshness of nature, blew away my wandering thoughts. At the moment when I almost fell into unconsciousness, I suddenly heard a "click" sound at my feet.
He lowered his eyes and glanced at it. It was a small stone.
Before he leaned forward, he heard his name.
"Boss Qiao is asleep?" It was Su Qi's voice.
"I just sent a message but he hasn't replied yet. He should be asleep." This is Tan Du.
Not slept.
Feed the mosquitoes here.
Qiao Zhuo was too lazy to say anything, so he stretched out his arm and waved. He probably didn't see it, so he didn't get a response.
"You came back yesterday?"
"He came to ask me if I had been there?"
"Do you really plan to hide from people forever?"
Su Qi asked all three questions, and no one heard Tan Du's voice.
Qiao Zhuoyi silently replied in his heart——
The day before yesterday, he slept at my place.
Where are you going?
Who are you hiding from?
The two men didn't say anything else.
It was not appropriate to go out at this time. Qiao Zhuo stared at the mosquito bite on his hand. After more than ten rounds of reviewing the troops and generals, he finally heard Su Qi yawn and say, "I'm sleepy, go back to sleep."
Tan Du: "You go back first."
After a while, the temperature dropped again. A gust of cold air suddenly entered Qiao Zhuoyi's throat, and he couldn't help coughing a few times.
It was too late to cover his mouth. A figure walked over, bent slightly and looked at him with a smile.
"I..." Qiao Zhuo stood up, his legs still numb and he almost fell to his knees. Tan Du supported his elbow and said, "Take it easy."
"I came here first." Qiao Zhuo turned his face away and said, "I didn't eavesdrop."
"I know." Tan Du turned his head and coughed a few times.
Qiao Zhuo reached out and touched his coat. It was a thin piece that couldn't block the wind or keep him warm. He pulled his hand back and took off his coat.
Tan Du didn't stop him. When the clothes were handed to him, he put them on his shoulders, lifted the hem and said, "Come in."
Qiao Zhuo didn't act pretentiously and immediately moved closer. Feeling the coldness on the other person's body, he shuddered and said unhappily, "Why don't you think of bringing one for yourself?"
"I forgot." Tan Duhui.
The two walked side by side towards the tent. After Tan Du dropped the person off, he was about to leave when his clothes were grabbed. He took off his clothes and gave them to him: "I forgot to return them to you."
"I didn't ask you to return it..." Qiao Zhuoyi said in a low voice.
Tan Du leaned over and said, "What did you say? I didn't hear clearly."
"Just sleep here," Qiao Zhuo said stiffly, "or we'll bother Boss Su when we get home."
Tan Du raised his eyebrows and looked at him quietly.
Qiao Zhuo flicked his ear and said unhappily, "I don't know how to take this thing off."
"Well, I'll do it," Tan Du said with a smile, "Boss Qiao, make room for me."
As soon as Qiao Zhuo crawled in, he lowered his eyelids and waited. When someone came in, he put his ear closer.
He flinched when the fingertips pinched him.
"Wait, your hands are cold." Tan Du took back his hand and rubbed it, warming it up before reaching out.
Qiao Zhuo hummed, and after the ear bone clip was taken off, he immediately fell down and rolled to the other side.
Tan Du narrowed his eyes in amusement, turned off the flashlight and lay down.
The two of them tacitly agreed not to speak again.
Qiao Zhuoyi heard that voice again in his mind——
"Hiss, it hit."
His eyelashes trembled, and the images played out frame by frame before his eyes. Invisible fingers fixed the images in front of his eyes and then enlarged them.
Oh, the face in the pupil is my own.
Qiao Zhuo curled his lip and turned to ask, "Can you sleep?"
"I can't sleep. Can Boss Qiao tell me a story?"
The deep voice made his ears itch. Qiao Zhuo turned on his phone, searched and asked, "What do you want to listen to?
"Just kidding," Tan Du pressed his wrist, "Go to sleep, sleepiness is contagious. Once you fall asleep, I can fall asleep too."
"What a fallacy." Qiao Zhuoyi didn't understand, but he still closed his eyes and fell asleep soon.
Tan Du was just beginning to feel sleepy after listening to his long breathing when the person next to him suddenly turned over and put a leg on him.
"Boss Qiao?"
"Boss Qiao?"
"Qiao Zhuoyi."
Feeling something warm on his ear, Qiao Zhuo shuddered and suddenly opened his eyes.
"Good morning, Boss Qiao," Tan Du sat next to him and pointed at his ear, "I put it on you. Get up and watch the sunrise."
Qiao Zhuo rubbed his face: "Yeah."
People came out of the tents one after another, wrapped in thick clothes and walked towards the observation deck.
"Old Tan!" Su Qi jumped over and patted Tan Du on the shoulder. "I haven't seen you since I woke up. Did you miss a whole night?"
"Asleep." Tan Duhui.
Su Qi clearly didn't believe it, and before he could say anything, Zhou Jue urged them from behind, "Hurry up, hurry up, or you'll miss out on a good spot!"
The light of dawn penetrates the mist and passes over the rolling sea of clouds. The rising sun is about to leap over the top of the mountain, and everyone's hopeful eyes fall on the same place.
Qiao Zhuo took out his cell phone, adjusted the direction, focused on the sharp jawline, and pressed the shutter button.
Tan Du seemed to sense something and turned around to ask, "Taking a picture of me?"
Qiao Zhuoyi put away his phone and said, "No. No. Nonsense."
"Really?" Tan Du pushed his glasses.
"Yes." Qiao Zhuoyi replied firmly, his fingers hidden in his pocket, digging for his phone. When he felt the vibration, he almost jumped up. He took it out and saw that it was Xiang Yuan asking him when he would be back and bring him breakfast.
Just like when they came, Su Qi took three people in one car, Qiao Zhuoyi and Tan Du in another car, but he was the one sitting in the driver's seat.
The car stopped in front of the villa. Tan Du opened his eyes without a trace of fatigue: "Are we there yet?"
"Get out of the car." Qiao Zhuo unbuckled his seat belt.
"I won't go in," Tan Du looked at him and said, "Doesn't Mr. Qiao have guests?"
"He's not really a guest," Qiao Zhuo pointed at the spot in front of him. "You're not in good shape. Go in and get some sleep."
"Is it convenient?" Tan Du raised his eyebrows while supporting his temples.
Qiao Zhuo glared at him and said, "If you say that again, I'll bite you."
“Woof woof——”
As soon as the door opened, Tan rushed out first, followed by Xiang Yuan. As soon as he was exposed to the sun, he quickly shrank back.
Qiao Zhuo threw his breakfast over and said, "Will basking in the sun kill you?"
"Sure." Xiang Yuan ate a few mouthfuls of food like a starving ghost. Seeing another person get off the bus, he patted his chest and ate the food. "Oh, you brought a guest!"
He greeted her warmly: "Don't stand at the door, come in."
"...This is my home." Qiao Zhuo kicked him.
Tan Du followed behind him, pursing his lips and pushing up his glasses.
"What would you like to drink, guest?" Xiang Yuan acted as if he hadn't heard. "We don't have anything to drink at home."
"Yes." Tan Du walked straight to the sideboard, took out a few bottles of mineral water, gave one to each of them, and put the rest in the refrigerator.
Coming out of the kitchen, he took out an ointment from the cupboard and handed it to Qiao Zhuoyi, pointing at the mosquito bite on his hand and saying, "It will stop the itching."
Qiao Zhuo took it and asked, "When did you buy it?"
"Your sister put it there." Tan Du replied.
"Hey," Xiang Yuan glanced back and forth between the two of them, bumping into Qiao Zhuoyi, "Old Qiao, how about introducing yourself?"
"Xiang Yuan, my buddy, is also a tattoo artist. Tan Du, the coffee shop owner," Qiao Zhuoyi glanced at Tan Du with a half-smile and added the second half of the sentence, "Guiyi's neighbor."
Tan Du coughed lightly, shook hands with Xiang Yuan, then went to add dog food to the blanket and went out to water the plants.
Xiang Yuan opened his mouth: "Your neighbor..."
"What do you care?" Qiao Zhuo said, "Why are you coming to me instead of going home?"
"It's boring to go back alone," Xiang Yuan put his arm around his shoulders and hung his whole body on him. "The food abroad is really not good for human beings. Let's go to the Qiaotou Restaurant for lunch?"
"No." Qiao Zhuo slapped his arm away.
Xiang Yuan wailed, "No way—you won't even give me food?"
"No." Qiao Zhuo looked at Tan Du walking back. The latter asked with a smile, "I'm going upstairs to sleep for a while. Is the room where I got the hair dryer last time convenient?"
His eyes flickered, and he added, "The room at the end of the second floor."
Qiao Zhuo looked at him for a few seconds and nodded.
"Boss Xiang, please tell Boss Qiao what you want to eat," Tan Du smiled, "I'll make it when I wake up."
"Ah? Oh." Xiang Yuan watched the man go upstairs. His back, which had been hunched for many years, straightened up and he shouted in a low voice, "You call this a neighbor?!"
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