There was no one in the elevator, they stood side by side.

Cao Ye smelled the faint smell of wine on Liang Sizhe, and he turned to look at him: "Liang Sizhe, have you drunk?"

"Yes." Liang Sizhe, who held Cao Ye's wrist, relaxed a little, and looked downwards. He first touched Cao Ye without hesitation, and then he held Cao Ye's hand.

The dry palm touched the wet back of the hand and then got wet.

No one spoke, and in the cramped space, they seemed to hear each other's heartbeat.

Just think this is a dream. Cao Ye closed his eyes and could be bolder in the dream and do anything.

He pushed the door and entered the room. Liang Sizhe poured hot water for Cao Ye, watched him drink it, and asked him if he wanted to take a shower first.

Standing in the bathroom, Cao Ye took off his wet T-shirt and looked at the hand that Liang Sizhe had just held. The warm touch had not yet faded. He stood there and was stunned for a while.

After coming out of the bathroom, Cao Ye wore Liang Sizhe's clothes, a cotton white T-shirt and gray trousers, and he walked towards Liang Sizhe.

Liang Sizhe was sitting on a chair on the balcony, with a bottle of wine and a wine glass in front of him. There was a spoon on the wine glass, and a piece of white sugar cube was placed on it. He was sitting there, as if he was waiting for him intentionally.

"Happy 26th birthday." When Cao Ye approached, Liang Sizhe looked at him and said.

Cao Ye was stunned for a moment. He only remembered that it was the end of September, but he didn't remember that he celebrated his birthday today.

"Why, I don't remember my birthday?" Liang Sizhe looked at him and smiled.

Cao Ye walked over and sat opposite Liang Sizhe.

Liang Sizhe got up and turned off the lights. The room was dark. Then with a "click", the fire light jumped and lit up.

Cao Ye then saw clearly that Liang Sizhe was holding a box of matches in his hand.

Liang Sizhe took the burning long-handled match, sat down, reached out his hand to bring the flame closer to the wine glass. The wine in the glass suddenly ignited a strange blue flame, only one or two seconds. After the flames disappeared, Liang Sizhe picked up the spoon and poured the melted sugar cube into the wine and stirred it twice. The transparent liquid in the glass turned into a green similar to jade.

"Do you still remember that movie?" Liang Sizhe drew another match, lit the candle on the table, and looked at him and said, "Johnny Depp, I said I'll give you a bottle of absinthe when you're eighteen."

Cao Ye’s eyes dodged: “How long has it been…”

"Well, it's been a long time," Liang Sizhe said with a smile. "Every year on your birthday, I will make this trick for myself. This year is the tenth year and I have practiced very skillfully."

For a moment, Cao Ye wanted to cry a little. He thought he was too boring, and was so scared that he wanted to shed tears by such a cluster of fire. He turned his face and tried his best to calm down his emotions: "I have been on my birthday for a long time."

"Hmm?" Liang Sizhe seemed a little surprised and looked at him, "Why?"

"I think," Cao Ye swallowed his throat, "No one wants me to come to this world, so Cao Xiuyuan doesn't need to mention it. My mother also said she regretted giving birth to me back then. So later, I'm not going to have my birthday."

He didn't dare to look at Liang Sizhe. He thought that over the years, Liang Sizhe's favorite should be Cao Ye, the young man from ten years ago.

As for Cao Ye now, perhaps Liang Sizhe will know that he is really terrible when he gets close.

He lowered his head and calmed down: "Liang Sizhe, have you ever thought that it has been ten years since the summer we first met. I am not the Cao Ye on Yinsi Street back then. I am very bad now. The Cao Ye you know may not be the same person at all. I may not be worthy of your 26th birthday for me, nor is it worth opening a bottle of absinthe for me."

After he said this long list of words, Liang Sizhe was also stunned. How did his young man come here over the years to be so mean...

"How could it be?" Liang Sizhe looked at him and whispered slowly, "Only by growing up like this is what you are now, can you prove how precious this day was 26 years ago."

He drank the glass of wine, suppressed his emotions, and then put the empty glass back on the table, "Of course I know people will change, and I can tell you about 16-year-olds and 26-year-olds. I don't think there is any need to be deliberately distinguished. You should grow up like this. I can't think of a better result than this."

After he finished speaking, Cao Ye sat opposite him and suddenly raised his hand to cover his face.

He saw Cao Ye's rolling Adam's apple. His boy cried silently.

Liang Sizhe leaned over and half-squatted in front of him and looked at him. His heart was clenched by Cao Ye, and he kneaded into a wrinkle ball, and his heart was so soft that he was very soft.

"Cao Ye." He whispered to him.

"Don't look at me," Cao Ye said in a hoarse voice, "It's embarrassing."

Cao Ye covered his eyes for a while, then took his hand away. He endured it so hard that he didn't shed much tears, but his eyes became red involuntarily.

They looked at each other from a very close distance.

Liang Sizhe saw the candle jumping flame reflected on Cao Ye's eyelashes. The flame was trembling, and Cao Ye's eyelashes were trembling.

He suddenly couldn't help but want to kiss Cao Ye.

Maybe the time is wrong. His boy just poked his head out of the shell and would be scared back by him at any time. But he could not control his heartbeat at this moment.

Once the thirst after being drunk, it will be difficult to recover.

He lowered his eyes and looked at Cao Ye's lips. They were very close to each other and could feel the entangled breathing. He saw that Cao Ye swallowed his throat again. His boy was very nervous now, as if standing on the edge of a cliff, tentatively, hesitating whether to jump down.

"Cao Ye, I'm going to kiss you," Liang Sizhe looked at him, his voice pressing down very low, "I heard that you are homophobic, so this action may make you feel uncomfortable. I will slowly get closer to you, and you have about ten seconds to avoid me at any time."

After he said that, he slowly leaned over and slowly approached Cao Ye.

Cao Ye's wet breathing hit his nose, trembling slightly, making people feel heartbroken.
Chapter completed!