Chapter 15: cause and effect

Lu Qi was in a daze when he heard something whispered in his ear.
"It would be great if you kept doing this."
The voice was too vague, as if it was just his own self-talk. Lu Qi did not hear clearly and was about to ask questions. However, before he could speak, he was suddenly pulled up from the sofa by Huo Mingchen.
"Let's go, there is a mess here, go home first."
In fact, Lu Qi didn't like to come to places like bars. He followed Huo Mingchen out of the door. The cold wind blew his originally drowsy brain, and behind him faintly heard the noisy dance music of the bar, which was in sharp contrast with the coldness outside.
Huo Mingchen sighed, intentionally speaking.
"It's cold, winter is coming soon."
This topic is really unnourishing, Lu Qi answered casually.
"Spring is not far away."
Then he stretched his hand into his pants pocket--
"Hey! Don't—"
Huo Mingchen was startled. He reflexively pressed his hand and went back if he wanted to be affectionate. What was going on on the main road.
Lu Qi looked at him expressionlessly, his fingertips moved slightly, and then, under Huo Mingchen's gaze, slowly took out a bunch of car keys from his pocket and shook them in front of them.
Lu Qi squinted his eyes and asked in a puzzled manner.
"What did you just want to say?"
"..."
Huo Mingchen suddenly felt that he was really stupid. He coughed and turned around, and walked quickly to the parking place without saying a word. He could hardly see a little embarrassment from his back.
The night was as cold as water and cold, Lu Qi smiled behind him, retracted his hand, and walked over.
The two got into the car. The heating made people sleepy. Lu Qi drove smoothly. Huo Mingchen almost fell asleep on the way. He sat upright and yawned, thinking that the sports car must be very wronged.
"Why do you drive like the old man, I ride a bike faster than you."
As a person who died in a traffic accident in his previous life, Lu Qi feels that he can get rid of his psychological shadow and continue to drive. It is not everyone who likes drag racing like Huo Mingchen.
"Life is full of accidents. It doesn't hurt to be cautious."
Huo Mingchen didn't speak, his dark eyes looked at the endless traffic outside the window, and he lowered his head and buckled the door handle. As a result, Lu Qi snapped it off in the next second, and his slow voice rang in his ears.
"Don't move, I won't save you by falling to death."
Huo Mingchen coaxed his hand back, but found that there was a light red mark on the back of his hand, and raised his eyebrows in the cold.
"Don't worry, death will pull you together."
No one knows whether this is true or not.
When Lu Qi retracted his hand and concentrated on driving, he ignored this stupid mental retardation. When passing a 24-hour fresh produce supermarket, he remembered that he had not eaten dinner yet, so he asked Huo Mingchen by the way.
"Would you like to buy some food and go back."
Someone didn’t even lift his eyelids, leaning on the back of the chair like an uncle,
"Say it first, I don't know how to cook."
"I didn't expect you to do it, anyway, I eat it. Just sit down if you don't want to move."
Lu Qi got out of the car as soon as he finished speaking, and walked two steps. With a glimpse of the corner of his eye, someone really followed him. Huo Mingchen hurried to catch up, but due to the large number of people, he had no choice but to nudge him with his shoulder.
"Fuck, you feel so sorry for me, don't you give me food?"
"Can you eat leftovers?"
"Ouch, me!"
Lu Qi pushed a shopping cart and walked inside, and found that the Chinese New Year was approaching soon, and many people were buying new year goods. The supermarket was more crowded than expected. He bought some tomato and potato vegetables, then bought a box of eggs, chopped a few kilograms of tube bones, and planned to go back to make potato bone soup.
Huo Mingchen followed and looked around. From time to time, he threw some potato chips and yogurt snacks into it. The promoters enthusiastically promoted the New Year's goods with loud speakers. The shopping malls also played the joyous and long-heard fortune songs. Happy.
Lu Qi pulled up the collar of the sweater, and suddenly remembered that one year in his last life, he and Huo Mingchen also came to the supermarket to buy New Year goods. The scene at that time should be as lively as it is now?
With such a fascinating effort, there was an extra box of Dongzao in the shopping cart. Lu Qi didn't even look at it, and threw it back. The next second Huo Mingchen's gaze swept over.
"What are you doing, I want to eat."
"Isn't it allergic."
Lu Qi remembered that Huo Mingchen was allergic when he ate a lot of winter dates, his whole body was red and itchy, and he went to the hospital for the worst.
"Then I like to eat too."
No matter how harm is caused by what I like, I still like to eat.
Huo Mingchen threw the things into the shopping cart as they were, and then lazily put on the handrails, grinning at Lu Qi, and stretched out his voice.
"Why haven't you noticed that you care about me so much... it won't be a big problem to eat less."
The implication was as if Lu Qi secretly liked him for a long time.
Humble crush?
What the hell.
Lu Qi took another bag of instant noodles and put it in, and found that the shopping cart was full. Most of them were all kinds of junk food thrown in by Huo Mingchen. He was an adult, and he liked to eat bubble gum that children only eat.
Originally only planning to buy a small amount of things, it turned into a big purchase. Huo Mingchen looked good with his legs up.
"Sure enough, shopping will make the mood better."
Lu Qi started the car, all complaints,
"You are not a woman."
"Fuck, will you die if you don't attack me?"
Huo Mingchen licked the inner wall of his mouth with the tip of his tongue, with such an inexplicable color on his cold face, he leaned closer to Lu, his chin lifted slightly.
"If I were a woman, would you still look at me and go to bed with me?"
Fancy him?
Lu Qi glanced at the sky outside the car window, doing daydreaming at night. Too lazy to argue with him, casually said,
"do not know."
"I guess you don't know."
The car drove to the gate of the community, landed and stopped the car, carrying things upstairs with Huo Mingchen. It seems that every time they come back here late at night, no neighbor has ever met.
Two people squeezed in the hallway to take off their shoes, Huo Mingchen questioned one after another.
"What do you want to do? Tomato scrambled eggs? Small fried vegetables?"
Lu Qi responded with action. He walked to the stove and placed two packs of instant noodles in the pot, then added some tomato, green, tofu, and lying down with two candy-hearted eggs.
"..."
Huo Mingchen was speechless for a while, and then withdrew his gaze.
"You can really do it."
Going to the supermarket at night to buy a bunch of vegetables just for two packs of instant noodles.
Lu Qi accepted the compliment that didn't seem to be a compliment with peace of mind.
"Although it's cheap, don't you think instant noodles are delicious?"
The pot is gurgling with heat, and the kitchen has become foggy, with a little bit of scent, which makes the index finger move.
Huo Mingchen watched for a while, then suddenly hugged Lu from behind, and squeezed into the gap between him and the stove. There was no purpose, just like a child who always wants to get the attention of adults.
It just so happened that the noodles were almost cooked, and Lu Qi could only hug him and turn off the heat.
Huo Mingchen had restless blood in his bones. He acted publicly and had an irritable personality, but he didn't know when he started to like the feeling of flowing water. It's like now, two people are holding them quietly, regardless of Fengyue, even if they don't do anything, they won't be bored.
"Lu Qi."
Huo Mingchen called him suddenly, the emotions contained in it were confusing.
Lu Qi glanced at him, did not speak, and finally couldn't help saying for a long while.
"Do I have a grudge against you?"
After speaking, he pulled the hand around his waist,
"Relax, I'm almost out of breath."
Huo Mingchen sighed.
"Of course you have grudges, just strangle you."
Speaking, let go, then went to the cabinet and took out two dishes.