sinovels Chapter 106 The Starting Point 2
Chapter 106 The Starting Point 2
Xie Li has been fidgeting since three or four o'clock, holding the mobile phone around the kitchen, the nanny aunt was dazzled by him, and gave him a bowl of soup: "Sit down and rest assured, don't be in such a hurry."
Xie Li had a bitter face: "I'm afraid that the plane will be delayed, and I'm also afraid of traffic jams on the road."
The aunt comforted him: "No, no, God will bless everything well today, don't worry."
Tan Ke came down from upstairs and stood at the stairs.Xie Li didn't notice that he came out, and was desperately updating the flight information.
He came from behind and saw the content on Xie Li's phone screen at a glance.He approached calmly, bent down and leaned into Xie Li's ear: "Who is coming to the United States by Delta today?"
Xie Li was terribly frightened, and in a panic pushed the phone far away, almost knocking down the bowl in front of him.
Tan Ke deliberately pretended to grab his mobile phone: "Let me see, whose flight makes you so worried?"
For a while, Xie Li couldn't think of a suitable lie to prevaricate, and blushed with anxiety, he hesitated to stop Tan Ke's hand, his voice almost pleading: "Don't look at you, don't look at you, please—— You'll find out in a moment."
The aunt who was cooking over there also stretched out her head to help: "Sir, don't bully Xiao Xie, let him drink that bowl of soup first."
Tan Ke let go of his hand, pinched Xie Li's chin instead, ignored that the aunt over there might still be watching, and kissed Xie Li's lips hard: "You have a little secret now, don't you?"
Xie Li moved his lips: "Anyway, you will know sooner or later."
Tan Ke let go of him, crossed his arms, and looked at Xie Li leisurely: "It's almost five o'clock, do you have to wait for Tan Xin to come before dinner?"
Xie Li almost jumped up when asked: "How do you know Tan Xin is coming?"
Tan Ke pointed at his mobile phone: "Because I also asked her to bring things for me."
Xie Li was suspicious: "What did you ask her to bring for you?"
Tan Ke smiled like an old fox: "Then why did you ask Tan Xin to come to America?"
Xie Li pursed his lips, struggled for a moment, then suddenly got up: "Forget it!"
Tan Ke watched Xie Li walk into the living room, and from the living room to the balcony, then looked away, stood up and strolled into the kitchen, leaning against the door and asking the aunt who was cooking: "Xie Li brought so many roses this season, why don't you come here?" It can’t be raised for a few days if you just do it like that. Contact a worker later and come and build a greenhouse.”
Auntie shook her hand and almost threw the shovel into the pot: "Oh, I can't stand being scared when I'm old—how do you know everything?"
Tan Ke shook his head, smiling with satisfaction and helplessness.
The house was purchased with a landscape conservation agreement.Xie Li didn't know that the people from the HOA had already sent the email to Assistant Xiao when they moved things to the backyard with great fanfare these days.There was no reason why he didn't know, but he didn't want to spoil Xie Li's interest, and couldn't help teasing him.
When the hour hand reached seven, Tan Xin finally arrived.
Xie Li bouncingly rushed over to open the door, Tan Xin was holding a big bag in each of his left and right hands.Felt texture, no logo, looks very expensive and no name.
Xie Li wanted to pick it up for her, but Tan Xin hid her hands guiltily, and nodded behind Xie Li: "Brother, I'll take it upstairs for you."
It was rare for the whole family to get together. My aunt cooked a table of dishes, but everyone ate absent-mindedly. Only Tan Xin ate the most delicious food.
Xie Li took two bites and then put down his chopsticks: "I'm full, I'm going to check my mail."
Tan Ke glanced at him and didn't stop him. After Xie Li went up and closed the door, he turned around and asked Tan Xin: "Have you checked the things inside?"
Tan Xin's mouth was stuffed with meat, and she didn't even lift her head: "You don't have to worry about Xiao Jing's work."
Tan Qisheng was also one of those who were kept in the dark. He knocked the end of his chopsticks on the table and asked Tan Xin, "What did you get for your brother?"
Tan Xin swallowed the steamed egg with clams in his mouth, and scooped up another spoonful for Tan Qisheng: "Dad, my brother and his wife want to have fun, so let's watch a show. It's boring to know the ending in advance." , eat and eat."
Tan Qisheng quit: "Today is your brother's lifelong event, why—"
The old man shut his mouth abruptly——he was halfway through speaking, only to realize that he had slipped his mouth, so he quickly glanced at Tan Ke.Tan Ke was serving himself soup with a spoon, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Tan Qisheng looked at his watch frequently, and finally it was half past eight.He held the spoon to his lips to ask whether to eat or not, but he was actually listening to the movement outside with his ears up.
Finally, a series of thin bells sounded.
Tan Qisheng and the nanny looked up at the same time.
"Ahem—you go to the backyard," Tan Qisheng said, "Go and help Xie Li move something."
Tan Ke raised his eyebrows: "What are you moving?"
Tan Qisheng said nonsense: "Moving flowers."
Tan Ke stood up calmly, making a gesture to go to the living room, but Tan Qisheng called to stop him just as he took a step.
Tan Qisheng looked up and down, and was really dissatisfied with his son's home clothes and cotton slippers: "You, you, don't go in slippers and pajamas, go, change your shoes and coat."
Tan Xin sat next to her and giggled, covering her mouth.
Tan Ke couldn't bear to expose this group of old and young, there is nothing more fake than this.He sighed, turned and went upstairs.
"Dad, you lied too much." Tan Xin waited for Tan Ke to go up before she spoke.
Tan Qisheng also stood up: "Anyway, he was tricked." He turned to urge the nanny, "Let's go to the second floor, where we can watch."
Tan Xin gave her dad a hand: "What are you lying to, my brother has probably already guessed it. Don't go to see it, and you will make Xiao Li feel embarrassed if you turn around. You just sit down and eat steadily, waiting for a long time. It’s over if you recognize your son.”
Auntie also agreed: "He knows, he will come to ask me when cooking, and said that we will build a shed for roses later, otherwise we won't be able to raise them in winter."
Tan Qisheng was so surprised that he stuttered: "Does that little Xie know?"
Tan Xin raised her fingers to peel the shrimp: "The two of them are playing a game of guessing and guessing. But Xiaoli's diminutive eyes are no match for my brother."
Xie Li stood alone in the backyard.
When this house was bought, it had a yard facing the street behind it.
At the beginning, I just invited someone to mow the grass regularly, and nothing was arranged.
Xie Li thought about where to propose for a long time.Neither he nor Tan Ke likes to show off in public, let alone being watched.If possible, he would prefer to be in a familiar place surrounded by the blessings of family and friends.
The flowers were chosen by him who drove for more than two hours to the flower farm.
People say that roses with cut roots can't survive the night in the yard, and the temperature will definitely wilt the next day.
So Xie Li gritted his teeth and simply bought the root and pot together.
The small string of lights was bought on Amazon. I bought a total of 40 meters. In the end, there were still six or seven meters unused, so he wrapped it around the door of the front yard.
Xie Li was wearing a full suit of formal attire, holding a bunch of wrapped roses in his hand, a ring box in his left pocket, and his confession book in his right pocket.
The balcony door was pushed open.
Xie Li's heart was pounding in the darkness.
With a soft sound, the string of lights lit up as promised.
It took Tan Ke half a second to adapt to the continuous transition of darkness and light, and to see everything in front of him clearly.
The backyard has become a world of roses, and the air is filled with the sweet and mature aroma of roses, blooming wantonly in the night wind of early autumn, dyeing everything around with a charming flavor.
There is a small lamp hidden in the heart of the rose, and the small lamp lights up into a line, winding and winding to the depths of the rose garden.
Like a maze, but also like a guiding signal light.
His little lover was standing in the middle of the garden, at the end of the bright circle, holding a bouquet of flowers, waiting for him to pick them.
Tan Ke put his hands behind his back, and followed the guidance of the light in the rose's heart, approaching step by step.
Xie Li's heart was beating non-stop, and the words written on the cardboard were all piled up on the tip of his tongue at this moment, just waiting for that person to approach, close to his orbit.
"Li Li." Tan Ke approached, still with his hands behind his back, standing in front of Xie Li, with a playful tone of reproach, "How could you do this before me?"
Holding the bouquet of flowers, Xie Li raised his head solemnly: "Tan Ke."
Tan Ke put away the smile on his face, and replied with the same solemnity: "I am here."
"I am a very small star, my mass is not large enough, my gravity is not strong enough, my hydrogen is not enough, my heat is not high enough. But even so, I still want to invite you, please come into my orbit, you and I will become a pair of double stars, circling each other and never separating."
Xie Li was holding the bouquet, and some uncut flower thorns poked his palm, but he didn't feel any pain.
There are reflections of strings of lights in his eyes, little by little, like the Milky Way in the sky stretching its figure between his pupils.
"I am a star with no background, but I want to illuminate all your future paths."
Xie Li nervously touched his pocket, trying to take out the ring box in his pocket, so that he could say that sentence.
But Tan Ke suddenly approached: "Li Li, wait a minute."
Xie Li's hands in his pockets suddenly froze.He didn't understand why Tan Ke asked him to wait.
"I've said it all, how could you do such a thing before me?" Tan Ke finally took out the hand that had been kept behind his back.
"I guess you've already bought the ring. I'm glad I found out before it was too late."
Only then did Xie Li see clearly what Tan Ke was holding in his hand through the light of the string of lights, which was a shining wreath crown.
There is a huge sapphire inlaid in the center of the wreath. The water ripples hooked up by metal wires surround diamonds the size of fingernails and outline several small flowers in a circle. Full.
Xie Li had only seen such luxurious things in museums, and was speechless for a while with his lips parted slightly.
"So now it's my turn?"
Tan Ke bent down, solemnly put the priceless gemstone corolla on Xie Li's head, and then supported his shoulders, "Mr. Xie, I beg you, cover me under your light, and include me in your In the orbit, light the way for me, and put your name on me, until the universe turns us into dust, and there will be no distinction between you and me. Will you?"
Xie Li shook her lips, with tears in the corners of her eyes.The flower corolla above his head was full of brilliance, but it was not as crystal clear as his tears.As if he was born to be a true prince and tears would turn into diamonds when they fell.
Xie Li didn't know what was going on, the role of the proposal was suddenly reversed, but he hurriedly pulled out the box in his hand: "I am willing, I am willing."
When the box was opened, it was the most common platinum ring.Compared with the precious gemstone corolla on Xie Li's head, it is almost worthless.
But Xie Li took out the ring solemnly, turned over the inner ring and showed it to Tan Ke: "I engraved my name inside."
Tan Ke stretched out his hand, like a pious knight waiting for his prince to bestow upon him.
He watched the ring being slowly put on the ring finger, then turned to hold Xie Li's hand, and kissed lightly on the back of the hand.
Xie Li was holding hands, and for some reason, tears suddenly fell down uncontrollably.
Tan Ke didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he quickly hugged him into his arms and wiped his tears with the sleeves of his custom-made suit: "Why are you still crying? Let me see what you are crying for. Don't you regret it?"
Xie Li shook his head vigorously in his arms, gasping for breath, crying and settling accounts: "Let me ask you, did you know that I planned to propose marriage a long time ago? Who told you?"
Tan Ke quickly expressed his innocence: "You moved roses to your home, and the property management went to Assistant Xiao. I guessed it all. Besides, I originally planned to propose today. Even if you didn't say it, I would say it. This is all Because the two of us have a good understanding."
Xie Li still didn't believe it: "Then the big box that Tan Xin gave you?"
He didn't mention Tan Ke and almost forgot about it: "That's my birthday present to you."
Xie Li supported the priceless tiara and looked up at Tan Ke, with a confused look on his face: "What birthday gift?"
"Come." Tan Ke led Xie Li into the house.
Xie Li held on to the tiara and did not dare to let go, the tiara was dead.Xie Li was afraid that if he fell to the ground and dropped a diamond, his flesh would be gouged out.
"Why did you give me such a valuable thing." He couldn't help but pull Tan Ke and asked, "It's too expensive, I'm afraid it will be damaged."
Tan Ke took him by the hand, and walked out of the rose garden carefully: "Because when I saw this thing, I was imagining how you would wear it."
Xie Li pursed her lips: "In the future, when I have money, I will buy you more expensive and better-looking rings!"
Tan Ke turned to look at him: "I prefer you to spend money to sign up for a fitness class, focusing on strengthening your waist and abdomen."
Xie Li was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but he couldn't move.
When the two came in from the balcony, the family members were waiting in the living room.
Tan Xin jumped over to see Xie Li's tiara: "My God, it's so beautiful!" She held Xie Li and didn't let go, "Xiao Li, you must have a wedding! This tiara is too much to show off at the wedding." Pity!"
Tan Qisheng sat on the sofa and waved to Xie Li: "Son, come here."
Xie Li looked at Tan Ke and walked up to Tan Qisheng.
Tan Qisheng held a box in his hand and opened it, and there were two pieces of jade lying on the velvet cloth, one was carved with Buddha, and the other was carved with Guanyin.
"I asked someone to beat Tan Ke when I was a child." Tan Qisheng asked Xie Li to sit down next to him. "At that time, the jade over there was famous. It was made of very good mutton fat jade. I asked someone to beat a pair. It was planned to be given to him when he got married, the man wears Guanyin and the woman wears Buddha. But I didn’t expect him to bring back a boy.”
When Tan Qisheng said this, Xie Li's face couldn't help but darken.
He has always felt a little guilty about this matter.Although sexual orientation is born and cannot be changed.But Tan Ke being with him meant that Tan Qisheng lost the chance to have a grandson.
Tan Qisheng saw what he was thinking, so he stuffed the whole box into his palm: "But whether it's a boy or a girl, the most important thing is that he likes it. Dad is giving this to you now, hoping to bless you with happiness and health in the future." , support each other, and grow old together.”
Xie Li couldn't hold back her tears again.He took the box and nodded vigorously: "Uncle, I will take good care of Tan Ke."
Tan Qisheng looked at him with a smile: "You're still called Uncle?"
Tan Xin took the opportunity to boo at the side: "Hey brother, do you think I am called sister-in-law Xiaoli, or brother-in-law?"
Tan Ke put on a face and deliberately attacked him: "It's not big or small."
Until Xie Li was dragged upstairs by Tan Ke, Tan Xin still hadn't come up with a suitable title.She pulled Tan Qisheng downstairs and muttered: "It's always weird to be called sister-in-law, but Xiaoli is so much younger than me, so I can't call him brother, right? If I want to call him brother, will my brother beat me? "
Xie Li was blushing at the stairs, and went into the bedroom as if fleeing.
Tan Ke was standing by the window, the curtain was pulled open, Tan Ke was staring at the window as if studying something.
Xie Li said in his heart that it was terrible, and hurried over. Sure enough, Tan Ke turned around with a dark face: "I'm still surprised that you went upstairs, why you sneaked into the backyard without making a sound—"
Xie Li followed Tan Ke's gaze and saw that there was a ladder outside the window, which he used when he climbed from the bedroom to the backyard just now - he forgot to put it away after he used it up.
"I'm afraid I'll be seen by you again when I come down the stairs." Xie Li did not forget to support his tiara and explained guiltily.
Tan Ke was angry: "My dad didn't persuade you to order it, so let you mess around like this?"
Xie Li muttered and betrayed his father whom he had known for less than 5 minutes: "He clearly agreed to help me put away the ladder."
Tan Ke lost his temper completely.
Xie Li took off the corolla and carefully placed it on the bed, then hugged Tan Ke's arm, trying to change the subject: "Why did you give me a birthday present? My birthday is not today."
Tan Ke's eyes softened: "From now on, let's regard today as your real birthday, okay?"
Xie Li was startled, and slowly pursed his lips and smiled: "Because you love me, the day you love me is my birthday, isn't it?"
Tan Ke was amused by his self-talk, held his face and asked him: "Do I only love you this day? What day do I not love you? Do you have a conscience?"
For the first time, Xie Li ate the dry vinegar that was not famous: "The first day you saw me, you didn't love me. Not only did you not love me that day, you also hated me."
Tan Ke narrowed his eyes: "What happened that day, I forgot that day. By the way, speaking of it, you were someone else's boyfriend that day."
Xie Li himself forgot about this, shut up all of a sudden, and no longer had the stance of being vexatious.
Tan Ke kissed him on the face with satisfaction: "I'll take you to see the gift."
In fact, Tan Ke not only did not forget, but remembered clearly.
He remembered that Xie Li was chasing after them that day, looking at Song Yi with eyes that made people unhappy no matter what.
He thought about it later, maybe his love at first sight happened earlier than he expected.Not because of the longing on the boy's face under the open dome of the observatory, nor the panicked face under the sunshine of the hotel conservatory, but earlier, at their absurd first meeting, he had already been attracted.
It seemed that there was a track in the dark, guiding him to walk towards this destined person.
Tan Ke's gift is an antique astronomical telescope, packed in a big bag brought by Tan Xin.The lens barrel and tripod are placed in two large velvet boxes respectively.
Handcrafted at the end of the 19th century, the lens barrel is covered with scratches, and the imprint of time is clearly visible.
The entire lens barrel is gold-plated brass, which is heavy in the hand.Kepler refractor, [-]cm eyepiece, using the earliest T-coating technology of Carl Zeiss.
Xie Li looked at it over and over.
Tan Ke stood aside, calling it an explanation, but he was showing off and asking for credit: "This telescope is actually not worth much. There is only one special feature, which is this lens. This is the first batch of telescope lenses trial-produced by Carl Zeiss. At that time, there were only Twenty copies, the rest were lost in the war, and this is the only set that has survived."
He instructed Xie Li to turn the lens barrel upside down: "Look, here, you can still see the model at that time."
Xie Li turned his head to the light, and sure enough, he saw the tiny letters under the coating - Tessar.
"It is said that this is the first generation of Tiansai lens." Tan Ke said.
Xie Li looked at it fondly for a long time before carefully putting the lens tube back into the velvet box.
Tan Ke hugged him from behind and kissed his hair: "Do you like it?"
Xie Li turned his face sideways to talk about the stubble on Ke's chin, and said in a stern voice, "You gave me such a nice thing, next time it's your birthday I'm going to have a headache."
"No, I'm just returning the gift, the best gift in the world."
Tan Ke lowered his head and kissed Xie Li, revealing half a word from between his lips and teeth.
"I have a star."
The author has something to say:--
Thank you for your company and patience over the past few months!bow!
That's it.
There will be two to three episodes in the future, everyone can comment in the comment area, and I will pick a few to write. ps: Cars are not allowed_(:з」∠)_
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Fang Xian: Wife, I want to get married.
Shen Zhichuan: Oh, then think about it.
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