An Accident in Broad Daylight

The air conditioner was turned on to the maximum gear, and the temperature in the car gradually dropped.On the contrary, it is the constant heat outside the car window.Obviously, the solar terms have already passed the summer heat, but the heat does not disappear, and it is like rebirth after a transit.

Xu Tangcheng looked at the time, guessing that the person was about to come down, reached out his hand, and turned down the air conditioner by one gear.

As soon as the knob was in place, the corridor door was pushed open.The light cut, and a tall figure appeared.

"Put your bag in the backseat."

Unlike other freshmen, Yi Zhe didn't have any big or small suitcases, but only the backpack he bought for him.The outfit looks too simple, and it doesn't look like the beginning of school at all.Xu Tangcheng thought about it, it's okay, if you need it, you can wait until the school to buy it.

The car drove onto the main road, and the speed also increased.Afraid that Yi Zhe would be bored on the road, Xu Tangcheng turned on the car player.

"There's a CD package there, you pick and choose what you want to hear."

Following his instructions, he found the CD bag and looked at the pile of discs inside, but Yi Zhe was at a loss as to what to do.

"I don't usually listen to these, you pick, what do you want to hear?"

"Don't listen?" Xu Tangcheng was surprised, "I see you are always wearing earphones."

Yi Zhe raised a hand and touched his nose: "I don't listen to pop music, it's more..."

"Dry." After thinking for a while, he finally thought of such a word.

"Oh." Xu Tangcheng smiled, "Then you can choose one at random, I have heard these many times."

He said casually, but Yi Zhe was serious about his choice.It's just that the names of the singers that passed by his eyes were all unfamiliar to him. In the end, he only chose the cover that was the most pleasing to the eye according to his preferences.

Under the blue sky, there is a woman playing the piano.

After the faint sound of reading the disk, the music started to play.

During the whole process, Xu Tangcheng never looked down, but the notes only flowed out for a few seconds, and he raised his eyebrows: "I chose this one."

"Well," Yi Zhe turned his head to look at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's a female singer I like very much. This is her first album, and it tells stories of travelers."

Yi Zhe is willing to participate in everything he likes, so he listens very carefully to what he introduces.

There are a lot of vehicles ahead, and the place that is about to reach the checkpoint is driving slowly.Looking at the car queue ahead, Xu Tangcheng tilted his head amidst the music, and said, "Suddenly I remembered that the title of my favorite song in this album is very suitable for the present."

"what?"

Yi Zhe suddenly regretted picking this English disc.Even if he has a good English score in the college entrance examination, his English level is limited to what he learned and used in school. He is afraid that Xu Tangcheng will say the title of a song later, but he will not be able to translate it correctly.

Fortunately, after pondering for a while, Xu Tangcheng only said one very simple word.

"Journey."

journey.

At that time, Yi Zhe's understanding of this word was very superficial.It was a short journey for him to go north from his home to Beijing. Going a little deeper and entering university was just a short journey on a new path.Xu Tangcheng didn't explain any further. The female singer's voice was firm and soft. When reaching a certain passage, Xu Tangcheng followed gently and hummed a tune.

Thinking about it afterwards, Yi Zhe felt it was a pity that he hadn't been able to appreciate the song that Xu Tangcheng had specifically mentioned.Most of Xu Tangcheng's favorite songs are good songs, but Yi Zhe's appreciation level is limited. In addition, the rhythm of the songs in this album is mostly too slow for him, which makes him drowsy.I tried my best to hold on, but after a short while, I couldn't help losing consciousness.

Xu Tangcheng, who was driving on the side, caught a glimpse of it and laughed silently. Then, he turned down the volume and temporarily turned off the air conditioner.

When Yi Zhe woke up again, the car had already parked in the A parking lot.

When freshmen register, there are too many cars on campus, and it is unavoidable that horns will sound from time to time.On the way, he slept peacefully, but when he was awakened by the sound of the horn, Yi Zhe was still having an unreal dream.Opening his eyes, he turned from drowsiness to sobriety, and saw a welcome banner of a certain college hanging on a building in front of him.

Red bottom, white square lettering.

He looked at the banner and recalled it for a while, before he connected to the story before he fell asleep - the car driving peacefully, the song singing slowly.

It was quiet in the car, and he was alone.Yi Zhe turned his head to look for Xu Tangcheng, and saw him standing beside the car on the phone, with a cigarette in his right hand, he didn't smoke it, he just burned it.

The dream is also a campus, but obviously, the campus in front of me is more likable.

"Get out of the car," Xu Tangcheng who was outside the car had already opened the door in a daze.He propped his arms, and whispered to him about the arrangement: "Take the admission notice and ID, and put the rest in the car. We will go out to eat and buy things later."

"Yeah." Yi Zhe nodded.

According to what Xu Tangcheng said, he dug out the courier bag containing the admission notice from his schoolbag, but he couldn't find his ID card anyway.

"Did not bring?"

"Bring it..." Yi Zhe was not sure, but he had some impressions. He remembered that he did pick up his ID card last night and put it in his schoolbag.But where exactly, it was a mess.

"Don't worry, look for it again."

With that said, Xu Tangcheng also got into the car and picked up the courier bag he had just dug out.Just about to check, the car window was knocked.Yi Zhe looked up, he was a tall man, young, but obviously more mature than himself.

Xu Tangcheng quickly got out of the car and talked with him.

Seeing that the man gave Xu Tangcheng a cigarette, Yi Zhe smiled and said something to him. Xu Tangcheng waved his hand and pointed to the car, but didn't answer it.The man handed it to him again, with a resolute look.From this angle, Yi Zhe could only see Xu Tangcheng's side face, but couldn't see what his expression was, but in the end, he saw him raise his hand and took the cigarette.

The man leaned towards him and lit it for him.

"Haven't found it yet?" Yi Zhe still found nothing until Xu Tangcheng got into the car again.

"Ah."

Xu Tangcheng had already stubbed out the cigarette before getting into the car. According to the time estimate, the cigarette hadn't burned even half of it, but at this moment, there was still a faint smell of tobacco on his body.With a movement of raising his hand and lowering his arm, the smell of smoke floated closer to him.

"When did you start smoking?" Yi Zhe asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Xu Tangcheng took the courier bag in his hand again, before bowing his head, he was stopped by his words.He thought for a while and said, "It's junior year, I was too tired at that time, so I started smoking."

The schoolbag had been turned into a mess, Yi Zhe randomly picked up the crumpled clothes and put them down again.

"Smoking less, it's not good for your health."

Xu Tangcheng looked up in surprise, looked at his serious expression, and laughed: "Hey, you started smoking before graduating from high school, you don't seem to be qualified to blame me."

Yi Zhe moved his lips, but didn't make a sound.Xu Tangcheng didn't pay attention, and buried himself in the search. He didn't expect it to be soon, and let out an exclamation.He raised the things in his hand to Yi Zhe: "Student, it's in the brochure."

Fortunately, there is no danger.

"Why do you put your ID card in the brochure?" He looked at the man who was already sweating on his forehead, and sighed, "You should get rid of your forgetfulness."

The schoolbag was open, and while speaking, Yi Zhe noticed that Xu Tangcheng's eyes fell.

"Well, I see." In response to his words, he hurriedly tucked back the exposed corner of his clothes, and Yi Zhe quickly zipped it up.

Each department will have a welcome booth. Xu Tangcheng took Yi Zhe to find the booth of the Electronic Engineering Department, and stood aside, waiting for him to go through various registration procedures.Several of the students in charge of the orientation knew Xu Tangcheng well, they called each other "Senior", and the conversation was full of familiarity and warmth.

The content of their chat was very complicated, they talked about the work of orientation, occasionally mentioned several teachers in the college, a few interesting things, and Yi Zhe even heard them talking about the competition arrangement.Some of the content he can understand, but some are completely incomprehensible.Strangely, despite not understanding, despite trying to focus himself on filling out the form, he couldn't help listening to what they were saying.

Later, he was very sensitive to realize that the atmosphere of their conversation at this time was different from that when Xu Tangcheng talked to him, and it was even different from any scene he had ever seen or experienced.

The content of this group of people’s chat seems to be one sentence here and there, jumping out of order, but after thinking about it, this kind of jumping is a coherent and interesting thinking that exists in a free dimension.

It was during such an inconspicuous but very casual conversation that he experienced for the first time what his university teacher called "freedom of thought and vigorous interest".

The signature pen suddenly ran out of water.

Yi Zhe scratched hard a few times, and a groove was carved on the paper, but there was still no ink marks.

A hand came into view, offering a pen.

Yi Zhe looked up and saw Xu Tangcheng was still chatting casually with others, but his eyes were looking at him.

"Is this your brother?" The long-haired girl sitting at the table noticed their small movements, diverted her attention, and asked Xu Tangcheng.

"Ah."

"He's pretty handsome." The girl blinked and asked Xu Tangcheng, "How about it, do you have a girlfriend?"

Xu Tangcheng replied with a smile: "I don't know. Besides, you can't remember if there are any."

"I don't think about it for myself. I can't think about it for my school girl."

Xu Tangcheng smiled and shook his head: "Then how many elementary school students do you have to worry about today?"

He avoided it so lightly that it was completely useless for the person involved to speak.

But after filling out the form and receiving a bag of documents, Xu Tangcheng suddenly turned to look at Yi Zhe, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Yi Zhe was taken aback, and immediately shook his head.

"No ah."

To him, having a girlfriend or something is already too incredible.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Tangcheng still asked the next question.

"Actually, I thought you came to Beijing suddenly because of that girl." Observing Yi Zhe's expression, he added, "You went to the one in University B."

"Zhao Weifan?" Yi Zhe said quickly, "It has nothing to do with her."

Yi Zhe denied it so firmly that Xu Tangcheng couldn't help but wonder if his previous deduction was completely wrong.What was Yi Zhe thinking when he filled out the application form?

He thought about this question for a long time after he learned that Yi Zhe had reported to University A Communications.

The reason Yi Zhe gave him at the time was very simple, he felt that A University was good, the major was also good, and there were people he knew.But in the dark corridor, Xu Tangcheng couldn't help asking: "Didn't you always want to go to Shanghai?"

He asked this because he knew why he chose to live with his mother in the first place, and he also knew that he had actually missed his father and younger brother for so many years.

But at that time, Yi Zhe just lowered his head and said, "I don't want to go that much either."

Because the check-in time of the dormitory was limited, Xu Tangcheng temporarily changed the arrangement, first took Yi Zhe to check in, and then went shopping.Bedding and the like can be bought directly at the school, and they are all in a uniform style. From pillow covers to mattresses, one set has everything you need.Yi Zhe thought it was a hassle to go out and buy, so he said to just buy a set, but Xu Tangcheng stopped him, and went to check the fabric by himself.

"Bed sheets and quilts are okay, they feel pure cotton, but this winter quilt is not good, because the stuffing inside is not cotton." Xu Tangcheng said as he walked, "But anyway, I can't cover it now, and I will buy another when it is cold. The bed will do."

Yi Zhe carried the big pile of things back and put them on the bed, seeing that it was getting late, he dragged him to eat.Xu Tangcheng leaned over again, leaning against the quilt and sniffing.Then, he frowned and said, "That's not okay, don't wash it..."

The dormitory is a room for four people. After Xu Tangcheng straightened up, he saw that someone had already made his bed and used the same set of mattresses, so he stopped in time and didn't say any more.

After following Yi Zhe out the door, he whispered, "If you don't mind, I'll get you a set of my bed sheets and pillowcases later. They're clean after washing. Your set hasn't been washed yet. It smells bad and it's not clean."

Because there were many people coming and going in the corridor, when Xu Tangcheng was about to talk to him just now, he moved closer to him and touched his arm.Looking at the person who was close at hand, waiting for his answer, Yi Zhe's heart suddenly softened.

In this turbulent crowd, the feeling of being closest to him is really good.

"Okay." After saying such a word, he didn't dare to say more.

"You live here too?" Yi Zhe asked casually when he went downstairs.

"No, I live far away from you. You are next to the south gate, and I live at the east gate, and I have to go a little further north."

Yi Zhe stopped at a step and did not move.

"What's wrong?" Xu Tangcheng looked back at him from the third step down the stairs with his pockets in his pocket.

Damn, they don't live together.

"fine."