An Accident in Broad Daylight

From Xu Tangcheng's point of view, Yi Zhe really seemed to have quickly returned to his previous appearance.He no longer actively looks for him frequently, but when the two of them meet by chance, there will be many things to say, and there must be all the concerns that should be there.Sometimes when he went out, he could see the door on the opposite side was open again, and Yi Zhe was flipping through the keys in the house again.He went over to tease him a few words, and Yi Zhe smiled at him embarrassedly, saying that he had nothing to do, that he couldn't change this stinking problem no matter what.

As usual, the scene would give Xu Tangcheng a trance feeling, as if the period before the holiday was tangled and in a dilemma, it was just that he was not awake and had a dream in a daze.

But every night, when he wakes up suddenly for various reasons, he will see those eyes again in a drowsy state—still with a dazed and confused expression, amidst the crowd of people, he will see those eyes again, passing through a piece of light amidst the crowd of people, looked at him.

Obviously the owner of those eyes didn't want to express anything, but in Xu Tangcheng's heart, it seemed that they were silent accusations.

Every time he saw this, he couldn't let the scene of that night continue to play out in his mind.Yi Zhe's apology, his departure, and the melting snow gradually became something he dared not recall.

I feel ashamed, so it always stops abruptly, leaving only the warm yellow lights and the people who are separated by loneliness.

Tossing and turning on the pillow, he didn't expect that the word "reluctant" would have such a bitter feeling.

Xu Tangcheng always wandered around the house with a pair of big dark circles under his eyes, which made Zhou Hui think he was studying some way to make money again.

"Did you lose the stock again?"

Xu Tangcheng was puzzled by Zhou Hui's question: "No."

"I stay up all day looking at stocks in front of you. Don't be so desperate. The family has enough money. Don't make money on you."

When Xu Tangcheng was just in college, he caught up with Xu Yueliang for an operation, and Xu Tangqi happened to change to an imported medicine, and the family's funds suddenly seemed a little tight.It doesn't affect his life, but Xu Tangcheng is used to taking precautions before they happen. In addition, he has set a path for scientific research for himself. Knowing that he is still far away from earning money formally, he began to think about how to start a side job.He feels that he earns too little money from odd jobs and has to take care of his studies. It is impossible for him to spend a lot of time outside of school.After much deliberation, he thought of buying stocks at that time.

Thinking about it now, I was also very fearless at that time.A total of 1 yuan in principal, dare to invest in such a risky thing.Probably still young, so think of things directly and simply.But at that time, he was really desperate. It was not easy for a layman to speculate in stocks. In order to think about it, he often stayed up all night, reading materials and doing analysis.Although the final result was good, Zhou Hui was terrified by the way he risked his life.

"Where are you going?" Xu Tangcheng choked on Zhou Hui's words while holding a piece of bread in his mouth.He suddenly felt as if he was living in two worlds, one was the reality where he was talking to Zhou Hui inappropriately now, and the other was the secret, which only belonged to Yi Zhe and him.

It's just that the light in that secret world was dim, and he was stuck in place, unable to touch him, and gradually, he seemed to lose sight of him.

Thirty this year was the same as usual, Yi Zhe's house was still dark, Xu Tangcheng came back from his uncle's house for dinner, let Xu Tangqi go upstairs first, and squatted downstairs to smoke a few cigarettes.Yi Zhe sent a sentence of "Happy New Year" at this time, and he read it for a long time before replying the same four words.

Looking up again, the sky above has been covered with colorful fireworks again.

It was obviously an extremely gorgeous scenery, but it did not elicit a burst of disappointment for him.He watched the fireworks one after another brighten the darkness, clamoring to break through the sky.The one after another of the competition, and the cheers against the light, all seem to tell him that no matter who has experienced what kind of story, the New Year is still lively.

The world is so big and contains so many things and emotions. Time is always moving forward normally, and festivals go back and forth, never caring which lights are on and which lights are off.Who went where, and what mood they had, would not have any influence on the excitement at all.

In the final analysis, you are an indispensable existence to the people close to you, but to the space of the whole world, you are just an ordinary floating dust, life or death, happiness or anger, are really insignificant.

The colors of the fireworks faded into the eyes, and a terrible hypothesis took shape.

Xu Tangcheng raised his head, blinked his eyes, and suddenly thought, what if someone has never met that indispensable share.

His throat was uncomfortably itchy, he held a cigarette between his hands, and coughed for a long time with his head down.After calming down, I realized that I had been smoking too much during this time.

Xu Tangqi was keen on baking during this holiday, and often went to his classmates' homes to tinker, and sometimes he would be very excited to bring back a few cookies and small cakes for Xu Tangcheng and the others to taste.Seeing that she likes doing these things so much, Xu Tangcheng quietly summed up the money in his hand, took out some, and bought a very good oven for the family.For this reason, Zhou Hui scolded him for a long time, saying that the oven can be used several times, obviously a microwave oven at home is enough.Xu Tangcheng smiled, took the instruction manual, and explained to her one by one what the oven can do and what the microwave oven can't.

He blew up an oven, but Zhou Hui was very disapproving: "Come on, I don't know her yet, she likes this one today and that one tomorrow, which time is it not hot in 10 minutes? I think she can use this oven five times." All good."

Xu Tangqi on the side was of course unconvinced: "Impossible, I have learned a lot from my classmates, and I will bake cookies for you tomorrow."

Zhou Hui asserted that she couldn't bake it, but Xu Yueliang laughed while watching the news, saying that he would wait to eat.

Xu Tangqi made up his mind, so Xu Tangcheng naturally wanted to take her to buy materials.The two of them were going out after lunch when Yi Zhe stepped up the stairs two steps at a time.

Seeing the expression of the person who came up, Xu Tangcheng was slightly taken aback: "Why are you so happy?"

With both hands in the pockets of his down jacket, Yi Zhe walked up another step and got closer to them before saying, "Yi Xun is coming."

"Yi Xun?" Xu Tangqi repeated in doubt.

Yi Zhe's father and younger brother moved away for so many years and never came back.So for Xu Tangqi, the name "Yi Xun" has become extremely vague.Xu Tangcheng, who was standing aside, was as happy as Yi Zhe was infected at first, and then he wondered why Yi Xun came here suddenly.

But seeing Yi Zhe's slightly raised mouth, he didn't say anything, thinking that as long as he was happy, it would be fine.

Yi Zhe seemed to understand his doubts, and explained simply: "He was going to Beijing to see some concert, so I asked him if he wanted to come back here, and he said he would come after watching, and how long would he stay?" sky."

Listening to what they said, Xu Tangqi also remembered who Yi Xun was.Speaking of which, she often played with Yi Xun when she was a child. After all, Yi Xun was still a child who didn't understand anything until he moved away.He doesn't have the sensitivity of Yizhe, the inferiority complex and retreat caused by his family, and of course he doesn't know what it means to keep a distance.He likes to go to Xu Tangcheng's house very much, saying that Aunt Zhou Hui cooks delicious food, sister Tang Qi has a lot of story books, and brother Tang Cheng will take him to play games, which is very kind to him.

"What are you going to do?" Yi Zhe asked.

"Go buy the ingredients for making cookies," Xu Tangqi smiled, then suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said, "Brother Yi Zhe, I'll send you the cookies when I make them. How delicious you can cook."

Yi Zhe nodded in response, then turned sideways, wanting them to pass first.But Xu Tangcheng stopped when he walked in front of him. He looked at him and said, "If you have nothing to do, go for a stroll together."

When he said this, Xu Tangcheng felt uneasy.In the past, he always felt that he knew Yi Zhe very well. He had a very good idea of ​​what decision he would make, whether he would agree to something, and he always guessed right.But after experiencing the previous events, he was no longer so sure.

Because it seems that no matter whether Yi Zhe is willing to go out with them or not, there are very good reasons.

However, Yi Zhe didn't leave him much time to worry.He nodded quickly: "OK."

Yi Zhe walked down behind Xu Tangcheng, thinking that until now, his performance was remarkable.

During the few days of vacation, he thought a lot about himself, and the main thing he thought about was what kind of attitude he should have when facing Xu Tangcheng.What should be said in front of him, what should not be said, what should be done, what should not be done, these questions have already passed through his mind many times.In the end, he figured it out and came up with a very useful point—the kindness he showed was less than the kindness he actually thought.

Xiang Xiyi hasn't come back these days, he's always at home by himself, and when he can't sleep at night, he just turns on the TV and watches casually.At this time, the TV drama channel will always broadcast some dubbed films, most of which are Japanese and Korean family dramas, trivial and lengthy, starting from [-] episodes.Yi Zhe had nothing to do, so he let the people on the TV shout and read.

He also summed up such a principle of getting along on such a night. Coincidentally, within 2 minutes of summing up, he heard a middle-aged woman who burned her mother's head on the TV and said: "Restraint is the first step in growth." .”

These words were high-sounding, but Yi Zhe seemed to have been hit in the heart with a hammer.An empty and boring sentence, once you have a personal experience, you will have your own understanding.He felt that this sentence was quite reasonable, he should have weighed it long ago what he should not touch.

In the picture, the heroine shouted hoarsely in the heavy rain, "You don't understand me at all."

Yi Zhe suddenly felt a little ridiculous in the flickering lights. He actually picked up the word "growth" in such a soap opera.

But sometimes this is the case, people or things, or reason, after you notice them, you will find that, in fact, you have been encountering them constantly in your life.It's just that you didn't realize that there was a person in green clothes before, even if he passed you by countless times, you didn't give him the slightest attention.

Xu Tangqi's cookies were not successful in the end.In the kitchen filled with a faint fragrance, Xu Tangcheng looked at the limp lump, and said cautiously: "Are you sure...that's how cookies are made?"

Xu Tangqi held up his hands covered with the mixture of butter and flour, hesitating: "Well... I think it's right..."

The two brothers and sisters looked at each other for a long time, but neither of them said a word.

This unknown object was laughed at by Zhou Hui for a long time, and Xu Tangqi was so angry that he took this baking guide and went to Xu Tangcheng's room to study it at night, explaining that he must succeed in making it tomorrow and prove it to himself.She fell asleep after looking at it. Xu Tangcheng carried her back to the house and put her on the bed. She squinted her eyes and still murmured: "Brother, help me do it."

"I'll help you," Xu Tangcheng replied softly, holding back a smile, "Go to sleep."

After turning off the lights and the door for her, Xu Tangcheng went back to the house, studied the baking guide and computer for a while, and made the cookies the next day.

Holding a small plate, Xu Tangqi ran to Zhou Hui's house in small steps, clamoring for them to taste the fruits of victory.Xu Tangcheng looked at the pile of cookies and thought for a while, pretended to have some, and sent them to Yi Zhe.

But he didn't expect that no one answered after knocking on the door for a long time. He called and asked, only to find out that Yi Xun had come and they were playing outside now.

"Already here?" Xu Tangcheng went back with the cookie, and after entering the room, he thought for a while and said, "Then if you are free, come and have a meal at home? I told my mother about this before, and she still said it was true." It's been a long time since I saw Yi Xun, I guess I've grown into a young man, I don't know him anymore."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to hesitate for two seconds before saying, "Let me ask him."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Tangcheng looked at the plate of cookies for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.He pinched the ugliest one and put it in his mouth, sat on the chair and chewed slowly.

Although not so successful, the taste and texture are acceptable.

A little sense of accomplishment can't cover up a greater sense of loss.

After several days of planning, when it was time for the invitation, he even forgot to say: I want you to come to dinner for the New Year's Eve.

Yi Xun has indeed become a young man.Therefore, Xu Tangcheng had to respect and admire genes. Yi Xun was already taller than him before he even went to high school.Both Xu Yueliang and Zhou Hui praised the two children of Yi's family for their good looks. Standing beside the two tall ones, Xu Tangcheng suddenly felt that he no longer had the majesty of his eldest brother, as if "time makes people grow old". .

Zhou Hui liked Yi Xun very much before, and at the beginning she felt sorry for him as a child who couldn't eat well at home, so she always invited him and Yi Zhe to eat at her home.Compared with Yi Zhe's silence, Yi Xun's mouth is much sweeter, always "delicious" one bite at a time, and he eats as much as he likes like a bottomless pit.For Zhou Hui, who has always focused on her family, a child who can't lie affirms her cooking skills, but she couldn't be happier.

Yi Xun came here and brought a lot of gifts, Xu Tangcheng glanced at it inadvertently, and was a little startled.He glanced at Yi Zhe and found that he was also looking at himself.

Zhou Hui cooked a large table of dishes, and specially made Yi Xun's favorite sweet and sour pork when he was a child. When setting the table, he kept saying that there were too many dishes today, and asked him and Yi Zhe to eat more.Xu Tangcheng went to the kitchen to prepare the dishes, and when he entered, he gave Yi Zhe a wink who was sitting on the sofa. Yi Zhe immediately stood up and followed him into the kitchen.

There was no one around, so Xu Tang Chengcai asked in a low voice, "How did Yi Xun buy such expensive things?"

He was really surprised when he saw those bags just now.All of these items are of great value. Just looking at the brands, they belong to the kind that Xu Tangcheng would never even look at.Zhou Hui and Xu Yueliang didn't know about these brands. Although they kept saying that they didn't need to buy them, Yi Xun said what they wanted, so they accepted them.

It was difficult for Xu Tangcheng to say anything at that time, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was inappropriate.

Yi Zhe didn't know how to explain it. In fact, Yi Xun's food and clothing costs have always been this standard.But he didn't want to tell Xu Tangcheng this, because he also thought Yi Xun's way of spending money was very strange.No matter what it is, he seems to only buy the most expensive ones. He goes shopping with him, and if Yi Xun likes something, he pays the bill without asking the price, which seems to be too extravagant.

"He probably just thinks...he hasn't seen you for a long time, so he wants to give you some good gifts." Yi Zhe lied against his will.

Xu Tangcheng frowned while holding the chopsticks, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing that he didn't speak any more, Yi Zhe didn't want to continue talking about this issue.He was just about to go out with a stack of bowls, but Xu Tangcheng behind him stopped him and asked, "Where have you been staying these two days? I don't think you are staying at home."

He paused, and after a silence, Yi Zhe let out a "huh".

"At Xingkai."

Xingkai is their most upscale hotel, and its positioning as a hotel is not for the general public.Mentioning this incident, Yi Zhe still felt uncomfortable.He knew that Yi Xun probably didn't want to live at home, so he had already picked out a hotel.Unexpectedly, Yi Xun and him took a taxi there without getting out of the car. They only glanced through the window and said that the place was too dilapidated, and told the driver to go to the best hotel in the city.

The way Xiangxi has raised Yi Zhe these years is to give him money every three months, and he doesn't even bother to transfer money, just throw him a pile of cash and settle it.Yi Zhe's expenses were very small, and he only used a small part of the money, and threw the rest into the cabinet.

In many things, Yi Zhe's principles are actually terrifyingly strong.It's not that he really can't afford Xingkai's expenses, but he thinks it's totally unnecessary to spend so much money to stay in such a hotel.

The younger brother came to play with him, or the younger brother paid for the accommodation, even if Yi Zhe didn't like interpersonal relationships, he would feel that this was really awkward and awkward.

Xu Tangcheng noticed that Yi Zhe didn't want to talk about these things, so he immediately changed the subject and ended the inquiry about Yi Xun.He didn't really take it seriously at that time, he just thought that Yi Xun was spoiled by his father and didn't know how to control his money.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, he completely subverted the image of that little brother in his memory.