An Accident in Broad Daylight

Fu Daiqing's wedding was held as scheduled without any accidents.

Xu Tangcheng didn't know the exact time of the wedding before, but when he came back to the dormitory one night, he heard Cheng Xu talking on the phone with his family.

"I really can't go back, I'm leaving the day after tomorrow."

One hand stopped on the touchpad of the computer, and after a while, he clicked on a video, which played silently.Xu Tangcheng glanced in that direction. Not surprisingly, it was still an open class.

This is the fifth door in two months.

His eyes moved to the bookshelf, where there were two rows of books neatly stacked, half of which were also newly added in the past two months. At one end of the bookshelf was a pot of succulents. Cheng Xu went to the flower and bird market to buy it a while ago.

It seems that Cheng Xu has been busy and fulfilling these two months.

By the end of the phone call, one third of the video had been played, and Cheng Xu smiled softly at the end and said, "Then you should bring an extra red envelope, and say I gave it to you."

Still whispering.

Soon, the ringing in the room turned into a burst of fast American English, and the phone was hung up.

There was a large suitcase spread out on the floor of the dormitory, a quarter of it was missing.Xu Tangcheng's eyes fell on it, and after a while, he felt more and more truly that Cheng Xu was really about to leave.

Yi Zhe has been busy writing his graduation thesis at school these days, and Xu Tangcheng is going to Japan for a short-term academic exchange in May, and he needs to make some preparations in advance with his team, so he stays at school most of the time.Coupled with his worry about Cheng Xu, Xu Tangcheng deliberately extended the time he stayed in the dormitory.Although they got along day and night, Xu Tangcheng actually got the news about Cheng Xu from Yi Zhe.

"Cross-media communication?" Xu Tangcheng couldn't believe what he heard.

"Well," Yi Zhe nodded, affirming, "My classmate said that he is now in the same laboratory as Cheng Xu."

In University A, graduate students can take part of the postgraduate professional courses in the second half of their senior year, and they can already enter the laboratory and study in advance.

"He said that Mr. Deng wanted Cheng Xu to follow him to do this project, but Cheng Xu seemed afraid that he would have to board the boat during the experiment, so he didn't agree." In the noisy cafeteria, Yi Zhe unscrewed a bottle of water and put it in Xu Tangcheng's room. In front of him, he added, "This time, Cheng Xu took the initiative to find Mr. Deng."

Cheng Xu is not a very independent person, but he did not discuss this decision with anyone.

When he went back that night, Xu Tangcheng asked Cheng Xu the reason, and asked him if he knew that this was a long-term project. If he did it, it would definitely affect his graduation time, and it is impossible to study this kind of underwater communication without going to sea.

Cheng Xu nodded and said he knew.

"You..." Xu Tangcheng was suddenly at a loss for words, not knowing what to say.After hearing the news during the day, his first reaction was shock. Afterwards, apart from heartache, he actually felt a little angry.He could understand that Cheng Xu wanted to escape, but he felt that no matter how sad he was, he shouldn't disrupt his life plan because of emotional matters, and trade his future for temporary peace.

"I know it's a bit impulsive, but..." Cheng Xu poured himself a glass of water, but it was so hot that he couldn't drink it. He unconsciously shook the glass, then quickly moved away, clenched his hands into fists, "I There is really no other way."

He just said this, then bowed his head and said nothing.Xu Tangcheng stood leaning on the desk for a long time, but still felt that it was not worth it.But Cheng Xu's silent insistence seems to be telling him that this method is reasonable, and the residual emotions of a relationship can be equated with the precious time of one or two years.

On the day Cheng Xu left, Xu Tangcheng sent him to the airport.He was waiting for Cheng Xu to check in at the back, and saw that when he bent down to pick up the suitcase, the schoolbag strap on one shoulder suddenly slipped off.Maybe it was a little flustered, or maybe it was because the suitcase was too heavy, Cheng Xu's body swayed forward.He supported the service desk with his hands, and he was barely steady, and he used one hand to hold up the slipped schoolbag strap.

Afraid of traffic jams when they came, they set off very early, and the relatively smooth road conditions left them a long waiting time. Xu Tangcheng wanted to sit with Chengxu for a while, but Chengxu insisted that he go back first.Knowing that he didn't want to occupy his time for too long, Xu Tangcheng didn't insist anymore, just checked the time, and told him to remember to take motion sickness medicine after entering.

"Yeah." Cheng Xu pushed his glasses, shrugged his shoulders, and turned the big schoolbag upside down.

"If you get on the boat, try it first. If it doesn't work, don't be embarrassed to tell the teacher. If you go up for a few days and throw up for a few days, you won't be able to work."

"Well, I know." Cheng Xu smiled at him, took two steps back, and waved, "Hurry up and go back."

There are as many people at the Capital Airport as ever, and for some reason, there are always so many people stepping into the sky for different purposes.Cheng Xu lined up in a zigzag line, and after a while, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of Xu Tangcheng's station.

Seeing that he hadn't left yet, she waved to him for the second time.

He only made a brief pause before turning around again, but Xu Tangcheng was a little stunned by this familiar scene—when he was a child, he sent Xu Tangqi to school, and Xu Tangqi did the same, after saying goodbye to him Turning to look at him again, I didn't dare to look at him for a long time, at most two seconds.No matter how reluctant you are, you will walk into the school gate with your schoolbag in two seconds.

Cheng Xu often reminds Xu Tangcheng of Tang Qi, because both of them have a very obedient spirit.However, Xu Tangqi is actually naughty by nature, but because of his poor health, he often has to be obedient.But Cheng Xu seemed to be born without any temper, and he never knew what willfulness is.

Xu Tangcheng thought about it carefully. After many years of acquaintance, he had never seen Cheng Xu get angry. Even if he was unhappy because of something, he would just be bored for a while and would not show it to anyone.

"He went in?"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind, and Xu Tangcheng was taken aback.Turning around, he saw Zheng Yikun standing beside him - messy hair, wrinkled clothes, and residual alcohol smell all over his body, all of which showed a hangover.He carried a transparent convenience store bag in his hand. Xu Tangcheng glanced at it and saw a pack of Green Arrow chewing gum, a box of medicine, and a small bottle of mineral water.

Without answering him, Xu Tangcheng only raised his chin forward as a signal.

Cheng Xu had already turned into the third floor of the team, his not tall figure was covered by the void, and he could only see a bird with its head slightly lowered between the pedestrians.The team was moving forward slowly, when Cheng Xu suddenly raised a leg and rubbed the position of his calf.

It looked like it had just been hit by a suitcase.As Xu Tangcheng thought about it, Zheng Yikun beside him had strode forward.

The people in the team suddenly turned their heads to look this way when they heard a call, Zheng Yikun waved to him, Cheng Xu turned around after being slightly stunned, and began to walk out against the flow of people.He lifted his shoulders, his upper body shrunk into a small ball as much as possible, and his mouth kept moving, probably saying "sorry" or "excuse me" to the people in line.

Xu Tangcheng did not go forward, but leaned against a pillar and waited.

About 10 minutes later, Zheng Yikun came back, without the bag in his hand, but the bottle of water was still there, and a small half of it was missing.

"Brother Tang Cheng, shall I go back in your car?" Zheng Yikun's expression was still familiar to Xu Tangcheng, he scratched his hair and said, "I drank too much last night, and I just asked my friend to throw it here."

The two walked towards the parking lot, Zheng Yikun rubbed his temples all the way.When he got in the car, he frowned and asked Xu Tangcheng, "Brother, did you bring cigarettes?"

Xu Tangcheng took out a pack of cigarettes and threw it to him.Zheng Yikun said again: "Lighter."

After begging for these two things like squeezing toothpaste, Zheng Yikun completely closed the car window and lit a cigarette.

"Does he have to be on board a lot to do this?"

Halfway through the smoke, Zheng Yikun asked.

"Not sure." After speaking, Xu Tangcheng saw the obvious increase in irritability on Zheng Yikun's face.

"Ah..." Zheng Yikun drew a long tone, turned a few turns at the end, and continued, "My heart hurts."

To put it bluntly, Zheng Yikun is the most rogue temperament among the people Xu Tangcheng has come into contact with.But his rascality is not all derogatory, it just gives Xu Tangcheng a feeling that he doesn't tell the truth, and he doesn't show his sincerity, like a one-way glass with colorful patterns painted on one side, he can understand others at a glance Thoughts, but others should not try to understand him.It's like he is holding a cigarette in his mouth now, leaning his head on the seat and sighing "distressed", but he is still smiling unscrupulously.This distressed sentence seemed to Xu Tangcheng to have a sincere element, but no matter how he understood it, he felt that these two words were said too lightly by him, and they could be dissipated without the wind blowing.

Xu Tangcheng held a respectful attitude towards people like Zheng Yikun, so he never asked about Zheng Yikun's des night, because he couldn't tell the truth.And he knew that even if Zheng Yikun saw something, he would not ask him anything, so he could deliberately not give him a lighter, and did not make any cover up for his indifferent attitude.

This is the subtle restraint between people.

The phone rang suddenly, interrupting Xu Tangcheng's thoughts.He pressed the switch to connect, and Yi Zhe called him on the other end.

This sound ended Xu Tangcheng's sense of emptiness from last night.

But Yi Zhe on the phone sounded slightly annoyed. He said that he had just received a call from his father asking him to pick up his friend's daughter at the airport tomorrow. It was because he went to Shanghai a few years ago and asked him to go shopping with him. the one.

Before Xu Tangcheng could be relieved, Zheng Yikun grinned at the side, smiling disdainfully: "Oh, a beauty trick..."

Xu Tangcheng left Beijing three days later to go to Japan, and the day before, Yi Zhe had come to the airport alone to pick up the girl.They seemed to have formed an indissoluble bond with the airport this week, and Xu Tangcheng's car had a lot of bills for bridge tolls.In hindsight, this week was like a watershed, the sudden and frequent separations, the wrong but helpless reunions, seemed to pull their emotions that were properly placed in that rental house into the river of reality.

The people in the river are strangers in their love, but they are people around them in their life.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Tangcheng arrived at Haneda Airport. At [-]:[-] Beijing time, Yi Zhe, who was helping the girl with a dispute over a rear-end collision, received a message - "arrived safely."

The police station was in a mess by several people, Yi Zhe took two steps back, avoiding the excited crowd, and seriously replied to Xu Tangcheng's message in a quieter place.But before he pressed send, the girl yelled his name and asked him to go through the formalities, in a very bossy tone.

Yi Zhe wanted to push back almost immediately, but due to his father's repeated warnings in advance, he suppressed his anger and walked over after sending a text message.

The itinerary of Xu Tangcheng and his party was very full. From the early morning of the next day, they listened to reports, made reports, attended meetings, had dinner at meetings, and discussed... until two days before leaving Japan, they finally had time for independent development. Visit Sensoji Temple and Tokyo Tower.

Back at the hotel, a group of young people were still unwilling to sleep, clamoring to play cards.So several people gathered together, and some who didn't participate also stayed in the room to watch the excitement.A girl took out her computer and said that since she saw the Tokyo Tower, she might as well watch a TV series.

"Tokyo Tower?" Xu Tang had already got up to leave, when he heard this when he opened the door, he stopped and turned around to ask another question.

Surprise appeared in the girl's eyes, and she asked him, "Have you seen it?"

Xu Tangcheng shook his head: "I only watched one episode."

"Why?" Somewhat strangely, the girl asked, "Isn't it good? The show has a good reputation."

"Looks good, I just..." Putting his hand on the door rail, Xu Tangcheng said after carefully speaking, "I'm not used to watching movies that discuss emotions."

To be more precise, he is not used to reading works about family affection.Since birth, this kind of emotion has always existed firmly in his body, and his family never hesitated to give him all their love, and so did he.There are usually many plots that can resonate in a good film and television work, and it is difficult for him to escape.But after being poked into tears and jealous, he felt that there was no need to experience the goodness of his loved ones in this way.After all, he always understood and remembered.

Leaving the busy room, before the temporary roommate came back, Xu Tangcheng quickly turned on the computer and made a video call to Yi Zhe.

Originally thought that Yi Zhe would be at school, but in the picture, he was sitting on the sofa with wet hair.

"Are you here?" Yi Zhe asked tentatively.

"Well, they're playing."

The person in the video heard this and immediately stood up.The screen shook twice, showing a carpet that Xu Tangcheng had never seen before.

"You bought another carpet?" Xu Tangcheng immediately asked in surprise.

"That's right," Yi Zhe patted the carpet with his notebook, and stepped on it with one foot, "Let me tell you, this one is very comfortable, a hundred times more comfortable than the previous one."

So, Yi Zhe's language is really bad. The adjective "one hundred times" was no longer used in Xu Tangcheng Elementary School.

Thinking about the pile of carpets that he had spent at home for a few days, Xu Tangcheng almost knelt down for him: "But you only bought the previous one for half a month, and you threw it away again?"

"I didn't throw it away," Yi Zhe finished showing him, turned the camera back, and smiled at him in a way that he had expected a long time ago, "I'm afraid you will say me, I will be put in the bedroom."

Xu Tangcheng sighed, and finally said: "Don't put a carpet in the bedroom, suck the ashes."

"Where do you put it?

There's really nowhere to put it...

"Forget it," Xu Tangcheng was half helpless and half worried, but still smiling, "Leave it alone, I'll go back and have a look."

When he mentioned going back, Yi Zhe immediately became more energetic.

"I found a very delicious grilled fish shop today, and I think you must like it. It's just on the way back from the airport, and I'll take you there then."

"Okay," Xu Tangcheng nodded, and asked again, "What did you eat today? With that girl?"

"I haven't been with her. I've been hiding from her for two days." Yi Zhe got annoyed when he mentioned this, "You said she has a lot of friends in Beijing, why did my dad let me accompany her? It's such a big business! Please people."

"It's probably because of that girl's intentions." Thinking of Zheng Yikun's handsome trick, although Xu Tangcheng felt a little bit sorry for Yi Zhe, he still couldn't help but joked, "You are more attractive."

When Yi Zhe heard this, he seemed to be taken aback, then immediately smiled, and said with certainty, "You're praising me."

Xu Tangcheng didn't expect that he would interpret the joke in such a serious way, he was blocked by him for a moment, and he opened his mouth empty.

He didn't have time to answer the call, and Yi Zhe didn't have time to speak again. The two of them just looked at each other for a few seconds through two screens and a long distance away.

Then, they laughed out loud in unison.

The wind in May is very comfortable, and the laughter from the computer is like this wind.Xu Tangcheng was sitting by the window, and suddenly wanted to go back to that room immediately, to see if the newly bought carpet really did what Yi Zhe said.

As if in agreement, Yi Zhehu whispered, "I miss you so much."

During the day, the girl who was traveling with him gave Xu Tangcheng a piece of local chocolate, which was very sweet.And at this moment, Xu Tangcheng felt as if the piece of chocolate fell into the bottom of his heart with waving little wings, and his blushing face was melted by the temperature there.He pursed his lips and looked at the screen, and nodded slightly after a while.

"Ah."

"Guang 'um' ah..." Mumbling, Yi Zhe suddenly moved his body and adjusted his sitting posture.When the picture stabilized again, Xu Tangcheng heard him ask, "What about you?"

With a beep, the door of the room was opened.Xu Tangcheng was taken aback for a moment, turned around and saw his roommate entering the room.

"They bought wine, why don't you go drink some?" The roommate talked to him while walking, saw him holding up his mobile phone, and asked, "Video?"

Xu Tangcheng nodded.

The conversation with Yi Zhe naturally developed in an irrelevant direction. If someone was inconvenient, they quickly hung up after a few sentences and switched to text messages.

After saying good night before going to bed, Xu Tang Chengcai remembered the interrupted question again.Turning the phone in his hand, he suddenly thought, what would he say if his roommate hadn't come back just now.

Thinking about it this way, he realized that he never seemed to say anything about missing Yi Zhe.

Yi Zhe had been lying on the bed for a while, but he was a little excited when he thought that Xu Tangcheng would be back the day after tomorrow.After tossing and turning and not falling asleep, he thought for a moment, turned on the light, and rolled up the carpet in the bedroom.I squatted down again and looked at it. I don't know if it was a psychological effect or what, but I always felt that there was a layer of soil on the ground.I simply went to the bathroom to rinse the mop, and in the middle of the night, I started mopping the floor.

After wiping, I felt comfortable and went back to bed again.Originally took the phone to check the time, but found a QQ message from Xu Tangcheng.

Yi Zhe clicked on it, saw Xu Tangcheng said, "I miss you so much."

Two days later, Xu Tangcheng returned to Beijing.

Perhaps because of poor sleep and poor physical condition these days, he was very dizzy when the plane landed, and the nausea did not pass until the end of the taxi.He was sitting by the window, so when people got up to take their luggage and walked out, Xu Tangcheng didn't rush to move, but sat there quietly to relieve his discomfort.

Someone was already calling to report that they were safe, so Xu Tangcheng thought about calling Zhou Hui and Yi Zhe as soon as possible.As soon as he got up, he suddenly heard the girl sitting in the back seat exclaim: "Senior Yu An was beaten?"

"Ah?" Immediately, a classmate who was also waiting asked, "What's the situation? Who beat you?"

Xu Tangcheng also looked back. The girl was tapping on her phone quickly, as if answering a message.

"A senior."

"Senior? Who? Why?"

Not understanding the situation, there are still people asking.The girl said, "I don't know either, wait a minute, I'm asking."

The people on the plane had almost left, Xu Tangcheng frowned, and while listening to their conversation, he stood in the aisle and raised his hand to take his schoolbag.He took out his mobile phone from his schoolbag and turned it on, but unexpectedly found that he had not received any reply to the message he sent to Yi Zhe before leaving.

While he was wondering, the phone vibrated, and Xu Tangcheng went to check it.

Just two spam text messages.

"Damn, this kid," a boy behind scolded, "hitting someone in our lab?"

Xu Tangcheng suddenly had a bad feeling at this time, this feeling was like the airsickness just now, it came unexpectedly, but it was real.He clenched his phone tightly, turned around, and asked the girl, "What's your name?"

"what?"

"What's the name of the beating man?"