An Accident in Broad Daylight

When getting on the bicycle, Xu Tangcheng took off his hat for fear of blocking Yi Zhe's view.

"Don't take it off, just put it on," Yi Zhe said suddenly on top of his head, "It's cold, my ears are cold."

"No need," Xu Tangcheng put his arms on the handlebars, supported himself vigorously, and rubbed his body forward, "it will block you."

"No way." Yi Zhe said quickly.After all, he added as if explaining, "You are not that tall, and wearing a hat can't stop me."

Xu Tang had already stretched out his sleeves to cover his hands and was waiting to go. Hearing this, he was startled for a second, and turned his head with slightly wide eyes.Yi Zhe didn't know why, so he looked at him blankly.

"Are you saying I'm short?" Xu Tangcheng blinked and asked, tilting his head.

Yi Zhe finally understood Xu Tangcheng's silence. He bit his tongue secretly, shook his head quickly, and said, "Not short, just normal height."

Normal height?

He's less than 1.8 meters tall, so he's really not that tall, but as long as he doesn't stand with a tall guy like Yi Zhe, he thinks his height is still good enough.What is normal height?

Xu Tangcheng lost his temper, glanced at Yi Zhe, who was looking at him seriously, and simply raised his hand, and put the hat on again.

No block, no block, just warm.

"Let's go." Xu Tangcheng ordered.

One side of the hat is not on properly.Yi Zhe looked at Xu Tangcheng, who was motionless and staring ahead, secretly stretched out two fingers to pinch the brim of the hat, and gave him another tug.It was just a small movement, secretly, but it seemed to pull up the corners of his own mouth.

The advantage of tall people is that they have long arms and long legs. Xu Tangcheng sat in front of Yi Zhe, and it didn't look crowded at all.If this is the case, Xu Tangcheng has already regretted leaving the compound.The sloping car beam was really uncomfortable, his butt was so tight, and he kept sliding backwards, he could only try his best to hold on to the handlebars to stabilize his body.But he was afraid of affecting Yi Zhe's grasp of the direction, so he didn't dare to put all his weight on the handlebars.Along the way, Xu Tangcheng was dealing with the annoying slope of the car beam, trying his best to find balance and stability.Yi Zhe was very relaxed, smiling all the time, and riding the bike steadily.

"Look at your hand, and you still say it's not cold?" Xu Tangcheng couldn't see it, frowned, and covered Yi Zhe's red hand with his left hand.

"Hey!"

The handlebar of the bicycle shook quite a bit. Xu Tangcheng was unprepared, and leaned forward on the handlebar while shaking, and the hand that was holding Yi Zhe also tightened in panic.

After Yi Zhe hurriedly stabilized the handlebar, his eyes hurriedly moved away, but they were pulled back again, and then, as if filled with lead, he focused heavily on the hand that was close to his skin.

At that time, the temperature became concrete, together with the eagerness to touch him.

The jumping heart never slowed down, when Yi Zhe stopped the car and gave up his hand, Xu Tangcheng seemed to turn around and said something to him, but Yi Zhe didn't hear clearly, only saw him laughing at himself.He was dizzy, but he didn't forget to reach out his hand to help Xu Tangcheng who was jumping out of the car.

The noodle shop has already been redecorated, and it is much neater and brighter than what Xu Tangcheng remembered.Just entered the lobby, the aroma has already warmed the body.At this time, there were not many customers, and they were distributed in twos and threes in all directions. They chose a seat for two to sit down, and ordered two bowls of beef noodles under the introduction of the waiter.A bowl of signature, a bowl of spicy.

"The signature one doesn't need coriander."

Xu Tangcheng was lowering his head and carefully wiping the table with a paper towel when he heard Yi Zhe say this.

He stopped moving, raised his head, and met Shang Yi Zhe's eyes.

"Right?" Yi Zhe met his gaze and asked.

The waiter at the side was also patiently waiting for his answer. Xu Tangcheng nodded slightly under the gaze of the two, but never took his eyes off Yi Zhe's face.

After the waiter left, Xu Tangcheng threw the used paper into the trash basket beside him, and then asked Yi Zhe, "How do you know I don't eat coriander?"

In his impression, he has never told anyone about his preference, and even now he doesn't stop eating at all.When he was a teenager, he would be picky eaters and would insist on not eating certain things, but when he grew up, every time he went out to eat with his family, he would ask carefully about the ingredients of the dishes to see if there were any allergens, and then add what not to eat. Spicy, no garlic, etc. required.He felt that it was really troublesome, and the waiter had to remember a lot, and gradually, he saved himself this one.Anyway, I am not allergic, but it is a matter of whether I like it or not, there is nothing to eat.

"When you brought me here before, you didn't ask for coriander."

Yi Zhe poured half a cup of water into one cup, rinsed the cup around, then poured the water into the other cup, inserted two pairs of chopsticks into the water, and stirred slowly.

He was very familiar with this series of movements, Xu Tangcheng watched quietly, recalled with frowned, and finally remembered when he brought Yi Zhe here.At that moment, Xu Tangcheng suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart—it was something he had almost forgotten, but Yi Zhe remembered it so clearly.

At that time, it was different from now. It was a summer. Xu Tangcheng remembered that he had just finished the final exam of his second year of high school, so he strolled back home without riding a bike.At the gate of the yard, there are a group of aunts chatting all the year round. It was strange that day. The content of their chats was no longer about which supermarket’s eggs were on sale, but something like "men don’t want a penny", "big ones" The one who chose his mother", they sighed and sighed, saying that the boy is ignorant and his eyes are so shallow, how can he only focus on money?

The messy voice came to his ears, and Xu Tangcheng's good mood accumulated because of the exam disappeared. While thinking, he brushed against a spotless black car. little child.

Xu Tangcheng was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction of the vehicle leaving in disbelief.

The one who was taken away was the younger brother, so what was left behind was...

In the midsummer weather, the sunlight slid along the car body all over the place, from warm to cool, and melted away, becoming the last thing that touched that car in this small town.

Yi Zhe pushed a glass of water over, while the water next to him was still used to wash the cups and chopsticks.There is no place to pour water near the dining table.

The waiter brought a bowl of hot noodles without spicy oil, and placed it in front of Xu Tangcheng.Xu Tangcheng said softly to the waiter, "Please help us get another cup."

After the new cup was served, Xu Tangcheng rinsed it, poured the water and handed it to Yi Zhe.Then because of the memories just now, he went away for a while.

Yi Zhe was very quiet when eating, not because there was no sound, but because he never spoke.When Xu Tangcheng occasionally asked "is it spicy" or "do you want a drink", he always replied with a very short sentence, one or two words, or simply shook his head.Until Xu Tangcheng mentioned the matter of self-enrollment and asked him how his recent grades were.

"The last exam grade was 109."

Xu Tangcheng was a little surprised when he heard this ranking, Yi Zheyuan was better than he thought.

"What about the total score?"

"607."

City C is just a county-level city. Even the city's No. [-] middle school has a low overall teaching level, and province B is a "big province for the college entrance examination", with many candidates and high scores.As far as the province is concerned, the grade ranking of No. [-] Middle School is of no reference value, but the total score is still there.Xu Tangcheng thought for a while holding his chopsticks, and then helped Yi Zhe analyze: "With this grade, you can still go to the school in Shanghai if you want to, but it's not too good. In fact, you can consider self-enrollment. There are school-recommended places in No. [-] Middle School , You can also recommend yourself, if you plan to give it a try, I can help you prepare materials."

Yi Zhe shook his head quickly.

The ramen picked up on the chopsticks steamed and turned into a mist, separating the two of them.

"I won't participate." After he finished speaking, he put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a piece of paper, and then explained, "I got a demerit for fighting, so it's useless to participate."

Yi Zhe said indifferently, but Xu Tangcheng didn't listen easily, and even felt a little headache.However, now that things have happened, he doesn't need to say anything about why he knew this before, so he just thinks silently whether the things he remembered will have any impact on Yi Zhe.

"Is it recorded in the file?"

Yi Zhe shook his head, saying he didn't know.

"It will be a little troublesome to record it in the file, because your file will always follow you." After Xu Tangcheng finished speaking, he felt that it might not be so serious. Middle schools in small places will not be very standardized in management, even if they really say In addition to demerits, it is not necessarily true that students will be recorded on the file.

"Go and ask your class teacher about the situation? See how far the punishment has gone, and whether there is room for relaxation."

Yi Zhe looked at him and shook his head after being silent for a while.

"It happened a long time ago. The person I hit that time, his father was someone from the education department. I blamed it all on my head. There is nothing to say."

When Xu Tangcheng heard it, he understood what was going on.On the one hand, he is an "insider" with a certain background, and on the other hand, he is a problem student whose parents can't call him to the school.Yi Zhe was still chomping on the noodles, as if he hadn't worried about this punishment at all, and he wasn't worried about his future at all.

Xu Tangcheng sighed, stirred the noodles in the bowl to worry about Yi Zhe, and the master urged him heartlessly: "Eat quickly, don't let it get cold."

After the two of them finished eating, Xu Tangcheng said he wanted to take a taxi to his uncle's house, but Yi Zhe said he wanted to see him off.Looking back on the way we came here, it was a rough one.Xu Tangcheng was silent for a long time facing the bicycle, and finally he was defeated by the young man's scorching gaze: "Okay."

The road was a little darker than before. When turning into a small road, the street lamps overhead turned into a dim yellow, and the Tyndall effect drew the shape of light beams, quietly scattered under the dark night sky.Xu Tangcheng hadn't been on this road at night for a long time. He looked up and said with a smile, "The street lights on this road are still the same."

Yi Zhe didn't understand: "What kind?"

"When I used to ride a bicycle, I would take a shortcut here every day when I went home. I don't know what you are like now, probably because there are almost no people here and the atmosphere is good. At that time, I could always meet two couples. The pair moved in the east half, and the pair moved in the west half, as if they had agreed to divide the road." Xu Tangcheng said, laughing twice to himself, "I ride here every day to watch them show their affection, sometimes It’s the boys who run wildly with their girlfriends on their backs, sometimes hugging under the lamp, almost every day is different. Later, when I was about to take the college entrance examination, I ran into them on the last day, and one of the boys in the pair was very happy to call me Say hello."

Perhaps it was because facing a young man who was going through that period of high school, Xu Tangcheng couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, and suddenly recalled the interesting things at that time.Listening to his smile, Yi Zhe also raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "What did you say?"

Xu Tangcheng lowered his voice, imitating the tone of the young man at that time: "Dude! You have worked so hard for so long! Come on for the college entrance examination!"

Yi Zhe laughed out loud.

When Xu Tangcheng in front heard this movement, he pulled his hat and looked back at him in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Yi Zhe was puzzled.

"It's okay, is your smile so low?"

Yi Zhe smiled, but didn't speak.In fact, he just kept describing Xu Tangcheng's appearance in his mind at that time. When he thought about it, he felt that Xu Tangcheng was riding a bicycle through this small road, Xu Tangcheng was watching the two couples changing their ways to make each other every day, and Xu Tangcheng was responding to the boy's last greeting. , will be cute.

Xu Tangcheng didn't know what he was laughing at, but seeing him laughing so silly, he wanted to laugh too.He turned back, tugged on his hat again, and wrapped himself up a little tighter.

In his third year of high school, Yi Zhe would ride this road every day, dragging his exhausted body after a day of fighting.Sometimes it is speeding past, listening to the sound of the wind plucking in the ear, and sometimes it is walking slowly, turning and rolling over different places on the path.No matter how fast or slow, it will remind him of Xu Tangcheng who once sat in his arms and passed by him.

Many years later, he overheard someone humming softly, "I said the moonlight is so beautiful tonight", and what suddenly appeared in front of his eyes was also the moonlight from that day.

At that time, the street lamps were beautiful, and the new moon was beautiful. The light danced a dance, climbed onto Xu Tangcheng's fingertips, and followed Yi Zhe's eyes along a different night.

And when recalling the good times, the wind and snow all over the body will melt into warmth, and the taste will be sweet.