anzi

The next day An Qi got up a bit late, and hurried out with his skateboard in his arms after taking a shower. The elevator was still going down on the fifteenth floor. He pressed the button twice, turned around and pushed open the iron door of the stairs. He just ran Two steps down, I heard a very violent quarrel coming from below.

"Have you ever thought that my patience has a limit! It's been such a long time, and you've kept me waiting?" The depressed voice was obviously chosen by Huo Jing.

"You can leave if you can't bear it, I didn't tell you to keep it."

in argument?I'll go first... An Qi was about to run back, but he forgot how many steps he had just descended, and his feet stumbled on the steps.

The two people on the next flight of stairs didn't speak any more when they heard the noise on the roof. Huo Jingze came over and saw Anqi, who sat on the ground and covered his knees, pretending that he didn't hear anything, and said, "I went by the wrong way. I'm using this as an elevator, I'm leaving now, you carry on."

What to continue?Continue to quarrel?

The sound of the door opening came from downstairs, it seemed that Jin Yanhuai had left.Huo Jingze glanced down, and then walked up.

An Qi got up from the ground, patted his pants, and said apologetically, "I just want to go downstairs."

"It's okay." Huo Jingze glanced at his knee with a calm expression and asked if he didn't fall.

An Qi shook his head, and Huo Jing chose to continue walking upstairs.

"Doctor Huo, are you not at work?"

"I'm on night shift today, and I'll go in the afternoon."

An Qi let out an oh, and watched Huo Jing choose to go upstairs.When he got down, Jin Yanhuai's car had disappeared.

After class at noon, An Qi drove away directly, and missed the afternoon class, so as not to be blocked by Bai Yunqi again, he went to the unfinished building last time.

After setting up the camera, take a closer look at the distance between the small attics. There is a piece of steel pipe between the two small attics. If you are lucky, you can take a leap between the three.

Instead of stepping on a skateboard, he tried it on a flat ground first. If the flat ground is similar, then he can skate on it. If the flat ground is okay, he can try it.

An Qi ran back and forth here for a few hours, and then saw that the sun had set, so he packed up his things and walked back, but he didn't go to the club, but went to the appointment.

Bai Yunqi's mother, Aunt Wang called him herself, and promised repeatedly that his mother would not go, so he agreed.

Bai Yunqi and her mother were really carved out of the same mold. Aunt Wang is a bit rich, and those who don't know must recognize her as Bai Yunqi's sister.

Aunt Wang is his mother and senior sister, and the relationship between the two is very good, and they still study in the same school, but the age gap between the two is quite large, so I don't know why it is so good.

When Aunt Wang saw An Qi's kind face, it was like looking at her future uncle, especially An Qi also bought a white wool shawl for Bai Yunqi's mother on the way, and her mother liked him more and more the more she saw him.

Mother likes An Qi, so Bai Yunqi is naturally very happy too.

It's just that Bai Yunqi is satisfied with everything about Anqi, but the only thing she's dissatisfied with is that Anqi doesn't want to make progress, fails in every class, and plays such a terrible thing as the limit.This dissatisfaction didn't last for a day or two, but started when she was in college. Bai Yunqi even went to the club with An Qi to watch An Qi skateboard. Although she thought she was so handsome, it was too dangerous!Almost every day she had to see big or small, serious or minor injuries on Anqi's arms and legs.

So I couldn't stop chatting, and the annoying words of my mother-in-law blurted out again.Anqi was worried about Aunt Wang's presence here and held back his silence. On the third time, Anqi finally threw away his chopsticks and took his bag and left.

He walked along the nightfall street while smoking a cigarette, drank the cold wind, and felt the wind blowing through him from top to bottom, it was so fucking cool.

Turned around on the street and went back to drive home. When passing by the clinic, I subconsciously slowed down, and finally accelerated and rushed past.

In fact, it has nothing to do with Bai Yunqi, it's because every year when the autumnal equinox is approaching, he will be extra irritable, and he calls this time the autumn solstice.

Divided days, dark and day.

In the past, An Qi always thought that the sun would disappear on the horizon at 18:[-] on this day, but he later realized that this is not the case, and the natural laws will also have deviations.

So deviations in life are inevitable.

Early in the morning, really early in the morning, just after six o'clock, his father called him, and it was at this time that his father would not be busy.

But no matter how busy he is, he will never forget today.

Anzie had looked forward to a greeting or an appearance from another loved one this time of year, but never had, so he never looked forward to it again.

A person is disappointed too much, and finally becomes numb.

After school at night, he didn’t go to the club, but drove aimlessly on the street. The LED screen lights of high-rise buildings flickered to open the chapter of the long night. He walked through the neon long street after nightfall, watching Vehicles swim on the street, and pedestrians are like ants.

He turned round and round in the familiar and unfamiliar streets of this city. He was afraid that he would fall into endless darkness, so he drove home.Because he was full of thoughts and oppressed his chest, before he could drive the car underground, the gas tank ran out, and he was forced to stop on the side of the road under the building.

He stayed in the car for a while, got out of the car, and saw that the sky was dotted with stars, and the moon was about to be full.

The autumn solstice not only has the autumnal equinox, but also the mid-autumn festival.

An Qi lit a cigarette and leaned against the front of the car, wondering if he should go back to that home this Mid-Autumn Festival.

He hasn't been home for four years, but every Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year he has to go back to pay his respects to his grandparents, and he has to go back.

After Anqi finished smoking, his head and neck felt a little sore because he looked up. He looked left and right to see if there was anyone, so he simply lay down on the ground. The ground was very cold, but it was very comfortable.

If anyone saw him, they would probably think he was sick.

An Qi lay down for a while, and suddenly found someone running towards him. The man was wearing off-white pajamas and slippers.

An Qi raised his head in surprise.

Huo Jingze ran to the middle of the road and saw him stop immediately. He put his hands on his knees and gasped for breath before standing up and slowly walking up to him, panting and asking him, "What are you doing lying here? I thought someone was being killed. The car crashed!" Huo Jing held his forehead with his hands, with a little anger on his face.

An Qi quickly got up, looked at Huo Jingze's face with some fluke and said, "I am, look at the moon."

Huo Jingze glanced up at the sky, took a breath, turned around and walked back.

An Qi quickly followed and shouted, "Doctor Huo."

Dr. Huo ignored him and strode into the building.

"Doctor Huo, I'm sorry."

Dr. Huo stood at the elevator door and said, "Go back and look at the moon, I won't disturb your pleasure."

An Qi couldn't help but curled the corners of his mouth, "Doctor Huo, I'm really sorry for making you worry."

Huo Jingze looked at the number of floors in the elevator and said, "You're not sorry for me, it's because I have an occupational disease."

The elevator door opened, and An Qi followed Huo Jingze into it. No one spoke a word all the way up the elevator. On the nineteenth floor, Huo Jingze walked out, but the door of his house was still ajar.

Huo Jing chose to go in, saw that An Qi was still following him, and asked, "Why are you still following me?"

"Don't be angry, I will never lie on the ground again."

"I'm not angry." Huo Jingze looked at him and sighed: "You hurt your back and your bones, the ground is so cold, you have to suffer the cold air entering your body."

An Qi stood at the door and called silently, "Doctor Huo."

"What else?"

"Can I... talk to you?"

Huo Jingze looked at him and stepped aside to open the door.

Huo Jingze's house was clean and tidy like his own.Everything is placed in an orderly manner, no debris can be seen everywhere, there is a treadmill in the corner between the floor-to-ceiling windows and the wall, and a small single sofa in the opposite corner, next to it is a very small and elegant coffee table with high legs , There is still a book on the table.

Probably he just saw him on the ground from here.

Huo Jing chose to pour him a glass of water, but the water was still warm.

"What happened to you today?"

"I'm just in a bad mood for a while." An Qi took a sip of hot water, and after drinking the hot water, he felt that the coldness of the night was relieved instantly.

"Why? What happened today?" Huo Jingze sat on the sofa next to him and laughed at him: "Didn't you just look at the moon quite romanticly?"

An Qi lowered his head and said nothing.

Huo Jingze asked him again: "The wound on the back should heal, does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Huo Jing chose to hum and did not speak again.

Holding the glass, An Qi felt Huo Jingze's serious gaze from the side, making him even more anxious. He suddenly put the glass on the coffee table, stood up and said, "Forget it, I'd better go."

Huo Jingze looked at him indifferently and said nothing.

Anqi walked towards the door, Huo Jingze followed from behind, and said: "Anqi, I don't know what's going on with you, you live alone, there is no one around you, no one comes to see you, but if you really have something to do No one to talk to, remember I've been here, okay?"

"Thank you, Dr. Huo." An Qi closed the door and fled.

Anqi took a taxi to the gas station and filled a barrel of gasoline. After returning home, he filled the gasoline into the car, put the gasoline barrel in the trunk, got in the car and drove away.

He doesn't know where to go, he just doesn't want to spend the day alone at home, maybe he is walking on the street, people come and go, he can comfort himself, look, there are so many people with you, you are not alone people.

He went to the gas station to fill up the gas tank first, and then continued to wander the street, the car moved slowly, like those who stroll on the street.

Passing by a cake shop by chance, An Qi stopped the car, opened the car door after hesitation, got out of the car, and walked into the cake shop.

The sweet smell in the cake shop is everywhere, and every breath carries that sweet smell. The shop assistants in white lace aprons and white gauze hats seem to be infected by the sweet smell, and they all smile like With honey in his mouth, he smiled sweetly and asked An Qi what he needed.

"I'll just take a look." An Qi walked slowly among the glass windows, and one by one beautifully shaped cream cakes were quietly placed in the window.

He stood in front of that window, pointed to a volcano-like cake with chestnut and cherry sauce and said he wanted this.

The sweet clerk said: "I'm sorry, sir, this cake needs to be ordered in advance, this is just a sample."

"How long will it take now?"

"At least two and a half hours."

"Forget it," An Qi looked around again, and the clerk reminded him that the cakes in this pane had to be ordered in advance.

"Sir, if you want ready-made ones, you can take a look at these, but they are a little small, okay?"

An Qi walked over with the clerk, and saw that there were some palm-sized cakes in the window pane that the clerk pointed out to him, but the shape was very delicate. It seemed that the shape of the cream cake was very beautiful.

He looked in there for a while, pointed to one of them, the clerk opened the window, took out the cake, took out the carton from the upper shelf, and asked An Qi with a smile on his face, was it for a child?

An Qi bit his lip and nodded.

Anqi drove the car to a nearby park. The weather was cold, and there was no one in the park at this time. Anqi sat on the bench and took out the cake he bought just now.

The design of the cake box was a bit complicated, and he tore a lot of places before taking out the cake completely.

He put the cake on the front cover of the car, a small square cake with a side length of ten centimeters, surrounded by blue jam, with diced fruit on it, and a letter board made of chocolate inserted. Anqi took a fancy to it because There is a sleeping puppy squeezed with chocolate sauce, which is inexplicably naive.

He put the box on the bench, and because there was a wide gap between the wooden bars of the bench, the box tipped over and the fork and candle inside fell out.

An Qi picked it up, looked at the multi-colored candles that were as thin as threads, hesitated for a moment, took out one from it and stuck it on the cake, lit it with a lighter, under the dim street lamps, the flames like fireflies seemed to be Can illuminate the loneliness and coldness of the night.

He propped his upper body on the front of the car, staring at the candle without blinking. The thin candle burned very quickly, and there was a crackling sound from time to time, and the white candle tears rolled onto the cream, like candles pearl.

He watched the candle burn out without moving, then stared at the cake without touching the fork.

"Is it your birthday today?"

An Qi turned his head suddenly, with a dazed expression, because he had been looking at the candle for a long time, so when he looked at the person, there was darkness in front of his eyes, but he still recognized this person clearly, "Doctor Huo?"

Huo Jing chose a different set of clothes, jeans and a black sweatshirt, his hair was casually loose, and he stood quietly at the other side of the front of the car, looking at him.

"I followed you all the way and you didn't find out." He followed Anqi's car from his residential area to the commercial street, and walked on the dim street. He saw Anqi in the cake shop like a person who stepped into a cake shop for the first time. child.

He saw An Qi looking at the cake just now, with sparkles in his eyes.

An Qi stood up, looked at the cake, then at Huo Jingze, feeling at a loss.

"You know what I just thought of?"

"what?"

Huo Jingze laughed: "The little match girl."

"I..." An Qi touched his nose and said, "I just, think, uh, I..."

"Anqi," Huo Jingze walked over, saw the sleeping puppy on the cake, looked at Anqi seriously and said, "Birthday is a gift unique to a person, even if no one remembers it, you will always remember it, even if No one celebrates for you, you have to celebrate yourself, because this is the anniversary of your coming to this world."

An Qi's eyes became hot, he touched his forehead and said, "Aren't I celebrating by myself?"

"Really? Why do I look a little bleak?"

An Qi pursed his lips and said nothing.

"There are still two hours." Huo Jingze looked at the time and said, "Well, come with me."

An Qi saw that Huo Jing chose to put his small cake back into the paper box, he was a little dazed, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"There are so many questions, just follow me." Huo Jing chose to install the cake and beckoned to An Qi.

An Qi glanced at his car, went to pull out the car key, and then heeled up.

After Huo Jing chose to get into the car, he rummaged through the car, finally found a blindfold in the drawer, and handed it to An Qi.

An Qi took the blindfold and asked puzzledly, "What are you doing?"

Huo Jingze was sending a message with his mobile phone, saying, "Put it on, there needs to be some suspense."

An Qi hesitated for a moment, and put on the blindfold.

After sitting for another 5 minutes, Huo Jingze started the car. An Qi felt that Huo Jingze's car had been driving at a very slow speed for a long time, until his mobile phone rang a message notification, and his car stopped. accelerate.

An Qi clutched the seat belt, with some anticipation and tension in his heart.

After driving for a while, the car stopped, Huo Jingze told him to wait in the car, Huo Jingze got out of the car, Anqi vaguely heard someone calling Huo Ge.

Then the car door on his side was opened, and Huo Jing chose to hold his arm, "Slow down, don't take off the blindfold yet."

An Qi got out of the car, and was held down by the shoulder again.

"sit down."

"Sit down?" An Qi touched the things next to his legs, and sat down nervously, "This, what kind of wheelchair is this?"

Huo Jingze laughed behind him and said, "How convenient." Then he pushed him away.

All the way up the slope, passed the threshold, and seemed to be on the elevator.

When he finally stopped, he only heard the silence around him, but he clearly felt that there was someone beside him.

"Doctor Huo?" He called out, but Huo Jingze didn't answer him, but took off his blindfold.

There was no dazzling light as expected, but only a cluster of small candles getting closer and closer to him.

With the faint light of the candle, he saw several people wearing white hexagrams around him, and when the candle approached, it turned out to be the puppy cake.

An Qi stood up, looked back, but Huo Jingze stood beside him, and said softly: "The cake shops are closed now, and there are no big cakes for sale, so I have to use your puppy again, hurry up." Make a wish."

After being dazed, An Qi slowly closed his eyes facing the flickering candle.

Everyone knows that making a wish is just a psychological comfort, but there are still many people who will make a wish on the candle on their birthday, or make a wish on the fleeting shooting star, and tie a red string on the wishing tree. Drop a coin in the wishing well.Even knowing that it may not come true, it seems that the process of making a wish itself is more meaningful than wish fulfillment.

An Qi never believed in the so-called wishing, so he was unwilling to rely on the form, but today he was suddenly full of hope.

The candles were blown out, the lights were brightly lit, and the messy happy birthday sounded in his ears, but under the glare of the lights, he saw Huo Jingxuan's face dimpled from laughter only through the gap between his eyes.

This is the clinic on Linxi Road, a traditional Chinese medicine clinic about the size of a large supermarket, and the five or six people around should be doctors and nurses on night shift.

Xu Yun, an orthopedic surgeon with an office next to Huo Jingze's office, pinched An Qi's shoulder and said, "I said, why does Dr. Huo have a midnight snack at night? It turns out that it's your boy's birthday. I really borrowed your light." ,Happy birthday."

The two desks were emptied and put together, and there were a lot of freshly bought cooked food, fried chicken wings, fried chicken legs, etc., as well as cola juice drinks.

Nurse Liu took a bite of the chicken wings and said, "Usually I dare not eat these things. They are too fleshy. Today, Dr. Huo must eat more for his treat."

"Really have to eat enough."

Dr. Huo pointed at them with his chicken feet, "Is there any success?"

Xu Yun asked him, "Anqi, how old are you? Are you Dr. Huo's junior brother?"

An Qi said silently, "I'm not a medical student."

Huo Jingze grabbed his shoulder and said, "My neighbor."

The others groaned, and Nurse Lin said enviously, "I also want to be Dr. Huo's neighbor."

Everyone else laughed.Dr. Huo reminded them: "Eat quickly, go back to work after eating, and let the old man know that he should scold me to death."

An Qi looked at them and sneered, he thought he would probably remember this day for the rest of his life.

After eating and drinking enough, Huo Jing chose to drive away with Anqi. Anqi leaned his hands on the window sill and looked at the street scene sliding by outside the window. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians passed by, and he suddenly said: "It was my birthday when I was young, my dad He would buy me a small cake like that, and then he would buy me a lot of delicious food to spend with me. Later, my dad became more and more busy, and he could only call me every year when he was not at home on his birthday, so later I No more birthdays."

"Do you remember your birthday every year?"

"Of course remember, the more you remember, the more irritable you will be."

"You see, you remember it, not only yourself, but maybe others, they all know that today is your birthday, no matter whether anyone told you happy birthday, and no matter how you spent it, This day is your birthday and cannot be changed, birthday is not limited to this form."

"I know." An Qi glanced at the phone, but there was still no call or message he was expecting.

"Do you want me to go around again?"

An Qi looked at the road ahead and said, "No matter how many times you go around, you have to go back, let's go home."

The elevator went up all the way, An Qi walked out on the eighteenth floor, turned to face the elevator that was about to close, and said again: "Thank you, Dr. Huo."