underground river

The sky is a bit blue, the wind is a bit cold, and the wires are covered with dead branches. In the picture, there is a tall and straight boy in black, with handsome features, and most of his face is hidden behind a khaki scarf.

If the sky is bright and bright, it will not be a hell of a life.

Chen Sen said "wait" into the phone, went back to the house, put on his coat and went out.

"Where are you going?" Guan Yan yelled at him while operating the game controller.

"Go out and get a courier."

"Let me go, it's rare for your leg to go downstairs." Guan Yan said and was about to get up.

"Be careful the boss is coming!"

"Fuck——" Guan Yan slumped back on a conditioned reflex, and there was a burst of bullets, and when he recovered, he couldn't see the figure. "What express, so excited..."

Si Nan was a little nervous, staring at the door of Chen's house, his heart beat a little faster.

Two seconds, three seconds... The door opened, and Chen Sen appeared in sight leaning on crutches.

Sinan squeezed his fist.

Chen Sen took two steps on crutches and refused to go any further. He stopped at the gate and said, "Come here!"

Si Nan walked over as he said.The distance is getting closer, but I am not so nervous, it just feels a little awkward.

Eerie atmosphere.

"Have you eaten?" Chen Sen asked.

Simon nodded.

"Then eat some more with me." Chen Sen turned around and walked towards the entrance of the alley. Seeing that he didn't follow, he stopped and turned his head. Sinan looked at him and then at the balcony on the second floor.

"You want to go up and have a meal with them? Let's go then." As he said that he wanted to go back, Sinan hurriedly caught up with him and tugged at his sleeve.

Chen Sen pursed his lips.

He didn't ask Sinan why he appeared here, he didn't want to ask, and there was no need to ask.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Ice cream." Chen Sen said.

Si Nan frowned slightly.

"Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

"It's quite warm today."

From the entrance of the alley, go to the left and there is a small park, which is usually a morning exercise place for the aunts and uncles in the surrounding communities.There was no one around at this spot, so Si Nan arranged for Chen Sen to settle down, and he ran for two streets to find someone to buy ice cream.

"I want to eat chocolate."

Si Nan gave him the chocolate, and ate the other blueberry by himself, biting down until his teeth were numb with pain.

"When will your leg be healed?"

"The doctor said it will take another month."

"Ah."

Nothing to say.

Most of the trees in the park have lost their leaves, and the grass is also yellow.

Sinan spread the ice cream bag flat on his lap, folded it up, and turned it into a small boxy cube.He pressed it with his hand, and suddenly let go, and the cube fell apart, leaving only traces of folding.

"Did you bring your mobile phone?" Sinan asked.

Chen Sen felt around his body: "No."

"Auntie and the others should be looking for you in a hurry."

"Yes."

Sinan took out his mobile phone and twirled it on his fingertips: "Call them and talk."

Chen Sen took it and opened it: "Say what?"

Sinan was in a daze: "Huh?"

Chen Sen suddenly shouted: "Look up!"

Si Nan raised his head subconsciously, and with a click, Chen Sen put down his raised hand, held it in front of his eyes for two seconds, and shook him: "Your face saved your expression."

Si Nan took the phone and looked at it.

The photo was slightly overexposed, only half of Chen Sen's face was clear, and his expression was dull, revealing a kind of pure natural stupidity.

Sinan couldn't help laughing, feeling a sweet taste in his heart.

"I'm leaving." Chen Sen got up on crutches.

Si Nan stood up, took off the scarf around his neck and wrapped it around his neck.

"I still have your scarf from last time."

Si Nan stopped moving his hands, met his gaze, and looked away a little unbearably.

"Don't catch a cold."

"See you at the beginning of school."

With a big rock in his heart, Sinan came out of Fucheng and felt that the sky was spinning.

On the way home, he received a call from Chang Jian saying that they were already on the way back. When he got home, he lay on the bed and fell asleep. When he opened his eyes, the floor of the room was covered with the afterglow of the setting sun.

Si Nan took off the fever-reducing patch on his forehead, still a little dazed.

He was sweating all over, his body was sticky, and he just wanted to take a quick bath to relax.

After taking a shower, he was drying his hair when someone knocked on the door, and Si Nan called "Come in".

Chang Jian pushed open the door and walked in: "I reckon you should wake up too, how about it, are you still dizzy?"

"It's okay." Sinan put away the hair dryer and put on a cotton T-shirt.

Chang Jian opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. Finally he sighed and said, "It's because we didn't care about you too much."

"Uncle Chang, don't say that." His expressive ability was also very limited, and he couldn't say anything comforting.Regardless of his relationship with Si Zhen, at least until today, he is very grateful to Chang Jian.In Sinan's heart, his appearance made up part of his fantasy about the word "father".

Although Chang Jian didn't know these thoughts in his heart, he could sense Sinan's restrained comfort from his expression and tone.

"Okay, then you pack up and come down to eat. Let's celebrate your mother's birthday."

"Ah."

The dinner was very sumptuous, with candlelight, flowers, and red wine.

Halfway through the meal, Chang Jian got up and brought a sandalwood box over. Sinan was a little curious while eating his own meal. He pretended to look up casually, and found that the box was full of trivial things. .

Si Zhen carefully flipped through the contents of the box.

She already has many such boxes, like all the boxes, which contain leaves, stones, plane tickets, etc... They are all trivial things in life that cannot be more trivial. Basically, they lived here last year. All traces of life in the world are here.

She was born beautiful, but today she has carefully dressed up, making her even more gorgeous.

Si Zhen put away the box, and took the initiative to lean forward and kiss Chang Jian.

Chang Jian looked a little embarrassed, and looked at Si Nan with a guilty conscience, but it happened that Si Nan raised his hand to signal: "I didn't see anything."

The mother and son smiled at each other for a rare time. Chang Jian was moved. He raised his glass and looked at Si Zhen: "Happy birthday, wife."

"Thanks husband."

After the meal, Chang Jian and Si Zhen danced downstairs, the melodious dance music touched their hearts, and Si Nan left the scene knowingly under the awkward and embarrassing eyes of the man.He came to their room on the second floor, entered the room, walked to the dressing table, took out the small black cloth bag from his pocket, paused for two seconds, and then put it on the table.

Early the next morning, Sinan went downstairs to have breakfast, Chang Jian was reading a newspaper at the dining table, saw him coming down and said good morning, with a meaningful smile.

The next second, Si Zhen came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and carrying the cut fruits. When she was putting the plate on the dining table, Si Nan saw the Millipede vine bracelet on her hand, with two lotus flowers inlaid on the opening. silver beads.

Si Nan walked to Chang Jian and sat down.

"You still did it by surprise." Chang Jian whispered to him with the newspaper in the way.

Sinan also lowered his voice: "You reminded me so much, and I'm not stupid."

Chang Jian smiled and turned another page of the newspaper.

When school started and returned to the campus, the classroom was full of neighbors complaining that the winter vacation was too short, and school started again in a flash. Only Si Nan sat in the classroom contentedly, feeling that this winter vacation was too long.

Guan Yan was busy copying homework as usual, the place between the two was empty, and Chen Sen hadn't come yet.Sinan didn't see anyone until the end of the opening ceremony. Sinan was a little uneasy, and even asked Guan Yan that he didn't know what was going on.

Xu Xu showed concern: "Could it be Grandpa Chen..."

Before he finished speaking, the three of them felt uneasy.