Warm and lustrous

18 months later, winter.

A sunny afternoon, leeward, no wind and grass.The ice surface of the mulberry fish pond melted, and the water surface was calm, covering up the excitement of fish schools in the deep water area.Jiang Run was squatting at the base of the pond wearing a dark blue down jacket. He was so focused that he didn't notice the person coming. He just carefully put the red worm on the hook, got up and plunged into the water. A small circle-shaped ripple rippled and disappeared for a moment. .

The taste of winter is very good, it is the thick and thick that is coming to the end of the year.In fact, Jiang Run has no intention of fishing. He likes to sit silently by himself, thinking about what he has accomplished and what has happened in the past year. Sometimes he frowns, and sometimes he laughs.If a fish comes when the mind is distracted, it must be the icing on the cake.

Sure enough, one accidentally bit the hook.The fish that I have been caring for for a year is really enough to save face.

Jiang Run skillfully took the fish off the hook and weighed it in the palm of his hand. The small grass carp weighed a pound.The corner of his lips curled into a curved arc, and he threw the fish into the water again.

"Why did you let it go?"

From the dead tree behind, came a gentle male voice.

Jiang Run turned around suspiciously, saw the sun, and couldn't help covering his forehead with the hand that had touched the fish just now.

Not far away stood a well-dressed man with a tall figure and a black messy beard.

"pat-"

When the fishing rod fell to the ground, Jiang Run's fists tightened and then loosened, and his brows twitched twice.I thought to myself, it turned out that there was a reason for the anxiety and feeling that it was going to happen again these two days.He took a step back, and his mood at this time was probably the same as that of a fish that just swung its tail to escape - really wanted to escape.

Seeing his expression, Pei Zeyang looked like a frightened deer, about to step forward, how much he wanted to hug him, his moistness.

Is this a dream?This is certainly not a dream.

Jiang Run called to him: "Don't come over—"

His face was a little displeased.

After a year and a half of cultivation, he has already seen a lot. When he is used to ordinary life, he will start to hate unexpected things.Pei Zeyang's sudden appearance was certainly not within his expectation.

Pei Zeyang's long legs stopped when he took a step forward, and then retracted at a loss. He could only ask with a smile, "Are you okay? Jiang Run?"

Jiang Run didn't answer, but instead asked sullenly, "How do you know I'm here?"

Pei Zeyang pointed behind Jiang Run with his chin: "Be careful with your fishing rod."

Only then did Jiang Run come to his senses. Looking back, he saw that the fishing rod was about to slip into the water. He hurriedly leaned over to catch it, and when it slipped, he leaned back and forth, and Pei Zeyang hugged him.

The same people, staggered for a year and a half.Jiang Run looked back nervously to the last pair of familiar and strange eyes, and this familiar and strange embrace, everything made him dazed.

Pei Zeyang changed and became gentle, and the kindness in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

"Step aside."

Jiang Run pushed Pei Zeyang away indifferently, and went aside to take up the pole and line.Pei Zeyang couldn't say anything, he just felt that the embrace was empty for only a second.

The fish pond leads to Jiang Run's house, and there is a peach garden. In winter, the peach leaves wither, leaving only thin and dry tree trunks.Jiang Run walked quickly ahead with an empty bucket, and Pei Zeyang followed behind him, passing through the branches of the uneven village one after the other.The brilliance of this afternoon was probably the best that Pei Zeyang had encountered since he was dull in the hospital for a long time.

Dry, warm, and realistically bright.

Jiang Run stepped into the gate of the farmhouse, opened the door casually, and shut Pei Zeyang out.Mother Jiang felt helpless when she saw this, and came over to open the door for Pei Zeyang again.

"Thank you auntie."

"It's okay, you can come here today, Runrun must be happy."

Pei Zeyang didn't say much, and continued to follow Jiang Run in and out of the kitchen and hall, like a candy that couldn't be shaken off, his eyes full of flattery.

"What on earth do you want to do?!" Jiang Run became irritable, and smashed the broom on the ground, and when he turned around, his eyes were a little wet.

Seeing the stalemate between the two, Jiang's mother hung up the sign of "Closed Business", and then bypassed them to avoid the back kitchen.

The light in the front hall was dimmed, and only Jiang Run and Pei Zeyang were left looking at each other.

Pei Zeyang took a square stool first, and sat down with Jiang Run. He also found a stool, put one hand on the table, and quietly waited for Jiang Run's undisturbed temper.

"What are you looking at!" Jiang Run turned his body a little and turned his back on Pei Zeyang: "Come here uninvited, disturbing people's peace!"

Pei Zeyang smiled wryly: "Don't you want me to come to you? You left without saying goodbye, and now you blame me for coming without invitation..."

"So? Haven't I made it clear to you yet?"

"It's not clear enough." Pei Zeyang said heavily, "I've thought about it for more than 500 days and nights, but I still don't understand it."

Jiang Run squinted at him: "What can change after chasing him? It's been so long...I forgot."

"Did you forget? Or is it because I lost my former status and skin?"

Pei Zeyang was provoking him, and Jiang Run frowned.

He actually knew why Jiang Run left him, because Jiang Run was thin-skinned and a series of things happened, he would not be able to hold his head up in front of Pei Zeyang because of his father's mistakes.

Jiang Run is always like this, with too strong self-esteem in inappropriate places.

But he, Pei Zeyang, couldn't do this.If he didn't take the initiative, there would be no possibility for him and Jiang Run.

"Runrun," Pei Zeyang moved the stool forward, stroked Jiang Run's shoulder, and turned his body around, "Listen to me."

Jiang Run subconsciously shook off Pei Zeyang's hand, but stopped for a moment - he saw dense pinholes on the back of Pei Zeyang's hand, which was bruised and purple.

"You—" Jiang Run was shocked.

Pei Zeyang withdrew his hand, retracted the back of his hand into the fat down jacket, and continued what he wanted to say just now: "I'm sorry, I came to you too late. But it doesn't mean I give up on you. How much what happened during this period hit me , You...you can imagine it. But I don't ask you to forgive me, that's too thick-skinned."

"Then what do you want me to do?"

"It would be great to get back together."

"You also said you can't be too thick-skinned."

"The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change."

After saying this, Jiang Run sneered: "Don't you think my life is comfortable enough now?"

Pei Zeyang shook his head: "Of course not enough."

"Where did you get the confidence?" Jiang Run was annoyed by his taking it for granted: "We've already been on the road to the sky, and we each go our separate ways!"

"I'm only going your way."

Pei Zeyang was obstinate, his thin face had no brilliance, and his eyes were sunken deep in their sockets, glistening with moisture.

Just outside, Jiang Run's heart softened when he saw his appearance.Of course Pei Zeyang went through a dark period, haggard and maybe sick.

The haggard man put his hands in his pockets, with a forced smile on his face: "Do you have a date now?"

"Yes, Cheng Zai." Jiang Run blurted out without knowing why.

"Ok?"

Pei Zeyang smiled, if he made up another name, he might be able to fool him, but it was Cheng Zai—that is, Cheng Zai, who found him a few days ago and advised him to come and take a look at Jiang Run.

Are the two together?Naturally impossible.

"Then I...thank you Cheng Zai for taking care of you when I was away," Pei Zeyang said indifferently, "Now that I'm back, he can hand you over to me."

"Shameless, what am I?"

"I am not a thing."

Drinking and smoking, escaping from reality, and after a period of ignorance, he got himself into the hospital.

Jiang Run felt a pain in his heart and couldn't answer the conversation, so he stood up and chased Pei Zeyang away: "You go back, I don't welcome you here."

"Then when are you welcome?"

"You are never welcome."

"But your mother welcomes me."

"Then you go find her!"

"Aunt--"

"you shut up!"

"Haha, look, the two of us seem to have reversed our personalities." Pei Zeyang smiled palely, stood up, and pushed open the door: "Then today, I'm leaving."

let's go.How could Jiang Run persuade him to stay.

"I'm really leaving."

"Can you get rid of the ink?" Jiang Run was annoyed, and with a slight push, Pei Zeyang was pushed out the door.

"Then I'll come back tomorrow."

Pei Zeyang was thinking outside the door, and walked to the place where there was a bus in the town.Along the way, I feel good.

Jiang Run still has him in his heart, and he still hates him. Rejecting him is much better than being indifferent without any response.

He was afraid of Jiang Run's indifference.

After Pei Zeyang went back, Jiang Run sat alone in the room and sulked. Jiang's mother came up with fruit and asked him about his situation, but Jiang Run got angry at her: "Why did you let him in? Who is he to you?!"

"I like to eat or not."

Mother Jiang went down again, and she didn't regret it.

When Pei Zeyang came, that kneeling completely softened her heart.So I would tell him where his son was by the river, open the door for him, and pat him on the shoulder as encouragement.She can't forget Pei Zeyang's care for her son, that sincerity is still precious to this day.

Jiang Run was upset and suffered from insomnia again.

Pei Zeyang has already sold all his property. He heard from Cheng Zai that he donated all his wealth to the Red Cross, so what does he do for a living now? Cheng Zai was also blacklisted, and now he opened a grilled fish shop in his hometown , the wind is booming, so will Pei Zeyang also choose an industry that has nothing to do with his own ability to start over?

What's the matter with the back of his hand, is it sick?What kind of illness would tie your hands like that?Why is his face so thin, so pale and weak?

And what weakened his character?Let a reckless young man who is unruly and sunny become temperless?

Jiang Run kept too much curiosity and concern for Pei Zeyang in his heart.

I only saw it once today, which made this worry even worse.