Chasing Tides

Sui Yi drove the car on the Ring Expressway again.

There is a lot of traffic during the day, and the roads are looser when driving to the outskirts of the city.The sunroof of the car was opened a crack, and when driving to the north, the wind howled in, the heater was not turned on in the car, and the temperature was extremely low, but Sui Yi didn't feel cold at all.

Walking to the open space, he called his father.

Sui Cheng figured out Sui Yi's habit of not calling him when nothing happened, and asked straight to the point: "What's the matter?"

Sui Yi didn't play tricks either: "I want Qin Weiyu's contact information."

The other end was silent for a moment, and said, "It's for that child again?"

"Don't let me figure out a solution myself." Sui Yi said coldly.

Sui Cheng seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I didn't say no, I haven't learned much after being away from home for two years, but my temper is good."

Sui Yi wrote down the number, and Sui Cheng asked him, "What are you going to exchange this time?"

Sui Yi was silent for a moment: "Go ahead."

He was ready to be made things difficult, but Sui Cheng only let him go home for a meal when he was free.

Sui Yi drove the car home directly at noon.

The teacher was very happy to see him, and while he was busy adding food to the kitchen, he complained why he didn't call first when he got home.Sui Cheng also came back, he was not surprised to see Sui Yi, nodded and said "here", as if his son had been living at home and never left.

The teacher went to help in the kitchen himself. Sui Yi had nothing to do and didn't want to stay with Sui Cheng, so he also went to the kitchen to find work.After washing his hands, he pressed the yam on the cutting board, and was about to cut it with the knife. The teacher turned around and saw it, and was frightened out of his wits: "Put it down, put it down, you can't hold the knife? What if you hurt your hand?"

As far back as Sui Yi could remember, his hands were the most precious part of his body.The teacher doesn’t let him enter the kitchen, doesn’t let him play ball, and doesn’t even allow him to go out for snowball fights with other children in winter. Qin", he replied "yes", the teacher breathed a sigh of relief, and then said as a matter of course: "Then don't go, take care of your hands."

He never doubted what the teacher said. He behaved well until he was 17 years old. The only rebellious thing he did was to give up the violin and enter the entertainment circle.

He deviates from a life where he can see the end at a glance, embarks on a completely different path, and meets a group of people who would never have crossed paths with him.When the piano was broken, the teacher's expression of shock and disappointment was vivid, but within two years, he began to doubt whether his choice was correct.

After dinner, Sui Yi went upstairs and entered his room.

No one has lived in it for more than two years, and the house is still as it is in memory.He walked to the one-person-high glass cabinet next to the desk, and looked at the trophies and certificates that he had won in domestic and foreign competitions, and gradually became fascinated.

The teacher knocked on the door twice, walked in, stood beside him and smiled, "Are you very proud of yourself?"

Sui Yi shook his head: "No."

He has nothing to be proud of, the past is the past, not to mention that he believes that his own efforts can only account for a part of it, and the teacher's teaching for more than ten years is the key to his persistence and achievement.

"Do you remember this?" The teacher pointed to the No.3 certificate of the International Youth Violin Competition on the far side above the window, "You were 12 years old and didn't get No.1. I cried when I stepped off the stage, and said that I would never play the piano again.”

Sui Yi actually doesn’t remember clearly. When he was ignorant, he would often say “I’m not going to play the piano” angrily. In the end, under the gentle words of the teacher’s persuasion, he persisted with the tenacity of not admitting defeat. .

"I'll tell you a secret." The teacher said softly, "Actually, every time I comfort you, I'm not as calm as I appear on the surface. I'm afraid that you will really give up and stop studying, and I'm afraid that all the previous efforts will be in vain. .”

Sui Yi turned to look at him with surprise in his eyes.

The teacher smiled and rolled his eyes: "Can't believe it? I'm just pretending to be calm. In fact, I'm more afraid than anyone else. Back then, I thought I was afraid of you giving up so many years of hard work, destroying your future, thinking that what you did Everything is for your own good."

As he said that, the teacher raised his hand to show the heights of himself and Sui Yi. The little boy who used to be only as tall as his waist was now taller than him.

"In the past two years when you were not at home, I gradually figured it out. It's not just playing the violin that can prove your ability and value. What I can't let go of is actually what I have done for you, and I have imposed my wishes on you. But the road should be walked out by yourself. No matter what you do, as long as you gain something, it is right. The more angry you are, the less I should pretend to be someone who has come, trap you at the bottom of the well, and stop you Go explore the outside world by yourself."

At the end, the teacher said with relief: "The most rare thing in life is freedom. You can do what you like without any scruples. This is very good, and the teacher is still proud of you."

When Sui Yi was leaving, Sui Cheng happened to be going out too. The teacher stopped him at the door and gently wrapped a scarf around him: "Your spine is not good, so you can't be cold."

Sui Yi felt that it was too dazzling, so he quickened his pace and walked out.

"Sui Yi," the teacher stopped him from behind, "Chinese New Year is coming soon, your father and I will wait for you at home."

Sui Yi didn't respond, but heard her father say, "What do you want him to do? Haven't seen enough on TV? Hmph, I'm not ashamed to be surrounded by a group of little girls calling 'husband' all day long."

"This is also his skill, so don't say a few words." The teacher pushed Sui Cheng back, and shouted to Sui Yi who had already walked to the gate of the courtyard, "It's okay to bring one more person back, you don't need to say hello to us."

Sui Yi immediately thought of Ning Lan, and then felt that she was going crazy, opened the door, got in the car, stepped on the gas pedal, and rushed out without looking back.

He knew that his father called him back to make the teacher happy, and the feeling of going home was not as unacceptable as he imagined, but he still couldn't get over the test in his heart.

Last Spring Festival, he wanted to stay alone in the dormitory. Gu Chenkai and his aunt called him one by one, but he had no choice but to go to Gu's house for the New Year.This kind of traditional festival has no special meaning in his eyes, and he would rather read a book quietly for a while than a group of people making noise.

Seeing that the New Year is coming soon, Ning Lan has already returned home at this time last year, and the two have been communicating on WeChat. On New Year's Eve, Ning Lan even sent him New Year's greetings...

Why did you think of him again?

Sui Yi opened the car window irritably, and then called Gu Chenkai.

An hour later, he parked the car near the address that Gu Chenkai sent, got out of the car and searched around, and found a winding iron staircase at the corner at the end of the alley.Going down the stairs and pushing open the only door in front of you, the sound of booming music hits your face.

Sui Yi has only been to light music bars, and this is the first time he has entered such a 24-hour underground bar.He walked inside, and being in it, he did have the illusion that he could forget the day and night outside, the day and night.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, there were a few people sitting sparsely at the bar and booths inside. Sui Yi walked across the dance floor and saw a man with gray hair and sunglasses in front of the bar, and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder.

Gu Chenkai was startled when he turned his head: "So fast! I thought you would never find such a hidden place, and I'm going out to pick you up."

Sui Yi sat down beside him, glanced at the dazzling array of wine in the cupboard at the bar, and then at the glass in Gu Chenkai's hand: "Drink less."

"This one doesn't have any prescription, and it's quite delicious. Brother, do you want to try it?" Gu Chenkai enthusiastically promoted it.

Sui Yi shook his head and asked the waiter for a glass of beer.

Gu Chenkai looked past him, and searched carefully: "Are you alone?"

"Otherwise who else?"

Gu Chenkai fiddled with the wig that didn't fit well, and said with a smile: "I see, men, occasionally I want to go out to drink some wine by myself behind my partner's back."

Sui Yi looked at him with strange eyes: "You drank too much."

"I haven't." Gu Chenkai stretched out his index finger and tapped his back, "Look at that big-breasted sister, I bet she must be coming for you."

Sui Yi wasn't in the mood to play these silly bets with him, so he grabbed the cup from his hand, turned around, and drank it down.

"My wine!" Gu Chenkai wailed, snatched the cup back, raised his head and poured it into his mouth, only drank the last two drops, licked his lips unsatisfied, looked at his cousin who was accosted by his beautiful sister, He lay down with his face against the table, biting his cuff aggrievedly.

The brothers mingled in the bar until dark.

When the zero o'clock struck, the hustle and bustle in the bar reached its peak, and most of the people present crowded into the dance floor to cheer and celebrate a foreign festival that might have nothing to do with them.

Gu Chenkai hiccupped, removed the wig that stuck to his eyes, and reached out to push Sui Yi who was also lying on the table.

"Brother...Brother, wake up, Valentine's Day is here..."

Gu Chenkai's sunglasses were now on Sui Yi's face, he raised his heavy head: "What happened to Valentine's Day?"

"You...you have to call...to..." Gu Chenkai hiccupped again, the DJ's sudden shout made his mind fragmented, he forgot what he was talking about just now, and simply changed the subject, "Brother , we... where shall we sleep tonight?"

Gu Chenkai, who was half drunk and half awake, proposed to go back to the dormitory, but Sui Yi flatly vetoed it, and then dragged him to a nearby hotel to open a standard room.

Sleep till noon.

When Sui Yi woke up with a splitting headache, he thought that the so-called drinking to relieve his sorrows was a lie. He drank so much yesterday, but his mind was still sober. Not only did the alcohol not paralyze his nerves, but it also made his whole body extremely uncomfortable.

He went to take a shower, and when he came out, Gu Chenkai sat on the bed blankly, and saw the corners of his mouth drooping: "Why is it you, brother."

Sui Yi's headache relieved a lot. He picked up the phone and looked at it. There were no missed calls or text messages. He threw the towel that had been wiped off his hair and the phone on the chair: "Otherwise, who do you think it is?"

Gu Chenkai pursed his lips: "Beautiful sister..."

This kid actually went to the bar to pick up girls.Sui Yi's parents had an illness, picked him up and taught him a lesson, making Gu Chenkai cry, thinking that you are not much older than me, why don't you also go to the bar to have fun.

Naturally, he didn't dare to refute. Gu Chenkai raised his hand to surrender and admit his mistake, and promised not to make it again next time. Then he took a battle shower and saw Sui Yi fiddled with his phone again. What about brother?"

Sui Yi took a picture of the phone on the table: "No."

He felt that he was too idle, so he touched his phone when he had nothing to do, but the calls and text messages were not answered, and he accidentally saw the news of Ji Zhinan's public marriage relationship with someone outside the mysterious circle. In the photo, Qin Weiyu and Ji Zhinan were shoulder to shoulder and facing each other. Reporters and media, the two had no fear on their faces, and even had a certain gentleness and sweetness on their faces.

Sui Yi was sure that he had put it down, but seeing such photos and reports, he was still feeling bored.

At this time yesterday, he quarreled with Ning Lan because of the exposure of Ji Zhinan's marriage certificate, or it was his unilateral venting, and he said something that he now feels impulsive in retrospect.

On the highway yesterday, Sui Yi had already called Qin Weiyu to explain the matter. He probably would not trouble Ning Lan, but Sui Yi was still a little uneasy in his heart. This uneasiness made him at a loss for what to do. He even tried drinking too much. I don't know what else to do to get rid of this depression.

"Go back brother," Gu Chenkai said, "Isn't there someone waiting for you in the dormitory?"

Sui Yi just wandered outside because she didn't want to go back. After hearing Gu Chenkai's words, she didn't say a word, and turned her head to look at the gloomy sky outside the window.

Gu Chenkai stretched out his coat and shook it twice, curled his lips in disgust when he smelled the smell of tobacco and alcohol, and continued: "Ning Lan will be leaving soon after the end of the year, why don't you two take advantage of it now..."

Before he finished speaking, Sui Yi hurriedly interrupted: "Let's go? Where is he going?"