No.70 days

At the end of the term, the arts and sciences are divided into subjects, and the Chinese class in their class will be assigned to the science class in the next semester.On the day of the end of the final exam, the students huddled together to discuss the class reunion. After all, when the school starts again, everyone will not be able to sit in the same classroom for class.

Chen Yimang naturally did not attend this kind of gathering, and of course, no one invited him.Another week is New Year's Eve, and Peng Fu just went to the United States to celebrate the New Year with his daughter, so this winter vacation will be a winter vacation with nothing to do.

Chen Yimang lay lazily on the desk, today was a rare sunny day, the setting sun passed through the dirty glass of the classroom and landed on the tip of his shoes, bringing slight warmth.The other students left one after another, he thought drowsily, hoping they didn't turn off the air conditioner when they left.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps from far to near came to his ears, he thought someone forgot to take something - only to hear Shi Rui's surprised voice: "Chen Lei?"

Chen Yimang straightened up suddenly, his eyes widened: "Teacher."

"Why aren't you leaving?" Shi Rui was carrying a backpack and a bag of hot pot ingredients in his hand, probably going home from get off work.

"I...will bask in the sun for a while before leaving."

Shi Rui walked up to him, said with a smile, "The sun has already set."

It was only then that Chen Yimang noticed that the sky outside the window was already dark, and the high school building opposite was brightly lit.

So how long has he been asleep?

The air conditioner was also turned off, it was really cold.

"Aren't you going home?" Shi Rui asked.

"There's no one in my house."

"Where are the parents?"

"Everyone, they're all on a business trip."

"Oh." Shi Rui nodded.

Chen Yimang thought, it's good, it's good that he didn't continue to ask.

Shi Rui walked to the back door, raised his hand, and with a click, a row of incandescent lights went out.

Da, another row of incandescent lights went out.

The classroom suddenly went dark, only the row of light tubes above Chen Yimang's head was still on, and he couldn't see Shi Rui's expression clearly again.

But I heard Shi Rui say: "Then you want to go to my house to cook hot pot?"

From school to his home, light rail four stops, get off at Wong Ni Pound.Go around a few more alleys and arrive at the main entrance of the community.There are two mahjong tables set up at the door, the old man and the old lady are playing mahjong, it is not too cold in winter.

Chen Yimang followed Shi Rui, watching him greet the security guard familiarly.His house is on the 6th floor on the top floor. The corridors are very narrow and full of sundries. The neighborhood is very old.

Chen Yimang asked in a low voice: "Teacher, why don't you live with your family?"

"It's inconvenient, my home is too far from the school," Shi Rui inserted the key into the lock, and twisted it, making a crisp sound in the cold air.After opening the door, he knelt down and found a pair of cotton slippers from the shoe cabinet: "You can wear these."

Chen Yimang entered the room and sat awkwardly on the sofa.

This house is really pitifully small, perhaps not as big as the terrace of Peng Fucai's villa... The room is also a bit messy, with a sweater and a pair of jeans on the back of the sofa, half a pack of cigarettes, a handful of change, and an open book on the coffee table. Upside-down books and even a few fruit candies.

Shi Rui smiled, as if a little embarrassed: "I don't usually come here...you help me close the book and put it in the drawer under the coffee table. You can eat candy if you want, cigarettes - no smoking is allowed. .”

Chen Yimang picked up a candy: "Teacher, are you still smoking?"

"I never smoked in school," Shi Rui raised his eyebrows at him, "Help me keep it a secret."

They cook this hot pot from 07:30 to nearly ten o'clock. Shi Rui's single-door refrigerator is like a Doraemon's pocket. After eating one plate, there is another plate. Chen Yimang doesn't know how his family has so many. Foodstuffs—can he eat alone?

In the end, his back was sweating after eating, so Chen Yimang took off his sweater and only wore a T-shirt.

Through the mist of the hot pot, Shi Rui leaned on the sofa and said with a smile, "You kids...all your clothes are enough to buy a car and pay the down payment."

It was only then that Chen Yimang realized that the T-shirt he was wearing belonged to Dolce & Gabbana.

The shoes lined up by the door belong to Rei Kawakubo.

Immediately, the whole heart was suspended, and there was an illusion of being caught as a thief.His cheeks were also hot, I don't know if it was because of nervousness or shame.

However, Shi Ruiyu said earnestly: "My parents bought you such expensive clothes, so you should study hard and make them happy."

"I..." Chen Yimang pursed his lips, "My foundation is too poor, teacher, my parents also... don't expect me to go to university."

"How can that be?" He said in surprise, as if he had heard something absurd, "I still have to go to college, understand?"

"My grades are terrible."

"Then start studying hard now, before it's too late," Shi Rui said firmly, "be a class representative for me next semester."

After returning to Shanghai from Inner Mongolia, Chen Yimang still caught a cold.He thought that he really did it on his own, and he knew that he shouldn't have agreed to that boy, young people are too troublesome.

Fortunately, there is no work at the moment, and the Spring Festival is approaching, and the colleagues are slipping faster than rabbits one by one.Chen Yimang fell asleep for a few days, cooked quick-frozen dumplings when he was hungry, and never went out.

Until New Year's Eve, he received a call from Wang Ru.

"Have you gone to Zhuhai?" Wang Ru asked him.

"No."

"Aren't you going this year?"

"Hmm... I'm too lazy to move."

"Why are you lazy, let's go back to Chongqing together, let me tell you," Wang Ru lowered her voice, mysteriously, "My friend asked me to help find someone to audition, I think you are quite suitable, their crew is now Right here in Chongqing."

There are indeed many people in their industry who want to develop in the field of film and television. After all, modeling is a fan of youth. After the most beautiful years, nothing will happen in the future.

However, without even thinking about it, Chen Yimang said, "I'm not going back to Chongqing."

"Ah? Are you okay?"

"There are quite a few lined up here, and we've made an appointment for a long time," Chen Yimang said with a smile, "What's the play for the New Year's Eve."

"You man!" Wang Ru scolded him, "Condoms are perfect, you? Can't you find meaning in life without a man?"

"Hey, go back, baby," Chen Yimang stared down at the back of his pale hands, "I won't go back."

Wang Ru hung up the phone cursingly.

Chen Yimang put down his phone, stepped on the soft carpet with bare feet, and felt dizzy again for a while.The cold is mostly cured, but I still feel uncomfortable.

This girl Wang Ru has no heart, but she is easy to fool.It's just that whenever Shao Wu asked him, "Whether you're going back to Chongqing recently", he hesitated with a guilty conscience.

It has been more than six years since I left Chongqing in my senior year.To what extent did he resist Chongqing?In order not to go back, he even gave up his undergraduate thesis defense, so he didn't get his degree certificate.

He knew that even if he returned to Chongqing, he would not see Shirui 99.99% of the time, after all the city is so big.Just like after graduating from high school, he rented the house in Guanyin Bridge, which is less than three kilometers away from Shi Rui's house.

But he still couldn't meet him.there has never been.

He knew that if he didn't deliberately, maybe he would never see Shi Rui again in this life.

But he is still determined, determined never to return to Chongqing.

He has no face to go back.