three years old

After exiting Wenweng Road, take the bridge of Yiguan Temple, go south along Yongfengli Interchange, and get on Airport Road. It takes less than 10 minutes to reach Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.

Ning Xi had looked at this location a hundred times on the mobile phone navigation, but she never expected that the time would pass so quickly.

The days are like this, the long should be long, the short should be short, some people are leisurely drinking tea and listening to operas on the street, and some people are overwhelmed by the crowd in the crowded subway station.

People yearn for laziness and fullness.

In the last days of August, when the report day of Peking University was approaching, Xing Cheng led Ning Xi to purchase a lot of items for the start of school.

Pulling the suitcase, the two squatted in the room to pack together.

Ning Xi is very capable of taking care of herself, but she has never lived in a school or traveled, but she has heard a lot of gossip about the accommodation, so she can't help worrying: "Brother, it's probably hot in Beijing at night, do you bring a mat? And this lunch box…”

"That's the school," Ning Xi suppressed a smile, "it's not my home."

Xingcheng is not happy: "Didn't you say that you should treat the school as your home? When I was in junior high school, I still hugged watermelons."

Ning Xi said to him, "Are you quite proud?"

Xing Cheng didn't answer, wrapped Ning Xi's thin pajamas into a roll and stuffed them into the suitcase, then went to collect the toiletries, and said, "Why do you think you're going to elope with me?"

Ning Xi said: "Success, you take the exam well, and if you pass the exam, run away."

As the day of parting was approaching, Ning Xi stopped hiding, and sat there upright as his younger brother came over to kiss her earlobe, the kiss made his skin crawl, and he couldn't help moaning.

"You still have this idea!" Xing Cheng moved over to hug him.

Xing Cheng rested his chin on Ning Xi's shoulder, folded the bed sheet with his other hand that was not around his waist, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you going to elope?"

Ning Xi pretended to think for a while, and answered seriously: "Chengdu."

"Come back?" Xing Cheng asked.

"Where else can I go if I don't come back, my family is in Chengdu."

Turning her head and kissed Xing Cheng's face, Ning Xi licked her lips, feeling dry and uncomfortable: "I want to go to high school."

After finishing speaking, Ning Xi reached out and pinched his younger brother's chin, turned his face, and said, "The lips are so dry and moist."

Without the slightest hesitation, Cheng Cheng grabbed his lips and tongue and kissed him almost wildly.

……

In early September, the sky was clear and clear early in the morning.

It has been raining overnight recently, and it is rare to have such good weather in the sweltering Chengdu.

Shuangliu Airport has a relatively high rate of delayed departures. There are long queues of flights, and many passengers are stranded overnight. The instant noodles in the departure hall are selling hot, and the 24-hour restaurant is overcrowded.

Looking out through the transparent glass of the airport, I can see that it is raining again.

But this rain still couldn't leave Ning Xi behind.

Ning Xi went to bed early last night and chose to leave early. She got up at 05:30, washed up and took a shower, and it was almost 06:30.

It was still a little cold in the morning, so he wrapped his hoodie, quietly closed the door of the house, carried the suitcase, faced the world, closed his eyes, and solemnly said "goodbye".

The small table that Xing Cheng bought could not be taken away, so he entrusted Ying Yuchen to help him send it to Beijing when he was free.

His family lived on the first floor, and the living room was a little damp. Ning Xi's nose lingered with that smell, which lingered for a long time, but it seemed that only when Cheng Cheng was there would the living room become dry and bright, full of people living a good life. Hope to go down.

It dawned early in the summer morning, and the chickens raised in the courtyard of the community were crowing again, and the lights in the kitchens and bedrooms of each house were turned on one after another.

Grandma Qin, who lived upstairs on the third floor, came down with a stick and a vegetable basket in her hand, "Hey! Ning family boy, where are you going?"

Ning Xi turned around and smiled: "Grandma Qin is good, I'm going to college."

Grandma Qin stopped in her tracks, took out an Emperor Tangerine from the basket and gave it to him: "Where did you go to university?"

Ning Xi said, "Peking University."

"Hi! Beijing! Good luck!"

Grandma Qin praised him for five or six minutes, and left happily. Ning Xi peeled the citrus and ate it sweetly.

Step by step, Ning Xi picked up the suitcase and went down the stairs carefully.

He didn't want Xingcheng to send him off.

Because knowing that the next parting will be farewell after a long time, it will make people uncomfortable, it is better to leave when there is no time to say goodbye in the future, and it seems less reluctant.

But when he walked to the door of the unit building, he saw Xing Cheng's Hummer h2 parked there.

Xing Cheng's father looked at his son in the rearview mirror, held up an umbrella, and waited for Ning Xi upstairs in the rain.

The rain this morning was clearly not heavy.

The two sat on the back seat, Ning Xi opened his palm and stuffed two citrus in Xing Cheng's hand.

"Where did you get it?" Xing Cheng Tun asked him.

Ning Xi looked out the window: "Is the reward sweet?"

Xing Cheng followed his gaze, but saw the strawberry marks on Ning Xi's neck.

"sweet."

Why isn't his brother sweet, just roll his eyes casually, twist his ears, pinch the nape of his neck, it's all sweet in his heart.

The road was not congested, and it took them almost half an hour to reach Terminal T2. From the arrival floor, the airport traffic began its peak period in the morning.

Tomorrow is estimated to be the day when universities around the world start reporting, and the airport parking lot is crowded with cars, waiting in line.

Xing Cheng's father was afraid of delaying Ning Xi's time, so he parked the car first, and asked Xing Cheng to take Ning Xi to change the boarding pass.

The two of them went to get tickets, bought milk tea and toast, and unwrapped the straw after Xingcheng finished, and asked him to eat something before boarding the plane. Don’t be hungry when you arrive in Beijing. The airport is still a long way from Peking University. How to get there, I will send it to him later, don’t lose it, I have to come to Beijing to get you...

Ning Xi pinched him: "You can talk about it today."

Watching Ning Xi eating mouthfuls, Xingcheng suddenly stopped talking.

After staring at it for a while, he fiddled with his brother's hoodie. His palms were sweating thinly, and he reminded, "Wipe your mouth after eating. You have to go through the security check an hour and a half earlier."

Ning Xi knew what he was thinking, and said calmly: "An hour is fine, I checked."

Xingcheng said again: "Go in early and rest more."

Ning Xi's gaze responded to him not to be outdone: "You can sleep on the plane."

At the moment of being closely watched, Xing Cheng was defeated by him again, so he had to say: "Then wait a little longer."

Passers-by at the airport were in a hurry, all heading in their respective directions.

When Ning Xi gulu gulu finished drinking the milk tea, the two of them chatted one after another, each having something on their minds, unable to speak out.

Obviously, the word "separation" seemed so far away to them, but this day came so quickly.

So within reach.

Always grow up, always have to go their separate ways, like a big river flowing eastward, throwing memories into it, and rushing to a distant place.

Ning Xi looked at the time, "It's almost there."

He got up slowly, and slowly threw the milk tea box and toast package into the trash can, and bought a bottle of mineral water to drink.

Xing Cheng also took it to drink, took a sip of cold water, and his mind cleared up a lot.

They stood near the security checkpoint and watched the people around them go in one after another. After another 10 minutes, no one was willing to move first.

Cheng Cheng finally broke the silence: "Let's go?"

Ning Xi took a deep breath, took the suitcase over and carried it on her own, then took out her ID card and air ticket from her pocket, raised her arm, and patted Xingcheng's head.

Four months, almost more than ten years, they have not been separated for such a long time. If the university expenses are too much, they may have to stay in Beijing to work during the winter vacation.

Ning Xi went to see the passengers passing through the security check, made up her mind, and squeezed the documents in her hand tightly.

He blinked: "Xingcheng, am I leaving?"

"Wait a minute!" Xing Cheng stepped closer to Ning Xi.

He was a bit taller than Ning Xi, and he took advantage of his height to pull up the hood of Ning Xi's hoodie and put it on Ning Xi's head.

Xing Cheng raised his hands, grabbed Ning Xi's cap and pulled it towards his eyes, the cap covered Ning Xi's face.

Xing Cheng leaned down.

At the security checkpoint where people come and go, countless people dragged their suitcases and squeezed their tickets and left in a hurry.

Xing Cheng looked at Ning Xi who covered his face in his hood, and kissed him.

Ning Xi grunted and stood still.

The warm breath intertwined between lips and teeth made Xing Cheng couldn't help but want to rub Ning Xi into his heart.

This is something that makes people want to close their eyes involuntarily, like an electric shock, dazzling and hot.

After the kiss was over, from the beginning to the end, Ning Xi tried hard to keep her breathing steady, and slowly opened her eyes. It seemed that only a few passers-by around noticed them, but they were only suspicious, and did not express disgust or booing loudly. .

Although Ning Xi's face just now was covered by Xing Cheng's coat and hat, judging from his height and appearance, it was obvious that he was a boy.

This is a goodbye kiss at the airport, pious and solemn.

Xing Cheng cupped his face and said, "Safe trip."

After finishing speaking, he helped Ning Xi carry the schoolbag whose strap had just collapsed, pulled the suitcase, and rubbed the slippery floor of the airport with the soles of his feet, not looking at him.

"miss me."

Ning Xi suddenly wanted to cry, but he held back.

Until he really said goodbye to Xing Cheng, and the moment he turned around, tears fell uncontrollably like crazy.

He desperately restrained his urge not to look back, he knew that Xing Cheng was still standing where he was.

His eyes were staring straight ahead.

This trip is far away, and half of China is separated. Except for the Spring Festival next year, I really don’t know when I will see you again.

He thought many times of the scene where he and Xingcheng parted ways, smiling at each other downstairs in the community unit, or at the security checkpoint of the airport, and sending off chicly, but he never thought that it would be like this, they were two young men who were usually neat, Now it is difficult to separate.

Maybe Xing Cheng is like this, little by little, step by step, warming him from a cold personality who is difficult to communicate with others and has little personal feelings to what he is now.

A heart is filled to the brim.

Ning Xi seldom cried, and couldn't hold back tears. During the security check, the security inspectors couldn't help but look surprised. They had seen too many people crying at parting at the airport, but there were really few people like Ning Xi, probably There are people who are reluctant, or things that are reluctant.

I was really stunned, and even cried.

Ning Xi didn't care about their expressions, he didn't care at all, he took pictures, stamped them, and went through the security check, until he passed the security check, he couldn't help but peeked through the foggy glass, and vaguely saw Xing Cheng standing at the security check gate, like a statue.

Ning Xi took a few steps forward, and Xing Cheng followed suit. He suddenly felt a heavy weight under his feet, as if he couldn't take another step.

Miss me, Ning Xi silently said three times in her heart, Miss me.

When boarding the covered bridge, Ning Xi suddenly remembered that he practiced writing a composition for the college entrance examination in Chinese class before the college entrance examination, and the teacher gave the topic to write about the meaning of love.

He wrote Xing Cheng's name more than ten times on the draft paper.

The handwriting is strong and lingering.

Watching Ning Xi dragging the suitcase and leaving, he seemed to be discouraged after walking for a while, standing still at the same place, still a little dazed, as if it was already winter vacation, and he was here to pick up Ning Xi's plane.

He was like an abandoned puppy until his phone vibrated and he took it out to see that it was a message from Ning Xi: I'm about to board the plane, have you gone back yet?

Xing Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, turned around, and was about to reply to messages while walking, when he looked up and saw his father.

Standing beside the potted plant in the distance, with no expression on his face, his body is like a mountain, looking straight at him.

Xing Cheng doesn't know how long ago his father arrived, did he see him chasing Ning Xi, did he see him...kissing Ning Xi.

He suddenly felt like a hammer beating a drum in his heart, beating rumblingly, stimulating him and encouraging him to move forward, so Xingcheng did the same, standing beside his father pretending to be calm.

"Dad, brother Xi is gone, shall we go back?"

Xing Cheng's father frowned, and suddenly kicked up Xing Cheng's belly!

I didn't even see clearly when I was running at that speed, I just felt darkness in front of my eyes, severe pain in my abdomen, I knelt down in an instant, panting heavily, as if my throat was torn, and I couldn't say a word.

The surrounding passengers screamed in fright, revealing a large open space, and a few security guards standing in the distance also came over. Xing Cheng tried to stand up, but the pain was so bad that he had to prop up half of his body, and approached The security guard said: "He is my father!"

Those few people saw that Xing Cheng's father just kept his face pale and did not speak, and Xing Cheng was slowly being supported up, and then they realized that there was a conflict between the two father and son, and asked again suspiciously: "Hello, are you really happy?" Is it okay?"

"No, it's fine..." Xing Cheng said, clutching his lower abdomen and not daring to shout out the pain, "I'm sorry for the trouble."

Xing Cheng's father glanced at him, turned and left.

No way, seeing that his father didn't continue beating him, Xingcheng saw that his father didn't continue to beat him, his heart was beating very fast, so he walked slowly behind, got off the elevator all the way to the parking lot to find a car, he didn't dare to sit in the front row when the door opened, and after running The row went in, and suddenly heard his father sternly: "Sit in the front!"

Dear, can you disobey the instructions? Xing Cheng clutches his stomach and sits in the front row, fastening his seat belt with trembling hands, it hurts too much.

He grew up so big, he had never been beaten by his father like this, and he was still in front of so many people. Fortunately, he was allowed to get in the car and was not thrown outside.

The way home from the airport is not far away. I dared not speak or play with my mobile phone during the trip. I could only stare at the scenery outside the window. Then I closed the window to let the air blow, grabbed a handful of hair, and relieved the cough that was welling up in my throat. Pressed back again.

The father of Xingcheng who was driving suddenly sighed.

He became nervous for a while, the back of the seat was straightened, and he sat upright, feeling that his father who had been a soldier could open the car door and throw him on the airport expressway in the next second.

"Do you want to study in Beijing too?"

Xing Cheng froze for a moment, then nodded honestly, "I think so."

"Take the exam well," he heard his father say while driving, "If you pass the exam, go and study."