sun and wildflowers

One o'clock at night.

Jiang Ming stood on the balcony, smoking one cigarette after another. When he came back at night, there was only a third of the brand new pack left.

I don't know when it started to rain. When Jiang Ming saw it, the ground had already accumulated a lot of puddles of water. On rainy nights, the city was extremely quiet, just like his home right now.

With the windows open, you could hear the whistle of trains and cars passing by from time to time, and the sound of tires rubbing against the street. After a brief noise, the silence became more intense.

Jiang Ming likes to sit and think about things at night like this, but all he thinks about tonight is Lu Kun.

This man broke into his life one night a few years ago, and disappeared after one night. Since then, no matter when Jiang Ming thought about it or how much he thought about it, he never took the initiative to inquire about the whereabouts of this man.

Just like what Chen Mai said, Jiang Ming lives too clearly, he understands that life is not a movie, and not all encounters are predestined.

The result of haggling over every detail may not necessarily be a happy one.

After another cigarette was smoked, Jiang Ming coughed twice, being careful not to wake up the person on the bed.

After reuniting with Lu Kun, Jiang Ming's addiction to cigarettes became much more frequent than before. Perhaps too many strange emotions appeared, and he needed tobacco to calm down, otherwise he was afraid that he would not know what to do.

Jiang Ming didn't take it seriously for why he got together with Lu Kun so soon, he felt that since fate gave him this, he would accept it, not to mention this man, he also wanted it.

......

The next day, when Jiang Ming woke up, he didn't see Lu Kun. On the bed in the guest room, the quilt was rolled up, and the sheets were also cold. He must have been up for a long time.

Jiang Ming propped his hands on his back, searched the inside and outside of the house, but did not find Lu Kun. There was a plastic bag on the coffee table in the living room, which came from the Hong Kong-style tea restaurant in the north corner downstairs.

Jiang Ming has eaten it many times, and the ones he is familiar with cannot be more familiar.

He walked over, opened it, and the porridge was still hot, so Lu Kun must have just left for a while.

The table was covered with lunch boxes, and Jiang Ming wondered if Lu Kun brought all the things he made in the morning!

While drinking porridge, Jiang Ming took out his mobile phone and called Lu Kun. The phone rang a lot, until he hung up naturally, and called again, still the same.

what's the situation?

Jiang Ming put down his phone, looked at the alarm clock on the wall, and counted his vacation... There are only two days left.

After breakfast, uh, it's not really breakfast, because it's already ten o'clock, Jiang Ming threw his phone on the sofa and rolled back to sleep.

It's human nature to feel drowsy after eating a full meal. Jiang Ming followed this "normality" and slept until the afternoon. When he woke up again, the sun had already set.

Why is there someone talking in the room?

Jiang Ming turned over and listened carefully. It was indeed a human voice, and it was still in his own home. He straightened his wrinkled clothes and opened the bedroom door.

You guessed it right, it was really the two of them...

Chen Mai and Lu Kun were sitting on the sofa watching TV, and the leftovers on the coffee table had already been cleaned up, replaced by plate after plate of fruit. From a distance, there were red, yellow and green, and the colors were pleasing.

"Are you awake? I called you back and you didn't answer, so I came here."

It was Lu Kun who spoke first, and he walked towards Jiang Ming, holding a bunch of grapes in his hand.

"my phone......"

Before Jiang Ming could finish speaking, Lu Kun stuffed a grape into his mouth, which was very fruity and sweet.

He wanted to hide, but he didn't, which not only allowed Lu Kun to succeed, but also caught Chen Mai's attention.

"Can you two show your affection after I leave?!"

Jiang Ming chewed the grapes in his mouth, and shifted the topic guiltily, "Have you booked the flight back?"

Chen Mai ate too much to talk, "I've... ordered it a long time ago, the day after tomorrow."

"I'll take you there."

It's not "Do you want me to see you off?", nor "I'll see you off", but "I'll see you off", the tone is plain and straightforward, but very heart-warming.

Chen Mai smiled and dragged Jiang Ming to sit in front of him, then leaned his head on his shoulder and said, "I know you are the best for me, and it's not in vain for us to get along."

After Chen Mai finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Kun, pretending to be provocative.

The first half of the sentence sounds okay, but the more you say it, the more out of tune, Jiang Ming pushed her aside in disgust, "Speak well!"

Chen Mai sat upright, and responded blankly: "Thank you, classmate Jiang Ming, for your help."

Jiang Ming laughed, and Lu Kun also laughed.

Seeing that the two were so happy, Chen Mai began to act out of shape again, "Alas... I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch."

One understands, one doesn't.

Didn't answer her words.

Chen Mai continued acting patiently, "Brother Kun, do you think Maizi is pretty?"

Lu Kun didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Chen Mai's gourd, "...beautiful."

"Then do you like wheat?"

The trap has been laid, just waiting for the prey to take the bait.

Lu Kun looked at Jiang Ming with help-seeking eyes, but the old man kept staring at the TV and ignored him.

"that......"

Lu Kun's unfinished words were suddenly intercepted by Jiang Ming.

"Why do you run to me again, you don't need to accompany your parents."

When Jiang Ming asked this, Chen Mai raised his hand and glanced at his watch, then quickly stood up and said, "I'm leaving first, they are going to play mahjong at my aunt's house, and tell me to pick it up at four o'clock on time."

Chen Mai's aunt's house is very close to Jiang Ming's place, no wonder she ran here again as soon as she got home.

The door slammed shut, leaving only the sound of commercials on the TV in the room.

Jiang Ming glanced at Lu Kun and said, "Why did you go? You didn't answer the phone."

"I am busy."

Just three words, don't say one more.

Jiang Ming thought about his brother, and asked again: "Are you sure you don't want to visit Lu Yuan? Do you want me to bring him something?"

"Need not!"

Decisive.

Jiang Ming felt that it was necessary for him to reveal something to Lu Kun, and he said, "If you don't want to visit him, bring him some money or something to eat..."

"Without!"

"No," Jiang Ming became a little anxious, "It's not as you imagined inside..."

Lu Kun sneered and said, "I know exactly what's inside!"

Jiang Ming only took it as hearsay, "If you don't have a lot of money, I can save some for him. After all, he is your younger brother, isn't he?"

"Enough! Can you leave me alone?!"

Jiang Ming looked at Lu Kun in disbelief, for a few seconds, his lips were tightly closed, and he was a little speechless.

Lu Kun was also stunned, he couldn't figure out why he got angry with Jiang Ming just now...

"I'm sorry." After speaking, Lu Kun picked up his coat from the sofa and said, "I'm leaving first, and I'll find you another day."

......

At the crossroads, Lu Kun set up an awning with his hands and waited for the red light. He was panting for hot air. It was very hot today, coupled with his anxiety just now, his whole body seemed to be scorched by the scorching sun. .

When the green light came on, Lu Kun strode across the street, he didn't know where he was going, he was planning to hang out at Jiang Ming's house for two days, but now he ran out temporarily, there was no point in going anywhere.

In the evening, the restaurants on both sides of the street became bustling one after another. It’s summer, and food stalls are set up at the entrance of some restaurants. Lu Kun remembered that he used to drink with a group of friends in such a place, play with skewers, brag about life, and since he gave Chen Juncheng The management of these two stores rarely leads such a life. Basically, there are more than 300 days a year in the store, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After another street, Lu Kun saw a wonton shop, which became more and more familiar to him. Suddenly, he remembered...Jiang Ming also bought him this wonton shop.

Lu Kun turned his head and narrowed his eyes, "It's such a long way..."

He felt more and more that he was an asshole just now.

Go back, apologize to him, and stay at his house if you don't forgive.

When Lu Kun thought this way, he had already turned around and walked back. He walked very fast, afraid that Jiang Ming would have something to go out at this time.

......

"You can't fight like this, it's a slap in the face!"

As soon as Jiang Ming stepped into Uncle Li's grocery store, he heard Uncle Li's voice urging people to play cards. He wondered if these old men and women didn't take a break 24 hours a day.

As usual, Jiang Ming waited for a few seconds for Uncle Li to come out from the back room. The old man wore a very festive bright red short-sleeved shirt today, not to mention how energetic he is!

"Yo! Liushui, I haven't looked at you for a long time, what have you been up to lately?"

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "I'm not busy, I went out to play on vacation a few days ago."

"It's so good! Your aunt went out to buy vegetables, otherwise she has to come and see you. She's always thinking about you if you don't come. By the way, the little girl I saw last time, how are you two?"

What Jiang Ming immediately thought of was Chen Mai, except for her, he never brought any other women back.

"Uncle Li, she is my friend."

"Hey!", Uncle Li glared, and doubled his volume, "Then you have to hurry up, I think that girl is pretty good, she looks good, she is just right for you."

Jiang Ming couldn't say no to him, so he had to accompany him with a smiling face and said, "Uncle Li, bring me a box of Zhongnanhai."

"Ah." Uncle Li turned around and searched the cigarette shelf twice, then suddenly remembered something, frowned and said, "Zhongnanhai is gone, and the delivery man hasn't come yet."

"Then..." Jiang Ming thought for a moment, and said, "Come to He Yuxi."

"22."

Uncle Li gave him Yuxi, and Jiang Ming handed over the money.

"Let's go, Uncle Li."

"Hey, see you later, Liushui."

Standing on the steps in front of the grocery store, Jiang Ming lit a cigarette and walked home while smoking. When he passed the alley, he suddenly slowed down until he stopped.

It was here that he met Lu Kun on a rainy night a few days ago and brought him home.

At this moment, the alley was shone by the bright sunshine, there was no darkness at night, no mud, only a few weeds and an old bicycle left there by someone.

After a brief stop, Jiang Ming continued to walk home. He was not unhappy because Lu Kun yelled at him before, but he was more uncomfortable, like a cloudy day, it was going to rain, dark clouds were blocking his heart, and he was very stuffy... ...