tell me

Du Yu fell into a deep sleep.

He seemed to have had a long, long dream, so long that it seemed to be walking in a dark and endless tunnel.

At that time, his hands had not yet grown, they were short and small, and they were fat and immature to the touch.The legs are also short, and with every stride forward, black and wet sewage is stepped on, splashing on the feet wearing only slippers.

He didn't know why he was running, he couldn't see anything in front of him, maybe there was nothing, but he was still running desperately.

He was very tired, tired and hungry.But a seed called guilt took possession of the mind, and the roots that grew from it twisted and bound the heart.

So he could only keep running forward.

run.

run.

How long did you run?He doesn't know either.

All I knew was that the space was starting to shrink, and suddenly I was able to touch the stone bricks on the top by raising my hand.

He pushed upwards vigorously, and a gap was suddenly opened in the dark sky.With another force, the sky was torn apart, and golden rays of light leaked in like raindrops and fell to the ground.

He thought this must be the way to heaven, as long as he arrived, he could be saved.

He tried his best to push himself up, but before he could catch his breath, he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Brother, why did you finish the run? Your physical strength is too weak. Running a marathon is like running for half your life."

Hearing this, he looked down at himself.

White undershirt, black shorts, a red number strip pinned to his chest.The needle below may be loose and drift with the wind.

He re-pinned it with his hands, and his five fingers were also slender.The sweat on the back of the hand was shining in the sun, and the veins under the skin were intertwined and visible.

Oh, now he knows.

He ran all the way to grow up.

"Brother? Why are you in a daze?" The girl took his hand with a puzzled and sly expression, "As a reward for you finishing the marathon, let me tell you a secret."

She fluttered her wings like a butterfly and nimbly walked around him, tiptoed and whispered to him: "I'm telling you secretly, Brother Lu, he likes you."

"It's not an ordinary liking, it's the kind of liking that wants to fall in love with you."

In an instant, the surging crowd dissipated, the noisy buzzing dissipated, and even the hot breath from the nostrils dissipated.

His eyes widened in surprise, but only a lonely sycamore tree remained in his eyes.

It is so verdant, every leaf is as green as if it was just taken off the color spectrum; it is so luxuriant, and the strong branches support a thick umbrella for someone.

Vaguely, a figure under the tree beckoned to him, and the clear water drops from the mineral water bottle licked his slender joints.

He seemed to be shouting something, but Du Yu couldn't hear it clearly; he made a standard mouth shape, but Du Yu couldn't see it clearly either.

It's just that the sun was too bright at that time, and it made the eyes dark for a while.

The head is dizzy, because the lethargic time is too long and even a little nausea.

Du Yu opened his eyes with difficulty, and saw the familiar figure in his dream.

The man's long legs were casually resting on the edge of the bed, and a square pillow supported his tall and broad back.He only wore a pair of home short sleeves, holding the spine of the book with his slender fingers, and on the bridge of his nose was a pair of rimless glasses that Du Yu had only seen once.The refreshed look doesn't look like a hangover at all, on the contrary, the eyes of the person who just got up from the bed are bloodshot.

"Are you awake?" Hearing the movement, he turned to look at Du Yu, "It's past the time for noodles."

Du Yu glanced at the cover with squinted eyes, and the familiar big gilt characters made him feel dazed for two seconds.

"...Don't you don't read novels?" He rested his head on his knees, "And why are you on my bed?"

"I'll listen to you and give it a try," Lu Yinke patted the bed sheet, "And this is my bed, how could it be your bed? Am I yours? Hmph, then I'll admit it too."

Du Yu rubbed his temples and exhaled, automatically ignoring the second half of the sentence, and he replied weakly: "Then did you find any feeling?"

"How does it feel?" He asked warily.

"The feeling of reading a novel."

"Oh, this. To be honest, it's not much... just the concept of domestication, which is very interesting." He turned back a few pages, pointed to the passage and read in a low voice, "To me, you are nothing more than a child, I'm no different from thousands of other children. I don't need you. You don't need me. To you I'm nothing more than a fox, no different from thousands of other foxes. But if you tame If you leave me, then we will need each other. You are unique to me, and I am unique to you."

Du Yu listened quietly with drooping eyelids, and only opened his mouth softly after he finished reading: "What do you want to express?"

"It's more about confusion than expression." He closed the book, "I understand the relationship between humans and foxes, but can humans be domesticated?"

Du Yu was silent for a long while, as if he hadn't recovered from his dream, it took him a long time to reply: "You need to think about it yourself."

As he spoke, he touched his phone from the bedside and checked the time. It was nine fifty, and his headache was getting worse.How did I fall asleep in such an emergency last night?

What else did Lu Yinke say later?

"You last night..." Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Lu Yinke, but turned a corner when he reached his mouth, and only rested his forehead wearily with the back of his hand, "...Did you take a shower last night?"

"I washed it, it's all because you refused to help me, and I slipped, and now there is still a bruise on my buttocks! Look!" He threw the book on the bedside, and he was about to pull down the elastic band of his underwear .

Seeing this, Du Yu hurriedly waved his hand in annoyance, the air pressure around his body was so low that the naked eye could see it, "Go away, don't eat, I'm going back."

"Don't, don't," Lu Yinke sat up immediately, and stopped the loss in time, "Since I didn't eat your noodles, why don't I take you to the restaurant I often eat?"

"Just as compensation for troubling you last night," he blinked obediently, "it's not expensive, I invite you."

Lu Yinke was like a parent who couldn't let go of his children. Not only did he accompany Du Yu to get up, he even filled his mouthwash cup with water.The toothpaste on the new toothbrush has sparkling sequins, which are crystal clear like jelly under the light, and everything is premeditated.

Until he sat on the carved wooden chair, Du Yu didn't understand why he was dragged into the car inexplicably.

This is a small shop, quite elegant in the mist and rain of the south of the Yangtze River.

The wooden screen at the entrance is engraved with a dragon and a phoenix showing auspiciousness, the tail of the phoenix drags down long, and turns a corner calmly along the circular frame.The phoenix eyes look sharply into the eyes of the opposite dragon, but the soft and hard feathers are fitted with the armor-like scales, the combination of rigidity and softness is wonderful and harmonious.

When she stepped through the threshold, the wind chimes on her head jingled, and the proprietress behind the screen poked her head out, and her casual glance became brighter when she saw Lu Yinke.

"Xiao Lu is here? Sit down quickly, is it still the same?"

"Yes," Lu Yinke returned with a polite smile, "Take two."

"Hey! Finally brought someone here this time?" The proprietress lowered her head and typed the order, and teased casually, "Didn't you say that you only bring people you like? Let me see which girl it is..."

She raised her head casually, but her simple smile froze when she saw Du Yu for the first time, "Ah... it's a friend, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, look at my mouth."

Du Yu followed Lu Yinke into the store, his gaze that was still looking around immediately retracted after hearing the words, and he also showed a slightly embarrassed smile: "It's okay, it's okay."

On the other hand, Lu Yinke didn't shy away from it, and smiled even more dazzlingly, and showed it to others brightly: "Which gender do you like, I really like him, and you are right, lady boss."

"Hahaha, yes, yes, you are right." The proprietress hurriedly nodded and said, "Isn't it a kind of liking, I understand and I understand."

"nor……"

"Lu Yinke," Du Yu finally stretched out his hand to slap his arm in order to prevent the description from getting darker, but his face turned red with embarrassment, "Where are you sitting?"

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"It's really not expensive..." Du Yu raised his eyebrows at the served Yangchun noodles, "I thought you would eat meat noodles with several toppings, but I didn't expect it to be so vegetarian."

"What? Do I seem to be such a carnivorous person?" Lu Yinke picked up a chopsticks of noodles and stuffed them into his mouth, and after swallowing, he asked slowly, "You think it's bland? How about adding a plate of pickled peppers and bamboo shoots?"

Holding the spoon in his left hand and the chopsticks in his right, Du Yu carefully poured the oily thin noodles into the spoon before eating.

Obviously it’s just a bowl of white noodles, but the fragrance of chopped green onion and the mellowness of the broth match it elegantly and charmingly. After a spoonful of it, you can only feel the fragrance in your mouth.

Different from the deliberate deployment of MSG, it is a more pure and natural delicacy.

"No," he finally nodded approvingly, "it's really delicious."

"Yes, yes." Lu Yinke smiled triumphantly, showing two small canine teeth, "I'm a regular customer, and I only eat Yangchun noodles at their house."

"They are all regular customers and only eat Yangchun noodles. You are not giving them a chance to make money." The turbidity of the whole morning was finally relieved at this moment, and Du Yu couldn't help but joke.

"Come on, their Yangchun noodles are a famous brand, and they are not that cheap." The other party retorted solemnly, "Think about how much it costs to make a bowl of plain noodles. The cost is very low."

Du Yu simply ignored him and looked out the window while chewing.

He saw the mottled black marks on the wooden windows, scratches left by the years.

"How did you find out about this store?" He asked seemingly inadvertently, "This store seems to be very old."

Lu Yinke followed his line of sight, and the sunlight outside the window was slanting on a piece of emerald green bamboo. The bamboo leaves were swaying, and the light and shadow danced on the window sill.

"Yeah," he took over, with a calm tone of narration, "I have lived on this street since I was a child, my kindergarten is opposite my high school, my elementary school is opposite my junior high school, kindergarten and elementary school And the distance is less than 1000 meters, that is, the question of whether to turn left or right at the traffic light by bicycle."

"I also moved once. I moved from one building in the community to another. The house changed from renting to buying to renting. The layout is similar."

"I've been eating noodles here since I was a child, and the proprietress watched me grow up, that's why I'm so familiar."

"His son is one year older than me and went to school in the west. He knows me, and I know him, and sometimes he will say hello when he sees him."

"In fact, facing this overly familiar scene, I have always had an inexplicable feeling. This feeling often bothers me, and I cannot understand its rationality."

"Because I seem to know that leaving is easy, but at the same time feel that I can never escape from here."

He looked back at Du Yu, and the jumping light and shadow flowed into his eyes, rippling softly like water.

"If I can only go on like this, I hope you can accompany me to eat Yangchun noodles in the future." He finally smiled again with the corners of his lips curled up.