walking slowly

After sitting in the reception area for a while, Jiang Wenyan came out.

"Why don't you send me a message?"

Gu Mo got up: "I think you should be busy."

Usually, Jiang Wenyan waited for him to get off work, and it was rare for him to be earlier than Jiang Wenyan.

"It's the end of the year, and the pressing cases have to be dealt with. Fortunately, the people in the law firm are not free, and they will be released after a few days of busy work."

Jiang Wenyan adjusted the tightness of his tie, and walked out while talking: "How are you doing, are you busy?"

"Fortunately, it can be handled."

"What date can I leave?"

"Number two."

"Okay, I'll ask the assistant to book the ticket."

In the next few days, both of them were busy like spinning tops, not daring to rest for a moment.

Finally, in time for the beginning of February, everything was dealt with, and Jiang Wenyan asked his assistant to drive him and Gu Mo to the airport early in the morning on the [-]nd.

"Where do you go back to live?"

Gu Mo was checking the suitcase: "Old house."

"Xiangyang District? How long has it been unoccupied, so we need to clean it up."

"Yes." He snapped the zipper into the combination lock with a movement of his hand.

Gu Qian moved out three years ago, and the house is probably piled up with several layers of ashes.

"Would you like to stay at my place for a few days first?" Jiang Wenyan suggested generously, which sounded like an ordinary overnight stay between friends.

Gu Mo smiled slightly: "I'll go home first and have a look."

"alright."

There is no direct rejection, there is still hope, Jiang Wenyan thought happily.

On the plane, two stewardesses closed the curtains and talked in a low voice.

"Did you see those two handsome guys sitting together in the business class? Their appearance is critical! It's so eye-catching!"

"Damn, didn't you look at our group? There was a new little sister who flew internationally and met a handsome gray-haired mixed-race guy! Those eyes, that nose... Wow, just looking at it will make you faint, okay?" ! More than a star."

"What kind of luck is this? I'm so envious!"

"She posted the photo. She is handsome, but she looks dangerous."

"Bad man? I don't like it, but the gentle one in front is my appetite. But if there are resources, I still have to look."

"Haha, I've saved the photo, I'll show it to you when I go down later. Don't leave me alone."

……

City J and City S are not far away. After Gu Mo watched a movie, the plane landed.

As soon as he got out of the airport, he couldn't help shivering when the damp cold wind blew his face.

I don't know if it's because he's more timid because he's close to his hometown. Looking at the busy traffic on the road, he was a little dazed.

After six years, he finally mustered up the courage to return to this city full of memories.

Although the life before the age of 24 was unsatisfactory, it was considered smooth, but the four months after his birthday at the age of 24 allowed him to experience all kinds of tastes in life, including joy, anger, sorrow and joy.

He couldn't let go of that relationship, so he chose to leave.

If a city makes people lose their sense of belonging, it will become a place of travel rather than a destination.

There is still a family here, and he still has his sister.

He turned on his phone and sent Gu Qian a message telling her to get off the plane.

Gu Qian quickly replied "I'll wait for you at home, the room has been packed for you", as if she had been pinching her phone and waiting for her younger brother to report his safety.

Gu Mo looked at the screen with a smile in his eyes, and his heart began to turn sour with a smile.

"Look at how diligent my sister is." He showed the news to Jiang Wenyan.

Jiang Wenyan was disappointed but also emotional: "Sister Qian takes care of the family just like you. I will go back to see her with you, and the three of us will have a meal together."

"Okay, she must be happy."

I took a taxi and went straight to Yangming District.

The street hasn't changed much, it's a bit worn out but clean, and the environmental governance seems to be better than before.

Gu Mo went upstairs slowly, Jiang Wenyan knew his mood and followed behind him silently.

Standing at the door of 302, he suddenly lost the strength to knock on the door.

The people in the room seemed to sense something and hurriedly opened the door.

Gu Qian, who was wearing a long coat with her hair in a bun, stood by the door, her eyes turned red.

Gu Mo's lips moved, not knowing what to say.

"Why are you wearing so little, don't you know it's below zero today?" Gu Qian rolled up his sleeves and scolded him with a trembling voice.

"sister……"

Gu Mo hugged her, and buried his head to cover up the tears that were about to burst into his eyes like when he was a child.

Jiang Wenyan watched quietly.

Gu Qian turned on the air conditioner in advance, and the warmth in the house was like two worlds from the outside.

"Sister Qian, you don't know, we were shivering as soon as we got off the plane, and it's too cold today, damp and cold." Jiang Wenyan took the tea from her.

"Both of you grew up here, are you afraid of the cold? I think you are spoiled by the heating over there."

"No, I also studied there in college, and I'm quite used to the climate there. It's really terrible to come back in winter."

Gu Qian smiled, then turned to Gu Mo and asked, "Are you used to it?"

Gu Mo said: "It's okay."

"So you just stayed there and never came back?"

Gu Mo rubbed his fingertips against the body of the cup back and forth: "It will depend on the needs of work in the future."

He is not a person who likes to run around, and after staying in one place for a long time, he always doesn't want to make trouble anymore.

But my sister is the only relative...

Gu Qian sighed: "You make up your own mind, I don't have to let you come back, you can stay wherever you are happy. I also have a family, and the time I can take care of you will only decrease in the future. It's hard for you to live alone."

Jiang Wenyan said: "Sister Qian still has me, I help each other with him, and I won't let him leave alone."

Gu Qian glanced at the two of them, and after knowing that her younger brother was gay, she suspected that he and Jiang Wenyan were not ordinary friends back then. Could it be that the old relationship has revived now?

Gu Mo said helplessly: "Sister, don't think too much, I'm not young anymore, I can do it by myself."

"I think you can still say this in your seventies and eighties." Gu Qian feigned anger.

Jiang Wenyan quickly changed the subject: "Sister Qian, how long have you had the baby?"

Gu Qian rubbed her stomach, and a tender smile unique to a novice mother appeared on her face.

"Two months."

"I haven't met my brother-in-law yet, when will I meet him?"

Gu Qian seemed a little embarrassed when he heard this address: "He...he is usually very busy and doesn't spend much time at home. If you want to see him, make an appointment to have dinner together during the Chinese New Year."

Seeing that Gu Mo frowned, she immediately explained: "Our relationship is okay, and he asked you to go back with me for the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve."

Gu Mo nodded. Gu Qian didn't let him see him before, but now he proposes that there should be no problem with their relationship. After a while, his nephew will be born. As a family member, he really should help his sister to support the situation.

He and Jiang Wenyan bought some food in the supermarket downstairs and came back to cook. Gu Qian watched them busy in the kitchen, and suddenly felt that the two of them were a good match, but if it was Zhou Xing...

She was startled by her own thoughts, and shook her head violently, hey, it's just that the child has such an amazing appearance, it's hard to forget.

In fact, if it weren't for his special status, he and Gu Mo would be a good match, Gu Qian thought so more than once.

Pity.

The three of them were talking and laughing while eating, as if they had returned to the time when they were teenagers more than ten years ago.

After seeing Jiang Wenyan off, he and his sister sat in the living room and talked around the fruit plate.

Only in this family can they open their hearts to each other and tell the ups and downs of the past few years.

As he talked, he couldn't help but talk about Zhou Xing.

"Sister, I really let go. After all these years, I have also figured it out. All love and love are empty, just live a good life." Gu Mo propped his chin, and the more he talked, the calmer he felt.

"It's best for you to think like this, but you are still young now, and you will see in a few years, everyone around you will have families and children, and you will still go to and from work alone, and go back to the place where you live to light up the fireworks. None, you regretted it at that time."

Gu Qian doesn't expect him to marry and have children like ordinary men, but at least he must have someone who knows the cold and the hot by his side.

"I think Wen Yan treats you very well..."

"Sister, don't worry about it. He and I are just ordinary friends, and the excitement of dating has long since passed." Gu Mo poked an apple and brought it to her mouth, trying to block her brain.

"Just perfunctory me." Gu Qian rolled his eyes.

"Does your brother-in-law have any objections to staying here today?"

"His brain is straight to death, what can he say?"

"Is he nice to you?"

Gu Qian squinted her eyes and thought for a while, then finished chewing the apple and said, "I didn't pay attention to me when I first got the certificate, but we were married in a flash, and we didn't have any emotional basis. After a long time, the feelings came out. I am quite satisfied with my life now.”

Gu Mo was relieved to be able to hear the taste of happiness from her words.

Gu Qian asked suddenly: "Do you still remember that there was a handsome boy in the same grade when we were in junior high school, and you always played basketball with him?"

"...This happened so many years ago, I don't belong to the same class as me, I don't remember."

"Let me think about it. Didn't I always watch you play? One time I accidentally spilled water on someone when I handed you water, and you borrowed your sportswear to change it for him."

Hearing what she said, Gu Mo seemed to have a little impression: "There is such a person, who seems to be from the school team, what's wrong with him?"

"Your brother-in-law is him."

"..."

He still wanted to ask Gu Qian clearly, so he yawned and went back to the room, making it clear that he didn't want to continue this topic with him.

After saying good night, he also entered the room.

Everything in the house is as before, it can be seen that Gu Qian has cleaned it carefully, and all the furnishings are not stained with dust.

He pulled out a lesson book from the bookshelf, followed by a photo that fell to the ground.

Picking it up, 34 childish smiling faces appeared in front of his eyes, and he tightened his fingers suddenly, which seemed to have damaged the photos.

The fingertips slid across the small heads, and finally stopped on a wisp of soot. 34 children are laughing, why don't you look at the camera...

Following the boy's smiling eyes, he saw himself in the front with an embarrassed face.

That night he dreamed of Zhou Xing again.

Everyone's mood was as good as the weather that day, because it was the last day of field practice.

Before the return trip, a group photo was taken as usual.

He has never liked taking pictures, and his face is always stiff in front of the camera.

"Smile, boyfriend." The gray-haired boy teased him quietly while no one was paying attention.

"I can't laugh."

"Think about last night, you were very active." He licked his lower lip, the moist look was arousing imagination.

Then the teacher in charge of taking pictures shouted.

"Okay, let's start shooting according to the position just now—"

Gu Mo felt uncomfortable facing the black camera.

"one--"

What appeared in front of me were fireworks that scorched the sky.

"two--"

A boy with starry eyes.

"three--"

It was a kiss of love.

He opened his eyes, and it was dark outside the window.He put his hand on his forehead and felt a little wet.

He lied to his sister, how could he let go of such a stunning young man wandering in his dreams...

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