aftershock

Gu Lu didn't order food. He didn't feel hungry until he finished his business in the study. There was some food in the hotel's own kitchen. He subconsciously chose noodles from instant dumplings and instant noodles.

Jiang Yuan probably heard the movement, and came over to watch Gu Lu boil water in his pajamas, and asked cautiously, "Are you hungry?"

Gu Lv looked at the wall which was already getting late, and murmured, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

Jiang Yuan is obviously sleepy, but he can't sleep, he can't cook, and he can't cook. When Gu Lu is hungry enough to eat instant noodles, he may not be able to cook better than him.

"I'm hungry too."

Gu Lu's noodles were already in the pot, he filled up the cooked noodles expressionlessly, put them on the table and handed them to Jiang Yuan, then opened another bag and continued to cook again, Jiang Yuan bit his chopsticks, watched Gu Lu turn his back and wait for the water to boil .

Gu Lu seldom eats instant noodles, because it is unhealthy, he cooks the noodles without seasoning, only a little salt, when Jiang Yuan eats the bowl of tasteless instant noodles, he always looks up at Gu Lu on the opposite side unconsciously, until Gu Lu was about to finish eating, but he didn't even take a few mouthfuls of what was in his bowl.

Seeing Gu Lu looking up at him, he hastily stuffed a few mouthfuls into his mouth.

"Don't eat if you are not hungry, you will accumulate food."

He calmly wanted to take the bowl to wash, together with Jiang Yuan's unfinished one, of course Jiang Yuan didn't want Gu Lu to cook the noodles for him and wash the dishes for him, so he went to get Gu Lu's bowl and hurriedly said, "I'll wash it"

The two hands were touching together, and I don't know who would let go first. The porcelain bowl made a broken sound in the middle of the night. "

Jiang Yuan just uninstalled the small game on his phone, he often opens that game subconsciously, sometimes to pass boredom, sometimes to decompress, sometimes...to vent his anger.

Just now... In fact, he has nothing to justify. Of course, it's not because of the game. It's purely because of uninstalling the game to vent his anger. He really can't persuade himself to open it.

Gu Lu went to bed first, Jiang Yuan put away the dishes and washed and climbed into bed lightly, he looked at Gu Lu's back, under the dim light, Gu Lu slept with his back facing him for the first time.

He bent the corner of his mouth helplessly.

No one knows that Gu Lu also liked to be angry when he was a child. When he was angry, he was not easy to coax. He would talk to you as usual, answer your questions, and communicate well, but when talking to you, he would be a little more flat than usual, walking together I'm a little faster than you when I'm walking, I'm a little colder when I look at you, and I will stay away from you even if I accidentally bump into you.

Even if it is a little bit like this, I will be very sad.

Jiang Yuan rubbed the pillow, and slowly closed his eyes looking at the solid back that stood still. He put his hands next to his cheeks to resist the little pain in his heart.

Jiang Yuan was airsick, seasick, and motion sick. He didn't sleep very well last night. He barely ate half a sandwich with bacon in the morning. He kept feeling sick to his stomach. Lin Ze asked him during the security check, and he thought he was fine. Even if he was lying down, he couldn't bear the suffocating nausea. He suspected that yesterday's skewers were spoiled, so he refused to show his uncomfortable appearance. He quietly went to the bathroom to vomit, but he didn't spit out anything. He was weak Lie on the seat, close your eyes and wait until the plane lands.

Jiang Yuan didn't know how important the pigeons temporarily let go by Gu Lv were to others, but Gu Lv understood.

Lin Qiao was wearing a big hat at the airport. Her eyes were still red, and she was looking at the exit with no focus. A few people appeared scattered at the passageway of the airport, but she didn't notice it until Gu Lv got closer.

"Lin Qiao."

Lin Qiao didn't come to wait for Gu Lv, she was waiting for Lin Wang. Lin Wang's plane would land within 10 minutes. She stood by the railing of the pick-up early, not realizing that she was in a daze until the last day A second ago, she was still sad, but the next second, the person she was thinking of appeared in front of her, why didn't she feel wronged.

Gu Lu probably also felt a little guilty, and let Lin Qiao hug him. The hug for a while made Jiang Yuan transition from dazed to sober, and he actually recognized Lin Qiao.

He looked at Lin Qiao with a silly look, but his eyes seemed to be smiling when he saw them hugging.

Lin Qiao's outline is very different from the photos Lin Wang showed him. She is mature, beautiful, and has a gentle temperament. Her sudden appearance made Jiang Yuan feel surprised but not so surprised.

After all, people who should appear at a certain point in time will always appear. The reason why an angel is called an angel is that she will always and always appear in time when someone is frustrated or sad.

Lin Qiao noticed the people around Gu Lu, quickly cleared up her expression, and greeted them one by one. She was a little surprised when she saw Jiang Yuan, and then said "Hello" to him in a friendly and gentle manner.

Jiang Yuan also smiled at her, and Lin Ze promptly handed over the luggage to the driver who picked up the airport. The driver's surname was Hu. Maybe it was because he didn't drive for a long time, but he always seemed very enthusiastic.

"Mr. Gu, are you going back to the company or going home directly?"

Standing beside him, Lin Qiao couldn't hide her sadness with a smile. She tentatively spoke, and said in a complaining voice that the two of them could hear, "Now that I'm gone, I really won't talk to you anymore."

Gu Lv smiled lightly after hearing this, and he said "OK"

Lin Ze looked at Jiang Yuan from the rearview mirror, and his eyes stopped for a while, Jiang Yuan laughed at him, "Why do you always look at me like this?"

Lin Ze looked at the driver, Xiao Hu, and felt quite a headache for Jiang Yuan.

"Are you hungry? I see that your face is not good. Let me take you to eat?"

Jiang Yuan was a little hungry. He couldn't adapt to the weather in the north. He had been feeling uncomfortable in his stomach recently. He asked Lin Ze, "Is there any place for porridge? I want porridge."

Lin Ze took him to a porridge shop. Jiang Yuan ordered sweet yam porridge, and Lin Ze ordered pumpkin porridge. Seeing that the other party chose sweet porridge, Jiang Yuan was still in the mood to tease him, "I thought you all like to eat belt meaty"

"I like it, mainly because I'm afraid that if I eat too much, it won't look good"

"Don't care about the image?"

Lin Ze thought the porridge was hot, so he turned it over and over with a spoon to dissipate heat. A strange fox face appeared in his mind. He couldn't explain why he was afraid that he would not look good. He muttered, "Everyone is afraid of being ugly. Are you afraid of going bald?"

"Is it ugly to be bald?"

Lin Ze nodded seriously, "No matter how good-looking a bald head is, it's ugly."

Jiang Yuan smiled thoughtfully. He was bald a long time ago, and he was really ugly. During that time, he even hated the red-leaved Photinia with new leaves growing on the roadside. The reason was that the thin layer The thin mangrove leaves cover it like a bald head, which is always sparse and incomplete.

A bowl of porridge, he drank the second half of the bowl, his appetite is really bad.Lin Ze asked him, "Do you really need to go to the hospital?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head, "I don't dare to go, the doctor will tell me that my whole body is not well."

Unable to hear other people's sighs and sighs, Jiang Yuan looked at the scattered pedestrians outside the window, the weather seemed to turn cold suddenly, the whole city was filled with the smell of sweet-scented osmanthus, and the ground began to fall in twos and threes of green and yellow phoenix leaves. He wrapped in a woolen coat that was not too thick, and asked Lin Ze, "When will these leaves fall?"

"Before winter." Afraid that the heat of the porridge would smoke his glasses, he took them off early, squinting his eyes at the two rows of sycamore trees along the street and said with a smile, "These sycamore trees are still young, wait another three to five years, or three to fifty years." , the leaves are beautiful when they fall.”

"I'm probably not going to be here at that time." He just thought about it, but he said it. Lin Ze looked at him with a frown, and his expression was a bit like Gu Lu. Jiang Yuan quickly said, "I just think that at that time...should I don’t have time to watch it on purpose.”

Lin Ze continued to drink the porridge, with a helpless voice, "Mr. Gu is also working very hard, it's not easy."

"Ok, I know."

Do you really know, Lin Ze didn't ask.

Driver Hu played a few games in the car, and was a little annoyed when he lost. Before getting in the car, Lin Ze packed some porridge for him and told him that Mr. Jiang ordered him. Driver Hu smiled and thanked him. After delivering Jiang Yuan to the door, he awkwardly took out a whole bag of Jiang Yuan's dumbfounded...little oranges from the trunk..

"This...you can keep it for yourself..."

"No, no, Mr. Jiang, I still have a lot. I bought this when I was on a business trip for the company. It's sweet. I'll help you carry it in when it's all at the door, Mr. Jiang"

Jiang Yuan was embarrassed, and Lin Ze smiled and asked him to take it back. It was all a reward for him, so he had no choice but to take it back by himself after thanking him repeatedly. He remembered that at least his aunt liked to eat.

Jiang Yuan was carrying a heavy bag full of oranges. Gu Lv hadn't come back yet. He rang the doorbell before entering the door. He heard hurried footsteps inside, probably from his aunt. He was ready to smile, and waited for the door to open. , sure enough.

"Aunt"

"Xiao Yuan is back." The aunt was really happy. She took the heavy orange in Jiang Yuan's hand, but her expression was uneasy. She looked at the living room with some hesitation, and when Jiang Yuan looked over, she said that she would go to the kitchen to put down the fruit first.

When Jiang Yuan saw two familiar tall men in the living room, he had a bad feeling. Xu Xuan's back was particularly obvious, and even a few meters away, Jiang Yuan could feel disgusted.

The tall bodyguard spotted Jiang Yuan first, and lowered his head to whisper something to Xu Xuan. The bodyguard seemed to be on guard and loathed Jiang Yuan all the time. As soon as Jiang Yuan stepped into the living room, he took a step forward to try to stop him.

"go away"

Xu Xuan turned around helplessly, and the wheelchair moved forward automatically. "Jiang Yuan, do you have to do this?"

"Get out, take your dog, get out."

"This is my brother's place, and my room is also here, why do I have to get out? Jiang Yuan, you can actually..."

With a "bang", Jiang Yuan casually swept the orchid pot on the flower stand to the ground. He didn't want to hear Xu Xuan's voice or see his people, so he gritted his teeth stiffly and replied, "This is my uncle's house. Get out of here."

Xu Xuan took a breath, he didn't come to quarrel with Jiang Yuan, if it wasn't for the news of his mother, he wouldn't have come here to wait for Gu Lv, although...

He looked at Jiang Yuan, this person's eyebrows and eyes were always angry and violent, like a bomb that ignited at the touch of a touch, if he wanted to see this person in this life, it seemed that he would always risk being blown to death.

Xu Xuan waved the bodyguard away, allowing the wheelchair to move forward smoothly. Jiang Yuan suddenly saw a brown glass jar on his lap. The corner of the glass jar was broken, and the lid was thrown aside. His face changed, and something seemed to explode in his mind. Jiang Yuan walked up to grab the jar a few steps, and the bodyguard at the side thought he was going to do something, so he quickly grabbed his arm, but he also broke away unexpectedly. The canthus was completely cracked, and after seeing the jar clearly, he rushed straight to Xu Xuan, and pulled him to the ground, "How dare you... how dare you..."

"Jiang Yuan...are you crazy?"

Xu Xuan's legs had shrunk a long time ago. He had no feeling in his legs at all. He couldn't support his body. He fell obliquely on the ground, letting Jiang Yuan hold down his neck with such strength that neither of the two bodyguards could hold him. Can pull it apart.

"Why do you! Why do you!! Why did you touch her!"

"Jiang...."

"Where is she..where...where is the stuff in it??!."

"I...I don't know..."

Xu Xuan was blushed by Jiang Yuanka's face, and his aunt was frightened by his appearance, and said in panic, "Xiaoyuan...you...are you looking for something in the jar?"

Jiang Yuan raised his head, and the two bodyguards took the opportunity to drag him away, Xu Xuan was able to breathe, and leaned on the sofa with his neck in his hands, gasping for breath.He coughed a few times, and said intermittently, "No...I...I just...look...cough...look at it"

"Xiaoyuan...I'm sorry..." Auntie slowly approached Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan was holding a glass bottle that was broken into several petals, his expression was at a loss, his eyes were red and he didn't know who was asking "Where is..."

"It's auntie's fault. Auntie cleaned your room and wanted to wipe it for you, but accidentally broke it. Auntie told you I'm sorry, Xiaoyuan..."

"Where, what's inside...where"

"exist..."

"In the trash can." Uncle Xu put his hands away, frowned, pushed away the people around Xu Xuan, and separated Jiang Yuan from the crowd at once. The trash can in the living room.

Auntie couldn't stand it anymore, she held Jiang Yuan tremblingly, "In...in the yard..."

"Jiangyuan!"

Xu Xuan called him to stop. Although he didn't know what was in the empty glass jar, he knew how dangerous Jiang Yuan's mood was. You look for...you...you don't go outside..."

Jiang Yuan looked at Xu Xuan with red eyes, at his fierce bodyguard, at the trembling aunt, at the calm and calm Uncle Xu, his breathing was unsteady, his eyes were blurred, and he smiled tragically like a bewildered man, "What are you? ..Why do you..."

"Gangwon.."

"Don't call me by my name!!" Jiang Yuan looked directly at him, his eyes filled with sternness, he struggled in the thin air, and asked in extreme pain, "Why didn't I kill you then, why haven't you died yet?" .”

"Jiang Yuan, you are a man, why do you have to worry about this matter to death? Isn't that enough? Isn't it enough to kill two people? Do you have to die?"

"Yes, if you want to die, I will bring a knife, and I will kill you at the first step you step here, just like now." Jiang Yuan took out the fruit knife that was just placed on the table, his eyes were out of focus But extremely calm "I will kill you, if you move now, I will kill you."

"It's not me! How many times do you want me to say it, it's not me! I didn't break your goddam glass jar!"

"It's you, you know, it's you."

Xu Xuan held his head, clenched his teeth, and grabbed his hair in pain.

"What was he, what did he do?"

A calmer and deeper voice came from not far behind Jiang Yuan. Xu Xuan raised his head and looked at the door in astonishment. Seeing Gu Lv standing beside Jiang Yuan, but looking directly at him, Xu Xuan suddenly felt wanton. Feeling relieved, he said loudly in a embarrassed and mocking tone, "Jiang Yuan, tell me what I did, tell him, tell Gu Lu, tell me, tell me!"

Jiang Yuan pursed his lips tightly, while Gu Lv pinched the bones of his five fingers, forcing him to open his fingers, and slowly took the knife away bit by bit. "It's amazing, Jiang Yuan, are you going to kill someone in my house?"

Jiang Yuan looked at the tarnished eucalyptus leaves in the corner of the living room, and at the sunflowers with withered yellow heads by the wall through the glass. He relaxed his shoulders, and his eyes fell on Xu Xuan, as if he was looking at his inevitable prey. "yes"

Gu Lv held his shoulders, looked into his eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you want him to die, tell me the reason now."

"I tell you, can I let him die?"

"Can't"

"why"

"He's my brother."

"Then can you let him go, to the ends of the earth, where I will never see it?"

"cannot"

"why"

"This is my home, my Gu Lu's home."

Jiang Yuan brushed away the arms on his shoulders, and it was the first time he showed such a contemptuous and arrogant expression to Gu Lv, his throat was slightly choked, he looked straight into Gu Lv's eyes, and said slowly, "Then you are not qualified Know."

"Really?" Gu Lv turned around and walked towards the sofa, he calmly pulled Xu Xuan up from the ground, and said softly to Jiang Yuan, "Then you go, get out of here, and don't show up again."

Jiang Yuan smiled at him, turned around briefly, and left. He passed Uncle Xu and Auntie. He opened the door of Gu Lu's house and closed it softly. He found it in the yard farthest from the door. After leaving the trash can, he didn't have any utensils to hold things, so he could only hold up the ashes together with dirt and dust, and where to put them.

He put them into the pockets of his coat one by one. The ash was really too light. Fearing that it would be blown away by the wind, he carefully covered the ash in his hand to his heart. At that moment, he was like a patient with angina pectoris. , quickly stepped out of the yard, and slowly walked down the road in front of the door.

Jiang Yuan had this feeling more than once, it was caught off guard, and it came violently, like in every operation, either semi-anesthesia or general anesthesia, the anesthesia was delivered to the body gently and gently, and quickly spread from the middle of the body, radiating to the In every corner, sharp and sharp scalpels cruelly cut off your breathing organs and your heart, liver and lungs for survival. You will feel the tenderness of anesthesia unknowingly, and watch those things slowly Break away from yourself, but don't know the pain, you will only feel that something is missing, the heart is so empty, the body is so empty, and the mind is so empty.

But anesthesia has a time limit, it will lose its effect, and it will gradually hurt, until it hurts to death.

Jiang Yuan tightened his sweater, he knew that his anesthesia had expired now.