male secretary

He also worships your parents every year. "

Hearing this, Yi Tang stopped wiping his hair, raised his head that was originally hidden under the towel, and asked with a sparkling halo in his eyes, "A man? Alone?"

The young man nodded affirmatively. He knew that Yi Tang was confirming whether it was his two friends, so he replied: "It's not your two friends, he came alone."

After finishing speaking, seeing Yi Tang slowly brushing his hair again, frowning obviously in doubt, the young man gestured with his hands, and added a few words: "Tall and handsome, with facial paralysis, always wearing black clothes. suits."

If Yi Tang hesitated at the beginning, but now he is absolutely sure - the man the young man mentioned is his immediate boss, Xu Shizhan.

But why would he... Yi Tang fell silent, and even stopped wiping his hair.

The young man saw that he was silent and seemed to be lost in thought, so he didn't bother him anymore and played with his mobile phone by himself.

After a long period of silence, Yi Tang finally finished thinking, pursed his lips and struggled for a while, and asked the young man: "Xu... that's the man you mentioned, who comes every Qingming Festival, are you sure?"

The young man looked away from the phone, smiled and said, "Sure, I've been here for a few years, and he's been here for a few years."

The young man came to work in the cemetery just in the year when Yi Tang's parents died, that is to say, Xu Shizhan came every Qingming Festival after Yi Tang's parents passed away.

Yi Tang held the towel in his hand, and kept loosening and tightening it, revealing the struggle in his heart clearly.

The young man naturally noticed, he didn't miss this opportunity, raised his eyebrows and teased Yi Tang: "What's the matter, you two have a bad relationship? Don't want to see him?"

"No." Yi Tang smiled awkwardly, he just knew the news suddenly, and he felt a little... not used to it.

The young man shook his head and said, "Let's just say it first, I'm not responsible for driving people out. You have to settle things privately, don't make things difficult for me, I'm really not responsible for driving people out."

Yi Tang tossed the towel to him speechlessly, and the young man took it with a smile, and came out again after washing the towel in the room.

On the other hand, Yi Tang looked far away at the door, as if he wanted to see something through the rain curtain.

The young man sat back in his seat, looked at Yi Tang for a while, and suddenly shook his head and smiled, "Don't you want to know when that man will come?" Yi Tang didn't turn his head, but the tips of his ears visibly moved.

Seeing such a cute reaction, the young man decided to show mercy once more, and said with a chuckle: "He always comes at a fixed time and leaves at a fixed time. Look at the time, he has been here for a while, if you go now, I'm afraid you can still go." see him."

The doors and windows of the lounge were half opened, and they heard the sound of rain and felt the cool breeze.I also seemed to see that somewhere in the cemetery not far away, a man in a black formal suit stood solemnly.

The young man didn't know how long he waited for silence.In short, after another gust of wind and rain came into the room, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he went to close the windows and doors.

When the first door was closed, the young man heard Yi Tang's voice from behind, "Do you have an umbrella here?"

"...Lend me a hand, and return it to you when you come back."

-32

The man wore a meticulous black formal suit and held up a black umbrella in the rain, as if mourning with the heaven and the earth.

Xu Shizhan lowered his eyes, the photo on the tombstone was of a couple, and from their facial features he pieced together another face that he was extremely familiar with.

At the same time, the corners of those eyes, which had been resident in the glacier all year round, gradually melted away, and then were hidden under the eyelids again, revealing a silent apology.

Yi Tang was entangled by regret, and he saw it all that year.And he also had worries and troubles. If he hadn't asked Yi Tang to go on a business trip with him, then... it might be better than now.

Especially today, when he understood his intentions, he didn't know how to face the people sleeping here.

Therefore, when Yi Tang rushed to the grave of his parents, he saw Xu Shizhan bending over and bowing his head, and heard an apology from far away but close in front of him.

"Mr. Xu."

When Xu Shizhan got up straight, Yi Tang took a deep breath and walked over, calling out to the man.

On the other side, Xu Shizhan was suddenly in a daze. Hearing such a real voice, he even doubted his own ears first.When he turned his head and saw the figure in Misty Rain, everything around him became more ethereal.

"Secretary Yi."

Yi Tang tilted his head under the umbrella and smiled, knowingly asked: "President Xu, why are you here?"

Xu Shizhan turned around and faced Yi Tang face to face: "I'll come and see Secretary Yi's parents." There was no embarrassment of being bumped into on his face, and he even asked Yi Tang in turn, "Can you?" His appearance made Yi Tang's situation embarrassing.

"Yes, yes." Yi Tang hesitated, and then thought that this was the tomb of his biological parents, and felt that he should be tougher, so he said, "Mr. Xu can come because he took care of me. I am very grateful. "

After Xu Shizhan was about to speak, Yi Tang emphasized again, "My parents must be very grateful too!"

……

Xu Shizhan slightly raised half of his eyebrows, "If it's really what Secretary Yi said, then it would be great."

"Of course it's true." Yi Tang hurriedly replied, he didn't want to be questioned, after meeting Xu Shizhan's calm and deep eyes, he thought again, especially by Xu Shizhan.

"I just found out today. Someone told me that Mr. Xu visits my parents every year." Yi Tang paused, "To be honest, I didn't believe it at first, and thought it was unnecessary and impossible for you to come. Then I decided It's you, I can't tell what it feels like, I have been hesitating whether to come to see you. However, there is always a voice that keeps ringing in my head, saying that I can't miss this opportunity again. "

The next words were a bit difficult to say, so Yi Tang avoided his eyes, looked at the photo on the tombstone and said, "I don't know what opportunity I will miss. After thinking about it carefully, my parents probably know that they are telling me to tell me Thank you."

"Mr. Xu." Yi Tang pursed his lips, met Xu Shizhan's eyes again, and said, "For the past nine years, I am really, really grateful for your care."

Those two "really" pierced straight into the man's heart.Xu Shizhan looked at Yi Tang for a moment, he was really touched, but also really unwilling.

But he didn't say anything, just pretending to be unmoved and said: "It should be." Yi Tang didn't refute, just smiled casually, and silently kept all these in his heart.

After that, Yi Tang followed Xu Shizhan and stood in front of the tomb for a while, and the rain, which was not heavy at first, also became lighter.

Since Yi Tang's first year, the burden on his heart has lightened a lot, and he was a little bored after standing for so long.I also thought, maybe his parents are tired of watching him and are driving him home.

But Xu Shizhan was actually absent-minded. After talking with Yi Tang, he repeatedly thought about the "opportunity" Yi Tang said.He couldn't help thinking, maybe this wasn't Yi Tang's chance, but his own.

"Mr. Xu."

"Secretary Yi."

It's also a coincidence that when Xu Shizhan made up his mind, Yi Tang couldn't stand anymore and planned to go back home.Seeing that the man had something to say, Yi Tang hurriedly said, "You speak first."

Xu Shizhan didn't want to interrupt, and continued, "I'm deeply sorry about your parents."

Yi Tang was stunned, this was the second time he heard Xu Shizhan's apology today, to his parents.But Xu Shizhan still had something to say, he was looking at him deeply at this moment, and said, "I'm sorry."

sorry.This sentence was aimed at him, Yi Tang.

-33

Speechless for a while.

Yi Tang first opened his mouth in surprise, then blinked vigorously, unable to believe and couldn't laugh or cry.He didn't even know that in the past few years, Xu Shizhan came to see his parents with such a mentality.

On the other hand, the man watched Yi Tang's series of expression changes, with a rare expression of doubt on his face.

"Mr. Xu, don't say that again." Yi Tang smiled lightly, thinking that it was funny that he had earned his apology for nothing, "I didn't even say I was wrong, why did you take it all over."

Xu Shizhan paused, and said, "But, before you..." He didn't continue, afraid that the other party would recall that bad time.

Unexpectedly, Yi Tang didn't feel anything, and even said with a relaxed expression: "I was stupid during that time, I didn't think about it, it's all over now."

But maybe Zhan still didn't understand, the way he looked at him in a daze made his heart beat faster unconsciously.

Yi Tang looked away as if to cover up, coughed and then patiently explained, but it seemed more like diverting attention.

"It's all accidents, accidents that no one can expect and can't change. To put it bluntly, no matter whether I was on a business trip or not at that time, they might all pass away."

Speaking of this, Yi Tang shook his head suddenly, he thought he was fine, but when it came to the truth, he was still a little powerless and sad.

But then, he smiled.In the emptiness of the rain, his brows were sparse and bright, but the smile that fell on others' eyes was vaguely beautiful.

"And Mr. Xu, you are not wrong, and you don't need to apologize to anyone. It is an ordinary job on a normal working day. Even if I am not on a business trip, I will not be able to catch up with my parents for the last time." Yi Tang recalled the doctor's words , "The doctor said that when my parents were sent to the hospital, they couldn't hold it anymore."

"So—" Yi Tang told Xu Shizhan frankly and straightforwardly, "Unless I was in that car at the time, no matter how hard I try to catch up, I won't be able to catch up."

Yi Tang said this assumption as if joking, Xu Shizhan heard it, but couldn't help but clenched the umbrella handle tightly.

He dared not assume that scene.

Xu Shizhan regained his composure, then turned around and asked, "Is it really over?"

Yi Tang nodded: "Really." He also turned around, and