second love

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when Yue Chen brought Cheng Zhuojun home.

Cheng Zhuojun kicked off his shoes outside the door, walked barefoot to the balcony, stood motionless and looked outside.

Yue Chen put the shoes that Cheng Zhuojun kicked off into the shoe cabinet, looking at Cheng Zhuojun standing on the balcony, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

He also didn't expect that Min Xinhong's sudden visit would bring such a big blow to Cheng Zhuojun.Originally thought that as long as Cheng Zhuojun kept hiding in the study and did not come out, everything would go back to normal when Min Xinhong went crazy and left.

After calling the doctor this morning, Yue Chen immediately drove Cheng Zhuojun over.He told the doctor what happened yesterday, and the doctor pondered for a while, then told Yue Chen that it might be a good thing.

"He was worried that his mother would hurt you, so he chose to come out and face his mother. For him, his mother was a knot in his heart that was difficult to untie. This meeting was an inducement that led to his There is a problem with self-awareness again.”

The doctor paused, and seeing Yue Chen's eager expression, he quickly added: "This is different from the previous situation. When you brought him here, he didn't seem to express his feelings for others at all. But yesterday, he was afraid of his mother, and he expressed his concern for you, and he already knew to turn to you for help. Although what happened yesterday hit him a bit hard, give him a few more days, and he will be relieved. came over..."

This time the doctor didn't prescribe Cheng Zhuojun any medicine.He gave Yue Chen some suggestions, asking Yue Chen to spend more time with Cheng Zhuojun and do some simple treatments, which might bring Cheng Zhuojun back to the real world.

Cheng Zhuojun had been ill for five years, during which time his illness came and went repeatedly, with no signs of a complete cure.

Because of this illness, Cheng Zhuojun took a year off from school.After barely finishing his studies, it is also difficult for him to integrate into social life. If no one explains to him clearly what he needs to deal with and who he needs to deal with in a matter, he will feel panicked and anxious. And there is no way to complete the task.

The first time Yuechen met Cheng Zhuojun after graduating from university was in S City.

At that time, he had been working in City G for more than four years.From being unaccustomed to the rhythm of G City at the beginning to integrating into it, Yue Chen made a lot of efforts.Now his job is also very stable, and he has made many like-minded friends while working.

That autumn, Yue Chen went to S City on a business trip for a company project.On a pedestrian street, he met Cheng Zhuojun.

When he saw Cheng Zhuojun, Yue Chen was stunned, but he thought that it had been so many years, and there was no need to make it so embarrassing if he met an old friend in a foreign country.

Yue Chen smiled and walked towards Cheng Zhuojun.When Cheng Zhuojun saw someone walking towards him, his body froze in place, as if he was frightened, and his eyes unconsciously glanced to the side.

Yue Chen greeted Cheng Zhuojun, and Cheng Zhuojun just nodded without saying anything.After chatting with Cheng Zhuojun for a few more words, Yue Chen realized that something seemed wrong with Cheng Zhuojun.

Today, when the temperature is moderate, Cheng Zhuojun's temples are dripping with sweat.

Yue Chen was a little puzzled. Just as he was about to ask, a man suddenly called out Cheng Zhuojun's name, looked curiously at Yue Chen who was standing beside him, and then turned around and told Cheng Zhuojun to get in the car and prepare to go back to the company.

Seeing Cheng Zhuojun turn around and leave decisively, Yue Chen wanted to call him back, but was stopped by the strange man.

"Excuse me, are you Cheng Zhuojun's friend?"

Yue Chen looked at the man—the man was dressed in formal clothes, his expression looked a little serious, but there was still a trace of youthful feeling, and he nodded his head as an acknowledgment.

"Since you are his friend, you should know about Cheng Zhuojun's situation. You will make things difficult for him if you stop him so suddenly."

What the man said made Yue Chen confused, but the man didn't give him a chance to ask, turned around and left after finishing what he said.

For the next few days, Yue Chen was busy with work.I saw that strange man again, in front of the door of the branch office.

Yue Chen was checking the information on the phone, when he looked up, he saw the man rushing towards him with a sullen look.

"who are you?!"

"what?"

"Why do you always appear here?!" The man roared angrily and wanted to reach out to grab Yue Chen's collar, but Yue Chen immediately shrank back when he saw his hand stretched out.

Yue Chen was also confused, he raised his hands in a defensive posture, calmly advised the other party to calm down first, and then told him what happened.

It turns out that since Yue Chen and Cheng Zhuojun met by chance that day, Cheng Zhuojun has been out of his mind all day.But Cheng Zhuojun's company is in the office building next to Yue Chen's branch.Once when Cheng Zhuojun got off work, he saw Yue Chen walking out of the office building next door. After that day, Cheng Zhuojun resigned. He didn't take anything from the apartment, but he disappeared.And I can't get in touch with him.

The strange man was a high school classmate who had a good relationship with Cheng Zhuojun, and it was from him that Yue Chen heard about Cheng Zhuojun's illness and what happened to Cheng Zhuojun after he graduated.

Yue Chen didn't expect that Cheng Zhuojun would be forced into such a state by his mother, and what the strange man said was repeated in his mind over and over again.

He acted separately from the strange man, and decided to find out where Cheng Zhuojun was first.

Yue Chen went to the convenience store near Cheng Zhuojun's apartment and asked the clerk if he had seen an unusually silent young man passing by.

His intuition was right. People with special circumstances like Cheng Zhuojun did attract the attention of the clerk.

The clerk said that early in the morning, the person Yue Chen mentioned was wearing a thin coat and carrying a schoolbag, went to the store to buy water and bread, and then walked straight along a street.

Yue Chen walked quickly on that street, while looking around, he called Cheng Zhuojun who was asking for a stranger.

Cheng Zhuojun could get through the phone, but no one answered.After the call failed again, Yue Chen subconsciously clicked his tongue, thinking about where Cheng Zhuojun might go.

He checked the map of City S, and he ran to the places where the homeless loved to go, as long as it was close to him, but he didn't find that person.

Yue Chen suddenly remembered that when he met him that day, he saw Cheng Zhuojun's figure, which was so thin. In his impression, that big boy who should be full of vigor turned into a pitiful shivering ball after a few years. up?

Yue Chen gritted his teeth and looked at the time displayed on his phone.It was already two o'clock in the morning, and only a few 24-hour shops on both sides of the street were still lit.There are very few pedestrians in the urban area, and there are not many vehicles coming and going.

There are only two people looking around like this, and in such a large area, they don't know when they will find it.

It seems that we can only meet with that person to discuss what to do next.

After searching all night, Yue Chen also felt a little tired.He saw a 24-hour bookstore around the corner, so he wanted to walk over and take a rest.

When he passed the glass window of the bookstore, he saw Cheng Zhuojun leaning his head against the glass window, looking sound asleep.

Yue Chen was stunned, and found that his heart was much calmer than he imagined.

He saw the man sinking his body into the sofa stool, with his hands around the schoolbag that didn't contain much.

In the bookstore, there were still many people who were lying on the table and fell asleep, but none of them showed their faces outside and their mouths were slightly long like Cheng Zhuojun.The warm yellow light shone on Cheng Zhuojun's face, which made Yue Chen feel that the picture was really soft.

Yue Chen walked to Cheng Zhuojun's side and looked down at the sleeping man.He stroked the man's face with his fingers, and the feeling from his fingers awakened his memories of four years ago.It was the same with him back then, touching this person's face over and over again, and holding this person in his arms again and again.

Yue Chen carried Cheng Zhuojun on his back and walked through several deserted streets, but the man still showed no signs of waking up.When Yue Chen returned to his hotel room, he gently patted Cheng Zhuojun awake.

Cheng Zhuojun frowned, opened his eyes slowly, wondering where he was with some doubts.When he saw Yue Chen who was leaning forward in front of him, Cheng Zhuojun's eyes widened suddenly, and he stretched out his hand desperately to push him.

Looking at Cheng Zhuojun, whose eyes were full of horror, Yue Chen felt like something was tightening his heart.He comforted him for a long time before Cheng Zhuojun's mood stabilized.

Thinking about it now, Yue Chen didn't know what Cheng Zhuojun thought about him back then.

It has always been Yue Chen who unilaterally instilled his own ideas in Cheng Zhuojun: want to be with him, want to live with him, let him work in City G... These are all proposed by Yue Chen and Cheng Zhuojun.

And Cheng Zhuojun always silently accepted Yue Chen's request.It seems that he has no thoughts of his own, or just wants to follow Yue Chen's steps.

After being with Cheng Zhuojun again, Yue Chen always put Cheng Zhuojun's treatment first.

For more than a year, Yue Chen has been asking Cheng Zhuojun to cut off all contact with the Cheng family.Even if Min Xinhong went to Yue's house to make trouble, Yue Chen would not tell Min Xinhong a word.He would take Cheng Zhuojun to see a doctor every week.Finally, Cheng Zhuojun's condition finally improved, and a visit from Min Xinhong easily destroyed all Yue Chen's efforts.

It was past ten o'clock in the evening, and Cheng Zhuojun was still standing on the balcony looking at the building outside.

Yue Chen sat on the sofa in the living room with his head down, his hands clasped together.He felt a little tired, and Cheng Zhuojun's condition showed no sign of improvement.He always felt that Cheng Zhuojun's condition would relapse for five years, because Min Xinhong had been waiting by Cheng Zhuojun's side for a long time. Without Min Xinhong, Cheng Zhuojun would not have become what he is now.

Yue Chen sighed.This year, he always felt physically and mentally exhausted, and he was almost overwhelmed by work and family matters.

"Persist a little longer!" Yue Chen gritted his teeth. It can be said that this family is completely supported by him. If he falls down, Cheng Zhuojun will lose someone he can rely on.

In the next ten days, Yue Chen followed the doctor's instructions and did some self-treatment with Cheng Zhuojun.Yue Chen took a long vacation for Cheng Zhuojun, and every day he asked Cheng Zhuojun to write a diary, writing down what he did every day and what he wanted to do.Talked to him about the past of the two of them.

After Cheng Zhuojun got sick, he forgot a lot about the things between him and Yue Chen. He only remembered that he had dated with this person but broke up later. He didn't know the specific details.

As for Min Xinhong, it was the person who caused him the most pain, but he had to face the pain that woman caused him in those years.

Every day, Cheng Zhuojun is like an obedient child, doing things assigned by Yue Chen at home, and obediently waiting for Yue Chen to come home from get off work, cooking for him, and chatting with him.

But Cheng Zhuojun is not a real child.Recently, Yue Chen's biggest headache is about Cheng Zhuojun's work.It is difficult for people like Cheng Zhuojun to find a job.The job he is doing now was obtained by Yue Chen from a friend he met at work.

That night, that friend called Yue Chen and had a difficult talk with him about Cheng Zhuojun.

"Yue Chen, you also know that although our company is not short of people, it is also very busy. It is difficult for me to always ask for leave due to illness like Cheng Zhuojun. It is best to let him come back to work quickly, otherwise he may have to fired..."

After hanging up the phone, Yue Chen scratched his hair a little irritably.According to Cheng Zhuojun's current situation, it is unlikely that he can work normally.

But Yue Chen didn't want Cheng Zhuojun to lose this job.Yue Chen thought about the worst outcome, that is, Cheng Zhuojun's illness will not be completely cured for the rest of his life, but at least he can do this job like an ordinary person.

Yue Chen turned his head and looked at Cheng Zhuojun who was sitting at the dining table eating quietly, thinking that it was time for him to do something.

It was also a hot day, and the two of them entered the room early after taking a shower to turn on the air conditioner.As usual, Yue Chen would chat with Cheng Zhuojun for an hour before going to bed.But for some reason today, Cheng Zhuojun kept his mouth shut, not wanting to say a word.Yue Chen thought that maybe Cheng Zhuojun was too tired, so he hugged him, kissed his forehead, turned off the light and rested.

At around three o'clock in the morning, when Yue Chen was sleepy, he felt Cheng Zhuojun sitting up from the bed.

Yue Chen rubbed his eyes, and looked at Cheng Zhuojun strangely.

"What's wrong? Can't sleep?" Yue Chen pinched Cheng Zhuojun's face, feeling that Cheng Zhuojun didn't seem to be sleepy at all.

Cheng Zhuojun didn't answer him right away, but frowned and thought for a while before he said, "I think, let's go for a walk..."

Yue Chen satisfied Cheng Zhuojun's sudden thought, and in the middle of the night, the two of them walked around the large garden downstairs, and then walked around the small garden on the elevated floor.

When he reached the entrance of the unit building, Cheng Zhuojun stopped and looked at the swing near the fence.

Seeing him staring straight at the swing, Yue Chen understood Cheng Zhuojun's mind instantly.

"Want to play?"

Hearing Yue Chen's question, Cheng Zhuojun turned his head to look at him and walked straight towards the swing.Cheng Zhuojun remained motionless after sitting on it, as if waiting for Yue Chen to push it.

Yue Chen felt a little funny, but he still walked behind Cheng Zhuojun, pulled the swing to a high point, and then let go.

The swing was swinging and swinging, and there was a creaking sound.

After swinging off the ground, Cheng Zhuojun's heart felt numb as if a series of electric currents had passed through it.It's like the feeling of weightlessness after a plane takes off.

"Hmm..."

Cheng Zhuojun couldn't help but exclaimed, and tightly clenched the swing chain with both hands.Even though he knew he could stop the swing if he just pushed his feet down, he still felt a little nervous inside.

But it is more of joy. When he was a child, Cheng Guoqiang often took him to the playground to play. At that time, he was very quiet and didn't like to run. He liked to play on the swing very much.

After playing for a while, Yue Chen felt that it was almost done, so he stopped the swing and wrapped his arms around Cheng Zhuojun.

"Do you still want to play?" He straightened the bangs on Cheng Zhuojun's forehead that were blown by the breeze, and then scratched Cheng Zhuojun's cheek with his fingers in a teasing manner.

Cheng Zhuojun didn't respond to Yue Chen's words, but slowly raised his right hand and pointed to the residential buildings in the distance to show Yue Chen.

"At that time." Cheng Zhuojun thought for a while and continued, "The first time you brought me here, I saw it there."

Yue Chen looked up.The place Cheng Zhuojun pointed to was another community not far away. Every time he came home from get off work, it was already very late. Yue Chen occasionally glanced inadvertently, and would see that on those floors, every house was lit. .Maybe there are parents waiting for their children to come home, maybe there are wives waiting for their husbands to come home...

Cheng Zhuojun often wonders what it would be like in those houses with lights on.A home, a family can stage a life drama, and a house is a small world.Cheng Zhuojun would often stand on the balcony and stare at the lights of other people's homes in a daze. Sometimes he would wonder whether those families who did not turn on the lights at night went out to attend the banquet?

The random things in my mind are simple and beautiful, but Cheng Zhuojun never thinks about himself.He also has a home, why didn't he realize it?

"..."

The hands holding Cheng Zhuojun's shoulders tightened a little more, and Yue Chen stood behind Cheng Zhuojun without saying a word.

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