I'm in Delingha tonight

National Highway 315 passes through the U-shaped highway with unique scenery and is a plateau where signals and oxygen are as thin as daylight.

He kept squinting, probably noticed by Xi Shan, who took off his sunglasses and handed them to Chi Nian, while he took out a blindfold wrapped in a clean bag from his trouser pocket - Xi Shan was very considerate in these inhumane details, He cared about the people who were traveling with him, but he only lowered the co-pilot to sleep aggrievedly.

After driving a little further, when Chi Nian turned to look at him, Xi Shan opened his mouth slightly and was already sound asleep.

A small gust of wind rolled up the yellow sand and gravel, and Chi Nian raised the window on the co-pilot's side.The sunscreen cast a thin shadow over Xi Shan's body, and the shadow swayed along with the bumps in the road.

The central control time shows that it is already past 12 o'clock, which is later than Xi Shan expected.

I probably spent the night in Delingha today. Chi Nian had never been there but heard about it many times, and he felt a little indescribable longing.The small episode in the Dongtai service area delayed them a lot of time. I heard Xi Shan mention that Dongtai is less than 400 kilometers away, so the arrival is mostly dusk.

Driving for a long time is prone to fatigue, especially when the scenery on the road is the same and there are no other cars, Chi Nian is drowsy, and feels more and more guilty that he missed his appointment last night and failed to get up to change Xi Shan.

Chi Nian pinched the bridge of his nose, forcing himself to stay awake.

"If you're really sleepy, turn on some music." The co-pilot who should have fallen asleep suddenly said.

Chi Nian was terrified: "Why... aren't you sleeping!"

Xi Shan didn't even take off his blindfold, he leaned lazily towards the driver's seat, and said in a drawn out voice, "Well - I just woke up when the car jolted a little bit, my skills are not good enough, kid."

Chi Nian: "..."

Chi Nian: "You are really the Princess and the Pea."

Xi Shan smiled inexplicably, and poked his finger towards the position of the central control by feeling, but couldn't find it.He immediately gave up struggling, and said to Chi Nian: "Play music, will you? I don't know if you like it or not, but it's refreshing."

"Okay," Chi Nian looked at the wide-open cat's eye mask, and quickly turned it away, "It's okay to play music to disturb you."

"Don't drive the car into the ditch." Xi Shan warned him, but his tone was soft and he didn't take it seriously.

Chi Nian smiled and said, "Okay, okay."

He paused for a moment and drove in silence for a while, then went to look again, Xi Shan fell asleep again...probably.

The goggles are so present.

It's still a black cat with golden pupils, staring at people, and there is a wonderful sense of harmony with Xi Shan's sharp and thin lips.It was beyond Chi Nian's imagination that he used such a cute eye mask, and the fit was quite high.

Could it be the girlfriend's choice...

Don't think about it, Chi Nian cast aside in his heart, don't make yourself unhappy.

He looked at the wind and clouds, at the dry river and the bright yellow signs of the road, and he was too focused for a while, so he really didn't care.

Chi Nian didn't turn on the music, but Xi Shan woke up again to play the song.He seems to have clicked on the cycle of singles by mistake, and an episode of "Chongqing Forest" was played repeatedly.

The brisk rhythm with a bit of nostalgia and the Gobi Desert in Qinghai complement each other perfectly. Chi Nian listened to it three times, and the music returned to silence as if it stopped.Xi Shan was already sound asleep, Chi Nian didn't press the button to play again, the melody still reverberated in his mind, as if this is not a plateau, but California without dreams.

The sea turned into a vast sea, the sunset turned into the scorching sun in the afternoon, and the off-road vehicle ran to an unknown destination.

Gradually, meadows appeared in the deserted Gobi Desert, which became denser and denser, indicating that the water source was approaching.When a lake appeared diagonally ahead, Chi Nian subconsciously remembered——

Xiao Chai Dan.

It's very close to the Emerald Lake, and if it's just him passing by, it's fine, but with Xi Shan, he hopes that the time can be extended temporarily, so that they can see more of the other scenery.

It's a pity that Xi Shan has probably been there, he seems to be very familiar with this area.

Chi Nian sighed secretly, separated by a gully and the reverse lane, he saw the snow-capped mountains stretching at the end of Xiaochaidan Lake, hidden in white clouds, like looking at flowers in fog, leaving only a vague outline.

At the beginning of August, the temperature is almost the highest throughout the year. Under the sunshine, the snow-capped mountains do not change when viewed from a distance. Will winter have a different flavor?Just as Chi Nian was thinking, an electronic sound from the co-pilot sounded sharply without warning.

Xi Shan was awakened suddenly, pulled off the blindfold, and took out the mobile phone from his pocket reflexively.

I don't know when the signal started.

The note on the screen was flickering, and Chi Nian glanced at it out of the corner of his eye. His eyesight was 4.9 on both sides, without astigmatism, and the advantage was revealed at this moment——Yang Cai, it seems to be a woman's name.

The default bell rang twice, the other party hung up, and at the same time Xi Shan heaved a sigh of relief.But before he put the phone back into his pocket, Chi Nian found an entry point to ask, the electronic sound started again persistently, it was still the same name, he observed Xi Shan's expression, the light in his eyes dimmed a little, My whole body tensed up.

He leaned over, as if he was hiding in the pool, and after pressing the connection, he pressed his ears and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?"

Switching the dialect made Chi Nian stunned for a moment. He felt that Xi Shan didn't want him to know, so he simply turned on the car music—this time he changed to a folk song.

The singer's rustling voice immediately filled the carriage.

"I desperately wanted to breathe, but I was unexpectedly fascinated.

"Now I'm about to bid farewell to this place, but I want to go back again."

……

Chi Nian stared intently at the road ahead, besides the music, he could also hear Xi Shan muttering.

With a southwestern dialect accent, he spoke too fast, and Chi Nian couldn't understand what Xi Shan was anxious about with only a few words. He only felt that Xi Shan was getting more and more impatient, and his pitch was getting higher and higher.

"...What's the use of you looking for me?!" He frowned, with sparks jumping out of his eyes, "Cry, don't cry! You're so annoying."

Chi Nian couldn't tell the difference between Chongqing and Sichuan dialects, but he probably recognized Xi Shan's hometown.Xi Shan's words in his ears seemed to be breathing fire. If it wasn't for the seat belt and being in the car, he was really worried that if the person on the other end of the phone appeared, Xi Shan would directly start a fight with the other party in the next second.

"Whatever, fuck, if you really want to get money from me, let him call himself, and I won't hang up on him. Stop moral kidnapping, I have a fart obligation now!"

Chi Nian felt vaguely uncomfortable.

Due to the good upbringing I received since I was a child, I and my friends around me are not allowed to yell at a woman.If there is a reason, maybe Chi Nian can be a different matter, he is always soft-hearted towards people he has a crush on.

But does Xi Shan have a reason?who's that person?

At this time, Xi Shan was extremely irritable, the folds between his brows were as deep as the valley and river, his black hair covered his eyes in fine pieces, and the sunlight touched his sharp side face, but it still couldn't illuminate his gloom.

Unlike Xi Shan who pulled him out of the mud, Chi Nian had a sore throat.

"Okay, don't cry, that's it, I don't have any money for you." Xi Shan was about to hang up the phone, but after taking it away, he couldn't bear to press it back to his ear, "Fuck, you fucking remember this time for his sake Come on, it’s only [-], is there more!”

Then the weeping leaked from the phone was snuffed out along with his impatience.

The music just ended.

Xi Shan lowered his head, the corners of his mouth tensed.

Chi Nian asked gently: "...what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Xi Shan said back to Mandarin, as if the bit of hostility had disappeared to only a tail, and he couldn't feel his tone without carefully chewing.

Chi Nian complained softly to him: "It scared me, you just spoke so fiercely."

"Huh? Maybe, others have said that too." Xi Shan didn't care about his comments, and put on the blindfold again.

Chi Nian thought that he would not explain, and was about to concentrate on driving. After a while of silence, he suddenly heard Xi Shan's tired voice: "I...a person I know has something wrong, so I came to borrow money. But I don't want to lend it to him. The relationship between them is troublesome, and it is annoying to receive such calls when you just go out of a place where there is no signal."

Chi Nian understood: "No one's money comes from the wind."

Xi Shan smiled lowly, then restrained himself and said, "I don't want to give it to him when the wind blows."

"But fifty thousand is not a small sum."

"Yes, thinking about it... people can't forget their roots." Xi Shan's thin lips were almost drawn into a line, "Anyway, I won't give them a penny after this matter is resolved."

Xi Shan said, "they".That woman's crying sounded quite young, she couldn't be an elder, could it be... an ex-girlfriend?Or a female classmate with a story?

So Chi Nian naturally constructed a bloody and entangled love-hate in his heart-the script can be written like this, his ex-girlfriend cheated on him and betrayed him at the same time with his best friend, so he came to the northwest to seek relief, just like himself.It's just that Xi Shan is not so depressed, so they can still meet each other.

If lovelorn and cheating caused Xi Shan to choose this journey, then it was reasonable, and Chi Nian didn't want to ask more questions because he felt the same way.

He said "Okay", determined that Xi Shan didn't want to be comforted, so he stopped here.

"How far is it to Delingha?" Xi Shan covered his lips with his hand, as if holding a cloud.

Chi Nian glanced at the navigation: "More than two hours, we can arrive before five o'clock in the afternoon."

"It just so happens that we can have roast lamb tonight, so I'll make a call." Xi Shan turned his head, "It's just the two of us, okay?"

Chi Nian smiled: "I'll go as soon as you treat me, after all, I only have more than 1 cards."

Xi Shan gave the condition coolly: "No problem, just call me 'Brother', and I'll invite you."

"Don't try to take advantage of me."

"Stop eating?"

Chi Nian quickly changed his words: "Brother Xi, cover me."

Xi Shan laughed heartily, and the previous depression was swept away.He didn't sleep anymore, took off the blindfold and put it away, stretched out his hand, and squeezed Chi Nian's stiff shoulders after driving for too long.

"You're so good. If you want to call me brother, you can call me brother. I must treat you to a few good meals."

Chi Nian immediately pouted his nose and put his face on his face: "Really? Then I'll write it down in my notebook. If I can't eat enough, I won't let go."

Xi Shan nodded and said yes, with your small body, you can still eat me down.

Chi Nian sneered, don't be too confident, Brother Xi.

The next song was sung briskly again, "Take me quickly, take me back to the land that is going to evaporate, maybe we still have time before this, in time to go back to catch the last movie of the weekend..."

Outside the window, there is a section of national road with no place name, and the rivers on both sides are dry. After tens of hundreds of years, the carmine red riverbed is exposed, which is the most beautiful color in the loess.

Their cars ran across the national road and passed through the sun, like flying on clouds.

"Is there a cinema in Delingha?" Chi Nian asked abruptly in a low voice.

"Yes." Xi Shan replied.

The road shook slightly, and he naturally put Chi Nian's right shoulder on his shoulder, and unconsciously pinched his fingertips on the side of his neck that was a little stiff.