Xingchuan

There was no elevator in the old community, so Li Xingchuan carried him upstairs without saying a word.

Take the key to open the door, sandalwood remains in the dark living room, Ling Suhui's room is quiet, maybe she is asleep or she is reciting Buddhist scriptures.

He supported Ling Yi on his back with one hand, and held his mobile phone for lighting in the other. After entering the bedroom, he threw her directly on the bed.Then I took a shower, changed clothes, turned off the lights, everything was as usual, nothing unusual.

He didn't look offended.

Lying on the bed, Ling Yi who was sleeping like a small stove was sleeping next to him, panting lightly with his mouth open, filling such a small bed with a faint smell of alcohol, "Li Xingchuan, Li Xingchuan, Li Xingchuan."

Dare to call her full name when she is drunk, and her words are correct.

Li Xingchuan felt the smell was bad, turned over and faced the window.

Not long after, a fluffy head approached behind him.Ling Yi lay on his back, her chin resting on his shoulder, and she was several years younger in vain when she spoke, "Why are you ignoring me? You can ignore me, you can ignore me."

While talking, he hugged him from behind with both hands, first tried to turn him over, but when he couldn't turn over, he rolled hard on him, and almost fell off the bed.

Li Xingchuan quickly grabbed him from behind, only to hear him cry out in surprise, then rolled back, hugged Li Xingchuan's waist tightly, and said in fear, "I fell to death."

This time it was considered successful, at the cost of almost falling to his death.

Li Xingchuan ignored him, so he brought his lips close to his protruding Adam's apple, and found the most comfortable position for his forehead between his chin and neck, "I fell to death Xingchuan, you are my savior. My savior Xingchuan, benefactor Xingchuan."

I never knew that this person would talk so much when he drank too much.

Every time he called his name, Li Xingchuan's throat tightened.He tried to fend him off, but he persevered in slipping his hand through the hem of his pajamas, covering his tight psoas muscles with sweat, rubbing his warm fingertips little by little.

Such a slow and gentle movement is like touching but not like touching, inch by inch, like licking with the tip of the tongue.

"Xingchuan, you have eight-pack abs." He smiled innocently.

Li Xingchuan forcibly pulled his hand out and wrapped him tightly with the quilt.But he crawled out of the quilt with hands and feet, his body slipping like a loach.

Li Xingchuan really planned to suffocate him, so he covered his head with the quilt.As if because the cotton quilt was heavier than other quilts, Ling Yi struggled to breathe inside, and called Xing Chuan's name while panting, her voice was muffled and wet.After about a dozen yells, suddenly a hand reached inside and dragged him out, and pressed his shoulders against the pillow.

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Xingchuan probably felt itchy, so he let go of his hand.Ling Yi jumped on him suddenly, pressing her lips against his.

Well, I haven't kissed for so long, so what's going on.

"Xingchuan..."

Li Xingchuan turned his head away, but Ling Yi stubbornly held it down with both hands. After being drunk, his strength was astonishing, and Li Xingchuan's mouth was bleeding from a bite.

"Hiss!" Li Xingchuan pressed his forehead and pushed him away suddenly, only to hear a bang, the back of Ling Yi's head hit the wall hard, and immediately curled up in a corner with his head covered in pain, "It hurts..."

"What's the matter, let me see." Li Xingchuan was also afraid when he heard the impact, and immediately hugged him, "Look down and let me see, where does it hurt?"

Ling Yi lay in his arms like a child, with tears in her eyes, and pointed to the side of her head with her right hand, "Here."

Li Xingchuan lowered his head and approached him, carefully brushing his hair away.He looked at Xingchuan with right eyes, tilted his head and kissed him gently.

No one pushed anyone away.

This is a real kiss.

Li Xingchuan was sitting on the bed, Ling Yi was lying on his lap, the lips of the two of them pressed tightly together, and every breath carried a fishy-sweet and pungent smell.Ling Yi was panting like a gossamer, her slender neck slightly straightened, and she reached for Xingchuan with her chin.Li Xingchuan frowned at first, but then he sank into it little by little, holding his head with his hand, kissing him more and more deeply.

The dark night magnifies the hidden feelings and youthful impulses infinitely, and mixes them in the heart that is about to explode.If making a wish is allowed at night, the whole room will be filled with Ling Yi's voice.

"Xingchuan, Xingchuan..." He gasped and hummed softly, "Am I dreaming?"

His big clear eyes stared blankly at Li Xingchuan from bottom to top, his body trembling slightly.

Li Xingchuan paused, covered his eyes with his right hand, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

As if standing on the edge of a cliff, I don't know how deep it is or how dangerous it is.Ling Yi groped with both hands in the complete darkness, and slowly groped to Li Xingchuan's waist, holding him firmly like a safety rope, "I don't want you to wake up."

That night my heart was beating until I was tired, but the good dream would eventually wake up.

The next day, Ling Yi's memory was blurred, and Li Xingchuan refused to say anything. After breakfast, he packed his things and prepared to go back to school.

Not long after, Ling Suhui came over and seemed to have something to say, "Xingchuan, come out for a while."

Li Xingchuan put down his things and followed her to the next door.

"Is your father still living in the yard before?" She raised her right hand and curled the hair behind her ears.

"My dad?"

"Oh, I mean... your stepfather, Wu Shiqian."

"I moved once the year before last, and now we live behind the city hall."

"Look at how confused I am," Ling Suhui narrowed her eyes, "He has been promoted a long time ago, I still think it was before."

After she finished speaking, she didn't leave, she slowly stroked a clean rag in her hand, her gestures and demeanor were exactly the same as Ling Yi's, "I haven't seen Shi Qian for a long time, is he in good health? Has his liver disease recovered?"

The phrase "a long time" pretending to be calm and breezy represents more than ten years and thousands of days and nights.

Li Xingchuan said, "He's recovering well."

She nodded, was bored for a while, and took two prepared fresh-keeping boxes from the table next to her: "This is the chestnut cake I made. Is it convenient for you to bring it to Shiqian for me? He used to love it very much." of."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Ling Yi rushed in from the outside and knocked the box over, "Mom, are you still stupid? What are you going to feed that kind of person!"

Ling Suhui didn't expect her son to eavesdrop outside, she immediately blushed, knelt down to pick up things and dared not raise her head.

"Ling Yi, what are you doing?" Li Xingchuan frowned.

"You heard it too, what did she say?" Ling Yi was furious, "Whether that person is good or not has nothing to do with us, I wish he would die soon."

"Ling Yi!"

Naturally, if the pastry is dropped, I can't ask for it.Ling Suhui hugged the box, her eyes were red, her expression was both ashamed and sad.Li Xingchuan asked Ling Yi to go out first, and talked to her alone. In the end, the three of them returned to Linjiang together and asked her to meet Wu Shiqian.

Ling Yi's face was still ashen when she got on the bus.

"Why did you ask my mother to meet that person?"

"That's her life, not yours." Li Xingchuan countered lightly, "You have no right to make decisions for her."

No matter how many years have passed, that love has not died in Ling Suhui's heart.She wanted to love but didn't dare to love, wanted to hate but couldn't. She was a vegetarian and chanted Buddha and devoted herself to self-cultivation. In the final analysis, it was a kind of stupid escape.

Tired from the long journey, Ling Yi's head rested on Li Xingchuan's shoulder soon after, and Li Xingchuan didn't push it away.

When they arrived in Linjiang, Ling Yi went back to school alone in order to appear indifferent, and Li Xingchuan brought Ling Suhui back home.

Coincidentally, Li Wei is not here.

Unable to find suitable slippers, he took out his mother's. Ling Suhui hesitated to wear them, and she dared not step on the floor casually, standing outside the door helplessly.At this moment, Wu Shiqian walked from the bathroom to the living room, and saw Li Xingchuan for the first time, "Xingchuan is back? Your mother is going to hold a seminar."

The second time I saw the person outside the door.

The four eyes met for a moment.Although many years had passed, Ling Suhui still recognized him at a glance.With a stiff body, she stroked her hair on both sides, and then pulled off the shrunk sweater.

Wu Shiqian didn't wear glasses, "You are..."

Ling Suhui tightened her trousers with ten fingers, "Shi—"

"Are you here to collect waste books? Why are you here so early, come in, the magazines are in my room."

The last half of her word was broken in her throat, she raised her head in horror, and looked at him as if she lost her soul.Wu Shiqian felt that this person was strange, and he was not very clear from a distance, and he was not interested in taking another look. He wiped his trouser legs with two freshly washed hands, turned and went back to the house.

Ling Suhui just stood there, trembling all over.

An hour later, she took the bus and left.Before she left, she went to Ling Yi's school, and it was Li Xingchuan who took her there.

There is no reason for a mother not to care about her children, but not all children have a conscience.Ling Yi hid in the dormitory and didn't see her, so she couldn't come out no matter how she called.She also didn't want to delay Li Xingchuan's time, and finally knocked lightly on the dormitory door, "Ling Yi, mom is gone. I'll hang the perfumed pears I bought for you on the door, remember to take them in."

After speaking, he slowly turned and went downstairs.

Five minutes later, the dormitory door opened outwards.Ling Yi came out to carry the fruit in, and found Li Xingchuan leaning against the wall of the corridor, looking at him expressionlessly.

He tightened his grip on the bag, turned around and went back to the dormitory without saying a word.The other three people in the dormitory were silent for a long time, wearing headphones and pretending to watch the video.

"Do you eat pears?" He opened the bag and walked in front of everyone, "My mother bought it."

Everyone took one, and when they got to the third person, they suddenly heard a cry, "Ling Yi, there seems to be money in the bag."

Ling Yi lowered her head, and saw a few folded banknotes pressed under the perfumed pear the size of a fist, and the outside was carefully wrapped in two layers of plastic wrap.I took it out and saw that there were three of one hundred and two of fifty.

He numbly put the money into his pocket, slowly turned and sat back on the bed, but a minute later he suddenly got up and hurried out of the dormitory.

Li Xingchuan hadn't left yet.

"Where's Xingchuan my mother?!"

"gone."

Holding the phone, Ling Yi turned around and rushed downstairs with a pair of plastic slippers on her feet, almost falling down several times.As soon as he ran out of the school gate, the engine roared behind him.

"boarding."

Li Xingchuan was riding on the bike, with an extra helmet hanging on the left handlebar.Ling Yi stepped up without thinking, put on the helmet and hugged his waist tightly.

Like a motorcycle arrow, it tore through the cold wind and rushed out, leaving behind the sycamore trees, fruit stands, chimneys with white mist, and those right and wrong winners and losers.Ling Yi just wanted to catch up with her mother and say sorry that should have been said long ago.

It's a pity that no matter how fast the motorcycle is, it can't match the bus that leaves on time.In the following days, he often thought that if he had been willing to say a few words to his mother at that time, if he had been willing to open up even a little bit of knots in his heart, his mother would not have gone to the house he rented alone in order to see him.

The past is like a dream, a good dream followed by a nightmare.

Opening his eyes again, Ling Yi found that he was sleeping next to Li Xingchuan and Xiaoshu, feeling as if he had passed away.

The conversation between the two had come to an abrupt end the night before.

After he said that, Ling Yi thought that Xingchuan would be angry, and was ready for the tension between the two of them again.But to his surprise, Li Xingchuan didn't lose his temper.

Xingchuan just said: "Ling Yi, I am also the only son."

This sentence is like a drop of ink falling into the water. Although it has no edges and corners, it has a heavy weight, and all kinds of hidden meanings that follow are blurred in the water, soaking into Ling Yi's limbs and bones.Ling Yi felt that Xingchuan must have something to say.But he didn't say that no one can force him, maybe some secrets will rot in his stomach forever, even if they are no longer secrets.

For example, Xingchuan went to the airport five years ago, but he didn't wait for Ling Yi.

After waking up, Ling Yi made a simple breakfast for their father and son, a simple sandwich with eggs and ham sandwiched between slices of bread.

"There's no more lettuce, so I added two slices of tomato."

Xiaoshu still wears a goose-yellow bib when eating, which looks very cute.He said thank you to Ling Yi every time he took a bite, and he had to hear Ling Yi say "You're welcome" before he would take another bite.

Ling Yi smiled, turned around and saw that Li Xingchuan was eating leisurely, and asked, "Xingchuan, don't you have to go to work today?"

It's nine o'clock on the wall clock.

"Go." Li Xingchuan still cherishes words like gold.

He folded the tissue in his hand and handed it over, "Go to work first, I'll wait for Sister Tian to come before I leave, anyway, our company doesn't need to clock in."

"Send him to his grandma today."

"Oh," Ling Yi nodded, "Then I'll be leaving in a while, and I'll come see you another day."

Say it so that you can keep your mouth alive, so that it won't appear abrupt next time.

Li Xingchuan held a corner of the sandwich, looked down at some introductions about the kindergarten, "I'll see you off."

Ling Yi raised her eyes in astonishment.

"After sending him off, he will send you off by the way."

"Your hand is injured, is it convenient to drive? Or take a taxi."

While speaking, Ling Yi carefully collected the bread crumbs he dropped on the table with his fingers.

Li Xingchuan still seemed irrelevant, "It doesn't matter."

It's just that the left hand is not very convenient.

Ling Yi hummed: "Then I will trouble you."

The little tree looked at this and that, chewing happily.

A quarter of an hour later, the three of them went out together.

Because there were people on the left and right, Xiaoshu played on the swing all the way, and after getting into the car, he shouted: "I'm dizzy."

The rear row is equipped with child seats, so it is logical for Ling Yi to sit in the co-driver.He turned back to look at Xiaoshu and smiled: "Your language skills are really amazing." Then he turned his head to look at Xingchuan, "Do you want to follow his mother?"

The implication is naturally that his father is relatively silent.

Li Xingchuan's left arm was not very flexible due to the injury, so he drove very slowly.Ling Yi was so close, he seemed to feel a little distracted, and his brows frowned slightly, "Don't block the rearview mirror."

Ling Yi had no choice but to back away slowly, turned out the cell phone in her pocket, and lowered her head to slide it casually.

After a while, I heard Li Xingchuan say: "His mother is very lively."

This was probably the first time he took the initiative to talk about this woman who obviously didn't exist but was everywhere.Ling Yi folded the phone upside down on her lap, pressing her hands together, "How old are you? I guess very young."

Younger ones are more or less lively.

"Xiaoshu just turned 23 when he was born."

Ling Yi was a little frightened, and asked in a daze: "Have you reached the legal age for marriage?"

Somehow there is an illusion that the legal age is 24.

Li Xingchuan glanced at him with a look of "you are unreasonable", "What do you think?"

He narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I remember wrongly. Did you meet in the army?"

"I met you while on patrol."

"Is she also a soldier?"

"she is not."

Who else but soldiers?Ling Yi couldn't figure it out.He thought for a while and asked again: "Did his mother pick up the name Xiaoshu? It sounds nice and special."

As Li Xingchuan drove the car, his expression changed slightly, like nostalgia, but also like guilt, I couldn't tell.

"She hopes that the child will grow taller like a sapling, and become a useful pillar for society in the future."

Ling Yi smiled: "At present, it seems that Xiaoshu will not be short, let alone you are so tall."

Li Xingchuan also hooked his lips: "I'm afraid he won't follow me."

The two hadn't chatted so freely for a long time.Strange to say, she was obviously the woman who married Xingchuan and had children, but when Ling Yi heard this, not only was she not jealous, but rather calm.It seems that he has a very clear understanding in his subconscious: Xingchuan and her are in the past tense, and whether she lives or dies, she will never return to Xingchuan.

This feeling should be given to him by Xingchuan, every bit of the reunion conveyed a message to Ling Yi: Xingchuan has no one else in his heart.

As for whether there is Ling Yi, that is another matter.

When approaching the place where Li Wei lived, Xiaoshu looked at the Christmas tree in front of the store through the window, and suddenly remembered what he most valued: "Dad, go to the amusement park for Christmas!"

This is the big day of the year, as important as a birthday cake.

Ling Yi sat silently, of course she didn't expect anything.

After waiting for a red light, he heard Li Xingchuan ask him, "What are your plans for Christmas?"

He clenched his phone tightly: "There are no arrangements for now."

"If it doesn't rain that day, I plan to take Li Zhuo to the amusement park, do you want to come with me?" Li Xingchuan stared straight at the road ahead, as if he was driving very attentively, "I don't have handy hands, so there are multiple people and multiple helpers. "

That's right, taking a child out is a physical effort, especially in a crowded place like an amusement park, a child who doesn't pay attention may run away without a trace.

A Chinese knot on the roof dangled gently between the two of them, and the tassels were disturbing.

Ling Yi's heart also trembled violently, but she wanted to pretend to be calm on the surface: "I'll go back to the company and ask, if I don't need to work overtime, it's fine."

"Okay." Li Xingchuan said, "I'll buy the ticket, and I'll pick you up at eight o'clock in the morning."

As if it had been decided that he would definitely go.Ling Yi didn't know if she should say anything more, she nodded and went to check the weather forecast quietly, seeing that there was a high probability that it would be sunny on Christmas Day, she was relieved.

A few days later, he went downstairs 10 minutes earlier and waited at the entrance of the alley with his backpack on his back, looking a bit like a student from a distance.

Li Xingchuan was very punctual, and arrived by car at eight o'clock, with Xiaoshu sleeping soundly behind.

He finally didn't wear a suit today, the short black down jacket looked very energetic, his hairstyle seemed to have been trimmed, and his ears were completely exposed.Ling Yi's gaze stayed on his face for a moment, and she smiled slightly: "It's neat to be so neat, but aren't your ears cold? Be careful of frostbite like before."

In the past, Li Xingchuan suffered from frostbite in his ears, mainly because he always ran outside after washing his hair without drying it.Ling Yi herself wears earmuffs, which are in her bag, and can be used by anyone.

"I shaved it shorter when I was in the army, and I have already practiced it."

Hearing what he said, Ling Yi's pair of earmuffs was not good enough to donate, so she could only secretly decide not to wear them herself.

It was nearly nine o'clock when we arrived at the security checkpoint, and there was a long queue full of parents and children.

When they were in the queue, the security check machine rang loudly. When she opened her bag, Ling Yi found that she had brought three big bottles of water and a bunch of snacks.More than that, there are even homemade vegetable rice balls neatly and carefully packed in a glass crisper.

All of these are not allowed to be brought in.

The security guards told him to throw it away, and he felt ashamed as well as pity.Before deciding what to do, Li Xingchuan retreated to him, moved all the important things in his bag into his own bag, leaving only food and drink, and then stepped on the concrete pile nimbly and lowered it nearly three meters away. High security ceiling.

"..." Everyone present was dumbfounded.

It's cold, and the food won't go bad if it's left outside for a day.

After entering, Ling Yi apologized to Li Xingchuan in a low voice, "I didn't know you couldn't bring these."

Li Xingchuan asked, "Haven't you been here?"

Ling Yi hummed.

"Then you will bring him next year, I am enough."

Li Xingchuan handed Xiaoshu's hand into his, and he pulled it over and pursed his lips with a smile, not thinking about what happened just now.

The Christmas amusement park is decorated with a festive atmosphere, with colorful lights, garlands and bells hanging in strings, Christmas trees taller than real trees are planted everywhere, and all the princesses and princes are also changed. Wearing a red and green festive suit, Christmas music is everywhere you go.Such a lively environment and cheerful atmosphere, just looking at it, makes me feel warm in my heart.

It is rare for Ling Yi to be so happy, and she doesn't have to worry about work, so her spirit is very relaxed.It takes a long queue to take photos with the dolls, but he doesn't feel tired at all. When he holds Xiaoshu's hand, his heart is full of joy.Sometimes he felt regretful that he couldn't continue to talk to Xingchuan so closely when they were in line.

Although Xiaoshu is a boy, he is surprisingly fond of the ornaments worn on his head. When he passes by three similar shops, he clamors to go in and look at them. In the end, he buys four hair bands, two of which he wears and one of which he wears on his head. On his own head, one on Ling Yi's head.

After playing in the afternoon, they were also a little tired from walking, so they planned to line up for the performance.Originally, it was only a few steps away from the entrance, but Xiaoshu suddenly said that he wanted to drink Coke, Li Xingchuan asked Ling Yi to hold him for a while, and then went to a stall 200 meters away to buy it.Before leaving, he reached out to support the antlers on Ling Yi's head, "Be careful not to drop it."

Ling Yi lowered her eyes and murmured, "Hurry up and come back."

That's it.

Originally, he wanted to take Xiaoshu to line up first, but he was afraid that he would not be able to find them or squeeze in when Xingchuan came back later, so he led Xiaoshu to sit on a wooden bench not far from the entrance, and put more stickers on Xiaoshu's body. I got a warm baby.

He was bending over to straighten the child's coat when someone called his name behind him.

He turned his head and saw a man wearing a gray knitted hat squinting at him from behind a tree stump, but he didn't recognize him for a moment.

The man couldn't help taking two steps closer: "You don't know me?" He took off his hat, revealing a completely smooth head, "I am Cao Liang."

Ling Yi took a closer look and stood up immediately.

It was none other than Cao Liang, his fellow prisoner for three years.This was the first time he ran into an "old acquaintance" inside since he was released from prison, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

"Why are you here?"

"The door to this place is open, can you come and can't I come?"

Li Xingchuan had been gone for at least seven or eight minutes, and he might come back anytime.The relationship between the two of them finally eased up a bit, and Ling Yi certainly didn't want to let him know about her imprisonment now.

He got up and walked in front of Cao Liang, but kept a subtle distance, with an unnatural expression on his face, "Are you here to play too?"

Cao Liang looked at him for a while, sneered lowly, and put his hand on his shoulder, "We meet old friends, why don't you treat me to something to drink?"

Ling Yi broke away from him slightly, "It's not convenient for me to be with my friends, let's meet again some other day."

"Exactly, I'm with my friends too." He pointed his thumb behind him, pointing at a bunch of men who were queuing up.

This group of people is disheveled, not dressed decently, and there are only men and no women, it is very eye-catching from a distance.

When Ling Yi saw it, her heartbeat accelerated even more.He knew that someone must have just been released from prison. This group of people came out to help their friends "get rid of bad luck". There is such a tradition in prisons.

"Then I won't delay you, you go—"

Before he finished speaking, he was grabbed by the shoulder again. Cao Liang lowered his head and approached him, and said in a low voice, "Ling Yi, you seem to be doing well now, when do you plan to return my favor?"

Cao Liang used to be a student of acting, but because he beat his girlfriend and made her deaf, his whole life was ruined like this.He saved Ling Yi once in prison.That time Ling Yi's right hand was almost crushed, it was he who imitated the prison guard's words to help Ling Yi escape.

"I don't have any money, how much do you want?" Ling Yi's face was pale.

Cao Liang said with a smile: "Let me think about it, tell me your mobile phone number, I will call you out some other day, so you don't push too hard."

As he said that, he snatched Ling Yi's cell phone, dialed his own number, and squeezed Ling Yi's shoulder threateningly before leaving.

As soon as he left, Ling Yi was flustered holding the phone, and stood there for a minute or two without moving.Many thoughts flashed through quickly, how to raise money, how much to raise, how to deal with the other party's greed, one after another, I have no clue.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly came back to his senses, turned around and saw that the little tree on the bench had long since disappeared.

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