Xingchuan

Ling Yi felt that she really fell in love with a prodigal son.

Since they met in the middle of the night that night, Li Xingchuan has been missing for several days.In fact, it is not accurate to say that he disappeared, because compared with before, this time he has an explanation.He said that he was going to meet his comrades in other places, and he would be back within three days at most.

In this way, you can go wherever you want, not a prodigal son.

During the few days when he was away, Ling Yi was busy with other things, and she was not entirely thinking about him.There are two main things. One is to reorganize his resume into an electronic file, so that it will be easier to find a job after he recovers, and the other is to pack his not too much belongings and move to Li Xingchuan's house after he comes back.Regarding the latter point, Ling Yi was still a little hesitant in his heart, fearing that it would be unsightly if he had another conflict with Li Wei, but seeing Li Xingchuan's sincerity that night, he finally made up his mind.Let's talk about the future, no matter how difficult it is, it can't match one ten-thousandth of the past, so it's better to grasp the time now.

Three days later, Li Xingchuan returned to Linjiang.

At that time, Ling Yi was packing pots and pans at home, newspapers and foam paper were torn everywhere in front of him, and his roommate was also squatting beside him to help him pull the tape, and there was a lot of noise.When the phone vibrated for the second time, my roommate noticed first, and touched Ling Yi with her elbow, "Hey, did you hear the phone ringing?"

Seeing that it was Xingchuan calling, Ling Yi hurriedly took the phone and walked away.

The curtains in the bedroom were not drawn, and the sun had not yet set, so there was a bright and clear light in the room.There were several packed cardboard boxes on the floor, the mouths were tightly sealed, and because they hadn't had time to stack them, they were scattered on the floor in a haphazard manner.He walked carefully between them, side to side.As soon as I went to the window and connected the phone, before I could speak, I laughed silently, and I couldn't explain why.

"Have you finished meeting your comrades?"

The white screen gently caressed his neck.With his back against the window, he stroked the tassels on the curtains with his right hand.

Li Xingchuan hummed, slightly relaxed in his fatigue, "What are you doing?"

"What else to do, pack your things."

After a moment of silence, there was the sound of a lighter being lifted.

Ling Yi's heart beat violently.

Hearing the voice, Li Xingchuan took a puff of cigarette and exhaled mist, which seemed so clear that it was right in front of his eyes, "It's all packed?"

Ling Yi wrapped the tassels around her wrists, and replied gently: "How can it be so fast, at least it will take a whole day to collect, there are too many things."

Li Xingchuan laughed: "How can there be so many things in a nest of less than [-] square meters?"

"Hello." Ling Yi lowered her eyebrows in dissatisfaction.

Suddenly there was a dog barking on the phone, and the owner chased it all the way and called its name.The voice came from near to far, and Ling Yi felt it was very friendly, and couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, and then he heard Li Xingchuan say: "I'm just joking. As long as you are willing to come over, other things are up to you. You can bring as many things as you want." How many things."

His unique deep voice is mixed with this background sound, making it more and more life-like.Ling Yi's ears were hot, and his heart was pounding. He always felt that he missed him so much, and it would be over if he didn't see him again.Ling Yi lowered his head and used his fingertips to poke the tassels in his hand, one by one, and asked a little depressed: "Why haven't you come back yet? Seeing comrades-in-arms, don't you miss leaving?"

As soon as the words came out, Li Xingchuan suddenly smiled again.

"Why are you always laughing?"

"It's nothing." Xingchuan said, "I think you are cute."

Ling Yi didn't know what was cute about herself, nor what cute words she said just now, so she just calmed down.It seems that whenever you say something, the longing in your heart will leak out of the words.

Suddenly, I heard my roommate yelling outside: "Ling Yi! Why haven't you finished calling?!"

He quickly replied "Come here", and then whispered to the phone: "I was so busy calling you that I forgot about my roommate, who is still outside helping me glue boxes."

"Why don't you wait for me to go back and get it?"

"What's more, when it's time to work, people run away. It's not unfair to say you're lazy. Let's not talk anymore. I have to go out and clean up together. The kitchen is in such a mess that we can't even make dinner."

"Wait." Li Xingchuan called him to stop.

"Ok?"

"What would you like to eat tonight?"

Ling Yi replied that he didn't know, and only after he finished the answer did he feel something was wrong, his heart started beating on the spot, "Are you back?"

"Ah."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" He immediately turned to look downstairs, and seeing that there was no one there, he felt disappointed.

Li Xingchuan laughed again.

This kind of laughter always made Ling Yi suspect that there was some element of teasing, so he preemptively said: "Why do you wait until I ask you about everything, did scientists invent mobile phones so you can tell the time?"

He turned sideways, his face looked soft in the light of five o'clock in the afternoon, and he was not angry at all.

"Yeah." Li Xingchuan was very sincere, "I was wrong."

"Forget it, I'm used to it."

"I invite you to dinner."

"What is this, an apology?"

"It can be anything." Li Xingchuan whispered, "I just want to see you."

After hanging up the phone, the sunset slowly appeared.

After Ling Yi finished the work at hand as quickly as possible, she generously ordered a pizza for her roommate at his request, then took a shower, changed clothes and left the house.

The agreed time was 06:30, and we were already 10 minutes late when we arrived at the restaurant.Take the elevator to the top floor, and a waiter is waiting outside the elevator door, and greets him and asks if he has an appointment.When Li Xingchuan's name was announced, the other party led him to the scenic spot by the window.

From a distance, he saw that there was already one person sitting at the table for two, but he didn't look like Xingchuan from the back.

He paused when he came to the front, and was about to ask the waiter if he made a mistake, but the person at the table had already heard his footsteps.The other party put down the menu in his hand, got up and turned around, and the chair made a slight sound.

Their eyes met, he looked at Ling Yi, and Ling Yi also looked at him.

Ling Yi's mouth opened slightly.

Under Ling Yi's gaze, he took off his knitted hat, touched the board with his right hand, lowered his head and smiled subtly, "Ling Yi, long time no see."

After a few seconds of blankness, Ling Yi's lips moved: "Zhong Jie?"

This was the first time the name came out of his mouth since he was released from prison.The person he had risked his life to help in prison, Zhong Jie, appeared in front of him without warning, holding a simple woolen hat in his hand.

Zhong Jie originally turned his body slightly, but when he heard his name being called, he turned around completely, and looked at him very gently.

Ling Yi just looked at him like that.

The sea of ​​people was vast, and Ling Yi never thought of seeing Zhong Jie again.In other words, he was a little afraid of seeing Zhong Jie.He was afraid that Zhong Jie would have a bad life, and that he hadn't forgotten those things in the prison, just like himself.

But at this moment, face to face, it seems that it is not the same thing as imagined.Zhong Jie became fatter, his previously sunken cheeks became rounder, and his skin darkened a bit, turning into a healthy wheat color.He was wearing a gray jacket, not an expensive brand, but it was clean and not worn, and the turned-out neckline was not stained at all.He is like an ordinary man who will appear in the subway, supermarket, or a certain company, no different from other people around him.

Zhong Jie was stared at uncomfortably, and stretched out his hand to the opposite seat like a master, "Sit down and chat."

Ling Yi went over and sat down very slowly.

This is an upscale restaurant with a focus on privacy, and although there are two menus on the table, no one will rush unless they raise their hands.Zhong Jie pushed the half-turned menu to the side, and picked up the glass jug to pour lemonade for him. Ling Yi quickly said, "I'll do it myself."

Zhong Jie put the pot down again, and the handle turned to face him.

Ling Yi didn't pour water for herself at all."Why are you here?" he asked.

Zhong Jie said: "Your friend is Li Xingchuan, he asked me to come."

When he called Li Xingchuan, he felt a slight awkwardness, and it sounded very unfamiliar.

Ling Yi opened his mouth and was speechless.

"Let's chat while eating." Zhong Jie beckoned to the waiter, ordered a signature set meal here, and asked Ling Yi: "What do you want?"

Ling Yi said, "Be the same as you."

The waiter is routine: "There are thyme and basil in this set meal, can you accept it?"

Both of them replied at the same time: "I can do both."

As soon as the words fell, they were stunned at the same time, and then looked at each other and smiled.

When the waiter left, Zhong Jie said: "I still learned this mantra from you. You used to say that you can do whatever you want in the account. If you want to change positions with you, you can also change shifts with you." Can."

The events of the past have left a common mark on their minds.Ling Yi looked at him and smiled, there were many things he wanted to ask in his heart, but he didn't ask immediately, but looked around quietly first.

Zhong Jie said clearly: "He sent me here and left, saying it was a rare opportunity, let's talk alone."

Only then did Ling Yi look away.

It is obvious that Li Xingchuan came to find Zhong Jie with good intentions, Ling Yi did not understand.He just didn't expect that Zhong Jie really came, like an old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time, it gave him a big surprise.

"You went out earlier than me at the time, and you didn't leave me your contact information. I haven't been able to find you in the past few years." Zhong Jie looked at him, "This time when Li Xingchuan came to look for me, I thought, no matter what I should come to see you and say thank you face to face."

Ling Yi shook his head lightly, and asked, "How have you been these past few years?"

"Ordinary, nothing to talk about. After getting married, I opened an Internet cafe in my hometown. My daughter-in-law is a classmate in elementary school."

"you are married?"

"My son is one year old." As he spoke, he showed him the photos on his phone, "I cry every night, and I haven't had a good night's sleep for half a year."

Although the tone is complaining, the expression is particularly stretched and happy.

"Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you. Li Xingchuan, you are not in good health recently. I was shocked when I saw you just now. Why have you lost so much weight?"

Ling Yi didn't expect the topic to turn to herself so quickly, she looked up at him slightly in astonishment, then lowered her head again: "I'm fine."

After a few seconds of silence, Zhong Jie waited for him to speak.

"that is……"

Just what, he couldn't say.It was just that there was an inescapable shadow covering him all the time, and a lingering memory tormenting him day by day.

He sighed inwardly.

"It's just that I keep having nightmares." The voice was so low that Zhong Jie could hardly hear it.

"I always have nightmares." He held the cup in front of him in his hands, staring at the empty bottom of the cup, "I always dream about things in prison, and taking medicine doesn't help."

In front of this person who had the same experience with him, in front of this person who had the same fear as him, Ling Yi nervously talked about the haze in his heart.His two thin white hands held the body of the cup a little awkwardly, his brows were slightly frowned, and his body leaned forward slightly.

"Sometimes I always feel like they're all around me, whenever I pick up a pen and they're there. I know it's ridiculous, and I've tried to get over it, but I—"

"You are sick." Zhong Jie interrupted.

Ling Yi raised her eyes and found that Zhong Jie was staring into her eyes.

After a while, he nodded slowly: "Yes, I am sick. Maybe I have been sick since the first time they stepped on my hand. The hand was cured, but the disease has not been cured."

He knew it was cowardice.But he is an ordinary person with flesh and blood, and besides being forced to allow his own timidity, it seems that he can't do much.This timidity, like weeds, has grown wantonly over the years, robbing the few nutrients in his heart.There was nothing he could do.

These words brought the two of them back to that painful memory at the same time.The set meal ordered was served, but none of them moved their chopsticks, and the table remained silent.After a long while, Zhong Jie realized that Ling Yi was crying, silently.Zhong Jie asked, "Do you regret saving me?"

Ling Yi hung her neck and shook her head vigorously.

"I'm sorry Ling Yi, if it wasn't for saving me, they wouldn't target you. I know you used to be a painter, and Li Xingchuan told me all about it. I'm sorry about this."

Ling Yi still shook her head, unable to say a word.

"But Ling Yi," an extra hand appeared in the blurred vision, and slowly took his hand, "Maybe my thoughts are very selfish, but if I do it all over again, I still hope you can save me."

My palms are warm and sweaty.

"I've wanted to say these words to you a long time ago. If you didn't help me at that time, maybe I would have been tortured by them to the point of committing suicide, and maybe I wouldn't have survived the day I was released from prison. You don't know how grateful I am to you. His tone trembled slightly, and he tried to adjust his breathing, "But... But after that incident, I was afraid that you would look down on me and cause you trouble, so I kept a distance from you on purpose."

Looking at the slightly rough back of the hand, Ling Yi began to become dazed.He saw that hand tightened slightly, and heard Zhong Jie ask: "If you do it all over again, will you still save me?"

For a long time, Ling Yi didn't speak.

The surrounding guests and waiters come and go, and the sunset outside the window fades behind the clouds.This period of silence was very long, so long that Zhong Jie thought he would never speak again, so he heard a very soft sentence: "Yes."

Ling Yi's voice was low and hoarse, and she buried her head very low.After he paused for a while, he slowly raised his head to look at him, "Yes."

Zhong Jie's eyes were wet: "Yes."

Ling Yi is always that Ling Yi.360 days a year, wind, knife, frost, and swords are pressing against each other, but he persisted with his thin body.

Zhong Jie said: "Look, this is you, this is you."

He came this time to help Ling Yi find Ling Yi by mistake.

Ling Yi covered her face and cried for a long time.

His crying was very relieved, completely different from the depression at Dr. Qi's place.He cried because he was finally affirmed by the other party and himself for his desperate help back then. He cried because he really saved a person, and he still has no regrets, even if he chooses again.

A waiter came to ask if he needed help, Zhong Jie waved his hand and said, "He's just too happy."

Sick people have the privilege of being cared for.Zhong Jie stayed with him and waited for him to recover, just like he was nailing buttons with him back then.

The stars dragged the moon and the clouds, and the bustling night scene appeared for the first time.

The two of them didn't talk about any serious topics, but chatted about the past while eating.Zhong Jie had never been to Linjiang before, let alone patronized the revolving restaurant, so he looked out from the fully transparent glass wall, his face soaked in the refraction of neon lights.Turning around, seeing Ling Yi looking at him, he teased, "Why, haven't you seen a bumpkin looking at the night scene?"

Ling Yi's eyelids were still swollen, but the corner of his mouth was pursed into a smile, "No, I just think you seem to be fat."

The side profile has a double chin.

Zhong Jie couldn't help laughing: "You will gain weight after getting married, and you will know when the time comes."

Ling Yi was slightly embarrassed: "How would I know?"

"You and Li Xingchuan, aren't you going to get married? He also showed me a photo of you together, the one you took on a boat, and he kissed you."

Ling Yi was stunned, then lowered her head involuntarily, "That's his nonsense."

As a result, Zhong Jie sneered: "What's the matter. People are like this all their lives. Find someone who knows the cold and the hot to live with. It doesn't make much difference whether you are a man or a woman."

Ling Yi hummed lightly.

After eating, he went to pay the bill, Zhong Jie rushed to pay the bill.The two called the waiter, but the other party said that someone had already settled and took away the parking ticket.

Zhong Jie smiled at Ling Yi knowingly: "He is really thoughtful."

No matter what, Ling Yi would always benefit from exaggerating Xingchuan.Ling Yi took a mint candy and handed it to Zhong Jie: "How many days will you spend in Linjiang?"

"Just tomorrow, I'm worried that my son and his mother will be at home alone."

Ling Yi nodded: "Then I will accompany you around tomorrow."

Taking the elevator down to the second floor, Li Xingchuan's car was parked not too far away, and someone was leaning against the car.

Seeing them, he straightened his back and stamped out the cigarette in his hand.

He opened the door for Zhong Jie with a very calm and respectful attitude, and he didn't treat him differently because he had been in prison.Zhong Jie said thank you.

"Where will I take you back?"

"Send me to the hotel first, I have an appointment with fellow villagers tonight."

Listening to their conversation, Ling Yi turned around after fastening her seat belt, and suddenly noticed something bulging in the right pocket of Li Xingchuan's trousers, which was boxy.

what is that?

The next second he thought of Zhong Jie's words, "Aren't you going to get married?" His heart skipped a beat.

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