Summer in Hagawa

A cold snap arrived as expected, bringing the first snow since winter.

When Ye Chuan walked out of the shopping mall with a few shopping bags, the wet sleet had turned into moderate snow as predicted by the weather forecast.A thin layer of white has accumulated on the eaves and the grass beside the road, and dense snowflakes are still flying in the air.There is a bit of damp smell in the air, as if there is snowflakes in every breath.

This heavy gray city suddenly became alive because of a sudden snowfall.

Ye Chuan pulled up the collar of the down jacket he just put on, feeling a little thankful that he bought the clothes in time.He has grown a few centimeters this year, and he can no longer wear last year's winter clothes.Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the weekend to go out to buy clothes, but I didn't expect to catch up with the cold current by such a coincidence.

Standing at the entrance of the shopping mall, listening to the chattering laughter of the young girls beside him, Ye Chuan felt a bit of lightness that he hadn't seen for a long time.He took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and was thinking about where to invite his buddies out to have a hot hot pot meal, when his eyes were attracted by two men diagonally across from the shopping mall.

It was two people he knew, coming out of a men's clothing store not far away, one after the other.Ye Shifei walked ahead, carrying several large and small bags in his hand, and had a warm smile on his face when he spoke sideways.Li Xingzong walked behind him, also carrying a few paper bags in his hand, tilting his head slightly, with a posture of listening attentively, with a just right smile on his lips.

Let's go shopping together...

Is this building a relationship?

Ye Chuan watched them standing on the sidewalk in front of the door talking in a low voice, watching Ye Shifei carefully arrange Li's collar without paying attention to the eyes of passers-by, and suddenly felt empty in his heart.It's not sad, it's not jealous, it's as if it's nothing, and it's as if it has a little bit of everything.

Ye Chuan knew in his heart that he was like a melancholy teenager watching Chunhua grow old, the years passed, but in the end he was helpless.And those things that should have happened and will inevitably happen, at this moment, are just... but really happened within my vision.

That's it.

Ye Chuan turned around and squeezed back to the shopping mall.The hot air mixed with the smell of cosmetics rushed towards his face, and the snowflakes that stuck to his eyelashes suddenly turned into tiny drops of water, hanging precariously on the eyelashes, like his indescribable thoughts.

He knew that he was not envious, nor was he jealous of anything.The presence of these two people could no longer arouse such intense emotions.For Ye Chuan, this unexpected encounter on the street, especially the scene where Ye Shifei helped Li's whereabouts to adjust his collar, was like a mirror, clearly reflecting the fact that he was alone.

This time, there is no place for itself in that story.

He really, really became a human being.

Ye Chuan walked past the jewelry counter blankly, belatedly realizing that the phone was buzzing and vibrating in his palm.Ye Chuan stared at the familiar name on the screen for a while, then pressed the connect button and raised it to his ear.

"Hello, Chuan'er?" Ye Shifei's voice revealed obvious joy, "Where are you?"

"I..." Ye Chuan felt his throat a little astringent, "I was shopping for clothes in the Golden Wing Building."

"What a coincidence." Ye Shifei laughed, "I also go shopping. You know that West Changjiang Road is the men's clothing store opened by a foreigner diagonally opposite Jinyi? It's the one with the black glass doorplate?"

"I seem to have seen it before."

"Come and look for me, I'm at the door of the store." Ye Shifei paused, "I'll give you 10 minutes, hurry up."

"Why?" Ye Chuan instinctively rejected the proposal.He doesn't want to see Ye Shifei now.

"I bought you a coat," Ye Shifei said with a smile, "Beer is handsome. Take it away while you are here, or I will have to find time to send it to school for you."

"Leave your house first..."

"Don't talk nonsense, come here quickly. I have something to do later." Ye Shifei didn't allow him to talk nonsense, and hung up the phone decisively.

Ye Chuan sighed while holding the phone, found an empty seat in the rest area and sat down.Ye Chuan himself couldn't explain why he just didn't want to go there, as if delaying for a few minutes would make him feel better.Ye Chuan didn't understand that he was originally alone, but why did this fact suddenly become a bit irritating?

I don't understand.

Ye Chuan looked at the quiet phone in his hand, stood up and walked out.His movement was so sudden that he startled the two little girls who were whispering to each other and secretly watching him.Naturally, Ye Chuan didn't have time to pay attention to other people's eyes. He was cursing himself in his heart for not being a man. Even if something happened, it would be a stab if he stretched out his head, and if he retracted his head, there was nothing to hide.

Ye Chuan strode out of the Golden Wing Building, walked through the bustling pedestrian street, and walked to the door of the men's clothing store Ye Shifei mentioned, and slapped Ye Shifei on the shoulder, who was looking around.

Ye Shifei turned around and looked at him with a bit of reproach, "He's elusive, I don't know how to call out."

Ye Chuan looked at him. This gentle-faced man was the Ye family who had raised him for so many years. He was his nominal second brother, and this second brother had always treated him well.It is enough for him to remember these, what else, why think so much?

Ye Chuan relaxed his shoulders, lowered his head and laughed, "Second Brother."

"Hey," Ye Shifei handed over the two bags, "I fell in love with this coat immediately. Your small body with wide shoulders and thin waist definitely looks good in it. There is also a scarf, which was picked by whereabouts."

Ye Chuan's hand paused for a moment, and he took it calmly, "Thank you, second brother."

He opened the bag and took a look. The milky white cashmere coat was finely crafted, and he didn't need to look at the price tag to know that it would not be cheap.Ye Chuan pursed his lips and smiled, "I'm still a student, Second Brother, don't buy me such expensive things in the future."

Ye Shifei rubbed his head, "Okay, I have to go. The company still has something to do. Can I take you for a while?"

"It's not on the way, I'll take a taxi back." Ye Chuan shook his head, "Drive slowly."

Ye Shifei waved his hand and got into the car parked by the side of the road.

Ye Chuan stood on the side of the road, watching Ye Shifei's car drive away slowly.I don't know if it's an illusion, but the seemingly weightless paper bag feels strangely heavy in my hand.

Ye Chuan raised his head, watching the balls of snowflakes whirling and falling slowly from the gloomy sky, he suddenly felt lonely.He stood on the busiest street in the city, surrounded by a steady stream of people, laughing and chattering filled every crevice of the air, so lively.

so lively.

He felt lonely like never before.Ye Chuan pulled up the collar of his down jacket, and was about to raise his hand to hail a taxi, when the phone in his hand vibrated again.

Ye Chuan looked at the screen and connected the phone, "Hello, Xiao Nan?"

Hearty laughter came from the phone, "What kind of literary youth are you standing on the side of the road pretending to be?"

Ye Chuan was taken aback, "Did you see me?"

"I've been watching you for a long time." Xiao Nan said with a smile, "Look to the left, Shangguan Banquet, did you see it? I'm on the second floor, Tingfengju. Come here." Without waiting for him to reply, he simply said hung up the phone.

Ye Chuan stared at the phone and hesitated for two seconds, then decisively searched for it with his bag.

The storefront of Shangguan Banquet is not big, and the tables and chairs of imitation mahogany deliberately create a heavy feeling like years of precipitation.Going up to the second floor, looking all the way, Guanyu Pavilion, Pinzhuxuan...the names are really elegant.Ye Chuan knocked lightly twice outside the door of Tingfengju, but he didn't hear anyone inside responding, and was about to knock again, when the two carved wooden doors were pulled open from inside, revealing Xiao Nan's face flushed red from alcohol. Face.

"Did you crawl here?" Xiao Nan couldn't help but dragged Ye Chuan by the arm and pulled him in. "It took you half a day to come up from a distance of less than 200 meters. You must be punished with three drinks."

"It's snowing outside..." The words came to an abrupt end, and Ye Chuan looked at the man at the table with a cigarette in his mouth in surprise, squinting his eyes, "Brother Hei?"

Hei Liu nodded, with a half-smile on his lips, "Long time no see, Ye Chuan."

Indeed, it's been a long time since Ye Chuan looked at his face. Although they were not familiar with each other, but at this moment, for some reason, he felt a little cramped.

Ye Chuan suddenly remembered that this was the first time he saw him during the day.