My Xiangshan

Gu Xi came back from Zhou Li's residence, subconsciously walked to the rented hut in Xiangshan, wondering what he would do now, busy with work or housework, or just sit down and read a book leisurely?

Walking into the tube building, the Xiangshan House was completely dark, where else would he go so late?

Gu Xi climbed up in three steps and two steps, and every day he heard his footsteps from afar, and he raised his head and howled.

"Okay, little guy, let me ask you, is he there?" Tian Tian laid his front paws on the window sill and hummed weakly, Gu Xi patted it on the head "I see, I'll bring you something delicious tomorrow." , go into the house. "

Tiantian refused, it has been staying in place, waiting for the owner to come back.

When Gu Xi went downstairs, Xiangshan was walking upstairs exhausted.The two met each other, and Gu Xi stopped: "Where have you been so late?"

"..."

"I called back to the company, and they said you left early in the morning!"

"There's something wrong, I'm very tired, I'll go back to sleep first."

Gu Xi saw that he was carrying something in his hand. Ever since he told Xiangshan that Zhou Li was celebrating his birthday, this bag of things had been kept in the laboratory.Gu Xi grabbed him tightly: "Have you gone to the hotel?"

Xiangshan shook his head:

"No."

Gu Xi grabbed his hand:

"Why don't you go in? The teacher said that he saw you outside the door, and thought he was wrong."

Xiang Shan thought of Zhou Li's white hair and stumbling steps when he walked, and felt more and more sad.

"Xiangshan, let's have a good talk..."

The corridor is narrow, and occasionally someone enters, and both of them have to turn sideways to let it go.Taking advantage of this gap, Xiangshan wiped his eyes: "You came to see me today, what's the matter?"

Gu Xi flipped his hair:

"No, I stopped by and wanted to take a look. You don't come home all the time. That dog was barking fiercely just now." Xiangshan looked very clumsy when he saw that his hands were honestly tied with the gauze that he hugged him last night: " If your hands don’t hurt anymore, just remove the cloth, it’s not good to be stuffy.”

Xiangshan stood there for a while, as if he had nothing else to say, he turned around and planned to go upstairs.

"Rest early, and go see the teacher when you have time." Gu Xi was behind him, watching silently as he walked up the steps, turned a corner, and gradually disappeared.

In the evening, after Xiangshan finished washing, he lay on the bed and remembered Gu Xi's words again. He had to deal with Zhou Li, maybe he should listen to Gu Xi.Anyway, he should go see the teacher.

Recently, he ran out twice in three days, staying alone in the house every day, extremely lonely, afraid that the master would not come back all night, so now he is lying beside Xiangshan, unable to sleep because of excitement.For a while, he rubbed his head against Xiangshan, and for a while he sneaked up on him, sweeping his master's side with his tail.

"Okay, go to sleep." Xiangshan hugged the little guy, patted its stomach lightly, took the opportunity to stretch his neck and licked Xiangshan's side face every day, said good night to him, and then shyly pretended to sleep.

Xiangshan touched the downstairs of the teacher's old house the night before, saw Gu Xi's car parked there, and knew that his address had not changed.Today I climbed up to the sixth floor in one breath, and when I got to the door, I started to feel uneasy.Gu Xi's words sounded from his side again, Xiang Shan collected himself and raised his hand to knock on the door.

It took half a day before someone answered the door:

"Wait, I'll be here soon."

Xiangshan became nervous. Does the teacher still remember himself? He has changed a lot these years, not to mention Zhou Li, even he himself may not be able to really recognize himself.

But Gu Xi said that the teacher saw him outside the hotel, which gave him some confidence, Xiangshan held his breath and waited quietly for Zhou Li.

It seemed that in an instant, the door in front of him opened. While talking to the people in the room, the old man turned his head to look outside the door: "In short, thank you brothers, you still remember my old bone. You celebrate my birthday, I put down my work to see me again, and that day Xiao Gu asked me to move in with him... I said, your Xinyi teacher has been paid, but it can't affect your normal life..." Zhou Li spoke slowly, saying Recently, I can hardly speak anymore.When he saw the middle-aged man separated by an iron gate, he almost thought he was dazzled.

"You are...Xiangshan?" Although he thought it was Xiangshan from the faint figure outside the hotel that day, but now face to face, so close, the old man realized that this child has changed a lot in a few years up.

Xiangshan nodded. He tried to calm down, but the effect was not great, so he could only speak with a sob: "Teacher..."

Zhou Li opened the last door with trembling hands, looked at Xiangshan for a long time, then suddenly came back to his senses, and pulled him into the house.

"Come in and sit down, it's windy outside."

Xiangshan looked around, the same as ten years ago, the furniture and furnishings have not changed at all.A 50-[-]-year-old man sat on the sofa and smiled back at him.Xiangshan remembered this person, he met him outside the hotel that day, he should be a former student of the teacher, he has a good relationship with Gu Xi, the two of them had a lot of conversations that day.

Zhou Li looked at Xiangshan for a long time, and didn't ask him how he is doing now, where he has been in the past few years, and why there is no news at all.Instead, he was pulled to the dining room closest to the kitchen. It was already early autumn and the weather was getting cooler. , this is the warmest place in the whole room, he let Xiangshan sit down, and then said: "Child, haven't you eaten yet? If you want to eat, I'll make it for you."

Xiangshan felt sore in the nose for a moment, and he was most likely to lose his composure in front of the closest people. He hadn't seen him for nearly ten years, but Xiangshan felt as if he had just been here yesterday, and he just left for a day.The teacher asked him what he wanted to eat so calmly, he was not demanding, so he had to be tolerant.

A bowl of egg noodles was just placed on the table, and there was inevitably a poached egg lying on it, and there were several plates of stir-fried vegetables that had just been heated up in the microwave. Refused, he smiled and said, "Teacher, I'm hungry, just keep it simple."

"Son, it's all leftovers. Next time you come over, make a phone call first, so I can prepare it early." Zhou Li wiped his hands with a dry cloth on the table, sat down opposite Xiangshan, and watched him eat the noodles slowly.

Xiangshan buried his head in the big bowl of noodle soup, took a breath, held back the soreness in his nasal cavity, and took a sip of the soup, but still couldn't help tears, and fell into the bowl.

The soup tasted a bit salty.

"For food, don't just drink soup, order it multiple times." Zhou Li picked up the chopsticks beside the table and added food to Xiangshan: "I just had a meal with you, Senior Brother Yang Wen, and we made a cup of tea to discuss things, and you came over. "

The senior brother Zhou Li was talking about also sat down, Xiang Shan raised his head, his eyes were still wet, and nodded to him as a greeting.

When his meal was almost over, Zhou Li asked:

"Xiangshan, you come back this time..." Before Zhou Li finished speaking, Yang Wen took it over: "Honestly, I have met my junior brother several times."

Xiang Shan was startled, he had no impression of this senior brother in front of him, but the other party always looked at him intentionally or unintentionally, as if he had something to say.

Sure enough, Zhou Li stopped talking and stopped to look at Yang Wen.

"They're all in Junior Brother Gu's company. As you know, we've cooperated a lot in the coming year. I often go to his side. The last time was a week ago."

Now not only Xiangshan is speechless, even Zhou Li is dumbfounded:

"In Gu Xi's company, Yang Wen, did you remember it wrong? Yesterday when Gu Xi came over, I mentioned Xiangshan, but he didn't know, and said he would check it out for me. Why is someone still in his company?"

Yang Wen took a sip of tea and looked towards Xiangshan:

"Teacher, the person is here, don't you know if you ask?"

Xiangshan didn't know what this senior brother Yang Wen was from, but since he had said the beginning, he couldn't confuse it, and he couldn't figure out what Gu Xi meant, so he happened to make it clear in front of Zhou Li today.

"Yes, I have been working with Gu Xi for nearly half a year. He told me a few days ago that you are celebrating your birthday, teacher, but I have no face to go."

Zhou Li felt something strange:

"Son, why don't you have the face to go? Where have you been in the past few years? Why don't you even have a letter?"

Xiangshan took a deep breath and said calmly:

"The blueprint I designed eight years ago had an accident, and I was imprisoned for six years..." Xiangshan thought for a while, and then added: "The accident happened, it was Uncle Gu Xi, and the rescue failed, so I just left."

The chopsticks in Zhou Li's hand fell back to the table in an instant, and he shook his head:

"It was Uncle Gu Xi who had the accident. Rescue failed, so we just left."

The chopsticks put away by Zhou Li fell back to the table in an instant, and he shook his head:

"Second Uncle Gu Xi had an accident. I heard him talk about it when I went back to China, but I didn't expect it to be because of this incident."

Xiangshan knew that Gu Xi concealed the real reason for his second uncle's accident, and also meant to defend him in front of the teacher. Maybe Gu Xi didn't necessarily think so in his heart at the time, but he did it subconsciously.

Zhou Li has always believed in Xiangshan's professionalism. He will always check a drawing repeatedly, and he will not miss a single screw. He didn't expect to spend a lot of youth in prison in the end: "Son, I am in front of your senior brother!" , you can also say without hesitation, even if they are brothers sitting in a big business or a high-ranking official, the teacher is always proud of you, and you are my most proud student. All the previous unhappiness is over, you young People, you have to be down-to-earth when you have suffered setbacks... Sigh, I think of how much hardship your grandfather endured all his life, and the turmoil in the current situation is something you young people will never understand." Xiangshan's grandfather was Zhou Li's first teacher, how many years ago In retrospect, the old man can only sigh.

"Teacher, I understand..." Even though he knew that Zhou Li would definitely understand him, Xiangshan was still shocked when he heard these words with his own ears, and his eye sockets became hot again.

When people are the most vulnerable and their emotions fluctuate the most, it is often not because they are hurt or humiliated. That will only make them put on a mask and fight back with hardness and strength.When feelings are the most uncontrollable, when faced with adversity and unsightly, there are still people who are willing to believe in you unswervingly and treat you as always.

Xiangshan has not shed tears for too long, but today, his tears swirled in his eyes twice, and finally they fell silently and dripped onto the floor.

"As for Gu Xi, I can understand his feelings. He concealed your affairs from me twice in a row. I don't know the reason, but...Xiangshan, stop working in their company. It's not good for you or him."

Xiangshan couldn't explain the complicated relationship clearly for the time being, so he could only keep silent.

Yang Wen suddenly asked at this time:

"Where do you live now, leave an address first, don't let the teacher want to contact you in the future, but can't find anyone."

How could Xiangshan let Zhou Li go to the dilapidated Tongzilou where he lived, that place was a dilapidated building, and there was a lot of fish and dragons nearby, so accidents were easy to happen.

"I'm renting a house to live outside. It's not very convenient. I'll leave the phone to you." After saying this, Zhou Li already knew that Gu Xi's treatment of Xiangshan was not good. Now which senior engineer is renting a house outside, look. The clothes he was wearing were also old styles, and Zhou Li felt uncomfortable.

"Gu Xi is confused! That's it, you resign quickly. Although I am old and useless, it is more than enough to arrange a job for the students. Research all the vacancies. The director and I are old friends. I will call them tomorrow , you wait for the news at home." Since semi-retirement, the old man has cultivated himself and cultivated his character, and his behavior is very gentle, and he is rarely so decisive.