dream master

"Fan Yue, I have to go out for a while, and I may not be back until very late, or maybe tomorrow." Xiao Yiming said hesitantly to Fan Yue while having breakfast.

"Where are you going?" Fan Yue was taken aback, Xiao Yiming had the personality of never going out if he could not go out, it was rare for him to take the initiative to say that he would go out, and it seemed that he would go out for a whole day.

"Go back to my hometown. It's not far away, it's only a two-hour drive." Xiao Yiming said, took a piece of paper and wrote down a number for him, "My dad's phone number, if the phone doesn't work, just call this number. The signal is not good there."

Zhu Fan's cemetery is on the outskirts of the city, and the signal has been bad for some reason, and his father couldn't get through to him several times.

Looking at the weather outside, it was still raining, Xiao Yiming couldn't help feeling a little gloomy.

There's no way to cheer yourself up.

The two left home one after another. Xiao Yiming called his father with his mobile phone and told him that he would have dinner at his place at noon, and then he would visit Zhu Fan's cemetery in the afternoon.The bus heading to Linshi wobbled towards my hometown.Xiao Yiming was lost in thought while looking at the scenery outside the window.

I go home two or three times a year, and spend most of the Chinese New Year with my father.It's just that sometimes he feels out of place when he sees his family eating happily together.

A new family, a family that doesn't belong to him.

After lunch, it was already 12:30, Xiao Yiming politely bid farewell to his father, stepmother, and two timid little sisters.After going down the stairs, Xiao Yiming held up his umbrella and walked into the rain alone.

After buying a dozen beers and a bouquet of flowers, he boarded the bus to the outskirts of the city.

It was exactly two o'clock when we arrived at the cemetery, but the rain stopped.This cemetery is not too big, but it is said that the geomantic omen is good. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The place facing the cemetery is a reservoir, and there are a few people fishing in the distance.

In front of Zhu Fan's tomb, there were burnt incense candles and debris from firecrackers. It seemed that someone had already visited in the morning.

Xiao Yiming put down the umbrella in his hand, and placed a large bouquet of white chrysanthemums in front of Zhu Fan's tomb.

The black-and-white photo on the tombstone is engraved on the ceramic. Zhu Fan in the photo looks very young, with a cheerful smile on his face, even a little childish.

He is still too young.

"Actually, I came to drink with you." Xiao Yiming said in a low voice.

The entire cemetery is empty, and it is always so quiet here on days that are not for sacrifices. There is nothing but green hills and cypresses, and the quietness makes people panic.

It will be lonely here, Xiao Yiming thought to himself looking at Zhu Fan in the photo.

The cemetery next door has not been sold yet, and no stone monument has been erected.Sitting there, Xiao Yiming opened two cans of beer for Zhu Fan and himself, and looked into the distance between the pines and cypresses in front of the tomb.

This cemetery was just built four years ago, and the newly transplanted cypress trees were only as tall as his waist, thin and small, and a little yellowed, looking like they would die at any time. Xiao Yiming is still taller, green and lush.

The beer in his mouth tasted bitter. He actually didn't like beer at all. He liked sweet and sour fruit juice. Zhu Fan once laughed at his taste like a little girl.Zhu Fan liked to drink, Xiao Yiming never wanted to drink with him before, but after his death, he started to bring beer to visit him every year.

When he was still around, Zhu Fan had always accommodated him, and now it was his turn to accommodate someone who would never come back.

The wind at the end of spring is warm, with a hint of coolness and dampness after the rain, but it doesn't feel cold at all when it blows on the face.

Unknowingly, there were more and more empty cans on the ground, Xiao Yiming even patiently stacked them up, and when a gust of wind blew, they swayed to and fro.

He wanted to laugh a little, but couldn't.

Suddenly thought of when the two were young.One day Xiao Yiming’s parents were arguing in the living room, and he huddled on the head of the bed and hugged his knees in a daze. Children’s pain and depression were sometimes more stubborn and paranoid than adults. He even once thought that if he jumped off the window sill, Can they stop arguing?

There was a sudden knock on the balcony door of Xiao Yiming's bedroom, and Zhu Fan leaned against the glass door and smiled at him: "Quickly open the door and let me in."

Xiao Yiming was stunned for a while, then got up from the bed and opened the door for him.

"You crawled over from the balcony again? It's very dangerous." Xiao Yiming said.

The balconies of the two houses are connected together, and there are no anti-theft windows, so you can sneak in from there whenever you want.

Zhu Fan immediately interrupted his lecture: "Let's go have supper, my treat!"

"Now?"

"Right now!"

The two carefully climbed from the balcony to Zhu Fan's house. Zhu Fan poured out a handful of coins from the piggy bank and held them in his hands with a smile to show off to him: "We can eat a lot of things."

The child's happiness is simple and sincere, holding a few coins in his hand but satisfying as if he could buy the whole world.Until now, Xiao Yiming still remembers Zhu Fan's eyes at that time, shining like stars in the night sky.

It was almost full moon that night, and the bright moonlight illuminated the two little teenagers holding hands and running towards the entrance of the alley together. The wind happily passed by them, bringing the scent of gardenia mixed in the evening wind, There is also the tempting taste of food, and the youthful vigor and vitality are revealed in the young man's publicity and unscrupulous laughter.

Hungry, but there is the scent of supper in front of you; it is dark, but there is another person's temperature in your hand, no matter what you encounter at this time, you will not be afraid.

Keep running, keep running, as if you can never end.

forever.

The wind rolled the cans on the ground, making a lonely crisp sound.

Xiao Yiming suddenly realized that he had been immersed in memories for too long, maybe because of alcohol, maybe because of himself, another boy had left this world for a long time, leaving him alone in the dark alley Walk alone.

There is no scent of gardenias, nor the smell of food; no happy laughter, nor the temperature of another person.

He has lost the person he was most unwilling to lose and the person he cherished the most.

It was getting dark, and if he didn't want to miss the last bus, he had to get out of here.

But the memory was heavy, so heavy that he couldn't stand up for a while, and left calmly as if nothing had happened.

A black car suddenly drove past on the road where almost no one passed by, and stopped in front of the cemetery. Xiao Yiming watched the people in the car get out, and looked around the small cemetery.It was a familiar face to Xiao Yiming.

The moment he saw Xiao Yiming, Fan Yue seemed relieved, turned around and opened the back seat of the car, a big white dog jumped out of the car, and went up to rub Fan Yue affectionately.Fan Yue patted it on the head, and led him towards Xiao Yiming.

Fan Yue looked down at Xiao Yiming who was sitting on the uninhabited cemetery, and then glanced at the canned beer on the ground.

"Sir, it's getting dark, if you don't want to go home drunk with a ghost, you'd better hold my hand." Fan Yue raised his eyebrows and held out his hand to him.

"Memories are gold, and now my body is full of gold, I am a bit reluctant to let it go." Alcohol poisoned Xiao Yiming's brain, making his consciousness not so clear.

"Few people are willing to marry a poor ghost home, believe me, gold is the best dowry."

The big dog barked and stared at Xiao Yiming with curious black eyes.

Xiao Yiming laughed, and reached out to hold Fan Yue's hand.

"I have lost a lot of things, but I will try my best to get them back one by one. And what about you? Do you want to hold your gold and stay where you are?" Fan Yue asked softly.

"I'll take them on the road."

Fan Yue looked into his eyes, a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face, he leaned over and left a light kiss on Xiao Yiming's lips, and then whispered: "Then come with me let's go."

"Isn't this something we've already said?"

"I just need a little confirmation."

"Are you sure now?"

"Of course, Mr. Xiao Yiming, welcome to take the couple train. Our destination is happiness, but the journey is very long and may take a lifetime."

"Is the scenery along the way good?"

“Definitely a sight not to be missed.”

Another person's temperature came from his hand, familiar.

He was about to transfer to another train to a destination that would take a lifetime to reach, but luckily someone was with him.