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The temperature dropped sharply the next day, dropping directly to minus 2 degrees.After a night of cold and warm weather, the glass windows were covered with white mist, as if frosted glass had been installed.

Gao Yang was still asleep early in the morning when Shi Zhen's call came.Since his father's sudden visit last night, Gao Yang couldn't sleep well all night.In the dark night, his mind is full of the past, the past, clear and fuzzy memories all surround him, forcing him to recall many things that have been left in the corner of his memory for a long time.Tossing and turning between thinking and not wanting, Gao Yang fell asleep in a state of extreme fatigue until after five o'clock in the morning.

It's a pity that Shi Zhen had just fallen asleep for less than two hours when Shi Zhen called, waking up his rested brain again, and by the way, his heart also jumped up.Gao Yang was a little annoyed about getting up, but he didn't dare to let it out on Shi Zhen, so he could only half-complain and half-bewilderedly ask, "It's ten o'clock?"

"No, 07:30." Shi Zhen seemed to be hands-free, and the background voice was very empty.

"It's so early..." Gao Yang sat up from the quilt, a gust of cold wind quickly wrapped him up, and he found that the room was really super cold.

"It's minus 2 degrees today." Shi Zhen seemed to be very busy there, with the sound of footsteps coming and going, and the sound of "rusting" clothes.

"It's...okay..." Gao Yang said so, but he got back into the quilt silently, and pulled the quilt under his nose by the way, slowly feeling the heat in the quilt to warm him up.

"I ordered an air conditioner for you. Someone may come to install it later. You can control it yourself." Shi Zhen said on the other end of the phone, and added, worried: "It is estimated to arrive around ten o'clock, remember to give Open the door, don't fall asleep."

"Oh." Gao Yang responded, and asked tentatively, "Are you going to work now?"

"Yes." There was the sound of the door opening and closing from Shi Zhen's end, and then the background became more empty, as if he had gone out and walked in the aisle: "Go to sleep a little longer, don't vibrate your phone, don't put it on silent. In addition , come to my place at night, let's go eat hot pot."

"Hot pot? Hmm, okay." Gao Yang grinned, his eyelids were still heavy, and he wanted to doze off.

From Shi Zhen's end came the sound of the elevator reaching the floor: "The elevator is here, bye."

"Bye bye." Gao Yang replied, and the other end hung up.He curled his lips, half smiling.

After the phone call with Shi Zhen, Gao Yang felt that he slept more peacefully, so he covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep soundly.

He fell asleep in a daze until after eleven o'clock. He was dreaming of a hot pot. The bottom of the soup in the pot was bubbling. He took a piece of mutton and wanted to put it in the water. Someone behind him seemed to say: "The water is not boiling. , the water is not boiling." He looked at the bubbling, why didn't he turn it on, and then his thoughts became clearer and clearer, the hot pot became blurred, and the sound of ringing the doorbell came from his ears.Instantly awake, he was pulled back to reality from a table of unwashed dishes.

Gao Yang got up a little annoyed, put on a coat casually and opened the door, and sure enough, the air conditioner came.There were two workers standing at the door, very polite, and at their feet were two large machines, the packaging of which had not been unpacked.

The other party reported his home, so Gao Yang invited the workers in, watched them dismantle the old air conditioner first, and asked with a puzzled face why it broke?Gao Yang just smiled and said perfunctorily, I don't know, it was from the former landlord.After dismantling the machine and the outer case, the workers put on a new air conditioner, installed the outer unit, carefully adjusted it, and then left.When leaving, I helped take away the broken machine by the way.

The warm air in the air conditioner was flowing slowly, and it didn't take long to heat up the room.It's warm everywhere, and you won't feel the wind blowing wherever you go.Gao Yang turned on the air conditioner for a while, and it felt more than just warming up, his soul was baptized by this warmth.He took the mobile phone on the coffee table and sent a message to Shi Zhen, telling him that the air conditioner was installed and the room was very comfortable.

Shi Zhen didn't return right away, but Gao Yang sat for a while, feeling more sleepy as soon as he felt warm.So he took off his coat and got back into his bed to sleep back in the cage.

This sleep lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, and I woke up naturally, feeling refreshed physically and mentally.Gao Yang sat up from the quilt, took the phone, and saw a few messages from Shi Zhen.

Shi Zhen: "Are you comfortable?"

Shi Zhen: "Why is there no sound? Did you faint?"

Shi Zhen: "Sleep, sleep."

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Shi Zhen: "I will pick you up at night, or will you come to me?"

Shi Zhen: "Are you still sleeping? Have you had lunch yet?"

Shi Zhen: "I haven't ordered the hot pot for delivery, so I have to buy the ingredients myself. Come to my company and go buy some ingredients together after get off work."

Shi Zhen: "What did you do last night? You haven't woken up yet?"

Shi Zhen: "...I really want to scold you, but there's nothing wrong with sleeping. Call me when you wake up."

Shi Zhen: "Want me to wake you up with a kiss?"

Gao Yang turned to the end, his face was a little red, and he quickly replied: "Sleep... What time do you get off work? I'll find you near your company."

After about ten minutes, Shi Zhen replied: "Five o'clock. You come out at four twenty and call a car." Immediately afterwards, he sent a message to Gao Yang's mobile phone.

Gao Yang thought for a while and replied, "Why don't I go shopping for vegetables first, and then go directly to your house, so as not to make another detour."

Shi Zhen: "No, I just want to go to the supermarket and buy vegetables with you. Do you have any objections?"

Gao Yang: "...No." As long as you are happy.

A few minutes later, Shi Zhen sent another message: "Do you want to see the exhibition?"

Gao Yang replied: "What exhibition?"

Shi Zhen: "Interesting comic exhibition? It's not big, it seems quite interesting, and it's recommended by Moments."

Gao Yang: "Okay, shall we watch together?"

Shi Zhen: "I'm not going, I'm not interested. You go by yourself. It's 10 minutes away from our company. You go to the exhibition first, and then come to me. It doesn't seem so boring." After posting, without waiting for Gao Yang's reply, Just sent another location directly, and by the way, also sent a QR code for an electronic ticket.

Gao Yang: "..."

Shi Zhen: "You have time to see it when you go out at three o'clock. The exhibition is not big. Okay, let's stop chatting and go to a meeting."

Gao Yang: "Okay."

There was no news from Shi Zhen after finishing the last post, and she really went to work.Gao Yangku sat for a while, then got up and went to the bathroom to tidy himself up, and when he came out, it was almost three o'clock.So according to the positioning given by Shi Zhen, Gao Yang hailed a car, planning to go to the exhibition first, and then go to Shi Zhen for hot pot.

The scheduled car would arrive in 15 minutes, Gao Yang put on his shoes and planned to wait downstairs, when there was another knock on the door.Gao Yang opened the door strangely. It was the courier boy who handed him a large envelope and left without asking him to sign.

Gao Yang weighed the large letter case, it was very light, empty, without the slightest weight.He opened it curiously, and a khaki rectangular fare fell out from inside.

what?Gao Yang opened it curiously, and there was a check in it, the value of which was 11.

"Who sent it? Wrong mail?" Gao Yang was even more surprised. He turned over the envelope of the large letter to look at the courier label on the outside. It turned out that there was nothing on the sender except his own address, phone number and name.

Shi Zhen?Gao Yang thought about it for a while, and felt that it was impossible. Sending a check was such a superfluous thing, no matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like that guy's style.So, who sent the check?

Just when Gao Yang was puzzled, the mobile phone on the storage table by the door flickered, and a message came in.He picked it up casually, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.

It was a text message from my father, with a lot of content, taking up the entire screen: "Gao Yang, I'm really sorry about the past. I sent you to masturbation when you were very young, and I seldom visited you after that And caring about you is the negligence of being a parent. This 11 yuan is just a little bit of my heart, not asking you to forgive anything, but I just hope you accept it, so that we can feel more comforted in our hearts."

Gao Yang read it silently, with a slightly indifferent expression. He didn't want to read it, but he still couldn't help scrolling down.

The second text message quickly followed, saying: "There are many things in the world that cannot be explained rationally. People must compromise with the cruelty of reality. I am sorry that I sent you away when I was only three years old. I have no choice but to send you to masturbation where you can survive, but it is an opportunity for you to survive, and I don't want you to miss it."

Gao Yang continued to flip, and there seemed to be a third one.

Sure enough, the third article was also sent: "I have been feeling guilty all these years. Yesterday I saw that you are doing well, have your own residence, and live a stable life. I also got a moment of comfort in my heart. Yesterday we Reunion after a long absence, maybe I am a little embarrassed and uncomfortable, my tone is a bit heavy, don’t take it to heart, I am too anxious, I hope you forgive me. This check is what I have been thinking for a long time and want to bring to you. It is suitable, so I had no choice but to choose to send it by express mail, and express my apologies, you must accept it, so that my heart can be comforted."

Gao Yang read it silently, and there was no fourth message to enter.

apology?Gao Yang's expression seemed indifferent, there was nothing to be touched, and nothing to complain about.Silently glancing at the check, Gao Yang took it out from the receipt folder, and then directly smashed it into a pile of fragments, threw it on the corner of the table, took a picture of the MMS, and sent it directly to his father, attaching the text: "No blame. No need. Do not disturb. Thank you."

A few seconds after the text message was sent, the phone call arrived as promised, an unfamiliar number, never seen before.

The phone rang urgently, but Gao Yang was not in a hurry. He knew that it was definitely his father calling again. It might be a reproach, or it might be an apology. No matter which one, Gao Yang didn't want to know.

Still watching coldly, hanging up the phone, and directly adding the number to the blacklist, Gao Yang's actions were done in one go without the slightest hesitation.

After finishing all this, another call came, which was the number of the online car-hailing driver. Gao Yang answered it, asked the other party to wait, and then threw the check fragments and receipt folders on the table into the big letter case, and threw them away In the kitchen trash can.After finishing all this, he put on his shoes and hurried out.