Cross the sea

"What's the matter with you two?"

"do not know."

An Qianqiu covered the laptop halfway, and the freshly cut Qi bangs curled up from both sides: "He Zhen, can't you choose someone you like? Go out and hang out more, there are handsome and rich people who are taller than Li Chengyun."

"I don't go out, I just stay in this circle."

He Zhen lowered his head and crossed out the wrong formula on the paper, the tip of the pen scratched the paper, and He Zhen turned another page.

An Qianqiu sighed, and lowered her eyes to look at her own face on the darkened computer screen. Qi Liuhai really didn't suit her very well, and the more she looked, the uglier she looked.

"What about your boyfriend, why doesn't he come to review with you during the final week?"

An Qianqiu pressed down her bangs and turned on the computer again: "It is said that there will be a competition, but I won't let him come if there is no competition, it will affect my review."

"You don't like him?"

He Zhen asked her.

"I like it, handsome and rich, why don't you like it?"

An Qianqiu paused, then repeated: "Of course I like it."

In places where Li Chengyun can’t be seen, Hezhen can still calm down and read the documents and organize notes. There is nothing shining about him. The only way to get into the eyes of others is to write the name written on the top when publishing the results, which must be on the top. That's fine, after all, no one will pay attention to who No.2 is.

Halfway through finishing the notes, An Qianqiu, who was sitting across from him, kicked his chair with his feet. He Zhen raised his head. An Qianqiu put two fingers on his lips, making a gesture of smoking. He Zhen watched her not move, An Qianqiu frowned.

Although there are not a few people who smoke in the school, most of them still have to hide it. An Qianqiu squatted next to the outer box of the air conditioner and lit a fire. After taking a deep breath, he threw the cigarette case and lighter at Hezhen's feet.

The wind blew the sparks very brightly, and An Qianqiu's hair hanging on her chest was almost burnt. She clicked her tongue, and impatiently grabbed a handful of hair and threw it behind her.

Haishi has been very windy these past few days, and He Zhen remembered the lightning warning he received this morning.

"How did your father deal with it afterwards?"

He Zhen fanned the white smoke that floated in front of his eyes.

"How can I deal with it? Once a person dies, all kinds of relatives who have never met will pop up one after another."

An Qianqiu crushed the cigarette butt on the concrete floor hard, and then stuffed the cigarette butt into the gap between the stone bricks, "My house is going to be demolished, and I think I will lose a lot of money."

"But they don't even think about it. If I chew all the money and swallow it, I won't give it to them."

After An Qianqiu finished speaking, she grinned and her body trembled.

He Zhen originally wanted to cooperate, but he couldn't laugh, so he could only raise his head and blow the smoke ring into the sky, pretending he didn't hear it.

Seeing that there was still half of the cigarette in Hezhen's hand, An Qianqiu lit another one, but it was still burning and he held it between his fingers: "Are you going to study in the library this afternoon?"

He Zhen blew off the soot that fell on the back of his hand, bent his eyes and said, "In 6 minutes, I'm going to go shopping with Li Chengyun."

"Will he go shopping with you?"

An Qianqiu's tone was a bit complicated.

"I lied to him that it's your birthday in a few days and I have to buy gifts."

He Zhen smiled and looked at An Qianqiu.

After smoking a cigarette to the end, He Zhen and An Qianqiu stood up and walked out. The withered and yellow leaves were blown by the wind, and the sound was as loud as thunder.

Through the diamond-shaped gap of the iron fence, He Zhen saw Li Chengyun standing in the crowd. He was wearing a black coat, taller than everyone else, and his body seemed to be covered with a pink light.

Occasionally, an acquaintance greeted him, Li Chengyun nodded and smiled slightly, and when someone walked over, his face turned cold again.

Just think that Li Chengyun is waiting for him now, He Zhen's mouth seems to be tied with two threads, being pulled back of his head vigorously.

"Aren't you going?"

An Qianqiu pushed his shoulder, He Zhen couldn't hold back the smile on his face, he shrank in the corner and shook his head, whispering, "I want to watch him wait for me a little longer."

This is the feeling of being waited for by others. He Zhen stared at Li Chengyun, and felt that his heart seemed to be equipped with a rhythm machine. Every second, the speed increased by one beat, and finally became faster and faster. The constantly swinging pointer was like It can fly with him.

Hezhen looked at it for a while, and suddenly wanted to take a picture of this scene. He lowered his head to get the mobile phone in his pocket, switched to camera mode, zoomed in and focused, and at the same time he pressed the shutter, the person in the picture suddenly turned sideways.

The photo was gone, and He Zhen quickly went to take another one. The person in the camera was on the phone with his eyelids downcast. In the next second, he turned around, walked through the crowd, and walked towards the gate.

Li Chengyun left, and He Zhen stared at the back in the photo, after being stunned for two seconds, he switched the screen to WeChat and made a voice call.

"Don't come down, review first, I have something to do."

Li Chengyun spoke before him, his voice was calm.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the library."

He Zhen didn't ask him what's the matter, and he didn't ask where he was going. Li Chengyun was silent on the other end of the phone, and after a pause, he said, "If it's late, I'll go home directly."

"Then I'll wait for you at the gate of your community."

Li Chengyun took a taxi, and before getting in, he said to He Zhen, "If it's too late and I haven't arrived, you can go straight back to school."

After hanging up the phone, Li Chengyun looked into the driver's eyes in the rearview mirror, and reported the location of the coffee shop just received in his mobile phone.

The car crossed the street and drove up the elevated road. Li Chengyun rolled down half of the car window and looked at the blue sea extending to the end outside. Scattered sunlight sprinkled on it, and the jumping light spots were divided into countless fragments by the elevated fence.

The fishy smell of the sea crept into the car with the wind, Li Chengyun rolled up the window and stopped looking at it.

There is a large floor-to-ceiling window in the coffee shop. Sitting in that seat, you can see the unrenovated old city opposite. Zhen Wei likes this seat the most. In order to be able to sit there every time she comes, she even pays a monthly fee. A seat reservation fee was paid, and a chair was specially moved from home and placed there.

As soon as Li Chengyun got out of the car, he saw Zhen Wei sitting by the window smiling at him, stirring the coffee rhythmically with a golden spoon in her hand, Li Chengyun pushed open the door and approached, and sat down opposite Zhen Wei.

Zhen Wei didn't look at him, she raised her hand to signal the waiter to change to a vinyl record, and ordered a glass of American style for him by the way.

"Why did you suddenly find me today?"

Li Chengyun took the initiative to speak.

Zhen Wei put the spoon on the plate, and the dark brown liquid dripped onto the table along the curve of the spoon. She looked at Li Chengyun, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, you don't need a real mother after you have a stepmother?"

Li Chengyun leaned against the back of the chair, pursed his lips and said, "You know that's not what I meant."

"Kidding."

Zhen Wei's tone slowed down, and she rested her chin on her hand, "Besides, I have to see my son only if I have something to do."

When the coffee was served, Li Chengyun held the cup and took a sip. The bitterness spread rapidly along the tip of his tongue. Li Chengyun frowned. He took three packets of syrup in a row, tore open the package and poured it into the cup.

"Shen Sui didn't bother you anymore, did he?"

Zhen Wei asked him with a smile. Li Chengyun felt unaccustomed to the rare concern. He looked up at the woman sitting opposite. She looked younger than the last time he saw her. She must have had an injection. She squinted her eyes and smiled. There are no wrinkles around the eyes either.

"No."

Li Chengyun simply ended the topic, and Zhen Wei stopped talking, and took a sip of the coffee in her hand without haste.

The vinyl record in the store was replaced by the one Zhen Wei likes to listen to. Zhen Wei raised her eyebrows lightly, tapping her fingers on the table.

"How did you deal with the matter between me and Shen Sui?"

The silence made people flustered, and Li Chengyun took the initiative to chat about a topic.

"There is a quite important project, I let it to the Shen family."

Li Chengyun glanced at her, paused and said: "Actually, it's not necessary, he doesn't dare to do anything to me."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, after you and Shen Tingyu get married, this project will still fall into my hands, it's just a matter of time."

When Zhen Wei spoke, she was looking down at her mobile phone, the white light reflected from the screen was reflected on her face, and Li Chengyun saw the light blue contact lenses in Zhen Wei's pupils.

Li Chengyun laughed, he looked out the window and said, "I won't marry her."

"why?"

Zhen Wei's tone was full of surprise.

"She's not my type."

"Then what type do you like?"

Zhen Wei looked away from the phone screen, she looked at Li Chengyun, held up the phone, and shook it at Li Chengyun, "Is this the type?"

Li Chengyun turned his head and saw the two people framed together by a small square. The surface of the photo was covered with yellow noise. Even so, the two people who were kissing were still clearly visible. Zhen Wei's eyes were exposed from behind the phone, crystal armor The face tapped twice on the screen, making a crisp sound.

"Rural women are amazing."

Zhen Wei put her phone on the table, with her mouth raised, "It's not enough for me to post it myself, I have to post it for my son."

After a song was played, Li Chengyun remained silent. He didn't justify or explain. Zhen Wei felt that something exploded in her heart. In the early autumn weather, she couldn't stop sweating.

"He Ping, from Fucheng County, was engaged to a man in a neighboring village at the age of 16. The gift money was also collected, but they didn't get married in the end. Do you know why?"

Zhen Wei rubbed the handle of the spoon with her thumb, "Because she slept with another man, and was later found out by her family, she broke off the engagement. Her son was conceived at that time."

"I don't care what kind of person Li Xiangting hangs out with, but you were born by me, so I won't allow it."

Zhen Wei's eyes widened a little, her black eyelashes trembling slightly, she showed a loving smile, and said softly, "Ah Cheng, I won't allow it."

Li Chengyun didn't speak, He Ping's story, he had heard a completely different version from Hezhen.

He looked at Zhen Wei, his eyebrows softened: "Mom, not everything will be within your control."

"Then I'll just do something within my control."

Zhen Wei looked at the face sitting across from Li Xiangting who looked more and more like Li Xiangting, touched her forehead with a smile, and whispered: "A Cheng, you know that mom loves you very much, right?"

"mom."

Li Chengyun called her, looked at Zhen Wei's blinking eyes, the second half of the sentence stuck in his throat, like a fishbone, unable to spit it out or swallow it.

Li Chengyun grew up, today is the time he heard Zhen Wei talk the most, Zhen Wei smiled and talked about her plan, how to ruin Li Xiangting, how to let He Ping go, and how to let her son break his leg.

In the end, Zhen Wei's voice became very hoarse. She took out lipstick from her bag, and touched up the makeup on the shadow on the glass. Some of the scarlet red was painted out. Zhen Wei wiped it off with her thumb, turned her head and smiled at him Say, "Everything I own is yours, so you are mine."

"He Ping and her son, don't try to take anything away."

It was almost ten o'clock, Li Chengyun got off the taxi, and after a long distance, he heard someone calling his name.

"I'm back so early."

He Zhen came down from the steps, his arms dangling in the wide cuffs as he moved, and the street lamp above his head illuminated his whole body very brightly.

He Zhen walked towards him, the light disappeared little by little, and the whole person was submerged in the twilight.

He Zhen stood in front of him and looked at him with a smile: "I thought I would have to wait for a long time, so I bought a bag of potato chips and waited while I ate."

Putting his hands behind his back in front of his body, the bulging yellow package rubbed against Li Chengyun's clothes.

The passing car lights reflected half of He Zhen's face. In the weather of more than ten degrees, Li Chengyun thought of the end of summer.

"Do you like me?"

The smile on He Zhen's face didn't change, almost didn't pause, he nodded and said he liked it.

"How much I like it."

He Zhen blinked, said too much, and couldn't make gestures, and said that if given the chance, he could die for him.

"You don't have to die."

Li Chengyun looked at He Zhen and said to him, "You drop out of school."

He Zhen blinked faster. He lowered his head as if he was really thinking about this issue. After a few seconds, he raised his head again and said hello to Li Chengyun.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it was blowing cold to the eyeballs. Li Chengyun smiled, looked away, and walked forward while saying: "If I can take the second place in the exam, you can drop out of school and let me be the first."

The author has something to say: Countdown (About the crematorium question asked by many friends, I think everyone’s standards are different. I can’t guarantee any specific plot. I can only say that Xiaoyun will be more active in the later stage than now)