Cross the sea

When walking from the apartment to the school, Li Chengyun saw An Qianqiu next to the red mailbox at the intersection. She was kissing the boy in front of her with her face up, her arms hanging loosely by her side, and her face was full of absent-mindedness.

The romantic moment ended soon, An Qianqiu watched the boy get into the car, then turned around and met Li Chengyun's gaze.

"Your hobby is quite special. You like to pick corners."

An Qianqiu's hair had been dyed, and the long hair over her chest turned slightly yellow under the light.

Li Chengyun walked over, stood not far from An Qianqiu, watched the countdown to the red light, smiled and said: "You have good taste, the boyfriend you are looking for wants to have the word "rich" engraved on his forehead."

An Qianqiu didn't answer, because Li Chengyun was right, the standard for her to find a boyfriend now is to be rich and generous, and it would be better if she could treat her better, and it doesn't matter if she can't.

"Zhou An gave it to you."

Li Chengyun suddenly remembered something, raised his hand and took a box from his bag, crossed light pink ribbons, and tied an unattractive bow in the middle, "Didn't you celebrate your birthday? He said he wished you a happy birthday."

The sun was dazzling, An Qianqiu lowered her head and laughed, she took the box and asked Li Chengyun after a while, "What about you? As a rich person, you don't even have a gift?"

Li Chengyun's fingers hanging by his side moved. He looked at An Qianqiu with a relaxed expression: "He Zhenna's nonsense is only believed by Zhou An."

I don't know if other people will feel nervous when they lie, but Hezhen doesn't. He lies with confidence, his eyes are wide open, his back is straight, and his smile looks very sincere.

When the green light came on, Li Chengyun walked across the road. The ground was still wet from the rain, and the painted zebra crossing was soaked in puddles.

Stepping on the steps, An Qianqiu, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around. She took a deep breath and said softly: "I don't care about you and Hezhen. This is your private matter, but Li Chengyun, you can't leave it alone He is really ruined."

Li Chengyun didn't speak.

An Qianqiu continued: "Hezhen has never enrolled in any cram school since he was a child, because he has no money, and he is not a child prodigy who is rewarded by God. It took a lot of hard work for Hezhen to be admitted to Shanghai University— —” “Did he tell you about my expelling him?”

Li Chengyun interrupted her.

The remaining half of An Qianqiu's sentence was stuck in her throat, she was a little irritable, she unconsciously touched the cigarette case in her pocket, took out half of it and stuffed it back.

She didn't know how to tell Li Chengyun that Hezhen would repeat what the two of them said today every night, and that Hezhen was more like a psychopath than falling in love.

"Just said it casually."

Li Chengyun smiled, and looked away from her.

"I'm not free enough to trample on other people's lives casually."

Li Chengyun's answer was much more sincere than she had imagined. An Qianqiu was stunned for a few seconds before saying again: "Don't say this casually, this idiot He Zhen will take it seriously."

Everyone else believes in Buddhism and God, but He Zhen believes in Li Chengyun, which makes no sense.

The weather in November was cold and dry, and Li Chengyun's fingertips began to peel. Li Chengyun always sat in the corner of the fifth floor of the library. He Zhen sometimes sat across from him, and most of the time sat next to him.

When there was no one around, He Zhen would pull Li Chengyun's fingers, trying to smooth the raised skin on his fingertips.

If Li Chengyun didn't refuse, He Zhen would start to laugh beside him, his eyes narrowed like crescent moons, and the black pupils could not be seen at all.

On November [-]th, Li Xiangting took the whole family to a family gathering of a certain leader. He Zhen finally wore the same color shirt as Li Chengyun.

Because the party ended late, He Zhen followed Li Chengyun back to the apartment.

When Li Chengyun was taking a bath in the bathroom, the light above his head suddenly went dark, and the steaming hot room seemed to fall into the bottom of the sea with a plop. Someone lifted the shower curtain, and the cool air covered the skin.

On November [-]th, Li Chengyun and He Zhen went to the shopping mall to buy An Qianqiu's birthday gift. He Zhen passed by various boutique stores, and went straight to a famous brand lighter counter with a lighted sign on the northernmost side.

He Zhen chose the most eye-catching style in the glass cabinet. The dark orange flame pattern spreads along the body to the top cover, and it feels hot even at a glance.

"what do you think about this?"

He Zhen pointed to the lighter in the flannel tray and asked Li Chengyun sideways.

Li Chengyun didn't express his opinion, He Zhen just stared at him without blinking his eyes, finally had no choice, Li Chengyun pointed to the dark green lighter beside him.

"Then take these two."

He Zhen took out his mobile phone, watched the salesperson put the lighter into the box and said with a smile, "One for An Qianqiu, and one for me."

Looking at He Zhen's profile, Li Chengyun remembered An Qianqiu's evaluation of He Zhen. She said that this person is a fool, and she was right.

Just after swiping the payment code, Hezhen's phone vibrated twice. He glanced at the caller ID and picked it up with a smile. He asked first, "Guess what I bought for you?"

The radio in the shopping mall suddenly rang, it was a missing person notification, the sound was loud, An Qianqiu's voice on the other end of the phone was covered, He Zhen was distracted by the radio, An Qianqiu's voice became intermittent.

"I bought you a lighter, a red one."

He Zhen answered the question just now on his own.

"Who the hell cares about the color of the lighter! You go back to school, did you hear your name on the enlistment form? It will be reported tomorrow, do you know that!"

An Qianqiu's volume increased a lot, and the last two words were even broken. He Zhen moved the receiver away a little, and after a few seconds, he said he understood and hung up the phone.

Why did his name appear on the registration form when he didn't sign up for the army's recruitment?He Zhen took the packed bag and turned around. Li Chengyun was still standing where he was just now, leaning against the counter and looking down at his phone.

"plum……"

"I left a little earlier, you can take a taxi back to school by yourself."

Li Chengyun always spoke before him, and walked away without even looking back before he could answer.

He Zhen saw that Li Chengyun's figure gradually turned into a small black dot in the brightly lit shopping mall, getting smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely at the exit of the down elevator.

He Zhen had no dreams since he was a child. Like most people, he went to middle school and university step by step. According to He Ping, he would continue to study for a postgraduate entrance examination, and then apply to stay in school.

For so many years, the only thing he has worked hard for seems to be two things, studying and liking Li Chengyun.

The registration form is pasted in the lower left corner of the bulletin board, and only a few of the more than [-] grids have been pitifully filled in. His name is at the bottom, with a black ink pen, and the last ink is missing, and it is like a spider web along the paper lines. of black.

"Did you offend someone? No, how did the school review it? Can you sign up without your ID?"

An Qianqiu cursed at the bulletin board for a long time, glanced at He Zhen from the corner of her eye, but looked at him standing still.

"Why are you standing here? Hurry up to the Academic Affairs Office!"

He Zhen's gaze was condensed into a small dot on the white A4 paper. He felt that love was easy. Li Chengyun asked him to touch his fingers, went to the mall with him, wore a shirt of the same color as him, and wrote his name. It was on some kind of messy enlistment list, and that was the first time Li Chengyun wrote his name.

When Li Chengyun returned home, all the lights in the living room were on, the curtains were closed tightly, and the high heels were casually taken off on the carpet.

The phone screen was still on the chat page in the school group, and the last name on the enlistment registration form was magnified many times due to a mistaken touch, filling the entire screen.

Pushing open the half-closed door on the second floor, more than half of the glass window in the room was opened, and the magnolia resting on the window sill was blown back and forth by the wind.

Zhen Wei was lying on the single sofa, with a light golden mask on her face, and her feet casually stepped on the edge of the desk.

Hearing the noise, Zhen Wei didn't look in his direction, but stretched her arms slightly, raised her chin slightly, and asked vaguely: "You're back."

The carpet under her feet is what Zhen Wei likes very much. It is brightly colored and soft in texture. When she divorced Li Xiangting, this was the first thing Zhen Wei wanted to take away. Li Chengyun stood still on the scarlet patch on the carpet, with a calm tone : "Mom, did you mention his name?"

Zhen Wei pressed the bubbles on the mask, but said nothing.

"As I said, I will take care of the rest."

"How to deal with it?"

Zhen Wei laughed, she turned her face, took off the mask on her face, and rolled it up in her hands, "Is writing your name on the suspension application form your solution?"

"During the leave of school, I will take financial-related certificates, and I won't waste time."

"You're crazy."

Zhen Wei tied up her hair, raised her hand to wipe off the essence on the end of her eyebrows, and said while shaking her head, "One and two of you are crazy, your father is crazy, and you are crazy too."

"After giving birth to you, my stomach is full of stretch marks, and I also started to lose my hair and get spots, but I don't care because it is my own child."

Zhen Wei stood up, and the blanket on her body fell to the ground. Zhen Wei stepped on the blanket and walked over, saying word by word: "So, can't you listen to me?"

"Yes, but Hezhen can't."

The powerlessness and exhaustion made Li Chengyun speechless. He looked at the still bright and beautiful mother in front of him, and whispered: "Mom, Hezhen is not your child, you can't just change his life casually like this."

"You have no idea what you're doing right now, but I do."

Zhen Wei's voice trembled, she held Li Chengyun's wrist, the wet and cold touch made Li Chengyun think of a fish stranded on the shore, "I want to guarantee that your life is not stained."

Zhen Wei's long black hair brushed against his arm, like seaweed that would suffocate people. Li Chengyun's chest was tight. He opened Zhen Wei's hand and looked down at her: "Not everyone has to live according to your ideas. For the rest of my life, there will be no stains in my life, even if there are, it is you and my dad who splashed it on."

Zhen Wei let go of her hand, and she stood up straight, with the corners of her straight mouth raised.

"Look, you've changed. You wouldn't talk to me like this before."

Zhen Wei took a deep breath, tilted her head back, and stared at the feather lamp swaying in the wind on the ceiling.

"I'm going back to school now, and I'll come back to accompany you when I'm done."

Li Chengyun turned around, and before he could take a step, he heard Zhen Wei calling his name from behind.

"You can't go anywhere."

Zhen Wei's voice became hoarse, as if her throat was blocked by catkins.

Li Chengyun walked downstairs, across the corridor, he heard Zhen Wei calling his name loudly at the door of the room.

Li Chengyun continued to walk down the last step, he heard a muffled bang, he turned around, the person who was standing at the door and called his name just now disappeared, and the carpet under his feet was still blood red .

The author has something to say: This chapter will be revised and the details will be written in the next chapter