Cross the sea

The Haishi Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning signal for thunderstorms and strong winds in Haishi at 23:00 tonight, and citizens are requested to pay attention to precautions.

The weather forecast became accurate again, and before eleven o'clock, the rain began to fall sporadically. The man standing opposite looked up at the sky, opened the umbrella in his hand, and got closer to He Zhen.

"It's going to rain heavily."

Yuan Jianan rubbed her arms, then turned to look at He Zhen, "Old Xu and the others are still waiting."

"Row."

He Zhen turned sideways and walked in the other direction. Just a few steps away, the man who was standing behind came over again with half his body blocking his way.

Through the misty rain, Li Chengyun looked at He Zhen standing under the umbrella, his eyebrows and eyes were hidden in the shadows.

There was a car unlocking sound from the side and rear, and a few seconds later, the headlights of the car parked on the opposite side suddenly turned on.

Li Chengyun took out a cigarette from his pocket, took one and held it between his fingers, shook it at He Zhen, and said with a smile, "Let me borrow a fire."

Li Chengyun began to thank the bright headlights on the other side of the road at this moment. The glare of the snow-white light even allowed him to see the fine hairs on Hezhen's cheeks. He was waiting for Hezhen to show his flaws. He could quickly capture even the hesitation of a few tenths of a second, and then use the evidence to force the two of them to go back to four years ago together.

He looked at He Zhen with slightly lowered eyes, took out the lighter from the right pocket of his trousers, rubbed the fire wheel twice with his thumb, and the orange flame burst out instantly, leaving a dark reflection swaying in the wind on his face.

The cigarette in his hand was lit, and Li Chengyun watched Hezhen take the lighter away, bypassing him and moving on.

There was no flaw, the smoke in his hand was quickly wet by the rain, and the white smoke that floated into the air was quickly thrown to the ground by the wind, Li Chengyun stood still.

When Zhou An received the call from Li Chengyun, a very intense music was playing in the club. Zhou An blocked one ear and listened carefully to what Li Chengyun was saying, but the sound of drums made his temples throb. Zhou An walked through the corridor Walking to the bathroom, kicking open the door of a cubicle at will, sitting on the toilet seat and asking Li Chengyun what he just said.

After an unknown number of seconds of silence, Zhou An realized that Li Chengyun on the other end of the phone hadn't made a sound from the beginning to the end, only the heartbeating drums and the vague sound of rain in his ears.

Coming out of Miracle, Zhou An saw Li Chengyun in a tobacco shop not far away. He was standing in front of the iron curtain, and the empty cigarette case in his hand was squeezed into a strange shape.

Zhou An walked over, but before he could speak, Li Chengyun suddenly turned his head and asked him, "Am I much different from when I was in school?"

Zhou An froze in place, he and Li Chengyun looked at each other through the dim orange light, and shook his head after being in a daze for a few seconds.

Li Chengyun laughed, he raised his head and let out a long breath, and said without beginning and end: "It's really unreasonable."

Half a bottle of whiskey was down Zhou Pingan. When Li Chengyun was talking, he called a driver to drive Li Chengyun back to the apartment. The car stopped at the T-junction. A few seconds before the red light was about to turn green, Li Chengyun suddenly rolled down the window. His shirt was wet by the wind and rain.

"Go to my father's place."

Li Chengyun said.

Zhou An frowned, thinking silently whether it was because of the alcohol or if he was serious. After Li Chengyun said this, he became silent. He looked straight out of the window, with the flickering water in his eyes.

The car drove to the new area. In the past two years, Haishi deliberately expanded the new area to the east, and the provincial government also moved there. Li Xiangting bought a new house nearby as a matter of course.

This is the first time for Li Chengyun to go, because he has never appeared before, and he can't even get through the gate control. Li Chengyun called Li Xiangting but no one answered. The guard checked the building number and dialed the backup phone. Li Chengyun sat in the car and saw Aunt Chen at home ran over with an umbrella to register for him.

"Your dad and aunt went to the mountain. Isn't it raining? Afraid of safety, I decided to live on the mountain for a day."

Aunt Chen followed behind Li Chengyun, probably because she hadn't seen him for a long time, she couldn't help but look at Li Chengyun, and when she was about to reach the door, she sighed: "Come back when you have time, your father misses you very much."

Li Chengyun didn't answer, he watched Aunt Chen open the door and went to the shoe cabinet to find slippers for him.

"Has anyone been back lately?"

Li Chengyun stood on the carpet with wet hair dripping down. Aunt Chen turned to look at him with some doubts. Li Chengyun smiled and continued in a relaxed tone: "Aunt Ping's son seems to have returned from the army."

"I haven't heard my wife say that."

Aunt Chen put down the slippers and asked Li Chengyun if they fit well.

Li Chengyun nodded with a smile, and Aunt Chen pointed him to the bedroom on the second floor, saying that Li Xiangting and He Ping had left the biggest one for him, and Li Chengyun was appropriately moved.

He walked up the stairs, pushed open the closed bedroom door, barely glanced at the interior decoration, and walked back to the living room with the quilt in his arms.

"Why don't you go to sleep in the house?"

Li Chengyun put the pillows on the sofa on the ground and spread out the quilt: "If you stay upstairs for a long time, you will think of my mother."

The room was eerily quiet, and Li Chengyun fell asleep in the living room very naturally.

It was raining non-stop in Haishi, and Li Xiangting and He Ping's temporary stay gradually changed from one day to three days, and then to a week.

And Li Chengyun began to work in the living room, he occupied an excellent position facing the door, so that he would be the first to notice any noise outside the door.

He wants to be the first to find out.

The meeting originally scheduled for the morning was canceled due to the network failure of the executive of the other party. Li Chengyun picked an open bottle of foreign wine from the wine cabinet, poured a glass and went back to the living room.

In fact, Li Chengyun really doesn't hold a lot of alcohol, and his heartbeat will start to accelerate after drinking a glass of high-grade rum. Li Chengyun lay on the coffee table, looking through the amber liquid to see the scene of being cut into countless diamond shapes.

Look at the light brown wool carpet, the wall lamp in the shape of a magnolia flower, the green indicator light, the door that is pushed open a little bit, and the silhouette of a person against the dim sky.

The figure seemed a little dazed. He stood at the door for a few seconds, then backed out and looked up to confirm the house number on the wall.

"I thought I was going wrong."

He Zhen stood at the door, the black carry-on backpack in his hand was placed heavily on the ground, stopped for a few seconds, he looked at Li Chengyun again, his eyes narrowed into a line, "Are you the one who helped me park the car that day? "

Li Chengyun sat up straight, pushed away the wine glass in front of him, "Let's talk."

He Zhen stood still, Li Chengyun stood up on the sofa, walked in front of He Zhen, He Zhen frowned, and took two steps back.

Li Chengyun reached out to grab Hezhen's arm, and the next second, almost instantly, his elbow was restrained. Li Chengyun grabbed Hezhen's collar before falling back, and the two of them fell on the carpet together.

He Zhen quickly turned over and sat up, with his knees against Li Chengyun's calves, and his right hand firmly pressed Li Chengyun's shoulders on the carpet.

Li Chengyun lay flat on the ground, staring straight at the person sitting on him, the corners of his mouth raised and he laughed.

"Hezhen."

Li Chengyun spoke those two words very slowly, time was frozen, alcohol took the upper hand, he temporarily forgot the pre-rehearsed opening sentence, he could only sincerely comment after a pause for a few seconds: "Your strength has become stronger .”

The camera panned down, and Aunt Chen, who was carrying a vegetable basket, appeared outside the door. After a cry of surprise, she hurried in and pulled the two of them apart, before she had time to change her shoes.

He Zhen's eyes softened when he saw Aunt Chen. He stood up and went back to the door to pick up the luggage bag while listening to Aunt Chen.

"Uncle's son?"

Li Chengyun saw He Zhen glanced at him, then walked over, bent slightly and stretched out his hand towards him.

"sorry."

He Zhen held Li Chengyun's hand and pulled him up from the ground with all his strength, with a very polite smile on his face, "I have been taking medicine since I was sick, and my memory has become poor, and I can't remember some things clearly."

Hezhen's hands have become less soft, and the tiger's mouth has a thin layer of calluses. The only thing that remains unchanged is the skin that is still cold in the summer heat.

Li Chengyun looked at Hezhen's withdrawn hand, paused before asking him: "Are you sick?"

"Ah."

He Zhen smiled indifferently, with small wrinkles at the corners of his mouth, then raised his head and looked at Li Chengyun, with the reflection of magnolia flowers in his eyes.

"So maybe I forgot about you."

Li Chengyun stood still, watching the light coming in through the translucent floor-to-ceiling windows, his body was numb, but there was no extra emotion in his heart.

He didn't know what to say, looking at He Zhen's face, Li Chengyun suddenly wanted to laugh.

He had thought about countless scenarios of meeting again, but this was the only one he hadn't thought about.

He Zhen remembered everything, only the hopeless days wasted on him and him thrown back into the sea.

"Do you think I believe it?"

Li Chengyun looked at He Zhen, the corners of his mouth curled down, "I don't believe a word."