Cross the sea

When He Zhen went upstairs to pack his luggage, Li Chengyun also followed, but he did not enter the room, but stood outside leaning on the railing of the stairs.

Perhaps because of a guilty conscience, He Zhen didn't think about the luggage at all. He took two shirts from the closet and stuffed them into the backpack. When he was about to go to the bathroom to get the toiletries, Li Chengyun suddenly said, "There are all of them in the hotel, so you don't need to take them." .”

"Row."

He Zhen walked up to Li Chengyun with his bag, he looked up into Li Chengyun's eyes, smiled and said, "Then you can go now."

Li Chengyun nodded, walked ahead with the suitcase, and turned around to remind him when he was driving to the garage: "Tell your mother."

It takes nearly four hours to drive from the urban area to Lingshan, and the journey is complicated. Even if you get on the highway, you will be dizzy by large and small exits, but Li Chengyun didn't turn on the navigation.

He Zhen sat in the back seat and looked at Li Chengyun's eyes in the rearview mirror, the bright and dim street lights left a flash of light and shadow on his face.

In his impression, Li Chengyun has many friends, and when a large group of people appear, Li Chengyun is always the one surrounded by the crowd.

In the beginning, Hezhen really wanted to be a person like Li Chengyun, who had a good temper, was popular, and could do what he wanted to do effortlessly. God blatantly favored him.

It seems that this is not the case now, or that from the time he entered Li Chengyun's life with evil intentions, God canceled his coupons.

The sky outside the window was covered with a layer of gray haze, Li Chengyun drove the car into the service area, stopped and got out of the car to light a cigarette.

Just as the cigarette in her hand was lit, a woman got out of the black car parked next to her. She said a few words to Li Chengyun, but Li Chengyun didn't seem to hear clearly, and bent slightly to her and tilted his head to signal her to say it again.

The woman leaned over and repeated it again, Li Chengyun stood up smiling and waved at her, the bluish-white smoke waving indistinct curves in the air, and disappeared without a trace when the wind blew.

He Zhen actually wanted to hear what they were talking about, but he had to do a full set of acting, so he could only sit in the car and stare ahead, leaning his body as far as possible, with his ears sticking to the car glass.

But accidents always come quickly, and before he had time to listen, someone knocked on the car window twice, with little movement, but he was still taken aback by being too close.

The car window was half rolled down, Li Chengyun didn't bend down, but put his hand on the edge of the car window and knocked twice: "Sit in front."

He Zhen let out a cry, he watched the car window move up a little bit, and only released the corners of his mouth when the last gap was closed. Li Chengyun offered to sit with him, which is a great thing.

He Zhen opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot. Li Chengyun turned to look at him, stopped for a few seconds and then reminded him: "Seat belt."

"I heard that it takes a second to get up in the army."

He Zhen answered the question while bowing his head to fasten his seat belt: "Starting from blowing the horn, even making the bed and dressing and washing, it can only take up to three and a half minutes, otherwise you will be late, and then you will have to do [-] laps of the playground, and then you will miss it." Breakfast time."

The answer was a bit too detailed. If he followed Li Chengyun's script that he still doesn't remember, the answer should not exceed ten words.

But He Zhen couldn't help it, so after the buckle was closed, he added with a smile: "Vicious circle."

Li Chengyun didn't speak, he stepped on the accelerator, and drove on the expressway along the flat ground. When he was about to enter the tunnel, He Zhen heard Li Chengyun whisper: "I didn't think carefully enough back then."

The long second of entering the tunnel seemed to run through the entire summer, the glaring light on the top of the wall illuminated the compartment, and Li Chengyun's words seemed to be pouring cement into his chest, which quickly solidified and made people breathless.

It's not because of anything else, just because Li Chengyun apologized to him and blamed himself, he couldn't stand it.

From the beginning to the end, Li Chengyun never apologized to him, even if he did, he asked for it.

"You've done a great job."

He Zhen stared at the bigger and bigger circular exit ahead, and whispered the answer.

But it may be because the wind was too loud, Li Chengyun didn't hear it.

Less than an hour's drive away from the destination, He Zhen leaned back in his chair and listened to the entire early album of Wu Bai on the radio, and sneaked a look at Li Chengyun's profile by the way.

From the brow bone down are the eyes, the bridge of the nose, the pinnae of the ears, the lips, the sharp jaw, and the calm and undulating chest.

All impulsive beginnings will make a comeback after a few years.

"Why is your face so red?"

Li Chengyun stopped at the end of the line at the toll booth, stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, and the thin sweat on his forehead rubbed the back of Li Chengyun's hand.

"A little hot."

After He Zhen finished speaking, he took out a tissue and covered his face.

Li Chengyun raised his eyebrows lightly, stretched out his hand to the air outlet to try it out, and then increased the wind speed a little.

With the 16-degree cold wind blowing to the door of the hotel, He Zhen's legs were a little numb when he got out of the car. He watched Li Chengyun go to the trunk to get his luggage, and put his backpack on the trolley case. His movements were natural and done in one go.

The past few years in the army have allowed his physical fitness to reach the peak of 23 years, but Li Chengyun seems to be still at the age of 19. I don't know if he failed to leave or didn't want to leave.

There are only two employees in the hotel lobby in the early morning. One is lying on a chair with headphones and watching videos, and the other is drowsy with his head propped up.

Li Chengyun asked for Hezhen's ID card, went to the front desk to check in, and looked at Li Chengyun's back, Hezhen began to wish that Li Chengyun would only open one room.

His wish never worked. Li Chengyun handed him the room card with white background and blue characters together with his ID card, and dragged the suitcase to the elevator.

The rooms of the two of them are not far apart, and there are two numbers between them. After swiping the card, Li Chengyun raised his head, said something to go to bed early, and then opened the door to go in.

How could it be possible to sleep, Hezhen lay on the bed after taking a shower, staring at the chandelier with cobwebs on the ceiling in a daze.

Li Chengyun used to be obsessed with cleanliness, and now he can live in such a cheap hotel. He used to hate the smell of cigarettes, to the extent that he would frown when he smelled it, but now he has smoked himself, and he feels quite addicted.

In the past few years since he left, Li Chengyun has become blank.

Less than 30 seconds after knocking on the door, the door was pulled open from the inside, and Li Chengyun stood inside with wet hair.

"The shower in my room kept dripping and couldn't be turned off. It was so noisy that I couldn't sleep."

He Zhen had a troubled expression on his face.

Presumably Li Chengyun knew a little about the hotel's facilities a long time ago, so he didn't question him when he told such a lie, but asked him if he had called the front desk.

"Called, but no one answered."

After an unknown amount of time, Li Chengyun finally turned sideways, allowing Hezhen to see the not-so-big space in the room: "My room is a big bed room."

"I'll sleep on the sofa."

He Zhen took a peek inside, pointed to the gray folding sofa placed against the wall, afraid of being rejected, He Zhen added: "It's a little bigger than my bed in the army dormitory."

In the end, he got his wish and slept on the single sofa opposite Li Chengyun.

The smell in Li Chengyun's room was the same as his, with a faint musty smell.

The gradually recovering skylight cast on the floor through the gap in the curtains, and He Zhen was always lying facing Li Chengyun, looking at Li Chengyun's back with the faint light of light.

At first He Zhen thought it was a hallucination in the middle of the night, but after a few minutes passed, He Zhen found that Li Chengyun was really shaking. The tall man was huddled in the corner of the big bed, and the thin quilt on his shoulders trembled slightly.

Afraid of waking Li Chengyun up, He Zhen didn't wear shoes, so he walked carefully to the bedside, leaning on the pillow to look at Li Chengyun's face.

Li Chengyun's chin was hidden in the white quilt, his eyes were closed tightly, and his brows were wrinkled together.

The 20-year-old Li Chengyun seems to be able to get everything easily, but the 24-year-old Li Chengyun cannot even have a stable night.