money worship

The old community is open, unlike today's new residential areas that need to swipe cards to enter and exit.Jing Tang ran too fast, and didn't pay attention to the direction. When he finally ran out of the community and stopped, he realized that the place he was in didn't seem to be the road he took when he came in at noon.

There are no people on the road here, even the road is very empty, only a few private cars speeding past occasionally.Jing Tang let out a sigh of relief, and wanted to turn on the phone's navigation to find out if there was a station or a subway station nearby, only to find that the phone had automatically shut down because it ran out of battery.

I walked too fast after getting up and forgot to charge it...

Jing Tang scratched her hair irritably.He always feels that he seems to have become particularly forgetful recently. He will never forget to bring a power bank when he forgets anything before, and he will remember to fully charge his mobile phone before going out.

Could this be a symptom of depression?

But there is no way out, Jing Tang fumbled in various pockets on her body, and miraculously found a piece of 100 yuan, but this banknote has become a crumpled lump, obviously washed by water However, it may be that he stuffed it into his trouser pocket and forgot to take it out at some point.

Jing Tang carefully flattened it, confirmed that it should still be usable, then folded it in half, stuffed it back into his trouser pocket, and was about to hail a taxi to go back.

This place is too remote, there are very few taxis on the road, and occasionally a few pass by, and all of them are carrying people.Jing Tang was standing alone on the side of the road to stop the car, but there were always rustling noises not far behind him. He frowned, turned his head to check, but saw only lush green bushes.

No way...he was so sick that he had auditory hallucinations?

Jingtang became more and more uneasy.

But no matter whether the voice just now was his hallucination or something real, Jing Tang felt that she should be more careful.He caught a glimpse of a middle-aged woman walking a dog not far away, so he leaned over to talk to her by asking for directions, chatting and walking the dog while waiting for the car.

He was worried that if he kept being alone, that person who didn't know if he existed would suddenly attack him.

Fortunately, not long after, an empty taxi passed by, Jing Tang hurriedly stopped her, boarded the car and went home.

It's not the first time I've felt this way.

After Yan Cheng took him to the hospital to see a doctor, he and Yan Cheng walked side by side in the corridor of the hospital, always feeling that someone was watching him.It's just that at that time, he thought he would feel this way, and he was overly sensitive because he was sick, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But...is that really the case?

Jingtang was very confused, she couldn't figure it out at all.He now has no confidence in his mental health.

Jing Tang leaned against the car window, looking at the fleeting scenery outside the window.He was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk, but the taxi driver sitting in front of him was very talkative, talking to him non-stop, without looking at the atmosphere at all.Jing Tang had no choice but to say "hmm" once or twice between the driver's speeches, which was regarded as a response, but she was not actually listening.

After a while, the car stopped slowly, probably at a red light.

Jing Tang looked out of the window, and found that this place seemed a little familiar - the outer periphery of a construction site by the roadside was sprayed with white paint in large characters "Constructed by the First Engineering Company of Licheng Construction Group".

Should have seen it somewhere.

Jing Tang recalled for a while, and then remembered that Yan Cheng also passed by here when he took him to the Central Hospital for medical treatment.At that time, the abandoned buildings here had just been demolished, and they were still a messy ruin, but now the foundation has been laid, and the workers are standing on high scaffolding, working hard under the scorching sun.

The heart began to throb again, Jingtang took a few deep breaths, and pressed her chest hard.

The driver asked in front: "Are you okay, kid, do you want to take you to the hospital? The Central Hospital is right in front."

Jing Tang shook her head and said, "No need."

After speaking, he looked away and stopped looking at the construction site.

The road here is very narrow, all single-lane, and the taxi is almost close to the sidewalk.Jingtang waited patiently for the red light to pass, but suddenly there was a clear and crisp beating sound in her ear.

It was someone outside knocking on the car window.

Jing Tang turned her head slowly, the person's appearance was reflected in the trembling pupils - black and white hair, cloudy eyes, deep nasolabial folds on both sides of the bridge of the nose, and rough skin that was almost cracked by the scorching sun .

"Master Jing."

Jingtang faintly heard his unsteady voice through the car window.

...how could it be such a coincidence.

Why did he just pass by the construction site where he was working.

The driver asked suspiciously, "Are you an acquaintance? Open the window for you?"

"Don't!" Jing Tang hurriedly stopped him, almost begging, "Don't open the window...I don't know him."

The green light comes on at exactly this time.The driver smacked his lips while continuing to drive forward, and cursed in a low voice with disgust: "It's unlucky to touch my car with such dirty hands!"

When she got home, Jing Tang was still in shock, so she put 100 yuan into the driver's hand, and got off the car in a hurry.

The driver complained: "Hey, don't give cash, who still uses cash now, I have no money to find you!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man disappeared.

Jing Tang quickly went upstairs to go home, opened the door and bumped into Miao Yang at home, and was startled.

"I'll do the cleaning..." Miao Yang looked at him worriedly, "Xiaotang, are you okay?"

Only then did Jingtang belatedly remember that Miao Yang had indeed said yesterday that she would come to clean the house.He shook his head, left Miao Yang and went back to the bedroom, closed the curtains, and collapsed on the bed.

What a day.

Jing Tang closed her eyes, and put her arms in front of her eyes, not letting a ray of light see through.At this moment, he was upset, and he just wanted to sleep quickly and forget what happened just now.

In the end, I forgot to charge my phone.

After Yan Jue enjoyed Jiang Yiran's gentle face-wiping service, he just got out of the bathroom when he received a call from Yan Cheng.

"I called Jingtang and found that his phone was turned off." Yan Cheng asked, "Is he still with you now?"

"No, he's at home now and has fallen asleep." After Yan Jue finished speaking, he couldn't help sighing.

Yan Cheng sensitively caught the sigh, and asked nervously, "Did something happen to him? He's having another attack?"

Yan Jue didn't want to tell Yan Cheng what happened today, so as not to affect Yan Cheng's work status.But now that Yan Cheng asked the question himself, he couldn't hide it.

"Yes..." Yan Jue glanced at the closed bedroom door, and said, "However, I don't know exactly why, maybe it's because I miss you so much and can't leave you."

Yan Cheng on the other end of the phone smiled wryly, "I didn't expect to hear such words from you."

Yan Jue snorted softly: "That idiot didn't know what he was trying to do, he kept holding back until he figured it out and told you, I don't know when it will be."

"And you, what are you trying to do, Dad." Yan Jue raised his eyebrows, "I think you two should be more honest."

Yan Cheng asked, "Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

Yan Jue grabbed Jiang Yiran's hand and wrapped it in his palm, and raised his lips: "This is the experience and guidance given to you two by someone who has experienced it."

With reddened ears, Jiang Yiran whispered, "...Yanjue!"

You must know that there are not only the two of them in the living room, but also a nanny who is cleaning. They are holding hands in a grand manner, afraid that they will not be seen by the nanny.

However, Yanjue held on very tightly, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free, so he had to "succumb".

"... Someone here? What do you mean?" Yan Cheng was a little surprised, "Have you and Jiang Yiran made progress?"

Yan Jue laughed, showing off to his father proudly: "He's already my boyfriend, didn't you expect that?"

Yan Cheng really didn't expect that within ten hours after he left Licheng, the relationship between Yan Jue and Jiang Yiran had achieved a qualitative leap.

Sure enough, there will be no generation gap in communication between the two young people?

And he and Jingtang, the age difference is too big, sometimes it seems difficult to understand each other's thinking.That's why it's like this... stumbling.

Before Yanjue, he had been crushed on Jiang Yiran for too long, but now that he has embraced the beautiful woman, he is very proud, and forced his old father to listen to him show his love for a long time, which made Yan Cheng on the phone very helpless, and also made the Jiang Yiran, who was holding hands with him, was very shy, and her head was so low that she was about to bury it in the ground.

After 15 minutes, Yan Jue finally said enough and hung up the phone.Yan Cheng rubbed the center of his brows, threw the phone aside, and leaned against the head of the bed to rest.

He set off from Licheng early in the morning and came to the city next door. In the morning, he went to the partner company to visit and study, and now he is taking a lunch break in the hotel.In the afternoon, and the day after tomorrow, he will stay here for meetings.However, if the meeting goes well, it may be possible to return to Oak City earlier.

Waking up too early in the morning, Yan Cheng was already so sleepy that he fell asleep on the side of the bed.When I opened my eyes again, it was almost two o'clock.

After waking up, Yan Cheng habitually picked up his phone to check if there were any pending messages, only to find that he seemed to have accidentally touched the screen while he was asleep and opened the phone's photo album.

What was displayed on the screen was a photo from several years ago. The two teenagers on the screen were still wearing high school uniforms, with green and innocent smiles on their lips.They sat around a big three-tiered cake, and next to the cake was a bowl of horrific parfaits.There are two adults standing behind the teenagers, Jing Yue and Ling Lian.

Yan Cheng looked at the date the photo was taken, and then remembered that it was taken on Jing Tang's birthday.

Next to the photo, there is a video, which is very short, less than 2 minutes.

Yan Cheng clicked on it, and turned up the volume on the phone.

"Ninny, hurry up and make a wish." Ling Lian pushed the candled cake in front of Jingtang, and then called her husband beside her, "Jing Yue, turn off the lights!"

Jingtang pursed her mouth and said, "Why turn off the lights, it's dark, just blow like this!"

Yan Jue propped his face aside and said, "You are too unromantic."

"Haha..." Jingtang laughed dryly, "I don't want you to say that."

Ling Lian poked Jingtang's face with her finger: "You idiot, blowing out the candles means turning off the lights."

As soon as she finished speaking, the lights in the restaurant went out.

"Okay, okay!" Jing Yue went back behind his son, patted his shoulder, "Come on, make a wish."

Jing Tang nodded, moved the stool to sit a little closer, brought her face closer to the slightly shaking candlelight, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and slightly curled the corners of her lips.

Ten seconds later, Jing Tang opened his eyes and said happily, "It's over! Eat cake, eat cake!" Then he blew out all eighteen candles in one breath.

Jing Yue hugged his son's shoulders, and asked him with a smile: "What wish did you make, tell Dad?"

"Didn't everyone say that if you express your wish, it won't work!" Jing Tang snorted and said, "I won't tell you!"

then……

Yan Cheng looked at Jingtang in the video and lost his mind for a moment.

Then--

Jing Tang raised her head and smiled at the camera a little embarrassedly.

Yan Cheng stared at Jing Tang through the screen, after four years.

The author says:

Hey Hey.