desensitization therapy

Fang Zhilian was guilty all the way home, until Cheng Lei drove the car to the underground parking lot and turned off the engine. He fidgeted and was about to get out of the car, but saw Cheng Lei skillfully lit a cigarette in the front row.

Cheng Lei had never smoked in front of Fang Zhilian, but she made no attempt to hide it at this moment. With a thin cigarette between her fingers, she fell into silence without saying a word.

Pure white smoke floated in the small space inside the car. Fang Zhilian stopped opening the door and unconsciously coughed twice.

"You go down first." Cheng Lei seemed to have just recovered, she exhaled a puff of smoke, but did not look at Fang Zhilian.

Fang Zhilian was startled for a moment, then withdrew his outstretched arm and lowered the car window.

"Mom," he asked hesitantly, "do you know Aunt Wen?"

The moment Cheng Lei and Wen Peitang met in the corridor just now, Fang Zhilian's heartbeat almost stopped, but when Wen Peitang greeted Cheng Lei with a somewhat reserved expression, he inevitably had another question.

"It's not acquaintance." Cheng Lei said.

The sporadic fire point of the cigarette was slightly tilted, and some ash fell down. Cheng Lei didn't seem to notice it, and she added with a normal expression: "I have contacted at work."

There was a faint smell of tobacco in the stagnant air in the car.

Fang Zhilian thought of Wen Peitang's blurted "Lawyer Cheng" and the bruise on his arm, and naturally connected the two things together.

"At work?" After hesitating for a second, Fang Zhilian asked again, "Did Aunt Wen be..."

"Back to Pingyi at the end of this month."

The second half of Fang Zhilian's sentence was interrupted by Cheng Lei.Cheng Lei made it clear that she didn't want to answer. She put all her weight on the seat cushion, looking tired.

"The test papers in the two cities are of different levels, and it will take a while for you to get used to it when you go back," Cheng Lei rubbed the space between her brows, "I discussed it with your father. It's only a few days away, so you should prepare well and clean up."

The car was suddenly quiet, Fang Zhilian was silent for a few seconds, and replied "Yes".

"Mom, you should smoke less." After a pause, he said again.

The cigarette had already burned to the end, Cheng Lei didn't answer, she took a last deep breath, and then stubbed the cigarette butt on the ashtray of the car.

For more than half a month, it was slow and slow, and it was fast and fast.On the day Fang Zhilian left school, Duan Jiayu occupied half of the self-study class and held a small farewell party for him at his own expense.

It is said to be a farewell party, but in fact it is similar in nature to free activities. Those who want to study by themselves go to the library to study by themselves, and those who want to participate in the farewell party can stay in the classroom to eat snacks and gossip.

Fang Zhilian went to the Academic Affairs Office to pick up the files, and Duan Jiayu had already bought the snacks when he came back.There is no need to send a big bag, and the students who stayed in the classroom have consciously rushed forward.

Zhu Wen came back with a full bag of snacks. The first one was not given to Fang Zhilian, the protagonist of the farewell party, but a bottle of AD calcium milk on Yuli's table, plus a box of chocolate pie and potato chips.

Because there was going to be a farewell party, the side-by-side tables and chairs were all put together. Tao Jiaqi changed seats and was sitting next to You Li.

Zhu Wen shared the snacks she was carrying with Tao Jiaqi again, and finally it was Fang Zhilian's turn.

"I won't eat." You Li said in a blunt tone, she turned around and dumped all the snacks on Fang Zhilian's table.

Zhu Wen froze for a moment, pretending to be nonchalant and said, "If you don't eat, then don't eat."

What about the Cold War?

Fang Zhilian tilted his head, and just had a tacit eye with Tao Jiaqi, who had turned his head diagonally in front of him, but within two seconds, the eyes of the two hurriedly moved away in a tacit understanding.

Duan Jiayu finished distributing snacks amidst the hustle and bustle, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He stood on the podium, knocked on the blackboard, and signaled the students in the audience to look over.

"Now I announce that this farewell party is officially..." Duan Jiayu had just finished speaking, when he suddenly seemed to be stuck, and turned on the video camera that was set up around him at some time, "I forgot to record it, let's do it all over again."

A few girls in the front row covered their faces embarrassingly, Duan Jiayu noticed, and hurriedly made sure to take pictures of each of them beautifully.

"Students," Duan Jiayu cleared his throat, "This farewell party, everyone is the protagonist, and the purpose of the video is nothing else, just to leave a record of your youth."

The voice below the stage gradually decreased.

"The classmates around you at the moment may keep in touch after the college entrance examination and become the best friends in life, or they may not be in touch anymore. The fate may be long or short, some will continue, and some will end here But no matter what, you have spent the most precious three years together."

Duan Jiayu was still talking on the stage, but Zhu Wen in the audience tugged at Youli's school uniform hesitantly: "You really don't want to eat?"

You Li patted Zhu Wen's hand down vigorously: "Don't eat!"

Zhu Wen withdrew his hand resentfully.

"Great," Fang Zhilian joked, "Then I'll have two chocolate pies."

Now that Yuli quit, she quickly turned her head and stopped the box of chocolate pies, with a tense smile on her face: "Good idea!"

Zhu Wen saw that something was going on, and quickly poked Tao Jiaqi at the front table again: "Sister, change your position, thank you for your kindness!"

Tao Jiaqi went in without knowing it, but still quietly squatted down and changed with him.Zhu Wen swaggered to the front row. When he looked up, he found that Duan Jiayu had stopped giving a speech and was staring at him.

"Zhu Wen, why did you change positions?"

Zhu Wen reacted quickly, and immediately said: "Exchange feelings with your precious high school classmates!"

The whole class burst into laughter, and some of them looked at the couples in the class who had completed and were about to complete.

Unable to hold back, You Li stomped on Zhu Wen under the table.

Duan Jiayu coughed: "It's still early, you can communicate after the college entrance examination."

"That's right, why don't our whole class go to Linyu Island to exchange feelings after the college entrance examination?" Zhu Wen accepted it when he saw it, and asked with a smile, "Teacher Duan, why don't you go with us?"

This proposal was approved by many people, and several boys coaxed at the side: "Hello, Linyu Island!"

Fang Zhilian was eating a lot of fish while watching the excitement, Tao Jiaqi sat beside him motionless, after a while, he suddenly asked softly, "Are you really together?"

"Ah," Fang Zhilian responded reflexively, and then changed his words deliberately, he paused, and then said, "We are together."

Tao Jiaqi let out an "oh", his chin resting on his arms, unable to see his expression clearly.

Fang Zhilian felt a little apologetic in his heart. He was afraid that Tao Jiaqi would cry again, so he secretly turned his face to look at her expression.

"No wonder he doesn't like me." Tao Jiaqi's voice was a little muffled.

Fang Zhilian thought about comforting words for a long time, but only managed to say: "You are so beautiful, there is no grass anywhere in the world, why bother to fall in love with a single flower?"

"Of course those who have already picked the flowers will say so." Tao Jiaqi curled his lips, and finally raised his head, his face was clean.

Fortunately, he didn't cry, Fang Zhilian breathed a sigh of relief: "Your flowers are also in front."

Blinking his black eyes, he handed over the box with lots of fish, and said in a nice voice, "Do you eat a lot of fish?"

Tao Jiaqi glanced at him with a puffy face, as if discouraged: "Eat."

The sun outside the window was slowly setting among the buildings, and the honey-colored light streamed into the classroom, Fang Zhilian's shadow was dragged very long by the dusk.

He pushed open the door and saw Song Feijue standing outside, like a beam of drunken light slanting into the corridor.

Fang Zhilian's eyes lit up, and he rushed forward without thinking.However, the voice coming from the front door interrupted his next actions: "What are you two doing?"

Although Duan Jiayu said that all the students at today's farewell party were the protagonists, he still left Fang Zhilian alone and made a video, which he called sending to himself ten years later.

Fang Zhilian didn't bring it up in one breath, and the hug changed abruptly to patting his brother's back. He turned his head stiffly to say hello to Duan Jiayu: "Teacher Duan, let's say goodbye."

Song Feijue seemed unable to hold back, and laughed.Fang Zhilian felt his hand pat her back lightly twice, trembling slightly, but it was involuntarily reassuring.

"Oh," Duan Jiayu was not suspicious, "You two have a good pose, can I take a picture of you?"

or farewell!Fang Zhilian hurried to the long jump. He blinked his eyes when he was nervous, his eyelashes fluttered, and he looked flustered and innocent: "No, no, Mr. Duan, please go home."

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry," Duan Jiayu smiled enthusiastically. He lifted the camera around his neck, "This angle and light are very good."

Fang Zhilian was dizzy, he watched Duan Jiayu raise the camera again, before he could refuse, his shoulders were suddenly wrapped around him.

Separated by a layer of the same school uniform fabric, their bones seem to be tightly pressed together.

This time it was a real hug.

Fang Zhilian seemed to feel the two thin butterfly bones on Song Feijue's back, and his wings were about to fly, but they were so fragile that they were about to fall.

"Don't forget the crescent moon." Song Feijue's voice was right next to his ears, as soft as if it came from his body.A gust of wind blew past, and the leaves rattled, but when the gust of wind passed, they finally returned to stability and determination.

"Don't forget me too," he said.

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