Still tide

On a summer night in August, even the chirping of the cicadas sounded weak and tired, dragging on for a long time.

Miao Jiayan didn't send anything else after posting these two items, and looked at Chen Chao's direction from the bottom, quietly.Chen Chao also didn't fall asleep for a long time, and the sound of light breathing proved that neither of them could fall asleep quickly.

In the middle of the night, it began to rain lightly outside, and the small wind blowing in from the window became much cooler. Miao Jiayan got up and closed the small window at the end of Chen Chao's bed.

He got up together, Chen Chao asked: "What's wrong?"

Miao Jiayan was taken aback, and replied, "I'll close the window..."

Chen Chao asked him again: "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

Miao Jiayan closed the window and came back, and replied in a low voice, "I haven't fallen asleep yet."

Chen Chao said fiercely, "Go to sleep."

Miao Jiayan nodded and said, "Yeah."

Both of them remembered the emoticons they had sent to each other before, and Miao Jiayan thought he was really cute.Chen Chao's voice also softened, and he said, "Go to sleep."

Miao Jiayan closed her eyes and fell asleep after a while.

Chen Chao can still stay at home for a week.

Miao Jiayan didn't say anything similar to retention and reluctance, it was useless if he said it, Chen Chao had to go to school.Miao Jiayan started to help Chen Chao pack his things from the next day, and she was very proactive.Chen Chao was not very cooperative, and he didn't like to respond when asked him anything, and he was indifferent.

The one in the whole family who showed the most reluctance was Chen Guangda, who sighed and was reluctant to leave his son from the bottom of his heart.

"You left and left dad lying here by himself, can't dad cry?" Chen Guangda looked at Chen Chao anxiously, "Your father still bothers me so much."

"You want to find a girlfriend sooner than today?" Chen Chao went to sit beside his father's bed and patted him, "You should find one."

"Even if I look for it, don't I have to wait until I can go to the ground? Where can I look for it now?" Chen Guangda didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Now Dad has no ability."

Chen Chao looked at his father and asked him, "Are you still in touch with my mother?"

Chen Guangda said, "Occasionally."

Chen Chao asked: "Then what do you think?"

Chen Chao rarely asked about his father's emotional life. After his father's divorce, Chen Chao didn't ask too much, and he didn't want to interfere with his father's affairs.Chen Guangda didn't mention this, and the father and son never talked about it.

This time Chen Chao broke his leg and didn't tell Jiang Li. He kept the phone call without telling Jiang Li. Jiang Li didn't even know that he was at grandma's house.This is also what Chen Guangda meant. Although he didn't say it directly, Chen Chao still tacitly sensed that his father didn't want Jiang Li to come over.If Jiang Li came here, she couldn't leave. Chen Chao was her son, and she couldn't ignore Chen Chao if she didn't care about Chen Guangda.Really took care of this summer vacation, she and Chen Guangda were not close or far away, a bit awkward.

Chen Guangda didn't answer Chen Chao's question directly, but instead asked, "What about you? Do you want us to remarry?"

Miao Jiayan was originally in the room, but felt that it was not appropriate for her to be here, so she stood up and went out quietly.Chen Chao glanced at him, and replied to his father, "I have no idea, it's up to you."

Chen Guangda stopped talking, and Chen Chao patted his father's leg twice, as if to comfort him.

"Don't worry about it, aren't you the happiest?" Chen Chao smiled, looked at his father and said, "Do whatever you want."

Chen Guangda always smiled at all times, now he sighed with a smile and asked, "What about you? How would you say it?"

Chen Chao was in his early twenties, but he still couldn't answer this question as his father, and finally said: "I don't know, you can do whatever you want."

Chen Chao resembles his father in many aspects, and he knows Chen Guangda very well.

Chen Guangda seems careless and unreliable. He doesn't care about many things, but he still has traditional masculine characteristics in essence, and even has a little bit of machismo in some aspects.

At that time, Chen Chao would rather live with his grandma for three years and never hesitated to marry his father, because he knew that Chen Guangda was not as open-minded as he showed.

Jiang Li left Chen Guangda when he was most frustrated. At that time, Chen Guangda had nothing but a son.

Back then, Chen Guangda tried his best to catch up with Jiang Li, and he didn't feel sorry for the time-consuming pursuit when he caught up. During the ten years of marriage, Chen Guangda took care of his family very much.When he was young, he was indeed inexperienced in business and lost money several times, but outside of his career, Chen Guangda never let his wife and son down.

The three years when Chen Chao stayed in his hometown were also the most difficult three years for Chen Guangda. A man lost his family because of doing business. This man sounds so incompetent.

Chen Guangda is quite strong in his bones, and his bones are hard.He hasn't looked for it for so many years, and he must still be unable to let go of Jiang Li and Chen Guangda's long-term love.But the hurdles in his heart were also difficult to overcome, and Jiang Li had given up on him.

Chen Chao couldn't give any advice on this matter, nor could he make a decision for him.

And he still doesn't understand his own affairs.

Miao Jiayan actively packed up everything. Chen Chao didn't have many things. When he came back, he had a backpack, and when he left, he packed everything in a bag.

Chen Chao lowered his eyes and said lightly, "What are you in a hurry for?"

"There's no rush," Miao Jiayan replied in a low voice, "I'll just pack it up and put it away, for fear that I'll pack things up at the end of the day."

Chen Chao asked: "Can't you send it if it's dropped?"

Miao Jiayan replied, "I'm afraid that you will be short of things when you go back, and it will be difficult for you to use them."

He doesn't talk much, it has always been like this, before Chen Chao left, he never said much.Sometimes Miao Jiayan walked around to pick up things, and sometimes just sat there. Chen Chao looked into his eyes and Miao Jiayan didn't dare to touch him.

In the evening, after Chen Chao took a shower, he lay back on his little bed. Miao Jiayan went back to get his things. The light was on in the room, and Chen Chao was reading a book.

Miao Jiayan came back after a while and said, "I'm going to take a shower, Brother Chao."

"Let's wash it." Chen Chao replied.

Miao Jiayan has a big T-shirt, which he usually wears as pajamas, with shorts underneath.When he came out of the shower, he was wearing a wide T-shirt, revealing a section of his neck and collarbone, and the cuffs hung down to his elbows, making him look thin and small.

A headband was tied on his head, and his hair was pulled up in a mess on top of his head, revealing his entire face.

Chen Chao had unintentionally raised his head to look at him, but his gaze paused, staring at the mask on Miao Jiayan's face for a long time.

Chen Chao rarely sees other people wearing facial masks. He doesn't usually get in touch with any girls. Before his parents divorced, Jiang Li seldom used them.There is a hole around the eyes and mouth, exposing two eyes and mouth.The eyelashes were still stained with the essence from the mask, and he didn't dare to open his mouth when he spoke. Miao Jiayan's lips were not particularly thin, so when viewed in a circle, his mouth seemed a bit round.

Chen Chao lowered his head and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing him smile, Miao Jiayan felt a little relaxed in her heart, and said, "You're laughing at me."

"No." Chen Chao denied.

"You're laughing." Miao Jiayan couldn't bow her head while she was wearing a mask, and sat on the ground carefully. He asked Chen Chao, "Do you want one?"

Chen Chao hurriedly said, "No."

The two of them were very close, and Chen Chao could just see Miao Jiayan's messy hair tied up by the hair tie from this angle.

Miao Jiayan put the phone aside, and when the phone rang, he turned slightly.

Chen Chao looked away, and continued to read the book in his hand.Two days ago when Jiang Xun came back, sometimes when messages came from Miao Jiayan's cell phone, Jiang Xun would reply directly. If he was inconvenient to look at something in his hand, he would say, "Brother Xun, go back."

Chen Chao thought of Jiang Xun, put the book aside, and sat there dryly.

He watched Miao Jiayan bowing his head and answering the news, and remembered before the college entrance examination, when because of the contract, everyone would go to him directly for anything about Miao Jiayan.Fang Fang said that he wanted Miao Jiayan to open Weibo. Chen Chao was about to take the college entrance examination and often couldn't see his mobile phone. He called Jiang Xun one night.

On the phone, Chen Chao asked Jiang Xun to help him start a Weibo.

Jiang Xun asked with a smile at the time: "What's wrong with getting a Weibo account, just let him open it himself."

"He doesn't have a mobile phone," Chen Chao said while walking, "and he doesn't know how to surf the Internet, so I don't understand."

Jiang Xun said, "That's fine."

Chen Chao said again: "If you have something to do, you should watch it."

Jiang Xun smiled again and asked, "What's the relationship between you two, and why did you call me specifically to say so?"

Chen Chao said, "My little brother."

The younger brother Jiang Xunzhen helped to take care of it, and now the fans in the live broadcast room only recognize Brother Xun.

Chen Chao remained silent for a long time, Miao Jiayan put down her phone and looked up at him.

After bowing his head for a long time, the mask on his face fell off, only half of it was still hanging on his face, and the forehead and half of his nose fell off.

Chen Chao was thinking of something else, but when he saw Miao Jiayan's face, he forgot what he was thinking, and was amused by his funny face mask.

Miao Jiayan raised her hand to feel it. She wanted to stick it on, but when she touched it, the bottom part was messed up.He wanted to stand up and go to the bathroom to post, but before he got up, Chen Chao said, "Come here."

Miao Jiayan then leaned forward to get closer to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao had never done this before. He leaned over slightly and opened the folded mask paper. The cold and greasy touch of his fingertips made him a little uncomfortable.Because Miao Jiayan's face was covered with essence, it felt similar to the touch.

Miao Jiayan kept her face up, with her arm on the edge of Chen Chao's bed, and honestly asked Chen Chao to help him.Chen Chao's movements were very light, and Miao Jiayan was itched a little by him.

The distance between the two of them was very close. Miao Jiayan looked at his nose and mouth at first, but then she forgot to look at his eyes.

Chen Chao drew a circle along the edge of the mask paper with his fingers to make it stick more firmly.

Miao Jiayan was stunned and forgot to look away.

Chen Chao put down his hand, his fingertips still felt the touch just now, a little cold.

You can't see the expression through the mask, but the emotion conveyed by Miao Jiayan's eyes is soft.The last time he looked at Chen Chao intently, Chen Chao moved his eyes away.

This time, Chen Chao met his gaze and looked back.

"What are you looking at me for?" Chen Chao asked suddenly.

Only then did Miao Jiayan come back to her senses, she backed away in a little panic, her back straightened.

Chen Chao didn't let him retreat too far, and stopped his arm with his hand.

Miao Jiayan lowered her eyelashes to cover her eyes, looking panicked and helpless.

"Miao Jiayan." Chen Chao called his name.

Miao Jiayan couldn't leave, but she didn't dare to look at Chen Chao frankly, so she could only look at the ground, and said "Hey" softly.

Chen Chao asked, "Why are you looking at me that way?"