faint star

There are three tables for my aunt's birthday banquet, two tables of relatives, and one table of colleagues and friends.

Aunt Xu Wenjing had a new hairstyle, her face was rounder than before, she was wearing a wine red dress, she looked very energetic.As soon as she saw Xu Zhiwei, she immediately grabbed his arm happily, asked him several questions in one breath, praised him for not changing at all, he was still the same as the previous years, then changed the subject and urged him to bring a girlfriend eat wine.

Xu Zhiwei didn't have time to answer her every sentence one by one, so he could only fool with a smile, but he didn't feel disgusted with this kind of concern in his heart, and even missed it a little.

The food served at the banquet was very good, as was the wine used.Xu Zhiwei sat among relatives, listening to them exchanging various news about their parents, who bought a new house, whose child failed the college entrance examination.Xu Zhiwei was infected by the atmosphere, and drank two glasses of white wine with his cousin.

It was almost nine o'clock, the guests said goodbye in twos and threes, and they had almost left. Only some very close relatives and friends and the aunt's family were still in the hall.

Uncle and cousin are packing up the remaining drinks.The aunt pulled Xu Zhiwei to sit at the table and talked, she stuffed Xu Zhiwei's red envelope into Xu Zhiwei and returned it to him.

"You can come to see your aunt, as long as you have the intention. Take the money back and use it yourself."

Xu Zhiwei refused to take back the argument with her.

She added: "It's not easy for you to be alone in other places, and my aunt can't help you. We can rest assured that you are doing well. You take care... Take care, young people should save more money."

Perhaps because of drinking a little wine, Xu Zhiwei was rarely excited in front of the elders: "I know I need to save money, but it's not bad. Besides, besides my aunt, how many elders can I honor?"

Xu Wenjing knew the root cause of Zhiwei's hard work since she was a child. She couldn't help crying when she heard this, and she finally stopped refusing.

After leaving the hotel, Xu Zhiwei caught the tonight train back to Beijing.In the middle of the night, the waiting hall of the railway station is brightly lit, and groups of passengers flock to the entrance from time to time, which is still very lively.Xu Zhiwei entered the station following the flow of people, and the crowd quickly dispersed on the huge platform.

A train pulls into the station in the distance, and bright light shines on the densely packed railroad tracks. Xu Zhiwei quickly found his own compartment, and as soon as he stepped into the compartment, he was shocked by the air-conditioning. A small half of the seats in the compartment were empty, which was more lively than during the daytime. Much quieter.

The seats next to Xu Zhiwei's were empty, and he occupied a row of space by himself, so he could relax and sit by the window.

After sitting for a minute or two, the train accelerated steadily and sped out of the station.The train station, brightly lit like a huge crystal, was left behind in an instant, and the vast night came rushing along the railroad tracks.The lights on the outer ring of the city passed, and the night became thicker. When passing by a large area of ​​rural farmland, the lights were sparse and distant, like stars hanging in the sky.

The air-conditioning in the car was bright and quiet, except for the occasional cough or two, almost no voice could be heard.Xu Zhiwei couldn't help but folded his arms and wrapped his coat tightly.He set the alarm clock, thinking he could take a nap on the road, but when he closed the

My eyes and mind are full of things, I have no sleepiness at all, and I can't fall asleep no matter what.

Maybe it was because he drank a little white wine at night, or maybe he was catching a train late at night. At this time, he felt a faint pain in his stomach.

He can only look out of the window for a while, and look at his phone for a while.There's nothing wrong with the work group.The others were boring advertisements from some wechat merchants. My aunt sent him a message asking him to talk to her when he arrived in Beijing.

Gu Heng has not contacted him yet.

The encounter a few hours ago seemed like a dream, but the heat of the evening sun on the skin was real, and it seemed that there was still warmth at this moment.

They didn't talk for a few words, and he could almost retell their conversation in full.

Gu Heng asked him how he was doing, he said it was good, he asked how Gu Heng was, Gu Heng said "I'm still the same".

What does it mean?Is it casual?Still have no deep meaning?

Gu Heng's "old style" means "my heart has not changed, and I still look forward to reconciling with you", or "whatever, I think it's good to be single and romantic".

He felt that the way Gu Heng looked at him hadn't changed from before, but his attitude was inexplicably distant, and he wondered if he didn't understand his hint.

In these thoughts, his stomach hurts intermittently, and he can't stop it. He can only hang his head and curl his body tighter.

After one o'clock in the morning, Xu Zhiwei finally felt a little drowsy, and was suddenly awakened by the sound of a baby crying. When he opened his eyes, he saw a young mother walking back and forth in the aisle holding her baby. This crying has a few voices.

"Why did you bring such a small child out at this time?"

"I'm sorry, she's usually very good."

The young mum apologized to the passengers who were woken up.She also forced an apologetic wry smile at Xu Zhiwei, and Xu Zhiwei realized that he was staring at her, and immediately returned her a gentle smile, and asked in a low voice, "Is the child unwell?"

The young mother was worried: "I don't know, I forgot to bring the thermometer, I don't know if she has a fever."

Xu Zhiwei stretched out his hand to touch the child's forehead, opened his eyelids and glanced: "It's okay."

After a while, the child fell asleep in the mother's arms. The young mother thanked Xu Zhiwei softly, returned to her seat and sat down, and the carriage returned to silence.Xu Zhiwei couldn't sleep anymore, he checked the time, it was not yet two o'clock in the morning, the phone seemed to be spinning and there was no movement, only his stomach pain continued.

When he finally got out of the car at the finish line, he was almost exhausted.He wanted to take the subway home, but he was so tired that he had to take a taxi back.

As soon as he got home, he took a shower and fell on the bed. He fell asleep for two or three hours. The first thing he did when he woke up was to check his mobile phone, but there was still no reply from Gu Heng.

Xu Zhiwei couldn't help laughing at himself, what's wrong with him, could it be that he has been deceiving himself and others for so long, and in his heart he has been waiting for Gu Heng's prodigal son to come back?

wait until the second

One afternoon, Xu Zhiwei finally received Gu Heng's reply - a courier.He opened the courier, and inside was a photo album, all of which were photos of Mai Mai.When she was picked up by Gu Heng, she was lying on Gu Heng's wheelchair.Being held in Xu Zhiwei's arms, they watched TV together.More pictures of Mai Mai alone with a cat.Turning to the end, it was in the apartment where they lived together not long ago, Mai Mai was lying lazily on the floor, not interested in the huge cat climbing frame.

Xu Zhiwei slowly flipped through the photos, every one of them is very cute.He also printed some photos he took before, most of which made Mai Mai look silly.Sure enough, he couldn't accurately capture a moment's spiritual energy like a professional.

He picked out one of the photo albums sent by Gu Heng and put it in the frame, and put the rest together with the photos he took.

He carefully checked the express package again. There was nothing else in the box, and there were only photos in the album, without any other words.

He hugged his knees and sat on the sofa for a while.

Once before, Gu Heng came to send him photos.It was not long after they got together for the second time, he got the family photo album of his childhood from his biological mother, and Gu Heng helped him re-scan it.That day Gu Heng came on a motorcycle with the photo album in his arms, and when he returned it to him, he could feel Gu Heng's body temperature on the photo album.

It was winter then, and now it is midsummer.He felt another temperature difference.

But he was still struggling in his heart, maybe he was too firm in rejecting Gu Heng before, so Gu Heng didn't understand the hint that he wanted to turn back.

Xu Zhiwei picked up the phone. Although he had already deleted Gu Heng's phone number, it was impossible for him to forget that string of numbers.

He called Gu Heng directly.

The call was quickly connected.

"Zhiwei?" Gu Heng's voice sounded surprised.

Xu Zhiwei let out a breath slowly, trying to keep his voice steady: "I received the photo album, I made it very hard, thank you."

There seemed to be some noise on Gu Heng's side, like a meeting.He said, "You're welcome...I picked up Maimai, but I know you are the best for it. Don't be too sad, it should be 15 years old in the end, right?"

Xu Zhiwei said: "Yes, almost 15 years old, I have raised it by myself for many years."

Gu Heng paused, and the surrounding environment became quieter: "Yes..."

The two fell silent, Xu Zhiwei said, "Anyway, thank you."

Gu Heng said: "Zhiwei, you don't need to thank me, really, you don't have to be so polite to me..."

Xu Zhiwei's heart beat faster.Then he heard Gu Heng say——

"I will always be your friend. If there is anything you need, I will definitely help."

Xu Zhiwei forgot to breathe, and his heart, which had been beating wildly for a moment, suddenly fell into a bottomless pit.After a while, he let out a breath slowly and said, "Okay, thank you anyway."

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