cut the waves

Yu Yu can feel the invisible pressure in the air every time he walks into the senior three teaching building.Even during the end of get out of class and lunch break, the corridors are eerily quiet, and even the students going to the toilet are walking like flying, for fear of delaying the slightest time.

Su Liao will sort out weak test sites for him when he has time, and sometimes he is too busy to see him for a week.However, for Yu Yu, the pressure of studying is not too heavy.Taking a step back, he can always go to a good university, and at the worst, he can study a sports major.It’s just that sometimes there are too many questions, which is similar to swimming to the end of a marathon. The body and brain will enter a mechanical and numb state.Yu Yu's memory of the third year of high school is that there are overwhelming papers, and he passed them "swish, swish, swish".

All kinds of club activities in the school have basically nothing to do with the third year of high school.It wasn't until the Saturday afternoon after the midterm exam that senior high school students ushered in their first and only festival of their own, the "coming-of-age ceremony".

The No. [-] Middle School held a grand coming-of-age ceremony. Every year, accomplished alumni are invited to give speeches to the students. The school will also build a huge flower gate on the playground. Fan "adult door".

Unfortunately, there was training on Saturday afternoon, and Yu Yu was detained by Yan Zheng.

Boss Yan believes that this kind of activity does not constitute a valid reason for asking for leave: "What kind of coming-of-age ceremony is a waste of time! Our 14-year-old child here is already on the field, and you just leave it there to play house!"

Yu Yu wanted to fight for himself, but he opened his mouth and couldn't say the real reason - Su Liao was arrested by the student union to host the coming-of-age ceremony. This year, the Hanfu club and the student union jointly held activities, and the four hosts will all wear Hanfu - he wanted to see Su Liao wears Hanfu.It has been more than five months since Su Liao had the operation, and his mental state has basically returned to that before the operation. Although his muscle condition is not as good as it is, he is already alive and kicking.

Yan Zheng said, what is a mere coming-of-age ceremony?Of all the things athletes miss out on in order to train, this one isn't even worth mentioning.

On Saturday afternoon, as soon as Yu Yu finished training, he couldn't wait to open WeChat.The circle of friends has long been flooded with group photos of various coming-of-age ceremonies, and many parents of classmates came to take photos with their children in front of the "adult door".If Yu Yu has no regrets in his heart, it must be added.This may be the most ceremonial event in the second and third years, except for graduation.

What does it mean to be an adult?

Grow up, have responsibilities, and stop being a kid.It's something worth remembering.

Yu Yu casually clicked on Su Liao's circle of friends, but found that he hadn't posted anything.

It wasn't until very late that Su Liao sent out a set of Jiugongge, with a very official text, and the similar activities ended successfully, thanks to teachers, parents, and student union cadres for their hard work.

Most of the pictures were stolen from the official photography of the school activities - the group photo of the four hosts, the behind-the-scenes footage, a group photo of a group of adults in front of the door, etc. The single photo only has a close-up of him speaking as a student representative - The black and red Chinese Hanfu with silver crane feathers is very temperamental. Su Liao has broad shoulders, and when he is pulled by the belt, the shoulder-to-waist ratio is very beautiful. In addition, his legs are long, and he put on some makeup before going on stage. With star eyes, white teeth and red lips, he looks like a little idol in ancient costume.

Yu Yu doesn't know how lively the news on Su Liao's side is, but his mutual friends have already started to make trouble—since Wang Pengpeng posted the sentence "Brother is handsome , the only shortcoming is wearing too much [licking the screen]" After that, this sentence attracted the swimming team, class seven, student union, and the copying party of the second middle school.

Yu Yu quietly saved the picture of Chang'an in his mobile phone, and at the same time sent a message in troubled waters, "Brother is very handsome, the only shortcoming is that he wears too much [licking the screen]".It was obvious that the news was inconspicuous in the shameless and unlimited copying party, but Yu Yu somehow regretted posting it.It seems that when someone else posted it, it was just a booing, but it was different when he posted it.Yu Yu felt guilty and quickly deleted that comment.

But not long after he deleted it, Su Liao sent him a message.

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice: I licked it all, can I withdraw it?

Yu Yu: "..."

Little Killer Whale: Thank you for showing your face

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice: I can take it off, really

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice: Want to see it?

Little Killer Whale: ... If you do this again, I will change your remarks to duck

Yu Yu glanced at the time and thought that he really didn't need to go to bed for flirting in the middle of the night.

Su Liao even changed his name - Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice Duck.

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice Duck: I have participated in the coming-of-age ceremony, and I can do whatever I want

Little killer whale: I haven't, so you can't do whatever you want

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice Duck: ...you can also round it

Little Killer Whale: Are you happy today?

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice Duck: Just like that, a lot of parents, a lot of shit

Yu Yu lay on the bed, turned over while holding the phone.

That's right, "a lot of parents, a lot of shit" - but these parents have nothing to do with shit, and Su Liao.Su Liao's father returned to the United States after the summer vacation was over, and Su Liao rechecked that everything was normal. Recently, he heard that his sister was ill. My sister-in-law had to take care of two children at home on weekends, and had no time to attend the coming-of-age ceremony.Thinking of this, Yu Yu suddenly felt a little bored.

Seeing that Yu Yu didn't reply to the message for a long time, Su Liao added another sentence: It's nothing fun, but it's a good thing you didn't come, Geng No. [-]'s speech was overtime again, and I almost fell asleep in the background without listening.

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice Duck: Take responsibility, strengthen your body, sharpen your spirit, I’m tired of hearing it, it seems that if you walk around, you can fly up if you break the door

Strawberry Dudu Glutinous Rice Duck: I don’t think I can get three points in the college entrance examination

Little killer whale: ...

A few days after the coming-of-age ceremony, after the self-study on the night of November 11, Su Liao blocked Yu Yu in front of the door of class seven.The two shuttled back and forth in the campus after the evening self-study, from the shadow between the street lamps to the white lights, and then into the shadows.

When there were fewer people around, Su Liao stopped and took a deep breath: "Do you want to come to my house tonight?"

Yu Yu was taken aback.

Su Liao seemed to have made a very important decision: "Can you accompany me—to watch the birthday video my mother recorded for me."

Tomorrow is Su Liao's birthday.After 12 o'clock tonight, he will really come of age.Yu Yu had heard Su Liao mention before that his mother was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when she was pregnant. At that time, the fetus was already very large, and the risk of giving birth to a child was huge, and induction of labor would also cause harm to the mother.After fully understanding the risks, her mother decided to give birth, but just in case, she recorded Su Liao's 18th birthday video in advance.

In 18, technology developed rapidly, and the video format of that era is no longer popular.Su Jianjun transcoded and saved these videos, and sent them to Su Liao in a very strange way every year.

Su Liao said he never opened it.

And this year is the last year.

This is something Yu Yu never dared to mention to Su Liao, like a wasteland in his soul.So when Su Liao took the initiative to invite him, Yu Yu just felt very honored.The end of his eyes curved slightly: "Okay."

The closer he was to home, the more nervous Su Liao felt. When he walked to the door and took out the keys, his fingertips were cold.

Since when did you hate these videos?

When he was young, his father told him that the person on the screen was his mother, and he didn't understand why his mother was always on the screen but never came to see him.When he grows up a bit, he understands that "mother" does not exist in his life, and he also understands his father's anger towards him every time he gets drunk.Maybe it was out of guilt, or maybe it was out of rebellion—although he didn't want to click on it, he was never willing to delete these videos.

The two warmed up some milk, brushed some papers together, and when the hands of the clock passed 12 o'clock, an email from Su Jianjun appeared in Su Liao's mailbox on time.Su Liao became short of breath, and before clicking on the video, he specially vaccinated Yu Yu: "I think I might cry."

Yu Yu rolled his eyes, and said to cry, it's not that he hasn't seen you cry before.

He reached out and fished a pack of tissues from across the table.

At that time, the quality of the video was not very good, the pixels were blurred, and the background electric sound was very noisy.Soon, a pale young woman with puffy eyes and a sickly face appeared on the screen.I don't know if his haggard body affected his appearance, but Yu Yu felt that Su Liao's facial features looked more like his father's.

The woman adjusted the camera, waved her hand at the camera, and smiled: "Today, Liao Liao is over. Mom wishes you a happy birthday."

"Well, you'll be an adult from now on." The woman paused, then tilted her head slightly, "This is also the last birthday greeting my mother recorded for you, so what should I wish you?"

Yu Yu could tell that although Su Liao's facial features followed his father's, he inherited the gentle and sly expression between his mother's brows when she spoke, unlike his father's robot-like coldness.

"Mom wishes you to be brave, kind, good at thinking, and persevering in the rest of your life." Su Liao's mother spoke slowly, but every word was very clear, "Mom doesn't know what you will look like when you grow up, but Mom I feel that the future that you cannot be expected and defined is what I am most looking forward to."

Yu Yu rested his chin on Su Liao's shoulder, originally he was afraid of people crying so he hugged him, but now his bean-sized teardrops fell down, Su Liao took a tissue and directly covered Yu Yu's face On: "Damn, I haven't fucking cried yet, you cry!"

Yu Yu blew his nose vigorously, and half of it landed on Su Liao's shoulder.

Su Liao: "..."

The video is not very long, and the picture is still in a scene of a mother smiling.

Su Liao stared at the computer screen. After 18 years, he seemed to see his mother and himself.For a long time, he resented that his mother was gone, why did he record such things to torture him, but at that moment, Su Liao especially thanked his mother for recording these videos.

He seems to have let go of something.

It seems to have gained something.

Love can sometimes hurt destructively, and sometimes it contains a life force that heals.

Su Liao thought, adulthood is just a legal definition.In fact, people do not become so-called "adults" just because they have reached age or passed through a red arch.

In his heart, the so-called "adult" begins with accepting himself—accepting his past, accepting his imperfect body and native family—and since then, he has become his true self.

……

It was already late after watching the video, so Yu Yu simply slept in Su Liao's house.He didn't expect this video to have such a strong stamina. Watching it made him sad and excited, and his brain danced in the middle of the night, sober.It's hard for Yu Yu not to think of his father—it's a pity that he didn't even leave a word.Thinking of this, Yu Yu sniffed again in the dark.

"Eh?" Su Liao turned over, put one arm around Yu Yu through the quilt, and pressed his chest against his back.The two were silent for a long time in the dark, Su Liao pecked at the back of his ear, and said with a soft smile, "I'm going to change your WeChat name to Little Snot Whale."

"Then I'm going to wipe the snot on your pillow... on the quilt..." Yu Yu deliberately showed a vicious tone, but because his nose was blocked by snot, it sounded funny.He turned around and buried his head into the opponent's shoulder: "...face!"

Su Liao suppressed a smile: "Wipe it. Little snot whale."

"Suck it-"

Su Liao reached out and touched Yu Yu's head.His eyes fell on the astronaut moon landing night light on the bookshelf, and his heart was surrounded by a strange satisfaction.

The author has something to say: I’m sorry, Cavin always felt that something was missing from Su Liao’s growth line, or I was afraid that it was a bit too hasty and not full enough, but from Haiyuan to Silent Firefly, I did include the outline The growth line of the design is finished.Crying, I always feel like I'm missing something but I don't know what I'm missing and fall into a black hole of death (*&%...%￥#&...%#)

Mom, I might fix this one more time.

Afterwards:

Yu Yu: When Brother Liao was at..., whenever he made a show on WeChat

Su Liao: I still need to study the anatomical structure and the composition of lube

Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: 6b10j1;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：觞千色、和喜欢的一切在一起10瓶；筑梦踏实9瓶；∵7瓶；六鱼不是鱼、一鹿逆疯Lu5瓶；聿yr2瓶；寒衣折寂1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!