Pandora's Box

I found one amazing thing, that is, living here, my time seems to have become more.

In the past, I played games every day, swiped through various apps, looked at Los Angeles at four o’clock in the morning, then slept until twelve o’clock in the noon, got up to eat, continued to sleep, got up to eat, and then played games, and the day passed quickly up.

Two years is just a snap of the fingers.

Now I also play the game, and I started the live broadcast again. Sometimes I listen to Zhuo Wenyang telling me stories, sometimes I go to play basketball with Ke Luo, and sometimes I go to Cheng Yichen Bookstore. of.

And he was able to be honest and not skip class. With the support of Zhuo Wenyang and Yuan Keke, two top academics, he finished his homework and small papers half-written and half-copying, and barely survived this semester.

It's the same 24 hours, how can there be such a big difference in what can be done?

Sometimes in life, it seems that as long as the direction is slightly deflected, the road will be completely different.

Entering the final exam week, I began to grit my teeth with pain and joy. As long as I survive this darkest day, I can welcome the dawn of dawn for two months.

One day, my dad suddenly called to ask me about my plans for the summer vacation, and asked if I needed to pick me up in person.I was very surprised, and immediately expressed that I didn't want to go back to his place. It's okay to stay for a short time, but not for a long time.My dad was also surprised.

Not to mention him, I didn't even think that I would be so happy here, after all, I was so gloomy at the beginning, as if I was sent into exile.

As a result, within half a year, I felt like a fish in water and abandoned my old father.

Of course, it's not that I don't want to see my dad at all. After all, he is the only relative I have blood relationship in this world and still keep in touch.

It's just that I don't want to be with him and his "friend".

It's fine when there are many people, but I can bear it if the time is short.

But if it’s just the three of us, and we have to spend two months together day and night in the same space, just thinking about this scene makes me so embarrassed that I can pick out three rooms and one living room with my toes on the ground.

My dad didn't criticize me, let alone say "Dad doesn't want you anymore" to me, an unfilial son.

However, to my horror, he actually brought his "friend" to T City to visit me.

This is unprecedented.In the past, he wished he would not see me for a whole semester, preferably a whole school year, because he was tired of my behavior of walking around him like a baby animal asking for warmth.Even as a child I could clearly recognize the relief in his eyes as he walked me out the door.

Now I am already an adult, in my twenties, my wings are hardened, my mind is full, and I can take care of myself except for lack of money. He can let go of me from now on, but he is willing to come to me on his own initiative.

Is it the stage when the empty nesters start to need the warmth of their children?

This forty years old is not too old.

This time the four rooms in the house are occupied by people, and there is no free space for them, so they booked a five-star hotel nearby, which is less than one kilometer away, and come here every day to eat, chat, and Back to the hotel to rest.

My dad came to see me, and that Cheng Yichen came to see his brother by the way, so it kills two birds with one stone.

But I don't know why, apart from respecting my brothers and friends, he also cares about me.

When the day came, he even brought me a gift.

"Xiao Jing," he handed over a big box, seeming to observe my face, "I heard that you like to play games, it should be more convenient to connect an external keyboard."

I was a little surprised, took a look, yo, this mechanical keyboard is pretty cool, and it was a good gift, but seeing my dad looking around, I think it should be my dad who picked it. He borrowed flowers to offer Buddha. .

If I was two or three years ago, faced with this kind of hospitality, there is a high probability that I would ignore him at all, or sneer at him in a strange way. After all, my parents are old onmyojis, and I have learned the truth.

Now I seem to be less hostile, and even a little more civilized and polite.

So I politely said: "Thank you."

He seemed relieved and smiled: "You're welcome."

My dad also rushed out without losing the opportunity and said: "Let's go out to eat, and take a stroll, and buy you some seasonal clothes."

"?"

Zhuo Wenyang is not here, Cheng Yichen has gone to the bookstore, I have been studying linear algebra too hard these days, I just finished this exam, and I just need to relax.Thinking about it, there was nothing else to do, going out for a walk would not be worse than looking at the two of them at home, so I said, "Okay."

We drove to a famous shopping mall.

Go in and walk around, and you will be greeted by Hermes, Cartier, Chanel, Bvlgari, Fendi, Versace...the smell of money is everywhere in the air.

To be honest, I feel like I haven't been to this kind of place for consumption for a long time, it seems like a lifetime ==

Thinking about it, just half a year ago, I was very keen on luxury and trendy brands. When I saw a new model, I would scratch my head and want to buy it. I was afraid that I would not be able to keep up with the trend and be a little less fashionable than others.I don't use clothes and shoes that cost less than four figures, otherwise I feel shorter than a person.

But a while ago, my basketball shoes suddenly broke. On the recommendation of Yuan Keke, I went to the store and bought a pair of national brand shoes worth several hundred yuan.

It's over, my consumption concept has been seriously downgraded.

Cheng Yichen asked me: "Is there any brand you particularly like?"

"It's all right."

"Then let's go for a walk."

I was probably wearing an old GUCCI T-shirt, so they led me into the GUCCI store first. I glanced around and stopped for a while, and Cheng Yichen immediately asked the clerk to fetch it, and put it in the Hand gestures for me.

"It seems to be quite good," he said very courteously, "Would you like to try it?"

Me: "..." I just glanced at it casually.

My dad also encouraged: "Go and try it, it looks good."

I had to go into the fitting room and change into this top.

Cheng Yichen smiled and said, "It's very pretty, it suits you very well."

Really, these T-shirts look almost the same, the one on my body is different from the LOGO pattern on the chest.

In the end, they still bought it for me without any reason, and they also took both black and white, and a pair of cotton shorts to match.

I bought Lonely for more than 1 yuan. Wouldn’t it be nice to buy a game on Steam with this money?

Then they bought me a backpack and a pair of shoes.

Me: "...you don't need to buy so many things from the G family."

Cheng Yichen seemed to have come to his senses, and said, "Oh, yes, otherwise the style would be too monotonous, then let's go to the next one, see more, and buy more different ones."

"..."

They dragged me to TomFord again, and with the rhetoric of a marketing scam, they forced me to choose a shirt and pants.

To be honest, I seldom wear shirts, and none of them, because buttoning them is too troublesome.It should be like a pullover T-shirt, sweater, or something with a zipper, which is convenient to wear.

Shirts, which are strenuous and serious, should be worn by people like Zhuo Wenyang.

I was in a dilemma, but Cheng Yichen looked forward to it, and my dad was like a dog-legged teacher, who followed him and praised repeatedly: "Give it a try, you have grown up, you can't always dress so sporty" , the shirts are nice, James Bond wore them too."

Come on, 007 isn't too old for me ==

But it can only be said that my rebellious value has been greatly weakened during the period of staying in T City.

Coupled with my own father's expectant eyes, and the fact that Cheng Yichen's younger brother is holding the clothes, I don't intend to make the atmosphere too stiff.So I reluctantly changed into a shirt and trousers.

To be honest, the tailoring and texture are very good. Although it is annoying to button up the buttons, compared with the large and comfortable T-shirt, the tightly fitted shirt really gave me a new look.

But I always feel that I can't pretend that kind of rigorous and mature aura, I really don't have self-confidence, and I feel that I can't compare with a low-profile copycat version of Zhuo Wenyang.

I walked out awkwardly, and Cheng Yichen looked at me with his eyes wide open, there seemed to be light in his eyes.

"Yeah, our little one is a big kid now."

My dad said, "Yes."

"They've grown so tall, they've grown up."

"Yup!"

Is my dad the reincarnation of the answering bug? ==

With a look of relief and happiness on Cheng Yichen's face, he continued to focus on the big business of choosing clothes for me: "This one should look good on you, and so does this one."

I wondered.

What's the matter, are they playing the live-action Miracle UP Queen with me?

But the feeling of Nikki-Dress UP Queen is not bad, they help me choose carefully regardless of the price.

Growing up, no one would accompany me to buy clothes. LEE and I are related to each other, his greatest tenderness is to give me the card and let me go to the store to swipe it casually.

And during this crazy shopping process, my dad would just nod his head unprincipled, while Cheng Yichen kept praising me.

While my appearance isn't something no one's sure of, it's different.He sincerely praised me without any other meaning, and his eyes were always on me, happy, happy, and even satisfied.

It felt foreign and a little strange.

But not obnoxious.

Seeing that they couldn't stop buying, like a shopaholic who has saved money for many years and is eager to spend it all at once, I quickly said, "I'm hungry."

Cheng Yichen woke up like a dream: "Yeah, it's already time, let's eat first. What do we youngsters want to eat?"

I said casually: "Thai food."

There is no other reason, it is purely that they "swipe my card" one by one, which makes it hard not to think of Thai.

They chose a rather unique restaurant, a two-story building, and an open-air garden.

There are golden Buddha statues and dancer murals inside, with a strong Siamese style. The decoration is full of Thai classic deep red and olive green, with cool bamboo curtains and wooden screens. People only feel Zen and cool.

Finally sat down to eat, ordered the dishes, my dad suddenly claimed to go to the bathroom, and left, leaving me alone with that Cheng Yichen.

He looked at me, and I was a little baffled, so I looked at him too.