God said I would meet you

Lin Jinyu's brain froze: Why do I hang up when I make a call? Is it too abrupt? Will he answer it? What if I answer it? What should I say?

He pressed the loudspeaker button... The beeping sound of waiting to be connected has never made him so uneasy.

Just as Lin Jinyu was counting silently, and was about to hang up when he didn't answer the sixth ring... the beep disappeared, and there was a slight rustling sound of fabric from the opposite side.

In the stillness of the night, Zhang Xinli's light and long breathing sounded along the signal and rang in his ears across two thousand kilometers.

Lin Jinyu forgot to speak for a while, and the two of them just stared at their mobile phones, listening to each other's breathing sounds with different frequencies.

After about three or four seconds, Zhang Xinli tentatively said, "...Jinyu?"

Lin Jinyu came to her senses and hurriedly replied, "It's me...how do you know it's me?"

Zhang Xinli said: "Guess, I think it shows a Shanghai number."

"Oh... pretty smart." Lin Jinyu said, "Have you started school yet?"

"Soon," Zhang Xinli replied, "I've already arrived at school, and I will start class in a few days."

Lin Jinyu heard the vaguely noisy voices from his side, and asked, "Is there someone else over there?"

Zhang Xinli replied: "No one else, just classmates and roommates."

No matter who answered the phone in the middle school boys' dormitory, everyone else liked to boo. Lin Jinyu heard a teasing voice from over there: yo yo yo yo yo... They were all teasing whether Zhang Xinli called his girlfriend and the other party came to check the post.

There are also all kinds of drama operations that emerge in an endless stream: "Boss! Turn on another machine~"

"This one won't work, change another batch!"

"Knock the small back fifty, the big back eighty!"

"Hey brother, come~"

Lin Jinyu: "..."

Zhang Xinli's voice was a little farther away, telling them to shut up, and explaining that this was his brother.

The other person obviously didn't believe it, saying that there was no such thing as calling the younger brother, which younger brother would ask if there was anyone else around him.

Lin Jinyu only heard this, and Zhang Xinli refused to let him listen. The sound of the iron frame bed shaking came from the phone, followed by footsteps and the sound of the door opening.

Those noisy voices in the background disappeared, Zhang Xinli obviously went outside.He said to Lin Jinyu, "Why did you call suddenly?"

"It's... nothing." Lin Jinyu couldn't explain why, he just wanted to fight and talk for a while.

Zhang Xinli asked him: "Have you had a fight with your parents, are you in a bad mood?"

This guy guessed too accurately... Lin Jinyu said, "How do you know?!"

Zhang Xinli said: "Besides this, I can't think of any other situation where you will think of me."

How can it be so exaggerated... Lin Jinyu thought: Actually, I think of you every day, but I didn't call you.

"Your parents are very kind to you," Zhang Xinli said, "Don't be too willful."

"I'm going to military training tomorrow." Lin Jinyu didn't want to talk about this topic, so she interrupted him and said, "It's a bit of a no-brainer for the kind of people who live in school. I've never lived in school."

Zhang Xinli said, "Living on campus is just like that." He said, "It's just like living with you and me, just a little more people, it's nothing, don't be afraid."

It's different, Lin Jinyu thought: Which roommate is like you, who will wash my underpants.

He said: "Actually, there was military training on the first day of junior high school, but at that time it was in the school, and the armed police came to serve as instructors for us, training the queue and so on, but this time it was a serious military training base, so... I don't know if it's ruthless or not. .”

People always have more or less fear of the unknown life. Lin Jinyu doesn't know if the roommate she is about to face is easy to get along with, whether the instructor will be too strict, and whether the training will be too hard.

Zhang Xinli listened to his words patiently, and said: "It's okay, it's not as serious as you think. The military training base is actually a business for you. The instructors are not soldiers at all, but some instructors who have received queue training. They provide venues and rely on them. Middle school students train to earn income, and you are students, so I won’t make things difficult for you.”

Lin Jinyu still had no idea, Zhang Xinli said to him: "It's okay, call your grandpa, your parents...or call me, it's fine, tell me if you have anything."

Lin Jinyu felt a little more relaxed, and said in a teasing tone: "Your school still allows you to bring mobile phones."

"Normally," Zhang Xinli said, "I hid it."

"Bad student."

Someone on the opposite side called Zhang Xinli's name and let him in. It was about to turn off the lights.

Zhang Xinli responded to the other party, and said to Lin Jinyu: "Jinyu, I have to go back, make room for my roommate, and call me if you need something."

"Understood," Lin Jinyu rushed him: "Come on in, and explain to your roommate about the 'girlfriend'."

Seeing that he was about to hang up, Zhang Xinli seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and said, "Your grandpa called me."

"What?" Lin Jinyu was taken aback: "Why are you calling?"

"Yes..." Zhang Xinli stopped talking in the middle of his speech, and only said: "It hasn't been decided yet, let's talk about it when it is settled."

The second monk Lin Jinyu couldn't figure it out. He wanted to ask more questions, but Zhang Xinli had already hung up the phone.

???

What, what, what, and what to say!

Lin Jinyu had had enough, scolded him in her heart, then threw the phone away angrily, opened the door and went out to help his mother pack her luggage together.

……

Military training arrived as scheduled.

Lin Jinyu dragged her suitcase and huddled with a group of new classmates who had never met before. They lined up and waited for the chief instructor to give them a lecture, assigning them to classes, instructors, and dormitories.

Those instructors all had dark complexions, their haircuts were shaved so close to their scalps, and they looked serious at a group of students who had just arrived for 10 minutes. A thick arm.

He stood at the front of the queue and read his name aloud, and asked those who read it to stand together and follow the internal affairs instructor to the dormitory to put things away.

Lin Jinyu chanted sutras in his heart and prayed silently to be assigned to a group with Xu Zhao and Huang Jiayao... However, God did not fulfill his wishes, and he did not know any members of the group he was assigned to.

Lin Jinyu went to stand in line with his head downcast. When he passed by the chief instructor, the instructor looked at him twice more, and his rough eyebrows stretched a little.

Lin Jinyu didn't notice this, he just stood quietly with a bunch of people he didn't know, and didn't have much interest in talking.

The chief instructor blew his whistle and ordered each group to bring them back.

The instructors in Lin Jinyu's group are quite nice. Their surname is Kong, and they are from Jiangsu. They are not as serious as the other instructors.

The originally stiff atmosphere in their group was improved a lot under the leadership of this instructor. Boys, they are more noisy when they are together. There is a classmate in their group who is especially lively. ...Lin Jinyu vaguely remembered hearing his name during the roll call. His surname was Wang, but he didn't quite know what his name was.

He didn't really like the way this classmate Wang spoke, he thought it was contrived, and a little bit coquettish.

Lin Jinyu took up a bed at random, and watched those students Wang stalking one by one... Oh, it shouldn't be said that he didn't even let the instructor go, it should be said that he especially loves to stalk the instructor.

The houses in the military training base are ordinary bungalows, where more than a dozen people sleep together in bunk beds.

The mobile phone had to be handed in. On the first day of arrival, there were no training tasks arranged. The instructors led their respective groups to teach stacking tofu cubes and housekeeping in the dormitory.

This is really hard for Lin Jinyu. Folding a quilt seems to be quite simple, but the tofu cubes are so easy to trim. Lin Jinyu followed them all afternoon and night, pressing, folding, folding, and repairing. Xiuxiu was out of breath.

I was busy until the evening, and finally everyone’s tofu cubes passed the test. The instructor called everyone to move the ponytail to sit together for a meeting. He told them some things, and told them to gather tomorrow after blowing the whistle. Don’t sleep so dead .

Lin Jinyu listened to it for a while, and it was not until he made a phone call that his soul returned to his senses and he came back to his senses.

It was probably the first day, and it was full of students. It would not be good not to call home to report that they were safe.This place is very remote, and the mobile phones that everyone handed in have no signal, so they can only use the big mobile phone given by the instructor.

There is one mobile phone in each dormitory, and more than a dozen people line up in a circle to use it in turns, each for 3 minutes.

Probably because the school and here also have a promotional task, to show the freshmen's style, and to attract more business. The chief instructor led the teacher and a group of people, holding a camera and visiting the dormitories to take pictures. When it was Lin Jinyu's turn, he just arrived at their dormitory. .

The phone line is quite stable, but the sound insulation is not very good, so the people next to you can hear clearly what is said on the phone.

Lin Jinyu's first few calls were all to her parents, and there was nothing special about them, just the parents asking for their greetings, and the son reporting and exchanging pleasantries.

When it was Lin Jinyu's turn, he was a little apprehensive. His parents had told him that they were going on a business trip during the military training period.

The chief instructor stood next to him, and the teacher opposed him with a long cannon.

Lin Jinyu dialed his mother's phone number with anxiety... As expected, she didn't answer.

Dial Dad again, prompting to shut down.

The instructor looked at him, the chief instructor and the teacher looked at him, and all the students looked at him.

Lin Jinyu was a little embarrassed. Everyone answered the phone, but he didn't.

The instructor in their dormitory asked him, "Did you get out?"

"Hit..." Lin Jinyu said, "I...my parents are a bit busy," he said, "Can I make another one?"

His tossing just now has actually been tossing for almost 2 minutes, and it is against the rules to hit a fixed timeout.

The instructor does not have the right to approve it.He looked at the chief instructor, his superior, with some embarrassment.

The chief instructor with an arm as thick as Lin Jinyu's calf raised his watch to look at the time, then looked at Lin Jinyu, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, let's not take this as an example."

"Wow," that classmate Wang sighed with fuss, "The chief instructor is so gentle!"

He was the only one in the dormitory who didn't make a report. The instructor held his forehead and ordered him to be quiet with his eyes.

Lin Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief, he took the phone and redialed a series of numbers, then waited with bated breath for it to connect.

After seven beeps, it was connected.Zhang Xinli's slightly impatient voice sounded: "Hello," he asked, "Who?"

Lin Jinyu said, "That...is me."

Zhang Xinli seemed a little surprised, he said, "Jinyu? What did you use to make the call?"

"I'm at the military training base. The instructor told me to call home." Lin Jinyu heard that his tone was not very good at the beginning, and asked, "Are you busy?"

"No," Zhang Xinli said, "something happened just now...it's all right now."

Lin Jinyu listened carefully to the voices in the background of the phone. It was very noisy, there were shouts and voices, the sound of chaotic traffic on the street, and a few faint "clicks" of lighters being lit.

He asked, "Where are you?"

"It's next to the school," Zhang Xinli said, "Why did you think of calling me, are you okay, nothing happened?"

"It's good," Lin Jinyu said feeling a little uncomfortable seeing the people around him staring at him, "I just... want to call you."

It seemed that someone from the opposite side offered Zhang Xinli cigarettes. Zhang Xinli probably refused. He asked, "Today is the first day of military training. I should call my parents. Why did you think of calling me?" He seemed to casually ask: "Miss me?" gone?"

"emmmmmmm" Lin Jinyu said: "Stop being narcissistic, my parents can't get through on their mobile phones, you are a backup."

Somewhere far away in Xichang, Zhang Xinli refused the person who offered him a cigarette, left a group of people and went to the side of the road with dim lights, squatted down by the curb of the dirty food stall covered with stains, and said to his mobile phone: "Where are you?" You are narcissistic."

Behind him, dozens of Han middle school students of different ages stood and sat, clapping their hands to put away the steel pipes and bicycle chains, gathered in twos and threes to chat and smoke, and used nicotine to relieve pain.

They were blowing cold wind in the night, laughing and cursing loudly in Xichang dialect with swearing, occasionally spitting on the ground one by one.

Lin Jinyu was completely unaware of the situation on his side. The lights on his side were bright. Although the air conditioner was not turned on, the shell was wiped clean. The teacher who led the team held up a camera to take photos of the students' military training and life to be published in the school newspaper. .

"You are the narcissist, you are the most narcissistic," he said in the comfortable room, "It's nothing, I'll just call you to tell you I'm here, and let you know that I'm fine here..." He wanted to say It's just that the food is not good, it's even worse than your cooking, but Lin Jinyu swallowed this sentence back after looking at the people around him.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"It's okay," Zhang Xinli answered the question briefly: "It's just as long as you are well."

Lin Jinyu saw the chief instructor turn his wrist over and tap the transparent dial case of the watch at him.He said: "...well, I have to hang up when the time is up."

Zhang Xinli said, "Okay, the same sentence, call me if you need anything."

Lin Jinyu replied a few "success" and hung up the phone.

Zhang Xinli's voice sounded louder than his. Instructor Kong asked him, "Your brother?"

"Ah, no," Lin Jinyu said, "It's just...my friend."

This is very strange, no one would call ordinary friends at the important moment of making phone calls on the first day of military training. The very familiar Wang classmate covered his mouth and exaggeratedly said, "Jinyu! You My friend's voice is so cool and gentle!"

Lin Jinyu didn't even say a word to him, but when he heard him say that, she felt goosebumps all over her body, and said politely, "Uh...thank you for the compliment on his behalf."

He was the last one to call, and instructor Kong motioned him to return the phone to the chief instructor directly.

Lin Jinyu picked up the phone from his lap, held it up with his right hand, and handed it up to the chief instructor standing on his right.

The chief instructor glanced at him, and also stretched out his right hand to pick it up... The back of his hands was dark, and those adult hands were much bigger than Lin Jinyu's. When he answered the phone, his index finger gently brushed against Lin Jinyu as if he didn't intend to. The white inner side of the wrist.