Attempted first love

When he hung up the phone and opened the door to go out, the collar button hadn't been fastened yet.Lou Rui was reading the newspaper in the yard, when he heard the movement, he raised his head to look at Xia Yan, and said pleasantly, "It's so early", seeing him walking out in a hurry, he asked, "Where are you going?"

Click on the taxi app, Xia Yan enters the North Railway Station at the destination, [-] kilometers, not too far, he said "go to meet a friend", then put on his coat and ran outside.

It is not a downtown area near my home, so it is difficult to get a taxi during this time period.Xia Yan queued up the number on the phone, and the system expected to wait for 26 minutes.

He couldn't wait, and went back to the yard to push Lou Rui's battery car.

When I rushed all the way to the North Railway Station, it was almost eight o'clock in the morning.

Entering the waiting hall, the exit is on the right hand side, and people are coming out one after another, and the number of another train is scrolling on the screen above the head.

There were already many people waiting in front of the railing of the exit, Xia Yan didn't push forward, he just stood by the marble pillar a few steps away, he was tall, and he could see the exit through the dark head.

Waves of reunion people passed by him, speaking in an incomprehensible local dialect, and there was a smell of fever in the air.

When this group of people is gone, the working hours of the screen are changed, starting with K, K9667.

Xia Yan took out his mobile phone again to confirm that it was this class, and at the same time saw a missed call from Lou Rui, and two messages: "Ride slowly", "A friend is coming? Baby, bring your friend back for dinner".

He suddenly realized that the reason for his haste was not only to hurry, but also to escape.Seeing these two messages at this time, the feeling of wanting to bypass and not wanting to touch surged up again, so much so that I didn't know how to reply while holding the phone.

At 9667:2, the broadcast announced that train K[-] had arrived at the station, and two minutes later, the first group of people poured out from the exit.This train runs from east to west and passes through dozens of cities. This station is the terminal, and there are many people.

The exit of the station is like a huge black hole, with no end in sight, Lu Zhouyu was not among the first to be released, Xia Yan checked his phone, but there was no news of him, so he turned around and went into a small shop, bought a bag without listening Mineral water with the same name.The body of the bottle is very soft, and it creaks when held in the hand.

The station was really stuffy. After paying the money, he drank half of the bottle in one go, and his breathing became easier. He put down the water bottle and looked up, and there was an extra person beside the marble pillar he was just standing on.Lu Zhouyu wore a long black trench coat, pulled the suitcase with one hand, and raised the other hand to wave it.

There was a surge of people behind him, and he walked forward.After standing face to face, he said, "Ten past eight, not too late."

"Is it just you?" Xia Yan glanced behind him and handed him an unopened bottle of mineral water.

"The others passed ahead of time." Lu Zhouyu unscrewed the bottle cap, glanced into the plastic bag in his hand, "I bought so much."

"I thought you came with colleagues."

"Is it heavy?"

"not heavy."

"Put it on the box first." Lu Zhouyu leaned slightly to get the plastic bag in Xia Yan's hand. His temple hair, side neck, and left shoulder passed in front of Xia Yan one by one, and a very faint smell of smoke wafted, as if he was smoking on the way. The back hem of the windbreaker is also wrinkled.

Xia Yan stared at the few horizontal folds. He only took the iron train that started with the letter K when he was very young. His impression was that it was slow, dark, crowded, and mixed with the smell of instant noodles and smoke.

"Did you come from Haicheng?" He asked.

Lu Zhouyu said that he first flew from Haicheng to the provincial capital in the northwest, and then took a train, "It didn't take long, four hours."

Thinking it was the arrangement of the team, Xia Yan couldn't help but said: "Why don't you fly directly, taking the train is too much trouble."

Lu Zhouyu said it was okay, "I haven't got a plane ticket here for a few days," and asked, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

"not yet, what about you?"

"I do not have either."

Xia Yan led Lu Zhouyu out of the hall, and helped him push the box. When he went down the three steps, he felt that the box itself was not light except for the bag of mineral water. He pressed the handle and asked, "Would you like to stay in Dunhuang?" How long?"

"If you don't visit, it will take two or three days." Lu Zhouyu moved closer, picked up the bag of water, and held it in his hand, "There are some materials and samples in the box."

After leaving the lobby, there was a row of restaurants on the right, most of which were beef noodle restaurants. They chose the one with the cleanest signboard. They went in and ordered two bowls of noodles, and sat on plastic stools facing each other to eat.

During the period, Lu Zhouyu briefed Xia Yan on the cooperation between Dunhuang and Haicheng, saying that it was a long-term project that would take at least three years.

There is a light brown circle at the bottom of the ceramic cup holding the water in the noodle shop, like tea stains that cannot be washed off. Neither of them drank it. Before paying the bill, another person took away a bottle of mineral water, and the rest was given to an aunt who came into the shop to beg. .

After leaving the restaurant, I stood in the square in front of the station for a while. The center of the square is surrounded by a landscape made of green plants. The rose red flowers form the four characters "Celebrate the National Day". The surface of a building with white tiles is reflecting the morning sun that sparkles like water waves.

How strange, Xia Yan thought, as if none of these things existed when he first came here, he didn't see anything.

After standing for a short time, several people came to ask if they could stay in the hotel, "We have everything there." The fourth man with a satchel and a hat spoke in a slightly broken Mandarin and stuffed two cards.

As big as a business card, it features exaggerated and suggestive images on both the front and back.Xia Yan waved his hand and refused to take it, the man handed it to Lu Zhouyu again, and asked enthusiastically, "Are you staying?"

Lu Zhouyu didn't answer either, and put one hand in his pocket, looked sideways at Xia Yan, and asked, "Are you staying?" His eyes met with a playful smile.

The man wearing the hat probably felt that there was something to be done, so he reached out to pull Lu Zhouyu's arm, but Xia Yan took the first step, pulled Lu Zhouyu's wrist with one hand, dragged the suitcase with the other, and ran all the way until he reached the flower bed in the corner of the square. Down.

I can't explain why, the two laughed while panting, Xia Yan still didn't forget to threaten, "This is all a scam, I don't care if you are locked up and have your kidney cut."

"Don't call 120 for me?"

"No." Xia Yan smiled, and the shadow cast by his eyelashes also showed joy.

"So cruel."

"Who told you to talk to strangers, and still go with strangers."

"Didn't I leave with you?" Lu Zhouyu shook his arm, Xia Yan's hand was still on his wrist, and the palm was a little wet.

"Okay then," Xia Yan squinted his eyes, and sat down by the flower bed. Holly behind him was instantly higher than his head, like a wall. He pulled Lu Zhouyu's wrist downwards, signaling him to sit down and rest, and Said: "I am a good person, I don't want your kidney."

"Thank you, good man." Lu Zhouyu lowered his head and smiled at him.

After the two sat side by side, Xia Yan let go of his hands, rubbed the tide in his palms on his knees, and talked about the past without saying anything, "Every time I came here when I was young, those videos of child abduction and trafficking were played in the train, and they were played in a loop. , the loudspeaker also said 'Don't talk to strangers'."

"I won't talk about it next time."

"Next time." Xia Yan repeated subconsciously, wanting to ask him if he would stop here on his return trip, but before he had time, a little girl with a cloth bag walked up to them, with a stack of folded newspapers in her arms.

"Brother, buy a newspaper," she said.

The little girl didn't have a QR code, and Xia Yan searched all over but couldn't find a single coin, but Lu Zhouyu took out a five-yuan note from the pocket of the windbreaker and handed it over, in exchange for a newspaper and three steel coins.

The topic was interrupted, and another was changed. They sat next to each other, leaning against Holly, and chatted about the cultural landscape of Northwest China.

In the row of restaurants where I ate just now, I don’t know which one played music. It didn’t sound like a popular song, and the lyrics were unclear. It might be a tune like folk dance music.

Amidst the sound of music, Xia Yan saw several couples of lovers hugging in the square who didn't know whether they were reunited or were about to part.Picking up a fallen holly leaf, pinching it around his fingertips, he asked, "Are you on the nine forty train?"

The music was a bit loud, Lu Zhouyu probably didn't hear it clearly, she turned slightly, put her ear close to her, and asked, "What?"

The tobacco smell from his temples and the mixed hot smell from the train were gone, only the faint, astringent aroma of wintergreen.

Xia Yan threw away the leaf in his hand and moved closer, "I said, do you still make a layover when you return from Dunhuang?"

"Do you want me to transfer?" Lu Zhouyu turned his head, looked at him fixedly and asked.

"Can't you fly directly back to Haicheng?" Xia Yan said, "It's very tiring to transit."

"I don't feel tired."

"Oh—" Xia Yan rubbed his fingertips and asked, "Where's the coin from just now?"

Lu Zhouyu took out the three coins he bought in exchange for the newspaper, spread his palms, and placed them between the two of them.

"I came by electric bike, and the parking fee is one yuan." Xia Yan grabbed two coins from it, "Next time I will come by bike, it's faster than taking a taxi."

He still felt a little hot and damp on his fingertips, and the surface of the coin was also warm.

Lu Zhouyu grabbed his withdrawn hand and stuffed the last coin into his palm, "I'll give you this too," he said, "Next time I come, can I wait here for you to go back to Haicheng together?"

"I'm staying in a hotel," he added, "and take a look at the sights you mentioned."

What landscape?Xia Yan almost forgot what he said, the Danxia landform is still the Yellow River stone forest, the snow-like sand is still shining leaves, or the coming meteor.It seems that it is not as beautiful as the sunrise on the surface of the building opposite when you come out of the noodle shop.

Maybe it's better for two people to see the scenery.

He said yes and put the coins away again.

When it was almost time to check the ticket, Xia Yan asked Lu Zhouyu if he had picked up the ticket, and Lu Zhouyu said he had.I asked how long the train would take, and got a vague answer that didn't take long.

When Xia Yan entered the hall, he had experienced the turmoil at the entrance, and it was not the best place to hug and say goodbye. Just as he was thinking, Lu Zhouyu said, "Don't go in, there are too many people inside."

"It's okay, I'll see you off." Xia Yan insisted, raising his hand to pull the suitcase.

"Let's deliver it here." Lu Zhouyu shook the newspaper in his hand, and the large four-fold page was erected in front of the two of them, just covering their eyes, and the ink was fragrant.

Xia Yan only saw a news headline, "Break a new road to see the west, continue to struggle and open a new game", and Lou Rui seemed to be reading this article in the yard in the morning.

Then, like a misjudgment of the position, or a temptation, the place where the face and jaw meet was kissed, the smell of holly leaves and ink lingered all over the body, and the small words on the newspaper seemed to be spinning in harmony with the music.

Xia Yan hesitated for a moment, then turned his head to bring the kiss back on track.

This sudden situation delayed a little time, causing Xia Yan to fail to complete a parting hug as originally planned, but he insisted on sending it to the entrance.Lu Zhouyu took away the newspaper and the half-drinked mineral water.