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Five years later, Jiangcheng.

When the sky was just turning pale, a long-distance plane landed with a bang, and after a jolt, it finally stopped.

The tall and thin boy unbuttoned his seat belt and got up, took the things off the luggage rack one by one and carried them on his back. When the crowd in the waiting cabin had almost left, he turned around and said, "Let's go too." .”

The woman on the side stood up, a little slowly.The blond man next to her folded his arms carefully, in a protective posture; the little boy sitting by the window didn't have any extra thoughts, cheering and jumping off his seat and running forward.

The tall and thin boy stopped him in front: "Calm down, Michael."

The little boy was held by the hand, raised his head and asked in English: "Brother, you clearly said that you want to come back, why do you look unhappy now?"

"That's because your brother doesn't like giggling." The boy replied in English, tapping the corner of the little boy's silly mouth.

The little boy quickly covered his mouth.

This boy has half-length short hair, bangs that can reach to the eyes, his hair and eyebrows are black, but his skin is very fair.He was wearing a white T-shirt, a pair of black slim-fit slacks, and his whole body was plain, except for a ruby ​​earring on his right ear.

He was born well, with a fluent and pure American voice, and he was very patient with children. For a while, even the stewardess who escorted the passengers off the plane looked at him a few more times.

Halfway through, he looked back at the people behind him, and first suggested: "Uncle and Michael's customs clearance procedures are more complicated. Mom, you have limited mobility, so you three should go out first. I'll go get the checked luggage and meet you later?" "

The woman frowned slightly, but her tone was gentle: "We have five big boxes, can you do it by yourself?"

"It's okay, at most, walk slowly." Cheng Zhuo smiled at her, "The soldiers are divided into two routes to save time, see you in the parking lot then."

After he finished speaking, he unloaded the luggage he was carrying on his back to the blond man, handed over the little boy who was leading him by the way, waved his hand and turned around: "I'm going this way."

Cheng Zhuo has long legs and walks faster alone. When he turns a corner, his straight back relaxes instantly, and the gentle smile on the corner of his mouth is also put away. Mildness becomes decadent.

Looking lazy.

He waited for a while near the luggage carousel. Today, he was lucky, and the luggage came out early. Although the five boxes were not easy to push, he still reached the parking lot faster than the family of three.

I haven't been back home for a long time.

The air itself has no smell, but Cheng Zhuo instinctively feels that the air here is more familiar.

He took a deep breath, took out his phone, and tried to connect to the airport WiFi.

Cheng Zhuo graduated with a bachelor's degree and planned to continue his postgraduate entrance examination, but his mother asked him, she had an order in hand, and Cheng Guangzong was eager for it, whether he would take this opportunity to return to China for two years of internship, and continue his studies after accumulating some industry experience.

Cheng Zhuo has nothing to do, but he knows that his mother has always wanted his uncle and Michael to come to China to experience the culture and life here. The most important thing is that his mother has recently become pregnant again and plans to give birth to her and uncle's second child in China. a child—her roots are here, after all—and agreed to the proposal.

If the past few years of living abroad has taught Cheng Zhuo anything, it is probably not to cause trouble for others—even if the other party is his biological mother.

He began to learn to treat himself as an outsider, learn to restrain his edge, learn to do some serious things, and pretend to be a progressive look that everyone around him likes.

Besides, he had another reason to convince himself to come back.

——There is original rain in the country.

Thinking of Yuan Yu, Cheng Zhuo was a little distracted.When he left, Cheng Zhuo really thought he could let go soon, but he didn't expect that after five years, he still misses him a lot.

Speaking of which, when he left, he didn't say how long he would go back, so it shouldn't be a breach of his promise to go back this year?

Even if the relationship can't go back to the beginning, it's good to see if he continues to go to school.

Hmm... If you go to university, you shouldn't be in Yang Huai, right?But it's okay, it's summer vacation soon...

He was lost in thought, and after a long time, his mother and uncle came to find him.Cheng Guangzong needed an order, so he was very polite to his ex-wife and arranged for a driver to pick them up.

Woman Asks Eldest Son For Advice: "Are You Going Home Or Staying In A Hotel With Us?"

"Let's go to a hotel, to save the driver from running back and forth." Cheng Zhuo said, "Aren't you looking for a house too? I'll move out after everything is settled, otherwise, uncle doesn't know the place where he lives, and it's inconvenient for you now, and some things are wrong Easy."

Seeing his sensible appearance, the woman was relieved and distressed, and sighed: "You child—oh, that's fine, let's just leave it at that."

The driver sent them to a five-star hotel in the city center. The woman wanted the driver to take them back to Cheng Guangzong, so she asked him to stay.Cheng Zhuo was not very interested in hearing those things. After entering the suite, he consciously chose a small room with a single bed, intending to sleep.

But the woman stopped him: "Xiao Zhuo, come here."

"?"

Cheng Zhuo had no choice but to come out of the room again, and sat down in the living room.What the woman wants to talk about is Cheng Zhuo's work, and some benefits that Cheng Guangzong needs to provide - such as an idle house, because Cheng Zhuo said that he wants to try to live alone after returning to China.

Cheng Zhuo had nothing to add, so he just sat and listened.After connecting to the hotel's WiFi, his WeChat was available, and Huang Menghui's news kept coming in.

-you arrived?

- will you come tonight

-Brothers welcome you!

Cheng Zhuo was so sleepy that he didn't have much interest in the party, so he simply replied "No".

- Fuck, do yourself a favor bro, we haven't seen each other for five years!

- It's my brother's birthday today!

Cheng Zhuo: Isn't it the day after tomorrow?

-Today is Saturday!Everyone is free!

On Huang Menghui's birthday, Cheng Zhuo still wanted to give this face. Although he was a little annoyed, he finally agreed.

He sent a location to Huang Menghui, asking him to come to the hotel to find him after 5 o'clock.

"Probably about these things, I hope he can give me an answer sooner. I will get a domestic mobile phone number as soon as possible, that—" the woman turned her head to look at Cheng Zhuo, "Xiao Zhuo, do you have any comments?"

Cheng Zhuo actually didn't listen too carefully, and shook his head: "No. By the way, it's my classmate's birthday today, and I'm going out tonight. Can the driver pick me up? I haven't got my card yet, so maybe I can't take a taxi."

"Yes, master." The driver said hurriedly.

"You want to go out?" the woman said, "Then remember to activate your mobile phone card."

"Okay." Cheng Zhuo nodded in agreement, and by the way, revised the meeting time with Huang Menghui on WeChat, changing it to 4 o'clock.

"Are you coming back tonight?"

Cheng Zhuo hesitated for a moment: "Not necessarily, who knows how long they will play? Otherwise, give me a room card, and I will return by myself when it is late, you don't have to wait for me."

"I'll leave you a door..."

"Pregnant women should rest early." Cheng Zhuo smiled and reached out to the blond man, "Uncle? Is the extra room card at your place?"

The blond man nodded and got up to get the room card.

Everyone was tired because of the jet lag.After getting the room card, Cheng Zhuo went back to the room and fell asleep.

Huang Menghui came a lot later than expected, arriving at the hotel at 4:20, but when he woke up Cheng Zhuo with a series of fatal calls, Cheng Zhuo still wanted to kill.

"8351." Cheng Zhuo reported the room number, "Can you come up by yourself?"

"Not very good, this elevator needs to swipe the card."

"Then I'll come down to pick you up." Cheng Zhuo yawned, "Wait for me for a while."

"Row."

Cheng Zhuo went to the bathroom to tidy up his appearance, and went downstairs with his room card.When passing by the living room, he saw that the doors of the master bedroom and the second bedroom were closed tightly. He guessed that his mother and the others were sleeping, so he eased the movement of closing the door.

Huang Menghui was sitting in the lobby of the hotel. I haven't seen him for many years. His appearance has not changed much, but after losing the shackles of the school uniform, this person's dressing style has become more unrestrained.

Cheng Zhuo saw his oversized T-shirt with graffiti printed on him from his yellow hair in the style of killing Matt, and the words of greeting were stuck in his throat.

Huang Menghui was quite excited to see him, and he opened his mouth and said, "Cheng'er, you've grown a lot taller!"

"It's only about four or five centimeters." Cheng Zhuo doesn't quite remember how tall he is, and the last physical examination was last year.

"You got your ears pierced?"

"Ah."

"When did you call?" Huang Menghui commented, "It looks a bit sissy."

"four years ago."

Cheng Zhuo had his ears pierced on the day he became an adult, and he didn't care much about what others thought.Huang Menghui seemed a little surprised by his reaction, and looked at him several times.

Cheng Zhuo entered the elevator and swiped his card, went upstairs with Huang Menghui, walked to the door, turned his head and made a gesture of silence.

"Anyone else?" Huang Menghui suddenly became nervous, "Did you bring my sister-in-law back?"

Cheng Zhuo was almost choked to death by him: "Where did I get a partner? It's my mother, her husband and son."

Huang Menghui knew about the divorce of Cheng Zhuo's parents, and he was a little surprised when he didn't see Cheng Zhuo's mother.But no matter how rambunctious young people are, they will subconsciously restrain themselves in front of their elders, so they didn't dare to make too much trouble, and obediently followed Cheng Zhuo into the house.

The room was very quiet, Cheng Zhuo went to the small refrigerator to get a drink, unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to Huang Menghui, everything was thoughtful.

Huang Menghui didn't recover when he continued to twist the bottle cap: "Cheng'er, I'm not used to you being so gentlemanly and refined."

Cheng Zhuo turned to look at him: "?"

"If it was you before," Huang Menghui took a sip of his drink, calming himself down, "you would have sprayed me when I called you a piercing bitch."

"..." Cheng Zhuo sneered, "How old are you, do you still want to beat you for such a trivial matter?"

He didn't care about these long ago.

Cheng Zhuo was too lazy to talk, and planned to go in and take a shower.Before picking up the clothes, he asked, "What are your plans for tonight?"

Huang Menghui was looking at the luggage he brought back, it was very fresh, looked left and right, and answered casually: "It's just a birthday party, what else can I arrange-hey, Cheng'er, your lighter is very beautiful. "

"Take it if you like it."

Birthday party, banquet.

Cheng Zhuo thought for a while, and picked out decent clothes.

Not long after, he came out of the bathroom in a shirt and trousers, his hair was blown to half dry, and he felt unattractive.

Huang Menghui smoked Cheng Zhuo's cigarette at the window, turned his head and whistled first: "You are so handsome, my orange!"

Cheng Zhuo looked at him inexplicably.

"I'm going to the business hall to unlock the phone card in a while, will you accompany me?"

"The business hall closes at 5 o'clock, right?"

"I've checked, and there are a few that close at 7 o'clock." Cheng Zhuo said, "If it wasn't for this, why would I ask you to come at 4 o'clock? I'm so sleepy."

He straightened the hem of his shirt, tied his tie skillfully, put on his suit, and finally found a pair of serious leather shoes from the suitcase he brought, and put them on, "Let's go."

Huang Menghui whistled again: "I haven't even learned how to tie a tie yet!"

"Then you are quite proud."

Cheng Zhuo was in a hurry, he didn't even answer in a perfunctory manner.

Fortunately, the driver was familiar with the road and sent him to the nearest store before the business hall closed. He finally activated his mobile phone number that he hadn't used for five years, so he wouldn't lose contact when he went out.

"Where are you going?" Cheng Zhuo asked after getting back into the car.

Huang Menghui reported the name of the road.Cheng Zhuo didn't remember any hotels there, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He also knew that Jiangcheng must have changed a lot in the past few years.

He moved his position, leaned his head against the car window, and closed his eyes.

"I'll sleep for a while, call me when you arrive."

For some reason, his right eyelid has been twitching since just now, as if something bad will happen tonight.