Tropical Highway

In mid-June, Chengdu finally showed a warming trend after several heavy rains.The climate in the Basin is muggy, and when there is no wind, you will sweat all the time sitting indoors.

The air conditioner in the classroom was fully turned on. During the break, Zhai Lan didn't wander around, instead lying on the table and scrolling through Moments boredly.

He has a normal relationship with his college classmates, almost limited to the degree of mutual likes in the circle of friends, and the degree to which they can participate in suitable activities together, other than that, there is no intentional interaction.At this time, all the classmates who brushed up became "senior sisters", wailing that the homework of professional courses was too difficult, which further weakened the connection between them.

After a year, it was difficult for him to have too many common topics with his classmates who were already as calm as water, but fortunately, they had a good relationship.

The former roommate replied Zhai Lan's "end of term rush" the day before, and called him "when will we have dinner together", Zhai Lan sent a happy little emoji and answered yes, swiped his finger on the screen to look down, and then his eyes lit up.

You Zhen: The 'holiday' summer limited menu will be served this Saturday, welcome to taste [cake]

This ad is pretty rough.

Zhai Lan smiled, and clicked on the picture to see what new tricks You Zhen has come up with.

Three pictures, namely eating, drinking, and a fat cat.

The hand-painted menu is placed in the shadow of the just-blooming hydrangeas. The foreground is endless summer, and after blurring, only a sky-like blue remains.Several desserts are depicted as cute and attractive, together with the explanation of the ingredients and taste, just looking at the pictures makes people very impulsive to try.The same goes for the drinks, but Zhai Lan noticed that one of them was not named.

It says "to be determined", like a limited edition blind box that has not yet been opened.

Zhai Lan's heart seemed to be scratched by an outstretched cat's paw, and he almost wanted to leave immediately.

No class in the evening, nor the next day.

The perfect opportunity just showed up in the options, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

Just entered "want to try a new product" in the chat box, and was about to click send, when another message broke into view first.Zhai Lan's brows hadn't stretched yet, and the gully deepened after seeing the person who sent the message.

Aunt: Xiaolan, there is no class tomorrow, why don't you come home for dinner?

And almost at the same time, Li Feimu also found him.

"Carry things home from school, do you want to come together?"

"Why don't you stay at home tonight and have dinner tomorrow? On weekends, my mom cooks your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs."

For the sake of the two of them, what else is Zhai Lan busy with?Sometimes he doesn't like his aunt's care, but considering the actual situation, as a relative, he always wants to take care of him, and Zhai Lan can't say no to it.He knew that his aunt's family treated him very well, but he didn't want to be treated specially.

Distance is very important, and Zhai Lan's thinking is not unreasonable, but if it shows that no matter who looks at it, he doesn't know what to do.It seems to be hoisted in mid-air by a rope called "family affection", unable to reach the sky or landing, and can only hang in a breath.

Zhai Lan was silent for a long time, and deleted the sentence that he was going to send to You Zhen.

He replied to Li Feimu: "Then I'll go there later."

In the afternoon, I found Li Feimu who had finished receiving the admission notice at the Academic Affairs Office, and the other party drove.Zhai Lan has been in a low mood since he sat in the co-pilot, looking out the window, the sky on Daxue Road is gray.

The clouds in the sky are inlaid with gold, which is a harbinger of thunderstorms.

It was so hot that even turning on the air conditioner couldn't stop the humidity. When we drove into the city, the temperature suddenly rose a bit.In just a few steps from the underground garage to the gate of the community, Zhai Lan broke out in sweat.

Li Feimu's family lives in the old city. Both his parents have decent jobs and are of retirement age.As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted immediately, and all the cut fruit and pre-chilled drinks were brought out. The aunt asked him if the menu for the next day was satisfactory, and asked Zhai Lan if he wanted to go out for dinner at night. She recently found a very good restaurant. nice restaurant.

Li Feimu complained that his mother was biased, and his aunt scolded him and his brother carelessly, and the two chatted happily, Zhai Lan sat on the sofa, awkwardly holding a glass of iced juice and remained silent.

Uncomfortable, feeling like he doesn't belong here every time he's in the presence of a harmonious family - even though no one thinks he's redundant, even though he has his own room here.

The night was relatively peaceful, I woke up twice during the night because of the heat, and it never rained.

The next day, my aunt started to be busy early in the morning. She cooked homemade dishes, such as sweet and sour pork ribs, spicy chicken, cold noodles, stir-fried lotus root slices, and fish soup.After my uncle bought a drink, he packed Zhai Lan his favorite roasted sea cucumber with scallions from a restaurant outside, which was no less grand than the New Year's Eve.

The more enthusiastic they were, the more intense the uneasiness lingering in Zhai Lan's heart.Sitting in the original position, the dining room became an interrogation room, the dining table became cold, and even the smiles of my aunt and uncle were like two false masks.

Li Feimu was next to Zhai Lan, serving him vegetables, and talking about his time as a teacher.

When it comes to funny things, everyone laughs together, neatly like a rehearsed drama.

Zhai Lan silently picked up the rice with chopsticks.

The food on the table was almost finished, my uncle drank a couple of sips of wine, suddenly called Zhai Lan's name, and said a few words.His whole body was shaken, and he looked over as if struck by lightning, as if he had been waiting all day and night for this sound.

"What?" Zhai Lan asked, he didn't understand what he just said.

Uncle's smile is deep in his bones, kind, full of affinity, and his voice is also gentle and easy to discuss: "Xiaolan, it's like this, after your father left last year, didn't their unit give you a large sum of money for business reasons?" Compensation for death? At that time, because grandparents were too sad, you gave them part of it to help your father support the elderly, right?"

Zhai Lan couldn't turn his head, opened his eyes wide, but moved his chair back quietly.

Uncle continued: "Your aunt and I think this way. Grandpa and grandma are getting old. In case of illness in the future, we still have to take care of the two old people together. What do you think?"

The rope was cut off by the speech machine, with a "swipe and pull", the soul lost weight.

But Zhai Lan was inexplicably relieved.

He heard himself answer innocently and calmly: "It's my duty to take care of my grandparents. If they need it, I won't leave it alone. I will do whatever I want then."

Uncle was stunned, and the aunt next to him looked embarrassed and winked at him as if reminding him of something.

It took him a while to regain his logic, and he said earnestly, "Xiaolan, don't blame uncle for being blunt, you are still studying, you have such a large sum of money in your custody, and you don't know how to use it..."

"Dad!" Li Feimu finally understood what his parents meant, and felt embarrassed after realizing it, "What are you talking about? It's for Xiaolan herself——"

The aunt hurriedly said: "Li Feimu, what are you talking about, we are all doing it for Xiaolan!"

"But that would have been..."

"It's none of your business, go eat your meal!" Uncle interrupted Li Feimu sternly, and turned to Zhai Lan again, "Xiaolan, your aunt and I think that as the people you are closest to now, we should read books. Help. Uncle and aunt will definitely help with your tuition fees, including your future study abroad and job hunting, but..."

"But the more than 100 million yuan should be given to the two elders to 'keep' for me, right?"

Zhai Lan said that it was good to stare at a couple across the dining table.

The dark clouds outside the window had swelled for a long time, but at this moment they suddenly burst open, and white light lit up most of the sky from the middle of the clouds, followed by an earth-shattering thunder.

boom -

There is a barrier that has been torn without reservation.

The aunt looked at her husband uneasily, she didn't expect Zhai Lan to be honest so quickly, and hastily smoothed things over: "Xiao Lan, that's not what we meant, I just thought that you are too young to manage money..."

"Don't worry, we will 'keep' the money for you. You must be consulted before using it, and 100% of it will be spent on your life, study, and supporting your grandparents, and nothing else will be touched." Uncle He said categorically, "You can't believe it, we can sign an agreement! Your parents are not here, and your aunt and uncle are your closest relatives. How could they hurt you?"

The dining room fell into deathly silence.

The heavy rain poured down, pouring down in an instant, and the dampness poured into the room with the bitter smell of tree roots.The delicious food suddenly felt like chewing wax, and the bright crystal lamps were also overshadowed.

There is only the sound of water splashing continuously, as if to clean up all the dirty corners of the world.

"I understand what you mean." Zhai Lan put down her chopsticks, "Auntie, after Dad left, you cared about me the most and helped me a lot. I especially thank you."

"Zhai Lan..."

"But if your care for me is based on these... things." His Adam's apple moved with difficulty, Zhai Lan seemed to smell the rust in his mouth, "Then I don't need it."

In the rain, I packed my tablet and mobile phone charging cable in a simple book, and didn't even change my clothes.

Zhai Lan squatted at the subway entrance with her whole body icy cold, water dripped from the tip of her hair, and her skin was smudged red when it flowed from the corners of her eyes.He gasped non-stop, recalling a few minutes ago, he got up and left without hesitation after saying that sentence.

But this picture must be very similar to making a movie, being abandoned by the whole world, and then running away from home...

So what is "home"?

He has no home now, just an old house full of memories with his dad.

After the compensation was entered into the bank card, Zhai Lan changed the password once, and then didn't count the number of zeros behind it.Even uncles and aunts who are not short of money and have a good job come to attack him. Does it mean that 100 million is really a lot?

Zhai Lan has no idea.

He usually used the savings from the past, and Zhai Lan didn't want to see that money, every number was exchanged by his father's life.

Who is rare, who is rare.

He would rather not have these in exchange for his father being alive.

I started laughing when I thought about it.

It was too funny, too ironic, and so darkly humorous that Zhai Lan almost thought that they really wanted to use the money to help him manage his finances at the moment when it actually happened, but it was not like that.

Then who else in this world can he trust?

Zhai Lan supported the wall and stood up. He staggered, walked into the subway, passed the security check, and was so wet that the subway security personnel asked him if he needed help.Zhai Lan declined their kindness, feeling even more helpless.

Standing in the waiting hall, he looked up at the name of the station as if waking up from a dream.

Line 8, which has just been opened, goes back to the school in one direction and goes to Fangcao Road in the other.

Fangcao Road...

The dry eyes were stung by these three words, Zhai Lan tremblingly took out his phone and wiped off the rain on the screen.He turned on the phone, clicked into WeChat, and logged out after a while, turning to the call interface.

The 11-digit number has long been engraved in his heart, and he closed his eyes when he dialed.

Three busy tones, and then he heard a familiar, long-lost cheerful male voice: "Zhai Lan, you finally remembered me, what's the matter?"

"……fine."

After subconsciously speaking, Zhai Lan felt that the other side also fell into silence.

The subway slowly entered the platform, "ding dong", the door opened.

"You Zhen, I want to find you." He held his phone helplessly, "Are you in the store?"

The author says:

more tomorrow

I want to cut Youzhen's hair or tie it up, and I have braids, ponytails or small twitches, all of which are my xp distress