Tropical Highway

"Little Blue?"

"...Brother Fei?"

Seeing the people inside clearly, Zhai Lan stood on the spot in a dilemma: "Why are you here?"

The bar table is as high as the chest of an adult man, and the brass lamp is a lovely warm light, simultaneously illuminating Li Feimu and the woman who bowed her head and plucked a guitar.

After a moment of astonishment, Li Feimu didn't seem to care about Zhai Lan's indifference to him some time ago, and replied with a normal expression: "A few days ago, Sister Yang Jin mentioned that the lamp in the store was broken, and it happened that there was a similar shape at home, which was idle. I don't have anything to do today, so I'll send it to her on the way—are you here to play?"

Zhai Lan was at a loss for words, and felt that Li Feimu had an indescribable familiarity when he mentioned these things.

Before Zhai Lan could answer Li Feimu's words, Baima Yangjin put down his guitar and said hello first: "Mr. Xiaolan, you are a rare visitor. Don't stand there, come in and turn on the air conditioner!"

Zhai Lan let out a "hmm", and stiffly took a step in like a robot ordered.

The wooden door lost its support and closed slowly.The soaring cicadas and other noises in the street were also isolated. He heard the echo of the wind chime, the hum of the air conditioner, and the coolness gathered from all directions.

"What are you doing here?" Yang Jin asked him, lying on the bar with one hand resting on his chin, smiling eyes crooked.

"Looking for someone." Zhai Lan probed his head, trying not to look so strange, "Where's You Zhen? I didn't see him when I went to 'Holiday' just now, and Xiao Yu said he came here."

Yang Jin said "ah": "He just left."

Zhai Lan: "..."

The loss was too obvious, like a small animal suddenly drooping its ears, Yang Jin thought he had something important to do: "Maybe he hasn't gone far, why don't I call and ask where he went?"

Zhai Lan hurriedly said no: "Yeah, it's nothing serious."

"That's right, he was in a hurry today. He didn't know what he was busy with. He came to get two clothes and ran away. We were chatting just now, and I forgot to give him the piano that he asked me to take care of last time." Yang Jin Pointing to the guitar in the bar, "By the way, Mr. Xiaolan, you often go to 'holidays' recently, or help me get them? I'm so lazy when the weather is hot."

It's a bit embarrassing, Zhai Lan doesn't want too many people to know that he and You Zhen have had an awkward relationship.

But he said "okay" and took the guitar and slung it over his shoulder.

"Don't be so anxious! We don't know where Youzhen is now. If you miss him again, why don't you wait for him in the store? How boring." Yang Jin smiled, "Sit down, drink some water—your brother You were still reminding me of you just now."

What did Li Feimu mention him?

The alarm bell rang, Zhai Lan looked at the young man who had been silent all this time, and after a while, he said in a daze, "What's wrong?"

"Say you don't care about him recently." Yang Jin looked at Li Feimu's eyes as if blaming an ignorant child. She said, pulling up her hair with a mahogany hairpin, "I froze coffee ice cubes and served them with honey milk. The coffee is just right. You two can chat here, and I'll get it from the back kitchen."

The front hall was emptied, and there were no customers in the second-hand shop, only Zhai Lan and Li Feimu were left.

The dark red walls and the light from the brass desk lamp gently surrounded the two of them.

Almost half a month has passed since the dispute at the aunt's house. During this period, Li Feimu tried to contact Zhai Lan, but the other party either avoided it or answered the phone without saying a word.In the end they tried to reach an agreement, and Zhai Lan probably didn't need him, and he didn't vent his anger, and he didn't express any cooperation, which was quite embarrassing.

There was a sudden and unexpected meeting, and Li Feimu couldn't choose the initial topic, but he couldn't let the silence grow and freeze the atmosphere, so he could only say: "Recently... have the school procedures been completed?"

"Okay." Zhai Lan lowered his eyes, "Classes will start normally next semester, and the dormitory should also be changed."

"How's your new roommate?"

Zhai Lan stared at a chic butterfly brooch in the glass cabinet: "It hasn't been moved there yet."

There was still a knife among them, and Li Feimu twirled the corner of his clothes uneasily: "I will go to class normally next semester, and I am still in the new campus. What...for example, if you are inconvenient and anxious...you can find I will be in the same school in the future, which is very convenient."

"Ah."

Li Feimu couldn't bear this kind of atmosphere, but he knew Zhai Lan's character well, so he couldn't say anything to criticize him: "Xiao Lan, I didn't know what they thought about that before—"

"I don't blame you." Zhai Lan answered quickly this time, and he finally looked at Li Feimu, "I won't blame you, no matter what, you are my brother, and this will not change. But some things stop here, Okay? Brother Fei, I hope you don’t come to be a lobbyist, you were there that day and heard what they said.”

Li Feimu hesitated to speak.

Zhai Lan said: "Brother Fei, I don't want to embarrass you, and I understand that it is very difficult for you to be caught in the middle... Don't treat me like a child, let me handle these things myself, okay?"

After a pause, Li Feimu had complicated emotions in his eyes.

But he took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, as if the depression in his heart had been released: "Understood."

"Then, then I'll go first." Zhai Lan looked towards the door.

The weather forecast suggested that there would be a thunderstorm this evening, and Zhai Lan wanted to meet You Zhen as soon as possible, put the guitar on his shoulders again, said goodbye to Li Feimu, and pushed the door out.

Almost front and rear, Yang Jin poked his head out with a wooden tray: "Mr. Xiaolan is not playing anymore?"

"He has something to do, he seems to be in a hurry." Li Feimu took her wooden tray, placed the honey, milk and iced coffee separately, teasing deliberately, "Xiaolan can't drink anymore, can you give me this cup?"

"As a thank you gift for the desk lamp." Yang Jin shrugged exaggeratedly.

The evening rain did not arrive as expected, and Zhai Lan returned to "Holiday" with a guitar on his back.There was no tutoring appointment today, but Tenzin habitually came to do his homework on a "holiday" after school. When he met Zhai Lan, the two sat together.

Zhai Lan accompanied him in his self-study, absent-minded so obviously that Tenzin noticed it after a while and asked him if he was unhappy.

"No." Zhai Lan held the pen and wrote down the calculation formula neatly.

First of all, Zhai Lan didn't think too much when he got the news that You Zhen didn't come back to the store.You Zhen opened this shop just because he likes to make desserts, and also because he wants to have a convenient meeting place with his friends.He doesn't lack money, friends, and a wonderful life, and he doesn't need to be around anyone 24 hours a day.

But when you get to the back, You Zhen never shows up, and Zhai Lan inevitably panics.

He suddenly realized that he really didn't know enough about You Zhen. Although they both felt that the other party was someone who understood him, Zhai Lan had never seen You Zhen in any third place except the store and the Zone.

In other words, they are at odds, as long as You Zhen disappears, it will be difficult for him to find him.

In Chengdu, the days are long in summer, and it is not until eight o'clock that it gets dark and gradually enters the night.

At 07:30, there are gray clouds in the sky.

After finishing the homework with Tenzin, I answered Yang Jin's call and went directly to the store.Zhai Lan thought about taking a walk to relax and then sent him there, turned back several times on Fangcao Road, and he returned to "Holiday" again like a ghost.

I must meet You Zhen today to apologize to him.

Whether it is a misunderstanding or a cold war caused by saying something wrong, it cannot be dragged on for too long.

He and You Zhen got acquainted by accident, but it didn't come easily, no matter what, Zhai Lan didn't want to just miss it.He didn't even confess to You Zhen, how could he lose him without knowing it?

Obsessed with obsession, Zhai Lan glanced at the "Holiday" not far away, the neon lights hanging at the door of Zone had already turned on.The footsteps moved, a total of ten meters away, and he stood there before he recovered.

White walls, wine bottles lined up behind small windows, occasionally flickering.

A wooden sign saying "Come in for a drink" was hung by the door, and Zhai Lan looked at it for the second time, but didn't find that green leaf on it.Green Wind hadn't played for a long time, and they were quickly replaced by other smaller bands.Most of them are local, and there are various styles of music, but Zhai Lan is not interested in any of them.

He took a step back, wanted to sigh, and struggled to go home or continue to wait for You Zhen.

But where would he wait?

"Little handsome guy!" A voice sounded from behind, "Excuse me if you don't go in?"

His ears turned red with embarrassment, and Zhai Lan realized that he was blocking the way of others.

He got out of the way, and several men and women filed in from his side, laughing, chatting loudly, and shouting "Miss Weiss" at a higher volume when he opened the door.No matter how you look at it, he is a regular visitor, which makes him look extremely awkward.

A thunderclap rolled through the layers of dark clouds, but the sky was white and no lightning was seen.The thunder is too dry, and it may not rain for a short time.There was a bit of wind, and the heat was somewhat less stuffy. Zhai Lan looked up at the branches and leaves of the camphor tree fluttering with the wind, and finally did not enter the gate of the Zone.

"When the store closes, You Zhen must go to pick up the 'boss'." Zhai Lan convinced himself.

Turning around dejectedly, when going down the steps, Zhai Lan dragged his feet and was sullen.He wanted to confirm the direction, and raised his head, but suddenly saw a person who was locking his bicycle not far away, beside the camphor tree.

The rainwater falling from the black umbrella seemed to be broken. I don’t know which street in Chengdu had a shower for a while.

Jeans, canvas shoes, and a white T-shirt are too wide. On top of that is short black and blue hair, and the slightly longer upper part is tied up casually with a rubber band.He folded the umbrella sideways, with a straight nose, and a stern outline when he was not smiling, inadvertently perfectly overlapping with Zhai Lan's appearance when he saw him for the first time.

You Zhen, Zhai Lan opened his mouth, but didn't have time to shout out.

Because You Zhen turned towards his position in the next second, his eyes seemed to see through him suddenly.

After two quick steps, the distance suddenly shortened.Zhai Lan wondered for a moment whether he had made a mistake in estimating the numbers, but he soon found out that this was not the case, the speed was doubled, and there was no other reason——

You Zhen is also walking towards him, that's all.

The neon lights of Zone illuminate You Zhen's side face, the day is coming to an end, but the clouds in the night sky quietly dispersed.

Di Lan's throat seemed to be blocked by something, he pinched the palm of his hand, trying to wash away the ball of cotton, when he first spoke, his voice almost changed its tone, it was hoarse, and suddenly broke.

"tour--"

"Zhai Lan." You Zhen said first, he was calmer than Zhai Lan, "You haven't come home yet?"

Compared with the normal start, the others became less embarrassing.

Zhai Lan looked at him, still with the eyes of a little beast, the light in his pupils tended to be still, motionless.

"waiting for you."

You Zhen was stunned for a moment, his lips parted slightly, as if in doubt, more as if there was something he couldn't press on the back of his tongue immediately.

"I have something to tell you." Zhai Lan's full of drafts didn't come in handy. He looked at You Zhen now, and his mind was full of the guilt that he made You Zhen sad a day ago, "That day..."

"sorry."

"I was wrong that day."

Speaking at the same time, Zhai Lan's ending sound dragged on a little longer, and suddenly rose: "Ah?"

His reaction and simultaneous apology made You Zhen feel embarrassed, the umbrella in his hand was too heavy to hold, and he didn't even think about how to explain to Zhai Lan later.

You can't say, "Seeing your grievances and thinking about it later, I feel that I am also responsible."

There could have been a better way to comfort yesterday, it shouldn't be so direct.

"Just..." You Zhen said quickly, "I'm still too superior, I didn't consider your feelings when you heard those words. In fact, I thought later, you are right, I should—"

"I said the wrong thing." Zhai Lan looked at him embarrassingly, and staggered his gaze, "Anyway, I have a greater responsibility, so don't rob me. It's right to be superior. You are a very good person. It's me. , I'm too sensitive to hear you say it... I've already figured it out, You Zhen, you don't need to apologize to me for reconciliation."

You Zhen was at a loss for words, and all the words were filled in by the smart kid in front of him. For the first time, he felt stupid.

It turned out that both he and Zhai Lan found out that this was a quarrel, but fortunately it did not reach an irreparable point.

"Then..." You Zhen looked around, "Where are you going now?"

"I haven't had dinner yet."

You Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: "I didn't eat either, do you want..."

"I want to eat the noodles you made." Zhai Lan seemed to be cheerful again, "Braised beef in soy sauce, okay?"

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