In the Same Boat

I haven't seen him for 15 years, and Qu Yiheng is a little unfamiliar with Yao Zhan's voice.

When the two walked out of the cemetery holding an umbrella, he suddenly remembered that it was Yao Zhan who touched him first in the gymnasium.

He panicked at first, but after a few seconds he knew what he should do and what he wanted to do.

How old were they then, and they acted on impulse.

At that time, the words that Yao Zhan whispered in his ear suddenly emerged from the deep sea-like memory. At that time, Yao Zhan leaned on him and said, "You are too thin."

Thinking of these words, Qu Yiheng felt as if his whole body was electrified, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, he raised his hands and squeezed his neck, forcing those memories out of his mind.

They followed everyone to the gate, and Shao Wei greeted these old classmates who hadn't seen for a long time to get together by the way.

After all, the squad leader is a man who likes to make trouble, so he arranged everyone in the car, and finally Qu Yiheng and Yao Zhan were left standing here.

"What are you two doing? Get in the car!" Shao Wei asked Yao Zhan as if he suddenly thought of something, "Did you come here by car?"

Yao Zhan pointed across the road: "Over there, the two of us won't go, there's something wrong."

Shao Wei was a little surprised: "What's the matter with you two? If you have something to do, you don't need a bite of food, and you can do it after eating."

Qu Yiheng was a little embarrassed, he didn't want to go, and he didn't know how to refuse.

Compared with having dinner with those people, it is easier for him to have a drink with Yao Zhan alone.

Shao Wei is still urging: "Let's go!"

Yao Zhan frowned: "Another day, something really happened."

He glanced back at Qu Yiheng who was standing behind him: "Shall we go first?"

Qu Yiheng nodded apologetically to Shao Wei, and followed Yao Zhan.

Shao Wei scolded Yao Zhan behind them, saying that Qu Yiheng had come here so hard that he wouldn't even let him eat.

Qu Yiheng left the city after graduating from high school. At that time, his mother just remarried. He went to college and never came back.

This place is very good, you can touch the edge of a first-tier city, most of his high school classmates were born and rooted here, such as Shao Wei, such as Che Hao, such as Yao Zhan.

Therefore, in the 15 years since Qu Yiheng disappeared in their world, in fact Shao Wei and the others have been in contact, and even have a pretty good relationship.

Qu Yiheng walked behind Yao Zhan, and when he turned his head, those people had already driven away.

Yao Zhan opened the car door to let him go up, and Qu Yiheng accidentally threw water on the other party when closing the umbrella.

That's what's annoying about rainy days.

After getting into the car, Qu Yiheng put the umbrella under his feet, and just after fastening his seat belt, Yao Zhan asked, "Have you not been back for a long time?"

While talking, Yao Zhan took out the cigarette case and handed it to Qu Yiheng.

Qu Yiheng took out a cigarette, touched his pocket, but couldn't find the lighter.

He doesn't smoke often, only when he is rushing to draft or when he is upset.

Yao Zhan took out a lighter, leaned over to light it for him, and then lit one himself and put it in his mouth.

The car window was half opened to allow the smoke to escape. The smell of smoke mixed with the smell of rain was quite comfortable.

"I haven't been here since graduation."

Yao Zhan nodded: "Okay, then you will listen to me today."

He drove the car out of the parking space: "Big day, brother will take you to drink."

Qu Yiheng has a feeling of revisiting his old place, but this "old place" has changed too much and is already too strange.

The cemetery is in the suburbs. When they drove back to the city, the rain had lightened a lot. After turning a certain corner, Yao Zhan said, "Do you remember? Our school is ahead."

Qu Yiheng went to the best high school in the city at his own expense back then, and he was one of five self-funded students in the whole class.

In fact, his grades are not that bad. If it is really bad, the fifth high school will not charge any money.

"Want to go around?" Yao Zhan asked.

If it was normal, Qu Yiheng would not want to go, but with Yao Zhan by his side, it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of yesterday recurring.

He nodded: "Go."

The fifth middle school has not changed much, it is still the same five-story building, and the upper floor is covered with brocade.

Yao Zhan parked the car on the side of the road, and the two of them looked in through the iron fence. Some students were playing football on the lawn in the rain. They were young and energetic.

They walked to the gate, which was open, but the gatekeeper refused to let them in.

Yao Zhan said, "Master, we are students of this school."

"Come on," said the uncle, "do you see how you two look like students?"

Qu Yiheng smiled: "We graduated here, 15 years ago."

"Yo, those are people from the society. I can't answer the phone calls here, so I can't let you in."

There is no other way, the two big men can only stand outside and watch, Yao Zhan said: "Wait for the holidays, no one will care about the students after the holidays."

Qu Yiheng didn't speak, because he didn't know if he would come here again.

Turning around the outside of the school, it was not interesting, the two of them still went to the bar according to the original plan.

In broad daylight, not many bars were open. Yao Zhan took him around and turned into a small alley. After turning a few more turns in the alley, he finally saw a bar store.

This bar is called "Y", Yao Zhan said that his friend opened it, let's clean it up, don't make trouble.

Qu Yiheng didn't know whether Yao Zhan chose this place because it was the only place for business or he remembered that he didn't like places that were too noisy, it didn't matter, why bother so much.

At 09:30 am, there was no one in the bar.

When they entered the door, a young boy standing behind the bar looked at them for a moment, then yawned and asked, "Brother Zhan, can you help us close?"

Yao Zhan led Qu Yiheng over, and the boy saw someone behind him.

"Yo, I brought someone here."

"What are you drinking?" Yao Zhan turned around and asked Qu Yiheng.

"Handsome guy, can I have a special drink for you?" The boy at the bar looked at Qu Yiheng with a smile that was meaningful.

Qu Yiheng seldom came to the bar, and when he came, he was in a mess. Seeing that the boy was so enthusiastic, he was too embarrassed to refuse, so he simply nodded.

"You're almost fine." Yao Zhan said to the boy, "I'm always the same."

Yao Zhan took Qu Yiheng to the booth inside and waited for the wine, fiddling with the lighter in his hand.

The two of them were silent for a while, and Qu Yiheng became more reserved.

Since he stopped teaching in the studio, he hardly came out to interact with people. Most of the time he stayed at home, and at most he went downstairs to the supermarket to buy some groceries.

In fact, he could have refused Yao Zhan's invitation, but for some reason, he couldn't learn to shake his head in front of this person.

Just like 15 years ago, Yao Zhan held his hand and put it on his chest, and asked him if it was okay, but he just reached in without nodding or shaking his head.

After all, although he didn't feel that he had any special feelings for Yao Zhan 15 years ago, even though he didn't think of Yao Zhan much in the past 15 years, it is still different in the final analysis.

The boy at the bar brought the wine, his eyes were still glued to Qu Yiheng.

"Where is the handsome guy from? I haven't seen him before."

Yao Zhan gave a "tsk" and said, "Go play with you."

The boy reluctantly left, Qu Yiheng looked at him and smiled.

"Do you come here often?" He had nothing to say, and he couldn't just be so stiff.

There were only the two of them as customers in the bar, and the awkward atmosphere made him feel uncomfortable.

"Come here for a drink once in a while," Yao Zhan said, "I'm too busy to come here all the time."

Qu Yiheng nodded without asking what he was busy with.

Then, the two fell silent again.

They were drinking wine, and those who didn't know thought that these two people didn't know each other at all.

The boy at the bar looked at them with relish, and sent a message to the boss by the way: Brother Zhan brought someone here.

After a while, a man came down from upstairs, wearing a white sleeveless T-shirt and a pair of home shorts. It looked like he was still sleeping just now, and his hair was messed up like a chicken coop.

Qu Yiheng watched the man approach, and Yao Zhan said, "The owner of this store."

The owner's surname is Yang, and his name is Yang Kan, and Yao Zhan's childhood.

Yang Kan came over, ignored Yao Zhan, and directly wanted to shake hands with Qu Yiheng: "It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Yang Kan, and it's his brother."

Yao Zhan glanced at him and told Qu Yiheng not to talk to this man.

Qu Yiheng was anxious when he saw strangers, but he had to be polite no matter what, if someone stretched out his hand, of course he had to shake it back.

"Qu Yiheng."

"Good name!" Yang Kan pointed to the side, "I'm sitting here, don't bother me?"

"Excuse me." Yao Zhan said, "Go to sleep."

Most of the bars are open at night and closed in the morning. If they come 10 minutes later, they won't be able to get in.

Yang Kan got bored, curled his lips and went to the bar.

The boss at the bar had a happy chat with the bartender, and the topic of course revolved around the two drinking there.

Qu Yiheng hasn't had a drink for a while. He likes to drink, but when he drinks, he can't stop the brakes.

Originally, Yao Zhan was busy drinking, but after drinking one cup after another, Yao Zhan fainted first.

The two of them didn't get along so awkwardly after drinking some wine, and they started chatting about Che Hao.

Nothing more than lamenting the impermanence of life and cherishing time, Yao Zhan said: "You say we haven't seen each other for 15 years. If we didn't meet today, we might not recognize each other when we walk on the street face to face."

Qu Yiheng felt that what he said was right. If he really saw Yao Zhan while walking on the street, he would definitely not dare to recognize him.

It didn't take long for empty wine glasses to be placed in front of the two of them. Yao Zhan leaned back on the chair and stared at Qu Yiheng.

"You haven't changed much." He looked down from Qu Yiheng's face, and found that the man seemed to have several pierced ears, but he didn't wear anything on his ears, not only the pierced ears, but also the shirt collar He was a little surprised that he could vaguely see the edge of the tattoo. He never thought that the honest Qu Yiheng would do such a rebellious thing before. Whether it was ear piercing or tattoo, there was an indescribable contrast when he appeared on him.

Yao Zhan tasted Qu Yiheng carefully, and finally looked at his whole body and smiled.

Alcohol had no effect on Qu Yiheng, what made him blush was Yao Zhan's eyes.

He uncontrollably thought of the clips of the two comforting each other. They were teenagers at that time, and now they are in their 30s.

It was just after eleven o'clock when the two went out from the bar. They both smelled of alcohol. Yao Zhan put his arm around Qu Yiheng's shoulder and asked him, "Where are you going? I'll see you off."

They were close together, and it was hot, and so were they.

Qu Yiheng's body under his arms was a little tense, he raised his head slightly, Yao Zhan lowered his head, and the hot air from his breathing hit the opponent's face.

"You came to live in a hotel, right?" Yao Zhan asked.

When he asked this question, his eyes were neither clear nor too drunk, and the tone of his voice, like a hook, hooked a certain nerve of Qu Yiheng.

Qu Yiheng said: "I live not far from here."

He beckons and flags down a taxi, and the two of them sit in the back seat, thigh to thigh.

It's hot, it's hot everywhere.

Qu Yiheng looked out the window and felt that he was about to be burned.

He wished the car was going faster.