In the Same Boat

As long as there is excitement, there will always be a day when the tide ebbs.

Like, when Yao Zhan came, he already had the ticket to leave.

After he left, Qu Yiheng's life returned to its original state, going to bed early and getting up early, eating on time, staying at home all day, facing a blank canvas unkempt.

On the night when Yao Zhan was sent away, Qu Yiheng agreed to the teacher's suggestion and decided to start preparing works to apply for the exhibition. It was not because of anything else, but because he felt that there was nothing to do.

Sometimes after experiencing some things, fame and fortune are not so important to some people. Qu Yiheng knew that it had been too long since he had painted a painting that could be called a work. He was not sure that he could do it this time. to what level.

He has three months to prepare, and the application deadline is three months later, and he has to produce his work before then.

But three days passed, and he didn't lose a single penny.

Dou Yucong looked at Qu Yiheng who was silent again, feeling a little worried.

"Brother, why don't you go out for a walk." He asked, "Want to drink? I'll go buy some."

Dou Yucong thought his brother's sudden behavior was because of Yao Zhan's departure.

"After a while, Mid-Autumn Festival, I have a few days off, why don't we go out and play?"

Qu Yiheng thought of the Nov. [-] outing planned by those people in the class group, but he didn't expect that it was already September.

It is said that it is golden autumn and September, but the temperature in this city is no different from that in August, it is still extremely hot, and it refuses to let everyone go.

"Let's talk about it." Qu Yiheng's works are not inspired, and he is really not in the mood to discuss this.

Dou Yucong tried his best to coax his brother these days, but it didn't work at all. At night, his brother hid in the room, and he lay on the sofa thinking: What is Yao Zhan doing?Why not look at the poor old man?

Yao Zhan is busy.

After he came back, he really didn't have much contact with Qu Yiheng. It's not that he didn't want to contact, but he was really busy almost all the time.

When I got off the plane that day, I was supposed to have dinner with Mr. Shao Wei, but I was halfway there. Before I even smelled the aroma of the meal, my colleague called.

Everyone knew that he came back today, so they called him back to work directly.

The collective food poisoning in the kindergarten was so busy that he didn't know what was going on.

This incident made a big fuss. Not only were the parents of the children crowded in the hospital, but reporters from TV stations and newspapers also blocked the corridors.

This kind of thing is the most annoying thing in the hospital. It is already messy enough, and those people are here to add to the chaos.

Yao Zhan didn't look good when he saw no one, but he was still surrounded by asking questions from time to time. After a few days, he had a headache and had to take medicine to continue working.

After finally finishing his work, the reporters dispersed, and Yao Zhan was finally able to go home, take a shower and change his clothes.

He remembered what his ex-boyfriend said, saying that he was too busy, and falling in love with him was like being a widow.

Yao Zhan suddenly didn't dare to contact Qu Yiheng anymore.

He slept at home, and when he woke up it was already dark, Shao Wei called to ask him if he would like to have dinner together, and by the way, asked about the arrangements for Eleven.

"What arrangements can I make," Yao Zhan said, "It would be nice not to work overtime."

He got up and felt really hungry: "Where are you? Let's have a drink together."

Drinking to relieve fatigue, Yao Zhan likes to drink a glass every time after working overtime.

When I met Shao Wei, the other party asked him: "How are you and Qu Yiheng these days?"

"No contact." Yao Zhan said, "I'm so busy that I'm on tiptoe, and the soles of my feet are blown by the wind. I don't have time to contact you."

"Ba Diao is ruthless." Shao Wei said to him, "This word is too appropriate for you."

Yao Zhan took a sip of his wine and felt helpless.

"To be honest, it's fine not to contact you."

"How to say?"

Yao Zhan put down his glass and said in a deep voice, "I've been busy all day and night, do you still remember why the one who broke up with me before?"

"That's because you didn't care about others." Shao Wei asked, "Do you miss him? I said Qu Yiheng."

Can Yao Zhan not think about it?

When I was busy, I had no time to think about it. Once I rested, I would always think about him after waking up before going to bed.

"We are all in our 30s, and it would be nice to meet someone who suits us. Why are you hesitating?"

"It's because people are over 30 and hesitant." Yao Zhan said, "He is very good there, even if I want to chase him, how can we solve the problem of our different places? What position do I have to let people give up their current life? Here?"

"Fuck." Shao Wei took a sip of his wine, "It's so fucking tiring to be an adult."

Yao Zhan smiled: "Who said it wasn't?"

Qu Yiheng put his first strokes on the canvas on the fourth day after Yao Zhan left.

When he was sleeping the night before, he had a dream. He dreamed that he was drowning and his ankles were entangled by water plants, but in the end he didn't die. A man with a blurred face rescued him.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, when he woke up, he thought it was Yao Zhan.

Because of that dream, he seemed to have grasped a small tail of inspiration, and was about to try writing.

The windows and doors were closed at home, the curtains were not drawn, the air conditioner was turned on and the lights were turned on in the room, and Qu Yiheng was painting expressionlessly.

From seven o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock in the evening, when he put down the brush, he felt his body was stiff.

When he came out of the room, Dou Yucong was watching TV in the living room. There was a variety show, and the TV was in silent mode. Dou Yucong suppressed his laughter and blushed.

"Did you finish painting?" Seeing his brother coming out, Dou Yucong immediately threw away his snacks and stood up, "Are you tired?"

He ran over very dog-leggedly, and beat his brother's back: "Thank you for your hard work, handsome guy."

Qu Yiheng felt that something was wrong with him, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

Dou Yucong smiled and said, "Brother, I have three days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"I dont go."

"Tsk." Dou Yucong patted him lightly, "I know you won't go, so I'm asking you for leave."

Qu Yiheng didn't know why.

"A friend of mine asked me to hang out on Mid-Autumn Festival."

Qu Yiheng wondered why it was so mysterious, he waved his hand and went to fetch water to drink: "I'm not your guardian, go if you want."

Dou Yucong seems to be a primary school student who has been pardoned: "Thank the leader for granting leave!"

He slipped back to his room, poked his head out before closing the door and said, "Brother, aren't you going to go for a walk?"

Qu Yiheng waved his hand, signaling him to go back to sleep quickly.

In the dead of night, Qu Yiheng was sitting in the living room by himself, the TV was still playing the variety show, watching them laughing and making noise in silent mode made it even more ridiculous.

He didn't rest all day, but his mind is now in a state of excitement, and he can't sleep, and he doesn't want to sleep.

He fumbled for his phone, which hadn't rang for days.

Yao Zhan suffered from insomnia, something he hadn't experienced in the past ten years.

Usually too tired, he has no time for insomnia.

Tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep, I simply got up to smoke, stood on the balcony, and watched the leaves of the trees in the community fall secretly in the middle of the night while no one was around.

While swallowing the clouds, he began to think about Qu Yiheng.

It would be good if the other party is here at this time, even if you don't make//love, just smoking and chatting together is good.

For the first time in Yao Zhan's life, he felt that what his mother said, "Being alone is not as good as having a partner" is true.

After smoking a cigarette, he went back to the house, picked up his phone and checked the time.

Already 01:30.

Qu Yiheng must have fallen asleep, but Yao Zhan still dialed the number.

When Qu Yiheng was at home, he didn’t like to turn on the phone. When people came to him, he was always turned off. Usually, even if he turned on, it was in vibration mode. Changed to ringtone mode.

This unintentional move exposed how afraid he was of missing Yao Zhan's calls and messages.

In the middle of the night, the phone rang suddenly, it was the system's own ringtone, abrupt and crisp.

Qu Yiheng was staring at the TV in a daze, and was taken aback. He turned to look at the mobile phone lying on the sofa, and found that the caller turned out to be Yao Zhan.

Surprised and delighted, he quickly picked it up and went to the balcony, for fear of waking Dou Yucong up.

"Are you asleep?" Yao Zhan's voice was deep and sexy in the middle of the night, so provocative that Qu Yiheng unconsciously tightened his body.

"No." Qu Yiheng fell in love with this voice, and he hoped that Yao Zhan would say a few more words.

Yao Zhan didn't know what to say, so he lit another cigarette, smiled and said, "I'm sorry to call you so late."

"It's okay." Qu Yiheng said softly to him, "I haven't slept yet."

Two people, in two rooms in two cities more than 1000 kilometers apart, seem to be next to each other for a moment.

"I've been busy these days, so I haven't contacted you." Yao Zhan said, "Sorry."

Qu Yiheng actually felt relieved.

It's not that he hasn't guessed the reason why the other party didn't contact him. After thinking about it, it's just that the other party doesn't want to continue this relationship. Since the other party wants to break up, he naturally has no need to continue.

Pao friends are the same as lovers, both parties must be willing to each other, and it is not good for one party to end the entanglement of the other party.

There is loss, otherwise he would not dream of Yao Zhan.

But Qu Yiheng was reluctant to admit that he put Yao Zhan in a special position, and he began to deceive himself.

He lied to himself for a few days, but when he heard Yao Zhan's voice, he felt that he couldn't do it.

There is a word called fall.

How did you fall in love with this guy?Qu Yiheng really didn't understand himself.

Maybe I have been lonely for too long, and once I meet someone who matches me in a certain way, I will get lost.

"Now, are you done?" Qu Yiheng asked carefully.

"It's over." Yao Zhan said, "It should be better if there are no major incidents in the next period of time."

"That's good." Qu Yiheng didn't know what to say again. He leaned against the handrail of the balcony and closed his eyes, as if he could hear the breathing of the man on the phone.

"Actually, I'm fine on the phone." Yao Zhan put out his cigarette and lay down on the sofa. He rubbed his temples and said softly, "I'm just too tired and can't sleep. I want to hear what you have to say."

I didn't think so before, but now Yao Zhan realizes that sometimes the voice of his sweetheart is a good medicine, and when Qu Yiheng talks to him, all his problems are gone.

No one had ever said such words to Qu Yiheng, and he suddenly felt that this sentence was worth thousands of words of love.

"By the way," Qu Yiheng said, "I see that in the group they are planning to go out on November [-]. Are you going?"

Yao Zhan didn't expect Qu Yiheng to pay attention to this, and said with a wry smile, "I can't go, I only have three days off on November [-], and I don't know when I will have to go back to work overtime."

Doctors are really hard.

Qu Yiheng sighed lightly.

"What about you? Are you going?"

"No." Qu Yiheng said, "I don't even know each other anymore."

"Then do you want to come to my side?" Yao Zhan was actually very nervous when he asked this question, he was afraid of being rejected, "Last time when you came back, we said we wanted to go back to school and didn't go in, so we can try again this time. "

Qu Yiheng was silent for a long time, so long that Yao Zhan felt that he might be rejecting himself in this way.

"If you force it..."

"Okay." Qu Yiheng said, "Anyway, I'm fine."