Baby

"Tang Li is not here. He left when he was 18 years old. He said he wanted to go to the outside world... I couldn't stop him, so I just let him go."

"After I brought Tang Li here, we lived together for about four years... Later I remarried, and Tang Li moved out. Later, he went out to work."

"In fact, he is really a very good boy. At first he couldn't understand the dialect here, and he always wanted to run away from me and go back to your house. But then he settled down and worked hard every day. He also earned a lot of money. He is really able to endure hardships. I was actually...haha, quite surprised. I thought he was a young master. This kid is really good..."

"I don't know where he went... This is the truth. He hasn't been anywhere at all. Where can he go?"

"He's been gone for more than three years... Or is it four years? It's been so long, and I don't know how to call me... I don't have his mobile phone number, is he doing well? Oh, yes, When he had just left for a few months, he called me and said he had found a job, working in a hotel, and the salary seemed to be okay. After that, he never contacted me again. "

"Where is it?" Jiang Ye asked anxiously, "Where is the hotel?"

Li Ruxue fell silent.She hesitated and thought for a long time before stumbling out an inaccurate place name.

When Jiang Ye heard the sound, his eyes immediately became hot.

That was the city where the family stayed when they traveled together many years ago, that is, the place where he lives now.

Jiang Ye's nose was sore, and he tried his best to hold back the tears from pouring out.It turned out that Tang Li had never changed.No matter what he went through, he, like himself, was thinking of his family living somewhere in the world.

Tang Li was still the sweet kid in my memory who was as sweet as jellybeans.

After speaking, Li Ruxue sighed and reached for the medicine bottle on the bedside table.Only then did Jiang Ye notice that Li Ruxue's face was much older, like bootskin, with gray hair, and looked more like an old man who was nearly sixty years old.But in my impression, she is only 40 years old.

Li Ruxue opened the medicine bottle, swallowed three pills dryly, and coughed violently for a while.After swallowing the medicine, the exhaustion in her eyes deepened, her head was lowered, and she gasped weakly.

Jiang Ye read the name of the medicine silently. He had seen this medicine before when he was nursing his father in the hospital. It was being used by a patient with early gastric cancer.Jiang Ye looked at Li Ruxue in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Ruxue glanced at Jiang Ye, with a wry smile on her lips.After a long while, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "...It's cancer. It's in the terminal stage, and the only option is to die."

Jiang Ye was silent.Li Ruxue laughed suddenly: "How is it? Are you satisfied!"

Jiang Ye got up and stopped talking.Seeing his reaction, Li Ruxue became emotional instead.He rushed forward and grabbed Jiang Ye's arm: "Stop, are you laughing at me? Yes, Jiang Ye, I am what you see!"

"I have cancer, I can't work anymore, I just spend money and spend money in bed every day! My man dislikes me, and beats me every day when I get home. I’m a broom star, calling me an unlucky bitch! Are you satisfied? Look at me now, are you finally satisfied?!”

Jiang Ye glanced at Li Ruxue in disgust, disdain to talk nonsense with her: "Let go!"

"Heh, heh..." Li Ruxue suddenly sneered and let go of Jiang Ye's hand.

Jiang Ye straight bent down and picked up the mobile phone on the ground. Once he unlocked it, he found that it was still usable, so he put it in his pocket.Jiang Ye got up, took a last look at Li Ruxue who was in rags, and planned to leave the dormitory.

Li Ruxue watched Jiang Ye's back gradually go away from behind, and suddenly became mad and agitated again, shouting at the door: "Jiang Ye, please, let me go! Let Tang Li go! You are no longer from the same world, don’t you understand!”

Li Ruxue's words made the veins on Jiang Ye's forehead pop.He clenched his fist tightly, strode back, and glared at Li Ruxue angrily.

"How do you have the face to say that?"

"Tang Li is not a nephew who can breathe at all in your eyes. After all, you are just a lonely and extremely poor person." Jiang Ye smiled at her with the corner of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes, " But poor people have something to hate. You know? When I came here, I was still torn. I didn't know what I should do to make up for the damage you have done to our family all these years. Because I know that no matter what I do Whatever, I will definitely regret it in the future."

"But now that I really see you, I feel relieved. I realize that I don't need to do anything. The retribution God gives you is that you will never be happy, do you understand?"

Li Ruxue's face was pale, and she collapsed to the ground like five thunderbolts.She was leaning against the wall, her nose was moving, and there was no trace of life on her old face.

"By the way," Jiang Ye added, "His name is Tang Li, and he will always be called Tang Li."

Looking at Li Ruxue's dumb expression, Jiang Ye lifted the corner of his mouth and waved solemnly at her:

"I hope our two families will never bother each other again from now on. Let's just say goodbye and never see each other again, Li Ruxue."

Jiang Ye let out a foul breath and left the coastal town in one go. This was the last time he came here.He will never set foot on this land again.

Looking at the broken phone screen, Jiang Ye reported the good news to his parents immediately.When Tang Daihe heard about Tang Li's whereabouts, he was so excited that he almost shed tears immediately.After Jiang Shaohui heard what Jiang Ye said, he just smiled and said in affirmation: "You have handled this matter with Li Ruxue very maturely. Jiang Ye, I agree with you very much."

"Go get your brother back, and then, bring him home!"

Jiang Ye smiled, and turned off the phone because it ran out of battery.He just happened to be getting ready to board the plane home.

Well, go home and pick up Tang Li!

Jiang Ye came to the hotel address Li Ruxue mentioned, and found that there had been a new owner.But some of Tang Li's former colleagues still remembered him, vaguely recalled the scene at that time, and said with a sigh: "I was his partner at the time, the driver of the car. It was because I asked for a leave that day that the boss did it. Hired a new person to replace me, and then something like this happened... Alas, what a crime. At that time, he didn't want to be laid off, and the supervisor was so cruel that he drove him away... Later, he packed up and left, and the boss finally didn't even pay the salary. I didn’t open it to him. You said it’s worthless! It’s better to just go straight from the beginning.”

Jiang Ye listened to his colleague's plain narration, but his heart felt as uncomfortable as a knife.It turned out that Tang Li had experienced so much grievance and pain in places he didn't know.In my memory, he was such a pure and shy child, strangers would only dare to hide behind him when they came to the house, and he was held in the palm of his hand and doted on by the whole family.But now this ignorant child is forced to put on thin armor and become an independent adult prematurely, stepping into the cruel society...

"Then may I ask again," Jiang Ye asked again, "Do you know where he went after that?"

"I don't know... We haven't contacted him since he left. He had a mobile phone at the time, but it might have been picked up by someone else during the chaos... However, I probably guessed a possible place. Because of that Street, he used to go often. I heard that there are many stray cats and dogs. He prefers to go there to feed something when he is free. But it has been more than three years? I don’t know how It's..."

Jiang Ye was walking on that street that he had never been before. It was a quaint old street with a slow and light rhythm.For some reason, this place always gave him a very familiar feeling.Maybe it's because whenever he thinks that his younger brother has also stepped on this brick and tile, this zebra crossing...he always has an unknown intimacy.

The world is not big or small.The big reason is that they have lived in the same city for so long, but no one has seen each other.Small and small, the two brothers went around in a big circle, and finally met in this warm agreed place tacitly.

Jiang Ye walked along the street signs, taking a deep breath and feeling the atmosphere of the street with his heart.A simple old community, surrounded by commercial streets, full of local traditional snacks.Jiang Ye walked aimlessly, passing one store after another.The breeze passed by his ears, as if silently guiding him in the direction to go.call.A burst of birds flew by, and suddenly, his breathing stopped.

The sounds of the street gradually moved away from him, and Jiang Ye's body and mind were slowly attracted by that figure.There seemed to be a gentle fragrance floating in the air.Staring obsessively at the figure in the distance, Jiang Ye's brain went blank and he couldn't breathe gradually.

Eight years of wandering, like a wonderful dream.

And with a crisp sound in his head, this long and half-true dream finally woke up.

The business of the noodle restaurant is very good today. Tang Li wears an apron and shuttles between the tables and stools, busy taking care of the customers, his forehead is covered with a thin layer of sweat.

"Hey! Brother Li," Fang Yangyi finished riding his bicycle, opened the door and walked into the lively noodle restaurant, his clear voice was very unique in the restaurant, "Give me a bowl of tomato noodles, no eggs, thank you!"

The proprietress gently pushed Fang Yangyi's nose: "Brat, didn't you see that Brother Tang Li is busy? I don't know how to be considerate."

Tang Li smiled, and took the time to help Fang Yangyi order a bowl of noodles. It was his taste to put more green onions instead of eggs.

The moment the noodles were served, Fang Yangyi showed a childish smile and laughed loudly: "I knew Brother Li couldn't bear to see me starve, hehe!"

The door was pushed open again, and footsteps sounded.There was a lot of noise in the shop. Tang Li was only focused on counting the bill for a while, so he didn't raise his eyes to see who was coming. He just asked habitually, "Welcome, what would you like to order?"

"I want..." The voice was a little hoarse, and he swallowed lightly, "...a bowl of beef noodles."

As soon as the words fell, Tang Li's pen tip suddenly stopped.His eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he slowly raised his eyes, looking at the owner of the voice——

The moment the two people's eyes met, the whole world fell silent.We have been apart for too long, as long as several light years.It became so close again in an instant, so close that bright sparks sparked out.A sweet and greasy wind drifted across the sky, and the rich aroma resembled the red bean pudding milk tea in childhood.Starlight flickered in the eyes of the two people. At this moment, their world was clear and clear.