why are they still in love

It was rainy and cloudy in Guangzhou for the next half month, and Xiao Chining felt that he had become a wild mushroom with the weather, tenaciously attached to the towering tree Xiao Zhaoshan.

When Xiao Zhaoshan took a shower, he went with him; when Xiao Zhaoshan brushed his teeth, he synchronized; when Xiao Zhaoshan went to open the door for the hotel waiter to pick up the lunch and dinner that he had ordered, he also followed behind to take a peek.

It rained endlessly outside, and the situation in the warm and humid room became more and more serious, Xiao Chining got into a tantrum when he got the chance, always clinging to Xiao Zhaoshan, biting and rubbing twice.

Xiao Zhaoshan thought that he was flustered, and mistakenly attributed this phenomenon to the fact that the child was acting like a baby to imply that he should take him out to play quickly, but he didn't know that Xiao Chining was not the kind of person who would act like a baby.

So he saw the time of the rain break, and took Xiao Chining to Yuexiu Park, Beijing Road, Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street, Sacred Heart Cathedral and Chenghuang Temple.If it rained heavily and it was really inconvenient to go outdoors, he would take Xiao Chining to visit museums and art galleries.

Recently, Guangmei has several solo exhibitions of artists, covering the fields of traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, installation and so on.Although the weather was bad and it happened to be a working day, the enthusiasm of the visitors did not seem to be affected. There were a considerable number of people in the exhibition hall, and there were even several children of school age.

Xiao Chining and Xiao Zhaoshan saw the exhibition at different paces, they did not insist on acting together, and they separated naturally as they walked.

There was a thunder on the ground, and a little boy suddenly pointed at an exhibit and shouted: "Mom! Mom! There are so many skulls!"

Xiao Chining turned around following the source of the sound, and other people around also cast dissatisfied glances at the mother and son.The young mother hurriedly covered her child's mouth, and hissed, "Well, it's a skull. Everyone knows it, so you don't have to shout it out. Keep quiet in public. Did your mother teach you before you came here?"

"Okay, I'll be quiet, shhh—" the little boy stood on tiptoe, motioning for the woman to be short.

The woman squatted down and put her ear close to her son's lips. The little boy raised his face and clenched his fists as a megaphone, and said something mysteriously in her ear.The woman then smiled, and stuck to his ear to exchange impressions or little secrets with him.

When Xiao Chining witnessed this scene, a subtle resonance resounded in his heart inexplicably.In an instant, he suddenly lost interest in the work in front of him, and only wanted to find Xiao Zhaoshan.

After walking around the exhibition hall for a few times, he couldn't find Xiao Zhaoshan, so he simply went back downstairs to Mr. Lin Fengya's traditional Chinese painting exhibition.Sure enough, Xiao Zhaoshan still stopped there.

After seeing the person, most of his eagerness calmed down, and he stood not far away, watching Xiao Zhaoshan stop for a long time in front of a brightly colored pastoral painting.

There were people coming and going behind him, Xiao Zhaoshan remained motionless, appreciating too much.Xiao Chining approached slowly and stood beside him, wanting to see what the painting that fascinated him would look like.

There are clusters of trees growing on the drawing paper, clusters of trees are covered with clusters of red flowers, and under the clusters of flowers is a soft river.A few small boats passed by one after another on the not-so-majestic river, and the boats were full of harvested vegetables and fruits.The boatman looked at the shore, not sure if he was looking at the dreamlike flowers that blended with the color of the water, or the people washing clothes on the shore and the children holding balloons.

It is not the first time Xiao Chining has seen Chinese paintings with bright colors, but it is the first time he has discovered that the slim water town with blue tiles and white walls can be depicted with such a warm red.Vitality seems to be everywhere, and life seems tangible.

Xiao Zhaoshan's gaze is still lingering on the "Festival Near Duanyang", but the hand that was always in his trouser pocket unexpectedly stretched out, firmly holding Xiao Chining's left hand.

"Are you done shopping?" he asked.

"En." Xiao Chining nodded.

Xiao Zhaoshan turned to look at him and said, "Then let's go."

The two of them walked through all the exhibition halls with their fingers clasped together, and when they encountered some interesting works on the way, Xiao Zhaoshan stopped and explained to Xiao Chining.

After leaving the art museum, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and the light rain that had stopped all morning was falling gently again.Xiao Zhaoshan opened his umbrella, took Xiao Chining's shoulders, and strolled to find a place to have dinner.

The red was still lingering in Xiao Chining's mind, he hesitated for a while, and suddenly asked: "Moon Night in the Forest was bought by Yue Zezhang, right?"

Xiao Zhaoshan didn't know why he brought up this incident, and asked instead: "Who did you listen to?"

Xiao Chining replied: "I saw it with my own eyes."

Xiao Zhaoshan tightened his fingers on his shoulder: "What did you see?"

Xiao Chining said seriously: "He burned that painting in front of me, I want to know if it is a fake."

Xiao Zhaoshan didn't speak for a long time, Xiao Chining was not in a hurry, and waited patiently for him to speak.

The two of them walked unsteadily, and after passing through this intersection, Xiao Zhaoshan said late, "It's not for sale, it's a gift to him."

Xiao Chining looked up at him: "Is it a pity?"

Xiao Zhaoshan lowered his eyes and smiled: "Of course it's a pity. What, you like that painting very much?"

Xiao Chining generously admitted: "Yes, I have liked it for many years."

"How many years are many years?" Xiao Zhaoshan didn't quite believe it.

"I have liked that painting since I saw it at first sight." Xiao Chining said.

He tried to understand Xiao Zhaoshan's mood walking in the exhibition hall just now, trying to fill the secret vacancy in Xiao Zhaoshan's heart when he witnessed the achievements of others.He wanted to comfort Xiao Zhaoshan, encourage Xiao Zhaoshan, and completely reconcile with Xiao Zhaoshan on this matter.

"What about you? Which one is your favorite among all your works?" he asked.

Xiao Zhaoshan thought for a while, and suddenly called out his name: "Xiao Chining."

"Ok?"

He raised the umbrella high, raised his eyes to meet Xiao Chining's gaze, and relieved, "Forget it."

Xiao Chining was slightly startled: "What did you forget..."

Xiao Zhaoshan looked out from the edge of the umbrella and sighed: "Forget everything, my favorite will always be the next one."

Xiao Chining was comforted instead of being comforted, and subconsciously recognized his face to cover up his awkwardness: "Oh."

"When we go abroad and everything stabilizes, I'll start painting again. I'm not in a hurry." Xiao Zhaoshan joked, "I just don't know if the new works will be able to win the favor of Xiao Chining."

"Why do you have to go abroad?" Xiao Chining said contemptuously, "Can't you paint in China? Worship foreigners."

Xiao Zhaoshan was puzzled: "You hate going abroad so much?"

"I'm not used to it." Xiao Chining replied, "Anyway, Yue Zezhang has been arrested, and life in China is very safe."

Xiao Zhaoshan asked: "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, the food abroad is fucking terrible, if you want to go, go yourself."

"Just because of this?"

Xiao Chining turned his face and said in surprise: "Otherwise! Isn't this reason enough?"

"Enough is enough." Xiao Zhaoshan followed him, "I'll just return the house."

"Well, we can buy a better house in Beijing and move in, and we can live well."

"Xiao Chining, to be honest, do you not want to go abroad because you don't want to prepare a portfolio?"

"Get out! I will take the art test next year, what if I pass Qingmei?"

Xiao Zhaoshan graduated from the equally prestigious CAFA next door, so he naturally knew the difficulty. He tapped his arm with the handle of his umbrella in a funny way: "Little friend, you think too much. If you can go to school next year Very good."

Xiao Chining snorted coldly with disdain: "If I pass the exam, you will be here for a while, do you dare to bet?"

"What kind of bullshit bet." Xiao Zhaoshan frowned, "Change to another one."

Xiao Chining raised his eyebrows: "Oh, you dare not."

"The aggressive method doesn't work for me."

"Admit it, you just dare not."

"This bet is boring."

"You do not dare."

"It's your own business to get into college. What's the point of betting on it?"

Xiao Chining still insisted on those three words: "You dare not."

Xiao Zhaoshan was annoyed by his nagging, so he simply ended the topic: "It's almost done, wait until you are admitted to Qingmei next year."

Under the umbrella, the two bickered all the way into the Cantonese restaurant on the street, and their figures gradually blurred behind the glass door deep in the rain.

Speaking of it, Xiao Chining is really boring.I have been in Guangzhou for almost a month, and I have basically visited all the scenic spots that should be checked in. It is not a problem to take a taxi to various art galleries to see exhibitions every day, but Xiao Zhaoshan likes it. He doesn’t want to stay alone in the hotel and play with his mobile phone, so he just Can endure laziness to accompany.

I thought that the rest of the itinerary would continue to be "boring" in such a flat and stable manner, but God can always surprise you with some "talking" waves in unexpected places.

After a few days of insisting on the trip to the art museum, Xiao Zhaoshan probably noticed that he was tired of it, so he checked out the room in Guangzhou ahead of schedule without saying a word, and insisted on taking him to Shunde to play.

The decision was made suddenly. On the first night in Shunde, there were only standard rooms left in the hotel. Looking at the two single beds, Xiao Chining wished to put Xiao Zhaoshan in the suitcase and throw him upstairs.

He immediately lashed out at Xiao Zhaoshan, dissatisfied: "What do you mean? You want to sleep in a separate bed with me?"

Xiao Zhaoshan was not intimidated by him at all, he still squatted at the end of the bed packing his luggage, and even nodded when he heard the words: "Yes, a small farewell is better than a newlywed, distance creates beauty."

Xiao Chining turned his head and grabbed his backpack from the table: "I'm going back to Hangzhou, the distance of thousands of kilometers is more beautiful."

Xiao Zhaoshan held onto his backpack and stopped him: "Hey, didn't you hear what the front desk said, there will be a big bed room available tomorrow, what's the rush?"

Once Xiao Chining's greasy energy came up, the nine cows couldn't hold back.He put down his backpack and retorted childishly: "Why are you in a hurry, this hotel is not the only one in Quanshunde, why don't we just change to another hotel?"

Xiao Zhaoshan tried to persuade him: "It's raining outside, and it's troublesome for us to drag our luggage around. Tomorrow noon, when the upstairs room is empty, we can change it, okay?"

Xiao Chining refused to listen: "Stop talking, you just want to sleep in the same bed as me."

Xiao Zhaoshan paused, then hooked his finger at him: "Xiao Chining, come here."

As soon as Xiao Chi Ning knelt down, he leaned against the end of the bed in a nine-curved and eighteen-curved position and kissed him firmly.

Xiao Zhaoshan pressed him between the single bed and the suitcase, holding his plaster cast with one hand, and pinching his waist with the other. After kissing him for some time, he asked softly: "What's wrong with you?" ?"

Xiao Chining's posture was rugged, his back hurt and his neck hurt, and he couldn't help cursing: "Dog|Daily..."

In the next second, Xiao Zhaoshan kissed the last unfinished word with an exclamation point into his stomach.

He left Xiao Chining's lips, and smiled at the panting little bastard in front of him: "Why haven't I seen you so inseparable from me before? Don't be possessed by something unclean."

Xiao Chining raised his foot, wanting to give him a hearty kick: "You're not fucking clean!"

Xiao Zhaoshan expected him to make such a move, first grabbed his ankle to relieve his strength, then took the opportunity to drag him a little closer, and suddenly asked solemnly: "Tell me, what's going on with you recently, is it Are you in a bad mood?"

Xiao Chining was lying on the carpet, his right leg was forced to be raised high, and the tip of his buttocks was resting on Xiao Zhaoshan's knee. No matter how he looked, he was not serious. It was impossible to discuss serious topics with him. .So he simply imitated Xiao Zhaoshan's method just now and rushed forward, using his body | to divert his attention.

During this time, Xiao Zhaoshan was concerned about his injuries, and he never stopped being interested. He rarely did a complete set with live ammunition. Now Xiao Chining easily provoked him into a rage, and the two soon lost their feelings on the carpet and The sofa rolled up and down several times.

However, after washing up later, Xiao Zhaoshan still couldn't forget it, and persistently brought up the matter again.While changing the bandage for Xiao Chining, he said casually: "The day after tomorrow is your birthday, don't be unhappy."

Xiao Chining was very tired after tossing with him all night, hugging the pillow listlessly, watching him meticulously bandage himself, feeling so soft that he couldn't bear it.

He reached out and touched Xiao Zhaoshan's face, and said softly: "I'm not unhappy, I'm just..."

A kind of embarrassment similar to confessing his adolescent thoughts to his parents forced him to hesitate for a while before he thought about his words and said, "I just... don't know how to behave when a person is loved."

The words that had been choked in his throat since that tender morning finally came out, and Xiao Chining felt a burst of relief in his chest: "I used to really hope to be loved by someone, but when I really felt loved, I felt a little bit I don't know what to do."

Xiao Zhaoshan was relieved when he realized that he was the enemy, "So you rely on me so deliberately?"

Xiao Chining leaned against the head of the bed and said with a smile, "Well, enjoy? My old father."

Xiao Zhaoshan wrapped the bandage for him, squeezed to sit next to him, picked up the cigarette case from the bedside, and handed him a cigarette: "It's been a long time since we smoked together, how about one?"

"Didn't you let me smoke when I was just discharged from the hospital? Why did you suddenly figure it out today?" Xiao Chining was afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately took it and put it in his mouth, and moved the cigarette in front of him to signal him to light it, "Hurry up Come on, click on it."

Xiao Zhaoshan also lit one for himself: "Let's talk about it first, only this one. The last cigarette at the age of 17, cherish it."

Xiao Chining stretched his neck and exaggeratedly exhaled smoke towards the ceiling: "You won't be able to control me when I'm an adult."

Xiao Zhaoshan bent his left leg, put his elbow on his knee, and asked casually, "How do you plan to spend your birthday?"

"Hey! Listen, is this speaking human language?" Xiao Chining glanced at him with disgust, "It seems that you are not prepared at all."

Xiao Zhaoshan turned sideways and shook the ashes into the ashtray, teasingly said: "I'm afraid you think I love you too much to get used to it."

"I take back what I just said. I'm used to it, very used to it." Xiao Chining poked his waist with his elbow, "It's still too late to start preparing for surprises. I'm just learning how to deal with other people's surprises."

"How did you celebrate your birthday before? I'll refer to it." Xiao Zhaoshan asked.

Xiao Chining answered succinctly: "Have a meal at home with Qiu Yin, that's all."

"No more?" Xiao Zhaoshan looked at him in surprise, "Don't have dinner with classmates or something? I thought kids of your age would live like this."

Xiao Chining said thoughtfully: "If Hu Yingxue is still here, I should be like this."

Xiao Zhaoshan took the cigarette between his fingers and shook out the ashes for him: "What about gifts, have you received any impressive gifts?"

"No."

"Your grandmother didn't send it?"

"It's a gift. In my zodiac year, she gave me a gold chain, saying that it can preserve its value." Xiao Chining emphasized, "Attention, it is a thick gold chain for a primary school student."

Xiao Zhaoshan laughed when he heard it: "I see, I can't give you a gold chain. Want a new skateboard?"

"You sent it, although I lost it." Xiao Chining vetoed the proposal.

Xiao Zhaoshan fiddled with his freshly dried hair, and asked, "Then what else do you want?"

"The stars in the sky." Xiao Chining said casually, "Go and pick them for me."

"I can't do it." Xiao Zhaoshan refused bluntly.

Xiao Chining said again: "That's the moon in the water."

Xiao Zhaoshan discussed with him: "I will give you a crystal ball, the stars, the moon, the castle, and the little snowflake, let's work together."

Xiao Chining nodded: "Okay, if you dare to send it to me, you can throw it down the stairs in front of you."

Xiao Zhaoshan's tone remained unchanged: "Parabolic objects are very dangerous."

"It's more dangerous to piss me off on my birthday." Xiao Chining complained, "No, I don't understand. How can anyone bargain with the birthday star? You don't do that to Chi Yan."

Xiao Zhaoshan was amused by him: "Isn't it 'that woman'?"

Xiao Chining stared at him viciously: "You don't treat that woman like that!"

"Because I don't love her," Xiao Zhaoshan put out the cigarette, and hugged Xiao Chining confidently, "so it doesn't matter how much burden I put on her. But if you think being loved is a burden and anxiety for you , I can try not to love you that much. It’s a coming-of-age ceremony, just pass it casually, anyway, it’s just an ordinary day in 360 five days a year.”

Xiao Chining didn't expect his tactics to be so roundabout, and he was a little annoyed: "No, let me handle it properly!"

Xiao Zhaoshan lowered his head and bit him on the face: "Chou Chou, you just deserve a beating."

Xiao Chining bit back: "It doesn't matter, you have to fucking love me."

Xiao Zhaoshan kissed his lips: "Well, I love you so much."

Social people's definition of "love" is always tolerant in breadth and strict in depth.The next night, Xiao Zhaoshan took Xiao Chining to meet a Central Academy of Fine Arts professor who would go back to his hometown in Shunde every year for the winter. He called it paving the way for his Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, which is the key to "love him well". reflect.

The agreed place was a water snake porridge shop that would be difficult for outsiders to know without locals recommending it. The conditions of the shop were limited, with large round tables, plastic chairs and concrete floors, which looked like the food stall style at the end of the last century.Xiao Zhaoshan was wearing a neat shirt and shiny leather shoes. Sitting in this dilapidated and aggrieved shop, he looked like a government official who strayed into Yanliu Lane. Xiao Chining couldn't help but laugh because he was so out of place.

Xiao Zhaoshan naturally has his reasons for dressing up like this.

The professor who is about to meet was once his graduation thesis advisor, and he is very accomplished in portraiture.At that time, he saw Xiao Zhaoshan, a star student, who was very talented and had the intention of engaging in pure art, so he once persuaded him to come to take his postgraduate examination, both openly and covertly.

However, Xiao Zhaoshan prefers the theme of landscapes, and at the same time has great market appeal. He just went to the UK and Italy after studying in a romantic relationship. He has no intention of embarking on an academic path. All of them had sullen faces.

Knowing that he would definitely be caught today, Xiao Zhaoshan said nothing about it, so he deliberately dressed decently to show his sincerity, and hoped that the old professor could ignore the previous suspicions and give Xiao Chining advice when he returned to Beijing after his vacation.

As a result, the first thing the old professor did after he took his seat was to ask him how he handled the Yue Zezhang case that had been raging on the Internet a few days ago, without mentioning the gaps in the past at all.

Xiao Zhaoshan answered honestly, while Xiao Chining was ironing the bowls and chopsticks beside him. It was very refreshing to see him sitting upright like all the students who faced strict teachers in the world, so he kept staring at him.

After the fragrant salt and pepper snake section and the signature water snake porridge came to the table, the three of them picked up their chopsticks one after another, and the atmosphere finally relaxed a bit.But what should come will always come.

The old professor put on his dentures, skillfully gnawed a piece of salt and pepper snake meat, frowned and sighed: "If you had continued your studies back then, you would have had so much trouble. Xiao Xiao, don't blame our old man for nagging, look at you, how old are you?" I haven't published a good work, I didn't even think I saw your name in the financial section of the newspaper, tsk tsk tsk."

Xiao Chining burst out laughing, causing Xiao Zhaoshan and the old professor to look at him together.

He hurriedly picked up a piece of snake meat, put it into Xiao Zhaoshan's bowl, turned sideways and whispered, "Look at you, tsk tsk."

The old professor raised his teacup and touched him in the air: "Little Xiao Xiao understands this truth, right? Come on, Grandpa will walk with you!"

If before the appointment, Xiao Chining still cared about studying art introduction and creation with a [-]-year-old old man in the next year, now he has completely dispelled his doubts, because this old professor is really interesting, let’s communicate No effort at all.

Seeing that the food was bottomed out and the teaching matters were settled, the old professor got up and said goodbye when he heard the rain suddenly outside the store, saying that he would go home early and put the turpentine to sleep.

Xiao Zhaoshan sent the teacher to the car, gave him his umbrella, and then planned to stuff a big red envelope for Xiao Chining's tuition, but he didn't expect to be scolded by the old professor: "Go, go! You stink of copper." The smell is giving me a headache."

He crossed Xiao Zhaoshan, looked at Xiao Chining who was standing obediently behind him, made a 180-degree turn on the spot, and said with a smile: "Little Xiao, take care of your wounds, see you in Beijing."

Xiao Chining waved goodbye to him, with a sweet mouth: "Well, see you later, Grandpa, please remember to bring the turpentine to play with us."

Turpentine is a big golden retriever that the old professor has raised for nearly ten years. It is said that he is very clingy, and he has to be coaxed and coaxed for several minutes to open the door when he goes to school in the morning, otherwise he will lose his temper and deliberately pee in the living room.

At the dinner table, Xiao Chining relied on his docile and delicate face and his bluffing skills when he opened his mouth. He chatted with the old professor about dog stroking, and won the favor of the other party in a few moments.

Xiao Zhaoshan saw that they had a harmonious relationship, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should be happy that Xiao Chining knew how to handle things, or be angry that he was being used to make fun of him.

He watched the teacher go away, turned around and said to Xiao Chining meaningfully: "The name turpentine is interesting."

Xiao Chining looked away from the end of the street: "Well, it sounds like a dog raised by an oil painter."

Xiao Zhaoshan patted the raindrops off his shoulders, and said sternly: "When you go to the teacher's house, don't just think about amusing the cat and walking the dog all day long, and learn something seriously."

Xiao Chining felt that he was disappointed, and said impatiently: "I know, I know, why do you adults repeat these few words over and over again."

Xiao Zhaoshan walked up to him, and pinched his cheeks with both hands: "How many times have I said, don't exclude yourself from the group. You will be eighteen in less than four hours, and you are also one of us adults. a member of the

Xiao Chining patted his hand away, and said: "Adults and children are not distinguished by age. Some people are close to death at a young age, and some people are giant babies until they lie in the coffin."

"But a son will always be Daddy's little boy."

Xiao Zhaoshan didn't argue with him in depth, but only estimated the rain force at the moment: "I'll go to the supermarket across the street to buy a new umbrella. Let's take a walk back to the hotel later."

Xiao Chining remained silent.

Standing under the eaves of the Water Snake Congee Shop, he watched Xiao Zhaoshan walk through the wet street and pedestrians holding umbrellas, his figure blending into the shadow of the street trees under the street lamp, and he realized after a while—they were father and son and For true lovers, the ambiguous identity seems to be just like the boundary between adults and children, ambiguous and yet distinct.

Across the street, Xiao Zhaoshan picked up a big red checkered umbrella in the supermarket, glanced at the alcohol and cigarette cabinet when he was checking out, and asked the cashier to pack Xiao Chining's favorite Marlboro on the spur of the moment.

"...Well, may I ask if you sell crystal balls in your place?" After paying the bill, he took back the hand that lifted the plastic curtain and turned to ask the clerk.

The cashier shook his head: "No, sorry."

Xiao Zhaoshan paused, said "thank you" and then lifted the curtain and walked out of the supermarket. Unexpectedly, when he stepped down the steps and looked up, he saw Xiao Chining smiling at him standing under the traditional signboard with red letters.The white light was fixed on him like a spotlight, making him look like a man in a painting or a bird on a cloud.

Xiao Zhaoshan thinks that he doesn't know this son well enough, and he is often confused by his words and deeds and changes, but now, at this moment, at this moment, he seems to be suddenly in this old street with the noise of rain[1]. I found the stars and moon that Xiao Chining wanted.

Inspiration undoubtedly stems from a predestined blood relationship.

He thought that the baby who was holding on to Daddy's fingers had really grown up and was about to step into the hot, loud, holy world.But he didn't choose to go to the colorful and vast world, but stayed across the street and waited for him for a long time.

In an instant, Xiao Zhaoshan was completely overwhelmed by the guilt that washed over his body, which made him understand the unavoidable tragedy engraved in his blood: parents are waiting for their children to grow up and become mature, so why don't children look forward to their parents like this?Reluctantly, time and chance are like a river, separating the two generations who should be closest.

"Where do we go back from?" Xiao Chining took half a step forward and raised his voice to ask, "Turn left and right?"

Xiao Zhaoshan stared at him, his lips fluttered and his throat was dry, unable to speak.He tightly grasped the new unopened umbrella in his hand, as nervous as a child who had just entered school.

He didn't dare to push back. If the accumulated disappointment and loneliness in these 18 years made Xiao Chining give up his determination to cross the river, would they be just a pair of strangers who looked alike for the rest of their lives[2]?

Seeing that he was in a daze, Xiao Chining couldn't help speeding up his pace: "I'm asking you something, we..."

Xiao Zhaoshan's pupils shrank, and cold sweat broke out on his back: "Car!"

Xiao Chining was so frightened by his sudden lion roar that he stopped, and followed his gaze to the right.

At the same time, a sharp soprano exploded close at hand: "Hey!"

"Bang" - the battery car slammed on the brakes, and Xiao Chining slammed into the cold and hard road in response, making a broken and muffled sound along with the stagnant water.

From the time they entered the store for dinner, the sedan van was parked at the door, but no one realized at the time that it would create a blind spot for vision.

Now Xiao Chining is lying beside the squeaking wheels of the battery car, and the shadow of the van in Yu Guangli caught him off guard and reminded him of the day when he went to visit Hu Yingxue in the Garden of Missing Parents, lying in the ice and snow.

Mud splashed and pain hit him.

"Xiao Chining!"

Xiao Zhaoshan rushed across the street and squatted beside him, but he didn't dare to move him. He could only observe his situation nervously: "Xiao Ning, where is the injury? Can you still talk?!"

Xiao Chining curled up, panting and covering his right arm: "Hand, right hand..."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, Xiao Zhaoshan decisively opened the umbrella for him, and looked down at his right hand.However, through the plaster, he could not accurately judge whether the injury was serious or not.

"Don't move, bear with it, we'll go to the hospital right away." He distractedly comforted Xiao Chining, took out his phone and called an ambulance.

Merchants and pedestrians on the old street gradually gathered around, as if they didn't think it was lively enough, and tried to explain the incident to the late spectators around them.

Everyone was talking about each other, and Xiao Chining couldn't understand Cantonese, so he vaguely felt that this scene seemed familiar.

He was almost convinced that this was a nightmare revisited in reality. Hu Yingxue fell from the roof of the shopping mall, and unrelated people tacitly circled a grave.The rain is getting hotter and hotter, the temperature of the blood, swallowing the sky and the earth, without end.

He told Xiao Zhaoshan in fear: "Blood...bleeding..."

Xiao Zhaoshan didn't see blood, he only saw tears in Xiao Chining's half-closed eyes.

"Where is the bleeding?" He put his hand under Xiao Chining's body, carefully looking for other wounds.But apart from the sewage soaking his clothes, he didn't feel any abnormal bleeding at all.

The owner of the battery car in a raincoat stood with the crowd, forcing Xiao Chining to calmly accuse Xiao Chining of crossing the street without looking at the road.Xiao Zhaoshan turned his head when he heard the sound, gave her an angry look, and warned in Mandarin: "I didn't ask you for compensation, so you have to rush to deliver the money?"

The female car owner asked him loudly: "You, as a parent, blame me for not being optimistic about your children?!"

She pretended to call the police and let the police decide, but Xiao Zhaoshan was not in the mood to talk about responsibility at this time.He gritted his teeth and lifted Xiao Chining's back with his right hand, helped him up from the ground, and let him lie in his arms.

Xiao Chining leaned on his chest and kept complaining about the pain.Xiao Zhaoshan was helpless, he could only lower the umbrella to shield him from the naked eyes and comments around him, and kissed his forehead from time to time under the umbrella, comforting him softly that nothing would happen.

The ambulance arrived quickly in the small town, and Xiao Chining was sent to the emergency room in a short while.

But miraculously, X-rays were taken, CT was done, and the steel plate in the right forearm was checked, but the doctor did not find any problems.

"The patient is recovering very well, at least from the photos taken." The doctor was a little puzzled, "Besides, he is so young and has never had rheumatism, so the pain is quite strange."

Xiao Chining was lying on the hospital bed in the diagnosis room with a filthy body. The bruised elbow had been debrided and disinfected, and his spirit had recovered a lot. Naturally, he heard the meaning behind his words.

Xiao Zhaoshan still did not dare to slack off, so he turned to internal medicine.

The physician read the blood test report, but still found nothing abnormal, so he politely asked Xiao Zhaoshan how Xiao Chining's arm had a comminuted fracture.

Xiao Zhaoshan briefly answered two words: "Human."

The doctor pushed his glasses, glanced at Xiao Chining who was sitting next to him with an expressionless face, pondered for a while, and finally persuaded: "Take the child back and have a good sleep. If he doesn't feel better tomorrow, take him to the psychiatrist for some prescriptions." Sedatives."

Xiao Zhaoshan understood, and after thanking the doctor, he led Xiao Chining back to the hotel.

Xiao Chining was depressed and remained silent all the time. Xiao Zhaoshan coaxed him to wash up, but he still didn't say a word when he came out.He curled up under the blanket, holding the plaster cast on his right hand with his left palm, as if he was afraid.

The two moved to the upstairs big bed room at noon, Xiao Zhaoshan tidied up, lifted the quilt and went to bed with him to sleep, he noticed his small movements in a blink of an eye.

"Will a hot compress make you feel better?" He asked Xiao Chining.

Xiao Chining shook his head, not knowing whether he meant "no hot compress" or "it won't feel good".

Xiao Zhaoshan forcefully pulled his left hand away and wrapped it into his palm: "Can I sleep now?"

Xiao Chining said, "It still hurts."

"It was my fault." Xiao Zhaoshan sighed, "At that time, you should have been asked to go to the supermarket with me. It was just a few steps away."

Xiao Chining laughed and said, "Did you really listen to what that woman said?"

Seeing that he finally had some expression on his face, Xiao Zhaoshan secretly calmed down a lot: "Well, I have to take care of you."

Xiao Chining retracted into his chest, and rubbed his forehead on the side of his neck twice: "I am, not eight years old."

Xiao Zhaoshan smiled and put his arms around his waist: "I will take good care of you even at the age of 80."

"That's what you said." Xiao Chining looked up at him, "You have to live until I'm 80."

Xiao Zhaoshan kissed his forehead: "Okay, I will fight for it. Go to sleep."

The strange pain was like a entangled python, which made it difficult for Xiao Chining to calm down completely and fall asleep quickly.Xiao Zhaoshan was not in a hurry, chatting with him casually, from what to eat tomorrow to gossip about the painting world.

For example, the reason why a certain young painter is still unmarried is that he fell in love with the woman he painted; This glorious task was given to the cat I raised. The assistant drew up four options, ABCD, and used whichever one the cat's paw stepped on.

"Thinking about it carefully, I seem to be too ordinary." Xiao Zhaoshan joked.

There was no sound coming from his side, he lowered his head and found that Xiao Chining had closed his eyes at some point, his two eyelashes fluttered slightly as he breathed out, as if he had fallen asleep for a while.

Xiao Zhaoshan quietly removed the hand behind his waist, turned around and turned off the bedside lamp, and lay down slowly and silently, brewing for sleep.

It snowed heavily in the middle of the night, and Xiao Chining lost his way at the gate of the Guangzhou Art Museum.He somehow knew that he was not alone, he should have come with someone, but even though he looked around, he couldn't remember who that person was.

Other visitors to the exhibition saw him panting and bewildered, and they flocked to him, forming a circle without gaps, blocking him at the entrance of the art museum, staring at him intently.

Extreme fear seized Xiao Chining, he wanted to break out of the encirclement, but he couldn't move his hands or feet.The huge lights outside the park made his eyes dry and sweat profusely.

"Help..." He desperately opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Help!" he shouted in his heart.

Xiao Chining woke up from the nightmare, his voiceless throat seemed to make him cough violently to confirm something.

Xiao Zhaoshan was awakened by the deafening noise, opened his eyes in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Chining's face was flushed from coughing, and he grabbed his arm as if grabbing a life-saving straw, calling for help intermittently: "Help, help..."

Although Xiao Zhaoshan didn't know why, he was aware of the seriousness of the problem immediately.He hurriedly sat up, took Xiao Chining to sit on his lap, and patted him on the back as if coaxing a baby.

"Having a nightmare again?" Xiao Zhaoshan woke up completely when he heard his flustered swallowing, "Hey, it's okay, it's okay. Look at me, I'm here, I'm okay."

In the dream, the lonely person who was judged by everyone and couldn't find a way out