gentle reunion

Xu Zan turned off Zhiledo.com, and looked at Lan Tianran, who was typing on his mobile phone, his eyelashes drooping, exactly the same as when he was studying seriously when he was a student.

Xu Zan's mood became lighter and lighter, and he flew up like a bird.

A gust of mountain wind blew by, and the tinkling wind chimes passed into Xu Zan's ears and trickled into his heart, like the first song of swallows in early spring, awakening the frozen earth. , The spring breeze is proud and the flowers are blooming.

Xu Zan looked at Lan Tianran for a long time, and didn't say until he finished typing and sent the message, "Did you come to see me?"

"You can also say that." Lan Tianran didn't deny it. He looked at Xu Zan and said, "The people in your company said that you gave yourself a vacation. I think you might be here, so come and have a look."

"You are so kind to me, what on earth are you thinking?" Xu Zan looked at Lan Tianran and leaned closer to him.

"How are you? No..." Lan Tianran was slightly startled, and then thought seriously, "Are you talking about the boundaries in interpersonal communication?"

He reflected on himself: "It's not appropriate to come to see you suddenly. I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully."

He found that he was very close to Xu Zan, so he moved back a little.

The cold mountain wind blew through the dense forest, Xu Zan looked at the sky, and there was a layer of golden red light between the distant mountains and the sky, as if the sky was blushing.

If the sky is loving, the sky is also old.

He didn't know what happened to God, but Lan Tianran really lacked this nerve.

Xu Zan returned the phone to Lan Tianran: "Student, you are too sensitive."

By handing over the mobile phone, he held Lan Tianran's hand.

Lan Tianran was a little confused: "...Huh?"

"I mean, you misunderstood me, and I'm very, very glad you came to see me." Xu Zan let go of Lan Tianran's hand with a smile, but at the same time sat a little closer to Lan Tianran, "Any time you miss me , you can come to see me, call me, whatever."

His words made Lan Tianran feel a little weird, but maybe Xu Zan was like this when getting along with familiar people?

——"Comfortable, you can say whatever you want, and you can make jokes at will".

Lan Tianran tried to enter this mode, and responded in a slightly joking tone: "It's not possible at any time, I won't bother you in the middle of the night."

Xu Zan also jokingly said: "Then I can come to you at any time when I have something to do, right? Of course, I won't bother you in the middle of the night."

Lan Tianran responded with a smile: "Of course, it's fair."

"That's right, you know that I won't take any losses."

Lan Tianran laughed again.

In the long evening wind, the two left the Wangfo Pavilion and continued down the mountain.

"Some people say I'm a painted skin." Xu Zan said, "Do I look like it?"

Lan Tianran wasn't sure what he meant, and looked him up: "You mean you are good-looking?"

"..." Xu Zan asked with a smile, "Am I pretty?"

Lan Tianran said sincerely, "It's pretty."

"Thank you." Xu Zan gave Lan Tianran a wink and made him laugh.

He continued: "But no, it's not that I'm good-looking, it's that I close my heart and wear a mask to show others."

Lan Tianran: "You are not wearing a mask, you are very simple and easier to see than most people."

"...Do you think so?" This should be the first time Xu Zan heard someone describe him in a simple way.

"Well, you're logical, some people are so confused, you can't speculate on their next move."

Having logic equals predictable behavior, so simple.

"You mean I'm sane?"

"No, sometimes you—" Lan Tianran paused, looking for words, "It's also very emotional."

Xu Zan laughed, and touched the plants next to the mountain road. Lan Tianran should have said that he was sometimes impulsive, but he didn't think he would like that, so he changed the word.

"It's not appropriate to compare people to painted skin. I think people are more like onions, which are made up of many layers." Lan Tianran said.

"Really? I've only heard that life is like an onion, you peel off the layers and there's always a layer that will make you cry."

"It's the same with people."

"Yeah." Xu Zan couldn't help laughing out loud, "It's not easy for everyone."

He laughed too much, Lan Tianran looked at him and saw that his eyes were shining, as if they were covered with tears.

Lan Tianran felt an inexplicable twitch in his heart, both happy and sad, gently curling up the petals like flowing water, his eyes swiveled on Xu Zan, and then fell away.

The two walked down the mountain, Lan Tianran looked at the sky, the sunset glow in the sky was already dim.

"You go up the mountain now, and it will be dark when you walk halfway."

Xu Zan raised his head towards the sky: "No, there is a moon."

There is a faint white moon hanging in the sky, which will brighten when the sky darkens later.

A nearby young man in vintage linen clothes came over, "Mr. Lan?"

He was holding a canvas bag with ink landscape paintings printed on it. This bag should be produced by Shanshui Tianyuan, and this young man should be a staff member of Shanshui Tianyuan.

"It's me, thank you." Lan Tianran reached out to take a canvas bag from the other party, opened it for a look, and passed it to Xu Zan, "You take some snacks to eat."

"You are too kind to me." Xu Zan took the canvas bag, rummaged through the snacks in the bag, picked out a pack of jerky, and jokingly said, "But, did you forget that it is vegetarian? .”

"...I forgot." Lan Tianran looked down at the small packages, "Is it all meat?"

The young man hurriedly said, "There are also preserved fruits, which are all natural and without additives."

Lan Tianran and the young man picked out the dried meat from the canvas bag.

Xu Zan smiled and watched Lan Tianran busy, using his eyes instead of a video recorder to record the scene in front of him.

This is a very good memory, must be remembered.

When parting, Lan Tianran asked Xu Zan to bring his mobile phone: "Send me a message when you get to the mountain."

Xu Zan didn't want to take it with him, and said, "Are you afraid that something will happen to me? Then you will come up to the mountain to see me tomorrow, and you will know if I'm okay."

Lan Tianran put the mobile phone into the canvas bag containing preserved fruit: "Take it, I'll go up the mountain tomorrow and ask you for it."

The moonlight was like water, dyeing the night into a dynamic ink painting scroll. Xu Zan walked leisurely under the moonlight and in the mountain wind, fluttering up the mountain.

Walking into the gate of the temple and stepping on the green brick road in the courtyard, Xu Zan took out a bag of preserved fruit from the cloth bag, opened it, took a piece into his mouth, and while eating, he sent a message to Lan Tianran: I'm here.

He also took a picture of the temple under the moon and sent it over.

Lan Tianran replied to him: Do you have to get up early tomorrow?go to bed early.

"Hello, are you Mr. Xu Zan?" Suddenly someone spoke.

Xu Zan took a deep breath, the preserved fruit in his mouth almost choked his intake pipe, he looked in the direction of the sound, a man separated from the dark tree shadow, this is a man in his forties, not a monk, nor like Volunteers in the temple.

"Yes, I'm Xu Zan."

"Are you free? Mr. Yue wants to see you."

Xu Zan only knew one Mr. Yue who would summon others like this. His name was Yue Zhi, and he was Xiang Xiang's cousin.

Xu Zan was taken to the other courtyard that he had passed by in the afternoon.

The guide asked: "Mr. Xu, is it convenient for me to keep your mobile phone for you temporarily?"

Xu Zan put the phone into the canvas bag and handed the bag to the other party.

Yue Zhi was sitting in the room, and on the table in front of him was a large-sized laptop, which was broadcasting news from Mingcheng: a group of leaders were having a meeting, with Yue Zhi himself and several of his colleagues on it.

Xu Zan quickly recalled the current events in Mingcheng. It is said that the current top leader is about to retire. I don't know if Yue Zhi has a chance to take over.

Yue Zhi's voice seemed to be very loud, but one of his colleagues surnamed Li was also very powerful.

On the computer screen, Yue Zhi and his colleague were sitting side by side.

The two are about the same age, and they are young and promising in their generally respected elderly group. They are also dignified, and their speeches are also sonorous and powerful, full of appeal and appeal.

Just looking at the surface, it's hard to see which of them can go one step further in the end.

Yue Zhi looked up at Xu Zan after reading the news: "Sit down."

Except for the chairs at the square table in front of Yue Zhi, there was no other place to sit.

Xu Zan sat down at the table.

Yue Zhi said: "Your company has developed well recently, work hard, maybe you can win the National Internet Enterprise Award next year."

Xu Zan lowered his head slightly, listening silently as if he was listening to the dean's lectures in school, and then nodded in agreement.

After commenting on Xu Zan's career, Yue Zhi said: "Xiang Qu treats you like an older brother. If he acts recklessly, you, an older brother, must discipline him strictly."

Xu Zan: "He didn't mess around, he knows how to measure. I was to blame for the incident a while ago. He was implicated because he helped me."

He knew that Yue Zhi met him today because he wanted to beat Xiang Xiang when he was invited to the Public Security Bureau as a guest. On the surface, he was saying that Xiang Xiang was messing around, but in fact he was saying that he was messing around.

"You, Xiang Xiang, and that student..." Yue Zhi didn't continue, he was waiting for Xu Zan to understand it by himself.

Xu Zan is not Yue Zhi's secretary who can interpret all his micro-expressions. He cannot interpret his inner drama, so he can only guess and say: "I signed a non-disclosure agreement with that student, and he doesn't dare to mess around anymore. Even if he dares to Whatever you do, it won't involve Xiang Xiang anymore."

Yue Zhi frowned slightly: "I know, I didn't mean that."

But he refused to explain exactly what he wanted to know.

Xu Zan couldn't guess, and he didn't want to guess randomly, so he kept silent, responding to all changes with the same.

In the end, Yue Zhi gave up playing charades with Xu Zan, and just said: "Next time, be careful and pay attention to safety."

"I will, thank you Uncle Yue for your concern."

The address Xu Zan used made Yue Zhi glance at him.

The first time Yue Zhi met Xu Zan was in a similar environment - not in a temple, but in a manor of Xiang Xiang's family.

It was a family banquet of Xiang's family, Yue Zhi was very busy, he showed his face in a hurry and went to catch up with the next trip, before leaving, he had a few polite words with everyone including Xu Zan.

At that time, what he and Xu Zan said were probably a few words of concern.

Xu Zan responded to him neither humble nor overbearing: Thank you Uncle Yue for your concern.

After Yue Zhi got in the car, he told his secretary that Xiang Qu had finally made a good friend.

Those friends in the past were either joking and unreliable at first sight; or they were timid and afraid of him like a tiger.

However, when people checked later, they found that Xu Zan was not as reliable as he appeared on the surface.

Yue Zhi was very dissatisfied with the fact that he was admitted to Ming University but did not finish his studies well.

"Smart brains, but not following the right path, but engaging in gray business" made Yue Zhi even more taboo.

Fortunately, Xu Zan didn't go astray, otherwise Yue Zhi would never tolerate Xiang Xiang's association with him.

It has been nearly five years since we met for the first time, and many things happened during this period, which made Yue Zhi change his attitude toward Xu Zan.

He still doesn't particularly like Xu Zan, but he has to admit that dealing with smart people is very worry-free. Not only will he not cause trouble for you, but he can also solve problems for you.

——For example, the problem "youth" Xiang Xiang, since he got Xu Zan, Xu Zan basically disciplined him, and basically nothing went wrong.

Yue Zhi changed to a relaxed topic of concern for the younger generation: "How many days have you been up the mountain?"

"Today is the third day, and I have been unable to calm down. I will go for a walk on the mountain this afternoon."

"What do you understand?"

Xu Zan felt like he was being taught homework, and this question still had no correct answer.

He told the truth: "It is said that people with different realms see and feel differently. In my realm, I don't have any insights, and I don't seek any insights. I just want to go up the mountain to calm my mind."

"It's not bad if you think so." Yue Zhi seemed quite satisfied with Xu Zan's answer.

After talking with Yue Zhi, Xu Zan took back Lan Tianran's mobile phone. As soon as he left the hospital, he immediately opened the chat software. Lan Tianran didn't send him any more messages, probably because he hadn't replied to the last one.

He walked along the stone road to his room, and passed a pond on the way. He sat down by the pond, watched the moon in the pond for a while, took out his mobile phone and replied to Lan Tianran: The moonlight tonight is so beautiful.

This sentence reminded him of Xie Kaiyan.

Why is he with Xie Kaiyan?

He looked at the moon shadow in the pool and his own reflection.

Because of self-pity.

I feel sorry for myself, and all I see is myself.

The flowers in the rainstorm, the skinny wild dogs, and the poor man wearing the stars and wearing the moon are all me.

When we first met, the person who was silly, sweet, innocent and gullible was often himself.

Xie Kaiyan, who worked so hard last year and got peeled from the sun, was also himself.

Gu Ying is self-pitying, so "self" protects.

But others don't need it, and he doesn't really want it himself.

The phone vibrated, and Xu Zan received Lan Tianran's reply: Yes, go to bed early, you will wake up at five o'clock tomorrow.

He knew that Lan Tianran would not interpret the moonlight as other meanings.

He smiled, waved away a mosquito buzzing around him, and replied: When will you go up the mountain tomorrow?

Lan Tianran: Before lunch, I went up the mountain to have lunch.

Xu Zan's smile deepened: Okay, I'll wait for you to have lunch together.

The next day, when Lan Tianran came, Xu Zan was copying Buddhist scriptures.

There is Buddhist music in the hall, each person has a table and a chair, and everyone sits upright, with their heads bowed and writing seriously.

Xu Zan was not as serious as he appeared on the surface, he was just copying the scriptures mechanically, and his soul had already swam out of the sky.

This solemn place that once could calm his restless soul has lost its mysterious power.

This is probably the last time he came here to participate in meditation.

From now on, he can only rely on himself.

When the time was up, Xu Zan came out of the Buddhist hall and saw Lan Tianran sitting under a big tree watching a tablet computer. He stood at the entrance of the Buddhist hall and looked at Lan Tianran in the mottled light and shadow.

In the leisurely Sanskrit voice, he walked towards Lan Tianran.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Zan asked with a smile.

After getting closer, I realized that what Lan Tianran was holding was not a tablet computer, but a rather large e-book device.

After Xu Zan asked, he directly pointed his head to look at the screen, which was a kind of cross-border behavior.

Lan Tianran didn't feel uncomfortable because of his behavior, but handed the weapon in front of him so that he could see it more clearly.

Xu Zan: "Is this science fiction? The one that won an award recently?"

"Well, this book is very popular now. Everyone is reading it, so I will read it too. There are many topics in the chat." Lan Tianran said his utilitarian purpose frankly.

"Then I'll take a look too." Xu Zan sat down next to Lan Tianran, flipped through the e-book, and continued to make progress, "I'm a little thirsty, do you have water?"

Lan Tianran took out a transparent straight water glass from the bag, and there was only half a glass of water in it: "That's all that's left, I drank it."

"It's okay, I don't have a cleanliness, I'm easy to feed."

Xu Zan gulped down the half glass of water, then returned the empty glass to Lan Tianran: "Wait, the Zhaitang will fill it up for you. Does your water taste like peaches? It's delicious."

Lan Tianran nodded: "This is a kind of water produced by Shanshui Tianyuan."

"Oh." Xu Zan said with a smile, "I like peaches."

"Do you like this water, or do you like to eat fruity peaches?"

"like it all."

"There are landscapes and fields. Give me your home address, and I'll ask them to send you a box."

Xu Zan looked at Lan Tianran with a smile: "You really don't think you are too kind to me?"

"It's just a matter of saying something."

"Not really."

Not just a word, but a heart.

Those who give may not feel it, but those who receive it can feel its weight.

However, Xu Zan didn't dwell on this topic much. He changed his voice and said, "I haven't returned to Mingcheng so soon. I want to go to Nanfan first to deal with some matters."

Lan Tianran said, "Then let them send it when you come back. It's no trouble, it's just a phone call away."

"Okay, thanks in advance. Let's go, let's go eat."

Lan Tianran packed his things and got up, Xu Zan saw that there was a canvas bag next to his messenger bag, and asked, "What snacks did you bring me again?"

"Dried vegetables and tofu are all vegetarian."

"Let me carry it." Xu Zan took the canvas bag, "Are you so worried that I will be hungry?"

"It's not good for the stomach to be hungry."

"How do you know I have a bad stomach?"

In fact, Xu Zan knew how Lan Tianran knew - he wrote in his anonymous answer that he had never been able to eat enough and had stomach problems from starvation.

Naturally, Lan Tianran would not suddenly reveal the anonymous answer. The fact that Xu Zan wrote the answer is a secret, and the fact that he read the answer is also a secret.

He used himself as an example: "I used to forget to eat, so Minmin hired a nutritionist for me."

Xu Zan narrowed his eyes slightly because he heard Song Minmin's name: "What happened when you started your business? You also forget to eat and sleep too much, is your stomach okay?"

"It's okay. I was too busy at that time. Later, I was not so busy, so I never forgot."

"Because you later sold the company?"

"Yes."

Xu Zan did not continue to ask, but said: "My stomach is fine, I was hungry for a while when I first arrived in Yazhou, and I have been treating it well since then."

"You didn't bring any money with you when you went to Yazhou?"

"I took it, and I separated the money carefully, but I was stolen once, cheated again, and there was not much left. I was too young at the time."

Too young, although I know the world is dangerous, but I don't know how evil it is, so although I have a defensive mind, it is still not enough.

Lan Tianran was silent for a while, and said, "It's all right now."

"Hmm." Xu Zan looked at him and asked with a smile, "Aren't you going to comfort me?"

Lan Tianran hesitated: "Send you a red envelope?"

This is how he deals with his junior colleagues.

Money can make most people happy.

"No, just a hug is enough." Xu Zan opened his arms and hugged Lan Tianran.

Lan Tianran's arm was trapped and he couldn't lift it up, and he didn't try to lift it up, because it would be like resisting, which would embarrass both parties.

Xu Zan only hugged him once, then let go immediately, and said with a smile: "Forget it, forget it, I won't make things difficult for you."

"No embarrassment..." Lan Tianran considered whether to take the initiative to give Xu Zan a hug.

Xu Zan scanned the surroundings and found that they came near Yue Zhi's other courtyard. The gatekeeper at the gate of the courtyard could see them.

Xu Zan pulled Lan Tianran's wrist: "Let's go this way."

The two turned to another road, away from the other courtyard.

Lan Tianran was still thinking about hugging, he regretted that he didn't respond to Xu Zan just now.

This time he reacted too slowly, next time he should react faster and cooperate better.