A Certain Someone

Sheng Wang was stunned for a moment, and the smile faded from the corners of his eyes and mouth.

Jiang Tian touched his cheek lightly with a milk glass.He took it and drank it, and glanced at Jiang Tian who was replying to the messages from the brothers in the group.

Sheng Wang looked at it for a while, put down the glass and said to the person on the phone: "Okay, you set the time?"

Sheng Mingyang waited for him to respond, and said with a smile, "I'll be there in the afternoon, and I'm free for these two days. Now Dad is not as busy as you, so it's your time."

Sheng Wang said: "Let's do it tonight. When will you arrive? I'll pick it up."

When Jiang Tian looked over, he had already hung up the phone.

"A job again?"

Sheng Wang hung one hand on his shoulder, and threw the phone to the side of the table: "Yeah. I just peeked at it. Do you have to invite the professor to dinner today?"

In the world of adults, the more festivals come, the more unstoppable it is.

It was snowing heavily in Beijing on New Year's Day, and the beautiful vision of spending a day in the house was strangled in the plan.Jiang Tian was called away by his seniors, mainly to celebrate the Gregorian New Year for the professor, and gossip about his relationship with his "old classmates" by the way.Sheng Wang went to see Sheng Mingyang.

Although the weather is not beautiful, it is New Year's Day after all, and everywhere is still overcrowded.Sheng Wang booked a place at a bungalow hot pot restaurant, and it wasn't so noisy here.

Sheng Mingyang took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair, folded the sleeves of his shirt over the gray cashmere sweater, glanced around and said, "Isn't there a shopping mall and restaurant downstairs, why did you come so far?"

"Don't you like this Wagyu beef?" Sheng Wang said.

Sheng Mingyang was taken aback for a moment.

He really likes the wagyu beef here. He called Sheng Wang with friends earlier and ate here twice.Maybe he mentioned it casually, or maybe he didn't say it explicitly, anyway, he didn't remember it anymore, but he didn't expect his son to remember it.

This is how their father-son relationship has been over the years.Sheng Wang is very filial, very filial, he can take care of every detail, it can even be regarded as ironing.It was the same as Sheng Mingyang's expectations and expectations for that little guy more than 20 years ago, outstanding and graceful.It stands to reason that he should be happy, but he will always become lonely at a certain moment.

It is said that there must be a tug-of-war between father and son about the right to speak, just like male animals fighting for territory, from controlling to being controlled, some people can argue and fight for a lifetime.

But they are different, he doesn't like quarrels without manners, and Shengwang doesn't like fights without sympathy.

Sheng Mingyang once thought that he was enlightened, he and his son each had half of the country, peaceful and harmonious.It took him a long time to realize that he never stopped drawing territory, but every time he circled a piece, Sheng Wang would move a little to the side, not fighting or grabbing, but walking further and further away.

When he finally came to his senses, he couldn't even see the shadow clearly.

Occasionally, he would miss that handy Wangzai a little bit, and he would think that his voice was too long and only listen to the beginning, and would randomly change the remark name for him according to the content he shared.If you are in a bad mood, you will directly hang up on his phone, and if you are happy, you will call him "Old Comrade Sheng Mingyang".

He used to have a headache, but now he can't enjoy it anymore.

Sometimes when he was very bored, he would want to use the strength of alcohol to ask: "Are you taking revenge on your father?"

But he knew it wasn't, because Sheng Wang was soft-hearted and it wouldn't be intentional.It was precisely because it was not intentional that Sheng Mingyang felt more depressed and uncomfortable.

This trip to Beijing is actually not that necessary, he may or may not come.But yesterday when he was washing his face before going to bed, he glanced at the mirror and found that there were actually white hairs on his temples, not one or two, as if they had grown overnight.

He stood in front of the mirror for a while, brushing his hair, and suddenly wanted to see his son, and wanted to have a good meal with Shengwang on the first day of the new year.

Maybe it's because he's getting older, rather than having a successful career and living a decent life, he wants to hear Sheng Wang say in the tone he used when he was a teenager: "Comrade Sheng Mingyang, you have gray hair."

However, he raised his head, only to see Sheng Wang closing the menu and smiling at the waiter, then turned his head and asked, "Dad, do you want wine?"

It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed, Sheng Mingyang was silent for a while, waved his hands and said, "No, just water. I have seen a few people who developed gout from drinking recently. I have to exercise restraint."

If it was Sheng Wang when he was a child, he would definitely say "It will be too late when you are lame".Now he just nodded and said, "It's not for entertainment, let's drink less."

The waiter brought the fish maw pot bottom and two dipping plates.Sheng Mingyang took a sip of water, and started another topic with a smile: "I went to Hangzhou a while ago, and I had a meal with Xiao Peng, and he even sued me, saying that you are so busy that you turn upside down day and night, and it is not good to catch you once." easy."

The full name of Xiao Peng in Sheng Mingyang's mouth is Peng Xie, and his WeChat name is Octagonal Crab. He has been in touch with Sheng Wang intermittently for so many years.He was studying at the university in Guangzhou, Sheng Wang went to visit him twice, and he also came to Beijing.After graduation, each of them became busy tops, so it was much more difficult to meet and chat.

Crab has a good family background. After two months of work after graduation, he couldn't stand the restraint. He borrowed some start-up funds from his father, resigned and went to the sea to make money.Because he is loyal enough and able to drink and talk, he actually does well.

For a while, Sheng Mingyang ran into a bump in his business and wanted to find someone to clear up the relationship, so he went around and went to his son, and Sheng Wang was looking for crabs.

In a row on both sides, Sheng Mingyang took the initiative to cross a seniority, and became business partners with Xie Xie.

"It's okay." Sheng Wang set up the sauce and handed the empty plate to the waiter, "He was so excited when he became a father last time. Didn't I chat with him until three o'clock in the morning?"

Sheng Mingyang laughed, and flipped through a few photos from his phone to show Sheng Wang: "Have you seen his kid? I went to see him the other day. He has pretty features and is quite upright."

"It's only been a few months and you can see that you have beautiful features?" Sheng Wang said angrily, "Back then you said that Director Xu of the Political and Education Department was good-looking."

Sheng Mingyang reacted for a while before he remembered which Director Xu it was, and then he froze.

During these years, father and son met and chatted, and rarely mentioned people and things in the attached middle school.It's like a restricted zone, as long as you mention it, it will end in silence in all likelihood, Sheng Mingyang doesn't like to make fun of himself.

This was the first time Shengwang mentioned it on his own initiative, and it was still in a joking tone.Sheng Mingyang's heart felt inexplicably sour, like a rock that had been pried for a long time finally showed signs of loosening. As a father, he was almost moved.

The thick golden broth of the flower maw chicken was bubbling in the pot, and the waiter scalded the wagyu beef for them and divided them into the dinner plates of the two.Sheng Mingyang lowered his head in the steaming heat, because he ate in a hurry, he even burned the tip of his tongue.

He drank a few sips of water, wanting to continue the topic and atmosphere, so he grabbed the crab and dug deeply.Talk about how he got married as soon as he graduated, talk about the IOU he made with his father and finally pay it off this year, talk about how his family of three has a good face, and they are all very lucky.His parents haven't done anything lately, they just go around their granddaughter every day, asking for the stars instead of the moon.

I accidentally fell into a minefield when I was very interested.

Sheng Mingyang said: "You can also get me a gadget sometime, and Dad can wash his hands in a golden basin and enjoy the family happiness."

He just skipped a sentence like this, and after he finished speaking, he felt that it was not appropriate, and when he saw Shengwang's chopsticks that had stopped, he regretted it even more.But because the waiter was still blanching the meat for them, he breathed a sigh of relief again—there were outsiders around, so Sheng Wang wouldn't say anything too extreme.

Sheng Wang only paused for a moment, then continued to pick up the ingredients.After eating that sip and drinking water, he put down the glass and said, "This may not work. How about I get you a cat, or bring one back later, if you want a grandson or granddaughter, you decide."

Sheng Mingyang just picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks, and stopped his movements when he heard this.He froze for a few seconds with his chopsticks hanging, and smiled softly: "Okay, you are still young, I know that people of your age are like this, if you ask, you don't have it, and if you ask again, you don't want it. Let's not talk about this, and later- —”

Sheng Wang interrupted him, but his tone was very calm: "It may be the same in the future."

Sheng Mingyang raised his eyes and was about to open his mouth when Sheng Wang said again: "Jiang Tian has returned to China."

Silence spread instantly between father and son.Sheng Mingyang finally lost his appetite and put down his chopsticks.He glanced at the waiter, who finished blanching the last piece of meat without squinting, put it on the plate, said "use it slowly" and walked away in a timely manner.

At that moment, time seemed to go back to that day a few years ago.They sat in the car in silence like this until one of them spoke up.

It was Sheng Mingyang back then, but this time it was Sheng Wang.

He said: "Just a few days ago, he went back to China to work on a project, and we met at a dinner."

There was no expression on Sheng Mingyang's face, he frowned, and it took a long time before he answered, "And then?"

"When you called me this morning, I was at his place." Sheng Wang paused for a while, then said frankly: "I still like him, and I still intend to be with him."

Sheng Mingyang's fingers on the table twitched.

For a moment, he thought, if it wasn't for a restaurant like this, if there weren't so many people around... But then he realized, so what?Sheng Wang is no longer the boy he just dragged away.

Then, another kind of cognition surged up from the bottom.He finally knew why Shengwang was smiling the moment he answered the phone, and he also finally knew why the rock began to loosen.

It's ridiculous. As a father, he was anxiously looking forward to this day, and at the same time wanted to push these things back.He wants the result, not the cause.

But this is not up to him to decide, he can only choose to accept it completely, or smash it completely.

Sheng Mingyang stared at a certain point on the table for a long time, took a deep breath, and then raised his eyes and said, "What if I still have the same attitude as before."

"It's normal." Sheng Wang said, "It would be more surprising if you said you could change me. But what I want to say is different from before."

"You said back then, let me tell everyone that I like men, and see how others react." Sheng Wang smiled slightly and said, "You haven't been here for a few years, so you may not know. I told many people After that, as long as someone asks, I dare to say. The conclusion is quite strange, and no one points to me and asks if you are crazy."

Sheng Mingyang couldn't help but said: "Those are outsiders, of course outsiders don't care about you!"

"So outsiders don't care. What are the family members worried about? Worried that I will be called absurd and perverted? This logic is very strange, don't you think?" Sheng Wang smiled and said helplessly, "Dad, except you , I’ve never heard anyone say that to me again.”

Sheng Mingyang fell silent for an instant.

After a long time, he held the cup and said in a deep voice, "That was face to face, how do you know that people don't talk about it behind their backs?"

"There are so many people on the street, and there are countless words behind their backs every day. This person is smooth, that person is dull, this person is too tall, that person is too short, this person is powerful and shiny, and that person is useless. I said that I like men, is it any different from what I just said? Who is not said? "

Sheng Mingyang lost his voice.

Sheng Wang looked at him, and said: "At that time, you still asked me why I was sad if I didn't think it was ridiculous. Why else, Dad?"

Of course Sheng Mingyang knew why, but he secretly changed the concept when questioning.He said to Jiang Tian that "Sheng Wang is soft-hearted", so how could he not know why his son was sad.

This world is like a giant reincarnation.In order to make him happy, Shengwang hasn't been happy in the past few years.Now it's his turn to be cautious, and he just wants to smile for Sheng Wang.

Sheng Wang said: "Now I dare to go to the cemetery, and I dare to tell my mother that I like Jiang Tian and I want to be with him. I think my mother will not scold me, and maybe she will tell me Happy New Year."

He was silent for a long time, raised his eyes and said to Sheng Mingyang, "Will you say this to me?"

For a moment, Sheng Mingyang almost spoke.But maybe it was because of his silence for too long, his tongue was rusted, and his heart was sore, but he couldn't say those four words no matter what.

Sheng Wang didn't force him either, he had the dignity and harmony of an adult, but he was as soft-hearted as he was when he was a teenager.

They finished the meal almost in silence, Sheng Wang wanted to drive him back, but Sheng Mingyang said that the road was slippery in the snow, so he didn't have to go back and forth.

Maybe father and son are like this. They can't say what they want to hear, and there are always a lot of useless nagging.In the end, Shengwang called a special car for him.

When Sheng Mingyang got into the car, Sheng Wang stood outside the car window and held the door for him. Before leaving, he said to him, "Dad, happy new year."

These words made him feel densely uncomfortable.

Sheng Wang stood under the bright yellow light in front of the store for a while, until the car disappeared into the stream of taillights connecting the long street.The snow stopped for an afternoon, and now it has started to fall all over the sky.Sheng Wang pulled up his scarf and was about to walk towards the parking lot when he saw a familiar figure coming down from the overpass with an umbrella.

That man likes to open his front, just like when he was a teenager, and he looks tall, thin and cold in the northern night.The hem of his overcoat was blown up by the wind, and the snow foam hit it, leaving spots of wet marks.

He walked up the steps to the front of the shop, brushed off the snow from his front and said to Shengwang, "I don't use an umbrella, how cool is it?"

Sheng Wang's brows and eyes, which had been stiff all night, finally relaxed.He shook the key in his hand and said, "I'm driving."

"Why are you here?" Sheng Wang walked side by side to the car.

Jiang Tian pointed to the business district opposite: "I happened to be eating there, and I came over when I saw you said bungalow hot pot."

"It's a good thing I stood there for a while, otherwise would you have chased after my car?" Sheng Wang said.

"Am I crazy chasing cars in the snow?" Jiang Tian said flatly.

"It seems to be more emotional."

"forget it."

Sheng Wang's idle hand silently stretched out a middle finger, but before it was straightened, his brother pressed it back precisely.

"How's the work chat going?" Jiang Tian asked.

Sheng Wang sat in the driver's seat and fastened his seat belt.He started the car, swept away the thin layer of snow on the windshield, and merged into the traffic on the street before he said, "Actually, it's not work. My dad asked me for dinner, so I went out with him again by the way."

Jiang Tian almost had a psychological shadow about "Sheng Mingyang looking for Sheng Wang alone", and frowned immediately when he heard this.

Sheng Wangxin said that I would step on the accelerator first before speaking. He blocked Jiang Tian's eyes with his hand and said, "I'm driving. It's easy to have accidents in snowy weather. Don't disturb me with your sight."

"Then you lied to me about work?"

"I know I was wrong, and I am confessing to be lenient." Sheng Wang quibbled.

Jiang Tian glanced at his expression and thought, who are you kidding, you know what the hell.

"The main thing is that I'm going alone to reason with the old comrades. Two people are demonstrating. He can't blame him?" Sheng Wang looked at the traffic ahead with a smile, and said seriously after a while: "Don't worry, it won't be like that." It's the same time."

After a long time, Jiang Tian slowly relaxed, and replied deeply: "Yes."

Sheng Wang said, "My dad seems to have let go a little bit."