The Eye of the Storm

After going downstairs for dinner, the two strolled to the corner of the street. Xiaobai seemed a little listless recently. He didn't even like to eat ham sausages, and always lay down on the wall.

Cao Ye fed it with the spare ribs from the night before it stood up and walked over slowly.

"Look at its belly..." Cao Ye squatted and observed Xiao Bai for a while, then looked up at Liang Sizhe who was standing beside him, "Is it not pregnant?"

He didn't mention Liang Sizhe, but he kept bowing and looking down.Xiaobai has been fed a lot by the two of them in the past two months, so no one has noticed the changes in his body these days, but now his belly is obviously bulging, and he even walks a little wobbly.

Cao Ye put his flat palm on its belly and touched it twice. After a few seconds, he turned to Liang Sizhe in surprise and joy and said, "Touch it, it seems that there is really a puppy inside!" Liang Sizhe's wrist.

Liang Sizhe squatted down, and he dragged himself to touch Xiaobai's stomach.It seems that there is indeed a small life hidden under the warm belly, and you can even feel the shape of the cub when you put your palm on it.

"Well, it seems to be still moving." Liang Sizhe gently touched Xiaobai's belly, feeling a little miraculous.

"Is there really going to be Xiaobai?" Cao Ye was a little excited, "I wonder if Xiaobai will be born when we leave."

"What will you do when you're born?" Liang Sizhe took his hand off Xiaobai's stomach and touched its head, "Take it back and raise it?"

"Well, but I don't know if I can take it abroad..."

"Give it to me," Liang Sizhe withdrew his hand, looked down at Xiaobai who was a little bit listless, "Don't you already have one?"

"Oh, yes," Cao Ye responded quickly, and said after thinking about it, "But after you become an actor, you may not have time to raise it."

"There will be." Liang Sizhe smiled, and gently put his hand on Xiaobai's stomach, feeling the beating life inside. He thought that life was good for him, and he could give him such a gift before he left. A living creature that should last him a long time, there is no better parting gift than this.

When passing by the barbecue stand, I met the resident singer who gave him the guitar. Liang Sizhe had always wanted to treat him to a meal to thank him, but he never met him again.

The resident singer also saw them and beckoned, "Come and sit for a while?"

Cao Ye put his arms around Liang Sizhe's shoulders, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Who is he?"

"The person who gave me the acoustic guitar," Liang Sizhe pulled him over and explained, "The resident singer at the bar on the corner."

"Oh..." Cao Ye responded and followed him.

The two walked to the singing table, each pulled a chair and sat down opposite him.

"This is...?" The resident singer raised his chin towards Cao Ye, then looked at Liang Sizhe and joked, "Couldn't it be working with you too?"

"Well, I'm cleaning the table, and he's mopping the floor." Liang Sizhe turned his face and glanced at Cao Ye.

Cao Ye nodded, cooperating with his out-of-the-ordinary joke: "Yeah."

"You two are quite interesting..." The resident singer laughed, "This is a busy time, are you skipping work?"

"We are not on duty today," Cao Ye said.

"Okay, the cooperation is quite tacit," the lead singer said with a smile, obviously not believing their rhetoric, "I heard that you are going to act in a movie?"

"Who said that?" Liang Sizhe looked at him and asked.

"It's been spreading like this, you wander around the street every day, didn't you notice that everyone is talking about you?"

"Did not notice."

"Oh, maybe there are quite a few people watching you." The lead singer pushed over a can of cold beer, "Drink?"

Just as Cao Ye was about to reach out to take it, Liang Sizhe grabbed the can with his fingers before him, held it in front of him and said, "You are not yet of age, drink soda." After speaking, he got up and went to the freezer in the store to get soda.

When he came back, Cao Ye had already chatted with the resident singer. The resident singer said that his name was Qin Yizhuang, and Cao Ye immediately answered with a smile: "Then do you have a younger brother named Qin Yixie?"

Liang Sizhe sat over and put the opened bottle of soda in front of Cao Ye: "Drink this."

"How old are you?" Qin Yizhuang looked at them and asked.

"More than two years old." Liang Sizhe sat down, opened the can of beer in front of him, picked it up and took a sip.

"You've just turned eighteen..." Cao Ye took the soda unhappily, turned to look at him drinking beer with his head up, "Is it good?"

Liang Sizhe put the beer back on the table: "It's not bad, it's not as good as the fruit wine you drank last time."

"I want to try it," Cao Ye looked at him eagerly and said, "Just one bite, how about brother Sizhe?"

He always looked like this when he was acting good. Liang Sizhe had already figured out his routine, but he still couldn't refuse him bluntly, and replied helplessly: "Okay, I'll get you a cup and pour you some."

Before getting up, Cao Ye grabbed the can of beer: "No, I'll just take a sip... You don't dislike me, do you?"

"Oh, it's okay." Liang Sizhe sat back and said, "You can drink."

The beer was a bit choking and bitter, Cao Ye only took a sip and put it back in front of Liang Sizhe with a wrinkled face: "It's not good."

"I'll just say it." Liang Sizhe looked at his expression and smiled.When he picked up the bottle of beer again, he felt a slight shock in his heart. He had never shared a water glass so intimately with others before.

Even Qin Yizhuang looked at them and said with a smile, "You two have such a good relationship."

"We still share the same bed," Cao Ye said.

Liang Sizhe picked up the can of beer and took a sip. The opening of the can of beer is very small, and it can only be in the same position when drinking. This kind of thought appeared in his mind, and then a strange feeling filled his heart, which he couldn't explain clearly. Is it the effect of alcohol.

The warm night wind hit his face, carrying the smoke and fire in this alley, the smell that wafted into his nostrils was not very pleasant, but the atmosphere right now was very good.

There is a lot of noise in the ears, the sizzling sound of oil explosion mixed with the chatter of diners, it is a market environment that has never been touched before.

Liang Sizhe thought that these three months were actually very long. Looking back, a lot of things really happened.

Tired of the red oil cold noodles of Laodu noodle shop.

You can easily climb up to the rooftop of Lanyan.

Watched dozens of movies.

I read several professional books.

Xiaobai met Caesar and became pregnant with Xiaobai.

Summer has come to an end from the beginning.

The boy who suddenly broke into his life became hard to let go.

Obviously the source is traces of the passage of time, but when I think about it, I still feel that it has passed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, I stood at the door of the old Du noodle shop with Cao Ye on my back, looking at the blue banquet at the end of the alley with more grief than despair. Happened just last night.

It seems that no summer in life has been so enjoyable. Watermelon, soft drinks, rooftops, and teenagers who can’t say goodbye. Thinking about the summers spent practicing violin in the past, it seems boring and boring, not as good as this summer interesting.

How will the next summer pass?Liang Sizhe drank his beer sip by sip, looking at the bustling Yinsi Street, he thought a little drunk that perhaps this summer was like strong wine, warm in the mouth, sweet and bitter in the aftertaste, intoxicating.

After drinking a can of beer, he got up and paid the bill for a table, and the favor of the acoustic guitar was paid off.Finally, he put this matter to rest before leaving Yinsi. He is not used to being indebted to favors. He walked around the bar a few times, but he didn't meet the resident singer. Fortunately, he finally met him before leaving. up.

The week after that can only be described as time flies. Originally, Liang Sizhe planned to leave a week before the audition, but when he lay down on the bed and chatted with Cao Ye for a few nights, he couldn't help but persuade himself to stay one more day before leaving. .

When he woke up on the penultimate morning, he knew he had to go.He had to give himself a buffer of one day. It would be too risky to leave the day before the audition. In case Cao Ye dragged him to chat all night, he wasn't sure if he would be able to leave.

Liang Sizhe knew he had to go, Cao Ye made up his mind to give him this opportunity, if they went to the audition together, Cao Ye would definitely let him go.He remembered the unsmiling Cao Xiuyuan sitting behind the monitor during the audition, frowning at himself and shaking his head lightly. If that expression was directed at Cao Ye, it would be hard to imagine how sad Cao Ye would be.

Just tonight, when Liang Sizhe was washing up, he planned in his heart that according to their biological clock in Lanyan, four or five o'clock in the morning was when Cao Ye slept most soundly, and Cao Ye would not notice when he quietly left.

There was a lot of rain that day, and the whole summer of this year has been dry. Occasionally, they randomly press the remote control to change channels, and they can see news channels broadcasting the drought in various parts of the north.

But at the end of summer, a heavy rain came suddenly.There is no sun outside, and the room is dark and damp. Turning on the lights makes it less stuffy. Lying on the window sill and looking downstairs, you can see the dense splashes of water when the raindrops hit the ground.

It rained all day and didn't stop until early morning.The traffic in the city was almost paralyzed, so the business in Yinsi was not good that night.

The two of them finished discussing the last scene of the script——Xiao Man killed someone, shaking the violin while holding the violin. Peng Yan, who had disheveled hair, first looked at the scene in panic, then she calmed down and tidied her hair. Breathing calmly, she took the violin in Xiaoman's hand, and looked at it carefully and cherishingly.

She asked Xiaoman to play a piece of violin music for her, Xiaoman took it with trembling hands, put the violin on his shoulders, closed his eyes, held the bow and put it on the strings.The violin had been deformed during the heavy blow, and the tone it produced was weird and distorted. Xiao Man thought about playing the violin for Peng Yan countless times, but this time he played the violin out of character.After playing that piece, he was drenched in cold sweat.

"God, this is so depressing," Cao Ye threw the script aside, lay on his back on the bed and said, "I'm almost out of breath... Has the rain stopped outside?"

"It seems so. I'll go and see." Liang Sizhe also felt a little depressed. He was bored in the room all day, discussing the part where the script returned to depression after the explosion. If he didn't go out to get some air, he would be out of breath. , he walked to the window and looked outside: "The rain has stopped."

"Then let's go for a walk." Cao Ye sat up from the bed, "It's so quiet downstairs today, what time is it?"

"[-]:[-]." Liang Sizhe looked at the time. According to the usual blue banquet practice of closing at three o'clock in the morning, this is not too late, but today the business downstairs is deserted and the atmosphere is lonely, making the night extraordinarily deep.

The two went downstairs together, and the atmosphere lights on the second floor were turned off, leaving only a few dim chandeliers for illumination.

Pushing the door open, the street was silent. The heavy rain washed Yinsi's alleys clean and disturbed Yinsi's biological clock. People trapped in the house turned off the lights early and went to sleep.

The thick layer of grease that used to cover the concrete pavement has been washed away by the rain, and the usual greasy smell of oily smoke is no longer in the air.

They walked in the late summer night, smelling the evaporating rain. There were only the two of them in the whole alley, and even Xiao Bai found a place under the eaves, nestled in the corner and fell asleep.

Cao Ye was still holding the hand-held camera, walking backwards while pointing the camera at Liang Sizhe to record. He asked while shooting, are you still afraid of the camera?

Don't be afraid.Liang Sizhe said.He has adapted to the camera taking pictures of himself anytime and anywhere, without feeling uncomfortable or acting deliberately. What is shown in the camera is a completely relaxed Liang Sizhe.

Don't be afraid, Cao Ye said, I'm the one you want to shoot you with the camera.

"Well," Liang Sizhe smiled, "This method is pretty good." But he felt that there might be no camera facing him for such a long time in the future.

Tired from walking, they walked back to the door of Lanyan, moved two wooden stools out of the house, and sat on the steps to chat.

After a rain, the thick clouds above the head parted at some point. Looking up, the night sky looked high, deep and empty, and now there was actually a crescent moon hanging obliquely.

The silvery white moonlight sprinkled the ground, and the wet road surface of Yinsi Street reflected the moonlight. At first glance, it even seemed to be covered with a thin layer of snow.

"What do you think Yinsi looks like in winter?" Cao Ye looked at the alley and asked, "If it snows, it should be more beautiful than now, right?"

"Probably." Liang Sizhe said.He imagined Yinsi's winter. At that time, not only would there be snow on the road, but also snow would hang on the trees. The silver-clad Yinsi should be very different from summer.

"I really want to see it..." Cao Ye said, "Should we come over in winter?"

"Okay." Liang Sizhe smiled.These words came from the heart, and he thought he would come to the appointment in the future.

They all knew that they were about to leave here, and the things they discussed these days were all about the future. Yinsi seemed to be an invisible partition, separating this alley from the two worlds with clear barriers outside the alley, but it was miraculous. Bringing their lives together.

They were silent for a while, Cao Ye looked up at the sky, pointed to the distance and said, "There is still a cloud over there."

Liang Sizhe raised his head and looked in the direction he pointed.

"Did you see it? Over there in the neon sign, it seems to be floating over."

"I see," Liang Sizhe looked at the cloud and said, "I don't know if it's a cumulonimbus cloud." When he lowered his head, the young man in front of him was still looking at the cloud intently, and the shadow of the cloud was reflected in his clear pupils , the cloud was slightly rippling in his eyes.

"Cumulonimbus..." Cao Ye looked at the cloud and said, "Will it rain again?"

"Perhaps." Liang Sizhe felt as if he could smell the cloud, which was wet and slightly cool, lighter than the smell of rain.

"When do you think it will float over?"

"The wind has stopped, so it shouldn't be too soon."

Cao Ye withdrew his gaze, looked back at the alley and said, "It's so quiet, it seems like we are the only ones awake on this street. Hey, let's sing," he suddenly turned his head and looked at Liang Sizhe suggested, "Brother Sizhe, please sing to me, I think you sing very well."

"Disturbing the people?" Liang Sizhe smiled.

"Sing softly," Cao Ye pulled the wooden stool closer to him, "Just take it as a gift for me, we're leaving here soon."

He used Leaving as an excuse, and Liang Sizhe couldn't refuse this reason, so he followed him and said, "What are you singing?"

"Whatever, sing something I haven't heard before."

I haven't heard it... Liang Sizhe lowered his eyes and thought about it. He really didn't listen to much pop music. Cao Ye probably has heard the few songs he can sing.He frowned slightly and thought for a while, then a very distant melody suddenly appeared in his mind, and then this melody reminded him of many years ago, when he was still very young, there was a sudden power outage at home, and the street lights on the street went out. It was pitch black.The family of three was sitting in the living room bored, when the mother suddenly took the violin and played a long ditty in the dark, then held Liang Sizhe's fingers and taught him notes one by one.

How long ago was that, like ten years ago?But I still remember the melody very clearly, and I still remember the feeling of fumbling and pressing the strings in the dark. When this memory was awakened, Liang Sizhe felt a little bit like his mother.

He wanted to play the piece in memory again, but he knew he couldn't play the violin anymore.

"Whistle for you?" Liang Sizhe looked at Cao Ye.

"Okay." Cao Ye nodded expectantly.