Xu Tangcheng was unaware of the mood of the teenagers in the small town. He lived his school life as usual, busy and monotonous. The biggest thrill he experienced was nothing more than running to the station a few years ago to help Chengxu grab a train ticket home.
When I came back from fetching water at night, I saw Cheng Xu sitting in front of the desk, the lamp on the desk almost illuminated the thin ticket. Xu Tangcheng poured a glass of water for Cheng Xu, and went to his medicine box to find two cold medicines. After confirming the instructions, he prepared the medicine for him.
"Wait for the water to cool down and take the medicine."
Hearing the sound, Cheng Xu suddenly came back from the trance, turned around, and responded. After he dawdled and finished taking the medicine, Xu Tangcheng asked, "Why are you in a daze this night?"
"No, it's just..."
Cheng Xu seemed to be a little distressed, and he spoke hesitantly. For a long time, he did not say why, and Xu Tangcheng had to ask another question.
"There is someone I know from my family. He said that he was going to drive back during the Chinese New Year. He asked me if I wanted to go with him... He said that there was someone talking to him on the road."
"Anyone you know?" Xu Tangcheng heard it and immediately asked, "Are you familiar?"
After a pause, Cheng Xu nodded: "It's quite familiar."
"Your home is quite far, right? It takes more than ten hours to drive?"
"He said to leave early in the morning, arrive before twelve o'clock in the evening, and take a proper rest on the way."
Xu Tangcheng let out an "um", worried that it would be too unsafe to drive alone for so long.
"I haven't promised him yet." Cheng Xu saw that Xu Tangcheng had been silent, and suddenly said, "I'd better go back by train. I just thought it was not safe for him to drive by himself."
"Then go with him, the train is quite crowded," Xu Tangcheng patted him on the shoulder and suggested, "It must be more crowded than New Year's Day, let's go back by car, Be careful on the road."
At this point, Xu Tangcheng thought that this topic was over. He lowered his head and began to organize his desk, preparing to make a PPT for the scientific research report at the end of the year. Cheng Xu came over from behind him, turned his head to look at his expression, and looked cautiously.
"What?"
"Aren't you angry?"
This question was endlessly asked, Xu Tangcheng poked the two books in his hand together, and asked strangely, "Why should I be angry."
A ticket was handed to Xu Tangcheng's eyes. Wrinkles have appeared on the red ticket, and I don't know how long it has been held in my hand.
"You finally bought it for me."
Cheng Xu looked at him with regret and nervousness in his eyes, Xu Tangcheng was speechless for a while, and only let out a sigh.
This look vividly outlines Cheng Xu's soft, fearless temperament. If one could portray a representative image of each familiar person in his mind, Xu Tangcheng chose this one for Cheng Xu.
Coincidentally, Xu Tangcheng received a text message from Wanzhi just before he went to bed when he talked to Chengxu about taking the shuttle. In the text message, Wanzhi asked him when he was leaving for the winter vacation and whether he wanted to go home together. His words were cautious and appropriate.
Xu Tangcheng replied that she would drive back instead of taking the train, and asked if she needed to take her back.
Wanzhi didn't answer immediately, but was surprised that he had bought a car so early.
"If there is a car, it's convenient for family members to go out, and I often go home. It takes a lot of time to get from school to the station, so driving is faster."
Next, it seemed like a matter of course, the two of you came and went for a few words, and Xu Tangcheng had one more person in the car going home.
Wanzhi still ended today's conversation with a smiling face. Xu Tangcheng looked at the smiling face and the previous sentence "good night", as if he had noticed something. He turned the phone, thinking that it would be better to bring another person, so he looked at the ceiling and thought for a moment, and sent a message to Han Yin.
On the day of returning home, Cheng Xu was the first to leave. This was also the first time Xu Tangcheng saw Fu Daiqing.
Fu Daiqing should be a few years older than them. Although he couldn't tell from his face, his temperament in dressing up and raising his hands was already out of school, and he was obviously more mature. Cheng Xu didn't have anything, but Xu Tangcheng happened to be going to the finance office, so he came out two minutes earlier and sent Cheng Xu downstairs.
Seeing him, the man standing by the car door smiled slightly, and politely extended his right hand: "Hello, I'm Fu Daiqing."
All the interactions between him and Fu Daiqing were only this short-lived aspect. After a few words of greetings, he had no way of knowing his character, thoughts, and even more in these few short minutes, to see the shock that this man had carved in his life. Tao.
He watched the car leave, went to the financial office to pay the final invoice, and then strolled to the nearby shopping mall in the warm morning sun. In fact, the clothes I want to buy for my family have already been bought when the winter is getting deeper. Today, I just look around to see what looks good, as a New Year's gift, and ask for auspicious meaning.
He spent most of the day buying scarves, hats, and a beige cotton vest for Xu Tangxi. Counting the things in his hand, Xu Tangcheng felt that it was almost the same, so he was ready to return. However, as soon as he walked out of the gate of the mall, he was stopped by a boy. The boy handed him a leaflet, followed his steps sideways, and asked him if he was interested in learning English.
Xu Tangcheng waved his hand and said no, and caught a glimpse of the glove on the boy's hand.
The steps stopped suddenly, not only him, but also the boy was surprised.
"Sir, we are all one-on-one professional tutoring, and our teachers will tailor a study plan for you according to your specific situation..."
"Sorry." The boy said vigorously, but was interrupted by Xu Tangcheng's warm voice, "I don't need it for the time being, thank you."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and strode toward the mall. Before he left, he took the list.
You don't need to learn English, but you need a pair of gloves.
Evening self-study, YiZhe didn't know how many times he looked back at his watch, it was strange, how could the time pass so slowly tonight. The last time he turned his head, he simply didn't turn his head back, staring at the second hand and walking with difficulty. After looking at it for a while, his neck became a little sore - he sat in the last row, and when he turned to look at his watch, he had to raise his face very high.
"Yizhe." The head teacher stood quietly at the front door at an unknown time, "Come out."
YiZhe turned his head back, retracted his legs in the aisle, stood up slowly, and walked out.
The first thing the head teacher said when he went outside was: "Are you a sunflower? Follow the watch all night."
Yi Zhe looked at her without speaking, the only thought in his heart was, that's great, I guess the head teacher will go to self-study next night after this training.
When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, YiZhe ignored the figure of the headmaster sitting steadily on the podium, picked up his down jacket and rushed out of the classroom. Bicycles are not allowed in the school. When he trotted out of the school gate with the cart, he dumped the second person who left the school gate all the way. But he rode all the way home, went downstairs and went back and forth for several laps, but did not see Xu Tangcheng's car.
Didn't come back? Didn't you say come back today
YiZhe rested on one leg and thought about it for a while, then took out his phone and sent a text message.
Xu Tangcheng replied quickly - "Well, the teacher asked for a favor temporarily, and I will go back tomorrow."
A heart sank rapidly.
Yes, tomorrow has to be a sunflower.
YiZhe was clutching the phone, while the other hand squeezed the brake madly.
At this moment, the screen of the mobile phone lit up again. YiZhe's heart that had just sunk to the bottom had not floated up again. The sense of loss in anticipation of failure even made his will a little depressed.
"Brought you a present."
A single sentence generated thousands of buoyancy, holding his heart up and down, and in the blink of an eye, he had already rushed out of the water.
Or... don't go to class tomorrow
The wind on the winter night made the world whine, and the mobile phone was thrown up high, the metal body played the sound of the wind, and the boy held it back firmly in his hand.
That night, YiZhe lost sleep for the first time in the world. He lay down for a while, turned over a few times, and turned on his phone to take a look. After finally falling asleep, I had a very long dream, in which the moonlight turned into a poem, and what floated between the lines was the faint scent of soap I smelled when I was carrying Xu Tangcheng that day.
Xu Tangcheng hadn't slept well that day, but the reason was not a heart that was tightly wrapped in longing, but the noisy voice of the landlord fighting in the next dormitory. He really admired these people, and they continued to "bomb the king" all night.
The next morning, unsurprisingly, he had a terrible headache. After lying in bed for a long time, he wanted to sleep a little longer, but there were continuous sounds of walking, talking, and the rolling of the wheels of the suitcase in the corridor, which made him unable to sleep for a while. He ordered takeaway for lunch. For the safety of the passengers and himself, he took a painkiller after the meal and went to bed for a while.
Even though he felt that he was almost adjusted, as soon as Wanzhi saw him, he immediately asked softly, "Are you uncomfortable?"
However, Han Yin, who was sitting in the co-pilot, didn't notice anything. Hearing Wan Zhi's question, he turned to look at him.
Xu Tangcheng was a little surprised at her carefulness.
"Fortunately, I didn't sleep well last night." After speaking, he was afraid that the two of them would be afraid of riding in the car, and he added in a relaxed tone, "But I just slept for a while, so don't worry, you can drive safely."
Han Yin smiled and said that he had confidence in his skills, but Wan Zhi stopped and said softly, "Why don't I drive, you can rest for a while."
Xu Tangcheng thought she was still worried, so he turned his head and smiled at her: "Don't worry, it's fine."
Wan Zhi was stunned for a while, but after Xu Tangcheng turned back, he forgot for a long time to lean back slightly forward. Han Yin suddenly looked back at her, a look of unknown meaning that made her face a little hot.
It was still early when the three of them arrived home, so Xu Tangcheng sent Wanzhi to his house first, and then to Han Yin.
"At the party at night, don't forget, they all said they must call you." Han Yin's fingers moved quickly on the keyboard of the mobile phone, "Last time that kid Zhao Pengfei gave me his life, if I hadn't been thick-skinned, I would have been punished by him. If you drink too much, you will be with me today and seek revenge from him."
Xu Tangcheng looked at the front and sneered: "I will avenge you for this amount of alcohol?"
"Yeah," Han Yin just got excited and forgot about the amount of alcohol, so he felt that it was not good, "I have to stop you from drinking that night?"
Xu Tangcheng raised his eyebrows and pulled over to stop.
Poor alcohol intake is also one of the reasons why he doesn't like to attend this kind of dinner.
"you arrived."
Han Yin got out of the car nagging, and was about to close the door when Xu Tangcheng stopped him again.
"You haven't told me where you are tonight?"
"Tianhe," he said worriedly, "don't drive at night, you didn't come to the last meeting, you must have a drink this time, don't be a coward."
Han Yin closed the car door with a "bang", Xu Tangcheng lowered the car window, turned his head and shouted at him, "You go to me, a few steps away, I'm still driving!"
Xu Tangcheng was really not cowardly at night, he took the initiative to pour half a glass of white wine, and Han Yin, who was beside him, looked at him like a ghost, and asked him in a low voice if he was okay.
In fact, Xu Tangcheng started to have headaches again, and he has a problem. If he can't sleep well, he will get headaches, and when he has a headache, he will not be able to sleep. In such a vicious circle, he has to adjust slowly for a long time to get a good night's sleep. So, he simply decided to drink a little more today, thinking that he might be able to sleep better at night if he was drunk.
During the banquet, he received a text message from YiZhe, asking him if he was back.
After drinking half a cup, Xu Tangcheng was already dizzy. He rubbed his eyes, typed a few words while the people on the table stopped, and told Yi Zhe that he was having a dinner outside.
Someone was chatting with him all the time. After replying to this message, Xu Tangcheng put his phone aside and ignored it. After Zhao Pengfei fooled him and took two sips of wine, he picked up the phone and saw the news of Yi Zhe.
"Where?"
"Tianhe."
Xu Tangcheng probably really drank too much. His memory of text messages is limited to these two words. He doesn't remember when he added another message to Yi Zhe that night. The content of the message is still repeated by himself. Inner monologue.
"It's over, drink too much."