"Sorry, we are currently unable to check the flight information of non-persons. Please wait patiently for the plane to land before contacting your friends."
Xu Ran opened the curtains, looked at the gloomy night sky, and asked, "Can the plane land normally in this weather?"
The airport customer service replied politely, "It depends on the weather conditions around the airport. If it cannot land normally, the plane will fly to a nearby airport for an alternate landing."
Xu Ran said thank you in a daze, and hung up the phone.
Bean-sized raindrops hit the window, making a series of dull sounds. A sharp movement like a whistle came out from the crack of the window, which hurt Xu Ran's ears.
He glanced at the computer. The flight information showed that the plane that hadn't landed was still circling over the city. I don't know if the information was delayed or it couldn't find its way out.
An hour ago, he sent a text message to He Cheng: Turn on the phone and return quickly.
No response until now.
Just now the customer service girl's voice was very steady, she didn't look like something would happen, Xu Ran comforted herself like this. How many years have not heard of the news of the plane crash, the pilots are all experienced, it is impossible to encounter such bad weather for the first time.
Even though he was thinking this way, his heart still rose to his throat little by little as time went by.
Why is there no news yet
He kept refreshing the flight information, and then pressing F5 to refresh the interface became almost a mechanical action. The words on the screen kept flashing, but the words "flight alternate landing" did not appear.
He Cheng was still somewhere above the city, Xu Ran looked up at the sky, but only saw dark clouds. The sky is getting more and more cloudy, and it will be evening soon, and in two hours it will completely turn into a night where you can't see your fingers.
In this case, no power outage is fine. Xu Ran remembered the torrential rain he experienced when he was a child. At nine o'clock in the morning, the sky was overcast like it was late at night, and the lights in the classroom had to be turned on for class. At that time, I was young, and I only thought it was fresh. Now that I think about it, I don’t know how desperate the passengers flying in the sky would be at that time.
"Xu Ran?"
His mother called him behind him, Xu Ran came back to his senses, and heard his mother say, "Come to eat."
"Well, come." Xu Ran said.
He took one last look at the rain outside the window and turned to the living room table.
Because it was raining, Xu's mother didn't go out to buy vegetables, so dinner was a simple dish. Xu Ran didn't have much appetite, so he managed to remove all the food, put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm full."
Xu's father and Xu's mother looked at each other, and the latter put a rib in his bowl, "It's cold, eat more."
Xu Ran smiled lightly, and pushed the bowl to her mother, "You can eat, I really can't eat any more."
He came to the living room window to watch the rain again. This became the most common thing he did all day today.
After Xiao Hei finished his canned fish, he meowed and rubbed against the back of his hand, begging for dried fish.
Xu Ran raised his fingers to touch its face. The fluffy and warm kitten's face is so cute, Xu Ran couldn't help but hug it up and watch the rain together.
"Look," he pointed to the sky and said to Xiao Hei, "he's here."
Xiao Hei really looked up in the direction he pointed, but yelled twice in dissatisfaction. Xu Ran rubbed its head and said softly, "I know, I can't see him this way."
"Let's wait for him," his voice was almost like a mosquito's whisper, and he only said to himself, "when he comes back, he will call me."
The mobile phone has been pinched in his hand, and it has not rang for a whole day. Xu Ran was tired of waiting, and now he was almost procrastinating to wait.
It is true that there are many problems between him and He Cheng, but he absolutely does not want any accidents to He Cheng.
On a cloudy and rainy day, the knees of both legs were throbbing like needles, Xu Ran gasped and covered his knee joints.
It hurts.
The phone vibrated, and Xu Ran flicked it on, only to find that it wasn't He Cheng's message.
It was Bai Jinming, who asked: Do you know which plane He Cheng took
Xu Ran's face was pale, and his typing hands were almost trembling: I don't know, he boarded the plane yesterday afternoon, and I can't find his information here.
Bai Jinming said "wait a minute" and then disappeared. Fifteen minutes later, he called, "I found it, and it's still flying."
"In the next city?" Xu Ran asked.
Bai Jinming sighed, "No, it's still with you."
"...why are you still here?"
"I don't know, I don't know many friends with you, and that's all I can learn."
He sighed, "I'll go to inquire again, you just wait, everything should be fine."
Is it really okay to say it's okay? Xu Ran didn't know, he always felt very uneasy, as if countless hands were scratching his heart, painful and anxious.
What kind of mood is this
It would be a lie to say that he is not worried, even if there is still the last stubbornness in his heart that refuses to forgive him, Xu Ran will still be worried. This kind of weather does not mean forced landing, although there has been no accident for a long time, who can guarantee that this time will not be an exception
No, you can't think wildly.
He tapped his head to clear everything out of his mind.
Mother Xu patted him from behind, "No news yet?"
Xu Ran shook his head and smiled slightly at her. It's just that the smile was so forced, and the lips were pale, it was shocking to see.
Mother Xu sighed, "That friend of yours is... him?"
Nothing can be hidden from his parents, Xu Ran nodded silently.
"You can't gloat about this kind of thing," he said firmly, looking out the window. "I hope he gets punished, but not in this way."
"No one wants to have an accident, and it's not the most desperate time yet." Xu's mother held his hand with a little force, "All you can do is worry, don't torture yourself too much."
"I know." Xu Ran closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, "I just... feel a little uncomfortable."
No matter how awkward they are, when something happens, he still hopes that He Cheng will be safe.
He didn't know if this kind of mood counted as caring about eating and not beating, maybe he was too soft-hearted in the eyes of outsiders, but Xu Ran didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
What's wrong with wanting someone you know to be safe? He Cheng will always be the most beautiful stroke in his life picture scroll, and it is impossible to compare with him in all kinds of things in the future. Whether it is the beauty or pain, He Cheng is the only one, the blood red to death.
Xu Ran buried his face in his palms, and said in a muffled voice, "Sometimes I feel like I have escaped, but it seems that I haven't escaped yet. I have to have his shadow by my side all my life, do you think I'm a coward? ?”
Xu's mother laughed, "What nonsense, how could your father and I think you are useless? If you are really so fragile, it is impossible to recover to this point."
She asked Xu Ran, "If he's okay this time and treats you well, what do you want to do?"
Xu Ran was stunned, "I..."
he didn't go on
Mother Xu nodded, and asked again, "What if he treats you well for a while, but then becomes too much like before?"
"... beat him up." Xu Ran smiled helplessly, "Although I may not be able to beat him."
"What about before? Did you ever want to beat him up?"
Xu Ran shook his head, how could he be willing.
It hurts even to think about it, let alone report He Cheng with violence.
Mother Xu smiled softly, "Look, isn't this different from before?"
Xu Ran stared blankly at his mother. Yes, now it is different from the past. In the past, Xu Ran was closed in the circle of self-pity, and it was impossible to raise his head to see the way ahead. If there was a man who hurt him so unscrupulously now, no matter how much he loved the man, he would definitely leave that man without hesitation and walk on his own path.
"It's still the same sentence, you don't have to accept him. Of course, your father and I hope you have a better life," Xu's mother said, "It's just that letting go often doesn't mean it's completely a thing of the past. You have to let yourself go."
She tapped Xu Ran's left chest and gave him a gentle hug.
Xu Ran looked out the window. I don't know if it's an illusion, but the wind and rain seem to be a little smaller.
Turning around, I saw my father standing not far away, holding a coat in his hand.
"Let's go," he said, "while it's raining."
"where to?"
"Where do you want to go now?"
Xu Ran shook the wheelchair and followed his father. There is only one place he wants to go now.
The traffic flow on the street was sparse, Xu's father turned the car onto the overpass, and the sign next to the right-turning arrow read, "Go to the airport."
Xu Ran lowered his head and straightened his trouser legs. He has recently regained consciousness in his legs. He always feels that the feeling of the cloth sticking to the skin is particularly uncomfortable.
Suddenly he said, "I'm sorry."
Father Xu drove the car and didn't respond.
After a while he said, "There's nothing to be sorry for, the only thing you have to do is to be right with yourself."
"But what if I choose the wrong one?" Xu Ran asked blankly, "If I shouldn't..."
Father Xu turned a corner and said calmly, "At first, your grandma thought I shouldn't marry your mother, but what happened? We had quarreled and quarreled, but the thing I don't regret the most is giving birth to you."
Xu Ran was silent, "I heard that you beat him during the days when I was undergoing surgery?"
Xu's father hummed indifferently, "If I saw him now, I would still do it. So you go in by yourself later, and I will wait outside."
Xu Ran was overjoyed. He put his hand on his father's shoulder and said softly, "Thank you."
When we got near the airport, the rain had obviously subsided, but the wind was still strong. Xu's father sent Xu Ran into the lobby, and he really turned around and went back to the car.
Xu Ran came to the information desk, "Hello, I have a friend whose flight shows that they are preparing for an emergency landing, what's their situation now?"
The receptionist pointed him in a direction, Xu Ran went over and saw a group of people waiting anxiously around a big screen.
"Sorry, I borrowed it."
Xu Ran squeezed in through the gap of the crowd, and saw the information of He Cheng's flight displayed on the electronic screen. It was still in the stage of forced landing, but the flying altitude was much lower than what he checked himself.
There are many families around, holding hands with each other to comfort each other's worries.
Xu Ran looked at them, and then at himself. The wheelchair was wet from the rain and was very dirty, and the pants were covered with water. The trousers were stained with mud, and he bent over to wipe it, but it became more and more dirty.
Someone handed over a tissue, "Are you waiting for your girlfriend?"
Xu Ran smiled at him and thanked him softly, "Male friend."
The man sighed, "This damn weather..."
Everyone was staring at the electronic screen, either amazed or trembling at the numbers that changed from time to time.
Xu Ran didn't start, he couldn't bear the faster and faster heartbeat, and devoured all his senses almost cruelly.
Almost all the people stranded at the airport were depressed, and an inexplicable feeling of sadness permeated the crowd. Xu Ran couldn't stand the atmosphere, so he left the big screen and the crowd, and went to a corner to breathe.
Heartbeat like a drum.
Xu Ran touched his heart. Under the warm palm, the thin T-shirt separated the cold chest. He couldn't feel his own heartbeat, but he could hear it beating his eardrum once or twice.
very noisy.
Leg pain, stomach pain, for a while, Xu Ran couldn't tell where the pain came from in the body, or whether it was flowing through the whole body with the blood. The crowd in the distance didn't have much emotional change, so Xu Ran knew that nothing happened.
It's a good thing if nothing happens.
He didn't dare to look at the numbers of the flight altitude like those people. He tried, but failed.
Why are you afraid
He folded his hands, trying to suppress the trembling.
What a coward. He secretly laughed at himself, and after making such a big circle, in the end, he was still the same coward as before.
He took out his mobile phone and called He Cheng.
"Sorry, the person you dialed has switched off..."
There are still a few hours and today has passed. No matter how many times I have been released, I have never been so heart-piercing.
It was agreed to accompany me to the examination, it was agreed to do rehabilitation together, and it was agreed to compensate me for the rest of my life.
Are you going to break your promise again
Suddenly, the crowd burst into cheers, Xu Ran raised his head in a daze, and saw people hugging each other, and the announcement echoed in the hall, "Dear passengers, the flight has made an emergency landing, please go to Exit B1 and wait for the pick-up. "
He followed the flow of people to the airport pick-up port, a short distance of more than 100 meters, and felt that he had walked through his entire life abruptly.
The airport, which had been stagnant for a day, finally started to operate in an orderly manner. A few minutes later, the passengers who walked in front arrived at the pick-up gate.
People were hugging, crying, and blessing each other. Xu Ran was caught in the middle of the crowd, staring blankly at the direction of the exit.
Fewer and fewer people came out, and finally, the last person came out and left with his family.
Only Xu Ran was left, foolishly waiting in place.
He suddenly felt a little ridiculous. People passing by gave him friendly gazes, and he felt like a self-indulgent clown, waiting in place for a guy who might not show up at all.
The phone rang, and it was still Bai Jinming.
"Did you see him?" Bai Jinming asked eagerly.
Xu Ran looked at the empty aisle, turned his back, "He's not here."
"Not here? Impossible!"
Bai Jinming almost yelled, Xu Ran laughed back, "Is there anything impossible, everyone is gone, maybe he didn't board the plane."
"No, just wait a little longer, I promise...!"
"I know." Xu Ran said lightly, "He may have been delayed by something."
If he wasn't on this plane, he either arrived in City D a long time ago, or he didn't come back at all.
No matter what, He Cheng missed the appointment as we agreed to meet in the store today.
Xu Ran smiled as he walked towards the exit. It was just a small accident, and he fell into a trap like this. More than twenty hours of worry seemed to be a joke, he stopped at the gate of the airport, fingers intertwined.
There are also some people waiting for the bus here, looking at them, Xu Ran doesn't know whether he is envious or numb.
Bai Jinming called again as if urging his life.
Xu Ran was a little annoyed, but still answered, "What?"
"You didn't leave the airport, did you?"
Xu Ran looked around and said, "Out."
"What? Wait a minute..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Ran hung up the phone.
He let out a long breath and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind, "I found you."
Xu Ran was taken aback.
A pair of hands hugged him from behind, tightly, as if there was a force that almost crushed his bones, but it didn't hurt at all. As if holding some fragile treasure, He Cheng said cautiously, "I'm sorry, I went astray."
He got off the plane and walked out in a hurry. He didn't see the announcement that there was only one exit open tonight. He was dumbfounded when he came to the exit he used to go. When he came back, the pick-up port was already empty.
If it wasn't for Bai Jinming's timely call, he and Xu Ran would have almost missed each other.
Xu Ran turned around and saw a complicated face full of anxiety and joy. The originally energetic appearance became a little sloppy because of the lack of time to tidy it up, and a short stubble appeared on his chin. Realizing that he was staring at him, He Cheng moved his body away from him with some embarrassment, "The bathroom on the plane is not allowed to use, and I didn't have time to shave, don't mind."
Xu Ran didn't speak for a long time, just staring at him like that, He Cheng thought he was angry, hesitated for a while, but still didn't let go.
The posture of the two men is very eye-catching. Fortunately, everyone around them has almost left, and the rest only think that they are brothers in good relationship, exchanging the joy of escaping a catastrophe.
"Are you... angry?" He Cheng asked uncertainly.
Xu Ran raised his hand and motioned him to look at his watch, "Today is going to pass."
"I'm sorry," He Cheng murmured regretfully, and kept saying, "I'm sorry..."
"Let's go." Xu Ran patted him.
He suddenly didn't want to worry about anything. It is enough that this person is here.
He Cheng obediently followed behind him like a big dog. When he arrived at the parking lot, when he heard that Xu Ran's father was waiting, he quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I'll take a taxi back."
How can the Xu family see this appearance? It's too embarrassing.
Xu Ran didn't force him, but said, "Then, be careful on the road."
He Cheng gently pulled him back.
He knelt down and looked directly into Xu Ran's eyes, "Are you here today because you are worried about me?"
Xu Ran didn't say yes or no, she lowered her eyes and said nothing.
He Cheng held his hand, and the palms of the two pressed together, warming the cold air in the rainy night.
"I..." He Cheng grinned, a little light flashed in his eyes, "I'm very happy."
Seeing no one around, he kissed the back of Xu Ran's hand, "I miss you very much."
The softness on the back of the hand was tender and hot. Xu Ran closed his eyes and suddenly felt his nose a little sore.
He whispered, "What are you going to give me?"
He Cheng took out a paper bag from his bag, took out a piece of paper from his jacket pocket, and put it in.
"Hold it," he said, "and open it when you get home."
He stood up and stretched. Xu Ran saw that there was a broken skin on the back of his hand, He Cheng smiled indifferently, "When the plane was turbulent, I accidentally bumped into the buckle of the seat belt."
Xu Ran stayed with him until he got a taxi. Xu Ran didn't speak during this period, He Cheng was the only one talking.
At the end, looking at the taxi approaching in the distance, He Cheng suddenly stood in front of Xu Ran and leaned over to kiss his forehead.
"Thank you for picking me up." He smiled softly, "Good night."
Xu Ran returned home with reddish cheeks and a strange bag. Before going to bed, he opened the bag and took out a black gold velvet box.
He was very familiar with this box. When he opened it, there was a cuff button lying on the red velvet cushion, and a small black gemstone glistened in the moonlight.
There is always a pair of cufflinks, here is only one, and the other is naturally in He Cheng's hands.
Men's little thoughts are sometimes so stupid that it makes people laugh, Xu Ran put the cufflinks back into the bag and put them on the bedside.
When he was about to fall asleep, he remembered that He Cheng had put an extra piece of paper in. He couldn't see it clearly under the dim streetlight, so he took it out again now and spread it out for a closer look.
Suddenly, he propped himself up and sat up, and turned the desk lamp to the brightest.
He carefully read every word on the paper several times, and didn't put it down until he was almost memorized. He raised his head, eyes sore.
Picking up the phone, he knew that there must be a man waiting for his message.
He clicked on the input box and typed two words: ten years.
He Cheng quickly called back.
"You mean, give me an answer in ten years?"
"Yes." Xu Ran fiddled with a corner of the paper and said, "But there is only one chance, if you leave again, I won't keep you, let's say goodbye."
"Okay!" He Cheng replied immediately, "I won't leave."
He was as happy as a child, even Xu Ran could hear him walking back and forth on the ground.
He said nasty words in a soft voice, "I miss you so much that I can't sleep."
"... You are jet lagged."
Xu Ran lay down again, turned off the desk lamp, leaving only the fluorescent lights of the phone flickering by his ears.
He Cheng asked, "I'll accompany you to the examination tomorrow, okay?"
"My re-examination is about next week."
"Then next week, I will accompany you."
"Let's talk about it later."
"Where is Xiao Hei? Does it miss me?"
"It fell asleep in my parents' room. It was so heartless, it probably didn't think about it."
"It's okay, I think it'll do."
"..."
"Xu Ran."
"Ok?"
"I love you."
A neon light lit up in the sky, passing through the end of the city, until the distance that could not be seen at a glance.
Xu Ran tilted his head to look at the bright moonlight in the sky, and the stars were dotted in the dark blue night, illuminating the city. A few went the wrong way and landed in the corner of Xu Ran's eyes.
He smiled lightly, his brows were streamlined, just like a teenager.
"He Cheng."
"Ok?"
"I'm Xu Ran from Class Three, Three Years. I, I like you, and I want to be with you."
"..."
"Okay. We're in this together."
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