On June 12th, Yan Ming received a call from Jiang Yuqian. For so many years, the two of them had been in contact occasionally because of Zhou Hao.
Jiang Yuqian asked Yan Ming for a favor on the phone, asking him to ask Zhou Hao out tomorrow to celebrate his birthday with him.
Yan Ming hesitated, but still agreed. Subconsciously, he still hopes to have someone to accompany Zhou Hao, rather than spending the rest of his life alone with that person.
In the evening, Yan Ming took a shower and lay on the bed, thinking about how to speak. After much deliberation, he decided to keep Zhou Hao from mentioning Jiang Yuqian.
He sent a WeChat voice message to Zhou Hao, "Tomorrow is your birthday, let me treat you to a meal."
After a while, the other side replied, "I have arrangements for tomorrow."
Yan Ming continued, "Is there something wrong with the hospital? Let's see if I can ask your leader for leave."
Zhou Hao replied, "It's not about the hospital. I haven't had my birthday in the past few years, and I have nothing to do. I just eat and drink."
"Let's have fun, don't be bored in the dormitory all the time."
"No need, it's a waste of money to invite me to dinner. It's not easy for you to be alone in City A, so don't waste that money."
Yan Ming understands Zhou Hao's temper very well. Even if you talk about breaking the sky, he won't listen to what this man decides.
Yan Ming told Jiang Yuqian the situation, but the man didn't say anything more on the phone.
The next day, Zhou Hao asked for leave and didn't go to the hospital. He went out alone for a walk. The playground I went to with Xiao Sun before is still the same, but several new play items have been added.
The sun was scorching hot, and the sun was scorching the ground. Standing in a shaded place, he looked at the screaming people whirling in the air. Involuntarily, he thought of Xiao Sun's frightened expression back then.
Even Zhou Hao didn't know what was going on, and he kept thinking about the past for no reason.
It's really not like him to be sloppy.
Then, he ate a bowl of beef noodles and watched a movie. It was still the theater that I went to with Sun Yiwen.
The claw machine in front of the cinema is no longer the same as it used to be. It has become bigger, and the dolls inside have been changed many batches.
Zhou Hao spent 20 yuan and finally picked up a little piggy Peppa. There was a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old standing next to her. Zhou Hao handed over his mobile phone and asked her to take a photo for her.
"Crack—"
Grinning his teeth and laughing wantonly, his twenty-ninth birthday is considered to be over.
When he returned to the dormitory, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. He passed by a copy shop and developed the photos of standing in front of the claw machine just now.
Zhou Hao borrowed a ballpoint pen from the clerk, and wrote a few lines on the back of the photo—
"Comrade Xiao Sun:
This is Wanda's new claw machine, and the pig in my hand cost me 20 yuan. Next time we meet, I'll give it to you.
old week"
Zhou Hao held this photo carefully in his hand, he didn't know where to send it. The world is so big, he has almost given up the idea of meeting Wenwen, he is such a useless person, he can't find Wenwen at all.
At the entrance of the hospital dormitory, Jiang Yuqian's car had been parked there for a long time. He didn't get out of the car until he saw Zhou Hao passing by.
"Zhou Hao." The scorching sun made everyone feel like they were going to be heated.
Zhou Hao clenched the photo and the little piggy in his hand, and looked at the person in front of him warily.
Jiang Yuqian pursed his lips, "Where are you going today?"
Zhou Hao ignored him, turned around and walked towards the dormitory.
"Haohao." Jiang Yuqian hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him, his eyes burning, "Happy birthday."
Zhou Hao pushed the hand away with great strength, and cursed, "I'm sick."
With his left hand hanging down, the little lunatic cautiously grabbed a photo and a doll, Jiang Yuqian slowed down, and he asked coaxingly, "The doll you are holding in your hand is so ugly. Where did you buy it?"
As he said that, he made a gesture to get it, but Zhou Hao dodged immediately and put his hands behind his back.
"I'll just take a look." Jiang Yuqian still coaxed patiently.
Zhou Hao blinked and stared at the man in front of him, he didn't understand what this man was going to do.
Because he didn't understand, he was naturally timid, so he would inevitably be afraid.
"Why should I show you my things?" Zhou Hao said this almost angrily. Because, he was certain in his heart that Jiang Yuqian wanted to take revenge on him, and he wanted to tear up the doll that he had finally picked up.
Jiang Yuqian was angry and distressed at the childish words.
He was patient and continued to coax the little lunatic, "Then I won't read it, follow me to a place, I have something for you."
"I don't want your stuff, I have money, I can buy it myself."
He said it so confidently, he wished that the whole world would know that Zhou Hao is not a poor man, he is rich, he can buy whatever he wants, you are not allowed to use money to laugh at him.
The air was so stuffy that there was no wind, the two stood outside for a while, and Zhou Hao's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. Jiang Yuqian was not much better either, he was still wearing a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up, and tiny beads of sweat had already appeared on his face.
"Tell me in the car, it's too hot outside."
Zhou Hao squinted at him and was about to walk away.
Jiang Yuqian had no choice but to resort to the old trick, "You don't want your colleagues to misunderstand, so come with me, and I'll just say a few words."
Unexpectedly, these words just stepped on a minefield, Zhou Hao's face darkened, "Then let them misunderstand, they can think whatever they like!"
"Don't be so extreme, I didn't mean that..."
"Then what do you mean!?"
The little lunatic's paranoid temper came up again. Jiang Yuqian was speechless, so he tried to hold the little lunatic's hand, but he threw it away.
During the dispute, the photo in Zhou Hao's hand fell off, Jiang Yuqian bent over to pick it up, and said with a smile, "You're laughing so silly, where did you take this photo..."
When he saw a string of words on the back, the words in his mouth suddenly froze, and his face darkened.
"Give it to him when he comes back?" Jiang Yuqian licked his dry lips with a half-smile, "Zhou Hao, you are just too greedy. After provoking me, I slapped my ass and left, and then ran to provoke others! How can there be such a good thing."
Zhou Hao snatched the photo from him, "None of your business! Jiang Yuqian, you're really cheap, what I said last time is clear enough."
Jiang Yuqian was enraged, and pushed the little lunatic violently, "I'm cheap? Heh! It's up to you! From now on, you can do whatever you like!"
Jiang Yuqian finally got a little annoyed, he held back his anger and drove away.
On the way back, he couldn't help wondering: How did he communicate with that lunatic before? Such an unreasonable lunatic, I was able to live with him for four years...
When he arrived at his new home, he threw the unopened drone he bought into the corridor.
As night fell, Jiang Yuqian's irritability continued unabated, so he went to the bathroom to take a bath. The dense water vapor made his cheeks flush red, and his head gradually emptied...
He lit a cigarette, drunk and dreamed, and began to puff.
He couldn't understand fate more and more. If the little lunatic never came back, or came back a few years later, maybe he had completely forgotten about this person from the bottom of his heart. However, the little lunatic came back when he wanted to break up.
"It's really evil." Jiang Yuqian tugged at the corner of his mouth and sneered.
After taking a bath, Jiang Yuqian tidied up his messy emotions, and went to the corridor to retrieve the drone. He called Yan Ming again.
"It's me, Jiang Yuqian."
"Is there a problem?"
"I bought him a model airplane, and you can give it to him tomorrow, and say it's your birthday present for him."
"Okay." Yan Ming guessed that this person must have hit a wall with Zhou Hao.
Jiang Yuqian hung up the phone.
In the end, he was still reluctant to part with that poor little girl. He even regretted a little, why did he get angry with the little lunatic during the day.
The next night, Yan Ming went to Zhou Hao's dormitory, only Qian Weicheng was there.
"Xiao Ming, why are you here?" We only met a few times, and Qian Weicheng seemed to be familiar enough to wear a pair of trousers.
"I'm here to find Zhou Hao. What about others?"
"He went to train and study, but I was lazy and didn't go."
At this time, Qian Weicheng also found the exquisite box in Yan Ming's hand, "What are you holding in your hand?"
"Airplane model, for Zhou Hao."
"You sit down first, Brother Hao will be back in a while."
About an hour later, Zhou Hao came back with two boxes of lunch in his hand. He was obviously surprised when he saw Yan Ming, "What's the matter? Why are you here?"
"It's okay, I can't come."
Zhou Hao smiled, and put the boxed lunch on the table, Qian Weicheng immediately opened a box, "Thank you Brother Hao, I'm almost hungry."
Yan Ming raised his chin and pointed to the airplane model beside him, "Yesterday was your birthday, I invited you to dinner and if you didn't go, I bought you a present."
"Brother Hao, was your birthday yesterday?" Qian Weicheng wrapped a mouthful of rice and shouted vaguely.
"Eat yours!"
Zhou Hao unpacked the delicately packaged box and took out the drone inside, "How much is it?"
"Not much money? A few hundred yuan."
Qian Weicheng, who was eating at the side, stood up and stared at the small white plane, "No way, how could you buy this for a few hundred yuan? Where did you buy it?"
Yan Ming was a little evasive, "Just... I bought it on Taobao, it's quite cheap."
Zhou Hao rolled his eyes and accepted the model airplane.