After talking with Lin Jianfan on the phone, Gu Chaoming took out the homework in his schoolbag and worked for two or three hours in front of the desk, but the door still showed no sign of opening.
When I lay in bed, I didn't feel sleepy at all. The bed is familiar to me, the room is familiar to me, but I can't sleep.
Tossing and turning in bed for dozens of minutes, the math symbols, English words, and recited verses that have just been written are hodgepodge in my mind.
Gu Chaoming touched his wrist, buried his head in the quilt and suddenly smiled.
Among the countless floating mathematical symbols, Chinese verses and English words, a figure slowly came from a distance, and there was light in the distance. In front of him, he was smiling at him.
He was sleepy, but there was a dazzling light in front of him.
At that time, Gu Chaoming didn't notice that Lin Jianfan had become the person who made him smile in his sleep.
His smile decorated his dreams and brought light to his dreams.
When I think of you in the dark night, the dream will be bright.
When I woke up, the alarm clock hadn't rang, and the undrawn curtains leaked into the sun, which stained everything with a layer of warm yellow.
Gu Chaoming rubbed his eyes, threw his hands on the desk beside the bed, and picked up the phone on the desk to check the time.
I'm going to be on duty at the supermarket today, it's still early, and there's no sound outside, Gu Tao probably hasn't woken up yet.
Gu Chaoming folded the quilt, saw the scar on the door, and remembered that night, the memory was like turbulent waves, and the beasts in the forest rushed towards him.
He stopped in front of the door, his fingers touched the scar on the door panel, the stray wood chips cut his hands, and he touched the crooked door lock. Gu Chaoming wanted to change the lock, but he just thought about it, and he was quickly denied it. .
The door panels are already so rotten, what's the use of changing the lock
Gu Chaoming felt the lock and pondered, he was able to escape, easily escaped, taking advantage of Gu Tao's dead sleep in the morning, but he just left the house, he did not get rid of Gu Tao.
What he thinks is that the period of separation from Gu Tao is just a child's temper and running away from home for Gu Tao.
There was a noise in Gu Tao's room next to him, Gu Tao got up, and Gu Chaoming immediately let go and cleaned up his mood.
The door opened, and on a late autumn morning, Gu Tao came out of the room wearing only a pair of shorts. Gu Chaoming glanced at him and wanted to go to the toilet to wash up, but Gu Tao took one step ahead of him.
Seeing Gu Tao running towards the toilet, Gu Chaoming changed his route and prepared to make breakfast first.
Opened the fridge to see what was in there to make breakfast. At this time, the sound of farting came from the toilet, which stretched and fluctuated. Gu Tao didn't know if he broke his stomach from eating yesterday, and he kept putting it on.
The opened refrigerator was cold, and as soon as Gu Chaoming opened the refrigerator, he saw the dessert he had put in the refrigerator yesterday, and the dessert lay there quietly.
Looking at such a sweet thing in the pink packaging bag, Gu Tao's rolling accompaniment is in his ears. Combining the two together, Gu Chaoming's heart was complicated, and he couldn't say what he felt, but the feeling he used to have returned, this was the main theme of his life, and the days when he ran away from home were just an episode.
There is nothing in the refrigerator that can be used for breakfast, Gu Chaoming gave up the idea of cooking, and will eat something on the road when he goes to work later.
Gu Tao came out of the toilet and saw Gu Chaoming standing in the living room: "Why are you getting up so early? Are you going to have a part-time job today?"
Gu Chaoming didn't answer, and he wouldn't remember what he told Gu Tao, so it's better not to say it.
Gu Tao hated his question the most. Gu Chaoming didn't answer his question. His anger burned to his lips, and miraculously, he withdrew.
Gu Tao smiled and walked towards the room, still saying, "You're dumb again, don't go to those part-time jobs. Dad will take care of you in the future."
Gu Chaoming didn't know how someone who came to the school to ask him for money not long ago had the confidence to say what to support him.
Gu Chaoming thought he was going back to his room to sleep and wanted to go to the toilet to wash up, but after a while, Gu Tao's door opened again, Gu Tao came out from inside, put on a little more clothes, and still had a hundred dollars in his hand. .
The money was definitely not for him, Gu Chaoming pretended to turn a blind eye when he saw it, and went straight to the toilet, but Gu Tao stopped him.
Gu Tao called his name first, but Gu Chaoming didn't stop. Seeing his father's majesty being provoked, Gu Tao suddenly ordered: "Stop!"
With an order, Gu Chaoming had to stop and turn around.
Gu Tao walked up to Gu Chaoming, grabbed the arm that Gu Chaoming didn't want to stretch out, and stuffed a hundred dollars into his palm.
"You take it to breakfast, you don't have to worry about mine, I don't eat breakfast."
One hundred yuan was put into his hand, but Gu Tao still grabbed Gu Chaoming's hand and let him hold it, so he didn't let the one hundred yuan fall.
Holding the folded banknotes in his hand, Gu Chaoming stiffened in disbelief.
This was the first time he got money from Gu Tao, not Gu Tao asking for money from him.
This kind of world-ending thing happened? Is Gu Tao really rich? Where did he get the money in such a short time? With hundreds of questions at once, Gu Chaoming couldn't help asking him, "Where did you get the money?"
Gu Chaoming's words fully satisfied Gu Tao's vanity, as if Gu Chaoming didn't ask him where the money came from, but praised him "You make a lot of money."
"Of course I have a way to get money. It's much faster than you. Your children can only work part-time." Gu Tao's tone was full of disdain for part-time jobs.
This was the last sentence Gu Tao said before going back to the room to sleep. This sentence was followed by the sound of Gu Tao closing the door.
Gu Chaoming looked at Gu Tao's back, and the hundred yuan in his hand was something he thought he could never get from Gu Tao in his life. Now that Gu Tao gave it to him so easily, Gu Chaoming was not as moved as he imagined, what he thought was what madness Gu Tao was pumping today
Gu Chaoming hoped that Gu Tao would treat him well before, but now Gu Tao treats him well, and Gu Chaoming hoped that Gu Tao would still treat him as before, which would make him more at ease.
Gu Chaoming had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know what it was like.
After Gu Tao returned to the room, he lay on the bed and brushed his phone for a while, then fell asleep. The moisture in the autumn air was used as a quilt. Gu Tao woke up from the cold and opened his eyes, feeling the chills.
Gu Tao sat up and took a look, most of the quilt fell to the ground, no wonder it was cold. Gu Tao stretched his back, picked up the phone that had fallen on the quilt, and glanced at the time, it was noon. I was hungry, the house was quiet, and the living room didn't move. Gu Tao shouted a few times at the living room, "Chaoming."
No one answered after shouting a few words, it seems that this kid went to work. Gu Tao put on the clothes on the table in slippers, opened the door and walked into the living room, wanting to go to the kitchen to drink water.
Yawning and dragging his slippers towards the kitchen, he took a step back past the sofa.
There was a roll of paper on the coffee table that was cleaned up by Gu Chaoming yesterday, and a red folded sheet beside the paper.
After sending off the last customer, Gu Chaoming followed the old lady out of the store, lingering at the store, scanning the rows of fallen autumn trees at the store's entrance, but still did not see the figure of that person.
I don't know if this is the first time this morning I regretted withdrawing my eyes. Today's time seems to be more difficult than usual.
Gu Chaoming blamed the slowness of time on the weather. The weather is fine today, bright yellow. In a typical autumn climate, the sun pierces the clouds with golden fluff, the air is dry, and the gentle breeze blows on the cheeks.
Gu Chaoming took the dessert bag by the cashier, opened the bag and took out the dessert box inside. Although it is not terrible to watch, it is almost destroyed, and it is impossible to take it out.
When I was knocked into the door, I accidentally fell to the ground.
Gu Chaoming picked up a piece of cream and put it in his mouth, it was sweet and creamy, and he didn't like it very much. Dessert was the one he brought in the morning, the one in the fridge.
Gu Chaoming, who was carrying a dessert bag on the way to work, was quite happy, although in the eyes of passersby he looked like a silly boy in love who was going to give food to his girlfriend.
The golden sunlight in the autumn morning covers the river surface, the bridges where people come and go, the vehicles and pedestrians on the bridges, and everything.
Gu Chaoming stepped onto the bridge and crossed the river covered with golden velvet light. He saw the opposite side of the river, which was also illuminated by the sun, with the overlapping shadows of fences, red bricks, buildings, and golden gray.
In the overlapping shadows on the other side of the river, Gu Chaoming's hazy but happy thoughts were hidden.
The cream in his mouth melted, and the sweetness still remained in his mouth. Gu Chaoming began to take the first bite. Before he knew it, he had already eaten most of the desserts that were forced to overturn in the box.
The dessert was originally intended to be brought to Lin Jianfan. When I ate it yesterday, I thought that Lin Jianfan would like the taste. Gu Chaoming observed that Lin Jianfan likes this kind of sweet, cream, yogurt and the like. I opened the refrigerator this morning, thinking that I don't like it either, so I just brought it to him.
After hastily ate the dessert that he couldn't get out of his hands, he threw the bag together with the carton into the trash can. Taking advantage of the time when he was not busy, Gu Chaoming stood behind the cashier, thinking that the dessert he wanted to give to Lin Jianfan was eaten by him. Belly, what should I use instead.
There is no reason and no obligation to give him this dessert, but once you think about giving it to him, you don't seem to be indebted to him.
Gu Chaoming's eyes searched in the store, he unknowingly owed Lin Jianfan nine-tenths of yogurt in one night, and a gift that he didn't know what to replace it with.
Sunlight pours in through the glass wall with stickers on the store's name. Because of the glass wall, the warmth of the sun is isolated, but the fluffy light still makes people feel very comfortable.
Gu Chaoming stood behind the cash register and looked out, watching the happy crowd, the beautiful weather, and Lin Jianfan, who was coming from nowhere.
Waiting, in the penetrating sunlight.
Waiting, I suddenly remembered a paragraph in "The Little Prince" that I had seen before.
"For example, if you come at four o'clock, I start looking forward to it from three o'clock."
When he saw this sentence, he didn't feel much, but now he seems to have touched a little bit, a little bit of something shining brightly called expectation.
The phone on the cashier vibrated, and Gu Chaoming picked it up and looked at it. It was a group message of "Auspicious Three Treasures", and it was a photo.
I photographed a corner of their supermarket from a distance, and I had to put it at the maximum size to see that the blurry black spot in the supermarket was Gu Chaoming.
It was Cen Xili who sent the picture, and Cen Xili sent another message saying, "I took a picture after passing by, Gu Shuai, are you on duty?"
Gu Chaoming: "I'm here, why are you here, but come to chat?"
Cen Xili: "My mother and I are here for business, so we will pass by and come back to you later."
And mother, the three words are the reason why Cen Xili can't come.
When he was a freshman in high school, he fought with You Xin. Although Gu Chaoming and Su Bing didn't say that the reason for the fight was to avenge Cen Xili, the matter of Cen Xili had not been settled at that time, and all the rumors in the grade could be heard.
Cen's mother still passed in front of them when they were being punished. Gu Chaoming and Su Bing naturally understood that look without explanation.
The two were still not convinced, but because it was Cen Xili's mother, they didn't show it.
Cen Xili had a fucking grudge against the two of them, suspecting that they had that kind of relationship with his son.
Gu Chaoming felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the words "with my mother" in Cen Xili's news, but he ignored it.
Cen Xili said to see you next time, Gu Chaoming said jokingly: "Next time, you must come, come and help me, you don't know how long the queue was just now, I suspect that they all came out on this day. ."
Cen Xili: "Who said that the weather is so good today, it will be cold in a few days, and it will be winter."
Gu Chaoming: "How can it be so fast."
Cen Xili: "The season is changing, the weather changes greatly, don't catch a cold."
Gu Chaoming: "Okay, Mama Cen."
Cen Xili sent a middle finger emoji, and then said, "I just met Jianfan on the road."
Seeing the word Jianfan, Gu Chaoming asked, "Where? On the way?"
Cen Xili: "Yes, it's just around the corner."
Cen Xili watched Gu Chaoming and asked Lin Jianfan where he was: "Did he come to you?"
Gu Chaoming: "Well."
Su Bing, who didn't speak, suddenly popped out: "Gu Shuai."
Gu Chaoming: "Huh?"
Su Bing: "This is an appointment, please invite them to drink yogurt."
Is Su Bing clairvoyant or clairvoyant, how did he know.
Gu Chaoming: "How do you know that I invited him to drink yogurt?"
Su Bing: "Hey, I'll just say it casually, did you really invite me?"
Gu Chaoming: "..."
Cen Xili: "Gu Shuai, you're calling yourself a fool."
Gu Chaoming: "Hire a fart."
Su Bing: "Gu Shuai invites a beautiful woman."
Gu Chaoming: "Ask you a fart."
Gu Chaoming: "Okay, okay, next time, please drink yogurt, please stop here."
Gu Chaoming asked Su Bing again, "Aren't you studying during this time? Why do you have time to play with your mobile phone?"
Su Bing: "My dad gave me a one-to-one tutor, woo woo woo..."
Su Bing took a photo of a bunch of homework and sent it over.
"Your father, I'm going to die. The two school masters quickly save me. If my grades don't improve this time, my father will strangle me to death."
Gu Chaoming: "You look for Xili, my grades can't help you."
Su Bing: "Gu Shuai, be humble, come and help me with my homework."
Gu Chaoming: "Drink more hot water."
Cen Xili: "Hahahahaha"
Su Bing was angry: "You two!"
While Gu Chaoming was still asking Su Bing to ask for more blessings, the supermarket sensor door slowly opened. Gu Chaoming looked up from his mobile phone and said, "Welcome."
"I am coming."
The clear and soft voice collided with Gu Chaoming's work-like welcome. Sunshine slipped in through the open sensor door, Lin Jianfan walked into the supermarket wearing sunshine all over his body, and looked at Gu Chaoming behind the cashier with a smile.
There were not many people in the store, and when Lin saw that Fan was here at the right time, Gu Chaoming had time to spare. Lin Jianfan walked to the cashier with a smile on his face, Gu Chaoming put down his phone.
Four o'clock, he came.
It was obviously expected at four o'clock, but Gu Chaoming deliberately pretended to be suspicious and teased him: "Why are you here?"
Lin Jianfan didn't expect Gu Chaoming to say such a thing. He was stunned and wanted to say, didn't you call me here yesterday? Or did Gu Chaoming just talk about it and take it seriously
Seeing Lin Jianfan's stunned expression, Gu Chaoming knew that Lin Jianfan must have taken his joke seriously.
Gu Chaoming immediately accepted the questioning expression and said with a smile, "I'm just kidding you, why don't you have any funny cells?"
Lin Jianfan breathed a sigh of relief: "I was born without it."
"I don't believe it, who said yesterday that you can't afford it?"
Lin Jian Fan laughed heartily, and after a while, he suddenly said solemnly: "To be honest, I'm not very good at joking, and sometimes I don't really see when other people are joking, but I still take it seriously, you just asked me How come, I really believe it."
Gu Chaoming pointed to himself: "Blame me, blame me, blame me for making a bad joke."
Lin Jianfan said again: "If you joke again in the future, I don't understand. If you take it seriously and lose your temper, don't take it seriously, just tell me directly."
Lin Jianfan's eyes were serious, he just believed it, and for a moment he wanted to escape in shame.
Gu Chaoming looked at Lin Jianfan, met his face, and knew that he was serious.
Gu Chaoming nodded and said, "Okay, then if you're joking in the future, I'll take it seriously. If you lose your temper, don't take it lightly. Tell me."
Lin Jianfan nodded.
Gu Chaoming said again: "You have such a good temper, how big of a joke would you have to wait for you to lose your temper?"
"Who said I have a good temper, I have a bad temper, don't mess with me." Lin Jianfan said.
Hearing this sentence, Gu Chaoming remembered that when Lin Jianfan had just turned over, Cen Xili mediated the atmosphere and said he had a good temper. He complied and said, "Who said I have a good temper?" Gu Chaoming knew that Lin Jianfan was studying on purpose. he.
"Hahahaha, why do you learn from me?" Lin Jianfan learned to say what he once said was an inexplicable shame.
"Hahahaha, you saw it out..." Lin Jianfan smiled, the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing snow-white teeth.
In the hot summer, Lin Jianfan's smile was an ice-cold soda with bubbles. The summer heat has faded, and the autumn has been lingering. Lin Jianfan's smile has also turned into a ripe and dewy fruit on the autumn branches. The clouds and mists have dispersed, revealing a pair of smiling eyes.
Gu Chaoming looked at Lin Jianfan, who was smiling, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. Lin Jianfan smiled happily, and Gu Chaoming did not know where he could see a trace of ease in Lin Jianfan's smile.
When Gu Chaoming saw him, he was often at school. It was rare to see him smile like this at school. He smiled so happily, Gu Chaoming was surprised for a moment.
He saw a brighter smile than the third smile.
He liked to see Lin Jianfan laugh so cheerfully, so he continued to make Lin Jianfan happy, with a wave of his hand, his tone rose: "Why is this customer officer coming to our supermarket? Is it a tip or stay in the store? We have good ones here. Snacks, there is a big discount on laundry detergent today..."
Gu Chaoming learned the tone of sales, which caused Lin Jianfan who was standing in front of the cashier to laugh.
Gu Chaoming just wanted to make Lin Jianfan smile, but who knew that a customer who walked out of the shelf after picking out the goods to check out was looking at him with a strange, neurotic look.
Being seen, Lin Jianfan felt a little embarrassed, but Gu Chaoming immediately stopped and resumed his normal work.
Lin Jianfan stepped aside, and the customer put the selected goods on the cashier counter. Gu Chaoming kept calm and scanned the codes one by one, not at all the stupidity that made Lin Jianfan laugh just now, Lin Jianfan covered his mouth and snickered.
Gu Chaoming wondered why he was suddenly convulsed, and his face was about to fall off.
Gu Chaoming carefully scanned the code for the customer, just hoped to scan the code quickly and leave quickly, it was too embarrassing.
The customer seemed to want to add something, and there were often customers who added something. Gu Chaoming continued to scan his code.
It didn't take long for the customer to ask, "Is this a discount?"
Gu Chaoming looked up while scanning the code.
It's two bottles of laundry detergent!
Gu Chaoming didn't know whether he should laugh or find a crack in the ground.
"Yes, yes." Gu Chaoming replied with a smile and a nod.
When the customer walked out of the supermarket, Gu Chaoming couldn't help laughing and said, "It's too embarrassing."
When Lin saw Fan laughing loudly, Gu Chaoming looked at him: "You are still laughing."
Lin Jianfan took a small step back, hurriedly smiled and waved: "I don't laugh anymore, I don't laugh anymore."
He promised not to laugh, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
The sound of children playing in the opposite square drifted over. Because there were customers checking out one after another, Gu Chaoming was afraid that Lin Fan would be bored, so he took out a stool for him: "Sit down first, I'll settle the bill for him."
Lin Jianfan sat on a small round stool that could be rotated, his feet were touching the ground, and he slowly rotated bit by bit, looking at Gu Chaoming's back.
Gu Chaoming casually tied a bow on the back of his apron, because the bow swayed slightly when the cashier moved. After sitting and standing, Gu Chaoming's figure became even taller, and Lin Jianfan just stared at the swaying bow behind Gu Chaoming without saying a word.
The bow was tied loosely, and the dark purple lace flickered in front of him. Lin Jianfan's eyes climbed along Gu Chaoming's back and stopped at Gu Chaoming's neck.
Gu Chaoming lowered his head slightly, and the bones in his neck were particularly prominent, like a small hill, crossing the small hill, and then up is Gu Chaoming's shaved hair.
Gu Chaoming's hair on the temples has always been short and not long. Lin Jianfan remembered that Gu Chaoming was wearing a black baseball cap, revealing his short shaved hair at the back.
Gu Chaoming took out the change and handed it to the customer, slightly tilted his head to look at Lin Jianfan, but found that Lin Jianfan was slightly raising his head, and his bright eyes were staring at his back in a daze.
"Did you meet Xili on the way?" Gu Chaoming asked.
Lin Jianfan's eyes shifted from Gu Chaoming's shaved hair to his face, and he made an "um" in his nose.
"Did he send you a message?" Lin Jianfan asked.
Gu Chaoming nodded, before turning around and walking to the freezer while no one was there: "He just told me that he saw you on the road."
A variety of flavors and sizes of yogurt are arranged in an orderly manner in the freezer. Gu Chaoming stood in front of the freezer and glanced up and down. He was about to take a bottle, but after thinking about it, he asked Lin Jianfan who was sitting on the stool, "Which one do you want?"
Lin Jianfan turned around the stool with his feet and faced Gu Chaoming. Gu Chaoming wanted to ask him to come and choose, but Lin Jianfan said, "The last time is fine."
last time? Gu Chaoming quickly rummaged through his previous memories in his mind, and started his search with the keywords of yogurt and Lin Jianfan.
The last time I gave Lin Jianfan yogurt? It seems to be running a few days ago? He was also complained by that kid Su Bing.
What kind of yogurt did he get in the canteen at that time? Gu Chaoming found that he had no impression at all. At that time, he seemed to have taken a bottle directly from the freezer of the school canteen, and he didn't care so much.
Gu Chaoming: "..."
Lin Jianfan seemed to see that Gu Chaoming seemed to have forgotten what yogurt he bought at that time, and Lin Jianfan added, "Then the box in the middle of the second row."
Gu Chaoming reached out and took out the box of yogurt according to Lin Jianfan's words, this time he paid attention.
Strawberry flavored, with a big plump strawberry painted on the bottle.
Gu Chaoming took out two bottles, and after scanning the code, he handed it a parabola and threw it to Lin Jianfan.
"Thank you." Lin Jianfan reached out his hand to catch the yogurt and said.
"This is your prize, needless to say thank you."
Gu Chaoming unscrewed the yogurt cap, took a small step forward, bent down, smiled and extended the yogurt bottle to clink glasses with the yogurt bottle that Lin Jianfan was holding in his hand.
"cheers." Gu Chaoming said jokingly.
Gu Chaoming bent down to meet his eyes. Lin Jianfan's eyes slowly brought a smile, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Gu Chaoming responded to Lin Jianfan's smiling eyes, smiled too, then got up, and the sunlight poured out from the gap between the two.
The yogurt slid down his throat, with a slightly sweet and creamy smell, and his Adam's apple twitched. Gu Chaoming only took a few sips before tightening the bottle cap and putting it aside.
Lin Jianfan was holding a yogurt bottle and sitting on the swivel chair was too well-behaved. Today, he happened to be wearing a thick white sweater, which made his skin fairer, like a sheep lying on the grassland basking in the sun.
The supermarket was busy from time to time, and before Lin Jianfan's yogurt was finished, someone came to check out. Seeing that Gu Chaoming was so busy, Lin Jian was a little embarrassed to waste his time, screwed the bottle cap, stood up and said to Gu Chaoming, "You are busy with your work, I will go first, thank you for your yogurt."
This customer bought quite a lot of things, filling up the cashier counter. Gu Chaoming was paying the bills for others, but he had no spare hands. He stopped Lin Jianfan who was about to leave: "Wait a minute."
Lin Jianfan stopped and watched Gu Chaoming scan the QR code to check out each item.
After seeing the customer away, Lin Jianfan wanted to ask, but Gu Chaoming didn't speak to him. He strode to the freezer, opened it, and the air-conditioning overflowed from the freezer.
Lin Jianfan looked at him, Gu Chaoming leaned over and took out a box of ice cream from the freezer, walked over to the cashier to scan the code, and put it in a plastic bag and handed it to him.
Lin Jianfan was a little confused by his series of operations. He didn't react, and his arm first subconsciously took the ice cream that Gu Chaoming handed him.
"I didn't want this..." Lin Jianfan said.
"I gave it to you." Gu Chaoming followed Lin Jianfan's words.
Ice cream, an alternative to desserts.
"Why did you give me ice cream?" Lin Jianfan drank most of the yogurt in his hand, "Didn't you give me yogurt?"
"Don't ask so much, I want to give it to you, you can take it, and you can broadcast it today."
Lin Jianfan didn't answer, not knowing whether to reject or accept.
Gu Chaoming stood in front of him and said, "The yogurt is a reward for you to guess the meaning of my name. As for the ice cream, you helped me yesterday, so I thank you. I didn't have anything to do with you yesterday, I was the one who pulled you. My dad is like this. You have seen him before. When you meet him in the future, ignore him, don't take his face, and don't take my face. , if he haunts you, call me. Remember, if he grabs you, just throw your hand away, don't stand in the same place like a fool before. "
Suddenly being scolded as a fool, Lin Jianfan raised his eyes to look at Gu Chaoming. After Gu Chaoming finished his instructions, he was looking at him.
Lin Jianfan nodded to Gu Chaoming's eyes: "Understood, you said it before."
"I said before, you still haven't been stopped by him?"
Lin Jianfan was speechless for a moment, looked at Gu Chaoming's sunny face, and asked, "Then what are you going to do in the future?"
Gu Chaoming also thought about this question, but the answer he finally got was that he couldn't escape from Gu Tao, so he could only go home.
Gu Chaoming answered vaguely, "Let's take a step by step."
Lin Jianfan asked again, "Then how do you plan to take the first step?"
Gu Chaoming didn't answer, he looked at Lin Jianfan. Lin Jianfan's question was a fatal blow, hitting his pain point.
Can't escape, what to do first. The future life was blocked by a cloud of fog, and the road in the distance could not be seen clearly, the crows were calling, and the leaves were falling.
Everything is desolate and confused.
He also wanted to escape from Gu Tao, and wanted to move out directly, but that didn't work at all, and he still had to go back to that house after all.
What he should do, what is the best, the most appropriate, he does not know.
He is not someone who is smart, sophisticated, can handle everything well, and can make the best decision he thinks. He has always lived in chaos, and he doesn't know whether the step forward is real or abyss.
He didn't have an accurate answer, so to Lin Jianfan's question, he was only vaguely "take one step at a time".
How do you take the first step, and where should you go? There was fog everywhere, and he had no answer.
He only replied: "I don't know, there will always be a way."
There will always be a way, Gu Chaoming smiled, feeling that the words he used to coax Lin Jianfan and hide his confusion were light and airy.
Lin Jianfan asked, "Then are you planning to stay at home now?"
Gu Chaoming nodded.
Home, a word that has represented safety, shelter, and harbor since ancient times, is now a hiding place of violence and danger.
Violence that will come at an unknown time, danger that will erupt at an unknown time.
"Then your father?" Lin Jianfan asked.
"Don't worry, he's not at home every day. He used to be away from home often, eight out of ten days."
Lin Jianfan still couldn't put his mind down: "If you say your father is pestering me, I'll call you. If you have anything, remember to call me too."
Lin Jianfan raised his hand to his ear, making a phone call gesture as he spoke.
Lin Jianfan's voice was clean, his words were warm, and the glass windows filtered out the impurities in the sunlight, which penetrated Lin Jianfan's white sweater and enveloped him. The skin shimmered in the sun, the eyelashes fluttered, and the whole person was warm, clean and simple.
Gu Chaoming suddenly wanted to hug him, hugging Lin Jianfan who was so clean and warm.
In Gu Chaoming's world, hugging him as if he belonged to him.
Gu Chaoming remembered that when he walked across the bridge in the morning, the water was sparkling, broken gold covered the river, and something soft hit his heart. That soft thing was Lin Jianfan's concern, his insistence that he would send a message within five minutes after returning home, and his worry that he would make a phone call if something happened.
Gu Chaoming raised his lips and said ok, raised his hand and rubbed the head of Lin Jianfan, who was shrouded in sunlight.
The palm of his hand fell on Lin Jianfan's fluffy head, like a blanket that had been tanned in the sun.
Lin Jianfan didn't hide, the corner of his mouth was smiling, and he lowered his head slightly. Gu Chaoming touched it a few times and retracted his hand: "Don't melt the ice cream, remember to eat it."
Lin Jianfan nodded, and Gu Chaoming smiled again and said, "Don't come to me if you eat a bad stomach on such a cold day. I'm only responsible for entertaining guests, and I don't care about the follow-up."
Lin Jianfan joked: "Of course you have to worry about the follow-up, I'm still waiting to corrupt you."
"So you're so vicious? You're still trying to deceive me, so don't eat it and give it back to me."
Gu Chaoming pretended to come to grab it, but Lin saw that Fan hid the ice cream behind him with his backhand: "I gave it all to me, why do you want to take it back?"
"Didn't you just not want it?"
"Who said I don't want it anymore?"
Gu Chaoming took a step forward to grab it, but Lin Jianfan took a step back and hurriedly said, "I want it, I want it."
Gu Chaoming smiled successfully: "Go back early."
Lin Jianfan waved to him with ice cream: "Then I'm leaving."
Gu Chaoming nodded.
The sensor door opened and closed, Gu Chaoming stood behind the cashier and watched Lin Jianfan cross the store door.
After going out, Lin Jianfan also turned around and waved goodbye to Gu Chaoming in the glass window, his smile brighter than the sunshine all over the place.
Gu Chaoming looked at him and smiled, watching Lin Jianfan's back cross the road, through the lively square, and melt into the golden sunlight.