Maybe because of what happened today.
That night, Duan Jia Xu had a dream.
In a dream, he received an admission letter from Nanwu University, and a week before the report, the money that his mother Xu Ruoshu gave him to prepare him for college was robbed by those so-called "creditors".
dreamed of that night.
The family house has already been sold. They rented a one-bedroom, one-bedroom house. Xu Ruoshu slept in the room, and he slept in the living room.
Duan Jiaxu found several tutoring and part-time jobs during the summer, and went home very late every day.
That day, when he got home, he heard Xu Ruoshu on the phone.
She is on the phone with her uncle. A relative who saw her pulling a child alone before and gave her a lot of help.
The phone is in the living room.
Duan Jiaxu saw Xu Ruoshu dialing the phone and greeted the other party. Then, she smiled and said slowly, "Brother, my Asu has been admitted to Nanwu University."
After saying these words, she fell silent, as if she felt that it was difficult to speak, and did not say a word.
But everything I wanted to say seemed to be vented out of this sentence.
Can't hide.
Nanwu University, what a great university.
My son got into such a good university.
But I have no money.
I didn't keep the money he earned by working for himself in order to go to college.
I want him to study.
Can you... lend me a few thousand dollars.
The next moment, the uncle's abusive voice came from the phone. The quality of the receiver is not good, and the voice is noisy. As soon as he speaks, it spreads throughout the living room: "You are shameless! Are you in trouble? What obligations do I have to help you? I also have children to support! I too I want to live! I borrow money from one day to the next! Fuck it! Get out!"
Duan Jiaxu immediately walked over, took the phone from her hand, and hung up.
Quiet indoors.
Xu Ruoshu was stunned for a long time, then suddenly covered her eyes, cried out, and murmured, "Mom is sorry for you... Mom is sorry for you..."
Before junior high school, Duan Jiaxu had never been short of money.
So he never felt how important money was.
But when the real problem weighs down.
Only then did he know that money can make a person make a huge difference in just a few years.
Duan Jiaxu looked at the bright and confident mother of the past, gradually overwhelmed by these things, and became timid and inferior. Under the influence of these things, he became seriously ill and quickly aged.
Then, Duan Jiaxu saw it.
At that time, the self who had just grown up squatted in front of Xu Ruoshu and looked up at her. He bent his mouth and said to her with a smile, "Mom, do you believe it? I can earn this money back in the future."
"… "
"You don't need to borrow money from others anymore. I will make money myself, and I will also support you." The young man said gently, "I can let you go back to the good old days."
"… "
so.
-Wait a minute, okay
Duan Jiaxu woke up from his dream.
It was still dark, and the room was pitch black. He lost sleep, got up and left the room, went to the living room to fill a glass of water, and then took two ice cubes from the refrigerator and threw them in.
It was just past three in the morning.
Duan Jia Xu stood by the dining table, picked up his phone and glanced at it. In addition to the blocked group chat, the new news only found that Qian Fei was going crazy in the WeChat group.
Qian Fei: [Brothers!]
Qian Fei: [Father! want! marry! !]
Qian Fei: [Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!]
Qian Fei: [Father! Proposal! ! ! ! ! ! It worked! ! ! ! ! ! ! !]
Comes with a bunch of emojis.
Qian Fei: [I'm so excited that I can't sleep, I have to come up and tell you guys hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]
Qian Fei: [Are you all asleep? ?]
Duan Jiaxu replied: [No.]
The next moment, the phone rang, and Qian Fei called him.
Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows, took the cup and walked back to the sofa, sat down, and picked it up.
"Old Xu, why haven't you slept yet?" Qian Fei's voice was carefree, "You don't have sex."
Duan Jiaxu chuckled lightly and said slowly, "Hang up."
"..." Qian Fei said, "Wait. I haven't said anything yet! Do you know how I proposed? Isn't it New Year's Eve today?"
Duan Jiaxu leaned back in his chair and listened silently.
After a while, Qian Fei finished sharing his story, but his excitement remained undiminished: "How is it? It's awesome."
"Um."
"Why don't you fart a few tonight?"
"Huh? Maybe it's because you're getting married." Duan Jiaxu said casually, "I'm a little sad, didn't you say you wanted to make do with me?"
"..." Qian Fei said, "Can you stop disgusting me? How many years have you remembered what I said when I was drunk?"
Duan Jiaxu stopped joking and said with a smile, "Okay, congratulations, brother."
"Hey, that's right." The prospective married man immediately entered the matchmaker state and said with a smile, "Did you go to the blind date you mentioned last time?"
"I just mentioned it to you casually." Duan Jiaxu said lazily, "How many people have you told about this?"
"No, how can you never find it?" Qian Fei said, "Why don't you come to Nanwu? How many girls in our school like you? I will arrange a blind date for you. Several boats."
Duan Jia Xu smiled softly, "Forgive me."
"I want to look like you, my fucking girlfriend will change every day."
"Aren't you afraid of letting your wife-to-be hear?"
"Isn't she not here?" Qian Fei said, "I'm serious, if you don't say it's suitable, you can't even have one you like."
Duan Jiaxu hummed.
Qian Fei was shocked: "Then don't say you like it, do you have a good feeling?"
Hearing this, Duan Jiaxu fell silent.
This is like a default, Qian Fei immediately said: "Fuck, there is a situation."
"… "
"Who?"
Duan Jiaxu lied: "You don't know him, he's a little young."
"How small is it?" Qian Fei said, "It can't be that he hasn't given birth yet."
He laughed: "It's not that small."
"I won't talk about it if you are a minor. If you don't dare to chase after you are an adult, then I will look down on you."
"Are you finished with excitement? It's time to go to bed." Duan Jiaxu did not intend to talk about this topic any more, and said lightly, "Married people."
"You're still finished!"
"Sleep."
Duan Jiaxu hung up the phone.
Afterwards, he drank the water in his hand, walked to the TV cabinet, picked up the photo with Sang Zhi, walked back to the room, and put it on the bedside table.
Duan Jiaxu stared at it for a few seconds.
Still a child anyway.
What does he think.
Been single for too long.
Duan Jiaxu sighed, tapped with his fingertips, and spat out three words slowly, as if reminding himself.
"kid."
Sang Zhi felt that Duan Jiaxu was a little weird tonight, but when she thought about it later, she was a little worried about whether she had reacted inappropriately.
But I also felt that if he knew her thoughts, his reaction would not be like that.
After New Year's Day, thinking about it again, Sang Zhi asked Duan Jiaxu on WeChat if the woman had come to him again, and only after hearing his negative answer did she feel relieved.
She didn't bother about it anymore, and concentrated on preparing for the exam.
The exam ends on the 20th.
Sang Zhi booked a flight for noon on the 21st in advance, planning to take a taxi that day, and then take the airport bus nearby.
She was the first to go home in the dormitory.
The four of them agreed in advance that before everyone went home, they would go out for a night out together. So the four of them didn't go back to the dormitory after leaving the exam room, and went directly to a Japanese food store outside the campus to eat.
After the meal, Yu Xin suggested, "There's a new bar nearby. Shall we go play?"
Ning Wei blinked: "Then can I bring my boyfriend?"
Yu Xin: "Okay."
Wang Ruolan: "Then I want to invite my male god too!"
There are several bars open around here, most of the customers are students, and occasionally you can bump into a few people you know. Another shop owner is a former graduate.
Sang Zhi went to the department once and didn't have any opinion.
Yu Xin: "Hey, Ruolan, have you caught up?"
"It's almost there." Wang Ruolan typed on her mobile phone and said with a smile, "I feel like he also means that, and he told me to take the car home together."
Sang Zhi took a sip of water.
"Hey, I actually fell in love with a little brother from that bar. You should be able to see the one who plays the guitar when you go there." Yu Xin held her cheeks and said hesitantly, "I feel that as long as you don't look good Ugly, I feel like a woman can chase a man."
Hearing this, Sang Zhi stopped drinking water.
Speaking of which, Yu Xin took a photo of her face with her mobile phone, and said narcissistically, "If I go after it, I should be able to catch up, right? I think I look pretty."
The other two jeered.
Sang Zhi picked up the chopsticks and ate the last sushi on the table.
Ning Wei turned her head, noticed her silence, and asked subconsciously, "Hey, Sangsang, are you in a bad mood? Why don't you speak?"
"No." Sang Zhi returned to her senses and smiled, "I heard what you said."
Maybe because it just opened, there weren't many people in this bar, and it wasn't as noisy as Sang Zhi imagined.
Ning Wei called her boyfriend over. Then, her boyfriend called Jiang Ming. The others were almost in pairs. Naturally, Jiang Ming sat next to Sang Zhi.
Sang Zhi has not spoken to him face to face, and his usual communication is through WeChat. She glanced at him, didn't feel embarrassed, but didn't take the initiative to speak.
Jiang Ming is handsome, with a single eyelid and a three-dimensional face. He is tall and thin, with a bright smile, like a sunny boy.
The group played dice.
Sang Zhi didn't know how to play this. She was inexplicably in a bad mood, and she didn't say much all night, just drinking the wine in front of her.
The color of this wine is beautiful, the taste is a little strong, with a little sweetness.
Sang Zhi felt that the taste was a bit strange and didn't quite suit her taste, but she didn't want to waste it, so she could only drink it reluctantly.
Jiang Ming didn't continue to play, and came over to talk to her. He pointed to the wine in front of her and reminded: "This wine has a high alcohol content, can you drink it?"
"Is it high?" Sang Zhi paused and touched his face, "Then I won't drink."
Jiang Ming brought another cup over: "You drink this."
Sang Zhi felt a little dizzy after realizing it. She shook her head and whispered, "It's alright, I won't drink. You drink."
Jiang Ming didn't force it: "Then do you want to drink water?"
"No thanks."
Sang Zhi looked around, wanting to ask Yu Xin if she wanted to go back to the dormitory with her. The next moment, the phone that she was holding in her hand suddenly vibrated.
She looked down.
It was Duan Jiaxu who called her.
Sang Zhi picked it up: "Brother."
"Well, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning—" Before he could finish speaking, Duan Jiaxu suddenly heard the movement from her side, fell silent for a while, then changed the conversation, "Where are you?"
"A bar near my school." Sang Zhi felt a little uncomfortable and spoke warmly, "I came with my roommate, but I'm going back."
Duan Jiaxu asked, "Are you going back alone?"
Sang Zhi: "I'll ask my roommate if he can leave."
"Drinking?"
"Yeah." Sang Zhi didn't dare to say honestly, "Just a little bit."
Duan Jia Xu's voice faded, "The name of the bar?"
Sang Zhi couldn't remember, so she turned her head and asked Jiang Ming, "What's the name of this bar?"
Jiang Ming thought for a while: "It seems to be, it's Saturday."
"Oh, thank you." Sang Zhi turned around and continued to talk to Duan Jiaxu on the phone, hesitantly said, "It seems to be Saturday."
Duan Jiaxu was silent for a few seconds, "Yeah. You sit inside for a while, I'll go over now."
Sang Zhi snorted, but didn't realize why he was coming over suddenly, wondering, "Why are you here, do you want to come to play too?"
The sound of Duan Jiaxu closing the door came from the other end, mixed with the breath he carried when he spoke, low and sexy: "Brother went to catch the drunk."
"… "
Sang Zhi felt that the bar was a little boring. She put on her coat and said goodbye to the others: "I'm going back first, I haven't packed my things yet."
Jiang Ming also stood up: "I'll take you back."
"No." Sang Zhi said vaguely, "My brother is waiting for me outside."
Jiang Ming was stunned: "Is your home here?"
"Not here." Sang Zhi blinked forcefully and waved his hand, "But my brother works here."
She walked out of the bar.
It was extremely cold outside, and there were tiny snow velvet floating in the sky. The cold wind blew her spirits sober for a moment, Sang Zhi sniffed, took out the gloves from her pocket, and put them on.
Sang Zhi rarely saw Xue, so she was also interested at this time. She picked up a twig nearby and squatted on the ground drawing a little matchstick figure.
She was a little weak, and the things she drew were crooked.
After squatting for a long time, Sang Zhi felt a little nauseous, and then simply sat down on the ground.
Duan Jiaxu arrived just at this time.
He parked the car on the side of the road, got out of the car and walked over. Paying attention to Sang Zhi sitting on the side of the road, Duan Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, then strode over and asked, "Sang Zhi, why are you sitting here?"
"It seems to be wet." Sang Zhi turned his head and said in a sullen voice, "It seems that the pants are wet."
Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows, "What?"
Sang Zhi wanted to get up, but didn't have the strength: "Brother, the snow is wet."
"..." Duan Jia Xu took a deep breath, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her up, "How much did you drink?"
Sang Zhi muttered, "Just half a cup."
"Half a glass of what wine?" Duan Jia Xu lowered his eyes and laughed angrily, "Also, who asked you to come to the bar?"
"I'm an adult." Hearing the lesson in his words, Sang Zhi suddenly raised his head, and then repeated it again seriously, "I'm an adult."
"You can't even be an adult—"
Sang Zhi interrupted him: "Why not."
Duan Jiaxu was startled for a moment, then bent down to look at her and asked in a low voice, "Why is Xiao Sangzhi losing his temper?"
Feeling aggrieved all of a sudden, Sang Zhi wanted to cry inexplicably, and said with a bit of a cry: "You said it yourself, when I become an adult, I can do whatever I want, and no one cares about me."
"… "
"You said it yourself."
The things she wants to do, the things she can only do when she is an adult, can be as many.
Just that one.
But as an adult, her courage seems to have become smaller.
I just didn't dare to tell him before that she liked it.
Now, she has become, not even daring to like it.
It is obvious that others at this age are, very brave, to express their liking with their favorite objects.
Why did she just endure it.
I want to contact him less, but I am afraid that he will not live well by himself.
"What's wrong?" Duan Jia Xu frowned, "Who bullied you?"
Sang Zhi wiped away her tears with her gloves, her voice muffled: "No."
She was dizzy, unable to walk steadily, and wanted to sit on the ground again, but was instantly grabbed by Duan Jia Xu. Sang Zhi leaned on him and muttered, "I want to go home."
Duan Jia Xu was angry and funny: "Can you go back tomorrow?"
"I'm not feeling well." Sang Zhi frowned, her tone slowed down, "Brother, I want to vomit."
Duan Jiaxu took off his coat and put it in front of her: "Then vomit."
Sang Zhi gave it a try: "I can't spit it out."
Duan Jiaxu said softly, "Then go and sit nearby for a while?"
"I can't walk." Sang Zhi shook his head, "I won't."
"Brother is carrying you."
Sang Zhi stared at him, and after a while, she suddenly began to cry, with an inexplicable little temper: "I don't want, I won't go."
"..." Duan Jia Xu said, "Then go to the car?"
"I do not want."
Duan Jiaxu wanted to laugh a little for no reason: "Then Xiao Sangzhi wants to blow the wind here?"
Sang Zhi ignored his words, as if he hadn't heard. She sniffed and suddenly said, "Brother, can I tell you a secret?"
"Um?"
"I have someone I really like." Sang Zhi lowered her eyes and said sobbing, "but he just doesn't like me."
"… "
The curvature of Duan Jiaxu's mouth narrowed a little, and he couldn't keep his smile: "Who?"
Sang Zhi didn't answer.
"Your online date?" Duan Jia Xu's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is it from your school?"
Sang Zhi raised her eyes to look at him, was silent for a while, her lips moved, "I won't tell you."
She likes things about Duan Jiaxu.
Sang Zhi didn't tell anyone.
not a single one.
She went from liking, to giving up, and then couldn't help but continue to like it.
It's all about her alone.
All, only she knows.
Duan Jiaxu asked, "Can't you tell my brother?"
Sang Zhi wanted to say something, but pantothenic acid suddenly occurred in her throat. She slammed onto his chest, as if she couldn't help it, and spit out the filth that came up from her mouth on his body.
"… "
Not long after, Sang Zhi stood up straight, and seemed to be a little awake. Noticing what she just did, she took a step back and said timidly, "I didn't mean to."
Afraid that she would fall, Duan Jia Xu stretched out his hand to support her.
Sang Zhi broke away from him, took a few steps back, and squatted on the ground: "Don't kill me."
"..." Duan Jia Xu glanced at the clothes, took it off, and put the jacket back on. He also squatted in front of her, wiped her mouth with his clothes, and said with great interest, "Why did I murder you?"
Sang Zhi whimpered: "Don't scold me..."
Duan Jia Xu: "Get up."
"I don't want it." Sang Zhi simply sat down on the ground again, looking like she couldn't leave, "You must scold me again..."
"I won't scold you." Duan Jia Xu patiently said, "Get up, don't catch a cold."
Sang Zhi was still a little wary and did not move.
Duan Jia Xu's brows were frivolous and he asked, "Also, when did I scold you?"
Sang Zhi remained silent.
"Where's the little alcoholic?" Duan Jia Xu was not angry, he suddenly rolled his eyes and laughed, "Get up, my brother's clothes are dirty, so I can't hold you."
Sang Zhi lowered her head and said in a nasal voice, "So you just leave me alone."
"Huh? I really don't want to worry about it." Duan Jia Xu turned his back and crouched in front of her, "But I'm really reluctant."
"… "
"Come up," Duan Jia Xu said, "Brother is carrying you."