It was half past three when Xiao Ke got home, and it was almost dawn. I took off my leather jacket, and my T-shirt was a little wet. It was still hot at the end of August, and the leather jacket was sultry, but it was airtight and uncomfortably stuffy. He just took a shower and fell asleep on the bed. The next day was not a weekend, and he still had class.
It felt like the alarm went off before I slept for a while, Xiao Ke dragged on for ten minutes and finally woke up, frowning and feeling that his scalp was about to explode. After drinking so much alcohol and only sleeping for three hours, I can really do it.
During class, a student in the front row asked him, "Mr. Xiao didn't sleep well last night?"
Xiao Ke nodded and said, "Well, insomnia."
"Xiao Shuai is still insomnia? What are you worried about?" The student chatted with him in his seat. Xiao Ke was young, and the students did not feel any distance from him.
Xiao Ke said, "I'm worried about how you will pass the end of the term. It depends on the assignment you hand in. At the end of the term, you won't be able to pass the water."
Between classes, Xiao Ke lay on the table and closed his eyes, squinting. When he mentioned last night, he couldn't help but think of the absurd incident last night. It may have been a very sad night, but I didn't expect my emotions to be disturbed by a stranger.
And the strangers look... really decent.
Xiao Ke thought of what the man looked like last night when he said his name was "Zhou Sin", with a cigarette in his mouth and a light expression on his face. Xiao Ke rubbed his head on his arm, making no secret of his appreciation for this man's appearance. For so many years, I have been around someone, and I don’t dare to watch those I like to watch. If a handsome guy walks on the road, he will look at him and feel sorry for the people around him. After the separation, I didn't meet anyone who closed my eyes.
In class, Xiao Ke went to the laboratory to retrieve the data, and then glanced at the transparent little fish in the incubator. There was no class behind him, and he wanted to go back to sleep.
The phone rang, he glanced at it, it was his mother, Doctor Xu.
"Are you going home tonight, Xiao Shuai?"
Xiao Ke was helpless: "Don't humiliate me, the leader, Xiao is handsome, handsome, what instructions do you have and tell me directly."
"No instructions, it's not the weekend, I'm asking if you can answer." The other side said.
"Go back, go back." Xiao Ke replied.
"Alright then, see you tonight."
Dr. Xu said and simply hung up the phone. Xiao Kelai wanted to go back to sleep, but it seemed impossible. Usually, when Dr. Xu asks if he doesn't answer, he means to let him return, and Xiao Ke hasn't come home for a while. He had no resistance to going home, and he had a good relationship with his parents, but since the separation from Lin An, Dr. Xu kept asking if he had anything to do, which made him a little helpless.
It's not that he doesn't want to go home, it's about Lin An, he really doesn't want to hear it anymore.
When I got to the house downstairs, it took half an hour to find a parking space, which made Xiao Ke feel like water. When he went upstairs, the meal was all set on the table, and his dad was sitting at the table with his hands on the table and looking at his phone.
"Sitting so straight?" Xiao Ke asked while changing his shoes.
"Well, I'm afraid of hurting my cervical spine. My neck always hurts these days." Dad said.
"To protect the cervical spine, you have to raise your head, sit so straight and then keep your head down, you think your spine is not straight enough." Xiao Ke walked over and touched the back of his dad's neck, frowning, " It's serious, I'll make an appointment for a massage tomorrow, and you'll be there on time every day."
"I have to press it. I'm a little dizzy during this time." Dad put down the phone and looked back at the kitchen, "Is it okay? Can I eat?"
Dr. Xu brought a plate of lamb steak out, put it on the table, and said to Xiao Ke, "Look, you've been downstairs for a long time. Are you hungry? Wash your hands and eat."
"I'm hungry, I'm full after three laps. I won't drive next time when I come back. I'm too tired to find a parking space." Xiao Ke said while washing his hands. The smell, "Did my dad bought the hand sanitizer?"
"Ah, the students gave it. It's very useful. You can take a bottle later." Dad lined up the chopsticks on the table, and made no secret of his desire to eat.
"Okay, you still accept things from students, you are very promising, old Xiao." Xiao Ke came over with a smile, sat down, and ate a meal.
"I didn't want it, but it's really delicious." Dad also laughed.
Xiao's father used to be a teacher. He has been a high school head teacher for many years. Graduated students often come to see him. If he brings some food, he will accept it, and he will not accept the more expensive tobacco, alcohol, tea, etc. , all returned.
Their two teachers and a doctor are both intellectuals, and there is no obstacle to communication. Xiao Ke’s parents gave a great degree of freedom when Xiao Ke was growing up, so that when Xiao Ke came out of the closet with his family, his mother looked unbelievable. Afterwards, he asked him angrily: "Did we give you too much freedom and spoil you."
That was the most angry time Xiao Ke had ever seen his parents. They panicked and refused to speak to him. But after all, they are all Kochi, and the more they see, the more they understand. Xiao Ke talks to them rationally and peacefully, and he will not fail to listen. After a long time, there is nothing unacceptable. He is not very sad about the fact that he likes the same sex at home, but the atmosphere at home has been low for a while, and then it gradually became normal.
He and Lin An have been together for more than five years, and in the next two years, Lin An came to his house as naturally as returning to his own, and had a good relationship with his parents.
After dinner, Dr. Xu cut the fruit, and put it on the coffee table together with a square box. Xiao Ke looked up at his mother, and asked what it was.
His mother looked down at him and said, "It was a birthday present from Xiaolin last week. I'll give it to you. I'm too lazy to care about the affairs between you. Let him give it to you himself, and he just puts it down and leaves."
Xiao Fang was expressionless, took it over and opened it, he smiled when he saw it, Lin Gong was quite willing, this watch is in the early 80,000s in the country, and it costs 60,000 to 70,000 to buy it out. Xiao Ke asked, "He's back?"
"I'm sure I'm back when I've come home, but I didn't ask if I left or not. I don't want to ask too much, and it's embarrassing." Dr. Xu took an orange and peeled it in his hand, and glanced at Xiao Ke.
Xiao Ke nodded: "Don't ask."
"I know you don't want to say it, so I'll just hand it over to you, so don't be on guard." Doctor Xu smiled and put the peeled orange in Xiao Ke's hand, "You haven't given me a word for so long. If you don't want to ask what's going on right now, don't ask, and don't say it yourself, it seems that we have no time to ask around."
Lao Xiao also whispered next to him: "Yes, I didn't care about it, I just wanted to know if you two are angry? Or have you separated..."
Xiao Ke drank too much and didn't sleep much last night. He had a headache for a day, and the pain eased a bit after eating, but the pain was still there. He closed his eyes and leaned on the sofa, pinching his eyebrows. For more than a year, he didn't tell his parents about his relationship with Lin An, and he didn't want to mention it. The reason was very simple, he just felt slapped. When I brought Lin An home, I swore that it was him, but now it is he who is sitting here facing these problems.
Xiao Ke didn't open his eyes and kept them closed. He sighed deeply: "He's sitting at home, why don't you ask him..."
"I asked, I didn't say it or not." Old Xiao took a sip of tea, looked at him and continued in a low voice, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it... We'll ask next time."
"Farewell." Xiao Ke pinched the bridge of his nose again, ate an orange, looked at his parents back and forth, and said, "We have already split up."
It's been a long time, and I can't remember those mixed emotions at the moment, so that he said it in a flat voice, and it sounded like he didn't care at all.
The old couple was actually prepared, and they all guessed it. But they still looked at each other now, and they didn't know what to say when they opened their mouths.
"The fate has been exhausted, and the front line can no longer be renewed. Everything is gone with the wind." Xiao Ke said that he laughed and ate the orange again, "That's all, I won't say more."
The TV series was still on, and the room was quiet for a few seconds. Finally, Dr. Xu spoke first: "I said earlier that you are very difficult to stabilize. I saw that you two were quite reliable. This is not the case. I won't say more when you are 30, just think about everything in your own mind. "
Xiao Ke nodded: "Okay mom!"
Doctor Xu glared at him and said nothing more.
This matter has been pressing on Xiao Ke for more than a year, and he has always been reluctant to mention it at home. Now, it is not as easy as he thought to mention it. Xiao Ke said: "If you still have his things at home, pack them up and throw them away, or you can make an appointment with him when he will pick it up, and this watch. You can return it, Ms. Xu, I won't take it. ."
Xiao Ke did not discuss this matter here, and he would not take it away. Lin An didn't even dare to give it to him in person, because he knew that Xiao Ke would not accept it. Lin An said about him before, your name is not in vain, you are so mean sometimes.
I came to Xiao Ke to stay at home this night, but I'm not in the mood right now. After chatting with my parents for a while, I was about to find a reason to leave when I received a call from Fang Weiwei.
Xiao Ke picked it up and asked him, "Is something wrong?"
Fang Qiwei shouted on the phone with his broken gong voice: "Come out and sing Mr. Xiao! I may have to drink tonight, if I drink too much, please send it to me!"
Xiao Ke certainly wouldn't go when this matter was put aside, but today he couldn't wait to go out and get some air. So he asked for the address, then said good night to his parents and went out.
The wind at night was still hot, blowing on the face to add to the panic in the heart. Xiao Ke went to the convenience store to buy a green arrow and a bottle of ice water.
After so many years of chewing gum, Xiao Ke still prefers this arrow with a sense of age. Chew two sips of the super mint flavor in your mouth, and then drink a sip of ice water to understand what it means to sprinkle ice in your throat.
All the messy thoughts are gone, only the cold is left.
It's cool and refreshing.
Fang Qiwei sent him a location on WeChat, and Xiao Ke replied to him: ok, wait for Mr. Xiao.