Later, I broke up with Qi Qiao, and it was nearly seven o'clock when I got home.
Sheng Dian and Meng Jin were watching TV in the living room, and didn't even turn their heads when they heard the sound. The siblings looked at each other guiltily, and the little boy stuck out his tongue. The two of them obediently sat on the sofa. At that time, Central Seven's home in the distance was on the air, and Meng Jin watched it seriously.
After a while, Sheng Ceremony spoke.
"Have a good time, right?" The woman's eyes were still on the TV, and her voice was in one tone without any ups and downs.
Meng Hang pursed his lips tightly.
Did not hear the answer, Sheng Dian slowly turned his head and stared at it, the siblings pretended not to notice and kept staring at the TV. Meng Jin lowered his voice, shook his head with a smile, and defended them. It took a long time for Sheng Dian to calm down, and then looked at the two of them who were trying to pretend nothing had happened, helpless and funny.
Meng Shengnan watched TV with him for a while, washed up and went back to his room.
It seemed that she couldn't lift anything for a while, her back was sore after wandering around for a day, and she just lay on the bed in a daze. His eyes were fixed on the broken glass lamp above his head, and his mind went blank. Just when he was about to get up, Sheng Dian knocked on the door and came in.
"mom."
The woman closes the door and sits on the edge of the bed.
Meng Shengnan sat up: "What's wrong?"
"I should ask you that."
She rolled her eyes, "What?"
"I can't tell if you have something on your mind." Sheng Dian sighed, "Maybe it's emotional."
Meng Shengnan couldn't tell.
"I told you that I didn't see anyone, so tell me the truth." Sheng Dian paused, and asked, "Is there someone you like?"
"No." She reacted slowly and shook her head.
Sheng Ceremony asked: "Really?"
She gave a soft 'huh' sound.
"You don't still have a crush on that boy in high school, do you?"
Meng Shengnan thought about it seriously, and it has been more than two years since he broke up with Lu Sibei. She was alone all the time, and she lived peacefully. But it was really strange to say that when she saw that person again, she still seemed to be nervous and her speech would still be slow.
Her heart moved, and she smiled, "Mom, where do you want to go?"
"Don't blame me for thinking too much, Mom is afraid that you will get stuck in it and won't be able to get out."
Meng Shengnan's eyes were fixed on the sheets.
"But what is that boy doing now?"
"who?"
"That's the one you have a crush on."
"—How long has it been, I don't know."
After speaking awkwardly, she moved her eyes to somewhere outside the window, and took a breath without a trace. Sheng Dian didn't ask any more questions, and held her hand and patted it lightly, "Okay, go to bed early."
"Um."
The door was closed, and Meng Shengnan lay back under the quilt again. The night is very deep, and the white moonlight shines in. She stared out, vaguely tinged with the free stillness of the night. I don't know when I fell asleep, and nothing appeared in the dream.
Waking up the next day is the weekend.
Thinking of the appointment with him this afternoon, Meng Shengnan left shortly after eating at home at noon. Little Menghang was reluctant to let her go, so he insisted on holding her for a while. The two of them were playing puzzles in the yard that summer, and it was almost time for her to leave.
"Why did you go so early today?" Meng Jin asked.
"Take the phone."
Birds are chirping in the treetops, and flowers are blooming in the streets. It was four or five o'clock when she took the bus to the city, and the sun was setting. Afterglow Purdue the earth, Hongxia evening bell. There was no one at that intersection, it was quiet and desolate. Meng Shengnan walked under the traffic light and became inexplicably nervous.
She straddled the bag diagonally and walked in on the white canvas.
The street seemed to be getting longer, or she was walking slower. At a glance, the billboard at the entrance of the store is still standing there. She approached and the door was open. A man was sitting at the table inside, leaning on the back of the chair and playing with the computer.
She went into the shop.
"What's the matter?" Hearing the movement, Shi Jin turned to look at her.
not him.
"..."
Meng Shengnan couldn't explain why she felt a little lost at that moment, she couldn't even speak just now. This person is very familiar, she met in high school. At this moment, he was also examining it. Meng Shengnan took a deep breath, settled down, and walked a few steps towards the glass cabinet.
Then she raised her eyes slightly and said, "Hi, I'm here to get my phone."
"Ah—" Shi Jin stood up, "Wait a minute."
Meng Shengnan watched him looking.
Shi Jin held a box and handed it to her: "Do you see yours here?"
She saw the white Nokia at a glance, and Shi Jin took it out for her.
"this?"
She nodded and took it over to check.
"Absolute quality."
Meng Shengnan smiled and turned the phone on and off.
"Well, isn't he here?" She asked slowly.
Shi Jin said: "He went out to run a job, don't worry, you will bring it if you have any problems."
Meng Shengnan bent his lips and took money from his bag to the man.
"Please help me to give this to him, thank you."
Shi Jin raised his eyebrows, "No problem."
Outside the shop, the sun was slowly setting. When Meng Shengnan stepped out, every step seemed to be quite difficult. She couldn't express that feeling. The bus at the intersection stopped on the side of the street. She turned her head again, glanced at the place, then turned and got into the car.
As soon as the car left, a man riding a motorcycle turned into the street.
He stopped at the door of a shop, and he entered the house. He threw the big black bag on the ground, raked his hair, tilted his head and lit a cigarette to smoke. Shi Jin, who was still sitting on the chair just now, turned his head to look over, stretched his waist, and smiled, "I said you are addicted to cigarettes enough."
Chi Zheng raised his eyes and let out a snort of laughter.
"By the way," Shi Jin recalled what happened just now, and said, "Just now a woman came to pick up her mobile phone."
Chi Zheng's smoking action paused.
"It's paid for."
After Shi Jin finished speaking, he threw the five hundred yuan in his pocket onto the table.
"What?" Chi Zheng glanced at him.
"That girl gave it."
Chi Zheng bit his cigarette and licked his front teeth.
"What is she like?"
Shi Jin smiled maliciously: "She's pretty, with shoulder-sweeping hair. She looks like the gentle and virtuous type—"
Chi Zheng was silent for a while.
"I said, when did you take the initiative to ask a woman?" Shi Jin changed his voice.
He took the cigarette down and held it between his fingers. The figure flashed in his head, then he flicked the cigarette ash and leaned his back against the glass cabinet. Shi Jin got excited, got up from the chair, half-lyed on the cabinet in front of him, looked at Chi Zheng: "Why, is it interesting to him?"
Chi Zheng glanced at him.
"I'm interested in you."
Shi Jin said 'rely'.
Chi Zheng smiled, and the phone in his pocket was ringing. He glanced at the incoming call and quickly picked it up.
"mom."
Chen Si on the other end smiled lightly, "I'm just asking if you will come back at night, I will ask Mama Yang to leave you a meal.
Chi Zheng's eyes were gentle, "Return."
"Okay, ride safe."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Zheng finished the remaining cigarette. He usually goes back to stay two or three nights a week, but these days he has been busy picking up work and few come back. Counting the days, Chen Si should go to the hospital for a re-examination on the 1st of next month. He lowered his head and lit another one.
Shi Jin asked when he was searching, "How is Auntie doing recently?"
"Fine," he said.
Shi Jin thought about it and asked him.
"I said, you really don't want to think about that matter yesterday?"
Chi Zheng's face turned cold.
"Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Auntie." Shi Jin frowned, "How much money do you have for medical treatment? It's been so long since then, why the hell can't you let it go?"
Chi Zheng bit the root and said 'fuck'.
That would be too messy, Shi Jin secretly scolded himself for talking too much, and kept silent for a while. Chi Zheng stared down at the ground, pointed his mouth at the cigarette and took a deep breath. He thought of Lu Huai's tortured look with red eyes at that time, and his head hurt badly.
"Don't mention it in the future." He said coldly.
Outside the shop, the sun was setting.
It was still daylight when Meng Shengnan returned to the school apartment, and she washed some clothes to dry on the balcony. Then he was lying on the bed alone, picking up his phone and flipping through it boredly. It gradually became dark outside the window, and the location of the seventh floor just hit the end of the poplar tree.
In the small room, warm yellow lights filled the whole room.
In the next few days, things calmed down around her again. It's as if nothing happened, only when I see the phone, I will think of that person by chance. In this way, I stay in the office every day to review homework and go to get out of class. During that time, she was not very busy. Just in time for the head teacher of class (8) to be on vacation due to pregnancy, the school asked her to be the substitute teacher temporarily.
It was okay at first, but then it got a bit out of control.
On the day the flag was raised at the end of July, the school's Disciplinary Committee checked all grades. There was a boy in their class who always missed classes and refused to come to school. His parents couldn't control him, so he would ask the school to ask for someone when he came. If the Education Committee Office can say anything, ask the class teacher for a word.
Meng Shengnan had no choice but to run around.
I ran for several hours that day without drinking a sip of water. It was almost dark when Qi Qiao called, and she happened to walk to the door of an Internet cafe. People are also tired from walking, so they stop to rest.
"Why are you panting like this?"
She pursed her dry lips, "Find a student."
"You look for?"
"Um."
Qi Qiao frowned, "Where are the parents?"
"Parents are so powerful now. If something goes wrong, they will ask the school to ask for someone, and the school will ask us for someone to ask for someone."
Meng Shengnan laughed at himself, and Qi Qiao cursed.
"Okay, let's talk later."
After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone and glanced at the location of the Internet cafe on the fourth floor. I searched all the way from school, and now I have traveled ten miles at least. Meng Shengnan frowned and climbed upstairs in one go. The Internet cafe is a bit dark, and the smell is also strong.
At first glance, the interface is all about games.
She walked in along the middle aisle, without much hope. Just when I was about to turn around and leave, I saw the student in the corner, who was playing with his head down, concentrating on playing. Finally, Meng Shengnan breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly walked over.
The boy noticed the figure above his head and raised his head subconsciously.
"Teacher Meng—"
She said 'hmm', "What are you playing?"
The boy stood up stiffly.
Meng Shengnan glanced at him, then turned his attention to him again, "Dota?"
"Teacher, do you know?" The boy was stunned.
Meng Shengnan smiled, "Well, how about a bet?"
"W-what bet?"
"Win or lose is determined in one game. If I win, you go back with me. If you lose, it's up to you."
Immediately, a few students felt that it was new, and came over to applaud, and the atmosphere rose for a while. Two people, one machine per person, playing meepo. This is more difficult to play in dota, and requires higher hand speed. If you split-death one, you will be all OUT. Boys are eager to try when they are challenged. Soon, more and more people gathered behind him.
The game also slowly progressed to a climax.
Meng Shengnan tapped the keyboard quickly, and everything in front of her seemed to make her hallucinate. As if back to the summer of 2004, she quietly watched the high-spirited boy through many people. A flick of a finger, a dream. For so many nights, the days when she kept her lonely and practiced hard seemed to happen yesterday.
—
'game over'
Standard mandarin was transmitted from the computer, and the boy was immediately discouraged. The people around were also stunned. They didn't expect the boy everyone was optimistic about to be defeated by a woman. No one around reacted for a while, and it was quiet.
"It's not a bad game."
An abrupt and familiar male voice rang out, and Meng Shengnan's back stiffened.