In another commercial vehicle, the person sitting alone in the middle row also stared out the window in silence.
Chen Jingshen came to this city for the first time, it was very small and quiet, like the old street he had been to countless times.
Looking at every road and every store, he would silently fill in the people in his mind, wondering whether the person he thought of had passed by here in the past six years, what happened, and who he met.
Are you used to it? Are you happy? Do you still fight and smoke? Have you ever thought about him
On a rainy day, the car was stopped by a long traffic light. Chen Jingshen stared at a newsstand for a long time, and seemed to see the back of the half-kneeling figure holding the camera in the window again.
Very thin, six years older, even thinner than in high school, and her face is thin and pointy. He still always has a cold and fierce expression on his face, and he is not very polite when talking to customers. He talks less than before, and his hair is very soft and long.
The car restarted, Chen Jingshen curled his fingers, and turned his gaze back to the car.
There is a lot of chatting behind.
"I just watched the original film. This photographer took really good shots. I have waited in line for so long. I wanted to ask him to follow up at the wedding scene tomorrow, but he said he didn't accept this kind of work. ,well."
"Is there anything wrong with my recommendation? This store is very popular on the Internet. As soon as you said that you would come to Ningcheng for a wedding, I immediately thought of this store." The bridesmaid said, "The photographer is also very pleasing to the eye, isn't it?"
The bride immediately nodded in agreement: "It's a pity that I have a girlfriend."
"What? How do you even know this?" The groom who was sitting in the middle with Chen Jingshen frowned and asked back.
"The comments below their online store. I shared the store in the group before, but you didn't click to read it? It is said that he and the store manager are a couple."
The groom leaned back in his chair, let out a long "oh", and quit the women's group chat.
He tidied up his clothes, then turned to look at the people around him: "Brother Shen, isn't the company busy recently?"
"It's okay." Chen Jingshen said.
The groom nodded, thinking he was a god. He has a friend who is in the same company as Chen Jingshen. When they met last week, his friend’s dark circles under his eyes were so scary that he could carry them directly to the zoo. It was really money made with blood and sweat. Thought he was Chen Jingshen's uncle.
Chen Jingshen was sitting with his legs spread apart casually. The groom glanced at him and thought he was handsome, so he imitated the same angle.
"It's a good thing you came, otherwise I won't be able to find someone at the end of the year." The groom asked, "But why are you free again?"
He had invited Chen Jingshen once before, but the other party refused. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Chen Jingshen suddenly called him again and took over the job of best man.
"The project at hand is almost done, and the vacation accumulated before is taken together with the annual leave." Chen Jingshen replied lightly.
"..."
The groom was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he said: "Yeah, it doesn't take so many days, I, my wedding will only be held in one day..."
"I know." Chen Jingshen said, "I happened to be here to do something."
"So..." the groom breathed a sigh of relief, and asked casually, "Hey, you finally took a vacation, why don't you bring your partner to play with you?"
The bridesmaid sitting behind him immediately pricked up her ears.
Chen Jingshen was silent for a while and said, "He's right here."
The groom suddenly realized, smiled and asked him to bring the man tomorrow. Chen Jingshen made a perfunctory excuse, and the topic was easily dropped.
In the car, they soon started chatting about tomorrow's wedding. Chen Jingshen listened absent-mindedly, picked up his phone and swiped a few times, and turned to the circle of friends he had seen a while ago.
It was from Wang Lu'an: [Ah, why are you so busy at the end of the year! I really want to go to Ningcheng! Want to hit someone! !]
Zhang Wenjing: [Eat more meat during this time, so that if you get beaten there, it won't hurt too much.]
Zuo Kuan: [You can bear it any longer, I still have half a month of fucking vacation.]
When a string is taut, even the slightest movement can make a sound.
Chen Jingshen was not a sensitive person before, but when he saw this circle of friends who seemed to be playing charades, his intuition might have something to do with Yu Fan.
He hesitated for a long time when he opened Wang Lu'an's dialogue box, and suddenly remembered the wedding invitation initiated by his friend a few days ago. He seemed to be in Ningcheng, so he opened the discussion group that his friend pulled him into and took a look. He happened to see the photo studio store shared by the bride. There is also a sentence "The photographer is so handsome, with long hair and two moles on his face".
Chen Jingshen clicked in, and saw in the comments with pictures that he had been looking for someone for six years, and in a few words in the comments, he was already someone else's boyfriend.
Although the rain had stopped, the sky in Ningcheng was still covered with dark clouds, and it seemed that the second round would be played at any moment.
So everyone arrived at the place and started shooting in a hurry. The limitations of the location were not so great, and the shooting speed was faster than that in the studio. The group photo was taken in a short time, and only the final photo of the bride and groom was left alone.
Chen Jingshen sat under the umbrella and waited, and Wang Yue handed him a bottle of mineral water.
He put down the phone and took it, saying thank you.
"You're welcome." Wang Yue casually glanced at his phone, then was taken aback, "Have you seen this bad movie too?"
"What?"
""Summer, Full Moon and You", that 17-year-old super bad movie that imitated the name of a popular movie, isn't your phone wallpaper a scene from it?" Wang Yue smiled, "Yu Fan shares the same wallpaper with you. You two are the only ones around to be fooled by that bad movie."
Chen Jingshen held the water bottle in his hand, rolled his Adam's apple several times, and finally only said vaguely: "En."
The photo was taken just before it rained, and everyone rushed to the parking area with their things in their arms.
Yu Fan carried Wang Yue to the driver's seat with an umbrella. The rain made a loud noise on the umbrella. When he opened the co-pilot's door, he couldn't help but turned his head and glanced at the car behind him. The gray suit had already been stepped on. got the car.
"What are you doing? The rain is getting into my precious car!" Wang Yue called him.
Yu Fan came back to his senses, quickly closed his umbrella and got into the car.
When he arrived at the studio, Yu Fan wiped off the water droplets on his black coat with paper, sat down at his desk and began to edit today's drawing. After just a few repairs, I turned my head and glanced at the door.
After waiting for a long time without seeing anyone, Wang Yue passed by him, and he pretended to ask casually, "Where are they?"
"Going to eat." Wang Yue replied casually.
Yu Fan nodded and continued to work on the picture.
An hour later, Wang Yue was about to leave work when she saw Yu Fan still sitting downstairs.
"Why don't you go back?" she asked in surprise.
Yu Fan rubbed his neck: "Wait for them to come back and look at the picture."
"They're not coming back. It's raining, and they're still getting married tomorrow, so how could they come back here to look at the pictures? Just email or WeChat them to the client."
Yu Fan maintained a movement for a long time, and then repeated dully: "Aren't you coming back?"
"The bride said she would come over after the wedding to get pictures."
"..."
Yu Fan had rehearsed many times in his dreams the lines he would say when he reunited with Chen Jingshen, cold, sorry, enthusiastic, and sad. Unexpectedly, when they actually met, they didn't say a word.
It took him a long time before he opened his mouth in a hoarse voice: "The clothes..."
"Oh, I forgot. Aren't you classmates, just go back after discussing it."
"I... don't have his WeChat."
Wang Yue made a phone call to the other party, and then turned back: "I asked, and they said that they will pick up the photo when the bride picks up the photo in a few days. You can put it in the store."
"...I'll take it back." Yu Fan said, "It's wet from the rain, wash it and bring it back."
Wang Yue nodded: "Alright."
The torrential rain passed, and at this time Ningcheng was surrounded by evil winds, and the rain continued.
The rain was light, and Yu Fan was too lazy to hold an umbrella in this weather, but today he specially borrowed one from the studio, and walked to the apartment with his clothes folded in one hand.
It wasn't until late at night that Yu Fan realized that he missed a meal tonight.
He ate a few biscuits whole, took some stomach medicine, took off his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Ningcheng is damp and cold, and the winter is not long, but once the temperature drops, it will freeze to the bones. Yu Fan put on a t-shirt and felt that it was not good. He opened the closet to pick and choose among the coats, and finally turned his head silently, and glanced at the black coat that he had just hung up.
... It's not until tomorrow to take it to the dry cleaners anyway.
The coat has been blown by the sea breeze for most of the day, and the mint smell on it has faded. Yu Fan sat on the sofa with his legs bent, stuffing his nose into his clothes to edit today's picture.
After finishing repairing the others, he moved the mouse to Chen Jingshen's face, and did not move for a long time.
I knew I would say a word today.
You can say anything, such as long time no see, how your life is going, whether you have a new boyfriend, when did you come out for him...
Thinking of a word, he smoked in protest, and Yu Fan licked his lips, wanting to go downstairs to buy cigarettes.
Strange to say, Chen Jingshen asked him to quit smoking, but every time he saw Chen Jingshen he wanted to smoke. Yu Fan lay on the sofa and thought for a while, and realized that he might not be addicted to cigarettes, but Chen Jingshen.
How did Chen Jingshen get out of the closet? Does Ji Lianyi know? Does Ji Lianyi agree? If he was a very good boy, maybe Ji Lianyi wouldn't have such a big reaction.
What does that man look like? Does Chen Jingshen like it very much
I must like it very much, otherwise why would I come out and look for it every holiday.
Yu Fan was numb from the stomach pain, pulled Chen Jingshen's face on the screen into a prototype, and then switched it back again, over and over again, finally rubbed his face, covered the computer, grabbed a pillow and put it behind his neck, curled up He leaned over to the sofa and closed his eyes.
Yu Fan couldn't remember when he fell asleep, and when he was awakened by the knock on the door, his mind was in chaos.
He stared at the back cushion of the sofa for a while, then raised his head to think about it, only to realize that he was a bit unable to use his strength.
It was indeed too much for a 1.8 meter man to spend the night on the narrow sofa. He closed his eyes and stood up, his legs and arms were numb.
Eyelids and head are very heavy, and a little dizzy. Yu Fan knocked on his head a few times, and when he opened the door, he brushed a handful of his drowsy hair, and asked irritably, "Who..."
Seeing the people outside the door, he froze immediately, and didn't move his hands trapped in his hair.
"I'll get the clothes." Chen Jingshen said.
The wedding ended at noon, and he changed into a dark blue sweater and black sweatpants, so clean and refreshing that he seemed to be separated from the adult mode again, and he was still the cold and expensive first grader before.
Yu Fan held the doorknob in a daze for a long time before closing his eyelids again and saying, "Oh."
"Wait, I'll get it..." Yu Fan stopped abruptly at this point.
Chen Jingshen glanced down at the clothes on his body, and Yu Fan followed suit, and his eyes stopped for a long time on the black coat that Chen Jingshen came to look for.
"..."
It's so embarrassing. I want to die. Why did he sleep in Chen Jingshen's coat?
Yu Fan's scalp was numb for a long time, and he squeezed out a sentence between his teeth: "I don't have any other coats, I have washed them all."
As he spoke, he wanted to take off his coat, but in the process, his arm touched the door, and the door swung towards Chen Jingshen, and it was about to close.
Yu Fan subconsciously wanted to grab the doorknob, but the door was stopped by a big hand.
"Then you get dressed first." Chen Jingshen looked down at him and whispered, "Long time no see, why don't you invite me in for a sit down?"
Yu Fan was still clutching his coat, because his hands and feet were numb and his stomach was hurting a bit. He paused, and subconsciously recalled the situation at home. He didn't eat last night, so there was no smell in the house, and the garbage was thrown away before going out yesterday...
Chen Jingshen waited quietly for a long time, his jaw line tightened for a moment, then loosened again. Finally said: "Forget it."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left. As soon as he took a step, the clothes behind were pulled by someone.
Yu Fan was too anxious and almost grabbed the fabric with his hands, and the sweater behind Chen Jingshen was torn for a long time.
Seeing him turn around, Yu Fan pushed the door open with the other hand, and said stiffly with a wooden face, "Come in."