In fact, if nothing unexpected happens, Yu Fan should be in Nancheng by now.
Now it's changed to go back with a group of old friends. For some reason, there is an indescribable difference.
Wang Lu'an originally planned to return a few days later than the other two, but when he heard that Yu Fan was going to follow, he changed his sign without thinking.
Wang Lu'an chattered non-stop in the discussion group, but Yu Fan didn't reply, and opened the suitcase that had been packed long ago.
Then after thinking about it, while Chen Jingshen wasn't paying attention, he hung the button around his neck that he hadn't worn for the past few days and was afraid of being discovered again, and hid it in his collar. Only then was he finally willing to lie back on the sofa and reply to the discussion group messages.
"I'll book the ticket?" The person who was typing the code on the sofa leaned towards him without showing any trace.
Yu Fan: "No need. The flight yesterday was delayed until the morning and was canceled. The platform returned me several coupons for compensation."
"No refund?"
Yu Fan raised his eyelids and ignored him. At that time, who the hell would care about refunding tickets.
Chen Jingshen stopped typing the code, turned his head down, and put his head against the people around him. He looked down at Yu Fan's phone screen: "Book a better seat? You can lie down and be more comfortable."
"..."
Yu Fan clicked on the economy class option, bought a ticket, and chose a seat, then raised his hand to break the head of the person next to him, turned his head and said: "Chen Jingshen, it's not like that, you are just like that, very ordinary. My ass is gone this afternoon It hurts."
"..."
Chen Jingshen looked down at him with no expression on his face.
Yu Fanpin felt that he was very good at ridiculing, and decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and comforted him coldly: "Don't be sad, it's amazing."
A hand was stretched out, his face was turned away, Chen Jingshen lowered his head and kissed him.
Yu Fan was so kissed that his speech was blurred: "Chen Jingshen, it's useless for you to gag me, I can't change my mouth..."
"Yu Fan." Chen Jingshen commented pertinently, "You are really cute."
"..."
Early on Monday morning, the five of them embarked on the journey back to Nancheng.
It was the first time on a plane, and Yu Fan was very calm throughout the whole process.
The few of them deliberately chose the connected positions. Yu Fan was seated by the window, and had been facing out of the window expressionlessly after getting on the plane.
Chen Jingshen glanced at the back of his head, and he didn't know how many times he said: "Dizzy?"
"No dizziness." Yu Fan held up the DSLR, and took a picture of the overlapping cotton candy white clouds outside the window, "I'm very busy, don't disturb me, Chen Jingshen."
Chen Jingshen: "Okay."
The distance between the two cities is actually not too far. It only takes an hour by plane. After a while, the outline of the city looms in the clouds.
Yu Fan put away the SLR, looked down at the buildings from ants to small boxes, and his heartbeat gradually became faster.
six years.
He was born in Nancheng and grew up in Nancheng. He would occasionally dream of people and things in this city in his dreams. Now that he really came here, he couldn't help being a little timid.
The plane came to a smooth stop after a while of turbulence. Yu Fan stared in a daze at the slogan "Welcome to Nancheng" hanging high in the pick-up building, and didn't come back to his senses until someone touched his finger.
"Get off the plane." Chen Jingshen said.
Both Wang Luan and Chen Jingshen's cars were parked in the airport parking lot. Today is Monday, everyone has to rush back to work, and as soon as we get out of the airport, we start to make appointments for the next meeting.
Yu Fan didn't listen carefully to what they said, and lowered his hair to send a text message to Wang Yue to report that he was safe.
With a heavy neck, Wang Luan rushed up to hook him, and was used to going out with his family to discuss business. Wang Luan asked without thinking: "Yu Fan, is the house you lived in before still there? Is there a place to live? Do you need it?" Shall I arrange a hotel for you?"
Yu Fan paused, and said vaguely without raising his head, "It's still there. No need, I have a place to live."
Wang Lu'an: "Oh, you haven't come back for so many years, can you still live in that house? Then I'll take you back? By the way, I'll show you the luxury car my brother got after years of hard work, hehe."
Yu Fan turned his head and gave him a strange look.
Wang Luan: "?"
"I won't go back, I'll go to Chen Jingshen's house," Yu Fan said, "to visit."
"..."
Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted. The three of them thought of the big bag of shameful things at the same time, and the fatigue from the plane dissipated instantly.
"Wang Lu'an, you're the one who talks a lot." Zuo Kuan patted him on the shoulder, "You like to give away people so much, why don't you give me and Sister Jing. Give back the luxury car, did you forget the Bentley driven by Xueba?"
"No." Chen Jingshen pressed the car key, and the lights of the car not far away turned on.
Wang Lu'an glanced at it: "Audi A6? It's not bad."
"It's a scooter from the company." Chen Jingshen said, "Then let's go."
With his left hand empty, Yu Fan put down his phone: "What are you doing? Don't touch my suitcase, I'll push it by myself—Chen Jingshen, don't pull, there are many people!"
"It doesn't matter."
"I have a relationship, let go."
"No."
"Then I bite."
Chen Jingshen stretched out the back of his hand.
Yu Fan: "... Forget it, you're salty."
The three of them watched blankly as Yu Fan sat in Chen Jingshen's car with a face full of refusal. The door closed, and the car turned around, leaving only the buttocks behind.
Wang Luan got into the car, started the car, and couldn't help but ask the other two people in the car: "Hey... Do you think Yu Fan has become weaker because he is too thin? He was dragged into the car by Xueba just now."
Zhang Wenjing: "I don't know, why don't you try sticking your face in front of him next time?"
"..."
Along the way, Yu Fan tilted his head and looked out of the window, feeling that every building looked strange, and he had to see landmark buildings for many sections of the road before he could barely recognize where it was.
It wasn't until they passed by the vicinity of Nancheng No. 7 Middle School that they finally became really familiar with each other.
"This rice noodle shop is so unpalatable, why hasn't it closed down yet?" Yu Fan said lazily.
"It fell down. It fell down in the first year you left." Chen Jingshen slowed down the car, "Now we sell Malatang."
"'Cool Boy' is gone?" Yu Fan frowned as he passed the most familiar section of the road but did not see the familiar shop.
"Well, it was taken over by one pot."
Yu Fan propped his elbows on the window sill, propped his chin and let out a "tsk". Then I saw the school gate of Nancheng No. 7 Middle School.
It was still the big dilapidated iron gate, next to it was the security booth, and there was no one there during class time. Looking inside the iron gate, it was the sophomore teaching building with mottled walls.
Yu Fan was immersed in this hasty glance, and didn't return to his senses for a long time. Until Chen Jingshen said: "There is no change in the school."
Yu Fan pulled out his thoughts, gave a muffled hum, and said after a while: "These school leaders are really stingy. I can kick that broken iron gate, so I'm not willing to change it."
The place where Chen Jingshen lives looks like a new community. The car drove all the way into the underground parking lot, and the surrounding parking spaces were basically empty.
While waiting for the elevator, Chen Jingshen's cell phone rang.
He connected: "Yeah."
"Why haven't you arrived at the company yet? You forgot the meeting at three o'clock this afternoon?" Luo Liyang asked.
"It's not three o'clock yet." Chen Jingshen said, "Come as soon as you settle down with your boyfriend."
"Isn't your boyfriend a local like you? What are you going to do?"
"Never mind."
"..."
Luo Liyang urged a few more words and hung up the phone. Yu Fan pressed the button on the first floor of the elevator: "Go to the company, I will go up by myself."
"I'll accompany you."
"Chen Jingshen, it's two forty-seven."
"The company is very close, and it takes five minutes to run."
"..."
After imagining Chen Jingshen running to work with a paralyzed face, the elevator door slowly opened on the first floor, and Chen Jingshen was kicked out.
Yu Fan went upstairs alone, opened the door according to the code given by Chen Jingshen, and was taken aback for a moment.
Although Chen Jingshen told him beforehand that the house was empty, but...
[-: Chen Jingshen, your house seems to have been robbed. I help you call the police?]
Yu Fan stood in the living room, sent such a message, and even recorded a video.
There is nothing in this house except for the most basic furniture, and some furniture is even unopened in cardboard boxes. At a glance, it is empty, without any breath of life.
[s: After watching the video, it seems that nothing is missing.]
[-: The house just handed over yesterday?]
[S: It's been a year. But I usually don't live at home.]
[-: Then where do you live?]
Chen Jingshen sent a photo. It seemed that he had already arrived at the company. In the photo was a simple bed next to the computer desk.
[-: What kind of house do you want to buy?]
[s: I started living today.]
Yu Fan stared at the line for a while, then threw the phone on the bed, and lowered his head to pack his luggage.
He only came here for seven days this time, and he didn't bring much. After finishing everything, he pushed the suitcase to the corner, turned his head and went out the door.
After getting into the taxi, the driver turned around and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Nanming District, No. 83, Changyang Street." Yu Fan reported the address smoothly, and was taken aback when it was over.
The driver didn't pay attention so much, and rushed out as soon as the gear was shifted.
Yu Fan maintained the posture when he got in the car, and it took a long time before he slowly lay down on the seat cushion.
Coming back this time, Yu Fan has something to deal with. That house had been in Nancheng for six years, and Yu Kaiming knelt down in front of him and he didn't agree to sell it. After all, when his grandfather transferred the house to his name, he was guarding against this situation.
Originally, he wanted to rent it out, but he was worried that those debt collectors could not find anyone, and it would be troublesome to find tenants. In addition, he had already found a part-time job with Wang Yue at that time, so he didn't lack living expenses, so it was fine.
But it's not an option to be idle all the time. After six years, those debt collections have also subsided. He plans to find someone to clean it up and find a reliable tenant. Before that, he had to go back to confirm the situation of the house.
In the past six years, there have been countless high-rise buildings built nearby, but Changyang Street is still that narrow street, and two cars still have to be blocked for a long time when they meet head-on.
The car stopped at the same spot for five minutes, and Yu Fan scanned the QR code to pay: "Pull over, I'm here."
Yu Fan walked into the street under the entangled wires, and a hot white mist mixed with the smell of meat rushed towards his face, and the steamer filled with steamed buns around him was opened.
The barbecue restaurant has not opened yet, but the shutter door is open, and the proprietress is sitting at the door with her legs crossed, watching the short video of earthy taste. When he passed by, she felt familiar, her eyes were like those of other old neighbors around, and she followed him unconsciously A long way.
Outside the door of the barber shop, a few spirited guys with colorfully dyed hair moved a chair and stool to play cards. One of them glanced over from the corner of his eye, was taken aback immediately, and opened his mouth to say "Hello".
Yu Fan turned his head and met their eyes.
"Yo! It's really you!" The man smiled, and suddenly many wrinkles appeared on his face, "Didn't you want to shave your hair? How can you shave your hair so long?"
Yu Fan stood there in a daze, as if going back in time, he had just returned home from school.
Back in the community, Yu Fan stood in front of the old wooden door for a long time, then put on a mask, inserted the key in and turned it vigorously, and finally opened it with a click.
A burst of dust hit the nostrils, and it was hard to escape wearing a mask. He tilted his head and coughed several times, covered his nose with his arm, entered the room and opened all the curtains and windows, and the room was finally able to see the light of day again.
The furniture was covered with a thick layer of dust, which completely covered the knife marks and dents on his desk. The walls had already begun to fall off at some point. The small balcony that his grandfather specially made for him was already dirty and black after six years of wind and rain. One piece, unable to see the original appearance.
The weather forecast said that there would be snow today, and wisps of cool wind passed through the anti-theft net and poured densely into this old house that had been abandoned for many years.
Standing on the balcony, Yu Fan remembered for a while that he was sitting here smoking and drinking, and for a while he remembered that he was leaning back here and kissing Chen Jingshen, and the scenes passed like a movie frame by frame. It wasn't until the neighbor came out to dry the clothes, turned his head and saw a person standing motionless next door, and was so frightened that he dropped the clothes drying pole to the ground, that he suddenly came back to his senses.
Yu Fan downloaded a housekeeping software, and while studying how to use it, he went out and met the girl who had just walked up the stairs.
The girl has exquisite and beautiful facial features, wearing a primary school uniform, tied a ponytail, and her hair is messed up in front of her forehead. Seeing Yu Fan, she was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously took a breath—then immediately raised her hand to cover her mouth!
Two seconds later, she turned her head and went upstairs faster. When she arrived at her door, the girl immediately took out her mobile phone to send a message, and was so excited that she made several typos.
"What are you doing?" A careless voice sounded behind her, scaring her so much that she almost threw her phone on the ground.
She covered the phone screen to her chest, turned her head to look at those familiar clear eyes: "Brother, brother!"
"Remember me? Then why are you running?" Yu Fan glanced at the closed door next to him, "No food?"
The girl was speechless: "Brother, I'm already in the sixth grade, and I already know how to cook!"
Yu Fan snorted, "Who are you sending the message to?"
"No one!" She deserved it quickly.
"The handsome brother in 201," Yu Fan repeated the note she had given to the other party, raising her eyebrows, "I'm not the one who lives in 201?"
"..."
"That's right, another handsome brother." The girl pursed her lips, and obediently lifted up her phone under Yu Fan's gaze, revealing Chen Jingshen's profile picture.
Yu Fan was startled: "Why do you have his WeChat?"
"We have them all over the building."
"..."
Yu Fan was at a loss: "What do you mean?"
"Didn't you move away secretly before?" the girl said, "This brother is waiting for you at your door every evening."
Yu Fan blinked a few times: "... every day?"
"No, but there must be three or four days a week, just sitting on the steps, and he even taught me to do the questions."
Yu Fan's head was buzzing, and he felt that he couldn't understand.
"In the beginning he always knocked on your door," the girl lowered her voice, "...then the aunt next door reported it, saying it was scary, and the security guard came up to catch him."
"..."
"I stopped knocking after that, but I still came for almost a year." The girl said, "The older brother said that he was going to go to college, so he knocked on the door of my house and gave us fruit, let us see Tell him when you come back. The whole building received fruit that day."
After the girl finished speaking, she waited for a long time, but the person in front of her just lowered her eyelashes and did not respond. She tilted her head: "Brother?"
"He..." Yu Fan paused, "Did you often see him then?"
"That's right, I always meet them when I go to make up classes at night."
"How was he then?"
Yu Fan thought it was funny when he asked, after all, Chen Jingshen always had the same expression no matter when and where, so no one could tell whether he was good or not at that time—
"Not good, very bad." The girl hesitated before saying.
"He often cries secretly, standing at your door."