Chasing Summer

Da Zhuang: But why do you suddenly ask?

Lin Zhexia: ...

Lin Zhexia: Because

She typed nervously, and finally sent out a sentence: Because I am also worried that he may not find a partner in this life.

...

She, in, said, what ah.

Fortunately, Da Zhuang is usually used to complaining about Chi Yao in private: Brother, I can understand your worries.

Lin Zhexia: As long as you can understand.

After chatting with He Yang, she couldn't bear it anymore, and her eyes gradually closed.

Because her and Chi Yao's birthday is approaching.

In the second before she lost consciousness, she was thinking: eighteen years old, what would it be like for her and Chi Yao to be eighteen years old?

In the world of adults and children, eighteen is considered a very special age.

But why is eighteen years old special, and what is the difference between adults and minors? Lin Zhexia, who is about to turn eighteen, still can't answer this question for the time being.

The next day is Saturday.

Lin Zhexia planned to go directly to Chi Yao's house to inquire about the situation and see if he was missing anything. Moreover, she was also a little curious about what gift Chi Yao would buy her.

"What are you?" After entering the room, Lin Zhexia noticed something extra on Chi Yao's table.

"VR glasses, He Yang's."

"Oh."

Lin Zhexia pretended to be nonchalant and asked again: "Do you think it's fun?"

Chi Yao was in the bedroom, and a voice came from the bedroom: "It's okay, what's the matter."

"I'll just ask."

Lin Zhexia weighed her little New Year's money in her private possession, thinking that she couldn't afford it anyway.

Lin Zhexia walked around the living room, but found nothing, so she asked again, "What are you doing in the room?"

"Changing clothes," while speaking, the bedroom door finally opened, Chi Yao leaned against the door, "I'm not in the room, do you want to see me changing in the living room."

Chi Yao's blurted words without thinking made both of them stunned.

The atmosphere became weird and awkward.

Although she and Chi Yao usually talk and often joke with each other.

But this joke is obviously a bit too close.

It seems that I don't know when the topic between the two is no longer the same as when they were children.

Sometimes it's out of proportion.

Lin Zhexia pretended to be indifferent and said: "It's not that I haven't seen it, what's so interesting."

Chi Yao also returned to normal, and said coldly, "I have abdominal muscles."

"..."

After a while, the two sat on the sofa and watched a movie.

The light in the living room was turned off, and only the light of the projector was left on the two of them.

Lin Zhexia suddenly said: "You lend me your mobile phone, I want to order a glass of orange juice."

Chi Yao: "Where's your phone?"

"My phone is out of battery."

"Go to charge if there is no electricity."

"My data cable is broken."

"..."

The two have known each other for too long, and Chi Yao knows Lin Zhexia's thoughts like the palm of his hand.

"I want to see my mobile phone shopping cart," Chi Yao said, turning his head to the side, "Why don't you just ask me what I bought for you as a birthday present this year."

Lin Zhexia followed his words and asked: "...Since you have said so, then I will ask directly, what gift did you buy me?"

Chi Yao: "I won't tell you."

Lin Zhexia rolled her eyes in her heart.

The two of them paid attention to not letting each other look at their mobile phones throughout the morning, for fear of being found out about the gifts they bought for each other, and also to prevent the other party from using their mobile phones to secretly search search engines. Lin Zhexia secretly checked this kind of thing when she was a child because she couldn't wait to know the gift, so she did it secretly once.

Halfway through the movie, Lin Zhexia thought that Chi Yao had forgotten what happened just now.

She glanced down at the sofa, and found that Chi Yao's cell phone was on the side.

Take a peek, it should be fine.

And it was also to buy him a present.

…

As she thought this way, her hand had already taken a step ahead. Her fingers carefully climbed onto the edge of Chi Yao's phone, and then she used force with her fingers to hook the phone over little by little.

Between her and Chi Yao, there is no secret other than the secret that she likes him.

The mobile phone passwords and even the payment passwords of the two people know each other.

At first Chi Yao told her the phone password because Lin He refused to buy her a phone when she was just entering junior high school. At that time, a certain popular mobile game was popular in the class. Chi Yao thought the game was childish, but he downloaded the game and lent it to her on weekends.

From Monday to Friday, Lin Zhexia would remind him: "Don't forget to go online to help me get some energy, and also to sign in. If you are free, it is best to help me with the daily tasks."

At that time, Chi Yao looked at that cute pet raising game with disgust: "Come here and get it yourself."

Lin Zhexia: "No, if I always run to your house without doing my homework, my mother will scold me."

"If you ask me to help you, you are not afraid that I will scold you."

"You won't scold me," Lin Zexia said with a smile at that time, "Even if you scold me, you will still help me get it in the end."

Chi Yao walked in front of her without speaking.

Later, Lin Zhexia's enthusiasm for the game passed, and the account was basically managed by Chi Yao.

He spent a long time collecting energy for her, only to realize that Lin Zhexia had already forgotten about this game.

…

Thinking of this past, Lin Zhexia hooked up her phone, and tentatively pressed the string of numbers that she had memorized by heart.

In the next second, the screen is successfully unlocked.

Lin Zhexia was about to click into a certain orange shopping app, when her hand was held down suddenly.

The light in the living room was weak, and the picture on the projection went dark for a moment. Chi Yao's voice and the warm palm on the back of her hand were briefly magnified: "Coward, you are quite brave today."

"..."

Lin Zhexia withdrew her hand as if she was being burned, and at the same time sat on the side, saying, "Aren't you watching a movie?"

"Besides, you don't even change your password."

"Too lazy to change."

Chi Yao put the phone on the other side, and said, "And your brain, you can't remember it if you change it."

The strange atmosphere between her and Chi Yao subconsciously returned.

Is it because I like it?

Because she likes him, it is easy to think too much.

"Why?" Lin Zhexia asked suddenly.

Under the guidance of that strange atmosphere, she had no room to think, and wanted to impulsively ask "Why should I remember".

"I mean, why do you think I'm so stupid," but she couldn't stop thinking, and then bypassed the words, "It's just a string of numbers, you can't remember it."

Lin Zhexia finally returned home, thought for a long time, found a handmade cake shop on the Internet, and decided to give Chi Yao a handmade cake.

She booked a production time online.

May 6th.

The day before Chi Yao's birthday.

In May, spring is over and early summer is entering, and the weather starts to get hot unknowingly.

It took Lin Zhexia an afternoon to make the cake by himself, and the speed was very slow, but the result was good after it came out.

She planned to bring a cake to Chi Yao's house at exactly 12 o'clock this evening to give him a "surprise".

The owner of the handmade cake shop helped her wrap the cake in a gift box. She also asked for a card, dipped some cream on her clothes, and lay down in front of the operating table to write birthday wishes.

She wrote down Chi Yao's name stroke by stroke, and then wrote: I wish you all wishes come true and be happy every day. I hope you will have endless courage in doing anything in the future.

Before leaving, the owner of the cake shop chased to the door: "Little girl, I'm sorry, I forgot to give you the candle and lighter."

Lin Zhexia glanced at the cake box tied with a red ribbon in her hand, and couldn't find a place to put it, a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, she was wearing a coat today with big pockets.

And the candle and lighter are packed in a small bag, which can just be stuffed.

"It's all right," she said, "I'll just stuff it in my pocket."

On the way back to the community, when Lin Zhexia was crossing the road, he noticed that there seemed to be people gathered there again on the opposite side of the community.

She glanced at it and found it indescribably familiar.

Before she was eighteen, she thought life was a simple straight line.

She will continue to grow quietly in carefree, simple straight lines like this.

Even in this straight line, there will be some small accidents, for example, her "like" for Chi Yao's back and forth.

But at that time, she thought that she would continue to live like this with the group of partners in Nanxiang Street and Chi Yao.

When Lin Zhexia came home with the cake, Lin He was startled by her: "Where did you go, and you didn't say anything."

"Chi Yao's birthday, I'll make him a cake."

"Mom, just pretend you didn't see it," Lin Zhexia said again, "I want to give him a surprise."

Lin He: "Oh yes, I almost forgot if you didn't mention it, your Uncle Wei and I also bought him a gift, just wait, I'll get it for you."

Lin Zhexia took the gift box.

Xin said that Chi Yao's treatment in their family is sometimes better than her.

Lin He couldn't help but said again: "I'm afraid that if we gave it to him in person, he would be embarrassed to accept it. You said that this child is really serious. On such an important day as his 18th birthday, his parents didn't say they would come back to be with him. over..."

After Lin He finished speaking, she was busy cleaning up again.

But what Lin He said casually gave Lin Zhexia a little thought.

possible…

For Chi Yao, the best birthday present is nothing else.

But meet his parents.

Lin Zhexia thought like this, and a certain idea in her heart became more and more intense.

But she didn't have the contact information of Chi Yao's parents, it was in Lin He's contact list.

Lin Zhexia never touched Lin He's mobile phone casually, but today, she took advantage of Lin He's inattention, secretly flipped through her mobile phone, and found out the phone numbers of Chi Yao's parents.

It was the first time she did such a "bad thing", and she was a little apprehensive.

After writing down the mobile phone number, she hid in the bathroom and prepared to make a call.

She was actually a little scared, she didn't know Chi Yao's parents well, and those two people's personalities were really not easy to get along with.

The first call she made was Chi Yao's mother.

But Chi Yao's mother didn't answer the phone.

After the busy signal disappeared, she dialed another number.

"beep-"

Lin Zhexia waited for a long time, the frequency of the beep was almost in sync with her heartbeat.

Ten seconds later, the phone was picked up by Chi Hanshan.

Lin Zhexia was about to call "Uncle Chi", but the voice on the other side was very messy, and he shouted in a broken voice: "Don't call! It's useless if you keep urging me!"

"We didn't expect such a thing to happen. You have to give us some time to deal with it."

"It's still a little worse. We know that we will definitely pay it back this time."

"..."

Lin Zhexia was stunned and dared not speak.

The phrase "Uncle Chi" stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it until Chi Hanshan hung up the phone.

She didn't know exactly what happened.

But she knew that something bad must have happened.

Her hands and feet felt cold, and her right eyelid twitched uncontrollably.

For a moment, she seemed to be unable to hear anything. After a while, some small voices slowly came from outside the bathroom.

It was Lin He who was talking to Wei Ping outside: "The weather forecast says that it might rain at night, and the rain is quite heavy. Remember to bring an umbrella when you go out later."

"The meteorological station continues to issue blue rainstorm warnings—"

"The public needs to pay attention to a series of problems that may be caused by heavy rainfall, pay attention to weather changes in a timely manner, and arrange travel reasonably."

Chi Yao came out of the kitchen, holding a black plastic bag in one hand, bent slightly, and leaned over to press the TV remote control on the sofa.

After a faint "click", the TV sound stopped abruptly.

He is holding a mobile phone, and on the phone page is a birthday plan.

A birthday plan for Lin Zhexia.

He doesn't really care much about his birthday, he cares more about that date in June than his own birthday.

Chi Yao looked down at his phone and went out with a black garbage bag. After throwing out the garbage, the way ahead was suddenly blocked by someone.

Several people came into view.

At this point, there are almost no people here at the garbage station.

The sky became darker because of the rain.

The person who stopped him followed several people behind him. But the group of people didn't come forward, they just stood behind.

Chi Yao raised his eyes and met the man's face.

"Chi Yao, that's my name, you should have seen me," the man said, "After all, I've been around your neighborhood for a long time."

"Boom".

Thunder began to thunder outside the window.

Lin Zhexia was startled by the thunder, and was a little bit out of his wits.

Although she is no longer afraid of being abandoned, and she no longer cares about the past, but due to years of habits, she still has an instinctive fear of thunder.

"What's the matter, Xia Xia," Lin He said to her as he was busy collecting his clothes, "Come and help me."

Lin Zhexia responded.

When helping Lin He put away the clothes, Lin Zhexia couldn't help asking: "Mom."

Lin He: "What's wrong?"

Lin Zhexia: "Ask you something."

"That is, if you have a friend, and you accidentally learn from other places that there may be something wrong with your friend's house. But you don't know if this friend knows, should you tell him?"

Lin He asked: "Who, which friend of yours?"

Lin Zhexia was afraid that she would make random guesses, so she said, "It's just a classmate in the class. I accidentally overheard it in the teacher's office. Don't ask so many questions."

"Oh." Lin He didn't become suspicious. She thought for a while, finished folding the clothes in her hand and said, "It's better not to talk about other people's family affairs, so you can get involved. And if your classmate doesn't want others to know Well, if you know that you know, others may be embarrassed too."

What Lin He said made sense.

So Lin Zhexia thought twice, and decided to pretend not to know, and to inquire about the situation from the side.

She sent a few messages to Chi Yao.

- Chi Yao Chi Yao.

- I'm too poor, so I didn't prepare a birthday present for you

- you don't blame me

- Or you v me 50, I still have time to buy it now

She was going to say that she was not prepared first, so that when she suddenly appeared at night holding a cake, Chi Yao would be shocked.

But after sending these few messages, she waited for a long time, and Chi Yao didn't reply.

This is very abnormal, in the past Chi Yao would not not reply to her messages for such a long time.

- you don't text me for two hours

-what are you doing

Still did not return.

Lin Zhexia sent another message:

-Are you at home

The thunder outside grew louder.

Lin Zhexia told Lin He, and took the cake out of the refrigerator in advance, planning to go directly to his house to have a look.

"Understood," Lin He said, "Don't forget to take the gifts from me and your Uncle Wei."

Lin Zhexia opened the door directly with the key. After entering, she turned on the living room light and found that there was no one in Chi Yao's house.

rumbling—

With the thunder, the torrential rain poured down.