never far away

The work of the unloading staff is very hard, and the business is good as the end of the year approaches, and there is an endless stream of delivery trucks. After only working for half a day, Lin An's clothes are already drenched in sweat.He is prone to sweating, so he keeps a bottom shirt in his backpack all year round.During the lunch break, he found a place where no one was around and changed out of his wet clothes. Just as he was getting dressed, a small man walked in with two boxes of lunch in his hands. Seeing him, his eyes lit up, "You Sure enough, here I brought the rice, eat it quickly, it will be cold later."

The little guy is Li Sifei, the same age as Lin An, a student at the Academy of Fine Arts next door, and also a freshman.Both of them went to work here on the same day. Li Sifei's physical fitness is not as good as Lin An's, and he can't carry big things very much. Lin An helped him a lot, so he became close to Lin An.

Although Lin An is not used to contacting other people, but his personality is not very good at rejecting others, and he gradually let it go.After getting acquainted with each other, I feel that the two of them have a lot in common. They are both financially struggling, and they don't need to pretend when getting along, and they are more relaxed.

Li Sifei has a shyer personality than Lin An, usually he doesn't dare to look directly at others, and his aura is weak.The two found a table and set it up, and pulled out two plastic stools to eat together. Li Sifei was overworked and lost his appetite. First, he picked out most of the meat in the lunch box for Lin An, and after a few bites, he put down his chopsticks .

Lin An looked at him in surprise, "You only eat so much, how can you get through the afternoon? There are still several cars parked outside waiting for unloading."

Li Sifei forced a smile, "I can't eat, maybe I'm too tired. I'll find something lighter to carry in the afternoon, and the speed is slower, and no one else will tell me."

"Actually, you can find other jobs. I have done a lot of jobs before, such as hotel KTV, which is not as hard."

"But the money is not as much as this." Li Sifei frowned and became annoyed, "I haven't paid the tuition fee for the next year yet, and the tuition fee of the Academy of Fine Arts is too expensive."

"Isn't it possible to apply for student loans? There are also poverty subsidies."

Li Sifei lowered his head, tapped the table with his fingers lightly, "I can't meet the conditions."

It was only then that Lin An realized that Li Sifei was different from himself. He had both parents and a well-off family. The reason for this situation was that he insisted on going to the school he liked, but his parents refused to agree, so they cut off the education for him. Funds, trying to force him to turn back.

"I don't want to go back." Li Sifei's face was full of stubbornness, "I don't like economic management, I only like painting." He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Lin An cautiously, "Actually, I have other things to do when I come out. A reason."

Lin An didn't listen to other people's gossip, but when Li Sifei wanted to confide, he became a quiet listener.

"Actually... Actually, I'm gay." Li Sifei lowered his head, then quickly raised his head to look at him, as if to confirm whether there was any contempt on his face, "I... I came out with my family, and they didn't understand. I rushed out and told me to change it before going back." His eyes turned red, "But this kind of thing, there is no way to change it. Lin An, will you look down on me?"

Lin An shook his head, and didn't say that he was the same, except for Lin Wei, he didn't need to open himself up in front of others.

Li Sifei laughed, because there were still tears in his eyes, this smile was extraordinarily beautiful. "Thank you. This is the first time I have made friends. I am really happy." He excitedly grabbed Lin An's palm, "Next time I will draw a portrait for you. Praise me for my talent."

Lin An did not refuse, "Okay."

Lin An sent a text message to Lin Wei after dinner, but did not receive a reply until the end of the lunch break.He wanted to make a phone call, but he was afraid of disturbing Lin Wei's rest, his hesitant expression was too obvious, Li Sifei saw it, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Lin An shook his head and smiled, "It's okay, let's do something."

He was so busy in the afternoon that he only had time to take out his phone to look at it when he was drinking water.The phone was silent, there were no missed calls, no new text messages, and no messages on QQ.After finally getting off work, he rode on his bicycle and hurried home. After taking a breath, he dialed the number he knew by heart.

The phone rang for a long time before it was connected, and a familiar voice came from over there, "Xiao An?"

Lin An breathed a sigh of relief, slumped on the sofa, and asked softly, "A Wei, are you busy?"

"Well, kind of."

The other party's tone always sounded a little cold to Lin An, but he shook his head and thought it was an illusion, "Because I sent you a text message and you didn't reply, so I'm a little worried."

"I don't have my phone on me."

"I knew it was like this." Lin An smiled coquettishly, "I'm so tired today, the manufacturer has delivered a lot of goods, and we've been busy all afternoon. Have you had dinner yet?"

"not yet."

"Isn't it ready yet? It's past seven o'clock now, must you be hungry?"

"I'm hungry."

"Then you go to eat quickly, I'll call you later." Although Lin An was a little bit reluctant, Lin An couldn't bear him being hungry, so he didn't take the initiative to hang up the phone, and Lin Wei called him suddenly.

"what happened?"

Lin Wei said: "I have plans to travel abroad, tomorrow's flight."

Lin An's face became stiff, and he bit his lip, "It's so sudden...then when will you come back?"

"After a year."

"Is...is it? Then you have a good time." Lin An's voice weakened, his heart was a little empty, and he was a little dazed.

"It may not be convenient to contact during this time, I will call you then."

Lin An was stunned. Does this mean to tell him not to call Lin Wei proactively, but to wait for his call?

Just as he was about to ask, a voice came from the other side, "I'm going to eat, bye." Then the phone was hung up quickly.

Lin An stared blankly at the call records on the phone screen, not understanding why Lin Wei suddenly became so indifferent. He vaguely remembered the kiss and farewell in the morning, as if he had done nothing wrong, but why did he suddenly become in this way?

He didn't have the courage to make a phone call to inquire again, he was afraid that he would bore the other party if he did so, and tried to comfort himself that perhaps it was because Lin Wei was in a bad mood.The screen of the mobile phone suddenly went dark, and the whole room was dark and cold. It seemed that the hungry stomach could not feel it, and all that remained was numbness.

In the end, he got up and cooked a bowl of noodles, only put some salt, and the noodles were burnt because he was absent-minded.After taking a shower, I lay on the bed, because the electric blanket was turned on, and the bed was very warm.

My heart is so cold.

He was so spoiled by Lin Wei during this period that he couldn't bear to be left out in the slightest. Holding the rabbit that Lin Wei gave him, he bit his lips tightly and wanted to cry.

He didn't know that this was just the beginning, and the end was still far away.

Lin Wei didn't feel much better than him, even worse, he stared at the text message that Lin An sent at noon on his phone.

--Have you got a meal yet?what are you doing?

In fact, he saw it at noon, and he used great restraint to let himself ignore it, but his reason couldn't overcome his heart, so his heart still cared about him without any scruples.Think about whether he is tired, whether he has eaten well, and whether he has changed his clothes in time if he sweats too much.However, reality ran to the front again, clamoring and questioning why he still cared about him?He and his mother are the murderers who killed your mother, do you know that?He's your own brother. What did you do with him?

Too many messy thoughts were roaring in his mind, as if they were going to tear him into two halves.When grandma called him for the first time, he didn't even hear it, and only when the familiar hand touched the top of his head did he regain his senses.

There were tears all over my face.

Grandma wiped his tears with a handkerchief in a panic, and held him in her arms, "Weiwei, Weiwei, don't cry, don't be afraid, even if your father has other sons, everything belongs to you, and those who have signed the agreement have the law." It’s going to work..." The old man consoled in a heartbroken way, and suddenly thought of Lin An again, "That Lin An, even if you knew each other before, if you don't like it now, just ignore it in the future, I will tell your father to give him a Forget about the sum of money, and you are not allowed to enter the gate of the Lin family."

Grandma couldn't feel his pain, and no one could feel it. He couldn't do anything, so he could only lie in the old man's arms and cry silently, just like when he was a child when he missed his mother.

In the middle of the night, he had another nightmare. He dreamed that his mother was lying on the ground twisted and covered in blood, holding her tightly with one hand, as if expressing unspeakable hatred.

After waking up, he calmed down and silently promised his mother in his heart.

I will never forget who made you like this.