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"When will you come home?"

On the side of the court where the breeze was mild, Xiang Feng leaned against the railing, lit a cigarette, and turned his head to ask Xia He who was staring at the court in a daze.

It was getting late, and the skyline to the west was extremely bright red, as if stained with blood.The faint crescent moon hangs in the sky, gray and dark, covered by wisps of clouds from time to time, appearing, and being covered again.

Xia He came back to his senses, looked at him with raised eyebrows, and said, "The day after tomorrow."

"With your friends?"

"Well, it just so happens that he's going back too."

Xiang Feng nodded, took a puff of cigarette immediately.Xia He asked, "What about you?"

"I can go back anytime, anyway, my home is in Beijing, it's very close, and I can get there by more than half a car."

Xia He smiled slightly: "It's great, I don't have to squeeze into those smelly carriages for more than ten hours."

Xiang Feng said: "I haven't built a train yet. I was born and raised in Beijing since I was a child, and I have never been to other places."

"There will be opportunities in the future."

"Yeah, next summer vacation, I want to go to Tibet and go by bike. I met a few donkey friends on the forum. I made an appointment a year ago. I originally wanted to go this summer vacation, but I was delayed by something and didn't go as planned. Proceed. I was thinking, before graduation, let’s complete this life goal first.”

Xiang Feng said, and glanced at the white-clothed boy running past.

Xia He: "If you have something you want to do, find a way to realize it. Otherwise, if you do it after this time, you may not be in the mood."

Xiang Feng turned his gaze to stare at his face, then smiled, turned his head and threw away the cigarette butt, changed the subject and asked, "By the way, what were you thinking when you were looking at the stadium just now?"

Xia He raised his eyes and hesitated for a while: "I didn't think about anything."

"Oh, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask. Come to my dormitory to play cards later? Four missing one."

"Okay, let your roommates let me go."

Xiang Feng sneered: "Tch, don't pretend, last time you said you couldn't play cards, but you won several games in a row, they don't believe you anymore."

Xia He was a little proud, turned around towards the direction of the dormitory building, and said, "Let's go."

Then he took a step forward, heeled up to Fengfeng, and walked side by side with him.

When leaving Beijing to return to Fengcheng, Gu Sheng was waiting for Xia He at the station that afternoon. He wanted to call him, but his phone ran out of battery, so he had to stand at a very conspicuous place at the entrance of the station with his bag on his back to avoid Xia He I can't see myself when I come.

After half a quarter of an hour, a girl wearing a zipper passed in front of him. She was wearing thin clothes, her right arm was exposed, a cigarette was held between her fingers, and a flower was tattooed on her arm.It looks cool, but it's a beauty.

Gu Sheng raised his head and looked at her. The girl walked past proudly, as if a gust of wind was blowing in front of him.

"Gu Sheng."

At this moment, Xia He ran up to him out of breath, wiped his hair that was wet from the mist on his forehead, and said, "I'm sorry, there are some things at school, so I'm delayed."

Gu Sheng recovered his senses and looked at him, "It's okay, there's still an hour before the car leaves anyway, so it's early."

At this moment, there was a surge of people in the station, and the ticket counter alone was overcrowded.Throughout the year, it is rare to see so many people at the same time.Xia He looked towards the waiting hall, seeing the chaos, he let out a sigh of relief.

Gu Sheng said: "If I knew I would drive back to Fengcheng, I would be afraid that I would be trampled to death in a while."

"Do you know the way?"

"I'm not familiar with it, but drive slowly, you can always get there." Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows: "Why don't we refund the ticket and drive back?"

Xia He took out the ticket from his trouser pocket, thought for a while and asked, "Can it be refunded?"

"Should be able to!"

"I think it's better to forget it. You see, there are so many people queuing up. What a waste of money if you can't get a refund."

Gu Sheng turned his head to look at the crowded crowd in the hall again, showing a helpless expression, and said: "It seems, let's forget it..."

Then he asked Xia He: "Do you want to go buy something to eat first? I'm afraid you will be hungry when you are in the car."

"You won't be hungry"

Xia He asked confidently.

Gu Sheng waved his hand and said, "I don't eat, I'm afraid of motion sickness..."

Xia He suppressed a smile, and confirmed the sentence: "You still get motion sickness and train sickness"

Gu Sheng continued helplessly: "Yeah... I was in the car once before, and my stomach started to churn as soon as the car started, it was very uncomfortable..."

Xia He frowned, a little worried: "Then why don't you refund the ticket and drive back, I'm afraid you... I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable when the time comes."

"real"

Gu Sheng stared into his eyes and asked abruptly.

Xia He was puzzled: "What is true?"

"You're afraid I'll get carsick"

"Of course!"

Gu Sheng cracked his mouth and laughed: "I'm lying to you, my physical fitness is very good, I won't faint even if anyone faints."

After hearing this, Xia He lowered his face and stared at him with fixed eyebrows.

At this time, Gu Sheng leaned over, leaned close to his ear, and said, "I just like to see you worry about me."

"..."

Afterwards, the two of them got on the train with the large group of people. Because they were afraid of being scattered by the rushing crowd, they held hands for the first time in front of people and clasped them hard, as if they were locked. No matter how violently they rushed .

After getting into the car and finding the seat, he loosened his hands naturally, and Xia He put them down slowly, with the warmth of the other party still remaining in the palm of his hand.The sound of the whistle from the train that stopped nearby made Xia He's heart shudder. Hearing this kind of whistle from a young age made him feel inexplicably flustered.

Standing in front, Gu Sheng was looking at the ticket and said a few words: "Seat 12.13." Turning around, he searched the surroundings with his eyes, and moved forward inch by inch. When he saw the seat, his eyes lit up, and he turned his head and patted Xia He. : "This is it."

So, the two of them sat down next to each other.Take the backpack off your shoulders and put it on the overhead train rack.

At this time, a girl walked to the seat opposite, glanced at them, took off her backpack, looked up at the shelf, and saw that all the empty seats were taken, so she had to take off her backpack again.Sit down and put it on your lap.

Gu Sheng raised his eyes to look at her, saw that it was the tattooed smoking girl he had seen in the waiting hall before, and smiled at her.

Although the girl looked cool, she immediately returned a friendly expression.

Gu Sheng turned his eyes back to Xia He's face, and seeing Xia He staring out the car window, he stroked the back of his head and said, "What are you looking at?"

Xia He came back to his senses and shook his head: "Look around casually, I'm wondering when the next train will leave."

Gu Sheng also stared at the car he was talking about, and casually said, "It's probably a little later than ours."

Zhuanji said again: "Don't watch it, just listen to the songs. I have downloaded all the singers you recommended to me before."

As he spoke, he took out the Walkman from his pocket, separated the twisted wires, and hung an earphone on Xia He's ear.

The girl opposite cast her gaze, Xia He exchanged a glance with her, subconsciously said to Gu Sheng: "Listen yourself, I have it." Then he changed hands and took out his mp3.

Gu Sheng clicked his tongue, put the removed headphones back into his ears, and said, "Don't move, just listen to me."

At this time, I don't know if the behavior of the two of them is a bit unique, the girl opposite suddenly couldn't help laughing, and raised her hand to cover her mouth.

Gu Sheng glanced over and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

The girl said: "I'm sorry, I think the interaction between you two is very cute. Are you brothers?"

As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other at the same time, but did not answer.

The girl said: "I look like it."

"You say yes."

Gu Sheng replied, then grabbed the Walkman and started playing.Because Xia He was being watched, although Xia He was inexplicably uncomfortable, he felt very comfortable in his heart.Ever since Gu Sheng clenched his hand, his heartbeat has not stabilized.

The girl changed the subject and struck up a conversation: "Are you two going home?"

"Um!"

"Where is it?"

Xiahe said: "Wind City."

The girl showed joy: "Really? I also live in Fengcheng and have been working here in Beijing for the past two years. How about you?"

"We're still students."

"Oh, college students."

Gu Sheng replied, "Or else?"

The girl smiled awkwardly, and then asked, "You two are brothers, right?"

"It's strange!"

Gu Sheng turned his eyes and stared at Xia He meaningfully.Xia He turned his face away and looked out the window inexplicably shyly, ignoring him.

At this time, the train started, and the three people shook at the same time.After a while, two people, a man and a woman, walked over to the girl opposite, they looked like husband and wife, with big and small bags piled up at their feet, and they sat crowded together.The girl also kindly moved in, leaving a little more space for the two of them.

I don't know if it was because the car just started, the scenery outside the window passed by quickly, no one spoke, Xia He and Gu Sheng listened to the same song and looked in the same direction.The girl was messing with the phone, taking out the card and putting it back in again, probably because there was no signal.

After a while, she raised her head and asked, "Can you both use your mobile phone? Lend me to make a call."

After hearing this, Gu Sheng took out his mobile phone and handed it to her.

The girl took it, pressed it on her hand, and when she saw that the signal was full, she showed a happy expression, and then dialed the phone.They speak in dialects that no one can understand.Although they both returned to the same place, Xia He and Gu Sheng never spoke the dialect of Fengcheng.

After finishing the call, the girl returned the phone to Gu Sheng, said thank you, and then suggested: "Everyone is idle, why don't we play cards? I happen to have a deck of cards."

Xia He was not very interested, but Gu Sheng seemed to be quite happy, so he nodded immediately.

While taking out the poker, the girl introduced herself and said, "You can call me Cheng Yue. We meet each other by chance. It's a journey to accompany Cheng. What about you?"

Then the two of them shared their names with her, and Cheng Yue said with a smile: "Your names really rhyme."

"To each other!"

Gu Sheng took off his Walkman and reached out to shuffle the cards.As a result, the other party rolled up his sleeves and rushed to say, "I'll come, I'll come."

Xia He thought to himself, the girl thought she was a cool person, but unexpectedly she was quite enthusiastic.It's just that this kind of atmosphere is also very delicate, as if he and Gu Sheng have already explained their relationship in front of everyone, and then they lived in peace, continued to get close to each other, and continued to talk and laugh.

The car drove for a long time, and the outside turned from cloudy to cloudy, cloudy to sunny, and then to dusk, and then it became dark and night fell.Tree shadows swayed by, lamps swayed by.The uncles and aunts in the front and rear seats are sleeping soundly, and the young people are cuddling with each other.The three continued to play cards, peeling peanuts and melon seeds all over the table, chatting and laughing happily.

When we got there, the sky was bright again.It was around 20:[-] in the morning.

It was foggy and the air was still cold.

After leaving the station, Cheng Yue waved to the two of them with her bag on her back: "Goodbye, next time we meet again."

Then trotted and jumped towards the windy road.

Gu Sheng took out water and handed it to Xia He: "Thirsty?"

"A little bit." Xia He said as he took it, unscrewed the bottle cap, and asked, "Have you drank it?"

"Hmm!" Gu Sheng joked, "Why, you don't want what I've drank."

Xia He rolled his eyes at him: "Fuck you..."