Luting Canteen

Yan Ting has never felt that the time is so long.

His fever has no intention of going back, but now the temperature of his body and skin seems to have followed him like that for a lifetime, so except that he has no strength, he has already forgotten this discomfort, Yan Zi sat beside him tightly He held his hand and said nothing.

Everyone didn't have time to eat dinner, and now no one remembers to eat dinner. Everyone hopes to get to Jinju soon.Song Song was driving Yan Ting's car, and in the back seat were Ye Qi and Tang Meng who rarely said a word.He remembered Yan Ting's expression before getting into the car, and gripped the steering wheel tightly.

After eight o'clock, I finally arrived at Jinzhou City. Yan Ting asked Jiezhou to wait at the gate of Hengle Building, but there was a pedestrian street there, and cars were not allowed to enter.So everyone parked their cars and followed Yan Ting into the pedestrian street.

There are people coming and going on the street, lovers holding hands, a family of three holding their children, and occasionally reaching out to people who don’t know what to do or ask if they want brand-name shoes or watches.Street lights, lights inside and outside the store, music, and human voices make the whole street extremely lively, as if a smiling face will appear by your side at any time, and then pass by yourself.But Ye Qi and the others didn't bother to take a look, they even became cautious in breathing, and walked forward step by step behind Yan Ting.

"arrive."

Taking a breath, Yan Ting turned around and said.Seeing them, Jie Zhou came out of the glass cafe in Heng Le Building, raised his hand and waved:

"Yan Ting, this way!"

Yan Ting smiled slightly, and Ye Qi and the others followed behind.

Probably six or seven people came in at once in the store, and the customers inside all looked up. Yan Zi felt his eyes sneak a glance, and when he saw those eyes fell on Yan Ting and the others, he didn't move away, so he silently moved the chair towards his home. My brother moved around.

"I ordered water and food for you guys. I think it's better for us to stay in Hengle Building, so we chose this place. Fortunately, there are some snacks in the store. Yan Zi, are you hungry?"

Hearing Jie Zhou asking himself, Yan Zi nodded, then shook his head again.Seeing her like this, Yan Ting patted the back of her head:

"It must be hungry, everyone is hungry, I was dragged out like this."

"Boss, why do you say that?"

Ye Qi, who had been silent all this time, lost his usual spirit. Although he looked calmer, everyone knew that he hadn't been feeling well in the past few months, not only Ye Qi, Tang Meng, Song Song and Yang Shubai , although I didn't show it much, but thinking about it when I was quiet, my heart was blocked.

"Oh, oh, I'm really starving to death. I'm not used to driving Yan Ting's car. Hey, what's your name, Guzhou?"

Song Song wiped his face with both hands, and raised his voice loudly at Jie Zhou.

"Milk tea juice cocoa, Shubai wants to drink tea wine, right—"

"Why are you drinking?"

"Because I haven't told you what I ate,"

Jie Zhou glanced at Song Song, and cooperated with him to make the atmosphere more lively.

"What to eat?"

Yan Zi was really hungry, so she also asked Jie Zhou following the topic.Tang Meng and Yang Shubai looked out the window, the walls of Hengle Building were dotted with stars, probably the lights decorated by the store.It's just that compared with other stores in the pedestrian street, this store does not have many customers.

After Jie Zhou answered Yan Zi's words, he followed Tang Meng's gaze and looked out:

"No matter what kind of business you do here, it doesn't last too long. People here know it, but the rent is also very cheap. This coffee shop has been open for about a year. The food is pretty good, but there are not many customers. It's a pity. gone."

Hearing Jie Zhou's words, Yan Ting raised his head and looked outside.

"Yan Ting, are you feeling better now?"

Seeing that Yan Ting's lips were dry, Jie Zhou asked.The clerk came over with a large tray, and Ye Qi and Yang Shubai hurriedly stood up to help bring the food and drink to the table.Passing the juice to Yan Ting, Jie Zhou raised his chin:

"Drink first, and then talk."

Yan Ting didn't speak until everyone finished off the French fries, chicken sandwiches and sushi on the table:

"I dreamed about Yan Minghai,"

"The ancestor of your family who designed the Hengle Building?"

Nodding to Jie Zhou, Yan Ting tried not to let himself breathe, and continued:

"He said I only have this chance. Li Hui's birthday is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and this year it happens to be August [-]th."

"Boss, your birthday—"

Ye Qi immediately realized that Yan Zi and him looked at each other, and then at Yan Ting.The others also looked at him silently, waiting to hear what came next.

"Almost ten years ago, when I was 19 years old, August No. 15 was the same day as the [-]th day of the seventh lunar month in Pei Dynasty, that is to say—"

"Brother, when you met Li Hui, he happened to be nine years old?"

Smiling and touching Yan Zi's head, Yan Ting looked at the others again:

"And it just so happened to be the Ghost Festival—"

"Halloween? Ghosts open in the middle of July?"

Song Song interrupted, Yang Shubai and Jie Zhou glanced at him, he immediately scratched his head and smiled embarrassingly.Tang Meng touched the wall of the cup covered with a thin layer of water vapor, thought for a while and said:

"It seems that besides this, there is another saying in Taoism, which is to look at people's moral character, and then see whether to bless or punish."

"Probably, that's what it means. Anyway, Yan Minghai said that Li Hui is the one being taken care of, so when it's midnight, I can go find him."

His heart trembled inexplicably, obviously he couldn't feel the taste, but now Yan Ting felt a bit of pain wandering around his heart - only then did he suddenly become afraid.

"Yan Ting, you can definitely find it."

Seeing the worry flashing across his face, Tang Meng told him in a gentle tone:

"I will definitely come back, Li Hui."

Curving the corner of his mouth, Yan Ting breathed a sigh of relief, and Jie Zhou reached out and squeezed his shoulder.

"Then, why did Yan Minghai ask you to bring those things?"

Yang Shubai adjusted his glasses, and the others immediately looked at Yan Ting again.

"He said, I'll find out when it's almost time."

"Zi, Zi Shi?"

Ye Qi and Song Song were stunned for a moment, and Yan Zi also thought about it in his heart. After looking at them, Tang Meng said softly:

"From 11 o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning of the next day, it's all midnight."

"Uncle Tang!"

"Brother Tang Meng!"

"Old Tang!"

The three people spoke at the same time and looked at Tang Meng with admiration.

"Uncle Tang, why do you know everything!"

Seeing that both Ye Qi and Yan Zi recovered a little bit, Tang Meng raised his phone with a smile:

"I checked. I don't remember the details when I suddenly said it."

Jie Zhou laughed, and Yan Zi couldn't help laughing too. Seeing Ye Qi also smile, Tang Meng felt relieved, and naturally raised his hand to touch his head. Hidden, looked at Yan Zi, she was looking at herself, and then made a face.Seeing the subtle reactions of these three people, Kua Zhou picked up the cup and sipped iced cocoa while smiling imperceptibly.

It was almost 10:30, and the store was about to close. A group of people came out and stood on the side of the street.There were still many people on the road, Yan Ting looked at the phone, and tightly carried the cloth bag containing Li Hui's things.

"You guys go back to Azuma's house first."

Yan Ting really didn't want everyone to wait with him in such a hot day.

"It's okay, Yan Ting, don't try to drive us away."

Song Song raised his chin and looked at the others.Yan Ting sighed in his heart, thought for a while and said:

"With so many people, Yan Minghai won't come out."

Now Song Song was stunned, and everyone looked towards Tang Meng. Although Tang Meng didn't know the truth, but he understood Yan Ting's thoughts, and saw Yan Zi's eyes were red - she hadn't seen it for the past two days. How to sleep, although it is not sunny at night and the heat has dissipated, it is still very hot.But Yan Ting's health is not very good now, after thinking about it, Tang Meng first looked at Yan Ting and asked:

"Can you hold it?"

Smiling, Yan Ting replied to him:

"It feels really good now."

Looking at Yan Ting again, Tang Meng nodded, then turned to Jie Zhou and the others and said:

"Let's go back. It's true that there are too many people. It would be bad if it gets in the way."

Thinking about this is indeed a very mysterious thing, so everyone had to agree to go back.Yan Zi and Ye Qi looked at Yan Ting, wanted to speak but couldn't speak, Yan Ting put his hands on the heads of the two of them, and said softly:

"Go back, Ye Qi, you are my brother, help me take care of my sister, you know?"

"I know, bro, you—"

Ye Qi couldn't continue speaking halfway through, and Yan Zi also looked like he was about to cry.Yan Ting scratched their noses again and said with a smile:

"What's the matter, it's nothing, you guys go back to sleep first, you can see Li Hui and me when you wake up tomorrow, are you happy?"

"Brother, you must, must come back!"

Holding back the tears that were about to pour out, Yan Zi finished speaking in a sobbing voice, and pulled Ye Qi to Tang Meng's side.Yang Shubai and Song Song looked at Yan Ting and nodded.Jiezhou thought of something, and passed him a paper bag:

"Here, you want it."

"thanks."

"I found the phone and I'm here to take you home."

"it is good."

Yan Ting smiled and waved to everyone.

After eleven o'clock, there were still some shops on the street that were not closed, and some young people walked in the direction of the food street that Yan Ting took Li Hui to.Yan Ting straightened up and stood straight on the side of the street, the clothes on the back were already soaked with sweat.

"Awaited."

Hearing the sound, Yan Ting turned around quickly.Yan Minghai raised his eyebrows and looked at him with his hands behind his back.

"You're probably thinking of what to call me?"

Being told what was on his mind, Yan Ting didn't make a sound.But Yan Minghai laughed:

"Although I am your elder, my age is not much different from yours. You can call me Ming Hai."

Nodding, Yan Ting handed over the cloth bag in his hand:

"The things Li Hui brought are all inside."

"I can't hold this bag, I can only touch the old things, just take it out and put it in my hands."

Yan Ting was stunned for a moment, but immediately followed suit.Put the two recipes together in one purse, and put the pendant in the other, and he put them gently in Yan Minghai's hand.After Yan Minghai got it, his hands trembled slightly.Yan Ting looked at him, he probably felt it, so he smiled and said without raising his head:

"Long time, haven't seen them."

Although he was anxious to ask Li Hui, Yan Ting felt that the Yan Minghai in front of him seemed a little more sad and calm than the one in the dream. He was no longer a young man with a joking smile, and there was something else. He said not come out.So he tried to tell himself to calm down and wait.

"Yan Ting, do you know where you met Li Hui ten years ago?"

"Ten years ago?"

At that time, he was wandering casually, not knowing where the alley was.Yan Minghai looked at him and said:

"Ten years ago, it wasn't Li Hui who came here, it was you who accidentally came to Pei Dynasty,"

"That's when I arrived...Pei Chao?"

Suddenly unable to say anything else, Yan Ting stood there and looked at Yan Minghai.

"If that child didn't run away, if you followed him, you might not be able to go back."

Looking at Heng Le Building opposite, Yan Minghai smiled slightly:

"God has his own meaning, what I can say now, let me tell you."

Yan Ting felt that something in his body was about to boil.His little one is there, if he just hurry over, we can see him.

While trotting, he looked at his phone. It was almost time to reach NO.15. Yan Ting swallowed, his breathing became heavier and his body became heavier and heavier, but none of these could stop him from going there.

After Yan Minghai watched Yan Ting leave, he lowered his head and held two purses in his heart, and walked towards Hengle Building step by step.The street lamps and shop signs on the street made the road a little bit yellow, and there were fewer pedestrians, but the street still had a lively atmosphere that did not dissipate.But Heng Le Tower, which was sunk in darkness, was still on fire at Yan Minghai's place.

He walked into the hall with his purse in his arms, walked slowly to the stove house in the sea of ​​flames, then to the pavilion, to the small garden where he had been with Zheng Ziyu, and finally came to the place where he died in his arms.

"Ziyu, you gave this to me,"

Putting down the recipe, Yan Minghai took out the pendant again:

"I gave it to you."

"Ziyu, that child and my child can be together forever. Are you happy?"

Sitting on the floor, Yan Minghai raised his head, as if he wanted to remember the Heng Le Tower in the fire, and slowly looked at it without blinking.

"Ziyu, this place can be regarded as our home, right?"

Seeing the recipe paper ignited, Yan Minghai raised his eyebrows:

"It's time, I have to go, Ziyu."

Looking at the cracked pendant for a while, Yan Minghai slowly knelt down on the ground and said loudly:

"Ming Hai knows that his sins are serious, but in the past 900 years, Ming Hai has never regretted a single day, and he has never missed a day. After Ming Hai disappeared today, I only wish to bless Zheng Ziyu's every life, and bless Li Hui and Yan Ting's every day. , In this way, Ming Hai will no longer have any regrets."

If they are all in good health, I will never extravagantly expect to see him, and just disappear with this fire.

Yan Minghai, who refused to get up for a long time, finally burst into tears in the hundreds of years after Zheng Ziyu's death.

Yan Ting didn't know that a fever would make people's feet feel like lead. He wanted to run there, but the sweat kept dripping. He had to lean on the wall and stumbled along the extremely quiet alley.

It is really quiet here, there is no night cicadas or human voices.Yan Ting remembered what Yan Minghai said, gritted his teeth, and continued walking forward.

——The place where you meet the child is the place where you bought food.

That is to say, Yan Ting thought, that is to say, he went back to the breakfast shop on the East Street back then, but it was in Pei Dynasty at that time, so it was just an ordinary unmanned alley.

——Li Hui was there, after he returned to Pei Dynasty, he actually lived in that alley all the time.When you see him, don't let him go, and you will naturally know if you have returned.

Yan Ting didn't have time to lament these coincidences, and just kept walking forward.Now it's NO.15, his and Li Hui's birthday.Li Hui was waiting for him, waiting for him to take him back.

Suddenly feeling a little hot in the eye sockets, Yan Ting knew that he had come to East Street.At this moment, there was nothing in the alley. As for him, he could only walk at a walking speed that seemed to be in a dream, slowly, step by step, and he couldn't get up any faster.

A gust of wind blew by, bringing some coolness, and the moonlight became much clearer.When he looked forward again, there was a man standing in front of the courtyard of a family in front.He walked forward cautiously, afraid that this was a dream, and afraid of scaring the man, he wanted to stretch out his hand, but he put it down again into a fist, and walked towards that side with his feet shuffling, completely unaware that tears were streaming down his face.

——Li Hui.

——My Li Hui.

Shouting in his heart, Yan Ting opened his mouth, but no sound came out.He stopped panting, trying to steady himself.

"—Sir?"

"Master, son!"

It was the voice of the little guy.

Really the voice of the little guy.

Squinting her eyes to see that person running over, Yan Ting wanted to stretch out her hand, but her body shook for a while, and finally she couldn't hold on and fell to the ground.

"Young Master?? Young Master!!"

Seeing Li Hui running over in a panic, with crying and ecstatic voices within his reach, Yan Ting laughed and tears kept rolling down his face.He pulled him over and pressed him onto himself, using the rest of his strength to tightly hug the child who had been missing him for a long time.

"I miss you so much, Li Hui, I'm going crazy."

He said this in the most gentle tone, but in the end Li Hui couldn't hear his answer - he was crying so hard that he couldn't even make a sound.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Li Hui, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay."

He took out the paper bag that Jie Zhou gave him from his trousers purse and put it on the ground, and took out something from it, Yan Ting hugged Li Hui tightly with one hand, and stuck the thing to Li Hui's face with the other.

"Li Hui, look, I brought you red eggs, didn't you say you want to eat them on your birthday?"

Looking at the red egg in Yan Ting's hand, Li Hui cried even harder, hugging Yan Ting's neck tightly and refused to let go.

"Okay, Li Hui, be good, be good, I'm here, you say something, I want to hear you—"

Before he finished speaking, Yan Ting heard the sound of something breaking apart, and hurriedly protected Li Hui's head, but it turned out that it was not nearby.

——At that time, you will naturally know whether you have returned.

Yan Ting suddenly remembered Yan Minghai's words, so he hugged Li Hui and tried to stand up and looked in the direction of Heng Le Building. He saw a beam of white light rising in the distance, scattered like fireworks, and finally Disappeared in the night sky.