SAYE

Although there is still some time before the Chinese New Year, but because the people in the school have almost left, the feeling of emptiness and panic during the Chinese New Year can already be felt.

There was no one in the dormitory, the desks were all tidy, and the beds were also very neat. Zhang Qiqi also carefully covered everyone's beds with an old sheet to prevent dust from falling.

After doing this, he looked even more lonely.

Snowflakes were falling outside the window, Jiang Cheng stood by the window and looked out. Apart from a couple, there was no one else passing by on the road in front of the building. The boy dragged the girl's suitcase and walked out while chatting. .

Jiang Cheng opened the window, fumbled for the cigarette case from the pocket of Pan Zhi who was standing beside him, took out a cigarette and lit it.

"Did I not bring enough clothes?" Pan Zhi sneezed with his head tilted when he was caught by the incoming north wind, "I was wearing the thickest down jacket when I went back to see you."

"Didn't bring it this time?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"I didn't bring it with me when I came home on October [-]. Whoever wants to get it will go there," Pan Zhi said, "Forget it, if it doesn't work, I will buy it later."

Yeah, who would have thought that.

"Are you okay if you don't go home for the New Year?" Jiang Cheng asked again.

Although he didn't think it was necessary, Pan Zhi still insisted that he would not go home this winter vacation. He was very moved and disturbed. His own affairs were so tossing that his friends had to stay with him during the Chinese New Year.

"It's okay. I didn't want to celebrate the New Year at home. It was very annoying." Pan Zhi frowned. A group of people almost despised me beyond the five elements, and everyone, regardless of whether they went to school or not, all looked like "Why did you spend so much money to go to such a school?" It made me want to smoke one by one .”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said nothing.

"My cousin, that's the one you've seen," Pan Zhi continued angrily, "He said that our school is almost the same as theirs."

"The one from the technical school?" Jiang Cheng said.

"Yes." Pan Zhi nodded.

"Slap him!" Jiang Cheng said viciously.

"It must be smoked!" Pan Zhi gritted his teeth.

A car drove up downstairs, and when Jiang Cheng wanted to see if it was Xu Xingzhi who was driving, his cell phone rang.

"Come down." Xu Xingzhi said.

"Let's go." Jiang Cheng hung up the phone and patted Pan Zhi on the shoulder.

The two left the dormitory with their luggage.

Jiang Cheng didn't have much luggage, so he only had two sets of laundry. When he came here before, his plan was to bring back some winter clothes during the Chinese New Year, and bring spring and summer clothes when school started.

After doing this now, he didn't think about what to do when he arrived and set off.

The small rental room in the steel factory, whether to renew the lease, whether to take the things there... If he really takes it, there are quite a lot of things, all kinds of books, clothes, pillows and quilts, he doesn't know Know how to take it, and where to put it when you take it.

After all, I lived there for more than a year.

But when he thought about it, he felt that it was nothing. The home he had lived in for more than ten years was nothing more than a suitcase and a few cardboard boxes when he left.

Gee.

When he saw Zhao Jin sitting in the co-pilot, Jiang Cheng felt that Pan Zhi would definitely feel that the trip was worthwhile.

Ever since he saw Zhao Jin's selfie in his circle of friends that day, Pan Zhi has been saying, "It's very rare to find a girl with a perfect combination of beauty and temperament like this."

"People are celibate." Jiang Cheng reminded him.

"Don't think of me so horny, I just appreciate it." Pan Zhi said.

Jiang Cheng still believed in this statement. Pan Zhi had talked to quite a few girls, and the girls who expressed his appreciation were as many as the sea, as bright as stars.

"Sister," Pan Zhi quickly went over to say hello with his luggage, put the luggage in the trunk, and sat in the back seat, "I thought you weren't going."

"Nothing happened a year ago," Zhao Jin said, "to join in the fun, did you two have breakfast?"

"Eat." Jiang Cheng also got into the car and closed the door.

"Then go straight away," Zhao Jin handed back a cat bag on his lap, "Come on, you two are responsible for this uncle."

"A cat?" Pan Zhi took it.

"Well," Xu Xingzhi turned the car around, "my cat."

"Can you take it out?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Take it, it's very good." Xu Xingzhi smiled.

"It's called Fat Sheep, Fat Sheep, come here," Jiang Cheng opened the cat bag, reached in and tried to lift the cat out, but he was stunned when his hand touched the cat. This long-haired big white cat was Xu Xingzhi's friend. The circle can be seen almost every day, but now I know why it is called a fat sheep, "Damn, this is too..."

He took out the fat sheep with both hands, and Pan Zhi was delighted when he saw it: "It's too fat, my God."

"My nickname is Pig." Zhao Jin said.

"There is no such nickname." Xu Xingzhi said.

"Now there is," Zhao Jin turned his head, "Pig—"

When she turned her head, she happened to be facing Pan Zhi who was sitting diagonally behind her. After the pig blew, Pan Zhi sighed: "Should I answer?"

Several people in the car laughed, and Jiang Cheng also laughed for a while, then hugged the fat sheep in his arms, and leaned against the window to look out.

Fat Sheep is very obedient, it doesn't look like it will step on the face when it is in a bad mood, anyway, it doesn't even move when it is being held at the moment.

Jiang Cheng felt that petting cats could indeed relieve stress. He had been a little anxious since yesterday, wandering around in the dormitory with no sense of sanity, not knowing what he was going to do.

Now holding the fat sheep, he slowly calmed down.

Maybe it's because the car is driving now, and the car is going to the expressway, and the place he is going to has already been determined, and there will be no changes, so he is at ease.

After getting on the high speed, the speed of the car increased suddenly, and the feeling of stability and high speed made people feel a little trance suddenly.

Outside the window is a scene that he has never seen before, and inside the car is a mood that he has never experienced before. He can't tell whether it is eagerness, anxiety, anticipation, or resistance.

There were quite a few cars going out, Jiang Cheng looked at the passing cars, some could clearly see the people inside, some couldn't, some had only one person in them, and some were full of people.

Where do these people come from, where are they going, and what are they thinking?

What about us.

Jiang Cheng closed his eyes, feeling a little sleepy. In this kind of warm car, listening to the people next to him chatting and holding a fat ball in his arms is really easy to develop drowsiness.

The time it takes to drive there is about the same as the train, but you have to stop and take a break from time to time on the way, drink some water and go to the toilet or something.

When parking at the rest stop, Jiang Cheng glanced at the fuel gauge: "Do you have to refuel soon?"

"Well, just fill it up before getting off the highway." Xu Xingzhi pulled the handbrake and was about to get out of the car. "There is a leash in the cat bag. Put it on the fat sheep and take it down to get some air."

"Walking the cat?" Pan Zhi was taken aback.

"Well," Xu Xingzhi nodded, "it's easier to walk than a dog."

Jiang Cheng tied the fat sheep with a rope and carried it out of the car. As soon as its feet touched the ground, it strode forward with its head held high and its tail upright.

Such a big, fat, white, and long-haired cat quickly attracted the attention of many resting people nearby.

"Give it to me." Pan Zhi asked him for a leash.

Jiang Cheng glanced at him, then nodded after thinking about it: "Yes, what if I attract a beautiful girl."

"Can you give me a fair judgment," Pan Zhi sighed, "I just think it's interesting and want to play."

Jiang Cheng smiled.

After Pan Zhi and Zhao Jin walked away, he walked to Xu Xingzhi who was drinking water: "Senior."

"Huh?" Xu Xingzhi looked at him.

"For a while..." Jiang Cheng said, "Shall I cheer for you?"

"Come on?" Xu Xingzhi was stunned and nodded again, "Oh, okay, you can stand by the side and shout later."

"What are you shouting for?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Come on! Come on!" Xu Xingzhi waved his arms, "Come on senior!"

After Jiang Cheng came back to his senses, he smiled for a long time: "I'm serious, running this trip will cost me a lot of gas, tolls and everything else, so I can't let you pay for it all, can I?"

"Not much..." Xu Xingzhi looked at him, stopped for a while and then smiled, "Okay, you go to refuel before you get off the highway."

"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded.

Everyone rested for a while and got into the car again. This time it was Zhao Jin who drove, and Xu Xingzhi sat in the passenger seat.

When Zhao Jin drove the car out of the rest stop, Pan Zhi wiped Fat Sheep's paws with a wet towel and said, "Sister, drive slowly."

"Don't worry," Zhao Jin looked in the rearview mirror and drove on the highway, "You were still wiping the cat's paws while I was driving."

"That's what you said..." Pan Zhi thought for a while, then looked down at Fat Sheep, "There's nothing wrong with it."

Zhao Jin's car was driving very steadily, and it looked like an old driver. Jiang Cheng hugged the fat sheep, leaned against the window and continued to rest with his eyes closed.

When I was at the rest stop, I could already feel that the air was colder and drier than before. Halfway through the journey, I was getting closer to the end of the journey.

Jiang Cheng buried his fingers in the fat sheep's fur, which could calm him down a little.

Although he felt very sleepy, every time the car drove forward for one meter, his mood would change. This high-frequency change made him so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes but couldn't fall asleep.

"Do you want chocolate? I just rushed at the rest stop," Zhao Jin asked while driving the car, "The thermos is under the passenger seat, just pour some."

Xu Xingzhi poured everyone a cup of hot chocolate.

After Jiang Cheng finished drinking, he felt fluffy warmth all over his body, and finally fell asleep after closing his eyes again.

I don't know how long this sleep lasted, but when Pan Zhitui woke him up, he had already got off the highway, and the driver had been replaced by Xu Xingzhi.

"Finished filling up?" Jiang Cheng was taken aback.

"Well," Xu Xingzhi laughed, "Pan Zhijia's oil."

"I took the money from your wallet," Pan Zhi said. "We just discussed going to your place to put the things and the cat away, and then go to the hotel after eating something."

"Well, good." Jiang Cheng nodded, Xu Xingzhi and Zhao Jin didn't have much luggage, they mainly had computers and some materials.

"Then how?" Pan Zhi asked.

Jiang Cheng looked out the window. He had never been here before. Like Gu Miao, his usual range of activities was at most the train station.

But at this moment, what came in through the crack of the car window was already familiar to him, unique to this small city, with a lonely and chaotic atmosphere.

"I also...don't know," Jiang Cheng said, "I still have to use the navigation, and I'll book the steel factory directly, and I'll know the way when I get there."

"Okay, your answer is simply the standard answer for all road idiots," Zhao Jin pointed at his mobile phone, "The steel factory is quite large, do you have a specific location?"

"Just... there is a Rujia," Jiang Cheng said, "Let's decide there."

In the process of giving this location, countless coordinates of the steel factory flashed in his mind, and there was Gu Fei's figure on each coordinate.

This kind of memory that popped up suddenly from his heart made his breathing a little unsteady.

It was only now that he was fully awake.

He has already returned here, back to the space where everything is related to Gu Fei.

The car kept driving, and when it reached the Rujia intersection, Jiang Cheng, who had been staring at the car window in a daze, said, "This intersection doesn't stop, turn left at the next intersection."

Xu Xingzhi nodded, drove the car forward, reached the intersection of Gu Fei's shop, and turned in.

Pan Zhi turned his head and glanced at him, and he also glanced at Pan Zhi, twitching the corners of his mouth to indicate that he was fine.

Xu Xingzhi didn't know what this road meant to him, so he drove the car forward while talking to Zhao Jin. There were basically no cars on this road, so Xu Xingzhi drove quite fast.

Before Jiang Cheng was ready, he had already seen Gu Fei's shop.

At this moment, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, he was almost out of breath, and his throat was blocked for a while.

Fortunately, the car passed by quickly, and even though he stared at the back of the co-pilot and didn't look there, he still saw that there was no one in front of the store, which was covered by a thick cotton curtain, and he didn't see anyone in the store. Condition.

He breathed a sigh of relief and found that his back was actually sweating.

While he was relieved, he was also a little lost.

"How?" Xu Xingzhi asked.

"Go straight," Jiang Cheng said when the three of them glanced at him at the same time, and he cleared his throat, "then turn left again, there is an old community."

"Okay." Xu Xingzhi said.

"Did you catch a cold?" Zhao Jin asked, "Did you just fall asleep?"

"It's okay." Jiang Cheng cleared his throat again. Fortunately, the hoarseness that appeared suddenly just now is no longer serious. It is probably because he was too emotional, "I didn't talk much all the way."

Pan Zhi handed him the thermos, and he took a few sips of warm water and let out a sigh of relief.

The rental house is still the same, the only difference from when I came back on November is that there are no leaves on the trees, and there are thick snow piles on the roadside.

"It's so cold," Zhao Jin started jumping after getting out of the car, "Have you paid the heating bill, don't tell me that there is no heating when I go up and enter the house?"

"I handed it in." Jiang Cheng smiled.

Several people took their things and walked upstairs together.

Jiang Cheng walked in the front carrying the fat sheep, and the more he walked, the more he became familiar with it, so he couldn't tell what it was like.

"Here we are," he stopped, stood at the door, and took out the key from his bag, "here."

"It's okay, the building is a bit old, but the inside is quite clean." Zhao Jin said.

Jiang Cheng took the key and turned it, and the door opened in response. He was stunned, but the door was not locked.

Usually, he and Gu Fei are used to locking the door. After all, there is no property in this old community, and there is only this broken wooden door between the street and the house.

Gu Fei didn't lock the door unexpectedly, the fucking thing didn't even come to help lock the door after we broke up!

He opened the door and walked in. While putting the cat bag in his hand on the coffee table, he saw a person lying on the sofa.

Immediately, the whole person froze beside the coffee table.

"Fuck me?" Pan Zhi, who came in behind him, was also stunned.

Jiang Cheng didn't even need to look at the person on the sofa. The room was dark with the curtains drawn and no lights turned on, but when he noticed something on the sofa before he was even sure it was a person, he already felt that this person was a person. who.

Gu Fei.

It's Gu Fei.

Jiang Cheng didn't dare to think about how he and Gu Fei would meet this time. He was afraid of the feeling of denying while thinking, but in all the thoughts that flashed through his mind, there was no scene like this.

At this moment, his mind suddenly seemed to be sucked into a vacuum, and it was empty.

But immediately after that, countless flavors flooded up at the same time.

Missing, distressed, wronged, angry, angry... all kinds of things, but none of them are accurate enough.

Jiang Cheng didn't speak, and he couldn't speak. He wasn't even sure if he would be able to speak out if he spoke now.

He could only stand like this, staring at Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was wearing a pair of sweatpants, with one leg bent and the other on the ground. He was wearing a T-shirt he was very familiar with. His arm was over his eyes, and the other hand was holding a pillow.

This sleeping position is very casual, and it can be seen that he is sleeping soundly.

When Jiang Cheng opened the door and came in, there was a lot of movement, but Gu Fei didn't move at all.

He could even hear Gu Fei's peaceful breathing without any disturbance.

And when Xu Xingzhi and Zhao Jin both walked into the room and froze in the living room at the same time, the scene became a little awkward.

The four of them lined up and looked at the man sleeping on the sofa.

But Gu Fei was not woken up by them.

Time became somewhat blurred under such circumstances, and it wasn't until Pan Zhi who was next to him coughed lightly that Jiang Cheng suddenly came back to his senses.

"Gu Fei." He called out.

Gu Fei on the sofa moved a bit.

Jiang Cheng's throat was a little tight, and he had to clear his throat before he called out again: "Gu Fei."

Gu Fei's legs moved a bit, and then he lifted his arm that was pressing on his eyes.

Maybe it was because he was in a deep sleep, after he raised his arms, he stared at Jiang Cheng for at least ten seconds, and then he jumped up from the sofa as if he had been stabbed.

Before even sitting up and standing up again, Gu Fei was already standing beside the coffee table.

"That..." Jiang Cheng suddenly didn't know how to continue.

"Brother Cheng?" Gu Fei looked at him, "You..."

Gu Fei couldn't continue his words, and the two of them just stood there face to face.

"I'm sorry," Gu Fei opened his mouth first after being stunned for a long time, "I... came to take a look and fell asleep."

"Oh, this is my... friend, Gu Fei," Jiang Cheng remembered at this moment that he should introduce the people who had been awkwardly silent for a while, "This is Xu Xingzhi, Senior Xu, and Sister Zhao Jin, Zhao Ke Your sister, Zhao Ke, you have met before."

"Hello," Gu Fei nodded at them, and took his coat from the sofa and put it on after returning, "Then I'm leaving..."

When Gu Fei was walking towards the door while putting on his coat, Jiang Cheng smelled the familiar scent of Gu Fei's body, and when Gu Fei turned around to go out, he suddenly had a strong feeling of wanting to cry.

Feeling like a hypocritical sissy.

"Talk with him for a while," Pan Zhi finally said, "Let's rest here first."

"...Mmm." Jiang Cheng followed and walked out.

Gu Fei just went down one floor, when he heard his footsteps, he stopped and turned to look at him.

"Go down and take a walk." Jiang Cheng tugged at his collar, squeezed past him, and walked downstairs.

Gu Fei silently followed.

This kind of weather is completely unsuitable for activities like "going down for a walk". As soon as he stepped out of the corridor, Jiang Cheng was blown by the old north wind until he almost couldn't open his eyes.

"Fuck." He put on his hat, turned his back to the wind and walked along the road, not knowing where he could go.

"I thought..." Gu Fei quickened his pace and followed, "You won't be back for winter vacation."

"Where will I go if I don't come back?" Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Fei didn't speak.

The two continued walking in silence.

"You..." Gu Fei hesitated to speak again, but there was no more words.

Jiang Cheng turned his head and glanced at him.

Thinner, he knew that Gu Fei might want to say this.

Last time when Gu Fei said that he had lost weight, he didn't feel too obvious, but now, he himself knows that he has lost a lot of weight.

Just like Gu Fei, he also lost weight.

To be exact, Gu Fei wasn't as thin as he was, but his face was depressed except for faint fatigue.

Gu Fei looks very depressed, maybe others don't feel it, when Gu Fei is not smiling, when he has no expression, he always looks like this.

But he could tell that Gu Fei was depressed in his current state.

He sighed.

"That Xu Xingzhi," Jiang Cheng said after walking a little further, "is Zhao Ke's older sister's senior, a graduate student in psychology at B University."

Gu Fei's steps paused.

Jiang Cheng was suddenly a little scared, he didn't know what kind of reaction Gu Fei would have if he continued talking, so he stopped and took another look at Gu Fei.

"What happened to your throat?" Gu Fei asked.

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng was taken aback.

"Why are you so dumb?" Gu Fei looked at him.

"I'm on fire," Jiang Cheng cleared his throat, "The sky is so dry, I'm on fire."

"...Oh," Gu Fei paused, "Brother Cheng..."

"Don't say I'm sorry," Jiang Cheng interrupted him, "I don't want to say that, and I didn't come back for you, I came for Gu Miao."