accompany me

The sky on the outskirts of the city is clear, and it seems to be clearer than that in the city. Two rows of tall evergreen trees are planted beside the road, winding all the way to the foot of the mountain in the distance.

At the end of the road is the prison.

In fact, before coming here, Chi Yang never thought that this is the place He Yi would bring him to - if it were him, his parents would probably have been treated as dead on the day they divorced, and he would never think about it again in this life, let alone visiting the prison.

However, He Yi still came, not only came, but also brought him along.

"Meet the parents," He Yi explained so briefly when he got into the car, and he couldn't tell whether it was a joke or a real thought, "even if we have met."

Chi Yang was noncommittal——He Yi was a direct relative, and today, Wednesday, he was indeed allowed to visit the prison, but he, a person who had never even met the client for any reason, couldn't actually get in.

He Yi probably didn't really want them to meet.

The prison is located in a remote area, and there is no direct bus. It took more than an hour to get here by taxi from the city.Chi Yang scanned the QR code to pay, closed the car door, turned around and rubbed He Yi's hair: "I told the driver to take you here earlier, why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

Maybe it was because of lack of sleep or poor sleep last night, He Yi's face turned pale, and he calmly said: "It's all here, let's go."

The New Year is approaching, and the New Year's Day in the north, at this time, the city has long been decorated with lanterns and festoons, ready to welcome the New Year.

It snowed for a few days when they stayed at home two days ago, but today is an unusually sunny day, but the mountain wind is cold, this place is special, and there is no happy and harmonious atmosphere near the New Year, only the two rows of trees Evergreen, reflecting the fragmented sunlight, it can barely be called warm.

Half of He Yi's face was buried in the scarf, his eyes were lowered, as if he was thinking about something, until he reached the gate of the prison, he let go of Chi Yang's hand, and said softly, "Just wait for me outside...will it be cold? ?”

Chi Yang is very resistant, and he can wear his coat open in snowy weather, which is naturally no problem in this kind of weather.He shook his head, but he was a little worried about He Yi. Looking at his calm expression, he didn't know what to say, so he just reached out and hugged him like before: "It's not cold, I'll wait for you here, go."

How is it like sending a child to kindergarten on the first day.

He Yi gave a soft "hmm" in his arms: "I will come out as soon as possible, there is nothing to say."

All he wanted to say was actually one sentence.

"Go," Chi Yang let go of him, and squeezed the back of his neck soothingly, "I'll buy you something delicious later."

He Yi nodded, turned and left.

Compared with the last time we met, He Bin seemed much older.

He still maintained the most basic cleanliness, sitting upright on the other side of the soundproof glass, but his hair was sporadically white, without pomade and formal clothes, he changed into a prison uniform, as if he was a different person.

There seemed to be something missing in his eyes.

He was still a little surprised when he saw He Yi, and then he took a breath, and a hoarse and emotional voice came from the receiver: "They told me that someone came to visit the prison, I thought it was my parents, but I didn't expect It's you……"

Probably because he has been with Chi Yang for a long time, who can say whatever he wants, and He Yi is not used to hearing such polite words.He froze for a moment, then quickly recovered his usual calm, nodded and said, "Come and see you."

He didn't know what it would be like for a father and son from an ordinary family to meet in prison. Maybe it would be like the show on TV, crying bitterly and letting go, or they might hate each other, and they would quarrel after a few words. ...But this is destined not to happen to him and He Bin.

People who are accustomed to being restrained in a cage, even if they feel disgusted, it is difficult to vent their anger in the form of anger. They will only maintain their demeanor calmly and feel sad for each other.

Maybe someone else would ask him if he still misses the old relationship and if he has forgiven himself—but He Bin would just nod his head and ask him in a normal tone how he is doing recently.

Just like every time he came home from school in the past, he was questioned on the sofa.

It's just that this time his answer is no longer how much he got in the test, or how he got along with his teachers and classmates.

He lowered his eyes calmly, not looking at He Bin's haggard face, and clenched his hand holding the microphone almost imperceptibly: "This matter didn't cause much trouble, except that you divorced my mother, and it didn't cause anything else to me. The impact is still the same as before.”

The tone is gentle, but the words are tantamount to ridicule.

He Bin changed his sitting position, and the shackles on his wrists rattled, which was transmitted through the microphone coldly——then he asked: "Then you came today, do you want to be with me years ago?"

In his memory, he has never said such a humane word. If it was ten years ago, He Yi would probably be very happy to hear it. However, now he can only shake his head and answer truthfully: "I will not forgive you."

"I guess I know," He Bin curled his mouth and pulled out a bitter smile, "Then you are here..."

"Dad, I'm here to tell you something." He Yi looked into his eyes through the glass with a gentle tone, "Someone will accompany me to celebrate the New Year this year, so you don't have to worry about me anymore."

Even if you get out of prison, even if you return to a normal life, it has nothing to do with me.

He spoke very euphemistically, but the implication was clear that he wanted to separate himself from He Bin.

He Bin raised his eyebrows in surprise, obviously understood what he meant, and asked, "Are you a girlfriend?"

Be it.He Yi raised his head, looked past him, and looked at the square window hung high behind him - the sky was clear in the distance, and someone was waiting for him under the sun.

"Boyfriend," he said softly, "someone who will stay with me for a long time."

With his personality, it is actually a bit superficial to say "stay with me for a long time" for others with certainty - but that person is Chi Yang, at least in front of He Bin, he still wants to say that.

For the first time, without waiting for He Bin's answer, he stood up and left a last sentence: "I'm leaving, please take care."

Chi Yang waited at the gate for more than 20 minutes, looked at last year's college entrance examination questions stored in his mobile phone, and looked down one by one for the answers - he used to think that if he could trade talent for an ordinary and stable life, he would rather be mediocre. Now that I meet He Yi, I feel that it's okay to suffer a little bit, it's better to have talent.

At least not too far from the sweetheart.

Seeing He Yi walk out of the door, he stood up and walked over there.

No need to think about it, He Yi's current expression probably won't cause any turmoil—the young man is thin and thin, and he seemed to think it was too windy when he went out, so he subconsciously gathered his collar, lowered his gaze, and walked down the stairs step by step.

Chi Yang looked at him and wondered whether he went out alone like this on the day his parents divorced, and walked down the high steps, calm and lonely.

If he had stood under the steps like this that day, he would have hugged He Yi earlier.

Thinking this way, he walked to the bottom of the steps and opened his hands.

When He Yi saw him, he seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then walked quickly towards him, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

"Chi Yang..." The young man's voice sounded muffled from his collar.

"Ok?"

"Do you know why I came here today?"

Chi Yang paused, and his voice softened unconsciously: "Why?"

"Because today is New Year's Eve," He Yi said softly, "Let's say goodbye to the old and welcome the new."

His tone was very light, and he couldn't hear any emotion. He seemed to be saying something irrelevant - saying goodbye to someone he had left in his memory for a long time, not his father.

He thought that the other party would say that he didn't care about the old feelings. After all, it was the kindness of nurturing and education for more than ten years, so he just said it and said it... However, Chi Yang just said "huh" meaningfully and asked him: "Then what is tonight?" Don't you have to eat dumplings?"

He Yi didn't hear clearly: "What..."

"I said," Chi Yang stroked his hair, "let's go to the supermarket."

Before the Chinese New Year, the number of customers in the supermarket only increased, and it seemed to be busier than ever.

In the past, he just acted as an emotionless AT machine, but it was the first time that Chi Yang had such a novel experience, like a real family member, pushing the shopping cart back and forth, discussing what to buy.

"Dumpling wrappers, meat stuffing..." He Yi looked at him, and said carefully, "I think it's safer to buy ready-made quick-frozen dumplings..."

Chi Yang leaned on the handrail of the cart and smiled: "Don't believe me?"

"Do you know……"

"No," Chi Yang said honestly, "but you can learn from it. Brother, you can eat the dumpling wrappers and fillings after they're cooked, at worst it's ugly, don't worry..."

This is probably a new word he learned. He Yi was putting a bag of chicken essence into the shopping cart. He raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise and asked, "Speaking of which, how have you learned?"

"...read your English paper this morning, and continue at home," Chi Yang pointed to the shelf behind him, and changed the subject helplessly, "Is the house short of soy sauce? Where's the vinegar?"

However, He Yi was unmoved and turned the topic back: "No shortage—what about Chinese and mathematics, have you read it?"

Chi Yang: "...how is it like going out with the teacher."

Maybe it's because of the special reason for going out. His little teacher is wearing glasses today. The thin metal black frame reflects a soft luster, which looks delicate and elegant. Looking at him in the bright lights of the supermarket, his eyes are itchy for no reason. .

He couldn't help touching He Yi's neat black hair, and felt that it felt good to offend a high-ranking person—this kind of experience of offending a high-ranking person is probably addictive to anyone.

He Yi glanced at him inexplicably: "Huh?"

"I've seen it," Chi Yang said seriously, "I couldn't sleep last night, and I did all the basic questions in your circle... In fact, there is something called question search software, which is quite easy to use, although the set of test papers are original questions. I can't find the answer, but I can find similar questions, and I can probably understand the idea after reading it, which is more efficient than turning over all your test papers...Of course I will still read the test papers, take your time."

It is of course better to find a method that suits you than to follow others blindly.

"Don't create dependence..." He Yi thought for a moment, and then said, "One day you will break away from all external materials and make a set of test papers by yourself."

"Well," Chi Yang smiled, and habitually raised his hand to pinch the back of his neck, "Don't worry, I can already sit for an hour without thinking about it, it's a qualitative leap - I'll talk about this matter later, brother , I want to eat candy."

The author says:

Today's double update, another chapter will be posted later, you can watch it when you wake up tomorrow.