Savage growth

On the day Jiang Ye left, Lu Chuan skipped class all morning.

He has been sitting in the bleachers of the playground.

Lu Chuan emptied Jiang Ye's schoolbag full of jelly.

The turquoise jelly piled up into a hill.

He picked them up one by one, and then gently put them into the schoolbag.

Every time he took one, he counted a number silently in his heart.

In the end, it stopped at 371.

从今年的6月3号，到明年6月8号高考结束,整整371天。

A day is a lot, but a day is not too much.

After that?

Lu Chuan was at a loss.

When it was time to eat at noon, Hao Shuai, Shen Yang and Lu Xiaoqian went out to look for Lu Chuan, and found him in the stands.

He was holding the schoolbag in his arms, sitting quietly under the scorching sun, staring blankly at the playground without blinking.

As if petrified.

Now that I found it, I was a little relieved.

Hao Shuai asked Shen Yang and Lu Xiaoqian to go to the restaurant for dinner, and bought food for him and Lu Chuan on the way back, so he went to talk to Lu Chuan.

"Master Chuan." Hao Shuai came over and called him.

Lu Chuan's eyelashes moved slightly, but he didn't look at Hao Shuai.

Hao Shuai sat down beside him, ignoring the sunburn here, and whispered to Lu Chuan, "I know you will feel bad when Brother Ye is gone, and Yang and I will feel bad too, but you can't... skip class like this Brother Ye also told me yesterday that you are cold-tempered and not very good-tempered, let me take care of you more."

Lu Chuan finally moved his stiff and numb body.

"I also know that you two have known each other since we were very young. It was not easy to meet again. Now that he is gone again, you must be even more sad. However, he moved to another city to go to school, and it is not easy to see each other later. It’s not here, wait for summer vacation and winter vacation, when we graduate from high school and we are free, don’t we see each other as soon as we want?” Hao Shuai tried to comfort Lu Chuan.

It's not like you can see what you want to see.

After Shen Yang and Lu Xiaoqian ate something quickly, they came to the stands with the food they bought for Hao Shuai and Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan did not skip meals.

Instead, he ate almost all of his lunch.

Lu Chuan returned to the classroom after lunch.

During the lunch break, he was told by the head teacher not to ignore discipline like this again.

In the afternoon, I have classes as usual, but there is no Jiang Ye who wants to be at the same table with him anymore.

It seems everything is back to normal.

But the students in the class soon discovered that Lu Chuan seemed to have changed back to the way he was when he first transferred here.

It's so cold that people don't dare to approach it.

After school that afternoon, Lu Chuan went to Feng Zhuo's house first.

He put down a bag of jelly, fed the big golden retriever, and after eating, he took the golden retriever out for a walk.

Jiang Ye had been with him many times before.

There will be no more in the future.

Lu Chuan didn't know where he was going, so he let the golden retriever walk along the road aimlessly, and he followed behind holding the rope.

I don't know how many streets I walked, and I don't know how long I walked.

The golden retriever seemed to be tired, and lay down to rest under a street lamp.

Lu Chuan also stopped.

Only then did he raise his eyes and look around at the surrounding buildings, which were places he had never been to since he came to Shencheng last year.

It's strange, but paradoxically... a little familiar.

Lu Chuan looked back at the real estate under construction and frowned slightly.

Suddenly, I remembered what Jiang Ye said to him before, the alley where they lived when they were young has now been demolished to build a building.

But, it can't be such a coincidence.

Thinking of this, Lu Chuan turned his face, his eyes froze for a moment, and his heart stopped for half a beat.

The road sign not far away reads brightly - Sizhuang Road.

Sizhuang Hutong.

It was the place where they had the earliest memories of each other.

A cloud of mist rose in Lu Chuan's eyes instantly. He blinked quickly, looked down at the golden hair lying on the ground wagging its tail, and muttered in a low voice, "Did you do it on purpose?"

The golden retriever looked up at him innocently, wagging its tail even more happily.

Lu Chuan let out a deep breath, leaned against the lamppost, and slowly turned his head to look at the alley where high-rise buildings were being built beyond recognition.

For some reason, certain childhood memories that he hadn't grasped before gradually surfaced, becoming clearer and clearer.

Lu Chuan's eyes began to lose focus, and he seemed to see them when they were four years old.

Sitting on the steps in front of his house, Xiao Luchuan saw with his own eyes that Xiao Jiangye, who was wearing a singlet and shorts, came running majestically with a bamboo pole, and sat down beside him.

Xiao Jiangye, who had just had a fight with other children, breathed unevenly, smiled brightly and proudly, and his childish voice carried the momentum of a big brother: "I won! From now on, I will be the boss of this alley!"

Xiao Luchuan just looked at him and didn't say anything.

It was already dark, and a high-pitched female voice came from the nearby yard, shouting: "Xiao Ye! Go home for dinner!"

Xiao Jiangye stood up with a smile, and happily said to Xiao Luchuan who was always sitting silently at the door of the house: "My mother is calling me to go home for dinner!"

As soon as he turned around, he turned around again, and suddenly asked Xiao Luchuan, whose hungry stomach was growling, "Will you go home with me?"

Xiao Luchuan still just looked at him eagerly and didn't speak.

Xiao Jiangye tugged at his dirty clothes, which were even torn with holes because of the fight, and said seriously: "Well, if you go home with me, it means that there are guests, and my parents won't put you down because of my fight. You ruined the clothes and scolded me, and at the same time, you can eat again, isn't it great?"

Before Xiao Luchuan could speak, he grabbed his little hand, dragged the hungry little guy home, and swore to him: "Help me this time, and I will protect you from now on! I promise those kids will never come back!" I won't bully you!"

"Brother Jiangye..." He finally opened his mouth and called out to him immaturely.

Thank you.

Xiao Luchuan didn't say these four words at that time, but he said them to him thousands of times in his heart.

……

Lu Chuan bit his lower lip, tears welling in his eyes.

At that time, Jiang Ye just made up an excuse, Jiang Ye just wanted to take him home to eat when he was hungry.

At that time Jiang Ye ran to fight...

Lu Chuan remembered that it was because he was bullied by a few children before, who scolded him for not having a father and calling him a bastard born of his mother and a wild man, that's why Jiang Ye ran to beat people with a bamboo pole that day.

On the day Lu Chuan was transferred to Shencheng No. [-] Middle School, Jiang Ye wore his most precious white coat without permission, and Jiang Ye also said that at the time.

Four-year-old Jiang Ye said to him: "You help me this time, and I will protect you in the future."

The 17-year-old Jiang Ye also said to him: "You help me this time, and I will protect you in the days to come."

He finally understood why he felt vaguely familiar when Jiang Ye said those words to him in the water room that day.

It turned out that Jiang Ye had said it as early as when he was four years old.

Lu Chuan drooped his brows and eyes, and some liquid fell on the body of the golden hair lying at his feet.

The big golden retriever looked up at him as if he sensed it.

Lu Chuan squatted down slowly, and the two front legs of the golden retriever stood up straight, leaning over to rub against his face.

Lu Chuan buried his head, wrapped his arms around the golden retriever's neck, and tried hard to restrain his emotions, but he couldn't control it.

In this way, he lost the most precious person to him.

Cars come and go around, people come and go.

Few people noticed that under a certain street lamp, there was a clean boy in the uniform of Shencheng No. [-] Middle School squatting there, hugging an obedient golden retriever, lowering his head and crying.

Just because he lost his brother Jiangye.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, so Lu Chuan unknowingly stayed here until it was dark and the street lights were all on, and the whole city was brightly lit before leading the golden retriever back.

He carefully placed the jellies that Jiang Ye left him in Feng Zhuo's house, because the golden retriever was raised here, and he would come here every day.

Then he packed the birthday present Jiang Ye gave him with the empty book and went home.

The next morning, as soon as Lu Chuan arrived in the classroom, he heard Hao Shuai and Shen Yang complaining and worrying to each other, saying: "Brother Ye doesn't talk to me anymore, why don't you talk to me when you transfer to another school?"

Shen Yang also had a frowning face, "He didn't talk to me either. Since the chat ended at noon the day before yesterday, he never called me back."

"Hey," Hao Shuai asked the somewhat dazed Lu Chuan worriedly, "Master Chuan, brother Ye is closest to you, has he contacted you?"

Lu Chuan regained his senses for a while, shook his head, and said concisely: "No."

After speaking, he returned to his seat, still involuntarily staring at the clean desk next to him in a daze for a moment.

Why would they ignore Hao Shuai and the others?

Could something be wrong... sick or...

He couldn't help worrying, but there was nothing he could do.

It turned out that it was so easy to completely lose contact with a person.

Even if they have countless mutual friends, it will not help.

Lu Chuan even wondered confusedly, whether Jiang Ye was really disappointed by what he said in the hospital that day, that's why he avoided him like this now, and even ignored his friends who had contact with him.

His mind was full of messy thoughts. Lu Chuan was not concentrating in the first class. When he felt the phone vibrate, he took it out and looked at it while the teacher was not paying attention.

It was Tan Ming who was sending him a message.

Lu Chuan looked at the news that jumped out one by one, with a dazed expression.

Jiang Ye went to his previous high school, and entered his previous class so impartially.

He waited for a while before replying to Tan Ming.

【separated. 】

[I mentioned it, don't blame him. 】

The third message originally written by Lu Chuan was [Don't embarrass him, help me take good care of him. 】

Later, I really felt that he no longer had the position to ask Tan Ming to help him take care of Jiang Ye in a certain capacity, so he finally changed it to: [Don't make things difficult for him, when he needs... help him. 】

Unexpectedly, it took a while for Tan Ming to return to him, saying that Tan Ming had beaten Jiang Ye up.

At that moment, Lu Chuan was really angry and wanted to open the head of Tan Ming.

Later, Tan Ming asked for Jiang Ye's cell phone number.

Lu Chuan stopped chatting with Tan Ming.

Until the big class break, when the third class is about to start.

Lu Chuan suddenly received new news from Tan Ming.

Tan Ming: [Jiang's personal business card]

Tan Ming: [Jiang Ye changed his account, this is the new WeChat. 】

change number.

Lu Chuan's heart sank.

There was a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

Tan Ming continued to send him: [181＊＊＊＊9410, his new phone number. 】

Lu Chuan never came back.

Changed number.

This means that the original number has been discarded.

Right?

After a while, Lu Chuan clicked on the business card recommended by Tan Ming.

The profile picture is a golden retriever, and the nickname is Jiang.

Lu Chuan stared at the photo and frowned slightly, then clicked on the big picture.

Then I could see clearly at a glance, the hand on the golden retriever, and the sporadic Buddhist beads faintly protruding from the wrist.

is his.

Lu Chuan's heart stopped at that second.

He is waiting for him.

wild brother.

I will find you.

One day, I will personally find you who was thrown by me.