his cat [Rebirth]

But it was not Xing Yingtai who left first, but Chongshan.

After that day, Xing Yingtai didn't dare to go to Chongshan's house for a week. When he mustered up the courage to look for Chongshan, he saw the old tree in front of the house quietly hanging down its branches, the door was locked tightly, and there was no sound in the room.

Xing Yingtai opened the door with the key, and called out twice: "Uncle, Uncle."

No one answered, only the wind blowing in from outside the door brought a little chill.

In November, after the rain, it was still a bit cold.

Xing Yingtai ran home and asked her parents where Chongshan had gone. The parents looked at the anxious elder son in surprise and said, "I don't know."

"Why, you didn't see anyone at your uncle's house?"

"I didn't hear that they moved away." The parents said, "I'll call Aunt Mei and ask."

Aunt Mei is Chongshan's stepmother, about the same age as Chongshan.After Chongshan's father died, she became Chongshan's only relative in name.

The phone was connected, and Aunt Mei, who was on vacation in the south, said, "Oh, Chongshan is not in good health and has moved to Yunnan."

"……Yunnan?"

"Yeah, I just left for a few days." Aunt Mei hurriedly said without saying a few words, "I'm on the street, the signal is not good, so I'll hang up first."

The Xing family's parents were not too surprised when they told Xing Yingtai.After all, Chongshan has a lot of money, and usually has no hobby of spending money, so he had to buy houses in various places.

That night, Xing Yingtai tossed and turned, and got up in the middle of the night to call Chongshan, but the other party's phone was already unanswered.

In the blink of an eye, it was January, and Xing Yingtai had finished her exams in the first half of her freshman year, and made an appointment with her classmates to hang out during the winter vacation.

Using this excuse, Xing Yingtai successfully bought a plane ticket, and after communicating with her parents, she arrived in Yunnan alone.

With a huge backpack on his back, he walked all the way and asked, searched and searched, and finally found Chongshan's house in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and few people.

It was a single two-storey villa. Housing prices in Yunnan were not expensive, but the villa was luxuriously decorated and looked like it cost a lot of money.

He was relieved.

Xing Yingtai put the heavy backpack behind her on the ground, jumped and looked into the house.The lights in the room were not turned on, but the lighting was good, and Xing Yingtai saw the man sitting at the desk with his back turned to him at a glance.

The man held a cigarette in his hand, didn't smoke or move, just sat there quietly as usual.

Xing Yingtai knocked on the window and called, "Uncle."

Chongshan didn't respond, he just took a breath of his cigarette.

Xing Yingtai shouted: "Uncle!!"

Chongshan still didn't respond, but this time he turned his head casually.When he saw Xing Yingtai's head, a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

Xing Yingtai pointed to the door and said, "Open the door."

A pot of tea, two people drink together.

Chongshan doesn't know how to cook, but he is good at making tea. The water mist is curling up, and the mellow and clear tea fragrance comes to his nostrils.

Xing Yingtai was silent for a while, and then began to talk nonsense: "Yunnan... here, I didn't expect the winter to be quite cold."

Chong Shan avoided answering, and asked straight to the point: "Why are you here?"

"Winter vacation," Xing Yingtai thought for a while before adding, "Come out to play with your classmates."

"have you eaten?"

"not yet."

"Then stay," Chongshan said calmly, "I'll ask Auntie to come over and cook."

The aunt who was called was about 50 years old this year. She looked very clean and cooked authentic Yunnan dishes.

Although there are only two people eating, there are many dishes on the table. The meat dishes include ham and shrimp, and the vegetarian dishes are tofu, mushrooms, and pumpkin.The rice noodles with Yunnan characteristics are indispensable, and there is also a chicken soup.

Xing Yingtai couldn't name the dishes, but could only identify the ingredients.He only ate a few pieces of bread on the plane, and was in a hurry after getting off the plane. He had no time to eat, and was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back.

Even though he wanted to talk to Chongshan, but when he picked up the chopsticks, he couldn't say anything.

Seeing Chongshan's sullen expression, not moving his chopsticks to eat, Xing Yingtai said, "Uncle, you eat."

"En." Chongshan responded, picked up some pumpkin, and put it in his bowl.

The pumpkin was stewed so soft that it could be broken with a little force, but Chongshan used his chopsticks to reach the pinnacle, and picked up a whole piece of pumpkin.

Xing Yingtai looked at Chongshan's hand.In the past three months, Chongshan has lost a lot. The mountains and rivers of Yunnan support people, but Chongshan has not been supported at all.

The palm of his right hand was thin and long, with no flesh left.

"Uncle," Xing Yingtai asked in a low voice, "Why did you move away?"

"..." Chongshan's eyes moved, and he looked lazily, "Yunnan has a good environment. Let me find some materials."

"Is it because of me?" Xing Yingtai didn't believe it at all, he said, "I went to find you that day, and I heard that you moved away—"

Chongshan asked: "When?"

Xing Yingtai was startled, and answered subconsciously.

Chongshan put down his chopsticks and said angrily, "Don't mention what happened so long ago. You guy, you just stopped by to see me when you're on vacation. Do you know that I'm bored and lonely by myself?"

"..."

Even though Chongshan was so angry that he slapped his thigh on the dining table, Xing Yingtai felt a little relieved, because he seemed to see his usual Chongshan again.

Chongshan said so, put down his chopsticks and lit another cigarette. He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and asked, "How did you and your classmate get here?"

Xing Yingtai said: "Airplane... Uncle, I lied to you just now. I made an appointment with my classmate tomorrow, and today I came here specially to find you."

Chongshan squinted his eyes and asked, "What do you want me for?"

"look at you."

"It's over," Chongshan said, "and then?"

Xing Yingtai didn't know what to do next, he said bravely, "I just want to see you."

Chongshan smoked the cigarette in silence, then rubbed it out on the table.

He asked, "When are you leaving?"

"tonight."

In the early morning, Xing Yingtai bought a discounted air ticket, but she was too embarrassed to tell Chongshan.

Chongshan rested his hand on the table, knocking on the table rhythmically.After a while, he said in a deep voice, "...Don't go."

"Ok?"

"Don't go," Chongshan said, "Stay here and stay with me."

Xing Yingtai pretended not to hear.He dared not answer.

In fact, Xing Yingtai came here just to tell Chongshan, don't like me anymore, but don't move away, we are still the same as before.

But what Chongshan said just now, Xing Yingtai understood that it was different, and they could never go back.

Xing Yingtai lowered her head to eat, but didn't speak any more.

I just felt a sharp and vicious gaze drifting past my head from time to time.

The airport was some distance away from Chongshan's home. Xing Yingtai squatted in front of the backpack and took out a lot of things from the huge backpack.

Many are Hangzhou-style desserts and pastries. There are so many of them assembled and put on the floor.

Chongshan stood in front of Xing Yingtai, watched him dig out, but did not stop him.

"These are for you. You can only eat one piece a day after freezing them in the refrigerator." Xing Yingtai said while looking at his watch, "I can stay for another hour."

Chongshan didn't even look at the things on the ground, and asked, "What an hour."

"There is one hour left, and I have to go to the airport. Otherwise, it will be too late."

"I told you not to go."

"...Uncle."

"..."

Xing Yingtai thought for a while and said, "I don't know if you've heard of it. Some people say that the daughter is the lover of the father in his previous life."

Chongshan nodded.He already knew that Xing Yingtai would not simply come over to take a look at him, no, the business was about to be discussed soon.

Chong Shan found that he was calmer than he imagined. He sat on the sofa with his right leg resting on his left.He lit another cigarette.

Sitting opposite Chongshan, Xing Yingtai said: "The meaning of this is to talk about the mysterious and mysterious relationship between children and parents. Uncle, do you know? Since I was eight years old, I have always fantasized about getting married and having children. other..."

"..."

"I want to have a child." Xing Yingtai said sincerely, "The child may be my parents or my elder brother... I don't believe in reincarnation, but just in case. Some things are better to be believed."

"..." Chong Shan squinted his eyes and took a deep breath.

Xing Yingtai said: "Uncle, you are very kind, I think if it wasn't for me...you..."

"Stop talking." Chongshan nodded, "I understand. Yingtai, if you want to reject me, you have to choose a good excuse. Is it interesting to say such things to lie to children?"

"I didn't lie to you." Xing Yingtai frowned, and the veins on his forehead stood out.

Chongshan ignored him, and continued: "I'm not a nice person at all. There are 3000 people. I told you at the beginning, what does this name mean?"

Xing Yingtai suddenly recalled that day when the sky was bright and sunny.

Although it hasn't been long, Xing Yingtai feels inexplicably as if she has been in another world.

In my memory, the uncle blinked and said to him jokingly——

"I've always felt that my name was very wrong, just plain wrong. I'm not a good person, I just want to be evil."

"The wine pool transports the boat, and the cattle drink 3000 people. They do evil and are full of evil. If I say that my pen name means this, will you be disappointed?"

Just like back then, Xing Yingtai shook her head.

He stood up from the sofa and said, "I'm leaving."

Chongshan didn't stay either.As if he was cold, he put his legs on the sofa and curled up.

Xing Yingtai picked up the water glass on the table, wanting to drink the water before leaving.

The original pair of cups became one at some point.

Chong Shan raised his eyelids and said, "Don't drink."

Xing Yingtai's hand stopped.

Chongshan straightened up and said, "The water in this glass is mixed with the sleeping pills I usually take. The dosage I used is too high, you can't stand it."

"..."

"Come to me, you still dare to drink the water I poured for you." Chongshan said coldly, "Do you want to die?"

Xing Yingtai said seriously: "Then you shouldn't tell me."

Chongshan snorted and looked at Xing Yingtai suspiciously.