north wind blows south

I didn't expect to meet again so soon, but it's only been a week. Shen Ye, who is on the other side of the ocean, has just found a house to move in, and just completed the enrollment procedures. He didn't even rest for a weekend when he learned the bad news.

Mu Jinguo passed away.

Originally, Mu Liang meant that it would be good for Shen to stay in the United States, and he would take care of everything here.Although the idea was good, it might not be Mu Liang's true inner thoughts, so his body began to protest, and he developed a high fever in the first half of the night vigil.

The funeral had to be handled by his stepmother. After Mu Liang went to the hospital to hang up the salt water, he was very sick, standing in the corner of the crowd who came to the funeral, as if he was about to faint in a second.

One second before his physical strength was about to fall, he was caught by a person's body.When he saw from the corner of his eye that it was Shen Ye, he finally relaxed.

He was helped to a stool in the corner, and Shen also sat beside him.They were close together so that the weak Mu Liang could rely on him.

"Didn't I tell you that you don't need to come here?" Because of the fever, Mu Liang's voice was also hoarse.

Shen also put his arms around Mu Liang's shoulders, "How can I not come? You sent me a message saying that Uncle Mu had passed away, and I was so anxious. Then you said that you also had a fever. I booked a ticket overnight and flew Come back." As he spoke, he looked at Mu Liang lovingly.

It is impossible to say that Mu Liang has no selfish intentions.Although he said on the surface that everything is focused on his studies, and Shen doesn't need to come back, but if he really wants to hide it, how would Shen Ye know that he has a fever.

It's just that I really want to see him, but I'm too embarrassed to bring it up.Mu Liang felt guilty for his scheming.

Mu Liang lowered his head and picked his fingers, which was a sign that he had something to hide in his heart but was too embarrassed to say it.How could Shen also not understand, he grabbed Mu Liang's finger, meaning "say what you want to say".

"Wait a while..." Mu Liang was still hesitating, he didn't look into Shen Ye's eyes, "I mean, after the cremation, it will be sent to the cemetery..." At this point, he still stopped.

He has enough courage, but he has no more courage.

Shen Ye pinched Mu Liang's chin and forced his eyes to look at him, "Just say what you want, you can tell me anything." His tone was so sincere.

Mu Liang looked into Shen Ye's eyes. For the first time, he felt that the little deer in front of him had grown up and gradually turned into a stag that could hold up half the sky.

"The cemetery is on the mountain, and the urn needs to be carried by me. It cannot be someone else, because I am his son..." Maybe it was because of the fever, or maybe it was difficult to make this request, and even his word order began to be sluggish. "But, I don't have the strength, so..."

Shen also grabbed Mu Liang's hand, and his fingertips rubbed against Mu Liang's palm.He guided Mu Liang to say the next sentence, "So—"

"So..." Mu Liang held Shen Ye's hand instead, "So can you, as Mu Jinguo's son, help me carry the ashes up?"

In fact, Shen Ye guessed that Mu Liang might say this before he even spoke.To put it inappropriately, when Shen Ye heard this sentence, he felt a little happy in his heart.If Mu Liang didn't regard him as a family member, how could he say this and make this request.

Seeing that Shen didn't speak, Mu Liang was actually a little guilty. He couldn't tell himself what his attitude was from the other's facial expression.He looked into Shen Ye's eyes and asked, "Can I?" There was some begging in his voice.

Shen didn't answer him with words, he just hugged Mu Liang and remained silent until the funeral crowd gradually dispersed.At this time, he said: "Yes, yes, yes."

Mu Liang has been hiding in Shen Ye's arms, knowing that he fell asleep in this warm place.This was the first time he had slept the most peacefully in so many days.

It is impossible to say that Mu Liang has not been sad for so many days.One night, when he fell into a deep sleep, the rapid ringing of the phone woke him up, and his stepmother told him the bad news.

At first he didn't believe it, he clearly remembered that the doctor said that Mu Jinguo still had half a year to live, how could it be so soon?

But the reality does not allow him to question, the reality pushes him forward, let him take care of the funeral as the pillar of the Mu family.And the hidden emotions attacked himself, making Mu Liang's body uncomfortable and painful.

The cruel reality came late, and after Shen Ye returned to him, he really felt that his father had passed away—this is an iron fact.

He has no relatives in this world.

He only has Shen Ye.

When his brain was fully awake, Mu Liang found that he was kneeling in front of Mu Jinguo's tomb.He had already been cremated and buried. After Mu Liang had a fever, his stepmother and Shen Ye managed all of this.

Looking at the photo on the tombstone, he couldn't help but sigh that the photo was chosen so ugly.A long time ago, Mu Liang thought that Mu Jinguo looked good when he smiled, and he still thinks so until now.He is too serious in this photo, so serious that he is a little unreasonable.

White flowers and high-grade liquor were piled up in front of his tombstone, and Mu Liang didn't like these pompous things.He took off the watch on his wrist. It was an old Rolex, but it was well maintained.It was Mu Jinguo's coming-of-age gift to him, although it was several years late.

Mu Liang put the watch in front of Mu Jinguo's tomb, got up without saying a word, leaving behind his stepmother, his half-brother, and Shen Ye standing aside, he hurried away with his coat on.

In fact, it's not that he left, he just wanted to find a secluded place to smoke a cigarette.

Since the beginning of the year, but only half a year has passed, many things have happened.And these things seem to be subverting his concept of life.

Because of Shen Ye, he no longer hides in his shell forever like a tortoise, but slowly begins to get in touch with this familiar yet unfamiliar world; The world; also because of Shen Ye, he began to like himself slowly.

Because he knows that in this world, he is worthy of being loved.

Therefore, when a pair of hands approached from behind, he calmly and naturally extinguished the cigarette, turned around and hugged him.

Seeing that there were no tears on Mu Liang's face, Shen also heaved a sigh of relief.He patted Mu Liang on the back and said, "I thought..."

Instead of saying anything, Mu Liang wanted to ask clearly, "Why?"

Shen also laughed out of embarrassment, "I thought you were hiding and crying secretly."

Mu Liang fell silent when he heard Shen Ye's words.He grabbed Shen Ye Weiyi's hat, no matter how many times the other party asked him what was wrong, he just didn't speak.

When he finally spoke, Shen Ye was a little scared.He thought to himself, does Mu Liang want to break up with him?He was still shocked by what happened some time ago.

"I said, why don't we get married?"

Mu Liang's words sounded like an understatement, but in the end it made Shen Ye stupid.Red warnings popped up frequently in his brain—the CPU is overheating! The CPU is overheating!

It took him a while to realize that Mu Liang was proposing to him!

It's like a dream come true, you have to look at it, touch it, and take some time to react before you can be sure that this is the real world.

Of course, Mu Liang didn't know these thoughts in Shen Ye's mind, he just felt that the sentence just now seemed so straightforward and abrupt.And, get married?Seems a little bit crazy.

So he said, "If you need some more time..."

Before Mu Liang finished speaking, Shen also kissed her.The kiss this time was so passionate, it seemed that Shen Ye had entrusted Mu Liang with all his emotions for safekeeping.The kiss got deeper and deeper, and Shen Ye closed his eyes, as if a starry sky appeared in front of him.

In the end, there was a little bit of ecstasy.Enough is enough, click to the end, Mu Liang pushed him away, but the little guy in front of him actually felt wronged.

"Go back, we'll talk about it when we go back at night." Mu Liang leaned close to his ear and finished speaking, then quickly pulled him back.

It's really not good to prostitution or something in the daytime.

After that, things seemed to go much smoother.Sometimes, Mu Liang would wonder, is it because all the bitterness is gone, life is only sweet.

Mu Jinguo's company was left to a professional management company, and Mu Liang had no interest in management matters.

He found a job with a good salary, and after getting a visa, he flew to the United States to reunite with Shen Ye.

Many years later, when Shen Ye is successful in his studies and Mu Liang is successful in his career, and they return to the city where they met and start a new life together, they will still hold each other's hand and walk the same road together.

The ring finger ring changed from pair to pair. Only the first pair was bought by Mu Liang with money. It was a simple plain ring, which was very suitable for him. For Shen Ye, he just didn't think it was ostentatious enough.The next few rings were bought by Shen Ye with his own money. He likes flamboyant ones, just to show off the fact that he is married to others.

After returning home, life finally began to stabilize.They work from nine to five, and Mu Liang still stays in bed in the morning and refuses to get up, and the children are still eager to do bad things at night.

Later, when they had their own house, they raised a cat and a dog.The cat likes to be quiet, and always stays on the balcony basking in the sun, sometimes without seeing anyone for a whole day.The dogs are very lively, always pestering them to go out and play, and eat a lot.

One night, after dinner, they went to the park to walk the dog together.A gust of evening wind blew across their cheeks gently, carrying the scent of green grass and the distant sea.

Shen also took Mu Liang's hand, as always.

His eyes are still bright, but now he is a buck that can stand up to the sky.

"We've got a long, long time to go," he said.

The author has something to say: This is the end of "The North Wind Blows South".