Surrounded

After an autumn rain and a cold, Huai Xu sat on the stone pier by the roadside and shuddered suddenly. Ye Shijian didn't know what kind of wind was blowing, so a phone call forced him to pick him up from get off work.

The crowd had long since dispersed, and the shops in the shopping mall closed one after another. Only occasionally, vehicles drove in a hurry, ran over the puddles, crushed the reflections of the dim and blazing street lights, and finally returned a city to its original appearance in the middle of the night.

The door opened and closed, Ye Shijian flashed out sideways, his knees hurt a bit after standing for a day, but he was very excited, feeling like he was about to fly.

"Walk slowly," Huai Xu walked over to meet him, glanced at the wound, "Cripple."

Let the lame be the lame, Ye Shijian has long been obsessed with lust.

"Here," he handed over the milk tea, attentive and sincere, "I made it for you specially, half sweet and two pearls without ice, which means zero ice."

Ye Shijian was addicted to the romanticism of his straight man, and stared straight at Huai Xu: "Did you understand what I want to express from it?"

Huai Xu took a sip of the milk tea, it was very sweet and greasy. "I get it." He said, "You called me two hundred and five."

"You fucking!" Classmate Ye, who was full of expectations, almost didn't come up in one breath.

我可去你的250！那是520！5！2！0！你懂吗！！！

Of course Huai Xu understands, he understands but is unwilling to respond, just to make the rejection look decent, Ye Shijian is not a fool, so he naturally understands.However, he only hung his head in despair for a second, and immediately cheered up again, pulled up Huai Xu and walked towards the bus stop.

"Did you go the wrong way? We have to go to the other side when we go back." Although he said so, Huai Xu still sipped his milk tea and let him lead him.

"Yeah," Ye Shijian nodded sullenly, "I plan to sell you."

The No. 23 night shift bus stopped quietly under the stop sign, and there was no one on the bus. Ye Shijian went straight to the last row and sat down, and couldn't help letting out a comfortable sigh.

Huai Xu turned his head: "Is it really okay to stand on your knees all day?"

He cares about me!Ye Shijian was secretly pleased, and suppressed a smile to play tricks: "It hurts a bit, please rub it for me." Huai Xu gave him a complicated look, then raised his hand, and slapped it down.Ye Shi saw half-truth and half-fake wailing, but before he could howl, a straw was suddenly stuffed into his mouth, with the aftertaste of milk tea.

It was the milk tea that Huai Xu drank and the straw he bit.Ye Shijian felt that his ears were a little hot, he stared blankly at Huai Xu, he looked like a fool with a straw in his mouth.

"Take it." Huai Xu sighed at the fool, "I can't finish it."

"Oh." Ye Shijian took the milk tea in a hurry, not knowing whether to drink a few sips first to cool down, or to open the window first. In the end, he decided to open the window first. After all, drinking this cup of milk tea will only make him worse. His imagination was running wild.

Hold!Isn't it just drinking the same cup of milk tea, as for it!It's normal for boys to drink a bottle of water and eat a bowl of instant noodles together, what are you thinking about in such a mess!

"Hey——" the door closed, and the No. 23 bus carrying two passengers set off slowly.

"Where are you going?" Huai Xu glanced at the stop sign when he got on the bus, but it wasn't the direction to go home. Ye Shijian straightened himself up, sat in a comfortable position, and said, "I'll show you this city." .”

"This is the starting station, and it takes about 45 minutes to arrive at the finish line, which happens to be the time for one class." The wind blowing in was cool, and Huai Xu also relaxed, half leaning on Ye Shijian to listen to him rambling, "This is a The largest business district is a small city, you see, there are not many houses with lights on."

"When I first came here, I didn't dare to go anywhere. At that time, it was Lao Yang who took me around. It was so awkward for two men to go shopping, and I couldn't even bargain for clothes."

"There used to be a supper town here, but recently the rectification has stopped. There is a restaurant whose barbecue is very delicious. When I came back last time, it was my buddy who failed to confess his love. In the end, we took it back when we got too drunk. When it reopened, I bring you here."

"Look at the People's Hospital on the left. This is the hospital where I suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. Hey, why did a police car drive in?"

"Don't blink, I'm almost here in junior high school, but I can't see clearly. My classroom was on the fifth floor at that time. Yes, it was in that direction. Once a girl fainted due to hypoglycemia. I carried her back to the infirmary." , Later she brought me breakfast for a semester, I refused to take it and got angry, but when I graduated, she told me that she liked me for a long time, but we didn't go to the same high school, so we didn't have much contact."

"Look at that glowing giraffe lamp. This square used to be very lively, but then there were more and more shopping malls around, and everyone's nightlife was richer. The only thing left in the square was square dancing. Last winter, there were a lot of pickpockets here. Lao Yang and the undercover agent After a few days, he was misunderstood by a group of old ladies as hooligans. He was pointed at his nose and scolded so hard that he dared not return a word. Fortunately, the thief caught him later, and the old ladies also politely apologized, but Lao Yang now When I see square dancers, I walk around."

"This is a farmer's market, and it will be lively in a few hours. The purchased goods are wholesale, and the bargains are scarce. When I was young, Lao Yang would take me with him when he went to the police at night, because he knew that I was at home alone. Scared, there are many fights in the vegetable market, every time I sit in the police car and wait for Lao Yang to come back, he will bring me hot chicken legs every time, stuffed in a cotton coat in winter, it’s still hot to take out.”

"Going further is the old city wall, which existed in ancient times, but it is said that it will be demolished. Outside the city wall is the West Bridge. It has been there for many years. One year, there was a flood, and the river almost overflowed the bridge. My classmates and I finished class. I didn’t go home to watch the flood, and then Lao Yang rode a bicycle in the rain to catch me, and that time he was very angry, for fear that I would fall into the river, so he punished me for facing the wall for an hour.”

"The terminus is ahead, just cross the bridge...Huai Xu, are you asleep?"

Ye Shijian asked lightly, for fear of waking him up, he had already babbled all the way, but finally became cautious.Huai Xu straightened up, looked at him and said, "No, I haven't fallen asleep."

So all the nonsense you say, I listen.

The headlights came on, and in the unexpected light, Ye Shijian caught the emotion on Huai Xu's face hidden in the darkness that he had never seen before. The corners of his mouth curled up in a subtle and beautiful way, his expression was relaxed but his eyes were restrained. It was shining with a little bit of starlight and seemed to be closed to thousands of words, but at that moment, Ye Shijian had an illusion that he couldn't love it.

But in an instant, Huai Xu quickly turned his head away.

The driver was urging the passengers to get off the car, Ye Shijian shook his head, probably in a daze.

The terminus is at the end of the bridge, on the side of the river.

"Go to the dam to blow some air." Ye Shijian suggested, Huai Xu didn't ask why he brought him here, but simply hummed.

There was no one on the river dam, and even the street lights couldn't shine through. Ye Shijian turned on the flashlight with his mobile phone. They first climbed up the steps, then walked down the steps on the other side, and finally reached the flat and open space. of the embankment.

They didn't go any further, the wind was very strong, and Ye Shijian's palms were covered with cold sweat.

He was so nervous that he even forgot to throw away the empty cup.

It was still a moonless night, and the light of the mobile phone leaked through the thin trouser pocket, making everything look soft and silent.

"Huai Xu, I..." Ye Shijian opened his mouth with difficulty, but for a moment he didn't know where to start.

"Well," Huai Xu faced him, "Speak, I'll listen."

Ye Shijian took a deep breath, rejoicing that the dark night could block his embarrassment and eagerness, he licked his lips, his throat was dry: "You said you don't belong to any place, it's just this place. City tourists, I don’t know how to make you belong to a place, but no matter what, I want you to see my city. I have lived here for seven years, and I will take you through it from beginning to end Once again, I have lived, studied, and played, is it like this, you will know more about this city? Can you not leave? "

Huai Xu guessed what he was going to say, but still trembled when he heard it.

"I know you don't want to be a burden to us." Ye Shijian took a step forward, his legs were so useless that his legs were weak, "I'm now in the third year of high school, and I will devote myself to getting into a good university for a whole year. I know that there is not much time given to me, and there is very little I can do, but half the bed is just an extra set of tableware, and I can always do it if I work part-time and work harder."

Huai Xu said in a low voice: "You don't have to do this..."

"You let me finish," Ye Shijian was afraid that he would die, and only wanted to speak out the words that he had been planning for a long time, "I said, I will fully support myself from the beginning of college, be filial to Lao Yang, and I will go to college In other cities, I will take you with me. At that time, I will be able to do more work. We will rent a house outside the school and bring Lao Yang’s recipes. If you don’t like it, I will learn new dishes to cook for you. You eat. If you want to go to school, adult education and training institutions are fine, even if you work hard to take the social college entrance examination this year, I will be your teacher, I think it's fine."

Ye Shijian had long forgotten the sweet words he had prepared, but the more he said, the more confident he became, and the more he looked forward to it: "When I graduate and take Lao Yang to us, I don't feel relieved that he is alone. If you're afraid that Lao Yang won't accept you, it's okay, I'll take care of it, but Lao Yang is so good, he also likes you very much."

"Why?" Huai Xu asked him, "Why?"

Ye Shijian wanted to hold his hand, but he held back, and said in a very serious tone: "Huai Xu, I lied yesterday. You asked me if I was serious, so let me tell you honestly now, I am very serious. Seriously. I've never felt this way about anyone, I..."

Ding--

The ringtone of the incoming call exploded in the silent night, like an untimely Santa Claus.

Ye Shijian quickly took out his mobile phone and was about to press the phone down, but Lao Yang was displayed on the screen, probably worried because he didn't see them when he went home.

"Go ahead," Huai Xu said, "We'll talk after you finish."

Ye Shijian nodded and pressed the call button: "Dad...Brother Li?"

There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone, talking fast, as if something was going on.

Ye Shijian's complexion became worse and worse, and when he finally hung up the phone, his hands were shaking, and he pressed the button several times before he pressed it.

"What's wrong?" Huai Xu frowned, panicked.

Ye Shijian was about to lose his balance, and his voice was shaking uncontrollably: "My dad has an accident, and he is in the hospital."