South of Chutian

On December mornings, no one wants to get out of bed.

Especially in December in Wuhan - it rained again in the middle of the night yesterday, and the icy cold air sticks to the skin wetly, not to mention how uncomfortable it feels.Tang Heng took out his mobile phone from under the pillow, barely narrowed his eyes, and saw "08:12" displayed on the screen.

Oops.

Sure enough, the side was empty, Li Yuechi's quilt was covered on him, and the electric blanket was turned off.This is Li Yuechi's habit. He said that it is not safe to turn on the electric blanket for a long time, so every time he gets up to go to class, he will turn off the electric blanket.

However, when they sleep, the electric blanket is always on. Could it be that if there is more than one person, the electric blanket is safer?

Tang Heng wrinkled his nose and smelled the aroma of beef powder.

He only has one class this semester, in the afternoon, so he doesn't have to get up early.Almost every time after spending the night in the rental house, Li Yuechi bought the breakfast.Last night when he fell asleep, Tang Heng quietly set the alarm clock at seven o'clock, trying to get up and buy breakfast for Li Yuechi.

It failed again...

Tang Heng stretched, and his calf rubbed against the slippery woolen sweater.This is also Li Yuechi's habit, the winter in Wuhan is too cold, he always stuffs Tang Heng's sweater and long johns under the bed before going out, so that when Tang Heng gets up and puts on his clothes, they will be warm.

Tang Heng put on his clothes slowly, and the beef powder was placed in the thermos bucket. The moment he lifted the lid, spicy hot air surged up.A large portion of Xiangyang beef noodles, plus a fried egg.

At this time, Li Yuechi had already started class.

"Mom," Tang Heng was confused by the burnt beef, "Have you arrived at the airport?"

"It's annoying, five or ten minutes late," Fu Liling asked, "You got up? So early?"

"Hmm... I went to bed early last night." In fact, I made it to 02:30 in the morning, and now my waist is still sore.

"Good boy, I may not be in time for lunch, remember to take the gift over."

"Can I not go?" Tang Heng said annoyedly, "I'll invite them when you come back."

"I'm definitely going to invite them again, but today is Dean Zhang's birthday, so we have to deliver the presents." Fu Liling paused and said earnestly, "The biggest order this month was introduced by Dean Zhang. But it's a big favor, baby, that's how human relationships are..."

"Okay, okay, I see," Tang Heng said hastily, "I'll be there at noon."

"Well, it's clear, the brown bag is for Dean Zhang, and the red bag is for his wife."

"understood--"

"are you eating?"

"Ah," Tang Heng felt guilty, "Yes."

"Auntie is here so early?"

"No, I... I made it myself."

"Really," Fu Liling laughed, "We, Tang Heng, can already cook!"

"I just cooked instant noodles..."

"Instant noodles?" Fu Liling immediately became serious when she heard this, "This kind of food is the most nutritious, how can I eat it for breakfast!"

"Eat once in a while."

"Don't eat it in the future," Fu Liling said, "Why don't I discuss it with my aunt and ask her to cook for you in the morning?"

"Need not!"

"Ok?"

"I seldom eat breakfast... Let's not talk about it, Jiang Ya is calling me downstairs."

"Don't forget to give gifts at noon."

"Do not worry!"

Tang Heng hung up the phone and let out a long breath.

I almost shot myself in the foot with a rock.

Since renting this house, he and Li Yuechi have stayed here more and more frequently.Everything else was fine, the only trouble was that he had to be on guard against Fu Liling's sudden return home from Shanghai.For this reason, he made a confession with Jiang Ya - if Fu Liling found out that he was not living at home, he would say that he was sleeping at Jiang Ya's house.

At that time, Jiang Ya owed Soso and said: "Honey, your mother wouldn't think that we are dating."

Tang Heng: "..."

Li Yuechi took the phone: "It doesn't look like it."

Jiang Ya immediately persuaded: "Hey! Brother! I'm joking!"

Who told him to count on Li Yuechi to help him with his homework?

After Tang Heng finished eating the beef noodles, he cleaned the thermos and turned up the air conditioner by one degree.At 45:[-], Li Yuechi should be dismissed from get out of class.

Tang Heng's hand was tucked into his sleeve, only one index finger was exposed, and he tapped the phone buttons:

I'm done eating, the dean of the School of Economics celebrates his birthday at noon, I have to give gifts to my mother, I can't pick you up after class:(

Rehearse with Jiang Ya and the others in the afternoon, and go to Chang'ai to perform in the evening. Where shall we go for dinner?

(I don’t need to add fried eggs in the future, it will kill me)

Within a minute, Li Yuechi called.It's quiet over there, as it always is during the morning class break—everyone is catching up on sleep.

"It may be too late for dinner," Li Yuechi said, "Teacher Tang asked me to have a meeting with Xiaoqin."

"Ah? Didn't it just open the day before yesterday?"

"There seems to be a new project, I don't know very well—" Li Yuechi didn't finish speaking, and suddenly called out "Hello, teacher". After a few seconds, he said in a low voice, "I saw Teacher Song and An Yun just now."

"Lao An seems to be working as a teaching assistant for Teacher Song."

"Well. I'll wait for you at 'Long Love' tonight."

"Okay." In other words, we won't meet until evening...

"During the performance," Li Yuechi seemed to smile, "take it easy, do you hear me?"

Tang Heng's face became hot: "I can jump!"

"That's not what it said last night."

"What did I say?" I really can't remember, I was tired and refreshed at that time, and my mind was like a bowl of paste.

Li Yuechi didn't answer, just smiled and said: "I'm going to class."

At noon, Tang Heng went to Dean Zhang's birthday party with gifts.The uncle and aunt were also there, and Tang Heng gave the gift and sat next to the aunt.

"Xiao Heng," the aunt put the phone in her pocket, "Your mother didn't come?"

"Her plane was delayed."

"Oh," my aunt nodded, "then you should eat more."

"I'm full, I have to go to rehearsal this afternoon."

"Hey, how many bites did you take?"

"Speak to uncle for me." Tang Heng looked towards their table and saw An Yun followed Professor An and was toasting Dean Zhang. "I'm leaving first."

In fact, Tang Heng didn't know why, his aunt and uncle sat separately.Ordinarily, the couple should sit together on this occasion, just like Professor An's family.There were four tables set up for Dean Zhang's birthday party. The uncle sat at Dean Zhang's table, while the aunt sat at the table farthest from them.

It may be that the aunt does not want to socialize with them.Tang Heng heard his uncle complain that she was too indifferent to human relations, "She, she is all focused on cats and dogs!"

Tang Heng went home and took a shower, washed off the smell of cigarettes and rice in the restaurant, and put on a new sweater.Then he picked up his guitar and took the subway to the rehearsal room.

Jiang Ya and An Yun were eating pizza. Seeing Tang Heng, An Yun scolded, "Why the hell are you sneaking away so fast?"

"Nonsense," Tang Heng said, "They can eat until three o'clock in the afternoon."

"Call me! I was scolded by the old man for a long time when I left!"

"I see you are toasting."

"It's just fucking sick," An Yun said irritably, "Is my dad out of his mind? I've never seen a toast with his daughter!"

"Brother An," Jiang Ya munched on the pizza, "I think your father has already regarded you as his son."

"roll."

After they had eaten and drank enough, the three of them began to rehearse.December [-]st is the first day of the Zhou Hei Ya Campus Band Competition.As expected, Lakers passed the audition, and the fifty bands were divided into five groups to perform live. Next Friday, they will compete on stage.

Tang Heng didn't feel nervous, after all they already had too much experience on stage.On the contrary, Jiang Ya worked hard uncharacteristically, and called him and An Yun every day to ask if he and An Yun would go to rehearsal.

"Jiang Ya!" An Yun put down the bass, raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, "What's wrong with you today?" "It's nothing."

Tang Heng said: "Here you typed wrong for the third time."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong," Jiang Ya raised her hands in surrender, "Lulu ran to my house in the middle of the night and went crazy."

"Lulu?" Tang Heng froze for a moment, then remembered that it was Jiang Ya's ex-girlfriend who had broken up, "What is she doing?"

"What can you do, talk about the pain of missing."

An Yun rolled her eyes.

"Really," Jiang Ya said innocently, "I didn't expect me to be so charming."

"Just wait," An Yun said, "You're the one who committed those crimes...you'll be eunuched sooner or later."

"Damn, you are the most poisonous woman."

"I'm Hongshan Tie T."

"Iron T really doesn't have a good thing..."

"Stop," Tang Heng swept across the strings, "Go on."

What they rehearsed was "South" by the Dada band, and they planned to sing this song when they were going to compete.In fact, this song is not easy to sing, not because of how complicated the technique is, but because the lead singer Peng Tan's voice is too pure and recognizable. Lao Bu reminded them to be careful not to make a low-end copycat version.

But the three of them unanimously decided to sing this song because they liked it.And "South" is about Wuhan, which is also appropriate.

It's always wet in there, and it's always squishy in there.

There's always a lot of trivia, there's always red and blue.

I fell in love there for the first time, I don't know how she is now.

By the lake in front of my house, who is still lingering at this time.

……

After rehearsing for the whole afternoon, Tang Heng was a little tired.Tonight, there were not many guests of "Long Love", so he sat on a high stool, held the microphone, and sang this song with his eyes closed.The guitar was handed over to An Yun, and Jiang Ya's drumbeat made a mistake again, but it didn't matter.He'd sung this song so many times that his body had formed a certain instinct, but his mind could sing the words.He can even sing while distracted - why red and blue?Is there a lot of red and blue in Wuhan?He thinks the lyrics should be changed to "There is always red and green there". Of course there are many greens in Wuhan - green mountains, dark green lakes, and creepers all over the walls of the school, as well as thick and thick trees on the trunks. wet moss.As for the red color, he couldn't tell where there are large areas of red, but he felt that Wuhan is red, maybe because of the mighty Yangtze River, maybe because of the hot summer and cold winter, Wuhan is a place where the temperature fluctuates wildly. The richest crimson, the fullest and most intense.

Li Yuechi is also red.When they were having sex with the lights off, Li Yuechi's breath patted against his ear, warm and rapid.They were covered in sweat, and the electric blanket was so hot that he seemed to be trapped in a boundless red.

"Tang Heng," Jiang Ya pushed him from behind, "Get off work!"

"Oh——" Tang Heng finally realized that the song had already been sung, and the audience was applauding.

"Convinced," Jiang Ya said, "This can also distract your mind."

The three walked off the stage, Jiang Ya and An Yun went to the lounge, while Tang Heng walked straight to the bar.He saw at a glance that Li Yuechi was sitting there with a backpack on his back.

"What are you doing?" There were people around, Tang Heng could only pat him on the shoulder.

"Work for you."

"what?"

"Someone wants to confess to you," Li Yuechi held up a stack of post-it notes and said with a smile, "register with me first."

Tang Heng took it in a daze, and found that there were really two girls' names written on it, followed by phone numbers and ages.

"While you were singing, they kept discussing whether you have a girlfriend and how to ask for your number."

"Oh..." Tang Heng said hastily, "I never gave it to you!"

"They know you won't give it."

"what."

"So I'm trying to find a way - one said that we can use Jiang Ya to start, and the other said that we should just block Lao Bu directly."

Tang Heng: "..." Someone really did this kind of thing.

Li Yuechi said solemnly: "I told them that I am your secretary, and you can register with me if you want to confess your love."

Tang Heng wanted to laugh, but couldn't help it: "Do they really believe it?"

"I didn't believe it at first, so I said I could leave my name and number first and call me within seven working days."

"Hey—" Tang Heng couldn't help tugging at his sleeve, "Why are you so listless?"

Li Yuechi also laughed, and said in a low voice: "There are too many rivals in love, there is nothing I can do."

At this time, An Yun and Jiang Ya also packed their things and came over. They left through the back door as usual, and An Yun was on the phone all the way.The alley was dark, and surrounded by his own people, Tang Heng and Li Yuechi walked hand in hand.

A few minutes later, An Yun hung up the phone.Jiang Ya asked gossipingly, "Which sister? It's so late at night."

An Yun ignored him, walked a few more steps, and suddenly said, "Li Yuechi, Teacher Tang let you join a new research group?"

Li Yuechi let out a "hmm".

Jiang Ya said: "You guys are busy every day."

Naturally, he didn't understand what An Yun said, but Tang Heng came to his senses and asked An Yun, "Didn't you be told to come in?"

"Yes," An Yun's tone was very calm, "I didn't call me. The research group is done by the second-year graduate students, and there are many things to do in cooperation with outside companies."

"Teacher Tang mentioned you at the meeting tonight," Li Yuechi said, "He said that you will work with Teacher An on the project, so you won't join us."

An Yun stopped in her tracks: "Don't you think...it's too early?"

Li Yuechi: "What?"

"It's just started, and we've only been in the first year of graduate school for a few months. Teacher Tang asked you two to participate in the project of the second year of graduate school? That project is quite troublesome and the workload is heavy. I've heard my senior sister complain about it before."

Li Yuechi was silent for a few seconds, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Tang Heng also looked at An Yun blankly. He knew that An Yun was not the kind of person who would care about a position, so he couldn't figure out what her words meant.However, the lights in the alley were too dim. Although he was very close, he couldn't see An Yun's expression clearly.

"I don't mean anything else...Teacher Tang must have his considerations," An Yun smiled, "Just to remind you, that project is quite difficult to do, dealing with outsiders involves a lot of interests. , you...you can help Xiaoqin, okay?"

Before Li Yuechi could answer, Jiang Ya began to hum: "Okay, Lao An, I'm quite sympathetic."

An Yun said, "Shut up," and turned to Li Yuechi, "I'll leave this to you."

Li Yuechi simply said: "I will."