South of Chutian

At [-]:[-] a.m. on the first day of the new year, Tang Heng called immediately after the plane landed at Tianhe Airport.As if this would allow them to meet sooner, they kept talking on the phone from Tianhe Airport to Jiejiekou, and then when Tang Heng entered Hanyang University. Li Yuechi told Tang Heng to concentrate on walking, but Tang Heng said yes, so he stopped talking Without hanging up, Li Yuechi listened carefully to his breathing as he walked.

On the way, Tang Heng suddenly asked: "Is your phone bill enough?"

Li Yuechi imagined his worried appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "It's definitely enough, don't worry."

"How much money do you have left?"

"27 yuan and three cents."

"So precise..."

Of course, Li Yuechi said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to receive your call, so I will check the balance of my phone bill every day—for fourteen days, there will be fourteen more text messages from China Mobile on my phone.

When Tang Heng was about to reach the downstairs of his dormitory, Li Yuechi heard him running.His breathing became heavy and his footsteps became heavy, accompanied by the rattling sound of the rollers of the trolley case.

Li Yuechi stood up from the chair and said nervously: "Run slowly, don't fall."

Tang Heng said: "I can't fucking wait!"

Li Yuechi flicked his hair, didn't even close the door, and rushed out quickly.There was a light rain last night, and the ground was still half wet at this time. He ran all the way out of the dormitory building, turned a corner, and saw Tang Heng's figure from a distance.Tang Heng was wearing the dark blue coat he was familiar with, with his ponytail dangling behind his head.Li Yuechi rushed up and shouted loudly: "Tang Heng!"

It wasn't until he hugged Tang Heng that he realized that he was not wearing a coat, only a thin sweater on his body, and it was very cold.

The campus on the first day of the new year was deserted, not even a cleaner.So they hugged boldly for a while, fourteen days, two full weeks, Li Yuechi felt that they had been separated for a long, long time.

Li Yuechi looked at Tang Heng's face. Because of performing on stage, Tang Heng would go to the barber shop to trim his eyebrows regularly. His eyebrows were slender and straight, which looked very sharp.Maybe it was because he hadn't performed for too long, Tang Heng's eyebrows were messier than before, dark and childish.

Tang Heng said, "Do you miss me?" In fact, he rarely asked such straightforward questions.

Li Yuechi said, "Think."

"Me too," Tang Heng panted heavily, and when he handed him the trolley case, he grabbed his hand again, "Li Yuechi, we won't be like this in the future, okay?"

It was you who said you wanted to calm down with each other, and then let me hang out for fourteen days, why did you tell you everything?Li Yuechi met his gaze and felt his chest was sore, as if he had been punched in the heart.

"Well, that's not the case anymore," Li Yuechi said in a low voice, "Stop quarreling."

They first went back to the dormitory to get their coats and keys, and then went straight to the rental house in Donghu Village.Tang Heng yelled that he was hungry. He said that he got up early to catch the plane and didn't eat, and the plane meal was terrible.But on the first day of the new year, the small shops along the way are closed.

In the end, Li Yuechi had no choice but to cook the only package of Laotan sauerkraut instant noodles left in the rental house, and Tang Heng dug out two ham sausages from the packing box.He sat cross-legged on a chair, holding a bowl in one hand and eating noodles with chopsticks in the other.Li Yuechi couldn't figure out how a person who can eat instant noodles so deliciously would find the plane meal unpalatable.Although, Li Yuechi himself had never eaten an airplane meal.

"Do you want it?" There were only a few noodles left in the bowl, and Tang Heng seemed to think of something, and said a little embarrassedly, "I'm so hungry."

"It's okay, I've had breakfast."

"Really?"

Li Yuechi took the bowl and drank a few mouthfuls of soup.The body is much warmer.

Tang Heng ran to wash the dishes, Li Yuechi turned on the hot water in the bathroom, and when Tang Heng came out after washing the dishes, the bathroom had become foggy and very warm.While taking off his clothes, Tang Heng asked him, "Together?"

Li Yuechi stared at his white waist: "Just got off the plane, are you tired?"

"Not tired."

"Okay," Li Yuechi unbuttoned his jeans, "You said it."

I made it past three o'clock in the afternoon in one breath, as if I wanted to make up for what I owed for fourteen days.In the end, Tang Heng's voice became hoarse, his eyes were red, and his face was full of grievances: "I just ate a fucking bowl of instant noodles..."

"There are two ham sausages." Li Yuechi added.

"Are you human?"

"I miss you."

Tang Heng stopped talking, and Li Yuechi put his arm on his back a little tiredly, rubbing his chin against his sweaty shoulder.The sky was bright in the afternoon, and the sound of children playing and crackling cannons could be heard from downstairs from time to time.

Tang Heng rested for a while, then suddenly kicked Li Yuechi's calf with his toe: "Do you have frostbite?"

"A little bit." On the toe joints, the swelling was shiny.

Tang Heng sat up and his tone became serious: "What happened."

"it's too cold."

"You didn't turn on the air conditioner in the dormitory?"

"Ah."

"What about the quilt? The quilt is not thick enough?"

"It's okay, it's just cold for a few days."

"Didn't the school distribute winter quilts before?"

Li Yuechi also sat up, hooked Tang Heng's shoulders, and brought him into his arms again: "My sister is confinement, I sent her the quilt."

Tang Heng glanced at him with an angry expression.Li Yuechi couldn't help rubbing his hair, and said with a smile: "It's a bit cold to sleep alone."

"Why don't you go home?"

"It's too far away, it's hard to grab a ticket." And it can save a lot of travel expenses.

"you can--"

"Ok?"

"It's nothing." Tang Heng paused, then whispered, "Don't your parents miss you?"

Think about it, how could you not want to.But his father is hospitalized in the hospital in the county, and he is also spending the Chinese New Year in the hospital. His mother said on the phone that it is really expensive to see a doctor now.Save a sum of travel expenses, enough for them to eat a lot of good meals.

"Let's go back this summer vacation," Li Yuechi changed the subject vaguely, "By the way, what did you tell your mother?"

"say what?"

"Run back on New Year's Day."

"Come back and record the song."

"An Yun isn't in Wuhan, is she? I ran into her a few days ago and she said she was going to Japan."

"It's okay," Tang Heng buried his face in the quilt, and said half-jokingly, "Leave her alone, I'm going to fly solo."

Li Yuechi followed his joke and said, "Go to Chicago to debut?"

"Go to Beijing to debut, anyway, my mother doesn't want me to go abroad."

His tone was so natural, Li Yuechi suddenly felt uneasy, and asked: "On the night of New Year's Eve, did that sister Lin contact you again?"

Tang Heng smiled muffled: "It's because you still remember her."

"She still wants to sign you?"

"I've always thought about it," Tang Heng turned over and said casually, "Her company is quite famous. Have you heard of "Moonset Cliff"? This band belongs to her company."

"Moonset Cliff".Li Yuechi remembered that Tang Heng sang this song, probably on a night in autumn.

"Tang Heng, you are going abroad to study in graduate school, right?"

"I'm thinking about it."

Li Yuechi was stunned for a few seconds before saying, "Oh—"

"Don't you have anything to say?" Tang Heng pinched his fingertips and called him with a smile, "Senior."

Although I'm your boyfriend - but am I worthy?Li Yuechi thought bitterly, you are such a powerful and outstanding person, whether you are studying or playing in a band, you can reach a level that I will never reach.If you go abroad to study, I can’t accompany you, and if you play in a band, I can’t accompany you, so am I worthy of pointing fingers?

Li Yuechi thought about it and said, "Chicago University is a very good school."

"Lin Lang's company is also good."

"Which do you prefer, reading or singing?"

"I like you better."

"..."

"Go to sleep," Tang Heng was still joking, "I'm exhausted."

It seems that all the bad luck and troubles have really been left in the old year.In Li Yuechi's memory, the spring of 2012 was particularly beautiful—although the spring in Wuhan is extremely short.

After school started, Tian Xiaoqin told Li Yuechi that Professor Tang expressed sincere apology for his previous behavior. He said that he had a disagreement with his wife during that time, and Tian Xiaoqin's attitude caused him a little misunderstanding, so he couldn't control it for a while. Stay, what an offense.

Tian Xiaoqin asked Li Yuechi in a daze: "What's my attitude towards him? Is there any misunderstanding?"

Li Yuechi shook his head, he couldn't figure it out, but he still reminded Tian Xiaoqin: "Don't be in the same room with Mr. Tang in the future."

"I see, oh," Tian Xiaoqin's tone was still worried, but at least he wasn't as helpless as before, "I really want to graduate soon."

Li Yuechi said: "I think so too."

"I've made up my mind. Yan San will go to Changsha to take the civil servant exam, and then I will take my parents to live in Changsha." Tian Xiaoqin paused for a moment, as if imagining the scene, "What about you, Li Yuechi?"

"I want to go to Beijing."

"Ah? Isn't that far from your home?"

"Wages in Beijing are high."

"This is also..."

Tang Heng seems to have decided to become an artist in an entertainment company, even though he said that he also paid the University of Chicago's retention fee.In March, he received offers from the University of Washington and the University of Southern California, and Southern California gave him a scholarship.Tang Heng went to Beijing twice, each time only for two or three days. After returning to Wuhan, he said irritably, why is there sandstorms in Beijing all the time?

However, it can be seen that he is very satisfied with Linglai Entertainment. He said that the company's recording studio is great, and more importantly, the company is willing to sign Jiang Ya.At that time, the high-speed railway from Wuhan to Beijing had not yet opened, so Tang Heng always went there by plane.Li Yuechi secretly checked the train from Wuhan to Beijing. It starts with Z, and the fastest is eleven hours, which is much faster than his return home.He suddenly began to look forward to going to work in Beijing after graduation. He heard that the wages of civil servants in Beijing are very low. He would never consider it. Maybe entering a company is a good choice. He knows that there are many foreign companies in Beijing.

When Tang Heng was away, he called his family.His father was hospitalized during the Chinese New Year, and he recovered quite a bit after he was discharged from the hospital. He even clamored to go to the county to do part-time work, but he strictly prohibited him.His mother is also in good health, except for the occasional back pain.As for the younger brother, the younger brother was still the same. When he was talking to his parents, the younger brother would call "Brother" and "Brother" and give him the phone, but he couldn't say anything.

Li Yuechi remitted a sum of money to his family, which was his wages from working in a restaurant years ago. At that time, the restaurant business was booming, and hourly workers were recruited with high salaries. He earned 3000 yuan.His mother asked him: "Your money has been remitted to us, is it enough for me?"

Li Yuechi said: "I have money, don't worry."

"Boys are outside, don't be picky..."

"Mom, I want to go to Beijing to find a job after I graduate." Li Yuechi couldn't help telling them his plan. "The wages in Beijing are high. When I earn money, send my brother to a special school."

"Him? What can he learn!"

"There's training for people like them."

"Okay," she smiled, "then wait for you to earn money."

Li Yuechi felt a little guilty, but also a little happy.He has only studied for a semester, thinking about what will happen two years later, as if he will be employed and graduate next month.He wants to go to Beijing to find Tang Heng after he graduates. He works to earn money, the world is big, and they can be together to their heart's content.

The cherry blossoms at Hanyang University are in full bloom, pink and intertwined like fog.At this time, the campus is always full of tourists, and at peak times, there are so many people that they rub shoulders.Students usually don't join in the excitement, they are on campus anyway, when can't they watch it?But this year, Tang Heng and Li Yuechi squeezed into the crowd and watched the cherry blossoms.There are too many people, and they are allowed to secretly hold hands.Tang Heng had just returned from Beijing, and said lazily, "You and I will go to Beijing for a few days this autumn."

"Why is it autumn?"

"Look at the red leaves in autumn, and autumn in Beijing is the most comfortable... I don't want to live in the company's dormitory, I want to rent a house, so you can live conveniently."

"Okay," Li Yuechi promised him seriously, "I haven't been to Beijing yet."

Tang Heng bent his eyes and smiled.The spring is like water, Li Yuechi feels that they have been in love for many years in a trance.