Yama

Ji Qiao got up before dawn on Saturday, and opened the curtains to see that the first snow of this year fell in the middle of the night last night, and I don't know how long it lasted. At this moment, the ground has faint frost.The sky in the south is already damp and cold, and the unmelted snow made the air even colder to the bone. Ji Qiao wrapped herself into a rice dumpling and left the dormitory with the stars on her head that hadn't disappeared.

He got on the car bound for the western suburbs, and it took a full three hours to drive, Ji Qiao was always looking out the window silently.The two aunts beside them kept talking about their own and other parents' shortcomings, saying that their children were unfilial, that they had no money for the elderly, and that they couldn't live or die now.

Ji Qiao listened all the way, and after a mountain of moderate height slowly appeared in the open field of vision outside, the car finally arrived at the destination.

As soon as the car door was opened, a bunch of old men and women with big and small bags rushed over, trying their best to sell what they had in their hands, and they didn't give up even after being forcibly rejected, they still followed and left without giving up.

Ji Qiao was the last to go down, being entangled by two old ladies, he had to take out a ten-yuan ticket and buy a bunch of the cheapest white chrysanthemums.

It’s no wonder that these local villagers are too enthusiastic. The place has been in disrepair for a long time. Except for the popularity of the winter solstice and Qingming Festival, it is estimated that you can only see ghosts. Not only is the management chaotic, but even the environment is deserted and disorderly. It took more than half an hour I just climbed from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Compared with the tombs on the flat ground, the price here should be cheaper. A tombstone is only half the height of a person, narrow, and the corners are not smooth, and only two trees are planted on both sides Sick crooked neck tree.

The penultimate position in the third row, Ji Qiao knew where it was without looking for it. When he walked over, he saw that there was already a bouquet of flowers on the small grave, which was better than his. It was pure white roses, colored in black The ribbons were carefully tied up and handled very delicately.

Ji Qiao only took one look, then put her white chrysanthemum on the other side, and squatted down in front of the tombstone.

There is a photo less than two inches long on the stele, in which is a man in his thirties, very handsome, but without a smile.

Ji Qiao stared at the photo for a while, then said, "I came by car, it's not too crowded." His tone of voice was very flat and natural, as if someone was asking, he answered, and then they started a normal conversation .

"I transferred to the Affiliated Middle School, which is very good, and the teachers are also good."

"I got third in the first monthly exam, and the second one, and No.4 in the midterm exam."

"I also participated in a physics competition, and if I win, I can get a bonus."

Then, he paused for a moment, as if he couldn't think of anything to say, and finally spoke.

"I'm doing fine, don't worry..."

……

Yan Cheng actually didn't have much interest in playing today, but because he had made an appointment with Wu Zixu and the others early on, he had no choice but to go out when the time came.In addition to the regular group of four and Jing Yao, there are two more girls this time, one is Hong Hao's girlfriend Lu Xiuni, and the other is Jiang Zhen.

It's still early, and the girls all want to take advantage of the holiday to go shopping. Of course, Hong Hao and Wu Zixu have no objections, and Yan Cheng and Wang Xitang have no other suggestions, so they finally made it.

Probably because of the previous make-up lessons, the relationship between Jiang Zhen and Wu Zixu has improved by leaps and bounds. Not only did she agree to come out to play this time, the two of them also got close to chatting from time to time, and the atmosphere was quite ambiguous. Haoben had a fierce fight, and at this moment, he wished that everyone in the world would disappear, while Jing Yao worked hard, leaving Wang Xitang and Yan Cheng as reluctant companions, but in the past, Yan Cheng didn't care much about whether the itinerary was meaningful, Friends just try to get along with each other, it doesn't really matter what they do, but today, he feels irritable and irritable, a mobile phone is turned over and over in his hand, turned on and off, and went to a cell phone after a while. .

Even Lu Xiuni noticed something was wrong and asked, "Yan Wang, are you waiting for a call? Is there anyone else who wants to come?"

Yan Cheng was actually sending a message to Ji Qiao. He originally planned to at least endure until the end of the day, or at least return home, but he didn't expect that it would take him only an hour to go out.

He also prepared several opening lines, such as "what are you doing?", "in the dormitory?", "have you had breakfast?", "woke up?", etc., but finally sent it all Tried it again, but there was still no reply at all.

Is something really wrong?But what can happen on weekends?The publishing house is also closed today, and it's not time for the manuscript to be delivered.

Yan Cheng thought about it for himself, and only came back to his senses when he heard Lu Xiuni's question.

"No..." He shoved the phone back into his pocket and denied.

At this time, Wu Zixu leaned over cheaply, hugged Yan Cheng and said, "Yan Wang, tell the truth to my brother, do you have a crush on a girl?" Otherwise, why is there always an unspeakable weirdness in his recent behavior? .

Yan Cheng suppressed the depression in his heart, straightened his face, "Who do you think I can fall in love with?"

Wu Zixu stroked his chin and thought, "You have such a high vision, and there is no second Jing Yao in our school. Could it be... from another school?"

Jing Yao interrupted unhappily, "Why do you want to find a second one? Am I still alive?"

"That's that, how can ordinary people compare with you, don't I take you as a benchmark, you are the queen of girls." Wu Zixu said poorly.

Jing Yao glared at him, "Aren't you afraid that someone will be angry if you say that?" She said, looking at Jiang Zhen who was on the side.

Wu Zixu immediately withered, and pitifully went to see his sister Jiang, and successfully got Jiang Zhen's big eyes.

At this time, Hong Hao didn't know which muscle was twitching, and suddenly said, "If you can't find a woman, just find a man."

Everyone present was taken aback by what he said, including Yan Cheng.

Wu Zixu looked at him with a strange expression, "What are you thinking?"

"Isn't it gay to find a man?" Lu Xiuni was also shocked.

Only then did Hong Hao feel that what he said was ambiguous, so he hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean the kind of 'finding', just like Brother Dong, pick someone who can see the past to play with, isn't it popular now, no If you like it, you can change it, I think the one named Yuan Yuan is also very good-looking, not worse than a girl."

"Don't you want to try it a long time ago?" Wu Zixu glanced at him, "Who do you like?"

With Lu Xiuni in Hong Hao, of course he would not admit it, "Who can I fall in love with? There are all big and three rough around here," he said suddenly, "only that 'Bai Wuchang' looks better..."

Yan Cheng's complexion changed, and Wu Zixu also called out, "What did you say?!"

Hong Hao immediately shook his hands, "No, that's not what I meant. My point is, don't be so outdated, okay. If you say it, you will be laughed at. I'm just offering an opinion. If it's really boring, why don't Brother Dong and the others To be so keen, it’s not the same as being gay.”

Jing Yao couldn't listen anymore, "Can you treat people as human beings, it's extremely superficial! Besides, what about homosexuality, if you don't spend money, even a man like you can still fall in love with you."

Hong Hao was upset, "Why do I want men to be attractive? I'm sick."

"Then you still want Hades to look at men!?"

Hong Hao was speechless.

Wu Zixu stretched out his hand and gave Hong Hao the back of the head, "You're out of your mind, I'll clear it up for you."

Hong Hao also realized later that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he obediently shut up.

Seeing that the topic had come to an end, the other people were chattering in a lively atmosphere. Wang Xitang followed behind and looked at Yan Cheng who had not spoken from the beginning to the end. He had a solemn face and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed. With that in mind, a gloomy look was faintly visible in his eyes.

Wang Xitang silently looked away.

……

After shopping around the mall, the group went to KTV, during which Yan Cheng called Ji Qiao twice in the midst of howling ghosts and howling wolves. There was an interval of more than two hours, and both calls responded that the owner had turned off the phone.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, everyone was about to order something to eat, but Yan Cheng couldn't sit still.

When he got up, Wu Zixu asked, "Why are you going?"

Yan Cheng said, "I have a headache, so I'll go back first."

"Huh?!" Everyone was surprised.

"Do you want to go to the hospital?"

"Did you eat something bad?"

Yan Cheng shook his head, "It's okay, I didn't sleep well yesterday."

After speaking, he walked out, and everyone couldn't stop them, they could only watch helplessly.In fact, Yan Cheng also had such a moment when he left the stage in the middle before, usually saying that he was in a bad mood.

After a moment of silence in the private room, Wu Zixu picked up an apple and threw it at Hong Hao, "It's all you!"

"I...it's fine." Hong Hao retorted with a guilty conscience.

"You let Hades become gay, can he be happy?"

"I just said it in passing..." Hong Hao retorted secretly in his heart, besides, it wasn't because I said it that he was unhappy, he was unhappy all day long, okay?

……

After Yan Cheng got out of the KTV, he rented a taxi back to school, and ran to Ji Qiao's building, but he knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open it.

No one is here, the phone is not connected, it has been eight or nine hours now, where have you been?

returned home?

Yan Cheng thought over the possibility of thinking all the way, but still had no answer.

Apart from the school, the only relationship between the two of them is the school. Once Ji Qiao leaves here, Yan Cheng can lose news of him anytime, anywhere. He knows that Ji Qiao's bottom line is his privacy and his life, but in an instant, Yan Cheng really has The urge to investigate him, to find out Ji Qiao's home, his address, and all his information.

But in the end, he held back.

He chose to wait outside the door like this, waiting for Ji Qiao to come back.

The dormitory building of the attached middle school is quite old, and the windows are also leaking. It didn’t take long for Yan Cheng to feel his limbs were a little stiff. Not far away, he could see the gymnasium downstairs and the long trail. The couple in my family thought that after Christmas, they returned home happily together, and then hugged and kissed in front of the dormitory building.

Yan Cheng stared at it for a while, and then it was so dark outside that he could no longer see.

He was still sitting for an unknown how long.

Until the sound of light footsteps finally came from the corner of the stairs, Yan Cheng took out his mobile phone and looked through it. It was nine o'clock in the evening.

In the darkness, a slender figure slowly walked towards him.

Ji Qiao didn't expect a big living person to appear at the door of her dormitory, so when Yan Cheng stood up, he was taken aback.

Yan Cheng looked at Ji Qiao closely in the darkness, and asked, "Where have you been?"