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They stepped into the harsh, pale light.There will always be a short one-second blank after the human eye experiences going from dark to bright.Shao Youguang's eyes were white, and he felt that this time it would last longer than usual.

The space in front of him slowly peeled off from the whiteness, turning into a chilling entity.The oily wallpaper rolled and fell off the wall, and the white skin of the roof fell off and piled up in the corner, like a layer of gray cloud over the eyes.If his two movements were a little bigger, there would be a lot of white lime falling down again.

The small restaurant in summer was once suffocating, as if stuffed in a big oil pan.And Shao Youguang was an ant in the frying pan, so Ji Jian took a sharp step forward.

"What did you say?" Shao Youguang asked in a daze.

"What?" Ji Jian was still awake, frowning and looking at Shao Youguang complainingly after he staggered and failed to stand firmly, as if he blamed Shao Youguang for disturbing his tranquility.

"No, what do you mean?" After Shao Youguang asked this sentence, he was suddenly discouraged. Looking at Ji Jian's confused eyes, he realized that he was destined to fail to get results by questioning a drunk.

So when Ji Jian woke up slowly, his consciousness finally settled into his mind.He didn't know how he drank so much wine without paying attention.Teenagers like to drink secretly, smoke secretly, or go to undeserved social places secretly. This secretly seeks excitement, so what Ji Jian is looking for now, he himself can't explain clearly.

He found himself sitting alone on a bench in a small park, the night breeze was blowing, and the factory buildings in the distance seemed to be submerged in water, shining with chaotic light.He kind of forgot what he said and did, and in his remaining visual memory, he felt as if he had been walking through a very dark corridor, like an underwater tunnel.Maybe for a moment, Shao Youguang was very close to him, they were like divers who meet at the bottom of the water, they could see each other's mouth moving, but couldn't hear the specific words, the white steam was evenly exhaled, and a knot was formed on the ventilator layer of mist.

The small park is at the oblique rear of a kindergarten, with a few swings and a slide with a plastic giraffe head in the middle. The big eyes of the cartoon are ridiculously open, and the color of the body has faded. Pale yellow.Ji Jian didn't have a good impression of this place. There was only one kindergarten in the small town, and they all attended here without exception. The female teacher Ji Jian who forced him to eat soup and rice at noon still felt disgusting when he thought about it.

Then Ji Jian saw a figure slowly appear between the swing and the slide, with not too long hair, tall and thin.Then you can see a very small red-orange light swimming around his figure, reminiscent of the glowing lures on the heads of anglerfish in the deep sea.This little bit of light is very tempting in the dark, and creatures are more or less phototaxis, but anglerfish rely on this to hunt and kill their prey.

Not far from him, this little light fell on the ground, was stepped on ruthlessly, struggled twice, and finally went out.When the man approached, Ji Jian smelled a faint smell of smoke.It's Shao Youguang, Ji Jian actually wanted it, but he didn't want to admit when Shao Youguang was so tall, maybe he has always been so tall, but Ji Jian has never sat like this, watching him walking towards him.

"Drink water." Shao Youguang carried a bottle of mineral water in his left hand, lightly pasted it on Ji Jian's forehead, and then threw it to him.

The icy, prickly Ji Jian was jittery all over.

"Sober now?"

Ji Jian unscrewed the bottle cap, the water was too cold, he took a sip slowly, and just nodded, when he wanted to drink again, the water bottle was snatched away by Shao Youguang.Shao Youguang didn't smile like usual, and didn't have any other expressions. Instead, he looked like he was going to hit someone, raised his head and poured water, wiped the corners of his lips, and threw the water on Ji Jian.Ji Jian thought he was going to ask him why he drank so much, but he was interrupted by Shao Youguang just as he was about to speak.

"You just told me that you are going to Shanghai, what do you mean?"

Ji Jian grabbed the bottle of water, accidentally using too much force, and the plastic made a very harsh sound.

He pretended not to care and said, "How do you know? I haven't had time to tell you, I..."

"But didn't we agree to go to the same city?"

"You clearly know that I'm going to Beijing." Shao Youguang continued.

Ji Jian was silent for a while before speaking.

"I know, but I want to go to Shanghai. The major suits me. The climate is good and it's closer to home." Ji Jian lowered his head, turning the water bottle over and over in his hand.He brought out Song Manzhi's rhetoric that he hated even after hearing it, and told Shao Youguang.

"Are you serious? Have you handed in the volunteer form?" Shao Youguang asked in disbelief.

"Really, isn't it the deadline today?" Ji Jian raised his head to look at Shao Youguang's eyes.

Such eyes made him very strange, Ji Jian thought, what is there to believe.That's the kind of person I am, selfish and disrespectful.

"No, why? Fuck, tell me why? What kind of major do you have in Beijing? What do you mean? I just... just..."

Am I so unimportant to you, even after the weather in geographical distance?Does the weather matter?The weather in Shanghai is terrible, and the winter is wet and cold; is it important to be close to home?You, Ji Jian, just think about this broken place and want to come back?

Shao Youguang had ten thousand words and wanted to question Ji Jian angrily.But when he saw Ji Jian looking up at him with his head held high, he felt very boring again.

"You tell me why." Xia Tian was so bored, but he crossed his arms. He felt that as long as Ji Jian gave him a reason now, he could still tell him that it's okay, you have the right to chase your future.All he needs is an answer, or a soft word "You are important too, but..."

But Ji Jian didn't speak anymore, just watched him silently without saying a word.In fact, it's not the fault of Ji Jian, he doesn't want to make excuses against his will, and he can't tell Shao Youguang the truth - I like you, but I don't have such good self-control, and if I don't stay away from you, I'm afraid it will be exposed.

Shao Youguang's anger became more and more ignited in silence.

"Fuck, don't you think I'm an idiot? I treat you, Ji Jian, as a friend, a brother, what do you, Ji Jian, think of me? I'm not worthy of being in the same city as you? Do you want to avoid me so much? "

"If you don't want to, tell me earlier, fuck, I don't fucking pester you."

Ji Jian was poked into his mind by a series of friends and brothers, and he was speechless for a while, not knowing where to refute Shao Youguang's irrational words.The alcohol he just drank was steaming in his mind, and his messy temples throbbed.

"I didn't, I took you as..." Ji Jian was anxious, and got stuck again, not knowing how to speak.

"Okay, I see." Shao Youguang snatched the plastic bottle from his hand.Throwing it away as if venting anger, I don't know where it went, but there was no response.

Ji Jian thought, why there is no echo, even if this is the bottom of the water, there will be a thud.He also felt that Shao Youguang wanted to pick him up and beat him up for a moment, but he couldn't hold back.

"No," Ji Jian endured his headache and said to him, "We just go to different cities to study, what do you want?"

He shook his head, saying that actually felt very uncomfortable.As for it, of course as for it, who knows when we can see each other once, and what if we meet once, people will not be alienated because they are in different environments.

"My mother, do you know how much I have done to read a book with you? You have always been like this, why are you so selfish." Shao Youguang was so angry that he grabbed Ji Jian's shoulder and asked loudly.

Ji Jian was also annoyed by his yelling, and he still felt aggrieved: "You study for me? Then do you have to thank me now? I just don't treat you as a brother, I treat you..."

When Ji Jian said this, he paused, grabbed his hair, and said heavily: "Come on!"

"Okay, okay," Shao Youguang turned back and forth a few steps in place, every step was filled with deep sorrow, "I'll find you in the future, I'm the grandson." Shao Youguang turned his head and left after walking a few steps. He stopped and took a card from his pocket.

He threw it at Ji Jian with a sarcasm on his face, his hands trembled angrily, he couldn't throw it correctly, and threw it on the ground.

"It fell out of your pocket," he sneered, "friends like water? A bright future?"

"Ji Jian, is this your bright future?" Shao Youguang left such a sentence with red eyes, then turned around and walked further and further away, his tall figure melting into the chaotic night.

Not once did I look back.

The author says:

"I said that friends are like water and why they parted again" "That Day"