Retreat

Fu Chenshan drove away, and He Yu put all the newly bought clothes in the car, so it was convenient for him to be alone with empty hands.

Instead of taking a taxi as Fu Chenshan ordered, He Yu slowly walked towards the bus station.When his sister first got married, she moved out to live in his brother-in-law's old house outside the third ring road. At that time, He Yu had to take the bus twice to get there from home.

However, when He Ting was pregnant, something happened to the leather shoe factory where her husband worked, and he ran around every day, unable to take care of his wife at all.That year, He Yu often went to his sister's place. Every day, his mother cooked meals at home, packed them in thermos buckets, and He Yu brought them to He Ting.He Yu still remembers those memories very clearly.

Before catching the bus, He Yu went to the supermarket next to the station to get a bus card, and opened the whole money Fu Chenshan gave him.

Then, after identifying the bus stop sign for a while, he found a bus with a familiar direction and got on the bus.

Still have to transfer.

Both buses were packed with people, and He Yu had no seat all the time, standing at the back door, holding on to the railing tightly and looking out the window.Many landscapes are still familiar, but there are many landscapes that have changed quietly.

Fu Chenshan said that after He Yu was imprisoned, He Ting's family moved back to live with He's mother, and did not move back to the original house until it was demolished.

In any case, during the last days of his mother, it was his elder sister who took care of her, while his own son was trapped in a cocoon, trapped in the dark cell, waiting for even a little bit of news about his mother.

The house of He Yu's brother-in-law's house is an old house in the early 90s. It is only five stories high. From the outside, the gray exterior walls have peeled off and become mottled.

There is no property management in the community, only an old man who guards the gate, sitting on a wicker chair, listening to the radio while taking a nap.

Before going upstairs, He Yu bought a carton of milk at the small supermarket at the entrance of the community, and then walked towards the dark and low corridor.

He walked up the stairs to the fourth floor, stood in front of the anti-theft door on the left, and reached out to ring the doorbell.The doorbell didn't ring, it must have been broken for a long time, so He Yu raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After knocking on the door, when he put down his hand, he heard footsteps inside, and at the same time a woman's voice sounded, "Who is it?"

He Yu recognized that it was his sister's voice.

He Yu took a deep breath and said, "It's me."

The people inside the door were silent for a while, and just when He Yu was about to speak again, the door was opened from the inside.He Ting stood inside, looking at him in surprise.

In the past two years, He Ting's figure has become quite bloated. She is wearing a plain sweater, her hair is tied up in a mess, her face is sallow, and wrinkles can be seen clearly under her eyes.From the appearance of this woman, she was not happy.

"When did you come out?" He Ting asked him in a panic.

He Yu's eyes could not help but feel a little sad. He wrote a letter to his family and notified He Ting of the date of his release from prison, but obviously He Ting had never read that letter.

It seems that she doesn't want this brother anymore.

He Yu lowered his head, smiled wryly, and said, "I came out yesterday."

He Ting grabbed the edge of the anti-theft door with one hand and asked him, "What are you doing here?"

He Yu raised the milk in his hand a little higher, "I'll come and see you."

He Ting was stunned for a moment, and said, "No need, let's go."

He Yu obviously didn't expect that He Ting would let him go directly, raised his head in surprise and looked straight at the other party, and shouted: "Sister?"

He Ting was a little flustered, "I, I'm very busy now, so I can't greet you. You, you go..."

"Sister," He Yu stretched out his hand to support the door, "Has the building at home been demolished?"

He Ting's eyes widened, "I knew it, you're here to ask for a house, aren't you?"

"I do not--"

He Yu didn't finish his sentence, but was interrupted by He Ting, "Why do you want the family house? Where were you when your mother passed away? You have been studying for so many years since you were a child, and it was your mother who worked so hard to provide for you. Yes, I gave you pocket money when I was working! What about you? You embezzled the company funds, and Mom spent decades of savings to help you pay back more than half! Where were you when Mom was lying on the hospital bed? ? Have you paid a penny? Why do you still want the family house?"

As He Ting spoke, her eyes filled with tears, and every sentence was an accusation against He Yu.

He Yu felt as if his heart had been dug open by someone one by one. Those regretful, sad and negative emotions swarmed in, blocking his chest as if blood could be squeezed out, and his eyes quickly became moist. He could not bear it. I kept shouting: "No! I didn't come to ask for a house! I just came to see you, sister, you are my only sister!"

He Ting's mood finally stabilized a little bit, she choked up and said: "Why are you coming to see me? You don't come to see me, you go. You pissed mom off, do you still want to piss me off? ?”

He Yu couldn't hold back anymore, big tears fell down.

He Ting looked at He Yu's brand-name clothes again, "Aren't you living well now? My sister's life is hard, your brother-in-law is not in good health, and the child is still young, so I keep the compensation money for the demolition to save my life. Don't you If you snatch it from me, just treat it as paying back my money and my mother's money, okay?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." He Yu's voice was hoarse.

He Ting finally couldn't bear it anymore, and raised her hand to touch the top of He Yu's head, "Xiao Yu, since you've come out, find a job and be a good person in the future, don't mess around again."

He Yu put the back of his hand against his lips and nodded repeatedly.

When He Ting was about to close the door, she suddenly said, "Wait a while." She opened the door and walked inside.

He Yu waited outside the door, and after a while, he saw He Ting came out with a document bag and handed it to him, "This was cleaned out from your room when you moved, and you can see what you want and what you don't want. "

He Yu opened the file bag and saw some of his previous documents inside.Including the degree certificate of university graduation, as well as some certificates of English CET-3000, CET-[-] and computer examination.There is also a passbook. He Yu remembers that this is the only deposit he has after working. There is [-] yuan in it, and his mother and sister have never touched it.

He Ting also looked at his passbook and said, "I never dared to let your brother-in-law see it, so I just wanted to wait for you to come out and save some capital for you."

What can you do with 3000 yuan now?

He Yu sniffed, raised his hand to wipe away his tears, "Thank you, sister."

He Ting shook her head.

He Yu buried himself down, picked up the milk on the ground, and handed it to He Ting.

He Ting hesitated for a moment, but still took it, and said, "Your brother-in-law is very upset with you, so you should come less often in the future, let him know, and we will have to quarrel again."

He Yuqiang suppressed his sadness and nodded reluctantly, "I see. Sister, thank you for your hard work."

He Ting sighed and did not speak.

He Yu wiped his face carelessly with his sleeve, and said to He Ting, "Then I'll go first."

He Ting nodded, and when He Yu turned to leave, she couldn't help calling him again, and asked, "That house..."

He Yu said: "I didn't intend to own a house, don't worry, you can do whatever you want."

He Ting finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time He Yu was stepping down the stairs, she gently closed the door.

He Yu didn't have the strength to look back anymore, he walked all the way down from the fourth floor top-heavy, and walked in the direction of the station in a daze.

Several buses passed by in a row, but He Yu never came back to his senses. So many emotions were suppressed together, and he mercilessly tore open his scarred wound. At this moment, his heart hurt so much that he was almost in shock past.

Another bus passed by, dust rose, and a gust of wind blew in my face.

He Yu came back to his senses briefly, walked to the side, stopped a taxi with his hand, and reported the address of Fu Chenshan's home.

Fu Chenshan couldn't come back because of work. He Yu didn't have a mobile phone, so he couldn't get in touch with him. He originally planned to book a better restaurant for dinner.

He Yu returned home and locked himself on the balcony.He sat down against the wall and started smoking cigarettes one by one, tears dripping down his face.

Every time I think about those things, it's an insult to myself, it's too uncomfortable, but I have to live with it.

Perhaps it should be said that fortunately Fu Chenshan is not here now, otherwise He Yu wouldn't even have a place to lick his wounds alone, and he would have to swallow all his emotions and show a hypocritical appearance to him.

He Yu sat for a long time, until he felt that he had vented all his emotions, and the tears had dried on his face, and there was no way to flow any more. He finally let out a long breath.

Covering your face with your hands, then let go and stood up.

He Yu returned to the room and walked to the bathroom.He stood in front of the mirror, looked into his red eyes, and turned on the hot water.

The water quickly became hot. He lowered his body, splashed the water on his face with both hands, over and over again, trying to wash away all the traces on his face.

Suddenly, a pair of arms stretched out from behind He Yu, hugging He Yu's waist tightly, and then a soft body was pressed against He Yu's back, and a woman's soft voice rang in his ears, "Chenshan!"

He Yu was startled suddenly, stood up and waved the people behind him away.

Wearing a white suit and stepping on seven centimeter high heels, the woman with long hair was pushed against the door by him. Before she could cry out in pain, she screamed, "Ah! Who are you?"

The woman opened the door with a key and came in. The sound of the water just now covered up the sound of her deliberately low footsteps.She originally thought that apart from Fu Chenshan, there would be no other men in this house, so at this moment, she was so frightened that her face paled, and she almost wanted to call the police.

He Yu finally reacted before her, and asked, "Who are you, Fu Chenshan?"

The woman was 24 or five years old, with beautiful appearance and exquisite makeup. She looked at He Yu and said, "I am his girlfriend. Who are you? Why are you in his house?"

He Yu reached for the towel on the shelf, wiped off the water on his face, and said, "I'm his friend, and I'm staying here temporarily."