looking back inadvertently

Halfway through the phone call, someone called him from Liang Zheng's side, and he hung up after a few hasty explanations.Liang He wasn't sure what the other party wanted to tell him. Since his father thought it was a good thing, he shouldn't worry too much.

Liang He explained to Yuan Jing and his aunt that he could not be reunited with them.Liang Mei said it should, after all Liang Zheng is his father.The relationship between their father and son has been estranged these years, and Liang He is willing to go to the United States for the New Year, which is also what she, an aunt, is happy to see.

The primary schools in the city were on vacation in mid-January, and Shen Zhe started a relaxed life at home, reading and studying all day, or doing housework, without rushing time, and having no special tasks, which was very pleasant.

One afternoon when he was cleaning up the hut, he wanted to sort out and throw away some sundries that had not been used for a long time, and found a black cardboard box on the shelf.

Liang Hyuk likes to collect packing boxes to store small items so as not to lose them.After being together, Shen Zhe also gradually developed this habit, storing stationery and daily necessities that were not in use temporarily into small boxes.

He forgot whether the box belonged to him or Liang He, so he opened it casually.There is only a pair of old headphones inside - white ear wires, a little blue on the back of the earbuds, obviously used for a long time, and some parts of the white wires have faded.

Shen Zhe didn't remember that he had such earphones, it seemed to belong to Liang He, but Liang He didn't use this kind of earphones recently.Shen Zhe dug out his own mp3, plugged in the earphones and tried it out, but there was no sound from the left channel.

"So it's broken..." Then why keep it?

He wanted to make a call to ask Liang He if he wanted to throw this thing away, but he suddenly realized that the headset looked familiar.

Could it be the pair that Liang He gave to him before he went abroad?

While Shen Zhe was in a daze, Liang He, who had just got off work, came in from outside.

"What are you looking at?" The door of the small room is very close to the main door. After Liang He changed his shoes, he immediately saw Shen Zhe inside, holding something in his hand, lost in thought, "Isn't this—"

"Really?" Shen Zhe turned his head, "I gave it to you before?"

"Well," Liang He said regretfully, "Unfortunately, it broke down later, so I put it away."

"Such a treasure?" Shen Zhe understood why he kept such a worn-out pair of earphones, as if he had kept the CD he gave him all the time, "Then I'll give you another pair, so it's over?"

"No, that's enough for now."

It is too easy for them to exchange items with each other nowadays, but in the past this ordinary pair of earphones accompanied Liang Hyuk for several years.

What is precious is not only the feelings themselves, but the wandering search before that is also worth recalling repeatedly.So after they were already together, when Liang He saw this privately hidden old thing, his heart could still cause quite a stir.

He took the earphone from Shen Zhe, put it back, and asked out of words, "Are you cleaning up the room?"

"Yeah." Actually, it was almost the same, Shen Zhe glanced at the room, "Have you booked the ticket to the United States?"

"Well, I'll leave at 28." Liang He and his colleagues switched their shift schedules and asked for two days off in advance so that they could stay in the United States for a week. "What about you, shall I go home after I leave?"

He was talking about Shen Zhe's parents' house, and they celebrated the New Year in the city this year.Shen Zhe laughed when he heard it: "What's the matter, are you still worried that I will be afraid if I live alone?"

"Why are you afraid?"

"Is that because I'm afraid that I miss you too much and I'll be lonely?"

Liang He quickly turned his face away: "I don't know that."

"I will miss you." Shen Zhe said.

His expression and tone are very calm, people who don't know him may feel that he is putting on airs.But after Liang He heard it, his heart beat faster, as if he heard the phrase "I love you" more than a month ago.

"Well," Liang He nodded sullenly, "me too."

At the beginning of February, they went to watch the free movie they had won before. They didn't pick a blockbuster movie, but found a romantic movie that looked clean.Both thought it was a good shot, but for some reason not many people watched it.

Later, when they were eating downstairs in the studio, they happened to meet Yuan Jing and Yuan Haochen who were also out shopping, and the four of them had a light meal together.

Another two days later, Liang He embarked on a journey, still connecting to Shanghai to fly to the United States.Probably because he knew someone was waiting for him, whether it was a long and boring journey, or his father whom he hadn’t seen for a long time, when Liang He’s thoughts touched these, he had softer feelings—he didn’t feel empty, he didn’t feel at a loss, he even seriously Think about what your first words should be when you meet your dad.

Liang Zheng said that he would pick him up at the airport in person, Liang He thought he was coming alone.But after the plane landed and went through the cumbersome customs clearance process, and he easily found Liang Zheng among the crowd at the station, he realized that there was another person beside his father.

It was an oriental woman who looked very young at first glance, but the fine lines around her eyes and neck revealed that her actual age might be over 40 years old.As Liang He gradually approached them, the woman kept smiling at him.

"Liang He," Liang Zheng said first, "How about it, aren't you tired?"

"Fortunately."

Liang He glanced at the woman who was always smiling, and Liang Zheng understood, and introduced him: "This is a friend I met at work. I originally wanted me to pick you up by myself, and we will be together at dinner time. You Aunt Qiu wants to come along and see you soon."

"Hi, Liang He," the woman said in pure Mandarin, "My name is Qiu Yun, and I am also Chinese."

"Hello." Liang He immediately understood that the middle-aged woman named Qiu Yun was probably his father's new girlfriend, and she might even have obtained the certificate.It turned out that the "good thing" he was referring to was this.

Liang Zheng's expression was tense, and he watched Liang He's reaction from the sidelines.

Liang He didn't spend too much time chewing on this sudden development, and said to the two with a relaxed expression: "Let's go together."

Liang Zheng smiled.

In Liang Zheng's car, Liang He was sitting in the back row, and could only see the back of the heads of the two people in front.As the car started and drove away from the airport, he fell into endless thoughts.

Since the father divorced his mother, he has never been close to any woman. Is there any reason for this?Liang He had doubts like this. After all, divorced single parents are used to thinking from the perspective of their children, thus putting chains on themselves.

But he felt that this did not match Liang Zheng's personality.Because the relationship between him and his father was too indifferent, so indifferent that Liang He didn't think that the other party would think of him at all - there was no complaint, it was just an inference that flashed naturally in his brain.

Whether it is a misunderstanding or a fact, Liang He has not yet been able to comprehend.

For him, the emotional choice of parents after divorce is not that important.Even if Liang Zheng found him a stepmother when he was very young, so what?If the father really stayed single for many years for himself, it would be really worthless.

Liang He unconsciously guessed Liang Zheng's thoughts these years, the woman in front of him called him twice, pulling him back from his trance.

"Liang He," she asked gently, "what do you want to eat tonight?"

He quickly agreed: "I can do whatever I want, it doesn't matter."

"Then let's eat Chinese food?" Liang Zheng interjected.He was not used to other flavors of food, so he drove to a Chinese restaurant.

"The barbecued pork here is very good," Qiu Yun put down the recipe in her hand, "Does Liang He want to try it?"

"it is good."

Liang Zheng asked Qiu Yun to order, but Qiu Yun always stopped to ask Liang He or Liang Zheng for their opinions during the selection process.Liang He's mind was not on this, and when asked, he always simply said "yes".

The temperament of a woman is very good, not Xu Limei's domineering feeling, but a kind of affinity that seems to be sparse but invisibly relaxing.

The three of them talked around the dinner table, and it was Liang Zheng who talked more often.From their conversation, Liang He learned that Qiu Yun was a teacher in a community preschool education institution. His first reaction was that Liang Zheng's so-called "friends from work" were pure nonsense, and Liang Zheng's work had nothing to do with preschool education. .Of course, he didn't break through his father's cover-up, but cooperated with them to carry out the meeting Liang Zheng expected to the end.

Qiu Yun had her own residence, Liang Zheng took her home after dinner, and then took Liang He back to his own home.

Liang He suspected that the two of them were living together, and it was only because he came to the United States that Qiu Yun left to make space for the father and son.Liang Zheng didn't say anything, and he didn't ask, he waited for the moment when his father took the initiative to tell him.