phantom hand

When Zhao Qingyu and Ai Gang were silent in the garden, Li Chuang was lying sprawled on the bench basking in the sun, while Song Xinyou hid aside and talked on the phone with her intern boyfriend who was out of town. The woman trembled with laughter.

Li Chuang turned over and lay on his side, took out his phone and turned it over and over again, wishing to see a missed call - he had been in the northeast for a day and a night, and that old bastard didn't even make a condolence call!

The sun was shining brightly, and the Apple screen reflected a white light, like a solar panel.

Suddenly, Li Chuang dialed the long-lost number again on a whim. This time, he waited: Sorry, the number you dialed is empty.Li Chuang was surprised, Gu Lulu sat up from the bench, and called again seriously, this time he pressed the numbers one by one, but the result was the same, empty number.

The sun suddenly became scorching hot, making people uncomfortable, and an inexplicable sense of loss swept over him. Li Chuang stared blankly at the gorgeous sea of ​​flowers, not knowing what to do.

Ling Fei was like a beautiful soap bubble, which randomly broke into his field of vision in the morning light on a certain day of a certain year, but when he came home to have lunch and then came out, it disappeared.Maybe it was taken away by a gust of wind, or maybe it was broken and evaporated under the sun, leaving no trace, not even a trace of water vapor left.

Li Chuang began to suspect that all the images about Ling Fei were just a dream in his lazy afternoon. The scenes were messy and numerous, and the storyboards were switched quickly, like a fast-paced action movie, with no time to brew emotions.

Han Mukun always appeared at the most suitable time - for example, his wife was thinking about other men.

"You still know about the call." Li Chuang yawned, and the drifting stream of consciousness slowly returned.

Han Mukun felt that the other villain would file a complaint first.The little bastard got off the plane and didn't tell him he was safe, but got drunk. The first crime is that the little bastard still didn't call him the next day. The third crime, Han Mukun thinks that he has enough reasons to act as a tough guy——

"I miss you."

"..." Li Chuang is a typical example of being soft and not hard, so Han Mukun got a miraculous effect by retreating, "Hey, I'm only here for the second day."

Han Mukun was very persistent: "I miss you."

Li Chuang rolled his eyes, feeling numb after hearing too many love words: "Can you change the words?"

"I want to hug you."

"...Can you be more obscene?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it, so I dare not say anything."

"Han Mukun, go to hell!"

"Okay, let's go now. By the way, I'll help you refund your ticket and book an early return if you've had enough fun."

Li Chuang cut off the phone with his triangular eyes hanging upside down, and decided to temporarily blacklist someone for the next 24 hours to prevent his mood of returning home from being spoiled.

For the next week or so, the four-person group was hardly idle, and with Li Chuang as the center, they visited all the food and entertainment in Shenyang.Ai Gang didn't understand, saying that you have lived here for more than twenty years, how come it seems like the first time you came here.Li Chuang retorted that if you don’t go out, you don’t know how your home is. How many people live in Xi’an and will never go to see the Terracotta Warriors and Horses.Ai Gang thought about it, and felt that it made sense. He went to many places this week, and he had only heard of them before.

Zhao Qingyu liked it very much, he always felt that he was going to leave, and it would be nice to leave some memories.Li Chuang got along very well with his parents. According to him, he had never been so harmonious in his life, but he refused to admit his willingness, and he insisted that he was embarrassed to get angry because he had the face of Zhao Qingyu as a guest.Zhao Qingyu smiled without saying a word, letting him speak heresy.

During the period, the two of them also discussed whether to tell the truth now, and the conclusion was that it had to be slow. After all, Li Chuang had to go back this time. If he told the truth to his parents, it would inevitably cause problems. Anyway, he waited for a year, so it was not too late. Month, when the roads on both sides are paved, we will get twice the result with half the effort.

Whether a week is long or short, it can subtly change many things.

Zhao Qingyu found that he and Ai Gang got along more and more smoothly and naturally. Although his liking mood has not changed, he still feels uncomfortable and sad occasionally, but he seems to have mastered the knack of adjustment, and he can play jokes unscrupulously. For example, now, he will How can you not like men? It’s a waste of resources. I often talk about it. At this time, Ai Gang scratches his head in embarrassment, as if he is also annoyed that he is so open-minded that he can’t tolerate a man. He is really simple and cute .

Han Mukun's phone calls changed from one call a day to two a day. Zhao Qingyu couldn't stand it any longer. He felt that Li Chuang was like an unlucky daughter-in-law in "Don't Talk to Strangers". I guess Li Chuang also had this consciousness, and finally moved the return time four days earlier. .Zhao Qingyu suspects that Han Mukun, who is thousands of miles away, will set off firecrackers to celebrate this staged victory in the protracted war.

The day before going back, the four of them decided to go back to HIGH, so they rented a broken car to go rafting in a valley hundreds of kilometers away—the driver was naturally the only classmate Ai Gang who passed the ticket.

It has just rained in the mountains, and the river is turbulent. Logically speaking, it is not a good time for rafting. However, many people like to seek excitement. When Zhao Qingyu and his team arrived, [-]% of the small farmhouses were full, and the four of them walked around the rafting scenic spot for several times. Son, I just found a room in a resort that looks expensive but is actually very expensive. There are only three standard rooms left, and the four of them quickly booked it. Song Xinyou naturally has one for herself. Once the luggage is lost, go happily.

Rafting is only a key project in the scenic area. The four of them first climbed the mountain for a long time, blowing the wind, taking a look, and taking a tour guide to explain, and then started drifting after lunch.

It is said that rafting requires many people and familiarity to be fun, and it can be noisy.In fact, as long as you are open-minded, everyone will rise up and resist whoever bullies you, so during the long but rapid drifting, the four-person team played in the dark, and Li Chuang almost jumped out of the lifeboat a few times in the middle. Song Xinyou screamed in fright, but he hecked twice and became a hero again.

Zhao Qingyu has never played so crazy before, forgetting all the mess, just playing crazy, purely having fun.At the end of the rafting, he was still unsatisfied. At that time, the sky was dyed red by the setting sun, which was intoxicatingly beautiful.

In the evening, several people first tasted the local specialty roasted whole lamb, and then started playing mahjong.Zhao Qingyu didn't know how to do it, so Ai Gang and Li Chuang taught him hand in hand, but the apprentice starved to death of the master, and before the evening news was broadcast, the two of them were already as clean as their faces.

After a day of tossing, the four of them were exhausted.After closing the game, he began to wash up.Unexpectedly, Song Xinyou and Li Chuang received love calls one after another, so they each occupied a room and went with each other, leaving Zhao Qingyu and Ai Gang staring at each other and brushing their teeth.

At 22:[-], the news host’s correct voice came out from the TV. The respected and beloved Prime Minister went down to the grassroots to show compassion for the people. The person responsible for melamine has been investigated according to law...

Zhao Qingyu and Ai Gang consciously occupied the same bed alone, watching the news attentively.

After half an hour, the news ended.

Zhao Qingyu regretted not being tuned to the news channel, so that after the 1-minute commercial, he could go back and forth again.

Ai Gang finally came up with an icebreaker: "Uh, sleep?"

As if being reminded, Zhao Qingyu yawned big, then shook his head stubbornly: "I'll go back to Li Chuang's room later."

Ai Gang was a little entangled, as if he was in a dilemma about how to speak, and after a long time, he muttered: "I don't think he can finish calling for a while."

As a result, as if cooperating with Ai Gang, Brother Chuang roared from the next door: "Han, you are urging you to die—"

Zhao Qingyu was embarrassed, but he still stood firm: "I tend to sleepwalk in the middle of the night, you are not safe."

This time it was Ai Gang's turn to be embarrassing, he hesitated for a long time before he managed to say: "I will cover the quilt tightly."

Zhao Qingyu burst into laughter, and finally sighed with smile lines: "Okay, if I really share a room with you, I won't have to sleep at night."

Ai Gang started his standard head scratching again: "You just... like me that much?"

Zhao Qingyu vomited blood and died.

He figured it out, open the cap of Human Heaven, then pour some soy sauce and sprinkle some chopped green onion, you can eat it directly as tofu!

"You look very tangled." Ai Gang told the truth about what he saw and heard.

Zhao Qingyu struggled to get up with his last breath, and almost begged: "You don't like men anyway, so let's skip this topic in the future?"

But Ai Gang said: "To be honest, I'm not sure."

The air freezes.

Zhao Qingyu's breathing became disordered, he looked straight at Ai Gang, and said cautiously: "Huh?"

Ai Gang took a deep breath, then met Zhao Qingyu's gaze, and said word by word: "I may really like you."

Zhao Qingyu was stunned, he couldn't tell if he was more happy or sad, he just asked blankly: "Maybe?"

Ai Gang seemed to be struggling with his thoughts fiercely, and then nodded slightly.

Zhao Qingyu suddenly became frightened, he could adapt to the darkness when he couldn't see the light, but he couldn't bear it if he saw the light but was happy in vain.

Ai Gang is still trying to explain his feelings: "When I think of you leaving now, something is wrong. Many of my high school buddies have gone to other places for college, and the day of the breakup meal is also uncomfortable, but it is different, I think... ..."

"Don't, don't think about anything." Zhao Qingyu said resolutely, and Ai Gang, he thought very clearly these days, and now he said these things with sincerity, "Since you are with a woman, don't change it." , In fact, at that time... you did quite right, otherwise we would have nothing to do if I left, right? And whether you like a man or a woman is purely a matter of genetics. Now you think that you are walking with me, it is because you are reluctant, too If you can’t bear it, you will have an illusion.”

In the end, Zhao Qingyu almost convinced himself.

Ai Gang was a little confused, he couldn't figure it out at first, but now his brain was in a mess.By chance, he got up and walked to Zhao Qingyu's bed to stand still, and then asked solemnly, "You're leaving after school, right?"

Zhao Qingyu didn't know why, but felt that he was tightly covered by a shadow, so he nodded inexplicably.

"Then let me think about it for another month," Ai Gang said with a serious face, "You must not go back early."

Zhao Qingyu smiled: "Where am I going, the two sides have not talked about it yet."

Ai Gang likes to see Zhao Qingyu smile, even if that smile is on Li Chuang's face, it still looks good, just like touching your heart with a feather, it's numb and itchy.He lowered his head and asked softly, "Can I kiss you?"

Zhao Qingyu was dazed for a few tenths of a second, but he quickly realized that he raised his hand and pushed someone's forehead away, and while lowering his head to find his shoes, he joked, "No, it's not enough to take advantage of it, I'm going back to the room , you have time to call your girlfriend to coax her, don't be stupid all day long."

In his heart Zhao Qingyu fled, but in his actions he was calm and unhurried. He didn't forget to say good night to Ai Gang when he closed the door, even though someone was still standing there dumbfounded.

"Come back tomorrow?"

"You have asked eight hundred times!"

"My wife I love you!"

"...I'm not going back."

"Damn, you dare!"

"No matter how disgusting you are, I will dare!"

"This is what you say!"

"Don't take it as funny."

"how about you?"

"……I am going to sleep, bye!"

"Say a word and die!"

"Let's talk about it after you have served my young master well."

"hey-hey……"

Li Chuang shivered, and quickly hung up the phone to prevent it from developing into some kind of disharmony.

Not long after washing, someone knocked on the door. Li Chuang went over to open the door strangely, but was embraced by Zhao Qingyu in the next second. The man didn't say anything, just hugged him tightly.

Li Chuang didn't know what to do, but he also knew that it was inappropriate to speak at this moment, so he took an arm out of the hug with difficulty and gently stroked the other's back.

Finally, Zhao Qingyu calmed down, and gradually realized that he was ashamed again.

But with Li Chuang, there was no secret at all.

But Li Chuang was full of afterthoughts. Seeing Zhao Qingyu turn off the light and go to bed, he couldn't hold back anymore, and slipped into the bed, and then turned into Sister Li: "What happened with Ai Gang, tell me. "

Zhao Qingyu kicked him: "Go back to your bed."

Li Chuang refused to leave: "No, I can't sleep because I'm always thinking about it."

Zhao Qingyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What do you always think about about me?"

Li Chuang said confidently: "Your business is my business, whichever of us is with whom!"

Zhao Qingyu was speechless, the two of them are really like me in you and you in me.

After going back and forth, Zhao Qingyu told Li Chuang the seemingly complicated disputes between him and Ai Gang, but they were not serious. Li Chuang listened carefully and didn't speak for a long time after listening.

Zhao Qingyu thought he was asleep, and just wanted to get out of bed quietly to sleep there, but someone grabbed the corner of his clothes.

In the darkness, he couldn't see his fingers, but Zhao Qingyu seemed to be able to feel Li Chuang's gaze: "Why, haven't you heard enough? I don't have any more gossip here."

"I think you're doing the right thing," Li Chuang said suddenly, in a low voice, which was very inconsistent with his usual publicity, "I didn't think about whether I like it or not, it's either yes or no, it's just simple again and again. But a question of judgment.”

"Well, so we can't give him a chance to do it as an essay question." Zhao Qingyu gently shook Li Chuang's hand, then walked to the other side and went to bed.

"Good night." Li Chuang said.

Zhao Qingyu smiled at the emptiness and darkness, and said softly, "Ann."

Zhao Qingyu felt that he had slept for a long time, as long as a century, and was not stable. The surface consciousness was extremely active, bouncing and jumping for a while, making people uneasy.But there is no dream, only a vast expanse of nothingness, like a thick fog.

I don't know how much time has passed, and finally some real things poured into the emptiness, like depression, and like pain, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, dense and long-lasting.Zhao Qingyu couldn't bear it any longer, opened his eyes suddenly, his ears buzzed as if he was blown out of breath, he panted violently, and his eardrums bulged along with the panting.

"What would you like to drink, passenger?"

"coffee."

"This passenger..."

"Orange juice."

"Where is this traveler?"

Zhao Qingyu blinked, not sure if the other party was talking to him for a moment.

"Passenger?" The stewardess asked patiently for the second time with a smile.

Zhao Qingyu was stunned: "Water, thank you."

At [-] feet, it was like a dream, only whiteness.

Zhao Qingyu couldn't tell whether it was reality or fantasy.

The mobile phone was uncomfortable in his butt pocket. He took it out, familiar with but unfamiliar with the three generations of Apple.

Let me think about it for another month...

You must not go back early...

A certain person's voice still echoed clearly despite the tinnitus. Zhao Qingyu looked out the window, not knowing whether to cry or laugh: "You crow mouth..."

Now it's all right, don't worry about anything, when the plane lands, everything starts again.

The air conditioner was a bit cold, so Zhao Qingyu asked the stewardess for a blanket.