just in time

The day of the court session was Thursday. It was late autumn, and there was a drizzle in the sky. The yellow leaves of the elm trees outside the window were falling in the rain.

Yunfang went to the morning market to buy soy milk and fried dough sticks, then went into the bedroom to wake Yi Chenliang up.

During this time, Yi Chenliang made up too much to make up lessons, and didn't get enough sleep at all. He was lying on the bed hugging the quilt, and the sweater was rubbed up by him, so it didn't feel cold to show his belly.

"Xiao Yi, get up and have breakfast." Yun Fang couldn't hold back, and patted his stomach.

Yi Chenliang turned over and buried his head in the quilt, Yun Fang poked his waist, "Get up."

Yi Chenliang rolled around reluctantly again, opened his eyes with difficulty, and his voice was still sleepy, "I did a comprehensive analysis all night... Fuck, I didn't get a single question right."

Yun Fang laughed and pulled him up from the bed, "Hurry up and wash up."

Yi Chenliang yawned, walked into the bathroom with his slippers on, and halfway through brushing his teeth, he suddenly poked his head out and asked, "Is there a court session today?"

"Yes." Yun Fang was pouring the soy milk into the bowl, "Did you forget to go to the office to ask Lao He for leave yesterday?"

"Ah—" Yi Chenliang really forgot, spit the toothpaste foam into the sink and rinsed his mouth, "What time do we go?"

"The court session starts at nine o'clock." Yun Fang looked at his watch, "It's 07:30 now."

Yi Chenliang sat on the sofa and ate deep-fried dough sticks. Seeing that Yun Fang stopped after eating three deep-fried dough sticks, he frowned and said, "You should eat more."

"I'm full." Yun Fang's appetite is much smaller than Yi Chenliang's. Although the two have the same taste, he can't eat much every time.

"I guess I know why you can't train your abdominal muscles." Yi Chenliang pointed at him with a fried dough stick, "I haven't seen you move a few times since I came back."

Anyway, he still likes to play basketball, and if he has time, he will go to the playground for a couple of laps. Besides sitting on his seat and doing problems every day, Yun Fang just watches him run and play basketball, lazily and not moving at all.

The old god Yunfang took a sip of soy milk on the ground, "According to my original plan, I should have retired by this time, go to the village to find a house to grow vegetables and flowers, and sleep until I wake up naturally."

"Instead of staying up late every day to do the questions." Yun Fang sighed.

Yi Chenliang: "But even if you add these two years, you are only 37 years old in soul."

Yunfang Buddha smiled: "It's better to have another cat."

"Is it too much pressure in the third year of high school?" Yi Chenliang was almost driven crazy by the comprehensive theory, "I just want to blink my eyes and this year will pass."

Yun Fang was noncommittal, but said quietly: "If I had known earlier, I would have come back three years later."

Yi Chenliang: "..."

It seems that there is indeed too much pressure.

After the two of them had breakfast, Yunfang drove him to the court in a small electric car, and Huang Chuyi, who was waiting at the door, laughed happily when he saw them, "Hey, why did these two giant pandas escape from the zoo? "

The lawsuit went smoothly. Although Su Shengwen found a lawyer who was a bit difficult to deal with, Huang Huishan stepped in, and the other party couldn't get much benefit. In the end, Yi Chenliang won the lawsuit, and the adoption relationship with Su Shengwen and Chu Xia was terminated.

When he walked out of the court, Yi Chenliang heaved a long sigh of relief, even though it was raining now, it didn't affect his happy and relaxed mood in the slightest.

Then I ran into Su Shengwen in front of the gate.

He was wearing a black overcoat, and Zhou Ang stood beside him holding an umbrella for him, looking at Yi Chenliang and Yun Fang who came out.

This was the first time Yun Fang saw Su Shengwen when he was young.

The eyes of the two met through the rain curtain, and then they separated quickly.

"Liangliang." Su Shengwen looked at Yi Chenliang with a complicated expression, "I didn't expect you to make this matter so ugly. If you are sensible enough, you should ask other people's opinions in advance."

"You never asked my opinion when you took me away by force." Yi Chenliang said with a cold face.

Su Shengwen sighed, "You are still too young."

"No matter what happens to Yi Chenliang, it has nothing to do with you." Yun Fang grabbed Yi Chenliang's hand, and looked at Su Shengwen with a half-smile, "He doesn't owe you anything, and I hope you won't disturb his life again. Mr Su."

Su Shengwen looked at him and frowned, "You two—"

"It has nothing to do with you." Yi Chenliang interrupted him, pulled Yun Fang and turned to leave.

"Liangliang, your mother has already divorced me." Su Shengwen said to his back: "She was just sick before... If you have time, you can visit her."

Yi Chenliang didn't stop walking, and disappeared from his sight together with Yun Fang.

"Sir, don't be too sad." Zhou Ang comforted him.

Su Shengwen had no expression on his face, and stood in the rain for a while, "Let's go."

When a person reaches middle age, his wife and children are separated.

But he knows what he wants, and even so, he's going to keep going.

It's like he never regretted the decision he made back then.

In the bleak autumn rain, the black car slowly drove away from the gate of the court.

-

Yi Chenliang's archives and student records were all moved back to Wucheng, and finally it was no longer a borrowing, but a legitimate return to No. [-] Middle School.

For this reason, Lao He even had a special talk with him, the main purpose was to care about his study progress, and to insinuate about his living conditions. After learning that he lived with Yun Fang, he was very relieved.

"...It's already a third year of high school, and you're missing another year of class. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Too much pressure is easy to backfire. But then again, there are many people who have made rapid progress in the third year of high school, so we can still do it. , after all, the foundation is not bad..."

Lao He held his thermos cup and chattered, "Ask Yun Fang more often. He is now stable in the top [-]. You two have similar paths. You belong to the type of thick accumulation and slow growth. Take it easy."

Yi Chenliang nodded obediently.

Coming out of the office, Yi Chenliang saw Yun Fang waiting for him.

"Why did you come down?" Yi Chenliang asked him.

"Going to the toilet, passing by." Yun Fang put his hands in his pockets, confidently.

Yi Chenliang raised his eyebrows, "Oh, that's it."

The next class was physical education class, and it happened to be a big break again. It was rare that Yun Fang was not willing to come out for a walk in the classroom, and the two of them walked around the school.

It had just rained in the morning, and the asphalt road was wet. There were withered willow leaves all over the lake. There were two or three students watching the water by the lake, and one was picking up fallen leaves.

On the other side of the lake is a small dirt road, with a large reed shoal on the shore, and a yellow lotus leaf on the lake. If you are lucky, you can occasionally see ducklings swimming out of the reed shoal.

Yi Chenliang sat down on a rock, tilted his head and asked Yun Fang, "Da Yi, is there anything you like to do?"

Although Yunfang spends most of his time in the classroom doing questions or reading books, Yi Chenliang knows that it is not something he likes to do, but something he needs to do.

Yun Fang was stopped by his question, he leaned on the rock and looked at the lake, "I really haven't thought about it carefully."

He is exhausted most of the time and rarely thinks about what he likes to do, or he knows but never dares to think about it, so that he has now forgotten the future he hopes to have.

But now, he thought, perhaps he could give the matter some thought.

The autumn wind was very cool, he and Yi Chenliang looked at the not-so-beautiful scenery by the lake, but their hearts were never calm and peaceful.

He didn't expect that one day he would be able to think so seriously about what he likes to do, and he could plan his own future as he wanted.

"When I was doing the task before, I passed a bookstore."

That should have happened a long time ago, and the street in my memory is a bit blurred. It may be in a town abroad, or in a small city in China. There is a door with bluestone slabs, and there is a flower shop and a bookstore next to it. There is an ordinary door sign hanging on the door.

He pushed the door open, and the wind chime rang at the door.

There are many wooden bookshelves reaching to the top in the bookstore, which are full of books. The ladders used to fetch books are randomly placed in the middle of the aisle. A laptop, a bouquet of unknown flowers placed in a vase, casually placed on the table, next to a half cup of steaming coffee.

He didn't remember why he entered that bookstore at that time, he only remembered that he was very tired, physically and mentally exhausted.

He thought at the time, it would be great if I was the owner of this bookstore.

He could even imagine himself sitting on that very soft chair, picking up the half cup of coffee and continuing to drink, and then sleeping sleepily on the table.

He was really tired.

He couldn't remember what happened afterwards, but he remembered the feeling of envy and the thought that he felt out of reach at the time——

"Let's open a bookstore in the future."