just in time

"Apologize for what?" Yi Chenliang was puzzled.

"Well, when the seat was adjusted, I moved away without waiting for you to come back, and I didn't even say a word to you." Yun Fang helped him sweep the snow from his hair, "My mind was quite messed up at the time."

"I'm also... pretty messed up." Yi Chenliang frowned, "After all, I just confessed my love facelessly, and immediately fell out of love."

Yun Fang: "..."

Yun Fang chose to skip this dangerous topic.

Yi Chenliang kept the house very clean, but there were too few furniture, making the house look empty.

When Yun Fang saw the sofa, he couldn't help thinking of the absurd thing half a month ago, and quickly looked away.

It stands to reason that Xiao's New Year's Eve should be eating dumplings, but Yi Chenliang's kitchen is really poor, and the snow outside is getting heavier and heavier, and no one wants to go out to buy vegetables.

"Aren't you going home for dinner tonight?" Yi Chenliang went back to the bedroom, changed his clothes, and walked into the kitchen with flip-flops.

"My father is on a business trip and my mother is visiting my grandmother's house. There is no one at home at night." Yun Fang turned his head and frowned when he saw the outfit he was wearing, "Aren't you cold?"

Yi Chenliang wore a thin gray sweater on top, a pair of loose pajama pants underneath, and slippers on bare feet, as if living in spring and summer.

"There is heating, it's hot if you wear too much." Yi Chenliang habitually fumbled for cigarettes in his pocket, met Shang Yunfang's eyes halfway, carried the sugar melon in the plastic bag to the chopping board, and smashed it with his fist.

Yi Chenliang picked up a piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and asked Yun Fang, "Do you want to eat?"

"Eat." Yun Fang was washing vegetables, his hands were full of water, he opened his mouth consciously, motioning for him to throw it in.

Yi Chenliang picked a big one and threw it into his mouth, his fingers got stuck to sesame seeds, so he licked it along the way, which made Yun Fang's eyelids twitch.

"Lick what, wash it!" Yun Fang looked away, and was cutting vegetables on the chopping board with a knife. Those who didn't know the posture thought he was chopping someone's fingers.

Yi Chenliang glanced at him inexplicably, "Are you in menopause?"

"..." Yun Fang slammed the kitchen knife onto the chopping board, turned his head to stare at him sullenly, "Come on, say it again."

Yi Chenliang picked up Tanggua and ran away.

The dishes in the kitchen were limited, Yunfang exhausted all his culinary skills to stew a winter melon soup, fried an egg with green peppers, and when he came out with the dishes, Yi Chenliang had already fallen asleep lying on the sofa.

Seeing that he was dressed so thinly, Yun Fang felt cold, so he slapped his buttocks, "Go to sleep after eating."

Yi Chenliang was taken aback, jumped up from the sofa, hit his head on Yun Fang's chin, and groaned in pain.

Yun Fang covered his chin so that he was sweating from the pain, "What are you doing?"

Yi Chenliang hugged his head and took a deep breath. Yun Fang was worried that he would hit the wound on his head again, so he pulled his hair and took a look, "I hit a bag."

Yi Chenliang recovered from the pain, and as soon as he raised his head, he came face to face with Yun Fang, who still had Yun Fang's hand on his head.

"It's okay." Yi Chenliang patted his hand away, cleared his throat, "Eat."

Yun Fang's cooking skills are average, and the dishes he cooks are not really delicious, but they can be eaten anyway. Yi Chenliang drank half a bowl of winter melon soup, and picked up two pieces of eggs from green peppers. Eaten, green peppers still in the bowl.

"Forget that you don't eat green peppers." Yun Fang put the green peppers in his bowl, "Why did you buy them?"

"Stir-fried shredded potatoes look good." Yi Chenliang saw that he ate the green pepper in two bites without changing his expression, "Can you eat it?"

"I can eat anything if I'm hungry." Yun Fang smiled.

"Junior Management Office?" Yi Chenliang frowned, remembering what he said before, "Is it because of Wang Youwei?"

"It doesn't have much to do with the juvenile detention center." Yun Fang paused, "But it's true that he entered the juvenile detention center because he accidentally killed Wang Youwei."

Yi Chenliang put down his chopsticks, "How many years have you been sentenced?"

"Under the age of sixteen, and another miss, five years." Yun Fang lowered his head to eat, "What are you doing asking about this?"

Yi Chenliang only felt bitter at the root of his tongue, "If it wasn't for you, I would have gone in now."

Yun Fang smiled, "It's me."

Yi Chenliang couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. The chaotic scenes in the alley a few months ago passed by alternately before his eyes, and finally stopped at the hand that was holding the knife firmly.

He didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The person sitting across from him spoke lightly, but in his world, there was no one who stopped that knife for him regardless of life or death.

How scared he was, how scared the person opposite was.

"I'm sorry." Yi Chenliang looked at him, his heart felt as if someone had grabbed him hard, and it was painful and astringent.

"Why did you suddenly apologize?" Yun Fang looked at him amusedly, "It's not your fault."

"It would be fine if I was the one who went back to the past." Yi Chenliang pursed his lips, "I'll save you instead."

Yun Fang was stunned for a moment, his heart felt sore, and it took him a while to laugh: "It's long gone for me."

For the first time, Yi Chenliang felt that his smile was dazzling, so dazzling that it made people feel sad for no reason.

The large Yi Chenliang in front of him only lived to be 35 years old before he died. I don't know how much more suffering and suffering than him, before he came to him.

So Yi Chenliang stretched out his hand, rubbed his hair, and said to him seriously: "It's okay, I will protect you in the future."

Yun Fang was stunned for a moment by his sudden rub, and then smiled: "It's the first time I heard someone say they want to protect me, and I was still a child."

"It's not someone else, it's Yi Chenliang." Yi Chenliang corrected earnestly, and then looked him around meaningfully, "And you are a child now."

Yun Fang: "... eat your food!"

After dinner, it was completely dark outside, but the snow was getting heavier and heavier.

Yun Fang answered Tang Yi's call in the living room, and Yi Chenliang was washing dishes in the kitchen. After he finished cleaning, Yun Fang went to the bedroom before finishing his call.

Yun Fang asked about Tang Yi's situation, and explained what he had for dinner, and finally hung up the phone after hearing what Tang Yi asked him to do.

He walked to the door of the bedroom and saw Yi Chenliang buried half of his body in the closet, and followed him to look, "What are you looking for?"

Yi Chenliang pulled out a set of fleece pajamas from the depths of the closet and handed it to him, "I'll find something for you to wear."

Yun Fang, who didn't plan to stay overnight at all: "...Oh."

They live on the opposite floor now, and it takes less than 5 minutes to walk there.

But when it comes to leaving now, Yi Chenliang has already put all the pajamas in his hands, which is not very suitable.

There was only a 1.5-meter double bed in the rented house, and nothing in the other bedroom. It was obvious that Yi Chenliang did not intend to let him sleep on the sofa or on the floor. The two quilts were spread side by side, holding hands and being extremely affectionate.

Just share the same bed.Yun Fang thought logically, now Yi Chenliang can't be so beastly that he can kill himself, and it's not like he hasn't slept in the same bed with Yi Chenliang before.

So Yun Fang felt relieved.

Yi Chenliang didn't have a mobile phone, and there was no TV in the rented house. After dinner, he basically didn't have any entertainment activities, and Yun Fang didn't like playing with his mobile phone either. The two of them stood in front of the window to watch the snow.

"How much is left now?" Yun Fang asked.

"Six hundred." Yi Chenliang didn't hide it from him.

Originally, Yi Chenliang had almost saved enough for the next semester’s tuition in the past few months. He gave Yunfang 2000 yuan for daily necessities and clothes, more than [-] yuan for medical expenses, and a lot of money for rent and lawsuits. He hasn't given Yun Fang yet... the money that was originally abundant is now stretched thin.

"Actually, I still—" Yun Fang was interrupted just as he opened his mouth.

"You use your money yourself." Yi Chenliang resolutely rejected him, "I can handle it myself."

"Well, I know." Yun Fang smiled, "I'll take all the money you give me."

Yi Chenliang nodded in satisfaction, "I'll go to work tomorrow."

"What job are you looking for?" Yun Fang asked.

"The supermarket is short of people to move goods during the Chinese New Year." Yi Chenliang flicked the screen window, "Go to the restaurant at night, and make a lot of money during the Chinese New Year."

"The injury on your body hasn't healed yet." Yun Fang reached out and touched his ribs, "It's easy to cause the root cause of the disease when you do heavy work now."

"Hiss—don't make any moves." Yi Chenliang slapped his hand away, half joking and half serious, and said: "You are still my lovelorn."

"..." Yun Fang coughed dryly, "Actually, I just wanted to say, if you don't mind, you can come and help me, and I'll pay you."

"Huh?" Yi Chenliang was puzzled.

"I opened a small shop." Yun Fang said: "There is also a shortage of people during the Chinese New Year, but the work will not be very tiring and the salary is high. I will take you there tomorrow to have a look."

Yi Chenliang looked at him for a while, then nodded, "Success."

"What's your expression?" Yun Fang asked.

"It depends on how long you have been studying, how can you find the time to open a shop?" Yi Chenliang said.

"I entrusted a friend to help take care of it." Yun Fang touched his nose, "I rarely go there."

A lot of money was saved in the previous Yunfang Card, and Tang Yi and Yun Heyu also gave pocket money regularly every month, adding up to a considerable amount. He temporarily borrowed the money for a period of time, and just returned this month. Ben put the money back in the card.

He didn't plan to touch the original owner's money or Tang Yiyun's and Yu's money. He kept it in the card and saved it. He would return the money to Tang Yiyun and Yu later when he found a reason.

After all, he was not the real Yunfang, so he couldn't use the money with peace of mind.

The money earned in the store is enough to support himself and Yi Chenliang.

While sleeping, Yun Fang asked to see Yi Chenliang's knee injury.

Yi Chenliang rolled up his trouser legs, "The scars are almost gone."

Yun Fang stretched out his hand to touch it, and frowned, "I left too early that day."

"It has nothing to do with you. They are determined to get me back. There will be a chance sooner or later." Yun Fang's fingers tickled his knees, so Yi Chenliang put down his pants, "It's all right now."

"You will be sixteen after the new year, and it will be beneficial to file a lawsuit at that time." Yun Fang tugged on his trousers.

Yi Chenliang nodded, "When you went to rescue me in the earthen house, I thought I was dreaming, thinking how could you know where I was, but I didn't expect—"

He looked at Yun Fang in front of him, no matter how he thought about it, he found it incredible, "I didn't expect you to be me, a big Yi Chenliang."

The big Yi Chenliang was amused by his statement, and imitated his saying, "Ah, I couldn't find the small Yi Chenliang at that time, and the big Yi Chenliang was in a hurry."

Yi Chenliang asked him: "Then do you remember what happened when you were a child?"

"I remember most of them." Yun Fang thought about it carefully, "I still remember fighting with Wu Erzhu on the banyan tree at the entrance of the village when I was young. I almost fell off and got a big gash on my calf."

Yi Chenliang rolled up his trousers again and pointed to him, "It's this one, I was crying in pain."

"I didn't dare to tell others when I got home. I hid in the bed and cried secretly, and swore that I would beat Wu Erzhu hard in the future." Yun Fang couldn't help laughing, "I cried so much that my nose was soaked."

"Oh yes!" Yi Chenliang also laughed along with him, "You're so stupid."

"Then do you still remember the small wooden hammer that was hidden under the grape trellis in the backyard when you were nine years old?"

"Of course I remember, I think it is very beautiful, and I even gave it a name..."

"It turned out to be stolen by Wu Dazhu."

"You also think Wu Dazhu stole it?"

"He must have stolen it. I beat Wu Erzhu, and he avenged his brother."

"Hahaha……"

Maybe it's because people are always used to remembering happy things, or those childhood memories that are always full of violence and fear, because there is a person who can share without reservation, magically become bright and interesting Get up, and even give people the illusion that they are very happy.

It seems that what passed through that obscure time is not just me alone, but another intimate soul sharing my joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys, and all the secrets that can be said and unspeakable can be said without reservation, Don't be afraid of having strange eyes, and don't have to cover up your badness and pretense——

Countless wounds on the soul that were hidden by time and years were caressed lightly by each other, and they healed miraculously.

Outside the window, the heavy snow spread all over the sky, and there was only the sound of falling snow, and there was only one dim lamp in the room. In the warmth, two lonely souls broke through the insurmountable time, and touched each other cautiously and naturally.

One saw the past and the other saw the future.

The night was getting dark, Yi Chenliang lay on the bed with his legs crossed, unable to sleep with excitement.

"It's three o'clock, Xiao Yi, we should go to bed." Yun Fang yawned, "If you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow."

Yi Chenliang turned sideways and looked at him with bright eyes, "I can't sleep."

Yun Fang looked at him helplessly, "Today is too late."

"But I can't sleep." Yi Chenliang moved towards him, "I can chat with you all night."

"There's still work to do tomorrow." Yun Fang lifted the quilt and wrapped him in with his quilt, "I'll coax you to sleep."

Yi Chenliang got out of his own quilt and went directly into his quilt, kicked out his quilt that was in the way, and said confidently: "The two beds are too hot."

Yun Fang smiled softly, "Well, go to sleep."

Yi Chenliang huddled half of his head in the quilt, and after a while raised his head and asked him, "Did no one call your name after you came here?"

Yun Fang closed his eyes and said, "I already have you."

Yi Chenliang occupied half of his pillow, and his voice was full of youthful vigor and joy, "Yi Chenliang."

Yun Fang's closed eyes suddenly opened, looking at the person close at hand.

"Yi Chenliang." He shouted happily again.

"Yeah." Yun Fang closed his eyes and didn't dare to look any more, but reached out and hugged him in his arms, "I'm here."