just in time

"Liangliang, are you awake?"

There was a knock on the door.

The person lying on the bed covered his head and did not respond.

"Liangliang, today is New Year's Eve. Although we are not in China, we still have a reunion dinner." The person outside the door persuaded him softly, "Father and brother are on the plane this afternoon, our family—"

The door was yanked open from inside.

Chu Xia was startled, she subconsciously took a step back.

Yi Chenliang looked at her gloomyly, "Don't bother me again."

Chu Xia's eyes were red in an instant, and tears were about to fall, "Liangliang, mom just wants the family to have a good reunion dinner."

As soon as she finished speaking, the door in front of her was slammed shut with a bang.

Yi Chenliang listened to the crying outside, only restless in his heart, he lay back on the bed and covered his head.

Su Shengwen and Chu Xia are not his family members, and Yi Chenliang feels breathless every time he faces them.

From the angry protest at the beginning to the passive cold war now, he has always been forced to move forward with his head held down, powerless.

On the day Su Shengwen sent him abroad, he almost escaped, just a little bit.

He even made a phone call to Yunfang, but he was forcibly cut off after a hasty ring, and then he was escorted onto the plane in a rage.

Everything here made him feel strange, so strange that it was disgusting.

He tried many ways to contact Yunfang, but none of them succeeded. He doesn't even have his own mobile phone now.

Yi Chenliang turned over under the quilt, slowly curled himself up into a ball, and reached out to touch the small stone on his wrist.

He misses Yun Fang.

I think about him all the time, but the more I think about it, the sadder it becomes.

He is so useless.

It was Yun Fang who had always been protecting him and pampering him, and he couldn't help him when something really happened.

He doesn't want to go on like this anymore.

He curled up in the darkness, lowered his head and gently kissed the small stone on his wrist.

He must go back and find him.

-

It was the afternoon of New Year's Eve when Yun Fang got off the plane, and Yun Heyu and Tang Yi came to pick him up together.

He was stuck all the way in the car, and when he was about to get home, he finally heard Tang Yi ask him: "Tangtang, did you find Xiaoyi?"

"Not yet." Yun Fang rubbed the stone on his wrist habitually, "But it's roughly within the range."

"That's good." Tang Yi comforted him, "I will always find it."

Yunfang's grandparents happened to be at their house for the New Year this year, and the two old people stayed at Yunfang's third uncle's house for the whole year last year. The third uncle's family was in the northeast, so it was the first time Yunfang saw them.

The two old people hadn't seen their grandson for a long time, and they missed their grandson very much. Grandma took Yun Fang's hand and said, "Oh, how come Tangtang has grown so tall since I haven't seen him for a year?"

Grandpa smiled and said, "It's the time when I grow up, and I will be seventeen after the new year! How high is Tang Tang?"

Yun Fang smiled slightly, "I haven't measured it."

In the past, Yi Chenliang always liked to compete with him to grow faster, and took him to measure his height every day, which he hadn't done for a long time.

Yun and Yu took the measuring tape and measured it for him, "Come and see, why do I think Tangtang is taller than me?"

Probably seeing that Yun Fang was unhappy, Tang Yi also came to tease him, "Tangtang, straighten your waist, you really have grown taller."

"Hey, 1.8 meters five." Yun Heyu patted Yun Fang on the shoulder, "Good boy, he's so tall that he doesn't make a sound."

Yun Fang touched his nose.

"Your father is only 1.8 meters three, just taller than your father." Grandma smiled and said: "He is tall, handsome, and he is born for nothing. My grandson will definitely find a good girl."

The smile on Tang Yi's face froze, and Yun Heyu helped the old lady to sit on the sofa, "Hey, Tangtang is only so old. Now his main task is to study, not to fall in love."

"Hey, that's right." Grandpa echoed from the side, "Tangtang, are you in the third year of high school after the New Year?"

"Grandpa, after the new year is the second semester of senior year." Yun Fang explained to him, "The second half of the year is the second semester of senior year."

"Oh, next year will be the college entrance examination?" Grandpa knew that he had been doing well in his studies, "Have you thought about what university to take?"

"Not yet." Yun Fang took a Maza and sat down at the coffee table to pour tea for them.

"I have to start thinking about it. Your third uncle's brother just finished his college entrance examination this year. He seems to be going to some post and telecommunications university? I thought he was going to deliver letters and telegrams, but I asked him to give me a good meal." Grandpa said with a smile : "It turns out that he went to learn German, but it bored me to death."

"Dad, there are all kinds of majors in college now." Yun Heyu said with a smile, "As long as Tangtang likes, he can study anything."

"Yes, it's best to become a high-ranking official in the future, and give our Yun parents a good face." Grandma nodded, "The children in our family are good at studying in Tangtang."

"I won't be an official in the future." Yun Fang took a sip of tea.

Grandma was puzzled: "How nice it is to be an official, decent and beautiful, and you can find a good wife."

"You old woman." Grandpa gave her a reproachful look, "The child can do whatever he wants in the future, Tangtang, listen to grandpa, if he doesn't want to be an official, then let's not be an official, and we can do whatever we like."

Grandma patted Grandpa embarrassingly, "I just said it casually, you old man."

Yun Fang helps Yun and Yu post Spring Festival couplets outside the door.

"Tangtang, are you aligned?"

"A little higher on the left."

"how about this?"

"A little higher."

Yun and Yu adjusted their height and started posting without turning their heads, "Tangtang, don't take what your grandparents say to heart. The older generation thinks of feudalism, so we can't be stubborn with them. Just listen and don't pay attention."

"I know, Dad." Yun Fang supported him on the stool, "Grandpa and grandma are very nice."

Yun and Yu clapped their hands, "Okay, let's go back to the house and help your mother and grandma make dumplings."

"The dumplings don't need to be cooked for too long." Chu Xia instructed her aunt at the kitchen door.

Footsteps were heard on the stairs, Chu Xia turned her head and looked at Yi Chenliang in surprise, "Liangliang!"

Yi Chenliang walked up to her, pursed his lips, and said in a stiff tone, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you just now."

Chu Xia looked at him in surprise and emotion, "Liangliang..."

This is the first time in such a long time that Yi Chenliang has spoken so many words to her, and he is still giving in.

"It's okay, it's okay." With a smile on Chu Xia's face, she pulled him into the living room, "Father and brother will be here soon, let's have New Year's Eve dinner together tonight."

"Okay." Yi Chenliang let her hold his hand without pulling it out.

Chu Xia was obviously very happy. When Su Shengwen and Su Qingbai entered the door, they even saw her humming softly.

"You guys are here!" Chu Xia smiled and went up to hug Su Shengwen and then Su Qingbai, "Just in time, the dishes are almost ready."

Su Shengwen put his arms around her and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

Chu Xia obviously had someone to confide in, and smiled at Su Shengwen, "Liangliang called my mother today!"

Su Shengwen smiled slightly, "Seeing him, I figured it out."

After Su Qingbai changed his shoes, he looked at Yi Chenliang who was sitting on the sofa.

Yi Chenliang was wearing a white turtleneck sweater and khaki slacks today, and his uncut hair was tied behind him with a small rubber band. He sat on the sofa with a calm expression and watched TV. It's like a different person compared to a month ago.

Seeing them coming in, Yi Chenliang stood up from the sofa, and then naturally called Su Shengwen Dad.

Su Shengwen smiled and said, "Liangliang has grown taller. It seems that your mother has raised you well in the past few months."

Yi Chenliang pursed his lips and hummed.

"Looking at it this way, Liangliang is even taller than Qingbai." Chu Xia laughed, "I didn't realize that I was by my side all the time."

Su Shengwen followed her words, "Looks like I'm about the same height as me, about 1.8 meters by 1.8 meters."

Chu Xia held his arm and smiled happily, "Liangliang looks like you, your eyebrows and eyes are like a mold."

Su Shengwen smiled and said, "Of course my son is like me. What delicious food did you cook?"

"I asked my aunt to cook dumplings and make some home-cooked dishes..." Chu Xia took him into the kitchen to look at the dishes for tonight.

Yi Chenliang turned his eyes back, and met Su Qingbai's scrutinizing eyes.

"You have changed a lot." Su Qingbai said to him.

Yi Chenliang sat back on the sofa, twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes and said: "You don't worry about food or drink, you can get what you want, of course it will change."

Su Qingbai said with a smile: "Chang Ziqi still asks me about you every day. I heard that he is very close to Yun Fang. Do you think he wants to know about you, or Yun Fang wants to know about you?"

Yi Chenliang's eyes trembled, but he quickly suppressed it, and he asked casually, "Did you tell him?"

"I told you, Chang Ziqi beat me up." Su Qingbai smiled slightly, "I told him you were in England."

Yi Chenliang raised his eyes to look at him.

The smile on Su Qingbai's face became cheerful, "Switzerland and England are quite far apart, right, brother."

While eating, the Spring Festival Gala was broadcast live on TV, Chu Xia picked up a piece of ribs for Yi Chenliang, "Liangliang, eat more."

"Thank you, Mom." Yi Chenliang picked up the spare ribs in the bowl with his chopsticks and ate them, a small part of the red string on his wrist was exposed from the cuff of the white sweater.

"Brother, the red strings seem to be a pair?" Su Qingbai asked Yi Chenliang very naturally.

Su Shengwen's eyes fell on the red rope on Yi Chenliang's wrist, "A couple?"

"No." Yi Chenliang gnawed on the ribs unhurriedly, "I bought them at a small stall by the sea, five yuan and ten pieces, brother, if you want me to bring them for you next time."

"...No need." Su Qingbo paused, "Maybe I misremembered."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of joyful laughter from the sketch on the TV.

"This skit is quite fun." Yun Heyu sipped the wine in the glass, "Tangtang, don't just eat, watch TV for a while."

As soon as Yun Fang raised his head, the mobile phone under the table rang. He glanced at the caller, stood up with the mobile phone, "I'll answer the call."

He went back to his bedroom and closed the door. When he connected, Huang Chu's excited voice came from over there, "There is a door!"

"How to say?" Yun Fang's voice was very calm.

"Do you still remember the classmate I worked in the court? His uncle works in the provincial department..." Huang Chu seemed to be drinking, and his tongue was a little bit loud, "You are really right, the person you mentioned is really real I can't deal with Su Shengwen, my classmate's uncle is under the hands of that person, saying that the two of them fight to the death all day... I drank with my classmate today, and when I got too drunk, I shook everything, what did you plan to do? Maybe it will work!"

"En." Standing in front of the desk, Yun Fang stretched out his hand to flip the Rubik's Cube, "Did you give him the prepared materials?"

"How can I, I dare not act rashly without you giving the order." Huang Chu was obviously drunk, "Damn you, you're dead, you just let you do something that seems impossible at all, how many fools A character who can't even be beaten... Fuck, awesome! Really fucking awesome! Telling this matter is enough for me to brag for the rest of my life!"

Yun Fang listened to the sound of firecrackers outside, "Is there any news from Xiao Yi?"

"Not yet, but the family will definitely not care about Xiao Yi when the time comes." Huang Chu didn't know what to say over there, "Fuck the evidence, luckily I saved the files carefully, Damn, it's on my head...I'm not good enough and I still have my dad! Shit! When my dad went to court, those idiots didn't know where to drink milk! I love my dad!"

Yun Fang: "...you drank too much."

"Don't worry, the two of us will work together with two swords and two prongs. This time, we have appointed them to send Xiao Yi back intact as they took away."

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