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Although not a good conversationalist, he is a good listener.

Jiang Hao's stern appearance deters other students and seems difficult to get along with. Only Mu Chen knows that he is actually very good, but he is not good at expressing himself.It's like... I've been away from the crowd for too long, and I forgot how to blend in.

Mu Chen wanted to help him blend in.

On Saturday, Mu Chen went to art class as usual.Before he entered high school, he decided that he wanted to take the art test, but he didn't choose to sign up for the art test school. Instead, he chose to attend classes in No. [-] Middle School, attend training classes on weekends, and practice painting during the rest time.

The time schedule is still tight, but doing what you like will not feel tired.

Among the students who participated in the training class, he was considered to be very talented. He could draw well and quickly. After finishing the prescribed practice content according to the unified requirements, Mu Chen started to draw his own private works.

He likes oil painting, because oil painting can use various colors to create all things, and make a single paint come alive and colorful.

Picking up the paint tray, he can become the creator of his own canvas, warm or cool, abstract or figurative, and use them alternately to create real or imaginary pictures one by one.He likes to paint landscapes, especially willow forests. He likes to paint both the green leaves and the dry and desolate ones. When he picks up his brush this time, he thinks of the willow forests behind the campus that are just sprouting green leaves, but he is not in a hurry to add them. For the vibrant green, he first painted the mottled and old wall that he often climbed.

After painting the wall, there was a blank space directly above the wall, and he drew a young man in green clothes squatting on the top of the wall and stretching out his hands. The green clothes are full of hope like new leaves.The boy's hair seemed to be flying in the wind, and his outstretched arms were slender and white, like falling snow, in stark contrast to the brown-gray walls.In the end, Mu Chen drew willow branches decorated with tender leaves on the blank space behind the boy, which fluttered in the wind like the boy's hair.

He looked at the boy in the painting for a moment, and felt that something was missing.After posting for a while, Mu Chen dipped a brush into black and blue paint, and painted the spaces between and above the willow branches with rich blue-black layers, leaving a circular area and painting it in different shades. One white.

The willow forest in the daytime, plus the bright moon in the sky, from top to bottom is the transition from tranquility to publicity.When painting this painting, Mu Chen rarely gave up all painting skills, and just swayed out with emotion, drawing the picture in his mind at this time.

But he admits that this is his most satisfying work during the eight years of studying painting.

Zheng Ge sent a WeChat message saying that the coffee shop opened this Sunday, and invited Mu Chen and Jiang Hao to the shop for coffee.Mu Chen and Jiang Hao made an appointment to go to Brother Zheng's shop at 09:30 in the morning.

It was not convenient to find a place to park in the business district by bicycle, so he took the bus.

While waiting for the bus, I received a message from Xiao Chen Zhao.

[Chen Dazhuzi: Chen'er, I heard you missed half a day of class on Monday?It's not like, Aunt Cheng didn't tell you to let you fall asleep?Your class teacher came to me and asked me, but I couldn't believe it, and it completely fooled me. ]

Chen Zhao was still like this. When he saw the Northeast dialect was very interesting to speak on the Internet, he started to imitate it blindly. As a result, his speech sounded like a non-standard Northeast mess.

[Mu Chen: Don't always be so inauthentic. ]

Chen Zhao and Mu Chen have been in the same school since the third grade of elementary school, and they are still in the same school in junior high school and high school. They have similar personalities and can get along well. Their parents often lament that the two children are destined.Chen Zhao's family background is average, and his parents are ordinary office workers, but work is not as busy as Mu Chen's parents. When he was young, Chen Zhao often asked Mu Chen to eat at his house, and Chen's parents and Chen mother also treated Mu Chen as their own child. good relationship.

After entering high school, they were divided into subjects, Mu Chen was Wen and Chen Zhao was the reason, and high school was not as easy as elementary school and junior high school, so the two of them played less often.Although they all belong to the same school, Chen Zhao is in class (14) and Mu Chen is in class (6). One is on the third floor and the other is on the fifth floor. High school usually doesn’t have a long break after class. Mu Chen likes to be alone during the long break in the afternoon, so I haven't seen you this week.

When Mu Chen replied to the message, the car he was waiting for arrived. He clicked send and put coins into the car.The seats in the car were already full, so he went to the back and grabbed an armrest ring, stood still and continued to chat with Chen Zhao.

[Chen Dazhangzi: My mother took my mobile phone away a few days ago, and I just got it back today and asked you to verify it. How is it? I care about you enough. ]

[Mu Chen: Well, I'm so touched. ]

[Chen Dazhangzi: I was so moved that you changed the topic for me, where did you go after half a day of class, hurry up and tell me. ]

There is no need to deliberately hide anything from Chen Zhao, Mu Chen told him about the experience that day.

[Chen Dazhangzi: Yes, you, you will be brave for righteousness, great hero. ]

[Mu Chen: Don't talk to me like that, the dream of being a hero in childhood has long since ceased to exist. ]

[Chen Dazhuzi: But the transfer student you mentioned, I think it is quite interesting, introduce me to make a friend some other day. ]

Mu Chen thought of Jiang Hao's cold look, and felt that Chen Zhao's quick temper might not be able to make friends with him smoothly.But Chen Zhao just talked casually, and he didn't pay too much attention.

[Mu Chen: Okay, then remember to wear thicker clothes. ]

[Chen Dazhuzi:? ? ? ? ]

Mu Chen turned off the phone screen, put the phone in his pants pocket, and stopped arguing with Chen Zhao.Feeling a little sore in my hand, I changed the hand to hold the ring, and looked up at a sparse willow forest passing by the window.I remember that when I took a taxi that day, only a few willows sprouted new buds. In just a few days, almost all the willows were dyed a light green.

Very similar in color to that green coat.

Before Mu Chen reached his destination, the bus was full of people. He didn't like the crowd, so he got off the bus early and saw a familiar figure carrying a flower basket.

"Jiang Hao!"

The other party turned his head and showed a not very enthusiastic smile.

Originally, the two agreed to go directly to the store to meet up, but they met before they reached the street.

"Jiang Hao, go this way, this place is closer."

Mu Chen lived in Liucheng since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the distribution of roads here. He took Jiang Hao's arm and led him into an alley.

The alley is a bit narrow, and it cannot accommodate two people walking side by side. Mu Chen walked in front, and Jiang Hao followed him silently behind.There is still some distance from the commercial street, it is relatively quiet, and the air is almost settled, which makes it difficult to go fast.

Memories will not make a good appointment with you to meet at a certain time and place as scheduled, but lie in ambush in the depths of your mind. As long as you see an opportunity, you will launch a surprise attack, making people caught off guard.

The footsteps stopped involuntarily.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing. I just... suddenly remembered..."

Jiang Hao didn't ask him what he remembered, but Mu Chen suddenly wanted to talk.

For so many years, even the closest parents didn't know the thoughts and guilt in his heart, but today, facing Jiang Hao, Mu Chen suddenly wanted to confide those long-standing and dusty thoughts.Mu Chen didn't turn around, just turned his back to Jiang Hao and said.

The heart spring just poured out.

"Before I had a very good... very good playmate."

"He is one year older than me, but because he has no parents, he is often bullied by others. I said that I will always protect him and accompany him, and be his lifelong friend. But one day, he said that he might be leaving here soon. I don’t know. Where will he go, I don’t know if he can meet me again, let me go to a small pond to wait for him the next day, he has something very important to give me.”

"and then?"

"I... missed the appointment."

"He left and never came back."

Mu Chen lowered his head, this cheerful and dazzling person has never shown such a lost mood in front of others.Walked in front of Mu Chen from the narrow passage on his right, stretched out his hand and gently encircled him.

Just wrapping his arms around his back, it's really not even a hug, but Mu Chen felt that something seemed to explode in the cerebral cortex, and his thoughts were scattered and scattered, making it difficult to gather together.

In just a few seconds, Jiang Hao let go of him, lowered his head and whispered to him.

"Did you miss the appointment on purpose?"

"No, I didn't miss the appointment on purpose... I actually always remembered to find him, but..."

"Then there's no need to feel guilty."

"But……"

"I believe, he must also know that you sincerely regard him as a friend. He must also hope that you will look forward and not be immersed in the guilt of the past. He must also hope that you have more friends and live a happy life .”

I don't know why, but Jiang Hao's simple words seem to be more effective than any comfort. A few words are like soft feathers, carefully wrapping the wound on the tip of the heart, making people's heart soft and warm.

Mu Chen suddenly felt a lot lighter in his heart.

He was really, really different from anyone.

The atmosphere in the city center and the outskirts is completely different. The willow trees here are more sparse, and there is not even a single one in the commercial area.

Zheng Feng's coffee shop is located at a corner of the business district. The location is very good and the crowds are so crowded that the rent will not be cheap.A long red banner was hung at the entrance of the store, with some opening discounts written to attract customers.A few small flower baskets were placed on the ground, probably sent by Zheng Ge’s friend. Jiang Hao put the flower basket in his hand beside it. There were a few lilies and anthuriums in the flower basket, surrounded by brightly colored gerbera, which complemented the new store. It is more lively and makes people look very comfortable.

The main color of the decoration at the entrance is brown, supplemented by black and dark gray, which looks simple and elegant. The store name in both Chinese and English is directly above it.

RECOLLECTION

【Memories】

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