waiting for dawn

Zhang Tuming recently donated 50 yuan to his alma mater, Chenfeng High School.

In order to thank him, his alma mater specially invited him to give a speech to the students.

Chenfeng High School is located in Chenjiang City. Chenjiang City is a small town with beautiful scenery, but the roads are not very spacious. There is not even a subway to this day. Zhang Tuming has never been back since he graduated from high school.

He is not a local, but his household registration is here, so he was forced to come here to study for a year in his third year of high school.

Here along the coast, there is a refreshing salty coolness in the air. Zhang Tuming opened the window of the taxi, and the neat but somewhat narrow street passed before him. He couldn't help but hugged his new boyfriend beside him tightly. "Baby, I'll take you to live in a sea view room tonight."

Boyfriend Xiao Ying immediately retracted into Zhang Tuming's arms with a coquettish look on his face, "I hate it, it's in public."

Unexpectedly, the uncle driver was very open-minded, "It's okay, the two boys are normal now."

Zhang Tuming smiled lightly, and Xiao Yingwo raised his head in his arms, "Brother Ming, you have so many alma maters, why do you only donate money here?"

Zhang Tuming squeezed Xiaoying's shoulder, signaling him not to ask more questions, he himself didn't know why, summed up in four words - impulsive.

After five years, Chenfeng High School is still as bad as ever.

It looks like it has not been renovated at all, the peeling teaching building is full of scars, the cramped playground is still only a pitiful 200 meters, the basketball hoop has no net, and the baskets are rattling with the breeze.

"Damn it!" Zhang Tuming straightened the tie on his chest. He really didn't have any good memories of this place.

Because the speech was held together with the flag-raising ceremony, Zhang Tuming deliberately rushed early.The students stood densely on the playground, and the school uniforms did not change. They were all green, because it was winter, and even the school uniform hats were green.

Zhang Tuming finished reading the speech with a blank face, and the applause from the audience was weak. Perhaps Zhang Tuming didn't really understand it at all, and he just wanted to quickly end this somewhat silly link.

After the speech, the principal received him in person, accompanied by several former teachers. Everyone was a little hypocritical, because he was really not a good student when he was in school.

It's just that there is one less. At this critical time, it is rare for students to live up to expectations. How can the class teacher not be there?

Zhang Tuming felt that he was about to be suffocated by the tie, so he pulled it again and again, resisting listening to the principal's thanks again and again, and asked directly, "Where is Teacher Qin?"

There is more than one teacher surnamed Qin in the school. Zhang Tuming looked at the headmaster in a daze, so he made his words clearer, "Where is Teacher Qin Liming? Why didn't he come?"

I don't know if Zhang Tuming's eyes were dazzled, but he always felt that the principal's smile was a little stiff, and the chemistry teacher beside him coughed lightly, "Xiao Qin didn't work in school a few years ago."

"Not working at school? Where did he go?"

"This... After all, Xiao Qin has resigned for so long."

"Then do you still have his contact information?"

Qin Liming's popularity seemed average, Zhang Tuming waited for a while before getting his latest contact information from another English teacher.

After that, he felt that there was no need for him to stay here.

Xiaoying followed him the whole time, so he was naturally curious about this Teacher Qin, but Zhang Tuming just said very coldly: "After all, I have been my class teacher for a year, so it is rare to come here, so I am embarrassed not to see it. "

Because he didn't know where Qin Liming was, Zhang Tuming simply stood at the school gate and called him.

The call went through quickly, which surprised Zhang Tuming. The voice on the other side was as soft as a mosquito, "Hello, who is it?"

Zhang Tuming couldn't bear the word "you", he frowned and cleared his throat, "Teacher Qin?"

There was silence for two seconds, "Excuse me, is that my former student?"

"I'm Zhang Tuming."

"Oh." There seemed to be more silence, "Tu Ming."

While talking, Zhang Tuming raised his hand to hail a taxi, and at the same time asked the driver to take him to the best sea view room in the city. Qin Liming seemed to say something again, but Zhang Tuming couldn't hear clearly, so he became a little impatient , "Can the voice be louder?"

Sure enough, the volume increased a little, "Are you here to play? I'm at work now, so it's not convenient for me to talk."

"Let's have a meal together at noon."

"Noon?" Qin Liming hesitated, but still responded, "That's fine."

"Then you add me on WeChat and send me the address."

"I'm more familiar with this place than you, so let me go find you."

A long time ago, Zhang Tuming couldn't get used to Qin Liming's kindness that seemed to be considerate of others in everything. Back then, he would snort coldly, but now that he is older, his hostility is relatively less, so he just quickly Rejected, "Stop talking so much, see you at noon."

After hanging up the phone, Xiaoying poked Zhang Tuming's arm viciously, "Brother Ming, your attitude towards your homeroom teacher is not very good."

Zhang Tuming snorted lightly, "It's fine if I treat you well."

It said it was a sea view room, but the driver didn't show them the right place in order to make more detours. The sea was in the distance and could be seen faintly.Zhang Tuming angrily took off his tie and threw it on the bed, then quickly took off the suit that bound him, and put on the leather jacket and overalls he usually wears, and took out his sunglasses to wipe them.

Xiaoying hugged his waist from behind, rubbed his face on the back of his neck and asked for a kiss, but was avoided by Zhang Tuming, the originally good interest became dull for some reason.

When he went to the appointment, he brought Xiao Ying with him.

When he arrived at the place, he found that it was a real estate agency. Zhang Tuming took out his phone and checked the street number. After confirming that it was correct, he squinted his eyes and looked inside. In his impression, Qin Liming was not a material for sales.

Zhang Tuming had always lacked the patience to wait. If the other party still didn't come out, he would get annoyed, so he simply went across the road to buy a popsicle, leaned against a tree and gnawed on it while waiting.

"Brother Ming, how old is your teacher?"

Zhang Tuming was too lazy to answer Xiaoying, he glanced at the gate again, then stood up straight, bit off the last bite of the popsicle, and took off his sunglasses.

Five years is not too long to say, and many things are still vivid in my memory as if they were yesterday, but the reality is that it is better to forget them once and for all.

Qin Liming came out with two colleagues. He said goodbye to them with a smile before walking this way. When he came to the front, the smile on his face was gone. Instead, he touched his ears in embarrassment, " Tu Ming, you really have changed, I didn't even dare to recognize you just now..."

hypocritical.Zhang Tuming said in his heart that apart from getting a little stronger, there was no major change, even his height was the same as before.

Zhang Tuming called out to Mr. Qin, then put his arm around Xiaoying's shoulder, "Let me introduce you, this is my boyfriend."

In addition to embarrassment, Qin Liming's expression was mixed with embarrassment, Zhang Tuming frowned, after all these years, Qin Liming still couldn't view homosexuality correctly, he was really old fashioned.

"The teacher is very young." Xiaoying said with a smile.

"Oh...hehe." Qin Liming rubbed his hands together, "You are handsome too."

"Okay." Zhang Tuming interrupted the two, "What do you want to eat?"

"There is a good beef noodle restaurant nearby." Qin Liming's voice was always low, "You can order food, and the lion's head is quite big..."

"Let's eat seafood." Zhang Tuming didn't accept his opinion at all. "Which seafood restaurant near here is better?"

"But..." Qin Liming bit his lower lip, "Okay."

Zhang Tuming walked in front with Xiao Ying in his arms, Qin Liming kept a distance from them all the time, and then a big car approached and almost hit him, and he silently went around behind the two of them.

Then Zhang Tuming heard Qin Liming send a voice in a very small voice, "Brother Li, I have something to do at noon today, and I may come back a little later. If my client comes, please entertain me. Thank you."

Zhang Tuming looked back at him, "Mr. Qin, if you have something to do..."

"It's okay." Qin Liming waved his hands hastily.

The seafood restaurant recommended by Qin Liming was decent, with a good storefront and quite a few varieties to choose from. Xiaoying wanted to eat lobster, so Zhang Tuming picked a big one for him.

It was cold outside, but the interior was full of warmth. Qin Liming took off his heavy coat after ordering food.

Inside is a black twisted sweater, and a light blue shirt inside, with only a pair of collars standing neatly on both sides of the neck.

It's not that it's ugly, but Zhang Tuming inexplicably rejects this style. It's upright and well-regulated. It doesn't make mistakes but it's not attractive.

After Qin Liming took off his coat, he washed the dishes of the three of them with hot water. Zhang Tuming noticed that the ring on his ring finger was missing. This person was reluctant to take it off even after the divorce.

The dishes were served one by one, including steamed, sashimi, and grilled. Zhang Tuming asked Xiaoying while picking up the dishes, "Has Mr. Qin remarried in these years?"

The question was obviously a bit abrupt, Zhang Tuming saw him put down his chopsticks, and his eyes widened accordingly, "This...it's comfortable to live on my own."

The answer was expected, Zhang Tuming nodded, "Have you moved?"

"Ah, moved to a new place."

"Auntie and uncle, how are you?"

"It's good." The embarrassment on Qin Liming's face eased a little, and he asked cautiously after finishing speaking, "Are you going to see them?"

"no need."

"Oh." Qin Liming lowered his head and smiled, then raised his hand to refill them with tea.

During the meal, Qin Liming laughed more than once, but he was always reserved. When he smiled, a dimple appeared on the left cheek.

Unfortunately, it's not sweet.

Zhang Tuming originally planned to pay the bill, but when he got to the counter, he found that Qin Liming had already settled the bill.

This seafood meal is not cheap, it is estimated to be [-] in total, and Qin Liming's half a month's salary is included in it without thinking too much.

Zhang Tuming asked a little awkwardly, "Didn't you say I got married?"

Qin Liming smiled politely, "The friendship of the landlord."

After chatting a few more words before parting, Qin Liming proposed to drive to the high-speed rail station to see them off the next day.

Qin Liming actually had a car, which made Zhang Tuming a little curious. Qin Liming seemed to see his intentions, and took the initiative to say: "Used cars are worthless, and it will be much more convenient to have a car..."

In fact, there is no need to bother him to make a special trip, but Zhang Tuming agreed in a strange way, "Okay, see you tomorrow."

Xiaoying's problems are as many as the bubbles that the goldfish vomits.

Zhang Tuming answered a few things he wanted to know most: Qin Liming is indeed not very old, only five years older than him, and only thirty this year.It is true that he and Qin Liming have some relationship, but that is the relationship between their parents and grandparents. In their generation, they are just ordinary teachers and students.

If there is more, Zhang Tuming has nothing to say.

Because Xiaoying had too many problems, Zhang Tuming decided to punish Xiaoying. He beat Xiaoying hard in this unqualified sea view room.

Zhang Tuming pressed Xiaoying on the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel. The sea that was still faintly visible during the day was completely immersed in the night. A picture he should never have thought about.

Commit sin!

Chenjiang City is really not a good place, even making love makes people lose interest in doing it.

Qin Liming came to pick them up early the next morning.I drive a white Toyota, which is not very good-looking, but it is well-maintained.

Qin Liming drove steadily, but he didn't speak. Maybe he was afraid of embarrassment, so he turned on the radio in the car. The radio was news, which made people drowsy.

Xiaoying ate too much seafood yesterday, so he was always uncomfortable on the road. This abdominal pain reached its peak when he passed by a gas station. He asked Qin Liming to let him go.

After a small win, only Zhang and Qin were left in the car, the space was tight, Zhang Tuming just took this opportunity to get out of the car to smoke a cigarette.

Qin Liming also got out of the car, but he had nothing to do, he just squinted at the clouds in the distant sky.

Zhang Tuming bit his cigarette and suddenly said, "Why don't you do it at school?"

Qin Liming turned his head to look at him, "It's nothing, I just don't want to be a teacher anymore."

"If you can't do it, come to Tongguang City to develop. I will introduce you to a more comfortable job."

"Ah?" Qin Liming's expression was a little surprised, he even took two steps back, and then waved his hands hastily, "No need, I'm fine here."

Zhang Tuming sighed, and called him by first and last name, "Qin Liming?"

"how……"

Zhang Tuming looked around, took two steps forward and grabbed Qin Liming's arm.

"Don't move!" Zhang Tuming immediately said, "Don't hide either."

Qin Liming lowered his head, and Zhang Tuming could only see the slightly curly hair on the top of his head. He lowered his voice, "I want to help you, not for anything else, but I just hope that the previous bad debts can be written off."

The author says:

The next chapter begins five years ago.The previous comment collection and starfish are very important to me, I hope you can continue to support, love you.