Shocked in late autumn

The key was put in the hole, and with a twist, the door opened.

Ever since Pluto fell ill, he either fell asleep soundly or huddled in a corner in a daze. At this moment, he suddenly regained his energy, his tail stood up, he broke free from Ji Songlin's arms, and with a slap of his front paws, he fell lightly to the ground.

It crawled through the crack of the door and broke into the house first.

Xu Chenyu bowed slightly, like a gentleman, and waved to Ji Songlin: "Please come in."

Ji Songlin is very generous and polite, the first time he entered the room, he saw a family portrait hanging on the top of the TV wall, a family of three.

It is worth mentioning that the family portrait is not a photo, but a hand-painted painting, which looks like it was written by a young child.The crayon adds color, the strokes are very immature, and all that is left is childlike innocence.

Seeing Ji Songlin looking at the painting, Wu Yuling said: "Xiaoyu's painting, the three of us just haven't taken a group photo, and Lao Xu likes this painting, so we hang it up as a family portrait. Calculate the time, and hang it up for a long time." 20 years."

20 years of painting.

The man in the painting is dressed in regular clothes, with a regular appearance, his sideburns look like a knife, and there is not a single strand of extra hair, and he looks heroic.

It must be Xu Zihua, his appearance is seven points similar to Xu Chenyu, he has a bright smile, like a rising sun, but he has no dimples when he smiles, not as sweet as Xu Chenyu, and his temperament is not as elegant as Xu Chenyu cold.

Ji Songlin looked at the painting, his eyes seemed to hold a piece of old time, he could travel through space, and saw the five-year-old Xu Chenyu.

A child in pink and jade was running on the grass, a man in police uniform was flying a kite in front, and a woman was protecting the child behind him, smiling happily.It was Ji Songlin's imaginary family. He was inexplicably envious of the warmth of the flowing water, and looked at the decorations and facilities in the living room.

Wu Yuling hung the black coat on the hanger, and said to Ji Songlin, "Sit whatever you want and wait for Auntie's special dishes."

The kitchen was very clean, and the pots and pans were neatly arranged. Ji Songlin took a look and asked, "Auntie, do you need help?"

Wu Yuling moved quickly, she rolled up her long hair, picked up a pen as a hairpin, and then she looked capable, smiled kindly, and said, "No, just sit down and play for a while, watch TV, drink a cup of hot tea or something Yes. Xiaoyu, say hello to your friend."

"Okay, you are busy with your work," Xu Chenyu picked up the remote control: "Want to watch a movie?"

Ji Songlin sat down beside him and brought ebony aloe: "Okay."

"Is there anything you want to watch? You can order it."

While talking, Xu Chenyu leaned closer to Ji Song, and he gently sniffed the breath floating on his body, silent and greedy, the scent seemed to be full of wine and flowers, easy to catch.

A movie list appeared on the screen, and Ji Songlin glanced at it: "The one in the upper left corner, the movie just released two days ago."

Xu Chenyu pressed the remote control, and the title of the film appeared on the LCD screen - "Sunny Days Like Rainy Days"

At the beginning of the movie, the method of parallel time and space is adopted. The camera follows the male and female protagonists to present their different lives. In a majestic and solemn mansion like a museum, a 12-year-old genius boy lives with a eccentric single mother and a chef. , the world was dim, and the days were quiet and boring, until a poor 20-year-old girl came here and broke the tranquility here...

Ji Songlin didn't concentrate on watching the movie, and looked around from time to time, Xu Chenyang asked, "What are you looking for?"

Just as he was looking for the washing room in the house, Ji Songlin stared at a study room: "Looking for your little darkroom, is that the one?"

"No, I don't usually live with my mother, this is the old house of the family," Xu Chenyu fiddled with the remote control: "I have to go to my apartment to develop photos."

"Oh, I thought I could visit it."

The two were talking, and Pluto meowed, walked to Xu Chenyu's feet with his paws, and sat down with his buttocks pouted, so frightened that the man couldn't hold the remote control stably.

Ji Songlin picked up pluto's belly, brought the kitten back, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, it's quite docile and won't bite casually."

The smile on the man's face made Xu Chenyu feel a little guilty, he straightened up: "My mother just made up nonsense, don't worry about it, and... I'm not that afraid of cats." Having said that, Ji Songlin saw him quietly retracting his feet, which made him smile softly.

Pluto kept meowing, writhing in Ji Songlin's arms, but he refused to let his master hold it.

Xu Chenyu was far away, and he tilted his head to take a look: "Pluto is not feeling well."

"It's probably getting angry with me." Ji Songlin knew why it was being awkward, teasing pluto like coaxing a child: "Okay, okay, even if you only have one eye, you are still a pretty girl."

Pluto seemed to understand what the master was talking about, so he stopped pulling his paws, and put his tail down, curling up quietly on Ji Songlin's lap.

Xu Chenyu felt strange, bent down, and looked at pluto from the bottom up: "It seems to understand."

Without turning his head, Ji Songlin just said, "Well, everything has animism."

He was... like a poet sometimes.

Ji Songlin was teasing the kitten, the crystal lamp was hung on the roof, the warm light leaked down and gathered into a strand, and touched his fingertips, Xu Chenyu stared at him intently, he felt that this man was so gentle, even his curled fingers were so gentle .

Ji Songlin tilted his head, just in time for meeting, met Xu Chenyu's eyes, for no reason, he heard a "thump" heartbeat.

Those eyes were shining with light, full of eagerness, like watching the tide of the sea.

A hint of ambiguity floated in the atmosphere.

Ji Songlin's back felt numb for no reason, a little bit of sweat dripped out, he lowered his head slightly, and after a while, the man was still staring at him.

"There's something on my face? Why do you look at me like that?"

"No," Xu Chenyu didn't realize his burning eyes, and still looked at him: "I just think you are very gentle to it."

As if hearing some funny joke, Ji Songlin laughed until his eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Hurry up and wash your hands, get ready to eat," Wu Yuling put various plates on the dining table, urging the two young men.Being interrupted, Xu Chenyu didn't even have time to reply a word to refute Ji Songlin.

All kinds of delicacies were set up on the dining table, and they were delicious in color and fragrance. They also thoughtfully prepared cat food for pluto.

"Come on, have a taste. This is Auntie's best tofu meatball." Wu Yuling served the two young people with food, and greeted Ji Songlin: "Eat, you're welcome, treat it as your own."

"Hey, it's delicious." Ji Songlin is addicted to fish. He happened to have a dish of roasted fish with garlic beer. He had never tried this method before, and he thought it was very fresh. It can make half a complete fish bone.

Wu Yuling was elated when she heard it: "If you like it, you can come to my house more often."

Ji Songlin smiled and said: "If you dare to have a meal, you will become a regular customer."

"This kid doesn't come home often, and I don't feel like eating alone," Wu Yuling said casually, and said to Ji Songlin with a smile, "Come here when you are free, and you can be with Auntie."

While eating, Xu Chenyu sneaked a glance at Ji Songlin. The way he ate fish was very special, like pluto, which fell into Xu Chenyu's eyes, fresh and vivid.

Ji Songlin wasn't shy at all, he praised Wu Yuling's skill all the way, he ate three bowls of rice, and didn't give up until his belly was round.

It seems that Xu Chenyu's remark not to go is a pity, and it is not groundless.

This is a happy family dinner, happy and full of taste.

The two young men went downstairs, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, Ji Songlin walked in front, holding pluto in his arms, Xu Chenyu followed behind him.

The car parked under a ginkgo tree and had to walk through a long corridor.When passing the street lamp, the shadow was stretched obliquely, and the two walked side by side, covered with moonlight.

The car lights came on, and the sound of the engine sounded. Xu Chenyu watched Ji Songlin rubbing his lower abdomen, and asked him, "You've eaten three bowls of rice, are you holding on?"

"A little bit." Ji Songlin rubbed his stomach, the muscles there were tight, and it was impossible to see that there was so much food in it: "And you, are you full?"

"Full." Xu Chenyu smiled.

The car drove a little distance, and the quiet night was suitable for music.

"Can I play a song?" Although Xu Chenyu was asking, his fingers had already touched the screen.

"Of course." Ji Songlin lifted his chin slightly, looked at the rearview mirror and reversed the car: "There are other singers on the right, you just pick the one you want to listen to."

I don't know where to click, the car player automatically jumped to the radio station, and a female voice sounded: "According to the latest report from the Observatory, at 39:1 a.m. tonight, there will be a Leonid meteor shower near Beichen Mountain. , This is a large-scale meteor shower, and it is expected to see a meteor within [-] minute..."

"The Leonid meteor shower," the surprise came suddenly, Xu Chenyu laughed, he looked out the window and said, "I heard that this is a spectacle that only happens once in 33 years."

He looked calm on the outside, but there was a surge of anticipation in his heart. Xu Chenyu wanted to witness this fantastic scene with the people around him, but it was getting late, would it be presumptuous to invite him suddenly?

Just thinking about this, I heard Ji Songlin speak: "Mr. Xu, are you interested in camping on the top of the mountain together? Come and see the shooting stars."

"Okay, I also wanted to ask you just now." Xu Chenyu quickly agreed.

From the last second, his mood became joyful, but he restrained his excitement and said, "If you are camping, you must prepare some equipment. I have sleeping bags and tents at home. You can turn the corner in front of you and take Nanhua Road. You will be there in 10 minutes." I have an apartment."

Ji Songlin turned the steering wheel, but didn't make a turn. The car drove onto the commercial street. The street was bustling, and there was a university town near this area. The young couples after class were holding hands, shoulder to shoulder, and the youthful atmosphere rushed over their faces.

Bustling outside the car, quiet inside the car, two worlds.

"I have it in the car," Ji Songlin said, "That's it. Last month, I went to Dunhuang and camped near Mingsha Mountain. I still put my tent and sleeping bag in the trunk. I forgot to pack them. Today I can send them Useful."

(1) The peak seems dangerous and the solitary smoke is like a picture. Xu Chenyu has an almost obsessive longing for the desert. He can imagine that scene, the sky and the earth are vast, with only a small figure standing in the rolling yellow sand, looking up at the starry sky.

"Mingsha Mountain," Xu Chenyu leaned back, looking out of the transparent car window, he could see the sapphire blue sky: "I heard that meteors can also be seen there."

"The weather was not very good when I went there." Ji Songlin looked ahead: "So I didn't encounter it."

Xu Chenyu recalled the last time he went to the record store, but the door was closed, so he said, "No wonder the door wasn't open that weekend, so you went to Gansu."

"To buy."

Xu Chenyu helped him complete the words: "By the way, I played a game."

Both of them laughed out loud. Hearing Xu Chenyu's laugh, Ji Songlin found it pleasant, and turned his head to see his dimples.

The pear vortex carries sparse light, making Xu Chenyu very sweet, like a peach-flavored candy, which makes Ji Songlin want to go closer and smell him.

Xu Chenyu rolled his eyes, and suddenly showed a regretful expression.

Ji Songlin observed carefully and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"Hey, I forgot to bring my camera," Xu Chenyu glanced at the sky outside the car window, looking forward to the next wonderful scene, maybe he could experience picking up stars on the top of the mountain, he said: "I want to take pictures of shooting stars."

The car has already left the urban area, and it may not be able to catch up with the shooting star every time it goes back and forth.

The mountain path was silent, and Ji Songlin suddenly remembered that when he was in the northwest, he once passed through a section of no-man's land, surrounded by deserts, with no end in sight, and the setting sun lit the clouds. It was only at that moment that he knew that Wang Wei was in danger. The sentence written "the desert is solitary, the long river sets the sun" is not an exaggeration.

Ji Songlin originally wanted to take a picture, but after taking out the camera, he felt that neither the wide-angle nor the telephoto could capture one ten-thousandth of the picture. He greedily glanced at it, and firmly engraved the magnificent twilight in his mind.

Ji Songlin looked at the road ahead and said to him: "Use your eyes, the memory lasts longer than the camera."

Xu Chenyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his heart was hit by this sentence, or this poem.

Xu Chenyu commented that Boss Ji is a poet, and he was right.

An impulse surged into his mind, like an unstoppable undercurrent, filled with curiosity and exploration. Xu Chenyu really wanted to know about Ji Songlin's past, what he was like, to get to know him better, and to see the real him.

The people around him didn't speak, Ji Songlin turned his head and asked, "What are you thinking?"

The words welled up in his mouth, but Xu Chenyu swallowed them back. He told himself that it wasn't time yet, so he chose to tell a little lie.

"I'm thinking...what song to listen to next."

"Listen to what?"

"Thinking."

After waiting patiently for a while, before Xu Chenyu announced the title of the song, Ji Songlin smiled and said, "Haven't thought about it yet?"

"not yet...."

"Then think about it slowly," Ji Songlin stretched out his right hand and swipe the screen twice: "However, I can give you a song first."

"②Because of you, I'm like wearing rose-colored glasses, seeing strangeness and joy that I don't usually have..."

At the moment when the prelude sounded, something seemed to hit the bottom of my heart, and the peaceful heart lake seemed to be dropped by small stones, stirring up ripples circle after circle.

This is Xu Chenyu's favorite singer.

A singer who loves to the core.

"Jiao Anpu! Do you listen to her song?" Xu Chenyu's tone was full of surprise and joy that could not be concealed.

"I've been listening to it for a long time, do you like it too?"

"I like it very much." Xu Chenyu pursed his lips, not letting his smile enlarge too much.

Ji Songlin just felt that the current atmosphere is very suitable for this music, so he played it. Unexpectedly, Xu Chenyu and his favorite singer are the same singer. His mood has changed, and he is more happy: "It just so happens that the car can cycle through all of her songs. album, you can listen to whichever song you want."

Xu Chenyu rummaged through the shelves to find a dazzling array of records, from the first album as early as the last one at the latest, all of them, even covering all of Jiao Anpu's covers, the word "like" is not enough to describe to such an extent.

"You actually have all of them... like these, you can't buy them in the market now."

Seeing how he couldn't put it down, Ji Songlin said softly: "If you don't mind the old cover, I can give you one or two."

Xu Chenyu held the "God's Game" very carefully and gently. He looked at it over and over again: "Would you be reluctant to give it to me as an out-of-print album?"

"Give it to someone who knows how to appreciate it, of course I'm willing to do it," Ji Songlin was amused by his foolishness, and said with a smile, "You just pick and choose."

After thinking about it, Ji Song is about to open a record store, he must have other channels to buy the record he wants to buy, Xu Chenyu is not shy, he chooses the one in his hand: "Then this one, thank you Boss Ji."

"You're welcome..." Ji Songlin even had a touching smile on his brows, it was the first time he gave a gift so happily.

Xu Chenyu held the vinyl record in his hand, his heart became more and more excited, he loved this matter, he put it in a hidden corner, not only far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, but also very close to the end of the world, he never clamored to the outside world.

Life can't help but disappoint, but he can draw strength from these things.

There are not a few people involved in niche songs, movies or books. Some people use these seemingly high-end things as talking points to flaunt themselves and be different.These alone cannot move Xu Chenyu in the slightest.

And Ji Songlin's astonishment lies in his indifference, his insignificance, every time he reveals a new self, it happens to be exactly what Xu Chenyu expects.

A magical feeling gradually rose in Xu Chenyu's heart, just like when he was a child, he finally got the long-awaited candy box and someone to share the joy with you.

An Pu's music lingered in his ears, and those thoughts that he wanted to understand just now came back.

Xu Chenyu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"You ask."

Brewing up suitable vocabulary, he uttered the question in his heart when they met for the first time: "Why did you open a record store? And you chose such a remote place."

A record store is an abandoned thing, a desolation of an era, and its withering can be seen with the naked eye. The Internet is becoming more and more smooth, and you can listen to music from all over the world when you connect to a wife. In the wave, the record store wants to live Go down, it's hard.

It can even be said that this is a loss-making business, insisting on doing something that has no rewards, and there is no support other than ethereal love.

Ji Songlin was slightly taken aback, as if he hadn't expected him to ask such a question. After a pause, he said: "It's actually quite simple. My mother is a Kunqu opera performer. In my impression, the house is full of tapes, and she plays every day. Sing me a different song. She influenced me to like music too. As for the location of the record store, because the rent is cheap, I took over."

Xu Chenyu felt Ji Songlin's emotional changes. When he mentioned his mother, there was a fleeting sadness in his eyes. Those eyes were slightly closed, and the light inside dimmed slightly, as if the spark had reached its end. All his instincts told him , Ji Songlin is a man with a story.

But still not familiar enough to explore, Xu Chenyu chatted along the topic: "Even if the rent is cheap, you can't make much money, right?"

Ji Songlin had to admit that even the most basic survival of the record store was difficult to maintain: "Well, at the beginning, the income was flat, but in the past few years, it has lost a lot."

"Then why keep driving?"

Ji Songlin stared ahead, and was silent for a moment, as if he had just mentioned the topic: "I feel that in this life, there seems to be nothing that must be owned, whether it is a car, a house, or the so-called...higher society. Status," he said here, he paused before continuing: "Within the range I can bear, I want to live according to my own will."

There is nothing long, but the heart is filled with heaven and earth.

There is a kind of people in the world who live in simple rental houses, do not seek fame, do not pursue fame and fortune, do not care about status, and focus on the things they love with a sincere heart.

The car entered the mountain area, and the surroundings were quiet, with occasional chirping of fish, insects and birds.

Xu Chenyu turned his head sideways and looked at the man, fascinated.

The people around him were silent, Ji Songlin turned his head, met Xu Chenyu's eyes inadvertently, his heart skipped a beat for no reason, he had never seen such eyes before, they were so focused, they melted all the colors in the world, leaving only The person in front of you.

"Do you know, looking at me like this," Ji Songlin also looked directly at Xu Chenyu, smiling playfully: "It's easy to misunderstand."

"Because I've never met...a person like you," Xu Chenyu said truthfully, and couldn't help but blurt out some words.

Ji Songlin became interested, he raised his eyebrows: "Oh? What kind of person am I?"

Xu Chenyu sold a small pass, and smiled mischievously: "In the future, I will tell you later."

When he laughed like that, the dimples deepened.

Maybe there is no need to go to the top of the mountain, Ji Songlin felt that he had already seen a shooting star.

The author says:

①From "Shazhou Tujing"; ②From Jiao Anpu's "Rose-Colored You"