wake up daydreaming

Beep-beep-beep.After five or six beeps of the busy beeper, the other end picked up the phone. Before he could say "Hello", he was confronted by Li Li, "Did you call the person who repaired the air conditioner?"

"Yes." Chen Tengfei didn't realize what happened for a while.He and other relatives and friends just changed venues, and there was the noise of mahjong colliding in the background, "If I hadn't urged the property every day, his room would have to wait until after the Spring Festival holiday—"

"Then why didn't you tell the people in the property that there was a cat at home!" Li Li's emotions gradually became agitated, and Chen Tengfei, who was interrupted by her, also followed with a loud voice, "What's wrong with the cat?"

"The cat is lost!" Li Li, who was searching downstairs with Chen Yuqian, stopped and stomped his feet in a hurry.The relative who was playing mahjong together on the other end of the phone heard something was wrong, and said empathetically, "What's wrong, Lao Chen, why don't you go home first and help us find it..."

Chen Tengfei was silent.As a middle-aged alpha with a wife and son, he does not smoke, drink or gamble 360 ​​days a year. He only plays two tables of mahjong to relax when he gets together with relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year. At this time, he was beaten by his wife. It's too embarrassing to call away.

Fortunately, his son was more understanding, grabbed his mother's phone and hung up immediately.Li Li wanted to call back, at least he had to listen to her husband's opinion, Chen Yuqian shook his head at her, "It's useless to worry about these things now, the important thing is to find a cat."

Li Li followed Chen Yuqian to turn on the lights, and the two went back and forth three times in the building, but they didn't find any trace of the cat for the time being.This is good news. Not all cats have nine lives. If they jump down from the fifteenth floor, even nine lives are not enough.Chen Yuqian and Li Li returned to the residential building and walked up the stairs from the first floor, hoping that the cat slipped out after the property opened and was still hiding in the corner of a certain floor.

At the beginning, Li Li could still call the cat's name with Chen Yuqian, but when he climbed to the fifth floor, his physical strength was not enough, and he was so out of breath that he had to put his hands on his knees when he needed to walk two stairs.After all, Chen Yuqian was young, and the sound of breathing was getting heavier, but his footsteps were extremely crisp. He found nothing on this floor, and ran to the next floor, so neatly that he couldn't tell that he was a premature baby with asthma.

Li Li remembered that the couple bought this house because they considered Chen Yuqian's physique.At that time, there was a saying that the central air conditioner had the advantage of balancing the room temperature and was more friendly to patients with chronic bronchial diseases, so they sold the old house and replaced it with a hardcover house in this community.

I don't know if the central air conditioner is really better than the independent air conditioner. Anyway, Chen Yuqian's asthma did not reoccur after adding swimming exercises, and he has grown into a tall man over 1.8 meters. Li Li can only do it step by step. Seeing his broad and straight shoulders, he only stays at home for one or two months a year after he graduated from college. The air-conditioning system in the bedroom is not used frequently, which is bound to cause problems. A few days ago, he secretly carried the cat back to the room and was discovered by Chen Tengfei who was up at night , The excuse used is that the air conditioner is not effective in heating, and it is not as warm as a cat.

"Is it dirty?" Chen Tengfei compared his heart with his heart, but he still couldn't accept that a beast should go to bed, even lying on his feet.He would contact the property every day and urge them to come for repairs.The property management is also very responsible. A master just came back from his hometown tonight, so he hurriedly sent someone to go.The master hasn't finished his vacation yet, and when he was in a hurry to go back to rest after changing the pipes, he forgot to close the window.

Li Li also remembered the scene before going out with Chen Yuqian.The cat squatted on the carpet in the living room, looked at them with its head tilted, and was curious about the disappearance of humans.She asked Chen Yuqian if he wanted to lock the cat in the bathroom, lest it make trouble while no one was at home, Chen Yuqian said to shut it up when he came back, and let it play for a while.

It's hard to tell who is to blame for this.Anyone can be blamed, but no matter who is blamed, the cat will not come back out of thin air.When she climbed to the No.12 floor, Li Li heard a busy voice in the quiet corridor. She felt in her pocket, thinking that her husband had returned, but it was her son who took out the phone, her fingertips trembling slightly as if Points to decline, but still choose "Connect".

"Didn't you say to call me when you get home? Why have you waited so long!"

Chen Yuqian's mobile phone still needs lighting, and he didn't carry earphones with him, so he turned on the speaker.The person on the other end of the phone obviously didn't understand the situation, and when he complained, the coquettish tone in his tone brought Li Limeng back to his youth.

"..." Chen Yuqian was as dumb as Chen Tengfei at that time, unable to speak a word, only panting.

The voice on the other end of the phone also changed: "Where are you?"

"...I'm running." Chen Yuqian's panic was also very bad, so it's better not to say it.Sure enough, the man's voice became even colder, and he refused to accept Chen Yuqian's tricks: "Are you fooling me for a fool?"

"No, I..." Chen Yuqian searched the public area on another floor, joined Li Li and continued to go upstairs. When climbing the stairs, his breathing became heavier, which was more likely to cause misunderstanding and suspicion on the other side.

"Where are you and what are you doing?" The other party's voice was very calm, even if Chen Yuqian continued to remain silent, he would not make any noise, at most he would hang up the phone.Li Li couldn't bear to create more misunderstandings, so he called Chen Yuqian, "Son."

Li Li saw that Chen Yuqian's hand holding the phone was clenched even tighter.She wanted to say something more, Chen Yuqian turned his head and made a hissing gesture, he didn't want the person on the other end of the phone to know that they were looking for a cat.

"Ah, hello, Auntie. So you are also nearby." Just listening to the voice, you can outline a cute image.

"Hey, hello." Li Li also smiled, "You are—"

A very natural question.Chen Yuqian and that person didn't answer the conversation, and I don't know how long it took, Chen Yuqian first said: "We are friends."

"Yes, we are classmates." The man was very polite, "You can call me Xiaozhou."

"Little—" Li Li was also panting, unable to fully say the name.

Chen Yuqian still turned off the hands-free, and put the screen to his ear: "I have something to do now."

Yu Zhou asked him, "What's the matter?"

Chen Yuqian said again: "It's okay."

Yu Zhou: "..."

Yu Zhou still hung up the phone.

The residential building has a total of 23 floors.After searching, Chen Yuqian and Li Li went back to the fifteenth floor of their home, went back to their room and turned on the computer to write "The Notice of Cat Hunting".There was nothing Li Li could do to help, so he stood behind his son and watched him type on the keyboard.

"Do you have pictures of cats on your phone? Send them to me, and I'll choose one."

"Oh, okay." Li Li quickly flipped through the photo album, and there was only one photo in it, but it wasn't the cat's, but the cat and Chen Yuqian.

She and Chen Tengfei were of the same age. If her son didn't like it, she wouldn't have a good impression of cats, creatures that increase cleaning frequency, let alone take pictures of them.That day, she saw the cat jumping on the sofa with numb scalp, and was about to drive it off, but she saw Chen Yuqian kneeling in front of the sofa, combing it, and stroking its chin.

She has a son who doesn't laugh very much.She had never seen her son smile so comfortably, and after the cat squinted its eyes in comfort, it called softly: "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou."

Chen Yuqian did not breathe a sigh of relief after writing the cat hunting notice, but stood back by the window, moving his lips thoughtfully, as if calculating a parabola and distance.

Li Li advised him: "Let's do this for today. Tomorrow, tomorrow morning, mom will accompany you to post cat hunting notices, okay?"

Chen Yuqian pushed her away and went downstairs alone.He soon reappeared in Li Li's sight, rummaging through the green areas near the residential buildings on both sides, and his small figure disappeared around the corner.

Li Li then received a call from Chen Yuqian, asking her to bring a cardboard box or thick bag when she went downstairs.

Li Li walked through the greenery along Chen Yuqian's footsteps, and he was lucky when he didn't see bloodstains along the way.If they had come back earlier and searched nearby for longer, the cat that fell to the ground due to abdominal bleeding after struggling for more than ten meters might still have a slight chance of being rescued.

"Don't look, son, don't look." Li Li stepped forward and covered Chen Yuqian's eyes.Compared with her mother who was so frightened that her face was pale and cold sweat was breaking out on her forehead, Chen Yuqian was exceptionally calm, without tears, and when she spoke again, she did not cry.

"We can't let it lie here." Chen Yuqian carried the cold cat into the paper box.Li Li snatched the paper box into his arms, not allowing Chen Yuqian to look inside again.This is a city. If other owners knew that a cat was buried in the community, they would definitely dig three feet into the ground. The mother and son thought of going back to the village where grandma lives and there is also a piece of private land.

Li Li hugged the cardboard box and sat in the passenger seat of the electric car, fearing that Chen Yuqian would take it away.Chen Yuqian sat in the driver's seat, his hand holding the steering wheel did not tremble, his breathing was even, but he did not step on the accelerator for a long time.

"I can't see the way." His voice didn't fluctuate violently, just blankly, "Mom."

Let Li Li drive instead.Twenty minutes later, the headlights illuminated the grandma who was waiting in front of the three-story self-built house.Grandma held a shovel in her left hand, and kept turning the beads bracelet in her right hand. When she saw the mother and son coming, she recited "Amitabha". When they came back from the farmland behind the house, the three of them sat around the dining table in the kitchen on the first floor .

It was past twelve o'clock at this time, and the new day started with the ringtone of the mobile phone.After the game, the only one who didn't drink, Chen Tengfei, thoughtfully saw off the other three before returning home, and then called Li Li in the empty commodity house to ask where they were.

Chen Yuqian didn't touch her mother's phone this time. Li Li originally thought that she and Chen Tengfei would have a big fight, but when she heard the other party's voice, she was as exhausted as Chen Yuqian who looked slumped.Chen Yuqian is tall and has broad shoulders. He is an Alpha who can make people feel safe just by looking at his back. Chen Yuqian is now hunched over, trying to shrink himself down in vain, but he is still out of place.

Li Li told her husband that they had returned to their hometown, and they didn't plan to go back tonight.Chen Tengfei drove over half an hour later and asked how Li Li's son was doing. Li Li was sobbing in his bedroom on the third floor, immersed in his defeat.She has taken so many classes, from online classes to offline classes, she has learned so many principles, from the art of husband control to parent-child relationship, she thought she could finally become a good mother, a good wife, and have a perfect family , the vision she had carefully constructed over the years turned out to be so fragile, shattered in the face of the death of a cat.

Chen Tengfei then came to the second floor and hesitated at the door for a while before knocking on his son's door.He made the worst presupposition ever since he received the call at the mahjong table. He was indeed responsible. If Chen Yuqian blamed him or quarreled with him, he would not argue.But Chen Yuqian didn't seem to have had a verbal confrontation with him since he was a child. Chen Yuqian is always quiet and obedient, so he and Li Li can rest assured. Chen Yuqian may cry at this time, then Cry, it’s better to be crying, then he can comfort him like a father and ask the price of the cat - he doesn’t even remember that this cat is a free stray cat, he thought 800 yuan was a good deal The car is expensive, it's not worth it, he is willing to spend 8000 yuan now, Chen Yu will never worry about having a snow-white cat with blue eyes again.

Chen Yuqian pushed open the door, his eyes were sleepy, it didn't seem like he was pretending, but he had really fallen asleep, and was awakened by the knock on the door.

This made Chen Tengfei unable to control himself. Looking up slightly at Chen Yuqian, who was taller than him, he realized dully that not only this moment, but they had rarely had such close communication between father and son in the past 20 years.

"To be dead is to be dead. You can't come back to life just by complaining, losing your temper, and crying all night. I understand, I know." Chen Yuqian blocked everything Chen Tengfei wanted to say, without any resentment He even asked Chen Tengfei to rest assured, "I'm fine, don't worry."

Chen Yuqian said "it's okay" countless times this night, he was the one who needed the most rest, and plunged into the bed.Grandma knocked on the door at noon the next day, trying to wake him up for lunch.He didn't sleep enough, and whoever saw him when he closed his eyes couldn't bear to wake him up, let him continue to sleep until the afternoon, evening, and night fell, he finally came out of the room, not hungry , but hurriedly looking for the key.

Chen Yuqian did sleep very deeply, unreasonably deep, and was not awakened by the notification sound of the mobile phone four or ten minutes ago.

Xiao Zhou: [I'm at the train station exit in T city, you'd better pick me up by car. 】