A Legacy Inherited by the Licking Dogs

After Lin Yue'an accidentally deleted Wen Yizhou's chat history, the other party never sent any more messages - after all, he sent three messages for the first time, and all of them were ignored for the first time.It's just that, if Lin Yue'an wanted to sneak a look at Wen Yizhou's circle of friends, he had to go to the contact interface to search for the name to get out.

However, Wen Yizhou's circle of friends still maintains a small and empty appearance, except for the occasional publicity-related posts urged by Sun Yanqi, and the bare sharing of some songs, there is no personal content at all.So Lin Yue'an found another channel, which was the band's Weibo account—Wen Yizhou didn't have a personal account, but the band's Weibo would occasionally repost some of the audience's performance impressions.So Lin Yue'an poked open the pictures taken by the audience from a certain distance away, and then rubbed them as big as he could, staring at Wen Yizhou's blurred face and looking at plum blossoms to quench his thirst.

As a relatively small music performance, the response to the new performance in the market can be regarded as rave reviews. Not only several mainstream music broadcasting stations have arranged radio and podcast interviews, but also conducted interviews in several cities. field - an experimental performance turned into a small-scale tour under the counter-promotion of the audience.

One day, while eating in Lin Yu'an's cafeteria, while secretly scrolling through Weibo, Jacob happened to walk up to him and sit down, and asked casually, "What are you looking at?"

"Just take a look," Lin Yu'an wanted to cover up, but couldn't help but said, "A band in our city has been very popular recently."

"Oh? What's it called?" Jacob asked.

"Lu Sado," Lin Yue'an said, "but not many people know about it."

"Huh? I think I've heard that." Jacob looked up from his dinner plate.

Lin Yue'an looked at him unexpectedly: "Huh?"

Jacob leaned over to look at his mobile phone screen: "That's it! Someone recommended it to me before... Yes, I have a friend who likes them very much, and has been pulling me to Amway for a long time."

Lin Yue'an immediately beamed with joy: "Really! I just went to see their performance before going abroad. It's really awesome, I like it very much."

"Hahahaha, then I'll explore it too." Jacob was infected by his excitement, "My friend told me before that they are pure music without lyrics, and I flinched immediately after listening to it, feeling that I can't climb it."

"No, no, it's not that I don't write lyrics at all. Occasionally there are songs that I collaborate with singers, and they have lyrics. It's just that the songs released in the name of the band are indeed pure music. They basically start with demos, and then perform live. Then make the live tracks out of the studio to make an album." Lin Yue'an poured beans like offering a treasure, "And I found that songs without vocals are very suitable for listening to at work, if there are lyrics, I will be distracted."

Jacob clapped his hands: "I understand! If there is no background music when you are rushing to the deadline, you will not be able to start work for a long time, but if there is music, you will have already gone to listen to the lyrics when you notice!"

Lin Yu'an nodded: "One time I looked closely at my typing, and was shocked to find that I was actually typing lyrics."

"Hahahahaha!" Jacob laughed, "Do you like music?"

"It's okay," Lin Yu'an scratched his face, "I don't understand very well, just listen and play."

"Me too," Jacob said, "When I was in Madison, there were often performances with relatively small venues. I went there quite often because it was so close. Not to mention Chicago, because it's not convenient without a car." .”

……

The two chatted happily for the entire lunch break, and they still had more to say before returning to the training ground, like middle school students who were still reluctant to part with the bell when the bell rang. Jacob said: "After the evening, you come to my house for dinner!"

"Okay!" Lin Yu'an readily agreed.

After the day's schedule was over, Jacob went home to pack up. Lin Yue'an still had some things to communicate with the team members, so he stayed for a while.He detoured to the supermarket to pick up a bottle of sparkling wine and some snacks, and then sent a message. When he reached the intersection designated by Jacob, he found that the other party was coming out of the alley and waiting for him.

"Here!" Jacob waved high, "I ordered pizza!"

Jacob shared a small apartment with three other boys, two were not at home, and one was on a deadline, so the two occupied the entire living room on the first floor.

Although it is messy, it is still clean, full of unruly and undisciplined student style-a laptop, an unwashed coffee cup, and a piece of bread with a mouth pierced randomly are placed on the huge dining table. Get up in the shape of a Christmas tree, and there are various posters, paintings and art masks on the walls. Jacob put the newly arrived pizza box on the table, took two dinner plates, a glass salad bowl for snacks, and two wine glasses.

Although the two have not known each other for a long time, they have always gotten along very well. Jacob seems to be very interested in the work of a physical trainer, and is also full of curiosity about the domestic employment environment.Lin Yue'an was not at all impatient with his questions, and chatted with him about many professional-related things with great interest.

After finishing the sparkling wine and returning home with the third roommate, Lin Yue'an took a look at the time: "Wow, it's already here, then I'm going to leave, you can rest."

Jacob let out a soft syllable: "Ah."

"Actually..." He pondered, "It's not necessarily..."

"Huh?" Lin Yue'an responded casually, and habitually clicked on Moments to look, but suddenly found that Wen Yizhou had posted a post.

It was a photo with warm tones, but the content was very dull. It was just a familiar city street scene under the rising sun.

It is even said that the scenery is a bit too familiar.This road Lin Yue'an has gone back and forth countless times in the past few years, and it is in the direction of his home from the stadium.

Lin Yu'an couldn't believe it, so he clicked on the photo and took a closer look. It was indeed a street park near the stadium. They would definitely pass by when they occasionally went for a run outdoors.

Jacob said: "If you want, you can stay, I don't mind."

Why are you here?Lin Yue'an's mind was filled with various questions for a moment, this place is opposite to Wen Yizhou's house or the rehearsal room.

And shouldn't Wen Yizhou be preparing for a tour right now, or running around the city?He should be very busy, and this person doesn't like to go out, so why did he wander here.

"Lin Yue'an?" Seeing that he didn't respond, Jacob called him, "Did you hear what I said?"

"Sorry, I was looking at my phone," Lin Yue'an quickly put the phone screen down on the table, "What did you just say?"

"I said," Jacob took a shallow breath, "it's late, you don't need to go back to the dormitory."

"Why?" Lin Yu'an didn't know why, "The dormitory is not far away."

Jacob couldn't help it: "Do you understand what I'm saying? I'm inviting you to stay for the night."

Lin Yue'an was taken aback for a moment, without even thinking about it: "No need."

He refused so directly that Jacob didn't even have time to feel any offense, and he froze for a moment: "Huh?"

He looked at Lin Yue'an, and Lin Yue'an looked at him, and it took him a while to realize: "Ah???"

Jacob blushed, adjusted his glasses in a concealed manner, and stood up: "Night, good night."

Lin Yue'an also stood up blindfolded, walked to the door, turned around and said, "I, I'm leaving, goodbye."

The next day, when Lin Yue'an came to the gymnasium, he was still in a state of embarrassment—he scratched his head and didn't understand what he had missed, why when he came back to his senses, Jacob had already brought the topic there.

No no, stepping back a bit, Jacob is interested in himself?Or did she mistakenly think that she was interested in him?

Did I do something, or did I say something?Lin Yue'an was in doubt.It is true that Jacob has been very friendly to him from the very beginning. I am not very proficient in listening and speaking English, and I can’t quickly become familiar with the group members when chatting with the team members due to differences in cultural backgrounds. However, Jacob has a cheerful personality and takes good care of everyone. Everyone is well integrated into this new collective environment.

With question marks all over his face, he sat in the locker room and slowly changed his shoes, not noticing that Jacob had already walked beside him.

The other party broke the deadlock first: "Sorry, I made a mistake."

Lin Yue'an raised his head in astonishment, stood up "sigh", and almost knocked Jacob over: "I'm sorry!"

Jacob: "No..."

Lin Yue'an said frantically, "I'm so stupid, I didn't turn my head around at all!"

Seeing him, Jacob couldn't help laughing.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" He clenched his fists and howled, gnashing his teeth, "That's how cute it is!"

Lin Yue'an: "?"

Jacob clapped his hands and said loudly: "Forget it, don't think so much, let's start with friends!"

Lin Yue'an said in a daze, "Yeah."

After thinking about it, Jacob said again: "Didn't I ask you before, do you have a girlfriend or boyfriend, and you said no."

"Yes." Lin Yu'an nodded.

"But sure enough... there is still a partner? An ex? Or someone who has an affair?" Jacob asked tentatively.

Lin Yue'an shook his head calmly: "No."

"Because you are occasionally in a daze, staring at your phone, or thinking about something."

"Ah. I'm sorry." Lin Yue'an subconsciously said.

Jacob quickly waved his hands: "That's not what I mean, I don't blame you."

Seeing Lin Yu'an was silent for a moment, Jacob deliberately changed the topic: "Remember to send me the article you mentioned yesterday."

He changed the topic too bluntly, causing Lin Yue'an to be confused for a moment, and then realized that the other party was talking about the professional content they talked about yesterday-Lin Yue'an mentioned a research report by a training expert, regarding Jacob's paper There may be reference help.He nodded quickly and took out his mobile phone: "I will send it to you now."

Jacob: "No rush, no rush."

It wasn't until a while later that Lin Yue'an realized later: What does it mean to "start with friends first"?

In China with a time difference, Wen Yizhou's mood is more complicated.

On the one hand, his music career is indeed booming, and there are a lot of things waiting for him every day when he opens his eyes. He has never resisted the sense of fulfillment brought about by being too busy.

But on the other hand, he seems to have vaguely understood one thing in the process of competing with himself, that is, Lin Yue'an is not as dispensable to him as he thought before, but occupies a certain place. A more important, or more critical position.

At first, he attributed everything to his habits in life—after all, a guy who knocked on the door every day to report suddenly disappeared, and anyone would feel the gap.After all, Wen Yizhou has always been slow in this regard, and even if he drifts away from his classmates and friends whom he has known for many years, it will take several months for him to realize that this parting is a bit lonely.

Lin Yue'an had never stopped appearing in his life, and at that time he would not have imagined how this person would affect him if he disappeared, because that was simply too far-fetched assumption.Then he realized that the sense of existence of a person who was not in front of him could be stronger than when he was in front of him, and only then did he notice something was wrong.

Wen Yizhou was quite surprised by this cognition. He didn't know when this change happened, whether it happened intensified in the past few months, or the result of the subtle influence of the past seven years.

What should I do next?Wen Yizhou fell into a new confusion——Lin Yue'an obviously avoided him, didn't respond to any news, and didn't come to see if he died without food. What's even more hateful was that he didn't even come to the performance. The whole person seems to have disappeared.

If Wen Yizhou was at a loss at first, and then felt sad, now he is completely angry.

Tomorrow is going to go on tour, so today Wen Yizhou made enough mental preparations to explain clearly to Lin Yue'an. He thought about talking for a long time, and angrily went to the other party's door and knocked on the door for a long time—— Naturally, no one came to answer, so I remembered that people have to go to work on weekdays.

At this moment, his anger had been vented a little, but he still held his energy and rushed to the training ground of the opposing team. The security guard looked at him several times, but he justly stared back at him.

Wen Yizhou went to the entrance of the gymnasium, and it was very lively inside—the sound of volleyball hitting his arm, the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor, the sound of players shouting to each other, and the sound of coaches guiding them.Wen Yizhou, who has always been extremely sensitive to voices, failed to distinguish the familiar one among them.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

Wen Yizhou looked up and found a young boy looking at him curiously, holding a volleyball that had just been picked up after rolling away, his whole body smelled of sweat.

Wen Yizhou said: "I... I'm looking for Lin Yue'an, and you tell him that Wen Yizhou is looking for him, and I..."

But the other party interrupted him as soon as he heard Lin Yue'an's name: "Brother Yuan? Brother Yuan is not here."

"Ah?" Wen Yizhou was taken aback, "Where did he go?"

The young man said, "Brother Yuan has gone to America."

Wen Yizhou was dumbfounded, and repeated: "America?"

"Well, I went..." He turned around and shouted at the other team members, "Brother Yuan went to Chicago, right?"

"Yes!" Someone on the other end replied.

For this answer, Wen Yizhou was completely caught off guard: "When did you leave?"

The young man rolled his eyes and thought, "I've been gone for more than a week."

For more than a week, Wen Yizhou blinked slowly—that is, after the performance that day, he left.

Seeing his strange appearance, the young man murmured, "May I ask what you can do with Brother Yuan? Do you have his WeChat account? Do you want me to send you a message?"

Wen Yizhou shook his head stiffly - he already knew that he would not reply to my messages, it wasn't that he didn't see it, it wasn't that he forgot, it was a deliberate choice.Unlike before, he temporarily escaped from his own life, this time he escaped far away, and it was no longer a distance that could be caught by going to a bar in the city center.

Wen Yizhou turned his back and walked away with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"Why this expression? I didn't mean that Brother Yuan is dead." The young man was very puzzled, "Brother Yuan will be back in two months."

Wen Yizhou, who had gone away, didn't hear a word.