your voice is delicious

"...I don't know." Tang Tang sweated slightly while pinching the phone, his face was blank.

"And... I didn't just walk away."

Yao Lin: "..."

"I think... There seems to be some misunderstanding between you and Brother Shen. Didn't you sit down and talk about it?"

Tang Tang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Talk about it, brother..."

I also misunderstood myself as a person who behaved badly.

That conversation without any results, instead made the distance between the two people who were gradually getting closer suddenly widen again.

He didn't understand at all... what was going on in his brother's mind.

"but……"

Tang Tang frowned slightly, Mu Linshen said that he just left?

"Linzi, please send me Brother Shen's address in City X."

"I... I'm going to ask him to find out."

July 7, the second day Tang Tang arrived in X City.

He woke up early on purpose, the summer here is hot and humid, so he tied up his hair.

He hailed a taxi and set off for the place where Mu Linshen lived.

Yao Lin said that Brother Shen rented a house near No. 23 Middle School. It is the holiday period, and he usually stays at home except for going to the bar to sing at night.

Tang Tang did not expect that his brother began to perform in the bar again.

But this time it's not in the form of a band, but a part-time bar resident singer.

Mu Linshen rented a relatively dilapidated school district. Apart from the good location, there is nothing else to do.

There is not even an elevator, Tang Tang climbed to the 7th floor in one breath, sweating slightly on his forehead.

Summer sure sucks.

However, after finding Brother Shen's residence, he hesitated at the door for a long time before knocking, but there was no movement inside.

Tang Tang frowned.

Are you still sleeping?

He knocked a few more times, but still no one came to the door.

Tang Tang wondered if Yao Lin gave the wrong address, so he called to ask.

"Hello? Linzi, I'm sorry to disturb you so early."

"I'm at the door of Brother Shen's house now... there is no one inside, did you give the wrong address?"

"8th Floor, Building 7, Feilu Community, that's right..."

"what!"

Yao Lin on the other side of the phone suddenly realized, "I'm sorry Tang Tang, I forgot to tell you that today is... Brother Shen's father's death day."

"Every year on this day, he goes back to the Development Zone of City Z."

Tang Tang: "..."

The anniversary of Mu Cen's death...his palms were sweating, and he asked something stupid: "Brother Shen...did he go there alone?"

The other party sighed, "Yes, there is no one around him. I once wanted to go with him, but Brother Shen refused, saying that he wanted to be alone."

"Anyway, every year on this day, no one can find Brother Shen. You can go find him tomorrow."

"...Understood, thank you." After hanging up the call, Tang Tang felt a little stuffy in his chest.

...Z City Development Zone?

He turned around, walking very firmly.

After tossing for more than an hour, Tang Tang finally got on the ferry to Z City Development Zone again.

He remembered the first time he went to his grandparents' house with his parents when he was 5 years old. It seemed that after so many years, some things had not changed.

Such as the smell of fish and rancidity in the ferry.

Fortunately, there was sugar before going out. Tang Tang peeled a big white rabbit milk candy and put it in his mouth. The sweet milk flavor gradually eased his brows.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang.

It's mom.

Tang Tang sighed and accepted his fate.

"Don, Tang." Mom was very angry and called him by his first name.

"Where have you been???"

He didn't tell his parents about going to X City, because he didn't know what to say.

You can only cut first and then play, and then go and talk.

"I..." Tang Tang glanced at the waves rolled up by the ferry outside the window, and suddenly didn't want to lie to her mother.

"On the ferry to Z City Development Zone."

Lin Ziying on the opposite side was obviously taken aback, and then said, "Why did you get there?"

"I'll come back to find someone." Tang Tang squeezed the phone tightly, afraid that his mother would ask who to look for in the next second. If she really asked, he decided to tell the whole story.

However, Lin Ziying didn't delve into it, instead she said with nostalgia: "I didn't expect you to go to my mother's hometown. The little villain didn't tell me, or my mother will go back with you to have a look."

"I haven't been back for 10 years... I really miss it."

Z City Development Zone, since grandpa and grandma sold the house here, it seems that the only connection has been cut off, and their family has no connection with this place.

As if thinking of her parents, Lin Ziying's tone choked up.

"Mom, don't be sad." Tang Tang turned his head and looked out the window, the ferry was about to dock.

"I'll accompany you back when I have a chance."

Lin Ziying smiled, "Little rascal." Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she muttered, "Today is July 7th?"

Then there was a sound of rummaging through boxes.

Tang Tang frowned, "What's wrong, Mom?"

"Found it!" Lin Ziying suddenly shouted.

"Let me see..."

"That's right! Tangtang, my father and I brought you and your grandparents back to City B 10 years ago, and this is also the day!"

Lin Ziying has the habit of keeping a diary. Although she doesn't write every day as an adult, she will write down important events and store good memories.

Flipping through the yellowed diary with some nostalgia, she said with a smile: "I wrote a lot back then, especially the day before I picked you up, I wrote a lot of nonsense to express my miss haha..."

"Mom." Tang Tang said suddenly.

"...I docked."

"Oh, then you are busy first, little villain, pay attention to safety."

"Understood, let's talk back."

After Tang Tang hung up the call, he looked devastated.

He lined up with the people on the ferry and got off the boat. Tang Tang didn't come back to his senses until he couldn't open his eyes under the bright sun outside.

Mom said that today happened to be the day they left the development zone of City Z 10 years ago.

And today... is Mu Cen's death day.

Tang Tang's pupils suddenly dilated.

He went to the cemetery in the development zone first, but did not find Mu Linshen.Then I asked the administrator, and no one named Mu Cen was buried here in this cemetery.

Tang Tang was stumped all of a sudden, the development zone is not big, and most of the locals will be buried here after they die.But Mutzen is not here.

My brother's house was sold to someone else a long time ago, and he couldn't think of a place where he could bury his uncle...

Wait, Tang Tang suddenly remembered that there is indeed a place!

The "secret base" in memory, the cabin that carries the childhood!

With vague memory, Tang Tang finally found Mu Linshen in a forest.

However, he did not see the cabin.

Think about it too, after so many years, the cabin must have been demolished.

Tang Tang took a deep breath and walked towards the person sitting on the ground in front of him.

The closer it was... the more distressed he was.

My brother was surrounded by empty beer bottles.

Finally walking to Mu Linshen's side, Tang Tang saw a sign on a dilapidated small mound.

"I can't accept the wandering artist in this world—Mu Cen."

The mound is small, and cremated ashes should have been buried here.

"...Brother." Tang Tang squatted down, his eyes were a little red.

"Are you ok?"

The alcoholic Mu Linshen was a bit slow in his reactions. He was stunned for a long time before he slowly raised his head and moved his pale lips: "Toffee?"

Tang Tang burst into tears instantly.

Mu Linshen regained his senses, grinned, and said with a sneer, "Why are you crying? I didn't cry when my father died. Why are you crying?"

"Brother..." Tang Tang reached out to touch Mu Linshen, but was pushed away.

Mu Lin rubbed his head a few times in deep irritability, his eyes were full of indifference. "Who told you I was here? Yao Lin?"

"Heh, your relationship is quite good." After speaking, he picked up the beer at his feet and poured it vigorously.

"Don't drink!" Tang Tang ignored the other party's yin and yang, and went to grab the bottle, but was pushed to the ground by Mu Linshen.

Tang Tang twisted his wrist accidentally, and he frowned in pain.However, the other party didn't give him a look.

"roll."

Tang Tang: "..."

"Don't make me say it a second time, get out of here."

"I won't go!" Tang Tang got up and took out the beer from the cardboard box next to Mu Linshen. He trembled with anger and bit the beer cap with his teeth, although his gums were sore.

"I'll drink with you!" After finishing speaking, he raised his head and started to "gurgling".

It's so hard to drink.

Why would anyone like beer so bitter?

Tang Tang couldn't figure it out.

Mu Lin looked deeply at the man in front of him who was drinking heavily, and suddenly smiled.

"Okay, you drink, I won't stop you." He also raised his head to drink.

"But this time... I won't run to your house in the middle of the night again." After another big mouthful, Mu Linshen's eyes became blurred.

"I'm such an idiot. I thought I was qualified to break into your world...but, hehe." Mu Linshen drank another bottle, and he slammed the bottle on the trunk next to him.

"You fucking and surnamed Tan ran to the United States!"

bang.

The wine bottle in Tang Tang's hand fell to the ground.

Brother... what are you talking about?

Why run to my house in the middle of the night...

Tang Tang's originally confused eyes became a little frightened.

That night...the night he got drunk at home on his 19th birthday...

Mu Linshen came.

That dream is not a spring dream, but the real brother.

The memory seems to have been broken through a rift, suddenly rushing in like a flood.

Tang Tang remembered what happened that night.

The night he mistakenly thought it was a dream actually happened.

However... On the third day, he and Tan Xiaoyu flew to the United States.

He and his brother missed a few more years like this.

Seeing that Tang Tang didn't speak, Mu Linshen was very angry for no reason.

He also stood up unsteadily, leaning on the tree trunk and staring at Tang Tang with a complicated expression.

"That surname Tan's skills are very good, otherwise why would you go all the way to the United States with him... hiccup."

"Or... Tang Tang, do foreign men make you feel comfortable?"

"Snapped--"

Tang Tang couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the other party.

He was shaking all over, he didn't know whether it was anger or sadness, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked pale and fragile.

Tang Tang's slap directly silenced Mu Lin.

He fell to the ground and picked up the beer and drank it in a muffled voice.

Then his eyes moved to the small mound where Muzen's ashes were buried.

Mu Linshen reached out to wipe off the dusty little standing sign, and said suddenly, "That's right, you are the one who loves to leave without saying goodbye."

"Blame me."

"Blame me for being self-righteous since I was a child. I deserve to be abandoned by you a second time."