desolate

This summer seems to be coming to an end.

When he realized this, Zhou Ze was waiting for a red light on the side of the road. The dust on the road was rolled up by the wheels. He saw Pei Ye across the road, wearing the overalls of a 4S shop, distributing leaflets to passers-by.

His hair hadn't been trimmed for a while, and the ends covered most of his forehead. Zhou Ze remembered that they had talked about it not long ago, but he forgot it in the end.

Hair gets hot when it grows, so Pei also needs to stop from time to time to grab his hair back.

Across the wide road, Pei Ye's attention was focused on the hair and the passing crowd, and he didn't notice Zhou Ze who was not far away, and naturally he didn't cover the wound on his face.

Maybe I should go up and ask him what happened during this time.

But after going through two red lights, Zhou Ze never had the courage to take the first step.

He knew that Pei didn't want him to see this scene either, so he couldn't expose the secrets carefully concealed by others.

After the break, Pei Ye finally suspended the work of distributing leaflets and returned to the store with his colleagues.Zhou Ze waited for the green light at this time, but did not look for Pei Ye, and called Jin Yang through Xu Duozhi.

As soon as the call was dialed, the other party just came out to throw out the trash. The two met each other and fell silent for a moment.

Looking at Zhou Ze, Jin Yang asked uncertainly, "You... came to see Pei Ye?"

"No, I'm here to find you."

"...Throughthedarkestalleysandloneliestvalleys (through the dark alleys, through the dark and deep valleys)"

"I was dragging those heavy chains of doubt and fear (All anxiety and fear turned into shackles to make me stumble)..."

Zhou Ze sat on the stone barrier by the side of the road, patiently waiting for Pei Ye to get off work, and the singing played on his mobile phone was completely swallowed by the passing traffic.

The right hand slowly covered the left arm, and the tattoo on the inside had already peeled off. Now the surface of the skin is just a little more uneven, and the pigment has penetrated into the deep layer of the skin. Not surprisingly, it will accompany him for a lifetime.

forever...

very long.

In the past, he also hoped that Pei could be with him for the rest of his life, from now until death.But now he finds out that a lifetime is longer than he imagined, and it is more difficult for two people to be together than he imagined.

"Zhou Zhou?"

As soon as Pei Ye walked out of the car dealership, he saw Zhou Ze waiting on the side of the road, but looking at the familiar back, he was still a little uncertain.

"Off work? I'll pick you up."

Zhou Ze turned around, took a panoramic view of his surprised expression, and smiled mischievously rarely.

Pei Ye was stunned for a second, then remembered the injury on his face, and immediately turned his face stiffly: "...Why didn't you tell me?"

Zhou Ze pretended not to notice, but stretched out his hands to straighten his hair: "Didn't you say you were going to cut your hair last time? I just have time today, let's go together."

"..."

Pei Ye was dragged away by him, and the two got into a taxi. The driver in a small place had the whole city and every street in his heart. The car drove out of the narrow alley and squeezed into another small road. Kangzhuang Avenue.

"Get out of the car, we're here."

He found the barber shop on a temporary basis. The front door is quite big, and the decoration inside is also bright and transparent. A young man came up to him, and Zhou Ze pushed Pei over.

The barber had a lot of ideas and kept fiddling with his head. After sitting down for 5 minutes, he had already made three or four suggestions.

Pei was also a little impatient. He nodded perfunctorily every time the other party made a suggestion, but Zhou Ze was more interested than him. He took the pictures he found on the Internet to discuss with the barber, and finally the two finally finalized the trimming plan. Also started wielding the manual knife before patience ran out.

"Don't push the sides too short, leave some sideburns."

"It can be repaired at will later."

"Expose the eyebrows a little in front, it looks energetic."

"..."

Pei Ye frowned when he heard this: "Did I not be angry before?"

Zhou Ze said: "Director Yan has already said that boys have shorter hair to look energetic."

"He made people shave the size of the board directly."

"That won't work, you won't be angry if you shave an inch." Zhou Ze scrutinized his brows and eyes carefully, and finally said slowly, "...it's evil spirit."

Pei Ye's face gradually turned dark, and in the end, only half of his profile was left for the other party.

Zhou Ze propped up one side of his cheek, and carefully looked at his ears, the sharp jawline, and the Adam's apple that moved up and down due to swallowing...

"stop looking."

But Pei was too embarrassed to be stared at, and turned his head awkwardly.

Zhou Ze nodded like coaxing a child: "Okay, don't look at it."

He obediently looked away, but the next second, his gaze unexpectedly met his own in the mirror.The boy in the mirror had a faint smile on his face, but no matter how he looked at it, he looked a little stiff.

I simply stopped laughing.

Pei Ye's hair was cut until after eight o'clock in the evening. In the end, the barber wanted to take two photos for publicity, but Pei Ye flatly refused.

He was sitting on pins and needles in the barbershop.

Even after walking two streets, he is still not used to his new hairstyle. Every time he passes by a store, he has to look at himself in the reflection of the glass.

When he stepped on Zhou Ze for the third time, the other party finally stopped his behavior: "Don't look, he's very handsome."

Pei Ye wanted to cover up and said: "...I didn't watch it."

Zhou Ze corrected himself and said, "Yes, you didn't read it, but you accidentally stepped on my feet."

Pei also changed the subject abruptly: "...by the way, where are we going?"

Zhou Ze took it for granted, "Go eat, aren't you hungry?"

Of course I'm hungry.

I was dragged to the barber shop after work, can I not be hungry?

He thought it was just a normal meal, so Pei didn't think much about it.

But soon, he was taken to the door of a club, and when he looked up, the four characters of Madison Bridge were shining golden in the dark night.

Zhou Ze explained: "One time Wen Jialang called me and said that a few bottles of wine in storage were about to expire, so I asked people to come over and drink them quickly. They have already arrived."

Pei also quickly discovered the blind spot: "They?"

Zhou Ze slapped his forehead: "Ah, I forgot to tell you, I also called Xu Duozhi and the others. It's so crowded."

Pei also vaguely noticed something, and rubbed his head indiscriminately: "You don't think it's troublesome."

The young owner of Madison Bridge is Wen Jialang. Although it is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers and has a time difference of more than ten hours, when I heard that it was for Pei Ye’s birthday, I got a full-service package of drinks and catering in 5 minutes, and a bonus birthday song.

Zhou Ze originally thought that the last show could be cut off, but Wen Jialang said righteously that he also needed to send blessings, but he couldn't hold him back, so he could only let everyone bear the embarrassment together.

As soon as he walked into the box, Xu Duozhi yelled loudly: "Grandpa Pei! Why are you so slow!"

"Don't move!" Pei Ye avoided his bear hug, and looked at the other people, "Why are you two here?"

Jin Yang pointed at Ju Haonan with a pleasant face and said, "I heard that there is a meal, so I dragged them together, don't you mind."

"mind."

Pei Ye glanced at Ju Haonan, then sat down next to Zhou Ze, showing no good looks.

Ju Haonan took a cigarette and bit it in his mouth, but just snorted nonchalantly.

After all, it was Zhou Ze's effort to organize the game, Pei Ye's unhappiness only stayed on his face for a while, and the atmosphere eased after drinking.

It was probably because the matter between the two of them was just an unpunctured window paper in their eyes, and after drinking again, Zhou Ze blatantly held Pei Ye's hand.

"Ouch—" Xu Duozhi took the lead in booing, "Damn it, the two big men are so tired! Are you disgusting!"

Pei also looked at Zhou Ze's reaction amusedly - the hand holding him became tighter, and he placed it on the table as if declaring his sovereignty. After hearing Xu Duozhi's words, he didn't react much, but curled his lips lightly: "You are jealous."

"I'll go - I'm a straight man of pure steel, why am I jealous of you! It's not Yangzi, why are you laughing!" Xu Duozhi grabbed Jin Yang's shoulder and shook back and forth, "...wait a minute, you all have a date now ? Isn’t it, you are actually laughing at me as a single nobleman? Don’t you have a conscience?!”

Ju Haonan threw the wine bottle in front of him: "Don't push me, little curly hair, drink more."

Xu Duozhi's face collapsed, holding the wine bottle and yelling to drink with Pei Ye, nothing worked.

"Drink, drink, anyway, brother Pei can drink a thousand cups." Zhou Ze waved his hand generously.

"Come on, Grandpa Pei, you can't escape." Xu Duozhi spoke confidently.

Perhaps because of the special treatment given by the birthday star, Pei was also forced to drink a lot. He always boasted that he had a lot of food, and he was a little dizzy in the end.

Later, he took Zhou Ze's hand back, interlocking his fingers tightly as at the beginning, but this time only the two of them knew.

Zhou Ze said secretly: "You won't be able to eat like this."

Pei Ye said seriously: "Help me."

Zhou Ze looked him up and down - his complexion was normal, his eyes were bright, and he spoke clearly.

It's not like drinking too much.

Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Pei Ye urged again: "I want to eat that salt and pepper pork ribs." After finishing speaking, he opened his mouth obediently.

Zhou Ze compromised: "Hey, let's eat."

The expressions of the three people on the sidelines watching the show were wonderful, but without exception, they all turned blind in the end.

Sour couple.

"Then what, I'm going to go to the toilet! You continue."

It was almost time, Xu Duozhi gave Zhou Ze a wink, and then he used the excuse of going to the bathroom to signal to the waiter.

When he came back again, the originally bright box suddenly fell into darkness, and a glistening flame outside the door jumped and was pushed into the box.

Five or six adults were squeezed into the small box at once, the lights shone around Pei Ye, and the cake was pushed in front of him.

"Say goodbye to all troubles, say goodbye to all happiness—"

When the waiters sang, they did not forget to leave the last two words of the climax part to Pei Ye, so an embarrassing scene appeared:

The waitress looked at Pei Ye expectantly while holding plastic clapping hands, hoping that he could sing "Hi Hi".

"Hi-hi-"

Fortunately, the background music didn't stop, so Xu Dazhi rushed to make up for it: "Happy birthday, dear Grandpa Pei—every day is wonderful—"

Damn, the sound broke.

When the group of demons danced wildly, Pei Ye frowned and secretly complained to Zhou Ze: "Good soil."

"Ha ha."

Zhou Ze did not expect that the warm celebration that Wen Jialang said would be so warm. He thought it was just a warm scene of a group of people pushing small cakes and singing classic birthday songs. Bee speakers.

"You make a wish first!" Zhou Ze bit the bullet and pushed the person up.

Although he was reluctant, Pei Ye seriously made a wish on the candle, and then solemnly blew it out.

"All the staff of Madison Bridge! Congratulations! Happy 19th birthday to Mr. Pei Ye! Prosperous! Keep up the good work! Come on, come on, come on!"

As soon as the candles were blown out, a group of waiters suddenly pulled out a red-bottomed banner, and shouted the slogan on it angrily, almost startling Pei Ye.

——Signed Wenjialang special custom.

Good soil!

This time it was the common voice of five people.

After the waiters left one after another, the few of them finally sat back. They were very glad that they were in the box and would not change their life in another city.

Pei also distributed the cake to everyone, and finally looked at Zhou Ze, and said thank you very seriously.

"To be honest...it's my first birthday. Thank you for preparing so much. I'm very happy." Even though he had expected it, he still felt happy. Full, full of indescribable happiness.

"Grandpa Pei, you are biased, why don't you thank us!" Xu Duozhi jumped out with a puffy face.

"...Thank you too." It was rare for Pei to be stubborn, "I don't know what to say, anyway, thank you."

Jin Yang handed him a glass of wine: "Let's have a drink together."

Over there, Ju Haonan also raised his glass.

Even if we part ways, at least we used to be friends.

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