desolate

A group of people parted at the gate of the Bridge of Madison County.

Xu Duozhi and Jin Yang helped each other into the car, and the two drunks fell asleep in the back seat.

Pei also drank a lot today, and now he is slightly distracted by Zhou Ze, but when Ju Haonan walked in front of him, the dazed expression on his face disappeared in an instant.

Even after drinking too much, he didn't forget that this fellow betrayed himself.

Ju Haonan ignored him, but said to Zhou Ze: "He probably has too much."

"I see." Zhou Ze nodded, "Is it okay for the two of them to go back by themselves?"

"It's okay, Yangzi's friend will pick them up—you go back early, my car is here."

"Yeah." Zhou Ze thought for a moment, "I apologize to you on Pei Ye's behalf."

He knew that Pei also broke up with Ju Haonan because he asked him to pick up Su Ya, but he couldn't stand with either party, so he could only express his apology meaninglessly.

"You really look like a good student now." Ju Haonan said without thinking, "You don't need to apologize, I originally wanted you two to break up, but he thinks I'm meddling, so there's nothing to say."

He waved his hand, put out the cigarette on the lamppost, and then got into the car with black and white gradient hair.

"…Let's go back."

The street returned to silence, staring for a moment.

Zhou Ze suddenly took Pei Ye's hand and said softly, "Let's go."

Pei Ye yawned all over the place: "Are you going home?"

Zhou Ze led him back along the road: "Well, I'm home."

Walking and walking, passing a river, the sparkling water is painted in an ink-like color, and the cargo ship at the distant wharf makes a melodious sound of whistle.

Pei also stopped suddenly.

He grabbed the phone, and the incoming call notification on it flickered for more than ten seconds, and it didn't hang up until it turned off when it ran out of power.

Zhou Ze pretended not to notice, instead of looking at the distant pier.

"Brother Ze, are you angry?"

He seldom calls himself Elder Brother, and most of the time it means coaxing people next.But Zhou Ze felt that he should not need to be coaxed at this time.

So he said truthfully, "No."

Pei also gets sleepy when he drinks too much, and when he's sleepy, he speaks illogically, saying what he thinks of: "You will definitely be upset when you see my injury."

Zhou Ze didn't expect him to bring this up, so he deliberately picked on Joe: "You still ask if you know?"

Pei Ye suddenly pulled him into his arms, and gently kneaded the back of his neck with one hand: "I'm sorry, brother choose."

He yawned and coaxed the child: "My Brother Cho must study hard, and he will be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University in the future. I can't bother you with everything. It's my fault. I apologize to you."

Zhou Ze couldn't help laughing: "I can't pass the exam."

In the final exam before the holiday, he still didn't perform well, barely getting a score of [-], which was still not as good as before.

"I can pass the exam." Pei Ye said nonsense in a serious manner, "An old man Tuomeng told me before that Brother Cho's future is bright and bright, he is destined to be rich and wealthy, and finally live a long life. It's just a test, you don't have to worry about it."

"really?"

"really."

Zhou Ze believed his nonsense, then turned his head and put the white jade bracelet on his wrist on Pei Ye's hand: "Since I am rich and live a long life, then this is for you." He felt that the black rope was not Protect Pei Ye well, so I want to give him my share.

"No, you wear it yourself."

Pei also wanted to withdraw his hand, but he held it down.

Zhou Ze pulled his collar and leaned forward to kiss his lips, then threatened: "If you don't wear it, I won't forgive you."

Sure enough, Pei also stopped moving: "Then you are not angry anymore?"

"Don't be angry anymore." Zhou Zehui hugged him, burying his cheek deeply into the side of his neck.

He really wanted to get angry and blame him, but his brother Pei was already in a difficult situation, and he really couldn't bear to lose his temper.

Then forget it.

...

The two returned to the hotel, and as soon as they entered the door, Pei lay down on the bed in pain.

Zhou Ze pulled him: "Get up and drink some water."

With a lot of effort, Pei Ye sat up humming, and lay back down after taking a sip.

Sweaty all over, Zhou Ze took off his shirt and planned to take a bath, and then he would take care of him later.

"I want to wash too."

Unexpectedly, someone grabbed his wrist, and Zhou Ze stared at the drunk man dumbfounded.

"Then get up."

"I do not."

Pei Ye exerted all his strength and directly pulled Zhou Ze down.He wrapped his hands restlessly around the young man's waist, rubbing his fingertips, breathing intertwinedly, easily causing a shudder.

"It stinks, go take a shower first." Zhou Ze refused.

Pei Ye snorted twice indistinctly, obviously disagreeing, and then sucked his fair neck, leaving a red mark.

It seemed that the red color had stimulated him. After staring at it for a while, Pei Ye's breathing suddenly became heavier. He turned around and pressed the man under him, his knees pushed his legs apart involuntarily.

The slightly sour smell of wine fermented between the two of them, Zhou Ze turned away slightly, and stretched out his hand to put a distance between them.

"You don't love me anymore."

While complaining aggrievedly, Pei Ye clenched the hand on his chest and pulled it to the top of his head.

"Which eye of yours sees that I don't love you?" Zhou Ze was forced to raise his head to accept his kiss, while questioning his questioning.

Unexpectedly, Pei Ye made a sudden movement and got up from him.

"……never mind."

Just entering the stage of confusion and obsession, Zhou Ze was still a little at a loss when he was interrupted suddenly.

Fucking pants half off you tell me forget it?

Zhou Zeban sat up: "What's wrong?"

Pei Ye rubbed his face violently, and staggered off the bed: "...It's okay, I'm going to take a shower."

After he finished speaking, he flashed into the bathroom.

Zhou Ze was stunned for two seconds, quickly got up, and pushed open the bathroom door: "You..."

Before he could speak, he stopped because of the scene in front of him.

In the bathroom, Pei Ye had just taken off his shirt. The wound on his back was split by the action just now, and the blood beads from the edge were scratched when he took off his clothes, and fainted on the skin, drying to crimson red.

The wound was not deep, but it was very long, stretching from the right shoulder to the bottom of the shoulder blade. It was caused by the beating that day, and the glass shards fell into the clothes.

Pei Ye was looking at himself in the mirror, but he didn't expect Zhou Ze to break in suddenly, and he panicked.

"It's okay, it's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." Pei Ye carefully kissed the tears off her boyfriend's face, feeling very guilty: "I'm sorry, don't be sad."

The person in his arms was trembling slightly.

Pei also told him over and over again that it was okay, it was okay.

"...Liar!"

Zhou Ze tensed his body, and suddenly bit him hard on the lips.Until he tasted the smell of blood, he couldn't help licking it distressedly.

The stamina of the alcohol surged up, Pei Ye snorted, and grabbed aimlessly to the side with his hand, accidentally touching the switch of the shower.

Cold water was poured down, and the two of them suddenly became more awake.

Zhou Ze lowered his head and wanted to leave, but Pei Ye's hand was tightly around his waist.

As the temperature of the water gradually increased, he watched the person in front of him squat down, and the water mist filled up, everything became ambiguous.

(...)

The person on the bed just fell asleep.

Zhou Ze threw the used paper towels into the trash can. They tossed and tossed for too long. It was almost dawn outside, but the room was still too dark to distinguish day and night.

He drew the curtains a narrow slit and glanced through the window at the early morning street.

Today should be a nice sunny day.

He drew the curtains tight again, returned to the bed, lifted the thin quilt gently, and Pei Ye's back was exposed to the air, and the wound soaked in water was slightly red.

Zhou Ze felt a pain in his heart, and the emotions that had finally calmed down almost collapsed again.After a long time, he lowered his head, carefully dried the water on the wound with a paper towel, and then gently covered the quilt back.

The gift that had been prepared a long time ago was placed on the bedside, where he hoped he could see it as soon as he opened his eyes.

The bell tower not far away just finished knocking the fifth time.

Zhou Ze smoked the last two cigarettes by the window, suppressed the urge to feel sick in his stomach, and quietly left the hotel.

The sun is rising and the river is calm.The taxi that got up early to run the order was stopped steadily.

He glanced at the teenager who got into the car from the rearview mirror.

He looked like a half-grown high school student, his eyes were gray and gray, his face was tired, he might just run out of some Internet cafe.

Just looking at it, those tired eyes looked over.

"Go to the city mental hospital, trouble."

...

The sunlight came in from the gap in the southwest, shining brightly on Pei Ye's eyes like a crack.

Maybe even in his sleep he felt dazzling, so he impatiently pulled the quilt over his head and fell asleep again.

After half an hour, the person huddled under the quilt suddenly struggled to wake up.

No, he has to go to work today.

But what time is it?

Pei Ye rubbed his sore waist and looked around the room. He was alone on the bed, but there was a box on the cabinet beside the bed.

He opened it, and there was a pair of shoes and a note inside, as well as four big characters flying around in the air - happy birthday.

Why are the words still so scribbled?

Pei also twitched the corner of his mouth casually, then put the things back, intending to call Zhou Ze, turned around and fumbled for a long time, and finally found the dead cell phone under the bed.

Charging, waiting to turn on... This process seems to be extremely long.

The moment the screen turned on, several messages popped up, but before he could click to read it, the door suddenly knocked.

Pei also put on a piece of clothing and got up to open the door.

Outside the door was a young man with a somewhat familiar face staring at him coldly.

"Are you Pei Ye?"

Obviously, the comer is not good.

"You've gone the wrong way." Pei Ye closed the door cautiously, but was blocked by the man unexpectedly.

"Something happened to Zhou Ze."

"Who happened?"

Seemed dissatisfied with his reaction.Zhou Xuan slammed the door open and grabbed his collar viciously, but after a moment of stalemate, his anger finally turned into a hysterical sentence.

"...All of this is your fucking fault!"

Pei Ye seemed to realize something, and finally panicked. He grabbed Zhou Xuan's wrist instead: "Speak clearly! What's the matter?"

At this time, the phone rang again, and he pressed the answer button uneasily.

"Hello, this is the Shiliting Police Station in Pingjiang City. Are you Pei Ye?"

"Yes."

"...Finally contacted her family members. It's like this. Su Ya was found to have committed suicide by a nurse in the stairwell of the Municipal Mental Hospital at [-]:[-] this morning. She is currently being rescued. In addition, the suspect who assisted suicide has been arrested. Now..."

"...I'll be there right away."

Before the police could finish speaking, Pei broke away from Zhou Xuan's hand and rushed out.

It's going to be okay... whoever it is.

He tried his best to get rid of that bad premonition, got into an empty taxi, and hurried the driver to the destination before he sat still.

With one kick of the accelerator, the urban area is getting farther and farther away.

The destination is in the new development zone, and the scenery outside the window is gradually barren. He wrapped the bracelet around his palm, and the tassels were in the palm of his hand. The warm and cold grains did not calm his emotions.

As soon as he arrived at the destination, he rushed out crazily, but he didn't expect to see a few police cars parked in front of the hospital first.

There are a lot of people watching.

Through countless layers of crowds, Pei also saw the handcuffed boy.

The other party seemed to see him too.

But the sun was too big that day, and the last light at the end of summer was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

...

[The boy told me that in the short two or three years in his memory, there were four summers in four seasons, everything was bright and barren, but it was a pity that no matter what in the future, there would never be such hot tears again. 】

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...→Big-eyed boy with bright red eyes (posted tomorrow)

The teenage timeline ends here, followed by "Reunion after a long absence"