youth and time

Jiang Yufan rushed home in a hurry. When there was still an intersection away from Guhuai Lane, because it happened to hit the rush hour, the traffic lights at the intersection were broken, and the intersection was blocked. Jiang Yufan clicked his tongue impatiently, opened the door and got out of the car.

Jiang Yuqing was startled, and reached out to pull, but didn't hold back: "Hey, Zai Zai—"

Jiang Yufan got out of the car and ran all the way, his speed almost catching up with his speed of running the 4×100-meter relay in the sports meeting.

Jiang Yuqing just asked Jiang Lin, An Ruosu and Han Yi to wait in the car, and took Jiang Huan to chase after him.

Jiang Yufan ran all the way home and found a police car at the entrance of the alley. He paused slightly, quickly glanced at the police car, and ran into Zhong Chaozhou's house.

At this moment, Zhong Chaozhou’s house is more like a pot of porridge than the traffic outside: there are a few policemen standing in the yard, and Chen Jin is sitting on a wicker chair, with her upper body bent, her face buried in her hands, her shoulders shrugging, sobbing The sobbing sound came out through the palm of her hand, and a policewoman squatted beside her and comforted her in a low voice; Grandpa Zhong also sat on the recliner, closed his eyes, raised his head, and his face still had the usual calm expression , but the right hand that is rapidly turning the walnut shows his panic and uneasiness at the moment; Zhong Yang is sitting under the tree with his head lowered, half of his face is covered by the shade of the tree, and his pair of peach blossom eyes, which are exactly the same as Zhong Chaozhou's, are more and more dim unknown.

Hearing movement from the door of the house, everyone subconsciously looked at the door, Chen Jin suddenly raised her head: "Xiaozhou...ah, yes, it's Xiaofan..."

"Brother Fan!" Shen Yi'an stood up from his chair, and went up to meet Qiao Yunfei and Shen Yuyu together.

Jiang Yufan ran wildly all the way, he was out of breath at the moment, he bent over, put his hands on his knees, panting heavily, Shen Yian wanted to help him, he waved his hand and asked: "Why... What's going on? Why did you just run away from home?"

The three of them showed embarrassment at the same time, and they all subconsciously glanced in Zhong Yang's direction.

In fact, the matter is very simple. Today is the National Day, Zhong Yang went home to stay for a day. He came back at noon, just in time for dinner. The family of four sat in the yard to eat. I don't pay attention to anyone, but as long as they don't quarrel, Chen Jin and Grandpa Zhong will be thankful.

After eating, Zhong Yang proposed to have a private talk with Zhong Chaozhou for the first time, and called him to the study.

The father and son chatted about something in the study. Within a few minutes, Zhong Chaozhou limped out of the study angrily. Zhong Yang chased him out and reprimanded him loudly. Grandpa Zhong and Chen Jin were dumbfounded. Before he could react, Zhong Chaozhou slammed the door and left.

There is no surveillance around here, and there is no way to find someone by surveillance. The people in the alley searched all afternoon, and the police were called. They went to the places where Zhong Chaozhou often went and the surrounding areas to search several times, but they couldn't find them.

Chen Jin covered her face, weeping uncontrollably: "The child has a sprained ankle, and it is difficult for him to move. He...he didn't have a mobile phone... What should I do if something happens to him? What should I do if something happens to him? !"

The policewoman stroked her back: "Ms. Chen, please calm down first, the child will be fine, we will try our best to find..."

Jiang Yufan stared at Chen Jin for a while, then turned his gaze to Zhong Yang, who happened to raise his head at that time, and the eyes of the two exchanged in mid-air.

Zhong Chaozhou's peach blossom eyes were inherited from Zhong Yang. The peach blossom eyes are originally very energetic and affectionate eyes. This was perfectly reflected in Zhong Chaozhou, but it didn't show in Zhong Yang's body at all.

Zhong Yang's pupils are dark black, even a pair of amorous peach blossom eyes can't soften his stern eyebrows, the coldness and toughness revealed from the bottom of his eyes brings infinite oppression.

The father and son are really different.

Jiang Yufan thought to himself, turned his head and stopped looking at him, but asked Shen Yi'an: "Did you ask other people? Yang Zhinuo and the others, did you ask?"

"Ask!" Shen Yi'an is also in a hurry to get angry now, but he can't do anything, he can only be anxious, "They haven't seen each other yet! Brother Zhou didn't even think of a way to contact them!"

Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Huan finally recovered, and Jiang Huan asked, "Have you found all the places he would go?"

Shen Tianyu turned around anxiously: "I've searched for it all! I've searched for it three or four times, but I can't find it!"

"What about the police?" Jiang Yuqing looked at the police in the yard, "Look for the whole city!"

"We have been looking for it," explained a policeman, "but there is no news yet."

"What about now?" Jiang Huan didn't know Zhong Chaozhou very well, but Zhong Chaozhou was pleasant-natured, and Jiang Huan had a good impression of him, and now he was anxious about his running away from home, "What should we do now?"

Jiang Yufan's lips trembled slightly, and he squeezed out a word between his teeth: "Wait!"

The policeman glanced at Jiang Yufan, sighed helplessly, and said, "Yes, wait, we can only wait until the person we sent out sends a message back."

Everyone gritted their teeth unwillingly, even Zhong Yang clenched his fists.

Time passed by, and there was still no news from the police. It was not until the sun was setting, until Chen Jin was crying so hard that the phone in the police's hand rang for the first time after Jiang Yufan arrived.

All eyes were on the phone.

The policeman was shocked and answered the phone: "Hello?"

There was a lot of babbling on the other end of the phone, and the expression on the policeman's face gradually loosened. He turned his head and looked around the yard, his voice trembling, and his tone couldn't stop his joy: "I found... I found it! The child found it!" Already!"

Everyone was refreshed, Jiang Yufan stood up from the chair, took a step forward, his eyes were shining faintly.

"Really?!" Chen Jin suddenly stood up from the chair. The sudden standing made her brain a little bloodshot, and her eyes went dark. If it wasn't for the policewoman supporting her, she would almost fall to the ground, but she didn't care about that. Duo, rushed up, held the policeman's hand, "Looked for... found it? Where is the child? Let me listen to the voice."

The police handed her the mobile phone, and Chen Jin pressed the mobile phone close to her ear. There was a rustling sound on the opposite side, and after a while, Zhong Chaozhou's slightly tired voice sounded: "Mom."

Hearing this voice, Chen Jin clutched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Her whole body seemed to be pulled hard by something, her body softened, and she fell into the arms of the policewoman. Seeing her like that, the courtyard Everyone else in the room also confirmed that the child was really found, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you doing?! You want to scare me to death, don't you?!" Chen Jin cried and cursed while holding her mobile phone, "You bastard, you ran away from home just as you said! You didn't bring anything with you. The foot is still injured! What will you do if you have an accident! What will you tell your mother to do!"

Zhong Chaozhou knew it was his fault, let Chen Jin scold him, and said in a low voice, "Mom, I'm sorry."

"You follow the police back immediately!"

Zhong Chaozhou was silent for a moment, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "Is Jiang Yufan here?"

Chen Jin was taken aback: "Xiao... Xiaofan?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at Jiang Yufan, and Jiang Yufan went straight to Chen Jin's side, took the phone and said, "I'm here."

The usually cold and flat voice was now filled with eagerness and trembling. Zhong Chaozhou couldn't help laughing when he heard the voice: "Listen to your voice...are you worried about me?"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Yufan gritted his teeth and roared, "Leave as soon as you say it, do you know how dangerous it is! Do you know how anxious we are! You still have a smile! Come back right now!"

Zhong Chaozhou pursed his lips and said, "Come and pick me up."

Jiang Yufan was taken aback: "What?"

"You come to pick me up." Zhong Chaozhou said every word, "You come to pick me up, and I'll go back. You come alone."

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Yufan arrived at the place where Zhong Chaozhou was in a police car.

It was already a place in the suburbs, sparsely populated, and there were no cars.

There is a basketball court not far away. The sun has set and the street lights are on. There is no one else in the court. From a distance, only a few policemen in police uniforms can be seen.

Zhong Chaozhou limped out of the house, stretched out his hand to hail a taxi, and left. He didn't know where he was going when he got in the taxi. It happened that the driver's taxi app automatically picked up an order for him in People's Park, and the driver went He drove him to the People's Park, and when he got there, Zhong Chaozhou felt in his pocket only to find that he ran out with nothing, not a penny on him, and was immediately dumbfounded.

The driver didn't expect such an incident. The driver was very young, as if he had just joined the job. He saw that Zhong Chaozhou was a child, young, and still limped when he walked. There should be injuries on his feet. The price on the reading meter is not very expensive, not even more than ten yuan. My heart softened, and I didn’t ask him for money, so I told him to get off the car quickly. Before getting off the car, I gave him another scolding , Let him remember to bring money next time.

Zhong Chaozhou got off the car at People's Park and didn't know where to go. He entered the park for a while, then left on his own. He stopped and stopped all the way, regardless of where he was going. Walking all the way to the suburban location, he saw a basketball court here, and he sat down on the basketball court without saying a word. The other basketball players saw that the kid looked strange, and felt strange, so they came up and asked a few more questions , Hearing that the child ran away from home, he was so scared that he immediately called the police, and the police chased him here following the phone call.

It's a big ups and downs, and I don't know if Zhong Chaozhou is lucky or unlucky.

Jiang Yufan walked into the court and found Zhong Chaozhou sitting under a basket, the orange lights shone on him, but there was no warmth at all.

"Coming?" Zhong Chaozhou smiled when he saw Jiang Yufan, his peach blossom eyes were not as affectionate as usual, but rather lonely, he shook the plastic bottle in his hand, and the huge Pepsi logo appeared on it : "Do you want to drink the drink that the police uncle bought just now?"

"What do you want to drink?" Jiang Yufan walked up to Zhong Chaozhou, turned his back to the light, and looked down at him, "Go home."

"I don't want to go back." Zhong Chaozhou smiled and pulled Jiang Yufan's sleeve, "Sit down and chat with me for a while."

Jiang Yufan repeated with a dark face: "Go home!"

As he said that, he was going to pull him up.

"Hey!" The policeman on the side came up, pulled Jiang Yufan aside, turned his back to Zhong Chaozhou, and said in a low voice, "You can chat with him for a while, we feel that he has something on his mind right now, and the whole person is not in a good state. Okay, just follow him, you can chat with him for a while, it’s okay, we’ll be outside, and we’ll definitely bring you home when the time comes, ah.”

Jiang Yufan bit his lip when he heard the words, and turned his head to look at Zhong Chaozhou, who tilted his head and looked at him with a smile.

Jiang Yufan sighed, walked over, sat down beside him, and asked softly, "What do you want to talk about?"

All the policemen breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, and hurriedly left the stadium to wait outside, leaving room for the two children inside.

Zhong Chaozhou tilted his head and said, "Brother Daiyu is dressed so nicely today."

Jiang Yufan wore casual clothes today. Usually, he wears school uniforms, sportswear and home clothes. He rarely wears casual clothes. Today is the first time Zhong Chaozhou has seen him. The color is still refreshing and cool mint green. My eyes lit up.

Jiang Yufan didn't care about the title of "Brother Daiyu", hummed, and said, "Family gathering, let's go out to play."

"Oh, where did you go?"

Jiang Yufan recounted his itinerary for today, and Zhong Chaozhou nodded after listening: "Well, it's pretty good. Happy Valley in Danshi, hey, I really want to go too."

Jiang Yufan: "It's winter vacation, my brother will take us there."

The two talked about other topics, and the atmosphere became quiet again.

Zhong Chaozhou took a sip of Coke and said, "I thought you would ask me why I ran out, but you didn't."

After lunch, Zhong Yang called Zhong Chaozhou into the study. The father and son chatted harmoniously a few minutes ago, but for some reason, the topic came back to the exam, and Zhong Yang brought up the matter of the military academy exam.

Zhong Chaozhou was most annoyed by other people asking him to take the military academy entrance exam. Whenever he brought up this topic, it was as if he had ordered dynamite. But because he promised Grandpa Zhong and Zhong Yang to get along well for a day, he resisted the attack.

But he really didn't want to mention this matter, and because he had such a dream last night, and also dreamed about Jiang Yufan, he was very irritable and depressed, so he just responded in a very perfunctory manner.

Zhong Yang couldn't see Zhong Chaozhou's perfunctory appearance the most, so he said a few more words, Zhong Chaozhou couldn't help it, and replied a few words, and the father and son just disagreed with each other again, to the depths , Zhong Chaozhou was so angry that he slammed the door and ran away from home.

Jiang Yufan half closed his eyes, and said, "If you don't want to talk, I won't ask."

"Well, it's true." Zhong Chaozhou's tone was very casual, as if he didn't care about the matter, "Talk too much, I don't feel comfortable."

Hearing this, Jiang Yufan groped his body for a while and said, "Sorry, I didn't bring any sugar."

Zhong Chaozhou laughed out loud, "No, I've wanted to say it a long time ago. If you're in a bad mood, you can eat sweets. This is just to coax children. Why do you take it so seriously?"

Jiang Yufan lowered his head, looked at his own shadow on the ground illuminated by the light, and said nothing.

Zhong Chaozhou blinked: "Could it be that your brother said this, so you have always believed it?"

"No." Jiang Yufan shook his head, looking at the dark night sky, "It's not my brother, it's another person."

Zhong Chaozhou: "Who is it?"

That was a long time ago.

That year, Jiang Yufan was only four years old.