Xijian

21

Mom: 【You will be 32 next year, and your job is stable. It's time to get married. You said that there is no girl in your bank that you like. Mom found one for you. 】

Mom: [Photo.jpg]

Mom: [It is your Aunt Zhang's niece in our community, she is a primary school teacher. 】

Mom: 【Tomorrow you go to meet someone, don't let others pigeons like last time, it's so impolite. 】

……

Zhang Chi closed WeChat, put his phone back in his pocket, and stood at the intersection waiting for the traffic light.

24 seconds left.

At sunset, when the lights came on, as far as the eye could see, there were towering office buildings everywhere, one erected after another, reminding Zhang Chi of the skylight in the confinement room of the correctional center.

In front of him, there was a lot of traffic, and it seemed that everyone had a clear purpose and knew where they were going.

A car galloped past Zhang Chi, bringing a dusty wind.

There are still 10 seconds before the green light on the sidewalk, and the traffic in the evening rush hour flows faster.

Looking at the speeding traffic in front of him, Zhang Chi suddenly looked down at his feet.

As long as he takes a few steps, he can know the end of his life.

5 seconds left.

Zhang Chi bends his knees and takes a step forward

"Don't hold me so tight!"

"I do not!"

Suddenly, a series of laughter sounded beside him.

Zhang Chi turned his head and saw two boys in school uniforms, one was riding a scooter with the other, the boy in the back seat deliberately hugged the person in the front seat tightly, and they fought for a while.

"Three, two, one, go!"

The electric car passed Zhang Chi along with the crowd and went forward.

Zhang Chi was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly realized that the light was already green.

22

Zong Yingchi was woken up by the doorbell, and the strong hangover feeling made him sit up from the bed and fall back instantly.

His brain was still in chaos, Zong Yingchi couldn't even tell whether he was in reality or a dream when he opened his eyes.

He seemed to be dreaming about Zhang Chi again.

The doorbell rang again relentlessly, and soon, the cell phone also started screaming, Zong Yingchi sighed, and ordered to get out of bed to open the door.

"Come on! Don't press it!"

Zong Yingchi endured the pain of getting up and opened the door, and saw a big boy in a white shirt standing outside the door.

Fair skin, delicate facial features, especially the tall nose bridge is particularly beautiful.

Zong Yingchi was in a daze for a while: "Wen Shao?"

"Wen Shao" tilted his head suspiciously: "Who are you talking about? Teacher Zong, you just woke up, right? Pack up and follow me to school, or you will be late for class if you don't."

"Chen Xing." Zong Yingchi's eyes darkened for a moment, and Ye Chenxing let in the door, "Why are you here?"

"It wasn't my dad who asked me to come, he already knew that if you drank like that last night, you would definitely not be able to wake up this morning..." Ye Chenxing stared at Zong Yingchi's bewildered face for a while, then narrowed his eyes, "Teacher Zong , have you forgotten what you did last night?"

Zong Ying relaxed and cleared his pajamas.

Seeing him like this, Ye Chenxing knew that he must have forgotten, so he showed a smirk: "You drank too much last night, and you were so drunk that you called my dad and cried for two hours."

"Impossible!" Zong Yingchi denied it.

"I knew I would ask my dad to record it for you!" Ye Chenxing said angrily, suddenly he thought of something, and glanced at his phone, "It's broken, it's too late if you don't leave, I bought breakfast and put it in the car. Teacher Zong, hurry up and pack up and follow me!"

Zong Yingchi hummed and said that he would not do such a stupid thing, and went into the bathroom.

After closing the door, Zong Yingchi walked to the sink and carefully looked at every wrinkle on his face.

Before he knew it, 20 years had passed since he shot his first movie "Xijian".

It took Zong Yingchi 12 years to become a famous actor. He had just turned 35 that year, which was the most glorious age for an actor, but he suddenly announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry and entered a well-known acting academy as a teacher .

So seven years later, Ye Shaohuai's son Ye Chenxing was admitted to this acting academy and became Zong Yingchi's student.

20 years seems to be a long time, but Zong Yingchi always feels that the summer between him and "Xijian" is only the length of a dream.

He drank so much last night because he suddenly found the video of "Xi Jian" while preparing lessons and collecting materials.

He hadn't been this drunk in years.

Zong Yingchi shook his head, turned on the faucet, picked up a handful of cold water and splashed it on his face.

Five minutes later, Zong Yingchi tidied up and came out of the bathroom, and saw Ye Chenxing helping him clean up the mess at home.

"Mr. Zong, you are too sloppy. Dirty clothes are thrown on the ground, books and pens are not cleaned up, cigarette butts are thrown in the instant noodle box... tsk tsk tsk." , The ground that could not be stepped on before gradually became tidy.

Zong Yingchi stood aside and watched his movements, gradually fascinated.

Ye Chenxing looks too much like Ye Shaohuai when he was young, or in other words, looks too much like Wen Shao.

He suddenly thought nonchalantly that if he lived with Wen Shao, Wen Shao might be like this too, scolding him and taking care of him helplessly.

"Hurry up and marry a wife. If there is a mistress in this family, it will definitely not be like this..."

One word from Ye Chenxing brought Zong Yingchi back to reality.

Zong Yingchi was noncommittal to his words, went to the bedroom, changed clothes and came out, pretending to ask casually: "By the way, I remember your parents are visiting your grandpa abroad now, when will they be back?"

"About next week... ah! Teacher Zong! You actually stuffed your stinky socks in the crack of the sofa! You are too sloppy!"

Zong Yingzhang blushed: "Ye Chenxing, I'm going to be late, can you go?"

Ye Chenxing persistently helped him throw all the dirty clothes into the laundry basket in the bathroom, and then came out in a hurry, and when he looked up and saw Zong Yingchi's face, he was dissatisfied: "Mr. Zong, can you shave your beard?" ? Looking at you like this, who would believe that you have been singing and dancing idols for 20 years?"

Zong Yingchi gave his hands a pause while he was putting on his coat.

"I won't go to today's class, you can go by yourself."

After speaking, he lost his coat and was about to head towards the bedroom.

"But you are a teacher! What's the use of me if you don't go? I made a mistake, Mr. Zong, handsome guy! Big handsome guy! Come to class with me!"

23

Ye Shaohuai and Chu Qiu invited Zong Yingchi to eat at home the next day after they came back from abroad, saying that they got a few bottles of good wine from Grandpa Ye Chenxing and they must let him taste it.

Zong Yingchi had class in the afternoon, and was planning to take a taxi to Ye Shaohuai's house after class, but when he checked the messages on his mobile phone, he found that Ye Chenxing was already waiting for him at the school gate.

As soon as Zong Yingchi got in the car, Ye Chenxing began to complain that the body class was too difficult, and the theory class papers were too difficult to write, and also hinted that Zong Yingchi had a lot of homework in the acting class recently.

Zong Yingchi sent Ye Shaohuai a message on his mobile phone, saying that he would be home in half an hour, then turned to Ye Chenxing and said, "Just say one more word, and your homework will be doubled in the future."

Ye Chenxing immediately silenced and began to concentrate on being a driver.

The carriage suddenly became quiet, and Zong Yingchi felt that he was not used to it again. He was a little anxious to see Ye Shaohuai soon.

It's ridiculous to say that now he and Ye Shaohuai are very good friends. In the past 20 years, he has cooperated with Ye Shaohuai many times and went to his house for dinner several times a year. For a few minutes, Zong Yingchi would still feel nervous.

So Zong Yingchi took the initiative to talk to Ye Chenxing: "What delicious food did your mother cook tonight?"

Ye Chenxing's eyes lit up: "Teacher Zong, don't worry, my mother made your favorite roast duck and prepared a secret sauce. She said you must like it!"

……

"Teacher Zong, you can do what you want, Dad—Mom——Teacher Zong and I are back!" Ye Chenxing took off his shoes and ran to the kitchen barefoot as soon as he got home.

Zong Yingchi put on his slippers and walked into the living room. When he looked up, he saw Ye Shaohuai coming down from the second floor. His smile overlapped with every smile in Zong Yingchi's memory. Years have treated him kindly, and those few wrinkles did not damage his appearance , only made him appear more friendly and reliable, he bent his eyes and said to Zong Yingchi: "Xiao Chi, you are here."

It has been 20 years, and now only Ye Shaohuai still calls him Xiao Chi.

Zong Yingchi's eyes turned hot, but his expression didn't change at all. He raised a hand and waved at Ye Shaohuai very familiarly: "Come to your house again for dinner."

At the dinner table, Ye Chenxing complained to Ye Shaohuai and Chu Qiu again about what he complained in the car just now, but skipped the acting class under Zong Yingchi's silent threat.

Seeing his mouth full of food and still babbling, Ye Shaohuai smiled helplessly: "Your mother and I are not talkative people, why are you talking so much? Even eating can't stop your mouth."

"￥%@#￥..." Ye Chenxing was eager to defend, but there were too many things in his mouth, and no one could understand the bird language he spoke.

At this moment, Chu Qiu burst out laughing: "Since I'm not like you and me, who else can I be like, of course I'm like Teacher Zong."

Zong Yingchi and Ye Shaohuai turned to look at her at the same time.

Chu Qiu is a little fatter than when he was young, and the dimples around his mouth are more obvious when he smiles.

"Chen Xing was taught by Teacher Zong. He has liked you since he was a child, and he always clamored to play with Teacher Zong. Am I right?" She was very satisfied with her conclusion.

Ye Shaohuai didn't know what he thought of, and nodded with a smile: "Indeed."

Zong Yingchi guessed that he probably thought of the phone call he made while drunk some time ago.He rubbed the beard on his face and said solemnly: "That's right, Brother Shao and I have also been on-screen couples, strictly speaking, Chen Xing can call me a godmother."

"Hahahaha..." Chu Qiu laughed so hard that he knocked over his chopsticks.

Ye Chenxing almost sprayed all the drink in his mouth onto the table.

"Both of you!" Ye Shaohuai handed Ye Chenxing a piece of paper helplessly, then bent down to pick up Chu Qiu's chopsticks, and went to the kitchen to change a pair of clean ones for her.

This topic ended soon, Zong Yingchi asked how they were doing abroad, Chu Qiu then told him where they went, what strange foreigners they met, and her father's increasingly weird temper .

When she was talking, Ye Shaohuai picked up vegetables for her, peeled off the shrimp skin and fish bones thoughtfully: "Don't talk too much, eat quickly."

Zong Yingchi lowered his gaze to hide the envy in his eyes. He picked up the wine glass, drank half of it in one gulp, and finally smacked his lips loudly: "Good wine!"

After eating, Ye Shaohuai went to wash the dishes, Chu Qiu stayed with Zong Yingchi to sit for a while, she went to make wine for him to take home, Zong Yingchi sat in the living room and waited, Ye Chenxing talked with him.

After a while, Chu Qiu couldn't find a suitable bottle in the kitchen, so she called Ye Chenxing to help her find it, so Zong Yingchi was left alone in the living room.

Zong Yingchi sat bored and walked slowly to the kitchen.

I don't know what Ye Chenxing did, which made Chu Qiu and Ye Shaohuai laugh out loud.

Zong Yingchi stood at the door and looked at their family of three, seeing happiness shining from Ye Chenxing's eyes, from Chu Qiu's dimples, and from Ye Shaohuai's smile lines.

Zong Yingchi suddenly felt chest tightness, he hurriedly took out his phone to see if he had received any new messages, but the notification page was clean, Zong Yingchi searched through the list of contacts, but couldn't find anyone who could speak at this time people.

After Chu Qiu bagged the wine bottle and took it out, he found that the living room was empty. Later, Ye Shaohuai found him smoking at the door.

Zong Yingchi said goodbye to them with wine, and Ye Shaohuai sent him downstairs.

Ye Shaohuai originally wanted Ye Chenxing to send Zong Yingchi back, but Zong Yingchi firmly refused.

"Can you go home alone?" Ye Shaohuai knew what he was doing when he was drunk, so he was quite worried.

"Okay, I didn't drink much today, didn't you see it?" Zong Yingchi held the wine bag in the crook of his arm, with a cigarette in his mouth, and his jacket was wrinkled. At first glance, he looked like a homeless man .

Ye Shaohuai sighed: "Smooth less. Every time Chen Xing goes to your house, he always says that he followed Pansi Cave. Don't lead him away."

Zong Yingchi snorted with a cigarette in his mouth. He looked at Ye Shaohuai in front of him, wearing a white sweater, camel-colored slacks, and his hair plastered on his face. He recalled that summer 20 years ago.

"Then it's you next time." Maybe foreign wine is easy to drink, Zong Yingchi suddenly felt nostalgic, he said to Ye Shaohuai through the smoke, "Brother Shao, come to my house for dinner."

This was just a joke, because he was the one who ate at Ye Shaohuai's house every time, and according to etiquette, he should also invite him back, but he borrowed a line from "Xi Jian".Ye Shaohuai knew he didn't know how to cook, so he should have scolded Zong Yingchi with a smile, and replied "what can I eat at your house", at least it should be such a scenario in Zong Yingchi's expectation.

However, he saw a strange expression on Ye Shaohuai's face, and he said to Zong Yingchi——

"Next time, Xiaochi, next time."

Zong Yingchi took the cigarette out of his mouth and squeezed it between his fingertips, looked at his expression with trepidation, and couldn't stop his chills.

Zong Yingchi has been in acting for 20 years, groping for 12 years and teaching for [-] years, how could he not recognize that expression.

That is mercy.

Ye Shaohuai felt sorry for him.

Zong Yingchi suddenly understood.

Ye Shaohuai knew everything.

24

Ye Shaohuai's house is a bit out of the way, so he has to go around two streets to get a taxi.

Zong Yingchi walked blankly, walking from one street lamp to another. Every street lamp looked exactly the same. He suddenly had the illusion of being trapped in a maze, as if he would never be able to get out.

Five minutes later, Zong Yingchi stopped on the side of the road, waiting for the traffic light on the sidewalk.

24 seconds left.

This scene was somewhat familiar, but Zong Yingchi couldn't remember it clearly.

It is already nine o'clock in the evening, there are not many cars on the road, only a truck is coming in the distance.

10 seconds left.

"What are you doing, don't mess with me!"

"Your waist is so thin, what's wrong with touching it?"

Suddenly, two boys in school uniforms passed by on the opposite side of the road. They were riding bicycles, controlling the handlebar with one hand and wrestling with each other with the other, leaving laughter and laughter along the road.

Vaguely, Zong Yingchi heard one of them call the other's name, which seemed to be "Shao", or "Shao", or Zong Yingchi had misheard.

But in an instant, Wen Shao's figure suddenly appeared in the field of vision, and Zong Yingchi saw Wen Shao pushing a bicycle across the road and waving at him.

"Wen Shao?" Zong Yingchi couldn't help but took a step forward.

[I told you to rest in the class, but I insisted on watching it, and I got angry after watching it. 】

【It’s always like this when I’m acting for the first time. It will be difficult to act for a while, but it’ll get better slowly...】

[What are you dawdling about? 】

[It's not that I can't see you anymore, don't you have my mobile phone number?We will keep in touch in the future, if you have any questions, please call me, okay? 】

[Zhang Chi, you are a coward, you have kissed me, is it so difficult to say that you like me? 】

【Is that first love?It's okay, brother will teach you how to fall in love. 】

[Okay, then I'm leaving. 】

【Xiao Chi, I have to go. 】

【Next time. 】

[Next time, Xiao Chi, next time. 】

……

Screeching brakes and crashes pierced the night sky.