Zheng Chengxian looked at the tree from a distance, he wanted to get out of the car to see if there was a family named Zhao Liang in the alley next to the tree, but his legs were as heavy as lead.

He was hesitant and scared, what could he do when he saw it? What if you don't see it?

Stay and secretly take care of the mother and son?

What about South Korea? There are still friends and lovers there, do you want to abandon a qiē and come back here?

Zheng Chengxian felt entangled and contradictory, sat in the car and frowned, smoking one cigarette after another.

"Brother, don't you go home and sit down when you get to the door?" The driver asked softly.

"Home?"

Zheng Chengxian smiled bitterly: "Where is my home here?" ”

"And what are you doing here?" The driver was confused.

Jung Sung-hyun didn't answer, and stretched out his finger to point ahead.

"Trees?" The driver turned his head and looked incredulous:

"You've come all the way back just to see a tree?"

Zheng Chengxian didn't answer, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and pointed forward:

"Master, go ahead!"

The driver threw away the cigarette butt in confusion and started the car.

His home used to be a large chemical plant, the largest enterprise in their county, and dozens of huge chimneys emitted yellow smoke into the sky twenty-four hours a day, and the pungent smell could be smelled far away.

There is a small river next to the chemical plant, this river used to be very clear, and every hot summer he would play in the river with his friends, it can be said that this river carries one of his few good memories.

But now the green water of the river stens all the time, and the bare riverbed is covered with turquoise silt. Even beggars who scavenge will walk around the river.

Before the crossing, Zheng Chengxian liked to come to this river to sit, although the smell made him uncomfortable, but compared to the good memories in his mind, a single qiē was bearable. Whenever he had a problem or was in a bad mood, he would come here to sit and imagine that the river was still clear, and innocent children were laughing and playing in the water.

"Brother, it stinks so much here, how can you sit down?" The driver asked with a frown.

Zheng Chengxian had been sitting by the river just now, looking at the river and not speaking, and the stench around him didn't seem to affect him at all.

The driver who was sitting in the car couldn't stand it anymore, so he opened the door and walked down, only to find that it was even more smelly outside. If it weren't for the sake of money, he wouldn't want to come here if he was killed.

Zheng Chengxian turned his head and showed a reluctant smile at the driver, and patted the yellow earth beside him: "Sit down and talk, master!" ”

"How to chat here, it stinks and my brain hurts!" The driver muttered exaggeratedly, but sat down honestly.

"The river used to be clear, right?" Jung Sung-hyun pointed to the river, looking nostalgic.

The driver took out a cigarette and handed over one: "yes, how do you know?" Look at your age! ”

Zheng Chengxian lit his head with a cigarette:

"Yes! No matter how dirty the river is, there are times when it is clear. ”

"Then you really want to think about it," the driver teased with a cigarette in his mouth.

"When I was a child, I used to come here to play in the water, and then since these big guys put up ......" The driver pointed behind him, and the huge chimneys towered into the sky: "No one comes here anymore, let alone people, and even dogs don't want to come!" ”

Speaking of this, the driver scratched his head embarrassedly, and hurriedly explained: "Brother, I didn't mean you~ Don't get me wrong"

Zheng Chengxian smiled and didn't care, took a puff of cigarette with the smell, and was stunned: "There is no way, the city always has to sacrifice something to develop, and everything is like this"

"Gorgeous high-rise buildings have been erected, and the park that used to be used for rest is gone. With cars, it is easier for people to get around, but the quiet environment and fresh air are gone. Mobile phones are getting more and more advanced, people can do a lot with it, but there is less and less basic communication between people."

Pointing to the chemical plant: "Thanks to it, people's incomes are getting higher and higher, but the clear river is gone"

The driver glanced at Zheng Chengxian in surprise, and his tone of voice did not look like a young man in his twenties at all, but like an old man who saw through the world. I couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What do you do? Speaking in a set way, there are few other young people like you! ”

"I'm writing novels!"

"No wonder, you cultural people think things are complicated, and if you want to get it, you must pay first, isn't it obvious? I have to pay for meat if I want to eat meat, I have to pay for cigarettes, and if I want money, I have to work hard" The driver had a natural expression:

"For example, my mother is sick and needs someone to take care of her, so she can only sacrifice her own life. Because no one wants to follow a man who has no money and power, and a seriously ill old lady to take care of. Although I also want to make money, I can't leave" Speaking of this driver's feelings, he was a little depressed, but his tone seemed very indifferent, with a hint of numbness.

Zheng Chengxian looked at him silently, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic in his heart, because the driver's experience was very similar to his own:

"Do you regret doing that?"

"What's there to regret about this? Isn't it natural for a son to take care of his mother? The driver gave Zheng Chengxian a strange look.

Judging from his expression, Zheng Chengxian could see that he was sincere in saying this.

"Then you're not afraid of being laughed at?"

"If I'm afraid of people laughing, I won't tell you this," the driver said indifferently:

"If I have money, I'll live a little better, and if I don't have money, I'll live tightly. What is there to be ashamed of not stealing from anyone, not robbing anyone, and working by your own labor? ”

Such an open-minded mind made Zheng Chengxian quite admirable: "You can think openly!" ”

"Huh!" The driver smiled and popped out the cigarette butt in his hand:

"It's not that I can think about it, but I've got what I want, so now I'm doing what I deserve."

"What do you want?"

The driver patted his chest:

"Peace of mind!"

Zheng Chengxian stopped talking, the driver's behavior was admirable, and he wouldn't want to sympathize with this kind of thing.

If you want to get it, you have to lose it first?

Jung Sung-hyun thought of himself. In this life, he gained fame, money, and love, and the price was the loss of a qiē in his previous life.

Now it's a fool's dream to run back and redeem something.

Because Zhao Liang here is not himself, but another person. It's just a person with the same name as himself, similar in appearance, and similar background. Even if you give him a sum of money and let him live a good life, the regrets in his heart still exist and can never be made up.

In this way, whether there is Zhao Liang in this world or not, what does it matter if you go to confirm it or not?

Thinking of this, Zheng Chengxian only felt relaxed in his heart, as if he had put down the burden of a thousand catties, stood up and sincerely thanked the driver: "Thank you for doing me a great favor!" ”

"Huh?"

The driver looked at him inexplicably: "I...... What am I doing? ”

Zheng Chengxian smiled and didn't explain, turned to look at the river, and stretched his waist greatly: "What you said is very right, if you want to get it, you have to lose it first, this can't be changed!" ”

The driver was stunned and sat by the stinky river for so long, just to understand a truth that everyone understands??

"Let's go, I'll invite you to dinner! Just thank you," Jung Sung-hyun said happily.

"Forehead ......"

Although he didn't understand what Zheng Chengxian meant by "busy", he still couldn't ask for it to leave here.

The two got into the car, and the driver stepped on the accelerator and left here quickly. (To be continued.) )