Smack.

As soon as the picture turned, Xu Zhengchen, who was walking on the wet restaurant floor, fell because he was careless, and the dishes he had packed were shattered.

In the past few days, the absent-minded state has haunted him, and the low tide of his mind has been pressed against his chest, which is uncomfortably dull.

It was as if a piece of his heart was missing, and the hollowness that followed swelled step by step until it completely occupied his heart.

"Phew—business in the store is booming today, and I'm too busy." Zhang Yufeng had just walked back to the hall from the toilet, and his words were full of joy.

"Alas......"

Xu Zhengchen bent down and swept up the broken porcelain pieces around the floor.

According to tomorrow's schedule, Xu Zhengchen only needs to work the middle shift, and the time freed up in the morning and afternoon is just enough to be used for part-time work.

During the time when Xu Zhengchen's consciousness was strung together, a cut was made on the finger that picked up the broken porcelain slag, and the wound was not deep but there was shallow blood.

"Uncle, do you have a medical kit?"

"I remember the guest room on the second floor, right next to the bed." Zhang Yufeng was busy sorting out today's turnover, so he answered him without raising his head.

Second floor.

"Isn't this Su Yuxi's little schoolbag?" Xu Zhengchen turned on the light switch, and his eyes swept to her decoration bag when he looked for the bed.

A fairy tale in a book called "When the World Was Young", a mess of puzzle pieces.

It's the same as the original.

The original appearance of the puzzle is unknown, and the only way is to put the pieces together one after the other. Thinking of this, Xu Zhengchen dispelled his thoughts and put the piece of puzzle back in his bag, he didn't want to snoop on other people's privacy.

He unfastened the clasp of the medical kit and took out a Band-Aid and applied it to his finger.

"Why did she bring a fairy tale book when she ran away from home...... After pasting it, Xu Zhengchen took out the fairy tale book from the light pink small schoolbag.

"Yo! Youngster. Zhang Yufeng suddenly burst out from behind him.

"Wow, that scared the hell out of me."

The book in his hand slammed into the soles of his feet, and he could feel a slight pain even in canvas shoes.

"It's only been a few days since I was separated from my girlfriend, and I'm starting to lose my soul?"

"Don't suddenly appear behind others, you stinky uncle."

"Huh." Zhang Yufeng was satisfied with his frightened reaction, "If the young man is so depressed, how can he do it?" ”

Xu Zhengchen put the book back in his bag: "Weren't you still busy working at the counter just now?" ”

"I'm afraid you'll do something stupid, come up and see you." After speaking, Zhang Yufeng yawned, "It turns out that I was just looking for a band-aid, it's okay." ”

"Uncle, your personality is so annoying~" Xu Zhengchen patted off the ash on his buttocks, got up and walked out the door.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave, I have something to say."

"If it's something other than work, then I'm not interested."

"I haven't said it yet." Zhang Yufeng propped up the sliding frame with his hand, "Some time ago, thanks to you, the performance of the restaurant was able to rise as high as it is now, so I want to treat you." ”

"Treat?"

"Sea Breeze Town organizes a summer tour, and the date is set for July 1st."

Xu Zhengchen turned his head and asked, "Organize a group summer tour?" ”

"Yes, Seabreeze Town has been organizing a fireworks festival recently, with beautiful scenery and close to the sea, and all kinds of activities." Zhang Yufeng, "I've called a few of them, and they're all right." ”

"No, no."

"You can ask me for reimbursement for the cost of the tour."

“……”

Xu Zhengchen shook his head and said, "It's still not possible, I have a part-time job to do, and it's not convenient to visit relatives in the hospital." ”

"It's only going for three days, and it's time to relax and relax." Zhang Yufeng persuaded him, "By the way, make peace with other little girls." ”

"We didn't fight."

"But you two dodged before, it's not right."

Xu Zhengchen turned his head sideways, not wanting to make eye contact with him.

"Well, if you really don't want to go, I'll just say it."

……

"Snorr......" Zhang Yufeng, who was sleeping soundly on the counter, rubbed his face, still snoring loudly, and there were several cans of beer next to the foot of the stool.

On summer nights when the rain stopped, time pushed the hands of the clock hanging on the wall of the guest room to 1 a.m. Xu Zhengchen, who was accustomed to staying up late to work, was not tired, and sat quietly on the edge of the windowsill alone.

His hands clasped on one knee, the other leg stretched out naturally, and he just looked out the window at the night scene, and the tall buildings in the distance were still sparsely lit.

The bright moonlight shone on the edge of the windowsill, as if it were within reach.

He was not very good at drinking, but at this time he began to drink again.

A life without direction, Xu Zhengchen silently recited this sentence in his heart.

He continued to drink with his head up, trying to melt the melancholy down the beer into his throat.

He Xiaojia.

He Xiao suddenly lifted the quilt, even though his consciousness was not yet awake, the scene in the dream was still vivid.

She couldn't count how many times she had dreamed of the same image.

She remembered that in the dream, she was just about to shake her head and look back at the female teacher in front of the stage, when the boy unscrewed the correction fluid on the desk and threw it hard at her face.

And Su Yuxi, who was in the back seat, stepped forward to block everything for her.

The white thick liquid touched the girl's face and long hair, and an extremely pungent smell quickly spread through the room.

In the end, Su Yuxi was sent to the school doctor's office.

"...... Shio"

In the afternoon of the next day, the First People's Hospital of Qianxia City.

"Zhengchen, let you come all the way to see me, sit down and rest for a while."

"Mom, I brought you a basket of fruit this time." Xu Zhengchen put the fruit basket on the bed table, "I haven't seen you for a while, are you in much better spirits?" ”

"It's much better, Mrs. Wang next to the bed will talk to me every day, show off her husband and son to me...... Xu Zhengchen's mother whispered.

Another bed in the ward was vacant, and it is estimated that the original patient left the hospital after the disease was cured.

"Huh? Who gave this flower basket? Xu Zhengchen changed the subject.

He looked at the flower basket on the bedtable in the ward, and a white note was attached to the bamboo bar.

I wish you a good recovery, only three words were written on the note.

"You said that this flower basket was given by your Uncle Zhang." Xu Zhengchen's mother explained, "He helped pay a lot of fees from the hospital, what a kind person." ”

No wonder the news of the hospital's urging to pay the fee is inexplicable, Xu Zhengchen was still curious about it at first, thinking that a relative lent him money.

"This uncle didn't say a word about this matter......" Xu Zhengchen learned Zhang Yufeng's oral fetish.

Before returning to the restaurant, Xu Zhengchen made a long detour along the street outside Qianxia Park.

Large department stores.

In the center of the lobby on the first floor of the mall, an ornamental piano sits on a black piano bench, playing black and white keys with the fingertips of both hands.

This is Mozart's Little Star Variations.

The rhythm and melody are simple and simple, and Mozart's twelve lovely and charming variations make the music flow naturally and delightfully.

The style and theme of the song are romantic and dreamy, and the light melody and rhythm complement each other, which is a classic existence among nursery rhymes.

When he was a child, his mother used to sing him a bedtime ballad.

The boy played the piano intently, like a bright moon among the stars, and the brilliance stood out even more in comparison.

There were more and more passers-by watching, including Xu Zhengchen.

When the performance came to an end, everyone applauded the boy's performance, as if the world was focused on him at the moment. The boy bowed and thanked him with joy in the face of warm applause.

It's really a poor piano, obviously placed in the hall for ornamentality, and in the end, it can't avoid a play, Xu Zhengchen sighed from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel that the boy's appearance was very similar to himself.

"Ahh Xu Zhengchen held his head in his hands and muttered irrelevant words in his mouth.

Xu Zhengchen was just thinking about buying some ingredients to cook at home, but he gave up the idea because he was too troublesome. Then he wandered around the shelves and simply picked up a few buckets of instant noodles.

There are still three long days left before the promised midsummer July.