"Catkins ... Come and play? ”

Liu Wu nodded: "What about you?" ”

"I was brought in by my roommates......"Xia Zhi felt that something was wrong halfway through the speech, and immediately added: "But I'm just a singer." ”

Liu Fu smiled: "Then what are you still doing?" Listen to your voice is hoarse. ”

Xia Zhi didn't know how to answer, just smiled: "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

"Hmm."

Xia Zhi watched Liu Fu walk to the other side, and breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he didn't know why, probably because things in his heart had been very messy recently, Xia Zhi shook his head and walked away.

When he came out of the bathroom, he looked up and saw Liu Fu waiting at the door of the box, Xia Zhi walked over and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Liu Wu handed over a bottle of rock sugar pear: "Wait for you." ”

"Heh......"Xia Zhi took the drink, and Liu Wu said: "Why don't you come to our side, you should know someone in our class, right?" I don't have to sing it over there. ”

Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment, raised his eyes to look at the blurry shadow cast by the long eyelashes on the big eyes of the catkins, and a faint smile on his pink face, and actually nodded his head in a ghostly way.

Liu Fu smiled, smiled happily, and walked into the box behind him with Xia Zhi.

A group of students in Class 4 in the box didn't know why Liu Wu had to go out after buying water, and then they understood something, and after a few seconds of silence, they started to laugh.

It was very dark in the box, and Xia Zhi couldn't see the expression of the catkins, but looking at her with her head down, it seemed to be a little shy, a little happiness, and finally a little expectation, Xia Zhi finally knew that it seemed to be a beautiful mistake for him to come here, but he couldn't, so he could only sit down hard, hoping that they would ignore their existence in the corner.

But where would these people let go of such a good opportunity, first to invite wine, and then to invite songs, which made Xia Zhi dizzy, and he didn't know who was who, and then he followed one by one, but fortunately, Liu Fu saw that Xia Solstice didn't want to stay here and blew them away, but he still had to sing a song.

The summer solstice can't get rid of it, and then I can't leave without singing a song when I think about it, so I picked up the microphone and clicked a song casually, but I didn't expect Liu Wu to pick up another one...

This song was sung very smoothly, and after singing, there was a round of applause, and then Xia Solstice finally couldn't stand this ambiguous atmosphere and returned to his box.

At nine o'clock, Yang Dong and they should also disperse, everyone walked out of the box, went downstairs, and saw that the fourth class had not left, downstairs, Liu Wu saw Xia Zhi come out, and his face couldn't help but be a little hot, and several boys in the fourth class saw Xia Zhi in the crowd, and immediately ran away and whispered a few words to others, and then several people looked at each other and smiled.

When Xia Solstice came to them, a very neat slogan immediately broke out in the team of the fourth class: "Summer Solstice, catkins, together!" ”

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, Yang Dong, who was a little drunk, also shouted.

There was a sudden disgust in his heart, Xia Zhi didn't know why, watching a group of people fanatically pay attention to the relationship between himself and Liu Wu, Xia Zhi frowned and left without saying a word.

Liu Wu was at a loss for what to do, and when a sweet feeling began to brew, he saw Xia Zhi suddenly walk away with an unhappy face, and immediately panicked, and the others saw that things had developed to this point, no one thought that Xia Zhi, a notoriously temperamentless person, would be so angry because of this commonplace thing, and he didn't know what to do.

The wind in Shencheng tonight was unusually cold, and Xia Zhi walked in the dense crowd of people sitting in the roadside stalls, slowly dissipating the irritability in his heart, not wanting to recall the feeling he had not felt for a long time, the panic similar to fear.

Xia Zhi walked to the school gate, looked up at the sign of Northeastern University, settled down a little, entered the school gate and walked on the road looking at a few people around, the entanglement in his heart was half better, at this time, the mobile phone rang.

Xia Zhi smiled, took out his mobile phone, and sure enough, it was Xiaoman.

Xiao Man cheered over there and told Xia Zhi that she had a good exam today, and then packed her things and went home, and sat in the car until late, so she called Xia Zhi so late.

"Then you don't live in the old street anymore, do you?"

"Hmm."

The irritability that had just dissipated in Xia Zhi's heart suddenly rose again, and his face Xiaoman didn't know what he was saying, and the cold wind blew on his face, with a gentle flutter, just like Xiaoman's phone on the other end of the phone was not reluctant at all.

It wasn't until Xiaoman called him that he reacted.

"What? I was a little distracted just now, and I was outside. ”

"Hmm... I just want to ask, I heard that you disappeared for a few days when you were a child, where did you go in those days? ”

Xia Zhi's voice cooled down: "Why are you asking this?" ”

Xiao Man was obviously taken aback by his transformation, and was stunned for a long time and whispered: "I'm just asking, why are you so angry?" ”

Xia Zhi was already in a very bad mood, plus this was a past that he didn't want to mention to anyone since he was a child, Xiao Man's performance made him feel more and more that this relationship seemed to be just his wishful thinking, and Xiao Man was just a little girl who sought stimulation and comfort, and didn't know anything about the world, he was a little cold in his heart, he said: "If you don't know what you should know, don't ask!" ”

Xiaoman was also angry: "What do I mean I shouldn't know, don't I just ask?" If you don't want to, just tell me, what tone! ”

"Huh?" Xia Zhi was startled when he heard Xiao Man yelling at him on the phone, and then all the emotions that had accumulated for a month of dissatisfaction, apprehension, confusion, and wandering all broke out: "Is it that if I am too good to you, you take it for granted that I am like this?" Have I asked about your privacy? You've been talking to me all these months for these things? I'm telling you, you'll never know, and in the future, I..."

However, the phone hung up.

Xia Zhi was stupid on the road, slowly put down the phone, forgot to put it in his pocket, looked around, saw the passers-by who were all looking at him, lowered his head, walked forward, and didn't know which road to walk on, until he came to the end.

Looking up at the dark woods in the dim light, Xia Solstice sighed.

"You... What the fuck are you doing..."

A drop of something, falling somewhere no one can see.

fourteen

Sometimes there will be some comedy in this world, but most of the time what can be seen by people is tragedy, sometimes there will be some accidents in this world, but most of the time it is just destined to be encountered, and sometimes there will be some things in this world that you don't want to admit, but when you see it, even if you think that it is not true, you still have to face it.

Liu Wu was facing such a situation at this time, she couldn't believe that the scene in front of her was real, but she still knew that she had to face such a summer solstice.

A few days ago, I heard that the Xia Solstice disappeared and was still in Yang Dong's mouth, and at first I didn't think it was true, I just thought it was Yang Dong and they were joking, but when I saw the Xia Solstice again after four days, Liu Wu knew that something really happened to the Xia Solstice.

When she saw Xia Zhi, he was carrying a bottle of wine on the side of the street and changing glasses with a group of people he didn't know, not so much eating, but just his unilateral begging for wine.

Liu Wu stood on the other side of the road, looking at his red eyes, languid expression, decadent eyes, casually disheveled clothes, and a deep, glaring scar on his left arm.

If it weren't for the fact that the scar was so familiar, she couldn't believe that the person who was messing around in the market was Xia Zhi, the young man who was once handsome, personable, and light-hearted, and the boy who once gave him warmth and security with a gentle smile and a light tone.

Liu Wu walked over: "Summer solstice!" ”

Xia Zhi raised his head, drank so much that he couldn't see who the person in front of him was, squinted, shook his head and looked carefully for a long time without calling out his name, just responding in a daze, and then took another sip of wine, grinning his teeth.

Liu Wu reached out and snatched the wine bottle in Xia Zhi's hand, pulled up Xia Zhi, and took out his wallet to compensate a few people next to him.

Most of the people at the same table were people who lived near the University of Tokyo, as well as students of the University of Tokyo, who pushed it again and again, telling Liu Fu that Xia Zhi had been drinking here for a few nights, and he drank until late every day, and he was drunk and staggered, but he could still return to his place where he lived.

Speaking of the situation of the summer solstice in the past few days, they all said that they felt a little self-abandoning, no one could persuade them, fortunately the boss was a good person, dragging the guests to help take care of them, and the checkout did not have to be counted, and the summer solstice did not cry or make trouble, but they were just drinking, although the things they said were messy, most of them were very connotative, very knowledgeable, and the guests were willing to listen, but they felt sorry for such an obviously good boy who was so depraved, but unfortunately there was no way.

Liu Fu was distressed when she heard this, and asked an uncle to help support Xia Zhi, she went to the boss to calculate the account of Xia Zhi's drinking in the past few days, and took over Xia Zhi's person who had sent Xia Zhi back to lead the way and send Xia Zhi back to the hotel room.

Seeing Xia Zhi lying on the bed without saying a word, half-open and silent, Liu Wu was so uncomfortable that he was about to shed tears, took a wet towel from the bathroom, and wiped Xia Zhi's face, Xia Zhi still didn't say a word.

Liu Wu helped him change the thin quilt, took his hand and tried to say, "Sleep, sleep." ”

Xia Zhi's somewhat dull eyes slowly turned to her, and she actually nodded: "Well, sleeping..."

Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Liu Wu just took Xia Zhi's hand like this, looked at his haggard face, recalled his indulgent appearance, didn't know what made him like this, didn't know what to do when he woke up tomorrow, and didn't know what he could do for him?

Because she doesn't even know what kind of position she occupies in Xia Zhi's heart, and what Xia Solstice thinks of her.

Therefore, all she can do is to be quietly by his side.

She has very subtle expectations, expecting that Xia Zhi will reveal a little secret in her drunken dreams like the male protagonists in those bloody dramas, but this extravagant hope is still vain after all, Xia Zhi is a person who never speaks in his dreams, and even his sleeping posture has never changed.

After that, the night slowly deepened, the lights outside the window gradually went out, leaving only the light of the street lamp swaying lonely in the night wind, and the noise in the ears slowly disappeared.

The next day's sun still rose slowly between the jagged pavilions to the east, swaying with hazy shadows, leaving long shadows in the streets.

When the first rays of sunlight shine on the eyes of the summer solstice, the summer solstice wakes up.

Opening his heavy eyelids, the hardship in his eyes and the swelling pain in the back of his head made him frown fiercely, and moved his eyes, he wanted to get up, but suddenly found that he seemed to be holding something in his hand, turned his head and looked at it and was startled, how could there be a girl in his room?

When I looked closely, I found that the familiar hair, the familiar clothes, were clearly catkins, holding my own hand, lying down by my window and falling asleep deeply, my back slowly rising and falling because of my breathing, the weaker shoulders with fragile lines, and the hair of the shawl scattered by the window and back, shining in the sunlight.

Xia Zhi's heart was suddenly touched by something.

He didn't remember how he came back yesterday, but he probably could still think about it, and with a sigh, he gently shook the small palm in his palm, and the warmth flowed throughout his body.

Liu Wu felt the power in her hand, shook twice, opened her eyes, and saw Xia Zhi looking at her, a little at a loss, with a shy smile on her red face in the morning sun: "You... Are you awake? ”

"Hmm." Xia Zhi let go of the catkins' hands, did it, rubbed his head, and looked at the sun outside the window.

"That... Hungry? Liu Wu asked cautiously.

Xia Zhi turned around, smiled at her, and shook his head.

The catkins put their minds at ease, that smile was still the summer solstice.

Xia Zhi patted her head: "It's okay, it's all right." ”

"Huh?" Liu Fu was stunned by his movements: "What's okay?" ”

Xia Zhi didn't answer, just looked into her eyes, looked at it for a long time, and said:

"Catkins, I'm sorry."

fifteen

"I've decided that I don't want to be in a relationship again."

That's what Summer Solstice says.

In the end, the catkins still didn't get anything, but after all, they didn't do anything, and that's it.

"I like you, that's enough."

Here's how she replied.

There is unwillingness, there is helplessness, but loving someone is that.

Nothing to do, that's all.

A boy faces a girl who loves him but doesn't want to love, a girl becomes the best friend of the boy he loves, maybe this is the fate of this relationship, Liu Wu thought, she didn't stalk Xia Solstice anymore, although she didn't know what happened to Xia Solstice, but thinking of Xia Solstice's eyes that she was tired of life and death that night, she couldn't bear to hurt him again.

She knew that this boy, who seemed to be stronger than anyone else, actually had a lot of vulnerabilities in his heart that he didn't want to face, and when he didn't want to show these things, no one was qualified to see them, and no one could unscath them without being scathed.

And she doesn't want to be a victim of those pains.

That's it, a month has passed, as if nothing has happened, everyone didn't ask what the summer solstice is for, and the summer solstice is still the summer solstice that is very good but the clouds are light and the wind is far away from the world, and it has entered the exam week, and the exams of one subject after another are coming, and they are about to enter the senior year, and everyone is so busy that they have forgotten these things, and then they are reviewing all night, rushing to catch the exam, the dust has settled, and the summer vacation is coming.

The summer solstice waited for everyone to run out before getting on the train home.

I returned home in a daze, and the first destination was the old tree in Lao Street.

This year's old tree still has no fruit, and the leaves are still growing luxuriantly, emerald green, crystalline, like a void dream, the summer solstice has been under the tree for a long time, and the people of Lao Cai only think that he is sick again, and no one cares about him.

He just stood under the tree, expecting to stop him with a round smiling face and a girl with thin bangs like the previous two times.

But, no.

sighed, looked back at the side of the old street, hesitated for a long time, and finally walked to the house rented by Xiaoman, as expected, saw the brand new rental advertisement on the door, and then turned around empty.

Go home, forget it.

Carrying the suitcase, when he returned home on the summer solstice, Gu Yu had already prepared a meal and was waiting for him, happily beckoning him to come to eat.

Looking at the familiar layout of the home and the hot meals on the dinner table, Xia Zhi couldn't help but have an urge to cry, just like a loser who has lost everything and sees that his hometown is still waiting for him with its gentle arms open, no matter success or failure.

Xia Zhi put down the luggage in his hand, came up and gave Gu Yu a big hug, made Gu Yu stunned for a moment, stroked Xia Zhi's back, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Zhi shook his head: "I'm homesick..."

"It's okay, just come back... Just come back. ”

"Hmm..."

Gu Yu let go of the summer solstice: "Come and eat, otherwise it will be cold." ”

"Hmm." Xia Zhi nodded, sat on the other side of the table, picked up the rice bowl, and ate one bite at a time, as always, silent and serene, Gu Yu looked at Xia Zhi's calm face, but saw something different from this silence.

This is an indescribable feeling, the summer solstice is still the same, there is no change, but in the eyebrows, there seems to be something more coiled.

Packing up the dishes and chopsticks, Gu Yu has been thinking about Xia Zhi and hesitating to ask, but she knows that Xia Zhi is a person who will not reveal his heart, especially for relatives, he is used to being alone, and he is used to being able to bear nothing for him, so he hides his happiness and sorrow in his heart and does not show any traces of meaning, so the clouds are light and light.

Gu Yu sighed, put the washed dishes and chopsticks back to their original seats one by one, wiped his hands, and walked to the door of the summer solstice, still deciding to ask.

When he turned around, Xia Zhi was lying on his side on the bed.

Gu Yu walked in front of him only to find that he had fallen asleep.

The climate of the town is not very cool, but there is not a drop of sweat on his face, if you look closely, there is a little thinness, there is a faint greenness under the eyes, and the whole face is not good, and if you don't have a lot of it, you can't see those faint blue-yellow.

Gu Yu heard her former husband, that is, Xia Zhi's stepfather, say that when Xia Zhi was a child, because the living conditions were not very good, his body was a little sick, and his body temperature would be very low when he was weak, he was afraid of cold and not afraid of heat, and he would have vegetables on his face if he stayed up late a little, and from now on, Xia Zhi obviously didn't eat well recently, and he didn't eat much at noon today.

He's got something on his mind.

In the months after the death of his stepfather, the summer solstice was in the same state as now, he couldn't sleep at night, he didn't talk to others with a lot of worries, his body slowly weakened, and then he was seriously ill.

Gu Yu frowned distressedly and pulled the curtains in the house for him.

After the heavy curtains are pulled up, the whole house enters the night, this is the curtain that Xia Zhi bought when he was in high school, in order to let the summer solstice have a good rest because of the heavy study that leads to the decline in sleep quality, Xia Zhi likes this atmosphere very much, alone, no light, no one, nothing, the things in the house are so familiar that you can reach out and get them with your eyes closed.

Gu Yu walked out, gently closed the door, sat on the sofa and remembered what he had heard about the summer solstice before.

The summer solstice doesn't cry when it's very young, even if it's hungry and urinating, it doesn't cry, it just screams, it screams very loudly.

When he was a little older, he became a very fragile boy, he had to cry a lot for everything, he would cry when he got a haircut, he would cry when he cut his nails, he would cry if he was uncomfortable when he washed his face, and he would cry even if his hair was uncomfortable on his forehead.

Later, after the death of the summer, the summer solstice rarely shed tears, began to become silent, became precocious, stayed under the old tree in the old street for a day, and talked with the old man in the old house at the end of the old street.

When I came to this house, I really didn't expect that there would be a child about the same age as myself in the family, but Xia Zhi quickly accepted herself, and she would be as close to her, respectful, and dependent as her own mother.

I gradually fell in love with this son, and my heart of self-abandonment because I couldn't have children was gradually healed by this stepson, so I have today's self.

Now, she doesn't want Xia Zhi to shake her heart because of anything, even if she doesn't know what his heart is, but she knows that Xia Zhi must have his own persistence and principles, and under the guidance of this heart, he can walk out of his own way.

However, as long as it is a road, there will always be bumps in the road. No one is afraid of bumps, but...

No one knows how to cross the next pit.

sixteen

When Xiaoman returned to the old street, the old street was a familiar crowd, a familiar market, a familiar atmosphere, and the familiar old trees at the intersection were opening familiar branches and leaves, emerald green, crystalline, like a distant dream, like the summer solstice under the tree...

Xiao Man sat under the old tree and looked at a book of prose, occasionally looking up, the streets of the old street are clean during the day, because the people who rent are out to work and come back very late, and the people in the new city will not come to the old street to hang out if they have nothing to do, so it is quiet and serene.

Xiaoman likes the quietness here, so he insisted on returning to live here for another month after the end of the exam, and the rest of the time still hopes to see such a person, that one, who likes the old tree and the old street as much as he does, the person who makes him cry, makes him laugh, makes him miss, and makes himself hate.

However, since returning here, I have never seen it.

Xiao Man closed the book, stood up and stretched his legs, and looked up at the starry sunlight leaking from the leaves of the old trees, so bright and blurry, that Xiao Man remembered the summer solstice.

Standing under the tree for a long time, she hesitated for a moment, but finally made up her mind, put away the Mazha and put it in the door, locked the door and walked towards the community across the old street.

Gu Yu heard the knock on the door, put down the mop in his hand, wiped his sweat, opened the door, and saw Xiao Man standing at the door.

"Auntie... That one...... Summer solstice, did he go home from the shelf? Xiao Manxiu blushed, stood at the door and pinched the corners of his clothes crampedly, and asked in a low voice.

"Xiaoman, he went out on the summer solstice."

"Huh?" Xiaoman lowered her head in disappointment, her face full of frustration, and suddenly she looked up and asked, "Then when will he come back?" ”

Gu Yu thought for a while and said: "Come back, it is estimated that it will take two weeks, he has been in a bad mood recently, and he went to the grassland to play with his classmates, by the way, what happened to him recently, do you know?" ”

Xiao Man was a little weak-hearted and whispered, "I... I don't know, he hasn't been in touch with me lately. ”

Gu Yu smiled, and saw that Xiaoman was even more empty-hearted: "Is it?" ”

"Hmm."

Just when Xiaoman was about to collapse, there was a sudden sound of "dripping" in the house, Gu Yu looked back and said to Xiaoman: "Hehe, come in and sit?" Would you like to try the little cake I just learned to make? ”

Xiao Man raised his head, and his eyes lit up: "Little cake? All right! All right! ”

Gu Yu smiled, she was really a little girl who didn't know anything to hide, let go of the door, led Xiaoman into the house, put the flour-stained mop into the bathroom, put on gloves, and took out the tray from the oven.

Xiao Man stared at the cake tray tightly, and his saliva was about to run down.

"It's still hot, so I'll have to wait a while to eat."

"Hmm!" Xiao Man swallowed and nodded.

Gu Yu took off his gloves and sat opposite Xiao Man: "Xia Zhi likes to eat things with a strong taste, so it will be a little sweet." ”

Xiao Man rolled his eyes when he heard this, and asked, "Brother Xia Zhi likes to eat things with a strong taste?" Let's say what? ”

Gu Yu said casually: "Like Sichuan cuisine, very spicy, chocolate, cake, strong tea and the like, he can have a sense of existence when he says this." ”

"Uh... ..."I remember what Xia Solstice likes, but what does the latter sentence mean? Xiaoman asked, "What sense of existence?" ”

Gu Yu shook his head: "I don't understand either, probably we won't understand what Xia Zhi thinks in his heart, so sometimes I feel that what he does will be a little inexplicable and will make people very angry, but I think that if we can know what he thinks, then everything he does will become a matter of course, because Xia Zhi, this child, is such a person who never thinks about himself." ”

"Never for myself... Is it? Xiaoman looked down and thought, suddenly feeling a little guilty, she likes the summer solstice, since they met in May, she herself has never denied this conclusion, but she really doesn't understand the summer solstice~~

She regretted it a little, why did she talk to Xia Zhi like that night, why couldn't she be considerate of him, he must have encountered something bad...

She shook her head, in the final analysis, why did she ask such a thing, in the past or something, and it was no wonder that Xia Zhi thought that she just wanted to know his gossip before she approached him, not to mention that it was still so painful, and it was impossible for anyone to encounter something without scars.

I'm really, so bad...

was in pain, a burst of aroma drilled into his nostrils, Xiao Man raised his head, a tender yellow cake was placed in front of him, Xiao Man pretended to have nothing to do in his hand and took a bite, sweet, like eating a mouthful of fragrant sugar, sweet and a little greasy.

Xia Solstice likes this feeling, this single feeling of happiness...

"How's it going, it's delicious, it's the first time I've made it!" Gu Yu asked.

Xiao Man nodded and took a big bite: "It's delicious!" ”

Gu Yu smiled: "Then eat more, the summer solstice is not here, I can't eat it alone." ”

"Hmm."

"On the summer solstice, he probably wants to take on everything himself when he goes to the grassland this time, right?" Gu Yu sighed: "Every time he has something on his mind, he will find a place where no one is there for a while, and when he comes back, he will become the same as before, in fact, he hides everything and carries it himself, I just can't ask if I want to..."

Xiao Man listened and thought, the sweetness in his mouth was a little bitter.

"So Xiaoman, when the summer solstice comes back, do you want to help him know?"

"Huh?" Xiaoman was taken aback: "Me? I...... How can I help him... I'm not one of them..."

Looking at Gu Yu's smiling face and eyes, Xiao Man's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally lowered his head.

“... ... I...... I see..."

"Well, that's good."

seventeen

"So... I don't even know what her name is until now..."

When Xiao Man came out of Xia Zhi's house, with an agreement similar to a promise, Xia Zhi was walking with Liu Wu on the streets of Dongda, and his face was full of tiredness and haggard in the sunset. Yes, what he said about going to the grassland or something is fake, in fact, it's just going back to Dongda and shrinking up, if you want to say that where there is no one, where is there an empty dormitory environment? But I didn't expect Liu Wu to stay in the school, because I couldn't worry that I would be here alone on such a summer solstice.

"Actually, you don't have to...," Liu Wu whispered comforting. After listening to the short story of Xia Zhi and Xiao Man, she felt more and more that Xia Zhi was really in love with Xiao Man, and she became a supporting role like a clown, and she was bitter in her heart, but this bitterness was far less painful than the pain in the heart of the person around her.

Xia Zhi smiled: "Actually, you don't have to be like this. ”

Liu Wu raised his head: "I can't rest assured of you, how can I let you stay here alone like this, what if you can't do something?" ”

"How can I be so vulnerable? I think I'm like a child. ”

The catkins snorted noncommittally and stopped talking.

The two of them walked like this, on the road where there was no one on campus, silent for a long time.

Liu Fu spoke: "You just gave up? ”

Xia Solstice didn't answer right away.

Liu Wu asked again: "Are you willing?" ”

Xia Zhi shook his head: "How is it possible?" ”

"Then go back, go to her, and ask her what the hell is going on!"

The footsteps of the summer solstice stopped and looked at the catkins.

Liu Wu raised his head and stared at the summer solstice with wide eyes, his eyes full of determination and encouragement.

Xia Zhi was moved: "Okay..."

Liu Fu smiled, the smile seemed to be happy with tears, just like the footsteps of two people stepping in the sunset, some warm and some cold feelings, like the sound of the rustling of leaves blown by the wind in the sunset, as hazy and intoxicated, but what does this care about, he is happy.

The next day, Xia Zhi took the train home.

When he walked into the house with his suitcase, Xia Zhi would still think about how happy Gu Yu would be, and he was surprised to welcome himself back, but he didn't expect it...

It was Gu Yu's mother who opened the door.

The titular grandmother greeted him, and the smile on her face stiffened slightly: "Is the summer solstice back?" ”

"Well, just came back."

"It's just right that you're back, and you can watch your mother's affairs a little more, after all, it's your mother who lives together."

After speaking, she didn't wait for Xia Zhi to answer, she left, Xia Zhi thought about it and didn't come up with anything, so she had to close the door and walk in.

put down her luggage and changed her clothes, and didn't see Gu Yu come out of her house, Xia Zhi was a little puzzled, walked to the door and knocked, there was no response from the door, Xia Zhi pushed the door and walked in, and saw Gu Yu sitting on the edge of the bed with his head down and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Mom?"

Gu Yu looked up and saw that it was the summer solstice, and hurriedly stood up.

"Ahh Summer solstice, you're back, I thought it was my mother. ”

"Well, came back early." Xia Zhi pulled Gu Yu to sit down and asked, "What did Grandma do just now, she spoke so strangely." ”

Gu Yu hesitated when she heard this, and spoke sneeringly: "She... Come, say to me... Looking for a..."

Xia Zhi smiled: "Found you a home?" ”

Gu Yu nodded: "It's a good person, and he doesn't care about multiple sons, the family is not very wealthy, but he mainly takes care of his own children, which is a bit too much." ”

"Since people are good, why don't you meet?" Summer Solstice tried to ask.

Gu Yu looked up at Xia Zhi: "Do you miss your mother so much to find you a stepfather?" ”

Xia Zhi smiled: "Mom, just be happy, I'm such a big person and don't have to worry about anything, my side is not important." ”

Gu Yu also smiled: "Really? ”

"Besides, Mom, you have worked so hard in the past few years, and I feel distressed when I look at it."

"Go, tell your mother so sensually, go and coax your Xiaoman to go."

"Has Xiaoman been here?" Xia Zhi knew that Xiao Man's appearance couldn't hide from Gu Yu.

"You treat me as a fool, Xiaoman happened to come to you yesterday, she still lives in the old street, you go and look for her."

"Really?" Xia Zhi got up immediately and walked towards the old street when he went out.

Gu Yu watched Xia Zhi's back disappear out of the window, and was a little stunned, should he really find someone to marry? In this way, there will be less gossip in the neighborhood, and Xia Zhi will not have to worry about himself all the time...

When the summer solstice arrived in the old street, Xiaoman was reading a book under the old tree, because she knew that the summer solstice would take a long time to come back, so she didn't look up again, she was immersed in the novel by herself, and read it very seriously.

With a slight smile, Xia Zhi walked behind her lightly and stood still looking at her, with a slender and white neck, long hair combed into a ponytail, delicate shoulders, wearing a pink shirt, and the suspender of the underwear could be faintly seen.

Xia Zhi suddenly felt that he couldn't breathe, so he hurriedly controlled his gaze, and even held his breath for a moment.

The afternoon sun shines through the branches and leaves of the jujube tree, and the ground is full of blurry spots of light swaying in the wind, and a strand of hair hanging down from the small sideburns flutters gently with the breeze, driving the heart of the summer solstice to beat.

Slowly, taking a step, looking down is her cute little head, as if remembering the little face of the jujube flower with rain on that rainy day, Xia Zhi knows that he likes her, just like the jujube flower waiting for the arrival of a sunny day, waiting for the spring to wait for the ring of the swallow, he waited for her appearance, and waited for twenty years.

He called softly, "Xiaoman..."

Xiao Man was stunned for a moment, turned his head, his face was full of surprise, and there was a little grievance.

Xia Zhi was about to give her a smile, but she didn't expect Xiao Man to pounce on him and throw herself into his arms, followed by aggrieved sobs.

Xia Zhi's heart hurt inexplicably.

Crying Xiao Man was in his arms, his shoulders shrugged and shrugged, fragile like a newborn kitten, Xia Zhi stretched out his hand, stopped in mid-air, hesitated, and finally hugged Xiao Man's body and gently stroked her soft back.

Gently, he said:

"Don't cry, I'm back."

"Hmm!"

eighteen

The two of them just stood under the tree, the shade of the old tree swaying in the wind, the light spots were blurred like a drunken dream of rain with swaying blowing down, the rustling sound surrounded the ears, accompanied by the cicadas in the distance, the summer solstice was intoxicated.

Holding Xiao Man tightly in his arms, Xiao Man had already finished crying, sobbing his nose and shrunk in Xia Zhi's arms, his eyes were slightly red, and he whispered: "Brother Xia Zhi..."

Xia Zhi tightened his arms: "Hmm... ..."

“... ... Hot..."

"Uh... ..."Xia Zhi let go of his hand, Xiao Man got out of his arms, stood in front of him prettyly, looked up at him, and cried with a bright smile: "Brother Xia Zhi, you are back." ”

"Have you been waiting for me?"

"yes, I... I've been waiting. ”

Xia Zhi has nothing to say, in fact, his throat is bitter, and he can't say anything, but what else is there to say? Xia Zhi opened his mouth, hesitated, opened his mouth again, and finally sighed, just said, "I'm sorry..."

Xiao Man panicked: "Ah! No, I should have said I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked Brother Xia Zhi that kind of thing, I shouldn't talk back to Brother Xia Zhi, I shouldn't..."

Before she finished speaking, Xia Zhi covered her mouth and shook her head: "I'm sorry, it's mine." ”

Xia Zhi looked at Xiao Man's face, reached out and gently wiped the remaining tears on her cheeks, Xiao Man lowered his head, and there were two more intoxicating blush on his face. Xia Zhi said softly: "It's all my fault, I was in a bad mood at the time, but I shouldn't have talked to you like that..."

In fact, what Xia Zhi didn't say was in his own heart, he shouldn't have doubts about this feeling, he shouldn't have that kind of distrust in Xiaoman, it's all a mistake caused by his own thoughts.

Xiao Man couldn't help but smile, with tears in the corners of his eyes: "Machismo." ”

Xia Zhi also smiled: "Heh, what if I'm machismo?" ”

Xiao Man looked at Xia Zhi, his eyes gradually became hazy, and quietly, like complaining, like coquettishness, whispered: "Brother Xia Zhi, next time... Don't suddenly disappear again, okay? I didn't answer the phone anymore, I didn't reply to the messages, I... I'm so scared..."