Chapter 54: Seeing Old Friends Again
I was woken up by the old man opposite, it turned out that the train had arrived at the station, I hurriedly took out my mobile phone and looked at the time, 4:40 in the morning, good guy, I slept for more than ten hours.
The train hummed, I sat up, rubbed my eyes, looked out the window, and as dawn came, I went to the bathroom, washed my face by the sink, and went back to the luggage rack to take my bag off.
I glanced at the bunk, and the young man had already gotten out of the car at some point, leaving me and the old man, I glanced at him and asked, "Where did you get off?" β
The old man was eating a few cold steamed buns, and he said while chewing, "There are still two stops, and we will arrive in an hour and a half." β
I dusted off my pants and said with a smile, "Then we are not far away, and we are still fellow countrymen." β
The old man took a sip of water, nodded slightly, and said no more.
The train stopped, I said goodbye to him and hurried off the train.
As soon as I stepped on the land of my hometown, I could feel a cool breeze rushing towards me, I couldn't help but shiver, looking at the blue sky, cloudless, blue as the sea, the sun had not yet risen in the east, the whole city was still sleeping, but in the huge station, it was already full of people and noisy.
I tightened the zipper of my jacket and walked towards the exit with my duffel bag in my hand.
I had slept too much, and now I felt refreshed and not tired, and I walked to the side of the road to take a taxi home, and as soon as I waved my hand, I heard a familiar voice calling out to me not far away.
"Xiaotao, hey, what about this, haha."
I looked over there and carefully identified the source of the sound in the crowd, it was my father and mother who came to pick me up, and a warm current suddenly rose in my heart.
I hurriedly walked over there, my mother hugged me, holding my hand, my face was full of love and longing, I was a little sad when I saw this, so I said, "Mom, why are you here, I'll just take a taxi back by myself." β
My dad came over to help me carry my luggage, looked at me and said, "I asked her to sleep at home, but she didn't listen, she had to come, let's go." β
My mother complained and said, "You rabbit cub, you are ambitious outside, and you don't usually know how to call your mother." β
I took my mother's hand and said as I walked: "Mom, I'm fine over there, I don't have to call all the time, besides, don't I usually use WeChat to video with you." β
The three of us got into the car talking and laughing, my mom and I sat in the back seat, and my dad drove.
This small town that has been absent for half a year, nothing has changed, I looked out of the car, and there were still familiar streets, with thick and sturdy poplar trees standing neatly on the side of the street, and the cool breeze blew and rattled.
As the car drove past a church under construction, I hurriedly asked my mother, "Mom, have we seen another church here?" β
Mom pursed her lips and said, "That's right." β
"What about the old church?"
"Well, there was an accident in the old church a few months ago, and I heard that a murderer went in and killed a parishioner, and set fire to the faΓ§ade of the church, and it was all on the news, didn't you see it?"
I thought to myself, there is such a thing, killing people and setting fire to the church, it is simply not taking the old man Jesus seriously.
The car was parked downstairs in the community, and I got out of the car, looking at this familiar and unfamiliar place, and my heart was full of emotions and mixed feelings.
I went upstairs with my luggage, and when my father opened the door, a familiar smell of family came to my face, it was still the old furnishings, or the pots of flowers, and the electronic clock that screamed at every turn.
I changed into slippers and walked into my bedroom, which was spotlessly cleaned by my mother, with a light blue cover, a black pillow towel, a few comic books on the desk, and a charger that I hadn't seen in a long time.
I left my luggage still on the floor and lay on the soft bed, the smell of laundry detergent on the sheets.
I suddenly remembered Xue Xinyan's bedroom, so I got up and opened the door of her bedroom, and there was no one in sight, only the bed was still waiting there, and I couldn't see the breath of her life.
My heart was a little desolate, and I stood in front of her bedroom door, thinking back to the twilight of the past, and my heart ached as if it had been cut by a knife.
"Come on, it's time for breakfast."
My mother woke me up from my memories, she brought a plate of pickles to the table, and helped me bring me two fritters and a bowl of porridge.
The family of three hadn't sat at the same table for a long time to eat, and I asked my father, "Dad, aren't you going to work today?" β
Dad took a big bite of the fritters and said while eating, "Go to work, I'll leave in a while." β
My mother asked me, "Son, how are you doing over there, have you found a job?" β
In order not to worry my mother, I lied and said, "Well, I found it, it's a good job, not tired, and the salary is high." β
I was a little weak when I heard this sentence myself.
My mother took a sip of porridge and asked lightly, "Uh, what are you doing?" β
I was momentarily speechless when asked, and after thinking about it, I said to my mother: "Treasury management, from the garment factory." β
When my father heard this, he hurriedly said, "Yo, your old business, haha." β
I nodded bitterly.
After breakfast, my parents cleaned up, told me a few words, and hurried to work.
I was bored on the sofa alone, watched TV for a while, and felt bored, and suddenly remembered the scumbag, I should tell him when I arrived.
I hurriedly glanced at my watch, at half past seven, Brother Scumbag should go to the flea market, I picked up my phone, found Brother Scumbag's number, and dialed it directly.
After a while, Brother Scum's hoarse voice came: "Hey, Wang Tao, are you home?" β
"Well, I'm home, and I'm done with breakfast."
It was still noisy over there, and I was busy saying, "Brother scumbag, you should be busy first, and I'll go back in a few days." β
"Okay, stay safe."
As soon as the phone hung up, Sun Kai's phone called.
"Hey, Sun Kai."
"Are you home?"
"Well, I arrived this morning."
"Why didn't you tell me, I'll pick you up."
"No, my parents will pick me up."
I lit a cigarette, sat up, picked up the remote and turned the TV off.
"Come out, Grand Prince."
I asked in a trance, "Uh, where are you going?" β
"You'll know when you come out."
After hanging up the phone, I went to the bathroom, washed my face, changed my clothes, and hurried downstairs.
As soon as I got downstairs, I saw a new Audi A6L driving up and stopping in front of me, and I looked into the car in surprise.
After the car was stable, the door opened, Sun Kai stepped out of the car, he was wearing a linen-colored casual suit, slender legs were tough and stylish, tall and shoulder-to-shoulder with me, some parted hair was not messy, white shirt, with a delicate watch, shining in the sun.
The delicate face, sharp edges and corners, Danfeng bright eyes, blazing spirit, high nose bridge, and the smiling mouth highlight the extraordinary temperament and handsomeness.
He narrowed his deep eyes, looked at me and said, "Prince Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time." β
After speaking, he chuckled, I saw that he now had such an elegant and extraordinary temperament, and when I looked at myself, I suddenly felt that his face was full and he was ashamed.
I smiled awkwardly and said, "yes, you're getting more and more handsome." β
As he was talking, the co-pilot's door also opened, and Xiao Qing walked out of the car with a smile on her face.
She was wearing a white silk jacket, light blue gauze cropped trousers, black delicate high heels, inlaid with two milky white gems on the upper, and a valuable red leather bag on her shoulder.
Xiao Qing looked at me and said with a smile: "Xiao Tao hasn't changed at all, haha." β
I scratched my hair and said, "Hey, you've become an uncle, why haven't you changed, but you are both talented and beautiful, and I feel itchy when I see it." β
After Sun Kai heard this, he smiled darkly: "Then you brought Xue Xinyan back, let us all meet, hehe." β
After saying that, he laughed evilly.
As soon as I mentioned Xue Xinyan, my high emotions instantly fell like a basin of cold water.
I changed the subject and said, "Is this a new car you bought it, that's good." β
Xiao Qing patted the lid and said: "Sun Kai is now promoted and raised, and now he has a beauty, the so-called pinnacle of life, isn't it very envious, haha." β
I am very proud of Sun Kai after hearing this, but I still have some loss in my heart, if I can have Sun Kai's achievements today, will the noble lady willingly marry Xinyan to me.
Sun Kai saw that I was in a trance and depressed, so he patted me on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, I'll show you both of you the venue where I got married." β
Sitting in the car, Sun Kai played a piano song of "Autumn Whispers", I looked out the car window, my heart was full of mixed feelings, thoughts were flying, time passed, I returned to this city that made my heart ache, but people went to the empty building, leaving no trace of nostalgia and touch, more of a sad past and memory.
The car was parked in the parking lot of a park, Xiao Qing and Sun Kai walked in front happily and emotionally, and I followed them slowly, feeling a little lost and depressed.
Walking into the venue, there are four or five staff members are busy, they are debugging the sound and LED screen, some are arranging flowers and carpets, seeing Sun Kai coming over, a lady in her thirties hurriedly came over and asked Sun Kai: "Mr. Sun, these are arranged according to your requirements, do you see anything missing?" β
Sun Kai looked around, rubbed his nose again, and said softly: "Put a few videos of our good friends at the wedding scene, and I'll give you the material later." β
After hearing this, the lady hurriedly said, "No problem, Mr. Sun, do you have any other requirements?" β
"No, you go get busy."
Xiao Qing stood beside me and whispered, "Look at Boss Sun, how stylish." β
I smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, Sun Kai has been the hardest working and hardest working since he was a child, and he deserves today's results." β
The venue is covered with green grass, white curtains fluttering in the wind, delicate white tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and both sides of the festive red carpet are covered with gorgeous flowers.
Sun Kai walked over and said coolly: "What are you muttering, go, I'll invite you two to dinner." β
After hearing this, Xiao Qing hurriedly said: "The three of us are eating out, how can there be any reason not to call the bride out." β
I also said, "Yes, after all, we will get married tomorrow, isn't it a little inappropriate?" β
After hearing this, Sun Kai squinted his eyes and said: "I am in charge of my territory, today is the home of the three of us, and there is no share of that mother-in-law." β
After saying that, he hugged us left and right and pulled us back to the car.
As soon as he got into the car, Sun Kai's mobile phone rang, and he looked at the phone and frowned.
"Well, okay, it must be done, okay, well, let them go and see, huh."
Xiao Qing and I looked at each other, both of them were a little surprised, thinking that it might be his company's affairs, so we didn't say anything.