A familiar name escaped from Tao Xiu's mouth: "Hang Yu ......"

This name involves a large black past, those unbearable pasts.

But it is also the happiest and most poignant memory of Tao Xiu's life in the past thirty years.

How he left his hometown alley, and how everything happened, replayed in Tao Xiu's mind like a movie.

Two childhood sweethearts, playing and learning together, he cares about him, he loves him, everything is as natural as brothers, but there is a little more ambiguity than other brothers.

In the wind and rain, the boy named "Zhou Hangyu", who was three years older than Tao Xiu, carried him who was injured by a fall on his back and dribbled through a puddle of mud, and said to him: "Xiu, look, this way will not touch your wounds." ”

He didn't say anything, just smiled and looked at the not serious abrasion on his foot, and his heart was beating fast.

In the sun, the teenager took him by the hand and ran with him around the clear lake, the kite flying in their hands, and the eyes of both carried the sunshine of gold.

In the spring, they hold hands with umbrellas and go to school together in the drizzle, walk through the streets and alleys, bypass the small pond in front of the school, and watch the willows on the side of the road pull out new branches;

In the summer, they catch fish in the pond barefoot, which attracts children of all sizes around them.

In autumn, he rode his bicycle around the fields in the countryside, resting on the golden straw with his eyes closed;

In winter, he would warm his hands and feet, and burrow into his bed when the dormitory was empty......

Feelings sometimes go naturally and naturally, no one deliberately, and no one feels inappropriate when they are so ambiguous.

"Xiu, although I am three years older than you, we have the same birthday! Is it OK to blow out candles together? "There were two colored candles on the little cake, and with a gentle blow, it blew away for a year.

"Xiu, look up, do you see the plane? It doesn't look big from afar, in the future, I want to take a pilot's certificate, take you out of here, go to a distant place, do you say? ”

Tao Xiu looked up at the plane flying away under the blue sky, and his neck was sore, before he said in a daze: "Okay." ”

Zhou Hangyu's family sells breakfast, and every time Tao Xiu doesn't have time to eat breakfast at home, Zhou Hangyu will always conjure up a breakfast on the way to school, so that he doesn't have to go hungry to class.

In addition to his own share, Zhou Hangyu's parents made breakfast for money, Zhou Hangyu didn't dare to steal the breakfast that his parents had worked so hard to make, so he had to give Tao Xiu what he hadn't eaten, and Tao Xiu insisted on eating with him after Tao Xiu knew.

buns, one and a half; Eggs, one eats the yolk and one eats the white; porridge, two people eat together......

No one in the alley has any money, they all rely on doing all kinds of small businesses to make money from people nearby, and it is not easy for anyone, but Zhou Hangyu has "saved" breakfast for several years for him and sent it to his mouth.

They talk about everything, know everything that each other likes and dislikes, and although they are not family, they are closer than family.

Tao Xiu has been independent since he was a child, and he has never relied on anyone, only Zhou Hangyu can make him trust.

Because every word Zhou Hangyu said to him and every promise he made would eventually come true, even if it was a trivial thing that he didn't remember at all.

The spring rain is followed by the summer wind, the summer wind is followed by the autumn harvest, and the autumn harvest is followed by the cold winter.

From a small two backs to a tall teenager, those beautiful days suddenly fell into the torrent of time and became the most beautiful memory fragments.

There are only more than 300 days in a year, and even if it is ten years, it is only more than 3,000 days.

The two grew up all of a sudden, but the relationship became more and more intimate, and occasionally when they washed their hair and bathed together, they would feel something more, some indescribable charm.

Gradually, the boys in the school began to have girlfriends, but Zhou Hangyu was an outlier, except for Tao Xiu, no one could get into his eyes.

And Tao Xiu is the same, there has always been only one Zhou Hangyu by his side, and he has no other friends.

It's just that when they grow up, many things are no longer simple after all, and their feelings are distorted and strange in the eyes of others.

When I went home holding hands, a few classmates coaxed and said: What are the two men holding hands, it's disgusting!

Tao Xiu saw Zhou Hangyu's face change, suddenly let go of his hand, jumped up and beat the classmate who was talking to him with a blue nose and swollen face, if it wasn't for Tao Xiu's reaction and stepped forward to stop it, maybe he would have killed someone.

In the end, the beaten classmate had a broken nose and was covered with injuries, and Zhou Hangyu was also sent directly to the public security bureau by the other party's parents because of the beating.

In the few days when he couldn't see Zhou Hangyu, although Tao Xiu was anxious, he had no choice, he could only wander in front of the public security bureau every day, until Zhou Hangyu's parents finally asked for the help of distant relatives to take Zhou Hangyu out of the public security bureau, but he had to lose a lot of money, and inevitably left a criminal record.

After Zhou Hangyu returned home, he was severely taught a lesson by his parents, and the movement of the lesson could even be heard clearly in the nearby alleys, and words such as "rabbit cub" and "not angry" were endless.

Tao Xiu stood opposite Zhou Hangyu's house and listened to it in horror, and when the sound finally stopped, Tao Xiu pursed his lips and turned around to go home, but a figure suddenly flashed, bringing a gust of cold wind, Tao Xiu felt that his hand was held hard.

That person is Zhou Hangyu.

Zhou Hangyu, who was taught by his parents to have a blue nose and swollen face, is still handsome.

At that time, the young man's height had grown to one meter eight, and Tao Xiu always had to raise his head slightly to see his face.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and after being taught like this, Zhou Hangyu, who was supposed to be embarrassed and decadent, looked at Tao Xiu with burning eyes and pulled him to run.

Zhou Hangyu's father's scolding voice faintly came from behind him, what kind of words like "stinky boy, where are you going", Tao Xiu couldn't hear it clearly, only the whirring wind and his own heartbeat in his ears.

I don't know how long it took Zhou Hangyu to stop, Tao Xiu looked around, they came to the lake that they would pass by every day for class, as long as they walked down the stairs, they could feel the turquoise lake up close.

The breeze blows, and the surface of the lake is gently blown out of layers of folds, which appear to be even more sparkling in the moonlight, and a crescent moon is quietly reflected on the surface of the lake.

Zhou Hangyu let go of his hand and sat on the highest stairs with Tao Xiu, feeling the cool breeze of the night, and neither of them spoke.

This lake, as well as the small pond not far away, were their favorite "base" when they were children, where they played when they were children, and when they grew up, they also liked to sit and chat quietly.

Tao Xiu looked at Zhou Hangyu's side face, frowned slightly, the eyes under the transparent lenses were full of worry, Zhou Hangyu turned his head and smiled at him, "Don't look at me with this kind of look, it's all flesh wounds, it'll be fine in a few days, after all, it's their own son, they won't poison him." ”

The people in the alleys are poor, and many families are supported by the hard work of both husband and wife, although they live together, the adults ignore their children because they are busy, even if Zhou Hangyu is an only child, and the relationship with his parents is not harmonious.

But no matter what, a son is a son after all, and if something really happens, even if the parents smash the pot and sell iron, kneel down and beg for help, they will find a way to redeem the person.

Tao Xiu looked at it, it was indeed some flesh wounds, although it looked a little serious, but there was no blood, just bruises or wiped off the skin, he seriously picked Zhou Hangyu's chin with his fingers and looked at his face, until he confirmed them one by one.

"Don't be so impulsive in the future, let others say whatever they like, it's just a joke anyway......," Tao Xiu shifted his gaze to the calm lake, not caring about the authentic road.

"No!" Zhou Hangyu looked at Tao Xiu's side face, "I don't like others to blaspheme the relationship between us. ”

Zhou Hangyu said very seriously, Tao Xiu was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked, "What kind of feelings do we have?" ”

Brothers? Or a friend?

Who will blaspheme? Who will insult? Neighbors and small children in the neighborhood, who doesn't know that they have a good relationship since childhood?

Zhou Hangyu lowered his head, and in the bright moonlight, Tao Xiu couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

"Xiu, you close your eyes, I'll tell you a secret." Zhou Hangyu suddenly became a little nervous, and his voice became deeper.

Ever since Zhou Hangyu lost his child's voice, Tao Xiu has always liked his voice, which is low, powerful and magnetic, full of power and hope like a morning bell.

The only person Tao Xiu trusts unconditionally is Zhou Hangyu.

So when Zhou Hangyu asked him to close his eyes, he obediently did so.

Tao Xiu's hands on his legs were lightly clenched into fists, he was waiting, waiting for Zhou Hangyu to tell the secret.

But after waiting for dozens of seconds, I didn't hear Zhou Hangyu's voice, was it a joke?

Tao Jian was about to open his eyes to see what was going on, but suddenly he felt that his glasses had been taken off, and then, something soft touched the corner of his eye with a black mole.

At that moment, Tao Xiu's brain was a little short-circuited.

He couldn't believe it, but when he thought about it, it seemed that everything made sense again.

But what surprised him even more was that he didn't reject it.

Maybe since he was a child, he has long been accustomed to Zhou Hangyu's touch on him.

Zhou Hangyu is his veritable bamboo horse.

Zhou Hangyu's lips did not stay on Tao Xiu's face for a long time, but shifted to Tao Xiu's hot right ear, and said in a low and hard voice: "Xiu, I won't let others hurt you." ”

Tao Xiu suddenly became enlightened, Zhou Hangyu, who had never liked to fight, would suddenly beat people, it turned out that Zhou Hangyu thought that he would be hurt because of those ridiculous words.

At that moment, he wanted to laugh at Zhou Hangyu for being stupid, just for a few jokes, he beat someone and was detained in the Public Security Bureau, and because of this, he left a case record and was taught a lesson by his parents, but the reason for beating people was so simple.

It's not what he thinks, for fear of being misunderstood by others.

Nor will he think of Zhou Hangyu's disgust and rejection of his classmates' malicious speculation about their relationship.

And just because, Zhou Hangyu was worried that he would be uncomfortable because of those words.

He didn't want to let him get hurt.

So, it hurt on his own body.