Send.

She waited to stare at the screen, but didn't receive a reply, after all, it was too long.

After You Xuezhen replied to other people's messages, she let go of her mobile phone and climbed out of bed, and when she came back from the water room, she didn't have time to wipe the water droplets on her face, and climbed into bed to touch the mobile phone that was paralyzed on the bed.

The chat interface she had just sent to him was again suppressed by a bunch of inconsequential group chats.

He hasn't returned yet.

You Xuezhen puffed out her mouth unconsciously, and just wanted to extinguish the screen and throw it aside, when her mind suddenly moved.

She clicked on Meng Shilong's personal interface and pinned him to the top in one go.

The annoying group chats in the middle are finally gone.

This seems to be the first time she has been so honest with herself, she didn't dare to put Ye Wanbai at the top before, for fear of exposing her excess emotions, so she was satisfied by putting him to the first contact with the first letter through the remarks. Even sometimes when his news comes, she has to deliberately hold back and not look at it, even if there is no one around, she has to hold it for a while before opening it - because secretly unrequited love is already at a disadvantage, and these useless reserves will give her a little decent support, so that she feels that she can still control herself.

But at this moment, she wondered, why would she be willing to be honest?

The interface where Meng Shilong put her on top flashed in her mind, and she thought, probably in the face of clear and soft love, false reserve is no longer a support, but an annoying shelf, which is easy to separate people.

So, she's going to throw it away slowly.

*

In the afternoon, she was going to seriously revise her paper in the dormitory, writing and yawning, holding her arm and head planted, and fell asleep directly, until her arm was numb.

You Xuezhen wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and touched her phone again for the first time.

At a glance, she glanced at the red dot at the top, and she nodded it away with satisfaction.

Dragon: "I didn't wake up early, I didn't sleep."

You Xuezhen propped her forehead and read this sentence slowly.

It's a very ordinary sentence, but it reads like reading poetry. Like poetry, there is a deep meaning that needs to be interpreted behind it - why didn't you sleep?

Is it the same as me because of that kiss?

The face slowly burned again, You Xuezhen pressed her forehead against the cold table, exhaled deeply, and replied to him in this posture without pain.

Zhen Zhibang: "Then you go to bed early tonight!"

I thought he would not be back until a while, but the news came quickly.

He said that he was fishing with Lao Dou, because the store will open tomorrow, and there will be no space. also posted a photo taken from the side, where Meng's father sat by the river holding a fishing rod, and half of his hand was also in the mirror.

You Xuezhen's attention was all on that hand - although she took the initiative to kiss it last night, she kissed it and wanted to retreat.

It was this hand that caught up and held her face. She couldn't escape. But he's stupid and won't take the next step, just lips to lips. The two people were like abandoned cats abandoned on the last train, clinging to each other, exhaling and exhaling.

His lips were softer and hotter than a cat's pad, and she felt his temperature for a full minute of the dimming of the carriage.

You Xuezhen clasped her phone upside down and pressed this reminiscent photo.

Meng Shilong waited left and right, didn't continue to wait for the next message, and stared at his phone.

The old bean next to him glanced at him and asked casually: "Did you just shadow me?" (Why did you take a picture of me just now?) ）

He slurred: "Practice photography." (Practice taking pictures)

Dad Meng sighed, for a long time, he said coldly that the store would recruit another person after the New Year.

Meng Shilong frowned: "Solution? Isn't the shop a good enough person? (Why?) Aren't there enough people in the store? ）

He sighed: "I think you don't want to spend more time helping the room, since you like photography, take more time to learn." (I want you to help less in the store, since you like to take pictures, you should spend more time learning)

Meng Shilong shook his head and said, "I can take care of it." (I can take care of it)

"It's not good to do things with two minds, you can't catch a fish when you look at you." (It's not good to do things and do two things, you see you haven't caught a single fish until now)

Meng Shilong was speechless, what should he say, his heart was not used to take pictures, but elsewhere. Just look at the lake twice, and float to your phone for the third time.

Dad Meng has made up his mind: "Ganla, anyway, the business is going well in the store, don't take care of the store again, Dad can." I've wanted to tell you for a long time, you're a stiff-necked person, and you haven't listened to me. (That's it, anyway, the business is on the right track in the store now, you don't have to worry about the store anymore, Dad can.) I've wanted to tell you for a long time, you're a stubborn person, and you haven't listened to me)

"Whoa, because I'm worried about your body." (That's because I'm worried about your body)

"I agreed that you shouldn't go to college, because Dad needs your help, and you don't have to grow up in this world step by step, and you didn't have the motivation to do anything at that time, and you didn't have to read well if I forced you to study, and you could make a living if you learned a cooking trade." But if you have something you want to do, you can explore what you want to live in life. Don't worry about Dad. ”

(I agreed before that you didn't go to college because Dad needed your help, and the world didn't have to grow up in a step-by-step manner.) You couldn't afford to do anything at that time, and if I forced you to study, you might not be able to study well, and you could learn a cooking trade. But now that you have what you want to do, you can figure out what you want to live. Don't worry dad. ）

A fish bites the rod, Meng Dad retracts the rod three or two times, he catches the fish, unhooks the hook from the fish's mouth, and puts it back into the quiet lake. He always fishes, catches them, but never puts them away and lets them flow where they belong.

Meng Shilong chased the figure of the fish until the bubbles on the surface of the water were completely quiet.

Everything was like that old evening, the sunset, the lake, they sat side by side, and he made a hasty decision, thinking that he was sacrificing himself to help his father.

But as he grew older, he realized it at this moment...... Maybe it was his father who tolerated him all along, and accepted him to stop.

It's time for him to start over. No longer let yourself be burdened with regrets, and earn confidence for the world you want to go to and the people you want to like.

Meng Shilong slowly clenched his palms and broke the silence with a sound.

"Old Bean, can I ask you for a birthday present?"

"It's really rare that you will take the initiative to ask me." Dad Meng smiled, "Okay." Life flies, you're going to be a year older again. ”

Meng Shilong puffed up: "How many days will the store be closed next month, let's go out for a trip, let's take a look?" (Why don't we close the store for a few days next month, so let's go out on a trip, how about it?) ）

Dad Meng looked surprised: "Okay...... Do you want to go to the border? (Okay...... Where do you want to go? ）

"Indonesia."

"Ah...... "Dad Meng said coldly, "there is a Lop Nur volcano. (Is there that Lop Nur volcano there)

"Huh? I don't know. (Is there one?) How I don't know)

Dad Meng wrinkled his brows: "Explain it, you write an essay carefully." (Why not, you still wrote it in your essay when you were a child)

Meng Shilong reacted and said with a smile: "It's called Bromo Volcano." Lop Nur Basin. (That's called Mount Bromo.) Lop Nur is a basin)

"Oh, Bromoro......" Dad Meng repeated awkwardly, "it turns out that Bromo." Yes, no. (Oh, Bromo...... It turned out to be Bromo, sorry)

"This one has a good apology." (What's there to apologize for)

"Isn't that right...... I should have taken you there back then. (I'm sorry...... After such a long time, I should have taken you there back then)

Hearing this, Meng Shilong wrinkled his nose slightly and laughed, returning to the child who wrote "My dream is to see the ...... of Mount Bromo with my own eyes" in his composition book.

He stretched and said briskly, "And it's not too late for the family, Tie Mi?" (It's not too late, is it?) ）

Dad Meng rubbed his head: "It's not too late." (It's never too late)

*

Over the next few days, Mr. Meng's shop opened, and he began to get busy. And she doesn't need to go to the funeral home to work part-time, so she just spends her days in the library, which is very clean.

The two contact each other through WeChat from time to time, although it is not real-time, and often a message will be seen by the other party after a long time, but this kind of slow and knowing that the frequency of the response will be very comfortable, like accompanying each other to do things.

On the seventh day of the new year, she received a message from Ye Wanbai, saying that he came back that night and brought a lot of souvenirs and Ye's mother's love pickles back, and asked her to come to the house to get them.

You Xuezhen was in the truncation period of secretly competing with herself, but because it was Ye's mother's thing, she had to accept it, so she replied to him and said This time, send it directly, I'm at school.

He replied.

As a result, there was no contact at night, she guessed that the plane might be late, so she didn't care about it, until eleven o'clock in the evening, she went back to the dormitory to prepare to lie down, and suddenly received Ye Wanbai's WeChat, saying that she was about to arrive at the school, and she would see her at the school gate in ten minutes.

You Xuezhen was taken aback and asked him if he wasn't called a flash delivery?

He replied, "I have something to tell you."

You Xuezhen muttered in her heart, it can't be any conflict with Ye Wanbai and his father, right?

Slightly uneasy, she put on her coat and saw that it was almost time to get to the school gate.

And Ye Wanbai's car was already parked there.

He got out of the car and beckoned to her: "Come up first." As he spoke, he opened the passenger door.

You Xuezhen looked at him a little strangely, although she had only seen him for a week, she felt that Ye Wanbai's demeanor made her feel a little strange that was difficult to describe.

She sat in the car, waited for him to get back into the car, and then asked straight and straight, "Is there something wrong?" ”

His stomach rang at this time, at an inopportune time.

"I just got off the plane and rushed over, and I didn't eat much." He pursed his lips, "Why don't we go to the convenience store and buy some together, you can also talk while eating there." ”

“……”

The atmosphere in which he brewed without opening his mouth made You Xuezhen feel even more strange, and there was an inexplicable panic that he was about to enter the consultation room to listen to the doctor's report.

The two finally got out of the car together, and the convenience store was across the street, not far away, but it became a little difficult because of the low temperature at midnight. You Xuezhen walked tremblingly, and in the next second, she had an extra coat on her body. Ye Wanbai took off his clothes to her, according to normal times, he would definitely laugh at her first for a few words or tell her if she wanted to catch a cold again, so that he would not care so gently.

You Xuezhen felt colder instead, and returned her clothes to him: "No need, just a few steps." ”

He changed his words: "It's also cold in just a few steps, so why don't you give me your coat?" ”

——The eccentricity just now disappeared at this moment, and it seemed to have become the Ye fade white she was familiar with.

You Xuezhen rolled his eyes speechlessly and relaxedly.

The air conditioner in the convenience store was very hot, and You Xuezhen suddenly felt alive as soon as she pushed the door open. She wasn't hungry, but after the cold air on the road just now, she saw the steaming oden on the counter and suddenly wanted to eat it, which could warm her body.

"I want to eat oden, do you want to eat it?"

"No, I'll eat a hot lunch."

He went to the freezer to get a pork chop bento, and she asked the clerk for oden and asked them to help add a little more soup.

You Xuezhen sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with the oden in her hand, drank a sip of the soup while it was hot, and sighed with satisfaction.

The microwave oven placed on the counter made a "ding-" sound, and the aroma of pork chops came out with the temperature, Ye Wanbai sat next to her with a hot lunch, and as soon as she sat down, she unknowingly fished out a crab stick in her bowl.

"Damn, you're stealing my food again!"

You Xuezhen glared at him angrily, Ye gradually shrugged his shoulders, and pushed his pork chop over: "Give you a piece, fair, right?" ”

"It's not fair, I don't want to eat your pork chops."

"Okay, okay, pay you back."

He threw the crab stick back into her bowl - You Xuezhen rolled her eyes and threw it back again: "I won't eat what falls on the ground." ”

"How can you fall to the ground?"

"It's no different from being caught by you than falling to the ground."