catch the dream

The sun rose, and it was a new day. A few firecrackers rang outside the window. Fu Liqun, who was lying on the bed, raised his hand to his forehead, squinted his eyes, and faced the sunlight outside the bedroom curtains.Ou Qihang's sleeping posture was very bad, his whole body was wrapped around Fu Liqun's body, buried in front of his chest, and his legs were crossed around his waist.Fu Liqun turned his shoulders and pushed his forehead, and Ou Qihang rolled over sleepily on his stomach.

Fu Liqun got out of bed and opened the curtains. The green pines in the mountains in the distance were covered with a layer of snow, reflecting the brilliance of the morning sun and shining brightly in the sunlight.

A beanbag sofa was placed facing the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Fu Liqun sat down and sank into it.On the night before the festival, he was sitting on the sofa with his arms around Cen Shan, telling each other about the past, looking at the Milky Way in the winter night outside the window, and talking a lot.

"We haven't talked like this for a long time." Fu Liqun said.

Cen Shan regretfully said, "I'm sorry."

Fu Liqun smiled and put his arms around Cen Shan. Cen Shan sighed leisurely and buried herself in front of Fu Liqun.

"It's okay." Fu Liqun said, "The loved one doesn't need to apologize."

Cen Shan was speechless, and Fu Liqun said again: "That day at the airport, you almost made me shrivel."

On the day she left Ying City, Cen Shan's story still started with someone else, and Fu Liqun remembered it very clearly.At that time, he was carrying a sports bag and wearing the lucky rope that Yu Hao wove for him. When he saw Cen Shan coming to the airport, he thought it was a dream.He had too much to say, but he didn't know how to say it. On that day, he had nothing and still owed a hundred thousand in debt.

"Don't you have anything to say?" Cen Shan frowned.

"What can I say?" Fu Liqun smiled wryly, "Everyone only listens to the winners, who cares about the mood of the losers?"

"I want to hear it." Cen Shan repeated, "I want to hear it, if not..."

"Your father is right," Fu Liqun said, looking at the howling wind outside the airport, "I'm just a fool."

Cen Shan then stopped talking, and there were people coming and going in the lobby of Ying City Airport, Fu Liqun said again: "I still remember two years ago, when we talked about breaking up, you mentioned Senior Sister."

When they were in junior high school, they had a senior sister who was also very optimistic about them. She was three years older than them. She set up Fu Liqun and Cen Shan's first date.When the two of them entered their junior year, the senior sister had just graduated and fell in love with a classmate.The boy was very poor, and the two lived in a rented house, a typical life of "sitting on a bicycle and laughing", even if the family objected to them being together.

Senior sister's life is often sympathized with. After Cen Shan's father knew about it, he used it to educate Cen Shan. But Fu Liqun had met that boy a few times. He is really kind, not "you can't just want him to be nice to you". good.Rather, he is motivated, serious, gentle and considerate. In all fairness, he has done much better than Fu Liqun.

But the two finally separated. After the senior sister broke up, she found a husband who loved her and loved her. She worked as the proprietress in her husband's company, drinking afternoon tea every day, and playing around the world.The boy left Ying City, went to Shanghai to seek a living, and became an outstanding fund manager with an annual income of two million yuan.

If the senior sister and the boy insist on being together, the senior sister hopes to stay in Ying City to accompany her parents, and the man will not leave. Raising children, arguing endlessly with her husband for the child's milk powder money, schooling and other daily necessities.

After the separation, the man has a car and a house, and his career is prosperous.The senior sister also lives a life without worrying about food and clothing, which is good for both of them.

What does this prove?Fu Liqun couldn't help but wonder, is there not so many things in life?He knew that Cen Shan had wavered, and so had he.Has everyone ever been shaken?After the temporary pain, will everyone come out slowly?

Those promises made when I was young and ignorant, in the end, with the passage of time, they turned into a dream that I can't go back.

And when he asked Yu Hao on the phone if he had wavered too, Yu Hao didn't even think about it, and replied: "No."

"There are many paths in life, right?"

Zhou Sheng said to him on the sofa that day: "Some roads are difficult, and there must be trade-offs. The key is that you both have to be clear about what you want in the future."

The sound of dishes colliding, the sound of water, Zhou Sheng and Chen Yekai's conversation, and the sound of frying eggs came from outside. Fu Liqun closed his eyes and felt the warmth of the sun on his face. Ou Qihang also woke up and was lying on his stomach watching cell phone.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Yekai made coffee in the living room, Yu Hao called his friends one by one to say New Year greetings, and Zhou Sheng made breakfast in the kitchen.Fu Liqun was in good spirits. Everyone sat down at the dining table. Zhou Sheng held the coffee and said, "Click a cup? Xiaoou!"

Ou Qihang was still foaming at the mouth and brushing his teeth, upon hearing this, he quickly rinsed his mouth, wiped it off with a towel, and came over to sit down.

Everyone clinked their glasses and began to eat the egg fried rice cooked by Zhou Sheng.

Ou Qihang: "..."

Ou Qihang: "Who cooked this rice? It's so delicious!"

"Xiao Ou! Your sleeping appearance is terrible." Fu Liqun said.

Chen Yekai said: "He almost kicked me out of bed several times in the past few days..."

Ou Qihang: "Brother Qun, your figure is really good."

"Big brother's chest is very comfortable, right?" Fu Liqun said.

Ou Qihang: "Be my personal trainer, take me to practice."

Yu Hao: "What are you all talking about! This is really confusing..."

Ou Qihang: "Leave me some..."

Zhou Sheng: "Enough to eat! Are you rice buckets? There are four catties of rice here!"

Yu Hao was dizzy from the quarrel early in the morning, and Ou Qihang said again: "Are you going to the playground today? Yu Hao, let's go to the playground?"

"Eat your meal." Chen Yekai said, "The matter of Jinwulun has not been resolved yet."

Ou Qihang said: "It's New Year's Eve, it's okay to play for a day or two, Yu Hao, is that right? Do you want to go too?"

Yu Hao: "..."

Yu Hao thought to himself that I really want to go, it's been a long time since I've been to an amusement park.

"How does it feel now?" Chen Yekai asked Fu Liqun.

"Suddenly I looked away." Fu Liqun replied, "No, it's 'thinking about it', like... when I wake up, I feel that many things are not so anxiety-provoking. Anyway, I will work hard next Brothers, if you can use me, call me anytime.”

Everyone nodded, Fu Liqun stretched again, glanced at everyone, and said, "How about I invite everyone out to play? Although I haven't paid back the money yet..."

Zhou Sheng said: "Hey!"

Fu Liqun bought them tickets to the playground on his mobile phone, and Yu Hao asked, "Should I call my sister-in-law?"

"Sister-in-law just came home yesterday, so don't bother her to run away again." Zhou Sheng said.

Fu Liqun said, "Let me ask." He went to the side to call Cen Shan, and stood in front of the French window.Zhou Sheng looked at the e-ticket on WeChat, and Chen Yekai asked Yu Hao, "How much have you written for your graduation thesis?"

Yu Hao immediately regretted it, why didn't he refuse the proposal to go to the playground!

"It's less than ten percent written." Yu Hao replied, "I still won't go, you two go..."

Ou Qihang: "Combine work with rest, let's be together..." While speaking, Fu Liqun ended the call and came back with a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Yu Hao asked.

Fu Liqun had an expression on his face that wanted to laugh but tried his best to control it: "Your sister-in-law's father is here and wants to talk to me alone."

"Wow!" Everyone said together.

Ou Qihang said: "Sister-in-law went back to have a showdown yesterday?"

Chen Yekai said: "How to talk about it? This is too straightforward."

Fu Liqun spread his hands, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let me make an appointment with the time and place. He wants to negotiate terms with me."

Yu Hao: "Everyone go with you?"

Chen Yekai: "Looking for a higher-end hotel? What do you want to talk about?"

Fu Liqun said: "I will definitely come here with the check and let me fill it out myself. What else can we talk about?"

Zhou Sheng: "Anywhere is fine?"

Fu Liqun: "I can make an appointment anywhere, at least find a place to drink tea."

Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun looked at each other, and Fu Liqun was silent for a moment, both of them had mischievous smiles on their faces.Yu Hao has seen too many moments of tacit understanding between the two of them in the dormitory, this is a harbinger of a spoof, a heinous taste that is about to be released.

Zhou Sheng: "No! No! No! Now he asked you to make a condition! Do you want to..."

Fu Liqun: "Yes! What hotel are you going to! No!"

Yu Hao had lived with Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun for so many years, so he immediately guessed what they were going to say, burst out laughing, and said, "No, you guys are going too far!"

Fu Liqun said domineeringly: "Let's go!"

Zhou Sheng said, "Let's go! Why are you afraid of him?"

Ou Qihang: "???"

Chen Yekai: "..."

Yu Hao: "Wait! Hurry up and find clothes for brother, and help him grab his hair so we can go out!"

Ou Qihang went to get a hair dryer, Zhou Sheng went to look through his clothes, and Chen Yekai went to find pomade.

Two hours later, the playground.

Yu Hao, Zhou Sheng, Chen Yekai, and Ou Qihang each held a cup of hot chocolate, and saw Cen Shan's father, Cen Yongchang.

He was a very energetic middle-aged man in a suit, and he was actually quite handsome, a bit like an old handsome Zhou Laichun, but compared to Zhou Laichun's unstoppable bastard boss aura, Cen Yongchang was obviously stronger. More restrained, he has few wrinkles and is well maintained. It can be seen that he has been exercising all year round.Cen Yongchang wore a scarf and did not show obvious hostility towards Fu Liqun in the playground.

Yu Hao watched from a distance, and when Cen Yongchang occasionally turned his head, Yu Hao seemed to have discovered a new continent, and said to Zhou Sheng, "It really looks like that dragon!"

Cen Yongchang's decree lines and eyes are indeed very similar to the dragon in Fu Liqun's dream!

Fu Liqun was also very polite in front of Cen Yongchang, wearing a slim suit jacket. During this period of time, his figure has been trained very well, and he lost a little weight in the MLM organization. Went to get his hair cut, and before going out today, they helped Fu Liqun get a little trim.

A middle-aged man who looked rich and refined stood with Fu Liqun, they were actually about the same height, Yu Hao thought that Cen Shan's father should have been a god when he was young.

"It's as if the middle-aged president has kept a little wolf dog..." Zhou Sheng held his forehead with one hand, showing a look of disgust.

Yu Hao answered the phone, it was from Cen Shan, Cen Shan felt something wrong after getting up today, so she hurried to Ying City, and sure enough, Cen Yongchang had already arrived.

"Uh...we were at the playground? Did you fight last night?"

"It's not noisy, why did you go to the playground?" Cen Shan said, "Wait, I'll be right there, just passing by here."

"Look, look!" Ou Qihang hastily pushed them, motioning them to look, "It's really going up!"

"Hahahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!" The four of them were about to go crazy from laughter.

Fu Liqun asked Cen Yongchang to go on the Ferris wheel!Chen Yekai was holding hot chocolate and was about to lose his footing. Zhou Sheng really couldn't stand this prank. The key point was that Cen Yongchang said "you can talk anywhere you want", so Fu Liqun put him on the Ferris wheel!

Before going up, Yu Hao took the camera and pushed the lens to take pictures of Fu Liqun and Cen Yongchang, capturing this historic moment.

When Cen Shan came, she saw the four handsome guys laughing outside the restaurant and couldn't take care of herself, so she asked inexplicably, "Big guy? What are you laughing at?"

Zhou Sheng quickly waved his hand, pointed at the Ferris wheel, and said, "He and your dad...are, on the Ferris wheel. Hahahahaha!"

Cen Shan: "..."

The staff closed the door, and Fu Liqun looked at Cen Yongchang politely.

Cen Yongchang said: "What is the special significance of choosing this place?"

Fu Liqun: "No, I happened to have an appointment with my brothers to come to the playground today, just by the way, what do you want to talk about?"

Cen Yongchang: "..."

"Hahahaha——" Yu Hao was about to laugh like crazy, seeing Cen Yongchang and Fu Liqun getting off the Ferris wheel, Fu Liqun was holding the ticket, and said, "Uncle, what else should we play? Don't waste the ticket money."

Cen Yongchang said: "I'm not here to play with you, Liqun, I know you've already thought it through, what's the point of wasting time here?"

Fu Liqun said again: "If you play another game with me, I will tell you what is in my heart."

Cen Yongchang glanced at his watch and said, "I can only give you another half an hour."

Fu Liqun: "Just 3 minutes!"

The roller coaster flew by, and Fu Liqun chose the first row for the two of them. Holding the bumper, Cen Yongchang closed his eyes tightly, and Fu Liqun yelled, "Uncle! What do you want to say!"

"Uncle! Is it fun?!"

Cen Yongchang: "..."

"I can't do it anymore." Yu Hao said, "I'm going to be laughed to death by my brother hahahahaha——"

"Uncle! Don't go!" Fu Liqun said hastily, "Sit down! Let's go have a cup of coffee! I've had enough fun."

Cen Yongchang was obviously angry, but he still tried his best to maintain the superficial self-restraint, but he still didn't explode in the end.Fu Liqun talked and talked, and persuaded him to go to the coffee shop. During the process, he looked down at his phone and chose a high-back card seat.

Cen Shan, Yu Hao, and Chen Yekai sat behind Fu Liqun, while Zhou Sheng and Ou Qihang went to play a live CS shootout.Cen Shan looked helplessly, looked at Yu Hao, and moved her lips, meaning who came up with this prank?

Yu Hao spread his hands, indicating that it wasn't me, and turned the camera to show Cen Shan. When he was riding the roller coaster, he was waiting on the road he had to pass. He adjusted the aperture and shot continuously, and it was frozen at the moment when Fu Liqun yelled crazily and Cen Yongchang closed his eyes tightly. .

Cen Shan laughed so hard that she lay on the table, her shoulders twitching.

"Tell me." Cen Yongchang said, "I heard that you failed in business and owed a lot of money?"

"Borrowed from a friend." Fu Liqun replied, "It's still available, don't worry."

Cen Yongchang was silent for a long time, Fu Liqun looked at him expectantly.

"Shanshan went back yesterday and told me a lot about you." Cen Yongchang restrained his obvious anger and said, "I have known you four years ago, and I also know that you are a good basketball player." fine thanks."

The waiter brought Cen Yongchang a glass of water, but Cen Yongchang didn't drink it, just stared into the glass.

Fu Liqun asked: "I know you don't want to marry your daughter to a boy who is good for nothing but good at basketball."

"It's good to play basketball well and have athleticism." Cen Yongchang replied politely, "Throughout the ages, men with outstanding sports skills have also been respected. Just imagine, if you were an Olympic champion, who would oppose you? "

"That's right." Fu Liqun said, "I say that I play well, but compared with my peers, there is still a mountain to go. With my talent, I have not yet reached that level. I will never reach that level."

"You can clearly understand yourself," Cen Yongchang said, "you are already much better than Shanshan, and better than your peers. The young man is very talented, and I believe you will definitely stand out in the future."

Fu Liqun didn't answer, but just looked into Cen Yongchang's eyes.

Cen Yongchang said calmly: "I am not here to break you up. I always believe that because of the barriers in world outlook, values, and outlook on life, sooner or later you will go further and further apart, and finally separate completely. The relationship between you and her is like When walking a certain distance together, the traveling companion I know, she has her rivers to cross, and you have your mountains to climb, why don’t you calmly pass by at the intersection?”

Yu Hao had to admit that Cen Yongchang's words hit the nail on the head.

"You followed her to the river and wanted to cross the river with her." Cen Yongchang said, "But there is not your destination."

Fu Liqun said, "What do you think her destination is?"

Cen Yongchang said: "I have to ask her, do you think you understand her?"

Fu Liqun was silent, and behind him, Cen Shan looked calmly at the milk froth in the cup. The clerk drew a flower for her—two hearts pierced by an arrow appeared on the milk froth.

Zhou Sheng and Ou Qihang also came after playing CS, sitting behind Cen Yongchang and eavesdropping.

"Do you think you understand her?" Fu Liqun asked back.

Cen Yongchang replied: "Let's put it this way, if you had a daughter, would you choose to marry her to a young man like you?"

That's fine—everyone in the audience said in their hearts.Yu Hao thought that if he had a daughter, it would be great to marry a boy like Fu Liqun.

"Yes." Fu Liqun smiled. At this time, the afternoon sun shines on his head through the glass window. "When I was young, I would accompany her to the playground. When I grow up, I will give her to a A boy who can accompany her. By the way, have you ever been to a playground with her?"

Cen Yongchang looked at Fu Liqun quietly, and Fu Liqun said: "When we first met, Shanshan didn't know how to take the bus or subway, never ate at a roadside stall, and never rode a roller coaster. I know that you spend very little time with her. A fixed hour - 06:30 to 09:30 in the morning before going out, and [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the evening before going to bed. Right? You will occasionally take her abroad, go to meetings by yourself, and ask your assistant to take her to play. You Everything is arranged for her. But you don't play with her, and you never ask her how she wants to live."

"Her studies are very hard." Fu Liqun looked at Cen Yongchang and said politely, "You just think, what kind of hardship is this little bit of hardship? What kind of tiredness is it? Your daughter was destined to be excellent from birth. It doesn't matter. She just wants you to know her better, to listen to her heart, and to value her opinion. But you have a heart of stone, uncle."

Yu Hao could feel that many of Cen Shan's thoughts and attitudes were indeed the same as what Fu Liqun said, she always didn't care much about what other people thought, she didn't care about others' evaluation of herself, nor did she care about other people's emotions.Because her father was like this, just like after Cen Shan had a showdown with his father, Cen Yongchang completely ignored her the next day and set off to Ying City to solve this problem himself.

"If we can't be together in the future," Fu Liqun said earnestly, "you plan to ignore her thoughts again and choose a husband who is suitable for her."

"Then, please choose a man for her who really values ​​what she wants to say and her joys, sorrows and joys, and doesn't treat her like a vase or a decoration. She has a lot to say, even if she is childish, even if you In my eyes, she will always be a little girl, but no matter how childish she is, she still has her own words to say. Please, uncle, is this how we are today?"

Cen Yongchang took out something from the inner pocket of his suit, and Fu Liqun said again: "There is no need to take out the check, I won't ask for any money."

What Cen Yongchang took out from the inner pocket of his suit was a pair of sunglasses. He put it on, stood up, and left without talking nonsense with Fu Liqun.

Everyone wanted to laugh but because of Cen Shan's presence, they couldn't laugh in front of her.Zhou Sheng probed his head and winked at Yu Hao from behind the booth, Yu Hao got up and followed Zhou Sheng away.

After a while, Ou Qihang and Chen Yekai also left.Fu Liqun was left sitting in the coffee shop, watching a group of ants gather in a team and carry a piece of sugar cube by the window.Under the sun, Fu Liqun and Cen Shan sat back to back in two seats.

"How long are you going to sit here?" Cen Shan's voice suddenly sounded.

Fu Liqun was startled, then suddenly raised his head, Cen Shan turned his head and greeted him from behind the booth, with red eyes, he smiled and said, "Hi."

"Hi." Fu Liqun said with a smile, "To see the ants?"

"Is there?" Cen Shan sat next to Fu Liqun, and the two looked at the group of ants. Fu Liqun said again, "Want to ride a roller coaster?"

Cen Shan said: "Let's go, before the garden is closed, we can sit down and talk about it."

Fu Liqun took Cen Shan's hand and hurried downstairs to ride the roller coaster.

Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao sat in the Ferris wheel, Yu Hao looked out of the seat and said, "Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye it's almost three years."

Zhou Sheng stepped on the seat opposite, looked out lazily, and looked at Yu Hao absent-mindedly, Yu Hao said, "Look at the scenery, what do you want me to do?"

Zhou Sheng said: "So tell me about you. When we were together, when you looked at me, you had that little adoring look in your eyes. Now that you ride the Ferris wheel, you're no longer like me. You just know to look outside, alas."

With a smile in Yu Hao's eyes, he glanced at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng was taken aback for a moment, and Yu Hao smiled and said, "What look? Is it this look?"

Zhou Sheng put his legs down and said, "Damn, it's hard." He straightened his trouser belt while speaking.

Yu Hao: "..."

The Ferris wheel slowly turned over the high point, Zhou Sheng's face turned a little red, he lightly touched Yu Hao with his foot, and said, "Hey, what are you talking about?"

"Sorry." Yu Hao smiled intoxicatingly, and didn't want to look at Zhou Sheng.

"Old man." Zhou Sheng said, "Are you still shy?"

Yu Hao leaned against the window with a smile, Zhou Sheng went to hold his hand, Yu Hao wanted to block it, but turned his head, but Zhou Sheng leaned over to look at him, and pouted his lips to kiss him again, for a moment both of them thought of confessing their love That day, Yu Hao's face was flushed. For some reason, in this exactly the same environment, the confession he made three years ago seemed like it was still yesterday, and he couldn't help but feel his heart throbbing.

"Kiss one." Zhou Sheng said, "Hurry up, the Ferris wheel is coming down soon."

"I want to kiss you home..." Yu Hao blushed.

Zhou Sheng ignored him, pressed the back of his neck, leaned up to kiss him seriously and tenderly.Yu Hao first pressed the seat with both hands, and then couldn't help raising his arms to wrap around Zhou Sheng's neck.

"Coming……"

"It's still early……"

The phone rang, and Zhou Sheng glanced at it: "Damn." He pressed it down, and wanted to kiss Yu Hao again, the phone kept ringing, Zhou Sheng hung up again, and kept calling endlessly.

"Who?"

"Turtle son."

"..."

Yu Hao might have something important to do, so when he looked at Zhou Sheng's phone, he was a white-eyed wolf.

"Go ahead, it's for the New Year's Eve." Yu Hao said.

"It's definitely not a good thing." Zhou Sheng replied, but still picked it up.

"Hey, Mr. Zhou, Happy Chinese New Year." Zhou Sheng turned on the speaker, and when the Ferris wheel arrived at the stop, Zhou Sheng took Yu Hao's hand and got down, holding the phone, with an impatient expression on his face.

Zhou Laichun's voice said, "Let's have dinner together tonight, is Yu Hao here?"

Zhou Sheng said, "Another family banquet? Don't you want it? Last time Yu Hao witnessed you being dragged by my mother to perform the boulder-crushing performance, and he hasn't recovered from the psychological shadow."

Zhou Laichun said calmly, "It's just me. It's nothing serious. It's really just a chat. The car is on standby at the entrance of the playground. You can come over anytime. I'll wait for you until ten o'clock."

Zhou Sheng hung up the phone and stood under the Ferris wheel with Yu Hao. Yu Hao looked down at his WeChat and said, "Qihang met his high school classmates, and we will have dinner with them tonight. Teacher Chen is going to visit Teacher Liang, so we won't wait for us. "

Zhou Sheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, don't worry, see you back in Beijing."

"Going?" Yu Hao asked.

"What do you think?" Zhou Sheng swung his phone around a few times, put his arms around Yu Hao's shoulders, and arrived at the gate of the amusement park, where the driver was waiting.

Yu Hao said, "He compromised?"

Zhou Sheng shrugged and spread his hands.

"Are you coming back after compromising?" Yu Hao said.

"What do you think?" Zhou Sheng asked back, Yu Hao didn't speak, but Zhou Sheng laughed, hugged him in his arms, and kissed him sideways.

Yu Hao went to buy two cups of hot drinks, Zhou Sheng raised his eyes to look at his family's car, but the two of them didn't go there either. The driver looked at them wistfully across the parking lot.