downwind

A week later, Xu Jiarui had already packed up everything and cleaned the room.

The empty room, with a few slack furniture, looks lifeless.

This is his last night in City B. Tomorrow at [-] o'clock, he will take the high-speed train to City X, then transfer to the train and return to his hometown.

After eight o'clock, Xu Jiarui turned on the TV and watched the football game for a while.

The commentator on TV spoke impassionedly, and the game was fierce, but he felt his heart was cold.

At nine o'clock sharp, he turned off the lights and went to bed.

In the past few days, he has occasionally dreamed of Mu Ziyang, intermittent dreams, Mu Ziyang in the dream is very real, and he can still laugh.

In the dream, he is a voyeur, always hiding in the corner, watching and following secretly.

The self in the dream also has a skill, Mu Ziyang can follow him wherever he goes.But there was one thing, he had ringing in his ears, he couldn't hear what Mu Ziyang was saying clearly, it could even be said that he couldn't hear at all.

Will he still dream of this person tonight?

Xu Jiarui closed his eyes, wanted to sleep but couldn't.I don't feel sleepy at all, and my brain's thinking is very clear, and the more I think about it, the faster I think.

He got out of bed, walked a few steps and sat down.

At ten o'clock, he was still excited.

Slowly, he lay back on the bed again.

'Maybe lie down and fall asleep', he thought.

Just laying down on the bed, the phone turned on.

He looked at the incoming call, hesitated for a moment, and then answered the call.

"Jia Rui?"

Although they were still eating and talking loudly upstairs and downstairs, their penetrating power was not strong, and Xu Jiarui's place was very quiet.Mu Ziyang's voice was very clear in this dark night.

"Wood guide." Xu Jiarui got up, sat on the bed with his feet on the floor; his head was lowered, and he glanced at the suitcase.

"Jia Rui, why haven't you answered the phone for so many days?" Mu Ziyang asked.

"……busy."

"Jiarui..." Muziyang said unsatisfactorily.

"Director Mu, what's the matter on the phone?" Xu Jiarui asked.

The other end of the phone didn't speak, and there was another "da da" sound of feet stepping on the floor, and the sound stopped soon, and Mu Ziyang said, "I, I have thought about many things these days..."

Xu Jiarui didn't speak.

He heard Mu Ziyang say slowly: "...Jia Rui, I may have fallen in love with someone recently, do you know what it feels like to fall in love with someone?"

Xu Jiarui froze for a moment, and could only spit out two words: "Mu Dao..."

At this time, he could hear his heart beating wildly "plop plop plop" through the flesh, and this sound spread from the chest cavity to the cerebral cortex, and he felt a burst of numbness.

Neither of them spoke, Mu Ziyang was waiting for his reaction, and he didn't know how to calm himself down, fearing that what he said would be bad.

"Jia Rui, answer me."

"Wooden guide..."

"I don't know..." Xu Jiarui finally said.

"Jia Rui, I might really like someone..."

Xu Jiarui hesitated for a while before asking, "Master Mu, is it me?"

"...Yes." Mu Ziyang said.

The two fell silent again.Xu Jiarui turned on the light and walked around the small place twice, trying to suppress the enthusiasm in his heart.

He finally stopped and said, "Mu Dao, I like you too..."

"Jia Rui..." Mu Ziyang said, "I know."

"Teacher Mu," Xu Jiarui said, looking at the depressed room, "I'm going back."

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going back, now, I may have changed my mind."

"……why?"

"I have found a love. Director Mu, I want to be with the person I like." Xu Jiarui said.

After a while, he heard Mu Ziyang say: "Then, let's be together..."