Kawakami Mizuki

It was already afternoon when I woke up from the bed in a daze.

The dim light shone into the room, Yi Linchuan rubbed his dizzy head against the small cup, not wanting to get up from the bed.

Ten minutes later, he slowly got up from the bed.

——It would be too embarrassing to just starve to death in bed like this.Yi Linchuan seemed to be able to think of those alarming headlines: Shocked!A certain young man was so lazy at home!Is it the degeneration of human nature or the failure of education? ...

I really can't afford to lose this guy.Yi Linchuan thought about it while cooking breakfast bitterly.

Yi Linchuan leaned on the sofa with his laptop in his arms, clicked on Weibo, and immediately saw the stills of the cosplay "The Year" released by the editor at yesterday's comic exhibition.

I searched the pictures with my eyes, and sure enough, I saw the beautiful and lovely Ye Qingqing in school uniform. "Back then" mainly has a campus style, so the cosplayers all wear light makeup, and the stage play is also casual and natural. Ye Qingqing's innocent and wanton smile is the most glamorous in it.

Yi Linchuan unconsciously picked up the phone again, and only after confirming that there was no message or call did he react, half annoyed, half slightly melancholy.He admitted that he was waiting for Ye Ming's contact, but the one who said to make an appointment again when he was free did not make any movement at all.Although he seemed free and easy on the phone, saying that he didn't need to see you again, but he couldn't help... wanting to see him.

At around 07:30 in the afternoon, Yi Linchuan went out in the twilight.He does live far away, the airport is only about 10 minutes away from his home, so he is not in a hurry, he just walks slowly, which can be regarded as a walk.

When he arrived at the store, Yi Linchuan chose a seat on the outer edge and sat down.He has always preferred the window seat, and it has never changed for so many years.When Ye Ming knew his habits back then, although he thought he was particular about it on the surface, since then, when going out to play together during the holidays, he would always choose a seat by the window first.

Shaking his head, he shook his head away from the old sesame and rotten millet.

The mobile phone on the table suddenly turned on, and Yi Linchuan answered the phone before it rang, and said in a low voice, "Hello?"

"Daddy, I'm here, how about you?"

Yi Linchuan's eyes fell outside the window, but stopped on a woman.The woman stood in front of the glass window, with her back to him, holding her mobile phone close to her ear.A knee-length dress, the light blue skirt surrounded her like a gentle and affectionate stream.

"I'm here too." Yi Linchuan looked at the woman and asked, "Did you wear a light blue dress today?"

"How do you know?" She asked in a daze, and then she understood, her tone suddenly became agitated, "Did you see me? Where are you? Where are you?"

The little girl outside the window looked left and right, and then her eyes stopped on a young man, showing a hesitant look, "Big..."

Yi Linchuan couldn't help laughing, "Don't look, that's not it."

"Then... which one is you?"

"The one behind you."

She turned around with a blank face, and then her eyes fell on Yi Linchuan through the glass, her puzzled expression suddenly turned into surprise.

In the coffee shop, a long-haired young man in a dark blue shirt was sitting on a chair, resting his chin on his hand, looking at her sideways with a smile in his eyes.

"Da Da..." She turned from surprise to surprise, "Da Da, you have been to the comic exhibition, right!"

Before he could reply, the other party hung up the phone, quickly walked in from the main entrance, and walked up to him.

"Great!" She looked at Yi Linchuan in surprise, coupled with that excited voice, the lively and innocent little girl on the Internet instantly came to life.

"Be quiet."

"Oh." She scratched her head embarrassingly, but because she was too pleasantly surprised, she unconsciously raised her voice again, "Daddy, do you still remember the cosplayer I told you about? It turned out to be you!"

"Keep your voice down." Surprised, Yi Linchuan waved his hands helplessly and amusedly, signaling her to sit down.

"So it's not fake hair but real hair! What kind of shampoo do you use?" Li Yue stared at the long hair and sighed, and added a sentence as self-introduction, "My name is Li Yue, you can call me Xiaoyue."

"My name is Yi Linchuan."

"Then what should I call you?" Li Yue blinked her big beautiful eyes, "Why don't you call me...Xiao Yiyi?"

Yi Linchuan silently rejoiced that he had swallowed the lemonade a second before she spoke, and shook his head to reject the title.

"Eh? Why don't you order coffee?" Li Yue took the menu from the waiter, flipped through it casually, ordered a cappuccino, then noticed that Yi Linchuan was drinking lemonade, and asked casually.

"I don't like drinking."

"I didn't like it before." Li Yue felt a little emotional, "I got used to it after drinking it. It's all the result of staying up late to press for drafts and edit layouts."

"You can drink tea instead." Someone who often procrastinates is a little guilty.

"It doesn't work for me to drink tea." Li Yue spread her hands, looking helpless.

Ye Qingqing reluctantly got on the plane, and before parting, she looked back at Ye Ming resentfully.

Ye Ming calmly waved goodbye.

After seeing off his sister, Ye Ming walked out of the airport and passed by Die Lianhua, wanting to sit in for a while, and then saw Yi Linchuan having a good conversation with a woman in the seat where he was sitting last time.

Dark blue and light blue...it's a good match.

Ye Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a faint smile.

Is it really such a coincidence?The first time can be said to be a coincidence, the second time can be said to be a coincidence, and the third time...is it still an accident?

Ye Ming entered the store, chose a seat near the entrance, and sat down.

Although the business matter had been settled long ago, Li Yue still didn't want to let him go, so he dragged Yi Linchuan to chat.

"By the way, why is the ending of "Back then" so sad? It's torturing me."

"Uh." Faced with Li Yue's resentful eyes, Yi Linchuan didn't know how to answer, so he just talked about other topics to deal with it.

Li Yue actually knew that Yi Linchuan was changing the subject, so he didn't expose it, and followed Yi Linchuan's topic.

However, Yi Linchuan's mind was stuck in Li Yue's question.

In fact, he had selfishly thought about giving them a fulfillment in the story, but he couldn't figure out how to write it down after thinking over and over again.

Li Yue was keenly aware of his absent-mindedness, so she simply stopped talking, leaving Yi Linchuan with a quiet and contemplative atmosphere.

"Ah, I'm sorry." When Yi Linchuan came back to his senses, he realized that he had left people aside and wondered, and apologized immediately.

"It's okay." Li Yue looked at him with a smile, "But since you feel embarrassed, in order not to make you feel guilty, I decided to charge some compensation. Please submit an extra chapter for this week's manuscript."

"Uh...Okay." After agreeing to Li Yue, Yi Linchuan glanced at the sky, "It will be too late if you don't go back."

Li Yue glanced at the time, had to admit that what Yi Linchuan said was right, and said regretfully, "Let's make an appointment next time."

When the two were about to walk out of the coffee shop side by side, they happened to meet an acquaintance.That person also happened to see him, smiled slightly, and said, "What a coincidence."

It's not just a coincidence, it's just too much of a coincidence.

Yi Linchuan was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and he also replied, "What a coincidence." But he didn't know how to continue.

"This is?" Ye Ming's eyes fell on Li Yue, and he showed her a friendly smile.

"I'm his editor." Li Yue glanced at Ye Ming and then at Yi Linchuan, smiled, and said, "Then I'll go first, bye."

"Ah, bye."

After saying goodbye to Li Yue, they were relatively speechless for a while, and the atmosphere became so stiff.Ye Ming looked at Yi Linchuan who bowed his head in silence, sighed inwardly, and suddenly found it funny.After so many years, Yi Linchuan's problem of not being good at talking with people still hasn't changed.The alienated distance seems to be shortened by this small detail at once.

Ye Ming turned his mind, but didn't show it on his face, he just said: "We stand here, it seems that we are blocking the way of others."

After finishing speaking, Ye Ming naturally took Yi Linchuan's hand, opened the door and walked out.

The hand he held froze for a moment, but he didn't pull away.

Ye Ming walked aimlessly along the road, and Yi Linchuan silently let him lead him along.

"Qingqing is going back today, and I'll see you off to the airport. I didn't expect this place to be so far away that I can't get a taxi. I don't know if the hotels around here are full. If they are full, I'm going to sleep on the street?" Ye Ming frowned. Wrinkled, then quickly let go, and smiled helplessly.

Yi Linchuan turned his head to look at him, saw the expression on his face clearly, and suddenly said: "If you don't mind, you can come to my house."

"Huh?" Ye Ming was taken aback, and when he turned his head to look at him, Yi Linchuan had already turned his head back, half of his face was covered by his long hair, his long and black eyelashes were particularly eye-catching, and the ends of his eyes were half hidden in his hair. Between, looming faintly.The light from the street lamp scattered on his face, unexpectedly soft.

Ye Ming's heart skipped a beat.He pretended to hesitate and asked, "Will it bother you?"

Yi Linchuan shook his head, "No."

Then he pulled the hand he was holding, and pointed the other hand behind him, "My house is in that direction."

"..."

Ye Ming naturally made a small circle around Yi Linchuan, turned around, "Then let's go."

"You...why are you back?" Yi Linchuan asked hesitantly.Logically speaking, he is not qualified to ask about Ye Ming, but there is no way, he is really curious.He thought that he would never see Ye Ming again in this life.

"Come back and go through the formalities to completely transfer the account."

"That's it."

On the way back, Ye Ming naturally continued to chat with Yi Linchuan.

Yi Linchuan was not stupid, so he naturally realized something.The supposedly embarrassing scene of the reunion for many years turned so naturally, the reason can only be that Ye Ming is consciously controlling the field, and Yuanrong skillfully avoids those embarrassing topics.

What have you been doing all these years?Ye Ming?The straightforward and innocent boy back then has transformed into such a mature and stable person... It was as if, when he woke up, the person he was thinking of was no longer the original him.

Ye Ming sensed Yi Linchuan's distraction, and suddenly chuckled, causing Yi Linchuan to look at him suspiciously.

"When I left, we were in the second year of junior high school. Unexpectedly, I went directly to the second year of high school when I went abroad."

Yi Linchuan nodded, Ye Ming had said this before, and he knew about it.

"Now do the math, seven years have passed, you are probably in your senior year?" Ye Ming smiled slightly, "Then you...would you like to call me a senior?"

However, unexpectedly, Yi Linchuan smiled and shook his head, "It's a pity that I can't do what you wish, I'm not in senior year now."

"Probably since my sophomore year, I stopped reading."

Such an answer was completely unexpected by Ye Ming.Ye Ming turned his head to look at him, and saw Yi Linchuan's expression was calm and gentle, he didn't seem to care about it, he was slightly relieved, he seemed to change the topic inadvertently, but silently remembered it in his heart.