He Xuchunqiu

The interview with designer Xu Ran was finalized in the February issue, which symbolizes the beginning of the new year. The company had a holiday in mid-January, and only the relevant distribution department continued to work overtime to process the first issue of the new year.

"Hello?" He was standing on the side of the road waiting for the red light to turn green when his mother's phone call happened.

"Xu Ren, when will you come back this year? Your uncle and aunt always miss you, and even made you special beef dumplings." He's mother was sitting by the coffee table holding her mobile phone, while He's father was wearing an apron to post Listen together on the earpiece.

He pinched his fingers and counted. It seemed that he hadn't been home for more than two years.

The winter wind is like rough sand rubbing through the fingers, and some people put their hands back into their pockets: "I'm afraid this year will not work, and the company has to work overtime for typesetting, so I can't go away."

In fact, He Hui has been on vacation for almost a week now, and just came out to buy some ingredients for hot pot, because the family at home is always clamoring for hot pot these days.

Thinking of Xu Ran, He Xuren's cheeks that were blown stiff also cracked a smile.

"Why are you working overtime again? Is your big company also going to catch up with the year?" He's mother muttered a lot on the other end of the phone, obviously telling her son on purpose.

"This is not a small place like a home, everyone is so busy, where is the time to rest..." He Xu frowned, and blinked vigorously to moisten his dry eyeballs.

"...Let me tell him, you go and help to watch the fire first..." There was a rustling sound of cloth rubbing on the other end of the phone, and the person who answered the phone was replaced by He's father, "Xu Ren, it's me. "

The green light was already on, but He Xu retreated from the zebra crossing and stood under a lamp post.

"Dad." He Xuren hadn't called home for a long time, and his near-native feeling made him unable to say anything else for a while, so he could only answer dryly.

"Go home this year. I have done a lot of ideological work for your mother in the past two years. She will not force you to get married again." He Chengqi wanted to wipe his hands on the apron again, but found that the apron had already been changed to his wife. .

"Then what about the fact that I like men? Will she understand?" He Xu swallowed, and changed his hand to hold the phone.

"Are you talking about friends?" He Chengqi asked sensitively.

"Well, man. What's the matter? Are you going to send me for treatment again?" His lips were extremely dry, and every time he said a word, he felt that it had opened countless holes to catch the wind.

"What are you talking about? Do you still hate us? Mom and Dad already know they are wrong." He Chengqi can't forget the afternoon when he learned the true face of the so-called "Internet Addiction Treatment School". They are shocking.

"No, I was just joking." How many people's hatred has been suppressed in the day-to-day work, and there is no room to breathe.

"How is that child? Does he treat you well? Do you like it?" He Chengqi still cared more about his son, and asked three times in a row.

"He is very good and treats me well. I like him very much." He Yan watched the green light turn into a red light for pedestrians.

"That's good... take him home to celebrate the New Year together..." He Chengqi lowered his posture, took off his glasses, rubbed his swollen eyes, and added, "Come back together, Dad misses you."

"Okay." He Xuren's white breath filled his eyes.

The traffic on the street is like a moving cage.Who rubbed his nose, and crossed the road in the seconds of stepping on the signal light...

"Why did you come back, I thought you were blown away by the strong wind!" Xu Ran hugged someone as soon as he came up, like a coquettish child.

"Passing by the gymnasium and watched the children play table tennis for a while, it looks better than when you were a child." He Xu put the bag into Xu Ran's hand and urged him to wash the vegetables and arrange the dishes.

"Let's go after we finish the hot pot! How can they play as well as I did when I was a child..." Xu Ran carried two bags of beef and mutton, shrimp balls and fish balls into the kitchen.

He Xuren did go to the gymnasium on the way back to watch the children play table tennis for a while, but the look on their faces was less competitive than Xu Ran's back then, and more of a genuine interest in this sport.

The soup base of the hot pot is made by someone who has boiled the broth in advance. After adding the hot pot ingredients, a pot of bright red oil boils out.Steaming hot, one after another soaked in the noodle soup, the craving aroma is bursting, which is the taste of happiness.

"Put the meatballs and noodles first..." Xu Ran took the plate and poured what he wanted along the side of the pot.

How could anyone rest their chins and watch him hurrying back and forth, watching the fish balls soaked in the soup one by one and turning into floating buoys, watching the blood color of the beef and mutton slices being scalded to gray...

After eating the hot pot, the two of them were full and hot, and Xu Ran was determined to take someone to the gymnasium for a walk.

After an hour and a half.

"Haha, there is no one here who can play!" Xu Ran twirled the table tennis racket in his hand without any shame, and said to the kid who had just changed his teeth with a proud face.

Who sat on the nearby steps and looked helplessly at Xu Ran bullying others. Xu Ran took all the children practicing table tennis in the hall to a match, and always shamelessly lobbed them with a lob that passed the net. The ball is scored, and most kids' hands can't even reach his ball.

The result of the game is obvious, Xu Ran is a grand slam.

"How is it? Am I powerful?" Xu Ran raised his chin proudly, asking for someone's praise.

"He will bully children, what kind of hero is he?" He Xu walked to Xu Ran's opposite table, bent down and smiled and asked the little girl who had just lost the game, "Little sister, can you lend me your racket? Beat him down."

"Yeah!" The little girl wiped away her tears, and solemnly handed the racket into someone's hands, "Big brother, come on!"

This is a duel between adults, Xu Ran VS He Xu.

The little girl who was crying just now immediately called all the other players who were playing, and sat next to someone to cheer him on.

He Huiren is actually not good at playing table tennis, and it was just a whim when he said that he wanted to compete, but he didn't expect this group of children to take it so formally, which made him nervous.

"Hey, give me some face and let me win." When the two sides exchanged places, He He Ren and Xu Ran bit their ears.

How can the wife's order be disobeyed?So, the next scene is like this -

Xu Ran deliberately aimed at who's racket to serve, and whoever also hit the ball back... In the innocent eyes of the children, Xu Ran was retreating steadily, and what person was a superman with a hundred hits.

With Xu Ran's deliberate release of water, no one naturally won the game.A group of children surrounded him excitedly for a while, and soon dispersed to continue practicing.

"I haven't seen you for many years, the sword is not old!" He Xu patted Xu Ran's thigh.

"Where is it? Comrade He is too powerful. The three days after the farewell should really be impressive." Xu Ran half leaned on the steps and propped up his chin with his racket.

"If you continue to play, will the subject of my interview become the Olympic champion Xu Ran?" He Xuren also lay down and rested his head on the hat.

"will not."

"why?"

"In fact, I have never liked playing table tennis. I only learned it to meet their expectations and let my parents get along longer while being proud of me. It's just that I was always wrong at that time. The two How can someone who doesn't even have love in their eyes maintain love just by relying on my trivial achievements?"

Who reached out to hold Xu Ran's hand.

"But for a while, I was very happy when I was playing table tennis. I thought it was because I suddenly liked playing, but then I found out that it was because I fell in love with you. You always came to see me for training, and I always wanted to Show me my best skills in front of you."

"I know, you always liked to look at me after taking a ball back then."

"At that time, I also began to feel that it didn't matter if I didn't have the company and care of my parents. At least I still had you, and it's the same now. It's good to have you. I don't need their troublesome care."

When Xu Ran said these words, his expression was calm, and he was very gentle only when he mentioned someone.

"Come home with me." Someone hooked Xu Ran's finger.

"Huh? Go back now? It's only past three o'clock in the afternoon!"

"Go back to my hometown for the New Year, to meet my parents and family members."

"Your parents? Forget it, they won't accept me, and it's not good for you either."

"Trust me, I'll be with you no matter what."

Who's eyes are like a torch, igniting the dead hope in Xu Ran's heart.

"Okay, let's go home together."

The night before going home, there was a lantern festival in city B.

He Xuren and Xu Ran wrote their wishes on both sides of a Kongming lantern, and then let it fly into the boundless sea of ​​stars, hiding as one of the thousands of stars.

"What did you write?" Xu Ran watched the Kongming Lantern appear or disappear in his field of vision.

"It's a secret, you can't tell it." He Xu held Xu Ran's hand in the shadows and clasped his fingers tightly.

"Then mine is also a secret." Xu Ran smiled and showed her big white teeth.

Air tickets during the Spring Festival travel period were easier to buy than tickets for other means of transportation, but they were still somewhat affected by the Spring Festival travel season, and their flights were scheduled until late at night.

The plane flew through the boundless night, with layers of thin clouds and colorful lights under its feet, it looked like countless stars twinkling at the bottom of the clouds.

Who is already asleep, but Xu Ran is still awake.

Xu Ran looked at the thousands of families flying by, feeling uneasy and at a loss.He didn't know if there was one reserved for him among the thousands of lights that symbolized the harbor.

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