near and far

After He Cheng'an left, Le Mingxin didn't have to worry about lunch alone. He boiled some noodles, nestled an egg and put a slice of cheese on it, and ate half-full in a steaming pot.The house was quiet and quiet. It was Chinese New Year, and everything was closed. Le Mingxin played a game at home for an hour. After eating, he simply changed his clothes and went for a run by the river.

There were few pedestrians on the street. He put on gloves, put on the hood of his hoodie, tied the elastic cord around his chin, and stepped on the car.

Le Mingxin didn't have any back pain after a night of absurdity written in the little yellow article, most of it was because he didn't have real swords and guns to do it.

Le Mingxin ran along the river from one end to the other, covered in sweat, leaning on the railing to rest.The chubby gray pigeons that had been fed by the river landed at his feet with a "cuckoo" sound. The usual food vendors had gone home for the New Year, so Le Mingxin could only stare at the pigeons in a daze.

He suddenly became concerned, he didn't ask for He Chengan's contact information yet, and He Chengan didn't ask him for it either.

Le Mingxin's end was bored, but Kang Chen's end was very lively.

He slept in the same bed with Shao Zhihe the night before.

Kang Chen was sent back by the chauffeur at night, and he didn't drink too much. When he entered the door, Shao Zhihe was sitting on the sofa, turning on a star-shaped wall lamp that Kang Xiaoqin liked most. On official business, his hair, which is always meticulously combed, is loose, the air conditioner is turned on to warm up, and his shirt has two buttons unbuttoned.

Seeing Kang Chen coming back, Shao Zhihe looked up at him, familiar and intimate.

"I'm back. There is a glass of honey water on the table. I just made it. It's ready to drink."

Because of the effect of alcohol, Kang Chen's feet were a little floating. Sitting at the table, looking at the cup of honey water with just the right temperature, he remembered that when he was very young, he was still in kindergarten, went out to play and returned home downstairs, Shao Zhihe, who was in elementary school, was He poked his head out from the balcony on the second floor and said loudly to him, "Chenchen, I left you two pieces of chocolate."

Shao Zhihe turned off the tablet and stood up to leave.

Kang Chen scolded him in his heart for being a hypocrite, for doing all the good things, and for waiting so pitifully until midnight, he made up his mind to stay, and whoever wants to drive him away would be a wolf-hearted scoundrel.Kang Chen wanted to say "goodbye" to him, and wanted to see how Shao Zhihe had to leave after all his calculations were in vain.

He took a sip of honey water, the sweetness was just right, and his mouth softened, so he could only say: "It's so late, stay and sleep."

Sure enough, Shao Zhihe didn't even put on a polite resignation, and said, "Okay, then I'll sleep in the guest room."

Come, come, come again, Kang Chen is sleeping in the master bedroom, Kang Xiaoqin is sleeping in the second bedroom, all the pillows and sheets in the guest bedroom were removed and washed by Aunt Hong years ago, and put away in the closet, there is only an empty mattress, and you have to make the bed if you want to sleep Woolen cloth.Kang Chen believed that he had no crooked thoughts in his heart. Wouldn't it be more tricky for a big man to insist on sleeping in separate beds for a long time, so he said generously: "Don't worry, the bed is big, sleep together."

Who knew that Kang Chen didn't sleep well all night.

Aunt Hong is not here, the house is in chaos, the shower gel is used up, the two big men can only use Kang Xiaoqin's strawberry-flavored children's shower gel for bathing, the taste is so sweet that Kang Chen didn't sleep well, when Kang Xiaoqin came to call him in the morning, he I am in a daze and don't know why.

Although the two of them slept all night and nothing happened, Kang Chen still felt a little guilty in front of his daughter, so he quickly lifted the quilt to get up, carried his daughter out, and told her to brush her teeth and wash her face.

Shao Zhihe also woke up immediately, and cooked the first breakfast of the new year for the father and daughter.

It was said to be breakfast, but it was almost noon, and the three of them sent a video invitation to Australia's hair after breakfast.

Kang Chen and Shao Zhihe grew up together. When they lived in an old house when they were young, the two shared a common kitchen and they had been friends for decades.After retirement, the two old people went to Australia to retire, and the houses they bought in Australia were also next to each other.In previous years, both Kang Chen and Shao Zhihe would go to Australia to celebrate the New Year, but this year there were many things, and Kang Chen was busy until the [-]th year, so he didn't fly to Australia. Who knew that Shao Zhihe would also stay.

As soon as the video call was picked up, there were two elderly people on the other end.

Kang Xiaoqin has a sweet mouth and makes people scream loudly. During this time, the auspicious words he heard kept pouring out, and after a while, he sang the few New Year's greeting songs that are often played on the street, chattering endlessly, making the old man unable to close Mouth, after a while, the two elders of the Kang family began to criticize Kang Chen again.

"Look at Xiaoqin's hair, it looks like it's blown up. Those who are older than the Chinese New Year don't even comb it."

That's because Xin Yao braided her hair last night, and Shao Zhihe wanted to untie it for her when she was sleeping, but she was sleepy and unwilling, so she desperately pushed Shao Zhihe's hand away.After waking up, she slept in a mess. Kang Chen took it apart for her, and it took a long time to take it apart, but her hair was all sticky, and she couldn't comb it properly, and she couldn't wash her hair on the first day of the new year, so she could only let her blow it up. , she quite likes it herself.

After Shao Zhihe paid New Year's greetings to the fourth elder, he got up first and took away the breakfast plate on the table.

As soon as he left, the old people lowered their voices to inquire.

"Our river is still alone?"

Shao Zhihe came out of the closet at home, the two families are very good, and Kang's mother went to release them at that time.There was a lot of trouble at the time, but after a few years, I accepted it.Kang Chen still took his daughter with him, the old man loved his granddaughter and his son too, so he didn't dare to talk rashly to persuade him to find another thing, so he could only care about Shao Zhihe.

Kang Chen looked back at Shao Zhihe who was washing dishes in the kitchen. He also put on the apron that Aunt Hong usually wears, in case the water would splash his clothes.The apron was chosen by Kang Xiaoqin, the pink and tender little piggy Peppa, Shao Zhihe is tall, but it doesn't look funny, but it has a kind of homely warmth.

"No... I don't know..." Kang Chen hesitated.

Shao's mother sighed: "Xiaochen, please be nice to him, please tell me about him."

Kang Chen responded in a low voice.

During the whole Spring Festival holiday, Kang Chen and Shao Zhihe were busy helping their elders to go to relatives in China. Le Ming knew about it, and he didn't have the nerve to bother him, so he spent the whole year alone.

Both his parents passed away in a car accident in his senior year of high school. He spent many years celebrating the New Year alone. He got used to it, but it wasn’t too sad. It’s just that occasionally in the dead of night, he would be a little dazed, and he would suddenly wake up and stare at the ceiling in a daze. Then turn on the desk lamp by the bed, lift up the upside-down photo frame with a family of three photos embedded in it, look at it for a while, then close it again, turn off the light and go to sleep.

Le Mingxin packed up the last few days of his winter vacation, went for a jog by the river, brought some bread to feed the pigeons.

On this side of the river is the bar street, and on the opposite side is the historic church. Pigeons occasionally fly around the steeple of the church. The sunset light refracted by the flower window hits the river surface, sparkling. Le Mingxin can stand alone I watched for a long time.

He didn't go to Kang Chen to ask He Chengan's contact information.Because he felt that He Chengan had no intention of contacting him at all.The bitten tooth marks on the neck were slightly swollen two days ago, red like a wound, and gradually disappeared in a few days, leaving only a shallow mark, which will disappear without a trace in a few days .

Not long after turning the year, there was a class reunion. Le Ming couldn't help but think about who He Chengan had a crush on at that time. The classmates who had memories thought about it one by one.