driftwood

When Chen Xing woke up, it was already afternoon. He was covered with a thin blanket. There were several missed calls on his mobile phone, two from Zhou Chen and one from the squad leader.

The sun at four or five o'clock in the afternoon was still dazzling, casting dappled light on the floor through the curtains.Chen Xing sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, called Zhou Chen, and the phone was turned off.As soon as he threw his mobile phone on the cabinet, the monitor's call came in.

"Chen Xing, you come to the school, the teacher said that you need to estimate the score."

"Well, I'll go in a while."

"Can you contact Shen Chengyan for help? His phone is turned off."

"Well, I'll try."

It's really strange, one by one the mobile phones are turned off.

Chen Xing hung up the phone, found Du Keming and dialed it. After a while, he got connected, and a hoarse male voice came from inside: "Is there something wrong with the call?"

Chen Xing raised the phone to his eyes and looked, it was Du Keming's number.

"who are you?"

He was stunned for a few seconds, and then roared with that broken voice: "I, Du Keming, can't you hear the sound?"

Chen Xing smiled unceremoniously, "I didn't hear it because of the sound, what's wrong with your voice? Are you angry?"

Du Keming squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "Well, I'm on fire."

Chen Xing went into the bathroom, turned on the hands-free phone and put it on the sink, squeezed toothpaste and asked, "Where's Shen Chengyan? The teacher asked him to estimate his score, and his phone was turned off."

"I don't know, it's annoying, hang up."

Before Chen Xing could speak, he hung up the phone. He looked at the blacked-out screen and was speechless. Is Du Keming a firework?All kinds of fancy fried.

Chen Xing took a shower, and left a note for Zhou Chen on the table when he went out.As soon as the door was opened, a wave of heat swept across the face with dust flying from the stairway. The leaves on the side of the road in the community were swollen, and people passing by held fans in their hands and complained: "This damn weather, it's so hot."

Before the end of school time, the school gate was also deserted, and the gates of each class teacher's office were full of people, and the originally spacious corridor was suddenly blocked.As soon as Chen Xing turned into the corridor, a sharp-eyed student shouted, "Isn't that Chen Xing?"

The corridor became quiet for a moment, and all the students turned their heads to look at Chen Xing. Chen Xing walked through the crowd calmly and turned into Liu Xiaoxia's office.

There was a circle of people in front of the desk, and the monitor looked back at Chen Xing, smiled and asked, "How did you do in the exam?"

Chen Xing replied very modestly: "It's okay."

"Where's Shen Chengyan?"

"Fail to contact."

As soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, Shen Chengyan appeared at the door.

Chen Xing turned around and asked, "Du Keming told you?"

Shen Chengyan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I saw the text message sent by the monitor, did you call him?"

"Well, he is very irritable today, what's the matter?"

Shen Chengyan lowered his voice and said, "I didn't let him go out to play last night, so I lost my temper."

Chen Xing: "..."

There are too many people in the office, and it is uncomfortable.The two went out and stood at the end of the corridor. Chen Xing lowered his head to play escape room. Shen Chengyan called Du Keming several times but no one answered. Is it sick, thanks to you, I'm very tired now, I'm fucking going to sleep, understand?"

Chen Xing consciously took a few steps to the side, leaning against the pillars and continued to play the game wholeheartedly.

Shen Chengyan slowly let go of the hands that had been clenched all the time, a smile appeared in his eyes, and the tenderness in his words was obvious: "Okay, then you go to sleep, I'll look for you tonight."

"Don't come, you fucking let me take a rest, you figure out how many hours I slept last night, where's your conscience?"

Shen Chengyan turned his head and coughed twice, a hint of pink crept up on the tips of his ears, and it took a long time before he said: "Tonight, if I don't do it, I will stay with you."

Du Keming laughed a few times over there, but his voice was not so hoarse, "What did you say last night? What's the result?"

Shen Chengyan said in a low voice, "Well, it's my fault."

The two were silent for a while, only the sound of each other's shallow breathing in their ears.Du Keming whispered, "What I promised you last night is not counted."

Shen Chengyan said firmly: "No."

Du Keming became anxious, "I was threatened by you."

"Just can't."

Du Keming was so angry that he couldn't speak, his momentum gradually faded, and he said sullenly: "Why, I'm not yours."

After a long silence, Du Keming was a little flustered, and whispered, "Shen Chengyan, are you there?"

There was no response from the other end, Du Keming knew that Shen Chengyan was angry, very angry, how could this person be exactly the same as three years ago, he would be angry for the same sentence, when he was angry, he didn't know how to say it, he would just keep silent.

Du Keming said softly, "Brother Shen?"

The sudden "Brother Shen" made Shen Chengyan loosen and clenched his clenched fists, his frowning brows slowly relaxed, and he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. After thinking for a long time, he only said briefly, "Yeah." .”

"are you angry?"

Shen Chengyan pursed his lips and did not speak, and heard the person on the phone say each word: "I am yours, always have been."

This is a promise, right?I take it for granted.It would be great if you said this earlier, so that the two years we were absent from each other could have been missed.

"Du Keming, don't be mad at me in the future."

Du Keming laughed, "Then I'll go out to play in the future, so I can take you with me."

"Ah."

"Evening, all night, bar, KTV are all okay?"

"Well, it's fine."

Only when the twilight gradually subsided did the people in the office finish walking.Chen Xing and Shen Chengyan pulled up two stools and sat opposite Liu Xiaoxia. Liu Xiaoxia simply asked how the test was going, and then threw the answer analysis to the two of them for their own estimation.

During the whole process, Chen Xing and Shen Chengyan looked calm, Liu Xiaoxia looked up at them quickly, then quickly lowered her head.In less than half an hour, the two finished the estimation, arranged the materials and put them on the table.Liu Xiaoxia couldn't hide the nervousness on her face, and asked as calmly as possible: "How many exams can I take?"

The two said in unison: "720"

The fine lines on Liu Xiaoxia's face appeared when she smiled, she stood up and walked around the office several times, saying several times: "Okay, that's great, I really didn't disappoint the teacher."

Walking out of the office side by side, Chen Xing leaned against the wall and smiled, "Tell me, will the two of us be tied for the provincial champion this year?" When he said this, the lights in the corridor reflected on his face, dotted with hair. At the tip of his head, half of the stars were scattered on his shoulders, under the deep blue sky, his whole body was full of light, and he was full of vigor and vigor.

Shen Chengyan also laughed, "Maybe."

When Zhou Chen came out of the shower, Chen Xing had just entered the door, holding two wontons in his hand.

He put the wontons on the table, turned to Zhou Chen and said, "I estimated the score this afternoon, 720."

Zhou Chen stopped wiping his hair with his hands, and said with a smile, "It's amazing, better than I thought."

Chen Xing opened his arms, "Hug me."

Zhou Chen put the towel around his neck, stepped in front of Chen Xing in two steps, and hugged him in his arms.

He heard Chen Xing say: "Zhou Chen, thank you."

"you are important to me."

"Fortunately, I met you."

Zhou Chen patted Chen Xing's back lightly, and said in a low voice, "Well, I know all about it."

Chen Xing asked: "If I go to school far away in the future, will you blame me?"

After a long time, Zhou Chen said softly: "You should have your own ideals, go to some strange cities, walk alone for a certain distance, a bridge, maybe lonely all the way, or laugh and laugh, these should be yours. If you don’t want to, you have to go on, you can think of it as a wandering, a wandering that knows the return date.”

"how about you?"

"Do you know why the wanderer is looking forward to returning home? Because someone is waiting for him, and I am not going anywhere, but I am also waiting for you."

"Well, wait for me."

Chen Xing didn't rest at home for two days, and the people from the tutoring institution came to the door and asked Chen Xing to give lectures in their institution. One class was two hours and 400 yuan.Chen Xing originally planned to make some money during the summer vacation, so he agreed.

He leads a middle class with about [-] people, and he is responsible for teaching physics.Most of these students are in the second year of the third middle school. They go to school during the day and make up classes at night.The level is also quite high, and Chen Xing doesn't have much trouble speaking.

On the day when the results were released, Zhou Chen didn't go to work, and Chen Xing felt that he had slept for a long time, until he lost all energy in his body.He opened his eyes in a daze, only to see Zhou Chen sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him and smiling.

The curtains were drawn, but the sun was still glaring, Chen Xing raised his hands to cover his eyes, coughed twice and asked, "What time is it?"

Zhou Chen pulled Chen Xing by the arm and pulled Chen Xing up. He brushed Chen Xing's messy hair and said, "It's two o'clock."

Chen Xing sat up straight suddenly, and his drowsiness dissipated. He grabbed the phone in Zhou Chen's hand and looked at it: 14:00.

Chen Xing lowered his head to log on to the website. The internet speed was extremely slow at the moment, and the progress bar was stuck there for a long time without any progress.He stared at the screen and asked, "Why didn't you call me?"

Zhou Chen squeezed Chen Xing's fingers again and again, and said with a smile, "725."

A heart fell steadily, Chen Xing heaved a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Zhou Chen, "Have you checked?"

"Well, I checked it, and you can read it again yourself."

"How many languages"

"130, the test is very good."

Chen Xing nodded, hesitated for a long time before asking: "Then, what about the ranking?"

Zhou Chen leaned over and took Chen Xing into his arms, and said in a gentle voice, "No matter how you do in the exam, you are my pride."

Chen Xing's heart suddenly turned cold, and he only felt his head buzzing.Burying his head on Zhou Chen's neck, he said sullenly, "I thought I could get the champion."

Chen Xing didn't see Zhou Chen hugging him and smiling, he only heard the undisguised smile in his voice: "Oh, then your feeling is quite accurate."

"What do you mean?" Chen Xing wanted to stand up straight, but Zhou Chen pressed his back into his arms.

"First, first in the province."

Chen Xing's mind was filled with the words "No. [-] in the province", and he asked Zhou Chen in a daze, "Did you lie to me?"

Zhou Chen laughed enough before saying, "No."

Chen Xing closed his eyes, the corners of his eyes were red, but the corners of his mouth were curved.The warm breath fell on Zhou Chen's neck, and he said, "Zhou Chen, this champion is for you."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Well, I accept it."

"Take it well, this is what I bought for 12 years, and it is the best thing I can give you."

"Well, it will be accepted."

The author has something to say: Calling Chen Xing crazy, amazing