driftwood

Chen Xing stood up, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and flipped through the address book with his mobile phone. There were only a dozen or so people in his address book. He dialed Xu Xin's number without hesitation, and Xu Xin answered after a long time: "I want to Me?" Xu Xin was very noisy, Chen Xing frowned: "Where are you?"

"Dining with my parents outside, what's wrong with you?" Xu Xin almost shouted.

Chen Xing's eyes fell on his toes, and his voice was abrupt in the deserted neighborhood: "It's nothing, I just miss you."

Xu Xin laughed twice over there: "Wait, I will send you warmth when we meet."

After hanging up Xu Xin's call, Chen Xing was confused for a while, where should he go now, should he go home, he really didn't want to see Chen Jianping, he felt sick.Chen Xing squatted down slowly, it was really cold, his hands and feet were shaking, where should he go.

Chen Xing pulled the address book, he knew it was useless, when he saw the name, Chen Xing thought he was dazzled, he didn't remember that he saved Zhou Chen's number.He closed his eyes and opened them again, it turned out to be true, Zhou Chen's name was rightly placed at the end of his address book.

After the excitement, Chen Xing calmed down, he didn't know what the hell he was getting excited about, he didn't know anyone well at all.In the middle of the night, it's not good to trouble others.Just as he was hesitating, the phone screen flickered. Chen Xing looked at it and laughed out loud. What a coincidence, it was Zhou Chen's text message: "It's me, Zhou Chen. I have time to go to the hospital. It's time to remove the stitches."

Holding the phone, Chen Xing stared down at the words for a long time, his eyes a little bit astringent.

After several minutes, Chen Xing lowered his head and texted Zhou Chen back: "I know, is it convenient to answer the phone?"

Zhou Chen quickly replied, "Yes."

This time Chen Xing quickly dialed the phone, and Zhou Chen answered it immediately after ringing a few times: "Hello."

This simple character made Chen Xing inexplicably relieved for a moment, and when he spoke again, the voice was a bit bitter: "Zhou Chen."

He didn't want to be called Police Officer Zhou, and he didn't want to be called Brother Zhou Chen either. He just wanted to be called Zhou Chen, just like calling his friend.

"Huh?" Zhou Chen's voice was gentle and gentle, and when it reached Chen Xing's ears through the mobile phone, it still carried a reassuring temperature.

Chen Xing held the phone close to his ear, and was silent for a long time without thinking about how to speak.

"Chen Xing, talk."

Chen Xing said slowly, "Can I go to you now?" Subconsciously, he felt that Zhou Chen would not refuse. This inexplicable intuition was strong and firm enough to repel the remaining timidity and uneasiness in his heart.

Zhou Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "Come on, I'm at home."

Chen Xing shook when he stood up, his feet were numb after squatting for too long.He stood there for a long time, and then walked towards Zhou Chen's house with big strides when his legs were no longer numb.

He still remembered how to get to Zhou Chen's house, it was not too far from his house, it took only 10 minutes to get there.

Chen Xing strode up to the third floor. As soon as he stood at the door of Zhou Chen's house, the door opened from the inside. Zhou Chen stood at the door wearing a white sweater and looked at him quietly.

Chen Xing forced a smile: "I'm here."

Zhou Chen let him into the house, closed the door and began to look at him carefully.

Chen Xing knew what Zhou Chen was thinking, he touched his nose embarrassedly: "No injury."

"Oh." Zhou Chen nodded, "Have you eaten yet?"

Chen Xing was stunned, why didn't this person ask anything, even if he didn't ask, he didn't bother to tell people about the shitty things about his family.Then he shook his head honestly: "No."

"Noodles and eggs, the tomatoes are in the refrigerator." Zhou Chen pointed to the kitchen.Chen Xing nodded helplessly: "I see." He actually didn't like tomato egg noodles very much, but Zhou Chen's family could only make tomato egg noodles that day.

Chen Xing took two steps towards the kitchen, Zhou Chen's lazy voice sounded behind him: "I didn't eat either."

"Understood." Chen Xing didn't stop walking, Zhou Chen looked at his back, and smiled with the corner of his mouth bent.

After the two of them sat on the sofa and ate noodles in silence, it was still Zhou Chen who got up to wash the dishes.Chen Xing walked around on the balcony, but he didn't see Ergou. He stood on the balcony and asked Zhou Chen, "Where's the cat?"

After waiting for a long time, Zhou Chen didn't answer. Chen Xing walked to the kitchen door. The kitchen door was ajar. Chen Xing stood at the door and peeked through the crack. Chen Xing vaguely heard "I won't go back" and "I don't want" popped out of Zhou Chen's mouth intermittently, the corners of Chen Xing's mouth twitched, he was still a stubborn young man.

He stood at the door and waited until there was no movement inside before opening the door and going in.Zhou Chen leaned against the cabinet, lowered his head and stared at the ground in a daze.Chen Xing smiled lightly, this person is really easy to lose his mind.

He stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Zhou Chen: "Wake up."

When Zhou Chen raised his head, Chen Xing's smile froze on his face, the eyes of the person in front of him were erratic, and when the eyes met his own, they were indescribably dazed and dim.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Xing frowned deeply, he didn't know who made the call, how could Zhou Chen become like this with just one call.

Zhou Chen lowered his head, shook his head lightly, and said softly, "It's okay, it's okay." It's just that the gesture was so helpless, Chen Xing felt distressed for a while.

He slowly stepped forward and stretched out his arms to gently encircle Zhou Chen. Only then did he feel that Zhou Chen was trembling slightly.Chen Xing sighed, and patted Zhou Chen on the back: "It's okay, don't be afraid."

Chen Xing dragged Zhou Chen back to the bedroom. Zhou Chen kept his head down and said nothing. Chen Xing helped Zhou Chen take off his shoes, helped him to lie down, covered him with the quilt, and Zhou Chen closed his eyes wearily.Sitting by the bed, Chen Xing looked at Zhou Chen carefully. His double eyelids, Chen Xing thought for a while, they seemed to be called peach blossom eyes, with a high nose bridge and thin lips tightly closed. I looked pale and haggard.Chen Xing stared at Zhou Chen's face for a long time, and finally poked his face with his finger out of nowhere, which was quite soft.

"It's you, your brother was killed by you, if it wasn't for you, could something happen to your brother, why didn't you die?" Zhou Chen covered his ears, trying not to listen to these accusations, tears fell drop by drop on the On the ground, Yang Qiu's angry and distorted face was right in front of his eyes, and he pointed to his face and said these words he didn't want to hear.

Covering his ears didn't work, what should we do? Zhou Chen turned around in a panic, only to find that there was no door in this room, only one window. He ran to the window, took a look, and quickly backed away, clutching his chest Gasp, it's so high, you can't see the ground at all when you look down from the window.Yang Qiu approached him step by step with a sneer: "Jump, jump down, it's better to die, it's better to go to accompany your brother after death."

Zhou Chen's hand touched the window sill, Yang Qiu was still approaching step by step, he closed his eyes, leaned back with all his strength, forget it, it's over, whether it's his fault or not, he will bear it It's good, he has been wronged for so many years, this is the last time, he will be at peace when he dies.

The feeling of falling rapidly was terrible, and it didn't bring him the relief he imagined, and the panic like drowning in his heart almost overwhelmed him.Zhou Chen stretched out his hands in panic and scratched around. No, he couldn't grab anything.When he was about to give up in despair, a pair of strong hands grabbed him and pulled him upwards. Zhou Chen thought, it seemed that he didn't have to die for the time being.

Chen Xing got up at six o'clock in the morning, and went to Zhou Chen's bedroom after washing up. He didn't sleep well last night.He gently opened the door, went to the bed and sat down, Zhou Chen was still awake, Chen Xing got close to Zhou Chen's face and saw a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.Chen Xing soaked a towel in hot water and wiped Zhou Chen's face, and tested his forehead with his hand. Fortunately, he didn't have a fever.

When Chen Xing went back to the bathroom to put the towel and came back, Zhou Chen was still sleeping, but his brows were tightly frowned, his face was very anxious, he stretched out his hand to touch something on the bed, and beads of sweat appeared on his wiped forehead , more than just now.

Chen Xing walked up to him and sighed softly, what did this man dream about to be so flustered.He bent down and gently held Zhou Chen's hand.After Zhou Chen grabbed his hand, he clenched it tightly, and slowly relaxed his brows. Chen Xing looked down and couldn't help laughing. Zhou Chen clenched his hand so hard that it turned white.

Chen Xing kept this posture and waited for a long time, his waist was sore from waiting. Zhou Chen hadn't woken up yet, and his hands were still tightly clenched.Chen Xing leaned against the edge of the bed and slowly sat on the ground, resting his head on the edge of the bed as a pillow. Maybe it was because he got up too early in the morning, and Chen Xing felt a little sleepy again, and fell asleep soon.

Zhou Chen was woken up by thirst. He opened his eyes, licked his lips, and was about to sit up with his hands propped up. When he moved, he found Chen Xing's hand in his hand. Next to him was Chen Xing, who was sleeping soundly lying on the bed. profile.

Zhou Chen let go of Chen Xing's hand in embarrassment. He sat up and thought about what happened last night. After confirming that he did not do anything indescribable to Chen Xing, he was relieved.He turned sideways and looked at Chen Xing's face. His long eyelashes cast a small shadow on his face, and his bangs lay softly on his forehead, without the usual rebellious look.Zhou Chen involuntarily took a closer look, and then saw a small, light brown mole on the corner of Chen Xing's left eye.You can't find it unless you look carefully.

Zhou Chen stretched out his hand to touch Chen Xing's hair, and when he touched it immediately, Chen Xing's eyes opened. Zhou Chen felt embarrassed for a moment, neither stretched out nor retracted his hand, and just stopped in mid-air.

When Chen Xing opened his eyes and saw this weird scene, he looked dazed and blinked at Zhou Chen: "What are you doing?" Zhou Chen quickly withdrew his hand and said nonsense in a serious manner: "There was something in my hair just now."

Chen Xing immediately scratched his hair with his hand: "Where is it?"

"I should be dazzled." Zhou Chen continued to talk nonsense.

"Oh." Chen Xing straightened his hair and stood up from the ground: "Get up when you wake up."

Zhou Chen was a little slow to react when he got up, and after nodding, he asked Chen Xing belatedly: "Aren't you going to school?"

Chen Xing felt a little helpless, did this person lose his mind? "Today is Saturday."

"Ah, I forgot." Zhou Chen continued to nod. Chen Xing really wanted to ask what kind of phone call Zhou Chen received last night to provoke him like that. He tentatively said, "Zhou Chen..."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Chen smiled at him.

"Nothing, how about some milk in the morning?"

"En." Zhou Chen nodded, and after watching Chen Xing go out, Zhou Chen leaned against the head of the bed tiredly and closed his eyes.

He knew what Chen Xing hadn't said, but Yang Qiu's vicious words came out of his mind uncontrollably last night, "You are a dead star, why didn't you die..." I didn't It's really a special taste to say what you want to hear from your own mother.

He has been hiding. He has not returned home several times in the four years of university, and he has not reached out to ask for money from his family. He is afraid of seeing Yang Qiu, he is afraid of hearing her curses through gritted teeth, he is afraid of seeing her cold eyes, that kind of transparent But he wanted to see the eyes of another person, the kind of eyes that looked at him full of resentment.How can a mother's heart be so vicious that people can't help but tremble.

It turns out that those so-called truths are all false, and not all parents will love their children.

Zhou Chen didn't see Chen Xing when he came out after washing. There were two cups of hot milk on the table.As soon as Zhou Chen sat down, someone knocked on the door. After opening the door, it was Chen Xing, who shook Zhou Chen with a bun in his hand, and said as he walked in, "Your house only has milk left, and I can't eat enough. I just went downstairs to buy steamed stuffed buns, steamed stuffed buns are so cheap here, a basket of steamed stuffed buns costs four yuan, and the proprietress gave me two more."

Zhou Chen looked at the two bags of buns on the table and smiled: "Why buy so many?"

"Aren't you going to eat and buy it for viewing, and is it a lot for the two of you?" Chen Xing sat down and opened the bag, pushing it in front of Zhou Chen: "Eat it."

Zhou Chen took the bun, looked at Chen Xing and said thank you seriously.

Chen Xing bit the bun and was stunned for a while: "Thank you for what?"

What are you thanking, Zhou Chen thought for a while, thanking him for hugging himself when he was scared last night, thanking him for giving him a strong hand when he was desperate in his dream, thanking him for considering his emotions this morning And didn't ask about the exit, thank you for this cup of hot milk and this steamed bun.

"Thank you for taking care of me so much." Zhou Chen thanked me solemnly, and Chen Xing answered helplessly: "Thank you for taking me in last night, polite words, don't stop, everyone don't eat today."

Zhou Chen laughed, he was really as bright as a jade tree before the wind, a suave and suave young man.When the corners of those peach-blossom eyes twitched, there was a bit of evil in the warmth, how much hazy mountain scenery was contained in those eyes, and how much sparkling water was hidden?

Looking at those eyes, Chen Xing felt his heart skip a few beats. He thought this person was prettier than himself.

When the two of them were halfway through their meal, Chen Xing's cell phone rang. It was Li Man's. Chen Xing didn't really want to answer it, so he hung up.He also found out in the past few days that he doesn't like Li Man at all. He wants to find a suitable time to break up. Since he doesn't like him, he should not delay him.

Not long after, the phone started ringing again. Chen Xing leaned on the stool and pressed the answer button.

"Hey?"

The moment the phone was connected, the noise from Li Man's side instantly subsided, and the girl's crisp voice came into Chen Xing's ears: "Chen Xing, are you free today?"

"No time." Chen Xing answered neatly, his eyes fell on Zhou Chen, and he watched Zhou Chen walking towards the kitchen with the empty cup they drank.

"What's the matter with you today?" Li Man always spoke in such a cautious manner to Chen Xing, but Chen Xing felt very stressed by such cautiousness.

Chen Xing was silent for a long time before calmly saying: "Let's break up."

"What do you mean?"

Li Man's voice trembled a little. She felt that she had done nothing wrong. She always obeyed Chen Xing and never made any unreasonable demands. Chen Xing didn't like her acting like a baby, and she didn't act like a baby to her boyfriend like other girls. , she really couldn't figure out why Chen Xing wanted to break up with her now.

"We are not suitable." Chen Xing tried to make his voice sound gentle and peaceful: "We may be more suitable to be classmates rather than lovers."

Li Man's voice was already crying: "Why, what's wrong with me, you can tell me and I can change it."

Chen Xing was a little helpless: "You are fine, I..."

"Then why did you break up? I don't care."

Chen Xing was about to speak again, Li Man had already hung up the phone, Chen Xing looked at the interface where the call ended, and suddenly regretted that he had agreed to Li Man to be her boyfriend, giving others hope in vain, and not saying it so easily Send your first love away.

"What an idiot." Chen Xing cursed in a low voice.Looking up, Zhou Chen was standing outside the kitchen with sliced ​​apples and watching him with a smile, Chen Xing raised his eyebrows, "So you really have this quirk."

"I can't help it, your voice is too loud, you can't even close the door to stop it, you are so confident in breaking up." Zhou Chen sat down opposite Chen Xing with a smile, and pushed the plate in his hand towards Chen Xing.

Chen Xing took an apple and put it in his mouth: "Are you going to comfort me?"

Zhou Chen didn't understand Chen Xing's brain circuit: "Consolation? Why should I comfort you when you broke up by yourself?"

"Comfort me that the breakup was unsuccessful, cheer me up, and let me make persistent efforts."

Zhou Chen patted Chen Xing on the shoulder solemnly and said, "Then you go on."

"Thank you for your encouragement." Chen Xing narrowed his eyes and smiled.

It turned out to be a boy who loves to laugh.

"Let me treat you to dinner." Zhou Chen didn't know why he said this sentence suddenly, and felt that he was too strange after saying it.

Chen Xing was also stunned for a moment, and then he smiled, and the mole at the corner of his eye became abnormally soft, and he nodded gently: "Okay."