Fall in love with summer flamingos

It's already mid-May. The weather this year seems to be getting hotter than in previous years. After Labor Day, everyone started wearing short-sleeved shirts.

The car was driving on the highway. It was raining today. The rain fell from the sky and hit the car window one after another.

Lin Nan held the steering wheel and looked at Su Yangxia who was sleeping with his eyes closed in the passenger seat.

"Yang Xia, we'll be there in half an hour," said Lin Nan.

Su Yangxia frowned, slowly opened her eyes and looked out the window. "It's raining."

Lin Nan glanced at him and nodded. "Well, it's been raining for a while. Let's find a hotel to rest first."

"Okay, drive directly to the nearest hotel. I have already booked it," said Su Yangxia.

Lin Nan frowned and nodded, saying, "Yang Xia, it's been six years, and you've been going there every week. When do you plan to find her?"

After booking the hotel, Su Yangxia threw her phone into the compartment at the side door. "I don't know. If I find it, I don't want to look for it. I can't find it..."

Lin Nan didn't say anything else, just looked at him helplessly and shook his head.

Because of the rain, the light inside the car was dim. The person in the passenger seat closed his eyes again, his eyebrows knitted together, and his thin lips were pressed into a straight line, slightly curved downwards. He seemed to be in a bad state.

Su Yangxia worked overtime until three or four in the morning on Friday night, and got up in the morning to go to the company to work overtime for the whole morning.

At noon, Lin Nan and I simply had a quick bite at a fast food restaurant near the company and then drove off.

He has been working overtime, socializing frequently, and drinking alcohol in the past two years. He is busy with work and doesn't eat on time. His health has been damaged by him.

I just got diagnosed with stomach problems during my physical examination at the beginning of the year. I finally had a weekend off, but now I have to spend these two days looking for someone.

It used to take about 7 or 8 hours to drive from City S to City A a few years ago. But after the new highway opened three years ago, it only takes about four hours to get to City A.

After arriving in City A, Lin Nan just parked the car in front of the hotel and got out of the car and couldn't help complaining

"The weather in City A is so sweltering! Even when it's raining, it's still this hot! I felt sticky as soon as I got off the car."

Su Yangxia looked up at the gray sky with drizzling rain, shrugged and relaxed a little, then said to Lin Nan, "Well, City A is much hotter than City S..."

After Su Yangxia finished speaking, she took her toiletry bag and walked into the hotel front desk.

"Hello, sir, this is your room card, please keep it." Su Yangxia nodded politely.

Lin Nan waited beside him until he finished his operations, then followed him into the elevator. "Which floor?"

Su Yangxia said calmly, "16th floor." Lin Nan said "hmm" and reached out to press the button for the 16th floor.

Su Yangxia didn't know if he was tired from the car ride or if he was feeling unwell, but he didn't show any special emotions on his face. As soon as the elevator door opened, he walked out, took out the room card and swiped it to open the door.

He booked a standard room, and as soon as he entered the room, he habitually walked to the bed by the window and sat down.

He placed the toiletries bag he brought on the middle bedside table, sat on the edge of the bed and patted it gently, saying, "The mattress is quite soft."

Then he continued, "Lin Nan, really... next time you don't have to accompany me, I can do it by myself. It's too much trouble for you."

Lin Nan was holding the toiletries he had just taken out of his backpack. He turned to look at him and said, "Huh? ...That won't work. I'm not sure if you'll drive. I'm not tired from work, so I'll just take this as a walk with you to relax."

After Lin Nan finished speaking, he took his things and went to the bathroom. Su Yangxia sighed, thinking that this persuasion had failed again.

He really doesn't like to bother others, especially for things that seem meaningless to others, even though they are good friends.

Su Yangxia met Lin Nan in the second half of his freshman year. The school was far from home, so he chose to live in the dormitory.

Lin Nan was his college roommate. Later, she accidentally learned about his sexual orientation and pursued him seriously for a while, but was decisively rejected by him.

But after the rejection, Lin Nan did not give up until one day Su Yangxia opened her heart to him and had a serious talk.

He said, "Lin Nan, I really will never love anyone else in this life. If you don't believe me, you can try..."

When Lin Nan saw Su Yangxia's serious and resolute expression when she said these words, he knew that he had no chance anymore.

Lin Nan gave up pursuing him and became his best friend in college, never saying a word that crossed the line again.

It wasn't until his junior year that Lin Nan saw a thick stack of high-speed rail tickets in his drawer when he was helping him get something.

When he took the stack of high-speed rail tickets from City S to City A with the same departure time and train number and asked Su Yangxia, he finally understood the whole story.

Su Yangxia would take the high-speed rail to an amusement park in City A every weekend and spend two days on a swing chair just to wait for the person he always wanted to see.

Lin Nan didn't know what happened between them, and Su Yangxia refused to say

But he knew that it must be very important to Su Yangxia, and it was a pity, otherwise why would he be so stubborn and insist on waiting for 6 years?

When Lin Nan came out after washing up, Su Yangxia was leaning on the bed playing with her phone.

He sat on the bed and looked at the red string on Su Yangxia's hand and said, "How long have you been wearing this red string? I've been wearing it since I met you. The color has become old."

Su Yangxia glanced at him and said, "Well, I'm used to it. I'm too lazy to take it off." Then he turned the red string on his wrist and got up to take a shower. He walked into the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror.

The face in the mirror is pale and thin, expressionless, with slightly drooping eyes. If you look closely, you can see a shallow scar on the brow bone, which adds a sense of story to this cold face.

He took a quick shower and when he came out he found Lin Nan had turned on the TV.

The TV was showing a financial news from a local financial channel. It was about Mr. Gu from Yuanhang Group in City A, who was being interviewed by the host. He said that the company was planning to open up new areas. Su Yangxia picked up the remote control and changed the channel.

"What are you doing, Yang Xia? Listen to the boss's development prospects..." Lin Nan said.

Su Yangxia lay on the bed and said without turning her head, "Does the boss's future have anything to do with us? Let's find a more reliable background sound."

He lay on the bed and played two rounds of Candy Crush, then turned over and reminded Lin Nan, "I'll sleep for a while, Lin Nan. Remember to wake me up when it stops raining."

Lin Nan hummed and looked at the back of his head, picked up the remote control and turned down the volume of the TV, then opened his phone and browsed for a few minutes before ordering a takeaway.

He turned his head and looked out the window. The drizzle that had just been falling had now turned into moderate rain, and there was no sign of it stopping at all...