Yesterday

Xu Yanqing never expected to meet Qin Yu again.He was almost as tall as himself, and also strong; working under Liu Jiandong, he should have a good future.

"Are you tired?" Li Wenshan glanced at the co-driver, "Yanqing? Yanqing!"

"Ah?" Xu Yanqing looked dazed.

"Ah what?" Li Wenshan withdrew his gaze, "That elementary school boy made you so unforgettable?"

"No," Xu Yanqing smiled, "I just think time flies, he has grown up so much."

"It's as if you watched him grow up," Li Wenshan almost didn't choke, "but he was thin and small when he first entered school, and it's been almost a year since he graduated."

"En." Xu Yanqing nodded slightly.

Lights and shadows flashed quickly from the car window.

"If you didn't leave school—" Li Wenshan suddenly felt a slip of the tongue in the middle of speaking, the dropout has always been a sore spot for Xu Yanqing, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Xu Yanqing leaned on the back of the chair leisurely, "I have lived a fulfilling and stable life in the past few years, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

He survived the most painful stage alone, and he felt that he didn't need friends to take care of his emotions at all.

"It's good if you can think that way." The weather in early summer has started to be sultry, Li Wenshan closed the car windows and turned on the air conditioner. "By the way, did you know that Zhou Han is coming to City A too."

"Zhou Han?" Xu Yanqing searched a little bit in his mind, and quickly remembered the name. The courtyard flower of the outer courtyard back then, because they were both in the Ministry of Culture and Entertainment, they had worked together and performed on stage together, so it is impossible for them to be unimpressed.

"After the formalities are completed, it will take a month or two." Li Wenshan hesitated, and then said, "It was she who asked to be transferred here."

"why?"

Zhou Han is a native of City S. He has never left since he was a child. In terms of urban development, City S is much better than City A. Normally, she would not want to come here.

Li Wenshan glanced at him and sighed: "Are you really ignorant or are you pretending to be confused?"

"What can I know?" Xu Yanqing closed his eyes and rested his mind, not intending to take up this topic.

"You don't know how many people in the school were heartbroken when you left..."

And compared to most people who silently admired him, Zhou Han had a lot of contact with him, so it was naturally harder to let go.

"Have you overblown it? You don't feel ashamed and panic, I do." Even if Xu Yanqing had the capital of narcissism back then, he didn't think that many people in the school had a crush on him.

"Who made you the male god in everyone's mind - the dream prince?"

Xu Yanqing laughed at himself: "Pull it down, if they see me these few years, they won't treat me as a prince."

"Including Qin Yu?" Li Wenshan said casually.

"What does it have to do with him?" Xu Yanqing turned his head to the air outlet of the air conditioner, and a strong cool air hit his face.

In the past, Qin Yu respected and worshiped him, but he, who was supposed to be a role model, finally left in a cowardly way, and he didn't say goodbye to Qin Yu positively.

Thinking of the way the other party stared at him just now, there were emotions in his eyes that he couldn't understand, and there were some things that seemed to have never changed.Sincere, stubborn, awkward... The spiritual imprint left by Qin Yu on him is like countless fine needles, coming in densely, piercing the skin one by one.

Does that person really remember himself?

Xu Yanqing's residence is located in the largest urban village in City A.Li Wenshan drove the car into the alley, and saw a figure leaning against the door in the distance.

"Mom, why did you come out and wait for me again?" As soon as the car stopped, Xu Yanqing rushed down.

"It's so late, I don't feel at ease..." Xu's mother, Shen Jialan, supported her son with one hand and stood up straighter with the cane in the other.

"I'm a big man, what can I do if I come back late, besides, I met Wenshan today, and he sent me back." Xu Yanqing was afraid that his mother would worry, so Li Wenshan agreed without hesitation when he proposed to send him home.

"Auntie," Li Wenshan greeted Shen Jialan generously, "It's too late today so I won't bother you, I'll see you another day."

"Hey, thank you, Mr. Li."

Li Wenshan reversed the car and drove out.Xu Yanqing accompanied his mother into the house, and their rental house was on the first floor.

Shen Jialan was a little tired and went to bed.The bedroom was lit with small lights, the windows and doors were not closed, and a little cool breeze blew in, but it was still stuffy.

Xu Yanqing massaged his mother's legs skillfully. He saw a thin layer of sweat on his mother's forehead, and said to her, "Mom, let's install an air conditioner. I asked the landlord, and he said that if we If you pay for the installation, the rent doesn’t have to go up, and I don’t plan to move anytime soon anyway, so I’ll just buy one myself and install it in your house.”

After Xu Yanqing finished speaking, Shen Jialan was silent for a while.

"Let's forget it. It's going to be such a hassle if you use it for two or three months a year, and the electricity bill is high." Shen Jialan lost interest.

"You said that it will only be used for two or three months, and you still think the electricity bill is high?" Xu Yanqing grabbed his mother's words, "Don't worry about the cost, our debts are all paid off, and now I earn enough money to spend."

Shen Jialan was silent again, she turned her back, and after a long time, she made a muffled voice: "Yanqing, I'm sorry."

Xu Yanqing's heart sank suddenly: "Mom, what are you talking about!"

"I'm the one who dragged you down."

Shen Jialan knew that besides her husband's debts, Shen Jialan knew that the money she owed was also for her own medical treatment, and her health would never recover, not to mention taking expensive western medicine every day, and she would have to go to the hospital in the future.

"Mom, how can you think like that? Do you know what has kept me going these years—these years?"

That autumn, when Xu Yanqing heard the news of his father's suicide, Xu Yanqing had a breakdown once, but when he saw his mother who was dying, he tried his best not to cry.He dropped out of school and worked day and night to pay back the money, even if it was something he didn't bother to do in the past.

None of this, however, made him lose hope.

Only every time his mother showed world-weary emotions, the fear of being abandoned by relatives hit his heart again, and Xu Yanqing's whole body was shrouded in suffocating despair.

"If you are well, I have the motivation to live." Xu Yanqing held his mother's hand, "Otherwise, I would feel that it would be easier to walk away like Dad."

"Yanqing!" Shen Jialan sat up and put her arms around Xu Yanqing's neck, "I was wrong, I didn't mean that."

"I understand." Xu Yanqing patted her on the back, "Let's not say such things anymore."

Xu Yanqing continued to massage his mother, and did not go back to his room until she fell asleep peacefully.

In the middle of the night, Qin Yu couldn't sleep, so he went into the bathroom and washed his face with cold water.He remembered the past.

The third year of high school had just started, at the end of August, there was a school-wide mobilization meeting, before the university registration day, Xu Yanqing also went as an outstanding graduate representative, and gave a speech before Qin Yu.

Xu Yanqing didn't prepare any speech at all, his speech came as he pleased, it was funny and practical, it not only encouraged the younger students, but also didn't have any official accent.

Qin Yu was different. He was not good at mobilizing people. He prepared his speech a few days in advance and thought he knew it by heart.As a result, on that day, they found that Xu Yanqing was also there, and they were stunned. After taking the stage and looking down, Xu Yanqing was just under the rostrum, looking straight at him.Qin Yu opened his mouth and said, "I want to learn from Senior Xu Yanqing." Then his mind went blank, and the audience roared with laughter.Xu Yanqing also smiled, although he covered his mouth and smiled lightly, but Qin Yu blushed even more when he saw it.Later, a teacher made a relief: "It seems that Xu Yanqing's speech just now was so wonderful, our juniors are still immersed in it, and have not come back to it." Qin Yu regained his emotions and began to recite the manuscript one by one.

It was the first time being noticed by the seniors, and it turned out to be such an embarrassing situation.

During the winter vacation after one semester, because the college entrance examination was approaching, the senior year of high school started early, so Qin Yu left early and returned late every day.Just after leaving school that night after self-study, he heard someone call his name.

"Qin Yu?"

Qin Yu stared blankly at Xu Yanqing in the crowd, unable to react for a while.

"Is it Qin Yu? I remember correctly, right?"

"Hmm...yes! Senior, do you remember me?" Qin Yu lowered his head and didn't dare to look into Xu Yanqing's eyes after speaking. The last time he made an embarrassment in front of the whole school, it might be difficult not to be remembered.

"Why don't you remember, I've seen you many times."

many times?Xu Yanqing's words surprised Qin Yu a little. He thought that the mobilization meeting was the first time the other party discovered his existence.

Seeing his unclear face, Xu Yanqing continued: "You often watch me play, right? There are rehearsals... I thought you were following me."

"No... I didn't!" Qin Yu was in a hurry. He knew that Xu Yanqing had a lot of extracurricular activities, and he did have some thoughts to see him more, but he didn't want to disturb him.

Xu Yanqing smiled "pooh" and patted him on the shoulder: "Why can't you help being funny?"

So is it just a joke?But Qin Yu was still happy to be remembered by him.

"Senior, why are you here today?"

Xu Yanqing has already graduated. Although the university has not yet started, it is a bit strange to come to his alma mater at this time.

"I have made an appointment with two classmates. Those who are repeating classes should be dismissed?" Xu Yanqing asked.

Just as Qin Yu nodded, someone nearby shouted, "Yanqing!"

Qin Yu remembered that the two belonged to the basketball team, they had played with Xu Yanqing before, and they walked over together.

"You came out so late, I thought you were being detained again."

"What's the hall for evening self-study?" One of them said, "Hey, who is this little brother?"

Qin Yu frowned, a little displeased.These two people are indeed tall and big, a bit taller than Xu Yanqing, and they look smaller in comparison, but they are clearly in the same grade as him now, so why do they call him that.

As for Xu Yanqing, he didn't mean to refute, but just explained lightly: "He's also from our school, a junior."

A sense of frustration welled up in Qin Yu's heart.

"Student... Do you want to eat barbecue with us?" Another person asked, his right arm naturally hooked on Xu Yanqing's shoulder.

Xu Yanqing also looked at Qin Yu, as if waiting for his answer, but did not agree.

"I won't go, see you senior." After Qin Yu finished speaking, he turned his head and left. After walking a dozen steps, he turned around and saw the backs of Xu Yanqing and those two people gradually disappearing in the crowd.

Fortunately, he refused, maybe the senior didn't want to take him there at all.Qin Yu sighed, feeling a little lonely in his heart.

A few months later, he was admitted to the school where Xu Yanqing attended.