growing up

Ling Chao couldn't tell what mood he was in right now, he was happy, joyful, and a little hopeful.

Before Ling Chao clicked on the video call, Gu Yuan sent the request first.Ling Chao quickly clicked the OK button, as if he was afraid that Gu Yuan would cancel it.

The communication over there is indeed not particularly good. In fact, Ling Chao's island is also average.There are some cards on both sides, but people can be seen.

Gu Yuan should be lying in the yard. His phone's resolution is not high, and his figure is blurry, which looks hazy under the orange light.

"Brother Chao, have you been drinking?" Gu Yuan's voice came.

"How do you know? I just had a big glass of beer." Ling Chao smiled and showed him the empty glass.

"Your face is so red, your eyes look different." Gu Yuan said.

"Really? Haha." Ling Chao laughed.

"Are you playing outside?" Gu Yuan asked him.

"Well, I'm playing on the same island with my parents, but I have to go back tomorrow morning." Ling Chao held up his phone and turned around to show Gu Yuan: "See? It's so lively here."

When he turned the phone back to the front, there was Gu Qingqing's face on the opposite screen.

"Brother Ling Chao, hello!" Gu Qingqing greeted him.

"Hi Qingqing. Are you having fun at home?" Ling Chao also asked her with a smile.

"It's good, but I'm always alone." Gu Qingqing took the phone and said.

"Now that your brother has gone back, someone will accompany you." Ling Chao said.

"Yes, it's a pity that my brother will leave in a few days." Gu Qingqing said with a little regret: "Brother Ling Chao will come to the countryside with my brother next time when you have time."

"Okay! How is your health now?" When Ling Chao thought of the reason why Gu Qingqing could only stay in his hometown, he also felt a little distressed for this little girl.

"It's okay, I think I can go back to school now, but my brother just won't let me." Gu Qingqing said.

Gu Qingqing arranged for an operation in October, which was settled very early. In fact, her current state has not been stable.Gu Yuan naturally refused to let her go back to school.

"It's okay, it's the same when you come back to school when your health is better." Ling Chao said.

"Well, then you can talk to my elder brother, my grandma told me to take medicine. Brother Ling Chao, Happy Eleven." Gu Qingqing returned the phone to Gu Yuan after speaking.

"You..." Ling Chao suddenly didn't know what to say, and finally said around the topic of Gu Qingqing just now: "I will spend more time with your sister when I go back, I feel that she is quite lonely staying alone in her hometown."

"Yeah." Gu Yuan nodded.

The two of them faced the screen in silence for a while, and Ling Chao just looked at the vaguely Gu Yuan like this, and his heart softened even more.

"Then I'll hang up, you should go to bed earlier." Ling Chao was actually quite reluctant to hang up, but looking at Gu Yuan like this now, even if it was just across the screen, his heartbeat would speed up.He was afraid that he would say something he shouldn't say, because he had just drank more than he could drink.While you're still awake, so be it.

"Okay, you should go to bed early too." Gu Yuan sat up and said to the phone screen.

The bonfire party here finally came to an end, and the dancing and drinking parties had a great time.

Mom and Dad walked to Ling Chao with smiles on their faces, seeing their son's blushing face, and looking at the empty beer glass next to him, they immediately understood that this man drank such a big glass of beer here alone.

"Son, are you okay? Did you drink this glass of wine alone?" Bai Lan, who knew her son's drinking capacity, asked worriedly and surprised.

"Yeah." Ling Chao's head became more and more dizzy, although he still couldn't recognize people.

"Oh! You can drink so little now!" Mom smiled and stepped forward to give Ling Chao who was still sitting on the ground a hand.

Ling Chao got up with strength, but his body was a little out of control. Fortunately, his father made a quick move and held him up.Otherwise, he probably would have to sit down again.

"I'm a little dizzy." Ling Chao shook his head and pressed his temples again.

"Is it possible not to get dizzy? The cups on their island are specially made, which are almost equal to two bottles normally." Bai Lan couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said.

With the help of his parents, Ling Chao finally returned to the hotel.As soon as he entered the room, he didn't even bother to take a shower, so he threw himself on the bed and fell asleep.

Bai Lan couldn't see it, so she went to the bathroom and twisted a towel to wipe his face and hands, then changed his clothes and washed his feet, and then worked with Ling Zhifeng to move him to the pillow to sleep well.

After such a toss, both of them were sweating from exhaustion. Ling Chao was tall and strong, so he was naturally not light. Fortunately, he had good wine, and he didn't wake up after being tossed like this.

Looking at their sleeping son, the two smiled helplessly before leaving the room and going to another one.

Ling Chao woke up very early the next day. He only remembered the video with Gu Yuan last night, but he had no memory of how he got back.There is a glass of cool honey water on the bedside, probably my mother got it from the hotel, but although the wine yesterday had a lot of stamina, I didn't feel a headache when I woke up in the morning.Because he slept enough, even though it's only one o'clock past five o'clock, Ling Chao feels refreshed and extremely comfortable.

He went to take a shower, and walked out of the hotel alone to run on the beach for a while.There are many people on the beach, and most of them come out to wait for the sunrise.

When the sun was about to come out, Ling Chao also found a place to sit down, watching the sun gradually rise above the sea level, Ling Chao took out his mobile phone and recorded a short video and sent it to Gu Yuan.

City H reported heavy rain today. In order not to waste time, they left for home after breakfast at the hotel.

When I arrived inland from the island, and then transferred to H City, the sky was already dark. In the afternoon, my father had something to do at work, so they sent Ling Chao to grandma's house and left directly.

The two elderly people have lived in the suburbs for many years and lived in peace and health. Usually, they go to school and go to work, and they seldom come here.Ling Chao plans to stay at grandma's house for two days before returning to the city.

The grandparents only have Ling Chao as a grandson, so they are naturally precious, but they are not used to life in the city, so after bringing up Ling Chao, they have to come to the suburbs.Ling Zhifeng and Bai Lan couldn't resist them, so they had to agree.

At noon, grandma cooked a table of delicious food, all of which were Ling Chao's favorite foods.Ling Chao is always obedient in front of his elders, and has the strength to support him.It made the two old people laugh out loud.

Playing with the old man for two days, the time passed quickly. When his father came to pick him up, he was still a little bit reluctant.I don't know when I can come back to see them next time.

In fact, grandparents are also reluctant to part with their grandchildren, but they hope that their children and grandchildren can have their own lives. Ling Chao has his own social circle during the few days of vacation. It is better to get in touch with some old classmates and old friends.

In the end, it was grandma who pretended to be angry and drove him away.

In the rearview mirror, the two old men stood at the gate of the yard holding umbrellas and watched the car leave, which made Ling Chao feel a little bit unbearable, as grandparents have such a temper.They are afraid of causing trouble to the younger generation, so they never take the initiative to call their parents if there is no major matter.This may be the mentality of Chinese parents.While longing for the company of their children and grandchildren, they also hope that they have their own lives.

Today's rain is quite heavy, and the wipers on the windshield are constantly swinging, and it doesn't help much.After entering the urban area, the speed of the car is much slower.

"There's a typhoon passing through the border tonight, so it's probably going to rain a little bit tomorrow." Dad was still driving steadily.

"Yeah, fortunately it's these few days, otherwise it will be a problem for me to go back to school." Ling Chao said looking at the heavy rain outside.

"Is it the ticket for the afternoon of the seventh?" Dad asked.

"En." The ticket was set by my mother before.

"Then I'll find time to see you off." Dad said again.

"No, you guys are busy with your work, I can take a taxi myself." Others are resting on November, only his parents are still very busy, Ling Chao feels very sorry for them.

"It's okay, there is still time to send my son off." Dad said.

Ling Chao didn't insist anymore, let's talk about it later.

At six or seven o'clock in the evening, the tornado began to pass through the border, which brought not only heavier wind and rain, but also a power outage.

Lying on the bed, I wanted to play with my mobile phone, but found that the mobile phone was out of battery and turned off.The power bank was in the living room, Ling Chao didn't bother to move, he put the phone aside and lay on the bed with his eyes closed.

Ling Chao just fell asleep like this, but he didn't sleep well. He had a nightmare. He dreamed that Gu Yuan was being chased to the edge of a cliff. He was injured and couldn't beat those people. At the end, he called out Ling Chao's name. One side jumped down.Ling Chao wanted to run over to catch him, but the distance seemed very close but was extremely far away. He didn't have time to go there, so he just watched Gu Yuan jump off, his last desperate cry echoing in his ears.

When Ling Chao opened his eyes fiercely, his whole body was drenched in sweat.The dull pain is still lingering in my heart. The lights that had been on before the power outage are now brightly lit, and it is only around nine o'clock. The room without the air conditioner is very stuffy.

Ling Chao gasped for breath for a while before he had the strength to support himself and sit up. He turned on the air conditioner and went to the window to look outside.The strongest wind seems to have passed, and the branches on the side of the road were blown to one side, and now they are only swaying slightly with the residual wind.The rain was a little lighter than before, but it was still heavy rain.

He turned back to the bed to charge his phone, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and changed into dry pajamas.I came out and turned on my phone, then went to get a dry towel to dry my hair.

After the startup is complete, there will be a beep, which is a WeChat message prompt.Ling Chao thought it was a friend who asked him to hang out.Everyone knows that he is back, and they have chatted with them in the previous group these days.

After wiping his hair almost dry, Ling Chao put down the towel and went to get the phone.

When it was opened, there was a conspicuous 1 on Gu Yuan's portrait.

It turned out to be Gu Yuan!

The new message is only two words.

"Brother Chao", the time was more than half an hour ago.

No pictures, no memes, not even punctuation.Just a simple call.

Ling Chao was inexplicably uneasy.This kind of feeling is not like Gu Yuan, he really doesn't talk much, and he always talks about the main points in a concise way when he finds someone, such a thing of shouting out of nowhere has never happened before.The scene from the dream just now appeared in Ling Chao's mind, and he felt his heart tugging uncontrollably.

Instead of replying to the message, he directly dialed Gu Yuan's number.