Shelf life love

When he got the report card, Qi Lin was a little numb.Not to mention Lao Liu, even Zou Jiao and Chen Jinsi found this ranking strange.

But he himself accepted it calmly.

Out of the top [-], his worst grades after entering the second year of high school happened to be a reflection of his state during this period.

He's trying his best to balance academics and family issues, but Trey leaves him breathless.He was even a little hesitant, wondering if he could survive until the day he was admitted to university.

The parent meeting is still held by Qi Wenjiu.Lao Liu has been a class teacher for many years, and he is a very careful teacher. He did not attribute Qi Lin's decline in grades to art and other things, but he corrected Qi Wen: "I, as a class teacher, may not have the position to say something. , but seeing that the child is about to enter the third year of high school, Qi Lin will go to the capital after school starts? I don’t have much time to manage him, and once he goes to the capital, you and his mother may accompany him. "

"You..." Lao Liu considered his words carefully, "Maybe you are controlling Qi Lin too strictly. I heard that your wife would come to pick him up from school every day. He is 17 years old this year. Children of this age have the most thoughts and the most vigor , may feel too heavy pressure. I understand your hope that your children will become dragons, but you should also consider whether this will backfire. I have taken Qi Lin for two years. He is a child who can take care of himself, is also very persistent and assertive .You as parents, try to give him a little more space in the final year, and it might be better."

Qi Lin was sitting in the flower gallery downstairs of the sophomore science building, and saw Qi Wenjiu walking towards him from a distance, and suddenly remembered that it was also this time last year, when he first mentioned Ye Zhuohan to Qi Wenjiu—at that time he was still I don't know Ye Zhuohan's real name.

How fast, it has been a year in the blink of an eye.Ye Zhuohan went from an important friend to someone he kept in his heart and wanted to spend his whole life with.

At that time, he could easily say "Brother Xiaolong" to his parents, but now he dare not mention a word.

He finally realized the pain of those teenagers in the case - fledgling, weak, powerless, unable to withstand the wind and rain, and easily crushed to death by external forces.

"Let's talk." Qi Wenjiu said, "We haven't talked for a long time."

The campus of No. [-] Middle School is very large, and there are enough places where you can not be disturbed, but Qi Lin unknowingly led Qi Wenjiu to the International Department.

When he stopped, he unconsciously glanced upstairs.

Ye Zhuohan participated in the competition here more than a month ago, and everything started to get out of control from that day.

"Are you disappointed?" Qi Lin said, "Because of my grades."

Qi Wenjiao shook his head, "I'm very worried about you."

After a while, Qi Wenjiu said again: "I'm also worried about your mother. You...don't blame her."

Qi Lin said, "You really think I like a boy?"

Qi Wenjiu turned his head.The father and son looked at each other for a moment.

"Linlin, tell Dad the truth, do you..."

"I……"

Qi Lin wanted to deny it, but he always felt that Qi Wenjiu knew everything, and as he had guessed before, Qi Wenjiu was on Cui Yi's side.

"It seems to be true." Qi Wenjiu sighed, with a little pain on his face, "Can we separate from him?"

Qi Lin smiled wryly.

How can there be no separation, he has not had time to confess to Ye Zhuohan in the future.

"You are still young and don't know what love is." Qi Wenjiu said patiently: "This society cannot accept homosexuality for the time being, and your road will be very difficult. Maybe after a while, you will understand."

Qi Lin retorted in his heart - no, I know what love is!

"You have liked to try different things since you were a child. Your mother and I never interfered. When your novelty wears off, you will naturally choose the next one." Qi Wenjiu said, "I'm actually not worried that you will go astray. .”

Qi Lin clenched his fists.

This is not a wrong way, why is liking someone of the same sex a wrong way?

"But your mother can't accept it." Qi Wenjiu had pain in his eyes, "Linlin, can you think about it for your mother?"

Qi Lin asked, "What kind of injury did she suffer?"

Qi Wenjiu was silent for a long time, "She is a victim of homosexual violence. Before she was 16 years old, she was harassed by three 'sisters' for a long time. Later, they used drugs..."

Qi Lin lowered his head, Cui Yi was crazy in his mind.

"Her teachers and parents failed to protect her. When I knew her, she never had a relationship because of fear." Qi Wenjiu sighed, "Lin Lin, Dad didn't tell you this to make you pity her , I just hope you... can understand her a little bit."

Qi Lin shook his head slowly.

Parents can easily say "understanding", but have they tried to understand him?

Qi Lin felt cold all over, not only was he not persuaded, but his sense of alienation towards Cui Yi became even stronger.

"This exam, it's us who affected you, it's not your fault." Qi Wen corrected his tone, "You're going to take the art exam in the second half of the year. Spend some time with your mother this summer, okay?"

Qi Lin wanted to say "not good".

He didn't want to be with Trey at all.

But at this moment, he has no room to refuse.

"Let's go to country E to live for a while." Qi Wenjiu said, "My brother is also in country E. If you don't understand anything, you can ask him."

Qi Lin opened his eyes wide, "Go to Country E?"

Qi Wenjiu said, "Take a break with mom, and I'll be back at the end of August."

Qi Lin had an inexplicable sense of panic.

He had been to country E when he was in junior high school, and he was no stranger to it. He even thought the city of country E was clean and beautiful, and he missed it occasionally.

Now that Qi Wenjiu mentioned it suddenly, he only has resistance in his heart.

"It's not that I won't come back." Qi Wenjiu said again: "I've already contacted you with the test preparation institutions in the capital, and the classes will start in October."

When the father and son returned home, Cui Yi was already making preparations to go abroad.

Qi Lin felt that he was pushed onto an automatic forward track.He wanted to get down, but there was a lot of force, pushing him up.

Ye Zhuohan stared at the summer camp invitation for a long time, took a picture of it, and sent it to Qi Lin.

Going to country E for "relaxation" has become a certainty, these few days Qi Lin has been hesitating whether to tell Ye Zhuohan, but the phone suddenly vibrated.

He enlarged the photo sent by Ye Zhuohan, and his eyes brightened up.

That's an invitation letter to the summer camp of the School of Physics, University A!

Ye Zhuohan was admitted to the nation's premier physics college one year in advance!

This kind of joy washed away the gloom in his heart, and Qi Lin quickly replied: "Brother, you are too powerful!"

He is happy for Ye Zhuohan from the bottom of his heart, this is the person he likes, the person he likes is so outstanding and dazzling, he is a true genius!

Ye Zhuohan looked at the screen, his brows and eyes became gentle because of the smile, "Am I going to participate?"

Qi Lin was stunned.Is Ye Zhuohan asking for his opinion?

It was the same at the barber shop last time, Ye Zhuohan asked him if he wanted to dye his hair blond.

Qi Lin's heart was sore, and he rolled on the bed with his mobile phone in his arms.

"Of course I want to go! The summer camp of University A! No matter how many people want to go, they won't be able to go!"

Ye Zhuohan: "Really?"

Qi Lin: "Of course, not for an idiot like me."

Ye Zhuohan frowned, "You are not stupid, you are very good."

Qi Lin stared at the screen and laughed, but before he could reply, he received another one.

"You're the best?(????ω????)?"

Qi Lin was numb.

"When is the summer camp?" Qi Lin asked.

Ye Zhuohan: "July 7th."

Qi Lin flipped through the calendar, "Then you have to go to the capital on the 3rd at the latest."

Qi Wenjiu has already booked a flight ticket to country E, and will depart on the afternoon of the 6th.

In the past few days, with Qi Wenjiu at home, the relationship between Qi Lin and Cui Yi has eased somewhat.Qi Lin accepted the matter of going to Country E, and Cui Yi didn't stare at him like before.

"I'm free." Qi Lin said, "Brother, I'll see you off. What flight number do you book?"

Ye Zhuohan wanted to say, I want to go with you.

I typed half of the words and then deleted them.

"Then I'll book plane No. 3."

Qi Lin looked at the new information and smiled, "It's better to be a day earlier, how about the 2nd? You can rest there for an extra day."

Ye Zhuohan: "Okay."

Now there are only four days left before the 2nd, Qi Lin is very melancholy.If Cui Yi and Qi Wenjiu were not at home, he would already be in the tool room with Ye Zhuohan.

No matter what, he had to send Ye Zhuohan off.

They haven't seen each other for some days.

On the morning of the 2nd, Qi Lin changed into the pea-green sports suit he wore when he went to Xingxutan last year, and was stopped by Cui Yi when he went out, "Lin Lin, where are you going?"

Qi Lin had spoken kindly to Zou Jiao long ago, "Play football with Zou Jiao and the others."

"Are you going in the morning? Are you coming back for lunch?"

"If you don't come back, you will play in the afternoon."

Cui Yi was worried, and Qi Wenjiu said from the side: "Let Linlin go, he will go to Country E in a few days."

Qi Lin closed the door, took a deep breath, and ran towards the bus stop.

Ye Zhuohan had already packed his luggage, and he covered the painting with a cloth.

Although Qi Lin told him "don't draw this kind of thing again", he was still reluctant to throw it away.

"dragon--"

A familiar voice came from outside the door, and a smile appeared on the corner of Ye Zhuohan's lips.

As soon as Qi Lin entered, his gaze was fixed on Ye Zhuohan's face, and he was unable to speak for a few seconds.

Ye Zhuohan shook his hands, "Huh?"

Qi Lin almost covered his heart.

His fair-haired sweetheart is so celestial that he planted a rose in his chest.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, my brother Xiaolong is handsome again!"

Hearing this, Ye Zhuohan was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

The flight was in the afternoon, and the two had dinner at home together.For a very simple meal, Ye Zhuohan fried a portion of green vegetables, and Qi Lin baked two pieces of milk pancakes.

The road to the airport was often blocked in traffic, Qi Linsheng was afraid of being late, so he urged Ye Zhuohan to leave after dinner.

Ye Zhuohan: "You can stay a little longer."

Qi Lin: "I can't wait any longer! What if there is a traffic jam?"

Ye Zhuohan: "You drive me away."

Qi Lin felt that Ye Zhuohan's reaction was so cute that he wanted to be bullied, so he joked, "Yes, yes, I just drive you away."

Ye Zhuohan paused, "But I will come back, at the end of August."

Qi Lin covered his face and smiled.

"I'll look for you when I come back." Ye Zhuohan said seriously.

Qi Lin nodded, "Well, I'll wait for your return."

Ye Zhuohan said again: "Let's go to the university in the capital together."

Qi Lin said: "It's a deal!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the airport.

Qi Lin accompanied Ye Zhuohan to line up at the security check passage.He was talking and laughing just now, but when Ye Zhuohan was next, Qi Lin suddenly felt reluctant.

"Brother." Qi Lin grabbed Ye Zhuohan's wrist, his chest was swollen with sadness.

"Huh?" Ye Zhuohan looked at him, "What's wrong?"

He had a sore nose and couldn't hold it back. He smiled and said, "Is there a test in the summer camp?"

Ye Zhuohan: "Yes."

"Then you have to be the first." You will always be the first.

Ye Zhuohan smiled slightly, "Okay."

Qi Lin's voice was already trembling, and he quickly let go of Ye Zhuohan's hand, "It's your turn, go quickly, the road is safe!"

Ye Zhuohan took a step forward, then suddenly stepped back, patted Qi Lin on the head, "I'm leaving."

Qi Lin forced a smile, "Okay, goodbye!"

The plane took off with a huge roar.

Qi Lin squatted outside the airport, watching the ups and downs of the planes, finally shed tears.

He doesn't know what's the point of crying, isn't it just that he can't see each other for a summer vacation?Ye Zhuohan has already been admitted to University A, he just needs to follow Ye Zhuohan's footsteps.

Ye Zhuohan was waiting for him in the capital.

Next year, they can go to college together.

With a foothold and strong enough, he no longer needs to be afraid.

Standing up, he left the airport behind to face the problems he had to face, but he didn't know that there was a pair of eyes staring at him sadly.

A few days later, the day to go to country E arrived.

Qi Lin followed Qi Wenjiu and Cui Yi into the cabin, not knowing that it would be seven years before he returned to this land.

University A's management of the summer camp is quite strict. There was also a military training at the opening of the camp. The communication equipment of the proud children was confiscated, and they lived a life completely isolated from the outside world.

It was the first time Ye Zhuohan came into contact with so many strangers. At first, Ye Zhuohan was very uncomfortable. Fortunately, almost all the people who can enter the summer camp of A University are "geeks", each with their own personality, and no one has to befriend anyone.

Ye Zhuohan gradually became familiar with this atmosphere, and even experienced a subtle feeling of being part of the collective amidst the competition and friction.

He desperately wanted to share all this with Qi Lin.

At the end of August, the summer camp ended after the last comprehensive assessment, and the strong ones were even stronger. Ye Zhuohan ranked third in the total score, but failed to win the first place as promised.

After getting back his phone, the first thing he did was to call Qi Lin.

But Qi Lin's number became empty.

He thought he had dialed the wrong number, but he dialed it countless times, and the mechanically cold female voice was still—"The number you dialed is an empty number."

On the plane back to Yuecheng, Ye Zhuohan stared out the window blankly, his palms dripping with cold sweat.

What about Qi Lin?What happened to Qi Lin?Why don't you answer the phone?

He still remembered Qi Lin's home, Wuchuan Sanlu.

Qi Lin invited him to drink iced jujube rose tea there!

The taxi stopped at Wuchuan [-]rd Road, and he ran all the way, knocking on the door, but only one door on the opposite side was opened.

"They've already moved out," said the middle-aged man.

Ye Zhuohan froze in place, his blond hair paled.

The senior year of No. [-] Middle School started early, Ye Zhuohan went from classroom to classroom, and was finally stopped by the grade director.

"Classmate, who are you looking for?"

"Qi Lin..." Ye Zhuohan was covered in sweat, he didn't know how to ask for help, so he looked at the grade director eagerly.

"Qi Lin?" Old Liu was surprised at first, and then sighed regretfully, "A month ago, Qi Lin's father came to go through the transfer procedures. Their family has gone abroad, and Qi Lin will not take the domestic college entrance examination."

At the end of summer, there was a heavy rain in Yuecheng, and the river grew wildly, flooding the embankment.

Ye Zhuohan stood in the rainstorm, his body was thin, his shoulders trembling alone.