Yingying

They made an appointment to meet at the hot pot restaurant on the fifth floor of the shopping mall. Ye Zhihe got up the elevator as soon as he got off the elevator, and sat and waited in the waiting seat at the door.

After ten minutes or so, Cheng Zi hurried over, with snow still in his hair, walking towards Ye Zhihe with a cold air.

"Why don't you go in first?" Cheng Zi asked, and the waiter led them to sit down at a table, "Are you hungry?"

Ye Zhihe shook his head, he was full at noon, and it's not yet five o'clock.

"Then let's order first, order what you like." Cheng Zi pushed the menu to him, still smiling at him, "I thought you would definitely reject me."

Ye Zhihe ordered some dishes, raised his head questioningly, and Cheng Zi said, "This is the second time we have met."

"But didn't you say you met me when you were a child?" Ye Zhihe pushed the menu to her.

"Yes." Cheng Zi pinned her hair behind her ears, her entire face was exposed, and she looked down at the menu. She only wore light makeup today, and she looked younger, which made Ye Zhihe more familiar.

"I seem to remember." Ye Zhihe said.

Cheng Zi looked at him with some surprise, "Really? But you were so young at that time..." He was very happy when he said this, and laughed very happily.

Ye Zhihe felt that she should not be called aunt, but sister, or some other title.

Both of them can't take spicy food very much, so they ordered a tomato pot. The water was boiling and steaming, and a hot mist rose between the two of them.

Cheng Zi was in a good mood, but Ye Zhihe had something on his mind.He had agreed to eat out for a reason, and for that reason he needed to say something.

"Is it still snowing outside?" Ye Zhihe asked.

Cheng Zi nodded, and put the vegetables and meat into the pot to boil, "Yeah, it looks like it won't be able to stop for a while, it was already dark when I came, and I'll drive you back after dinner, your dad is really , leave you alone at home."

Ye Zhihe said: "He asked me if I wanted to go out with him, but I said no. I have an appointment with someone today."

Cheng Zi looked at him again, "Well, you go out to play, what about your friend? Have you gone home already?"

"He couldn't come due to something." Ye Zhihe looked back at her, looking at her little by little, seeing people very carefully. He must have seen Cheng Zi somewhere, and the sense of familiarity became stronger and stronger.

"You've been out all day by yourself?"

"I'm doing my homework in the library downstairs." Ye Zhihe replied, Cheng Zi stopped his chopsticks and picked up the beer next to him to drink.

"I'm not very hungry either." Cheng Zi said, "Otherwise, let's talk."

This is exactly what Ye Zhihe wanted, "Last time you said you wanted to tell me about my dad's past."

"Yes, where do I start..." Cheng Zi lowered his head and thought for a while, "Well, it's most suitable for you at your age. When your father was studying, he was very partial to subjects, but he chose liberal arts when he was most suitable. I heard from your father that you are also a science student?"

Ye Zhihe nodded, "I'm not good at history and geography."

"Your father looks smart, but he's really boring. He didn't like to talk when he was a student, and kept everything in his heart, so I was surprised to see him when I came here this time." Cheng Zi said while drinking, "As soon as he said I was really surprised to say it out of the box, and of course I have changed a lot over the years... that's right, I was too young at that time, so I didn't understand anything."

"When did Auntie Xiaocheng meet my dad?"

Cheng Zi also forgot, so he had to squint his eyes and think carefully, "It's too early, I'm a little forgetful, it's the first time I know your dad, I might just be in junior high school."

Ye Zhihe was stunned for a moment, Cheng Zi smiled, "What do you think is the matter? I am six years behind your father."

"How did you know that?"

"It was introduced by others." Cheng Zi picked up the overcooked potato slices and put them in a bowl without eating them. "You are curious about your father's past, did he really tell you nothing about it?"

Ye Zhihe shook his head.

Cheng Zi said: "Then he is still the same as before. He doesn't like to talk and is not good at expressing. If you really want to know something, just ask him directly, and he will tell."

"He won't." Ye Zhihe said.

Cheng Zi picked up the potatoes from the plate, dipped them in a thick layer and put them directly into his mouth, so salty that he swallowed beer.

Ye Zhihe looked at her, and suddenly said, "I used to have a big iron box at home."

He gestured for the size, and then shortened the distance when he realized something was wrong.It turned out that the box was not very big, but when I was a child, I thought the iron box was heavy and heavy, the iron skin had a bitter taste, and it contained some old things coldly.

"There are diaries with peeling skins and other very old things in it..." Maybe it's not a notebook, but a few loose-leaf papers, he can't remember.

Cheng Zi was silent for a while when he heard the words, "At that time, mobile phones were still PHS, not everyone used them in school, and he also wrote letters to others. When I was in school, I often wrote...does he still keep it?"

"No more." Ye Zhihe said, "After moving, there will be no more."

Cheng Zi looked at him through the mist and said, "The potatoes are a bit salty."

Ye Zhihe fished it out of the pot, "It seems like it's gone."

Cheng Zi laughed again, "Let's put less at that time, I dipped too much in the sauce, and I'm going to panic."

The two ate and drank, Cheng Zi drank two bottles of beer, and at the end Ye Zhihe said, "You've been drinking, you have to take a taxi back today."

Cheng Zi slapped his head as if he just remembered, "Then let's take a taxi, I'll take you home and then let the driver take me."

Ye Zhihe wanted to refuse, but Cheng Zi said, "Your father told you to take good care of you. I don't feel relieved if I didn't see you at the door."

"I'm not a child anymore." Ye Zhihe said.

Cheng Zi nodded: "Yes, so you should make me feel at ease."

It was dark outside, but the snow on the ground was dazzlingly bright.Cheng Zi reminded Ye Zhihe behind her as she walked, "Be careful, the road is slippery."

After getting in the taxi, Cheng Zi turned to look at Ye Zhihe next to him, "Are you having trouble?"

Ye Zhihe also looked at her, his eyes were so bright that if he didn't avoid other people's gazes, others would want to avoid them.

"No, my dad is like this too." Ye Zhihe said, "I'm used to it."

Cheng Zi was silent, and finally spoke halfway: "There are some things that I should not talk about, and I can't say anything."

"Then what can we say?" Ye Zhihe asked.

Cheng Zi tilted his head, "Your father didn't know how to do housework or cook before. Does he know how to do it now?"

"Ah."

Cheng Zi smiled and said: "That's right, he will do anything for you, are you still afraid that he won't answer your questions? If it doesn't work, just stalk him, he is your father."

The car stopped at the entrance of the community, Ye Zhihe thought for a while and said, "Actually, I opened that iron box."

It was very cold tonight, the snow behind Ye Zhihe was like daytime, but the sky above was dark.

"Besides the letter and the photos, they are very old. I can't remember what the people inside look like."

Ye Zhihe bent down, at that moment Cheng Zi suddenly realized that this child is really not young, not the wrinkled appearance when he was just born, nor the soft and sticky ball when he was three years old, he is so much taller than himself. many.Ye Zhihe is 16 years old, remind her that it has been 16 years.

"We have some similarities." Ye Zhihe suddenly laughed, his eyes curled up, "I always feel that you are very familiar, but you all refuse to tell me, so forget it."

The car door was closed, and Ye Zhihe walked back, step by step carefully, but the snow still didn't stop, he put his hat on, got into the elevator and sent a message to Lin Shen: [I'm home. ] Comes with a cartoon emoji raising hands and cheering.

In the taxi, Cheng Zi covered his eyes and let out a deep breath.

##

Ye Zhihe took a shower after returning home, and the phone on the bed had already rang twice.Seeing that it was Lin Shen's phone number, he called back, and the phone was connected immediately, and he asked anxiously, "Why didn't you answer the phone?"

"I didn't hear it when I was taking a shower just now."

Lin Shen calmed down, "It's snowing and it's getting dark early today, what are you doing out there?"

Ye Zhihe covered his head with a towel, "You really sound like a parent when you talk like that."

There was a few seconds of silence over there, and the re-opening was actually a deep reflection: "I will change it."

"I just said it casually, knowing that you care about me." Ye Zhihe rubbed his head through the towel, once left and right twice.

It was rare for Lin Shen not to refute, sitting by the window, the window was wide open, the room was cold, only a lamp by the bed was on, and it couldn't illuminate the whole room.His drooping eyelashes cast a shadow, and half of his face was hidden in the night, "This is very similar to my father."

"It's normal too, I'm quite like my dad." Ye Zhihe added after finishing speaking, "Someone else said it."

Lin Shen said sensitively: "What other people? Are you a child?"

Ye Zhihe said: "It's my dad's friend, an aunt, but she's so young, she looks like a sister."

Lin Shen: "Your father's friend is aunt."

Ye Zhihe: "I didn't say no."

Lin Shen: "Not my sister."

Ye Zhihe responded obediently, "Okay."

Lin Shen lowered his voice again: "What are you doing out there? Have you eaten?"

"Ah."

"I'm asking you what you've been doing and whether you've eaten. These are two different questions."

"Go out to eat, with that aunt." Ye Zhihe said, "She and my father knew each other a long time ago, and I want to ask her something."

"Is that the question?"

"Absolutely not."

Lin Shen was silent, "Would you like to tell me what it is?"

Ye Zhihe likes to listen to Lin Shen's speech, especially when his tone slows down, it is as gentle as reading a poem, but he is actually thinking about him.

Ye Zhihe said: "I will tell you tomorrow, and share the secret."

Lin Shen lowered his head and softened his expression, "Okay."

"In contrast, you have to tell me about yourself," Ye Zhihe reminded.

"Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Then I'm going to dry my hair, do you want to hear the sound of the hair dryer?"

Lin Shen: "..."

Ye Zhihe: "I'm implying that you can hang up the phone."

Lin Shenren said, "What kind of hint are you doing?"

The two chatted for a while, and didn't hang up until Ye Zhihe mentioned drying his hair again.

Lin Shen stood up and closed the window, suddenly there was movement outside the door, and then the door was opened.

"Lin Shen, let's talk."

Lin Shen didn't speak.

The person outside the door continued: "You just stayed in the house like this all day?"

"Then what can I do?" Lin Shen finally said, "He locked me up."