old age

"Kaiyang." Zhang Yun brought the fish soup in front of him, "Why are you so absent-minded?"

"No." Ji Kaiyang shook his head.He spoke calmly, but he almost escaped from the hotel after speaking, and he didn't know if Yi Chen had gone home now, "Mom, go and rest, it's so late."

"I'll go in a while, don't worry about me." Zhang Yun took a glass of water, ready to take medicine if she caught a cold. "Is it okay to change schools during this time?"

She has always felt guilty about Ji Kaiyang's transferring to another high school, and felt that she was sorry for him.

"I've asked this question many times, and it's good. Didn't I also show you the results of the final exam last week? It doesn't matter." Ji Kaiyang originally wanted to chat with Zhang Yun about Yi Chen, but when he saw Zhang Yun's hand The medicine, and remembered that she had more frequent stomach pains during this period, and the doctor said it was caused by bad mood.

He swallowed the words again, and felt a headache like never before.Ji Kaiyang finished the soup quickly, ignored Zhang Yun's stop, washed the dishes, and went back to the bedroom.

He wrote two chapters of Mathematics Five and Three in a row, corrected the answers, sorted out the wrong questions, and still couldn't sleep, so he wrote another two pages of copybooks.Practicing calligraphy is of course meditation, but if his heart is not here, how can he calm down?

Ji Kaiyang put down the pen angrily, tilted his head and thought for a while, and dragged out a wooden box from under the bookcase, which was full of messy things, toys from childhood, photo albums, certificates of merit, half-written diaries, etc. There was a letter—the report letter written by Yi Chen last time, Ji Kaiyang forgot when he put this in it.

It's really similar, Ji Kaiyang leaned against the table, rubbing the ink that had already dried up.When he first saw the letter in the teacher's office, he felt angry and ridiculous, but looking at it now, he only felt sad.In what mood did Yi Chen write it down?He doesn't know.

He stayed up all night, and went to school the next day with heavy dark circles under his eyes. When he walked to the school gate, he saw Yi Chen again.Yi Chen naturally saw him too, the two stood across the road for a while, and finally Ji Kaiyang walked over first.

"Why do you..."

"I didn't go back last night." Yi Chen's eyes were bloodshot.

"When is class?"

"Go back to school this afternoon."

"Yeah." There was no more words.

"Have you had breakfast?" Ji Kaiyang asked.

Yi Chen nodded at first, then quickly shook his head.

"Are you eating or not?" Ji Kaiyang said helplessly.

Yi Chen felt wronged for some reason, "I drank half a pack of milk."

"Then do you still eat now?" Ji Kaiyang pinched his neck and tilted his head.

"Are you going?" Yi Chen asked eagerly.

Ji Kaiyang had already eaten, and Zhang Yun prepared breakfast early in the morning.He sighed secretly in his heart, "Let's go."

In the summer morning, it is humid and muggy.There was a long queue in front of the breakfast shop in front of the school, but most of them were bought and taken away, and the tables in the shop were not full yet.

Yi Chen stirred the polenta slowly, "Aren't you going to eat it?"

"I've eaten." Ji Kaiyang said.

As expected, Yi Chen looked a little disappointed, Ji Kaiyang looked away, thought for a while, and went to fill another bowl of soy milk. "It's okay to accompany you."

Yi Chen peeled an egg and put it on the plate in front of him, and couldn't hold back, "Will you accompany me with everything?"

Ji Kaiyang pretended not to understand what he meant, and added a spoonful of sugar to the soy milk, "I won't accompany you after dinner."

"Oh." Yi Chen thought about it all night, and felt that yesterday was indeed too hasty, and he didn't show too much disappointment after hearing what Ji Kaiyang said, but said, "It's been a long time since no one has had breakfast with me. …"

He only spoke halfway, and waited for Ji Kaiyang to look at him before continuing, "I'm basically the only one at home during this time, and the part-time worker will come over to cook a meal every day. But it's okay, anyway, since the third year of school starts, I have to live on campus, It doesn't matter if there's anyone in the house or not."

No. [-] Middle School has traditionally required senior high school students to live in the same school for many years, which is convenient for management.Seventh High School does not have such a requirement.

Yi Chen's words were miserable, and Ji Kaiyang felt more and more guilty that he hadn't contacted him during this period of time.It's not Yi Chen's fault, Ji Kaiyang reached out to touch Yi Chen's head, but stopped halfway.

No, Ji Kaiyang thought, we can no longer give him unrealistic hopes.

Yi Chen noticed his movement, his eyes darkened, he took a sip of porridge, and used the sweetness of corn to cover up the sour taste in his throat.He ate breakfast for almost half an hour, and put off his chopsticks until Ji Kaiyang was almost late for class.

Ji Kaiyang got up and was about to come over to pay the bill, when Yi Chen pressed his hand.

Ji Kaiyang didn't move, let him hold his hand, Yi Chen didn't have the tendency to let go for a long time, "What's wrong?"

"You..." Yi Chen asked reluctantly, "Does what you said yesterday still count?"

"Which one?"

Yi Chen looked at him, his Adam's apple moved, and he lowered his head again.

Ji Kaiyang vaguely knew what he wanted to say, "It counts."

Yi Chen let go, forced a smile, "That's good."

When Ji Kaiyang came back after paying the bill, Yi Chen was slowly biting into the egg that Ji Kaiyang put down just after he took a bite. In order to delay the time in the morning, he ate three bowls of polenta, four spring rolls, and two tea eggs.There is absolutely no possibility of not being full.

Ji Kaiyang didn't say anything, and Yi Chen didn't feel embarrassed at all. He finished his last bite and found his cup from beside Ji Kaiyang's schoolbag, which contained the honeysuckle that Zhang Yun had soaked in the morning.

"Did I drink?"

Ji Kaiyang nodded, and when he finished drinking and covered the cup, he said, "You're not afraid of stretching yourself to death."

"I'm not afraid, aren't you my brother? You won't leave me alone." Yi Chen smiled.

"I'm going to school." Ji Kaiyang took the bag and carried it on one shoulder, "You..."

"I'll walk you to the door."

"Go back, aren't you going back to school this afternoon?"

"Oh." Yi Chen stared at his toes, "When will you come to see me?"

"Finish the lessons, I'll go to you when I have time." The two barely reached a consensus and continued to maintain their brotherly relationship.But when Yi Chen came here yesterday, Ji Kaiyang didn't really know what to do next, so he could only do what he promised first.

"Then do you have time? Don't lie to me again." Yi Chen broke his fingers, "If you don't have time, I'll come and see you."

"Do not lie to you."

"And once a week." Yi Chen continued, "How about two times?"

"How can there be so much to say." Ji Kaiyang muttered in a low voice, but still said, "I will fight, but you..."

"I know." Yi Chen shook his arm and said, "I won't call you often."

"Usually send a text message before making a call. If there is something urgent, you can call directly." Ji Kaiyang patted his hand, "I'm going in."

"Okay." Yi Chen replied, but did not let go.

Ji Kaiyang felt that the current situation was really strange, completely different from what had been negotiated. "Okay, I'm going to school. You should go back too."

People passing by turned their heads and glanced at them, Ji Kaiyang twitched his arms, "Okay, stop making trouble."

"Aren't you my brother? What's wrong with holding hands?"

"What are you doing?" Ji Kaiyang frowned.

"No reason." Yi Chen lowered his head, his lips quickly brushed the back of his hand, "Don't forget to call me, brother Kaiyang."