old age

The dark clouds outside the window gathered little by little, and the sky gradually became gloomy.

"It's going to rain, why is there so much rain this year." Zhang Yun said, and took out a coat from the closet, "You change this one when you leave later, it's thicker. Kaiyang?"

"Ah?" Ji Kaiyang withdrew his eyes from the rain curtain, looked at the coat in Zhang Yun's hand, and was stunned for a while, "Oh, good."

Zhang Yun put her clothes on the back of the chair, "Why are you in a daze? Take a break when you're tired from writing."

She turned her head to look at the alarm clock on the desk, "It's past three o'clock, I'm going to wash your clothes and cook dinner for you, I'll be in the classroom at 06:30, right?"

"It's fine before seven o'clock." Ji Kaiyang looked at the draft book and tried to pick up the half-calculated question, but couldn't find where.

It looks very dark when it rains in winter.Ji Kaiyang drew the curtains and turned on all the lights in the bedroom to create an illusion of light, and his mood became inexplicably depressed.

He wrote a few more questions later, but he couldn't figure out the answer to the not-so-complicated questions.Out of ideas, I simply took out the copybook and started to practice calligraphy, but after writing several pages, my heart still couldn't calm down.The raindrops kept beating on the window sill, and the uninterrupted ticking sound came in, which made people extremely irritable.Although Ji Kaiyang vaguely remembers that he used to like this kind of weather very much.

At that time, when I was young, I would be lazy when it rained, and if I just took a nap, I would not get up.Hugging the quilt on the bed, waiting for my mother to make dinner and call.If Yi Chen is there, the two of them will cover a quilt, sit on the bed and play Solitaire, or read comic books by the light by the bedside.When he was a little older, he couldn't go out on rainy days, so he and Yi Chen would do their homework together at the desk, and Zhang Yun would bring some sweet soup from time to time, and when the milk came in, the whole room was filled with a sweet smell.

It was great at that time, no matter how cold it was outside, they all had their own warm little world.Unlike now, when he turned on all the incandescent lamps, there was no warmth at all, and even the brightness was cold.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and those slowly emerging memories made Ji Kaiyang's anxiety more and more serious.The handwriting became impetuous, like going back to the childhood when I just practiced cursive calligraphy, but in that memory, there is also the shadow of Yi Chen.When something slipped out of the paper and left a small ink dot on the table, Ji Kaiyang raised his hand to cover his face, and sighed almost resignedly.

I'll go and have a look, it's raining so much.Ji Kaiyang thought, at the same time, he was looking for an excuse for his compromise, so I'll just take a look, maybe he didn't come.

Zhang Yun was washing clothes, Ji Kaiyang said that he forgot to bring some homework and had to go to school early, so he rushed out with an umbrella.

Lying is often to gain some kind of benefit, and he has lied to his mother more in the past six months than in the previous ten years combined, and he has not gained any benefits except for anxiety and suffering.

Holding an umbrella in one hand and the handlebar in the other, Ji Kaiyang rushed into the heavy rain.He stepped fast along the way, and it took only 10 minutes to reach a corner not far from the school gate.Behind this street is the school gate, Ji Kaiyang pressed the brake and slipped his foot on the ground in time to avoid falling.He parked the car on the side of the road and locked it, looked at several shops around, and chose a milk tea shop to enter.

On a rainy day, there were not many people in the store, and a few tables were sitting scatteredly. When they heard the door open, someone turned to look at it, and continued talking to their companions.

Although Ji Kaiyang was holding an umbrella, his trouser legs and coat were already wet, and his body was covered with a chill, which he didn't feel in the rain, but only when he entered the store did he feel cold.He put the umbrella away on the umbrella stand by the door and walked to the bar.

"What would you like to drink?" The waiter handed him some napkins.

"Thank you." Ji Kaiyang took the tissue and hesitated for two seconds, "Can you use it on the second floor?"

"Second floor?" There is an attic above this milk tea shop. The location is not big, and there are only two tables. Most of the students who come and go usually leave after buying. The first floor is enough for the second floor. The building took less time and the air conditioner was not installed.The waiter looked at him strangely, "It's colder up there."

"Is there a window? It faces the side of the school." He pointed casually.

"Ah?" The waiter was stunned, "Yes."

"That's fine." Ji Kaiyang wiped the rainwater from his forehead, glanced at the drink list, "Let's have pudding milk tea, thank you."

The waiter helped to turn on the lights on the second floor, "Do you want to be here? There is heating underneath."

"Yeah." Ji Kaiyang glanced at the window, turned his head and covered his nose and sneezed. "Excuse me, I'm right here."

The sound of the waiter's footsteps going downstairs gradually disappeared, Ji Kaiyang took a deep breath and walked towards the table by the window.

The perspective on the second floor is good, and the school gate can be seen from the window.Even though it is still raining outside, I can still see the scenery outside, the pedestrians passing by with umbrellas, the occasional vehicles, the trees on the side of the road that are about to lose their leaves..., and , Yi Chen who was waiting at the school gate.

He was wearing a black coat, with his schoolbag turned upside down in front of him, and an umbrella in his hand, standing alone at the school gate.

Impulsive, Ji Kaiyang turned around and walked downstairs. The waiter heard footsteps and raised his head from the bar, "Is there anything else?"

He stopped in his tracks, tightened his grip on the railing, a little apologetic, "It's okay."

Ji Kaiyang grabbed his hair vigorously, and slowly walked back to the second floor.

Of course Yi Chen was still there, with one hand in his pocket, occasionally raised his hand to check the time, and continued to wait.

On the phone call this week, Ji Kaiyang still called Yi Chen, the two chatted about their study and life, and heard Yi Chen complain about how inconvenient it was to live on campus, except that every time Yi Chen would say "I miss you" when he hung up the phone, everything The connection with friends is not much different.Ji Kaiyang also said more than once, let him not come over this week, and only have such a little rest time every week, and do two more sets of questions by himself, or just lie down in the dormitory for a while.But these didn't work, Yi Chen still came, and Ji Kaiyang knew this would be the result.

The wind was blowing hard, the branches of the trees, the electric wires in the distance, and the umbrella in Yi Chen's hand were shaking, but he was still standing upright.

Eight words appeared in Ji Kaiyang's mind for no reason, "Hold the pillar at the end, and rest until death."

The table of this milk tea shop is made of wood, the ground is not polished very smooth, and there are tiny sawdust piercing Ji Kaiyang's hand that was propped on the table, causing slight pain and itching.

Is he cold?Ji Kaiyang thought wildly, moved the table aside, and opened the window.The cold wind poured in all of a sudden, mixed with fine raindrops, patting his freshly dried face.Ji Kaiyang shivered unconsciously, put his arms on the window sill, and poked his head out.

Ji Kaiyang looked at Yi Chen from across the street. This was a boy he was familiar with, occupying every bit of his life in the first 18 years. They had quarreled and laughed together, growing from a babbling child to a green teenager.Why is it like this now?What link went wrong, Ji Kaiyang didn't have an answer, but for a moment he hoped that everything would end like this, he didn't have to embarrass himself, and he didn't have to disappoint anyone.

The rain gradually subsided, and some high school students started to walk to school with their schoolbags on their backs.Ji Kaiyang glanced at the time, it was already five o'clock, if Yi Chen didn't leave, he would be late.

But Yi Chen didn't seem too anxious, he just turned his head to watch the flow of people at the school gate.After dawdling like this for more than half an hour, Yi Chen finally took a few steps forward and raised his hand to hail a taxi.Maybe it was because of standing for too long, his legs were numb, he shook it twice, looked at the intersection before getting into the car, and quickly disappeared from sight.

Ji Kaiyang sat down on the chair in a daze, the milk tea was already cold, drinking it was inexplicably bitter.He looked out the window again, and the car was gone.He remembered that Yi Chen seemed to have wiped his face when he got into the car, Ji Kaiyang didn't know if it was rain or tears, he only knew that he was sadder than ever before.

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Hold on tight, sisters.We're entering the next volume on Thursday, and yes, that's exactly what you think.