old age

The college entrance examination is endowed with too much mystery and even sacred meaning before entering the examination room. When you are really in it, you find that it is just a relatively formal examination.I didn't forget the admission ticket, I didn't come late, no one made noise in the exam room, and the fingerprint recognition was normal... Everything was normal, and it was a normal thing.

Yi Chen walked out of the examination room, took off the red string on his hand and stuffed it into his trouser pocket—the Chinese teacher handed it out at the school gate yesterday morning, insisting that every student should bring one.Chu Jing was waiting by the flower platform outside the school gate, and Yi Chen squeezed past.

"There is a dinner party with classmates at night, right?" Chu Jing was waiting outside for these exams. The sun was bright and there were so many people. The sweat on her face stained her face a little.

"Didn't I tell you?" Yi Chen nodded, "I'll go back after dinner."

"Well, okay." Chu Jing looked at him, "How did you do in the exam? I didn't have much to ask in the first few classes."

"It's pretty good, I feel okay." Yi Chen said.

"That's good." Chu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, yes, I brought your phone here for you."

Yi Chen hasn't touched a smartphone for more than half a year, and the tactile sensation of swiping on the screen twice is still a little strange. "The class will gather at the school gate in a while." Yi Chen saw several students standing there, "I passed, you...?"

"I'll go back first, put away my luggage, and leave on the plane tomorrow morning." Chu Jing stroked the broken hair behind her ear.

"It's okay." Yi Chen lowered his head and sent Ji Kaiyang a WeChat message, "What time is it tomorrow?"

"Quarter past seven."

"So early? Then you have to leave at six o'clock?" Yi Chen roughly estimated the time.

"There are too many things in my company...", Chu Jing said, without feeling too sorry.She has long been used to being free and easy. Once she came back from the college entrance examination, firstly, she felt that she still had to take on some responsibilities as a mother, and secondly, she happened to negotiate a deal and have a few days to spare.

"It's okay." Yi Chen smiled, "It's just that I may go back late tonight, and I may not get up when you leave early tomorrow..."

He raised his hand and hugged Chu Jing, "Then let's say it in advance, goodbye, mom."

The dinner party was not complete, and three large round tables had been reserved, but one of them was half empty.The squad leader asked the waiter to remove them, and a few chairs were added to each of the other two tables, so that everyone sat crowded together.

They ordered a lot of dishes, but few people ate them seriously. After sitting down, they started drinking beer.The waiter brought in two boxes and quickly destroyed half of them.

In the second half of the drink, some of the boys were obviously drunk and couldn't walk steadily. The girls gathered together in twos and threes, whispering whispers.

The people in the experimental class are constantly changing, and the competition is fierce. They are all competitors, and they are wary of each other.It's hard to say how deep the friendship between classmates is.But at such a special time, after getting together this time, I don't know if we will meet again in the future, and I still feel a little sad about parting.

Yi Chen also drank two cups in response to the occasion, the private room was very smoky, he avoided the drunks around him, walked to the balcony of the private room to breathe, and saw someone downstairs in a blink of an eye, who looked like Ji Kaiyang.

He hurriedly made a call, and the person downstairs really took out his mobile phone.

"Turn back." Yi Chen waved at him, "Why are you here?"

While Ji Kaiyang was answering the phone, he didn't stop walking, Yi Chen hurriedly called him back, "Don't go, you are downstairs and I will come down immediately."

He hurriedly told the squad leader that he had to leave first, and immediately there were a lot of "not interesting" and other boos one after another, Yi Chen ignored him, smiled and waved, said goodbye, and ran outside.

"Yi Chen, Yi Chen..."

He stepped on the Hot Wheels on the soles of his heels and jumped up and down the stairs. Only when he reached the hall did he hear someone shouting behind him.

"Is something wrong?"

She is a fair and clean girl, usually very quiet in class and doesn't talk much, Yi Chen didn't remember her name when she saw her.

Just now his tone was a bit rushed, Yi Chen eased up and asked again, "What's the matter with you?"

"I..." The girl was out of breath, holding her chest and panting twice, "I..."

She was silent again, and her face was obviously red even under the not-so-bright light.Even if Yi Chen's whole heart is on Ji Kaiyang, he can see some signs of it at this moment.

The girl took a deep breath, and finally planned to speak. Yi Chen raised his phone and interrupted her in time, "I have nothing to do. I'll leave first. My partner is waiting for me outside."

The girl was obviously stunned, she reacted, bowed her head and twisted her fingers, and after a while said, "It's nothing, I just want to say goodbye to you."

"Yeah." Yi Chen smiled, "Goodbye."

Ji Kaiyang was waiting not far from the door, and Yi Chen ran over to grab his neck from behind, "Why did you come here? You came here to see me?"

"It's just such a distance, and I can still run sweating." Ji Kaiyang took out a piece of paper, wiped his forehead and said, "I came to see Teacher Chen. She will retire after this class, Zou Ziheng said She will be there with her daughter in two days, and she doesn’t know if she will be able to touch her in the future, so she just comes over to say goodbye when she has time. After all, she has taught me for two years, and the teacher is also a good person.”

It was only then that Yi Chen remembered that the science experiment class seemed to eat here as well.

"Didn't your class get together?" He asked.

"We got together."

"It's over so soon?"

"Yeah." Ji Kaiyang nodded, seeing Yi Chen's curiosity, he explained, "I'm a bit strict as the class teacher, and all the classmates are very fond of him. When the class leader and secretary ordered meals, they were always hesitant to ask the teacher to go with them. , In the end, I still didn’t call. I don’t know who told the parents. Some parents may feel that there is no teacher, and they just had a holiday. They were worried that something would happen if they were too excited, so they went to the same restaurant to book a table.”

"Ah? What kind of operation is this?" Yi Chen was a little shocked, "Then what do you guys eat when you break up?"

"Just sit down and eat, what else can I do?" Ji Kaiyang also felt that today's incident was indeed a bit funny, "After eating, we will leave. If the parents come, they will lead them back, and the rest are not in the mood. I heard that a few of them went to sing together, but most of them should have left, so I don't know..."

"Damn." Yi Chen pressed his shoulder and couldn't stop laughing.

Ji Kaiyang looked at him helplessly, "Is it so funny?"

"Yes..." Yi Chen couldn't even straighten his waist.

Ji Kaiyang shook his head and laughed too.

"Hey." It took Yi Chen a while to recover, "Why are you talking so irrelevant? It's the same as if you're not in the rest."

"Didn't I come to see you?"

"Are you looking for me?" Yi Chen clicked his tongue twice. "If I hadn't seen it, you would have left."

"I really didn't need to tell you. We spend a lot of time seeing each other, so it's rare for you and your classmates to get together." Ji Kaiyang raised his hand and rubbed his head, "It turned out that you saw it again by such a coincidence, will it be over in a while?" ?”

"No more." Yi Chen was successfully appeased by his "many", and there was no one around, so he took Ji Kaiyang's hand and shook it, "I said hello."

They walked along the road, and the night wind was blowing, which finally brought a little coolness to the sweltering summer.The college entrance examination is over, no matter how you say it, you can temporarily relax your tense nerves, and you will be surrounded by someone you like, even if you just walk aimlessly, you will feel happy in your heart.

Yi Chen walked briskly, humming a song in a low voice.

"So happy to be confessed?" Ji Kaiyang said suddenly.

Yi Chen looked over in shock, and Ji Kaiyang continued, "It seems that this is not the first time that the handling method is so skillful."

"You, did you see it?"

"Not only did I see it, but your partner also heard it. It's like going back to the 80s." Ji Kaiyang finally couldn't help laughing, "I guessed that you were coming down soon, so I wanted to come to the door to have a look, but... .."

"I'm innocent, I don't have anything." Yi Chen hastened to express his loyalty, "And your reasoning just now didn't make sense. What do you mean it's not the first time for me? You haven't been confessed before?

"Are you sure you want to settle the old score with me?" Ji Kaiyang asked.

"No, forget it." Yi Chen weighed it quickly, "I was wrong." Ji Kaiyang smiled lowly and didn't speak again, and heard Yi Chen continue, "And no matter what happened before , In fact, it’s nothing wrong... I’ve only confessed to one person.”

"So what's the matter?" Ji Kaiyang teased him.

"Will you focus on the key points?" Yi Chen became anxious, "You clearly know..."

"what?"

"I only like you." Yi Chen glanced at him, then lowered his head, "I like you..."

Yi Chen seemed to be addicted to talking, just these four words endlessly. He buried his head and pulled his hand while talking all the way, walking more and more slowly, even a little shaky, and his voice gradually lowered.

At first Ji Kaiyang thought he was acting like a baby, but after walking for a while, he realized something was wrong.He shook Yi Chen's shoulder lightly, turned his head to look at his drooping face, "Are you drunk?"

Yi Chen raised his head, and suddenly leaned over to touch Ji Kaiyang's lips, "Not drunk..."

His eyes were watery, and he smiled ignorantly.When he just came out, Ji Kaiyang could smell the faint smell of alcohol, and seeing that he was still sober when he spoke, he didn't pay much attention, unexpectedly Yi Chen was walking, and the wine poured over his head.

"Hey, I really admire you." Yi Chen kept drifting to the road when he was drunk, and Ji Kaiyang held him down to prevent him from swaying around.He took two steps forward, raised his hand to hail a car, and wanted to send him back.

"I'm not going back." Yi Chen refused to get in the car, "I'm not drunk..."

"Don't make trouble."

"I'm really not drunk." He continued shaking his head.

"Are you going or not?" the driver said.

"Forget it." Ji Kaiyang closed the car door helplessly, "You go first."

Seeing the car driving away, Yi Chen happily pulled Ji Kaiyang forward, kept saying that he was not drunk, and walking unsteadily, Ji Kaiyang was always afraid that he would fall.This neighborhood is close to the river, and there is no place to sit on the road other than the muddy flower beds.

"Okay, okay." Ji Kaiyang let go of his hand, squatted down in front of Yi Chen, "Come up."

"Why?" Yi Chen poked his back.

"Carry you on your back."

"I'm not drunk." Yi Chen yelled, "What about trust? What about your trust in me?"

"You're not drunk, I want to carry you, okay?" Ji Kaiyang looked back at him, "Hurry up."

Yi Chen thought for a while with his not sober mind, and had to admit that this was really a huge temptation.He lay on Ji Kaiyang's back, hugging his shoulders, "If it's serious, just say so."

"It's not heavy." Ji Kaiyang supported his legs and walked forward slowly.

Yi Chen tilted his head to his neck and pecked, "I like you the most, no, I only like you."

"Well, I see." Ji Kaiyang said.

"Don't always know, don't I know you know? You're not deaf, I've said it so many times, it's no wonder you don't know..."

"How much did you drink today?"

"Whether I drink or not, I'm telling the truth." Yi Chen leaned into his ear, "I like..."

Ji Kaiyang interrupted him with a low laugh, "I'm really not used to saying these four words directly every time, you know."

"Oh, okay." Yi Chen raised a hand and stroked his cheek, "Then I don't dislike you."

Ji Kaiyang thought that he was really drunk, and continued, "I think maybe in this life, there are only a few times when he can speak clearly."

"It's all on me." Yi Chen said quickly, then tilted his head and thought about it, "Did I already use it up last time?"

"Yeah, I used it once." Ji Kaiyang breathed a sigh of relief, lifted him up, and continued walking. The warm yellow street lamps were shining in front of him, and his voice was solemn and clear, "I hope I can stay for the last time." When we are old, seven or eighty years old, with no teeth and gray hair, I will tell you again."

"Nonsense, you must look good at 80." Yi Chen lowered his head and bit his shoulder.

"What are you doing again?" Ji Kaiyang moved, "Be careful not to drop you."

"Fall down, fall down and I'll see who will accompany you until you are 80 years old." Yi Chen laughed tremblingly, "I remember, I will remind you when the time comes, don't hold back."

Yi Chen fell asleep on his back later, and was already lying on the bed at home when he woke up.

He got up and poured a glass of water to drink, and vaguely remembered that it was Ji Kaiyang who sent him back.He didn't have much memory of what else was said along the way.He found out his cell phone, it was two o'clock in the morning.There was an unread message from Ji Kaiyang on it, saying that he would contact him in two days.

"Then what are you going to do these two days?" Yi Chen turned back, and Ji Kaiyang's phone call came back very quickly.

"woke up?"

Yi Chen said, "You haven't slept yet?"

"I just finished the exam, and I can't sleep." Ji Kaiyang paused, and then said, "I haven't asked you all night, how do you feel?"

"It's okay, let's play normally."

"That's good." Ji Kaiyang responded, "Go to sleep, I'm going to sleep too."

"Hey, you still haven't said what you're going to do?"

"I don't do anything." Ji Kaiyang replied a little later, "Tomorrow is Saturday, my mother won't go to work..."

Ji Kaiyang was actually not sure whether Zhang Yun didn't know that he was still in touch with Yi Chen, or pretended not to know, but she never brought it up, as if she had completely forgotten about Yi Chen.

Ji Kaiyang thought about it carefully, and sooner or later he would tell Zhang Yun about his relationship with Yi Chen. Since he agreed to Yi Chen, he would not let him sneak around forever, which would be unfair to everyone.It's just that at this point in time, it's really not mature enough. He has to let Zhang Yun put aside the previous grievances and accept Yi Chen again before talking about this matter.

They didn't hang up the phone all the time, and Yi Chen's palms were sweating before he heard Ji Kaiyang say, "I will take care of everything, you don't have to worry, don't worry about anything."

After ending the call, Yi Chen couldn't recover for a long time.From the afternoon when he went to No. [-] Middle School to find Ji Kaiyang, he deliberately ignored Zhang Yun, because he couldn't deal with it, so he pretended not to exist.Although this made him feel very unfilial, but thinking about Zhang Yun and his current relationship with Ji Kaiyang, he would feel more guilty.

It took him nearly a year to realize that losing Ji Kaiyang was nothing compared to admitting that he was gay.Even if he was asked to shout directly into the street with a loudspeaker now, he didn't care.

But Zhang Yun is not someone else.She is Ji Kaiyang's mother and also her own mother.

Once again, this question was laid out in front of him unexpectedly, and he still had no idea, even though Ji Kaiyang reassured him.

Procrastinate first, Yi Chen thought helplessly, he knew he was lying to himself, but he really didn't have a better solution, after all, Ji Kaiyang just said tonight that he would be with him forever, and he really wanted this lifetime.