Mindful

Qiao Yuanlin lay behind Liang Cheng all night, stiff but warm, even in the morning when the temperature was the lowest, he didn't feel cold.

The rain stopped completely, the sky was blue, and the resting cars were on the road one after another. Liang Cheng lowered a line of car windows to let the wind blow away the smell of tobacco on his body.

The mobile phones of the two people rang one after another. Wang Ruizhi had made dozens of calls last night, and if he couldn't reach them, he would call the police.Qiao Yuanlin connected and lied that he was playing games at a classmate's house, which reassured the old lady.

Ying Xiaoqiong called again and asked where Jinbei had gone. The vicissitudes of second-hand motorcycles were rained all night at the food stalls, and he was going to send them together for maintenance.

"No need." Liang Cheng said plainly, "Just sell the motorcycle as scrap."

The phone paused for a few seconds, and Ying Xiaoqiong asked what it meant.Liang Cheng was driving with one hand, while the other hand scratched heavily between his eyebrows, but his tone was very light: "I won't drive in the future."

Without waiting for Xiaoqiong's questioning, Liang Cheng hung up.The carriage was dull, he turned on the stereo, and it was full of old songs, it might as well be turned off.

Qiao Yuanlin suddenly said, "I want to hear it."

The forehead is pressed against the car window, bumping and bumping in the small bumps, and he will hum occasionally, and the beat and tune can be whatever he wants.At the beginning, the sentence "You and the young and casual me" was slowed down, and then he said "Separation is easy to separate and reunion is difficult to reunite". In fact, he couldn't tell whether it was "Rolling Red Dust" or "Red Dust Rolling".

After walking all the way, back to Changlin Street, Liang Cheng put Qiao Yuanlin down at the alley and went to find Ying Xiaoqiong to return the car.

The flowers and plants on the balcony were half dead, and the white doggy was so pitiful that there were only a few scattered leaves left. Qiao Yuanlin took a bath, drank medicine, and lay on the bed, lost in thought to the biology paper.

Jixiang Road was as depressed as hell. The heavy rain forced the night market to stop last night, and the vendors retreated in a hurry after starting work.

The neighborhood where Ying Xiaoqiong lived was not far away, Liang Cheng went upstairs and returned the car keys, but didn't enter the door, and didn't tell anyone else.The motorcycle was parked at the door of the unit, and he casually called a junk collector, and the buy-in price was almost free.

The weather refused to clear up for a long time, and the sun hid in a corner, pretending to be expensive.Liang Cheng was aimless, and walked three streets to buy a pack of cigarettes. Zheng Yandong was right, nicotine can dilute other flavors, and it turns out that it can suppress thousands of threads.

Unknowingly walking to the Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Liang Cheng entered the building and followed the instructions to go to the obstetrics floor. There were many pregnant women in the corridor, and the 20-year-old young man was very eye-catching.

"Teacher He!" The intern trotted into a clinic.

Liang Cheng stopped by the door, took a look and left.

After the accident, He Jie rested for more than half a year, and then was transferred from the original hospital to women and children.Whether the wound was healed, Liang Cheng had no way of knowing, passing by the suggestion box on the wall, he stopped, tore a sticky note and stuffed it in.

No signature, just wrote: Dr. He, start a new life.

After the women and children left, Liang Cheng got on a bus, didn't pay attention to the route and the stops, and got off the bus when he reached a familiar street.He laughed, no wonder it was familiar, it turned out to be Ning Yuan Street.

I met Qiao Yuanlin three years ago, but I can't remember exactly which tree it was under. It was also summer, and the flowers seemed to be particularly fragrant.

In fact, he should not take this road to No. [-] Middle School. He would occasionally make a detour in order to pass the hospital building at the end of the street.Ruotan Hospital is private, and he likes the hospital motto engraved on the building - benevolence is like a pool, from the clearest to the deepest.

There are always flower sellers and gift sellers near the hospital, and one window is filled with dolls of all sizes, Liang Cheng couldn't help but stay there.

It was the first time in his life that he entered such a place, hiding his bewilderment with coldness in his pocket.The salesperson recommended the best-selling one, but he was not satisfied. Disney classics, he thought childish, and original movies, he said nondescript.

After being picky for a long time, he asked, "Is there any...dolls like that?"

Back at Wanping Alley, the sky finally cleared.

Liang Cheng took a shower and changed his clothes, and closed the desk drawer, so he didn't need to lock it anymore.Someone knocked on the door, and Qiao Yuanlin came in with the paper.

Both of them were clean, and they had already buried the embarrassment of last night in their hearts.It was probably the last time Liang Cheng tutored Qiao Yuanlin with his homework, and he spoke very slowly.

After the lecture, Liang Cheng took out a file book and filled it with the duty list, the corrected report, the student evaluation... two blank manuscript papers, and wrote the resignation application.

Qiao Yuanlin said, "You really have to go."

"Yeah." Liang Cheng replied positively, "I will return the lease after I deal with this."

Qiao Yuanlin said hoarsely, "Can't we stay a little longer?"

Liang Cheng thought to himself, maybe puppies are smarter than Qiao Yuanlin.They all knew what kind of person he was, and he was ready to be hated or even spurned, but Qiao Yuanlin didn't give up trying to keep him.

"Sooner or later, anyway," he said.

If I knew this earlier, I should have left on the platform back then.

Four days later, Liang took care of everything and came back from a trip to Dexin. The cheongsam shop was not open, so he turned to the side of the building, and Qiao Yuanlin was sitting under the entrance, wearing earphones.

Wang Ruizhi went to try on Lin Chengbi's patterned clothes, just the two of them, Qiao Yuanlin said, "Brother, let me treat you to dinner."

"Shall we break up for dinner?" Liang Cheng stopped on the steps, "If someone treats you, just keep your mouth open."

The food stall is not doing business tonight, just one table, grand and eye-catching, Ying Xiaoqiong wants to practice for Liang Cheng.

Ying Xiaoyu was also there, standing gracefully on the side of the street to call the fourth child. Just after dialing, the fourth child appeared on a bicycle, carrying a large box of seafood.

"Slow to death!" Ying Xiaoyu pinched her slender waist, "If you don't come again, why don't you fry a plate of carbon dioxide?"

The fourth child unloaded the goods: "Hey sister Yu, didn't I choose carefully, you can stir-fry the base first!"

Ying Xiaoqiong wore an apron to cook herself, and scolded: "I think you look like a base material! You are slow, you can buy a Vuitton if you have the money, and you can ride a broken bicycle after spending the money!"

The fourth child said, "Why don't you drink while driving!"

This noisy scene was like every lively night on weekdays. Qiao Yuanlin got off the car and followed behind Liang Cheng, took a deep breath, and tried his best to pretend to be the same free and easy in front of others.

It's a pity that Ying Xiaoqiong always likes to tease him, shouting so much that the whole street can hear: "Student Xiao Qiao, Liang Cheng is leaving, are you willing?"

Qiao Yuanlin answered irrelevantly: "I will help arrange the dishes."

Ying Xiaoqiong shook her head "tsk tsk", turned the frying pan and turned over a bunch of flames.Liang Cheng walked over, picked up a head of garlic and began to peel, while whispering: "Brother Ying, don't make such jokes."

Ying Xiaoqiong knocked the frying spoon hard twice, and admitted: "That's right, I did it on purpose over and over again, wanting that kid to keep you and let you let yourself go. When you're inside, you're always there...he's the one Knot, that buckle!"

Liang Cheng put the peeled garlic on the chopping board and said, "I've already let myself go."

Ying Xiaoqiong stopped frying the dishes and stared at him to distinguish the real from the fake. At this moment, a Lexus drove up, and Zheng Yandong got out of the car with half a dozen Starbucks.

The fourth child asked, "Isn't it delivering food?"

"Fuck." Zheng Yandong introduced himself, "I'm Liang Cheng's high school classmate, let's eat and buy something to drink for everyone."

Ying Xiaoqiong muttered: "Who the hell drinks coffee?"

Zheng Yandong heard it again, and was about to choke when he was dazzled by Ying Xiaoqiong's emerald green shirt and gold necklace.

There were all familiar friends present, Qiao Yuanlin sensed that Liang Cheng was really going to leave, he couldn't make jokes, and he couldn't make jokes, so he could only stay in a corner so as not to spoil everyone's fun.

The phone rang, and Liang Cheng sent him an email, which was a set of biology outlines, including all knowledge points and question types.

Liang Cheng came over and said, "I made it these days, I almost forgot to send it to you."

"Is it a parting gift?" Qiao Yuanlin asked.

Liang Cheng replied: "It's okay to use it to catch up with the progress, or you can delete it if you think it takes up memory, you can figure it out."

"Then I'll print it first, then frame it and put it on the bedside." Qiao Yuanlin choked out a joke, and said paradoxically through the joke, "I... can't bear it."

Liang Chenghuo turned and walked away as if he didn't hear.

Qiao Yuanlin asked from behind: "Where are you going after leaving Pinghai?"

Liang Cheng didn't plan carefully, he drifted wherever he went, decided to leave and just booked a ticket, he replied: "Beijing."

For a meal in the open air, six people gathered around a table. No one was surprised. They knew Liang Cheng's experience, and knew that Liang Cheng would leave one day, leaving this place where he had suffered so much.

Qiao Yuanlin sat beside Liang Cheng, not making much noise, and frequently peeped at Liang Cheng's profile.Doing homework at a desk, tutoring experiments, and leaning over to speak on a motorcycle are all angles like this.

He was a little dazed, put down his drink and picked up the plastic cup on the table. Liang Cheng was obviously chatting with the fourth child, but he caught him with long eyes on the back of his head and said that the cup contained beer.

Qiao Yuanlin said, "I want to try it."

Liang Cheng didn't allow it, so he grabbed the cup and drank it in one gulp.

"Come, come, have a drink with me." Ying Xiaoqiong leaned over to Liang Chengman, "We've known each other for a few years, so we won't mention the past, just remember, no matter where you go, the days of fucking are gone! "

Before Liang Cheng answered, Ying Xiaoyu covered her face and began to cry. The pear blossom was so unattractive in the rain. With tears in her eyes, she pried open a bottle of wine with chopsticks and said, "Yes! She is the lady boss with the best business in this night market! Anyone who is not good will get the hell out of here!"

Liang Cheng respected Xiaoqiong, drank a cup, and then respected Xiaoyu.And the fourth child said excitedly: "Liang Cheng, when I came to Pinghai alone to start a small business, I was ganged up and bullied in the seafood market. You met me and helped me, and then you introduced me to Brother Ying, so I was stable." Come down! You will be my brother for the rest of your life!"

"Brothers forever!" Ying Xiaoqiong said loudly, "We made mistakes, I did it for my sister, you did it for your mother, neither wrong nor loss! How do you say that, like drinking water... I forgot later! "

The fourth child said, "Be careful of choking!"

Ying Xiaoqiong laughed loudly, accidentally took a cup of coffee by mistake, turned her head and sprayed it all over the floor after drinking it, wiped her mouth and said, "Student Liang Cheng, put your Starbucks away!"

As if taking revenge, Zheng Yandong picked up Ying Xiaoqiong's beer and said, "Liang Cheng, is it my turn?"

Liang Cheng kept pouring wine, drinking, and asked: "What do you want to say?"

"I wish you smooth sailing." Zheng Yandong is much more refined than those few people, "You are notoriously withdrawn, and you are only an old classmate like me for three years. If you go back to Pinghai one day, remember to look for me."

Without saying a word, Liang Cheng raised his glass and drank it down.After drinking a round in turn, they turned to Qiao Yuanlin. There was a little silence on the table. He couldn't drink, he couldn't shout, and it was a bit redundant to be out of place.

Ying Xiaoqiong said: "Drink one with classmate Xiao Qiao."

Zheng Yandong echoed: "That's right, the little landlord takes good care of you."

Liang Cheng flattened the empty plastic cup, threw it on the table, picked up a bottle of beer and bit off the cap, directly facing the mouth of the bottle, rolling his Adam's apple to fill his lungs with cold liquid.

He even drank Qiao Yuanlin's share, and it was stronger than every cup before. He coughed so much that his eyelids turned red, and he didn't care that everyone at the table looked at him for his gaffe.

Qiao Yuanlin's lower teeth were on his lips, without saying a word, in just a few months, he had tasted the bitterness, sourness and sweetness of half his life, he didn't know which word to say, and it was all piled up in his throat.

The empty beer bottle jingled and fell to his feet, Liang Cheng opened another bottle, his slender fingers took out a cloud of water vapor, his brows were light, and when he drank it all, he stretched out a loneliness that alcohol could not comfort.

After drinking for three rounds, drunkenness mixed with boldness, and changed to heart-to-heart, the fourth child cried while talking, Ying Xiaoqiong covered Ying Xiaoyu's handbag, shrugged her shoulders and leaned on Zheng Yandong's body.

Zheng Yandong held half a crab, remembered the anatomy class, and hugged Ying Xiaoqiong in pain.

It turned out that everyone was weak, but Qiao Yuanlin realized that he was the sober and strong one. In the middle of the night, he helped call a valet driver and paid the boss next door to clean up the mess.

Liang Cheng was drunk, but the quality of the wine was excellent, he leaned back in the chair with his head down, calm as if he was thinking about life.

"Brother." Qiao Yuanlin called him softly, "Go home."

Liang Cheng opened his eyes: "Well, go home."

They leaned against the two ends of the back row of the taxi. The driver was worried that the drunken guests would cause trouble, so he drove so fast that he bumped to the entrance of the alley, and Liang Cheng was a little dizzy.

Qiao Yuanlin stepped forward to stabilize himself, and hugged Liang Cheng's waist. He hadn't touched the motorcycle like this since he sold it. Liang Cheng grunted "itch" with a low smile.

Afraid of waking up the old lady, he carried Liang Cheng upstairs carefully, unable to turn on the light, unloaded him on the bed in the dark, and leaned himself on the edge of the bed panting for breath.

After breathing heavily, Qiao Yuanlin took off Liang Cheng's shoes and laid them flat. Washing was impossible, so he took a wet towel and wiped Liang Cheng's face and neck.

Liang Cheng lay with his eyes closed, his mouth tightened when he was touched by his Adam's apple, and his breathing gradually took longer.

It was a quiet scene, but Qiao Yuanlin's mind was full of confusion. After the long night, the drunkenness subsided, Liang Cheng was about to leave, and he emptied his luggage and left thoroughly.

Crime and murder, horrified like a scam, he still doesn't have the courage to ask the whole story.In this way, what Liang Cheng left for him was all a dreamlike scene.

Under the bright moonlight, Qiao Yuanlin stretched out his hand to caress Liang Cheng's cheek, it was cool and dry, his long and narrow eyes were lightly closed, hiding the usual banter and inadvertent tenderness.

Aren't you tired of putting away my sneakers again and again?Tighten the ladder quietly, why don't you go up to the rooftop with me to look at the stars?Every time I call my name, can't you see that I will be nervous?

Haven't had grape smoothie together yet, you scooped me a scoop, I haven't made up the lab class, the class schedule needs to be updated, and I lied to you for not confessing my birthday.

Qiao Yuanlin sniffled, he secretly followed and took pictures, drove people away and kept them back, flattered people when they were happy, complained when they hit a wall, fancied a sexual dream, or lost their minds with jealousy, cheated, went crazy, for a person Gathered seven deadly sins, but in the end they couldn't catch anything.

In the end, he was bad again.

"Brother, what does beer taste like?"

Qiao Yuanlin asked, leaning over and kissing Liang Cheng's lips.