Stranger way home

Chapter 58 Rising Waves

When the lights came on, the train also slowly stopped on the platform of City X.

"Here we are." Looking at the familiar environment outside the window, I whispered to myself.

Then, I turned my head and looked at Uncle Liu opposite, and found that he was also looking at me.He smiled slightly at me, then put the luggage down from the luggage rack, and handed me a slightly lighter one, before motioning for me to follow him to get out of the car, I nodded.

With the crowd, Uncle Liu and I finally walked out of the platform.Standing outside the station, I took a deep breath. The air was filled with familiar smells, as well as the aroma of cooked food, which made people swallow their saliva involuntarily.

"What's the matter? Are you hungry?" Uncle Liu who was standing on my right looked at me and asked with concern.

I rubbed my head and smiled embarrassingly, "It's a little bit."

"Then let's go eat first? We'll just leave here." Uncle Liu looked around for a while, then turned around and pointed to a restaurant with a good environment not far away.

"Yeah." I nodded.

After dinner, the whole city gradually lights up with lights of different colors, such as street lights, neon lights, colorful lights, etc. All kinds of lights complement each other, and people seem to be immersed in a colorful fairyland.Although it is the night in the deep winter season, there are not many pedestrians on the road. Couples carrying each other, father and son, mother and son laughing and talking, etc. can be seen everywhere.Perhaps, the residual heat of New Year's Day is still volatile in this city.

After leaving the restaurant, I closely followed Uncle Liu's footsteps, walked to the side of the road, and prepared to hire a taxi instead.The waiting time was long, fortunately Uncle Liu was by his side, otherwise I would have kept him at a respectful distance in this time and in this climate.

"I'll call my secretary and ask about the company's affairs in the past two days." While waiting for the car, Uncle Liu suddenly turned his head to me and said.After seeing me nodding, he took out the mobile phone in his pocket, quickly and skillfully dialed a series of numbers, and after a series of beeps, a crisp female voice sounded.

"Hello, Xiao Yang, I'm Mr. Liu. During my absence, is there anything going on in the company?" Uncle Liu's voice was loud and full of seriousness, which I don't often see.Because he has always treated me with tenderness and love, never showing me any face.

I never asked about Uncle Liu's business affairs, so when he picked up his mobile phone, I deliberately walked away to the side of the road and stared at the passing vehicles in a daze.Looking at all the things in front of me, I can't help but think of the past: when I first came to this city, I was very confused, about studies and love; But in this vast city, I met Uncle Wang and Uncle Liu, and spent several sweet days together.Uncle Wang and Uncle Liu are excellent beings. In the past, each of them was out of reach in my heart, but now I have an unforgettable relationship with them.With this experience, I think I have no regrets in my life.

"Huh? Someone came to see me?"

A surprised voice suddenly came from Uncle Liu, waking me up from my memory. I looked back at Uncle Liu in bewilderment, wondering what could have surprised him so much.

"You describe it more clearly, yes, a young man? I don't seem to know any young man." Uncle Liu's voice was still full of surprise and confusion, "By the way, did he leave his name and contact information? "

"You said his name is Shen...Han...Xing?!"

This time I saw Uncle Liu through my eyes, and I found that he was always steady, but he seemed a little at a loss.And the name he blurted out, the three words "Shen Hanxing", I feel a little familiar, but I don't know when I heard it.And what is the origin of that Shen Hanxing that can make Uncle Liu show such an unsightly expression, I am also very puzzled.

"Okay, it's okay, I know everything, you can go about your business! Bye."

Under my gaze, Uncle Liu finally hung up the phone. He turned his head to me, pretended to smile relaxedly, and walked in front of me.

"Uncle Liu, what's the matter? It looks like you're nervous." Looking at Uncle Liu who was pretending to be calm, I asked with concern.

"No...it's nothing." Uncle Liu was taken aback for a moment, and then he said slowly, "There is something wrong with the company. I'll put you in the car. Can you go back to school by yourself? I'm going to the company."

"Oh." Although I didn't know what happened, I could only nod my head and agree.

"Taxi!" At this time, an empty taxi passed by, Uncle Liu stopped it with a wave of his hand, then sent me to the car, explained the destination to the driver, and then waved to me to say goodbye.

Looking at the far away intersection, and Uncle Liu who looked lonely under the street lights, I felt uneasy emotions in my heart. Such emotions tormented me for a long time in my mind, and finally, I made up my mind.

"Driver, please turn around and go to XXX place!"

Shen Hanxing, who are you?Why did Uncle Liu, who has always been calm, become so groggy.

……

Uncle Liu looked at the taxi that was gradually going away, until he could no longer see the shadow of the car, he sighed slowly, stretched out his hand to hail another taxi, and let the other one go, but the direction was obviously not the company direction, but to the place where you live.

"Xing'er..." Looking at the receding scenery outside the car window, Uncle Liu whispered this familiar yet unfamiliar address with blurred eyes, "Why are you really here, without any warning."

After sighing, Uncle Liu took out his mobile phone again, recalled the number left by the secretary just now, pressed the string of numbers on the mobile phone in turn, but did not press the dial button for a long time.After hesitating again and again, his trembling thumb finally pressed on the dial key.

"I miss you, this winter; miss you more, hold me tight..." The melodious and crisp ringtone rang in Uncle Liu's ears, evoking Uncle Liu's memories of the past, that confident boy, that sunny The boy, the unforgettable boy...

"Hello? You are." Finally, the phone was answered, and Uncle Liu felt a familiar but distant voice from the other side, the voice of the person who had left too many good memories.

"Xing'er..." Uncle Liu called out the name softly, but his tone seemed a little trembling.

"Uncle Liu? Is it Uncle Liu?" The voice from over there was very excited, like the joy of a gluttonous child who got candy. "Where are you?"

"I'm on my way home. Have you rented a room near my house?" Uncle Liu took a deep breath and tried hard to control his emotions before continuing to ask.

"Well, I came over on New Year's Day, but you weren't here. I went to your company to look for you, and your staff said you had gone home. I had to wait for you here." The voice over there suddenly became very low, "I thought You don't want to see me anymore."

"How could it be?" After listening to Uncle Liu, he quickly explained, "I just went back to my hometown once."

"Well, I understand." The voice over there returned to the previous excitement again, "That's it, it's not convenient for you to make a phone call in the car, I'll wait for you to come back."

"Okay. Bye!" Uncle Liu nodded in response, then pressed the hang up button, and sighed softly again, his mind was in chaos.Feeling that he was getting closer to home, Uncle Liu's mood became more and more ups and downs. The faces of Xiao Luo and Xing'er appeared in front of him alternately, and his chaotic mind was faintly showing a tendency to collapse.Helpless, Uncle Liu had no choice but to comfort himself that "the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge", and everything will go with the flow.

Soon, the car stopped at a familiar intersection, and Uncle Liu got out of the car with his luggage in his hand. From a distance, he saw a familiar figure standing under the dim streetlight.The cool wind blowing gently at the street crossed, blowing a strand of hair on his forehead, Uncle Liu could clearly see that the man was smiling, very happy.

"Uncle..." The man saw clearly that the person in front of him was exactly what he was waiting for, and immediately ran in front of Uncle Liu, and the next second he threw himself into Uncle Liu's arms with tears in his eyes.The luggage carried by Uncle Liu's two hands also fell to the ground with his flutter, splashing dust all over the place, and Uncle Liu also stood on the side of the road in a daze, letting the visitor hug him tightly.

"Alright, Xing'er, let's go into the house."

After a long time, when Shen Hanxing's mood stabilized, Uncle Liu patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly.

"En." Shen Hanxing stretched out his right hand to wipe the eye sockets, and then nodded slightly.Later, he stretched out his hand to help Uncle Liu carry a piece of luggage, and followed Uncle Liu to the house.

And in the corner that the two of them couldn't see, at the corner of the street, I quietly watched the scene in front of me.Seeing the two of them gradually disappearing in front of their eyes, there was a faint tendency to moisten the eye sockets, and they wanted to cry but couldn't.It wasn't until this moment that I realized that the so-called "Shen Hanxing" was the person I met in front of the train station, and also the "Xing'er" that Uncle Liu used to think about day and night.Now that he is back, what am I?Just a substitute when Shen Hanxing is not around?I don't know the answer, my mind is like a mess, I wish I could just pass out and not have to think so much.But, I didn't, I could only look in the direction where Uncle Liu was going, staring for a long time.

The bleak cold wind in the middle of the night gradually blew up, rolling up the fallen leaves all over the ground, flying chaotically in front of my eyes.I raised my head and looked at the dark night sky. This time, the tears finally dripped down my cheeks, and slid over the corner of my mouth. A burst of bitterness slowly spread from the corner of my mouth, and finally penetrated to the deepest part of my heart.

Wind, so cold!