sunset mountains

After talking with Wei Chi that night, Xiao Yanwei realized deeply that no signal is normal.

When Wei Chi received another call, it was already the fourth day since Wei Chi left.

It was just dawn, and Xiao Yanwei hadn't woken up yet.

"Are you still asleep?" Hearing the voice, Wei Chi should have been up for a long time, as if he was walking, and there was a slight tremor when he spoke.

Xiao Yanwei actually woke up a long time ago, but it was too cold outside, so he couldn't get up for a while.

"Wake up." He reached out and pulled the quilt, covering his chin, "It's too cold, I don't think about it."

"Didn't you go to my place?" Wei Chi paused, then continued to ask, "Did you lose the key?"

Xiao Yanwei clicked his tongue softly, and said in a lazy voice, "You can still lose it all the time."

Wei Chi smiled softly, "It's okay to lose it, Lao Yao will give it back."

Xiao Yanwei didn't know what to say, so he didn't reply at all.

Wei Chi also remained silent for a few seconds, and asked hesitantly, "Are you... coming to the market?"

Xiao Yan didn't take the phone away from his ear, and looked at the date, "I thought it was Wednesday."

"It's Thursday," Wei Chi corrected him, and asked again after a few seconds, "Is there anything you want to buy?"

Xiao Yanwei really didn't have anything he wanted to buy. In fact, there was nothing for sale in the big market in the town, but Xiao Yanwei felt that since Wei Chi had asked this question, he definitely wanted him to go.

Xiao Yanwei thought for a while, "Go shopping, I'll buy a little sun too."

Wei Chi sounded quite happy, "Wang Song should also come today, so you come with him?"

Xiao Yan didn't pause for a moment, but he didn't remember who Wang Song was, and was about to ask, when Wei Chi thought of it, and took the initiative to explain, "Wang Song is Erma."

Xiao Yanwei, "Oh."

In fact, if he had other options, he would not want to take the Erma car. Erma people are very nice, and the eggs they sell are also very good, but he still felt a little bit resistant to the smell of eggs last time.

Wei Chi didn't know why he was hesitating, thought it was Xiao Yanwei who didn't want to come, and said after a while, "If you don't want to move, then don't come, I can take it back for you tomorrow."

Even though he said that, there was still some not-so-obvious disappointment in his tone, Xiao Yanwei forgot that he didn't like the smell of eggs.

"I'll go to your place to get some clothes in a while," Xiao Yanwei said, "His car is too cold."

Wei Chi smiled, "Yeah."

Wei Chi only had a few changes of clothes that he often wears at school, and he kept most of his clothes at home. Xiao Yan didn't prefer light colors, but Wei Chi's closet was full of dark colors.

He looked at the closet for a long time and picked out a short black down jacket.

After tidying up, Er...Wang Song was already waiting for him at the gate of Lao Yao's house.

Wang Song is not very old, he looks only a few years older than Xiao Yanwei, he should be regarded as the youngest group in the village except "Yao Dabao".

Yao Dabao was still in poor health, this time Lao Yao didn't follow, Xiao Yan sat on the driver's seat of the tricycle.

Wang Song is not very talkative, and he was a little embarrassed when facing Xiao Yanwei, so the two of them didn't communicate much along the way.

When he was about to reach the town, he said sluggishly, "Mr. Xiao, where are you placed?"

To this day, Xiao Yanwei is still not used to being called Mr. Xiao by others, but he has corrected him many times and no one has corrected him, so he waved his hand, "Don't worry about me, I'll find Wei Chi after a while."

When Wei Chi was mentioned, Wang Song had a relaxed smile on his face, "Teacher Wei will be on winter vacation soon."

Xiao Yanwei really never asked Wei Chi about it, "I don't know, when will it be released in previous years?"

Wang Song frowned and thought for a while, "It's around the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month."

Xiao Yanwei didn't usually look at the date, so he didn't realize it for a while, "What's the date today?"

"It's not the twelfth lunar month yet." Wang Song parked the car on the side of the road, took out a mobile phone with a crack on the upper left corner from his cotton-padded jacket, opened the calendar and looked at it, "but it's only a few days away."

"So early?" Xiao Yanwei was a little surprised.

"We don't make up classes here." Wang Song smiled, took back the phone and turned the key to continue driving. "It won't be too late for the holiday."

Xiao Yan didn't answer, and jumped out of the car when Wang Song turned the corner and parked the car at Jikou, "I'll come down for a while."

Wang Song also jumped out of the car, raised his hand and scratched his hair, and smiled showing a row of white teeth, with a simple and honest look, "Mr. Xiao help me to give Mr. Wei a treat."

Xiao Yan nodded, "No problem."

He was about to leave when Wang Song called to him again, "Mr. Xiao, what time should I pick you up?"

Xiao Yan was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He murmured for a long time, waved his hand at Wang Song, and said vaguely, "Don't wait for me, just go back after you finish your work in a while."

Wang Song didn't understand those twists and turns, "Huh? You're not coming back?"

Xiao Yan actually didn't think about this question before the future, and he hasn't thought about it since. He took it for granted that he would have to stay in Wei Chi's dormitory for one night today, but it was only when he was asked that something seemed wrong. .

Wang Song and Xiao Yanwei looked at each other across the back of the tricycle, Xiao Yanwei cleared his throat, "I won't return."

He spoke so fast that it was as if these words were burning his mouth. Before Wang Song could react, Xiao Yanwei had already moved into the crowd with the wind on his feet.

Not counting the episode that just arrived at this time, this is the second big episode that Xiao Yan hasn't caught up with, and he doesn't have anything to buy, so he wanders around looking around, dawdling until after ten o'clock and finally doesn't know what to do.

Wei Chi probably hadn't been idle all this time, the two of them didn't contact each other after hanging up the phone in the morning, Xiao Yan was just thinking about whether to call him when someone touched his shoulder.

It's Wei Chi's student, Xiao Yanwei thought about it, it seems that his name is Jiang Shuo.

Jiang Shuo wore a dress that was too small for him, he hesitated to withdraw his hand, and said hello to Xiao Yanwei in a low voice, "You... Hello, teacher."

Xiao Yanwei froze for a moment, wanted to correct his name, but caught a glimpse of the white filial piety characters on his sleeve, and paused for a moment.

Jiang Shuo noticed his gaze, was stunned for a moment, and said, "My grandma... passed away last week."

"Ah." Xiao Yanwei pursed his lips, not knowing how to comfort him.

"It looks like you from a distance," Jiang Shuo took the initiative to change the subject, "Seeing that you have been wandering around here for a long time, did you forget how to leave school?"

Xiao Yan didn't shake his head, "It's not time yet, Wei Chi hasn't finished class yet."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Shuo blushed suddenly, as if he just realized that he asked a stupid question.

After Xiao Yanwei's observation during this period of time, the children here all have a simple and pure personality. Generally speaking, they are very thin-skinned.

Jiang Shuo didn't dare to look at him right now, and his words were a bit awkward, "Old... teacher, do you want me to show you around?"

Xiao Yanwei smiled, "Don't be so nervous, and don't call me teacher."

Jiang Shuo raised his head to look at Xiao Yanwei, licked his lips probably wanting to ask how to address him, but he didn't open his mouth.

Xiao Yanwei didn't want to embarrass the kid, "Call me brother, my surname is Xiao."

Jiang Shuo stammered, "Xiao, brother."

"Well," Xiao Yanwei replied, and looked around, "Is there a place to eat? I'm hungry."

Jiang Shuo nodded, "Yes, but..."

Xiao Yan didn't look down at him, and met his embarrassed eyes, so he could only smile helplessly, "Anything is fine, I'm not that picky."

Jiang Shuo got the right words, but he still didn't dare to take Xiao Yanwei to a place that was too bad, even though there was nothing good in this area, they ended up going to a small but clean noodle shop.

Xiao Yanwei held a handwritten menu on a piece of cardboard, sketched on it and said, "Your Teacher Wei also brought me here last time."

Jiang Shuo was a little nervous immediately, and looked at him with his hands on the table, "You... do you think it's delicious?"

Xiao Yanwei called the boss to pass over the menu, honestly, "I didn't taste the taste, I was distracted by patronizing at that time."

I don't know if it's because Jiang Shuo is not very good at chatting or because Xiao Yanwei's words are really difficult to answer. The two of them didn't speak for a while, until the face was served, Xiao Yanwei asked, "When are you going back to school?"

Jiang Shuo was taking chopsticks from the chopstick holder, when he heard this, he paused, and one of the chopsticks he just took out fell to the ground.

He picked up the chopsticks from the ground, was silent for a few seconds, and said softly, "I won't go to school anymore."

Xiao Yanwei frowned, "Why?"

Jiang Shuo pinched his chopsticks and looked up at Xiao Yanwei, pretending to be relaxed, "I don't want to do it anymore."

He was still too young, his eyes were full of regret and longing, Xiao Yanwei could tell he was lying at a glance.

Xiao Yanwei also took a pair of chopsticks out of the bucket, and he picked out a mouthful of noodles and ate them slowly, "Did you tell Wei Chi?"

Jiang Shuo shook his head, seeming a little nervous, "I haven't said it yet, bro, don't say it yet."

Xiao Yan didn't swallow the noodle in his mouth, and took a few slices of beef from the plate to soak in the bowl, "I won't say."

Jiang Shuo smiled, as if he was relieved, and then started to move his chopsticks, "I'm going to go out to work after the Chinese New Year..."

He was interrupted by Xiao Yanwei before he finished speaking, Xiao Yanwei asked abruptly, "How old are you?"

Jiang Shuo blinked and realized, "It's 17 years old."

Xiao Yanwei picked up a pair of chopsticks again, picked up the plate and pulled half of the meat into Jiang Shuo's bowl, "I was already in high school when I was your age."

Jiang Shuo lowered his head, looked at the bowl full of beef, couldn't help his eyes turning red, "I..."

His tears fell vertically into the bowl, and he didn't speak again.

Before putting down his chopsticks, Xiao Yan took a few napkins from the next table and handed them to him, with a normal tone, "Go back to school, I have money."

Jiang Shuo was stunned for a moment, took the paper and forgot to wipe his tears, just looked at Xiao Yanwei directly.

Xiao Yan didn't look at him for a while, then picked up his chopsticks and continued to eat, "Do you know why Wei Chi stays here?"

Jiang Shuo shook his head, "I don't know."

Xiao Yanwei also shook his head, "I don't know either."

He paused and continued, "But he sure doesn't want you to drop out."

"Teacher Wei has already sponsored several students, and I don't want to talk to him about it," Jiang Shuo said.

"I haven't met the students that Wei Chi sponsored, and I don't comment on them, but I can tell that you really want to go to school."

"Wei Chi told me that your grades are not bad, it's a pity not to go to school."

Jiang Shuo blinked, and the tears rolled down like money, "Mr. Xiao, why are you being so kind to me?"

Xiao Yan's movements slowed down a bit before eating, and then he continued on as if nothing had happened, "I really admire you, Teacher Wei."

Xiao Yanwei and Wei Chi come from the same place, and their life experiences are quite different.

Before Xiao Yan doubted whether life was necessary to continue, Wei Chi had already influenced the lives of wave after wave of people in the depths of the motherland.

It's not accurate to say that I admire, Xiao Yanwei should be very envious.

I envy him for not being tortured by old scars, envy him for walking frankly on such a rough road with his lonely courage, and even more envy his unshakable.

Wei Chi's words "Xiao Yanwei, do you want to wait any longer" that night were like charcoal fires silently piled up around him, and finally burned in his almost barren heart.

He thought impulsively, what Wei Chi can do, can I do it too.

But Xiao Yan didn't say anything more, quietly finished eating most of the leftover noodles, and waved to Jiang Shuo.

Jiang Shuo hesitated for a moment, stood up and walked to him.

Xiao Yanwei smiled, "Can you take the first place in the next exam?"

Jiang Shuo opened his eyes slightly, stared at him for a few seconds without blinking, and then quickly raised his hand to cover his eyes.

Amid the suppressed cries of the young man, Xiao Yanwei seemed to see a way forward.

Xiao Yanwei was Wei Chi who only met after school in the afternoon, and he stayed with Jiang Shuo all afternoon.

Jiang Shuo cried several times in the afternoon, and his eyes were still red. Fortunately, it gets dark very early in winter, so he can't see it very well.

He sent Xiao Yanwei to the school gate, "Shall I call Teacher Wei?"

Xiao Yan shook his head, "No, I'll go find him myself."

Jiang Shuo responded, and stopped when he was about to leave, "Brother."

Xiao Yanwei tilted his head, motioning for him to continue.

What Jiang Shuo was going to say seemed a little difficult to open. He raised his hand and scratched his hair, and asked hesitantly, "Will you...will you stay?"

If it was half a month ago, even if it was Wei Chi who asked Jiang Shuo this question, Xiao Yanwei would definitely say, "No."

Strangely, Xiao Yanwei thought of Wei Chi again, and he thought, if Wei Chi came to ask this question at this time, how would he answer it.

Does it mean "I don't know" or, "I stay".

Xiao Yan was a little distracted, he was still thinking, when he heard Jiang Shuo call him softly, Xiao Yan did not recover, and looked down at Jiang Shuo slightly.

Jiang Shuo glanced at the school, "School is over."

"Well," Xiao Yanwei nodded, "When will you go back to school?"

Jiang Shuo hesitated for a moment, then said affirmatively, "I'll be back next week."

Xiao Yan didn't nod to show that he understood, and after parting from Jiang Shuo, he walked straight towards Wei Chi's teaching building.

When he was about to go downstairs, several students in Wei Chi's class recognized him, greeted him, and told him that Wei Chi was going downstairs soon.

Xiao Yanwei just didn't want to climb the stairs, so he simply stood at the entrance of the corridor and waited for Wei Chi.

During this period, several students went downstairs laughing and laughing, Xiao Yanwei vaguely heard that they seemed to be talking about Wei Chi, and Wei Chi came down before he could listen carefully.

Knowing that Xiao Yanwei was coming, Wei Chi was still very pleasantly surprised, he walked up to Xiao Yanwei a few steps, "Come here?"

Wei Chi had just finished class, so he probably went downstairs without returning to the office. He was holding a few books in one hand, while the other hand was holding onto his coat.

Now the temperature during the day is also below zero, Xiao Yanwei felt cold in the down jacket he took privately from Wei Chi, so he put on a sweater when he saw him,

Reaching out to take the book in his hand, "Put your clothes on first."

Wei Chi smiled, casually draped the clothes on his shoulders, seeing Xiao Yanwei's disapproving eyes, quickly put on the clothes, and brought the book back, "Shen."

Xiao Yanwei thought about how heavy a few books would be, but he didn't say that. When he followed Wei Chi to the dormitory, he chatted with him casually, "I just heard students talking about you."

Wei Chi didn't seem to be curious, but he still asked, "What are you talking about about me?"

"Who knows," Xiao Yan shook his head, and couldn't help joking, "I just listened to it. A few girls may be saying that Mr. Wei is handsome."

Wei Chi walked beside him with a few books in his arms, "Let's compare with whom."

Xiao Yan didn't ask, "How to say?"

"Among the male teachers in the school, I am the youngest," Wei Chi joked, "I also have the most hair."

Xiao Yan shook his head, "It can't be compared like this."

Both of them walked quickly, and within a few minutes they had reached the door of Wei Chi's dormitory. Wei Chi simply stopped and looked at him, waiting for his answer.

Xiao Yan didn't look at Wei Chi for a few seconds, took the key from his hand with a smile, opened it and said, "I think it's just because you are so good-looking."

With a click, the door lock opened.

Xiao Yan didn't take off the lock and pushed the door open, and went in first, leaving a speechless Wei Chi at the door messy.

Before entering the room, Xiao Yan took off his coat and put it casually on the table. When he turned around and saw Wei Chi still standing at the door, he had no choice but to call him, "Mr. Wei, who is very good-looking, why don't you come in?"

Wei Chi was startled again, and couldn't help laughing after looking at him for a few seconds. He groaned and took off his coat as he walked, "Don't embarrass me."

Before Xiao Yan came to his place for the second time, he already didn't regard himself as an outsider. He took the only cup in Wei Chi's dormitory and poured himself a glass of water to drink it up. "Who is embarrassing you?"

Wei Chi was not polite to him, took the glass from him and poured a glass of water, "If I hadn't looked in the mirror when I was fine, I would have believed your words."

In fact, what Wei Chi said was very unfair. If he really looked in the mirror, then he should know that Xiao Yanwei was not teasing him.

Xiao Yan didn't think so, so he said, "It's either that there's something wrong with your mirror or something wrong with your eyes."

Wei Chi must have been a little embarrassed by what he said, so he didn't answer his words, and turned his head slightly, raised his glass and took a few sips of water.

They didn't turn on the light when they came in, Xiao Yan didn't turn on the slightly yellow desk lamp on the table, and looked at Wei Chi unscrupulously.

Wei Chi's hair grew very fast, Xiao Yanwei was still straight when he first saw him, but now he has short hair in a certain shape, making him look a little younger.

The light hit Wei Chi from below, casting a small shadow on his face, making his facial features more three-dimensional and his expression more serious.

Wei Chi still didn't put down his glass, he didn't know if he was really thirsty or he was a little nervous because Xiao Yanwei looked at him, he drank a few sips of water, his Adam's apple kept sliding up and down.

Xiao Yan didn't stare for a few times, then quietly looked away.

Only then did Wei Chi put down the water glass, "Next time you stare at me like this, I should have an idea."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Yanwei muttered out of nowhere, "Isn't it already there?"

His voice was so low that Wei Chi couldn't hear it clearly, "Huh?"

Xiao Yanwei licked his lips, "It's nothing."

An indescribable, secretive ambiguity filled the room again. Wei Chi cleared his throat and changed the subject, "Did you see Jiang Shuo?"

"Well," Xiao Yan didn't sit on the stool, looked up at Wei Chi slightly, "I happened to meet him in the market, so I'll be with him in the afternoon."

Wei Chi frowned, looked down at Xiao Yanwei, "You came this morning?"

Xiao Yan nodded, "En."

The expression on Wei Chi's face froze for a moment, and it could be seen that he was not happy. Xiao Yanwei tilted his head, signaling him to say what he had to say.

Wei Chi went to the bed and sat down, looking straight at Xiao Yanwei, "You came here this morning, why didn't you come to see me?"

Xiao Yanwei smiled, leaned back on the table, "Aren't you going to class?"

"You wait for me in my classroom." Wei Chi spoke a little fast, and seemed to realize that something was inappropriate when he said it, so he added, "Or in the office, isn't it okay to go back to the dormitory?"

"That's so boring." I don't know why, Xiao Yanwei deliberately used that kind of lazy, very nonsensical tone.

"Is being with Jiang Shuo interesting?" Wei Chi asked reflexively, with the corners of his mouth flattened.

As soon as he finished speaking, both of them fell silent for a moment, Xiao Yanwei couldn't help laughing first, he leaned on his knees and approached Wei Chi, "Wei Chi, why are you so sour?"

Wei Chi dodged back for a while and then leaned back. He and Xiao Yan did not look at each other for a few seconds and then smiled, "Is it obvious?"

"Well," Xiao Yanwei's voice was drawn out, and he leaned back to return to the normal distance, and reasoned with him slowly, "Jiang Shuo is only 17 years old this year, and he is still your student."

Wei Chi immediately frowned, and said disapprovingly, "What's wrong with being 17? Some people just like..."

In the middle of his speech, he realized that it was not appropriate to say so, so he stopped before finishing speaking.

But Xiao Yanwei was obviously not a good person, he was not willing to let Wei Chi go easily, "What about you? What do you like?"

He thought it was an embarrassing question for Wei Chi, but when he asked it, he realized that the one who was really awkward was actually himself.

He waved his hand to make Wei Chi stop answering, but Wei Chi grabbed his wrist.

For about half a minute, Wei Chi didn't speak, and the two just kept looking at each other in this posture. Xiao Yanwei even felt that the place where his wrist was grabbed had started to get hot.

Wei Chi's room had a heater but it wasn't very hot. When Xiao Yanwei felt his body temperature was a little high, Wei Chi let go of his wrist.

Wei Chi's expression became a little serious, but he still said in a joking tone, "You don't know what I like?"

Xiao Yanwei blinked his eyes quickly a few times, turned his head away from Wei Chi, and changed the subject in a very rude way, "What time do you leave tomorrow?"

Now it became Wei Chi who was unreasonable and unforgiving. Wei Chi refused to answer, and only used one word to express repetition, "Huh?"

Xiao Yan had no choice but to pretend that he didn't hear him, and his eyes moved around, refusing to look at him.

Wei Chi sighed, "Xiao Yanwei, why are you doing this?"

In just a few minutes, he also learned Xiao Yanwei's lazy way of speaking.

Immediately afterwards, as if there was nothing he could do about Xiao Yanwei, he said something that seemed to have been prepared for a long time, "I like people with fair skin."

Xiao Yanwei still didn't look at him.

The corners of Wei Chi's eyes twitched slightly, his arms were propped back on the bed, and he said slowly, "He's tall."

"Oh," Xiao Yan didn't respond, and asked unwillingly to show weakness, "That's all?"

With a smile still on the corner of Wei Chi's mouth, he called out Xiao Yanwei's name in a low voice, "Xiao Yanwei, what do you think I'm going to say?"

Xiao Yanwei was taken aback for a moment, but later realized that he seemed to be really looking forward to something.

Before he could react, Wei Chi grabbed his wrist again, his tone was no longer so casual, but very solemn.

"I like the ones that are close to me."

When he spoke, his thumb lightly rubbed against the inside of Xiao Yanwei's wrist, Xiao Yanwei suddenly became nervous.

"How close is close?" Xiao Yanwei asked dryly.

"It's close like this." Wei Chi pulled Xiao Yanwei's wrist to make him approach him, and the distance between the two suddenly shortened until the tip of their noses almost touched.

"Oh," Xiao Yan didn't look away, "Is there anything else?"

"I like people who are not frank," Wei Chi said, "I like people who talk and always change the subject."

Xiao Yanwei didn't speak anymore, Wei Chi let go of his wrist and stood up, the shadow enveloped Xiao Yanwei's whole body.

Like a simple and intimate hug.

He gently held Xiao Yanwei's chin, turning his face to his own, "I like the one who is looking at me now."

"Like wearing my clothes, sitting in front of me."

"Xiao Yanwei." Wei Chi called his name.

Xiao Yanwei licked his lips, "Yes."

"I like you."