Be careful!Brother is going to be blackened...

Sitting quietly in the garden, Zhan Ruchu enjoyed the quiet afternoon tea time alone, gently put down the white porcelain cup in his hand, Zhan Ruchu glanced at the phone that had just turned on the screen, and saw the receipt marked Xia Lin two After sending a short text message, he withdrew his gaze on the phone and looked at the colorful flowers blooming in the garden.

Probably because I haven't waited for a reply for a long time, the phone lit up more than ten times in a row, and it didn't stop until the phone rang.Not knowing what it was like, Zhan Ruchu lightly pressed his forehead with one finger at this moment, looked at the phone helplessly and kept calling for a long time, then picked up the phone with a little impatience.

"Hello, hello."

The male voice on the other side of the phone chuckled first, and then said in a familiar tone: "Oh, I thought brother Ruchu wasn't here?"

Zhan Ruchu rubbed his forehead with his fingers, drooped his eyelids, pursed his lips and said in a calm tone: "Sorry, I didn't notice just now, is there something wrong with Brother Lin?"

"Hehe~" Xia Lin laughed again, "Can't I get in touch with brother Ruchu if I have nothing to do?" Xia Lin said with a bit of grievance in her tone: "Who asked me to send you a message, you They didn’t reply. They agreed to keep in touch frequently, but Ru Chu’s behavior really hurt my brother’s heart.”

Hearing the other party's accusation, Zhan Ruchu only felt annoyed in his heart. He really wanted to beat the other party regardless. He held the phone tightly with his fingers and took it a little farther away, and then slowly inhaled to calm down the emotions in his heart. Lest I, who has always been gentle, can't help but get angry at the other party.

"Brother Ruchu..."

"Brother Ruchu...why don't you talk anymore..."

The muttering sound from the phone made Zhan Ruchu, who was calming down, move the phone back to his ear.

"No, I just lost my mind for a while. I'm really sorry, because I've been busy recently so I didn't get in touch with Brother Lin in a 'proper' way. Brother Lin, don't you mind?"

Zhan Ruchu said with a smug smile on his lips. Hearing that the person on the other side seemed to be breathing a little unsteadily, he suddenly felt better, so he devoted himself even more to making the other party respond. It's going on, and with the daily review, there's almost no rest time in recent days, Brother Lin, who has been here, should be able to understand! And I'm so busy now because of the arrival of next month's summer vacation."

"Huh? Hehe~ Brother Ruchu is making a reservation with me for next month?" The man on the other side of the phone is indeed a BOSS-level character, but after a moment of surprise, he quickly "countered back" and went back, "Since, brother Ruchu If you expect so much, then let's go on a date together when brother Ruchu is on summer vacation!"

"..."

Enduring the veins that were about to burst, Zhan Ruchu didn't care how much he wanted to cut the other party into pieces, but at this moment he still kept a perfect "mild smile" on his face, but this smile became more and more brilliant.

"Brother Lin, I think you should go and see, see, hear, and examine! After all, auditory hallucinations are still a very serious problem, especially if they will cause some 'difficulties' to people." Zhan Ruchu said in a worried and sincere tone. road.

"Thank you, brother Ruchu, for your 'concern'. Regardless of whether I misunderstood it just now, I think the idea of ​​a summer vacation date is still very good. Why don't we just have a happy appointment like this!"

"Hehe..." The smile on the corners of Zhan Ruchu's mouth widened, his eyelids drooped again after he saw a certain figure in his eyes looking forward, his whole person looked very well-behaved and quiet, but the soft words that came out of his mouth couldn't be bothered. It gave people a feeling like the twelfth lunar month, "I think summer vacation will be very busy, I probably don't have time for Brother Lin's invitation."

"Ah, that's it..." Xia Lin listened to the meaning in the other party's tone, the corners of her lips curled up maliciously, and after elongating her tone with a smile of unknown meaning, she said in a regretful tone: "Okay then! As before If brother is free, you must remember our date~!"

"...Okay." With a hesitant tone and a hint of reluctance, Zhan Ruchu agreed perfunctorily. After saying goodbye to the other party, Zhan Ruchu pressed the end button with the hand holding the mobile phone, and put the mobile phone on the table lightly. , looking up, he found a figure walking in front of him.

Standing up, the smile on Zhan Ruchu's face softened a little, and he said respectfully, "Father."

"En." After Zhan Jianhua gave a soft "En", he looked at the boy and seemed not to be looking at the boy.

Silence gradually spread between the two, and the boy and his father standing in the garden formed a beautiful picture from a distance.It makes people want to keep it at a glance.

After a long silence, Zhan Ruchu silently put away the mobile phone on the table, and said to his father standing in front of him with a distant smile, "Father, I'm leaving first."

"Wait." The short words stopped the young man from leaving.

Zhan Ruchu paused, and looked at the man who called him - the man named father who was connected with his blood.

"Father, what's the matter?" Seeing that the other party stopped him but didn't speak, the boy Zhan Ruchu who was waiting impatiently kept the mask on his face, and asked in a calm voice.

Zhan Jianhua stared at the child in front of him, yes!In his eyes, the boy in front of him was just an underage child, and his eyes were filled with too many emotions. When he saw his guilty little son An Ran sitting in the garden by himself upstairs, he didn't know that he suddenly gave birth to a child. With what emotion, he went downstairs to the garden and walked to his son.Then after he came, he didn't know how to communicate with his son—feeling guilty and wanting to make up, what should he do?Seeing the child who was about to leave, he suddenly stopped him again, then hesitated to speak.

"You... you, are graduating recently? Any thoughts?"

——I want to care, I want to condolence, I want to talk to this child as intimately as a father and son, I don't want to say this, and I don't want to use such a blunt tone.

Hearing the hesitant and blunt words in his ear, the corners of Zhan Ruchu's lips twitched imperceptibly, and he lowered his eyes and replied, "Father, I want to choose direct ascension."

Zhan Jianhua's habitual thinking thought about it in his heart, and then nodded, "That's not bad. If you choose direct promotion based on your influence in Xingmin, it will also be of great help to your career in the future."

——No, no, I want to say that no matter what you choose, your father will support you. I hope you can act like a normal child and tell me what is on your mind, what you like, and what you dream of, instead of being like... just doing business .

Zhan Ruchu replied: "Yes."

The atmosphere was silent again, and Zhan Jianhua was restless, which made his face and the aura around him more solidified. However, he was not good at words, and he couldn't express his heart that wanted to be close to the child.

——wanting him to be happy, wanting him to call him father, constantly...continuously...more...more wanting filled his heart, even if he had made such a determination to abandon him, But every time he looked at the indifferent and alienated look in front of him, he couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly.They are supposed to be one of the closest people in the world, but they have the furthest distance in the world.

"Father, do you have anything else to do?" The boy's voice once again pulled back Zhan Jianhua who was immersed in his thoughts.

Silently, Zhan Jianhua stared at the young man with downcast eyes, clenched fist with his hands behind his back.Showing the wordless cry of his heart.

——Why do you always look like this?Why do you always keep your head down in front of me?I would rather you look at me like you did many years ago. Even if you are so sensible, you make me frightened and guarded, but you see me in your eyes, not the way that no one wants to see you now.

"...I will go back with you." Repressing the bitterness in his heart, Zhan Jianhua replied expressionlessly.

"Yes..." There was a slight hesitation in Zhan Ruchu's voice. After the father in front of him turned around, he started to follow behind him. The distance between the two was three steps away.

It's only three steps, but it's like the distance between the end of the world and the cape of the sea...

The sun was shining brightly, shining on the two of them, leaving one long and one short shadow on the ground, one in front and one behind.He could hear the light steps and shallow breathing behind him, as well as the shadow beside him in front of him.The body is not close, but the shadow on the ground is very close, like a father and son walking away together - this kind of thought stayed in Zhan Jianhua's mind for a second, and it made him feel a kind of A subtle sense of healing.So, he began to slow down his pace, walk slowly, and took smaller steps than usual.

but.

There is always a place where the sun can't shine, just like a dream always wakes up.

When they walked into the house, they completely left the sunlight. Zhan Jianhua watched the shadows gradually being covered by the shadows, and the subtle feeling he felt earlier left in an instant.

"Father, I'm going back to my room."

Looking at his son who bid farewell to him and passed him up the stairs to the second floor before disappearing around the corner, Zhan Jianhua stood silently for a while, his face expressionless, and then went upstairs to the study and closed the door and sat in front of the desk. Opened a document.

The handwriting on the outer skin is impressively "Zhan Ruchu's daily whereabouts report".

The author has something to say: Tofu who has been unable to connect to the Internet is so sad~~~~