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Time flies by little by little.

In a blink of an eye, it is January NO.20, and there is only one week left before the official Chinese New Year.

It's time for An Yu to go home. The two families live in the same area, but An Yu's family is in the West District, and Ye Li's is in the East District. It takes more than ten minutes to ride a battery car.

An Yu's parents are businessmen. The couple owed An Yu a lot for their careers. They might not be able to come back in time even during the holidays. Most of the time they took An Yu away. I would rather be with Ye Li.

This year's Chinese New Year is different. An Yu has to go back to her grandparents' house in Hebei. An Yu's grandmother passed away a few years ago, and this time there is also the meaning of going back to the funeral.

"I'll go home tomorrow." At night, in Ye's bedroom, An Yu packed her luggage and looked at Ye Li worriedly: "When will your father come back?"

You can tell that An Yu is dissatisfied with Ye's father just by the address, and he doesn't even call him 'Uncle Ye'.

Ye Li thought for a while, then folded the pajamas and put them in his suitcase: "Just these two days."

"Okay, if you really can't do it, you can come to my house."

"Going to your house for the New Year?" Ye Li asked with a smile.

An Yu also smiled: "Of course not. If your father annoys you, you can just go to my house and ignore him."

Ye Li laughed, An Yu's dislike for Ye's father could not be changed, he nodded without refusing: "Okay."

"Did you lose my spare key?"

"No, it's hanging in the porch."

The two talked for a while, finished packing the suitcases, and then lay on the quilt and chatted together, chatting about An Yu's study abroad career for a while, and asked Ye Li and Shen Shi in detail how they got together.

At the end of the question, An Yu suddenly became furious: "...fuck! This Shen Shi!"

Ye Li's eyes were blank, he was taken aback by him, and looked at him nervously: "What's wrong?"

An Yu suppressed her anger, suddenly whimpered, put her arms around his waist and rubbed against his chest, Ye Li was even more confused by his rubbing, and then patted his head: "Ayu, what's wrong with you? "

"It's nothing," An Yu's voice sounded muffled from his arms, almost gnashing his teeth: "I hate it...! Why can't I get into Beijing University!"

Ye Li was silent.

This question really bothered him a bit.

The two of them didn't fall asleep until almost two o'clock in the morning. An Yu took a lot of photos of London on his mobile phone, including autumn and winter. After getting Ye Li's praise, he happily said that he would continue to shoot in the spring of next year. cause.

The next day, An Yu returned home with a pair of panda eyes.

The situation was urgent, and An's parents drove him back to his hometown that afternoon.

It was snowing lightly in the afternoon, and the north wind was howling.

The sky is gloomy.

On the phone, An Yu's voice was very lonely: "My mother has been crying for a long time, and she regrets not being with my grandma in the past few years... My grandma often came to see me when I was young. The last time I went to see her she was in the hospital."

Ye Li also met Grandma An, and vaguely remembered that she was a kind and amiable old man who often made cakes for them.

Ye Li was silent for a few seconds, and comforted him softly: "Spare Auntie An more."

"Well, I know." An Yu said.

An Yu was in a bad mood, and because he was in the car, it was inconvenient to talk too much with Ye Li, so the two hung up the phone after chatting for a while.

After hanging up the phone.

Ye Li was sitting alone in the empty bedroom, with the quilt rolled up, quietly looking out the window.

Time is fleeting.

There are only three days left before Chinese New Year.

Ye Li's heating was turned on too high, Ye Li woke up thirsty in the morning, when he went downstairs to fetch water, he caught a glimpse of the open door from the corner of his eye, followed by a familiar figure.

"Dad?" He was a little surprised when he took the water.

Father Ye was full of dust and dust all the way, his coat was covered with wind and snow, but there was a deep seriousness on his face that didn't look old, which made people dare not speak loudly when they saw it.

Father Ye's status was ordinary, and he was a high school teacher in the early years, specializing in mathematics. After Ye's mother passed away, the burden on the family suddenly increased, so he started a small business with his writing.

This trip to Guangdong on business took more than a month, and the business should have been negotiated, otherwise I wouldn't have brought so many special products back.

Ye Li took a rough look and found that there was food, something to play with, and a puppet bear.

"Ah."

Father Ye glanced at him, his facial features were very similar to Ye Li's, but the edges and corners were tougher and more serious, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes, making him look even more elusive.

Ye Li turned a blind eye to his serious expression, he walked to the porch, and was going to help Ye's father pick up special products, Ye's father frowned, and told him: "Go and wash first."

Ye Li paused, nodded, and went upstairs.

When he went downstairs again, he had already changed into his daily clothes, a black sweater and jeans. Downstairs, Father Ye also took off his coat, his shirt sleeves rolled up to his forearms, and he was arranging things and tidying up the kitchen.

Ye Li joined in silently, Father Ye glanced at him, his frown relaxed, "An Yu is living at our house these days?"

"Well, I just left a few days ago."

"His parents came back so early?"

"Grandma An passed away, and Aunt An took him back to Hebei for the funeral."

Father Ye was cleaning the rag. Amid the sound of dripping water, he paused and said, "I'll take you to An's house after the Chinese New Year."

Ye Li: "Going to settle down?"

Father Ye hummed: "The death of the old man is a major event. Our family has a deep relationship with An's family, and all the etiquette should not be left behind."

"it is good."

The kitchen became clean quickly, and the two of them worked together to clean the living room and dining room.

There is a sweeping robot at home, and it is not difficult for the two of them to clean up. There are still a few rooms on the second floor that need to be cleaned. When everything is finished, it will be five or six in the afternoon.

Father Ye took Ye Li out for dinner, and on the way home after dinner, the sky was dark and snowflakes were flying.

The two of them braved the wind and snow one after the other, and went home on foot. Ye Li heard Father Ye's slow voice: "I will take you to Hebei in two days."

Ye Li's eyelids trembled, his grandparents lived in Hebei.

The meaning of two days should be to go to Hebei to celebrate the New Year.

After so many years, this year is the first time.

Ye Li closed her eyes in depression, her breathing was unsteady: "...Grandma, do they know?"

Father Ye was silent.

After a few seconds, he nodded: "I'll go back and call them."

Ye Li suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness. He glanced at Ye's father's back. When he was a child, he always felt that the tall and majestic back was bent by the blowing north wind and frost and snow.

He wanted to say that he didn't want to go, and he also wanted Father Ye not to go.

But in the end he was just deeply silent, without saying a word.

Going home that night, Ye Li had rare insomnia.

He tossed and turned on the bed until three o'clock, and then closed his eyes little by little after reading the 'good night' text message Shen Shi sent before falling asleep.

The dream was bizarre.

In the end, the picture freezes on An Yu's mother's regretful and sad eyes, and two lines of tears flow down, as if expressing her regret.

……

The New Year's Eve is coming as scheduled, and the capital is full of New Year's atmosphere.

Red lanterns were hung high, and there were even billboards on the highway saying 'Happy New Year to the people of the whole country'.

Festive music can be heard everywhere, and the streets and alleys are full of families of three buying new year's goods. In the night market, buying 'Couple', 'Fu' and 'toy lanterns' are the best sellers.

New year and new weather, on New Year's Eve, Ye Li and Ye's father returned to their hometown in Hebei, an old-fashioned community.

This is Ye Li's grandparents' house.

The two of them drove here, and they packed a few boxes of New Year's goods, good cigarettes, alcohol and nutritional products in the trunk.

There was no elevator in the old-fashioned complex, so the two climbed to the fourth floor of Unit [-] and knocked on the door.

Soon, the door opened.

Heating came in, followed by an old man with gray hair and a red sweater.

The old man looked at Father Ye coldly, and when he saw Ye Qun behind Father Ye, he became a little complicated. He turned sideways, looked away, and let the two come in: "Are you here?"

The tone was neither cold nor cold, as if Father Ye didn't hear it, he also said with few words: "Here we come."

The smoker was on in the kitchen.

There is the sound of cooking.

When Grandma Ye heard the sound, she hurried out of the kitchen without putting down the spatula.

With a kind face and gray hair, she looked at Ye Li at a loss, and greeted Ye Li, "Ah...Ran Ran is here? I'm cooking, hurry up and sit in the living room, old man, hurry up and get some drinks and candy for Ran Ran, What are you looking at?"

Grandpa Ye's face froze, he took out the fruit box from the coffee table, and handed it to Ye Li: "Of course, what do you want to eat?"

Ye Li lowered his eyes, sat upright, took two candies, "Thank you, grandpa."

Grandpa Ye hummed, and also sat on the sofa.

Father Ye remained silent from the beginning to the end.

The three of them were in an awkward atmosphere, and all their eyes were on the TV. The TV was warming up for the New Year's Eve party in the evening, and they could see the interviews related to the rehearsal.

Everywhere was bustling, only the living room of Ye's family was silent.

An hour later, it's time for lunch.

Grandma Ye cooked a lot of dishes, and the table was full of fish, shrimp and pork ribs. She kept her eyes on Ye Li, wanting to get close, but lacking the contacts of these years, she always seemed a bit unfamiliar.

"Of course, come, come, sit next to grandma... I still remember that you love to eat shrimp. When your mother brought you here, you ate the most shrimp. Come, try it!"

Hearing Ye Mu's name, Ye Li felt that the air became thinner.

He looked at the warm and kind smile of the old man, but in his memory was the scene of being pointed at and scolded for being heartless in the cemetery a long, long time ago.

The memory was distorted and chaotic, he resisted the trembling reaction unconsciously, and ate the food that Grandma Ye brought over.

At the dinner table, Grandpa Ye and Father Ye were talking calmly.

Grandma Ye turned a deaf ear to the words of the two of them, just as if trying to please her, she kept asking Ye Li what she wanted to eat and drink.

She even went to the neighbor's house to ask for two bottles of Wangzai milk, and handed it to Ye Li carefully, "Of course, this was your favorite drink when you were young... I'll buy it if it's not enough, you can try it."

Ye then back was stiff, and her drooping eyelashes cast a shadow on her face.

He took a deep breath, and took a sip of Wangzai's milk. It was so sweet and greasy, and the moment he swallowed it, he even felt a little bitter.

His complexion didn't change, he smiled at Grandma Ye, his slender and soft eyes seemed to glisten, "Thank you."

"Is it delicious?" Grandma Ye couldn't help standing up, "Then I'll go—"

"Okay!" Grandpa Ye suddenly put down his wine glass, looked at Grandma Ye with some impatience, and said restrainedly: "Old Wang's family doesn't have to celebrate the New Year? There are two grandsons who are three or four years old at home. You drink Take them all..."

"I'm going to die, you old man!" Grandpa Ye's unfinished words were interrupted by Grandma Ye's scream. At this time, the kind-faced old man even looked ferocious, staring at him with red eyes, "I'll give it to me!" Your grandson’s begging for two bottles of milk is bothering you, why didn’t you buy it when I asked you to buy it before?! Are you blaming me now? You old man, your heart is going to die—”

Father Ye also put down his wine glass, and calmly looked at Ye Li with his head down. He looked away, but his eyes gradually became a little cold, and said, "Let's eat."

Grandma Ye's words were immediately stuck in her throat.

A few seconds later, she was panting heavily, with a smile on her face, and carefully asked Ye Li what else she wanted to eat.

Ye Li sat on the dining table, her eardrums humming.

The world seems to have fallen into a blank, something flashed in his mind from time to time, but the voice of Grandma Ye next to his ear was completely different from the past, which made him even have some doubts——

In the two years after Mother Ye's death, was his memory true?

The backbone of the Ye family has always been Ye Mu.

Ye's mother went into business and served as the general manager of a foreign company. Later, she had the idea of ​​starting a business and was always busy with her career. She didn't give birth to Ye Li until she was 30 years old.

After Ye Li was born, the stock of Ye's parent company suddenly fluctuated. Although Ye's mother was busy with work during the confinement period, her health was not well maintained at that time, which also laid a hidden danger for her later death.

When Ye Li was five years old, Ye's mother's company found an opportunity to improve, and the family moved to the villa area in the south of the city to start a new life.

Father Ye is still teaching on campus, he has always been serious, Ye Li is not close to him, but Mother Ye is more busy with work, and has no time to appease little Ye Li's longing for company.

After all, Xiao Yelian is just a child, she has cried and made troubles and been wronged, but in the end she can only wipe away her tears and stay at home obediently by herself.On the day of his seventh birthday, Mother Ye encountered a car accident on the way home in order to celebrate his birthday. Her unhealthy body made things worse. She stayed in the hospital for three months and finally died of illness.

After Mother Ye died of illness, Grandma Ye, who loves her daughter dearly, pointed at Father Ye and Xiao Ye and cursed wildly in the cemetery.

Her concept is very traditional. She thinks it is because Father Ye is not enterprising and is a poor teacher, forcing Mother Ye to take on the burden of the family. root cause.

Xiao Ye Li is even more of a bastard, since he was born, Ye's mother has never had an easy day.

In a rage, Xiao Yeran was almost dropped by her.

Everyone in the cemetery was chaotic to help dissuade him. Xiao Yelian's aunts and aunts hugged his body to comfort him, but after all they didn't understand the impact these words had on the young children.

He even trembled subconsciously when he saw Grandma Ye and thought of Grandma Ye.

Ye Li has become more obedient and silent since then.

He also became less and less talkative, and remained the same until high school. He was gentle and polite, but he didn't want to make friends with anyone. Except for An Yu, who was familiar with him and always followed him with a smile, he didn't get close to anyone.

Father Ye didn't notice any changes in Ye Li.

Half a year after Ye's mother passed away, he resolutely quit his job and took over Ye's mother's company.

During the years when Xiao Yeli needed comfort, companionship, and healing the most, he had to support a company, wandering around in all directions, and almost fostered Ye Li at An Yu's parents' house.

As the age grows, everyone is reflecting on the experience of the year.

Everyone knew what they did wrong and what they lost. Grandma Ye called many times to ask Father Ye to take Ye Li to her home for the New Year, but Father Ye refused.

Father Ye also tried to communicate more with Ye Li, but the two father and son are most accustomed to each other, still silent and writing notes.

Everyone seems to want to restore and fill the gap, but they don't know how to do it. They use excessive enthusiasm and concern, hoping to get Ye Li's forgiveness and relief.

But Ye Li is like a rock, no one can pry into his heart.

A weird meal.

It was already 01:30 pm after eating.

Father Ye stood up indifferently, and took Ye Li away.

Grandma Ye chased after them in a panic, her tone was at a loss, and she was even a little puzzled: "This... I'm leaving now? But, don't you stay at grandma's house for a while? I bought a lot of food and drink at home, you Do you want to eat something before leaving?"

Ye Li lowered his eyes, from Father Ye's perspective, he could see his tightly pursed lips and pale face.

He quickened his pace, and the voice sounded: "There is something at home, it's time to go back."

With all their plans and calculations, the two of them only stayed at Grandma Ye's house for three hours.

Grandma Ye couldn't catch up, and she couldn't talk about it.

Grandpa Ye's eyes were complicated, as if he had just withdrawn from somewhere. After a long time, he said in a difficult and tired voice: "Let's go, be careful on the road."

Ye Li breathed a sigh of relief, but a sharp curse suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Okay, you old man, my mother and grandson came to see me and you still drove them away! Did you eat or drink at home, and shut your stinky mouth if you can't speak..."

"Click" sound.

The security door is closed.

Through a thin layer of screen window, Ye Li saw Grandpa Ye's silent face, before closing the door, he gave Ye Li a red envelope, it was quite heavy, it should have made up for all these years.

Ye Li took the red envelope and went to see Father Ye.

Father Ye had already gone downstairs, his back was as thin and indifferent as before.

After walking two steps, he realized that Ye Li hadn't followed, he turned his head, his eyes only fell on his hands for a few seconds, and then he retracted lightly.

"Take it."

That night, the Ye family fell into silence very early.

Father Ye's bedroom is next door to Ye Li, but he has the habit of going to the study to study before going to bed at night. This habit has been maintained for decades. Even though he is no longer a teacher, he still pays attention to the annual college entrance examination and mathematics reform.

The lighting in the bedroom was dim.

What happened today drained all of Ye Li's vitality.

He was lying on the bed, his mind was in a mess. For a while, it was Grandma Ye's furious face in his vague memory, and for a while, it was the text messages of Grandma Ye's greetings during New Years and festivals these years.

Before he knew it, exhaustion flooded his heart again, and he fell into a deep sleep.

More than an hour later, he was awakened by the video ringtone.

He fell asleep a little, but now he woke up suddenly, his heart was beating fast and pounding, as if it was about to jump out of his throat, and his stomach felt a little uncomfortable.

The call is from Shen Shi.

Ye Li pressed the button to connect.

It's nightfall in the capital, and it's past nine o'clock, and it's early morning in New Zealand.

The video interface flickered briefly, and a familiar figure soon appeared on the other end.

Slender, tall and thin, pale and powerful.

Shen Shi sat on the balcony, behind him was a garden, full of flowers and butterflies, and the moonlight softly enveloped the earth, like a paradise.

"Shen Shi," Ye Li held the phone, her wet eyelashes drooped like crow feathers, and her tone was hoarse after waking up, and asked him, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

"The family is still eating."

Shen Shi looked directly at the camera, his eyes were dark and indifferent, with high browbones, deep eye sockets, thick and straight eyelashes, and his angular face appeared half-bright and half-dark under the dim moonlight, but it was extraordinarily soft. His eyes are also patient, engraving him meticulously into his pupils.

"What about you? Why did you go to bed so early today?" His voice was low and distorted across the ocean.

Ye Li's mood, which had been suppressed for a whole day, subconsciously improved. He rested his head on the pillow, his side face was outlined by the light, and he could faintly see some red marks from sleep.

"I'm a little sleepy, so I went to bed early."

"Still sleepy now?" There was a smile in Shen Shi's eyes.

Ye Li shook his head: "I won't be sleepy when I see you, is New Zealand fun?"

"Well, I took a lot of photos, and I will send them to you when they are developed."

"I'm going to watch it now."

"Okay, I'll send it to you now."

The curvature of Ye Li's eyes became lighter, and his slightly pursed lips showed a smile, and he looked seriously at the original picture sent by Shen Shi in the chat box.

……

……

At this moment.

00:30 New Zealand time.

The Shen family all love family gatherings, and so do Shen Shi's grandparents. After two days of rest, the family first went to the nearby beach for a walk, then went to the manor to pick up some wine, and began to think about how to organize the party in the rest of the time.

The men from the Shen family and the Jiang family are both busy with finishing work at the end of the year. They just got on the plane today, and they probably arrive tomorrow afternoon.

A large family and women were happier, and held a garden party out of their own will. Shen Shi's grandmother was very happy to see such a scene, not only joined in, but also called all the men in the family to be coolies.

Shen Shi escaped because he was too handsome, and Jiang Yun got a higher grade because he was too skinny.

Just after the barbecue in the backyard, Jiang Yun and his two cousins ​​left the backyard sweating profusely, smelling like barbecue, and hurried upstairs to take a shower.

As a result, when passing the hall on the first floor, he found Shen Shi sitting on the balcony, with his back against another small garden.

"Huh? When it's not sinking?" A cousin with sharp eyes asked casually.

Jiang Yun turned his head, and when he saw Shen Shi's expression was different from usual, he felt a thump in his heart, and suddenly understood who Shen Shi would call the video for.

"Oh, I suddenly remembered that when I left just now, grandma called you over."

"Huh?" The backs of the two cousins ​​tightened, "Damn! Just call us two?"

Grandmother Jiang looks kind and kind, but she is actually very sophisticated. She spanked all disobedient children when they were young, even Shen Shi was no exception.

When they heard that she was looking for them, the two cousins ​​didn't dare to delay and ran to the backyard quickly.

When they ran far away, Jiang Yun walked towards Shen Shi, and said hello to Ye Li after thinking about it.

Only a few seconds after he approached, he heard Shen Shi's gentle voice that made his teeth ache: "... Well, go to bed early, and I will call you tomorrow morning."

Jiang Yun pursed her lips, shaking off the goose bumps on her body.

Seeing Shen Shi put down his phone, he couldn't help but tease him, but in the next second, Shen Shi's expression instantly changed from gentle to cold, and the speed of his face change was comparable to turning over a book.

Before Jiang Yun could react, Shen Shi put away his cell phone neatly, straightened up, a shadow fell from him, and with gloomy emotions on his brows and eyes, he said, "I need to go back to the country."

Jiang Yun: "?"

Jiang Yun: "???"

Jiang Yun was speechless: "Are you crazy, it's the Chinese New Year, have you forgotten how much grandma attaches importance to the Chinese New Year?"

Shen Shi hummed, his eyes lowered, he didn't know what he was thinking about, after a while, he raised his eyes and said: "Yu Ting is sick, I have to go back to the country."

Jiang Yun: "What! Is Yu Ting sick? Why don't I know—"

Jiang Yun: "..."

Jiang Yun: "..."

Jiang Yun took a deep breath: "Does Yu Ting know?"

Shen Shi said, "I'll know soon."

Jiang Yun: "You fucking..."

How cruel.

Yu Ting, brother, I tried my best.