green shell

Sister Li's call came when they were walking out of the supermarket with several big bags. Xiang Yang just learned that Xiang Jiuqi's birthday was July 21, and was startled by the sudden ringing of the phone.

Xiang Yang was stunned for a moment, then changed the things in his hand to his left hand, and took out the phone with his right hand and put it to his ear: "Hello? Sister Li?"

"Ah, is Mr. Han by your side?" Sister Li clattered on the keyboard: "There is an urgent meeting that requires her, but her phone is turned off."

"My mother?" Xiang Yang exchanged glances with Lu Yi in doubt, and asked Sister Li: "What do you mean? Isn't my mother abroad?"

"Don't you know? Mr. Han left the airport 10 minutes ago, should he be home now?" Sister Li was a little surprised: "I'll call the driver..."

"No," Xiang Yang panicked, "I'm not at home."

"Are you not at home?" Sister Li was taken aback.

"Well," Xiang Yang looked at Lu Yi, and asked in a deep voice, "Is this meeting urgent? I may not be able to rush back immediately."

"Forget it," Sister Li sighed, typing faster on the keyboard: "I'll solve it."

"That's it," Xiang Yang said a few more words to Sister Li, then hung up the phone and looked at Lu Yi: "My mother is back."

Lu Yi showed a surprised expression.

Xiang Jiuqi also panicked.

"What should I do?" Xiang Yang blinked quickly, frowned, and looked at Lu Yi helplessly.

Lu Yi looked at the large bags of food in his hand, sighed, and handed the bag of fish over: "You put this in the refrigerator, otherwise it will spoil, and then... you can take the bag of snacks, just in case your mother If you ask you, just show her a look. At home, uh, my and Xiao Xiang’s shoes are all in your shoe cabinet, and Auntie won’t be able to see them if she doesn’t look through them.”

"Then what should you two do?" Xiang Yang took the bag from Lu Yi's hand and asked.

"The key to the old house is at home, shit," Lu Yi scolded in a low voice, "Uh... isn't there a park here? Xiao Xiang and I will go to the park first, and when Auntie doesn't pay attention, you can send me an email." A text message or a phone call, and you throw down the old house key or give it to me, anyway, your house is not very high.”

"Okay," Xiang Yang nodded, carrying two big bags of things towards home: "Wait for my call."

Lu Yi looked at his back as he left in a hurry, and all the previous good mood disappeared.Mother Xiangyang came back so suddenly, they didn't even have any preparations.If Xiangyang's mother paid a little attention, she would find traces of outsiders in the house.

The extra washing utensils, the two handles randomly placed on the coffee table, the clothes hanging on the chair, the large doll on the bedside of the guest room...

Too much.

Xiang Jiuqi raised her head and looked at him quietly, blinked a few times, took her hand out of her pocket, and grabbed his vacant left hand.

Only then did Lu Yi come back to his senses, let go of his tightly wrinkled eyebrows, rushed to Jiu Qi and forced a smile: "Let's go, let's go to the park to play."

The park at night is filled with artificial light.

Lu Yi carried the bag, pulled Xiang Jiuqi, and walked slowly along the river.The last time he came here was during the New Year, he felt cold even in a down jacket, but now he can only feel a little cooler in short sleeves.

time flies.

He thought of the kiss in the fireworks and cheers again, because the expression on his face softened because of the memory, but soon he began to worry about Xiangyang, and even their future, as soon as he showed a little smile, he was immediately replaced by haze.

If it is discovered, if Xiangyang's mother disagrees...

So what should he do?What should they do?

"Let's walk along the water," Xiang Jiuqi said carefully, pointing to a large area of ​​light on the lake in the distance: "There is light over there."

Lu Yi nodded silently, and slowly led Xiang Jiuqi towards the direction where the large piece of light was.

It was a wooden stack, and the wooden boards were corroded by water to leave dark traces, and the warm light shone on it, like a richly colored oil painting.

A large block protrudes from the middle of the wooden stack, like a small square, with many benches placed on it, without much light, it looks dim, like an old monochrome photo that doesn't fit in a piece of oil painting.

Lu Yi and Xiang Jiuqi sat side by side on the bench closest to the lake, the bag was placed by his side, and the mouth was wide open, revealing the messy things inside.

The bag with snacks couldn't hold the remaining two packs of weird drinks, which looked extremely abrupt in a pile of fruits and vegetables.

Lu Yi was wearing earphones and playing songs on his phone, and Xiang Jiuqi was also wearing earphones, looking at the lake in silence.The two of them looked ahead, neither talking nor moving, just sitting there quietly, watching the small ripples on the lake surface being blown by the wind, each thinking about something.

After the song in Lu Yi's earphones was played, he cut it to the next one, which was a song he had never heard before.In this mode, there will always be unfamiliar songs cut out. It is not surprising that Lu Yi is just attracted by the song.

First he noticed the melody, then he caught the lyrics.

The English pronunciation was slow and clear, hitting his heart from his ears, causing a sudden warmth in his eyes.

"The curtains come down so we can steal some happy moments."

"But I know that our love has no home."

"Why can't I hug you on the street, why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?"

"Why can't I say I'm in love? I want to shout it from the rooftops."

"I hope I can do this, why can't I, obviously I already belong to you."

He looked at the two bottles of drinks that looked different among fruits and vegetables, and suddenly felt that he and Xiangyang were a bit like those two bottles of drinks.Wang Bochen could at least be told by Mu Ying to her mother, while he and Xiangyang could only tell a few friends.They seemed out of place in their skirts and suits, but they were in love.

He never thought it was strange to like Xiangyang, and he never regretted falling in love with Xiangyang.

Even now.

Why not?

The piano sound in the earphones became more and more passionate, but it stopped when it was approaching the peak.

The hoarse female voice slowly narrates hopes and wishes, accompanied by sporadic piano sounds, and gradually climbs to the peak again at the end.Finally, the hoarse high-pitched voice stopped abruptly, and the last sentence was sung softly, like a sigh towards the light.

"Why can't it be like this, I hope it can be like this."

Lu Yi's eyelashes trembled, and the blur in front of his eyes rolled out of his eye sockets.

Xiang Yang didn't call him. After so long, his cell phone still didn't ring.

Seeing the traces of dripping water that exploded on the edge of the ground, Xiang Jiuqi froze for a moment, then slowly raised her head to look at Lu Yi, just in time to see the process of the tear dripping from his chin that was reflected in the faint light, and held her breath in fright.

Lu Yi knew that it was stupid for him to cry pessimistically because of the undetermined future, but he needed to find an outlet for the turbulent waves knocked on his heart by this song.

He had never been so scared.

He was seldom afraid, except for the yelling behind the door when he was a child, he was never afraid of anything.

He sniffed his nose quietly, quickly wiped away the tears on his face with the palm of his hand, took out his phone, and tuned to a single loop.

Perhaps it was because Xiang Jiuqi's gaze was too direct, and when Lu Yi calmed down, he noticed her.He picked up the two bottles of drinks and handed Xiang Jiuqi a bottle: "Drink, we won't be able to go home for a while."

Xiang Jiuqi nodded and took the glass of drink, twisted it hard, looked at Lu Yi again, wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.

"Don't look at me anymore, what's there to look at," Lu Yi pulled the corner of his mouth to avoid Xiang Jiuqi's gaze: "I'm fine, your brother is fine, and we'll be fine."

It seems to be comforting, and it is also like begging, with a lot of certainty, as if I hope it is true.

Xiang Yang didn't call him for such a long time, which made him feel uncertain.

He was also afraid that Xiangyang's mother would not agree, and he was also afraid that Xiangyang would be sad and hurt.

Maybe he shouldn't let Xiang Yang go back alone.

He took a sip of the drink to suppress the choked feeling in his throat, but unexpectedly found that the drink tasted good.

"This is delicious." Xiang Jiuqi took off the earphones at some point, looked at Lu Yi and smiled.

Lu Yi nodded, took another sip, and said in a low voice, "It's okay not to smile at a time like this."

The smile that was forced on Xiang Jiuqi's face disappeared immediately.She turned to Lu Yi, her eyebrows tightly knit together: "Is it a bad thing for his mother to come back?"

Lu Yi took in a breath slowly, shook his head: "It's good, I think he misses his mother a lot."

"But?" Xiang Jiuqi asked.

"But she may...don't like me," Lu Yi looked at Xiang Jiuqi: "Because...some reasons."

Xiang Jiuqi blinked: "What's the reason?"

"I don't know." Lu Yi shook his head and replied truthfully, "How would I know? I think we should always be together."

Seeing his expression clearly, Xiang Jiuqi lowered her head at a loss, not knowing what to say.

After a while, she suddenly raised her head: "She will definitely like you, as long as she knows you, she will not dislike you."

Lu Yi raised his eyebrows in surprise, and looked at Xiang Jiuqi with a serious face.

"Although you always seem fierce, you are actually very gentle." Xiang Jiuqi pursed her lips: "And you like my brother very much. You are really kind to him. How can she hate being so kind to her own child? people?"

Lu Sui was stunned.He looked at Xiang Jiuqi, feeling warm in his heart.

"Thank you." Lu Yi raised his hand and lightly pressed Xiang Jiuqi's frowning eyebrows, and smiled at her.

Xiang Jiuqi slightly loosened her frowning eyebrows.

Lu Yi let out a sigh of relief, raised the drink bottle, and lightly bumped the mouth of the drink bottle held by Xiang Jiuqi: "You probably have to go home."

Xiang Jiuqi looked at him all of a sudden, then came to her senses, languished, and said "Mmm" in a low voice.

"But you can't go back today." Lu Yi patted her on the shoulder: "When I get the key, we will go to the old house."

"Well," Xiang Jiuqi nodded, because his words became more energetic: "Where is the old house?"

"My house," Lu Yi said, "is a small courtyard, my grandma gave it to me."

Xiang Jiuqi nodded in a daze: "Oh."

She has never seen a house with a small courtyard.

"If you tidy up well, you can live comfortably," Lu Yi continued, "When I was young..."

"The road is suspicious! The road is suspicious!"

Xiangyang's voice.

Xiangyang's voice!

Lu Yi turned his head all of a sudden, and the drink in his hand almost splashed directly on Xiang Jiuqi.He saw Xiang Yang running towards him, panting, and stood up in a daze.

In a panic, he put the lid on the drink and put it on the chair, and rushed towards Yang: "You...how do you..."

How did Xiangyang come out?Shouldn't he be at home with his mother?

"You didn't call me," Lu Yi said blankly, "I thought..."

"No, no, I was in a hurry to find you and I forgot to take my phone," Xiang Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead: "When I got home, my mother was already going to bed, and she was jet-lagged. Busy, she went to bed without saying a few words to me. She has to go to another place to participate in some activities tomorrow, and she will go with Sister Li for about two or three days."

"Oh," Lu Yi nodded slowly: "Then tomorrow you take Xiao Xiang to pack your things, and I'll go to the old house to clean up the grounds."

"Yeah," Xiang Yang nodded, suddenly noticed Lu Yi's eyes with water marks, and was stunned: "You..."

Lu Yi was blown away by the wind to disperse the sweat on the back of his neck, he shivered, and suddenly came back to his senses.

His eye sockets started to heat up again, he let out a heavy breath, and hugged Xiang Yang: "I'm scared to death."

Xiang Yang patted his back helplessly, and hugged him slowly: "It's okay."

"If there is no way to hide it," Lu Yi whispered in Xiang Yang's ear, "you have to call me, don't be alone. It really doesn't feel good to be on tenterhooks."

Xiang Yang nodded, buried his head on Lu Yi's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "Okay."

Xiang Jiuqi sat back on the bench with peace of mind, put on her earphones again, and looked towards the center of the lake with a smile.

The light falling on that place was indistinct but inexplicably clear.

(Lu Yi listened to the song BGM.)

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This chapter is matched with BGM: "secretlovesong, pt. Ⅱ》——littlemix is ​​more edible.