River City Story

Lin Yan didn't know what keywords to use to summarize the time he flew by. It wasn't until the end of the college entrance examination mobilization meeting that he suddenly realized that the blink of an eye did exist.

He was so busy that he hardly had a minute to spare to think about those messy things.

His adoptive father was a drug trafficker in jail.

He himself was an unlucky kid who was left at the gate of the orphanage by his parents.

He is also a money fan, and his eyes are tied with the eyes of money.

He was poor and lived in an old ancestral hall that had leaked from the rain.

Almost all his rest days are occupied by various part-time jobs.

But even so, Lin Yan still likes to ride a bicycle to see the small scenery that flashes by on the way to the part-time job.

"I have to say that your bicycle is really durable. Over the past few years, in the wind and rain, in the streets and alleys, it still hasn't fallen apart." Cai Xusheng wobbled to Lin Yan's side and sighed repeatedly.

"Huh?" Lin Yan burst into laughter, amused by Cai Xusheng's vocabulary, "It will be ruined if it is put in a corner to collect ashes!" He put his schoolbag on his back, stepped on his bicycle, and prepared to go.

Cai Xusheng nodded in agreement, "Philosopher, Boss Lin." After speaking, he raised his foot and stepped up.

"Hey?! Are you still a human?" Lin Yan hurriedly stabilized the bike, "You ride a mountain bike worth tens of thousands of yuan, so don't destroy this poor little fellow!" He shook the handlebar vigorously, "Get down, Ride your own."

"Drive me to the door of the house...then go to Sister Xin's house for dinner together."

"I really don't know what kind of frivolous libertine you are." Lin Yan let go of the hand brake, got on the bike again, and moved forward with a humming sound.

Not long after, Cai Xusheng suddenly said in the back seat, "Boss Lin really has a soft heart."

Lin Yan smiled and shook his head: "I obviously have a diamond heart."

Cai Xusheng: "Diamond heart, diamond heart, transparent and powerful."

Lin Yan laughed happily after hearing this.

Three years of busy life did not suppress Lin Yan into a small man. On the contrary, he successfully completed his major life goal of growing to 1.8 meters, and even grew by one centimeter beyond the quota.His hair color is also slightly darker than before, and even without styling, it still looks very eye-catching.

In short, no matter from which angle you look at it, Lin Yan can definitely be regarded as a calm and handsome boy, even the rough and messy textures in the palm of his hand are quite charming.Cai Xusheng has changed a lot, his facial features have become more profound, and the characteristics of mixed blood have become more and more obvious. When he doesn't talk about playing cheap, he is very attractive.

Such two male students, at the gate of Xicheng No. [-] Middle School where people come and go, are trying their best to fiddle with a women's underbone bicycle and make a big circle on the spot, which is particularly eye-catching.

"You are... what are you playing?" Shen Wei walked over with a frown, faced Lin Yan, smiled and said, "Lin Yan, do you have anything to do at noon?"

"He's going to have lunch with the beauty, the class monitor!" Cai Xusheng jumped out of the car with a playful smile.

"Don't think I don't know that the beauty is the same age as my aunt!" Shen Wei shook his fist at him, then put on a spring-like smile, walked towards Lin Yan, took out a small delicate box from his bag, and hung it on the handlebar of the bicycle Standing aside, eyelashes drooping.

"What?" Lin Yan stretched out his feet, fixed the car, and opened the carton.

Shen Wei said with a little embarrassment: "During the winter vacation, I went abroad to travel, and I begged for an exam guard in the shrine. If I don't send you off, the college entrance examination will be over."

Lin Yan raised his hand, looked at the little thing, opened his mouth, and swallowed the words of rejection.

"...Thanks, I'll go back and put it on the key chain and take it with me." Although he didn't know if it could be used in this way, Lin Yan cursed.

Shen Wei's eyes lit up immediately, and he said in surprise, "Really?!"

Lin Yan put Yushou back into the cardboard box, stuffed it into the backpack, and said, "Really, can't I let you go all the way?"

"Well, there is no other meaning, I just wish you to be admitted to the target school." Shen Wei's face was a little red, she was so ashamed that she didn't know how to put her hands and feet, she struggled for a few seconds, and began to shake her ankles.

Lin Yan's eyelids twitched suddenly.Before Shen Wei was about to clean up people, he always liked to do this. He and Cai Xusheng had a deep understanding.When he was about to step back unconsciously, Cai Xusheng happened to come closer again.

"Squad leader, isn't there mine? I'm the one who needs to be blessed the most." He pretended to look up at the sky, "Oh, the exam will start the day after tomorrow, so don't pull marks on my composition."

Lin Yan took over the words as if he was rescued: "No, trust my study plan."

When it came to the exam, Shen Wei had a look of pity on his face, "Our exam room is so far away, I'm going to live at home during this period, I guess I won't see you until I apply for a major."

"There will be chances to meet again in the future." Lin Yan said, "Shen Han... well, sister, we all know each other too."

"Haha yes." Shen Wei forced a laugh twice.

"Yeah." Lin Yan also smiled.

He didn't know the relationship between Shen Han and Shen Wei until the second year of high school. Although they look different, their personalities are still very similar.They are not very easy to provoke, and they are very hot.Shen Wei likes Lin Yan, but it's a pity that Lin Yan doesn't care about such things. It's just that Shen Han has helped Xu Jialin a lot in matters, so if he still shows a cold face to his cousin, it really can't be justified.

Lin Yan had told Shen Wei a long time ago that he would not fall in love with her, and he had no feelings for her other than classmates and friends.Shen Wei's eyes were still red at the time, but she still nodded her head generously, saying that she would be good friends from now on, but at the same time, she also said that she would continue to like Lin Yan and would not allow Lin Yan to intervene.

Such a speech shocked Lin Yan, and he naturally thought of Shen Han.Shen Han once slept in the same bed with Xu Jialin, and later said that he and Xu Jialin would not become a family.This kind of courage and straightforwardness, which is inherited in one continuous line, is really impossible for ordinary people.

"Why are you in a daze?" Shen Wei stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

"Ah?" Lin Yan was taken aback, "Oh, it's nothing, I just remembered what you said back then, don't let me hinder you from continuing to like me."

Shen Wei laughed: "It's silly, forget it quickly, don't mention it." She bit her lip while pinching the strap of her schoolbag, raised her head and looked at Lin Yan intently, "But I still like you."

"But I don't..."

"But you don't like me." Shen Wei said, "Don't repeat it, I know. You just treat me as a little fan of stars, maybe I will find someone else to talk about friends in college."

Lin Yan nodded awkwardly: "Why do I feel that I am too heartless..."

After hearing this, Shen Wei bowed his head and smiled without speaking, and Cai Xusheng hid beside him without shaking his wits, and the air suddenly became a little quiet.

After about half a minute passed, Lin Yan took the lead to break the atmosphere. He gripped the handlebar of the car and said, "You are better than me, and you can definitely find a better one. Take the exam with ease, and there is no need to think about anything else."

Shen Wei brushed his braids, and replied softly: "Yes."

She has been wearing a high ponytail all the time, and she looks very sassy.Such a girl can make a lot of friends anywhere, and the girls in the class even call her "husband".If it were someone else, maybe they would have agreed to date Shen Wei long ago, but Lin Yan never really considered it.It's not just that he doesn't think it's so simple, Shen Wei's life is very regular, he concentrates on his homework at school, and indulges in the dojo on his rest days, which is completely different from himself.If the two really get together, I'm afraid they don't have enough energy to go shopping with the girl and talk about their thoughts.

Shen Wei left after talking with them, and Lin Yan could finally let go of his tense nerves.He urged Cai Xusheng to go back to ride his bicycle, and then the two went straight to Lu Chi's house together.

"Hey, when an infatuated girl meets an iceberg man, tragedy is scheduled!" Cai Xusheng sighed in a melodious tone.

Lin Yan said disapprovingly: "Where is my iceberg, I am obviously very enthusiastic."

"Really..." Cai Xusheng slowly slowed down and waited for Lin Yan to ride over, and said mysteriously: "Didn't most boys have a crush in middle school? Classmates, friends, and celebrities, don't you No?"

After thinking hard, Lin Yan shook his head.

"Hey...I believe it." Cai Xusheng said heartbroken, "I have never seen you have much interest in things other than studying and making money, and I have never seen you even masturbate."

"You! It's really..." Lin Yan was too lazy to talk nonsense with Cai Xusheng, and suddenly accelerated and rushed away.

"Isn't it? Master Lin Yan! You have a chance to give me a lecture! I'll give you incense money!" Cai Xusheng shouted towards the front.

"Fuck you! Uncle policeman didn't include your word 'Cai Xusheng' in pornography, gambling, drugs, it's so cheap!"

It wasn't long before the two of them yelled at each other on the street, and soon arrived downstairs at Lu Chi's house. Xin Huihui saw them from the balcony and waved happily.

"Oh! You two came here by bike again? Lu Chi has gone to work, otherwise I can pick you up." Xin Huihui went downstairs to welcome the two of them in, "Hurry up and wash your hands, we have dinner."

"Lin Yan is here?" Lu Ming poked his head out from the kitchen door, "Remember to have a drink with uncle at the dinner table."

"Okay, just a glass of beer." Lin Yan wiped his hands and helped take the dish.

"There's me too! I want to drink with Sister Xin!" Cai Xusheng yelled while lying on the dining table.

"Brat, your sister Xin doesn't drink!" Lu Ming scolded with a smile.

In order to get a perfect and good fortune, Xin Huihui and Lu Ming spent a whole morning cooking a whole ten dishes, and the family specially changed a big table for the Chinese New Year to entertain guests.Lin Yan sat on the chair, looking at the hills piled up in his bowl, feeling extremely sour.

If old man Xu was here, if He Zhengxi hadn't left, he would have eaten this meal with more peace of mind.

"Hey, be happy, the two elders are watching..." Cai Xusheng bumped Lin Yan with his elbow, reminding him in a low voice.

Lin Yan hesitated, stuffed a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs into his mouth, chewed carefully, and said to Xin Huihui, "It's delicious."

"That's good." Xin Huihui laughed, "The flavors you like are all exactly the same as mine, but Lu Chi can't, he follows Lao Lu."

"I like this one too, I need Sister Xin to sandwich the ribs for me!" Cai Xusheng lifted the bowl and held it over.

Lin Yan frowned in disgust and said, "Can you stop pretending to be cute with your throat hanging like this? It's disgusting, I can't eat it anymore!"

"Cut." Cai Xusheng twisted twice, "You call me disgusting because you can't pretend to be cute, but I can pretend to be anything, can you?"

"I'd rather choose to die!" Lin Yan gritted his bones and said viciously.

It took them two hours to finish their meal. Before leaving, Xin Huihui stuffed another big melon by herself.

"Hey, if only my mother was like Aunt Xin..." Cai Xusheng sighed in the corridor.

"You're not called Sister Xin anymore?"

"She does look very young!" Cai Xusheng stretched out his hand and counted on his fingers, "Beautiful, gentle, and virtuous. She really treats you like her own son. I feel a little bit jealous."

Lin Yan let out a "huh" and said with a wry smile: "Sometimes I really wish she was my real mother. A person like Aunt Xin would definitely not throw her son at the gate of the orphanage."

"Why did you mention something unpleasant again? They must regret it when they see you who are outstanding now." Cai Xusheng put his arm on Lin Yan's shoulder, "Go, go to my house."

"Actually, I don't have any unpleasant feelings when I mention it now. It's just a common topic." Lin Yan said while taking out the car keys, "Even if you see them on the street, they will be like strangers. Do you understand? That kind of passerby."

"That's right, so don't think about it, go to my house, recite ancient poems, and practice listening!" Cai Xusheng stepped into the car and shook his head pretending to be chic, "If you don't go, I'm afraid Lao Zhao will have to follow, He was overly nervous and a little nervous during this time."

Lin Yan also thought about it: "Then thank you, young master, for taking in me, a homeless boy."

"You are polite, we are brothers." Cai Xusheng said, "The main thing is that you know how to cook."

"I knew you were waiting for me here." Lin Yan punched him.

There is no one at home, but there are still guests.

He Zhengxi took a sip of purified water excitedly. He hadn't been to Xicheng for 3 years. The changes here are not too big, but there are more trees on both sides of the street, which makes people feel happy.

"After I send you to Linshui Street, I have to go to the customer's place. I need to call." Fang Jue said.

"Yes, I know." He Zhengxi opened the car window and looked out. The closer he was to the familiar alley, the more nervous he became, and he couldn't pay attention to what others were saying.

"I didn't see you looking forward to it when I went back to Xicheng." Fang Jue said with a smile, "You really don't want to stay in the hotel with me? Lin Yan shouldn't go home."

"Let's see." He Zhengxi withdrew his head, pinched his wrist unconsciously, but couldn't touch anything, and then remembered that he lost the little bracelet that Lin Yan gave him when he was playing, so he had to start rubbing it instead. A basketball pendant whose color has faded.

The driver stopped the car at the entrance of the alley, and he didn't plan to drive any further. The alley used to be very narrow, and it is still narrow now.

"If the innermost ancestral hall is moved, it can be opened directly, but no one cares about this area, and they don't dare to care about it." The driver babbled, then lowered his voice, and changed to a mysterious person. "Actually, the owner of the old ancestral hall is a drug dealer, not easy to mess with, even the eldest son of that family is not easy to mess with, he doesn't stay at home all day, maybe he is also dealing with drugs. You two You young ones, but be careful!"

After hearing this, He Zhengxi sneered. He stood on the spot and thought for a moment, leaned close to the driver's ear, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, I'm a child of that family."

The driver widened his eyes and asked, "Whose family?"

He Zhengxi straightened up, pointed at the old ancestral hall, poked his chest again, and burst into a particularly bright smile: "The one who deals in drugs, young son, me."

The driver said in horror: "I'm really joking, haha, you guys go, I'm leaving!"

He Zhengxi waved his hand chicly: "Goodbye, brother! Hahaha!"

He watched the taxi go all the way, bent down and hiccupped with laughter.

Fang Jue: "If you laugh again, you will be watched."

He Zhengxi covered his stomach and laughed for a while, then raised his head out of breath and said, "At this time, there aren't many people in Linshui Street. I can't stop laughing. God, Uncle Xu knows he's grown up." Is it the devil? And my brother, he just lives on campus, can this be made into a story?"

He laughed to himself for a long time before he calmed down and murmured with a sullen face: "My brother these three years have been really difficult."

"...Let's go, I'll go and have a look together." Fang Jue said.

"Aren't you busy with something?"

"There's no rush."

The gate of the old ancestral hall seems to have been repaired, but the appearance of the gate has not changed, and there is no anti-theft installation. Before leaving, the surveillance that Lu Chi helped install seems to be closed.He Zhengxi took out the key from the bag and tried to open the big padlock in the middle.

Can still be used, not replaced.He Zhengxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Jue pushed open the door, stood in the yard and looked around, and said to He Zhengxi: "I have to say, your brother is still so good. You can start a fire, go and cook some fresh corn for me to eat."

"Impossible." He Zhengxi walked along the concrete slab road. There were no vegetables on both sides of the road, and they were all replaced with sunflowers. There was a circle of corn around it. I don't know how Lin Yan took care of it, but it looked quite alive.

"Lend me the bedroom and take a nap." Fang Jue stepped on the doorstep.

He Zhengxi was stunned and agreed, and then said seriously: "When you leave, you have to pack it up, don't rummage through my brother's things."

"Your brother's house is empty, there's nothing to overthrow." Fang Jue said.

He Zhengxi frowned, turned around and opened the door of the main room: "Then don't go to that room, sleep in Uncle Xu's room."

Fang Jue immediately refused: "I won't go! Your Uncle Xu hasn't come back for so many years, there might be spider webs in it!"

"No." He Zhengxi said seriously, "My brother will definitely help him tidy up, if you don't believe me, go in and have a look." He opened the door, took Fang Jue to Xu Jialin's room, "Is it very tidy. "

Xu Jialin's room was empty, the futons and beds were all wrapped in a huge old dust jacket.

Fang Jue wiped the dust jacket with his hand, and said in shock, "It's not dirty...?"

He Zhengxi laughed and said triumphantly: "This thing has been used for many years, my brother cleans it when he has time."

"Your brother has already completely surpassed the scope of ordinary people." Fang Jue said, "But if I sleep here, do I have to make the bed, and when I wake up, do I need to make the bed again?"

He Zhengxi spread his hands.

"Then I'll go to sleep in Lin Yan's room." Fang Jue turned around decisively, took the key from He Zhengxi's hand and left.

Lin Yan's small bedroom is the same as Linshui Street, with almost no changes. It is still the extra long desk with two lamps on the desk, one on each side, and one side of the edge of the desk touches the double bed.He Zhengxi put away the mosquito net, and there were still two half-sized pillows on the bed. He Zhengxi's was on the outside, and Lin Yan's was on the inside. Next to the pillows was a hard-shell book with a bottle of toilet water standing on it.He Zhengxi unscrewed the cap of the bottle, sniffed it carefully, and a feeling of comfort slowly rose from the bottom of his heart.

The familiar smell belongs to Lin Yan's body.

Suddenly, some fragments of childhood appeared in He Zhengxi's mind. In the summer of the year when he was 8 years old, the rainy season in Xicheng never ended, and the mosquitoes became extremely fierce. He Zhengxi was bitten by 7 or 8 big bumps on his body, and it was so itchy that his eyes watered.Lin Yan was very anxious, rubbing garlic for He Zhengxi, but it didn't work, and prickly heat powder didn't work, and children didn't like the smell of essential oil, so they refused to use it.Later, Lin Yan went directly to the supermarket to buy a bottle of toilet water, and returned, poured it into He Zhengxi's bathtub, and let him soak it for half an hour.Whether it worked or not, He Zhengxi had already forgotten, but he still remembered what Lin Yan said at that time.

"Luxury! You prodigal child!"

Since then, every summer, there will always be a bottle of toilet water in the house.

He Zhengxi was stunned for a while, then turned to Fang Jue and said, "Cousin, you'd better go back to the hotel, don't sleep here."

"Why? I won't go, I'm exhausted, let me rest." Fang Jue said, slumped in the chair.

"No way." He Zhengxi walked over and lifted Fang Jue up, "Either go to Uncle Xu's room, or sleep on the floor, anyway, you can't sleep here."

Fang Jue was so lazy that he became a puddle of mud, unable to live or die.

"Forget it, it's up to you." He Zhengxi gave up and said, "I'm going to start studying. Except that I can't sleep in our bed, I can do anything else."

"Study?" Fang Jue smiled, "People who take a week off before the exam love to study."

He Zhengxi opened the test paper, turned the gel pen, and said, "Even if the young master asks for a month's leave, he can still get the first place."

Fang Jue cupped his hands and complimented: "Yes, you are awesome, you are the best."

"My brother is the best, and I'm second." He Zhengxi retorted solemnly.

He stayed patiently in the old ancestral hall for two days. He never saw Lin Yan, nor did he call or send text messages. On the morning of the 7th, He Zhengxi packed his schoolbag and got on the bus to No. [-] Middle School.The No. [-] Middle School was the exam center, and there were many candidates from other schools. Many parents gathered outside the gate, and He Zhengxi mixed in, feeling that the time hadn't changed at all.Three years ago, he carried his schoolbag in the crowd like this, waiting for that familiar figure to come out.

He Zhengxi had long guessed that Lin Yan had little chance of going back to the old ancestral hall during the exam, but he said before that it doesn't matter even if he can't see anyone, even if he can only stay at the school gate to bask in the sun, He Zhengxi has made up his mind must come.He felt that he needed such a ceremony to prove something that seemed to be nothing.

When the last class was over, it rained just right in Xicheng.Lin Yan made the bed in the dormitory, and began to move the things to Cai Xusheng's house in batches, and then dragged them back to the old ancestral hall by bicycle.

"Honestly, can I rent you a car with my money?" Cai Xusheng had a basin on his head, and a bed sheet draped behind him, looking quite exotic.

"I have a bicycle, why should I take a taxi? Don't treat my basin as a toy." Lin Yan shook the woven bag in his hand vigorously, "There is still your mat here, if I don't put it away, you must be Trash."

"I'm too lazy to ask for it. I don't need it at home." Cai Xusheng took down the basin and began to play with the rolling circle.

"The quality of our school's mat is pretty good, you are a living prodigal." Lin Yan raised his foot and kicked over, "Don't play with the pot! Do you think this thing can be stronger than a tire?"

"If it's broken, I'll pay you for a new one!" Cai Xusheng pouted and ran forward.

Probably because after the exam, he was more excited, and he could even play with the pot to produce flowers, but after playing for a long time, he slipped his hand and the pot flew away.

"Fuck, Chinese cabbage!"

Lin Yan put down the woven bag, went in with his head and turned around for a long time, and found a bright green fly swatter.

"What are you going to do?" Cai Xusheng asked warily.

Lin Yan carried the woven bag back unhurriedly, shook the beat in his hand, and smiled wickedly: "What do you think?"

"Wait!!" Cai Xusheng stretched out his hand to signal a timeout, "Wait for me to run first!"

"It's late! Wait until I beat you to death! Old Cabbage!" Lin Yan saw the opportunity and gave Cai Xusheng a shot.

"Killed! The handsome young man chased and killed his classmates at the school gate for fun in order to relieve the pressure of the college entrance examination! Help! I will definitely not be on the social page!" Cai Xusheng ran to the school gate without looking back while shouting.

"You are still on the social version, you can only go to the joke version! Middle gap! Do you understand?!" Lin Yan chased behind with a smile and shouted.

"You don't want your basin???"

"Let's talk!"

He was so determined to smack Cai Xusheng that he was full of momentum. He dodged left and right and passed many students and parents on the road. When he was about to run out the door, someone grabbed his arm.Lin Yan's speed was too fast, and he was carrying a woven bag behind him. He staggered and almost fell down when he was caught.

"I*, who is it!"

He steadied his feet and wiped the sweat from his brow, squinting his eyes and raising his head.

"elder brother."

He Zhengxi shouted with a smile.