River City Story

The park is quite big, and Lin Yan rode around by himself for about ten minutes, and the people walking in twos and threes on the road were all grandpas and aunts.Thinking that a kid like Lin Cong would not be among these people, he stopped the car and rested by the handrail of the slide.It was getting late, and the wind was mixed with moisture. Lin Yan raised his face, and a few drops of rain fell from the tip of his nose.

"Why is it raining again? It's cloudy..." He complained in a low voice, and opened the umbrella.He is really not good at dealing with such weather and seasons, which is frustrating, or Lin Yan himself is more depressed.

After standing outside for a few minutes, Lin Yan's head swelled.The rain was getting heavier and his body felt cool. He blinked his eyes and felt very tired.

The bicycle seat was soaked by the rain. Lin Yan didn't plan to ride any more. He pushed it under the carport in the park and locked it. He walked along the path and started looking for someone again.He always felt that Lin Cong should not have walked out of the park, and he was probably hiding in some corner.Lin Yan raised his head and looked into the distance. The artificial lake was surrounded by yellowed and withered reeds, and several pavilions with a new design were scattered by the lake.

"Young man? It's raining so hard, what are you looking for?" An old man walked over quickly with a chessboard on his back.

Lin Yan said politely: "Look... find a 16-year-old boy who ran away from home."

The uncle said: "Oh, but it's terrible, run outside in this weather."

Lin Yan replied: "Yeah, I'm quite worried about him." He glanced at the uncle's chessboard and asked, "Do you know if there is a place to hide from the rain near here?"

After serious consideration, the uncle replied: "Except for the gazebo, there is only the one opposite. I have never been there, but there are a bunch of homeless people who are often there, playing the huqin, singing opera, and begging for some pocket money."

Lin Yan was overjoyed. He stuffed the umbrella into the uncle's hand and said, "Take it and use it, thank you!"

The uncle stuffed it back again, and said with a smile: "I have a chessboard, bought for my daughter, and it's waterproof!"

Lin Yan scratched his head in embarrassment: "Okay then, I'll go to the opposite side and look for it."

The uncle waved his hand: "That's right."

Lin Yan hastily made another big circle and walked to the opposite side of the lake. Sure enough, through the screen of reeds and bamboos, he could indeed hear the sound of several people playing cards and chatting lively.This is a square white building with a fence, about a dozen square meters, and the top is sealed to prevent rain and snow from falling in.He put away the umbrella, shook off the water droplets, and walked in along the path covered by withered grass.

"Hey! I don't know how to play cards, so treat me better!"

"No, no, I don't want to be a turtle, show me your cards! Don't cheat, you are bullying me when I am young!"

"Hey, you go down first, I'll make a box of instant noodles to eat."

Lin Cong was wearing a torn quilt, his cheeks flushed from playing.

What the hell is running away from home?This is simply to experience life...

Lin Yan cleared his throat, and shouted to the excited person opposite, "It's so cold, what are you doing here? Get up, pack up and go home."

Hearing the sound, Lin Cong raised his head, his originally sunny smile faltered for a moment, he curled his lips and said, "I didn't want me yesterday, but today I come to look for me again, I just like hanging out here, I feel very comfortable, and I won't come back for the time being."

"Hey, who is this handsome brother? Let's play cards together!" Several homeless people around booed.

"No, you guys can play by yourself." Lin Yan said with a smile, pointing to Lin Cong: "That's the child of my friend's relative's family. He has been out of temper for more than ten days."

"Really! No wonder when we met last night, the boy's face was dirty and his pants were smashed." One of them said, "Hurry up and take it back, it's so noisy here."

Lin Yan bowed to them, took out his wallet, counted five banknotes, and handed it to the person who spoke, "Thank you, brothers, for taking them in. It's cold, so buy something warm to eat."

The elder brother waved his hand, left one, and returned the rest.

Lin Yan didn't refuse, collected the money, and turned to Lin Cong: "If you want to stay here until the Chinese New Year, I have no problem, pick up garbage, wash dishes in restaurants outside, or even learn to play the erhu here, you are free to do so, as long as you don't starve to death But I hope you call Yu Qin back immediately, and don't let her harass me again."

Lin Cong sat on the fence looking at the water, without turning his head, he said, "My phone is out of battery, and it's flooded."

Lin Yan stepped over the floor of old clothes and tattered mattresses, walked to Lin Cong, and handed over his mobile phone, "Use mine, and report your family's safety first."

Lin Cong reluctantly took the phone, opened the call history, and called back.

Yu Qin answered quickly: "Xiao Yan? Any news?"

Lin Cong cut off a handful of reeds in his hand and said loudly, "Xiao Yan? I am Lin Cong!"

Yu Qin immediately became excited: "Cong Cong?! You're terrified of me! Where are you? I'll go pick you up with your father!"

Lin Cong looked at Lin Yan's expression, and replied, "No, I'll take a taxi back by myself."

Yu Qin shouted sharply: "No! Be good!"

Lin Cong moved his ears a few inches away, and said, "Okay... Xuehu Park on the side of the University City." He paused, and added, "You guys just wait outside the park, cars can't get in here."

"It's okay, it's okay, I didn't run too far." Yu Qin's voice relaxed, "Wait obediently, we'll be there in ten minutes."

"Well, then I hang up."

"Okay, okay, remember to find a place to hide from the rain."

Lin Cong said impatiently: "I know, I'm not stupid! Hang up!"

"Hey! You child, let me tell you..."

Before Yu Qin could say another word, Lin Cong quickly hung up the phone.

"Okay?" Lin Yan glanced at him, put back his phone, "Say goodbye to these big brothers, and leave."

Lin Cong lowered his head and reluctantly let out an ooh.

The eldest brother heard their conversation, and said with a smile: "It's not that much etiquette, it's good to stay at home, eat well and drink spicy food." He walked over, reached out and patted Lin Cong's shoulder, "Go back and study hard, don't run around in the middle of the night Wipe your tears!"

Lin Cong smiled shyly and said, "Thank you brother for taking me in, otherwise I'd be starving now..."

Big brother: "Stop being so hippie and smiling, hurry back, let's calm down after we leave."

Lin Cong: "That can't be done. I will come again when I have time, and I will bring you big chicken legs." After finishing speaking, he carried his schoolbag on his back and walked away step by step.

On the road by the lake, Lin Yan opened the umbrella, put it in Lin Cong's hand, and said: "My bicycle is still parked in the carport, you go and wait outside by yourself, don't run around anymore, I can't promise to help you again Looking for you a second time."

Lin Cong pinched the corner of his clothes, bowed his head and said, "I don't want your umbrella..."

Lin Yan turned his back and said irritably as he walked: "Leave me a card number on your phone later. I will find time to save your money. Now, you turn around, we both go our own way, no more money is allowed. Open your mouth and say a few more words."

Lin Cong pursed his lips, and finally turned around obediently, and quietly walked away along the lake towards the gate.

Lin Yan hurried around half of the park again in the rain, found the carport, and was about to go home and change his clothes.Pushing the bicycle to the main entrance, there was a high-pitched female voice in the distance. He turned sideways and carefully identified it for a while, and heard that it was Yu Qin talking.Lin Yan stopped behind the small room of the Park Management Office. Through the two-story windows, he could see Yu Qin rubbing Lin Cong's head in surprise and joy, and said some loving words of reproach.

"Don't take so much cash out in the future, you know? You scared my mother to death!"

"Look at your body, why are there mud on your hands, where did you sleep last night, have you been bullied?"

"How about going home and taking a shower first, and then we go out to eat hot pot?"

Lin Xucheng leaned against the car and smoked. He was no longer young, but he looked good, and he had long since lost the sour taste of more than ten years ago. No matter how you looked at it, he was quite a successful person with momentum.Lin Yan knows that Lin Xucheng is now running a factory, processing fruit, doing OEM business, and also doing his own brand. Many supermarkets can buy the products in his factory.

Lin Yan looked at it for a while, and felt unhappy. He had been away from the real family for too long, and he had no accurate concept of what father and son, mother and son are.

Yu Qin naggingly dragged Lin Cong to say something, and the three of them left together.It was not until the sound of the car could no longer be heard that Lin Yan pressed his temples and prepared to walk out of the park.

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind: "Brother, where is your umbrella?"

Lin Yan turned his face away in astonishment: "Why are you here?"

He Zhengxi opened the umbrella, put it on Lin Yan's head, and said, "If I don't come, you will go back in the rain."

"How long have you been here?" Lin Yan asked while clutching the handlebar.

He Zhengxi smiled: "Just here, really."

Lin Yan also curled the corner of his mouth: "Then let's go."

He Zhengxi saw that Lin Yan was not in a good mood and his complexion was also very bad, so he consciously didn't say much.In order to hold the umbrella, he walked on the left side of Lin Yan, just silent.

The two walked side by side for a while, the pedestrians around them gradually decreased, and the street lights turned from dark to bright, Lin Yan suddenly said, "It's too quiet."

He Zhengxi recovered from his daze, and naturally raised his voice: "What?"

Lin Yan: "I said, it's so close, your voice should be quieter, I can hear you."

"Oh……"

He Zhengxi turned his head and looked over, Lin Yan under the umbrella was covered with an inexplicable atmosphere.He touched Lin Yan's hand intentionally or unintentionally, and found it was cold.

"Don't go to the restaurant and go straight home?" he said.

Lin Yan froze for a moment, then replied, "Okay."

After taking a hot shower, drying his hair, drinking a bowl of hot ginger soup, and getting under the covers, Lin Yan let out a long sigh of relief.

"Are you sure you don't want to eat?" He Zhengxi pushed open the bedroom door and asked.

Lin Yan yawned and shook his head, "Don't eat, let's put it away for now."

"Okay." After being busy in the kitchen for a while, He Zhengxi walked in again holding the book and test paper, and said, "Then you go to sleep and call me if you need something."

Lin Yan huddled under the quilt, and said in a muffled voice, "Are you studying in my room?"

He Zhengxi raised his eyebrows: "Of course, write a few papers and do a preview."

Lin Yan blinked, exhaled slowly and said, "Okay, it's up to you."

He Zhengxi slightly bent his lips, and turned on the desk lamp.

Lin Yan turned sideways, turned his back to He Zhengxi, and said in a low voice: "This feeling now is a bit like when I was a child, and I kind of miss it. You liked it so much back then, you didn't want people to leave, you had to stay on the edge of the bed Wait, hey, don’t worry about it. I always felt that you were only three years younger than me, how could you be like my son. Thinking about your childhood problems, there are too many. For a while, I was very Confused, always thinking, why are you still young, why are you always acting like a child, when will you be sensible..." He rambled on for a while, his eyelids getting heavier.

He Zhengxi walked to the bed, tucked the quilt up for Lin Yan, and said in a low voice, "Brother, go to sleep, I'm sensible now, let me guard you in the future, okay?"

Lin Yan said vaguely: "You have grown up, now you are on the side."

He Zhengxi bowed and kissed Lin Yan's hair lightly, and said softly, "Yes, when I grow up, I will always be by your side from now on."

Lin Yan sighed inaudibly and fell asleep.

At one o'clock in the night, He Zhengxi was awakened by the sound of getting up beside him.He opened his eyes with difficulty, and after careful identification, he found that Lin Yan was sitting by the bed and looking through the cabinet.

"Brother? What are you looking for?"

Lin Yan stopped what he was doing and turned around: "Sorry, I woke you up."

He Zhengxi sat up, shook his head, he turned on the light, and looked along the light: "Looking for cold medicine?"

Lin Yan opened the capsule, stuffed two into his mouth, swallowed it with water, and said, "Maybe I have a low-grade fever, take a medicine."

He Zhengxi reached out and touched Lin Yan's forehead, "It doesn't feel too low, I'll get the thermometer."

"No need." Lin Yan stopped He Zhengxi.

"Use it." He Zhengxi said firmly.

Ten minutes later, He Zhengxi packed his clothes, put them on Lin Yan's head and said, "10 degrees, you will be dried meat tomorrow morning."

Lin Yan leaned against the head of the bed, not cooperating with life and death, he closed his eyes and waved his hands: "Go out and mess around, I'll be fine after a night of sleep."

He Zhengxi was dressed in sportswear, standing up straight: "I don't think that a high fever can be cured by just sleeping in it. You will definitely feel uncomfortable in the second half of the night. If you don't go to the hospital, just take two capsules, and you will be sick when the time comes." What about pneumonia?"

"Then go tomorrow morning. I'm so heavy now that I can't walk." Lin Yan put his hands back on his forehead, feeling dizzy.

"I'll carry you." He Zhengxi squatted down on the edge of the bed, motioning Lin Yan to lie down.

"I'm not going." Lin Yan turned around and rolled half a circle on the bed, wrapping the quilt tightly.

"Now you have become a difficult child." He Zhengxi said helplessly.

"Yes, that's right, let me enjoy the preferential treatment of being a younger brother." Lin Yan said.

"Then go to sleep, if the temperature is still so high tomorrow morning, you have to go to the hospital, okay?" He Zhengxi asked patiently.

Lin Yan pushed his head into the pillow: "Understood, you go to sleep."

He Zhengxi took off his shoes and went to bed: "I'll just sleep here and not go anywhere."

At dawn, He Zhengxi was woken up again.

"Still uncomfortable?" He Zhengxi asked.

"Are you sleeping too lightly, or is it because I'm making too much noise?" Lin Yan stood helplessly, "I got up to go to the bathroom, and now I'm going to go outside to get a glass of water, and you go back to sleep."

He Zhengxi lifted the quilt, and was still covered with the clothes he changed at night. He wrapped his arms around Lin Yan's waist, and dragged him back: "You have a high fever in the middle of the night, can I sleep to death? Sit down, and I'll pour water."

Lin Yan moved back to the bed, opened his eyes and was lost in thought, "Don't be too hot."

He Zhengxi shook the cup in his hand: "Two thirds are hot, one third is cold, I haven't forgotten."

Lin Yan put his legs under the quilt, with a smile on his face: "Stinky boy."

After bringing the water back, He Zhengxi stared at Lin Yan and finished drinking it, then took his temperature again, it was 39 degrees 2.He Zhengxi said worriedly: "Brother, I have to go to the hospital this time. There is one near the neighborhood. Let them give you a check-up. Both of us can rest assured."

Lin Yan shook his head: "No, I'm sleepy and want to sleep."

He Zhengxi held his hand tightly: "Be obedient, go to the hospital to sleep."

Lin Yan closed his eyes and coughed for a while, his voice fluttering, "There's too much nonsense, be quiet, you should go to sleep too, go to the next door, and you'll be finished if you get infected by me, you still have exams recently."

"Ok."

He Zhengxi stayed quietly for a while, and waited for Lin Yan to fall asleep before turning around and going out.

Lin Yan fell into a drowsy sleep this time, and when he woke up again, he wanted to touch his phone to check the time, but found that his hand was being pressed and he could not move.He raised his upper body, looked down, and said in shock, "When did the water hang up?"

He Zhengxi said: "If you don't go to the hospital, I can only ask a doctor I know to come and take a look for you." He reached out and touched Lin Yan's face, touched it, and said, "Don't go to school in the morning. Too tired and need to rest."

Lin Yan coughed and lay down again, "I can't rest, there are classes in the morning, and the restaurant is also busy recently."

He Zhengxi said forcefully, "I've already asked for leave for you."

Lin Yan's eyes widened: "Ah?! It's early in the morning, don't disturb people's sleep!"

He Zhengxi picked up the phone and motioned Lin Yan to check the time: "I called at 7:50, now it's 9:20."

Lin Yan sighed dejectedly: "It's over, it's over, my undefeated record is ruined today. What about you? Won't you go to school?"

"I don't have to go to school every day. I don't have class for half a day, so I'll still get first place next time." He Zhengxi brought the fully charged hand warmer on the table, and put it on Lin Yan for needles through a towel. Under the hand, "Is this heat okay?"

Lin Yan was surprised, and stammered, "Well... yes, you are very careful."

He Zhengxi pinched Lin Yan's fingers and said, "I will be more careful, but the clients are different."

Lin Yan met He Zhengxi's eyes, and said a little uncomfortable: "How good this skill can be used on girls."

He Zhengxi knew that he couldn't delve into this topic with Lin Yan, and the end result would be that both of them went crazy, so he chose not to answer the conversation.

"Well, if you don't want to talk about this, I won't talk about it." Lin Yan said.

He Zhengxi leaned over and half lay on the quilt, feeling Lin Yan's rising and falling breathing, and asked gently: "Are you hungry? I bought porridge and small wontons."

Lin Yan thought for a while and said, "Wonton, I haven't eaten for a long time."

He Zhengxi raised his head: "Okay, I'll cook it, it will be done in 10 minutes."

Lin Yan stretched out his legs and kicked him: "Go quickly."

He Zhengxi: "Hurry up like this, what are you going to do?"

Lin Yan looked at him: "What are you talking about?"

He Zhengxi smiled and said, "Go to the bathroom? I'll help you."

Lin Yan pointed to the stand on which the IV drip was hung, and said, "Your doctor friend is very considerate. It's still a movable stand, and I don't need your help."

Careless! !He Zhengxi regretted it for a while, and still had a smile on his face: "Then I still have to help you, if you don't go in, just watch at the door, should this be okay?"

Lin Yan's eyebrows twitched, "You want to watch me pee?" No way...

He Zhengxi helped him up, squatted down devoutly, put his slippers on, then raised his face, and said sincerely: "I'm guarding the door."

Lin Yan kicked He Zhengxi's calf, motioned him to lean aside, stood up while supporting the bedside table, pushed the shelf into the bathroom by himself.He Zhengxi waited outside, and only after Lin Yan came out again did he go out to cook wontons on fire.

Lin Yan lay on the bed for too long, his neck was sore, so he simply put on a coat and followed him out.

The sunlight covered most of the dining table, and he sat on the chair, letting the light fall on his back and neck.

"Sure enough, human beings cannot do without photosynthesis..." He whispered with emotion.

"As a human being, I can't do without you." He Zhengxi came over, straightened his crooked clothes, and before Lin Yan could speak, he said again: "It's such a fine day, why don't you dry the quilt?"

Lin Yan lowered his eyebrows and nodded: "Thank you, Mr. He, for your hard work."

He Zhengxi said calmly: "No matter how sincere a love poem is, it will be meaningless without someone to listen to."

Lin Yan leaned over slowly, his eyes fell on the small vase with a few white peach roses, and he didn't intend to talk to He Zhengxi any more.

He Zhengxi was not annoyed either, he went to the kitchen to pour wontons into the boiling water, took advantage of the cooking time, and went to the balcony with the quilt in his arms.

"Don't hang the clothesline, the pulley can't hold it up." Lin Yan stretched his neck and shouted.

"I know, there is a folding shelf here, I'm not blind." He Zhengxi replied.

"Didn't you just break the pulley last time?"

"I'm blind, I'm too blind."

Lin Yan sat back helplessly, there was really nothing he could do with He Zhengxi like this.

The small milk pot in the kitchen made the sound of gurgling water, and the aroma of the wonton dough quickly filled the room. Lin Yan felt hungry after basking in the sun.He held up the drip stand and planned to go over to check the pot.

"Wait, I'll go and see." He Zhengxi ran over, "The steps in the kitchen are too high."

"I just have a cold. I'm neither disabled nor terminally ill." Lin Yan said slowly, and he waved his arms at He Zhengxi, "Didn't you find that I have good muscles?" A little worse.

He Zhengxi walked into the kitchen to get a bowl of wontons, and said with a smile: "You wear so many clothes, I don't think there is a chance to find out."

Lin Yan was so choked that he couldn't speak, so he could only silently lament He Zhengxi's thick skin.But a few seconds later, he said dryly, "You should start a study class."

He Zhengxi brought the wontons to the dining table, handed Lin Yan a spoon, turned around and ran back to the bedroom, took a blanket, and covered Lin Yan's lap. After everything was arranged properly, he said: "Study class ? Which aspect are you talking about? I can hold classes in any aspect. I am too good to help.”

After hearing this, Lin Yan shook his left hand holding the spoon, and half a wonton smoothly fell into the soup.

With a smile on his lips, He Zhengxi took the spoon, scooped up the wonton, and brought it to Lin Yan's lips, "Don't be embarrassed, just come back later."

Lin Yan opened his mouth in embarrassment, took a bite, chewed a few times, pretending to be calm and said: "Well, the shrimp skin is good."

He Zhengxi smiled brightly: "You like it? I bought it at the market yesterday."

This breakfast made Lin Yan's heart pound.He didn't know if it was because of a cold, or because He Zhengxi forced him to eat wontons.In short, after the 20-minute tormented meal was over, Lin Yan made a decision bitterly - He Zhengxi could no longer let He Zhengxi reach out to feed him when he saw the opportunity.