River City Story

At six o'clock in the morning, Lin Yan opened his eyes dreamlessly all night.Before the others woke up, he crept up, washed his face and brushed his teeth, went out for a jog, and had breakfast.

There were not many people in the cafeteria, Lin Yan took a bowl of wonton and found a corner to sit down, outside the huge glass window, the acacia tree was trying to stretch its new leaves, the sunlight came in obliquely, the tree shadows and light spots fell on the dinner plate, a pretty picture A living scene.He looked up for a while, then unconsciously took out his phone, intending to take a photo.

Lin Yan's cell phone has been turned off from last night until now, so when he turned it on and took an unsatisfactory photo, text messages and missed calls began to pour in one after another.

He Zhengxi missed 3 calls.

Lin Cong missed 2 calls.

3 unknown numbers.

There are still a few text messages left, one of which is from He Zhengxi.He opened it, took a look, and dialed it back.

After the bell rang for more than ten seconds, the phone was finally picked up.

"Lin Yan? I'm Yu Qin." The tone was not very good.

Lin Yan frowned and asked, "Why are you holding my brother's phone? What about others?"

Yu Qin on the other end gasped for breath, then suddenly sneered, and then shouted angrily: "Your brother broke Lin Cong's head! Come to the hospital immediately!"

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, moved the phone a few inches away, and asked, "Which hospital?"

No one spoke on the other side, and soon there was a hang-up sound from the receiver. Lin Yan raised his hand and rubbed his ears, looking up at the ceiling, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.Yu Qin's voice has always been high-pitched. When she was young, her voice was clear and clear, but now that she is in her 40s, she sounds more and more mean and difficult, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

He asked the cafeteria chef to pack his breakfast, bought a few steamed buns and fried rice, and sat back down again. After thinking about it, he opened the address book and found Lin Cong's number.

Lin Cong answered quickly: "Brother? Don't listen to my mother talking nonsense, I'm fine."

Lin Yan interrupted him directly: "Address, text me the address of the hospital."

"……All right."

He Zhengxi's hand was so strong that he slammed down, and Lin Cong's head was bleeding on the spot.He Zhengxi himself was calm and composed. He cleaned up the ground and helped Lin Cong deal with the emergency. Afterwards, he calmly called 120 and took Lin Cong, who was still in a daze, to the hospital.

Lin Xucheng and Yu Qin only received the news early in the morning. He Zhengxi sent it on Lin Cong's mobile phone, but Lin Xucheng was still on a business trip, so Yu Qin had to come here alone.

Lin Yan hurried to the hospital by taxi, and ran all the way to find Lin Cong's ward. The door was not closed tightly, and half of the corridor was filled with Yu Qin's high-pitched noise. He stopped and stood outside the door, not wanting to go in.

"I want to call the police!" Yu Qin yelled in the ward, "What is this? Intentional injury! You are a teenager, why don't you hit people with things?"

"Mom, keep your voice down!" Lin Cong persuaded urgently, "I said I didn't pay attention, and it's not serious. Don't go crazy, can you?"

Yu Qin almost jumped up, she scolded sharply: "You have been bullied like this, and you are rushing to post it, I will go to his school, find his teacher and the principal! Such a child will not be able to survive in society in the future." He is a dangerous element! He should go to a mental hospital!"

"If you dare to look for it, I will make a banner about Lin Xucheng's abandonment of his son for 15 years and hang it at the gate of your community and factory." Lin Yan walked into the ward, closed the door, and looked at Yu Qin expressionlessly.

In his memory, Yu Qin was always submissive, but now he dared to use some tough methods, and even spoke with arrogance.Lin Yan couldn't help but feel a little funny, is this a maternal instinct, or is it the power that money brings her?It's kind of ridiculous after all.He quickly changed his expression to face Yu Qin with a smile that was not a smile.

"You! How can you do this, kid?!" Yu Qin sat back on the sofa angrily.Without Lin Xucheng's support, she would not dare to quarrel with Lin Yan. Yu Qin is a coward with limited education, not to mention that Lin Yan is also her son, but the fate of blood has been diluted by time.The gold inlaid jade earrings swayed with Yu Qin's body. It must be that the morning came in a hurry. She didn't have any makeup on, but she had on lipstick.Lin Yan stared at Yu Qin's face for a few seconds, and suddenly thought that his face and hers were of the same origin, and couldn't help feeling sick.

He didn't want to look at Yu Qin anymore, but turned to He Zhengxi.

"Brother..." He Zhengxi stood up straight.

"Why hit someone?" Lin Yan asked.

He Zhengxi took out his pocket, and said in a low voice: "There is no reason, this is my fault, I apologized to him, and I also kept the medical expenses."

Lin Cong echoed from a distance on the bed: "Yes! I'm completely fine, and the doctor said that I'll be discharged tomorrow!" He poked his head to indicate to Lin Yan that he was indeed fine.

Lin Yan ignored Lin Cong. He frowned, still looked at He Zhengxi, and asked, "Medical expenses? Where did you get the money? Your parents' money? Or did you earn it yourself?"

He Zhengxi squeezed his trousers nervously, and replied, "I'm going to work during the summer vacation!"

Lin Yan suddenly laughed after hearing this, and then said wearily: "You can handle it yourself." He turned around, walked in front of Yu Qin, put away the smile on his face, and said without emotion: "Don't call the police, don't go to the police station." Find a school, understand?"

Yu Qin looked up at her eldest son in disbelief, unable to say a word.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Yan sneered, and waved for He Zhengxi to come over.

"I won't apologize to this woman." He Zhengxi said, poking his neck.

"I'll let you come here!" Lin Yan roared, and He Zhengxi had no choice but to walk over.When he stood still, Lin Yan suddenly raised his leg, aimed at He Zhengxi's ankle, and kicked it fiercely.

With all his strength this time, He Zhengxi was bumped and fell to the ground unexpectedly, a little embarrassed.

He gave Lin Yan an unbelievable look, but Lin Yan didn't turn his head, but said to Yu Qin: "You say a few words enough, I will kick until you are satisfied."

Yu Qin shook her lips and said, "My son's head was broken, and he lost so much blood..."

Lin Yan said solemnly: "You know how to bargain, but you should wait, at least not now." He smiled heartily at Yu Qin, then grabbed her hand, and said to his forehead: "How about You knock on me? Ah? You knock, come on!"

Yu Qin withdrew her hand vigorously, trembling her eyes and said in fear: "You are really crazy! You are all crazy!"

Lin Yan stood up, smiled and applauded, "Yes, I'm crazy, we deserve to have a relationship where blood is thicker than water, you understand me too well." He stretched out his foot and kicked He Zheng who was still sitting on the ground Xi, said unhurriedly: "Don't go to school when you ask for leave tomorrow, you also learn to take care of others. You have to take responsibility for your own mistakes. If this kind of thing happens again in the future, the only one who will teach you is the detention center. "

"Sorry..." He Zhengxi said with his head down.

"Go home early at night." Lin Yan walked out of the ward after saying this. He Zhengxi wanted to get up and chase after him, but his ankle was so painful that he couldn't use his strength for a while, so he could only move step by step while holding onto the wall. go out.When he finally opened the door and stood in the corridor, he saw that Lin Yan had followed a group of people into the elevator.He Zhengxi leaned on a nearby bench and covered his face with his hands.

Lin Yan's mind became confused again, followed by some indistinct nausea in his stomach.He didn't take another car, and walked all the way back, not far away.When he returned to the restaurant, he received a message from He Zhengxi asking if he was angry.Lin Yan thought for a while, and he seemed to be a little angry, but most of the anger was directed at himself. As for He Zhengxi, he just felt that "as expected, his nature cannot be changed".

The violent factor in He Zhengxi's blood has existed for a long time, Lin Yan has always known it, and he can even guess why He Zhengxi did it.Behavior is too difficult to get along with reason and rules.Lin Yan blamed himself a little. He had allowed Lin Cong to live at home, and even asked He Zhengxi to help Lin Cong with tuition.Ultimately leading to the current result, no one will be happy.

When preparing for the morning meeting, Chen Song asked him why he still had a bunch of food in his hands, and Lin Yan's mind came to his senses.

"Have you all eaten? I bought too much, if you don't mind, let's go together?" Lin Yan asked.

Except for my share of wontons, the other breakfasts were quickly taken away by my colleagues and divided up.Lin Yan held a meeting, completed routine tasks, and went out to the supplier. When he came back, it was already 10 o'clock in the morning. He used the microwave oven in the store to bite the lumpy wontons for 2 minutes. He started to eat in the small office, and returned a message to He Zhengxi.After typing, Lin Yan felt that he was too long-winded, but he still sent it.The content is basically saying that I am not angry, but remember to consider the issue of responsibility before doing things in the future, and when facing Yu Qin, try not to have a bad attitude these two days.

Lin Yan was most worried that Yu Qin would make a big deal out of it and affect He Zhengxi's college entrance examination.If it was placed on ordinary children, I'm afraid they will be expelled from school and have to go to the police station, but he is also confident that Yu Qin will not pursue it anymore, because the sin committed by the couple is much more serious than He Zhengxi knocking Lin Cong's head off. up.

This kind of transaction sounds naive and absurd.Lin Yan couldn't help feeling that his life experience was indeed too abnormal.

He had had brunch and was about to pick up the trash when he received a call from Cheng Qi.

"What's the matter?" Lin Yan's mood has not yet adjusted, and his tone is a bit cold.

Cheng Qi was keenly aware of his changes, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong in the store?"

Lin Yan hurriedly replied: "It's okay, but you, are you taking a break from your busy schedule?"

Cheng Qi sighed a few words about the busyness of the new store, and said, "But I have other business to call you."

Lin Yan said helplessly, "Can't you just get straight to the point?"

Cheng Qi actually smiled a little shyly. He laughed for a while and said, "I want to propose to Da Li. The May Day holiday is over. I plan to have a small party in our restaurant. Brother, you have to help me."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "I've been single for 20 years, how can I help?"

Cheng Qi said: "Being single for 20 years and being wooed countless times must have accumulated a lot of means. No matter how bad it is, there are also colleagues in the store and your classmates. Let them all come when the time comes."

Lin Yan was shocked: "Are you going to hold some appreciation party? Don't be too exaggerated, Da Li is a very pragmatic girl."

Cheng Qi shouted at the other end: "Girl?! You are younger than others, don't sound like a second uncle!"

Lin Yan giggled, someone said this a few years ago.

Cheng Qi let him laugh for a while, and said: "In short, you know that there is such a thing, so let's discuss the details."

Lin Yan nodded his head and said, "I always feel that you just can't bear to tell the whole world. Except for Da Li, you have to tell everyone."

Cheng Qi snapped her fingers and said, "Of course, this is the only time in my life. I don't hide my excitement at all. You will meet me in the future. Don't rush to arrange me."

Lin Yan: "Me? Who knows! But I wish you happiness, and remember to confess your love history to Da Li before getting married! Hahaha!"

Cheng Qi cursed with a smile, and hung up the phone hastily.

In the new store, Da Li stood beside Cheng Qi and gave him a questioning look.Cheng Qi immediately said: "That kid Lin Yan, you know, he's always joking."

Da Li tilted her head, turned around and continued her photoshoot.

Cheng Qi is the first friend around Lin Yan to fall in love and propose marriage in a normal process, and Lin Yan is happy for him.But so far, Lin Yan himself has never thought of getting a girlfriend in the past, or sketching out a future family.He didn't want to follow Lin Xucheng's path again, he worried that one day he would become an ugly and cold-blooded monster in the world.

Involuntarily, he flipped through the photo taken on his phone. Although the angle was not good and the picture quality was mediocre, the large green area was very conspicuous.

Spring is so good, it is getting warmer and more vibrant.It would be great if I could be like that locust tree, Lin Yan thought with cloudy eyes.

He Zhengxi obediently stayed in the hospital for two full days, and even accompanied Lin Cong to pack the bed and clothes before leaving.The wound on Lin Cong's forehead was not deep, but a bunch of bangs were shaved off, and he kept playing tricks on Yu Qin by not going home or going to school, saying that he couldn't see people.There was no other way, He Zhengxi had no choice but to bring him back to Lin Yan.But before going upstairs, He Zhengxi politely blocked Yu Qin who was following him from the door of the building.

"My brother won't be willing to see you. I'm afraid that after I go up, a new head will be opened." He Zhengxi said to Yu Qin with a smile.

Yu Qin is a woman with a quick temper. Standing in the community where other people live, in front of her is the perpetrator who beat her son, and there is an enemy upstairs. The courage she had worked so hard to build up disappeared in an instant. up.

She had no choice but to pull Lin Cong and tell him to live in obediently, and remember to call the police if something happened.

He Zhengxi felt that Lin Cong's personality was similar to Yu Qin's in many ways, and if he was beaten up again, he probably wouldn't call the police.Just like the incident at the stadium, when he was beaten up, he just sat and bled. If He Zhengxi hadn't made the move, he would probably find a hospital to bandage himself and the matter would be over.But Lin Cong is quite different from Yu Qin. There are many things that escape him, and he doesn't look like Lin Xucheng, or he is still under the age, and his scum attribute is still in the hidden stage.

After Yu Qin finished talking to Lin Cong, she stepped into the little red sports car and walked away.He Zhengxi couldn't help thinking, this kind of weak woman, driving such a coquettish car, with a set of yellow, green and green jewelry on her ears and wrists, was not kidnapped and blackmailed, this society really developed well.

Seeing that He Zhengxi remained silent, Lin Cong walked forward with his head covered and said, "Be gentle in the future, I thought I was going to die."

He Zhengxi turned his face away, and said with a smile, "Have you been brainwashed by me? Do you still want to have a future? Okay, I will remember it, and pay attention to the appearance next time."

Lin Cong turned around silently, and said while walking on the stairs: "What my parents do is enough to be beaten dozens of times, but they are old, and if they are beaten once, they may have to stay in bed and go to the ICU, so you still beat me." Relatively cost-effective."

He Zhengxi sneered: "It sounds like I have dedication."

Lin Cong stopped, and said seriously to He Zhengxi: "I told my elder brother the reason for beating up, and he won't blame you. I just hope to eliminate everyone's barriers and misunderstandings, maybe they shouldn't be called misunderstandings." Well, but..."

He Zhengxi interrupted him: "You don't need to take your heart out with me, you can take the time to tell my brother about your confessions, he has always been soft-hearted, otherwise he wouldn't let you live here forever."

"You are really hostile to me." Lin Cong said again.

"Because I'm only soft on one person."

He Zhengxi crossed the bushes, stepped up in two or three steps, unlocked the door and entered.

Lin Yan's class was over on Monday, and he hadn't returned home at this time. There were pre-made dishes in the kitchen, He Zhengxi rolled up his sleeves and started preparing dinner, and Lin Cong went back to sleep in his tent.

At around 7 o'clock in the evening, Lin Cong was woken up by He Zhengxi's patting. He opened his eyes and asked, "Did you eat?"

He Zhengxi hummed and said, "Serve your own food." Lin Cong quietly got up with his slippers on and went into the kitchen.

After eating, Lin Cong started to feel sleepy again, He Zhengxi washed the tableware for the two of them and went into the house to study, Lin Cong got into the tent again and continued to sleep.He slept very deeply this time, and Lin Yan didn't wake him up when he came home late at night, but in the middle of the night, he became fussy.

Lin Yan fell asleep, and vaguely heard someone prostrating outside. In the bed, he silently felt that Lin Cong was full of vitality, his head was like that, and he still did not forget human instincts, but after listening for a while, he felt that Lin Cong's voice was not too loud Satisfied, I had no choice but to go out of the bedroom and open the tent to see.This look frightened him, Lin Cong curled up on the camp bed in pain, his lips were chapped and chapped, and he was moaning, not knowing what to say.He reached out and touched Lin Cong's skin, and he really had a fever.Lin Yan didn't have experience in dealing with this, so he didn't dare to act rashly, and at two o'clock in the middle of the night, he couldn't call He Zhengxi again.

He was worried that his cheap brother might have a fever, so he had to put some clothes on for Lin Cong, carried him downstairs, and went to the 24-hour clinic in the community.

"It's okay, physical cooling is enough." The doctor on duty said.

"Really? Will it cause other problems?" Lin Yan asked worriedly.

"Normal reaction, don't worry." The doctor handed over an antipyretic sticker, and Lin Yan helped to stick it up.After applying it for more than an hour, Lin Cong was still in a daze. Lin Yan became a little anxious, and asked again: "Are you sure you're all right? He's not awake yet."

The doctor looked sleepy, and said helplessly: "How long will it take, and he doesn't have a high fever. How about I call an ambulance for you when it exceeds 39 degrees?" He stretched out his hand, pointed to the basin under the hospital bed and said, " You can also try this."

Lin Yan put Lin Cong flat on the bed, took a basin to fetch water and came back, the doctor threw away a bag of disposable towels and came over and said, "Do you know where to wipe it?"

Lin Yan nodded and began to wipe Lin Cong's body.Lin Cong's body was covered with meat, and it was soft to the touch, like a child.When Lin Yan reached the second round, Lin Cong mumbled and hugged his arm, unable to break free.

"If you don't let go, you can only keep burning. Your stupid head can only become stupid." Lin Yan said.

Lin Cong opened his eyes and called out aggrievedly: "Brother..."

Lin Yan was so tangled up by his teary eyes that he had to take out a tissue and send it over.

"I didn't cry." Lin Cong said, "I'm very manly."

Lin Yan pushed his hands away from his body with all his strength, stood up holding a basin and said, "Wipe your eye shit! Pure man!"

The doctor who was sitting next to him and yawned suddenly laughed, and he couldn't stop laughing once, and didn't stop laughing several times in a row.

After Lin Cong wiped his eyes, he gathered up the tissue and threw it at the little doctor, but unfortunately the doctor caught it accurately.His little face was flushed red, he sat up angrily, and picked up the pillow as if to beat someone up.

"Your head looks like a chicken coop, so stop yelling, okay? Do you think you have a good image?" Lin Yan came back after pouring the water, and pushed Lin Cong back on the bed.

The doctor looked at the two people with great interest and said, "You? Brothers?"

Lin Cong patted the bed and said angrily: "Otherwise! Do you have eyes on your face for display?"

The little doctor stepped back pretending to be scared, and said: "Little brother has a bad temper. If you have a fever, don't try so hard to choke people. Rest at ease, or you will really become a fool with a fever."

Lin Cong yelled and shouted: "That means you are a quack doctor! Do quack doctors understand?!" After shouting, a white light flashed in front of his eyes, and he wobbled and grabbed Lin Yan's shoulder, complaining miserably: "Brother, I'm dizzy."

Lin Yan sat on the edge of the bed, turned his back to him and said, "Didn't you ask for dizziness with your voice so loud?"

"Oh, then I'd better go to sleep." Lin Cong moved back into the quilt, held the edge of the quilt for a few seconds to be quiet, and then said again, "Brother, you can sleep for a while too."

Lin Yan turned around and said, "The bed is too small."

Lin Cong shrunk in, stretched out his hand and patted the white sheet: "We're both skinny, it's okay. But it's definitely not going to work if it's He Zhengxi, he's bigger than us."

Lin Yan laughed: "Don't provoke him! What if I really give you a scoop next time!"

The two stayed in the clinic until the morning, and when Lin Cong's fever subsided to more than 37 degrees, they left.On the way back, Lin Yan yawned several times in succession. There was still a doctor in the small consultation room, so Lin Yan felt ashamed and put on his slippers and went to bed with Lin Cong.

During the two days that He Zhengxi stayed in the hospital, he was physically and mentally exhausted. Last night he plunged his head into the pillow and fell asleep immediately. At 4 o'clock, the biological clock woke him up.Pushing open the bedroom door, he saw a messy open tent, and there was no one inside. He turned his face to look at Lin Yan's bedroom in a daze, and there was no one there.

"What's the situation..."

He Zhengxi took out his mobile phone to make a call, but none of the two had a mobile phone, and they all kept it at home.He washed his face depressedly, held an English book in his arms, and sat on the sofa in the living room to read and wait.

Lin Cong walked halfway and started to feel lazy, and said he was cold, Lin Yan dragged him home, opened the door and saw that He Zhengxi was already up, he was a little surprised.

"So early?" Lin Yan asked after closing the door.

He Zhengxi didn't say anything, he put away the book, walked up to the two of them and frowned and asked, "What did you guys do?"

Lin Yan pointed to Lin Cong's head: "He has a fever and went to the clinic."

Lin Cong hugged Lin Yan's arm, showing off, "My brother is better than my parents, hehe."

He Zhengxi gritted his teeth silently while clutching the book, feeling that Lin Cong was really too weak and the casserole was not enough.