River City Story

He Zhengxi concentrated on studying Lin Yan's reflection, his eyes fell over the glass and fell on Xu Jialin's face.

As Xu Jialin got older and stayed in prison for a long time, his whole demeanor became more and more refined and calm, and gradually separated from the image of the out-of-the-ordinary drunkard in the past.This kind of change made Lin Yan the happiest.He hasn't stopped talking since he picked up the phone, and has been chatting with Xu Jialin about very ordinary things. The content is messy and illogical, but the interest is very high.

After talking endlessly for 10 minutes, he dragged He Zhengxi over to change places with him belatedly, asking him to show Xu Jialin the admission letter.

"Aren't you chatting for a while?" He Zhengxi sat down and asked.

Lin Yan scratched his hair: "I don't have anything nutritious to announce, let's see you two chatting, let's start quickly, don't dawdle."

He Zhengxi pursed his lips and smiled at him, then turned his face away.

The relationship between Xu Jialin and He Zhengxi is not considered close, so compared to the casual and casual conversation with Lin Yan just now, they are now serious and reserved.

"Why do you look more and more like an adult?" Xu Jialin said, "It looks taller than your brother."

He Zhengxi quickly pressed the receiver, and then realized that Lin Yan probably couldn't hear him, so he felt relieved and said with a smile: "It's not that exaggerated, he's 181 and half a centimeter more."

Xu Jialin let out a few hearty laughs, and then asked, "Are your parents okay?"

He Zhengxi: "Everything is fine, we still hope that you will live together in Yancheng in the future."

Xu Jialin said with a half-smile: "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, I'll say thank you, but I'm getting old, so I don't know where I will grow up in the future, so you don't have to think about it every day."

He Zhengxi secretly grabbed Lin Yan's hand that was near him, squeezed it, and said to Xu Jialin, "My brother misses you the most, so for him, you have to take care of yourself here."

Xu Jialin said with emotion: "I don't want him to drag me down in the future. Lin Yan has a heavy heart and is easy to get into a dead end. As for me, I have been muddled for half my life, and I can live anywhere."

He Zhengxi thought to himself, even if you were willing to live on the street, wouldn't Lin Yan have to carry you back?

"You kid, although you are a little heartless, but it's not a shortcoming." Xu Jialin stared at He Zhengxi and said suddenly, "It doesn't matter how I live. I brought you home to give Lin It's not easy for Yan to find a companion who hasn't taken care of you seriously for a few years. It's not easy for you to grow up like this. To your brother, you have to know the picture of gratitude."

He Zhengxi: "You don't need to tell me this, I can definitely do it."

Xu Jialin said with emotion: "You are very smart and have the ability to act. The family conditions and resources are not bad. Later, after entering the university and in the society, the interpersonal relationship is not the same as it is now. Measure everything more and understand the distance."

He Zhengxi nodded while thinking about the meaning of Xu Jialin's words, probably because he was afraid that he would alienate Lin Yan, or reminded him to be cautious in making friends with good intentions.In short, Xu Jialin's rare attitude of speaking with heart surprised him very much.

"Is there anything else you want to tell me? I'll probably come back next time for National Day or winter vacation." He Zhengxi stood up and handed the phone to Lin Yan again.

"Are you finished?" Lin Yan asked.

"It's only a few minutes to talk, so hurry up and listen to the instructions." He Zhengxi smiled and pushed Lin Yan onto the chair.

"Also teach me, what can this god do? Smoking and drinking?" Lin Yan jokingly raised his head and turned his face to Xu Jialin, "Let me listen to you chat again."

Xu Jialin laughed. Wrinkles accumulated at the corners of his eyes. He looked very tidy, but he finally looked like an old man. This was the most difficult thing for Lin Yan to accept.It's sad, but it can't be stopped, everyone who enters here is like this.

"You'll be in your junior year after the summer vacation. The time flies by so fast." Xu Jialin looked over seriously, "I'm not urging you to find a partner, but don't be too busy with work and school, earning money is for spending , you have to be tolerant to yourself, you know?"

Lin Yan nodded: "I'll buy a house together when you come out."

Xu Jialin pouted like a child: "I don't like living in high-rise buildings!"

Lin Yan poked the glass a few times with his fingers, and said, "Then let's go to the countryside on the outskirts of the city to buy a bungalow. Now the bus and subway are very convenient. It won't take long to enter the city, but the possibility of demolition is relatively high."

Seeing his serious consideration, Xu Jialin smiled happily for a while, "My filial son, uncle has not supported you for nothing."

Lin Yan bent his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth, teasing deliberately: "Is it fed by big pancakes that are as hard as iron plates?"

Xu Jialin knocked on the table: "Hey, you're a 20-year-old boy, what kind of hero are you when you run on me?"

Lin Yan snorted and looked at the clock: "If you have nothing to say, I'll hang up!"

Xu Jialin was still happy: "All right, let's go, you two little ones!"

Lin Yan scratched the glass reluctantly, "The little thing is really leaving..."

Xu Jialin waved from inside: "Let's go, go back to school, eat well, and be kind. If you need something, discuss it with the kid next to you, and accommodate each other more."

"Well, I see." Lin Yan hung up the phone and stood up, still looking at the opposite side.

"Let's go, let's go." Xu Jialin mouthed.His waving of his arms was exaggerated. I don't know where he learned it from. Maybe he wanted to make Lin Yan, who had a bitter face, smile.Such behavior has never happened in the past, like an old man trying to learn how to please his own children.

Lin Yan's eyes turned red immediately, he was not used to Xu Jialin like this, and it was even harder to say goodbye, whether it was the time when everything was free and casual before the age of 15, or now.But in the past, he still had anticipation in his sadness, because Xu Jialin would come back suddenly one day, with big bags and small bags, and occasionally even picked up Lin Yan and laughed and spun around a few times.

He has survived the 5 years without Xu Jialin at home, but there are another 5 years, and after 5 years, he has to wait again, Lin Yan feels that he will not be able to bear it anymore.

He desperately grabbed the back of the chair, his body shaking slightly.

"Brother." He Zhengxi stepped forward to support Lin Yan, "Uncle Xu is looking at you, be happy."

Lin Yan had no choice but to hold back the tears that were about to fall, grinned, and said goodbye to Xu Jialin again, and turned around until the figure reflected in his pupils was completely invisible.

He Zhengxi firmly grasped his wrist, and said softly, "Let's go back too."

"Ah, yes." Lin Yan nodded.

When the two walked out of the prison gate, Lin Yan seemed to be holding back for a long time, and suddenly took a few short breaths, then he pressed his chest tightly, and said hoarsely to He Zhengxi: "Help me to sit at the small flower bed. "

He Zhengxi squatted down directly in front of him: "I'll carry you over."

With a pale face, Lin Yan smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite to you anymore." He lay down on He Zhengxi's young but tough back, with his face pressed against his warm shoulder, "Is it heavy? Don't bend your back."

He Zhengxi snorted and weighed the buttocks in his hands, and said, "This weight is incredible, it directly bent my heart." He turned his head and pressed his cheek to Lin Yan's forehead, " You said, are you responsible?"

Lin Yan bent his mouth and buried his head into He Zhengxi's neck, his eyes were red and hot.He muffled, "I don't have money, I don't have a house, and I don't even have a college diploma. How can I be responsible?"

He Zhengxi walked behind his back and said softly, "From this second on, share your happiness and sorrow with me, how about this deal?"

Lin Yan reached out to wipe off the sweat behind He Zhengxi's ear, and asked, "What else do you not know about me? There is nothing worth sharing."

He Zhengxi put the person on the side of the flower bed and sat down, leaned over and said with a smile: "You are like a treasure house, worth my whole life to explore."

After hearing this, Lin Yan closed his eyes quietly, and after the palpitations passed, he scratched He Zhengxi's nose, and said helplessly: "Ten years ago, I thought you were glib, but now you are at the level of being able to publish books and give lectures. Yes, it’s just a bit of a show.”

"I'm a real good boy." He Zhengxi sat down beside Lin Yan, took out a tissue, and wiped Lin Yan's sweat-soaked forehead and palms little by little, then he rolled up the tissue and stuffed it To Lin Yan's hands.

"What?" Lin Yan asked.

He Zhengxi silently grabbed Lin Yan's hand holding the ball of paper, lifted it up and aimed at a nearby trash can, "follow the direction of my force."

"1, 2, 3, vote!" he shouted.

"Go in!"

He Zhengxi turned his face with a smile, and looked at Lin Yan in front of him, his eyes shone brightly, hot and direct.There were bursts of cicadas singing from the surrounding trees, and He Zhengxi saw himself in Lin Yan's dark eyes.

"Brother, I love you."

He opened his mouth cautiously.

"From the first time I learned the meaning of the word 'love' in school, my love belongs to you."

"I want to be with you, hold your hand tightly all the time, don't try to shake it off."

"Whether you choose to stay in Yancheng or come back, I don't care. Wherever you go, I will be there."

"I don't just want to fall in love with you, I want to spend my whole life with you! Be naive if you are naive, I don't care anymore!"

"Brother..." He Zhengxi leaned over slowly, touched the corner of Lin Yan's lips with a slightly trembling hand, and said in a deep and forceful voice, "Lin Yan, accept me, okay?"

Lin Yan's tears fell like continuous raindrops, converging into thin waterlines on the back of He Zhengxi's hands, his heart was beating wildly, but his throat was so choked that he couldn't say a word .

After a long time, Lin Yan leaned forward slightly, and touched He Zhengxi's with the tip of his lips like a dragonfly.

He Zhengxi was overjoyed and surprised at the same time, and he quickly returned the kiss.

"Thank you," he said.

Hearing this, Lin Yan gave a low laugh, touched He Zhengxi's forehead, rubbed it against his forehead, and said, "This isn't brother anymore? Not to mention there are still two years left."

He Zhengxi wailed immediately, as if he wasn't the lover just now, "You can't play with my feelings!"

Lin Yan: "It sounds like I'm a scum, why not relax the restrictions?"

He Zhengxi was discouraged and said, "How to relax? Treat me better."

Lin Yan thought for a while: "No matter what, I have to wait until you are 18 years old. I can't get together with you as a minor. It's unreasonable and unreasonable. It's awkward."

He Zhengxi became anxious: "Why?!"

Lin Yan: "We are too young, and the world around you will only get bigger and better in the future. I understand what you said all your life, but I am also very afraid." Xu Jialin looks a bit like that.He Zhengxi could vaguely hear that Lin Yan had no trust in him.

"Do you understand what I mean?" Lin Yan asked again.

He Zhengxi asked back: "Are you afraid that I will change my mind? Or are you afraid that you will suddenly fall in love with a woman? Or are you afraid that I will have my own circle?"

Lin Yan said sincerely: "I just hope that both of us can live without restraint; you now think that you are free enough, but the amount of real freedom often depends on how many rules you abide by. This world There are too many kinds of confinement in the world, so in things that can be controlled by oneself, is it not good to be as free as possible?"

He Zhengxi frowned in confusion: "You don't need to think too much about me."

Lin Yan tilted his head: "How can I be so selfless? I am clearly thinking about myself."

He Zhengxi was silent. He casually picked up a small piece of pepper tree leaf and held it in his hand, twirling it back and forth for a while, and when the sunlight passed from the ears of the two of them to the front, he threw the leaf into the soil, looking very proud. spread out his arms.

"18 is 18, but I also have conditions."

Lin Yan said with great interest: "Yes, let's talk about it."

"Don't be tempted by others."

Lin Yan squinted his eyes, and smiled, "You are standing in front of you like a dog. I can't even see anyone. Where can I be tempted?"

He Zhengxi took Lin Yan's hand, sucked it on the back of his hand, smacked his lips, and said, "Don't pretend to be confused, you understand what I mean."

"My hands were sweaty just now, don't you feel salty?"

"You're changing the subject again."

Lin Yan withdrew his hand, stood up and looked in the direction of the bus passing by, then turned his face and said, "Then don't keep talking to me in this tone."

He Zhengxi asked, "What tone?"

"I think I can control everything." Lin Yan raised his hand to his forehead to block the sun, still looking at the road, leaving only He Zhengxi a back.

"……Oh"

He Zhengxi felt wronged.He's just a little bit stronger, how come he has become in control, obviously you have been in control of me, although, you have had this kind of thought before.He Zhengxi thought about it intently, thinking that in the future when talking to Lin Yan, he had to continue to consider ways and means, and follow through to the end.

The bus was long overdue. On the way, Lin Yan used to sleep soundly and steadily. When he got off the bus again, he seemed to have fully recovered.The two went to the proprietress's shop for lunch, drank tea and chatted with acquaintances there, and after returning in the evening, Lin Yan talked on the phone with Cai Xusheng shamelessly for ten minutes.

He Zhengxi's ups and downs heart also gradually cleared up after the rain.

The next day, they set foot on the return journey again.Having been to Xu Jialin's place, the brothers' ultimate mission of returning to their hometown is considered complete.Since Lin Yan went to college, such hasty and repeated short-term trips have occurred every few months.He Zhengxi understood the deep relationship between Lin Yan and Xu Jialin, but fundamentally speaking, he didn't want Lin Yan's mind to go back and forth with Xu Jialin's business, so he had to change the environment as soon as possible.What's more, Lin Yan had an extremely sudden attack outside the prison this time, which made He Zhengxi feel distressed and full of vigilance.

Lin Yan makes people uncertain, and he is very good at pretending to be happy and carefree.He Zhengxi put almost all of his research spirit besides studying on Lin Yan, but there was still a long way to go before he was done.

When they got off the train at Yancheng West Station, it was just after 7 o'clock in the evening. Lin Yan looked outside at the gloomy, cloudy sky and began to turn over his bags.

"I brought it." He Zhengxi handed over the umbrella, "The big one is just right for the two of you."

Lin Yan straightened his waist: "Put it away first, go out and have a look."

The two walked out of the station and waited for the bus on the side of the road. A few minutes later, the rain began to fall sparsely.He Zhengxi was about to open the umbrella, but he saw Lin Yan's eyes flicking in another direction intentionally or unintentionally, and he followed his gaze.There stood a young man in his 20s who was also looking this way.

"Acquaintance?" He Zhengxi asked.

Lin Yan turned his face: "I guess so, high school classmate."

He Zhengxi shook open the umbrella and propped it over the heads of the two: "Go over and say hello?"

Lin Yan shook his head: "No, the car is here, go home."

"Okay." He Zhengxi turned his face and glanced at the young man again. The other party noticed his gaze and wanted to follow him.He Zhengxi felt that the man's expression was subtle and hesitant to speak, so he gave him a vicious look.

There were a lot of people on the car, and they found an empty seat when they reached the middle section. He Zhengxi asked Lin Yan to sit down first, and when the car drove halfway, Lin Yan stood up again and wanted to exchange with He Zhengxi.

"Don't get up first." He Zhengxi pushed Lin Yan back, "Your classmate is also coming up, but it's too crowded, he can't get through, and he's still ahead." He guessed that Lin Yan might not want to talk to that person, Then why were you staring at people just now, He Zhengxi slandered quietly.

"I accidentally met my gaze..." Lin Yan raised his eyes and added, "We have to drive for more than an hour, why don't you sit on my lap?"

He Zhengxi smiled, leaned down and said softly, "I'm so hot-blooded, are you sure?"

Lin Yan stomped on He Zhengxi's shoe, gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it."

"Don't!" He Zhengxi immediately sat down on Lin Yan's lap in a good manner, pressed down hard and swayed left and right a few times, "You have embraced me like this before."

"What do you think of the top-level supreme service that outsiders can't get?"

He Zhengxi replied with enjoyment: "As usual."

Lin Yan made a gesture to stand up: "Forget it, you'd better grab the handrail and sway all the way."

He Zhengxi quickly used another force to fix Lin Yan to the seat, "It's really comfortable, the most comfortable pair of legs in the world, I'm so lucky."

Lin Yan leaned in, raised his cheeks with a blushing face, and was too lazy to speak.

After more than ten minutes, He Zhengxi arched his upper body and said, "It's time for the exchange."

Lin Yan dozed off and stood up straight, took the backpack handed over by He Zhengxi, changed his position and sat down again.

After a few stops like this, He Zhengxi's hands could no longer obey his reason.

"There are still 8 months until the next season of recovery of all things. Can't you learn to recharge your energy?" Lin Yan said suddenly.

He Zhengxi didn't make a sound, just hummed.

Lin Yan trembled visibly, swung his heels and kicked He Zhengxi fiercely, and as a result, he was imprisoned even tighter.

"Don't move, what if the schoolbag falls?" He Zhengxi said softly behind his ear, "Didn't you let me sit like this? It's all for the elders, don't be shy."

This remark was not a problem to others, but Lin Yan blushed even more.He didn't dare to make a sound, he could only continue to step on He Zhengxi secretly with his toes.

"Young man, are you okay? Are you sick?" An old lady in the front row turned her head and asked concerned, "Look at this face, do you have a fever?"

Lin Yan lowered his head and shook his head, He Zhengxi smiled and answered instead: "My brother is very motion sick, and his stomach is rumbling right now, just let it pass."

"Oh! That's the truth!" The aunt turned away with confidence.

Lin Yan was about to raise his face with tears in his eyes, when the aunt looked over again and said enthusiastically: "In the future, remember to buy motion sickness stickers, stick them behind the ears, on the belly button, it will work, even with a piece of ginger! No matter what Get a bottle of lemonade, the very sour one, it works!"

He Zhengxi continued to respond for Lin Yan, and when the aunt finally changed the chat target, he smiled and brought back Lin Yan who was leaning forward, and whispered: "Next time, let's try sticking to the belly button."

Seeing that Lin Yan was silent, he patted Lin Yan's belly through the backpack and clothes, and said with a smirk, "I'll post it for you, okay?"

"...not good." Lin Yan said bitterly.

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