River City Story

Lin Yan, who He Zhengxi couldn't understand, started to sleep after taking the medicine, and didn't wake up until three days later.At this time, snoring was still everywhere in the dormitory, he turned his head to look, but He Zhengxi was gone.I called and said that I had important matters to discuss with my senior, so I could only go home with him in the evening.In fact, Lin Yan didn't want to go back to He Zhengxi's small duplex house with a courtyard and an attic at all. He got up refreshed, and when he was done tidying up, he rode on his bike and went straight to the rental house.When he reached the gate of the community, he encountered a forest again.I haven't seen him in the past two months, Lin Cong seems to have grown up a bit, and Lin Yan actually figured out something that can be called "stable" from his greeting gestures.The two sat shoulder to shoulder and finished breakfast and lunch in a small shop nearby. They each patted their stomachs and thought about the final exam for a while, and left happily.

After that embarrassing quarrel between He Zhengxi and Lin Yan, no one mentioned it again. In the next month, Lin Yan's treatment finally started to get on the right track, and his spirit slowly improved. He became more comfortable with the side effects of the medicine, and He Zhengxi also began to spend more time on his own affairs.

They were all busy, but compared to Lin Yan's natural and orderly busyness, He Zhengxi didn't look like a freshman at all.Although Lin Yan was curious, He Zhengxi had always been a thoughtful person, and he was tired of quarreling, so he seldom got involved, but when he met He Zhengxi who stayed up late at night, he would still go over and knock him Door.

He Zhengxi put less energy on Lin Yan, and Lin Yan was almost crazy with joy.He secretly booked a bus ticket back to Xicheng at the end of December. As soon as the noon class ended on the 12st, he took a small suitcase and ran away in a hurry while He Zhengxi was looking for the teacher to talk about professional courses.After he finished the ticket check, got into the car in line, found his seat, and sat down securely, Lin Yan leisurely took out his mobile phone and sent a message to He Zhengxi, then he closed his eyes and caught up on sleep. went.

When the news was seen by He Zhengxi himself, the car had driven more than 100 kilometers away from Yancheng, how could he catch up?He Zhengxi was so angry that his teeth were itchy, but there was nothing he could do.The New Year's Day holiday was short, tickets were difficult to buy, and the cooperation project between him and his senior brother had reached a critical period. He Zhengxi simply stayed up all night holding his computer for two nights, and took out three meals. He neither went out nor replied to Lin Yan. and phone.

Maybe it was pushing people too hard, so I played such an escape?Just like the self who ran away from home back then... He Zhengxi was thinking vaguely before falling asleep on the morning of the third day.

As for Lin Yan, it was already midnight after he arrived at the station that day, and he went home and lay on the unpopular bed for a few hours. At dawn, he went out under the heavy fog to visit Xu Jialin.Lu Chi said that Xu Jialin was fine in everything, but Lin Yan didn't quite believe it. He had to see it with his own eyes to be completely relieved.

"Aren't I very healthy?" Xu Jialin said to him with a smile, "You are the one who should pay attention to your body the most. These few times I've been here, I always feel that there is no smile on your face, like a worried little old man. Be careful not to get a girlfriend."

Lin Yan immediately raised his hand to smooth his forehead, bent his eyes, and said to Xu Jialin, "Look, are you all right now?"

Xu Jialin scolded with a smile: "Stupid! But it's quite cute."

Lin Yan held the receiver and said, "I'm already in my 20s, how can I praise being cute? Shouldn't I be handsome?"

Xu Jialin: "Okay, with this momentum, you can do anything!"

Lin Yan scratched his collar in embarrassment, changed the subject, and said, "My younger brother was going to come too, but he seems to be busy with important things. You should be good inside during this time. I will see if I can apply for you during the winter vacation." Pick it up and go to the hospital for a few days to recuperate and recuperate your body."

Xu Jialin quickly refused: "Don't, look at me, have you gained weight recently? Is there something wrong with it? Don't do anything illegal, we don't need it!"

"It's not against the rules. Apply through the proper process." Lin Yan interrupted him and said, "If you don't write this application within a week, I can replace it with you. When the time comes to see the results of the appraisal, if you are in good condition, we won't go, and everyone will Don't worry. But if I don't do it, I'm not sure..."

"You kid." Xu Jialin shook his head straight at him through the glass, "I'm an old man, and I'm quite blessed to have you miss me like this!"

Lin Yan felt sour in his heart, and there was some sadness in his eyes, but he quickly took it back and said: "This is what it should be, I... I am your own son, you raised me, and I will give it to you." It's only natural for you to take care of your old age."

But Xu Jialin sighed, and said with a little emotion: "Don't give me a high hat, I never cared about you in the past, you are living better now, that's all you worked out slowly Yes, it has nothing to do with me as a ruffian."

"You are not!" Lin Yan said excitedly, "If you don't take me home, how can I grow up like this? Don't mention this matter anymore, I don't want to hear it."

Xu Jialin nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, if you don't want to listen, I won't talk about it, my temper is not small!"

Lin Yan was happy, showing his white teeth, "So you have to be obedient, you know?"

Xu Jialin: "Listen, how dare I not listen to the words of our college students?" With a little pride on his face, he said again: "There is an old man in our room, who is a little older than me, and he also has a son! You are almost the same, saying that you don’t do any business at home, and you have to change two partners a month, and hang out in Internet cafes every day. I thought of you at the time, thinking about it, my son is very promising, and he is a hundred times better than yours. Times! Haha!"

Lin Yan followed with a few laughs, and reminded: "Old man, don't provoke others. When you are old, you will be beaten until your face blooms. Then I won't recognize you."

"How could it be! How can it be so evil!" Xu Jialin hurriedly explained, "Uncle, I'm not stupid! That old guy is still a good person, but he came in because of a scapegoat. He is very good at chess, and I still want to talk to him about chess. It's absolutely impossible to cause trouble." He knocked on the glass and said flatteringly to Lin Yan: "Don't take it seriously, just kidding, put your heart in your stomach."

Lin Yan hummed, he glanced at the time, and his joyful heart sank again.Chatting with Xu Jialin, he didn't have any pressure, Xu Jialin didn't know his problems, and would pick up everything to tell him, Lin Yan felt happy.

Xu Jialin saw that he suddenly started to be in a daze, so he tentatively asked on the phone: "Are you tired from studying and working? Go back and sleep well, huh? Don't keep coming. And Xiao Lu, you can also tell him that it's okay. My son stays at home with my parents, what's the matter with me..."

Lin Yan pursed his lips and shook his head, and said stubbornly: "I just want to come, don't worry about it, you can't care about it anyway."

Xu Jialin was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "The belated rebellious period? I don't care, I can't care so much."

"That's good, you stay at ease, don't think about anything else." Lin Yan said, "And...you must be healthy, you know?"

Xu Jialin made a swear gesture and said, "I'll listen to you."

"This looks like an elder." Lin Yan said, and then he leaned against the glass with his wide and bright eyes, and asked hesitantly: "...Old man Xu, I wasn't joking just now. You, you are My dear father, from now on, I will not call you old man Xu, I will always call you father, if you feel tired, I will change it to a single word, okay?"

"You bastard!" Xu Jialin was helpless, "Did I give you rules and regulations? After all, it's not you who always call me old man?"

"That's true..." Lin Yan leaned back in his chair, scratched his hair shyly, patted his flushed face, met Xu Jialin's eyes again, and shouted intently and sincerely: "Dad!" After shouting Feeling that it wasn't friendly enough, he changed his voice again: "Dad!"

Through the glass, Xu Jialin responded contentedly, "Hey! Good boy!"

At this moment, Lin Yan felt extremely happy in his heart, and this happiness lasted until he finished his visit, walked out of the prison, and even when he returned to Yancheng, he was still wandering around without dissipating.

When one person is happy, other people's unhappiness becomes insignificant, especially those He Zhengxi's hidden dissatisfaction, Lin Yan didn't feel it at all.

Facing the rare and relaxed Lin Yan, He Zhengxi had no choice but to suffer. He didn't want to provoke this ancestor by committing crimes. Everyone enjoyed themselves, wouldn't it be great?The truth seems to be "everything is coming" or "what a big deal".Indeed, it is just a trivial matter, there is no need to cause conflicts, everyone will suffer again and again.

Lin Yan was preparing for the final exams and final papers of each subject with great enthusiasm, and there seemed to be more and more signs of recovery in his speech, and he was not so depressed. At the beginning of January, Dr. Yang Yue adjusted the treatment plan for Lin Yan, which made both He Zhengxi and Lin Yan breathe a sigh of relief.In order to celebrate this great progress comparable to the change of history, He Zhengxi even exaggeratedly bought Lin Yan a ring.

"How much karat gold?" Lin Yan tried to bite a few times with his teeth on purpose, "I'm a rough man, wearing this thing is a waste of money."

He Zhengxi took the ring, gestured to Lin Yan's hand, and said, "I bought it according to the size of your little finger. If you think it's high-profile..." He took another velvet box and opened it, "I also prepared a pendant. There is no decoration, just put the ring on and use it as an ordinary necklace.” Seeing that Lin Yan wanted to refuse, he put his hand into his clothes, took out one of the same style, and said, “It’s not feminine, look.”

"Really?" Lin Yan took it suspiciously, "If this thing is too strong, what should I do if I encounter robbers on the road and won't be able to pull it off for a while?"

He Zhengxi held back a smile, put the ring on the rope, and said, "We're not so unlucky, are we?"

Lin Yan clicked his tongue: "No one can guarantee this kind of thing. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, who can hide once they are cut off."

"Brother...what are you thinking about..." He Zhengxi didn't dare to talk to him about this anymore, who knows where Lin Yan could go wrong?He walked around behind Lin Yan, put the ring and the pendant on for him, carefully put the ring into Lin Yan's shirt as if wiping oil, and when he withdrew his hand, he didn't forget to touch his warm chest.

Lin Yan: "You can do anything with Qiuyi, you really don't have a choice."

He Zhengxi: "...I, I'll pick you, okay."

There is no way, what else can I do with just such a mouth?

Seeing that Lin Yan was in a good mood, He Zhengxi saw the opportunity again, and proposed to let him return to Xicheng a few days later during the winter vacation. After hearing this, Lin Yan put away his smiling face and said, "I've already booked the ticket. It's too late to change or cancel the reservation." Trouble? Besides, it's the end of the year, who knows if people will push Uncle Xu's affairs to the end of the year?"

He couldn't wait for a minute, and He Zhengxi could tell that, his expression darkened in an instant.

"The face is so long." Lin Yan tugged at his earlobe, "Don't get me wrong, after all, I'm a wanderer, right? Understand that it's like an arrow to return home? Besides, Uncle Xu is not young anymore."

"Hmm... Anyway, you have Electra complex." He Zhengxi said reluctantly.

Lin Yan was helpless now. He calmly took out his laptop, turned it on, connected to the Internet, and said, "Then give me a specific time, and I'll see if I can change it now."

He Zhengxi immediately bent down and kissed Lin Yan.

"Don't get bored." Lin Yan pushed him away, turned to stare at the computer, and asked casually, "Tell me what you've been up to lately? Are you still working hard during the holidays?"

He Zhengxi couldn't kiss Lin Yan's face anymore, so he could only grab his free hand, put it on his chin, and said, "There will be results soon, and I will tell you when the time comes. It will definitely be a good thing. The kind that makes you happy."

Lin Yan chuckled and went to study the ticket seriously.

For him, this is probably the first relatively easy end of the year since middle school.He focused on his studies without distraction, went to Yang Yue's for regular checkups, and in his free time would call Lin Cong over for a meal and listen to him rambling about irrelevant things. Even He Zhengxi seemed to have found his own research direction.Lin Yan felt that everything was steadily improving.

In the middle of the month, He Zhengxi finally finished his cooperation project with his seniors. The day before his departure, it snowed heavily in Yancheng. Lin Yan got up early in the morning and stood in the bedroom looking out, with a worried face.He doesn't have the poetic mood of "wrapped in silver", he wonders if the car can start normally the next day.

He Zhengxi stayed up all night, and when Lin Yan got up, he was still asleep. After 9 o'clock, he finally opened his eyes, and saw Lin Yan sitting at the desk, frowning, flipping through books randomly, looking restless.

"Brother?" He threw off the quilt and put on a padded coat, walked behind Lin Yan with his slippers on, stretched out his head and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Lin Yan closed the book and pointed to the glass window where the white mist rose, "The snow is too heavy."

He Zhengxi wiped the windows with his fingers a few times, looked downstairs, and said, "The buses and the like may be affected, but we don't take them, don't worry, there will be no problems."

"Hey." Lin Yan sighed, and put his face on the page, "I'm starting to be negative again, don't be too disgusted."

He Zhengxi laughed loudly: "You are so negative, normal people would be worried, but you want to go back so much, so you are even more worried."

"Really..." Lin Yan sat up and said to He Zhengxi, "I don't know why, I've been feeling flustered today."

"Uncomfortable?" He Zhengxi immediately became anxious.

"No, don't be nervous." Lin Yan pushed the hot water cup on the table to He Zhengxi, motioned him to take a sip, and then continued, "I always feel like something is up."

He Zhengxi thought that maybe it was because the weather made Lin Yan not in a good mood, so he said excitedly: "How about we change our clothes and go out for a walk? There must be some places like parks and attractions right now." The young photographer is here, let's go and join in the fun?"

Lin Yan looked at him: "You don't have breakfast? But the wontons are all raw and still in the refrigerator, so they need to be cooked."

He Zhengxi: "It's just right, let's settle it downstairs! Let's go!" He was about to grab Lin Yan's hand, so Lin Yan had no choice but to put away the book, find out the key, change into thick clothes, and run out with him .

Although most primary and secondary school students have not yet had their holidays, there are still many people on the street.Young couples, old couples, and children brought out by their families all had smiles on their faces.There may be countless pollutants hidden in today's snow crystals, but it still has the weak magic power to bring people back to innocence in an instant.

Lin Yan dragged a small ball of snow in his hand, which He Zhengxi saved for him.Under the snow ball is a red maple leaf that he found somewhere, and it looks like a lump of glutinous rice cake.After Lin Yan told He Zhengxi about this discovery, He Zhengxi quickly dragged him into a nearby dessert shop.There was no glutinous rice cake in the store, so the clerk recommended Daifuku, so He Zhengxi specially ordered two red bean Daifuku.

"What?" Lin Yan asked in a daze.

"Need to say?" He Zhengxi blinked, "Try it, this is delicious."

Lin Yan: "Nuomi Ci is not the same as Dafu?"

He Zhengxi shrugged his shoulders: "Care about what to do, as long as the taste is good."

Lin Yan glanced around, then refused: "I'm a man, eat this..."

"Eating, drinking, and drinking are divided into genders?" He Zhengxi picked up one with his bare hands and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering, "Look, didn't I eat it?" He picked up another one and told Lin Yan to open his mouth, " Come on, brother, let me feed you."

"Hey! Don't!" Lin Yan pressed down He Zhengxi's hand with red ears, "Leave it alone, I can eat it myself."

He Zhengxi nodded his head, poured down a glass of water, and said, "I was in a hurry to leave just now, I didn't have enough to eat, so I applied to buy a cake, okay?"

Lin Yan took the order list, went through it from top to bottom, and immediately said: "No, this thing you just swallowed can eat two breakfasts."

He Zhengxi raised his cheeks resentfully, stared at the decorative lamps in the store, and sighed innocently: "I worked so hard to go to university for half a year, and I didn't even give him a piece of cake..."

"Which one does the handsome guy want to eat? Let's take it!" A few girls passing by shouted with a smile.

"No way." He Zhengxi pretended to be pitiful to them, "If my brother doesn't nod, I won't be able to eat. The family has no money, and every penny will be broken into two flowers."

"Oh, that makes me sore." One of the girls said exaggeratedly, causing the surrounding customers to cover their mouths and laugh.

Lin Yan's complexion quickly darkened. He has indeed experienced the days when a penny was broken, and even now, he is still frugal.The laughter of the people nearby drilled into Lin Yan's ears, as if they had turned into sneers.Faced with this kind of joke, Lin Yan couldn't be happy, but he also understood that He Zhengxi didn't have any malicious intentions at all, and those who laughed were just for fun, without any intention of looking down upon it, so there's no need to be sensitive about it.

Lin Yan squeezed the menu tightly and remained silent.

He Zhengxi noticed Lin Yan's expression when he turned his face after the fight with those people, and hurriedly said, "Brother, don't take it seriously, I'm not hungry, so I just want to play with you."

Lin Yan smiled at him, pushed the menu in front of He Zhengxi, and said, "I don't take it seriously, what do you want to eat? Do you want hot milk?"

He Zhengxi nodded, and asked him suspiciously: "You don't want to eat?"

Lin Yan: "I don't want to eat, not because of you, but because I really don't want to eat."

He Zhengxi let out an oh, and went to wave to the clerk in peace of mind.

When he first came to live in the old ancestral hall, He Zhengxi was like a hungry ghost reincarnated, no matter what he ate or where he ate, he always seemed to be hungry.A few times when Xu Jialin came back from outside with packed meals, it was not enough for He Zhengxi to finish one meal in three or four minutes. He stared blankly at Lin Yan's hand pinching the chopsticks. Pushing it a few inches towards He Zhengxi, he still said: "It's unpalatable, I'll let you eat it."

How could He Zhengxi, who was only 7 years old at the time, understand the meaning of these words? Lin Yan gave it to him, and he ate it until there was not a single grain of rice left.Afterwards, they went to the restaurant to order things like hamburgers or steaks. Lin Yan always ate half or two-thirds, and left the rest for He Zhengxi.He has always eaten as long as he is almost full, and he has no thoughts of not eating enough or not getting enough.Compared to these, he is more willing to concentrate on studying how much he spent today and how much he can spend tomorrow.Lin Yan has always had the self-consciousness of being an elder brother. He thinks that He Zhengxi was not only kidnapped, but also deprived of food, not to mention how pitiful he is, he must treat this child better, after all, Xu Jialin can't be counted on.

He Zhengxi was nibbling on the walnut and chestnut cake while recalling the past events. Lin Yan was sitting opposite him, holding a cup of hot milk and sipping it with an extremely focused expression.

They ate and drank quietly, and when they were about to leave 10 minutes later, the clerk suddenly came over with a card machine and said:

"Excuse me, both of you. Excuse me, can I take a photo of you?"

Lin Yan raised his face and said "Ah?" in a daze, while He Zhengxi happily helped him straighten his bangs, trimmed his own neckline, and said to the younger sister with a bright smile, "Come on!" , but cannot be sold for money.”

The little girl nodded quickly and said, "It will only be posted on social accounts."

Lin Yan suddenly interjected: "Aren't social accounts publicity? That counts as money. We can't use our faces in vain." He Zhengxi suppressed his smile. The point didn't run anyway.

The little girl hurriedly added: "The store manager said that he will give you a free coupon. Next time you come to the store to spend, it will not cost you..."

Lin Yan's cold face immediately became warm like spring, "Come on, take a picture, take three or five pictures, it's not too many!"

Most of the little girl's sweet smile collapsed, and He Zhengxi couldn't help but patted the table, and said with a thumbs up, "You really deserve to be my brother!"

Just for fun, Lin Yan knew that a little girl had a thin skin, and she mustered up the courage to do such a thing, so before he was about to leave after taking the photo, he specially apologized to her solemnly.Unexpectedly, the girl asked him coyly if he had a girlfriend, Lin Yan blushed and said no, the girl winked at him happily and said, "That's great, you are quite suitable for this tall brother!"

Lin Yan was confused by this sentence, and he didn't come back to his senses until he walked out of the store, shaking his gloves and sighing loudly: "I don't understand the girls now!"

He Zhengxi said sadly, "When did you understand it?"

Lin Yan took out his mobile phone with a smile, looked at the time and said, "You always eat vinegar in this kind of place, so you can't be magnanimous. As my younger brother, you..."

"Huh? What about me?" He Zhengxiha let out a breath of white air, and pressed his face to Lin Yan's ear, "Whose phone is it, let me see."

The smile on Lin Yan's face faded instantly, he raised his phone, looked at He Zhengxi with empty eyes, and didn't speak.