Domestic dog

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Beijing and Guangdong are still very different. Lu Xiao has been here for almost five years and is still not quite used to it. After graduating from the Institute of Physical Education, he opened a gym in Beijing.Originally, he wanted to be a physical education teacher, but he couldn't speak Mandarin well, so he couldn't tell the difference between passion and joy.

Most of the men who come to exercise are gay, and most of them are gay. Among gays, there are more gays who come here every now and then to inquire about the owner of the gym.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Lu Xiao came here as a routine, and the front desk stopped him, "The boss is the guest who asked me when you will come today, and left his phone number by the way."

"You didn't tell me!"

"Of course not." The receptionist rolled his eyes.

Lu Xiao gave her a thumbs up, thought for a while, and said, "Give me a pen."

"You should say give me a pen." The receptionist muttered, but still gave him a black fountain pen.

Lu Xiao took it, unscrewed the cap of the pen, and wrote a number, "I'm going back to Guangdong in the next two days, use this number to contact me if I have anything to do."

"Go back? Is there something wrong?"

He paused, his expression became quiet, and he said in a low voice, "Attend a funeral for a high school teacher."

Lu Xiao stayed in the gym until late at night, and the employees were off work. He turned off the lights one by one, checked the power supply, and left as usual.Drive home, turn on the radio, and the late night radio station wishes everyone a good night.

When he got home, Lu Xiao lit a cigarette. He took a puff, walked to the study, opened the notebook, and the screen turned on.When he clicked on the news that was about to be read by him, he thought of Ji Shu, and then he let out a long sigh.

In the past few years, he and Tang Chen have been in contact. Teacher Tang has resigned from the school since they graduated.He came to Beijing for a while, and then he returned to Shanghai. During the holidays, he would come to Beijing to have dinner with them.

Life has always been quite ordinary. After Lu Xiao graduated, Ji Shu had to suffer for another four years. Tomson still laughed at him at that time, and it will be even harder in the future.

Lu Xiao herself didn't know which link was wrong, and when she turned her head, she saw the child molestation doctor who committed suicide in fear of crime on the news, and that doctor was Tomson.He and Ji Shu flew to Shanghai overnight, but it was nothing. Tang Chen's body had already been brought back by his family.The child said in his later statement that Dr. Tang just bought him a box of milk and fruit candies, and they sat side by side for a while, and Tomson didn't touch him.

The child's parents seem to know something, even so, they still hold on to the media, she said disgustedly: "Then why did he buy food for my child for no reason? Several times, I saw him look at those children, just like Like a hungry wolf, even if such a person does nothing, his death is still a blessing."

It is midsummer, the continuous rainy season in Guangdong, and very dry here in Beijing.Lu Xiao drove to Ji Shu's school to pick him up.

Ji Shu was wearing a black shirt and trousers, with the collar of the shirt buttoned to the top, tightly wrapping around his snow-white neck.When he came out of the school gate, Lu Xiao honked the horn, Ji Shu walked over, and Lu Xiao lowered the car window, "Come in, it's so hot outside."

The air-conditioning in the car rustled, Ji Shula opened the door and entered, and the thin sweat on his forehead dried up immediately.

Ji Shu blew the cold wind and felt more comfortable. Lu Xiao asked him, "Have you arranged your clothes yet?"

"Okay, you'll wait for me downstairs in my house later, and I'll go upstairs to get my bag."

Ji Shu's current residence is not far from the school, and it only takes about ten minutes by car.Lu Xiao parked the car downstairs, and Ji Shu went upstairs to get his bag. Lu Xiao waited for five or six minutes but did not see him come down.Just as he was about to call Ji Shu, he saw Ji Shu coming out of the corridor. He seemed to have escaped from the darkness and walked into the scorching sun.

Ji Shu's eyes were red, and he put the bag he was going to take in the back of the car.Lu Xiao looked at him in silence. No one spoke. After a moment of silence, Ji Shu said, "I lost control of my emotions just now, but I'm fine now."

They got off at Baiyun Airport, put down their luggage, and took a car to Tomson's house.His parents have settled here after they retired. It is a villa area, and the buildings are very far apart. The car parked in front of a small villa with blue walls. They got out of the car, and there was a man wearing a Lady in black dress.

Ji Shu stepped forward, and Lu Xiao followed behind him. The not-so-young woman looked at them, and Ji Shu said, "Hi, we are students of Teacher Tang, and we have contacted you before."

Ji Shu and Lu Xiao were welcomed in. The living room was deserted. Tang Chen's mother came over with a cup and sat down beside them. After a long silence, she said, "You are the only ones who came to see him when something like this happened. people."

Ji Shu lowered his head and picked up the cup. The tea had a faint fragrance, and the taste was exactly the same as the tea Tang Chen gave him in the infirmary when he was in high school.He took a sip and said in a low voice, "Mr. Tang, why did he commit suicide?"

"He has been unhappy. Some things are actually difficult to define right and wrong. We parents just think that he hasn't done it, so he is not wrong, but he doesn't think so. He thinks that he has that idea. He is wrong.

On the morning of the accident, I also called him, and he asked me how I was doing, whether I had insomnia, or would I still have nightmares?I told him everything was fine, and asked him how he was, and he told me that he had found a way to reconcile with himself. "

At this point, Tom began to sob softly.Ji Shu's body vibrated, his hands pinched his thighs, and his stomach twitched, as if being firmly grasped by a hand.

He poured the water in the cup into his throbbing stomach, and Lu Xiao hugged his shoulder.Time passed slowly, the torment was long, the water in the kettle boiled, and the sound was like sobbing and screaming.

Tom got up to pour water, she stood up, as if she suddenly thought of something, she walked a few steps, and her footsteps stopped.She turned her head and looked at Ji Shu with a complicated expression. Lu Xiao pushed Ji Shu, and Ji Shu raised his head.

Tom looked at Ji Shu and said: "He slept in the intensive care unit for two days, and finally the doctor told us that it was useless. When the oxygen tube was pulled out, he suddenly opened his eyes. He took my hand and said to me, He made a mistake, he hurt a child, he always wanted to say sorry to that child, but he didn't dare, he didn't dare to admit that."

Ji Shu stared blankly at the mid-air, Tang Chen seemed to be right in front of his eyes, and there was a rainy day in his eyes, and the rain that would not go away was shrouded in it. With a touch of melancholy in his eyes, he said with joy, "If there is a next life, I think Be a real human being."

The funeral was on the second day, and the clouds were so low that the blue could hardly be seen.

Ji Shu put the flowers in front of the tombstone, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes to look at the photo above, and said to Tang Chen, "I will... forgive myself for you."

Lu Xiao hasn't been home since graduation, and hasn't seen her family for a whole year.After the funeral, he asked Ji Shu if he wanted to go to his house. Ji Shu shook his head and said, "I want to be alone."

After hearing this, Lu Xiao didn't hesitate, and the car stopped at the hotel.When Ji Shu got out of the car, Lu Xiao lay on the window and said to him, "Then you go back and have a good rest, I will come to see you tomorrow afternoon." Ji Shu waved his hand.

He went back to the hotel and slept in his room for a few hours, probably because he was really tired and slept deeply.After waking up and looking at the ceiling with nothing to do, he took out his laptop and watched the online class for a while.A few years ago, reading was still difficult for him, but now it has become a pastime in his life.

After more than an hour of class, the takeaway Ji Shu ordered arrived just in time.He closed his notebook and went to open the door, took the snack box, and thanked him in a low voice.

Fast food was greasy, and Ji Shu put down his chopsticks after a few mouthfuls. No one told him to discipline him, so he brought out his bad habit of picky eating to the fullest.

When it was almost eight o'clock, Lu Xiao called him and said that he had just had dinner, his mother retired and was not as busy as before, knowing that he was going home, she cooked a table of delicious dishes.He eats too much, and this month's exercise may be in vain again.

Ji Shu laughed when he heard that, he said you are not fat.

"By the way, what did you have for dinner?"

Ji Shu glanced at the untouched box of dishes on the table, and said to Lu Xiao, "I listened to you and went downstairs to the hotel to eat. It's a buffet, and I ate a lot."

"That's good."

Lu Xiao yelled, and Ji Shu heard it. He squeezed the phone and said softly, "Are you sleepy?"

"I want to sleep when I'm full."

"Then I hang up."

"Okay, you go to bed early."

After they hung up the phone, Ji Shu lazily walked to the table and ate a few more vegetable leaves.

Maybe it was because he slept for a long time just now, but he didn't feel sleepy at night.After taking a bath and lying down for a long time without feeling sleepy, Ji Shu closed and opened his eyes several times, then he got up, got dressed, and went straight out.

There are many food stalls on the late-night streets of Guangdong. Ji Shu bought a cup of iced milk tea and specially ordered a lot of pearls.

He walked through familiar and unfamiliar streets, and those short three years left him with such a deep impression that even now, after such a long time, the traces of time have not faded away.

Along the streets of sycamore trees, the summer night wind blows the corners of the clothes, leaving a trace of dryness.

His legs seemed to be tireless. He didn't know how long he walked, passed through a small path, pushed open a few iron gates, and finally stood in front of the three-story western-style building.

Ji Shu stared blankly, he walked forward, one step, two steps, three steps, the lights in the house... came on.