Alley

It was three days after Xiang Yu woke up. The doctor said that he landed at an unlucky angle, and the severe concussion oppressed the sleeping nerves. The swelling gradually subsided before he woke up.

The person in charge of the construction unit came with fruits and flower baskets, and his words were full of guilt, saying that the worker who caused the accident was a temporary worker and had already been fined and fired by them. This time, Xiang Yu’s hospitalization expenses will be borne by them, and they will also pay for nutrition and missed work fee.

The person in charge carefully observed Xiang Yu's expression. There was a serious injury on the construction site, and the victims were ordinary people. It would be no joke if this incident was reported.Originally, the project was put under a lot of pressure because of the delay for too long.The person in charge sighed in his heart, it wasn't that they wanted to procrastinate for a long time, the relocation is really unaffordable these days, logically speaking, the relocation payment should be issued directly from above, and the construction can be started directly after the relocation is completed, as the entrusting party, they only need to ensure the evacuation of personnel Once the advance payment is received, work can begin.Unexpectedly, the advance payment was not received for a long time. Seeing that it was almost the Chinese New Year, the payment came suddenly two days ago, and the construction was required to be completed immediately before the year, so as to cooperate with the subsequent commercial land development after the year.

Fortunately, the plan has been prepared long ago, and this project is also the last phase of the demolition work in that area, and it is not complicated.As a result, workers at this pawnshop injured people. If it was reported by the media and involved the demolition of old houses, it might be labeled as violent demolition.

So this has to be handled properly.

The man on the bed was silent for a long time with downcast eyes, and finally opened his mouth. The person in charge was standing up, thinking that the compensation was finally going to be discussed, but he didn't want to hear him say, "I want to ask, is the demolition work... finished?"

"It's done, sir, don't worry, you are a nearby resident, right? Did the previous construction disturb you? You see that you have been resting in the hospital for the past two days, and the hospital is quiet. When you go back to your side, I will talk to you." As quiet as ever..."

The man's mouth opened and closed, and Xiang Yu couldn't listen anymore.He didn't remember how he removed the infusion needle, how he got rid of the chattering director and nurse, and he didn't remember how he came to the alley in a hospital gown and a coat.

The person in charge was frightened by his behavior, and only heard Xiang Yu muttering to himself whether he was looking for someone or dragging something in that alley.

The person in charge was worried about something important, so he took Xiang Yu to look for it through the door with security on duty on the side.

There is nothing left, gone.

The Shikumen is gone, the alleys are gone, the space-time tunnel is gone, the year 2000 is gone, and Shuyi is gone.

His 15-year-old boy, the only person he loved in his life, his heart, his life, disappeared among these ruins.

He has lived, but the fireworks are as short as a moment, and there is nothing left after burning.

Xiang Yu spent the Lunar New Year alone in the hospital. He broke his mobile phone before and did not buy it again before he was discharged from the hospital.I only borrowed a public phone to call home on New Year's Eve. The family had long ago stopped falling out because of his refusal to call. Only when I went to his original unit in my hometown did I know that Xiang Yu had resigned a long time ago, and the phone could not be reached. Almost published a missing person notice.

Just as his father asked questions, Xiang Yu interrupted.

"Dad, I like a man."

"He's ten years younger than me."

There was no answer on the other side, and Xiang Yu heard his father's rough breathing and the sound of a water glass being knocked over in the background.Then, the phone was hung up.

The TV at the end of the hospital corridor broadcast the Spring Festival Gala. Many patients took out folding chairs from the ward and sat under the TV to watch. There were some snacks on the nurse's desk, mainly peanuts and candies, and some Chinese knots were also arranged.

Xiang Yu held the receiver and listened to the busy tone on the phone for a minute before hanging up.

He went to the nurse's desk to get some candy, returned to the bed and looked at the candy in his hand absentmindedly.

In 2020, is Shuyi still there?

He should be there. Shu Yi in 2020 is 35 years old.

How is Shuyi in 2020?

Shu Yi in 2020, do you still remember him?

The memory slowly came back, and he remembered that the girl next door in the company said twice that a man came to him.It seems to be... Wearing a white shirt and glasses, very gentle and good-looking.

His heart beat unstoppably fast, and the candy in his hand was deformed by his pinching.

is it him?

It's him.

It was raining on the day he was discharged from the hospital, so Xiang Yu bought an umbrella at the small store in front of the hospital, and walked back slowly in the pattering spring rain.

After the festival, workers have come to rework one after another. The construction waste that Xiang Yu saw before has been almost cleaned up. The name of the construction project, construction unit, and expected completion time are announced on the wall of the construction site.It turns out that this is a new real estate near a comprehensive shopping mall.

Xiang Yu stood in the rain for a while holding an umbrella, staring blankly at the empty alley.The tenderness in those alleys seems to have happened in the last century, and the laughter and crisp voice of the teenagers are gradually blurred.

Pile up in front of the entrance are health care products and daily necessities that Xiang Yu bought for the boy in a nearby shopping mall half a month ago.The products were packed in a magenta red bag. Xiang Yu knelt down and took out the health care products one by one and put them on the ground. The pills made a sound when they shook in the bottle.

How did Shu Yi spend the past 20 years?

Is his Shu Yi still burning the coal stove in the damp and cold alley, getting up early to wash the sheets for his adoptive father with cold water, waiting quietly outside the rose red floral curtain for Xiang Yu who will never appear again?

He reached out to Shu Yi, made Shu Yi fall in love with him, and promised a comfortable and beautiful life, but suddenly completely disappeared in Shu Yi's life.

He hoped that Shu Yi could forget about him as soon as possible, live in peace of mind, find a good job, have a lover and family;

He hoped that Shu Yi was still waiting, and one day he would show up at the alley where they met, and say to him it's been a long time.

Love is both cruel and selfish.Xiang Yu was reluctant to bear Shu Yi's suffering, but he couldn't restrain his desire to still have him.

However, Shu Yi never showed up.