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There was no news for the next few days, and irritability and hesitation came one after another. Wen Yu was actually a little scared.It was not the first time that Cui Shican avoided him, but he instinctively believed that the other party would not escape this time.

He didn't know where he got his confidence, maybe it was his sixth sense, maybe it was Cui Shican who took the initiative to say "goodbye" to him in the last farewell that day - since there is a goodbye, it is impossible to separate inexplicably, right?

With such thoughts in mind, Wen Yu felt that he was a bit naive, but sometimes naivety is not necessarily a bad thing.He still doesn't know that in the eyes of others, this is not "childishness", but the innocence that survived in adulthood is still lingering on him and has not left. Compared with that word, innocence is even more rare.

The day before New Year's Eve, Wen Yu woke up at seven o'clock in the morning.

He often stays up late to work, so he rarely wakes up naturally.He didn't sleep well the night before, and after waking up, he felt unhappy. Wen Yu tried to get back to sleep, but tossed and turned for more than half an hour, until the alarm clock rang, and reluctantly accepted the "I couldn't sleep during the holidays" Fact, had to get up.

Wen Yu habitually picked up his phone to check if he missed any important information. The chat box on the top of WeChat was followed by a bright unread message.

The right eyelid jumped up suddenly, Wen Yu was refreshed, and silently read "Feudal Superstition" three times before clicking on it in the morning light.

Shi Can's profile picture was still black, and he spoke in a steady tone: "Thank you for the moving."

The letter was sent at six o'clock in the morning. Wen Yu almost threw the phone out, rubbed his face, and confirmed that he was not dreaming. Afraid of Cui Shican's sharp words, he hurried back: "You agreed?"

Shi Can was supposed to be getting ready to go to work, and didn't give him an answer until more than half an hour later: "The landlord told me to move in the next year, and it really needs to be demolished. What kind of prophet are you-_-||"

Wen Yu: "It is said that our company is responsible for the development [smile]"

Shi Can: "???"

Wen Yu was afraid that he would think too much, so he immediately changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this, anyway, it's a foregone conclusion. You two are welcome, are you free these two days? I went to choose the furniture a year ago, and just moved because it was convenient? "

Shi Can: "?"

Wen Yu had already left the bedroom in his slippers, and ran to the spare guest room to take a photo of Shi Can. Everything was self-evident: of his three rooms, one sleeps by himself, and the other is a study. That room can accommodate people, but there is nothing except the 1.5-meter single bed in the middle of the room.

Shi Can didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and sent him a voice message: "Didn't you say it's packed?"

Wen Yu cheated: "I'll take care of it when you move in."

Shi Can: "I have to work on New Year's Eve, these two days... I don't have much time, let's talk about it later, as long as I have a bed."

Wen Yu naturally refused when he heard it. He had selfishness and it was inconvenient to explain it in front of Shi Can, so after discussing it, it was up to him to buy the furniture.Cui Shican had no objection to this, and the message box was followed by a short "yes", and finally said to him: "Don't make it too complicated, as long as you can live with people."

But Wen Yu didn't care about him, he was in such a good mood that he was about to fly off: "Are you going back to Qingzhou to be with your aunt during the Chinese New Year?" After Shi Can agreed, he said, "When will you come back?"

"On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I have to be on duty." Shi Can had a lasagna-tearing dog expression.

Wen Yu: "Okay, then remember to bring some gifts for your new landlord [Little Panda Showing Cuteness.jpg]"

It took a while for Shi Can to reply to him: "Take it with you."

This double word made Wen Yu laugh out loud. He stood in the empty room and laughed for a long time before he got over his silly expression.He opened the window, and the sun shone in. He was so excited that he even wanted to cheer.

What a right eye jump disaster!Feudal superstition!

Wen Yu, since he came back from studying abroad, his style and means have been vigorous and resolute to put it mildly, but he is really a bit impatient.This kind of personality that requires everyone and things to be in place at the first time can improve efficiency in work, but it is inevitable that people can't stand it in life. He has self-reflected on what happened, and finally attributed it to the fast pace on the other side of the ocean. Life.

Han Mo once commented on this: "It has nothing to do with the cultural environment, you should hate your former self."

Wen Yu said at that time: "You haven't seen me before."

Now he believes that these seemingly innocent character weaknesses did start to take root after he went to Philadelphia, but that was not the reason for planting the seeds.

In Wen Yushun's smooth life, he was not impatient at all, and he did everything slowly and unhurriedly until his major mistakes appeared.

That summer he always procrastinated, thinking that it would happen when the time came, and believed that he would be able to figure out the recurring emotions in his heart caused by his friend's every move when the time came.

He thought time could rule everything, but in the end everything got out of control.

So Wen Yu abandoned the indecision in the past. Although the method was a bit extreme, he could not tolerate himself "losing" any more.

It was less than a week before Shi Can moved in—at least Wen Yu felt unilaterally—and the Spring Festival holiday was also mixed in during the period. This was not a good time to renovate the house.Wen Yu struggled to no avail, so he accepted the facts calmly and decided to add furniture first. As for the overall renovation, it can wait until later.

He thought it was time to go, and the vacation time was not good enough to bother the company assistant, so he sent a circle of friends to ask for help, and finally the person who accompanied him to visit the furniture city on New Year's Eve was actually Yi Jingxing.

"Shi Can is going to move?" Yi Jingxing asked him, and smiled after getting an affirmative answer, "That's pretty good, congratulations first."

Wen Yu corrected helplessly: "No, the place where he used to live will be demolished."

Yi Jingxing was stunned for a moment: "Is that so? That's quite a coincidence."

Wen Yu really wanted to say that it was no coincidence that I was the developer, but to avoid being ridiculed by Yi Jingxing, he swallowed the words himself, and smiled awkwardly at the other party: "Yes, haha."

Usually, his impression of Yi Jingxing was quite unreliable, but the facts proved that he was quite organized and up to standard.In the furniture city on New Year's Eve, only a small number of shops were still open after noon. Yi Jingxing led Wen Yu around, and almost everything he wanted to buy was found, except for a short bookshelf that Wen Yu wanted. , Yi Jingxing advised him to arrange the big items before looking at them.

All the things were loaded into the car, and there were people waiting for the installation to be completed for the Spring Festival holiday.So Wen Yu and Yi Jingxing said goodbye at the door.He thanked Yi Jingxing first, and finally had the time to express his doubts.

"By the way, why don't you stay at home to help today?" He said.

Yi Jingxing asked back: "Aren't you also running around?"

Wen Yu said subconsciously: "That's different, just go to my dad's place for dinner at night."

Yi Jingxing turned his car keys: "For me, it doesn't matter whether I go back or not, my parents don't want this son anyway."

Wen Yu thought he had quarreled with his family, so he said goodbye with a straight face.He guessed that Yi Jingxing probably didn't listen, it was still that indifferent smile.

It wasn't until several years later that something else happened that Wen Yu knew that Yi Jingxing had a bad Spring Festival.

But he didn't know anything about it at the time, and happily went home to oversee the work.

Compared with the overall modern cold and hard decoration, the newly added log-colored furniture is slightly warmer. Wen Yu thought about refurbishing all the furniture, but didn't take it to heart.The guest room is north-south, because it was originally designed as a sun room, and there is a large floor-to-ceiling window with a good view, and there are no shortcomings except for the west sun.

Wen Yu took another photo and thought about it and sent it to Shi Can.

He sat at the new desk for a while, struggling to add some small items like desk lamps, but he didn't wait for Shican's reply for a long time. Wen Yu was a little concerned, but didn't ask much, and got up and went back to his father's house.

Now Wen Zhengheng moved to the newly bought villa in Lushan on the grounds of recuperating his health, and brought his parents from the suburbs, so he didn't live with Wen Yu at all.There are many business partners in that area, and the environment and air quality are good, like a large nursing home. After Wen Zhengheng went there, he wanted Wen Yu to join him, but he refused because he was too far away from the company.

Wen Yu sold the house in the northern city that he lived in for many years with an intermediary, and he planned to buy a new car for the price after the year——Dad always respected his decision in these matters.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, the last group of overtime workers in the city went back to their homes, and Wen Yu drove to Lushan—the Wen family has been moving more and more frequently in recent years. If there is no accident, today's New Year's Eve dinner should be a big table.

This is Wen Yu's first Spring Festival after returning to China.

"Dad, I'm back!" He opened the door familiarly, carrying the New Year's goods he bought, and was startled by the sight in front of him.

The few uncles who used to fight each other when they met have let go of their old suspicions, and they are happily huddling together on the poker table to play mahjong. The housekeeper is not there, and the kitchen is in charge of the father, and the aunt and grandfather are helping the kitchen.

And his voice directly attracted the attention of his peers who were playing games, watching TV, and chatting in the living room. Several brothers and sisters ran up together:

"It's Xiaoyu who's back!"

"It's been a long time since I saw Xiao Yu, who has grown so tall—"

"I was talking about you just now, in Jinglong..."

Wen Yu dealt with them, put things away, and greeted relatives one by one.He didn't know exactly what happened, but the family reunion during the festival made people who had been away from their homeland for several years feel too emotional.

He went to the kitchen, washed his hands, and picked vegetables with his aunt: "Dad, what's the matter? There are so many people this year."

"How do you talk!" Dad was tossing a fish in the pot, hearing the words and telling him to be polite to his relatives, Wen Yu couldn't hear it, his ears were covered with calluses, he had the right to pretend that he was deaf.

It was my aunt who came to the rescue: "Didn't the third brother move to a new house? Your grandparents will also live here in the future. When everyone heard about it, they decided to come to have a New Year's Eve dinner. First, it was to warm the house for the third brother, and second, the two of you The elderly don’t have to run around, which is convenient. Hey Xiaoyu, you’re the only one who came back late, what’s the matter?”

"I have some personal affairs." Wen Yu said, consciously standing by the pool to wash rice.

"I don't know what I'm busy with all day and night!" Dad scolded, "I'm too lazy to care about you, anyway, I can't care about you, you should pay attention to what you should do and what you should not do, just don't give your father trouble. .”

There was a lot of oily smoke in the kitchen, Wen Yu coughed twice, and immediately hid and stood by the door: "Don't worry, I'll find a daughter-in-law you don't like no matter how big the basket is for you..."

He said it like a joke, and my father was also happy when he heard it: "I don't need to like it, you just like it!"

Wen Yu thought: "Really?"

Dad said: "You won't live with me in the next few decades, you like it, as long as you don't talk about it, I have nothing to disagree with--right girl?"

The aunt smiled and chimed in: "Third brother is right, kid, who cares if he wants him to be happy. Xiaoyu has always had his own ideas in doing things, so you don't need to talk about it. He's not like that brat in my family..."

The two elders began to reminisce about the past and talk about raising children, Wen Yu saw that there was nothing else to do, and immediately ran away.

He accompanied his cousin and daughter in the living room, and taught his third-year cousin to pay close attention to the last half of the semester and answer questions from his elders from time to time.The New Year's Eve dinner was Wen Yu's first family gathering after returning to China. He was very happy and drank some wine. After the meal, he was dragged by his brothers and sisters to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Although he was not interested, he also laughed with them.

It was completely dark outside the window, and Lushan was far away from the city, making it even quieter on this special day.

Wen Yu hid on the balcony in order to smoke, and only sporadic lights were on in the villa not far away, like stars in the dark night.He lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth, and finally had a moment of his own space.

There were a lot of unread messages on the phone, most of them were from friends, wishing him a happy Chinese New Year in advance, Wen Yu went back one by one.There was still no movement in the top chat box, he thought about it, and sent a question mark.

The last time Wen Yu almost broke down when he cut off all contact so suddenly. He stood on the balcony and smoked a whole cigarette. Before Cui Shican could respond, he took a deep breath and dialed the phone.

The mechanical notification sound seemed to have sounded for a century, and when it was connected, Wen Yu had a momentary arrhythmia.

"Wen Yu?" Shi Can asked, "What's wrong?"

That bit of grievance suddenly overflowed, Wen Yu sniffed: "You don't reply to my message."

After a while, he heard Shi Can laugh: "I just got the phone, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it." Wen Yu said, but it was clear that the grievances dissipated a lot because of his words, "Are you a modern person, you can't stop playing Love Elimination this afternoon, right?"

"No, I went back to Cheongju to help my mother cook. I left my phone in my bag and took it out just after it kept ringing. It wasn't intentional," Shi Can emphasized.

"Okay." Wen Yu didn't know what else to say, he looked at the quiet villa area in the distance, "Are you free now, or are you watching the Spring Festival Gala and chatting with relatives?"

Shi Can: "Make dumplings with grandma. There are no other relatives in the family, so they don't want to come."

Wen Yu choked for a moment, but Shi Can continued: "But it's okay, if there are fewer people, you don't have to pay so much attention and don't make trouble. I'll go to bed early when the old man goes to bed and watch TV with my mother."

There were still crackling noises on his side, Wen Yu asked curiously, "Can Qingzhou set off cannons?"

"Yes." Shi Can said, "I'll take a video for you later."

Wen Yu agreed, and I wanted to chat with him a few more times. My cousin over there pushed open the balcony door and called him in. It was cold outside. Wen Yu responded, and after turning back the phone, Shi Can said, "You Is something wrong?"

"Hmm..." Wen Yu reluctantly walked into the house, "Let's do it first, I have a lot of family members and it's very noisy."

"Okay, see you next year." Shi Can said.

Maybe Wen Yu had an illusion, the voice was very low, but the voice was so gentle that it was almost drowned in the oncoming family carnival.

He was stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, there was only a busy tone in his ears.

Wen Yu stared at the phone screen until it was completely black, and suddenly laughed out loud.

Later that day, he received a small video from Shi Can.

The picture is not very clear, it is the New Year's fireworks in a small county taken on the roof of a residential building, it is not as good as the splendor and prosperity seen on the North Shore that day, and it is not as good as every firework show in memory, it is chaotic and simple, but Wen Yu feels that this It was one of the best fireworks he had ever seen.

The video was only 15 seconds long, and at the end he heard Cui Shican's voice: "Is it pretty?"

Just for this sentence, Wen Yu listened to it more than a dozen times.

In the first dream of the new year, he seemed to have walked into the sea of ​​night, trying to salvage his lost star. (*Note)

The author says:

*Note: The image description comes from Gu Cheng's "Poetry", "We walked into the night sea / to salvage the lost stars" (._.) Wish me a happy birthday and hope that the new year will be happier