deliberation

During the winter vacation, Xu Mingzhe didn't contact Su Lin often. The first reason was that he felt a little awkward. Originally, he gave Su Lin this mobile phone because he thought it would be a waste of resources not to keep it at home, and Su Lin also needed a mobile phone. There is no mobile phone.

The second is that he is actually very busy at home during the holidays. In the early days of the Chinese New Year, many people come to his house to pay New Year's greetings, and he often goes out to socialize and eat with his father. His father is more old-fashioned. Inheritance, so I want Xu Mingzhe to be familiar with these banquets at the wine table early.

But Su Lin was busier than him. Because of the winter vacation and the Chinese New Year coming soon, there were many people in the cash drawer every night. Reflecting this joyful atmosphere, the whole city was in a carnival.The off-duty time has also been adjusted to two o'clock, and Su Lin is always so busy that he is exhausted. Fortunately, the boss is a good person and knows the hard work of the employees, so he specially gave them a subsidy of 500 yuan each. This is an extra for Su Lin income.A small consolation prize in his busy life.

On New Year's Eve, the ktv in the cash drawer was full, and many people had no room when they came. Su Lin spent the whole night busy.At ten o'clock, he received Xu Mingzhe's blessing text message, and at eleven o'clock, two Xu Mingzhe missed calls. Of course, Su Lin didn't know about this, because he had hardly used that phone since he got it, and It's still silent, except for Xu Mingzhe, no one knows the existence of this phone, not even his father.

The high-profile song "The End of the World Is My Love..." became a shadow in Su Lin's heart.

Because I was too busy, I was afraid that the staff would be overwhelmed, so during the period before and after the Chinese New Year, everyone switched shifts and got off work early. Today, it happened to be the morning shift in Su Lin. He came to work at [-]:[-], and he left work at [-]:[-]. .Su Lin returned home with heavy steps.

Dad is on night shift today and is not at home.

I think he used to be a person who was sought after by everyone, but now he has been reduced to work as a security guard.One can imagine the blow of failure to a person.Su Lin knew what it was like to fall down and not get up.

He was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, he didn't even bother to turn on the light, he was so tired.

Just when those depressing pasts flashed through his mind, the room suddenly lit up. It turned out that the screen of the mobile phone next to him was on. Su Lin reached out to pick it up, and the note displayed on it was still "Dear tablemate", I don't know Why, he didn't change it.

If it was in the past, Su Lin would not answer, because he didn't know what to say, but today, in this environment where there are constant gunfire outside and the silence in the room, he suddenly wants to hear someone talking to him.Unconsciously pressed the answer button.

Xu Mingzhe has already made two phone calls, which kept ringing until a busy signal was displayed. This phone also rang for a long time, but still no one answered it. Just when Xu Mingzhe thought it was another call that was about to have a busy signal, he suddenly answered it. .

Xu Mingzhe was a little excited; "You answered it, I thought you didn't answer my call again."

He didn't know why he was excited. He originally sent Su Lin a text message wishing a happy New Year, but Su Lin didn't reply. Then he called Su Lin at eleven o'clock, but Su Lin didn't answer. This was his first time. When I called Su Lin once, I wondered whether he hadn't seen it or was too busy during the Chinese New Year to take care of it. After all, Su Lin's part-time job had never been mentioned to his classmates.Xu Mingzhe didn't know.

He just thinks that there is nothing to be busy with the families of the students who are celebrating the Chinese New Year. Could it be that Su Lin upholds the habit of good students and goes to bed so early? It is impossible. Today is New Year's Eve, and the firecrackers are going off outside, so he can't sleep Ah, no matter what, I have to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

It was eleven o'clock and there was still no movement from Su Lin. Xu Mingzhe felt inexplicably anxious. Su Lin should be fine.

Just before twelve o'clock, he called Su Lin again.Unexpectedly, this time Su Lin accepted it.

For Xu Mingzhe's emotion, Su Lin didn't reply, just kept silent.

Firecrackers sounded from Xu Mingzhe's side from time to time.

After a long time, Xu Mingzhe said, "Happy New Year! Su Lin."

Su Lin responded softly this time, "Hmm..."

The two are speechless again...

Another moment of silence.

Perhaps Su Lin's favorite should be silence, Xu Mingzhe thought, but in the end, it was Xu Mingzhe who broke Su Lin's favorite first.

"Well, how did you go during the winter vacation? I'm almost getting hairy at home. It's not as interesting as when I was in school."

Hearing this, Su Lin suddenly chuckled. He had never heard of any classmates who liked to go to school, but except himself, because only when he was in school, he was more free and more like himself at this age.

The voice was not loud, but Xu Mingzhe still heard it.

"Did you just laugh at me? Oh? Do you think it's silly for me, a third-class poor student, to say that I like going to school... don't you?"

Although he said so, Xu Mingzhe didn't sound angry at all. Although he couldn't see Su Lin's face now, he could imagine that Su Lin's face just now had a shallow dimple on his left cheek. It's not obvious, it only shows up when he laughs, but he doesn't usually like to laugh.

Xu Mingzhe has always felt that Su Lin is a very good person. Take this dimple as an example. It doesn't overwhelm the guest, but when Su Lin smiles, it is undoubtedly displayed, which makes people feel like the finishing touch.This kind of astonishment, most people can't notice it.

But Su Lin seldom smiles. Xu Mingzhe, who is at the same table, has met him almost twice, yes, twice, and one of them is a fake smile. He has no choice but to praise the enthusiasm of his old class Liu Li Laughing.

one is...

Thinking of that scene, Xu Mingzhe felt a palpitation in his heart.

That was when he was late for class and wore the wrong shoes. After entering the class, he realized that he was wearing a white sneaker and a black sneaker. The visual effect was so bright.

And when he first entered the class, he was seen by the whole class in full view, and was dragged to the podium by the old class for public exhibition and criticism.

The whole class laughed again.Xu Mingzhe was full of embarrassment. When he sat on the seat, he saw Su Lin lowered his head, and the dimple on the left cheek was obvious.In the end, I couldn't help but turned my face to the other side.

"I didn't..." Su Lin retorted softly. For some reason, his voice sounded extra soft. Perhaps he was in a good mood today.

It may be because of these three words Xu Mingzhe's heart suddenly felt a little turbulent, and he said his heart out of his mouth: "Su Lin, you look so beautiful when you smile..."

As he spoke, he thought of Su Lin who turned his head and smiled that day.

There was another silence. Xu Mingzhe knew that he had made a slip of the tongue and wanted to make it up, but Su Lin said, "Is there a lot of people in your family for Chinese New Year?"

It was the first time that Su Lin took the initiative to open a topic, and Xu Mingzhe quickly replied: "Many, many, especially my dad's friends, they come one after another, but my second sister is not at home. Where did she go? Tring went, I don’t know where it is. When I was connected at night, I saw that her side was quite lively. Just like what was said on TV, the whole world is celebrating Chinese New Year. Everywhere is booming .”

Listening to Xu Mingzhe's description, Su Lin's thoughts drifted a little far away. He thought of his former home. At that time, when the Chinese New Year came, their home was extremely lively and prosperous, and his father's friends would bring him a bunch of toys. , all in the living room, but he didn't like most of them.

At that time, he only felt that it was too noisy, but now that he thinks about it, he was really born in a blessing and didn't know the blessing at that time.By the time I look back, things have already changed from people to people...

Xu Mingzhe talked a lot, Su Lin listened quietly, Xu Mingzhe asked softly: "What about you? Is the house lively?"

Lively, this word has not appeared in Su Lin's life for many years.Is the part-time job busy?By the way, it's not home after all...

Su Lin said melancholy, "It used to be very lively..."

Xu Mingzhe felt the loneliness in Su Lin's words, so he hurriedly added, "It's okay, it will be lively in the future. By the way, have you watched the Spring Festival Gala? The... sketch is too funny, and that... "

As if to infect Su Lin with excitement, Xu Mingzhe kept talking, but Su Lin listened silently, occasionally responding.

When Su Lin woke up in the morning, the mobile phone was placed by his ear, and the screen was already black. I don't know when the battery ran out last night.

Xu Mingzhe said a lot last night, some of which he couldn’t even remember. Anyway, he spoke vigorously. Later, Su Lin didn’t answer him for a long time. Xu Mingzhe tried to call his name softly, but there was no one there. Yes, he must have fallen asleep.

Xu Mingzhe stared at the phone for a long while, until he hung up the phone over there. It should be that Su Lin's phone was out of battery.

Xu Mingzhe looked at the time on his phone, it was past one o'clock.

He said softly to the phone: "Good night, happy new year!"