silent garden

Zhou Huailuo traveled around the world just like that.

When it was the third month of swimming, Xia Qi made an overseas call.The first sentence said: "Ou, my dear junior brother, this is the last time I will call you."

Translation cavity.

Xia Qi heard goosebumps all over his arms, and told him to speak up.Zhou Huailuo sighed, and said sadly: "It's true. I won't go back, I want to stay in France to learn painting."

Xia Qi:? ? ?

Zhou Huailuo was talking about his traveling history over there. He had been to many places at home and abroad.Later, I met a painter in Lyon, and the two hit it off right away, even though they didn't understand the language, they got along very well.He has already learned the basics of painting with others for a month, and he will continue to learn, and he will be admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts over there in the future.

He spoke for half an hour.Xia Qi thought he was just joking at first, but his tone turned out to be very serious.

People engaged in scientific research are determined to make plans, and most of them are rigorous and rational, with one, two, three, four being clear.Xia Qi heard such rigor and rationality from him.He was actually serious about giving up the path of chemical research that had already entered the gate, and turned to study art.

Xia Qi knew that Zhou Huailuo was rich, but he was not willful.And this choice is arbitrary.

"Why?" After a long silence, Xia Qi asked.

"Cough!" Zhou Huailuo said cheerfully, "Because I like painting! I went to Paris yesterday to paint the Seine River. No one knew me, but everyone smiled at me friendly and asked if I could give it to him. Portraits. I draw ugly, and people say I look like Picasso. I draw houses crooked, and people say I look like Cézanne..."

"No. You don't think so." Xia Qi interrupted him and asked repeatedly, "Why?"

Zhou Huailuo was silent for a moment, and said, "Okay, let me tell you. My brother chose chemistry for me. He said I was talented. When I was in junior high school, my dad asked the best teacher to teach me and inspire me to take the path of chemical research. .but I don't want to go."

That sounds more pompous than "like".

But Xia Qi thought about it, but couldn't find anything to persuade him.He opened his mouth and only said, "Professor Ye has a lot of expectations for you."

"I also have expectations for myself." Zhou Huailuo's voice was a little low, but it wasn't low like being emotional, he was rational.

"I want to grow up," he said.

Xia Qi has no position to comment anymore.He almost admired Zhou Huailuo who said this sentence.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, and the call was unprecedentedly long.Zhou Huailuo bluntly said that he wanted to abandon the past, including Xia Qi.

So, this call is really the last one.

Before Zhou Huailuo hung up the phone, he didn't forget to care about Xia Qi's specious relationship, and asserted: "Without me, you will definitely not receive first-hand news from Fei Tianlan, maybe when I go back reborn, you will also be reborn. "

Xia Qi said coolly, "I accept your good words."

After that day, Zhou Huailuo really never contacted Xia Qi again.

As he said, Xia Qi really didn't hear about Fei Tianlan directly from anywhere. The cognition of "no follow-up" finally came to reality after leaving Pinggang City for a full year.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Xia Weijun successfully brought his sweetheart and his 17-year-old daughter home for dinner.

The woman is a gentle and generous woman, surnamed Lin.Xia Qi obediently called her "Aunt Lin", and she took out a red envelope and stuffed it in.

The daughter is in the rebellious period, and she came with a dark face.Seeing Xia Qi, his attitude immediately changed, and he took the initiative to call "Brother".Xia Qi then changed hands and gave the new sister a red envelope.

Years later, Xia Weijun and Aunt Lin received their certificates, and set a date three months later to hold a small banquet.During this period, Aunt Lin and her new younger sister Lin Yuqi moved into Xia's house, and the house suddenly became lively.

However, after a while of excitement, it became a little subtly cramped.

At this time, Xia Qi's second year of research is about to end, and he will be promoted to third year of research.He was hesitating between entering the school research room and entering the enterprise, and both the tutor and Lu Zhao lobbied him several times.He originally preferred the research room, but after all, the home is not as spacious and free as it used to be, and Xia Weijun is no longer his only family member.He needs independence, which means money.

So Beiliang Chemical was finally chosen.Lu Zhao took him personally, expressly saying that he was going to be trained as the backbone of the N City branch in Beiliang.

At the end of May, in the early summer of N City, the weather is neither cold nor hot, and everything is comfortable.Xia Weijun held a wedding.On that day, Xia Qi attended the first half of the wedding, but left early due to work problems during the second half.

He didn't know that Fei Tianlan came that day.

Fei Tianlan didn't know why he came here.

Uncle Wang just said casually, "Old Xia, I finally got married and started a family."He didn't take it seriously at first, and let it pass after hearing it.The next day, Uncle Wang asked him for leave to have a wedding. While signing the personal leave note, he asked in a strange way, "Can I go too?"

The tone is cautious and tentative.

It's been a long time since he spoke to Uncle Wang like this.

"Ah?" Uncle Wang's eyes widened.

Not that he made a fuss.Since Fei Tianlan returned to the Sanjiang headquarters, he has been working day and night.He even rejected Lin Ge's invitation to be the best man. He only caught up with the end of the wedding, and he was forced to be worse than the groom.

Who is Lin Ge?

The boy he had been with for many years, the brother who stood by his side when he was in dire straits, the current director of the Sanjiang Group's legal advisory group—he could be so negligent.A mere old comrade-in-arms of Dad is getting married, how can he be so old?

"I'm going to check out the high-tech zone in City N by the way. Huai Qiong has mentioned it several times. Let me meet Mr. Xiang over there in person." Fei Tianlan turned the pen in his hand, raised his head and said to Uncle Wang, "Junior You should also go and see the elders, after all, when Xia Qi was around... he was very kind to me."

"Oh, you want to see Xia Qi!" Uncle Wang understood instantly, and took his slip, "Then go, what's the problem? You went to represent your father, he is a distinguished guest!"

Fei Tianlan pursed his lips and nodded, "Then you should book my ticket too."

So it was decided to attend Xia Weijun's wedding.

This time, he was still busy with his daily affairs. After landing in N City, he really went to meet Mr. Xiang who had his own office building in the high-tech zone.Eat and drink two sips of wine.After we dispersed, we rushed to the small hotel where the wedding was held.

The wedding was already in the second half, and the car that sent him was parked in front of the hotel.There was only a pair of standing signs standing alone, which read "Welcome to the wedding ceremony of Mr. Xia Weijun and Ms. Lin Xiuyi".There is also a wedding photo attached.

It was the crudest wedding he had ever attended.But looking at the standing sign, he was yearning for it.Even the force on the door handle became a little solemn for no reason.Just as she was about to get off the car, when she looked up, she saw a boy coming out of the hotel in a hurry.

He was surprised that he didn't even see the face clearly, and recognized the person with a certain indescribable familiarity.

Grow a little taller.Hair looks as if it has just been cut.After such a long time, I can still vaguely see the original shape of Su Suxiu, and it seems that he has always been cut according to that shape.Of course it's not as good as Susu's cut, but... well, it's also very good.It's good to be familiar.

Although the pace is hurried, I always feel a lot calmer.Maybe it's because of the look.The temperament between his brows is not as harmless and pure as that of a 19-year-old, it has been covered with a layer of firmness that belongs to an adult very lightly.

He walked out the door and looked around.His gaze swept across Fei Tianlan's car.

Fei Tianlan met his gaze.There was a sudden breath.But then he realized that he couldn't see himself.The glass on this car is painted with one-sided visible paint.The little thing was looking for something else.

He probably couldn't find it, so he lowered his head and dialed the phone.Just as he put the phone to his ear, suddenly, with a smile, he put it down again.Go straight in a certain direction.

Fei Tianlan followed his figure and saw him walking towards a timbre car.Walking to the side of the car, he bent over and smiled into the car, then opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.

The person in the driver's seat looked familiar.

Fei Tianlan frowned and stared at the unclear figure, a picture that hadn't appeared for a long time flashed in his mind.The person in the picture corresponds to the person in the car - that is the person who sent Xia Qi home that night.

That day, his little friend was held tightly in that person's arms.

As a result, Xia Qi's bright smile just now became dazzling.

Fei Tianlan kept staring at the car as it drove away before getting out of the car.Standing at the entrance of the hotel for a few minutes, I finally left only the red envelope and greeting card with my name on it, and went back to the hotel directly.

The 21-year-old Xia Qi and the 19-year-old Xia Qi have been appearing alternately in his mind.He finally understood that he had come to see him.Attending weddings, inspecting high-tech zones, and meeting potential partners are all excuses.

The only thing he wants to do is to find Xia Qi.

Rounding off, two years have passed.In the past two years, he has been evading.To Xia Qi, to his own mistakes and debts, to the atmosphere at home that never seemed to completely dissipate, to the garden in the yard... and to his feelings.

He wanted to face it, but also vaguely felt reconciled, as if he had been waiting for an opportunity.But these, he has never thought directly and seriously.It was instinct that drove him.

It wasn't until I saw the person that everything became clear.

He touched his chest, and the thing inside was making a lot of noise and beating extremely violently.It is being dominated by a powerful, pent-up emotion.

"sorry."

This sentence, which he hadn't had time to say, was stuck in his throat like a real thing.The pain and soreness brought him close to tears.

He called Uncle Wang and asked how the wedding was going.On the other side of the phone, Uncle Wang obviously drank a lot, and it took him a long time to speak clearly.The wedding is over and the guests have dispersed.However, Xia Weijun invited close friends to his home for a small gathering.

"If you want to come - you can come." Uncle Wang hiccupped.

Fei Tianlan asked him for the location, went downstairs and stopped a car on the side of the road to go to Xia Weijun's house.

Middle-aged couples get married, and the newlyweds are not happy to go straight to the bridal chamber at night.Lin Xiuyi prepared a warm afternoon family snack for her new husband's friends, entertaining them with fruit snacks and homemade desserts.

Fei Tianlan's joining caused a small uproar.But it soon leveled off.Xia Weijun was newly married, and he was still drunk, so Fei Tianlan asked him about Xia Qi's situation, and he basically told him everything.

At five o'clock in the evening, Fei Tianlan looked at his watch and got up to say goodbye.

Xia Weijun looked up at him, his half-drunk eyes all afternoon were sharp and meaningful, and asked, "Tianlan, why don't you stay for dinner?"

Fei Tianlan said that there was an entertainment, and apologized for not attending the wedding in time, and said: "I am a young man who disturbed your old brother's party, and I am very embarrassed. It is okay to come to see you on behalf of Lao Fei, and come with you instead of him Reminiscing about the glorious years is too much."

Xia Weijun smiled and nodded.

"Then it's up to you to arrange it conveniently."

Fei Tianlan then left for his own convenience before Xia Qi returned home.

He was going to see Xia Qi, but he couldn't come here in such a daze.He decided to give himself some time to figure out what to do before coming back.

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