Chapter 58
Chapter 58
Half an hour later, a group of people who were still at the music festival site had already arrived at the ferry, waiting for the last ferry tonight.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the whale body, there is only tranquility at the fish tail.But Jing Cheng couldn't calm down in his heart. He rubbed his feverish ears, blinked his eyes, and drove away the sleepiness on his eyelids: "Don't worry, the old man will be fine."
"Yes." Su Yu rubbed his eyes, "Don't worry too much."
But Huang Xing couldn't listen anymore, a phone call dragged him from the peak of happiness to the bottom of the valley, and made him unable to move.Grandma and grandpa always said to let him go and have a look, let him go to study, but they always use "next time" and "next time" as excuses, always feel that there is still a lot of time.
But now he is afraid. It turns out that the old man's time has entered a rapid countdown, and there may not be a next time.It is also possible to terminate due to external force at any time.
The sea at night is a bit more mysterious than during the day, and you can’t see the distance clearly at all. The blue sea water has also turned into black ink, and you will feel seasick if you look at it for a long time.The last ferry arrived at 12:00, and it was still a quarter of an hour away, and the lights of the ferry could not be seen directly in front of him. Jing Cheng looked at Luc Chen's face that had turned into ice, and turned to walk towards the street vendor.
During the day, these vendors are the busiest, receiving batches of tourists who have landed, and they stop at night.There were not many small commodities left at the stall, so Jing Cheng bought a fish lantern and came back with it.
"This is for you." Jing Cheng stuffed the lamp to Huang Xing. As big as A4 paper, there is a small orange light bulb in the chubby belly of the fish.
Holding the lamp, Huang Xing slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"On the island, fish is a lucky charm." Jing Cheng squeezed his other hand, the back of which was hot half an hour ago was now covered with a layer of cold sweat.The fish light was dimly lit, and the small light bulb inside was flickering. Finally, the last boat came.
The STS band is a special guest, and the performance contract is only signed for one performance, and they can leave that night, but everyone left in a hurry, and they didn't take their instruments and luggage, so they had to ask the organizer to help with the delivery.When he got on the boat, Huang Xing didn't say a word, just looked at the sea quietly, he leaned back a little and could stick to Jing Cheng's warm body.
Jing Cheng stretched out his hand from behind to help him zip up his coat.He understood Huang Xing's feelings, that night when his grandfather fell into the hospital, he couldn't even say a word.
Huang Xing didn't remember how he got off the boat, but he still insisted on taking Jing Cheng back when he got in the car.The path of Guchun Street was awakened by the lights of taxis, and the gate of the courtyard was locked.
"Just send it here, you can go back quickly." Jing Cheng had the key, and when he lowered his head, he saw a small express box at the gate of the courtyard, "What is this?"
"I might have bought this..." Before Jing Cheng finished speaking, Huang Xing reached out and took it, faltering, "This... I'll find a suitable opportunity for you. Go back and rest, I Report to you at home."
"Yeah." Jing Cheng nodded, and gave him another hug before entering the gate, "Go back."
No matter how hard it is to leave, we have to separate, Huang Xing has to rush home tonight, and he didn't even have time to leave a temporary mark for Jing Cheng.After seeing off her boyfriend, Jing Cheng walked back to the quiet old house, his grandfather had already fallen asleep, so he walked lightly.
Go upstairs, simply wash up, only dare to turn on a small desk lamp.In just two hours, he came out of the noisy and dreamy Paradise Island. Everything on the Whale Island was like a dream, and he woke up suddenly.
The faint scent of roses surrounds the upper body, the scene is very clear, and the smell will disappear tomorrow.As he lay in bed, he was still thinking about all the crazy things, oh my god, the wishing tree, the special paint graffiti, the jellyfish fireworks going up into the air, and the music festival.Even though I have brushed my teeth, I can still taste the pineapple beer on my tongue, and the melody of the STS band is still lingering in my ears.
I regret it again.The two of them spent too much time together, wasting it in the hotel.They haven't had time to visit night markets and amusement parks hand in hand, and they haven't stepped on the coastline at night.I heard that the most special scenery of Whale Island is on the top of the whale, which is just north of the music festival venue.The arc-shaped coastline is also known as "blue whale tears", because the whole shallow sea will turn fluorescent blue because of the special plankton.
When you step on it, there are dots and stars, not like reality.
Such a wonderful Whale Island, they haven't finished their journey yet, if it really happens in the future after being demolished and rebuilt, I don't know if it will be completely destroyed... When Jing Cheng was about to fall asleep, his hand trembled, he squinted his eyes, it was Huang Xing who sent it report.
Cute big dog: [My wife, I'm home, the plane is at 4:[-] pm tomorrow, can you come to Yanhai Airport to see me off? ]
Are you leaving tomorrow?It seems that grandma and grandpa were seriously injured.Jing Cheng replied "yes", chatted a few more words and then fell asleep.
When I woke up again, it was already past 9 o'clock in the morning, and Dai Mingxu was standing at the door, astonished as if a thief had entered the house: "When did you come back, Xiaobao?"
"Last night." When Jing Cheng woke up together, he realized how sore his stomach was. Beta's mouth was too shallow, and if he didn't pay attention, the dog would get his way.
"Hey, don't worry." Dai Mingxu said, although Jing Cheng kept saying that he would come back on Monday night, but he never took it seriously.It's not like he hasn't seen a young man in a passionate love period. He wished he could get away from his parents and run out to have a romantic relationship.
"Something happened to Huang Xing's family, so I came back in a hurry." Jing Cheng helped his waist and got out of bed, and calculated the time. If the plane took off at 4:2, then they should arrive at the airport at [-]:[-] pm, right?
He looked at his phone again, and Huang Xing had already sent him two messages, and he replied immediately, saying that he had woken up.
Cute big dog: [Have you slept well?We arrived at the airport at 1:[-] in the afternoon. ]
Jing Cheng replied again: [Sleep well, see you at the airport then.How is the situation with the old man? ]
Cute big dog: [Still being rescued, grandma's condition is a little better, and grandpa's injury is more serious.But the person who did it has already been arrested by the police over there. My mother's friend said that she was young, and she simply vented her dissatisfaction with the society and bullied the Chinese. ]
Oh my God, Jing Cheng was suddenly in a daze for a few seconds, imagining the two seriously injured elderly people on the other side of the ocean, his heart clenched.All right, why did bad luck suddenly befall them?
"Xiaobao, what do you want to eat in the morning?" Dai Mingxu saw that Jing Cheng's expression was very bad, "Xiaochen's parents haven't finished the tonic last time, grandpa will make you some? There is also an old hen at home." , stewing soup is the most suitable."
Jing Cheng nodded, but his heartbeat was inexplicably a little irritable, as if his irresistible bad luck was being delivered, and he would sign for it when the time came.He shook his head again, it's all right, it may be that the previous incidents have hit him too hard to create this premonition, everything will not be fleeting like fireworks.
Dai Mingxu went downstairs slowly and entered the kitchen, preparing to stew a pot of chicken soup for Xiaobao to nourish.He doesn't ask how much Xiaobao can eat, he just asks that he is willing to eat, don't swallow a mouthful of rice like before, with all his body struggling.
After noon, Jing Cheng sat down at the dining table and kept in touch with Huang Xing, the anxiety in his heart was gradually replaced by nervousness.This time, Huang Xing's family acted as a group, and even Yu Xinghan brought them with him, so I will definitely be able to see his parents at the airport later.
There is nothing wrong with my mother. I and Yu Yingxuan have met each other a long time ago. Not only did I meet, I also taught him a lesson.The problem is that Huang Xing's father...
What kind of person would he be?Will it hinder my relationship with Huang Xing?Will it be unacceptable that the alpha son likes a beta?These questions were linked together into a long series, triggering a chain reaction that Jing Cheng hadn't seen for a long time.The chicken soup in front of him suddenly couldn't drink anymore, and his anorexia seemed to come back. He began to miss squid eggs and seafood risotto, and the next second he lost his desire for all food.
Anxiety began to squeeze the time, and every minute was hard to endure. The departure time was approaching, Jing Cheng went back upstairs to change, and took out a white shirt. He smelled it, and there was only the smell of washing powder.
Sure enough, beta's body can't retain any smell.
Just after changing clothes, there was the sound of a whistle at the gate of the courtyard. It was the taxi he reserved had arrived.Jing Cheng was wearing a watch, and accidentally dropped the gold watch on the floor, the dial was intact but the hands did not move.
The movement broke?Jing Cheng put it on his wrist again, it's okay, grandpa is the best at repairing watches, just let grandpa fix it when you come back.But when he got in the taxi, he felt that dropping his watch was a bad premonition.
It seems that the unknown courier is getting closer.
The No. 10 Airport in Yanhai City was full of people. The last time Huang Xing came here was [-] years ago. I didn't expect it to be so dilapidated now, as if it would be demolished tomorrow.
"Mom, don't worry." He gently comforted Yu Yingxuan while pulling Yu Xinghan's schoolbag while his father checked in the luggage not far away, "Don't worry, grandpa and grandma often say that our family has longevity genes Well, they're sure to be fine."
Although Yu Yingxuan was still wearing high heels, she was a little more anxious than she was when she was strong before.The sudden situation overwhelmed everyone, and she couldn't even recall what they had said the last time she saw them.
I always feel that there is still time, and I always feel that I can take my time. Now that the facts are rushing in front of me, the god of death can take all the time away by raising his hand.
"Don't worry." Huang Xing persuaded her all night, and now there is a faint bruise under her eyes.Yu Xinghan doesn't have much impression of his grandpa and grandma, he only cries when things happen, and his red eyelids are slightly swollen.Everything happened so fast that even Huang Xing didn't realize it, he drifted in space before he knew it, and he was still on the island at this time yesterday, doing the last rehearsal, preparing to give Jing Cheng a huge surprise.How did you arrive at Yanhai No. [-] Airport now?
Unreal, he couldn't help being distracted, and suddenly wanted to see that person.Only when you see it can you be at ease.
"Lu Chen!"
Jing Cheng's voice pulled him out of the dense and troubled thoughts, and Lu Xing followed the sound to find him. Jing Cheng followed his gaze and approached this way.There were too many people, and it was hard to see in the middle of them, and the voices were messed up, and everything beyond the ears was chaotic.
It wasn't until Jing Cheng ran up to him that Huang Xing felt quiet.
"You're here." Huang Xing's heartbeat began to slow down, he tried his best to control himself but still hugged him.The exhaustion of the whole night was cut off, he buried his face on the right side of Jing Cheng's neck and took a deep breath, sniffing his nose hard.
In front of his parents, he is an adult son. In front of his younger brother, he is an elder brother who is about to become a pillar. He can't cause trouble for others, so he can only rest in front of Jing Cheng.
"It's okay, I'm sure it's okay." Jing Cheng let himself be quiet for a while, his mind was already in turmoil, after rubbing his pink hair a few times, Huang Xing raised his head, the dark circles under his eyes made Jing Cheng's eyes sting.
"Didn't sleep all night?" Jing Cheng asked.
Huang Xing nodded, as if his ears were about to ring. "I may go for a month to two months, and then come back for the exam. Don't worry, I will take good care of myself over there, and you will be fine too, waiting for my return."
Jing Cheng also nodded. In the taxi, he sorted out a whole page of instructions, and wrote them all densely in the memo on the phone, and now he forgot all of them.At this time, he walked towards Yu Yingxuan, and the impeccable shell on her body was cracked, and she seemed to be broken with one blow, and she was crumbling.
"Auntie, don't worry, auspicious people have their own signs, so they will be fine." Jing Cheng squeezed her hand, and her fingertips trembled slightly.
"Okay, it will be fine, thank you." Yu Yingxuan has been relaxing, trying to relax herself. She still likes Jing Cheng, but there is no time for a formal meal. "Wait for auntie and uncle to bring them two Come back, I invite you to come home for a meal..."
"The luggage is ready, we can go in." Lu Guangqi's words interrupted Yu Yingxuan's words. He was sorting out the boarding pass while walking, and raised his head when he was still a few steps away.
"Come on, let me introduce you." Yu Yingxuan started to introduce, "This is my husband, Lu Xing and Yu Xinghan's father, Lu Guangqi, he is a lawyer. Guangqi, this is Jing Cheng, It's the kid we mentioned last time."
"It's my boyfriend." Huang Xing said first, of course his wife had to introduce himself.
"It's brother's boyfriend." Yu Xinghan also interrupted.
"It turned out to be you. I'm sorry. I was supposed to let Huang Xing take you home and have a formal meal, but the meeting is too hasty now." Lu Guangqi walked up to Jing Cheng and stretched out his right hand, "Thank you for your kindness to Lu Xing during this time." Chen's care, thank you."
"You're welcome." Jing Cheng didn't know how he laughed, he could see everything, but there was only darkness in front of him.He held on, but he heard the prompt to sign for the courier.Only after meeting Lu Guangqi did he realize that Lu Chen is more like his father and Yu Xinghan is more like his mother.
After shaking hands, Lu Guangqi withdrew his hand, his eyes stayed on Jing Cheng's face for a few more seconds, and he said again: "Although it's not appropriate to ask this, but have we... met before? It seems a bit familiar."
Huang Xing looked at his father in a daze, what's going on?
"No, I haven't seen it." Jing Cheng smiled and pushed the glasses frame. No wonder Huang Xing can always give out the criminal law summary easily. It turns out that there is really a barrister's father, "Maybe because I am the face of the public, so uncle, you think look familiar."
"Maybe I remembered it wrong... Sorry." Lu Guangqi smiled, "It's helpless to take Huang Xing away suddenly. What happened to the old man... I'm afraid the law over there will not punish him severely." , I heard that the person who did it was a juvenile delinquent who just got out of prison."
"Why can this kind of person come out after going in?" Huang Xing hated his teeth so much that he wished to resolve the hatred himself, "This kind of person...should be in prison for the rest of his life, and he will be scum and social trash when he comes out."
"Lu Xing." Lu Guangqi interrupted him rigorously, "You are not allowed to talk like that outside, judicial justice is not up to you to decide."
"All right, all right, I won't say anything." Huang Xing muttered, time was running out, he seized every opportunity, and pulled Jing Cheng a few meters away, "I'm leaving now, this is for you."
While talking, he took out his pocket, took out two identical gold rings, put them on Jing Cheng's ring finger without saying a word, and put one on his left ring finger. "I bought it with my brother's pocket money, so let's order it first. Don't worry, I will definitely change it to a better one when I make money in the future."
There was an extra gold circle on the finger, Jing Cheng gently touched it, and nodded slightly. "good."
"Don't worry, since we've all made an appointment, I will definitely not chat outside in the future." Huang Chenbiao took out his phone loyally, and deleted the Tie Tie app in person, "You can delete it too, okay?"
Jing Cheng sniffed, looked at Huang Xing's face as if he couldn't see enough, his eyes: "Okay."
"It's just been away for more than a month, and I'll be back soon. Let's video every day, and I will report to you wherever I go." Huang Xing was embarrassed to kiss him in front of his parents and younger brother, so he could only cross his fingers and hold each other tightly. "wait me back."
"Okay." Jing Cheng bent his knuckles, wiped away a tear from his lower eyelids, and quickly took off his gold watch, "This is for you, as a lucky charm, but the movement is broken, you can find someone to repair it." A watchmaker can fix it."
"Why just find one? I'll find Grandpa Dai to repair it when I come back." Xing Xing happily put it on, and turned his wrist, "Then I'm leaving, we'll contact you after we land."
"Safe trip." Jing Cheng hugged him violently, and repeated in his ear, "You must be well and be safe."
Huang Xing hummed, and patted the back of his head with a smile.
After seeing off Chen Xing's family, Jing Cheng sat in the departure hall of the airport for half an hour before going out. Just after he walked out of the building, a drop of cold rainwater fell on the bridge of his nose, and the second drop fell on the lens of his glasses.He took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes wet from rain or other liquids, and laughed out of the extreme bitterness.
He and Huang Xing met during the rainy season, and now the first rain of the second year is here.
A brief light rain did not affect the take-off time, the plane left Yanhai City with a roar, ready to cross the ocean.Jing Cheng, who hadn't left the airport, counted the time, looked up, and wanted to shake his hands at the passenger plane, but found that he couldn't use his hands.
It was Huang Xing's third day in the United States that he felt something was wrong.
Two days ago, I had a very close relationship with Jing Cheng. The passionate couple who had just separated had endless things to say and endless thoughts.But from the third day, Jing Cheng's reply speed slowed down, from seconds to every few minutes, or even every hour.
It doesn't matter, Huang Xing doesn't care, it's impossible for people to stay by the phone forever, and he often misses replies.
But when Jing Cheng replied after 5 or 6 hours, Huang Xing began to feel a little uneasy.
The long-distance relationship has just begun, and any signal will be magnified invisible by worry, and the moment that should give the other party a sense of security is missing.But every time he asked Jing Cheng what he was doing, Jing Cheng's answer was very perfunctory: "I'm busy."
busy?What are you busy with?Huang Xing asked several times, but Jing Cheng kept talking about him and changed the subject.
The uneasiness began to expand, engulfing Chen Chen's excitement and happiness, until on the 31st day after he came to the United States, Jing Cheng's reply speed was already outrageous.
It took him a night to reply.
But Huang Chen clearly saw him giving Su Yu a thumbs up in Moments.
The most tangled thing is this. You know that he has a mobile phone, but he just doesn't contact you.Finally, on the 35th day after Huang Xing came to the United States, Jing Cheng hadn't replied to himself for 5 hours, and Huang Xing downloaded the post again.
He wants to verify, but he is afraid that he will succeed in the verification.
Jing Cheng has 4 numbers in his post, all of which are lit up, indicating that they are online.But the moment they realized they were online, they all went offline again.
This time, Huang Xing made the video call.
It happened to be 12:[-] in the evening in China. It took a long time for Jing Cheng to get connected. The two hadn't seen each other for more than a month. Looking at each other in the video again, they seemed a little strange at this moment.
"Why did the video come over?" Jing Cheng yawned, "I'm going to sleep."
"What were you doing just now?" Huang Xing went straight in, but he didn't know that his eyes were blushing.
"I just... did my homework." Jing Cheng was wearing a floral shirt, the same one they had when they first met.
"Didn't you promise me to delete the post?" Huang Xing asked again, never expecting that he would ask the question, and what does the question represent?
The smile on Jing Cheng's face began to dissipate, slightly diluted.He grabbed his bangs, looked to the right, suddenly took another breath, and smiled helplessly: "Did you see it all?"
"Yes." Huang Xing lowered his head, then raised it up quickly, "Didn't you say...in the future..."
"Actually, it's just for fun. I've been like this from the beginning to the end. You're gone, so I'll find someone else to play with." Jing Cheng looked at the screen, "And...you said yesterday that you wanted to see a picture of me wearing a ring , I dare not go back, because... I accidentally lost the ring. "
Huang Xing looked at the gold ring on his left hand and sniffed.
"When you come back, if you still want to find me, let's continue to be together. Anyway, I'm just bored now, and it's not serious to play with others." Jing Cheng lit a cigarette, holding a slender stick between his fingertips, "If... "
"I won't go back." Huang Xing also raised his head, as if he had made a major determination, all the anxiety and contemplation of this month were released, and he found so many excuses for him to slow down the messages, it turned out that the truth was just Because he doesn't care.That's right, the meeting between two people is on the yp software, and everyone has so many accounts.
"I also had a good chat with a few people here, so I'll stay here from now on, Yanhai... boring." Huang Xing looked at the slapped face behind the smoke, wondering if it was an illusion, Jing Cheng lost weight, "Do you...do you have anything else to say to me?"
Jing Cheng brushed off the cigarette ash in his hands, then shook his head.
"So we're breaking up now, right?" Huang Xing sucked his nose twice in a row.
"It should be counted." Jing Cheng replied with a smile.
"Okay." Huang Xing put one finger in the air on the end button, not only ended the short-term relationship, but also ended a month of torture, "I will ask Su Yu to return the house for me, and you can help me with the furniture." Throw it away."
After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and made up his mind, as if he had dug his heart out of his chest and crushed it hard.With his fingertips stuck to the screen of the phone, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and he couldn't even move. After the video ended, the room was so quiet.His world was buzzing.
Stop arguing, he dared not open his eyes, he dared not watch the video he cut off by himself, he dared not look at the blacked-out phone screen.He was afraid that he would see the tears flowing from the black screen, and he was also afraid of seeing the gold watch and ring he was wearing.
He was even more afraid of the fact that he couldn't face it. He and Jing Cheng were over, and he was no longer eligible to send messages to ask him if he wanted to ask him, nor was he eligible to apply for a video call.
From then on, Jing Cheng was just a stranger to him.
Everything in Yanhai City is gone, the smoke pink is only limited to the season, it comes with the rainy season and ends with the rainy season.Whale Island may be a fake, there is no such place at all, it is all fabricated, it is just a small island made up by the world unwillingly.The wishing tree doesn't work at all, the head of the fishing village is a liar, the Garden of Eden is just an illusion, and the graffiti under the stone pier has long since been washed away by the heavy rain.
The amusement park has long been closed due to poor management, the music festival has ended hastily, and the jellyfish fireworks are not long-lasting.
On the other side of the phone screen, Jing Cheng finished his last puff of cigarette, and didn't have the guts to look at the blacked out phone screen.
Goodbye, big dog, I have been very happy in the past six months.Goodbye, our whale island, I will never forget that memory.
You must be happy.
The author has something to say:
Boyhood is officially over, tomorrow is Dafa.
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