Second break up

Chapter 23

April, Maicheng.

The temperature in Haicheng is much lower than that in Maicheng, and Xiang Yuan felt a little out of place when he got off the plane, at least he was the only one who was still wearing a cotton coat and a scarf.

Xiang Yuan walked out of the airport, took off the scarf to feel the temperature, then wrapped the scarf around half of his face silently, then took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put it on the bridge of his nose.

Xiang Yuan stood at the intersection to take a taxi, but the taxi drove past him without hesitation, leaving a ruthless back.

He didn't give up, and continued to stand and stop him a few times, most of them drove up to him slowly and then drove away quickly, and one driver even pressed the sign for an empty car.

Xiang Yuan: "..."

He came back very suddenly this time, without telling anyone in advance, and he didn't even pack his luggage.

Mr. Xie came to Maicheng temporarily on a business trip and picked him up. Xiang Yuan didn't even have time to pack his things. Mr. Xie seemed to be in a hurry, so he took out a wad of banknotes: "Clean up, buy what you need, hurry up .”

On the same day, Xiang Yuan followed his boss onto the plane in a daze. After getting off the plane, Mr. Xie left a sentence "You can move freely" and disappeared.This business trip was very inexplicable.

As the sky was getting dark, Xiang Yuan called Zhang Yi, "Miss me?"

Zhang Yi was taken aback, and said hesitantly, "Think about it."

Xiang Yuan wanted to smoke a little, tilted his head with his mobile phone in his hand, and fumbled for a cigarette from his pocket, "I'll give you a chance to meet me, I'm at the airport."

Zhang Yi said "Ah", "Are you back? I'll pick you up, wait for me."

Xiang Yuan pulled the scarf down, took out a cigarette and bit it, and said vaguely, "Thank you."

Zhang Yi said: "Are you so polite to me?" He seemed to say something to the side, and then said: "I will go there for half an hour, you can find a place to sit for a while."

Xiang Yuan stood at the intersection. After he finished smoking, he pulled up the scarf again, exposing his nose, and took a deep breath of Maicheng's air.The air in Haicheng is much better and it is more livable. Xiang Yuan prefers Maicheng, where he has lived for nearly ten years.

When Zhang Yi's car approached, Xiang Yuan reached out to stop it. Zhang Yi slowed down, stopped beside him, and looked at him in surprise for a long time, "Are you disfigured? Are you sick? You just ran away after committing a crime?"

Xiang Yuan clicked his tongue, "Who did you learn this from?"

Zhang Yi unlocked it and motioned him to get in the car, "Otherwise what are you doing dressed like this?"

Xiang Yuan pretended to be annoyed, "You can insult my personality, but you cannot insult my taste."

Zhang Yi glanced at him from the rearview mirror, "Haha."

Xiang Yuan: "Don't laugh, it's a bit cold to take off the scarf, it's too stupid to dress like this, I can only cover my face."

Zhang Yi was speechless: "You must have called me here because you didn't get a taxi."

Xiang Yuan was not annoyed at being exposed by him, and took the time to find a comfortable place to lean against, "Can I live in my house?"

Zhang Yi started the car, "You can live here, I just cleaned it the day before yesterday. How long will you be back this time?"

Xiang Yuan: "I don't know, my boss didn't say, I'm here on a business trip."

Xiang Yuan hoped that he could wait three days before going back. The day after tomorrow is the day of Gu Wenzhao's death, so he had to pay homage to him no matter what he came back.

Zhang Yi sent him home and said, "I invite you to dinner tomorrow. I haven't finished playing mahjong yet, so I'm leaving first."

Xiang Yuan: "..."

Xiang Yuan climbed upstairs and opened the door with the key Zhang Yi had just given him.Over the past few months, the potted plants on the windowsill have also grown a lot.He touched the leaves and went to the bedroom.

The bedroom was still the same as it was before I left, there were still a few coins on the bedside table, a card and a mutilated photo beside the pillow.

Xiang Yuan put the coins in his pocket, and he didn't take the "breakup fee" that Gu Cheng wanted all the time. He picked up the card and the photo of him alone, and put them in the drawer.

Three days later, Xiang Yuan went to the cemetery.

Xiang Yuan didn't hurry up, and went there during working hours.

The dark clouds gathered in the sky, and it rained mistyly.

Xiang Yuan walked a few steps, then stopped suddenly, not far in front of him, Gu Cheng was standing under a tree waiting for him.

After staring at each other for two seconds, Xiang Yuan walked over first, "Mr. Gu, you are not afraid of bird cakes falling from the tree."

Gu Cheng stood there without moving, with his hands in his pockets, watching him approach, "Luck will not be so good."

"That's a gift from heaven, don't dislike it." Xiang stood three steps away from him, smiled politely, "Then let's go."

Gu Cheng nodded, bent down and picked up the flower basket.Subconsciously, Xiang Yuan followed his movements to look down, feeling that something was wrong.

They walked up the stone steps in tandem, exchanged a few words, but said nothing to each other.

Xiang Yuan enjoys the atmosphere of not having to look for something to talk about, and it is just right to be quiet.

When his gaze fell on Gu Cheng's hand, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.Gu Cheng never wears gloves, even with gloves showing his fingers like this, he finds it inconvenient to do things.

Xiang Yuan glanced twice, and couldn't help but said, "The gloves are pretty."

Gu Cheng glanced at him, "I bought two pairs for ten yuan." There are still threads that haven't been cut clean.

Xiang Yuan's smile remained unchanged, "The price-performance ratio is very high, you have a good eye, and you can find treasures at a glance."

There was a little smile in Gu Cheng's eyes, but his expression was very flat, "Yes, I have good eyesight."

Xiang Yuan felt that there was something in his words and stopped talking, but he still felt a little strange in his heart.

Gu Cheng seems to have positioned their relationship as ordinary friends, and their words are directly a little alienated, but at certain times they reveal their acquaintance.

Xiang Yuan felt that this was just right.

If Gu Cheng behaved ambiguously everywhere, he would not be able to accept it.

Gu Wenzhao's tomb is in the middle, and the young man in the photo is smiling very warmly. He looks very similar to Gu Cheng, but his facial features are much softer.

Gu Cheng put down the flower basket, "Brother, I'll come to see you." He slightly turned his eyes away. In fact, Gu Wenzhao has passed away for several years, and he still doesn't want to look at the tombstone.

Xiang Yuan put down the flowers he brought, "Brother Gu..." He didn't know what to say, so he simply remained silent.

He always remembers the first time he met Gu Cheng's family. The first thing he saw was Gu Wenzhao who came to open the door. He was thin and had a gentle smile on his face. He treated him like one of his own and told him embarrassing things about Gu Cheng. , Most of Xiang Yuan's tension disappeared at once.

Gu Cheng doesn't like to go into business, and the Gu family is handed over to the eldest son to inherit, so that Gu Cheng can become a teacher according to his hobbies.

Gu Wenzhao passed away very suddenly. He was in poor health and stayed in the hospital for a long time.One night, he walked without a sound.

There was only one sentence in the last words: "Mom and Dad, A Cheng, goodbye. Say sorry to him for me, I didn't wait for him to come back."

It rained heavily, pattering.

Gu Cheng frowned, looked at the tombstone, and said in a low voice, "Brother, let's go first."

Xiang Yuan was stunned, "Are you leaving?" Every time they came, they would stay for a long time.

Gu Cheng said, "Let's go."

Xiang Yuan followed him and looked back, Gu Wenzhao's face was blurred by the rain.When he turned around, Gu Cheng stopped, looked at him and asked suddenly: "Did I take off my clothes and cover your head?"

Xiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and actually asked, "Why?"

Gu Cheng said as a matter of course: "You don't have an umbrella."

Xiang Yuan smiled, "No, you don't have an umbrella, neither of us, that's fair. Let's go, it's raining heavily."

Seeing that his refusal attitude was very firm, Gu Cheng didn't insist, and didn't want to make him unhappy, so he quickened his pace a little, wanting to go down the mountain as soon as possible.

Met a man at the foot of the mountain.

The man was wearing a black shirt, black trousers, standing in the rain with an umbrella, and made people feel very strange after he suppressed his laughing expression.

Xiang Yuan was a little surprised to meet him here, but even more surprised that Gu Cheng actually called him, "Qiao Wenqian."