why are they still in love

Chapter 24

At eight o'clock in the evening, Xiao Zhaoshan and the hotel owner stood at the provincial highway station down the mountain and smoked together.

"Oh, I can't smoke the cigarettes in the city." The boss in his early 30s waved his hand at the cigarettes handed over to him, and raised the tobacco pot in his hand, "It's better to smoke the tobacco leaves grown at home."

Xiao Zhaoshan withdrew his hand and lighted it for himself, and said with a smile: "Then before I leave, I have to buy some tobacco from your family and take it home to try."

"Han tobacco is very strong, you may not be used to it." The boss squatted down on the side of a recessed mountain wall and said, "I just grow it for fun, and I don't sell it. There are few tourists here, so I can't sell it. .”

Xiao Zhaoshan put one hand in his trouser pocket, still standing upright: "When I was young, I used to taste cigarettes rolled by friends, and I could still accept them."

"Brother can do it." The boss raised his head. In the dark night, only his eyes and the flame of the cigarette pot head were bright. "I'll get you some when I go back. If it’s going to rain, it’s better to smoke before the leaves flood.”

Xiao Zhaoshan specially checked the weather forecast when he was waiting at the airport, and he had the impression that it would be sunny for a week.He looked at the sky that had completely darkened, and asked, "Is it going to rain?"

The boss raised his hand and casually pulled a bunch of weeds from his side to play with: "One hundred percent. Listen to the birds, listen to the wind, and listen carefully."

Xiao Zhaoshan was slightly surprised, and pricked up his ears as he said.

He heard the gurgling of the mountain stream, the rustling of the trees in the wind, the chirping of unknown birds, and even the sporadic barking of dogs and the sound of car engines in the distance. How are they different from sunny days.

So he humbly asked: "What's the explanation? I didn't hear it."

The boss rolled the weed into a ring and put it on the top of the cigarette pot, and smiled mysteriously: "I've lived on the top of the mountain for a long time and I know that they are much more accurate than the weather forecast."

Xiao Zhaoshan understood somewhat: "It's similar to the principle of dragonflies flying low."

"I haven't read a book, so I can't say one, two, three. Anyway, people are not as smart as animals, and they often don't even understand themselves, let alone understand nature. We go out, farm, chop bamboo and catch rabbits. If you listen to them, you will understand them over time.”

The boss held the tobacco rod upside down and knocked it on the ground, knocking out all the unburned tobacco inside, then got up and stomped out the sparks.

"Your son is about to arrive, I heard the sound of a bus climbing a hill."

Xiao Zhaoshan was still in deep thought, and when he heard the words he came back to his senses and nodded: "Well, it's about the same time, so it should be this trip."

The boss blew away the remaining ash, put the cigarette pot obliquely into the waistband of his trousers and pinned it, looked at the headlights that had already appeared in sight, and asked, "Why didn't he come up with you? It's dangerous to go up the mountain alone so late. "

Xiao Zhaoshan also finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, put out the cigarette butt on the stone, and chuckled lightly: "Children like to think about it."

"Fortunately, I haven't slept yet." The boss comforted him, "I often go down the mountain to go to the market, I know this road very well, brother, don't worry."

While talking, a 28-seater minibus stopped in front of him.A dark figure got up from the seat next to the car door, stepped out of the car and came to Xiao Zhaoshan.

"Dad, have you been waiting long?"

Xiao Chining looked tired, as if he couldn't bear the exhaustion of the journey and fell asleep in the car for a while, his voice sounded a little waxy, but the corners of his mouth were raised energetically.

"The time for a cigarette." After Xiao Zhaoshan answered, without looking at him, he turned around and walked along the direction of the Lingu provincial road.

The boss greeted Xiao Chining, took out a flashlight and hurried to the front: "Brother, what are you talking about, crawl slowly, you have walked past twice and your kid hasn't passed once."

After saying that, he turned back to remind Xiao Chining: "Stay inside, follow me closely, and be careful of the cars coming from behind."

So Xiao Chining took two big strides, and instantly approached Xiao Zhaoshan's back, stepping behind him and asking in a low voice: "Father, am I your kid?"

When the boss said it, Xiao Zhaoshan knew that he would make a fuss about it, not only did he not feel embarrassed, but also had a subtle feeling that he guessed it right.

"It means the boss thinks you are still a child." He said flatly.

The wind brought his voice to Xiao Chining's ears, and Xiao Chining lowered his head and snickered: "Your kid took a four-hour plane ride and a two-hour bus ride to find you, aren't you moved?"

Xiao Zhaoshan remained calm: "Are you still drunk?"

"Drunk and ran so far to find you," Xiao Chining raised his face to look at his bare|exposed nape, and asked, "Then do you like me a little?"

The distance between the two was so close that at a certain moment Xiao Zhaoshan had the illusion that the question came from his body, quietly frowned in front of him, and stopped talking.

After 10 minutes, they got off the provincial road. The boss took them to the stream, paused, turned around and said, "Wow, I'm tired from walking. This road is flat, so I can save some energy."

He took a flashlight to shine on Xiao Chining's legs, and advised: "Brother, hold your little friend, I heard that he is panting very much, don't slip and fall when you walk. The water is so fast, you can fall No one can save it."

So Xiao Zhaoshan turned around reluctantly to confirm: "Tired?"

Xiao Chining nodded: "Tired."

Xiao Zhaoshan moved towards the direction of the stream: "Then you go to the left."

Xiao Chining scolded him in his heart, but there was no objection on his face, and he obediently kept a distance from him and walked side by side.

After walking a few steps quietly, he suddenly looked at his feet and said, "Dad, this is the first time I see you wearing sportswear."

Xiao Zhaoshan couldn't hear the sound of rushing water that was close at hand, and subconsciously turned his face to look at him.

Xiao Chining also raised his head, met his gaze, panted and smiled slightly: "I said, you look very handsome and young today."

Xiao Zhaoshan felt bored, so he turned his face away and took a photo of his feet with his mobile phone: "Look at the road."

Xiao Chining said again: "I thought you would be very happy to hear that."

"What's there to be happy about?" Xiao Zhaoshan asked back.

"I'm praising you."

"Praise is most suspect."

The rocky beach suddenly narrowed, Xiao Chining leaned to the right, and lightly bumped his upper arm with his shoulder: "Then dad, you praise me too, let me doubt it too."

Xiao Zhaoshan fell into silence.

Xiao Chining expected such a reaction from him, the smile still remained on his face: "Do you know, you have never praised me before."

Xiao Zhaoshan had no choice but to say hurtful words: "Because I haven't found anything worthy of praise in you."

Xiao Chining said: "At least I can praise my good looks, right? Many people used to say that I am good-looking."

Xiao Zhaoshan was disdainful: "If you can't find other advantages, you will only care about your appearance."

When Xiao Chining heard this, he was pleased instead.This shows that Xiao Zhaoshan is, or was trying to find advantages other than his appearance.

"Thank you dad, I'm very happy."

But Xiao Zhaoshan couldn't understand.

He still clearly remembers Xiao Chining's heart-piercing cry last night, as well as his helpless and wandering appearance after being drunk.Even the sober Xiao Chining usually hides his anger and despair under a mask of indifference. Occasionally he can't hide it, and he just falls into hysteria.

So no matter how many times he heard these four words from Xiao Chining's mouth, he couldn't believe that he had the miraculous effect of making him happy, not to mention that what he said just now was clearly close to denigrating.

"Xiao Chining," he said in a deep voice, "if one day you can tell the truth—"

Again.

"I'm telling the truth." Xiao Chining snapped back, "You're not me, how do you know if I'm happy or not?"

"Whether you are happy or not is your own business." Xiao Zhaoshan looked at him, "When you realize your insincerity one day, I will praise you."

Xiao Chining sneered: "Don't you also realize that your sincerity will actually kill people?"

Xiao Zhaoshan's expression changed: "What do you want to say?"

"How long have you been with me? Four months. You don't even know who I am."

Xiao Zhaoshan retorted: "What is my obligation to understand you?"

Xiao Chining raised his head abruptly, frowned to meet his contempt, and said word by word: "You are my father!"

"So I have to tolerate you lying again and again, making troubles and coming uninvited again and again?"

"Uninvited?"

Xiao Chining didn't know why Xiao Zhaoshan could provoke him so precisely every time, compared to Chi Yan's hypocrisy, it could be called kindness.

"I went back to Beijing 'uninvited'?"

Xiao Zhaoshan also wanted to know: "Isn't it good to stay in Hangzhou?"

"I've said it many times, no, no, no!"

Xiao Chining had nothing to say, and impatiently quickened his pace after venting, and no longer stood by his side.

However, in the next second, the evil consequences of anger came to him.He left the nearest light source, not noticing that the foothold was just covered with a thick layer of moss, and his center of gravity was unstable and he was about to fall.

His back in the night looked like a paper airplane with insufficient stamina, dangling in the air and about to crash, Xiao Zhaoshan's eyes widened, before he had time to think about anything, he immediately reached out and hugged him from behind in a panic, and fell away from the stream.

Xiao Chining didn't feel any discomfort except for the chest pain caused by the violent heartbeat. He was at a loss for a moment, then lowered his head and stared blankly at the pair of big hands locking his waist.

"Go away!"

Xiao Zhaoshan let go, pushed the weight on his body, gritted his teeth and supported the stone and sat up slowly, covering his elbow joints to look for the mobile phone that was thrown somewhere just now.

The boss at the front thought that the father and son were just chatting at first, but he didn't turn his head until he heard a "plop" sound. He was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he cursed out a sentence in Tibetan, and quickly walked to Xiao Zhaoshan with a flashlight, and put He got up from the stream: "What's going on?! Why do you want to touch the water?!"

"I'll see if the phone is dropped here."

Xiao Zhaoshan flicked the drops of water from his fingertips, he didn't know if it was because of the pain or he was panting heavily because of shock: "It's okay, I can't fall."

"Stand back and don't move, I'll look for it. What kind of phone is it?"

The boss stooped to look around with a flashlight. After a while, he saw a black iPhone between two head-sized rocks. He carefully picked it out and handed it to Xiao Zhaoshan.

The light of the flashlight had long been extinguished, the screen was too broken, and half of the fuselage was completely soaked by the flooding water.Xiao Zhaoshan pressed the power button, but didn't see any response from the screen, so he raised his hand and threw it straight into the rolling mountain stream.

"Hey hey!" The boss didn't have time to stop him, "I finally found it and threw it away again?!"

"It's useless if you can't turn it on, as long as you have data backup."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the boss's surprised expression, looked coldly at Xiao Chining who was still sitting aside, and asked, "Why, do you want to sit here for a night?"

It was an unintentional mistake just now. Xiao Chining couldn't hold back his face after all. It was rare for him to feel a trace of guilt towards Xiao Zhaoshan. He obediently stood up and walked in front of him, took out his mobile phone and gave it to him: "You use my phone first these few days. of."

Xiao Zhaoshan didn't answer: "No need."

After Chen Yu left, he appointed a clever girl from the logistics department as an assistant, and gave her instructions on the gallery's vacation affairs before going to Malaysia, so he was not worried about major problems at work.

He himself didn't expect that what he was most worried about was actually Xiao Chining.

"You take care of yourself, and I don't guarantee that I can save you next time."

Xiao Chining couldn't refute, and let out an annoyed "hmm".

Seeing him being scolded, the boss smoothed things over as he walked forward: "Children are more lively, and it's not on purpose. Just be careful, you can't joke around in the mountains."

Xiao Zhaoshan kept a gloomy face and said nothing.

Xiao Chining felt that he couldn't get angry anymore, leaning against Xiao Zhaoshan's shoulder and quietly looked down at his elbow, and said in a low voice: "Well, I didn't mean it."

Then he lightly grabbed Xiao Zhaoshan's left hand, stubbornly inserted his fingers into his and intertwined with him: "You should hold me. This is the truth."

Xiao Zhaoshan glanced down, did not shake off, but did not hold tightly.

Xiao Chining was a little surprised that he was not rejected, and then used half a little more strength in his hands.

Even though he had kissed and slept with more than a dozen men, this was the first time he held hands with someone, and this person was his biological father.It felt really novel.

So he suddenly felt that the fall was worth it, very worth it.

In the strange silence, the two held hands loosely and followed the boss back to the hotel.With the warm lights in sight, the arduous night trek is finally coming to an end.

Sensing Xiao Zhaoshan's intention to let go at the door of the hotel, Xiao Chining tightened his five fingers to keep him, and raised the hands of the two together to his eyes, and asked, "Dad, why do we always choose to quarrel to understand each other?" Woolen cloth?"

His eyes were sad and warm: "We can definitely start from here."