In the silent place

Chapter 23

Two days later, in the evening, Bai Yutang and Jiang Dong flew back to the north.Lying on the big bed at night, Bai Yutang took his mobile phone and sent Zhan Zhao a text message saying that he would look for him tomorrow, and if he was free, he would drop by his apartment to have a look.Zhan Zhao replied briefly, let's meet and chat.Putting the phone on the bedside table, Bai Yutang turned on the starlight projector, looked at the stars twinkling on the roof, closed his eyes with a smile, and turned over to meet Duke Zhou.

The next morning, Bai Yutang went out for a morning run, came back to take a shower, ate breakfast, turned on the computer and browsed the web for a while, and at around nine o'clock, he took the keys and left the house.In less than four and ten minutes, he had arrived at his destination.After parking the car in the community, he looked up at the dazzling sunshine, shook the key in his hand, and his mood was as refreshing and bright as the beautiful weather.When passing by the newsstand in the community, he glanced at it. A while ago, he took a cover for "Harper's Bazaar Men", which seemed to be the latest issue.

""TV Drama", and this one, anyone who brings Bai Yutang will give me a copy." The man's voice was not loud, but it reached Bai Yutang's ears clearly.It was a man who spoke, about mid-fifties, about 1.8 meters tall, and the trousers of gray nylon trousers were ironed straight, and he looked energetic and neat.

He debuted just three years ago. Although he is not a big hit, he has achieved the results he has today after a lot of hard work. Like the old man just now, he is still paying attention to his news at this age, which shows that his hard work is on the way. Gradually recognized, familiarized and accepted by the public.Bai Yutang smiled, feeling a sense of accomplishment in his heart, and his steps became more brisk.

Climb up to the third floor, press the doorbell, and when he opened the door, Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao's smiling and astonished face. "It's so early, don't you have to go to the company today?"

"Well, there's a lot of free time these days." In order to ensure the performance of "Worth It", he turned down invitations to several dramas, which was rare for him to relax.Looking left and right, but he couldn't see his uncle, aunt, and elders, Bai Yutang asked, "You are the only one at home?"

"Well, they went shopping."

The two walked into Zhao Zhao's room while talking, and just sat down when the doorbell rang again.Zhan Zhao stood up and said you sit down first, then trotted to open the door.Bai Yutang has been here so many times, but he still doesn't see him. He fell back and lay on his back on the bed.

"Dad, why are you back so soon?" Zhan Zhao's voice came from outside the door.When Bai Yutang heard this, he sat up abruptly. "I haven't gone yet. I just bought a few magazines downstairs. It's inconvenient to carry." Shouldn't his dad have gone back yesterday?Bai Yutang rushed out to greet him, stood up respectfully, and looked at the door with a smile on his face.

Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang coming out of the room with a rare serious face, and couldn't help but smile. "Dad, this is my high school classmate Bai Yutang."

"Hello, Uncle." At this moment, Bai Yutang's head was filled with many question marks and conjectures, and his eyes were fixed on the line of Zhan Huaiyi's nylon trousers.Isn't this the old man at the newsstand just now?How did he know himself?Magazines are for cats?But Mao'er can buy it at any time. Does Mao'er's father like to watch the drama he plays?

"Bai Yutang?..." Zhan Huaiyi looked at the young man in front of him, who was about the same age as his son, but the temperament they exuded was completely different. "You played Feng Yugao, right? It's great."

"Have you seen my play?"

"Well, I've seen it." Zhan Huaiyi said, and handed the bag containing the magazines to Zhan Zhao. Seeing that he had been moving his left leg intentionally or unintentionally since just now, he asked softly, "Is your leg okay?"

"It's okay." Zhan Zhao answered quickly, turned around and walked into the living room.

"What happened to your leg?" Bai Yutang chased after him and asked.

"It's nothing, I had a little cramp when I slept last night." Zhan Zhao said, stretching his thighs. "Isn't it still long?"

Listening to his son's clumsy answer from behind, Zhan Huaiyi sighed and shook his head.Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao's legs, saw that he was walking as usual, and that the kick just now was quite flexible, there really didn't seem to be any problems, so he felt relieved.Zhan Zhao tugged at him, and said to his father, "Dad, I'll go into the room with him and chat."

"Well, let's go. I have to go out and buy something for my colleagues. You can talk." Zhan Huaiyi said and wanted to go out again.

"Well, be careful on the road." Zhan Zhao said.

"See you later, uncle." Bai Yutang also greeted.

With a bang, the door closed, and Bai Yutang suddenly felt relieved. "Cat, shouldn't your father go back yesterday?"

"Oh, he..." Zhan Zhao walked into the room and sat down on the bed, scratching his neck. "The things at work have not been finished, so I postponed the schedule for a few days."

"How did your dad know about me?" Bai Yutang leaned back on the bed, saw Zhan Zhao's puzzled expression, and hurriedly said, "What I mean is, did your dad know me from watching TV dramas, or did you get along with me before?" Did he mention my name?"

"Your name is now a household name, spread all over the streets and alleys, it doesn't matter whether I mention it or not." Zhan Zhao joked with a smile, avoiding the point.

"Eating honey, the mouth is so 'sweet'."

"Praise you, don't you like to listen?"

"Are you praising me or hurting me?"

Zhan Zhao chuckled, turned around and lay down on the bed as well.Lying sideways on the bed, Bai Yutang supported his head with one hand, looked at Zhan Zhao at the side and said, "Just before I went upstairs, I saw your dad coming at the newsstand in the community."

"Huh? Such a coincidence?"

"He also specially named and bought magazines that reported my news." Bai Yutang's voice was a little puzzled, but also a little excited.

"Didn't you just hear that my dad likes the Feng Yugao you played in "Nothing" the most. From then on, as long as it is your play, he will watch it." Zhan Zhao said, turning his face to Bai Yu Tang smiled. "He's a big fan of yours."

Bai Yutang punched Zhan Zhao's arm with his fist, and laughed too. "Then are you my fan?"

"What's your fan's name?" Zhan Zhao put his head sideways on his folded arms, thinking for a while. "Powdered sugar?"

"Looking for you!" Bai Yutang said, reaching out to poke Zhan Zhao's waist.Zhan Zhao was ticklish by nature, before Bai Yutang touched him, his right leg had already been kicked out to defend himself.Bai Yutang blocked his hand back, grabbed his trouser leg and didn't let go.One of Zhan Zhao's legs was suspended in the air by him, and he couldn't break free after struggling for a long time.He simply stopped competing with him, his legs sank, and he said, "Let go."

"Brother Shout, listen."

"How old are you? Can you change to a new trick?"

"I like it. Call or not?"

Changing his posture, Zhan Zhao turned sideways to face him, and didn't exert any effort on his legs, Bai Yutang was still hanging in the air by his trouser legs. "Just stay like this, don't let go." He closed his eyes, pursed his lower lip and let out a breath, the small wind hit his forehead, and his hair swayed a few times. "It's quite comfortable."

Seeing how he was enjoying himself, Bai Yutang was so angry that his teeth itch, and when he let go of his hand, Zhan Zhao's right leg slammed down on his left.Zhan Zhao closed his eyes and smiled, stretched out his hands and rubbed the bumped knees.

Suddenly remembering that his legs were weak earlier, Bai Yutang was half concerned and half teasing and asked, "You didn't have cramps in your legs, did you?"

Zhan Zhao glanced at him, got up and leaned against the head of the bed, kicked Bai Yutang, motioning him to move.Bai Yutang stood up and walked around the end of the bed, went to the left edge of the bed and sat down, leaning against the other side of the bed with Zhan Zhao.

"Cat, guess where I went on business?"

"Can't guess."

"Hey! You didn't even guess!"

"Can't guess, guess what?"

"I really admire you." Bai Yutang said with a sigh. "I went home and went to our old school to have a look. It has changed a lot." Seeing that Zhan Zhao didn't answer, he continued talking on his own. "My house is no longer in the old place. I moved two years ago. But Changhong Park is still there." He stood up and took out a USB flash drive from his pocket. "I took a picture and put it in my hand to look at it."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao said, took the USB flash drive, got up and took the handbag, went back to the bed and sat down, and put the handbag on the two legs that were stretched out.Insert the USB flash drive after turning it on, and the first photo after clicking on it is the school card inlaid with gold characters of No. [-] Middle School, which is embedded on the black marble brick wall beside the gate, which is particularly conspicuous.The wooden plaque with black and white characters in memory no longer exists. "It's really changed a lot." Zhan Zhao said with emotion.

Bai Yutang saw that he was looking at it very slowly, without turning the page of a photo for a long time, so he urged, "There are more below."

Zhan Zhao clicked the right arrow, it was the newly built teaching building, then looked down, and stopped when he saw the football field. "It's much more spacious than our previous venue."

"Yes, remember our crappy broken gate?"

"Of course I remember." Zhan Zhao rubbed his head and turned to look at Bai Yutang. "Almost knocked you stupid."

"It really scared me to death."

"Who made you so hard, and it's a foul."

"I couldn't control it at the time. Seeing you running so fast, you pounced on me without even thinking about it, and then I heard a bang..." Bai Yutang covered his head and let out a groan. "it hurts."

Stretching out his legs and kicking Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao said angrily, "It wasn't you who hit him, why is it hurting?"

"It hurts just looking at it." Bai Yutang gritted his teeth and took a breath. "You fainted at that time, and I was stupid. Fortunately, there were no sequelae, otherwise I would have committed a big crime."

The two continued to look down while talking. "This is my house?" Zhan Zhao asked excitedly looking at the familiar small house.

"Well, your place hasn't changed much. The two swings in Changhong Park are still there."

The small floral stickers on the windows of his house on the second floor are still there. I don't know who lives there now.Zhan Zhao shook the mouse, and an indescribable emotion gradually spread in his heart.For countless nights, lying in bed, the scene behind this small window repeatedly appeared in his mind, happy and painful, the past seemed to have taken root in his heart, and he couldn't shake it off.Sighing, he couldn't help but whispered, "I want to go back and have a look too."

"How difficult is it? Let's go back together when we find time."

Zhan Zhao smiled and said nothing, and continued to look down, but his heart stopped on that window.

In the few days before he left the city, he had spent a torment in the room behind that window.At that time, he would look at the glass window every day, and the small flowers on the stickers would feel that they were changing after a long time. Those lines seemed to have never been repeated, like a kaleidoscope. There is a story of the past printed.At that time, he thought that he would die, and the pain suffered by his body had overwhelmed everything. When the severe pain struck, his soul seemed to have left him.Facing death, he was very afraid. He had cried secretly at night. The endless torture had made him forget what it means to be strong.He is nostalgic for life because he loves life and has ideals in life that he wants to accomplish.He didn't want to die, because he couldn't bear it, he couldn't bear it, those people who loved him and loved him, he couldn't bear his father raising him, but sent a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and he couldn't bear that person, if he knew... he didn't dare to think go down.For them, this is undoubtedly the cruelest thing in the world.Life is like this, some people obviously can live, but choose to end their own life, and he wants to live well, but God wants to take this right from him.During those days, his face was pale, his limbs were emaciated, and he wandered and struggled on the line of life and death several times. Looking at the painful eyes of his father, uncle and aunt, he was heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do.The daily dying struggle made him slowly learn to accept, what's the use of crying?What's the use of complaining?this is the truth.When he was awake, he would look at the window, find a flower petal, and start thinking about the good times in the past.He's still alive, isn't he? As long as he's alive, there's hope!

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao turned his head and looked at Bai Yutang beside him. If he knew...his heart twitched suddenly, like being shot in the heart by a bullet, the pain made him unable to breathe.

"Are you thirsty? I'll get you a drink." Zhan Zhao said, handing his hand to Bai Yutang, and got off the bed.He has to go away for a while.

"I want Coke."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and took out a can of Coke.His hands were shaking a little, he closed the refrigerator, he stood for a while, poured himself another glass of warm water, and then walked back to the room.

"Nun." Passing the Coke to Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao held the cup up and took a sip.

"Cat, is there anything to eat, I'm hungry."

When Zhan Zhao heard this, he picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and looked at it. It was past eleven o'clock. "It should be, I'll go to the kitchen to see."

"I'll go with you." Bai Yutang put his hand on the bed and got up too.

As soon as I entered the kitchen, I smelled a smell of Chinese medicine.Pointing to the medicine pot on the gas stove, Bai Yutang asked, "Is someone sick? Who is this medicine for?

"Oh, this... fried it for me." After a pause, Zhan Zhao was trying to find words in his mind. "My aunt asked her friend who is an old Chinese doctor for a folk prescription for chronic gastroenteritis." Usually, when my aunt decocts medicine, she will close the door of the kitchen.After decocting the medicine, the window will be opened to dissipate the smell. This morning, my uncle probably rushed me, and I went out without even cleaning the medicine pot.Zhan Zhao pushed Bai Yutang outwards and said, "It smells strong here, go out. If you find something to eat, I'll bring it to you."

"No, I have to come when I find something to eat. With your two brushes, I can't trust you."

"You said you were looking for food, but you didn't make food."

"I'm looking for something to eat." Bai Yutang said, opening the refrigerator and taking out some vegetables. "You can eat green peppers, and eggplants. It's even better to fry them into green peppers and eggplants."

"Strong words make sense."

Bai Yutang chuckled, and put the vegetables on the counter next to the sink. "Where's Mi?"

"Here." Zhan Zhao opened the small cabinet on the right and pointed.

"It's done, you go in and play with the computer, leave it to me."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao replied blankly, turned around and walked out.

"Don't you just say give me a hand?"

"Didn't you tell me to play computer games?"

"Then express it too." Bai Yutang pretended to be heartbroken, shook his head and cried, "It's so heartless."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang up and down, held his chin and said solemnly: "Well, the acting was good." Then he turned and walked out without saying a word.

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