tall rose

Chapter 64 LXIV

"Oh, you're back to school. Then according to what we said in advance, you can come to the small square of the school. Teacher Lu and I are playing badminton here."

After hanging up the phone with Boss Lu, Xia Zang subconsciously checked the time, it was only ten past seven.

He watered the weed. Looking at it through the night light of the rental house, the grass was full of vitality, and it was still green after a few days without watering.

Being easy to feed is a good thing.Xia Zang carefully recorded the appearance of the leaves of grass, thinking that when Yang Sheng came back, he could say that he had taken good care of their "weeds".

After sitting still for a while, he still felt a little pimple in his heart, so he finally felt better after removing the gauze on his forehead.

Fearing that it would be unsafe, he rummaged through the box and took out a piece of Band-Aid to stick it on, and then covered it tightly with fine hair on the forehead.

However, he promised the two elders that he could not be neglected. Xia Zang gathered his coat, took his mobile phone and keys, turned off the lights and closed the door, and went out.

With a "swish", the badminton flew past his hair, Xia Zang touched the top of his hair subconsciously, and heard a familiar laugh not far away: "Xia Zang, help me pick up the ball!"

Speaking slowly, it was Boss Lu, who was facing Xia Zang and waved his racket to greet him.

And the one who turned his back to Xia Zang turned around, his eagle eyes were sharp under the silver-rimmed lenses, and he smiled when he fixed on Xia Zang.

"Please," he said.

This is Teacher Lu, Xia Zang has seen it before.

Xia Zang nodded, looked around for a while, bent down and picked up the ball with slightly damaged feathers.

In the small square, in addition to the couple playing badminton, there are also those who dance with spinning tops and swords and dance in the square. A tall tower light in the center of the square is shining brightly. Not too cold.

The school is very interesting, that is, some areas are open to the outside world during the holidays, so that the surrounding residents can come to gather and set up a long-term array.

Xia Zang handed the badminton to Mr. Lu who was nearby, and the two of them started the intermission, inviting him to sit on the bench beside the tree-lined road beside the square.

The two elders sat on the same chair, and Xia Zang consciously sat opposite them.

Boss Lu unscrewed the pre-prepared warm water bottle and handed it to Teacher Lu. The action was quite skillful, and Teacher Lu was used to it.

Xia Zang felt his eyelids twitch, because he noticed something unusual, and the two elders didn't avoid his intentions, it can be said that they were open and frank.

"You don't have to worry too much about whether Yang Sheng can come to school to continue his revision. As his class teacher, I will definitely do my best to help him. After all, he is such a good seed, so he can't be delayed because of this."

"Of course there is also you, Tan Jianjun's class is not bad."

After taking a sip of water, Teacher Lu handed back the cup, and slowly opened the door to Xia Zang to meet Shan.

"I asked you to come here today. One is to make sure you are safe after returning to school, or I am afraid that you will run around. Forgive me. Two, I just want to ask you about your relationship. You also know that we are teachers. It's..." Teacher Lu said solemnly for a while, but when he got to the key part, he closed his eyes, seeing Xia Zang's body tense in an instant in the shadow of the tree, he turned his eyes and smiled at Boss Lu.

"Don't scare people and children." Boss Lu said.

"I didn't scare him, I was telling him to be serious." Teacher Lu said, his tone relaxed, "Here, Xia Zang, regarding your relationship with Yang Sheng, if you do well, you may never be caught by others for the rest of your life. Are you ready to accept it?"

"If you don't get accepted, you won't be accepted. When we talk about our love, we don't care what other people think." Xia Zang took it for granted, after all he wasn't even afraid of his father's feudal/establishment/tyrant/lord.

"Listen." Teacher Lu turned his head and raised an eyebrow at Boss Lu, "A young man has courage."

"Wait a minute, you are so hasty to ask." Boss Lu grabbed him in his arms and interrupted forcibly, "Xia Zang, there are many aspects of not being recognized and accepted here, not just criticism and vision. "

"After you are together, there is no law in the country that can clearly recognize your relationship, that is to say, you cannot marry each other. You cannot have joint property, and the names of the two people may not be written on the real estate certificate. And after being sick, you can’t even sign as a family member for the operation that the other party will undergo... These are practical problems, not to say that ignoring them doesn’t exist.”

Boss Lu's words were gentle and sincere, but every word was like a sword like a knife, cutting through the reckless ignorance in front of Xia Zang's eyes.

That's right, he only thought about the terrible people and family conflicts in front of him, thinking that if he got rid of it, he would have a bright future.

But he didn't know what that future would look like, and of course Yang Sheng didn't know either.

However, the ignorant are fearless, thinking that as long as they can be together, no mountains or seas under this world can separate them.

"In addition to the general environment of society, there is also the small environment of the two of you. Yes, you can pass the college entrance examination for the time being and go to the same school. Reasonably, the majors will never be the same, and the social circles are unlikely to completely overlap. They are all pretty good in school, even if there are other people in your small environment, but generally everyone is straightforward and reserved. The existence of goodwill. When you graduate and enter the society, your job will be different, and the degree of overlap in your social circle will drop again and again. At that time, the things you each know will not be as simple and pure as when you were a student. Not to mention the economic problems..."

Xia Zang was a little stunned. He felt that what Boss Lu said was indeed reasonable, but he still felt that he couldn't listen to what he said. At this time, it was Teacher Lu's turn to interrupt.

Teacher Lu said: "Don't talk about it, the baby is bored."

"Sorry, I accidentally said the above, anyway, the truth is like this." Boss Lu smiled, feeling a little embarrassed.

Xia Zang was at a loss and said, "No, Boss Lu is right. I really haven't considered those issues with Yang Sheng."

"Then what are you going to do? Think about it from now on?" Teacher Lu asked with a half-smile.

Boss Lu didn't know what to think of, so he withdrew his arm resentfully, brought the thermos cup that was set aside, and slowly poured water to drink.

"I don't have a specific idea about those things, and thinking about them now is equivalent to thinking about them in vain." Xia Zang smiled wryly, and then a flash of light flashed in his brain, "However, we will take one step at a time, because no one can guarantee that the future will be the same. How about it, it's better to go first and then talk."

"Hey, this is the young man, what's the matter with looking forward and looking backward!" Teacher Lu clapped his hands lightly and said with a relieved smile.

And Boss Lu should have choked on drinking water, and now he is coughing profusely.

Teacher Lu turned around and patted him on the back, jokingly said, "Your body is getting worse day by day."

"I can barely play two sets of badminton with you." Boss Lu coughed and laughed, but his tone was lonely, "Are you still blaming me?"

"I never do that kind of meaningless thing." Teacher Lu said, "Maybe we are destined to have such an encounter, but the two of them may not be children."

"They have their own way. It is enough for you and my experience to talk about it. There is no need to force others to agree."

He couldn't quite hear what the two elders were whispering, but Xia Zang roughly guessed the relationship between the two.

And otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the two of them were together at midnight on the first day of the new year.

Can the relationship that can spend the Spring Festival together be ordinary friends?

Wanted to ask, but felt offended.

Xia Zang bit his lip, hesitating.

"What's the matter again, Xiao Xia?" Teacher Lu saw that something was wrong on his face, and asked slowly.

Boss Lu followed suit.

The two elders are gentle people, so they should not blame him for his recklessness and curiosity.

Taking a deep breath of cold air, Xia Zang asked, "Teacher, what is your relationship with the boss?"

The elders looked at each other and smiled again, and Teacher Lu replied, "Now we are living together."

Xia Zang's eyes widened immediately, and he groaned for a long time without being able to ask: "Then, then Yang Sheng and I..."

Can Yang Sheng and I have a chance to be like you?

"You and Yang Sheng will have a better future." Teacher Lu seemed to see through his thoughts, and smiled slightly, "Then let's put (say) here today, can you play badminton, young man?"

"I know how to pick up badmintons." Xia Zang said strictly.

The two elders laughed again, Boss Lu said: "You can also pick up badmintons, at least get up and move around."

In fact, it's a good thing that he doesn't know how to play badminton. Just looking at the two vigorously playing the game, he felt a slight chill from the wound on his forehead covered by the broken hair.

"Swish, swish, swish", each shot has its own internal strength, as if two heroes have tried their moves in the distance, you come and go, and you won't give in to each other.

And the badminton gradually changed from the previously lush hair to a bleak bald head, Xia Zang sighed while picking it up, it was really terrifying.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Xia Man slammed the door and left.

Yang Sheng didn't meet him, and he was locked in the room when he slammed the door, unable to get out.

Every day, it is the same as giving a briefing to the prisoners, coming out for a few 10 minutes to solve the problem of eating, drinking and lazing.

Yang Sheng listlessly picked up the noodle soup, while his mother carried Xia Tong away from him.

From waking up to now, his mother hasn't spoken a word to him.

I hope she can keep it up, after all, Yang Sheng's voice is not perfect yet, and he can't hold back if he wants to talk about the big truth with someone.

Thinking about it carefully, he should take the opportunity to run out, anyway, Xia Zang has already reached a safe place, he just needs to go out and join him.

But the problem is that all his documents and money are in his mother's hands, so he just ran away... It doesn't matter if he runs away, he can report the loss of his bank card, and he can reissue all his documents.

He was really stupid, just now Xia Man was not around, and Xia Tong attracted his mother's attention.

Absolutely, good time.

Yang Sheng tried his best to finish the noodles one bite at a time, and sent the bowl to the kitchen for cleaning as usual.

The dining room is very close to the door, and the place where the mother sits is less than five meters away from the entrance.

But she was lowering her head to feed Xia Tong noodles, Yang Sheng took a little chance and went back to the room.

Putting the thick book a little bigger than a palm into the inner pocket of his coat, Yang Sheng slipped out of the room, walked to the water dispenser, and poured two glasses of warm water.

He glimpsed that there was no water glass on his mother's table, and the noodles this morning were a bit salty.

Yang Sheng put the extra glass of water to his mother's hand, and drank his own.

Mother looked up at him, then quickly lowered her head to take care of Xia Tong.

The Eight Treasure Stand next to the porch was in Yang Sheng's hands, and he was walking backwards like a gambler.

Gently put the porcelain cup on the eight-treasure stand, Yang Sheng turned around, and could unscrew the lock of the anti-theft door by raising his hand.

The mother said lightly: "If you dare to leave, I will dare to die."

With a sound of "squeak", the door opened, and Yang Sheng said without turning his head, "It's okay, you have Xia Tong."

The door closed, Yang Sheng kicked his slippers and went downstairs, but the footsteps of "dongdong" were as light as a deer.

However, the old house is located on the mountainside of the county seat, and there is a long distance to go to the top of the school.

He was penniless and didn't even have a pair of decent shoes, so he just ran in the narrow alleys of the old community, barely stopping until he reached the asphalt road outside.

Looking up, in the cold mist in the morning, there are undulating hillsides and rows of houses in between, and further up is the gray sky that gradually changes towards the edge.

He could see the warmer light color of the outer wall of the house, and the magnificence of the morning light on the opposite mountain along the arc of the sky.

It's time to set off and go up the hill.

Going up the hills, while the weather is still early, there is no noise of traffic; while the spring is lazy, the cold wind is not noisy.

Yang Sheng didn't hear anything, his mind was as empty as the boundless wind poured into him; he couldn't stop in the wind, his heart was urging his engine, and the thick book in his arms was a reminder His fuel to go on.

There is no way, he has nothing, he can only run with his feet and burn with his heartbeat.

Not long after, the red sun burst out, the cold fog dissipated and faded away, and the gray scene around him instantly took on a new look. Yang Sheng calmed down his heartbeat and found a bright yellow early-blooming winter jasmine in the green belt.

The car started and shouts sounded. The mountain city on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was not content to be peaceful.

Yang Sheng brushed past the passers-by, and felt one or two searching eyes falling on him.

He knew that he was in a mess right now, his hair was messed up by the wind, his face was so red that his neck was still sweating, his clothes were not buttoned properly, and they were crookedly arranged in curves, and his shoes were lucky enough not to be thrown away, but It was also filthy beyond recognition.

It is estimated that they are all thinking, which family escaped this child.

And Yang Sheng, who was originally from "Prison Break", naturally relaxes his body for a long time and satisfies in the long-lost sunshine and the clear air with a trace of dust.

He pressed the thick notebook close to his heart, panting and laughing.

The surrounding area is a scene he is very familiar with. The evergreen banyan trees are on both sides of the street, and the buildings are strewn with hidden alleys and stairs. He just walks up the gentle slope in front of him, turns one or two more corners, and he will reach his sweetheart. where.

where he belongs.

It was just dawn, and Xia Zang was awakened by his own biological clock; or disturbed by a nightmare he hadn't visited for a long time.

The quilt was not covered for some reason, and my shoulders were chilly.

While pulling the quilt, he habitually groped for the block machine.

After playing ball with the two elders yesterday, I went back to my residence, took a shower and fell asleep with my head covered.

The dream was grotesque and bizarre. For a while, Xia Man threw things at him with a ferocious face, for a while, the auntie hugged the young Xia Tong and cried, and for a while, I saw two elders surnamed Lu playing badminton vigorously.

He stood in the middle of the court, the vulnerable net.

Boss Lu threw a high ball in front of his eyes and shouted at him: "Xia Zang, do you really have a plan for the future with Yang Sheng?"

Teacher Lu behind the back smashed unconvinced: "You are young, why do you think so much?"

Moves and moves, each has its own chill, each has its own fierceness.

Xia Zang watched as the bald, hairless white ball hit his forehead, that old wound that had coagulated.

There was blood slipping down, and it smeared his eyes again.

So Xia Zang woke up and touched his forehead. The Band-Aid was attached very tightly, but yesterday he took off the gauze too vigorously, and a part of the scab was opened, causing a layer of sticky pus to ooze from the surface of the Band-Aid. .

Well, don't be infected.

But he didn't have the energy to care about it anymore, he had already turned on his brick machine, and it showed that there was a brand new letter besides the time.

Signed "Boyfriend".

Xia Zang sat up subconsciously, and when he clicked on it, the message only had three words: "Let's break up."

The author has something to say:

Thinking about it carefully, little friend Xia Tong unknowingly helped the two brothers escape smoothly, the MVP of the audience!