Chapter 27 It is better to miss each other than to meet
It was almost noon, and the truck finally drove into the city. Beichuan bought the military coat from the driver, and paid for it to buy a wool sweater and a down jacket for Li Zhen nearby.
Li Zhen put it in the fitting room and said embarrassedly after coming out: "This money... I may have to pay you back next month. I originally planned to go to pay back the money last night... I took a hundred yuan and put it all in my clothes... I don't know where I went. Now there are only more than forty yuan left..."
Kitakawa smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, I'm not in a hurry. At least I have subsidies."
Then she handed Li Zhen another ten yuan: "The debt is too high and it won't be too heavy to suppress others, so I'll give you a taxi. I guess you're anxious now."
The first time he owed a girl money, Li Zhen felt that her face was on fire, and she took it embarrassedly and said thank you, turned her head and ran away.
In fact, he was really anxious...
Kesong knew from Beichuan that he was working in that barbecue restaurant...will he go to find him?
With such concerns, he ran on the street, which attracted a few slightly surprised eyes.
Kitakawa looked at his back, his lips moved, then rubbed his face, and turned around and walked away.
The taxi traveled through half of the city and took more than 40 minutes. I always encountered red lights along the way, and the meter jumped non-stop. Li Zhen suppressed the urge to get out of the car and ran away, stretched his neck and looked at the long traffic in the distance, and sighed.
It was just about the peak hours of work traffic, and it was so anxious.
After finally experiencing this trip, he got off the car on the street opposite the barbecue restaurant. He first glanced around him... and then felt disappointed.
Among the passers-by who were walking or standing in groups of three or three, there was no familiar face.
He was stunned for a moment, then he put his hand in his pocket, bent his waist slightly like an old man, and slowly walked towards his place where he lived.
The sunshine at noon in early winter shines on the street, and the floor tiles are slightly shiny. The fallen leaves on both sides of the road keep falling down, and then whirling on the ground, floating further away. The noise of pedestrians and traffic flows came from the street. He lowered his head in such a sound, walking all the way to the barbecue restaurant.
Then……
He was stunned.
At the door where the roller shutter door was pulled, there was a man huddling against the wall, wearing a long black down coat, like a pupa.
The man seemed to be standing against the wall. When he was tired of standing, he squatted down.
In such a cold wind, I seemed to be tired of squatting again, so I leaned my head against the side of the red brick wall, curled up, and fell asleep unknowingly.
The man's long hair fell down, covering his face. The black coat on his body wrapped his slender body, as if he had shrunk into the shadows.
People pass by the door and can't help but look at strange eyes.
Li Zhen stood there and watched for two seconds, then took a stiff step and walked over. He walked to the side of the pupa, squatted down, and carefully reached out his hand... and pushed away her long hair.
It was a fair face that was red from cold. The thick eyelashes were twitching, like a restless butterfly wing; the small nose wings were twitching gently, as if dreaming of something terrible; the honey-colored lips, slightly opened, exhaling a vague name - "Li Zhen..."
"Hey." Li Zhen stared at her for a while, and then agreed gently. With this opening, her throat trembled violently, and the bitter emotions rushed into her mind like a river breaking the dam. With this sound, two tears fell on her face, causing her to frown slightly.
"I'm here." He opened his green military coat, leaned over and hugged the slender body in front of him, and rubbed his eyes hard, "I... are here."
Then he pressed his chin against Zhang Kesong's head, sobbing like a wounded beast, and finally cried out.
The girl in her arms was quickly awakened by him, and after the initial confusion, she looked up at him... and then pushed him out desperately.
However, Li Zhen hugged her tightly and did not let go. Tears poured out loud, and he said vaguely: "It's me...it's me...it's me..."
So the struggle in his arms suddenly stopped. Zhang Kesong looked at the face in front of him, which was covered in tears... Suddenly he realized that the fact that Li Zhen in her impression had changed her appearance. Then he raised his fist and hit him randomly, crying while beating: "You don't come to find me... You don't admit it... You bastard! Li Zhen, you bastard..."
So... the two of them wrapped in a green coat, squatted in front of the roller shutter door of the barbecue restaurant, and finally hugged each other in a surprised gaze, crying and laughing. When they recalled this scene, they felt their faces hot, and then they wanted to laugh. However, they smiled and wanted to cry again.
Later...
The two of them walked hand in hand and walked on the street. Kesong's little hand was put into Li Zhen's pocket, and he held it tightly, and he kept holding it warm sweat. However, he had never let go or moved for a moment. As if he was afraid that once he let go, the person beside him would be lost again.
They slowly walked from the bustling city center to Li Zhen's residence. Along the way, Li Zhen whispered what happened after he died and what happened after the two of them met again. However, there have been so many things that even though I could listen quietly, I had not finished speaking until I entered the house.
So Li Zhen turned on the air conditioner, spread out the bedding, let Kesun squish in the quilt, sat beside her, held her hand, and continued to tell her like a story.
When the sun gradually sets westward, I can relax my eyes and fall asleep several times.
Li Zhen said to her: "You go to bed. When you wake up, I'll tell you again."
However, Kesong held his hand firmly and shook his head stubbornly: "No, I have to finish listening...or it would be like a dream." Then she opened her eyes widened again: "Once I fall asleep, you won't run away alone, right?"
Li Zhen nodded with a smile, so her eyes narrowed again.
In the end, when Li Zhen finished saying "Then, I saw you at the door of the store", Zhang Kesong finally said "um" and then fell asleep.
Only the air conditioner made a faint sound in the room, and it was dark. Li Zhen used the faint moonlight to poke his hand out and gently touch Kesong's hair, then pressed his face on, and heard a long and even breathing sound.
He maintained this position, leaning against her gently and breathing. He felt that in addition to the fragrance on his hair, there was also a little bit, gradually richer and more happy smell in the air.
So he sighed comfortably and fell asleep like this.
Chapter completed!