Chapter 83

Pei Xin didn’t remember when he fell asleep. When he woke up, he heard Li Wenyu’s deliberately lowered voice next to him. The screen of the mobile phone he placed next to his ear was very dim, and he spoke in a very soft tone. Talking.

Pei Xin narrowed his eyes, put his left hand on his waist, pushed the person into his arms, and asked directly: "Who are you talking to on the phone?"

Li Wenyu was obviously startled by his sudden movement, and when he turned around His eyes widened unconsciously, and his whole body felt dazed and fragile in the dim light. Before he could speak, Li Teng's voice came from the phone: "Is Xiao Pei here too? Then you can ask Xiao Pei to come with you tomorrow." "Xiao Pei, do you have time?"

Pei Xin looked at Li Wenyu with unclear eyes. The two looked at each other for a moment and spoke at the same time.

"I have time."

"He doesn't have time."

Li Teng obviously didn't hear clearly and clicked his tongue on the other end of the phone: "Tell them one by one."

Li Wenyu pushed Pei Xin away and sat up. He didn't understand why someone was sleeping in his sleep. He had so much strength that he didn't even pull away when he thought of answering the phone just now. Just as he was about to speak, Pei Xin coughed first, and the slight hint of laziness in his voice when he first woke up was swept away: "What's going to happen tomorrow, auntie?"

Li Teng smiled and sighed: "Young people are living in confusion now, and tomorrow won't be the case. It's the Dragon Boat Festival. I asked Xiao Yu to come home for dinner. Xiao Pei, come with me when you have time."

Pei Xin stared at the phone screen and said, "Okay, I'll go there with Xiao Yu tomorrow."

Li Wenyu returned. Everything was arranged before he could react. He pursed his lips and withdrew the hand holding the phone, and chatted with Li Teng for a few more words, but Li Teng had other things to do, so he hung up the phone in a hurry.

It was almost five o'clock, but it was already completely dark due to the weather. The rain stopped for a while, but the sound of dripping has not stopped yet.

After Li Wenyu turned off the screen of his mobile phone, he sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the lights outside for a while. Then he heard Pei Xin say from behind: "Get up and have something to eat. You didn't have lunch."

He didn't answer, and Pei Xin walked up to him. He squatted down and asked, "Want to go out to eat or eat at home?"

Li Wenyu lowered his head and looked at the clothes on his body. After realizing that he had slept in this, he sighed and said, "I want to take a shower first."

Xiaobai was trying to open the door, but couldn't open it, so he groaned in anxiety.

Pei Xin hummed, but when he stood up, he was stopped by Li Wenyu.

"Wait a moment." Li Wenyu turned on the bedside table lamp and fumbled under the pillow for a few seconds. When he pulled out his hand, he held a Buddhist amulet. "I'll give this back to you."

Pei Xin glanced down and said. : "I gave this to you."

Li Wenyu originally wanted to say that people like you who like racing in extreme weather need this more, but he just spread his palms and said: "I already have it."

Pei Xin's voice was dull. Whether it's light or not: "You're afraid that the things your parents left for you will break if you carry them with you. Even if they break, it doesn't matter."

Li Wenyu's spread fingers trembled, and he frowned unconsciously and said nothing.

After a few seconds, he heard the "click" of the door opening. Xiaobai's sound of opening the door suddenly stopped, and Pei Xin's footsteps disappeared into the room.

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Li Wenyu doesn’t like to eat rice dumplings, as they are all sweet and salty, so he has had no expectations for the Dragon Boat Festival since he was a child. He almost forgot about this festival in the few years he lived alone in City B.

When he took Xiaobai out for a walk in the afternoon, he saw a few more stalls selling rice dumplings in the snack street near the park, and there were several young people queuing around them.

Xiaobai was very curious about the unfamiliar smell and kept pulling him over there. Li Wenyu originally wanted to take him around for a while, but he remembered that he had to go home for dinner in the evening, so he had to lead Xiaobai in a strong manner. Upstairs.

Pei Xin came back from the company to pick him up and go with him. Dusk had just ended when he got in the car, and the last glimmer of sunlight shone dimly on the buildings in the distance.

Li Wenyu looked out the car window at the street leading to Nanwang Lane and felt the long-lost familiarity. Some shops hadn't even been moved in five years, but they just looked a lot older.

The scenery on both sides receded. Li Wenyu looked forward and saw the roof of the political and ideological building, which was the tallest in the school in his memory. Only then did he remember that he would pass by the school when he returned to Nanwang Lane from this road.

It was not yet summer vacation, nor was it time for school to be over. This familiar building was shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, very quiet and silent, and quickly disappeared from his sight through only a narrow car window. inside.

Pei Xin parked the car at the entrance of Nanwang Lane. The street sign at the entrance had faded to the point where he could barely read the words. Only then did Li Wenyu realize that the street where he lived in City B was not very similar to this one.

Pei Xin raised his eyebrows and helped him unbuckle his seat belt: "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing."

The two got out of the car and walked side by side into the alley. The sun had completely set, and the green vines on the walls of the courtyards on both sides were spreading all the way. The evening breeze Green waves surged when it blew over.

Li Wenyu's short sleeves were puffed up. Pei Xin glanced at him and said, "Did you take Xiaobai out to play today?"

Li Wenyu looked down and saw a little white hair on his clothes. He was about to Reaching out his hand, Pei Xin had already pressed down on the hem of his clothes and patted down the white velvet.

Li Wenyu was not used to this kind of action, but Pei Xin was very fast. Before he could refuse, he had to take his hand back and said, "Just walk around in the park."

After a long rainy season, the cicadas chirped. It was extremely high, lush leaves were swinging in the air, and a few stray cats were sleeping lazily by the wall. This was the summer in Nanwang Lane after many years.

Li Wenyu felt familiar and strange at the same time, and said a little to himself: "It seems that nothing has changed here."

Everywhere in City A has been renovated over the years, but Nanwang Lane seems to be a corner forgotten by the city. Every brick and tile is still the same as before.

Pei Xin looked forward and didn't know where he was falling. He was a little lost in thought and said in a low voice: "Well, there is no change."

Li Wenyu followed his line of sight and saw only an empty narrow road.

It's almost dinner time, and the food in the community is fragrant. Li Wenyu stood under the ginkgo tree downstairs and glanced up at the third floor. He could only see summer clothes floating on the balcony, and the pot of orchids that had been on it for many years disappeared.

It was Ji He who opened the door. Li Wenyu was a little surprised when he saw him.

Li Wenyu remembered that it had been less than two weeks since the last meeting, but Ji He had lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his complexion was much darker than before. He opened the door with sloppy hair and turned around to walk inside.

However, Ji Chenggang enthusiastically asked them to sit down, poured two more cups of tea, and smiled so hard: "Xiao Pei, you said you could just come for dinner, why did you ask someone to bring so many things in advance? You're too polite. Only

then did Li Wenyu notice the gift boxes on the coffee table. Pei Xin took the water glass with a formulaic smile on his face and did not answer Ji Chenggang's words: "Thank you, uncle."

Li Wenyu didn't even say thank you. Ji Chenggang couldn't keep it off his face, but because Pei Xin was present, it was hard to get angry for a while.

Pei Xin sat calmly, watching TV intermittently. Ji He watched from the side as Ji Chenggang's hot face touched his cold ass and his expression worsened. It wasn't until Li Teng came out of the kitchen that the atmosphere became slightly better.