34.
Duan Huai'an was driving when he received the missive message.
It happened that the traffic light at the intersection ahead turned on a long red light.
When the red light changed to green, Missing was still sending him messages. Duan Huai'an turned the hand on the steering wheel and drove the car slowly off the road, parking at the parking area with white lines on the roadside under the nearby building.
After replying "It's a secret love", the other end of the phone became silent, and finally, the call was interrupted.
Duan Huai'an did not call her again. He felt that she needed to give her time to buffer and digest the matter.
He did not start the car, but lowered the window and turned off the car.
There were cigarettes and a lighter in the center console. He took one out, held it in his mouth, and lit the lighter.
The green smoke is frivolous, forming a white fog in front of my eyes.
His thoughts seemed to be shrouded in fog. He pushed through the confusion and saw the opposite of the present - the past in his memory.
The day of the senior year's appreciation banquet.
Duan Huai'an did not plan to attend. He did not participate in group activities. However, Chi Jingting was a very lively person. He couldn't join in the fun by himself, so he had to drag Duan Huai'an along.
Chi Jingting specially came to Duan Huai'an's house, glancing left and right, looking sneaky.
Duan Huai'an frowned: "What are you looking for?"
Chi Jingting said: "Where is your crush?"
"..."
Crush object.
Hearing this title, Duan Huai'an raised his eyebrows slightly, and his black pupils flashed with a sharp cold light.
Chi Jingting coughed and immediately changed his words: "I miss you."
"Where is the missing person?"
"I don't know." Duan Huai'an said.
"What on earth do you know?" Chi Jingting complained to him, "I really can't figure it out. Is it you who has a crush on her or I who have a crush on her? But it doesn't matter. I want to be a good person who will fight to the end and help you pursue your wife. , is bound to reach the end of success.”
Duan Huai'an was indifferent to his words and looked down at the computer.
Chi Jingting held the cell phone, lowered his head and clicked on the keyboard. After a while, the cell phone message notification sounded in the bedroom.
"Do you miss taking the bus to the hotel where you will attend the teacher's appreciation banquet?" Chi Jingting frowned, "Is there a bus stop near your home?"
"Yeah." Duan Huai'an said, "The community is about five hundred meters away."
"No, hasn't she thought about taking your car with us?" Chi Jingting asked. After asking, he seemed to think of something again, "Didn't you invite her to attend the teacher appreciation banquet?"
Duan Huai'an: "I won't participate."
Seeing that he always looked calm and indifferent, Chi Jingting put down his mobile phone, crossed his hands on his chest, and said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid you don't know, but because you have been my good friend for many years, I I just told you this.”
Duan Huai'an said ruthlessly: "You don't have to say it."
Chi Jingting also ruthlessly ignored his opinion and said quickly: "Our class sports committee is preparing to express our condolences."
"..."
The room fell silent.
The continuous sound of the keyboard suddenly stopped.
In the past, Chi Jingting didn't know how to treat Duan Huai'an.
Since knowing that Duan Huai'an fell in love with Miss, Chi Jingting knew very well how to handle Duan Huai'an.
"In front of the whole class, remember." Chi Jingting fanned the flames and said, "Suppose I don't like the sports committee and I have that temperament. I will definitely save some face for that person and won't refuse on the spot. Even if it's private I refuse, what if I say something ambiguous and make everyone think that they are in love? Are you really that generous and willing to hear that she is in love with someone else? "
"And this is still hypothetical. What if the actual situation is that Miss Xiang has a good impression of the sports committee? The two of them successfully held hands with He Meimei in front of the whole class, creating a good love story."
Facts have proved that Duan Huai'an is not so generous.
Even if it's gossip, he hates missing being tied to other boys.
What's more, Chi Jingting said "just in case".
just in case.
Do you miss liking others?
Duan Huai'an paused for a few seconds and then stood up: "Let's go."
Chi Jingting looked at his aggrieved and forbearing back, couldn't help laughing, and sneered: "No future!"
The hotel where the Master's Appreciation Banquet was held was not far from Duan Huai'an's home. There were three bus stops and it took less than ten minutes to drive there.
Arriving at the hotel soon, Chi Jingting and Duan Huai'an showed up not too late, and there were still some empty seats.
Chi Jingting looked around and quickly found the table where Miss Xiang was sitting. There were people around her, but there were still two empty seats at the table where she was sitting.
Chi Jingting took Duan Huai'an and sat in the remaining two empty seats.
By coincidence, Duan Huai'an was sitting on the other side, where he was about to confess his feelings to his miss.
Duan Huai'an didn't remember the name of the sports committee member at all. He glanced at the sports committee member. It was dark and strong, and he subconsciously felt that he would not like this if he missed it.
Chi Jingting suddenly leaned into his ear and said: "His personality is completely inconsistent with his appearance. He is very gentle and patient. Anyway, he has everything you don't have."
"..."
Duan Huai'an thought about the day of the coming-of-age ceremony again and again, and missed the person who answered him, his favorite type.
The corners of his lips pursed, and his expression gradually became serious.
His facial features and eyebrows were too sharp, and he usually had a bit of venom when he was expressionless. Now his face was sullen, giving people an intimidating feeling of fear.
Therefore, at the teacher-appreciation banquet that night, the students clinked glasses with each other and drank, but no one dared to touch Duan Huai'an's glass.
Duan Huai'an looked at his deskmate Nostalgic. She was very popular and a person with no temper. She would drink with all comers. His peripheral vision always fell on the body next to him, who was talking to his friends.
"When do you think I want to confess to her?"
"Wait until you finish toasting the teachers?"
"I think so too. Are you going to confess your love here?"
"...That's not a big deal. It's too high-profile. What if she rejects you?"
"If you refuse, just refuse, it doesn't matter to me."
"No, when everyone talks about high school classmates from now on, you will be mentioned as the man whose confession was rejected at the teacher-appreciation banquet. You are shameless, and as your brother, I also want shame."
"I'm really impressed. Okay, then I'll ask her out?"
"If it doesn't work out, just break up and call her to confess to her."
"Alright."
Keep waiting.
Wait until the teacher appreciation banquet is over.
Chi Jingting was half drunk and was helped into the car by his driver.
The driver asked Duan Huai'an: "Master Duan, do I need to take you back first?"
Duan Huai'an's eyes were always fixed on Miss, "No, I drove here myself."
in sight.
Drunk and nostalgic, standing together with my friends, I was a little unsteady and swaying.
And the sports committee member walked straight towards her.
"That... miss," Ti Wei scratched his head, "I have a few words to say to you."
I miss the drunken look with rosy cheeks, head tilted up, confused and sluggish.
The words that came out of her mouth were not a response to her feelings, but a dull shout out of the name of the person standing in front of her: "Duan Huai'an?"
Duan Huai'an stood between the sports committee and nostalgia. He faced nostalgia, lowered his eyes, and said in an emotionless voice: "I'm home, I miss you."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent.
The summer weather is dry and hot, and only the chirping of cicadas can be heard in the air.
My friend around me said in confusion: "Miss me, do you and Duan Huai'an live in the same community?"
Alcohol has melted her nostalgic sense into scum, and she will just answer whatever others say.
Her state after being drunk is actually quite normal. She is as obedient and serious as usual.
"Yeah."
However, this answer obviously did not satisfy Duan Huai'an. His black hair hung in front of his forehead and he said casually: "We live together."
"..."
Everyone showed shocked expressions.
Behind me, I wanted to confess to my miss, my mind went blank after hearing these words.
Duan Huai'an stared at the nostalgia, "Can you leave by yourself?"
Missing thought hard and said, "Okay."
Duan Huai'an: "Gone."
Missing her, she let go of her friend's hand holding her arm and said hello to everyone: "I'm leaving first. Be careful on your way back."
Her steps were slow and wobbly.
step.
Two steps.
Step three.
He looked like he was about to fall down at any moment.
Duan Huai'an couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and grabbed her arm.
His strength did not restrain, and the pull made it hurt a little: "Please be gentle, it hurts."
"..." Duan Huai'an paused his hand and tightened his grip, "Is this okay?"
"Yeah," she said.
Duan Huai'an's car was parked in the parking area near the hotel gate.
When he was about to reach the car, he was suddenly stopped by a figure in front of him.
It was the sports committee member. He gasped slightly: "I'm sorry, I have something to say to Miss you alone."
I remember it fondly: "Yes, you just said you wanted to say a few words to me. What did you want to say?"
The sports committee looked at Duan Huai'an: "Can you step away for a moment?"
"No." Duan Huai'an was very embarrassed.
"..."
"Duan Huai'an." Nian Nian wanted to pull her arm back from his hand. She tried several times, but to no avail. Perhaps it was because she drank too much and got drunk, which made her forget the identity gap between her and Duan Huai'an. At this moment, she regarded Duan Huai'an as an ordinary classmate. She said, "This classmate wants to Say a few words to me, can you walk over first?”
"I said, no." Duan Huai'an showed no mercy to the memory.
"Why?" "Because I don't want to see you alone with other boys." Duan Huai'an's tone was extremely cold.
Missing her lips moved, her brain felt as if it was rusty, and she couldn't figure out the reason for his words.
In the end, she could only hold back one sentence: "Why are you so stingy?"
In the cognition of drunken nostalgia, Duan Huai'an's words were like what a friend said when he was jealous that she went to play with another friend. That's why she blurted out "stingy".
However, these words fell to the ears of the sports committee, like a complaint between lovers, especially since there was a bit of coquettishness in her tone.
Combined with what Duan Huai'an said, they live together.
The sports committee couldn't believe it: "When did you get together? Aren't you not related at school? I don't think you two said anything?"
Duan Huai'an has always been too lazy to talk to people, let alone explain to others.
He ignored the other person directly, dragged Miss, passed the person, and walked to the car.
The passenger door opened and he asked Miss Xiang: "Can I get in?"
Missing said: "Okay."
The car body is very high, so I slowly climbed into the passenger seat and sat down.
Duan Huai'an closed the car door.
He didn't have time to talk to irrelevant people, not to mention that he was tired of having to confess to his miss, so it would be fine if he didn't punch him a few times on the spot.
Sitting in the driver's seat and waiting for the car to start, he noticed that the memory beside him was not wearing a seat belt.
He let go of the steering wheel and looked at Missing.
She sat in a very upright posture, a standard primary school student posture, with her back straight and her hands on her knees, as if she was in class.
"..." Duan Huai'an's tense nerves all night relaxed at this moment, and a smile appeared on his lips, "Aren't you going to wear a seat belt?"
"Ah?" Miss Xiang looked at him hesitantly, and then, very annoyed, "Why did I forget to fasten my seat belt?"
As she spoke, she pulled the seat belt hanging in the air with her right hand, pulled it to the left side of her body, and looked for the buckle of the seat belt.
The light and shadow in the car were dim, and Xiang Nian tried several times but failed to buckle the seat belt.
There was mist in her eyes, and she asked Duan Huai'an for help: "Can you buckle it for me?"
He paused for two seconds and then said: "Don't be so stingy."
"..." Duan Huai'an glanced at her with a slightly aggrieved look in his eyes. He grabbed the seat belt buckle from her hand with his right hand, aligned it with the buckle, inserted it easily, and buckled the seat belt.
After finishing it, Duan Huai'an stared at the buckle of the seat belt. After a moment of silence, he lowered his voice and said, "So, is that gentle boy you like him?"
The car was very quiet.
It was so quiet that you could hear the subtle breathing.
Duan Huai'an waited for a long time, but still didn't get a reply from his memory.
When he raised his eyes, he realized that she had already fallen asleep heartlessly.
It might be a good thing for him to sleep without getting an answer.
Duan Huai'an's mouth curled up in a self-deprecating arc. After a while, he started the car and went home.
It's past nine o'clock at night.
There are only three people in the villa where Duan Huai'an lives. In addition to the two of them, there is also his missing mother Huai Yanjun. Huaiyanjun has a regular schedule and goes to bed at nine o'clock every night.
The villa was quiet, except for the dim and ambiguous light from the corridor lamp.
Duan Huai'an called out "Miss" several times, but she didn't wake up.
So he got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, opened the door, and when he was about to carry her out of the car, he found the seat belt tied in front of her, then he bent down, covered her upper body, and reached out to press the seat belt buckle. .
When there was a "click" sound, he brushed the nostalgic face against his ear and stood close to her warm breath.
"What are you doing?"
Suddenly, I missed talking.
Duan Huai'an subconsciously turned his head to look at her.
He didn't know until this moment that they were so close.
You can see the other person's distinct, thickly curled eyelashes. Every time the eyelashes tremble up and down, they seem to be brushing against the other person's eyes. They could also feel each other's warm breath, caressing each other's faces, and then they were wrapped in each other's breath, and their bodies and minds were trapped in it, unable to extricate themselves.
Duan Huai'an's eyes buried in the shadows gradually darkened. He could not suppress the lust in his body. His Adam's apple rolled and his voice became hoarse: "I miss you."
Missing shrank her neck.
Duan Huai'an asked her: "Do you still remember that I kissed you?"
Missing said: "Remember."
Duan Huai'an asked again: "Who took the initiative that time?"
Missing her eyebrows and thinking, maybe it was the alcohol that made her forget what happened that day, or maybe it was hard for her to talk about it. After all, after that night of kissing, Missing had been hiding from Duan Huai'an.
She said: "...I forgot."
"It doesn't matter," his smile was full of tenderness. This tender nostalgia had never been seen before, like an illusion that only existed in a dream. "I forgot that time, it doesn't matter."
"This time, you remember."
"I took the initiative to kiss you."
After the words fell, Duan Huai'an didn't give Miss any chance to think, and leaned forward to kiss her.
The air was filled with the unknown fragrance of flowers, and the passionate kiss was like a summer heat wave, coming all at once and making it difficult to go away.
From the car, to the living room, and finally to his bedroom.
……
A cigarette burns to the end.
Duan Huai'an felt the burning sensation on his fingertips holding the cigarette, and he suddenly came back to his senses.
In late spring, the night wind is mixed with the heat of early summer.
Passers-by kept coming and going, and Duan Huai'an's features, immersed in neon shadows, pieced together a face that was extremely cold. He rarely recalls the past, after all, to him, the past is not worth mentioning, the present and the future are the most important.
This is the first time.
he asked himself.
When he woke up the next day and faced his nostalgia, he was full of lies.
Feeling guilty?
Do you regret it?
Duan Huai'an lowered his head and lit another cigarette, raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced out carelessly, and suddenly locked on the person on the other side of the road.
He didn't expect that he would meet nostalgia here.
Missing did not see Duan Huai'an.
It was Jing Yue again, she said: "That Big G looks like the Big G your Duan Huai'an drives."
Missing then looked in the direction Jing Yue pointed, and then spotted Duan Huai'an in the driver's seat.
The other three people also saw Duan Huai'an and attacked him: "You know clearly that the three of us are single, but you secretly called your boyfriend to pick you up? Showing affection and nostalgia in front of us, I finally understand what the most poisonous thing is." The woman is heartbroken.”
"..." Nostalgic shook his head, "I didn't ask him to pick him up."
"Then why is he here? People who are destined to meet are destined to meet, right?" Xu Fu came back dissatisfied with her flirtation tonight. She didn't like anyone, especially men and young lovers.
Just as the car she called arrived, Jing Yue and Zhu Yutong got in first. Xu Fu stared at her with nostalgia: "Go and make out with your precious boyfriend, this damn love."
"..."
The car door was mercilessly closed in front of the memory.
Missing makes me laugh.
After the online ride-hailing car in front of him left, he looked at Duan Huai'an with nostalgia.
There are no zebra crossings here, and the cars passing by are very slow. When there was no car passing by, I thought about it and ran towards Duan Huai'an.
He looked at her figure getting closer and closer to him, and he had a clear and conclusive answer in his heart.
He has no regrets.
Not even guilty.
He fell in love with her, he became greedy for her, so he couldn't be a gentleman.
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Sitting in the car, Missing breathed slightly, and asked him while fastening my seat belt: "Why are you back? Aren't you spending the night there?"
"There's nothing to stay over there." Duan Huai'an started the car and returned to the community where the two of them lived.
"Then Aunt Cheng didn't say anything about you?"
Duan Huai'an said: "She fell asleep when she got home."
In other words, Cheng Songyue didn't know about Duan Huai'an's return.
Missing: "When she wakes up, she will definitely call you and scold you."
Duan Huai'an: "Too lazy to pick up."
The two of them tacitly avoided the content of the phone call.
Arriving home soon, both of them have classes tomorrow morning, so Duan Huai'an is extraordinarily well-behaved tonight. Even when Miss Miss takes a bath, he doesn't squeeze into the shower room to take a shower with Miss Miss.
After taking a shower, it was already eleven o'clock, just in time to miss bed.
She got into bed and fell asleep in a short while. She didn't even remember when Duan Huai'an took a shower and went to bed.
The next day.
She was woken up by her cell phone ringing.
The phone kept ringing, and I was so sleepy with nostalgia that I couldn't keep my eyes open, and my hands were aimlessly groping for the phone.
Finally, I found my phone on the bedside table.
She squinted one eye and saw only a series of phone numbers on the screen of her mobile phone, with no notes. She pressed answer and said politely: "Hello."
"..."
"Hello."
"..."
Still no one answered.
I thought I had dialed the wrong number, and immediately wanted to cut off the call.
However, the next second, a voice came from the receiver of the mobile phone, "I'm sorry, is this Duan Huai'an's mobile phone?"
It's a female voice.
The voice is familiar.
I seem to have heard it somewhere.
"Well, don't get me wrong," the visitor explained, "I am Duan Huai'an's mother, not a mistress who interferes in your relationship."
"..."
Of course she was familiar with this voice.
It's Duan Huai'an's mother, Cheng Songyue.
(End of chapter)
The author said: Miss: I haven't woken up yet, I'm just dreaming, yes, I'm just dreaming.