Although Chuanlin City is large, it has limited attractions. Over the years, Wei You and Wei Xu have visited all the interesting attractions in the city.
I couldn't think of anywhere else to go, so my plans for this afternoon were purely for leisure and entertainment.
They first visited a museum, and then walked onto an ancient street next to a river. They ate while strolling and had dinner at the same time.
When dusk fell, the two booked a room at an inn near the old street.
Maybe because there were many tourists on the weekend, hotel rooms were in short supply. I asked two inns in a row but neither had a standard double room. In the end, I just booked a king-size room.
The room is decorated in a very antique style. The windows have wooden frames and you can see the beams when you look up. The bed is a retro four-poster bed with rose-red gauze curtains hanging around it.
When Wei You walked in and saw the layout, he couldn't help but gasp and sighed, "This kind of room is only suitable for couples. It's too wasteful to give it to two of us."
Wei Xu wanted to say that he quite liked it, but he hesitated for a moment and swallowed the words back.
After unloading their backpacks in the hotel room, they went to the nearby night market at the pier, had a midnight snack, watched the night view, and caught an open-air concert.
They walked quite a distance, and when they returned to the hotel, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.
After playing for a whole day, Wei You was exhausted. He collapsed on the bed after taking a shower and didn't even have the energy to turn on the TV.
He glanced at Wei Xu who was sitting at the table writing in his diary, and said weakly, "You have to write a diary even when you go out to play. Aren't you tired?"
"We have persisted for so long, of course we can't give up."
Wei You felt ashamed of Guazai's perseverance and agreed with a "You are right". Then he pulled up the quilt, turned over, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
When Wei Xu finished writing his diary, Wei You was already lying in bed, drowsy.
Seeing this, he deliberately took a shower quietly, changed into pajamas and carefully lay down in bed, then turned off almost all the lights in the room, leaving only a wall lamp at the entrance.
Wei You seemed to be awakened by his movement. He turned over and lay flat on his back. The dim light from the entrance shone through the gauze curtain hanging beside the bed, casting an ambiguous pink halo on his face.
Wei Xu stared at his face for a long while and asked in a low voice: "Brother, are you asleep?"
"No, I'm almost asleep." Wei You's voice was lazy, with a long nasal ending.
Wei Xu felt inexplicably itchy when listening to his voice.
After a pause, he couldn't help but said, "I want to hear a bedtime story."
Wei You responded very slowly: "How old are you?"
"I'm still young."
"Go read the story yourself, that thing, the substitute lover..."
"I want to hear your story." Wei Xu said stubbornly.
"Don't make noise, I'm sleepy."
Although he was rejected, Wei Xu did not feel depressed. Instead, he felt a sense of indescribable sweetness.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Brother, are you a virgin?"
Wei You opened his eyelids and glanced at him, then turned his back to him with a look of disdain, and said in a light tone: "If you are really bored, go run a few laps downstairs."
Wei Xu didn't know what he was thinking about, his face turned slightly red, and he pulled the quilt with both hands and crawled inside.
He habitually wanted to move towards Wei You, but when he thought of his inappropriate behavior today, he suppressed this instinct.
Before going to bed, he prayed in his heart that he would not have a dream like last night again, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to wake up tomorrow.
However, the dream could not be controlled by him. In fact, because of his meticulous observation of Wei You during the day, the content of the dream became more and more outrageous. The man whose face was unclear yesterday, this time he had vaguely familiar facial features...
The next morning, before the alarm clock rang, Wei Xu woke up because of his unbearable reaction.
When he opened his eyes and looked at the peaceful sleeping face of the man next to him, Wei Xu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Thinking of the scene in his dream not long ago, a feeling of suffocation as if there was no oxygen enveloped his heart.
He sat up, stared at the pink gauze at the head of the bed for a while, then raised his hands to cover his face.
It's really over!
Wei You has discovered that the little one has become more and more independent in recent times.
Before, every weekend night, this kid would come to his room with a pillow and beg him to sleep with him.
Now, let alone sleeping together, I rarely even walk into his room.
It was as if the little clingy kid had grown up overnight. He no longer needed him to hold his hand when walking, nor did he need to share the boring little things he encountered with him anytime and anywhere. He had turned into a mature and unfamiliar adult.
In addition, he also discovered that Wei Xu would often be in a daze for no reason, and would often look at him as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he had something hidden in his heart that he dared not say out loud.
Wei You asked him several times in a roundabout way what was the matter, but each time the other party either shook his head or simply kept silent. He suddenly became much quieter.
Wei You was a little worried.
He recalled his own growth process, and there seemed to be a period when he became particularly reluctant to communicate with his elders, because he felt that many things were useless to talk about, as his parents were not of the same generation as him and they simply could not understand his troubles.
In fact, it is the same now. When he encounters troubles at work and in life, he will only communicate with his peers and rarely tell his parents.
I'm afraid Wei Xu is going through this period right now.
Although he knew that this was an inevitable trend in the process of growing up, Wei You still decided to restore his relationship with his child.
On the way to the studio together that day, Wei You bought him a cup of milk tea from a new and delicious milk tea shop on the street, and said nostalgically: "When you were a child, you especially drank this extremely sweet thing."
Wei Xu took a sip from the straw and smiled faintly.
Wei You paid for the milk tea, then raised his arm and put it on his shoulder. While pushing him out of the store, he asked casually, "Why do you seem to talk less recently?"
Wei Xu was flustered by his sudden closeness, and lowered his eyes and shook his head.
"I remember I told you before that if you have any troubles, don't keep them in your heart, you can share them with me," Wei You said, and then chuckled, "Or do you think there is a generation gap between you and me, and you don't want to tell me?"
"No."
"So what is it that I don't know?"
"The midterm exam is coming soon, and I'm a little worried." When questioned, Wei Xu subconsciously made up a lie.
Then he thought that this was not a lie. Ever since he discovered his abnormal emotional tendencies, he often became absent-minded in class.
Although I wanted to do the homework seriously, a sad love song was playing in my mind. Even when I saw the word "Wei" in the textbook, I couldn't help but stare blankly.
He tried to keep a distance from Wei You to control the spread of this emotion, but he found in the past few days that this restraint was not only useless, but because of the distance, he cherished every time he spent with Wei You more and more, and the emotions in his heart became deeper.
Affected by this abnormal situation, he would naturally worry about his grades dropping.
"Brother, will you be disappointed if I don't get first place?"
"How could it be!"
Hearing him ask such a question, Wei You thought he was anxious before the test, and immediately comforted him: "Of course I'm happy if you do well in the test. If you don't do well, you are still your brother's good boy, and it won't affect anything. Besides, even the most talented people will make mistakes. There is still a long future ahead, so don't be too nervous, and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just do your best in everything."
"Yeah." Wei Xu nodded and intentionally gave him a cheerful smile, "Thank you, brother."
Wei You wanted to give him some more advice, but suddenly noticed that his voice was not as clear as before, so he asked, "Why do you sound a little hoarse? Do you have a cold?"
"You just discovered it?" Wei Xu looked at him and blinked, "It started a few days ago. My voice has changed."
"It's the voice change period." Wei You suddenly realized and thought to himself, no wonder Wei Xu spoke less and less in the past few days.
After the voice change period, the young boy is one step closer to growing into a man.
Wei You once again felt that time was passing too quickly. He patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "Then you have to take good care of your throat. Drink more water and eat light meals."
"Yes, I know. The teacher has told me about it."
This topic brought back Wei You's memories of his youth, and he immediately chatted with Wei Xu about the interesting things that happened during his voice change period.
Not long after they arrived at the training institution, they parted at the door of the adult class on the third floor.
Wei You walked into the classroom and was surprised to find that only Teacher Ma was stirring the paint inside, and none of the other students had arrived yet.
"Just me?" he asked, putting down his backpack.
Ma Lanjing heard his voice, raised her round face and smiled at him brightly: "Coincidentally, everyone else has other plans today."
"Really?" Wei You smiled back, thinking that it was good to paint in silence, but it was a little awkward to be alone with Teacher Ma.
Ever since they last went out for dinner together, she seemed to realize that he didn't have any feelings for her, so there has been no other action during this period of time. Wei You felt that she had probably given up.
Sitting down in front of his drawing board, Wei You plugged earphones into his phone, ready to listen to music while finishing the painting he had started halfway yesterday.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of a chair rubbing against the ground. Turning back, he saw Ma Lanjing dragging the easel and stool towards him.
After a while, Ma Lan sat beside him and asked casually, "I heard that you took your brother to Chuanlin last week. Was it fun?"
"I just wandered around the old street in the east of the city, didn't do much." Wei You said.
"I've been to the old street in the east of the city before. I heard there are a lot of delicious food there. I must go and have a look next time." Ma Lanjing answered with her usual enthusiasm, and then started the topic by asking, "Have you been to the Starry Sky Art Museum that opened recently?"
Wei You shook his head: "I haven't been there."
"I haven't been there either, but I've heard from friends who have been there that it's very beautiful." Ma Lanjing invited him naturally, "Tickets are 70% off within a month of opening. Are you interested in going to see it together?"
"I guess not. I have other plans."
Wei You thought that his answer would seem particularly fake. Just based on the frequency of him coming to the studio every few days, the other party would be able to guess that he was a very free person.
But this time he was not making an excuse, he really had a job and had to leave here for a while.
"I knew you would refuse."
Ma Lanjing mixed colors on the palette with a paintbrush while speaking nonchalantly, "I showed it quite obviously, and you should have noticed it. Yes, I do have a good impression of you. From the moment you brought your brother into the classroom and said you wanted to sign up, I knew how to pursue you.
"But I felt a little discouraged when I saw that you didn't seem to be interested in me. Don't be fooled by my usual cheerful and carefree appearance. I am actually a very sensitive person and I tend to feel inferior easily."
Wei You wanted to comfort her out of politeness, but he didn't know what to say, so he finally said dryly: "I think you are a nice person."
"I don't want to get the nice guy card."
"Um……"
Ma Lanjing smiled and said, "Don't feel pressured. Just listen to me. I was originally planning to give up on you, but some time ago, my parents arranged a blind date for me. The man was actually quite good-looking, tall, and had a decent family background. But I just wasn't attracted to him. After meeting him, I suddenly felt very unwilling. I didn't want to just marry and start a family with someone I had no feelings for. I wanted to try again, so I decided to tell you straight."
She took a breath, put down her paintbrush, turned to look at Wei You, and said, "I know you don't like me now, but if you ever want to fall in love, you might as well consider me. I still... want to wait for you for a while."
She spoke the last sentence softly, but her expression and tone were very serious.
Although Wei You had never had any feelings for her, at this moment he was touched by the emotions in her eyes and was inexplicably moved.
If he didn't know clearly that he would return to reality one day, he thought he might really consider it.
"Feel sorry."
"It's okay," Ma Lanjing turned her head, stood up, picked up the water cup and went to the water dispenser to get water, and said with her back to him, "I just told you my thoughts, you don't have to feel pressured, maybe my saying I want to wait for you is just an excuse, I just want to find a reason to continue to be single and wait for you."
Wei You heard that her voice seemed a little choked, so he didn't say anything else to provoke her.
Ma Lanjing immediately found an excuse to leave the classroom. Wei You was slightly shocked and wondered if it would be better not to come here to attend classes anymore.
But if I just left without saying a word, it would be too hurtful to the girl's self-esteem.
Forget it!
He sighed, took the paintbrush, dipped it in paint and painted on the paper, thinking that he would have to go back to deal with work in a while anyway, and it would probably take several months before he came back, and by then people might have forgotten about him.
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After all, it was a girl's sincere confession. No matter how indifferent Wei You was, his thoughts were inevitably affected a little.
At the dinner table in the evening, he recalled what happened in the afternoon and couldn't help feeling distressed again.
At this time, he saw Wei Xu's beautiful eyelashes drooping, and remembered the experience of being pursued by others in school, so he asked: "How is the classmate who pursued you before now? Does he still send you gifts?"
Wei Xu looked up at him and said stiffly, "Of course not. That was a long time ago."
After a pause, he added: "I reject people very cleanly."
Wei You raised his eyebrows: "Are you implying something to me?"
"How could that be?" Wei Xu showed an innocent expression and said clearly, "What I mean is, I'm not as good as you, brother. No one would say to me, 'I want to wait for you for a while' after being rejected by me."
Wei You was stunned for two seconds, then realized that he was imitating Ma Lanjing's way of speaking.
He kicked him lightly under the table: "Did you hear it again?"
"I didn't eavesdrop on purpose. I just happened to pass by." Wei Xu explained expressionlessly, "And I only heard this one sentence. I still want to wait for you for a while. Wow, so touching. She must love you very much."
Wei You found that this kid could really irritate people sometimes, and couldn't help but kick him again, saying, "You are in the voice change period, so talk less."
"You think my voice is unpleasant, don't you?"
"Don't misinterpret what I mean."
"That's what you just meant."
"What's wrong? Are you angry again?" Seeing Wei Xu's cold and indifferent expression, Wei You couldn't help but recall the last time he got angry with him.
Come to think of it, the last time he lost his temper was when they were talking about Ma Lanjing.
"Don't you want me to have any contact with Teacher Ma?" he asked.
Wei Xu's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly tightened.
In his heart, he kept shouting, "Yes, I don't want you to have contact with her." But when the words came to his lips, he somehow turned them into a disingenuous answer, "Whatever, it's none of my business."
Wei You sighed and explained: "She may not like me particularly, she just wants to have the right to pursue happiness. The feelings of adults cannot be viewed from a single perspective, there are often many other things mixed in."
"I know, I'm not an adult, so I don't need to consider anything. I just like it." When saying this, Wei Xu suddenly felt very sad.
Although he is not yet an adult, his love can only be hidden in a dark corner and it is difficult for him to express it openly.
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Diary of a melon kid:
Saturday, March 19, 2011, Sunny
Why did I have such a dream? It must be the novel that influenced me.
Something was wrong today. When I went out to play, I should have enjoyed the beautiful scenery, but I spent the whole day admiring my brother.
I'm not normal anymore.
I have to sleep with my brother later, so don’t dream about it tonight!
Sunday, March 20, 2011 Cloudy
So confused...
Am I going to fall into the tragedy of falling in love with someone who doesn't love me?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Rain
I have been falling into this fear recently. What if he leaves one day and never comes back?
Then I would be the most tragic person.
I can't do this.
Maybe I need to stay away from my brother.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Rain
Damn the weather, it rains every day. I hate riding a bike wearing a raincoat.
My mood has been as gloomy as the weather lately.
I woke up today and found my throat was a little hoarse, but I didn’t want to cough. I think I might be entering the voice change period.
My voice has become so unpleasant that I don't want to talk anymore.
Friday, March 25, 2011 Cloudy with light rain
There is still no way. Today I saw the word "Wei" in the textbook, and I couldn't help laughing when I thought of him. After laughing, I felt sour and numb in my heart.
In fact, I know in my heart that emotions are not something I can control.
It’s better to just admit that I, Wei Xu, am finished!
Saturday, March 26, 2011 Cloudy to overcast
Today was really terrible. I went to my brother's studio to get something and saw the female teacher confessing her love to him by the window.
Although I heard him refuse, I was still very angry and upset, and I spent the whole afternoon suppressing my emotions.
It’s still annoying to think about it now.
What kind of adult feelings are these? To put it bluntly, it’s because we were too young, he treated me like a child.
I really want to grow up quickly. If I grow up, will there still be a chance?
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