Chapter 172: Lonely Mid-Autumn Festival

When a person is at home, I always feel that the room is empty, but after watching the ghost film, I feel that there are people everywhere. The black shadows in the closet, under the bed, and even behind the curtains can be filled by the brain. Weird picture.
Gu Lai was sitting on the sofa, his hands clasped his knees unconsciously, his gaze swept across the dark place under the bed with vigilance, wondering whether it would be the same as in the movie, lying with a long-dead female corpse, those eyes Underneath, staring at myself day and night...
Stop...
I can't think about it anymore, the more I think, the more I am afraid.
Gu Lai pursed his lips and wiped his eyes vigorously with his sleeve. He is already an adult. He can no longer be babbling like when he was on the ball. Thinking of going to the training class the next day, he got up and set the morning alarm clock, then forced The deep sleep program was turned on, and I spent the whole night on the sofa, curled up.
Shen You stayed up all night.
Sometimes it's not a good thing to be too arrogant. He has never been soft with anyone in his life. When he came out of the closet, he was beaten to death by the father of the family and he didn't say a word of softness.
His character is too unpleasant, and his useless arrogance will deceive people's hearts, making him always wonder what he wants, so he always misses it in the first half of his life.
Just like there is a big brother on Shen You, Tang Yishan and Ke Jing also have brothers. Someone has chosen the leader of the family business, and the people under them are only in charge of mixed eating and death. If no misfortune comes to the family, they should be Amitabha.
Ke Jing used to open a company in a decent manner, but the management was extremely chaotic. Most of them were his friends. Some of the wealthy children came in idle and bored to join in the fun. Three minutes of heat, you can think about it and you can't make it a climate.
At dinner in the evening, Shen Youfan did not eat or drink, staring blankly at the phone screen, refreshing it hard, as if waiting for someone’s news, Tang Yishan let the waiter go down and glanced at it without a trace. Deeply said: "Don't poke, the screen will be broken after a while and you have to change to a new phone, how troublesome."
Shen You raised his eyes coldly when he heard the words, threw the phone on the table, slowly turned the silver ring of letters on his tail finger, and sneered, "Replace it if it breaks. I can't afford it."
Tang Yishan felt that there was something in his words. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Before he could say anything, Ke Jing, who was immersed in the game, raised his head and said heartlessly: "What's wrong with you? You were kicked. Up?"
"Go away," Shen You took the phone back and found that the message interface was still empty, frowning unconsciously, his handsome face covered with clouds, "I'm almost the same when kicking others."
Tang Yishan sat up close to him with interest, took out the phone, and glanced at the screen without a trace, sliding his fingertips to keep the screen bright: "Oh, there is a situation. Come on, don’t play with the phone. Dude, tell me how you kicked."
Ke Jing also leaned over: "Hurry up and talk."
Shen You coldly curled his lips, raised his eyebrows and sarcastically said: "How do you kick those girls, I just kick him."
Tang Yishan was not ashamed, and he helped the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "That's easy to handle, how about the youngest, apologize and refuse to black out again, I don't know where you are, brother?"
As he said, he shook the screen of the phone, and the words "Gu Lai" were written on the top of the screen, "I haven't deleted it yet, do you want me to help you?"
Just like the friendship between girls, the sisters are scumbed, and the girlfriends naturally don't want her to repeat the same mistakes, and the boys are the same. Tang Yishan is so keen, there is no way to see the recent abnormality of Shen You, and he really does not want him to be hooked again.
Tang Yishan said: "After so many years, you still haven't made any progress, and you've been fooled by others."
Fingertips moved slightly while speaking, and the person at the top had been deleted.
"do not--!"
When Shen You saw this, his pupils shrank, and he quickly chopped his hand to grab it. The chair dragged the ground and made a harsh sound, but it was too late. The person had already been deleted.
Gone?
That's it?
Shen You snatched the phone back and turned the list one by one without believing in evil. Ke Jing scratched his head and felt that Tang Yishan was a bit too much, and he could not delete his friends no matter what. He comforted Shen You: " That, how about you add it back?"
Tang Yishan was the most calm. He straightened out the collar that was crumpled just now, and looked at Shen You, calmly and excitedly: "What are you doing here? Didn’t you kick him? Or that you just brag, in fact It was not him who was kicked, but you?"
Shen You suddenly acted like a fire that was suddenly extinguished, leaving nothing but silence. After a moment, he squinted his eyes and sat down again with a blank expression on his chair. He threw the phone on the table with a bang. I irritably lighted a cigarette, and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke. As a result, I smoked too hard, and my eyes were red: "Who is bragging, it is Lao Tzu who kicked him..."
His addiction to cigarettes seems to be getting worse. After a few breaths, one cigarette disappeared. Shen You ordered another one. Without looking at them, his Adam's apple moved, and he whispered to himself: "Delete Just delete it."
Tang Yishan looked at him for a moment, then smiled, got up and pulled the chair away and said, "It's best if you can. What kind of thing do you want? People stick upside down on the pole, why hang on a tree with a crooked neck. I have something to do, let’s go first, you check out."
After speaking, he patted his shoulder, opened the box door and left.
Ke Jing murmured: "Old Tang is really not interesting enough, he left without eating, a large table of dishes..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Shen You Yin's complexion through the smoke, and he muted unconsciously.
Ke Jing dared, his strength value was lower than that of Shen You. The fox of Tang Yishan had smeared the soles of his feet. At this time, he was alone with Shen You, and the pressure around his body was really panicked. He looked around and stumbled: " What? My cousin seems to get married today. I'll go back and take a look. Let's go first. Remember to check out."
After talking, Tang Yishan was caught before he could go far. Ke Jing grabbed him by the collar and said, "Oh, you bastard, just leave me there alone when you get into trouble! Why delete his friend for no reason?
Tang Yishan pulled back his collar, thinking that he couldn't get the clothes anymore, and while walking down slowly, he said, "If you delete it, delete it. He didn't say anything. You are in trouble."
Ke Jing scratched his head and couldn't help but glanced back: "He seems...very sad, this is rare."
Tang Yishan: "Really, why didn't I see it."
Ke Jing frowned and pushed him: "You don't know what his temper is, he is holding everything in his heart, and he is aggressive, can you tell it?"
From childhood to adulthood, who doesn't know who, Ke Jing didn't believe Tang Yishan didn't find it.
Tang Yishan paused when he heard the words: "Blame me, I shouldn't have encouraged him to go up in the first place. I thought Shen You learned a lesson, but there is still no long lesson. There is really a person in the world who has smashed twice. There is no way to be sad. A long pain is worse than a short one."
The environment here is very quiet and antique. In the middle of the lobby on the first floor, there is a woman wearing a cheongsam playing guzheng behind the screen, but as soon as the two of them left, only Shenyou was left, and the box was completely silent.
He buried his head, squeezed a fist with his right hand against his forehead, melted light and flowing water poured on his shoulders, reflecting a thin back, Shen You silently pressed out the cigarette butt, his eyes suddenly helpless, and then he closed his eyes deeply.
Gu Lai didn't know about this farce. Early the next morning, when he finally walked out of the shadow of the ghost film and recalled yesterday's fragmented memory and wanted to apologize to Shen You, he was surprised to find that he had been deleted.
It was indeed deleted, and Shen You was no longer in the message list.
Maybe it can be added back, but at this time, after Gu Lai was silent, he didn't do anything. He couldn't tell what kind of emotion it was. Maybe... a bit of anger?
Facing the mirror, he hesitated to stretch out his hand, brushing off the water stains on it, as if talking to another person in time and space: "Executive Officer..."
"Maybe I'm not good enough."
At this moment, Gu Lai suddenly felt that he might be more suitable to take the career path. Interpersonal communication is indeed a weak project for him. No matter how hard he works, he can't be perfect.
Work hard.
In the next few months, Gu Lai had been studying in the training class and never contacted anyone again. He devoted 120,000 points of energy to this, and even Yu Xi had not seen him several times.
The weather is getting colder and the sun is no longer so hot. People have already changed their short sleeves. Today the teacher took a rest. Gu Lai arrived home earlier than usual. He walked into the elevator and was about to close the door. Rushed in.
"Etc., etc!"
Yu Xi ran faster than the wind on her high heels, her beautiful curly hair like seaweed was out of shape. Gu Lai pressed the open button when she saw it, and then closed the door again when she came in.
Yu Xi blamed: "I called you so many times just now, why shouldn't I be wronged?"
Gu Lai wore a light gray low-collar wool sweater with a looming collarbone. His ink-colored hair was clean and elegant, and his body was long. He was already blushing and heartbeat. In just a few months, his temperament became more and more gentle. He took it off after hearing the words. The colorful blue sports earphones on the ears smiled and said: "I'm sorry, maybe listening to the song is too engrossed, I didn't pay attention."
Yu Xi straightened her hair in the mirror: "Busy man, why didn't I see you in class today?"
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, Gu Lai’s expression on her face is a bit more vivid than before, a bit less icy. He shook his head when he heard that, and said with a bit of incomprehension: "The teacher has rested, and the training class is on holiday."
"I knew it," Yu Xi said, "Today, the Mid-Autumn Festival is on holiday."
The elevator just arrived, and the two of them walked out together. Yu Xi took her suitcase and complained: "I plan to go back to my hometown to see my parents. I panicked and dropped a lot of things and didn't take them. Hey, how are you going to spend the holidays? ?"
Yu Xi paused as soon as she spoke. She vaguely remembered that Gu Lai’s parents seemed to have passed away. She wondered that she shouldn’t have said this. Before he could answer, she hurriedly changed the subject:
I have a few boxes of moon cakes over there. The lotus seed paste with egg yolk can't be eaten by one person, so let's divide it into half."
After speaking, he hurriedly opened the door and entered the house, took a few boxes of delicately packed moon cakes, and passed them to him. Gu Lai stood at the door and paused when he saw this: "Mid-Autumn Festival...Did you all spend it with your family?"
Yu Xi kept stuffing her face mask and skin care products into the suitcase, and said without thinking: "Why don't you have to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with your family? Oh, time is running out, I can't make it to the car, and the roof is basking. If it rains, remember to collect the clothes for me. Goodbye to the handsome guy."
She pulled the suitcase and blew a kiss before leaving.
Gu Lai looked down at the mooncake box in his hand, then opened the door and entered the house, feeling a little deserted. During this period of time, he was used to being busy and suddenly relaxed, but didn't know what to do.
Shen You felt the same way as him. The Shen family did not book a box in the hotel during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but in their own mansion. Mother Shen had called him a long time ago, and Qian Jingwan asked him not to be irritable and must come. .
The nanny aunt put all the dishes down. Father Shen was sitting at the first seat of the long table with a cane in his hand, but he still looked vigorous. His eyes scanned the people below, the eldest son, the eldest daughter-in-law, and the little one. Grandson, finally fixed on his second son, Shen You, suddenly turned cold, his expression gloomy: "Aren't you stiff? Aren't you hard-hearted? You learned from a family and left for a few years after moving out. Why are you here today?!"
It was said that no hatred cannot be a father and son, and it became the truth. The atmosphere at the reception suddenly cooled down because of this sentence, and was filled with speechless embarrassment. The eldest brother of the Shen family, Shen Kuo, smiled and ended the game: "Dad, the second child knows it is wrong. , For a big holiday, it's rare for a family to get together..."
Mr. Shen only said two words this time: "Shame!"
Mother Shen flushed her eyes when she heard the words, and she put down her chopsticks: "Who do you lose? Your own son is more important or your old face is more important? Good days, don't ruin your heart and be happy!"
Everyone was silent, they could only watch their noses and noses, and their elders could not insert their mouths when they spoke.
Shen You didn't say a word from start to finish, and he accepted all the scolding of Mr. Shen. He stood up and took the coat on the chair: "You eat, I just come back and take a look."
After talking about Shen's mother's anxious retention, she turned around and left the mansion.
Probably the richer the person, the better the face. Old man Shen has been vigorous and vigorous throughout his life. He considers himself a righteous character. The only stain is Shen You, the incompetent son. A good woman doesn’t like to have to like men, and she loses the face of her ancestors. It's like a black-eyed chicken.
Gradually, Shen You didn't like to move closer to him, lest he be annoying.
Tang Yishan and Ke Jing should also be with their family at this time. Shen You drove the car, wandering aimlessly around the street, and finally stopped in one place.
It's very close to Gu Lai's home. Shen You had heard him say the approximate location before, but didn't know the specific location, so he drove here in a daze.
He sat quietly in the car, not knowing what to do, where to go, and the bar was noisy, so he got out of the car and bought a bag of wine in the nearby supermarket. He sat in the back seat and drank quietly.
Shen You had a good drink volume, but he couldn't hold the beer and mixed it in white. After a while, his mind was a little dizzy. He knew he couldn't drive, but he didn't want to go home. He planned to spend the night in the car with cold alcohol The throat was painful and burning, and even the stomach problems that I hadn't suffered for a long time followed.
He took a breath, his face tolerated, and a dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Looking through the rearview mirror, he found that his whole body was decadent and not decent, and suddenly he felt a broken jar.
How come you live like this...
Shen You's gaze was erratic. He opened the phone address book. There were all phantoms in front of him. He carefully searched for the names of the people in it. Finally, he stopped at the "Gu Lai" column. Moved away, repeated this way several times, finally shook his hand, and finally dialed out.
"Beep...beep...beep..."
The phone rang five long times, and then was connected. A familiar male voice came from the other end: "Hello?"
Shen You was a little drunk. He was lying in the back seat, staring at the dark car roof, holding the phone to his ear, but he did not speak.
Gu looked at the dark sky outside his eyes, wondering why the other party called so late: "Is it Shen You?"
Shen You moved his Adam's apple, his messy hair obscured his sight: "Gu Lai, let me ask you a question..."
Gu Lai stood up from the sofa after hearing the words, walked a few steps, then sat down again, still warm and moist: "Okay, you ask."
Shen You's voice was very small, not quite like him: "At the cinema that day...Why did you hold me?"
As soon as he said this, there was a long silence.
Gu Lai seemed to know why Shen You was angry. It was probably because he was too scared that day and made some extraordinary actions. He attended training courses for several months, and he probably knew that some people did not like too close contact. .
"...I'm sorry, I was a little scared that day," Gu said at this point, pursing his lips aggrievedly, "I don't know you don't like being too close to others."
After ten seconds or so, Shen You spoke, his voice as usual: "What are you afraid of? Ghost...?"
Gu Lai nodded frantically: "Yeah."
"Ah……"
Shen You on the other end of the phone heard the words in silence for a second, and suddenly laughed, as if he had heard some very interesting joke, and he was almost out of breath. Gu Lai thought he was laughing at himself, so he didn't speak, but listened. There was something wrong with it. He suddenly found that Shen You's laughter was mixed with a hint of crying, with a low whimper, like a wounded little beast.
Gu Lai was inexplicably uneasy, and slowly turned in circles in the room: "Are you... laughing at me?"
Shen You stopped his laughter: "No..."
He buried his face in the seat, and there was a tear mark on the handsome chin line, faintly reflecting the light in the dark, and his voice was hoarse: "I'm laughing at myself..."