Looking back on 2009

Chapter 182 Reunion and Parting
After staying at home for two days, Chen Zhihe planned to go back to school.

For some reason, there are a lot of people getting married on the National Day this year, eating banquets every day, and seeing that they are about to be scheduled for vacation, Chen Zhihe really can't stand it.

Because the car was left at the passenger station, Chen Zhihe didn't go directly to the bus to Jiangcheng. The reason he gave was to visit the landlord who rented the house when he was in high school.

Chen Ma heard from Chen Zhihe that the landlady took good care of him, so she asked him to bring some chestnuts for her when the time came.

It's better to go to see people empty-handed.

Chen Zhihe thought about it too, and took two more copies, thinking that when the time came, he would bring some to Ruan Mi and keep some for himself, anyway, it was convenient to drive, and it didn't matter if it was heavier.

When he arrived at the passenger station in the county seat, Chen Zhihe greeted the shopkeeper who let him park, took chestnuts, and walked around to the entrance of No. [-] Middle School.

Originally, he didn't plan to go. He had already left and had to make a detour.

But he brought everything with him, and it didn't take long to go to see the old man. After thinking about it, he decided to go.

After driving the car into Dongpo Alley, Chen Zhihe got out of the car at a familiar location.

The yard door was open, and Grandma Li was sitting inside basking in the sun, squinting, not sure if she was asleep or not.

Chen Zhihe walked in carrying a bag of chestnuts. Grandma Li, who was motionless, opened her eyes as if awakened by him.

Seeing Chen Zhihe, Grandma Li smiled, but she seemed unable to remember Chen Zhihe's name for a while, and kept poking her head with her fingers.

Chen Zhihe put the chestnut on the open space in the corridor, found a chair, and said with a smile, "It's me, Chen Zhihe."

Only then did Grandma Li remember Chen Zhihe's name, and she complained to herself, "I'm getting old and my memory is bad, so I didn't remember it for a while."

Chen Zhihe quickly said: "It's okay, I just came to see you, are you okay?"

Grandma Li smiled and nodded, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you have a heart, kid, when will you come back, don't bring anything with you when you come, I don't need it."

Chen Zhihe sat down opposite her, shook his head and smiled, "I came back the day before yesterday, and I have to go back to school today."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the chestnut and said, "This is a chestnut brought from my home. Try it, it's worthless."

Grandma Li nodded to express her acceptance.

Thinking of Chen Zhihe saying that he came back the day before yesterday, Grandma Li seemed to remember something and said, "You also came back the day before yesterday?"

Chen Zhihe asked strangely: "Who else is back?"

Before Grandma Li could answer, a voice sounded behind Chen Zhihe.

"I am back."

It was Lin Qingxuan who did not know when she had arrived at the gate of the yard.

It turned out that just now when Lin Qingxuan heard the sound of a car approaching next door, Lin Qingxuan glanced at it inadvertently, but unexpectedly stopped at the door of Grandma Li's house.

Out of curiosity, she poked her head to see who it was, but she didn't expect that it was Chen Zhihe who got out of the car.

Suddenly, surprised and happy, Lin Qingxuan didn't know how to express her emotions, and there was a strange expression of crying and laughing on her face.

Before she had time to think about it, she looked in the mirror and tidied up, then she hurried over.

Following the voice, Chen Zhihe did not expect that it was Lin Qingxuan who spoke.

For a while, he didn't react.

The two just looked at each other quietly.

Lin Qingxuan had a smile in her eyes, and her thin face made her eyes brighter. She looked at Chen Zhihe pretty and seemed to have a thousand words to say.

Only then did Chen Zhihe realize that it turned out that Grandma Li was talking about Lin Qingxuan.

"You're back." The two said in unison.

After speaking, both of them laughed.

Chen Zhihe stood up, looked at Lin Qingxuan in front of him, and said softly, "You've lost weight."

Lin Qingxuan smiled lightly, plucked the messy hair around her ears, and said, "You are still the same, it seems that you have been doing well during this period of time?"

Chen Zhihe felt a little stuck in his heart, looking at the thin Lin Qingxuan, he knew the reason.

Grandma Li stood up on crutches, and said with a smile, "I'll get you some water to drink."

Pulling Lin Qingxuan to sit on the chair, she entered the room with a smile on her face.

Young people always have something to talk about, and Grandma Li understands that.

"Are you okay?" After thinking for a long time, Chen Zhihe finally only asked one sentence.

Lin Qingxuan smiled, her wonderful eyes turned around, she looked at Chen Zhihe and said with a smile: "It's not bad anyway."

Chen Zhihe nodded, not knowing what he was thinking.

"When are you leaving?" Lin Qingxuan asked.

"Leave in a while." Chen Zhihe said.

Lin Qingxuan nodded lightly and did not speak again.

A leaf fell, wobbled, and landed in Lin Qingxuan's hands.

As if discovering a toy, Lin Qingxuan held the petiole of the fallen leaf and kept turning it.

The wind blows gently, shaking the hair floating in the wind.

It seems that all words are superfluous.

Only thoughts whisper in the wind.

……

After a long time, it seems like a moment.

Lin Qingxuan smiled and said, "It's getting late, you should go."

Chen Zhihe gave a deep "hmm", but didn't get up.

Lin Qingxuan got up and patted Chen Zhihe on the shoulder.

Chen Zhihe got up and said goodbye to Grandma Li who was sitting in the corridor.

Grandma Li looked at the two people in front of her, narrowed her eyes with a smile, nodded, and waved to Chen Zhihe.

Chen Zhihe and Lin Qingxuan walked out of the yard one after the other and came to the trunk of the car.

Opening the trunk, Chen Zhihe took out a bag of chestnuts and handed it to Lin Qingxuan.

Dazed for a moment, after seeing a bag of chestnuts in the trunk, Lin Qingxuan teased, "For your girlfriend?"

Chen Zhihe didn't deny it, and said truthfully, "It's our specialty here."

Lin Qingxuan giggled, clapped the chestnut bag in her hand, and said with a smile, "Then I'll take it."

Seeing Chen Zhihe getting into the car, Lin Qingxuan stood outside the window, watched Chen Zhihe start the car, tilted her head and smiled and said, "This time is really a coincidence, see you next time, and pay attention to safety on the road."

Chen Zhihe nodded, looked at Lin Qingxuan outside the car window and said, "Thank you, you can go back."

Lin Qingxuan nodded in agreement, but did not move a step.

The car drove away slowly until it entered the laneway and disappeared.

A piece of sunlight was free and easy, passing through some mottled leaves, and falling on Lin Qingxuan scatteredly.

Waving to the empty alleyway, Lin Qingxuan held a chestnut with a smile on her lips.

"Although we just said goodbye, I'm already looking forward to our reunion, Chen Zhihe."

Back home after bouncing around, Lin Qingxuan felt that going home this time was finally complete.

Everything you ask for can be obtained, and life is a joy, nothing more than that.

Meeting and nostalgia, together, wins but is countless in the world.

Chen Zhihe, who was driving the car, was not at peace.

He really didn't expect to meet Lin Qingxuan here, not because he thought it was impossible, but because he never thought of it.

However, the more unexpected things happen, the more people feel that something is beyond words.

Suddenly, he sighed.

The old people reunited in the old places, but they are not the same in the end, young people travel.

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(End of this chapter)