The first time Chen Ye saw Jiang Chi was in the corridor on the third floor of Tongzi Tower. Twelve years old, thin, standing at the door with a box, the key inserted into the keyhole and it couldn't turn - his mother had changed the lock, and the home was no longer his.
They later lived with a wall separated them for six years. The heating pipe was buzzing, and from the other side of the wall he could hear the sound of the man turning over, coughing, and the sound of his pen scratching paper as he did his homework. On the day it rained heavily, he raised his school uniform over the two people's heads. The rain hit the cotton cloth with a loud bang, and he shouted "run".
Never said it was broken. Not a word.
After the college entrance examination, I took two paths and haven't seen him for thirteen years. Goodbye is the construction site of the old city renovation. Jiang Chi lost weight and moved back to Tongzilou. The cheating of his ex-boyfriend and the plagiarism of his colleagues happened in the same winter. Chen Ye was guarding the Guilan braised food shop. Even after his mother had been gone for three years, the fire on the stove never stopped.
He started showing up every day. Bringing food, fixing faucets, standing at the door at three in the morning. No matter what happened, he didn't leave. Jiang Chi said you don't have to come, but he said he was on his way.
The shop is on the old street and the board house is on the construction site, separated by two streets. Bad way.
Exactly the same as when I was eighteen.
Concept: A person looks at another person through the crack of the door for eight years, sees everything, and says nothing - is this considered love?