Fairytale Shelf Life [MTL]

Ch 36

Chapter 36

At midnight, the airport lobby is still brightly lit.

Pushing a black suitcase, Chen Yan stood among the crowds of people coming and going, and he could step out of the hall and step on his homeland if he took a step forward.

However, he hesitated for a long time and failed to take this step because he hadn't returned for several years, or because he was too close to his hometown.

Anyway, no one knows, no one comes to welcome.

Chen Yan, who had no sense of belonging, randomly found a chair and sat down. He took out his mobile phone, and subconsciously clicked on Zhou Yichan, not the interface for contacting his father.

Strangely, it seemed that just thinking of her would naturally dissipate the negativity and silence.

The decision to return to China was very sudden, and Chen Yan left without telling anyone. Even at the moment of landing, I had no direction, and even hesitated to go home.

But at this moment, he suddenly had an idea - should he scare her first?

The girl's surprised or frightened or stunned expression when we saw each other came to mind, and a smile finally flashed in the downcast eyes, and the boy immediately dialed a "video call".

In a blink of an eye, Chen Yan canceled again.

He suddenly felt that he was almost meaningless through the screen, and nothing could be as pleasant as appearing directly in front of her eyes.

When he finally found his destination, Chen Yan suddenly stood up, pushed his suitcase out of the airport hall, and entered the destination in the taxi app.

Everything was ready, and as soon as he raised his head, the night wind from his hometown rushed towards his face accompanied by the figure of the old man.

Chen Yan stopped abruptly, incredulously and unexpectedly joyful.

He never expected that just as he was about to see her, she would fall from the sky and appear in front of him before him. He was not mistaken, the girl stood with her back facing her, and wanted to enter the airport through the door next to her.

The heart that fell into silence caused ripples, and Chen Yan rushed to her without thinking.

The moment before the girl entered the door, he patted her on the shoulder: "Miss, long time no see." The

familiar yet unfamiliar voice stopped Zhou Yichan's footsteps, and she turned her head, stunned.

The brisk sound just now came from behind, and Chen Yan's face did flash in her mind, but when she turned her head, she still couldn't help being shocked when she really saw him.

Zhou Yichan had indeed not seen Chen Yan for many years, to be exact, she had avoided him deliberately all these years.

She clearly remembered that when Chen Xichuan's accident happened, that arrogant little boy suddenly went abroad to study. The last time they met was at Chen Xichuan's funeral. At that time, Chen Yan was the same as himself, as if all vitality had been sucked away, leaving only a body like a walking corpse.

After that, because of her own guilt, Zhou Yichan avoided people and things related to Chen Xichuan. She didn't even have the courage to visit his grave.

Although I heard from Song Zhi that I had been to Chen Yan's birthday party before, but seeing each other now, it feels like a lifetime away.

Unexpectedly, seeing you now, the young man seems to have walked out of the old pain. At this moment, his eyes regained their brilliance, and at a glance, he was full of vitality.

It was as if only she was still stuck in the past.

Those beautiful, broken, and painful memories flooded into his head, Zhou Yichan stood still in a daze, speechless for a long time.

It's like being stunned.

Chen Yan stepped forward to get closer to the girl, raised his hand and snapped his fingers in front of her.

Zhou Yichan woke up suddenly, and almost instinctively took a step back, pulling out a safe distance from the boy.

This guarded posture was something that Song Zhi had never seen before when he and Chen Yan got along.

The girl seemed to be surprised but not happy, which was far from what Chen Yan thought.

He paused slightly, and jokingly said: "Young Miss, you forget things so much, don't you think you won't know me so soon?" The

young man's tone was familiar, but Song Zhi actually rarely mentioned Chen Yan to himself during this trip, It should all be at the intersection of his birthday.

In such a short period of time, Zhou Yichan didn't think that the two of them could really get to know each other very well, and only considered their childhood friendship as teenagers.

"Of course I haven't forgotten you." Zhou Yichan replied, but was speechless.

After meeting again after many years, she didn't know what to talk about.

And Chen Yan also fell silent suddenly, only gazing at her with those sharp eyes, as if examining her.

Once in London, they lost contact completely. But he thought that she should be the same as himself, looking forward to and pleasantly surprised by the goodbye. Even if it wasn't, at least it shouldn't be as guarded and indifferent as it is at the moment.

Chen Yan stares at her, just like every time a girl actively stares at him in London. As before on the track, at the auction, on the yacht.

With deep eyes, he sent a secret signal, asking her to give the reason for her indifference.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yichan didn't understand.

The girl is actually not sociable, she just feels uncomfortable being looked at by him, and habitually lowers her eyes. In her mind, Chen Xichuan's figure also began to continuously appear, and she wanted to escape.

"I—"

Zhou Yichan was about to say goodbye, but the young man spoke at the same time.

Chen Yan asked: "What are you doing at the airport in the middle of the night? Do you want to pick up someone? Do you want to give me a ride?"

Zhou Yichan was startled, as if surprised by his proposal. She shook her head, her tone was

to politely reject a half-baked person: "Thank you, but I'm here to find a friend for supper." "

Here, at the airport, for supper?"

explain.

But the other party said immediately: "It's very interesting, miss, would you mind adding a fan friend?" "

Maybe not very good." Zhou Yichan refused without thinking, "It's not convenient tonight, next time, next time, okay?" ?"

She didn't give the young man a chance to answer, and said, "If there's nothing else, I'm going to find a friend first. Chen Yan, let's get together again when we have time." "We'll get together next time",

she would take this An excuse to perfunctory him.

The girl's attitude was alienated, and her words were full of politeness, as if she only regarded him as a dispensable nodding acquaintance.

She didn't even look like she wanted to spend any more time with him.

If Chen Yan was just surprised by her attitude when they met again, at this moment, he is already astonished and puzzled. After all, the atmosphere was quite harmonious when they parted in London. Could it be that she is still angry about that kiss?

That night, he did have an impulse.

Chen Yan has always respected the girl's wishes, and according to his character, he should have asked Song Zhi's consent in advance that night. However, alcohol and ambiguity caused trouble, and he had an intuition that she would not reject her. The ambiguity is true, he knew that she also felt something, so he took a risk and kissed.

Blue gin as compensation, he also used the name of the party that night to cover up this out-of-bounds exploration. He thought that she had forgiven him, goodbye, maybe they would tacitly keep silent about it.

However, now it seems that the girl still cares.

Suspicious in his heart, but Chen Yan didn't ask after all, and finally only shook his head lightly to express that there was nothing wrong.

But seeing the girl really turned around quickly, turned around and left, she didn't seem to miss the goodbye he was looking forward to.

The strange emotion rose sharply, and Ruxin was stung lightly by something, Chen Yan called her to stop: "Zhou Yichan." The

girl stopped and turned back to ask him: "What else is there?"

Chen Yan didn't know why, he just wanted to call her stop.

Their eyes met, and with a distance of a few steps, Zhou Yichan's expression gradually showed doubts.

"Chen Xichuan." Chen Yan half-truthed and found an excuse for himself, "Shall we go see my brother together?"

Suddenly, Zhou Yichan's complexion became very ugly.

Even though she knew that the young man had no other intentions, it was just that Chen Xichuan's death day was approaching, and she just wanted to ask her to visit the grave together. But she just couldn't restrain her guilt and panic. She was afraid that it was a temptation, and she was afraid that some clues would be discovered.

"No!"

Zhou Yichan didn't dare to stay any longer, leaving the word behind and hurriedly left.

In Chen Yan's eyes, the girl's overreaction was cold and alienated, and she couldn't wait to escape from him.

Watching her slender back, he saw with his own eyes that her pace was getting faster and faster, as if she didn't want to stay for a second longer.

Chen Yan lost his mind and stood there for a long time. Finally, he looked far away at the check-in desk in the hall.

Maybe the girl is right, the encounter in a foreign country should not be brought back to his homeland, he should not have returned.

Chen Yan finally decided to stay first.

He changed the destination of the car and returned to his home after a few years of absence.

The night is dark, and the white building is old and quiet.

Chen Yan pushed open the iron fence, walked across the entry lawn to the front of the house, and tried to enter a series of passwords. With a beep, the door opened, and the password of the door was still my brother's birthday.

The password was originally set because the parents wanted to commemorate the birth of my brother, but later I got myself again, so the password was changed to his birthday.

Originally, if nothing happened to Chen Xichuan, this password should be the day when a new life comes. But because of the accident, my mother said that she was afraid that her brother would not be able to go home smoothly, so she changed the password back on purpose.

It's been the fifth year, and his mother is still waiting for him.

This thought just came up, when I heard a burst of urgent footsteps coming towards Chen Yan.

The door was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and the haggard mother looked at him with tears in her eyes, stunned, ecstatic and heartbroken.

Just as Chen Yan was about to speak, his mother hugged him and said with mixed feelings: "Xichuan! Mom knew that you would come back, you would come back..."

Chen Yan froze, every word stuck in her throat.

And his mother held his face, tears meandering, her voice choked up: "Xichuan, tell mom, where have you been all these years? Why didn't you go home right away, do you know how worried mom is about you! Mom is here every night You are waiting for you in the living room, because I am afraid that you will come back and I will not know immediately..." The

more the woman talked, the more she felt uneasy, thankfully she was heartbroken and frightened, and when she talked about the accident, she even became a little hysterical.

In an instant, Chen Yan was also pulled back to that suffocating rainy day. The submerged water wrapped him and invaded his internal organs. He was indescribably desperate.

He hugged his mother tightly, and for a moment he couldn't bear to tell her that he was not his elder brother.

In the end, it was the father who heard the sound and stretched out his hand to separate them.

Chen Wendong hugged his wife's arms and said calmly: "Qinghe, look clearly, he is Chen Yan, not Xichuan." He repeated the reality to her almost coldly, "Xichuan has been away for five years, and he will not come back again. It's gone."

Mother Chen turned her head and looked at her son outside the house again.

The boy is tall and thin, under the cold moonlight, his vigor and wildness are hidden. In the lonely mist of night, his brows and eyes are sad and gentle.

The 18-year-old Chen Yan is indeed 60-70% like the 22-year-old Chen Xichuan.

"How could it be Homura?" The woman didn't believe it, and shouted firmly and excitedly, "It's obviously like Xichuan, and Homura is not so tall, so this is Xichuan!" Immediately, she turned her head and carefully asked her son for confirmation: "Xichuan

, Mom didn't admit her mistake, right?"

Facing her mother's longing eyes, Chen Yan only felt a dull pain in her left chest. He could give her hope for a moment, but he knew it was meaningless.

Looking at each other silently, he finally said: "Mom, I'm Homura, long time no see."

After the boy finished speaking, he stretched out his arms to hug his mother.

But his mother screamed and pushed him away: "What are you doing back here? What are you doing back here!"

Bang—

the door was slammed shut, leaving him alone outside, just like that summer five years ago .

Chen Yan didn't enter the password again, he turned his back and sat down on the steps.

The full moon is approaching, but no matter how bright it is, it is just a cold light. He just stared at it, then lowered his head wearily, and turned to look at the thick night.

After sitting alone for about ten minutes, the door was reopened. It should be the mother who was comforted.

His father said behind him, "Come in."

Chen Yan got up, but didn't move.

He asked: "After all these years, has Mom's condition not improved?"

From the year Chen Xichuan passed away, his mother couldn't bear the blow, and her mental state fluctuated from up to down.

Chen Yan originally thought that his exile would bring back his mother's recovery.

"If you get better, she will go to celebrate your birthday and go to England to pick you up in person."

Father Chen asked pointedly, "Why will you come back this year? Have you considered my suggestion?"

On the day of her eighteenth birthday , his father asked him to give up racing and transfer to business, and then return to China to take over his empire.

They broke up that day.

At this moment, Chen Yan looked at his father, still uncompromising: "If you promise to enter, I will leave now."

Chen Wendong's eyes were deep and dark. He stared at his son for a moment, and finally turned around with a sigh.

"Let's leave after the anniversary of your brother's death," he said.

Chen Yan watched his father's back, after all, he still carried the suitcase, and stepped into the house again after five years.

The next day, when Song Zhi just woke up, he found that the top of WeChat had changed from Zhou Yichan to Chen Yan.

In the early hours of last night, he made a [video call] to her, but when he clicked on it, it showed that "the other party has canceled".

Song Zhi is a light sleeper, and she is used to turning on the Do Not Disturb mode on her mobile phone at night, so she is not sure whether it was a mistaken touch or it was hung up after a long time of no one responding.

But she clearly felt that she was a little happy when she found out that the boy had thought of herself.

However, why did Chen Yan suddenly dial the video?

what's the matter? Or, she glanced at the time of the call invitation, just bored at midnight and wanted some entertainment?

Song Zhi's fingertips were hanging on the white call note, and he could immediately call back with just a light touch.

Hesitating, hesitating.

The phone ding-dong rang, and Zhou Yichan sent her today's itinerary.

Song Zhi suddenly returned to reality.

She remembered that Zhou Yichan had already returned to Haishi, the deadline between them was no longer two months, and they might return to their original positions at any time.

never mind.

She simply swiped left on Chen Yan's dialog box, and then clicked "Delete". Out of sight, out of mind.

Song Zhi quickly drove out the delusions that should not have been in her mind, and turned her attention to the question bank of subject one. It has been a week since she signed up for the driving school, and she made an appointment for the subject one test this afternoon.

This theory is a piece of cake for Xueba, she was well prepared, and she was confident when she arrived at the driving school without any sense of nervousness.

However, unexpectedly——

when Song Zhi stepped into the examination computer room, he bumped into an extremely familiar figure coming out of it.

Chen Yan's brown hair was dyed black, and he wore a white T-shirt and black pants, which was a bit more refreshing than the flirtatious him at the party.

The young man she wanted to contact in the morning actually landed in front of her at this moment, and her heart was beating in a mess almost immediately. Like a gust of strong wind passing through, those deliberate suppression and concealment were blown away, and the inner anticipation and joy were rediscovered.

Until this moment, Song Zhi had to admit: after London, she really wanted to see the boy again.

After half a month, it seems like they have been separated for many years. In fact, in the silent night, Song Zhi had imagined the reunion with Chen Yan many times.

On the F1 Grand Prix in Haishi, or on a track in a foreign country that is more distant and indefinite, it is a secret and distant hope. But I never thought that it would be so fast, and they would meet unexpectedly in such an unexpected place.

Song Zhi stopped abruptly, feeling a huge wave in her heart. She froze in place, waiting for the boy to approach and exchange greetings.

Unexpectedly——

Chen Yan looked indifferent, just stared at her, and then walked past her.

Chen Yan: My brain's CPU is about to burn!