CH 11

Xie Wenyu and An Ran have been dating for half a year, and the number of times they have met is very few. Sometimes, Xie Wenyu feels that the relationship between him and An Ran has not changed substantially, at most, the frequency of chatting has increased, and the contents have become more trivial.

Perhaps because of the long-distance relationship, Xie Wenyu can’t feel the throbbing and passion through the mobile phone, and calling An Ran every day seems like a task that has to be completed.

His and An Ran’s lives are so different that they can’t find any common topics. The disadvantages of a long-distance relationship began to appear. He was unable to comfort the other party in time when they were down, and he was even more unable to communicate face-to-face when conflicts arose.

The temperature is getting higher and higher, and people’s tempers are getting more and more irritable. When Xie Wenyu was going to participate in a basketball game with his teammates, An Ran lost her temper with him for the first time.

The reason is that the week of Xie Wenyu’s competition happened to collide with An Ran’s birthday. Xie Wenyu is doomed to have no way to live with An Ran.

An Ran: “So basketball is more important than me, isn’t it?”

Xie Wenyu: “It can’t be compared like this.”

An Ran: “The fact is like this.”

Xie Wenyu said hurriedly: “I also don’t want to bump into the same day.”

An Ran also raised her voice: ” Do you know that we haven’t seen each other for two months?”

Xie Wenyu fell silent. After a long time, he said, “I’m sorry.”

An Ran hung up the phone.

Since then, An Ran has never taken the initiative to contact him again, nor has she returned his calls or messages.

This caused Xie Wenyu to be restless and made frequent mistakes during the game. After the first half, he was replaced by the coach.

His condition was really bad. When he was resting on the sidelines, the coach scolded him a few words, and Xie Wenyu’s mood became even worse.

When he got home at night, he received a video call from Mother Xie. Mother Xie greeted her son as usual. Xie Wenyu leaned on the headboard, drooped his head, and answered twice listlessly.

Mother Xie noticed that her son was not in the right mood, so she asked what was wrong. Xie Wenyu said honestly, “I might be falling out of love.”

Mother Xie: “Are you in a relationship?”

Xie Wenyu nodded.

Mother Xie: “How long have you been talking? Why are you falling out of love?”

Xie Wenyu: “Only a few months. We are in different places, and it seems that we can’t keep going.”

Mother Xie smiled and said, “It’s true that children nowadays can’t last just a few months. Back then, your dad and I were in different places for four years in college, and we didn’t see any problems.”

Xie Wenyu pouted: “Don’t talk about this, Mom. I’ll be on summer vacation in a week.”

Mother Xie: “Okay, go home then, Mom and Dad miss you very much.”

Xie Wenyu hadn’t seen his family for nearly a year, so he nodded: “I miss you too.”

The last message Xie Wenyu sent to An Ran was that he was going back to China. An Ran still didn’t reply.

On the day of returning home, Xie Wenyu sat in front of the boarding gate, looked down at An Ran’s message profile, and sighed helplessly.

At this time, the broadcast reminding passengers to board the plane sounded. Xie Wenyu grabbed the schoolbag strap with one hand, carried the bag on one shoulder, and held his mobile phone with the other hand. He disconected the internet and switched to flight mode.

The plane crossed the Pacific Ocean and arrived in Shanghai, which was in midsummer.

After Xie Wenyu got off the plane, unexpectedly, he saw his brother in the pick-up hall.

Xie Wenkai naturally pulled his suitcase. Xie Wenyu followed behind his brother, asking in a daze, “When did you return to China?”

Xie Wenkai: “Two days earlier than you.”

Xie Wenyu: “Why didn’t I know?”

Xie Wenkai: “It was decided on a temporary basis.”

Xie Wenyu followed his brother all the way to the parking lot, saw his brother open the trunk of the car, put his 28-inch and 40-jin suitcase into it with little effort, and then opened the driver’s seat door.

Xie Wenyu was stunned again: “When did you learn to drive?”

Before Xie Wenkai got into the car, he leaned against the side of the car with his arms on the door and looked at Xie Wenyu: “There are so many things you don’t know.”

Since the two brothers went to college, their relationship is not as close as when they were young, and their contact is not very frequent. Xie Wenyu didn’t think much, said “Oh”, and opened the passenger’s door.

On the way, Xie Wenyu imitated his brother’s tone and said to his brother: “There are so many things you don’t know.”

Xie Wenkai glanced at him from the corner of his eye.

Xie Wenyu was gearing up: “I want to learn how to drive when I go home this time!”

Xie Wenkai: “Why, do you want to drive to find your girlfriend in the future?”

With a calm tone, Xie Wenyu sat up straight and touched his nose: “Mom told you?”

Xie Wenkai: “En.”

Xie Wenyu: “What else did she say?”

Xie Wenkai: “She said you are in a long-distance relationship.”

In front of his brother, Xie Wenyu was too embarrassed to talk about relationship issues, he said: “Okay. Let’s change the subject, I don’t want to talk about this.”

Xie Wenkai: “She also said that you are currently in a cold war.”

After the words fell, Xie Wenkai slowly repeated these two words: “Long-distance, cold war.”

Xie Wenyu: “…Did you hear me say that I don’t want to talk?”

For some reason, Xie Wenkai laughed suddenly, the laugh was quick and hasty, the corners of his mouth hardly raised.

Xie Wenyu was baffled: “What are you laughing at?”

Xie Wenkai: “If you really like her, it’s a holiday now, you should show up in her city, not in my car.”

By chance, Xie Wenkai stopped at a red light and pulled the handbrake. He turned his head to look at Xie Wenyu, his eyes were deep and calm: “Do you still like her?”

Xie Wenyu: “Ah?”

Xie Wenkai asked again.

“I…” Under the gaze of his brother, Xie Wenyu was speechless.

After a long time, Xie Wenyu lowered his head and flicked the seat belt with his hand: “I don’t know.”

When the green light came on, Xie Wenkai let go of the handbrake and stepped on the accelerator, looking straight ahead: “If you don’t like her, just say it to her, don’t delay the youth of girls.”

Xie Wenyu didn’t say a word.

Xie Wenkai: “Deaf or dumb?”

Xie Wenyu: “…Got it.”