Rebirth: Throwing the Bamboo Horse

Chapter 1

September [-] is an auspicious number. Adults say that it will last forever and be blessed.But for An Zhentang now, it is an extremely lonely number, because today is his birthday, a birthday of a person.

Dong Le left in a hurry early in the morning, before An Zhentang even opened his eyes.When An Zhentang was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee, Dong Le came back in a hurry.Just when An Zhentang thought that he would stay with him to celebrate his birthday, Dong Le left in a hurry with a bunch of documents.

From the beginning to the end, he never said a word to An Zhentang, even if it was just a happy birthday.An Zhentang touched the rim of the coffee cup in silence for a moment, smiled, picked up the wallet and keys and went out.

People who are burned by the sun have chest tightness and shortness of breath, as if they are about to be burned out of their bodies.

An Zhentang touched the fire bubble under his nose, he was irritable and easy to get angry in autumn.The cry of cicadas can no longer be heard on the side of the road. If you smell it carefully, you can still faintly smell the fragrance of hanging flowers.

An Zhentang drove the car to the cemetery. It is unlucky for the elderly to go to the cemetery on the birthday.

But An Zhentang wanted to see Ke Xuan very much today, and he started thinking about it as soon as he opened his eyes in the morning.

An Zhentang stood in front of the tombstone empty-handed, "I didn't buy anything to see you, today is my birthday, and you still owe me a gift"

An Zhentang said while sitting on the stone steps beside him, one tombstone was connected to another tombstone, looking at the empty cemetery at first glance gave a somewhat cautious feeling.

He took out a wet towel and slowly wiped the tombstone, "Why didn't I know that you are so fragile, a plateau can kill you in seconds, Ke Yuan, if you were still here, wouldn't I be like this now?"

An Zhentang lit a cigarette, but because he didn't know how to smoke, his eyes were red from coughing, "I really don't know what to smoke, and I can't eat enough."

In my memory, Ke Yun didn't smoke, at least not in front of him.

When he grew up, Ke Yu started smoking. Once he found out when he went to his office without notifying Ke Yu. At that time, he laughed at him and said, "Oh, I have grown into a man and I still smoke. Be careful, uncle smokes to death. you!"

At that time, Ke Yu put out the cigarette butts with a smile, and then opened all the windows to let in air, "I haven't eaten, let's go to eat together" and then took An Zhentang to eat his favorite kfc.

Thinking of the taste of chicken wings, I smacked my lips and felt a little tired for no reason.

An Zhentang leaned against the tombstone, sat down and looked at the sky with a lonely smile, "You already knew it, right... I knew it a long time ago, I can't live without you, you have invaded my life a little bit, but you just let me go. ..Why don't you hurry up, why...it will become like this..."

The day before An Zhentang decided to be with Dong Le, Ke Xuan confessed his love to him.

An Zhentang was suddenly stunned that a brother who grew up with him had such thoughts about him.

He remembered that what he said was not very serious, but it was also very serious. He said, "Ke Yu, we are brothers, we can only be brothers, don't think about it, otherwise you won't even be brothers."

Then Ke Yu became the project director of the new development.It was a plateau area, and it didn't take long to send a message back, saying that it was altitude sickness, and he died.

Then An Zhentang became even more confused.

If you think about it, just keep thinking about it, you really don’t want to be my brother anymore!

An Zhentang didn't even remember how he attended the funeral and how he paid his respects to his remains.

He only knows that his brother is gone, the brother who filled his pocket with candy and chocolates just for him to eat is gone, the brother who will help him carry when he gets into trouble, and will definitely protect him when he is beaten is gone.

An Zhentang found that memory is really unreliable. The more you want to forget something, you can't forget it. The more you want to remember, the more blurred.

It turned out that he thought it was Ke Yu who was a brother, and then recalled it from another angle, only to find out that this guy actually raised him like a son.

Ke Yu Da'an Zhen Tang was four years old, and his parents were both busy since he was a child.Ke Yu was sensible early, and took An Zhentang to eat at school at noon, and sometimes took An Zhentang to dinner at night.

A little older, Ke Xuan was in middle school, and Ke Xuan would basically feed An Zhen Tang for dinner.

An Zhentang was very spoiled when he was a child, and the ordinary people who are good at eating can't restrain them.

A sensible son, a son who has someone to take care of his own family, the parents of the two families just let go of them so unscrupulously.

So it is no exaggeration to say that An Zhentang was brought up by Ke Yu.

An Zhentang sat until his legs became numb, stood up and stretched his muscles and bones, silently looked at the photo of Ke Xuan's young and handsome eyes with gentle eyes on the tombstone, and suddenly gave a chuckle that seemed to be self-deprecating and sad.

Looking up at the sun in the sky, the scorching light hurt people's eyes.

He raised his hand to cover his eyes to block the glare of the light, slowly let out a mouthful of depression that was squeezing his chest, and left without looking back.

An Zhentang didn't know whether he was used to Ke Xuan or just a habit.It's just that after Ke Yu passed away so irresponsibly, he didn't even want to say anything for a while.

That period of time was quite long, about half a year, but his whole family was in a hurry.

Then suddenly he was fine, and life went on as usual, but, it seemed, maybe, he couldn't be happier anymore.

A person who was kind to you since childhood is gone. Everyone will feel empty, lonely and empty.

An Zhentang had no choice but to comfort himself like this, but now he couldn't do that anymore.It's been so long, in fact, it's not too long, maybe two years, he can't feel passionate looking at Dong Le.

Tired, very tired, after Ke Yu disappeared, An Zhentang felt that life was no longer interesting.

Just after turning off the shower head, before she had time to dry herself off, the doorbell rang, and An Zhentang casually put on a bathrobe.

A courier wearing a hat and wearing a black circle with the word sf in it held a dusty box wrapped in a plastic bag and delivered it to him, "Mr. An Zhentang's courier, please sign for it."

An Zhentang signed his name in a fluttering manner, and started tearing the plastic bag after closing the door.

A nicely wrapped gift and card fell out.

That was the handwriting that he was so familiar with that he couldn't be more familiar with it. Before the college entrance examination, his notebook was full of this person's handwriting, Ke Yu's handwriting.

PS Tangtang, happy birthday.

Just these few words made An Zhentang's heart feel as if he was being grabbed by something, the kind of numbness that he couldn't even cry.

An Zhentang was silent for a long time, so long that the hand holding the gift was a little numb, and then he smiled lightly, his voice full of helpless sadness.

With stiff fingertips, trembling slightly, he unwrapped the gift.

A watch, not a new one, but one that An Zhentang had taken a fancy to before.

The price was quite expensive, and Ke Yuan refused to let him buy it at the time.

It's not that I can't afford it, but Ke Yu said that it's not good for a student of his to wear such a good watch, which is easy to be jealous.

He also promised that he would definitely buy one for An Zhentang after he graduated.

Well, he has graduated for two years, and the watch is only delivered now.

But the sender is gone, what does he want this watch for.

An Zhentang looked at the watch like a statue motionless, his mind was full of thoughts but blank.

The sudden gift made An Zhentang's pretense collapse in an instant.

The ringing of the mobile phone broke the silence in the room, An Zhentang picked up the phone, and a slightly old voice came from the other end of the phone, "Tangtang, happy birthday, have you received the gift, I was in Ke Yu's closet when I was packing things a few days ago. You found it here, you...keep it as a souvenir."

An Zhentang hummed lightly, "Got it, thank you Uncle."

After saying a few more words over there, he sighed lightly before hanging up the phone.

An Zhentang didn't know what he should do now, but he always felt that he should do something. After thinking about it, he put on his clothes, grabbed the key and went to Dong Le's company.

In the end, the secretary sweetly told him that Dong Le went to socialize with Tu's boss.

After hesitating for a moment, he drove towards their entertainment city.

Dong Le's company is a big player in this entertainment city, so as long as his name is reported, the waiter will lead him directly to the door of their box.

An Zhentang waved his hand to let the waiter back down, but before he went in, he heard the people inside laughing.

An Zhentang stood at the door and finally did not go in, turned around and walked to the bathroom.

The water temperature in September is already a bit cold, even if the sun is still vicious.

Looking at her embarrassed look in the mirror, she couldn't figure out how life could become like this, An Zhentang smiled, very sadly.

When the door was pushed open, An Zhentang hid in the compartment as if sensing something.

As expected, Dong Le's assistant and Dong Le's voices sounded, "Are you planning to go back tonight, or should I reserve a room for you now?"

Dong Le's assistant is his former childhood friend, and he has a very good relationship with him. Many * Dong Le don't avoid him.

Dong Le's clothes were rustling, probably zipping, "No, Tu Yue is different from those women, her father is even more shrewd and can't mess around."

An Zhentang knew the Tu family, and Tu Yue was the only jewel in the palm of the Tu family. If she became the son-in-law of the Tu family, she would be able to soar into the sky directly.

I used to think that Dong Le was ambitious, ambitious, and a very attractive man, and it was precisely because of this that he was infatuated with Dong Le.

Compared to Ke Yu who is always around him, Dong Le is a charming and mature man.

But I didn't expect that the man who used to be like that is now plotting against women because of his ambition.

Dong Le's assistant's voice interrupted An Zhentang's thoughts. "So Ah Le is planning to marry Miss Tu? Then... what about your family? A clean break or Jinwu Zangjiao?"

An Zhentang's heart tightened suddenly, and he pricked up his ears to eavesdrop carefully.

"He's a man, can he still get married? He wants to start a family too. He's not an unreasonable person. I can understand." After speaking, they heard the sound of water being pumped, and the two went out one after the other.

An Zhentang smiled, should I thank Dong Le for looking up to him so much, can you understand?

He's just too lazy to argue and make trouble, so it turns out that these are considerate in his eyes, which is really a great irony.

An Zhentang was drinking alone at home, watching the lights outside the window, and felt that it was time for such days to come to an end