Chu Yun kept smoking, and Lin Ruoxi stayed with him silently without making a sound.
It wasn't until Chu Yun finished smoking the cigarette that Chu Yun said, "Girl, do you want to go out for a walk under the moonlight?"
Lin Ruoxi glanced out the window. There was no moonlight at all, and even the stars were holding back their light, but she still nodded.
The location we walked to was Pinghu Park on Yunhua Road. It was a bit late now and the sky was getting dark. By the way, there were fewer people in the park. However, we occasionally saw couples hugging each other among the trees.
Thinking that she and Chu Yun were in such a combination, Lin Ruoxi couldn't help but blush every time.
Perhaps normally, Chu Yun would have started teasing him, but today, the uncle was surprisingly silent.
Lin Ruoxi could tell that his concern was related to the monkey, but she didn't know if it was appropriate for her to ask.
After walking about half a circle around Pinghu, Lin Yatou's patience finally ran out. He was obviously an uncle, so he was pretending to be serious, so she asked rudely: "Are you worried about the monkey?"
Her subtext is - Hasn't his mother already agreed? What else is there to worry about?
Chu Yun laughed dumbly. He took Lin Ruoxi's hand and walked to the bench by the lake to sit down.
"Girl, are you interested in telling you a story?"
Lin Ruoxi curled her lips, but she did not interrupt Chu Yun's words.
In Chu Yun's story, there is also a young man who was 16 years old that year.
He met a group of friends in the game. That era was very simple. There were no ridiculously high housing prices, and there was no saying that you couldn’t afford a bride without a car or a house. At that time, what he wanted most was to grow up quickly and escape.
That bondage called "home".
The young man felt like a bird imprisoned in a cage, his body was locked in this small cage. They told him what to do, or maybe told him what not to do.
He is a bird kept in captivity, but his heart longs for the sky.
Everything has an opportunity. For the young man who had been suppressed for too long at that time, the opportunity to change his unchanging daily routine was when a person recognized his talent.
In that era when e-sports was considered a waste of time and a fool's errand, it was not easy to do this.
Moreover, the other party was still an adult, and he vowed to ensure that his talents would blossom and bear fruit, and that he would be able to move to a higher and bigger stage.
The young man thought, even if he was deceived in the end, he would admit it. Who is young and not frivolous? He just wanted to take a look at the vast sky, break free from the shackles on his feet, and wander above the free clouds.
The more he does this, the more contrary to his family's expectations.
In the beginning, he could still rely on concealment, but the records of skipping classes and absences again and again could not be kept buried in the paper without being exposed. However, his persistence and stubbornness did not make this matter any more serious.
Instead of getting better, the quarrels escalated again and again, making the relationship between him and his family more and more tense.
Rebellion was the main theme of that era. Teenagers, like young people of that era, longed for freedom and chased their dreams.
He didn't understand why his father was so against him. He never listened to what he said, and never spent even a second to understand his hobbies and dreams. In his father's eyes, as long as he was
If he thinks it is wrong, it must be wrong. What kind of thinking is this? Hasn’t the dictatorship passed for decades?
Therefore, in the eyes of the young man, he and his father are completely different people from different worlds. It is impossible to talk about communication. He is eager to prove himself, prove his talents, and prove that his choice is the right one.
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He didn't say anything, maybe he didn't understand it at that time, but what he wanted most was to have his father identify with him.
This opportunity finally came one day.
It was a World of Warcraft finals, and the winner could go to Beijing to compete for the top spot in the country.
The boy got the one-way ticket to fulfill his dream and the night he got the promotion spot. He clearly remembered that he was so excited all night that he couldn't even sleep at all. Whenever he forced himself and tried to empty his mind, his head
A scene will pop up in every scene: he is holding the trophy high on the stage where everyone is watching, and the e-sports fans below are shouting his name...
Dreams seem to be within reach.
But in this world, in addition to dreams, what people encounter when they bow their heads is setbacks.
The young man never thought that when he told his father about this in a somewhat showy tone, he was met with an irresistible rejection. Not only that, after that, the young man was put into confinement.
The boy felt so depressed that he couldn't breathe. His life was like a puppet in his father's hand. He resisted like crazy and roared with all his strength. However, in response to his struggle, his father only gave him a cold look and a hot slap in the face.
So, the young man thought of "escape".
At that time, there were not a few people who ran away for their dreams.
The young man also wants to be like them, relying on his own efforts and determination to hold up the sky. Compared with this small cage that cannot accommodate his dreams, the young man would rather face the rain and wind outside.
He secretly took out his personal savings, and borrowed the rest from his buddy who had been taking care of him. He felt that this feeling was a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, with a little fear, confusion and nervousness.
, but more importantly, there is endless longing and excitement for the future. This emotion cannot be suppressed, as if it will burst out from the small chest at any time.
Although a lot of preparations were made in advance, this plan was not realized in the end.
The boy thought of the terms parent and adult too simply. His unusual behavior obviously did not escape his serious father. That day, the train to Beijing was about to leave, but his father blocked the door.
That was the most hysterical time for a young boy in his memory. He broke out completely. Regardless of everything, he pushed his father away. He discovered that his father was not as tall as he thought, and his strength could not even keep up with his growing self. He
Overjoyed, the last obstacle
He also disappeared. When he walked towards the door, his father said to him: If you walk out of this door today, from now on, father and son will become people in the world. His heart ached and tears fell down.
But the stubborn temper he was born with kept pulling him away.
He kept taking steps, although slowly, yet firmly.
When he finally saw the blue sky above his head, when he finally felt that he was in control of his destiny, fate played a trick on him.
My father spit out a mouthful of blood and fell heavily to the cold floor.
The boy's world turned into a gray-white freeze. A moment ago, the hope he had for the future was shattered. He stood there blankly, watching his mother anxiously calling for help, and then watching the continuous influx of people.
The grown-up supported his father and left with all kinds of help.
At this point, the story should come to an end.
But at the end of the story, there is always an ending.
Many years later, my father became older and the boy finally grew up.
When the family was finally able to eat together peacefully around the same table, my father would occasionally talk about the rebellious past with apologies and sentiments. However, the grown-up boy just smiled and said, that was just
It was just an unrealistic dream when I was young.
Who should apologize to whom, he is no longer young and already knows it very well.
In this matter, no one did anything wrong, but both my father and I did something wrong.
Lin Ruoxi listened quietly. She did not ask stupidly, who is the young man in this story?
She just asked him: Are monkeys the same as the boy in this story?
Chu Yun smiled and shook his head, looking at the starless sky.
"Poor parents in the world, but what's wrong with pursuing your dreams?"
Lin Ruoxi looked at him quietly, waiting for him to finish what he said.
"That's why I can't persuade the monkey to turn back."
