Liu Yue has been to this street dozens of times, and the familiar layout has not changed at all.
It was already difficult to drive the car into the alley. After Bai Ye parked the car, the two of them got out of the car.
This is a courtyard house in the old city. The sweltering summer heat makes everyone wear vests and hold fans on the road to enjoy the coolness.
We don’t have the habit of installing air conditioners in our houses. When the weather is hot, we sit under the shade of trees, chat and play chess. This is also the lifestyle of the older generation.
Most of the people here are old people. Young people don't like this environment. There are more mosquitoes in summer, which makes it even more unacceptable for young people.
The old people fanned themselves to drive away mosquitoes and flies, brewed a pot of herbal tea, and sat there all afternoon.
Bai Ye has been here several times and remembers the way, but compared to Bai Ye, Liu Yue is more familiar with it.
Because he had been on this road for three years, he often followed his teacher home for dinner.
The familiar big locust tree, the familiar stone benches, and the low, moss-covered wall of the practice haven’t changed at all.
Standing here, Liu Yue felt a feeling of embarrassment spreading. He wanted to get in the car and leave, but he didn't want to leave. The thing he was afraid of was also the thing he wanted to see most.
For a moment, he stood there, staring blankly at the path, not knowing what to do.
At this time, a fluent Beijing accent sounded in my ears: "Isn't that baby a student of Lao Gao? I haven't seen you in a few years."
Liu Yue was stunned for a moment, like a frightened rabbit, and turned to look at the old man sitting on the stone stool drinking water from an enamel cup. He also saw that the old man looked familiar.
How could it not be familiar?
How can I not become familiar with it after sitting in this alley for decades and walking back and forth for two or three years?
Liu Yue knew the old man and smiled awkwardly: "I graduated and went abroad and just came back."
The old man squinted his eyes and laughed: "Well, no wonder I haven't seen you for a few years. The young man hasn't changed at all. Let's go find your teacher, right? Go quickly."
Liu Yue nodded absently and glanced at Bai Ye.
Bai Ye smiled, patted Liu Yue, and said, "Let's go, it's such a hot day, let's go in and drink some water."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards Gao Yueyang's home.
Not all courtyard houses are that big. The house of Gao Yueyang's family can be said to be quite average, without any special features, but this kind of moderation is its special feature.
The two walked for seven or eight minutes, winding their way to the door, knocked on the door, and heard a shout.
"I'm coming."
Not long after, a short-haired woman wearing an apron ran out of the room. The woman was in her fifties and dressed simply. When she opened the door, she was stunned when she saw the two of them!
"Xiao...Xiao Yue! Come in, come in!"
Liu Yue also shouted excitedly: "Aunt Zhang."
The woman welcomed the person in with a smile and hurriedly ran towards the room: "Doctor Gao, Doctor Gao, Xiao Yue is back! Xiao Yue is back..."
Before the two of them entered, they heard a loud crashing sound coming from the house, and then saw the door curtain being lifted, and Gao Yueyang ran out of the house wearing a vest and slippers.
Because I was so anxious, I didn't even put on my slippers.
Seeing Bai Ye and Liu Yue standing there, Gao Yueyang was dumbfounded!
His expression went from shocked to excited... then to uneasy, and finally to helpless.
There was nowhere to put his hands, he just stood there, his eyes were already hazy, but Lao Gao just stood there and suddenly grinned.
Smiling.
The smile is silly.
Smiling so happily!
I don't know how long it took, until Aunt Zhang next to me urged: "Hurry back to the house, it's so hot outside, I'll cut a watermelon for you!"
Gao Yueyang then nodded and kept saying: "That's right, it's hot. Come to the house and I'll cut the watermelon for you."
After saying that, when Gao Yueyang turned around, he wiped his eyes.
Then he turned around and said with a smile: "It's too hot and I'm sweating a lot. Come into the house quickly."
Liu Yue was not much better than Gao Yueyang. He kept nodding his head after seeing Gao Yueyang.
I muttered for a long time but couldn't say anything.
He was originally not good at words, let alone expressing emotions. He followed the teacher and seemed to have returned to the way he looked when he was in Kyoto a few years ago.
Liu Yue is a genius.
While God gave him talents, he also deprived him of many things, such as his home.
Ever since he was sensible, he has been in the orphanage. The only thing he has to do every day is study, because this way he will not think about so many unreasonable things.
This also gave him a slightly autistic and even inferior character.
He has no friends.
No one wants to be friends with him.
He didn't care either, and his lonely heart also learned to be strong.
It wasn't until he met Gao Yueyang that his heart seemed to belong.
Gao Yueyang took him with him when he was in college, and also when he was a graduate student. In eight years, Gao Yueyang has regarded this child as his own.
The original farewell without saying goodbye seems to have become an eternal knot in Gao Yueyang's heart.
For so many years, it has not been solved.
Unexpectedly, he is back!
Liu Yue was also trembling. He originally thought he would complain when he saw Gao Yueyang, but when he saw this pale-haired old man, the only feeling in his heart was heartache.
It's like an old father reunited after a long absence.
More like...
Liu Yue entered the house. The layout here was still the same as a few years ago. There were not many changes and not much new furniture was added.
Gao Yueyang came back and moved a chair: "Sit down quickly, sit down quickly."
The old man was very enthusiastic, as if he was entertaining his son-in-law, and he also seemed to miss his son who had been away from his hometown for a long time.
Aunt Zhang is a nanny and has stayed with the Gao family for more than ten years.
Gao Yueyang is busy with work, and his wife is a professor in the Beijing Department of Education. Aunt Zhang takes care of their daily life a lot.
Over the years, Aunt Zhang has become half a member of the Gao family.
After everyone sat down, Gao Yueyang finally said: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!"
Bai Ye seemed to have become the middleman. He said with a smile: "Senior Brother Liu Yue is great now. He is now a professor at Harvard. I invited him here this time because I want him to help me study hypertension."
Gao Yueyang nodded, staring at Liu Yue, not taking Bai Ye's words to heart at all.
What research?
None of this matters!
For a long time...
Gao Yueyang suddenly sighed: "Xiao Yue, what happened back then was because the teacher didn't help you. The teacher was wrong. I apologize to you."
Looking at Gao Yueyang's obviously much older face, Liu Yue choked up for a moment.
He seemed to muster up the courage, stood up and knelt down in front of Gao Yueyang, banging his head several times.
"Teacher, it was my fault. I shouldn't have been willful. I'm not blaming you. I just wanted to make some great achievements and let them see it."
"Teacher, I was wrong!"
Gao Yueyang could not hold back and directly pulled Liu Yue up.
After a long absence, we reunited and cleared up the old grudges. Tears already flowed from our eyes.