Ye Qin told Cheng Feichi how he was in a hurry when he came, and he was so busy that he didn't bring anything except his mobile phone and passport.
Cheng Feichi asked: "Then how did you come here?"
Ye Qin said: "A driver will pick you up at the airport. My mother called me."
"Why don't you go home?"
Ye Qin blinked, and reacted quickly and said, "I didn't bring the house key, so I can't get in. Auntie went home on vacation."
Reasonable and self-consistent, Cheng Feichi didn't ask any more questions, and pulled him out of the community.
Ye Qin turned his head and looked back: "Why don't we go to your house... You didn't bring the key either?"
Cheng Feichi paused and asked, "Did you knock on the door?"
"Knock it," Ye Qin said, "There is no one in your house, otherwise I wouldn't be squatting outside."
Cheng Feichi also turned his head to look in the direction of Building 3. The lights in the kitchen and living room were not on.
After reading it, he didn't say anything, acquiesced to the statement of "no key", and took Ye Qin into the chain hotel near Yulin Community.
Before entering the door, Ye Qin stooped to hide behind Cheng Feichi: "You... take me to open the room?"
In the traditional sense, "open room" refers to staying in hotels, hotels and other places for people to rest, but here, Yeqin obviously added some kind of distorted meaning to the word.
"Isn't it cold?" Cheng Feichi held him tightly and asked blankly, "Isn't there nowhere to go?"
Ye Qin cowardly followed him to check in, and took the elevator upstairs, comforting himself, I'm a man too, I'm panicking.
Swipe the card to enter the door, just as the air conditioner turned on the heat, Ye Qin took off his overalls and wandered around the small standard room like a leader inspecting: "The window can't be opened? The curtains are so dirty... the bed is too small, right? Have you washed the sheets? Can you sleep?" After the evaluation, he ran to the door of the bathroom, grabbed the door frame and asked Cheng Feichi, who was using a kettle to fetch water, "Let's go to the Hilton in the city center. You put the money first, and I'll take it later." Pay you back."
After receiving the water, Cheng Feichi went straight past Ye Qin to the outside, bent down to look for an outlet, and said, "I don't have enough money on me."
Ye Qin made a face behind his back, swallowed his distasteful words, and ran barefoot under the air vent of the air conditioner to keep warm.
After the water boiled, Cheng Feichi scalded the cup carefully, and first took a glass of water for Ye Qin.
"I want to drink soda," Ye Qin frowned. "Is there room service here? I'll call the front desk."
Cheng Feichi still stuffed the cup into his hand: "I didn't let you drink it, take it to warm your hands."
When Cheng Feichi went downstairs to buy soda, Ye Qin realized that he had gone too far. Cheng Feichi was obviously in a bad mood, and he kept trying to find him unhappy, and he wasn't afraid of being thrown out to blow the cold wind.
After taking the soda water from the loose cap, Ye Qin took a big sip and asked Cheng Feichi, "Are you going out to work for your birthday?"
Cheng Feichi gave a "hmm", as if he didn't want to discuss this topic.
The two sat side by side on the same bed, and Ye Qin moved towards him: "Let's go buy a cake, please, and charge it to my account."
Cheng Feichi whispered, "No need."
"Then how can I do that?" Ye Qin jumped off the bed, "I flew all the way back just to celebrate your birthday, what kind of birthday is it without a cake?"
Cheng Feichi raised his head, glanced up at him, and quickly lowered his eyes: "Didn't you not eat cake on your birthday?"
Ye Qin was stunned for a long time before he realized that he was talking about the birthday at the food stall during the winter solstice. Of course he couldn't tell Cheng Feichi that day wasn't his birthday at all, and he lowered his voice guiltyly: "Then... isn't that a special situation?"
His appearance somehow made Cheng Feichi laugh, he suddenly let out a low laugh, and patted the bed: "Lie down and put on the quilt, your knees are red from the cold."
Seeing Cheng Feichi still laughing, Ye Qin's heart fell to the ground. He squatted down, wrapped his curled legs with a large coat, and showed Cheng Feichi the posture downstairs just now: "I squatted like this, my legs are not cold at all, but my toes are a little cold."
Cheng Feichi had nothing to do with him, so he stretched out his hand to lift him up, and wrapped the quilt around him by the way.
Ye Qin consciously huddled into a ball, with only his head exposed, more like a ball than squatting on the ground. The smile spread uncontrollably on Cheng Feichi's face. He tilted his head and cleared his throat, and asked Ye Qin, "Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?"
After all, I still ate a sweet cake.
Ye Qin dug out a number from his cell phone address book, and used Cheng Feichi's cell phone to call the cake shop he knew. Within an hour, a 6-inch cake was delivered.
Ye Qin unwrapped the candle's transparent packaging with one hand, and held the phone in the other hand to talk on the phone: "I'm with my classmate...you don't know...you have good grades, here is a top student in science class one, if you don't believe me, go ask my mother... that's okay, okay, I'll If you know, go home tomorrow."
Several minutes after I hung up the phone, my face was still stinky. Ye Jinxiang didn't panic at all when he heard the words "Science Class One". He really had a thick skin, and he might have been prepared to deal with it long ago.
Cheng Feichi looked at the candles carved in the shape of 1 and 8 in his hand, and asked him, "Isn't it impossible to make calls with foreign cards?"
Ye Qin said impatiently: "That's my dad, he has a card that can be opened."
After finishing speaking, I realized that my words contained sensitive words. Seeing that Cheng Feichi had no special reaction, I couldn't help but feel anxious. After inserting the candles, I asked casually, "Your family... I said that your mother and father don't usually celebrate for you." birthday?"
Cheng Feichi pursed his lips, and when he spoke after a while, his voice became distinctly cold: "I don't have a father."
Because of accidentally stepping on a thunderstorm, Ye Qin didn't dare to act rashly all night, and got up very early the next day.
It was still not as early as Cheng Feichi, when Ye Qin was brushing his teeth with a hotel toothbrush so hard that it could pierce a person's gums, Cheng Feichi had already returned with breakfast.
He took out the heated sandwich from a pile of buns and handed it to Yeqin: "I'll help you take a taxi home after eating."
Ye Qin felt a bit regretful that he told Ye Jinxiang on the phone yesterday that he was going home today, and he said nonsense: "Auntie may not arrive until afternoon, and now I have to squat at the gate when I go back."
Cheng Feichi checked the time with his mobile phone: "I'll help you extend the check-out time to two o'clock in the afternoon, and check out by yourself when you leave."
After speaking, he picked up his overalls, casually folded them under his armpits, and was about to leave.
"Hey," Ye Qin bit a sandwich and stood up to stop him, "Where are you going?"
"work to earn a living."
Ye Qin was in a hurry: "No, you can't go."
Cheng Feichi stood at the door and turned his head to look at him: "What else?"
Through the conversation just now, Ye Qin detected that Cheng Feichi wasn't angry because of yesterday's incident, and immediately became more confident, pointing his hand to his leg: "I don't have pants and shoes, I will freeze to death if I go out."
Half an hour later, with Cheng Feichi's overalls tied around his waist, Ye Qin was picking and choosing in the men's clothing section of the X clothing store. This one was too dirty, and the other was too thready. He couldn't find a pair of pants he was satisfied with for a long time.
Cheng Feichi rushed to work, took a pair of jeans, slacks, and sweatpants, and pushed Ye Qin to the fitting room to try on.
Ye Qin went in for a long time, and there was a non-stop rustling inside. When the door curtain was lifted, only one head stuck out, and said with a bitter face, "It's so ugly, can we change?"
He had never worn such cheap trousers before, he just felt that the fit was not right, the fabric was rubbing against the skin, and there was nothing good about it.
"No." Cheng Feichi refused mercilessly, and handed him a pair of white casual shoes from the shelf.
After dawdling for a few more minutes, Ye Qin came out shyly, tripped before taking two steps, leaned forward, and was quickly caught by Cheng Feichi's swift hand.
Cheng Feichi looked down at the loose shoelaces under his feet: "It doesn't fit?"
Ye Qin got up from his arms, supported his arms to stand firm, his facial features were wrinkled, and his voice was crying: "I don't know how to tie my shoes..."
Yeqin, who put on new pants and new shoes, broke his promise as expected.
He didn't go home, and followed Cheng Feichi to the fast food restaurant where he worked part-time, and sat in the place closest to the heater for a day.
In the afternoon, Wu Rui couldn't stand it anymore, so she ran to the back kitchen and asked Cheng Feichi, who was serving the dishes: "Is that your brother who brought you in the morning? He hasn't left yet. So far, he has drunk eight cups of free hot drinks in our store." water."
Cheng Feichi sighed helplessly, and transferred a shift with Wu Rui on the grounds of "sending my brother home".
After get off work, I called Aunt Feng first, and apologized for not being able to come to visit for New Year's greetings on the second day of junior high school. Aunt Feng didn't blame him, and she seemed to know the reason why he didn't go home, so she said a few words for Cheng Xin: "Don't blame your mother, it's not easy for her these years, so many people didn't mind her bringing her Child, pursue her, want to marry her, some of them have good family conditions, for you, she didn't agree." At the end she sighed, "It's just that I didn't expect that after so many years, she still didn't let go."
Cheng Feichi didn't understand the meaning of the last sentence. In his eyes, Cheng Xin had always been aloof and indifferent. He had never shown any attachment to something. Is there anything she couldn't let go of
After tidying up and walking out, Cheng Feichi looked a little dazed, Ye Qin jumped up to meet him, waved his hand in front of his eyes, calling his soul back.
"What shall we have for dinner tonight?" Yeqin said enthusiastically, "I heard that there is a dessert shop upstairs in your place that tastes good. Can you try it after dinner?"
After making inquiries, it seems that he has not been idle all day long.
Cheng Feichi knew that he likes to eat sweets, after all yesterday's cake almost went into his stomach alone.
Ye Qin made a good plan, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. The two of them went out and wandered around before realizing that today is Valentine's Day. All the restaurants with a little bit of romanticism are fully booked, and even the fast food restaurants can't find a seat when they go late.
Ye Qin followed behind Cheng Feichi with a sullen face, complaining that it would be better to eat at the restaurant where he worked, as there was heating to blow.
Cheng Feichi was followed by the young master for a whole day, and after going through all kinds of weird tricks and mindless twists and turns, he lost his temper at this moment. Put him on a bench for guests to rest, and go for food alone.
The place where they are located is a pedestrian street next to Times Square. At this moment, the lights are on and the neon lights are flickering. The whole street is very lively, full of sweet couples cuddling together... and children selling flowers.
When Cheng Feichi came back, Ye Qin had just been entangled by a little girl. The little girl had sharp teeth, held up a handful of single-packaged flowers, and begged Ye Qin to buy them: "Brother, brother, you can just buy two, I wish you a couple for the rest of your life."
Ye Qin, who was penniless, shook his head and waved his hands: "I'm single, and I can't afford both."
The little girl pushed the flower forward persistently: "Then you can buy one, and I wish your beloved will appear soon."
Ye Qin is used to generosity, and rejection is one of the things he is least good at. Seeing Cheng Feichi approaching from a distance, he grabbed hold of a savior and shouted: "Come and buy me a flower, and I will give you the money later!"
Cheng Feichi couldn't even sigh, he paid the bill and put the flower in his trouser pocket casually.
They ate donuts for dinner, and they ate them while walking on the floor. Not only did Young Master Ye not dislike them, he even licked his fingers after getting off the taxi.
"It's delicious?" Cheng Feichi asked him.
Ye Qin nodded like a pounding garlic: "Didn't you also eat one?"
Cheng Feichi didn't think there was anything delicious about those bagels sprinkled with colorful jams, not to mention full, but also so greasy that his throat was dry.
Even though he thought so in his heart, he would not spoil his interest by saying that it was unpalatable in front of Ye Qin. Walking to a deserted place on the side of the road, he asked Ye Qin to stop, and knelt down to help him tie the loose shoelaces.
The laces of the new shoes are easy to come loose, and Yeqin is active and restless. This is the third time today. The first time at the door of the fitting room of the X clothing store, and the second time at the fast food restaurant where she worked, Wu Rui made a fuss and said, "You are so kind to your brother."
Cheng Feichi thought it was nothing at the time, so he didn't refute, but now he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Both sides were fastened with firm double slipknots, and Yeqin was still restless in the process of tying, his toes moved around, pushing up the soft upper and deflated again.
After that, silence continued for a long time.
Walking across the overpass, across the road, to the gate of the community, Ye Qin pointed to his pocket, and asked in a low voice if he should give him the flowers, Cheng Feichi suddenly figured out the result, the sticky touch floating in the silent air and The lingering atmosphere that seems to be absent can be classified as "ambiguous".
And ambiguity, like all other feelings in this world, cannot be clapped with a single hand.
Ye Qin couldn't wait, and took the flowers out of Cheng Feichi's pocket by himself, as if it should belong to him, and then asked Cheng Feichi to wait for him at the door for a while, then turned his head and ran into the night.
Cheng Feichi felt that he should go, but the soles of his feet seemed to be glued to the ground and he couldn't move.
Maybe it was because he hadn't said goodbye yet, he thought, out of politeness, he should wait for Yeqin to say "goodbye" after he came back before leaving.
When Ye Qin came out, he was holding a palm-sized glass bottle with both hands.
"Birthday gift." He stuffed it into Cheng Feichi's arms involuntarily, took a breath of warm air into his palm, rubbed it together and said, "Although I'm late, you won't mind, okay?"
Cheng Feichi was a little at a loss for holding the glass jar, and nodded reflexively.
Ye Qin grinned, showing two pointed canine teeth, and then yawned, the eyelashes at the corners of his eyes were wet with tears, and he waved lazily: "I'll go in first, you go home soon!" Well, my mother wants to video with me, so I won’t send it to you today.”
Cheng Feichi walked back.
He often walks the road from No. 6 Middle School to home, especially at night, but this time he feels different from usual.
Probably because the jar of stars in your hand glows.
Cheng Feichi looked down, and the shining light reflected on the skin, forming mottled patches in the dark palm, like a distant sea of stars and clouds, reminding him of Ye Qin's eyes that were so bright that they could melt ice and snow when he said "Happy Birthday".
It also reminded him of yesterday, his first birthday since he could remember.
The can of stars in his hand was the first birthday present he received in his life.
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