Tao Huainan was taken aback.
Xiaodong introduced to the director in the front row, "This is also my younger brother."
"It took so long to arrive?" Xiaodong asked.
"Walk the wrong way, and turned around again." He spoke in a relaxed tone, and he seemed friendly and familiar when talking to Tao Xiaodong. Tao Huainan took off the earphones, without bothering to wrap them around, and clenched them into a ball in his hand.
Someone in the back row sat down on the other side, and there was a seat between them. Tao Huainan looked over there, and the other party had been talking to Tao Xiaodong and Tang Suoyan after he sat down.
The director in front turned around and praised: "How did Boss Tao raise his younger brother? Both are so outstanding."
Tao Xiaodong said "Hi", and said modestly with a little embarrassment: "I really didn't manage it, I didn't care about anything, it was all grown by myself."
"Boss Tao is showing off. Anyway, I will show off if I have two younger brothers." Director Lin said with a smile.
"I don't show off, I'm always too busy to take care of them." Tao Xiaodong said, "My brother is not that competent."
The people in front were talking, and the people behind were silent with their mouths closed. Tao Huainan withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and felt as if he could hear his own heartbeat. With such a big heartbeat, I was a little afraid of being seen.
"What's the matter, I have to introduce you two?" Tao Xiaodong turned sideways to look back at the two of them, raised his eyebrows and asked, "It's a bit unfamiliar to meet you for the first time, isn't it?"
As soon as his words fell, Tao Huainan immediately opened his mouth and called out: "Brother."
Chi Cheng put the schoolbag on his back by his lap, and said "um" indifferently, which sounded a bit cold.
Tao Huainan didn't know what else to say for a while, and kept rubbing the earphone cable in his hands. What he wanted to say would have been enough to talk for three days without interruption, but this meeting came suddenly, and he was not prepared in advance. Now the words are choked in his throat. Know where to start. Just now, he yelled "little brother" so that his voice trembled a little when he listened carefully. He really couldn't pretend to be decent.
"You..." Tao Huainan opened his mouth again, facing Chi Cheng's direction, "Brother, where... are you from?"
After asking some nonsense, Chi Cheng remained indifferent, didn't look at him, and just answered casually, "Beijing."
"Is it hot in Beijing now?" Tao Huainan continued to ask in a low voice.
Chi Cheng's patience seemed to have been exhausted when he answered the two sentences just now, and he obviously didn't want to answer this sentence, and it took a long time before he calmly said: "That's it."
His voice hasn't changed, it's still so nice, it doesn't deviate from the voice in Tao Huainan's memory or imagination.
There were two elder brothers sitting in front of him, the driver and an unfamiliar director. The conversation between the two of them seemed a bit awkward for Tao Huainan.
If Tao Huainan was a little perceptive, he would know that he should not continue talking now, and people would not want to talk to him. And Tao Huainan has always been sensitive and has a good sense of other people's emotions. He understands that he should shut up now, as the more he talks, the more embarrassing he will be.
But the person sitting here is Chi Cheng.
Tao Huainan put the messy headphone cable into his pocket, fumbled around in his schoolbag, and only found a pack of biscuits that someone gave him earlier. He asked Chi Cheng: "Have you eaten? Brother."
"Eat." Chi Cheng said.
After Chi Cheng finished answering, he closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair as if he was going to sleep.
Tao Huainan asked a few more questions, but Chi Cheng didn't hear an answer. He silently closed his mouth, his eyes kept looking there, the person who only appeared in his dreams all these years was sitting next to him, Tao Huainan just wanted to feel him all the time.
Xiaodong and Brother Tang knew that Chi Cheng was coming this time, they knew it all along, but neither of them said anything. If Tao Huainan had known in advance that Chi Cheng would also come, he would definitely not have come, and would not have come to cause trouble.
But now Tao Huainan really thanked his brothers for not telling him, and now he would sit with Chi Cheng, listening to Chi Cheng's steady breathing when he fell asleep.
Tao Xiaodong looked back at him and asked, "Sleeping?"
Tao Huainan nodded slightly.
The air conditioner in the rear row was not working well. Now that the car was driving again, the rear seats were still hot. Tao Huainan's forehead was sweating again, Chi Cheng had always been more sensitive to heat than him.
Tao Huainan took out two cardboard real estate advertisements from the hanging pocket of the seat in front, folded them in the middle, and folded them into a stack of not too big or too small. He seemed to be fanning himself, but the angle was slightly off. The wind blows slowly on the body, temporarily blowing away the stuffy air, and the cool wind blows on the body to bring comfortable coolness, each time is very short, but it lasts for a long time.
Xiaofeng didn't stop and remained steady until the car finally stopped.
They drove faster and fell a little behind the convoy. The driver drove directly to the hotel arranged for them by the county. People from the local government were already waiting here, and the first car to arrive was the one that would take the longest time to receive the hospitality. Although this is unavoidable in the future, the hospitality of the first car is indeed a bit difficult to accept.
The few people in the car didn't move, Tao Xiaodong and Tang Suoyan looked at each other, looked at each other tacitly, and smiled without saying a word.
Only Chi Cheng wanted to get out of the car with his schoolbag, but Tao Xiaodong held him back and did not let him open the door.
Tao Xiaodong said to the driver: "Let's go out for a walk."
Chi Cheng was puzzled: "Aren't you going to get out of the car?"
"You'll be fooled when you get off the car now," Tao Xiaodong laughed, "We Xiaochi can't handle that scene, and even my brother can't cover you."
Chi Cheng didn't understand them at all, so he went back and sat down without asking any further questions.
Tao Huainan had already put back the advertising paper just now, and sat upright with his schoolbag in his arms. After Chi Cheng sat down, he straightened his back subconsciously.
Tao Huainan actually spent the day in a daze, and didn't remember what he did.
The rooms are shared by two people, brother must share with Brother Tang, so Chi Cheng will naturally share with Tao Huainan. The two of them didn't say anything else, and no one clamored to change rooms. Adults in their twenties shouldn't be so childish.
Tao Huainan went in with his bag, but Brother Tang and Brother Tang were still talking downstairs, so they couldn't come up. Chi Cheng followed behind him, put the bag aside casually, and inserted the card into the card slot.
The moment they entered the door, the two got a little closer, and Tao Huainan could feel the warmth of the person behind him. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't bear to break the current atmosphere.
What's more, Chi Cheng didn't give him a chance to break it, he opened the door and left after putting down the things. This time they came together with a total of three people, and the other two lived upstairs, both of whom were Chi Cheng's classmates.
Tao Huainan packed himself up and lay down, Chicheng didn't come back for a long time.
He probably didn't come back until almost eleven o'clock. Before that, Tao Huainan deliberately opened the door a little, but he didn't close it again. Brother came in to see him and closed it for him, Tao Huainan got up again and opened it. When Chi Cheng left without his room card, he probably wouldn't want to knock on the door either.
After Chi Cheng came back, Tao Huainan closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. When he heard that Chi Cheng went to take a bath, he turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Chicheng University only studied for three years, completed all the credits ahead of schedule, and submitted an application for early graduation, and now he has finished his second year of graduate school. The equipment he brought this time is a navigation project for the blind that he and a few boys from the school did last year. The software was sold to a technology company. The first batch of products have just been tested and are not yet on the market. They have done several such projects, but currently there are not many domestic companies engaged in technology for the blind, and the market and technology are limited.
The other two boys, Tao Huainan, only met the next day. Chi Cheng left early in the morning, washed up and left the house before dawn, and when he saw him again, he came here with those two classmates.
Chi Cheng was wearing a black T-shirt and sweatpants, and was biting a piece of bread while walking. When Tao Huainan heard him coming, he took the initiative to greet him, calling "brother". These two words are the easiest for Tao Huainan now.
Chi Cheng said "hmm".
"Who?" A younger-sounding voice next to Chi Cheng asked lively, "Who is this handsome guy?"
Tao Huainan turned towards the speaker and blinked.
Chi Cheng didn't stop walking, threw the bread paper into the trash can, stuffed the last bite into his mouth, and said, "My brother."
"Ah, this is your brother?" The boy said "Hi" to Tao Huainan.
Tao Huainan also smiled politely, and said "Hello" to him.
After the other classmate greeted Tao Huainan, he went in with Chi Cheng, and this one was the only one who stood in front of him and talked to him.
"I've been hearing from Brother Chi that there is an older brother who has a younger brother. I saw the real person." The boy waved his hand in front of Tao Huainan's eyes. Tao Huainan took a step back, and the boy said, "You two don't look alike."
Tao Huainan didn't know how to answer his words, they didn't look alike at all.
"I'll go ahead and play with you at night. I'm Fan Guo, so just follow Brother Chi and call me Guoer."
The boy ran in after he finished speaking. He probably doesn't exercise often, and he was wheezing when he ran.
Tao Huainan thought he was very lively and kind of cute. Such a person will not be tired, but will become happy.
When everyone else was busy, Tao Huainan couldn't do much, he could only stand in a place out of the way, reaching out to help if there was anything he could do. But he can help too little, and the effect is really not big.
Dr. Tang was so busy there that he didn't even have time to drink water. My brother went there a few times and brought a box of water. Tao Huainan also sent a box to Chi Cheng and the others.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard a child crying, crying hoarsely.
"Sister! Don't let the child cry here, why don't you lead him outside to cry?" Fan Guo's voice was like a peacock, "Our heads are going to explode, why don't you go to the whole hospital? There are doctors there, not here!"
The parents probably have nothing to do with the child. It is the worst thing for adults when a child's eyes are sick, and they are reluctant to yell at him at the moment. The child has been rolling and crying with them for a long time, and he can't hear what he is saying.
Chi Cheng squatted there with his back to the door looking for something, and said to Fan Guo, "You send it out."
"I can't send it out!" Fan Guo was so quarreled that he was about to collapse, "Sister! Help us, let your child go away, kid, don't cry!"
The mother was a little unhappy when she heard what he said. The parents who love the child the most will always be the parents. She frowned and said, "You treat the child as an adult? Isn't he afraid? Isn't that what children do?"
"Yo, how is that possible?" Fan Guo asked suspiciously, "Isn't there a good boy?"
"He hasn't finished the checkup yet. I don't know what's wrong with his eyes. Whose child doesn't cry?" The young mother thinks they are unloving and have no sympathy for the sick child.
Chi Cheng hadn't said much at first, but now he took something out of the box and said, "Some children don't cry when they can't see."
"Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back..." the parent rolled his eyes, and then coaxed the child to go.
In the end, the child was led out by Tao Huainan. No one knew he came in, and when he made a sound, Chi Cheng looked back, and Tao Huainan half-coaxed and half-hugged a several-year-old child away.
The child swung his hand and slapped Tao Huainan on the face. Tao Huainan ducked and slapped him on the collarbone.
"Your child really needs to be taken care of," Fan Guo yelled from behind, "I'm done getting used to it!"
Tao Huainan sent the child to the clinic area, and beat Tao Huainan several times. Later Tao Xiaodong said, "Come on, give it to me."
Tao Xiaodong pulled his face and stared, his appearance was enough to scare the child, the child didn't even dare to cry with him, and the sobbing stopped a lot.
Before leaving, Tao Huainan touched his head and said, "Don't be afraid."
This was the second day after Tao Huainan saw Chi Cheng, they came down all day and only said "brother" in the morning. On the contrary, Fan Guo talked a lot with Tao Huainan, he was a bit talkative, and he would chatter endlessly with everyone.
Fan Guo said "My Brother Chi", which sounds very close. Tao Huainan liked to listen to him talk, and also liked to hear him say "Brother Chi".
"You don't have the same personality as my brother Chi. You seem to have a good temper. My brother Chi doesn't care about people." Fan Guo sat on a sponge cushion under his buttocks, and sat on the curb with Tao Huainan.
Tao Huainan couldn't get in the conversation, and he didn't understand Chi Cheng in the past few years, so he just listened quietly.
"Do you have a bad relationship?" Fan Guo touched Tao Huainan's arm, "Tell me secretly."
Tao Huainan thought for a while and replied, "It's pretty good."
"Oh, I thought you guys were bad." He talked a lot, but he was also a shrewd boy, so he didn't continue.
Fan Guo asked Tao Huainan what he studied, and Tao Huainan said psychology.
"No wonder, I think you are so gentle." Fan Guo laughed, Chi Cheng came out, Fan Guo leaned on the ground, jumped up and ran over.