Picking Up Stars

Chapter 10

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According to the plan, Qin Fang was going home this week, otherwise Jian Muyang would have to make trouble again. But Hua Tong didn't go home, his parents were away on a business trip, so it was meaningless to go back, and he didn't want to bother.

In the end, Qin Fang led Hua Tong back to Jane's house.

Hua Tong didn't want to follow at first, but Qin Fang said: "You can come with me, you can save a lot of trouble by following me, and you don't need to chat awkwardly."

"Then let's go," Hua Tong said, "It's not like I haven't been there before."

Not only has Hua Tong never been there, he used to go often. He and Qin Fang have known each other since they were very young. Qin Fang used to ask a few friends to live with him when he was lost or had childish emotions. Anyway, his family is big. At that time, the friends were very envious of Qin Fang, thinking that his house was so big and he had all kinds of toys. Although he had a little stepmother, the little stepmother looked so gentle.

Later, when Qin Fang grew up, he didn't have so many emotions, but Hua Tong also went there occasionally, and he was quite familiar with their family.

Hua Tong bought a box of small cakes for Jian Muyang, Jian Muyang was so excited when he saw the two of them, he ran down the stairs with a "ah", Qin Fang caught him and ruffled his hair: "I fell on you."

"Brother! Brother Tong! Why didn't you two tell me in advance when you came back!" Jian Muyang was on vacation today and didn't go to make-up classes. He was playing puzzles upstairs by himself. When he heard the sound, he immediately put down his things and ran out.

"I'll give you a surprise," Hua Tong smacked his head, "Look at how happy you are."

Although Jian Muyang was happy, he still raised his head and said to Qin Fang: "Brother, you have to tell me in advance next time you come back, what if I go out to play or make up lessons today?"

"Then what else can I do when you come back?" Qin Fang rubbed his shoulder, "Stupid."

— "Are you back?"

There was a voice upstairs, Qin Fang looked up, and then said hello: "Aunt Yin." Hua Tong also called out.

"I fell asleep after lying upstairs for a while," Dong Yin leaned on the armrest and walked down, "Hua Tong hasn't come back together for a long time."

"Be careful when you go downstairs," Qin Fang raised his hand to support her, without actually touching her arm, "slow down."

Dong Yin smiled, her smile was very gentle: "It's okay, pregnancy is not so delicate."

Hua Tong smiled beside him and said, "It's always right to be careful."

Hua Tong came back and saved a lot of chatting sessions. They just need to stay in Qin Fang's room or go to the toy room to play with Jian Muyang. But Jian Muyang is getting older, he doesn't like toys so much, and spends more time sitting cross-legged on Qin Fang's bed, and doesn't need to play with him.

It's just that with Hua Tong following Jian Muyang, he can't sleep on Qin Fang's bed. Before going to bed, he can only reluctantly go back to his bedroom.

"Your brother is so obedient," Hua Tong yawned and said, "When I was my age, I was in trouble."

"Ye Tao," Qin Fang went to find a toothbrush for him in the drawer, "I was so good when I came back."

"Why is he so clingy to you?" Hua Tong asked.

Qin Fang shook his head and said: "I don't know, maybe children have an inexplicable admiration and affection for their elder brothers. I also wanted to have an elder brother when I was young. He is very sensitive. He is afraid that I will annoy him when he is with me. Very good."

"It's better for you to treat him well," Hua Tong looked at Qin Fang and said, "Actually, you are a warm man, Brother Fang."

Qin Fang laughed: "Don't you call me a scumbag?"

"You are very warm. If I want to have a younger brother, I will have to learn from my shadow since I was a child. Generally, there are two brothers in the family. The younger brother has no longing for the older brother, only despair."

Qin Fang threw the new toothbrush to him: "Is there something wrong with your definition of a warm man?"

Qin Fang's temper is not very good, and he has gotten better in the past two years. In high school, he always had to fight with others, and he almost became a half-school bully. The term "warm man" is a bit inconsistent with him, Qin Fang smiled self-deprecatingly, since he doesn't have a girlfriend anyway, it doesn't matter whether he is warm or not.

After staying overnight, Qin Fang and Hua Tong went back to school. It's ironic, Qin Fang would rather go to the Huatong dormitory to blow a small fan and take a cold shower than to stay in the small villa for two more days.

But this holiday is not boring, and the Dragon Boat Festival is also a small long holiday, and the friends who go to school in neighboring provinces are back. The two of them have not been idle for the past few days, and they have to go out to meet up during the day.

Feng Zhe also asked Qin Fang: "Did that idiot look for you again later?"

Qin Fang was playing cards with someone, looked at the cards in his hand and said, "No."

"He's looking for you, just say a word," Feng Zhe scolded "idiot", and then continued, "Xiao Fan and I told him to stop."

"Take a break, both of you," Qin Fang said, "Looking for trouble."

Someone next to him asked who it was, Qin Fang shook a small stack of cards in his hand, and then said, "It's a small matter, don't inquire about it."

In the evening, a group of people went to the bar again. Qin Fang was a little tired and didn't want to go. When Hua Tong went back, he also brought a few cans of beer and drinks. There were not enough cold ones in the school supermarket, and there were not enough in the freezer.

After getting out of the car and walking three steps, Hua Tong felt like he was going to sweat. After going out for a day, he came back to feel the suffering of the world at night. Hua Tong smiled and turned back to Qin Fang and said, "Brother Fang, we are not self-abuse. , why didn’t you open a room outside, anyway, I have to go out tomorrow.”

Qin Fang said: "If you don't go back to the dormitory, you don't want to sleep tonight. If they don't stay overnight, I will lose."

"Forget it," Hua Tong felt a headache after thinking about it, "How can they do it so well?"

Qin Fang said as he walked, "Let's be free."

Halfway through the walk, Qin Fang remembered that he left his cell phone and got into the car, so he asked Hua Tong to go upstairs first.

As soon as he opened the door, a cold air hit his face, and Qin Fang didn't want to go back. Hua Tong also forgot to take the drink that he had just brought, and Qin Fang took it together.

There were several messages on the phone, Qin Fang walked back to two, and looked up after replying to find a very familiar figure, an acquaintance.

Qin Fang raised his voice and shouted - "Xing Yan!"

The other party looked back, and Qin Fang waved his arm at him.

Qin Fang was wearing short-sleeved shorts, showing a long calf, youthful and handsome. Xing Yan is also handsome in a short T and sweatpants, but with his face, he looks cool and cold.

Qin Fang threw a can of beer from Tingyuan, Xing Yan squinted his eyes, and then raised his hand to take it.

Qin Fang came over and greeted with a smile: "It's a coincidence."

He touched Xing Yan's arm with his arm. Qin Fang had just gotten out of the car, and his body was still warm. His arm was cool, and it felt comfortable against the skin. Xing Yan turned his head and asked him: "Is your dormitory not here?"

"Well, don't you play trumpets here?" Qin Fang walked with Xing Yan, "I will stay with my friend for two days."

Xing Yan asked him: "What building?"

"Six," Qin Fang asked casually, "Which building do you live in?"

"Eight." Xing Yan said.

After Xing Yan finished speaking, he raised his eyes to look at him, Qin Fang also instantly remembered that he had been to the dormitory of the School of Chemistry...

this fucking...

Qin Fang blinked and said "ah".

Xing Yan hooked the corner of his lower lip and chuckled lightly.

Qin Fang bumped his arm: "Stop laughing."

There was a little smile in Xing Yan's eyes, and he didn't say anything.

In order to resolve his embarrassment, Qin Fang changed the subject and asked Xing Yan: "You just came back from the library?"

Xing Yan asked him: "What time is it?"

Qin Fang glanced at the phone: "It's less than nine o'clock."

Xing Yan said "hmm" and said, "The library has been closed for four hours."

"..." Qin Fang was stunned by a word, and he finally laughed, "Forget it, we can't talk."

Just happened to be downstairs at No. 6, Xing Yan opened the can of beer, made a comparison with Qin Fang, and said, "Go back to sleep."

After speaking, he took a sip, raised his chin at Qin Fang with the beer in his mouth, then turned and left.

Qin Fang smiled and said to his back: "See you later."

Xing Yan didn't look back, he raised his arm and shook it.

Pushing the door open and entering the dormitory, Hua Tong was stepping on a ladder to spread a mat on the bed. Qin Fang put the drink he was carrying on the table, raised his head and asked Hua Tong: "What new weapon did you have?"

"I'll make a summer mat for you," Hua Tong pouted and said, "I bought it this spring, and if you hadn't come, I would have forgotten to use it."

Qin Fang glanced at the bed and laughed out loud, "I think of my grandfather."

"Get lost." Hua Tong made the floor neatly and wiped it carefully with a towel.

Qin Fang hasn't seen this thing for many years, and really only saw his grandfather's shop. The old man's legs are not very good and he can't use the air conditioner, so there is always a mat on the bed in summer. At that time, Qin Fang liked to take a nap with his grandfather on that mat. He slept heavily in the summer afternoon, and when he woke up, he writhed and went out to play.

Maybe it was because the dormitory was really too hot, or maybe the texture of the mat was too vivid in his memory. That night Qin Fang had a long dream, and it was his grandfather in the dream.

His grandfather was a rich, handsome old man, who was very pompous wherever he went. At that time Qin Fang was not called Qin Fang, his grandfather always held his hand and called him "Xing Xing'er". The ending sound always has a sonified sound, a relaxed and loving tone. So when others asked Qin Fang's name at that time, Qin Fang always answered very neatly: "My name is Jian Xingxing'er!"

In the dream, he lived in his grandfather's small building, and there was a big dog in the house. His grandfather sat on the sofa and stroked his head, while Qin Fang sat by his lap and stroked the big dog. The dog stuck out its tongue and licked Qin Fang's face.

The old man smiled "hehe", one old, one young and one dog, with such a peaceful and long taste of the years.

Dreams are always like an old movie, the color is dim and yellow, even the sun is warm, bright but not dazzling.

When Qin Fang woke up, the small fan was blowing directly on his chest. Qin Fang slowly opened his eyes and raised his hand to touch the position. I let the small fan blow on it for an unknown amount of time, and it was freezing cold, no wonder I felt like my heart was missing a hole.

Because of this dream, Qin Fang's mood sank all day long, missing a deceased relative, and grinding flesh with a blunt knife. Not sharp, but persistent, numb to sore nerves.

The years are too long, and no one else can tell when Qin Fang misses him. Hua Tong spent the whole day with him but couldn't tell, the two of them went out to have dinner with someone in the afternoon, and Hua Tong went to the student union when he came back in the evening.

Qin Fang listened to the song for half an hour in the dormitory by himself, then took off his headphones and wanted to exercise.

The two roommates were studying in the dormitory, Hua Tong couldn't come back for a while, Qin Fang's mind turned around, and wanted to drag someone to accompany him to the gymnasium to play ball.

Finally, Qin Fang sent a message to Xing Yan: Brother Yan, are you still running today

It took a few minutes for Xing Yan to reply to him: What's the matter

Qin Fanghui: Do you want to play badminton

Xing Yan asked him: No one fights with you

Qin Fang thought for a while, then lowered his hair and said "hmm".

Xing Yan looked at the chat interface, raised his eyebrows, and replied directly: "Go downstairs in fifteen minutes."

He still had half an unfinished apple in his hand, so Xing Yan put down his phone and continued to eat the apple.

Someone next to him asked, "What are you doing?"

Xing Yan said: "Go back to school."

"So early?" The person next to him glanced at the time, then chuckled, "Who asked you out? Brother Yan made friends?"

Xing Yan was packing his things while eating an apple, putting his keys and earphones in his pocket, and didn't answer.

"I asked you just now and you haven't said anything yet," the other party bent one leg and stepped on the sofa, resting his chin on his knee, looking at Xing Yan with protruding eyes, "Are you going back?"

After Xing Yan finished eating the apple, he threw the core into the trash can, "Go back."

"Then I booked a ticket?"

Xing Yan left a sentence: "Order it." After finishing speaking, he left.

A game played until ten o'clock in the evening.

Qin Fang threw all the strength out of his body, sweating profusely. It is rare for him to have such a good time playing with others. Qin Fang works very hard when he moves, and it is very laborious to catch his ball. Generally, the opponent will lose his strength before Qin Fang beats him up. For example, Hua Tong can only accompany him halfway every time.

Qin Fang sat on the floor panting heavily, sweat dripped from his chin and hit the floor. Xing Yan walked over from the opposite side of the net, picked up the racket in Qin Fang's hand, and put it together with his own.

Qin Fang looked at him and smiled: "Amazing."

Xing Yan was also a little panting, he exhaled, and threw Qin Fang a bottle of water: "You are also very good."

Qin Fang drank half a bottle of water, and there was a drop of sweat on his eyelids. When he raised his head, the drop of sweat fell from his eyelashes, like tears. He smiled and raised his hand to wipe it off, and asked Xing Yan: "Are you taking a shower?"

Xing Yan said: "You want to rush?"

"I'm not rushing anymore, I didn't bring any clothes to change." Qin Fang stretched out his hand towards Xing Yan.

Xing Yan stretched out his hand, and Qin Fang used his hand to force himself to stand up. Qin Fang let out a long sigh of relief, his hair was almost drenched with sweat, and said, "I see you didn't bring any clothes, so go back and rush?"

Xing Yan nodded and said, "Let's go."

On the way back to the boys' dormitory, Qin Fang said, "There are very few people who can play with me like this. My friends say I play like a big animal."

Xing Yan pursed his lips and said, "It's okay."

Qin Fang asked him: "Do you know tennis?"

"Yes," Xing Yan said, "you can call me next time you want to play."

Qin Fang turned his head to look at him, Xing Yan still had a handsome poker face, expressionless. Qin Fang blinked, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

For his sudden thank you, Xing Yan glanced at him without asking why. After a while, I asked him, "Are you in a better mood?"

His short sentence made Qin Fang pause for a moment. He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembled twice, and then asked with a smile, "Where did you come from such a sentence?"

Xing Yan said lightly: "Isn't it because you are unhappy that you play like this?"

Qin Fang didn't make a sound for a long time, the two of them walked slowly along the path, the crickets and cicadas sang to each other.

When they arrived at Building No. 6 of the boys' dormitory, Xing Yan gave the racket to Qin Fang. Qin Fang tilted his head and smiled at him, asking, "How do you know I'm unhappy? Holmes?"

Xing Yan looked at him, raised his finger and touched his eyes.

"You can see it with your eyes?" Qin Fang asked.

Xing Yan said, "Your eyes."

Qin Fang lowered his gaze again, the smile on his face still hasn't stopped.

Before Xing Yan turned to leave, he said to him: "After the sweat disappears, you can flush cold water. You don't have to smile when you're unhappy, and your eyes don't want to."