When Jiang Cheng returned to the room, Pan Zhi was standing in front of the refrigerator.
"Looking for something to eat?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"No," Pan Zhi looked at the empty refrigerator, which was not even plugged in, "I was just witnessing the miraculous incident of starving to death while standing in front of the refrigerator."
"Just stick with it for another half an hour and go out to eat." Jiang Cheng said.
"Aren't you going to eat with Gu Fei at night?" Pan Zhi closed the refrigerator door and looked at him.
"No," Jiang Cheng said, "New Year's Eve is coming soon, and his family has a lot of things to do, buying New Year's goods and packing up, by the way... He asked us to go to his house for a New Year's Eve dinner."
"Okay," Pan Zhi returned to the living room and fell on the sofa, "Did you agree?"
"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded.
"Then let's go buy some New Year's goods tomorrow. It doesn't matter to you. It's not suitable for me to go empty-handed. It's a big New Year's Eve." Pan Zhi said.
"Tomorrow... I'll go with Gu Fei first to buy a cat for Gu Miao." Jiang Cheng said.
Pan Zhi was stunned for a while, then stared at him for a while: "You two... are you reconciled?"
"No." Jiang Cheng said.
"Oh." Pan Zhi responded.
Jiang Cheng turned on the TV, and there was nothing to watch at this time. He usually put it on the local channel and listened to the news. Most of the news was boring, but occasionally he could come across something interesting.
"Cheng'er," Pan Zhi called to him after watching the news for a while, "I think so."
"Ah." Jiang Cheng responded, still staring at the TV.
"If it doesn't work, then we'll be reconciled," Pan Zhi sighed, "I've been embarrassed for the two of you these past few days.
"No." Jiang Cheng said.
"No," Pan Zhi looked at him, "you both can't let it go. You don't look like someone who is desperate for face like this."
"How do you know I'm not." Jiang Cheng said.
"Our grandfather and grandson are deeply in love," Pan Zhi said, "of course I know."
Jiang Cheng stared at the TV, and was silent for a while before speaking, "He needs to tell me about this."
"Is there any difference?" Pan Zhi said, "He said what he said, so if he wanted to reconcile, he had to speak?"
"I don't know how to tell you." Jiang Cheng frowned.
"Use your mouth, say word by word, just tell me that," Pan Zhi said, "just do it."
Jiang Cheng turned to look at him.
"Is it very philosophical?" Pan Zhi applauded himself.
Jiang Cheng slid down, stretched his legs and put them on the coffee table.
"The problem between us is not whether Gu Miao can get better, or whether it is in a different place," he said. "It's Gu Fei himself. He grew up... I don't know what to say. Have you read that story, little one? Elephant has been chained by an iron chain since he was a child, no matter how hard he tries, he can't break free, and when he grows up, he can break free and still won't move."
"Yeah." Pan Zhi responded.
"Maybe it's not too accurate," Jiang Cheng wrinkled. This kind of conclusion was too simple and perfunctory for Gu Fei, but even in front of a tough guy like Pan Zhi, he would still hide Gu Fei's scars. "But it's easier to understand that way."
"Understood," said Pan Zhi, "you are trying to say that he has his own knot... or something else, anyway, it's useless for you to pull him and drag him, he will feel that he can't break free, he has to want to break free Okay, that's what it means."
Jiang Cheng gave Pan Zhi a thumbs up.
"Cheng'er," Pan Zhi leaned against the armrest of the sofa and looked at him, "You're pretty cool."
"Huh?" Jiang Cheng also looked at him.
"Are you betting how much he has feelings for you?" Pan Zhi said.
"The only power now is this, and there will be no chance for a while," Jiang Cheng said, "and I think... there should be no need to gamble."
"What if," Pan Zhi thought for a while, "what if he keeps earning money?"
Jiang Cheng looked at him, asking Gu Fei to open his mouth was indeed a difficult task for Gu Fei, but...
"I didn't think about it, I never thought about it." Jiang Cheng smiled.
After returning home, he was busy with Gu Miao's affairs for a week, and when he heard the sound of gun battles when he went downstairs today, Jiang Cheng finally came back to his senses and felt the taste of the new year.
Last year's winter vacation, when I think about it, I don't have a deep impression of "Nian" anymore. All I can think of are the review materials piled up on the table, and Gu Fei.
Very monotonous but makes people unable to resist the memory that will be played over and over again.
It's like listening to a song that never tires of humming it again and again. I want to have you on my left shoulder and smile on my right shoulder...
And when he came out of the stairs on the first floor, when he saw Gu Fei standing in the sunlight at the entrance of the corridor, his heartbeat was like the rhythm of Gu Fei's hand tapping on the piano box.
Bang bang.
"Have you eaten breakfast yet?" Gu Fei asked.
"No," Jiang Cheng said, "I just got up."
"Then..." Gu Fei looked at the intersection, "Let's eat together?"
"Well," Jiang Cheng nodded, seeing Gu Miao flying over on a skateboard, he smiled, "Er Miao good morning."
Gu Miao passed by them, snapped his fingers, and rushed forward again.
"Did you tell her that you want to buy a cat?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Said," Gu Fei said, "there are several pet shops over the food court, go and see if there are any suitable ones."
"If there is no suitable...she will be angry?" Jiang Cheng suddenly became a little worried.
"Xu Xingzhi said that she should let her slowly learn to face disappointment," Gu Fei tugged at the collar, "Try it."
"En." Jiang Cheng nodded.
The two of them slowly walked over to the breakfast stall on the small street in front of them. Jiang Cheng had not eaten there in the past few days after returning. At this moment, he suddenly missed the boss who shouted at him as the champion.
"Top Scholar!" The boss saw them from afar and waved at him, "I'm back!"
"En." Jiang Cheng smiled.
"You're still thinking of coming to my place for breakfast," the boss said. "You went to R University! How is R University's breakfast better than mine?"
"You're good here." Jiang Cheng said.
The boss laughed happily, quite loudly.
The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and there were not many people at the stall earlier. Jiang Cheng took Gu Miao to the side of the small table, and Gu Fei went over to get something to eat.
"Is it still those?" Gu Fei asked.
"En." Jiang Cheng responded.
Every time he came here, Jiang Cheng would eat those kinds, steamed dumplings, Xiaolongbao, bean curd brain, etc. Gu Fei brought them over, and set up a table just like before.
"Wang Xu... Let's go over to eat pie when you have time," Gu Fei sat down, took a bun and took a bite, "Do you want to go?"
"Okay," Jiang Cheng said, "I still have a new variety of pie to... introduce to him."
Gu Fei paused, smiled and said nothing.
-The stuffing that the Nine Days family doesn't have! Go back and sell secret recipes to him during the new year, haha!
- Is there something wrong with the phone? I can't get through all the time. I have nothing to do tomorrow. You can call me.
The chat history between him and Jiang Cheng was gone, and after switching back to the old mobile phone, they only had these two records.
These were the last two messages Jiang Cheng sent him.
Gu Fei felt distressed every time he saw it, but he was reluctant to delete it no matter what, but every time he opened the news, his eyes would carefully avoid Jiang Cheng's name.
Now when Jiang Cheng talked about the pie, he didn’t know what kind of mood he was in. He sometimes felt that if Jiang Cheng scolded him and beat him, he would feel better.
What he felt most distressed was Jiang Cheng's appearance of pretending that nothing happened.
It doesn't look alike at all.
The location of the pet shop did not exceed Gu Miao's fixed range of activities. Gu Fei originally wanted to take her to the flower and bird market, but it was estimated that at this time, they should all be closed and go home for the Chinese New Year.
And Xu Xingzhi also said, don't be in a hurry, you have to take it step by step and let Gu Miao get used to it slowly.
If you don't find a suitable cat today, take it as the first step and let Gu Miao learn to face disappointment.
"I'm going to drive the... car over, Liu Li went to pick up the goods early in the morning, and it should be finished by now," Gu Fei said early after eating, "Will you and Ermiao wait here for me?"
"En." Jiang Cheng nodded.
Gu Fei got up and walked towards the fork in the shop.
After walking two steps, I felt a little uncomfortable. I don't know why. I wanted to look back, but I was afraid that if I looked back, I would be embarrassed.
He didn't know why he did this.
He had never been in such a situation since he was a child, putting himself in such a helpless situation.
Jiang Cheng drank the tofu brain while watching Gu Fei who was striding forward, watching him go smoothly when he came to the corner, he had to jump a bit to adjust his pace.
He smiled.
After laughing, my nose feels a little sore.
Gu Fei's current feeling is completely different from his, he is very tormented, he is waiting for Gu Fei to wake up and open his eyes by himself.
But Gu Fei was struggling, struggling in the shell he had created for himself for so many years, maybe he would be afraid, panic, and be at a loss.
Jiang Cheng drank the rest of the tofu brain in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and stared at the corner Gu Fei had just walked over.
After a while, Gu Fei drove Xiao Mantou over. Gu Miao happily hugged the skateboard and got into the car, and Jiang Cheng followed him.
"Are you seated?" Gu Fei closed the car door.
"Okay." Jiang Cheng said.
The food street was quite lively, and there were many people buying New Year’s goods. When Gu Fei’s car drove in, Jiang Cheng took a look. Several pet shops were still open, and through the glass windows they could see inside the cages. kitten puppy.
Gu Miao excitedly lay on the window and stared out. After Gu Fei found a small space on the side of the road and parked the car, she immediately opened the door and squeezed out of the car.
When Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei got out of the car and walked over, she was already standing in the window outside a pet shop and went to look inside.
"If you want relatives, be gentle, remember." Jiang Cheng said.
"Well," Gu Fei nodded, and turned Gu Miao over to face him, "Er Miao, don't casually reach out and touch small animals for a while."
Gu Miao nodded.
Gu Fei led her into the store.
This store should be the largest one. There are many cats and dogs in the store. As soon as they walked in, several dogs barked together.
Jiang Cheng immediately glanced at Gu Miao, but Gu Miao didn't react, but just looked around curiously.
"Do you have a kitten at home?" Gu Fei asked.
"Yes, what do you want?" The boss brought them to several cat cages. "There are a few here. I can show you the photos if you want other species. Some customers asked us to sell them on your behalf."
"Be docile and clingy." Gu Fei said.
"Then the puppet," the boss said immediately, "the puppet is the closest to people."
"What kind of?" Gu Fei asked.
"It's beautiful," said the boss. "Would you like to see it? I also own the shop a little further ahead. There's a puppet over there. It's four months old."
"How much?" Jiang Cheng still knew a little about cats, and asked before Gu Fei.
"The price is negotiable, you can take a look first." The boss said.
"How much?" Jiang Cheng asked again persistently.
"Four thousand five, that's cheap." The boss saw him like this and immediately sat back in his chair.
Gu Fei was obviously startled, turned his head to look at Jiang Cheng, and said in a low voice, "How much did he say?"
"Look at the local cats," Jiang Cheng said. "The breed cats are not easy to raise."
"The native cats don't have relatives, they're all fierce," the boss said in a displeased tone, "Those who want to be gentle with their relatives are reluctant to spend money."
"Then take a look." Gu Fei pulled Gu Miao and prepared to go out.
"Go to the vegetable market to buy local cats, what are you doing here," the boss said from behind, "We sell pet cats here."
"Fuck me?" Jiang Cheng had been quite depressed for a while, and all his emotions were forcing him to digest slowly, but when he heard this, he instantly became agitated, and his voice suddenly changed, " Then you are very advanced? It is said that dogs fight against people, but you are quite different in fighting cats? Are you also four thousand five?"
"You're fucking sick! You can't afford to make a fucking mess! Go go!" The boss stood up immediately, "I'm not from the poverty alleviation office!"
"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei gave Jiang Cheng a hand, "Let's go."
"I really can't afford four thousand five cats," Jiang Cheng said. "For four thousand five people, I can buy two and go back and wipe the floor."
The boss kicked the chair and rushed over with his eyes wide open: "I fucking let you live in a four-thousand-five courtyard!"
Do it!
Do it!
At this moment, Jiang Cheng had these three words in his mind.
But just as he turned around to go over, Gu Fei had already gone up to him, he raised his hand to block the boss's fist, then grabbed him by the collar and slammed it against the wall, pointing at him, "I'll do it right now. I can give you a 120."
The boss knocked his head back on the wall, it wasn't too heavy to hear the movement, but Gu Fei pulled his collar tightly, his knuckles pressed against his throat, his face turned red in a few seconds. Struggling to pull Gu Fei's hand away.
"New Year's Eve," Gu Fei pressed his throat, "If you have to be unhappy, I will accompany you. Anyway, I'm super unhappy right now."
Gu Fei's series of neat and tidy actions stole Jiang Cheng's limelight, and also caused his reason to return a little blood in this second.
"Forget it," Jiang Cheng suppressed the fire and looked at Gu Miao. The little girl didn't care about the dispute here. She bent down and put her hands on her knees and was looking at a puppy sleeping in the cage. He went over and pulled Gu Miao up. ,"Walk."
Gu Fei stared at the boss for a few seconds before letting go.
Gu Miao guessed that it was a cat that he didn't like either, or that he didn't have time to like any cat at all, so he followed them out of the pet store obediently.
The two of them walked forward more than ten meters, and the boss was still standing at the door of the store cursing.
Jiang Cheng tried his best not to listen to the boss's voice, he was afraid that he would rush back and fight someone if he couldn't control it.
New Year's Eve, no need.
But he was still suffocating, and the fire in his heart could not be extinguished. It made him feel uncomfortable all over. .
Gu Fei pulled Gu Miao and followed behind Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng walked quickly, full of anger.
He and Gu Miao felt that they couldn't keep up. He bent down and looked at Gu Miao: "Er Miao."
Gu Miao looked at him.
"Let's go there to play for a while," Gu Fei pointed to a small open space in front of it. There was a fountain with no water, and no one was there. "Then go to the cat."
Gu Miao nodded, put the skateboard on the ground, stepped on it and rushed over.
"Brother Cheng." Gu Fei caught up with Jiang Cheng and called him.
"En." Jiang Cheng responded, his voice hoarse again.
This was definitely not getting angry. Although Gu Fei wasn’t sure whether Jiang Cheng’s voice would be hoarse from time to time had something to do with his emotions, it was definitely not getting angry.
It's just that Jiang Cheng refused to speak, so he couldn't force him to ask.
"Don't be angry." Gu Fei said.
"No gas." Jiang Cheng cleared his throat.
Gu Fei looked at him and hesitated for a long time. When he walked to the fountain, he gritted his teeth and put his arms around Jiang Cheng's shoulders.
Jiang Cheng's body was obviously stiff, and he tilted his head in surprise.
He tightened his hands and pushed Jiang Cheng to the side of the fountain where there were few people, then turned around and hugged him.
Jiang Cheng was still stiff, he didn't let go, and rubbed his arms on Jiang Cheng's back vigorously: "There is a pet shop in front of you, in the innermost place, go to that one."
"En." Jiang Cheng's voice was very low.
Some people passed by and looked here curiously, but Gu Fei didn't care, just look at it.
It doesn't matter.
He hadn't seen Jiang Cheng like this for a long time, and in his initial memory, Jiang Cheng, who was easily out of control at the slightest, hadn't appeared for a long time.
Now that Jiang Cheng was like this, he couldn't help feeling distressed.
"Brother Cheng." Gu Fei closed his eyes.
Let's make up.
The words were stuck in his throat, and he felt that he would say it when he opened his mouth now.
but.
He gritted his teeth and said nothing.
He knew why he wanted to say it and why he couldn't.
He couldn't be so casual, Jiang Cheng was not a tool to cooperate with his emotional ups and downs.
If he spoke now, it would make their relationship seem like a casual joke.
"It's alright," Jiang Cheng said softly, "Let's go and see the cat."
"En." Gu Fei let go of his arm.
Jiang Cheng glanced at him, then turned around and called out, "Er Miao!"
Gu Miao stepped on the skateboard and stopped, looking at them both.
"Go, go to the front." Jiang Cheng said.
Gu Miao turned her head and stepped forward on her skateboard.
Jiang Cheng patted Gu Fei's arm lightly, then turned around and followed.
Gu Fei's memory was wrong. In the end, this was a pet hospital. Although it also sold pet supplies, it seemed that there were no cats and dogs for sale.
There are a few puppies who are in the hospital getting injections.
"Would you like to take a look at the one outside?" Jiang Cheng said.
"En." Gu Fei nodded.
When Jiang Cheng wanted to call Gu Miao, he found that she was looking at the puppy that had the needle.
"The puppy is sick," Jiang Cheng walked over and squatted beside her, "I'm getting an injection... Let's go to another place to have a look."
Gu Miao didn't move, just turned around and looked around in the store, as if looking for a cat.
"What's the matter?" a little girl came out of the inner room and asked.
"We want to buy a cat... You are a pet hospital, right?" Jiang Cheng said.
"Yes, if you want to buy a breed of cat, we don't have it here," the little girl smiled. "We only have a few foster kittens here, and they were picked up and sent."
"Can… take a look?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Okay," the little girl took them to the back room, and pointed to a cat cage with thick cushions, "there, after the examination, there is no disease, and now it can be adopted without money, but it is not a breed cat. The foster person said it should be a mix of Persian and local cats."
Gu Fei led Gu Miao to the side of the cat cage.
Gu Miao immediately brought her face close, her nose touching the cat cage.
Four kittens are sleeping together.
Probably Gu Miao bumped into the cat cage, and a kitten raised its head, and then barked, with a big mouth, but the bark was very low.
Gu Miao immediately turned to look at Gu Fei excitedly: "Ha!"
"En." Gu Fei smiled.
The one who looked up was probably the ugliest of the four kittens, with a large black spot on its nose, a very sharp face, and the shortest fur, but after taking it out and placing it on a mat, Gu Miao couldn't take his eyes off it. I stared at it and saw that it didn't move for five minutes.
After Gu Fei's permission, she stretched out her hand and carefully touched the kitten's head.
The kitten narrowed its eyes and let out a soft meow.
"This one is the most docile," the little girl said beside him. "It's ugly, but has the best temper. The other three bully it."
They stayed in the store for almost an hour, letting Gu Miao stay with the kitten, and finally determined that Gu Miao liked it very much, and it was really docile, or not docile, but super lazy, Gu Fei decided to adopt it this kitten.
Gu Miao was in a very good mood, probably because the cat was too small compared to the fat sheep, only one-fifth the size of the fat sheep, so she was very careful when holding the cat.
After serving the small steamed bun, she put the cat on her lap and stroked it.
She didn't look up until the car drove downstairs to the rental house.
Jiang Cheng got out of the car and probed back into the car: "Er Miao."
Gu Miao raised her head.
"Remember to give it a name." Jiang Cheng said.
Gu Miao looked at him and seemed not to understand.
"I'll explain it to her in a while," Gu Fei smiled, "She hasn't given names to toys or small animals."
"Well," Jiang Cheng tapped the car door twice, "Then I… go up."
"Okay." Gu Fei nodded.
After watching Jiang Cheng walk into the corridor, Gu Fei closed the car door, sat in a daze for a while, then turned his head and said to Gu Miao who was behind him, "Er Miao, give it a name."
Gu Miao looked at him.
"The fat sheep is a name, Er Miao is also a name, and Gu Fei is also a name," Gu Fei explained to her, "Brother Cheng is also a name, what is the name of this kitten?"
Gu Miao was silent.
"It has a name, so you can call it." Gu Fei said again.
Gu Miao thought about it for a long time, and finally raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and put his thumb up.
"Huh?" Gu Fei was stunned.
Gu Miao lowered her head and touched the kitten: "Brother Cheng."
"What?" Gu Fei looked at her.
Gu Miao didn't speak anymore.
"Is it called Brother Cheng?" Gu Fei asked.
Gu Miao nodded and continued to touch the kitten.
"...Okay." Gu Fei started the car, turned around and drove back.
A little female cat named Brother Cheng.
He laughed.