Xie Yishu stopped drinking milk tea.
He didn't expect that Ning Bupeu would ask him this, he rubbed his fingers unconsciously against the wall of the cup, and said slowly, "He... um... He's busy."
I don't know which time zone I'm in, and I'm so busy that I don't even have time to reply to text messages or phone calls.
Ning Bupeck looked at Xie Yishu, Xie Yishu looked away.
He didn't want Ning Budou and the dean's mother to worry about his affairs anymore.
Especially Ning Bupeck.
He heard from Wei Shi and Jiang Zhou that five years ago, when they were about to give up looking for him, Ning Bupek quit his original job and traveled all over the thirty-six districts, going to the places he had said he wanted to go look for him.
He didn't return to District 21 until he ran out of savings in the third year. After looking for a job several times, I hit a wall. In order to make a living, he received a large number of private manuscripts and high-intensity paintings. It was not until last year that the heart-warming short comics he drew were taken by the marketing account, and his work gradually improved. People began to ask him to negotiate drafts and publish short comics.
Although Ning Bupek told him lightly that those things had passed, Xie Yishu still felt bored when he thought of Wei Shi and Jiang Zhou's words.
He said to Ning Bupek: "Next time I will ask him to accompany me back."
Ning Bu stared at him for a few seconds, then said gently, "Okay."
The car is parked in the parking lot.
When Ning Bupeng approached, the white car lights turned on.
Seeing the model, Xie Yishu subconsciously called out the name of the car: "Norton T37? Brother! You bought this!"
Ning Bupei looked at the bright eyes of the young man, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yes. Back then you kept saying 'Norton T37', 'Norton T37' in my ears, and you must buy a Norton T37 when you get your driver's license... Take After I got my driver's license, I bought a T37."
He shook the car key in Xie Yishu's hand: "Do you want to open it?"
Xie Yishu nodded excitedly. After nodding, she realized that she didn't have a driver's license, and said awkwardly, "Next time... I didn't take the driver's license test later."
When I was in college, I had to work part-time. I thought that I would use the weekends to learn how to drive after graduation and have a job. I didn’t know that I went to Gulanxing unexpectedly before I had time to pass the test.
Ning Bupeck didn't expect this, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Then next time, anyway, the car won't run here anyway."
Thinking of something, he smiled again, and said to Xie Yishu: "This car is already out of print, if you want to drive, you can only drive it at my place."
Xie Yishu and Ning Bupeu are used to not distinguishing between you and me. Since Ning Bupeck bought it, it has nothing to do with him that the Norton T37 is out of print.
He only had eyes on the T37 with smooth lines in front of him, and he said to Ning Bupeking happily: "Then come and drive it with you. I will take my driver's license test when I get back, and I will have a good time driving it next time."
Ning Bupeking opened the car door and said with a smile: "Then I will drive today. You haven't been in my car before, and I drive very steadily."
"Yeah!" Xie Yishu took a step ahead of him, and got into the passenger seat first. Even if he can't drive, he still has to sit in the front row to enjoy himself.
After putting on the seat belt, I remembered to ask Ning Bupeck: "Brother, where are we going?"
He can't afford the 899 hotel. Ning Bupek said he would cancel it for him, did he change the reservation to a single room
Ning Bupeck started the car, drove out of the parking space, looked straight ahead, and said to Xie Yishu: "My home."
Ning Bupeking bought a house not far from the Mouton Orphanage.
Beautiful loft, two rooms and one living room.
When Xie Yishu came in after Ning Bupeck, he had the feeling that his brother helped him realize all his ideals in life: "It's so beautiful."
Ning Bupek put the suitcase next to the shoe cabinet, and when he heard Xie Yishu's praise, he frowned: "Do you like it?"
"I like it!" Xie Yishu walked into the living room with her slippers on, looked at the simple and elegant layout, turned her head and said to Ning Bupek, "A Shi told me that you couldn't even eat two years ago, it was all because of him and A Zhou relief."
Ning Bupeking nodded calmly: "Those are in the past."
"Later, I took over a few business drafts, worked as a lead writer a few times, and adapted a few series of short comics into animations..." Ning Bupeck paused, and said relaxedly, "Now that I can afford it, tomorrow I will I can take you to Mitte for a meal."
Mitte's is a family restaurant next to the Mouton Orphanage. Unlike ordinary family restaurants, Mitte focuses on creative cuisine, and for them, the per capita is quite high.
When they were four children, they used to lie on the outside and look inside, imagining what those strange-looking dishes tasted like. Even if I can work part-time in university, I can live relatively poorly. When they were finally able to eat whatever they wanted, one of the four of them was missing.
"Tomorrow morning we will go back to the orphanage first, Wei Shi and Jiang Zhou will go there first, then we will go to Mitte for lunch at noon, and in the afternoon the three of us will take you around District 21."
"During your absence, the 21st District has changed a lot." Ning Bupeck said, glanced at Xie Yishu, saw the young man staring at the sofa, and smiled, "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking about when I can realize my lifelong wish." His wish is actually very simple, that is, he wants to buy a small house of his own, live with the person he likes, and grow old slowly.
It is in a place like the main star where every inch of land is very expensive, and I want to buy a house... Xie Yishu thought about it, and was a little uncertain, "It should be possible before retirement, right?"
"You can come back and live with me. Anyway, the two rooms are empty." Ning Bupeck saw that Xie Yishu didn't speak, and then said, "But I will go to the main star after a while."
Xie Yishu froze for a moment: "You want to come to the main star?"
"Yes. I want to open a studio." Ning Bupeking said softly, "There is the Meisi Art University on the main star, and there will be many outstanding young people. I want to be closer, so that it will be easier to recruit people."
"Then we can meet often in the future?"
Xie Yishu's eyes lit up, she looked at Ning Bupeking, and found that Ning Bupeking was looking at him with a smile. I forgot what I was going to say next, and after a while, I said, "Then I can also drive to Norton T37? Brother, will you bring it here? I will pay for the interstellar shipping fee."
Xie Yishu felt a little excited when she thought of this. Seeing this, Ning Bupeck quickly said: "Yes. There are a lot of big items to be moved, and I will pack them together when the time comes."
He glanced at the wall clock on the wall, it was almost two o'clock in the morning: "Xiao Shu, it's getting late, I'll take you to your room, and I have to get up early to go back to the orphanage tomorrow."
Xie Yishu let out a "huh" and followed Ning Bupeck up to the second floor.
There was a small bathroom in the guest room, and Ning Bupek helped him carry the suitcase up to the second floor and put it behind the door.
"go to bed early."
Xie Yishu nodded, smiled and replied, "You too."
The room door is closed.
Xie Yishu took out the material bag from the suitcase. Most of the money was used to buy round-trip air tickets, so I had no money to play with toys for my younger siblings. Xie Yishu plans to make a few more puppets, which will be given to younger brothers and sisters tomorrow as a meeting gift.
It was almost four o'clock in the morning when the last puppet was finished.
Xie Yishu washed up in a hurry, intending to hurry up and go to bed to catch up on sleep, she turned off her head, and called Gu Yan again.
This Mr. Gu who doesn't know which time difference zone he is in.
Still off.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, Xie Yishu was woken up by 001's thoughtful morning call service, and when she came downstairs with a bag of puppets, Ning Budeng had already made breakfast.
The noodles were served with tender poached eggs, and Xie Yishu couldn't help feeling emotional when she was talking about the noodles: "Brother, when will you find me a sister-in-law? It's too wasteful for the two of us to eat such delicious egg noodles."
Ning Bu pecked at the sandwich, and said slowly: "Wait a little longer."
"Wait until the studio starts."
After breakfast, Xie Yishu and Ning Bupeking drove to the orphanage.
Ning Bupeck also prepared picture books and toys for his younger brothers and sisters, plus Xie Yishu's pack of puppets, the trunk was stuffed to the brim.
Because it was the weekend and the children didn't have to go to school, when they arrived at the orphanage, several older children were playing in the yard with a younger child.
A sharp-eyed child saw them and ran over: "Brother Ning!"
He raised his small face to look at Xie Yishu, and Xie Yishu also looked down at him.
After a while, he tentatively called out Xie Yishu's name: "Brother Xiaoshu?"
Xie Yishu smiled and rubbed his hair: "Xiao Chai!"
Wang Chai's eyes lit up. In fact, he doesn't remember this brother Xiaoshu very much, but he has seen a picture of this brother at Zhang's mother. Zhang's mother told him that he liked Xiaoshu brother the most when he was a child. I dare not go to the dean's mothers when I wet the bed, but I will go to Brother Xiaoshu.
Brother Xiaoshu will help him change into clean clothes, let him sleep on the same bed with him, and help him wash the sheets and quilts after dawn.
Wang Chai's face flushed red. He didn't know whether to say to Brother Xiaoshu first, "He has grown up and can no longer wet the bed" or "He is now a sports committee member in the class and was selected as a three-good student." good.
Before he could figure out what to say, he was squeezed by other brothers and sisters.
"Brother Xiaoshu!" "Brother Xiaoshu!" "Brother Xiaoshu!" "Brother Xiaoshu!" "Brother Xiao, brother Xiaoshu!"
Like Wang Chai, the other children actually don't remember Xie Yishu very much.
But they all heard about the brother from the dean's mother and other brothers and sisters.
Xie Yishu reported their names one by one: "Xiaoyu, Xiaojing, Yaoyao, Xiaomu, Xiaoluo."
His eyes fell on the skinny little child behind: "... you are?"
Wang Chai answered for him: "His name is Xiao Zhi, and he came here two years ago. Brother Xiao Shu probably doesn't know him."
The young boy pinched the hem of his clothes, but he still obediently called out, "Brother Xiaoshu."
"Xiao Zhi." Xie Yishu read the name, always feeling a little familiar, and after a few seconds, he remembered where he had heard the name before, and smiled at the young boy, "I remembered, you were the one who picked up the name last time." phone?"
Lin Zhi nodded, but before he could speak, a warm and soft puppet was stuffed into his hand.
"Then this is our first meeting." Brother Xiao Shu in front of him smiled at him, his smile was as warm as a puppet in his hand, "Hello, Xiao Zhi."
The author has something to say: A Little Theater of Suffering Father and Son:
Bozai burst into tears: Dad, Bozai did not appear in this chapter.
Da Gu was silent for a while: Son, dad didn't appear in this chapter either.
(Because when I wrote the beginning, there was Gu Yanzhi who was always nagging in my ears, so let me say here first, our Gu Zhizhi also has a Norton T37 that is Xiaoshuai)