Tao Xi ran back to the empty bedroom on the fourth floor as fast as he could. Before the lights could be turned on, he ran to the balcony to open the window and looked downstairs.
There are only a few street lights that are not bright on the campus on weekend nights, but fortunately, the short road from the dormitory building to the school gate can be barely seen.
Tao Xi panted slightly, and stood on tiptoe and stuck his head out of the window to look down for Lin Qinhe's figure, but he didn't see it for a while.
Lin Qinhe walked so fast
Tao Xi waited for a while unwillingly, and finally saw Lin Qinhe's figure appearing in the dim night and lights.
He didn't know why Lin Qinhe stayed downstairs in the dormitory for so long, he just looked at Lin Qinhe's back harder than before.
This is his most accustomed and relaxed perspective, so he doesn't have to worry about being discovered by Lin Qinhe.
Just like when people look up at the moon, they never worry about whether the moon cares about their gaze.
But Tao Xi suddenly saw Lin Qinhe stop, then turned around and looked up at the dormitory building.
At that moment, Tao Xi's heart contracted violently.
Is Lin Qinhe looking at him
This guess made his hair tremble with excitement. He hurriedly raised his hand and waved at Lin Qinhe, but suddenly realized that he hadn't turned on the light yet, and it was impossible for Lin Qinhe to see him.
Tao Xi hurried to turn on the light on the balcony, but when he returned to the window, he saw that Lin Qinhe had turned around and continued towards the school gate.
The huge loss covered his head and covered his face, followed by a sudden rise of unwillingness.
Tao Xi took out his mobile phone from his pocket, quickly unlocked it with his fingers, found Lin Qinhe's phone number, and pressed it down in a hurry.
He looked nervously at Lin Qinhe's figure while waiting to be connected, and saw that he really stopped and lowered his head as if he was looking at his phone.
The call is connected.
Lin Qinhe didn't speak, only a very shallow breath, he turned around again and looked up at the dormitory building.
Tao Xi didn't know what to say, he called on impulse.
"Taoxi?"
Lin Qinhe whispered his name, looked up at him, and seemed to know which room he was in.
Tao Xi opened his mouth, looked at Lin Qinhe in the night, summoned up his courage and said:
"Lin Qinhe, I want to say good night to you."
I also want to say good morning, good afternoon and good night to you every day.
Lin Qinhe seemed to laugh and said to him, "Let's talk."
Tao Xi paused and said seriously:
"Lin Qinhe, good night."
"Tao Xi, good night."
Lin Qinhe's voice was soft.
This scene is actually a bit strange. One person is upstairs and one person is downstairs, looking at each other, but before going to bed, they say goodnight to each other on the phone.
Tao Xi couldn't help laughing, and his eyes were full of bright stars again, as if everything was going well tonight, and he could sleep peacefully without any worries.
"I'm done, see you tomorrow!"
Tao Xi hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking, afraid that he would be reluctant to hang up later.
He watched Lin Qinhe put down his phone, turned around and walked towards the school gate again, until he could no longer see it, he returned to his room, took a shower as usual, washed his changed clothes and hung them on the balcony. Then sit on a stool and start making rolls.
The heart is rare quiet.
It seemed that he had gained endless courage in the hug and good night just now, even though it was only a one-sided hug.
He found that whenever he indulged in absurd and ridiculous fate, Lin Qinhe would always pull him out of the dark and dark river, so that he could see that the deep river was pressing the full river of Xingmeng.
Just when everything I saw in the hospital that night was a dream.
Wake up from the dream, still trying to live a good life.
When Lin Qinhe returned to Hannan Hospital, Yang Duole had already fallen asleep, and the two old people were also persuaded by Luo Zhengyin to go back to rest. Only Luo Zhengyin was alone by the bed in the ward.
Luo Zhengyin noticed that Lin Qinhe was coming in, made a shush at Lin Qinhe, got up and checked the drainage bottle on Yang Duole's chest, and touched Yang Duole's forehead lovingly before going with Lin Qinhe. Get out of the ward.
"Where have you been? Lele has been looking for you." Luo Zhengyin closed the door and asked Lin Qinhe in the corridor.
Lin Qinhe looked at Luo Zhengyin's reddish eyes and said briefly, "Send Tao Xi back to school."
Luo Zhengyin just remembered that the classmate named Tao Xi came here inexplicably at night, and then left inexplicably. She felt strange and asked:
"Just let Xiao Chen take him back, why do you follow him?"
Lin Qinhe didn't answer her question, and instead said, "You should rest early, too, there will be a concert tomorrow."
Luo Zhengyin shook her head, raised her hand and rubbed her brows. She was really tired from all night's distress, and couldn't help but confide to her son:
"I don't worry about it. Every time Lele gets sick, I always think of A Sui. If I could have left her desperately at that time, so that she would not have nowhere to go, would she have..."
Luo Zhengyin started choking in the middle of speaking, and the nerves that had collapsed all night finally relaxed.
Lin Qinhe handed a tissue to his mother, he looked at the empty bench opposite, and said after a while: "It's been a long time, Aunt Fang definitely doesn't want you to feel guilty for her forever, she won't blame her you."
Luo Zhengyin wiped away her tears with a tissue. In fact, she rarely mentioned Fang Sui in front of Lin Qinhe. She knew that her son didn't like Fang Sui, but she didn't know why tonight. What a foreshadowing of fate that has been ignored by myself.
"Qinhe, mother knows that you have no way of understanding in your heart, and she also blamed me for not letting go of the past. Maybe when you grow up and meet the most important person in your life, you will gradually understand my feelings, but I hope you'll never be like your mother, whose cowardice and hesitation caused a lifetime of regrets."
Lin Qinhe didn't say a word. This was the first time his mother had so frankly told him about her feelings for Fang Sui. He did blame Luo Zhengyin a long time ago, and he also had a trace of hatred for the dead woman.
He has lived under Fang Sui's shadow since he was a child. There are traces of her everywhere in the house, and even his name remembers her.
He was also unfair for Luo Zhengyin's extreme preference for Yang Duole, but he, like his father, would not show most of his emotions. Everyone felt that he was born mature and was alienated and indifferent to everything.
But a long time ago, he also had expectations for his home, expecting his home to be as plain and happy as an ordinary family, expecting his parents to give him all the attention and love.
Later, he gradually let go. After all, if it wasn't for Yang Duole, Luo Zhengyin might still not be able to get out of depression, then he would not even have a chance to see his mother.
He can only hope that his relatives are well and no longer expect anything else.
Lin Qinhe held Luo Zhengyin's hand and whispered: "I don't blame you, I just hope you can be happier, which is also my dad's hope."
Luo Zhengyin was stunned, smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen your dad for a long time, is he okay?"
Lin Qinhe was hesitant to speak, but in the end he couldn't hold back and said, "He is very good and has been caring about you."
Luo Zhengyin was silent for a while. She was not completely ignorant of what Lin Zeshi had done for her, and she also took the initiative to propose a divorce to Lin Zeshi, but Lin Zeshi did not agree. After that, Lin Zeshi almost stopped appearing in front of her for fear of disturbing her.
She didn't continue the topic, and instead said, "That classmate named Tao Xi is somewhat similar to A Sui. You seem to like this friend very much?"
Lin Qinhe frowned and said solemnly, "He's not like anyone."
His tone was serious enough to be serious, but he did not refute the second half of the sentence. Luo Zhengyin knew that he had lost his words, smiled and said:
"Since I like this friend, I will have the opportunity to invite him to play at home in the future."
Lin Qinhe's brows and eyes widened, and he snorted.
Tao Xi didn't have a good night. He had a dream all night. He dreamed that he was lying on the hospital bed with cold tubes stuck all over his body. His grandparents wiped away tears and called him "good grandson". Holding his hand, he seemed to be saying something.
He worked hard in the dream for a long time, and finally heard Lin Qinhe calling him "Lele".
Tao Xi woke up, still feeling the pain of being stuck in a tube.
At that moment, he suddenly really wasn't jealous of Yang Duole.
As the mid-term exam approached, the atmosphere in the class became more and more tense. Even Bi Chengfei stopped playing basketball at noon and stayed in the classroom cramming.
Tao Xi knew that hugging Buddha's feet was far better than hugging Lin Qinhe's thighs. He asked Lin Qinhe to talk about topics every day. He gradually realized that since Lin Qinhe went to the hospital that day, he was more and more indulgent towards him, at least every time Lin Qinhe would answer. His question, although the words are still pitiful.
This made him unable to help but start to make further progress. He was still under the quilt in the middle of the night to solve problems for Lin Qinhe, and Lin Qinhe basically responded to every request, just like an intelligent question bank ai.
If Lin Qinhe didn't reply, he would send emojis from Bi Chengfei, one after another, like cats, dogs, chickens, geese, like the animal world.
After 20 posts, Lin Qinhe finally returned him an ellipsis.
Lin Qinhe: What about the question
Tao Xi: on top
Lin Qinhe: Too lazy to flip
Tao Xi sent the photo of the problem he took. It was a math problem, and it was rarely like an Olympiad problem. He did it for 20 minutes and failed to solve it.
As a result, in less than three minutes, Lin Qinhe wrote down the complete answering process and sent it over.
Tao Xi sent a moving picture of a rooster jumping.
Lin Qinhe:
Tao Xi: Sour Chicken Jumping Feet
Lin Qinhe: …
As soon as the club activities ended on Sunday, Qiao Yitang took Tao Xi straight to his grandfather Qiao Henian's house.
The old man lives in an old red-roofed house in the city center. The location is perfect but quiet in the middle of the noise. As a courtesy, Tao Xi also spent a lot of money to buy a bunch of precious fruits that he had never eaten before, thinking that he would see Qiao He later. Do you want to bow first to show respect
As a result, when he arrived at Qiao's mansion, he saw that Qiao Henian was wearing a gray cloth old shirt and rubber boots growing vegetables in the garden. He didn't have a bit of the immortal style of a great painter. He ordered: "Don't come to work yet!"
Qiao Yitang was very unhappy wearing a short skirt, and excused herself to go to the toilet. Tao Xi shouted "Hello, Grandpa Qiao", put down the fruit and went over. Year finished the job.
Only then did Qiao Henian put his hoe and straighten his waist to look at Tao Xi, his eyes were sharp, and Tao Xi's palms were sweating.
"What is your name?"
"Taoxi, a stream of streams."
Qiao Henian nodded and said, "I will be Qiao Henian's student from now on."
Tao Xi looked at Qiao Henian in shock. He couldn't believe how simple it was. Qiao Henian carried his hoe to the bungalow, muttering all the way, "I finally found someone to help me grow vegetables."
"..."? Tao Xi never imagined that he became a teacher by a great painter through his vegetable growing skills.
"Not yet?!" Qiao Henian turned back and urged.
Tao Xi followed Qiao Henian respectfully and respectfully to the studio on the third floor.
"Why do you want to learn to paint?" Qiao Henian sat on the huanghuali wood Taishi chair and drank a few sips of water, and finally asked a question that should be asked.
Tao Xi thought about it and said frankly: "One is because I like it, and the other is because I want to make money, make a lot of money."
Lin Qinhe told him that his paintings should have higher value and be appreciated by more people. His understanding is that his paintings must be sold for more money, enough to buy a house and start a family.
Qiao Henian narrowed his eyes, nodded and smiled: "Yes, honest enough, I didn't pretend to be empty in front of the old man."
"I've seen your paintings, and it's a bit spiritual, but it's not enough to make a lot of money from what you said. Come over after the holidays, farm for me, and I'll teach you, how about it?"
Tao Xi hurriedly nodded and agreed, and said respectfully, "Thank you, teacher."
Qiao Henian looked at Tao Xi again, and couldn't help but say, "You really look like a female student from many years ago, but it's a pity that the child looks well-behaved, but has a very stubborn personality, and ruined it for an unworthy man. life and a great future."
He sighed, his eyes showed regret, his face became serious again, and he asked Tao Xi sternly, "Are you in love?"
Tao Xi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head hurriedly: "Not yet."
Qiao Henian's face softened a little, and he stroked his beard and said: "Yes, unlike my incompetent granddaughter, who only knows love all day long, since you are my student, you have to listen to me, and puppy love is not allowed before high school graduation. ,Do you understand?"
Tao Xi was a little reluctant, and Qiao Henian glared at this hesitation.
"Understood, teacher."
He reluctantly agreed, he didn't understand why these two people were so concerned about his puppy love.
This afternoon, Tao Xi stayed in the studio and followed Qiao Henian to learn oil painting. After learning it, he realized that his talent for painting was nothing at all.
It was after six o'clock after school. Tao Xi followed Qiao Henian down from the third floor to the living room on the first floor. He saw two people sitting in the living room, one was Qiao Yitang who was eating the fruit he bought, and the other was Lin Qinhe. .
Tao Xi could hardly believe his eyes, and stood there staring at Lin Qinhe in a daze.
Qiao Henian saw Lin Qinhe at a glance, walked over and laughed and joked: "The Lin family boy has grown so tall, I told your grandfather several times to let you come over to play, but if you don't come, why do you think of visiting my old man today? already?"
Lin Qinhe stood up, smiled at Qiao Henian, and said politely: "Grandpa asked me to send the invitation to the birthday banquet at the end of the month." He handed the invitation on the coffee table to Qiao Henian with both hands.
Tao Xi felt that his heart floated into the sky like a hydrogen balloon in an instant. He walked to Lin Qinhe a few steps and looked at him with bright eyes.
Lin Qinhe looked down at him and asked plainly, "Why are you here?"
On the side, Qiao Yitang couldn't help rolling her eyes toward the ceiling.
Qiao Henian closed the invitation, glanced at Tao Xi, and found that as soon as his new apprentice saw Lin Qinhe, it was like a puppy who had been wandering for a few days seeing its owner, and said with a smile, "This is my new student. "What, are you classmates?"
Tao Xi couldn't help but said, "Yes, still at the same table!"
Lin Qinhe glanced at Tao Xi again, then raised his hand to check the time, and said to Qiao Henian, "It's getting late, Grandpa Qiao, I'll go back first, you must remember to go to the banquet."
Qiao Henian waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, even if I break my leg, I will go in a wheelchair."
Qiao Yitang dragged her voice and said, "Grandpa, you have opened your mouth and forgot?"
Qiao Henian smiled disapprovingly, and seeing Lin Qinhe was about to leave, he said kindly to him, "I won't leave you, look carefully to see if there is anything you forgot to bring, but don't leave anything here, I'm going out to play mahjong tonight."
Lin Qinhe said to Qiao Henian, "I only brought one invitation."
He paused for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said:
"But now you can take one more person with you."
Tao Xi's already twinkling eyes brightened, looked at Lin Qinhe, pointed to himself, and asked in a low voice, "Me?"
Qiao Yitang couldn't help but pointed out: "Then can it still be me? My boyfriend is coming to pick me up soon."
Lin Qinhe lifted his eyelids at Qiao Yitang, and Qiao Henian stared at her and became furious:
"It's really outrageous! When it comes to falling in love, it's coming to my door! Look at your two apprentices, both of them are very talented, but they don't fall in love every day like you, and learn to read honestly, when do you learn from others? !"
Qiao Yitang raised her hand and surrendered: "Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, you two hurry up, don't poke my grandpa's lung tube."
"Who else can poke my lung tube except you, the disobedient one?!" Qiao Henian was furious, chasing after Qiao Yitang.
Lin Qinhe stretched out his hand and gently pushed Tao Xi's shoulder while the chickens were jumping, and said in a low voice, "Go, I'll take you back."
Tao Xi stepped on cotton and followed Lin Qinhe out of Qiao's house.
The author says:
Xiao Tao started a career