Tao Xi quickly received the 20,000 pieces from the sale of paintings, and gave 10,000 of them back to Tao Lehui.
When he was learning to paint on Sunday, he asked Qiao Henian about the person who bought the painting, only to find out that he was an amateur hype painter who bought some unfamous but promising paintings and sold them at a high price later.
Qiao Henian actually learned from his granddaughter that Tao Xi's family was in a bad situation, so he specially asked someone to sell his student's paintings so that he could subsidize his life and pay for his paintings, but he was afraid that Tao Xi would go all out. Qian Yan said to his ear in a serious tone:
"In the future, your paintings will become more and more mature, and more paintings will enter the market, but your artistic pursuit must not be too market-oriented and cannot be completely bought by money, understand?"
"I see, grandpa."
Tao Xi naturally obediently said yes, Qiao Henian was a very good teacher. In addition to teaching him how to draw, he also taught him a lot of principles of being a man and doing things. He also changed his title from teacher to grandfather.
"Okay, I'll learn this today. It's rare that the weather is good. I'll go out fishing with some old friends later. You can also go out to play and relax." Qiao Henian put down his tools and said.
Tao Xi was overjoyed. He had an appointment with Lin Qinhe for a few more hours now. He hurriedly sent a WeChat message to Lin Qinhe, and then helped Qiao Henian clean up the studio.
"It's so happy to be able to go out and play?" Qiao Henian looked at Tao Xi who was overjoyed with a funny look, thinking that no matter how well-behaved children were, they would love to play.
Tao Xi coaxed Qiao Henian sweetly again, helped him prepare a sun hat and water cup for fishing, and kept sending Qiao Henian out of the courtyard, and then waited for Lin Qinhe in the courtyard to pick him up.
The weather is really good. The old houses with red bricks and green tiles are sunbathing lazily in the warm sun in winter. Only the trunks and branches of the tall Fatong are white and green, and the asphalt road is covered with calm water-like leaves and Mottled light.
The wind and the sun were very quiet, just like how he was waiting for Lin Qinhe.
Lin Qinhe arrived in less than half an hour. When he arrived, Tao Xi was sitting on the bench boredly playing with a sycamore leaf. He saw Lin Qinhe walk into the courtyard gate, got up and jumped over, offering treasures. Like showing the sycamore leaves to Lin Qinhe:
"Look, this leaf is so beautiful and big."
Tao Xi covered his face with a sycamore leaf and asked with a smile, "Is it bigger than my head?"
Lin Qinhe held Tao Xi's hand holding the leaf, and gently moved away to reveal Tao Xi's face. Looking at the pair of eyes that were slightly widening, the pupils were as clear as glass in the golden sunlight, and the corners of his lips twitched. Say:
"It's beautiful."
Tao Xi was stunned for a while, thinking blankly that he was not asking this question.
He put the sycamore leaves on the stone table in the courtyard, and got into the car with Lin Qinhe. The original plan was to invite Lin Qinhe to dinner, but suddenly there were a few more hours today, and he wanted to change the plan.
"I'll invite you to the amusement park first, okay? I haven't been there yet." Tao Xi asked.
"Okay." Lin Qinhe agreed. In fact, he hardly ever went there. The only one or two times he went with Yang Duole.
Because of the weekend and the good weather, the amusement park was extremely crowded, and the two waited in line for nearly 20 minutes to enter.
Tao Xi really wanted to hold Lin Qinhe's hand, but he was embarrassed by too many people, so he had to follow Lin Qinhe closely, and he felt fresh and wanted to play whatever project he watched.
"I want to play that." Tao Xi pointed to a haunted house not far away, his abacus sounded, thinking that he could hold Lin Qinhe's hand unscrupulously in the dark environment.
Lin Qinhe looked at the haunted house and nodded in agreement.
The two bought tickets to go in. Only then did Tao Xi realize that this haunted house was not the horror and thriller type he thought. Inside, the carriages are also painted with childish-style cartoon characters.
Tao Xi looked at the car full of children, and said to Lin Qinhe a little embarrassedly: "This haunted house seems to be different from what I thought."
He found that in addition to the parents, the two of them were over twelve years old, and some adults and staff were looking at them amusingly.
"Shall we switch?" he asked.
"Need not."
Tao Xi's right hand was suddenly held by Lin Qinhe, his heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Lin Qinhe. Lin Qinhe pulled him into the last narrow compartment and whispered to him:
"Now we can hold hands."
Tao Xi's eyelashes trembled slightly, looking at Lin Qinhe's profile, he felt that Lin Qinhe inserted five fingers between his fingers, and clasped his palms tightly, as if they could Feel each other's heartbeats through the palm of your hand.
As a bell rang, the small train slowly started and drove into the dark haunted house amid the chatter of children.
Perhaps this should be called the elf house. In the ethereal music, the graceful light and shadow cast a whirling and dancing elves and ghosts one after another, performing stories that are close and unpredictable in the hazy mist that is not real.
Although it is not scary, and even a little beautiful, many children are still frightened into the arms of their parents and cry loudly, destroying the original dream.
Tao Xi felt the temperature of clasping his five fingers with Lin Qinhe, and suddenly leaned closer to Lin Qinhe's side, turned his side and pressed his chest against Lin Qinhe's arm.
"Are you afraid?" Lin Qinhe asked in a low voice in his ear, aware of Tao Xi's actions.
The small train drove into the straight narrow road, Tao Xi suddenly got up slightly and kissed Lin Qinhe on the lips by taking advantage of the dim light and shadow. There was no mistake this time. Whisper:
"I learned!"
Lin Qinhe's grip on his hand suddenly increased, and before Tao Xi could react, he was pushed to the side of the soft wall of the carriage, followed by an eager kiss on his lips.
Lin Qinhe didn't enter his mouth directly, but first sucked and gnawed with his lower lip in his mouth, and sometimes left a little to give him a little space to inhale.
The grasped right hand was lingeringly rubbed, and the palm of his hand was so hot that he almost sweated while rubbing against it. He didn't know whether to focus on his lips or his hands for a while, but felt that his whole body was hot.
Seemingly aware of his distraction, Lin Qinhe invaded his mouth, intersected his lips and tongue, and sucked gently on the tip of his tongue. Tao Xi's head buzzed, and he was out of breath.
After the kiss, Tao Xi leaned against the carriage, panting, and looked around nervously. The small train had just left the narrow road and entered a spacious dance hall.
The little girl in the car in front suddenly turned her head to look at them, Tao Xi's eyelids jumped, and she lowered her head in a guilty conscience.
When the two came out of the haunted house, Tao Xi suddenly returned from the darkness to the warm and bright sunlight, still a little unaccustomed, squinting his eyes to get used to the light.
Lin Qinhe still took his hand and came out of the carriage.
"Others will see it." Tao Xi let Lin Qinhe lead him, but reminded him.
"Look, every child is holding hands." Lin Qinhe said disapprovingly.
Tao Xi was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the children who came down from the carriage. Indeed, every child was being held by their parents. Some children were so frightened that they cried all the way, with tears all over their faces like a small cat, and he.
Tao Xi licked his swollen lower lip, and looked away again guilty conscience.
Suddenly, Tao Xi looked up at Lin Qinhe again, squinted his eyes and asked, "Why do I feel that you seem to be very experienced, you don't have a lot of relationships before, do you?"
Lin Qinhe put Tao Xi's hand into his coat pocket and led him outside, saying calmly:
"No."
"Then why should I..." Tao Xi muttered and stopped halfway.
"What's up?" Lin Qinhe turned to look at him and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Tao Xi got stuck and said, "No, nothing!"
Isn't it just to accumulate experience in actual combat? He is so smart, he can learn it as soon as he learns it.
The two played some more projects. Tao Xi played with Lin Qinhe all the roller coasters, pirate ships, bumper cars that he had seen on TV before.
Tao Xi found that although Lin Qinhe didn't say anything, he seemed to like playing these projects, and he could clearly feel the joy of Lin Qinhe's unspoken joy.
So later, Tao Xi observed which project Lin Qinhe's eyes paused for a little longer, and he took Lin Qinhe to play.
Until it was already evening, the twilight was heavy, and the two finally gave up to continue playing and sat on a bench to rest.
Tao Xi went to the store to buy two ice creams, one strawberry flavor and one vanilla flavor, and they ate them together with Lin Qinhe. Although it was winter, the cold taste did not make people feel cold.
The setting sun was right in the center of the Ferris wheel in the distant sky, and the orange twilight looked at them through the eyes of the city. The two were very close, and Tao Xi occasionally scooped away from Lin Qinhe's cup of vanilla-flavored ice cream. After a spoonful, Lin Qinhe didn't eat much, and Tao Xi simply occupied it.
Two seven or eight-year-old boys sat down on the opposite bench. The little boy in red lowered his head and played with the Rubik's Cube in his hand.
"Idiot." The little boy in blue next to him snatched the Rubik's cube, but it didn't turn around for a long time.
The two children quarreled, scolded each other for idiots, and began to cry.
Tao Xi couldn't stand it anymore, and walked over to help them turn the Rubik's Cube, but he didn't turn it well after a while, so he subconsciously looked at Lin Qinhe, who had followed him.
Lin Qinhe took the Rubik's Cube, turned his slender fingers quickly, and restored the Rubik's Cube in less than fifteen seconds.
"Wow—" The two children raised their heads and looked at Lin Qinhe with admiration.
Tao Xi also looked at his boyfriend with admiration, followed by a wow: "You can do anything."
Lin Qinhe bent down and returned the Rubik's Cube to the child, raised the corner of his mouth, and said, "I was bored and played often when I was a child."
After doing good deeds, the two returned to the bench to sit down and enjoy the sunset over the city side by side.
Tao Xi watched the two children walk away holding hands, and suddenly asked Lin Qinhe:
"You said, if, I mean, if I grew up with you, would you still like me?"
He turned his head to look at Lin Qinhe, the magnificent twilight softened Lin Qinhe's deep and beautiful profile, like a richly colored oil painting.
"Yes." Lin Qinhe replied without hesitation.
Tao Xi was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes and said, "So sure? If I was spoiled by my parents, and I was a very self-willed child, would you still like me?"
Lin Qinhe looked at Tao Xi in the twilight and whispered:
"I said I would like all your willfulness."
He stretched out his hand and wiped off the milky white trace of the ice cream on Tao Xi's mouth, and continued,
"Besides, you must not be spoiled."
Tao Xi licked the corner of his mouth, not knowing why his eyes were a little sore, he blinked and didn't ask the question again.
He looked at the sunset that had been swallowed in half, and the twilight changed from red gold to orange-purple, smearing the sky with thick ink.
Tao Xi couldn't help but wonder, what was Lin Qinhe like when he was a child? Don't you like to talk like now
If, if he grew up with Lin Qinhe, he would have to talk to Lin Qinhe every day and make him laugh.
He fights so badly, he will definitely not let anyone bully Lin Qinhe, he will definitely share all the delicious and fun things with Lin Qinhe, and he will definitely give the best gift on Lin Qinhe's birthday every year.
Maybe like those two children, he turned the Rubik's cube in a mess. Lin Qinhe called him a fool, but he always helped him turn it around.
In spring, he would take Lin Qinhe around the road without flowers to school. In summer, they would grab watermelon after swimming. In autumn, they would climb a hill full of maple forests and pick up two red leaves to make bookmarks for each other. In winter, they would They would throw snowballs at each other in the heavy snow, and when they got tired of playing, they would lay out two "big" characters next to each other on the snow.
On weekends, he would go to learn musical instruments with Lin Qinhe, Lin Qinhe would learn piano, he would learn violin, and then they would perform together at the school's cultural performance.
During the long vacation, they would fly with their parents to travel abroad. He used a brush to paint the scenery, while Lin Qinhe used the lens to photograph the scenery and him.
And...and many, many more.
They will surely have a wonderful childhood and adolescence together.
Tao Xi took a deep breath, shook off the fantasies in his mind, and suddenly stretched out his cold hand to the neck of Lin Qinhe's collar. Then he put his hand in his coat pocket.
Lin Qinhe was not angry for the prank, wrapped his hands with warm hands in his pockets, looked at him and asked:
"What were you thinking just now?"
"I was wondering where to invite you to dinner tonight."
Tao Xi pulled Lin Qinhe up from the bench.
He thought that life was still so long, and all that long life would belong to him and Lin Qinhe.
There seems to be nothing to regret.
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