Ji Qinyang fiddled with her phone, Mo Suyuan changed her clothes and came out of the fitting room, standing in front of the full-length mirror and looking left and right.
"Does it look good?" Mo Suyuan asked her son, Ji Qinyang glanced at it and said with a smile, "What do you wear that doesn't look good?"
Mo Suyuan said angrily: "You are your mother, little girl. Your mouth is so sweet."
Ji Qinyang raised his eyebrows, but he didn't say a word. When Mo Suyuan asked the lady to wrap up her clothes and open a note, she asked slowly, "When are we going back?"
"Isn't it agreed before?" Mo Suyuan took out her wallet and said indifferently, "Let's play for another week... Let me help you see the dormitory building of Zhongyin School. If you need anything, you need to prepare in advance."
Ji Qinyang: "I may not live in the dormitory."
Mo Suyuan was stunned: "Can't you?"
"The place is too small, and it is difficult to put any musical instruments." Ji Qinyang explained: "It is better to rent an apartment by yourself."
Mo Suyuan squinted at him: "Didn't you live with the little girl?"
Ji Qinyang said innocently, "Which little girl am I living with?"
Mo Suyuan snorted: "You know it yourself." She blinked slyly: "If you want to rent a house, you can find a way by yourself. Mom won't help you."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan didn't see Xie Meng come to school early in the morning, and the other party didn't reply when he sent a text message. After the first math get out of class, Maitreya asked him to go to the office to help get the exam papers.
"Send them all down." Maitreya took the corrected papers and folded them on Zhuo Xiaoyuan's arm. The teacher at the next table just came back and said hello to Maitreya: "This time Qidong's papers are very difficult, how's your class's grades? Sample?"
Maitreya Buddha spread his hands: "The old way."
The teacher laughed: "Xie Meng is the first again?"
"When is he not number one?" Maitreya sighed: "This child is in a bad way... Hey, it's almost the college entrance examination, and something happened to his family, so I don't know if he can resist it. "
The test papers on Zhuo Xiaoyuan's arm dropped a few pieces and fell to the ground. Maitreya Buddha saw it and shouted, "Be careful."
"What happened to Xie Meng's grandmother?" Zhuo Xiaoyuan stared at Maitreya Buddha, the boy's eyebrows coldly condensed into Sichuan characters: "What happened to his family?"
Zhang Xiujuan's funeral was very simple. Most of the funerals were done by the neighbors. They set up the mourning hall and invited monks to do things. Because the old lady was old, she went without sickness or pain. It was a happy funeral. The mourners don't seem too sad.
Xie Meng steamed the steamed buns in the kitchen by himself, took out the drawer and distributed them to everyone.
Master Jin from the martial arts hall patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Xie has worked hard."
Xie Meng's face was not very good, and his eyes were obviously tired: "It's nothing."
Master Jin nodded, he took out a cigarette, lit it, took a few puffs and placed it in front of Zhang Xiujuan's case: "What are your plans in the future?"
Xie Meng thought for a while: "Go to university and continue to study."
"It's promising to go to university." Master Jin smiled, looking at the wreath in the yard: "Your grandma always wishes you well."
Xie Meng didn't speak, and only hummed after a long time.
The two sat and talked for a while. It was getting late and the guests had to leave one after another. Xie Meng got up to send him off. When he came back, Master Jin was no longer there. There was a white paper package on the table. Xie Meng opened it and found There is 5000 yuan in it.
The cigarettes on the desk were only a cigarette butt. Xie Mengli cleaned up the rubbish, lit the incense and knelt three heads in front of Zhang Xiujuan's portrait.
The incense burnt slowly, and most of the incense ashes fell into the incense burner. Xie Meng stood up straight and looked at the black and white photo of the old lady in front of him.
No matter how old Zhang Xiujuan is, she can tell from her facial features that she was a beauty when she was young. Her smiling eyes are gentle and affectionate, and she is a typical Jiangnan woman.
The years seemed unbearable to make her older, so she quietly carved a gentle ending.
When Ji Qinyang received a call from Xie Meng in the middle of the night, he confirmed it in disbelief. He got up from the bed and walked to the balcony.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Ji Qinyang's hotel had a very high floor, and he could see the bustling night scene when he lowered his head. It was different from Suzhou. Even after 10 o'clock in the evening, Beijing was still brightly lit, and the doors of the city were like a city.
Xie Meng's voice was a little soft: "Sleep now... Are you asleep?"
Ji Qinyang lied: "of course not, just waiting for your call."
Xie Meng breathed lightly at the other end, he was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "This side of Suzhou, there is a thunderstorm at night..."
"Really." Ji Qinyang looked at the neon lights flashing on the tall buildings in the distance: "The weather in Beijing is very good, it's windy but not wet..."
"Ji Qinyang." Xie Meng interrupted him suddenly.
"kindness?"
"… When will you come back?"
Ji Qinyang was stunned for a while, then laughed: "It's rare that you would say such a thing... Did you miss me?"
There was the sound of thunder falling over the phone, and even Xie Meng's voice seemed to be wrapped in moisture.
The boy seemed to sigh helplessly: "Who else can I think of besides you." After a pause, Xie Meng whispered, "Come back quickly."
"..." Ji Qinyang held his forehead, and after a long time he muttered: "I really want to see your expression now..."
Xie Meng was embarrassed: "...I don't want it anymore, it's too ugly."
"What's ugly? Are you crying?" Ji Qinyang joked.
Xie Meng did not speak.
Ji Qinyang thought for a while: "You must be handsome when you cry."
Xie Meng's voice was a little hoarse: "I never cried in front of you, how do you know."
Ji Qinyang was quiet for a while, and then smiled softly: "There will always be opportunities in the future."
After hanging up Xie Meng's phone, Ji Qinyang didn't go back to the room immediately. He frowned and flipped through the contact list for a while, leaning on the balcony and dialing Zhuo Xiaoyuan's number.
There was a quick pick-up, and Zhuo Xiaoyuan's voice was sober and cool: "Wait a moment." He said to Ji Qin Yang, and then turned around as if to comfort someone, with a soft tone: "We finish this fight. Need to go back, sleep for a while, my brother will accompany you..."
Ji Qinyang waited for him to be quiet before asking, "What happened recently?"
"It's an old problem, it's not an urgent matter." Zhuo Xiaoyuan's tone was calm: "I was just trying to contact you, Xie Meng has been unable to get through the phone these days, and he has not responded to text messages..."
Ji Qinyang raised his eyebrows: "I just finished talking on the phone with him."
"..." Zhuo Xiaoyuan choked, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want the dog to talk properly?!"
Ji Qinyang: "..."
"Forget it." Zhuo Xiaoyuan sighed and muttered, "Then what did he say to you?"
As soon as Ji Qinyang opened his mouth, he heard Zhuo Xiaoyuan say gloomily: "If you just say what you want, just shut up and love me... I'll sue you for abusing dogs in the middle of the night!"
Ji Qinyang said with a wicked smile, "Then I won't talk about it."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan: "…"
"You guys are really..." Zhuo Xiaoyuan snorted with a headache: "I really don't know if you have a good relationship or what, Xie Meng doesn't want to tell us, even if he doesn't want to tell us, he is hiding it from you... But you are taking the exam in Beijing, he probably I don't want to trouble you either."
Ji Qinyang restrained his smile: "What's the matter?"
Zhuo Xiaoyuan pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "Zhang Haobao passed away, last Saturday, Xie Meng's leave was the first seven, I was going to go today, but I have a medical condition... Tomorrow Zhang Ganggang and Qi Fei made an appointment to go first, when are you coming back?"
Ji Qinyang clenched his phone tightly.
Zhuo Xiaoyuan said that he didn't respond for a long time, and said a few times with some doubts: "Are you listening... Anyway, come back sooner if you can, Xie Meng's temperament is very dull, if he doesn't cry or make trouble, I'm afraid that he will have a problem with it. Come… "
"No." Ji Qinyang said firmly: "With me, I won't."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan's words were very disgusting: "...Where did you get your confidence? They didn't tell you anything."
Ji Qinyang smiled: "Needless to say, I also know."
The boy raised his head, the neon light and shadow on the roof of the hotel fell on his face, Ji Qinyang's expression was calm and gentle: "Xie Meng, I understand what he thinks."
Since Zhang Xiujuan's death, Xie Meng's work and rest have been irregular for a few days, and he has not adjusted since the first day of night watch. For several consecutive days, he was in a state of insomnia.
Too tired in the morning and unable to sleep at night, the only thing Xie Meng could do was to force himself to eat more to prevent his body from breaking down.
After calling Ji Qinyang that night, Xie Meng finally squinted for half the night with his phone in his arms. When he woke up the next morning, the weather had cleared up.
After cleaning the incense burner ashes, Xie Meng wiped the photo frame again.
As October passed, the feeling of late autumn became stronger and stronger. The clouds were high and the wind was light. The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus from the depths of the alley could float into the yard. Pulling the door handle, he met the person who came.
Ji Qinyang raised his hand and stood outside the door as if he was about to knock on the door.
Xie Meng: "..."
Ji Qinyang was stunned for a while, then laughed: "Good morning."
"..." Xie Meng blinked: "You're not..."
Ji Qinyang: "I bought an early morning flight ticket and spent the night at the train station. Fortunately, there is a train from Shanghai to Suzhou early in the morning."
Xie Meng was speechless for a long time.
Ji Qinyang's eyes lingered on Xie Meng's face intently. After watching for a long time, he opened his arms and said with a smile: "Come and hug."
The first thing after filling his stomach was that Ji Qinyang was in a hurry to wash his hair. The water heater hadn't been turned on yet, so Xie Meng could only boil a pot of water for use. He prepared a water basin for Ji Qinyang. The boy soaked his hair and washed his face by the way. Xie Meng stood behind with a ladle and slowly poured water on the other person's head.
"Is it hot?" Xie Meng's fingertips combed Ji Qinyang's soft hair.
The boy shook his head and said vaguely, "It's not hot... Give me the shampoo."
Xie Meng rolled up his sleeves: "I'll wash it for you."
Ji Qinyang hummed.
Xie Meng rubbed a bubble on his hair and massaged it several times before rinsing it off with water.
"Don't move." Xie Meng instructed. He took a towel for Ji Qinyang, and went to the room to get a hairdryer. When he came out, he saw the boy wiping his hair.
Ji Qinyang hung the towel around his neck, he took Xie Meng's hand, and sandwiched the man between his legs.
Xie Meng looked down at him.
Ji Qinyang reached out and touched the boy's hair, then his cheek, and finally stopped on his lips, he pressed Xie Meng's neck, the latter bent down, and the two exchanged a kiss.
"... Dry your hair first." Xie Meng kissed Ji Qinyang's forehead.
After kowtowing to Zhang Xiujuan's spiritual seat, Ji Qinyang saw Xie Meng calling in the yard. When he closed the line, Ji Qinyang asked, "Zhang Gangbang?"
Xie Meng nodded: "Well, he will come with Qi Fei in the afternoon."
Ji Qinyang raised his eyebrows: "Afternoon..."
Xie Meng: "?"
Ji Qinyang took a few steps forward to Xie Meng, and with a short body, he hugged the boy horizontally.
"!" Xie Meng wanted to struggle subconsciously, but Ji Qinyang didn't let go, and even hugged him as if he were weighing it.
"It's lighter again." The boy turned his face and looked down at Xie Meng: "Let's go to sleep first?"
Xie Meng embarrassed: "What are you sleeping... Can't sleep?"
Ji Qinyang carried him to the room and said lightly, "Don't worry, I will let you fall asleep."