murder begins in summer

The destination of the ticket is Kazakhstan.

SFO-ALA, which is indeed an acronym for San Francisco to Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan.Qiu Shili rubbed his cheeks twice to make sure he wasn't dreaming, leaned against the edge of the desk, and sat down on the desk.

He leaned against the big cardboard box, and it didn't move a muscle, reassuringly, as if that was enough shelter.The top of the box was about shoulder height, and Qiu Shili tilted his head on it again. There was a smell of dry paper. Although the glass bottles that were piled up inside were a little bit harsh, they were still very comfortable.

He read that ticket like a book.A few lines of letters, a few color blocks, as well as barcodes and seals, but he seemed to be able to see the patterns. After looking at them for a long time, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.The eldest brother gave such a ticket, is he waiting for him there?Qiu Shili thought slowly.The plain area at the junction of Asia and Europe is vast and fertile... none of them have ever been there, because there is really no business to do there.

So what are you going to do? ……meet friends?travel?Is the plane ticket an invitation after all?Will the eldest brother really wait for him there?

Qiu Shili might be able to check the location, but he didn't intend to do so.Even if Shi Zhanyang didn't take off the ring, even if the small ring could still provide the latitude and longitude position accurate to the hundredth, Qiu Shili would never log on to the satellite website to take a sneak peek again, never.What's more, he can't be sure of that premise. He didn't see what the big brother's left ring finger is like last time, and he can't think about those potentially uncertain and unacceptable things that happened.

The phone was at hand, held, then put back.However, no matter how entangled and speculated, this time, of course, we must go, no matter what we are waiting for.Once he made up his mind, Qiu Shili felt calmer, as if he was fearless for a moment.He continued to stick to his nail polish contentedly, until a few pieces of paint fell from his cheeks to his knees, and Qiu Shili suddenly realized that he was all gaudy, and jumped off the table to see that the table was dirty and there was no cardboard box.

Fortunately fortunately.

He yanked it from the neckline, threw the T-shirt into the wastebasket, and threw the dirty jeans into the washing machine. He took a hot shower for himself without distraction, and the colorful balls turned back to dull white.

When he came out of the bathroom, facing the writing desk more than ten steps away, Qiu Shili suddenly froze. At that moment, he especially didn't want to turn on the headlights. Erase all traces, so that you can't tell whether it is an illusion or reality.It seems like this is always the case in movies.

Fortunately, he wasn't so nervous yet, when he pressed the switch, the cardboard box and the ticket were still on the desk.

Qiu Shili breathed a sigh of relief.After cooking a bowl of quick-frozen ramen and eating it, he went back to the bedroom to simply pack his luggage. On an ordinary flight, he would not be able to carry knives, guns, etc. According to Shi Zhanyang, he probably didn’t need to bring any, so there was nothing to pack. It was still early, so he simply carried the box to the ground, wrapped his legs around its sides, brushed the small bottles with his fingers, and counted them one by one.

The body of the prism bottle is very regular, which is quite easy to place. A blanket is spread on the floor, and the nail polish is placed row after row on it.In the end, they piled up into a neat hill, and Qiu Shili counted them, a total of 53.

Brother, did you bring all the Bordeaux fascination in California?Or all of the West Coast?Nationwide stock?After all, if you buy one in a big store, you have to adjust the goods.Qiu Shili laughed and poked the ugly smiling face on the card with his fingertips.He put these small glass bottles back into the empty cardboard box one by one, with a crisp sound, the carton gradually filled up, and when the last one was reached, Qiu Shili pulled off the tape to seal the box and left it outside.

Then he unscrewed it, sniffed it, and unscrewed it again.He didn't plan to paint it now, he had already thought about it, and when we met, he stuffed the brush head into Shi Zhanyang's hand and asked him to paint it back for himself.

Then he will never unload it again.

The voyage was nearly [-] hours, and Qiu Shili had a full sleep, and he was full of energy when he stepped off the cabin bridge.The morning sun was just right, and he was like an ordinary foreign tourist. He pushed his sunglasses on his forehead, dragged a small box in his hand, looked around a few times, and looked down at his phone, trying to find some directions with Google Maps.

In the past, they were all private jets, and there were cars nearby to pick them up and down. Even if he took a public flight, Qiu Shili didn't need to explore the airport in a strange country where he had just stayed for a few minutes.For the first time, he doubted whether his sense of direction was really as strong as he thought.

That number was lingering in his heart, and he typed it out unconsciously—Qiu Shili didn't save Shi Zhanyang in his address book, whether it was in the office or on his mobile phone, private or public.He likes the feeling of knocking out the string of numbers, smooth and natural, like a secret he knows well in his heart.At this moment, their owners still haven't contacted them, but for Qiu Shili, it seems that whether to call or not is no longer a choice, and he doesn't know where to go when he leaves the airport-he doesn't want to be here Wandering aimlessly in the streets.

So he almost closed his eyes and pressed the small green phone, holding it to his ear to listen. After a short waiting tone, Shi Zhanyang's voice was very crisp: "Are you there?"

It could be heard that he was a little anxious, but Qiu Shili was suddenly a little dazed, "Well, it landed on time. Where is brother?" Finally asked.He himself felt that he was really twitchy.

Shi Zhanyang was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed, "...on the way to pick you up." He said it embarrassedly, "I was stopped by a group of sheep for a long time."

"Sheep?" Qiu Shili looked out the window. Although the city is not too prosperous, it can't be used as a pasture.

"That's right! A new crop of little sheep," Shi Zhanyang still smiled, "wait for me at the exit of the terminal building, there are still 10 minutes."

Qiu Shili couldn't understand why he was a sheep, but he didn't have time to think about it. Standing at the exit of the terminal building, he was the only fixed point in the flow of people coming and going, and his standing posture was as straight as the first time. A high school student giving a speech.

So nervous.Qiu Shili looked up at the sky.

idiot.He straightened his head again and looked at the road leading to him from afar.

The 10 minutes that Shi Zhanyang said really appeared at the 9th minute when Qiu Shili waited dryly. I saw a black Wrangler with mud spots all over the tires and bumpers braking fast in front of me. I had a vague premonition in my heart. As soon as it hit, Qiu Shili saw his fourth son's face clearly through the front windshield.

He was in the driver's seat, leaning against the seat cushion and yawning, his half-length silver hair was upturned in a mess, and he still couldn't wake up with the sign on his face.

Immediately afterwards, the window of the rear seat was rolled down, Shi Zhanyang put his arms on the window sill, and looked at Qiu Shili with his head, "We are late."

The surprise on Qiu Shili's face disappeared quickly, the trunk opened by itself, and he put the luggage away and closed it again.After thinking about it, he finally opened the co-pilot's door, sat in and fastened his seat belt immediately.

"Why are you here?" He turned around and asked.

Shi Yufeng poured a handful of mints into the palm of his hand, stuffed them into his mouth, and chewed loudly, "Old Shi calls from a distance." The Wrangler rushed out like a rocket.

The two passengers have long been accustomed to his brutal way of driving, and they are not surprised at the moment. Qiu Shili glanced at the rearview mirror from the corner of his eye, and he saw that his eldest brother was watching him in the mirror.

"Calling you?" He started to find something to say.

"Driving, doing odd jobs, and relaxing your atmosphere," Shi Yufeng said with a fresh tone, without looking sideways, "I guess. Did you guys quarrel? I've never seen it before."

Shi Zhanyang didn't deny it, but smiled.

Qiu Shili forcibly changed the subject: "... Where are you competing?" He stared at his youngest with a nonchalant expression.He also really wanted to know why he had started to slow down when he didn't pay attention to it recently.

Shi Yufeng passed one by one in the scattered traffic, his brows drooped loosely, and he seemed uninterested, "The race is very annoying. It was Lao Shi who called you over, why do you keep asking me?"

"When I was young, my classmate didn't want to play in Monaco." Shi Zhanyang added simply and rudely.

Qiu Shili immediately understood that his youngest super idol, that is, his unlucky old classmate Huo Ying, was framed by his teammates in the Formula [-] race in Monaco a few years ago and had an accident, followed by a traffic accident , disappeared from sight, and is still secretly hidden on the small island by himself.

So this is the psychological shadow of the little boy in the legend, right?It was understandable for Shi Yufeng to reject that race track. Although it is naive and embarrassing to quit the race at every turn, Qiu Shili still does not intend to educate children like a bad-mouthed old mother.He is too busy to take care of himself now, Shi Zhanyang is still looking at him without blinking.

"So where are we going?" Qiu Shili forced himself to focus on the straight road in front of him. He didn't know if this road was considered a highway in the local area. It was not paved with asphalt and did not turn at all.

"Prairie." Shi Zhanyang said.

"I bought a small pasture." He said lightly.

"Damn," Shi Yu Feng snorted, and the speed of his speech was very fast, "Tell me that I am very young, I went out before dinner, and I almost couldn't walk back. When I finally found it, there was no dinner. , Herdsmen’s dogs all eat meat! I don’t have any.”

Qiu Shili covered his eyes, wondering which show the two brothers were playing, but he couldn't help but laugh, while Shi Zhanyang squinted dissatisfiedly at Brother Yao, who was eager to complain.

Shi Yufeng immediately closed his mouth very cooperatively, to express his determination not to interrupt to grab his lines.

"ナナ," Shi Zhanyang happily enjoyed his exclusive right to talk, but when he spoke, he seemed a little cautious, and he actually asked, "Is the time difference reversed?"

"almost."

"It will take a long time to drive, do you need to sleep for a while?"

Qiu Shili pinched the corner of his shirt, "No need. I've been sleeping on the plane."

Shi Zhanyang asked again: "Are you hungry?"

Qiu Shili shook his head.He could almost see clearly in his heart that his elder brother was just nervous, and it turned out that he wasn't just thinking about it here and there.My heart relaxed for the most part, and as soon as I relaxed, the sneeze that was stuck in my nose for a long time came out. The mid-latitude region's mid-spring is still cold, at least his shirt is not enough.

The problem is that I didn't bring a sweater jacket?Qiu Shili felt that his oolong trouble was too low-level.He could have asked to go into the city to buy some warm clothes, but out of some vague expectation, he didn't bring it up.

Just wiped the corners of his eyes, looked in the rearview mirror and asked, "Brother, do you live in the grassland?"

"Well. This is the third day in the herdsman's house." Shi Zhanyang handed over a blanket, and Qiu Shili turned around to pick it up. I don't know whether it was intentional or not. He rubbed his thumb on his cheek, touched it as if itching, and touched it again. move away.A dry, familiar smell of tobacco.

"Travel? Take the kids out for camping?" Qiu Shili smiled, and spread the blanket over himself.

Shi Yufeng stared, "He is the one who wants to coax you! It has nothing to do with me!"

Shi Zhanyang gave a heavy "tsk", Shi Yufeng immediately shut up and chewed the candy, and said nothing more.

Qiu Shili laughed loudly, glanced quietly at the strange expression of the eldest brother, and said after laughing: "I don't need to coax you. You two don't need to match your lines anymore."

This time it was Zhan Yang's turn to smile.Embarrassed and unexpected smile.He is indeed very embarrassed, but he can't blame the youngest and himself for their poor acting skills, he should be satisfied with the effect of making people happy.After all, most of the time, his deep understanding made it difficult for him to deceive Qiu Shili's eyes, but he was always being silly and struggling against luck, "Have you received the gift?" He asked suddenly.

Qiu Shili was caught off guard, his cheeks flushed, "I received it. I like it very much."

Shi Zhanyang's gaze softened, even if he didn't look back, and even if he didn't look in the rearview mirror, Qiu Shili could feel the warmth coming up from behind, surrounding him airtightly, "I still made you sad " He heard Shi Zhanyang say this again, his voice was soft, but deep, with a deep lingering feeling.

"No." Qiu Shili shook his head subconsciously.He felt that this kind of thing really couldn't be said in front of Brother Yao.

"You cry because of me." Shi Zhanyang didn't stop.

"...No. Nothing." Qiu Shili took a piece of Old Four's mint candy and chewed it for himself.It's really cool.He knew he was still running away, what was he running away from?It's hard to tell.Obviously avoiding talking about it now will only make you cry even worse in the future.He felt that he probably couldn't do it, and he needed his elder brother to give him a hand. Don't let go of that hand, don't let go, he is shrinking back, but he doesn't want to fall off the cliff again without a sound.

"You want to see me." Fortunately Shi Zhanyang was very persistent and still held tightly.

Now Qiu Shili couldn't say "no".

Shi Zhanyang looked at him intently, and the entire rearview mirror seemed to hold only those two gazes, "I've been thinking about this for the past few months, what's the problem? Look on me, It doesn’t work to look for it on you, ナナ, since it’s about the two of us, we have to look at it together, this is the only way to solve the problem.”

Qiu Shili was stunned for a moment when he heard the elder brother's words so rigorously and seriously. He only knew that his mouth was cold, but his face was already hot. With a kind of anxiety and anticipation, he asked: "Brother, you must be in the small room." Did you say it in front of Feng..."

Shi Zhanyang still acted as if there was no one else around, and looked innocent to the point of innocence, "Because you refused to sit next to me."

Qiu Shili's mind froze, he spent a few seconds figuring out the meaning of these words, and then completely surrendered. He felt as if he had been stabbed. If he were a hedgehog, he would not only be belly up, but Even the thorns have become soft, soft and soft, sticking to his round back smoothly, which is being clearly watched by Shi Zhanyang.He knew that he was weak and worthless, but he still wished he could put down the backrest and climb to the back, and lean towards his elder brother, even if it was just to have a look at him face to face... Yes, it was a very simple thing, he felt that he finally Not hanging on the cliff anymore, the endless green plain ahead finally had real life.

Soon the car stopped at the gas station, and Shi Yufeng asked in a very slow English if there was any 95 gasoline, while Shi Zhanyang propped up his crutches and leaned against the door, squinting his eyes and blowing the air.Of course Qiu Shili passed by, impatiently, he leaned against Shi Zhanyang's side without wrapping up a blanket, the elder brother didn't speak, but blocked the cool wind for him.

"How long will it be?" Qiu Shili asked.

"Four hours." Shi Zhanyang looked at him with downcast eyes.

Qiu Shili's eyes flashed, and it was easy to figure out that the two people who came to pick him up left in the middle of the night.It seems that unfortunately he won the lottery and was intercepted by a flock of sheep.

"Thank you." He rested his forehead on his elder brother's shoulder.

"Thin." Shi Zhanyang stretched out his hand, right on the side of his face, hesitantly did not touch it, Qiu Shili took a deep breath, grabbed his wrist and pressed it on his face, lifted his chin, He dawdled with his palms, raised his eyelids and stared stubbornly, his eyes were shining brightly, and he couldn't stare fiercely.

Shi Zhanyang felt quite comfortable being stared at, pinched his younger brother's white nails and looked carefully, "I still don't like the gift enough."

Qiu Shili scratched his fingertips, "Brother, you are talking nonsense. I counted them very much. There are 53 sticks, which are extremely heavy."

Shi Zhanyang said softly: "Then why don't you come to see me?"

Qiu Shili learned and applied it flexibly: "Because our problem has not been solved yet."

Shi Zhanyang suddenly realized: "Oh, Nana is right."

Qiu Shili was amused again, and tiptoed close to his elder brother's ear: "Wait a minute, let's sit in the back, quietly, and solve it."

Shi Zhanyang was of course very happy, he staggered his body in a very gentlemanly manner, put on an inviting posture, and asked Qiu Shili to sit first, but Qiu Shili refused, pulling his fingers and saying: "There is one more thing."

"what?"

"Before we solve it...can you give me a kiss first?"

This kind of frankness was common in him before, but it has disappeared in recent years.Shi Zhanyang was a little surprised. He thought that the current Qiu Shili would be somewhat unfamiliar and resistant to him, "Is this the order?"

"I can kiss you later." Qiu Shili's lips were already close together, and they opened slightly as a matter of course. It would be unreasonable if there wasn't a kiss on it.

Of course Shi Zhanyang is not a fool who is incomprehensible, he pressed the kiss into Qiu Shili, and then pressed Qiu Shili into the car, wrapped his arms around his neck, and his long-lost breath was accompanied by a small hum in his ears.

He could feel that Qiu Shili was trying to swallow his breath and the excess body fluid between the two of them. This kiss seemed to be too hot, and they were too anxious, too lacking in thinking and consideration. How could the current situation be a kiss? when?

But so what?Just before getting into the car, Zhan Yang saw his fourth child coming with a bag of carbonated drinks. The remaining distance was tens of meters, and the time left for them was less than 20 seconds, but even if it was ten seconds, one second, half a second, it would be too late. If they don't, they want to kiss each other thoroughly, breaking down every minute and second, and devouring it bit by bit.Because even the little thing between them, be it obsession or madness, it exists as it exists, and there is no need to think and think about it.As for timing—it is a treasure in business, and it is the most useless thing in a living person.