Solitary

As soon as he got home, He Jiqing received a WeChat message from He Annian: "Brother, don't be angry with Mom, she didn't mean anything."

He Jiqing directly deleted the dialogue between the two of them.The new journey that is about to start made him unintentionally distracted from dealing with the unhappiness of tonight.Of course, he never thought about dealing with it.He has shown his attitude, and that is enough.

After Lin Shu entered the room, he sat on the sofa, staring at the dark yard in a daze.

He Jiqing rubbed his head vigorously: "What are you crazy about?!"

"He Jiqing, do you resent Auntie?" Lin Shu looked up at him, and finally asked the question that had been circling in his mind.

He Jiqing knew that Lin Shu's silence all the way had a lot to say.He's worried about him.

"It's all over. I hate it now, but it's useless."

"Really?" Lin Shu stared into his eyes, it was not calm and breezy.He Jiqing wants to hide his past, just like he wants to hide his future.

"Really!" He Jiqing replied seriously.

Lin Shu reached out and hugged him.He Jiqing patted him on the back and reminded him: "We haven't confiscated our luggage yet!"

"Oh." Lin Shu replied in low spirits.

He Jiqing thought, his boy is very sensitive, he probably knows that he has reservations.There is little light in his past.Tell him, it will only increase troubles in vain.It's better not to say.

"We have a 9 o'clock flight tomorrow morning, so we can get up at 7 o'clock."

He Jiqing took the strategy guide he drew from the bookshelf, he had someone design it, and printed it into a booklet.On the white cover, there are two little people holding hands in the middle, wearing a hooded sweater and a hat, with only their faces exposed, one tall and one short.On the chest of the sweater, there is an H for the dwarf and an L for the tall, and the shape of the two holding hands is a heart.

He printed three copies.One is for this trip, and the other two each take one.He handed the brochure to Lin Shu.

Lin Shu took the booklet and stared at the villain on the cover for a long time. He stretched out his hand to caress it carefully, his heart trembled.

"I asked an editor I am familiar with to imitate your painting style to make this cover. They also helped design the booklet. He said that you draw very well, and there will be no problem publishing a picture book." He Jiqing knew that Lin Shu was very unconfident. I think I'm much better.He needs affirmation.

Lin Shu slowly opened the booklet. The pictures and characters in it had been familiar by heart for a long time, but it turned into a beautiful book-like thing, which felt different.During his four years in college, he had also made quite a few booklets, but none of them moved his heart and heartbroken like the one in his hand.

"You have done everything, what do you want me to do?" Lin Shu couldn't help but red eyes again.

"You don't have to do anything, we have to pack up immediately!" He Jiqing picked him up from the sofa, dragged him upstairs, and packed up together.

Sportswear, hiking boots, hats, backpacks, two sets of the same color and different sizes, He Jiqing has already prepared them, brand new, all foreign brands.Lin Shu couldn't even spell his name, he knew it must be very expensive.

There are also various medicines needed on the plateau, and he has also prepared a bunch.

He Jiqing asked him to try on the shoes, and he slipped them on, leaving half an extra toe.He Jiqing has rich experience, he said that this is the reserved space for wearing socks.He tried on his clothes again, and dressed him from the inside out.

"Handsome!" He patted his head.

Lin Shu saw himself in the mirror, wearing a red and blue waterproof and warm jacket, and a cotton hat wrapped around his face, as if he was going to the South Pole.

He Jiqing hugged him from behind: "How is it?"

"It looks good!" Lin Shu couldn't say anything else, he took off his hat, turned around and kissed He Jiqing.He Jiqing kissed back.This kiss was delicate and lingering, with Lin Shu's gratitude and guilty conscience.

He was moved to give up.The trip to Tibet that I had longed for and expected turned into a torment in the end.Especially, after meeting He Jiqing's family.Not to mention, everything that He Jiqing prepared for his trip to Tibet.He valued this trip so much, but he had already started to say goodbye.

Lin Shu stayed up all night.In the morning, He Jiqing felt distressed when he saw the dark circles under his eyes.

"What's the matter with you? Insomnia last night?" He rubbed his temple from behind.

Lin Shu nodded in agreement.He Jiqing thought he must be too excited, because he was also a little excited, after all, it was the first long trip with Lin Shu.

From Nanjing to Nyingchi, there was no direct flight, so the two flew to Chengdu first.After the plane took off, Lin Shu looked at the white clouds in the sky, layer upon layer, like an illusion.Right now, he is also in an illusion.He turned to look at He Jiqing next to him, he was reading an English book, seeing him looking over, his eyes shifted from the book to his face.

"What's the matter, are you bored?" He Jiqing put down the book and asked him.

Lin Shu shook his head.

"Why are you unhappy?" He Jiqing finally noticed.

Lin Shu squeezed out a smiling face: "I'm not unhappy, I'm just nervous. I heard that many people have altitude sickness, and if it's serious, they can't go out to play."

Whether it was a lie or an excuse, he couldn't tell.Anyway, just open your mouth.

He Jiqing helped him to flatten the back of the seat: "This time we walked up slowly, and there was a process of adaptation. If it really doesn't work, we'll go to Yunnan or Guizhou, anyway, there are many places to play. Don't worry, first Make up for the sleepless night last night."

Lin Shu obediently closed her eyes.The journey has already begun, it's useless to think too much, it's better to be at ease when it comes, and enjoy every minute and every second with He Jiqing with peace of mind.Time is running out.

The two are going to transfer to Linzhi in Chengdu.In Lin Shu's strategy, under He Jiqing's guidance, he specially set aside half a day for Chengdu.

After getting off the plane, He Jiqing noticed that Lin Shu was much more in high spirits, he thought, probably because of the catch-up sleep on the plane.He took Lin Shu to Kuanzhai Alley. During the first lunar month, the alley was full of tourists, shoulder to shoulder.

The two walked forward slowly in the crowd.Lin Shu tugged at He Jiqing, making spicy rabbit heads for a while, and hot pot skewers for a while. He can't eat spicy food, so he burst into tears every time.

Later, no matter what kind of snacks, He Jiqing would tell the stall owner, "Don't be spicy!"

Not spicy, but still spicy.Lin Shu yelled at him furiously, "I'm so hot!"

He Jiqing took him to buy spicy yogurt.The yogurt seller was an elderly lady, her eyes lit up when she saw He Jiqing, just like the female stall owner she met just now.

"Are you a star?" The lady asked him while preparing yogurt.

Lin Shu pouted her hot red mouth, and rushed to answer with her tongue out: "No, no, ordinary people, ordinary people."

He Jiqing looked at him dotingly.

The lady just saw him and praised him: "You look good, too!"

Lin Shu blushed instantly.The lady was amused by him, and added a lot of ingredients to his yogurt without charging him.

"I only give it to you because you are good-looking, and you will be charged more if you are not good-looking!"

Madam's voice was so loud that everyone in line behind laughed.Lin Shu dragged He Jiqing away with a red face.

The two went to the most famous Tianshui noodle shop in the alley. They ordered noodles and entered the shop. Lin Shu found that all the female customers who were eating noodles looked over at the same time. Of course, there were also many male customers.

Everyone was looking at He Jiqing.

Lin Shu chose the corner seat, and the two sat in a row. He leaned into He Jiqing's ear and said, "Everyone is watching you!"

He Jiqing smiled: "It might be because of you!"

"No!" Lin Shu pouted.He looked around quietly again, there were still quite a few female guests looking over, accidentally met his gaze, and hurriedly withdrew.

"It's up to you!" He said firmly.

"You don't like people looking at me?" He Jiqing pinched his shoulder

"No!" Lin Shu retorted.

"Then why is your tone so sour?" He Jiqing pinched his ear.

Lin Shu tilted his head to avoid it.

"You're so good-looking, it's a bit of a loss to be with me." Lin Shu shrank her neck and whispered what was in her heart.He Jiqing has both talent and looks, but he has no real possessions. People say that a flower planted on cow dung can nourish flowers, but he is not even as good as cow dung.Just thinking about it made him feel ashamed.

"Nonsense!" He Jiqing slapped him on the head fiercely: "What are you talking about is not a loss? If you want to say a loss, it's still you who suffer!"

Lin Shu muttered, "I'm not at a loss."

"I'm an old cow eating young grass!" After He Jiqing finished speaking, he laughed.

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing too.He Jiqing scolded him: "Fool!"

The two called for sweet water, one bowl of noodles.According to folklore, if couples eat a bowl of sweet water noodles together, they can stay together for a lifetime.

He Jiqing told this folk legend to Lin Shu, and Lin Shu looked at him while biting his noodles, thinking, if the legends come true, he can eat a hundred bowls of sweet water noodles in one go, even if it is very spicy.

After visiting Kuanzhai Alley, He Jiqing took Lin Shu to Fangsuo on Chunxi Road.Stepping into Fangsuo, Lin Shu saw He Jiqing's new books piled up in the most conspicuous place, next to his new book advertisement.

"Your book." He secretly pointed it out to He Jiqing.

He Jiqing glanced sideways and led him inside.There happened to be an author in the bookstore doing a book signing, and readers lined up in a long queue.

Lin Shu looked at the team waiting for autographs and said, "If you engage in autographs, there probably won't be any people here."

"It's better for me to be a shameless and ugly author!" He Jiqing laughed.

This is what Lin Shu told him, what Zhao Hai said.Lin Shuguang thought about it and thought it was funny.

"If my classmate sees you in real life, he will probably go crazy!"

"Then it's better for me not to show my face. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."

He Jiqing took Lin Shu to the picture book section, and he showed Lin Shu a picture book: "What do you think?"

Lin Shu opened it. It was a blogger he had seen on Weibo. The style of painting was cute and simple. The paintings were all about the daily life of him and his cat, which was very interesting.

"Pretty good!" he said.

"I think you draw better than him!" He Jiqing took another copy and handed it to him: "What about this one?"

"No way." Lin Shu retorted while taking another book.

This is a picture book like a handbook, and it is also a blogger he has seen on Weibo. The blogger has never learned to draw, and the drawings are stick figures. The contents of the paintings are all the things she encountered when she was traveling. .

"What about this book?" He Jiqing asked him again.

"It's not bad." Lin Shu didn't know that this kind of thing could be published as a book. Several female classmates in his class had drawn a lot of notebooks, and they were better than this one.

"Your expression clearly says no!" He Jiqing hit him on the head with a book.

Lin Shu was seen through and stuck out his tongue.

"As long as you want, you can also publish such a picture book!" He Jiqing said.

This is the real purpose of bringing Lin Shu to Fangsuo.

Lin Shu looked at him in astonishment, shook his head and waved his hands: "I, I can't do it!"

"As long as you want, I can help you." He Jiqing stared at him.

Lin Shu's hands froze in mid-air, and only then did he understand He Jiqing's intention of bringing him to the bookstore.

"Do you know how Jiang Chang commented on your paintings? He said that the painting style is simple, clean and tasteful. The editor I know also commented in the same way. He thinks you can publish a book." He Jiqing told him everyone's comments and let him He knew that he was not as bad as he said.

"However, if the book cannot be sold, isn't it a scam for the publishing house—" Lin Shu still couldn't believe himself.

He Jiqing put his arm around his shoulders, leaned into his ear and said, "Do you know that I never advertise for people?"

Lin Shu nodded. He knew that it was written all over the Internet that the famous writer Ji Qing had three rules: not to show up, not to sign sales, and not to advertise to other authors.

"But if it were you, I would be very willing!" He Jiqing almost bit his ear, and his breath breathed into Lin Shu's ear continuously, half of his head went numb, and his chest seemed to be split by someone. Open the same.

He Jiqing wanted to break his principles for him.For him, He Jiqing did a lot of beating around the bush.He took him to meet his family and even gave him plans for the future.

And he, Lin Shu, doesn't have him in his future!

Lin Shu's tears came in a hurry, and without warning, they burst out of his eyes.

Knowing that he was moved, He Jiqing hurriedly pulled him to a corner and coaxed him to wipe his tears.

"Don't cry, I don't know what to say when you cry."

Lin Shu looked at him with tears in his eyes, the pain in his chest was so severe that he couldn't speak.

Seeing that he couldn't stop persuading He Jiqing, he took his hand and patiently waited for him to calm down.

Lin Shu didn't stop his tears, he made a bold move.He grabbed He Jiqing and kissed him without any scruples. Although it was just scratching the surface, it was already considered a feat for him in a bookstore full of people.

He Jiqing touched the lips kissed by him, and gently hugged him, his whole heart seemed to be ironed, warm and appropriate, his boy always surprised him!

Lin Shu lowered his head and wiped away his tears: "Thank you, He Jiqing, thank you."

Sincere, guilty, self-blaming, timid, cowardly, guilty, with love that no words can express.

He Jiqing said: "I know. When you think it over, come to me. I'll introduce you to the editor."

Lin Shu blinked, and another big tear fell on the shoe.

Back at the hotel at night, Lin Shu still couldn't get out of the bookstore, so he said to He Jiqing, "Thank you."

After hearing it over and over, He Jiqing finally squeezed his mouth: "Besides, I'll sew it up for you!"

Lin Shu looked at him with teary eyes.He sighed helplessly and had no choice but to kiss him.The two kissed and caught fire.But He Jiqing was thinking about tomorrow's itinerary, so he didn't make it to the end.

In the middle of the night, Lin Shu started to have a fever and diarrhea, and after a few trips, he was completely incapacitated.He Jiqing wanted to take him to the hospital, but he refused.He Jiqing was afraid that he had food poisoning, so he dragged him to the hospital.

The doctor checked and said that it was due to cold and bad stomach, He Jiqing breathed a sigh of relief.The doctor prescribed cold medicine and antidiarrheal medicine, and Lin Shu fell asleep after taking it.He Jiqing stayed with him in the hospital overnight.

The trip to Tibet for the two of them was postponed.He hasn't really started yet, and he has already made a bad start.

Lin Shu thought, is it God's will?