growing up

After the birthday song ended, Ling Chao blew out the candles.Across the dining table, Gu Yuan sat directly opposite him, looking at him with tenderness in his eyes.

"Happy birthday." Gu Yuan said again softly.

Heart palpitations swept over in an instant, and I don't know how to describe my mood at this moment.In a room in a different place, a table of good food, a box of cakes, and a lover make up the scene of his birthday.

There are not as many people as in previous years, and there are fewer lively sounds, but they are extremely sighing, happy and satisfied.

"Let's eat," Ling Chao held back the tingling sensation, picked up the chopsticks, and picked up a piece of pork ribs for Gu Yuan, "I'm still waiting to see the birthday present you gave me."

Gu Yuan glanced at Ling Chao, lowered his head and seemed to concentrate on eating, but his heart was still uncertain.He understood the fire in Ling Chao's eyes just now, and also understood the reason for his forbearance.

The two of them ate and drank enough, and there was still a lot of food left on the table.Gu Yuan put the remaining ones in the refrigerator, packed the dishes and washed them.

Ling Chao walked to the sofa and sat down. On the coffee table was the paper bag that Gu Yuan brought over in the morning.It was too hasty at that time, and he didn't have time to take a look at what was inside.

The box was wrapped in silver cellophane, with a note stuck in the fold.Ling Chao took it down and disassembled it. It was a birthday greeting written by Gu Qingqing.

The little girl's handwriting is neat and tidy, it's just a simple auspicious sentence, and she also writes strokes and strokes with extra seriousness.

Ling Chao carefully folded it as it was and put it aside, then unpacked it, revealing a small mahogany box inside.Gently open the box, there is a string of sandalwood beads in the box, and bursts of fragrance are emitted as the lid is opened.

Ling Chao took it out and rubbed it between his fingers. Although he didn't understand, he also knew that this was not an ordinary bracelet.

How could Qingqing give herself such an expensive gift?

In the kitchen, Gu Yuan was still washing the dishes, Ling Chao walked over, leaned on his side, stretched the skewer towards his eyes, and said with some concern: "Qingqing gave it to me."

Gu Yuan didn't even glance at it, he should have known it before, he pointed at the bowl seriously and asked, "Don't you like it?"

"No," Ling Chao was a little helpless, "Although I don't understand this stuff, my dad has a bunch of them, the color and smell are similar to this, and the price is not cheap."

"Well, this is what my dad brought back for Qingqing." Gu Yuan filled the clean bowl with water and put it in the cupboard.

Ling Chao suddenly felt that the thing in his hand was a little heavier, and he carefully gathered it in the palm of his hand, as if he was afraid of falling: "Then I can't take it anymore!"

"Why?" Gu Yuan glanced at him, then turned around and wiped the water stains by the pool, "Qingqing said before that she wanted to give this to you. It's just that she didn't make a reason, and it's just in time for her birthday. "

Ling Chao looked at the things in his hands, not knowing what to say.

After cleaning the kitchen, Gu Yuan saw Ling Chao was still standing there tangled up, and lowered his head to his face in a funny way, blocking his sight: "Don't do that, it's just a bunch of bracelets."

Ling Chao looked into Gu Yuan's eyes and said, "Leaving aside its price, this is what your father left for Qingqing, and it has a different meaning."

Gu Yuan stood up, took it from his palm, grabbed Ling Chao's hand, put the string on it, and said, "Brother Chao, you don't have to think so much, Qingqing wants to give it to you, you just keep it."

"I..." Ling Chao was still speechless.

"Alright," Gu Yuan squeezed his hand and said, "Let's go, show you the gift I prepared for you."

Ling Chao still wanted to say something, but he couldn't organize the words. Now Gu Yuan dragged him to the bedroom as soon as he finished speaking, and he could only follow.

Before that, he had been looking forward to Gu Yuan's gift all morning, and he hadn't gotten an answer after asking him several times, but now because of the string of beads on his wrist, Ling Chao's curiosity was suppressed a lot, and he wasn't so eager to wait.

After Gu Yuan pressed Ling Chao on the chair in front of the desk, and then turned on the computer, Ling Chao became a little nervous again.

Don't you mean a gift?Why are you still turning on the computer?

Gu Yuan turned on the computer, turned around and went to the living room, and came back with an extra notebook in his hand.

In appearance, it is an ordinary manuscript, the size of a palm, very thick, but nothing special.

Gu Yuan handed him the notebook, and Ling Chao slowly opened the first page according to his instructions, and Gu Yuan's beautiful font came into his eyelids.

——To Lingchao

initial acquaintance

Ling Chao didn't know why, and was about to turn back when Gu Yuan held down his hand.

After the computer started up, Gu Yuan took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and inserted it into the host computer.After the computer finished reading it, he clicked on a Flash in the folder.

The window was maximized and placed on the screen, Gu Yuan pressed start, and two cartoon villains appeared on the screen.

They are different.The shorter one is wearing a hat, looking into the distance and smoking a cigarette, and the taller one is sitting next to him.The wind blew, and the clothes and hair fluttered.The background is a vast world.

Slowly, the two villains disappeared, and a row of words was typed on the black baseboard.

- My first contact with you

Next, the screen on the computer is like a small animation, which simply and vividly shows the scene when Gu Yuan helped Ling Chao get back his wallet and then Ling Chao helped fight when Gu Yuan was blocked.

The entire video is only about three minutes long, and all the characters are Q-version sketches, with a pure white background.The animation looks particularly clean.Ling Chao knew that Gu Yuan could program, but he didn't know that he could do this.

Gu Yuan stood next to him, waiting for the video to finish, then he picked up the small notebook in Ling Chao's hand, bent over and put his elbows on the table, pinched the edge of the notebook, and began to quickly scroll through the pages.

The picture in the lower right corner flickered, and Ling Chao was stunned for a moment.

This kind of picture, which I have only seen on TV, just appeared in front of me today.

Usually people who make this kind of picture book will only draw a villain, and then change the movements a little bit, and then quickly flip through to form a coherent animation.

As for Gu Yuan's book, the drawing is exactly the same as the one in the short video just now, with six or seven villains together.The book is limited, and only a part of it can be drawn. Even so, one can imagine how long it will take to finish this book.

After the demonstration, Gu Yuan squatted next to Ling Chao, looked up at him and asked, "Do you like it?"

Ling Chao has received countless gifts since he was a child, and there are also countless expensive luxury goods.But no one has ever made it specially for him.

He took the notebook in Gu Yuan's hand, and slowly flipped through it one by one, from the first page to the last.

Just now Gu Yuan turned the pages for him from the bottom, so he didn't see the reverse side on the last page.

Now, he sees it.

The pair of villains representing the two of them is a picture of hugging and kissing, and a dialog box is dragged out from Gu Yuan's heart, with two rows of small black characters inside.

——Happy birthday, to my best super brother!

——I only wish that in this life, only you will be moved!

Ling Chao pursed his lips, repeating these two sentences in his heart over and over again.

Gu Yuan lay on his lap, silently looking into his eyes.

Neither of the two spoke, leaving this moment for Quiet.

I don't know how long it took before Ling Chao's hand moved.

"Thank you." He caressed Gu Yuan's face, rubbed his thumb slowly, and his voice was hoarse.

"You're welcome." Gu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and put one hand on Ling Chao's.

Ling Chao pulled Gu Yuan up, hugged him on his lap, circled him and asked, "Did you spend a lot of time on these things?"

When being pulled up by Ling Chao, Gu Yuan's legs felt a little numb.After being hugged, he instinctively wanted to stand up, but was held down by Ling Chao and could not move.

This posture is particularly ambiguous, and the two big boys are a bit inconsistent.But Ling Chao didn't care, he kept staring at Gu Yuan after he finished asking, waiting for his answer.

"Fortunately," Gu Yuan avoided Ling Chao's eyes, "I did the painting, and asked Wang Zibo to do the animation for me. I don't know how to do it."

"Why do you want to give me this?" Ling Chao asked again.

"It's just..." Gu Yuan paused, "I want to record it."

Ling Chao turned his face back, made him look at him, nodded his head and said: "I will always remember, about the little things between us."

"Do you not like what I did?" Gu Yuan asked.

"No, I'm very surprised, and I like it very much," Ling Chao said, "but I don't want you to spend so much energy preparing a gift for me. You said 'it's okay', but I know that after painting this How much time does it take. A few days ago, you were always in a daze suddenly, you must be too tired to go back at night, and your spirit is a little dazed."

"I..." Gu Yuan didn't expect Ling Chao to notice, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Ling Chao pulled down Gu Yuan's collar, sipped on Gu Yuan's lips, smiled and said: "From now on, don't do this anymore. I don't need you to do too much for me, it's best if you can be by my side of."

Gu Yuan felt hot in his heart, he put his arms around Ling Chao's neck, and buried himself in the hollow of his shoulder.

Ling Chao's eyes were facing the computer, and everything he saw in such a short period of time was still vivid in his mind.I will protect the person in my arms for the rest of my life.

The birthday was spent secretly and cheerfully. When he returned home after the evening self-study, Ling Chao sat alone at the desk and flipped through the hand-painted book over and over again.The corners of his mouth raised unconsciously showed his happiness, Gu Yuan didn't know how many nights it took to finish this, he was both distressed and grateful.

It took a long time before he put it down and locked it in the drawer next to it.

There are also some homework I brought back on the table.The school has a midterm exam at the end of the month, and he will take the IELTS exam at the beginning of next month.The recent academic pressure is quite high. Gu Yuan worked harder in his studies this semester than before. Every time he took an exam, the two of them kept their scores very tight. It was a joy to compete with each other.

He likes the current state, has an opponent, and this opponent is his beloved.This feeling is very good, and it is more energetic to do homework.