Diamonds

It was almost noon when we returned to the mining area.

When Zheng Ke saw someone, he let go and ran up from the river: "Why have you been gone for so long? I thought you wouldn't come back."

Xie Qiuqi asked: "Is no one making things difficult for you?"

Zheng Ke shook his head.Xie Qiuqi took out an oil-paper bag from his pocket, which contained a few pieces of snacks and two eggs, which were "packed" from the commander's breakfast table.He thought that Zheng Ke would not be able to take it if he couldn't eat well all the time, even if he could add a meal, it would be shameless.

The two went back to the air-raid shelter one after the other to rest.Zheng Ke was not embarrassed when he saw the shepherd dog, but his intuition was different——

"Is something wrong? The two of us don't have to work?"

Xie Qiuqi briefly explained the story: "I will be responsible for the next delivery, but you must not come with me. They will keep you in their hands in case I run away. If I can convince Ora Mwaku By returning to the commander, we can leave this poor place. This is a rare opportunity, and we must grasp it well."

Zheng Ke was terrified when he heard that, it was assassination and negotiation, he didn't eat the eggs and returned the greased paper bag to Xie Qiuqi: "You keep it for eating."

Xie Qiuqi laughed: "I've eaten it. Don't be disgusted, young master, some of them are good."

Zheng Ke's face was flushed red with embarrassment: "That's not what I meant."

Xie Qiuqi didn't bother to care what he meant.He hasn't slept all day and night, and now he just wants to rest, and he wants to pass out when he falls on the bed.

In a daze, I suddenly heard Zheng Ke asking: "Why are you so nice to me?"

Xie Qiuqi frowned: "What?"

Zheng Ke looked at him: "You can run by yourself, you can drive by yourself last night, you don't have to take me with you."

To put it bluntly, the relationship between Xie Qiuqi and him was nothing more than an employment relationship. The Zheng family paid Xie Qiuqi his wages, and the one surnamed Xie used the money to work.But now that the Zheng family can't pay wages, Xie Qiuqi doesn't need to carry Zheng Ke's burden on his back.

Zheng Ke was shocked, would someone really risk their life and give up the chance to escape without throwing themselves away?If it were him, he really couldn't say what he would choose. You must know that such opportunities don't come every day, but Xie Qiuqi didn't seem to have considered running away by himself at all.

"I'm not a young master now," Zheng Ke said awkwardly: "I have nothing, maybe I won't get through three months and die from some kind of infectious disease. Even...even if I can really get out of here Going out and getting back Dad's things from Zheng Shihua's hands is also very unlikely. It's meaningless and it won't be good for you to be nice to me, do you understand?"

Xie Qiuqi woke up from his nagging, holding his breath.

Zheng Ke is still immersed in his own emotions: "You are different from me, you are better than me, you can survive anywhere, you can go to any other place after you go out from here, and then change jobs, change identities, no People know who you are, what you used to do, and you can have your own life. I..."

"Zheng Ke," Xie Qiuqi interrupted him, "I want to sleep."

Zheng Ke was shocked, and his face turned even redder: "I'm sorry, you go to sleep, go to sleep, I... I won't bother you..."

In a panic, he went to cover Xie Qiuqi with a quilt, still feeling guilty.

Xie Qiuqi closed his eyes and turned his back to him, and said, "Don't think too much, we will all go out."

Zheng Ke had a sore nose.He waited until Xie Qiuqi fell asleep, tiptoed off the bed, and walked out carrying Xie Qiuqi's clothes.

I stopped eating snacks, and exchanged a bucket of water with the food delivery woman.He saw a sewing kit on the small table, moved over tremblingly, took it while the woman was fetching water, and kicked it on the back of the waist, and walked out with a bucket, pretending to be generous.

The feeling of stealing for the first time was both exciting and nervous. He felt the excitement of doing something bad, his heart was pounding, and when he returned to the air-raid shelter, he still held the sewing kit as if he was holding some priceless treasure.

When Xie Qiuqi woke up, he saw Young Master Zheng sitting in the corner mending his clothes seriously, his eyelids twitched and he thought he was dreaming.

The top Ivy League students may not even understand needlework, but because they lack practical experience, it takes at least 15 minutes to wear a needle hole, and the clothes are crumpled, tight and loose at the same time, like a whole sack.

However, Zheng Ke's expression on mending clothes under the oil lamp is particularly focused and pious, without any affectation.Two weeks of living in Africa washed away the powdered "little young master", revealing a healthy and deep sun-tanned skin, thin indeed, hard work cultivated natural muscle lines, Xie Qiuqi discovered this child His face is handsome, his eyes bright and determined.

Letting the golden branches and jade leaves of the Macau Jewelry Group mend clothes for me is considered a blessing from my previous life.

"Where did you get the needle and thread?" He raised his head and yawned lazily.

Zheng Ke has never shown off with an A+ in all subjects: "I stole it!"

Oops, it's a long time.Xie Qiuqi smiled: "Are you so happy to steal something?"

Zheng Ke was very embarrassed: "I want to mend your clothes, but the mending is not very good..."

Xie Qiuqi hooked his fingers: "Take it here and have a look."

The young master Qiqi Ai Ai took the clothes over.Xie Qiuqi was quite satisfied.He fought with two soldiers last night, his clothes were worn out a lot, his left sleeve was torn a big hole, and the whole sleeve was about to fall off.He only had one set of clothes, and if it continued to deteriorate like this, he might have to work naked.He still doesn't want to experience the primitive life of wearing a grass skirt.

"Not bad." Xie Qiuqi praised him: "Keep the sewing kit, it will be useful in the future."

Zheng Ke pointed to the bucket: "I brought you a bucket of water, take a bath, and clean the wound, don't get infected..."

Water is scarce in Africa. They have never showered since they came here, and they have never expected to be treated this way.

Knowing that the bucket of water might not be stolen, Xie Qiuqi was a little touched, took off his clothes and grabbed the sweat towel and went to take a bath.

Zheng Ke was still holding one of Xie Qiuqi's trouser legs, and suddenly saw him undressing, he held his breath secretly.

Xie Qiuqi was too thin, with only a handful of bones left and thick skin. He was a veritable fisherman who never had a good life.It's not good-looking for a man to be so thin at this age, and it's easy to lose his appearance.

Zheng Ke has mixed feelings. If this person can be a little truly happy, it doesn't matter for an hour or a minute, and he is willing to do his best to achieve it.

Unable to see it anymore, he continued to mend his clothes, and when the trousers were mended, he dusted off the plaster on them and gave them to Xie Qiuqi to wear.

Xie Qiuqi had no idea what the young master was thinking: "What do you know about the name Mwaku?"

Zheng Ke thought for a while: "It seems to be a very famous surname. Before Angola, there were emperors and the like."

"Ola doesn't want to return to the commander's side. I'm afraid it's because of her family members. It's certain that the nobles look down on civilians. A bum who made money from wars is, to put it bluntly, a gangster. Her family Definitely prevent them from being together."

"Ola wouldn't fall in love with him if he was such a bum, which shows that this person still has merit."

"Or just blind."

Zheng Ke is funny, I don't know why, Xie Qiuqi is always full of jokes and ridicule when he mentions love.

"Don't you think they are particularly pity?" The young master felt a little sympathetic to Ola: "She may fall in love with the commander impulsively, but after so many years, she still loves him, isn't it just passion? There must be something else Come inside."

Xie Qiuqi raised his eyebrows: "What do you think is worthy of love in this man? Selling slaves, mining illegally, stealing national property, advocating war, killing people like hemp, countless families are displaced because of him, and the country loses the opportunity to enjoy peace. Is this not enough? Or He has done all kinds of evil, but as long as he treats a woman well, he should be loved? Shit love!"

"That's not what I meant, don't get excited." Zheng Ke lowered his voice.

Xie Qiuqi seemed to realize that he had lost his composure: "I don't care if they like it or not, as long as they can go out, it's up to them whether they like it or not."

Zheng Ke felt that this incident might have touched on Xie Qiuqi's past.After a while, he said cautiously: "Xie Qiuqi, have you ever loved anyone?"

Xie Qiuqi closed his eyes: "Yes."

"Is she a... unworthy of love?"

"Ah."

"What did she do?"

Xie Qiuqi didn't answer.Zheng Ke thought he didn't want to say it, and he didn't dare to force him.

The long silence began to make Zheng Ke regret asking this question. He wanted to apologize, but when he just opened his mouth, Xie Qiuqi said——

"I once loved a man. He cheated a lot of people and did a lot of bad things. I didn't know he was such a person. I thought he would treat me well. He was half persuading and half pouring cold water. How can there be a rich second generation and a waiter? We are together, not in a TV series. I don’t believe it either, but in the end, I suffered a loss and went to jail. In fact, he treats everyone the same, but I’m easier to deceive.”

Zheng Ke was surprised: "So you were imprisoned by that person."

"That's right. If it wasn't for A Li, I would have stayed there for 15 years. After 15 years, people who come out can only be useless."

"Did you ever find him again?"

"I've inquired about it. Because the amount of usury borrowed was too large, too many people were hunted down and wanted to escape abroad. I don't know if they succeeded in the end. In short, people disappeared, so they shouldn't be doing well."

Zheng Ke showed a dark expression: "This kind of person is really damned."

He seldom swears, and his upbringing is good.

Xie Qiuqi smiled: "Master, the next time someone tells you that he is not good to the whole world but only to you, you tell him to get out. There is a high probability that there will be no such person. He is sincere to others, and he is also good to you." Sincerely, he can worry about others, and he will also worry about you. Unless you are his mother, it is only right for him to treat you well."

Zheng Ke lowered his eyes: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your private affairs."

Xie Qiuqi shook his head and laughed at himself: "You are young, you are all stupid."

"I don't think it's stupid." Zheng Ke said: "Whether that person is worthy of love or not, it's not stupid for you to love him. I think it's beautiful. Loving someone is beautiful in itself. As for this person, is he good or not?" Well, that's his problem, he lied to you, it's his fault, not your problem, you're not easy to cheat, you just prefer to believe in the good side of people."

He thought jealously, how lucky it is to be able to fall in love with someone like Xie Qiuqi.He is just a burden left by his former boss, even if Xie Qiuqi gave up his escape because of him, if he were Xie Qiuqi's lover, Xie Qiuqi would really do stupid things for him.

In the past, Zheng Ke felt that people like Xie Qiuqi didn't seem to need love. He was too strong and independent, as if he could hold up the whole world by himself. Love, a soft thing, didn't go well with Xie Qiuqi.He seemed to have never heard Xie Qiuqi talk about men and women, and slowly he separated this matter from Xie Qiuqi.

It turns out that Xie Qiuqi will also fall in love with someone, and he will also gently smile, hug and kiss, and make love to someone.He will treat that person well regardless of his destination, believe what that person says, and plan his future with that person.

The more Young Master Zheng thought about it, the more excited he became, he took Xie Qiuqi's hand and said, "Don't worry. I... Although I am not as good as you, I will learn, as long as you are willing to take me with you. I will try my best to become as good as you. Sometimes you can have one more person by your side to help."

Xie Qiuqi's demands on him are actually not that high: "Young master is too flattering on me, just do your own thing well."

"Don't treat me like a young master!" Zheng Ke said angrily, "I'm not a child anymore, I can help you too."

Xie Qiuqi smiled and patted his head.

Zheng Ke thought he was coaxing people again, and only heard him say: "Okay, I believe you."

I sincerely say this.Xie Qiuqi originally thought that Zheng Ke would not be able to last here for three days. After all, he is the young master, who was so spoiled and spoiled that he was suddenly sold to this kind of place. It would be great if he could last for three days.Unexpectedly, Zheng Ke really survived without saying a word. He thinks this kid is not bad, can endure hardships, and doesn't complain about others.

He could see that Zheng Ke had potential, so he was willing to keep him all the way.Duan Li's last wish is one aspect, and Zheng Ke's own struggle is also a fact.If Zheng Ke can really grow up smoothly, it won't be in vain for him to suffer.

The author says:

The young master and Qiu Qi got to know each other better~ PS: I forgot to say that the surname Mwaku was not invented by me. Angola really had such a surname and had a king.