side by side

Beiping became cold overnight.

Liang Jixuan was worried, and stayed by Liang Jiqing's bedside to watch him all night. When the day came, he couldn't hold on anymore, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.When he woke up, staring dazedly, Liang Jiqing, who was lying peacefully on the bed, was gone. The glass windows were covered with hoarfrost, and the fog was so thick that it was hard to see clearly at first glance.

Liang Jixuan's back felt cold, and he stood up abruptly.Walking too fast, he stumbled over the threshold.

Liang Jiqing happened to just come in from the door, he was wearing a green coat, holding a steamed bun in his hand, seeing Liang Jixuan in such a mess, he couldn't help but smile.Liang Jixuan froze on the spot, he felt aggrieved suddenly, ran to Liang Jiqing in two or three steps, and hugged him vigorously.

"How grown up, are you ashamed?" Liang Jiqing held the bun alone, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he stroked Liang Jixuan's shaggy hair, "Why is it still the same as when I was a child, anxious to leave my brother?"

Liang Jixuan let go of Liang Jiqing embarrassingly, his earlobe was red.

"Go, go in and put on your coat." Liang Jiqing patted him.

Only then did Liang Jixuan feel the cold, it was only September, and frost had already formed, and the leaves of the osmanthus trees in the yard were covered with a layer of white frost powder, shining like powdered sugar.When he entered the room, the coat fell on the ground, Liang Jiqing had just put it on for him when he fell asleep, he missed it in a moment of impatience.

At the window, Liang Jixuan looked outside.Liang Jiqing was sitting in the yard, flipping through the newspaper, looking in a good mood.Liang Jixuan panicked, he was afraid that Liang Jiqing would ask him about Du Ruobai's whereabouts, he was hiding something in his heart, sitting on the table, Liang Jixuan looked uncomfortable.

"What is Xiaoyuzi thinking?" Liang Jiqing smiled thoughtfully, he teased him, reached out and pinched Liang Jixuan's cheek, "Is there anything you are hiding from brother?"

Liang Jixuan's head shook like a rattle, he choked on a sip of tea, coughed and panted for a long time, his face changed.

Liang Jiqing had no choice but to please him, his younger brother was good in everything, but he was too much, he couldn't bear to be teased, and he wouldn't tell a lie.

"I'm afraid Ruobai won't be able to come these days. It's September [-]th today, and St. Jordan University has finally resumed classes. He should take it easy." Liang Jiqing spoke first about this matter, "So , only our two brothers live here recently."

"We haven't seen each other for quite a while," Liang Jiqing greeted him with a smile, "It's just right, let's take this opportunity to..."

"Brother, you can go home with me." Liang Jixuan grabbed Liang Jiqing's hand with a serious expression, "You haven't contacted grandma these days, she is very worried about you."

"No!" Liang Jiqing's face changed suddenly, and he stood up abruptly, "We can't go back yet."

"Why, brother?" Liang Jixuan was also anxious, "I know you had a dispute with father, but it has been four years. No matter how big the conflict is, it should be over after four years. Brother, father has a bad temper. Don't be stubborn with him."

"..." Liang Jiqing stood there for a long time, his ugly expression finally eased a little, "Ah Xuan, brother will take you back, but, but... it's a buffer for brother How about time?" He gently stroked the end of Liang Jixuan's hair, "Brother wants to spend some time alone with you."

Nodding his head, Liang Jixuan was still a little confused, and Liang Jiqing looked at him with eyes that he didn't understand.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this," Liang Jiqing smiled and surrounded Liang Jixuan, "It doesn't matter if you go out or not in the next few days. Today, you just stay with me honestly, and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

"...Okay, okay," Liang Jixuan nodded repeatedly with a wry smile.Since he arrived in Peiping on September [-]rd, he has been running around outside. It is indeed time for him to have a good talk with his brother.

"Brother," Liang Jixuan suddenly remembered the closure of Minsheng newspaper two days ago, he hesitated and didn't know how to say this, "Minsheng..."

"You want to tell me about the closure of the People's Voice newspaper?" Liang Jiqing flicked the newspaper under his command. He was still smiling, and he couldn't see any discomfort. "This matter was published in the newspaper yesterday."

"If it can be closed, it can be opened again. As long as the people are still there, the newspaper will not be able to collapse." Liang Jiqing smiled at Liang Jixuan. In this regard, he has his arrogance and confidence.

Liang Jixuan couldn't help but chuckled, relieved, but he underestimated his brother too much before.

"Brother, I'm bored, I'll go to the study to find some books to read," Liang Jixuan said suddenly.

Nodding his head, Liang Jiqing was still staring at the newspaper in his hand, "The ones on the shelf are all for nothing, you can take them yourself."

Liang Jixuan's purpose was not for Du Ruobai's collection of books in the closet, but for the newspapers in the study.As soon as Liang Jiqing reminded him, he suddenly remembered that he had missed such an important piece of information from the newspaper.Two days ago, when he was in a hurry to go out to meet Gu Huatian, Yang Du Ruobai found out the newspaper, but it was still left in the study and he hadn't read it.

Liang Jixuan carefully closed the door of the study, Liang Jiqing and Du Ruobai were obviously open-minded, but he still felt guilty like a thief after investigating, he couldn't help but wryly smiled, and secretly sighed that he was worrying too much.This side of the bookshelf is Du Ruobai's territory, and the other side of the desk is Liang Jiqing's world. The desk is full of newspapers.The piles of small magazines in the corner were of little reference value, he came this time mainly for the three neatly stacked stacks of newspapers on the table.

This is the publication of three mainstream newspapers and periodicals in the past month, including Minsheng.

Minsheng, Huachang, Xing'an three newspapers, three stacks of newspapers, placed in chronological order.Liang Jixuan mainly wanted to know what happened in the days before and after August 31st and September [-]st.He subconsciously clenched his fists, and his palms were soaked in sweat.

Minsheng closed its publication on August 31 until it closed on September [-], during which time it has not published a publication.

Only the Huachang and Xing'an newspapers remained.

Liang Jixuan first checked the newspapers of Huachang Newspaper. Regarding the student activity that took place in Dongjiao Lane on August 31, Huachang did not use too much ink, but only briefly mentioned it, which took up half of the remote section. A palm-sized piece of paper.Liang Jixuan shook his head. By turning his head, he found that the newspaper on August 31st was the one on September [-]nd.

Liang Jixuan was taken aback. Did Du Ruobai neglect the missing September [-]st newspaper or... did it on purpose?

He hurriedly flipped through the newspapers in Xing'an again.Similarly, Xing'an did not describe much about the event on August 31, but it was slightly better than Huachang. He attached a blurry photo of the scene.The already blurred photo became even blurred after the ink smearing, and became a black mess, which was not clear at all, so Liang Jixuan gave up.Compared with the August 31st, he is now more interested in Xing'an's September [-]st newspapers.

Liang Jixuan swallowed his saliva, and he wiped the sweat from his hands. In the stack of newspapers in Xing'an, after August 31st, followed by September [-]st, Liang Jixuan's eyes lit up.He took out the newspaper, and on the front page was an obituary.

The obituary was so big that it took up half the page.

Underneath the obituary was an ink certificate, but it was so heavily oiled that it couldn't be seen clearly.I'm afraid Liang Jiqing would eat nuts while reading the newspaper again.

"Ji Xuan, what are you looking at?" Liang Jiqing entered the study at some point, and stood behind Liang Jixuan.

Liang Jixuan's heart shook, his hands shook, and the newspaper fluttered to the ground.

tbc.