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The two of them ate and lived together, watched a lot of movies, and with two days left in a week's holiday, Lu Qing was obviously much more energetic than the previous few days.Leon opened his eyes this morning and saw that Gu Qing was not lying on the bed reading the detective book, but was sitting on the window sill with his earphones, playing with his mushroom alarm clock.

The mushroom alarm clock has been around for a long time, and it is the only thing left in Gu Qing's original room besides the bookshelves that have not been removed.Leon turned over carefully from the floor, secretly watching him play with that familiar thing.Lu Qing's hands are very dexterous, other people's hands have main and auxiliary hands, but he doesn't, ten fingers are moving at the same time, as if tickling the alarm clock.The alarm clock with the mushroom head on it was just a silly ornament except for being noisy, but in Gu Qing's hands, it stretched out its tentacles, its forelimbs and hind limbs, and turned into a unicorn; it retracted its tentacles, stretched out its The mechanical tentacles turned into an octopus; he retracted the tentacles and the mushroom head, and turned into an ordinary ball; Gu Qing threw it into the air twice, and it bloomed in the air, turning into a ball. Mechanical Mandala.

Gu Qing pinched the flower in his hand and looked at it for a few times against the morning light.Leon has always had a kind of confusion, living creatures are reflected in Gu Qing's eyes as still pictures, but those obviously lifeless things always have a feeling of coming alive when reflected in his eyes.Leon pulled up the quilt to cover half of his face, and opened his eyes to look at him.His hair has grown a thin layer, and his jaw line is more obvious because he holds his head up, making him look younger for no reason.The young Gu Qing was very scary, so scary that no one would want to stay in the same room with him, and the two of them relied on Leon's smile to keep the people who left one after another when they had lunch.With the morning light in his eyes, Gu Qing looked at the flower intently and calmly, as if he wanted to give it a chance to come into the world.

Such a person is his father, his closest person.

"Are you awake?" Lu Qing took off one earphone.

Leon got up and nodded: "What song are you listening to?"

"Songs from your iTunes."

Leon walked up to him and put on the earphone he took off, which played Coldplay's new song Viva LaVida, which he played on loop for a long time last night when he couldn't sleep.

"Did it wake you up?" Leon asked worriedly.

"No." Lu Qing shook his head, "I woke up naturally."

"What movie do you want to see today?"

"Go for a walk." Gu Qing said to him, "Go and see Nona."

"They're going out." Leon blurted out subconsciously.

"Oh." Gu Qing nodded.

"Can a mushroom head turn into so many things?" Leon pointed to the flower in his hand.

"A small gift from my elders." Gu Qing gave Leon a place, "Come."

Leon jumped on the window sill and sat down, and Lu Qing showed the flowers in front of his eyes.

"The key to this toy is speed and spatial imagination." He twisted one of the leaves, and many small silver-white parts moved as if activated. "What do you think it looks like, just fix those parts while they are moving."

Gu Qing's ten fingers moved again, this time because of the close distance, Leon could clearly hear the "rustling" sound of parts like fallen leaves.Those petals thinned into the animal's mane, and Leon was fascinated by it, and subconsciously stretched his head towards Gu Qing, wanting to take a closer look.

"Leon, you blocked me." Gu Qing stopped.

"I'm sorry." Leon straightened up immediately.

Those parts that were still flowing before stopped, and in Gu Qing's hand was a lion's head with half of its mane missing, as if it was injured after a fight.

"It's still very beautiful." Leon reached out to pick it up.

Gu Qing stroked the lion's head, and quickly changed the toy back into the shape of a mushroom head. He handed the mushroom head to Leon: "The alarm clock is more practical."

Leon wanted the lion more, but he wouldn't say it.

"You can practice on your own, and it will be good for you as a robot in the future." Gu Qing said to him.

Leon touched the pattern on the mushroom head, and it didn't change at all, as if he was not in the same dimension as Leon.

"I want to eat McDonald's." Leon leaned forward and put the mushroom head back on the dinosaur's head.

"Let's go." Gu Qing got down from the window sill and stood beside him.

"Yeah." Leon also jumped down.

The weather outside was fine, and it was rare that it didn't rain.Gu Qing bought him a hamburger set meal, and the waiter gave him a toy that would stick out his tongue when he pressed it, and he gave the purple doll to his peers who had been paying attention to it at the next table.

"Don't you like that toy?" Gu Qing asked him.

Leon shook his head.He couldn't play with those children, he didn't understand what fun that purple thing was.

"Do you want to eat?"

"No." Gu Qing handed him a tissue.

A few days later, he became a father who didn't like to eat again.Leon was a little dazed, the father who discussed the Chinese family with him, and the father who told jokes that were not funny at all, seemed to have gone back.

After dinner, Gu Qing didn't go home, but drove him westwards - vaguely in the direction of Darcy's house.

"Where are we going by car?" Leon asked a little nervously.

"Your fencing class, Catherine explained it before she left."

"It's only 08:30." Leon breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go for a walk in the nearby park." Gu Qing said: "You have been bored at home these few days, and originally planned to take you to see Nona and then go to class. Since they have gone out, forget it, we can Play Frisbee in the park."

Playing Frisbee...it doesn't seem to be possible.Leon has been sneaking a look at Gu Qing's wound for the past few nights. Although he didn't use any medication, it healed quickly. When he saw it yesterday, the gauze had been removed, and only a neat line of gel was applied along the wound. It's no problem to go to the park. If you exercise, you should keep it for another two days.

"Are there geese in this park? Let's sit quietly by the water and feed the geese!" Leon said to him.

"can."

When Leon and Gu Qing arrived at the park, many staff outside the park were making colorful balloon arches, and there were some staring dolls beside them.A staff member in orange clothes saw the two of them coming, gave them two bracelets, and warmly said to them, "Welcome to the summer parent-child garden activities."

"What activity?" Leon asked while wearing the bracelet.

"Two people with three legs, parent-child painting, quiz quiz, many types of activities, I wish you all win today's prize." The young man pointed behind him, where there was a sign - Nordic trip for three people.

"There are other prizes." He pointed to the pile of dolls again.

It doesn't seem to be that necessary.Leon glanced at Gu Qing.He put on the bracelet and stood next to the half-blown balloon arch. When he looked over, he moved slightly to the side, and then the balloons next to him burst five or six times in a row.Maybe it was a coincidence, but when it happened to Lu Qing, there was always a feeling that he knew it in advance.

"Is there any bread for the geese?" Leon asked.

"Yes," he asked in a daze, "feeding small animals is a constant activity in the park."

"We're in that."

"That doesn't count as today's parent-child activity." The activity staff turned to look for bread under the table, and then asked him, "Don't you want to play bumper cars with Dad?"

"No." Leon replied.Gu Qing at the entrance of the park changed his station again, and sure enough, several more balloons burst.Leon thought about it, squatted down and asked him, "Can you tell that we are father and son?"

The man smiled: "Although he is Asian, he can still tell."

"Oh." Leon was still a little curious.

"He just scared off two dogs for you." The man handed him the bread, "My dad did the same thing when I was a kid, and the neighbor's pit bull ran away when he saw him, even if I wanted to pet it. "

"I didn't even notice." Leon took the bread.

"You're still young, you'll understand when you grow up." The young man stood up and found a Mickey Mouse sun hat for Leon: "Happy Parent-Child Day to you all."

"Thank you."

Leon thanked him, and quickly ran back to his side.He didn't go out for a few days, and when the sun shone on his face, he always squinted his eyes, as if he was uncomfortable.Lyon tiptoed subconsciously, trying to put a hat on him, but was defeated by the height difference.He stuffed the hat into Gu Qing's hand, and lied harmlessly: "The staff said that Dad wants to wear a hat."

"There's a person over there who doesn't seem to be wearing it." Lu Qing pointed.

"Their mother wears it."

Gu Qing didn't pursue the nonsense that Leon said any more, put the hat on his head, and walked slowly along the road in the middle of the lawn to the lake.Leon has been watching over him, keeping the skater kids away from his dad.He looked around vigilantly, the scope of surveillance became wider and wider, and then he saw a very familiar figure on a gentle slope a little far away——

The tall redhead, the center of the crowd, Darcy.

Not just the face-blind person Darcy, but also Suzanne, Nona and Mingyue.They seem to have brought Nona to participate in this parent-child day activity. A pink balloon symbolizing participation in the activity is tied to the handle of Nona's cart, fluttering in the wind.It was only after eight o'clock, and Leon was already sweating from the sun.He tugged on Gu Qing's sleeve, then walked to a place out of reach of them.

"Not feeding the geese?" Gu Qing asked him.

"I think the one over there is fatter."

After some "adventures", the two finally arrived at the lake. Leon chose a thick and short willow tree, and then hid with Gu Qing on a chair under the tree.There are very few geese here, only two, and one of them seems to be dozing off.Leon looked at the bread in his hand, and felt that forcing a goose to eat breakfast seemed a bit inhumane.

He opened the bread and ate it himself.After taking two bites, Gu Qing's slender hand stretched out from the side and firmly tore off a small piece.

"Ah, that's bread for geese, don't eat it!" Leon was very anxious.

Gu Qing had already swallowed it.He smiled and glanced at Lyon: "It's just an ordinary bread."

"Ordinary cornbread," Leon quickly took a few more mouthfuls, warning, "don't eat it again!"

"The goose is looking at you." Gu Qing nodded his forehead.

The one that was awake was really looking at him, the bean-like eyes were emitting a light that I don't know whether it was dementia or shock.Leon felt that he seemed to have misunderstood it just now, and it seemed to want to have breakfast a little bit.There was only a little bit of bread left, and Leon didn't tear it up, he just threw it to it, and it picked it up and ate it while paddling away.

There was only one sleepy goose left in front of the two of them. Even though the day had just started, Leon felt exhausted.Gu Qing took out the detective book from his bag and started to read it. Leon rolled up the book bag and made it into a pillow, then laid it across in front of Gu Qing's feet and looked at the sky.There are no clouds in the sky, there is a little bit on the snow mountain in the distance, maybe it will rain again in the afternoon.He turned his head to look at Gu Qing, then turned his head to look at the goose, back and forth several times, Gu Qing took off the hat on his head and covered his face.

Leon lay flat, and the sun shone through the net on the hat, like a veil.He stretched out his hands to grab Gu Qing's trouser legs, and was about to fall asleep in a daze.

This kind of life is not bad, as long as I stay with him, I feel good no matter what.

"Professor Gu? Leon!" Leon was about to fall asleep when he heard Susannah calling from a distance.

Leon straightened up and stood up, seeing a family of three walking around the lake and Mingyue happily walking towards him.He deeply felt that his luck today was not very good.The earth is round, and the lake is also round. As long as one side does not move, they will always meet.

Physics is all for nothing.

Gu Qing also closed the book and looked towards Susanna and the others.Suzanne, who was wearing pale yellow shorts, pulled Darcy, and the two of them pushed Nona over quickly, and Mingyue revealed half of her head behind the cart.He repeatedly thought about what to think about Gu Qing explaining that their family didn't go out, but those people almost walked up to them, and Gu Qing didn't ask him.

"The vacation will end tomorrow." Lu Qing suddenly said to him.

"Yeah." Leon responded.

The holidays are always coming to an end, and I don't know what kind of good luck it is to have a holiday.

"Go and play." Gu Qing said to him, "Remember the fencing class."

Leon nodded, quickly ran towards the cart, and carried out his sister.I haven't seen the little girl for a few days and she has learned to smile. She is a very smart baby.

"I've seen those two people look like you for a long time," Susannah said excitedly. "Professor Gu cut his hair, and no one approaches him anymore. There are so many people in the park, only you two have no one around."

Leon turned back to look at Gu Qing, he was still sitting under the tree, flipping through the detective book in his hand extremely quickly.Leon felt a little proud that such a person was his father.

At night, Gu Qing still lives with Leon.Because it was the last night, Leon lay upright on the floor and couldn't fall asleep. After thinking about it for a long time, he took out his phone and listened to music.The song Viva LaVida was still on the phone, and Leon listened with his eyes closed, and the image of Gu Qing playing with the mushroom alarm clock in the morning appeared in his mind.That thing was like a toy to him, but to Leon, it was an unknown existence. He stayed in the same room with that mushroom head for seven or eight years, often beating it, but he didn't know that it could still There are so many variations.

At that moment, Leon felt awkward and frustrated.He hasn't had a horizontal comparison with Lu Qing for so long that he forgot how big the gap is between himself and him.

He's actually been having trouble sleeping these past few nights.At first, he was worried about Lu Qing's health, but later he began to be reluctant to part with this vacation, and wanted to reminisce about what happened every day.Just like now, even though the morning was awkward, he still couldn't help thinking that the next day would be fine, feeding geese together, going to fencing lessons together, and having dinner together.

"Sleep, you still have homework to do when Catherine comes back tomorrow." After listening to the music countless times, Gu Qing said to him.

He no longer needs sleep.Lyon had unspeakable emotions surging in his heart.He felt that he was growing up, narrowing the gap between him and Gu Qing, but after this holiday, he found that the gap between him and Gu Qing before, even if Gu Qing didn't move, he couldn't catch up in another 100 years. When he was about the same as Gu Qing, he and Gu Qing were both dead.He didn't want to ask the answer after he died like Willis, it was meaningless.The passionate song gave him the courage he had never had before, and he clenched his hands into fists, determined to ask.

"dad."

"what happened?"

"Have you ever loved anyone? Like Darcy and Suzanne."

Lu Qing was silent for a long time, Leon waited while listening to the music, he felt that he could get an answer, and he also expected to get a definite answer.

"It was the same when you were young. If you wanted to know the answer, you kept holding your head up and waiting." Lu Qing said to him after a long time, "Perseverance and patience are actually the same ability, and you are too prominent in this aspect. Some problems are No answer, Leon."

"What if I want an answer? Maybe with this answer, I can sleep, study more vigorously, become healthier, and repair machines more vigorously."

Lu Qing smiled lightly, and Leon unconsciously twitched the corner of his mouth.This time he didn't wait for a long time, Gu Qing sighed a long time, and said helplessly and gently: "No, unfortunately, I haven't loved anyone."

"Oh," Leon felt tears in his eyes, but they disappeared after blinking twice, "I thought so too."

Leon rolled over and coughed.He's been fighting Willis for his secret.He had been unwilling to take Willis away for him, so it wasn't that Willis was going around him, but that he was unwilling to let Willis go.This time he was finally able to let go of his hands and had a good night's sleep.His father is a man who doesn't lie, and his previous thoughts are really just his own fault.

Lu Qing waited until Leon's breathing was stable before sitting up from the bed. He looked at the child curled up in a ball for a while, and then walked out quietly.