ray of light cafe

On the evening of December 12st.

On the way home from closing the store, Yin Qi happened to meet Mama Lian who had just finished shopping for groceries.As soon as he saw her, he showed a surprised expression, stepped forward to greet her warmly, and helped carry the bag.

Even his mother asked him if he had eaten, and he said no.So ten minutes later, he appeared at the dinner table of Lian's family.

When Qi Ling saw him coming home with his mother, his jaw almost dropped in surprise.During the meal, when she heard him boasting about her mother's soup making skills, she rolled her eyes so that her eyelids were sore.

Yin Qi pretended he hadn't seen it, and after boasting that his smiling face was brighter than flowers, his eyes suddenly fell on the electronic calendar on the wall, and he said in a surprised tone, "Eh? Tomorrow is New Year's Day?"

Lian's mother looked at him and smiled lovingly, "Yes."

Yin Qi looked up at Lian Shen who was opposite him: "Then are you going on vacation?"

Lian Shen stopped his chopsticks, but before he could make a sound, Lian's mother answered first: "Yes."

Yin Qi took a bite of green vegetables, looked at Lian Shen casually, and said, "If it's a holiday, do you have any arrangements?"

"Hmm..." Lian Shen lowered his head, thinking about the rice in the bowl.

"Of course not. This kid always stays at home and surfs the Internet every holiday." Lian's mother gave Lian Shen a dissatisfied look, "Ah Qi? Where are you going to play?"

"Really?" Yin Qi smiled obediently, "I'm going to Zhuhai to visit my dad. It's his birthday tomorrow."

"Ah, your father? I haven't seen him for many years, how is he now?" Lian's mother suddenly felt lost.

"He is very good. He farms and raises fish in the suburbs. Every time he calls, he keeps telling me about his banana, lychee, corn, and sweet potato."

"Haha, Boss Yin has changed his career to become a farmer? How is the harvest this year? Are the sweet potatoes delicious?"

"It's delicious! It's very popular. I'll bring some over this time for you to try?"

"Ah, how can you be so embarrassing?" Lian's mother smiled, turned to Lian Shen and said, "Ah Shen, let's go together, and bring those bottles of ginseng wine at home to your Uncle Yin's birthday."

Lian Shen, who was caught off guard by the name call, raised his head to look at his mother, but his mother stopped looking at him after giving the order, and he turned his eyes to Yin Qi, who didn't look at him...

Yin Qi was overjoyed when he heard Lian's mother's words, his eyes curled into crescents with a smile, and said, "Swap sweet potatoes for ginseng, my father has made a lot of money!"

Lian's mother smiled and nodded, and after a while, she held Yin Qi's hand and said, "Ah Shen has no friends, and usually stays at home. This is a rare opportunity, so you can take him around more often."

Yin Qi held Lian's mother's hand instead, and solemnly assured: "Okay, no problem, don't worry, teacher!"

"Well," Lian's mother smiled gratifiedly, and suddenly said with regret: "It's a pity that Lingling is going to Shanghai, otherwise I can go with you."

"Ah, that's it. But it's okay, there will be opportunities in the future." Yin Qi bit his lip hard to hold back his smile when he heard this, but he thought in his heart, fortunately, it's not a pity, thank God.

Early the next morning, Lian Shen packed some simple luggage and went out to find Yin Qi.

When we met, Yin Qi was coming out of a barber shop. He was wearing a light pink sweater and creamy white trousers. His hair was obviously cut short, and he hid a small lock of long hair in the back collar of his clothes. The cunning, who had succeeded in his scheme, waved to him across the street and said loudly, "You are here!"

At that time, the early morning sunlight shone through the green leaves of the treetops, shining brightly, and a breeze blew by, sending a few young birds chirping.Yin Qi was standing in the light and wind, his eyes were shining brightly, and there was a smile inside, and him.

Really cute boy.

Lian Shen's heart softened inexplicably, and he walked forward without saying a word. After stroking Yin Qi's short hair dyed with a layer of soft light under the morning sun, he took his suitcase and dragged it in front, "Let's go."

The environment in the intercity light rail is clean, the seats are comfortable, and the ride is very smooth.Along the road from Guangzhou to Zhuhai, there are fewer tall buildings and more trees, and at a certain point, blue sky, white clouds, green water and green mountains can be seen everywhere.Winter is like summer.

Passengers looked out the windows one after another, taking pictures with their mobile phones from time to time.Yin Qi on the window seat did not.His hands were tightly twisted together, his head was leaning against the window glass, his eyes were closed, he didn't say a word, his lips were bitten white...he was motion sick.

But his complexion is not very bad, on the contrary, his cheeks are slightly red, and he has a kind of sickly good-looking.Her hair was a little disheveled, half covering her face, and her profile was soft and delicate.The body is leaning against the window on the inside, making it even more slender.At first glance, it looks like a girl.

Lian Shen realized this after noticing the white eyes and staring of the two old ladies across the aisle.

He was tall and tall, dressed in black, and looked steady and deep, making Yin Qi, who got in the car with him and got motion sick after sitting down, look like his cute little girlfriend.Then the girlfriend is in such pain, but his head can only lean against the cold and hard window glass, and occasionally bumps a few times, making shocking dull noises from time to time... But he is looking down at the magazine as if nothing happened... Indeed, You should stare.

Lian Shen put down the magazine and glanced innocently at the grandmas, who curled their lips and turned their heads away.Then he turned his face to look at Yin Qi, it was rare to see him so quiet, so quiet that he was a little lifeless, and felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

In the past, when Lian Shen was in college, he used to take the bus with his classmates to go out together. At that time, the girl sitting next to him also got motion sickness, and she leaned her head on his shoulder when she was dizzy.He was startled, and instinctively wanted to avoid him, but seeing how painful his expression was, he could only stay still and let her lean on him.It's just that after getting out of the car, she found that when she was shy and said sorry, her eyes were bright?Do you feel in good spirits when chatting with other students?

At this time, Lian Shen watched Yin Qi's head hit the window again, couldn't hold back, stretched out his hand, and gently placed it on the back of his head.This movement is difficult to maintain, but he is willing to maintain it. After all, Yin Qi really closed his eyes and didn't intend to change his posture to come closer.

Fortunately, the distance is short and the speed is fast. It didn't take long before we arrived at the station.

After getting off the bus and exiting the station, Yin Qi cheered up and threw all his luggage to Lian Shen, not having the energy to look at him more, so he walked quickly and then trotted, heading straight to a herbal tea shop.

The herbal tea shop is quaint, and the wooden plaque is engraved with a certain church in beautiful official script. After entering the door, there are wooden tables and chairs with wooden lattice windows, and a green and lush fake ivy on the blue brick wall.

Yin Qi sat down at the table in the corner, looking to the right, unconsciously falling outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

Outside the window is the narrow and lively streets of the old city. Near noon, the sun was shining brightly, and primary school students in blue uniforms and red scarves came out of nearby schools in small groups.

Lian Shen sat down opposite Yin Qi, with his back against the wall, facing him.Watch him carefully accept the bowl of herbal tea presented by the clerk, and thank you politely in a weak voice.

The bowl of herbal tea was dark brown and hot, with wisps of white mist rising from it, exuding the bitter smell of a slice of traditional Chinese medicine.

Yin Qi lowered his head, held the bowl, and quietly sipped the medicinal soup. While making a slight noise, the medicinal smell dissipated more and became stronger.

He drank with normal expression until the bottom of the bowl was empty, then raised his head and looked across, just in time to see Lian Shen wrinkling his nose and eyebrows.

After drinking the medicinal soup, Yin Qi regained his energy. After taking a leisurely look at the lively elementary school students outside the window, he said to Lian Shen with a smile: "I transferred here later. At that time, my father remarried and was busy with work. I’m always away from home, and it’s often just me and my stepmother at home. I don’t know her well, and I don’t want to go back early after school, so I always have to come here first and sit alone for a long time.”

Looking down at the empty blue-flowered porcelain bowl in his hand, Yin Qi said in a low voice, "I almost finished all my homework in primary and middle school here. Sometimes when I get sick, I don't bother to tell my dad. I drank the medicinal soup here, and it got better very quickly. After a long time, I like this taste."

"However, if you smell it, you will be a little annoying, right?" Yin Qi looked at Lian Shen again, and asked softly.

Lian Shen stared at him and listened to him quietly. When asked, he curled his lips, smiled softly, and said, "Do you hate the smell of cigarettes?"

Yin Qi was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Fortunately, I can't usually get in touch."

"Then I am the same," Lian Shen looked at him and smiled, "I was just surprised just now, I didn't expect you to be so unafraid of hardship." Mingming looks so sweet, as if he only loves cakes and desserts.

Yin Qi's gaze changed from dazed to joyful, and he put his hands on his face and smiled, "I can't help it, I'm not in good health."

Lian Shen glanced at the tabletop, as if thinking about something, and then looked around, seeing that only the clerk in the store was playing with his mobile phone at the far front desk, and then whispered to him with a smile in his eyes: "If you are not in good health, wear less clothes in the future." skirt."

Yin Qi was stunned again, "Huh? Don't you like it?"

Lian Shen smiled helplessly and shook his head, unable to answer whether he liked it or not.And that's not the point, is it?

Yin Qi didn't think this was a big point.On the way to my father's house with him, I kept asking questions... but I didn't get an answer after all.

They ate lunch at Father Yin's house, only the three of them.

Yin's father was very kind to Yin Qi, he wanted to shake his hand but retracted, and at the same time gave him a lot of delicious food stored at home.

Yin Qi looked at the big boxes of sweet potatoes, bananas, grapefruits and guavas, and was confused, "How can I take this back?"

"Give me the address! I'll send you SF Express!" Father Yin picked up the phone without saying a word, then raised his head suddenly, and said with hesitation, "Well... you live with your mother now, right?"

"Yeah." Yin Qi smiled, and after reporting the address, he said, "Thank you Dad."

I didn't eat dinner at Yin's house.No matter how reluctant Yin's father looked, he didn't open his mouth to stay with Yin Qi who didn't stay for long and said he would leave.Yin Qi wanted to avoid his stepmother and her stepmother's children, he knew it well.It's just that Yin Qi has other arrangements, he doesn't know.

After Yin Qi walked out of his father's house, he let out a long sigh of relief.Three points felt bewildered, three points were relieved, and four points were faintly joyful. When walking towards the elevator, he suddenly grabbed Lian Shen's wrist with a happy face to make him stop, and said with a mysterious wink, "I'm here this afternoon." take you somewhere."

~

Yin Qi took Lian Shen to a bus with few people.

The bus drove away from the urban area, and gradually drove to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, with the sea on the left and the sea on the right.And the front is facing a small island with sparse flowers and trees. The small island is getting closer and closer, and it will arrive in a short time.

Yin Qi pulled Lian Shen out of the car, very happily, as if returning to his secret base, and immediately wanted to take him to a mountain path.But before he stepped down the steps, he saw the blue sky suddenly darken.The next second, heavy rain poured down.

Suddenly, the dark and dark scene was magical, and Yin Qi was dumbfounded by the sound of rain.

Lian Shen smiled when he saw him staring up at the sky with his face up and his mouth open, stretched out his hand and pulled him back to sit on the bench under the stop sign, and after confirming that the two of them would not get wet from the rain, he calmly smiled, " Wait until the rain stops."

Yin Qi let him pull, sat down numbly, glanced at him, and looked up at the sky sadly, "Will it stop?"

It turns out it will.One of the two looked gloomy, the other was calm, looking at the opposite side of the mountain road in silence—after the rainstorm vigorously smashed the frangipani for more than ten minutes, it finally stopped tick-tock-tick-tick-tick-tick.

The air is fresh after the rain and the breeze is cool.Yin Qi got up cheerfully, and took Lian Shen for a walk around the island.

Along the way, flowers were scattered.There are puddles everywhere on the ink-black asphalt road, and bright yellow frangipani, pink oleander and unknown green leaves are dotted.I don't know the age in the mountains, even the wisterias are still in bloom, spreading in patches along the way, like a dream.

The temperature is estimated to be more than 20 degrees, and it seems like early summer in a trance.

Walking to a temple on the island, there is a small bamboo forest.

Yin Qi stopped by the bamboo forest, and asked Lian Shen with a smile, "Do you know where this is?"

Lian Shen smiled slightly, "Qi'ao Island."

Yin Qi was surprised: "Ah, you know!"

Lian Shen was speechless: "I know the Chinese characters written on the bus stop signs."

"Oh," Yin Qi was stunned, thought about it, and asked again: "Then do you know why this island is called Qi'ao?"

Now, Lian Shen froze, shook his head, "I don't know."

"Haha! I don't know either... But when I was reading the Book of Songs, I found that there was a song called Qi Ao," Yin Qi looked up at the green bamboo leaves that had been drenched by the rain and swayed in the wind, thinking seriously, "Uh, the pronunciation is different from the same word, I just thought of it suddenly."

Lian Shen was even more stunned, what was the topic of the Book of Songs, "...Oh."

"I still remember a passage!" Yin Qi was very interested. After thinking hard for a few seconds, he clapped his hands and read to him: "Zhanbiqiao, green bamboo and Yiyi. There are bandits and gentlemen. Grinding. Sneering, stinging, stinging. There are bandits and gentlemen, so you can’t be stingy..."

Seeing Lian Shen's petrified expression, Yin Qi laughed loudly, "How is it! Isn't it amazing!"

Lian Shen sighed silently, smiled slightly, and said, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Do you think I can pass the exam?" Yin Qi raised his eyebrows, his eyes were disdainful, and he continued after thinking for a while: "Look at the bank of the Qi River, where the green bamboo forest is connected. The gentleman with outstanding literary talent is really good at learning, and his appearance It’s okay, the status is still high, as soon as I see him, I will..."

Yin Qi's eyes flickered for a moment, then he stopped, remained silent for two seconds, and innocently said to Lian Shen, "I will forget about it later."

"It's already amazing," Lian Shen lowered his head and smiled, "So artistic."

For some reason, when he saw Yin Qi, who was hesitating to speak, his eyes flickering, he suddenly remembered the night when they were walking near Lian's house together, he had the same expression that night, and said softly, he also forgot about him Yes, it took a lot of hard work to remember.

With such an expression, his intuition told Lian Shen that he was lying.But why lie, what can't be said, what is he struggling with?Lian Shen didn't want to think deeply, but there was a little emptiness in his heart.

"It's not art." Looking at Lian Shen, Yin Qi's smile faded, "It was a friend who painted bamboo every day and sent me pictures. I don't know anything else."

It's not literature and art, it's because I like you.I think the most beautiful poems are all describing you.But it was impossible for him to say what was in his heart.

Lian Shen looked at him with a smile, but said nothing.There was a brief silence between the two, standing at the gate of the temple where people were coming and going, looking at each other silently, it was a bit strange and eye-catching.

"Oh, let's book an inn first."

Yin Qi spoke first, and led Lian Shen to walk along a small path to various places in the building. While walking, he pointed to the plants on the side of the road to give him a science introduction, "Look at that purple flower tree, isn't it beautiful? It's the big flower crape myrtle, also called Buddha's tears. ... By the way, there is another kind of flower called Buddha Flame Flower, you must have seen it, it is everywhere, the common name is red goose palm, the flower is quite vulgar as its name suggests, but there is another name called fire crane, it is also so beautiful..."

Lian Shen listened quietly, and smiled lightly, "You understand this very well."

Yin Qi hurriedly said: "It was the friend who painted that told me."

Lian Shen heard him mention this friend twice, and couldn't help asking: "A good friend?"

"Haha, are you interested in me?" Yin Qi burst into a big smile and blinked slyly, "Don't worry, you have a chance to meet."

"Really?" Lian Shen also laughed and didn't say anything more.

After booking an inn, Lian Shen went to take a shower first.

After Yin Qi packed his things, he took out his mobile phone to listen to music, and lay down on the sofa to rest with his eyes closed.

The long windows are half open, the afternoon sun and wind are blowing on the white gauze curtains, the green fig leaf banyan stands quietly in the corner, and the room is quiet.

Yin Qi heard the sound of water in the bathroom, which was near and far away, and heard the sound of music in the earphones, which was near and far away.

The music is "Undercurrent", Lian Shen's song.It is strange that his voice is singing in the ear, and he himself is not far away.Thinking of the unanswered messages under the song, Yin Qi felt a subtle happiness.

In addition to happiness, there is also a little heartache.Even though Lian Shen said that it had nothing to do with Xi You's song, he was still heartbroken.So after repeating it two or three times, Yin Qi couldn't bear to cut the song, and the next song was "Flirting".

Not Lian Shen's version.It was a few days ago, in the middle of the night when it was raining heavily, Yin Qi couldn't fall asleep. He wanted to listen to this song, but he couldn't find a male voice version on the Internet, and he didn't know Lian Shen well, so it was impossible for him to record one for himself.In the end, he simply downloaded the software by himself according to the tutorial, and lowered the key for the original singer.

At this time, he was listening to the falling tune, and was free to think back to the night when he first met Lian Shen.The western restaurant became more beautiful in the memory, the background was all blurred and faded, only two beams of warm yellow lights were left to illuminate the two of them.

The sounds of other guests talking and the clashing of knives and forks also gradually faded away, and after they faded away, only the extremely peaceful and soothing piano accompaniment, and Lian Shen's extremely clear and heartfelt singing...

He repeated the cycle, listening to his heart like a tide.

Then, it's hard to get overwhelmed.

Not long after, when Lian Shen came out of the bathroom, he met Yin Qi's eyes, which were so moist... that his heart almost skipped a beat.

After dinner, it was dark and night, and Yin Qi was about to go out for a walk to digest food, when suddenly there was a heavy rain outside, a heavy rainstorm, and the strong wind also joined in, making the doors and windows rattling.

Unable to get out, the two were trapped in the room watching TV, alone in a small space.

Yin Qi sat on the sofa with his knees hugged, his chin resting on his knees, and he stared at the TV absently.On the TV, the male anchor in suits and leather shoes said solemnly, "The Provincial Forestry Department and the Provincial Meteorological Bureau are warmly reminding you," Barabara.

Lian Shen poured a cup of hot water and put it in front of him, sat down and said, "It seems that the weather is not good today, I don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Yin Qi didn't move, didn't go to get water and didn't look at him, he still stared at the TV blankly, after a long while, he suddenly said in a low voice: "...It's actually quite good."

"What's good?" Lian Shen, who started playing with his phone, looked up at him, forgetting what he just said.

Yin Qi turned his head, still put his chin on his knees, smiled at him very shallowly and softly, and said, "...a rainy night."

And, have your evening.

"Huh? Wait a minute."

There was a knock on the door, and Lian Shen got up to open the door. It was the proprietress of the inn with a fat smile, who brought a big tray, saying that it was cold at night, and gave each of them a bowl of fresh milk stewed with papaya, which was steaming. , and also sent a fruit plate, full of golden jackfruit, pink guava, and white soft mangosteen.

Lian Shen didn't like fruit very much, but Yin Qi was very happy, he couldn't stop eating, there was nothing left, and when he watched Lian Shen clean up the fruit plate, he stroked his stomach and cried out that he was so full that he couldn't move.

It was really too full, and in the middle of the night, after the hour and minute hands made overlapping sounds several times, Yin Qi still couldn't fall asleep.

Unable to fall asleep, Yin Qi hugged the pillow and looked at the silhouette of Lian Shen sleeping with his back on the next bed in a daze.

After looking at it for a while, Yin Qi tentatively called him: "Lian Shen Lian Shen, are you asleep?"

No response.

After the voice was over, there was only the sound of the wall clock moving in the room, so quiet that a needle could be heard.

"Hey." Yin Qi sighed softly, with a regretful tone, "Did you fall asleep? Then wouldn't you hear me confessing my love to you?"

After Yin Qi was quiet for a while, he continued in a very soft voice: "Actually, I think you like me quite a bit, don't you? Why don't we try to date? Don't refuse again, it's not that I want to be with you for the rest of my life, just talk It’s a relationship. When young people fall in love, they will probably break up in a few months and a half, so it won’t delay you for too long... And you are idle, aren’t you?”

After a pause, there was still no response. Yin Qi took a breath and chuckled casually, "And, I promise, being with me will make you happy every day! If you are unhappy, you can break up at any time! And , maybe I don't like you first!"

Yin Qi leaned against the pillow and closed his eyes, his voice lowered, and he murmured dreamily: "So, how about we be together?"

After saying this sentence, Yin Qi opened his eyes and saw Lian Shen's body move, pulling the quilt with his hand.

Just when he rubbed his eyes and suspected that he was wrong, Lian Shen turned around, faced him, looked at him, his eyes were clear under the moonlight, not a bit hazy from waking up, and his voice was very clear, and said to him One word: "Good."

"Are you awake?" Yin Qi suddenly sat up from the bed, turned on the desk lamp, and stared blankly at Lian Shen.

Suddenly there was light, Lian Shen raised his hand to cover his eyes, and sat up slowly, leaning against the head of the bed, and said softly to Yin Qi, "Well, I'm awake."

Yin Qi was both excited and disbelieving, jumped out of bed and shook Lian Shen's shoulder: "Then, really? You promise me?"

Lian Shen gently pulled his hand down, then stretched out his right little finger, looked at him with a smile, and said nothing.

Yin Qi was stunned for a moment, and when he understood, he stretched out his little finger of his right hand, touched Lian Shen's, and gently hooked it.

Lian Shen exerted a little force, and after hooking Yin Qi who was in a daze, he raised his eyes and smiled, "Yes, I promise you."

Early the next morning, the two left the inn.

At seven o'clock, they had already left the island and arrived in the urban area.

The urban streets are clean and tidy, with banyan trees and palms planted on both sides of the road, reflecting the bay behind, full of southern style.

Because of the lack of sleep, Yin Qi, who has two dark circles under his eyes, looks like a college boy who drove late at the final exam, but his spirit is unprecedentedly good. After seeing that there are no pedestrians on the road in the morning, he holds Lian Shen's hand beside him and interlocks his fingers. .

Lian Shen let him lead, smiled faintly, completely ignoring whether anyone around would see it.

Looking at the endless flowers of various colors on the side of the road, Yin Qi talked to Lian Shen again in a very happy mood: "Look, those pink ones are Gesang flowers, also called cosmos. Are they so beautiful? It was at the end of last year Newly planted, 200 million flowers!"

"Those purple and white ones are pansies, and those red and white ones in the bushes are morning glory. You must know it, but it also has a powerful name called Chuangyu Chaoyan, Chaoyan Chaoyan , isn’t it fitting—eh?”

Suddenly, Yin Qi stopped talking, and stared blankly at the road ahead.

There is a milky white sprinkler, playing the music box version of Canon, which is slowly driving forward and spraying water mist backwards.The water mist sprayed into the air, and when it was irradiated by the sun's rays, it transformed into rainbows that followed the car forward.

Beside the green light on the sidewalk, a group of children carrying schoolbags and going to school saw this scene, all of them forgot to cross the road, cheered and looked around in surprise.

The children and Yin Qi were all stunned as they stared at the distant rainbow.Time seemed to stop temporarily.

Lian Shen gently squeezed Yin Qi's hand, and raised his eyes to the sky.