hold peck

Lin Xiaobai felt that his elder brother seemed to be a little sick recently.

It seems that apart from work every day, the only entertainment is to be in a daze.

"It's spring."

As soon as the express delivery was unpacked, Supor looked at the newly worn ring on his finger to the sunlight at the door, and said something leisurely.

"How is it possible!" Lin Xiaobai ejected from the sofa with a big reaction, "Don't put your dirty thoughts on my brother's head!"

He Zhi hated others approaching him the most, and this man was a misogynist. Since he was a child, except for He Jin, any woman who approached him would subconsciously stay away.

Supor rolled his eyes: "I didn't say that he must be fond of women."

"Then do you say that he is interested in men..."

Lin Xiaobai covered his mouth in surprise: "You mean Brother Zhi treats me..."

"What's wrong with you."

He Zhi pushed open the door, his eyelids drooping sleepily, "Don't fucking mess with me" and "Get angry" were written from head to toe.

Lin Xiaobai didn't dare to say anything anymore, but the wide eyelids behind the hyperopic lenses trembled, and they drooped down to cover three points of panic, five points of disbelief, and two points of inexplicable shyness.

Supor took off the ring and put it back in the box: "Little Xu Peck has gone back to school, why do you come to the store so early every day recently, let's talk first, I won't give you extra money."

He Zhi said "Yes", went into the room to tidy up for a while, and then came out with a notebook and a charcoal pen.

There are many separate rooms in the store, and almost every tattooist in the store has his own studio. He Zhi came late and only worked at night, so he still hasn't vacated a separate room for him.

Previously, this brat only opened the door to come in after dark every day, but after bringing Xu Peck over to rest for a week, Su Boer suddenly began to see He Zhi frequently during the day.

Too often, it's kind of annoying.

Lin Xiaobai left the sofa with great eyes to move his brother Zhi's nest as early as the moment He Zhi walked over. Supor watched He Xiaosheng reclining on his leather sofa very naturally, holding a charcoal pen and writing on the sketchbook. After smearing and smearing for a while, I finally couldn't help it.

"Why aren't you at home if you want to paint, you have to lie here and be an eyesore."

Only after the customer expressed satisfaction and paid generously, Supor would be a little kinder to He Zhi at the moment when the two shared the spoils, usually as if seeing a fly.

It wasn't the first time he was angry with He Zhi, but Lin Xiaobai, another little fly, was not happy again: "Brother Zhi designs manuscripts for customers in your store, this is to generate income for your store, what are you doing, madam?" Such an exploitative class!"

Supor snorted coldly: "Who knows who he drew the manuscript for."

Lin Xiaobai subconsciously wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, even he himself didn't quite know what He Zhitian was thinking, so he quickly squinted his eyes and took a quiet look.

"Brother Zhi, isn't this just painting... drawing Xu Peck?? Brother Zhi! What are you doing drawing a boy face!! Doesn't the talisman I asked for not work!!"

His voice was too loud, and Supor gave Xiao Baibai a warning look: "What's the fuss, there's nothing a puberty boy can't do."

Lin Xiaobai stared: "Brother Zhizhi has no idea about the little boy, so don't talk nonsense!"

"No, very thoughtful."

The lazy answer rang after itself.

"..."

Lin Xiaobai turned around mechanically.

He Zhi blew on the lead dust on the notebook, yawned and stood up.

"Call him little boy in the future, and I will make you regret it."

The tone was casual, but Lin Xiaobai knew that He Zhi was not joking a word.

The abandoned Xiaobai collapsed on the sofa in despair.

He Zhi went to the bar, carefully tore off the sketch that he had just completed, and handed the rest of the notebook to Supor.

"I'm really drawing a manuscript for you, and I will change my vacation for a week starting tomorrow."

Supor took it suspiciously, and took a deep look at him: "Why are you going?"

Although the pot has always been a heartless pot, the atmosphere in the store is actually very good, and He Zhi almost never asks for leave.

The only time he was absent from work was when the Supor store was smashed up by He Zhi's "uncle".

He disappeared for three days and finally came back in the starry night.

The wind chime was lingering, and the corners of He Zhi's mouth were black and blue. For the first time in his life, he bowed a long, long bow to a person.

He didn't even bend over He Jin's urn.

Supor was terrified, and hurried over to help him, but unexpectedly, the man fell on him suddenly, his whole body was hot.

After that, He Zhi rested intermittently for more than half a month.Because he couldn't hold the pen, his hands would shake.

But no one ever came to trouble them again.

But Supor was always worried—not that the store would be smashed, but that he was worried about the safety of this little beast in the store.

Otherwise, they wouldn't try every means to trick He Zhi to come here every night.

Lin Xiaobai also peeked over from the corner.

He Zhi twitched the corners of his mouth at the proprietress, raised his eyelids and smiled softly: "It's okay, I have something else to deal with."

It's not that.Supor heaved a sigh of relief, and turned back into a mean electric pressure cooker.

As he flipped through He Zhi's [-]-page design draft that was so exquisitely detailed that he felt secretly refreshed in his heart, he pricked up his ears and pretended not to care and asked, "What's the matter, let's hear it and I'll decide whether to give it to you or not." Give you paid time off."

He Zhi ate the grapes from his hand again.

"It's nothing, the teacher wants to visit Xu Peck at home, I'll go back and clean up."

Supor:"……"

Lin Xiaobai: "..."

The shop was so quiet that there was only the slight sound of He Zhi's pulp separating from the branches when He Zhi broke the grapes.

Supor, who was still laughing at Lin Xiaobai's fuss a minute ago, widened his eyes in disbelief: "What did you say?"

He's all broken.

He Zhi raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't understand why he was surprised.

Sitting on the high chair, Supor stroked his heart and said to himself, "It's not enough to hold a parent-teacher meeting. Now I have to clean up my dog's house and let people come to visit."

You know, the last group of adults who wanted to "visit" his home were dragged by He Zhi's hair and thrown out of the yard.

Lin Xiaobai, who was so frightened that he stood up just now, sat back down again: "Parents' meeting? Brother Zhi, when did you go to hold a parent's meeting for Xiao and Xu? Why have you never held a meeting for me? ?”

The last question was so stupid that even Supor chose to skip it and go directly to the main topic.

"He Zhi, he is number one in his grade."

Before He Zhi could make a sound, Lin Xiaobai had already yelled out reflexively to protect Brother Zhi.

"What's wrong with being the first in grade? Doesn't the first grade not need a date!"

He Zhi looked back at him in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Lin Xiaobai staggered on the spot: "...you...you..."

Supor simply answered: "Aren't you interested in Xu Peck, you don't want to have a date with him?"

This time it was He Zhi's turn to be surprised: "I like Xu Peck, what does it have to do with whether I want to have a date with him?"

What the hell are they talking about tongue twisters.

Lin Xiaobai floated over with trembling legs: "Brother Zhi, are you crazy?"

He Zhi actually smiled at him: "Xiaobai, do you want to die?"

Of course He Zhi wasn't crazy, he spoke from his heart.

He fell in love with little stutterer, but he didn't want to scare little stutterer by talking to himself.

He Zhi bit the green tea in his mouth, and suddenly remembered the scene he saw at the school gate before the parent meeting that day.

Xu Peck and his female tablemate.

He Zhi's love came on a whim like an inspiration, and he wasn't sure how long he could last his enthusiasm.What's more, he is only in unrequited love now, but Xiao Jieba seems to have fallen in love with him early... He will have to talk to the teacher about this matter when he visits home.

Supor looked at him with complicated eyes: "A home visit is a home visit. Why do you take a week off? The teacher still lives at your house and can't talk all night long?"

"No." He Zhi rolled up the sketch paper in his hand, pulled off the rubber band hanging from his wrist and tied it twice, "I'm going to Qingnan."

"..." Supor blinked.

Qingnan Road is not a road, but Qingnan is a place name. It is on the outskirts of Yancheng, where there is an orphanage.

Lin Xiaobai also stuttered suddenly: "Brother Zhi, are you still looking for that kid?"

He Zhi gave a absent-minded "hmm", then slipped a blue ribbon from Supor's courier box, and carefully tied a bow on his gift.

He is dexterous, powerful in robbery, and beautiful in knots.

Just a little tacky.

But it doesn't matter, He Zhi's love is just so stupid.

Lin Xiaobai and Supor looked at each other for a while, winking at each other and trying to push back, but finally Xiaobaibai was defeated, and leaned closer to He Zhi with his head bowed.

"Brother Zhi, Qiu Ran has already said that, and she doesn't know who adopted that child back then, and where he went, you..."

"I just wanted to go and see."

He Zhi tapped his little brother on the head with a roll of paper: "I promised the children to bring them watercolor pens next time, but I haven't been there for a long time."

Lin Xiaobai gave a dry "Oh", his eyes were full of "I believe you, I'm a pig".

He Zhi twitched the corners of his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, waved his hand, and left the store again 10 minutes after entering the store.

When he was young, before he was in elementary school, He Zhi was led by He Jin to the orphanage in Qingnan for the first time.

He didn't know why He Jin brought him here, he just remembered that he had a good time with a little brother at that time, and when he was leaving, he still reluctantly took out the rare card that he bought many bags of crispy noodles from his pocket. , Stuffed it into someone's arms and sent it out generously.

He said to his little brother: "I will come to play with you again in a few days!"

The little brother didn't talk much, but he was very reluctant to part with him. He walked him all the way to the gate. After twisting his hands behind his back for a long time, he turned around before He Zhi got into the car, and carefully waved to him.

Goodbye brother.

He Zhi didn't remember whether he said those words, but he only remembered that the little boy had big, bright black eyes, which were very, very beautiful.

At that time, He Zhi thought he would keep his promise, and would come back here to play with his little brother in a few days, but after the car door closed, He Jin suddenly told him calmly: "That's your father's other child, you are the same father. Half-brother."

"..."

The watercolor pens in his hand fell all over the place, He Zhi gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, and he threw the last pen out of the window with resentment.

That was his only missed appointment in 18 years.

Later, when He Zhi grew up and He Jin was no longer there, he climbed over the wall and returned to his former home. Before leaving, he found a small box in the deep of the safe, which contained countless gift cards he had accumulated over the years. Rare cards that go out.

That night, He Zhi rode his bicycle to the outskirts of the city and waited at the gate all night.The next morning, a girl named Qiu Ran came out and told him that the child had been adopted and left half a year after he missed the appointment.

The little boy with big eyes was unwilling to be taken away by others, and sat on the steps of the orphanage every day waiting for a little brother, but one day he still understood that some people can never wait.

A few years later, the old place revisited.

He Zhi took off his helmet, mentioned the dozen or so boxes of watercolor pens he bought in the supermarket before he came, and got out of the car.

His steps are always as casual as his own, but every step is very steady, even if he sees a young man in the yard who shouldn't be here at this moment, He Zhi's breathing is only chaotic for a moment.

"Little stammer, why are you here." He asked.