hold peck

He Zhi is very fond of children.

very special.

"Brother, look at this! Look at how handsome I am!"

The little boy held up the drawing paper in his hand, put it in front of He Zhi, and showed it to him vigorously on tiptoe.

The colors on the paper were disorderly, and the lines were unrestrained. He Zhi squinted his eyes to recognize it for a long time before he managed to recognize from the Converse logo on the bear's feet that the painting seemed to be himself.

He nodded against his will: "It's okay, don't just draw me, you can also draw another brother."

The little boy was overjoyed by the praise, and ran to Xu Peck in front of Xu Peck to continue creating.

The children around were encouraged, looked at each other for a while, and suddenly rushed to He Zhi with their masterpieces of Picasso, "brother" and "brother" one after another, like a nest of chickens.

The small wooden table was more than half empty, except for a little girl in the corner.

The girl was sitting in a wheelchair, her lower body wrapped in a thick blanket.She seemed to have a bad temper, and she hadn't said a word since she came in. He Zhi teased her for a while at first, but the little girl ignored him as if she couldn't see her.

He Zhi was making fun of himself, but he insisted on sitting not far from her annoyingly.

At this moment, all the children at the table were seduced by He Zhi, and the bad-tempered little girl bit her cleft lip, and quietly looked at He Zhi who was teasing the children with the corners of her lips curled up, her eyes gradually turned red.

It's not that she doesn't want to play with He Zhi, it's just that she is covering up her shyness with arrogance.

Xu Peck's figure moved, but in the next second, He Zhi leaned back from the sea of ​​friends, stretched out his slender arms, and handed the little girl a rose he had just folded. .

"Give it to you."

The tone was so cynical, but the smile in his eyes was very sincere.

"Play with me for a while, you won't suffer."

The little girl blushed and received the paper rose in her hand, her voice so thin that she could hardly hear it.

"Thank you brother."

But He Zhi has a good ear and can hear him.

"You're welcome, little beauty."

Xu Peck sat on the side holding a watercolor pen, propped his chin, and looked at them quietly.

"elder brother."

The little boy who was sitting across from him, carefully imitating Xu Peck's expression, suddenly called out to him.

Xu Peck turned his head and looked at him: "Huh?"

The little boy had a pencil in his mouth, his brows were raised high, and he looked very confused.

"Why is big brother so tall, but you are so handsome?"

"..."

Xu Peck blinked, but before he could react, He Zhi had walked behind him at some point, and idly put something in the boy's ear.

He said: "I don't read much, and I don't understand much. Can the word 'but' be followed by parallel sentences?"

Xu Peck raised his hand and touched another paper rose by his ear, which was pink.

The ones given to the little girl just now are all light blue.

He raised his head to look at He Zhi, but the villain stretched out his hands first and held his head, unable to move.

I don't know what expression he made in the back, the little boy opposite suddenly put down his paintbrush, held his stomach and laughed.

Xu Peck: "..."

Little Stutter is a good-natured little Stutter, but if he bullies him too much, He Zhi will be a shameless bastard.

Before the little boy could get enough of the laugh, He Zhi let go of his hands and squatted in front of Xu Peck, asking him, "They're going out for PE class, do you want to go out to bask in the sun too?"

I don't know if it was coaxing the child so that he didn't turn his mouth for a while, He Zhi's tone was very gentle, but his eyelids were half closed, and he didn't look at the person who was speaking to him.

Xu Peck's fingers holding the rose stem tightened slightly, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he said "yes" softly.

Although I haven't counted them in detail, there are probably several orphanages in Yancheng, in the south and north of the city, in the east and west of the city, and even this one in the suburbs.

There are so many orphanages, there is such a coincidence, is it the same person?

He Zhi nimbly dodged among a group of kids who were half his height, and shot a three-pointer from a distance.

The basket was as tall as him, and it was dedicated to the little Miao Miao, who are the stars of basketball tomorrow.

But He Zhi didn't bully them, he beat them all by himself.

At 20:0, He Zhigong retired, walked to the sidelines, and took the mineral water from Xu Peck.

"Thank you."

He sat on the steps beside Xu Peck, raised his head and gulped down most of the bottle of water in one breath.

Xu Peck propped his chin and looked at the children who were limping or wearing a blindfold on one eye in the small playground, a little lost in thought.

Although the adults in the family don't like it, Xu Peck still sneaks back to the orphanage from time to time to have a look and play with the children.

He left very early, and when he came back for the first time, everyone was a little afraid to recognize him.

It wasn't until Xu Peck squinted one eye, like he did when he was a child, and raised his right hand in a circle before his eyes, that Qiu Ran's eyes were red, and he walked over and hugged him.

Over the years, Xu Peck came back often, and every time he picked a day off, he lied to Xu Ji'an that he wanted to stay in school for review, but in fact, he took the bus bound for the outskirts of the city alone with his small schoolbag on his back.

Today too.

But today there is still He Zhi.

This person was different from all the people he had seen who came to the orphanage.

Some of those people came for adoption, some came for stamping on the "Community Volunteer Service Form", and some came simply to visit children.

No matter what the purpose is, everyone always has good intentions, but they all have a common problem-too cautious.

Most of the children thrown here are born with defects, and the rare healthy children are also precocious, mature and well-behaved.

The kind people from outside the yard treated them carefully, and they were also very grateful.

There has never been a person like He Zhi. He didn't even know how to let the children play basketball. He only cared about being handsome and showing off his skills by himself, fooling the children around, and returning with a victory that would be laughed at if he said it.

so bad.

But it was great that he treated them all equally as people like him.

"Small stutter."

The good man suddenly called him.

Xu pecked out a "hmm".

The bottle of water just now quenched his thirst, He Zhi swallowed his saliva, but felt a dull pain in his Adam's apple rolling.

"You are at the same table, call you Qiuqiu."

Seemingly understanding the question after his hesitation, Xu Peck replied bluntly: "The children who come out of this orphanage are all named Qiu."

"..."

He Zhi was silent for a while, Xu Peck didn't look back at him, his gaze was still following the children who were smiling especially happily today.

The child's laughter is like a silver bell, which makes people think of the string of wind chimes in front of the tattoo shop.

Every time a guest came in, he couldn't help but quietly turn his head to look at the broken jade jingling in the sun.

Xu Peck was lost in thought, when he suddenly heard He Zhi ask him: "Then what is your name, Qiu?"

Then he heard himself chanting word by word: "Qiu Yuan."

He Zhi seemed to be smiling: "A kindergarten?"

Xu Peck nodded, and the corners of his lips hooked slightly: "Yes."

He Zhi: "You are..."

Xu Peck: "I was sent in when I was two months old, and a month later, my uncle came and took me away."

He Zhi paused, his voice a little hoarse: "What's your father's name?"

Xu Peck: "Xu Wenyan."

not him.

He Zhi came here before he was seven years old. Although that little brother is younger than him, he can run and jump, so it cannot be a baby who is only a few months old.

Moreover, he had heard people say that his father's name was Feng Sisheng. Although that was probably a fake name, he and Xu Wenyan would not be from the same world.

The heartbeat that was so fast that it was about to jump out of his throat gradually slowed down, He Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, but he couldn't tell which one was more relaxed or lost in his heart.

He Zhi: "I'm sorry."

Xu Peck: "It's okay."

He Zhi lowered his head, and suddenly laughed: "Little stammer, why are you so obedient?"

Xu Peck hugged his knees and looked back at him, blinking his big eyes until his heart itch.

He Zhi suppressed the hooligan thought of holding his stuttering face and kissing his eyes, and raised his head to greet the dean who came over.

"Yuanyuan, Xiaohe, are you going to live here today?"

garden.

He Zhi blinked, licked his lips quietly, and silently recited the two words.

When he wasn't making up lessons, Xu Peck would always come over on Saturday morning, sleep through the night, and leave on Sunday afternoon, but He Zhi didn't seem to have been here a few times before, at least the two of them had never met.

Xu Peck responded: "I live, but he..."

He Zhi interrupted him and nodded heavily: "Shut up!"

"..." Xu Peck turned his head back, a little confused, and even more cute.

He Zhi pinched his cheeks with a smile: "Supor gave me a week's vacation, I'm here, let me play for two more days."

He was the only one who considered coming to the orphanage as an outing.

The dean covered his mouth and smiled, feeling a little embarrassed: "In the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer teachers in the courtyard, and the original dormitories have been reserved for children to use extra beds as bedrooms or activity rooms. Now only The next spare room is the one that Yuan Yuan lives in every time he comes back. But there are two beds in the room, if you don't mind..."

"I don't mind." He Zhi grinned like a weasel.

Of course I don't mind!

Fearing that the dean and aunt would find out that he was suspicious of their family's little stammer's schemes, He Zhi grabbed Xu Peck's shoulders and said righteously: "Yuanyuan is kicking the quilt in bed at night. I will watch him and not let him." cold!"

Even more suspicious.

How did he know that Xu Peck kicked the quilt at night, and his name is Xu Peck...

Xu Peck stared at the little ants moving in the corner, his ears turned red without saying a word.

The dean's aunt is a veteran. Although she has lived in this remote place all year round, she has dealt with quite a few people, and she is very proficient in observing words and expressions.

Although she couldn't watch Xu Peck grow up, she could tell that he knew this young man and seemed to have a good relationship.

Yuanyuan made a good friend.

She smiled sincerely and said, "Then I'll make the beds for you."

He Zhi: "Good Dean, thank you Dean!"

The dean is gone, and he is still flattering the dean.Xu Peck came out from under his arm, rubbed his ears and whispered, "Don't call me that."

He still knew He Zhi too little, he didn't know that this little bastard was a bug, and he liked people as much as he hated them.

Xu Peck refused to let He Zhi call him by his nickname, but He Zhi was about to twitch his eyelashes, his heart agitated, he bent down to look at his shiny pupils, and called him stubbornly and earnestly.

"Yuanyuan."