river bank, river bank

On New Year's Eve, Bai San met Jiang Feibai, Jiang An's father, and he was even more sure of his previous thoughts. Jiang An was indeed more like his father.

The sound of firecrackers, New Year's Eve dinner, countless snacks, big red envelopes for three, Jiang An and Jiang Feibai had nothing to do all afternoon to play chess, and he and Xia Sheng personally made a dessert that might succeed or fail, lying on the bed On the lazy chair, in the leisure time of basking in the sun.

Bai San spent the first Spring Festival after leaving the orphanage, and he will spend many more in the future.

Before leaving, he brought the gifts he had prepared, a can of tea leaves he picked back in Rongcheng with Lin Guangyin in the early years, a ceramic deer decoration brought back from an ancient town, and a piece of paper that he completed in the past few days. Yes, Xia Sheng's portrait was given to Jiang An's parents.

It was also at that time that he learned from Xia Sheng that Jiang An's birthday was coming next Wednesday.

On the way back, Bai San stretched out his hand from the car window, waved goodbye to Jiang An's parents, turned around, frowned and thought about what gift he should give Jiang An for his birthday.

After a long while, Bai San pulled his hair, temporarily came out of hard thinking, and was the first to realize a problem.

"Mr. Jiang, what color do you like?"

Although he had been with Jiang An for a long time, he never found out that Jiang An had any special preferences.

Don't be picky eaters, don't stay in bed, don't smoke or drink, have no little eccentricities, and live like a perfect person in all aspects.

Jiang An stared ahead, focused on the road conditions, and was slightly stunned when he heard Bai San's words. He glanced at him, and quickly curled his lips.

"I don't have a favorite color."

Bai San hesitated, "Is that just a color you like a little bit?"

Perhaps it was because Bai San's expression was too sincere, Jiang An pondered for a while, and thought for a while, "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple are fine, black and white are also fine."

"..."

Bai San felt that Jiang An was trying to embarrass him on purpose, and the colors were only those kinds, nothing more than shades, and Jiang An said all of them.

If you don't like anything, you can't see anything, that's the biggest picky thing.

He turned his head and looked out the window, ignored Jiang An, and pondered for himself.

When he was about to get home, Bai San recalled the classmates’ birthday party he had attended, and suddenly realized that his direction was wrong. He should start with the things he likes, and then worry about styles and colors.

The first thing he saw was the watch, Jiang An's must-have item, better than the old man's mobile phone.But then he hesitated again, Jiang An must have something with him, and it may be because he needs it, not because he likes it.

Asking people what they like on the surface is too embarrassing, and it is easy to reveal the purpose, and there is no surprise.

Bai San also secretly poked around, and when Jiang An lowered his head and raised his wrist to look at the time, he casually glanced at it and said tentatively, "Your watch is so beautiful."

If you are a person who loves this way, you will definitely show your watch subconsciously. When you talk about the small things you like about this watch, or where you bought it, how precious it is, and how you cherish it, balabala will tell you heap.

Changing to Jiang An, he is not a talker, he can often explain clearly, and he will never waste his time explaining in detail and sharing it with others.

If I really liked it, I would probably just smile lightly and say no more.

However, Jiang An's reaction is not what Bai San imagined, nor does it mean that he doesn't like the watch, it's just that it is a daily tool, no different from a water cup and pen, and he will deny it with a smile.

With the same expression as usual, he only said, "This watch is specially made, there is no second one. If you don't mind me using it, I can give it to you."

Bai San took two steps back in fright, waved his hands quickly, his words were a little awkward, he stumbled to express that he didn't mind, and he was not used to wearing a heavy mechanical watch on his wrist.

And the important thing is not whether he likes it or not, but whether Jiang An likes it, he thought helplessly.

"Don't like it?" Jiang An looked at him.

Bai San nodded, not shaking his head, but he just praised him for looking good, but turned around and said he didn't like it. Could it be that he is a double-faced person.

Besides, if I like it, I really dare not accept it. It looks like an ordinary watch, but Bai San knew it the moment Jiang An said the word 'custom-made'.

This watch is not simple.

At the same time, he realized again that he should give some practical birthday gifts within the economic range that he can afford.

Jiang An's pen, Jiang An's cufflinks, Jiang An's tie, Jiang An's glasses, and even Jiang An's pajamas.

Among all the items that Jiang An often uses, Bai San guesses what he might like and what he would be happy to receive.

The day flies by in the blink of an eye, and the night is still clueless.

Inertly, he changed into bear pajamas, stepped out of the shower room and walked towards Jiang'an's room.

Jiang An was leaning on the single sofa by the window, hearing the sound, his eyes moved away from the book and fell on him, his eyebrows raised slightly.

Bai San was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that he was no longer at Jiang An's parents' residence, and his cheeks blushed.

At the same time, he noticed the book in Jiang An's hand, and at this moment, a thought flashed through his mind.

Back in the room, he lay on the desk thinking whether it would be too simple to give a book. He first thought it was not serious and a bit perfunctory.

Those two books, five books?In the next second, he shook his head in denial. It was still not good, but it looked better in terms of quantity.

There is no problem that can't be solved by rolling a few times. If it still can't be solved, then roll a few more times.

When Bai San was rolling around on the bed, tossing and turning, he was dizzy by himself, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.He looked at the ceiling, thought for a while, and finally decided that it would work. He jumped out of bed and celebrated with the little milk dog.That night, An Po po opened a can of meat for the little milk dog, and took tomorrow's breakfast cake box for himself.

Only when you are full will you have the strength to do things.

Two years later, Jiang'an Company and the e-sports club began to operate, busy from morning till night.

He knew that Baisan was reviewing during the day, and he was going through stacks of test papers.But at night, after saying goodnight to each other, Bai San turned off the lights and went to sleep, and then, after two hours of sleep, he got up from the bed, turned on the small desk lamp, quietly stayed in the room until three in the morning, and fell asleep again.

Jiang An didn't know what he was doing during this period.

One morning, he also reminded a certain restless child as if he had suspected that a small animal had slipped in in the middle of the night.

At that time, the child blinked his eyes with two faint dark circles, with an innocent face.

"Yeah, I slept soundly last night and didn't hear anything... It wasn't my cell phone ringing. I woke up in the past few mornings and didn't see a record of missed calls... let alone an alarm. , I've never set an alarm in my life..."

Ever since the snake ran away and learned to be smart that day, Jiang An never heard the child's "alarm that I've never set in my life" in the middle of the night.

Abnormal things are demons.

One night, Jiang An watched the little guy with a tired face drink hot milk, so sleepy that he would fall asleep in a second.He said goodnight calmly, went back to the bedroom, and counted the time when he heard the alarm ring for the first time.

At midnight, he turned off the lights, opened the door, and walked in the dark corridor to the little guy's room.

There is no light, it is very dark, and from the outside of the room, it seems that the people in the room are already asleep.Jiang An was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, he stood still in front of the door for a while, then went down the stairs to the tool room.

There was silence in the night, only his breathing and slight footsteps, perhaps suspicious.

If there were no unexpected surprises, Jiang An decided to reward the children with a day trip to the snack house tomorrow morning, with a basket of snacks.

After all, staying up late is a bad habit, which directly affects the kidneys, which is much more serious than staying in bed and picky eaters.

A few days ago, just because of Jiang An's intentional mention of those few words, the little guy knew he was wrong, obediently obedient, and never repeat it, it is really a very good thing.

Thinking in this way, Jiang An took the iron wire he found from the tool room and put it through the crack of the door. It should have been smooth to go in, but suddenly there was a resistance.

The corners of his lips, which were not obviously raised, became a little stiff and peaceful with the resistance.

When the towel blocking the crack of the door was poked open, the originally blocked light in the room reappeared and diffused into the dark and ignorant corridor, with a faint and tiny golden glow.

Jiang An retracted the wire, lowered his arms, and stood in front of the door, looking at the light streaming out, stretched out his fingers to touch it, and watched it jump on his fingertips.Thinking about going in now to catch someone and get all the stolen goods?

After a long time, there was no movement.

At this time, there are still three days before his birthday.

Probably because the birthday is approaching, Bai exudes a daze.Recently, Jiang An was in a good mood, unbelievably good, and even agreed to let him enter the snack room to relieve his hunger, and he could also bring out a basket of snacks.

The snack basket was given by the boss when I bought snacks last time. It is usually used for customers to choose snacks, and it is only a little smaller than the shopping cart in the supermarket.

Bai San died without regret.

Even the last time I only remembered to set the alarm clock, ignoring the sound of the alarm clock might wake up the river bank next door, which caused a series of tremors, and I forgot.

The birthday gift he wanted to give Jiang An was ready, but before sending it out, there was another question about where it should be stored, the so-called most dangerous place was the safest place.

No, of course it is false.

When Jiang An was not at home, Bai San moved a chair to the cooking table, holding a small light blue box tied with a white ribbon, stepped on the chair to open the top wall cabinet door, and gave Jiang An the Birthday presents are hidden high up.

It's just because there is a puppy in the family who has grown teeth and likes to chew things and shed hair.

Since Jiang An said that the original owner didn't intend to have it anymore, and it became an orphan, Bai San fed it for so long and slipped away for so long when Jiang An was away.

Bai San felt that he should be regarded as half the owner of the little milk dog, and it would listen to him, not jumping on the bed, not biting his things, and not running in his room at any time.

As it turns out, a dog is a dog.

The little snack that Bai San tried so hard to hide was turned over by the little milk dog when he went to the toilet, and when he bit the packaging bag full of imprints and saliva, he had already seen through his tears the essence of it.

There are still two and a half days until Jiang An's birthday.

In the evening, after the little guy complained that the whole basket of snacks was ruined by the puppy, Jiang An decided to find a place to store short-term snacks for him.

It must be out of the reach of the little milk dog, and only the little guy can touch it.

It was a little difficult for Jiang An to scan around.

They are not of the same species, but the little milk dog is small, and the little guy is also a small one, basically wherever the little guy can touch, the little milk dog is no problem.

He pondered, turned his gaze, and the hanging cabinet came into view. The little milk dog couldn't jump on it, and the little guy couldn't reach it either, but there were tools, and he could use the dining chair.

Thinking of this, Jiang An didn't intend to tell the little guy in advance, he prepared another snack that was exactly the same as the spoiled one, put it in the wall cabinet, and prepared to surprise the little guy.

The top shelf of the first few hanging cabinets was empty, Jiang An thought the last shelf was also empty, opened the door, but saw a small light blue box tied with a white ribbon.

a surprise.

Jiang An counted the time, knew it well, propped his forehead and laughed silently for a while, he looked down at the snacks in hand, and then looked up at the small box in the cabinet.

In less than a minute, he made a decision, and the snacks stuffed into the front cabinet were pulled out again, and the door of the cabinet slowly closed, as if nothing had happened.

The next morning, Jiang An woke up. Before his daily exercise, he went downstairs and ate a simple slice of rye bread. The difference was that the object of dinner changed from a newspaper to a small box wrapped with a ribbon in the wall cabinet.

He watched quietly, and calculated his birthday. After today, there is only one day left.

Jiang An went to work, and before leaving, he gave Bai San exactly the same snacks as the one he had chosen before, and took away the little milk dog at the same time.

Bai San happily wanted to do two sets of papers on the spot. It would be a pity to finish a big basket of snacks in a day, but it was better than being ruined.He looked at the small box hidden inside through the cabinet door, and couldn't help but sigh, fortunately, he discovered the nature of the little milk dog's prodigal family in advance, and the small box faced disaster.

The location of this cabinet is also excellent, the little milk dog can't reach it, and Jiang An won't find it, even if Baldhead doesn't expect him to hide things in a place that he can't even touch.

Beautiful.

The little milk dog who worked with Jiang An for a day was very obedient, and Jiang An opened a box of canned meat for him in a good mood.

However, after careful consideration, Jiang An believed that his good mood should be due to looking at the small box hidden in the wall cabinet for a while in the morning.

This good mood, before going to bed at night, Jiang An closed the book, went downstairs, looked at the small box for a while, and raised his hand to touch the ribbon, which was delayed and brought into his dream.

Bai San, who knew nothing, also had a good dream tonight.

In the dream, his snacks were not ruined by the puppy, they were as delicious as the ones he ate today.

Another morning, after Jiang An got up, the speed of eating rye bread was obviously slowed down in front of the cooking table. The box returned to the room, deciding to let it disappear for a while.

In the past few days, Jiang An tried his best to avoid thinking about what was in the small box, but the more he restrained himself from thinking about it, the more the small box came to mind.

Driving, working, lunching, meeting, training, he wondered what was going to be in it all the time.

Ten minutes later, Jiang An closed the box contentedly, tied a bow, and put it back in place.

He doesn't want to know what's in the little box now, he wants to know when the little one will be given to him.

tomorrow morning?noon?or night?

Fortunately, tomorrow is his birthday, so he doesn't have to pretend he doesn't know, just look at it every day and wait for the little guy to deliver it.

Before falling asleep, Jiang An decided to let the small box disappear for another night, and lay back on the bed again. He looked at the small box next to his pillow and closed his eyes comfortably.

Thinking that tomorrow is Jiang An's birthday, Bai San couldn't sleep well, so he woke up early in the morning, and walked downstairs quietly, thinking that he would take out the birthday present before Jiang An got up, and take it back in advance to prepare it.

He moved the chair, stepped on it, and carefully opened the door of the wall cabinet.

The small box that was quietly in the top cabinet three days ago disappeared out of thin air.

Bai San rubbed his eyes in disbelief, closed the cabinet door and opened it again, with a shocked expression on his face.