I'm in Delingha tonight

Water dripped from the tip of her hair, and fell silently on the right wing of the dragonfly, Chi Nian suddenly came back to her senses.

He hastily returned to the bed and sat down, not forgetting to praise Xi Shan with a calm expression: "The tattoo is quite beautiful, it's just... this position, it should be very painful when tattooed?"

"Is there any tattoo that doesn't hurt? Just to remember, it doesn't matter if it hurts." Xi Shan said, letting his hair down again.

The water dripped into the T-shirt, smudged into a darker color, Xi Shan finished drinking the water, put the cup away and walked back two barefoot steps, looking for socks by the suitcase.Chi Nian always followed him with his eyes. Xi Shan, who had just taken a bath, was softer than when he met him, fresh and wet, with a light yellow T-shirt and dark coffee-colored cropped pants, and his calves were stretched...

Like a ignorant college student, there is a smell of poplar.

He stared at it for too long, and when Xi Shan raised his head, his two eyes collided, Chi Nian stood up as if he had just woken up from a dream, and before he could ask, he moved towards the bathroom: "Ah, I'm going to take a bath too. "

"Have you changed your clothes?" Xi Shan asked casually.

Chi Nian was stunned.

Forgot about this, the few T-shirts he wore were wrinkled into pickles and thrown directly in the Gobi.

He didn't answer but Xi Shan already understood, couldn't help laughing, continued to pick and choose in the suitcase for a while, took a T-shirt and other things, wrapped it up and threw it on Chi Nian's bed: "Here, this one, a small one bought online I got a size down, it's a little tight...you might fit it right. And the panties, I've only washed them once, I haven't worn them, let's make do with them.”

Chi Nian's face was a little hot, and he lowered his head to clean up: "Thank you...there is a supermarket here and I will buy it at night."

"Have a cleanliness?"

Chi Nian shook his head: "No, I just..."

"I didn't think there was anything." Xi Shan educated him after joking, "It's all new. Now you can wear it if you can. If you only have more than 1 in your pocket, you should save some money. What do you think?" ?”

When he said this, he acted like an earnest brother, and Chi Nian was persuaded, blushing and muttering "Okay then", grabbed his clothes and ran into the bathroom as if fleeing.

But he didn't take off his clothes for a long time, Chi Nian looked through the gap in the blinds, and Xi Shan was picking up his luggage.He tried to pull the shutter, found that it was broken, and could only be pulled to the middle position.Thinking of the scene just now, he knew in his heart that Xi Shan didn't do it on purpose, he was embarrassed and at the same time couldn't help thinking about the other person's appearance.

What if... wait a minute, Xi Shan happens to see it too?

His thoughts were tied up, and the movement of undressing became very slow, and he didn't even dare to wipe the water vapor on the frosted glass.Chi Nian dawdled for a while before taking off a sock, afraid of being urged, but even more afraid of being watched.

It was the first time he wanted to be a big-hearted straight man, he washed it a few times, and then pretended nothing happened.

Fortunately, Xi Shan's phone ringing saved him, Chi Nian heard Xi Shan's "hmm" and "ok", he hung up the phone, went to the bathroom door and knocked: "Chi Nian, are you washing? "

"No!" The voice almost broke.

Xi Shan: "Then you wash it slowly... Well, the things I bought before were sent to the hotel, and now people are waiting at the door to sign for them. I will go first. I won't come up later. After washing, I will go downstairs. The lobby is waiting for you."

Chi Nian breathed a sigh of relief, and agreed very readily: "Okay, you can go now."

Xi Shan warned again: "Don't forget the room card when you go downstairs."

"I know I know I know, you go, hurry up."

Although I don't understand why Chi Nian suddenly urged, maybe the express delivery is more important, not long after, the sound of closing the door echoed in the hallway, and Chi Nian immediately stripped naked and went to take a shower.

The hot water soothed both body and mind, and when he stood in front of the mirror and dried his hair, Chi Nian had completely recovered from the drought.

He licked his lips and looked at himself in the mirror:

It is true that he looks younger than his actual age, with big eyes and a slightly short chin, so his face looks a bit round and cute, and he is full of student spirit that can't fade away.Some time ago, I didn't pay attention to my hair style, but now I realized that the bangs have grown to cover the eyebrows, a bit affecting the sight.

Xi Shan's clothes still looked big, but when he raised his hand, it fell to the other side, exposing his collarbone.Chi Nian flicked his bangs aside, paused with his fingers, and lightly pressed a small brown mole on the tip of his nose.

Like a grain of dust, it sticks to him all the time.

Chi Nian didn't like this mole since puberty, and always wanted to deal with it when he was free, but it was neither painful nor itchy, and he couldn't feel it without looking in the mirror, so he hasn't been free yet.

This time I found a place to live, I must go there, Chi Nian made up his mind.

When he left the room, Chi Nian's eyes paused to pat on the phone. He didn't know what mood he was in, so he went to charge it before drying his hair.But still did not turn on the phone, Chi Nian said to himself that I was just afraid of missing important news.

He unplugged his mobile phone, which was charged to 30%, closed the door and went downstairs.

Xi Shan didn't sit down, but leaned against a pillar and waited for him.Chi Nian called out "Brother Xi", he raised his head slowly, and nodded his chin slightly towards Chi Nian.

"Are you hungry?" Xi Shan asked, leading him out of the hotel.

"It's okay." Chi Nian saw that his hands were empty, "Didn't you say go downstairs to pick up the courier?"

Xi Shan: "It's stored at the front desk, and I have to sign for it myself, it's annoying."

His catchphrase seems to be "annoying", but Chi Nian thinks it's closer to a modal particle, because every time Xi Shan says that, he still smiles.It's a little annoying not to take a shower, it's so dirty, the bumpy road is annoying, the weather is too good or too bad - except for the time when he answered the phone, Chi Nian never felt that he was serious.

After a lot of trouble at the hotel, it was not until seven o'clock. Xi Shan said that he had already reserved a seat, and went to drive the off-road vehicle again.

Delinghabichi imagined that it was closer to an ordinary city. Most of the street trees are poplars, there are rivers passing by, the shops are lively, and pedestrians walk along the street after dinner. It makes people forget that it is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Xi Shan parked the car in the parking space on the side of the street, and greeted him: "Here we are."

This is the old Yan roast mutton restaurant that Xi Shan mentioned. The branch of the main store is across the street, and the two floors are full of people.

Chi Nian swallowed, and immediately became hungry.

In halal restaurants, most waiters and chefs wear small white hats or headscarves.A fat middle-aged woman checked the reservation information with Xi Shan and led them to the second floor.

Each table is surrounded by planks and hung with door curtains. With those exquisite white hollow decorations, it becomes a simple small box that does not affect each other.Xi Shan and Chi Nian sat at the same table, there were only two of them, so it was a little empty, but Xi Shan was quite at ease, and pointed to the menu on the wall for Chi Nian to order.

"I don't really understand, just order." Chi Nian glanced at the enthusiastic waiter beside him, "It's my first time here."

Xi Shan said okay, and pointed to a few dishes, but Chi Nian didn't pay attention, and lowered his head to turn on the phone first.

It was a bit stuck, and then a text message alert popped up at the top.

Chi Nian's breath paused for a moment - "Preventing the plague is everyone's responsibility. You have entered the territory of Haixi, for the health of you and others, please consciously do it..."

What, it's not even "Welcome to Qinghai Tourism".

Speechless, even began to lose.

After the waiter took the menu and left, Xi Shan said, "I may only stay in Delingha for two or three days. Do you plan to...do you want to have fun in these two days, or think about where to go next?"

He didn't intend to keep him, Chi Nian was holding a plastic cup, swinging the dark brown plateau soil coffee: "I don't know either."

"Think slowly, there is still time." Xi Shan put his face in his hands and looked at him from across the table.

Chi Nian said yes.

He didn't know whether he should keep up with Xi Shan, and subconsciously swiped his fingers around the screen.

When he clicked on WeChat, a lot of unread messages suddenly popped up. The little red dot made him jump with fear, but he didn't dare to click in. Even his heartbeat speeded up inexplicably, so he had to switch to the circle of friends where there was no unread notification.

Chi Nian doesn't like to post on Moments, nor does he like to take pictures, and because of this, he is always asked by his friends, "I haven't seen your updates recently, are you blocking me?"

He swiped down one message after another, and the familiar and unfamiliar names slid down one by one.

Everyone else is living a good life, only him, since the graduation exhibition, he has not encountered a single thing that goes well.

...Knowing Xi Shan can probably be counted, but unfortunately they are about to part.

The fingers stopped, and they just fixed on a photo: gray tone, dense buildings, the foreground is a steep uphill trail, and the orange-red bridge across the river became the most vivid color. Jiugonggeli is especially prominent when gathering with friends.

where is thisChongqing?

The name showed the remark "Senior Tao Zi", Chi Nian thought for a few seconds, and remembered that this was the senior sister from the same school who came to take a class during his third year of high school training in the studio.

Sister Taozi's real name is "Tao Zi", a beautiful and pungent Chongqing girl.

After entering university, Chi Nian became her direct student, and when the two met again, they added their contact information.However, the senior sister graduated and left Beijing two years ago, and her contact was limited to greeting each other on holidays. Occasionally, she would find Chi Nian for dinner when she returned to Beijing.

Chi Nian made a mistake and liked Tao Zi's photo.

In the next second, the dialog box vibrated, and the other party's message popped up immediately: "Xiaochi?"

Chi Nian didn't reply.

The messages continued one by one.

"Oh my god you're alive"

"How did you do it?"

"A man named Zhuo Pei'an came to me and said he couldn't contact you"

"do you know it?"

"Where are you now?"

Chi Nian was overwhelmed by her series of question marks, so he turned his phone upside down on the table and didn't want to reply anymore.But after knowing it, he felt a silent touch in his heart, as if he finally got the comfort he was expecting, although the source was really an unexpected person.

But there are still people who remember him and are looking for him, such as Zhuo Pei'an, such as Tao Zi.

The former is his childhood sweetheart, and the latter is his direct senior.In addition, Chi Nian hurriedly scrolled through the unread list, but still didn't see the news from his parents that seemed to be gone.

He was sour and confused by these changes, raised his head, and Xi Shan was handing over a small plastic bowl——

Creamy white, covered with a layer of yellowish cream.

"Eat something." Xi Shan gave him a small spoon together, "Special yogurt, appetizer."

Chi Nian opened it obediently, but he didn't mean to eat it.

Xi Shan called him: "Chi Nian."

"Ok?"

"Can you promise me, don't think about unhappy things when eating." Xi Shan didn't mean to discuss this time, after finishing speaking, he picked up his yogurt, walked around the tile table and sat next to Chi Nian.

"If you don't speak for three seconds, it will be considered as your agreement."

Chi Nian blinked blankly.

"One, two, three." Xi Shan counted quickly, then scooped up a spoonful of yogurt and brought it to his mouth.

"eat."