Sheep and Wolf

After Qi Fan went back, except for calling him before boarding the plane, he disappeared. An Yiyang tried to call him a few times, but the phone was turned off, and he sent text messages, but there was no response. It was his brother An Yiling. I have been looking for him frequently recently: "Brother, have you paid your manuscript fee yet? Lend me some money, use it urgently."

"What are you doing recently? Why are you asking me for money all day long? Aren't you at home on vacation? Do you need to spend so much money?" After asking him for money for the fourth time in just ten days, An Yiyang finally broke out.

"I said it was urgent, really urgent, you can borrow me first! Do you have money after the novel in hand is finished? I clearly saw you in a mood that day, 'Oh, you're done! And you're done! A big hole has been leveled, and you can feel at ease to celebrate the New Year bird', you are a little famous now, isn’t XX.com’s manuscript fee always quite considerable? After filling a big hole, you can definitely get a lot of money, anyway, you can use it at home during the holidays No, there is no need to buy so many clothes, just lend me some first! Five hundred will do!"

"Another five hundred? How dare you speak! Think about how many times you have asked me for five hundred and five hundred recently? Do you think I am a money printing machine?" An Yiyang had already lost the news of Qi Fan. Anxious enough, but he has been trying his best to suppress it all the time. After An Yiling's repeated stimulation, all his anger came up at once.

"Don't you have any money? When you were young, even if your parents only gave you one yuan, you would give me fifty cents. Why are you so stingy now? I borrowed it from you, and I will definitely pay it back when the time comes!"

"When? You said the same thing last time, and you asked me for it again in just a few days? It's not that I don't want to give you the money. I have money on me, but it's also my hard work. Once I can give it to you twice, but if you want more money, you can earn it yourself, you are not young now, there are many part-time jobs outside."

"You asked me to go out to do a part-time job? I'm in the third year of high school now, bro, did you make a mistake? Even if I want to go, my parents won't agree to it, right?"

"You also know that you are in the third year of high school? So study is the most important thing now. You have to study hard at home. What do you need so much money for? Can you at least give me a reason? Every time you say there is something urgent, I really can't think of you. Is there something urgent?"

"I always said that I will pay you back, and I will. If you have it, you can lend it to me. Don't ask so many questions? I'll calculate the interest for you then."

An Yiyang's nose was almost crooked when he heard this: "It's not the point at all, is it? The point is what do you want the money for, can you at least give me a reasonable explanation?"

"Of course I need it. Why do you care so much? It's so annoying. You are my brother, and you won't lend me money. Do you want me to borrow it from others?"

"Don't you understand human language? Why do I ask you for money? As long as the reason is right, of course I will give it to you. You are right. I am your brother. If you need money, I will definitely give it to you." You, it doesn't matter if you don't pay back, but you have to at least tell me why you need money? Do you know that I will be very disturbed if you do this? What are you busy with recently? Mom said you often run out and come home late , I remember you didn't have this habit before."

There was silence for a while, and then said: "Brother, don't tell your parents that I borrowed money from you, don't tell them, I will be scolded to death by them."

"I'm even more skeptical if you do this! Tell me quickly, what are you asking for money in such a hurry? Don't say I won't give it to you, and you will tell your parents."

"I...a good classmate of mine got into a car accident. Although he is out of danger, he is still lying in the hospital. You know, a place like a hospital costs a lot of money a day. His family is similar to ours. Conditions, you know..."

"Are you saying that you've been asking me for money recently for your classmates?"

"Well, it's not easy for me to ask my parents for this kind of thing. After all... our family's conditions are not very good. Your words are different. Anyway, your money is usually used as pocket money, which can help them. I still want to help as much as possible, he is about to take the college entrance examination, but now he is lying in the hospital, I am really sad." An Yiling said with tears.

"Then... okay!" An Yiyang felt a strong sense of guilt, "I'm sorry, brother, I blamed you wrongly. You are right to do this. As long as I can help, I will do my best. I will help you later. I will send you some money."

"Thank you brother, I knew you would definitely help me, I really don't know who else to turn to besides you."

"Why don't you thank me? Hang up first, don't be too sad."

"Hmm, bye."

An Yiyang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that this was the reason for asking him for money frequently. At first, he wondered if he had done something bad outside, but now he felt relieved.An Yiling has been soft since he was careful. Although he is naughty, doesn't study well, and is reckless all day long, he is pure in nature and kind-hearted. When he was a child, on the way to school, there would often be an elderly grandmother selling local eggs by the roadside. He will buy one whenever he sees it, because he thinks that the grandmother is so old and still sells eggs, life must be very difficult, so he often spends all the pocket money his parents gave him to buy eggs, and then An Yiyang will spend his own money. Half of his pocket money was shared with him, and he was very dependent on his elder brother since he was a child. He followed him like a follower all day long, and he couldn't drive him away.His brother is not born to learn, and his temper is straightforward, but at least there is no problem with his character. He doesn't ask how good he can become, he can be mediocre, but he must not go astray!

On New Year's Eve, my hometown is still as lively as usual, the lantern festival is going on as usual, my parents and younger brother are back, and the family is reunited, but there is still no news from Qi Fan.After the New Year's Eve dinner, An Yiyang took the lantern to the temple to "catch the fire", and followed the Lantern Brigade to visit the New Year from house to house. The surrounding gongs and drums were noisy, and firecrackers blared. The festive atmosphere conveyed to him actually made his heart more lonely.

What is Qi Fan doing?Why is there no news at all?

An Yiyang stopped by the river full of lanterns, hung the lantern in his hand on a nearby branch, and bought a lotus lantern from a vendor on the bank. Each lamp was accompanied by a small note. He usually has a lighter and a pen in his hand, so An Yiyang borrowed it to write Qi Fan's name, then silently rolled it up and tied it with a red string, inserted it into the lotus stand in the middle of the lotus lantern, and then took out a little finger length pen from his pocket. The lantern pendant is placed in layers of petals, and then the wick is lit and put into the water.

"Hey, little brother, what did you put in the lamp? What wish did you make?" the old lady who sold the lantern asked, looking at his lantern that was drifting away.

"The lamp pendant I just picked up."

"Oh, the public lantern or the one on the happy lantern?"

"It's the biggest lamp, which was carried by many people. Is that a male lamp? I saw that many people took it off, so I took one too."

"Oh, the biggest one is the public lamp. The pendant of the public lamp is snatched up every year. The public lamp promises career, and the happy lamp promises marriage. Men usually start a family first and then start a career. It seems that you already have a sweetheart , so I only took off the pendant of the male lamp!"

"Uh...Actually, I don't understand these things. I just saw a lot of people talking about it, so I also pulled the roots. They said they were going to put lanterns by the river, so I followed them to have a look. In previous years, I also went to the temple. Catch the fire and go home.”

"I see you just wrote on the paper, what wish did you write?"

"No, I just wrote my personal name."

"Is it your own name?"

"It's not... someone else's."

"Oh, that's it! It seems that he is someone very close to you. The male lamp is a good choice for a career. Men like to pick this. He will definitely have a successful career in the future."

"Well, he is a very good person in his own right."

After returning home, An Yiyang hung the lantern at the door. An Yiling heard the movement and ran out from inside with his mobile phone in his hand: "Brother, why didn't you bring your mobile phone when you went out? Someone just called you I didn't want to answer it, but I answered it after it rang many times."

"Who?" An Yiyang was startled.

"Uh... a man with a deep and magnetic voice."

"Didn't he say who it was?"

"As soon as he heard my voice, he knew it wasn't you. I said I was your younger brother. You went to the temple with a lantern to catch the fire. He said he would fight again later, but he didn't say who he was." An Yiling said He handed the phone to him, "Here, look, it's this one, it doesn't even show the number, I don't know why."

An Yiyang frowned, and felt a "thump" in his heart. If the number was not displayed, he probably called from abroad. So... Could it be Qi Fan?

A surge of ecstasy welled up in his heart, An Yiyang held the phone tightly, and whispered: "Great, great!"

An Yiling looked at his strange expression inexplicably: "Why are you so excited all of a sudden? Do you want to cry or laugh?"

"That's great, little Lingling, I really love you!" An Yiyang dragged him over without thinking, hugged him twice, and said "boo" heavily on his face With a sound, he disappeared at the door like the wind, and An Yiling touched the place where he was kissed, feeling completely inexplicable.

As soon as An Yiyang returned to the room, the phone rang again. He connected it without hesitation, but the other end seemed to be taken aback: "An Yang?"

"It's me, I'm back, I went to the temple just now, I didn't bring my mobile phone, my brother told me, I don't know the number, I want to call you but... er, no... I called you many times , I can't find you, and the text message...you...I just want to ask you, how are you doing now?" An Yiyang began to speak incoherently as soon as he heard the other party's voice.

There was silence for a long time before he said softly, "I'm sorry."

"Uh?"

"I'm sorry to upset you."

"I...it's fine. Don't think too much about it. I'm not worried. I'm just worried about you. Is everything okay at home?"

"Well. I'll go back soon, let's go back to City A after the Chinese New Year!"

"it is good."

"An Yang."

"Ok?"

"sorry."

"Did I tell you..."

"We have been together since I went back, and we will be together in the future." Qi Fan cut off his words.

"it is good."

"Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."