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On a sultry night in summer, on a deep path, there are dim yellow lights on both sides of the road. In the diffuse light, there are flying insects. There are few pedestrians on the road. Most of the students have returned to the dormitory after class. Xi Ling is carrying a shoulder bag. , came out of the empty teaching building, and flicked the chalk dust off the sleeves of his shirt as he walked.

"Bah." A short horn sounded suddenly, attracting his attention.

I saw a familiar off-road vehicle parked not far from the corridor. The wiper on the front glass of the car was swinging from side to side, and a beautiful face appeared behind him, smiling at him. With the swing of the wiper, it seemed as if he was waving to himself.

Xi Ling was amused, and stepped forward in two or three steps: "Why are you here?" He opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

Chang Qin turned off the wiper and started the car, but he looked sad: "I planned to give you a surprise with the ingredients you bought yesterday, but I almost burned the kitchen down."

Xi Ling laughed a few times when he heard that, then put away his smiling face, and looked at Chang Qin solemnly: "Then where's my steak?"

"It's burnt, throw it away. I haven't had a bite of food yet, and I'm going to faint from hunger." Chang Qin said with a bitter face.

Xi Ling shook his head helplessly: "At this point, the only thing that can be eaten near the school is Malatang."

"Mala Tang?" Chang Qin yelled in disbelief, "I came all the way here, and Lawyer Xi took me to eat Malatang?"

Xi Ling glanced at him, and said disdainfully, "Since Master Chang despises you, let's go home."

Chang Qin pouted, and drove the car to the food street near the school in a muffled voice.

Even though at this point, the food street is still very lively, there are many students sneaking out for supper, and almost every store is filled with college students in twos and threes.Xi Ling took Chang Qin to a restaurant with a relatively large number of customers, and introduced: "This is the restaurant that the students brought me to before, and the taste is very good."

Chang Qin looked around this small shop of less than [-] square meters. The decoration was not exquisite, but fortunately it was clean and tidy. He sat down at an empty table in the corner, wiped the table with a paper towel, and after a while, Xi Ling sat across from him with a payment slip, and threw the slip in front of him: "I don't know what you want to eat, so I just ordered some."

"It's okay, I like whatever you order." Chang Qin didn't look at the list above, and put the note aside.

Xi Ling couldn't help laughing a few times when he heard this: "It's no wonder Director Chang can become a master in the field of love. As far as your words are concerned, I believe that if you tell any girl, the other party can't refuse."

Chang Qin glared at him with a half-smile.

Xi Ling turned a blind eye, and asked gossipingly: "Why did you place an order tonight, so reduced to looking for me for dinner?"

"Didn't you say so." Chang Qin looked at him and replied nonchalantly, "If the relationship lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night?"

Xi Ling was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to answer, when the boss brought him the Mala Tang, which broke the embarrassment, Chang Qin, who was already dizzy from hunger, hurriedly took out two pairs of clean chopsticks, handed a pair to Xi Ling, and buried his head in eating. stand up.

Xi Ling, who has resumed work, is more busy than Chang Qin. His new case is out of town, and he basically stays in another city for the rest of the week except for the night when he comes back to class. After silently taking care of food and daily life for a few days, I am used to having prepared bread and milk waiting on the dining table as soon as I open my eyes. I crawled out of the bed this morning and looked at the empty dining table. He quickly realized that Xi Ling had already gone on a business trip the day before.

If you rely on it like this, what will happen in the future?He sighed softly and dug out a bottle of milk from the refrigerator.

It has been several months since Xi Ling left. In the following games, Chang Qin could only watch the game silently in front of the TV. world Cup.This night, Chang Qin’s house was lively again. Xiao Yu called a group of friends to his house to watch the game. In this World Cup, the Italian team was full of gloom. The fans of the Spanish team were heartbroken. Xiao Yu learned from the painful experience and decided to stand in the united front with Chang Qin to support the Spanish team to top the list. Chang Qin happily put back the kitchen knife that had been locked in the cabinet in advance.

Xi Ling was also watching the game in another city. When Chang Qin told him the news, Xi Ling laughed and replied: Sure enough, the enemy of the enemy is a friend.

In the 10 minutes of the game, neither side scored a single goal. The Dutch made repeated murderous attempts in front of the matador's gate. It was frightening to watch. Fortunately, they were rescued one by one by Saint Cassie. The Dutch were like a firecracker on fire. Spitting fire everywhere on the green field, Heitinga even kicked Alonso into a serious injury. The record of 11 yellow cards and 1 red card also made people see the sturdyness of this Oranje team.

The game went to overtime. At 116 minutes, the Spaniard won the Hercules Cup thanks to Iniesta's golden goal in the penalty area. The moment the referee blew the final whistle, Chang Qin followed everyone on the TV screen. The Spanish fans were equally excited, holding Xiao Yu in circles, and finally even wept with joy.

Eight years of watching finally lived up to this waiting.

He immediately called Xi Ling, the other end of the phone was very noisy, it seemed that he was also watching the game with a group of colleagues,

"Did you see it? We won, we finally won!" Chang Qin shouted excitedly.

Xi Ling was also very excited, and kept nodding his head against the phone, but the surrounding voices were noisy, and as soon as he spoke, he was swept away by the noise without a trace.

Chang Qin could only hang up the phone and send a text message asking: Where are you?

Xi Ling: At the bar with my colleagues.

Chang Qin: When will you come back?

Xi Ling: It will take a few more days.

Chang Qin: Oh.

I miss you.After typing these words on the screen, he stared at them for a while, and then deleted them one by one.

"Hello!" Xiao Yu came over at some point, put his arms around his shoulders and whispered into his ear, and asked meaningfully, "How are you and Xiao Lu doing recently?"

Chang Qin looked at him puzzled: "How is it?"

Xiao Yu glared at him bitterly: "What's bad? Why are you still as indifferent as a piece of wood?"

"What's your motive?" Chang Qin was still at a loss.

Xiao Yu shook his head helplessly: "Xiao Lu told me personally that she was interested in you. I thought you two would have been together for a long time, but I didn't expect that you were still standing still. You said what were you thinking about all day long? , I used to chase her around, but now I finally waited for her to change her mind, but you started to hesitate, a great opportunity was in front of you, and you didn't react at all."

"Sigh." Chang Qin sighed, "You also know that I am as busy as a dog all day long, so I don't have the energy to react to these things."

"I beg you!" Xiao Yu patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "My cousin has been very popular since she was a child. She has been single until now. It's all because she has too high vision. If you don't want it, there will naturally be a lot of people rushing to get it. Don't wait until If you really lose it, you will regret it.”

Before Chang Qin could respond, Xiao Yu went back to the living room and chatted with other friends. Chang Qin was still standing on the balcony, looking at the starry night sky, and couldn't help thinking of the night when Xi Ling said he was going to move out. At that time, he seemed to have made an important decision, but was interrupted by Xiao Lu's sudden call.

Chang Qin sighed again, and since he was sure of his mind, he sighed more frequently.What Xiao Yu said was correct. Xiao Lu was the one he fell in love with, and he was the one who confessed his love first. He thought that everything would be logical when she returned to China.

result……

As a result, he met Xi Ling.

After the autumnal equinox, it was cold dew. Chang Qin was driving on the congested commute to get off work when he received an unexpected call.

Seeing the big characters "Xi Fu" on the caller ID, he couldn't help slipping his feet, and almost missed the intimate contact with the rear of the car in front.

"Sister Xi." He quickly connected to the Bluetooth and pressed the call button.

"Chang Qin." Xi Fu's tone was as furious as ever, "I heard that my younger brother lived with you recently?"

Chang Qin felt inexplicably at a loss as if he had been arrested, and hurriedly explained, "He lives here. Some time ago, there was someone in his house. I was afraid that it would be inconvenient for him, so I invited him to live in my house, but he has been old for a while. I’m on a business trip and haven’t been back to my place for a long time.”

Xi Fu didn't care about this pile of explanations, he gave a absent-minded sigh, and continued: "Then I can only trouble you to celebrate his birthday on my behalf. I happened to be on a business trip, and Zeng Mo took my daughter to grandma's house. My relatives are not around Xi Ling, and my younger brother doesn't like to make any friends, so the only thing I can think of is you."

"It's Xiling's birthday?" Chang Qin asked differently, "Which day is it?"

"tomorrow."

Chang Qin originally wanted to say that Xi Ling was on a business trip at this time, and he might not be able to come back tomorrow. He had more energy than he wanted, but he was afraid that the other party would be worried, so he changed his words: "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely let Xi Ling Have an unforgettable birthday."

"Thank you in advance!" Xi Fu hung up the phone hastily after finishing speaking, Chang Qin hadn't uttered his impolite words when a "beep" sound came from the receiver.

"The whole family has the same virtue. Hanging up the phone is like rushing to reincarnate." Chang Qin complained in his heart, but a gentle smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

Xi Fu is worthy of being an excellent example of hard work. When he was with Xie Ronger before, Xi Fu would call every year to remind him to remember to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday. Now it is Xi Ling, Xi Fu still cares about his brother all the time, and he can't help it For his birthday, he asked his friends to take care of him. While Chang Qin envied Xi Ling for having such a good sister, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered. The matter of Xie Ronger made her hold grudges until now. Dear brother, in case I accidentally feel sorry for him in the future...

Chang Qin was terrified when he thought about it carefully, and couldn't help shivering.

Xi Ling's birthday happened to be Saturday, and the first thing Chang Qin did when he got home was to call and ask Xi Ling if he would be back tomorrow.

Xi Ling was silent for a while, then replied, "I can't tell, what's the matter?"

Chang Qin smiled, and said indifferently: "It's okay, you do your work first." He was planning to quickly book a train ticket to his place online, and just listened to the other side of the phone continue to say, "I will try my best." After finishing speaking, Then hung up the phone.

"The two brothers and sisters are really the same. Hanging up the phone is faster than other people's reincarnation." Chang Qin smiled wryly, and turned to search for where the cake has the best reputation.

On the second day, instead of torturing the team members to work overtime, he himself left work early, went to the cake shop to get back the birthday cake he had ordered, cleaned up the house, and then called to order After two expensive steak sets, I drove to the train station to pick up Xi Ling.Xi Ling bought a ticket for [-] o'clock and rushed back. He arrived at the station at [-] o'clock. Chang Qin waited early at the exit, finally looking forward to the arrival of the person he hadn't seen for a long time.

Xi Ling has lost some weight, his hair has grown a little, his complexion is a bit haggard, and there are two black and blue shadows under his eye sockets. It seems that the work in different places these past few months has been very hard.At this time, the weather has turned cold, and he is wearing a half-length dark coffee-colored windbreaker, inside which is still the white shirt and black trousers he usually wears at work, and the dark gray retro British-style pointed-toe uppers are wiped spotlessly.

Seeing his appearance, Chang Qin felt distressed, and quickly took the travel bag from his hand, and asked, "Where's your colleague?"

Xi Ling pinched the brows wearily: "They are still working overtime, and I am the only one who came back."

Chang Qin was stunned for a moment: "I thought you were on vacation today, but unexpectedly you have to work overtime."

Xi Ling didn't seem to understand the other party's doubts, just glanced at him, and said in a wrong way: "My sister told you, right?"

"What?" Chang Qin didn't respond.

"Today is my birthday." Xi Ling answered concisely.

Chang Qin raised his face in discouragement: "I wanted to give you a surprise when I got home, so you can't pretend you don't know, like in the TV series, you were shocked when you opened the door?"

"Childish." Xi Ling rolled his eyes at him, opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

But after arriving home, Xi Ling was still taken aback by the "surprise".He looked dumbfounded at the colorful balloons stuck to the wall, with a few colored ribbons floating in the middle, a banner on one wall of the restaurant, with the words "Happy Birthday" written in children's fonts on it, and a big cake on the dining table And several well-dressed steak packages.

"The preparation was hasty, and it seems a bit crude." Chang Qin scratched his head embarrassedly.

"It's pretty good." Xi Ling comforted, wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Chang Qin placed the birthday star by the table, took out a candle, carefully inserted it in the center of the cake, took out a lighter and lit it, then turned off the lights in the room, clapped his hands to beat the rhythm, and sang a song "Happy Birthday" for Xi Ling. ".

In the flickering candlelight, Xi Ling showed a very childish smile, and the slender phoenix eyes reflected a compelling light. In a trance, Chang Qin seemed to meet the boy he met for the first time again, with a childish look on his face , forced himself to see his father.

At that time, the Dao was common, why was it so difficult to grasp it.

After singing, Xi Ling clasped his hands together, silently made a wish, and then blew out the candle in one breath.

"What wish did you make?" After the light reappeared, Chang Qin approached Xi Ling and asked curiously.

Xi Ling took a deep look at him, and Chang Qin thought that there was something strange growing on his face, and instinctively raised his hand to touch his cheek, but he heard Xi Ling reply calmly: "I hope I can, let it go."