boiled frog

Qi Yang felt that he had a good day, and all the messy things hit his head one after another.

After he calmed down, he asked Xiao Tao'er how he knew, but Xiao Tao'er didn't say anything.

"Brother Qi Yang, don't ask, I have something to do when I come to you."

Qi Yang glanced at him, "...Say something quickly."

"I was kicked out by him...he still doesn't let me go back." Xiao Tao'er's voice became softer as she spoke, and she lowered her head slowly.

"...What are you doing again?" Qi Yang looked at him coldly, "I think this person treats you very well, why did he suddenly kick you out?"

In the five years since Ming Jin's death, Xiao Tao'er had occasionally contacted Qi Yang, and it was because she had quarreled with a new man, changed house after house, and came to Qi Yang to complain every time she was sad, and finally found a man two years ago. A young man, Qi Yang has seen that man before, he thinks he is gentle and gentle, he is happy for Xiao Tao'er, but also for himself.

Who knows what happened again.

"I just... went to the bar, and I didn't do anything..."

Qi Yang really doesn't want to talk to him, it's like this every time, if you have a man and go to the gay bar, which man can stand it?

"Then why are you looking for me, I'll find you another one?!"

Xiao Taoer quickly waved her hand, "Just let me stay for a while, and when he calms me down... I'll go back..."

Qi Yang raised his eyebrows, thinking, this one is still different from the previous ones, and he still wants to go back.

He frowned and looked at Xiao Tao'er, then finally sighed, "There is a sofa bed in the study, you can sleep there."

"Thank you Brother Qi Yang!" He knew that Brother Qi Yang was soft-hearted and would definitely take him in.

"Thank you for organizing your language and telling me what happened back then."

Xiao Taoer shut her mouth and stopped smiling.

Xiao Tao'er stayed at Qi Yang's house, and there were two people in the family at once, so she lived a normal life.

In fact, Qi Yang can not take Xiao Tao'er in at all, even if he is allowed to fend for himself, it has nothing to do with him.

Maybe it's an inseparable obsession with Mingjin's past, maybe it's just pity for Xiao Taoer, maybe it's pity for himself who is like him abandoned by an old friend, even Qi Yang can't explain this feeling.

Qi Yang didn't go to Wen Qing's house to make breakfast anymore, and usually just make do with Xiao Tao'er at home.

One day, Qi Yang was lying on the bed flipping through magazines, dozing off, when suddenly a phone call came in.

"Brother Qiyang, Brother Qiyang!" With such an angry voice, who else is there besides Nier, "We are going to climb a mountain, do you want to come together?"

Qi Yang held the phone a little further away from his own, and finally turned on the speakerphone, "When is it?"

"Just this weekend, me, Dong Zi, Ah Qing, Brother Lianhua, and my daughter, let's all go together, come on, come on!"

Qi Yang rubbed his eyes, trying to wake himself up, "I'm sorry, Nier, I have classes on weekends..."

"Hey——" Ni'er wailed before he finished speaking, "Don't do this, it's hard for everyone to come out to play, do you know how hard it took me to drag Ah Qing, a ten thousand-year-old dead house, out of the house—— Brother Qi Yang, good brother—”

Qi Yang glanced at Xiao Taoer who was watching TV outside the house attracted by Nier's loud voice, "...and I have a child at home, he will be left alone after I leave..."

"Hey, kid? Why haven't I heard you mention it before, Brother Qi Yang... It's better to have a kid, it will be fun!" Nier's voice was undiminished.

"..." Qi Yang originally planned to use Xiao Tao'er as a shield not to go, after all, he still had to go to class, now that Nier said so, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

He thought about it, and said, "Ni'er, I really can't leave, you go and play, have fun."

There was no sound from the microphone for a long time, Qi Yang was wondering if Nier hung up the phone in anger, when a gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Qi Yang, it's me, Wen Qing," Wen Qing's light voice came through the radio waves slowly, "...if you can't come, forget it, Nier is too nonsense, you don't need to pay attention to her."

Even though it was hands-free, Qi Yang still felt as if Wen Qing was speaking in his ear, he even thought of Wen Qing's hot breath when he bandaged himself last time, and suddenly felt itchy ears.

Suddenly I want to see him a little bit.

He was out of breath for two seconds.

When Qi Yang came back to his senses, he had already hung up the phone, agreed to their plan to go hiking together, and even agreed to take Xiao Tao'er with him.

When Xiao Tao'er walked in, Qi Yang was still sitting on the bed in a daze.

"Actually, I don't really mind that you decide how to spend my weekend without authorization," he said, "I just care about that person...it's you..."

"What," Qi Yang was still engrossed in the strange things, and couldn't extricate himself, he glanced at Xiao Tao'er angrily, "he's nothing, don't make wild guesses—you... get ready , set off on Saturday morning."

Xiao Tao'er curled her lips and left the room without any objection.

Qi Yang was lying in the bed by himself, he didn't feel sleepy at all, and he was extremely energetic.

He pondered for a while, and he didn't know what to think about. His mind was in a mess, and finally he shook his head and sighed.

……

Saturday was a sunny day. The weather at the end of April has gradually warmed up, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. Traveling on such a day adds a little bit of joy to people.

They set off early in the morning, and Qi Yang and Xiao Tao'er each carried a backpack, stuffed with some dry food and a few changes of clothes, feeling very refreshed.

When they saw the group of people carrying big and small bags, they were stunned.

"We..." Qi Yang said, "Just go for two days?"

"Yeah," Wen Qing helplessly pulled up the special travel backpack that slipped a little on his shoulders, "They said they wanted to stay in the mountains for one night, so they brought all the tents, grills, and sleeping bags with them."

"Here," Dong Zi shook the bag in his hand, "There are all kinds of ingredients. I guess I want to eat up the mountains once I come here."

He deeply doubted whether Nier would need them to get a tent, sleeping bag or something.

Their team not only had these familiar faces, but also a man and a girl who looked to be about the same age as Nier.

Later, we introduced each other, the man was a friend brought by Dong Zi to play, and the girl was Nier's good friend, that is, the girl on the phone.

Qi Yang also introduced Xiao Tao'er, only saying that he was kicked out by his family and temporarily living with him.

Nier was a little disappointed that there were no children to play, but seeing that Xiao Taoer was pretty, she accepted it happily.

Qi Yang felt that Dong Zi's friend looked familiar.

After getting in the car, he asked Wen Qing who was sitting next to him, only to find out that the man was actually one of the urban management officers who went to arrest them last time.

"It's the city manager who stayed there looking for Dong Zi to ask about the situation," Wen Qing said with a smile, "I didn't expect to become friends."

Qi Yang looked at the man who looked very serious and capable again, and smacked his lips again and again, feeling quite strange.

The road to that mountain is quite far. They took a bus, which probably took a few hours. The people on the bus were in a group, and they all went to the mountain to play. At the beginning, they were talking and laughing. , the whole carriage echoed with Nier's laughter, she was a quiet and shy girl, and she covered her mouth with her hands when she laughed, and then everyone gradually quieted down, only the steady breathing in the carriage could be heard Sound, I guess I woke up quite early, now that the excitement has passed, I start to feel sleepy.

Qi Yang saw that Wen Qing was looking out the window, and he was still asleep, so he asked him softly, "Why didn't Boss Xiao come today?"

"Oh, he," Wen Qing turned his head, "he's busy with things in the store, he seems to be not very peaceful recently."

Qi Yang nodded and glanced at him, "If you're sleepy, just squint for a while, and I'll call you when you arrive."

Wen Qing smiled and said yes, propped his elbows on the window eaves, and closed his eyes.

Qi Yang folded his arms, leaned his head back and fell asleep.

At the destination, everyone got out of the car in a daze, and was stunned by the beautiful scenery in front of them.

This group of people usually live on prefabricated panels in big cities. Few people have the time and mood to come to the mountains to listen to the breath of nature and feel the heartbeat of nature. Same as the new world.

Everyone was happily clamoring for a group photo, very excited.

Qi Yang is fine. He usually pays attention to exercise, and sometimes follows those wild donkeys and old donkeys to cross the line. He even spent a month's salary on buying a set of advanced mountaineering equipment, but he didn't actually use it a few times. The house is pretty nice.

After they finished taking pictures in front of the sculpture at the entrance, the local guide took them into the mountain.

The mountain is not high, but the scenery is good, unlike the precipitous barren mountains and mountains that Qi Yang and his group of donkey friends who only seek thrills go to, there is nothing left but thrills.

They walked slowly, the tour guide introduced the scenic spots from time to time, and joked with the tourists beside him, Qi Yang looked around at the scenery, and suddenly noticed that Wen Qing was holding a big guy in his arms.

"Yes, Master Wen, there are also SLRs."

"Just for fun," Wen Qing asked Qi Yang, fiddling with his professional-looking camera, "Take a picture of you?"

"Don't say goodbye, he's handsome, but he doesn't look good on camera." Qi Yang shook his head again and again.

Wen Qing smiled, and didn't force it. They chatted and continued to move forward with the large army.

There is a waterfall in the depths of the mountain, and the water flying down from above has been flowing down the mountain, so they can walk by the water all the way, and occasionally the guide stops and lets them play by the stream for a while.

When we arrived at a small waterfall, the tour guide told us to rest here for a while to replenish our physical strength, and then we will start climbing.

Qi Yang sat down on a rock and watched Ni'er, Xiao Tao'er and a group of children much younger than them having fun in the water not far away.

The two of them are quite compatible, Xiao Taoer is probably a few years older than Nier, he has a peach blossom face, pink and tender, with a little baby fat, he looks younger than Nier from a distance.

"Brother Qi Yang," Qi Yang didn't notice that Nannan didn't go crazy with them, but sat down beside him.

"Well, why don't you go play with them?"

Nannan blushed, "How grown-up you are, you still look like a group of children."

Qi Yang laughed, I really don't know how she got to play with Nier.

Nannan didn't speak any more, Qi Yang just sat quietly, watching Wen Qing take pictures of them over there.

Wen Qing said that he likes taking pictures of people, but taking pictures of scenery seems too monotonous.

In fact, Qi Yang prefers to only take pictures of the scenery. He feels that someone will break the original silence of the scene. He bought a DSLR a few years ago to pretend to be used. I often take pictures, because there are people everywhere, and he still can't see the original tranquility of the scenery, let alone the camera.

Qi Yang asked her, "Do you want something to eat? The tour guide said that we will be climbing a mountain later."

"I'm not hungry," Nanna shook her head, "I came here to climb the mountain to lose weight."

Qi Yang glanced at her rather thin figure, "You are not as fleshy as Nier, look how happy she is eating and drinking every day."

"Brother Qi Yang..." Nannan suddenly blushed and called out, and Qi Yang realized that he was directly commenting on his poor body in front of others. He treated Nier and the others as children, and didn't care that they were already adults. .