Warm Water Spirits

I did sleep for a long time, and it was past eight o'clock when I walked out of the hotel.

The city is near the sea, so it's not very cold in November, and the chill only creeps into the cuffs when the wind blows at night.

Jiang Yunqi walked beside Pei Zhe, occasionally looked up at Pei Zhe, and occasionally glanced at the dark shadow of the church in the distance.

The people who dined outside smoked and chatted around the iron stove and drank coffee. Jiang Yunqi couldn't understand, and felt a little hungry afterwards.Also, after the meeting, I rushed to the wedding venue, and I couldn't find anyone to stare at and sleep until now.

The bicycle lane in the middle of the road was very wide, Pei Zhe led him closer to him, and then crossed the road together.

"Brother Pei, I didn't eat dinner." Jiang Yunqi pulled Pei Zhe.

Pei Zhe stopped and looked at him, "What do you want to eat?"

"I don't want to eat potato pancakes, it's too salty. I don't want to eat Chinese food either." Jiang Yunqi turned his head and looked around, "I want to eat hamburgers. I saw Burger King at the entrance of the subway station..."

Pei Zhe didn't speak, as if he was listening carefully to Jiang Yunqi's preferences, he led someone to turn a corner, and the signboards of various paellas were displayed in front of several shops.

Jiang Yunqi was still saying: "...the cheese in the hamburger is different from that in China, it is too unpalatable. I almost vomited at the airport. It is very strange cheese. Brother Pei, you can actually choose cheese, you can help me later I'll choose one - paella?"

Pei Zhe made a "hmm" sound, picked a well-decorated restaurant with a unique atmosphere, and said briefly: "Dinner."

Jiang Yunqi: "Oh."

Pei Zhe found a seat by the window, and the waiter brought the menu. Pei Zhe quickly ordered a plate of special cuttlefish paella and ordered two glasses of water.

Different from the dark and quiet wedding garden, and the short-lived street intersection, at this moment, the overhead light is as bright as day, and the folded corners of the table paper spread out on the table are clearly visible. Jiang Yunqi stared at Pei Zhe, and found that the previous strangeness surged up again. .

Pei Zhe was also looking at him, calmly, as if examining Jiang Yunqi's changes one by one, starting from the strands of his hair.

"I've grown taller," Pei Zhe said later.

Jiang Yunqi lowered his head and said nothing, he didn't know what happened to him.

A plate of paella that was dark but fragrant and tempting enough was brought to the table, and Jiang Yunqi ate it for a long time.Pei Zhe didn't eat much, drank a few sips of water and continued to watch Jiang Yunqi, with deep black eyes and the same expression as before, and sometimes handed Jiang Yunqi a tissue and a water cup.

While eating hard, Jiang Yunqi slowly discovered the fact that he had indeed been away from Pei Zhe for a long time.

——This is a fact that needs to be "discovered" by him.

In the past, I wished I could cling to someone 24 hours a day. During the months of parting, the phone calls continued. Jiang Yunqi's past relationship was naturally brought into every moment when he thought of Pei Zhe. It was natural.

When he really saw Pei Zhe and felt it, the first thing Jiang Yunqi thought of was that rejected confession.Then what came to mind was not the day-to-day relationship in the past, nor the future confession plan, but what Pei Zhe was thinking and would think during the five months of separation.

Pei Zhe didn't feel the slightest thing about Jiang Yunqi's roaming around the dining table.

It's not because of slowness, on the contrary, Pei Zhe has a precise grasp of Jiang Yunqi's emotions.

It's just that Jiang Yunqi talks less and less in front of him, and Jiang Yunqi's demeanor has lost a bit of childishness and coquettishness, which can be explained by growing up and being sensible.

Jiang Yunqi ate with a spoon in his mouth, the corners of his mouth were black, wiped it with a paper towel, took a drink from a water glass and continued to eat, under the light, he was quiet and docile.

Pei Zhe intermittently asked Jiang Yunqi about the training camp, and also mentioned that he was on a business trip recently, attending the wedding was accidental, and he was going to Berlin for a while in a few days.In the end, Jiang Yunqi was told to take good care of herself.

There is not much time for a meal.

After dinner, Pei Zhe took Jiang Yunqi back to the previous road, and asked Jiang Yunqi if he still wanted to go to the bar.

"Are you training early tomorrow?" Pei Zhe suggested.

Jiang Yunqi walked forward with his hands behind his back: "I want to go."

His tone was not very good, and he seemed a bit tempered, as if he had to contend with something, and he was awkward with himself to the end.

Pei Zhe pulled people over and smiled: "This way."

The bar is not the bar in Jiang Yunqi's impression, the "bar" in front of him is more like a reception with relatives and friends after the wedding dinner.

As soon as Pei Zhe led Jiang Yunqi into the door, five or six men who were relatively close and chatting in low voices with red wine glasses greeted him politely: "Pei Si."

Jiang Yunqi didn't know about Pei Zhe's relationship with them, so when he looked up, he saw Pei Zhe took off his coat and nodded slightly, without saying anything.

This very subtle movement immediately revealed the deep power accumulated on Pei Zhe's body, which was another side that Jiang Yunqi seldom saw.

For the first time, Jiang Yunqi discovered how people other than himself get along with Pei Zhe.

Pei Zhe only allowed Jiang Yunqi to drink juice, with a serious tone and no room for bargaining.

Jiang Yunqi sat at the corner of the bar holding a juice straw: "What about your bouquet? I want to see it."

Pei Zhe didn't understand why Jiang Yunqi was so obsessed with bouquets, but he indulged, so he brought them, and then told him to go upstairs to say hello to his friend and teacher, and take Jiang Yunqi back to the hotel later.

Jiang Yunqi nodded.

After Pei Zhe left, Jiang Yunqi was at a loss for a while.Everything so far has been too normal—or rather, Pei Zhe is too normal.

Jiang Yunqi was biting the straw, and at a certain moment he wanted to pounce on Pei Zhe and shake Pei Zhe's collar and ask: How do you feel when you see me!Not a little excited?What are you thinking!I even suspected that I was dreaming, and the most you said to me was no drinking? !

Jiang Yun Qimu stared at the reflection on the tiles of the bar counter, and his forehead was icy cold.

"—Jiang Yunqi?"

Jiang Yunqi raised his head and unexpectedly saw Fang Mingbai and Qijian.

Fang Mingbai changed into a suit, a red-brown double-breasted suit, trousers of the same color, and black leather shoes with ankles exposed.I hope it's still the same clothes as in the morning.

Jiang Yunqi froze for a moment, remembering the wedding mentioned in the meeting at the airport, "Pray for doctor, Mr. Fang".

Fang Mingbai put the wine glass on the bar, sat down next to Jiang Yunqi, and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang—see you, this is the first time someone calls me Mr. Fang."

Qijian sat on the other side of Fang Mingbai, walked around Fang Mingbai and said to Jiang Yunqi who was a little at a loss: "He was joking with you, you can just call him Fang Mingbai."

Jiang Yunqi nodded, but did not call for anyone.

Fang Mingbai raised his eyebrows: "Jiang Yunqi, how old are you this year?"

"twenty."

"You can call me Brother Mingbo." Fang Mingbai folded his hands on the stage, with a smile on his lips all the time: "I didn't take advantage of you, I'm ten years older than you."

Jiang Yunqi said "oh", thinking silently, if you don't take advantage of me, then I don't want to recognize a brother for nothing.

Suddenly, someone came towards them, to be precise, it was Chao Fang Mingbai.Jiang Yunqi recognized him as one of the people who greeted Pei Zhe when he entered the door.

"Ming Bai, did you see where Pei Si went?"

Fang Mingbai shook his head: "The hotel called the bride and said that they found the mobile phone, and they were supposed to deliver it. He probably went back to get it by himself in order to avoid drinking. I guess it will still be in the Heath Hotel."

The person came cheering: "A few minutes ago, the people in the institute and I saw him come in."

I prayed that Jiang Yunqi would not understand, so I walked to the side and said to him: "Your Brother Mingbo is a mechanical engineer, this is his colleague at the Berlin Research Institute, and Secretary Pei is the director of the Armament Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I guess there is something wrong. Let's talk about work."

Jiang Yunqi didn't think much about it, and thought that if he told them that Brother Pei had gone upstairs, the voice of the person lowered a few degrees: "The batch of U31 models has been put on hold, and I want to ask what is the next arrangement. .”

Fang Mingbai chuckled and waved his hands: "It's no use. Didn't you see his attitude in the previous face-to-face negotiations? Jiang Yu said that there is a problem with your data. The aerodynamic force of the rudder surface is purely coincidental. He's a dignified head of the department, can't see it? Don't fool him."

The visitor was a little anxious: "Yu Cheng'an also said the same thing, there is no drama, maybe I just don't want to die until the Yellow River, after all, there is a deadline..."

Jiang Yunqi listened with crooked ears, thinking inexplicably, in fact, I am too, and my heart will not die until the Yellow River... Sigh.

Suddenly, there was a commotion from the crowd.It was as if the bride had come out.From a distance, the graceful shadow of a crimson evening dress can be seen, elegant and bright.

Qi Jian introduced to Jiang Yunqi: "This is me and your brother Ming Bai's college classmates. By the way, I haven't asked why you are here—"

Someone in the middle of the crowd called Qi Jian's name, like booing, Qi Jian left the wine glass behind: "I'll go over and have a look, and say something for me and Ming Bai."

"Okay, pray doctor."

Turning his head, Fang Mingbai was still talking in a low voice with the visitor.

"... As for it. Don't you understand it by looking at his eyes?"

Jiang Yunqi thought of Pei Zhe's eyes - indeed.

The time he said he was going to break his leg, Jiang Yunqi's knee hurt when he thought of Pei Zhe's eyes.

Fang Mingbai asked the bartender to order another glass of wine, tapped his index finger on the table, smiled, and said in a low-pitched voice: "People who have experienced places like Suihu, do you think they will make false claims with you?"

Jiang Yunqi froze slightly.

The visitor immediately laughed and nodded: "Yes! Thank you! We will go back to Berlin to have dinner together some other day."

Fang Mingbai picked up the wine glass and drank: "No, I have to catch up with the blueprints when I go back, and I will go back to China to visit my nephew next month. No time——"

From the corner of his eye, he noticed that Jiang Yunqi's face turned pale, Fang Mingbai ignored the visitor, and leaned forward to ask, "Jiang Yunqi? Are you uncomfortable?"

Jiang Yunqi shook his head and fell silent for a while.

Seeing that Jiang Yunqi had been drinking fruit juice, Fang Mingbai changed the subject: "Don't you like it? Would you like some fruit wine?" He called the bartender to change Jiang Yunqi's drink.

The bartender was in a dilemma: "Mr. Pei specifically asked him not to drink."

Fang Mingbai frowned: "Mr. Pei? Which Pei first—"

"Yun Qi."

Pei Zhe came down from the stairs at some point, followed by an elderly man who was also looking here.

Fang Mingbai turned his head when he heard the sound, and was stunned for a while.

Pei Zhe looked away from Fang Mingbai's hand resting on the back of Jiang Yunqi's chair, his eyes darkened, "Come here".

Jiang Yunqi didn't seem to hear, he sat without moving, his face was still pale.

Fang Mingbai looked back and forth twice, but didn't understand.

He had a good or bad impression of Pei Zhe, but at this time, through Jiang Yunqi's indifferent attitude, he subconsciously defended him.

Fang Mingbai thought for a while and said to Jiang Yunqi in a low voice: "Is there anything I need to do? You don't look very well."

Jiang Yunqi raised his eyes, blinked slightly, and regained his composure.He knew that Fang Mingbai's words were not intentional and very common, but some things were just so coincidental.Probably Fang Mingbai knocked his head and never thought that there was a person from Suihu sitting next to him.

Jiang Yunqi looked over Fang Mingbai's shoulder into Pei Che's increasingly cloudy eyes: "It's okay, I'll go over there. He's my brother."

Immediately, Fang Mingbai felt bad all over.