Xu Shanlan

Xu Shanlan lay on the window sill, frowning and looking around.It's not too early, the setting sun has only a little afterglow left, reluctantly wiping the last ray of glow on the horizon.The street lights in the yard were all turned on, reflecting a long figure on the gravel road.

Xie Yongtian was almost persistent in watering the begonias in the flower garden, over and over again, and the soil on the ground was cleaned up countless times by him, even the mud clods the size of fingernails were twisted into powder, which could not be finer.

Xu Shanlan sighed for a long time, turned his head to look at Cong Zhanyi who was sitting on the sofa stealing half a day's leisure, and gritted his teeth: "Brother, why not, or you will accept him as an apprentice?"

Cong Zhanyi cast his eyes on the new issue of the magazine, and asked calmly, "How many days are you?"

"It's the third day." Xu Shanlan rolled his eyes.

"You can't take it anymore? To be a master, you have to be patient. Wait a little longer."

"No." Xu Shanlan walked over with a sigh, "I'm afraid that he will water that crabapple to death, because my uncle planted it."

"Then you go and say, let him go back to school for evening training, don't be an eyesore here."

Xu Shanlan pouted: "I won't go."

"Then who do you let go? Isn't that your team member?"

"You go. He listens to you, not to me."

Cong Zhanyi raised his head, stared at the junior for a moment, and then smiled: "Look at you, if you are seen by the team members, no one will be able to convince you anymore."

"That's right, I don't have the dignity of a senior brother." Xu Shanlan said sourly.

"I am your defeated opponent, everyone has seen it."

Xu Shanlan thought about it, and frowned: "Don't say it, I felt really good at that time. Hey, when will you go to school to check your work?"

Cong Zhanyi looked down at the book, pretending he didn't hear it.

Xu Shanlan looked out for a while, Xie Yongtian was sweeping the yard with a big broom.He said: "It's not easy for this kid, I can't do it with such sincerity."

"Yes." Cong Zhanyi snorted, "You have to ask me to beg you to practice martial arts well."

Xu Shanlan crossed his arms and squinted at him, pointed his toe on purpose, and asked nonchalantly, "Why, you still don't want to?"

Cong Zhanyi looked at him and smiled, got up and kissed Xu Shanlan's lips, and said in a low voice for a long time, "I wish I could."

Xu Shanlan's face turned hot, and he complained and shyly said, "I found out that the older you get, the less serious you become?"

Cong Zhanyi said seriously: "This is the serious thing."

"Bah." Xu Shanlan pressed the back of the sofa, jumped out, and ran to the door, "I'd better go and see my apprentice."

Cong Zhanyi smiled and put down the magazine.At this time, dusk had come, and the lights dragged the two figures in the yard for a long time.Xu Shanlan didn't know what he said to Xie Yongtian, the boy first widened his eyes in disbelief, and then laughed happily.He bowed deeply to Xu Shanlan, his eyes glowed with excitement and emotion.

Xu Shanlan patted the boy on the shoulder, put his arm around his neck, and whispered as he walked into the room.

Cong Zhanyi raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was almost time. He went to the study and asked Cai Rong, "Did Haiping call?"

"Not yet, Mr. Cong, it should be here soon."

As soon as the words fell, Didi's car horn sounded in front of the courtyard, and Aunt Zhang walked in excitedly, carrying the dried tofu she bought: "Zhan Yi, Lan Zi, hurry up, Haiping is back!"

Xu Shanlan and Xie Yongtian stopped and looked out the door. A thin man got out of a business car, wearing casual pants, a short black leather jacket, and big sunglasses covering half of his face.Even though the person was dressed plainly and wasn't very eye-catching, Xie Yongtian recognized him right away. It was the idol he had admired for many years - Gu Haiping.

Xie Yongtian was tongue-tied and didn't say a word for a long time, as if the long-awaited poster character suddenly came to life.The fact that he was in such close contact with the idol in his heart made him feel like he was out of control, and his mind went blank.

As soon as Gu Haiping entered the courtyard, he saw Xie Yongtian walking with Xu Shanlan's arms in his arms. He frowned subconsciously, and after another look, he was sure he didn't recognize this child.Xu Shanlan cheered happily, jumped in front of Gu Haiping, and punched him hard on the chest: "I thought your flight was delayed." He took off the big sunglasses on Gu Haiping's face, "Why are you wearing something? Pretend to be mysterious. It’s so dark and you’re not afraid to walk in a ditch.” Wearing it on his head.

"Where's senior brother?" Gu Haiping asked.

Xu Shanlan raised his thumb and gestured: "In the room. Come—" He pushed Xie Yongtian, "Meet my second senior brother, you should know him, right?"

Why doesn't Xie Yongtian know him?I kept repeating one sentence in my heart: He is alive, alive!His face was flushed, his lips were murmured for a long time, and he only giggled twice.

Gu Haiping nodded lightly. He had seen this kind of groupie who was so excited that he couldn't help himself when he saw him too much. He walked side by side with Xu Shanlan and asked in a low voice, "Who is this? ?”

"My team member, newly recruited."

"I heard that you went to become a teacher in a martial arts school. How is it? You didn't get bullied by the students, did you?" Gu Haiping teased him. He couldn't help it. When he was young, he watched Xu Shanlan grow up. When he was catching crabs by the sea, he was afraid of being caught by a little dick. Never forget.

"Cut—" Xu Shanlan curled his lips, "It's better than looking for toilets everywhere." Thinking of the advertisement, he couldn't help pursing his lips, "Even the senior brother said you are good at kung fu."

"Pull it down." Gu Haiping looked depressed, "Don't mention that ad to me, it was told by the agent to pick it up, saying that there was a lot of money, so I gave up. I wanted to throw the medicine bottle in the agent's face at that time." People laughed.

Xie Yongtian followed behind him step by step, keeping his eyes on Gu Haiping for a moment, and he felt that it was novel and surprised to hear the unattainable idol chatting and beating others in front of him, like ordinary people, but after thinking about it carefully, it should be like this , and felt inexplicably moved.

Gu Haiping walked into the room, saw Cong Zhanyi, put down the salute in his hand, bowed seriously, and called out: "Brother." The posters were pasted directly to the door of the shopping mall, and he could be seen everywhere on the street, either fierce or passionate or expression or indifferent, attracting countless eyes.But here, he is just an ordinary junior.

Cong Zhanyi nodded slightly: "How is the road going?"

"Okay, it's going well." The senior brother didn't give up his seat, Gu Haiping just stood upright, and Xu Shanlan was beside him, so he couldn't sit down either.Xie Yongtian couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw it, and suddenly his mood became more stable, he was no longer so worried about gains and losses, he didn't even dare to say a word.

Cong Zhanyi stood up slowly: "Go and clean up first, I'll wait for you to eat."

"Yes, big brother." Gu Haiping raised the corners of his lips, showing a big smile, and then completely relaxed, and returned his hand to stroke Xu Shanlan's head affectionately.

"Let's go, I'll accompany you." Xu Shanlan also missed his second senior brother for a long time, so he rushed forward to lead the way.It's not that Gu Haiping doesn't know each other, but seeing the little junior move like this, his heart is still much warmer, he let out a sigh of relief, and followed Xu Shanlan up the stairs.

Xie Yongtian looked left and right, and said to Cong Zhanyi at the right time: "Master...uncle, I'd better go back to school first."

Cong Zhanyi said: "Yes." Seeing that Xie Yongtian turned to leave, he added, "Come over early tomorrow morning and run with Lanzi."

Xie Yongtian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, Uncle Master." He clenched his fists excitedly, just after taking two steps, he suddenly remembered, turned around and bowed deeply to Cong Zhanyi, and then ran away.In front of the gate of the courtyard, he couldn't help jumping up high, waved his arms in the air, and shouted: "Hey!"

Gu Haiping simply tidied up in the room, knowing that Cong Zhanyi was still waiting below, he just took a shower and came down to have dinner together.

Aunt Zhang was so happy from ear to ear, she specially made Gu Haiping's favorite rouge duck and rice dumplings, and when the dishes came out, she asked a little embarrassedly: "Haiping, my daughter likes you very much, and she wants to see you." One side."

Gu Haiping smiled and said: "It's okay, Aunt Zhang, let her come over when I have time. Oh, I still have a few autographed photos for you, thank you for the Rouge Duck."

"It's good to dare to love, that's good to dare to love." Aunt Zhang left happily.

"Second senior brother, when did you learn to smoke? I think your movements in "The True Colors of a Hero" are beautiful, and my classmates still learn it."

"The director requested it." Gu Haiping looked helpless, "Let me tell you, it's easy to become a star, just two words: be handsome!"

"Haha."

Gu Haiping felt much more relaxed when he returned home. It was like a different person. He was not the taciturn and cool person who was interviewed in front of the camera at all. He talked and laughed with Xu Shanlan, and told some embarrassing stories about celebrities. Cong Zhanyi also interjected from time to time. In a few words, the three of them drank some red wine, and the atmosphere was particularly pleasant.

Looking at the familiar environment, familiar food, and familiar people, Gu Haiping sighed with emotion after being separated for so long, and there was a hint of sadness in his smile.

Xu Shanlan was extremely keen, caught it with a glance, pursed his lips and smiled, but kept silent, only looking at Cong Zhanyi.

Cong Zhanyi gave Gu Haiping a drunk, and asked casually, "You're back this time, are you okay?"

Gu Haiping smiled lightly: "I still can't hide anything from you." Then he fell silent.

Cong Zhanyi and Xu Shanlan looked at each other without making a sound.

After a while, Gu Haiping raised his head as if mustering up his courage, and said, "If, I mean, if, the media broke the news that I am gay, you guys, would you..." He smiled wryly, "How should I say it?" ..."

"What? Gay?" Xu Shanlan put a spoonful of pine nut corn into his mouth and asked while chewing.

Gu Haiping took a deep breath: "That's right, that means I like men."

"Don't you just like men?" Xu Shanlan looked at Gu Haiping, quite surprised, "Haven't you always been?"

Gu Haiping frowned: "What? Lanzi, do you understand what I said?"

"Why didn't you understand? Didn't you have a crush on Senior Brother when you were young?" Xu Shanlan spoke confidently, and turned to Cong Zhanyi, "Really, Senior Senior Brother."

Cong Zhanyi smiled and shook his head: "I don't know that."

Gu Haiping's face turned red suddenly, and he became angry from embarrassment, and shouted at Xu Shanlan: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

With chopsticks in his mouth, Xu Shanlan smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Admit it, second senior brother, this is not a shameful thing, youthful feelings are always poetry." He looked at Gu with a look that we all know sea ​​level.

Gu Haiping was angry and embarrassing, and also had the embarrassment of being told what was on his mind, and reprimanded: "What do you know?"

"Hee hee, I didn't understand at that time, why do you always bully me?" Xu Shanlan smiled, not afraid of the second senior brother's reprimand.The feelings that were hazy at that time gradually became clear as time passed, and then it suddenly dawned on me: So it was like that——

Gu Haiping was so ashamed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground and slammed his chopsticks away: "I can't eat this meal!"

Xu Shanlan wanted to say more, but the elder brother's calm voice came: "Everyone eat well, and we will talk after we have something to eat."

Xu Shanlan didn't dare not listen to the senior brother's words, he lowered his head and licked his rice while sniggering.

Gu Haiping also picked up the chopsticks again, picked up the drunk shrimp that the senior brother handed over just now, and peeled off the shell bit by bit.He raised his head to look at Xu Shanlan, and saw his younger brother squinting at him.For some reason, being interrupted by the junior brother, the mood that had been entangled all the way suddenly calmed down, and his appetite widened. He ate two bowls of rice in a row, and Rouge Duck ate everything.