I was wrong, I was really wrong!

Qi Shan took Qing Yu's hand and walked on the way home.He made an appointment with Yan He, and asked his grandfather to send him away after the Lantern Festival.

Now he really hopes that his conjecture that day is true, Qi Hang really knows the existence of Yan He, and is looking for a way to see him.But the reality is often not as good as he thought.

He even had the idea of ​​simply telling Qi Hang that Yan He hadn't left yet.But later this idea was quickly dispelled.Just as grandpa said, opening the yin and yang eyes is not about eating and sleeping.Instead of telling Qi Hang that his lover is by his side, but he can't see or touch it, it's better to keep it a secret and don't add more pain to him.

The community where Yan's family lives is very large, and both the building and the greening are very beautiful.Even though it is the New Year approaching, there is no depression in the community in the cold winter.The magnolias on both sides of the road, the French holly and the safflower loropetalum in the green belt are still sticking to their posts, embellishing the community with vitality.

Qi Shan put that regrettable incident to the back of her mind for the time being, and began to appreciate the scenery of the community.After a closer look, I found something different.

Behind a few firethorns not far away, a man was standing on the phone.The reason why Qi Shan noticed him was because of his calling.When Qi Shan looked in that direction just now, he was not actually looking at him, but at a small patch of plum blossoms behind him.But in his line of sight, the man took out his phone as if to cover up after sneaking a few glances at him.

Qi Shan doesn't suspect that someone is watching or following him for no reason, it's because he sees a guilty conscience from the man.As the saying goes, being a thief with a guilty conscience is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Most of the time, Qi Shan firmly believes in this.

He didn't walk towards the man, but just stood there and continued to look in that direction.He suddenly wanted to know that this buddy could withstand his gaze for a few minutes.It's just that he was in high spirits, but Qingyu, who was held by him, didn't know why he stood here in a daze.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" Qingyu raised her head and asked him.

Qi Shan lowered his head and said to him mysteriously: "Qingyu, there seems to be an uncle following us." Then, he quietly pointed in the direction of that buddy, "Did Qingyu find it?"

After hearing this, Qingyu frowned and thought hard for a while, then shook her head.The last sentence was completely asked by Qi Shan casually to coax the child, but Qingyu shook her head and said: "I can ask for my brother."

"Ah? Who are you asking?" Qi Shan was puzzled, watching Qingyu let go of her hand, walking towards a Pittosporum tree a few meters away, reaching into the branches and leaves to grab a person, unexpectedly.

Qi Shan: "..." When did he practice this skill?

Qingyu's grasp was very precise, and a small seemingly weak hand was stuck on the man's neck.The latter couldn't escape, because he couldn't even scream because he was strangled by the neck, so he could only be dragged out by Qingyu with a terrified expression.It was a young man about 30 years old, he was not tall at all, being held by Qingyu, he had to bend over and follow Qingyu to move in front of Qi Shan, making him look even shorter.

"Qingyu, you can't be rude..." Qi Shan just wanted to fulfill his elder brother's responsibility and teach Qingyu what it means to treat people with courtesy, but his tongue suddenly stuck and he couldn't say anything.

If he was not blind, that young man would have no shadow.With no shadow and fear of Qingyu, Qi Shan can only think of one thing for the time being. "Don't come over! Stop, stop, stop...you just stand there, don't come over!" He jumped back reflexively, widening the distance from the young man.

"Brother..." Qingyu called Qi Shan, not understanding why he suddenly became very scared, and told herself not to go there.He was wronged.

Qi Shan may not be able to take care of him at the moment, his full energy is on the ghost in Qingyu's hand.And the ghost in Qingyu's hand didn't care about Qi Shan who was afraid of him, it just trembled and guarded against Qingyu, lest he turn around and swallow him.This person and two ghosts formed a rather interesting cycle.

Just like this, you look at me and I look at him. After several minutes, Qi Shan said tremblingly, breaking the cycle: "Hold... Sorry, our child is not very sensible, that, I just want to ask something." As he spoke, he said to Qingyu again: "Qingyu, let Uncle go."

The young ghost left Qingyu's ghost claws out of instinctive panic and confusion of the situation.

"..." He was a little overwhelmed, "What do you want to ask?"

Qingyu returned to Qi Shan's side, but the young ghost dared not take a step forward even if he was beaten to death.Everyone is quite satisfied with the distance between each other now.

Qingyu clings to Qi Shan's thigh begging for a hug, because Qi Shan refused him to approach just now, and now he needs to make up for it.Qi Shan looked down and saw him hugging her thigh with a look of grievance and longing, and hugged him into his arms as he wished, and then put her energy on the young ghost again. "We want to ask, the one over there..." Qi Shan was about to point to the place where the man was just now, but found that he had left without noticing it for a while.

So he had no choice but to ask: "The man standing over there just now, has he been following us?"

The young ghost observed Qingyu for a while, and finally determined that he might not be dangerous, and finally the trembling was not so severe.Hearing Qi Shan's question, he thought about it carefully, and said: "Indeed, he has followed you since you entered the community. Moreover, this is not the first time someone has followed you."

"What do you mean?" Qi Shan asked him.

The ghost said: "From the first time you came to this community, someone has followed you, every time. The same person was the same person a few times ago, and you didn't find out. Today this person may be a newcomer, and he is not yet skilled. It was discovered by you."

This news really shocked Qi Shan, so that even his fear of the ghost just now was temporarily ignored, and he thanked the ghost with a very calm face, and asked Qingyu to let him go.

"Who will send someone to follow me?" Before Qi Shan could figure out the answer to this question, the New Year's bell rang.

Early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Qi Shan was brought by Qi's father to greet the elders.It wasn't until this day that he realized that since he was a child, he would go to Qi Hang's house to pay New Year's greetings almost every year.It's just that it's been a long time since he was a child, and he can't remember it.Later, when he grew up a little bit, at the age he could remember, Qi Hang went to study abroad, so that he had no impression of this big brother at all.

But why hasn't he seen Qi Hang all these years after studying abroad?

Qi Shan's aunt, that is, Qi Hang's mother, gave him the answer to this question: "Your eldest brother has gone out. He has to go out early every year on this day, so you haven't seen him all these years when you come to pay New Year's greetings." he."

"What did he do?" Qi Shan asked.

Aunt Tang sighed, and Qi Shan knew there might be some story behind it at a glance.

"You should also know that your eldest brother was married, but your sister-in-law died only two years ago. Today is your sister-in-law's birthday, and your elder brother goes to see him every year." The cousin sighed again, "He's already engaged, but he can't let it go. It's been five years. It's really..."

It turned out to be Yan He's birthday.

Qi Shan and Dad Qi came out of Qi Hang's house together, and said to Dad Qi right after they left, "Dad, my classmates asked me to come over for a gathering, so I'll go first."

Father Qi didn't doubt that he was there, so he nodded, "Go, come back at night?"

"Back, of course. It's just a meeting with classmates who haven't seen each other for a long time. We have a meal at noon to catch up on the old days, and we will go back after playing in the afternoon."

"Okay then, let's go."

Qi Shan wants to say happy birthday to Yan He.

After entering the community, Qi Shan paid special attention to him, there was indeed someone following him without any trace, neither far nor near, acting very naturally, as if he was just a fellow traveler.This is indeed much more proficient than the buddy from last time.

Qi Shan couldn't figure out why these people came, but he also felt that at least these people were not malicious, so he left him alone and continued walking towards Yan's house.It wasn't until he was outside the wall of Yan's house that he remembered that if someone followed him every time he came, wouldn't he be seen when he talked to Yan He?

They couldn't see Yan He, so they just saw him talking to himself here alone.Just as he was thinking, the little black cat jumped onto the wall and met Qi Shan's eyes, "Meow—"

No, they might think he came to play with the little black cat.Thinking this way, Qi Shan waved to the little black cat, "New year, new weather, I bought you a new brand of dried fish, I heard that it is better than the previous brand, you come and try it."

Qi Shan thought that the little black cat would understand his subtext, and went in to help him call someone out, and then jumped off the wall to enjoy his service fee.It's just that I didn't expect to see the little black cat for a day. This little guy has a thick skin, and he jumped down to eat when he didn't work.

"You have to help me call him out before I open it for you."

"Meow—" the little black cat yelled, and sat down on the spot, obviously not going in to call someone for him.

"You can't play tricks in business." Qi Shan said persuasively.

The little black cat sat still, "Meow--"

"You... wait," Qi Shan suddenly realized, "Is he not here?"

"Meow!" That's right!

"Where did you go?"

"Meow meow!" How would I know?Even if I know, how can I tell you!

Qi Shan felt that just now the little black cat seemed to spit out a long sentence with three short meows. "Forget it." He opened the packing bag, "It's cheap for you, little guy, just treat it as a New Year's gift for you."

He couldn't get an answer from the little black cat, but Qi Shan already had a guess about where Yan He had gone now.He touched the little black cat that was eating, "Well, this trip is not in vain. You eat slowly, I just ate a small bag for you yesterday."

In order to fulfill his lie, Qi Shan couldn't go home at noon, so he called Jia Qian out and killed him for lunch.Jia Qian was lying at home as comfortable as a grandpa, but he called out on the phone. The two of them looked like two idiots, looking for a place to eat on the street on the first day of the new year.After wandering aimlessly for more than half an hour, the brothers found a small restaurant that was still open in a small alley.

The stir-fried dishes in the small restaurant were unexpectedly delicious. Qi Shan stuffed it into his mouth like a starved ghost reincarnated, and asked Jia Qian: "I didn't ask when there were so many people when I went out to play those two days. How are you and Yan Yang doing now? ?”

After the holiday, Qi Shan was ordered to study by Qi's father, so it was inevitable that he was a little closed to the outside news.During the two or three days when he was released, he ate, drank and had fun with his buddies everywhere, so there were too many people to ask too many questions.Afterwards, Yan He's affairs made her head ache.He paid less attention to Jia Qian's emotional problems.

Jia Qian's reaction after hearing this question was not bad, "It's good, I didn't tell her that I knew about her mother, but I think she might have guessed it. One day she mentioned that her mother intends to let her take over the family business in the future. career, and then told me: her mother is her mother, she is her, and she has to walk her own way. I always feel that there is something in this sentence.”

"Then what do you think?" Qi Shan asked him.

"I think the same as her, her mother is her mother, she is her." Jia Qian held up a beer and touched Qi Shan, "It's your turn to get together at your house tomorrow, tell my aunt, I want to eat squirrel cinnamon Fish, my mother wants to eat pig's trotters in sauce."

"Success! Tell Auntie, the sauced pig's trotters are enough!"

Qi Shan hid outside until the evening before returning home. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Grandpa Dou sitting in the living room, reading a book wearing presbyopic glasses.

Seeing him coming home, grandpa beckoned him over again and again: "Second grandson, you can call your brother some time and ask if there are any pages missing when copying this book?"