【Zhou Xiang】The Tropic

1.

Zhou Zekai looked at the freshly obtained ticket: Changfeng Ocean World.He was speechless, but wanted to laugh again—using the analogy of a string shop, could it be that this is also one of Sun Xiang's "secret pastimes"?

The mask couldn't cover his momentary change of expression. Sun Xiang saw it and coughed uncomfortably: "What? Who stipulates that adults can't come to Ocean Park?"

Near Zhu Zhechi, Zhou Zekai also learned to touch his nose unconsciously: "Of course."

But he said in his heart: Yes, yes, but...not so conspicuous.

Looking around, among a group of chattering children and a few parents, they are the most out of the ordinary - no matter from the perspective of age or height, they are out of place with this venue.Not to mention that each person wearing a mask, hiding in a corner and communicating in a low voice, is simply suspicious.

But now that the tickets have been bought, he doesn't intend to expose this point, otherwise, with Sun Xiang's character, who knows if he will be so embarrassed that he wants to dig into the ground? After staring at each other, this friend was obviously a little flustered. He may have realized something, or he may not have, but he was subconsciously nervous.

In any case, for Zhou Zekai, who was unilaterally moved, this could not be a better signal.

In all fairness, he really wanted to confess at that moment, and the timing was perfect - he wasn't sure if Sun Xiang liked him, but there was no doubt that Sun Xiang had all his attention on him at the time, and he was angry and distressed because of him , Tangled.If he confessed to the trend, perhaps Sun Xiang would be affected by a momentary emotional shock and confuse the love of his lover with the concern of his friends.Zhou Zekai didn't want it, and he didn't bother to fight for it.

I can wait.He said to himself, when the fire is more mature, the situation will be clearer.He wants absolute victory.

2.

Sun Xiang didn't know what Zhou Zekai was thinking just now.His focus is on security issues.In the entrance area, the crowd was bustling with excitement, and excited children were running around from time to time. Sun Xiang was worried that Zhou Zekai would disappear in the blink of an eye, so he subconsciously reached out to grab him.

It may be caused by some subconscious emotion. One second before touching the hands, he changed the target to an arm, and at the same time quickly changed the topic to cover up his guilt: "Hurry up, don't be dazed, let's go see the turtles!"

Zhou Zekai: "Sea turtle?"

"That's right!" Sun Xiang expressed contempt, "Sweeping the face to replace the turtle's head game? It's fun! Wait, you, a local, don't know?"

Zhou Zekai asked wittily, "How do you know?"

"Cough," Sun Xiang later realized that this person was implying that adult men rarely come here, so he bit the bullet and explained, "...Didn't you come here for events before?"

It turned out that a long time ago, Team Samsara was invited by the government and venues to come here for public welfare interactions.

"...Global warming themed event?" Zhou Zekai finally found this paragraph in his memory.

"Yes. Protect the sea level, protect the penguin's homeland." Sun Xiang said with a smile, "Do you remember, everyone dressed up as penguins, and it's a well-deserved penguin team."

"Yeah." Zhou Zekai couldn't help laughing, "There are also two cramped geese."

"Hahahahaha, that's right! Who told Du Xiaoming and the others not to like exercising, they are so stupid!" Sun Xiang laughed until his stomach ached.

It was a very meaningful event, but it was also extraordinarily hard.They must wear chubby penguin doll costumes for a full two hours.Being so hot and sweating is one aspect, and being unable to sit down due to clothing restrictions is also a big test.In the end, the real e-sports nerds Du Ming and Wu Qi both had cramps to varying degrees. When they were off the court, they jumped on one foot, but it was a coincidence. .

"After that?" Zhou Zekai interrupted Sun Xiang's memory.

"After that? Oh oh." Sun Xiang was taken aback, turned his eyes away, and pretended to look at the sea turtle, "I've heard it and done it, don't laugh at me."

"Ah."

"Afterwards...sometimes when the pressure was high, I slipped over on weekends. Cough, maybe the first impression was too happy and relaxed, similar to psychological comfort." He whispered.

Zhou Zekai didn't answer.

Sun Xiang was grateful for Zhou Zekai's silence, and the following words seemed not so hard to say: "You know, since we came here, for a while, this place has become a holy place for reincarnation fans. I have encountered it a few times. Wearing team uniforms, bringing Those who came from the surrounding area complained about everything while posing for pictures. For example... Sun Xiang is a good player, like an actor, and discusses how much I get paid for a performance, but he doesn't know that the person next to him wearing a mask and hat is me. Don't say it, it's old fun."

In fact, he had never said these words to anyone, including Fang Minghua, who was already very close and who was like a big brother.Back then when the whole Internet was hacked, he basically did not listen or take it seriously, but if he said that he would not be sad at all, it would be a lie.At the stage where confidence is most needed, being mercilessly scolded by the fans of the new home team as a "cookie" and "actor" is simply the greatest insult to a talented professional player.

Of course, he can't do anything to fans.At most, he slowly clenched his fists and shouted in his heart, I don't care, brother Xiang speaks with strength, and after half a season, I will let you kneel down and call me daddy!

Then as he got older, he had a good grasp of his achievements, slander and ridicule could no longer easily come across him, and anger-like slander rarely happened any more.However, he slowly realized that this special time has not faded in his memory at all.

He did care a little bit.

3.

The voice fell for a long time, and there were all kinds of voices around, except Zhou Zekai's reaction.With a little curiosity, Sun Xiang went to peek at Zhou Zekai's expression.Unexpectedly, the latter walked away two meters away at some point, and was playing the sea turtle VR game with great interest, as if he didn't hear him at all.

Sun Xiang froze for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.

He is now 27 years old, not eighteen, so of course he can feel that Zhou Zekai is trying to save face for him.

He stepped over in two steps, draped Zhou Zekai's shoulders, and complained nonchalantly, "Whether you know how to play or not, you can't even recognize it with a mask on, let Brother Xiang teach you!"

4.

After that, no one mentioned the episode just now.

They saw the seahorse breeding base, touched the shells of starfish, sea cucumbers, and sharks, climbed into the specially-made dark passage, and watched the ray passing through the glass as excitedly as two elementary school students seeing the world for the first time.

Fortunately, they caught up with the only penguin feeding show in the afternoon.

"How was it?" Sun Xiang asked Zhou Zekai after it was over.

"Not so good." Zhou Zekai shook his head honestly, "The penguins here are from Africa?"

So why are African penguins worried about rising sea levels?It should be the Antarctic penguins who have a sense of crisis!

After three seconds of silence, Sun Xiang took out his mobile phone and checked the information for a while, then raised his head and said with a dry smile: "Hahahaha! I'll tell you what's wrong! Hahahaha! I'll take you to the Shanghai Aquarium next time!"

Zhou Zekai looked away helplessly, and suppressed a smile: "Okay."

Passing by the souvenir area before leaving, Sun Xiang bought two chubby plush emperor penguin toys, saying that he could not return empty-handed.

On the return trip, Zhou Zekai drove, and Sun Xiang edited Instagram in the passenger seat.Conventional one-picture flow: red oil strings, added filters to adjust the contrast, making people salivate.

After posting, he forgot about it, and when he was about to reach the park, he asked Zhou Zekai again how he was feeling now.

... Only straight men are afraid that their concern will not be effective, so they can't wait to find the person to confirm.

Zhou Zekai was silent, and lit a candle for himself who had guessed that Sun Xiang was also emotional an hour ago.

"Blood recovery 100%." ​​He smiled slightly, "Thank you."

Feeling relieved, Sun Xiang stretched his waist: "That's good, brother, I won't waste my trip in the traffic jam!"

Zhou Zekai: ...

5.

The sunset in winter is already early, and with the torrential rain in the city, it was already dark when we returned to the apartment.

Sun Xiang is such a contradictory person: he is very nervous in some aspects, but he is very careful in others.He saw Zhou Zekai's exhaustion at a glance, and rushed him to take a bath, while he himself hummed and said that he was going to prepare dinner.

He guessed that Zhou Zekai must have encountered something unreasonable in Ye's house. If the dishes were too rich, it might bring back bad memories, so he quickly fried two or three toppings and ordered a big pot of Yi noodles. This is a homemade wet mix.The dishes can be spicy or not, and Zhou Zekai also made a pot of tea in advance, so the combination is optional.

When Zhou Zekai came out wiping his hair, the hot table had already been set.He casually put the towel on, rolled up his sleeves, and wanted to help tidy up the kitchen to get a bowl and chopsticks, but Sun Xiang caught his hair not drying, and frowned and rushed back to blow the air.

While waiting, Sun Xiang grabbed a piece of rabbit meat and didn't eat it because it was too hot, so he took out his phone to check his ins.Maybe it was because of boredom, he clicked on the notification list of ins on a whim, and watched who gave him likes.

Among a bunch of accounts, he suddenly found a very familiar profile picture - a chubby emperor penguin.

"Huh?!" Sun Xiang almost jumped up from his seat, he remembered where he had seen this penguin before!The thread with unique dyeing deviation...isn't it the point that he complained to Zhou Zekai just after paying the bill? !

Plus this "Z" ID.

Sun Xiang gritted his teeth, and poked open the friend's homepage expressionlessly.as expected.Blank and blank, cold and indifferent, just like Zhou's style.

There is no doubt that this account is Zhou Zekai.

The moment he discovered the truth, he almost clicked on the "follow" button, but stopped at the last moment.

Considering the trouble it might bring to Zhou Zekai, Sun Xiang finally secretly took a screenshot to keep the evidence, and did nothing else.

6.

After the meal, the dishwasher took care of the finishing work as usual. Zhou Zekai and Sun Xiang nestled on the sofa and sat at the dining table, handling their respective affairs.

In the middle, Sun Xiang got up to get some fruit, and brought a copy for Zhou Zekai. He realized later that, at some point, his landlady became "lazy" and no longer liked to stay in the study and work.

Is it a coincidence or something else?Sun Xiang shook his head, feeling curious and boring, he didn't think about it deeply.

At about eleven o'clock, Sun Xiang turned off the mailbox and documents, raised his head and shouted, "Glory?"

"Yes." Zhou Zekai answered simply.

So far, everything works fine.But when Sun Xiang went online and watched ZzK1124's icons light up all at once, another 5 minutes passed, but no one showed up at the fountain square for a long time.He asked suspiciously, "What's going on?"

ZzK1124: Sorry, five minutes.

Sun Xiang was curious about what kind of medicine Zhou Zekai was selling in the gourd, so he directly "teleported it to his friend".A second later, the scene switched, and Sun Xiang slid down with black lines all over his head.

"This big fried butterfly... who is it?" He chatted privately with Zhou Zekai, his tone full of disgust.

It turned out that Zhou Zekai was at the blacksmith shop 200 meters away from him, but there was a friend beside him.Wearing the most expensive suit that RMB can pile up, it is golden from head to toe, and even the wings are golden. It looks very eye-catching, and it really looks like a big fried butterfly.

ZzK1124: Ye Mingkang.

Sun:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

He took a closer look and found that this person's ID was yyyyemingkang.This straightforward naming method is really like Zhou Zekai's family.

Sun Xiang was speechless.

Just at this moment, Zhou Zekai invited him to join the team. As soon as Sun Xiang entered, as expected, yyyyemingkang's ID was already on the channel.

Sun: What's the situation? ? ?

Zhou Zekai's news came first.

ZzK1124: He insisted on coming.

It's okay if you don't say this, but when you say it, the team frequency is swiped immediately.

yyyyemingkang: Kaikai, you dislike your uncle? ?

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With such a thick skin, Sun Xiang completely believed that this person was Ye Mingkang himself.The corners of his eyes twitched, and before the other party posted a new expression, he quickly chose to "block teammates from speaking", and then chatted privately with Zhou Zekai angrily.

Sun: What are you doing, let's download our book?Do you have to take him?As a free sparring partner? !

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Sun: stop!!! Learn from Ye Mingkang again, believe it or not, I will block you!

ZzK1124: No.

Sun:?

ZzK114: He has something to ask for you.business.

"Really?" Sun Xiang gave up the in-game communication, raised his head and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure?"

Zhou Zekai smiled helplessly, and pointed at the game: "Really, unblock it first."

How can a boss be so free as to run a game to catch people?Sun Xiang muttered in his heart, but since Zhou Zekai opened his mouth, he was still willing to save face.

As soon as the shield was lifted, the character in Ye Mingkang's game saluted Sun Xiang in a gentlemanly manner.

Sun Xiang simply turned on the voice: "Don't be silly, why are you looking for me?"

"Ze Kai didn't tell you? The NFC project. Oh, please wait a little longer," Ye Mingkang said briskly, and turned to the blacksmith NPC. "The weapon system in this game is really troublesome. It took me a long time to add 13 to forging. Hurry up, add two more inscriptions and you'll be full of stars!"

TBC