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Yang cut off the speakerphone, threw the phone on the quilt, and took out a sweater from the end of the bed, "Where are you?" He asked.

"It shouldn't be far from you. It's just a little further south from Huangzhuang Village in Haidian, and you haven't reached Shuangyushu, the Friendship Hotel opposite the National People's Congress." Li Li sounded a little anxious, and her voice was crisp, without any accent. Standard Mandarin, "When you go in, look for Yibin Building. I'm at the bar on the first floor. One of my friends is drunk, but she has to go home tonight. She can't drive the car back, and I don't have a driver's license."

"So you want me to drive on behalf of you, right?" Yang Jian put on his pants, quickly buckled his belt, and rummaged through the bottom of the closet with his bare feet, finding a pair of socks that were rolled up by Li Bai.

"I'm really sorry..." Li Li paused, "My uncle said that you have helped him drive a few times, and it was very stable. Now I am a little confused and don't know what to do, so I think of you... This o'clock is Isn't it too much trouble?"

It was only then that Li Bai recovered from being stunned at the door, and remembered to look at his watch.02:30 in the morning is the time when he usually wakes up naturally.Really troublesome, annoying, he thought.

But Yang Jian said: "Wait for me for about half an hour."

Amid Li Li's repeated thanks, Yang Jian hung up the phone.He looked at Li Bai and the wet rag in his hand, "I'll be back in a while, you go to sleep first." He said.

"I'll go too." Li Bai said immediately.

Yang Jian didn't seem to have expected it, but he didn't say "no". Li Bai put up the cloth and put on his clothes and left the bedroom. Yang Jian was leaning on the door frame, smoking a cigarette to wake himself up, waiting for him.He glanced at Li Bai again, and when he opened the door to go out, he took off the scarf hanging around his neck, and wrapped it tightly around Li Bai.

"After all, her uncle has helped us a lot." Tucking his tail into his neckline, he said suddenly.

"Well, I know." Li Bai buried his face in the soft cashmere, stomped his feet, and even the voice-activated lights on the third floor turned on.

On the way, I kept thinking about how bright and beautiful the young lady who "has never suffered before" was. When he really saw her, Li Bai couldn't help but feel the gap.He jumped off the back seat of the motorcycle, and when he looked up, he saw the shadow of a woman standing in front of the transparent glass door. She had long curly hair, high boots, a woolen skirt that didn't cover her knees, and a coat that probably had shoulder pads. For her, But it was too wide and straight, making her even thinner in the cold wind.

She was waving, as if she had already confirmed who was coming, "Ms. Li showed me your photo." Walking to the bar, she patted the female companion on the shoulder, turned her head and smiled at Yang Jian.

"I'll do it." Yang Jian said, supporting the short-haired girl, and walking out with both hands supporting her.This girl was born tall and burly, and she was wearing a heavy leather jacket. Just leaning on Li Li's body, it made people feel that she was going to crush people in the next second.But she was obviously dissatisfied with Yang Jian's taking over, "Xiao Li, Xiao Li..." Shaking her head and trying to struggle, she was still in Yang Jian's arms, and Li Bai wanted to pull her big necklace to pull her away Throwing it away, she closed her eyes tightly, but tears were already flowing out.

"I'm here." Li Li was still smiling, touched her forehead as a comfort, raised her face and explained to Yang Jian: "I'm sorry, she used to be a fencer, and she has relatively strong strength."

Yang Jian smiled, he always smiled when he didn't want to say anything.

With his hands behind his back, Li Li looked back at Li Bai who was following a few steps away, "Is that your friend?"

Li Bai didn't say a word, he looked straight back and was able to observe the face from the front.The typical oval face is very petite, and the facial features are not big. The most eye-catching thing is a tear mole under the corner of the left eye. It can only be said that it is very harmonious when put together, but Li Bai has seen too many beauties at work. To him, his appearance is as plain as plain boiled water.

Inexplicably relieved.I also have that mole, also on my left eye, and I’m still red, if I wear a wig and dress, lipstick and two eyeliners, I’ll be prettier, he thought.

"It's my younger brother." Yang Jian didn't even look back once, and opened the glass door with his knees. Li Bai could see that he was in a hurry to go home and sleep. But it seemed that it was such a tough way of dealing with her that made her settle down, and she was obediently stuffed into an imported Cadillac by Yang Jian.

Li Bai still wanted to take off her beret and press it on her mouth to choke her to death.

This car looks familiar, and Li Bai also knows that it is very expensive. The reason why he recognized it was because Deng Deng came back during the National Day holiday. Looking at his former colleagues, he seemed to have had plastic surgery, and his whole body was completely different. , Opening the mouth is still the same, so people dare to recognize him.He said that he had just traveled around Europe, and all he gave to others were chocolates, but Li Bai and Ah Zhong were given different ones, which were Armani ties he bought in Italy.

At that time, those gift boxes filled the entire trunk, and the boss who had only exposed a part of his arm from the car window to pat Deng Deng’s butt finally showed his face. He was not young, but he was well maintained. He wore a pair of sunglasses to watch The assistant carried things into the store, but his hands were still on the buttocks of the lamp, and the lamp was stuck between his arms, pulling Li Bai and saying, this is a Cadillac, imported, let us take you for a ride!

Li Bai said, no more.

He gave that tie to Yang Jian, because he thought that a person like himself could use T-shirts and jeans for all occasions in his life, but the elegant navy blue and sharp-edged dark lines matched Yang Jian very well.

However, for so long, Yang Jian has never worn it once, and he didn't even open the box. He just put it together with his graduation certificate, passbook and household registration book in an iron box printed with happy flowers, full moon, and happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and locked it in a drawer.

As soon as the car drove onto the main road, the short-haired girl suddenly started crying again. The more Li Li patted her on the shoulder and combed her scalp, the more she cried, hugging the person "Xiao Li Xiao Li" and kept calling. Almost cried myself out.Li Li was still apologetic, her slender eyes were reflected in the rearview mirror, "Really, I made it like this when we met for the first time," she pinned the messy hair caught by her female partner behind her ears, "After a while I must treat you to a meal in two days."

Yang Jian still looked ahead, there were still 20 seconds left at the red light, he seemed to be able to see the end of the empty road, "Fasten your seat belt."

Li Bai didn't hear the sound of the buckle being inserted behind him. He looked back and saw the street light. , Yang Jian's arm pressed over, pulled the seat belt from the side next to the door, and pressed it into the card slot on the other side with a "click".

When the green light came on, Yang Jian continued to drive.

Just now, the tactile sensation of the sideburns rubbing against the tip of the nose seemed to be still there, a little prickly and itchy, Li Bai lowered his head and couldn't move, with both hands tightly grasping the seat belt, one pressing on his lower abdomen and the other on his heart.The car stopped in front of a villa near Yuquan Mountain, but he still didn't let go. An old woman was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard with a flashlight. The Yang family got out of the car to help Li Li, and Li Bai watched through the dark window he.Suddenly heard a scream, it seemed to be Li Li's, Yang Jian didn't see anything unusual, handed the short-haired girl into the hands of the old woman, and walked back while taking off his coat.As soon as he folded the coat in half and carried it in his hands, Li Li took it over.

"...Don't vomit in the morning and don't vomit in the evening, alas!" Li Li's voice gradually became clearer, and then she opened the car door, sat back in the back seat, and put the clothes folded into squares beside her, "I'll wash it and send it back to you , just in time to have a meal together before the winter vacation."

"You don't need to be so polite." Yang Jian pulled off the handbrake.

"Wash it for me." Li Bai said suddenly.

"The dry cleaners are cleaner. It's not good to soak the feathers in water. Anyway, we'll meet again," Li Li smiled. "By the way, what should I call you?"

"Li Bai."

Li Li was still smiling, soft and weak, but energetic: "Really? I have a high school classmate named Meng Haoran! She's still a girl, she's doing well in her studies and now she's studying in Cambridge. We are also destined, both old and young. From the Li family, come over with your brother for dinner next time, I heard from my friend that there is a very good roast leg of lamb, I have always wanted to try it, the three of us will definitely be able to finish it."

Hearing Yang Jian's promise, Li Li finally calmed down a little. She was sent to the downstairs of the apartment she rented near the east gate of Peking University. The newly built house has a spacious parking space, and the car doesn't have to be returned to Yuquan Road. She seemed to have a good idea of ​​her relationship with the fencer.She did bring that coat upstairs, so Yang Jian walked to the Friendship Hotel with a turtleneck sweater. Li Bai wanted to give him his own, but he didn't want it either. scarf around his neck.They all had some fluke mentality, and hoped that they would run into a taxi halfway, but there was none. They tremblingly carried them all the way back to the bar that was still open, and rode their motorcycles home in the severe cold. Yang Jian was tired. It was so bad, I went straight to the bedroom and fell asleep.

Li Bai put the two pairs of shoes back in the shoe cabinet, poured a cup of hot water and squatted beside the bed, and gently took off his sweater, "Brother," also softly, "You caught a cold outside and come back to sleep like this, you will definitely catch a cold .”

"Drink some more water." He folded the sweater and put it back on the corner of the bed, brushing Yang Jian's eyebrows and nose bridge with his fingertips, "Don't have another nosebleed, my rag will be wasted..."

He mentions his rag for the first time.

But Yang Jian didn't reply, he was already asleep.

The postgraduate holiday was at the end of January, and I still ate the roast leg of lamb. Yang Jian and Li Bai were side by side, and Li Li was sitting opposite them.The washed coat was carefully wrapped, and it was still squarely placed on the empty seat next to her.

The girl is always awake and tireless.This is the new impression that filled Li Bai's mind after his facial features were dull.Eating with her is really not as simple as eating. The top students of Guanghua School of Management are indeed full of talents. From the oil problem to the African grasslands, from Shenzhou VI to the Internet age, it seems that there is nothing going on in this world that she knows and can understand. For one or two comments, Yang Jian kept smiling, absent-minded, always watching the crows and magpies pecking and scrambling on the ground outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, but he could always pick up her topic, while Li Bai couldn't get in half a sentence.

It would be nice to talk about the beauty of clothing and the hairstyles of female stars at home and abroad, Li Bai looked at them and thought silently.But not every girl cares about fashion that much, and this wealthy girl from Shenzhen, even if she doesn't care about dressing so much, has nothing to do with the "old hat".

This made Li Bai not even want to raise his head. He stood up and faced the charcoal stove in the center of the table, concentrating on cutting the meat. The sound of the blade scratching the wire of the grill was harsh.Then he put all the mutton and crispy sheepskin on a clean plate, divided half of it, and pushed it in front of Yang Jian.

Li Li ate very little, and his favorite was the bowl of yogurt with raisins. Li Bai also had a bowl, but he was not used to the taste, and felt like vomiting after two sips.Still holding back, he heard Li Li mention Yang Jian's work at school again, saying that her uncle really admired Yang Jian, and she often mentioned such a student in front of her family. Teacher Li is the person in charge, and Yang Jian is an amateur editor who occasionally contributes. Teacher Li likes to read Yang Jian's poems very much.

Li Li casually said that he heard that he was a colleague, and his father was very curious about Yang Jian, and wanted to meet him. It happened that there was an electronics industry expo in the New Development Zone a few years ago, and he could bring samples and Handbooks used to show their faces and try their luck.

Yang Jian put down his chopsticks and said, I have to discuss with my two partners.

Li Li laughed out two dimples, you can take them with you, my dad will reimburse you for the air ticket, she said, picking up a small cup filled with milk white sheep soup, and sipping it carefully.

Noticing that Li Bai was looking at her, she asked again: "Shall we go together? Shenzhen is very warm now."

Li Bai refused. "I was busy a year ago, so I couldn't ask for leave." It was like a messed-up excuse.

After returning home that day, during dinner, Li Bai watched the news broadcast and suddenly asked, "Can those journals still be found?"

"I didn't keep any of them."

"I just didn't expect that you were a poet before."

Yang Jian put the bowl on the tea table and put his arms around his shoulders, "You are the great poet."

Li Bai looked sideways, staring at him without blinking: "Then you are Erlang God."

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little angry, so angry that he laughed.He knew what Li Bai probably wanted to hear most now, but he just laughed.He discussed with two classmates about the New Area Fair, and the black-rimmed glasses readily agreed, but the frameless glasses had to go home to spend the New Year with his parents. Li Bai didn't mention the matter of traveling together again, as if he had never regretted it, so this trip would be a success. A double work itinerary.

The day of departure was February [-]th, half a month before the New Year's Eve, and the day before his departure, Li Bai didn't go to work, so he insisted on staying at home to help Yang Jian pack his luggage, making full use of his talent for packing, and packed it to the brim , I feel heavy when I mention it.He set up a folding chair in the bathroom again, let Yang Jian sit on it, surrounded him with the apron and rubber mats he got from the store, and helped him trim his hair.As I cut it, I found that Yang Jian's graying head seemed to be getting worse. It was only four months since the last time I dyed my hair, and many hair roots were white, which was not obvious from a distance, and I had to pull it apart to see the mottled inside.

Li Bai laughed at his own stupidity, and took out the most expensive hair dye powder in the store, mixed it into a paste, and dyed Yang Jian's hair for the first time in this new home, as usual.

But this time there was an accident. After applying the ointment, he took off his gloves, and when he was about to let it stand for four or ten minutes, Li Bai discovered that one of the gloves was missing, which made the five fingers of his left hand black. Then he must be able to detect it sooner if he is absorbed in it.So the next four or ten minutes of standing still turned into him and Yang Jian each moving a small horse and sitting in the kitchen. Smoking is bitter and bitter, and you are often laughed at by the other party, and you don't care if you smoke or not, the purpose is just to pile up the ash on the newspaper to form a hill, and then soak it in cold water.

Soot water can clean this kind of ointment from the skin. This is Li Bai's experience, so Yang Jian also knows it.Coughing so much that he opened the window to breathe. Li Bai faced the gray water basin in the vegetable sink and soaked in the cold temperature and rubbed his hands. Yang Jian fixed the window and stood by the side to watch him. He suddenly said, "I really want to go. , but I can’t do anything when I go, I don’t understand, I don’t understand, I can only hold you back, as if I’m taking advantage of others, so I won’t go.”

"I think it would be uncomfortable for you to interact with so many strangers." Yang Jian said.

"Well, I will." Li Bai still lowered his head and nodded, "Is Valentine's Day back?"

"Probably not."

"What about the Chinese New Year?"

"I try my best."

The blackness between the fingers faded, but there were still marks. Li Bai continued to scrub harder, and the water splashed up, "I always wondered what I was doing when I was the happiest. I think I can do it now." Forget it, we smoked the ash together, and then you kept my hair dye on your hair and watched me wash my hands, this is the happiest time for me.”

Yang Kuai stood beside him, pressed his left hand into the water, grabbed his five fingers and rubbed his dark spots, "Don't keep talking about the worst," in a joking tone, "It's only a lifetime, and you start to sum up your experience. "

However, Li Bai's hand did not exert any strength with him, pressing against the bottom of the basin to prevent him from moving, and also refused to allow him to withdraw from the basin of water. Their fingers were pale under the turbulent layer of turbidity, and they were tightly nailed together.At the same time, his words got worse: "You are the most handsome person I have ever seen, and my best brother. I like you the most, the most, the most."

Yang Jian was helpless, and hugged him with his right hand, "You are the stupidest kid I have ever seen."

Li Bai remained silent, his head drooped even deeper, his body faintly, gradually, trembling.The whole person was silent.Yang Jian didn't realize what was going on until some water droplets made small pits on the surface of the gray water, patter, patter, one after another.

Li Bai was crying.

Li Bai suddenly cried.

"...Don't cry." Yang Jian grabbed Li Bai's hand and pulled it out of the water, straightened his body so that he faced her, then squatted down to look at his face.It was really clumsy, and he wiped his tears with the astringent smell of soot, but he couldn't just laugh away what Li Bai wanted to hear, whether he was impatient or sad, he couldn't tell for a while, he I can only look at those teary eyes seriously, and arch the wet tip of my nose with the bridge of my nose, "I will call you, answer your call, and reply to your text message. If I don't come back on New Year's Eve, twelve o'clock Don't sleep, wake up."

"Xiao Bai, don't cry." He could only hug Li Bai into his arms.