soft hedgehog

At eight o'clock the next morning, by Yutan Lake.

"Tongtong, why don't you forget it..." Yang Xiao looked at Ji Tong who was pretending to be calm, and retreated first.

I don’t know if I don’t come, I’m startled when I come.The water temperature after the beginning of winter is no joke. Looking at the turquoise and rippling lake, you can’t see the bottom at a glance, and the earthy yellow aquatic plants are criss-crossing under the water, hiding inside like an invisible net waiting to eat people.

Ji Tong squatted down and stretched his hand into the lake to stir it, his right hand suddenly felt cold.Imagine that after entering the water, the whole body is immersed in this piercing cold pool, and the feet are cut one or two times by hidden grass branches——

He couldn't help but shuddered fiercely.

Zheng Beibei took out his mobile phone and set up a video recording posture next to him: "Swimming or not, to the end, 2000 million pixels are ready for you, so why don't you show me a palm paddle?"

In the past, he would have been provoked into the water long ago, but the current situation seems to make the hero not suffer the immediate loss.

So he hesitated again and again, and said falteringly: "I want to go pee first."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes," Zheng Beibei nodded seriously, "It's right to pee first, so as not to pee in the lake for a while, which is immoral."

As soon as the words fell, Ji Tong left them and fled.

Zheng Beibei and Yang Xiao looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing loudly.

—

Nowadays, apart from the couriers and communication companies, not many people are still sending text messages. Liang Yuchen was reading a book when he received the news from Zheng Beibei, but it was already [-] o'clock in the morning the next day when he actually saw the text messages.

On the way to the park, he beat Ji Tong through his pants, with his pants off, and back and forth 180 times in his mind, but he was also very anxious.

He doesn't know whether winter swimming is good for the body, but he knows that people who are not prepared can't just go into the water in winter.Almost all the winter swimmers who can usually be seen by the inner lake insist on going into the water every day in summer, and only dare to go down for a few minutes in winter, and it is only a few minutes, and 5 minutes is enough.Ji Tong has always been lax in exercising, and he doesn't do things lightly or seriously. If he fights bravely with others and falls into the water for too long, when the time comes, he will be exhausted and unable to swim, who can he expect to save him?Is it Yang Xiao who is not good at sports at first glance, or Zheng Beibei, a girl with no strength to restrain a chicken?

Total nonsense.

After getting out of the car, he rushed in, and was stopped by the aunt wearing a red armband at the door: "Want to evade the fare?!"

Those eyes were shining brightly, saying that today's young people are not even willing to give two dollars.He had no choice but to go back to the ticket office to buy a ticket, and was released after the ticket was checked in front of the aunt.

He sprinted [-] meters to the lake, Zheng Beibei, who was holding a mobile phone, was very recognizable.She was standing by the lake one step away to record the video, and Yang Xiao was sitting under the tree next to her, clapping her hands and applauding: "What a cow!"

"Beibei!" The shouts of others had passed before they arrived.

"Brother Yuchen, you are really here." Zheng Beibei spotted him, and the camera turned around with an excited smile on his face.

He didn't catch his breath, he pushed his phone away and asked, "Where's Ji Tong?"

"There." Beibei seemed to think that his actions were rude, and hung down the phone suspiciously, pointing in a certain direction with his left hand.

In the lake, there was a figure wearing a black swimming cap from the back, all in the water from the neck down, struggling to swim forward.

His heart stopped suddenly: "You guys are playing too crazy!"

"Ah?" Zheng Beibei and Yang Xiao looked at each other, "It's okay."

As soon as the words fell, someone by the lake yelled: "Hey, you can see that person can't swim anymore! It looks like he has a cramp, ouch, is it dangerous?"

Zheng and Yang turned their heads when they heard the words. Before they could figure out what was going on, the figure next to them suddenly plunged into the water.

A black coat lay quietly on the frosted flagstones.

—

Liang Yuchen's swimming was learned as an elective course in college, because it usually costs money to go to the swimming pool, he has always practiced in school, and his [-]-meter score in the test was second in the class.He never thought that the first field trip would be in winter, in Yutan Lake, which he passes by every week.

The water in the lake was bone-chillingly cold, and the smell of rotting aquatic plants was overwhelming.

Without a swimming cap and goggles, the sweater dangled from his body after absorbing water, binding his limbs heavily.

Someone behind him called him in surprise: "Brother Yuchen! Brother Yuchen!" He couldn't really hear it through the water.

Because of his urgency, he held his breath and swam for 30 meters. When he saw the struggling body in front of him, he suddenly came out of the water to take a breath. Before he could distinguish, he hugged the person from his neck into his arms.

"Tong Tong!"

The touch is not right.In a panic, a strange face choked with water twisted his facial features and turned around. Where was the person he was thinking of?

Liang Yuchen froze for a second.

Looking at the old man who was at least 50 years old in his arms, he was so stiff that he forgot to step on the water.

"Young man..." the uncle squeezed his shoulders as he held him down and let out a big breath, "My right leg is cramped, please drag me back to the shore quickly, thank you, thank you."

Before he sank, his shoulder was hurt, and then he suddenly came back and grabbed the uncle's arm, leading him to swim back.

This time there are more people, and the physical strength is even more exhausted. Every time I take a step, I feel that my lungs are about to burst from the cold.Halfway through the swim, a familiar voice suddenly came from the shore, but it was much more anxious than usual——

"Brother, what are you doing in the water?!"

The young figure appeared behind the milky white stone fence, stretched his neck and waved his hands and shouted: "Brother! Brother! Did you hear that? How did you save people! Swim back!"

It was Ji Tong, who didn't lose a single hair, staying on the shore well.

Listening to these voices, Liang Yuchen's heart beat faster than when he entered the water, he looked at him with difficulty, and swam towards the shore with all his strength.

—

Half an hour later, there were five people sitting in a taxi, and none of them had a normal expression.

The driver glared at them from the rearview mirror while driving, feeling sorry for his doomed backseat to get wet.Yang Xiao was sitting by the window in the left back corner, avoiding scolding, and Zheng Beibei was in the passenger seat, holding back laughter until his stomach was about to cramp, and staring at the road ahead in an attempt to divert his attention.Liang Yuchen was drenched all over, leaning on the right back corner with his eyes closed, his body trembling slightly from the warm wind.

Ji Tong, who was sandwiched between them, knew he had made a mistake. After digging his fingernails between his legs for a long time, he tentatively stretched out, and pulled Liang Yuchen's only dry clothes—the coat.

"elder brother."

So he changed his mouth.

Liang Yuchen lifted his arm, and the sleeve ran out of his hand.

"Brother..." He softened his voice slightly, "Are you angry?"

In the morning light, someone's face was sullen, his hair just out of the water was still wet, a few drops of water condensed on the skin around his neck, his face was pale, but his lips were purple from the cold.

"I'm sorry." Ji Tong twisted his clothes with his fingers and explained, "I just came to see the fun, and didn't want to really play. Am I stupid when it's so cold?"

Zheng Beibei couldn't hold back a chuckle, and demolished the stage in public: "That's not what you said yesterday. Brother Yuchen, don't listen to his tricks, he just plans to go into the water, and he's wearing swimming trunks inside. .”

When Liang Yuchen heard this, he opened his eyes and looked at Ji Tong. With cold fingers, he unzipped his jacket and poked in from the hem of the sweater.

He was very angry.

"What are you doing!" Ji Tong tilted his body and hid, laying his whole back on Yang Xiao's body, squeezing the fat man's whole body against the car window repeatedly.

"Brother, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't freeze me, it's so cold..."

Liang Yuchen didn't really touch down, his fingertips stopped at his waist.It felt warm and slippery under the fingers, and there was a protruding bone sticking out abruptly.His younger brother is very thin and eats all his meals for nothing. For 18 years, this porcelain-like person has been carefully raised, but luckily he did not die because of his negligence.

Liang Yuchen didn't know why, but was still thinking about it when he withdrew his hand.

He probably still has lingering fears.

Seeing his complexion getting darker, Ji Tong rarely became cautious, hesitating to shirk responsibility: "It's all your fault, Beibei, I can't even speak clearly."

Zheng Beibei, however, resolutely refused to take the blame: "It's none of my business, brother Yuchen asked me where you were and I just pointed to the toilet. I didn't expect him to get it wrong."

Today, she seems to talk a lot more, and the haze of the past has been swept away.

"Can't you stop me if you two are beside me?" Ji Tong asked back.

"How do you stop?" She glanced at Liang Yuchen again, "Brother Yuchen jumped down as if he couldn't help but feel like he was on fire. I also know that he is warm-hearted and wants to save people. Am I still desperately trying to stop him? Thank you very much Brother Yuchen, don't you want to adopt him as your godson?"

One sentence on the left, brother Yuchen, one sentence on the right, brother Yuchen, the words are full of appreciation.

Ji Tong was upset when he heard this, and felt that his friend seemed to be going against him today, arguing with her about something and nothing.

Liang Yuchen leaned against the window silently, his face was as cold as a lake, but his heart was burning.

He tried his best to restrain the shaking of his body amid the bumps and ups and downs of the car body, and propped his elbows on the car door, silently reviewing himself.What happened today was an oolong to others, but it was an obvious reminder to himself.

Remind him how nervous Ji Tong is, he is so nervous that he loses his sense of proportion.

The young hero who is over 23 years old has a lot of courage, but it is a pity that he uses the wrong person, and even himself finds it funny.

But fortunately, he still has the courage. The next time the danger comes again, he can be so desperate.

"Fatty, tell me." Zheng Beibei pulled his hands back and dragged another person into the water.

Yang Xiao Qiqi Ai Ai: "Indeed, it is indeed the case. Brother Yuchen looked so fierce at the time, and even yelled at us, is it Beibei?"

"That's right." Zheng Beibei hit the snake with the stick, and also wanted to make Liang Yuchen feel better, so he deliberately made him laugh, "You said we played too crazy, oh my god, I was so puzzled, didn't I just see Mr. Dong Swimming?" Send a small video to Moments, is it wrong to want a few likes?"

"That's it," Yang Xiao muttered, "I just clap my hands to cheer for the uncle, this is too crazy, so I can only embroider at home!"

The two talked to each other, making the atmosphere so lively that there was no embarrassment left. Even Liang Yuchen was made to smile by them.

The corners of Ji Tong's mouth also raised.

"Enough is enough." He threatened with feigned anger, "Shut up, shut up, my brother needs to rest."

Zheng Beibei stopped talking, just looked at them with a smile, and there was envy in his eyes that he hadn't had time to hide.Yang Xiao was so excited last night because of the reunion of the three of them, his fat face was flushed with joy.

Liang Yuchen never opened his eyes, nor did he say a word.

The car was quiet, only the sweet and pleasant voice of the navigation software remained.

Ji Tong finally had time to reflect in the silence.He looked at Liang Yuchen's thin face with closed eyes, and imagined the scene of this man jumping into the water desperately. A scoop of lake water in the lake is nourishing and watering, slowly taking root and sprouting.

After thinking for a long time, his heart swelled, and he took off his thick coat and gently covered Liang Yuchen.

"Brother," he brought his lips closer, pressed them against his still-stained ears, and said softly, smelling the smell of the lake, "you're so kind."

These three words this time are true.

Liang Yuchen opened his eyes suddenly, met Shang Jitong's fiery gaze, and was about to speak when a violent cough broke through his throat first.

Zheng Beibei looked back and cared: "Brother Yuchen, you are probably going to catch a cold, master, turn on the air conditioner a little more."

Ji Tong sat upright like a reflex.

The master clicked his tongue: "It's already the biggest, how big is it? My car is equipped with a blower? Let me tell you, the young man doesn't take his body seriously. It's almost zero degrees and he's going to the lake Zha, don’t you catch a cold? My cousin was a member of the city’s swimming team when he was young, and he used to be a mess all day long because of his age. Guess what? He’s just fifty and has arthritis everywhere! You don’t know Ah, swimming..."

Rambling on and on, the air conditioner was not turned up, and the voice was turned up.

Zheng Beibei deeply regretted opening his head, and plugged in his earphones to find peace.Ji Tong's blood seemed to have been heated, his heartbeat was fast, and he was about to run out emotionally, and he couldn't help being a fan.

"Really? Oh, my God, it's a pity, who said otherwise."

The rhythm is full, every sound is fresh, and it is full of vitality that belongs to him.

Liang Yuchen listened like this, his facial features gradually stretched, and he coughed twice from time to time, his whole body seemed to be awakened by the lake water, and his mind was clear.

It was still early, and the gilded sunlight was very bright, sifting through the camphor leaves like short thorns on a hedgehog, and printed them on the car window one by one.He pressed his calloused palm to it, and it didn't feel prickly, but warm, and instantly dispelled the dampness and cold.At this moment, he suddenly felt that his father might not be the only one who was blessed, but also himself.

It was his luck to suddenly have such a younger brother after he grew up.