soft hedgehog

This night, Liang Yuchen and Ji Tong exhausted all the backlog of words in their hearts, only the last sentence was missing.

Early the next morning, Ji Tong got up early again, supported his still-unhealed body to make breakfast for the four of them, and begged Wu You to take him to the supermarket after eating.

He wants to buy millet.

The large supermarket is not too far away, but the two of them have no car and no money, so what are they going to do there?

Wu Youxin spoke bluntly, hesitatingly said: "Ah? I need to take a taxi again..."

Ji Tong felt very sorry, and hurriedly patched up: "I'll pay for the car." He still has this little money.

Wu You couldn't help explaining again: "The money is not much, mainly because it is a waste. In fact, can you take us there after Yuchen gets off work?"

Ji Tong said softly, "I'm sorry to bother him."

"You are his younger brother, and he is so nice, why would you find it troublesome?" Wu You smiled and thought too much, "I'll just tell him."

He had no choice but to wait quietly at home.

In fact, there is only one purpose for coming here, and that is to meet Liang Yuchen, so he was not interested in any scenic spots or parks, and now he is sick, and he doesn't want to go.

Although there are many beautiful views of flowers and trees outside, it is not as attractive as the apartment where Liang Yuchen lives.

Yesterday was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to take a closer look. Since he was free today, he wanted to take a good look at this place and help his brother clean it.

But strictly speaking, he is not very good at it. When he was at home, he wiped the vases for his mother and almost broke a few, which was a disservice at all.But although there is little practical experience, I have seen a lot.

Liang Yuchen's house is simply furnished, and everything is basically visible at a glance.Soon he found a vacuum cleaner and a plywood mop in the corner. First, he vacuumed all the corners of the house, including the curtains and sofas, and then mopped them back and forth twice. He was very busy. Sweating profusely, but luckily nothing was damaged.

The drawers should be put back in the bedroom when they were cleaned up. He didn't want to open them at first, but couldn't bear curiosity, so he finally opened them to have a look.

Inside were Liang Yuchen's notes for interpreting ghost-drawing talismans, as well as some trivial and ordinary receipt books, check folders, business card boxes, etc., nothing special.

In addition to the ring, the ring is an extra item that shouldn't belong here.

Ji Tong opened the velvet box, wiped the ring inside and out with a clean cloth in his hand, and put it back carefully, his eyes lingering.

—

the other side.Liang Yuchen was still working in the office rented by Professor Xu. The professor joked that he was "a part-time job".

There were only five of them, teachers and students, and everyone worked in one room, and there was no need to change places for meetings and discussions.The five old men are both mentors and apprentices, superiors and subordinates, and they are also from the same department. They are very familiar with each other, and their working methods are free and changeable, but they have a common characteristic: they are very aggressive in doing things, and love to be serious. .

Therefore, when it comes to working hours, no one speaks for a long time in this big room, only the sound of typing on the keyboard.

It is still the same today.

Liang Yuchen was not feeling well yesterday, but he felt much better after waking up early in the morning, and took another medicine before going out.After arriving at the office, he started to deal with the unfinished translations and emails from the previous day, and he was so devoted that he didn't even hear the professor call him.

"Yuchen, Yuchen."

Professor Xu poked his head out diagonally, blew on the hot tea in the moisturizing cup, and finally called him out from the computer screen.

"professor."

"Your phone has been vibrating for a long time." As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the place where Liang Yuchen put his bag.

Only then did he realize that the other four people were staring at him, only he himself didn't notice that the phone was ringing, so he apologized and took it out to connect.

"Hello."

"Brother." It was Ji Tong's voice, a little hoarse.

Liang Yuchen took down the phone and confirmed that it was not a familiar number, Fang asked, "Whose phone are you using?"

"I rented it at the airport."

"What about your own?"

"I'm afraid you won't answer," Ji Tong said without any resentment in his tone, but with a pretended relaxed smile, "You must have blocked me."

He called so many times before but no one listened to him, and no one replied to his text messages. Of course, he believed that Liang Yuchen had already blacklisted him.Although the reconciliation was made yesterday, the phone call may not be able to get through.

Liang Yuchen didn't explain, and asked, "I'm at work, what's the matter?"

"The heating at home seems to be broken." Ji Tong seemed to be holding a phone, his voice was shallow and close, "I was cleaning in the morning, so I shouldn't have touched any switches or anything like that, but—" He stopped at this point After coming down, he took the phone away and pressed the back of his hand and coughed twice, "But the temperature at home is getting lower and lower in the afternoon, it's quite cold."

He is still sick.The old apartment without heating was not quite cold, but very cold. When I couldn't bear it, I called my brother with a glimmer of hope.

Liang Yuchen took off his glasses and rubbed his sore eyes: "Wu You, please come over and take a look."

"He doesn't seem to be at home. I knocked on the door in the past, but no one answered."

There was silence on the phone for a while, before Liang Yuchen could speak, Ji Tong continued, "I can figure it out by myself, do you have a number for the heating company? I'll call and ask if anyone can come and fix it."

If the heating is really broken, with the work efficiency of the locals, I am afraid that no one will come to repair it this week.

Liang Yuchen said, "Understood, I'll find out and let you know."

Ji Tong said "Okay", then hung up the phone, there was still a bit of joy in his chest——

He hasn't spoken to his brother on the phone for a long time.

After hanging up the phone, Liang Yuchen should have clicked on the software to check the number of the heating company, but in the end he checked the business hours of the nearest pharmacy.

After checking, he sat for a while, got up and walked to the professor, "Professor, there is an urgent matter at home, I will go first."

Although the attitude was respectful, it was just a notice, not a discussion.

Several people around raised their heads when they heard it, and even Professor Xu took a moment to calm down: "I just heard that your tone of voice was not right, why, have you got a girlfriend?"

That kind of familiar but slightly impatient tone was too fresh in Liang Yuchen's mouth.

"It's my younger brother," he explained in a low voice, "he came to visit me, stayed at my house, and something happened."

"Yo!" Professor Xu was surprised, "Your brother?"

Liang Yuchen paused and said, "Yes."

"Then you call him out tonight and say that your teacher wants to invite him to dinner. Your brother came all the way here, and it's unreasonable for me not to entertain him for a game."

As soon as the other three heard that they could cheat the teacher, they immediately expressed their intention to join. Professor Xu reprimanded them: "Which round did you miss? Steve, you go to book a seat, and book the Wilson who visited last week."

Liang Yuchen's brother was ordered immediately, and he tapped the keyboard to find the number to reserve a seat, and Liang Yuchen had to agree if he disagreed.

Five minutes later, he packed up his things, put on his coat, left the office, drove to the pharmacy to buy cough medicine, and then went back to the apartment.

When he took the key to open the door, Ji Tong was soaking his feet wrapped in a down jacket. When he first saw him, he was startled and almost stepped on the basin.

"Brother, why are you back?"

"The professor is busy, let us leave work early."

He went over and put the medicine on the sofa.

When he opened the bag, he saw that it was cough medicine, and Ji Tong asked, "You bought it for me?" There was an uncontrollable surprise in his voice.

Liang Yuchen didn't answer, and walked straight to the heater to check it for a long time before saying, "I've run out of money, and the value will be restored in a few minutes after recharging."

Ji Tong kept following him with his eyes, and murmured: "That's quite convenient."

Even the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked up.

After speaking, he hurriedly wiped his feet with a towel, kicked on his slippers to pour water, and when he ran back, he saw Liang Yuchen standing by the sofa with an uneasy expression: "This is the towel I used to wipe my face."

Ji Tong yelled, and was extremely embarrassed in an instant: "I think you took this one when you took a shower last night, I thought... I'm sorry..."

He hurried over again: "I'll wash it for you."

Liang Yuchen caught a glimpse of his trouser legs rolled up high, and his bare feet were hidden in the one-size-larger slippers, and immediately frowned: "Go and put on the socks, the towels don't need to be washed."

Only Ji Tong can do this kind of thing by washing the towels that have been wiped off the feet and then letting people wipe their faces.

He groaned, obediently went back to his room to put on his socks, walked halfway and couldn't hold back, and looked back at Liang Yuchen.

After a while, the room was warm again, so he took off his coat and hung it up carefully on a hanger, thinking in his heart not to get Wu You dirty.

Liang Yuchen also took off his coat, but did not take off his suit, and stood at the door of the bedroom talking to him: "The professor invites everyone to dinner tonight, and he asked me to take you there."

Ji Tong opened the wardrobe door and turned his head in surprise: "Professor? Is it your teacher? Why did you ask me to go?"

In fact, what is even more strange to him is how the professor knew he was here.

"If you don't feel well, don't force it, I will deal with it myself."

After speaking, Liang Yuchen turned around and walked out, wearing the watch with his right hand instead of his left.Ji Tong hurriedly called to him: "Brother, I'll go."

"My illness is almost cured, so it's good to go out for a walk."

He is full of curiosity about everything about his brother, and it is good to be with him for an extra minute.

Liang Yuchen put on his watch, looked back at him, and said nothing.

—

At six o'clock in the evening, at dusk, Liang Yuchen drove him away, and Ji Tong sat in the co-pilot seat of his brother for the first time.

Walking on the road, he couldn't help asking: "Brother, what's your professor's name, what should I pay attention to later?"

"The surname is Xu," Liang Yuchen looked at the road ahead, "Just call him Professor Xu, they are all nice, so don't be nervous."

Ji Tong groaned, but he couldn't help but feel nervous. He really wanted to make a good impression on his brother's teachers and colleagues.

It was dark when we arrived at the place. It was a western restaurant in a five-star hotel, and there was no Michelin star here.Liang Yuchen led his younger brother in. Although Ji Tong had seen many good places, he was a little cautious now, and whispered to his elder brother, "You should remind me to wear a shirt and a suit."

Liang Yuchen turned around when he heard the words, and looked at his pullover sweater with fur collar down jacket: "Did you bring it?"

That expression seemed to say: whether you wear a suit or not has nothing to do with whether I remind you or not.

"I didn't bring..." Ji Tong was very honest, why would there be a suit in his luggage when he went abroad to find his brother, and he didn't come to propose marriage.

Professor Xu and the other three colleagues were indeed approachable. When they saw the two brothers, they asked them to sit down, shook hands with Ji Tong one by one, called him brother, and handed him a business card each.

Ji Tong accepted them one by one, and turned to look at his brother a little shyly: "I don't have a business card."

"My younger brother hasn't officially entered the society yet," Liang Yuchen said to the others, "The professor is leading you to waste your business cards."

Professor Xu knows the art of speaking best, and smiled brightly: "How can your brother Liang Yuchen be an idler? If you have to hand over your business card sooner or later, it's better to hand it in early to save you from queuing up!"

Ji Tong smiled shyly: "Professor Xu is too famous, I am far behind my brother."

He is imitating the example, talking about scenes, but what he thinks in his heart is that he will not embarrass his brother in the future, so that he will make a name for himself sooner or later.

It is impossible to have Western food without wine. Professor Xu is good at wine and understands wine, so he ordered a bottle of German Riesling.The waiter poured them for them, swirling in the goblet.

When Ji Tong smelled it, he complained in his heart: the smell of gasoline.

He quietly approached his elder brother's ear, and lightly tugged at his sleeve: "Brother, why don't you stop drinking, my stomach didn't feel right yesterday."

Liang Yuchen raised his eyes and saw the smiling face of the person next to them looking at them, and moved his arms away calmly: "It's just the bottom of the cup, it doesn't matter."

Ji Tong was still worried: "Then if they want to toast again, I'll drink it for you."

He looked serious and his eyes were particularly determined.Liang Yuchen turned his head to look, and suddenly smiled very faintly.

"Are you going to drink?"

Ji Tong's eyes were dazzled by this sincere smile, his heart trembled, and he replied softly, "I'm better at drinking than you."

In the past, Liang Yuchen always poured one bottle and two glasses, but it was not Ji Tong's turn to drink too much, but he didn't know that Liang Yuchen's drinking capacity had already increased by leaps and bounds this year.

After a long time, the two whispered again in full view, and they both felt as if they were separated from each other.

After eating a meal for nearly two hours, Professor Xu was in high spirits, and several people drank the bottle of Riesling completely.Ji Tong really kept his promise, and later rushed to help Liang Yuchen drink, which made the others a little embarrassed to toast again.

But there is something special about it, both for Liang Yuchen and for Ji Tong.

They have been separated for more than a year, and they both got to know each other completely new during this meal.Liang Yuchen is more stable and mature than before. Although he doesn't talk much, it can be seen that his relationship with colleagues and professors is very harmonious, and he is also highly valued. Professor Xu repeatedly praised him for his bright future.

As for Ji Tong, he is no longer as capricious as before. He knows what to say to whoever he is, and knows how to stop it. With him, the atmosphere will not be dull, and he will not be offensive when he is lively.

When they walked out of the hotel at almost nine o'clock, the two of them remembered and were dumbfounded——

I had to trouble Wu You to drive again, and I didn't think about drinking before I set off.

Ji Tong drank the most among the few, but he was only dizzy, not to the point of being drunk.Liang Yuchen was worried, and supported him like a compromise.

He was quite obedient, he was not sober but still knew that there was no way to break the rules, and he took the initiative to keep a polite distance from Liang Yuchen.

Waiting outside, after a while Ji Tong said annoyedly: "Brother, I left my mobile phone on the table, the rented one."

After a year, the problem of losing things and forgetting things has not changed.Liang Yuchen could only say: "You stand here and wait, I'll go in and get it."

The waiter had already closed the table, so he asked the lobby manager, who took him to the administration to pick it up, and asked him to call to prove it, which took a while.

After taking the lost property, go outside and go down the spiral staircase from the lounge on the second floor.As soon as the crystal chandelier in the lobby appeared in front of my eyes, I saw a figure lying on the floor-to-ceiling window, looking in through the glass, drunk from forehead to neck.

It was Ji Tong, who seemed to be in a hurry, stood on tiptoe, looked up and down the hall, his eyes lit up the moment he saw him.

Liang Yuchen walked down quickly, until he walked out of the revolving door, Ji Tong couldn't leave his eyes.

"What are you doing lying on the glass?"

He took off his black wool scarf and wrapped Ji Tong's red neck three times.

Ji Tong glanced down, felt that it was too tight, and loosened the scarf with both hands at a loss: "You haven't come out for a long time, I'm afraid you can't find your way and lost it."

I was also afraid that my brother would lose him.

Liang Yuchen scooped up his bangs, felt his forehead was not hot, and felt relieved: "I can't lose it."