call my name

Qi Yue's hair was still dripping with water, and he stood barefoot on the floor, his toned legs showing at the hem of his bathrobe.Under the dim light, it looks like a classical statue.

He came over and slowly buttoned the button of Lin Xia's clothes that he had just unbuttoned. He was careful not to touch any of Lin Xia's skin.

Then he took a step back, lowered his eyes to avoid meeting Lin Xia's gaze, and said softly, "Ah Xia, I just hope you can be happy and stop crying."

This is a farewell blessing.

Lin Xia held back her tears, forced a smile and nodded: "Thank you...good night."

He didn't know how he walked back to the room, and how he stayed up until dawn in a daze, half asleep.

***

While packing things in the morning, the monkey called with a rare excited voice: "Xiao Lin, the original author of our play wants to see you, immediately!"

Lin Xia shrugged listlessly: "I'm busy now, can I make an appointment after today?"

The monkey roared anxiously: "Why are you playing the leading role? No matter how big your airs are, you can be as big as a writer? Come here quickly! See you in the coffee shop downstairs of the company, there will be surprises for sure!"

Lin Xia couldn't resist him, thinking of going back early and moving out while Qi Yue was out later, so she hurried out to attend the appointment.

The cafe in the morning is full of people rushing to work, and almost no one is seated.

Lin Xia saw the monkey waving at him on the sofa at a glance, and the young man sitting next to him turned his head and looked over.

A face very similar to himself.

——The person in the painting? !

Lin Xia's first reaction was that he was the person in Qi Yue's painting, and he stopped in place involuntarily, forgetting the politeness of meeting for the first time.

That person also stood up, and smiled at him without hesitation, revealing two small canine teeth, both naughty and cute.He was wearing a casual hoodie, full of vigor, and called Lin Xia familiarly: "Brother! Let's meet at last!"

Lin Xia came back to her senses, walked over apologetically, and stretched out her hand: "Sorry for keeping you waiting."

——No, this person is not the one in the painting, his facial features are not that similar, and he doesn't have the tear mole either.However, suddenly meeting someone with a face so similar to his own is unavoidably novel, so Lin Xia couldn't help but keep staring at him.

The man froze for a moment before holding his hand: "You don't know me?"

This question reminded him of his first meeting with Qi Yue, Qi Yue also asked him if he knew himself.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the monkey smoothed things over: "Great writer, didn't you keep a secret and stay out of the country all the time? Even I didn't know what you look like until today. Xiao Lin, the great writer watched our play, I want to meet you very much, maybe you will act in his next novel." He looked left and right between the two of them, and laughed: "If I knew you look alike, I might as well let the great writer You are acting in this drama yourself. But you look so much alike, are you sure you are not lost brothers or something?"

After the joke, the monkey introduced them: "Come and get to know each other. This is our leading actor Lin Xia, and this is Hoshino, the original author of "The Great Guang Xian."

The young man has been observing Lin Xia, and seeing that his face has not changed when he heard the name, he waved his hands and said, "That's a pseudonym, my real name is..." He paused here, looked at Lin Xia again, and said hesitantly : "My real name is Lin Qiu."

The monkey clapped his hands excitedly: "Really! Even the names are like brothers!"

Lin Xia also became puzzled, and tried to search in her memory if she really had a brother.He can't remember anything before the age of five, but no one in the orphanage has ever mentioned that he has brothers.

The monkey looked at his watch: "I have to go to the office to clock in first, you two talk first."

After the monkey left, Lin Qiu put away his smile, observed Lin Xia's expression, and asked tentatively, "Do you... have anything to say to me?"

Lin Xia was not good at words, although this Lin Qiu gave him a natural sense of intimacy, he still didn't know how to chat, so he had to honestly say: "I'm not very good at talking, don't you want to see me? By the way, I will play this Does the role satisfy you?"

Lin Qiu's smile was slightly bleak under the sunlight shining in from the glass wall.He stared at Lin Xia's face carefully for a while, and suddenly asked without thinking: "Where is he?"

Seeing that Lin Xia was confused, he added, "Do you know where the person who plays the piano for you in the play is?"

Lin Xia understood that what he was talking about was the scene where Qi Yue was playing the violin as a substitute.But after post-editing, only the close-up of Qi Yue's hand movements was shown, and there were a few seconds of his back playing the piano in the background. Even if Lin Xia didn't look carefully, he couldn't tell the difference, but Lin Qiu could actually see it.

But Qi Yue's identity must be kept secret, Lin Xia shook her head trying to fool him: "I have never used a substitute in the play."

Lin Qiu was very sure: "But the person playing the piano is not you, it's..." He paused, as if he was thinking about what to call him: "It's someone else. I want to meet him, talk to him... ask him for advice on how to play the piano attainments. Do you know where he is?"

Lin Qiu's eyes couldn't hide the eagerness.

Lin Xia instinctively wanted to reject him for Qi Yue, but she couldn't resist being looked at expectantly by Lin Qiu, so she had to say: "He's busy, wait a minute, I'll ask him."

Lin Qiu hurriedly added: "Tell him my pseudonym, Hoshino."

Lin Xia murmured in his heart, Qi Yue was busy with business and never read popular novels, so how could he have heard of your pen name.However, he still called Qi Yue, deliberately ignored the embarrassment of last night, and told Qi Yue what Lin Qiu had said.At the end, I did not forget to add: "He looks very similar to me, it's really a coincidence."

Qi Yue on the other end of the phone pondered for a moment, and replied: "Then please bring him home, I will wait for you at home."

Lin Xia felt a little uneasy.Except for him, Qi Yue never took guests home before, but now he has not even seen Lin Qiu, so let him go home?

In the taxi, Lin Qiu didn't say a word, and put his hands on his knees, clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.Lin Xia felt weird, in order to ease the atmosphere, she asked him with a smile: "You seem nervous?"

Lin Qiu took a few deep breaths, but still couldn't calm down: "Well, I... look forward to seeing him very much."

After finishing speaking, he didn't want to talk any more, just looked out of the car window.Lin Xia put a question mark in her heart and stopped asking.

The car stopped slowly, and Lin Xia saw Qi Yue standing in front of the small building waiting for them.

Summer has come to the end, all kinds of flowers and plants in the garden of Qi Yue's family are blooming in full bloom, and the golden sunlight leaking from the leaves shines on him and the flower branches, like a meaningful and intense painting.

Lin Qiu almost immediately opened the car door and jumped out.Qi Yue, who was looking down at the flowers, looked up when he heard the sound.

As soon as Lin Xia paid the driver and got out of the car, Qi Yue seemed to smile with relief when he saw the two of them looking at each other, and waved to this side like an old friend.

At the same time, Lin Qiu ran towards him.

Lin Qiu ran with all his strength, like the final sprint in a track and field competition.Lin Xia hadn't realized what was going on, but when he was about to run in front of Qi Yue, his knees seemed to give way, and he knelt down on the ground.

Qi Yue stepped forward in time and caught him.Lin Qiu took advantage of the situation and threw himself into Qi Yue's arms, half kneeling, and hugged him tightly. Suddenly, he burst into tears like a child, and asked repeatedly: "Why didn't you look for me? Why didn't you look for me?!..."

Qi Yue froze, and finally hugged Lin Qiu's shoulder slowly, patting his back to comfort him.

Lin Xia was dumbfounded and stopped in place.

Obviously, Qi Yue and Lin Qiu are old friends reunited.Lin Xia was sensible, so she didn't want to disturb them. She pretended to concentrate on counting the newly bloomed flowers beside the garden railing, but she couldn't help but glance over there.

Qi Yue pulled Lin Qiu up, Lin Qiu cried and laughed, hugged Qi Yue and refused to let go.

Tears and snot must have been wiped on Qi Yue's shoulders, Lin Xia thought.

But Qi Yue, who has always been obsessed with cleanliness, did not push Lin Qiu away, but patted the back of his head affectionately while pretending to dislike him.

Lin Xia's heart was suddenly filled with sourness like eating a raw lemon.

Is this the person in Qi Yue's painting?There are too many things in his world that you don't know.

Lin Xia hesitated on the spot, hesitating whether to go around them and take the luggage and leave.Qi Yue finally noticed him, and raised his voice: "Axia, let's have lunch together."

Well, I should be leaving after lunch.

Lin Qiu also looked at him with puzzled eyes, and asked Qi Yue something in a low voice.Qi Yue answered briefly, and seeing Lin Xia walking slowly, he signaled Lin Qiu to end the topic.

But Lin Qiu became more and more excited as he spoke, and he simply shouted: "...forgot?! How is it possible?! Why! It was all because of him..."

Seeing Lin Xia approaching, Qi Yue didn't seem to want him to pry into his privacy too much, so he covered Lin Qiu's mouth, and said softly but solemnly: "Shut up!"

Lin Qiu still seemed to want to speak, but obediently shut his mouth under Qi Yue's hands, but stared at Lin Xia unwillingly, with complicated eyes.

Walking into the living room and sitting down, Qi Yue patted Lin Qiu's hand that was grabbing the corner of his clothes, took out a few tissues and threw them to him: "Wipe quickly, your face looks like a cat."

Lin Xia took the opportunity to go upstairs to continue packing her luggage.

Lin Qiu wiped his face carelessly, and asked him, "You live here? Then do you know that you..."

"A-Xia is only staying here temporarily to recover from his injuries." Qi Yue interrupted Lin Qiu's questioning, as if he was afraid of Lin Qiu's jealous misunderstanding, and was eager to disregard his relationship with Lin Xia in front of Lin Qiu: "He was going back today—— He still has a girlfriend to take care of."

"Girlfriend?!" Lin Qiu's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at Lin Xia with scrutiny.

Lin Xia didn't deny it.

Although it is not true, such an explanation can best allow Lin Qiu to dispel the misunderstanding of Qi Yue's relationship with him.Originally, he came to pester Qi Yue on his own wishful thinking, but now that someone Qi Yue cares about has come, he can't disturb the situation here and make Qi Yue difficult.

After returning to the room and closing the door to tidy up, I realized that my hands and feet were shaking like exhaustion.

The voice that hadn't appeared in my heart for a long time commented on him coldly:

Wishful thinking, bring shame on yourself.

You deserve nothing.

Lin Xia tried her best to pack her things, resolutely rejected Qi Yue's lunch invitation, and left in a hurry.He fled back to his simple rental house in one breath, plunged into the quilt, covered his head, and cried.