SAYE

When Jiang Cheng returned to the house, Pan Zhi was standing in front of the refrigerator.

"Looking for something to eat?" Jiang Cheng went over and asked.

"No," Pan Zhi looked at the refrigerator, which was empty and not even plugged in, "I was just witnessing the miraculous event that I stood in front of the refrigerator and was starved to death."

"Persist for another half hour and go out to eat." Jiang Cheng said.

"Aren't you going to eat with Gu Fei at night?" Pan Zhi closed the refrigerator door and looked at him.

"No," Jiang Cheng said, "New Year's Eve is coming soon, and his family has a lot of things to do, shopping for New Year's goods and packing. By the way...he asked us to go to his house for a New Year's Eve dinner."

"Okay," Pan Zhi returned to the living room and fell down on the sofa, "Did you agree?"

"I agree." Jiang Cheng nodded.

"Then let's go buy some New Year's goods tomorrow. It doesn't matter to you. It's not suitable for me to go empty-handed. It's the New Year's Eve." Pan Zhi said.

"Tomorrow...I'll go with Gu Fei to buy a cat for Gu Miao." Jiang Cheng said.

Pan Zhi was stunned, stared at him for a while: "You two... have you reconciled?"

"No." Jiang Cheng said.

"Oh." Pan Zhi responded.

Jiang Cheng turned on the TV, and there was nothing to watch at this time, he usually put it on the local station to listen to the news, most of the news was boring, but occasionally he could come across something interesting.

"Cheng'er," Pan Zhi called him after watching the news for a while, "I think so."

"Ah." Jiang Cheng responded, still staring at the TV.

"If it doesn't work, let's make up," Pan Zhi sighed, "I've been awkward for the two of you for the past few days, if you can't hold on, don't hold on."

"No." Jiang Cheng said.

"No," Pan Zhi looked at him, "you can't let go of both of you, you don't look like someone who insists on such things for the sake of face."

"How do you know I'm not?" Jiang Cheng said.

"Our grandparents and grandchildren are deeply in love," Pan Zhi said, "Of course I know."

Jiang Cheng stared at the TV and was silent for a while before opening his mouth: "He needs to tell me about this."

"Is there any difference?" Pan Zhi said, "He has his say, so if you want to reconcile, you have to speak up?"

"I don't know how to tell you." Jiang Cheng frowned.

"Use your mouth, say word by word, just tell me like this," Pan Zhi said, "That's fine."

Jiang Cheng turned to look at him.

"Isn't it very philosophical?" Pan Zhi applauded himself.

Jiang Cheng slid down, stretched his legs and put them on the coffee table.

"The problem between us isn't whether Gu Miao can get better, or whether it's in a different place," he said, "It's Gu Fei himself. He grew up...I don't know what to say. Have you read that story? The baby elephant was tied by an iron chain when he was young, and he couldn't break free no matter how hard he tried, and when he grew up, he couldn't move if he could break free."

"En." Pan Zhi responded.

"Maybe it's not too accurate," Jiang Cheng frowned. Such a summary was too simple and perfunctory for Gu Fei, but even in front of a tough guy like Pan Zhi, he would still hide Gu Fei's scars. "But it's easier to understand this way."

"Understood," Pan Zhi said, "You want to say that he has his own knots...or something else, anyway, it's useless for you to pull him, he will feel unable to break free, he has to want it himself You have to break free, that's what it means."

Jiang Cheng gave Pan Zhi a thumbs up.

"Cheng'er," Pan Zhi fell down on the armrest of the sofa and looked at him, "You are so awesome."

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng also looked at him.

"Are you betting on how deep his feelings for you are?" Pan Zhi said.

"The only strength now is this, and there won't be any opportunities for a while," Jiang Cheng said, "And I think... there should be no need to gamble."

"Then what if," Pan Zhi thought for a while, "whether he earns money all the time?"

Jiang Cheng looked at him, it was indeed a difficult thing for Gu Fei to ask Gu Fei to open his mouth, but...

"I haven't thought about it, I never think about it." Jiang Cheng smiled.

After he came back, he was busy with Gu Miao's affairs for a week. When he went downstairs today, he heard the sound of firecrackers. Jiang Cheng finally came back to his senses and felt the taste of the new year.

Last year's winter vacation, when I think back, I don't have a deep impression of "Nian". All I can think of is the review materials piled up on the table, and Gu Fei.

It is very monotonous but it is unbearable to play the memory over and over again.

It’s like a song that you can’t get tired of listening to and humming again and again. I want to have you on my left shoulder and smile on my right shoulder...

As for those who came out of the stairs on the first floor, when they saw Gu Fei standing in the sunlight at the entrance of the corridor, their heartbeats were like the rhythm of Gu Fei's hand patting on the piano box.

Bang bang.

"Did you eat breakfast?" Gu Fei asked.

"No," Jiang Cheng said, "I just got up."

"Then..." Gu Fei looked over at the intersection, "Let's eat together?"

"Well," Jiang Cheng nodded, seeing Gu Miao flying over on a skateboard, he smiled, "Good morning, Er Miao."

Gu Miao passed by them, snapped her fingers, and rushed to the front again.

"Did you tell her that you were going to buy a cat?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Alright," Gu Fei said, "There are a few pet shops over there in the food street, go and see if there are any suitable ones."

"If there is no suitable...she will be angry?" Jiang Cheng was suddenly worried.

"Xu Xingzhi said that she should let her slowly learn to face disappointment," Gu Fei tugged at his collar, "Give it a try."

"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded.

The two of them walked slowly to the breakfast stall in the side street ahead, and Jiang Cheng hadn't eaten there for a few days since he came back, and at this moment, he suddenly missed the boss who loudly called him the number one scholar.

"No. [-] scholar!" The boss saw the two of them from afar, and waved at him, "I'm back!"

"Yeah." Jiang Cheng smiled.

"You still want to come to my place for breakfast," the boss said, "You went to R University! How does R University's breakfast compare to mine?"

"Your place is good." Jiang Cheng said.

The boss laughed happily, quite loudly.

Chinese New Year is coming soon, there were not many people at the early stall, Jiang Cheng took Gu Miao to sit at the small table, and Gu Fei went over to get some food.

"Or those?" Gu Fei asked.

"En." Jiang Cheng responded.

Every time he came here, Jiang Cheng would eat those types, such as steamed dumplings, steamed buns, tofu nao, etc., Gu Fei brought them over, and set up a table just like before.

"Wang Xu... Let me go over to eat pies when I am free." Gu Fei sat down, took a bite of a steamed bun, "Do you want to go?"

"Okay," Jiang Cheng said, "I still have a new kind of pie that I want to... introduce to him."

Gu Fei paused, smiled and did not speak.

-The stuffing that Jiurijia doesn't have!Go back to sell him the secret recipe during the Chinese New Year haha!

- Is there something wrong with your phone?I have been unable to get through. I have nothing to do tomorrow. Please call me

The chat records between him and Jiang Cheng were all gone. After switching back to the old mobile phone, there were only these two records left between them.

These are the last two messages Jiang Cheng sent him.

Every time Gu Fei saw it, he would feel distressed, but he was reluctant to delete it no matter what, but every time he opened the message, his eyes would carefully avoid Jiang Cheng's name.

Now when Jiang Cheng talked about pies, he didn't know what kind of mood he was in. He sometimes felt that if Jiang Cheng scolded him and beat him up, he would feel better.

What hurt him the most was Jiang Cheng's way of pretending that nothing happened.

It doesn't look like it at all.

The location of the pet shop did not exceed Gu Miao's fixed range of activities. Gu Fei originally wanted to take her to the flower and bird market, but it is estimated that it is now, and they should all be closed and go home for the New Year.

And Xu Xingzhi also said, don't rush, you have to take it step by step, let Gu Miao get used to it slowly.

If you don't find a suitable cat today, take it as the first step, let Gu Miao learn to face disappointment.

"I'll bring... the car over here. Liu Li went to pick up the goods early in the morning, so it should be finished by now," Gu Fei said after breakfast, "You and Er Miao wait for me here?"

"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded.

Gu Fei got up and walked towards the fork in the shop.

After taking two steps, I felt a little uncomfortable. I didn't know why, but I wanted to look back, but I was afraid that I would be embarrassed if I looked back.

He didn't know why he was like this.

Ever since he was a child, he has never been in such a situation, putting himself in such a helpless situation.

While drinking tofu nao, Jiang Cheng looked at Gu Fei who was walking forward in big strides, and saw that he turned sideways when he reached the corner, and had to jump a bit to adjust his steps back.

He smiled.

After laughing, I feel a little sore in my nose.

Gu Fei's current feelings are completely different from his. He is suffering. He is waiting for Gu Fei to wake up and open his eyes.

But Gu Fei was struggling, struggling in the shell he had built for himself over the years, maybe he would be afraid, flustered, and at a loss as to what to do.

Jiang Cheng drank the remaining tofu nao in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and stared at the corner Gu Fei had just walked past in a daze.

Not long after, Gu Fei drove Xiaomantou over. Gu Miao happily hugged the skateboard and got on the car, and Jiang Cheng followed suit.

"Are you seated?" Gu Fei closed the car door.

"Okay." Jiang Cheng said.

The food street is quite lively here, and there are many people buying new year's goods. When Gu Fei's car was driving in, Jiang Cheng took a closer look. Several pet shops were still open, and through the glass windows, he could see the inside of the cage. kitten puppy.

Gu Miao excitedly leaned on the car window and stared outside. After Gu Fei found a small space on the side of the road and parked the car, she immediately pushed open the door and squeezed out of the car first.

When Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei got out of the car and passed by, she was already standing in the window of a pet shop and looking inside.

"Those who want relatives, gentle ones, remember." Jiang Cheng said.

"Well," Gu Fei nodded, and turned Gu Miao to face him, "Er Miao, don't reach out to touch small animals casually for a while."

Gu Miao nodded.

Gu Fei led her into the store.

This store should be the largest one. There are many cats and dogs in the store. As soon as they walked in, several dogs barked together.

Jiang Cheng immediately glanced at Gu Miao, but Gu Miao didn't respond, but looked around curiously.

"Do you have a kitten at home?" Gu Fei asked.

"Yes, what kind do you want?" The boss took them to several cat cages. "Here are a few. I can show you the photos if you want other breeds. Some customers asked us to sell them."

"Be docile and clingy." Gu Fei said.

"Then the puppet," the boss said immediately, "the puppet is the closest to people."

"What kind?" Gu Fei asked.

"It's so beautiful," said the boss. "Would you like to take a look? I also own the store a little ahead. There's a four-month-old puppet over there."

"How much?" Jiang Cheng knew a little about cats, and asked before Gu Fei.

"The price is negotiable, you can take a look first." The boss said.

"How much?" Jiang Cheng asked again persistently.

"Four thousand and five, it's cheap." The boss immediately sat back on the chair when he saw him like this.

Gu Fei was obviously taken aback, turned his head to look at Jiang Cheng, and said in a low voice, "How much did he say?"

"Look at the native cats," Jiang Cheng said, "The breed cats are not easy to raise either."

"Native cats have no relatives, they are all fierce," the boss's tone was a little upset, "Those who want to be docile to their relatives are reluctant to spend money."

"Then let's see." Gu Fei pulled Gu Miao to go out.

"Buy native cats and go to the vegetable market, what are you doing here," the boss said from behind, "We sell pet cats here."

"Fuck me?" Jiang Cheng had been quite depressed for a while, and all his emotions were forced to digest slowly. Hearing these words, he instantly became angry, and his voice suddenly changed, " Then you are very advanced? It is said that dogs rely on people's power, but you are quite different when you use cat power? Then you are also four thousand and five?"

"You're fucking sick! You can't afford to make such a mess! Get lost!" The boss immediately stood up, "I'm not from the poverty alleviation office!"

"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei gave Jiang Cheng a hand, "Let's go."

"I really can't afford four thousand five cats," Jiang Cheng said, "I can buy two cats for four thousand five and go back to mop the floor."

The boss kicked the chair, and rushed over with staring eyes: "I fucking let you live in the four thousand and five courtyard!"

Have a fight!

Have a fight!

These three words were the only words in Jiang Cheng's mind at this moment.

But just as he turned around to go over, Gu Fei had already gone up to meet him. With a raised hand, he blocked the boss's fist, and then grabbed his collar and slammed it against the wall, pointing at him: "I'm going to I can call 120 for you."

The boss knocked his head back against the wall, and it didn't sound too serious, but Gu Fei grabbed his collar very tightly, and his knuckles were pressed against his throat, and his face turned red within a few seconds. Struggling to pull Gu Fei's hand away.

"It's New Year's Eve," Gu Fei suppressed his voice, "If you have to be unhappy, I'll be with you. Anyway, I'm super unhappy right now."

Gu Fei's series of snappy actions stole Jiang Cheng's limelight, and also made his sanity heal a little in this second.

"Forget it," Jiang Cheng suppressed the fire and looked at Gu Miao. The little girl didn't care about the dispute at all. She bent down and put her hands on her knees to look at a puppy sleeping in the cage. He went over to pull Gu Miao up. ,"Walk."

Gu Fei stared at the boss for several seconds before letting go.

Gu Miao probably didn't have a crush on the cat, or didn't have time to fancy a cat at all, so she obediently followed them out of the pet shop.

They walked forward for more than ten meters, and the boss was still standing at the door of the store cursing.

Jiang Cheng tried his best not to listen to the boss's voice, he was afraid that if he couldn't control himself, he would rush back and have a fight with him.

New Year's Eve, no need.

But he was still suffocated, the fire in his heart couldn't be suppressed no matter what, it made him feel uncomfortable all over, he wanted to shake his arms and kick his legs fiercely, he wanted to just lie on the ground, roll over and shout a few times to get the little bit of discomfort out .

Gu Fei pulled Gu Miao to follow behind Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng walked very fast, full of anger.

Both he and Gu Miao felt a little unable to keep up, he bent down and looked at Gu Miao: "Er Miao."

Gu Miao looked at him.

"Let's go there to play for a while." Gu Fei pointed to a small open space in front of him. There was a fountain without water, and there were no people there. "Then go find the cat."

Gu Miao nodded, put the skateboard on the ground, stepped on it and rushed over.

"Brother Cheng." Gu Fei caught up with Jiang Cheng and called him.

"En." Jiang Cheng responded, his voice becoming hoarse again.

This is definitely not getting angry. Although Gu Fei is not sure whether Jiang Cheng's hoarse voice from time to time has something to do with his emotions, but it is definitely not getting angry.

It's just that Jiang Cheng refused to tell, and he couldn't force him to ask.

"Don't be angry." Gu Fei said.

"Not angry." Jiang Cheng cleared his throat.

Gu Fei looked at him and hesitated for a long time. When he walked to the side of the fountain, he gritted his teeth and put his arm around Jiang Cheng's shoulder.

Jiang Cheng's body visibly stiffened, and he tilted his head in surprise.

He tightened his hands, and pushed Jiang Cheng to the side of the fountain where there were few people, then turned around and hugged him.

Jiang Cheng was still stiff, he didn't let go, and rubbed vigorously on Jiang Cheng's arms on his back: "There's a pet shop in front, it's at the very end, go to that one and have a look."

"En." Jiang Cheng's voice was very low.

Someone passed by and looked this way curiously, but Gu Fei didn't care, just look at it.

It doesn't matter anymore.

He hadn't seen Jiang Cheng like this for a long time, and the Jiang Cheng who was easily out of control in his first memory hadn't appeared in a long time.

Now that Jiang Cheng is like this, his heart aches.

"Brother Cheng." Gu Fei closed his eyes.

Let's make up.

This sentence was stuck in his throat, and he felt that he would say it now when he opened his mouth.

but.

He gritted his teeth and didn't say another word.

He knew why he wanted to say it, and why he couldn't.

He couldn't be so casual, Jiang Cheng was not a tool to match his emotional ups and downs, he was not someone who would leave a word and come back with a word.

If he spoke now, it would make their relationship look like a casual joke.

"It's all right," Jiang Cheng said softly, "Let's go and see the cat."

"Yeah." Gu Fei let go of his arms.

Jiang Cheng glanced at him, then turned around and called out, "Er Miao!"

Gu Miao stopped on the skateboard and looked at the two of them.

"Go, go to the front." Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Miao turned her head and stepped forward on the skateboard.

Jiang Cheng patted Gu Fei's arm lightly, then turned and followed.

Gu Fei's memory was wrong. In the end, this was a pet hospital. Although it also sold pet supplies, it seemed that there were no cats and dogs for sale.

There are a few puppies who are in the hospital and are getting injections.

"Why don't you go to the outermost one and have a look?" Jiang Cheng said.

"En." Gu Fei nodded.

When Jiang Cheng wanted to call Gu Miao, he found that she was looking at the puppy that had been given a needle.

"The puppy is sick." Jiang Cheng walked over and squatted beside her. "It's getting an injection... Let's go to another place to have a look."

Gu Miao didn't move, she just turned her head and looked around the shop, as if she was looking for a cat.

"What's the matter?" A little girl came out from the back room and asked.

"We want to buy a cat... Your place is a pet hospital, right?" Jiang Cheng said.

"Yes, if you want to buy breed cats, we don't have any here." The little girl smiled, "We only have a few foster kittens here, and they picked them up and sent them here."

"Can... take a look?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Yes," the little girl took them to the back room, pointing to a cat cage with thick cushions, "over there, they have been checked and there is no disease, and now they can be adopted, no money is required, but they are not breed cats, The foster person said that it should be a combination of Persian and native cats."

Gu Fei led Gu Miao to stand beside the cat cage.

Gu Miao immediately moved her face closer, her nose pressed against the cat cage.

Four kittens are sleeping together.

Probably because Gu Miao touched the cat cage, a kitten raised its head, and then barked. Its mouth was quite big, but the barking sound was very low.

Gu Miao immediately turned her head to look at Gu Fei excitedly: "Ha!"

"Yeah." Gu Fei smiled.

The one that raised its head was probably the ugliest of the four kittens. It had a large black spot on its nose, a very pointed face, and the shortest fur. But after taking it out and placing it on a mat, Gu Miao couldn't take his eyes off it. I stared at it for 5 minutes without moving.

After Gu Fei agreed, she stretched out her hand and carefully touched the kitten's head.

The kitten narrowed its eyes and meowed softly.

"This one is the most docile," said the little girl beside him. "It is ugly, but it has the best temper. The other three will bully it."

They stayed in the shop for almost an hour, let Gu Miao stay with the kitten, and finally confirmed that Gu Miao liked it very much, and it was indeed very docile, or not docile, but super lazy, so Gu Fei decided to adopt it. this kitten.

Gu Miao was in a very good mood, probably because the cat was too small compared to the fat sheep, only one-fifth the size of the fat sheep. She was very careful when holding the cat.

After putting on the steamed bun, she put the cat on her lap and stroked it up and down.

She didn't raise her head until the car drove downstairs to the rental house.

Jiang Cheng got out of the car, then poked his head back into the car: "Er Miao."

Gu Miao raised her head.

"Remember to give it a name." Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Miao looked at him, as if she didn't understand.

"I'll explain it to her later," Gu Fei smiled, "She hasn't given names to toys or small animals yet."

"Yeah," Jiang Cheng patted the car door twice, "Then I... go up."

"Okay." Gu Fei nodded.

After watching Jiang Cheng walk into the corridor, Gu Fei closed the car door, sat in a daze for a while, then turned his head and said to Gu Miao who was behind him: "Er Miao, give it a name."

Gu Miao looked at him.

"Fat Sheep is a name, Ermiao is also a name, and Gu Fei is also a name," Gu Fei explained to her, "Brother Cheng is also a name, what is the name of this kitten?"

Gu Miao was silent.

"It has a name, so you can call it." Gu Fei said again.

Gu Miao thought for a long time, and finally raised her hand and snapped her fingers, putting her thumb up.

"Huh?" Gu Fei was stunned.

Gu Miao lowered her head and patted the kitten: "Brother Cheng."

"What?" Gu Fei looked at her.

Gu Miao didn't speak any more.

"Is it called Brother Cheng?" Gu Fei asked.

Gu Miao nodded and continued to pet the kitten.

"...Okay." Gu Fei started the car, turned around and drove back.

A little female cat named Brother Cheng.

He laughed.