SAYE

There are still a few days before Gu Miao's training and treatment starts. After the start, Gu Fei will have to accompany her every day, so for Gu Fei, the holiday will start in these few days.

"I think we should pass our birthday too," Jiang Cheng looked at the calendar, "I'll run out of time when Er Miao starts treatment or something?"

"How do you want to live?" Gu Fei asked.

"I don't know, let's have a birthday party for three of us today, and when Li Yan and the others come over, we can call Pan Zhi and have a meal together?" Jiang Cheng asked, "I don't have much experience in celebrating birthdays."

"Neither have I," Gu Fei smiled, "Just do what you want, when they come to have a meal together, don't they have to book a box first, this place is no better than a steel factory, I think Business is not doing well.”

"Well, look for a group purchase that can use private rooms." Jiang Cheng searched on the phone for a while, then raised his head to look at Gu Fei, "Have you prepared a gift for me yet?"

"No," Gu Fei said, "I've been busy these days, so I haven't thought about it."

"Really?" Jiang Cheng looked at him.

"...Really," Gu Fei sat down beside him, "Aren't you angry?"

"No, there's nothing to be angry about." Jiang Cheng sighed in an exaggerated tone, "It's been a while and we don't need to be pampered anymore, our yellow-faced man..."

"What the hell." Gu Fei listened amusedly, leaned on the armrest of the sofa, and laughed for a long time.

"Our yellow-faced man," Jiang Cheng insisted, "isn't even worth a birthday present."

"Are you annoying?" Gu Fei smiled and kicked him on the leg.

"Don't bother, there's nothing to be bothered about." Jiang Cheng slapped him on the foot, "I didn't prepare a gift for you anyway."

"Damn," Gu Fei said, "With your sad face, I thought you had some kind of gift for me."

"I never thought about birthdays at all," Jiang Cheng said with a smile, "What should I do, this is only my third birthday, and it's already been so uneventful? There will be a hundred or so more in the future. What should I do?"

"Let me tell you, Brother Cheng," Gu Fei said, "Those couples who want to commemorate and celebrate a day that is different from a certain day, a certain day, a certain day, a certain day, a certain day, a certain day, and a certain day, all think that they will break up tomorrow. There will be no chance to commemorate it..."

"Don't overturn a boatload of people with one shot." Jiang Cheng glanced at him, "There are so many that I will remember even when I am old."

"It's not the same as us." Gu Fei closed his eyes, "Listen to me, let's go, we don't need to commemorate anything, we have engraved it in our memories every day, we don't need to commemorate, we will never forget."

"Come on," Jiang Cheng said with a smile, "Neither of us remembered anything about our birthday."

"Could you cooperate a little bit?" Gu Fei opened his eyes, "Have you exploded the skill of killing the scenery?"

"I'll pay attention later," Jiang Cheng happily picked up the cat that ran past the back of the sofa, put it on his lap and rubbed it, and then glanced at Gu Miao who was lying on the table drawing, "Er Miao!"

Gu Miao turned her head to look at him, Jiang Cheng pointed out the window: "Shall we go out to play?"

Gu Miao glanced out of the window, then turned back to look at him, and nodded after a while.

"Where are you going?" Gu Fei asked.

"I don't know, there are too many people in amusement parks, and there are more people in the summer vacation, so I can't go there," Jiang Cheng said, "I can only find places with fewer people. Let me think about it."

"It is estimated that there is no place with few people in this kind of day," Gu Fei said, "How about that small garden in the community?"

"She wants to skateboard, and the small garden is full of old men, old ladies and children who can't walk well. If she rushes over, we won't be scolded to death." Jiang Cheng scratched at his phone, "I'll check... ...It's my birthday anyway."

"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei thought for a while, then sat up, "Why don't you accompany me to take pictures, old streets and alleys, there are not many people, let's take a walk slowly?"

"Okay." Jiang Cheng stood up.

In fact, Jiang Cheng has been in school for a year, but to be honest, besides the surroundings of the school, he has only been to three places, B University, the community where the two children are tutored, and the train station.

The farthest is the train station, and every time I go, I still have various tastes.

Gu Fei wanted to take pictures, of course he was very willing, but he didn't know where to go, how to go, and how to arrange the route.

"I'll check it later." Jiang Cheng took the notebook and sat down again.

"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei scratched his head lightly, "You really make people feel bad."

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng replied while typing on the keyboard, "Why do you feel distressed again?"

Gu Fei didn't say anything, he just pinched a lock of his hair and rubbed it up and down.

"Well, I'm actually not a playful person at all," Jiang Cheng said, "I used to take vacations and rest, and I didn't have much place to go, so I usually just find a place to hang out with Pan Zhi, chatting or something. .”

"You didn't have the time to find a place to chat in a daze this year." Gu Fei said.

"After all, I'm with a bunch of top students," Jiang Cheng smiled. "I was a little nervous when I saw them spending time in the library. When I got in, my grades were so high. Going to the back, that's not my style."

"Well," Gu Fei lowered his head and kissed the hair on the top of his head, "Your whole head... just this one, and it's still a straight one, why are you so stubborn?"

"A whole head," Jiang Cheng clicked his tongue. "Can you use a word that doesn't sound like a horror movie?"

"The whole head." Gu Fei smiled.

After checking the route, they took Gu Miao and her skateboard out the door.

Before going out, Gu Fei and Gu Miao spent 10 minutes agreeing to three chapters, no shouting, no sliding too fast, no passing through the gaps between people, and sliding up from the side...

Gu Miao kept nodding her head.

Jiang Cheng felt that the effect of the half a year's hard work was quite obvious, and Gu Miao basically didn't have any major problems with this kind of complex communication with non-single content.

Today's weather is very good, although the sun is quite strong, but the wind is also quite strong, not too hot.

According to Jiang Cheng's plan, they took a taxi directly, and the subway could actually get there, and it was much cheaper, but there were too many people in the carriages on the platform, and they were afraid that Gu Miao would get nervous.

Gu Miao was in a good mood today, and when she went downstairs with her skateboard on her back, she always skipped down.

Ever since Gu Fei helped her tie the skateboard to her back when she was playing in the grassland, she asked to carry it every time she went out. In the end, Gu Fei made a small strap for her. Put it on your back, easy to load and unload, easy to carry, and free your hands.

Even though Gu Miao's hand was free, there was nothing else to do, and even something to eat would not last more than ten seconds in her hand, and it would almost all go into her mouth as soon as she took it and stuffed it a few times.

"Where are you eating for lunch?" Gu Fei asked while sitting in the back seat of the taxi.

Before Jiang Cheng, who was sitting in the co-pilot, could answer, the driver's elder brother took over the conversation: "Noon, if you two are there at noon..."

The driver brother was very enthusiastic. For just one lunch, he recommended [-] restaurants from low to high energy. By the way, he also gave them advice on how to play until they got off the bus.

"Thank you, big brother." Jiang Cheng said when he got out of the car.

"Here is my business card." The eldest brother handed over another business card, "If you don't understand where you are going to play, you can call me."

"Okay." Jiang Cheng took the business card and put it away, it might really come in handy, if Li Yan and Liu Fan come over, he still doesn't know how to play.

When he led Gu Miao into an old street, Jiang Cheng looked at Gu Fei and said, "Hey, Gu Fei."

"Huh?" Gu Fei responded.

"Shouldn't you get a business card?" Jiang Cheng said, "Look how convenient the driver's business card is."

"Who did I send the business card to?" Gu Fei smiled, "They are all acquaintances, and anyone who wants to find me can just call me."

"That's right," Jiang Cheng thought for a while, "Actually, I probably just think it's fun for you to get a business card."

"Then I'll print it when I get back," Gu Fei said while gesticulating, "Gu Fei, the following English name is GoodFly..."

"Damn it," Jiang Cheng was delighted when he heard it, "You are a person who feels pretty good after passing the fourth grade, so can you be more careful?"

"Listen to me," Gu Fei smiled, "Then there are telephones, mailboxes, and so on. In the middle, I want to write a job or something, just write it, Maocheng's..."

"Daughter-in-law." Jiang Cheng reacted quickly and rushed to say something.

"Mao Cheng's Tu Fei," Gu Fei glanced at him, "I can't pinch it, Tu Fei's Mao Cheng?"

"Yes, fine." Jiang Cheng nodded.

After discussing the style of the business card, they walked into a small alley. There were no people there, and the alley looked very quiet and lazy under the half-light and half-darkness of the sun.

Gu Miao took off the skateboard and stepped on it, paddling slowly in front of them, because Gu Fei didn't let her skate too fast, so she kept snaking forward obediently.

A few old men who were chatting on the edge even said hello to her.

Gu Fei took out the camera and took a few pictures while walking slowly.

Old walls full of graffiti, lampposts with small advertisements, Gu Miao snaking along the bluestone road, a small grocery store with only one window open on the side of the road, people chatting under the shade of trees , the dilapidated rattan chair by the wall and the group of cats basking in the sun...

There are quite a lot of cats in the alley, Gu Miao now calls all the cats "Brother Cheng".

"Brother Cheng." She looked up at the white cat on the courtyard wall like a small mat and said.

The voice was very low, if Jiang Cheng hadn't seen her mouth movements, he wouldn't have heard her speak at all.

But even so, it was still exciting. Walking through an alley, she met four cats, and she said "Brother Cheng" twice.

"Am I treated better than you?" Jiang Cheng asked, "She hasn't called you so openly, has she?"

"Well," Gu Fei held up the camera, facing the grass growing in the cracks of an old wall, "She actually doesn't even call her brother."

"She is my younger sister," Jiang Cheng said.

"Yeah," Gu Fei smiled, "Okay."

After walking through two alleys, they saw a small river at the end of a stone path.

There were a few old men sitting on the edge of the river fishing, Gu Miao stopped on the skateboard, and stood behind them watching intently.

Jiang Cheng went over and sat down on the stone bench next to him.

Gu Fei leaned against the railing with the camera and slowly took pictures.

The river is very small, and the water is actually not particularly clean, but in this quiet environment, there are occasional fallen leaves floating in the water, tree shadows reflected on the water surface, slight ripples on the water surface when the wind blows, and I don’t know Underwater fish or shrimp lightly touch the circles of ripples on the surface of the water...

Everything makes people feel idle and at ease.

Gu Fei took a few steps back with the camera, Jiang Cheng knew he was going to take a picture of himself, and after hearing a few shutter clicks, he turned his head and gave Gu Fei a profile.

After Gu Fei pressed the shutter button, he said softly, "Stand up."

Jiang Cheng stood up, faced the sunlight, then turned sideways, then turned back against the light, and finally turned his head to look at Gu Miao on the side.

This set of coordination is perfect, the tacit understanding between him and Gu Fei in taking pictures is as perfect as their tacit understanding in bed...

Thinking of bed.

Yesterday, Gu Miao fell asleep in the inner room and they both rolled on the bed in the outer room without daring to, so they chose the bathroom in the end.

"Do we have to use the bathing position for a month?" Gu Fei asked.

"We can also lock the kitchen door and use the dining table posture." Jiang Cheng replied.

This kind of shameless recollection will turn from recollection to fantasy if you are not careful, and once you think about it, it will definitely come together.

The image that flashed through Jiang Cheng's mind at this moment made him sit back on the stone bench immediately.

After all, in summer, he only wore a pair of casual pants, which could be seen if there was a little trouble.

"Why," Gu Fei sat next to him, looked down at the camera and asked with a smile, "Is it hard to take a picture?"

"You have the most say in this matter," Jiang Cheng said, "You have to go to the toilet in the middle of taking a photo."

Gu Fei clicked his tongue: "Brother Cheng, you have a strong desire for revenge now."

"That's right." Jiang Cheng squinted at him, "Because someone is taking the opportunity to hurt someone right now."

Gu Fei lowered his head and laughed for a long time, then turned to look at him, and said with a pure and upright smile: "As you are now, I really want to knock you down ten times or eight times on the spot."

"...Damn it," Jiang Cheng was very shocked, "Didn't you pick up a lot of faces along the way, maybe ten layers of faces!"

"Uncle," Gu Fei smiled and greeted an uncle who stood up, "Have you caught any fish yet?"

"Nope," the uncle stretched his arms, "it's too windy today."

"Can you usually catch a lot?" Gu Fei asked.

"Not much, they are all small fish, they are released after catching them." The uncle smiled.

After chatting with the uncle in a serious manner for a while, Gu Fei stood up: "Go to another place? Can you stand up?"

Jiang Cheng clicked his tongue and stood up.

After walking along the river for a short distance, we turned back into the alley again.

There are a little more people here, and occasionally one or two small shops with special characteristics will appear on both sides, selling some strange things. The two of them entered a small shop selling handmade cups, tea trays and so on.

Gu Miao took a fancy to a small black pottery flower, Jiang Cheng bought it for her, and the shop owner gave it a thin leather cord, but she refused to wear it around her neck, she had to tie it around her ankle.

"Little sister has a personality," the shopkeeper smiled and changed her to a shorter rope and tied it around her ankle. "You are so cool."

Gu Miao bowed, turned around and walked out with a serious face.

When stepping on the skateboard, Gu Fei followed behind and took a few photos of her.

"Er Miao is a pure natural cool girl." Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Fei smiled: "I hope it will be a little less cool in the future."

The two continued to walk behind Gu Miao. Gu Miao stepped on the skateboard and turned the corner in front, and they followed suit.

This is a small alley that is too narrow for cars to pass, but there is a small store in the middle.

Gu Miao stepped on the skateboard, stood at the door of the store and looked inside.

"Probably thirsty," Gu Fei said, "Go and see if there is any water or something."

When I walked outside the store, I saw that it was probably a coffee shop, and I could smell the aroma of coffee. The name of the shop was handwritten on the low-key sign at the door, which was unexpected.

"Go in and sit down?" Gu Fei asked in a low voice.

"Okay." Jiang Cheng nodded.

The name of the shop makes people suddenly feel a little emotional.

The store is small in size, without deliberate decoration, simple white walls and cement bricks, tables and chairs are also the simplest, a square frame composed of black lines, and a cement table top.

There was only one table of customers in the store, and two girls were sitting by the window, talking softly.

There seemed to be no clerk, but a young girl who was probably the boss came over and put her hand on the table: "What would you like to drink?"

Gu Fei and Jiang Cheng ordered coffee, and a glass of orange juice and a glass of boiled water for Gu Miao.

Gu Miao kept staring at a small ornament placed on the flower table next to her, it was a small polygonal ball welded with iron bars.

Jiang Cheng looked over and remembered the maze that Gu Fei gave him on his 18th birthday: "This thing has the characteristics of a steel factory."

"Yeah." Gu Fei smiled.

When the boss came over with coffee, he asked, "Did you make that?"

"Well," she nodded, and lightly kicked the black iron leg with her toe, "I did all of this myself."

"Awesome." Jiang Cheng said.

The boss smiled, took another look at Gu Miao, walked over and took the iron ball and put it in front of Gu Miao: "I've given it to you."

Gu Miao looked up at her.

"Thank you sister." Gu Fei said quickly.

Gu Miao stood up and bowed to her.

The boss froze for a moment and then said, "You're welcome, fate."

"Fate," Gu Fei leaned on the back of his chair and looked at Jiang Cheng, "Brother Cheng, we must be considered very destined, right?"

"Well," Jiang Cheng took a sip of his coffee, "I'm not far...thousands of miles away, I went to the steel factory just to meet you, it must be very fateful."

"It's dangerous." Gu Fei lay down on the table.

"What?" Jiang Cheng also lay down on the table, and the two of them looked at each other face to face.

"One second earlier, one second later," Gu Fei said, "You won't be able to meet Er Miao. If you hadn't picked Er Miao, I probably wouldn't have paid more attention to you."

"Is it because of Er Miao that you were polite to me in the beginning?" Jiang Cheng smiled.

"Well, she likes you," Gu Fei hooked the corner of his mouth, "But, it must be because you are good-looking."

Jiang Cheng clicked his tongue.

"You are so handsome, Brother Cheng." Gu Fei said.

"If you're so familiar, you don't need to flatter you so hypocritically," Jiang Cheng said.

"Am I handsome?" Gu Fei asked.

"Handsome blasts the sky," Jiang Cheng said.

Gu Fei laughed, and it took him a long time to lean back on the back of his chair. He closed his eyes and let out a soft breath: "This is how it is... so good."

"Yeah." Jiang Cheng nodded while lying on the table.

After the two chatted quietly for a while, Gu Fei's eyes fell behind him: "Brother Cheng, look."

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng turned his head.

In the corner next to the bar behind him, there is an electric piano, and a guitar is leaning on the chair next to it.

"What?" Jiang Cheng turned his head and looked at him.

"Do you have any ideas?" Gu Fei asked in a low voice.

Jiang Cheng stared at him for a while and then smiled: "Do you have any ideas?"

"A little bit." Gu Fei said.

"I have a little too." Jiang Cheng said.

"But I don't know if they will let you use it?" Gu Fei said.

"Ask?" Jiang Cheng said.

"I'll ask." Gu Fei took a look at the bar and stood up.

The last time Jiang Cheng played the piano was the performance in No. [-] Middle School. When he thought of that time, he felt an indescribable emotion in his heart. At that time, he was flustered and distressed after being angry, and finally he clearly felt Gu Fei's heartache. despair.

Thinking about it now still makes my heart tremble slightly.

At that time, he hoped to be able to perform together with Gu Fei, but in the end it didn't happen.

Gu Fei asked him to look at it just now, and when he looked back to see that piano and that guitar, he immediately felt his hairs stand on end.

"Yes," Gu Fei walked back and said softly, "The boss said it can be used."

When Jiang Cheng turned his head, the boss leaned his arms on the bar and made a please gesture to him.

He smiled, stood up and walked over with Gu Fei.

The electric piano was played at Pan Zhi's house before. His mother joined a middle-aged and elderly art troupe. She bought an electric piano and never touched it. Jiang Cheng was probably the only one who made it sound.

The electric piano in front of him was more advanced than Pan Zhi's. After Jiang Cheng sat down, he stretched his fingers a bit, and then climbed a certain scale. It felt okay.

The two girls who were chatting over there heard the music and looked over together.

"How is it?" Gu Fei took the guitar and stood beside him, sliding his fingers over the strings, "This guitar should be played often, and the sound is still accurate."

"Very good," Jiang Cheng casually played a paragraph on the keys with both hands, and looked at Gu Fei, "Then... start?"

"En." Gu Fei nodded.

They didn't discuss what piece to play, but they both knew what to play.

When Gu Fei's hand lightly tapped the rhythm on the piano box, Jiang Cheng smiled, and heard the prelude of a few bars gently slide out from Gu Fei's fingertips, and his fingers landed on the keys.

Both of them are already familiar with that piece of music, and they can probably continue smoothly from any section.

At first, Jiang Cheng's hand was a little tight, after all, it had been too long since he touched it, and it was not the familiar piano.

But by the time he finished playing the first time, he had slowly relaxed.

During the interlude, he looked at Gu Fei, and in the sunlight, Gu Fei's slightly drooping eyelashes cast long shadows and trembled slightly.

When he reached the place where the piano entered, he raised his eyes to look at Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng smiled, dropped his hand, and the notes jumped out from between his fingers.

"I think, one look is enough to grow old..." Gu Fei sang in a low voice.

Jiang Cheng hummed softly.

I think, look up to the warm sun and spring grass, you give me a simple hug

I want to crush the confusion and walk through time, open your eyes and you will hear

I think, I have you on my left shoulder and smile on my right shoulder

I want to run wild in your eyes

I think, one look is enough to grow old

In the quiet sunshine, the sound of the piano and the singing are low and gentle.

Jiang Cheng's gaze was always on Gu Fei's face, intertwined with his eyeliner.

Sometimes he will feel that forever is a very unreal word, which cannot be determined or grasped, but it will appear in a certain moment when you are completely inadvertent.

Right now, right in front of your eyes.

In the notes at the fingertips of the two, in the eyes of the two meeting, and in the small square of sunlight coming in from the window beside them.

Gu Fei took two steps back slowly amidst the sound of the piano, took a rose handed out by the boss from the bar, and walked back to Jiang Cheng: "Brother Cheng, happy birthday."

"Happy birthday." Jiang Cheng finished playing the last note and took the rose.

"We don't need any anniversaries," Gu Fei said, "What we want to commemorate is not counted by days."

"Yeah." Jiang Cheng looked at him.

"We have to count it as a lifetime." Gu Fei said.

"Ah," Jiang Cheng smiled and nodded, "Forever."

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