Years old

Today the gloomy Qi Songyan bought four kinds of snacks, so he obviously stepped on Qin Di's thunder again.He huddled on the high chair and sipped scented tea pitifully, watching An Jie help him with the bunch of fresh lilies.

"Because of what? He has a good temper, and he can't even solve the problem with ice cream. Could it be that he is angry?" An Jie wrapped the scotch tape around the slender flower stem twice, and took another two A sheet of pearlescent floral paper.

Qi Songyan fiddled with the cup in his hand and thought about it seriously.Otherwise, maybe not angry?There was only one thing that caused Qin Di's emotional ups and downs in the past two days - Cai Dijuan was sick.

The stray kitten back then is now a teenage old cat. Si Junyao and Ren Zhou have always taken good care of it, and even traveled long distances to bring it to Qi Songyan's wedding.That day, its little dress was very formal, although its face was still very serious, but when Qin Di lifted it up to take a picture, it still kissed the wedding ring on Qin Di's hand very intimately, but at that time it was already far away. Not as lively as when I was a child.

Until the beginning of this year, its weakened stomach became even more vulnerable. Si Junyao made a video call to Qin Di, speaking very tactfully, but both Qin Di and Qi Songyan knew in their hearts that this might be the last farewell.Cai Dijuan was lying in front of the camera with a sleepy look, but he could hear their voices, but he still struggled to raise his head and gave a weak "meow" to the screen.Qin Di patted its head through the phone, turned and went back to the bedroom.

In fact, after so many years, they have grown from green teenagers to the kind of adults they once hoped to become, and they have been forced to learn farewell too many times along the way.

In Qin Di's junior year, Jiang Hong remarried.When he graduated from college, he had a half-sister.The old house was sold as a matter of course, and the memory of Qin Di mixed with nostalgia in the bleakness was also sold as an additional one.When he asked for leave to go back, he only had time to dig through the "ruins" to find a few classmates' records, stacks of awards, and some diaries with diaries and essays.

In the summer after finishing his postgraduate studies, he heard that those old buildings had been demolished, along with Grandma Xia's barbershop.This time, he didn't even have time to go back and take a photo.The memory of the flowers and steps was finally fixed on the second day when he was with Qi Songyan. The image of Qi Songyan opening his arms to him downstairs appeared in his dreams many times later.

It was also that year that Qi Songyan said that there was no longer any delay.They pooled the money the two of them had saved from part-time jobs over the years, and pieced together some of it, and gritted their teeth to pay the down payment for the house.He said that he would buy another set in the future, so this set directly fell under Qin Di's name, and he took Qin Di to exchange for a new household registration book and a new ID card.There was only Qin Di's solitary page in the household registration book. Qi Songyan printed a photo of the two of them together and put it in the blank page. He stamped the word "head of the household" on Qin Di's forehead crookedly, and gave himself the label of "hugging the head of the household". definition.

They returned the two-bedroom, one-living room that they had rented for six years. Under the small window, after listening to Jiang Hong's hysterical scolding, Qin Di calmly added embellishments to her: "The scholarship has already paid the tuition fee. After paying for my living expenses for a few months, I didn’t care about it anymore. In the past few years, I ate his food, lived in his house, and even in high school, I relied on his three meals to subsidize my food. In fact, you can understand that I was taken care of by him, so that I can have the capital that you go out to brag about today. Without him, I am nothing. You are right, I am a pervert, and I have been since I was a child. So someone like me is willing to spend seven or eight years Spending money and investing in love, you should have fun secretly, otherwise, with my growth trajectory, it is normal to go crazy at the door of your new house at any time."

Regarding this matter, Qi Songyan's words were much more truthful and sincere.That may be the first time he has held his parents' shoulders at the same time since he grew up. "On the day of the school entrance banquet, you two were very grateful to Li Shuai, and thanked him for being my guiding light, turning me from a scumbag into an aspiring young man who was able to pass the exam and was admitted to Beijing. He said no Thank him, do you think he is being polite? He is not, because the whole world knows that I became better because of Qin Di. He has a double first-class master’s degree and does a decent job based on talent. I am a businessman. I don’t earn as much as him, and I earn less than him. But all these years, I have relied on him to take care of my food, clothing, housing and transportation. Let me show you what this house looked like before? It’s him who took care of it so warm and durable now. Yes, he buys the wall paint himself and paints it a little bit. No matter what time I commute to work, I can have a hot meal. When I buy fruit, he will pick the damaged ones and eat them first. I bought 31 pairs. If the purpose of marriage is to have someone who can support each other, then I can’t think of a better person than him. My orientation has been set since I was 14 years old, and I can’t change it in my life. If you get full marks in everything, you should taste it, and who will lose out if you get the points?"

They don't know if there are any couples in the world who came out just to get married like they did, but they know that there must be someone who has experienced or is experiencing tremendous pressure from society and family.No matter how Jiang Hong made a fuss, Qin Di said, "If it's yellow, you will pay back the money for me."And Qi Songyan went to the hospital, wrote in black and white that he was too healthy physically and mentally, and also printed Qin Di's salary statement, part-time income and house purchase contract, and sealed a thick paper bag for his parents.

Still later, they held a wedding without their parents present.

Maybe there is always something to lose, but they have worked hard to hold what they want to hold.But farewells still happen, even for a long-lived cat.

When Qi Songyan came home with snacks and bouquets, Qin Di was working in the study.The study room is not big, but they insisted on placing two desks side by side, sitting side by side as they did when they were teenagers.Qi Songyan leaned against the door and looked at him. The light pink long-sleeved T-shirt was tie-dyed with a few pieces of cloud-like white, and a thin metal chain hung from the transparent framed plain glasses. The warm light of the desk lamp reflected Qin Di's face very well. soft.But his meticulous expression is the same as when he was self-study back then, he was agile and focused, and he could fascinate Qi's personality by turning his black pupils casually.

The one surnamed Qi posed at the door for a long time, but Qin Dileng didn't notice it, so Qi Songyan could only use his housekeeping skills to attract small animals, shaking the snack bag and making some noises.Qin Di looked up and saw him, and suddenly seemed to be slacking off, joy, grievance, sadness and other expressions flashed across his face, and finally wavered and froze on impatience.He lowered his eyes, let out an "um" from his throat, and scribbled it as an expression of his knowledge of Qi Songyan's return from get off work.

Qi Songyan was not angry either, he put several snack bags on the corner of the table, and opened the mouth of the bags.Then he lifted Qin Di from the chair, sat on the seat instead of him, wrapped Qin Di in his arms, and took off his glasses.

"Look at which little animal is at the same table as me today, ah, it's Qin Xiaodi with red eyes."

Qin Di leaned on the armrest to think about it, but was held back by Qi Songyan.The more he struggled, the tighter his arms became, and the thin silver chain and glasses legs rattled together.The sweet fragrance from the mouth of the plastic bag soothed his anxiety. He slowly gave up struggling, but he didn't speak. He lowered his head and pinched the temples of his glasses, rubbing his sore eyes.

Qi Songyan glanced at the monitor twice and turned him up and down. "I saw the business secret again. Did you step on these paw prints for the design department yourself?" Qin Di looked sideways, and there were two rows of six design patterns on the monitor. Although there were differences, they were all the same. The outline of a cat's paw, and the words engraved in gold and stone on the position of the meat pad.

"...It's the cat's paw seal. The new project I've made these days still needs to be perfected." Qin Di ignored his joke and explained in a muffled voice.

But Qi Songyan didn't give up on teasing him, and pulled his palm and asked, "What character are you going to write? According to your school's usual style, it's almost like '御喵本喵' or something like that?"

"I originally wanted to fix the font, but I want to fight for it and make it customizable."

"I put forward a customizable proposal last year, didn't it fail in the end?"

"Yes. But still, I want to fight for it."

"Bao, if we don't win, let's find a printing company to order two and send one to the teacher."

For the first time in two days, Qin Di plucked up the courage to look up at him, but this look was terrible.Qi Songyan's eyes were full of understanding and relief, as if saying "I know everything".Qin Di's nose was unbearably sore, and his obviously tired and dry eyes instantly became watery.It's all Qi Songyan's fault, if he hadn't met him, his strong and unrestrained style might have survived for decades, as for when he would break down, we'll talk about it at that time.But when he met Qi Songyan, the grievances he had accumulated for more than ten years seemed to open the gate, from a trickle to a river, a lake, and a sea, and finally he was so used to seeing that he was almost thirty, he was considered an elite in the industry outside, but he would still In front of Qi Songyan, she loves to act like a baby and shed tears.In order to tense his nerves, he pretended to have had a couple of days, but in the end he was caught clearly.

"I don't cry." He blinked hard and muttered softly.

Qi Songyan hugged him and shook him gently, "Yes, we don't cry. Birth, old age, sickness and death, life is normal. Besides, the child has already lived a long life."

"...Last year's proposal was rejected because we never had a customized project, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and prone to after-sales problems. We are doing new cultural creation, element mining, creative combination, and digital technology are all pursuing, but I I think the traditional humanistic color is still the last thing that should be buried. I am definitely not the only one who wants to have a lovely and memorable souvenir. If it is destined to be lost, then find a way to keep some good things.”

Qi Songyan can't resist the fragility that belongs to him, nor can he resist the tenderness that belongs to the whole world. Even though he keeps losing, he is still willing to hold on to a ray of sunrise with tears in his eyes.He took a deep breath and wanted to kiss his little love.But I heard Qin Di say suddenly: "I want to go to the living room to get my cell phone."

He said that, but he didn't mean to go to the ground at all.Qi Songyan supported him and ordered: "Hug your neck."

Qin Di wrapped his arms around his neck, and was carried lightly to the sofa in the living room. After touching the phone, he flipped through the photo album, and held it in front of Qi Songyan.

In the picture, Caidi Juan is licking the canned food, and Qin Di's white hand is stroking its head. "Caidijuan, brother Didi." Caidijuan raised his head, licked his lips, and shouted in a straight voice: "Wonderful!"

"Hey, I'm the one who feeds the can. What do you mean by calling him? My brother's heart is broken."

"wonderful!"

"What? You love him? I'm sorry, it's mine. It's not easy to reincarnate in the next life, but I can reluctantly allow you to be our cat. I have learned to call you Brother Didi, and I will feed you the most expensive canned food every day. My family I'm managing the money, please recognize the situation."

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Taking the phone away, Qi Songyan's eyes turned red for no reason.Maybe he was led astray by Qin Di, but he also felt that Cai Dijuan was calling his name.After a long while, he hugged Qin Di in his arms, rubbed his hair and said, "When we're not working overtime, let's go out for a walk more, if the cat reincarnates sooner."