Seven's secret

Across a fence covered with mountain roses, Murong contemptuously looked at the young man in a light-colored shirt.

The man was about the same age as him, with a handsome and gentle appearance.He didn't notice that he had been followed all the way, and his beautiful light brown eyes were only focused on glancing around in the bushes.He sat down on the steps of the garden, lowered his head and took out the canned cat food from his backpack, making a ridiculous sound of mimi mimi.

The corners of Murong Qing's mouth involuntarily curved upward.

There was a rustling sound in the bushes, and several stray cats of different colors came out of the bushes, and approached the young man affectionately.While distributing food to them, the young man chattered about maintaining order, "No snatching, old black! What about you, every time you squeeze with others, you don't see how much thinner Xiao Hua is than you..."

Murong watched the old black cat reluctantly take two steps back, giving up the best prey position to a dirty tabby cat, and curled the corners of his lips again.From his point of view, the black cat's tangled expression, which was reluctant to show a gentleman's demeanor, was actually quite pleasant.

"Don't grab it, the canned cat food you brought today is enough for you to eat," the young man bent his finger and tapped the black cat's forehead lightly, "It's not good to eat too much of this stuff, I'll buy small fish for you tomorrow." You eat. Today? I didn’t buy it today, that old man didn’t come out to set up a stall today, and I don’t know why…”

Murong Qing unconsciously looked away.It's not that the scene of young people talking to stray cats looks weird, but I instinctively don't want to see pictures of people getting too close to animals.

This is the southern area of ​​Binhai City. It is said that it has not been developed recently, and there are usually no tourists. Compared with the tourist attractions in the urban area, it is much quieter.This street is next to Nanshan Middle School. Tall plane trees are planted on both sides of the street. The dense branches and leaves stretch out, almost blocking the sky above the street.The fence on the street side of Nanshan Middle School is covered with roses, exuding a strong fragrance in the spring sunshine.

Murong Qing feels that the spring in Binhai has a bright and lively taste, even the sunshine is extraordinarily hot.He felt strange and novel about this city, but he didn't find it annoying.

He turned his head and looked at the young man who was feeding the cats. He was putting his head down and putting away the empty cans. The cats and cats with their full stomachs were lying on the edge of the flower bed to bask in the sun.The young man murmured good-bye to the cats, and walked around the flower-bed in the direction in which he had come.

Murong Qing stood on the spot and watched him leave.After following him for a few days, he is almost familiar with the rules of this person's life, Murong Qing doesn't plan to follow him anymore, he feels that he has seen everything he wants to know.When he turned to leave, Murong Qing heard a cooing sound from above his head, and when he raised his head, he saw two chubby pigeons perched on a branch, tilting their heads and looking at him with blinking eyes like round beans. While watching, they gathered together and whispered.

"This kid is peeking at the winter solstice."

"Is there? I think he just happened to pass by."

"I don't believe he's passing by. Have you noticed the look in his eyes? Staring straight at Dongzhi, he must have some bad idea. No, I have to tell Dongzhi to go!"

"Xiao Ba, don't be so impulsive... You see, he has already left, and he didn't continue to follow the winter solstice, he must have passed by."

"But he has been watching the winter solstice just now."

"Does Winter Solstice look good? It's normal for others to see him."

"It's true... Winter Solstice is almost as handsome as me, and it's not surprising if someone peeks at it..."

"..."

The corners of Murong Qing's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself that you have the nerve to call yourself handsome with a fat body like a ball like you? !These city-dwelling birds have thick skins.But from their tone of voice, it seems that they get along very well with the man named Dongzhi.Thinking of such a man who can smile brightly at a dirty stray cat, his mind must not be bad at all.

Maybe those words are true.He thought, maybe he could try to believe once...

Even if you really miss it, it's no big deal.What he needs most now is a place where he can settle down, a place where he can start a new life, not friends.

Murong Qing left Binhai that day, stayed in Xi'an for a day, and returned to Ping'anji at dusk the next day.

There is only one old station in Ping'anji, which is built on a slope outside the town, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk to the town.From here, you can see Shiyan Mountain in the distance with emerald green peaks, stretching out its powerful arms like a tall warrior, embracing the small town in its arms.The quiet town with white walls and red tiles is shrouded in fresh green in early spring, as elegant and fresh as an ink painting.

This is what Murong Qing has seen since he was a child. He can tell with his eyes closed which mountain valley grows the most luxuriant Shanlihong, and which street has the most delicious sesame glutinous rice balls in the town.If she leaves, Murong Qing feels that she will definitely miss this place.However, his nostalgia for this place is as strong as his desire to leave here.So, as the years passed, leaving here became an increasingly unavoidable thing.

Murong Qing turned into a narrow street with his travel bag on his back, took out the key, opened the door and walked in.

This is a small yard. There is an old orange tree planted in the yard. Under the tree, there is an old well. The open space near the yard wall has been carved out to plant some vegetables and radishes. The loofah has already climbed up the shelf next to the wall. , the soft paper stretched out, green and very cute.

There was a figure swaying in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of the courtyard door, a face exactly like Murong Qing poked out from the window and asked him with a smile, "Are you back? Didn't you say that you asked the old man for a week's leave? Why did you come back today?" gone?"

Murong let out a sigh of relief, "Tired."

Murong Lu wiped the water from his hands, and walked out of the kitchen to take his backpack, "Take a break, I'll add two more dishes, and I'll eat right away."

Murong nodded lightly, followed behind him and walked in.

The kitchen is small, with a row of low cabinets along the wall, and a square log table in the middle.A separate small room was cleaned up near the side of the yard, where pots and pans were placed.Murong Qing looked around and felt that he had been away for a few days, except that the biscuit bucket placed on the cabinet was replaced with a new one, nothing had changed here.

"Is that bucket of coconut biscuits finished?"

Murong Lu hummed, "The proprietress of the grocery store said that the kind of biscuits you bought won't arrive until a few days later, so I bought this kind." Asking his younger brother to buy him sweets made him feel a little embarrassed.

Murong pursed his lips and smiled, pretending that he didn't notice the slight awkwardness in his tone, "I bought several kinds of dim sum for you this time. Binhai is a big city after all, and the things in the store are better than those in our small town. You need more children."

Murong Lu didn't look back, but his ears turned red.He pretended to cough twice, and changed the topic, "How do you feel about going this time?"

The smile on Murong Qing's face subsided slightly, but his eyes softened, "Brother, the address left by that person named Qingshu is true, the teacher he mentioned, I followed him for two days, We are indeed the same people.”

Murong Lu's shoulders trembled slightly, and there was an incredulous look in his eyes, "Then... is it true?"

"I'm afraid it's true." Murong Qing recalled the stranger who suddenly appeared in the Murong Lu Medical Center not long ago, and frowned slightly, "I also inquired about a lot of things this time. Didn't Qingshu say that That teacher used money to set up a fund to help poor students, and he also went to find their clansmen. I asked, and there really is such a fund called Shanshen or something. There are several students in Qingshi Town They paid for it and sent it to school."

Murong Lu blinked, still a little dubious, "That teacher, he can understand...that?"

Murong Qing recalled those wild cats and the two cheeky pigeons on the sycamore tree, and nodded a little helplessly.

Murong Lu's eyes turned red quickly, "You said we've been together for so many years...how come no one told us earlier?!"

Murong lightly comforted him and said: "It doesn't matter if you say it or not. Didn't you listen to what Qingshu said, that teacher just found out about his life experience not long ago, we two had a companion since we were young, it's no better than others ah?"

Murong Lu nodded, his eyes were still slightly red.

Murong looked down on him like this, couldn't help but sighed.He always felt that the person who carried them back was mistaken, and he was the elder brother.Murong Lu has a soft personality and soft ears, and he, the younger brother, has to decide everything.If it wasn't for his fear of being bullied by his temperament, why did he go to such lengths to get him out of Murong's old house?

However, seeing that he has been living in the town safely, it is not in vain that he had worked hard at the beginning.He didn't intend to let him know about those dirty secrets behind his back.

Who made him his...brother.

Murong Qing thought, this is definitely a mistake.