Two Continents

Half of the winter vacation passed without knowing it. When Aunt Yuan returned to China, she happened to take Bai Nana back with her. Of course, it was the result of her brother and Ai's hard work to coax it out.After Bai Nana went back, the room became vacant, and Ji Kaifeng enjoyed Bai Che's "favor" to himself, but the only thing that made him unhappy was that he couldn't get under his brother's bed.

This day, Bai Che went home with a stack of books in his arms, and Ji Kaifeng flipped through a book. He didn't know where his brother got the elementary school textbooks.His brother rubbed his head: "Do you know how to read?"

He can.

However, Ji Kaifeng shook his head.

His brother carried the book in his arms, and he followed behind to the study room, where he began to teach him how to read and write.Bai Che prepared paper and pen for him while flipping through the books, and said: "Your identity can be obtained before September next year, you should be in the third grade at your age, next year I will send you directly to a private school, and I will teach you before that. "

There are computers and electronic equipment such as display screens on the desk, and there is a pen and a bottle of ink in the corner of the desk.White bookshelves are placed throughout the space on the first floor, which are filled with English teaching materials and some other reading books.

Bai Che pressed the paper down, took a pen and dipped it in ink, and carefully wrote down Ji Kaifeng's name.Then handed him the pen: "write your own name first."

Bai Che's handwriting is very beautiful, with strong strokes, and the three characters "Ji Kaifeng" are written in a straight and free-spirited way.

Ji Kaifeng picked up the pen. His posture of holding the pen was not correct and ugly since he was a child. When he grows up, everything is electronic and he can't really write.And now he is deliberately twisting and clumsily holding the pen, looking at his brother with big eyes, but his brother doesn't say anything, just sits next to him and waits patiently for him to write.

"..." Ji Kaifeng saw that his brother didn't respond, so he wrote crookedly, deliberately stretching the strokes so long that they were even worse than ghostly symbols.If you want to replace it with paper with a yellow background and red cinnabar, you can directly use it to drive away ghosts and evil spirits.

Only then did his brother smile, stood up and walked behind Ji Kaifeng, leaned down slightly, wrapped Ji Kaifeng's hand holding the pen with the palm of his right hand, and corrected his pen holding posture bit by bit.

The warm touch on the back of his hand made Ji Kaifeng's electrocardiogram start to move up and down crazily. The smell of pine needles lingered around, and Ji Kaifeng's hand stiffly followed Bai Che's fingers to adjust its position.

"that's it."

Writing, pausing, one stroke, one stroke, one vertical stroke, another stroke, one stroke...Bai Che took Ji Kaifeng with his right hand and wrote down his name stroke by stroke. Before he could recall the moment just now, His brother let go of his hand and sat back beside him.

He pushed away the stamp on the paper with his small hands, took off the paper and folded it.

Bai Che looked at Ji Kaifeng's movements strangely: "Keep practicing, you only get a feel for writing more." Ji Kaifeng just folded the paper and hid it in his pocket silently. His brother looked at him like this. A series of actions jokingly said: "I have to collect this, so I can sell it for money when I become famous in the future."

Ji Kaifeng's ears, which were already red just now, became even hotter.Did Bai Che teach his little sister to write like this?When Ji Kaifeng thought of this possibility, he felt a little apprehensive.

"Nana can learn to write by herself."

His brother casually said something with a half-smile, Ji Kaifeng suddenly felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, this was a unique moment between them.

This afternoon, Ji Kaifeng spent time practicing calligraphy by himself, while his brother accompanied him and read his own book.The sunlight changed its angle, and looking out of the window of the study, the light pink and azure blue of the sky gradually merged together, as beautiful as a painter's canvas.

Ji Kaifeng occasionally glanced at his brother's profile when he was concentrating on reading from the corner of his eye, and hid this profile in his heart.

From the kitchen on the second floor, the cry of "Hey, old ancestor and little ancestor!" disturbed the silence in the study, and Ji Kaifeng dropped his mouth, disgusting Tang Ai.

Bai Che closed the book, flipped through Ji Kaifeng's practice results this afternoon and nodded in satisfaction, covered the pen and ink and put them back in their original places. Putting Ji Kaifeng's shoulders on his shoulders, he went upstairs to enjoy the dinner Tang Ai made.

Cooking skills are one of the necessary survival skills for these teenagers who are far away from their parents. Tang Ai actually didn't know how to cook at first, and there were only a few Chinese restaurants. Later, he started to learn how to cook by himself after eating takeaway every day.Bai Che has gone from his dark cooking to his current master's craftsmanship, which can be regarded as the end of all hardships.

"The potato spareribs are cooked well today." Bai Che picked up chopsticks for Ji Kaifeng, and suddenly thought of something: "Is this potato pulled from Uncle Yuan's field?"

Tang Ai bit the ribs in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Yes, I brought back a big bag. By the way, Ache, I have a little idea of ​​the program you want to make. We don't need to find someone to write the code."

Ji Kaifeng raised his ears to eavesdrop on his brother and Tang Ai's "commercial secrets".

"The Great God is the Great God, let's discuss in your room later."

The two teenagers and a kid ate without ink, and finished eating in a while. Bai Che quickly cleaned up the dishes, made a cup of coffee for him and Tang Ai, and went into Tang Ai's room to discuss their project.

Ji Kaifeng was abandoned in the dining room and was unhappy. After sitting alone for a while, he went downstairs to the study to continue practicing calligraphy.The third floor of this small house is the bedroom, the second floor is the living room and kitchen, and the first floor is where Bai Che usually studies and reads.There was also a piano there, which was bought temporarily in order for Bai Nana to insist on practicing the piano. Although Bai Che had never played it in front of Ji Kaifeng, he knew that Bai Che would.

Ji Kaifeng sat on the piano bench and lifted the piano cover, imagining Bai Che's appearance when he played the piano. He had a deep sense of inferiority in his previous life, even this Bai Che always made him feel that Bai Che and him had a similar relationship. The difference is so... out of reach.

With a sense of loss, Ji Kaifeng sat in front of the desk and absently traced the copybook, thinking about the scene where he was picked up by his brother in the heavy snow, the scene where his brother was protecting him tightly, and thinking about the scene in the taxi. His brother leaned on his alcohol-soaked breath.

Thinking that the whole sky was dark, the lights in the opposite house were turned on.

"let me see."

His brother's gentle voice sounded behind him, causing Ji Kaifeng to straighten up suddenly, the paper in front of him was picked up, and his heart beat rapidly.It was only then that Ji Kaifeng realized that what he had just written was Bai Che's name.

"..." Ji Kaifeng didn't know how to explain that he could write these two characters for a while, and he looked at his brother reading the copybook with his heart hanging.

Unexpectedly, his brother just rubbed his head: "There is progress." Then he asked him: "Would you like to have supper?" Ji Kaifeng was secretly relieved that he didn't let him know how to write, and nodded quickly.

Bai Che put on his coat: "Go and change, and tell you Brother Ai to get ready to come down."

They went to the nearby square, where there were many Chinese dessert shops. His brother picked a milk tea shop and went in, handed Tang Ai the dessert list and asked him to help Ji Kaifeng order, and his brother went to chat with the old brother of the shop owner.

Just when Ji Kaifeng thought they were going to sit down and drink milk tea at this milk tea shop, unexpectedly his brother took them to another shop to buy desserts, but unfortunately the owner of this dessert shop was not there.

So they visited almost all the restaurants and milk tea shops in this square tonight. Ji Kaifeng was puzzled at first, but then the only memory left in his previous life reminded him that his brother and Tang Ai started to prepare for them at this time. electronic platform.

Tang Ai carried different food and drinks, and ran back and forth between the car and the shop. He was sweating from running in the winter, while his brother was chatting with the bosses.

The last thing they went to was a milk tea shop called "Coco". His brother and Tang Ai were talking with the shop owner, while Ji Kaifeng was sipping milk tea.At this time, Ji Kaifeng caught a glimpse of a group of strong foreigners pushing the door in from the corner of his eye. He quietly put down the milk tea and leaned against his brother with his back facing the door.

His elder brother noticed his abnormality, and also looked at the group of people from the corner of his eye. He immediately put his arms around his shoulders to protect him, leaned sideways against the cash register, and said to the lady owner, "Thank you for your kindness." Information, we will talk next time."

The young lady seemed to like his brother very much, and gave them three extra free coupons.

"What's the matter, Ah Che?" Tang Ai was facing the door, and Ji Kaifeng and the others were not there when they were chased that night, so they couldn't recognize the group of people.

"Shh, you cover us out."

Fortunately, Tang Ai was reliable in this regard, he stood in front of Ji Kaifeng and Bai Che and walked slowly from the other side of the bar to the door.When turning to the back position, Ji Kaifeng took a sneak peek. There were three or two girls in the group, and one of them was Kate!

And Kate turned around and saw them at this time!

His brother noticed Kate's sight, pulled Ji Kaifeng and ran outside.Tang Ai's tacit understanding with Bai Che is really not a cover, he immediately changed seats and moved behind them to cover him and his brother.

"Brother Bai!" Unexpectedly, Kate chased after him relentlessly!One of the youths, wearing a skeleton sweater and kicking wide-leg pants, also came forward to look at it, speaking English.

His brother led him into the car and quickly started the car and left the square.

Tang Ai glanced at his rearview mirror and asked, "Who are they?"

Bai Che also kept paying attention to whether there was a car catching up in the mirror: "It was that night." While secretly glad that he changed the license plate while repairing the car.

Tang Ai said: "I actually saw Kate just now! Should we send Lei Ge a pot of green potted plants to remind him that he is green?"

Ji Kaifeng noticed in the back seat that his brother didn't speak after saying "save it", his expression was calm as usual, but he put his right hand off the steering wheel and put his elbow on the glove box.Ji Kaifeng is familiar with it. His brother's actions are usually in a state of thinking.

He knew what his brother was worried about. Kate could see that he was very open, but he didn't expect to be so open, crossing their circle and the circle of local bad youths.Moreover, since Kate met them here today, maybe she will often be active in this square in the future.

It was even more troublesome then.