Two Continents

Ji Kaifeng's ninth birthday was extremely unforgettable. The starry sky in Gordon Park was reflected in his pupils, penetrated into the depths of his memory and was carefully treasured.

But he still failed to listen to his brother playing the piano as he wished. Bai Che didn't like playing the piano in front of others, and his brother always thought it was not a birthday present, so he asked someone to order a set of pens with Ji Kaifeng's name engraved on them and a self-adjusting pen. Color dark blue ink.

His brother's appreciation style has always been simple and majestic. The pure black pen body is inlaid with a silver pen clip, and it is packaged in a rectangular and exquisite black box, which is neatly placed on the small bookcase by Ji Kaifeng.

Listening to the torrential rain in early summer outside the window, Ji Kaifeng stared at the pen and ink with his small face in a daze. He was obsessed with listening to his brother play the piano.So he ran to his brother's room, coquettishly and forcefully, using all means, and finally dragged his brother to the piano bench.

Just as his brother lifted the cover of the piano and touched the keys with his fingers, the doorbell of his house rang.Lawyer Guo stood outside the door like a drowned rat with a file bag under his arm.His brother quickly invited people into the house and poured a cup of tea, and called Tang Ai down to enter the study with Lawyer Guo.

Ji Kaifeng tiptoed to the door of the study to eavesdrop on their conversation, and could only vaguely hear words like "shipping", "accounting", and "cheating money".Their voices were so low and indistinct that Ji Kaifeng couldn't hear clearly after pawing at the door for a long time.

About 40 minutes later, there were footsteps in the study, and Ji Kaifeng quickly hid in his room.Lawyer Guo, the uncle, not only charges all kinds of strange things, but also likes to eat.

In the words of Lawyer Guo, "Business opportunities and clues are discovered through communication." Bai Che felt that he was already able to chat better, but this lawyer made Bai Che lose his temper in a daze.As lawyer Guo wished, the time was dragged to the meal time. Tang Ai went to add a dish and made mapo tofu. I want to come and eat every day.

Finally sent the great god away, his brother silently cleaned up the dishes, and Ji Kaifeng stretched out his small arms to help pass the dishes.Bai Che really doesn't want to talk now, he has talked to Lawyer Guo for so long, and now his throat is smoldering.So after tidying up the dishes, I sat on the sofa and turned on the computer to browse the files.

Tang Ai turned on the TV and played any variety show as the background sound. He also took the computer and sat next to Bai Che on the sofa to fiddle with his programs. Ji Kaifeng took his brother's other side not to be outdone.

Tang Ai expressed his emotion without raising his eyes: "I'm so clingy to you, won't I cry when I go to school in September?"

Ji Kaifeng didn't bother to pay attention to Tang Ai, and snorted in his heart, you're crying!

Bai Che chuckled and did not answer, but was filling out the form seriously.Ji Kaifeng secretly glanced at the screen, as if he saw his name.Seeing that he was reading the documents, his brother rubbed his head again: "Your identity will come down soon."

After carefully checking all the information, Bai Che sent the document to Uncle Yuan, and after a while, Uncle Yuan called and seemed to have a dinner appointment.Just after hanging up the phone, his brother was called away by a video call from home. Tang Ai was immersed in his code and didn't notice that Ji Kaifeng followed him.

Ji Kaifeng did not follow his brother to the first floor, but sat on the stairs and listened to his brother.He heard Bai Nana crying and hiccupping, and his brother coaxing her in a warm voice. After almost half an hour of coaxing, he finally heard something different: "Nana, be good, let Dad answer the phone."

His brother probably walked to the door, farther away from the stairs, Ji Kaifeng couldn't hear the content clearly, and only heard a vague sentence like "You can't bring that woman home again" that made him feel uneasy.

Not long after, his brother came back. Ji Kaifeng ran up the stairs and returned to the living room. His brother sat back on the sofa with a normal expression, as if he was watching a variety show on TV.But Ji Kaifeng sensitively felt that his brother was not on the show and was thinking about something. He only found out tonight that his brother's house didn't seem to be as enviably warm and harmonious as he thought.

His brother always kept everything in his heart, and Ji Kaifeng realized after getting to know his brother that it wasn't that his brother couldn't communicate.On the contrary, his brother is a person with strong social skills, but simply because he is used to being a brother, he habitually takes all the troubles on himself, allowing his younger siblings to grow up carefree under his protection.

This time Ji Kaifeng grabbed his brother's waist and hugged him hard, just wanting his brother to feel his tiny strength, his brother will always have him, he thought silently, it would be best if his brother could only have him.

However, his brother didn't appreciate it. Don't look at Ji Kaifeng's small body now, and his hands are very strong. His brother was bound and wanted to break his arm.Tang Ai, who happened to come out of the code to take a breath, was still fanning the flames beside him: "Hey, little ancestor, you want to strangle your brother to death!"

Taking advantage of Ji Kaifeng's release, his brother stood up and turned off the TV, and beat Tang Ai's back in a small way: "Hurry up and take a bath, don't take a bath and sing after we sleep, disturbing the people."

"..." Tang Ai let out a "chat", and ordered Xie En to take a bath.

There is always a lot of rain in summer. After the shower in the afternoon, the continuous rain does not stop. Now it is even more thunderous at night, accompanied by rumbling and dull thunder.

Ji Kaifeng was overwhelmed and tossed and turned in his room, unable to fall asleep, so he simply lifted the quilt and sneaked into his brother's room, and jumped onto the bed like a squirrel climbing a tree and got into his brother's bed.

At this time, there happened to be a very bright lightning pierced through the darkness, almost illuminating the entire room for a second or two, and then there was a loud explosion of thunder.Ji Kaifeng gave his brother a hug at the right time, and his brother thought that the boy was afraid of thunder, so for the first time, he didn't take Ji Kaifeng back to his room.

Ji Kaifeng was contented to sleep next to his brother face to face, his mind calmed down by the faint breath of pine needles.However, it didn't last long before being disturbed by Tang Ai who broke into the door.

Tang Ai ran in wearing a pair of underpants and saw that the boy was there!

Bai Che sat up half awake: "You still don't let people sleep..."

Tang Ai, a big boy, twitched: "Ache... this night of thunder and rain... is the most suitable for a few rounds of games all night... hehe!"

"...You're afraid of thunder, so I'll let you watch less thrillers." Bai Che mercilessly pierced through his buddies, pulled himself together to turn on the small lamp on the desk, and picked up the computer to play games with Tang Ai .I didn't forget to block the light for Ji Kaifeng and rub his head so that the little thing could continue to sleep.

"..." Ji Kaifeng really disliked Tang Ai when he came home tonight.

As a result, while playing, Tang Ai lay down on the ground and fell asleep in a room full of people. Fortunately, there were carpets in the bedroom. Bai Che half-opened his sleepy eyes and gave a blanket to his buddy .

The next day, Bai Che and Tang Ai went to school with panda eyes on their faces, while Ji Kaifeng studied at home like the left-behind children.This day, Bai Che and the others finished class early, and Bai Che, who had no school activities since then, put on a baseball cap for Tang Ai and Ji Kaifeng, and went to the square several blocks away.

This square was very lively, his brother led them in to eat and shop in various shops, and passed by a shop selling all kinds of second-hand luxury goods on the way.The decoration of this store is quite new. There are many girls choosing bags and clothes in the store. Tang Ai found that the other half of the store actually has a lot of boys' clothes and sneakers.

A long time after they walked out of the store, Tang Ai, who had a very long reflex arc, thought of something: "Isn't this the store that Lei Ge often visits?"

At this time, Bai Che had just returned from a very, very narrow shop. He took two packs of warm egg waffles for Tang Ai and Ji Kaifeng to eat, and grabbed a small piece by himself: "Yes, but he was never there. He buys genuine products for himself, but there are all fakes in them. Those fakes are very genuine, and the process is basically the same as the genuine ones.”

Tang Ai was taken aback, as if the circuit in his head was suddenly connected: "So..."

Bai Che stuffed Tang Ai with egg waffles to prevent him from revealing the truth, then turned to Ji Kaifeng and said, "Xiaofeng, they will close the shop later, you follow the owner to check his license plate."

They have been shopping in other stores until the square is closed. This square is large enough, with a lot of traffic, and enough shops for them to stay in different stores. His brother didn't waste time going to various milk tea shops, snack bars and restaurants to continue their work Last market research.

Ji Kaifeng is small in stature, and no one knows him, and he is unobtrusive in the crowd and follows the shopkeeper to the parking lot. In the end, he perfectly completed the task assigned to him by his brother.He watched his brother send the license plate number to his contact, Attorney Guo, and Tang Ai was also watching: "Ah Che, you are not afraid that this unreliable uncle will beat us up again."

His brother locked the phone screen after sending the message: "Where is it like you... just act without asking about the fee. That's it, call it a day and go home."

At the end of the night, they went home with big bags of food and drink.

Bai Che ate less, most of it went into the stomachs of Tang Ai and Ji Kaifeng, little Ji Kaifeng stood on the electronic scale and looked at the weight, feeling a little worried.

His brother really raised him like a pet pig.