Stand by

Later, I went to experience the 5D simulated underwater world ecosystem and watched the sea lion flower ball performance.

Jiang Xing was very attentive. During the curtain call, the breeder selected two lucky audiences who could shake hands and take a photo with the sea lions after the performance. Jiang Xing was one of the lucky ones.

Surprised and frightened, he tugged on Pei Lu's sleeve, pretending to be calm and considerate to invite the other party: "Pei Lu, do you want to take a photo with the sea lion? Come together."

Pei Lu laughed, Jiang Xing was like a child with a heart but no guts, who was afraid of dogs and thought they were cute, so he insisted on teasing them, otherwise he would not be reconciled.

Jiang Xing took a tentative step and took two steps back, pulling a forced smile from the corner of his mouth, even the breeder couldn't help laughing.

In the end, it was Pei Lu who held his hand and pressed it on the sea lion's sleek black head, touching it again and again.

The sea lion probably had never seen such a cowardly human being, and was a little speechless. Out of professionalism, he raised his forelegs to give him a high-five. Jiang Xing was so frightened that he turned his face and ran away.

But behind him was Pei Lu's warm and broad chest, blocking his way, and he simply buried him in his arms, and Pei Lu held his hand on top of the human seal's head.

Pei Lu nodded apologetically to the two breeders, touched the back of Jiang Xing's neck with the other hand to comfort him, and lowered his head to whisper in his ear, "Are you okay?"

Jiang Xing didn't even raise his face, and nodded against the position of his heart, but he didn't speak, and his hands were not idle, touching and touching.

After a while, Pei Lu asked him, "Do you want to leave?"

Jiang Xing was afraid that this would happen and he didn't want to leave, so he shook his head.

"..." Pei Lu paused, and suggested: "Then let's take a photo with it again?"

Jiang Xing nodded again, his warm breath penetrated into Pei Lu's heart through his shirt.

Pei Lu pulled him away a little to avoid revealing his rapid heartbeat, and let him lean on his back, holding hands and getting closer to the already impatient little sea lion, and asked the photographer to take a group photo.

Jiang Xing thought he was calm and smiled calmly, but he didn't know how hard he was holding Pei Lu's hand, and he didn't know that the expression on his face was actually a little stiff.

After leaving the performance hall, Jiang Xing came back to life again. He overcame himself and took a photo with the sea lion. He was very proud, and said with a spirited look, "Pei Lu, I think that sea lion just didn't want to part with me."

Pei Lu raised his eyebrows: "Really?"

Jiang Xing has reason: "Didn't you see that when I was about to leave, it followed two steps?"

"...That's it." Pei Lu felt that the sea lion was hungry and wanted to eat meat.

"I can arrange to see it again next time, but first look at my class schedule."

Pei Lu laughed: "You like sea lions so much?"

"Ah," Jiang Xing opened his mouth, and withdrew his smile a little, as if remembering something, pursed his lips, and said in a low voice, "Not really."

Pei Lu felt that he was not in the right mood, and grabbed his wrist: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xing opened his eyes and said seriously: "It's the first time I've seen a real sea lion."

"I've never been to an aquarium, and I've always wanted to take a look." Jiang Xing's eyes widened slightly, as if he was telling someone else's story, "When I was young, my dad's work unit issued tickets to our provincial aquarium, but they were all taught by teachers. The family members of the employees, they all know about my family, no children are willing to walk with me, I don’t plan to go, but I’m afraid that my dad will think too much, so I stayed outside all afternoon before going home.”

"I didn't go to many welfare activities later." Gradually, he developed the habit of no longer participating in group activities, and took the initiative to keep a distance from groups and groups, because he knew that he was an unwelcome person.

"However, when I heard people who came back discuss sea lions and high-five them, I regretted why I didn't go."

Jiang Xing has been regretting the past: "If they hate me, they hate me. I can play with sea lions."

Pei Lu was silent for a while, his throat rolled, his voice was very low, and he could hear a bit of bitterness when he listened carefully: "Then why didn't you go there again?"

Jiang Xing shrugged, and said without any seriousness, "No one is going with me."

He has a poor sense of direction and can't find his way. If it is not a last resort, he will never travel alone, and he will never step out of the university city.

So in fact, today is not him accompanying Pei Lu to celebrate his birthday, but Pei Lu accompanying him to the aquarium.

"I'll accompany you from now on." Pei Lu said softly and gently, "Is there anything else you want to play? I'll accompany you"

Jiang Xing recalled that afternoon's fantasies and what he had heard back then, and said, "They even touched a shark." He showed off in front of him for a long time.

"Okay, touch." Pei Lu indulged.

"Catch shells."

"Well, fish."

Jiang Xing patted his thigh: "Still sticking with dolphins."

"……,stick."

Pei Lu has not been back to China for a long time, and he is not very used to these novel Internet terms, so when he speaks it, he has a sense of serious joy.

Jiang Xing laughed out loud, the regrets and unwillingness from childhood seemed to dissipate, being filled by Pei Lu bit by bit, piece by piece.

At that time, the little Jiang Xing was rejected and isolated, and he didn't have the courage to get on the bus full of executioners to the aquarium. Now the tough and brave Jiang Xing has Pei Lu to accompany him to see the colorful tropical fish and explore the ocean with him. Accompany him to find all the dreams he missed.

It was dusk when we left the museum, today's weather is almost the same as Jiang Xing predicted, the sun was slightly out, and the clouds were thick.

Outside the aquarium is a people's park, in the center there is a large lotus pond, tourists are resting under the weeping willows, Pei Lu and Jiang Xing are leaning on the railing to eat salted egg yolk ice cream.

The lotus in the pond blooms luxuriantly, with green leaf discs, straight flower stems, plump petals with pink in the white, and dragonflies standing on the flower stamens, swaying gently with the wind.

There are children who came out for a walk with the old man to recite ancient poems, one after another.

"The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers in the sun are different."

"Little lotus only has a sharp horn, and a dragonfly has already stood on it."

"The fragrance of hanzi sells the remnants of green leaves, and the westerly wind worries about the green waves."

From the poem to the lyrics, to a certain later song, Jiang Xing suddenly approached Pei Lu mysteriously and said, "She mispronounced it, that is an ancient and modern word with a different pronunciation, here should not be pronouncing chen, but should be pronouncing cen, the second tone , is a beautiful meaning."

A faint smile appeared in Pei Lu's eyes. He knew that Jiang Xing was different from ordinary science and engineering students who were not very good at Chinese. His mother was a Chinese teacher in the university. There was even a pamphlet with a collection of ancient poems that must be memorized. Pei Lu asked him that it was a necessary hypnotic tool for insomnia.

Pei Lu teased him: "Then do you want to correct her?"

Jiang Xing seriously thought about the feasibility of this approach, and shook his head with a troubled face. He also felt that not correcting mistakes seriously violated the bottom line and principles of scientific researchers, so he finally decided to send Pei Lu to correct the one who was still there. A child who shakes his head and recites poems.

Pei Lu: "..."

Jiang Xing saw the child's expression of grievance, daring to be angry and dare not speak, and felt relieved. He and Pei Lu were doing good deeds and doing their best to improve the literary quality of the flowers of the motherland, so they swaggered away .

Jiang Xing waved his hands proudly, and said, "I'm treating guests today, and you can mention whatever birthday cake you want."

Pei Lu was amused, and silently opened the favorites of the review software to dig out the restaurant that Jiang Xingfa said looked delicious last time.

Jiang Xing is the one who treats guests, and Shou Xing is the one who finds the way.

Xinmin food stalls are located on the edge of the Lanjiang River. City S is surrounded by the sea. The Lanjiang River is a moat facing inland, and it is also the only freshwater river in the eastern region that is fed with seawater.

The river is wide, the water plants are swaying, and the bauhinia and phoenix trees are lined up on the bank. At dusk, there is a meaning of "half river rustling and half river red".

This is the old town, and there are people selling watermelon stalls under the roots of the trees. The watermelons are green and deep-grained, and the vines are curled. When you shoot them, they make a crisp sound of "bang bang bang".

There are also people who sell bean curd and Guiling jelly, put ice cubes on them, spoon honey on them, and put a big buckle into your mouth to make people tremble with ice.

Pei Lu picked a seat under the banner of the restaurant, Jiang Xing was not a local, pointed to the name of a dish on the menu and wanted to ask Pei Lu, Pei Lu answered the phone.

They were very close, so I could hear Ye Yi wishing Pei Lv a happy birthday, saying that he had prepared a surprise, Fang Xu, Liang Fan and his good friends were waiting for him.

Jiang Xing lost interest when he heard this, sat up straight, and slightly opened the distance between him and Pei Lu.

Pei Lu glanced at him, but he pretended not to see it.