Glued up by my father's nemesis

When Qi Jingsi finished packing and came out of the east kitchen, Lin Yu was the only one left in the main room, and the four treasures of the study on the dining table were also cleaned up without leaving any traces.

It was as if Yan Fei had never been here.

Qi Jingsi stood at the table in a daze, with a feeling of hesitation and hesitancy written all over his face.

"It's all packed?" Lin Yu raised his head and said, looking at Qi Jingsi with soft eyes.

"En." Qi Jingsi nodded slightly.

"Jingsi." Seeing Qi Jingsi's dejected look, Lin Yu smiled instead, "Do you have something to ask uncle?"

"No, no." Qi Jingsi avoids Lin Yu's eyes, and hesitates, "I'm going to take a rest. Today's time at the pier was delayed by the rain. I have to go to work earlier tomorrow."

"Little Zhuangyuan is gone." Lin Yu picked up the teapot and filled the cup at his hand with a cup of hot tea, he didn't stop Qi Jingsi when he spoke, but said to himself: "Anyway, there are some people in this room who don't want to see him. "

Seeing Qi Jingsi's awkward back froze by the door, he lowered his head and smiled slightly, "It's still raining outside, I asked Yan Fei to take the umbrella away, and he said that if he is free some time, he will return it."

"Little uncle!" Qi Jingsi turned around and strode back to the table, his usual cold face flushed red, he snatched the teacup from Lin Yu's hand, "What time do you drink tea? It's getting less and less every day!"

After saying that, he hid back in his room as if his tail was on fire, and closed the door tightly.

Lin Yu watched the door close, and the smile on his lips slowly dissipated.

*****

The person who said he wanted to return the umbrella probably didn't have time, and the days passed by for a few days. Lin Yu saw Qi Jingsi occasionally standing by the door after dinner. coat.

Originally, the work on the pier had been idle, and Qi Jingsi was always worried about whether the foreman would deduct some wages; the end of the year was approaching, and Lin Yu didn't sleep well recently, he could always hear the coughing of the next door through the wooden boards in the middle of the night.

He wanted to ask the doctor to change Lin Yu's medicine again——

Everything needs money.

He was thinking about how to discuss with Lin Yu about finding another job, but the pier suddenly became busy again in the past two days; it was getting dark when he went home every day, Lin Yu asked twice, but he couldn't tell Why come.

The wooden crates carried by porters at the dock were definitely not grain. A small crate was extremely heavy, but it was tightly sealed inside and out, so no one knew what was inside.

Lin Yu didn't ask too many questions, and Qi Jingsi didn't bother to wait for someone at the door. He always left early and returned late, so tired that he slept soundly after eating.

That day, he was woken up by the sound of two people talking outside the door, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the sun was already high.

The pier is extremely busy these days. He told Lin Yu to wake him up earlier, and Lin Yu would definitely prepare breakfast early in the morning...

What's the matter today?

Worried that something was wrong with Lin Yu's body, he turned over and sat up nervously, but just as he put on his cloth shoes, he realized something was wrong——

Lin Yu's voice came from outside the door. Although the voice was very soft and he couldn't hear what he was saying, he could tell that he was in good spirits today, as if he was too sick to get out of bed.

He walked to the door with light steps, slowly opened a crack in the door, and was shocked by the scene in front of him.

There was a hot breakfast on the table as usual, but it was all put aside, and beside it was a large pack of ingot incense candles; this is not the strangest thing, the strangest thing is the human voice just now——

Yan Fei squatted in the main room, talking to Lin Yu in a low voice, while carefully tracing the oil-paper umbrella in his hand; Lin Yu smiled appreciatively, and would bow his head to point out from time to time.

Qi Jingsi was a little dumbfounded, this scene is so harmonious...

No matter how you look at it, it seems that the two people in front of him are father and son or master and apprentice who love each other, but it seems that he is the redundant one...

Isn't it obvious that I only met once?

"You guys... this is..." Qi Jingsi stammered, "What are you doing?"

"Jing Si." Lin Yu turned around when he heard the sound, and said softly, "Are you awake?"

Yan Fei also stopped writing and raised his head, pointing at the oil paper umbrella that was about to be completed in his hand, and smiled brightly at Qi Jingsi, "Does it look good?"

"This..." Qi Jingsi was completely dumbfounded, "What is this for?"

"Last time, did you dislike the broken oil-paper umbrella that was sent back from thousands of miles away?" Lin Yu walked to Qi Jingsi with a smile, and whispered: "What a wonderful child, I came to look for you early in the morning, to see you Don't get up, and don't let me wake you up."

"When I was chatting, I just casually said that you don't like to bring an umbrella when you go out, so Xiaoyan will make you a new one."

"No...Little Uncle..." Qi Jingsi pulled Lin Yu aside again in embarrassment, and whispered, "Why is he here? Why didn't you call me? The time at the dock should be delayed..."

"What kind of etiquette are you doing? Did your uncle teach you this way?" Lin Yu pretended to be serious and said, "Not to mention that this kid doesn't even have a fine brushwork, but just talking about this kindness, you should thank you—— "

"What are you still fussing about?"

He said and pointed to the small table in front of him, "I've gone to the pier to ask for leave for you, and I've prepared all the incense sticks and ingots for you—"

"Before it's hot, go up the mountain with Yan Fei to visit your mother."

"Today?" Qi Jingsi stared at Lin Yu in confusion.

The death day of his biological mother is approaching, but it is clearly not here yet.

"Recently, the weather is always bad. Sometimes it's sunny and sometimes it's raining. The sacrifice can only be done sooner rather than later; taking advantage of the fine weather today, Yan Fei also happens to be free, and someone will accompany you all the way up the mountain, so that uncle can rest assured." some."

Lin Yu took Qi Jingsi to the table while talking, "Hurry up, I heard that you have worked hard recently, Xiaoyan won't let me wake you up no matter what you say, if you delay, you will delay until this time—"

"The time is almost over. If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to make it down the mountain before dark."

Qi Jingsi looked suspicious, walked to the table and sat down halfway, picked up the hot porridge that Lin Yu had prepared for him, and took a big gulp. The last two strokes.

"Leave it alone." Lin Yu patted Yan Fei's shoulder lightly, "Uncle will go to the street and find a craftsman to apply a coat of oil. You can make do with Jingsi and have something to eat?"

"Little uncle, I used it too early." Yan Fei smiled politely at Lin Yu, got up, walked to sit opposite Qi Jingsi, and lowered his head gently.

Xiaoyan?Uncle?

When did these two people get to know each other so well?

Which song was it sung?

Qi Jingsi felt that this meal was too much to eat...

He hastily finished the porridge at hand in two gulps, picked up the ingot incense candle tied on the table, "Then I'm leaving."

"Yeah." Lin Yu nodded with a smile, "Go ahead."

When he spoke, he smiled softly at Yan Fei, and even handed him an oiled paper bag; Qi Jingsi couldn't figure out who Lin Yu was talking to, and was completely bewildered.

*****

Qi Jingsi strode forward with long legs and muffled head. At first Yan Fei trotted for two steps and could barely keep up, but when he walked slowly to the edge of the mountain in the outskirts of the city, he couldn't see clearly on the dirt road mixed with dead branches, and his physical strength was gradually exhausted. .

"Qi Jingsi—" Yan Fei leaned on his knees, panting heavily, "You...you...wait for me, okay..."

"It's already noon—" Qi Jingsi stopped, but didn't turn around, only looked up at the sky, "If you drag on like this, how can you get down the mountain before dark."

"Don't blame me for not reminding you—" He turned around and glanced at Yan Fei, "There are wolves in Lanshan."

Yan Fei still remembers everything about that rainy night on the top of the mountain in the outskirts of Beijing, especially the terrible scratches on Qi Jingsi's right forearm; Qi Jingsi's words were obviously threatening, and Yan Fei was really scared up.

He nervously took two steps forward, and unconsciously grabbed Qi Jingsi's sleeve, "Then...then let's go quickly..."

Qi Jingsi didn't know if there were wolves in Lanshan, at first he was just bluffing people, but he didn't want to really scare Yan Fei; now he glanced at Yan Fei's hand which was carefully clutching his cuff, the morning A corner of the oiled paper bag seemed to suddenly recall something.

"But I'm hungry, I can't walk anymore." He stared at Yan Fei, "Did little uncle give you something this morning?"

"Yes." Yan Fei nodded quickly, and honestly took out the oil-paper bag from his sleeve pocket, "It's a snack. My uncle said he was afraid you would be hungry on the way, so he went to the street to buy it early in the morning."

Another oiled paper bag, and another snack...

It is exactly the same as in Yulin Academy.

Qi Jingsi sighed lightly.

"Look—" Yan Fei said as he opened the oiled paper bag, holding it in both hands and smiling at Qi Jingsi, "It's still fresh."

"Little Uncle" was called "Little Uncle" by Yan Fei in the morning, and he always suspected that he hadn't woken up and heard it wrong. Now it seems...

These two people are really not familiar with each other!

"Little uncle said that you don't like sweets, so you bought dumplings stuffed with meat..." Seeing Qi Jingsi staring at the bag of glutinous rice dumplings in his hand, Yan Fei muttered to himself, Peeling off a leaf wrapped in a dumpling, handed it to Qi Jingsi's mouth, raised his head and said with a smile, "Have a taste?"

Seeing Yan Fei laughing again into crescent moons with those misty eyes, Qi Jingsi felt a little hot on his face.

Fortunately, he has been working on the dock for the past few months, and he has tanned a little. He feels that if he is as thin and tender as Yan Fei, he must wear clothes.

"Why did he tell you everything?" He grabbed the wrist of Yan Fei's hand that gave him food in frustration, "When did you guys get so familiar? Did you come to look for little uncle again when I was away?" gone?"

"I...I didn't..." Startled by Qi Jingsi's temper that came as soon as he said it, Yan Fei lowered his head and whispered: "I just...guessed that little uncle...he is..."

"You know?" Qi Jingsi let go of Yan Fei, and suddenly felt the mountain wind blowing around him blow away the thin sweat on his back, and his whole body was cold, "You...what else do you know..."

Do you know the nasty things about their family?

"I don't know, my little uncle told me something about you when you were young. He said that you always beat other people's children, and the adults came to ask for an explanation..." Yan Fei answered honestly, But as he talked, he saw Qi Jingsi slowly lowering his head——

Like a little embarrassed.

Qi Jingsi usually looks like an overlord who is not afraid of anything, or a cold face that rejects people thousands of miles away. This is the first time Yan Fei has seen such a Qi Jingsi——

It seems quite cute.

"Excuse me?" He tilted his head and peeked at Qi Jingsi, seeing the awkward expression on Qi Jingsi's face, "Or—"

"You're jealous!"

He put the peeled dumpling back into the oiled paper bag, and tugged at Qi Jingsi's sleeve, "Jingsi..."

Qi Jingsi raised her head excitedly, "What do you call me?"

"Jing Si." Yan Fei replied affirmatively, and smiled softly, "You said that this is not Beijing, and there are no young masters."

"Jing Si." He called again seriously, "Are you afraid that my uncle will not love you after getting close to me? Or are you afraid that I will sue you?"

"I have nothing to be afraid of." Qi Jingsi shook off Yan Fei, snatched the oiled paper bag from Yan Fei's hand, and angrily walked to the side of a tree trunk and sat down.

He was just afraid that Yan Fei would know about Qi Tongfu's nasty things back then, just like Yan Fei would have hesitated when he wanted to tell Qi Jingsi about his mother's life experience.

"I'm afraid—" Yan Fei followed and sat down next to Qi Jingsi, "I'm afraid I'll tell my little uncle when I get home tonight, you left me on the way."

"You have the time to talk to me—" Qi Jingsi angrily stuffed the oiled paper bag in his hand back into Yan Fei's arms, "Why don't you eat more, so you can walk faster in the afternoon."

He was still holding the dumpling that Yan Fei had peeled off just now, and he bit it down, revealing the tender and juicy stuffed meat stuffing; he turned his head and hid the upturned corner of his mouth.

After receiving Yan Fei's peeled glutinous rice balls, the two of them ate the small bag of snacks before going on the road. It looked the same as in the morning.

Qi Jingsi stretched her long legs to open the way ahead, Yan Fei panted heavily and followed behind.

Qi's mother's tomb is on the top of Lanshan Mountain, and after passing halfway up the mountain, the trail that was stepped on by people gradually disappears; Qi Jingsi walked in front with half a branch, looking the same as before, even if Yan Fei muttered a few words occasionally , and he hardly ever turns his head back.

It was only after walking a long distance that Yanfei slowly realized that the road in front of him seemed to be easier than before.

Qi Jingsi would kick away the dead branches at her feet, break off the branches above her head, and trample down the withered grass along the way—

Wherever he walked, an inconspicuous path would be left behind.

Just like Qi Jingsi, everything about him doesn't make any extra noise, and doesn't attract anyone's attention.

For people and things he doesn't like, he will directly take action, even in Beijing where the rich and powerful gather, even if the other party is Chang Haoxuan, the son of a family, he never pays attention to it; and his concern is the same as the path under his feet, Keep silent, won't show off to anyone, and won't ask if you need it, just quietly in front of your eyes.

Yan Fei raised his head and looked at the back in front of him, the dazzling afternoon sun fell on Qi Jingsi.

He watched Qi Jingsi wave the half of the dead branches at his hand, knocking off the half of the dead branches covering his head; for no reason, he suddenly felt sore in the bridge of his nose, but he seemed particularly at ease.

Although Qi Jingsi had tried her best to carve out an easy path, the mountain road became more rugged and steep the higher she went up; the vegetation in winter had lost their leaves, and they couldn't cover the harsh afternoon sun above her head.

Gradually, he could no longer hear Yan Fei occasionally chanting a few gossips behind him. He could only stop and look back from time to time, watching Yan Fei panting and dragging the branches beside him to climb up, while wiping the sweat from his forehead. , and nervously fearing that I might not be able to keep up.

Yan Fei tilted his head and stared at his feet seriously, just after climbing a steep slope and raised his head, he bumped into Qi Jingsi.

"Yes... I'm sorry..." He held his forehead and apologized out of breath.

Qi Jingsi sighed, looked down at Yan Fei who couldn't straighten up, "You're so slow, you won't be able to go up the mountain even when it's dark."

"I'm sorry..." Yan Fei apologized, "How about...you go first...don't...don't delay..."

He hooked his head, clutched his chest, and gasped for breath. Suddenly, a bag was stuffed into him. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be the bag of ingot incense candles that Lin Yu had prepared in the morning.

"Take it."

Qi Jingsi unreasonably stuffed things into Yan Fei's arms, turned her back and bowed her back, putting her hands on her knees.

Hearing the sound, Yan Fei raised his head for no reason, startled by the situation in front of him, "This, this..."

"Hurry up." Qi Jingsi patted himself on the back seemingly impatiently, "I don't want to stay here with you at night and feed the wolves."

Unlike the "little blind man" who was spoiled and pampered, although Lin Yu treated him very well since he was a child, he was still a child who grew up on the top of the mountain and was familiar with everything on the mountain. and fast.

Yan Fei lay on Qi Jingsi's back, but it seemed to be hotter than Qi Jingsi who was climbing the mountain with his back on his back, his face was blushing, and he felt that he was about to burn.

He swung his arms in front of Qi Jingsi's chest, and he could see the beads of sweat oozing from Qi Jingsi's forehead when he tilted his head; he was holding the things Lin Yu had prepared before with one hand, and wanted to wipe off Qi Jingsi's sweat with the other, but the stretched out The hand always retreats when it touches it.

Repeated several times, no matter how stupid Qi Jingsi was, he could understand what Yan Fei meant.

Seeing a masson pine tree not far away that doesn’t lose its leaves in winter, he cleared his throat in embarrassment, “Let’s take a rest for some shade, I remember there is a stream nearby, go get some water to drink.”

Yan Fei was placed by Qi Jingsi in the shade of the pine tree. He obediently obeyed his orders and waited in place, rubbing his eyes that were sore and swollen because he hadn't had a good rest for several days.

"Well—"

When he opened his eyes again, a full sheepskin water bag had been handed to him. He raised his eyes and saw Qi Jingsi against the light, covering the scorching sun in front of him.

Qi Jingsi was so hot that she washed her face by the stream, and the ripped open front was just so wide open, revealing the honey-colored skin on her firm chest, with drops of water hanging on it.

Yan Fei's face turned red immediately, wishing he could bury his face in his chest and froze on the spot.

With the light behind her back, Qi Jingsi couldn't clearly see the little emotion in Yan Fei's nodding eyes, he just thought that the young master of Heyi Tower had never seen such a country thing as a sheepskin water bag.

He walked to the shade of a tree beside Yan Fei and sat down, stretched out his hand to unplug the bag, and handed the water bag to Yan Fei's eyes, "Really don't want it?"

Yan Fei raised his head to take it with resignation, only to notice that not only Qi Jingsi's chest, but also his back was drenched with sweat, with drops of water hanging from his forehead.

He drank two sips of the clear and sweet stream water, a little bit of secret sweetness was cool, and it kept flowing into his heart.

Finally plucking up the courage to pull his cuffs and stretch out his hand, he wanted to help Qi Jingsi wipe off the thin sweat on his forehead, but Qi Jingsi avoided it awkwardly.

Qi Jingsi thought it would be the same as this journey, if he dodged a little bit, Yan Fei would back away calmly, as if nothing had happened——

But this time is different.

Not only did Yan Fei not back away, he even looked up at Qi Jingsi with moist but determined eyes.

Qi Jingsi sighed softly in her heart, and was almost deceived by Yan Fei's soft and weak appearance along the way, the "little blind man" in front of him was obviously the most stubborn one in the world.

He awkwardly staggered Yan Fei's persistent gaze, and looked down to see Yan Fei, probably because of the hot weather, the sleeve of his left hand was lifted halfway, revealing the original knife wound.

Although half a year has passed, the horrific wound at the beginning has now become a scar hidden in Yan Fei's sleeve, showing only a small corner, but just like the scratch on Qi Jingsi's right hand, something is Can't be erased.

For some reason, Qi Jingsi suddenly seemed to compromise.

He hooked his body forward and handed his forehead to Yan Fei's cuff.

After repairing and going on the road, Yan Fei behind him also became quiet. Qi Jingsi didn't know that Yan Fei had been so busy that he didn't sleep much. He only knew that when he finally saw his mother's stele, the person on his back had already fallen asleep. caught.

He found a shade to put him down, went to his mother's grave to pull out weeds and tidy up, lit candles and offered incense, but suddenly he didn't know what else to do.

Although Lin Yu has been very kind to him since he was a child, he still often envies that other people's children have fathers and mothers; when he was ignorant, he always ran up the mountain with Lin Yu on his back, always feeling that there were a lot of things he wanted to say to his mother .

In the past, Lin Yu was often anxious about going up the mountain, but now that he came up the mountain openly, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

There are many graves on Lanshan Mountain, most of them are buried on the mountainside, because the mountain road further up is too far away and difficult to walk, he doesn't know why his mother was buried alone on the top of the mountain.

Regarding his mother's death, he had also heard some rumors in the streets over the years.

It is said that his grandfather's family was considered a wealthy family in Peixian County back then. It is said that half of the street's land deeds were held by his grandfather in the busiest market in the county.

A small county town in Peixian County can't compare with those high-ranking officials in Beijing City, but at least, in the county town, his grandfather's family can be regarded as the richest.

Later, Qi Tongfu married his mother, and before giving birth to him, his mother was divorced from the house, and finally hanged on the beam of her boudoir.

His maternal grandfather's family is considered a respectable person in Peixian County, and his mother is the only daughter in the family. It is said that after this incident, his maternal grandfather could not accept the death of his beloved daughter, could not accept his white-haired person sending a black-haired person, and could not bear the county. There were rumors in the village, and after selling the land, he left Pei County and never heard from him.

It is a great shame and humiliation for a woman to be abandoned and driven back to her natal family. Qi Jingsi can understand the pain of his grandfather's loss of his beloved daughter; The ancestor couldn't bear the humiliation, so he left his hometown, completely forgetting that he had a grandson.

It's just that he has always blamed Qi Tongfu for his mother's death, and because Qi Tongfu has ignored his Lin Yu for 17 years, he hates his father deeply.

He didn't believe that Qi Tongfu said that his own mother was killed by Lin Yu, because in the image, Lin Yu was a person who couldn't even kill a chicken. He was just afraid...

After all, compared to Qi Tongfu, who is like a beast, in his heart, Lin Yucai is more like his father, entrusting all his childhood feelings and dependence; but if there is any misunderstanding, Lin Yu will do everything for his kindness Is it really just because of guilt towards his mother that he was brought up?

He didn't believe that Lin Yu killed his mother, but he also didn't want to believe that the close relationship between father and son in the past ten years was all his wishful thinking.

But in the final analysis, in the past ten years, no matter how worried Lin Yu was about his going up the mountain, at most he accompanied him halfway up the mountain, and never accompanied him to his mother's grave once.

Lin Yu, what are you afraid of?

A few rustling sounds came from beside him, pulling Qi Jingsi's thoughts back to his eyes. He turned around and saw Yan Fei turned over in his sleep, his head hanging down against the tree trunk.

Sighing and getting up, he walked to Yan Fei and sat down, leaning his restless little head on his shoulder.

He lowered his head, and for the first time at such a close distance, he carefully and calmly looked at the sleeping face on his shoulder.

Yan Fei's face did retain one-third of the color of the No. 1 prostitute in Beijing back then. His facial features were delicate and soft, so white that they almost glistened under the sun.

Qi Jingsi hurriedly turned her face away, suppressing her inexplicable shortness of breath, and suddenly hated Qi Tongfu even more.

He hated himself for being so similar to Qi Tongfu.

Not only because of the three-point similar appearance and figure, he might have made a mistake if he wanted to deceive himself, or that he might not be born to Qi Tongfu; what's even more hateful is that even broken sleeves seem to be inherited.

All his childhood affection and dependence were given to Lin Yu. In the past, there were only two kinds of people in his world, Lin Yu and others.

Everything changed when I met Yan Fei.

Why Yan Fei is different from other people, why can't Yan Fei be other people...

He didn't want to admit that he might really like Yan Fei; maybe even from the first sight, when the little blind man walked into Yi Yu Xuan with Chun Yu, they walked into his heart together.

Regardless of whether the broken sleeve is really inherited, he doesn't want to go down the same path as Qi Tongfu and Lin Yu with Yan Fei.

*****

Yan Fei hadn't had a full night's sleep for several days, and this time, for some reason, he slept very soundly. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was leaning on Qi Jingsi's shoulder.

He bowed his head and smiled shyly, took a few tentative glances, and found that Qi Jingsi seemed to be asleep too, so he finally got up with a sigh of relief.

And the moment he got up, he was instantly shocked by the sight in front of him.

The setting sun is like blood, and the twilight is picturesque.

The setting sun coats the red maple leaves on the entire mountain of Arashiyama with a layer of dazzling gold, which blends with the clouds and mists in the mountains that are also dyed red by the setting sun, swallowing the sky and fertile sun.

He looked down at Qi Jingsi who was sleeping at his feet, and couldn't believe that one day he would live in a painting.

"Thank you." He bowed and whispered in Qi Jingsi's ear.

He seemed to suddenly understand why the young master Guangji, who was so prosperous back then, preferred to live in a small Pei County and be an ordinary down-and-out scholar——

Lanshan and Peishui are really beautiful.

This is Qi Jingsi's hometown, if possible, he would also like to spend the rest of his life here with Qi Jingsi——

Maybe be a teacher.

he thought quietly.

If Yan Yi hadn't reminded him before, he might not have realized that his feelings for Qi Jingsi were different so quickly.

It's true that he didn't have many friends since he was a child, but he has the family relationship with his parents and the brotherhood with Yan Yi. Maybe there are not many people who have treated him kindly, but it's not like there are none.

But now that he realized it, he knew very well that Qi Jingsi was different from everyone else.

Qi Jingsi's dominance seems to be inhumane, and Qi Jingsi's thoughtfulness is always silent, no matter whether Qi Jingsi speaks out or not, or how ugly the words are, he can hear those silent favoritism.

"Qi Jingsi, I like you."

Facing the picturesque twilight in Lanshan, he spoke carefully and tenderly.

Qi Jingsi opened her sleepy eyes, didn't see the people around her, sat up straight nervously, and saw the back of the green shirt in front of her.

Yan Fei stood with his hands behind his back in the wind, in the painting, his clothes fluttering.

"You..." Qi Jingsi breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a cold voice, "Are you calling me?"

Yan Fei turned his head, he didn't know whether the blush on his face came from the setting sun or the shyness in his heart, he smiled softly at Qi Jingsi, noncommittal said: "It's the sound of the wind."

The wind wakes you up for me, and it also knows my mind.

Qi Jingsi didn't have the romantic thoughts of those literati, he patted the dust and got up, "Let's go down the mountain, my little uncle should be in a hurry to cook."

He passed by Yan Fei's side, saw that Yan Fei bowed his head shyly, but stretched out a hand firmly, and he squeezed Yan Fei's wrist by accident, just like when he first met in the back alley of Yulin Academy. It's the same when descending the mountain after stealing from the wolf's mouth——

Hold on tight.

*****

Qi Jingsi deliberately chose a relatively easy way down the mountain. Although not many people know about this path, but because of the time delay, this path is closer to home.

Just a few steps down the mountain, I happened to meet a horse team at the foot of the mountain. Each horse cart was carrying a few large boxes, but the horseshoes were so fast that it seemed that the goods carried were weightless at all.

Qi Jingsi disapproved and prepared to continue on her own way, but Yan Fei grabbed the back of her hand and dragged her behind a big rock to hide.

"you……"

He was about to speak, but his mouth was covered by Yan Fei.

"Shh-"

Yan Fei covered Qi Jingsi's mouth with one hand, and made a silent movement with the other; the size of the boulder was limited, so in order to conceal his figure, he leaned tightly beside Qi Jingsi.

Qi Jingsi didn't know why, his face was flushed by this sudden and intimate contact, he was embarrassed to be afraid that Yan Fei's hand covering his mouth would find his abnormal temperature, but Yan Fei slowly let go of his hand.

Looking at Yan Fei's extremely focused expression, he finally noticed something strange, following Yan Fei's eyes, he also looked towards the cavalry down the mountain.

I don't know what Yan Fei's helpless eyes are looking at, but he has excellent eyesight. Even from such a long distance, he quickly found the boxes on the carriage, which looked very much like the boxes he moved every day on the pier recently. Those who got on board.

Just something different.

He looked and looked carefully, but he didn't find that the boxes on the carriage had the same seals as those on the pier; moreover, the boxes on the wharf were obviously heavy, but the horses carrying the boxes down the mountain were brisk. It looks like...

empty.

"Do you know the road down the mountain?" Finally, after the carriage passed by, Yan Fei looked at the dust splashed by the horse's hooves in the distance, and couldn't see anything anymore, so he asked in a low voice, "Where is the horse team going?"

"Should..." Qi Jing thought for a moment and then affirmed, "It's Ting County next door to Pei County."

Growing up in Pei County, he knew everything here. Even if the destination of the carriage was not Ting County, following this route, he would definitely pass through Ting County.

Ting County, like Pei County, receives Peishui in front, but it is different from Pei County, which is backed by Lanshan Mountain and has limited terrain; the word "Ting" means waterside and flat land, without mountains. Fertile soil.

Listening to Qi Jingsi's explanation, Yan Fei nodded silently, got up suddenly after a long while, and stretched out his hand to Qi Jingsi——

"Let's go home, don't make little uncle wait."

we.

Come back home.

Although he knew that Yan Fei didn't mean that, but maybe Yan Fei's smile was too gentle, which still caused ripples in Qi Jingsi's heart.

Let's go home--

It's been 18 years. In the past, only Lin Yu had said this to him.

Now someone stretched out his hand to him and said, "Let's go home." Lin Yu was still cooking a table of delicious meals at home and waiting for him. Perhaps, there would be no better days.

Although he dared not hold Yan Fei's hand awkwardly, but he still held Yan Fei's wrist as before, and never let go along the way.

*****

"Little Uncle——" opened the courtyard door and smelled the familiar aroma of food, Qi Jingsi reacted and let go of Yan Fei's wrist, "I'm back!"

There was no invitation or courtesy, he and Yan Fei naturally stepped across the threshold one after the other, as if it was really as simple as "going home".

Because of the horse team that they encountered unexpectedly on the way down the mountain and resting on the mountain, their time to go home was delayed. Qi Jingsi trotted into the house, worried that Lin Yu was in a hurry, and reheated the cooked food over and over again.

He opened the door curtain, just in time to see Lin Yu coming out of the east kitchen wearing an apron, holding a plate of steaming fish in his hand.

"Come back after smelling it—" Lin Yu smiled softly, "You can pick the time when the food is just out of the pan."

He walked to the table and put down the plate in his hand, saw Yan Fei who entered behind Qi Jingsi to salute, and greeted with a smile: "I just made your favorite braised fish, hurry up and let Jingsi take you to wash your hands, the fish smells fishy when it's cold .”

Qi Jingsi began to feel confused again in the morning.

He was in the academy with Yan Fei before, and he didn't see each other for several months, and he didn't know what Yan Fei liked to eat. Why did Lin Yu seem to know fortune-telling——

Counting what Yan Fei likes to eat, and counting them just in time to go home at this point.

Facts have proved that Lin Yu may really be a fortune teller.

As soon as the three of them sat down around the small table, Lin Yu took a large piece of fish and put it on the small plate in front of Yan Fei, "Jing Si never liked fish since she was a child, and always find it troublesome, Xiaoyan, use more, don't eat fish." That's left."

He glanced at Qi Jingsi with a look of incomprehension, and said to Yan Fei as if explaining, "Last time when you came to eat, uncle didn't have time to prepare anything, so he only drank fish soup when he saw you that night. like."

"I went to the street today and saw that the crucian carp just caught in Peishui was fresh, so I bought more."

"I heard from Jing Si that your father owns a restaurant, and he has eaten all kinds of good things. Now, I'd like to give you a taste of Uncle's cooking."

Qi Jingsi looked at Yan Fei and thanked his little uncle with a smile. The two of them had expressions of "Father is kind and son is filial piety". Although the rice bowl in his hand was also filled with his favorite dishes by Lin Yu, it seemed that it suddenly became unsatisfactory. ...

He watched Yan Fei answer happily, but lowered his head to pick the thorn in the small dish in front of him, and didn't eat it for a long time.

When they came back late, the sky outside the window was completely dark, and only a dim oil lamp was lit on the small dining table in the main room.

"I know I can't see clearly, but I still have to eat such a troublesome thing."

With distaste in his mouth, he still took the small plate in Yan Fei's hand and carefully picked up the fishbone on the plate.

"Jingsi." Lin Yu blackened his face pretending to be serious, "You are also an older brother after all, how could you talk to Xiaoyan like that."

"Little uncle!" Qi Jingsi stared at Lin Yu angrily, but was embarrassed to let go of her voice, so she could only say awkwardly, "When will I be a brother..."

"Xiaoyan and I hit it off right away, and he called me 'Little Uncle' as you like, and you are my child—" Lin Yu said naturally, "Why aren't you an older brother?"

"Little uncle——" Yan Fei looked at Qi Jingsi awkwardly holding his small plate, lowered his head and secretly smiled, "I have secretly read Master Zhu's roster, actually..."

"I was born in spring in March."

And Qi Jingsi was born in late summer in early August.

"Really? Uncle made a mistake." Lin Yu smiled casually, "Just looking at your tender face, I thought you were younger than our Jingsi."

"Okay——" he said and patted Qi Jingsi on the shoulder, "Don't be a big brother