The Jade of the Republic of China

Shen Yutong brought seven or eight books, enough for the two of them to pass the journey.

Every morning, after Meng Liansheng had breakfast with Sun Zhidong and Du Zan, he went to Shen Yutong's cabin and sat on his bed to read.

At first, Sun Zhidong only thought he was looking for Shen Yutong to play, but later he realized that he was going to read a book, he yelled to death, and complained that no wonder he lost money every day when he got on the boat, I dare say you are with the book every day.

Meng Liansheng just laughed, and went to look for Shen Yutong after dinner every day.

Originally, the journey was boring, but the two of them read books quietly together in the cabin every day, and chatted for a while when they were tired.I don't know how Meng Liansheng is, but Shen Yutong feels happy anyway, and even hopes that the journey will be slower.

According to what Meng Liansheng said, he only went to private schools for a few years, but he didn't struggle to read even obscure books, and he still had his own opinions. reason.

Anyway, it has its own logic.

Shen Yutong felt more and more that this was an interesting young man.

On the third day, the passenger ship arrived at Hankou Wharf and stopped for resupply.Shen Yutong asked Ah Fu to disembark and buy some food from Chudi, and also bought two bottles of wine by the way.

In the evening, Meng Liansheng came to report again after having dinner.

He donated food and wine, and the two of them ate and read while waiting for the sun to set and the house was dark, so it was not easy to read, so they concentrated on drinking and chatting.

This wine was sweet wine brewed from rice. It was sweet in the mouth, but had a bit of stamina. After a few cups, Shen Yutong gradually felt a little tipsy, and Meng Liansheng's wheat-colored face also turned red.

After Shen Yutong went out to drain the toilet, and then came back to the cabin, the people in the room were already lying on the small table, snoring softly, apparently overwhelmed by the stamina of the sweet wine.

Shen Yutong looked at his watch, it was almost nine o'clock.

He sat down next to Meng Liansheng, and looked at him with great interest through a little microcosm.

He originally had a pure and obedient face, but now his eyes are closed, his brows are stretched, and his thick long eyelashes are trembling slightly, and he looks even more harmless to humans and animals.

In the past two days, Shen Yutong has always wanted to touch him, but he has never put it into action, because he knows that it is a bit inexplicable.At this moment, without any further hesitation, he stretched out his hand on his eyebrows and touched them lightly.

The boy's brows and eyes were a little warm, as if he was touching a cute little animal.

"Xiao Meng!" He retracted his hand and called softly.

no respond.

He looked at him in silence for a moment, thought for a while, carefully helped him up and put him on the bed, then took off the slippers on his feet, put his feet up, and let him lie down comfortably.

During this movement, Meng Liansheng still didn't wake up, he only hummed softly, as if feeling comfortable, his breathing became deeper and deeper.

Shen Yutong settled him down, took the washbasin and handkerchief, did not call Ah Fu, fetched water by himself, came back, twisted the handkerchief, wiped the face and hands of the person on the bed, and then went out again to wash himself.

This time, when the cabin door closed, the person who was lying on the bed slowly opened his eyes.

The corner of his mouth curved slightly in the dark light, turned over slightly, put his face on the pillow and took a deep breath.

When Shen Yutong came back, Meng Liansheng was already lying on the inside of the bed, his body stretched and straight, like a well-behaved boy.

He originally wanted to sleep on the upper bunk, but he was too lazy to ask Ah Fu to re-make the bed sheets. Seeing that there was another person beside Meng Liansheng, he lay down directly on it.

In the past two days, although the two of them always leaned side by side on the bedside to read a book, sleeping together was always somewhat different.

In the past, he often slept with Long Jialin, but they were all childhood after all.Since studying abroad, he has never had the experience of sharing the same bed with others.In the past two years, every time Long Jialin returned to Shanghai and wanted to sleep with him, he mercilessly refused.

Because I am not used to being so close to anyone.

But the strange thing is that there is a person lying next to him at this moment, and because the bed is narrow, he has to lean against each other, but he does not feel uncomfortable at all, and even has an indescribable sense of comfort and peace of mind.

He turned his head and looked at Meng Liansheng's side face through the moonlight outside the window.

The bridge of the nose is straight and well defined.

Well, a very handsome young man.

He kind of wanted to touch him again.

In the end, Shen Yutong was still a young master. She slept in this narrow bed for the past two days, but she didn't sleep well all the time.

He originally thought that the two of them being squeezed into a small bed would make his already bad sleep worse, but he wondered if it was affected by Meng Liansheng's deep and peaceful breathing, so he fell into a deep sleep very quickly.

What he didn't know was that when his breathing became deep, Meng Liansheng, who was lying on his inner side, quietly opened his eyes in the darkness.

These black eyes, which are as clear as a clear spring in a mountain, at this moment are like beasts staring at their prey, with dangerous undercurrents floating on them.

But it quickly dissipated and returned to calm.

It was rare for Shen Yutong to sleep well that night.

The next morning, when the morning sun came in through the window, he slowly opened his eyes.

What catches the eye is Meng Liansheng's face.

The posture of the two of them turned into facing each other at some point, and their warm breaths were intertwined. Meng Liansheng drank a lot of sweet wine last night, but it didn't smell bad.

Because she just woke up, Shen Yutong was lazy all over, unable to move a finger, so she continued to maintain this posture, looking at the young man who was close at hand.

A moment later, Meng Liansheng opened his eyes under his gaze.

Those dark eyes, because they just woke up, were a little wet and dazed, which made Shen Yutong think of the deer in the forest again.

Meng Liansheng seemed to be a little belated, he was stunned for a moment, and then sat up suddenly.

"Why...why do I sleep here?"

He looked around, as if he had done something wrong and was at a loss.

Shen Yutong turned over with a smile, slowly sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, reached for the teacup on the table, drank some water to moisten his throat, and said slowly: "You fell asleep drunk last night, I didn't wake you up, just Let you sleep with me."

Meng Liansheng climbed out of the bed, his expression still a little embarrassed: "I'm causing trouble for you, Second Young Master."

Shen Yutong was amused by his reaction and chuckled: "We are friends, and I treat you like a younger brother, so why bother? Go wash up, have breakfast, and come over to read a book."

Meng Liansheng nodded: "Then I'll go wash up first, and I'll look for Second Young Master later."

He turned around, held the doorknob to open the door, and the moment he stepped out of the cabin, the corners of his mouth curled up.

So the originally cramped expression on his face turned into a happy smile.

For the next few days, Meng Liansheng still came to Shen Yutong's cabin to read every day, with an attitude of tirelessly seeking knowledge.

When the passenger ship arrived in Chongqing, Shen Yutong hadn't read a few of the books he was carrying, but Meng Liansheng had read about the same.

Chongqing is a big port with a lot of people.After staying on the boat for seven or eight days, as soon as he stepped on the shore, it was like stepping on cotton. After getting used to it a little, Shen Yutong hurriedly searched for Meng Liansheng in the crowd.

As if there was a tacit understanding, when he saw the other party, the other party happened to look back at him.Across the crowd, the two smiled tacitly and raised their hands to wave to each other.

Shen Yutong strode forward, walked up to them, and said, "Boss Sun, which way do you want to go to Xikang?"

"Second Young Master, I just said I wanted to say goodbye to you, but I didn't see anyone in the blink of an eye." Sun Zhidong said with a smile, "We hired a carriage to go from Neijiang to Ya'an through Meishan."

Shen Yutong nodded clearly: "It's a long way to go, and there are many rugged mountain roads. Even if you don't stop by horse-drawn carriage, it will take at least five days. It's a lot of hard work. My family sent a car to pick me up. If you are willing, how about Walking from Ziliujing, rest at my house for two days, and then go to Xikang, the time spent on the road is about the same."

Sun Zhidong was very tired after being on the boat for the past two days, and he felt dizzy at the thought of riding in a carriage for several days.He is a heavy smoker, and he can't afford to toss about. After hearing Shen Yutong's suggestion, his eyes lit up immediately, but he pretended to be polite: "I heard that Artesian Well, the thousand-year-old salt city, is very prosperous, and I wanted to see it a long time ago, but Will it be too much trouble for Second Young Master?"

Shen Yutong smiled: "Of course not."

So Sun Zhidong waved his hand, patted Meng Liansheng on the shoulder and said, "Then we will be disrespectful."

The reason why Meng Liansheng was photographed was because he knew very well that if it wasn't for this kid, a noble son like Shen Yutong would not have condescended to invite them to be guests.

Meng Liansheng curled his mouth.