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The journey to the desert is much longer than Xia Xiaoli imagined. It looks short on the map, but it has to go through canyons, climb snow-capped mountains, and cross plateaus... The Sahara sounds like a skin peeling under the scorching sun. Facing the snow-capped mountains, I was frozen into a dog by the wind... After a long journey of 7 hours, I finally arrived at the ancient city of Merzouga on the edge of the desert.

This place is only more than 50 kilometers away from the Algerian border, and the eyes are full of earthy yellow colors, the sand is yellow, and the wind is also yellow. Years of life is such a "boring" life, and people living in the desert live such a cold and monotonous life.

Before coming here, Qiao Yu had already contacted the camels and the leader of the desert. While waiting for the camels, he said to Xia Xiaoli: "I read Sanmao's "Story of the Sahara" in junior high school, and I still remember it. In life, except for the Saharawi people who live comfortably, Europeans drink too much, couples fight, and bachelors commit suicide frequently, all of which are tragedies forced out of the desert. Only she and Jose understand the "art of life", The hard days are over, and it’s not too bad.”

Xia Xiaoli knew that traveling and staying here for a long time were two different concepts. He thought to himself, what would happen if he had to live here for a long time?He hasn't read Sanmao's book, but he thinks this woman is amazing.

Qiao Yu also said: "The Sahara that Sanmao wrote is not here, but further south. It used to belong to Spain, but now the ownership is still in dispute. She has lived in the desert for so many years, and she has not gone crazy. She has written interesting stories about the Sahara. I think love should be the big reason. She and her husband are very in love. It was she who had the idea of ​​coming to the desert. Her husband was not married at that time. After knowing her thoughts, he found a job in advance. Work in the desert, settle here first, and then wait for the person you like to come and live together."

So it turns out, Xia Xiaoli felt that he should read this book carefully after returning home. Although he hasn't been in love for a long time, he also thinks that love is the best nourishment. He can't live here alone, but if he is with Qiao Yu, he I think it's the same everywhere.

The camels and the team leader came. There were only two camels, one tall and the other a little short. It looked like it was specially matched for two people. The guide didn’t ride a camel, but walked and pulled it in front. It was sunset at the time of departure, and the camel team entered The undulating sand dunes, the sunset behind them gradually changed from golden to scarlet, covering the entire sky, like a large flame covering the Sahara, they just walked in this flowing thick ink.

At around 8 o'clock at night, after turning a bend in the sand dunes, the lights of the camp deep in the desert suddenly appeared. Xia Xiaoli rode for 7 hours in a car and 3 hours in a camel. She was a little tired at first, but she came alive instantly. Cheering, he turned back to Qiao Yu and said, "Brother Qiao, are we here yet?"

In addition to traditional Moroccan food, what awaited them was a bonfire party that lasted until dawn!

There are a lot of people in the camp. Travelers from all over the world have come here. Couples, couples, and many people who have entered the desert alone. The natives of the desert are playing drums and singing the most traditional songs. Everyone is surrounded by gasoline barrels. After the bonfire was made, demons danced wildly. Xia Xiaoli thought that there would be loneliness and silence in the desert, but she didn't expect to have such crazy fun... He drank a lot of wine with Qiao Yu, and mixed with the crowd, completely loosened his hands and feet.

At some point, the crowd suddenly started to go out, "Where are they going?" Xia Xiaoli looked confused, and the Arabian team leader said, "They are going to see the stars.

"Ah Brother Joe, let's go too!"

The crowd all walked towards a large sand dune outside the camp, "Why don't we climb to the highest place?" Qiao Yu asked him.

Xia Xiaoli looked up, and there was no end to the winding side peaks of the sand dunes, let's go!

Climb up the sand dunes one by one, only to realize that climbing the sand dunes is so difficult. Using both hands and feet, the hair in the shoes, socks, clothes, and hair are all full of sand in an instant. The higher the height, the greater the temperature difference, and the air is getting colder. Howling, Xia Xiaoli's panting became louder and louder, and Qiao Yu held his hand tightly.

The towering sand dunes meandered into the dark blue night sky. It took almost an hour to climb to the top of the dunes. Xia Xiaoli was completely exhausted, and the top of the dunes was not lonely. The person was lying and sitting, panting just like Xia Xiaoli, Qiao Yu hugged him and lay down together, just now he was only focused on climbing the sand dunes, but when he raised his head now, Xia Xiaoli was stunned.

Where are the stars?He thought that the stars were only above his head, but the Sahara gave him a starry sky in all directions, above his head, beside him... It seemed that he could hold the whole thing in his arms with one open hand.

The top of the sand dune is flat and hard, and the endless big stars fall into the eyes one by one. Xia Xiaoli can't close her eyes. No one speaks on this high top. The world is silent as it was when it was first born. People in the world are lucky and accidentally have another, wider planet.

Qiao Yu's coat was wrapped around Xia Xiaoli's body to protect him from the wind. Only then did Xia Xiaoli realize what a "bright star" is, as if he was in the Milky Way, but the brightest star in the world——Xia Xiaoli thought, his eyes Moved from the starry sky to Qiao Yu, right beside him.

When walking down the sand dunes, most of the people went down slowly along the way they came from, but Xia Xiaoli pointed to the other side, which was as steep and smooth as a cliff, and urged Qiao Yu, "Brother Qiao, do you think it will be like going down here if we go down here?" like flying?"

Qiao Yu laughed out loud. The young man who came to the desert was aroused with pride and selflessness. This night was really crazy. Qiao Yu stood on the edge with him, and he suddenly felt a certain emotion. There have been so many jumps in this world. Do all the jumping people have the same mood as at this moment, how tempting is it to be desperate? allis gone...

Fortunately, this is just a sand dune, you can be desperate but safe, Qiao Yu followed Xia Xiaoli's sudden crazy idea, dragged him, and the two of them flew down from the side, and in an instant, the sand all over the sky flew up from behind the two of them, hitting their heads and faces, The feet were sunken almost below the knees, laughing loudly, and the mouth was full of sand... The two fell one after another, and when they reached the flat ground, they hugged each other and rolled all the way...

Xia Xiaoli gasped and laughed loudly, the two were still lying on the ground, obviously it was his own whim, but he said to Qiao Yu: "You are crazy!"

Qiao Yu also panted, and said, "I'm crazy, but are you happy?"

Xia Xiaoli gave him a dusty kiss back, very happy, very happy.Very.Very.

The campfire was burning, and they hugged and fell asleep in the tent. In fact, in order to avoid the heat of the day, they had to go back and set off after sleeping for less than an hour or two.

The Sahara was still pitch black at 5 o'clock, and they stepped on the camels and started the return journey.In the early morning, I only feel that the surrounding mountains are vast, and the sleeping Sahara is majestic and majestic. Human beings just come in small to steal a little joy.

The sunset enters and the morning glow emerges. It takes 3 hours to go from the dark night to the golden light. The camels are gentle and silent. The soles of their feet rise and fall on the sand. This is like the rhythm of music. A chapter of the book has passed, music and poetry, the starry sky and wine, ran all the way and then hugged each other in silence.

Xia Xiaoli was leaving, Qiao Yu helped him book a direct flight from Marrakech to Casablanca and then an international flight, which would make his long return journey more comfortable.

The emotion of parting spread between the two again. Compared with the last time, Xia Xiaoli felt more reluctant this time. It turned out that parting would never get used to it. No matter how many times she experienced it, the degree of discomfort would only increase.

On the way back to Marrakech, Xia Xiaoli saw the scene outside the window. After only a month, he had already become familiar with this place, because Qiao Yu would stay here for a long time, and now he was familiar with this strange land. There is a touch of different emotions.

Qiao Yu also booked the hotel where she stayed last time, the same room, and the two of them took a good rest here to wash off the dust and fatigue. On the last night, Xia Xiaoli was very clingy, and she stuck to Qiao Yu almost all night long. When he got down, Qiao Yu didn't want him to come down either. After doing it twice, he let him sleep on his body all night. He couldn't find a more intimate way. If possible, he wanted to carve Xia Xiaoli into his bones.

On the plane the next afternoon, Qiao Yu wanted to take Xia Xiaoli to another place.

is a garden.

Of course Xia Xiaoli knew about Yves Saint Laurent, but she didn’t know that he had a beautiful garden in Marrakech. Qiao Yu told him the story of Saint Laurent on the way to Marrakech Garden. Saint Laurent was born on the other side of the Sahara. In Algeria, Marrakech was the city where he lived most often during his lifetime, and later settled here after he quit the fashion circle, and his ashes were scattered here even after his death.

The first time he came to Marrakech was with Pierre, his lover and partner at the time. Both of them fell in love with the Mareno Garden at first sight and bought it immediately. The garden became their love residence and gave Saint Laurent's endless inspiration.

Mareno Garden was their Garden of Eden. Although they separated later, they had a "marriage contract" at the last moment of Saint Laurent's life.

The first time I entered the garden, Xia Xiaoli fell in love with it. This is a garden like a clear spring in this Gobi city, with lush plants, huge towering cacti, ponds with floating water lilies, and small fountains. There is a fresh and bright atmosphere everywhere, which is completely opposite to the atmosphere of the city of Marrakech.

The blue house is located in the middle, and Xia Xiaoli knows that it is the former residence of the famous gay couple. There is a sign beside the blue house to introduce this blue: "Majorelle Blue is a special pigment extracted from plants in the Sahara desert. Inspired by it, Yves Saint Laurent designed the famous YSL No. 18 Bleu Majorelle blue nail polish."

Next to the blue house is the exhibition hall, and Qiao Yu said to Xia Xiaoli, "This is the place I want to bring you the most."

There is only one theme in the showroom, love.

On display is a pair of works about "love" created by Saint Laurent every year since he lived here until his death. Some are about animals, some are about global events of that year, about men, women, The child, and of course his lover, even in those years when he was not in Marrakech, sent back here the works he created.

Each work is marked with the year, and there are commemorative cards of the same series of works for sale in the exhibition hall. Qiao Yu and Xia Xiaoli most wanted the card of the year they met, but the master had passed away in that year, so they chose each other's birthday cards for each other. Cards from that year.

In a corner, there was a very unremarkable photo frame in black and white. The two stopped and found that it was Pierre's eulogy to his lover:

"This is the last time I talk to you, Yves, I remember our first meeting and everything, the day we decided to be together, I remember the first series named after you, and you were in tears at the end.

Then many years passed, how time flies!Breakups are inevitable, but love never ends. Chanel and you are the great couturiers of the twentieth century.She is the first half and you are the second half.

I don't know how to say goodbye because I can never leave you.We will never be able to watch the sunset together.Before we painted, we could never share our feelings together.But one day I will be with you, and I will find you under the palm trees in Morocco. "

For some reason, Qiao Yu and Xia Xiaoli read this passage for a long time without saying anything, and then Qiao Yu hugged him tightly.

Xia Xiaoli said in his arms: "No matter where you are, I will find you."

There was still time, they sat by the pond for a while, Qiao Yu looked at the card in his hand, it was the year Xia Xiaoli was born, the pattern was the most common colored tiles in Morocco, he flicked the paper, looked into Xia Xiaoli's eyes and said : "I also want to tell you that sentence, Xiaoli, we are together, and we may be separated from time to time for many years to come. This is unavoidable, but I want to tell you that no matter where I am, in every possible Every time I stop, I will think of you, and I will look for you, no matter where you are, I will be with you in all the time I can."

Under the scorching sun, talking hot words of love always makes people feel a little uncomfortable, but the separation in front of them makes people feel emotional. Qiao Yu just wants to let the other party know all his suppressed feelings.

They took a long kiss in this garden in the name of love.

Xia Xiaoli doesn't seem to be afraid of separation anymore. He flew from Marrakech to Casablanca, transferred to the United Arab Emirates, and then transferred back to Denghong City. He still thought about Qiao Yu all the way, but he no longer felt restless. Another mellow, taste of love.

He felt that what Qiao Yu said was right, every time he stopped, he would think of his lover, when he saw the sunset, the clouds, the desert or the green trees, he would think of the person in his heart.

Xia Xiaoli felt that Qiao Yu was not just liking him. Qiao Yu changed him, let him peel off the seemingly soft shell, get rid of distracting thoughts, and find the firm self in his heart. More meaning.

In her sophomore year, Xia Xiaoli was very used to life in the College of Civil Engineering and Engineering. After class, after class, she followed Chen Ke to get in touch with more projects. Gradually, Chen Ke handed over a lot of basic work before design to Xia Xiaoli.

He went to Morocco again during the summer vacation. This time he stayed for two months. Not long after the junior year started, the design institute took on a new job. It was a pedestrian bridge that Xia Yunhan cooperated with. The person in charge of the design was Chen Ke, Chen Ke This time, Xia Xiaoli was confidently and boldly allowed Xia Xiaoli to be the master of the design. Xia Xiaoli was really surprised and happy about this trial, but she quickly calmed down and seriously checked the information to prepare.

He remembered the summer vacation in high school, in Qiao Yu's room, the first time he heard him talk about the art of footbridges. At that time, Qiao Yu's draft paper Xia Xiaoli kept it carefully. It's already clear at a glance now, Qiao Yu's explanations are like his draft paper, smooth and flowing, these most basic things are the most useful, Xia Xiaoli suddenly got inspiration after watching it.

The project is located in a wetland park, where the viewing effect is greater than the needs of pedestrians. Xia Xiaoli studied the environment carefully, first determined the specific location of the landscape pedestrian bridge, and the range covered by the view when standing on the bridge, and then roughly drew a slow The footbridge spirals up slowly and extends horizontally, setting viewing points at different rising heights and facing in different directions, so as to maximize the viewing range that the viewing bridge can cover.

This is only a preliminary idea, and he also has different ideas on the selection of materials. In such a natural environment, he can either integrate with the environment and use natural materials such as logs, or do the opposite and build a completely ultra-modern building. bridges, like avant-garde experimental art.

Of course, Xia Xiaoli also asked Qiao Yu for his opinion on designing this bridge. Qiao Yu let him do it. This kind of project is not big but tests creativity. It is most suitable for novices. I don’t know how many times I have cooperated with them, and they hardly interfere with their designs. The construction party is Xia Xiaoli’s father, and he will not be stuck with construction technical problems, so what he has to do is to go to the Try him for the first time.

Xia Xiaoli rushed to work for several nights, and made a few pictures of his initial concept to communicate with Chen Ke. Unexpectedly, the design creativity was greatly appreciated, and he also said that Xia Xiaoli was very careful in the design for the first time. All kinds of details have been taken into consideration, and Qiao Yu has also seen the design drawings, and he agrees with Chen Ke that it can be improved on this basis.

So the main project designer of this project is Chen Ke in name, and the actual operation has completely become Xia Xiaoli, but Qiao Yu and Chen Ke have made some assistance on some technical levels, and the design creativity has not been changed. Xia Xiaoli followed His original idea was perfected step by step. In terms of materials, he followed his heart and chose modern materials, and the style of the entire work also became pioneering.

Finally, when I made a proposal with Party A, after Chen Ke opened, the speaker was Xia Xiaoli. What he made himself was very confident and clear. The proposal for such a small project was confirmed by Chen Ke and Zhou Yishen. Yes, Municipal Party A felt that it was perfect, and unanimously approved it.

Xia Xiaoli suppressed her excited heart, calmly ended the proposal, and talked with Qiao Yu on the phone for half an hour when she got back, her eyebrows flying wildly with excitement.

Although this design work was Xia Xiaoli's first attempt, it didn't look young. After discussing with Zhou Yishen and Chen Ke, Qiao Yu used this work to apply for Xia Xiaoli's "College Student Construction Design Award" this year. One month later, the results of the awards came out, Xia Xiaoli won the second prize, and her name was clearly hung on the name tag of "Chief Designer". With this name, Xia Xiaoli looked happier than winning the award.

Because of the design of this bridge, his time and schedule became exponentially busy. All the time outside of professional courses was spent on the construction site. Fortunately, the project was in the suburbs of the city. He rode the Augustus The tower shuttled between the campus and the construction site, and soon everyone on the construction site knew that the super cool guy on the motorcycle was our great designer "Xia Gong".

When the landscape pedestrian bridge was about to be accepted, Xia Xiaoli was busy on the construction site for a few days, did not go home, and lived on the construction site. This is a project that he followed from the beginning to the end. It was hard but satisfying. He finally realized When it comes to what Qiao Yu once said, what does it mean to "dispel flowing desires with eternity", this huge sense of satisfaction can offset many trivial desires that come and go in life. After knowing what is important, there will be more More and more things become unimportant.

By the time the acceptance check was completed, it was already early summer, and the junior year was staggering to the end. Xia Xiaoli habitually looked at the flight ticket to Morocco, and planned to book it in a few days. After the last professional class of the whole semester, Chen Ke walked out with him In the teaching building, there was a project celebration banquet in the evening. The design institute, the municipal government, and the construction party represented by Xia Yunhan jointly planned to go there together.

Chen Ke suddenly sighed, and said: "Look at you, I have cultivated such a capable and easy-to-use top assistant for three years, so I will give it up to others, Xia Xiaoli, you know how much I feel right now. Are you not reconciled?"

Xia Xiaoli was stunned, and asked, "To whom? Brother-in-law, can I not be your assistant?"

Chen Ke seemed helpless, but he couldn't hide his joy and patted him on the head: "Who else can be, you are stupid after studying."

Xia Xiaoli's calm heart skipped a beat, is it... Could it be? ? ? ...

It was only then that he remembered belatedly. No wonder he called Qiao Yu or made a video call these days. His surroundings were quite quiet, not as noisy as on the construction site. Yes, his project was over. ?

According to the time, it was almost half a year earlier than the original plan!Xia Xiaoli's heart was like thunder, she stammered, she grabbed Chen Ke's arm and shook it: "Is he coming back? Isn't it??"

Chen Ke just smiled and said nothing, Qiao Yuming told him not to leak the secret and to surprise Xia Xiaoli, but Chen Ke was so happy that he couldn't help it when he saw Xia Xiaoli.

Xia Xiaoli thanked him so much for "leaking the secret", and immediately called Qiao Yu, but it was "the user you are calling is not in the service area...", even after calling several times.

He hurriedly asked Chen Ke if he knew the exact date of Qiao Yu's return, and whether the flight was scheduled. Chen Ke really didn't know, but said that it should be soon, just in a few days.

From this meeting to the celebration banquet at night, Xia Xiaoli was out of her mind. The school leaders and municipal leaders expressed their concern for him kindly. He dealt with it vaguely and made countless calls to Qiao Yu all night. , all failed.

Finally, when the banquet was over, he didn’t ride his bike. Chen Ke found a substitute driver to drive Xia Xiaoli back to the apartment. When Xia Xiaoli got out of the car, Chen Ke patted him meaningfully and said, “You’ve been tired too lately. , you can sleep well tonight."

...The words are true, but, with Chen Ke's expression, why does it sound so...indescribably...wretched?

It was almost early morning, and Xia Xiaoli went up to the 19th floor with a slight hint of alcohol. For some reason, from the moment she stepped out of the elevator, she felt that there was something unusual in the ordinary corridor where she met every day. He walked forward leaning on the wall, turned a corner, and arrived at the door of the apartment where he had lived for three years.

Xia Xiaoli saw something on the door. It was an ordinary piece of paper with an ordinary picture drawn on it with a highlighter.

Xia Xiaoli remembered that she had drawn a similar one before, but the current one was obviously different - a cross-arched bridge was drawn on the paper, dotted with blue stars, and there were two people hugging each other on the bridge, The taller one hugged the shorter one tightly, and two fluffy kitten ears popped out of the shorter one's head.

Gently peeling off the piece of paper, just one movement, the door was opened from the inside, Xia Xiaoli stood at the door, and saw a step away, the lover he had left for more than 1000 days and nights.

Those eyes were as bright as when they first met.

A hand stretched out from the door and gently hugged Xia Xiaoli into his arms.

"Baby, I'm back."

The boy once wanted to collect every spark and build a bridge leading to each other, but at this moment, they meet again on the bridge of sparks.

——End of full text——

The author says:

After finishing writing, it has been updated for almost five months without knowing it.

Qiao Ge and Xiao Lizhi will be together forever, and I hope all those who love each other will have a happy ending.

As for the extra episode, there is no guarantee yet?let's go

Thank you to everyone who has been with you!Every night, it is your company that makes me feel that writing is not so lonely. I bow to everyone——

See you in the next story?