Perhaps God sensed his thoughts.That night, Zhao Siqi received a call from Zhao Manman.

Zhao Manman is a sophomore in high school this year and is a member of the school's photography club.This weekend, the president of the photography club organized everyone to take pictures on the mountain, which was very close to her half-brother's house.When her father, Zhao Zhongwei, found out, he asked her to stay for two days to save time for going back and forth.

When calling Zhao Siqi, Zhao Manman was still a little nervous, she said cautiously: "Brother Siqi, I'm going to participate in a club activity this weekend, it's near your house, can you let me stay there for two days?"

Zhao Siqi has been living alone, there is no one else at home, so there is no inconvenience, he said: "Yes. When you come, I will pick you up."

Zhao Manman smiled and said, "I'll come tomorrow night, and I'll call you when I get to the subway station!"

The place where Zhao Siqi lived was not considered a prosperous area.At nine o'clock in the evening, there were only a few pedestrians on the side of the road, near the subway station, and there were homeless people lying on the ground.

The night was as dense as thick ink, and occasionally one or two snow-white car lights flashed by.

Zhao Manman walked out of the subway station and saw the dirty and dark homeless man. She was a little scared, but when she looked up and saw someone waiting for her at the exit, she felt at ease again.

"Brother Si Qi." She waved her hand and smiled, "I will trouble you for the past two days."

"You're welcome." Zhao Siqi reached out to help her pull the suitcase.

Zhao Manman didn't have much luggage, a suitcase, a camera bag, and a pair of tripods, all gone.

After arriving home, Zhao Siqi took her into the guest bedroom.Although the guest bedroom is not big, it is tidy and clean, and even the quilt cover on the bed is new.

Zhao Siqi put down her luggage and said "wait a moment" to Zhao Manman.

Zhao Manman obediently stood where she was, looking at the furnishings in the room while waiting. When her gaze swept over the bedside table, her eyes couldn't help but widen.

Her brother is quite careful, knowing that there are many mosquitoes on the mountain, he actually prepared mosquito repellent and toilet water for her.

"Manman," Zhao Siqi called her from outside the door at this time, "I forgot to prepare a disposable toothbrush for you, I'll go to the convenience store downstairs and buy one for you now."

He squatted halfway on the floor of the bathroom and rummaged through everything in the cabinet, but he did not find a new toothbrush.

"It's all right," Zhao Manman said immediately, "No need to buy it, I brought my own toothbrush."

Zhao Siqi got up and closed the cabinet, "Okay, then go to bed early today."

Zhao Manman said, "Well, you too."

"By the way, let me tell you something," Zhao Siqi called to stop her again, "I will be on the evening shift for the next two days, and I will only be at home in the morning. If you are hungry at night, go to the refrigerator or the cupboard to find something to eat. There are quick-frozen dumplings, instant noodles, and snacks. There are some change notes on the shoe cabinet, and you can order takeaway if you want."

Zhao Manman nodded.The two said good night to each other and closed the door.

The moment the door closed, a very familiar feeling of deja vu came to Zhao Manman's heart, as if she had returned to the scene when she saw Zhao Siqi for the first time when she was a child.

When he was eight years old, on a sunny afternoon, his father Zhao Zhongwei took a strange boy home and said to Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Manman:

"Yuanyuan, Manman, Dad let me introduce you, this is brother Si Qi. From today on, he and we are a family, you should get along well, you understand?"

The two sisters nodded ignorantly, they were full of curiosity about this brother who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

During that time, Zhao Manman often deliberately passed by Zhao Siqi's room, wanting to see what this brother was doing.

But she found that the other party was either burying her head in her studies, or reciting with her eyes closed.He always shuts himself in the room alone, and only comes out when it is time to eat.

Other people's elder brothers would buy snacks and toys for their younger siblings, and even take them out to play, but her elder brother was cold and ignored her.

But after a long time, Zhao Manman discovered that this brother was not as indifferent as he appeared on the outside.

Once, she was stumped by a Mathematical Olympiad problem. After thinking about it for a long time, she didn't know how to do it. She ran to ask her sister and father, but they couldn't do it either. Finally, her father said to her, "Go ask Brother Si Qi." .”

So Zhao Manman, who was in the third grade of primary school, knocked on Zhao Siqi's door anxiously, holding an Olympiad book with four golden characters of "drawing inferences from one example".

If memory serves me right, this is the first time the two of them, brother and sister, have been alone together.

That night, Zhao Siqi took the book from Zhao Manman's hand, and explained the question to her with a deadpan but patient attitude.

After Zhao Manman understood, he looked at Zhao Siqi with a little more admiration.

"Brother Si Qi, you are so smart!" She said excitedly with her starry eyes, "Can I ask you all the questions I don't know in the future?"

Zhao Siqi said "OK".After a few seconds, he said again: "But I won't live here forever. If you have any questions, you should go to school and ask the teacher."

"Why, where else can you live if you don't live here?" Zhao Manman sat on the single bed next to him, his two little feet dangling.

Zhao Siqi pursed her lips and remained silent.

Zhao Manman's swaying feet slowly stopped. She and Zhao Siqi looked at each other for a few seconds, only to hear the other party say: "No matter where I live, I will not live here. I will leave sooner or later."

"Oh." Zhao Manman blinked half-understanding.She was young and couldn't hear the indifference in the other party's tone, but she was still saying positively and enthusiastically, "Then can you leave me a phone number? We can call later."

Zhao Siqi agreed.He tore off a post-it note, wrote down his mobile phone number, and left it to Zhao Manman.

A month later, Zhao Siqi moved out of Zhao Zhongwei's house, but after that he often received calls from Yuanyuan or Manman, and the two little girls would grab the phone to chat with him, sharing what they saw and heard in school.

Zhao Siqi would not agree, nor would he hang up, he would only say "hmm" once or twice to show that he was listening.

Sometimes the sisters would call to ask questions when they encountered a problem they couldn't solve. Zhao Siqi would write down the steps and answers on a piece of paper, and then take pictures and send them to them.

After growing up, Zhao Manman realized that sending MMS was a very "luxury" thing at that time.

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