Shuang Qi

When it was night again, Jiang Qifeng couldn't hold back and approached Zhang Xiuming and asked in a low voice, "Did you agree? Uncle Pei agreed?"

Zhang Xiuming glanced at him with a stern expression.

"Not yet, you don't need to practice anything else tomorrow morning, just recite "Geographic Map" ten times."

Jiang Qifeng was at a loss for words, and instantly swallowed back the curiosity that had appeared just now.

"You can talk about everything with Uncle Pei..." he whispered.

"Don't try to hide it from me. I thought you should remember this truth when you were young." Zhang Xiuming said.

Jiang Qifeng swallowed, nodded in yes, then turned and went back to his room.

He was really honest, and he never had any thoughts of obedience and defiance in his heart. He stood in the garden early in the morning, reciting "Geographic Map" over and over again, tirelessly and dare not slack off.

……

At ten o'clock in the morning, there were gradually noises in the kitchen. The two women in the family had already put on aprons and were cooking the ingredients that had just been taken out of the refrigerator.

As soon as Jiang Qifeng came in, he saw Zhang Xiuming sitting on the sofa watching TV with the child in his arms, while Pei Linchuan skillfully fed the egg custard to the child. This scene was a bit funny.

He turned his head and glanced at the two busy figures in the kitchen, and hurried forward: "Auntie, let me do it."

"No, no, no! Don't come in, it's fine with us."

Startled by her reaction, Jiang Qifeng paused and froze in place. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Zhang Huaiyu turned around and glanced at him, then lowered his chin towards the stairs at the corner and raised his chin, "Pei Ying is going to the mall to pick up the goods later, you follow to help."

"Pick up?"

"It's the clothes, toys, books and daily necessities bought for Yuanyuan. I guess there are a lot of things, and he can't carry them alone."

Jiang Qifeng understood.

"Oh, good."

Before Pei Ying went downstairs, Jiang Qifeng stood around in the room, looking a little idly.

After a long while, the hand suddenly vibrated, followed by the old string sound.

"Let's resign and go to the mountains, Yinyun Peak enjoys leisure..."

Since Wen Qiyu disliked Jiang Qifeng's ringtone last time, Jiang Qifeng really changed the ringtone.

Changed from the Peking opera "Empty City Strategy" to the single-string "Wind and Rain Returning Boat".

As soon as the voice sounded, the two people on the sofa stopped their movements and turned to look at him.Then, all four eyes fell on him.

Jiang Qifeng smiled awkwardly, looked down at the lit screen, the name on the caller ID was really strange, it was Tang Jingye.

There is a two-hour time difference between China and here.In other words, it was just after eight o'clock Beijing time.The newcomer hadn't contacted him much, and he didn't know what was urgent today, so he called him early in the morning.

"I'm going to answer the phone." Jiang Qifeng said, and hurried out the door holding the phone.

After watching him go out, Zhang Xiuming quickly looked away.

A one-year-old child is not considered light. Zhang Xiuming held his little grandson for more than half an hour, bearing a weight of more than 20 kilograms on his arms. It was inevitable that some blood would not flow smoothly and his arms would become numb.

So he moved his arms a little, turned the direction of the child in his arms, and raised his head to continue watching TV.

Pei Linchuan stared at Jiang Qifeng's back and thought for a long time, then suddenly put down the apple-shaped children's bowl in his hand, chuckled lightly, and sighed: "Your apprentice is quite old-fashioned."

……

"Xiao Tang?" Jiang Qifeng answered the phone, found an open space by the pond and squatted down, playing with a pebble in his hand.

Only the voice on the other end of the phone was slightly low, as if suppressing emotions. "Mr. Jiang, actually, I don't know whether I should tell you about this, but... Dongcheng might be about to change."

"Oh?" Jiang Qifeng frowned slightly, and even raised his tone slightly. "What happened?"

Tang Jingye hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice, "Mr. Tang, he is in the ICU."

--thump.

The pebble slipped from Jiang Qifeng's hand and fell into the pond impartially, splashing a splash of water.

He did not speak for a long time.

-

Dongcheng District, Beijing.

The corridor outside the hospital ward was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant, the door was closed, and the sign above the "Intensive Care Unit (ICU)" was lit, and no one outside the door knew what was going on inside.

Xie Yan sat silently on the bench by the corridor, compared to his radiant face on the stage ten days ago, at this moment he looked much haggard.

The Tang family is considered to be a thriving Quyi family, and many juniors from the side branches are also waiting outside the door. Tang Jingye just went out to make a phone call, and when he came back, there were a few unfamiliar figures in the corridor.

It seems to be a student that Mr. Tang took care of.

If Jiang Qifeng was here, he would definitely meet the thin figure in the corner.That was his first partner at Dongcheng Tea House, Shen Shaoguang.

"Please make way for the family members, don't crowd here, you can sit outside for a while."

Mr. Tang's family group is really huge. Just standing in the corridor, they have already blocked the way of the nurses. The other family members of the patients have never seen this scene before, and they stick their heads out from time to time to watch in private.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry to trouble you." It was Huang Qiying who answered the words, and then he looked at the people in the corridor again, and made arrangements in a low voice: "It's fine for Lao Xie and I to stay here. Now, the rest of you listen to the nurse and go outside to wait for news."

A bunch of juniors of the Tang family, how could it be Huang Qiying's turn to instigate them?There are so many family members outside this door, but Tang Chong'an, the current class leader of Dongcheng, is missing.

Shen Shaoguang waited in the corner for a long time, and was persuaded to leave by Huang Qiying at this moment. He was really depressed, and couldn't help but asked in a low voice to his colleagues beside him: "Why didn't Boss Tang come?"

"It seems that Boss Tang took his wife out for a trip, bought a plane ticket this morning, and is still on the way."

"There are so many Tang family members here, why shouldn't it be his turn to take charge?"

"No one knows what kind of temperament he is. If the old man has something wrong today, something may happen to the club."

"Hush! Say this in a low voice..."

After the juniors left, only Huang Qiying and Xie Yan were left outside the ICU ward.

Xie Yan remained silent, sitting on the bench without saying a word.He lowered his head, hiding the grief and confusion in his eyes.

Seeing that he was silent, Huang Qiying rummaged in his pockets for a long time, and finally took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.He opened the cigarette case and handed it over, and asked in a flat tone, "One?"

Xie Yan glanced at him, his expression suddenly turned cold. "This is a hospital."

"Forget it." Huang Qiying put his things back into his pockets to make fun of himself, and sat next to Xie Yan. "I see you are so silent, what are you thinking?"

"I don't think anything, I just don't want to talk."

Huang Qiying fell silent, but only for a while.After a while, he tilted his head to look at Xie Yan again, and asked with great interest, "I heard that you came to Dongcheng because of the old man?"

"Yeah." Xie Yan felt a little in his heart that he was noisy.

I really don't want to say a word.

Huang Qiying was a little annoyed by his indifferent attitude, and his speech became more and more open.

"If the old man leaves, what are you going to do?"

"Don't bother you." Xie Yan emphasized his tone, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. "Stay here and watch, go and see where Chong'an is."

-

Jiang Qifeng squatted by the pond for a long time, but he didn't realize that his ankles and calves were already numb.

In the room, Pei Ying changed her clothes and just came down from the second floor, and got the pick-up list from Zhang Huaiyu.

He looked down and saw that there were not fifty or thirty items on the list, and he frowned worriedly.

"so much?"

Zhang Huaiyu gave him a white look: "Why, you are not happy to buy something for your son?"

Pei Ying quickly denied it: "No, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it alone."

"What are you afraid of? I've found a labor force for you." After speaking, Zhang Huaiyu opened the window and called out, "Xiaofeng! Have you finished the phone call? Pei Ying is here, pack up and get ready to go out!"

This call broke the silence outside, Jiang Qifeng temporarily withdrew from the solemn atmosphere, stood up and turned around to agree: "Okay, here we come!"

It's just that he squatted for too long, and when he got up, he was a little anxious, his feet wobbled, and he almost stepped into the pond.

Jiang Qifeng paused for a while, stretched his legs a little, then turned and walked into the house.

On the sofa in the living room, Zhang Xiuming was still holding the child and watching TV intently.

Jiang Qifeng hesitated for a while, whether he didn't tell him the news he heard on the phone just now.

Yuanyuan's first birthday, don't let Master be distracted by these things.

Seeing that he was absent-minded, Pei Ying came over and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Let's go?"

"Eh?" Jiang Qifeng raised his head and met Pei Ying's clear eyes, and put away the complicated thoughts in his heart. "okay……"

……

Compared with the dense population of Beijing/Beijing, this place is sparsely populated, and the roads are much wider than those in China.

The two drove out of the villa area. There were not many vehicles along the way, at least before entering the business area.

With her hands on the steering wheel, Pei Ying occasionally turned her head to look at Jiang Qifeng beside her.

It was obvious that he was preoccupied.

Pei Ying didn't ask him what happened, but only raised the topic intentionally or unintentionally.

"You wake up so early in the morning, aren't you sleepy?"

"I was sleepy at first, but I went to bed early these two nights, which is fine." Jiang Qifeng said helplessly.

"The things you practiced this morning, are they homework assigned by your uncle?"

"Yes." After finishing speaking, Jiang Qifeng hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Do you want to tell the truth?"

"If you want to talk, I will listen." Pei Ying raised her eyebrows.

Jiang Qifeng sighed, and said frankly: "My master wants Uncle Pei to recall the past, so that he can be persuaded to return to Qulan Club."

"Is that so-"

Pei Ying showed a clear expression, but not the slightest surprise.

He was so calm, but Jiang Qifeng was puzzled.

"Aren't you surprised?"

"guessed."

Jiang Qifeng was slightly taken aback. "Then what do you think?"