Just when Qiu Ci was thinking about how to answer the three brothers' harmonious and friendly questions, Xie Dongling came out of nowhere with a basin of drink in his hand.
"Eldest brother, second brother, third brother." He said hello to the three brothers first, and then placed the plate of drinks in front of Qiu Ci.
"Qiu Ci, what kind of drink do you like to drink? I have a lot at home. You can drink whatever you want. You're welcome."
The colorful drink packages were particularly conspicuous on the off-white table. After Xie Dongling finished speaking, Qiu Ci heard clearly that one of his brothers sneered.
That was a sneer, not an auditory hallucination. Instead, it turned into three sounds, ringing in Qiu Ci's ears at the same time.
After the second brother Xie Xuanling finished laughing, he picked up a bottle of drink from the basin and opened it to drink. He did not forget to greet Qiu Ci, "Classmate Qiu Ci, you're welcome, drink it."
Very good, now I have changed from classmate Qiu to classmate Qiu Ci.
When Xie Dongling was not around, the atmosphere on the court was just awkward and awkward with hatred and hatred.
After he appeared, the atmosphere on the court changed from awkward to stiff, filled with hatred and stiffness.
They were so polite. Qiu Ci would be ignorant if he didn't drink it, so he said politely, "Okay, I haven't finished the lemon tea that Uncle Li made yet. I'll drink it after I finish it."
Xie Dongling said, "You can drink together."
Qiu Ci was stunned by his words. Looking into his big clear eyes, he felt an inexplicable urge to pinch his face.
There was still half an hour before dinner started, and the five of them each had a bottle of drink in their hands, sitting in rows on the sofa and watching TV.
A recently popular talent show was shown on the big screen, in which young boys were singing and dancing. The three brothers and Qiu Ci were not interested in young boys, but Xie Dongling watched them sing and dance with great interest.
While looking at the TV, Xie Dongling did not forget to take care of Qiu Ci, and would chat with him from time to time during commercial breaks in the program.
Qiu Ci and Xie Dongling, one sitting at the head of the sofa and the other at the end of the sofa, separated by three brothers, talked like a message. When Xie Dongling said one word, it turned into another sentence when it reached Qiu Ci.
Xie Dongling said, "Brother, tell Qiu Ci for me. After dinner, I will take him to the artificial lake in the community to fish."
Xie Jingling nodded and conveyed the message to him without blushing or heartbeat, "Classmate Qiu Ci, Ling'er said that he would like to watch others fishing after dinner. If you are not interested, you can go back first."
Xie Xuanling immediately took it, "Classmate Qiu Ci, Ling'er said that he would like to sleep like a salted fish after dinner. If you are not in a hurry to leave, you can practice Taekwondo with me."
Xie Tianling paused for a few seconds and then sent a message to Qiu Ci beside him, "Um, classmate Qiu, do you like salted fish? I'll fry a few for you and take them away."
There were only three people separated, and Xie Dongling's words could be clearly heard: "It's okay, thank you."
Xie Tianling nodded and passed it back to him, "Classmate Qiu said yes."
Xie Xuanling understood, "Classmate Qiu Ci said he is not free and wants to fight with me later."
Xie Jingling understood and sent a message to her younger brother, "Ling'er, classmate Qiu Ci is going to have a discussion with your second brother later. I don't have time. My eldest brother happens to be free, so let me go with you."
"Qiu Ci"
Xie Dongling received the reply sent back, After coming back from the TV, he frowned, poked his head next to his elder brother and looked at Qiu Ci, wondering, "Qiu Ci, why are you fighting with your second brother?"
"Qiu Ci"
How does he know why?
After talking like this for a while, they seemed to realize that Qiu Ci was just an ordinary boy with good looks, and his relationship with his younger brother was just a pure classmate relationship. The three brothers looked at each other and were temporarily relieved. The smile on his face became a little more genuine.
Their name for Qiu Ci also changed from Qiu Ci's classmate to Xiao Qiu.
Xie Jingling had nothing to say and asked lazily, "Xiao Qiu, I heard from Ling'er that you transferred here. You transferred when you were so nervous in your senior year of high school. Can you keep up with the progress here?"
"Well, it's pretty good here." Qiu Ci said lightly.
Xie Tianling, "I heard from Ling'er that your grades are pretty good. You got the first place in your grade in the last monthly exam. Xiaoqiu, what university do you want to get into? Is it a big university?"
The best university here is A University, which is also the number one university in the country. The three brothers of the Xie family are all students of A University. Their younger brother Xie Dongling also aims for A University in the college entrance examination.
But for them, it is one thing to have a good school, and another thing to be close to home. After all, there are not many schools where you can go home and have soup as long as there are no classes in the afternoon, and A is one of them.
Qiu Ci didn't answer immediately. He watched the TV quietly for a while before speaking in a low voice, "I haven't decided yet."
If he doesn't take the A-level examination in China, he will probably go abroad to study. Xie Tianling oh-ohed twice, but Qiu Ci's expression was indifferent and he stopped asking.
They expected that the half-hour that lasted like a year would not be so sad. They watched a variety show quietly with Xie Dongling, and Li Rui came out of the kitchen and called them to eat.
In order to entertain his younger son's classmates, Li Rui made a sumptuous lunch, including meat and vegetarian dishes. He made seven dishes and one soup and set it on the table. It was all delicious, delicious and delicious just by looking at it.
He deliberately placed meat and vegetables on Qiu Ci's side. Li Ruiwen said softly, "Qiu Ci, eat more. Boys your age are still growing. It's okay not to eat. I heard from Ling'er that you help him with tutoring at school. He was able to score 90 points on the math test this time, thanks to you, uncle is here to thank you."
Li Rui spoke in a very soft voice and kept smiling gently. Qiu Ci responded quickly, "Uncle Li is so polite. Xie Dongling is very obedient and smart. He learned from him well."
Li Rui's own son knew in his heart that Xie Dongling could learn, but it was too difficult for him to study quietly. Otherwise, none of the three top students in the family could give him tutoring to improve his grades.
Xie Dongling has been silent since the food was served. He stared at the sweet and sour pork ribs in the center of the table. Hearing this, he suddenly refuted Li Rui, "It's 91 points. Dad, please stop talking."
He scored 91 points, not 90 points. One point is also very important and cannot be rounded off.
Li Rui smiled and said, "Okay, it's 91 points. I'll make it up for you. Okay, let's eat first."
Xie Dongling waited for him to say this, stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the ribs to eat, and asked, "Dad, won't dad come back for dinner?"
Qiu Ci was also curious about this question. Li Rui is Xie Dongling's little dad, so where is his big daddy?
Li Rui noticed Qiu Ci's curious eyes and explained to him with a smile, "Ling'er's father's company is too busy. I can't make it back in time at noon, so I'll eat at the company. "
The meal was quite peaceful. Except for Li Rui calling the children to pick up food from time to time, no other strange things happened at the table.
"Not weird is the biggest weirdness."
For example, Xie Dongling became quieter.
I don't know if there is any seal in the Xie family. Xie Dongling returned home and became strangely normal, which made Qiu Ci a little uncomfortable.
After they finished eating, they helped Li Rui clear the table. Xie Dongling took out the fishing rod, net bag and small bucket from the utility room, put on his sun hat, and planned to go fishing in the artificial lake in the community.
He walked up to Qiu Ci with a small bucket and asked him with expectant eyes, "Qiu Ci, are you really not going fishing with me?"
Just as Qiu Ci was about to speak, Xie Xuanling put his hand on his shoulder, "I have agreed with Xiao Qiu that I will show him the eighty-eight movements of Taekwondo. You go ahead."
Xie Dongling pouted and said dullly, "Okay then, Qiu Ci, don't leave so quickly. When I come back from fishing, I will give all my fish to you."
Having said that he wanted to go, he was forced to take it back. Qiu Ci could only watch as Xie Dongling and Xie Tianling walked out together.
Originally, it was Xie Jingling who said she wanted to go fishing with Xie Dongling, but because Li Rui had something to do, she asked him to go out, so it was Xie Tianling who accompanied him.
They came to the artificial lake, where many professional fishermen were already fishing.
The fish in the artificial lake are all put in by the property management of the community. They are released once a week and fished for one day at a time. This not only meets the fishing needs of the owners, but also gives a happy ending to the majority of fish.
Where there are too many people, the chance of catching fish is low. Xie Dongling and his third brother chose a place with few people and planned to catch fish.
The bait hanging on the fishing rod is just a bait to attract fish. Their intention is not to fish, but to catch fish.
"Third brother, there are a lot of fish here. I can take a bucket back to Qiu Ci." Xie Dongling stood on the shore, holding a net bag in his hand, about to catch fish.
"Be careful and let me come." Xie Tianling was still playing with the fishing rod.
Xie Dongling listened to his words and stood on the shore waiting for him.
He looked at it for a while and suddenly shouted "Third Brother"
Xie Tianling's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly looked at Xie Dongling and found that he had caught a small fish in his net bag.
"I put the net bag in the water, and it ran in on its own." Xie Dongling was very excited and hurriedly put the small fish into the bucket. When he ran over, he stepped on a stone and almost fell. Xie Tianling was so scared that he hurried away. Step forward to support him.
"You, be careful. If you fall and cry again, the third brother will not coax you." Xie Tianling nodded his little brother's nose and said seriously.
"I know, I won't cry, and" Xie Dongling stopped mid-sentence and hugged Xie Tianling's arm, acting coquettishly with him.
"And I know that Third Brother will definitely hold me back."
Xie Tianling couldn't help but laugh, and took the net bag from his hand, "As good as you think, I'm sure I will hold you back."
"Yeah, anyway, I know that Third Brother will definitely catch me." Xie Dongling chirped in Xie Tianling's ear, "Third Brother, I fell into the lake before, and it was you who pulled me up. You Have you forgotten?"
Xie Tianling has not forgotten.
When he was young, Xie Dongling was playful and accidentally fell into the lake. Xie Tianling was shocked by him.
, hurriedly went down and fished him out. The two of them were not seriously injured, but their clothes and hair were all wet, and they turned into drowned rats. They were scolded by Li Rui when they returned home.
Xie Dongling, who was scolded by his father, was taken to the swimming pool by his three brothers the next day and learned to swim.
Seemingly going astray, Xie Dongling didn't want to recall his dog-paddle swimming style. He clapped his hands and said with certainty, "I know it anyway."
Being led astray by his younger brother's fallacies, Xie Tianling found it more and more funny the more he listened, and echoed him, "Well, third brother also knows."
They fished for almost half an hour in the artificial lake and successfully filled a small bucket. With this small bucket of fish, Xie Dongling and his third brother walked home.
Qiu Ci stayed at Xie's house for a long time. He calculated the time and almost had to go back. He didn't ask Xie Tianling to call a taxi for him. Qiu Ci said that his driver was waiting outside.
Xie Dongling was still fighting with his hat in the entrance hall. When he heard that he wanted to leave, he hurriedly untied the knot on his hat and ran over, saying that he wanted to send him out.
As soon as he went out, Qiu Ci relaxed and walked towards the door with Xie Dongling. The door was only a few dozen seconds away. In this short time, Xie Dongling asked three questions.
"Qiu Ci, do you think the food cooked by my father is delicious?"
"Did the second brother really show you the eighty-eight Taekwondo postures? Why didn't he show it to me?"
"When we have our next vacation, if you come to my house again, I will take you fishing, okay?"
Standing beside the car, Qiu Ci answered his questions one by one.
"It's delicious." This sentence is not a lie. Li Rui's cooking is indeed delicious.
"It shows that your brother is very strong." Xie Xuanling not only showed him the eighty-eight Taekwondo moves, but also showed him the sixty-six Sanda moves.
"Okay." Come back next time and fish with you.
After receiving a reply of agreement from Qiu Ci, Xie Dongling pursed her lips and smiled, "Qiu Ci, see you tomorrow."
Qiu Ci lowered his eyes to look at him, and found that his bangs on his forehead were a little messy due to the weight of his hat, and some hair strands were flying in the air.
Raising his hand, Qiu Ci rubbed his head naturally and smoothed it for him.
Before Xie Dongling could even react to a simple movement, Xie Xuanling's emotionless voice came from the balcony on the second floor.
"Ling'er, classmate Qiu Ci."
Eighty-eight Taekwondo postures and sixty-six Sanda postures emerged in his mind. Qiu Ci paused, slowly put down his hand, and said softly, "See you tomorrow."
After returning home with a bunch of things, Qiu Ci casually placed the salted fish on the coffee table in the living room, and walked back to the room carrying a drink and a small bucket.
The drinks were similar to those given by Xie Dongling in the classroom. Qiu Ci took out bottles, wiped them carefully with wet paper towels, and placed them in a cabinet with a transparent glass window.
Qiu Ci carefully counted the remaining bucket of fish. There were 11 small fish in it, each of which was only the size of a palm.
Xie Dongling gave him a bucket of fish, with the intention of letting him take it home to eat. For this reason, he also asked Li Rui to write him a list of fish cooking, but Qiu Ci didn't want to eat it. He wanted to raise the fish.
In the ornamental fish tank in the enemy's hall, a few small angel fish were swimming well. Suddenly, the servants fished them out and moved them to the small fish tank next door. Small crucian carp worth 20 yuan a pound was put in.
After finishing all this, Qiu Ci returned to the living room to get the salted fish, but the coffee table was empty.
, there are still traces of salted fish.
Lin Yuan thought the salted fish on the coffee table was made by a chef from some hotel. He found a white plate to put it on and brought it to the table.
Li Rui's fried salted fish is very good, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, moderately salty, and delicious with rice.
After Qiu Zhenghao finished eating one piece of salted fish, he was still a little unsatisfied, but his stomach really couldn't hold the second salted fish. He wiped his mouth and asked, "Who made this fish? I will make another one tomorrow and eat it with white porridge." "
Lin Yuan picked the fish carefully and looked back at him, "Dad, it wasn't made by our chef. It should have been packed back by Xiao Ci. He went out to eat with his classmates today. I'll ask him later."
Qiu Ci didn't eat a bite of salted fish, and was asked by Lin Yuan to go to school the next day and ask classmate Xie for his father's method of frying salted fish.
The next day, Monday, was the student's death sleep day.
Qiu Ci was not as sleepy as other students. He came to school early and took a detour to the canteen to buy a bottle of Wangzai milk.
Throughout the morning, Qiu Ci didn't send out the bottle of Wangzaizai milk because Xie Dongling said he would meet tomorrow and broke the promise again.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Xie Dongling limped into the classroom, his hands still wrapped in bandages, his head lowered and looking gloomy.
Probably because he looked too miserable from the front and back. Before he even reached his seat, many classmates asked him what was wrong.
Xie Dongling shook his head, walked over to Qiu Ci and sat down without saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Qiu Ci looked at the bandage on his hand and couldn't help asking him.
Xie Dongling turned to look at him, her cheeks were red and her ears were red too. It didn't look like she was depressed, but she had an embarrassed expression.
He blinked twice quickly, shook his head, then turned away and said nothing.
Qiu Ci didn't get his reply, nor did he look away. Instead, he asked again, "Are you okay?"
Xie Dongling shook his head violently, "It's okay, it's really okay."
"Then what's wrong? You're injured." Qiu Ci gently grabbed his uninjured arm and prevented him from putting his hand away.
He was obviously fine when he left yesterday. What happened after he left? Did he accidentally fall or was he bullied? With the three brothers of the Xie family here, could he be hurt? Why didn't he tell him?
Xie Dongling didn't know anything about what Qiu Ci was thinking. He refused to tell the reason for his injury simply because he was embarrassed to say it.
How dare he tell others that he was injured because he was chasing a dog at night. The dog ran too fast and he failed to catch up and fell.
It's all because that bad dog ran so fast
Fortunately, the place where he fell was a piece of grass, and it didn't hurt at all. However, he fell in a strange way, twisting his left wrist and left foot. The doctor told him not to do heavy work recently, and he would be fine in about a week.
Xie Dongling tried to take his hand away from Qiu Ci, and explained to himself, "Qiu Ci, don't worry, I'm fine."
Qiu Ci grabbed him without letting go, looking down at the bandage, his eyes dark and unclear.
Xiao Ming, who was in front, turned his head and looked at the movements and expressions of the two of them. One was clueless and the other was unhappy.
He said, "Xie Dongling, why do you look so much like that joke on the Internet?"
"What kind of joke?" Xie Dongling didn't know what he was talking about.
Xiao Mingqing He cleared his throat and said, "There was a person who was running after a dog so stupidly that he accidentally fell down. He was a bit like you."
After saying that, he made another gesture of surrender, "Well, I didn't mean to make fun of you. Don't mind. It just came to my mind suddenly."
Xie Dongling was shocked. How did Xiao Ming know that he fell after chasing the dog?
In Xiao Ming's view, his frightened expression meant confusion. He was confused that someone in this world could be so stupid as to run after a dog and fall down. But in Qiu Ci's view, the reason for Xie Dongling's injury had something to do with what Xiao Ming said. .
He was injured, either by falling or being scratched by a dog.
Since the injured person was Xie Dongling, Qiu Ci combined the two reasons, "Xie Dongling, the dog fell down and accidentally scratched you?"
This is too outrageous. Xie Dongling's expression became even more frightened, and he wondered, "How could the dog scratch me if he fell down?"
Xiao Ming quickly picked up, "The dog scratched you."
"Of course not." Xie Dongling felt that they were all talking nonsense, "I was not scratched by a dog, I fell down myself."
Xiao Ming suddenly realized, "It turns out that you posted that joke online."
Xie Dongling became angry and waved his fist, pretending to hit Xiao Ming, but he forgot that his wrist was still injured and was being held by Qiu Ci.
Qiu Ci felt a pain in his jaw and received a solid punch from Xie Dongling.
Having beaten the wrong person, Xie Dongling felt guilty, so guilty that he took the initiative to tell Qiu Ci the reason for the injury.
Of course, he told Qiu Ci secretly. After all, the less people knew about this kind of thing, the less people would laugh at him.
As expected, Qiu Ci heard that he fell because he was chasing a dog. He couldn't control the expression on his face for a moment. He lowered his head and laughed, his shoulders shaking with laughter.
Seeing him smiling so happily, Xie Dongling pouted and glared at him angrily, warning him, "Qiu Ci, don't laugh, or I'll beat you up."
Qiu Ci nodded and reluctantly suppressed his smile, but he couldn't control the corners of his mouth and still curled up slightly.
"Does it hurt?" I fell on the ground.
Xie Dongling nodded, then shook his head.
He said, "It hurt when I first fell, but then it stopped hurting."
"Why chase the dog?" Qiu Ci was very curious about this question. He now had the urge to know what was going on in Xie Dongling's mind.
Xie Dongling hesitated, not wanting to say it. This question was even harder to answer than why he was injured.
The reason for chasing the dog sounds outrageous, but it is what really happened. He chased after the dog because it took away his chicken legs.
Xie Dongling and her three brothers were squatting in front of their house last night eating chicken legs. They were eating well. When the neighbor's dog passed by them, he suddenly rushed over and took the chicken legs away from his hand.
It was so outrageous that such a big dog suddenly rushed over and took away his chicken legs.
Any normal person would have subconsciously chased after him at that time. Of course Xie Dongling also chased after him, so he fell.
In order to stop letting Qiu Ci make fun of him, Xie Dongling told a little white lie.
"I was walking on the road, and suddenly I wanted to chase him. There is no reason." He said with certainty. In order to make himself and Qiu Ci believe this explanation, he also specially emphasized the three words "why".
No regrets Knowing whether he believed it or not, most likely not, he stopped asking, took out the bottle of Wangzai Zai milk from the table, and handed it to Xie Dongling.
"Thank you for the drink yesterday." Qiu Ci said what he had already thought of.
It was his favorite Wangzai milk. Xie Dongling held the can of milk and looked at Qiu Ci with bright eyes, "Qiu Ci, thank you, you are so kind, you are such a good person."
Qiu Ci paused when he looked at him, then suddenly turned his head away, "No need."
Xie Dongling sprained his hand, fortunately it was his left hand, which did not affect his writing, but the sprained foot affected his movements. The sprained tendon caused a dull pain every time he took a step.
At this time, the role of the deskmate comes into play. Qiu Ci will help him get hot water, Qiu Ci will help him go to the canteen, and he still has to go to the toilet by himself, but Qiu Ci will help him go there.
Xie Dongling enjoyed one-on-one personal service and felt that there were some benefits to spraining his ankle. For example, his relationship with Qiu Ci became closer and the two of them could go to the toilet together.
After the evening classes, some classmates went back to their dormitories and others went home. They didn't want to stay in the classroom anymore. Xie Dongling was in no hurry to leave. He was almost the last student to leave the classroom every day. For no other reason than he packed his schoolbag. The speed is too slow.
Strangely, Qiu Ci was also very slow in packing his schoolbag today. When Xie Dongling zipped up the chain, Qiu Ci casually threw two books into his schoolbag and carried them on one shoulder.
"Let's go." He stretched out a hand to Xie Dongling, intending to help him go downstairs.
Xie Dongling is a typical person who shines brightly when given a little sunshine, and extraordinarily bright when given a little more sunshine.
He leaned against the window and looked down. The students in the teaching building were almost gone. It was night again, so no one would pay attention to them.
He withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Qiu Ci, with a little bit of embarrassment and a bit of hope in his eyes.
"Qiu Ci, can you carry me down?"
Qiu Ci couldn't describe his mood at that time. He lowered his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him. Xie Dongling had a small frame and two thin, white arms. He could tell by looking at it that it was not heavy to carry.
It does feel like this when carrying it on the back. Qiu Ci wonders what Xie Dongling grew up on, why the boy is still so light, and can he still grow up if he is fed milk now?
Xie Dongling lay on Qiu Ci's back, his little bit of embarrassment drifting away in the wind. Now he felt so comfortable that he didn't have to walk.
The two of them walked down from the third floor. It was different from what Xie Dongling thought. He felt that no one paid attention to his classmates because they were in a hurry to go back to sleep, but he underestimated the influence of himself and Qiu Ci.
Almost every student who passed by them stopped and looked at them a few more times. After seeing their faces clearly, their mouths opened in an O shape.
They walked to the lobby on the first floor, where there was a grooming mirror. From the clean mirror, Xie Dongling could clearly see the way he was being held by Qiu Ci.
A certain TV drama scene appeared in his mind, and he laughed out loud, "Qiu Ci, you are now like Zhu Bajie carrying his wife on his back."
Zhu Bajie carries his wife on his back
Qiu Ci's heart trembled, and he paused in his steps without leaving any trace.
Xie Dongling didn't think so much. After he finished laughing, he realized that the description he just said was not right. Zhu Bajie was carrying his wife, so wasn't he talking about Zhu Bajie's hatred?
He leaned into Qiu Ci's ear and took the initiative to apologize to him, "Qiu Ci, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you Zhu Bajie."
Qiu Ci's Adam's apple twitched and he replied calmly, "It's okay, no need to apologize."
Qiu Ci is really a good person. He is not even angry when he is called Zhu Bajie. Xie Dongling secretly adds one point to his good person card in his heart.
After he added the points, he stared at the back of Qiu Ci's head, and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Wrong
It's really wrong
He said that Qiu Ci is Zhu Bajie, so what is he?
He is Zhu Bajie's wife