To rely on others is to promise each other

Chapter 19 Gifts

At night they rented a tent together and camped outside. The tent was not too small, and the four of them slept in two tents. Originally, Ji Xiao proposed to let the two young classmates sleep together, but it turned out that not only did they themselves get blackfaced, but even Pei Shanqing His smile also froze there.

However, Pei Shanqing didn't refute his face. He just took out the sleeping bag prepared for Jiang Yubai from the trunk, put it together with his own sleeping bag, and said to him, "I'm going to sleep first, and you will pack it when you come in later." zipper."

Jiang Yubai went to the car to drink water, and glanced back at Ji Xiao and Cheng Guo. Ji Xiao was talking to Cheng Guo with a sneer.

Jiang Yubai stooped into the tent and stuffed himself into the sleeping bag. Pei Shanqing was not looking at his phone. He was quiet for a while and asked, "Are you asleep?"

"Jiang Yubai, I found that you have become more and more rebellious recently, and you don't even call me brother." Pei Shanqing turned around and faced him and said, "Still angry with me?"

"No, brother." Jiang Yubai couldn't help but get closer, wishing he could rub his leg through the sleeping bag, "Do you want any more presents?"

"Hmph, I don't care for belated gifts." Pei Shanqing joked with him, bending the corners of his lips.

Jiang Yubai knew he was joking, so he stretched out his hand and poked him on the shoulder: "Give me your hand."

After a rustling sound, Pei Shanqing groped for Jiang Yubai's hand and asked, "Is this a gift? I grabbed it."

Jiang Yubai smiled, and with his other free hand, put the woven grass ring on Pei Shanqing's right middle finger, "I made it myself." He was very inexperienced and justified his caution: "It is said that it is worn on the You can get rich here.”

The fluff of the dogtail grass was scratched in the palm of his hand, Pei Shanqing didn't say anything, and he didn't take off the grass ring, just squeezed his fingers and said, "Go to sleep."

During the next few days of traveling, the grass ring was worn on Pei Shanqing's hand all the time, and on the final return journey, it was almost worn out.

Jiang Yubai was sitting in the co-pilot, and while parking in the rest area, touched his hand on the steering wheel: "Why don't you take it off? They're all bald."

"I'm afraid you will get angry." Pei Shanqing said, "Why don't you make me another one."

Jiang Yubai thought for a moment, took off the grass ring for him, and said, "I'll give you another one later."

Jiang Yubai has every reason to suspect that Pei Shanqing committed a crime knowingly. If the relationship between the two of them is made into a progress bar, and the top is to become a lover, Jiang Yubai thinks that it is 80.00% anyway.

But it wasn't until one day when I was having dinner with Xiao Nan that I inadvertently mentioned his previous blind date with Pei Shanqing: "Are you two still in touch now?"

"No." Xiao Nan sneered, "Didn't you teach me not to hang myself from a tree? I asked Ji Xiao again, and he also said that Pei Shanqing has someone in his heart, so there's no need to ask for trouble."

Jiang Yu Bai Jiacai paused with his hands, and asked, "Who? My childhood sweetheart?"

"Don't you also know about this? I heard that they grew up together, but they separated for some reason and kept writing letters." Xiao Nan said in surprise.

Listening to the first half of the sentence, it was indeed a bit like the two of them, but after hearing the four words of correspondence, Jiang Yubai knew that he was not talking about himself, because in those days when they didn't meet each other, even the slightest None of the connections.

"Writing letters? Pen pals or something?"

"Yeah, I think it's quite romantic, Pei Shanqing still hides it, if it wasn't for Ji Xiao and his college dormitory, one day when he was looking for things, he accidentally found a pile of letters, he probably could have kept it a secret for the rest of his life. "

Jiang Yubai felt that the blood in his whole body was flowing backwards, which was more difficult than accepting that Pei Shanqing had a blind date, because he knew very well that if this matter was true, no one would be able to surpass his existence.

"Didn't you know there was such a person?" Xiao Nanqi said, "Could it be that you don't know what happened to them before?"

Jiang Yubai didn't expect his nonsense to come true, so he could only say: "I don't know, I haven't seen him before, I only know about this person."

On the way home, Jiang Yubai rejected Xiao Nan's proposal to send him back, and walked on the road alone, thinking about what Xiao Nan said in his mind, trying to rule out the existence of that childhood sweetheart.

Pei Shanqing was not at home, so Jiang Yubai had the opportunity to search for the so-called "love letter" that had been hidden for a long time.

The wooden box has a sense of age, and Pei Shanqing stuffed it in the innermost corner of the cabinet. Thanks to Jiang Yubai's patience, he found it after moving all the clothes and books away.

A small silver lock was hung on the position where the lid was opened. Jiang Yubai guessed that with Pei Shanqing's level of caution, he would definitely carry the key with him. In desperation, he had to restore everything to its original state before finding a chance to steal the key from him.

When Pei Shanqing was drunk and unconscious again, Jiang Yubai managed to get his keychain, but there wasn't any key on it that could match the lock.

Jiang Yubai racked his brains to think from his point of view, where is the safest place to hide this key, but all came to nothing without exception.

This matter has buried a deadlock in Jiang Yubai's heart, and he has been thinking about it for a long time, but fortunately, there is no so-called childhood sweetheart pen pal around Pei Shanqing, so he is temporarily relieved.

It just so happened that Pei Shanqing's birthday was approaching, and Jiang Yubai remembered the gift he had promised him before, so he asked Cheng Guo to come out together to pick out a birthday present for him.

"The two of you have lived together for almost two years, why do you suddenly remember that you are going to celebrate your brother's birthday?" Cheng Guo asked.

"I wanted to give it away last year, but he had just started his business at that time, so he was afraid that he would not be able to eat, so he didn't buy anything expensive, so the two of them got together and cut a small cake."

"Think about food and clothing." Cheng Guo said sharply, "Buy a watch as a gift? The watch your brother gave you last time seems to have another color."

"I can't afford it." Jiang Yubai had thought about it a long time ago, and said without hesitation: "I've seen the price, and it's really embarrassing with my current wealth."

Cheng Guo knew that he had ruined his family and property only for his own benefit, so he twitched his lips and said, "Why don't you take this opportunity to show him the share agreement, what a surprise."

"It's been half a year, so you can't say you prepared it in advance, right?" Jiang Yubai spread his hands, "I'm giving a gift, not wanting to be scolded."

Cheng Guo didn't understand the way the two brothers got along, so he walked the streets with him without complaint. Jiang Yubai was thoughtful, and happened to pass by a lighting store. The first time I went to the mountain to see the sunrise.

Jiang Yubai had a plan, and turned to ask Cheng Guo: "Are you free recently? Draw a picture for me?"

Cheng Guo was stunned for a moment, and readily agreed: "Yes, what kind of painting do you want?"

"Just a rough outline and a color on the line. I want to make a paper carving lamp."

Cheng Guoran patted his chest and said, "No problem, just leave it to me."

Jiang Yubai designed a very beautiful landscape painting, the main context is the combination of the mountains and grasslands they have been to, but the price is that it took several days to carve out the hollow outline.

Cheng Guo watched him carefully stick a circle of small light bulbs in the dark groove, and after lighting them up, cast a complete picture on the wall, he couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

"I'm already ready to draw several pictures for you to carve, and you actually succeeded in engraving it in one go."

Jiang Yubai secretly carved this thing almost every day in class. The desk was full of scratches from paper knives, and he finally finished this gift on his birthday.

His eyes fell on the shadow, and he said softly: "Actually, it has another pattern."

Cheng Guo groaned, obviously not understanding, Jiang Yubai quickly pressed the switch twice, the light bulb turned from on to off and on again, and only half of the lights were left on.

Although the position of each light bulb seems to be irregular, they can project a large spot of light on the wall through different paper gaps. Cheng Ruo squinted his eyes and recognized that it seemed to be a combination of certain characters.

"J...a...y? What is this?" Cheng Guo was puzzled, "An English name?"

"Jagölskardig."

Jiang Yubai's tone was very slow and low. Seeing Cheng Guo's blank face, he explained to him: "I love you in Swedish."

Cheng Guo wasn't too surprised, he curled his lips into a smile, and joked to himself: "The most I can say is Iloveyou, you schoolmasters are so good at playing."

"I don't know much, I can only say a few words, and this happens to be it." Jiang Yubai said, "I just hope he finds out later, even if he discovers the secret of the lamp, he will know later I love him."

"Why?" Cheng Guo was puzzled.

"Because he's my brother." Jiang Yubai smiled bitterly, "Even if I fantasize that he loves me every day, I can't avoid the responsibility and abuse of family members and others when things come to light."

Jiang Yubai paused, and continued: "It's just a fantasy, do you remember the time we went to the hotel together? I dreamed that he kissed me, and we embraced like all lovers in the world. But then I Woke up from the dream, and he told me himself that he had been with someone else all night."

Cheng Guo hesitated to speak, and finally sighed lightly. The two of them were silent for a long time facing the gorgeous lights, and Jiang Yubai suddenly asked, "Do you think I'm disgusting?"

"what?"

Jiang Yubai pointed at himself naturally, as if explaining feelings that had nothing to do with him: "A person like me who likes my brother and wants to be with him like a demon, do you think I'm disgusting? "

"No." Cheng Guo said, "Because everyone in the world will have an unforgettable love, but your love just happens to be your brother. Although this is an extremely unlikely event, we cannot deny its importance." exist."

Jiang Yubai laughed twice, and said mockingly: "Yes, isn't that all love? Why is it impossible for him to accept my love?"

Cheng Guo hesitated for a moment, then said: "Actually, I think he treats you very well. At first, I thought there was something wrong with the two of you because he spoiled you too much. Whose elder brother coaxes younger brother all the time?"

"...Isn't every family like this? The big one coaxes the little one."

"Then unless the difference between the two of you is not six years old, but 16 years old, you should just coax them like coaxing children." Cheng Guo explained, "There is a pair of brothers next door to my house, and the difference between the two of you is seven or eight years old. Fighting, when not fighting, the two brothers go out to go to Internet cafes."

Jiang Yubai was thoughtful, and Cheng Guo asked, "Will your brother take you to an Internet cafe?"

"No, and he doesn't play games with me." Jiang Yubai recalled: "He usually takes me to the mall to buy things for dinner, or to climb mountains or travel."

"Look, among the places you two went, which one looks like two brothers went? It's just like a young couple falling in love."

"Oh, that's right." Jiang Yubai took out the ugly and cute key chain, "He gave it to me. He made it himself when we went on a trip together last time. He even took my ring."

"You two have reached the stage of giving each other rings?" Cheng Guo was shocked.

"It's not a ring, it's just a grass ring made of dog's tail grass and put it on his middle finger." Jiang Yubai explained, "But he didn't take it off, he just wore it on his hand. Not long ago, I felt so bald He just took it off."

Cheng Guo: "The more I listen to it, the more I feel something is wrong... Ji Xiao said that Pei Shanqing has a pen pal that he has always liked. Are you sure it's not you?"

"It's not me. I went abroad when I was six years old, and I never sent him a letter. I didn't even see him when I transferred to another school in the first year of junior high school. I didn't see him until my parents passed away in the third year of junior high school." Jiang Yubai said firmly, "I A few days ago, I found the box where he hid letters, and there was a lock with no key on it, if his pen pal is really me, why hide it?"

"...Uh, then why did you make this so hidden?" Cheng Guo pointed to the Swedish language projected on the wall, "Since you like him, why don't you dare to tell him this openly? ?”

"I..." Jiang Yubai got stuck in a rare way.

Cheng Guo cleared his throat and continued: "Although Pei Shanqing has no blood relationship with you, he is still your brother in name, not to mention that you are underage now. So it is decided not to be him who pierced the window paper, even if There are things about you in the box, and he must hide them from you."

"As for it? I won't do anything to him." Jiang Yubai said.

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that you are unusually dependent on him. Unless he is a fool, he will not know that you like him." Cheng Guo was a little speechless, "If you find out that he also has that little meaning for you at this time, who will you be?" Do you know if you will jump directly?"

Jiang Yubai retorted: "Then he can take that box to another place and hide it. As long as I don't put it at home, I will never find it."

"This is exactly the same as your motive. You expect him to find out, but also hope that he will find out later." Cheng Guo sighed, "People who are in love are trouble."

Jiang Yubai was silent for a moment, then suddenly grabbed Cheng Guo's arm, his eyes gleaming brightly: "I know where the key is."

"what?"

Jiang Yubai spread out his palms, and the glue-injected three-flowered cat lay quietly in it. He grabbed the flashlight next to him and pointed it at the center to illuminate it.

The tiny key loomed out of it.