soft hedgehog

The summer vacation of the second year of graduate school is coming soon, and Liang Yuchen is going to go to the short-term exchange program that was set early in the morning.Ji Tong was very happy, thinking that this meant that his brother and that illusory prospective girlfriend were completely hopeless.

In a foreign country, the 20-hour flight took two months, and Liang Yuchen actually only brought a [-]-inch suitcase, saying it was enough.The whole family wants to see him off, but he refuses to let him, saying that there are many teachers and classmates in the company, there is no need to make a huge and fanciful send-off team, just let the younger brother carry the suitcase.

Ji Tong said that it would be troublesome to die from the heat, but he was more active than anyone else in his actions. He dressed neatly an hour in advance and only waited for his shoes to go out.

Before leaving, Liang Changlei called his son to the balcony.The child has grown up to such an age, and he has never traveled so far, so he always wants to give a few more instructions.

"If you don't have enough money, call home."

That's always the first word of being a dad.

Liang Yuchen reassured him: "Accommodation is provided by the school for free, two people share one room, there is nothing special about spending money."

Liang Changlei is still worried: "Going out is to make friends, don't just think about studying, you have to spend where you need to spend, go to coffee shops and parties, dare to open your mouth."

He speaks like his junior high school English teacher.Liang Yuchen smiled: "Understood, that's what I learned, so I don't even dare to open my mouth."

As of today, his tens of thousands of savings are quietly lying in his bank account, which is enough to support all the basic necessities of life abroad for the past two months.

"Anything else?" he asked his dad.

His father glanced at the mother and son on the sofa through the glass, then suddenly turned his back to the living room, and took out an old ring from his pocket.

The whole body is silver, with a thin light shimmering, and a red thread is strung thinly.

"You saw this thing when you were a child. It is the only surviving relic of your mother. It was stuffed into your hand before she died." Liang Changlei handed the ring into the palm of his son, "I should have kept it for you until now. Get married, but you have never been abroad, so I don’t worry about it. Take this with you and let your mother’s spirit in heaven keep you safe.”

The Liang family was poor, and the ex-wife died like a lamp after leaving, her body gradually decayed, and her clothes gradually decayed. There was only one ring left, which was regarded as a lifetime dream.

Liang Yuchen took it and rubbed it between his fingers, there was no mark or trace, it was the most simple.She looked very much like his biological mother, whom he had only vaguely remembered, she was formless and simple.

"Got it," he held it in his palm, "I'll definitely keep it safe."

—

The plane was at night, and at [-]:[-] p.m., the two brothers got into a taxi with their suitcases and gradually left the No. [-] Middle School family courtyard.

Ji Tong was more excited than Liang Yuchen, and he didn't feel any sorrow about parting at all. Liang Yuchen felt a little disappointed, feeling that the younger brother he had exhausted his efforts to raise really had no conscience.

"Brother, do you need to go to class after you go there, or do you just study abroad all day?"

"Brother, is your dormitory fixed or a foreigner's host family?"

"Brother, can you help me buy Gundam with Yang Xiao?"

"elder brother……"

All kinds of problems are annoying.

He ruthlessly refused to buy: "I went there to study, and there is no place to put the model in the box."

Ji Tong folded his arms and looked out the window: "You are so annoying."

"What happened to me?"

"You don't agree to anything."

Liang Yuchen looked at his side face: "That's just right, no one will bother you after I leave, let alone care about you."

Ji Tong turned his head suddenly and stared at him angrily: "You know that's not what I meant."

"No, no," he smiled lightly, "what are you staring at me for?"

The driver who was driving interrupted them: "Are you picking up someone or flying by yourself?"

Liang Yuchen said: "Fly by yourself, please stop at the departure floor."

After speaking, I checked the passport and other documents in the bag for the last time.

Ji Tong asked again: "How many hours will we have a time difference?"

Liang Yuchen asked him to investigate by himself, but Ji Tong was lazy: "I don't understand."

"It's fine if you don't understand it." Liang Yuchen paid the car fare without looking at him, "It's fine if you don't contact him for these two months."

Ji Tong was choked up like this, and stared at him anxiously: "Are you serious?"

While talking, they got out of the car, neither of them could remember that there was still a suitcase in the trunk, and it was the driver who reminded them that they didn't drop it.

"Are you serious?" Ji Tong ran up and grabbed his brother's forearm again, as if he was afraid that he would run away, "I really don't want to contact you anymore?"

Liang Yuchen was so entangled, he turned his head helplessly: "Do you think it's possible?"

How could he resist not contacting Ji Tong, even for a day.

Ji Tong smiled happily: "It's pretty good."

When he arrived at the customs, Ji Tong couldn't get in, so he could only stop outside the gate and watch his brother go in, get the certificate, get the stamp, and go through the security check.

The bustling blue customs gate, a high-transparency glass to the top.

Ji Tong just stood there, watching.Liang Yuchen seems to be the most dazzling among the group of seniors, even his back has a charming halo, he is no longer the passer-by he made when he first met two years ago.

My brother seems to have grown a lot in the past two years, but what about me?

Before he could figure it out, Liang Yuchen had already walked to the aisle inside the pass, looking for him through the glass.

He found out, and ran over in a hurry, also looked at his brother through the glass, swung his arms vigorously, flustered, and the ease when he came disappeared.

At this time, I really felt that my brother was going to leave me for a long time.

Someone walked over and grabbed Liang Yuchen's shoulders, probably a classmate.Liang Yuchen turned his head to look, said something, and then looked at Ji Tong again.Ji Tong knew he couldn't hear but still shouted loudly: "Brother, brother!"

Liang Yuchen smiled at him from a few meters away, and was taken back two steps by someone. Before turning around, he made a phone call gesture with his right hand next to his ear. Ji Tong nodded desperately, and when he turned around, tears would automatically flow out. He couldn't help it at all. endure.

A huge monster like a wild goose carried hundreds of people into the sky and headed for a strange country.Ji Tong stared and guarded stupidly by the floor-to-ceiling glass, unable to tell which plane contained his brother, as if something in his heart had left with him, empty-handed.

The feeling of parting is not good, he thought, and when his brother comes back, he will tell his brother not to participate in such projects in the future, and he can learn English well in China.

Back home, Liang Changlei was out to earn money, and Hu Aihua was alone at home playing with glass ornaments.Seeing Ji Tong come back, she asked, "Sent brother away?"

Ji Tong hummed, not very interested.

"I knew about this project late. If I knew about it earlier, I would send you out too." Hu Aihua hummed a song, holding a small rag in his hand, and chatting with him while wiping.

Ji Tong was startled, so he had a chance to go abroad with his brother?Immediately stomped anxiously: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Hu Aihua groaned: "What's the matter with a foot of mud! Hurry up and change my old lady's shoes, do you hear me, come and help me clean the low cabinet!"

"Would it be useful to say it earlier? Yuchen has that ability. The school selects it out of thousands of thousands. If you want to go, you have to pay by yourself, tens of thousands!"

She was half-truthfully annoyed that her own son was not as good as her step-son.

Ji Tong squatted beside her to take the rag, also annoyed, but annoyed at himself, so annoyed that his subordinates almost dropped the blue ice glass vase in their hands to the ground.

His mother pushed him to leave quickly: "Don't wipe it, don't wipe it, please let go of my vase, and leave me one at least."

There used to be four vases, and they were made into a set, but now only one is left, all thanks to him.

Ji Tong just left and went back to the room, laying on the desk in hysteria, the surrounding was so quiet that he could hear the ticking of the needle in the palm-sized alarm clock.

—

When they got there, someone picked them up from the airport. Liang Yuchen and his party were picked up by the local teacher, and they were directly arranged in an apartment near the school. There are two people in one room, and the conditions are not bad.

Riding on the moonlight, more than a dozen of them got off the bus with their luggage and moved their belongings to the dormitory.Liang Yuchen's room was on the first floor, near the hall.

As soon as he entered the room, his roommate threw away his things and went to the bathroom to take a shower, leaving him alone in the room to organize things.Different from the bunk beds at home, here are two single beds for them, separated by two desks with shelves.

The first thing to do when unpacking the box was to tidy up the clothes he had brought. Before he could take out all his shirts, Liang Yuchen suddenly remembered that his mobile phone had been turned off since he landed.

After connecting to the apartment's wifi, the news suddenly came like a snowflake.

"Brother, are you here?"

"Call me when you arrive."

"I have something to tell you, something very speechless."

Liang Yuchen looked at the screen and smiled helplessly, he couldn't wait to send a message for anything speechless.

He dialed, and the phone rang three times before being picked up: "Brother!"

His voice was full of vitality, which lifted his spirits too.

Glancing at the capitalist clock on the wall, it should be only 07:30 in China, and he asked, "Wake up so early?"

The other side complained: "I didn't turn off my phone all night, thinking that the first thing you did when you landed was to call me. I didn't expect you to be so heartless."

After hearing this, his heart softened.This person can still make himself feel uneasy across thousands of rivers and mountains, it is really a fatal disaster.

"I forgot to turn on my phone." He said, "I will definitely remember it in the future. The first thing I do is call you."

"It's almost there."

"So what are you going to tell me?"

"Yes..." Ji Tong hesitated over there for a moment, hesitating: "Hey, don't laugh at me after telling me. I, I'm a little angry with myself."

What kind of answer is this, and what kind of thing can make the youngest son of the Ji family who is the most self-respecting and self-loving get angry with him?

He was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh?"

"Really, don't laugh." Ji Tong sounded like he had rolled over on the bed, "I'm really angry with myself."

"For whatever reason, there must always be a reason to be angry."

"It's my mother from the beginning! My mother said yesterday that she knew about this project and wanted me to go too, but she cared about the money and thought I wouldn't be eligible for public funding. I thought, if I rank higher in the department, Maybe we'll be able to-"

Liang Yuchen understood before he finished speaking, and cut him off: "Tongtong."

"what?"

"You forget that you are studying French and I am studying English. The same project, different countries, we can't be together."

Ji Tong said "ah" again on the phone, obviously just realized this: they are fundamentally different majors, and no matter how close their grades are, they will never be the same.

Clear and shallow, there is a feeling of regret spreading among the signals of nothingness.

For a long time no one spoke.

Liang Yuchen got up with his mobile phone in his hand, checked that the bathroom door was closed, and then walked to the aluminum window farthest from the bathroom and stood there.

Outside is the pedestrian green road, and the brown curtain covers the entire window.

He stretched out his hand to open the slit, looked at the roses blooming just right outside the window, and asked, "Is that why you want to be with brother?"

Ji Tong didn't answer right away.

He added: "To tell the truth, I want to hear a truth."

—

On the other end of the phone, Ji Tong was still lying on the bed and did not get up.

The surroundings are quiet, the door of the room is also closed tightly, and even the morning light has not disturbed them, and no one will hear their conversation from beginning to end.But Ji Tong's heart was thumping, as if someone had glimpsed some secret, or as if he had glimpsed some other person's secret, he refused to answer for a long time.

A familiar voice urged in a low voice across thousands of miles: "Tongtong, I want to know if you want to come with me."

Don't mention "together", just say "together", vague, ambiguous, I want to take a half antidote first.Because ever since Liang Yuchen fell in love with Ji Tong, his heart has been thirsty for too long.

Ji Tong listened, inexplicably feeling his ears burning, his head was a mess, and after a long while, he replied softly: "Think."

Of course he wanted to, a place with his brother made him feel at ease and secure, and he couldn't leave him no matter where his brother went.

He summoned up his courage: "Brother, I will work hard in the future, and I want to be with you wherever I go."

After speaking, he wrapped himself in a quilt and hid his whole body inside, almost covering himself so that he couldn't breathe.

On the other side of the world, Liang Yuchen was behind the curtain, with messy luggage beside him, one by one lying at his feet and not in the mood to pack it.I was silent for a long time, and throbbed for a long time.At this moment he was almost sure——

He did not love the wrong person.

Since he did not love the wrong person, how far is he from the answer he wants?

Far or near, he wants to try.