bucket list

After leaving the lake island, Zong Chi's boating skills have become more proficient, and he can even hold the steering wheel with one hand and drink beer with the other.He drove the yacht to an open water area, and there were many waterfowl gathered on the surface of the sparkling waves, and the water droplets rolled slipperyly from their white wings, shining bright white light.The birds circled their boat with no fear of people, as if they knew that where there were people, there was always something to eat.

At this moment, Zong Chi finally remembered the main plot of this trip, and rummaged through boxes and boxes to put together fishing rods and fishing gear.When it was time to throw the pole, he found that he hadn't brought the most important bait, so he had to show his white teeth——Jian Changche was so angry that he wanted to hook him with a fishhook by his collar and throw him down.The two simply turned off the engine, and each had a glass of wine, floating on the water to bask in the sun.

The breeze was coming, and the waves were rolling, slapping the hull rhythmically, shaking them gently.The sun was warm, Jian Changche squinted his eyes and lay down for a while, then remembered the previous topic - about Zong Chi's childhood past.

He was inexplicably itchy in his heart, and asked calmly: "After you start going to school, you shouldn't be able to live here, right?"

"Well, but I come back every summer vacation and Spring Festival. The dumplings made by my grandma are delicious, but it's a pity that you came late." Zong Chi said, "Mushrooms and horseshoes are filled with fresh meat, and the horseshoes are sweet and a little crunchy." Crispy texture. Mushrooms are very fresh, served with meat, then mixed with soy sauce vinegar and chili oil..."

"Oh, I know why you are so obsessed with lying. I made dumplings for you."

"Then my grandfather loves to drink tea very much. I always drink it with him. Sometimes I drink so much that I can't fall asleep in the middle of the night." Zong Chi smiled reminiscently, "So when I went to college, I had to stay up all night. At that time, I dragged my grandfather to send me tea. But he refused every time, saying that I was not allowed to stay up late."

"In general, except for the occasional time when I go out with my classmates and friends, I spend the rest of my life here." Zong Chi said, "This is my home. You are right. I must buy this house."

"All right, don't get excited," Jian Changche hurriedly sat down, "Don't rock the boat."

I'm not quite sure when you saw me, but according to the time... probably my sophomore year?I should have been studying abroad by then.Think about it, I came back from a flight of more than ten hours, and the jet lag was not over yet, but your father was not at home, and your mother was still planning some social dinner. Do you think you are annoying? "

He didn't have to worry about this kind of distress, Jian Changche thought to himself, and asked again: "Where did you come back from?"

"Are you asking me where I went to college?"

"Ah."

"Undergraduate in London, master's degree in the United States, in a place called Rhode Island, super small."

"Rhode Island?" Jian Changche asked curiously, "Why does it sound like a place name in a game?"

Zong Chi laughed: "Who says it's not? Don't laugh, it's not easy to apply to Brown University."

"I didn't laugh at you." Jian Changche's eyes were shining with sincerity, "I think you are very powerful."

Zong Chi paused for a moment—he didn't immediately fool it with social self-effacing, nor did he habitually boast about his cuteness, but thought about it seriously, and then said: "If it was you, you can do it too. "

"I'm serious, if you have the opportunity, if you have similar educational resources as me and my classmates and friends..." Zong Chi sat up gradually as he spoke, and finally he said seriously, "No , as long as you think about it, it’s never too late.”

Seeing his seriousness, Jian Changche laughed instead: "Why, do you want to sponsor me to study abroad? I can't speak English, and I was caught blind when I went out. Do you want to sponsor me for a translator?" He said lightly : "And if I know it, I will be able to understand you if you babble me in English in the future."

"What's the matter, I can still scold you in French." Zong Chi said seriously.

Jian Changche kicked him lightly.

It's just that Zong Chi seemed a little emotional for some reason, and he sighed almost inaudibly: "You are only 22 years old."

Jane Chang put on a straight face: "I'm going to be 23 soon."

"You are only 22 years old. You have a vast world and a lot to do." He pulled Jian Changche up, pulled him in front of him, and then pressed his arms and thighs to force him to sit on his lap.Zong Chi put his arms around his waist very smoothly, leaned his head against his neck, buried his face in his shoulders, and smoothly completed the coquettish one-stop, and said in a dull voice: "But I really don't want to send you to study abroad, no. , I will follow, I am going to study with you!"

Jian Changche didn't know whether to laugh or cry—he turned around with his neck up, looked around a few hundred meters around, and realized that they were indeed the only living people within the visible range, so he didn't bother to tangle with Zongchi anymore.He put his arms around Zong Chi's shoulders, brushed his dark hair unconsciously with his fingers, picked up the sunglasses on top of his head and put them on his face.

After hesitating for a moment, he still spoke.

"But... Actually, I really want to learn something more," Jian Changche said softly, a little embarrassed, "I used to be busy working to make money, and I didn't have time, and I didn't dare to stop. Although things got better later , but I can’t change my mentality, I always feel that if I miss a day’s work, I won’t be able to eat and pay the rent.”

He remembered that he had angrily scolded Zong Chi as a "rich poor man" before, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"I have saved some money in recent years, and the time for renewal of the cemetery is still early. From next year, I can be a little less busy, take less time off, and then read more books to see if I can pass the exam... Anyway, this is what I plan to... ..."

His voice became smaller and smaller, as if every time he said a word, his confidence was leaking, and finally it became a silent murmur again.His efforts are not only incoherent, but also not on the stage, which is incomparable with Brown University.But he's fallen too far from where he started—he's decided not to dwell on his self-pity for something he can't change, but to reclaim his pragmatic style.It's just that in the past, once he decided to do something, he seldom demonstrated the cause and effect, and mostly just picked it up and started doing it.Since you are not a genius, you can only work harder.He is not good at making long-term plans, and he has no expectations for the too distant future, and he has never shared his plans with anyone.

"Well, I believe you." Zong Chi said.

I believe you.

Jian Changche shut his mouth instantly.He seems to have never heard anyone say this to him—whether it is a parent who has been absent for a long time, a teacher in an orphanage, or a senior leader of a hospital, they will occasionally say "good job", or "Keep trying", but no one has ever said "I believe in you" so frankly, even close to blindly.He doesn't even know his specific plan, he doesn't even know how clumsy he is, how can he trust himself hastily?He has seen how picky Zong Chi is when he approves investments, but now, as if everything has not begun, he has already predicted the perfect victory ahead of himself.

So stupid.

Fortunately, Zong Chi didn't raise his face, saving him the trouble of controlling his expression.

"Well," Jian Chang touched her tongue and said "thank you" almost inaudibly.

He felt the arms around his waist tightened a bit, and he tried to push, but he couldn't move at all.Jian Changche looked down at his hair twirling, didn't bother to struggle, and simply rested his chin on the top of Zong Chi's head.

"What are you doing, don't act like a baby." Jian Changche said so, but his arms were still dutifully wrapped around Zong Chi's shoulders - anyway, no one saw it, it was Zong Chi anyway, so it didn't matter.

Am I being loved right now?he thought vaguely.

Could it be that it wasn't he who was pampering the young lady all this time, but the young lady was pampering him?

Jian Changche was full of thoughts, Zong Chi was drowsy, the two embraced each other, like two cats basking in the sun, drifting aimlessly on the lake for a while, until another motor came from not far away. the sound of.Before Zong Chi could react, his shoulder was suddenly pushed, and the warm person in his arms disappeared in an instant.

Zong Chi unhappily started the boat again, turned the steering wheel, and at the same time glared several times at the stranger on the opposite boat.

"I think we should go out to play more, it's boring to go to work all the time." On the way back, Zong Chi concluded.

"Hehe." Jian Changche said, "I don't want to work overtime less to play with you."

Zong Chi ignored it and continued to think: "Go to the beach, go to a place where you can wear shirts and shorts, where you can swim in the sea every day as soon as you open your eyes, drink coconut juice, eat seafood, and drink night wine."

After thinking about it, Jian Changche compromised: "Alright, that's fine."

Zong Chi said happily, "After spring begins, we can go to Greece."

"Greece?" Jian Chang stared at him incredulously, "I thought you were talking about Xiamen, Hainan or something."

"Hahahaha, almost, all along the coast." Zong Chi laughed heartily.

Jian Changche shouted in the wind: "It's far away!"