Years old

The cat I picked up came back, and it seemed to have grown up a lot, and its shaggy fur became soft and docile. Although the corners of its mouth were still drooping, its eyes were no longer so wary.Qi Songyan tried to get close to it, but it just sat there quietly, with its claws tucked away, and its tail patted the floor, like some kind of silent invitation.

Qi Songyan caressed the top of its head, its eyes bent into crescent moons, grunted softly, and licked his palm.The moist itching slowly melted away the surprise at first, Qi Songyan flinched slightly from being licked by it but refused to let it go, until an unspeakable numbness rose from his lower abdomen and shook him all over.Open your eyes, the sky is bright.

He sat up, frowned, and stretched his hand into the quilt, his face suddenly became turbulent, he raised his eyes to see that it was still early, and hurriedly ran into the bathroom.The sound of running water and the sound of the dryer were heard in sequence, and he put the underwear into the closet pretending nothing happened, and let out a long breath with his forehead pressed against the closet door.

"What's the matter with you? That's an underage cat!" Qi Songyan was heartbroken, and lowered his head to persuade a certain little brother who was silent at the moment.

"What yesterday? You were a little excited yesterday. I don't care about it because the school uniform saved you. Are you going too far?"

"A cat is a cat. Although I chose the name like that, it doesn't mean anything!"

"It's exciting again, isn't it? Okay, even if I'm not thinking about cats now, then just now... ok brother, I was wrong, Aunt Shen will be here soon, to save face..."

After a lot of persuasion, Qi Songyan temporarily let go of his little brother, who was ups and downs, until the morning light that couldn't close the curtains jumped into the room.

Influenza is a hard stubble, and it swept through No. [-] Middle School overnight.At the end of the final semester, no one could afford to delay it. Li Shuai was the first to act, carrying a few bottles of disinfectant, and came to the classroom early in the morning to arrange for the boys to dilute and spray.Qin Di's condition was much better than yesterday, but wearing a mask made her face look as big as a palm. After receiving Xiaoshuai's disinfectant, she handed a pair of disposable gloves to Qi Songyan: "Let's go, go to the water room and get rid of the mop."

Qi Songyan followed behind him, feeling a little delicate.Today is the second day after deciding to like Qin Di, but the boss is so excited that he has distracting thoughts and thoughts, and he still feels shy to some extent. He can only hug the three mop poles, find out the position of the long-term worker, and wash them carefully one by one according to the instructions. After a while, Qin Di took it and soaked it in the bucket filled with disinfectant water.

Students from other classes also came to throw mops. They leaned to the side, but the other party controlled the mop to come over. They had to grab a faucet from Qi Songyan, so crowded that he had nowhere to go. He took a deep breath and discussed: "classmate…"

"Good morning, classmate Qi." Yu Nan smiled brightly while supporting the wooden pole.

"It's you." Qi Songyan took off the mop and put it in the bucket, turned around to say hello, and Qin Di kicked his heel from behind: "Put it away when it's clean."

Yunan moved the faucet away again, passed Qi Songyan and said hello to Qin Di: "Qin Di, right? Hello, my name is Yunan, from Class [-]. I met you in the library before."

Qin Di grabbed the mask and nodded, as if she had responded.Yunan received a cold reception from him, turned his head and said to Qi Songyan: "Did your class buy the disinfectant water?"

"My class Xiaoshuai brought it here today."

"It's great, no one in our class is talking about these things. Three of them have a cold and asked for leave today. My deskmate keeps saying that I have a sore throat, and I can't even hide. Pay attention to your health and don't get caught."

Qi Songyan glanced at Qin Di who was expressionless behind the mask, and responded, "I'm in good health, so I'm not afraid of infection."

"Then can you lend me the disinfectant to dip the mop?"

Qi Songyan looked at Qin Di again, Qin Di picked up the bottle and sprinkled it evenly on Yunan's mop.Yu Nan rolled up his sleeves to squeeze out the moisture, but was stopped by Qin Di softly: "Don't touch it with your hands. Just carry it back and wipe the floor."

"Oh, good. Thank you."

Qi Songyan has been carefully watching his words and expressions, fearing that Yu Nan might say something that shouldn't be said, and thinking about Qin Di's reaction if he really said something, but he is not ready to face Qin Di's reaction, and his heart is in a mess He could only hug the three mop poles and dare not move.Qin Di's expression was impeccable, as usual, but he couldn't catch a trace of emotion in his eyes.

Yunan struggled to pick up the mop that was still dripping with disinfectant, seeing that the two of them didn't intend to give a ride at all, he greeted him and went back to work.

Qin Di looked at her black ponytail for a while, then turned around and kicked the bucket: "Take it away." Then she went straight out, leaving Qi Songyan as a coolie to drag the bucket back to work.

In the afternoon, a math class was temporarily added, and Qin Di had already carried her schoolbag. When she saw Sister Yang coming in, she immediately sat down.

Sister Yang flicked her long hair, her tone was cold, but her eyes hinted at appreciation: "Recently, you have performed well."

Qin Di held the notebook and shook his head twice, Qi Songyan thought that a ruthless person like him who had been praised since childhood would not care about praise, but unexpectedly he was so happy.During this period of time, Qin Di's mathematics has taken a few small steps forward. On the one hand, he has really worked hard on mathematics recently, and on the other hand, it is because solid geometry is the focus of this semester.

Qi Songyan only found out not long ago that the blackboard newspaper behind the classroom was a collaboration between him and Tang Cheng.It was a tree with hundreds of willow branches fluttering. The green and white chalk brought out a fresh and tender tone. Several elves with butterfly wings appeared among the silk ribbons. Although it was winter, it added a lot of spring to the class.Except for the talent of language and characters, Qin Di’s other skills basically came from the school’s free quality development class. During elementary school, he suddenly fell in love with painting, transferred from calligraphy class to art class, and studied sketching for a semester seriously. When he started learning gouache, Jiang Hong felt that the paint was too expensive, so he transferred to the English class.

The foundation of the sense of space was laid at that time, but I didn't expect it to be used in three-dimensional geometry.Sometimes even Qi Songyan is still reading the questions, and his mind has turned from 2D to 3D to find out all the relationships and conditions.Qi Songyan could only applaud him.

After a class, Qin Di was a little bit unsatisfied, staring at the small cube in the workbook and playing with his eyes with interest.Qi Songyan had already packed up quickly, and stood aside to urge him: "I'll count it when I get the injection later, there will be no beds if I go late."

"You still come with me?"

"if not?"

"My fever is gone, you don't have to go."

"The canned food is finished, and the energy is good again. The bridge should be demolished after the river crosses, right?"

"..." Qin Di didn't know if it was his own illusion, but besides Qi Songyan talking more and more, it seemed that his knack for cheating was also increasing day by day. The soft part of his heart.

Qin Di found a high-sounding excuse: "...I'm afraid of delaying your class."

"Not everyone loves class as much as you do. Do you know how many people are envious of me being able to go out and have fun this afternoon? Please look here!" Qi Songyan stepped forward and pinched a sad face.The owner of the face sucked his silent nose vigorously, and groaned: "Father, take Xiaoxuan with you, Xiaoxuan doesn't want to go to class..."

Qin Di tried hard not to laugh out loud, stroking Li Mingxuan's hair, and said to Qi Songyan, "Let's go."

It was really late, the infusion room was overcrowded today, there was not a single bed, so they could only sit on the bench outside.Qi Songyan rolled up his coat and stuffed it between Qin Di's waist and the back of the chair. The thermos bottle couldn't rest on the armrest, so he borrowed two pieces of adhesive tape to stick the infusion tube on the bottle to neutralize the coldness of the liquid medicine.

The young mother, who was also getting an infusion, looked at them for a while, and asked Qi Songyan, "You are my brother, right?"

Qi Songyan looked at Qin Di and said, "We are not brothers, I am at the same table."

"Ah, that relationship must be very good, and you are too good at taking care of others, which is rare among boys at this age."

"Unity and friendship." In fact, there is love, and young master Qi, who is taken care of by others every day, is doing long-term work purely for love.

The little girl holding her mother's arm was attracted by the two of them, she jumped off the chair, looked at each of them, and decided to hug Qin Di's calf, leaning her pink face on his lap.

Qin Di quickly adjusted the mask tighter, and leaned back, fearing that a little bit of virus would fly over.But he couldn't help but stroked two of her raised braids, and curled her smiling eyes.

"Taotao, brother is getting an injection, don't bother others, go back to mom."

Taotao shook her head like a rattle, grabbed Qin Di's knees and did not let go, and shouted childishly: "Liang! Mom...Liang!"

Qin Di didn't have any achievements in baby language, so she asked questions with her eyes.Taotao's mother pulled Taotao over with a little embarrassment: "Say you are beautiful. She doesn't know how to say you are beautiful. When you see a good-looking sister...ah, and brother, they all say beautiful. My brother looks so good-looking, like a star, Don't you, you little nymphomaniac." Taotao nestled in her mother's arms, Qin Di smiled at her, and she went in and giggled happily.

"Unique vision." Qi Songyan gave her a thumbs up.Qin Di was covered by a mask for most of his face, leaving only a pair of eyebrows and eyes. He actually defeated him and captured the heart of a little girl. Today is another day of defeat.

Qin Di bumped into him: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"It's too strong to say that you are of the opposite sex. You can attack people of all ages without distinction."

"Not as good as you, I think I will catch up with you in two days, if you want to confess your love first, please ask me to write a love letter for you, and I will give you a friendly price."

This was the first time Qin Di mentioned Yun Nan, although he didn't even bother to say his name, but the faint unhappiness in his tone still made Qi Songyan's heart tighten.He casually played tricks: "Then you know how to write, and you have received a lot, right?"

Unexpectedly, Qin Di said lightly: "There are quite a few, but there are not many good ones."

"Don't use your standard to measure us ordinary people who can't write [-]-character essays." Qi Songyan was panicked when he failed to make a fool of himself and was turned into an army.

Qin Di snorted through his nose, lowered his head and opened the book on his lap.A piece of bookmark fell down, Qi Songyan reached out to pick it up and held it in his hand for a closer look.Two layers of rectangular white hard cardboard, a small window is opened in the lower part of the front piece, and a transparent plastic piece separates the windowpane. Inside are two pieces of dry leaves sealed with transparent glue, which are gently swaying between the small windows as the movement moves. The two words "River Bank" are written in Qingjun in dark green.

"You made it yourself?" Qi Songyan asked while holding up a bookmark.

Qin Di snatched it back and put it back in the book, and after a long while, she hummed vaguely.

"It's nice. Is there anything you don't know?"

Qin Di thought about it seriously and gave the answer: "Musical instruments."

Qi Songyan almost jumped up on the spot and raised his arms high and shouted "I will" confidently. After thinking about it, it must have something to do with Qin Di's family background, so he carefully bypassed this topic: "Make me a bookmark too."

"You don't read books."

A discrimination from Xueba hit Qi Songyan's chest, choking him for a long time, he took out two pieces of candy and threw one piece to Qin Di, holding the other piece, he turned his head and went to play with Taotao.

The two bottles of medicine were finished, and a copy of "Appreciation of Poetry and Imagery" was also finished. The two said goodbye to the lovely Taotao. Qin Di even took off the mask specially to let Taotao see her face. She could still hear Taotao even after walking dozens of meters away. Peach resounded in the hall—bright!

Although it was late today, Qin Di didn't take a nap, and the sky just started to darken.Qi Songyan offered to take the bus, and Qin Di, who had almost emptied his small coffers in two days, agreed in a hurry.The evening rush hour has not yet arrived, but the carriages are almost full, leaving only the double seats by the back door for them.Qi Songyan hadn't taken the bus for a long time, and admired the new seats with contrasting colors.

"Would you like another injection tomorrow?"

"Are you wishing that I'll be sick all the time, and then you can come out every day to let the wind go?"

"Dou E didn't blame me. Is it not obvious that you wish you a speedy recovery?"

In fact, it is obvious that no matter how good the memory is, no one in the memory took such good care of himself when he was ill, and he didn't even complain.The physical torment is far less than the psychological burden. The pain can be endured, but the guilt brought by the illness is hard to get rid of.But this time, Qin Di didn't seem to hate being sick so much.

Seeing Qin Di's silence, Qi Songyan seemed to be lost in some kind of thought. After hesitating again and again, he asked, "Is there any special reason why you hate getting sick and going to the hospital so much?"

Qin Di tightened her schoolbag into her arms, and said softly: "When I was young, I was always sick. My mother thought it was troublesome and was afraid of spending money. I was often scolded when I was sick. Later, when I was sick, I gradually dared not speak up. I had a fever in the middle of the night. I don’t dare to say it, I don’t dare to say it because the mumps is so painful that I can’t eat.” He shook his head self-deprecatingly, “Stupid, isn’t it?”

Qi Songyan immediately answered: "No." After that, he couldn't say a word of comfort.

Outside the carriage, the lights of the whole city gradually came on, and clusters of lights were reflected in Qin Di's black and white eyes.His side face flickered in the scenery along the road, but was always silent.Qi Songyan thought, maybe he is always on the road alone like this, without any worries, and he has never asked for any care. He is used to hiding his fragility, and using the little moments of excitement in school to brighten up his loneliness. every day.

The back of Qin Di's hand holding the schoolbag was still stuck to the cotton. After the needle was pulled out, Tao Tao kept pestering him and refused to let it go. He couldn't press it for a while, and the blood seeping out of the adhesive tape was red, making that hand even thinner and paler. .

The stop announcement sounded, several passengers standing behind got off one after another, and a burst of air-conditioning came from the closed door, Qin Di frowned.Qi Songyan used her schoolbag to block his knees, so as to get closer to him.

"Call me when you get sick in the middle of the night." He finished speaking word by word before looking up at Qin Di.

Maybe he hadn't heard it before, so he didn't understand, his eyes were slightly startled, showing a blank expression.At this moment, the decorative round lights on the bridge flashed across his pupils like a shooting star.

Qi Songyan thought, if he can make a wish at this time, can he take back this reckless statement.If you can't take it back, then don't let him refuse.Even if you refuse, don't say it too harshly.If it's really ugly...then I hope it can be coaxed well by playing tricks.He sighed silently in his heart.

Qin Di seemed to have just realized what he said, lowered his eyelashes, casting a slender shadow on a small piece of shiny skin.Qi Songyan clenched his back teeth, ready to face Qin Di's contempt of "who do you think you are", but Qin Di turned to the car window, leaving him with a silent back of the head.A few seconds later, the soft black hair trembled twice.

"En." Qin Di whispered.