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No matter how late the summer sky gets dark, the sunset in the sky is about to disappear, and the gorgeous and full clouds are left with only a faint halo. The sadness that cannot be restrained, the chainsaw that prunes the trees makes a dull sound, covering the sound of cicadas the sound of frogs.

A clump of dense green branches fell on Jiang Xing's side, he was startled, and leaned against Pei Lu, who subconsciously hugged him.

Jiang Xing turned around and looked up. It was a tall pine tree with a straight trunk and lush leaves. Because this was the school bus stop, the students hid from the sun under it while waiting for the bus.

For some reason, Jiang Xing suddenly felt that it looked like Pei Lu beside him.

Silence, restraint, and openness, the style of a gentleman, protects others.

There are so many green and beautiful trees on campus, such as sycamore, magnolia, and ginkgo, but he still likes pine trees the most. He often eats ice cream and waits for the school bus under this tree.

But now, the pine tree is being pruned, and the gardener unceremoniously "clicked" with his big scissors, and he subconsciously took half a step towards Pei Lu, touching his arm with his arm, and he couldn't help but think of junior high school Chinese An ancient essay from a textbook.

Gong Zizhen's "The Story of the Blighted Plum Pavilion" was still required to memorize the text at that time, and a passage in it immediately flooded into his mind very clearly.

"There are those who tell the vend plum by the hidden obsession of literati and painters, cut off its integrity, nourish its side branches, delete its secrets, kill its immature branches, hoe its straightness, and curb its anger, in order to ask for a high price. The plum blossoms are all sick. This is the worst disaster for literati and painters!"

He has a good memory, and he can recite verbatim the correct answers to the reading comprehension of the ancient Chinese exams that year: [This article uses plums as a metaphor for people, and uses its vigorous, tenacious, handsome, and elegant characteristics to describe people's steadfastness, Noble character.Judging from the connotation of the article, it ruthlessly exposes and criticizes the decadence, darkness and vulgarity of feudal rule, and truly reflects the progressive thought of pursuing individual liberation and demanding change. 】

But Jiang Xing felt that Pei Lu was a pine tree, not a sick plum. He was very tough, and no one could prune him wantonly, neither could the rules and pressure of the world.

Although Pei Lu is very introverted, and usually even smiles are restrained, very shallow, almost unnoticeable, but his back is always straight, and he is a tree that makes people feel safe even in the wind and rain. tree.

After talking on the phone, Pei Lu found that Jiang Xing was in a daze again, and touched his with the back of his hand.

Jiang Xing came back to his senses, and smiled softly at him: "Finished?"

Pei Lu was taken aback, Jiang Xing's non-aggressive smile was very soft and beautiful, but he didn't quite understand why he got this smile, he said: "Sorry, I kept you waiting for too long."

"I'm not sorry."

The sky has completely darkened, the bright yellow street lamps are on, and the bell for the first major elective class of the night is ringing. There are no people on the road, and the incandescent lights of the teaching buildings in the distance also reflect bright waves on the Mingde Lake.

Jiang Xing refused to let him take back the bag in his hand, but said: "Pei Lu, let's go to the second canteen next time."

Pei Lu looked at him, wondering why he answered the phone and got the next ticket to have dinner with him, and immediately felt that the technically opportunistic and deceitful proposals just reported by the company executives on the phone Much of the anger and upset that was provoked dissipated.

When he was leaving, he saw Jiang Xing pick and choose from the ground, picking up a pine leaf.

"I want to make a specimen." Jiang Xing felt that he had picked the best-looking one. The color is green and full, the veins are clear and smooth, and the smell is light and long-lasting. He likes it very much. "I saw a lot of new specimen methods on the Internet, give it a try. "

In this way, it feels like Pei Lu, a friend who is as reliable as this pine tree, but is very busy and cannot devote much time to him, is always by his side.

Jiang Xing cannot completely occupy and own Pei Lu, but he can own a pine leaf specimen with Pei Lu's characteristics.

After Pei Lu ate at the Third Canteen, he often missed the taste there, the window full of afterglow, the playground at dusk, and the very old swinging floor fan that brought in fresh and cool wind, and the commitment Invite him to eat Jiang Xing with a green mood.

So Pei Lu worked very hard, trying not to let those business affairs completely bind him, trap his time, trap his emotion and soul.

No matter how busy he is, he still squeezes out time to go to the laboratory, sometimes to review the progress of various project teams, and more often to accompany Jiang Xing to complete the replica experiments on his evidence list.

The progress is fairly smooth, and the basic links are completed in a timely manner, but several groups of samples need a fixed number of hours to hatch, and the data can only be collected after waiting for a long enough time.

When going downstairs, Jiang Xing's headphone cable caught on Pei Lu's cuff.

Pei Lu untied it patiently despite the coming and going eyes, and asked him why he didn't use wireless earphones.

Jiang Xingyi said honestly: "When I use that, I always feel as if I am not wearing earphones, and I will double check whether I have put them on or not."

Pei Lu nodded, his ears felt cold, and Jiang Xing skillfully stuffed the earphone he just untie into his ear.

"The BBC has changed to a Dutch anchor," Jiang Xing turned on his phone and showed him, "This episode is a documentary about a feather whale. I think it's quite interesting."

This is their recent habit.

Jiang Xing has a little Internet addiction, but it's not serious, and his skill in circumventing the wall is very good. He calls it the need for schoolwork. When many Pei Lv are suffering from a series of pressures such as entertainment, negotiation, proposal, capital chain, and bidding, he has a splitting headache. , it was Jiang Xing's half of the headset that pulled him out a little bit.

Sometimes it is a few chapters of Bach's music, sometimes it is a special lecture on the melting speed of the Great Caucasus Mountains, or the influence of an unknown planet's orbit on the tide of the South Pacific, etc. These things are thousands of miles away from their lives. Able to breathe a breath of oxygen in the midst of numerous mundane affairs.

Jiang Xing is the island where Pei Lu rests.

Jiang Xing can show up in Pei Lu's office during non-working hours, which is the privilege Pei Lu gave him.

At first, he was very reserved and felt that this was not very good, but he was also the one who came in and out of the back door freely.

Pei Lu's assistant came to deliver materials from the company to the laboratory many times and saw the boss at work many times, and this little junior was reading papers or extracurricular books on the sofa.

It's very meaningful to have such a quiet time.

The assistant didn't dare to say or ask, and exited this weird world of two as quickly as possible every time.

Jiang Xing didn't have the guts at first, but Pei Lu emphasized it many times, and his tone was serious and not polite, so he felt that this casualness was not too far.

After all, he really has a lot of things to ask Pei Lu every day, and he wants to talk to Pei Lu with many things and ideas.

Online communication has time and energy costs, and it is not as smooth as expressing in person.

He is such a quiet person in reality, but at some point, he gained the desire to express in Pei Lu.

Sometimes when he was talking, he would feel that he talked too much, but surrounded by Pei Lu's focused and warm eyes, he suddenly felt like a star that had gained life. The feeling of rising from the gloom.

Jiang Xing took advantage of Pei Lu's space and time, so he consciously took on what he could do.

Clean the other party's experimental equipment every day, no matter whether Pei Lu comes or not.

When Pei Lu was exhausted from all kinds of entertainment and had to review the data, he was dragged to the sofa to rest, and it was agreed that the alarm clock would call him after half an hour.

When Pei Lu had a fever but had no time to go to the hospital, he went to the school doctor's office to buy some medicine.

Pei Lu is a very tolerant person. His hard work is tightly packaged by a glamorous appearance. Jiang Xing had to find out by himself. Jiang Xing pinched the neck of the bottle and felt a little uncomfortable. Be more careful and take care of this hard-earned friend.

There are so many people around Pei Lu, only Jiang Xing can vaguely feel that the pressure is like the sub-acid fluid he used in the experiment, dense, incompatible, and strong in resistance.

It is silent and calm, but it is full of intertwined roots, solidified and dense, and wind and sunlight cannot penetrate.

He hasn't fully understood how to be a qualified friend, but he is willing to learn for Pei Lu.