not brilliant

While eating grapes, He Pingyi asked Jing Can what he wanted to do in the afternoon.But Jing Can lowered her head, looking at the message she just sent to Song Yinan, as if she didn't hear He Pingyi's words.

"Hey," He Pingyi touched Jing Can's ear, "I'm back to my senses. Why are you so restless? Are you afraid that your father will ask you to blame?"

Jing Can squeezed her phone and nodded, honestly admitted: "Yeah."

He Pingyi suddenly bent down and leaned closer to him: "Have you never done such a rebellious thing before?"

Jing Can thought about it carefully, and replied, "Actually, I did."

"Oh?" He Pingyi became interested, picked another grape and stuffed it into Jing Can's mouth, and said, "Tell me?"

Jing Can chewed a few times, swallowed the grapes, and then opened her mouth.

"When I was about ten years old, there was a tennis match that day, the French Open, Federer vs. Nadal. At that time, Federer was only one clay trophy away from achieving the Grand Slam. I especially hope that he can win that championship. The live broadcast of the game was at night, because of the time difference, the time was relatively late. I remember that I did all the homework and tests perfectly in those few days, just wanting to change the chance to watch this game. Unfortunately, the first I happened to have an exam the next day, and my dad firmly disagreed with me staying up late to watch the game. My dad and I had a few arguments..."

"and then?"

"Then?" When Jing Can said this, he suddenly felt flustered. He took a grape from the fruit plate, trying to suppress the flustered feeling with the ice-cold juice.

"And then...my dad pulled the switch at home."

Jing Can will always remember that he was waiting for the next serve, praying for Federer to serve and score, but suddenly it was completely dark around him.

He was afraid of the dark, and he was most afraid of this sudden darkness.He shrank on the sofa and didn't dare to move. He opened his mouth, but couldn't make any sound.Then, he heard footsteps and a door closing.

In the eyes of others, this event may not seem to be called "rebellion" at all, but it was Jing Can's only rebellion.It's just that he failed completely. After all, he didn't see that game, and Federer didn't lift the trophy on clay that day.

The Grand Slam that belonged to Federer was two years late, but the childhood that belonged to Jing Can has passed forever.

People always feel extremely regretful about the things they missed. Jing Can recalled until now, that feeling of regret and loss has not diminished in the slightest.Perhaps it was because Jing Can's eyes darkened suddenly, He Pingyi reached out and patted his head.

He Pingyi's cell phone rang suddenly, he turned it out to take a look, and snapped his fingers.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that he was suddenly very happy, Jing Can was a little curious.

"Look at you, I have to change into my pajamas. I'm not lying down yet, so I have to change back." He Pingyi put his phone on the table first, and then unbuttoned the button he just fastened, "Go, put on your clothes, Take you to pick up the New Year's gift."

"new Year's gift?"

He Pingyi even changed the sweater back, but Jing Can was still sitting there in a daze, so He Pingyi directly pulled him up and put the coat on him by himself.Jing Can raised her arms following He Pingyi's instructions, and asked with her head tilted, "What New Year's gift?"

"You'll know when it arrives."

The small electric car drove all the way to a street near the school and stopped at the entrance of a video store.

On this day when even restaurants are not open, the door of this audio-visual store is still wide open, and the four characters "Happy New Year" are still pasted on the glass.The name of the video store is a bit strange, it's called "If I Remember You in My Next Life".

Jing Can stopped in front of the stone steps in front of the store, looking at the store as if looking at some rare species.In this era, audio-visual stores can indeed be regarded as a rare species. Compared with selling records and tapes, audio-visual stores seem to be more inclined to sell feelings.The growth of the online world has crowded out the physical space and the place where you can listen to music and look at album covers with the people you like.

There was a song in the audio-visual store, which Jing Can had never heard, but the female singer sang very clearly, and Jing Can could clearly distinguish that the lyrics of the chorus were "You said that if I remember you in the next life, we will die." We also want to be together." It matches the name of the store very well, and Jing Can can't help but wonder if there is any special story in it.

He Pingyi hopped into the store with his pockets in his pockets, and greeted the boss with a gust of cold wind: "Happy New Year, Brother Hao."

"Hey, you came fast enough, and you're boring enough, you come here to pick up the goods when it's Chinese New Year." The person called "Brother Hao" was wearing a black sweater and a gray work vest.His face is unshaven and he looks a little old, but this outfit is very young.

He Pingyi smiled, and pulled Jing Can to his side: "Take my friend to see."

Seeing Jing Can's face, Brother Hao was stunned for a moment, then he grinned: "This little doll looks really good."

Little Doll?

Jing Can shook her eyelids because of this address, and turned her face to He Pingyi.

"That's what he calls the students." He Pingyi whispered in Jing Can's ear.

"Boss, can you choose the wrapping paper yourself?" A girl who just finished paying the bill stood by the counter and asked while pointing to the wrapping paper.

"Yes," the boss became soft-spoken when talking to the little girl, "For the New Year's event, there are wrapping paper and decorative flowers, choose by yourself."

He Pingyi led Jing Can inside, and said as he walked, "Did you know that this video store is open 24 hours."

"24 hours?" Jing Can was surprised, "Why? Do video stores need 24 hours?"

"Well, the original words of the boss are that it is prescribed for people during the day and for ghosts at night."

Jing Can shivered.

"But," Jing Can was a little curious, "is this store really profitable?"

He Pingyi heard this, stopped, and took Jing Can back a few steps.He pointed to Brother Hao's computer, and said to Jing Can, "What do you think he is doing?"

The computer screen was just blocked by Brother Hao's body, Jing Can tilted his body towards He Pingyi's side, half of his face was behind He Pingyi, and only then did he see Brother Hao's computer screen.

"write the code?"

He Pingyi raised his eyebrows: "Yes, he is a programmer, and he makes money from it. He only opened the video store if he wanted to."

"Oh..." Jing Can nodded.

They soon reached the wall of antique CDs, and He Ping pointed at them: "These are all old records, old tapes, and so on. There are also movies, and they have become collectibles now. Brother Hao has quite a lot of them."

CDs are like bricks and tiles, everywhere you can see, full of traces of time and years.

"Look first, if you like it, I'll prepare a gift for you."

After He Pingyi finished speaking, he patted Jing Can on the back, turned his head and left, and Jing Can involuntarily followed two steps forward.I don't know if he sensed the movement behind him, but He Pingyi suddenly turned around with his trousers pockets in his pocket, and said to Jing Can, "No peeking."

Jing Can took another step back, obediently stopped in place: "Oh."

He Pingyi was in a good mood, humming a ditty and came to Brother Hao, and tapped the table with his curled fingers: "Brother, where is my dish?"

The little girl who was packing at the side hadn't left yet. When she heard this, her hands froze and she looked at He Pingyi with complicated eyes.

Brother Hao didn't even raise his head, he opened the drawer with one hand, and took out a plate.He Pingyi held it in his hand and looked at it, it was almost brand new.He thanked Brother Hao, carried the CD behind his back, and was about to go back to look for Jing Can, when he turned around and saw rolls of wrapping paper beside him, he stopped again.

"Brother Hao." He Pingyi called again, "You wrap it up for me."

The person who was writing the code suddenly raised his head: "Wrap it up? Do you want to give it away?"

"Yeah." He Pingyi supported the table and nodded, then raised his chin towards Jing Can standing there, "Give it off."

Brother Hao turned his head and took a look, with a disappointed expression on his face: "Hey, I thought you were going to give it to a little girl friend. I spent a long time thinking about giving it to my brother. What else do you pack for a boy? The old man doesn't like these fancy things. .”

"Tsk, you're superficial, aren't you?" He Pingyi curled his lips, and stretched out his hand to pick out the wrapping paper, "Why can't you wrap it for boys? We're particular about it. Not only do we have to wrap it, but we also have to choose the best-looking one."

After finishing speaking, He Pingyi took out two rolls of pleasing paper and put them on the table.After looking at it for a few seconds, he raised his head and asked Brother Hao, "Which one looks better?"

One roll is silver glossy with a snowflake pattern on it.The other volume is yellow in color, with Jingcan's favorite sunflower on it.

"Silver color." Brother Hao said.

It was rare for He Pingyi to struggle, until Brother Hao couldn't stand him so much and urged him not to stand in the way all the time, then he made a decision in his heart.

Once the wrapping paper is selected, the packaging is left.He Pingyi and Brother Hao stared at each other for a while, Brother Hao stretched out his hand, put up a finger, and waved it left and right twice: "I only give wrapping paper, not wrapping service."

He Ping felt a little worried that he didn't even cover his book in Dalian.But he saw that Brother Hao didn't look like he could do it, so he had to pick up the paper knife resignedly.

"That's right, you must pack it yourself to be sincere when you give it away." Brother Hao didn't code anymore, and just stood there watching He Pingyi's very clumsy manual work, interjecting a few words of guidance from time to time, Or make fun of He Pingyi for being ugly.

Although the process was stumbling and took Haoge half a roll of paper, but in the end the package was flat where it should be, with all the edges and corners. He Pingyi thought the effect was good. dried flowers.

After fingering for a long time, He Pingyi was a little dissatisfied: "Aren't there any green flowers?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Brother Hao said, "I have never seen a green flower in my life."

He Pingyi smiled all of a sudden: "That's true."

After finishing speaking, he chose two small blue dried flowers and pasted them on. After pasting them, he had to tell Brother Hao how well he made them.

It took a long time for He Pingyi to go this time, Jing Can slipped through the CDs and tapes on the wall one by one, but He Pingyi still hasn't come back.

His eyes wandered around, and finally stopped in the lower right corner.Jing Can stared at the CD for a long time, but never took it.

The CD was suddenly picked up by one hand, Jing Can's body was a little stiff, and she looked at He Pingyi not daring to breathe.

"What movie do you like?"

He Pingyi hadn't seen this movie, but seeing Jing Can staring at it, he picked it up and studied it.

Jing Can froze for a moment, fingered the seam of her trousers, and said nothing.He Pingyi couldn't wait for his answer, so he looked up at him.Meeting He Pingyi's gaze, Jing Can shook hands nervously, but still pretended to be calm, and said, "It's okay, I like it a little bit, but I think this movie is quite special."

"Then I have to buy it and see."

"Hey!" Jing Can grabbed He Pingyi and stopped him, "No."

This reaction, He Pingyi was unexpected.

"why?"

Jing Can hesitated, and simply took the plate in He Pingyi's hand, and put it back on the shelf: "Oh, this is about a math genius, and it's full of formulas and the like, you'll definitely want to read it." Fell asleep."

Thinking of the days when he was entangled with math problems, He Pingyi was not so interested in this movie for an instant.

"Hey, forget it, if you don't know how to watch a movie, you have to do math problems."

Seeing He Pingyi's obviously timid expression, Jing Can smiled, "Yes, I need it, otherwise you won't understand."

He Pingyi waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not read it."

He Pingyi's gaze finally moved away from the CD, and Jing Can secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"Let's go and unwrap the presents." He Pingyi was looking forward to Jing Can's reaction when he saw this video, so he didn't get too entangled in the one that Jing Can originally held.He dragged Jing Can to the second floor, went upstairs and went straight into a small room.

The lights in the room were not turned on, and Jing Can couldn't see anything, so she couldn't help but ask He Pingyi, "Where is this?"

"The screening room."

He turned on the light while talking, and Jing Can could clearly see the layout inside.There are few things in the room, a huge screen is hung on one wall, a sofa is opposite, a gray carpet is laid on the floor, and a small coffee table is placed.

"Take off your shoes. This is Brother Hao's own screening room. Brother Hao is a treasure. No one else is allowed to enter. I only watch movies occasionally."

Jing Can nodded, took off her shoes, and followed He Pingyi to sit cross-legged on the carpet.He Pingyi handed him the CD in his hand: "New Year's gift."

The silver wrapping paper shone, as if reflecting the snow and wind of the whole winter.

Even though the temperature of the wrapping paper was very low, Jing Can felt her fingertips were burning.

"Did you pack it?"

When the girl was choosing wrapping paper just now, Jing Can saw this color.

"Well, this is the first time for me to wrap a gift for someone," He Pingyi said, a little complacently, "Isn't it pretty good?"

Jing Can nodded with a smile: "Excellent."

He Pingyi urged Jing Can to unwrap the presents. Even though Jing Can was really reluctant to unwrap them, she still put the CD on the coffee table and peeled off the tape without damaging the wrapping paper.

However, to his surprise, when the winter wind and snow were lifted, what was exposed was not the CD, but another layer of wrapping paper.Pale yellow pencil line shading, on which are blooming sunflowers.

"I feel that these two pieces of paper are very beautiful. If you can't pick them out, I will wrap them for you. But this is just right," the person next to him laughed, and used his fingers to lift off the silver wrapping paper, "Winter In the past, it was summer."

Winter passed and was summer, and the sun shone brightly, and everything was brilliant.

Jing Can couldn't raise her head for a long time.After the emotion in his heart passed, he finally raised his head and said to He Pingyi, "Thank you."

He Pingyi was taken aback, reached out and touched his head, shaking Jing Can left and right.

After removing the two layers of wrapping paper for a long time, the New Year gift finally revealed its true colors.Seeing the contents inside, Jing Can's eyes flashed: ""Initial D"!"

"Do you like it?" He Pingyi asked while staring at him, propping his head with the arm resting on the tea table.

"I like it!" Jing Can sat up straight, looking at the DVD over and over again.After finishing speaking, he still felt that he didn't express enough, so he continued to add: "I like it very much. He Pingyi, you are so kind."

The person in front of him kept giggling while holding the CD, He Pingyi couldn't hold it back, and pinched Jing Can's face that was already swollen with laughter.

In the past, He Pingyi always felt that it was embarrassing to give someone a gift and watch someone unwrap it, but after giving it to Jing Can today, he realized that it was not embarrassing at all.He was full of anticipation, looking forward to Jing Can's appearance when he saw the double-layer packaging, looking forward to Jing Can's appearance when he saw the CD, he even had the urge to tell Jing Can about his mental journey of preparing this gift, but he couldn't bear it. Stop it, this is too immature.

"Can we watch it here?" Jing Can pointed to the screen in front of him and said to He Pingyi, "I want to watch it again with you."

So, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the two huddled in the dark auditorium and re-watched "Initial D" that they had both seen.At the end of the movie, firecrackers blared outside, and the sounds of the New Year filled the slow-moving time.There is a faint smell of gunpowder in the air, as well as a sweet and greasy pastry smell.He Pingyi stared out of the window in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.When the scrolling subtitles came to an end, Jing Can suddenly leaned her head on He Pingyi's shoulder, and said to the music: "I also want to be Takumi Fujiwara."

He seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be speaking softly to He Pingyi.

The fluffy hair brushed He Pingyi's neck, causing an itchy feeling.

This movie left Jing Can with a lot of sequelae. When the two of them left the video store, Jing Can sat in the back seat of the little donkey, put his arms around He Pingyi's waist, and said to him, "An AE86 is going up the mountain." .”

He Pingyi grinned and said: "When the weather is not cold, you can hold a glass of water in the back and see if the water will spill when I open this."

"That's for sure." It's not that Jing Can looked down on He Pingyi, it's just that he always slams on the brakes, so it's no wonder he doesn't let go.

"That's not necessarily true." He Pingyi turned the key, drove the car, and said with a smile, "At least I won't spill shaved ice on your crotch."

The car rushed out for more than half the street, and the people behind were quiet all the time. When He Pingyi stopped in front of the zebra crossing at the intersection, Jing Can tilted his head to look at him and asked, "Why do you hold grudges so much?"

"No," He Pingyi said, "I have to remember your hatred."