Green tea junior is always catching me

The finger brushed between his brows, although it was only for a short moment, it left a lingering touch.

Zhao Qingbei withdrew his hand calmly, as if he had done a very ordinary thing, without any abnormality.

The air was quiet again.

Li Xinghe exhaled, and unconsciously rubbed the place he touched just now.

For some reason, my heartbeat seemed to be faster than when I was running.

it's wired.

He murmured and said, "So it's like this, you're so kind, you almost put yourself in, and you still have to think about my safety." He didn't know what he was talking about, his mind was touched just now Get confused.

Zhao Qingbei seemed to see his embarrassment, and said softly: "It's not that good to everyone."

His words were a bit out of mind, Li Xinghe was slightly puzzled.

He only heard him add: "So don't think of me as a central air conditioner."

Li Xinghe understood what he meant, lowered his head slowly, and raised the corners of his mouth little by little.

After a while, he raised his head and showed a bright smile to Zhao Qingbei, his white teeth shining brightly: "I see, it turns out that Xiaobei is only so kind to me, so I have to repay you no matter what. Tell me, I want to eat at noon What, my brother treats you."

Last time Zhao Qingbei said that only his family called him "Xiaobei", this time he blurted out.

Zhao Qingbei was stunned for a moment, his long and dense eyelashes fluttered twice quickly, and he quickly turned his face away and said, "Anything is fine."

Perhaps Li Xinghe was always suppressed by him in all aspects, so seeing him shy so many times, he always found it very interesting.

He couldn't help teasing: "Whatever it is, if you don't make it clear, how will brother know."

Before, Zhao Qingbei called him "brother" one by one, but the address came from his own mouth, but it added an unspeakable sense of ambiguity.

Zhao Qingbei took a deep breath, as if a little overwhelmed.

Li Xinghe caught a glimpse of his ears turning red, so he said, "Okay then, how about I treat you to hot pot?"

Zhao Qingbei suppressed the words that came to his lips, and let out a low "hmm".

Li Xinghe smiled secretly, and looked outside the door.

The yellow dog had stopped barking, and was only circling around the guard, and it probably wouldn't be able to get away for a while.

He suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, did you change teams for the photography competition?"

"No."

"Haven't changed yet?" Li Xinghe frowned. "I remember that tomorrow is the deadline for registration. You have to upload your work before next week, and then participate in the first round of judging. The time is pretty tight. You should go back today and change quickly."

He knew in his heart that Zhao Qingbei's photography was just for fun, probably just like his singing and taekwondo, it was all a hobby.He probably didn't care about this match, he didn't take it to heart.But in Li Xinghe's opinion, since he signed up, he should take it seriously, at least he shouldn't miss the time.

He thought that Zhao Qingbei would be too lazy to change, and was about to say something to persuade him, but he heard him say: "Actually, I can also shoot dogs, there is no danger. But since my brother asked me to change, then I will change a group." alright."

It's obviously a small thing, but it's very useful to say it from his mouth.

Li Xinghe's smile grew bigger: "Then what have you thought about shooting, do you need brother to help you refer to it?"

He deliberately emphasized the word "brother". Zhao Qingbei lowered his head and smiled, shaking his head as if helplessly, "My family has a small horse farm, and I plan to take some photos of the horses."

Li Xinghe suddenly felt as sour as if he had eaten a lemon, and exaggerated: "The horse farm! Your family has a horse farm! Your tone seems to be saying that your house has a fish tank, and it is a small fish tank half a meter wide."

The corners of Zhao Qingbei's eyes were slightly bent, and he looked at him and said, "But you have to take a sneak shot, sneak in with a camera, and take a photo secretly by the side. So from this point of view, it doesn't seem to matter whether it belongs to my family or not."

"Why do you want to take pictures secretly? Don't your uncles and aunts let you take pictures?" Li Xinghe asked.

"Well, they don't know that I applied for the photography competition, if they know—"

Li Xinghe: "What will happen?"

"I should be relegated to Australia to raise horses." Zhao Qingbei chuckled.

Li Xinghe thought he was joking, and snorted: "Damn, we really feel sorry for each other, and we can't like something openly. If only one day, I can openly show my work to my mother, it will be great. I also want to do a photoshoot for her on her 50th birthday."

"There will be that day." Zhao Qingbei said warmly.

Li Xinghe nodded, "You too, there will be a day. When I successfully win my mother's consent to go abroad for further study and come back, I will take a group photo of her."

Zhao Qingbei raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want to study abroad?"

Li Xinghe said: "I have this idea, but my GPA is not high, and I am very worried. I knew that I should work hard to improve my GPA in my freshman year. I wasted a year for nothing, and now I have to retake it."

"Have you decided on which country?"

"Not yet, it's just a preliminary idea. I'll see if I can improve my grade point this semester, otherwise I won't be able to apply to a good school."

Zhao Qingbei raised the corners of his lips: "Then let's work hard together, I will supervise my brother's study, how about going to the library with me after the holiday?"

Li Xinghe scratched his head, "You are too action-minded, just do what you say. Okay, we will make an appointment after the holiday."

Zhao Qingbei's smile reached his eyes, as if he had heard a very happy answer.

Not long after, the yellow dog finally left.

Before they took a taxi to leave, Li Xinghe called the local stray dog ​​shelter to inform them of the situation in the area, and the staff said they would come to deal with it as soon as possible.

The problems here are not accumulated over a year or two, and it may not be solved overnight.

Sitting in the car, Li Xinghe took out his camera to look at the photos he just took.

He frantically clicked and took a lot of useless films, of course there are some that can be sold, but none of them are so eye-catching.

When he saw the photo of the yellow dog sniffing the mirror, he immediately decided to use it for the competition.

Broken glass slag, the face of a hungry stray dog ​​reflected in the mirror, with a trace of innocent inquiry in the eyes.And it is surrounded by garbage, the environment is dirty, and the stench can be smelled through the photos.

Zhao Qingbei looked at it and commented, "This photo is very artistic, as long as you color it well. Brother, I said you are talented."

Li Xinghe was also very happy, and asked with gestures: "Really? Do you feel that you want to improve the environment and protect stray animals when you look at it?"

Zhao Qingbei nodded: "Not only that, but I will also reflect on it and want to further explore why there are more and more stray dogs. Bruce said that a successful photo can evoke various emotions in the viewer and trigger Their thinking. This photo, has done that."

To get his approval, Li Xinghe couldn't be happier.

He pinched Zhao Qingbei's cheek, "You are so good at complimenting people! Your mouth is so sweet."

Zhao Qingbei stared at him blankly, as if remembering something, then turned his face to avoid his sight, and his Adam's apple moved up and down.

He looked out of the window for a while, then turned around again, "Do you treat everyone like this?"

"What?" Li Xinghe was still looking at the camera, and couldn't understand what he was saying for a while.

Zhao Qingbei nodded his side face, "You did the same thing when you were in the bar."

Only then did Li Xinghe realize that he was talking about this.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "I thought you cared about something, didn't you just touch your face, why are you like a little girl, and you're embarrassed to touch it?"

Zhao Qingbei looked at him fixedly, there was no sign of joking in his eyes.

Li Xinghe touched the back of his head and had to compromise: "Well, I haven't touched anyone else's face before. It's because you are good-looking, so I did it without holding back."

When the last sentence was said, Zhao Qingbei raised his eyebrows invisibly, raised his eyes and said, "Am I good-looking?"

"Not only is she good-looking, but she also has a good personality, like a little girl who doesn't like to talk... Cough cough, elementary school boy." Li Xinghe almost slipped away.

Zhao Qingbei's eyes darkened, "So that's how my brother sees me."

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, then... Brother, touch it casually."

Li Xinghe secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had finally been fooled.

The hand that touched Zhao Qingbei's cheek just now was slightly curled up, and the fingertips were drawn together and brushed against the palm, feeling slightly hot as if it had been passed through by an electric current.

He didn't know what was wrong just now, and got started on a whim of excitement.Not to mention, this kid's skin feels really good, not slippery.

In the evening, Zhao Qingbei went to the racecourse as planned.

According to the agreement with Tao Chen, Li Xinghe came to a restaurant in the south of the city.

Tao Chen asked for a private room, and when Li Xinghe entered, he was already pouring tea with his sleeves rolled up.

He looked to be in his mid-fifties, well-dressed in a dark shirt, glasses, and dignified.

There is a suitcase behind him, and it seems that he really didn't have time to go home, and he just came back from a business trip.

"Uncle Tao." Li Xinghe stood with his bag on his back, and greeted him unnaturally.

In fact, Ding Huishan originally asked him to meet Tao Chen on the eleventh day, but he didn't expect that they had a quarrel, and no one mentioned the dinner.It's really embarrassing to meet so dryly now.

Tao Chen hurriedly got up and shook hands with him, "Hello, Xinghe, please sit down."

He also looked a little nervous and didn't seem to deal with juniors very often.

Since Li Li'an left, the only 50-year-old uncle Li Xinghe had frequent communication with was their high school dean.Of course, nine times out of ten it is not a good thing to be called by the dean.

He usually talks a lot with his peers, but now he is a bit dumb.

Tao Chen cleared his throat, and introduced himself: "Well, I don't know if your mother told you, but let me tell you about my basic situation first."

Li Xinghe: "Oh, good."

"My name is Tao Chen. I'm 53 this year. I work as a construction engineer in Changhe Group. I have a daughter under my knees, but she has immigrated abroad with her mother." Tao Chen's voice was a little tense, and he clasped his hands together.

He made Li Xinghe nervous, as if he had come to the interview site, and quickly introduced himself: "My name is Li Xinghe, I am 20 years old, and I am studying finance at A University...now I am a sophomore."

After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other, and the scene became cold.

Tao Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and pushed the teacup towards him, "Then...you drink tea, drink tea."

Li Xinghe nodded, "Thank you."

The private room became quiet again.

Li Xinghe never thought that meeting him would be such a scene, and he was very annoyed that he came so impulsively alone.

They didn't really talk much until the waiter served the food.

After the dishes were served, Tao Chen obviously found a breakthrough.

He frequently used serving chopsticks to pick up food for Li Xinghe, "I don't know what you like to eat, I just ordered every signboard, you choose what you like to eat."

There is one spicy dish on the table, one sweet dish, one heavy oil and heavy salt dish, and two light dishes.The weight of each plate is not much, but it can be seen that it is carefully ordered.

Li Xinghe took a piece of boiled fish to eat, and said, "I can do anything, I'm not very picky."

Tao Chen felt relieved and rubbed his hands, looking much more relaxed.

He smiled at Li Xinghe, and finally thought of a topic to bring him closer, "I heard from your mother that you have a boyfriend. It's good, it's good, is he also from A University?"

He intended to express his respect for homosexuality, but this topic came too suddenly, and Li Xinghe was instantly choked by pepper.

He covered his mouth and coughed muffledly, which took a while to stop.

"We broke up, cough cough cough..." He had just said a word, then started to cough again, and the smell of pepper rushed into his nostrils.

"Is it too choking? Drink some of this to suppress it." Tao Chen quickly uncovered the small gu, and handed him a bowl of bird's nest.

While coughing, Li Xinghe picked it up and took a few mouthfuls.

After drinking it, he realized something was wrong. He licked his lips and asked, "Uncle, isn't this coconut milk?"

He has been to this restaurant before, and this dessert is usually made of coconut milk.

Tao Chen said sharply: "I thought milk would relieve the spicy taste, so I asked them to change it. You can't drink milk, can you?"

Li Xinghe couldn't laugh or cry, but he was afraid that he would be more nervous, so he put down the bowl and waved his hands: "It's okay, I can drink a little, but I don't drink often."

When the waiters served the food just now, they removed the teacups they had used.

He thought it would be fine if he didn't drink water for a while, just bear with it.

But Tao Chen immediately stood up, poured him a glass of cold water and came back.

"Here, I'll pour it after I'm done drinking," he said.

Li Xinghe looked at the glass of water, a little dazed.

Tao Chen said from the side: "It's my taboo that I didn't ask you. I will remember it next time. Xinghe, we just met. Uncle is not familiar with your preferences. I hope you will forgive me. What do you like or dislike in the future? , you can tell me everything.”

Li Xinghe's hand holding the cup slowly tightened.

When he came to see Tao Chen today, he didn't want to have a deep chat with him, but just wanted to get in touch with him first, to see what kind of boyfriend Ding Huishan had, so as to prevent her from being deceived.

But Tao Chen's words and deeds made him feel that maybe he really wanted to go on with Ding Huishan, not just talking.

He drank the water slowly, wiped the corner of his mouth, "Thank you, Uncle Tao."

"You child, thank you for what you say."

Li Xinghe put down his glass, thought for a while, and asked again: "I heard you had a fight with my mother?"

Tao Chen sighed, "That's why I asked you out today. If you don't mention it, I don't know how to say it."

"Is it because of the photography club?" Li Xinghe frowned.

Tao Chen said in surprise: "Your mother told you? That's fine, I don't need to explain it again. Xinghe, can you persuade her to let her release my WeChat... from the blacklist, I'll make amends to her."

He couldn't help but feel embarrassed to say such a thing in front of the junior, but he still said it shyly.

Li Xinghe laughed: "Uncle Tao, you also know why my mother divorced, so why can't you give up a hobby because of her?"

His words were a little tentative, and he wanted to see how Tao Chen would answer, because if he was willing to give up, he wouldn't have to quarrel one after another.

Tao Chen was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Xinghe, if it was just an ordinary hobby, of course I would give it up without saying a word, and I would never let it affect the relationship between your mother and me. But have you ever thought about it? You can’t put photos at home until now, and your mother has never been willing to take pictures, and she gets angry when she sees things related to cameras. These are all because she has not passed that hurdle.”

"I don't mind that she has another person's place in her heart, and I don't mind her restricting me to go to the photography club. I only care about whether the wound in her heart has healed. When I think about it many years later, will I feel pain."

Li Xinghe's smile gradually disappeared.

I really want to go together, and he really... loves Ding Huishan.

Tao Chen glanced at his backpack, "You have a camera in it, right?"

Li Xinghe looked up at him.

He said: "Don't be so defensive, I won't tell your mother. I can tell from your circle of friends that the photo of flying birds should not be taken with a mobile phone. Moreover, your mother also talked to me about similar things. topic of."

Li Xinghe frowned: "She knows?"

Tao Chen hurriedly said, "She doesn't know, it's just that she thinks you may not like your current major."

Li Xinghe felt mixed feelings for a while.

"She said that you don't like to share campus life as much as you did in high school. Every time you talk about employment, you are vague. She also said that she suggested that you apply for finance in the college entrance examination. She was afraid that it would delay your real life. What I like to do." Tao Chen added some water to his glass.

Li Xinghe lowered his head and said sullenly: "It's not all her suggestion, it's my own choice in the end."

Tao Chen said: "When I was your age, I was also very confused about the future. Do you know that I majored in law as an undergraduate."

Li Xinghe looked at him strangely, this person did not look like a lawyer at all.

"But my memory is mediocre, and I'm not good at dealing with people." Tao Chen said with a smile, "After thinking about it, I chose something I was interested in during the postgraduate entrance examination."

"From law to architecture, the span is quite large. You are amazing." Li Xinghe sighed.

Tao Chen shook his head, and raised three fingers: "It took me three years to pass the exam, because my math is so bad."

Li Xinghe couldn't help laughing, "I'm also bad at math."

Tao Chen patted him on the shoulder, "So, you have to prepare early for whatever industry you like, don't be like me, who wasted many years before finding a direction."

"Xinghe, don't worry, I will take good care of your mother." He said, "It took us a long time to meet her, and I will cherish her very much. There is also the matter of photography, which cannot be rushed. I can only take it slowly, but my biggest problem now-you know, she blocked me."

Li Xinghe smiled and said, "Uncle Tao, even this little problem can't be solved, and you want to challenge something more difficult?"

Tao Chen had no choice but to say, "I don't want a cold war. I wanted to stop at your house before my business trip, but the higher-ups asked me to go on a business trip temporarily, so I couldn't get there. When I quarrel, I always say calm down, but I don't know this The biggest obstacle, the calmer you become, the colder you become."

Li Xinghe remembered that his parents were like this, every time Ding Huishan got angry, Li Lian didn't know how to coax her, but let her alone to "calm down". It turned out that they became "cold" like this.

After eating, Li Xinghe went to the pet hospital to pick up the cow cat and go home.

Ding Huishan has already arrived home and is making a video call with You Min.

"The earrings I bought today are really beautiful. Yes, my son is back...I don't bother to deal with that old thing. Does he think he can't live without me? He even pretended to be on a business trip, which I think is just an excuse... ..."

Seeing him come back with big bags and small bags, he asked in surprise, "What roses did you buy for the evening? No, someone gave them to you?"

Li Xinghe walked over, put the cat down, threw flowers and chocolates on the table, and said loudly: "Mom, Uncle Tao Chen said please forgive him. These are the roses and presents he bought for you. He said you It's his favorite baby, his darling, his white moonlight, please pull him out of the blacklist."

Ding Huishan frantically covered her phone and cursed: "You are sick! No, when did you see him?"

You Min's laughter came from the other end, and Li Xinghe walked into the bedroom without looking back.

It's so scary, are middle-aged people so scary when they talk about love? They're so tender, white moonlight, vomit...

After taking a shower, Li Xinghe lay on the bed and complained on the phone with Zhao Qingbei.

In fact, he didn't intend to call at first, but just casually talked to him, but Zhao Qingbei was too good at chatting, so he couldn't stop talking.

"Do you hate the name baby?" asked the other side with a smile.

Li Xinghe said: "Of course, if anyone calls me baby, I'll screw his head off, it's disgusting to death."

"Your ex-boyfriend didn't call out either?"

"It would be great if he yelled. I punched him on the spot and kicked him."

"Wait, I have a call coming in." Li Xinghe said, and connected the new incoming call, "Hello?"

A slightly unfamiliar voice came from the other end, "Hello, is this Li Xinghe?"

"Yes, who are you?"

The man said: "I'm Xu Zhilin's roommate Geng Jun, we met before."

The corners of Li Xinghe's mouth pulled down, and he said bluntly, "What do you need from me?"

Geng Jun's tone sounded very anxious, "That's right, Xu Zhilin is missing, we have already contacted the counselor. I want to ask you, has he visited you recently?"