very close to the clouds

The barbecue taste is really good. Shen Yanbai is very picky about pork belly, but the fried pork belly in this restaurant is crispy, which happens to be his favorite taste.Jiang Zhongyu likes to eat cod, Shen Yanbai saw that he took several skewers, and killed one within a few mouthfuls.

Xie Xiaojin and Jiang Zhongyu were chatting about old friends' stories, but Shen Yanbai couldn't intervene, so he simply didn't intervene.

Shen Yanbai guessed that Xie Xiaojin had liked Jiang Zhongyu for a long time, otherwise he would not always look at Jiang Zhongyu with that kind of eyes. Shen Yanbai had seen it on Cang La before.

Shen Yanbai ate pork belly, potatoes, and lotus root in silence.

He was full after eating a few skewers, propping his chin in a daze.

Xie Xiaojin probably felt that it was not good to ignore the guests, so he asked him suddenly: "How did you two know each other?"

Jiang Zhongyu said, "I met you while traveling."

"He saved my life." Shen Yan Bai Youyou said, "I was penniless at that time, and Jiang Zhongyu took me in."

"Oh." Xie Xiaojin bit the piece of beef in his mouth and was stunned for a while, his thoughts went around for a while, and he suddenly asked, "Brother Jiang, have you heard?"

"Ok?"

"Lao Li went in again," Xie Xiaojin said, "He only came out for half a year, and it seems that he went in again because of stealing. I heard from others that stealing is addictive. Once you become sick, you can't quit no matter what. .”

Jiang Zhongyu glanced at Shen Yanbai subconsciously, and said, "Why are you talking about him all of a sudden?"

"I just remembered," Xie Xiaojin sighed, "I feel very embarrassed."

Shen Yanbai was particularly sensitive to the word "prison". He bit the tip of the chicken wing and blinked, and said with a smile, "You two still have friends who are in prison."

Xie Xiaojin was stunned, looked at Shen Yanbai in astonishment, opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "You don't know?"

"Know what?" Shen Yanbai was a little stunned.

Jiang Zhongyu silently took a bunch of pork belly and put it into Shen Yanbai's bowl. He realized that Xie Xiaojin was looking at him, perhaps asking himself if he could say these words with his eyes.

Without Jiang Zhongyu's response, Xie Xiaojin said: "It's nothing. I just know a few friends who are in prison. Let's take this old Li as an example. In fact, he is very nice, but he can't change the problem of stealing other people's things. He said it's okay." It’s really a habit I developed when I was a child, and when I grow up, I always like to take the sheep by the hand.”

Xie Xiaojin said: "Actually, the people in prison, there are some heinous ones, but there are also people who are very morally passable but can't pass the law. It depends on what you think." He smiled after finishing speaking.

Shen Yanbai drank his saliva and smiled, but the meaning was unclear.

Xie Xiaojin said: "Actually, I have been in prison before."

Shen Yanbai paused, and subconsciously glanced at him, but that glance was not discriminatory, but without any emotion.

"I used to work as an accountant in a company, which is considered an economic crime," Xie Xiaojin said with a smile, "Do you particularly mind if others have been in prison? Then shouldn't I treat you to dinner?"

Shen Yanbai didn't say anything, he wouldn't stand up and leave right away, after all, his biggest malice for the crime and imprisonment came from his father, and Xie Xiaojin didn't have much to do with his father.

The doubts in his heart were also dispelled. It turned out that Xie Xiaojin and Jiang Zhongyu's strange behavior just now was because Xie Xiaojin had been in prison.

He didn't mind too much, and he didn't mind at all. After all, Xie Xiaojin and Xie Xiaojin were not even friends.

The next day, Shen Yanbai and Jiang Zhongyu went to Crescent Spring together.Shen Yanbai was sitting on the camel, listening to the bells ringing, looking at the vast desert in the distance, which was baked by the scorching sun and smoked, and the coldness of winter seemed to have disappeared.He took off his coat and saw the WeChat message from Ms. Liu, ordering him to go back to Xining to attend the party at night, and there was a ticket to leave at [-] pm.

Shen Yanbai lay on the camel and asked Jiang Zhongyu, "What are your plans for next?"

Jiang Zhongyu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

He didn't seem to intend to explain what the kiss meant that day, and the relationship between the two of them is not very clear now, maybe they are in a relationship, but Jiang Zhongyu never said exactly that you are my boyfriend, saying They are not in love, but they travel together, chat together, kiss together and sleep with their arms around each other at night.Jiang Zhongyu's care for him far exceeded the boundaries of ordinary friends, and they were like a pair of close lovers these two days.

Shen Yanbai's camel was behind Jiang Zhongyu, and he could only look at the other's tall back.

After a while, the two arrived at their destination at the same time.Stepping on the coarse sand, the gravel crawled up between the fingers and buried the sole of the foot. Shen Yanbai felt a little dizzy, so he squatted down.

Jiang Zhongyu also squatted down, raised his hand to shield him from the direction of the scorching sun: "What's wrong?"

"I'm not feeling well." Shen Yanbai said.

"Where does it hurt?"

"I don't feel comfortable anywhere." Shen Yanbai said turning his head to the side, looking at Jiang Zhongyu with his eyes, frowning slightly, "Ms. Liu bought me a return ticket just now, and it took off at five in the afternoon."

Jiang Zhongyu was taken aback for a moment.

Then he raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said almost stiffly: "It's ten o'clock now, we can stay a little longer."

Shen Yanbai felt that the bubble in his heart that had been bulging for a long time finally burst, his face sank instantly, he looked at Jiang Zhongyu and said, "That's it?"

Jiang Zhongyu paused for a moment, and said "hmm".

Shen Yanbai felt that he was really a fool, he followed Jiang Zhongyu all the way to Dunhuang, only did one thing, Jiang Zhongyu took advantage of him with a kiss, and did nothing else.

He was sure that Jiang Zhongyu liked him, but the other party just covered his mouth tightly and didn't say anything, so what could he do.

He didn't know what Jiang Zhongyu was hesitating about.

Shen Yanbai ignored him, stood up immediately and walked forward, his feet kept getting stuck in the sand, making his walking extremely cramped.

Jiang Zhongyu squatted on the ground for a long time looking at Shen Yanbai's back that was drifting away.

He thought of the palm of Maitreya Buddha in the Mogao Grottoes, and also remembered the few seconds of hesitation and silence at the dinner table last night. He should have more courage to say something, but he liked someone too much, so he didn't dare to say anything. Those sins are on the lips, lest they disturb this love.

Shen Yanbai may not be interested in him after knowing it, it is better to say nothing and keep the last part of this journey perfect.

At noon that day, when the sun was shining brightly, Jiang Zhongyu and Shen Yanbai climbed to the highest sandy slope next to Crescent Moon Spring. Instead of choosing the stairs, they took off their shoes and let the hot gravel roll over the soles of their feet.

Panting and reaching the top floor, I couldn't see the sunrise or sunset, I could only see the sun hanging high on the blue almost pure sky wall, and even the clouds became very far away.In Dunhuang, you can't touch the clouds with your hands.

"I'm leaving." Shen Yanbai stood up and said, "Jiang Zhongyu, do you have anything to tell me?"

Shen Yanbai asked the same question again.

But after Jiang Zhongyu was silent for a long time, he said cautiously: "Have a good trip."

Shen Yanbai thought that this trip would be different, but after Jiang Zhongyu briefly stretched out his tentacles, he wrapped himself in a solid shell.

Only then did Shen Yanbai discover that Jiang Zhongyu's sense of self-protection was even stronger than him, and his strength and tenacity might be just appearances.

He didn't want to go any further, saying that the matter was only three, but he had already taken the initiative twice.

The author says:

do not scold me! ! (hugging his head and running away)

tomorrow!The day after tomorrow at the latest!They are together! (hey-hey)