camouflage

Early in the morning, Ji Xi, Qi Xin and the others prepared their fishing rods, packed pots and pans, rented a van, and set off for a picnic.

Including the good sisters of Liu Yang's girlfriend, there are ten people in total, four girls.

Ji Xi drove Tang Jing, Qi Lei drove the van, and Qi Xin drove Meng Ke.

In the van, the girls were all born gossipers, they were all asking Shen Mengjie about Ji Xi.

Shen Mengjie: "Actually, I'm not very clear about it. Liu Yang has a good relationship with him. Tell me about it, Liu Yang!"

Liu Yang, who was squeezed among a bunch of girls, helplessly pinched Shen Mengjie's hand, wondering: "Actually, I don't know him very well. Although we play together, we all play games and skip classes. Still gossip about his family affairs?"

All the girls: "You mean we are gossips?"

Liu Yang apologized stupidly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mention you..."

"Mengjie, he said you."

The car suddenly became jubilant, Qi Lei took out the earphones, girls are indeed strange species!

The front motorcycle.

"Baba, you're really good at it!" Tang Jing curled her lips, "You can find it in such a remote place."

"That's right, I don't even look at who I am." Ji Xi said stinkingly: "Let me tell you, I met a grandma when I first came here, and guess what happened?"

Before Tang Jing could guess, he came out with his mouth full.

"Grandma invited me to have a meal and used my motorcycle to pull a big basket of vegetables."

"Damn it!" Tang Jing said in surprise, "You actually use your car to pull vegetables. The repair fee for such an expensive car is enough to buy several tons of cabbage. You are amazing!"

Ji Xi smiled and said, "But I know a lot of things, so it's worth it."

"what's up?"

Ji Xi: "Secret, I can't tell you."

Tang Jing: "...get out of here."

There is a piece of land in Dawanzi specially used for picnics. Ji Xi and the others didn't find a new place, so they just used it.

The few girls are not squeamish, and they help clean up the garbage that someone didn't clean up from the picnic, and come out after cleaning up the open space that is half the size of the playground.

Qi Lei and the others took out all the tools in the carriage, food ingredients, barbecue tools, gas tanks, steel charcoal, tables and stools, fishing tools, and large tools, and arranged them. The easy and effortless work was handed over to the girls.

Ji Xi took people to Dawanzi Lake first, intending to see if they could fish first.

"I'll go, the beauty is in the mountains! Such a beautiful place, Ji Xi, you are amazing!" Tang Jing gave a thumbs up.

"That's right, my brother Xi's name is not for nothing." Ji Xi raised his eyebrows proudly, the young man under the sun was full of wanton vitality, the light passed through his hair, leaving a few silhouettes.

"It would be great if there was a boat. Going to the center of the lake to see the scenery and enjoy the wind is simply a beautiful sight in life." Tang Jing sighed enjoying with her eyes closed, and opened her arms to bathe in the sunlight.

"Brother Xi, forget one big thing." Qi Xin looked at Ji Xi timidly.

"what?"

"I forgot to buy bait. I didn't mean it. I remembered it before I rode the bike, and then I forgot..." Qi Xin said bitterly.

"You just forget about yourself!" Ji Xi looked at the time, and it was past ten o'clock. If you go back to buy it, it will take an hour to go back and forth. Fishing is a technical job, and whether you can catch it or not is a problem.

"I'm going to buy it, you can just walk around first." After finally coming out once, I can't just leave without doing anything.

Tang Jing: "I'm with you?"

"No, I'll hurry up alone."

Ji Xi put on his hard hat, thinking that Shu Xia's house is nearby, how convenient it is to find him!

He took out his mobile phone and called Shu Xia.

It took a long time to get through.

"Hello, who is it?" The confused voice was a little hoarse, crisp and soft, and Ji Xi didn't react right away.

It wasn't until Shu Xia asked again that he came back to his senses.

"I'm Ji Xi, um, are you sleeping?"

"Well, what's the matter?"

Ji Xi was inexplicably nervous: "Then what, we have a picnic today, do you want to come?"

Shu Xia didn't realize it: "Picnic? What picnic?"

Ji Xi gritted his teeth: "...that's what I said last time, the time you rejected me. Hey, anyway, you're fine now, let's go together?"

There was silence for a moment, just when Ji Xi thought he was falling asleep again, a low voice came from the phone: "Oh."

Is this a promise?

He was a little excited, and said loudly, "I'm here to pick you up? I'm near your house."

Shu Xia: "No need, I'll be here in a while."

Ji Xi: "It's okay, I'm idle anyway."

The beeping phone showed that the call was over, Ji Xi looked at the word Shu Xueba, and chuckled after a while.

This person loves to backtrack, so he decided to go to his door and wait in person to see how he refuses this time.

Classmate Ji Xi, who said he would do it, slammed the accelerator and ran directly to Shu Xia's house, completely forgetting about buying bait.

The place where they had a picnic was five or six minutes away from Shu Xia's house. Ji Xi was fast, and he arrived at the gate of Shu Xia's house in three minutes. The fence blocked him from entering. He looked up at the tile-roofed house in front of him.

Last time it was late at night, I couldn't see clearly, but this time I could see it clearly.

Very simple house with a strong sense of age.

There is a layer of black tiles on it. The house is very neat, with three wooden doors and a double door in the middle.

There is a circle of camellias planted at the entrance, which are blooming in bright red, white, and pink. The yard is surrounded by a fence made of bamboo strips. There is a large vegetable field at the entrance. There are not many vegetables, and some weeds are inside. The chicken ring at the entrance There were three hens cooing and crowing.

Parking the car on the small road at the door, he stepped up and walked into the yard.

The courtyard dam was paved with large stones, some of which were broken, and there were some sundries piled up at the door, and some clothes were drying on the bamboo poles. His sharp eyes saw two coats, one black and one white. They were Shu Xia. Yes, I saw it in an Internet cafe.

The doors and windows were closed tightly, as if no one was there.

He carefully recalled the room he slept in when he came last time, walked through the debris on the left side with a smirk, and turned over a pile of firewood.

He went out of the open window lightly, and if he was right, Shu Xia's room was here.

Only then did he realize that there are more camellias here, clusters of which are all over the branches, and the smell is very fragrant.

He squatted quietly and looked in from the window. The room was very simple, with no extra decorations, and it seemed that it was not as big as his toilet. The most things were books. Pen.

Passing through a pile of books, I saw that the person on the bed was sleeping soundly, with half of his head tucked into the light blue quilt, as if what he just promised hadn't happened.

With an expression of "I knew it was the result", Ji Xi pouted his nose dissatisfiedly, and saw that he did not wake up after watching for a long time.

He gently pushed open another window, but fortunately there was no sound.

Relying on his long legs, he stepped on the window lattice, looked down, and suddenly couldn't find the point of strength to go down. If he stepped on Shu Xia's book, he would definitely die a miserable death.

He bent down and reached out to remove the five three, feeling that he had been so nervous in his life, but fortunately his mental quality was not bad.

After removing the book, he realized that the table might not be able to bear his weight.

He squatted on the window sill in frustration, sighed, and reached out to knock on the window sill.

Then I saw classmate Shu Xia get up in a jerk, with a flustered and dazed expression, a few bunches of dumb hairs flying up, looking at him in a daze.

"Hi!" He greeted with a smile, "Xueba, you have such a big heart, you don't even know it was stolen."

"Damn it!" Shu Xia came to her senses and grabbed a handful of hair: "You are fucking sick!"

The person had already woken up, and Ji Xi was not polite, he jumped off the window sill, and even more rudely sat down on Shu Xia's canopy bed.

He looked at Shu Xia and smiled lightly: "Who told you to go back on your promise to others? I don't feel relieved to take a look."

Shu Xia, who had just woken up, didn't look like the usual good-natured person. He was a little angry, his face was a little red, his eyes were wet like two streams of spring water, a few tufts of dull hair stood on end, and there were two indentations on his face. He pursed his mouth and looked very angry.

Ji Xi couldn't restrain himself from messing with the tallest lock of hair.

After being slapped by Shu Xia, he withdrew his reddish hand and clicked his tongue lightly, the strike was really fucking heavy.

"Get up, you promised to go to the picnic, don't think about going back on your word."

Shu Xia scratched at her hair irritably, like a cat with frayed fur, and glared at Ji Xi angrily before she lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

"Hahaha, damn it, student Shu Xia, your pajamas are so cute!"

Ji Xi pointed at his pajamas and laughed non-stop. The yellow short-sleeved shorts, the key is that there is a cute cartoon character on it, sleeping soundly with a lollipop in his mouth.

Shu Xia: "...Get lost." He threw the quilt over Ji Xi's face, got out of bed and put on slippers to wash up.

Ji Xi lifted the quilt and only had time to see a pair of white and tender legs, straight and thin. He gestured that they were a little shorter than his own.

Really fair skin and beautiful little long legs!

He moved his eyes away uncomfortably, and felt that his nosebleed was about to come out when he watched it again.

In the bathroom, Shu Xia thought to herself while brushing her teeth, no one at home?How did he get in?

Mei Ting is not at home?

He brushed his teeth and went to Mei Ting's room. No one was there, and Shu Daqing was not there. Where did he go?Haven't finished talking yet?

He turned back and was almost scared to death by Ji Xi behind him.

"Fuck." He looked dissatisfied.

Ji Xi snickered: "Your look is so special, Xueba, your character design has collapsed!"

Rolling her eyes, Shu Xia went to the bathroom to take care of his appearance that didn't match his status as a top student.

Ji Xi looked at the living room curiously, the walls were old and a little black, the furniture was more worn out than what he saw that night, the sofa was broken, and there was not even a TV set, there were so few things.

The most attractive thing is that the walls are covered with awards, he walked in to see, from the first grade of elementary school to high school.

No.1, outstanding student, young pioneer, first prize in Mathematical Olympiad competition, first prize in English competition... none of them was runner-up, and they were pasted all over the wall, from right to left, from old to new, showing their comfort one by one. Xia is so good.

Ji Xi suddenly felt that such an outstanding person should not live in this kind of place, as if a majestic golden dragon was bound in an unknown small pool, his talent and brilliance were covered in a dark corner, not known by others.

He should be flying in the sky!

Shu Xia cleaned up quickly, seeing Ji Xi staring at his award certificate with a look of contempt, although he didn't say anything, but Ji Xi heard a provocative voice: Little boy, you know what a top student is!

"Are you ready?" He coughed lightly, moving his eyes away from a wall of awards.

"Well, let me ask where my mother is first." Shu Xia took out her mobile phone and called Mei Ting.

Ji Xi: "Oh." Continue to look around, Shu Xia is wearing a white short-sleeve, baggy, slacks and sneakers, her hair has been straightened out, and hangs obediently on her forehead.

Shut down.

Shu Xia couldn't help frowning, and couldn't remember to charge it every time, thinking that she might have vented to Shu Xinfang, and he stopped calling.

"Let's go."

Ji Xi grabbed him: "The sun is a little bit hot today, don't you wear a hat?"

"No." He put the phone back in his pocket, "I'm not used to wearing a hat."

Well, the habit of not wearing a hat is actually so white, it seems to be born, Ji Xi followed Shu Xia out without thinking much.

As soon as he left the hospital, he saw his father looking at the motorcycle at the door. Shu Xia had a good memory and knew that this bike belonged to Ji Xi, and the price was definitely beyond his imagination.

Shu Daqing had his hands behind his back, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his face was full of envy, curiosity and malicious intentions, Shu Xia couldn't hold back his face, he ran over quickly, pushed Shu Daqing aside, his face was very ugly.

"What are you doing?" he asked, frowning.

"Why don't I just take a look, what if I can save a piece of meat, do you fucking know I'm your father?" Shu Daqing yelled.

This is the first time for Ji Xi to meet Shu Xia's father. How can I put it, he doesn't look like Shu Xia's father. The difference is too big, and he doesn't look like him. He has a beard and is about to smoke with a cigarette in his mouth. He was still not willing to throw it away when he was done, he was a bit sloppy, his face was full of decadence and fatigue, and there was a mark on his face, if the clothes were a little more torn, he would think he was a beggar.

He walked into Shu Xia's side and asked in a low voice, "This is your father?" His tone was very suspicious.

Shu Xia didn't reply to him, but just looked at Shu Daqing warningly. Shu Daqing used to be quite honest, but later his character became not very good. Seeing his appearance, Shu Xia subconsciously thought that he had a bad idea .

"I am this bastard's father, who are you? Is this car yours?" Shu Daqing pointed to the car next to him and asked him.

"Hi Uncle, I'm Shu Xia's classmate, and the car is mine." Ji Xi hesitated for a moment before replying. It was because of his childhood upbringing that he couldn't completely ignore an old man, even though he looked like his father. About the same age.

Shu Daqing's face immediately changed, and he walked into Ji Xi with a smile, flattering, with inexplicable and inexplicable enthusiasm, "Shu Xia's classmate! Where is your family? This car is quite expensive, right? Do you have this number?" ?” He stretched out five fingers, with complex emotions in his eyes that Ji Xi could not understand at the moment.

"Ah...haha, it's about the same! Well, we have an appointment with Shu Xia today, so we... let's go first." Although Ji Xi didn't understand his eyes, the greed in his eyes was quite obvious, and he wanted to slip away immediately. .

"Okay, then you guys have fun." Shu Daqing then shouted at Shu Xia: "Take your classmates to play, and come home for dinner later, you know?"

Shu Xia didn't care about his pretense, he didn't know where Shu Daqing's shame had gone, he just felt ashamed in front of others.

He walked ahead irritably, and said, "Let's go."

Ji Xi followed immediately, got in the car and handed him a helmet.

Shu Xia didn't wear it, and climbed into the car with her arms in her arms, and didn't even glance at the dissatisfied Shu Daqing behind her.

Ji Xi hesitated to speak while driving, if he had such a father, he didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry, I apologize to you on his behalf." Shu Xia's low voice came, so far away that it seemed to be blown in the wind.

Ji Xi was stunned for a moment and said indifferently: "Why do you apologize, classmate Shu Xia took the wrong medicine today?" He tried to relieve the strange atmosphere in a relaxed way.

"Don't say you didn't see his idea of ​​taking your car." Shu Xia said angrily, "Stupid." He didn't say the last sentence out loud.

But Ji Xie's hearing is not bad, he chuckled and said: "I can see it, but why are you apologizing? It's none of your business."

"His blood is flowing on my body." Shu Xia said, "Although it's not up to me to decide."

His low voice came from the wind, Ji Xi could probably guess the situation of his family, he is not very good at comforting people, and he has not mastered this skill for more than ten years.

He said bluntly: "You are you, he is him, you are different."

He laughed cheerfully: "The brilliance of a top student must be a talent in the future."

"Forget it, I hope you keep my business secret." Shu Xia said.

Ji Xi shook his head: "Unless you kill people to silence your mouth, you can exchange things. I'm the most vulnerable person."

Shu Xia: "What do you want?"

Ji Xi: "Accompany me to buy bait and I promise you."

"Bait?" Seeing that Ji Xi was driving faster, he put on his helmet, "Just dig a few earthworms in the ground."

"Huh..." Ji Xi shivered with disgust, "That's so disgusting!"

"...You're not afraid of earthworms, are you?" Shu Xia relaxed a little with a positive tone, and laughed at him, "You're so timid."

"Who is timid? It's just disgusting."

Seeing Ji Xi's car running towards the city, Shu Xia didn't say anything.

Although Ji Xi is quite annoying, he will not make him feel embarrassed. Even if he knows the situation of his family, he doesn't seem to have any other opinions on him.

For the first time, Shu Xia felt that this person who was regarded as a friend was actually quite good, although his grades were a mess.

They went back to the shop selling fishing line, but Shu Xia didn't go in, and stood beside the car waiting for Ji Xi.

My mind is empty, maybe I haven't woken up, the quality of my sleep these days has been poor, I worked all night last night, and this morning I was woken up by Ji Xi's phone call after two or three hours of sleep.He yawned and stared at the willow trees planted along the river, one by one hanging on the river bank, shaking when the breeze blew.

Seven and eighty-year-old grandpas and aunts talked and laughed along the river, and occasionally sat on the public long wooden benches, chatting and teasing the children around their legs.

Really laid back!

He suddenly wondered what he would look like when he was old. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a shadow. He lowered his head and kicked the pebbles embedded in the cement with his toes. He didn't know if he could live to old age?

As soon as Ji Xi went out, he saw that Shu Xia looked like a melancholy prince, the sun was shining on his side face, and the shadow of the willow swayed on his face, he lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Let's go," Ji Xi greeted him, pulling the person immersed in the unknown world back to reality, "What are you thinking about? So engrossed."

Shu Xia shook her head and climbed into the back seat.

Ji Xi drives very steadily and very fast. Even in the city, he can't slow down. It may be that he is familiar with where there will be forks and where people will rush out.

"Why don't you go home?" Shu Xia asked suddenly.

"Ah," Ji Xi seemed to have come to his senses, "it's no fun to go home, I'm used to it."

"But tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you don't celebrate it?" Shu Xia also saw a mooncake seller before realizing that tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also his birthday.

But his birthday is celebrated with the Mid-Autumn Festival, nothing special, especially after the family is getting more and more chaotic, no one's birthday can be celebrated.

"What's the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival? I haven't celebrated it for many years." Ji Xi said, "How do you celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Shu Xia looked at the back street: "That's it, eat mooncakes."

Ji Xi: "And then?"

"It's gone," Shu Xia said. "It's boring, but my mother loves mooncakes. Maybe it's a time to make up for the lack. I have to buy them every year."

She didn't eat it when she gave birth to him, just once, but she kept talking about it for several years, not sure if it was a real regret or to whom.

He is already familiar with it.

"Missing?" Ji Xi asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, let's stop in front, I want to drink water." Shu Xia pointed to the canteen in front.

Ji Xi didn't ask, and slowed down to stop in front of a grocery store, Xiao Li Non-staple Food Wholesale.

"You fish! You can't stay out of the water for a while?" Ji Xi teased him.

Shu Xia ignored him, he was used to waking up with a glass of water, today Ji Xi interrupted his rhythm, so he couldn't drink it, he went in and came out after a while, holding two bottles of mineral water in his hand.

"Drink?" He handed it to Ji Xi.

Ji Xi took it and took a sip: "Actually, I prefer soft drinks, but for the sake of student Shu Xia buying them, it's okay."

"...If I knew it, I wouldn't have bought it for you." He screwed on the bottle cap, and wiped the water from the corner of his mouth indiscriminately.

Ji Xi smiled and said, "I'm just kidding, come up."

Shu Xia doesn't know what it's like to get along with other people. He has no friends, and most of them are just acquaintances. The generation gap is a bit big, it was okay before, but now... it can only be regarded as the relationship between the boss and his subordinates.

We used to have acquaintances in school, but they were all academic exchanges.

Like Ji Xi, who saw his real situation over and over again, said so many words, and slept in the same bed, there was no one else.

He didn't know how his friends got along, but there was no pressure or discomfort when he was with Ji Xi.

Maybe he didn't pay attention to it at all, and lived as if he jumped out of a rock.

Free and easy, casual.

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