Qiu Ye and Chen Hao followed the waiter out and saw Wen Hanmei, Liu Gen, Xia Yang and Sun Hongming sitting at a table drinking tea. The others, including Xiangzi, were standing around behind them.
"Qiu Ye... what are you..." Liu Gen saw the sloppy Chen Hao next to Qiu Ye with wet hair, and Qiu Ye's clothes were wet.
"I...I'm fine." Qiu Ye's face turned red and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Liu Gen.
"Who is he?" Wen Hanmei asked Chen Hao who was next to Qiu Ye.
"He is... my fellow countryman, his name is Chen Hao, and he is studying at Nanhai University." Qiu Ye replied, and then secretly glanced at Liu Gen, as if he wanted to see his reaction.
Liu Gen looked Chen Hao up and down, and saw that although he was unkempt and his clothes were a little dirty, from his clear eyes, Liu Gen could see that this man did not look like a coward. Liu Gen could even feel that when Chen Hao looked at him, he looked like a coward.
There was a gleam of pride in his eyes.
A hero recognizes a hero. In the eyes of others, Chen Hao looks like a drunkard, but in Liu Gen's eyes, he is a real man.
The supervisor named Yang whispered a few words in Wen Hanmei's ear.
"Let him go first, I have something to tell you." Wen Hanmei looked at Chen Hao up and down and said to Qiu Ye coldly.
Qiu Ye walked Chen Hao to the door of the wine. It seemed that Chen Hao didn't want to leave. The two of them stood there chattering. In the end, Qiu Ye pushed him out the door.
"Qiu Ye, I found you a watcher." Wen Hanmei pointed at Xiangzi who was standing behind Liu Gen and said, "Starting from tomorrow, Xiangzi will be responsible for security here."
"That's great. Brother Xiangzi is here. Let's see who dares to make trouble among those drunk people!" Qiu Ye looked at Xiangzi happily and said.
"Brother Xiangzi? You called him quite affectionately. So you have known each other for a long time?" Wen Hanmei looked at Qiu Ye and then at Xiangzi.
"Brother Xiangzi saved me on the road a few days ago." Qiu Ye replied with an embarrassed blush.
Wen Hanmei stood up and said, "Okay, I still have to drink some wine. Liu Gen, you are responsible for sending Xia Yang back to school safely."
"Don't worry, Sister Hanmei." Liu Gen stood up and replied.
"Xia Yang, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and your dad said he would come over too. Let's get together then." Before leaving, Wen Hanmei took Xia Yang's hand and said.
"Yes." Xia Yang nodded, with a solemn expression on his face, as if he had something on his mind.
After sending Wen Hanmei and Sun Hongming away, Liu Gen said to Xiangzi: "It's too late. You and Qiu Ye go back to school first. Be careful on the way."
"Okay!" Xiangzi found a job as a blessing in disguise. He was in a good mood. The job of watching the scene was perfect for him.
When Xia Yang took Liu Gen's left arm and walked out of the wine, Qiu Ye asked Xiangzi sourly: "Who is Xia Yang from Brother Gen?"
"It's a fellow countryman." Xiangzi replied casually: "I just found out tonight."
"Are they fellow countrymen?" Qiu Ye said to himself: "I think they are a good match."
"Qiu Ye, let's go." Xiangzi didn't seem to hear who Qiu Ye was talking about.
After walking out of the drink, Xia Yang asked Liu Gen: "Brother Liu Gen, how did you know her?"
"Who is it?" Liu Gen knew who Xia Yang was asking.
"Qiu Ye."
"She went to the same school as me, and we only met because of Xiangzi." Liu Gen answered simply. He didn't want to talk too much about Qiu Ye.
"It can't be that simple? According to my cousin, you helped her find this job called Qiu Ye." Xia Yang said jealously.
"I just told Sister Hanmei to ask her to let Qiu Ye go to the wine shop to do something."
"Then why don't you ask your cousin to arrange something for you? It's quite nice to others." Xia Yang pouted and gently twisted Liu Gen's strong arm with his hand.
"Haha... I'm worried that going out to find something to do will delay my studies. The courses this semester are very tight." Liu Gen said perfunctorily.
"It's true, cousin, why are your elbows turned outward? That man named Yang Guanghui was obviously the one who made the first move, but he was let go, leaving Brother Xiangzi to pay alone!" Xia Yang was still aggrieved about the wine.
"I asked Sister Hanmei to let Yang Guanghui go," Liu Gen replied.
"Why?" Xia Yang asked in surprise.
"Yang Guanghui's father is the captain of the Nanhai City Criminal Police Detachment, and Xiangzi has no identity..." Liu Gen realized that he had leaked his words and changed his words: "Xiangzi has no legitimate occupation. If Yang Guanghui calls his father, many policemen will be attracted.
That would be detrimental to both Sister Hanmei and Xiangzi."
"So that's what happened! Why did my cousin let the man named Yang go?" Xia Yang said, "But fortunately, my cousin didn't let you and brother Xiangzi lose money, and even arranged a job for him."
"I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing!" Liu Gen was still worried about Xiangzi.
"Of course it's a good thing!" Xia Yang held Liu Gen's arm tighter; "Didn't my cousin say that after a month, if Brother Xiangzi behaves well, I will return his watch to him?"
"This isn't a problem with the watch, it's..." Before Liu Gen could finish his words, Xia Yang interrupted him.
"Don't say that, anyway, I think it's a good thing as long as my cousin doesn't make Brother Liu Gen lose money." After Xia Yang finished speaking, he suddenly asked: "Brother Liu Gen, do you have classes this Friday afternoon?"
"Friday afternoon?" Liu Gen thought for a while: "There are no classes, what's the matter?"
"That day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I want you to go somewhere with me."
"Where?" Liu Gen thought about having to go to the campus hospital to take medicine every morning, and was worried that Xia Yang would ask him to go somewhere far away and delay taking medicine the next day.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival is the anniversary of my mother's death. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival twelve years ago, my mother was murdered in the hotel where she was staying. My mother loved the sea. After her death, my father scattered her ashes into the sea.
Mid-Autumn Festival this year, my dad and I made an appointment to take me to the sea to pay homage to my mother. This is the first time in twelve years..." Xia Yang rested his head on Liu Gen's arm.
The skin of Liu Gen's arm felt Xia Yang's hot tears flowing on it: "I promise you, I will go to the sea with you to pay homage to my mother."
Cars occasionally speed by on the street, and there are almost no pedestrians on the road. The dim yellow street lamps emit a weak and old-fashioned light, and moths and mosquitoes dance wildly in the light.
In the autumn night, the breeze is gentle and very cool.
Liu Gen and Xia Yang walked slowly and slowly on the sidewalk under the crumbling yellow sycamore leaves, heading towards Nanhai University.
Neither of them spoke, their bodies pressed together tightly. Liu Gen's elbow could feel the softness and warmth of Xia Yang's right chest. His heart was a little wandering, thinking of what he and Xiangzi said in the dormitory this afternoon.
He also felt very strange. Although he treated Xia Yang as a sister, he didn't know why his body reacted when he was so close to her. But he never felt like this when he was with Ouyang Xue.
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Liu Gen's body felt warm at this moment. He liked walking with Xia Yang like this. It seemed that being close to her body could make him feel fulfilled.
Is this love?
Liu Gen turned his face to the left, and his nostrils smelled the faint milky scent of Xia Yang. He took a deep breath and lowered his head a little so that his nostrils could smell the faint milky scent of Xia Yang more clearly.
fragrance.
It seemed that the hot breath from Liu Gen's mouth and nose was felt by Xia Yang. She leaned her body tighter on Liu Gen's elbow, pressed her face against his strong arm, and said softly: "Brother Liu Gen, I feel very happy to be with you.
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Liu Gen didn't say anything. His left arm held by Xia Yang was a little stiff. He moved slightly and his elbow touched Xia Yang's right armpit. He was distracted and wanted to touch it more.
He thought, so his elbows moved outward inadvertently, millimeter by centimeter, inch by inch. In the orderly movement of the two people's footsteps, it seemed that this touch became very natural and pure, but Liu Gen knew in his heart that this was his conscious behavior.
, he couldn't help but want to do this, which made him a little scared, but he couldn't stop this behavior. In fact, this kind of intrusive action gave him an indescribable sense of physical satisfaction.
Xia Yang seemed to enjoy the intrusion of Liu Gen's elbow. She turned her body forward and moved slightly closer to Liu Gen's elbow, as if she was deliberately giving Liu Gen a comfortable part of her body so that he could touch her with his elbow more freely.
This is the first time the two of them have intentional physical contact with each other. Walking in this posture is actually very awkward. As long as the steps are slightly uncoordinated, they will feel extremely uncomfortable. However, the steps of the two of them are as if someone is shouting commands to them.
, walked very neatly, so that the two figures seemed to become one person.
"Xia Yang, we're here." Liu Gen saw the gate of Nanhai University.
"We're here so soon." Xia Yang said, "When I'm with Brother Liu Gen, time always flies by so fast, even the distance seems to be shortened."
There was a pair of boys and girls, as if saying goodbye, standing under a sycamore tree at the school gate and hugging each other tightly. The boy held the girl's face in his hands, lowered his head, and the tips of their noses touched each other.
"I won't let you in." Liu Gen stopped at the door, glanced sideways at the two boys and girls hugging each other and said.
Xia Yang stood on tiptoes, and the moment Liu Gen turned his head back, he pecked the faint scar on Liu Gen's left face abruptly, and then ran towards the door: "Don't forget your promise on Friday, brother Liu Gen."
Liu Gen wanted to tell Xia Yang his paging number when they parted, but he didn't expect that Xia Yang would suddenly attack him and kiss him on the face. He felt that the left side of his face was burning. He raised his hand and touched it. A sweet smile appeared on his face and he answered loudly.
: "Can't forget!"
Watching Xia Yang's back disappear into the campus, Liu Gen turned around and ran in the direction of Nanhai Medical University. While running, he touched the place where Xia Yang had just kissed with his hands. He smiled even happier and ran more cheerfully.
When we returned to the dormitory, it was almost one o'clock, and no one except Wang Jiahe slept.
As soon as Liu Gen entered the door, Xiangzi rushed forward with tears in his eyes and hugged Liu Gen: "Brother Gen, I'm sorry for you! If I had known that you earned the money as a medicine man, I wouldn't have taken it away even if I were beaten to death.
Three thousand yuan to redeem the watch! I almost asked you to put in the remaining money tonight..."
Liu Gen looked at Zhang Jian and Li Chengzai and understood that they were the ones who told Xiangzi about being medicine men. He laughed and pushed Xiangzi away: "That year, my father fell ill and was hospitalized. It was you who did not help to make up for my father's illness.
We were out of danger. At that time, I was not as moved as you are now. Come on, don't shed tears like a mother-in-law, and don't say those useless polite words in front of the brothers."
"Brother Gen, let me take the medicine for you. Nothing will happen to you! I am alone, but you are different. I have a seriously ill father and a sister who is in high school at home. If something goes wrong with you taking the medicine, it will be terrible.
..." Xiangzi choked and said.
"What are you talking about? You want me to say that, can I help you take medicine when you get sick in the future?" Liu Gen slapped Xiangzi's bald head: "Does shaving your head make you a fool? How can this be possible?
Instead! Go to bed! You guys have to go to class tomorrow morning!" Yanagi pushed Xiangzi out of the balcony door.