surname teacher

Chapter 15 Lin

"Pay attention to the things on the ground when you come here. People who live here will pile up a lot of debris at the door."

"Why are there no lights in the corridor?"

"Last week, a child from a family in the building smashed it with something. The neighborhood committee came to see it a few times, but no one was willing to come out to pay for it, so for the time being, it can only be like this..."

In the dark and damp corridor, Gentiana Qin, who came up with cake and flowers, was talking softly with Jin Heng, who was trying to take out the key from his pocket to open the door.

Because it was almost eleven o'clock at this moment, in order not to disturb the normal rest of other residents, the two people standing in the corridor subconsciously lowered their voices.

Before coming up, they also had a few conversations like this.

Gentiana Qin was very calm from the beginning to the end, and Jin Heng didn't talk too much as usual. Both of them seemed to be selectively ignoring the embarrassment caused by the old lady in the commissary just now, but when Jin Heng mentioned a certain When something happened, the atmosphere between them suddenly seemed a little strange.

"Where are your friends?"

"He won't go home today, he has to work overtime all night, what's wrong?"

"fine."

"..."

Jin Heng's extremely stiff tone was obviously not particularly convincing, at least he sensed something, so Qin Geng, who quickly raised his head and glanced at him, instantly became a little playful.

"He won't come back halfway. It's okay if you want to spend the night here."

It was so rare for him to take the initiative to tease him, and Qin Geng, who deliberately misinterpreted his meaning, pushed the door open in front of him regardless of Jin Heng's reaction.

After entering the door, he first turned on the light in the small living room outside and put the cake and flowers in his hands, then bent down to find clean slippers for Jin Heng, and put away all the sundries that might trip Jin Heng at the door. Step out and signal him to come in.

Seeing this, Jin Heng didn't bother with him about the indecent joke just now, picked up his crutches and walked slowly into the small one-bedroom in front of him.

It was only after he actually walked in that Jin Heng discovered that the interior of the house, which he thought would be full of single men's clutter and garbage, was much neater than he had imagined, and he couldn't even boast of its warmth.

After all, whether it is the well-growing green plants placed on the windowsill, or the small floral wool covers on the sofa and TV, it shows that someone has put a lot of thought into the layout of this home.

Not to mention the shiny wooden floors and old window frames that seem to be wiped down by a patient with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is simply the highest level of housework that every housewife is pursuing.

But everything that was completely beyond his expectations obviously did not conform to the situation Qin Geng described to him before, on the contrary, it was more like in this room besides him and his friend who is currently single, there is also a virtuous, delicate and The hostess who is full of interest in life also lives here for a long time.

Jin Heng's questions are not virtuous and delicate at all, and Qin Gentiana, who has no interest in life, of course doesn't know about it.

In fact, just after entering the door, he asked Jin Heng to sit in the living room and wait for him for a while, then took off all the dirty clothes on his body and threw them into the bathroom, and then changed into an old shirt that didn't match his personality. Pants come out.

But in view of the fact that he and Jin Heng would pay more attention to his personal image when they went out to eat and watch movies before, so he was suddenly unprepared to see Mr. Instantly became a little hesitant.

And maybe it was really not in the mood today and Jin Heng wanted to put on a show as usual, lit a cigarette for himself and biting Qin Gentiana came out, walked to the small refrigerator in the living room, and flipped through some eggs, spring onions and the like.

Waiting for him to casually grab his long hair, which has grown to the bottom of his ears recently, and tie it behind his head with a rubber band. When he turned his head, Qin Jia found that Jin Heng who was sitting on the sofa seemed to have never From the very beginning, he has been staring at himself with a particularly strange look.

"I'm a little hungry, I want to cook some rice, do you want to eat?"

I just asked this kind of question casually, you don’t need to answer me, and the tone sounded like there was no sincerity at all, but after being silent for a while, Jin Heng actually replied kindly for some reason.

And after getting his answer, he didn't say anything else. Qin Gentiana, who had a little prick on the back of his head, nodded and took the half box of fried rice and other things he brought back to the kitchen.

After about 10 minutes, when the sound of cooking and fried rice gradually sounded, Qin Gentiana, who seemed to have become a completely different person tonight, brought two plates of fried rice that were at least ten times better than the fast food outside and a plate of sliced ​​rice. The neat oranges sat down on the sofa next to Jin Heng.

And noticing that Jin Heng seemed to no longer stare at him with tangled eyes, but started to stare at the two plates of fried rice in front of him. In fact, Qin Gentian, who is rarely in the mood to take the initiative to cook for others, took a sip of the two dishes in front of him. After confirming that the taste of the processed fried rice should be fine, he leaned back on the sofa and stared at the cakes and flowers on the coffee table, and then raised the corners of his mouth in a good mood.

"Thank you for the cake, um, and flowers. We can cut it after dinner. Would you like some wine? There seems to be beer in the refrigerator."

"No, I have to leave after a while."

Trying very hard to suppress the strange feeling in his heart, the frowning Jin Heng directly rejected him in such a tone, and it seemed that he was finally able to talk to Gentiana Qin properly.

But this normal atmosphere didn't last long. The two who were eating fried rice in peace and chatting occasionally soon became deadlocked because of a new problem. Young Master Jin, who was greatly shocked, almost began to wonder if the way he went out tonight was not right.

Jin Heng: "You just meant to say..."

Qin Gentiana: "I wove these floral covers, what's the problem?"

Jin Heng: "..."

"I can also knit sweaters. I know a little about all kinds of weaves. I will knit one for you next time when I have time."

Just now he said that he was very hungry, but now he doesn't seem to have a particularly good appetite. Qin Gentile leaned lazily on the sofa and winked at him while saying this.

I really can't imagine how a person like him usually sits on this small sofa and knits with great interest. It took a while for Jin Heng, whose mind was in chaos because of this bizarre picture, to find his original voice. Frowning again and looking very uncertain, he answered,

"No, no problem."

Although he said so, judging from the expression on Jin Heng's face, the problem did seem to be quite serious.

Seeing this, he also knew that his series of abnormal behaviors today had irritated him a bit. Mr. Qin Youbing, who accepted it as soon as he saw it, did not intentionally do some actions that he would only do when he was alone. Quietly, I finished the roughest dinner with Jin Heng since they established their relationship.

After he cleaned up all the leftover dishes, he sat up from the sofa and wanted to cut the cake with Jin Heng before midnight, but Qin Gentian, who took the initiative to sit next to Jin Heng, opened the cake box in front of him casually. At that moment, I suddenly saw the beautiful small cursive characters written on the cream cake that was not fancy at all, but could give people an infinite sense of memory.

【Happy birthday to Gentiana Qin】

Obviously, everyone should have heard the words countless times since birth, but for Gentiana Qin, it was unexpectedly a little strange.

In his memory, he seems to have never heard anyone say this to him, so that he is not sure if it is said to himself now.

And since I saw Jin Heng downstairs just now to see me, I have been a little uncontrollable abnormal emotions until now finally began to show the clues, Qin Gentian with obscure eyes stared at the cream cake in front of me and never recovered. It took a while before he turned his head to look at Jin Heng beside him and asked aloud.

"I'll leave a small half for Ding Dong, and we'll eat the rest together?"

"kindness."

Hearing this, Jin Heng, who was leaning on the sofa and thinking about something with his head down, also gave him a thoughtful look. In fact, he is not the kind of person who is particularly good at expressing his feelings and understanding the emotional world of others, but this is not the case. It does not mean that he is ignorant of any external factors.

So Jin Heng thought about it in his heart, and was not in a hurry to explain to him his true intention of coming today. After that, he just patiently accompanied Qin Geng after eating the birthday cake and chatted for a while before going downstairs with him to let the old Dong drive over to see him off. go home by yourself.

Coming down the stairs along the way, Qin Gentian, who had been acting abnormally just now, seemed to have returned to his usual appearance. Jin Heng frowned and silently observed his every move, but he always felt that his feeling today was very uncomfortable. Same.

But the two of them were about to walk out of the alley completely, and Jin Heng, who was about to separate from Gentiana Qin, suddenly stopped his footsteps, and it was the first time in his life that he made such an outrageous move, so he held the hand of Gentiana Qin who was about to leave. , and after seeing him turn his head to look at himself, he slowed down his voice unnaturally and said softly,

"Before, thank you."

"Well, I should thank you too, shouldn't I?"

After the two words of thanks that both of them knew what they meant, they didn't say anything else for a while.

Jin Heng noticed that Qin Gentian, who was standing downstairs with him, wasn't wearing much, and he didn't keep pulling him to talk to him. He just finished saying "Happy Birthday" in such a subtle way, and leaned on the crutches in his hand for an early rest. People walked away slowly.

It is true that this series of actions tonight is indeed a bit too impulsive for Jin Heng's usual character, but in fact, if it were not for what Qin Gentian did for him in the past month or so, he might not have this kind of behavior today. Thinking about trying to make a little change for the relationship between the two people who have always stagnated.

It was only after he came today that Jin Heng realized that he knew too little about Gentiana Qin. Compared with how much he cared about his relatives and himself before, he really should reflect on how he usually treats his family and friends. Is it even inferior to Gentiana Qin?

Regardless of whether Qin Gentian really had ulterior motives in the beginning and tried to please him by pretending to be a certain way, Jin Heng, who has begun to accept some of his advantages to a certain extent, does not really want to delve into these things, which he has always cared about something.

After all, whether it is keeping a lot of ugly and weird small bonsai, or weaving all kinds of colorful TV covers, it is not a particularly bad shortcoming in his opinion, at least this kind of Gentiana does look more than one The person who sat in front of him with a fake appearance a month ago, and who was full of lies that he didn't necessarily believe was much more real and lovely.

Thinking in this way, Jin Heng asked the old Dong who was guarding the car to open the car door for himself, and then bent over to sit in. Jin Heng leaned on the back seat and looked out the window for a while, and after about a minute or two, When he noticed a light finally lit up somewhere on the second floor in the distance, Jin Heng looked away and signaled to Old Dong that he could leave.

On the other side, Qin Gentian, who had just personally sent Jin Heng away, also followed the original path and walked back to the basement of the dormitory unit. But when he passed by the canteen downstairs and went in to buy a pack of cigarettes, he was still thinking about it. Qin Gentian, who was thinking about something, inadvertently heard an old song playing from the jukebox at the alcohol and tobacco counter.

【I want to sneak a look at him】

【Pretending to appreciate a vase of flowers】

【I can only take a peek at him】

[It's like looking at a painting]

"Is this Cai Qin singing?"

"Xu Xiaofeng, Xu Xiaofeng, young people of your age already know Cai and Qin, Miss Xiaofeng made her debut many, many years earlier, okay..."

The fat old lady who was guarding the individual customer business of the mahjong parlor at the intersection all night gave him a sleepy look when she said that. Qin Geng smiled and commented that the song was really good, picked up the cigarettes on the counter and went straight back upstairs.

But before he lay down to rest that night, as usual, he dug out his little black bag that he took everywhere he went, and took out the ID card inside and put the date March [-], [-] on it. Glancing at it day after day, Qin Gentian, who finally understood why Jin Heng came to celebrate his birthday today, narrowed his eyes after a while.

"No wonder."

No wonder there seems to be nothing more after this sentence, and it is impossible for Jin Heng, who has already left, to know that today is not his birthday.

Of course, if you have to look into it carefully, in fact, even Qin Gentian may not know exactly when his birthday is.

The reason for all this was that on this day many years ago, he happened to be sent to a children's welfare home in this city together with the other sixteen unlucky people who were also abandoned by their families on the side of the road.

Regardless of whether the other sixteen unlucky ones are having a good time today, whether someone bought them cakes and flowers in the middle of the night, Qin Gentiana, who is still listening to the old song outside at the moment, can definitely answer the previous question , he really feels very happy now, happy...

——The corners of his mouth almost couldn't help but curl up.

【I want to sneak a look at him】

【Pretending to appreciate a vase of flowers】

【I can only take a peek at him】

[It's like looking at a painting]

【I'm afraid to let him know and laugh at me stupidly】

【My eyes had to avoid him】

[Although I also want to talk to him]

【Unfortunately, there is him by his side】