Silver Leaf Whale Chapter 9

Old memories (2)

Chapter 9·Old Memories (2)

In December, the winter in the south is extremely wet and cold. Today is Christmas Eve, and red and green decorations pop up from every street corner to announce holiday greetings.

The sky is overcast, and it seems like snow is coming to join in the fun.

Qi Zhixuan was holding a big round bag in his arms, which blocked most of his sight, so he could only walk one foot deeper and one foot shallower.

“Oh, if I had known better, I wouldn’t have unpacked it.” He stopped and raised his hand to lift the things in his arms.

The air-conditioning was turned on in the hotel nearby, and the open glass windows became foggy. The water droplets condensed on the corners of the window frames slid down the glass, leaving a shallow water mark, revealing some of the warmth inside.

He didn’t stop until he reached a convenience store and saw Liang Yuansheng moving goods.

“Brother Liang!” Qi Zhixuan couldn’t say hello, but he smiled brightly.

“Why are you here now?” Liang Yuansheng stepped forward quickly and saw Qi Zhixuan’s hair was messed up and the tip of his nose was red. He took the thing in his hand and pulled his collar.

“Why aren’t you off work yet?” They heard that there would be a fireworks show at Daystar Plaza on Christmas Eve, and they made an appointment to watch it together two days ago.

“Right away, waiting for someone to take over. I’ll finish moving the boxes of goods. Sit here.” Liang Yuansheng led the person into the convenience store, made him a cup of hot coffee, and arranged for him to sit on a chair by the window.

Qi Zhixuan sat obediently in front of the window, holding hot coffee in both hands. The aroma and heat spread in front of his eyes, blurring the busy figure staring at him.

After a while, the figure stopped and the aunt who took over came. Liang Yuansheng changed out of his work clothes, picked up his backpack, turned around and took Qi Zhixuan out.

“What is this? It’s such a big bag.” Liang Yuansheng held the big package for him. It wasn’t heavy, but it was bulging.

“Oh, this is the down jacket that my senior sister bought for me abroad, but she forgot my size and bought it too big. I thought it would be just right for you.” In fact, it was specially bought for me. It was rumored that my senior sister helped with the purchase. Qi Zhixuan mentally kowtowed to her.

“Xiao Xuan, you…”

“Hey, come on, come on, there must be a lot of people there today, let’s go get a good seat.”

Before Liang Yuansheng finished speaking, he was forcibly interrupted by Qi Zhixuan, who pulled him to run.

Regarding his overt and covert help, Liang Yuansheng knew that he came here from the barren loess land to study alone, broke a penny into two petals, calculated every meal, and saved every paint he painted.

Some people like him because of his appearance, some people laugh at him because of his poverty, but no one has ever been so kind to him after seeing his lack. Looking at the hands held by the two of them, Liang Yuansheng squeezed harder.

“Oops! Brother Liang! Look, it’s snowing!” The two arrived late and huddled in a corner, but Qi Zhixuan was still very excited, and his eyes lit up when he saw the white falling from the sky.

“It’s so beautiful. I haven’t seen snow in many years.” After catching the snowflakes from the sky for a while, Qi Zhixuan sneezed and his nose was rubbed red, but he still looked at Liang Yuansheng with a smile.

Afraid that he would catch a cold, Liang Yuansheng took out the bulging clothes, shook them out and put them on him.

“You come too, hurry up.” Qi Zhixuan pushed up his clothes and left a place. Liang Yuansheng couldn’t do anything to him, so he got in with a smile.

After waiting for a while, the sky completely darkened, and the fireworks show was about to begin. There were more and more people, and Liang Yuansheng took people closer to him for fear of being squeezed.

“I also brought a treasure.” Qi Zhixuan didn’t have the slightest awareness of being crowded, and even went around searching in his pockets.

“Look!” It’s an apple.

“Eat apples on Christmas Eve~” Qi Zhixuan picked up the apple and rubbed it on his chest, then handed it to Liang Yuansheng for him to eat. Liang Yuansheng smiled helplessly and took a big bite, which was very crisp.

Qi Zhixuan also took a bite from the other side of the apple.

It was snowing outside, but the two of them were huddled together, warm and cozy. The person in front of him had smiling eyes and bulging cheeks. He looked very soft. Liang Yuansheng’s heart suddenly felt like something was scalding him. He couldn’t help but raise a hand to gently hold Qi Zhixuan’s face. He looked at his red lips and kissed him slowly and gently.

At this time, the fireworks exploded, and the people around him cheered. Qi Zhixuan was stunned, and the apple rolled down from his hand.

Liang Yuansheng…is kissing him!!!???

Liang Yuansheng…is kissing him!!!

In an instant, his heart seemed to explode with the fireworks, and every cell cheered with the people next to him.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe very soon, their lips parted. Liang Yuansheng looked at Qi Zhixuan’s face. It was very red, redder than an apple, and his eyes were a little dull. He was really cute, and he held Qi Zhixuan tightly in his arms cherishingly.

Qi Zhixuan felt the warmth between the two of them, and immediately came to his senses and hugged Liang Yuansheng. The cheers and fireworks around him suddenly became very quiet, and he could only hear Liang Yuansheng saying into his ear.

“Happy Christmas Eve, Xiaoxuan.”

After that day, the two had a new relationship.

*

“Bring me the red bean paste quickly!” In the first half of the year, Zhu Mingyue was studying abroad. As the summer vacation approached, she took a detour and returned to China.

“You’ve already eaten three bowls, don’t overstuff yourself.” Qi Zhixuan saw that the way she was eating didn’t look like she had returned from studying abroad, but rather like she had returned from a deserted island to survive.

Zhu Mingyue left it alone, hululu drank the red bean paste provided by Qi Zhixuan, and complained loudly: “You don’t know the French people’s damn food. It’s high in calories and unpalatable. I almost starved to death in Paris because of the food.”

After taking a few bites, he thought of something and said to Qi Zhixuan: “Hey, little ghost head, where do you want to go during the holidays this year? England, Switzerland, Italy? Haven’t you decided yet?” Zhu Mingyue studied abroad, and usually went around collecting news when she didn’t have classes or during holidays. Her father was afraid that she would become a savage and be ordered to return to China for a few days, so he also wanted her to take her brother out for a walk during the summer vacation.

“Senior sister…I…won’t go out with you this year. I have other arrangements.”

Seeing Qi Zhixuan hesitating, Zhu Mingyue probably knew what was going on.

“What, do you want to go out with your little boyfriend?”

“Ouch! Keep your voice down.”

Qi Zhixuan was so frightened that he quickly covered his senior sister’s mouth and glanced at Zimo who was cooking in the kitchen.

Zhu Mingyue is currently the only person who knows about this matter. As for my father… I don’t know what he thinks about homosexuality at the moment, and he doesn’t dare to talk about his relationship with Liang Yuansheng.

“Okay, okay, I’m single. I deserve it. Even my brother has to leave me. Tell me which country you are going to. I promise I will stay far away from you.”

The boy was not admitted to college, and he did not expect that the little devil would reach this age. Zhu Mingyue felt that she was indeed old, and she collapsed on the sofa with her limbs paralyzed.

“Let’s go to the mountain city. Don’t worry, you won’t see us.” Qi Zhixuan blinked.

“Ah? Mountain city… okay, okay, Qi Zhixuan… you… ugh… I look at you now like a rich girl kidnapped by a poor boy, you know, ugh! My cabbage~~”

Zhu Mingyue was hesitant to say, although the motherland is also very good, you can go there whenever you have time. In previous years, during the long holidays, they would go abroad to visit exhibitions and sketches. Unexpectedly, because the conditions were not so good for his brother, his own living standards had dropped, and he secretly felt sorry for him.

“Actually, it’s not impossible for our family to pay for it and go together.” After Zhu Mingyue sighed, she finished the few mouthfuls of red bean paste that were left and made a suggestion.

“No, he won’t accept it. Besides, the scenery in the country is very good. Anyway, it’s just for fun. It’s fine anywhere.”

“Okay, whatever you want.”

“Xiao Xuan, Yueyue, it’s time to eat!”

As soon as they finished speaking, Zimmer’s side had already prepared the dishes, and the two of them quickly stood up and took the bowls to serve.

*

Mountain City is a magical city. No matter which angle you look at, you cannot see its whole picture. There are always mountains outside the mountains and buildings above.

The scenery is really good and the food is delicious, but…

“Spicy… so spicy…” Qi Zhixuan and Liang Yuansheng went straight to this skewers restaurant with good online reviews as soon as they got off the high-speed train. It was delicious, but it was too spicy. Qi Zhixuan’s lips were red from the spicy food and he was sweating non-stop.

Liang Yuansheng didn’t fare much better. He bought a bottle of milk for Qi Zhixuan and asked him to hold it in his mouth to relieve the spiciness. He also brought a bowl of water and rinsed the vegetables in the pot before they felt like they could be eaten.

The two looked at each other, looked at each other’s red lips, and couldn’t help laughing.

After finishing their meal, the two of them put away their things and prepared to go hiking and sketching. There is a very famous mountain in the main urban area of ​​the mountain city. It is said that when the weather is clear, the outline of this mountain can be clearly seen from any corner of the city.

It’s a pity that the weather is not good today, but it doesn’t matter. As long as you take a few subway buses, you can go up the mountain and appreciate the scenery in person.

It was still very hot, but thankfully it rained a little, so the temperature wasn’t that scorching.

The two of them strolled up the mountain, holding the same umbrella, leaning their shoulders together, and could feel the warmth from each other.

“It’s so beautiful.” Qi Zhixuan said with emotion.

Because it was raining, there was almost no one on the road. There was only green as far as the eye could see, and emerald lake water. Different greens were stacked together, and the vitality was pure.

The higher you go, the heavier the fog becomes. Occasionally when a car passes by, the color of the taillights breaks into the fog and becomes hazy.

They walked all the way up, taking pictures together with their silly scissor hands, chatting about random things, picking up beautiful stones, and quietly listening to the “ta-ta-ta-ta-ta” sound the raindrops made on the umbrella surface.

The two of them were walking hand in hand in the forest. Such a moment made Qi Zhixuan feel very happy, as if there were only the two of them in the world. He really wanted to stay like this forever.

Forever, he actually thought of such words.

However, they couldn’t sketch because it had been raining. They were tired from climbing and decided to try it again if the weather was good before leaving the mountain city.

After a day of hiking, he was already tired. The city was full of slopes and stairs. Qi Zhixuan felt that he had gained two kilograms of muscle by the time he arrived at the hotel.

“Ah, I’m about to die, Brother Liang…Yuansheng…quickly…press my legs.” Qi Zhixuan fell on the bed exhausted and asked Liang Yuansheng to massage his legs.

“Put some sunscreen on tomorrow, do you hear me?” Liang Yuansheng carefully pressed Qi Zhixuan’s hands and legs. Although there was no sun, the ultraviolet rays were still very strong, and Qi Zhixuan’s skin turned red.

“Yeah, yeah.” The man replied absentmindedly. He posted a photo of Yamashiro today and was busy replying to comments on Moments.

“Hey, Yuansheng, a son of my mother’s friend is in the mountain city. He said he would like to invite us to dinner in a few days. Let’s go together.” The person who invited me to the meal was named Zuo Yu. After seeing his circle of friends, he quickly initiated a private chat.

His mother was a good friend of Qi Zhixuan’s mother. They had frequent contacts in the past. During the holidays, they would stay at Qi’s house. The two even played together for a while, and they had a good relationship.

But then Qi Zhixuan’s mother passed away, and they gradually lost contact. Thinking of this, Qi Zhixuan felt a little sad, so he took this opportunity to meet her.

“It’s not suitable for Xiao Xuan. This is your parents’ friend. Aren’t you ready to tell your family yet? I…” Liang Yuansheng stopped massaging his hands and lay next to Qi Zhixuan. He was not sure that Qi Zhixuan would introduce him as his boyfriend, but he didn’t want to just be his classmate.

“It’s okay. I told him that I was with my boyfriend, and he promised me that he wouldn’t talk nonsense. Don’t put any pressure on my dad. I’ll find a suitable opportunity to tell him slowly in the future, okay.” Qi Zhixuan looked sideways at him, his eyes very sincere.

Liang Yuansheng also turned sideways to him, his eyes falling on Qi Zhixuan’s eyebrows. It turned out that he had already introduced himself generously. After he said it, this word was so good, like a warm firelight gently falling on his heart. Liang Yuansheng’s heart felt warm, and he couldn’t help but hug him tightly.

*

The weather in the mountain city is still hot. Today, Zuo Yu said that he had time and invited them to have lunch.

It happened that they were tired from shopping in the past few days, so the two slept until noon. Qi Zhixuan’s back hurt from the pain of the hotel bed. It was really too hard, but Liang Yuansheng had chosen the hotel. He didn’t want people to think that he was difficult to take care of, so he had to secretly stretch his stiff body.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Zuo Yu was already waiting at the window seat. This was an elegant French restaurant that looked good. Qi Zhixuan breathed a sigh of relief. He thought the food here should be less spicy. He was about to share it with Liang Yuansheng, but found that he was absent-minded and a little bit tense.

The three of them exchanged simple greetings and took their seats. Zuo Yu looked Liang Yuansheng up and down with a hint of probing.

“Ahem… I mean Zuo Yu, is Aunt Wei in good health now?” Finding that Zuo Yu had been staring at Liang Yuansheng, it was too rude, Qi Zhixuan quickly interrupted his gaze.

“My mother, she is very well. I told you that you came to the mountain city. She was traveling outside and wanted to come back urgently. I told her that you wouldn’t be able to stay for a few days and then left. We would come back to you later, so she could play with peace of mind.”

Zuo Yu stared at Qi Zhixuan and saw that his eyes were as bright as a deer’s. He didn’t expect that after so many years, this person was still almost the same as when he was a child. He was still as cute and beautiful. No wonder his mother always said that he would go find someone to play with when he was on vacation.

The two reminisced about the past, talked and laughed for a while, and then started to serve the food. The appetizer was very refreshing and the soup was also good.

“Here, eat.” Zuo Yu cut the steak for Qi Zhixuan and handed it to him like he did when he was a child.

Qi Zhixuan took it over and ate for a while, feeling a little absent-minded at first, because he found that Liang Yuansheng didn’t talk much. He didn’t know if it was because he only focused on chatting with his friends and ignored him, and he felt a little annoyed.

“Yuan Sheng, isn’t it delicious?” Qi Zhixuan approached quietly and asked in a low voice.

“It’s delicious.” Liang Yuansheng turned his head to Qi Zhixuan and rolled his eyes gently, and continued to cut his steak slowly.

Zuo Yu’s eyes always wandered over Liang Yuansheng. To be fair, he looked quite human-like, but at first glance he looked like a country bumpkin. He was dressed in a very rustic way and was very rude when eating. He didn’t know how to lay out his napkin and used the wrong spoon. When he took the knife to apply butter, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Liang Yuansheng froze. He felt that this was a mockery of himself, but he didn’t even know what he had done wrong.

“Ahem.” Zuo Yu coughed lightly, his tone unapologetic, but rather calm and perfunctory, “I just suddenly thought of a joke and thought it was funny.”

Everyone had their own thoughts, and the meal was tasteless. When saying goodbye, Zuo Yu hugged Qi Zhixuan and said warmly that he would often visit him to play in the future, but his eyes went over Qi Zhixuan’s shoulders, his eyes were clearly provocative, sharp and piercing, and they pierced into Liang Yuansheng’s heart.

We strolled around for a while in the afternoon, but Liang Yuansheng still couldn’t seem to be interested. Qi Zhixuan noticed this and had to go back to the hotel with him to rest.

Seeing that he didn’t speak, Qi Zhixuan had no choice but to step forward.

“Yuan Sheng…I didn’t think carefully today…that French food was not delicious at all. Let’s go have hot pot tonight. The hot pot here is so delicious…”

“Anything is fine.”

Liang Yuansheng answered lightly. He turned on the TV but didn’t look at it for a few seconds. He sat on the chair and dialed his cell phone. Qi Zhixuan didn’t know what was wrong with him. He was a little anxious but didn’t know what to do.

“Xiao Xuan.”

A dull atmosphere filled the room. After a long time, Liang Yuansheng put down his phone and gently called his name.

“Xiao Xuan.” He called again.

“Hey.” Qi Zhixuan immediately came over and squatted in front of him obediently, looking up at him.

The next second, Liang Yuansheng suddenly reached out and pinched his face hard, and then his hot lips fell down, getting heavier and heavier, and finally biting him like crazy.

Liang Yuansheng wanted to endure it, endure the embarrassment caused by poverty, endure Zuo Yu’s provocative eyes and contemptuous sneer, but he couldn’t help it!The tightness in his chest made his heart almost explode!

His heart ached and he panicked. What made him even more frightened was that he was afraid that he was so embarrassed and clumsy that he was not worthy of possessing Qi Zhixuan. Qi Zhixuan was so good, clean, and bright. He wanted it, wanted to possess it!

Qi Zhixuan was startled by his sudden action. Liang Yuansheng had always been very gentle, but today… his eyes were full of fanaticism and paranoia… very strange… even scary.

Liang Yuansheng’s kiss was almost rough, but that wasn’t enough. Before Qi Zhixuan could recover, Liang Yuansheng picked him up from the ground, threw him onto the bed, and leaned down to cover his lips again.

It was really… too hard. Qi Zhixuan struggled subconsciously. Liang Yuansheng seemed to be stimulated. He restrained his hand and pressed it firmly on his head. He moved from his lips to his neck with force, as if he wanted to kiss every inch of him.

His hand became restless, caressing Qi Zhixuan’s waistline and slowly slid down. Qi Zhixuan’s heart tightened, as if he knew what he was going to do, and struggled even harder, “Don’t do this…Yuan Sheng…Yuan Sheng…Didn’t we agree not to do this first…Yuan Sheng…”

Liang Yuansheng seemed to be crazy, unable to hear a word, his hot breath pressed against his ears, and he said hoarsely: “What’s the difference between the future and now! Why, don’t you look down on me too?” He untied the waistband of Qi Zhixuan’s trousers and reached inside regardless.

“No! No! I don’t want it!” Qi Zhixuan pushed with all his strength, and Liang Yuansheng was pushed to the end of the bed unprepared.

Time seemed to have stopped, Qi Zhixuan’s chest rose and fell violently, and he took in a trembling breath.

Liang Yuansheng stared at Qi Zhixuan, smiled bitterly and said, “Hey, what are you talking about boyfriend? Is this your boyfriend? Am I bad? I’m bad, right…” As he spoke, he lowered his head and buried his face deeply in his palms. His tone was so vague that he didn’t know whether he was asking Qi Zhixuan or himself.

“Yuan Sheng, calm down first, and then we can talk properly.” Qi Zhixuan looked at him, feeling distressed but helpless, but he didn’t want to solve the problem during the emotional confrontation, so he silently stood up and sat next to him, leaving some space for each other.

Liang Yuansheng stopped talking and fell into silence. Qi Zhixuan poured a glass of warm water and put it in his hand, sitting quietly with him.

I don’t know how long he sat there. He didn’t get enough rest in the past few days and the pulling just now exhausted all Qi Zhixuan’s strength. He just leaned on the chair and fell asleep. When he woke up, Liang Yuansheng was nowhere to be seen in the room, leaving only a note.

“Xiao Xuan, I’m sorry for treating you like this today. It’s all my fault. I was carried away by my emotions. I stayed with you today for fear of hurting you, so I went back to school first. I ruined a good trip. I’m really ashamed. When I deal with my emotions, I will definitely apologize to you. Stay safe – Liang Yuansheng.”

Qi Zhixuan held the paper and sighed.

It’s not fun to be here alone. The next day, Qi Zhixuan also changed his return ticket.

The weather that day was surprisingly good, cloudless and clear. When he walked out of the hotel, he actually saw the appearance of the mountain. The dark-colored ridges stretched up and down, like the silk yarn of a goddess spread across the sky.

He suddenly thought of Liang Yuansheng again. He originally said they would come together to sketch together, but now the sky is clear, the mountains can be seen clearly, but the people are gone…

Forget it, Qi Zhixuan took a deep breath and did the same for himself.

He quickly calmed down, his eyes so focused that he was completely unaware of the occasional passers-by who stopped to look at him, or the young couple who smiled and raised their mobile phones to take photos and videos.In my eyes, I could only see the outline of the mountain and the brightness of the light, but my thoughts unconsciously drifted back to the time when the two of us were walking in the mountains. The world was vast and only you and me were left.