Celestial Masters Alliance

Zhao Shuang took one and looked at it carefully, shaking his head: "No! Like... Night Pearl?"

"How is that possible?" I picked up the beads and looked at the light. I couldn't see why, but I knew that there couldn't be such a big luminous pearl.

As if to prove it, Zhao Shuang stood up and turned off the light. The light from the beads illuminated the entire room. I have to suspect that it is the Night Pearl. "Oh my god! How much does this cost! Dude, am I rich?" I grabbed Zhao Shuang's neck and shouted.

"Yes! Congratulations, Mr. Zhu." Zhao Shuang smiled and knocked my hand away, turned on the light, and started packing things.

I took a bead and stuffed it into Zhao Shuang's hand: "Brother, if I make a fortune, I will make a fortune too. Take it."

He shook his head and handed the beads back to me. I didn't answer, and cursed angrily: "I told you to take it, but you just kept it and behaved like a girl."

"It's too valuable, I can't accept it!" After he said that, he wrapped the beads back in bubble wrap and stuffed them into the pickle jar.

I kicked him, took out the beads, and put them in his rattan box: "Is this more valuable or is Grandma's dowry more valuable? If you don't want the beads, then I don't dare to ask for this bag of things from Grandma. .”

Zhao Shuang stared at me for a while, and finally sighed: "Okay! I'll keep it for you first."

I put my arms around his neck and said jokingly: "That's right! When you are a younger brother, you have to listen to your elder brother. Have you never heard that the eldest brother is the father?"

Zhao Shuang raised his elbow and gently poked the injured area of ​​my ribs: "Don't go too far..."

I grimaced in pain and stepped on my feet to inhale. This time Zhao Shuang was not fooled and gave me a cold look: "Pack your things quickly! You have to get up early tomorrow."

"Um..." I put the things in the jar back into place while thinking about Uncle Qiming, but I didn't know how to say it when I opened my mouth. Zhao Shuang probably guessed what I was thinking and sat down quietly, lost in thought.

"You haven't told grandma about the ring yet! Don't you plan to tell me?" I also put down what I was doing and sat down next to Zhao Shuang.

"Stop talking about it now, so as not to worry her." Zhao Shuang arched his body, put his elbows on his knees, intertwined his fingers, and lowered his eyes as if he was looking at his hands or his toes. I felt the air around him begin to darken, but I didn't regret asking the questions. Because Zhao Shuang will not take the initiative to discuss his own affairs.

"Will you go down to Locust Tree Cave again?" I leaned towards him again, close to his arm, and his body temperature passed through the thin sweater to me, which was a little warm.

He looked back into my eyes, his lips slightly parted, feeling like something was about to blurt out. He stayed like this for a few seconds, and then resumed his previous expression and movements. This was my attitude of not intending to continue discussing this topic. I felt a little aggrieved and touched him: "There are two cave entrances that we have not been to. Next time we go back, we must be well prepared!"

Zhao Shuang stared at me in surprise. I smiled and said, "I have the key. If you want to go, you have to call me." His eyes changed from surprise to gratitude, and finally filled with a gentle smile.

"Go take medicine and go to bed." He put his hand on the back of my neck, squeezed it twice, and got up to find medicine.

I stood there stunned, confused by the dramatic change in his mood.

It was another night of nightmares. My nightmare kept lingering in the tree hole and could not come out. I woke up several times and found that Zhao Shuang beside me was not sleeping peacefully. We all had too many unanswered questions in our hearts because of this trip to the tree hole. doubt.

When we woke up at eight o'clock in the morning, grandma had already prepared breakfast for us. The neighbors also knew that we were leaving today, so they specially brought us complicated and sumptuous meals. When we left home, grandma just walked us to the door. I thought she would watch us leave, but when I looked back at the intersection, I found that the door of grandma's house was unexpectedly closed. Zhao Shuang also looked back, lowered his head silently, and quickened his pace.

"Why are you walking so fast? Don't your legs hurt?" I called after him, but he remained silent. I caught a glimpse of his reddish nose and eye sockets, which made me a little overwhelmed, so I deliberately slowed down my steps. fell behind him.

The courtyard door of my second aunt's house was ajar, and I heard the noise from far away. Zhao Shuang leaned gently against the door and looked at me. My hand that was about to open the door froze in mid-air. "The child's thousands." You're greedy for a dollar, but you're still not a man!" The second aunt's voice was sharp and penetrating.

"His uncle said that this money is a gift from their family. Why did it become Zhu Mo's business when it came to your mouth?" The second uncle yelled at the second aunt along with the sound of slamming the table.

"No matter what, the child came all the way back, and you still show off to others. The gift money that our brothers and sisters collected has not been used up, so just return Mo'er's share of the money. Ali has already remarried, so... We can't let outsiders laugh at us." The second aunt's tone became softer.

"Speaking of settling accounts, I want to settle accounts with you. Your mother has lived with us for so many years. Have I ever treated her badly? No! Why didn't your brother take your mother in when he moved to the city? In the past? Isn't it because he was afraid that your mother would quarrel with his wife every now and then, so he left the old lady here for just three melons and two dates? I don't want to talk about Zhu Mo's house. It's not easy for a child to lose his father since he was a child. Every time he comes back, it's You are generous." The second uncle paused and seemed to be drinking tea.

"But I only come back once every few years. When I come back, I'm like an uncle. We all have to hang around him. Your mother is obviously partial. Before she got sick this time, I saw her secretly packing things in the house. As a result, she was gone. I didn’t see anything left behind. I guess she gave it to Zhu Mo a long time ago. Where is our house? What did she leave for us? A few broken copper coins and a few broken jewelry. If she is not partial, why not take it? Our favor? We have taken care of her for so many years..."

When I heard this, I glanced at the rattan box in my hand unconsciously. Zhao Shuang patted the dirt on his shoulders while leaning against the door, glanced at me and walked straight to the road. I hurriedly followed, my heart was twisting and I felt an indescribable discomfort.

Zhao Shuang slowed down and waited for me to catch up. He put his hand on my shoulder and patted me, as if brushing away dust. He said softly: "When I get to the airport, I will send a message to your second aunt, saying that I didn't catch the bus and the plane was not available." I’m waiting for someone, so I have to leave first! Is that okay?”

I nodded, a little grateful to him, but there was no need to thank him.

The journey was smooth and we caught up with the car without any breakdown. We arrived at the departure lounge smoothly and after waiting for four hours, I bought two magazines. We looked through them dullly and had almost no communication. I had a lot of things I wanted to explain to him and a lot of questions I wanted to discuss with him, but when I got to the queue and boarded the plane, not a single word came out.

On the contrary, it was Zhao Shuang who hugged me before boarding the plane and whispered "Treasure" in my ear. I stared blankly at his retreating figure, feeling extremely melancholy.

My flight was delayed for nearly two hours, causing me to miss the airport bus and wasted a lot of time. It was already midnight when I got home. Maomao greeted me wildly and enthusiastically with tears in her eyes, and Jixiang also paced back and forth around me with a proud look on his face.

I put down my things and sat on the sofa quietly enjoying the feeling of going home. It was so good! I almost didn't come back. Maomao rested his chin on my thigh, hoping to get more comfort. I scratched the base of his ears with my fingers. There was a hard thing where Maomao put his chin and it hurt me. I straightened my legs. When I took it out, it turned out to be a jade lock. When I took out the jade lock, the red ribbon also brought out a note. I picked up the note and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile. It was the "You don't remember me" note.

Looking at the note, I suddenly felt an unprecedented loneliness and my nose was sore. Maomao poked me with his nose, I touched my face and said with a smile, "I'll give you a gift." I casually hung the jade lock around Maomao's neck. Maomao was very happy to get the gift. She jumped around the room and made various poses to make me laugh. Jixiang looked indifferent to this. I stuffed the note into the drawer of the coffee table, took Ji Xiang and rubbed it in my arms: "Your bad character reminds me of a person." Zhao Shuang immediately appeared in my mind and I couldn't help laughing.