At five or six o'clock in the morning, the island was already lively, with the sound of children playing and shouting in various dialects. Zeng Xiao woke up in this noise, first took his glasses from the bedside and put them on, took out the watch he took off to check the time, only to find that it was still very early.

He let out a long yawn, and wanted to continue sleeping, but suddenly he couldn't sleep again. There's no entertainment here, and the network signal is very poor, so I went to bed early last night. The bed board here is very hard, the bed is very narrow, and it is in a strange place, I thought I would not be able to sleep for a long time, but I didn't expect to have an unexpectedly good sleep.

The rain had stopped, and he remembered that he had to return to the city today, and his movements were a little sharper. I plan to take advantage of Mr. Zhou's failure to get up and go to the owner of the boat to set the time to return to the city, so as not to delay the next trip.

When I opened the door and went out, the sky was blue, and the sun had risen in the distance, with a faint dazzling golden light. The school was quiet, as if no one had gotten up yet.

Without making a sound, he slammed the door shut and went outside. Before he walked to the door, he saw Zhou Qi and Song Jianyi coming towards him, each of them carrying a red bucket in their hands, which contained something that I didn't know what it was, and it was still crawling on the wall of the bucket.

Zhou Qi wore a shirt, and the buttons on the cuffs were unbuttoned at will, revealing the well-proportioned lines of his arms. There was a lot of sand on the dark trousers and shoes.

He had never seen such a down-to-earth Mr. Zhou, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise. Then he reacted, and walked forward quickly to take the bucket in his hand.

"It's not heavy." Zhou Qi didn't let him mention it, and asked, "Why did you get up so early?" "It's only seven o'clock.

The approachable Mr. Zhou made Zeng Xiao extremely unaccustomed to it, and said a little uncomfortable: "I went to bed early last night, and I couldn't sleep." ”

Zhou Qi and Jian Yi stood together, and they were very harmonious. He even felt that he was a superfluous existence, more or less cramped. This feeling made him inexplicably a little weird.

Seeing that he had been standing, Zhou Qi's footsteps stopped. Jian Yi reached out and took the bucket in his hand and said, "I'll go make breakfast first, is it okay to eat seafood porridge?" This was asked to Zeng Xiao.

Zeng Xiao was a little flattered, nodded again and again, and said, "You can eat anything." Then he stammered, "I'll go out and have a look." Saying that, he left in a panic.

He walked far away, and he felt his heart pounding in his chest, as if something terrible had happened. He faintly felt that something was wrong with Mr. Zhou last night, and when Mr. Song took the bucket from him, he carefully found that there was a tacit understanding between the two, as if they had known each other for a long time. If it was really what he guessed, it was indeed a terrible thing to say.

He reached out and patted his chest, and walked briskly to the villager's house yesterday.

Waiting to return to school later, Jian Yi had already cooked the seafood porridge, and there was a cold salad and a stir-fried choy sum on the table. When he returned, he invited him to sit down, saying that he would be able to eat soon.

It's the weekend, and there are no classes at school, so it's quiet.

After breakfast, while Jian Yi was tidying up the dishes and chopsticks, he asked Zhou Qi for instructions, saying that the shipowner said that he could go back to the city at any time today, and asked them when they would go back.

The expression on Zhou Qi's face was faint, and he asked him to go back to the city first, and postponed all the next trips.

The assistant had guessed that he might stay here for a few more days, but he didn't expect him to let him cancel all the rest of the trip. He couldn't help but be stunned, and then answered yes. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Do you need to arrange when the boat will come to pick you up?" ”

The traffic here is inconvenient, so you have to make arrangements in advance to leave.

Zhou Qi said no, saying that he would call him when he went back.

This means that his return date is undecided. Zeng Xiao's heart was very worried, and he was anxious, he knew very well that if Zhou Qi didn't go back now, what he would face when he went back.

But he didn't dare to show it at all, so he respectfully responded and packed his simple luggage. Before leaving, he went to greet Jian Yi. She was surprised to learn that he was the only one who left alone and Zhou Qi stayed, Zeng Xiao explained very interestingly that Zhou always had to stay here to continue the investigation, and he had to rush back to arrange something in the city.

Jian Yi went to buy some shrimp and crab in the morning, originally wanting to take them with him. But he didn't go home directly, so he had to give up.

Zhou Qi seemed to really stay for investigation, and after Zeng Xiao left, he went out and said that he would go out for a walk. Even on weekends, there are a lot of things to do, and I hesitated to ask if I want her to help lead the way. He refused, saying that it was not a big place, and even if he got lost, he could come back from house to house.

Zhou Qi has been gone for a few hours, and he has not even returned for lunch. The people here are simple, and they can eat a meal anywhere, and Jian Yi is not worried that he will be starved and let her go.

But she didn't expect that when he came back, it was already evening, and he was still drunk, and he was sent back by the villagers.

His face was flushed, but he couldn't see how much drunkenness he had, and politely thanked him.

He smelled of alcohol, and he didn't know how much he had drunk. Jian Yi wondered in his heart and asked, "Why did you drink so much wine?" ”

Zhou Qi looked innocent and said: "I said that I was a friend of Teacher Song, and they all left me down to eat, and they also killed chickens and ducks, and then let me drink, I can't help but drink." ”

Jian Yi was actually worried that something would happen to him by exposing his identity, but now I'm more relieved to hear him say that. He took out the tea leaves from the jar next to him and made him a cup of strong tea.

Zhou Qi didn't know what he was thinking, so he said thank you after a while. Jian Yi didn't speak, and just wanted to ask him how long he planned to live, but the people on the side said slowly: "I asked today, and most of the residents don't want to leave the island. Some of them want to be developed here, and some of them are worried that if they are developed, they will damage the environment here. If it is developed, I will try to keep it as it is. ”

This was like some kind of promise, Jian Yi was silent and did not speak, only nodded.

No one spoke for a while, and the room was quiet. A few moths that flew from nowhere circled around the electric light, and after a while, Jian Yi asked lightly, "When do you plan to go back?" ”

Zhou Qi curled his fingers, knocked rhythmically on the table, and said, "Wait for Zeng Xiao to go back and arrange it." After he finished speaking, he looked at Jian Yi and asked, "Are you going back this year?" ”