It was not good to sleep too late in someone else's house, and Shang Mingbao got up in the alarm clock at seven o'clock with his iron will.

The first thing she saw when she got up was to look at the evening primrose. Wildflowers have the beauty of wildflowers, and their natural stretch is more interesting than those neatly cultivated varieties. She picked up the amphora and walked to the window, looking over and over at the morning light.

Although I added water, it still wilted.

Fang Suining was strictly forbidden to discuss this matter with Shang Mingbao, so he had to tease a few words with an exaggerated expression, this flower is beautiful. Shang Mingbao didn't know anything about her subtext, but at breakfast, he suddenly said, "Your uncle looks quite young." ”

Fang Suining peeled the white water eggs and said amazingly: "Yes, otherwise how can you deceive people into getting married for the second time?" ”

"Huh?" Shang Mingbao was taken aback.

Although Fang Suining didn't have the consciousness that her family ugliness should not be publicized, when she thought that this was her brother's private matter, she stopped talking and only said: "All in all, others are not very good, why are you so curious about him?" ”

Shang Mingbao was about to speak, but there were two coughing sounds outside the restaurant. This was the alarm issued by the assistant, Fang Suining comprehended, and hit Shang Mingbao with his elbow. The two of them hurriedly sat up straight, and after a while, on the terrazzo floor under the lintel, the shadow of Lianqiao was indeed handed in.

It was already nine o'clock, and Xiang Lianqiao asked the assistant: "Have you had breakfast?" ”

"After eating, I went out again."

"Out again?" Fang Suining and Xiang Lianqiao's voices sounded together.

Both of them thought that he was out in the field to collect specimens again, but in fact, Xiang Feiran drove to the city.

Xiang Lianqiao's life after retirement is very simple, a Hongqi car on behalf of all the steps, Xiang Feiran asked the driver, knowing that there is no plan to get out of the car today, so he drove it down the mountain.

Because of the identity of the owner, the black car is more upright and solemn than ordinary cars, without any decorations, and even the fragrance and smell are soothing and regular, with the only two exceptions, one is that the young man who drove it is too young, and the other is the long-eared stuffed rabbit in the passenger seat...... Too powdery.

No way, I took a closer look under the light last night, and the stains rubbed in by the wet mud were not easy to clean, so I could only take it to a professional dry cleaner to see.

He parked the car on the side of the street, turned to the passenger side, and leaned over to unbuckle the stuffed rabbit.

The glass doors of the dry cleaners are clean and transparent, reflecting the casual appearance of a man in a black T holding a pink doll in one hand and a pocket in the other.

This dry cleaner is a high score on a review site and is located next to a wealthy area. When I ask about the price, it is indeed very touching.

"If you want to get it today, you need to add an additional two hundred, and the basic members will get a 9% discount." After the clerk finished speaking, he noticed that the man opposite frowned.

But this is obviously something that the little girl is holding and sleeping, and since she has been brought from Hong Kong without too much trouble, she must be very dependent on it.

Xiang Feiran sighed subtly and scanned the code to pay.

"Do you want to be a member? Charge 20,000 and get 75% off. The clerk smiled sweetly, but was horrified as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I can't afford it."

The clerk inexplicably insisted that he could afford it, and actively lobbied: "10,000 is okay, I will give you 75% off." ”

Xiang Feiran didn't reply to her, and fell into deep thought for the "327" in the balance of the WeChat account. After two seconds, he whispered "Wait a minute" and dialed a call.

"Hey."

"Where did you say there was a shortage of people that day?"

The two sides were at a stagnation for more than ten seconds on whether the salary would be 200 or 300 a night, and finally negotiated on 260. Before hanging up the phone, Xiang Feiran calmly added: "Remember to take care of supper." ”

The clerk who listened to the whole process: "......"

The store was as quiet as if someone had just died, and Xiang Feiran bowed slightly: "Come and get it in the afternoon, I won't be with you." ”

It takes four hours to clean and dry, so he agreed to pick it up at 2 p.m. and drove to the herbarium of the Institute of Botany. The herbarium is closed to the public, but you can register to enter with your student ID. Entering the museum, he looked at gentian specimens for hours and corrected six erroneous identifications.

When the herbarium teacher came back from lunch and saw him, he naturally came over to say hello: "The new species you sent in the last phytokey issue is very beautiful." ”

Phytokey is a SCI zone 3, which is very suitable for the publication of new species. Xiang Feiran posted a new species of the genus poppy here when he was a sophomore. In his words, the publication of a new species is a "notionary" academic achievement for botany, but his paper is perfectly presented from morphological identification to gene sequencing and phylogenetic tree, far exceeding the academic ability of a sophomore.

Because of this, he was kidnapped to the research group of Professor Zhou Yingshu, a giant in domestic plant taxonomy. At first, the whole department was very envious, but then it didn't, especially when he knew that other master's and doctoral students had subsidies but he didn't.

The teacher of the herbarium saw that he had changed Professor Zhou's appraisal again, and said with a smile: "Professor Zhou will also come over in the afternoon, and your master and apprentice have made an appointment?" ”

In the empty room, the air seemed to freeze for a second, Xiang Feiran put down the pen, closed the specimen book, pushed away the chair and got up, and said expressionlessly: "I'll go first." ”

As the third largest herbarium in the country, it is home to millions of specimens, including a large number of specimens that have been misidentified due to age, technology, or other reasons. Theoretically, any borrower has the right to correct mistakes and write new results – as long as you're confident and professional.

Xiang Feiran has easily changed hundreds of copies, of which more than 30 copies of good death are from Zhou Yingshu's hands. This is actually quite normal, because Zhou Yingshu is a researcher of bamboo taxa, and is not very good at morphological identification of all families and genera. The bad is bad one day, Xiang Feiran sighed deeply while correcting it, and said, the master is unlucky.

Quietly standing behind him for a long time, he taught Professor Zhou himself: "......"

Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, people can't be planted in the same place twice, Xiang Feiran raised his hand in the laughter of the herbarium teacher, and walked without looking back.

Back at the dry cleaners, the plush toy has been refreshed and covered with a clear plastic film bag.

The clerk delicately tied the pink bow and smiled, "I washed it for my girlfriend, right?" It's a little cute—the bow is free. ”

Xiang Feiran picked up the doll, and it was rare to spit out two words in his mouth, which had always cherished words like gold: "No." ”

Not to mention that he didn't remember the child's name, he didn't even see her face in the dark last night, only remembered her panic under the flashlight. What's more, she is Fang Suining's classmate, Fang Suining has no gender, and her classmate has no gender if rounded.

The same words were also taken out and joked about when they arrived at the band's rehearsal room.

The people who play the band are poor, they can't afford to rent high-end places, and they are afraid of disturbing the people in dilapidated residential buildings, so they find a bungalow warehouse in that old-fashioned community as a rehearsal room. The 30-square-meter large bay is full of wires, musical instruments, ashtrays and instant noodle boxes.

When Xiang Feiran arrived, the lead singer was leaning against the door frame and smoking. With sharp eyes, he glanced at the rabbit from the windshield, bit the cigarette and laughed vaguely: "Yo, the eldest young master is in love?" ”

The two have known each other since childhood, and Xiang Feiran was too lazy to talk, and whispered: "Get out." ”

The poor band has changed its members like a rag, and has recently added new members, and they haven't met yet. While everyone was together, the lead singer turned around and shouted into the door: "Come out to pick up guests!" ”

After a while, two quails came out that were even more languishing. One of them, Xiang Feiran, is a guitarist and the lead singer's cousin. The bassist is a new recruit.

The lead singer tilted his thumb and made an introduction. When talking about Xiang Lianqiao's identity and position, the bassist's face changed obviously: "Hit the street, how can you play a band with our three fucking mourners?" ”

The lead singer and guitarist both laughed wildly, Xiang Feiran took the cigarette handed over by the other party, and hooked his lips: "He's joking." ”

The bassist thought about it, what kind of broken band, want the grandson of the diplomatic ambassador to play it himself? Immediately believed.

In fact, several of them are students, and they earn some extra money by performing in residence, and Xiang Feiran is usually very busy with projects, so he retired from the official members of the band and can be regarded as supernumerary.

Their songs are handwritten by guitarists, and they always boast of being the jewels of the Rolling Stones, but they are actually complained about by bar patrons as soon as they sing them. Half a month ago, the lead singer had a brain twitch, and he got on the bar with the customer, singing two original songs in a row, and was pulled out of the plug. The lead singer and the beauty said, "Yoyo what's up, then let's have an unplugged show-"

was thrown out with a bag.

Xiang Feiran brought a new commercial performance invitation, and the remaining three were grateful and proud, and agreed to perform three days a week for three hours each time from next week.

"Where do you live?" The lead singer leaned over to light a cigarette for him and asked, "What's the matter, or is it the same?" ”

It is somewhat inconvenient to live in the mountains, and there is no application for accommodation at the school, so when there is a performance during the holidays, Xiang Feiran will lay on the floor in the rehearsal room.

After receiving an affirmative reply, the three of them went up with their consciences, cleaned up the smoky rehearsal room, threw away the cigarette ash wine bottle and instant noodle box, and sprayed a pound of air freshener that could smoke the camel to death.

It was still early to finish everything, and a few people went to the billiards room to open a table. The lead singer sat on a high chair with a pole, waiting for the kick-off, while holding a cigarette and asking the pink rabbit: "Is it successful?" Or are you chasing? ”

The billiard room was smoky and noisy, Xiang Feiran leaned down, aimed his club head at the white ball, and said casually in the crisp sound of hitting the ball: "Suining, I don't remember the name too much." ”

The lead singer served: "You didn't remember that you ran errands for people?" ”

Xiang Feiran was annoyed by him: "Okay, she's a man." ”

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When the top ten young people smoked five cigarettes in the billiards room and made 2,000 gambling money, Shang Mingbao and Fang Suining obediently looked for an afternoon of topics.

The summer camp needs to submit a project report, there is no specific regulation, and the students submit the topic by themselves. To put it bluntly, it's just a way to let them play on their own.

The two of them were imaginative, one moment talking about studying the fan circle, and the other time talking about comparing the pop culture of teenagers in Xiangjiang and Hong Kong, looking for it, and they both felt very boring.

Fang Suining stood up: "Why don't you let Brother Feiran take us to press specimens and recognize plants?" He leaned back on the table: "Forget it, the dog won't take care of me." ”

He also threatened her in the morning that the evening primrose was on her head, because Shang Mingbao was her guest! Outrageous!

"What did he learn, so he knew about plants?" Shang Mingbao asked, a strange thought passing through his heart. That person last night, it seems that he was also studying flowers and plants?

"He studied biology, but his interest was in botany." Fang Suining said casually: "His father, that is, my uncle, is also a student of biology, and he is still a doctor of Tsinghua University." ”

The two of them had nothing to do, and they spent time until dinner time.

Xiang Lianqiao asked the two of them about their project plans, and Fang Suining asked with a shy face: "Grandpa, why don't you talk to Brother Feiran and let him take us." ”

Xiang Lianqiao saw through her trick early and remained motionless: "This is the last big thing in your own summer vacation, you should figure it out by yourself." ”

Fang Suining pouted. Xiang Lianqiao turned to Shang Mingbao again, and his words were very subtle: "If you do plant projects, maybe you have to climb the mountain, can you eat it?" ”

There was always an elegant smile on his face, but the majesty of the years revealed from his aura, and Shang Mingbao was a little restrained in the face of him. Xiang Lianqiao picked up his crutches: "When you finish your meal, come to me in the study, I have something to tell you." ”

Xiang Lianqiao's study is on the third floor, which is not particularly large, but the atmosphere is heavy, and there are obvious traces of reading in the thousands of books, and the words printed on the spine are varied.

When Shang Mingbao entered, he was writing the foreword to the student's monograph, the lid of the blue inkwell was open, and a simple hero pen was placed on the underlined book.

"Your grandfather called me." Xiang Lianqiao didn't say much to him, and said straight to the point, "I know you have a bad heart, you want to come over, in fact, your grandfather and parents are very worried." ”

Shang Mingbao didn't expect this layer. After thinking about it, grandpa has traveled extensively, and Xiang Lianqiao is a university professor, so it is normal for the two to intersect.

She immediately understood the question at the dinner table just now: "Are you worried that my body can't bear it?" No, as long as you don't exercise vigorously. ”

"I don't think you usually take any medicine?"

"I will take some coenzymes, and some drugs have obvious side effects, so I didn't take them deliberately." Shang Mingbao answered all the questions and said proudly: "I have only had two seizures this year." ”

Xiang Lianqiao was amused by her: "Do you know why your mother asked you to come?" ”

Shang Mingbao nodded: "Heart disease is not my tower, she doesn't want me to be Rapunzel." ”

She behaved strongly, well-behaved and optimistic, and Xiang Lianqiao's gaze unconsciously softened: "You are very smart. So tell me, what do you want to do the most of the things you mentioned at the table? ”

Shang Mingbao is actually not very interested in anything, and the threshold for happiness and curiosity in her world is too high. How can a girl who has been standing on the top of the world since she was born looking at the scenery become interested in everything that is everyday and looks down?

Everything here, she's seen better.

But in order to fulfill Fang Suining's wish, Shang Mingbao still said: "Botany." ”

Xiang Lianqiao laughed: "Fei Ran has a big idea, I may not be able to invite him, and he doesn't talk much, and his patience with plants is better than with people, I'm afraid you will be bored." ”

"It's okay." Shang Mingbao replied, thinking that I was also very squeamish, maybe he would be annoyed to death by me before he was bored.

When Xiang Feiran returned home at nine o'clock in the evening, Xiang Lianqiao had been waiting for the rabbit in the herbarium for a long time.

He came forward in person, and it stands to reason that he should have succeeded immediately, but he only got two words from Xiang Feiran: "Don't bring." ”

Xiang Lianqiao showed an old face: "Grandpa's request is so unworthy of your consideration?" ”

Xiang Feiran wrote a label on the table paper, and his eyelids did not raise at all: "I'm very busy, I can't wait." ”

The former diplomatic ambassador, who was known for being good at negotiation and mediation, and who spoke without leaks, ran into a nose and walked away.

After he left, Xiang Feiran called Aunt Lan and asked her to put the doll back in the guest's bedroom and keep quiet. Aunt Lan didn't speak on the surface, but she talked a lot in her heart, which was unified into a line of swiping the screen: Ah???

The lights in the herbarium were unsurprisingly on until the second half of the night.

Xiang Feiran didn't lie, he was really busy. The collection was cool for a while, and the crematorium was night and night, and this time I went out for a week, and a total of more than 500 specimens were collected, and it was pressed until three o'clock in the middle of the night every day.

It's just that I didn't expect to see this guest again when I came out to smoke a cigarette.

Shang Mingbao came to find evening primrose. She made a careful observation during the day, and found many buds that were about to bloom, and the flowering should be tonight. I can't sleep left and right, so I don't go downstairs to see the flowers.

Xiang Feiran stood under the porch without saying a word, and after taking a few puffs, he twisted the remaining half of the cigarette and walked towards the evening primrose.

"Can't sleep?"

Shang Mingbao was excited, and under the moon-white nightdress, his body shook like a kitten. Turning her head, Xiang Feiran stood a few steps away from her with her hands in his trouser pockets.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning, the moon was empty, and Shang Mingbao's "uncle" who had not exited and his breathing stopped together.

He really has a face that is not very peaceful, the eyebrows are three-dimensional, his eyes are obviously indifferent, but there is an inconquerable rebelliousness between his eyebrows, wearing a light gray hooded sweatshirt, loose style, and looks terribly young.

Shang Mingbao was very confused from his eyes to his heart. Last night could still be said to be due to the dark light, but today's moonlight is much brighter, he is indeed so young, but he is really an elder. Could it be that they are old enough to have a son?

"Uncle......" her lips opened.

"Excuse me." Xiang Feiran immediately asked her to stop.

He finally noticed her appearance and asked, "Are you younger than Sui Ning?" ”

Sure enough, it's a question that the elders will ask......

Shang Mingbao pulled the cuffs of the long-sleeved nightdress through his palm and replied to the elders: "One year younger than Sui Ning." ”

Xiang Feiran was still standing in place, and his tone was very light: "I don't sleep so late, homesick?" ”

Homesickness is a trivial matter, after all, he is no longer a child, and it will be embarrassing to say it. But when asked by the other party, Shang Mingbao suddenly felt sour.

She let out a "hmm", very soft, very short.

Xiang Feiran was a little surprised: "I thought that if I returned that doll to you, you should be able to sleep better." ”

Shang Mingbao was also surprised, and his eyes lit up happily: "Give it back to me?" When? Where is it? ”

"Let Aunt Lan put you in your room, didn't you see it?"

Shang Mingbao understood: "I followed Ning Sleep and didn't go over there." ”

'Then I know now," Xiang Feiran raised his chin as if to order, "Can you go back to sleep?" ”

His expression is always very light when he speaks, and there is no other emotion in his eyes, which makes people unsure of his attitude.

Is it impatience or impatience? Probably still a little more impatient.

Shang Mingbao is very knowledgeable, and he also knows how to pretend to be obedient in front of the elders, so he said "oh" slowly: "Then I'll go......"

She walked a few steps slowly, and after making sure that he would not stop her, her heart that had been paying attention fell, and the arm that had been tugging at her cuffs also drooped.

Unbeknownst to him, in the cool and heavy night fog, there would suddenly be a steady sentence in his voice, "Wait." ”