Xiangyang's mouth twitched. "Really? Hello, uncles."

"Huh?" someone wondered. "Why do I feel like it's a boy on the other end of the phone?"

"It sounds like a boy to me too!"

Xiangyang felt that Qin Gang's joke was really nasty, and he really didn't know what to say to him.

It seems that Qin Gang has driven away the people over there, leaving only Qin Gang and the sound of the wind in the distance.

Qin Gang: "I'll go back in a few days."

Xiangyang: "...What did you go back to your hometown for?"

Qin Gang: "Let me talk to you when I get back. You can hang up now."

Xiangyang didn't want to interfere too much, so he simply hung up the phone.

As soon as Xiangyang came out of the bathroom, he saw three heads sticking out of the curtains.

Xiangyang: "What are you doing?"

Zhang Yu, using the bathroom light, glanced subtly at Xiang Yang's smooth, evenly curved legs, and then looked hesitant to speak.

Xiang Yang is straight, Zhang Yu knows that.

Can……

Wang Xin: "Why do you treat your 'father' like he's your grandson?"

"Huh?" Xiangyang didn't think much of it. "He wasn't answering the phone, so I got a little anxious."

Knowing that Qin Gang would be back soon, Xiang Yang was no longer in a hurry, and stopped thinking about sending him messages all day long, just like on a mission.

On the other side.

Qin Gang, who had not received any news from Xiang Yang for four consecutive days, drank with others while feeling depressed.

"If Brother Qin says let's do it, then we'll definitely follow suit!" A drunk man slammed his fist on the table and rallied the crowd.

"That's right! That's right!" a group of people echoed.

But Qin Gang just stared at his phone and didn't give any reaction.

A man nudged Zhu Erliang with his elbow and asked him, "Erliang, what's wrong with Brother Qin?"

Zhu Erliang ate peanuts, feeling depressed. "I don't know. Brother Qin doesn't have any girlfriends in City A."

Another person leaned over, "What about the one from yesterday?"

“Isn’t that a boy?” someone said.

"That's true..."

Qin Gang answered a phone call and went outside.

They said there was a project that was neither too big nor too small, and asked if he wanted to take it on.

Qin Gang lit a cigarette, puffing out smoke, "How big?"

"Ten million, including labor and materials, affiliated with a construction company, I'll easily get over three million in hand, how about it?"

Qin Gang: "Where is it? I won't go anywhere too far."

After a couple of jokes, he became serious. "Don't worry, it's not far from that run-down house you bought when you came to City A. You can go home and sleep anytime, how about that?"

Qin Gang answered.

Then another voice came from the other end: "It's at A University, a densely populated area, mostly with students. If something happens there, it could be a huge problem. Just be extra careful."

Qin Gang paused, "University A?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" (over there)

Zhu Erliang followed him out and asked, "Brother Qin, what's wrong?"

Qin Gang: "I'll book tickets for everyone. We're leaving tomorrow."

Zhu Erliang hadn't expected such a rush, "...Okay!"

Qin Gang stared at the empty chat box, hesitated for a long time, and typed "Have you eaten?" Then he opened the emoji pack, which he had never opened before, and spent a long time choosing from the various little yellow faces.

Xiangyang looked at the "typing is in progress" message and waited for his message.

Five minutes later, Xiangyang couldn't wait any longer and sent him a message: Is there something that's so hard for you to say?

When Qin Gang saw his message, he accidentally sent his own message to him instead.

Xiangyang looked at the question "Have you eaten?" and the little yellow face emoji with its wide-eyed, deathly smile: "..."

Then, Qin Gang withdrew the message.

Xiangyang: ...When are you coming back?

Qin Gang: In a couple of days.

"Okay!" Xiangyang sent him a voice message, "Do you want to come to our school sometime? I'll treat you to a meal in the cafeteria."

Qin Gang: Okay.

Xiangyang sent him another message: "You're fucking aloof!"

After sending it, Xiangyang quickly withdrew it.

Qin Gang didn't have time to open it before it was gone, so he asked him: What did you just send?

Xiangyang: "Huh? It's nothing, Uncle Qin, let's make a video call."

There was no further movement from that side.

After about half a minute, Xiangyang was completely exasperated. "No fighting, no fighting, fine, don't fight then. Seriously, it's been so long since we last met, don't you miss me?"

Qin Gang turned on the voice message.

Just then, Zhu Erliang came over with a bowl of instant noodles and happened to hear this.

Qin Gang held his phone in both hands, staring at the screen for a long time before lying down on the bed. His tall frame filled the small, hard berth of the green train.

Then, Zhu Erliang was horrified to see Qin Gang lying there, holding his phone, and chuckling foolishly.

Zhu Erliang: "..."

Zhu Erliang, carrying two buckets of instant noodles, was so frightened that he almost dared not go in. After hesitating for a long time, he finally sat down and said, "Qin, Brother Qin, your instant noodles."

Qin Gang kept editing the message.

One word: I want to.

I kept cutting and rewriting, but I was still not satisfied.

Two or three minutes had already passed, and just when Zhu Erliang thought he would never get a reply, Qin Gang didn't even glance at him and said, "Just put it there for now."

"Huh?" Zhu Erliang was caught off guard. "Oh! Oh!"

After putting it down, Zhu Liang walked away, turning back every few steps.

After returning to his private room, he started telling people, "Brother Qin is really acting a bit strange."

"Are they dating?"

I think so!

"This should have been discussed a long time ago. How old is Brother Qin this year? He'll be thirty in a couple of years. If he doesn't start talking about it soon, he'll be a bachelor forever! People in the village will laugh at him for it!"

"Oh dear, things are different in the city than in our hometown. People don't get married as early as you used to."

"We need to hurry!"

"..."

On the other side.

Xiangyang had been waiting for two or three minutes, and seeing the "typing..." message appearing and disappearing on his phone was incredibly frustrating.

With someone like Qin Gang, who would want to date him in the future?

"Uncle Qin," Xiang Yang paused, softened his voice, and continued, "please come back soon."

Qin Gang listened to it repeatedly.

One bucket of noodles had been soaked to the point of being enough for two buckets, but Qin Gang hadn't eaten a single bite.

Xiangyang felt that chatting with him was pointless, so he stopped talking to him.

The next morning, Xiangyang picked up his phone and saw a message from Qin Gang.

It was sent at 1:44 AM with the message: "Are you asleep?"

Xiangyang remained silent and replied to him: "You're awake."

Qin Gang replied quite quickly this time, but it was only one word: "Hmm".

Xiangyang wondered what he meant by "hmm".

Xiangyang quickly sent him another message: Uncle Qin, you woke up so early?

They're not replying anymore.

Xiangyang ignored it and got up to go to class.