Chapter 21 Don’t be afraid of being late for a good meal.

This game was lost in the end, but strangely, Qiu Xingci, who considered himself a slave, was not sad at all.

When he returned to the team room, the master apologized to him: "I'm sorry, I cost you a star."

"Forgive me, I will help you win it back."

In fact, Qiu Xingci never resented him at all. , he said in a sweet voice: "It's okay."

"Actually, I'm a little happy."

Qiu Xingci said a little embarrassed, "Thank you for standing up for me just now."

"You're welcome,"

Chi Chengye paused For a moment, he looked at a photo of a couple placed on the table.

In the photo, two teenage brothers wearing high school uniforms seemed to be holding each other's shoulders.

The man outside the photo looked at the former lover in the photo with restrained eyes, and his tone was extremely gentle: "I am your playmate, and this is what I should do."

He couldn't explain why, but Qiu Xingci was surprised when he heard this answer. So a little bit lost.

It's like, there's something missing.

But he couldn't tell for a while.

It wasn't until the new game started, when Qiu Xingci and his teammates were ranked and their teammates finished selecting heroes, that they saw a pair of close friends on the game loading page, did Qiu Xingci wake up.

He knew what was missing.

Although the intimacy between him and the great god is already very high, they have never had any intimate relationship until now.

Without an intimate relationship, the boundaries of their friendship are a bit blurred. Qiu Xingci feels that just a word like "game partner" is not enough to summarize the friendship between him and the great god.

Maybe after a while, he should take the initiative to add the title of close relationship with the great god.

For example, best friend, or best friend, brother.

Before he could figure out what to play, the game characters had already landed on the King's Continent, and the players were starting to prepare for battle.

Qiu Xingci concentrated on playing games.

That night, he pestered the master to play many games, as if he was obsessed and didn't want it to end.

He continued to play until he was forced to leave the team room by the system and found out that he had been banned by the health system. Qiu Xingci stopped with great regret.

He typed and told the master: "I have been suspended. I may be forced offline by the system later."

Chi Chengye asked him: "How long will the suspension be?"

Qiu Xingci: "Fifteen minutes."

Chi Chengye continued to ask: " Do you still want to play after the suspension is over? Do you need me to wait for you?"

Qiu Xingci looked at his question and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

"No, don't you have advanced mathematics homework tomorrow?"

Chi Chengye touched the tip of his nose a little uncomfortably. The advanced mathematics assignment was just an excuse for him to stop the emotional Qiu Xingci from continuing to cry and play games.

Qiu Xingci is having so much fun now, so naturally Chi Chengye doesn't mind continuing to play with him.

"It's okay. You can do your advanced math homework in the afternoon."

Qiu Xingci glanced at the time and found that it was already two in the morning.

He smiled and typed a reply: "I really can't continue."

Although he knew that if he said to continue playing, the master would continue to accompany him.

However, if we really continue to fight, we might have to stay up all night.

Although Qiu Xingci likes to play games, his own life is more important than playing games.

"Go to bed early, see you tomorrow, great master."

Chi Chengye smiled and replied, "Okay, see you tomorrow."

*

The winter morning was really cold.

Qiu Xingci also woke up a little early today.

He got up early and went to look for food. Not long after he left the community, he saw a stall making pancakes and fruits on the road.

The yellow eggs were slowly cooked on the thin freshly made pancakes. The boss quickly turned the pancakes over with a spatula and started adding lettuce, pickled radish cubes and a few slices of pancakes. It felt good just looking at it. eat.

Qiu Xingci smiled, and his sleepy eyebrows felt somewhat healed at the moment he saw the delicious food.

A gust of cold wind blew over, and the passers-by shrank their necks and let out a few breaths of white air as they spoke.

Qiu Xingci raised his black-gloved hands to his face, rubbed the tip of his nose that was slightly red from the cold, and walked towards the pancake stand.

There were originally six or seven people waiting in line. They probably felt cold, but a few left in the middle. Qiu Xingci took a look and felt that he should be in line soon. For those who don't like to line up, there is nothing better than this. What a wonderful thing.

When it was his turn next, the boss, who had been busy for a long time, raised his head and asked, "How much does it cost?"

Qiu Xingci glanced at the sign hanging on the dining cart. The original version with egg crisps only costs five yuan. Add something. Prices will increase.

Qiu Xingci was extravagant and said: "Seven yuan, add ham and chicken tenders, no spicy."

The boss nodded, and said with a tense face: "Okay, wait a moment."

As he spoke, he Quickly scoop out a spoonful of batter, place it on the small round stove and start spreading the pancakes.

Qiu Xingci silently scanned the code, paid, and then watched the boss making his portion of pancakes with expectant eyes.

Maybe it was because the distance was getting closer. When he was standing first in line, Qiu Xingci found that the boss was very strange.

He made pancakes and fruit, and rarely looked down at the pancakes. Most of the time, he looked around, looking around cautiously.

Qiu Xingci felt a little strange, and secretly had a guess in his heart that this, couldn't be the legendary undercover police uncle.

But the pancakes are so round and the batter is spread so evenly, it doesn’t look like it.

The next moment, I don’t know what I saw.

The boss quickly put down the spatula, strode across to the driver's seat of the trolley, and shouted: "The patrol is here, go first -"

Qiu Xingci still didn't react, and stood there: "Ah ?"

Seeing that the cart had moved some distance away from him, the pancake he paid for on the pan still exuded the aroma of freedom.

The boss looked at the car but not at the heat. Qiu Xingci was a little panicked: "Boss, my pancakes won't burn."

"Boss, if you leave, what will happen to my pancakes?"

In the strong wind, the boss shouted: " Follow me, hurry up—"

Qiu Xingci, who was in a hurry, was about to catch up quickly while wearing cotton shoes that were not very good for running.

Suddenly, this scene seemed familiar.

Familiar memories came to his mind, and Qiu Xingci suddenly stopped and looked at the boss of the pancake truck.

He smiled and said to the stall owner: "You go first, boss. I'll wait for you here." "If you can come later, give me the pancakes." "If you can't come back, give them to me tomorrow

.

I’ll spread out a pancake.”

The boss responded and said: "Okay."

"I will definitely come back."

The scenes in memory and reality overlapped at this moment.

In high school, because he didn't want to eat in the cafeteria, Qiu Xingci and a few friends walked through the back door of the school and climbed over the wall at noon. They went to a nearby snack street and ordered some pancakes from a multi-grain pancake stall.

Qiu Xingci said excitedly: "Boss, add fifty cents and put some more shredded potatoes for me."

Chi Chengye, who was following Qiu Xingci, said: "I want to add a pack of spicy strips."

The boss responded. , "Okay, wait a minute."

While I was happily waiting for the pancakes, someone shouted, "The city management is coming!"

In an instant, all the vendors on the street fled in all directions. Seeing the approaching city management, Qiu Xingci was stunned. A lot of urgency followed.

The boss pushed the cart and shouted: "Follow me!"

The teenagers at that time had little experience. The boss waved and they all followed.

After following for two blocks, the sports loser Qiu Xingci was out of breath, "Boss, I can't run anymore."

This kind of thing is not an ordinary excitement.

Even though Chi Chengye was two years younger than him, his physical fitness was not very good. Seeing that Qiu Xingci couldn't run, he turned around and took his hand and led him to continue running.

"Brother Ci, hold on."

"I, I just wanted to eat some pancakes. Why, I started running."

Don't see any acquaintances on this road.

Qiu Xingci thought to himself, if, if his teacher saw it, if his younger brothers saw it, what would he look like... He was

running, the pancake cart slowed down, Qiu Xingci looked at the pancakes in front of him, and turned to ask the boy next to him : "Xiaoye, if the pancakes are burnt, do you think the boss will make a new one? Burnt pancakes shouldn't taste good."

Chi Chengye had enough pocket money and didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, just change it if you don't want to." Buy a new one."

"Ah, I haven't run so fast for a long time. Why is it more tiring than the 800-meter physical test?" "When can I stop?"

At such a tense moment, Qiu Xingci was still thinking about some miscellaneous thoughts.

Maybe the sky heard his inner prayer, so the stall owner really stopped.

He got out of the car and looked back, and found that the urban management team had not come. He walked to the pot and continued to spread pancakes for Qiu Xingci and the others.

Use the spatula to turn over the sides and prepare to spread the sauce on the crisps.

"Boss, this is burnt." Qiu Xingci, who had a childish face and a bit of baby fat, stretched out his hand, pointed at the burnt place in the pancake, and warned anxiously.

Chi Chengye put his arm on his shoulders and helped him stand firm.

The boss looked at it and was not annoyed. He smiled cheerfully and said, "It's okay. I'll spread out another one for you. This one is for you."

After speaking, the boss neatly applied the sauce on it, cut it, and made this one a little mushy. Add some lettuce to the pancakes, roll them up and put them in a paper bag, and hand them to Qiu Xingci: "You eat it first, and the next one will be made quickly."

Qiu Xingci held the pancakes sent by the boss, feeling the panic and inner feeling of being suddenly forced to run wildly just now. The little bit of complaint disappeared instantly.

He thought the boss was quite nice, and he sighed inwardly, thinking: Hey, people are just trying to make a living, so it's not easy.

Holding the pancakes given by the boss, Qiu Xingci felt a little embarrassed: "Boss, you won't lose money by giving me pancakes, right? I might as well pay for the next pancake."

The boss waved his hand angrily: "No, no, just take your classmates to take care of my business in the future."

Qiu Xingci smiled: "Thank you, boss."

The delicious pancakes and fruit, the boss is honest, he will definitely come here often in the future.

Qiu Xingci held the bag, breathed slowly, and happily took a bite of the slightly burnt pancake.

He felt it was too much for one person to finish, so he wrapped it in paper and gave the other half to Chi Chengye.

The two played very well at that time. Qiu Xingci regarded Chi Chengye as a very reliable younger brother. They shared many toys and delicious foods with each other.

Chi Chengye took the pancakes handed over by Qiu Xingci naturally and took a delicious bite.

While the two brothers were eating pancakes, a food truck carrying barbecue suddenly drove past them.

The moment they passed each other, the owner of the barbecue stall turned to the owner of the pancake and fruit stall and said, "The patrol is here again!"

Qiu Xingci was startled and saw that the boss had skillfully put down half of the food he had spread. Batter, jumped in the car and drove forward again.

The boss's call came in the wind: "Follow me -"

Qiu Xingci was on the verge of crying, "No, ah, why are you here again?"

He couldn't run anymore, so he followed him with the unfinished pancakes. Behind Chi Chengye, he continued to run forward with his boss.

Turning around the alley and bypassing Huayuan Street where the road was being built, Qiu Xingci ran out in a hot sweat in the cold winter.

When he couldn't move his legs anymore, he could only tell the boss: "I can't do it anymore, I can't do it, boss, I can't run anymore."

The boss turned to look at him, but without stopping the car, he shouted from a distance: "You are here. Wait for me, I'll be back in a minute."

Qiu Xingci was panting and obeyed the boss's words to stop and wait on the spot.

Ten minutes later, he finished eating the pancakes in his hands, but the boss still hadn't come back.

Qiu Xingci was a little dumbfounded. He looked helplessly at Chi Chengye who was standing aside and asked, "What should we do? Should we continue to wait?"

Although Chi Chengye was two years younger than him at the time, he was still older than him. Be assertive and say directly: "Stop waiting, find a place to eat, and go back after eating. If you keep waiting here, the lunch break may be over soon."

Qiu Xingci listened to his words and ordered . nod.

But after a moment, he hesitated again, "What if this boss comes back?"

In his memory, the tall and thin young man sighed helplessly: "There is nothing we can do even if he comes back. We missed the time with him. That picture We can only give up for the time being."

"We finally went out to eat something delicious, but we still couldn't eat it," Qiu Xing said angrily, "God is really kidding us."

Chi Chengye advised him. Don't be too sad. You never know when the boss will come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Is it really possible?"

"It's very possible."

Qiu Xingci was a little coaxed.

Qiu Xingci didn't eat the pancake he bought that day, but on the next Friday, on their way home from school, they happened to see the boss pushing a tricycle to buy pancakes.

The boss was an honest man. After hearing what they said about yesterday's experience, he made up the pancakes for them without saying a word.

While making pancakes, the boss murmured: "Actually, when we run a small business, we always encounter situations like this."

"If you see me next time, don't be afraid. Just wait where you are. I will definitely give you food when you come back. " , If I can't come back, I will definitely make up for it the next day."

Chi Chengye helped Qiu Xingci hold his schoolbag and teased him with a smile: "I said I might still be able to eat, it should be your meal. It’s your meal, don’t be afraid of being late for a good meal..."

Qiu Xingci bit into the pancake and said vaguely: "Shut your mouth."

*

Last time, Qiu Xingci only ate the multi-grain pancake he bought with money the next day.

This time, Qiu Xingci stood there and waited for half an hour before his boss drove back.

I don’t know where the boss spread out the pancakes. They looked very thin and crispy and looked very good.

Qiu Xingci breathed a sigh of relief, took the pancake and smiled at the boss, giving a thumbs up: "Boss, you are very honest in doing business."

The boss smiled, "That is, our small business, integrity For Ben, it’s your meal, I’ll definitely give it to you. It’s just a little late. I’m sorry.”

Qiu Xingci took a bite of the pancake, waved his hand casually, and said casually, “It’s okay. It’s okay to be late for a good meal .” Well."

After saying this, his heart was shaken and he felt an indescribable feeling.

The younger brother and lover who used to accompany him with a smile behind him is no longer around, but he still remembers what he once said.

He actually repeated what the other party said just now without realizing it. Really, it's a bit ridiculous.

Maybe there was too much sauce in the pancakes. Qiu Xingci felt that the back of his tongue was salty and bitter.