Several girls were curious and glanced at it. The wooden sign was only half the width and size of the thumb, strangely shaped, and the edges were a bit rough.
They were speechless, “Just this thing costs 20 yuan?”
Qi Feng didn’t explain much. After a few people were on the road again, Ling Ke said strangely, “I didn’t seem to see such a custom thing in the woodcarving hall just now. ”
Qi Feng smiled and asked him, “Do you remember that there was a pile of scrap wood carved down under the old man’s workbench?”
Ling Ke: “You went in and picked it up?”
Qi Feng did not deny: “En, I asked the old man if he wanted it, but he said he didn’t want it, so I picked up a piece and asked him to process it into a small brand. He didn’t ask me for money at first, but when he gave the brand to me, he said I had a splendid vision, because I picked up a piece of red sandalwood. He also said that this piece of wood was cut off when he carved a Maitreya Buddha a few days ago. The Maitreya Buddha was bought the day after the carving.”
Ling Ke: “…”
Qi Feng: “I only wanted to give him 10 yuan for the manual fee initially. But when I heard that this thing fell from the Maitreya Buddha, I suddenly thought of what a master monk said to me when I went to a temple. He said, the rain does not water rootless trees, the magical art only spreads to the destined, I felt it in my heart, since I was so predestined, I couldn’t be insincere, so I shook my hand and gave him 20 yuan.” At this point, Qi Feng seemed to feel a little stupid.
This was not usual. It didn’t matter if he had money and gave away 200 yuan. But now, he only had 20 yuan. For the so-called “sincerity”, he gave it all on impulse. It seemed to be stupid.
Ling Ke was also a little bit dumbfounded, but his true temperament made him feel commendable. After all, Qi Feng didn’t give all the fare for the return ticket, which showed that his impulse was still within the scope of reason.
Ling Ke looked down at the small wooden brand in his hand, and said, “Unfortunately, you only carved my game name. I guess I can only show the power of the Buddha when I play Dota.”
Qi Feng “puff-ed” a smile, and said helplessly, “I didn’t know that this piece of wood was so meaningful at the time. I just thought that the English letters might be easier to carve. If I knew it, I would let the old man carve your real name.”
“Forget it, the name is just a symbol. But the gift itself… I like it very much,” Ling Ke treasured the wooden block into his trouser pocket, bloomed out a smile, and said, “Thank you.”
Qi Feng raised his hand and touched his neck. The corners of his mouth were raised involuntarily.
The two of them had a good time, and they were stupid again when they had lunch at noon.
The girls didn’t know that Qi Feng drew the money out completely. They chose a serious fast food restaurant, ordered a set meal of about 20 yuan each, and went in to occupy a seat for them.
When the food came, they realized that Qi Feng and Ling Ke only ordered one meal, and it was the cheapest set of meal.
“What’s going on?” Zhang Wenqin asked strangely, “You two eat together?”
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Ling Ke took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder and handed it to Qi Feng. Without helping him to cover up, he said directly, “He has no money to eat.”
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After all, he and Ling Ke could share the bite with each other this way hehe…
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After dinner, the six people returned to the school by train. On the night of their return, Qi Feng took Ling Ke to a restaurant and ordered seven or eight dishes to make up for the hunger that they had a day and a half before.
Because everyone abided by the rules and restrict funds, everyone was “impressed” by this trip…
Afterward, the girls quietly asked the dormitory 207’s members about the feeling of traveling with the school grass and the department grass, and teased them whether it was great to be “spoofed” by the two handsome boys at the same time.
In response, the four people in the dormitory 207 who ate enough dog food collectively showed indifferent faces, saying that they would never want to go out with these two dog-food-spreading men again next time!
In the following week, several people struck the iron while it was still hot and worked together to finish the interview report. This time, the homework was considered a successful conclusion.
…
The weather was getting colder, Qi Feng and Ling Ke went home each weekend to add winter clothes.
Xie Qibao was envious of the behavior of local students who could go home when they wanted to go home. He couldn’t help complaining when he called his mother at night.
As a result, a few days later, Xie Qibao’s mother sent him five warm long trousers, plus a lot of specialties.
Xie Qibao enthusiastically shared it in the dormitory. The four of them ate while chatting about Christmas plans without a word.
Christmas was originally a Western holiday, but it had become popular in China in recent years.
Being taken out of religious colors and not having to fulfill the obligations of traditional festivals, this festival had become a great opportunity for young people to pick up the time for activities and dinner parties.
Near the end of December, many New Year’s Day activities tied up with Christmas had been hung up all over the F Campus, including New Year’s musicals, comic shows, campus cosplay shows, etc., which would be held by various clubs.
Ling Ke’s piano club would also hold a concert in the school’s small auditorium on Christmas Eve, when Ling Ke would come on stage to play a Christmas carol.
The small auditorium could only accommodate less than two hundred people, so the concerts were small, and club activities generally charged a small portion of the viewing fee for funding. Because they used the name “Ling Ke” during the promotion, many people who knew him through the welcome party decided to come and join him.
As a starring member, Ling Ke received a few free internal tickets that could be given to friends or classmates. Just when Xie Qibao asked, Ling Ke gave two tickets to him and Gao Junfei.
“Huh, will Brother Qi listen to it?” Xie Qibao asked strangely.
“Our Pop Music Club also had activities that night…” Qi Feng looked regretful.
Xie Qibao: “Pop Music Club? Where is it?”
Qi Feng: “It’s the club I joined. It was originally called the ‘Pop Music Research Society’. I thought it was about doing research. But after I joined, I learned that everyone usually sings and records songs together. Writing songs or something by yourself is the so-called ‘research’… When I heard it at first I really thought it was about something playful…”
Gao Junfei smiled: “What kind of research can an ordinary university club do? I thought you were just going to sing ne.”
Xie Qibao curiously asked, “Then what activities do your song clubs do for Christmas?”
Gao Junfei rushed to answer, “F Campus’s annual Top Ten Singer Contest is organized by their club and student union, don’t you know?”
Xie Qibao was excited, “Yeahh! Top ten singers!”
Gao Junfei said, “I remember when my brother was still in school the year before, Liang Ruixi was also participated in one session and won the third place.”
Qi Feng nodded. He had heard about this. Since the last welcome party, he had added Liang Ruixi’s WeChat account and had also contacted privately.
“Christmas is generally a final?” Gao Junfei glanced at Qi Feng and asked, “Are you selected?”
“Yes,” Qi Feng scratched his head, “but I haven’t decided which song to sing…”
Xie Qibao was excited at once, “I want to listen!” But he was still holding the ticket Ling Ke gave him, and he was a bit tangled for a while.
Ling Ke laughed, “If you want to listen to Qi Feng sing, don’t worry about our concert. I have no acquaintance to send the tickets except for you and Gao Junfei.”
Xie Qibao was relieved and said, “Okay. If I can’t make it, I’ll give it to other classmates, otherwise, it’s a waste.”
Ling Ke: “It’s up to you.”
However, Xie Qibao thought to himself that Ling Ke and Qi Feng had such a good relationship, and they happened to have each other this evening. During the performance, Qi Feng couldn’t hear Ling Ke playing the piano, and Ling Ke couldn’t hear Qi Feng singing. Wouldn’t it be a pity?
—It’s really a shame.
Because Ling Ke knew that Qi Feng joined this kind of club for a long time, when he was free before, he had also played with Qi Feng and heard him sing more than once.
Before Christmas’s Top Ten Singer Contest on campus, the pop club had selected ten contestants through several selections.
When the two of them were in the past, Qi Feng always hummed softly involuntarily, and occasionally came up with excitement as he had to pull Ling Ke to concentrate on listening to him singing.
On another occasion, when the two of them were walking in the playground after dinner, Qi Feng, a lunatic, suddenly climbed onto the audience stage and sang to Ling Ke, a guy who was always unruffled by sentiment, and it surprisingly made him dazed…
And what Qi Feng sang was not “A Big River with Wide Waves” or “Five-star Red Flag Fluttering with the Wind”, but all kinds of love songs.
What “I love you more and more, every look touches my heart”, “I want to think about it, I want to be with you”, “I want to marry you tomorrow, I want to marry you”…
The first time he heard it, Ling Ke’s heart almost jumped out of his chest; the second time, his scalp was numb and his body got goosebumps; the third time, the fourth time… Now, he could hear the calluses of his ears, completely numb.
Yes, even though Qi Feng was so affectionate every time he sang that Ling Ke almost doubted the other party’s sexuality, he would still not take it seriously. After all, this kind of bad street love song that Qi Feng sang was not for him, but for the game.
Qi Feng certainly didn’t know that his unintentional actions had already tortured Ling Ke, who was in secret love, to death…
For the singing contest on Christmas Eve, it happened that Ling Ke did not need to go to club activities, otherwise, he would not be able to stand the thought of the song that Qi Feng sang to himself at the beginning to so many audiences.
【Mini but magnificent interlude】
Qi Feng: “I love you more and more, every look touches my heart…” (《forever love》- by Wang Lihong)
Qi Feng: “I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to; I want to, I want to stay with you~~~” （《I Want To, I Want To》- Gu Juji）
Qi Feng: “Tomorrow I want to marry you, tomorrow I want to marry you…” （《Tomorrow I Want to Marry You》- Zhou Huajian)
(Keke! Look at me! Did you hear my voice?) – Qi Feng.
Ling Ke: “…” Not listening, I don’t want to listen to a tortoise reciting scriptures…
Poor Ling Ke is suffering! Hurry and put him out of his misery!
Thanks for the chapter <3
I guess my first idea after such a trip would be to feast too lolol
Thx for the ch (≧▽≦)/
Fortunately they could eat all they want again!
How are they going to Listen to each other? I hope someone Will record them.
Thanks for the chapter!
Lmaooo poor Ling Ke xD Also, it’s a pity they can’t attend each other’s performances
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
Thanks for your hard work!
Thank you for translating this sweet story!
… tortoise reciting scriptures 😂😂😂