Wildfire - Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Tao Xiaodong got off the plane at the time when Tang Suoyan usually got off work.

Tao Xiaodong called and said, “I’ve arrived at Brother Yan.”

“good.”

“What about you? Are you off work?” Tao Xiaodong asked.

“No, I work overtime.” Tang Suoyan looked at the medical records in the resident doctor’s office and planned to go around the ward in a while. There were also a few resident doctors in the office who were not off work.

“Working overtime again?” Tao Xiaodong was walking in the airport, chatting with him, “What’s the matter?”

Tang Suoyan raised his eyes and glanced around. Several residents were looking at their computer screens or arranging things, but no one paid attention to him, so he whispered: “Anyway, I’m going home alone, sooner or later. Same.”

The little doctor who was on duty in the corner couldn’t help showing a smile, and the little doctor glanced at her, the eyes of the two met, the little doctor smiled quickly, and changed back to a serious expression.

“Go out for dinner tonight?” Tang Suoyan asked.

“Yes, Xiaokai came to pick me up. I guess we have to eat together at night, there are many people.”

“Then don’t drink too much and go back to rest early.”

Tao Xiaodong replied with a smile: “I don’t drink, drinking too much outside will delay things.”

“Yeah.” Tang Suoyan said two more words to him, then hung up the phone. In fact, there was still a phrase “come back early”, but before speaking, he changed other words. It was a bit out of character for people in this room to sit here and listen.

Director Tang still thinks too much about whether you should be serious or serious at work, and whether you are serious or not is not worse than a sentence or a half in the matter of Mr. Tao. The doctors already know it.

Xiaokai used to be a student at Tao Xiaodong’s place, and entered the business from Tao Xiaodong’s place. His style is too unique, and the students of the Academy of Fine Arts have a solid foundation in painting. In the past two years, the momentum has been very strong, and he has been doing it very quickly.

It used to be a personal studio, a small storefront of 20 to 30 square meters, and he was alone. Now several young tattoo artists in the city have opened a shop, and Xiaokai wants Tao Xiaodong to support him. Tao Xiaodong was very optimistic about him at the beginning, took good care of him, taught him a lot, and was willing to help him this time.

There needs to be something new in this business, and these young people are the freshest. This is why there are so many young tattoo artists in Tao Xiaodong’s shop. The old-fashioned group, including Tao Xiaodong himself, first learned from others, first from Europe, America and Japan, and then slowly began to grope for their own things. Except for a small number of tattoo artists who are willing to keep up with the times and are willing to polish themselves, most of the other tattoo artists who entered the industry early are still old things. Old does not mean bad. Tradition is always a classic, but the industry must develop, and both “fine” and “new” are indispensable.

The young tattoo artists who are getting up now are different from the ones they were back then. They have too many new things in their minds.

“Brother Dong, I wanted to stay with you at the time, but you didn’t want me.” Xiaokai is still in a difficult position to talk about it now, Tao Xiaodong didn’t like him at that time.

“Isn’t this better than staying with me?” Tao Xiaodong said.

“What’s the matter, it’s nice to enjoy the shade under the big tree.” Xiao Kai glanced at him, “You still look towards Di Ye.”

Tao Xiaodong laughed: “Where did you go, it has nothing to do with that.”

Speaking of this, when Xiao Kai was studying at Tao Xiaodong’s place, he didn’t really deal with Di, and the two of them choked several times. Their styles are a bit similar, but Di is more conceptual, and Xiao Kai is sharper. Neither of these two looked down on the other, and they always had a conflict.

Tao Xiaodong didn’t keep Xiaokai because of this, he didn’t take it seriously. I didn’t stay because Xiaokai’s skills were not enough in Tao Xiaodong’s opinion at that time. He was a newcomer, and he was too tender. Although he is optimistic that he is willing to help, but the tattoo artists in the East University field are very good, and if they are not the best, they will not be able to stay.

At the dinner table, there are several other people in Xiaokai’s shop, all of them are very young. A character like Tao Xiaodong is something they have to look up to. It is rare for a character of this level to come over to chat with them and talk about his thoughts.

On Tao Xiaodong’s left is Di Ye, and on the right sits a boy with a peaked cap. He doesn’t talk much, and is quite an introverted child. He only gives Tao Xiaodong something from time to time.

Tao Xiaodong touched and spilled a cup, and the warm water in the cup spilled onto the boy’s lap. Tao Xiaodong quickly lifted the cup: “I didn’t pay attention, I’m sorry, little brother.”

“It’s alright,” the boy stood up and wiped with his back to the person. He came back and sat down and said, “I’ll do it later.”

Tao Xiaodong said sorry to him again.

The boy said, “It’s all right, brother.”

Tao Xiaodong didn’t come here this time just to help Xiao Kai, he came here to talk about cooperation with people. The first two days were very busy, and I could only make a phone call with Tang Suoyan when I returned to the hotel in the evening.

Tang Suoyan’s phone was on the speakerphone, chatting with him while exercising on the balcony.

The sports meeting was a little breathless. Tao Xiaodong chatted and laughed a few times. Tang Suoyan asked him why he was laughing. Tao Xiaodong just laughed and didn’t speak.

Tang Suoyan said, “What about you?”

“I think about this every day, can’t you guess?” Tao Xiaodong lay down on the bed, “I’m too dirty.”

Tang Suoyan also smiled and asked him if he was tired.

Tao Xiaodong said that he was not tired.

Tang Suoyan was always “tired” and “sleepy” on the phone when he was on a business trip. When he arrived at Tao Xiaodong’s place, he was never tired or sleepy and everything was fine.

Tian Yi’s two youngest sons were not born when Tao Xiaodong was at home.

Tang Suoyan watched it for him. Tian Yi was cutting fruit for his wife after get off work, and the two cubs slept honestly next to each other in the crib. Tang Suoyan took a bunch of flowers and knocked gently on the door.

Tian Yi raised his head: “Hey, brother Xue is here.”

He introduced to Song Zhu, “This is Brother Xue.”

Song Zhu first nodded and greeted him. He was also straightforward and asked Tian Yi, “Is it… the one from Xiaodong?”

Before Tian Yi said a word, Tang Suoyan smiled and nodded and said yes.

Tian Yi took the flowers and put them on the bedside table. Tang Suoyan looked at the two children, two little babies weighing about five pounds. They were too small. They were small everywhere and looked soft. Tang Suoyan smiled and said, “Not quite like you.”

“Like mother.” Tian Yi also followed the music, becoming a father, happy.

Tang Suoyan asked, “Can I take pictures?”

“What can’t be done, I guess I took more than 200 pictures.” Tian Yi said with a smile.

Tang Suoyan turned off the flash, took a picture of the two babies separately, took a picture together, and sent it to Tao Xiaodong.

The red envelopes were placed on the left and right, and they were pressed under the small mattress. On the left are two thick red envelopes, given by Tao Xiaodong, and on the right are two pairs of gold bracelets and locks, prepared by Tang Suoyan.

“Then thank godfather and…” Tian Yi froze for a while, then said, “With Tang Bo… Forget it, it’s still Uncle Tang.”

From Tian Yi’s point of view, he would have to call Tang Suoyan uncle. Tang Suoyan was older than Tian Yi, so it would be too old to call him that. From Tao Xiaodong’s point of view, it would have to be another godfather, but calling him that would feel like taking advantage of others, so he would give the two godsons to others.

“It’s fine.” Tang Suoyan smiled, “A name, anything is fine.”

In the morning, Tian Yi sent Tao Xiaodong a photo as soon as the two children were picked up from the delivery room. When Tang Suoyan sent him the photo again, he looked a little different.

In the evening, Tao Xiaodong was playing a video with Tang Suoyan in the hotel, and he was a little anxious talking about the two little guys, Tao Xiaodong.

Tang Suoyan asked him, “When will you be back?”

Tao Xiaodong said: “The ticket on Sunday will arrive at noon.”

“Then I’ll pick you up.” Tang Suoyan said.

Tao Xiaodong lay on his side on the bed and turned over. In the video, Tang Suoyan was reading a book in pajamas, so handsome. They have been together for a while, but Tao Xiaodong is still fascinated by him from time to time.

Rubbing his face on the pillow, Tao Xiaodong called out “Brother Yan”, just as he was about to say something, there was a sudden knock on the door.

“Who?” Tao Xiaodong asked loudly.

Someone at the door replied, “Me, brother.”

He couldn’t tell who it was through the door, Tao Xiaodong got up to open the door, and said to Tang Suoyan, “I’ll open the door.”

Tang Suoyan said, “Go.”

At the door is the boy in Xiaokai’s shop, the one Tao Xiaodong sprinkled water on his pants last time.

Tao Xiaodong was a little surprised and forgot his name, so he called “little brother” and let him in.

The boy called “brother” again and said, “I see that you haven’t eaten much at noon. Is it too spicy? I bought you dinner from a Cantonese restaurant.”

Tao Xiaodong said “yo” and thanked him, and then asked him, “Is there anything you can do to find me?”

He also thought that the boy was begging him for something, or wanted to open a small kitchen, and wanted him to say something. In the end, people just gave him a meal, nothing else.

Tao Xiaodong asked him, “Is it all right?”

The boy said, “It’s okay, I live near here, and I’ll bring you something by the way.”

Tao Xiaodong looked at him, and the boy looked up at him, Tao Xiaodong understood instantly. What kind of dinner is served at this time.

Boys have ear studs on their ears, tattoos on their fingers, and long coat sleeves. He raised his head and called out “Brother” again.

Tao Xiaodong said in his heart that you don’t “brother”, and I can’t explain it to my brother if you go “brother”.

“Wait a minute.” Tao Xiaodong interrupted him, went to the bed to get the phone, and smiled, “Actually, I’m done eating.”

The boy said “Ah”, watched him take his mobile phone, and said to the video, “Brother Yan, let me have a little brother here.”

Tang Suoyan made a light “um” sound.

“Just leave the video?” Tao Xiaodong asked softly, “Or should I call you later? Will my chat affect your reading?”

Tang Suoyan leaned against the head of the bed, didn’t look over, turned a page and said, “Let it go.”

Tao Xiaodong then put his mobile phone next to him, as if inadvertently said something to the boy: “I opened the door for you and forgot that the video is still on, my boyfriend.”

The boy is also a sensible person, nodded, asked Tao Xiaodong two professional questions, and then left.

Tao Xiaodong closed the door, heard him go, heaved a sigh of relief, went over to take the phone, and hummed in a long voice.

Tang Suoyan still sat there and read the book, without looking up at him, lowered his head and asked, “Huh?”

Tao Xiaodong is called “Brother Yan”.

Tang Suoyan: “Yeah.”

There is no need to cover up in front of Tang Suoyan, and there is no way to cover up. Tao Xiaodong lay there, resting on his arm, and said in a sullen voice, “I am innocent.”

“Really?” Tang Suoyan glanced at him.

“Yes, I’m really wronged.” Tao Xiaodong snorted a few more times, “I don’t even remember his name.”

“You don’t dare to say it if you remember it.” Tang Suoyan took a pen by the bedside, and while reading the book, he drew two strokes to make a mark on the book, wrote a line comment, and said slowly, “It looks good. good.”

Tao Xiaodong knew that he was about to finish, and said softly, “Brother Yan, spare me.”

After Tang Suoyan finished writing, he put away the pen and put it back, and said, “No mercy.”

“Forgive me.” Tao Xiaodong couldn’t help but laugh. He was about to laugh when he tapped his finger on the screen, feeling homesick.

Tang Suoyan was about to speak when the screen on Tao Xiaodong’s side suddenly went black. Tao Xiaodong was taken aback and said “Damn it”.

“What’s wrong?” Tang Suoyan asked.

“The power is off, and the trip is estimated.” Tao Xiaodong’s side was completely dark, and someone in the corridor came out to ask what was going on.

“It’ll be fine in a while.” Tang Suoyan said.

Tao Xiaodong’s eyes were completely black, and he couldn’t see anything except Tang Suoyan on the screen. The corridor was very noisy. Tao Xiaodong didn’t care much about the power outage.

“Aren’t you angry?” Tao Xiaodong poked the screen again.

Tang Suoyan glanced at the pitch-black screen: “I’m angry, but when you lose the power, I can’t get angry again.”

Tao Xiaodong also asked, “What’s the matter?”

“I can’t bear it.” Tang Suoyan smiled at the video, “Xiaodong’s business trip is very hard, forget it this time.”