秦欣瑞还没睡,她仍然有些担心表哥徐长青.
叮咚~
徐长青原本打算选择吉普牧马人,因为它被认为是越野车中的经典之作.说到吉普——很多人都知道这个品牌以生产性能卓越的越野车而闻名,拥有悠久的传奇历史.从诞生之日起,它就注定要拥有非凡的人生.
在牧马人系列问世之前,它的前身实际上是军用威利斯MB.凭借其强大的越野性能,它在二战战场上为美军运送物资和伤员做出了巨大贡献.牧马人的许多设计元素都源自威利斯MB.
但经过一番考虑,他最终还是拒绝了吉普和兰博基尼.
他把车停在一辆奔驰G级旁边.正要上车时,他收到了一条微信消息.他瞥了一眼屏幕——竟然是他的表弟秦心睿发来的.他赶紧点开消息.
兄弟,你在干什么?
"我在选车呢.怎么了?出什么事了吗,妹妹?"
徐长青立即回复,他现在顾不上其他事了.
"对了,我之前把手机弄丢了.刚买了个新的,所以还没来得及给爸妈打电话.你现在是通勤上学还是住在学校宿舍?"
看到即时回复,秦欣睿很高兴.
"兄弟,我们能视频聊天吗?我想你了.我还有件事想跟你说,好吗?"
她没想太多.毕竟已经很久没见到他了,所以有点想念他也是人之常情.
"好的,打开视频,我去接."
对徐长青来说,秦心睿远不止是"表哥"那么简单.他小时候经常住在姑姑家,尤其是在暑假去奶奶家的时候,更是总是黏着姑姑.
如今,他的姑姑因车祸去世了.他仍然无法忘记她临终前那充满不舍的眼神.
"兄弟,你在哪儿?为什么我看不见你?"
秦欣睿打开了视频,却没看到他,只是盯着空白的屏幕发呆.
"啊——我的错,妹妹.我忘了把手机壳取下来."
徐长青把手机壳取了下来.他之前找小冉的时候,买了部华为P30,还重新染了头发.要是他没这么做,他爸妈突然出现,岂不是像之前的小冉一样吓得魂飞魄散?
"兄弟,你在哪儿?我好想你!"
秦欣瑞躲在被子底下,不敢大声说话.
"妹妹,我在深圳!爸爸妈妈还好吗?我跟妈妈说了,别再让爸爸去工地干活了.你得帮忙看着他,好吗?你要是能把这事办好,我回来一定好好奖励你!"
徐长青脑子里全是恶作剧的念头——只有他表哥才能激发出他这一面.其他人?没门.
"啧!好像你有钱似的.我才不会上你的当.你要是敢干坏事,我就告诉爸妈!"
Xu Changqing felt embarrassed. Why did that sound so weird?
He just wanted to take her to the amusement park to play bumper cars. He was always working, and she was always busy with school. Back then, ten yuan could buy thirty minutes on bumper cars—the only place to play was at Sanshui Amusement Park!
"When did I ever do something bad? My good little sis, didn't you say you had something to tell me earlier?"
Xu Changqing shifted the topic. Qin Xinrui also stopped teasing.
"Mm. Bro, I introduced a girlfriend to you. Her name is Zhang Mengmeng!"
Before she even finished, Xu Changqing directly cut her off.
"What?! A girlfriend?! Come on, sis, don't play like this! Our parents forcing me to go on blind dates is one thing, but now even you?!"
He looked helpless. What kind of chaos was this?
"No! If Aunt and Uncle introduce one and you refuse, that's fine. But how can you refuse the one I pick?"
Qin Xinrui got a little upset, hands on her hips.
"No no no, little sis. Actually, your brother already has a girlfriend. I was preparing to bring her home before the New Year!"
"I don't believe that! If you suddenly had a girlfriend, you would've posted it on your Moments immediately!"
She knew his personality too well.
"I've grown up now. I need to work. Your sister-in-law had to go abroad for something. How am I supposed to show off on Moments? Anyway, if you don't have anything else, I'll hang up. I still need to drive back and sleep."
But as soon as she heard "drive," she remembered the post in his Moments.
"Bro, who's that rich buddy of yours? Is he some wealthy second-gen or something?"
When Xu Changqing was in college at SU, she visited once. She had met all of his roommates—none of them forgot how cute she was.
"You know him. Uncle Xiao Ran!"
Xu Changqing remembered clearly—back then, she called him "brother" while calling Xiao Ran "uncle."
"Huh? I didn't realize he was a rich second-gen!"
Xu Changqing was speechless.
"As if you could tell! I played with him for four years and I only found out recently! Look, these cars behind me—they're all his!"
He felt resentful. If Xiao Ran had told him earlier, he would've never dared joke around with him, much less swear brotherhood.
"Bro doesn't want you to become a gold-digger like Xu Baihe. You need to remember—you'll always be my sister."
"Enough with the mushy stuff! Bro, show me which car you picked!"
Many of her classmates were wealthy, but most in the city center drove Mercedes or BMWs. The pricier ones had Bentleys. If not, then at least Audi or Porsche.
"Well? How's it look? Your brother has good taste, right? A G-Class!"
Behind him was a white 2020 G 500 "Stronger Than Time" special edition.
A G-Class like this wasn't something ordinary people could even buy—money alone wasn't enough.
"Wow! So cool!"
Her eyes sparkled. She also noticed her brother looked even more handsome.
"兄弟,你看起来太酷了!又帅又霸气!开这车肯定能吸引很多漂亮姑娘!"
她故意引诱他,而他竟然真的上当了!
"当然!你知道你哥哥是谁吗?有了这辆车——不只是漂亮女孩——就连你未来的嫂子都能带回一整队人马!"
"兄弟,这太多了.看看我这儿有什么."
在某个时刻,她举起一个录音机对着镜头.
"真的假的?!你骗我?!"
"妹妹,快删掉!求你了!这关系到我的名誉!"
徐长青意识到自己说得太过分了.还没结婚就这么说——她当然会生气.
"那就答应我——无论我提出什么条件,你都必须答应!"
"好好好!说吧——你想要什么,你哥哥都会给你.成交吗?"
他原本想用言语化解尴尬,但她接下来说的话让他内心彻底崩溃.
"你身后的那辆红色野马——我想要它.别太过分,对吧?"
"..."
徐长青脸色阴沉下来.这里的车都是肖然的.这...这...
"小妹,那车库是你小冉叔叔的,我不能随便做决定!"
"我不在乎!你已经答应了.如果你不守信用,我就把录音发出去.你会以最糟糕的方式出名."
她喜欢野马车.她第一眼看到它,就被它迷住了.
徐长青别无选择.如果她想要天上的星星,他就想办法帮她摘下来.
"好了好了,别太过分了.我这就给你小冉叔叔打电话!"
他挂断电话,拨通了肖然的号码.
"好了,大家投票.我们需要决定是留下还是离开."
肖然话音刚落,他的手机就响了.
"喂?什么事?我在开会."
"华华,我表妹看上了你的红色野马跑车.她能借开一个月吗?"
"她成年了吗?她有驾照吗?"
小冉感到好奇——她为什么突然想要他的野马跑车?
"呃...我忘了.她还没成年呢."
"那你为什么给我打电话?!"
"而且,那辆红色野马是肖雅的.所以这事儿大概不会发生了."
他说了实话——否则,这可能会毁了他们的友谊.
萧雅是萧然的妹妹;秦心睿是徐长青的妹妹.这不是他能决定的.
"好的,我会跟她解释的.你们继续开会吧,我开完会就回家."
小冉没有注意到徐长青脸上闪过一丝失望——那只持续了片刻.
他又给秦心睿打了电话.
"兄弟?怎么样?他同意了吗?"
徐长青沉默不语.这是他第一次感到如此挣扎.他以前总是对她百依百顺,可这一次...
他自责自己把她宠坏了——但她是他姑姑唯一的女儿.他怎能不心软呢?
"小妹...那家伙拒绝了.你下次去看你的时候,可以亲自教训一下你小冉叔叔!"
"哦...好吧.兄弟,早点睡吧.我也要睡了!"
"晚安!祝你做个好梦,妹妹!"
她挂断电话后发了几条"晚安"短信.徐长青回复:
"嗯,你也一样.早点休息吧,我世界上最可爱,最美丽的小仙女."
"兄弟,差点忘了——你真是个混蛋!"
徐长青发来:
"???"
"我刚上网查了一下.上面说:渣男=烫了刘海的男人;渣女=一头蓬松的大卷发.渣男开G级;渣女开奔驰E级!"
他哑口无言.他妹妹的空闲时间也太多了吧.
"好了,去睡觉吧.我也要去洗个澡,然后睡觉."
他把华为P30放进了连帽衫的口袋里.
人渣?也许也没那么糟.至少像魏小宝那样的人——谁不想成为他那样的人呢?
他坐进G级车,踩下油门,疾驰而去.
在入口处,他不忘向三名保安炫耀一番.
"看到了吗?价值两百万的猛兽.踩一下油门就相当于你一天的工资!"
G级车的尾气气味弥漫在空气中,三名保安震惊地望着他的背影...