life partner

Chapter 8 New Year's Eve

The outside world is gray.

Xu Cheng sat by the window, watching the heavy snow blowing outside the window.

After the final exams, the students officially entered the winter vacation, so the bear children went crazy, pulling their schoolbags, walking around in threes and fours, jumping from time to time, their faces were like being held in a prison The joy of regaining freedom after years.

Xu Cheng also finished the exam. After finishing the three test papers with ease, he ushered in his winter vacation.

It's just that there is no younger brother this winter vacation.

Xu Jing was sent to his grandma in the countryside by his mother, and he went there for more than ten days, half a winter vacation, and would not be picked up until the Chinese New Year.

There was no one at home, and both parents had gone to work. Xu Cheng was on winter vacation and after doing homework for a while, he seemed to have nothing to do. He was a little bored, and he didn't know why. It took two days for the slap marks to disappear, but Xu Jing, with such a face, comforted Xu Cheng, his brother, and told him not to worry, don't panic, he was fine.

Xu Cheng didn't know how to express his emotions, but he could feel the pain, his heart was swollen, his thoughts were like a hand caught by the door, and the sudden pain made him unable to speak.

At this moment, the doorbell rang suddenly, loudly, and Xu Cheng was startled. He raised his head and glanced at the door quickly, and then bit his lips anxiously.

At first he was like a flustered little beast, standing up from the chair in a snap, An An poked his head out of the cat's nest, his blue cat eyes looked at him with a flash of light, Xu Cheng turned his head and glanced at An An Anthane suddenly pulled the blanket off the sofa and threw it on the white cat. Anthracene let out a cry and ran out of the cat's nest.

The sound of knocking on the door finally stopped, Xu Cheng's eyelashes trembled, he walked slowly to the door, half lying on the door, he was only slowly relieved when he heard the soft muttering outside and the sound of footsteps fading away .

When Li Huiyao came home from work, she saw Xu Cheng huddled on the sofa. Xu Chengsheng was thin, and now he huddled into a ball and looked even thinner. Li Huiyao felt distressed, "What's the matter, do you want to watch TV? Turn on?" She picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, finally there was some noise in the room, and she wanted to reach out to touch her son's head, but Xu Cheng avoided it.

Li Huiyao paused, she frowned, and just about to speak, the doorbell rang, Li Huiyao just swallowed the words in her throat, and went to open the door.

Li Huiyao was a little surprised when she opened the door.

"Teacher Liu, why are you here?"

Liu Yu was holding the food box, and a look of surprise flashed across his face, but then he smiled warmly, picked up the food box and shook it, "I just moved here and lived in the house next door, and I made it myself I want to share some pumpkin pies with my neighbors, but I didn’t expect that the one who lives next door to me is Xu Cheng’s mother!”

During the holidays, Liu Yu dressed very casually. At first glance, he looked like a college student. Li Huiyao liked this young man very much. He felt that he was a class teacher at a young age. , She took the food box and hurriedly invited Liu Yu into the house.

Before turning on the lights in the room, Liu Yu noticed a gloomy atmosphere as soon as he entered. Li Huiyao called out to Xu Cheng, and Liu Yu looked on the sofa, only to see Xu Cheng's thin profile, curled up into a ball, which made people feel distressed of.

"what happened?"

He walked over, smirked, and lowered his head to ask, but Xu Cheng seemed to be frightened, he stepped back and stared at Liu Yu, Li Huiyao was very embarrassed standing behind, she ran up quickly, and grabbed Xu Cheng "Chengcheng, the teacher is here, come here quickly, don't be so rude."

Xu Cheng wanted to break free, but Li Huiyao's strong hand grabbed his arm, preventing him from moving.

Xu Cheng was a little annoyed, he glanced at Liu Yu, his eyes were full of alienation.

Liu Yu rubbed his nose, flicked the back of the sofa with his index finger, "It's okay, let Xu Cheng come if he doesn't want to come, I came here suddenly, he was probably scared."

Li Huiyao didn't say anything but smiled awkwardly, while Xu Cheng kept twisting her body, shouting "let go", Li Huiyao was in front of Liu Yu, it was difficult to deal with him, so she had to let go, Xu Cheng broke free, She fled far away, and gave her a vigilant look. Li Huiyao's heart was shaken by just this one look. It was as if her heart was split open, and it was divided into pieces, which made her uncomfortable.

Liu Yu looked at Li Huiyao's absent-minded expression, and then looked at Xu Cheng, only to see the boy frowning his black eyebrows, his thin chest heaving violently, his hands clasped hard on his sides, his tender red lips were about to bleed from biting, As if he was suppressing something, Liu Yu's eyes flashed a complicated look with his flustered appearance.

Originally, Li Huiyao invited Liu Yu to stay for dinner, but Liu Yu had a nephew to take care of, so she declined. Li Huiyao couldn't say anything, so she walked to the door to see Liu Yu off.

When Liu Yu went out to say goodbye to Li Huiyao, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xu Cheng hiding in the corner of the entrance, looking at him timidly. Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved to Xu Cheng.

When Liu Yu got home, he heard a "bang" as soon as he entered the door. He frowned and walked in. Liu Ran stood with a straight face and bare feet in the glass shards and looked at him.

Liu Yu was a little sad, and kept showing a little anger on his gentle face, "What do you want to do?"

"Uncle, did you see Xu Cheng next door? That boy is very beautiful!"

Liu Yu's face was cracked, showing embarrassment and shame, "What nonsense are you talking about, I just went to visit my neighbor, what does it have to do with Xu Cheng?"

Liu Ran snorted coldly, "You think I don't know your style, you are a pervert, that's why you were demoted to this school, which made me want to transfer."

Liu Yu froze, with a gloomy expression on his face.

The word "abnormal" accompanied him for more than half a year, until it gradually dissipated after a long time, but now he heard it from his nephew, which made Liu Yu feel sad and at the same time faintly desperate.

He felt that he might not be able to escape these two words in his life.

If he fell in love with a man, why should he be called a pervert?

But no matter how others cursed him, his nephew should not say these two words. Liu Yu turned cold and looked down at Liu Ran, "Who do you think you can still go to school because of, your parents You passed away when you were young, and there are only you and me left in the Liu family, if you don't want to recognize me as an uncle, I will be less of a burden."

Liu Ran opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Liu Yu snorted, "Don't say such things in the future, I raise you because you are my nephew, my only relative in this world, and I think that relatives are the ones who should understand me and tolerate me. If even relatives If you can’t communicate anymore, then I don’t want it.”

After Liu Yu finished speaking, he probably felt that his tone was too heavy. He sighed and looked at Liu Ran who was trembling all over. He picked Liu Ran up and put him on the sofa. He glanced at the soles of Liu Ran's feet. He was relieved that he wasn't caught by the glass, so he went to get a broom and bent over to sweep away the glass shards on the ground, "Don't do this kind of thing again, if you step on the glass, you will be in pain again .”

He cleaned all the glass, straightened up, and looked towards the sofa, Liu Ran had already returned to his room.

Liu Yu frowned, and looked sideways at Liu Ran's tightly closed door, his fingers clenched the broom handle tightly, the veins on the back of his hand were all bulging, but in the end, as his body paused, everything slowed down, and he smiled slightly. With a hunched back, there seemed to be countless sighs in his heart, suppressing him one after another.

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"Mom, where's brother?"

Xu Cheng's toes rubbed against the ground, da da da... da da da...

He seemed to be suffering from anxiety, and his fingers were twisted together anxiously. Li Huiyao was irritated by his voice. She pulled Xu Cheng's hand, and her nails were on the back of his hand. Xu Cheng yelled in pain, but However, Li Huiyao still grabbed her, and a deep red mark was scratched on her nails. Xu Cheng couldn't break free, so he could only stare at Li Huiyao in panic and alienation.

Li Huiyao reacted immediately, and immediately let go of her hand, Xu Cheng covered her hands, ran to a far distance, and hid in the room.

Li Huiyao stood there blankly, she had great strength, and usually a few casual pats would make people feel pain, but just now she even forgot to pull back her strength, wondering how much pain Xu Cheng must have had.

She walked to Xu Cheng's room, twisted the door handle and pushed, but found that the door couldn't be opened.

Li Huiyao knocked on the door, but there was no sound from inside. She frowned, and knocked again several times. Li Huiyao was a little annoyed, and came over to open the door with the backup key. After turning the key, the door still couldn't be opened. She pushed Pushing the door open, only to find that the inside was blocked by a heavy object.

She shouted loudly, "Xu Cheng, open the door for me." She felt extremely uncomfortable, angry and sad, she didn't understand why her eldest son, whom she had always favored, would treat her like this, with such strange eyes look at yourself.

But no matter what she said, there was still no movement from the other side of the door.

Li Huiyao choked her throat, and stared at the door fixedly, as if this thing cut off the relationship between her and her son. She kicked the door angrily, louder and louder, but she forgot the door. Cheng's sensitive and fragile nerves.

Xu Cheng looked at the knocked door in horror, he bit his lower lip tremblingly, his tender lips were stained with blood from his biting, he made a hoarse voice of "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh". Trembling, he crawled into the hole under the table as if fleeing for his life.

Time passed by, Xu Cheng stared, watching the dim light in the room completely dimmed, his head was empty, and he didn't dare to think about anything.

So the next day, Li Huiyao couldn't bear it any longer, and she still brought Xu Jing back from the countryside.

Xu Jing's small life in the country these days is quite leisurely. Grandma Xu has a preference for him, and she can't wait to send all the delicious and fun things to Xu Jing, and Xu Jing doesn't have to look at his mother's face , The life is extremely comfortable and moist, but it is enough to enjoy this good day for two or three days, and it will get tired after staying for a long time.

By the fourth day, he began to miss his brother.

The countryside is secluded without the hustle and bustle of the city, and even the air is a little colder than in the city. Xu Jing doesn't want to get up in the morning, and sleeps in the warm quilt until the sun is three poles before getting up slowly. His mother picked it up and scolded.

Xu Jing poked his head out, and stretched out his hand again. As soon as his skin touched the air outside the quilt, he shuddered suddenly, "I'm so cold." He muttered, and got into the quilt again. Rubbing out the clothes covered in the quilt, Xu Jing hurriedly put on the hot clothes.

He had just put on his jacket, and just put one foot into his trouser leg, when he heard the commotion outside, the door was opened, and Li Huiyao walked in with a cold face, followed by Grandma Xu.

Xu Jing was startled, half of his pants were on, and he quickly pulled them up. He half-kneeled on the bed, stared at his mother blankly, his face was a little stiff, "Mom, why are you here?"

"Something happened to your brother, I'll take you home."

Li Huiyao paused, "Hurry up and get dressed, I'll wait for you outside."

Xu Jing's brain was swollen, obviously he still couldn't digest his mother's words, but before he could ask, Li Huiyao turned around and walked out of the room. Grandma Xu's expression was uneasy, Li Huiyao didn't even look at her, just lowered her eyes , The corners of the eyes are a little red.

Regardless of the cold weather, Xu Jing put on his clothes as quickly as a rocket. He put on his trousers, then picked up two socks and put them on. The patterns were still different, and he hurriedly dragged his shoes and ran away. Going out, when he reached his mother, he wiped his face panting, "Mom, I'm fine, let's go!"

Li Huiyao looked at her youngest son with some confusion, and reached out to smooth the short hair on Xu Jing's forehead, "The hair is really messy."

As soon as Xu Jing got home, he ran to the room, and he patted the door, "Brother, open the door, I want to go in."

When Xu Cheng heard Xu Jing's voice, joy flashed across his face, he jumped up from the bed, and immediately rushed over to pull the two chairs against the door away. As soon as he opened the door, he jumped out, firmly Hugging his brother tightly, "Well...".

As soon as Xu Jing's body froze, she felt her cheeks were wet. Xu Cheng's long eyelashes rubbed against Xu Jing's face tremblingly with tears, "I miss you, I miss you so much..."

Xu Cheng kept repeating these words in his mouth.

Xu Jing patted his brother's back comfortingly, his face that was tense and worried finally relaxed.

He said softly: "I miss you too."

Li Huiyao stood in the shadow of the porch and looked at the two brothers. It stands to reason that the two brothers have such a good relationship, so she should be happy, but at this moment, she felt a strange feeling passing through her mind, and that strange emotion made her flustered inexplicably. .

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In the foggy early morning, Xu Jing squinted half-eyed at the opening of the curtains, and the glass window was pasted with festive red paper-cuts. Xu Jing gently lifted the corner of the quilt, and opened the curtain with bare feet, haha He took a deep breath, wiped off the fog on the window, looked out the window through the paper-cut, and saw the snow outside, Xu Jing took a deep breath, his face flashed with joy, he climbed onto the bed, and put his head next to his brother's face.

"Brother, wake up, let's go out for a snowball fight."

Xu Cheng opened his eyes, he was still half asleep, he looked at Xu Jing in a daze, his slender eyelashes trembled, and he uttered two words inarticulately, "It's so annoying."

"what?"

Xu Jing opened his mouth wide, looking at his brother in disbelief, then his good-tempered face changed instantly, he raised his eyes and grinned, pinching his brother's face in a vicious voice, "Get up quickly. "

Xu Cheng struggled with "hmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"" and finally succumbed to his brother's clutches.

It was snowing heavily that day, Xu Jing was wearing a thick cotton padded coat, and seeing his brother wrapped up like a bear, he picked up a handful of snow from the ground and sprinkled it on Xu Cheng's body, Xu Cheng was startled, timidly With round eyes open, Xu Jing blinked and blinked again, Xu Jing couldn't help but burst out laughing, he ran over and pushed his brother on the snow.

The thick and soft snow was pressed out of the depression, Xu Cheng panted, his face melted into a ball with the snow turned red, he squinted his eyes, looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, the diamond-shaped snow Slowly floating on his eyelashes, Xu Cheng was taken aback, his eyelashes trembling, and following Xu Jing's laughter, he couldn't restrain his lips from curling up.

"elder brother?"

"Um……"

Xu Cheng was confused and looked like Xu Jing. Xu Jing's face came closer, half lying on his body, his lips suddenly rubbed against him, and the cool and soft lips were about to leave. Xu Jing squinted and tilted his head Neck, smashed his mouth, and said with a smile: "Sweet."

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In the evening, Xu Lanlan brought Grandma Xu together. It was a New Year's Eve dinner. Even if Grandma Xu was unhappy, the whole family still wanted to have a meal together.

For the New Year's Eve dinner, Li Huiyao had to prepare a table of dishes, so she was inevitably overwhelmed. Grandma Xu was sitting on the sofa watching TV. Seeing her lack of skills, she snorted. I couldn't stop clapping my hands, walked up to Li Huiyao, and taunted: "You said it would take you so long to cook a meal." But while she was talking, she picked up the unwashed vegetables and picked them to wash. net.

Li Huiyao pursed her lips, Xu Lanlan sneaked up to the kitchen door and winked at her with a smile.

When Grandma Xu was young, she was a flower in the local village. Besides her good looks, she was proficient in tailoring and cooking, but now that she is getting older, she is becoming more and more lazy, but she is good at cooking. It's placed there, no matter how you cook it, it won't go to waste. Grandma Xu's delicious dishes are ten times more delicious than Li Huiyao's.

Even Xu Cheng, who has always had a small appetite, ate a lot. It can be seen from this that it is not that Xu Cheng has a small appetite, but that his mother's dishes are really tasteless on weekdays.

After a full meal, Xu Jing clutched his stomach and couldn't stand up. Xu Cheng looked at him worriedly, paused, and leaned over to rub his stomach for him.

Rubbing his younger brother's soft belly, as if giving an anthracene a massage, Xu Cheng looked at Xu Jing's contented appearance, and raised his brows lightly. At this moment, there was a bang outside the window. He grabbed his hand and ran out of the house with his brother, "Look, fireworks."

Xu Cheng looked up, and saw bright sparks suddenly flickering in the dim night sky. The colorful colors were like epiphyllum blooming in the night, extremely beautiful.

But his attention was not on this, Xu Cheng's gaze quietly deviated and landed on Xu Jing's side face.

So, his younger brother's happy smile became his deepest memory this year.