A lot of things happened in those 7 years. Mi Zehai's career developed steadily. After several projects, it went much more smoothly than he had expected. In recent years, the real estate industry has been hot, some people have left the company, and other companies have poached people, but Mi Zehai was unmoved and was determined to stay in the company to work, just as he promised at the beginning.
Cheng Qing opened a small pharmacy in Shanghai and hired a retired doctor to work there. She lived a good life. She lived frugally and her family had a stable income. Except for the first two years when things were quite tight, things were pretty good afterwards.
The second child in the family was called Mi Xue, a little girl who was very cute. Mi Zehai and Mi Yang both liked her very much, especially Mi Yang. It was his first time to be a brother and he doted on the child in particular. Cheng Qing had to play the bad guy at home and take on the responsibility of educating the child. However, the little girl was also sensible and obedient, and seldom made mistakes. Occasionally she would act coquettishly just because she wanted to eat some candy. Cheng Qing would turn a blind eye to such trivial matters and watch the father and son over there take turns secretly giving candy to the little girl. As long as they didn't go too far, she would not bother to care.
The academic schedule in junior high school is also quite intense. Many students in Mi Yang's school have already been preparing for the next step under the arrangement of their families. It just so happens that there is a craze for going abroad, and many students' families have arranged for them to go abroad.
Bai Luochuan's family didn't have this plan, but Mrs. Bai was intentionally or unintentionally letting her son get more involved in matters related to her career, and it seemed that she had no plans to send him to the army.
Young Master Bai was relaxed and at ease. He was in a good mood, and Mi Yang could also relax for a few days.
The two of them now live in the same dormitory and spend more time together than with their own family. When they go home on weekends, they may not necessarily see their parents. On Sunday night, Young Master Bai has made sure that Mi Yang goes to his house in advance and has even found a name for him. He says that he is afraid that Mi Yang will be late the next day, so it is just right for the driver to take them there together.
After several years, the habit became second nature. Even Mi Yang's little sister knew that her brother had to go to "school" early on Sundays, and she would see him off with tears in her eyes every time.
When Mi Yang was packing his schoolbag, the little girl stood at the door, half of her body hidden outside, only showing a pair of eyes stubbornly to look at her brother. Her chubby hands were still scratching the door, and she whispered to him, "Brother, are you leaving again?"
Mi Yang saw her and waved her over. After the little girl came over, he picked her up and put her on his lap, teasing her, "Yes, brother is going to school, you have to study hard in kindergarten, understand?"
The little girl nodded very seriously.
Mi Yang asked: "Can you write your name now?"
The little girl twisted her body and jumped off his knees, went to find a pen and paper and wrote for her brother to see, carefully writing the two words "Michelle".
When she was born, it was the first snow of winter, so Mi Zehai and Cheng Qing gave her this name. It was in contrast to her brother who was born in the sunny September. There was one son and one daughter in the family, making up the Chinese character "good".
Mi Yang looked at her handwriting and knew that the little girl had practiced a lot during this period and her handwriting was quite good. He gave her a few candies as a reward, rubbed her head and said, "Baby is great."
The little girl held the candy in her mouth and smiled shyly, then peeled off a piece of candy and handed it to Mi Yang: "Brother, have some too!"
Mi Yang bit the candy and smiled, "Okay."
Although she showed her talent, she still couldn't keep her brother. The little girl still sent her favorite brother away with tears in her eyes. When she saw the black car taking Mi Yang away, she couldn't help crying "wow", which scared Cheng Qing. He hurriedly coaxed her, "What's wrong? Why are you crying like this?"
The little girl hugged her mother, her pigtails shaking with tears: "My brother went to his house again!"
Cheng Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Brother is going to school."
The little girl asked, "How come we went to his house for school?"
Cheng Qing coaxed her: "You are rude. Isn't Brother Bai also your brother? Why do you call him that? Besides, they are going to school together the next day."
The little girl was still sobbing and crying, she was so sad that Cheng Qing coaxed her for a long time, took her to the pharmacy, gave her a calculator and asked her to help him "count numbers", and then she was coaxed. How could such a young girl help? It was nothing more than assigning a task to distract her. Cheng Qing was busy with his own things, while watching the child sitting there and carefully calculating "1+1" on the calculator, she was so busy that she forgot to cry and couldn't help laughing.
On the other side, Mi Yang also arrived at the Bai family.
The location of the Bai family's house in Shanghai has not changed, but the surrounding prices have increased several times. Mrs. Bai takes care of her home very carefully and knows how to enjoy life. Although she may not have time to come back when she is busy, the driver, cook and nanny are all at home and can take care of her son who is studying at all times.
After Mi Yang came in, he didn't see Bai Luochuan in the living room, so he went upstairs and heard the sound of a game console in the corridor. The door of the room was wide open. Bai Luochuan was sitting cross-legged there, holding the handle and playing games. His fingers were pressing very fast, with no expression on his face. He looked a little lazy. If it weren't for the fierce fighting between the two sides on the TV screen, it would be hard to tell that he was controlling it.
The 14-year-old boy's childhood appearance had faded, and Bai Luochuan's facial features had grown up, with handsome eyebrows and eyes, and sharp edges and corners. He heard footsteps and said without raising his head: "Put the orange juice on the table, I'll drink it later."
Mi Yang said: "Then wait a moment, I'll get it."
Bai Luochuan stopped what he was doing, raised his head and said, "Are you here? A little earlier than last time."
Mi Yang nodded, "We took a detour and didn't encounter any traffic jams." The last time he arrived half an hour late, the young master got so angry that the driver was so scared that he didn't dare to speak. This time, he didn't deliberately take a detour to come early. He only dared to be early, not late.
Mi Yang was about to go down to get the orange juice, Bai Luochuan yawned and said, "Don't go, just ask Aunt Wu to bring it later, you stay with me." He moved to the side, making room for a small spot on the sofa, and Mi Yang sat over. As soon as he sat down, Bai Luochuan fell on his legs. Young Master Bai stretched out his long legs and rested them on the armrest of the double sofa. He lay on Mi Yang's legs like a spoiled child and groaned, "Headache."
Mi Yang reached out and pressed his temple, thinking to himself, you deserve it, it's your fault for playing games all day.
Bai Luochuan closed his eyes and smiled, saying, "You must be cursing me in your heart."
Mi Yang: “…”
Aunt Wu brought in some orange juice and put it down for them. She also prepared some snacks. She knew that Mi Yang usually came at this time, so she would prepare double portions. When she came in and saw Mi Yang rubbing Master Bai's temple, she couldn't help but mutter a few words: "You were playing yesterday and didn't sleep well last night. Yangyang, come earlier next time and take care of him!"
After Aunt Wu left, Bai Luochuan opened his eyes and looked at him as if asking a question.
Mi Yang shook his head and said, "It really can't be any earlier. I also want to go back to my own home."
Bai Luochuan was dissatisfied: "Bring your sister along, okay?"
Mi Yang shook his head: "Forget it, you two will quarrel again when you meet."
Bai Luochuan sneered: "Would I quarrel with a six-year-old girl?"
Mi Yang said expressionlessly: "Who was it last time? He quarreled with her through the door in my house."
Master Bai was also angry: "Why blame me? I closed the door of my room, which means 'I don't want to be disturbed', but your sister kept knocking on the door, bringing me candy and milk. Does she want any privacy..."
Mi Yang said: "But that's my bedroom, I never lock it normally."
Bai Luochuan turned over and hugged his waist, mumbling: "I just locked it for a while, what's wrong? It's so annoying."
Mi Yang was tickled by his breath, so he pushed his head and said with a smile, "Get up, it's time to eat."
Bai Luochuan said: "Don't eat it!"
Mi Yang listened to his hoarse voice and said, "Then drink some juice? Does your throat still hurt?"
Bai Luochuan then turned over, his hair falling on his forehead, his eyebrows were deep and his nose was straight. He was handsome, but his words were harsh: "Why do you care about Michelle? Why do you care about me?"
Mi Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "She is only six years old, why are you fighting with her?"
When the cup was handed to him, Bai Luochuan drank it reluctantly. He was in the voice change period, so his voice was not very stable, and his Adam's apple was a little congested due to development. When he tilted his head back to drink the water, he could see his Adam's apple rolling, and he looked vaguely like a teenager.
After taking some sugar, Master Bai felt much better. He reached out and touched Mi Yang's neck, rubbed his throat with his thumb, and said proudly, "Your voice hasn't changed, you're still a child." Then he pulled Mi Yang's hand to touch his own, and said proudly, "Look, it's different, isn't it?"
Mi Yang: “…”
The book also says that we should prevent inferiority complex during the voice change period. What's the matter with your inexplicable self-confidence
Mi Yang drank juice with him, and when he heard that he had not eaten, he accompanied him to eat something together.
Bai Luochuan sat there and talked to him about school matters. They both had competitions next week, but Bai Luochuan was going to participate in the IJSO while Mi Yang was going to participate in a model aircraft competition. The competition venues were both in Beijing, arranged by the school, and the accommodation was not far away.
Bai Luochuan asked Mi Yang about the time, checked it with his own, and said, "You finished a few days earlier than me, and waited for me to come back together?"
Mi Yang nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell the teacher to book the tickets together with your team's."
Bai Luochuan was satisfied. He watched Mi Yang eat the braised pork with bean curd leaves and wanted to take a bite as well. "Is it sweet?"
Mi Yang picked up a piece for him and said, "Sweet."
Bai Luochuan said as he ate: "It's delicious. No wonder you like to eat this."
Mi Yang was used to taking the blame for so many years, and he had no temper at all. Young Master Bai loved sweets, but he was too arrogant to admit it, and always pushed the blame onto him, so that on his birthday, the cake was bigger, and he received many candies and chocolates as gifts - Young Master Bai would also take the opportunity to buy some of what he wanted to eat, stuff it over his shoulder, and then take the opportunity to eat some, which was very cunning.
After dinner, probably because Mi Yang was here, Bai Luochuan found chatting with him interesting, so he didn't touch the game console anymore. Mi Yang also had a small studio here, which was a small compartment in the study. Now he had cleaned it up and put a table in it as a workbench for him. In the past few years, he had been exchanging letters with his grandfather Mi Hong, learning and practicing at the same time, and slowly began to practice the book repairing technique.
When Mi Yang took the paper to clean the stain, Bai Luochuan took a piece of white paper to fold an airplane and played with it, while chatting with him casually, "Your teacher is too stingy. He booked a hotel in such a remote place. Why doesn't he stay with us?"
Mi Yang said: "This model aircraft competition was not big to begin with. I didn't expect to go to Beijing to compete."
Bai Luochuan sighed, leaned over the back of the chair and fiddled with the paper airplane in his hand, and suddenly asked him: "I'll give you some extra money, can you change to our hotel?"
Mi Yang shook his head: "No, there are so many of us."
Bai Luochuan rolled his eyes, and Mi Yang said again: "Don't even think about replacing all of us, stop making trouble."
Bai Luochuan then said, "Okay then."
The author has something to say: My eyes felt uncomfortable last night, and I wanted to update in the morning, but I didn't expect that they were swollen in the morning and I went to the hospital directly. I had a small stone, which has been taken out and I'm fine now orz
I just finished writing this because I had anesthetic drops in my eyes. Sorry!
There will be another update in the afternoon, muah!