Enduring the Winter

Chapter 16

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Xu Hui got angry.

It seemed that everyone except Bai Lu had discovered it.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when we came out of the video game city. When we were looking for a restaurant, Sun Yuhe and Keiko looked at each other frequently.

Bai Lu carried her bag and walked beside Xu Hui, following closely.

Xu Hui had long legs and walked fast, and he didn't intend to wait for Bai Lu.

The place for dinner was chosen by Sun Yuhe, in the innermost part of the pedestrian street, a streetside noodle shop. Bai Lu has been here before. It is an old store that has been open for decades.

The entrance of the noodle shop is also at the end of the pedestrian street, facing an old building from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is now a museum, surrounded by pines and cypresses, which are lush in late summer and early autumn.

At the entrance of the museum is a small marble fountain, with a fat little angel holding a milky white pot and sprinkling water outward.

Xu Hui didn't say a word during the meal, but Sun Yuhe was not affected, and he still talked to Keiko.

After eating half, Xu Hui got up.

"Why go?" Sun Yuhe asked.

Xu Hui: "Go to the bathroom."

"Another person left with a muffled voice..." Sun Yuhe muttered in a low voice as he watched his leaving back.

"Let him go." Huizi handed the drink cup to Sun Yuhe, "Drink water."

Sun Yuhe bit the straw and took a few sips. Keiko took the time to say to Bai Lu, "Why didn't you buy him a glass of water?"

Bai Lu: "I asked, but he said no."

Both Huizi and Sun Yuhe laughed.

"Oh, it wouldn't be a good idea to listen to him." Sun Yuhe shook his head with a smile, "You can't listen to him."

Bai Lu lowered her head slightly, and didn't eat much of the noodles in front of her.

The phone in her pocket vibrated, and Bai Lu carefully took it out under the table to take a look, it was Wu Hanwen.

The phone vibrated seven or eight times and stopped.

Bai Lu put the phone back into her pocket, while Sun Yuhe and Keiko were still feeding each other.

Bai Lu said softly, "I'll go out for a while too."

Keiko turned her head, "Why are you going?"

Bai Lu: "Buy a glass of water."

Huizi burst into laughter, "Okay, let's go. Oh, by the way, what does Ah Hui like to drink?"

Sun Yuhe: "Lemonade."

Huizi said, "Did you hear that?"

Bai Lu nodded silently.

When Bai Lu went out, Sun Yuhe picked up the peanuts in the small plate with chopsticks, and Keiko asked beside him, "Why does Ah Hui like her?"

"What's wrong?"

"Not as beautiful as Xiaoye." After thinking about it, he added in a low voice, "The breasts are not as big as Xiaoye."

Sun Yuhe squinted and sneered, "How do you know he likes big breasts?"

Keiko didn't agree with him, and leaned on him, "Do you like small ones?"

Sun Yuhe hummed twice, and then picked up peanuts.

Keiko rested her elbow on him and said emotionally, "But Ah Hui..."

"how?"

"It's not easy to get along with either."

Sun Yuhe laughed, Keiko: "Am I wrong?"

"wrong."

"Why not?"

Sun Yuhe turned his head, looked at Huizi, nodded with his chopsticks, and said: "He just looks a little unreasonable, but in fact it's the best to get along with. When we first met in junior high school, he was the leader of the class. Some people are born with In this way, everyone likes to be with him and feels that being with him has face, at that time he was very nice and treated everyone well."

As he said that, Sun Yuhe said half-jokingly, "I thought he was really handsome when I was in junior high school. I didn't dare to invite you to play with him at first."

"Really?" Keiko said with a smile, "How dare you later?"

Sun Yuhe didn't answer, and seemed to think for a while, then put down his chopsticks and stretched, and said, "I'd better go out and see if that little white rabbit is back."

Bai Lu was holding lemonade and making a phone call by the fountain.

There was a lot of noise over the phone, and the sound of drumming and broadcasting could still be vaguely heard.

"Hey, hello? Have you been taken away by aliens?" Wu Hanwen shouted.

Bai Lu said, "Why is your voice hoarse?"

Wu Hanwen: "You heard it. Come on, it's broken after shouting for a day. You haven't told me yet, have you been captured by aliens, do you need rescue?"

Bai Lu said, "How many people didn't go today?"

"Not much."

"Anyone check?"

Wu Hanwen hecked twice, as if he had come to a quieter place.

"I'm scared."

Bai Lu didn't speak, Wu Hanwen said: "You are too courageous, you dared to run on the first day of the sports meeting, and you didn't even say hello. But it's okay—" Wu Hanwen changed the subject, and said: "You are very lucky Jia, Teacher Bao’s child had a fever today, so he took the child to the hospital, and a new Chinese teacher came to lead the class temporarily.”

The Chinese teacher is an old woman who is over fifty years old. Except for class, she doesn't remember anything in class.

Bai Lu: "Did you call the name?"

"Yes."

Bai Lu lowered her head, "Thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

Bai Lu: "Take a day trip to the cafeteria."

"Haha." She still remembered what he said, and Wu Hanwen said with a smile, "No, no, this time I will be of great help."

Bai Lu was silent for a while, "Then what do you want?"

At every stage of life, there are moments of extra energy, such as a spring outing in elementary school, a dinner in college, or a sports meeting in high school.

Things that I dare not think about usually, I dare to think about today. What I dare not say usually, I dare to say today.

"You can buy me a box of chocolates... that or something, it's for Dove."

The evening wind in early autumn carried a hint of coolness. The little angel looked peaceful, holding the round pot, and a wisp of clear spring flowed down, making a lively sound.

Wu Hanwen suddenly woke up, "Ah, I'm just kidding!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you when school starts." Bai Lu said, "I have something to do now, so I'll hang up first."

"Okay, you are busy with your work."

Wu Hanwen hung up the phone hastily.

"Who is it for when school starts?"

Bai Lu turned her head, and Sun Yuhe came out of the shop with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Who do you want to invite for a day trip to the cafeteria?"

Bai Lu said, "You heard me calling."

"I'm not eavesdropping, I'm standing right behind you, you didn't notice it yourself."

Bai Lu nodded, "En."

As the sky gradually darkened, Sun Yuhe smoked so fast that half of his cigarettes were gone in the blink of an eye.

"Did you play truant today? The school has a sports meeting? Which school?"

Bai Lu: "Well, I ran out secretly. I just called my classmate and asked the teacher if he found out."

Sun Yuhe looked down at her, "Did you find it?"

Bai Lu pursed her lips and smiled, "No, the teacher's child has a fever, so he didn't come today."

"Oh." Sun Yuhe threw the cigarette on the ground, stepped on it casually, raised his eyes and said, "Do you like Ah Hui?"

Bai Lu didn't answer, Sun Yuhe looked to the side, then turned back and said, "I asked the wrong question, how could you not like it."

Bai Lu smiled as if embarrassed.

"I'm just telling you, don't be frightened by his appearance." Sun Yuhe kicked the sand on the ground, and said, "He just has a bad temper."

After a while, he said in a low voice: "It's also related to his family... He wasn't like this before."

He was talking to himself, but Bai Lu didn't ask further questions.

"If he really likes you, you've found a treasure." Sun Yuhe looked at Bai Lu and said, "He will definitely treat you very well."

Bai Lu hummed, "Really."

"Also, you have to be clingy to him." Sun Yuhe seemed to help out with an idea, "He likes girls to be clingy."

Bai Lu stood quietly, Sun Yuhe looked at it for a while, and said, "You always seem to have a sense of distance from him, so he must be unhappy."

Suddenly the subject changed, and he said: "Don't look at him as handsome, he seems to be pulling two to five to eighty thousand all day long, but in fact, that guy is super insecure."

Bai Lu raised her eyes, "Insecure?"

What did Sun Yuhe want to say, he glanced behind him from the corner of his eye, moved his eyes, half bent down, and whispered: "If you don't believe me, just look at it..."

Bai Lu realized something, Sun Yuhe was already very close, her eyes fixed on her hair.

"Hey, there seems to be something."

Sun Yuhe was talking to himself, while speaking, he raised his hand, hooked his fingers into the tip of Bai Lu's hair, and stroked it down gently.

Obviously there was nothing there, and I even blew on it, as if blowing off the lint.

"Ah, Ah Hui..." Sun Yuhe paused, Bai Lu turned her head and saw Xu Hui coming from behind.

The black hoodie fit slightly with Ye, and he looked a bit thin and thin like a teenager.

Sun Yuhe rushed to Xu Hui and said, "I've been to the bathroom for so long."

Xu Hui came over but didn't answer.

"I'll go and see Huizi first." Sun Yuhe greeted Xu Hui with a smile, and returned to the noodle shop.

Bai Lu raised her hand to comb her hair again, just now Sun Yuhe pulled out a strand of hair.

Inadvertently looked directly at Xu Hui.

His eyes fell on Bai Lu's hair.

The movements of Bai Lu's hands slowed down.

The sound of the flowing water of the Angel Fountain is mixed with the feasting lights in the shopping mall, and the marble body becomes colorful.

A few seconds later, Xu Hui suddenly smiled, tilted his head, and whispered helplessly:

"He likes to make trouble like this. He provokes others every day. Do you think others are stupid?"

Bai Lu tied up her hair again, and then passed the lemonade in her hand to Xu Hui.

"I'll give you a drink."

Xu Hui glanced down, "Put the straw in."

"Oh." Bai Lu lowered her head again and inserted the drinking straw.

Xu Hui took it and took a sip.

"Let's go back." Bai Lu thought about the time and walked towards the store.

He just took two steps and suddenly raised his neck—

Hair was pulled from behind. Fortunately, Bai Lu didn't walk fast, and didn't feel much pain, but her center of gravity was unsteady for a while, and she took a few steps back in a hurry.

The moment she hit her chest, Bai Lu stopped, but her back was still slightly pressed against her.

He was not gentle at all when pulling people's hair, and Bai Lu's fragile hair collapsed tightly under his fingertips.

"Let go..." Bai Lu pinned her neck, and instinctively pulled her hand up, just enough to hold Xu Hui's wrist.

Wearing two colored silicone sports wristbands on his wrists, the boy's skin feels a little cold through the gaps in the wristbands, and the touch feels completely different from his own.

Xu Hui's voice sounded from the back and above, a little lazy, and also concealed a little dissatisfaction.

"Don't let anyone touch you casually..."

Bai Lu paused for a second, and made up her mind to pull her hair out forcefully.

Xu Hui seemed to have a premonition, and let go of her hand a second before she tried hard.

Bai Lu quickly straightened her hair, then turned around and stood in front of Xu Hui.

His face was slightly red from the tug just now.

Xu Hui put his hands back into his pockets as if nothing happened.

Bai Lu stared at him intently, her big eyes behind the lens were brighter than before.

"I said it before, do you remember?"

Xu Hui tilted his head, "What?"

It was rare for Bai Lu to be sincere: "You are really stupid." Anyone who was provoked would be fooled, knowing that it was a gutter and still jumping into it.

After being silent for a while, Xu Hui smiled relaxedly and moved his body on the spot.

He is all too aware of his unique advantages.

In front of her, he was like a young photo that was unintentionally crumpled by the wind.

Xu Hui came over, stuffed a paper bag into her arms, and left a sentence in a rather chic manner.

"Don't just throw it away."

Walked lightly.

Inside the bag is a boxy black box.

Bai Lu opened the box, and inside was a necklace. Hanging under the thin chain is a small silver flower, decorated with golden bright diamonds, which looks delicate and cute.

There is a note under the necklace with two lines written on it.

supply you.

happy Birthday.