After all, they were a little tired. Xiao Wanqing and Lin Xian had lunch together. After watching TV in the living room to digest their food, they said good afternoon to each other, and went back to their bedrooms for lunch break.
This sleep was extraordinarily sweet and seemed extraordinarily long. When Lin Xian woke up in a daze, the sky outside the window was already dark, except for the rustling of the leaves with the wind and rain, there was silence everywhere.
Lin Xian turned his head to look at the alarm clock beside the bed, it was already past five o'clock in the evening.
She woke up slightly, rubbed her eyes, then sat up and got out of bed to find Xiao Wanqing. I don't know if Aunt Xiao is up, if not, she can prepare dinner.
After leaving the room, she deliberately took a look at Xiao Wanqing's room, and the door was open. It seemed that Xiao Wanqing had already woken up.
Sure enough, after walking a few more steps, she heard the light touch of pots and pans coming from the kitchen, the sound seemed a bit unnaturally dull. Lin Xian followed the sound, and as soon as she reached the kitchen door, she called Xiao Wanqing tenderly: "Aunt Xiao..." with a laziness and low hoarseness just waking up.
Xiao Wanqing was choosing vegetables, when she heard the voice, she turned her head and saw the girl tilted her head slightly, her hair was sleepy, and she was looking at herself with a smile on her lips. She asked Lin Xian apologetically, "Did I wake you up?"
Lin Xian walked in, sat down on her exclusive small chair as usual, looked at Xiao Wanqing with crooked eyebrows, shook her head and replied: "No, I woke up naturally after a full sleep." After finishing speaking , she asked curiously: "What are you doing? What are we having for dinner?"
Hearing the question, a bit of helplessness suddenly appeared on Xiao Wanqing's gentle face. She looked at the rice cooker at the side, sighed, and said, "I thought you had a cold, and it would be better to eat something light. I'm going to cook some porridge and fry two side dishes."
Lin Xian was kind, stood up giggly, and said, "Okay, then I'll help you." After washing her hands, she was about to help.
Xiao Wanqing continued: "But the porridge is not cooked."
"Eh? Why? Is...is the rice cooker broken?" Lin Xian froze for a moment.
Xiao Wanqing blinked, stretched out her slender index finger, and pointed to the lamp on the ceiling. "Here, take a guess."
Lin Xian had already reached into the bowl of vegetables. Hearing this, he stared blankly at Xiao Wanqing, and then at the lamp. Suddenly, he was blessed and realized: "Is it a power outage?" No wonder she didn't notice it, she just woke up When I came here, I came out to look for Xiao Wanqing. Naturally, I didn't notice whether there was a power outage. Thinking about it now, it was really wrong, the sky was already getting dark, and Xiao Wanqing didn't turn on the light in the kitchen, which was obviously unreasonable. In previous years, there were frequent power outages after major typhoons crossed the border, but I don’t know how long it will last this time.
Xiao Wanqing's cool hand covered Lin Xian's warm hand, and she said with a bit of affection in her tone: "Little confused..." After finishing speaking, she took Lin Xian's hand out of the vegetable bowl: "I will choose it right away. Don’t touch it too much when the water is cold. Do you still have a headache when you wake up? When you just fell asleep, I took your temperature with a thermometer and the fever subsided. Do you want to test it again. "
Lin Xian's focus was obviously skewed to the sky. She stared at her cute big eyes like a deer, and said in surprise: "Did you take my temperature just now? Why don't I feel anything?"
Xiao Wanqing passed the selected dishes through the water again, and teased her: "Because you slept soundly like a pig." In fact, Xiao Wanqing guessed that Lin Xian should also be a person with shallow sleep, otherwise she would not have been caught by her movements last night. wake up. There was no response today, probably because she was really too tired, so she slept soundly.
Lin Xian pouted, took a step back abruptly, folded his hands on his chest and exaggeratedly said, "Then I'm so dangerous."
Xiao Wanqing answered her casually in doubt: "En?"
Lin Xian blinked her big eyes, and groaned, "You already know the little secret that I'm a heavy sleeper, so what will you do if you do whatever you want to me while I'm asleep..." She purposely pinched out Jiao Didi's lips The pretentious little girl's voice made Xiao Wanqing's brows twitch.
"Do whatever you want?"
Xiao Wanqing repeated the word with an accent, her hand holding the spatula froze slightly. She turned her head to look at Lin Xian, as if she didn't know her anymore, took a deep look at her pretty face, and then swept her from head to toe with her eyes, and swept her... the hands wrapped around her chest, Sweeping across her chest... Suddenly, there was a "puchi" and she laughed.
Now Lin Xian was dissatisfied, and put his arms around his chest on his hips, stomped his feet in embarrassment, and asked Xiao Wanqing, "Aunt Xiao, what kind of eyes are you looking at?"
When Xiao Wanqing was asked such a question, the corners of Xiao Wanqing's mouth could not help but grow wider. She tried her best to control her smile, until her beautiful face turned red slightly, she finally restrained a little, calmed down her voice, pretended to be calm and replied to Lin Xian, "It's nothing." After a pause, she went on again. Looking back at Lin Xian, there was a narrow smile in his usually gentle eyes, and he added: "Do you like papaya? I'll go to the supermarket to buy some in a while, and I'll make you some stewed pork ribs." OK?"
"..."
Lin Xian was taken aback for a moment, and then felt ashamed. She suddenly reached out and hugged Xiao Wanqing from the side, buried her small face in Xiao Wanqing's arms, and stabbed Xiao Wanqing with her sharp chin in retaliation: "Aunt Xiao, you despise me!!"
Over the past few days, Xiao Wanqing has gradually gotten used to Lin Xian's little tricks of getting close to her, but the moment she was hugged, she still stiffened almost imperceptibly. Immediately, she was relieved.
She reached out and gently rubbed Lin Xian's soft, fine hair: "I don't. Xianxian, don't be shy, this is a stage that all girls go through." She was trying to tease Lin Xian, but she also It was indeed because of concern that he asked Lin Xian seriously. When she was at Lin Xian's age, her mother also quietly bought a lot of papayas, changing the dishes and tricks to coax her to eat more. She didn't understand why at the time, but now that she thinks about it, her mother really had good intentions.
Thinking of this, Xiao Wanqing's mood suddenly sank.
Mom... my mother... Xiao Wanqing inhaled involuntarily, and her nose suddenly became sore.
Although the voice was very soft, Lin Xian still heard it. She keenly noticed that Xiao Wanqing, who was surrounded by her, seemed to be a little depressed suddenly. She raised her face from Xiao Wanqing's arms and looked at Xiao Wanqing with concern, and she saw that the smile on Xiao Wanqing's lips had disappeared, and there was a bit of sadness covering her brows. She was startled, and then asked softly, "Aunt Xiao, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Wanqing's warm eyes met Lin Xian's clear eyes, and then she smiled with a bit of reluctance, and shook her head gently to comfort her: "It's nothing." She turned on the gas stove, poured When the oil is on, the oil is hot and starts to boil, making a "crackling" sound. The atmosphere in the kitchen seemed to freeze suddenly.
"I just suddenly thought of my mother." Xiao Wanqing's warm voice suddenly rang again softly.
Lin Xian pursed her lips, not knowing what to say to comfort Xiao Wanqing.
She was actually somewhat puzzled and curious. Although she has hardly met Xiao Wanqing in these years, occasionally, she still learns some news about Xiao Wanqing from the few words of her mother and grandfather.
She knew that Xiao Wanqing's parents died in a car accident a few days before the Chinese New Year a few years ago.
However, she didn't know why, back then... Xiao Wanqing quarreled with her parents. She didn't know why in the next few years, Xiao Wan stopped coming to her house with Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao for New Year's greetings on the Youth Festival. He kept his tone and refused to tell his mother why the Xiao family was almost falling apart.
While she was still hesitating how to comfort Xiao Wanqing, Xiao Wanqing adjusted her mood again, her tone became natural and cheerful, and she turned her head and asked her: "There are no ingredients in the refrigerator, I can only order some noodles, which may be a bit crude, you Don't be disgusted."
Looking at her smiling face as usual, Lin Xian suddenly felt sore in his heart. This elegant woman always faces others with the best attitude. In these years, has she always been like this, forcing herself. Some people may be able to share her joy, but no one will share her sorrow.
But now she can't do anything. She has been wise since she was a child, and has always been good at observing words and emotions. She knew in her heart that she was actually not close enough to Xiao Wanqing now, and Xiao Wanqing hadn't completely let go of her guard against her. Although, Xiao Wanqing has always been very gentle and sincere to her. This fortification, not anything else, is just an instinctive emotional self-protection. Perhaps, even her mother Zhou Qin, Xiao Wanqing may not be completely defenseless.
Therefore, Lin Xian could only pretend that he didn't notice anything, pretended that he didn't think about anything, cooperated with Xiao Wanqing to change the subject, gently exposed the depression just now, and agreed with the same brisk tone: "It's okay, Xiao Auntie, your cooking skills are the best I have ever eaten, and I think everything you do is delicious."
Xiao Wanqing grabbed a handful of noodles and threw them into the pot, pursed her lips, her dimples were shallow, and her voice was rarely coquettish and annoyed her: "Your mouth is so sweet. But you don't sound like the truth."
Where did Lin Xian agree, she immediately cried out for being wronged, she stretched out her hand and pulled Xiao Wanqing's left hand that was not holding the spatula, gently covering her heart, bending her eyebrows and eyes, and said very sincerely: "If you don't believe me, you Feel my heartbeat, are they all very well-behaved and obediently saying 'Auntie Xiao, what you cook, even Lin Xiaoxian thinks it's delicious'?"
At first Xiao Wanqing was suddenly pulled and pressed on her soft chest by Lin Xian, her hand seemed to be scalded by something, she panicked and subconsciously wanted to withdraw it. The next second, she saw the girl looking into her eyes, dark, clear and bright, with a bright smile inside. She stabilized her mind, breathed a sigh of relief, and calmed down. She really felt the rhythm of Lin Xian's heartbeat, and then slowly withdrew her hand, teasing her: "I heard them seem to be saying 'Don't trust Lin Xiaoxian, she is a little liar'... "
Lin Xian laughed loudly at first, and then immediately changed his face, making a pretended appearance of crying, crying and coquettish: "Aunt Xiao said that she couldn't hear my sincerity, she is so sad, what should I do, what should I do now? My heart hurts..."
Xiao Wanqing listened to her having fun directing and acting on the sidelines, the curvature of her lips involuntarily became bigger and bigger. She pretended not to hear Lin Xian's feigned pitiful lament, she moved smoothly, turned off the fire, took out the bowl and chopsticks, and fished out a bowl of steaming noodles for Lin Xian first. She handed the noodles to the girl with both hands, and said softly: "Okay, stop making trouble, are you hungry? It's time to eat."
When Lin Xian heard this, she became even more sad. She stomped her feet, hummed coquettishly, and muttered, "You don't care about other people's sadness at all, you just remember your face!" That's what she said , but took the bowl honestly with both hands, and inhaled the aroma of the noodles with a face full of intoxication.
Xiao Wanqing laughed, and while filling herself with noodles, she softly reminded Lin Xian: "It's your noodles."
"Humph!"
Lin Xian was actually quite hungry. She stood there waiting for Xiao Wanqing to serve the noodles and eat them on the table in the outside restaurant, but she couldn't help but lower her head, took a sip of the hot soup first, and was immediately overwhelmed by the deliciousness. . Satisfied, she became more generous: "It's delicious! For the sake of your hard work, Aunt Xiao, I forgive you for hurting my heart just now."
There was a bit of doting in Xiao Wanqing's eyes, but also a bit of helplessness, begging for mercy: "Yes, yes, thank you classmate Lin Xiaoxian for not remembering the mistakes of villains. Let's go, let's go out."
Lin Xian grinned at her in satisfaction, revealing a row of white and lovely teeth. She turned around and walked to the restaurant first.
The sky had completely darkened, and the surroundings were gray and pitch black. After no one spoke, there was a dull silence. Looking at the slender back of the girl leaving, Xiao Wanqing thought for no reason that it was so lively.
It's so lively.
In these years, she has also been to many places full of people, resplendent with gold and jade, and lights like the sea. It's very big there, and every place is very lively, but none of the excitement belongs to her.
But now, in this darkness, Lin Xian stood there, like a small flickering candle, bringing her a faint light, not bright and dazzling, but illuminating the whole world. Fang Xiaotiandi. This excitement is not big, but this excitement really belongs to her.
It's her excitement.