Since Cheng Jingbo borrowed the book "Ten Days in India", Bai Ziren spent a certain amount of time reading it every day.
In all fairness, she didn't have much enthusiasm for this book, but she read it very seriously, as if she was performing a task assigned by the teacher, reading page by page, line by line, slowly and carefully, when turning the page When she came to one of the pages, she noticed a crease in the upper left corner, so she read that page repeatedly, guessing which paragraph of text, which word moved him at that time, and asked him to make a mark? But thinking about it again, maybe he just finished reading this page and put it down, without any other deep meaning.
She thinks a little too much. The fact is that since she got this book, she has become a little restless. While reading, she calculates how many days are left before the agreed exchange date. She has expectations and nervousness, just like waiting for the college entrance examination. Students, the more this is the case, the more they feel that time passes much slower than usual.
She hadn't really realized that this was what it was like to start waiting for someone.
On Saturday morning, Bai Ziren went home and said it was "home", but it was not true. After her parents divorced, her mother Liu Xinyu had a second marriage. She married a wealthy businessman and gave birth to her husband. A pair of male babies are currently living in Derenjia Garden, a prosperous residence in the city center. They are a housewife at ease, spending all their time taking care of and nurturing their two sons.
When Bai Ziren arrived at Derenjia Garden, a young family aunt came to open the door. Before she entered the house, she heard the noise of the living room playing. Looking past, a chubby boy was running along the spacious place with a flashing sword in his hand. Huhushengfeng, it was her eldest brother Mu Zidong, Liu Xinyu followed behind him worriedly, and gently told him: "Dongdong, stop and put on your socks first, the ground is very cold."
Mu Zidong ignored it, and swung his beloved sword back and forth in the air with both hands. Suddenly, he turned around and rushed towards the entrance. The sword pointed directly at him, "Who is coming! Tell me your name!"
Bai Ziren raised his hands cooperatively and remained still.
"Dongdong, it's your sister." Liu Xinyu stepped forward and grabbed the eldest son, "Don't make trouble anymore."
"Sister?" Mu Zidong raised his round head and looked at Bai Ziren in a daze, "I don't remember her."
"Don't be naughty." Liu Xinyu accused with a smile, "It's been a while since I haven't seen you, so you don't recognize me?"
"If you don't recognize it, you don't recognize it." Mu Zidong shook his head stubbornly, then turned around with all his strength, broke free from his mother's arms, and rushed straight towards the museum shelf in the corner of the living room with his sword in his hand. Liu Xinyu was so frightened that he immediately followed behind him.
Bai Ziren watched the farce in front of him silently, his eyes followed the scattered toys, painting books and snacks on the carpet, to another corner, another younger brother, the clean and fair Mu Zibei, was sitting on the lazy sofa, idly Flipping through comics.
"Miss, sit down first, I'll get you something to drink, can I have hot orange juice?" the family aunt came over and asked Bai Ziren.
"Yes, thank you." Bai Ziren said politely.
Mu Zidong was talking loudly about fighting and killing, and kept running around the living room. Bo Ziren managed to avoid him, and sat down in the corner of the couch, facing Mu Zibei.
Mu Zibei raised his head and blinked his long eyelashes at her: "Guaziren, long time no see, I've been missing you."
Bai Ziren smiled lightly: "Well, long time no see."
Speaking of the Mu family's twins, these two boys are both eight years old, but their personalities are very different. Mu Zidong, who was born three minutes earlier, is mischievous and has a reckless personality, but he has no heart. Win over people's hearts, but of course he also knows how to dig holes for people to jump from time to time.
No, Mu Zibei's big eyes stared at Bai Ziren for a long time, showing concern: "Is the school food bad? You have lost a lot of weight, which makes me feel bad."
"Really?" Bai Ziren thought for a while, "Probably because I've been exercising recently."
"Is exercise for weight loss?"
"No, exercise can lift people's spirits and focus on learning."
Mu Zibei nodded his round head, and flatteringly said: "That's good, you don't need to think about losing weight at all, you already have the figure of a model, if you are thinner, how will other women live?"
Bai Ziren was speechless. Every time he talked to Mu Zibei, he felt that under his eight-year-old skin was an eighteen-year-old intelligent soul.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the corner of the living room, followed by Mu Zidong's wailing. He fell a big somersault, and his sword broke. Liu Xinyu hurriedly picked him up for inspection, and found that his forehead had already bulged. Bao, hurriedly asked Auntie to find the medicine box, and she hurried upstairs with him in her arms. Mu Zidong lay on his mother's shoulder and cried, "My Scarlet Heaven Sword..."
Mu Zibei closed the manga and laughed at his brother: "What a fool."
Bai Ziren looked worriedly at the second floor.
Mu Zibei said: "It doesn't matter, his brain is extremely stupid, no matter how much he drops his IQ, it is impossible for him to drop again."
Bai Ziren frowned: "You can't say that about your brother."
"I'm telling you the truth. He's really not smart. He can't even memorize simple ancient poems. He often makes typos. Once, he was posted on the blackboard by the Chinese teacher as an example." Mu Zibei shrugged. The school doesn't even bother to talk to him."
Bai Ziren knew that Mu Zibei had always been smart, and he was arrogant in his bones, and he often took pleasure in bullying his elder brother.
"I'm different from him. In the future, I will be admitted to a famous university, and I will also study for a graduate student and a Ph.D." Mu Zibei looked at Bai Ziren with admiration, "Just like you."
"Me?" Bai Ziren thought of himself and suggested sincerely, "I think you can set higher goals, because I'm not as smart as you at your age."
"Don't be humble. I often tell my classmates at school that I have a beautiful and smart sister. They are very envious after hearing it." After all, he is a child, and Mu Zibei who has been complimented seems to be very pleased, his eyes flicker There was a flash of light, and the voice could not help but lighten up a bit.
Bai Ziren heard that his voice was hoarse, and asked concerned: "By the way, how is your health? Are you still breathing?"
"It's almost healed, but I have to go to the hospital to dispense medicine this afternoon." Mu Zibei rolled his eyes and said in a flattering tone, "Do you have time? Can you go with me?"
"I accompany you?"
"Yeah, mom is so annoying. She always tells the doctor a lot about my personal affairs." Mu Zibei frowned deeply, "I don't want her to take me there."
"I have no problem, but I have to get my mother's consent." Bai Ziren knew how precious his mother's two sons were, so he did everything by himself, and didn't worry about letting others intervene.
While eating lunch together around the round table, Mu Zibei solemnly made this request to her mother. On weekdays, Liu Xinyu might not agree, but today her husband is not at home, and the eldest son has a big bag again. She is depressed. Don't worry about leaving him and his aunt alone at home, and after thinking about it for a while, he agreed: "Then listen to your sister, be good, and don't run around."
Mu Zibei said yes readily, and winked at Bai Ziren: "I will be obedient."
When Bai Ziren took Mu Zibei to the hospital and stood in front of the pediatrics building, Mu Zibei made a personal request to her in a dignified way: "The beautiful doctor will ask you later if I take the medicine obediently, and you have to answer yes .”
"But mom said you poured the medicine down the toilet one day last week." Bai Ziren was serious about the facts.
"Don't talk about it, you can't be a doctor's face."
"Why do you care so much about what the doctor thinks?"
"Well, yes." Mu Zibei coughed, and suddenly approached Bai Ziren, "I like her very much."
"Huh?" Bai Ziren couldn't turn the corner, "Do you like your attending doctor?"
"Yes, she is beautiful and gentle, with long hair that falls over her shoulders like a waterfall."
"But counting her age, she is already your elder."
"So what?" Mu Zibei spread his hands, "Shakespeare said that the initiation of love has nothing to do with age."
Bai Ziren was speechless.
"Let's get down to business. If you must expose my faults in front of her, I'll go home now."
Bai Ziren understood, patted his head, and sighed: "Okay, I'll tell you to take your medicine on time."
Mu Zibei was very happy, he jumped into the door, passed by a large mirror at the corner of the stairs, and stepped forward to take a picture of himself, brushed his hair, and practiced smiling with ease, so that Baizi beside him Jin was speechless.
"Okay, let's go in." Mu Zibei turned around, and took the initiative to hold Bai Ziren's hand, looking very obedient.
Fortunately, there were no other patients in the pediatric clinic on Saturday afternoon, and the female doctor who made Mu Zibei's heart beat was sitting and reading a newspaper.
"Doctor Cheng." Mu Zibei called out politely.
Dr. Cheng raised his head, saw the familiar child, and quickly put on a smile: "What? Who brought you here today?"
"She's my older sister." Mu Zibei sat on the stool neatly and replied.
Bai Ziren said hello, and then saw the work card on her chest, with the words "Cheng Jingjie" written on it.
Cheng Jingjie? The name feels so familiar.
Dr. Cheng nodded to Bai Ziren in a friendly manner, and then took the tongue depressor for Mu Zibei to examine. Mu Zibei cooperated without moving. When Dr. Cheng picked up the stethoscope, he asked her to listen to his stomach more, claiming that There has always been a sound of small blisters bursting there recently, and Dr. Cheng smiled and said it was okay.
From Bai Ziren's point of view, Dr. Cheng has an elegant appearance, clear eyes, and slow and gentle movements. He is not as rigid and serious as ordinary doctors. He is indeed loved by children.
"There's nothing wrong with your little stomach." Dr. Cheng raised his eyebrows, "The sound you heard is probably because you ate too much."
Mu Zibei said: "The teacher said that you can only grow taller if you are full."
"But don't be greedy."
"Well, I remember."
Dr. Cheng wrote two lines on the medical record, and raised his head to ask Bai Ziren, "Has he obediently taken all the medicines from last week?"
"He's finished eating." Bai Ziren lied cooperatively.
Dr. Cheng nodded in satisfaction, and looked at the little patient approvingly: "For the sake of your obedience, I will sweeten the medicine this time."
Mu Zibei looked triumphant.
When Dr. Cheng finished prescribing the prescription, Mu Zibei took out the greeting card he had prepared earlier from his schoolbag and handed it over, and said sweetly, "Dr. Cheng, I gave this to you."
Dr. Cheng took it and looked at it, and quickly grinned from ear to ear: "Wow, little friend Muzibei, your handwriting is much prettier than mine. You must practice hard at home, right?"
Mu Zibei continued to be modest: "Who asked me to be the representative of the Chinese class in the class? I have to write blackboard newspapers every week. If I don't write well, I will make a fool of myself, so I consciously practice my calligraphy."
"Muzibei, you are excellent. You are a top student in school, right?"
"Fortunately, so far, the exams are barely perfect."
"You smart little guy." Dr. Cheng put away the greeting card and stroked his hair, "Thank you for the card, but it is my responsibility to treat you, so I don't need to thank you, just take your medicine and exercise more. "
"No, of course I have to thank you, Dr. Cheng, you are the most gentle and caring doctor in the world."
Bai Ziren was taken aback by their comings and goings. She could only admire Mu Zibei silently in her heart. Sometimes, he would blink those watery eyes like black grapes, his long eyelashes fluttering like the little wings of a butterfly, skillfully discharging electricity.
After walking out of the pediatric department together, Mu Zibei confirmed to Bai Ziren: "I'm doing well, right?"
"Full marks." Bai Ziren spoke concisely and couldn't help asking curiously, "Actually, I want to say, how did you do it?"
"what?"
"You are not stage fright at all, you can talk to people endlessly, and you can talk very happily."
"What's so difficult about it? You just need to practice more. Haven't you met someone you like yet? When facing someone you like, it's natural to say something to make her happy..." Mu Zibei said in a strange way Stopped, and looked not far away.
"What's wrong? What are you looking at?" Bai Ziren followed his gaze.
"I saw my rival."
"..."
"He's coming out of the parking garage. That's the tall one in the white shirt." While surveying the enemy, Mu Zibei took off his small schoolbag, quickly opened it, and found a stone wrapped in chocolate paper. He twisted his wrist, Throw it over with force directly, "Take a trick from me."
Before Bai Ziren could react, the man who was thrown in the back by the stone stopped and turned around.
"Run!" Mu Zibei immediately grabbed her sister's hand and ran wildly.
In just a few seconds, Bai Ziren saw clearly who he was, his heart skipped a beat, and his ears buzzed.
She saw his eyes looking over, but she didn't know if he recognized her, or she didn't have time to judge, she had already been led by Mu Zibei for a long way.
They stopped behind a certain building and pressed against the wall in a hurry.
"Mu Zibei, are you crazy?" Bai Ziren criticized him, "Why hurt people for no reason?"
"Hurt someone? It's not that serious, it's just to make trouble for him."
Bai Ziren snatched his small schoolbag, opened it, and found that there were several murder weapons in the bag, all of which were stones wrapped in chocolate paper. After weighing the weight, it was really heavy. When he peeled off the chocolate paper, he saw , It turned out to be a small piece of broken copper.
"Where did you find it?"
"There are a lot of construction sites behind the school."
"If I hit you on the head with this, will it hurt you?" Bai Ziren asked expressionlessly.
Mu Zibei flattened his mouth aggrievedly: "Why are you so serious all of a sudden?"
"Because you are very wrong. You did something wrong. Now you have to go out with me and apologize to him."
"But he has plans for Dr. Cheng. A man can compromise with anyone, but not his love rival." Mu Zibei said stubbornly, "Besides, he didn't see us at all, so why bother? Only fools would do that." do that."
"You..." Bai Ziren thought the situation was serious, and was about to correct his behavior when an elegant and calm voice suddenly came from his ear.
"It turned out to be something you left behind."
Mu Zibei and Bai Ziren turned their heads at the same time, and saw the "rival in love" appearing in front of them after a long time.
Under the sunlight, Cheng Jingbo looked at them with bright amber eyes, and Bai Ziren was stunned.
"I thought I was lucky today and caught a piece of chocolate that fell from the sky." He looked at Mu Zibei and said slowly, "After taking it apart, I took a bite and found that the taste was not very right."
Even a villain like Mu Zibei blushed with guilt at this moment, and didn't know how to put his hands down.
"Why did you hit me?" He lowered his head and asked Mu Zibei seriously.
"Because you are very close to Dr. Cheng, you are interested in her, and you always follow her. I find it very annoying, hum."
"Oh, that's how it is." He seemed to understand, "You like her and don't want me to get close to her."
"Yes." Mu Zibei boldly admitted, "You are my number one rival in love."
"If you are a rival in love, you should objectively compete fairly, rather than secretly playing tricks."
Muzi was at a loss for words.
"And once you make up your mind to attack secretly, you should investigate clearly and hit it right away, so as not to leave any future troubles."
"..."
Cheng Jingbo returned the stone to him: "Unfortunately, I am not your rival in love, but I have the right to check Dr. Cheng's friendship."
Mu Zibei widened his eyes, looked at his face in detail, and suddenly noticed a potential possibility: "Looking at your face closely, the eyes are a bit like Dr. Cheng's. You can't be her distant relative..."
"That's right, I'm her biological brother, and she's one year older than me."
Mu Zibei's face looked like a Sichuan opera face-changing technique in half a minute, colorful and mysterious, and finally put on the most dignified mask in his life, bowed respectfully, clasped his fists and said: "Brother Cheng, everything just now is my little brother If there is any offense, please bear with me, of course an apology is not enough, in order to show my sincerity, please allow me to treat you to dinner."
Bai Ziren: "..."