The weather was getting colder, and when the first cold wave hit, it snowed lightly.
Su Yi had never seen snow in the small fishing village. When she woke up that morning, she saw a layer of white falling outside the window. She immediately ran out happily. Her golden retriever Mimi was wagging its tail wildly with her.
"Be careful not to catch a cold, come back and put on your clothes!" Old Mrs. Qu shouted from inside the house.
So the man and the dog ran back. Su Yi put on the down jacket she had just bought, and Mimi was put in a Heart brand sweater by Old Lady Qu.
The snow was actually very small and most of it melted as soon as it fell to the ground. After one night, there was only a thin layer on the ground.
Sue ran a few laps in the open space, leaving footprints in every corner of the garden. She also spent a lot of time collecting the fallen snow from the leaves, car roofs, and windowsills, and used chocolate beans as a mouth and jelly beans as a nose to build a snowman the size of a palm.
After finishing, I showed it off to Mimi, and then put the little snowman into the refrigerator like a baby amid the expectant whimper of the golden retriever.
As the New Year approached, two things happened that seemed insignificant to Su Yi, but would certainly be serious if they happened to others.
First of all, the school is going to hold a New Year's Eve party. According to tradition, each class in the first year of high school needs to perform a program, and the second and third year students are responsible for enjoying it.
Last week, the head teacher announced this matter in the class meeting and asked interested students to contact her to sign up. However, a week passed and there was no movement at all. She had to mention it again, but still no one volunteered. She had no choice but to do ideological work on the students.
Su Yi was the first one to be talked to. After all, in the eyes of teachers of various subjects, she was the most obedient, had the best grades, and was the most capable one.
And she did not disappoint the teacher. She agreed as soon as the teacher asked her to do it, and she carried the whole show by herself.
Su Yi had not planned to attend before. Firstly, she felt that such parties would require singing and dancing, and she didn't know any of them. Secondly, there was no prize money to attract her.
But now that the head teacher had specifically mentioned it, she had no choice but to participate. And the teacher said it could be other projects, such as skits, crosstalk, gymnastics, musical instruments, etc. Su Yi remembered a program she had seen on TV a few days ago, and with a wave of her hand, she filled in the words "martial arts performance".
The second thing was that someone was openly pursuing her.
After school that afternoon, she walked out of the school gate, but before she could find the Xiao family's car, she was stopped by a boy.
"Are you Xiao Yan's sister?" The boy was quite tall, with a schoolbag on one shoulder and one hand in his pocket, looking relaxed and casual.
Sue stopped and nodded, "Yes."
The other person took a step closer and looked at her with a half-smile, "I'm Xiao Yan's friend. Have you heard of me?"
Among Xiao Yan's friends, Su Yi had only met Han Lu a few times, and had only heard of the names of the others. The man in front of him, although with a smile on his face, his eyes were not very friendly. His eyes were full of arrogance, as if he could easily send any mortal to the number one position in the world to retreat. He didn't look like a friend of Xiao Yan at all. If the two of them stood together, it would look more like they were ready to fight.
"I haven't heard of it. Do you have something to ask me?" Su Yi looked at him, thinking that if he really came to fight Xiao Yan, then she would beat him up first.
No matter what, after eating so much food from Xiao Yan, in her heart, the other party has become one of her own. She cannot stand by and watch someone from her faction being bullied by others.
Xie Shengkai looked at the girl in front of him with interest. She was quite pretty, not tall, slender and light, with a ponytail. She had no makeup on her face and looked fresh and clean.
I can't believe that someone as pretentious as Xiao Yan would have such a sister, even though she is a step-sister.
But it is precisely because she is his adopted sister that he still values her so much, which is even more intriguing, isn't it
He had known Xiao Yan for quite a long time, and the elders of both sides were good friends, so they had met each other when they were in diapers, but they did not get along.
He knew everything about the Xiao family and had known for a long time that Xiao Yan had a new sister, but he didn't take it seriously at first. After all, she was brought by his stepmother, and she was a country girl, so what was so strange about it
But the results seem a bit surprising.
Even someone like him who rarely stays in school has heard of her fame. When he saw her in person today, he found that she was indeed different from what he expected. Considering how much Xiao Yan values her, it becomes quite interesting.
Xie Shengkai changed his foot to support his body, leaning against the tree trunk next to him, and smiled: "Xiao Yan didn't mention me to you? That's not right. I have known him for more than ten years. I have known him since childhood."
Su Yi just said "oh".
The colder she was, the more interested Xie Shengkai became. With one hand in his pocket, he leaned forward slightly, getting closer to Su Yi, invisibly drawing her into his sphere.
It was after school and there were many students at the school gate, so the two had attracted a lot of attention.
Originally, the two of them were the focus of everyone in school. Now standing together and seemingly very close, they attracted even more attention. Many students even stopped to secretly observe them.
Xie Shengkai curled his lips and said, "Although Xiao Yan didn't mention it, I can't pretend I don't know. Given the friendship between our two families, I will of course take good care of you. If you encounter any problems in the future, come to find me in the second grade of high school and just tell me your name. When you are free, we can go out and play together."
Su Yi said "oh" again. Actually, she was a little impatient. It was time to finish school and go home for dinner. This guy stopped her and said a bunch of things that he didn't believe, with a fake smile, and he didn't mean to stop. If it wasn't in public, she would have knocked him out and left.
The world is so big, is there anything more important than eating
She was thinking about saying something to get rid of him, but she saw Xie Shengkai turning his gaze behind her. She also turned around and saw Xiao Yan walking towards her.
Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have already gotten into the car, and came over when he saw that she hadn't come out.
Sue suddenly felt relieved and could almost see dinner waving at her.
She raised her foot and walked towards Xiao Yan. Just as she took a step, her schoolbag was pulled by someone. It turned out that Xie Shengkai had hooked her bag strap with his finger.
Xiao Yan walked up to him and asked Su Yi, "What's wrong?"
Before Su Yi could speak, Xie Shengkai spoke first, "Let's just chat and ask Su Yi when she's free to go out and play together. You're not coming, are you?"
Xiao Yan still looked at Su Yi. When he saw her gently shook her head, he looked at Xie Shengkai. "Let's talk about playing later. Our family is still waiting. We'll leave first."
Xie Shengkai still had a smile on his face, "Okay."
Xiao Yan took Su Yi and turned to leave. After walking a few steps, Xie Shengkai suddenly raised his voice and said, "Su Yi, remember what I said. I still like you very much."
After Xiao Yan came just now, there were more people watching around intentionally or unintentionally, and some were whispering about something. Now, after hearing Xie Shengkai's ambiguous words, several girls exclaimed in a low voice.
Xie Shengkai turned his head to look at them, curled his lips and smiled, and the girls blushed.
"Wait a moment." Su Yi said to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan frowned slightly, preparing to say something to her.
Seeing the two men stop, Xie Shengkai raised his eyebrows and straightened up.
However, Su Yi pointed at his neck and said seriously, "There is a big worm on your neck." Then he left.
Xiao Yan glanced at Xie Shengkai's neck, then quickly looked away. For the first time in his life, there was a smile in his eyes, and he left with Su Yi.
Xie Shengkai's face froze, and he then noticed an unusual itch on his neck, as if something was crawling towards his face. He reached out and grabbed, and caught a large green caterpillar as thick as a finger, which was struggling and twisting in his hand.
The girls watching had never seen such a big insect before, and they immediately ran away screaming. Some were scared, and some were disgusted.
Xie Shengkai had a blank expression on his face. The worm twisted a few times in his hand and gradually became motionless.
Some people also found it strange. Although they were under a tree, it was already winter. Where did the insects come out from
No one has figured out this question.
At night, Su Yi went to the living room to pour water. When she was about to return to her room, she heard a slight noise outside the window. She went to the balcony and saw that it was snowing again.
Small and light snowflakes danced in the dim street lights, like naughty elves in the night sky, slowly falling to the ground and silently turning into water.
Su Yi caught a piece with her hand, but before she could take a closer look, it melted away.
She exhaled again, and the snow-white air mass seemed like a small cloud, slowly dissipating.
It's a really interesting world.
She thought so as she looked up at the snow falling like rice grains.
There were footsteps behind her, and soon, Xiao Yan stood beside her.
"Look at that little snowflake, it looks like popping candy." Su Yi pointed under the street light.
Xiao Yan was already used to her using food as a metaphor, and after staring at the snow for a while, he actually felt that it did look a bit like it.
He knew that Sue had hidden a snowman in the refrigerator, and she would take it out from time to time, show it to the family's golden retriever, and then put it back, causing the dog to whine around the refrigerator these days.
Old Mrs. Qu thought the dog had learned bad things and wanted to eat the food in the refrigerator, so she scolded it, which made the dog feel very wronged.
Su Yi did something bad and just laughed secretly on the side.
Xiao Yan saw everything, but of course, he would not speak for Mimi.
He looked at Xue and suddenly asked, "Has Xie Shengkai looked for you before?"
After the two of them got in the car in the afternoon, he never mentioned anything about what happened before, but not saying anything doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't care.
"The guy you met after school? I don't know him."
Xiao Yan's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, and he said, "He is indeed someone I don't need to know."
"He said he knows you very well, a friendship of more than ten years."
"The elders of both families are indeed nice, but I don't interact with them much." Xiao Yan said to her, tilting his head as if to explain.
In fact, not only do we not interact much, even if we do interact, it is not very friendly.
Since childhood, Xiao Yan was always indifferent to everyone, while Xie Shengkai was always smiling. However, the elders seemed to like Xiao Yan more, so Xie Shengkai disliked him and thought he was pretending.
Later, when the two grew up and went to school, one had good grades while the other just slacked off, and the elders loved to compare them. As the one who was compared to inferior, Xie Shengkai became even more unhappy with Xiao Yan. Although he looked nonchalant and didn't care, he was actually holding back and wanted to peel off Xiao Yan's pretentious appearance and let people see his true appearance.
It's not that the two of them had any major grudges against each other, but they just seemed to be incompatible. Even at school, the two of them and their good classmates and friends were divided into two clearly defined factions.
Xiao Yan originally did not take Xie Shengkai seriously, and did not care much even when provoked. Until today when he saw him talking to Su Yi, he felt a nameless fire in his heart, and the flame has not been extinguished.
"No matter what he said to you this afternoon, you don't have to take it seriously," he said.
Sue shrugged. "He said a lot, but I didn't listen carefully."
Xiao Yan nodded slightly, then frowned and said, "Since he said he likes you a little, he probably won't just give up. He must have other plans. You should be prepared."
"Like me?" Sue tilted her head. "Is he planning to pursue me? I don't have time to fall in love with a kid."
She looks like a little girl herself, but she calls others children.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but curl his lips, and the anger in his heart dissipated.
but…
He looked at Su Yi's profile, and she tilted her head back, gazing intently at the night sky, her face full of yearning and expectation.
Xiao Yan savored her last words in his heart.
The next day at school, as soon as Su Yi stepped into the classroom, she was surrounded by girls.
"Su Yi, I heard that Xie Shengkai, a sophomore, confessed his love to you yesterday. Is that true?"
"It's Xie Shengkai! He's a senior high school student who's as famous as your brother. I heard he rarely comes to school. He's so mysterious. I haven't seen him many times yet. How did you get to know him?"
"And it's time to confess. Sue, you did a great job keeping it a secret!"
"Yes, yes, tell us quickly, are you going to start dating?"
Several people talked at the same time, and Sui Yi finally broke through the encirclement with great effort and sat in his own seat. However, before he could sit firmly, he was stabilized by Tuan Tuan again.
She had no choice but to say, "No acquaintance, no confession, no dating, that's it."
The girls were not willing to believe it. “Don’t deny it. Many people saw it yesterday.”
"If we had known earlier, we would have left later and maybe we could have seen that scene."
"I heard that when he was confessing his love, Senior Xiao showed up and pulled you away unhappily? Oh my God, when will I be treated like this and have two of the most handsome boys on campus fight over me? My life will be perfect!"
"You'd better wipe your saliva. It's dripping on your shoes."
"What? Don't you want to?"
The girls looked at each other and started laughing and making fun of each other again.
"First, you need to have Sue's beauty."
"Secondly, you need to have Sue's results."
"Finally, I need a brother like Senior Xiao."
Several people paused and sighed in unison: "We don't have any, so we're just dreaming."
They all sang the same tune, which made Su Yi laugh and cry. "It's really not what you think. He and my brother know each other. I met him for the first time yesterday. I don't know why he said such misleading words when there were so many people around."
After hearing what she said, Zhang Jiajia and the others finally calmed down and looked at each other. Fang Yingying thought of something and frowned, "I've heard from others before that the relationship between the two school idols in the second year of high school, Xie Shengkai and Senior Xiao, is not very good."
Another girl touched her chin and said, "That's normal. Both of them are so handsome, but Xie Shengkai is handsome in a naughty way. You don't know, when he smiles, I blush. Senior Xiao is different. He never smiles. He is like a flower on a mountain top. You can only admire him from afar and not desecrate him. I can't even imagine him smiling. They don't look like the same kind of people."
"Not only that, I heard they knew each other since they were young, and they didn't have a good relationship before."
"Hey, that entanglement is quite deep."
"Wait... I feel like something is wrong the more you talk. Look, Xie Shengkai and Senior Xiao have known each other since childhood, but they don't have a good relationship. Yesterday, Su Yi met Xie Shengkai for the first time, and nothing happened at first. But when Senior Xiao showed up, Xie Shengkai suddenly said something that was misunderstood..."
Su Yi nodded and thought to himself, not bad, not bad, you guessed it right, that guy looked bad and just wanted to find trouble to make things difficult for Xiao Yan. It was not unfair at all that he was given the worm yesterday.
She was nodding when someone suddenly slapped the table. "He must like Senior Xiao and is deliberately trying to get his attention. This is a love-hate relationship!"
The girls suddenly understood.
And Su Yi was still confused. Just when she was about to ask what you said, she was hugged by someone. "Oh my God, poor Su Yi, being used as cannon fodder by a scumbag, it's too much!"
"That's right, what a crap school hunk, I'm never going to be a fan of him again!"
"I curse him to never win Senior Xiao's heart in his life, what a scumbag!"
Several people were filled with righteous indignation, then turned around and hugged Su Yi with a loving look on their faces.
Su Yi was squeezed by them and couldn't breathe, and struggled hard.
So... what are you talking about
Hmm, so soft.
The author has something to say: The author is back, thank you for your blessings, I am so touched. Regarding marriage, I want to say that fortunately it is only once in a lifetime, otherwise nine lives would not be able to withstand the tossing. I thought there were many things before marriage, but it turned out that there were still a lot of things waiting after marriage. But I will try to get a day off tomorrow, and prepare to make up for everyone, come, and have fun with me!