Xiao Yu'an and Xia Qi were sitting diagonally across from each other, but after the steak and other side dishes were brought in, the table couldn't be spread, so Xia Qi put away the rolls and changed to sit side by side on his side.
Xiao Yu'an didn't speak much during the meal. Xia Qi was basically talking. He listened and responded from time to time.
Xia Qi talked about the bead bracelet he got from him in elementary school, and pulled off the exaggerated pendant on his chest, "I can't wear the bracelet now, but the beads are all good ones, so I DIYed them into this, Does it look good?"
Every year when Xiao Yuan came back from the beach, he would bring gifts to friends in the compound and classmates in the school. The time was too long and the gifts were too many. As long as it was not too special—such as the shell gun for Xiao Muting and Xiao Jincheng—he couldn’t remember.
But when Xia Qi mentioned it, he still had an impression. It was no wonder that when he saw the pendant at the door of his house, he felt a little familiar.
"I thought where did you buy it." He said, "I didn't expect you to DIY it yourself."
"Diy is more fun than buying." Xia Qi said with a smile, "You can also wear things that you like but can no longer wear in another form."
Xiao Yuan nodded, "Very good."
Having said that, the memory of the year when the bead bracelet was given became clear. Mingshu asked him for a gift, but he didn't prepare it for Mingshu. He wanted to find a bracelet to tease Mingshu, but Mingshu ran away angrily, and the most delicate bracelet he brought back was given to Xia Qi.
Later, I chose two from Xiao Jinlan, one pink and one mint, and Mingshu wore them all summer.
There is a distance from the window to the stairway, and Xiao Yu'an looked there unintentionally.
So when he saw that it was Mingshu standing there, he felt a little weird.
Seeing this kind of inconceivable in Mingshu's eyes, is that my brother is surprised, surprised that his puppy love was discovered, surprised that his lies were exposed, and that...
Mingshu couldn't think of more possibilities for a while, but he was stabbed by this incredible thing. He stared at his brother, fighting two emotions in his chest, grievance and anger.
Or they shouldn't fight, they coexist and progress.
Xia Qi also turned his face and said briefly, "Mingshu?"
Xia Qi's reaction was much more straightforward. Mingshu has been sensitive since childhood. Although Xiao Jincheng has occasionally led to some rough lines over the years, at this time, all the slenderness that should be there and should not be bursting out.
He could see that Xia Qi's surprise was filled with disgust, dissatisfaction, and even fear.
Xia Qi didn't want him to appear here.
Because he disturbed their puppy love, their date
Xiao Yu'an's seat was inside, and he was bound to pass Xia Qi when he came out. He removed the chair and was about to walk towards Mingshu when Xia Qi suddenly grabbed his wrist, "Brother?"
Xiao Yu'an frowned and retracted his hand. Xia Qi didn't show anything out of the ordinary this afternoon, but the touch just now made Xiao Yu'an realize that Xia Qi called him out, maybe it wasn't as simple as that.
After high school, many girls approached him on the grounds of problems. However, Xia Qi was a boy, or a partner who grew up with him and Cheng Yue, and he was reluctant to think about that aspect for the time being.
"I'll go down." He just said that.
Xia Qi pursed the corners of his lips and seemed unhappy, "Well, alright brother."
Mingshu looked at his brother walking towards him, but took a step back. The stairs are behind him, and he hasn't eaten for a day, and it's a bit empty after running so far.
Thanks to Xiao Yu'an, he reached out and pulled him, "Your dad let you out?"
Ming Haofeng scolded me again today.
He didn't let me out, I went out the window by myself.
I didn't eat, I was very hungry.
I went to my house to find you, and Xiao Jincheng said that you and Xia Qi came out.
I have been looking for you for a long time.
Mingshu looked at his brother, and every word in his heart seemed to weigh more heavily. In the end, he couldn't say a word, only uttered a monotonous "um".
Xiao Yuan saw at a glance that something was wrong with him. If Ming Haofeng really released him and he found himself again, this should not be the reaction.
He will be overjoyed—no, the child has grown up, and his emotions have calmed down a lot, but at least he will rush over excitedly, call his brother, beg for a hug, and then complain about being in the Wen family with a little coquettish grievance. And the suffering after returning, order at least three more cakes.
"What happened?" Xiao Yuan sat on the chair beside the stairs and led Mingshu to him.
From Mingshu's point of view, Xia Qi can also be seen. He looked past his brother, entangled with Xia Qi, and immediately bounced off.
There was a bit of disgust in Xia Qi's disgust. These damp emotions were crawling on the back of his feet like moss, and he could easily detect them.
Xia Qi doesn't like him, thinks he interrupted the date? Or some other reason
He was too lazy to think, he didn't like Xia Qi anyway.
"I..." He looked at his brother, pressed and pressed with sadness, and suddenly pulled his hand back. He knew that the most important thing to say was that he had escaped from the house, but he said another sentence, "You, you are here. Early love?"
Xiao Yuan was stunned. Even if he knew Mingshu, he didn't expect Mingshu to ask such a question.
He turned his head almost subconsciously and looked at Xia Qi, who had already packed up the papers on the table and stood at the table looking at them.
"Brother, you said you wouldn't fall in love early." Mingshu felt a buzzing in his ears, but he couldn't tell if it was his brain, the air conditioner, or something else.
The only thing he knew was that he didn't want his brother to fall in love with anyone. They would take the older brother, and the older brother was his.
He has too few, others have parents and brothers, loving grandparents, grandparents.
He only has one older brother.
Sister Jinlan, brother Ting, and Xiao Jincheng are all attached to the brother. They were fine too, but he had the older brother, not them.
He couldn't let anyone take his brother away.
Otherwise he would have nothing.
Xia Qi's family is so happy, there are several dogs in the yard, and Cheng Yue is also Xia Qi's. Xia Qi already had so many, why did he come to snatch his brother from him
Xiao Yu'an feels that it is difficult to explain clearly to Mingshu now. It's not that the matter of puppy love itself is unclear - he and Xia Qi are not in a relationship at all, and he can't like Xia Qi, but Mingshu's current state of weirdness makes him Couldn't find a suitable set of words.
The last time he was confessed by Tong Yu, Mingshu mentioned the matter of premature love. Mingshu is very interested in whether he is in a relationship or not, but Mingshu is still young, only in the fifth grade. He can't tell Mingshu too much from the perspective of an adolescent boy. Mingshu needs to grow up by himself, when he is old, such as Xiao Jincheng At my current age, there will naturally be teachers to guide me.
At that time, of course, he could tell Mingshu about what happened when the boy grew up, but after Mingshu went to middle school, he must be no longer in the compound, and he would not necessarily come back during the holidays.
"You are in a puppy love." Mingshu's anger and sadness are obvious, "You and Xia Qi are in a puppy love."
This sound was louder than before, and Xia Qi obviously heard it too.
Xiao Yuan was about to deny it when Xia Qi came over with her bag and said softly, "Brother, if you have something to say, then I'll go back first. Thank you for giving me the topic today and the steak just now."
Mingshu's gaze towards Xia Qi was full of hostility. elder brother? Besides him, who else calls his brother that
Xiao Yu'an told him to pay attention to safety on the road. Xia Qi smiled and waved at Ming Shu when he went downstairs.
Mingshu's overly slender nerves were broken, Xia Qi's wave was provocative in his eyes, Xia Qi was saying, you don't have a brother anymore, Xiao Yu'an is my brother.
After Xia Qi left, Xiao Yuan felt that it was necessary to have a good talk with Mingshu. Mingshu was suddenly picked up from the twelfth lunar month, and they didn't say a word again. Everything about Mingshu came from Ming Haofeng and Xiao. Lan Yue heard indirectly that he needed Mingshu to tell him what happened during this time.
But what Mingshu cared about most at this time was the puppy love that didn't exist.
Xiao Yu'an bought two of Mingshu's favorite cakes and brought them up, and asked about the matter in Wen's house, but Mingshu said paranoid: "You said you wouldn't fall in love early."
Xiao Yu'an sighed and tried to be as gentle as possible, "Xia Qi and I are just writing competition questions together."
"He also calls you brother."
"Is this a name that can't be called?"
Mingshu was stunned. He can be called brother, brother, then others can also be called.
Seeing a shadow on Mingshu's pupil, Xiao Yu'an knew that now was not the time to argue about the name, "Clarify one thing slowly, I heard from your father that you have a conflict with Aunt Wen. What's going on?"
He didn't use the word "hurt", even though it was Ming Haofeng's original words.
"They lost the knife I gave you." Mingshu lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly, "I didn't make trouble with them, you said to be polite, I'm very polite, I was after the funeral , I just asked her for a knife, and she scolded me and wanted to hit me!"
Xiao Yu'an asked, "Knife? What kind of knife?"
"I want to give it to you at the beach! The knife I bought with the bonus!" Mingshu's eyes were red, and he almost cried, "If you can't take it on the plane, they will throw it away!"
The child's words were intermittent, but Xiao Yuan understood it, and felt a little touched. No wonder he said that he wanted to check the luggage, but Mingshu refused to let him. He also said that he had brought everything, and he was self-reliant and did not need to be checked.
It was a hidden gift.
"Okay, okay." He patted Mingshu's back, "It's not your fault, take me to see what kind of knife it is tomorrow, let's buy another one."
"But I have no money."
"I'll lend it to you and give it back to me next time when there is a bonus."
Seeing that Ming Shu was about to be coaxed, Ming Haofeng came over.
The Ming family knew about Mingshu's escape not long after. Ming Haofeng went to Xiao's house, but no one in the Xiao family knew where Xiao Yu'an went. Later, Xia Qi came back and explained that Shu and Xiao Yu'an were both in a cafe outside the north gate of the Middle School, so Ming Haofeng rushed over.
Ming Haofeng rudely pulled Mingshu over. Xiao Yuan wanted to stop him, but he couldn't force it with Ming Haofeng, which would hurt Mingshu.
"I didn't say it clearly enough last time? Don't hurt our children again." Ming Haofeng scolded: "I know how to discipline him, so you don't need to worry about your Xiao family!"
Xiao Yu'an didn't know how Ming Haofeng came here at first, but after thinking about it, he understood that it could only be what Xia Qi said. But this can't blame Xia Qi, Xia Qi is just an outsider after all.
But then Xia Qi came back and asked him to go to a cafe for self-study, and he made excuses to push it. Until Xia Qi told him that he liked it, he bluntly refused.
This matter was originally just between him and Xia Qi, but Cheng Yue stepped in and asked him why.
He was inexplicable, didn't like it, and had no idea of falling in love, so what reason could he have for refusing
Cheng Yue was like a cannonball fight that day. He was unreasonable. He insisted that he hurt Xia Qi's heart and didn't consider them who grew up together as brothers.
He was always bothered by Mingshu's affairs - there was no news after Mingshu was brought home that day, and he was hung in the air by the feeling of wanting to help but not being able to help, and even his mild temper was ignited.
What's more, he is not pure gentleness in his bones, he has his edges and corners, and more often he is gentle because of tolerance.
Cheng Yue's provocation ignited his fire, and the two fought and broke up unhappily.
But this doomed winter vacation is not over yet.