New Year's Eve is approaching, Winter Ye City.
The dormitory for the police interns had been noisy since the morning.
The annual Spring Festival holiday is the busiest time for police officers. They are on duty 24 hours a day, and it is difficult to reunite with their families on New Year's Eve.
Considering that this was the Spring Festival of the last student years for the police interns, the captain did not put them on the duty list. After the 281st of the twelfth lunar month, he gave them a holiday.
Mingshu lives in a two-person dormitory, and his roommate is Lu Yanzhou, a special police officer. Dongye City is a big city. The city bureau is tasked with training the trainee police officers. The trainee police officers who are thrown over don’t care what kind of police officers they are, they will be put on a rotating post first, and they must be familiar with each position.
Mingshu is a criminal police officer, but he must also train with the SWAT police. Fortunately, he participated in the closed training camp in the summer vacation of his freshman year, and there is an all-around parent who came out of the special training echelon at home, and the special police training is not difficult for him.
Lu Yanzhou is considered to be the best in the SWAT trainee. Mingshu has dealt with him a few times. Knowing that this person is powerful, he is a little noisy.
Because he could go home soon, Lu Yanzhou didn't sleep last night, packed his luggage for the night, and was no different from the elementary school students who were looking forward to their spring outing.
It caused Mingshu to barely sleep.
Lu Yanzhou took the train at 10 a.m. and sat at the table at 6 a.m. shaking his legs.
Mingshu got out of bed to put on the mask, and received the curious gaze from the straight man.
"Captain Ming, you still put on a mask!" Lu Yanzhou exclaimed in shock.
Where can a trainee policeman be a captain, but a trainee policeman also has big dreams—for example, one day he will become a captain on his own.
Mingshu and the others called each other captains.
"You or?" Mingshu threw away Zhang.
As if receiving a hot potato, Lu Yanzhou quickly threw it away, "I won't stick it, I won't stick it!"
Mingshu was amused.
This Lu Yanzhou, from his harsh aesthetic point of view, is considered handsome, but he is not very particular and is particularly rough.
He usually doesn't want to put a mask in front of Brother Rong, but today Xiao Yu'an is coming to Dongye and will take him home for Chinese New Year. I haven't seen you for a long time. He wanted to take a beauty sleep last night, but he was spoiled by Brother Rou, so he had to get up early in the morning and apply a mask.
"Are you still so leisurely?" Lu Yanzhou said, "Aren't you leaving today?"
Mingshu pressed the mask and said, "Yes."
"Then you haven't packed up yet? What time is your train?"
"Someone came to pick me up."
Lu Yanzhou immediately became interested, "Who is who? Girlfriend?"
Mingshu almost laughed off the mask, "You are full of girlfriends."
"Isn't this because I'm still single!" Lu Yanzhou said enviously, "I've never been in a relationship."
Mingshu went to wash his face, chatted with Lu Yanzhou, and went to have breakfast together. Lu Yanzhou was afraid of traffic jams, so he dragged his suitcase and left before 8 o'clock. Before leaving, he was very sorry, "I can't see it. your girlfriend."
The dormitory door was closed, Mingshu sat for a while, and began to pack his luggage.
This floor is filled with intern police officers, and Weiwei's voice outside has never been interrupted.
But this kind of sound of going home sounded comfortable at this time. He stopped for a while, and suddenly heard "Congratulations on making a fortune" started to be played outside, and he even hummed along with it.
However, he was looking forward to returning home for the Chinese New Year, but he was still quite apprehensive.
He wants to go back to two homes, the Xiao family and the Ming family. Going back to Ming's house is to accompany the old man to eat dumplings and clean the house, and to return to Xiao's house is to stay for several days.
In the past, he didn't like the Ming family, but in the past two years, he felt that it would be easier to stay in the Ming family.
The old man knew everything, and he didn't plan to hide it when he left home after graduating from high school. He fell in love with Xiao Yu'an, and he would not marry someone he didn't love for the benefit of the family like Ming Haofeng. He owes the Ming family.
But the Ming family also owes him.
Regarding the debt, he and the Ming family reached a delicate balance, which made him unfettered.
But not in the Xiao family.
All the love he received in his childhood and youth came from the Xiao family, but when he grew up, he kidnapped the proud children of the Xiao family.
He looks like a greedy thief.
During the Spring Festival of the freshman year, Xiao Yuan admitted to Xiao Lanyue that the relationship did not exist at that time. During the Spring Festival of the second year, Xiao Yuan was abroad, and he went home alone, but the third year came back with Xiao Yuan.
How the elders of the Xiao family treated him in the past, and how they still treat him now, even the most old-fashioned Xiao Zhengyun never said that he was wrong, and never gave him a cold face.
The aunt gave them several junior gifts, and she never lost his share.
But the more they did, the more guilty he felt.
The Xiao family asked about his relationship with Xiao Yuan once, and then it seemed that they had reached some kind of tacit agreement, and no one mentioned it.
If this matter is not brought to light, then he will always be the youngest son of the Xiao family.
He could hardly bear their tolerance and generosity.
In the afternoon, the interns basically left, the corridor was quiet, and Ming Shu had already cleaned up. While scratching his hair in front of the mirror, the phone rang.
Xiao Yu'an: "I'm here."
The corners of Mingshu's lips curled up immediately, and the anxiety in his heart was swept away.
Seeing Xiao Yu'an is the happiest.
Carrying a suitcase, when he saw the person across the road, he felt in a trance that he had returned to his childhood - he ran out of elementary school with a large schoolbag on his back, and his "slim" brother was standing at the school gate to pick him up after school.
The word "slim" was learned by him at that time, and now he is using it now. He thinks that his brother is "slim".
This description made Xiao Jincheng laugh half to death.
"Brother—" He didn't care about the gazes around him, anyway, he was still an intern police officer unfamiliar with him. When Mingshu was dragging his luggage, he suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Xiao Yuan.
Fortunately, Xiao Yu'an was on a special mission, and his muscle strength could stabilize this sticky thing, otherwise both of them would have to fall.
Xiao Yuan touched Mingshu's lips lightly, put the person down, and said with a smile, "It's dark."
Mingshu immediately argued, "I trained hard! I can still come back for nothing."
Xiao Yu'an doesn't care whether he is white or black, but he loves to tease him if he has something to do, "Can you come back white when it's all black?"
Mingshu said: "My brother hurts me so much, I will come back in vain."
Xiao Yuan rubbed the back of his neck.
They went home that night.
The Xiao's yard is still the same as in previous years, full of lanterns and lanterns. Everyone is crowded in the kitchen to prepare tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner, and they will make hot pot tonight.
The Ming family also had lanterns hanging. Ming Shu originally wanted to go see the old man first, but saw a few cars parked outside. Since there are guests, he will not go.
- When I arrived at Xiao's house, Mingshu felt that the atmosphere was slightly different. But he couldn't tell the difference for a moment.
After thinking about it, he guessed that he was nervous every time he went home, and he was so nervous this year that he felt that there was an error.
The hot pot is placed in the courtyard, and there is no room for one table, so there are two tables.
Mingshu was hungry, so he sat beside Xiao Yu'an and only focused on eating.
The dishes are all brought back by my sister-in-law, which is much better than eating out. He had been intern for half a year, and was so tired that he hadn't opened his stomach to eat for a long time, so he didn't notice that Xiao Yuan had been scalding him meat that only took a few seconds to cook.
Once it's hot, put it in his bowl.
In the past three Spring Festivals, he and Xiao Yuan had deliberately kept a distance at home, and there was almost no intimate act. He would rather get together with Xiao Jincheng than get too close to Xiao Yuan.
He is worried that the elders will feel uncomfortable when they look at it.
Xiao Yu'an's behavior at this time seemed to be a signal, a gesture.
Xiao Yuan wanted to admit their relationship in front of all his relatives.
Mingshu finally realized the problem after eating another piece of hot, crispy and strong hairy belly. He was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Xiao Yu'an, and his heart suddenly accelerated.
"Brother..." He called softly.
The opposite Xiao Lanyue put down his chopsticks and looked at them calmly.
Xiao Yuan didn't respond to that brother, but held Mingshu's hand. Mingshu subconsciously wanted to withdraw, but couldn't.
Xiao Yu'an was pulling hard, but he couldn't break free.
The hot pot roars, burning the night, burning the flavor of the New Year, and burning the ties of home.
Xiao Yuan stood up, still clinging to Mingshu's hand, "Grandpa, Dad, Mom, me and Mingshu, thank you for your acquiescence over the years. I know it's not easy for you to accept it."
Mingshu lowered his head and didn't dare to look at anyone on the table. His chest was hot and his cheeks were also hot.
"You want me to be like you, get married and have children. When you first found out, you couldn't accept it." Xiao Yu settled for a while, "but you didn't hurt Mingshu because of it. You have been tolerant of us and trying to understand us. In a family like this, I am grateful."
"Mingshu will be 23 years old in the second half of the year, and will officially become a criminal police officer. We may not be able to come back next Spring Festival." Xiao Yuan looked down at Mingshu, with a gentle and firm tone, "He is my lover, he Excellent and very good. I brought him back this year, and he has another identity. I hope his new identity can also be blessed by our mutual relatives."
Mingshu's throat tightened, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were already red, and the uncontrollable tears fell from the end of his eyes, and before they could be wiped, they were wiped away by Xiao Yuan's fingers.
His heart was still pounding, but he was surprisingly calm. He looked at Xiao Yu'an as if looking at light and faith.
His brother is everything to him.
He was the one who was courting, he got what he wanted, got all the favor he wanted.
At the other table, Xiao Yu'an's mother stood up and walked into the room. As if she left out of anger, but a few minutes later, she came back with a black box in her hand.
She walked to Mingshu, put the box in Mingshu's hand, then opened her arms and hugged Mingshu.
Ming Shu stared blankly at the woman in front of him.
When she was a child, Mingshu always looked forward to her coming back, because every time she came back, she would bring a lot of toys and play around with their group of children.
She said, "Look what is it?"
Mingshu opened the box and put two keys inside.
Xiao Lanyue also came over and sighed lightly, "We have wronged you in the past few years. In fact, we have long figured out that we have found our own happiness, why should we hinder the children from finding their own happiness?"
Xiao Lanyue patted Xiao Yu'an's shoulder, "This house is in the city center, the traffic is good, the children are married, the parents have to solve the problem of the new house. Come and see in two days, although you They are all busy, and it is impossible to live forever, but the heart cannot be lacking.”
Mingshu's fingertips trembled.
He didn't expect that Xiao Yuan would suddenly ask his parents for blessings, and he didn't expect that the elders would not only be willing to accept him and Xiao Yuan being together, but also prepare a new house for them like ordinary parents.
He lost the ability to speak for a while. Just feel dizzy happiness.
He used to be so unfortunate, and now he is so lucky.
He had an older brother, and from then on—people who loved him.
"Get the keys, eat first." Xiao Zhengyun said, "The meat is getting old, and there are so many dishes in the back, do you still want to eat?"
At the end of the hot pot, Xiao Yuan was the only one left on the table.
They were children back then, but now Xiao Jinlan has children, and the last student, Mingshu, is about to graduate from college, and they are no longer the youngest.
Xiao Yuan and Xiao Muting were drinking, and Mingshu was also drinking with Xiao Jincheng. Xiao Jinlan looked at them cheerfully and did not persuade them to drink less.
It is not easy for the boys of their Xiao family to get together.
Mingshu drank too much, and when Xiao Yuan took him away, Xiao Jincheng waved at him and said with a smile, "Little sister-in-law, little sister-in-law!"
Mingshu immediately blushed, "Brother, Xiao Jincheng is drunk, what nonsense is he talking about!"
Xiao Muting patted Xiao Jincheng's head, and Xiao Jincheng muttered to Xiao Muting: "He is the little sister-in-law! Xiao Muching, can you find me a little sister-in-law?"
The Spring Festival is short. From the third day of the new year, the soldiers and policemen of the Xiao family left home one after another. On the fifth day of the new year, it was finally Mingshu and Xiao Yuan's turn.
The two of them each took a set of keys to the new house. Xiao Yuan sent Mingshu back to Dongye City. After only two hours of rest, the helicopter on the team came to pick him up.
Outside the Dongye City Bureau, Mingshu wrapped Xiao Yuan's waist with nostalgia in his eyes, "Brother, am I the most powerful younger brother?"
Xiao Yuan smiled indulgently.
"I caught up with you, and my family finally recognized us. I'm about to become a real criminal police officer." Mingshu said, "I'm pretty good."
Xiao Yu'an said, "It's Brother Ming after all."
Mingshu was smug, but also a little melancholy.
He was finally going to flex his muscles in this unfamiliar city, Dongye, and be on his own. He is a criminal policeman and has not received special training like Xiao Yuan. After graduation, he must go to various cities. Dongye was the city that he, Xiao Yuan, and the school discussed together and thought it was the most suitable city for him to wear a police uniform.
"Brother, wait for me for a few years." Mingshu said, "When I become a mature and excellent criminal police officer, I will go to you."
Xiao Yuan scratched at the tip of his nose, "Maybe I'm here to find you."
Mingshu said, "Are you looking for me?"
Xiao Yuan smiled, "The future is so long, just watch it go."
The winter has not yet passed, and the streets are still full of the Spring Festival atmosphere. Mingshu waved his hand and said goodbye to Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan watched him integrate into the steel and clouds of the city.
Soon, he will be the guardian of the city.
"I'm here to find you and accompany you." When turning around, Xiao Yuan whispered to himself, "You've been running for so long."