Zhou's villas are scattered in the wealthy area, but the parking lot at the foot of the mountain is 200 meters ahead, there are also bus stops and subway stations, the buildings next to them are brightly lit, there are small shopping malls, and behind them is a golf course.
After Xue Xi got off the bus station, he quickened his pace and walked along the ramp towards the villa on the mountainside. He walked up the mountain quickly with his long legs. A white house with lights on not far away is the Zhou family.
Unexpectedly, there was a person standing under the streetlight on the right side of the ramp, looking towards Zhou's house with folded arms, as if hesitating whether to go or not.
The man looked back at him and was taken aback for a moment.
Xue Xi frowned, took off the schoolbag on his shoulders, carried it coldly, and stopped five or six meters away, with a cold light in his eyes: "What are you doing here?"
The driver of Cong You's family was parked in the parking lot below. He came to look for Zhou Yizhi. When he suddenly saw Xue Xi appearing on this road, he was stunned.
But then I thought, this transfer student who beat me up last time is Zhou Yizhi's relative, maybe her brother—? Different surname, it should be my cousin. Now living in Zhou's house, it's not surprising to see him here.
Cong You was beaten up last time, and Zhou Yizhi told him to leave with that disgusted look. He was very angry at that time.
But afterwards he came back to it.
If he had only pursued Zhou Yizhi for a bet, he should now feel ashamed and angry just because he lost the bet. But in his heart, he decided not to, and even wanted to continue chasing him even harder. why is that
He recalled the time when he pursued Zhou Yizhi with great fanfare——he seemed to enjoy it too...
Young Master Cong suddenly felt as if he had made a mistake, and accidentally lost the 80% progress bar.
Now, Zhou Yizhi's favorability towards him has been wiped out.
At school, he couldn't help but want to talk to Zhou Yizhi again, apologize, and then officially start chasing him, but he knew in his heart that with Zhou Yizhi's personality, he would probably embarrass him mercilessly at school .
He also wants to save face. So after thinking about it, he couldn't help but apologize to Zhou Yizhi in private.
Unexpectedly, he met sister Zhou's brother here.
Cong You recalled that day, this man beat him up and warned him not to come to Zhou Yizhi again, probably because he heard himself and his friend talking on the phone.
What's more, he is also Zhou Yizhi's elder brother, and his first impression was so bad, Cong You felt a little guilty, so he decided to explain.
He took two steps towards Xue Xi: "Last time there seemed to be some misunderstanding, let's chat?"
Seeing Zhou Yizhi's brother staring at him coldly, he felt a sudden pain in his temples like a conditioned reflex, a little fear appeared in his eyes, and subconsciously raised his hands: "I didn't come to fight, I know you are Zhou Yizhi's brother, I have something to say To explain."
The street lamp shone on Xue Xi's face, flickering on and off.
After a while, he turned and walked down the ramp, saying, "Follow me."
Cong You was also afraid of being beaten here again, so he went to the foot of the mountain and his driver was still in the parking lot, at least it was safer, so he hurriedly followed behind Zhou Yizhi's brother, keeping a short distance.
In a cafe at the foot of the mountain.
Xue Xi threw his schoolbag on the inner chair, sat down on the outer side, and motioned for Cong You to sit opposite. Cong You raised his hand to ask the waiter to come and order, but the boy opposite raised his hand to stop him. Xue Xi pushed the free boiled water in front of him, glanced at him coldly, and said to him, "What do you want to say?"
Cong You felt a little nervous for no reason.
He didn't know whether this nervousness came from the oppressive feeling of the boy who was much taller than him and had a much colder aura than him, or from the parental flustered feeling when he saw Zhou Yizhi.
"...I will treat her well." Cong You took the lead and said: "Although it was true that Zhou Yizhi was chased after a bet at first, but later I saw her eyes were red, as if she had cried, and I felt very sorry, so I decided to Seriously..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted. Zhou Yizhi's brother clenched his fingers on the table and raised his eyelids to look at him with an ugly expression on his face: "Did she cry? When?"
"Isn't it?" Cong You looked at his face, leaned back in the chair subconsciously, and said, "I saw that her eyes were a little swollen that morning, and it was the same when she came to school to run in the track and field in the afternoon..."
Xue Xi carefully recalled the morning when Xia Congyou was beaten by him at the door of the house. Yizhi's eyes were indeed a little swollen, but it would be a little bit like this when she overslept, so he didn't think much about it at the time.
It turned out that it was because she knew about the things on the forum that she——
In the previous life, she had been hiding it from her for a long time. All she knew was that Cong You chased her, but ended without a problem, and thought that she drove Cong You away and blamed herself. When she found out about this later, although there was no movement on the surface, she seemed to have been depressed for a while.
Any girl at her best age, being pursued passionately and crazily by a handsome boy, will find it hard not to be tempted, but after she is tempted, she is told that the person who chases her and treats her well is nothing but Joking and betting with others. Her sadness can be imagined.
Other girls might just bury themselves in the pillow and cry for a while, and then they'll be fine after a night of sleep. Xue Xi didn't care about those people, he only knew that Zhou Yizhi was not such a person, she would bury it in her heart like a thorn generally. It was not her first love that hurt her the most, but her proud self-esteem.
Xue Xi stared at Cong You even more frighteningly, with a hint of hostility.
Cong You regretted talking too much about the track and field.
He took a sip of water, wiped his mouth nervously, and tried his best to be sincere: "Brother, I am also ignorant, plus the bastard, I actually bet with others and hurt her, but now I know I was wrong. I have been thinking about it these days." I apologize and want to make amends, but Zhou Yizhi ignores me..."
He was extremely regretful in his words, and it didn't seem like a fake.
Xue Xi knows this kind of mentality of young people, chasing after the most proud girl in school is like reaching for the most expensive luxury goods on the display rack, once you reach it, you can show it off to your friends around you. But I didn't expect to lose it accidentally, so I regretted it and found that I really liked it.
he knows. But he still wanted to press Cong You to the ground and beat him up.
He does not forgive. He just wanted to beat Cong You until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
But what about her
Xue Xi remembered that in her previous life she had come to fight with him because of this kid, and said a lot of nasty things. Although she doesn't really like this kid very much, but at least she likes him somewhat - she cares about this kid a hundred times more than she cares about herself.
Xue Xi was suddenly annoyed, and stared impatiently at Cong You opposite him.
"So." He said in a cold voice.
"That's why I came to you to clear up the misunderstanding. I hope to get your forgiveness first, and then Zhou Yizhi's forgiveness. After chasing a girl, you just take her to eat delicious food, buy good-looking ones, do what she likes, and make her happy. , I swear that I will not continue to make that bet with others, this time I will seriously pursue... "
What Cong You said was to let Zhou Yizhi's brother let go of his prejudice against him, even if he couldn't provide him with some of Zhou Yizhi's hobbies, at least he wouldn't look cold and cruel when he saw him. Otherwise, if I catch up with Zhou Yizhi in the future, how can I get along with her brother
But for some reason, the face of the handsome boy sitting in front of him became more and more ugly.
—as if extremely annoyed at what he said.
Cong You was going to swear at first, he was always sharp-tongued, but seeing Xue Xi's expression getting colder and colder, he shut his mouth wisely.
The boy in front of him stood up, picked up his schoolbag, dusted off the dust that didn't exist on it, walked out, and threw him a sentence: "You better be, or you won't show up at school alive."
Xue Xi left from the cafe.
The street lights on the entire ramp were all on, and the sky was so gray that not a single star could be seen.
He walked up the ramp in three steps and two steps in parallel.
But when he was about to reach Zhou's villa, he looked up at the lights on the second floor, but his footsteps paused.
The night wind gently brushed his short hair on his forehead, and he lowered his eyes, which were dim.
Mingming's original intention was to hope that everything would be fine for her, that someone would like her and treat her well, so that she could be happy, no longer have thorns erected all over her body because of the disintegrated family, and could absorb more warmth.
But it's true. A young boy came to her and enthusiastically said that he wanted to chase her.
But he—
But irritable, annoyed, and jealous.
Zhou Yizhi didn't expect to come back by himself, and his brother hasn't come back yet.
But he sent a text message to Aunt He in advance, so Aunt He prepared fried potato shreds in advance.
Zhou Yizhi wondered why his brother came back so late, it was long past the time of the last bus. But Xue Xi didn't say anything, but gently poured her a glass of honey water.
So for a while, Zhou Yizhi also forgot about it.
She was still immersed in the anticipation of giving her brother a birthday present on his birthday.
Two days later, when Zhou Yizhi entered the school, he noticed that the classmates wearing school uniforms around him looked at him with envy, especially some girls who were on the same floor as Cong You.
She was annoyed by seeing her, and I only found out about it from Yuan Mei when I was in class.
It turned out that Cong You publicly apologized on the forum where he bet before, saying that he felt sorry for her, but he would chase her seriously in the future.
Zhou Yizhi: ...
What is there? Zhou Yizhi thought that after letting Cong You go away on the track and field, Cong You would go away, but he didn't expect that he actually apologized publicly. Could it be that this person is shaking m? The more you are scolded by yourself, the more excited you are? !
Zhou Yi, who was sitting in the third row, couldn't help but look at her brother in the back row when she was in class. She felt that if her brother was possessive of her at this time, he would be a little annoyed... But sitting in the back row The teenager turned the pen, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't see any emotions...
As if aware of his gaze, he raised his dark eyes and looked at him for a moment.
Their eyes met, and after a while, he opened his mouth to Zhou Yizhi.
Zhou Yizhi recognized the four words he said: Listen carefully.
Zhou Yizhi: ...
Zhou Yizhi turned around and depressedly drew a villain in the textbook—when will my sixteen-year-old brother get enlightened! Why don't you start liking yourself? ! Could it be that the dog hug last time wasn't intimate enough, and we have to continue to use strong medicine
Three more dogs? !
Thinking of those dog's fangs, Zhou Yizhi shuddered, thinking it's better to forget it.
In fact, she doesn't have much experience in dating, but anyway, no matter how she flirts, her brother won't get angry with her, so she just clings to this trick and tries another trick, and makes random moves.
This weekend, Zhou Yizhi asked Xue Xi to accompany him to the city center.
But in fact, they pulled him to the birthday cake shop that was reserved last time.
Miss Zhou booked the place, and the Internet celebrity cake shop was empty, only two cake bakers looked at the boy and girl who walked in with slightly surprised eyes.
The boy is tall and has long legs, wearing an ordinary sports jacket, but with broad shoulders, handsome brows and cold eyes, with an indescribable aura, he is definitely the crane that stands out from the crowd.
The girl walked in in front of him, dressed more delicately than the knitted sweater she wore last time, her long hair was curled and spread on her shoulders like seaweed, her facial features were exquisite, and although she was smiling, there was an indescribable arrogance.
Xue Xi didn't expect Zhou Yizhi to go shopping with her when he entered this handmade cake shop.
Zhou Yizhi turned to him and said, "Brother, the weekend is boring anyway, let's make a cake together, I haven't tried it yet, I just want to learn."
Zhou Yizhi forcibly filled in the rest of the sentence, not wanting to make his intentions too obvious.
Xue Xi paused and said, "Okay."
In this life, after the relationship with her eased, we have done many things together, including texting, going to school together, and communicating in school.
With each additional incident, Xue Xi felt that his world became more colorful.
Since three years ago, his family had changed suddenly, and his world was so monotonous that it was almost black and white, but at this moment, when she looked back at him, it seemed as if she pulled him out of the mud a little bit.
Make handmade cakes together.
The boy walked to her side, stared at the chopping board, eggs, oven and other tools in front of him, and then looked at her, suddenly wanting to stay in this moment greedily.
He seemed to be holding a handful of candy, because he didn't know when it would be exhausted, so he didn't dare to go down, and only hoped that these favors would never disappear.
Zhou Yizhi handed him the apron, turned his back to him, parted his long hair, revealing a fair and beautiful neck: "Brother, help me."
Xue Xi held the apron slightly tight.
Zhou Yizhi was about to urge him when his elder brother took the apron down from his head. As if he didn't dare to touch him, his slender fingers accidentally touched his neck, and he quickly pulled away, looking away.
Zhou Yizhi felt that her brother was feeling cramped again, so she continued to work hard, and said softly to him: "There is still a strap at the back, please fasten it."
Xue Xi's heartbeat quickened slightly, he pursed his lips, bent down, and fastened the belt for her.
She should be unconscious. She never knew that when she spoke softly, it would make his throat hoarse.
After Xue Xi tied her up, he stopped visiting her.
But Zhou Yizhi said again: "Brother, I will tie yours for you!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Xi had already put on the apron by himself. Hearing this, he looked at her in a daze, his appearance seemed a little ignorant, and he was a little surprised that she would actually do this for him.
Zhou Yizhi sighed in his heart that his brother was really puzzled, and walked over to him, opening his hands that were about to tie the belt behind him.
In front of the two of them was a row of shelves, and there was a glass window behind the cake products. Xue Xi raised her eyes and could see the person behind her through the glass——she raised the corners of her mouth slightly, concentrating on tying the belt for him. Judging from the movements in between, it seems to be tied with two bows.
One was at his waist, and the other was just above his back, at the nape of his neck, at the collar of his collar.
Her cold fingers seemed to have landed on that part of his spine by accident.
Xue Xi's drooping eyelashes trembled involuntarily.
It took a long time for the aprons of the two to be fastened.
The baker taught the two to start stirring with an egg beater, and gradually added white sugar and other things.
Even if it is not the Xue Xi of the previous life, even the Xue Xi of this life has taken care of two old people in the past three years and has the experience of living alone. These are very simple for him. His forearm is beautiful, his fingers are slender and strong, Soon his part was completed.
However, for Zhou Yizhi, it was a bit difficult.
Beating eggs is easy to fly, and stirring egg whites is not easy to make fine foam, and the fingers are slippery, and the heavy iron bowl cannot be held.
The older brother next to her kept looking at her. Zhou Yizhi felt that she couldn't even do this well, so she couldn't help but feel hot, and the more she did it, the more frustrated she became. She raised her eyes and looked at her brother, but she saw him standing aside with arms folded, staring at her. There is a slight smile in the eyes——
"Are you laughing at me?!" Zhou Yizhi became angry from embarrassment.
Xue Xi immediately restrained his expression, and said with a tense expression: "No."
Just now it was clear that he was just laughing, Zhou Yizhi blushed, and handed the iron bowl to his elder brother in embarrassment, and said stubbornly: "It's actually very simple, but my hands are too sore, so I won't come, brother, help me do it."
Xue Xi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and walked over to help her continue.
Zhou Yizhi washed his hands, brought a high stool, sat on one side, propped his elbows on the table, and stared at his brother intently. Although a little ashamed, she felt warm in her heart.
Brother laughed.
very nice.
It means that when she was reborn, it wasn't that she didn't have any effect.
She hoped that the boy in front of her could keep smiling like this forever.
Xue Xi looked at the girl beside him, seeing that her eyes kept falling on him, he couldn't help being slightly startled.
After being reborn, at first he thought that she would hate him as much as he did in the previous life, and even went against his parents in order to stay away from him, so he decided not to approach her and put pressure on her in this life. But she never expected that in this life, she would take the initiative to walk towards him.
She stayed by his side, and the atmosphere was harmonious, which Xue Xi never dared to expect.
He stared at the cake in his hand, and for a moment, he almost had the illusion that in this life he might... have the right to like her... such an illusion.
Put the cake into the middle and lower layer of the oven, preheat for half an hour, and the bottom layer of the cake is ready.
The next step is to paint the flowers with cream.
Because it's not brother's birthday today, Zhou Yizhi just brought him here to experience it in advance. After learning about the steps of making cakes, on his birthday, he can make a cake for him by himself in front of his face.
Although it may be a bit ugly when the time comes, Zhou Yizhi thinks that his brother will not dislike it.
Therefore, after the cake was made, it was not painted this time, so Zhou Yizhi just asked the baker to wrap it up for him, put it in the cake shop to keep it fresh, and pick it up tomorrow.
It was getting dark, and the two of them spent the afternoon here before returning home.
The car stopped outside Zhou's villa.
Xue Xi and Zhou Yizhi walked into the villa slowly.
Under the street lamp, he looked at the figure walking in front of him, his fingers seemed to have a little fragrance of cake, and he couldn't help curling the corners of his lips.
But when Zhou Yizhi turned his head when he stepped on the steps of the villa, he immediately flattened the corners of his lips in a concealed manner.
It's just - Xue Xi doesn't quite understand why Zhou Yizhi went to the cake shop with him to practice making cakes today.
Does she want to learn to do it for someone
…
After entering the room, Zhou Yizhi drank a cup of honey water, went upstairs to take a bath, and halfway through the bath, he suddenly found that the shower gel in the room was gone.
In the past, Zhou Yizhi would yell downstairs for things like this, asking Aunt He to bring them up. But now, her brother's room is opposite her, so it's obviously faster to call her brother.
Zhou Yizhi opened the bathroom door with some bad intentions, took out his mobile phone, and sent Xue Xi a text message.
"Brother, I don't have any shower gel, please send it to your room, the door is not closed."
Xue Xi had just entered the door of the room, was about to change clothes, and was stunned when he received the text message. There was no expression on his cold face, he just pursed his lips slightly, and his ears were slightly red. He paused, put down the lifted clothes, and took his mobile phone to go downstairs to find Aunt He.
She should be taking a shower, so it's inconvenient for her to go in.
Zhou Yizhi was listening attentively, when she heard the sound of her brother going down two steps, she was not feeling well, is brother really a monk? At this time, do you still want to call Aunt He? She simply made a phone call.
Before Xue Xi went downstairs, he received another call from her.
"Hurry up and bring your shower gel here." The girl on the phone didn't know whether she was angry or coquettish: "It's too cold. It will take at least ten minutes for Aunt He to go to the warehouse to get it. I'm about to freeze to death."
There was heating in the room, but when Xue Xi heard her say it was cold, he didn't care too much, so he turned around and strode towards his room, took the shower gel, and pushed open the door of her room.
bathroom.
Zhou Yizhi stretched out a white arm and shook it: "Brother, give it to me."
Xue Xi's blood was rushing, he didn't dare to raise his eyes, he just gave her the shower gel in a hurry, then turned around and went out, before he left, he whispered: "Hurry up, don't catch a cold."
Zhou Yizhi's voice did not come from the bathroom.
Zhou Yizhi took the shower gel and successfully showed a little fox-like smile.
Tsk, my brother must have red ears again.
Xue Xi was going to walk towards the door of her room quickly, but at this moment, he suddenly noticed a calendar on her desk - because a date of this month was circled with a red pen, so that Xue Xi could not see it at a glance. noticed.
As if anticipating something, he walked over involuntarily.
Xue Xi collected himself, and looked down at the date on the calendar.
…
When he saw clearly what the line of small words was, his throat felt a little astringent.
The one circled is November 12th, which is tomorrow, and next to it she wrote in lower letters: Cong You's birthday.
He suddenly knew why she dragged him to make cakes today.
——It's not like being thrown a basin of cold water, after all, he never had too many expectations.
He also understands that those are extravagant hopes.
It's just that at this moment, he suddenly felt a little jealous of the boy whose nose was bruised and his face was swollen by his beating.
This jealousy and possessiveness should not have arisen, but in the two lifetimes, it entangled his heart so much that he couldn't breathe.