"What? Are you leaving?" Early in the morning, Qi Yue stood in front of the bed holding a change of clothes and asked Qi Mingyu in surprise.
Qi Mingyu nodded and reached out to pull Qi Mingfan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed motionless. When Qi Mingfan saw his brother coming, he hurriedly stretched out his little feet to kick him.
Qi Mingyu said helplessly, "Mingfan, listen, it's time for us to go back."
Qi Mingfan pouted, pushed his brother's hand away, quickly crawled towards Qi Yue, threw himself into Qi Yue's arms, and looked at him aggrievedly.
Qi Yue hurriedly put down his clothes and said hesitantly, "Are you going home to celebrate the New Year?" What was he asking? Others must be going back to their own homes to celebrate the New Year!
Qi Yue was still upset when he heard Qi Mingyu reply, "Our family... doesn't celebrate the New Year."
Hearing this, Qi Yue's eyes lit up, "Then you can..."
"It's not good to disturb you like this." Qi Mingyu interrupted Qi Yue, "We have stayed here too long."
"No, don't bother." Qi Yue whispered, "You are welcome in our home." He glanced down at Qi Mingfan and said hurriedly, "And Mingfan definitely doesn't want to leave, do you want to go back and stay by yourself? Then why don’t you stay here and celebrate the New Year with us?”
Qi Mingyu glanced at Qi Mingfan silently. He was greedy for the warmth here, and Mingfan was not the same. Maybe his brother felt it more deeply, so he had a big reaction after he said he was leaving. He was really Don't want to leave here.
"What are you talking about?" Qi's mother poked her head out of the open door. She just passed by the door and heard the conversation inside. She probably knew something, so she came to ask about Qi Mingyu. Qi Yue had vaguely mentioned the situation at home before they came.
Qi Yue quickly explained the matter, and then asked, "Mom, do you mind if Mingyu and Mingfan stay?"
Mother Qi walked in with a smile, "Of course I don't mind." She came to Qi Mingyu, held Qi Mingyu's hand, and patted it, "Son, if your family doesn't mind, you can celebrate the New Year with us. , anyway, there were only three of us in previous years. If you could join us, we would be happy before it was too late, so why would you find it troublesome?"
Qi Mingyu looked at Qi Yue, who was looking at him expectantly, and the pitiful Qi Mingfan, and finally nodded helplessly, "Thank you, auntie."
Qi Mingyu agreed to stay, and Qi Yue breathed a sigh of relief. He said happily, "Then give me the dirty clothes from the past two days, and I will wash them."
Qi Mingyu took out some clothes and said, "I'll wash them with you."
"Uh, there's a washing machine."
Qi Mingyu looked at Qi Yue's lowered head and raised the corner of his mouth, "There are some clothes here that cannot be used in the washing machine." Seeing Qi Yue looking up, Qi Mingyu raised his hand generously.
Seeing several triangles of fabric fluttering in Qi Mingyu's hand, Qi Yue's face suddenly turned red. The image of Qi Mingyu wearing this flashed in his mind, with broad shoulders and long legs, wrapped in that fabric... Oh my god, Can't think about it anymore!
When Qi Mingyu moved in, Qi Yue had actually been very careful not to come into contact with these matters intentionally. He would not go to Qi Mingyu's room at night. Even in the morning, it was Qi Ming's mother who went to wake the two of them up. The upright Qi Yue Yue never thought of taking advantage of this opportunity. If Qi Yue's mother hadn't found out that there was not enough food and went out to buy groceries today, so she let Qi Yue go in to collect clothes, I'm afraid Qi Yue would still be sitting on the sofa seriously waiting for the two of them to come out. .
"Well... let's go out and wash up." Qi Yue said the last two words in a very low voice. Before he could finish speaking, he opened the door and went out.
Qi Mingyu smiled from behind, shook the things in his hands, pinched Qi Mingfan's little face, and followed him out.
Qi Mingfan rubbed his little face hard from behind. He felt that his brother had become bad.
The washing machine in Qi Yue's home is still an old-fashioned one. It has two openings, one for washing clothes and one for spinning clothes. The opening for washing clothes has to be watched when draining and receiving water. When the water is full to a certain level, When he turned on the button again, he remembered the roar of the old-fashioned machine. The noise made people speak loudly. However, Qi Yue was also a little lucky. He had never been a talkative person. This kind of noise masking also prevented the two of them from talking. The embarrassment of waiting.
Qi Mingyu has never washed clothes. This kind of pure cotton clothes needs to be washed by hand, and there are also specialized personnel to wash it. So at this time, he was standing in front of the sink, a little helpless, but with this triangle of fabric, Qi Mingyu couldn't do anything. Mingyu, at least wash it and it should be fine.
"Hey..." Qi Mingyu looked blankly at the fabric in his hand - it had a slit in the middle and turned into crotchless pants.
"Pfft..." Qi Yue covered his mouth and looked at Qi Mingyu who turned his head, trying to hide that he really didn't laugh at him.
The washing machine stopped at this time. Qi Yue took out the clothes and put them into the clothes spinner bucket. He patted it a few times before the bucket spinner worked properly. The noise was very small. Qi Yue stood next to the sink and watched. Qi Mingyu comforted him, "The material is too thin, otherwise I can wash it for you..."
"Will you help me?" Qi Mingyu looked at the things in his hands and asked again, "Will you help me wash these?"
"Yeah." Although he felt Qi Mingyu's teasing, Qi Yue still nodded bravely.
"Well, I'm sorry to bother you." Qi Mingyu staggered his body and let Qi Yue come over.
Qi Yue washed Qi Mingyu's clothes with a red face, and the feeling on his hands almost made him tremble.
Qi Mingyu stood behind Qi Yue, watching Qi Yue wash his clothes meticulously with his head lowered. The redness gradually spreading on his ears reminded him that Qi Yue was not as calm as he appeared on the surface. Qi Mingyu felt that he was being evil. There are more and more. How could he not wash these things after coming here for two weeks? After all, he couldn't let his aunt wash them.
Why is it so easy to deceive? Qi Mingyu looked at Qi Yue with a tenderness in his eyes that he had never noticed.
At this time, Qi Mingyu's cell phone rang. He took it out and saw the word "Lu Lei" and picked it up directly.
Not sure what was said on the other end of the phone, Qi Mingyu's face suddenly darkened, "How did you know?"
Qi Yue heard that Qi Mingyu's tone was wrong, and turned to look at Qi Mingyu. Seeing Qi Yue turn around, Qi Mingyu glanced at Qi Yue with complicated eyes, and then opened the door and went out.
Qi Mingyu's voice on the phone gradually disappeared, and the sound of throwing buckets stopped. The entire bathroom was quiet. Qi Yue seemed to hear the sound of his heart beating fast. It was uneasiness. He didn't know why, but Qi Yue always felt The phone call just now was related to him, and Qi Mingyu's look... made him feel uneasy involuntarily.
Shaking his head, Qi Yue comforted himself that he had nothing to worry about, and he probably thought too much.
After a while, Qi Mingyu came back. Qi Yue turned back with a smile, "I've washed everything."
Qi Mingyu nodded silently and said politely, "Sorry to trouble you."
"...It's okay, no trouble." Qi Yue smiled.
Seeing Qi Yue going to wash clothes again, Qi Mingyu stood there for a while, staring at Qi Yue's back, then turned and left.
Qi Yue vaguely heard Qi Mingyu sighing, but it seemed like an illusion.
It is necessary to prepare New Year's goods for the New Year, and Qi Yue's family is certainly not exempt from this custom. In the past, Qi's father and Qi's mother took Qi Yue to buy New Year's goods. This year, Qi Yue took Qi Mingyu and Qi Mingfan to buy New Year's goods.
A few days before the New Year arrives in the town, there will be a market, and there are various stalls at another location, all selling New Year's goods, which are cheap and beautiful.
Qi Yue pulled Qi Mingfan and followed Qi Mingyu beside him. He inevitably attracted the attention of most people. He probably had never seen someone with such good temperament and superior figure and appearance like Qi Mingyu setting up a street stall like this. Walking through the place, crowded with people and shouting all kinds of things, even Qi Yue felt that Qi Mingyu next to him was really not suitable for this kind of place, and it was embarrassing to look at him.
Qi Mingyu, on the other hand, had no such self-consciousness at all. He walked around quite leisurely, looking here and there quite comfortably, and even greeted Qi Yue to come over. There are many snacks here. Although they are not special snacks, Qi Mingyu has never eaten them before, so they have eaten a lot along the way. Qi Mingyu will also buy some snacks that taste good. Taking one portion with him, Qi Yue was originally a little worried that Qi Mingfan would be bad for his health if he ate the food on display outside. However, the two of them didn't care at all and enjoyed each bite. Seeing the two of them happy, Qi Yue Not willing to interrupt them.
"Give."
Qi Yue looked at the fried sweet potato that was handed to him, squinted his eyes and said thank you with a smile, and then took a bite. It was sweet, soft and glutinous, and very delicious. The method of making this kind of fried sweet potato is very simple. Cut the sweet potato into pieces and add butter, and then put it in a mold and fry it into shape. As for what other things are added to it, Qi Yue doesn’t know. It’s just sugar or something. I’ve eaten such a common thing before Qi Yue, but today it feels special. It's delicious. It probably corresponds to that sentence. Things sent by people who like it are good.
Seeing Qi Yue eating happily, Qi Mingyu couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth. He lowered his head and looked at Qi Mingfan, who was also eating happily with his two little hands. His big and small movements were consistent, just like the two little hamsters. Qi Ming Yu felt happy. He stretched out his head and pinched Qi Mingfan's little face, successfully leaving oil marks on Qi Mingfan's fair and tender little face.
Qi Mingfan was eating something in his mouth and holding the sweet potato in his hand. He paused for a moment, looked at his brother aggrievedly, and then leaned on Qi Yue, trying to stay away from his brother.
Qi Yue looked amused, and wiped Qi Mingfan's hand with a free hand, "Why did you bully Mingfan?"
After saying this, Qi Yue realized that there was a hint of blame - this was something that had never happened before. He had never said such words to Qi Mingyu in such an intimate tone. Qi Yue couldn't help but raise his head to see Qi Mingyu's reaction.
Only then did he realize that Qi Mingyu seemed to have been watching him, with gentle eyes that made people want to indulge in unconsciousness. Qi Yue's heart was beating fast, and when his eyes met, all the noisy sounds around him seemed to disappear. , an ambiguous atmosphere circulates between the two people.