As Christmas Eve approaches, the atmosphere of Christmas becomes more intense.
Christmas is an important holiday in Western countries. With the development of internationalization trends, many young men and women start to celebrate Christmas every year. In fact, it is also Valentine's Day. Shen Yu also has to admire that so many businesses have been doing this. With the marketing efforts, apart from Qingming Festival, there is no holiday that cannot be celebrated as Valentine's Day.
The 24th was Thursday, and there were classes in the morning. When school was over at noon, Chen Yu went to the library to pick Li Xiang home as usual.
There are also some colorful lights arranged in the school, and many classes have Christmas parties, such as classmates exchanging gifts and so on.
When they arrived at the entrance of the library, they met Rika Asaba.
Today she was wearing an orange woolen hat with a small white fur ball on the top, which looked like a Christmas hat.
The sun was not out at the moment and the temperature was relatively cold. She wore gloves on both her little hands and covered her face from time to time. Then she looked at the direction Shen Yu was coming from. When she breathed, a puff of white air came out of her mouth. Shen Yu was still When he didn't come, she just played around in boredom.
She probably saw that familiar figure from a distance. The silly girl's eyes seemed to light up with anger, and the next second she ran happily towards that figure and stood still in front of him.
"Shen Yujun!"
"Is not It Cold?"
Shen Yu looked at her little face that was slightly flushed by the cold wind, and the tip of her nose was also red from the cold.
"very cold!"
"Then why don't you go into the library and wait..."
"I want to be the first to see you."
"… boring."
Shen Yu said that, but in fact, every time he saw her running over from a distance, his heart would always feel warm inexplicably.
After she became depressed, Li Xiang walked close to him.
It's cold now. Every time when I walk with him, I want to hold his arm or put my little hands in his pockets, but Shen Yujun is so annoying. His own two hands have stuffed his pockets. And in order to prevent her from stuffing it in, he deliberately arched his palms to prevent her from getting through any gaps.
Shen Yu's trouser pockets were empty, but a reserved girl couldn't put her hands in his trouser pockets. She was still in school and would be embarrassed to death if someone saw her.
So Rika had no choice but to stay as close to him as possible. As she walked, the arms and bodies between the two of them bumped into each other.
When walking, Shen Yu looked ahead and walked, and Li Xiang looked at his footsteps. When he moved out his left leg, she followed suit, and when she moved out her right leg, she also moved out her right leg. It was okay for Shen Yu to walk slowly, but he If she started walking at a slower pace, she wouldn't be able to keep up.
"I checked the weather forecast and it said it's going to snow on Christmas Day tomorrow!"
"Let it snow lightly. There is no chance in Sunan to build a snowman for you."
Every winter, there will be a snowfall in southern Jiangsu. Moderate to heavy snowfall is rare. There will be fine and small snowflakes floating in the sky, and it is difficult to form large snowflakes.
"How did Mr. Shen Yu know that I wanted to build a snowman?"
"Children love to build snowmen."
"So I'm a kid?"
"You're an idiot."
Riding on the electric bike, Shen Yu's hands finally came out of his pockets. Lixiang sat in the back seat of the electric bike, stuffing her hands into his pockets contentedly, and pressed her whole body behind him, hugging him tightly.
This feeling was very warm. She could hear the heavy heartbeat through her clothes, and the little hands hidden in his pockets could move freely.
Shen Yu didn't feel cold anymore. She rode out of school at a very slow speed, because if she rode faster, she would say it was windy and cold, and she would press her whole body against him.
Many businesses on the street have Christmas trees at their entrances with colored lights hanging on them, doing marketing activities for the arrival of the holiday.
I don't know if it's due to psychological factors, but Shen Yu always feels that the Christmas atmosphere this year is much stronger than before. He seems to have no memory of previous Christmases, as if he has never celebrated this holiday.
Isn't there a saying that what you think is what you see? Before Li Xiang came, he really didn't pay attention to anything related to Christmas.
"I bought some colorful ribbons, some lanterns, and red socks. When we get home, can you hang them with me?"
"When did you buy it? Why didn't I see it..."
"I bought them online. If you weren't at home during class, they were delivered by express. There are so many!"
"It's too troublesome. We have to take it down again within two days of hanging it up. There are only two of us in the house, so why do we do it so fancy..."
"Okay, okay, I've already bought it. We'll just do it this year and not next year."
"Fine."
Shen Yu thought to himself, since I bought everything, let's do it this time. Anyway, I agreed to spend Christmas with her, so she can do whatever she likes. She won't be too lazy to do it next year, and I won't do it the year after that. Don’t do it.
Back home, Asaba Rika dragged out two boxes of express delivery from the utility room on the first floor, and Shen Yu helped her move them upstairs.
Half an hour before coming back, Xiaomeng No. 1 had already turned on the heating at home. When he came up to the second floor, he felt warm and comfortable.
Chen Yu put the express box down, and Bai Xiaomeng jumped down from the box. Because Shen Yu was holding the box just now and could not hug Xiaomeng, Bai Xiaomeng sat on the box and waited for him to hug her.
"I'm going to cook first!"
"Um."
Li Xiang went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Shen Yu helped wash the pot, wash the rice and cook the rice. When he came out, he opened the express box with the key and took out everything inside.
Lanterns, ribbons, balloons of various colors, small cards, Christmas hats, red socks and candies... there are all kinds of bells and whistles.
Shen Yu didn't know how to do it, so he took out a pack of balloons and inflated them with the pump given by the seller.
Bai Xiaomeng was playing with balloons. Shen Yu filled ten balloons, but they popped two of them. Shen Yu pulled them away to prevent them from popping up.
After lunch, Shen Yu and Li Xiang decorated the house together.
Use tape, buttons, ropes, etc. to hang these colorful lights and ribbons on the wall, and also put up these Christmas wallpapers.
"Is it correct?"
Shen Yu held the sticker and gestured on the wall, while Li Xiang was behind him to help look at the position.
"Twist it down a little bit..."
"how about this?"
"Twist it up a little more..."
"Isn't that the same as before?"
"Different, different..."
After finishing these things, Shen Yu and Li Xiang sat on the sofa and blew up balloons. Li Xiang had more dexterous hands, so she was responsible for pricking the mouth of the balloon. Shen Yu was clumsy. When he pricked the mouth, he always sucked the air out of the balloon. Let go.
So Li Xiang found an opportunity, patted him with her little hands, and said disgustingly: "Shen Yu-kun, you are so stupid!"
Shen Yu was bullied into silence by her. In order to prove that he was not stupid, he stopped blowing up balloons and wanted to prick his mouth. Lixiang sat next to him and taught him how to do it best and fastest.
"Pinch it tightly like this...turn it around...then around again..."
During the interaction, the hands of two people will inevitably touch each other.
Every time Li Xiang 'accidentally' touches him, Shen Yu's fingers will always stiffen subconsciously. Her little hands are slightly cool and delicate to the touch. When she touches him, she feels like a little ant is crawling, which makes her heart itch. .
Shen Yu glanced at her and saw that she had her head lowered, as if she was concentrating on teaching him. In fact, the skin from the tip of her ears to her neck was already blushing.
"You... don't always take advantage of me..." Shen Yu whispered.
"I-I don't have any! I won't teach you any more! Mr. Shen Yu is the most perverted!"
She snorted, looking extremely embarrassed, turned away with a red face, blew up the balloon and pierced it herself, and ignored him.
But after ignoring him for three minutes, she couldn't hold it in anymore and came over to Chen Yu again, chatting to him.
"It's faster if we do it together..."
Shen Yu blew up a balloon for her. After he blew it, he held the opening and brought it to her. She touched his hand and took the balloon to tie her opening.
The two of them were doing this boring job together, but it wasn't boring at all.
The room was warm, the sofa was soft, the cat was sleeping peacefully in his arms, and the girl was whispering beside him.
"Isn't tonight Christmas Eve? There should be a party or something like that for you international students, right?"
"Yeah, but it's just that the Western students who haven't returned home are gathering together, and it's quite late, so I won't go. I'll keep vigil with you at home~"
Shen Yu didn't understand any of this, so he asked her again: "When was the Christmas gift given to you?"
She blinked her eyes and said, "It's okay. Santa Claus used to deliver gifts at night. He would ride an electric car and carry a large sack on his shoulder. There were many gifts that girls wanted in it, and he would deliver them to them in their sleep. and send her to her room quietly."
Shen Yu rolled his eyes at her, didn't Santa Claus ride a horse? Isn't the European-style horse majestic? Whose Santa Claus rides an electric bicycle
Unknowingly, it was past two o'clock in the afternoon. Li Xiang stayed at home and was busy by herself, while Shen Yu was about to ride an electric bike to school.
Before going out, he locked his door and told Rika that his room did not need to be decorated.
Li Xiang nodded obediently in agreement. In fact, she had already guessed that Shen Yu had prepared a gift for her and was hiding it in the room. She was not in a hurry to peek, but she was still curious about what gift Shen Yu would give her.
When Shen Yu went to class in the afternoon, he brought his laptop with him.
During class, he was typing codes in his seat. Ke Liangji looked at him curiously: "What program are you typing... Merry Christmas? Making greeting cards?"
"Do whatever you want."
"It doesn't look casual at all! Damn, where did you download this special effects resource? It's quite cool! It must be for Lixiang, right?"
"I...she asked me to do it, do you think I wanted to?"
Ke Liangji suddenly understood and said quickly: "Shen Yu, we are so good, you have to help me. When your greeting card is finished, send me a copy."
"do it yourself!"
Shen Yu said, "You didn't prepare a gift with Ya Ge?"
"Apple."
"Then what did she give you?"
"You have a big mouth."
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