Tao Xi has been very afraid of getting sick since he was a child. Because of his sister's illness, his family has already been stretched, so even if he feels uncomfortable, he will not tell Guo Ping that he will be cured in a week if he has a common cold.
Fortunately, he did not suffer from any serious illness. The only time it was serious, Guo Ping seemed to be frightened, and took care of him in the hospital for several days.
After that, he sometimes thinks about getting sick again, which is not bad, because Guo Ping will take more care of him when he is ill, and will cook him a can of very fragrant chicken soup, which is what he yearns for most since he was a child, especially in winter.
When Tao Xi woke up, the first thing he saw was the bear staring at him sadly, and he was shocked.
Immediately afterwards, he found that the light in the bedroom was dim and the lights were not turned on. He abruptly sat up from the bed and went to the edge of the bed to look for Lin Qinhe.
But there was no one in the bedroom.
He looked at the clothes on the quilt and knew that Lin Qinhe might just go out temporarily, but his heart was still empty, because this kind of feeling of waking up alone at dusk is not very good, like being abandoned by the world Same.
Tao Xi sat on the bed for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of the door being opened, he turned sideways, saw Lin Qinhe come in with a bag, looked up at him slightly, frowned and said, "Put your clothes on. superior."
Tao Xi's eyes were instantly lit up, he quickly put on heavy clothes, climbed out of bed, and followed Lin Qinhe like a small tail.
Lin Qinhe turned on the light, put the lunch box bag in his hand on the table, raised his hand and touched Tao Xi's forehead, who was following closely beside him. He handed the thermometer he bought to Tao Xi and said, "Take your temperature."
Tao Xi took it, tucked it under his arm, walked a few steps back and forth around the full bag on the table, but still couldn't help lying on the table, and took a closer look at the bag.
He can already smell it!
"You said earlier that you would raise a puppy in the future, remember?" Lin Qinhe put a discarded English newspaper on the table, took out the lunch boxes in the bag one by one and placed them in order.
Tao Xi was stunned: "Yes."
Lin Qinhe took out the last bowl of soup and said casually, "I don't think it's necessary to raise it, isn't there?"
"… "
Well, after turning such a big corner, I want to say that he looks like a puppy.
Tao Xi pretended not to hear, took out the thermometer to Lin Qinhe, and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Lin Qinhe let out a "hmm" and looked at the light with the thermometer for a while, his eyebrows stretched out, "The fever is gone."
"I just said I'm fine."
"Let's eat."
Tao Xi did not sit down immediately, but moved a chair next to his own, and looked at Lin Qinhe eagerly.
Lin Qinhe already knew that the sick Tao Xi was clingy, he sat down on that chair, and Tao Xi sat next to him.
Tao Xi looked down at the lunch box in front of him. The food that Lin Qinhe bought should have been ordered from the restaurant outside. There was also a bowl of chicken soup with a bright yellow color.
Seeing Tao Xi staring at the bowl of chicken soup in a daze, Lin Qinhe asked in a low voice, "Don't you like it?"
Tao Xi lowered his eyelashes and shook his head, took a sip of soup with a spoon, and said, "I like soup the most."
In the evening, Tao Xi and Lin Qinhe went to the evening self-study together and made up for the afternoon classes quickly. His illness came and went quickly, but Lin Qinhe still watched him after school and drank the medicine. Walk.
After Tao Xi returned to the dormitory, he continued to draw the sketches to be submitted to the competition. Because the first draft was discarded, and the deadline for submission was very urgent, his time suddenly became tense.
Pan Yan knew early on that Tao Xi was going to participate in the CAC competition. He stood by the easel and watched for a while. Seeing Xu Ziqi coming over to look at it, he sarcastically said, "Do you understand? Leave it here to block the way."
Xu Ziqi retracted his gaze, walked back to his seat, and hummed, "The painting is so bizarre, who can understand it."
Pan Yan's enthusiasm: "This is abstract understanding. I really can't communicate with someone who has no artistic skills like you."
The gunpowder ignited at one point, and the two began to quarrel again and again.
Tao Xi glanced at Xu Ziqi, packed up the painting tools, put the easel in the corner of the bedroom, and carefully covered the easel with a white cloth.
After turning off the lights, Pan Yan played with his mobile phone on the bed, slammed his mouth and sighed: "The weather forecast says that most of the country will cool down next week, and it may snow here. Thank you to the person who invented the air conditioner, or you will freeze to death. already."
Xu Ziqi sneered: "Is it just a decoration for you to grow so much fat?"
The two quarreled again, until the dormitory knocked on the door a few times before calling Jin to withdraw the troops.
Tao Xi was lying on the bed without speaking. He took out his mobile phone from under the pillow, flipped through the weather forecast for a while, opened and downloaded the shopping software that he had never used, and fumbled for a bunch of things. After comparing and reading the comments, , I ordered a heater, two electric blankets, two thick quilts, two down jackets, two scarves, two pairs of gloves, a few sweaters, a few pairs of plush socks...
When he finished the purchase, it was a bit faster, and there was not much money left. He checked the order from beginning to end, and went to place an order for a few hairpins and a small red round hat.
The weather forecast is right. As another cold wave hits more than half of China, the temperature suddenly dropped to 0 degrees in the next week, but the low temperature and cold wind did not dampen the enthusiasm of young girls for Christmas. longing.
This year Christmas is on Sunday, and girls have already started planning to go out for a shopping date on Sunday. Boys are not so interested in Christmas, but foreign toys and games that they want to buy will definitely have discounts on Christmas. So also looking forward to it.
Some people in the second and first class of high school were going to the same place on Sunday afternoon. During the lunch break on Saturday, several invited people gathered in the classroom to discuss what gifts each other bought.
"I heard that Aunt Luo has prepared another Christmas gift for each of us this year. Last year's gift was very expensive, which made us very embarrassed. It is estimated that the cost will be even more to invite so many people this year." A girl said .
"I still remember last year's birthday cake. I made a half-meter-high fondant doll according to Yakult. It's very realistic and cute. It's a lot of money at a glance."
A girl glanced at the back row, and after confirming again that Lin Qinhe was not there, she said, "But Lin Qinhe's family is so rich, it's nothing to them, right?"
"I'm so envious. It would be nice for my mother to cook me a delicious meal every year for my birthday." A boy said in an envious tone.
"After all, it was raised from childhood to adulthood, and it is no different from her own children." The girl whispered.
"Why do I think this is even more kissable than my own."
As soon as Bi Chengfei entered the classroom, when he saw someone gossiping, he couldn't help but lean over and shared the old materials he knew before returning to his seat with satisfaction, and asked Tao Xi, who had been writing papers with his head down. :
"Brother Xi, do you want to go with me tomorrow afternoon?" He took it for granted that Tao Xi was also invited. After all, Lin Qinhe and Tao Xi have such a good relationship.
Tao Xi stopped writing, turned the pen in his hand around, and said indifferently, "I'm going to learn to draw tomorrow afternoon."
Even if he doesn't learn to paint, he can't go, is it a mess
He imagined the scene and sneered.
Bi Chengfei said with great regret: "Xueshen's house is very artistic, and this year's party must be very fun. It's a pity that you don't go."
Tao Xi didn't speak, lowered his head and continued to do the question.
Is it Lin Qinhe's home
He suddenly remembered a dream he had a long time ago. In the dream, Lin Qinhe wanted to take him home, but the car finally drove to Taoxi Bay. He invited Lin Qinhe to his house, but Lin Qinhe turned and left, he was behind I didn't catch up for a long time.
Now he has caught up with Lin Qinhe, but he doesn't want to go to Lin Qinhe's house, because that house involves someone he doesn't want to see.
Tao Xi did some problems for a while, and after miscalculating several formulas, he suddenly realized a question, does Lin Qinhe know that his birthday is on Christmas
He just whispered it in that concert hall a long time ago, but I don't know if Lin Qinhe heard it at that time, and even if he heard it, would he still remember it
Tao Xi was very worried and decided to talk to Lin Qinhe when he came back, and then ask Lin Qinhe to go out tomorrow night.
As a result, it was only after the end of the afternoon class that Lin Qinhe came back from the competition class. Tao Xi followed Lin Qinhe to the cafeteria to eat. On the way, he said to Lin Qinhe in a natural tone:
"Look at the weather forecast and say it might snow at Christmas."
Lin Qinhe said "um", his expression was calm, and he didn't think of anything.
Tao Xi suddenly got stuck, he bluntly changed the subject and talked about other things. When passing by the milk tea shop next to the cafeteria, he saw a young female clerk doing activities at the door, sending free wish cards to the students passing by, and wrote It can then be hung on the Christmas tree in the store.
Most of the people who received the cards were girls, but when the female clerk saw that Tao Xi was curiously looking at the card in her hand, and seeing that he was good-looking, she smiled and put a wish card into Tao Xi's hand.
Tao Xi said "thank you" to the female clerk. He looked at the card in his hand, but before he could see clearly, the card was taken away by one hand.
Tao Xi went to grab the card in Lin Qinhe's hand and said, "This is for me."
Lin Qinhe put the card directly into his pocket, then took out the vibrating mobile phone, looked down at the screen, and walked away a few steps to a less crowded place to connect the call.
Tao Xi had to stop and wait for Lin Qinhe to answer the phone. Seeing Lin Qinhe frown, after a while, he said solemnly, "I'll come over now."
"What's wrong?" Tao Xi asked, he felt that Lin Qinhe looked serious for a moment when he answered the phone just now.
Lin Qinhe seems to be very busy these days. He often goes out to answer the phone, and sometimes takes a half-day off. Tao Xi has asked several times, and Lin Qinhe said it is a family matter, so he can't ask any more questions. .
Lin Qinhe's eyes were calm and he said, "It's nothing, I'm going to deal with something."
Tao Xi felt a little disappointed. He originally wanted to tell Lin Qinhe his plans for tomorrow night in detail while he was eating, but it seemed that he could only say it on WeChat.
He lowered his eyes, pursed his lower lip, stretched out his hand, spread his palm, and said, "Then return the card to me, I'm going to make a wish."
Lin Qinhe didn't take out the card, he lightly held Tao Xi's hand, released it quickly, and said in a low voice:
"Can't I make a birthday wish with you tonight?"
Tao Xi suddenly raised his eyes to look at Lin Qinhe, and saw a faint smile in his eyes.
"You, you know?" He widened his eyes and raised his voice abruptly, "Tonight? But isn't it my birthday tomorrow?"
He has already planned to go out to eat with Lin Qinhe after learning painting tomorrow afternoon, and celebrate his birthday by the way, just to avoid the birthday party that Lin Qinhe's mother throws for Yang Duole, so that Lin Qinhe doesn't have to be embarrassed .
Lin Qinhe's voice was a little helpless: "Birthdays are meaningful only after midnight. The last minute of sixteen and the first minute of seventeen are all important."
Tao Xi nodded stunnedly, as if New Year's Eve is also the zero o'clock, which means that the new year starts, so the birthday should also pass zero, which means a brand new one year old.
He laughed again, his eyes bright as evening stars: "Yes, after 12 o'clock tonight, I will be as old as you!"
He will be seventeen years old like Lin Qinhe.
Lin Qinhe said truthfully, "No, I'm still a few months older than you."
Tao Xi knew that Lin Qinhe's birthday was in May, and felt that Lin Qinhe was a little naive to care about this kind of thing, but he still agreed:
"Okay, you are older than me, you are older than me."
After he finished speaking, he saw Lin Qinhe raised his eyebrows slightly, and said "um".
"I'll pick you up after school." Lin Qinhe said.
Tao Xi nodded vigorously.
He watched Lin Qinhe leave, walked into the cafeteria happily, took out his card, swiped a few expensive meat dishes, and sat down to eat contentedly.
He didn't envy Yang Duole's lively birthday party at all.
But he couldn't help thinking, in the future after he told the truth, would he also have such a birthday party
He doesn't need so many friends, and he doesn't need such expensive gifts. He just wants to have a cake, just a small one. He has Lin Qinhe, his sister, his father, his grandparents, and maybe his adoptive parents. Say to him, happy birthday.
That's fine.
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There will be another chapter tomorrow