It turned out that the children in the community were playing with firecrackers, laughing and throwing a lighted firecracker at Ji Mingyue's feet.
Lin Feng immediately pulled Ji Mingyue behind him, and kicked the firecracker away. Coincidentally, the child who threw the firecracker happened to run around, and the red firecracker exploded beside him. The shards, though harmless, squeaked and screamed at the child.
"Which building and unit is your house in?" Lin Feng seemed still very angry, and went straight to stop the child, "Tell your parents to come out."
The child turned his head and wanted to run, but was pulled back by Lin Feng, so he could only stop reluctantly. Lin Feng asked again, with a very stern tone: "What's your parent's phone number?"
The child looked up at him, and saw that he was several heads taller than him, and his face was as heavy as water. He was too frightened to move his nest, and he didn't speak. touch the ground.
It seems to be passive resistance.
Seeing this, the children nearby also stopped, and the neighborhood became quiet in an instant. However, because their playmates were surrounded by two tall "adults", they only dared to poke their heads and look around, not daring to go forward.
Ji Mingyue had no choice but to put his hand in his half pocket, walked over and said: "We are looking for your parents because it is too dangerous for you to play with this thing, not only you are easy to be in danger, but also easy to hurt passers-by."
He had a deep and cool look on his face: "You are young and ignorant, it's your fault that your adults can't discipline your children, so we have to find your parents for your future."
The child lowered his head and glanced at the flower stick in his hand, then raised his head and glanced at Ji Mingyue, who raised his jaw at him: "We only scold your lord, not you."
The child curled his lips immediately and twisted his fingers together. Ji Mingyue felt that he could read his inner drama from his face: after my parents were scolded, it wasn't me who went back to suffer fried pork with bamboo shoots.
"Well, I know his parents!" A little girl ran over and asked timidly, "I, I will tell his mother for you, can you stop looking for his parents?"
When the little boy saw the little girl, his face flushed red, and he apologized to Ji Mingyue and the others, "Yes, I'm sorry..."
Ji Mingyue felt that the lesson was almost done, and said: "Your parents should take good care of you. Don't play with this kind of thing casually, and don't throw it away casually, do you understand?"
Seeing the little girl nodded hurriedly, he tugged on Lin Feng's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Let's go."
Until he walked a certain distance, Lin Feng's eyes seemed to pass over him from time to time.
It's not that kind of sweet lingering, but with a kind of indescribable fear and tension.
Although the firecracker was indeed thrown at Ji Mingyue's feet just now, he planned to avoid it, but before he could move, Lin Feng took a step ahead and pulled him behind him vigorously.
Speaking of which, Lin Feng's reaction just now, although he could feel that he was nervous, he was very happy...but wasn't it a little too aggressive
This thought flashed through Ji Mingyue's mind, and was quickly interrupted by Lin Feng's hand that came up again. Although he was very attached to the temperature, Ji Mingyue was still a little uncomfortable seeing the two of them walking out of the community. He shook his hand free: "Go straight to the gift shop to buy a pair of gloves later, it's too close to the school."
"Well," Lin Feng let go of his hand obediently, "then which way to go?"
"Let's go to the square!" Ji Mingyue said, "I seem to be preparing for ice lanterns recently? Although we had already gone to school when we were fifteen, it feels good to see it now?"
"Okay." Lin Feng nodded in agreement.
The two picked out a pair of gloves in the boutique store in front of the school. This kind is usually bought by girls more often. The more they look at the various plush and pink gloves in the store, Ji Ming feels a little discouraged.
He was about to turn his head and tell Lin Feng that he would not buy it otherwise, but Lin Feng found out a pair of gloves from the corner and said, "Try wearing these."
This pair of gloves is also fluffy, and the whole is made into the shape of an animal's paw, but because it is dark brown, it doesn't look so conspicuous.
"Is this a bear's paw or a dog's paw?" Ji Mingyue checked it over and over again, put it on anyway, and waved it at the mirror twice.
Lin Feng said, "Can't it be a cat's claw?"
"There is no such thing as a cat's paw." Ji Mingyue gestured twice in front of the mirror, feeling that he had confirmed its breed, "I think it is a dog's paw, look at the shape in the middle." He compared the glove to his face, With a smile showing two small canine teeth, "Wow!"
Lin Feng looked at him with darker eyes, and when the shopkeeper was not paying attention, he gently squeezed his gloves: "It's so cute."
"Huh? It's okay, it's just a little dusty..."
"I say you."
"..." Ji Ming held back for a moment, and quickly glanced at the shopkeeper next to him. He felt that he hadn't been noticed, so he whispered, "...What nonsense, okay, then buy this."
Not only did he buy it, but he also washed it and put it away, wearing it every day, every day!
When he walked out of the boutique, Ji Mingyue walked briskly, wishing he could jump every step, but felt that he was too childish, so he had to suppress it forcibly.
The school was not too far from the square they were going to. They needed to cross two streets and an intersection, and it took less than twenty minutes to walk. Because the new year is almost over now, there is no need to visit relatives, and most people have not gone to work or school. At this time after dinner, there are many people walking leisurely on the street, walking towards the square.
There were men, women and children in the crowd, as well as many students. Ji Mingyue and Lin Feng were not too conspicuous among them. The closer you are to the square, the more crowded you can see, and there are stalls and barbecues near the square. The smoke from the barbecue stalls, together with the high balloons on the stalls next to it, floats under the black velvet night .
The ice lanterns on the square have been almost carved, but they have not been wrapped with lamp tubes, and they look a little gray in the night. In the center of the square, many young people were playing with skateboards and roller shoes. Teenagers aged 17 or 18 leaped and bypassed obstacles beautifully and thrillingly one after another. They looked extremely relaxed and won rounds of applause.
Ji Mingyue also knows how to play these things, but his skills are average. At this time, he was eager to see, pointing to a corner of the square, turned his head and said to Lin Feng: "There seems to be a shop that rents skateboards and roller shoes over there. I want to try it." ,are you going?"
Lin Feng followed suit, frowned slightly, and said, "...you'd better not go."
"Ah..." Ji Mingyue didn't expect him to say that, and was stunned for a while.
"I've never seen you play this before." Lin Feng saw him looking up at him, his eyes were a little dazed, and he raised his hand to rub his hair, "It's too dangerous."
"Okay then." Ji Mingyue thinks about it. He learned skateboards and roller shoes in his previous life. He has never used them once in this life. Lin Feng didn't look good in front of him either.
He looked around, and soon found a new target: "What are the stalls selling over there? There are a lot of people around."
He pulled Lin Feng in and squeezed in, only to find out that this stall sells a kind of small beads with engraved characters, and each bead is engraved with different characters. Customers combine the characters they want and string them on a red string. , you can piece together what you want.
Each bead costs one yuan, and the red string costs one yuan. In fact, looking at it this way, the stall owner should be making a lot of money, but what they sell is creativity, and under the dim lights of the stall, each bead glows with a clear milky white color. It was praised by the stall owner as a "enlightened Buddha bead", no wonder so many people rushed to pay the bill.
"Want to buy one?" Lin Feng asked.
"Yeah!" Ji Mingyue agreed on one side, but the other side had already taken off the gloves neatly, stuffed them into Lin Feng's arms, squatted down in front of the bead box at the booth, and started his careful selection.
Lin Fenglue took the gloves helplessly, put them in his arms, then squatted down next to Ji Mingyue, turned his head and looked at him quietly for two seconds. Under the lights of the booth at this time, everything was warm and harmonious, and the fine hairs on Ji Mingyue's side face could be seen clearly, but it felt hazy and beautiful, covered with a thin layer of light.
Ji Mingyue felt his gaze, and looked at him with crooked eyes: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Lin Feng shook his head, and simply reached out to pick up the beads in the box together.
There were too many beads in the box, and the words on each of them were different. Ji Mingyue squatted until his legs were numb, so he picked out the four words he wanted dizzily, and handed the beads to the stall owner to string, and finally To stand up and take a breath of upper air.
Although he stood up, his eyes still stayed on the beaded hands of the stall owner, and he specially warned: "Don't make a mistake in the order."
He chose the four words "year, year, peace, security".
He couldn't help looking at Lin Feng again.
Too much has changed during this period, but some things will not change. Even if Lin Feng is by his side now, and even the relationship between them has changed qualitatively...but his thoughts in some aspects are still the same as before.
—For example, until the day when the countdown came, he couldn't really relax.
Staring at it, Lin Feng had already stood up and handed the selected beads to the stall owner.
"What did you pick?" Ji Mingyue squatted down, leaned over to look at the beads in the stall owner's hand, and was immediately taken aback.
What Lin Feng chose was the same four words as him: safe and sound every year.
The two got their respective bracelets, but they all had the same red strings, milky white beads, and even the engravings on them were exactly the same. Ji Mingyue said with a smile: "I bought a customized version, why does it seem to be mass-produced—are you sure you didn't copy me?"
"No, the lights are so dim, I didn't see what you chose." Lin Feng said.
"Then it can only be said that there is a tacit understanding?" The two got out of the crowd and walked to a secluded place. Ji Mingyue shrugged and said with a smile, "At first I wanted to send you off, but it turned out that Is it the same as sending or not?"
"I thought so too." Lin Feng smiled, "Then it's better to have a ceremony and wear them interchangeably."
"Well, okay."
It was Lin Feng who first put it on for Ji Mingyue. He took advantage of the faint light from the street lamp, lowered his eyelids, held Ji Mingyue's wrist, and slowly put it on for him.
Ji Mingyue was a little embarrassed, shook the one in his hand, and said with a smile, "It's so itchy."
Lin Feng glanced at it and said, "Why don't you wear these too, one in each hand."
"I don't want it. I don't want to wear one on each hand. It's so ugly." Ji Ming laughed loudly, "And I don't need so many blessings, one is enough..."
"Not enough." Lin Feng said.
Ji Ming was startled for a moment.
"...forget it," Lin Feng seemed to let out a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to gently touch his cheek, "These are all external forces, and I shouldn't think about relying on them. I just need to protect you."
"Wait a minute." Ji Mingyue's heart skipped a beat. He had been confused intermittently, as if he had grasped some subtle thread at this moment. He looked up at Lin Feng, "Why did you say you want to protect me?"