Pretending to be cute

In addition to the sound of fireworks blooming, there was also the same shouting, and the sound of breathing that was too noisy to be heard clearly.

Li Mi didn't let the silence last too long, and asked proactively, "The fireworks display in Xishan? Is it at the observation deck?"

"Correct."

Xiao Ling tightly clenched the phone, quietly staring at the tall and outstanding woman in the crowd.When passing by the man beside Li Mi, her eyes dimmed slightly.

Li Mi looked around and asked, "Alone?"

"Ah."

"Why didn't you tell me? If I wasn't lucky enough to be here, you would have wandered alone until the end?"

Xiao Ling bit her lower lip lightly, showing a bitter smile: "I asked you last night."

Li Mi opened his mouth, but was speechless.It turned out that when Xiao Ling said that he was waiting for her for dinner last night, he was not necessarily waiting for her at the hydropower station, but it might also be at the fireworks festival.

"Sorry, I made an appointment with someone first, I didn't know you wanted to invite me here..."

Xiao Ling knew that Li Mi was ashamed, so he pretended to be brisk and said: "It's okay, I'll just date you casually, and I can find someone else if you have something to do. It's just that I have been abroad for three years, and I haven't had much contact with my domestic friends. , a bit embarrassing. In addition, Sister Ling and the others are busy, so they came alone."

As if thinking of something, Xiao Ling smiled again: "Besides, today is Qixi Festival, it's normal for you, Sister Li, to have an appointment with someone, I understand. But I insist on calling to bother you, it's quite capricious."

Not right.

Li Mi frowned: "Ah Ling, don't say such things. Where are you? Let's talk about it when we meet."

Xiao Ling hid in a dark alley that was not easy to be found, and his tone suddenly dropped: "Sister Li, you don't need to look for me, you can continue to watch the fireworks with that brother. You... look very suitable, I don't want to be a light bulb again."

"Do you know where I am?"

Li Mi was startled, he didn't pay attention to the word "you", and listened carefully to the movement over there: "Is it suitable or not? I didn't know that today is Qixi Festival. You misunderstood."

"I don't believe it, even if I didn't know it before, I don't know it now?"

Li Mi didn't realize how strange such a conversation was, and explained patiently: "Now I know, because when I came here, someone was selling flowers, and then said to me, sister, do you buy flowers? It's Qixi Festival today."

Xiao Ling: "..."

It's over, I can't pretend anymore, I want to laugh.

During the previous period, Xiao Ling had actually been quietly following Li Mi.Seeing Li Mi inseparable from a man, chatting and laughing from time to time, she felt very uncomfortable.But she understands that who Li Mi wants to get along with is Li Mi's freedom, and she has no right to interfere.

Xiao Ling asked casually: "Then did you buy it?" The question was so, but Xiao Ling was sure that Li Mi would not buy any flowers.

Unexpectedly, Li Mi said, "I bought it."

Xiao Ling's smile froze on his face: "...what?"

I bought flowers, do I want to give them to that man?

If it was the usual Xiao Ling, she would definitely be aware that Li Mi's breathing was a little unsteady, but now she just feels that this answer is like a sharp knife, digging a big hole in her heart.What gurgled away was not only blood, but also broken feelings.

No matter how careful you are, how can you compare to other people's love for each other.

Xiao Ling hung up the phone in a hurry, squatted down, buried her head in her arms, and tears flowed down her cheeks little by little.But it seemed that someone was deliberately trying to antagonize her, and there was a sound of footsteps getting closer and closer to her ear, tuk tuk, tuk tuk, as loud as fireworks.

She covered her ears.

"Why did you hang up the phone and still squat here? Where did you get hurt?" The footsteps stopped beside her, and an eager female voice, like a spring breeze, slipped into the closed ear door.

"Not injured, but, but..." Xiao Ling raised her head with tears in her eyes, and said incredulously, "Sister Li, why did you come here?"

Because of crying, the girl's usually neat bangs were in a mess, her black and white eyes were filled with crystal tears, her usually pink lips were very pale, and even the seductive mark on the corner of her mouth was a bit dimmed.

Seeing Xiao Ling crying so sadly, Li Mi's heart was twisted into a ball, he didn't care to ask the reason any more, he squatted down, gently pulled her into his arms, and said softly: "I passed by here before, someone was selling tofu nao, just now I heard similar yelling on the phone, so I guessed that you were nearby."

"so……"

Xiao Ling hugged Li Mi tightly, but the tears flowed more fiercely, as if wanting to vent the grievances of these years, they poured out and wet Li Mi's shoulders.

Except for the first time ten years ago, it has been a long time since I saw Xiao Ling cry like this, Li Mi felt sore and hurt, very uncomfortable.She remembered what Hao Nanren had said before, that a married daughter is like water being poured out, and if her precious lump fell in love, even her elder sister would have to be in the back row.

Combined with the particularity of Qixi Festival, coming alone, not wanting to disturb her and Hao Nanren, crying sadly...that's how it is.

Li Mi was sad, but he knew that if he showed it, Xiao Ling's negative emotions would be even worse, so he had to bear it back and gently coaxed the person in his arms: "Ah Ling, don't cry, I'll show you something funny."

"Huh?" Xiao Ling twitched while rubbing his eyes.

Li Mi sighed, pressed Xiao Ling's hand, took out the wet wipes he carried with him from his bag, took out one, opened it, and carefully wiped away the teardrops on his eyelashes.After finishing this, she put on a new wet towel to wipe Xiao Ling's eye sockets, and the last part was the half-dried tear stains.

Before the new tears fell, Li Mi took a step back, picked up the thing he was holding in his hand, and hid it behind his back: "Guess what it is?"

Xiao Ling shook his head, somewhat disappointed by the distance between the two.

Seeing that she didn't guess and was not discouraged, Li Mi smiled slightly and took out the bouquet behind her.In the transparent package, the bright red roses are bundled together, which is more colorful than the previous fireworks. Against the woman's focused gaze, people somehow ignore that it is a thorny rose.

"Look, do these petals with water droplets look like you now?" Li Mi put the bouquet in Xiao Ling's hand, teasing her.

"It's, it's not like it." Xiao Ling clenched the flowers in his hand, his eyes were red: "So, so you said you bought flowers just now... mean you bought flowers for me?"

Li Mi tilted his head: "Otherwise, who can I buy it for?"

Xiao Ling was choked up, originally wanted to talk about that man, but felt that it was too damaging to the current atmosphere, so he simply kept silent.Just now, she was in a hurry and couldn't control her emotions and burst into tears. Who knew it was a misunderstanding. She looked at the used dirty tissues in Li Mi's pocket, lowered her head, and her ears turned red.

She is 19 years old, and she is still crying like she was when she was nine years old... She is so ashamed.

Seeing this, Li Mi understood that the little girl was embarrassed, so he didn't make fun of her, but pointed to the bouquet and said, "Count, how many flowers are there."

Basically everyone knows the meaning of roses, although Li Mi certainly didn't mean that, but Xiao Ling's face was still stained with a faint blush.She drooped her head lower and lower, trying to calm down her rapid heartbeat, her voice was a little hoarse after crying: "Liu Duo."

"Mutual respect, mutual love, mutual understanding, this is what I want to say to you. In the future, don't mind leaving for these three years, not only me, but also you."

Li Mi smiled, and took out the apple candy from his bag: "You like sweets, I originally wanted to bring them back to you tonight, but since you are here, I will give them to you now."

Xiao Ling was moved, and tremblingly took the apple candy that looked delicious, his palms were hot.Although she hasn't eaten it yet, she seems to have tasted the sweetness.

Bone marrow-like, sweet.

"Have I coaxed you well, kid?" Li Mi used his hand as a comb to straighten Xiao Ling's bangs that were stuck with tears.

Xiao Ling rubbed her palm, like a well-haired cat: "Yes."

"Then let's..." Li Mi stood up, his feet were numb from squatting for too long, and he lost consciousness, and his body fell to the side.

Xiao Ling quickly pulled her back: "Be careful."

Li Mi stood firm and took Xiao Ling's hand: "Okay, you stand up too, let's go find Hao Nanren."

"Good, good man?" Before Xiao Ling had time to think about it, he was struck by the name, with a look of astonishment on his face.

"This is his current name. He used to be Hao Xian. He lived next door to us in the compound. He liked to wear purple clothes. He always took you to the arcade. He didn't have a straight mouth. Do you have any impression?"

"Of course I have an impression. I still remember that every time you found out that he took me out to play, you would call Brother Fu to beat him up. But why did he change his name to Hao Nanren? This name is a bit strange..."

Li Mi called Hao Nanren before explaining to Xiao Ling: "Not two years after you went abroad, Mr. Hao felt that Hao Xian's name was not unique enough, so he changed his name forcibly, and said that people must be worthy of the name. .But he doesn't like the name, and now he is in a hurry with whoever calls him that."

"Hmph, that's right, anyone who calls me by that name will have trouble with my uncle." Hao Nanren shook his cuffs, glanced at Li Mi with disgust, and said in a strange way, "Oh, it's different when the baby pimples come, it's treated differently ,well."

It was a good time to watch the fireworks, but Li Mi answered a phone call and disappeared.He called, but Li Mi didn't answer, he was so anxious that he ran around, and almost didn't go to the management office to send a missing person announcement.

Fortunately, a phone call came, and the two sisters hid in a dark alley next to them.

Meeting an old friend after Ling Sheng, and an old friend who had no chance of being with Li Mi, Xiao Ling's doubts in his heart were mostly eliminated, and his face was full of joy: "Long time no see, Hao..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Mi covered his mouth.

"You are not allowed to call him brother, you can only call him by name." Li Mi had no expression on his face, but his tone was very serious.

Hao Nanren immediately exploded, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Mi, you're so good! You've cheated on me for so long today, and you're not allowed to call me brother Hao! Fu Qiudial's day is fine, I'm a good one, you're so generous that you'll die! "

Li Mi firmly said: "One more thing, 20.00% five."

Hao Nanren: "..."

Yep, up another 5.00%.

He was so angry that he looked at Xiao Ling eagerly, trying to break through in another direction: "Little Ling, look at how my brother took you to play so many games back then, King of Fighters, Bomber, Metal Slug, which one is not my hand?" To teach you, calling me brother Hao is not too much, right?"

Xiao Ling blinked and signaled that he knew it. Li Mi let go of his hand as if he hadn't seen it, with a reassuring look, and taunted him by the way: "Take children to play with these things, but in the end, there are no children to play with." Well, I'm ashamed to say."

Hao Nanren: "..."

Xiao Ling smiled, met Hao Nanren's pitiful and expectant eyes, without hesitation: "Hao... Nanren."

Hao Nanren rolled his big eyes: "Tsk, it's still the same as when I was a child, so listen to her. Please, please, social sisterhood can't be offended, so I will leave."

Neither of them had any intention of keeping him, Hao Nanren was even more bored, waved his hand, and planned to go to play with his friends.Before leaving, he patted his head and looked at the two of them: "Look at my memory, I forgot to mention something. Since you are all here, why not go to the temple on the mountain by the way."

"Temple?" Xiao Ling asked.

"Yes, the Xishan Temple is amazing. I heard people say that as long as you sincerely make a wish, your wish will come true. You see, your sister is already at this age, and no one wants it. Why don't you make a wish and bless someone who is willing to marry her. "

After speaking, he was afraid of being counted, so he ran away.

"That's not the case, Sister Li Mingming..." Before Xiao Ling could finish her rebuttal, Li Mi asked her: "Do you want to go to the temple to make a wish?"

Xiao Ling hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sister Li wants to go?"

Li Mi shook her head, she doesn't believe in ghosts, gods and Buddhas, in her opinion, temples are more of a calming effect, but there is no need to say these words, it's just a disappointment.

"I don't care, but I know Ah Ling wants to go."

"Eh? Me?"

Xiao Ling was a little nervous. Although she wanted to go to the temple to pray for Li Mi and make a wish so that Li Mi would like her, she just thought about it and didn't take action yet.

Li Mi took a deep look at Xiao Ling, and sighed: "Ah Ling, I know everything, no matter what you are thinking, or what you are worrying about, even why you were crying just now, I know everything, you don't have to Lie to me again."

Xiao Ling's heart skipped a beat.