Pretending to be cute

It's impossible to finish a turkey for three.

But compared to the turkey, the Christmas dinner that Li Mi, Qing Xin, and Xu Mengyao ate together seems to be more meaningful.

When it was later, Qing Xin put all the staff in the shop to the holidays, so after the fun, the three of them seemed to have entered old age life ahead of schedule. One of them lay on a chair, holding hot tea, watching an old movie at random, chatting from time to time.

Unknowingly, the clock hanging in the store is about to reach ten o'clock.At the moment when the minute hand just passed 12, Li Mi stood up.

Xu Mengyao rested her chin on her hands and yawned: "I finally found out that I'm a super-sized light bulb, and I'm going to leave with a disturbed conscience?"

Li Mi went back to the lounge to take the dry coat, and said casually: "Yeah, the turkey is not enough to eat, and the dog food is here to add, I can't take it anymore."

Xu Mengqiao laughed and didn't raise the bar again.But Qing Xin also stood up, handed an umbrella to Li Mi, and said softly: "The snowy road is slippery, be careful." After thinking for a while, he pumped his fists again and said seriously: "Come on, come on."

Li Mi hummed: "Thank you, I will."

Xu Mengxiang looked at them suspiciously: "Huh? What did you say in the lounge, and you are still playing riddles in front of me? Li Mi, what do you want to do, pry the corner of the wall? Let me tell you, my sister Qing can't pry Move, you give up."

"Little vinegar jar, calm down a little bit." Qing Xin was happy, and patted Xu Mengyao's head, signaling that the other party should stop messing around.

Li Mi was not angry either, and he blinked at Xu Mengjiang and said, "Open your hands."

"If you're mysterious, you know what you're trying to do." Xu Mengyao opened his hands obediently with disgust in his mouth.

A beautiful candy apple fell into her palm.

"Merry Christmas." Li Mi said with a smile, then waved his hand, turned and left.

Xu Mengjiao put away the candy, his expression changed several times, and before Li Mi had left completely, he shouted: "Li Mi, don't think I don't know, you returned the candy that the clerk gave you! On the sheep, why are you so perfunctory in giving gifts!"

The sound of the wind carried laughter and spread far away.

When Li Mi was no longer in sight, Xu Mengjiao stomped his feet and then laughed: "Really, I usually look rather dull, and I know I have to show off at Christmas, it's not in vain for me and Sister Qing to help you so much." .”

"Stupid sister, come on."

Qing Xin surrounded Xu Mengyao, and said angrily, "You, you obviously care about her, but you always speak unforgivingly, little Aojiao."

Xu Mengyao kissed Qing Xin on the cheek, and denied: "No, I only care about you. Li Mi went after others, so he wouldn't bother us."

"Little clever ghost. By the way, I haven't asked you yet. How did you guess that she was going to chase someone? Do you know who she is going to chase?"

"Of course, you don't see who I am."

"who is it?"

"I won't tell you... Poof, okay, okay, don't scratch me, sister Qing, please forgive me, Xiao Ling, it's Xiao Ling!"

Qing Xin raised her eyebrows in surprise at first, then suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

After Li Mi left the milk tea shop, he went to a few nearby places to pick up the things he ordered, and then left for the address sent in the chat box.

She had already checked before, and this address was not far from the milk tea shop, it was only about half an hour's drive away, so she ran around several places, and it was only [-]:[-] when she arrived.

After putting on the handbrake, Li Mi lit up the dialog box and sent a long-overdue message: 【Thank you, Song Lin. 】

There were two quick replies.

【You're welcome. 】

[You don't have to thank me, I'm not that generous, and I can't be envious and jealous in a short time.However, this is the only Christmas gift I can think of to give Lingling, nothing more. 】

Li Mi pursed her lips and did not reply.

Regardless of Xiao Ling's matter, she actually admired Song Lin.The development trend of the other party's studio has been very rapid in recent years, and it is indeed a young and promising one.Moreover, she learned from her friends that Song Lin's personality is also very good. Even if her friends don't say this, she has personally felt it during the period of following Song Lin's blog.

But that was her child, her only child, whom she cared for when she grew up, no matter how good others were, she was unwilling to give them away.

Unless Xiao Ling really likes someone else.

Li Mi took a few deep breaths, patted his face, and cheered himself up.Then get out of the car and carefully pick up the large and small gift boxes in the back seat.There are too many things, and the whole bosom is full, Li Mi thought about it, and decided to give up carrying the umbrella that Qing Xin specially gave her.

Unlike the southern city of C City, which is like spring all year round, the winter in country X is very cold, especially outdoors, where it is almost minus [-] degrees.Now there is a lot of fine snow, Li Mi's long hair and shoulders are covered with frost and snow in a short while, and there is a gust of cold wind from time to time, almost soaking the chill into his bones.

However, she didn't have time to take care of these, instead she dragged the cart and trotted, and had to be careful not to spill the presents in her bosom along the way.

Coming soon.

The place where Song Lin and Xiao Ling lived together was a separate small villa. Li Mi walked up two steps, put the cart gently on the door, and then unloaded the gift boxes from his arms and pockets onto the cart, neatly Arranged in two rows.

After setting up the presents, Li Mi still felt dissatisfied, so he squatted down again, and wiped off the snow dust on the gift box with a handkerchief, as well as the water marks from the melted snow.

After repeatedly confirming that it was correct, Li Mi was relieved, and stood quietly in front of the window, staring at the warm light inside in a daze.She knew that Xiao Ling was inside, and they were only separated by a wall, so close that she could see each other when she pressed the doorbell.

But Li Mi only glanced at the doorbell and stopped looking at it.

After standing stupidly for a long time, as if she finally got tired of watching, she let out a breath of white air, rubbed her hands that were almost frozen, and left here.

Even though it was so cold outside, she still didn't choose to go back to the car, but walked step by step to the place she had found a long time ago - there is an observation deck in this villa area, from which you can see the whole area.

Coincidentally, the place where Xiao Ling lives is only less than 100 meters away from this viewing platform, which is considered the nearest villa.

The weather is too cold, and today is Christmas for reunion or carnival, and there is no one in the observation deck at this time.Li Mi tightened the white scarf around his neck, walked to the slightly warmer second floor, and dialed the string of numbers that he had been thinking about for a long time.

It rang twice, and the other side answered, but no one spoke.Li Mi thought the call was wrong or the signal was not good, and just about to look at the screen again, he heard the intermittent sound of the TV and the sound of light breathing.

That's right.

Li Mi kicked the pull tab on the ground, kicked a cigarette butt, and pulled out some of his hair, feeling a little nervous.

They have not spoken for a long time, longer than the three years when Xiao Ling went abroad.Although Xiao Ling wanted to stay away from her in those three years, she didn't know anything, so she would take the initiative to contact Xiao Ling every few days, but these few months, they didn't say a word.

What should she start with?

Hello?

— so unfamiliar.

Merry Christmas?

——Too ordinary.

It seemed like thousands of years had passed in just a few seconds, Li Mi felt that he couldn't keep waiting for Xiao Ling to speak, so he bit his lower lip, restrained his nervousness and said, "Ah Ling, it's me."

Xiao Ling replied indifferently: "Yes."

This answer is not very enthusiastic, are you still angry?The thing before getting angry, or the thing about getting angry and having a fever?Li Mi was even more disturbed, so he summoned up all his courage and threw a straight ball: "I miss you."

"..."

If it weren't for Li Mi's voice, Xiao Ling would never have heard it wrong, Xiao Ling almost thought he had answered the wrong call.But after thinking about it, what's wrong with being a sister who misses her sister?

She would still be moved by this sentence that had nothing to do with Fengyue, she was so stupid.

The roller coaster went up fast and landed fast, Xiao Ling quickly regained his composure, and replied without ambiguity: "I miss you too, Sister Li."

The straight ball effect is so poor, Li Mi is very frustrated: "Which way do you think?"

Xiao Ling:? ? ?

Missing is just missing, what kind?

Li Mi also realized that what he said was a bit strange, so he changed the subject and said, "Ah Ling, I haven't given you a Christmas present yet."

Xiao Ling looked up at his watch, it was 11:30, and Christmas would be over in half an hour, so he said calmly: "Sister Li is too busy, it's normal that I didn't have time to prepare presents, it's okay, I understand."

Li Mi frowned forbearance, her cold and snowy voice was a little trembling, I don't know whether it was from being frozen or angry: "In the past, if I didn't prepare a gift for you, you would be very angry and sad."

Xiao Ling said calmly: "That was in the past. I was young and ignorant. It must be too capricious for Sister Li to remember now. It is my fault. I will pay attention to it in the future."

Li Mi: "..."

This neither soft nor hard attitude gave Li Mi a headache. Thinking of what Ling Sheng once said about chasing people, she decided to put aside the burden of her elders and go straight to the point: "You misunderstood me, I mean, I I didn't give you a gift, why didn't you ask me for it like before?"

"I said, I was ignorant before, and I won't in the future..."

"A Ling, don't you care about my... gift?"

Xiao Ling was silent, she seemed to hear Li Mi's sniffling voice, and the more she heard the words, the more aggrieved she felt, she could only vaguely say: "I didn't mean that."

Li Mi immediately regained his spirits: "Then you care about me?"

If it wasn't for knowing that the other party's EQ is low, and his words are thoughtless, Xiao Ling would have misunderstood the meaning of this sentence: "...your gift."

Li Mi wrapped his phone and ears in a scarf, and smiled softly.The laughter passed through the scarf, and then through the phone, as if wrapped in strands of warmth, it burned Xiao Ling's ears slightly red.

Xiao Ling was inexplicably ashamed of being teased, and said stiffly: "What else? If it's okay, I'll hang up."

Compared to the calm and calm appearance, as if he didn't care about anything, Li Mi hoped that Xiao Ling would show his temper like this.She said softly: "My little friend, Santa Claus will give gifts at Christmas. Do you believe in this legend?"

Xiao Ling didn't understand why Li Mi mentioned this, but he still said: "I don't believe it, it's just a trick to deceive children."

Li Mi said, "I never lie to children, especially you."

Even though he knew that the other party didn't mean that, Xiao Ling's heart still trembled: "I don't understand what you want to express at all..."

"Unfortunately, Santa Claus can't pick the lock. Is there any kind child, open the door for Santa Claus?"

"Huh? What lock... Wait, you came to my house?" Xiao Ling was startled, jumped off the sofa, and walked towards the door.

Li Mi was very unhappy, and corrected her earnestly: "It's the place where you live temporarily, not your home. Your home is in China, in City C. You once said that your home is where I am. Ah Ling , you can't lie."

Xiao Ling choked, and laughed angrily: "I just said it quickly, why are you blocking me with my words... Why, sister Li won't be jealous like this?"

"I'm not blocking you, I'm just stating the facts." Li Mi said softly, "And if I say that I'm really jealous, more sour than old vinegar, what will Ah Ling think?"

Xiao Ling: "..."

Xiao Ling was a little hard to believe that this sentence came from Li Mi, so he just thought he was in a daze and misunderstood.Holding the doorknob, she was still a little hesitant, expecting someone she wanted to see outside the door, but also terrified about how to face Li Mi.

But considering how cold it was outside, she stopped thinking about it and opened the door.Unexpectedly, there was no Li Mi at the door, only a small trailer with two rows of gift boxes.

"From top to bottom, the second small brown box in the second row, take it apart first."

Although Xiao Ling was a little disappointed that Li Mi wasn't there, he followed her words and opened the small brown box.

A tree-trunk-like thing was exposed. The annual rings and the trunk were sprinkled with a layer of chocolate powder, and a few creams were painted. The green leaves were decorated around the sides, and two short and chubby snowmen wearing strawberry Santa hats leaned against it. Trunk, looks very tasty.

"Legend has it that there was a young man who was so poor that he couldn't even afford Christmas presents. But he liked that person so much that he picked up a log in the forest and gave it to his lover, and finally won his heart."

"A Ling, Merry Christmas, those two little snowmen will spend Christmas with you for me. And for the Spring Festival, I hope you can spend it with me, not on the phone, but in real life."

"I'll wait for you at home, no matter how long you come back, I'll wait for you."

After speaking, Li Mi hung up the phone.

She looked at the girl holding a small cake in the distance and thought: It turns out that if you like this kind of relationship, you are willing to do even the most stupid things, and even enjoy it.