farmer and fox

He Xi's father is a biologist who likes to engage in scientific research. He taught the children scientific biological knowledge and various interesting animal and plant habits since childhood.

He Xi was deeply influenced by his father. He likes to collect animal and plant specimens, but he only focuses on appearance and cultivation, and has not done in-depth research. First, he has no patience, and second, he does not like learning. When it comes to academic related knowledge, he has a headache. Big, but he is quite serious about collecting.

There is no wind in the air in midsummer, the bright sun dries up the mouth, but the buzzing of insects makes people bored.

Hu Li knocked on the door of He Xi's house. He was mature, with a tall and slender figure. He inherited the excellent genes of his parents. With a height of nearly 1.9 meters, he attracted attention wherever he went.

Today he is wearing an empty sleeveless vest, showing his strong biceps, walking in the summer, looking youthful.

His hair inherited his mother's pure black, slightly longer, and the tail fell to his slender neck, which was wet with sweat and reflected in the sun.

Walking all the way, his whole body was already drenched in sweat, but due to his fair skin, the beads of sweat shone slightly under the sunlight, and the hair on his calf and legs exposed under the shorts with fat legs was light-colored, and the whole portrait glowed from a distance.

Not long after, Liu Ximei ran out with a smile and opened the door: "Little Li, why are you here? It's such a hot day, and you don't even hold an umbrella."

"I'll return the lunch box." Hu Li raised the plastic bag in his hand, "Thank you, auntie, for the delicious food."

"As long as you like to eat, it's all specially made for you." Liu Ximei let him into the house, lowered the air conditioner a few degrees, and went to the refrigerator to get watermelon for him, "Call Xixi after eating, he will go to get That's fine, I'll let you run hard."

"It's okay, I also want to visit my uncle and aunt." Hu Li took the watermelon and put it aside, showing a cute smile, "Thank you, auntie, where is my brother?"

"Xixi, he's working on those specimens in the attic." Liu Ximei sighed, "Hey, I don't know what's wrong with him. He stays at home when he's off, doesn't go out to play, and doesn't socialize normally."

"It's good to have hobbies." Hu Li said with a smile.

"I'm just worried about him." Liu Ximei shook her head and complained, "I'm 25 in a blink of an eye, and I haven't been in a relationship yet. I've asked him a few times, and he said he has no plans to do so. How long will you be able to marry a wife if this goes on like this?"

In Liu Ximei's eyes, her son is still an innocent boy who doesn't know who he is.

Hu Li narrowed his eyes, smiled and comforted: "Auntie, don't worry, it all depends on fate."

"Worry. Hey, that's right!" Liu Ximei changed the subject and began to gossip, "Is Xiaoli in a relationship? I won't tell my aunt or my brother!"

"No." Hu Li smiled shyly. Like his mother, he had a shallow dimple at the corner of his left mouth, which would be revealed when he smiled. He looked harmless to humans and animals.

"Then who is that girl we saw?" Liu Ximei was puzzled, "At the end of July, Xixi and I went out for a walk and saw you and a girl in Wangyue Lake. They looked very close. I wanted to call you to come Then, Xixi said that it is not good to disturb your date, so he dragged me away."

She smiled all over her face: "I didn't see the child's appearance clearly, but he is tall and thin, and he is a good match for you. I asked Xixi if he knew who it was, and he said no. It seemed that he was not in a good mood. I think You kept it from him, he was jealous."

"Just ordinary friends, I have something to ask for." Hu Li raised his eyebrows, "Brother is jealous?"

"That's right." Liu Ximei covered her mouth with a smile, "He has liked to be jealous of you since he was a child. If you are hugged too much by an adult or kissed by an aunt, he will sulk."

"Brother is so naive." Hu Li smiled, he liked to hear about him and He Xi when they were young.

"There are even more childish ones!" Liu Ximei approached him and whispered, "When he was a child, he even said he wanted to marry you as his wife. At that time, a friend in your kindergarten said he wanted to marry you, and he got anxious with someone, and the two quarreled. , he is obviously a big brother, but he will only cry when he is ashamed, and in the end it was you who coaxed me!"

"How did I coax you?" Hu Li was curious.

"Hahahaha." Liu Ximei laughed loudly, "If you promise him that he will not marry you, he will burst into laughter immediately! What a child's talk."

"Mom! What nonsense are you talking about!" Holding a water glass, He Xi stared at the "mother and son" who were happily sitting on the sofa, feeling ashamed and making a joke of his childhood scandals!

"I didn't talk nonsense." Liu Ximei got up, made a shush gesture to Hu Li, and it was the best way to go, "I remembered that the clothes are still in the washing machine, I'll go to dry them first, you guys talk."

Seeing that Hu Li was still sitting there pretending to be good, He Xi was so angry that he couldn't drink any water, and shouted at the man, "Come up with me!"

Hu Li followed him to the attic.

This is his private space, collection room and research room. It is disorganized and there is basically not much space left. Various books, plant specimens and culture vessels are piled up.

He Xi sat down at the desk, Hu Li stood straight in front of him, full of oppression, he was upset, kicked off the books on the small square stool next to him, hooked the stool to the front, and told Hu Li to sit down.

Hu Li listened to what he said, and sat down honestly. Due to the disparity in height between the two chairs, the originally tall man could only look at He Xi with his back bent and his head raised.Obedient and obedient, like a wronged student.

He Xi subconsciously coughed, and most of her anger subsided: "What my mother just said is something that happened when I was a child, don't worry about it."

Hu Li stared at him without answering.

"Did you hear that!" He Xi kicked his stool impatiently.

"Auntie said, you saw me with a girl while walking." Hu Li blinked, "Why didn't you come to say hello?"

"Why should I say hello, who are you?" He Xi didn't expect him to mention this, and was instantly annoyed, "Don't you tell me nothing now? Ah! Have a birthday party and make your own decisions every day , Drunk money, not doing business properly, have you come to ask my brother's opinion?"

Hu Li knew that he was angry about this matter, so he couldn't help but soften his tone and said innocently: "I invited you to participate, but you refused."

"I don't want to hang out with your group of friends." He Xi snorted, "You are all rich young masters, and your daily job is to eat, drink and have fun. How can I compare with you!"

"So, you recognized it, right?" Hu Li brought back the topic he had left off.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" He Xi refused to admit it.

"I recognized that person as Siri." Hu Li pointed out.

"Yes! I recognized it. I didn't expect you to be entangled until now?" He Xi became furious and broke the jar, "It's really thick-skinned, anyway, I'm speechless."

"The person in your room that day was she, right?" He Xi gritted his teeth, enduring the intense discomfort and sadness in his heart, completely unable to control his deep emotions, and he vented anxiously, "Congratulations to you all, the old love has been rekindled." You don’t have to think about my brother’s feelings at all, I wish you will be united forever and grow old happily, anyway, you have always been like this, you only care about your own happiness and don’t care what others think!"

Hu Li's heart tightened, but he didn't know how to explain it. There was no one in the room at the time, let alone that person. The lipstick mark was just a girl who was drunk and wanted to kiss him forcefully, but she didn't escape.

But he knew that He Xi would not believe it, because he was too naive that day, he was not clear-headed and wanted to tease He Xi, and he did an extreme move.

Hu Li looked up at him, and said seriously: "It wasn't her, I would have broken up with her long ago."

"Lie, you like to lie." How could He Xi believe it? Hu Li once explained, but he felt aggrieved, and asked in a nasal voice, "Since it's not her, why don't you let me in to see it? How did you stop me?" Outside the door?"

"It wasn't her. There was no one inside." Hu Li explained in a low voice, "It was just an accident that you and Auntie met that day. I haven't contacted her for many years. She asked me for something, but I didn't agree. Don't be unhappy if we don't meet again."

He Xi was embarrassed, felt that she was too excited, as if she cared about their contact, and seemed petty, so she pretended to be indifferent and said: "It's none of my business whether you contact or not!"

"You really don't care?" Hu Li stared at him.

"Are you annoying? Can't you understand people's language?" He Xi turned away and didn't want to look at him, "Are you very proud? Being entangled with your brother's first love goddess gives you a sense of accomplishment, doesn't it?"

"She is not your first love goddess." Hu Li said softly.

"Whatever you say." He Xi angrily said, "Anyway, I'll spoil you for everything, make you happy about everything, and grab every good thing from my brother, you bad brother!"

"You're not used to me." Hu Li replied calmly.

"I'm still not used to you?" He Xi laughed angrily, "Did I make you happy every day since I was a child, and if anyone bullied you, I would help you out and leave all the delicious and fun things to you. How am I used to it?"

"It's not from your heart." Hu Li was a little absent-minded, and his tone was a bit heavy, "It's all because of my mother."

"I'm too lazy to argue with you. I treat you with sincerity. It doesn't matter who it is for!" He Xi felt that he was too brainy, so she looked down at him and wanted to teach him a lesson, but in the end she had nothing to do with the pair. The beautiful light blue eyes looked at each other, and for a moment he forgot what he was going to say, and he glanced away in embarrassment.

"It's related." Hu Li was aggrieved, with a thin face and delicate features, a handsome face that would make people commit crimes, and then he sighed silently, and said helplessly, "Forget it."

Anyway, He Xi will never understand, it's not that he won't understand, it's just that he doesn't want to accept it. His heart was put in front of him without reservation many years ago, so why not.

Then, neither of them spoke.

In the room, there was only the sound of the air conditioner running, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas outside the window, making the silence between the two even more awkward.

"It's nothing, you can go back." He Xi scratched her head and said bravely, "I still have things to do."

Hu Li didn't say a word, he stood up and walked out, his lonely back made people feel distressed, He Xi reflected whether he was too excited just now, and then spoke too seriously.

This younger brother has been loved by him since he was a child. As long as he is injured a little, He Xi will be afraid along with him. Although he has grown up and can live independently, thinking about him seems to be a habit engraved in He Xi's soul.

It's just that Hu Li doesn't need his care more and more, which makes him feel lost.

Hu Li opened the door, the sweltering summer quickly burned his enthusiasm, he paused, and said in a hoarse voice: "Also, I didn't rob you, what I took away didn't really belong to you Yes, but you never seem to care about what really belongs to you."

"Ah?" He Xiyun couldn't understand, "What do you mean!"

But Hu Li didn't explain much, and left directly.