Lost in the world

"How dare you show up—"

Ling Xiao let go of his feet and rushed up, grabbed Mo Qingxuan by the collar, and yelled like a Sapo angrily: "I haven't settled with you yet, Mo Qingxuan! A bottle of wine cost me 9 yuan--what the hell , it was discounted by an acquaintance! You are so brave, dare to plot against grandpa—you pay me 8!"

Mo Qingxuan said innocently: "Ah~ Do you want me to invite you, but you didn't say so at the time."

"I told you! If you want a treat, ask Xiao Liu!"

Xiao Liu blinked ignorantly: "I didn't pay attention."

"—No matter, pay me 9!"

Mo Qingxuan apologized: "I didn't bring any money, so I'll put it in the account first and give it later."

"9!"

I saw Ling Xiao glaring at Mo Qingxuan fiercely, his eyes were burning, wishing that the wolf would pounce on him and bite off his neck to vent his anger.

Mo Qingxuan took a few steps back in fright: "Calm down."

"Calm down - I was almost caught washing the dishes in the back kitchen! Yang Mei didn't help and just found fault, embarrassing me in front of so many people! - You fucking fairy, I have never lost such a big man when I grew up!!"

"Okay, I see. You calm down, you spit on my face."

"—I spray your shit!"

Mo Qingxuan wiped his face with his sleeve, helplessly: "If you insist on saying that what you spit out is shit, I can't help it."

Xiao Liu posted: "Brother, ignore him. Let's go back. For dinner, I want to eat squirrel fish, ants climbing trees, hairy blood, and stir-fry a few more dishes, okay?"

Poor Ling Xiao went crazy in place, and Xiao Liu couldn't bear it anymore: "You are too stupid, why are you so stupid, you are being played around by Mo Qingxuan."

Ling Xiao yelled angrily: "Your iced cola! I paid for it!!"

Xiao Yula Mo Qingxuan went to the second floor: "Brother, I will find you the biggest and best room. It doesn't count your money. Do you want special service at night? I know some very beautiful girls and I will introduce them to you."

Mo Qingxuan politely refused: "I want to go to bed early."

"Alright. Then don't cook tonight, let's make instant noodles. You must eat them for breakfast tomorrow."

Looking up, a pair of wet, round deer-like clear and bright eyes looked at Mo Qingxuan.

Mo Qingxuan stared at her bulging cheeks and asked, "Have you gained a little weight?"

"Oh, it's called baby fat."

Xiaoyu hopped and stopped in front of a closed door, knocking on the door with a "dong~dong~dong~".

"I will drive people out and let you live there."

"—oh no!"

"Hey, why didn't you respond? You're eating powder inside, really, believe it or not, I kicked the door!"

After knocking "Boom-boom-boom--" for a while, the doorknob loosened.

The closed door slowly opened a crack with a slight "squeak" sound.At this time, Mo Qingxuan stood in front of Xiaoyu, pretending to be angry:

"It's very rude of you to do this. Do you want to have instant noodles for breakfast tomorrow?"

"But, but there is only one room left, and it has been booked away..."

"It's okay, I sleep in the bridge hole."

Xiaoyu: "..."

A gust of cool and rippling evening wind suddenly came from behind and blew on Mo Qingxuan's back. He couldn't help turning his head, only to see that the closed door was opened at some point, and a gust of wind with begonia flowers was blowing in front of him. What fell into his eyes was a A figure coming against the light.

Sunlight filled the whole room, like a gorgeous sea of ​​flowers, the shadow elongated by the setting sun was reflected on the orange wall, and the chaotic crabapple flowers blew and slapped his face.

This scene - colorful, Mo Qingxuan unconsciously dazzled for a moment, then slowly came back to his senses, pinned his wind-blown hair behind his ears, and said apologetically:

"I'm so sorry, sir, we—"

Halfway through the conversation, the young man who was half a head taller in front of him seemed to have seen something terrifying like a flood, and his dark pupils were smudged like a cloud of ink, becoming extremely huge.In contrast, the sunken and thin cheeks showed bloodless pallor.

Xiaoyu uttered a short exclamation, hid behind Mo Qingxuan, shrinking her neck in fear.

At the same time, the whole body of the young man was trembling violently visible to the naked eye, and he dragged his heavy steps back, as if he wanted to stay away from Mo Qingxuan, but those dark eyes were firmly fixed on Mo Qingxuan's face, and he never moved away.The next moment, his knees suddenly bent, and he fell down in embarrassment. Fortunately, his arms were propped by his side, and he didn't look too embarrassed, and he was facing the door.

"..."

Mo Qingxuan's handsome and upright face was slightly taken aback: What's the matter?

Just when he was at a loss, Ling Xiao's bluffing voice sounded like thunder:

"Mumu—"

Then rushed over like a frightened wind, a series of concerned voices: "Mumu! What's wrong with you, Mumu, who bullied you? I went to Mo Qingxuan, why is it you again? You don't bully me enough and dare to offend my heart?! Gun Gun gets annoyed when he sees you—ah, forget it, come back to me, why don't you hurry up and help my family, Mu Mu, get up!"

Mo Qingxuan, who stood there without moving, always felt innocent: "..."

"You are unreasonable, my brother didn't even touch him!"

"Xiaoyu, stop talking"

"Hmph! My brother is unreasonable and threatened me with breakfast!"

Mo Qingxuan took a few steps forward and stretched out his hand to help Phoenix get up.Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached, Phoenix backed away as if he had been greatly frightened.He was stunned, stretched out his hand to touch his face, and began to wonder if he was too ugly, too scary...

Ling Xiao comforted: "It's okay, Mo Qingxuan is a very easy-going person. Don't you want to talk to him, come and say hello."

Ling Xiao hugged Phoenix's arm and pulled him up, turned his head and made a face at Phoenix, and said:

"I was too stimulated, and my legs were weak. It stands to reason...it's none of your business, why are you still sticking there, why don't you come over and talk to Mumu."

Mo Qingxuan walked over, squatted down, looked up at Phoenix, who was shivering and shivering by the bed, thought for a while, and said, "Hello. My name is Mo Qingxuan. I won't hurt you. Don't be afraid of me. Excuse me." What do you call it, is it Phoenix, or Ling Xiao called...'Mumu'?"

Phoenix looked away uncomfortably, and asked, "Why are you called 'Mo Qingxuan'?"

His throat seemed to contain grinding gravel, and his voice was low and hoarse, with a trace of trembling-like pain that was imperceptible.

Mo Qingxuan was startled for a moment, and suddenly remembered that when he woke up, the first thing he saw was Liu Chuan Fangze holding his hand.At that time, a very soft voice filled with infinite nostalgia and longing was repeated in his ear:

"Mo Qingxuan"

The voice lingered in his ears for a long time until it became a nightmare he couldn't get rid of.

"This name was told to me by someone else. My brain was injured and I don't remember much of the past."

Phoenix lowered his head again, still refusing to look directly at Mo Qingxuan's face, refusing to respond to Mo Qingxuan's gaze.

Mo Qingxuan felt strange, and it was inconvenient to ask more questions. Just as he was thinking of an excuse to leave this embarrassing environment, Xiaoyu suddenly said slowly:

"Brother, you can sleep with me"

With a shocking word, Ling Xiao and Phoenix both raised their heads.Ling Xiao reacted the most: "The child is underage, Mo Qingxuan, are you ashamed?!"

Xiaoyu yelled back: "If you hadn't taken the last room away, brother would have no place to live!"

"I paid the deposit and booked the room openly. Who snatched it?"

Phoenix stood up suddenly: "I, I'm going..."

"—Don't! There are four of us, just squeeze together."

Ling Xiao's eyes were shining brightly, he swept across Mo Qingxuan's face, and finally landed on Xiaoliu, saying: "I sleep with Mumu, and you share a room with Mo Qingxuan. Don't be unwilling—it's all about this , I also want to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and buy a lot of meat to cook hot pot for two hours. After eating, I should wash up and go to bed. There are still arrangements for tomorrow. Very good, it is such a happy decision."

Xiao Liu puffed up her cheeks, although she was not happy, but thinking of the business in front of her, she had no choice but to agree in a muffled voice.

Mo Qingxuan didn't care, but felt that he was lucky not to sleep in the bridge hole.

……

The vegetable market is an open-air street. Green and green vegetables are piled up in bundles on the loess road where people come and go. Fruits are treated better and sold on tricycles. At 07:30, the four of them stood at the intersection, and a street was crowded with people. The white smoke rising from the sky was a steamed bun shop. With the sound of frying oil in a frying pan, several night markets opened, and everyone was buzzing. "Very noisy.

Xiao Liu couldn't move her legs, so she walked to the side of the road and said, "I'll wait here."

Ling Xiao looked at Mo Qingxuan's eyes full of blame, and slowly reminded: "9."

"..."

Mo Qingxuan stepped forward, "Okay, I'll go."

When it comes to grocery shopping, Mo Qingxuan is surprisingly down-to-earth.Seeing the bundled green vegetables, I asked the price from left to right, picked fresh and cheap ones, rubbed open plastic bags to put them in, and handed them to the boss for weighing.

"5 yuan and 3 cents"

"Boss, let's count it as 5 yuan."

"Row!"

Mo Qingxuan stuffed the broken change into his trouser pocket, walked in with the old men and aunts, and turned to the fruit stand.

The juicy grapes are very pleasing to hold in the green leaves. After picking a few bunches, he was attracted by the yellow bananas again.But in fact, Mo Qingxuan doesn't like bananas very much. He prefers fruits with a lot of water and a crisp bite, but the appearance of the bananas is really good, so he picked half a plate and weighed it.

At this time, there are especially many people in the butcher shop, and they have to queue up.He was bored waiting, and when he saw a basket of green onions and bright green cucumbers topped with a yellow flower at a stall not far away, a thought flashed through his mind——

Cucumber, sliced ​​and applied to the face.

This thought was so weird and strange that he himself laughed silly.

However, in the eyes of others, this scene is just a young man who looks quite gentle showing a strange smile at a basket of cucumbers...

The noisy air around suddenly became a little colder

Mo Qingxuan didn't know it, and was about to look away at Little Cucumber, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the crowded crowd.He froze for a moment, then waved his hand and said loudly:

"Do you want to come over?"

The sound was quickly drowned out in the bustling downtown.In a dark corner where the light can't reach, Phoenix stood there like a bent cane, with two pitch-black eyes staring over the crowd, which made Mo Qingxuan feel strange and inexplicably pitiful.But he was in line, and it was his turn soon, so he couldn't leave and had to shout again: "—Phoenix!"

That figure flickered

"Come here!—Come here and help me carry the fruit, will you?"

I saw Phoenix walking out of the corner slowly, dragging his heavy steps, looking down at his feet with his head down.Walking in front of Mo Qingxuan, he stretched out his hand without saying a word, and Mo Qingxuan immediately put the plastic bag containing the fruit on it.

"Thank you"

"……Um"

"Are you not very talkative? Or, only in front of me? You haven't told me your name yet."

"You know……"

"Does it mean 'Phoenix'? But Ling Xiao told me this, but you didn't."

Phoenix turned his face away, showing an unwillingness to answer.

Mo Qingxuan continued to tease him: "Did you come with me? Why didn't you wait for me with Ling Xiao and the others. Are you afraid that I bought something you don't like?"

"No"

At this time, the uncle behind urged him: "Young man, do you still want to buy it? We are waiting in line."

"Buy, buy. Phoenix, I'll peel you a banana, you wait for me for a while."

When Mo Qingxuan walked out of the store carrying the meat, he saw that Phoenix, who was standing there, had finished eating a banana and pulled out another one from the bag.

Moreover, the way Phoenix eats bananas is quite different from ordinary people.He peeled off the banana's skin first, took a bite of the soft top, as if to taste the taste, then swallowed half of a "ka" and bit it off, chewing it with great relish.With half of it left, I licked the soft yellow and delicate flesh, and swallowed it in one gulp.

"..."

Mo Qingxuan was thinking a little bit wrongly, and then in self-reflection...

……

The two returned to the intersection one after the other, and Ling Xiao, who was playing with Xiao Liu, turned his head and looked over, grinning: "You see that Mo Qingxuan is very popular, and Mu Mu stalked him the first time he saw him."

Then he took a breath of air and was deeply intoxicated by it: "I smell the sour smell of love. It's really enviable. I look much more pitiful when I'm alone. Why doesn't God arrange for me to have a fair-skinned and beautiful girl?" Someone with long legs?"

Ling Xiao was full of resentment, and went forward fearlessly, teasing Mo Qingxuan: "I am a huge fan, do you have any relatives who look like you but are not so smart, introduce me to get out of the single?"

Mo Qingxuan was vigilant: "What kind of talk is this? Why do you say that you have to use your brain?"

"Because you have such a brain..." Ling Xiao said quietly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to fool you~~"

"..."

Xiao Liu: "Hmph! You are so slippery and you don't have a good-looking man, only a fool will fall in love with you."

His voice paused, as if he had thought of something, his cheeks flushed quickly.

Mo Qingxuan leaned into his ear with a smile, and said in a low voice, "There is one such fool in front of him. Ling Xiao just doesn't know."

"What are you doing!"

Xiaoliu ran away angrily

Ling Xiao was curious: "What are you whispering?"

Mo Qingxuan suppressed a smile: "It's nothing."

On the way back, my head suddenly felt like a needle prick.

——"Do you have any relatives who look the same as you but are not so smart?"

"Fools will still watch"

……"Fool"

At this moment, a long-lasting voice suddenly sounded in my ear, as if I had traveled through a distant time and space, and I grew up with the ups and downs of the long years, as if shouting:

"younger brother……"

"...Brother, Ah Qing..."

Mo Qingxuan's face turned pale in an instant.When he wanted to hear clearly the distant and near voice floating in time and space, it turned into a wisp of blue smoke that couldn't catch its tail.

"Mo Qingxuan—why don't you leave? We're leaving you behind."

"No, nothing, I'll be right here."

He stepped forward, no longer attached to the ethereal voice, and quickly chased after it.

Behind what he couldn't see was a pair of eyes that never moved away from beginning to end.

so persistent, so passionate

Like a flower blooming in the dark, watching a bright moon hanging in the night sky.