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"I always thought, let's celebrate the New Year. If you are over ten years old, you can't pass it, and you can't experience any fun." Panzhi Supermarket strolled back and forth in front of the New Year's goods shelves, undecided which gift box to get.

"Why?" Jiang Cheng pushed the cart and stood aside watching him stroll back and forth.

For Jiang Cheng, let alone over ten years old, even before ten years old, he didn't feel that Chinese New Year was much fun.

The Chinese New Year last year was probably due to the college entrance examination and Gu Fei, so it was different from previous years. When I turned around and searched, the first thing that came to mind was that it was last year, when he was 18 years old. that new year.

But now, listening to the background music in the supermarket, looking at the big red goods around him, and people he can bump into within a few steps, he can still recall the time when he and Gu Fei bought New Year's goods together last year.

"Anyway, I'm over ten years old, and I can't play foolishly since years ago. When I go to buy new year's goods, I have to carry things, and I have to clean up the house. If I don't clean up, I will be beaten..." Pan Zhi finally picked up two Put a gift box into the shopping cart, "Do you need to clean up there?"

"No need, I look fine." Jiang Cheng said.

"It looks good to me." Pan Zhi glanced at him, "Is it because Gu Fei always went to clean it up? When we arrived that day, I didn't think there was any dust left."

"Probably so." Jiang Cheng said that he let Pan Zhi push the car, and went to get some snacks from the shelf. Gu Miao took several packs of the kind of jelly that Gu Miao loved.

The rental house had been cleaned up by Gu Fei before, and he would always stay there if he had nothing to do.

After the breakup, he didn't know if he would go there often, maybe he would. Thinking of the day when he opened the door and saw Gu Fei sleeping on the sofa, Jiang Cheng felt emotional for a while.

Years ago, Liu Li replaced new shelves in the store and wanted to get them ready before the market opened. Gu Fei helped tidy up and clean them, but Jiang Cheng never contacted him.

"Why don't you do it earlier?" Pan Zhi said, "How tight is the time to do it because the Chinese New Year is coming soon."

"Liu Li made the shelves himself, and it took time," Jiang Cheng said.

"Do it yourself?" Pan Zhi was taken aback.

"Well, I can save some money, after all, Gu Fei robbed 3 yuan." Jiang Cheng said.

"Gu Fei is also a genius." Pan Zhi was amused when he thought about it, "I met that day, and that braid didn't look like a good stubble."

"Gu Fei and him stand in front of you at the same time, you pick the one to fight, who do you pick." Jiang Cheng smiled.

"That's still a pigtail." Pan Zhi clicked his tongue twice.

After buying all the gift boxes for the new year, Jiang Cheng and Pan Zhi didn't go any further. They mainly bought fireworks and firecrackers nearby. Regardless of whether the firecrackers are set off at the steel factory, it should be the biggest joy of the New Year for Pan Zhi. up.

"Let me tell you, for me during the Chinese New Year, it's all about playing and nothing else," Pan Zhi said while picking up fireworks, "Let Gu Miao follow me, I'll let her have enough fun."

"Don't you play poker during Chinese New Year?" Jiang Cheng smiled, Pan Zhi's family played endless poker games once Chinese New Year came.

"Fuck me, all of them are mahjong tiles, I might as well just take out the money in my pocket and let them share it, and save time," Pan Zhi said, "Hey, I found out that they sell These fireworks are like cannon barrels, and it feels like you can go to the battlefield after you buy them and carry them on your shoulders."

"Exciting." Jiang Cheng said.

He wasn't particularly interested in these things, but thinking of being with Gu Fei... he started to miss Gu Fei a little right now.

In the Chinese New Year atmosphere where everyone was a little flustered, he especially missed the peaceful and peaceful feeling when he was with Gu Fei.

Thirty'er Gu Fei called in the morning: "Brother Cheng, what time are you coming? I'll pick you up."

"Still...do you need to pick it up?" Jiang Cheng was stunned. It would take less than half an hour to climb from here to Gu Fei's shop.

"You don't need to pick it up?" Gu Fei said.

"Take it," Pan Zhi said on the side, "how can you carry so many things, let him come and help carry them."

"Ah," Jiang Cheng came back to his senses, "You should come over and pick them up. Pan Zhi and I bought a lot of things, so come and pick them up."

"Okay." Gu Fei said.

10 minutes later, Gu Fei came over with a small steamed bun.

Jiang Cheng and Pan Zhi carried a bunch of things downstairs, and as soon as they put them in the car, the back seat was basically full.

Jiang Cheng sighed. He originally thought that the three of them would pass by while chatting and strolling with their belongings together, but this time they opened a small steamed bun to pull the belongings...

But Gu Fei seemed to have a plan, and put the key of Xiao Mantou in Pan Zhi's hand: "Will it open?"

"Huh?" Pan Zhi was stunned.

Jiang Cheng suddenly felt like laughing.

"Go there." Gu Fei said.

Pan Zhi held the key: "I don't even have a small battery car..."

"Insert the key and turn the switch and go. It's easier than a battery car. You don't have to worry about the balance of the three wheels." Gu Fei said.

Pan Zhi glanced at them both, and gritted his teeth: "Okay."

Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei stood downstairs, watching Pan Zhi enter the little steamed bun, and then shouted: "Insert the key! Turn the switch! Right!"

"Yes!" Gu Fei shouted.

"Insert the key! Turn on the power..." Before Pan Zhi could finish repeating these words, the little mantou rushed out, as if he was about to take off.

"Twist lightly!" Gu Fei hurriedly chased after him, shouting while chasing, "Let go! Pinch the brake! Pan Zhi! Pinch the brake!"

"...Fuck me!" Jiang Cheng watched Xiao Mantou charge towards a lamp post in front of him, his legs went limp from fright, and he followed suit.

Xiao Mantou didn't slow down, but when he rushed to the lamp post, he made a sharp turn, bypassed the post, rushed down the curb, first went against the road for a short distance, and then drove to the right lane to continue forward.

"Fuck," Gu Fei couldn't catch up, so he could only stop, and looked back at Jiang Cheng who was running over, "Has he never even ridden a bicycle?"

"Yes," Jiang Cheng looked at the little mantou who was speeding all the way ahead, "I think...you should be fine, there are few cars today."

"I'm afraid he won't stop at the gate." Gu Fei said.

"He reacts quite quickly, and he will probably be able to figure it out after a while." Jiang Cheng said.

"Oh." Gu Fei said.

Then the two of them looked at Xiao Mantou together, and after seeing Xiao Mantou disappear at the intersection ahead, Jiang Cheng turned his head and glanced at Gu Fei.

Gu Fei also looked at him.

Jiang Cheng couldn't hold back his laughter, and when he wanted to hold back a bit at first, he choked and coughed for a long time.

"Hey." Gu Fei sighed while laughing.

This road is really not that long. Jiang Cheng feels like he walked halfway after laughing, and the next half of the journey seems to be even shorter. Before he could think of anything to say, he had already arrived at the street of Gu Fei's shop. .

"The car is parked." Gu Fei glanced ahead.

Jiang Cheng followed and took a look. Xiao Mantou was parked on the side of the road, the car door was open, and he was probably picking up something.

"Why is it walking at the same speed as ours?" Jiang Cheng was a little at a loss.

"Is he also road-crazy?" Gu Fei asked.

"No," Jiang Cheng said, "He can read the map sideways and upside down, and he has a strong sense of direction."

When he got to the door of the store, Pan Zhi came out from inside, and when he saw the two of them, he yelled, "Damn it! If I drive a car, I will arrive one minute earlier than you?"

"Where did you go?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"It was too much effort for me to turn left. I always felt that the car was going to turn over. The street was narrow and I couldn't turn in. I just found a big intersection and turned left and then turned around and turned right at the intersection there." Pan said. Zhi gestured and said.

"...the road is quite familiar." Gu Fei looked at him.

"Feiluchi is so proud," Pan Zhi said, then looked back, "Is that the cat you bought for Gu Miao?"

Jiang Cheng looked over, and saw the ugly cat looking at a cardboard box by the door, with a small pink rope tied around its neck.

"Yes," he nodded, looking at Gu Fei, "Did Er Miao give it a name?"

"Ah," Gu Fei took two bags from the car and walked in, "Get up."

"What's it called?" Jiang Cheng asked, taking the remaining gift box and following him, "Is it called Mimi? When I was young, I called all dogs Wangwang and all cats Mimi."

"Not Mimi." Gu Fei said.

Gu Fei's mother and Ponytail Blue Paper were both in the shop, preparing to make dumplings, while Gu Miao was stepping on a skateboard in the middle of the newly replaced shelves.

Seeing Jiang Cheng coming in, she immediately slid over, carried the kitten out of the box by the door, and handed it to Jiang Cheng.

"Let me hold it?" Jiang Cheng took the cat and hugged it in his arms, "Have you named it yet?"

Gu Miao looked at him.

"Name." Jiang Cheng patted the cat, "Your brother said you had a good name for it, what's it called?"

Gu Miao reached out and touched the cat, then turned around and stepped on the skateboard to continue to shuttle between the shelves.

"What's your name?" Jiang Cheng turned his head and asked Gu Fei who was preparing to meet next to him.

Gu Fei cleared his throat and turned his head: "Brother Cheng."

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng responded.

"No." Gu Fei glanced at the cat in his arms, "It is it."

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng didn't understand.

"It," Gu Fei pointed at the cat, "it's called...Brother Cheng."

"Oh." Jiang Cheng nodded, looked down at the cat, then raised his head abruptly, "What? It's called Brother Cheng?"

"Well," Gu Fei seemed to be holding back a smile, whether there was a suppressed smile on the corner of his mouth, "Er Miao gave it to me, and it's called Brother Cheng."

"Damn?" Jiang Cheng picked up the kitten and looked at it, then glanced at Gu Miao over there, "Does she have any opinion on me? Didn't the people at the pet hospital say it was a female cat... and it Still this ugly?"

"I don't know either," Gu Fei smiled, "I asked her what the cat's name was, and she said Brother Cheng."

"...Are you sure?" Jiang Cheng looked at the kitten in his hand, "This little thing is too ugly."

"If it looks good," Gu Fei said, "Don't you care if it's a male or a female, a cat or a pig?"

"That's right, our Yan Gou is just so nonchalant," Jiang Cheng said as he petted the cat again, "But Er Miao can bark if he wants, but this cat is too thin, so eat more."

"Ask the people at the pet shop after the Chinese New Year," Gu Fei nodded, "Brother Cheng."

Just as Jiang Cheng wanted to respond, he stopped in time: "Who are you calling?"

"You." Gu Fei said.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"During this period, Er Miao... can feel that there is progress. Xu Xingzhi said that some children can make obvious progress at the beginning, and then there may be repetitions and pauses," Gu Fei said, "No matter what, really... Thanks."

"Needless to say this, as I said, I like Gu Miao very much." Jiang Cheng looked down at the cat, Gu Fei suddenly said thank you, he was a bit at a loss for how to respond, the two of them hadn't been so polite for a long time .

"Let's make dumplings." Gu Fei said.

"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded, got up and went to the backyard to wash his hands.

It's quite interesting for a few people to sit at the small table and make dumplings together, although Gu Fei's mother and Mawei Lanzhi are still in a state of deep affection without seeing.

Gu Fei took ten yuan coins, washed them, and wrapped them in dumplings.

Jiang Cheng watched him stack up the wrapped dumplings one by one, and couldn't help but smile when he remembered the pile of dumplings he had operated in secret last year.

When the dumplings were wrapped and ready to be put into the pot, the sound of firecrackers outside had already rang out.

The kitten hadn't experienced the New Year, and had been huddled in Gu Miao's arms in panic. Gu Miao didn't notice its reaction, and excitedly wanted to hold it and go out to watch the firecrackers.

"Er Miao," Gu Fei held her back, "put Brother Cheng to the hut."

Gu Miao hugged the cat, apparently not understanding what he meant.

"It's scared," Gu Fei explained to her, "The sound of firecrackers is too loud, it will scare it."

Gu Miao still hugged the cat tightly without moving.

"You will be afraid, and it will be afraid too," Gu Fei said, "Er Miao, it is very scared now, put it inside the house."

Gu Miao's eyes moved away from Gu Fei's face, not knowing where to look.

Jiang Cheng knew that it was because she was not concentrating or started to resist.

When Gu Fei was still talking, Gu Miao turned around and walked towards the door with the cat in her arms.

"Er Miao," Gu Fei held her back, "No."

Gu Miao struggled a bit, but Gu Fei didn't let go of her, and she started screaming.

The sound of firecrackers all around was loud, and Gu Miao's screams were covered up a lot, but they could still be heard.

Several people in the room stopped their movements and looked at Gu Miao together.

"You guys can do whatever you want," Gu Fei said.

"Oh." Liu Li hesitated for a moment, then pulled Gu Fei's mother, and the two of them took the dumplings to the backyard kitchen.

Jiang Cheng and Pan Zhi retreated to one side, and Pan Zhi looked at Gu Miao while arranging the firecrackers that were going to be set off for a while: "Can't you coax her now?"

"Well," Jiang Cheng nodded, "let her know that screaming like this is useless."

"Then how uncomfortable she is," Pan Zhi said, "it's as if she talks to people and no one pays attention to her."

"That's the habit of correcting mistakes." Jiang Cheng sighed and sat down on the chair next to him.

In the past, every time he heard Gu Miao screaming, he would feel a suffocating sense of depression, and felt unable to imagine how much pressure Gu Fei was under.

Until now, he didn't understand how Gu Fei could force himself to bear these pressures.

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But right now, listening to Gu Miao's screams, he is much calmer than before. This is not only a process of Gu Miao changing little by little, but also a process of Gu Fei moving forward step by step.

From the moment he stopped obeying Gu Miao in everything, stopped working hard to cooperate and understand Gu Miao, and stopped treating her anger as a kind of "injury".

Gu Miao's screaming lasted for a long time this time, repeatedly, stopping for a while and then continuing.

Maybe it's because I like... Brother Cheng so much. If I want to put Brother Cheng in the hut, I can't touch it if I want to go out to play, and I can't go out to play if I want to touch it. This is a very difficult choice for Gu Miao, or She simply couldn't understand why it couldn't be both.

Gu Fei just squatted beside her all the time, didn't hug her, and didn't comfort her, he just repeated several times why she wasn't allowed to take the cat out, and asked her to speak out if she was unhappy.

Finally, when Gu Miao's screaming finally stopped, Jiang Cheng felt as if he had finally caught his breath.

"18 minutes." Pan Zhi said.

"Have you still kept the timer?" Jiang Cheng looked at him.

"Idle is idle." Pan Zhi shook the phone at him, "I just checked the stopwatch."

"Brother, can you put Brother Cheng inside the house for you?" Gu Fei asked Gu Miao.

"What?" Pan Zhi turned his head suddenly, "Who are you putting in the room?"

"That cat, Gu Miao named it Brother Cheng." Jiang Cheng said.

"Oh," Pan Zhi looked at him in surprise, and after a while he began to laugh, leaning against the shelf and couldn't stop laughing, "Brother Cheng! Meow! Brother Cheng! Meow meow!"

Jiang Cheng looked at him.

"Meow!" Pan Zhi smiled and walked to Gu Miao's side, "Miaomiao, put Brother Cheng away, Uncle Pan will take you to set off firecrackers, okay?"

Gu Miao hesitated for a while, then gave the cat to Gu Fei.

"You can play with it when you come back later, okay?" Gu Fei said.

Gu Miao nodded.

"That's right, brother like you knows what you're going to do." Gu Fei wrapped the scarf around her, "Follow you..."

"Uncle." Pan Zhi said.

"Ah, what's the matter?" Gu Fei looked at him.

Pan Zhi opened his mouth and said nothing, pointed at Gu Fei, clicked his tongue and went to the side to pick up the bag of firecrackers: "Let's go, Miaomiao!"

Jiang Cheng didn't know if there was a black box for the dumplings this time, but there were two one-dollar coins in the dumplings that Gu Fei served him, and there were only two one-dollar coins in the ten yuan, and he ate them all, and everyone else ate them. fifty cents.

It's still a black box, Jiang Cheng smiled, Gu Fei was persistent and naive in some aspects.

Setting off cannons, eating dumplings, setting off fireworks, watching Gu Miao excitedly shuttle back and forth in the sparks and smoke on a skateboard, he felt that this year passed in a trance.

Some scenes overlap, some are new.

This is the second New Year he and Gu Fei have spent together.

From the last New Year to this New Year, the taste is so full that I can't hold it for a whole year.

And the next New Year, I don't know what it will be like.

Pan Zhi lit the biggest fireworks and shouted at them: "Make a wish!"

I was here when you opened your eyes.

"There are still a few days before school starts," Pan Zhi sat on the sofa and looked at Jiang Cheng, "I think you can come back to school a few days later, you don't have to go with me."

Many people look forward to the New Year, but it is so easy to look forward to it. As soon as the thirty-year-old is over, the year will pass quickly, and we will start to part again day by day.

Jiang Cheng looked at the calendar on his phone, the holidays were early, and school started early, so there were only a few days left.

In the past, he might have delayed returning to school until the end of the holiday, but now, he plans to go back with Pan Zhi.

"I want to say," Pan Zhi moved closer to him, "Valentine's Day... is coming soon."

"I know." Jiang Cheng glanced at him, "How do you think Gu Fei and I are going to spend this Valentine's Day with the current situation?"

"Don't you want to tell him 'you chase me, you chase me'?" Pan Zhi said, "Isn't Valentine's Day a good opportunity?"

"No," Jiang Cheng sighed, "Pan Pan, has your IQ been blown away by a cannon?"

"My IQ when it comes to dating is only enough to deal with the two types of 'being together if you love me' and 'divorce if someone is not happy'," Pan Zhi said, "I don't have IQ in your situation."

"If I stay here for Valentine's Day, it will put pressure on Gu Fei," Jiang Cheng said. "Last year, Valentine's Day had to take the college entrance examination and I didn't pass it well. At that time, I also said that I should have a good time this year."

"...Hey." Pan Zhi fell onto the armrest.

"Then in this situation, is it going to pass or not, how?" Jiang Cheng said, "He is under pressure, and I will also be under pressure."

"It's embarrassing." Pan Zhi said.

"I don't want to give him any external force, I want him," Jiang Cheng lit a cigarette, "come over by himself, step by step, no matter how long it takes him, he has to come over by himself."

Pan Zhi glanced at him: "Cheng'er."

"Don't praise me for being handsome." Jiang Cheng said.

"I'm not exaggerating," Pan Zhi said, "I just think you...can do great things in the future."

"Ah." Jiang Cheng smiled.

"Too fucking calm." Pan Zhi gave a thumbs up.

Can you hold your breath?In fact, it was not. Jiang Cheng knew his character, he was very anxious and straightforward, and it was difficult to hide his emotions.

The so-called calmness is only towards Gu Fei.

It's just because Gu Fei has brought him so much peace of mind and steadfastness all the time, so that he can calm down. Faced with such a situation, it's just because it's Gu Fei.

And... when facing the separation again, Jiang Cheng felt that he was not as calm as Pan Zhi imagined.

"I'll go first." Pan Zhi said while carrying his luggage, then turned around and entered the station first.

Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei stood at the entrance of the station in a daze.

"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei said, his voice seemed to be a little tense, "Don't arrange your schedule so tight next semester, take some time to rest."

"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded.

"You don't have to worry about money," Gu Fei said, "I'm starting to take on big jobs now, and I have a lot of money... If money is tight, I will definitely tell you and I won't hide it from you."

"Yes." Jiang Cheng responded.

"I'll let you know if Er Miao makes any progress..." Gu Fei said.

"Okay." Jiang Cheng nodded.

Gu Fei seemed to be thinking about what else to say, Jiang Cheng waited for him to speak, his mind was completely blank right now, and he couldn't even utter a single word.

"Take care of yourself," Gu Fei said, "I haven't seen fat back after this year."

Jiang Cheng smiled.

The two continued to stand in silence.

It took about ten minutes before Gu Fei spoke again: "You... go in."

"Yeah." Jiang Cheng turned his head and glanced at the people at the entrance of the station, not many people left, "Then I'll go in."

When he picked up the suitcase and was about to turn around, he stopped, took a step forward and walked in front of Gu Fei, and stretched out his arms to hug Gu Fei.

Gu Fei patted him lightly on the back.

"Let's go." Jiang Cheng turned around and dragged the box into the pit.