Mint-Stained Shirt

Xiao Yuan originally sat diagonally across from Xia Zhong, but after the steak and other side dishes were brought up, the table couldn't be spread out, so Xia Zhong put away the papers and sat side by side with him.

Xiao Yu'an didn't say much during the meal, it was mostly Xia Zhong who was talking, he listened and gave some responses from time to time.

Xia Ling talked about the bead bracelets he got from him when he was in elementary school, and even pulled off the exaggerated pendant on his chest, "I can't wear the bracelets now, but the beads are all good beads, I made them into this by DIY, Does it look good?"

Every year when Xiao Yuan came back from the beach, he would bring presents to his friends in the compound and his schoolmates. The time was too long and he gave too many presents. As long as it was not too special—such as the shell gun given to Xiao Muting and Xiao Jincheng—he couldn’t even remember it. .

But when Xia Ling mentioned it, he still had an impression, no wonder he felt a little familiar when he saw that pendant at the door of his house.

"I thought you bought it somewhere." He said, "I didn't expect you to DIY it yourself."

"DIY is more interesting than buying." Xia Ling said with a smile, "You can also wear things that you like but can no longer wear in another form."

Xiao Yuan nodded, "Very good."

Having said that, the memory of the year when I gave the bead bracelet became clear.Mingshu asked him for a gift, but he didn't prepare it for Mingshu, he wanted to find a bracelet to tease Mingshu, but Mingshu ran away angrily, and the most exquisite bracelet he brought back was given to Xia Zhong.

Later, I still picked two from Xiao Jinlan, one pink and one mint, and Mingshu wore them all summer.

There is a distance from the window to the stairs, Xiao Yuan looked there purely by accident.

So when he saw clearly that it was Mingshu standing there, he felt a little inconceivable.

In Mingshu's eyes, this kind of inconceivableness means that the elder brother is surprised, surprised by the discovery of the puppy love, surprised by the exposure of the lie, surprised by...

Mingshu couldn't think of more possibilities at the moment, but he was stabbed by this inconceivable, he stared at his brother, wrestling with two emotions in his chest, grievance and anger.

Or they should not fight, they coexist and progress.

Xia Ling also turned his face, and said briefly in a daze: "Mingshu?"

Xia Ling's reaction was much more straightforward, Mingshu was sensitive since childhood, although these years Xiao Jincheng brought up some rough lines occasionally, but at this time, all the delicate things that should have and shouldn't have burst out.

He could see that Xia Zhong's surprise contained disgust, dissatisfaction, and even fear.

Xia Zhong didn't want him to appear here.

Because he interrupted their puppy love, their date?

Xiao Yu'an's seat is inside, and he must pass by Xia Wei when he comes out.He moved away from the chair and was about to walk towards Mingshu when Xia Ling suddenly grabbed his wrist, "Brother?"

Xiao Yuan frowned and withdrew his hand.This afternoon Xia Zhong didn't show anything out of the ordinary, but the touch just now made Xiao Yu'an realize that it might not be as simple as a problem for Xia Zhong to ask him to come out.

After entering high school, many girls approached him with problems.However, Xia Zhong is a boy, and a partner who grew up with him and Cheng Yue, he is not willing to think about that aspect for the time being.

"I'll go down." That's all he said.

Xia Ling pursed the corners of her lips, seeming not very happy, "Well, good brother."

Mingshu watched his brother walking towards him, and even took a step back.There are stairs behind, and he has not eaten for a day, and he has run so far, he is a little weak.

Thanks to Xiao Yu'an reaching out to hold him back, "Did your father let you out?"

Ming Haofeng scolded me again today.

He didn't let me out, I got out through the window myself.

I didn't eat and was very hungry.

I went to look for you at home, Xiao Jincheng said that you and Xia Wei came out.

I have been looking for you for a long time.

Mingshu looked at his elder brother, every word in his heart seemed to get heavier.In the end he couldn't say a word, just a monotonous "um".

Xiao Yuan could tell at a glance that something was wrong with him.If Ming Haofeng really released him and he found himself again, it shouldn't be this kind of reaction.

He will be overjoyed—no, the child has grown up, and his emotions have calmed down a lot, but at least he will rush over excitedly, call out to his brother, beg for a hug, and then tell his grievances and a little coquettishly in Wen After returning home and suffering, order at least three more cakes.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yuan sat on the chair beside the stairs and led Mingshu to him.

From Mingshu's point of view, Xia Zhong can still be seen.His gaze crossed over to his elder brother, entangled with Xia Zhong, and immediately flicked away.

There was a bit of disgust added to Xia Zhong's disgust, these dank emotions crawled on his instep like moss, he could easily feel it.

Xia Zhong doesn't like him, thinks he interrupted the date?Or something else?

He was too lazy to think, anyway he didn't like Xia Zhong either.

"I..." He looked at his elder brother, pressing down again and again with sadness in his heart, and suddenly pulled his hand back. He knew that the most important thing to say was that he had escaped from the house, but he said something else, "You, you Are you in puppy love?"

Xiao Yuan was astonished.Even though he knew Mingshu well, he never thought that Mingshu would ask such a question.

He turned his head almost subconsciously and looked at Xia Zhong, who had already packed up the papers on the table and was standing in front of the table watching them.

"Brother, you said you wouldn't fall in love early." Mingshu felt a buzzing in his ears, but he couldn't tell whether it was his own brain, the air conditioner, or something else.

The only thing he knows is that he doesn't want his brother to fall in love early, not with anyone.They would take the elder brother, and the elder brother was his.

He has too little. Others have parents and brothers, loving grandparents, and grandparents.

He has only one older brother.

Sister Jinlan, Brother Ting, and Xiao Jincheng are all attached to my brother.They're good too, but he has the older brothers, not them.

He can't let anyone take his brother away.

Otherwise he would have nothing.

Xia Zhong's family is so happy, there are several dogs in the yard, and Cheng Yue also belongs to Xia Zhong.Xia Ling already has so many, why did he come to rob him of his elder brother?

Xiao Yu'an felt that it was difficult to explain clearly to Ming Shu now, not because of puppy love itself - he and Xia Wei were not in a relationship at all, and it was impossible for him to like Xia Wei, but Ming Shu's current weird state made him He couldn't find a suitable rhetoric.

When Tong Yu confessed his love last time, Mingshu mentioned the matter of puppy love.Mingshu is very interested in whether he talks about love or not, but Mingshu is still young, only in the fifth grade, he can't tell Mingshu too much from the perspective of an adolescent boy, Mingshu needs to grow up by himself, when he is old, like Xiao Jincheng At the current age, there will naturally be a teacher to guide.

At that time, of course, he could also tell Mingshu about the boy's life after he grew up, but after Mingshu went to middle school, he must not be in the compound anymore, and he may not come back during the holidays.

"You are in puppy love." Mingshu's anger and sadness are obvious, "You and Xia Zhong are in puppy love."

This sound was louder than before, Xia Zhong obviously heard it too.

Xiao Yu'an was about to deny it, but Xia Wei came over with a bag on his shoulders, and said softly, "Brother, you guys have something to say, so I'll go back first. Thank you for giving me the lecture today, and the steak just now."

Mingshu looked at Xia Zhong with hostility.elder brother?Besides him, does anyone else call his brother that?

Xiao Yu'an told him to be careful on the road.Xia Ling smiled, and waved at Mingshu when she went downstairs.

Ming Shu's overly slender nerves were broken, Xia Zhong's waving, in his eyes, was a provocation, Xia Zhong was saying, you don't have a brother anymore, Xiao Yu'an is my brother.

After Xia Wei left, Xiao Yu'an felt that it was necessary to have a good talk with Ming Shu. Since Ming Shu was suddenly picked up in Layue, they didn't have a good word. Everything about Ming Shu, he learned from Ming Haofeng, Xiao Lan Yue found out indirectly that he needed Mingshu to tell him what happened during this time.

But what Mingshu is most concerned about at this time is the puppy love that does not exist.

Xiao Yu'an bought two of Mingshu's favorite cakes and brought them up, and asked about things at Wen's house, but Mingshu said paranoidly, "You said you wouldn't fall in love early."

Xiao Yuan sighed, as gentle as possible, "Xia Zhong and I just wrote the competition questions together."

"He still calls you brother."

"Is this something that can't be called?"

Mingshu was dumbfounded.He can be called brother, brother, and others can also be called.

Seeing a shadow on Mingshu's pupils, Xiao Yu'an knew that now was not the time to argue about titles, "Please explain one thing slowly. I heard from your father that you have conflicts with Aunt Wen. What's going on?"

He didn't use the word "harm", even though it was Ming Haofeng's original words.

"They lost the knife I gave you." Mingshu lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly. "I didn't quarrel with them. You said you should be polite. I was very polite. I was after the funeral. , I asked her for a knife, and she scolded me and wanted to beat me!"

Xiao Yu'an asked, "Knife? What kind of knife?"

"I want to give it to you at the beach! I bought the knife with bonuses!" Mingshu's eyes were red, and he almost cried, "If you can't take it on the plane, they will throw it away!"

The child's words were intermittent, but Xiao Yu'an understood, and his heart was a little touched. No wonder he said that he wanted to check the luggage, but Ming Shu refused to let him.

It turned out to be a hidden gift.

"Okay, okay." He patted Mingshu on the back, "It's not your fault, take me to see what kind of knife it is tomorrow, let's buy a new one."

"But I have no money."

"I'll lend it to you and return it to me next time I get a bonus."

Seeing that Ming Shu was about to be coaxed, Ming Haofeng came to find him.

It didn't take long for the Ming family to know about Mingshu's escape.Ming Haofeng went to Xiao's house, no one in the Xiao's family knew where Xiao Yu'an had gone, and when Xia Hao came back later, he explained that Shu and Xiao Yu'an were both in the cafe outside the north gate of No. [-] Middle School, so Ming Haofeng rushed there.

Ming Haofeng violently pulled Mingshu over, Xiao Yuan wanted to stop him, but he couldn't force Mingshu, that would hurt Mingshu.

"I wasn't clear enough last time? Don't come here to spoil our child again." Ming Haofeng reprimanded coldly: "I know how to discipline him, so you don't have to worry about it with the Xiao family!"

Xiao Yu'an didn't know how Ming Haofeng found him at first, but after thinking about it, he understood that it could only be what Xia Haofeng said.But this can't be blamed on Xia Zhong, Xia Zhong is just an outsider after all.

But later Xia Zhong came to ask him to go to the coffee shop for self-study, he made excuses and refused.It wasn't until Xia Zhong told him that he liked him that he refused directly.

This matter was originally just between him and Xia Zhong, but Cheng Yue stepped in and asked him why.

He didn't know why, he didn't like it, and he didn't want to fall in love, so he refused, what reason could he have?

Cheng Yue was like having a firecracker that day, he was unreasonable, he insisted on saying that he hurt Xia Hao's heart, and didn't treat them who grew up together as brothers.

He was already annoyed by Mingshu's matter—there was no news about Mingshu after he was brought home that day, he was hung in the air by the feeling of wanting to help but being unable to help, and his gentle temper was also ignited.

What's more, he is not purely gentle in his bones, he has his edges and corners, and more often he appears gentle because of tolerance.

Cheng Yue's provocation ignited him too, and the two had a fight, which broke up unhappily.

But this winter vacation, which is destined to be restless, is not over yet.