Christmas

Just when Xia Yao was about to fall asleep, he felt a light push on his shoulder.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and saw Shi Xiezheng standing behind him with a gentle face, and when he woke up, he reached out and touched his forehead.

head.

"Go back to sleep if you want to sleep, and be careful of catching a cold."

"Let's eat soon, don't sleep."

Xia Yao straightened up, raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock.

"It's okay, just sleep if you want, I'll send you to your room."

"Forget it anyway, I'm not very sleepy."

Shaking his head and standing up, Xia Yao stretched, turned his head and gave Shi Xie a smile.

He didn't want to impress Shi Xie's parents as lazy.

Looking up to Xiao Shen's direction, he saw that he was talking to Baili Qianyan who was squatting down. Xiao Shen's emotions seemed to be very excited, and his little face was flushed with anger.

Xia Yao and Shi Xie looked at each other and hurried over.

"What's wrong with you?"

"mom!"

Seeing Xia Yao approaching, Xiao Shen immediately rushed over to hug his leg like a small cannonball, and buried his face in aggrieved manner.Xia Yao felt a burst of heat on his legs, and he squatted down and held his face in surprise.

Xiao Shen lowered his head slightly, sobbing softly.

The chubby little hand covered his face as if he didn't want him to see it, but hot tears still leaked from the fingers and landed on the back of Xia Yao's hand disobediently, which made Xia Yao feel bad.

"What's wrong with you, little ginseng, don't cry, be good."

"Little... Xiao Shen, I didn't cry. Hiccup."

Wiping the tears on his face vigorously, trying not to let his tears flow out, his little face turned red in a short while, "Look, Dad, Xiao Shen didn't... didn't cry... hiccup."

Hearing Xiao Shen's pretendingly strong words, Shi Xie patted his little head, turned to Baili Qianyan and asked.

"Xiaoyan, what's going on?"

Baili Qianyan glanced at Xiao Shen with some embarrassment, and a look of guilt slowly appeared on his face.

"Xiao Shen knows that I... I don't have a baby in my stomach, but he just insisted that I lost the baby, so he lost his temper.

It's all Shi Lin's fault, he was talking nonsense with Xiao Shen back then. "

Seeing Xiao Shen sobbing and sobbing, Baili Qianyan felt distressed and guilty for a while.

"Xiao Shen is still young, his mind is immature, and he can't tell right from wrong.

Moreover, we also have a certain responsibility for this matter, you don't have to feel too guilty, Xiao Shen will understand one day. "

Shi Xie patted Baili Qianyan on the shoulder, signaling him not to blame himself too much.Squat down, pick up the little ginseng, turn around and walk to the other side.

Xia Yao stood up and looked at them, Shi saw Xie Zheng squatting down and talking, but he couldn't hear clearly.

But Xiao Shen's tears were slowly stopped, his big black and white eyes blinked, as if he was trying to understand Shi Xie's words.

The father and son chatted for about ten minutes before Shi Xie brought him back.Xiao Shen shyly raised his eyelids and gave Baili Qianyan a look, with a look of embarrassment.

It wasn't until he felt Shi Xie pat him lightly on the back that he slowly moved to Baili Qianyan's side and reached out his small hand to grab his hand.

There are still red marks on her fair and tender face, and there are water marks in her eyes, making her look extremely pitiful.

"Auntie, I'm sorry."

"Hey, Xiao Shen. It's Auntie... Auntie is not good. We shouldn't talk nonsense with you. Let me apologize to you too, okay?"

"Well, Xiao Shen didn't blame Auntie, Xiao Shen likes Aunt the most."

Children are always the easiest to satisfy, and simple.

Hearing Baili Qianyan's words, Xiao Shen immediately opened his mouth to reveal a bright smile, and stretched out his arms to hug Baili Qianyan's neck, kissing him generously on the face.

Baili Qianyan's heart instantly turned into a puddle of water, the ancients sincerely do not deceive me, children are indeed little angels.

"Dinner is ready."

Shi Lin's voice suddenly sounded from behind, and when Baili Qianyan heard his voice, he immediately turned his head to look at him, as if he was going to eat him with that vicious look.

Shi Lin was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously thinking about what he had done to make him angry again, but he happened to see Xiao Shen's red eyes. "What happened to Xiao Shen?"

"It's not your fault, I told Xiao Shen nonsense that I have a child in my stomach, but you should give birth to one yourself!"

Angrily, he pulled Xiao Shen to stand up, and when he passed by Shi Lin, he gave him another hard look, and then walked towards the dining room without looking back.

Shi Lin still had a dull face, looking at the two people left behind.

Xia Yao shrugged his shoulders, looking helpless.

When the three of them also returned to the dining room, Xiao Shen was being held in Bai Rou's arms and asked nervously, only to see that Bai Rou's brows were wrinkled together in distress.

"My dear grandson, what's wrong with you? Has someone bullied you?"

"Grandma, Xiao Shen is fine, but Xiao Shen is a man!"

Hugging Bai Rou's neck and coquettishly softly, Xiao Shen's eyes fell on Shi Yan on the other side, sucking Xiao Shen obsessively.

nose.

The fragrant smell seems to be a little stronger, and it smells good.

Hearing what Xiao Shen said, Bai Rou didn't ask him any more, as long as he wasn't being bullied.

"It's good that you haven't been bullied. Come on, everyone, let's eat quickly. Xiao Yao, don't be too polite, eat more."

Holding Xiao Shen in her arms, Bai Rou greeted them to eat.

She and Shi Xie's second aunt cooked a whole table of dishes, complete with meat and vegetables, delicious in color, fragrance, and taste, which made people's index fingers move.But the atmosphere was harmonious and the food was too delicious, Xia Yao was a bit full, and Xiao Shen also ate a full belly.

Baili Qianyan ate the fruit after the meal and rubbed his stomach, looking like he was enjoying himself.

"Aunt Rou and Aunt Lan's craftsmanship is getting better and better. I really want to come back for dinner every day."

"Then you come here, and no one stops you. You are usually called to come back, but you always say you are busy.

Okay, let's not talk about it, you should rest after eating, and you and Aunt Lan will clean up here. "

Xia Yao, who was about to help clean up, had no choice but to give up when he heard Bai Rou's words, and followed Shi Xie back to Shi Xie's original room with Xiao Shen who was already drowsy.

Shi Xie's room is in the backyard, which is an independent small yard.

There are several rockery rocks with strange shapes in the yard, and there is an old willow tree next to a stone table.

Pushing open the carved mahogany door, the room has already been cleaned very cleanly, with light-smelling incense still burning inside, and new quilts are neatly placed on the bed.

Unlike Xia Yao's imagination, the room is full of ancient furnishings, but Shi Xie's room is actually mostly modern things.

There is a computer on the mahogany table, an air conditioner on the wall, and a small refrigerator in a corner.

But it doesn't look weird, but there is an unexpected harmony.

Use a clean towel dipped in water to wipe Xiao Shen's hands and face, and put him on the bed. After a while, he heard Xiao Shen's cute little snoring.

Because Xia Yao ate too much, he didn't intend to sleep for the time being.

I had no choice but to wander around the room, curiously looking at the room where Shi Xie lived for a long time.

There are wooden bookshelves by the wall, which are full of books, most of which are professional books on finance and some ancient books.

Xia Yao casually opened a book, carefully marking the margins of the book, the handwriting is vigorous and pleasing to the eye.

Fingers slowly slid across rows of book spines, Xia Yao's fingers suddenly stopped on a book that looked slightly different from the others, and carefully pulled it out.

It turned out to be a photo album, Xia Yao opened it with great interest, and suddenly a burst of indescribable emotion surged in his heart.

The first page is a photo of a full moon, Shi Xie is wearing a small apron, with a big thorn and a bird exposed, and is facing the camera. His big black and white eyes reveal the unique curiosity of a child.

On the second page, there is a grown up Shi Xie, about one year old, walking unsteadily while supporting Bai Rou's arm. The baby's fat little face is serious and tense, but it's actually cute as hell.

On the third page, Xiao Shixie is fully able to walk, wearing a small suit and leather shoes, like a handsome young rich man.

On the fourth page, Shi Xie has already gone to elementary school, with a bright red scarf tied around his neck, looking at the other side impatiently

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Shi Xie, who was about eight or nine years old, was holding a crying little boy, looking forward with his mouth pursed.There are still a few scratches on the small face, but he still protects the boy behind him, heroically like a little soldier.

Xia Yao couldn't help laughing when he looked at it, and gently stroked the little boy with baby fat on the photo with his fingers,

Sometimes a little lost in thought.

Surrounded by a pair of arms around the waist, Xia Yao was taken aback for a moment, then relaxed and leaned back, falling into a warm embrace as expected.

"That was Shi Lin when he was a child. On the first day he came to my house, he was bullied and cried by the children around him. He cried so much that he rubbed his nose all over my body."

"You are such a good brother."

"He was crying too much at that time, and I actually annoyed him very much."

While talking, Shi Xie stretched out his hand and turned to the next page.

That should be Shi Xie's graduation photo. He was neatly dressed in his formal uniform, with a blue flower pinned to his chest.The tall and straight boy still had a youthful face, staring at the camera expressionlessly, even with a tense face, it was hard to hide the handsomeness between his eyebrows and eyes.

"This was taken when I graduated from junior high school. I didn't like taking pictures since I was a child, and I never took any pictures after that.

If I had known that you would come to see me now, I should have taken a few more pictures at that time. "

Hearing Shi Xie's regretful tone, Xia Yao couldn't help but smile.Gently closing the photo album, she leaned on Shi Xie with peace of mind.Feeling the temperature from behind, the smile on the corner of his lips became warmer, full of love for the people behind him.

Of course he understood what Shi Xie meant, but Xia Yao didn't regret it. Although he didn't participate in Shi Xie's past, he could accompany Shi Xie's future.

ten years.

20 years.

50...

And then until the end of life.

There is nothing better than two people who love each other together.