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Xian Xin, who returned to China for the New Year, went to the Zhang family with his mother on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.It was after two o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at Zhang's house. The housekeeper of Zhang's house greeted them, took them to the living room to sit down, and asked the aunt to bring tea and fruits.

"Madam came back at one o'clock last night, and she just woke up not long ago, please wait a little longer, Madam Xu, Madam will come down soon."

Xu Junlan took a sip of sugar-free milk tea at a moderate temperature, and smiled clearly: "Where did He Yi go to play again? I really envy her. She is living a very comfortable life."

The housekeeper smiled: "My wife is a child, she loves to play."

Xianxin asked from the side: "Uncle Li, where is Brother Yucheng, did he not get up?"

The butler has been working in the Zhang family for nearly 20 years. Xianxin often came to Zhang's house with Xu Junlan since she was a child. The housekeeper watched the two children grow up together, and also has a good impression of Xianxin, a polite child. , He replied: "The young master is not at home, he left yesterday, he said he was going to Yunnan Province, and he pushed two big suitcases, it seems that he won't come back for ten days and a half months."

Xianxin looked surprised, "He left yesterday? Why did he go to Yunnan Province?"

"Yes." The butler said, "Didn't the young master tell you? He didn't tell you what to do specifically. You can call and ask, Young Master Xin."

The butler said this because he knew that the two children had a good relationship since childhood, and it was convenient to ask anything, and there was no other meaning.But as soon as he finished speaking, Xianxin's face turned blue, because his mobile phone number was blocked by Zhang Yucheng, and he couldn't get in touch with him. Naturally, he didn't know that Zhang Yucheng had left Beijing yesterday.

Xu Junlan glanced at her son and put down the teacup in her hand.

The reason why she agreed to let Xianxin return to China for the New Year and bring him to Zhang's house to pay New Year's greetings was because Xianxin promised her that she would never run around, and another reason was that she wanted her son to give up completely.

Although she and He Yi are best friends, but I have to say that from the Zhang family to He Yi, there is an obvious characteristic, that is, they all have a bit of coldness in their nature, unless they like it, others will please others , They don't like it, and no one wants to impress them.

From the moment Zhang Yucheng declared that he was not in love with her son, she knew that there was no room for change in this matter. Only Xian Xin was so hot about shaving her head that she was still buried in this relationship and couldn't get out of it, and couldn't let go of it.

Instead of always having fantasies in his heart, it is better to bring him back and let him see Zhang Yucheng's attitude with his own eyes. Now it seems that Zhang Yucheng does not need to show up in person, and the behavior of going out of town during the Chinese New Year instead of staying at home is enough to make Xianxin uncomfortable.

I don't know what is in Dian Province that makes Zhang Yucheng, a kid who can stay at home for several months as long as he has a computer, travel so far and go for such a long time during the Chinese New Year.

Knowing that Zhang Yucheng was not at home, Xianxin was not in the mood to stay at Zhang's house. After He Yi went downstairs to pay her New Year's greetings and took a thick red envelope, Xianxin said that she had made an appointment with her friends to go out to play and went out first. left.

As soon as Xianxin left, He Yi led Xu Junlan to the greenhouse full of flowers in the backyard to drink tea and chat.

"Xiao Xin is in great shape. You never dared to let him go out alone like this before." He Yi sat on a padded rattan chair, picked up a cushion and put it on the armrest, and took off her shoes Putting her feet on the chair, she lazily leaned on the pillow in the posture of a beauty.

There was no one in the greenhouse, and Xu Junlan, who was considered a strong woman by outsiders, also took off her disguise, tucked a pillow behind her waist, and buried her whole back in like this. Before she could speak, she sighed, "Yes, finally The hard times are over."

"Xian Hongjun should have nothing to say now."

Xian Hongjun, Xianxin's father, Xianxin's heart was found to have a problem and the doctor said that he would not survive, so Xian Hongjun went outside to find a woman to give birth to him. Xu Junlan had quarreled with him many times over this matter.

He Yi pointed, looking carefully at the pattern on the nails on the glass roof of the greenhouse. She didn't like the nails that were done two days ago, but she didn't like them today. She wondered if she should go out and do the nails again later.

When Xu Junlan heard this, she snorted softly, and a mocking look flashed in her eyes. She turned her head on the cushion, turned to He Yi, and said, "You said before that you wanted to marry Zhang Yao. I also persuade you that this man is too cold-tempered and loves himself more than others, you told me at the beginning—"

He Yi smiled slightly, "I don't want him to love me, what I like is that he is capable and won't care about me."

Xu Junlan turned her head, looked at the glass roof and sighed again, "Everyone used to say that you are too childlike and ignorant, but now it seems that you understand your life better than anyone else."

"Back then, you two, you chose to marry someone you didn't love or love you, and Xian Hongjun, who I chose after thousands of choices, was born before Xin Xin was three years old, so he found someone else outside. woman."

He Yi said: "You are different from me. I am a dodder flower. I need to rely on others to get nourishment from it in order to survive. It is best for a person like me not to have love. If I fall in love with the person I am attached to, if he One day if you don’t love me, uproot and leave, I will die. You are different, Jun Lan, you can live without Xian Hongjun, and you can live better. Xian Hongjun is too stupid, he It was because of you that I was able to prosper at the beginning. Once I had some money, I didn’t know what kind of guy I was. I was so stupid to think that he could maintain today’s achievements without you. Jun Lan, since Xiaoxin is fine, you don’t have to worry anymore , just do what you have to do.”

The last sentence, when He Yi said it, looked lazy, seemingly light and weightless, but every word stuck in Xu Junlan's heart.

Xu Junlan put her hands lightly on her lower abdomen, looked at the gray-white sky above her head through a layer of glass, and smiled for a while.

Not long after Xianxin got in the car driven by his family, she dialed a number, and the call was connected almost as soon as she dialed.

"Xiao Xin!" Ji Chen couldn't hide his excited voice and couldn't wait to hear it, "I was just about to send you a message, so you called me."

Xianxin closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his expression was no different from usual, he said in a calm voice: "Do you have something to tell me, Jichen."

Jichen coughed lightly, as if a little embarrassed, "It's nothing, didn't you say you went back to China for the New Year? I came to Beijing for the past two days, and I wanted to ask if you have time next. Don't come out to play."

Xian Xin said: "I don't know either, I have to ask my mother first, I have been visiting relatives and friends with her these few days, and visiting people's homes I know to pay New Year's greetings."

"Okay, you can ask your mother. It's okay if you don't have time, so I'll ask. It's okay if you don't have time to play. I can go to you, and I can meet you. I just want you to come back after a long time. I haven't seen you, I want to see you."

"Will I give you an answer after I ask my mother?"

"Okay, okay." Ji Chen paused, and then said, "By the way, Xiaoxin, are you calling me?"

"Oh, it's really nothing. I was just chatting with a relative. He said he was going to travel in Yunnan Province in the next few days. When he mentioned Yunnan Province, I vaguely remembered that Ni Lu seemed to be from Yunnan Province. I wanted to confirm with you. If Yes, that's really a pity, a person like Ni Lu came out of such a good place in Dian Province."

"Ni Lu is from Yunnan Province." Jichen said, "In the past, I found his home address in the information of human flesh. I forget the specifics, but I remember that he is from Yunnan Province."

Hearing the definite answer, Xian Xin's fingers holding the phone tightened until her knuckles turned white.

"Xianxin?" Xianxin kept silent, but Jichen couldn't help but make a sound.

Xianxin quickly responded: "Ah, I'm listening." QQ=2862③09㈥70

Ji Chen: "Xianxin, don't worry, Zhang Yucheng can protect Ni Lu for a while but not for the rest of his life. I know you can't swallow this breath. When I get the chance, I will definitely kill him."

Xian Xin looked at the pale face reflected on the car window, and asked: "Ji Chen, didn't you say that Brother Cheng spared you harsh words, are you not afraid of offending him if you mess with Ni Lu?"

"Don't be afraid." Ji Chen's voice was calm, as if he really didn't take Zhang Yucheng's words to heart, "It's a big deal, as long as you can be happy."

The corner of the mouth of the person reflected on the car window twitched, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Thank you, Jichen. By the way, how long will you stay in Beijing?"

Jichen: "I have nothing to do, I can wait until school starts."

Xianxin: "Well then, wait for my news, I will find you when I am free."

Ji Chen: "Good!"

Jichen, who didn't have a smile on his face, put down the phone, pressed to hang up, put the phone away, then closed his eyes and leaned his head on the back of the seat.

When the rooster crowed for the first time, Ni Lu opened his eyes.

Everything in front of me is the picture I have been used to since I was a child. I am lying on the bed, but I feel that something is wrong. He seems to be leaning in someone's arms.

Hearing the shallow breathing sound close to his ears, he turned his head and saw a magnified sleeping face, and suddenly felt unreal in his heart, wondering if he was dreaming.

It wasn't until his thoughts came back that he remembered that Zhang Yucheng followed him back to the village yesterday and slept on the same bed.

It's not the first time I've seen this handsome face so close to the heart, but it's the first time I've been in such a familiar environment, in the house I've lived in for nearly 20 years, in the most ordinary place. On the wooden bed, under the yellowed mosquito net, the two slept in each other's arms, and when they woke up, they looked at him from such a close distance.

Fragmented hair scattered in front of the forehead, eyebrows that are neither thick nor light, eyelashes that are thick and long like two small brushes, a nose as straight as jade, and lips that are moderately thick and gently pursed.

Ni Lu's eyes finally fell on the seductive lips, which looked soft and even softer when kissed. Looking at them, his face unconsciously moved closer.

"Cough, cough cough—"

The moment it was almost ready to be posted, the familiar coughing sound from the next door made Ni Lu shrink back, and turned over and sat up on the bed in the next second.

His mother is physically weak, and she coughs especially badly when she is about to wake up in the morning. When she hears the cough, she knows that her mother is about to wake up, and Ni Lu dare not stay on the bed for a second.If his mother sees such an intimate sleeping posture, there's nothing he can't understand.

Ni Lu was so frightened that the movement became louder. Zhang Yucheng immediately woke up with the empty people in his arms. When he opened his eyes, he saw the back of Ni Lu getting off the bed with the curtain lifted. There was a gap in the window, and he said in a sleepy voice: "It's not completely bright yet, what are you doing so early?"

Ni Lu put on his clothes with his back on his back, "I'll go down and light the fire to cook, and you continue to sleep."

Zhang Yucheng was still sleepy, but he didn't want to sleep after Ni Lu left, so he sat up and opened the mosquito net, "I won't sleep anymore, I'll go down and help you."

Ni Lu turned around to look at him, said nothing, and handed him the clothes he took off before going to bed last night, telling him to put them on quickly.

In the kitchen, Zhang Yucheng lit the fire, and Ni Lu washed the rice and washed the pot to cook. Zhang Yucheng was interested in feeding the chickens, so Ni Lu gave him the chicken food and asked him to feed the chickens, while he went into the small vegetable garden and bent down to pick vegetables.There are few vegetables that can grow in winter on their side, but there are still some.

After Zhang Yucheng fed the chickens and Nilu picked vegetables, Huang Cuilan also came out of the room, and saw the two children working in an orderly manner, especially Zhang Yucheng, a child born and raised in the city, not only didn't make trouble, but also looked decent, with a big smile on his face. Almost out of sight.

The dishes prepared last night were too much to eat, and the rest of the dishes were reheated and served on the table, and then two plates of green vegetables were fried. Plate of savory pancakes.

"Xiaocheng, try the pancakes made by Auntie. Xiaolu has loved to eat pancakes made by Auntie since he was a child. On the day he went to school, Auntie made a lot for him to take with him."

"Then I really have to taste it." Hearing this, Zhang Yucheng immediately stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of cake, took a bite without putting anything down, and then grinned at Huang Cuilan, "It's delicious!" I took a piece of Xue Ni Lu, put some vegetables in it and rolled it with homemade sauce, and it was delicious again.

Watching him eat one by one, Huang Cuilan was even more happy from ear to ear.

During this period, Ni Lu didn't know how many times he looked at Zhang Yucheng. He felt that this person was born to please the elders. He didn't need to do anything during the day and night he came here. The number of times he laughed almost caught up with the day he received the university admission notice. .

After the meal, after tidying up the kitchen and telling Huang Cuilan, Ni Lu led Zhang Yucheng out for a walk.

There is nothing to visit in the village. The ancestral temple and the old houses left by the rich families in the village are basically nothing to see. Then Ni Lu took Zhang Yucheng to the end of the village, where a big banyan tree grew by the river.I don't know how many years the banyan tree has grown. Its branches and leaves are luxuriant, covering the sky and the sun. .

There is a river embankment less than ten meters away from the big banyan tree. There are raised stone steps on the embankment, and people can step on the stone steps to cross the river.

Covered by green trees and murmuring by the river, even in such a cold weather, the scenery is extremely beautiful and seductive.

Ni Lu pointed to the big banyan tree and said, "In summer, there will be many elderly people in the village sitting under the tree to enjoy the shade, and children swimming in the river. It will be very lively here."

Ni Lu also said: "Our village is relatively remote, but there are still students from the painting academy who come to paint and sketch. They paint everything, and what they paint most is this tree and the river. When I was young, I often stood next to them and watched them draw. .”

Zhang Yucheng asked: "Is your liking for painting influenced by them?"

Ni Lu nodded: "Drawing the picture I saw in front of me with a pen, it seemed amazing to me when I was a child. There was an older brother who saw that I liked it and taught me how to draw. He gave me a pencil and a piece of paper and asked me to draw it. Draw what you like."

a brother?

Zhang Yucheng looked at Ni Lu with dangerous eyes.

Ni Lu smiled, "That brother and his classmates lived in the village for three days, and they never came back after they left. I have forgotten what he looks like."

Zhang Yucheng snorted softly, "But you must still keep the pen and paper he gave you."

Ni Lu choked for a moment, because he was right.

Ni Lu said: "That was the first pen I used for painting, the first painting."

Commemorative significance is greater than others.

Zhang Yucheng wasn't really jealous either, it was the past that he couldn't participate in, and it was just a bit of regret.

"Are the paintings kept at home?" He said, "I want to see them when I get back."

Ni Lu smiled and nodded, "Okay."

His first painting, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a scribble, and it can barely be seen, but he doesn't mind showing it to Zhang Yucheng, because this is his beginning.

Zhang Yucheng said again: "There are also your photos, I want to see them too."

Ni Lu still nodded, "Okay."

After seeing the tree, he walked forward, walked over the stone steps built in the river, walked out of the village, and continued along the river until no one could be seen on the left and right. Zhang Yucheng suddenly took Ni Lu's hand, and Ni Lu looked at him. He glanced at him without pulling away, and the two just walked hand in hand through every road that Ni Lu walked when he was young.

Along the way, I watched mountains, rivers, flowers, you, and me.

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Jiuzhen: After writing this, I think...it seems to be okay to directly type end...

Haha, but I will continue to write about some things after they graduated, not much, and the third and fourth chapters can be finished.