round spring

Black always tends to give me courage.

——An Yuan's Diary

Shen Qiu especially likes An Yuan. She used to be clingy to Shen Xingchun, but after An Yuan came back, she changed people in a blink of an eye. The little guy started to cling to An Yuan. An Yuan took a step and she followed each other. When going out, she had to hold An Yuan When eating, she sat in An Yuan's arms and asked him to feed him, and said before going to bed at night that she wanted to sleep with An Yuan.

The grandma came to carry her back to the house to sleep, but the little girl hugged An Yuan's thigh and did not let go, crying and yelling that she would not go back, saying that she would sleep with An Yuan.

Grandma Shen couldn't help but smile, "You were so good with Brother Chun before, and I never heard you say you wanted to sleep with Brother Chun. Now that Brother Xiaoyuan is back, why are you so clinging to Brother Xiaoyuan? I'll play with you tomorrow, We have to sleep now."

"No." Shen Qiu shook his head and said, he opened his arms to An Yuan to hug her, and An Yuan picked her up.

Shen Qiu hugged An Yuan's neck tightly with two small arms, lay on his shoulders, and said nothing, "Brother Xiao Yuan'er is prettier than Brother Chun, so I want to be with him."

Shen Xingchun laughed at the side, and tugged at Shen Qiu's pigtails, "Who do you think is not good-looking?"

An Yuan smiled and patted Shen Qiu's back. His gaze seemed to glance over Shen Xingchun inadvertently, and then quickly moved away. He tilted his head and said to Shen Qiu, "Brother Chun is also good-looking, we just have different types."

Shen Qiu still didn't let go, she acted like a baby in An Yuan's ear, and kissed him on the face, and said with a smile: "Actually, Brother Chun doesn't smell as good as Brother Xiaoyuaner, but Brother Xiaoyuaner smells good, so it's very good." smell."

"Then after Xiaoqiu washes his face and uses Brother Xiaoyuan'er's fragrance, it will smell as good as Brother Xiaoyuaner. Brother Xiaoyuaner is tired from flying during the day, so he has to go to bed earlier." The side chatted for a long time before taking Shen Qiu from An Yuan's arms.

Shen Qiu nodded reluctantly, and kissed An Yuan's face again before leaving.

When grandma was holding Shen Qiu out, An Yuan stopped her, "Grandma, can you sleep in the cabin?"

"The hut isn't burning," grandma turned her head and said, "What's the matter? Are you worried that there isn't enough room to sleep? You and Brother Chun are the only ones to sleep in this room. Xiaoqiu's parents and Xiaorui haven't come back this year. Grandma Xiaorui didn't come back a few days ago Accidentally fell, they went to his grandma's house, only Xiaoqiu is here, no need to make a hut."

An Yuan glanced at Shen Xingchun from the corner of his eye, and Shen Xingchun walked out with his arm on grandma's shoulder, "It's okay, no need for the hut, grandma, take Xiaoqiu to sleep."

An Yuan watched Shen Xingchun go out, picked up the clothes that Shen Xingchun had put on the edge of the kang, put them on himself, pulled the zipper to the top, put the collar up on his nose, closed his eyes and took a deep breath silently , when he opened his eyes, Shen Xingchun had already returned.

"Little girl really likes you." Shen Xingchun said.

"Many people like me," An Yuan looked at Shen Xingchun, "but the people I like don't like me."

An Yuan didn't wait for Shen Xingchun to speak, put the hat on his clothes on top of his head, put his hands in his pockets and walked out the door quickly.

Shen Xingchun watched as the thick curtain was lifted, and when the door was opened, the cold air outside was blowing into the room, he shouted at An Yuan: "It's so late, where are you going?"

After Shen Xingchun finished asking, he felt that his questioning was a bit redundant. It was so late, and he couldn't go to other places besides going to the bathroom.

He was just about to wash up when he heard a voice coming in from the glass window, and there was a vague black figure outside the window, which was An Yuan at first glance.

"Brother Chun," An Yuan knocked on the glass outside the window, "Will there be wolves coming down from the mountain at night?"

"There are no wolves." Shen Xingchun took two steps towards the window, stood in front of the window sill, facing the people outside the window, "You have lived at home for so many years, when did you see a wolf?"

"It's not certain when the wolf will come. What if I bump into it tonight?" An Yuan's voice was panting, with the sound of wind, "Brother Chun, I'm afraid of wolves."

"There are no wolves," Shen Xingchun said, "If you are afraid of wolves, just urinate next to the snowdrift."

An Yuan outside the window didn't speak anymore, he just stood there and stomped his feet, it was cold outside, but he didn't leave.

Shen Xingchun watched the blurred shadow outside the window move, then bent down and lay down by the window and said, "Wait for me a moment, I will accompany you."

An Yuan outside the window let out a muffled "Yeah", and didn't know if Shen Xingchun heard it, and said loudly, "I'll wait for you, hurry up."

"Here we come." Shen Xingchun picked up his coat, put it on himself and walked out.

At night when the temperature was low and the wind was blowing, An Yuan stood by the window and stomped his feet back and forth from the cold, only running to his side when Shen Xingchun came out.

"It's still like a child at this age." Shen Xingchun said.

An Yuan let out a sigh of relief and said, "I'm not a child anymore, I'll be 21 in a few days."

Shen Xingchun knew that An Yuan was 21. The first time he saw him, he knew that An Yuan was no longer the 12-year-old kid before, nor was he the 17-year-old boy when he left. When he reached the tip of his nose, the youthful spirit on his body turned into the appearance of an adult man, with a well-cultivated figure and a more eye-catching appearance than when he was a teenager. I don't know what is going on in his mind.

But now Shen Xingchun suddenly felt that An Yuan seemed to be the same as before, like now, he was afraid of wolves when going out at night, so he had to drag him along.

Shen Xingchun gesticulated with the palm of An Yuan's head, smiled and said, "It's 21, still believe in wolves?"

"Being afraid of wolves has nothing to do with how old you are."

After An Yuan finished speaking, he added in his heart that he was already 21, and he didn't believe in wolves for a long time, but he just wanted Brother Chun to accompany him.

After An Yuan finished speaking, he retracted his chin into his collar. He had never experienced such a cold in Washington in the past few years. Shrinking his neck and trotting all the way.

Shen Xingchun followed quickly, a little distance behind An Yuan, An Yuan was so cold that he turned around and pulled Shen Xingchun's arm, dragging him forward, "Brother Chun, it's too cold, I'm going to freeze to death. "

"Then you can come back with just a little more on, and I'll find you two thick thermal clothes and a sweater when I get back."

"Okay," An Yuan said, "I just brought a few sets of close-fitting clothes, I didn't have time to buy anything else, so I can only wear yours."

……

Although the toilet had been rebuilt, it was still far away from the house. Shen Xingchun still stood by the tree trunk next to the snowdrift, and really looked around to see if there were really wolves coming.

There must be no wolves, the cold is real, An Yuan didn't recover after returning to the house for a long time, Shen Xingchun warmed up with him by the stove.

The two of them stretched out their hands and placed them on the burning stove. An Yuan's hands were very thin and long, white and delicate, while Shen Xingchun's hands were wide and big. When turning his hands to warm the fire, his palms were facing upwards. An Yuan looked at his palms. He was fascinated by the light yellow calluses on his fingertips.

Seeing that An Yuan was getting better, Shen Xingchun urged him, "It's getting late, go take a bath and go to bed. The hut where you wash your face before has been renovated and now it's a special bathroom. Grandma has already boiled several pots of hot water. It’s enough for several people, go wash it first.”

An Yuan withdrew his hand warming the fire and stood up, raised his foot before turning around and asked again: "Brother Chun, can I use your towel? I seem to have forgotten my towel."

"There are new ones, I'll find one for you." Shen Xingchun stood up.

"You don't need to find a new one, I'll just use yours." An Yuan said.

Shen Xingchun didn't move, and said, "The dark blue towel is mine."

An Yuan was in the middle of taking a shower and suddenly the power went off. There was no window in the bathroom, and it was pitch black. He quickly washed the foam off his body with water, wiped it with a towel, walked to the door, and opened the door with his hands to go out. Looking at it, it was pitch black inside and out.

"Brother Chun, Brother Chun?" An Yuan touched the black and called to Shen Xingchun.

"Here we come." Shen Xingchun was looking for a flashlight, but he forgot where he put it. Hearing An Yuan calling him, he took out a candle from the drawer, took out the lighter in his pocket and lit it, and walked out with the candle.

The bathroom door opened a small crack, Shen Xingchun stood by the door and knocked on the door panel and said, "The power is out, have you finished washing yet? I'm lighting a candle."

"No bro, just wait for me." An Yuan took advantage of the light that leaked in through the crack of the door to rinse his body carefully with water, and found that he had no change of clothes with him. He walked to the door and leaned against it. Seam said, "Brother Chun, go to my bag and get me a change of clothes."

Shen Xingchun said "OK", took the candle and left again, found clothes from An Yuan's bag, and stood at the door when he came back.

An Yuan stretched out a hand from the crack of the door and shook it, "Brother Chun, give me the clothes."

Shen Xingchun stuffed the clothes in his hand, An Yuan's hand was still wet, when he took it back, his fingers brushed against the back of Shen Xingchun's hand, Shen Xingchun felt the wet and slippery touch on the back of his hand, and the other hand holding the candle couldn't hold back. He shook it carefully, the candle tilted, and the wax oil dripped on the back of his hand, which made him let go with a muffled grunt.

The candle fell to the ground and went out, and it became pitch black again.

An Yuan didn't know what happened to Shen Xingchun, after hearing Shen Xingchun's muffled groan, he didn't even think about it, he opened the door and walked out, and asked anxiously, "Brother Chun, what's wrong with you? Did you get burned by a candle?" gone?"

"It's okay, I accidentally dripped candle oil on the back of my hand." Shen Xingchun bent down and touched the ground, picked up the candle and lit it again.

His eyes turned from black to bright, Shen Xingchun couldn't see An Yuan when it was dark, and he was stunned when the candle was lit.

An Yuan stood directly in front of him, her clothes hadn't been put on yet, she held the clothes in both hands and hung them in front of her, covering her waist and legs, but her upper body was still naked, her hair hadn't been dried Big drops of water dripped down against the cheeks, and flowed down the neck until it stopped at the collarbone fossa. Anyuan's skin was already white and translucent, but under the candlelight, it was mixed with a thin layer of pink.

Shen Xingchun glanced up and down, his arm holding the candle was tense, his fingers unconsciously exerted force, his eyes didn't know where to look, and finally met An Yuan's wet eyes, looking at him.

Shen Xingchun pursed his lips, looked away uncomfortably, turned half of his body and said, "Put on your clothes first, it's quite cold."

The expression on An Yuan's face was much more natural than that of Shen Xingchun's. With the corners of his lips hooked, he took another half step in front of Shen Xingchun's body, and his arm covered with moisture was almost attached. He tilted his head to look at him and said, "Brother Chun, we all It's a man, what are you afraid of?"

Shen Xingchun heard that there was a little playful smile in An Yuan's tone, and felt that he was really wrong before. An Yuan was not the same as before. In the past, An Yuan didn't allow a second person to change clothes in the room. Now that I'm naked, I'm not afraid at all, and I can still laugh.

"Put on your clothes and go into the room to sleep, it's so cold." Shen Xingchun's voice was very low, and he didn't say anything else. He turned around and took two steps. He was afraid that An Yuan would fall in the dark, so he stopped by the door, leaning on his back. On the door frame, a candle was held to illuminate An Yuan.

An Yuan's face was pretending to be relaxed, and only he knew that his heart was already beating to his throat, and the fingers hanging in front of him holding the clothes kept stirring the fabric, and finally he vomited slowly. In a calm tone, he forced himself to calm down, dressed slowly and walked to Shen Xingchun's side, took the candle in his hand and pushed the door in.

While walking, he said, "It's really warm in the room, I don't feel cold."