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Xia Xiaoli's hair was still dripping, and he hadn't dried himself off when he came out of the pool. Now his T-shirt was stuck to his body, and his beach swimming trunks were tightly wrapped around his two straight and long legs. He sat on the armrest of Qiao Yu's sofa Looking up, his eyes were smiling like crescent moons, and he called "Brother Joe".

"Swimming?" Qiao Yu asked him.

"Well, I played volleyball with my classmates." The temperature outside is just right, the sun is long and slanting, golden, and the sounds of a few boys playing and playing can be heard from time to time.

"Hurry up and change your clothes. There is air conditioning in the room. I'll catch a cold soon." Qiao Yu urged him.

"Well, go right away."

Baizhu asked Aunt Zhong to take a bath towel and put it on Xia Xiaoli, and also urged him to go up and change clothes, or continue to go out to play, Xia Xiaoli was dawdling and didn't want to leave.

The topic that the men had just started was interrupted, and the women snatched it back again. This time, instead of targeting Qiao Yu, the output point was directed at Xia Xiaoberry. The sister-in-law asked her: "What are Xiaoberry and Teacher Qiao going to do?" When is it time to get married?"

Xia Xiaoberry was taken aback, married?Who says you're getting married?

She gritted her teeth and looked at Bai Zhu, Bai Zhu turned her eyes away as if nothing had happened, don't look, don't ask, her mother just revealed this meaning, but didn't say it clearly.

Xia Xiaoberry is very aware of her mother's behavior style, there are too many people, she suppressed the burning anger in her heart, and turned it all into regret for her decision, secretly thinking, don't blame others, don't blame others, I blame myself.

Seeing Xia Xiaoli staring at her in a daze, Xia Xiaoberry felt very sad. Today is still her younger brother's birthday, so why did she somehow become the protagonist...

The relatives asked questions in one go, but it was not obvious that the person concerned had become angry at all. Xia Xiaoberry kept her face calm, and did not reply to all the arrangements for the "marriage" schedule.

However, the relatives only thought of her as shy. They did not expect that the eldest daughter of the Xia family, who is more powerful than many boys, would inevitably feel embarrassed when faced with the lifelong event of getting married. The wedding dress at home is the best, and the best hotel to book is the best, and Bai Zhu is urged, ouch, it's about time, everyone else has to book half a year in advance, otherwise there will be no schedule.

Xia Xiaoli's mind was buzzing, getting married?Eldest sister and brother Qiao are going to get married?

Aren't they pretending to be in love?The two admitted it in front of him, why are they getting married?

Or, what they discussed from the very beginning was to pretend all the way, pretending to be lovers, pretending to be married, and pretending to live a lifetime?

...Xia Xiaoli couldn't accept it. His lips moved, wanting to talk to Xia Xiaoberry. She was under siege, and Xia Xiaoli couldn't get in.

As for Brother Qiao at the side, Xia Xiaoli turned to look at him, Qiao Yu's face was very complicated, her lips were drawn into a line, Xia Xiaoli felt that Brother Qiao's whole body was also tense.

The room was fully air-conditioned, Xia Xiaoli finally sneezed earth-shatteringly, and the noise of the crowd stopped suddenly.

Qiao Yu's hand pressed Xia Xiaoli's back, it was icy cold, Bai Zhu came over and picked up the little son: "Go take a bath and change clothes! Just say you are going to catch a cold, and you are not obedient!"

Xia Xiaoli ran up to the second floor, wrapped in a bath towel, and ran into the room to close the door.

The noise downstairs was blocked outside, and the world became much quieter. Xia Xiaoli leaned against the door, feeling her head was blocked.

why?

Why do you want to get married?Are you really here?

In addition to extreme surprise and incomprehension, Xia Xiaoli also felt a trace of belated anger, although he didn't know where the anger came from.

Throwing away the bath towel and taking off his clothes, he simply took a hot shower, and after changing his clothes, he felt a little more comfortable on his body.

But my heart is still very uncomfortable!

He sat on the floor in front of the bed, leaned against the edge of the bed and raised his head. There seemed to be hundreds of thoughts in his mind, Xia Xiaoberry and Brother Qiao lied to him?Even if he didn't cheat, at least he kept it a secret. He didn't even mention the matter of getting married. All of a sudden, all the relatives knew about it. How angry, Xia Xiaoli thought in a mess, and felt so sad, her heart was sour and astringent, and she was about to cry up.

What a birthday!But this damn birthday won't know that.

He didn't want to go down any more, he didn't want to see everyone in the living room, he didn't want to blow out candles and eat cake after forcing a smile on his face, he didn't want to see Brother Qiao and Eldest Sister holding hands and saying happy birthday to him.

unhappy!Not happy at all!

Someone knocked on the door of the room, and Qiao Yu's voice came in: "Little Li, are you there?"

Xia Xiaoli was startled, rubbed her crumpled face, and replied in a muffled voice, "Yes."

"Open the door, please, I have something for you." Qiao Yu said.

Xia Xiaoli got up from the ground to open the door, saw Qiao Yu's gentle eyes, and then saw him holding a big box.

There was exquisite wrapping paper on the box, and it was tied with a ribbon. It looked like a gift at first glance. Xia Xiaoli's eyebrows stretched a little, and she let out a soft "wow".

Qiao Yu went into the room and sat on the floor with Xia Xiaoli. The box was placed flat between them, almost half the length of a person. Qiao Yu formally said, "Happy 17th birthday to Xiaoli."

"Thank you, Brother Qiao." Xia Xiaoli also replied formally.

"What's this?" Xia Xiaoli touched the edge of the box, it was wrapped in wrapping paper, so she couldn't see it at all.

"Take it apart and have a look?" Qiao Yu made a gesture: "I don't know if you will like it, but the time is too short, so I can only pick the ones that are ready-made in their studio, otherwise I can make one for you."

Xia Xiaoli unwrapped the outer layer of paper, and saw that the real original packaging was full of English, and the picture in the middle was a bright blue double-layered arch bridge.

He guessed right away, this is a bridge model that can be assembled by himself!

Very cool!Xia Xiaoli's face relaxed in an instant, forgetting all the unhappiness just now.

Qiao Yu said: "This studio is very famous in the United States. In the early years when CG animation was not so developed, it often cooperated with Hollywood blockbuster movies. They made the large scene models of some action movies and disaster movies. When they arrived, they switched to industrial modeling, and also cooperated with some major film and television IPs to make commercial peripherals."

"This bridge is so beautiful!" Xia Xiaoli sighed: "It looks so exquisite in the picture, but I don't know if I can spell it together."

Really, there is no difference between looking at the pictures and the real bridge. This is not something that ordinary people can get started with, right?

"There are instructions, so it's no problem step by step." Qiao Yu said: "Actually, this is the first steel truss arch bridge I designed, so I contacted this studio to make a model as a souvenir for myself, and they said This idea is very good, I want my copyright authorization, and then design it as a toy model that can be assembled by yourself for sale. Finally, a batch is produced in a small batch. The time interval is too long. Now there is only such a unique one. Originally It was kept by the studio as a souvenir, I asked them to come over, I know your birthday is too late, or if you have plenty of time, you can redesign a better one, ask them to make it and send it to you.”

It turned out that this was the bridge designed by brother Qiao, Xia Xiaoli was so happy, this gift is great!He super super super like it!