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But that being said, Meng Yinan failed to find a breakthrough.

Mu Zhanxi's gentleness is independent of appearance, and he will show delicate and soft kindness from time to time, but if you want to find out, you can't see anything from the faint expression.

It is difficult to guess a person's mind, not to mention the difficult level where emotions are invisible.

Sure enough, if you want to understand Mu Zhanxi, you still have to take your time.

About half an hour later, the car stopped at the gate of the community, and Uncle Li drove away after delivering the two of them.

The community where Cao Xicheng's house is located is not far from Mu Zhanxi's house, across a road, diagonally across from each other.Rather than saying it is not far away, it is better to say that it is a different period of the same community, which is already in the same area.

Seeing Meng Yinan looking around and then diagonally across, Mu Zhanxi said, "I have to go back at night."

Meng Yinan nodded and asked, "Brother, did you always walk home after playing?"

Mu Zhanxi led the way, walking one meter in front of Meng Yinan, and hummed: "There is no need for Uncle Li to pick you up on this road. Sometimes you play very late, and let Uncle Li know that Cao Xicheng will be criticized."

Meng Yinan was stunned for a moment, and said unexpectedly, "Uncle Li?" It didn't look like he would get angry.

"No," Mu Zhanxi walked to the gate and took out the access control card, and led Meng Yinan into the community, "Uncle Li won't be angry, but he will tell Aunt Cao."

Meng Yinan thought of what Cao Xicheng said just now, "My mother is so strict", and now he understood.

But after waiting for a while, Meng Yinan asked again: "He doesn't live with his mother."

"Well, Aunt Cao is busy with work, and she is often here."

While speaking, he had already reached the door of the unit building. Mu Zhanxi skillfully pressed the password and took the elevator to the top floor.

Mu Zhanxi and Cao Xicheng were young, so they probably came to his house a lot, and they were as familiar with the road as they were going back to their own.

But soon Meng Yinan realized that his thinking was a little simple, because Mu Zhanxi did not ring the doorbell, nor did he call Cao Xicheng to say that he had reached the door. Instead, he stretched out his index finger and pressed it on the fingerprint recognition part of the electronic fingerprint lock. After hearing the electronic female voice "Verification succeeded", a brisk music came, and the door was unlocked.

Meng Yinan stood there and blinked, not expecting to come in and out at will.

And Mu Zhanxi had already gone in to change his shoes first. He took a pair of freshly unpacked slippers from the shoe cabinet, turned his head and saw Meng Yinan standing at the door without moving, only looking in, so he asked him how to stand stay still.

Only then did Meng Yinan enter the door.

Cao Xicheng’s house is on the top floor, a duplex. After entering the door, there is a living room with a high ceiling and floor-to-ceiling windows on the side. You can overlook the scenery in the community without standing by the window. Standing in front of you will feel a little dizzy due to fear of heights.

On the other side is the kitchen and dining room. The ceiling of the restaurant is a little lower. When Mu Zhanxi stands in it, the space will appear to be very small, and he can almost touch the ceiling with his arms outstretched.However, the dining table is semi-embedded, people sit on the ground, and there is a lot of space under the table.

The area of ​​the house is actually not large, but it has a strong sense of design and a high level of comfort.

Compared with the Mu family, it is a different style, more suitable for young people.

Meng Yinan roughly swept the house, did not wander around, and followed Mu Zhanxi to the kitchen.

The door of the kitchen is closed, but there is still some smell of rice wafting out, and when you get closer, you can hear the sound of the range hood inside.

Mu Zhanxi raised his hand and knocked on the kitchen door before opening it.

The aunt who was cooking was wearing an apron and sleeves, and she was full of fireworks. She obviously knew Mu Zhanxi, and said with a smile: "Master Xiaoxi is here, and the meal will be ready later. There is a lot of oily smoke here, please sit outside for a while." Bar."

Meng Yinan followed behind Mu Zhanxi, showing half of his face and looking inside curiously, and the aunt smiled friendly at him too.

"Okay." Mu Zhanxi followed his aunt's gaze and glanced at Meng Yinan. The child was looking in by the door. "Auntie, you need help calling me. I'm in the living room."

After speaking, he closed the door and led Meng Yinan to the living room.

The living room has a large space, with a four-seater leather couch, a single seat and a functional reclining chair on the left and right sides.

The ground was covered with thick white blankets, and there was a marble table in the middle. On the table under the table were various snacks and drinks, and some miscellaneous things, which were piled up in a disorderly manner.

Meng Yinan took off his shoes, stepped on the soft carpet, and followed behind Mu Zhanxi, watching him take the remote control and touch something behind the TV. After a while, he clicked the power button.

When Mu Zhanxi turned around, Meng Yinan was standing in the direction he was going, and the two almost bumped into each other.

Mu Zhanxi paused, and looked down at him: "Why are you so close to me?"

Meng Yinan only took half a step back to give way.

He said, "I didn't."

I didn't follow so closely, I just wanted to see what he was doing.

It might be strange to say it, but what Meng Yinan was thinking at this moment was that if he didn't follow Mu Zhanxi, he wouldn't know what he would do.

Meng Yinan has actually lived in many places. When he was a child, he and Meng Du moved around in some staff dormitories. He also borrowed rooms with Meng Du's colleagues several times. Strangers, acquaintances, people who are neither acquainted nor unfamiliar...the residences of many people He has been there.

But none of those people are peers, let alone friends and classmates.

Mu Zhanxi is considered to be of the same age, but the essence of going to Mu's house is not to be invited to play at Mu Zhanxi's house, but to follow Mengdu to Mu Zhong's house and move to a new residence, and it happens that Mu Zhong and Mu Zhanxi are father and son , will meet under the same roof.

So strictly speaking, this is the first time I went to someone's house for the purpose of playing.

It's not uncomfortable, but it always feels very novel and a little restrained. He doesn't know whether to find a place to sit or just stay there quietly.It feels weird to stand, but even weirder to sit somewhere without authorization.

This feeling didn't exist at the beginning, and it only surfaced at the door - if Mu Zhanxi didn't give him slippers, he wouldn't be able to enter the house.

That's why he followed Mu Zhanxi like an obedient tail.

Mu Zhanxi looked at him for a while, then suddenly raised his hand to rub his head, and said, "Are you not used to it?"

Meng Yinan was stunned for a moment: "No..."

"Let's go," Mu Zhanxi stretched out the hand that was not holding the remote control, and pulled his wrist, "Go sit on the sofa."

Meng Yinan was dragged away, he glanced at Mu Zhanxi, and glanced out of the window from the corner of his eye.

As the sun sets, the afterglow is projected in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the whole room is golden, not dazzling, and has a gentle warm tone.Two overlapping shadows were pulled out on the ground, one taller and one shorter.

They sat in the middle of the four seats, and Mu Zhanxi casually put the remote control aside, let go of Meng Yinan, and then picked out a yellow-green packaged candy from the candy box on the table and handed it to him.

Meng Yinan opened the wrapping paper and stuffed the candy in his mouth. There was a layer of white sugar crystal-like things on the candy. He subconsciously thought it was very sweet, but when he entered it, he found it was extremely sour. He squinted his eyes unconsciously, his expression wrinkled. together.

He heard low laughter from beside him.

When he opened his eyes, he found that Mu Zhanxi was looking at him with a soft expression and a lingering smile in his eyes.

"Is it sour?"

Meng Yinan was so sour that he couldn't speak. After the sour sugar crystallized and tasted the sweetness inside, he stared at Mu Zhanxi, "You asked me if I was sour, why don't you try it yourself?" "'s hellish expression.

Mu Zhanxi smiled again, and waited for a while before reaching out and holding it in front of him.

Meng Yinan said, "Why?"

"Candy wrapper, I'll throw it away for you."

"Oh." Meng Yinan wanted to throw it away by himself, but he didn't see the trash can after looking around, so he patted the candy wrapper on his brother's palm, and the torn corner fell down along with the movement. Mu Zhanxi waited patiently , He picked up the little horn again and stuffed it into the small packing bag in Mu Zhanxi's hand.

Mu Zhanxi got up and threw the candy wrapper away, sat back in his seat, and asked, "How was the exam?"

This time, after the exam, he can transfer to another class according to his grades. Mu Zhanxi has always been very caring, but after the exam yesterday, he didn't ask much about the exam. He just sat in the study and read a book, and accompanied Meng Yinan to study the questions.It wasn't until today that all the exams were finished, and there was no one else around, that I finally asked him how the exam was going.

"It's pretty good," Meng Yinan said, "It's all questions that I've practiced before. It's not difficult. I'll finish it soon."

After all, he is a person with basically perfect marks in the practice papers, and there are many difficult problems in the midterm exam. With this correct rate, if the exam is still difficult, it is a bit unreasonable.

Mu Zhanxi nodded and said, "Have you checked everything?"

"It's all checked," Meng Yinan seemed to think about it again, and nodded again, "I'm sure. I think I can definitely transfer classes."

Mu Zhanxi said that's good, what else did he have to say, there was some movement from the kitchen.

The aunt just opened the door, and the smell of the food escaped, so she closed the door behind her back and said to Mu Zhanxi, "Master Xiaoxi, the food is ready, do you want to eat now?"

Mu Zhanxi stood up and pointed to the door: "Cao Xicheng and the others haven't come back yet. Don't worry about it, Auntie. We will make arrangements later."

The aunt smiled and said yes, and explained some precautions, such as someone staring at the hot meal, turning off the gas when it is overheated, remember to unplug the electric cooker, etc. She would say every time, then went to the door and picked up the hanging The coat on the wall, said: "Then eat early, remember to heat it up before eating, or you will get sick. Then Auntie will go back."

Mu Zhanxi sent the man to the door, and Meng Yinan also got up and followed behind.

That auntie was very nice, and she nodded to Meng Yinan before leaving.

Meng Yinan also waved.

After the door closed, Mu Zhanxi suddenly asked, "Are you afraid of strangers?"

Meng Yinan froze for a moment and said no.

"can not tell."

Mu Zhanxi introduced to him that it was Cao's aunt who cooked. If Cao Xicheng didn't eat out, the aunt would come every night, so don't feel restrained.

Meng Yinan stood on the spot and thought about it. He didn't feel that he was restrained, nor that he was afraid of others, so he followed Mu Zhanxi who was walking towards the kitchen while talking, and emphasized, "I'm not afraid of others."

"is it?"

Mu Zhanxi was about to enter the kitchen, but when he heard this, he stopped and turned around.

This time Meng Yinan didn't almost bump into him, but stood a step away, looking up at him, as if asking "why don't you believe it".

"It's the first time you've come to my house." Mu Zhanxi paused, as if he was considering how to speak, "you just hid behind the adults."

Meng Yinan frowned: "I'm not hiding behind anyone."

He was not very happy when he heard this, because the only adult who came with him was Meng Du, and he just walked slowly, hiding behind someone.

Mu Zhanxi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect him to be unhappy, and called his name: "Meng Yinan."

Meng Yinan raised his head: "Say it."

"I'm not talking about others, I'm talking about you being afraid of life."

Meng Yinan's face became better again: "But I'm not afraid of strangers." He proved the same thing, saying, "If I was afraid of strangers, I wouldn't come here with you."

This should be a good testimony, because if he is afraid of strangers, it will be difficult for him to establish a friendly relationship with Mu Zhanxi, not to mention that his brother calls before and after, and stays together every day.

But Meng Yinan thought again, why did the conversation stop at being afraid of strangers, without beginning or end.

Mu Zhanxi looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Is this the same thing?"

Meng Yinan didn't quite understand. Looking at Mu Zhanxi, he wanted to ask what he meant, but he couldn't speak.

The lighting at the kitchen door is not too good, but there are some slight reflections.Mu Zhanxi lowered his eyes, a small piece of light golden afterglow reflected in his eyes, nestled in a soft warm color.

Looking at each other for a while, Mu Zhanxi looked away first, walked into the kitchen, and said, "The meal is ready, are you hungry?"

The topic jumped a little fast, and Meng Yinan didn't react for a while.

But now it's meal time, so it's okay not to mention it, but he feels a bit empty when he mentions it.He asked, "Don't you wait for them?"

"Wait," Mu Zhanxi said, "but if you're hungry, you can eat something first."

Meng Yinan wanted to ask why he asked to wait after eating first, but he heard his brother say, "Secretly, no one will know."

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