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When Fang Zhi woke up, it was already daylight outside.

Last night I chatted with Xu Xie for an indeterminate amount of time before he fell asleep in a daze without even having time to say hello.

He took out his phone and clicked on WeChat. The last message Xu Xie sent was "Good night".

Five minutes later, it was a question that he fell asleep and failed to answer.

[Brother Xu]: Can I have a birthday present?

Fang Zhi replied "morning" first, then glanced at the black velvet box on the desk, and his mood gradually became a little expectant and excited.

He, Fang Zhi, for the first time in his life, gave gifts to his friends on his birthday.

He couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, and tapped his fingers to answer Shou Xing's question.

[FZ.]: Confidential.

Fang Haisheng and He Hui's mother and daughter had already left the house. Fang Zhi held the milk ball and followed Fang Haisheng's WeChat message instructions to find the potstickers and polenta in the kitchen that He Hui was said to have made early in the morning.

The farm owner specifically emphasized "early morning", probably to help He Hui gain some impression points with him.

In fact, it is not necessary, as long as Fang Haisheng likes it, his views and feelings are not very important.

What's more, his impression of He Hui was already pretty good.

The corn porridge in the mouth was sweet, waxy and warm, and there were his favorite shrimps in the pot stickers. Fang Zhen was very satisfied with his breakfast.

After eating and clearing away the dishes, Fang Zhi sent a message to the young man in the photo studio. After learning that the photo had been repaired, he changed his clothes, put Xu Xie's gift in a black chest bag and put it on his chest. Hat masks set off to the photo studio.

During the holiday, the urban area was crowded with people, and the photo studio was a little far away from his home, so it took Fang Zhi a little time to arrive at the location.

He opened the door and went in. To his surprise, it was not the young man sitting in the store, but the boy from No. [-] Middle School before.

The young man was reclining on the small sofa and playing with his mobile phone, with his legs crossed on the coffee table. He raised his eyes after hearing the movement, and looked at the person standing at the door with a somewhat impatient expression: "Who are you? This place is closed today."

Fang Zhi pulled off his mask: "I'll get the photo."

"Oh, you." The boy stood up and went to the counter to flip through the photos, "I'm so late, I was about to leave just now."

"The road is a bit congested." Fang Zhi heard the complaint in the boy's tone, and explained.

"It's normal too...here, take a look, isn't that the case?"

Fang Zhi walked to the counter and took the photo album handed over by the boy.

The photo album was not much bigger than his slap, a small one, and the cover was blank as he requested.

"You requested these photos to be taken out separately." The young man handed him a photo bag again, "The rest are put here, you check them all."

According to Fang Zhi's words, he checked all the photos carefully, and after confirming that there were no problems, he asked the boy to borrow a marker pen.

"Choose it yourself." The boy took out a marker pen from the drawer and spread it out on the counter. Watching Fang Zhi pick out a black one and a red one from it, he asked curiously, "What do you want?"

"Drawing." Fang Zhi leaned on the counter and concentrated on drawing on the blank cover of the album.

It's not a masterpiece, it's the smiley face with blush that he created himself.

When he stopped writing, the boy leaned over to take a look, and then burst out laughing in a very impolite manner.

"Pfft ha ha ha... No way, you are a cool guy, why do you draw in such a style? Is this... a cute contrast?"

Fang Zhi: "...cute fart."

"Yes yes yes, not cute not cute."

Fang Zhi felt that the deterrent power of his fierceness should be quite bluffing, but instead of being bluffed, a certain rude person climbed up the pole and echoed him in turn.

Fang Xiaozhen wanted to save face, so he immediately lowered his face and ignored people, put the photo album in his chest bag, turned and left the photo studio with a cold face.

The hotel Fang Haisheng booked was not far from here. When Fang Zhi walked for 10 minutes to reach the hotel across the street, he saw Li Zhihe running out of the hotel.

Across the street, the little girl didn't know whether she didn't see him or if she saw him but didn't recognize him. She stood at the door and looked around for a while before going back.

It doesn't matter if he goes back, he doesn't want to experience the embarrassment of facing the little girl alone.

The signal light turned green, Fang Zhi followed the crowd and crossed the road. As soon as he reached the entrance of the hotel, he met Li Zhihe who ran out again.

He didn't know why this little girl had such a good memory. She had only met him once, and she was still wearing a mask and hat, but she accurately locked him in the crowd.

The little girl walked towards him, raised her hand and handed him a small handheld fan: "Brother Fang, hello."

"...Hello." Fang Zhi took off his mask and hat, took the small fan and shook it, "For me?"

"Hmm... I think the weather is a bit hot, and you were wearing a mask and a hat, so you went in and got a fan to fan you." Li Zhihe explained in a low voice, lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, and didn't speak for a long time.

Today's temperature is suitable, and it's not too hot, but this kind of behavior that people pay attention to details and are willing to take care of them is very impressive.

He didn't refuse the little girl's kindness, and turned on the fan to blow on his wet forehead: "Did you see me just now?"

"Well...it's easy to recognize."

"Okay?"

"The whitest, tallest, and best temperament is you."

Fang Zhi felt that these words came from the mouth of a little girl who had only met him once, and there might be more elements of flattery.

But he was very useful, and even his tone was soft while he was in a happy mood: "I have a little vision... go in, and lead the way."

"Ok!"

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very good, the embarrassing silence that Fang Zhi thought would happen never happened, instead, they were very harmonious from the beginning to the end.

His tense nerves at the beginning slowly relaxed while talking and laughing.

He leaned back on the chair, with Fang Haisheng on his left, Li Zhihe on his right, and He Hui sitting opposite him, telling him to eat more from time to time.

It's like an ordinary and lively family dinner for a family.

The atmosphere of the dinner was so warm that the meal was over from twelve o'clock to three o'clock.

After eating, Fang Haisheng sent He Hui and He He home, Fang Zhi called a car and was about to leave for Zhuxi.

Xu Xie and his party have finished their karting trip and are heading to Zhuxi.

I didn't pay attention to eating just now, but now I clicked on my phone, and Fang Zhi found that he had received countless @ in the group where the old monsters gather.

He clicked on the group message, and there were a bunch of photos of all kinds, including but not limited to group photos, single photos, handsome photos, embarrassing photos, and photos of cool go-kart details.

Each one is full of embarrassment and show off.

Fang Zhi thought it was funny, and responded to the message with @ which was still going on.

[FZ.]: Just bully me and didn't go.

A certain big guy surnamed Xu responded very positively to the news.

[Big brother Xu]: That is, otherwise posting in the group would be meaningless.

Immediately after this, Xu Xie privately sent him a message.

Fang Zhi clicked on it, and it was a selfie of Xu Xie.

[Big brother Xu]: [picture]

[Big Brother Xu]: You are welcome to take photos from the handsome guy's private collection.

[Big Brother Xu]: Panda wink.jpg

Fang Zhicheng was amused by his shamelessness.

But should I say it or not, the photos are really handsome.

Slightly tilted up, the young man in the photo looks at the camera with his gaze slightly lowered, the corners of his mouth curled upwards, looking a little naughty.

Fang Zhi hovered over the save button with his finger, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally clicked it.

He had to say that he felt that Xu Xie in the photo was more... more eye-catching than his usual gentle and gentle appearance.

When Fang Zhi arrived at Zhuxi, no one else came.

Grandpa Zhou was sitting on the rocking chair at the entrance of the store drinking tea, when he saw someone coming and waved his hand to chase them away: "Go to another place for dinner, we don't open the door today."

Fang Zhi was also not sure whether Grandpa Zhou would recognize him, so he stepped forward to say hello a little awkwardly after taking off the mask: "Hello, Grandpa, I..."

"Oh! Let me see who is here... Come and see the old woman! The dearest baby you talk about every day is here!" Grandpa Zhou immediately called out to Zhou who was busy in the kitchen after seeing who was coming. grandmother.

"Don't call me an old woman! Why are you so annoying, little old man!" Grandma Zhou arrived before she heard her, and she scolded Grandpa Zhou angrily, and then changed her tone, "Is Xiao Zhi here? Hurry up!" Come in and sit first! Grandma is frying shrimp, so I can’t leave for now!”

"Hey! Good grandma!"

It wasn't Fang Zhi who returned.

He turned his head and saw Xu Xie standing beside him at some point.

Sensing his probing gaze, Mr. Xu also turned his head. When his eyes met, he grinned with white teeth: "The birthday star is here."

After greeting their grandparents, they went to the second floor.

Yu You took the lead, He Jie followed behind him, reminding him to pay attention to his feet, followed by Zhou Lecheng and Lin Yufeng, walking side by side and talking in a low voice, Fang Zhi and Xu Xie were at the end, walking slowly.

"I didn't dare to come over these two days." Xu Xie tilted his head slightly, and whispered close to Fang Zhi, "I'm afraid that I would know the surprise in the room above."

Fang Zhi was caught off guard by his sideways, and tilted his head, so the hot air that should have fallen on his ears wafted lightly on the side of his neck.

a little itchy.

He raised his hands and rubbed them together before turning his attention to what Xu Xie said.

As a person who participated in the whole decoration process, he knew that this matter was done without telling Xu Xie, so he raised his eyes in surprise and asked him, "How do you know?"

"Use my clever little brain to guess." Xu Xie turned her head back and smiled lightly, "Well, I actually saw that Lao Zhou posted on Moments, saying that someone's birthday surprise was about to be completed, and then The two photos I took included the big glass cabinet in our small box, so it’s hard not to guess.”

After all, Fang Zhi had a part in this surprise. Being poked out so bluntly by someone, he was inevitably a little bit disappointed, so he muttered uncomfortably: "Is he stupid?"

"Not too stupid." The voice was not loud, but Xu Xie who was beside him could hear it clearly.Probably because he was afraid that the people in front would hear it, he turned his head and leaned closer to Fang Zhi's ear, "It wasn't long after it was posted, maybe I deleted it when I found out that it wasn't blocked, and when I refreshed to check it again, the Moments would be gone. .”

Fang Zhi: "..."

I have seen it all.

However, a certain birthday star is quite good at taking care of other people's feelings, worrying very sincerely: "I'm a person, I don't have any acting talent, if I don't show too much surprise later, you have to cover it up for me."

Fang Zhi: "..."

How to cover it?Did kicking your feet move you to tears?

He glanced at Xu Xie speechlessly, and was about to say something, when he suddenly realized that before he knew it, they had already walked up the last step, and further ahead was the door of the box.

The other people who came up first were already standing in a row beside the shoe cabinet. After seeing Xu Xie, they raised their left arms at the same time with a sense of ritual, pointed their palms up at the door of the box, and shouted in unison: "Shou Xing advanced!" !"

Fang Zhi had never seen anyone celebrate their birthday in such a row, so it was silly to show him directly.

But his ability to adapt was astonishing. After being stupid for a while, he pursed his lips, walked over to the outermost end of the line, and then followed the formation and raised his hand.

As for the four words "Shouxing advanced", it always seems a bit awkward and shameful to say it alone after the collective shouting.So he stared at Xu Xie for a few seconds, and annoyed him impatiently: "...Go in, hurry up."

The expression on Xu Xie's face twisted for a moment, and then quickly turned his head away.

Even so, Fang Zhi still heard a chuckle in his throat.

... Laugh fart.

Mr. Xu knew that some people were thin-skinned, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. He was afraid of making people angry. After swallowing his smile, he only said to him, "Have you heard that the birthday is the biggest?", and then stepped forward to push opened the door.

He originally remembered to perform, and he couldn't let a group of people work hard to decorate without getting feedback, but as soon as he walked in the door, he realized that there was no need to perform at all.

Because it's really amazing inside.

The wall directly opposite the door was smashed and replaced with full glass.Now that the twilight has not completely faded, you can see the golden-red glow of the distant sky as soon as you look up, and if you get closer, you will see the busy traffic and crowds, noisy and lively.

In addition, the other walls were painted light yellow, and a lot of things were added to the room that had little furniture and decoration.

For example, the bean bag sofas have changed from five to six. For example, there are all kinds of bean bag sofas, some with green plants, and some with racks for snack magazines.

Another example is the huge wrought iron grid photo wall next to the glass cabinet on the left.

There are many photos on it with small clips, but for some reason, the middlemost position is empty.

This surprise was a bit beyond Xu Xie's imagination.

He thought the most was to add something to the room, but he didn't expect it to be such a big change.

The whole room is shrouded in warm colors, hazy and cozy.

In fact, this room was changed from a utility room to a secret small box for several people at the beginning, and it was also because of his birthday.

At that time, less than half a year had passed since Xu's father passed away, and Xie Wen's situation was far more serious than it is now. Xu Xie spent most of his time and thoughts on taking care of her, and he didn't even remember that he had a birthday to celebrate.

So when he received a call from Yu You that night, he was taken aback.

Later, when he rushed to Zhuxi, a group of people were waiting for him standing in the unpacked utility room, holding a cake to wish him a happy birthday, and then urging him to make a birthday wish and blow out the candles before midnight .

Every year after that, his birthday was spent in this room.

Or, in this room, only his birthday is celebrated.

This is his own surprise.