An Accident in Broad Daylight

Yi Zhe hurried home.

The house was still the same as it was before he left, and Xiang Xiyue had already gone out.Yi Zhe glanced at her bedroom, where the door was not closed, and the big black suitcase was taken away.

It should have been a long time since I came back.Thinking of this, Yi Zhe breathed a sigh of relief.Thinking that Xu Tangcheng might come after a while, he took a broom and a dustpan, and was about to clean up the messy ground, but just as he moved, he smelled a strange smell.

He stopped, frowned and sniffed carefully, and finally found the source of the smell—perhaps because he had been walking outside for too long, and his body was covered with the smell of firecrackers and fireworks.

The smell of fire, in Yi Zhe's concept, is equal to the taste of the Spring Festival.This kind of cognition made Yi Zhe become irritable for a moment, and suddenly, he kicked on the ground.The shoe kicked the broken tiles on the ground, and the tiles slid quickly ahead, knocking down the dustpan standing there.A series of irregular sounds, as if they didn't think Yi Zhe was disturbing enough, rushed forward, and they all joined in the fun, wanting to hit him in the head.

Yi Zhe bit his lower lip, stared at a spot in the corner of the room, trying to calm himself down again.

But as far as the eye could see, a pair of gloves lay in a puddle of dried coffee stains.

After standing still for a long time, Yi Zhe stepped over the mess on the ground, walked to the place where his eyes rested just now, bent down and picked up the pair of gloves.

The smell of gunpowder was still drilling into his nose, and it even seemed to be mixed with a little coffee smell.Yi Zhe clutched his dirty gloves, and suddenly thought of the day when Xu Tangcheng gave him to him.

Just thinking about it like this made me suddenly depressed to the point of giving up.

He threw the broom and went to the window to see the people downstairs.

Xu Tangcheng was still teaching the little boy. The little boy must have learned almost everything, and he was already riding forward by himself.Xu Tangcheng chased after him, shouting "I'm letting go", but his hands were still on top of the back seat.

The handlebars twisted, and the little boy yelled in panic. Xu Tang stood up and supported the car with both hands, preventing him from falling.

Yi Zhe looked down quietly for a while, took out a pack of cigarettes, and lit one.

When the door of the house was knocked, Yi Zhe still failed to tidy up the messy ground.He put the gloves in the drawer, closed it, went out and opened the door.He was still wearing a black down jacket, and stood at the door after opening the door. Instead of looking at Xu Tangcheng, he lowered his head and kept looking at the ground.

"The house is a bit messy, and I haven't had time to clean it up yet."

Xu Tangcheng outside the door immediately understood why Yi Zhe behaved in such a depressed manner.He smiled, walked into the room with his legs wide open, and shrank his hands hidden in his sleeves: "It's very cold outside today."

Yi Zhe closed the door, walked aside silently, and turned on the water dispenser.

"I'll boil you some hot water to drink."

It was only when the small red light of the water dispenser came on that he realized that it would take a while for the water to boil, but Xu Tangcheng probably wouldn't stay that long.

"Yes." Xu Tangcheng behind him responded, "You don't have a cold, do you?"

"No, I just had a runny nose."

Hearing that his voice had indeed returned to normal, Xu Tangcheng felt relieved: "That's good, but we still have to stay warm."

There were footsteps, getting closer.

Xu Tangcheng stood beside Yi Zhe and shook the bucket: "It's almost out of water. The people at the water station will also rest during the Chinese New Year. I asked for a few more buckets of water, and I'll give it to you later..."

After thinking about his not-so-slim waist, Xu Tangcheng changed his mind and said, "Come and carry a bucket with me later."

The drifting thoughts were dragged back by a bucket of water. On the drinking fountain, the water surface trembled. Yi Zhe looked at the person in front of him, not knowing what to do in response.

While he was still silent, Xu Tangcheng had already picked up the broom that fell on the ground and started to clean things on the ground.His movements only made a slight sound, and he still heard the sound of broken porcelain pieces colliding with each other, so Yi Zhe turned around in a hurry, stepped forward, and held his hand.

"Don't do it," he said in a deep voice, "I'll do it myself later."

"It's okay." Xu Tangcheng replied indifferently, and tried to sweep the floor again, but his wrist was bound by an unusually stubborn force, and he couldn't break free.

Xu Tangcheng looked up helplessly.The young man's eyes were still calm and firm, but he was telling him silently that there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

"In this way," Xu Tangcheng thought for a while, and assumed a posture of compromise and negotiation, "I'll sweep the floor for you, can you promise me something later?"

Yi Zhe shook his head.

"I promise you something, you don't have to sweep the floor."

This answer was unexpected by Xu Tangcheng. The negotiating partner did not play cards according to the routine at all, and robbed him of his negotiating capital by being so light and skillful.His mind went blank for a moment, and he was made to laugh out loud.Taking advantage of this, Yi Zhe put another hand on his hand and snatched the broom from him.

Seeing that he couldn't resist him, Xu Tangcheng had no choice but to say: "You go to my house for lunch."

Seeing that the person who just held Sao in his hand was stunned, as if he had pulled back a victory, Xu Tangcheng grinned: "You just agreed."

Yi Zhe opened his mouth, and suddenly realized that he subconsciously equated the "thing" that Xu Tangcheng said with a "request".

Now he made an invitation out of the blue.

"The little boy you saw just now is the son of Tang Qi's godmother. His family is not here. His mother put him here this morning and went to see his relatives here. There are no outsiders for lunch. Come and eat together Bar."

"No." After the silence, Yi Zhe slowly shook his head.

"No, what do you eat at home, restaurants these two days..."

The latter words were swallowed back by Xu Tangcheng, but the room suddenly fell silent - during the two days of Chinese New Year, even if there were restaurants open, they only offered some New Year's Eve dinners with fixed menus that had been reserved long ago.

"Won't sweeping the floor work for you?" Xu Tangcheng sighed, his voice lowered, "I just want to treat you to a meal."

Yi Zhe didn't know how to explain it to him. In his opinion, the "request" was easy to achieve, but the "invitation" was not.

In fact, his reaction was probably within Xu Tangcheng's expectation. If Yi Zhe was a heartless person who didn't care about anything, he wouldn't take the initiative to keep a distance from his mother and Xiang Xiyue after they completely fell out.

"Then, can it be regarded as a return gift?"

A sentence without a reason tested Yi Zhe's comprehension ability.

"You bought Tang Qi a piece of clothing, right? We've been thinking how to thank you, and you also know that Tang Qi is really not suitable for catching a cold. It's just that I treat you to a meal as a return gift. Don't take it too lightly, okay?"

From what he said, it seemed that he had no reason to refuse.Yi Zhe shook his body, and his hands followed suit.

Lowering his head, his eyes glanced at the clothes on his body, and he said in a muffled voice, "You bought clothes for me too, so you don't need to thank me."

"It has nothing to do with me buying clothes for you," Xu Tangcheng emphasized in fear of his misunderstanding, "It's a gift, you know?"

Yi Zhe nodded involuntarily at the suddenly raised tone of his words.

Fearing that he would say something to turn the situation around, Xu Tangcheng quickly snatched the broom back from him, and made a unilateral decision: "That's it, go to my house for dinner later."

After he finished speaking, he didn't look at Yi Zhe, and walked forward on his own.Yi Zhe followed him and moved a step. As soon as he moved his lips, Xu Tangcheng in front of him suddenly turned around, raised his broom slightly and pointed at him: "Don't follow me."

Yi Zhe stopped, blinked, and let out an "oh".

"The two of you should clean up faster, and you can just eat when you're done." Xu Tangcheng pointed to the toilet, "I'm sweeping the floor, you go to clean the mop and wipe the floor, my back hurts when I wipe the floor, so I won't take this from you."

After hearing this, Yi Zhe walked obediently towards the toilet.

Xu Tangcheng shook his head secretly, thinking that it is really not easy to invite someone to a meal.He just breathed a sigh of relief, but Yi Zhe stopped again and turned his head.

Looking at each other, Xu Tangcheng's heart ached, he was afraid that if he said something of rejection again, he would have to persuade him again.

Fortunately, Yi Zhe just asked, "What happened to your waist?"

After cleaning, Yi Zhe followed Xu Tangcheng to his house.

As soon as he entered, Zhou Hui and Xu Yueliang came out to greet him warmly.Yi Zhe lowered his head, saw the neatly arranged shoes on the shoe cabinet at the door, and asked Xu Tangcheng if he wanted to change his shoes.

Zhou Hui happened to hear it, and immediately waved her hand and said, "No, no, just come in."

Just as Xu Tangcheng was about to say no, he changed his mind when he saw Cheng Cheng's shoes at the door.He bent down and picked up a pair of gray slippers on the ground, and put them at Yi Zhe's feet: "Change to this pair."

The gray cotton slippers were printed with a pattern of a bear, which was obviously in the same series as the slippers on Zhou Hui's feet.

Xu Tangcheng squatted down, rummaged through the shoe cabinet, and found a pair of sandals.

Xu Tangqi and Chengcheng were playing games on the sofa, and they didn't have time to say hello to Yi Zhe.Xu Tangcheng walked into the living room, glanced at the sofa, and turned to Yi Zhe to twitch his lips.Under Yi Zhe's puzzled gaze, he walked forward slowly, and stood firmly in front of the coffee table, just blocking the TV completely.

"Ah! Brother!"

"Brother Tang Cheng!"

The two men with serious expressions yelled at the same time, but Xu Tangcheng smiled smirk and refused to move away.

"Brother, go away!"

"I didn't see you brother Yi Zhe coming, I didn't even say hello."

"Brother Yi Zhe is good, Brother Yi Zhe is good!" Xu Tangqi shouted quickly, she turned her body to one side vigorously, trying to look at the screen, "I'll play something different later! Hurry up..."

Before he finished speaking, the music of "GameOver" was already playing on the TV. Xu Tangqi and the little boy wailed and stared at Xu Tangcheng.

"Chengcheng, don't learn from your sister Tang Qi," Xu Tangcheng ignored the eyes of the two, raised his chin towards Yi Zhe, and said to Cheng Cheng, "Brother Yi Zhe."

Chengcheng was remorseful, but she was quite sensible, obediently put down the handle, and called out "Brother Yi Zhe, hello".

Compared to the child who was asked to say hello, the person called brother seemed to be more flustered.Yi Zhe coughed lightly, and replied, "Hello."

After answering, he looked at Xu Tangcheng, saw that he had left the place with a smile, and stood beside him again.

Under Cheng Cheng's urging, Xu Tangqi manipulated the controller and restarted the game.Yi Zhe finally had the energy to look at the TV screen. Looking over it, he found that it turned out to be a very familiar interface.

It's just that the selection cursor passed "1player" and slid to the next box - "2players".

This is not familiar.

Yi Zhe can't control two handles by one person, so he has never played a level with two people.

He stood there staring at the TV, Xu Tangcheng noticed it from the side, thinking that he wanted to play too.

"Chengcheng, I remember your mother said that you can only play games for half an hour a day. It seems that you have already played games before we went out for a ride."

The most common way children choose to answer questions that are unfavorable to them is to ignore them.Cheng Cheng slapped the handle and stared at the screen intently, pretending not to hear Xu Tangcheng's words.

"Cheng Cheng," Xu Tangcheng called out again, "If you don't talk, I'm going to block the screen."

"Don't block, don't block," Cheng Cheng blushed, finally took a look at Xu Tangcheng, and begged pitifully for mercy, "I'll just finish this round, and I won't play anymore."

"Okay, just one game, and then let your brother Yi Zhe play."

In the living room, the three people all looked at Xu Tangcheng.

Xu Tangcheng chose Xu Tangqi's gaze, and turned back to her: "You too, Chengcheng also went for a ride for a while, you've been here all morning, didn't you say you weren't feeling well yesterday?"

Xu Tangqi also felt guilty, and obediently said "Oh".

Until Xu Tangcheng stuffed the handle into his hand, Yi Zhe was still thinking about a question—how much strength would he use?

Although he has never played the scene with two people, he is very familiar with the single-player combat mode.After the battle interface was released, he already knew how to run at a glance.He sneaked a glance at Xu Tangcheng, wondering if he should keep his strength and give the people around him a chance to show off?

Xu Tangcheng suddenly turned his head and asked him: "You know how to play?"

Yi Zhe paused, overturning his previous thoughts in his mind.

Just show yourself how awesome you are.

What was still ringing in his ears was the familiar piece of music that he had heard thousands of times, but this time, he was extremely looking forward to the start of the battle.

At the beginning, Yi Zhe's small tank swished between the two walls, and Xu Tangcheng said "Hey" from the side: "How can you run so fast?"

He charged forward, Xu Tangcheng looked at the situation and found that he had no need to go up.He took two steps up and squatted at the door of the house guarding their nest.

Chengcheng was on the side, eating the orange without stopping her mouth: "Brother Tang Cheng, why don't you run up?"

"Your brother Yi Zhe can do it alone," Xu Tangcheng explained professionally, "You need someone to watch the house nearby, don't you know?"

Cheng Cheng smacked her lips: "I know."

After watching two more rounds, Chengcheng peeled a piece of candy and put it in his mouth: "Why do you keep housekeeping?"

Xu Tangcheng didn't speak.

"They're all housekeepers who don't fight well. When I was fighting with sister Tang Qi, she let me go up to fight, and she was down there watching the house."

After speaking rudely, Xu Tang looked at the child who was twisting his head intently.

"Why are you secretly eating candy again, don't eat it, your mother..."

In the middle of talking, Xu Tangcheng felt that something was wrong, and when he looked up again, sure enough, he and the bird in Yi Zhe's nest had been beaten.

Cheng Cheng puffed her cheeks and turned around, her mocking expression was undisguised: "Brother Tang Cheng, you don't like your family at all."

Xu Tangcheng took a breath: "Spit out the sugar for me."

The four of them talked and laughed for a while, and Zhou Hui called them to eat.After everyone was seated, Zhou Hui brought up a plate of dumplings.Xu Tangcheng got two for Cheng Cheng, another two for Yi Zhe, and finally two for Xu Tangqi.

While eating, Cheng Cheng suddenly yelled vaguely: "I've got candy!"

Like when she was younger, Chengcheng still loves the feeling of eating dumplings and eating sugar.Zhou Hui and Xu Tangcheng looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Tangqi is no longer a child, she already knew that Zhou Hui and Xu Tangcheng had already arranged whoever got the candy, but she also cheered cooperatively, saying that she also had it.

"Brother Tang Cheng, do you have one?" Cheng Cheng poked her head and looked around.

Xu Tangcheng shook his head, picked up a dumpling and pretended to test for sugar, but he kept paying attention to Yi Zhe beside him from the corner of his eye.

Everyone's reaction was joyful, except for Yi Zhe, when he bit into something sweet, his throat suddenly felt stiff.

He lowered his head, bit the candy between his teeth on one side, and pressed the tip of his tongue against the sweetness of the candy, sliding back and forth.

Xu Tang was originally worried that he would swallow the sugar whole, and he was relieved after noticing his sudden stagnation.But I put the dumplings that had cooled between the chopsticks into my mouth and swallowed them, only to find that the people around me still didn't seem to make any new movements.

This time he didn't pay attention secretly, but turned his head to look at him directly.

Unexpectedly, the people around him were also looking at him.

It's amazing, in the exchange of eyes, Xu Tangcheng felt that he understood the "overwhelming maternal love" that the girls in the class said - when he saw Yi Zhe's drooping eyes, he suddenly wanted to hug him.

I also suddenly felt regretful that I couldn't say a happy new year to him personally.

Everyone else at the table was chatting lively, and Yi Zhe knew that he must be silly with his right cheek half puffed out.He bit the candy and thought, in Xu Tangcheng's eyes, he was probably like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, he would not cheer when he ate a piece of candy.

But he still insisted on looking at him stupidly.

This is the last sugar.When making dumplings, Xu Tangcheng hadn't met Yi Zhe yet, and he didn't include Yi Zhe in the category of eating staff, so there were only three dumplings with sugar.

The sugar between the teeth melted a little and slid onto Rut's tongue.Yi Zhe wanted to raise the corner of his mouth at Xu Tang Chengyang to let him know that he was also happy, but his face froze, in a state of embarrassment, out of his control at all.

Xu Tangcheng, who was also looking at him all the time, suddenly put down the chopsticks he was holding in his right hand, turned around, and faced him completely.

Pressing the corners of Yi Zhe's eyes with two fingers, he gently lifted them up.

Yi Zhe stared blankly at the smiling face in front of him.

"Aren't you happy after eating candy?" Xu Tangcheng asked him.

how come.

That piece of candy is sweeter than ever before, like the morning of waking up naturally, and the sunshine is superimposed on the sweet dream of last night.

And he smiled at him, and the dream was still shaking.

Chengcheng was still asking Xu Tangcheng if he had any candy, and the moment Yi Zhe lowered his head hurriedly, he heard Xu Tangcheng laughing and saying, "I have it, I have it."