three years old

After a few more days of contact, Xing Cheng discovered that Ning Xi's frankness was not what Xing Cheng thought at all.

It's an extreme, completely out-of-the-ordinary indifference.

The two of them haven't fully confirmed their romantic relationship. Xingcheng is a strong person, but he dare not force him when facing Ning Xi. Although he cares about a status in his heart, he doesn't mention it verbally.

Occasionally when it comes to dating and playing with friends, Ning Xi gets a little nervous, holding Xing Cheng's fingers and twirling his palm.

After talking too much, Ning Xi hugged him very tightly.

Including sleeping at night, it was fine before going to sleep, and it looked like a stranded whale, stranded on the shore, trying to absorb the water around it, clinging to it, and leaning on it unconsciously.

Occasionally, Cheng Cheng was awakened unconsciously by him, so he touched his face and called him softly, brother.

For Ning Xi, it seems to be a process that takes time for friendship to become family, and then to love, and he can afford to wait.

It's a field that is too unfamiliar, the two of you should explore it together.

This morning's Chinese test, I was sweating all over the test, looking at those familiar ancient poems, I remembered for no reason that Ning Xi hugged him last night, curled up softly in his arms, completely lost the excitement of the day Wary and indifferent.

Even the back of the neck exudes a sweet smell.

Xing Cheng just stared at the test paper, imagining that it was his brother's neck, and when he felt sleepy, he kissed the test paper.

There was a "boom" sound, and the candidates in the entire examination room turned around. Seeing that it was Xing Cheng, they didn't dare to laugh or say anything, so they had to turn their heads sullenly. Hit, the backs of all the candidates straightened a bit.

He wiped his neck, and finished writing the Chinese test paper earnestly. It is conservatively estimated that he will pass this time. The composition is written so seriously and logically. He has never written so many words in one breath when he grows up.

As soon as the exam was over, Xing Cheng ran to the school gate to pack his lunch, left behind a group of his brothers who were begging to eat together, and slipped away to the third grade.

This afternoon's exam had just finished, and as soon as Xing Cheng went out, he saw Ning Xi hurriedly walking towards the sophomore side. The grade corridor was also quite lively, chattering and chatting, and he didn't know who he was talking about.

Ning Xi took Xing Cheng's hand in full view, and dragged him upstairs.

Walking outside the office of the senior year, Xing Cheng saw clearly that Ying Yuchen and his buddies from the school team of their grade were standing in the office, and there was a Ying Yujiang next to him, frowning tightly, listening patiently The teacher speaks.

Ning Xi pulled him away a little, explained the situation clearly, probably because Ying and Chen's match at Southwest Jiaotong University was brought up earlier, and they went to play early this morning, so they got into a f*cking fight.

The school has suppressed a lot of fights during this period, including the time when Cheng Xiyu and the others met a gangster in Yulin and forced Xingcheng to do it. If it weren't for the relationship between Cheng's family, Xingcheng probably wouldn't be able to find it now. School reading.

The two of them saw Ying Yuchen again on the afternoon of the second day. The man came back to collect his things with a bag on his back. He carried a big box with all the stationery stuffed inside, and the books were tied up with ropes. Two people followed him. A man in black with a serious expression presumably is the bodyguard that should be assigned to him.

When Ying and Chen came to say goodbye, there was a lot of color on his forehead, and many buddies from the school team came to see him off.

This time, they will no longer be alumni, and they may still be enemies when they meet in the regional competition next time.

A little bruise between Ying and Chen's foreheads was particularly obvious, which made Ning Xi frown.

Seeing that Ning Xi cared about him so much, Ying Yuchen felt a little happy. After all, for such a buddy like Bingshan, this little change simply shows how important he is in his heart.

Ying Yuchen patted him on the shoulder, looked at Xing Cheng next to him, blinked, and said something to Ning Xi, see you in Beijing.

Hearing Xing Cheng's spirit, he immediately stretched out his arms around Ning Xi's waist and brought them to his side. This action made Ying and Chen laugh, and he shouted very straightforwardly: "Student!"

He clenched his fist, made a gesture, lightly bumped into Xingcheng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Gaiminger, you take your brother to me for a street ball..."

That day, Ying Yuchen stood downstairs in the teaching building with a basketball bag and a schoolbag, and put it next to Xingcheng's ear, reminding him very seriously not to play black ball.

Xing Cheng raised his eyes and asked him in a low voice, then can you still accept your brother's partner.

Ying and Chen thought for a while, nodded, seemed to be a little entangled, and said, "Congratulations, he has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and he is a very nice person... I will bring you two to meet when I have time, and we should have a common language."

Both belong to the master who does not make trouble and is uncomfortable.

His mouth is extremely poor, and he is arrogant and arrogant.

This time, Ning Xi came to comfort his younger brother, saying that Ying and Chen just transferred to another school, and they could still play together after graduation.

It is estimated that he himself knows how uncomfortable he is.

Xing Cheng was very annoyed, Beijing, where his rubbish grades could get into Beijing, was not called going to university, it was called Bei Piao.

On the second night when Ying and Chen left, the three of them made an appointment to have a supper, and Xing Cheng did not shy away from drinking and pouring tea for his brother.

In the end, Xing Cheng got a little drunk, Ning Xi sent him back to the expert's house, and Xing Cheng's mother hurriedly opened the door to pick up her son, and thanked him.

As soon as the door of the expert was closed, Ning Xi stood outside, looking at the dark corridor, and suddenly remembered when he was in elementary school.

It was the weekend at that time, and his mother hadn't come back for several days. When she came back from the outside early in the morning, she saw Ning Xi sleeping in the bed, beating him with a broom, scolding him for not going to school.

Xiao Ningxi has a surly temper and is very stubborn. After being beaten, she felt that her mother hadn't beaten enough, so she forced his mother to continue beating her. After the beating, his mother hid at Xing Cheng's house and said no more beatings. Hit and kill.

Ning Xi was probably only seven years old back then, standing in the corridor with red eyes and a straight back, a small pale face, and was dragged downstairs by his mother...

As he stumbled downstairs, he looked back and saw Xing Cheng's mother holding four-year-old Xing Cheng at the door of the house, with her hair tied up, looking gentle and virtuous, her eyes tender like water, all of which were sincere worries.

It is impossible to say that I am not envious.

In the next few days, approaching the end of December, the turmoil of Ying and Chen's fight and transfer to another school subsided for a while, and the boys who followed the trouble were also punished. Just look at it and get angry.

Don't talk about it if you don't cause trouble, once you make trouble, you will give it all to the minister, but you haven't been fired, so let's weed here.

As soon as the February high school exams were over, Xing Cheng's brain cells were half dead, so he stayed at home to recuperate for a while, and took Ning Xi to a solo match in the community court, which caused the children in a large yard to cheer and cheer. It's almost like two fan supporters will spray each other.

He still didn't keep the two thousand and two thousand in his previous account, so he took out one thousand to take Ning Xi to buy clothes, but he didn't expect that Ning Xi also brought some money, so he needed to add a sweater.

Xing Cheng went to buy clothes with Ning Xi, saw him picking left and right, sat and watched, his eyes followed Ning Xi's back, watching him shuttle around the shelves, eyes full of joy.

Ning Xi picked out a silver-gray sweater, glanced at the label, turned to look at Xing Cheng who was sitting motionless on the rest chair, and said, "Let's watch together, what are you doing sitting there?"

He didn't know that Xing Cheng envied those men who went shopping with his girlfriend.

He didn't understand it before, but now that Ning Xi is here, he really feels so very happy, and the unopened orifice is now smooth.

As soon as he entered the dressing room, Xing Cheng wanted to follow Ning Xi into the same one, but Ning Xi pulled the curtain with quick eyesight, showing half of his handsome face and yelling at him: "Get out of here."

Xing Cheng rubbed his nose, his face was very thick, he blinked, and whispered, "I'll go to the next door..."

With a sound of "shua", Ning Xi pulled the curtain tightly. While changing clothes, he looked up from time to time to look at the ceiling of the cubicle. According to Xing Cheng's personality, he felt that his younger brother could step on a stool to see from above. His kind of thing.

After trying on three pieces, Ning Xi's clothes were all chosen by Xing Cheng, and he was particularly discerning.

With a minimalist style, Ning Xi is very cool to wear. When the pullover is pulled up on her body, Ning Xi's body is like a golden clothes hanger.

Xing Cheng watched Ning Xi finish trying on all three, counted the money in his pocket, hung his two on a hanger, and whistled: "Those three of your clothes look good, buy them all. "

Ning Xi said while folding the clothes: "Didn't you also take two clothes in?"

"I don't look good in my dress, it's a little tight, the shoulders are not well designed..."

After he finished speaking, he sighed and stared at his brother with bright eyes: "If you are a little thinner, you will look good in anything."

Ning Xi was so praised that she was about to go to heaven, her face tensed: "Exaggeration."

Xing Cheng pinched Ning Xi's face, it felt icy cold, waxy and soft, he couldn't help pinching it again, Ning Xi hit him upside down, telling him to stop making trouble.

When paying, Xingcheng took out the cash, and the action was fast and steady. He just folded the banknotes and handed them over. It happened to be a whole number, and there was no change. Pocket glared at him.

This winter in Chengdu is a dry winter, and it hasn’t rained for a long time. After a long time, people feel dry. Standing in the shopping mall, taking advantage of Ning Xi’s time to go to the toilet, he even ran to buy a bottle of moisturizing spray. It was stuffed into the bottom of the clothes bag.

According to his living habits, he is a straight steel man in the rainy season, and he doesn't know anything about skin care...

He only knew that boys of this age would even buy cosmetics for their girlfriends when they were in a relationship. Similarly, he cherished his brother's face so much that it was comfortable to hold, and even if he was blown by the wind for a while, he would not even be able to walk.

Once out of the shopping mall, Xingcheng saw balloons at the door.

It’s just a solid round one, the cartoon characters on it were watched together when they were kids, two little mice flying a plane, it’s very interesting...

The two turned their heads in three steps, Ning Xi couldn't help but glanced at it again, Xing Cheng dragged him to buy it without saying a word.

Ask the price, say 21, yes, Xing Cheng is not vague at all, buy.

This Saturday afternoon, Ning Xi was still wearing her school uniform, her blue figure was very handsome, with a white wrist showing, she was holding a balloon in her hand, hiding behind her, and walked forward with a straight face.

Cheng Cheng smiled uncontrollably: "If you like it so much, just hold it well. No one will laugh at you when you do something behind the scenes."

Ning Xi was a little embarrassed: "I know."

The two of them teased and scolded each other and walked to the Chunxi Road Subway Station. They had to check the tickets before Xingcheng realized that he could not take the subway with this kind of balloon.

Cheng Cheng waved his hand: "Let's go, take a taxi."

Ning Xi frowned: "It's too expensive."

It’s the rush hour here at six or seven o’clock, and it takes more than 20 taxis to go back. It’s better to throw the balloons to save money...

With a schoolbag on one shoulder, and a tall figure, Xing Cheng firmly held Ning Xi's hand and dragged him towards the exit of the subway. He said earnestly, "Money is all paper."

He stepped on the elevator, one step higher than Ning Xi, leaned over to his ear, touched the ear with the corner of his lips, and said with a smile: "For what you earn, it will be spent on you."

……

I got up early on Sunday morning to do the questions. The two made an appointment. Ning Xi said that the new Chengdu Museum will be open until nine o'clock in the evening. Let's go and have a look.

Xing Cheng was very energetic, didn't eat a few bites for lunch, took his mobile phone and searched the old objects in the Chengdu Museum on the Internet, trying to memorize a few, look at the history and so on, so as not to stand next to his brother later. So stupid.

As a result, when the two of them went there in the evening, Ning Xi watched enthusiastically, Xing Cheng was dumbfounded, just followed his brother, nodding all the time, thinking it looked good, not bad, great, 666.

Seeing his earnest yet erratic appearance, Ning Xi was amused: "What do you think?"

Xingcheng nodded: "Very good."

How about this national treasure, can it be bad?

He followed Ning Xi around for a while, and dragged him to the top floor to have a bird's-eye view of Tianfu Square. Ning Xi knocked on the railing and squinted his eyes. Taiji Shu characters, heavenly calligraphy and earth paintings, look, the flying dragon beside the pillar..."

Xing Cheng looked a little hungry, the color of the big copper pot in Tianfu Square and the shape of the dragon, it looks like two eels have been thrown into a pot of hot pot.

Or mandarin duck pot.

On the way back at night, Xing Cheng grabbed Ning Xi's hand and wrote in his palm.

He stared at Xiaozhuan in the museum for a long time, and he only remembered "I" and "you".

Not far from the museum, Xingcheng looked back at the new Chengdu Museum building next to Tianfu Square. It was brightly lit all night. I don’t know if there will be any stories inside after nine o’clock.

Surrounding Tianfu Square in the heart of Chengdu, it extends in all directions, and next to it are museums, science and technology museums, and art museum libraries. But if you count the museums, many of them are excavated from the ground in Ximener and even Qingyang District.

The sign hanging in the museum said that Qingyang District is full of treasures.

As soon as he got home, he stared at his floor and thought for a while, his treasure was also under there.

On Christmas Eve at school, Xing Cheng bought apples for all the third and fourth classes in high school, and brought up a large box of red Fuji to hand out. Ning Xi was taken aback when he saw it, what was he doing.

Xingcheng said that his father collected too much at home and put it away, so he might as well drag it from the school. Don't worry, our classmates also have it.

Ning Xi didn't ask any more questions.

The grades of the second year of senior high school have not yet come down, the whole city has notified the diagnostic exam ahead of time, the third year of senior high school will be held for half a day on New Year's Day, and the diagnostic exam will be held on January 28nd.

Ning Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with him. He was a senior in high school and he was always nervous when talking about holidays. To be honest, if it wasn't because he wanted to spend time with Xing Cheng, he would rather spend time in school every day.

The house is cold and unpopular, and he feels uncomfortable staying there.

On New Year's Eve, Xing Cheng originally planned to buy a bunch of food ingredients for Ning Xi's house to cook hot pot. After eating, he went to the street. Thousands of people put the ifs panda under their buttocks and shouted the countdown. It was lively!

As a result, his father called and said that grandpa was a little annoyed at the military hospital. A Hummer h2 drove over, stopped at the gate of the community, and pretended to go away.

Ning Xi sent him downstairs wearing a down jacket. The two kissed for a long time by the shoe cabinet at home. The journey was depressed and uncomfortable. He didn't accompany his brother here, and his grandfather was in a bad mood over there. As soon as he came up, Ning Xi had to rub his head to coax him.

As soon as Xing Cheng got into the car, Xing Cheng's father was also in a hurry. He greeted Ning Xi and hurriedly started the car. Before the door could be closed, the car started.

Ning Xi was wearing a down jacket, clutching the keys in his hand, and it was windy outside, so he just followed for half a block.

Tonight's New Year's Eve, most people are either playing at home or in crowded places. In a small street in this downtown area, the trees are lush and the street lights are dim, but it looks quiet and lonely.

Ning Xi stood alone on the road ridge, heaved a sigh of relief, and patted his cold face.

The pot is still cooking hot pot bottom ingredients, and I will cook some vegetarian dishes when I go back later, otherwise I have not eaten much in the past few days and I will suffer from stomach problems, and I really can't afford the medicine.

Lying on the bed after washing up, and there were more than two hours before New Year's Eve, Ning Xi couldn't resist sending a text message to Xing Cheng, asking if he was coming back.

Xingcheng didn't reply.

He turned over, buried his head in the quilt, turned off the light in the bedroom, opened the curtains, and leaned against the window to see how lively it was outside.

I hope that [-] will be better for him and Xingcheng.

On New Year's Day, after waiting for a day, Xingcheng just didn't come back.

There was no reply to the news, Ning Xi went downstairs to listen to the movement, and made sure that there was no one in Xingcheng's house, and the Hummer hadn't come back, probably something happened to Grandpa.

After lunch, Ning Xi's mother called.

Ning Xi struggled for a while before slowly picking up the phone. She stayed alone for almost a whole day, and her voice was a bit rough: "Mom."

Ning Xi's mother also felt that it was a bit inappropriate for her to remember to call her eldest son just now. She probably lived alone last night, so she softened her tone and said, "Come out for dinner tonight. section."

Originally wanted to refuse, Ning Xi still couldn't bear it: "Where is it?"

Ning Xi's mother reported the place name and time, explained a few words, and hung up the phone.

Even though it was dinner at [-]:[-] pm, Ning Xi was getting nervous right now.

He always does this when facing his "family" in the true sense.

At five o'clock, Ning Xi changed his clothes and took some change, and went out to catch the bus. There were quite a lot of people on the bus. He swayed while holding the railing, staring at the light rain outside the window, and felt a little sleepy .

Every time it rains, he thinks of the time when he carried him, the pair of sneakers that didn't get wet, and even the umbrella that was hit against him one year.

When he was young, he was the one who held the umbrella for Xing Cheng. Xiao Xingcheng always felt that his brother was tired of holding the umbrella, and he rushed to come by himself. The later one was bigger, and the height gap became apparent. The one who held the umbrella naturally became Xing Cheng.

Later, Ning Xi stopped holding an umbrella with Xing Cheng, and the two became a little bit further apart, going their separate ways.

Later, later, it became like this again, walking directly behind the back.

Holding the umbrella in my hand, the water splashes whirled and whirled, forming a curtain of rain, and the sunlight after the rain was over...

He can encounter tens of thousands of rains in his life, but he only wants to hold an umbrella for that one person.

Dinner was not pleasant, Ning Xi's mother was busy taking care of her crying younger brother, and had to adjust the milk to make him sleep in the restaurant, and her stepfather didn't care much, Ning Xi also hurriedly passed things around, and the whole family couldn't eat well. happy.

After the little brother fell asleep in his mother's arms, Ning Xi had the time to drink a few sips of soup, but unfortunately the food was tasteless, the food on the table seemed to be poisoned, he couldn't swallow it no matter what.

Every time his mother asked him to come out, it was like cutting a big hole in his body, even if honey was poured into it, it would still make him painful.

Ning Xi still wanted to come, even if he was taking such a little bit of sugar.

Ning Xi's mother asked a few innocuous life questions, and then gave Ning Xi 500 yuan in person, saying that she would ask her to get it when she ran out of money.

But as long as he is not starved to death, Ning Xi never asks for money.

After dinner, Ning Xi's stepfather drove a second-hand BMW, carrying his wife and children, and stared at Ning Xi in the parking lot.

Ning Xi was a little embarrassed, he just came to have a few words with his mother, and then left, standing here might be misunderstood as wanting to hitch a ride.

Ning Xi's mother felt uncomfortable seeing the eldest son's indifference, so she beckoned him to get in the car and asked him to take him home.

Ning Xi couldn't refuse.

He thought for a while, then slowly got into the car.

Halfway through the drive, Ning Xi's mother quarreled with his stepfather, the car drove very fast, and stopped directly at an intersection in Qingyang District. Ning Xi took a breath and said calmly, "I'll get out of the car first."

His stepfather couldn't hold back, and said, "I understand."

"You still have the nerve to talk about my son! Who the hell are you! A few days ago you..."

Ning Xi's mother yelled at him, but Ning Xi didn't understand what she was scolding. He took the little brother in his mother's arms, coaxed him softly, patted his back to comfort him, and stood by the side of the road watching people go by.

The city is prosperous, singing and dancing are peaceful, the city is so big, why is there no place for him to stay.

He touched the raindrops on his younger brother's forehead, the two adults were still arguing in the car, Ning Xi was a little dazed when he heard the indistinct cursing.

What I don't quite understand is that the decision to get married and have children is all because of love. Why do two people who love each other quarrel like this.

He looked up at the sky.

It's raining.

After his younger brother fell asleep again, the little BMW parked by the side of the road turned off the emergency lights. Ning Xi's stepdad frowned and beckoned him to get in the car.

Ning Xi rubbed her eyes: "No trouble, I'll go back by myself."

His stepfather didn't say anything, Ning Xi carefully handed the little brother to his mother, and said softly to be safe.

As soon as the BMW left, Ning Xi brushed the rain off her shoulders, took out her cell phone to find her way home.

After staring at the route for a while, Ning Xi saw more and more water droplets on the screen.

He stood in the same place and couldn't move an inch, the neck, the top of the head, and the pinnae of the ears were all poured into the rainwater, covering the sky and covering the earth, submerging everything he had.

What popped up on the screen was a message from Xing Cheng: My grandpa is gone.

Ning Xi replied: Where are you?

Walk back: the hospital.

Ning Xi suddenly put the phone into his pocket, thought for a while, and vaguely remembered which hospital he was in.

He was so anxious that he rushed to the side of the road to take a taxi, but now it was raining heavily, Chengdu had a long dry winter, and everyone didn't have an umbrella, so they all started grabbing cars, and they couldn't get a taxi at all.

Ning Xi was so drenched by the rain that it was difficult to breathe, panting to find her way, looking at the pouring rain around her, even her eyelashes were covered with water.

Ning Xi replied calmly, waiting for me.

It was Ning Xi, who was always so calm, did something not calm.

That night, in the cold winter of Chengdu, he ran five kilometers under heavy rain.