three years old

That day Ning Xi brought seven dolls home, sitting in a row and placing them on the corner of the bed.

Xing Cheng took one and hugged it in his arms, still quite proud of himself, sat by the bed and laughed at him: "Don't you think it's too crowded?"

Ning Xi said blankly: "It occupies a smaller area than yours."

Xing Cheng was interrupted by his brother again, but he was still used to it. He took off his coat and lay half his body on the bed, ravaging the kitten doll with his hands.

"Look at you, you are just like a cat, with a big temper and arrogance. If you are unhappy, you will scratch it twice, and if you are happy, you will stick to me..."

After he finished speaking, he turned over and reached out to touch Ning Xi's clothes: "Let me see if there is a tail?"

Ning Xi dodged all of a sudden, without being polite, he pinched Xing Cheng's half of his face: "Is there, is there?"

His brother was merciless, his cheeks were sore from being pinched, he squinted his eyes and shouted: "It hurts, hurts..."

Damn, this tiger's ass is impossible to touch at all.

Xing Cheng leaned against the bed, carefully looking at Ning Xi's angry side face, slightly trembling long eyelashes, and the wrist exposed by the cuffs of the sweater rolled up.

Outline, expression, clearly still looks like a young man starting with a cross.

His elder brother was so beautiful that time couldn't bear to send him into the world of adults with his own hands.

……

On the night of New Year's Eve, Ning Xi went to his mother's house for dinner as usual, or said goodbye to go home not long after the Spring Festival Gala started.

The little brother was crying all the time, his mother and uncle were in a mess, and several unfamiliar relatives came to the house, so he was sitting on pins and needles.

Ning Xi helped her mother entertain the guests, made all the tea, and left the house with a [-] yuan red envelope.

Around his neck is the scarf given to him a few days before the trip. It is khaki-striped and pure cashmere. You can probably guess how much it is by touching the material.

It seems to be a brand name, and it feels great.

He buried half of his face in the scarf, wrapped his down jacket tightly, and walked alone on the street on New Year's Eve.

The street lamps were dimly lit, and the leaves on these streets were falling one after another.

Occasionally, a vehicle sped past, taking pieces of fallen leaves and flying into the night sky.

Ning Xi looked up at the moon hanging high in the sky while walking.

At the back, he seemed to be chasing it, quickened his pace, and ran across two streets panting.

Fireworks and firecrackers are banned in Chengdu, and the taste of the New Year is much less. The red lanterns hanging sparsely on the trees flicker, but they still show some beautiful meanings...

The past is like Feihong Yinxue, wandering thousands of miles away, following the song at the end of the year.

After only a few steps, it seems to have fallen into the gully of time.

As Ning Xi ran, his speed slowed down, and his eyes suddenly caught a star in the sky, it was very bright.

He stopped and stood on the almost deserted street with a few yellow leaves falling from his head.

Send a text message to Xingcheng.

He looked at the taxis passing by on the street, basically all of them had red plates with "empty cars" on them, which was very glaring at night.

Ning Xi continued walking, and every time he passed a car, he silently said in his heart, Happy New Year.

After walking for more than an hour, turning into the street of the community, Ning Xi felt that the street lights on this road seemed to be brighter than before.

After walking a few steps with arms folded, the red envelopes in his pockets were already warm, Ning Xi's whole face was blown cold by the cold wind, and after breathing out, his eyelashes looked like white fog.

He had just passed a crosswalk when he saw a figure standing on the side of the road.

1.8 meters tall, wrapped in a dark gray down jacket, I ran to cut it short years ago...

With a stern face, and a fierce look when he was silent, he stood in the night with his hands behind his back, looking in his direction.

Ning Xi suddenly had the motivation to run again, and she didn't feel tired. She crossed this street and ran in small steps towards the direction of walking.

There was no one else on the street at all, the shutter doors of the shops were closed tightly, and no one in the passing vehicles could notice the pair of embracing teenagers on the side of the street.

Just treat it as an ordinary couple, keeping each other warm on New Year's Eve.

Ning Xi was hugged in Xing Cheng's arms, feeling overwhelmed in his heart, never thought that on the night of New Year's Eve, there would be someone who could spend it with him.

No one let go of their hands.

Ning Xi sniffed and asked him, "Uncle and aunt allow you to come out?"

"Our house has a lot of guests. I ran out to play for a while, but they didn't care about me."

He stretched out his hand to tie the scarf around his brother's neck a little tighter, and touched his face with the back of his hand, "It's so cold."

Ning Xi looked at him, nodded, and said nothing.

The two were originally walking side by side on the street, but for some reason, they forgot who ran first, and became chasing after each other...

As soon as I ran to the intersection at the end of the street, snow suddenly began to fall from the sky.

Ning Xi took the lead, with snow falling on her shoulders, she slowly slowed down her pace, and turned to look at Xing Cheng who was chasing after her.

The half-grown boy stood in the light snow all over the sky, the black turtleneck sweater set off his face more handsomely, the backpack was still only carried on one side, and the hands that were prone to frostbite in the past seemed to be a little red this year.

It may be because Ning Xi happened to bring his ID card, or it may be because the appearance of Xing Cheng standing in the snow that day was so exciting.

Before the meeting, no one expected that on the snowy New Year's Eve, the two of them ran all the way to the main road, found a chain hotel, and opened a room.

As soon as they entered the room, it was almost overwhelmingly enthusiastic, and they were so fierce that they closed the door, didn't turn on the lights, didn't even bother to insert the room card, took off their shoes, lifted the quilt, and climbed in.

Breathing beautifully, the world has no color.

I didn't have time to look at the snow outside the window, it was so hot that Ning Xi was shivering all over.

He closed his eyes, clutching the already damp bedding in his hand, raised his perfectly curved chin, exposing a portion of his neck.

It seems to be able to compete with the white snow outside.

A human figure protruded high from the quilt...

He let out a low snort, choking so much that he almost shed tears.

At that time, Ning Xi just opened his eyes, looked at Xing Cheng and raised his head.

He saw that the emotions in his eyes were rich and turbulent, rushing to cover the whole world, and he was so dizzy that the hairs on both of them seemed to stand on end.

At that moment, Ning Xi couldn't help herself.

The dark night makes people's senses become exclusive and obscure, Ning Xi grabbed Xing Cheng's exposed shoulders...

Like catching a dream.

This is the love that happened in this city at this second.

Ning Xi's body is no longer as frozen as the snow that covers the sky in Chengdu.

At first, when he looked into Cheng Cheng's eyes, he felt that in this endless sea, if he couldn't learn how to swim, he would have to drown in it.

Up to now, he has been silent on the bottom of the sea, not even wanting to lazily turn over.

The vigorous love between the teenagers was majestic, and everything turned into a river rushing down, washing away the last line of defense in each other's hearts.

Slowly holding up his younger brother's familiar face, Ning Xi silently calculated in his heart how much time he could spend together after this year passed.

March, April, May, just three months.

Not even a hundred days.

The third year of high school is very short, so I have to look more at the person I like.

This winter vacation passed so quickly that he couldn't even remember what he read or reviewed every day...

For Ning Xi, love is not the most important thing in life, but why is there another person in my heart every moment, every minute and every second?

After finishing the mutual comfort, Ning Xi closed her eyes, looked out the window, and then checked the time on the phone, it was almost midnight.

New Year's Eve, a good night with wind and snow.

After that, no matter how many years passed, Ning Xi still remembered it.

In the winter in Chengdu that year, there was a snowfall.

……

In the middle of the night of New Year's Eve, Xingcheng's father called Xingcheng, and Xingcheng still hadn't calmed down, so he had to tell his father to play outside with Ren Mei, Ningxi and the others, and he would go home later.

At four o'clock in the morning, Xing Cheng and Ning Xi returned to the community together.

The two stood in the corridor looking at each other, staring at Ning Xi's collar, his Adam's apple rolling up and down.

He took a step up the stairs and said earnestly: "Happy New Year, bro!"

Ning Xi rolled his eyes with a rare smile, gestured to urge him to go home quickly, and said, "I wish you happiness too."

On the last day of the winter vacation, Xingcheng heard that Ying and Chen had returned from Beijing, and originally planned to pick him up at Shuangliu Airport with Ning Xi.

Ying and Chen were still playing games on the other end of the phone, scolding their teammates for being stupid. Although they scolded softly, they still had the same aura as they did on the basketball court back then: "Don't come to pick me up, feed me dog food What? Oh, damn it! Hit me again!"

Holding the phone, Xing Cheng resisted the urge to hang up: "What time are you arriving?"

"Huh? I'll arrive early in the morning..."

"Not in the early morning, my brother won't get up tomorrow."

As soon as this sentence was finished, Xing Cheng hung up the phone, and Ying Yuchen was pissed off by his teammates and then by Xing Cheng, and he took a sip of juice: "Who are these people!"

Once back in Chengdu, he made an appointment with his brothers from the school team at a street court in Qingyang District.

The school team he transferred to was also good, but he was a lot shorter.

Having said that, it’s been a long time since I made money on the street court, and I’m still a little novice at traveling. The most recent time was before the final exam, I played 10 minutes, didn’t earn much, won four points, and slipped away.

No matter how poor Xing Cheng is usually, he is also very focused on the court. He just does not talk, and his style of play is ruthless and agile.

Ying Yuchen scored a goal with a three-step layup, looked at the scoreboard and scored two more points, and challenged Xingcheng: "Run so fast, why don't you stick a rocket in your ass and fly all over the field!"

Cheng Cheng smiled heartily, knowing what he was awkward about, and threw the ball directly to Ren Mei: "You let me guard him!"

There are policies above and there are countermeasures below, Ying Yuchen ran to Ning Xi and pulled him over: "Go and guard against your younger brother..."

The game on the court became a fight against Ying and Chen, and after double-teaming, the zone defense directly made the senior team bloody.

After the game, Ying and Chen leaned on the sidelines and touched his waist, grinning: "I'm really old, I can't beat you little brats..."

Xing Cheng specifically poked at his sore spots: "How is your relationship with your sister-in-law?"

"Don't fucking mention my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is very nice, can you mention it?"

Ying Yuchen smiled and knocked him on the head, very pleased with himself.

A group of people from the school team coaxed and asked him about his sister-in-law, which provoked Ying Yuchen to take out his mobile phone and look through the photos of He Qing, and spread them in his hands to show off: "Is my sister-in-law handsome? Isn't she good-looking? Envious Right? It’s like having an extra brother, and it hurts me so much!”

Ning Xi glanced at it, she was quite good-looking, first-class handsome.

Xing Cheng also looked at it, and his eyes were locked on the mole of tears in the corner of He Qing's eyes, and suddenly remembered that Ning Xi also had a small mole on the tip of his nose, and his heart thumped, wanting to find a place to kiss him.

Here, Ying and Chen are still showing off, and if they are forced to continue, they will dare to set up a table fan and start commenting on the storytelling. Their eyes are full of joy, as if his brother really married the best wife in the world.

This sister-in-law is indeed good everywhere, rich and good-looking, kind-hearted and upright, but she is a man.

Ning Xi has always been sensitive to these matters. He raised his eyes and secretly observed the expressions of the brothers in the school team. All of them were really happy, but there was no trace of disgust or sneer.

Maybe... maybe it really is possible.

There is a day when I can really resist gossip, face the comments of family and friends calmly, and truly be afraid of nothing.

Ning Xi's second semester of high school started on a sunny morning.

All the loneliness during the Chinese New Year has long since disappeared, and everything has turned into every strength given by the journey, encouraging him to complete the last part of this high school journey.

Every year, there are college candidates who are excited because of their liberation, but they don't know that what they are about to face is a bigger and more complicated world.

The troubles in high school are only the college entrance examination and puppy love, but the university is more than that.

Accompanied by the warm spring breeze in March, there are still beef noodles every two or two in the morning, purple rice drinks at the yogurt shop on the street corner, the younger brother who waits for him at the door of the classroom after school in the evening, and the supper that the two of them ate while walking on the way home...

Entering the second semester of the second year of high school, Xing Cheng became much more obedient, less opportunities to go out to play streetball, relaxed after class and didn't bother to watch Ren Mei and the others smoke, and all ran to the third year of high school.

Occasionally, I go to ktv on weekends and sing a few songs by Chen Xiaochun.

In the ktv private room, there are a few glasses of Sprite mixed with beer. The brothers walk together for a lifetime.

Once Ning Xi came down from the upstairs to collect materials in the printing room. From afar, he saw Xing Cheng leading a group of boys standing on the side of the corridor. Xing Cheng raised his chin and whistled.

Ning Xi was speechless, turned around and wanted to make a detour and go from the other side.

As soon as he turned around, he bumped into Ren Mei and said with a smile, "Brother Xi!"

Ning Xi turned around again, still passing in front of Xing Cheng, just as he walked past, he was stopped by Xing Cheng's outstretched arm.

"Collect the toll."

Ning Xi was stunned, and after realizing it, she stretched out her hand and twisted Xing Cheng's ear, took out the vocabulary book she was carrying with her, and patted Xing Cheng's chest.

"Copy it again and hang it to me tonight."

After speaking, Ning Xi continued to walk forward.

Seeing that Xing Cheng's ears were turning red, Ren Mei couldn't help laughing out loud, causing Xing Cheng to stare: "What are you looking at, a man's medal."

He is my brother, he should be disciplined!

He shook the dictionary in his hand, holding it squarely against his chest.

Looking at Ning Xi's back as he went far away without forgetting to look back, the two people's eyes met, and their respective heartbeats accelerated again, thumping and thumping.

Xing Cheng suddenly remembered the text message Ning Xi sent him on New Year's Eve, it was very simple, just one sentence.

"It's the last day of the lunar calendar. May I see you often."

So that night, Xingcheng turned off his phone abruptly and ran out.