gentle fairy tale

"Tuk Tuk."

When the knock on the door sounded, Yu Mian was hugging her knees, sitting on the bed in a daze.

She froze for a moment: "Who is it?"

"Mianmian, it's me."

Yu Mian jumped out of bed and opened the door for her: "Aunt Pei, what's the matter?"

Pei Songxi lowered his eyes and smiled faintly: "It's okay, I'll come and see you, why are you bored in the room?"

"Oh... I just felt a little cold, go back to my room and change clothes."

Pei Songxi was stunned, it really was like this.

Mianmian didn't want her to know what happened just now... Was it because of her that she really wanted to go home?

She paused, and then said: "Come down and play, Zhiyuan and Lin Mo want to play mahjong, do you want to play together?"

"Mahjong? Will you do it too?"

Pei Songxi shook his head honestly: "No."

Yu Mian couldn't help laughing: "So there are things you don't know! I almost thought you were going to teach me! Then I must learn, and I will teach you."

Seeing her smile as usual, Pei Songxi felt a little uneasy in her heart: "Then quickly change your clothes and go down."

"it is good!"

As soon as Yu Mian turned around, the smile on her face dimmed... Is it because Aunt Pei found her family but didn't know how to speak, that's why Uncle Pei asked her?

It's Aunt Pei... don't you want her?

After all, she is engaged, and she should be married soon.

She looked a little dazed, took out a thick lambswool coat from the closet and changed it on, and adjusted her expression before going out: "I'm fine."

Pei Songxi nodded, gently took her shoulders, and led her forward, but was unexpectedly stunned.

Mianmian was already this tall, but she was just a little shorter than her.

Downstairs, in the living room, Pei Linmo just turned on the mahjong machine, and even Zhou Ruyun, who had always only rested on the third floor, was also below, laughing and cursing: "The third child just likes to toss about these things. There is also a billiard machine and a mahjong machine. It’s also because the house is big, otherwise there’s not enough room for you.”

Pei Linmo smiled proudly: "This is called having fun in life, otherwise it would be boring, hey, okay! Grandma, sit up!"

With such a big living treasure at home, the original quiet atmosphere was diluted a lot.

Ding Mei usually likes to play mahjong with the wife next door, and now she is watching the battle as a guide, seeing Yu Mian coming down and waving to her: "Come here, Mianmian, I will teach you, I guarantee you will kill everyone."

Pei Zhiyuan flattened his mouth: "Mom, who is your mother?"

"Who told you that you are not cute! Go away!"

An old man, two children, and a darling Pei Linmo started playing mahjong. Yu Mian had never played mahjong before, but she was smart, she knew everything, and she quickly mastered it.

Pei Songxi watched for a while, and while they were in high spirits, turned around and walked out of the balcony, opened the glass door, and closed it behind his back.

The interior is a harmonious and warm atmosphere, and the outside is the cold and strong winter wind.

The phone was connected, and her voice was also cold: "Go and find out what Pei Linmao is doing recently, who he is in contact with, who he is cooperating with, which company he is currently competing with, and whether he has any major projects in hand. Reply to me late."

After hanging up the phone, Pei Songxi stood on the balcony for a long time.

Emotions fluctuate, like a vast ocean, enveloping her heart, ups and downs.

The holidays of the third year of junior high school were extremely short, and on the sixth day of the new year, Yu Mian started school.

On the first day of school, the classroom was flustered and chaotic, catching up with unfinished homework, complaining that the vacation was too short, and almost oversleeping and being late... The first day of school was destined to be a wild ride.

Yu Mian was also a little sleepy, with dark circles under her eyes, and traveling took up a little time, and she also missed homework for a few days, but fortunately, she finished it before school.

She took out the snowflake crisps that she learned to make during the winter vacation from her schoolbag, packed them in exquisite small bags, and distributed them to her friends and the deskmates in the front and back seats.

Xu Xiaoyan likes to eat sweet things the most, so she took Tao Rang's seat unceremoniously: "Mianmian, how was your winter vacation going?"

Yu Mian recalled this travel experience, her mood was sour and complicated: "Well, it was quite fun."

"Just for fun. I'm going out to play too, and I want to tell you a secret."

"Ok?"

"I see someone!"

"It's Qin Chuan, the sports committee member of the class next door. I went skating during the winter vacation, and he happened to be there. Didn't I have poor coordination and balance? Then he happened to be there, and he stayed with me the whole time... ..."

Xu Xiaoyan blushed a little while talking: "I want to chase him, I've decided!"

"Shh... you, you are too bold, be careful not to be heard by others!"

Yu Mian persuaded her to restrain herself a bit, but envied her boldness and directness for no reason... She has never been like Xiaoyan, who can boldly speak out what she likes and who she likes, so passionately and purely.

The first day of school is always difficult, and after finally finishing school, Yu Mian saw Pei Songxi at the school gate, and was a little surprised: "Aunt Pei? Why are you free to come here today?"

Pei Songxi waved at her, but took her schoolbag first: "I just came over when I was free. Do you want to go out to eat tonight?"

"I don't want to go out, I want to go home."

"it is good."

On the way back, Pei Songxi didn't speak, but occasionally turned his head to look at Yu Mian, and then quickly looked away, obviously hesitant to speak.

Yu Mian's heart skipped a beat... Did Aunt Pei want to send her away?

When they got home, the auntie had just finished cooking and left. The food was still piping hot and steaming, but none of them had any intention of eating.

Yu Mian bit her lower lip, unable to bear this silent torture, she said directly: "Aunt Pei, what do you want to tell me?"

Pei Songxi paused, then looked directly at her: "Mianmian..."

Yu Mian quietly clenched her hands, but tried to keep her expression as calm as possible: "Just tell me, I can accept it."

Pei Songxi nodded slowly: "I have work arrangements and I'm going abroad for a while. You may be at home alone for the past six months, sorry..."

Yu Mian was stunned, her emotions became very complicated at that moment, first she was glad that she didn't want to send her away, but then she became sad after realizing it, and her voice was already choked up as soon as she opened her mouth: "Half a year? so long?"

Hearing her choked up voice, Pei Songxi sighed softly: "Yes, half a year."

She doesn't want to leave at this time point at all, but she is not Pei Linmao's opponent now, funds, manpower, relationship network... She is naturally indifferent, and never takes these things to heart, until not long ago, when she found Pei Linmao When she started thinking about Yu Mian, she felt that she couldn't go on like this.

She has a whole set of plans and arrangements. Pei Linmao's career focuses on Asia, and she will go to North America to open up new markets. She has never wanted to compete with Pei Linmao for power, but he has touched her bottom line. Yumian was hurt.

But these, she couldn't say one by one to a teenage girl.

And... She seems to be able to roughly confirm that Mianmian still has family members alive, but she has not yet fully determined the other party's position and attitude.She had to continue to wait and see for a while.

To Mianmian...she was even more hesitant, and still didn't know how to speak.

Yu Mian stared at her in a daze, her eye sockets became sore one after another.But... But she can't cry, this is Aunt Pei's work task, she should understand her and support her, but the tears are not under her control, one by one: "...I see. You... ...you take care of yourself."

Pei Songxi looked at her holding back her weeping, and even wanted to say that she would not leave, but reason told her that she could not.

She lightly embraced Yu Mian's shoulders, coaxing her softly: "Just half a year, okay, I'll be back in half a year... maybe not half a year, I should be back before your high school entrance examination."

Yu Mian raised her head to look at her, her eyelashes were wet, she gasped: "Really, really?"

Pei Songxi nodded: "Of course. Wei Yi will stay and take care of you. I greeted Lin Mo and Xiaoyan's mother also said that if you are afraid at home alone, you can go to sleep with Xiaoyan."

Yu Mian shook her head: "I don't want... I, I'm staying at my own home, I'm not going anywhere!"

Pei Songxi raised her hand, and gently wiped the tears on her cheek with her fingertips: "Okay, you can be alone at home, but you have to be good. Call me every day, you know?"

Yu Mian nodded, she was always sensible: "Okay."

Pei Songxi took the plane the next morning.

She has a vigorous personality and always pursues efficiency in doing things. She booked the earliest flight in the early morning of the next day. Yu Mian was still sleeping at that time, so she would not watch her leave with her own eyes.

When Yu Mian woke up, she felt that the house was eerily silent.

There was a post-it note beside the bed, and she saw the note left by Pei Songxi: "Sleep well, eat well, remember to call me, okay?"

She took a deep breath, suppressed the sourness, and said hello softly to the empty room.

In the first few days, she was not used to it at all.

In the past, even if Pei Songxi worked overtime and came back late, when she was doing homework alone in the room, she still felt at ease, because she knew that Aunt Pei would come home.But now... no matter what time she wakes up, she feels that her home is empty and her heart is empty.

Many times, she wanted to call Pei Songxi to say that she missed her, but she hung up before dialing.

She thought she should be more mature.

After a long time, she gradually got used to this rhythm. When she came home every night, she would call Pei Songxi when she was having dinner. It should be morning on her side.

Pei Songxi adjusted the breakfast time and adjusted it to the same rhythm as her. She listened to her talk about new things that happened in the school: the spring bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest were stolen by the parents of the students, a classmate in the physical education class caught lobsters in the pond, and the new A repeat student came, and her test scores were ranked ahead of her... These things are trivial and routine, but when Yu Mian talks about it, her tone is always extraordinarily cheerful, so Pei Songxi always smiles and says a few words.

Sometimes the phone is connected and they are doing each other's things.

Yu Mian did her homework until late at night, and Pei Songxi on the other end of the phone was reading the latest financial magazine. They didn't speak, but they could hear each other's breathing.

Yu Mian's mood became very complicated. After the initial crazy miss, she occasionally felt some subtle sense of happiness.Before that, she actually didn't know how to face Pei Songxi, sometimes she couldn't control the distance between each other, but now, she couldn't see her, and she didn't have to deliberately avoid her, and her tense mood was a little easier.

What's more... She couldn't help but smile a little when she thought of having to make phone calls for an hour or two every day.

It turned out that Aunt Pei cared so much about herself, beyond her imagination.

On the first day of June, the senior high school entrance examination is approaching.

Before the physical education get out of class was over, Xu Xiaoyan bought a large bag of lollipops, marshmallows and chocolates and brought them to the classroom, and put a lot of them on Yu Mian's desk.

Liang Zhixing was also stuffed with a bag of candy by her: "You are a saccharine!"

Xu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes at her, and then said to Yu Mian, "Mian! Happy Children's Day!"

Yu Mian just finished running 800 meters, wiped sweat with a wet towel, the girl's cheeks were powdered, she laughed: "Happy Children's Day!"

She is in a good mood these days, because Aunt Pei said that she will be back soon.

She even secretly brought her mobile phone to the classroom because she was afraid of missing Pei Songxi's call.

Xu Xiaoyan didn't leave after delivering the candies, and approached her mysteriously: "Qin Chuan confessed his love to me, but I refused."

Yu Mian was startled: "When?"

Xu Xiaoyan smiled: "I wrote a love letter to Qin Chuan before, didn't he ignore it? I just ignored him. When I saw him today, I stuffed him with a lollipop, and he grabbed me. Ask me why I played with his feelings. Then I said, I once liked you, but if you don't like me, I don't like you anymore. "

Yu Mian was stunned by her long series of stories: "You just said that directly?"

Xu Xiaoyan is still so heartless: "Yes, when you like it, you can go after it boldly, if you can't catch up, it's fine. I don't like stalking, but I will try my best to hold on to what I like. If it doesn't It belongs to me, and I will have no regrets."

Yu Mian thought for a while, then nodded with a smile: "You are right, Xiaoyan."

She thought she had to be a little more brave.

What she wants, what she desires, what she likes, she wants to grab.

After Xu Xiaoyan left, she secretly looked at the phone in her schoolbag again, and there was a new text message: "Mianmian, Happy Children's Day, the Children's Day gift for you should be at home."

Yu Mian was a little happy, but also a little disappointed. She thought she would see her flight information and hear that she was back.

However, however.

On the way home from school, she wanted to call Pei Songxi, but when she thought that it might be late at night, she held back.

When she stood at the door and took out the key to open the door, she suddenly froze.

There seems to be a sound in the house...

A kind of secret ecstasy welled up in her heart, and her hand as she turned the key trembled slightly. When she pushed open the door, a tall and familiar figure came into view. It was only four months, but it felt like many, many years had passed.

Originally, Pei Songxi turned his back to her, but turned around when he heard the door open, seeing her standing there stupidly, he laughed sweetly: "What's the matter, don't you recognize me?"

After a long time no see, she was finally in front of her again, standing gracefully and gracefully.

Only then did Yu Mian rush towards her as if she had just woken up from a dream, and threw herself into her arms, weeping and asking her, "When did you come back?"

"I just got home, I'm in a hurry to come back today. Mianmian, Happy Children's Day."

Yu Mian leaned against her arms, unable to speak for a long time.

She thought silently in her heart: "It turns out that my Children's Day gift is you."