fool around

Qi Lu sat in the middle of the sofa, with his long legs crossed, and his black leather shoes were spotless.He put one hand on his knee, and rested his head on the backrest with the other hand, his eyelids slightly lowered.

On his left is a small purple flower - given by Xiao Fu, and on the right is a small purple flower - given by Si Yu.He was sitting between two flowers, the dim night light reflected his delicate jaw line under the hood, his breathing was so soft that Si Yu suspected that the one sitting beside him was actually a sculpture.

Opposite the coffee table, five children stood side by side in a very neat posture—with their feet together, their arms close to their bodies, and their heads down, staring at their insteps.

If it wasn't for Xiaofu walking around the house with a carrot in his arms, Si Yu almost felt that he had gone the wrong way and stumbled into a wax museum by mistake.

The children in the village liked Si Yu very much. When they heard that Si Yu invited them to play at home, they happily followed with their toys.Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the door, they saw Qi Lu sitting on the sofa, and their reactions were surprisingly unanimous, Qi Qi turned around and ran away.

Qi Lu said "Come in", and a few brats entered the room in fear, not daring to say a word, and lined up in front of him in a military posture.

Si Yu's delicate eyes looked back and forth between the two ends of the coffee table several times, wondering why these children are so afraid of Qi Lu?On the way here they were bouncing around and shouting loudly. When they saw Qi Lu, they were so frightened that they didn’t dare to breathe out. One of them, a girl named Xiaotu, was even better. Seeing Qi Lu’s legs go limp, she was so frightened that she fell to the ground and shivered. .

There was nothing at home to entertain guests, including Xiaofu, there were six children in total, Si Yu made six cups of milk, and the ceramic cup was placed in front of the children, but no one dared to touch it.

"... What games do you usually play?" Si Yu asked softly, maintaining a peaceful smile.

The atmosphere was very awkward for a while, and Si Yu broke out in a cold sweat.Qi Lu stood there like a giant Buddha, and the five children were like little monsters who were caught in a crime, only Xiao Fu was laughing stupidly at the side, running around the house with the carrots that Xiaotu brought.

Qi Lu's eyes stayed on the hot milk for a moment, and he reached out to pick up the cup near him on the coffee table very naturally, but before it was brought to his mouth, Xiao Fu rushed over with a carrot in his arms, and said, "Master! This belongs to Xiaofu! Brother, the owner is a robber who robs milk!"

Qi Lu's hand holding the cup froze in the air, Si Yu noticed that the corners of his mouth froze, and put the cup of milk back on the coffee table.

"Cough!" Si Yu didn't know why he wanted to laugh. He quickly raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose, covering the corners of his lips that couldn't help but say, "I, I'll make a few more cups..."

"No need," Qi Lu wiped his knees with the back of his hand, and said nonchalantly, "I'll go back first, and I'll pick up Xiaofu later."

Si Yu originally wanted to say a few polite words to persuade him to stay, but in the blink of an eye he saw the trembling look of the group of children, so he nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Qi."

Qi Lu stood up, and put the little purple flower on the left into his pocket. He just took a step with one foot, and suddenly, as if thinking of something, he leaned over and picked up the little purple flower on the right.

As soon as Qi Lu left, the five children all breathed a sigh of relief, and the little boy named Lu Wei uttered an "ouch", slumped on the ground, and started to gurgle wildly with milk.

Si Yu laughed inwardly, propped his chin and asked, "Why are you so afraid of Qi Lu?"

Several children looked at each other, you looked at me and I looked at you, ten eyes looked at each other for a long time, but there was no result.

Lu Wei stared, shook his head and thought carefully.He was born with a thick head and a thick head, with a big head and a small body, and his limbs were thin like a reed, but there was a big head on his neck, so the flickering was very comical.

Si Yu tapped his forehead lightly with his index finger, and laughed at him: "Okay, don't move around."

Lu Wei said: "I don't know, I'm just afraid, it's too scary!"

"Master is not scary!" Xiaofu put his waist on his back and retorted aggressively, "Master is the best master!"

"Then I'm afraid too." Lu Wei pouted and muttered, "I was so scared that I almost took root..."

"You are not allowed to say master!" Xiao Fu stomped anxiously, "Brother Lu Wei is a bad guy!"

"Brother Lu Wei didn't mention the master," Si Yu hugged Fried Mao Xiaofu on his lap, rubbed his head, and said, "What kind of things have you broken up Little Rabbit's carrots? Do you want to talk to Little Rabbit?" say sorry?"

"Ah! No, no need..." Xiaotu screamed softly, looking very panicked, her ears turned red, she shrank her neck in embarrassment to look at Si Yu, and murmured, "No, it's okay... "

They were all kids of about the same age, and they got together after a while.

Si Yu himself was brought up in free range, and he always felt that it was fine for children to let them play around by themselves, so he ignored them and let them roll around in the living room and go to the kitchen to prepare dinner by himself.

He couldn't figure out what children like to eat, he probably likes sweet and sour taste, so he boiled a pot of oatmeal, added dried red dates and dried bananas.The porridge was boiling in a casserole over there, and Si Yu made pineapple sweet and sour pork here. He was afraid that the children would not get used to fatty meat, so he specially shaved off the fat part, and added two extra eggs when making the powder.When the porridge in the pot was bubbling, Lin Mubai stepped on it and came over to rub the rice, and Xiaomao followed him wagging his tail.

It is strange to say that Lin Mubai is obviously the head of the village, but the children are not afraid of him at all, and laugh and quarrel with him.Lin Mubai didn't have airs at all, he wasn't angry when Xiaofu and Lu Wei sat on his stomach, but said triumphantly, "Look at brother's waist, isn't it thick! The annual rings have more than 100 rings!"

He started talking nonsense again, Si Yu kicked him angrily, and said, "Help me pick out the chopsticks."

After dinner, Si Yu originally wanted to send Xiao Fu back to the next door, and then send the children home, but Xiao Fu acted like a baby and said that he would go with Si Yu, Si Yu had nothing to do with him, he opened the curtains to look at the sky, As the sun sets, it only casts a dazzling golden light on the skyline.

"Put on the hat." Si Yu said to Xiao Fu.

The little guy understood what Si Yu meant, and he clapped his hands and cheered, saying that he really liked Si Yu's brother.

The five children were sent home one by one, and the last child was Xiaotu, who lived the farthest, near the entrance of the village.After watching Xiaotu enter the house, Si Yu led Xiaofu just as he was about to go back, when he saw a person walking towards the entrance of the village.

Si Yu was a little surprised. The entrance to the village was sandwiched between two mountains, and there were no houses. How could someone come from there at this point?

When he got closer, Si Yu realized that his walking posture was a bit strange, one side was light and the other was heavy, and he was limping, as if injured.

Before he could see what the coming person looked like, Xiaofu shrank behind him first, and whispered: "The villain is here, the villain is here..."

The man seemed to be seriously injured, and his walking speed was very slow. Every few steps he took, he had to stop and rest for a while. Si Yu wanted to go over to help him, but for some reason, Xiao Fu was very afraid of him and held on to him tightly. Si Yu didn't let go of his hands, and muttered "Big Bad Guy".

When he approached slowly, Si Yu saw his face clearly. It was a young man with a handsome appearance, with a pair of cat's eyes, big eyes and drooping corners.His black hair was wet by the mist and stuck to his forehead in strands, as if he had stood in the damp place at the entrance of the village for a long time.

Si Yu has been in Gutang for a while, the village is only so big, and everyone else has almost recognized it, but they have never seen the young man in front of him.

"Need help?" Si Yu asked.

The young man looked down at his feet and said with a smile, "No, it's a small injury."

Xiao Fu shrank behind Si Yu's back and didn't dare to show his head. Si Yu patted his little head comfortingly, and introduced himself, "I'm the new teacher, Si Yu. May I ask who you are?"

The young man tilted his head, and Si Yu seemed to see his pupils constricted—literally constricted, but when he regained his composure and took a closer look, it was still those round eyes, and the vertical pupils that appeared just now seemed to be just his illusion.

"My surname is Li, and my name is Li Mao." The young man twisted his neck.

Due to the shape of his eyes, he always looks at people with a sense of indifference, but what makes Si Yu more concerned is that this young man named Li Mao always has a strange sense of distortion - Si Yu can't say What exactly is it, but some of his inadvertent body movements always make Si Yu feel uncoordinated, such as tilting his neck to look at people, or habitually shrugging his shoulders.These are not movements that a "human" would do, but like... some kind of feline.

The trembling feeling climbed up from the soles of the feet, Si Yu's back felt cold, and he hinted in his heart not to think too much.He protected Xiaofu behind him, nodded, and said, "Hello."

Seeing Si Yu's vigilance, Li Mao pursed his lips and smiled, and took the initiative to explain, "My house is at the foot of the mountain behind. I hurt my foot a while ago, and I don't go out often. Teacher Si may not have seen me."

This argument is reasonable, Si Yu only goes out on the main street when he goes out, behind the house is a small piece of scattered farmland, through the field is the mountain, and there are a few huts scattered at the foot of the mountain, Lin Mubai said that those are uninhabitable The house was abandoned, so Si Yu never went there.

"Do you have anything to do at the entrance of the village?" Si Yu carefully observed every expression on Li Mao's face, and asked, "Do you need help?"

Li Mao was smiling all the time. Hearing Si Yu's words, his cheeks froze, but he quickly recovered, and replied, "Wait for someone."

"Who are you waiting for?" Si Yu continued to ask, "I'll help you find him."

Li Mao lowered his eyes, curled his fingers, shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for people outside."

Si Yu: "...An outsider from the village?"

"If I wait every day," Li Mao limped forward, "I will wait."

Si Yu didn't ask any more questions until Li Mao's back turned into an alley and completely disappeared from sight.

"Huh—" Xiaofu breathed a sigh of relief, and patted his chest, "The villain is gone."

Si Yu was amused by the little guy's serious tone, squatting down and asked him: "How do you know he's a bad guy?"

"Because he wants to go outside!" Xiao Fu reasoned confidently with his chest puffed up, "Everyone outside is a big villain!"

"Then I'm a big villain too?" Si Yu asked, pointing at his nose.

"No!" Xiaofu said immediately.

Si Yu put his hands on his knees and looked at Xiaofu with a smile.

Xiaofu pouted, lowered his head and thought carefully, and rubbed the corners of his clothes restlessly with both hands.

Si Yu looked at the little yellow hat on the little guy's head, and then at the crumpled hem of his clothes, without any impatience.

After a while, Xiao Fu raised his head and whispered, "But there are still many villains outside..."

"Of course there are many bad people out there," Si Yu picked up Xiaofu and walked home, "but there are also many, many good people."

The little guy sat on his arm, wrapped his arms around his neck, put his face close to his, and asked timidly, "Are there more good people than bad people or are there more bad people than good people?"

Si Yu frowned, pretending to be contemplative, and replied to Xiao Fu after a few seconds: "It should be that there are many good people, and my brother can't be sure. Xiao Fu has to go outside to see for himself."

"No, no!" Xiao Fu buried his head in Si Yu's shoulder, "Everyone says it's too dangerous outside! Don't go outside!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." Si Yu patted the little guy's buttocks, softly comforting him, "Brother is here, he will protect you. And...your master, he will protect you too."

Xiao Fu hugged Si Yu's neck tightly, and after a while, Si Yu heard the childish voice: "Is there any fun outside?"

"It's fun," Si Yu rubbed his cheek against Xiao Fu's ear, "It's very big, with the sea."

"What is the sea?" Xiao Fu asked.

"The sea is..." Si Yu was really stumped by the little guy, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "There is a lot of water, and there are a lot of fish."

"Wow!" Xiaofu clapped his hands in surprise, "Master and I have more fish than we can eat!"

Si Yu couldn't help laughing out loud, and said: "There are also schools, elementary schools, middle schools, universities, where you can meet many good friends."

"What is primary school?" Xiao Fu asked again, "Is it Xiao Xuehua's brother?"

Si Yu held Xiao Fu in his arms, and answered his strange questions while walking. After passing a pond, Xiao Fu suddenly kicked his legs to get off the ground. Si Yu put him down. Xiao Fu ran to the pond and said to Si Yu like offering a treasure. : "Brother, there are fish here too! Big, big fish! I saw it! There are really fish!"

This is a pool of stagnant water, so turbid that the original color cannot be seen clearly, and not even a root of grass can grow in it, so how can there be fish.

But Si Yu still showed a surprised expression, and said, "Really? There are such big fish here, stronger than the sea!"

Xiao Fu twisted his body, happily ran around Si Yu, and said, "The sea is amazing! Xiao Fu is amazing!"

There is a piece of wasteland by the pond, probably spring is coming, and there are dots of small wild flowers in the soil.

Xiaofu picked a yellow one and said: "This one is for brother." Then he picked another purple one, muttering: "This one is for the master..."

Si Yu thought it was fun, so he followed his example and picked two small flowers, saying, "This one is for Xiaofu, and this one is for..."

He stopped suddenly when he was talking, Xiaofu took over his words, and answered loudly: "I know! It's also for the master, right!"

"what's for me?"

A deep and cold voice suddenly broke into the little guy's immature voice. Qi Lu did not know when he stood by the pond. It was rare for him to wear a cloak tonight. The black shirt was not wrinkled at all, and the button was fastened to the first collar. Two layers were stacked up, exposing the wrist with distinct wrist bones and the small half of the arm.

Si Yu was taken aback for a moment, then looked away unnaturally, and put the hand holding the flower behind his back.But after subconsciously completing this series of actions, he immediately felt a little awkward again.

——Why am I guilty?It was Xiaofu who called, but I didn't say... I wanted to send him off.

His eyes moved around the water surface, then turned back to Qi Lu's face, looked at Qi Lu frankly, and smiled at him.

Qi Lu nodded and said, "I went to pick up Xiaofu, and when I found out that you were not there, I came out to have a look."

"Oh, Xiaofu and I are taking a few children home." Si Yu answered dryly.

Xiaofu ran to Qi Lu with the little flower in his hands, and said expectantly, "Master, Xiaofu has picked the most beautiful little yellow flower, does the master like it?"

Qi Lu bent down, picked up the little yellow flower from Xiaofu's palm, took out the black handkerchief in his pocket, put the little flower in the handkerchief gently, and said, "I like it very much."

Xiaofu was obviously excited, hugged Qi Lu's leg, and said, "My brother also picked a small flower and gave it to the master! But it's not as beautiful as Xiaofu's flower!"

"Oh?" Qi Lu straightened up, raised his eyebrows and looked at Si Yu, his eyes full of mischief.

The ending of his "oh" rises, twists and turns, making Si Yu's ears burn.Si Yu sniffed, holding the two flowers tightly in his palm.

Two people, one big and one small, stared at him, and Xiaofu urged him impatiently: "Brother, where is Huahua? Where is Huahua?"

Qi Lu is usually so strict with Xiaofu, but now he is also fooling around with the little guy, his beautiful narrow eyes are full of banter.

Si Yu understood it, and Qi Lu just waited for him to get off the stage, so that he could laugh at him.

He sighed in his heart, thinking that he was thicker than anyone else?Can he, a social person who struggles with struggle, lose to Qi Lu, a native of the deep mountains and old forests?He got up from the ground in twos and twos, bravely walked in front of Qi Lu, spread his palms to Qi Lu, imitated Xiaofu's tone, and said briskly: "Mr. Qi, I picked the most... the second Pretty little yellow flower, do you like it?"

He finished the series of words in one breath, but he felt embarrassed first.Clenching his palms for too long, he broke out a little sweat. He felt that his ears were burning, and he didn't know if Qi Lu was paying attention. It was so dark that he shouldn't be able to see...

"Thank you, I like it very much."

Qi Lu interrupted Si Yu's wild thoughts with a word. He twisted a flower from Si Yu's palm, and wrapped it in the black handkerchief that he carried close to his body.

Qi Lu's fingertips were cold, this person's skin was just like his personality, as if it had no warmth.There was a coolness in Si Yu's palm, but somehow he felt an unexplained heat.

Si Yu tried his best to maintain a peaceful demeanor, but his eyes only dared to glance at the back of his feet.As soon as he raised his eyes, his gaze was on Qi Lu's Adam's apple, under the Adam's apple was the meticulous shirt collar, and the small mole was looming.

The atmosphere became a little delicate, the air between him and Qi Lu became very tense, like a fully charged spring net.But this sense of tension is completely different from the tense confrontation before, and Si Yu can't tell what's different—probably, he suddenly felt hot?

"Enough playing, let's go home." Qi Lu knocked on Xiaofu's head, taking the lead to break the delicate silence.

Xiaofu opened his arms towards Siyu: "Brother hug!"

"Don't be coquettish." Qi Lu frowned and scolded.

Children always have a keen intuition about the atmosphere in the adult world. Xiaofu felt that the master was in a good mood now, so he became presumptuous, grabbed Qi Lu's arm, climbed up with hands and feet, and shouted: "Master hold! Master Hug Xiaofu!"

Qi Lu shook his head helplessly, hugged Xiaofu, and said, "This is not an example."

Xiao Fu lay on his shoulder and giggled, like a little mouse who stole a biscuit.

Qi Lu walked in front with Xiao Fu in his arms, and Si Yu followed behind.

The moonlight sprinkled the ground, pulling Qi Lu's shadow out a long way, Si Yu was playing behind him, stepping on his steps, and Qi Lu took a step, and he took a step.

His shadow and Qi Lu's shadow overlapped together, Qi Lu was taller than him, and his shoulders were wider than him, his shadow was covered by Qi Lu's, as if... he was held in Qi Lu's arms.

Si Yu was taken aback by the idea that popped up out of nowhere in his mind, and he quickly shook his head.

Qi Lu supported Xiaofu with one hand, while the other hand naturally hung by his side, swinging back and forth with his steps.

Si Yu rubbed his palms, thinking how could human hands be so cold?How could Qi Lu's fingertips have no heat at all?

He quietly stretched out an index finger, letting the shadow of this index finger into Qi Lu's palm.

——Anyway, his hands are hot, so it's okay to share some with Qi Lu.

Xiao Fu fell asleep lying on Qi Lu's shoulders, with the little yellow hat hanging loosely on his head, he smacked his lips, talking in his sleep.

Si Yu couldn't help laughing.

Qi Lu is a person with conceit and aloofness engraved in his bones. On the surface, he treats people politely, but in reality he always keeps a distant distance.

But it's also like this. He brought up Xiaofu, and taught Xiaofu to be a kind, frank, carefree and good boy.

Looking at Qi Lu's back, Si Yu suddenly felt, ah, it turns out that Qi Lu is also... a solid and reliable man.

The moonlight sprinkled the ground, and Si Yu followed Qi Lu, stepping on his steps.

At that moment, a ridiculous idea popped into his mind.

——He distributed all the flowers to Qi Lu, and if Qi Lu's hands were cold, he could also share half of his heat with Qi Lu.