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In the freezing weather of January, Wen He's final exam was going on vigorously in a blizzard. Although he had prepared a hot water bottle and body warmer, Xi Zhikong was still freezing enough to sit in the exam room holding a pen.

He was calculating the last big math problem on the manuscript paper, and applied the formula step by step according to the problem analysis Jiang Yan gave him last night. To be filled by him.

The invigilator informed that there were still the last 5 minutes, and he was even more frantic. He roughly transcribed the content of the calculation on the answer sheet, wavering between the two calculated numbers and did not know which one to choose.

One is 18, the other is 22, he actually doesn't look like any of them.

He raised his head and saw that the invigilator had started to close the papers. He tapped the center of his eyebrows with a pen, gritted his teeth and wrote 22 after the equal sign. When he put down the pen, the answer sheet in front of him was just taken away.

The teacher put away the test papers and returned to the podium, opened the door of the classroom, and a gust of cold wind rushed in. Xi Zhikong glanced at the crack of the door and saw Jiang Yan leaning against the wall and waving to him, with his collar open casually on both sides, like that It really looks like—

So handsome.

They were also bulky down jackets, so why did Jiang Yan wear them so well?

In fact, the "handsome" Jiang Yan had already stood at the entrance of the examination room and waited for [-] minutes, writing all the answers silently on a piece of paper, and was going to wait for Zhikong to come out and check the answers with him to see how he did. How about it.

Seeing him waiting outside the door, Xi Zhikong didn't delay at all. He grabbed the pen and exam bag and ran over. Resisting the urge to jump up and hang it on him, he stood in front of him and took a deep breath, looking left and right. He held his breath and whispered in his ear, "How long have you been waiting?"

"Just for a while—are you cold?" Jiang Yan touched both sides of his arms, wanting to raise his arms to embrace him, but people kept passing by them, so he pretended to pat him on the shoulder and said: "That , let’s go back early when it’s cold.”

In the eyes of others, this is just an inadvertent gesture or a word, and it is really normal to smack each other, but seeing his sudden awkward appearance, Xi Zhikong felt as sweet as if he had knocked over a large pot of honey. It's a bee that smells, buzzing in my ears.

His elder brother Ah Yan is really a sweet wife.

The feints he made as his "rival in love" and the state of flirting with him when he deliberately teased him before now seem to be trying his best. Brother Ah Yan is still a pure boy at heart.

The classroom doors on both sides opened one after another, and the wind in the corridor was getting stronger and stronger.

In the morning, both of them woke up late, and they lingered in bed, not wanting to get up, so they were almost late.When Jiang Yan was in a hurry to go out, Jiang Yan walked ahead and didn't pay much attention to Xi Zhikong. He put on socks in a panic, and now he could vaguely see his fair ankle at the bottom of his trousers.Seeing Xi Zhikong bend over and stretch his trouser legs down, he frowned and asked, "What's wrong with your socks?"

"I randomly picked up a pair in the closet this morning, I don't know they are short..." Xi Zhikong said in a lower voice, no matter how much he pulled down his pants, he couldn't cover his exposed ankles.

Jiang Yan pulled the seam of his trousers up, and coughed twice to block him, "Don't pull it, you will take off your pants if you pull them again."

While the two were wasting time at the base of the wall, Shu Jiyue passed by them and patted Jiang Yan on the back with an exam bag, teasingly said: "What are you two doing? Qingqing, I, and I don't care about the occasion, we all started Did you take off your pants?"

Xi Zhikong: "..."

"Look at you, did you do well in the exam, or did you get something from my brother?" Jiang Yan always had a thicker skin when facing Shu Jiyue, and he simply put his hand on Xi Zhikong's shoulder generously. He turned his face to him and raised his eyebrows and said, "Kong Kong, don't be embarrassed, an old rascal like Shu Jiyue, just get used to it."

Shu Jiyue stretched while walking: "Old? Am I just a year or two older than you? Tsk, your brother is angry with me. I've coaxed you for three days, but you won't even let me touch you. I'm so worried." .”

He heaved a long sigh, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his words, Xi Zhikong blushed when he heard it.

——To be honest, if he faced Jiang Yan alone, it would be fine if he offered to kiss and hug him, but now hearing Shu Jiyue's straightforward statement, he wished he could bury his face in Jiang Yan's clothes.

Shu Jiyue wore a windbreaker, which was definitely not as warm as Jiang Yan's down jacket, but when the three of them walked out of the teaching building together, a gust of wind swept over his clothes and scarf, which was quite elegant.

Originally, he had a good skin, and his whole body exuded a kind of gentle temperament that made people want to get close to him involuntarily. When the girls around him passed by him, they couldn't help but take a few more glances. Embarrassed and hurried away.

Xi Zhikong thought to himself, it is really wise not to let Brother Yan wear a windbreaker.

He was about [-] years old, and his appearance was so good that Jiang Yan felt jealous when people looked at him twice.

Jiang Yan's arm was still naturally resting on Xi Zhikong's shoulders, and as he walked, he listened to Shu Jiyue talking about how he had offended Lin Tongrui.

"You mean you confessed to your family, but my brother is not ready?"

"Yes, I don't know that your brother is so embarrassed. My parents usually don't care about me. They don't care about me at all. They just have a meal together. What's the matter?" Shu Jiyue received Lin Tongrui's A message was sent, he handed the mobile phone in front of Jiang Yan, nuzzled and said: "Look, it said that I have to work overtime again today."

Jiang Yan stared at the words "work overtime, no" in the dialog box, and after much deliberation, there was only one question in his mind, "Why did you take my brother to see your parents?"

Shu Jiyue was taken aback.

He didn't seem to really think about it seriously.

Xi Zhikong was still thinking about the question just now. Hearing Jiang Yan's question, he casually asked, "Yes, you are only in the first year of high school. Why do you want Teacher Lin to meet your parents now?"

Shu Jiyue was even more confused.

"I just...have a meeting or something, don't you just have a meal?" He touched the tip of his nose to hide the embarrassment that his mind suddenly went blank, just happened to look up and saw Lin Tongrui coming out of the administrative building diagonally opposite.

He frowned, thinking that this person has to work overtime?

Lin Tongrui also saw him, so he changed his route and turned around, walking faster and faster.

"You repeated from the second year of high school to the first year of high school. You chased Teacher Lin from the city's key points to Wenhe. I think Teacher Lin is already under pressure..." Xi Zhikong took out the test paper and read the questions again, saying this At the time, his mind was all on a few twists and turns, but his casual tone made Shu Jiyue take it seriously.

Jiang Yan nodded in agreement: "Well, I also think that you have the final say on everything, and my brother may be unhappy."

"Which step will this condition be used in? I didn't pay attention during the exam. Now it seems that I have missed something very important..." Xi Zhikong pointed to a function condition on the paper and asked Jiang Yan, thinking about it After a while, he said again: "Can this condition be used to verify—"

"What is the answer you figured out?" Jiang Yan took out the manuscript paper of his silent answer from the bag, and Xi Zhikong turned his head and saw a number "8" circled with a pen, so he frowned and said angrily:

"I seem to have miscalculated again. I calculated two answers and finally wrote 22."

Seeing that his expression was not good for a moment, Jiang Yan patted his shoulder lightly, and comforted him: "This question is too difficult, I don't know if I did it right, and if you It’s just that if the calculation is wrong, the process can also get points, let’s go back and take a good look at where the problem is.”

"All right…"

Xi Zhikong's voice was muffled, his head drooped and he looked aggrieved and cute.Jiang Yan couldn't help but raised his hand to rub his head randomly, and said with a smile, "Take your time, don't worry."

……

Everyone handed in the last biology paper in advance, and several people gathered at the school gate to discuss going out to play before the results came out.

Xi Zhikong was so cold that he rubbed his hands, Jiang Yan simply grabbed his hand and put it in his sleeve, and then heard He Xing said that he would make up for their birthdays.

"Farewell, our birthdays have passed for several days, isn't it good to go home and get into bed in such a cold?" Xi Zhikong wanted to go home from the bottom of his heart, he looked up at the clouds that were gradually pressing down, only I want to go home and lie on Jiang Yan under the covers to play games.

After standing at the door for a few minutes, Jiang Zhehui checked the time several times. Sun Chenxuan elbowed him and asked, "Are you okay? I saw you checked the time several times."

"Well, I invited friends to play games."

Sun Chenxuan was shocked: "You actually have friends other than us that you can make an appointment to play games with?!"

When Jiang Yan heard this, he hurriedly said: "You can't do it, Lao Jiang, look at your grandson's 'waiting for food', do you have the heart to play games with others and ignore him?"

"Who the hell is your little grandson!" Sun Chenxuan kicked Jiang Yan on his knees, wrapped his arms around Jiang Zhehui's shoulders and brought him a belt, and said, "Let's go, I'll be with you."

"...I'm not going to the Internet cafe, I'm going home."

Sun Chenxuan frowned: "What's wrong with you when you go home? It's not that I haven't been to your house. I just take my notebook when I go home. Isn't it on the way?"

"You guys go home and play games, so let's go first." Jiang Yan finished the arrangements on his own, tightened the scarf around Xi Zhikong's neck, looked back at He Xing and said, "You just go home Go do your homework."

"Why should I just go home and do my homework? - I'll also play games with you."

"No."

"no!"

He Xing stood on the spot with his arms folded, raised his eyebrows and said, "When did you two hide the tacit understanding I cultivated and agreed to 'threesome'?"

Jiang Zhehui put the other side of the schoolbag on his shoulder, turned around and walked forward and said, "When three people walk together, there must be a dog."

"What breed?" Sun Chenxuan asked with a suppressed smile, but he didn't understand what Jiang Zhehui said.

"Hey, it's fine if you don't play with me, the personal attack is too much!" He Xing chased up and rewarded one of them with a chestnut, then squeezed cheekily between the two and followed.

……

It was a month's winter vacation after the exam, and the Lunar New Year was coming up in a few days. Jiang Wen tried every means to persuade Xi Zhikong and Jiang Yan to move to a small villa for a few days, and then move back after school started.At first, Xi Zhikong was afraid of causing trouble for her, so he refused twice in a row. Later, he couldn't stand the soft and hard arguments of her and Jiang Yan, so he simply packed up his things today, and waited for Lian Guangji to come to pick him up after the meeting. .

Sitting by the bed and waiting, he was a little sleepy, yawned with a whimper, and leaned back against Jiang Yan who was lying on the bed and playing games.

Pillowing Jiang Yan's waist, Xi Zhikong stretched out his hand to brush his hair once and for all, feeling drowsy.

Jiang Yan glanced over his head, grabbed his wrist, pulled him down and kissed his lips, and said, "Are we going to hibernate in Kongkong? Why are we always sleepy recently?"

"You're just hibernating." Xi Zhikong regained his energy, broke free with his hands and hugged the pillow to sleep on the other side, yawned again and said vaguely: "How about I sleep for a while, and when uncle comes—— —”

His voice was interrupted by the ringing of the phone, and he stretched out his hand to touch the side for a long time before he found the phone.

The incoming call prompt showed an unfamiliar number, and he didn't really want to answer it, but he hung up the phone once before he put it down, and the number called again.He subconsciously looked at Jiang Yan and pressed the connect button.

"Hello?—Xiao Kong, are you on vacation?"

"Ah, it's uncle." Hearing Gu Yijian's voice from over there, Xi Zhikong closed his eyes and fell back on the bed again, "I'm on vacation, I thought it was a sales call just now so I hung up, did uncle change the number? ?”

Gu Yijian stood at the entrance of the hospital and lit a cigarette. Liu Ping stood next to Xi Zhikong's little cousin who was less than two years old, holding a six or seven-year-old girl by the hand.

She was wearing a small blue padded jacket, the tip of her nose and cheeks were red from the cold, and she carefully put the leftover half of a sweet potato into her pocket.

"I didn't change it. I still use this number. How did you do in the final exam?" Gu Yijian took a big puff of cigarette, walked to the trash can in the corner to shake the ash, and Liu Ping walked over with the child .

"It's okay, is Yingying feeling better?"

"Yingying, your brother Xiaokong is talking to you." Gu Yijian pressed the phone to Gu Ying's ear, and Gu Ying immediately called out "Brother Xiaokong" sweetly.

Liu Ping also went to the phone and said loudly: "Xiao Kong, it's been cold recently, you should put on more clothes, don't catch a cold. Come to play when you have time, living expenses-"

Everyone who entered and exited the outpatient hall of the hospital looked at them, Gu Yijian glared at her, and put the phone back.

As if he just made a call to tell Xi Zhikong that he had an extra mobile phone number, Gu Yijian hung up after exchanging pleasantries with him.Liu Ping suddenly grabbed his arm and shook him vigorously, her voice was suppressed and hysterical: "What? Are you calling me hypocritical?! Are you still calling me hypocritical?! Why didn't you tell him? Why not Let him sign it?!"

"Liu Ping! You're enough!" Gu Yijian waved her hand away, and she staggered and almost fell down holding Gu Jie. Gu Jie burst into tears immediately after being frightened.Gu Ying bit her lip, her eyes were filled with tears but she didn't dare to cry out.

After Liu Ping stood firm, she put Gu Jie on the ground. The two-year-old child was not yet able to walk steadily, and Gu Jie was weak, so he swayed on the spot and sat on the ground, crying even louder.

Gu Yijian bent down to pick him up, but Liu Ping pulled him up like crazy, pounded his back frantically, and shouted at him emotionally: "Your daughter, your son! , If you don’t have money for treatment, you will die, don’t you know?! Didn’t you hear what the doctor said? Ah?! Where can I find the money for the next period of chemotherapy? Don’t sell the old man’s house, do you want to watch your daughter’s son die in the hospital ah!"

"Let go!" He broke away from Liu Ping and hugged Gu Jie, took his little hand and placed it in Gu Ying's: "Yingying, take good care of your brother."

"Mom and Dad, stop arguing, Yingying is dead...just treat my younger brother..." Gu Ying took Gu Jie with one hand and wiped her tears with the other, sobbing softly.

"Gu Yijian, why are you pretending to be a good person? Didn't you agree when you withheld the 1000 yuan that the Civil Affairs Bureau gave Xiaokong a monthly subsidy? It's too late to regret it now! You still want to return the money to him... We didn't Don't you know that Qian gave Yingying and Ajie medical treatment?"

Liu Ping's words were like a blunt knife piercing Gu Yijian's flesh, unable to pierce through it once, and grinding it finely again and again, almost crushing his pain, making him numb and desperate.He looked down at the two crying children, and the passbook in his hand was almost torn in half by him.