I'm really sorry for my low EQ.

It turned out to be scalded.

Tang Jing let out a long sigh of relief, and helplessly patted Wu Yuan's head: "It's burning, why didn't you tell Auntie just now, I was so scared that I was sweating all over, come, let Auntie see where the burn is?"

The palm was pressed against the scalp, and the back of the head was warm.

My eyes began to blur again.

Wu Yuan quickly shook his head, "It's okay, Aunt Tang, it's not serious."

"mom……"

Xu Miao spoke out hesitantly, her voice was always loud, but now it couldn't be softer.

"Is this brother a guest of our house?"

"Oh, yes, I haven't introduced you two yet," Tang Jing smiled and shook her head, and quickly pulled Xu Miao away, "Miaoer, this is the brother who worked in sales that Mom met before, Wu Yuan. Our regular customer, you can just call him Brother Yuanyuan."

!

Xu Miao's mouth instantly opened into an "O" shape.

"Wu—"

Wu Yuan? !

Her big eyes fluttered, and it seemed that a chicken feather was stuck in her neck. In the next second, she suddenly rushed over at the speed of a [-]-meter sprint, and grabbed Wu Yuan's hand: "So you are Wu Yuan!"

Ahhh, it's my brother's elementary school brother!

Really good-looking!

Wu Yuan: "..."

The girl in front of her had short hair close to her ears, thick eyebrows and eyelashes, and her eyes curved like crescent moons when she smiled, which was very similar to Xu Yang.

For some reason, Wu Yuan always felt that when she looked over, there were twinkling stars in her eyes.

He nodded and said softly, "Hello."

Ahhh, the voice of the elementary school brother is so nice!

With a breath in her throat, Xu Miao suppressed the urge to scream and said, "Brother Yuanyuan, I actually wanted to see you for a long time—"

"Miaoer."

Xu Miao shuddered and turned her head. Xu Yang came out of the room at some point, and stood there with arms folded, squinting at her.

There is a kind smile on the corner of the eye and brow.

Hey, my brother is angry!

Isn't it just a handshake!

Xu Miao curled her lips unconvinced, and smiled at Wu Yuan and squeezed her eyes. Wu Yuan was taken aback when he saw that, just as he was about to say something, Xu Yang had already walked over, picking up Xu Miao like a chicken, With a troubled face: "Go and change your clothes for me first——"

Tang Jing also frowned dumbfoundingly: "That's right, there's still your pair of shoes, you just stepped on them in our living room after getting dusty outside..."

It was good that the two of them didn't mention clothes and shoes, but when they mentioned it, Xu Miao suddenly trembled.

Haven't told my brothers what happened outside just now!

Suddenly bouncing up from the ground, she hugged Xu Yang's arm without saying a word: "No brother, just outside, outside... Oh no, my throat seems to be a little dry, Mom——Give me some water first..."

"..." Xu Yang's eyes almost rolled up to the sky.

After all, Tang Jing still doted on her child, and handed her the water: "Drink quickly, speak slowly..."

Xu Miao took two gulps from her neck, opened her mouth like a camel short of water and said, "I, I saw an old man at the door of our building just now! Wearing a big padded jacket, I thought he was a bit strange, so I didn't dare to speak. Guess what—”

Tang Jing was also nervous: "What's the matter?"

Xu Miao took a breath, all those horrible experiences just now came back, her face was no longer serious, she shook her lips and said, "He suddenly rushed towards me, and he opened his padded jacket with a brush, inside..." She wiped He wiped his face, his face was a little pale and lifeless: "I didn't wear anything inside!"

"I was so frightened that I ran up desperately—"

"Oh, my daughter..." Tang Jing pulled her into her arms distressedly.

Suddenly there was a "boom" from behind.

It startled all four people in the living room.

"Who?!"

Father Xu, who heard Xu Miao's last words, strode into the living room, his eyebrows raised: "Who bullied my daughter?"

It's a completely different person from the kind and dignified appearance when he greeted Wu Yuan just now.

Xu Miao cried and said, "Dad~~~"

Xu Yilin was full of fire, picked up a rolling pin that Tang Jing used just now, and went out: "The man is probably still downstairs, look, let's go down with Dad and meet him!"

Xu Yang's face was also not good-looking, he raised his legs and walked out.

Xu Miao shoved a fruit knife into his hand: "Brother, take this and defend yourself!"

Xu Yang gave her a disgusted look.

Patted Xu Miao's head: "Wait well at home, I'll take a look with Dad!"

Immediately, his eyes shifted, and he smiled silently in Wu Yuan's direction.

"Be back in a while."

Wu Yuan looked at him.

Xu Yang frowned, and suddenly noticed that his eyes seemed a little red.

"you……"

"Like!" Xu Yilin yelled at the door.

"Here we come." Xu Yang said "tsk", and before turning around, he looked deeply at Wu Yuan again, with a hint of doubt floating in his eyes.

Xu Miao shouted at their backs: "Brother! Dad! Don't beat him to death! Save your life!"

Xu Yilin wanted to beat the other party to death, but there was nowhere to beat him.

Maybe it was because Xu Miao howled too much when she went upstairs just now, the man in the padded jacket actually slipped away in a short period of time, quite fast, without leaving a trace, Xu Yilin and Xu Yang walked around the neighborhood for a whole distance Xu Yilin didn't even touch a piece of cotton, so when he returned home, Xu Yilin threw the rolling pin away, sat on the sofa and said angrily, "Don't let me see him next time, or if you hit him once, you dare to bully my daughter—"

Wu Yuan stared at Father Xu in a daze.

Tang Jing said with lingering fear: "Okay, okay, let's go to the property management tomorrow and tell them to strengthen security. Hey, hurry up and eat, the dumplings are going to be cold!"

The dumplings eaten after sweating are really delicious.

Xu Miao howled just now, and was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back. Tang Jing was still serving the plate. She couldn't wait any longer, so she grabbed one from Wu Yuan's bowl and stuffed it into her mouth. Chewed while chewing. Cheek smiled at him, eyes sparkling: "It's delicious!"

Wu Yuan was stunned.

"Is my sister very annoying?"

Suddenly there was a warm breath in his ears, Xu Yang pulled away the chair beside him, and raised his chin in the direction of Xu Miao: "I can't finish talking every day, my head hurts like hell."

Wu Yuan followed his gaze to see that Xu Miao was lying on the table with half of her body, and was concentrating on eating his bowl of dumplings. She didn't ask, and she wasn't polite, and she didn't even consider the possibility that the other party would get angry after eating the other party's food, as if ...

It's as if they are family.

Wu Yuan took a breath silently.

Xu Yang looked at him, with light shining through, he found that Wu Yuan's eye sockets were indeed red, and his heart tightened: "What's wrong with the eyes?"

"My mouth was burned just now."

Xu Yang smiled helplessly: "Your mouth is hot, and your eyes are red?"

Immediately before his eyes suddenly appeared the last time Wu Yuan was scalded by quail eggs when he was eating Malatang, and he was tearful. "

When his fingers were about to touch Wu Yuan's lips, Xu Yilin suddenly called out from behind: "Yuan Yuan!"

"..." Xu Yang felt that he must have owed his parents some favor in his previous life.

Turning his head, Xu Yilin stood at the wine cabinet and smiled, "Yuan Yuan, do you want to drink?"

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of precious medicinal wine, turned his knuckles up, and said with a ding-dong: "It's hard to come here once, let's drink something good today, when someone gave it to me before, it was said that this wine can strengthen the body , look at you with thin arms and legs, just to replenish your body!"

Wu Yuan stretched his eyes and waved his hands: "No need, Uncle Xu..."

Xu Yang also smiled: "Dad, you can drink as much as you want, Wu Yuan is not good at drinking, if you drink too much, you will get drunk."

"Oh, forget it." Xu Yilin didn't force Wu Yuan any more, and put the wine back with some regret, and only poured himself a glass of beer. Xu Yang bent his mouth, leaned into Wu Yuan's ear and whispered: "My dad Generally, he only drinks with people he likes..."

Wu Yuan raised his head, Xu Yang fixed his eyes on him, and his eyes were soft: "And my mother, if she didn't like someone, she wouldn't invite her to my house."

Wu Yuan's eyelashes moved: "They..."

"They all like you." Xu Yang's voice was a little softer, and there was a hint of meaning in his smile.

Wu Yuan: "..."

Lowering his eyes, from this angle, he could see the Xu family's round dining table, the chopsticks engraved with flowers, and the pair of slippers that Tang Jing found out for him.

Just watching, a corner of his heart began to sink slowly, and his body seemed to be submerged in warm tea, just like the cup of tea that Aunt Tang poured for him when he entered the door.

Gently, cautiously, with temptation, and yearning that I couldn't suppress.

After eating, Tang Jing made Wu Yuan more than [-] dumplings and a big pot of red dates and wolfberry tea. Wu Yuan was so enthusiastic that he couldn't refuse. Before leaving, Xu Miao squeezed at the door, reluctantly looking at the Wu Yuan, who was wearing shoes, and Xu Yilin also stood behind, telling Xu Yang to drive carefully.

Wu Yuan stood up.

He stood at the door, with a dark corridor behind him and a brightly lit house in front of him. Tang Jing, Xu Miao, and Xu Yilin all looked at him with slight smiles.

"Yuanyuan, come back another day."

"You treat this place as your own home, and come here for a meal from time to time."

"Brother Yuanyuan, next time I'll come back earlier, can we cook together?"

Wu Yuan nodded one by one, someone pulled him, it was Xu Yang who was standing beside him, when he lowered his head, his handsome face was dyed by the warm light in the room, making the smile on his lips seem to be warm.

"Let's go?" He looked at him.

"……Um."

Wu Yuan found that it was a bit difficult for him to say "um".

Wanliu District, where Xu Yang's family is located, is only a 10-minute drive from Wu Yuan's family.

On the way back, Wu Yuan kept leaning against the window, Xu Yang thought he was asleep, turned up the air conditioner, and looked sideways at Wu Yuan's side face illuminated by the car lights outside the window.

The eyelashes are closed, and the hair sticks to the face.

His fingertips suddenly itched, he stretched out his hand, and gently scratched the young man's seemingly extremely soft skin.

Before he could withdraw his hand, Wu Yuan turned his face towards him without warning in the next second.

The expression is a bit indescribable.

Xu Yang: "..."

The finger that touched Wu Yuan's cheek just now suddenly became numb, Xu Yang scratched his face and coughed: "I'm not asleep."

"Yeah." Wu Yuan straightened up, unable to hear his emotions, and said: "I can't sleep."

After saying this, both of them fell silent, Xu Yang didn't think much, and continued to drive forward. After a while, he suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile, "By the way, is Sister Lin Yan's wedding coming soon?"

Wu Yuan nodded, and the corners of his mouth curved very rarely: "Well, next Saturday."

"Have you decided what to give?"

"money."

Xu Yang laughed out loud, "You're the real one."

Wu Yuan looked at him blankly: "What did the senior send?"

"Me," Xu Yang tilted his head back slightly, "I haven't figured it out yet, but since it's her boss, besides the red envelope, I must show something else."

Having said that, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Wu Yuan with a smile: "Would you like to accompany me to pick out a gift?"

Wu Yuan was startled: "Me?"

Xu Yang teased him and said, "Otherwise? Supervisor Lin is always so kind to you, if he knew that you picked the gift, he would be happy—"

Wu Yuan glanced out the window: "Senior, you're at my house."

Xu Yang: "..."

Looking out along the windshield, the rows of high-rise apartments in the community are shadowed in the dark night, and at first glance, they are a bit gloomy.

The car turned along the iron gate, and arrived at the building where Wu Yuan's house was located in less than half a minute. Xu Yang turned off the engine, lay on the steering wheel, looked at Wu Yuan as if helpless, and said softly: "Okay. , go up."

"Don't forget to take this." He handed over a big bag, which contained the dumplings made by Tang Jing and the bucket of red date tea.

"Thank you." Wu Yuan lowered his eyes and tightened the bag tightly.

Pushing open the car door, he just got out of the car and suddenly said: "Senior."

The car is big and the door is high, his voice seemed to pass through thousands of mountains and rivers, Xu Yang leaned over from the driver's seat and raised his voice slightly: "What's wrong?"

"when to go?"

"When and when?"

"Choose a gift for Director Lin."

There was no answer for a long time, and after a while, a short laugh came from the people in the car: "You are a busy person, you decide."

Wu Yuan nodded: "Then I'll send you a message back."

"What time will it be released?"

"?"

"If you send it tonight, I'll go to bed later; if you send it tomorrow, I'll get up earlier."

Wu Yuan: "..."

"Tomorrow at noon."

Xu Yang smiled: "Okay."

Wu Yuan: "Go back."

"I'll watch you go in before leaving."

Wu Yuan sighed, turned around and walked into the building, the road under his feet was illuminated by the dazzling headlights behind him, he didn't look back, he walked through the gate and entered the illuminated hall, the light of the headlights slowly moved back, Then there was the sound of reversing, and it gradually drifted away.

Wu Yuan went upstairs by the elevator.

Soon at the door of the house, he turned the key and opened the door.

What catches my eyes is the long hallway that I have seen countless times, the living room with only one light on, and the flickering light of the TV on the wall.

?

Ok?

Are the lights in the entrance so dim?

Is the floor that cold too?

……

I have to say that the senses are really capricious things. Once exposed to warmth and light, everything that is usually taken for granted becomes difficult to get used to.Wu Yuan touched the wall, the chilling temperature of his fingertips made his head shake, thinking of the steaming kitchen of the Xu family, and the smiling faces of a few people crowded at the door, shining brightly under the hot light.

Maybe it was right not to go.

"Ohara, are you back?"

The sound of the wheelchair was approaching, and it sounded harsh when it was pressed against the floor.

Wu Yuan was taken aback by his own thoughts, shook his head vigorously, and walked over with the bag: "Brother, you're back."

Ahead, Lu Shenqiu's smile was as warm and gentle as ever.

"How was the chat?"

"pretty good."

"That's good."

"elder brother……"

"Ok?"

With a light snort, Wu Yuan rolled his eyes: "They brought you dumplings and boiled jujube tea."

"them."

Lu Shenqiu smiled, repeated aimlessly, silently looked at the faint smile on Wu Yuan's face, and asked, "Who are you referring to?"

Wu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and it was this second of stunned that made Lu Shenqiu laugh: "It seems that Xiao Yuan has made friends, brother is so happy."

"It's still so kind to you, and I brought so much food and drink."

"That's all for my brother."

"But it's because of your face, isn't it?" Lu Shenqiu smiled softly, took the bag from Wu Yuan, poured out a cup of jujube tea in front of him, and took a sip, his brows and eyes softened: "It's delicious. "

The corners of Wu Yuan's brows were also loosened, and he said with a smile that hadn't retreated just now: "I think so too."

Lu Shenqiu looked at the tea in the cup, and suddenly said incoherently: "It's just a little lonely."

"what?"

"If Xiao Yuan makes friends, will he ignore my brother?" Lu Shenqiu raised his eyes, looked at Wu Yuan's dazed face and smiled: "Occasionally, such thoughts pop up suddenly, hey, do you think it's funny?"

Wu Yuan's face gradually turned pale.

"Okay, go wash and sleep, it's not too late."

Lu Shenqiu smiled and urged softly, like any elder brother who was worried that his younger brother would not sleep well, he even gave Wu Yuan a slight push behind his back, and did not lower his eyes until he watched Wu Yuan enter the house, looking at the dumplings and The tea in the thermos, the mirror flashes.

Thoughtful.

It was almost ten o'clock when Xu Yang got home, he went to the living room and turned on the light habitually, but saw a curled up figure on the sofa.

"Miaoer?"

Xu Yang frowned, "Why don't you turn on the light?"

Xu Miao sat on the sofa and didn't speak.

Xu Yang was a little helpless, went over and rubbed her head: "What's wrong?"

After talking, recalling the frightening scene at night, he smiled: "I'm not still afraid of that—"

"elder brother."

Xu Miao pursed her lips and blinked her eyes. The heartless look she had a few hours ago was gone. The light reflected on her deep eyebrows and long and narrow eyelashes, sweeping a patch of light on her thin face. Shadow, looked a little sad.

She looked at Xu Yang, hesitated to speak.

In the next second, say:

"Brother Wu Yuan is crying."

His heart seemed to be pinched suddenly, Xu Yang's breath suddenly stopped, and he opened his lips without hesitation: "What?"

"I saw it."

Xu Miao bit her lip, put her chin on her knees, and said in a muffled voice, "When I was eating dumplings, I cried so much that tears fell down one by one..."