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The next day, Cheng Xi's bedside alarm clock was an hour later than usual.After washing up at eight o'clock, he sent a message to Zhou Mingchen and received a reply before he took his schoolbag and prepared to go out.

Cheng Hai was listening to the morning news in the living room. The male anchor's voice came from the TV with a correct accent, speaking as fast as a machine gun, but he could still read the newspaper while listening.Zhao Yunlan prepared breakfast, and the homemade porridge and side dishes and fried dough sticks and bread bought downstairs were being placed on the table.I haven't seen Cheng Yiming and Cheng Yisheng, so I guess they are still sleeping late.

Although Cheng Xi had reported it last night, he still told Cheng Hai that he was going out later.

It's a good thing that the indifferent nephew has made a good friend. He thinks he should have adapted well in the class. Cheng Hai said with a smile on his face, "It's so early? Let's go after breakfast. It's the classmate you mentioned who lives in the opposite door." classmate?"

Cheng Xi nodded: "Yes."

Cheng Hai sat down with him, and served him a bowl of porridge: "I'll ask him to come and play at home later on, it's good if we have a relationship." He also wanted to see what kind of benefits a child could get along with his nephew. uniqueness.

Cheng Xi was hesitant about how to answer, Zhao Yunlan said: "There is nothing fun at home, and there is nothing to entertain others. Maybe they will think we are neglectful."

Cheng Xi didn't mean that in the first place, so he didn't say anything.Cheng Hai's face darkened all of a sudden, and the brothers Yisheng and Yiming often brought friends back. Zhao Yunlan was always nice and friendly, serving snacks and fruits as treats. The wife's words implied that Cheng Xi's friends were naturally not welcome.

Cheng Xi drank two bowls of porridge with side dishes, the phone in his pocket vibrated two or three times, he put down the bowl: "Uncle, eat slowly, I'm going out."

Cheng Hai was surprised: "Why do you eat so little? Are you full?"

"Well, I'm full." Cheng Xi picked up the bowl and chopsticks and put them in the sink.

Zhao Yunlan asked: "Then come back for lunch?"

Cheng Hai glanced sideways at her, and Zhao Yunlan looked back confidently: "What's wrong? If he eats at a classmate's house, I'll cook less, so as not to waste too much."

Cheng Xi didn't look back, and replied calmly: "It's fine to have lunch at my classmate's house. I have a lot of homework. We estimate that we will have to write until the afternoon, and we will go back to school together by then."

Hearing this, Cheng Hai put down the bowls and chopsticks, and wanted to go back to his room to get his wallet: "Then Xiaoxi, wait a moment and get this month's pocket money."

Cheng Xi said while changing his shoes, "No need uncle, I still have money."

Before Cheng Hai could reply, he had already run out.Cheng Hai's face was not very good-looking, he hadn't finished the porridge in his bowl, but he couldn't eat any more, so he silently put away the bowl.

Zhao Yunlan didn't say a word, she worked so hard to make breakfast for the whole family, it's just that her husband didn't understand, and he showed his face before eating two bowls, Zhao Yunlan angrily took the vegetables and stuffed them into his mouth.

Cheng Hai changed his clothes and was about to go out, Zhao Yunlan didn't care to get angry, put down her chopsticks and chased to the entrance and asked, "Where are you going?"

Cheng Hai straightened his collar, took the car keys and said, "Go to the company to work overtime."

He also confiscated any overtime work, which was a blatant excuse.Zhao Yunlan watched her husband close the door, stood in the porch for a while, her eyes turned red unknowingly, and returned to the dining table in a daze, no longer in the mood to eat.

Cheng Yiming came out of the bedroom yawning, rubbed his astringent eyes, and said with sleepiness in his voice, "Mom?"

Zhao Yunlan quickly wiped her eyes, stood up, put the bowls and chopsticks in the sink, lowered her head to rinse, and forced a smile: "Are you up? Come and have breakfast, it will get cold later."

Cheng Yiming's thoughts were delicate, and he noticed that her voice was wrong, so he walked over lightly and asked in a low voice, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Yunlan burst into tears as she held back, not wanting her son to see her, so she wiped her tears-soaked cheeks with her clothes, and urged, "It's okay, go wash up."

Cheng Yiming probably guessed the reason, stopped and turned his head: "Then I'll go brush my teeth first."

Zhao Yunlan took a deep breath and wiped away her tears.Fortunately, it was Yiming who got up first, and if that boy Yisheng saw it, he would have to break through the sand and ask the truth, and there would be trouble again.

……

Opposite the door.

Cheng Xi was going to be a guest, and Zhou Mingchen woke up naturally without sleeping. After getting up, he arranged a few pillows on the sofa, took away everything on the coffee table, and took out his favorite snacks.

After tidying up, I waited and waited, but Cheng Xi did not come. Zhou Mingchen wandered around the house to see if there was anything unsightly and needed to be tidied up.

Finally hearing the doorbell, Zhou Mingchen twitched his lips and ran to open the door. When he saw Cheng Xi, he bent down and made a gesture of "please come in", and said like a gentleman: "Welcome Cheng Xiaoxi to come and inspect, and you will be full of glory." .”

Cheng Xi was out of his mind, but when disturbed by Zhou Mingchen's strange appearance and strange tone, he froze for a moment, his emotions eased unconsciously, and his brows and eyes returned to their usual calmness.

Zhou Mingchen was talking, but didn't notice the change in his expression: "Come in and sit down, what do you drink? By the way, I only have water and milk here. Have you had breakfast?"

Cheng Xi put down his schoolbag: "After eating, water will be fine."

Zhou Mingchen poured him a glass of water, walked over with slippers, and didn't treat him as a guest: "I don't have a study room in my house, and it's inconvenient to move the desk out of the room. Let's write here. It's nice to sit on the carpet." It’s comfortable, and I cleaned the tea table, so it’s no problem to use it as a table.”

Cheng Xi naturally didn't mind, took the cup and asked, "Doing homework?"

From the time he entered the door, he didn't look at the furnishings at home or exchange greetings, but went straight to the point. Zhou Mingchen lamented his lack of humor and unsophisticated temperament, but couldn't help laughing: "Let's write."

The two of them lay their heads on the coffee table and wrote their homework for more than two hours. Zhou Mingchen couldn't help but sing empty tricks, gurgling, and there was a lot of movement. Zhou Mingchen awkwardly covered his stomach, but Cheng Xi He just wasn't distracted, and didn't even look at it.

Zhou Mingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He was not hungry. He usually had to open a bag of snacks for half an hour after doing his homework, walk around and eat something, and let his eyes rest by the way. He didn't remember what Cheng Xi brought today.

He was really hungry, with his chest pressed against his back, Zhou Mingchen touched his empty stomach, buried his face in the paper, smelling the smell of paper, he was so hungry, and his voice was weak: "Cheng Xiaoxi, it's almost twelve o'clock Why don't you rest for a while and order a takeaway?"

"Well, order one for me by the way." Cheng Xi put down his pen and moved his wrist. He was already hungry, but he just forgot while writing, and the discomfort in his stomach was forgotten by him.

Zhou Mingchen laughed out loud: "Of course it's for you, don't you want to run back to eat? By the way, what do you want to eat?"

He stretched his neck, leaned lazily on the sofa behind him, opened the takeaway app and handed him the phone: "If you like it, just go ahead, anyway, I'm not picky."

Cheng Xi went out of his way, and among various takeaway shops, he picked out a small stir-fry with both meat and vegetables.Zhou Mingchen raised his eyebrows when he saw it. What's the difference between this dish and the one in the cafeteria?He was above board and added two more desserts and drinks.

After ordering takeaway, Zhou Mingchen tore open a bag of biscuits, crunched and crunched two bites, filling his stomach.Seeing that Cheng Xi wanted to continue writing, he couldn't see it: "Is your homework habit not good? You don't know how to rest in the middle, and every time you put down your homework, you read it with your hands in your hands. I'm not threatening you, Cheng Xiaoxi , if you go on like this, you don’t have to wait until the third year of high school, you must be short-sighted.”

Cheng Xi was taken aback, is it really that serious?But he couldn't control it. Every time he picked up the book, the time passed before he read it.But if you are short-sighted, it is really troublesome.

Seeing him getting serious, Zhou Mingchen frowned in distress and thought for a long time. Thinking it was funny, he suddenly became playful, and poked the word "Chuan" between his frowning brows across the coffee table.

Cheng Xi was dazed and didn't hide, and subconsciously raised his hand to grab Zhou Mingchen's wrist.It was rare for Zhou Mingchen to tease him once, but unfortunately he was caught on the spot, and the smile on his face grew stronger.

He moved his eyes down, and just about to speak, he froze.

Cheng Xiaoxi tilted his head, supported his chin loosely with his palms, and covered half of his fair side face. The moment he was disturbed, his phoenix eyes closed and opened again, and his long eyelashes slapped, like a riverside The little elk drinking water quietly was startled by a sudden falling stone. The moment it raised its head suddenly, it revealed a pair of bewildered eyes, beautiful and innocent.

tick.One sound.

Zhou Mingchen seemed to hear a drop of water falling on the calm lake, first splashed a small ripple, and then fainted with an echo.

"Why?"

The familiar voice dragged Zhou Mingchen back to reality, Cheng Xi let go of his hand and looked at him suspiciously, there was an imperceptible intimacy in the inquiry.

Zhou Mingchen sat up, couldn't help smiling, shook off the passing absent-mindedness, and tugged on one side of Cheng Xi's cheek: "Don't worry, leave the eye problem to me, and I will strictly supervise your rest in the future. Brother Chen is here It won't make you short-sighted."

……

After lunch, the biological clock kicked in, sleepiness hit like a tide, the wise man in Zhou Mingchen's mind didn't cooperate, the words on the test paper were jumping around, and 10 minutes passed before he could figure out a big math problem.

Zhou Mingchen simply put on headphones and listened to music, trying to use the music rhythm to mobilize the vitality of brain cells.Cheng Xi also dozed off, watching him humming a song, turning a pen in his hand, shaking his head from time to time, speechless for a while, and unplugging his earphones across the coffee table.

Zhou Mingchen opened his eyes in a daze: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Xi: "Look at it for a while at noon, it's too inefficient, write after you sleep, how many do you have?"

Zhou Mingchen counted: "Three. It should be finished." He said naturally: "Then go to my room and sleep. The bedding in the guest room has not been changed after use. Anyway, my bed is big enough."

Remembering that Cheng Xi didn't like being close to others, he asked again: "You don't mind?"

Cheng Xi has no objection, Zhou Mingchen is a friend, he has neither cleanliness nor bed recognition.

The bedroom was quiet, and the temperature was neither high nor low, which was just right for falling asleep. Zhou Mingchen tossed and turned for a while, and heard the small regular noise of the air conditioner.He was a little irritable, why didn't he feel noisy when he listened to it before, but now he couldn't fall asleep even though he was sleepy?

Suddenly remembered one thing, I haven't slept with anyone since elementary school, could it be that I am not used to it?Zhou Mingchen guessed that he turned his head to talk to Cheng Xi, turned over, and saw Cheng Xi lying on his side facing him, with his head resting on his bent arm, his nose moved slightly, his breathing was shallow, and he was already asleep.

Zhou Mingchen exclaimed, this is really a second sleep.I heard that people with no distracting thoughts sleep well. Looking at Cheng Xi's long and thick eyelashes and closed eyes, Zhou Mingchen was nervous, stared at him for a while, and slowly moved towards him...

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