subtle trapping

This new year is no different from the usual ones, and nothing special. It seems to pass by in a flash without knowing how. The only thing Lixia remembers is the two red ropes in Nanhua Temple, like obsession. Lixia is devout He made a wish in front of the Buddha, and then begged for two red ropes.

Lixia put the red rope back into the box, put it together with the previous red rope, and sealed it carefully in the box.

He Yan also went to university in a blink of an eye. When he saw Li Xia, he patted Li Xia on the shoulder without saying anything. .”

"I know," He Yan said, and after a while, "Li Xia, grandparents are not your responsibility alone. You don't need to take them all over. Grandparents are everyone's grandparents."

Li Xia paused, looked at He Yan with a gentle expression, "Yes."

"Also, grandparents sometimes get confused, don't be confused with them," He Yan said, "They are not gods, nor are they our guides, they are just elders, just elders, I know you are filial They, but they themselves sometimes don’t know, don’t understand, don’t understand, and haven’t seen it, but your life is your own, and filial piety is filial piety, but your own life should still be based on yourself.”

What He Yan said made Li Xia a little surprised, Li Xia was stunned, looked at He Yan, and said after a while: "Thank you."

He Yan scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I can understand you, although I know that I should not say this, after all, everyone understands the truth, but I think you are missing a relative who can talk, no matter what , Lixia, I support you."

Li Xia smiled, and stopped He Yan's shoulder, "Yeah."

He Yan looked at Lixia, "I haven't seen you smile for a long time, hey, I didn't dare to come last year, I was afraid that I wouldn't know what to say when I saw you, and you didn't post on Moments for a whole year, I want to call you I don't know what to say on the phone, and I feel awkward when talking on WeChat..."

Li Xia said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, you are so young, but you are very thoughtful."

"Hey, I can't help it. If you encounter too many things, it's a virtue. If you look forward and look backward, I should have told you earlier. Brother, it's always good to talk." He Yan said.

Li Xia felt warm in his heart, obviously he was a little kid a few years ago, but in a blink of an eye, he suddenly grew up.

"I heard that you are leaving this year, do you still want to go there?" He Yan asked.

"Well, let's go there, that professor is very good." Li Xia said.

"Then you won't come over for summer vacation, will you?"

"Well, it should be, I have to be busy with my defense, and I'm going to fly over there after I'm ready for school. Even if I come, I will say goodbye to my grandparents for a day or two." Li Xia said.

"Hey, doesn't that mean I won't see you next year during the Chinese New Year?"

Li Xia was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "Yeah."

He Yan said: "In that case, let's go to the hot springs today, and we won't see each other for nearly two years. Let's chat and let them go to relatives. I don't want to go, I'm so sad I'm sorry, I was looking for an excuse to escape."

Li Xia couldn't stop laughing, "You dragged me to the hot spring just to avoid leaving relatives?"

"How can you say that, I am for our brotherhood!"

The two went to the hot spring together, and when they got down to the pool, He Yan suddenly realized a problem, seeing that Li Xia didn't know how to speak, and Li Xia looked at He Yan who faltered and frowning and holding back his words, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? "

"No, nothing." He Yan jumped in with a plop.

Li Xia couldn't figure it out, and followed into the water, after waiting for a while, Li Xia realized something was wrong, deliberately watched He Yan tangled, leaning against the pool and squinting his eyes lazily.

He Yan couldn't hold back any longer, so he simply asked: "Li Xia, that's right, you are not... so what, will we soak in the hot spring together... um, that's..." He Yan blushed anxiously and his neck was thick.

Li Xia burst out laughing, "What are you thinking?"

He Yan was embarrassed and scratched his head, "Aren't I afraid that it will be inconvenient for you?"

"It's nothing inconvenient," Li Xia said with a smile, "It's fine if you don't mind."

"What do I mind, hey, I was really nervous for a long time." He Yan felt that his brain must be flooded.

"Oh, I said why are you so funny." Li Xia said with a smile.

"Hey, don't laugh, I think I'm three years old today with IQ." He Yan was ashamed.

After soaking in the steaming pool for a while, they felt extremely comfortable, and the two of them lazily leaned against the edge of the pool, chatting with each other.

He Yan complained that the university was very busy, but he didn't know what he was busy with every day, and Li Xia lazily said that he should be busy.

Winter passed quickly, and spring blossomed.

Everyone is busy. Teng Fei is going to be busy with his internship. Ren Shaoxuan's IELTS score is finally out. It is quite a good score. There should be no problem in applying for schools. The rest of the time is busy with the final project. Xiaopang and his girlfriend Still broke up.

In May, when it was time for the defense, Li Xia's Bi She did quite beautifully, and was a representative of an excellent graduation thesis. Everyone in the dormitory passed the defense smoothly. Ren Shaoxuan successfully got offers from three schools, including There was a school that Li Xia was going to, so Ren Shaoxuan chose that school without hesitation.

In June, the season of parting, the campus is filled with a touch of melancholy.

Four years of college time passed by in a flash, as if everything was yesterday, the last dormitory dinner, everyone was drunk, even Teng Fei, who was so good at drinking, also got down on the ground, and several people walked together, staggering and dragging I went to the hotel, because all the things in the dormitory were sent away, and the hotel fortunately still has two double-bed rooms.

So, under the strange eyes at the front desk, Li Xia helped a group of people to the room.

"Let me tell you, as long as we are still brothers, as long as you shout a word, brothers are better than heaven!" Teng Fei said.

"Yes, yes, Brother Fei, what you said is true." Ren Shaoxuan responded with squinted eyes.

"Xiao Xuanxuan, if someone bullies you in the future, I'll beat him up all over the floor, my brothers dare to move, don't you die..."

Fatty drank so dizzy that he shouted, "Brother Fei is awesome!"

Li Xia's head was also swollen, and he brought a few drunks into the room. Xiaopang and Teng Fei shared the same room. Li Xia put the two on the bed and lay down in a mess.

Put Ren Shaoxuan in his room again, and then went to take a bath, but while washing, someone pushed the door and came in, and Li Xia didn't react in his head in a daze.

Ren Shaoxuan's head was not clear, and he yelled in a daze, "I want to take a bath, it's uncomfortable." Then he began to pull his clothes.

Li Xia was stunned for a few seconds, quickly wrapped up the bath towel, and then said: "Wait a while, I'll be fine in a while." Then he shut the door.

Ren Shaoxuan kept knocking on the door outside, and shouted in a daze, "I want to take a bath, I want to take a bath."

Li Xia had no choice but to make a quick decision, charge it up immediately and then come out, Ren Shaoxuan went in foolishly, did not close the door, did not take off his clothes, stood under the shower head and began to take a shower, Li Xia sighed, and pulled him out .

"You take off your clothes before washing."

Ren Shaoxuan didn't respond, just stared at Li Xia blankly, his mind went blank, Li Xia couldn't do anything about it, he took off his clothes and stuffed him in, "Hurry up and wash, be careful not to catch a cold."

Li Xia was also worried about the two people next door, so he went to have a look, but when he went in, he saw the two lying down in a rather murderous scene. Teng Fei's leg was pressed against Xiaopang's chest, which made Xiaopang have difficulty breathing. Feeling as if he would be out of breath at any time, Li Xia hurriedly straightened the two of them, Teng Fei was still muttering, "Have another drink."

By the time he returned to his own room, Ren Shaoxuan had already laid down, sleeping very peacefully, and his sleeping appearance was quite cute, with only one head exposed, neatly placed under the quilt.

When the graduation photo was taken, the moment when the academic hat was thrown into the sky seemed to symbolize that the turbulent university life was really coming to an end, gone forever.

Li Xia was moving things with Ren Shaoxuan, but he heard someone calling his name from behind, and turned his head to see that it was Song Qi.

"Gu Lixia? It's really you," Song Qi said out of breath, "Long time no see."

Li Xia put down the things in his hands, "Well, long time no see."

"Are you free? Let's have a meal together." Song Qi said with a smile, with a gentle smile on his brows and eyes.

Li Xia thought for a while, "Well, that's fine."

In the evening, the two made an appointment to meet at the restaurant next to the school. Song Qi was a few minutes late. After sitting down, he said very embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, I encountered something temporarily."

Li Xia didn't feel anything, and said, "It's nothing, it's only been a few minutes."

Song Qi ordered a lot of dishes, and specifically asked Li Xia if he had any taboos. The two were not very familiar with each other at first, and the only bond between them was Lu Jinchu. Lu Jinchu is not here now, and the two sat here for a while. A little awkward, but fortunately Song Qi is an expert at invigorating the atmosphere and is good at chatting, so the remaining embarrassment disappeared after a while.

"I heard that you are going abroad to study in graduate school?" Song Qi asked.

Li Xia was a little surprised, Song Qi smiled and said: "Teacher Yu, he is one of my distant cousins, and I only found out that you are a student of Teacher Yu not long ago."

Li Xia nodded, "Yes."

"What about Jinchu?" Song Qi asked, "I haven't seen him for a long time, he came to me suddenly a few years ago and asked me to take care of you at school..."

Li Xia suddenly raised his head and looked at Song Qi, "He came to look for you?"

Song Qi was taken aback, "That's right."

"what did he say?"

"That means let me take care of you more in the future, and say that he may have to leave for a while, and if you encounter something, let me help you more." Song Qi asked, "Has he not come back yet?"

Li Xia was taken aback for a moment, then nodded seriously after a while, his eyes determined.

"Hey, where the hell has he gone? He has logged out of his phone and WeChat. In the class reunions a few years ago, he sent him a message without a response. He disappeared without a trace. I thought it was because I gave the message to Bai. ..." Song Qi stopped talking in time.

Li Xia paused and said, "He just went on a trip."