Met in early autumn of 2001

In the bedroom, Xu Yihui and Xun Lang were playing chess, and Xu Yichen was sitting at his desk concentrating on a book. It was a foreign masterpiece that Xu Fang bought—"Red and Black", an excellent realistic love novel.

After defeating Xun Lang for the fifth time, Xu Yihui threw away his general, lay back on the bed, sighed and said, "I don't want to play anymore, it's boring!"

Xun Lang was relieved immediately when he said that he would stop playing. He stood up and moved his tingling legs and feet, looking at Xu Yichen who was at the side.Xu Yichen had already read half of Xu Yichen's novel, turned the pages in his hand, took the time to look at Xun Lang and his younger brother, and asked Xu Yihui: "It's rare that you won so many rounds in one go, why are you so boring?" Looking at Xun Lang again, the other party raised an eyebrow at him.

Xu Yihui turned over and sat up, drooping his shoulders, humming and saying, "You have to ask Brother Xun, he doesn't play well, would it be interesting for me to win?"

Xu Yichen raised his head and gave Xun Lang a puzzled look.Xun Lang rubbed his nose, turned his head and smiled apologetically at Xu Yihui, there was no way, Xu Yichen was sitting next to him, he couldn't help himself not to pay attention to him, and the people under this banner didn't pay much attention.

There was a creaking sound outside the house, after a while Xu Fang came over and lifted the curtain, stood at the door of the bedroom and didn't enter the house, the three people in the room looked at her.

Xu Fang said in Mandarin: "Brother, it's almost eleven o'clock now, I'm going to cook, come in and ask Brother Xun if there are any taboos?"

Xun Lang smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, you can just do as usual, I have nothing against you."

When Xu Yichen heard that it was eleven o'clock, he looked down at the pages of the novel, closed the book, and stood up to help.Turning around and seeing Xun Lang following behind him, he stopped and said to him, "If you feel bored, just read a book." He pointed to the "Red and Black" he had just read.

Xun Lang glanced at the direction of his finger, and shook his head: "I don't like reading, you know, I can help pick vegetables."

Xu Fang was surprised when Xun Lang said he wanted to help, "Brother Xun can also cook?"

Xu Yichen thought to himself how could he be able to cook in the situation of Xun Lang's family.Xun Lang really shook his head, and said with some embarrassment: "No."

Since it doesn't work, of course it didn't help in the end.

After the meal was ready, Xu Yichen called Xun Lang and his brother out for dinner.Xun Lang took the chopsticks handed over by Xu Fang, and asked in surprise, "Aren't we going to wait for your parents?"

Xu Fang blinked, and Xu Yichen handed the porridge to Xun Lang, explaining: "There is a small hut on the mountain. My parents usually bring food when they go up the mountain to do farm work, and they won't come back until evening."

Xun Lang was taken aback, so he won't be able to see Xu Yichen's parents today.

After eating and resting for more than an hour, Xu Yichen went into his parents' house, put the wages paid in the past two months under his parents' pillows, explained to Xu Fang carefully, and prepared to go back to No. [-] Middle School.

Although he didn't meet Xu Yichen's parents this time, Xun Lang successfully won the love of Xu Yichen's brother and sister, which is definitely a good thing for him.

……

The car wobbled and brought the two of them back to the county seat, and they walked for another twenty minutes to No. [-] Middle School.At the gate of the school, a small black car pulled over. Both Xu Yichen and Xun Lang looked at it, but they just glanced at it casually without paying special attention.

The security guard of the school has changed this semester, replaced by a slightly older man with gray hair, not the young adult man he was last time.The old man took a chair and sat in the sun in front of the security room. His presbyopia could not see people clearly. When he saw Xu Yichen and the two of them, he thought they were from outside the school. He stretched out his hand and shouted, "People from outside the school need to come and register!"

Xu Yichen walked over and called out politely in dialect. This old man knew him, knew that he was working in a canteen, and liked this sensible and polite boy.As for Xun Lang, the uncle saw that he and Xu Yichen were together, so he never asked more questions, and it was the same this time, he let him go after he saw the person clearly.

"Xiao Lang?!"

The two went uphill while talking, neither of them raised their heads to look forward, when suddenly they heard a loving call from above.Xun Lang was stunned for a moment, then raised his head abruptly, and saw his grandma looking at him with a happy and slightly annoyed expression on his face, and Uncle Li was standing beside her, supporting her.

"Grandma?" Only then did Xun Lang realize why the car parked at the door looked familiar.

Xu Yichen stood there looking at the old man who came all the way to see his grandson, and he pursed his lips tightly, feeling a sense of guilt in his heart.

Xun Lang ran up the hill with big strides, took Uncle Li's hand, and supported Mrs. Jiang. Although he was pleasantly surprised, he frowned slightly and said, "Grandma, why are you here? Why are you climbing uphill with bad legs? "

Mrs. Jiang patted her grandson's hand, said distressedly and sadly: "You still talk about grandma?! You come back once a month. We don't know how you are doing at home. You have enough food and clothing. Not enough? The school dormitory is not allowed this Saturday and Sunday, where do you live?"

Li Jiefang explained: "The old lady is worried about you, so your father asked me to send her over to have a look."

Just as the old lady was talking, Xu Yichen had already stepped up, smiling and shouting, "Hello grandma, hello uncle."

Mrs. Jiang looked at the polite and well-behaved boy in front of her, and immediately recognized it, and responded with a smile: "Hey, Xiaochen is still so good!"

When Xu Yichen heard that Xun Lang's grandma still remembered him, he praised him again, and his left ear turned slightly red.Xun Lang looked at Xu Yichen, and then saw his grandma's kind eyes when looking at Xu Yichen, and immediately said: "Grandma, I live with Yichen on Saturdays and Sundays. He is giving me tutoring. My dad told you of?"

"Yes, your father told me." Mrs. Jiang nodded, and praised Xu Yichen again when she said this, which made her ears turn red.

While talking, the four of them returned to the commissary.

Mrs. Jiang watched Xu Yichen take out the key to open the door, and looked at the small room with yellowish white and gray walls without any trace.As soon as the door opened, Mrs. Jiang silently lowered her eyes when she saw two narrow wooden beds in the room, and there was still room for one person to walk around.Li Jiefang stood at the door and looked into the house. He felt that it was too crowded to go in, so he walked out again and looked at the scenery outside with his hands behind his back.

As soon as he entered the room, Xu Yichen became nervous. There was only a stone bench in the room, not even a chair. Where would the old man sit?Seeing Xu Yichen's discomfort, Xun Lang smiled and beckoned his grandma to sit on the bed.Mrs. Jiang herself had a hard life before, so she didn't feel uncomfortable when she was asked to sit on a plank bed.Sitting on the bed, he asked his grandson with a smile, "You and Xiaochen sleep in the same bed?"

Xu Yichen subconsciously went to look at Xun Lang, and Xun Lang replied truthfully: "No." He pointed to Xia Qiang's bed opposite him and said, "That bed is occupied by another person who also helps in the canteen. I usually sleep with Yichen. Together."

Mrs. Jiang nodded after hearing this, and stopped talking about this topic, but talked about some family affairs.

About an hour later, Mrs. Jiang left, and Xun Lang escorted her to the school gate. When she came back, she had two extra bags in her hand, which were full of food.

Xu Yichen sat on the wooden bed in a daze, Xun Lang put the things on the small round table, picked up two pieces of white chocolate and walked over, raised his eyebrows and bumped him lightly, and passed the chocolate over.

"What are you thinking about so preoccupied?"

Xu Yichen took the chocolate and held it in his hand without opening it.He bit his lip, turned his head and looked at Xun Lang sadly.

Seeing his expression, Xun Lang panicked, and immediately became serious and serious: "What's wrong?"

"You said..." Xu Yichen hesitated and said, "Does your grandma think that you are suffering here?" Although Mrs. Jiang just asked a few words and didn't express anything, Xu Yichen felt that the old man just loved his grandson.That's right, Xun Lang lives on campus and eats food from the cafeteria at school, so the cafeteria naturally doesn't have anything nutritious.Originally, when he went back on vacation every week, he could still make up for it, but now it was fine, because I promised to give him tutoring, now Xun Lang only went back once a month, and every time he had to squeeze into the narrow and hard wooden bed with himself.His grandma was right to be worried. Apart from his grandma, his parents and grandpa must also feel distressed.

Xun Lang lowered his head and removed the chocolate in his hand. While Xu Yichen turned his head to look at him, he stretched out his hand and stuffed the chocolate into his slightly opened mouth. Looking at his dazed expression, he twitched the corner of his mouth and said: : "Don't worry! My grandma used to be a teacher, teaching and educating people, she will never think like you said." Xun Lang paused and said seriously: "Besides, I am here with you You live together, do you think I am suffering?" If he lived two days a week to suffer, then what is Xu Yichen living 30 days a month?

Xu Yichen took the chocolate from his mouth, and pursed his lips in response to Xun Lang's rhetorical question.

Xun Lang smiled, to relieve such a bored atmosphere, he stretched out his arms and hugged him naturally: "What I said must be true, so don't worry about this issue."

Xu Yichen sighed silently and nodded.

"What's for dinner?" Xun Lang swayed around the man with his arms around him.

Xu Yichen had already gotten used to Xun Lang's closeness, so he rolled his eyes, raised his hand, looked at the chocolate that had torn open the package, and said, "That's it." He moved his head forward, wanting to take a bite, he I really love chocolate.

Xun Lang narrowed his eyes, stretched out his right hand to pull it, and lowered his head. When Xu Yichen realized it, a piece of chocolate was missing in his hand.Xun Lang savored the sweetness to his heart, and licked his lower lip eagerly.

Xu Yichen stared at him blankly: "I touched that piece just now." His saliva was still on it.

Xun Lang raised his mouth and nodded, thinking that it was because you had touched it that it was so sweet.

Seeing that Xun Lang didn't care, Xu Yichen remained calm and ate the remaining half with his head down.Xun Lang tilted his head and watched Xu Yichen eat the piece of chocolate he had bitten into, feeling instantly satisfied? ……That is impossible!

Xun Lang felt that since the last time he met Xu Yichen at zero distance, the desire in his heart seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and it was a bit hard to bear it.