senior [rebirth]

Saturday is just around the corner.

Lin Xi got up early in the morning and took his baked biscuits out of the oven.

Because it is Yao Bauhinia's birthday, he prepared two desserts this time. One is for afternoon tea for the students after lunch. Good, well-made birthday present.

After everything was packed, Lin Xi kept two more copies of each variety in the living room at home, covered them with something, and then went into the room to prepare all the books to bring to the library in the afternoon.

After doing all this, Lin Xi thought for a while, reached out and put a piece of broken manuscript paper on the corner of the table in front of him, and after thinking for a long time, he looked for scotch tape and bowed his head to put it together.

Putting together white paper is not an easy job. Lin Xi's eyes were a little blurry at the end of the fight. He reached out and rubbed for a long time, checked the time, took a break for two seconds, and then buried himself in hard work.

Until the phone on the table rang suddenly.

Lin Xi slowly withdrawn from his work, glanced to the side, and saw that it was Xu Hanlai.

Senior: Are you awake?

When Lin Xi saw these two words on the screen, his ears warmed up.

The phrase "then who do you like because of who do you like" that Xu Hanlai asked back earlier shook Lin Xi's heart for a long time, thinking that his little thought was noticed by the senior, so he was nervous and nervous, and he couldn't sleep for two days in a row I'm embarrassed to look at Xu Han.

Until one night later, Lin Xi was thinking about it, and suddenly came to take a closer look——Senior, he was secretly changing concepts.

After "It's not because I like her", what should be asked under normal circumstances is "Why is that", but Xu Hanlai directly asked him "It's because of whom I like".

... Isn't this obviously teasing him?

After regaining consciousness, Lin Xi's mood suddenly became very complicated.

On the one hand, I hated myself for not reacting immediately, and on the other hand, after realizing it, I felt that my worries these days seemed a bit funny.

But even though he had thought clearly in his heart, Lin Xi found that he would still make pink bubbles because of the way his senior asked him that day.

... He really liked the senior more and more.

And the result of these mixed emotions is that it is the fourth day, and it is still a bit unnatural for Lin Xi and Xu Han to talk.

Even mobile messages.

It took several seconds for Xu Hanlai's QQ message to arrive before Lin Xi typed slowly: Well, I'm awake.

Xu Hanlai: Are you free?

Lin Xi blinked: Yes, what's the matter with the senior?

Xu Hanlai: I haven't prepared a gift yet.

Lin Xi paused, then looked at the time, and quickly realized: Do you want to buy it now?

Xu Hanlai: Yes.

Then: together?

Although Lin Xi has already prepared his own gift, he doesn't mind buying it again with his senior at all, just...

Lin Xi glanced at the manuscript paper on the table that was almost unfinished, thought for a while and said: OK, but I may not be able to go out until 09:30, and now it is 08:30, it will take an hour.

It should be ready by then.

Lin Xi thought for a while, and added carefully: Can senior wait for me?

Xu Hanlai replied without much hesitation: Yes.

They made an appointment to meet at the back door of No. [-] Middle School at [-]:[-], which is closer to the library, and there is a shopping mall near the library, so you can go directly to the shopping mall to buy and then meet everyone.

After confirming the itinerary, Lin Xi immediately began to put together the papers on the table more seriously, and finally managed to finish before 09:30, and happily pushed the door out with good things on his back.

...But he didn't expect to run into Lin Meiling in the living room.

The school has make-up classes for senior three on Saturdays, so Li Rende also has to go to work today. Under this understanding, Lin Xi naturally felt that he was the only one left in the quiet home --- Lin Meiling would not stay at home on weekends in the past.

In order to save electricity bills, he has never turned on the lights in the living room.

The old house of the Lin family has poor lighting, and the living room has no windows or balconies leading to the outside, so it will become very dark if the lights are not turned on.

Lin Meiling obviously didn't turn on the light when she came out. She was standing in the living room at the moment, only relying on the light from the master bedroom to reflect on her body, barely showing her silhouette.

Her black hair fell down long, her fair cheeks and hair color formed a huge contrast, and all kinds of wrinkles had appeared on her beautiful face in the past, and now she was looking at the plate of small desserts on the table expressionlessly .

The cover that Lin Xi had deliberately covered had been lifted at some point, and the exquisite desserts just lay there quietly.

Lin Xi didn't notice this movement at first. The moment he saw Lin Meiling, the original smile on his face froze, and then his heart seemed to be tapped lightly by something, and he subconsciously took half a step back. , pinched the bag of dessert in his hand a little nervously.

This is the first time Lin Xi met Lin Meiling face to face after her rebirth, and his last memory of Lin Meiling in the previous life was still that she was lying on the sickbed. Even in the last time, he only told himself not to bully Li Rende after her death If it is, the expression looks like Lin Xi will become some kind of scourge.

Memories came to mind, echoing Lin Meiling's expression now, Lin Xi moved her throat, then pulled the corners of her lips, and called out softly: "...Mom."

Lin Meiling's eyes turned slowly, glanced at him in a very flat manner, and then tapped on the dessert plate with her fingertips: "You made it?"

"Yes." A voice that had been sealed in memory for a long time came, and Lin Xi looked at the dessert. After a long time, he forced a smile and said to Lin Meiling, "Mom, try it, it's delicious."

Lin Meiling didn't speak, her eyes just fell on the dessert.

The living room suddenly fell silent.

Lin Xi didn't know what to say at this time. After the death of Lin Meiling in his last life, he grew up alone for a while, and the hidden resentment he had when he was a child was actually gone—or it was hidden by Lin Xi.

His past is too dark, if he always thinks about it, he will be completely swallowed by negative emotions.

Lin Xi doesn't like that, so he will habitually reach self-conciliation with some sad things, and he will always be more used to looking at brighter things, such as his favorite senior.

He would rather follow behind his senior every day and give his love endlessly, and he is not willing to think deeply about those pasts, and he is unwilling to let himself be buried by them.

However, Lin Meiling's current expression and appearance seemed to forcefully move the things he least wanted to recall in front of him, making it difficult to get along with herself.

After a long time, Lin Xi really couldn't think of a topic to talk about, so he pinched the paper bag and said softly, "Mom, I have an appointment with a classmate. It's almost time, let's go out first."

After he finished speaking, he stopped politely and waited for Lin Meiling's reaction for a while.

But Lin Meiling didn't say anything, so Lin Xi could only turn around on his own, and ran to the entrance to put on his shoes.

The doors on both sides were opened. In fact, the air in the living room was circulating, but Lin Xi didn't know why, but felt that the atmosphere in the house was frighteningly oppressive, almost making him breathless.

He lowered his eyes and quickly put on his shoes. He didn't care if the laces on one side were not tight enough. He picked up the bag and pushed the door and went out, as if he wanted to disappear from home immediately.

But just as she took a step, Lin Meiling behind her seemed to have finally come to her senses, oh, and then asked without any ups and downs: "Lin Xi, what's your first date?"

Lin Xi choked for breath.

It took him half a minute before he exhaled softly facing the empty and old corridor, and forced a smile.

"I'm almost a sophomore in high school, Mom."

Saturday was also a very sunny day, and Lin Xi only had one schoolbag, so even though he was going out to play halfway today, he still carried the same schoolbag as usual.

After leaving the house, Lin Xi was walking on the uneven stone road. In fact, he wanted to run a little bit, wishing he could fly out of the community immediately.

But worried about the dessert in his hand, he still didn't run in the end, but walked a few beats faster than usual anxiously, as if he couldn't wait to see someone.

It wasn't until the back door of No. [-] Middle School was approaching that he saw the senior standing at the door and staring down at the phone screen from a distance, and his heart that was about to let go finally slowed down by two beats steadily.

Xu Hanlai is tall, with a straight and straight back, and is wearing a white T-shirt. Even when he is playing with his mobile phone, his habitual ease has not dissipated much.

When Lin Xi saw him, all the sourness that was suppressed in his heart burst out all at once, as if he saw some warm harbor, he couldn't help calling softly: "Senior."

Then quicken your pace and walk in his direction.

There was still some distance in the middle, Lin Xi walked for a while, and seemed to feel that it was not fast enough, and in the end he couldn't help but trot.

Xu Hanlai turned his head when he heard the voice, and saw a small firecracker rushing towards him.

Lin Xi was very emotionally disturbed. In the end, even if he ran, he didn't feel tense at all, and the distance was not calculated. It looked as if he was going to plunge directly into Xu Hanlai's arms.

With Xu Hanlai's motor nerves, it was obvious that he could evade it, but he didn't dodge it after he frowned. He let the elementary school boy bump into him, and then replied, "Huh?"