Xu Shanlan

Cong Zhanyi lay on Xu Shanlan's body, forming a standard KFC hamburger with the bed.Xu Shanlan was the piece of fried chicken leg in the middle, with a piggy face, he couldn't catch his breath, so he had to beg for mercy: "I'm crushed, I'm crushed to death, brother, get up quickly."

"I was seriously injured by a sneak attack, and I couldn't get up." Cong Zhanyi made a rare lie, closing his eyes and pretending to be unconscious.

"I was wrong, can't I be wrong?" Xu Shanlan opened and closed her lips, "I won't dare to do it next time..."

Only then did Cong Zhanyi stretch out his arms to prop himself up, and pinched Xu Shanlan's cheeks mercilessly: "Brother, you dare to do anything, your skin is a little tight lately."

Xu Shanlan couldn't stop thinking: "Brother, someday you will fight me against each other and see how far we are."

"It's too bad." Cong Zhanyi compared on top of his head, "We'll make gestures when you grow as tall as me." He patted Xu Shanlan's buttocks, "Turn off the lights and go to sleep."

Xu Shanlan curled his lips and got into bed, when will he be like a big brother?How majestic, alas - Xu Shanlan envied and longed for it, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, the wooden bed creaked and creaked.Cong Zhanyi turned around and looked at him: "Are you sleeping?"

"Sleep, sleep." Xu Shanlan shrank under the quilt, revealing his eyes and blinking.Cong Zhanyi gave him a light thump on the head: "Sleep, wake up tomorrow morning to practice, you also have to participate in the competition."

"Ah——" Xu Shanlan remembered that he had a heavy burden on his shoulders, and his heart was seized suddenly, and he was very nervous.Really useless!He cursed to himself and closed his eyes.

But he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all the time, and he could always hear various noises.The wind is blowing again outside, blowing the treetops whining, the spring in S City is very windy; I don’t know who is in the corridor, rustling past; in a daze, it seems to be back on the playing field, The surroundings were full of people, and I stood there, walking slowly into the center of the venue under the gaze of everyone and under the bright lights.I only heard the host mechanically read through the loudspeaker: "Contestant No. 0044, Xu Shanlan."

The music was bang bang bang bang, indistinctly audible, the game had already started.But Xu Shanlan stood still like a puppet, his mind went blank, he actually forgot all the movements, and couldn't remember any of them.There were noises from all around, as well as laughter, cursing, and hissing: "Go down, go down, it's a shame...

Xu Shanlan's hands and feet were cold, he looked blankly and helplessly at those people with different expressions, his fear was like icy sea water, engulfing him in an instant, making him suffocate.He couldn't help crying: "Brother——Brother—" He turned around, his eyes quickly searching around, "Br——Brother, where are you——"

Cong Zhanyi's voice came from beside him: "Lanzi, Lanzi, brother is here, it's okay, it's okay." Xu Shanlan plunged into the arms of the big brother, panic turned into full of grievances: "Brother, I don't want to compare, I'm I'm afraid, I won't compete..."

"Don't compare, let's not compare..." The elder brother put his arms around him and coaxed him in a low voice.

Xu Shanlan was much more stable. He felt a warm current penetrate from his limbs to his heart. He sighed contentedly and slowly opened his eyes.In the night, the senior brother's eyes were still bright, staring at him quietly.Xu Shanlan was a little ashamed, buried his head on Cong Zhanyi's chest, and heard the elder brother gently ask: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Xu Shanlan nodded.

Cong Zhanyi put his arms around him: "It's not honest to sleep at such a young age. The quilt was kicked off and I shivered from the cold." He pulled back the quilt and wanted to cover Xu Shanlan.Xu Shanlan quickly put his arms around Cong Zhanyi's neck and said nothing.Cong Zhanyi had no choice but to smile: "Okay, share the quilt with me." Xu Shanlan leaned in the arms of the senior brother, breathing in his familiar smell, listening to his regular and strong heartbeat, and said no all over his body. It was comfortable and warm, and I fell asleep after a while.

Xu Shanlan heard someone walking over, but it was actually his uncle Yin Yi.He came to the room in the jungle, sat leisurely on the big rocking chair, watched his senior brother pacing back and forth, rubbing his fists, his face flushed: "That's great, that's great, I really didn't expect that Zhan Yi's kung fu didn't fall behind." , even better than before. Haha, Ayi, you are right, this kid Zhan Yi knows well, and will not give up his martial arts easily."

Yin Yi casually poured a cup of tea and savored it carefully. He couldn't help laughing at Jungle's excitement: "It's because you don't always have confidence in him. I always thought that this kid Zhan Yi has a stable personality and can be promising."

Conglin sat down on the chair and laughed loudly: "Oh, I can't say what I'm going to do. It's not in vain to get a good result in this competition."

Yin Yi rolled his eyes at him: "Okay, why are you pretending in front of me? You just let Zhan Yi run for the championship."

"Hey." Jungle pretended to be modest, "This kind of thing also depends on luck, and no one can tell until the last moment."

Yin Yi said indifferently: "Do your best and obey the destiny, we have to do what we have to do. In this way, I will make a few phone calls... Well, it's the weekend, Saturday, everyone is convenient, and you have time too."

Conglin didn't understand what his junior brother meant, so he scratched his short haircut: "What are you doing?"

"Dinner, invite them to dinner." Yin Yi explained casually, "I've already made arrangements to be at Gaode Hotel. By the way, I'll introduce you to the principals of the Municipal Sports School."

Conglin frowned: "What are they doing, we are private, they are public, well water does not interfere with river water."

Yin Yi smiled and waved his hands: "You have to listen to me on this matter. Don't all civil and public organizations have to participate in this competition? There is no harm in getting to know each other, and you can't leave this circle no matter what."

"The game is based on strength, not on treating guests to dinner." Cong muttered, very reluctantly, but he knew that his junior was doing it for his own good and the school's good, but it's no big deal to have a meal, "Okay, you say It's up to you."

Conglin agreed, and the matter was settled. Yin Yi stood up and brushed off the non-existing dust on his clothes, and walked towards the door: "That's it, you wait for my news." When he opened the door, he met Gu Haiping Raise your hand to knock.Gu Haiping hurriedly said hello: "Uncle Shi, Master hasn't slept yet."

Yin Yi took a look into the room, and thought casually: He was so stimulated that he could fall asleep tonight.But Yin Yi never cared about his brother's face in front of the juniors, he swallowed the words, and only said: "I haven't slept yet, what do you need from him?"

"It's nothing, I want to talk to master and uncle about the competition."

"Come in." Yin Yi turned and walked back, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

Gu Haiping obviously had thought it over for a while, and said clearly: "I think senior brother should participate in the Taijiquan competition. I will participate in Changquan. I will have a duel with him again. What do you think, Master?"

Conglin pondered for a while, before answering, he turned his head and asked Yin Yi: "What do you think?"

Yin Yi smiled: "It's a good idea. In this way, everyone is sure of winning the championship. However, I think the most important thing is Zhan Yi, let's see what he thinks."

Gu Haiping got the approval of his uncle, his eyes lit up with joy, and he took it all down: "Don't worry, uncle, I will ask him tomorrow morning."

"You don't need to be in such a hurry." Yin Yi looked at Gu Haiping's overjoyed expression and found it interesting, "You are quite concerned about Zhan Yi's matter, I see, you are more happy than any of us that he can participate in the competition .”

Gu Haiping was embarrassed by what his uncle said, his face was a little hot, and he said with a sneer: "I'm not his younger brother."

Seeing his blushing, Yin Yi's heart skipped a beat, and his smile froze.Just as he opened his mouth and was about to say something, Jungle waved his hand behind him: "That's it, tomorrow Haiping will ask about it, and I'll have a good talk with Zhan Yi. It's getting late, everyone go to bed."

Gu Haiping bowed to his master, and walked out with his uncle.Yin Yi thought for a moment, then asked: "Hai Ping, you..."

"What, Uncle Master?" Gu Haiping stepped forward and leaned next to Yin Yi.

"You and Zhan Yi..."

"What's the matter, Uncle?" Gu Haiping looked at Yin Yi who was hesitating to speak, and asked in surprise.

Seeing his bewildered face, Yin Yi smiled slightly and shook his head: "It's nothing, maybe I'm overthinking." Could it be that he thinks that all the brothers and sisters in the world are the same as him?Yin Yi thought it was funny, but there was a hint of sadness, he didn't want to say any more, and walked back to the room slowly, leaving Gu Haiping alone in the corridor, a little confused.

Early the next morning, Cong Zhanyi, Gu Haiping and Xu Shanlan ran out the door side by side.Xu Shanlan didn't practice for a week, and ran [-] meters behind his two seniors, panting for breath from exhaustion.Gu Haiping imitated the appearance of the jungle and stared: "Do you still want to practice, and you can run like this?! Go, run another [-] meters!"

"Bah." Xu Shanlan didn't show any face to the second senior brother, and stuck out his tongue at him to make a face.

Cong Zhanyi smiled, then became serious: "Lanzi, it's time for you to practice your physical fitness, it's too far behind."

Xu Shanlan pursed his lips and said in a low voice reluctantly: "I won't be able to practice more in the future."

Gu Haiping scratched his junior brother's nose: "Don't lose, if you don't win the championship, I will definitely laugh at you."

Xu Shanlan was not happy: "Who can guarantee that I will win the championship, anyway, I will try my best."

"You can win the championship if you try your best." Gu Haiping was quite confident, and said with a straight chest, "As long as our brothers and sisters come out, no one in S City will dare to be named."

Xu Shanlan rolled his eyes: "This is a provincial competition."

"It's the same for the provincial competition." Gu Haiping waved his arm, looking like a jungle, completely ignoring other brother cities.

Cong Zhanyi said calmly: "You can't take it lightly, there are strong players in the strong, and there are capable people behind capable people."

"That's that." Gu Haiping could still hear what the senior brother said, "Senior brother, I just wanted to discuss it with you. How about applying for a project like this—" He repeated what he said to Yin Yi yesterday Cong Zhanyi raised his head and thought about it. He didn't object, but he didn't agree either: "Let's talk about it in two days. I'll look at the rules of the game first."

The three talked and laughed and returned home, and Sister Zhang prepared breakfast.Conglin and Yin Yi finished boxing practice, washed up, and sat down at the dining table together.Jungle took an egg first, and the rest of the people began to eat.According to the rules of the Cong family, talking is not allowed during meals, so the dinner table is very silent.After Xu Shanlan drank the milk, he ate two fried eggs and one sausage. Seeing that his brother had almost finished eating, he put down the bowls and chopsticks and waited for the master to finish eating.

Conglin picked up the napkin to wipe the corners of his mouth, and suddenly said, "Lanzi, I forgot to tell you yesterday that your father called and will be here this afternoon."

"Oh—" Xu Shanlan responded, lowered his head, his stomach seemed to turn upside down suddenly, and he almost vomited out the little thing he ate just now.Gu Haiping looked at the junior brother quite sympathetically, afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he didn't dare to speak out.Cong Zhanyi embraced Xu Shanlan's shoulders, and whispered into his ear, "I'll come back early tonight to accompany you."