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It was still very early before the September period, so Ming Yi went back to his previous life again, eating and drinking happily every day.

He Chen would still take him to study with him, but it was obvious that he was releasing water every day.

Mingyi didn't realize it at first, until one time, he had a book standing on the table, while he was quietly eating pastries underneath.When he finished eating, he looked up, and found that He Chen was standing in front of him, looking at him expressionlessly.

He Chen looked at him for a while, then slowly reached out to him.Ming Yi thought he was going to be cold, but He Chen actually lifted his sleeves and wiped away the residual pastry crumbs on his face little by little.

This pastry is made from ground peanuts. It's delicious, but it's too big. Every time Mingyi eats it, his face will be covered in powder.

After that, Mingyi discovered that the pastries in the house had been cut into small pieces, just the size to be eaten.

Only then did Ming Yi dully realize that there seemed to be something different.

After realizing this, he also noticed that He Chen seemed to be a little clingy.He Chen began to especially like physical contact, especially like to hold Mingyi in his arms, especially like...

In the beginning, He Chen practiced calligraphy with Mingyi.He unexpectedly embraced Mingyi in his arms very naturally, and then taught Mingyi to write with his hands. It was completely different from the previous appearance of not being close to others.

Mingyi was startled by his action, looked up at him, and saw He Chen's face was calm, and seeing Mingyi looking over, he asked, "What's wrong?"

It was so natural that it couldn't be more natural, as if they had always been like this.

But Mingyi immediately realized that this was probably the reason why He Chen hadn't recovered yet, so he cooperated with him very much.Every time He Chen hugged him, he would lean into He Chen's arms, making the two of them stick closer together.

Later, when he was studying, He Chen often started to watch Ming Yi together in his arms.He flipped the pages of the book with one hand, and casually closed Mingyi's hand with the other hand, holding it in the palm of his hand and playing with it, as if he was playing with some small object.

He does these things in a natural and casual way, as if they've always been that way.Ming Yi was surprised and uncomfortable at first, but soon became confused by his attitude, and got used to it unconsciously.

There are still many things for him to adapt to, such as He Chen's lifestyle: drink a cup of tea after meals, play the piano in Zhulou when it rains, and if he can see the stars and moon at night, he likes to have a drink facing the moon.

He Chen always pours two cups of tea when he pours tea, and always puts a cushion beside him when he plays the piano. When drinking, he still prepares a separate serving of iced cheese.

When doing these things, He Chen would sometimes lose his mind for a while.

Mingyi was afraid that his body would not recover well, so he called him softly, "He Chen?"

He Chen would look at Mingyi in a daze as if he had woken up from a dream.Sometimes, that kind of look makes Ming Yi think that... He Chen is looking at another person.

Mingyi also discovered that He Chen would sometimes stare at a wall in the study in a daze.

Mingyi was also very familiar with that wall, it was the place where he saw a painting hanging when he first entered the study.In that painting, two people in the bamboo forest were drawn, and words were written on it.As a result, He Chen was suddenly very upset and took off the painting.So that wall has been left empty.

Just after Mingyi noticed this, not long after, a new painting was hung on that wall - the painting was of Mingyi himself.It was drawn by He Chen before. In the painting, Ming Yi raises his face and smiles, the sun is just right, and the spring is harmonious.

At night, He Chen still stayed in Mingyi's small building to sleep. Mingyi often saw He Chen sitting in front of the bed before going to bed, but when he woke up, he found He Chen sleeping beside him.

But sleeping together also has many inconveniences.

Once, after Mingyi woke up, he grabbed his clothes and put them on sleepily, and only when he got up did he realize that he was wearing He Chen's clothes.

Although it is explained that Yi has grown a lot taller since he moved into the house, but compared to He Chen, his stature is still much smaller.

So after he put on He Chen's outer robe, the sleeves grew a lot, even with his tall belly supporting him, the hem dragged to the floor, just like a child stealing an adult's clothes.

He Chen had already helped him find his own robe, but when he looked up and saw him, he froze for a moment, and the hand holding the robe stopped.

Ming Yi stretched out his hand to pick it up a little strangely: "Give it to me, He Chen. I'll replace it."

He Chen looked at him for a while, then lowered his eyes, and gave him a vague "huh", which was considered to be his answer, and then handed him the clothes.

With this beginning, for some reason, Mingyi then inexplicably missed it several times.But other than that, he still likes He Chen to sleep with him.

He would have some dreams every night. He couldn't remember the contents of the dreams clearly after waking up, but he always felt that everything in the dreams was always clean and bright, and he always seemed to smell a faint bamboo fragrance after waking up. It's like the remnant breath of a dream.

The two of them stayed together day and night, living like this every day.

Soon it will be Lixia.

He Chen doesn't pay attention to these human festivals. On this day, the koi came to find Mingyi and tied a five-color silk thread around his wrist.

He Chen slowly frowned: "What are you doing?"

The koi smiled and said: "Isn't Mingyi a bitter summer? I heard that humans have this custom in the beginning of summer. They tie five-colored silk threads on the beginning of summer, so that children can stay away from the heat."

Ming Yi turned his wrist, looked curiously at the thread on it, and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

He Chen stood aside, his expression unchanged.

But in the afternoon, Ming Yi noticed that He Chen put down the book he was reading before and picked another book to read.He Chen is generally very absorbed in reading, and he will not change another book if he can't finish it. This kind of situation is almost never.So Mingyi took a second look curiously.

These days, Mingyi has actually learned a lot of words, so he understands the title of the new book He Chen is reading: "New Explanation of Festival Customs".

Ming Yi was stunned for a while, and slowly came to his senses: Could He Chen be... wanting to know the customs of Li Xia?

At dinner time, there was indeed a very special rice dish on the table, which was steamed from a mixture of several kinds of beans and rice. It was colorful, fun and delicious.

Mingyi ate a lot, He Chen watched him finish, and then explained calmly, "This is Lixia rice. Eating it can bless... your health."

In the end, his voice dropped.

These days, although He Chen never showed these things, Mingyi knew that He Chen's heart... was actually not happy all the time.Although he didn't really understand it, Ming Yi also knew that it had something to do with him.

When He Chen hugged him and played with his hands or hair like he couldn't put it down, his eyes would often fall on him.It's always sad to see that look.

"Lixia is also celebrated in our village," Mingyi said with a smile, "Lixia is also our big day. We will sacrifice together, sing and dance, and we will 'scale people' together."

"What's that?" He Chen was really interested.

"All the old and young people in the village gathered together, one by one on the scales carried by everyone, it was very fun."

As He Chen listened, his expression looked much better.

As a result, I don't know if it was because of discussing the customs of Lixia, Mingyi actually dreamed about Lixia at night.

In the dream, Ming Yi realized that he was like some kind of young master, surrounded by people, dressed and eaten, and then led to do many things, which seemed to be related to sacrifices.

However, for some reason, Mingyi always felt faintly anxious and slightly bored in his heart.

He ate the banquet with everyone, then secretly brought many dishes on the table, and left in a hurry with the food box.

He walked into a yard planted with bamboo, and walked into the room with ease.There was a person lying on the table in the room, who seemed to be asleep.But as soon as Mingyi entered, he raised his head.

"It's so late..." The person sitting at the table raised his head while complaining, but was a little stunned the moment he saw Mingyi.

Mingyi carried the food box and walked over: "Sorry, little monster, I didn't think it would be so troublesome... I brought it for you... Eh?!"

Mingyi was pushed down on the table all of a sudden, and the food box was knocked to the corner of the table, and the man casually took it aside.

The man said: "...Why are you dressed like this?"

"What?" Mingyi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was wearing a more solemn scarlet robe today, and his hair was neatly tied up with a jade crown, which was really different from usual.

The man looked at him for a while, and then reluctantly let go of him.

Mingyi straightened up, not paying too much attention to what happened just now, and started to take things out of the food box: "This is five-color rice, this is fresh food, this is summer cake..."

The man's eyes still lingered on Ming Yi, absently tasting the things he brought back.

Ming Yi was a little strange: "Little monster, what do you keep watching me do today?"

The man withdrew his gaze, looked at the summer pancake in his hand, and didn't answer.

He looked at it for a while, and his eyes seemed to change: "This is... what?"

Ming Yi glanced at the thing in his hand: "This is summer cake. The shape seems to be... Guanyin of Songzi?" After he finished speaking, he was also taken aback for a moment, and then his cheeks gradually became hot.

The man was also stunned.After being stunned for a while, he slowly raised his hand and continued to eat the cake.

Mingyi's face burned even more.After the man finished eating the cake, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Ming Yi, his eyes averted a little: "You...you look very good today. You are very handsome."

Mingyi answered slowly, "Mmm..."

An inexplicable embarrassment filled the air between the two of them.

The man glanced at his clothes, seemed to hesitate for a while, and then seemed to make up his mind, and continued: "I heard... when you humans get married... you also wear red clothes like this."

"Otherwise... let's get married..." He looked at the ground on one side, and then he got stuck in his shell before finishing.

Obviously, he didn't suddenly want to say this, but it seemed that he had been preparing for a long time, and he was only short of such an opportunity to pluck up the courage to say it.After he finished speaking, he took out two big red wedding candles from his sleeve, and said vaguely: "I... saw it earlier, so I bought two."

Mingyi was completely stunned.His silence seemed to make the person on the other side a little nervous. The person thought for a while, and then took out a jug of wine and two glasses: "Yes... I don't want to hand over a glass of wine."

He seemed a little apprehensive, and after putting away his things, he looked up at Mingyi again: "Is it okay?"

……

The dream this time seemed a bit long, and when Mingyi woke up, he was still muttering a dream: "Little monster..."

"...What did you say?" He Chen's voice seemed strange.