sweet kiss bitter summer

Liang Luoan's fever subsided that night.

Although this was not a serious illness compared to Liang Luoan's illnesses from childhood to adulthood, he was still inevitably affected.

At the hottest time of this summer, he began to have the symptoms of bitter summer, lacking energy and feeling sleepy all day long.

It is impossible for Liang's father and Liang's mother to allow Liang Luo'an to eat summer food such as shaved ice, but Liang Luo'an just can't eat, and the family has nothing to do with him.

Tan Chen has nothing to do with him.

This morning, when Liang Luo'an woke up, his clothes were already wet with sweat, and he couldn't even eat breakfast. Taking advantage of Liang's parents and mothers cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen, he grabbed Tan Chen's clothes and dragged him To the leafy lemon tree.

When the leaves of the lemon tree were blown by the wind, they would only rustle slightly, so Liang Luo'an decided that the lemon tree could not tell the truth. A piece of shaved ice, don't let your parents find out.

Tan Chen looked at him for a while, and heard the sound of water running in the kitchen through the gaps between the leaves of the lemon tree. When he hesitated, Liang Luo'an shook his arm, looking pitiful, and said a little wronged: "Tan Chen Tan Chen, you said it yourself last time, you owed me a piece of shaved ice, and first paid off the debt with cantaloupe, but now I come to you to ask for it, and you don't give it to me, you are a puppy."

Tan Chen compromised in the end, but explained the conditions to Liang Luo'an: "I'll just have one serving today, and have a good dinner tonight."

"Uh-huh."

Liang Luo'an changed his face quickly, nodded like a dog, and added: "Lemon flavor."

"You, really."

Tan Chen lightly poked Liang Luoan's forehead with his fingertips, sighed lightly, pulled his arm away from Liang Luoan's body, turned around and prepared to go out.

Liang Luo'an smiled and followed, and followed Tan Chen to the door, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw a strange middle-aged woman standing outside the door, dressed plainly, holding a cloth bag in her left hand, and leading a little girl with her right hand. , with a timid expression, but the eyes are black and round, and there is a small inner pair of eyelids.

Liang Luo'an didn't know them, probably not the neighbors nearby, but obviously, they had been standing outside the door for a long time, and they must have come to look for their house, so he gently pulled Tan Chen's clothes and said, "Who is it? Go tell your parents."

"Go and say it."

There was no emotion in Tan Chen's voice, and there was no expression on his face, "Just say, it's my aunt who came."

"okay."

Liang Luo'an was actually a little surprised, but he went obediently and called Liang's parents and Liang's mother.

They welcomed the two into the door, looking very enthusiastic, as if they had some kind of deep friendship, but in fact, even though they were relatives of Tan Chen, they obviously hadn't been here once in the past few years.

Several people sat down at the dining table, Liang Luo'an listened to their conversation, and knew that Aunt Tan had come to visit Tan Chen specially after she heard the news that Tan Chen was admitted to university.

"Hello, uncle and aunt."

Under the guidance of Aunt Tan, the little girl greeted her with a crisp voice, first to Liang's father and Liang's mother, and then to Tan Chen, saying very unskillfully: "Brother... Hello, brother."

It turned out that she was Tan Chen's younger sister.

Thinking this way, Liang Luo'an glanced at Tan Chen secretly, and found that Tan Chen didn't respond, but Luo'an didn't know what was going on, and hadn't recovered for a long time. The little girl yelled "Brother" awkwardly, Liang Luo'an was also uncomfortable.

"Chenchen, this is Xinxin. You haven't seen each other for many years, don't you recognize me?"

When the air was silent, Aunt Tan was speaking aside, but it didn't relieve the embarrassment.

The little girl hid behind Aunt Tan and did not move, and Tan Chen also lowered his eyes and remained silent.

In the end, it was Liang Ma who spoke and said, "Let's have a meal together at home. Let Tan Chen take you out for a walk in the afternoon. The little girl is afraid of strangers, but my brother is no stranger. He will get to know him after having fun."

She patted Tan Chen on the back again, sounding like she was asking for Tan Chen's opinion: "Ah, Tan Chen, let's go?" "Okay."

Tan Chen nodded without choice.

Liang Luo'an felt that Tan Chen's appearance was very reluctant, so he wanted to follow, the main purpose was to accompany Tan Chen, but was rejected by Liang's parents and Liang's mother. Although the words were very gentle, they were so gentle that they could hardly hear the meaning of rejection. , but Liang Luoan still couldn't go with Tan Chen.

They talked a few more words, Liang Luo'an was distracted for a while, and couldn't hear the content clearly, then he was dismissed by Liang's father and Liang's mother, asking him to take the little girl to play in the yard.

The little girl was pushed behind him by Aunt Tan, without making a sound, she should have been ready to follow Liang Luoan out obediently.

On the contrary, Liang Luo'an was a little reluctant. He looked back at Tan Chen as if asking for help, but Tan Chen still lowered his eyes, probably unable to receive his gaze, so he had no choice but to take the little girl with him. out of the house.

In fact, there was nothing interesting in the yard, Liang Luo'an didn't speak, and the little girl was tied up, the two of them stood in the yard blankly, as if they were silently confronting each other.

Of course, this should only be Liang Luoan's thoughts alone. The little girl is not aggressive at all, with thin arms and legs, and the wrinkled skirt swaying invisibly with the wind. The little girl lowered her head , picking the torn bow on the belt with his hands.

"That..." As an adult, Liang Luo'an knew that he shouldn't argue with children, and that his younger sister should indeed be called brother, so he relaxed a little and took the initiative to talk to the little girl: "What's your name?" "Tan Xin. "

The little girl answered.

"How old are you?" Liang Luo'an asked again.

"Ten years old."

The little girl replied again.

"Then, where do you want to go to play in the afternoon?" Liang Luo'an continued to ask without words.

"Listen to my brother."

The little girl asked and answered.

"Oh."

Liang Luo'an felt a little frustrated, and didn't want to ask any more questions, so he sat on the threshold and waved to Tan Xin, "See what's interesting in this yard, go and play by yourself."

"it is good."

The little girl nodded, holding the bow in her hands, and walked around the yard slowly.

Liang Luo'an looked at her for a while, and found it boring. In fact, he didn't care what the little girl who made him feel uncomfortable was doing, so he walked to the window outside the house, turned sideways, and looked at the talker with a dutiful expression. Xin's appearance, in fact, his eyes sneaked into the room.

The blue bag brought by Aunt Tan lay on the table like a torn piece of cloth, but she and Liang's parents and Liang's mother pushed and pushed back and forth like a reverse tug-of-war, and finally Tan Chen stood up. It was barely calmed down, the bag was still lying dilapidated, and no one moved it.

Through the heavily reflective glass, Liang Luo'an could barely see the outline of Tan Chen's body, with his head hanging down, even more spiritless than Ku Xia himself.

Liang Luo'an felt that Tan Chen's current state might not be very good, and he couldn't confirm it. He wanted to get closer to see Tan Chen's expression, but caught off guard with Tan Chen who suddenly raised his head.

"Brother..." Liang Luo'an heard Tan Xin's voice, turned her head subconsciously, and found that she was standing under the lemon tree, pointing at the green and unripe fruit on the tree, looking at Liang Luo'an with round eyes, and asked: "Is this a lemon tree? It bears fruit, can you pick one off, just one, is that okay?" Lemons are not a rare item to Liang Luo'an, and it's not a big deal for Tan Xin to pick one off, but Liang Luo'an frowned very irritably, his mind was full of Tan Chen's expression that just passed by his sight, his face became almost as ugly as Tan Chen in the room.

Suddenly an extreme thought flashed through his mind: as soon as these family members of Tan Chen appeared, Tan Chen's happiness would be shattered.

He can't be like this.

"No."