Destiny

?Time flies quickly. Tomorrow will be the beginning of a new year. During the New Year's Day holiday, Xia Chen first went back to Fengle Community. The younger siblings who hadn't seen each other for a long time were still laughing as usual, but he could still feel Xia Yang's frown , probably wanted to ask him but didn't dare to say more, so it became this kind of boredom when talking with a smile but covering up his thoughts while eating.

In fact, Xia Chen also thought about Xia Yang asking him about the seaside, and also thought about how to answer Xia Yang's question, but his brother didn't ask in the end, so he didn't have to volunteer. Some words and things can't be explained with simple words, at least for now He didn't want to make it clear to Xia Yang yet.

"It will be New Years soon, and you should be on vacation soon!"

"Well, there are less than 20 days left, brother, don't you have time to rest?" Xia Yang asked indifferently.

Xia Chen looked at Xia Yang, and shook his head in silence for a while, "Probably not, the Chinese New Year is already very busy, and the Li family is a big family, so the only time we can meet each other is during the new year."

"It's not that we can't have a reunion dinner together during the Chinese New Year." Xia Xi said disappointedly.

Xia Chen looked at his younger brothers and sisters, thinking that if it wasn't for special circumstances, he might still have dinner with his younger brothers and sisters this year. He reached out and touched Xia Xi's head, and said with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, but I will try to spare some time to accompany you. You, the reunion dinner still has to be eaten together."

"Well, Xiaoyang and I will wait for you at home, brother, you must come! Of course, it's okay if you want to bring an extra sister-in-law back." Xia Xi stuck out her tongue mischievously.

Xia Chen smiled and turned to look at Xia Yang, frowning, knowing that Xia Yang remembered the incident at the beach again, so she put away her smile and pretended to ask, "What's wrong with Xiao Yang? He looks serious."

"I...it's nothing, brother, if you really like someone, you might as well bring me and Xiaoxi back to see, we are your younger brother and sister, and we will definitely stand by your side." Xia Yang said with a smile on his face, listening It sounded like a normal caring word, but Xia Chen, who knew the truth, smiled nervously. When he responded and left, the smile disappeared, and the worry hung between his brows. It seems that his younger brother is not so easy to deal with of.

The three days of New Year's Day passed quickly, and the time of the New Year was getting closer, and everyone in the Li family was busy without stopping, except for Xia Chen.

In addition to tutoring and piano practice, Xia Chen spends most of his time in the vegetable orchard he made recently. After pruning the branches and leaves, he pulled out two big radishes and went back to the house. He washed them and stewed them with the pork ribs he bought today. Around noon, Li Senyan and Fang Yiyang returned home together, seeing the lunch set on the table, Fang Yiyang still couldn't help but twitched a few times.

"Ah... Senyan, how much incense did you burn in your last life to find a virtuous person like Xia Chen, women are not even three points as good as him, if I also meet such a virtuous person, I will marry him as a man or a woman."

Xia Chen was already deafened by Yi Yang's compliments, and joked: "Brother Fang, you are so good that you will definitely find someone better than me, but don't use it to slander me."

"Need me to help you?" Li Senyan came in, smiling but couldn't hide the conspiracy, raised his surrender gesture, "I'm afraid of you, don't join, I think I have the ability to find it."

"Haha..." Laughter enliven the atmosphere, this lunch will be very enjoyable.

After lunch, Fang Yiyang and Li Senyan were busy with work and left together. The bored Xia Chen had to find Li Lifeng, who was the same age, to play. As it happened, Li Lifeng was about to go on vacation. Before the winter vacation, Xia Chen stepped into University B again.

After Xia Chen followed Li Lifeng to visit B University for a while, he listened to a foreign teacher's course, and he was so excited that he reaffirmed his determination to take the B University exam. Then Li Lifeng was called away by the professor, so that Xia Chen could only wander around helplessly. Big B.

Staring at the advertisement board to give the introduction, walking towards the library, wanting to go in, suddenly remembering that I am not a college student, so I was lost and walked back, but turned around and bumped into a wall unfavorably, no, it was a person.

"sorry."

"fine."

Raising his head, the two of them looked at each other for a long time without looking away, familiar, too familiar, these words were completely obliterated in Xia Chen's head.

Neat short hair, a pair of gentle almond eyes under the sword eyebrows, a tall nose bridge, thin lips, delicate facial features, wheat-colored skin, a gray coat embellishes the whole tall figure, and the faint scent of perfume lingers in the nose, returning to consciousness Xia Chen realized that it was impolite to stare at someone, so he lowered his head and left with an apologetic smile.

When the man saw Xia Chen pretending to be him, he was so familiar and unforgettable at first glance, he felt a surge of excitement in his heart, and wanted to hug the person in front of him fiercely. This was the first time he had met him with such impulsive thoughts. With a smile, A demeanor, leaving the back can not meet the needs of the heart, quickly stepped forward to grab Xia Chen's hand, and asked nervously: "No, I'm sorry, have we met before?"

"I think we..." I can't say that I haven't met before, and when I hesitated, I still reported my name to satisfy the curiosity of the two, "My name is Xia Chen, sir, you..."

As soon as the name was spoken, the man's facial expression changed. He was excited and moved. Finally, he hugged him impulsively and said with a choked voice, "Xiaochen, it really is you, Xiaochen."

"gentlemen?"

"Xiaochen, I'm Su Mingfan, your brother Su!" Su Mingfan said excitedly.

Xia Chen quickly recalled the name, and soon said "Brother Su" among the children in his childhood, his eyes widened, and he said with tears in surprise, "Are you really that Brother Su?"

"Yes, I am Xiaochen, I finally found you." Su Mingfan held Xia Chen in his arms again, and Xia Chen was too excited to forget that the two were acting very ambiguously at this time, grabbed Su Mingfan's clothes, choked up shouted: "Brother Su."

Su Mingfan was the grandson of Xia Chen's neighbor Grandma Tang when he was young. Xia Chen was shocked by his mother's departure when he was nine years old. If it wasn't for Su Mingfan, who was three years older than him, to take care of him, he might not be where he is now. So to Xia Chen, Su Mingfan was another person who was very important to him after removing his younger siblings.

He didn't expect to meet here today, it was a gift from heaven to him, after being excited, he pushed Su Mingfan away in embarrassment, scratched his hair, was puzzled by what Su Mingfan said just now, and asked, "Brother Su, what do you mean you found me? "

Su Mingfan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said softly: "I went to my hometown last summer to look for you, but you were not there, and the neighbors around didn't know where you went? I was very anxious, but I sent someone to check your whereabouts but found nothing. Who knew you would be here today?" Meeting you here, God really treats me well."

Xia Chen didn't expect Su Mingfan to look for him. It's only natural that he didn't know where he was going. Presumably, Li Guangrong had made all the preparations and would definitely not leave any news about them. It really shouldn't be a coincidence that they could meet again.

With a smile on his face, he said, "Thank you, Brother Su, how are you doing recently?"

"I'm not bad. After graduating from university, I opened a company with my friends, and my life is good. How about you, Xiaochen? Why are you in City B? Where are Xia Yang and Xia Xi? Sorry, I just checked you when I wanted to find you." Related background, I didn’t expect my uncle to..." Su Mingfan stroked Xia Chen's head, "I've worked so hard on you for so many years, you must be suffering! Xiaochen, do you want to live with Brother Su? I have the conditions to support you and Xia Yang now. , Xia Xi."

He received so much news in an instant that Xia Chen couldn't react, but Xia Chen was very sure and firm, "Brother Su, I'm doing well, Xia Yang and Xia Xi are both studying, you don't have to... ..."

"Xiaochen, when you lie, you look down. Do you not believe Brother Su?" Su Mingfan looked disappointed.

Xia Chen shook his head in a panic, "Brother Su, I didn't lie to you, I really had a good life, I..."

"Xia." Li Lifeng ran over quickly, gasped and asked, "Where did you go? It took me a long time to look for it, you won't forget that later..."

"I'm sorry, Lifeng, I didn't intend to walk around."

"Forget it, he is..." Li Lifeng stared at Su Mingfan suspiciously.

Su Mingfan looked at Li Lifeng once, raised his eyebrows slightly, and stretched out his hand with a smile, "My name is Su Mingfan, and I'm Xiaochen's brother."

"elder brother?"

Xia Chen hastily explained: "It's not a relative. Brother Su is the child of the neighbor's family who took good care of me when I was a child."

Li Lifeng also looked at Su Mingfan after Xia Chen finished his speech. At first, he felt that this person was different. He was a successful person in terms of temperament, and his thoughtfulness was not inferior to Li Senyan. He stretched out his hand and held Su Mingfan's hand tightly with a smile, "Hello , I am Xia’s friend, my name is Li Lifeng.”

"So it's Xiaochen's friend." Su Mingfan nodded with a smile and turned his head to look at Xia Chen, and said softly, "I've always been worried about you, afraid that you might go astray and find no friends. Brother Su is also happy for you if you have friends of the same age."

Xia Chen smiled back gently: "Well, Lifeng is my very good friend." Su Mingfan was surprised for a moment, and then showed a gentle smile that shouldn't be shown.

After Li Lifeng let go of his hand, he kept staring at Su Mingfan, thinking that it was nothing more than a neighbor's brother, but with that smile, Li Lifeng realized that something was wrong, it was not the eyes and smile of a brother who cared about his younger brother.

"It's almost time for dinner. Let's go to dinner together. I still have a lot to say to you, Xiaochen."

"I……"

"Brother Su, I'm afraid it won't work. I have an appointment with Xia today." Li Lifeng smiled.

Su Mingfan had a smile on his face but felt aggrieved. He tilted his head disappointed and asked, "Is it really not possible? Xiaochen."

Xia Chen actually wanted to have a good chat with Su Mingfan, but today he had an appointment with Li Senyan, so he had to go, and smiled apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Su, I'm afraid we can't do it today, so let's have dinner together some other day." Xia Chen While talking, he asked Li Lifeng for a pen and paper, left a phone number and handed it to Su Mingfan, "This is my phone number."

Su Mingfan took the note in disappointment, looked at the number, then looked at Xia Chen who was apologetic, then quickly changed his face, smiled and said, "If that's the case, next time will be better."

"I'm sorry, Brother Su."

Su Mingfan stepped forward to hug Xia Chen, and Xia Chen himself was taken aback by this embrace, a little unaccustomed to it, but he relaxed his tension when he thought that it was Brother Su whom he hadn't seen for many years, but Su Mingfan said softly without caring: "Talk to Brother Su if you have anything to do, no matter where Xiaochen is? Brother Su will definitely rush over there as soon as possible."

In terms of caring, Xia Chen is the only one who thinks so. Li Lifeng completely regarded Su Mingfan as an enemy, and interrupted this "warm scene" by patting Xia Chen on the shoulder very rudely, and said with a smile: "Xia, we should leave, Brother Su, I'm sorry, next time I'll be the host, I won't accompany you."

"How is this good? You are Xiaochen's friend, I should do the treats, Xiaochen, let's call." One smiled, one nodded and smiled, the other smiled, and said goodbye politely. Li Lifeng hugged him with a dark face. Leaving on Xia Chen's shoulder, leaving behind Su Mingfan with a blank face. ?