why don't you laugh

Undissipated heat lingered in the room.

When summer comes, the room will be hotter than the outside if the windows are not opened a little, especially at night.

Chen Bing raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, Xiao Zhigang stood up, rubbed the center of his brow with one hand, and grabbed Chen Bing's wrist.

"I'll wash it again." Chen Bing went to the bathroom.

When he came out, Chen Bing was wearing a white T-shirt and shorts. He opened the chair and sat down. He stepped on the chair with one leg, his chin lightly resting on his knee, and he was turning the pen in his hand one after another.A few strands of his hair were damp, which made his complexion more fair, and his facial features had a faint sharp beauty.

Xiao Zhi came out of the bathroom in a while, coughed softly, pulled out the chair and sat behind him again: "Where did you just talk?"

"I was talking about the prologue just now."

Xiao Zhi responded, and glanced sideways at the information page.

Chen Bing spoke in a low voice, the strands of hair behind his ears were just dry, a layer of short black fluffy short hair emerged, and the T-shirt was slightly biased down. It was the collarbone that had been bitten red just now, and there were a few shallow red marks.

Xiao Zhi looked down at the test paper, his eyes were unconsciously attracted by Chen Bing.

"First mark out the tasks, complete the sample books as soon as possible, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and then consolidate the questions."

Just as Chen Bing finished speaking, he heard the chair dragging beside him, and his waist and abdomen were immediately hugged tightly by warm and strong wrists.

Breathing past his ears, Xiao Zhi tilted his head and kissed his hair: "Chen Bing."

Chen Bing: "Huh?"

"It's okay." Xiao Zhi continued to kiss the back of his neck.

A little itchy, Chen Bing only felt that his breath was heavy, and he was dodged by his kiss. After he didn't dodge, he spread his five fingers and scratched his hair, pushed back, pushed Xiao Zhi's forehead, and his hair was lifted up, revealing his deep facial features. The meaning in the fundus of the fundus is loose, and the eyelids are lowered to look at him.

Chen Bing: "Didn't you just do it?"

"En." Xiao Zhi didn't refute, and with a soft voice, he grabbed Chen Bing's wrist and kissed the inside of his wrist.

Chen Bing was angry and funny, and begged him, "Brother, I'm calling you brother."

"here I am."

"Can you learn it?"

Xiao Zhi responded naturally: "Yes."

"Then don't mess with me." Chen Bing dropped the words and picked up the notebook on the desk again.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was quickly strangled back by his arms around his waist as soon as he held the pen, and his fingertips were hugged by Xiao Zhi for a few seconds and changed their positions, and sat on his lap facing each other.

Chen Bing almost fell down holding the book: "What are you doing?"

Xiao Zhi's voice was low, his mood was lazy, and his tone was slightly drawn out: "I didn't do anything."

"..."

Nothing.

Every time after finishing it, Xiao Zhi behaves like nothing, looking for trouble for nothing, but very innocent.Chen Bing changed his posture and sat on his lap. After moving a few times, he noticed something and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

Brief silence.

Xiao Zhi hissed, very irritable, raised his eyelids to look at him: "Didn't you do it on purpose?"

"Hey……"

Chen Bing really had nothing to do with him.

Chen Bing stretched out his hand to pinch his face, leaned closer, stared into his eyes, and said softly, "Are you a dog, you? Now that you are satisfied, cheer up, don't be endless. It's annoying to watch."

Xiao Zhi didn't reply, instead he buried it in his chest, and after a while the voice came out: "I will never end."

"..." Chen Bing didn't know what to say.

Xiao Zhi is typically shameless, proud instead of ashamed, and now deliberately looking for trouble, Chen Bing doesn't feel angry, but is a little funny at his persistent tenderness.

Chen Bing held his face with his fingertips and caressed the end of his eyes, lowered his eyes, and kissed his forehead: "You, you."

It's annoying, but it's irresistible.

Xiao Zhi was very energetic, and his tone was quite lazy: "Kiss again."

"Where are you kissing?"

Xiao Zhi tapped the corner of his lips with his fingertips.

Chen Bing approached and kissed at the position he designated.

Cool, soft touch.

"very nice."

Xiao Zhi tilted his head, chuckled softly, leaned his shoulders against the back of the chair, and then hugged Chen Bing's waist tightly.

Chen Bingmao was on him for a while, Xiao Zhi reached out and took the phone from the table, facing Chen Bing, before Chen Bing could react, "click" and took a photo.

Chen Bing reached for the phone: "What did you take?"

"It's okay." Xiao Zhi glanced at it and handed it to him.

Chen Bing's upper body photo.The brows and eyes against the light are indistinct, stained with the moisture just after taking a shower, the lips are reddish, the angle of view is pulled closer, eliminating the usual sense of distance that cannot be touched, and the white T-shirt is pulled to the collarbone, showing a small Animal-like childishness.

Chen Bing looked at it for a few seconds, then said with disgust, "It doesn't look like me."

"Where is it different?" Xiao Zhi lowered his head and pressed his fingertips on the screen, "You have always been like this in my eyes."

"..."

Before Chen Bing had time to say anything, Xiao Zhi turned his phone screen to face him: "I want to post to Moments, okay?"

"..." Considering that there is nothing shady about this picture, Chen Bing said, "You can do whatever you want."

Xiao Zhi clicked publish.

They seem to be really idle, waiting to see who likes it after posting it.After waiting for less than five seconds, a new message came.

Wei Zi: [Boyfriend perspective? ? ? ? ]

Chen Bing: "..."

I really understand.Chen Bing couldn't hold back and asked, "Wen Wei is really single?"

"Well, I'm single, but I have a secret love history that lasted for several years." Xiao Zhi played with his phone, and after a while, the comments began to be refreshed one after another.

Fu Hanghang: [Tsk. ]

Yang Feihong: [Tsk. ]

Xu Wei: [Tsk. ]

Xu Wei: [It turns out that the Ice God can still take this kind of pure desire wind? ]

Wei Zi replied to Xu Wei: [It seems to be possible.Looking forward to Brother Xiao unlocking more attributes of the ice god. ]

"..."

Seeing that the news became more and more blurred and messed up, Chen Bing felt more and more wrong, and said, "Delete it."

Xiao Zhi simply showed off, confirmed that everyone saw it and was shown by him, and simply clicked to delete: "OK."

Chen Bing got off his lap.

It wasn't until now that he remembered that he still had no news.

Earlier, Liu Yi sent a message asking him for Xiao Zhi's contact information.

Chen Bing stared at several new messages sent an hour ago on his phone.

Liu Yi: [Sorry, sorry!Hahahaha I'm really just asking casually, if it's inconvenient, I really don't want to. ]

Liu Yi: [Brother Chen, you won't be angry anymore. ]

Maybe it was because I saw that Chen Bing didn't reply, so I asked carefully.

Chen Bing tapped the keyboard with his fingertips to reply to the message.

Chen Bing: [No.I was busy looking at the questions just now, sorry, I forgot to reply to you. ]

Liu Yi replied in seconds: [It's okay, it's okay, who hasn't done anything yet?That--]

Chen Bing continued typing.

Chen Bing: [But the contact information cannot be given, and his partner is unwilling. ]

Behind, Xiao Zhi dragged the chair to the desk, sat down and flipped through the contents of the book: "What do the symbols mean?"

Liu Yi's news just arrived——

[Is there actually a target! ! ! !Excuse me! dbqdbq! ]

Chen Bing turned off the phone screen and returned to the table.

Started to talk about study, I had to make up for the short time just now, and I didn't go to bed until it was almost twelve o'clock.Chen Bing's sleeping appearance has always been notoriously dishonest, rolling from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, but he doesn't know it.

I remember that he seemed to hear a soft sigh in the middle of his sleep, and was hugged and placed in his original position. When he woke up, he was still sleeping very well.

It's just that Xiao Zhi seemed to be sleeping very badly, his hair was messed up, he stopped talking a few times after watching him: "Chen Bing..."

Chen Bing put on his clothes and got ready to get up: "Huh?"

Xiao Zhi: "Did I tell you that you sleep wildly?"

"..." Chen Bing looked very surprised, "Really?"

"Yes, I was kicked awake by you several times, and when I woke up, I found myself sleeping beside the bed."

He didn't say that Chen Bing hadn't felt it yet.No matter how badly he sleeps at night, half of the time he will be able to return to his normal sleeping position the next morning, so he doesn't feel conscious.But since he brought it up, Chen Bing said: "Then I will pay attention to it later."

"Don't worry, just sleep comfortably."

Xiao Zhi hooked the T-shirt from the bedside, pulled the collar off, "I want to sleep with you, and that's the price I have to bear."

"..."

Did Chen Bingxin say that my sleeping position is so wild that it needs to be described as "price"?

Without continuing the topic, the two of them went out to eat.When he came back, Xiao Zhi brought breakfast for Xiao Ruo, and when he entered the room, he was about to knock on the door, but the door opened by himself.

According to the usual time, Xiao Ruo was usually lying in bed at this time, and even when she got up, she was disheveled and half-closed her eyes, but at this time she was neatly tidied up and wearing a beautiful striped skirt.

Xiao Zhi lowered his eyes: "What's the matter?"

"I'm going out today." Xiao Ruo said.

"where to?"

Xiao Ruo tugged at the hem of her skirt, bowed her head and was silent for a few seconds: "Go meet your mother and tell her not to look for me in the future."

"……yes."

The atmosphere began to sink into a kind of silence.

After a while, Xiao Zhi raised his eyebrows: "If you send her a message, the effect will not be the same?"

Xiao Ruo blinked, seemed to be overwhelmed by his proposal, and didn't speak at first, but she didn't object directly.

She lowered her head and rubbed her fingertips, her eyes were bewildered.

With a little bit of eyesight, you can understand how beautiful she looks, how she wakes up so early, she just wants to say goodbye to her mother, play again, and maintain the sense of ritual in life.

So Xiao Zhi insisted and exposed it, but he didn't say it clearly.

They were quiet on the surface, and the atmosphere was very strange.

Even Chen Bing felt it.

Chen Bing pursed his lower lip, and signaled to the door: "Then Xiao Ruo, go and come back early."

Xiao Ruo groaned, looked at Xiao Zhi's face, and after making sure that he would not object to Chen Bing's opinion, he trotted all the way to the entrance.

The door is closed.

Xiao Zhi looked at Chen Bing, and there was a bit of aggression in his words: "What are you doing?"

Chen Bing tried his best to be calm: "Xiao Zhi."

"Ok?"

"Can you stop being so controlling about your sister?"

Xiao Zhi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect him to say something like this: "Is there?"

"Xiao Ruo is in junior high school now, don't worry about her."

After Chen Bing finished speaking, he walked towards the room.

Xiao Zhi followed behind: "I usually don't care about her, I just care about her wanting to meet her mother."

"..."

Chen Bing turned back and looked directly at his face.

Xiao Zhi frowned, as if he was hit by his "strong desire to control", his eyes were bloodshot, and he felt a little anxious.

Chen Bing said: "Do you know that sentence? The more a person lacks something, the more he clings to it. You may not know it yourself, but you didn't realize that Xiao Ruo was frightened by you?"

Xiao Zhi: "I—"

He obviously wanted to say something, but became speechless.

He looked at Chen Bing, the corners of his lips were curved flat, and the lingering emotions between his brows did not dissipate. He obviously had a very stern face, but because of too emotional, the emotions in his eyebrows and eyes were extremely complicated.

Chen Bing walked back and held his hand: "I didn't intend to accuse you."

Xiao Zhi stood for a few seconds, let go and sat back at the desk, turned the pages of the exercise book with his head down, and changed the subject: "I don't want to say anything."

Chen Bing still wanted to speak, but Xiao Zhi pushed the cap off his pen and began to fill in the blanks in English.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

After finishing the sample, I wrote another comprehensive test paper, during which I didn't speak much.After the end, Xiao Zhi didn't answer the answer immediately, but took out his mobile phone to check the news, and after a long while, he said without beginning and end: "She won't come back at noon."

His voice was a little low, and he was still worried about Xiao Ruo.

However, after Xiao Zhi finished speaking, he returned to his nonchalant attitude, continued to write questions, ate normally at noon, and took a nap normally in the afternoon.

Chen Bing woke up for half an hour, Xiao Zhi was not by his side, and when he went out, he saw him sitting in a chair on the balcony playing with his mobile phone.

Maybe it was because he was waiting for the message to reply, he seldom typed, but took out his phone from time to time to have a look, then put it back casually.

Chen Bing called him: "Xiao Zhi."

"Ah."

"How soon will she be back?"

Xiao Zhi said, "I don't know."

"No reply?"

"The two of them are in the amusement park now, busy playing, probably not looking at their phones."

Xiao Zhi went back to the desk and continued to do his homework, but his condition was really average, so he said after a long while, "I want to go and have a look."

Chen Bing knew that there was a present: "Let's go."

The playground closest to here, whether it is far or near, is more than an hour away.It is the latest developed area, the land is beautifully repaired, but the people nearby are not very sophisticated, and there are no other entertainment places besides the amusement park.

Maybe Yang Wanzhou brought her here because of the proximity of the location.

People don't change, and it's easy to find people when you go in.

When he got to the bottom of the elevator, Xiao Zhi first heard a horrific scream.If it weren't for this scream, Xiao Zhi might not have noticed Xiao Ruo's existence for the time being.

His eyes turned, the game stopped, and the players came down the steps one after another.Under the steps stood a woman in a casual dress, with narrow shoulders and a thin waist, and her back was quite young.Holding a camera in one hand and a famous bag worth nearly [-] yuan in the other, she walked into the crowd and met a crying little girl. She took out a tissue from her pocket and wiped the sweat off her face.

"I knew I wouldn't play." Xiao Ruo was scared to death.

"It's okay, it's not bad to challenge yourself." Yang Wanzhou took her hand and walked out of the crowd.

Turning around at the same time, I saw a tall and thin figure standing in the waiting shed.

Her black curly hair was tied up, she wore natural light makeup, her oval face, deep double eyelids, and her facial features were very cold and beautiful, but they were quite small, and she could glimpse the charm of her youth.

It's also pretty now, and even fairly benign and harmless in growth.

Seeing Xiao Zhi, she raised her eyebrows a little, and said calmly: "Xiao Ruo, look, my brother is here too."

"..."

Xiao Ruo's face was stiff, and the fingers held by her began to struggle.

"Afraid of what?" she asked.

Xiao Ruo shook her head and quickly withdrew her hand.

"Okay, kid."

Yang Wanzhou ignored Xiao Ruo, turned to Chen Bing and smiled, "Is Xiao Bing here too? Long time no see, how is your study?"

Chen Bing was dumbfounded.

He originally thought that the two would have a fight when they met, but he didn't expect her to be so calm and still have the energy to say hello, it seemed that it was not as bad as he imagined.

Chen Bing didn't speak, Xiao Zhi looked down at Xiao Ruo: "Did you have fun today?"

Xiao Ruo didn't know whether to nod or not, and looked at him eagerly.

Xiao Zhi stretched out his hand: "Come here."

Xiao Ruo approached with a few small steps and grabbed his sleeve.While grabbing, she looked back at Yang Wanzhou's face.

Yang Wanzhou's smile made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Xiao Zhi seemed to think that Yang Wanzhou didn't exist, so he didn't look at her directly, and just said, "I'll take you home."

Before turning around, Yang Wanzhou said, "Xiao Zhi, I have something to discuss with you."

Xiao Zhi stopped walking.

Her voice was flat, and she continued: "I want to take Xiao Ruo back to live. How long have you been with Aunt Wang? It's been almost two years, and it's not easy for you to live alone. You should let her go home."

Xiao Zhi pulled Xiao Ruo's wrist and started to walk forward.

"People can't be too selfish, Xiao Zhi," Yang Wanzhou looked at him indifferently, "You are still the same as before, nothing has changed."

Chen Bing looked back at her, and Yang Wanzhou smiled at him as if nothing happened.

Then, with her smiling face, she calmly said the next sentence: "Xiao Ruo's custody is in my hands, you are a minor and have no right to control her. Let Xiao Ruo come back to me, If you think about her a little bit, you should understand that this is the best choice."

Xiao Zhi stopped in his tracks.

He turned to look at Yang Wanzhou, breathing heavily, but spoke very restrainedly: "Then ask Xiao Ruo who he wants to be with."

"I don't care." Yang Wanzhou interrupted him directly.

Xiao Ruo looked around, with a fearful expression on his face, and subconsciously let go of Xiao Zhi's hand.

"I don't care if Xiao Ruo wants to be with you or with me, I will take her away if I exercise my custody." Yang Wanzhou smiled, "Actually, I want to take you home too, but when you grow up, I will take her away." ,Do not listen to my words."

Xiao Zhi's fingers were clenched tightly, his jaw grinded imperceptibly, his face was restrained and there was no emotion, but his eyes were heavy, and he looked straight at her.

"You don't like me as a mother, I know, but I'm also very disappointed in you now. We will go our separate ways in the future. But Xiao Ruo, you have to give it back to me."

Some things are unclear.

Humans are stubborn animals.

Maybe Xiao Zhi didn't think about leaving the house completely at first, if she was willing to show a good attitude and chat with him, maybe she could go back.

Perhaps, Yang Wanzhou also wanted Xiao Zhi's attitude to reach a reconciliation.

But both are equally strong.

Xiao Zhi finally heard what she said.

——In the future, each will go his own way.

But he couldn't tell clearly whether this was the answer he wanted.

He was thinking about other things, temporarily keeping his emotions in his heart: "Why do you take her away if you want to?"

"I said, we can take the legal route." Yang Wanzhou took out a tissue and wiped her hands. She looked very gentle, but she was full of tricks, "Give Xiao Ruo back to me, and I won't embarrass you in the future. I can give it to you for as little money as you want."

Xiao Zhi's lips moved.

But no sound came out.

He looked at Xiao Ruo, and suddenly felt a feeling of choking in his throat.

All along, he didn't have any leverage to keep Xiao Ruo by his side.If it is happiness, but this feeling, Yang Wanzhou can give her now.

Love is a cheap thing.

After weighing the pros and cons comprehensively, it is more appropriate for Xiao Ruo to return to Yang Wanzhou's side.

but……

Xiao Zhi felt that he had been very strong for the past two years, because Xiao Ruo was there, and it was miserable.

Even if you are abandoned by the whole world, at least you have a blood relative who has been chatting with you all the time.

I want to protect her and let her continue to live happily.The same difference is the motivation for Xiao Zhi to continue his life.

Because he doesn't really love himself.He was like a dilapidated little robot in a rubbish dump, living in a mess. At that time, he felt that Xiao Ruo, Yang Wanzhou, didn't want it anymore, so he would take it back for her to raise, pat the ashes, and clean it up, just like he used to take care of Chen. Like ice.

He doesn't love his broken self, only by loving others can he support his life.So he lives in a topsy-turvy way, carefree and undisciplined, and he is only serious about his sister.

But now he found out that Xiao Ruo and Yang Wanzhou still wanted it.

Yang Wanzhou owns the property, and if she wants to go back, it's inappropriate for her to keep it.

……

Having already forgotten the quarrel with Yang Wanzhou, Xiao Zhi lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ruo: "Do you want to go back?"

Xiao Ruo looked straight at him.

She wanted to go back with Xiao Zhi, but it was destined to be impossible.

She was not yet old enough to calmly face the part of her life that was bound to be lost, so she pouted and cried.

Xiao Zhi thought she wanted to leave: "Then you go over there."

Xiao Ruo shook her head desperately, grabbing Xiao Zhi's clothes.

For her, her mother is more like a symbol and a good wish, but her brother is the real existence around her.

Xiao Zhi took her by the hand and turned around: "Then let's go home."

There was very little talking on the way home.

The temperature on the bus was sweltering, and when the windows were opened, a cool wind mixed with sand and dust blew in, and the sun was looming in the aisle.Xiao Zhi raised his hand to grab the ring, looked out of the car window, there seemed to be a sea of ​​dark gray in his eyes.

People can't see clearly, silent and quiet.

There was a thin layer of sweat on the bridge of his nose, the leaves were a little wilted by the sun, and the heat did not decrease at four or five o'clock.

It may also be the prelude to the upcoming midsummer.

In June, for the senior high school entrance examination, a cordon was erected at the school gate, and all the first and second grades were on vacation.

Chen Bing carried the suitcase to the school gate, and the driver was waiting under the plane tree, ready to pick him up and go home.

Standing at the crossroads were male high school students in twos and threes. They were still wearing school uniforms when they left school, with Xiao Zhi's backpack on one shoulder. Standing in the crowd, their tall and thin figures tilted their heads to listen to Wen Wei's words.

Wen Wei put his arms around Guan Kun's shoulders: "Let's go to the Internet cafe tonight for a night out, go home and come out right away."

Xiao Zhi responded: "You guys have fun."

"Brother Xiao, come out to play billiards the day after tomorrow?"

"never mind."

Xiao Zhi turned his head to look elsewhere.

Chen Bing opened the car door and looked back at him.

Xiao Zhi looked around, the corners of his lips twitched, and he raised his hand to wave to him: "Bye."

The car backed out, and the boys were talking together next to each other.

"Brother Xiao, don't be bored all day long. I feel that you have become obsessed with studying recently. I feel that you are more autistic than before."

"Although he is also a handsome guy who is autistic."

"But one piece, one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts, you should relax after studying?"

"..."

Surrounded by the boys, their high and low shadows stuck to the wall where the roses spread out, illuminated by the sun, and walked farther and farther towards the other end.

Chen Bing looked down at the phone.

Within half an hour, Xiao Zhi sent him a photo in the brightly lit optical shop.

Chen Bing called: "What's wrong?"

There are other voices over there, playing soothing music, it is a young female voice, asking him what kind of glasses he is going to choose, and whether he has any experience of myopia.

Xiao Zhi said: "It's okay, I saw you at the school gate just now, and you can't see clearly, it seems to be nearsighted."

"Are you going to get a pair of glasses?"

Xiao Zhi said: "Yes."

Chen Bing: "You start the video, I'll take a look."

The voice call switched to video.

Xiao Zhi put on a pair of mirror frames, with his slender and well-articulated fingers resting on his ears, his nose bridge was high, and was lightly pressed by the frame, giving him a calm and indifferent demeanor.

For some reason, Chen Bing was startled suddenly.

In the camera, Xiao Zhi's hair is cut to the side of the standard ears, his eyebrows are deep, his ears no longer wear accessories a long time ago, and the previous gaudy broken eyebrows have also been trimmed long ago.

I don't know when it started.

Now, he is not like the school bully who smoked and fought in the past, but just like a high school boy who can blend into the crowd in every way except his outstanding appearance.