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After the final exam of the third year of high school, there was a make-up class. It was the day before the New Year's Eve that Zhou Jinye felt the taste of the holiday.

His grades had already come out, and he was almost numb from the exams these past few months. Although his progress was slow, his scores were still rising.

According to this trend, he should be able to get into the school he wants to be admitted to.

Amidst the cheers, Zhou Jinye calmly stuffed the test papers into his schoolbag. It was a thick stack, and he estimated that two-thirds of the winter vacation would be spent on the questions.

Because Lin Juexiao had something to do today, he wanted to go back by himself, so Zhou Jinye was not in a hurry, and by the time he finished cleaning up, half of the people in the class had already left.

The weather was already very cold, so Zhou Jinye stopped riding a bicycle and took the bus home.

When he got home, he first boiled a pot of water in the thermos, and filled it with cat food and dog food, when the phone rang suddenly, and Zhou Jinye looked down, a little surprised.

Lin Juexiao usually doesn't call often, and always sends WeChat when he has something to do. Through the phone, Lin Juexiao's voice sounds a little distorted.

"Hello, Jinye?"

Zhou Jinye was stunned, and subconsciously replied, "I'm here."

Lin Juexiao's voice was like a stuck tape, and he paused and said: "Just... Yuchen called me today and asked you to go home with him for dinner. Your dad is here, do you want to go?"

After a few months, Lin Juexiao also realized that Zhou Jinye and Zhou Yuchen really couldn't get close, but for Zhou Jinye's consideration, he still hoped that the two of them could get closer.

Zhou Jinye held the phone and didn't speak.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and he took it for granted that he would spend it with Lin Juexiao.

But in fact, he has his own relatives in this city, and Lin Juexiao also has his own relatives. It is not convenient for Lin Juexiao to take him with him. He is just borrowing from his friend's younger brother who lives in his house.

The winter vacation is here, Zhou Yuchen is free, and his father, whom he has no memory of at all, is back, so he must be going home.

Although Zhou Jinye felt that Lin Juexiao was home.

"Drip-drip-"

The water in the thermos jumped to the highest temperature, and after the alarm sounded, steam came out of the spout.

Zhou Jinye was scalded by the heat, he came back to his senses, and looked down at his fingers.

He gave an "hmm" without emotion, which sounded the same as usual.

Lin Juexiao returned home before evening, and he came here on purpose to send Zhou Jinye to Zhou Yuchen's place, but when he got home, Zhou Yuchen said he was coming to pick Zhou Jinye up.

The winter clothes are thick, so Zhou Jinye packed a suitcase even though he only had eight days off in his senior year of high school.

He really likes black, and he wears all black again. The long down jacket is very flattering, but Zhou Jinye's body looks even taller when he wears it.

Zhou Jinye's hair grew a bit, barely covering his forehead, his clean eyebrows and eyes were exposed, and his distinct eyelashes drooped slightly.

When Lin Juexiao opened the door, he happened to see Zhou Jinye standing in the entrance with a suitcase, and Kang Kang was clinging to his feet reluctantly.

Zhou Jinye showed no expression, but Lin Juexiao somehow felt that he looked aggrieved.

"how?"

Zhou Jinye stared at him for a long time without covering his eyes, and then said sullenly after a long while: "...it's all right."

He said it's okay, it's just something.

Zhou Yuchen was coming soon, Lin Juexiao didn't change his shoes at all, and blocked the doorway and asked, "Do you want to go with your brother?"

"..."

"Uncle Zhou seems to want to see you." Lin Juexiao sighed, "But it's okay if you don't want to go back."

He knew that Zhou Jinye was cold-tempered and didn't talk much to people he knew well, not to mention that he and Zhou's father had never met, and Zhou Yuchen was a careless person.

Although this was their family's chore, after all, he had taken Zhou Jinye with him for so long, and he had already regarded him as his own brother, so he didn't really want to make him feel uncomfortable.

To his surprise, Zhou Jinye said instead: "I'll go back."

He didn't want to embarrass Lin Juexiao.

Zhou Yuchen's horn sounded just downstairs, and he could barely hear it from the fifth floor. After a few honkings, Zhou Yuchen was probably afraid of being scolded, so he didn't make any sound.

Zhou Jinye dragged his suitcase and walked to the stairs.

But his footsteps stopped suddenly, he let go, and the suitcase rolled on the concrete floor, almost falling down.

Zhou Jinye walked in the direction of Lin Juexiao, he hugged Lin Juexiao with open arms, in order to keep out the cold, he wore a pure cotton mask on his face.

A muffled voice came from under the mask: "Brother, I'm leaving."

Lin Juexiao was dazed by this unexpected hug, and by the time he realized it, Zhou Jinye's back had disappeared at the turning of the corridor, leaving only the sound of the suitcase being lifted and put down echoing.

He stood at the door for a while, then changed his shoes and walked back into the house.

The door closed with a "click" sound, and Lin Juexiao bent over to change his shoes, ready to put them in the shoe cabinet.

Zhou Jinye only brought back a pair of shoes, and there were several pairs of his leftover sneakers in the shoe cabinet, all of which were clean.

Lin Juexiao paused, put his shoes aside, and said to himself, "So clingy?"

Without Zhou Jinye, the house was half empty in an instant.

Lin Juexiao was used to living alone. When Zhou Jinye first moved in, he still got used to it for a while, but now that Zhou Jinye was gone suddenly, it was deserted and quiet.

Lin Juexiao thought about it, and decided to pack up and go home.

But there were four pets at home, and it was inconvenient for him to bring them home, so he searched for a pet shop that was still open, and took them back to foster care.

I drove home alone, the road home was a bit long, and the co-pilot was missing someone, it seemed that I was not used to everything.

Lin Juexiao shook her head with a smile, feeling a little baffled.

Zhang Huiying was very surprised when she saw him, because he had promised to come back tomorrow, but the next second, Zhang Huiying smiled happily: "Why are you back?"

She looked behind her again: "Where's Jin Ye, didn't you bring them back together?"

Lin Juexiao said while changing his slippers, "He's gone home."

"That's right, you still have to be with your family during the Chinese New Year." Zhang Huiying said, and she asked again, "What about mediocrity?"

Unlike An'an, Pingping was brought back by Lin Guoyuan from a friend's house when Lin Juexiao was ten years old. It can be said that he and Lin Juexiao grew up together.

Pingping is also very clingy to him, after he graduated, he simply took Pingping out with him.

Lin Juexiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, I sent it to the pet shop, it's very reliable."

"Where's my dad?"

"You came just in time. Your dad just went shopping." Zhang Huiying said, "I'll call him and ask him to buy more vegetables."

On New Year's Eve, Lin Juexiao went to have a reunion dinner with his parents, and when he returned home, he suddenly thought of Zhou Jinye again.

When he finished washing and lay down on the bed, it was already past eight o'clock, Lin Juexiao simply called Zhou Jinye.

Zhou Jinye answered the phone very quickly, as if he had been waiting for his call. When Lin Juexiao saw the call was through, he asked with a smile, "What are you doing?"

The background sound on Zhou Jinye's side was a bit noisy, the sound of the game mixed with the voice of the child, and the voice just passed the voice change period was still a little hoarse, "I'm playing with the child."

With a simple sentence, Lin Juexiao could hear his impatience.

He laughed a few times silently: "Is it cute?"

Zhou Jinye said indifferently: "It's not cute."

He took away the toy that the little boy next to him accidentally threw on him, Zhou Yuchen was still yelling at them heart-piercingly, telling them to stop arguing.

Zhou Jinye simply went to the balcony. As soon as the door was closed, his ears became clearer. He complained to Lin Juexiao in a low voice: "They are so annoying."

Lin Jue smiled happily and became happier: "You may have been so noisy when you were young."

"Impossible." Zhou Jinye denied without hesitation, "I have never liked to talk since I was a child."

He has taken his quietness as a plus.

Lin Juexiao's finger holding the phone trembled slightly with a smile, and said "um" a few times in a perfunctory manner.

Zhou Jinye's ears itch from his laughter, so he stopped talking.

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Juexiao opened up a topic and asked, "Is it okay at home?"

"……Okay."

To tell the truth, Father Zhou specially asked for leave from abroad to fly back. He also prepared gifts, and he kept greeting him during the meal.

But it was this kindness that made Zhou Jinye feel uncomfortable all over. He didn't know Father Zhou very well, and his mother never let him see Father Zhou before, or maybe it was because Father Zhou never came to see him.

He has no emotion for this belated paternal love.

Lin Juexiao realized something was wrong after a while, and changed the conversation: "Did you get the red envelope?"

Zhou Jinye said: "Take it."

He didn't want it, but he didn't refuse and accepted a few.

Hearing this, Lin Juexiao suddenly said, "Then I'll give you a red envelope too, okay?"

Zhou Jinye refused, "I... don't want it."

Lin Juexiao said irresistibly: "You wait for me to get off."

He has always been open to discussion, and his attitude is rarely so tough. Lin Juexiao walked out of the room and went to look for the remaining red envelopes in the drawer. He held the phone by his shoulder, roughly estimated the time and said: "You'll be down in about 10 minutes."

Zhou Jinye didn't realize it at first, but after he hung up the phone, he realized that Lin Juexiao was coming to find him.

Lin Juexiao asked him to come down after 10 minutes, but Zhou Jinye could barely control his legs, and ran downstairs before he even had time to put on his coat.

He didn't run much, but his heart was beating a little fast.

Zhou Jinye knew it wasn't because of strenuous exercise, but simply because he was going to see Lin Juexiao.

On such a cold day, he only wore a thin sweater, but somehow he couldn't feel the chill. Zhou Jinye wandered nervously by the street lamp, struggling to think about what he should say later.

When Lin Juexiao arrived, he only saw a tall and thin figure of a boy standing under the street lamp, even wearing a pair of slippers, and his exposed ankles were red from the cold.

He frowned and ran over, only to find that Zhou Jinye's eyes were very bright, as if dotted with sporadic stars, as if seeing him was something extremely pleasantly surprised.

Lin Juexiao shook his head, took Zhou Jinye's cold hand, and taught, "Why don't you even wear clothes?"

Zhou Jinye touched his nose and said, "Forgot."

Lin Juexiao pulled him into the car and took out a brand new red envelope from his pocket. He smiled and said, "Show your hands."

Zhou Jinye stretched out his numb palm subconsciously.

"Jinye."

The red envelope weighed very lightly on the palm of his hand, but it seemed like a huge meteorite had dropped in Zhou Jinye's heart.

The built-in lights were turned on in the car. The car was very old, and only one light bulb was still on. It was difficult to even illuminate the cramped space.

"New Year's money." Lin Juexiao said with a smile, "Safe every year."

He could just transfer a WeChat red envelope, but Lin Juexiao felt that this was less meaningful. Only by handing the wrapped red envelope to the person who wanted to give it, seemed to be able to complete its meaning.

"Press it under your pillow at night when you go to sleep, and it'll be a year of peace."

Zhou Jinye's breath lengthened slowly. Relying on the deep darkness, he looked at Lin Juexiao openly, his gaze seemed to be set with a bright diamond on Lin Juexiao's body.

This is Lin Juexiao's blessing to him alone.

He is alone.

The author says:

The next chapter will start to push the emotional line