A box of light gray blue

Early the next morning, Xu Yu stood at the intersection with his bag on his back, waiting for Uncle Zhang to pick him up.

The schools in this area are already on holiday, and it seems very cold at the moment.The weather was a bit chilly, so Xu Yan put his hands in his pockets and ran quickly to the gray car parked not far away.

"Uncle Zhang, thank you for your hard work." He politely greeted the middle-aged man in the car.Uncle Zhang has a very good relationship with his father. He has been a driver for the family for more than ten years, and his relationship with the Xu family has long been different.Compared with those relatives who always asked them for money, Xu Yu felt that Uncle Zhang was more like his own family.

However, Xu Yan usually does not have this kind of treatment, and he travels by himself no matter whether he goes to or from school.He sat in the back row and couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything urgent at home?"

Uncle Zhang stroked the stubble on his chin, a thoughtful expression appeared on his thin face. "It's nothing urgent," he started the car slowly, "I probably want to have a meal together during the holidays."

After hearing this, Xu Yan leaned back in his chair weakly, and the thought of having an extremely noisy and tasteless dinner party gave him a headache.

The more you don't want to face it, the faster time seems to pass.It didn't take much time to travel from City C to City X. At eleven o'clock in the noon, Xu Yan was already standing at the entrance of a high-end hotel in City X.

"This is for you," Xu Yu dug out a box of tea cakes from his bag and handed it to Uncle Zhang, "I bought this as a special product when I was sketching."

Uncle Zhang looked at the tea cake in his hand in surprise, then raised his eyes to look at him again, the lines in the corners of his eyes curled up with a smile.

"Young master has changed a lot." His gratified expression seemed to be happy for his own child, "I have really grown up. It was difficult for you to say a few words of communication in the past, let alone bringing gifts. "

Xu Chang wanted to refute, but found that he really seemed to be like this.In the past, he rarely took the initiative to chat with people around him, let alone give gifts to the elders.

Probably because, I have a boyfriend who is particularly eloquent.

"Then I'll go in." Xu Wei was a little embarrassed, "Go back and rest earlier."

"Okay." Uncle Zhang rubbed the tea cake in his hand, "It's in the box on the top floor, hurry up."

Every time Xu Yan stepped into such a high-end restaurant, he felt uncomfortable.The service staff at the front desk always followed closely, taking him up the elevator all the way.Xu Yan had the illusion that he was being held hostage, and the muscles on his face stiffened.

The decoration of the box is magnificent, with a huge landscape painting hanging on the wall, and colorful crystal lamps on the ceiling above the round table.The relatives sitting at the round table, wearing all kinds of colorful clothes, chatted noisyly.Duan Manrong and Xu Haokong were dressed in formal attire, and Xu Yun wore a solid color dress.The three of them were surrounded by a group of colorful people, and Xu Yu actually felt that there was an illusion that monsters were coveting Tang's monk's flesh.

"Hey, Xiao Yan is here!" One of them was the first to see Xu Wei at the door, and called out to him first, and got up excitedly to greet him while saying hello.

It took Xu Huang three seconds to remember who she was, "Hello, Aunt Shen..." Before he could finish his sentence, Aunt Shen took him by the arm to the empty seat in front of the table, and urged him to sit down.

Everyone's eyes turned to him at once, and the seven aunts and eight aunts, as well as the uncles who hadn't seen each other for several months, all began to greet him.

"How is Xiao Yan recently? You must have improved in your studies, right?"

"Are you used to living in school? If you want me to tell you, don't study art, you are smart, don't you go on the right path..."

"You can't say that, Xiao Yan, you have to teach my child how to draw in the future. It's very expensive to hire a teacher outside."

Xu Yan's head got dizzy from the noise, he didn't even bother to put on a smile, he lowered his head and nodded indiscriminately.His father, Xu Haokong, couldn't stand it anymore, and he smiled helplessly to smooth things over: "Let's have dinner first, today is the Xu family's family banquet, let's chat while eating."

Hearing the sound, Xu Wei quietly glanced at his parents and younger sister who were sitting opposite, and found that Duan Manrong's expression was not good-looking.Xu Chang and her looked at each other, feeling guilty for no reason.Xu Yun ate in a muffled voice, not paying attention to the sight here.Duan Manrong looked at Xu Yu with anger in his eyes, but the face that was smiling just now had a stern expression.Xu Yu hadn't seen his mother staring at him with such an expression for a long time, and he didn't know what wrong he had done for a while.

The meal was extremely lively, but Xu Chang felt extremely depressed.From the beginning to the end, he never said a word of more than three words, and every time he spoke, he looked like a robot, except for "I see" and "um".

The contents of those chats were really meaningless, except for some parents' gossip, they were asking Xu Haokong and Duan Manrong for help in various ways.What borrowed money to build a house, and helped the younger generation find jobs, etc., was annoying to hear.

Xu Yan leaned on the back of the chair and quietly sent a message to Fu Zhongzhou on his mobile phone.

【I am bored. 】

Fu Zhongzhou returned in seconds.

[Miss me? 】

[Go home and spend time with your family, we will see each other in two days, good boy. 】

The corner of Xu Yan's mouth twitched, and he made a disdainful expression.

[My parents will be back in the next two days, so I can't make video calls during the day. 】

Xu Yan was chatting with his head down, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.The noise around him still continued, but he couldn't hear a word clearly.

"Xiao Yan, Auntie is asking you something."

Duan Manrong's voice suddenly sounded, and Xu Yan suddenly raised his head when he heard that he was being called. "……What?"

"Auntie asked you, did you talk about friends?" A fat aunt sitting diagonally across from her asked with a smile, "My child is about your age. I cleaned her bed sheets the other day and found a love letter under her pillow." Auntie Thinking of her own girl, she smiled, "It should be normal for children of your age to fall in love. I didn't dare to touch her things, so I quietly put them back for her."

"That's not okay," Aunt Shen interrupted her, "It's a girl, it's okay to mix with boys at such a young age?"

The fat aunt ignored her, and continued to ask Xu Chang: "What about Xiao Chang, she looks so good-looking, so there should be many people chasing her?"

Xu Chang opened his mouth, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Duan Manrong staring at him again.

"...No," Xu Yu forced a smile, "I'm too busy to think about anything else."

So everyone praised him again and again for being a good student who concentrates on studying, and blocked the fat aunt's words.

Xu Wei didn't expect a meal to be so difficult, so he entered the room when he got home, and fell headfirst on the bed.Xu Haokong and Duan Manrong continued to participate in the afternoon activities, leaving only Xu Yun and him at home.

Getting away from the noisy environment, Xu Yan even felt that his ears were still ringing.He lay on the bed for a while, but the phone next to him rang for a while and he didn't answer it. He was stuck on the bed and couldn't move.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, the edge of the bed suddenly sank a little.

"Hey, I'm so tired." Xu Yun wailed in a long tone.She was lying halfway on the edge of the bed, with her legs propped on the floor. "Brother, you are finally back. I really can't stay in this house for a minute."

Xu Yu got up sleepily, made room for Xu Yun, and pulled her to the side of the bed to sit down.

"So serious?" He leaned against the head of the bed and yawned.

"I haven't touched a mobile phone for almost a month." Xu Yun stretched out a finger exaggeratedly, and nodded in front of Xu Chang's eyes, "A month, a whole month."

"If you didn't tell me about that, I wouldn't have my phone confiscated."

Of course Xu Yu knew what she was talking about that night, so she couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth. "Why, your teacher threw your mobile phone down from the fifth floor?"

"No." Xu Yun lay down on the bed, looking like she was about to cry, "The day before yesterday at the parents' meeting, the head teacher gave our mother the phone, but she said she couldn't return it to me for the time being."

"Who asked you to play with your mobile phone in class?" Xu Wei patted the mattress, "Don't lie down, you are such an adult, do you know how to keep a distance from the opposite sex?"

Xu Yun didn't move, but rolled her eyes at him. "You are my brother, so there is nothing to avoid suspicion."

Xu Chang couldn't say no to her, so he stood up on the edge of the bed. "...Then you lie down, I will do my homework."

"Just waiting for your words." Xu Yun kicked off the slippers, moved to the bed and lay down contentedly.

The brother and sister spent the whole afternoon in the room without speaking.Xu Yun took a nap, and when she woke up, she sat on the bedside and played a small game on Xu Yu's mobile phone, while Xu Yu was doing homework all the time.The two of them didn't disturb each other, but they felt much more comfortable than the annoying family dinner just now.

In the evening, Duan Manrong called the two of them to come out for dinner.Xu Chang and Xu Yun didn't want to go, so they made excuses and stayed at home and ordered a takeaway.

After dinner, the two went out for a walk.The community where Xu Chang's family is located is on the edge of the urban area, close to the scenic area, and the greenery is very good.All residents are independent small villas, with two floors plus a garage, and the public garden outside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor.

"Brother, don't you want to call Brother Fu?" Xu Yun teased him as he walked, "I promise not to talk, just listen quietly."

Xu Wei pinched her face, "You need to worry about your brother's relationship?" Although he said so, he couldn't help but make a video call.

The call was connected quickly, and half of Fu Zhongzhou's face appeared on the screen, as well as the room furnishings behind him.

"Have you eaten yet?" Fu Zhongzhou was probably drawing, still holding a charcoal pencil in his hand.He adjusted his angle and smiled at the screen. "Sister Xu is here too, long time no see."

Xu Yun came over with a smirk, "Long time no see."

"I've eaten," Xu Wei pulled the little eighth woman aside, "How about it, your parents didn't scold you, did they?"

"Why didn't you train me?" Fu Zhongzhou showed a pitiful look, "You scolded me badly."

Seeing him like this, Xu Chang couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth.

"Show me your house, I'll gain a lot of insight." Fu Zhongzhou changed the subject, and his eyes fell on the lush boulevard behind Xu Yu, "Are you taking a walk in the neighborhood? The environment looks very good."

Xu Chang switched the camera to show him the surrounding environment. "That's it, it's quiet."

The two chatted on their mobile phones all the way, and Xu Yun listened silently, unable to intervene at all.Xu Wei didn't expect that he couldn't let go of Fu Zhongzhou just because he didn't see him for a day.They chatted all the way home, until Fu Zhongzhou was called away by his grandfather, then reluctantly hung up the phone.Xu Yun glared at Xu Chang resentfully, and ran back to her room to do her homework.

After the phone call with Fu Zhongzhou, Xu Yu felt a lot more relaxed.When it was ten o'clock for the painting homework, he washed up and went to bed.Probably because I have lived in the dormitory for too long, the big bed in my room is very comfortable to sleep on.

When I woke up the next day, it was already bright outside.Xu Yu got out of bed with sleepy eyes, planning to go to the living room to get a glass of water.He didn't even wear slippers, and walked barefoot to open the door.The doorknob was turned down, but the lock did not open.

Xu Chang was startled, and twisted hard twice, but there was still no response.

- The room door was locked from the outside.

The author says:

Burning my hands... the update is a bit late