Talking tablemates chase after me

On the weekend afternoon of the second day, Ding Jinyu picked Ming Mei over before practicing the piano as usual, except for an inexplicable courier in the middle, everything was as usual.

He finished the courier and entered the room, and saw Mingmei's little brows knit together, and a pair of small hands tightly covering his mouth and nose.

"Sister?" He called out in concern, and when he looked up and saw his bedside table, he froze immediately.

In the mineral water bottle on the bedside table, half of the water was yellowed by cigarette butts.

It wasn't until now that he realized that he had smoked so many cigarettes last night.

When he was young, his grandfather smoked, and later Ding Yinan and himself also smoked, but according to his observation, Ming Xi's family did not have any bad habits, no wonder Ming Mei is particularly sensitive to this smell.

He twisted the cap on the mineral water bottle twice and threw it into the trash can, and opened the window for ventilation.

"Sister... I'm sorry..." He rubbed Ming Mei's little head apologetically, "Why didn't you tell me when you just entered the room?"

"Brother said, you can't make too many demands in other people's house..." Ming Mei shook his head obediently, "It's impolite."

Ding Jinyu lowered his head and smiled, then turned around and picked up the violin.

After classes resumed on Monday, Mingxi still smiled heartlessly at him all day long, sometimes asking him if he would like to have lunch together, and sometimes coming to the rooftop to deliver food, it would take at least half an hour, and he couldn't get away.

After the New Year's Day holiday, the countdown to the final exam also started, and even the snowflake-like love letters before stopped.

After all, No. [-] Middle School is still one of the top provincial key points. In the face of the pressure of the exam, everything has to be put aside.

The exciting end-of-term review kicked off. Even Ding Jinyu went to pick up Mingmei on weekends, but Ming's father declined, telling him to study hard.

Ding Jinyu asked a rare extra question——

What about Mingxi?

Everyone knows that the final exam is coming soon, but Mingxi is still not at home on weekends.

Ming's father smiled awkwardly, only explaining Xi's grade, it doesn't matter whether he revises or not.

Just like that, the aftertaste of the anniversary seemed to be completely reversed, and the days went on step by step, and no one explained the subtle change in the bottom of their hearts until——

One week before the exam, the government sent a message to the residents of the old house that the renovation project of the dilapidated house had been completed and met the safety acceptance standards, and the original residents were free to move back to the community according to their own conditions.

When Ding Jinyu received the text message, he was struggling with an Olympiad-difficult math problem to a critical moment. He glanced at it and threw away his phone to continue, but he couldn't write any more.

After thinking about it, he picked up his phone, copied the content of the text message and sent it to Ding Yinan.

Before, he had been wondering why his younger sister knew Qin Yuxi so well within a few minutes. He only knew that Ding Yinan and Qin Yuxi had attended the same nursing school before, and only after asking did he know that Qin Yuxi is now a pediatric nurse. , very good at coaxing children.

It was cold at the end of the year, and there were many sick children. Qin Yuxi was busy, and Ding Yinan didn't show up for a long time.

As soon as Ding Jinyu sent the message, Ding Yinan replied within 2 minutes. The content was still so concise and to the point——

- are you going back

There is no girlish euphemism at all.

Ding Jinyu sighed and threw away the phone, lost in thought in a daze, Ding Yinan's call immediately followed her.

He looked at the screen of the mobile phone that was lit by the table, and he reluctantly picked it up until the last moment when the ring rang.

Before Ding Jinyu could say "Hello", Ding Yinan's voice came out of the receiver—

"Ding Jinyu! Your wings are stiff! You won't reply to my message again!"

Ding Jinyu put the handset of the mobile phone away from his ears with his mouth curled up, and took it back when the movement inside became normal, and said perfunctorily, "I'm doing the quizzes."

"Oh, yes, it's time for the final exam." Ding Yinan's tone softened a little, "Then don't move, it will affect the exam."

Ding Jinyu looked at the half-finished math problem on the test paper and said "hmm".

"Actually...you..." Ding Yinan's tone obviously sank, hesitating and tentative, "You don't want to move back, do you?"

Seeing that Ding Jinyu was silent and did not refute, she continued to climb up the pole, "Anyway, there is no shortage of money, Ding Cheng gave it to you last time..."

"Don't mention him." Ding Jinyu interrupted impatiently.

"Okay, okay." Ding Yinan immediately admitted his cowardice, and changed the topic, "Tonight you have night shift, sister Yuxi, shall I pick you up for dinner after I drop her off?"

"BBQ! Sister's treat!"

Ding Yinan was very punctual today, before seven o'clock, the newly bought Saimo parked in front of Ming Xi's courtyard.

Ding Jinyu answered the phone and came out, and saw that Ding Yinan was wearing a blue leather motorcycle jacket with Martin boots. Wearing a pair of cat ears...

He frowned helplessly.

Little Saimo soon drove to a barbecue stand, which was an old shop that Ding Yinan often visited. She quickly ordered good food, and asked the boss for two bottles of beer.

Ding Jinyu watched the amber liquid flow into the cup, forming a layer of foam on the rim of the cup, and his frown has not been loosened today.

"It's very cold." He said as he snatched the wine bottle from Ding Yinan's hand, "Your stomach hurts when you go back, sister Yuxi should hate me."

"Hey—" Ding Yinan's eyes were embarrassed, but he didn't dare to refute. He habitually took out a cigarette and handed it to Ding Jinyu.

Ding Jinyu stared at the cigarette in Ding Yinan's hand, and suddenly there was a picture of Tian Mingmei pinching his mouth and nose with his little hand.

He shook his head, "Quit."

"You quit too." He said while pushing the wine glass in Ding Yinan's hand aside, "Quit all of them, don't sister Yuxi also like it?"

"You never cared about these things before." Ding Yinan looked at Ding Jinyu with her lips curled up, her face was filled with disgust, but her eyes sank a little bit, "Xiao Yuer——"

"you've changed."

"Quitting smoking and drinking is for your health." Ding Jinyu said while taking the cigarette from Ding Yinan's hand, "Didn't Sister Yuxi often say that too? Thanks to you, you are still in nursing school."

Ding Yinan's two fingers holding the cigarette were empty, and his hand was still there, completely ignoring what Ding Jinyu said, and only murmured: "You used to not care whether others like it or not."

She withdrew her hand, lowered her head and smiled, "Little Yu'er has grown up."

There was a long silence at the table, and no one moved their chopsticks until the owner of the barbecue stand brought the steaming skewers.

"Sister." Ding Jinyu pushed the plate containing the skewers towards Ding Yinan, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I..." Ding Yinan stared at the grilled skewers in front of him, organizing his words, "Your sister Yuxi has been busy recently, working overtime, I often eat alone, I..."

"Actually, I've been to your school a few times." She picked up a bunch of county liver, but didn't give it to her mouth, "When you are out of school...I..."

"I saw you and Mingxi arguing at the school gate, and sometimes that little guy."

She looked up at Ding Jinyu, as if she wanted to find the answer from inside; but Ding Jinyu lowered her head and didn't give her a chance.

He unconsciously touched the glass of beer in front of him, and was shocked by the cold temperature before he came back to his senses, "Occasionally drop by."

"But I think you are different!" Ding Yinan said impatiently.

"I do not have."

Ding Jinyu retorted firmly, but he didn't know who he was talking to.

"Forget it." Ding Yinan looked at Ding Jinyu's cold face and tensed shoulders, and quickly compromised, "The exam is more important."

She asked some more questions about studying for the exam, but Ding Jinyu was perfunctory and answered without saying a word.

When the grilled skewers on the plate were about to bottom out, and they were no longer steaming, the atmosphere at the dining table between the siblings finally relaxed a bit.

"This is your first time to take the city's unified examination?" Ding Yinan asked casually after paying the bill.

"I don't know, I didn't ask." Ding Jinyu replied casually, "Anyway, Mingxi before the exam..."

Ding Jinyu got stuck in the middle of her sentence.

All the students in No. [-] Middle School knew whether the final exam should be ranked in the city. The teacher didn't give any special notice. Only Ding Jinyu, a transfer student, didn't know.

But he didn't take it to heart either, because Ming Xi would definitely remind him when the time came.

"Ding Jinyu." Ding Yinan seldom called Ding Jinyu by his name so seriously, "Do you need to be reminded of such a trivial matter?"

"Is it because Mingxi is too used to you—" She looked at Ding Jinyu's tightly pressed lips, "Or are you too dependent on Mingxi?"