I'm old, so cute
Chapter 49
Although Xing Bailu didn't quite understand why Old Man Yan would tell Yan Qiao that their birthdays are a perfect match, after all, this time is different from the previous life, and many people in the previous life should know that Old Man Yan is eager to find someone to congratulate Yan Qiao, now they should No one would know that Old Man Yan was going to give Yan Qiao a combination of horoscopes. Xing Bailu guessed that there was a high probability that Old Man Yan was coaxing Yan Qiao.
"I saw you here earlier, what are you doing standing in the yard?" Zhang Qingyou opened the door and came out, "Come in, my mother happened to fry sweet-scented osmanthus rice cakes, come in and eat."
Zhang Qingyou pulled Xing Bailu in.
This is how the birthday horoscope came to an end.
Soon it will be New Years Eve.
Starting from dinner, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside continued.
Tonight is a sleepless night.
After the meal, Xing Yuanlin also moved two boxes of oversized fireworks and placed them in the yard.
Xing Bailu asked in surprise, "You bought it too?"
Xing Yuanlin smiled: "How can we not set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year? Come and light the fire."
Xing Bailu smiled and went over to pick a spot, then ran to the eaves and covered his ears.
The fuse burns out quickly.
Then "bang bang bang", the fire broke through the sky, and a sea of colorful flowers bloomed above the head.
Xing Bailu looked at the fireworks in the night sky and was a little distracted. Five years later, due to strong supervision, almost all cities have banned burning, and only some small cities and towns can still see them. I didn't expect to still feel the excitement of the New Year.
The phone vibrated, and Yan Qiao sent him a lot of photos of fireworks.
I don't know if it's Xing Bailu's illusion, but I always feel that the photo of Yan Qiao giving him fireworks is more exciting than him.
Xing Bailu replied: "Are these fireworks bought by your family? They are so beautiful!"
Yan Qiao: "A program written by the owner of a fireworks company. It was specially given to my father. If you like it, I will find someone to design one for you next time!"
Xing Bailu couldn't help laughing.
As the provincial capital, Ninghai was one of the first cities to ban burning a few years later.
He replied again: "You can take more photos, as a souvenir."
Yan Qiao: "I think the same way. If fireworks are not allowed in the future, I can look them up! Wait a minute, I'll make a video for you"
Xing Bailu was slightly taken aback, yes, I really can't let it go in the future.
Yan Qiao quickly sent a video, in which besides the sky full of fireworks, Yan Qiao's voice also appeared: "On the last day of 2010, the fireworks for Xiaolu."
In the video, fireworks were blooming, and there were ping-pong noises all around. Xing Bailu was standing on the porch smiling like a fool.
The two boxes of fireworks were set off for nearly 10 minutes.
After burning the smell of gunpowder in the yard, Xing Yuanlin urged Xing Bailu to go in.
Aunt Qiu urged inside, "Hurry up, the Spring Festival Gala is about to begin!"
Although the Spring Festival Gala in recent years has been judged to be worse every year, the Xing family still has the habit of watching the Spring Festival Gala every year.
Xing Bailu went in and saw that Aunt Qiu and Zheng Yanling had already cut up the fruit and prepared a bunch of melon and fruit snacks. The headlight in the living room was turned off, and the two floor lamps in the corner were turned on twice.
The host on the display screen was already speaking about the opening speech of the Spring Festival Gala.
"Come and sit, Xiao Lu." Zheng Yanling greeted.
The heating in the room was well turned on, Xing Bailu took off his coat and walked into the living room.
Aunt Qiu poured him a glass of Coke, and said, "Kids should drink less, I don't know why young people like to drink this."
Xing Bailu said with a smile: "You can drink coke with fried chicken, you get a bunch of nuts and fruits, it's not good!"
Zheng Yanling hurriedly got up and said, "I have some fried chicken at home, my aunt will make you a plate."
Xing Bailu originally said that, and wanted to ask Zheng Yanling to sit down, but Zheng Yanling made a plate of fried chicken anyway.
Zheng Yanling said: "Xiaoqiu was afraid that you would eat too greasy, so she never made it for you."
Xing Bailu couldn't help asking: "When did you buy it?"
Xing Yuanlin tidied up the yard and came in, then said: "Our own coffee shop sells it, I went to eat it last time, and the taste is no worse than that!"
Xing Bailu took a bite, it was crispy and tender: "Auntie, it's delicious!"
Zheng Yanling laughed.
Later, after watching most of the Spring Festival Gala, it was almost twelve o'clock when Yan Qiao called him.
Xing Bailu got up and went back to his room.
There was still the continuous sound of fireworks outside the window, and Yan Qiao's voice on the phone was very happy. He first asked Xing Bailu what he had for dinner, and then complained to him about the Spring Festival Gala for a while.
Standing by the window, Xing Bailu listened to Yan Qiao's words, and at the same time looked at the love heart on the window of Yan Qiao's room opposite, feeling very happy.
The electronic clock on the bedside table started counting down.
Xing Bailu seemed to hear the host of the Spring Festival Gala in the downstairs living room start shouting: "10, 9, 8, 7..."
"...3, 2, 1!"
"Yan Qiao, happy new year, I love you." Xing Bailu looked at Yan Qiao's room and said.
Yan Qiao's serious and gentle voice came from the other end of the phone: "Happy New Year, Xiaolu, I miss you so much."
Seeing that Xing Bailu hadn't gone down, Aunt Qiu knocked on his door after the Spring Festival Gala, brought him milk, and dictated to him the sketches he hadn't seen.
Xing Bailu could tell that Aunt Qiu was afraid that this first New Year without Li Shuyan would make Xing Bailu sad.
Actually, it's not that sad.
After all, in Xing Bailu's consciousness, his mother had been gone for five years.
Later, when Xing Bailu was charging his phone, he remembered that he took the charging cable to the living room during the day.
He opened the door and went down, and saw that the kitchen light was still on.
Xing Bailu thought it was Aunt Qiu who forgot to turn off the light, and went to find Zheng Yanling standing in the kitchen.
"aunt?"
The outside was still full of lively firecrackers, Zheng Yanling wiped her face in a panic and turned her head: "Why did the little deer come down?"
Xing Bailu stood still, she was crying.
In their eyes, he spent his first New Year without a mother. Zheng Yanling probably thought of Jiang Huaixia who was in prison.
Xing Bailu had never sympathized with Jiang Huaixia, so naturally he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say, "Oh, I thought Aunt Qiu forgot to turn off the lights. I... come down and get the charging cable."
Seeing him walking towards the living room, Zheng Yanling hurriedly said, "The charging cable is here." She stepped out quickly, took the charging cable on the dining table and handed it to him, "I saw you plugged it in the living room, so I thought you had left it behind. I wanted to bring it up for you, but I didn’t expect you to come down and look for it.”
"Thank you, aunt." Xing Bailu stepped forward to pick it up, turned around and took half a step, then turned back, "It's getting late, you should go back to your room too."
"Xiaolu." Zheng Yanling called to stop him.
Xing Bailu stopped in his tracks.
She added, "Can Auntie give you a hug?"
Xing Bailu was stunned for a moment. Although Zheng Yanling had moved to the house for several months, she also took good care of him like Aunt Qiu, but he was never as close to her as he was with Aunt Qiu, let alone hug her.
Tonight must be a bit special, she misses her son.
Xing Bailu wanted to refuse, but he opened his mouth but didn't know how to open it, and finally nodded unexpectedly.
Zheng Yanling stepped forward to hug him, and gently patted his head like a mother.
Xing Bailu was taller than her, looking down at her, even her shoulders twitched slightly.
Zheng Yanling's voice was very low: "I'm sorry."
Xing Bailu was slightly startled: "You have nothing to do to me."
She said "I'm sorry" again, and then choked up: "After all, he is my child, my child... I'm sorry, Xiaolu."
Xing Bailu always felt that Zheng Yanling was a little different today.
"Your mother is gone, aunt will take care of you like your mother." Zheng Yanling's voice was very soft, "I will take good care of you, I'm sorry..."
Probably because Zheng Yanling was overly sad during the happy family days, she hugged Xing Bailu and said sorry many times that night.
Later, when Xing Bailu went upstairs, it was past one o'clock in the morning, and Yan Qiao sent him a message:
"Happy New Year, Deer, Good Night"
"Fell asleep?"
"Sweet dream, little deer"
Aunt Qiu went back to her hometown on the first day of junior high school. Every year, she would go back to live for two or three days after the Chinese New Year.
She didn't want to catch up with the Spring Festival travel season, and her family had serious patriarchy, so her relationship with her family was weak.After she got divorced, apart from sending money back to her parents, she hardly ever went back.
The Xing family doesn't have many relatives, and all of them have been served for three times, so it won't take a few days to visit relatives, but Xing Yuanlin has more friends in business.
After Yuanshan Real Estate and Yancheng Real Estate cooperated on a project last year, significantly more companies came to Xing Yuanlin for cooperation.
Yan Qiao's family was different. Apart from the relatives from Yan Qiao's grandmother's house, the Yan family also had many close relatives and relatives, so he had been visiting relatives non-stop since the first day of junior high school.
Every day on the phone, Yan Qiao would talk about how happy his father was, and talk about his final grades every day, feeling very elated.
"My mother said everywhere that it's your fault!"
Xing Bailu couldn't help laughing: "Does Teacher Niu know this?"
Yan Qiao followed with a smile: "My mother would definitely not say that in front of Teacher Niu. It must be the teacher's credit."
Xing Bailu laughed until he was rolling.
Yan Qiao hummed a little displeased: "Why can't you grasp the point? The point is, now our family knows you! Our matter is considered public!"
Xing Bailu sat up suddenly, he didn't even tell his family.
However, probably Xing Yuanlin has feelings.
He naturally wouldn't disagree, after all Yan Qiao's family background is so good, in terms of family background, he is absolutely superior.
Xing Yuanlin has already tasted the sweetness of cooperating with the Yan family.
Xing Bailu just didn't want to involve too many interests in his relationship with Yan Qiao, so he didn't mention it all the time.
Yan Qiao said happily again: "My aunt and the others all said they wanted to see you, and I said that I would introduce you to them when you come to Ninghai University!"
"Okay." Xing Bailu should be straightforward, there is nothing wrong with it.
This winter vacation, Yan Qiao didn't return to Tongcheng until school started.
I heard that at noon on the day they came back, their family was still visiting relatives.
Zhang Qingyou couldn't help but said: "Fortunately, it's not ancient times. To put aside the ancient times, all the family members surnamed Yan lived together. Didn't you, Xiaolu, have to perform Gongdouju in the past?"
Xing Bailu was speechless: "Why do you have such a big brain?"
Fang Conglin leaned over and said, "Senior, we also have a lot of family members."
"Hey——" Zhang Qingyou dragged on, "Well said, that's why I keep rejecting you."
Fang Conglin: "..."
Yan Qiao sneered and laughed.
In order to test whether the students are slack during the holidays, the school has a mock exam for the whole grade.
In the third year of high school, there were two consecutive games in half a month, forcing everyone to calm down and devote themselves to the college entrance examination with the fastest speed.
Xing Bailu put almost all his energy on his studies and had no time to think about other things.
Soon it was Li Shuyan's anniversary.
It happened to be Saturday on the [-]th, and it had just rained. The rain on the ground had not yet dried up, and the cemetery was hazy.
Xing Bailu put a bundle of roses that Aunt Qiu had cut and bandaged in front of the tomb, and he squatted down: "Mom, the roses in the yard are growing better. Aunt Qiu cut it. Do you like it?" He looked at the photo with a smile on his face. The flowery Li Shuyan, "I'm about to take the college entrance examination, and I won't be able to visit you often when I go to college. However, Dad will come often."
Xing Yuanlin stood behind and stroked Xing Bailu's back: "Don't worry, I will come here often."
After staying in the cemetery for a while, the sky began to drizzle again.
The two didn't bring umbrellas, so Xing Yuanlin urged Xing Bailu to go down the mountain.
As soon as Xing Bailu put on his hat and walked out of the cemetery, he received a call from Yan Qiao.
"Look to the right."
Xing Bailu turned his head and saw Yan Qiao wearing a black and white checkered coat, holding an umbrella and holding flowers standing under a plane tree opposite, looking at him and smiling.
Xing Bailu was very surprised: "Why are you here?"
Yan Qiao said, "I want you to introduce me to your mother, can I?"
"En." Xing Bailu's eyes were a little moist, so he let Xing Yuanlin go first.
Yan Qiao ran over and put the umbrella over Xing Bailu's head.
What he held in his arms was a bouquet of carnations, mixed with various colors, and it must have been picked out by Tong Qian for him.
Walking back along the road again, Xing Bailu took off his hood, Yan Qiao put the flowers under his armpit, and brushed his hair with one free hand.
"It's a little wet." He said, and wiped it with his sleeve.
Xing Bailu smiled: "It's nothing, it's just water vapor."
"It's cold, beware of catching a cold." Yan Qiao recalled that at this time a year ago, he saw a photo of Xing Bailu bowing his head and following behind Xing Yuanlin on the news.
He came home later that day ill.
Every time I think about it, Yan Qiao feels very distressed.
If only he could be by his side at that time.
"Hey, Mom, I'm back again, isn't it a bit of a surprise?" Xing Bailu felt very at ease, took Yan Qiao's sleeve with one hand, and walked two steps forward to Li Shuyan's tomb, "This is Yan Qiao, my boyfriend."
Yan Qiao stepped forward to put down the flowers, and only then was free to hold Xing Bailu's hand: "Hello, Auntie."
In the previous life, Yan Qiao also came to the cemetery once with Xiao Lu, because he was inconvenient to move and couldn't see, so Xiao Lu didn't bring him up and asked him to wait for him in the car.
It was the first time for him to stand in front of Li Shuyan's grave.
Li Shuyan in the photo is a big beauty with red lips and white teeth, and her hair is slightly curly, making her look a few years younger than her actual age.
Xing Bailu looks like her beautifully.
Xing Bailu shook Yan Qiao's hand and smiled: "Mom, Yan Qiao is very kind to me, I am very happy now."
Mom, please keep Yan Qiao safe, and you must keep him safe.
The wind was a bit strong, so Yan Qiao covered Xing Bailu's side with the umbrella, and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiaolu. Did Xiaolu tell you? We are a destined marriage, Yuelao The one who personally holds the red thread is a perfect match!"
"Yan Qiao." Xing Bailu pulled him and lowered his voice, "What are you talking about?"
Yan Qiao snorted slightly: "Auntie is not an outsider, why can't I say it? I wish I could pull up a banner and let the whole world know."
Every time Yan Qiao was particularly proud to mention this, Xing Bailu felt very guilty.
Yan Qiao put his arms around him, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you suddenly upset? Don't be like this in front of your aunt, she misunderstands that I bully you, and hits me in my dream, and I will be miserable."
Xing Bailu laughed: "My mother doesn't."
The two stayed for a while, and the rain stopped, but the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it was almost blinding.
Yan Qiao then found two stones and firmly held down the two bouquets of flowers they brought, and then led Xing Bailu down the mountain.
In the second half of the third year of high school, almost everyone had no entertainment.
Xing Bailu originally thought that his 18th birthday could be as simple as possible, and it would be fine to just ask his friends a happy birthday, but Zhang Qingyou felt that this was a coming-of-age gift, how could it be omitted.
As a result, Xing Bailu caught a bad cold two days before his birthday, and his cough seemed to be worse on his birthday, so he saved everything.
He sent a message to his friends to congratulate them on going home to study hard at night. Zhang Qingyou and Hu Linlin complained, saying that they were looking forward to celebrating Xing Bailu's birthday and wanting to relax for a day.
In the evening, just as Xing Bailu was lying on the bed and reading the collection of wrong questions by heart, Yan Qiao knocked on the door and came in, carrying a cake.
Xing Bailu hurriedly sat up: "Why do you still buy cakes, I...cough cough cough - I ate it."
Yan Qiao smiled: "I know you must have eaten cakes, so I prepared a small one, made by Aunt Wu."
When Xing Bailu heard that Aunt Wu did it, he immediately regained his spirits.
I still can't forget the taste of those two cakes on Yan Qiao's birthday last year.
Yan Qiao carefully opened the box, and sure enough, it still looked ordinary at first glance.
The cake was so small that Yan Qiao didn't prepare a knife, and directly handed the spoon to Xing Bailu: "Eat it."
"Yeah." Xing Bailu dug a large spoonful and stuffed it into his mouth, it was a familiar taste!
He dug another spoonful and brought it to Yan Qiao's mouth: "You eat too."
"Ah."
Yan Qiao leaned over and just opened his mouth, but Xing Bailu retracted his hand again.
Yan Qiao frowned: "What's wrong?"
Xing Bailu said: "No, I...cough, I have a cold."
Yan Qiao sighed, saw cream on the corner of his mouth, and wiped it off with his fingertips: "I reminded you to wear more clothes when the temperature dropped two days ago, and you must listen."
"No, I still wear it." Xing Bailu hurriedly argued, "I don't know why I feel...cough cough cough——"
Yan Qiao was worried when he heard his cough, and poured water for him to feed him.I bought a lot of throat lozenges for him in the past two days, but my voice is getting hoarse when I hear him speak.
Xing Bailu blushed from coughing, looked at Yan Qiao and asked, "Didn't you ask Uncle Zhang to bring the cake?"
Yan Qiao said: "I didn't do it on purpose, Lawyer Chang just happened to come to Tongcheng to do some business, so I brought it here by the way."
Xing Bailu hurriedly asked, "What does Lawyer Chang do?"
"Some legal disputes, very common."
Xing Bailu didn't ask any further questions. It's perfectly normal for the owner of the company to have legal disputes, as long as the cake wasn't specially sent to him.
Yan Qiao said: "It's just a palm-sized cake, finish it, don't leave any leftover."
Xing Bailu gulped and continued to eat, but when he dug down with the spoon, he seemed to have bumped into something a bit hard, which was very abrupt in the soft cake base.
At first, he thought that Aunt Wu had steamed something into the cake, but when he dug it out, he found that it was a key wrapped in edible film.
Yan Qiao leaned over with a light smile, and said softly, "Happy birthday, little deer."
"what is this?"
Yan Qiao smiled slightly: "The key to the house."
Xing Bailu was surprised and said: "I know it's the key of the house, where...the key? Your house?" He looked out the window as he spoke, and remembered that their house in Yulongwan was a combination lock.
Yan Qiao took the key from Xing Bailu's hand, peeled off the outer film, and then solemnly placed it in Xing Bailu's palm: "It's an apartment near Ninggong University, with our names written on it. When we go to college , and live there together.”
Every word Yan Qiao said was ordinary, and every word had nothing to do with surprise, but in Xing Bailu's ears, there was a different kind of tenderness and sweetness.
Xing Bailu was a little incoherent; "You, when did you buy it? Where did you get the money from?"
"I bought it during the winter vacation, and it took me several days to make a decision." Yan Qiao was a little embarrassed, "I bought it with my lucky money and pocket money I saved. It is not our real estate, and there is no discount, so the house is very small. One bedroom and one living room, but I think it's enough for the two of us."
Enough is enough.
Yan Qiao, he... how could he think so thoughtfully, so far away!
Xing Bailu couldn't help rushing towards him and hugging him: "I want to kiss you." Yan Qiao was really planning their future, and he had made all preparations for him to go to Ninghai University.
Yan Qiao sneered and rubbed the back of his neck to make him look up: "Kiss, I want to kiss you too."
Xing Bailu pursed his lips: "But it can't."
"Why not? Then I'll kiss you." Yan Qiao held the back of Xing Bailu's head, leaned over and wanted to kiss it, Xing Bailu covered his mouth and shrank back in fright.
"No, don't mess around!" Xing Bailu pushed Yan Qiao's chest with one free hand, and said anxiously, "I don't want to infect you! Don't pass it...cough cough cough..."
He coughed again.
Yan Qiao hurriedly patted his back: "Okay, I won't mess around, so don't get excited."
Xing Bailu coughed for a while, and then heard Yan Qiao say aggrieved: "Last year, I said that I would give myself to you on your 18th birthday, but now I don't even give you a kiss."
Xing Bailu held his hand and smiled, and Yan Qiao's occasional serious act of acting like a baby was particularly charming.
The two chatted for a while, but Xing Bailu's throat was still uncomfortable and he would cough from time to time. Yan Qiao couldn't bear it and didn't want him to talk too much, so he sat for a while and went back.
Xing Bailu stared at the key in his hand for a long time, found an exquisite brocade box, put the key in, and locked it in the safe.
I took out the MP4 I received on my birthday last year from the drawer, plugged in the headphones and calmed down, and began to review seriously.
Yan Qiao had prepared everything, he absolutely must not lose the chain.
The review time passed quickly, and it was the 2011 college entrance examination in a blink of an eye.
Although Xing Bailu had already passed the exam once in his previous life, five years later, he didn't even remember what his essay was for the college entrance exam.After all, he didn't care about his grades in his previous life, relying on his family's money, he thought it would be good to go home and inherit the family business anyway.
So much so that it’s impossible to find my future self to cheat now.
What Xing Bailu didn't know was that Yan Qiao had been troubled like this these past few days, and Xing Bailu didn't remember it until five years later, let alone Yan Qiao took the college entrance examination again after ten years.
Yan Qiao thought about it for a long time, and felt that it would be more useful to rely on his current efforts.
The night before the college entrance examination, Xing Bailu had dinner with Yan Qiao and Zhang Qingyou. Everyone stopped studying for the day and chatted everywhere.
Aunt Qiu and Zheng Yanling went to several temples to ask Xing Bailu for all kinds of talismans that he must pass every exam, which almost filled his room. Xing Bailu felt a little panicked when he went back to his room to sleep these days.
Yan Qiao even received a lot of consecrated Bodhisattva ornaments, and even so-called fairy prescriptions.
Xing Bailu couldn't help asking: "What is that?"
Yan Qiao suppressed a smile and said, "The incense ash before the case, let me drink it with water."
Zhang Qingyou: "...Are you sure your grandpa didn't want you to have diarrhea during the exam?"
Yan Qiao said helplessly, "My mother doesn't dare let me drink either."
Xing Bailu: "Hahaha——"
Zhang Qingyou frowned and said: "Your grandfather is also a person who has seen the world, why is he still so superstitious?"
Xing Bailu originally wanted to say that apart from being superstitious, Mr. Yan is actually a pretty good person.
But I didn't want Yan Qiao to say: "I used to say that about him. Every time he begged me for a bunch of things, I would talk back to him. I thought it would be embarrassing even if my friends knew about it. But then I understood him. When people are young, they feel that they are omnipotent, and they don’t believe in any monsters and ghosts. Even if some things can’t be done now, it’s okay, don’t worry, because we are still young. I only learned later that adults began to believe in superstitions, not so much It is a kind of psychological comfort, but it is actually helpless.”
Grandpa had experienced twice the pain of a white-haired man giving away a black-haired man, but there was no Yan Qiao at that time, so he naturally didn't have any deep insights.
When his parents had an accident, Yan Qiao heard that his grandfather was bewildered all day long, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha everywhere, and even the hospital declared him dead. Grandpa still didn't believe it, and thought he could wake them up.
Later, grandpa sat in front of his parents' dead bodies for a long time, crying and saying, "It's dad who is useless, dad couldn't save you."
It was only then that Yan Qiao realized that it was not that Grandpa didn't understand, he really had no other way, who else could he ask for?Who else can you count on?
So when he came back this time, his grandfather begged him for a bunch of small Buddha statues, and he accepted them all without saying a word, and seriously placed them on the desk and bedside table in his room.
Zhang Qingyou couldn't help laughing: "What's 'when I was young... I found out later', aren't you the same age as us? You are only a few months old if you die!"
Yan Qiao smiled without saying a word.
Xing Bailu leaned on the table and stared at Yan Qiao, feeling that Yan Qiao was a little different at this moment, the way he spoke was no longer stupid, his eyes were steady as if he had never seen him before.
Early the next morning, Xing Yuanlin sent Xing Bailu to school, and met Tong Qian and Yan Qiao when they went out, and the two cars left Yulong Bend one after the other.Zhang Qingyou's examination room was assigned to No. [-] Middle School in the city, and Li Wan even drove out early.
I have also reviewed what should be reviewed, and Xing Bailu is not so nervous when it comes to the head.
After the first day of the exam, I didn't feel exhausted from going all out, I just felt refreshed.
Just when I was leaving the examination room, there was a small episode.
Lu Mingjia's examination room was actually next to Xing Bailu's examination room, so he greeted Xing Bailu for the first time.
The memory Lu Mingjia gave him was still on the eve of the trial of Jiang Huaixia's case, when Lu Mingjia stopped him from questioning.
Xing Bailu ignored it and walked straight towards the school gate.
The parents who picked up their children at the door gathered in a crowd.
As soon as Xing Bailu found Xing Yuanlin, he heard a female classmate next to him walk out of the school and threw herself into her mother's arms crying "wow".
Xing Yuanlin hurriedly said: "Xiao Lu, it's fine if you pass the exam, let's not think about anything else, we will be completely liberated after the exam tomorrow."
"That's right, your father is right, no matter what, after passing the exam, it's over." Tong Qian echoed, and she soon met Yan Qiao, "Qiao Qiao! Here!"
Xing Bailu turned his head and met Yan Qiao's smiling face, he narrowed his eyes and smiled at him.
On the way back, Xing Bailu received a call from Zhang Qingyou: "Damn it, Hu Linlin is simply crazy! Just after leaving the exam room, I checked my answers, and then I found out that I made a mistake in a math multiple-choice question! I want to strangle him now!" "
Xing Bailu had a good meal to comfort Zhang Qingyou, and Zhang Qingyou finally calmed down: "Xiaolu, what did you choose for the third multiple-choice question? I feel like I still want to struggle...how about I confront you again? Anyway, I have already been confronted by Hu Linlin." Turned upside down. My first question was..."
"Dudu-"
Xing Bailu hung up the phone unceremoniously.
Zhang Qingyou called again, but Xing Bailu continued to hang up.
Zhang Qingyou sent a message: "Why did you hang up on me?"
Xing Bailu saw "typing" over there, and quickly replied: "If you say another word, I will block you."
Zhang Qingyou: "..."
After hearing the call, Xing Yuanlin told him again that it's okay even if there are wrong questions, and don't affect tomorrow's exam.
Xing Bailu nodded in response.
He has gone through so much before finally coming back, these little things will not affect his mood at all.
Not to mention this time, he is very confident.
Xing Yuanlin carefully looked at him from the rearview mirror, and comforted: "Although the college entrance examination is very important, it is not that important. You can relax and treat it like an ordinary test."
Before Li Shuyan left, Xing Yuanlin never cared about Xing Bailu's grades, let alone say these things to him.
Now he will care about his life, study, and get along with him like a father.
Xing Bailu didn't say much, and responded with a smile.
But this time he won't be so embarrassed in the exam.
After returning home, Zheng Yanling made fried chicken.
Xing Bailu then sent a message to Zhang Qingyou and Yan Qiao asking them to come and eat.
Yan Qiao came over directly.
Zhang Qingyou replied in seconds: "."
Xing Bailu asked again: "Are you home yet?"
Zhang Qingyou: "."
Xing Bailu: "Speak up"
Zhang Qingyou copied and pasted: "If you say one more word, I will block you"
Xing Bailu: "..."
Later, Zhang Qingyou still came, and laughed as soon as he entered the door: "I found it very cool to chat with punctuation, and the sending is fast. If you don't understand, it means you have a problem with your understanding."
Xing Bailu was convinced.
Yan Qiao asked with a smile, "Did you do a good job in reading comprehension today?"
Zhang Qingyou: "Grass."
On the last day of the college entrance examination, there seemed to be more parents at the school gate, and many parents came together.
Yan Jicheng also said that he would come to wait for Yan Qiao's exam with Tong Qian, but Yan Qiao stopped him.
Xing Bailu finished his English test in the morning and went to the bathroom first. Just as he turned on the faucet, he heard someone calling him: "Xing Bailu."
At first he thought it was Lu Mingjia and didn't want to pay attention, but he didn't want to raise his eyes and saw the person standing behind him in the mirror.
Xing Bailu was startled, and turned around abruptly. At first glance, this face was a little strange, but he quickly remembered it.
Xu Jianghua!
Why is he here?
Didn't he go in?
Xu Jianghua smiled: "Surprised? You don't naively think that I can't get out if I go in for such a petty affair, right?" He took a step forward.
Xing Bailu stood up straight alertly.
Xu Jianghua smiled again: "Don't worry, this is a school, and I'm not here to beat you. I'll help someone give you a message."
"I don't want to hear it." Xing Bailu walked out of the bathroom directly.
"Didn't you ask me if Jiang Huaixia asked me to beat you?"
Xing Bailu's footsteps paused slightly. At that time, he avoided seeing him, but today he came here to tell him about it?
Do not listen.
Whether Jiang Huaixia is not important to Xing Bailu now.
Xu Jianghua followed Xing Bailu out, and said unhurriedly: "Aren't you interested? Well, actually, I'm helping your brother to give you a message today. He wants to ask you. Your father has already visited him. Why don't you go?" What about him?"
Xing Yuanlin just sent Zheng Yanling there, he didn't go to see Jiang Huaixia on purpose at all, Jiang Huaixia still wants to sow discord?
"Your brother also asked you, do you know that your mother called him the night of the accident?"
what?
Xing Bailu stopped.
Xu Jianghua walked behind him, and said with a smile: "Do you want to know what they said? What did they say that caused your mother to have a car accident..."
Xing Bailu's lowered hands trembled a little: "You mean my mother's death is related to Jiang Huaixia?"
Xu Jianghua walked towards Xing Bailu: "Who knows? Or, you go and see your brother and listen to him tell you."
"Xu Jianghua?" Lu Mingjia saw someone talking to Xing Bailu from afar, and at first he thought it was a mistake.
When Xing Bailu saw Lu Mingjia approaching, he subconsciously clenched his fists and left quickly.
"Xing Bailu..." Lu Mingjia saw Xing Bailu's expression was ugly, he turned around and asked Xu Jianghua, "What are you doing here? How did you get in?"
After all, at this time, it is impossible for the school to let outsiders in.
But looking at Xu Jianghua's appearance, he has plenty of ways to get in, climbing over walls and climbing trees.
Xu Jianghua sneered, pushed Lu Mingjia away and was about to leave.
"Hey, Xu Jianghua!" Lu Mingjia grabbed Xu Jianghua's clothes, "What did you tell him?"
Xu Jianghua sneered: "Don't you know? Didn't Xiaoxia ask you to convey it? Ah... I remembered, you didn't agree. Lu Mingjia, you don't really fall in love with that little boy, do you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Mingjia suppressed his anger, "I just think...it's immoral to use this method to influence his exam!"
Xu Jianghua laughed out loud: "What should I do... He seemed to be about to cry just now, why don't you go and comfort him? Tell him that what I said was actually a lie to him, and see if he believes you? But I think , It’s unnecessary. It’s so strange, why are you pretending to be a good person now?” He stretched out his hand and patted the back of Lu Mingjia’s head, “Tsk, what’s the matter with your guilty expression?”
Lu Mingjia angrily pushed his hand away: "Get lost!"
Yan Qiao waited for a long time before seeing Xing Bailu come out of the teaching building, he hurried over and asked, "Why have you been here for so long?"
Xing Bailu smiled: "It's okay, let's go to the cafeteria."
"Yeah." Yan Qiao walked a few steps, then subconsciously looked sideways at him.Xiao Lu was not very interested, and Yan Qiao didn't dare to ask him if he failed the exam this morning.
When entering the cafeteria, Yan Qiao turned his head inadvertently and saw Lu Mingjia following them.
Yan Qiao blurted out, "Did Lu Mingjia say anything to you?"
"What?" Xing Bailu turned his head and saw Lu Mingjia looking at him, he shook his head hurriedly, "No, don't think too much, let's go to line up. Yan Qiao, the last one, we must study hard, we agreed." He quietly took Yan Qiao's hand.
Yan Qiao held his hand instead: "Well, it's agreed."
Lu Mingjia who lined up on the other side stared at Xing Bailu. He was always smiling when he was talking to Yan Qiao, but when he lowered his eyes, his eyes were in a daze.
Lu Mingjia frowned slightly. If he is like this, he will fail the exam in the afternoon.
As soon as Xing Bailu took the chopsticks and turned around, he saw Lu Mingjia walking towards him with the dinner plate. At the same time, Yan Qiao, who had found a good seat, turned around immediately.
"Xing Bailu, no matter what Xu Jianghua told you..."
"Shut up." Xing Bailu interrupted Lu Mingjia, glanced over his shoulder at Yan Qiao who was walking towards them, and said in a deep voice, "Go away! If you let Yan Qiao hear a word related to Xu Jianghua, it will affect you. If you pass his exam, believe it or not, I will really kill you."
Yan Qiao has already rushed over: "Xiaolu!"
Xing Bailu raised his eyes to meet his and smiled: "Let's go, I've got the chopsticks."
"What did Lu Mingjia ask you to say?"
"I don't know, I didn't hear a word."
Lu Mingjia turned around and looked at Xing Bailu's back, suddenly felt a little funny, did he like Yan Qiao so much?
It must not affect Yan Qiao's exam, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't do well in the exam?
Obviously, you are about to cry if you hold on?
It's a pity that Yan Qiao's intentions to approach him were not pure.
Suddenly, I felt that Xing Bailu
"I saw you here earlier, what are you doing standing in the yard?" Zhang Qingyou opened the door and came out, "Come in, my mother happened to fry sweet-scented osmanthus rice cakes, come in and eat."
Zhang Qingyou pulled Xing Bailu in.
This is how the birthday horoscope came to an end.
Soon it will be New Years Eve.
Starting from dinner, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside continued.
Tonight is a sleepless night.
After the meal, Xing Yuanlin also moved two boxes of oversized fireworks and placed them in the yard.
Xing Bailu asked in surprise, "You bought it too?"
Xing Yuanlin smiled: "How can we not set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year? Come and light the fire."
Xing Bailu smiled and went over to pick a spot, then ran to the eaves and covered his ears.
The fuse burns out quickly.
Then "bang bang bang", the fire broke through the sky, and a sea of colorful flowers bloomed above the head.
Xing Bailu looked at the fireworks in the night sky and was a little distracted. Five years later, due to strong supervision, almost all cities have banned burning, and only some small cities and towns can still see them. I didn't expect to still feel the excitement of the New Year.
The phone vibrated, and Yan Qiao sent him a lot of photos of fireworks.
I don't know if it's Xing Bailu's illusion, but I always feel that the photo of Yan Qiao giving him fireworks is more exciting than him.
Xing Bailu replied: "Are these fireworks bought by your family? They are so beautiful!"
Yan Qiao: "A program written by the owner of a fireworks company. It was specially given to my father. If you like it, I will find someone to design one for you next time!"
Xing Bailu couldn't help laughing.
As the provincial capital, Ninghai was one of the first cities to ban burning a few years later.
He replied again: "You can take more photos, as a souvenir."
Yan Qiao: "I think the same way. If fireworks are not allowed in the future, I can look them up! Wait a minute, I'll make a video for you"
Xing Bailu was slightly taken aback, yes, I really can't let it go in the future.
Yan Qiao quickly sent a video, in which besides the sky full of fireworks, Yan Qiao's voice also appeared: "On the last day of 2010, the fireworks for Xiaolu."
In the video, fireworks were blooming, and there were ping-pong noises all around. Xing Bailu was standing on the porch smiling like a fool.
The two boxes of fireworks were set off for nearly 10 minutes.
After burning the smell of gunpowder in the yard, Xing Yuanlin urged Xing Bailu to go in.
Aunt Qiu urged inside, "Hurry up, the Spring Festival Gala is about to begin!"
Although the Spring Festival Gala in recent years has been judged to be worse every year, the Xing family still has the habit of watching the Spring Festival Gala every year.
Xing Bailu went in and saw that Aunt Qiu and Zheng Yanling had already cut up the fruit and prepared a bunch of melon and fruit snacks. The headlight in the living room was turned off, and the two floor lamps in the corner were turned on twice.
The host on the display screen was already speaking about the opening speech of the Spring Festival Gala.
"Come and sit, Xiao Lu." Zheng Yanling greeted.
The heating in the room was well turned on, Xing Bailu took off his coat and walked into the living room.
Aunt Qiu poured him a glass of Coke, and said, "Kids should drink less, I don't know why young people like to drink this."
Xing Bailu said with a smile: "You can drink coke with fried chicken, you get a bunch of nuts and fruits, it's not good!"
Zheng Yanling hurriedly got up and said, "I have some fried chicken at home, my aunt will make you a plate."
Xing Bailu originally said that, and wanted to ask Zheng Yanling to sit down, but Zheng Yanling made a plate of fried chicken anyway.
Zheng Yanling said: "Xiaoqiu was afraid that you would eat too greasy, so she never made it for you."
Xing Bailu couldn't help asking: "When did you buy it?"
Xing Yuanlin tidied up the yard and came in, then said: "Our own coffee shop sells it, I went to eat it last time, and the taste is no worse than that!"
Xing Bailu took a bite, it was crispy and tender: "Auntie, it's delicious!"
Zheng Yanling laughed.
Later, after watching most of the Spring Festival Gala, it was almost twelve o'clock when Yan Qiao called him.
Xing Bailu got up and went back to his room.
There was still the continuous sound of fireworks outside the window, and Yan Qiao's voice on the phone was very happy. He first asked Xing Bailu what he had for dinner, and then complained to him about the Spring Festival Gala for a while.
Standing by the window, Xing Bailu listened to Yan Qiao's words, and at the same time looked at the love heart on the window of Yan Qiao's room opposite, feeling very happy.
The electronic clock on the bedside table started counting down.
Xing Bailu seemed to hear the host of the Spring Festival Gala in the downstairs living room start shouting: "10, 9, 8, 7..."
"...3, 2, 1!"
"Yan Qiao, happy new year, I love you." Xing Bailu looked at Yan Qiao's room and said.
Yan Qiao's serious and gentle voice came from the other end of the phone: "Happy New Year, Xiaolu, I miss you so much."
Seeing that Xing Bailu hadn't gone down, Aunt Qiu knocked on his door after the Spring Festival Gala, brought him milk, and dictated to him the sketches he hadn't seen.
Xing Bailu could tell that Aunt Qiu was afraid that this first New Year without Li Shuyan would make Xing Bailu sad.
Actually, it's not that sad.
After all, in Xing Bailu's consciousness, his mother had been gone for five years.
Later, when Xing Bailu was charging his phone, he remembered that he took the charging cable to the living room during the day.
He opened the door and went down, and saw that the kitchen light was still on.
Xing Bailu thought it was Aunt Qiu who forgot to turn off the light, and went to find Zheng Yanling standing in the kitchen.
"aunt?"
The outside was still full of lively firecrackers, Zheng Yanling wiped her face in a panic and turned her head: "Why did the little deer come down?"
Xing Bailu stood still, she was crying.
In their eyes, he spent his first New Year without a mother. Zheng Yanling probably thought of Jiang Huaixia who was in prison.
Xing Bailu had never sympathized with Jiang Huaixia, so naturally he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say, "Oh, I thought Aunt Qiu forgot to turn off the lights. I... come down and get the charging cable."
Seeing him walking towards the living room, Zheng Yanling hurriedly said, "The charging cable is here." She stepped out quickly, took the charging cable on the dining table and handed it to him, "I saw you plugged it in the living room, so I thought you had left it behind. I wanted to bring it up for you, but I didn’t expect you to come down and look for it.”
"Thank you, aunt." Xing Bailu stepped forward to pick it up, turned around and took half a step, then turned back, "It's getting late, you should go back to your room too."
"Xiaolu." Zheng Yanling called to stop him.
Xing Bailu stopped in his tracks.
She added, "Can Auntie give you a hug?"
Xing Bailu was stunned for a moment. Although Zheng Yanling had moved to the house for several months, she also took good care of him like Aunt Qiu, but he was never as close to her as he was with Aunt Qiu, let alone hug her.
Tonight must be a bit special, she misses her son.
Xing Bailu wanted to refuse, but he opened his mouth but didn't know how to open it, and finally nodded unexpectedly.
Zheng Yanling stepped forward to hug him, and gently patted his head like a mother.
Xing Bailu was taller than her, looking down at her, even her shoulders twitched slightly.
Zheng Yanling's voice was very low: "I'm sorry."
Xing Bailu was slightly startled: "You have nothing to do to me."
She said "I'm sorry" again, and then choked up: "After all, he is my child, my child... I'm sorry, Xiaolu."
Xing Bailu always felt that Zheng Yanling was a little different today.
"Your mother is gone, aunt will take care of you like your mother." Zheng Yanling's voice was very soft, "I will take good care of you, I'm sorry..."
Probably because Zheng Yanling was overly sad during the happy family days, she hugged Xing Bailu and said sorry many times that night.
Later, when Xing Bailu went upstairs, it was past one o'clock in the morning, and Yan Qiao sent him a message:
"Happy New Year, Deer, Good Night"
"Fell asleep?"
"Sweet dream, little deer"
Aunt Qiu went back to her hometown on the first day of junior high school. Every year, she would go back to live for two or three days after the Chinese New Year.
She didn't want to catch up with the Spring Festival travel season, and her family had serious patriarchy, so her relationship with her family was weak.After she got divorced, apart from sending money back to her parents, she hardly ever went back.
The Xing family doesn't have many relatives, and all of them have been served for three times, so it won't take a few days to visit relatives, but Xing Yuanlin has more friends in business.
After Yuanshan Real Estate and Yancheng Real Estate cooperated on a project last year, significantly more companies came to Xing Yuanlin for cooperation.
Yan Qiao's family was different. Apart from the relatives from Yan Qiao's grandmother's house, the Yan family also had many close relatives and relatives, so he had been visiting relatives non-stop since the first day of junior high school.
Every day on the phone, Yan Qiao would talk about how happy his father was, and talk about his final grades every day, feeling very elated.
"My mother said everywhere that it's your fault!"
Xing Bailu couldn't help laughing: "Does Teacher Niu know this?"
Yan Qiao followed with a smile: "My mother would definitely not say that in front of Teacher Niu. It must be the teacher's credit."
Xing Bailu laughed until he was rolling.
Yan Qiao hummed a little displeased: "Why can't you grasp the point? The point is, now our family knows you! Our matter is considered public!"
Xing Bailu sat up suddenly, he didn't even tell his family.
However, probably Xing Yuanlin has feelings.
He naturally wouldn't disagree, after all Yan Qiao's family background is so good, in terms of family background, he is absolutely superior.
Xing Yuanlin has already tasted the sweetness of cooperating with the Yan family.
Xing Bailu just didn't want to involve too many interests in his relationship with Yan Qiao, so he didn't mention it all the time.
Yan Qiao said happily again: "My aunt and the others all said they wanted to see you, and I said that I would introduce you to them when you come to Ninghai University!"
"Okay." Xing Bailu should be straightforward, there is nothing wrong with it.
This winter vacation, Yan Qiao didn't return to Tongcheng until school started.
I heard that at noon on the day they came back, their family was still visiting relatives.
Zhang Qingyou couldn't help but said: "Fortunately, it's not ancient times. To put aside the ancient times, all the family members surnamed Yan lived together. Didn't you, Xiaolu, have to perform Gongdouju in the past?"
Xing Bailu was speechless: "Why do you have such a big brain?"
Fang Conglin leaned over and said, "Senior, we also have a lot of family members."
"Hey——" Zhang Qingyou dragged on, "Well said, that's why I keep rejecting you."
Fang Conglin: "..."
Yan Qiao sneered and laughed.
In order to test whether the students are slack during the holidays, the school has a mock exam for the whole grade.
In the third year of high school, there were two consecutive games in half a month, forcing everyone to calm down and devote themselves to the college entrance examination with the fastest speed.
Xing Bailu put almost all his energy on his studies and had no time to think about other things.
Soon it was Li Shuyan's anniversary.
It happened to be Saturday on the [-]th, and it had just rained. The rain on the ground had not yet dried up, and the cemetery was hazy.
Xing Bailu put a bundle of roses that Aunt Qiu had cut and bandaged in front of the tomb, and he squatted down: "Mom, the roses in the yard are growing better. Aunt Qiu cut it. Do you like it?" He looked at the photo with a smile on his face. The flowery Li Shuyan, "I'm about to take the college entrance examination, and I won't be able to visit you often when I go to college. However, Dad will come often."
Xing Yuanlin stood behind and stroked Xing Bailu's back: "Don't worry, I will come here often."
After staying in the cemetery for a while, the sky began to drizzle again.
The two didn't bring umbrellas, so Xing Yuanlin urged Xing Bailu to go down the mountain.
As soon as Xing Bailu put on his hat and walked out of the cemetery, he received a call from Yan Qiao.
"Look to the right."
Xing Bailu turned his head and saw Yan Qiao wearing a black and white checkered coat, holding an umbrella and holding flowers standing under a plane tree opposite, looking at him and smiling.
Xing Bailu was very surprised: "Why are you here?"
Yan Qiao said, "I want you to introduce me to your mother, can I?"
"En." Xing Bailu's eyes were a little moist, so he let Xing Yuanlin go first.
Yan Qiao ran over and put the umbrella over Xing Bailu's head.
What he held in his arms was a bouquet of carnations, mixed with various colors, and it must have been picked out by Tong Qian for him.
Walking back along the road again, Xing Bailu took off his hood, Yan Qiao put the flowers under his armpit, and brushed his hair with one free hand.
"It's a little wet." He said, and wiped it with his sleeve.
Xing Bailu smiled: "It's nothing, it's just water vapor."
"It's cold, beware of catching a cold." Yan Qiao recalled that at this time a year ago, he saw a photo of Xing Bailu bowing his head and following behind Xing Yuanlin on the news.
He came home later that day ill.
Every time I think about it, Yan Qiao feels very distressed.
If only he could be by his side at that time.
"Hey, Mom, I'm back again, isn't it a bit of a surprise?" Xing Bailu felt very at ease, took Yan Qiao's sleeve with one hand, and walked two steps forward to Li Shuyan's tomb, "This is Yan Qiao, my boyfriend."
Yan Qiao stepped forward to put down the flowers, and only then was free to hold Xing Bailu's hand: "Hello, Auntie."
In the previous life, Yan Qiao also came to the cemetery once with Xiao Lu, because he was inconvenient to move and couldn't see, so Xiao Lu didn't bring him up and asked him to wait for him in the car.
It was the first time for him to stand in front of Li Shuyan's grave.
Li Shuyan in the photo is a big beauty with red lips and white teeth, and her hair is slightly curly, making her look a few years younger than her actual age.
Xing Bailu looks like her beautifully.
Xing Bailu shook Yan Qiao's hand and smiled: "Mom, Yan Qiao is very kind to me, I am very happy now."
Mom, please keep Yan Qiao safe, and you must keep him safe.
The wind was a bit strong, so Yan Qiao covered Xing Bailu's side with the umbrella, and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiaolu. Did Xiaolu tell you? We are a destined marriage, Yuelao The one who personally holds the red thread is a perfect match!"
"Yan Qiao." Xing Bailu pulled him and lowered his voice, "What are you talking about?"
Yan Qiao snorted slightly: "Auntie is not an outsider, why can't I say it? I wish I could pull up a banner and let the whole world know."
Every time Yan Qiao was particularly proud to mention this, Xing Bailu felt very guilty.
Yan Qiao put his arms around him, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you suddenly upset? Don't be like this in front of your aunt, she misunderstands that I bully you, and hits me in my dream, and I will be miserable."
Xing Bailu laughed: "My mother doesn't."
The two stayed for a while, and the rain stopped, but the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it was almost blinding.
Yan Qiao then found two stones and firmly held down the two bouquets of flowers they brought, and then led Xing Bailu down the mountain.
In the second half of the third year of high school, almost everyone had no entertainment.
Xing Bailu originally thought that his 18th birthday could be as simple as possible, and it would be fine to just ask his friends a happy birthday, but Zhang Qingyou felt that this was a coming-of-age gift, how could it be omitted.
As a result, Xing Bailu caught a bad cold two days before his birthday, and his cough seemed to be worse on his birthday, so he saved everything.
He sent a message to his friends to congratulate them on going home to study hard at night. Zhang Qingyou and Hu Linlin complained, saying that they were looking forward to celebrating Xing Bailu's birthday and wanting to relax for a day.
In the evening, just as Xing Bailu was lying on the bed and reading the collection of wrong questions by heart, Yan Qiao knocked on the door and came in, carrying a cake.
Xing Bailu hurriedly sat up: "Why do you still buy cakes, I...cough cough cough - I ate it."
Yan Qiao smiled: "I know you must have eaten cakes, so I prepared a small one, made by Aunt Wu."
When Xing Bailu heard that Aunt Wu did it, he immediately regained his spirits.
I still can't forget the taste of those two cakes on Yan Qiao's birthday last year.
Yan Qiao carefully opened the box, and sure enough, it still looked ordinary at first glance.
The cake was so small that Yan Qiao didn't prepare a knife, and directly handed the spoon to Xing Bailu: "Eat it."
"Yeah." Xing Bailu dug a large spoonful and stuffed it into his mouth, it was a familiar taste!
He dug another spoonful and brought it to Yan Qiao's mouth: "You eat too."
"Ah."
Yan Qiao leaned over and just opened his mouth, but Xing Bailu retracted his hand again.
Yan Qiao frowned: "What's wrong?"
Xing Bailu said: "No, I...cough, I have a cold."
Yan Qiao sighed, saw cream on the corner of his mouth, and wiped it off with his fingertips: "I reminded you to wear more clothes when the temperature dropped two days ago, and you must listen."
"No, I still wear it." Xing Bailu hurriedly argued, "I don't know why I feel...cough cough cough——"
Yan Qiao was worried when he heard his cough, and poured water for him to feed him.I bought a lot of throat lozenges for him in the past two days, but my voice is getting hoarse when I hear him speak.
Xing Bailu blushed from coughing, looked at Yan Qiao and asked, "Didn't you ask Uncle Zhang to bring the cake?"
Yan Qiao said: "I didn't do it on purpose, Lawyer Chang just happened to come to Tongcheng to do some business, so I brought it here by the way."
Xing Bailu hurriedly asked, "What does Lawyer Chang do?"
"Some legal disputes, very common."
Xing Bailu didn't ask any further questions. It's perfectly normal for the owner of the company to have legal disputes, as long as the cake wasn't specially sent to him.
Yan Qiao said: "It's just a palm-sized cake, finish it, don't leave any leftover."
Xing Bailu gulped and continued to eat, but when he dug down with the spoon, he seemed to have bumped into something a bit hard, which was very abrupt in the soft cake base.
At first, he thought that Aunt Wu had steamed something into the cake, but when he dug it out, he found that it was a key wrapped in edible film.
Yan Qiao leaned over with a light smile, and said softly, "Happy birthday, little deer."
"what is this?"
Yan Qiao smiled slightly: "The key to the house."
Xing Bailu was surprised and said: "I know it's the key of the house, where...the key? Your house?" He looked out the window as he spoke, and remembered that their house in Yulongwan was a combination lock.
Yan Qiao took the key from Xing Bailu's hand, peeled off the outer film, and then solemnly placed it in Xing Bailu's palm: "It's an apartment near Ninggong University, with our names written on it. When we go to college , and live there together.”
Every word Yan Qiao said was ordinary, and every word had nothing to do with surprise, but in Xing Bailu's ears, there was a different kind of tenderness and sweetness.
Xing Bailu was a little incoherent; "You, when did you buy it? Where did you get the money from?"
"I bought it during the winter vacation, and it took me several days to make a decision." Yan Qiao was a little embarrassed, "I bought it with my lucky money and pocket money I saved. It is not our real estate, and there is no discount, so the house is very small. One bedroom and one living room, but I think it's enough for the two of us."
Enough is enough.
Yan Qiao, he... how could he think so thoughtfully, so far away!
Xing Bailu couldn't help rushing towards him and hugging him: "I want to kiss you." Yan Qiao was really planning their future, and he had made all preparations for him to go to Ninghai University.
Yan Qiao sneered and rubbed the back of his neck to make him look up: "Kiss, I want to kiss you too."
Xing Bailu pursed his lips: "But it can't."
"Why not? Then I'll kiss you." Yan Qiao held the back of Xing Bailu's head, leaned over and wanted to kiss it, Xing Bailu covered his mouth and shrank back in fright.
"No, don't mess around!" Xing Bailu pushed Yan Qiao's chest with one free hand, and said anxiously, "I don't want to infect you! Don't pass it...cough cough cough..."
He coughed again.
Yan Qiao hurriedly patted his back: "Okay, I won't mess around, so don't get excited."
Xing Bailu coughed for a while, and then heard Yan Qiao say aggrieved: "Last year, I said that I would give myself to you on your 18th birthday, but now I don't even give you a kiss."
Xing Bailu held his hand and smiled, and Yan Qiao's occasional serious act of acting like a baby was particularly charming.
The two chatted for a while, but Xing Bailu's throat was still uncomfortable and he would cough from time to time. Yan Qiao couldn't bear it and didn't want him to talk too much, so he sat for a while and went back.
Xing Bailu stared at the key in his hand for a long time, found an exquisite brocade box, put the key in, and locked it in the safe.
I took out the MP4 I received on my birthday last year from the drawer, plugged in the headphones and calmed down, and began to review seriously.
Yan Qiao had prepared everything, he absolutely must not lose the chain.
The review time passed quickly, and it was the 2011 college entrance examination in a blink of an eye.
Although Xing Bailu had already passed the exam once in his previous life, five years later, he didn't even remember what his essay was for the college entrance exam.After all, he didn't care about his grades in his previous life, relying on his family's money, he thought it would be good to go home and inherit the family business anyway.
So much so that it’s impossible to find my future self to cheat now.
What Xing Bailu didn't know was that Yan Qiao had been troubled like this these past few days, and Xing Bailu didn't remember it until five years later, let alone Yan Qiao took the college entrance examination again after ten years.
Yan Qiao thought about it for a long time, and felt that it would be more useful to rely on his current efforts.
The night before the college entrance examination, Xing Bailu had dinner with Yan Qiao and Zhang Qingyou. Everyone stopped studying for the day and chatted everywhere.
Aunt Qiu and Zheng Yanling went to several temples to ask Xing Bailu for all kinds of talismans that he must pass every exam, which almost filled his room. Xing Bailu felt a little panicked when he went back to his room to sleep these days.
Yan Qiao even received a lot of consecrated Bodhisattva ornaments, and even so-called fairy prescriptions.
Xing Bailu couldn't help asking: "What is that?"
Yan Qiao suppressed a smile and said, "The incense ash before the case, let me drink it with water."
Zhang Qingyou: "...Are you sure your grandpa didn't want you to have diarrhea during the exam?"
Yan Qiao said helplessly, "My mother doesn't dare let me drink either."
Xing Bailu: "Hahaha——"
Zhang Qingyou frowned and said: "Your grandfather is also a person who has seen the world, why is he still so superstitious?"
Xing Bailu originally wanted to say that apart from being superstitious, Mr. Yan is actually a pretty good person.
But I didn't want Yan Qiao to say: "I used to say that about him. Every time he begged me for a bunch of things, I would talk back to him. I thought it would be embarrassing even if my friends knew about it. But then I understood him. When people are young, they feel that they are omnipotent, and they don’t believe in any monsters and ghosts. Even if some things can’t be done now, it’s okay, don’t worry, because we are still young. I only learned later that adults began to believe in superstitions, not so much It is a kind of psychological comfort, but it is actually helpless.”
Grandpa had experienced twice the pain of a white-haired man giving away a black-haired man, but there was no Yan Qiao at that time, so he naturally didn't have any deep insights.
When his parents had an accident, Yan Qiao heard that his grandfather was bewildered all day long, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha everywhere, and even the hospital declared him dead. Grandpa still didn't believe it, and thought he could wake them up.
Later, grandpa sat in front of his parents' dead bodies for a long time, crying and saying, "It's dad who is useless, dad couldn't save you."
It was only then that Yan Qiao realized that it was not that Grandpa didn't understand, he really had no other way, who else could he ask for?Who else can you count on?
So when he came back this time, his grandfather begged him for a bunch of small Buddha statues, and he accepted them all without saying a word, and seriously placed them on the desk and bedside table in his room.
Zhang Qingyou couldn't help laughing: "What's 'when I was young... I found out later', aren't you the same age as us? You are only a few months old if you die!"
Yan Qiao smiled without saying a word.
Xing Bailu leaned on the table and stared at Yan Qiao, feeling that Yan Qiao was a little different at this moment, the way he spoke was no longer stupid, his eyes were steady as if he had never seen him before.
Early the next morning, Xing Yuanlin sent Xing Bailu to school, and met Tong Qian and Yan Qiao when they went out, and the two cars left Yulong Bend one after the other.Zhang Qingyou's examination room was assigned to No. [-] Middle School in the city, and Li Wan even drove out early.
I have also reviewed what should be reviewed, and Xing Bailu is not so nervous when it comes to the head.
After the first day of the exam, I didn't feel exhausted from going all out, I just felt refreshed.
Just when I was leaving the examination room, there was a small episode.
Lu Mingjia's examination room was actually next to Xing Bailu's examination room, so he greeted Xing Bailu for the first time.
The memory Lu Mingjia gave him was still on the eve of the trial of Jiang Huaixia's case, when Lu Mingjia stopped him from questioning.
Xing Bailu ignored it and walked straight towards the school gate.
The parents who picked up their children at the door gathered in a crowd.
As soon as Xing Bailu found Xing Yuanlin, he heard a female classmate next to him walk out of the school and threw herself into her mother's arms crying "wow".
Xing Yuanlin hurriedly said: "Xiao Lu, it's fine if you pass the exam, let's not think about anything else, we will be completely liberated after the exam tomorrow."
"That's right, your father is right, no matter what, after passing the exam, it's over." Tong Qian echoed, and she soon met Yan Qiao, "Qiao Qiao! Here!"
Xing Bailu turned his head and met Yan Qiao's smiling face, he narrowed his eyes and smiled at him.
On the way back, Xing Bailu received a call from Zhang Qingyou: "Damn it, Hu Linlin is simply crazy! Just after leaving the exam room, I checked my answers, and then I found out that I made a mistake in a math multiple-choice question! I want to strangle him now!" "
Xing Bailu had a good meal to comfort Zhang Qingyou, and Zhang Qingyou finally calmed down: "Xiaolu, what did you choose for the third multiple-choice question? I feel like I still want to struggle...how about I confront you again? Anyway, I have already been confronted by Hu Linlin." Turned upside down. My first question was..."
"Dudu-"
Xing Bailu hung up the phone unceremoniously.
Zhang Qingyou called again, but Xing Bailu continued to hang up.
Zhang Qingyou sent a message: "Why did you hang up on me?"
Xing Bailu saw "typing" over there, and quickly replied: "If you say another word, I will block you."
Zhang Qingyou: "..."
After hearing the call, Xing Yuanlin told him again that it's okay even if there are wrong questions, and don't affect tomorrow's exam.
Xing Bailu nodded in response.
He has gone through so much before finally coming back, these little things will not affect his mood at all.
Not to mention this time, he is very confident.
Xing Yuanlin carefully looked at him from the rearview mirror, and comforted: "Although the college entrance examination is very important, it is not that important. You can relax and treat it like an ordinary test."
Before Li Shuyan left, Xing Yuanlin never cared about Xing Bailu's grades, let alone say these things to him.
Now he will care about his life, study, and get along with him like a father.
Xing Bailu didn't say much, and responded with a smile.
But this time he won't be so embarrassed in the exam.
After returning home, Zheng Yanling made fried chicken.
Xing Bailu then sent a message to Zhang Qingyou and Yan Qiao asking them to come and eat.
Yan Qiao came over directly.
Zhang Qingyou replied in seconds: "."
Xing Bailu asked again: "Are you home yet?"
Zhang Qingyou: "."
Xing Bailu: "Speak up"
Zhang Qingyou copied and pasted: "If you say one more word, I will block you"
Xing Bailu: "..."
Later, Zhang Qingyou still came, and laughed as soon as he entered the door: "I found it very cool to chat with punctuation, and the sending is fast. If you don't understand, it means you have a problem with your understanding."
Xing Bailu was convinced.
Yan Qiao asked with a smile, "Did you do a good job in reading comprehension today?"
Zhang Qingyou: "Grass."
On the last day of the college entrance examination, there seemed to be more parents at the school gate, and many parents came together.
Yan Jicheng also said that he would come to wait for Yan Qiao's exam with Tong Qian, but Yan Qiao stopped him.
Xing Bailu finished his English test in the morning and went to the bathroom first. Just as he turned on the faucet, he heard someone calling him: "Xing Bailu."
At first he thought it was Lu Mingjia and didn't want to pay attention, but he didn't want to raise his eyes and saw the person standing behind him in the mirror.
Xing Bailu was startled, and turned around abruptly. At first glance, this face was a little strange, but he quickly remembered it.
Xu Jianghua!
Why is he here?
Didn't he go in?
Xu Jianghua smiled: "Surprised? You don't naively think that I can't get out if I go in for such a petty affair, right?" He took a step forward.
Xing Bailu stood up straight alertly.
Xu Jianghua smiled again: "Don't worry, this is a school, and I'm not here to beat you. I'll help someone give you a message."
"I don't want to hear it." Xing Bailu walked out of the bathroom directly.
"Didn't you ask me if Jiang Huaixia asked me to beat you?"
Xing Bailu's footsteps paused slightly. At that time, he avoided seeing him, but today he came here to tell him about it?
Do not listen.
Whether Jiang Huaixia is not important to Xing Bailu now.
Xu Jianghua followed Xing Bailu out, and said unhurriedly: "Aren't you interested? Well, actually, I'm helping your brother to give you a message today. He wants to ask you. Your father has already visited him. Why don't you go?" What about him?"
Xing Yuanlin just sent Zheng Yanling there, he didn't go to see Jiang Huaixia on purpose at all, Jiang Huaixia still wants to sow discord?
"Your brother also asked you, do you know that your mother called him the night of the accident?"
what?
Xing Bailu stopped.
Xu Jianghua walked behind him, and said with a smile: "Do you want to know what they said? What did they say that caused your mother to have a car accident..."
Xing Bailu's lowered hands trembled a little: "You mean my mother's death is related to Jiang Huaixia?"
Xu Jianghua walked towards Xing Bailu: "Who knows? Or, you go and see your brother and listen to him tell you."
"Xu Jianghua?" Lu Mingjia saw someone talking to Xing Bailu from afar, and at first he thought it was a mistake.
When Xing Bailu saw Lu Mingjia approaching, he subconsciously clenched his fists and left quickly.
"Xing Bailu..." Lu Mingjia saw Xing Bailu's expression was ugly, he turned around and asked Xu Jianghua, "What are you doing here? How did you get in?"
After all, at this time, it is impossible for the school to let outsiders in.
But looking at Xu Jianghua's appearance, he has plenty of ways to get in, climbing over walls and climbing trees.
Xu Jianghua sneered, pushed Lu Mingjia away and was about to leave.
"Hey, Xu Jianghua!" Lu Mingjia grabbed Xu Jianghua's clothes, "What did you tell him?"
Xu Jianghua sneered: "Don't you know? Didn't Xiaoxia ask you to convey it? Ah... I remembered, you didn't agree. Lu Mingjia, you don't really fall in love with that little boy, do you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Mingjia suppressed his anger, "I just think...it's immoral to use this method to influence his exam!"
Xu Jianghua laughed out loud: "What should I do... He seemed to be about to cry just now, why don't you go and comfort him? Tell him that what I said was actually a lie to him, and see if he believes you? But I think , It’s unnecessary. It’s so strange, why are you pretending to be a good person now?” He stretched out his hand and patted the back of Lu Mingjia’s head, “Tsk, what’s the matter with your guilty expression?”
Lu Mingjia angrily pushed his hand away: "Get lost!"
Yan Qiao waited for a long time before seeing Xing Bailu come out of the teaching building, he hurried over and asked, "Why have you been here for so long?"
Xing Bailu smiled: "It's okay, let's go to the cafeteria."
"Yeah." Yan Qiao walked a few steps, then subconsciously looked sideways at him.Xiao Lu was not very interested, and Yan Qiao didn't dare to ask him if he failed the exam this morning.
When entering the cafeteria, Yan Qiao turned his head inadvertently and saw Lu Mingjia following them.
Yan Qiao blurted out, "Did Lu Mingjia say anything to you?"
"What?" Xing Bailu turned his head and saw Lu Mingjia looking at him, he shook his head hurriedly, "No, don't think too much, let's go to line up. Yan Qiao, the last one, we must study hard, we agreed." He quietly took Yan Qiao's hand.
Yan Qiao held his hand instead: "Well, it's agreed."
Lu Mingjia who lined up on the other side stared at Xing Bailu. He was always smiling when he was talking to Yan Qiao, but when he lowered his eyes, his eyes were in a daze.
Lu Mingjia frowned slightly. If he is like this, he will fail the exam in the afternoon.
As soon as Xing Bailu took the chopsticks and turned around, he saw Lu Mingjia walking towards him with the dinner plate. At the same time, Yan Qiao, who had found a good seat, turned around immediately.
"Xing Bailu, no matter what Xu Jianghua told you..."
"Shut up." Xing Bailu interrupted Lu Mingjia, glanced over his shoulder at Yan Qiao who was walking towards them, and said in a deep voice, "Go away! If you let Yan Qiao hear a word related to Xu Jianghua, it will affect you. If you pass his exam, believe it or not, I will really kill you."
Yan Qiao has already rushed over: "Xiaolu!"
Xing Bailu raised his eyes to meet his and smiled: "Let's go, I've got the chopsticks."
"What did Lu Mingjia ask you to say?"
"I don't know, I didn't hear a word."
Lu Mingjia turned around and looked at Xing Bailu's back, suddenly felt a little funny, did he like Yan Qiao so much?
It must not affect Yan Qiao's exam, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't do well in the exam?
Obviously, you are about to cry if you hold on?
It's a pity that Yan Qiao's intentions to approach him were not pure.
Suddenly, I felt that Xing Bailu
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