Thirteen brothers urged me to get married

37.

Gift boxes and earrings were scattered all over the place, but none of the two people present paid attention to them.

Xuezhi was pressed against the door by Zhou Fangzun, and the exclamation on her lips lost her voice when she met his gaze.

There seemed to be flames burning in those golden pupils, and the burning flames tightly wrapped her figure in them, as if they would burn her up in the next second.

"Respect..." Xuezhi murmured.

At this moment, Zhou Fangzun seemed to change back to him in her memory.

That impulsive, wild, uninhibited, 16-year-old boy.

At that time, many people were afraid of him, but Xuezhi was not afraid at all.

Because the 16-year-old Zhou Fangzun is also sensitive, taciturn, and gentle.

He won't even say a harsh word to her, and he won't perfuse her even when he finds it troublesome.

Just like now, he trapped her between him and the door, but he didn't use much strength in his hands. As long as she wanted, she could get out of the trap at any time.

"What were you thinking just now? When you were outside the door." Zhou Fangzun's voice was low, as if he was suppressing something.

Xuezhi looked at him, a little dazed.

She shook her head: "I don't know."

This is not to perfunctory him.

She felt that she might have thought too much at the time, her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

Like a lion, Zhou Fangzun stared closely at her eyes, as if confirming the truth of what she was about to say.

Xuezhi didn't know what he saw, or what he wanted to see.

He was then heard asking: "You like him? The one with the bandages."

He originally wanted to say green hair, but looking at Xuezhi's beautiful long green curly hair, he changed the word instead.

Although the bandages on Mt. Takao seem to be more than Shintaro Midorima.

Xuezhi knew who he was talking about, but she didn't quite understand why he asked such a question.

She thought about it, did Zhou Fangzun see Midorima Shintaro wearing earrings for her just now, and thought they looked too close?

Xuezhi's face turned red.

It's not that I'm shy, but mainly because I feel awkward, seeing such a scene by my old classmates.

She was also frightened by that development at the time, her mind went blank and she completely forgot her reaction.

Looking back now, I still feel a little embarrassed.It's just helping to wear earrings, I don't know why it looks so ambiguous.

"That's right, after all, Luma is not the younger brothers, that kind of distance is indeed a bit closer." Xuezhi reflected silently.

But Zhou Fangzun's question is still very strange.

Even if you guess, it should be guessing that Luma likes her, not that she likes Luma, right?

After all, it was Midorima who helped her wear the earrings, not her who helped Midorima wrap the bandages.

"Ah, I didn't mean that Midorima likes me..." Xuezhi shook her head, pulling back her wandering thoughts.

She looked up at Zhou Fangzun, and replied, "Why? Shintaro and I have only met a few times."

Zhou Fangzun paused: "Why are you blushing?"

He reached out and touched her right ear, and the white pearl was embedded in the red earlobe, which looked beautiful and lovely.

He will choose a suitable and unobtrusive gift for Xuezhi, and he is so close to calling Xuezhi by name after only meeting him a few times.

That person is smarter than him.

Zhou Fangzun thought...

"Respect—" Xuezhi's voice trembled slightly.

There were thin calluses on his fingers, which lightly rubbed against her earlobe, causing bursts of numb itching.

Zhou Fangzun came back to his senses, and paused for a moment with the hand that was gently touching her earlobe.

He poked at the pearl and asked her, "You like this?"

Xuezhi didn't know whether he should nod at this time, subconsciously avoided answering positively: "It's the lucky thing for Capricorn today."

He will chat with Xuezhi about constellations, help Xuezhi choose a lucky item, and put it on for her by himself.

That person is more romantic than him.

Zhou Fangzun thought to himself.

"It's so annoying..." He whispered in a statement tone.

There seemed to be a fire burning in my heart.

"Don't move..." Zhou Fangzun said softly, the hand that was on the side of Xuezhi's face went around the back of her head.

This posture looks like he is holding Xuezhi tightly in his arms.

Xuezhi was pressed against his shoulder by his movements, so close that he could hear his breathing and heartbeat.

She stared blankly at the void in front of her, and felt that he gently removed the pearl earring on her right earlobe.

Zhou Fangzun glanced at the pearl earrings on his hand, and almost clenched his fists and lit it on fire to burn it to ashes.

But after thinking about it, she still didn't do it, just stuffed it into Xuezhi's hand: "You wear it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand again and gently pinched Xuezhi's round right earlobe, causing her to tremble again.

Very good, much more pleasing to the eye.

Zhou Fangzun finally smiled, although there was only a slight arc.

Seeing that Xuezhi was still in a daze, he took half a step back and rubbed her hair: "Why are you in a daze?"

Xuezhi's gaze returned to focus, and when she heard Zhou Fangzun's words, she shook her head: "It's nothing. It's just a little... not used to it..."

Her words silenced both of them.

"I'm sorry..." After a while, Zhou Fangzun said softly.

Sorry for leaving without saying goodbye.

I'm sorry, I've known about your news all these years, but I never took the initiative to contact you.

Sorry for missing the most important 12 years of your life.

Xuezhi didn't know how to respond to him.

Say it's okay?

That's so hypocritical.

Obviously there is a relationship.

Say I don't accept it?

That was ugly.

She just cares a little bit.

only a little bit.

-

"What is Zun him thinking?" Xue Zhi sat on the swing on the small balcony on the second floor, quietly enjoying the autumn afternoon, while thinking about some of the confusion she had encountered recently.

The biggest confusion is Zhou Fangzun.

Ever since she and Zhou Fang respected each other because of her eleventh younger brother Yusuke, the other party has been refreshing her perception.

Not to mention the former Shun Mao has become the current broom head, anyway, he is handsome no matter what.

In addition to the changes in appearance, Zhou Fangzun's personality has changed a lot, becoming calm, lazy, and less ambitious.

But some core things have not changed much, making her feel that he is still the Zhou Fangzun she knew back then.

However, Zhou Fangzun seemed to have many things hidden in his heart. He looked at her with deep and deep eyes, attracting her to explore, but he guarded her strictly.

On the contrary, his emotions are more outgoing than before. He will come to her directly just because he suddenly misses her, and he will be wary of the opposite sex approaching her, just like...

Xuezhi thought for a while before finding the most suitable description: "It's like a father wary of his daughter's suitors."

"Could it be that Zun feels guilty because he didn't contact me in the past 12 years, so he wants to make up for me?" Xuezhi clenched his fist and beat his palm, "Isn't this the mentality of a divorced father to make up for a child who follows his mother and hasn't seen him for more than ten years?" What! I just said why it feels so familiar, when Kiori’s biological father came to see Kiori, that’s how he behaved.”

Xuezhi suddenly realized.

"Since this is the case, it should be fine. If I accept his overtures, it is the greatest support for him, right?"

Thinking of this, Xuezhi happily put aside the confusion about Zhou Fangzun.

……

"Azhi is also a little strange recently." Xuezhi continued to think about the next puzzle.

She and Osamu Dazai haven't seen each other for so many years, even if they are childhood sweethearts, they will be unfamiliar after many years.What's more, they are not childhood sweethearts at all, after all, they haven't been together for a long time.

But Dazai Osamu was a little surprised when they met for the first time, and his attitude towards her afterwards was very natural.It was as if there had always been a connection between them and they had never been unfamiliar.

Even taking her was relaxed a lot, and the relationship between the two became much closer in a short period of time.

Although Osamu Dazai is not as unsocial as he was when he was a child, he is the type who can get along with others as long as he wants.But Xuezhi subtly felt that something was wrong.

He seemed... too close to her.

In game terms, it means that he has too much affection for her, as if he has regarded her as a close friend in such a short time since the reunion.

This is not in line with the short-lived childhood playmate relationship between her and him, let alone Dazai Osamu's character and consistent behavior.

What's more, Xuezhi couldn't figure out what Osamu Dazai was thinking at all.

He is really good at hiding his emotions, and his acting skills are even more superb.

Xuezhi even felt that if she really understood Dazai Osamu's idea, it must not be understood by her own thinking, but because Dazai Osamu wanted her to understand it.

And she was not at all sure if her understanding was really understanding.

"I can't handle it at all." Xuezhi was extremely frustrated.

But it was not without gains, at least she thought about it.

So she completely gave up the confusion about Osamu Dazai.

Forget it, don't think about it, just leave it at that.

The truth always comes out in the end.

No matter what Osamu Dazai is thinking, she just needs to cooperate.

After all, it's useless even if you think about it.

Xuezhi: Smile.jpg

……

"Seiichi seems to be a little more outgoing recently than before." Yukie thought about Yukimura Seiichi's confusion while recalling how she got along with Yukimura Seiichi this morning.

Don't look at Yukimura Seichi who is always smiling, with a gentle and amiable look.

In fact, he is very defensive, and he always keeps a distance from others habitually, giving her the impression that he is not a typical character of being hot on the outside and cold on the inside.

However, it was such Yukimura Seiichi who took the initiative to stick her hand this morning!

Although there was only one click, so short that she almost thought it was an illusion, but it was indeed true.

At that time, Xuezhi didn't think there was anything wrong, but now that I think about it, this is something worth celebrating with drums and gongs.

"Having known each other for more than half a year, Jingshi finally opened up his heart to me and recognized me as his good friend?" Xuezhi was inexplicably moved.

"Wait..." Xuezhi stopped her thoughts in time, so as not to rejoice in vain, "Is there any other possibility?"

such as……

He was finally ready to start painting her.

The step-by-step contact is just to get familiar with her every move and cultivate her tacit understanding with him, so that he can successfully draw a perfect painting in the end?

Xuezhi thought about it carefully, and felt that this possibility was not impossible.

After all, Seiichi Yukimura called her Miss Muse when they met, but it took half a year before he said he wanted to draw her.

This shows that he made this decision very carefully. Maybe he encountered some creative bottleneck and needed to find the right time to break through... or something...

It's done that way in the comics and on TV.

"If this is the case, should I pretend not to know and cooperate with him better?"

"After all, things like breaking the creative bottleneck are very important to artists."

Xuezhi thought so.

Although she was a little disappointed that the friendship did not go further, she still made a presupposition in her heart.

……

There are also Yushi Ninzu, Keigo Atobe, Seijuro Akashi, Shintaro Midorima, and Chuya Nakahara.

They have one thing in common, that is, they all met Xuezhi through the introduction of his younger brothers.

At the same time, it is precisely because of this that they still make Xuezhi feel a little embarrassed from time to time.

Mainly she and her brothers were rude first, even though they themselves didn't know what happened.

This made Xuezhi feel very ashamed.

Therefore, when facing them, Xuezhi always has no way to get along with them with a normal heart.

Always because of guilt, he hesitates to reject some of their behaviors, and the final result is often laissez-faire.

Perhaps it was her laissez-faire that released the illusion, causing the relationship between her and them to develop in an increasingly unpredictable direction.

Not that they were after her or anything, she didn't feel it.It just felt like they seemed to be paying a little more attention to her.

This is obviously wrong.

Xuezhi didn't like this either.

"Maybe after keeping a distance for a while, they will forget my existence."

Xuezhi thought so.

She didn't think she could have such a deep relationship after just a few days of acquaintance.

Therefore, although she was embarrassed and ashamed, it did not cause much psychological burden.

Not necessarily so if things are allowed to go their way.

So Xuezhi decided to avoid them as much as possible in the future and let time dilute all this.

……

After clarifying these confusions and making decisions one by one in her heart, Xuezhi felt much more relaxed.

When a person relaxes, he wants to sleep.

Xuezhi leaned against the back of the swing chair and yawned. She squinted her eyes and looked at the red leaves all over the mountains in the distance. She felt that this kind of life seemed not bad.

"It seems like a good choice to spend a life so relaxed and happy." She thought so, slowly closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

-

The afternoon sun was so warm on her body that Xuezhi didn't consider that it was already autumn before she fell asleep, and she might catch a cold if she slept outside.

Fortunately, this worst-case scenario did not happen. Before the temperature dropped, Xuezhi woke up.

In a daze, she felt as if she had a nightmare, in which countless creatures like black mist rushed towards her.

As the black mist surged towards her, they also issued a breathtaking cry of snow branches... snow branches.

Xuezhi felt her heart beating wildly.She struggled to open her eyes, and the sound of Xuezhi... Xuezhi still lingered in her ears, and she felt that she might still be in a nightmare and hadn't woken up.

But, why does this voice sound so familiar?

She looked at the railing in front of the balcony in a daze, and the voice seemed to come from there.

Xuezhi called out uncertainly: "Azhi?"

"Xuezhi... Xuezhi—"

Osamu Dazai yelled even harder, and even yelled and yelled and almost sang.

Xuezhi pressed the tic-tac-toe on his forehead: "Do you only know these two words?"

"It's like a parrot that just learned to talk..." She couldn't help but see a parrot that looked like Osamu Dazai in her mind.

For a moment, Xuezhi didn't know whether he called her when he had something to do, or if he had nothing to do and called her name just for fun.

She leaned on the swing and supported her forehead, and yelled weakly to the balcony: "Stop yelling, your soul has been called away by you."

"Ah... Yukie, you finally woke up—" Osamu Dazai was as surprised as if he just heard Yukie's voice.

I don't know what good things happened to him, and his words always have obvious endings. You don't need to look at his expression at this time to guess that he is in a good mood now.

Xuezhi rubbed her eyes and finally woke up.

She touched her cold arm and wanted to thank Osamu Dazai for waking her up.Otherwise, she might catch a cold after sleeping for a while.

But thinking of how he woke her up in such a weird way, so that she seemed to have suffered [-] points of magical attacks, and she was still a little sick until now, the gratitude in her heart suddenly disappeared.

She was silent for a while, then asked him, "Why are you so happy?"

Dazai Zhizhi didn't reply when he was too noisy just now, Xuezhi was puzzled.

She stood up, wanting to go to the balcony to see if what happened to Osamu Dazai, but just when she took a step, she heard a rustling sound from ahead.

"What are you doing?" Xuezhi had goosebumps on her hands.

At this moment, Osamu Dazai poked his head out from the railing of the balcony, startling Yukie.

There was still a rippling smile on his face: "Guess—"

"Guess you're a big-headed ghost." Xuezhi's mouth twitched, and he patted his chest while holding the swing bracket, "You just climbed up like this? Are you a monkey?"

Osamu Dazai turned over and walked onto the balcony, leaning against the railing and posing in a handsome pose: "Don't underestimate me...Miss Yukie."

"It didn't climb up, did it jump up?" Xuezhi scolded him.

She touched her arm again, and the goosebumps hadn't disappeared: "Also, can you talk well."

After she finished speaking, she couldn't hold back and complained again: "Where did you learn to call Miss Xuezhi like this? It's obviously a very normal address. Why do I feel so scared when I hear you call it out?"

Osamu Dazai didn't mind at all being complained about by Xuezhi.

Leaning over happily, he whispered, "We're going to have a barbecue party later——"

"Really!" Xuezhi was so surprised that she almost jumped up from the swing.

She thought that Osamu Dazai was answering her previous question. He was happy because of the barbecue party, but she didn't realize that Osamu Dazai changed the subject very naturally.

That's a barbecue party!

She was looking forward to it very much yesterday but had to cancel it due to an accident, and she still regrets that the barbecue party could not be held!

Osamu Dazai nodded with a smile: "It's still the kind of barbecue party where someone is in charge of everything."

He raised his index finger and continued to add: "Akashi's family has a dedicated chef team, Suzuki's family is in charge of special barbecue tools, and Atobe's family will deliver the freshest ingredients on a special plane later."

"Wow!" Xuezhi's eyes sparkled, "That's great!"

"No wonder you're so happy—" Xuezhi couldn't hold back her words and put on a wavy line.

"It's nice to be friends with rich people, woo-woo--"

Asahina? A rich man? Yukie made such an exclamation.