blowing clouds

"I also wanted to dodge love, but I couldn't get rid of the loneliness..."

When the singing echoed in the corridor outside, Chen Xiyang's pen tip suddenly stopped, so Xu Donghai was criticized as soon as he entered the dormitory: "Can you stop singing bad street songs?"

Xu Donghai smiled and raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong, my godbrother, don't you like my charming voice?"

On the day of the opening of the new store, Gu Honghong suddenly had the idea of ​​recognizing her as a relative, but it turned out to be a happy one. Chen Xiyang and Lin Ji kowtowed a few times as if worshiping heaven and earth, and each received a big red envelope.But there is a saying that money is not easy to earn. After taking this money, Chen Xiyang was ridiculed by Xu Donghai's elder brother almost every day in school, and he was miserable.

Seeing that the other party was ignoring him, Xu Donghai became even more excited: "You didn't like me calling you brother before, but now you're really a brother, so show some respect to me."

Chen Xiyang glared at him: "Did Xia Jun have something in your hands? Why did you fall in love with someone like you?"

Xu Donghai leaned over and lowered his voice: "She often catches me... Ahem, I'm not kidding, congratulations, I just went around the reception room, and I have a letter from you."

It was only then that Chen Xiyang noticed that the other party was holding a letter and a brand-new book of chores in his hand, so the content of the letter was self-evident.

Chen Xiyang calmly tapped the table with his fingers, signaling him to put it down.

Xu Donghai smiled and said, "It's ok, you, the new article will be published one step ahead of me, but why don't you learn the address of my overseas school and not send it home?"

"You own the school?" Chen Xiyang asked coldly.

The actual reason why he didn't send it home was that his parents' praise for his writing was too exaggerated, which was not good for his mood, and Lin Ji's admiring and anticipating eyes always made him think too much.

"The school belongs to you alone, okay..." Xu Donghai lay back on the bed and stretched, "If you don't pay attention, it will start to get cold today. This year is almost over, and we have known each other for almost two years. It's been a year, time flies so fast!"

Chen Xiyang snorted and sneered: "Why are you a talented man who speaks so much vernacular? You won't be able to use it if you are too late, right?"

Xu Donghai smiled wryly: "You... Brother is worried, I haven't made you a partner after knowing each other for so long, why don't you worry about it yourself?"

"You take the time to get a mole." Chen Xiyang said coldly.

Xu Donghai knew that the other party was scolding him as a matchmaker, so he snorted and thought that adults don't remember villains: "It's fine if you don't appreciate it, but it's okay if you grow up with our younger brother, I guess I won't worry about talking about my daughter-in-law in the future... Oh, I suddenly I found that Aji's eyes are quite similar to mine, you kept peeking at me when you first entered school, are you thinking of your loved ones?"

Chen Xiyang dropped his pen and turned his head angrily: "When the fuck did I peek at you?"

It seems that Xu Donghai's purpose is to make him anxious, he smiled and said, "Good guy, you forgot? You stared at me as soon as I entered the dormitory door, it made my scalp tingle, and I thought you were my ex-girlfriend My brother came to seek revenge on me."

"That's peeking, right? Shuzi!"

Chen Xiyang turned around and ignored him, but one thing he had to admit was that Xu Donghai's eyes were indeed similar to Lin Ji's, the pupils were dark and energetic, but the degree of lack of twitching in the former was far from what the latter could match.

When it was cold, it was almost impossible to see the picture of Xu Donghai touching the brush. This person was either immersed in the joy of love all day long, or he was so focused on irritating Chen Xiyang. In order not to waste time with him, Chen Xiyang forced himself to ignore it. From the outside world, I devoted myself to the manuscript, and I really felt like I had broken through the bottleneck, and my writing became smoother.

It was another weekend, and since it was winter, it was already dark outside when Chen Xiyang packed his schoolbag. Xu Donghai lazily fiddled with his earphones while habitually gossiping: "It is said that this weekend is going to get warmer, so I happened to go out with Xia Jun. Hey, how is our business recently, how about I go to cheer on it?"

"Would you like to go?" Chen Xiyang stuffed a stack of manuscript paper into his bag, "You don't pay anyway."

"I don't want to bully the market either, the key point is that my godfather and godmother don't take money from me!" Xu Donghai spread his hands with an innocent expression on his face.

Chen Xiyang snorted as he said goodbye, and left his brother and other sleepers as companions.

Chen Xiyang doesn't know if it will get warmer on the weekend, but walking on the cold and windy street, he can't wait to curl up in a ball. The thought of going to the store to have a look is blown away by the howling north wind. When he returns home Even earlier than usual.

Both Chen Li and Lu Yan were busy chatting in the shop, Lin Ji hadn't come back yet, and only the porridge and braised pork on the stove greeted Chen Xiyang.The stewed meat was also divided into two portions, as if Lu Yan was afraid that their nearly twenty brothers would grab the meat.

After a boring dinner, Chen Xiyang picked out a novel and went into the bedroom. Since the school library was built, his eyes were not only limited to martial arts, but he also gradually learned to appreciate the writing styles of everyone. After the sound of brisk footsteps on the stairs, Chen Xiyang felt that the scroll in his hand suddenly lost its taste, and he couldn't read it anymore.

"Brother." Lin Ji, who entered the room, obviously noticed the light in the bedroom, and there was no question in his shout.

Chen Xiyang gave an understatement, and then heard approaching footsteps. After the door was pushed open, Lin Ji got half of his body in: "Parents haven't come back yet, have you eaten yet?"

Chen Xiyang hummed again: "Braised meat is salty, drink more porridge."

Lin Ji let out a cry and left the bedroom to eat. Hearing the rustling noise outside, the smell of the book hadn't found his way home yet. Chen Xiyang put down the book silently and leaned against the wall to listen to the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding. .

When Lin Ji had dinner, washed the dishes and walked into the bedroom, Chen Xiyang had already resumed his reading posture and didn't give him a look.Although compared to the beginning, the barrier between them has almost disappeared, but there is still not much communication, and Lin Ji doesn't want to disturb his brother's reading, so he sits in the corner and writes the scroll quietly.

Little do they know that his existence has already affected Chen Xiyang's literary career.

After sitting stiffly for a while, Chen Xiyang felt uncomfortable all over his body. Should he sit cross-legged or stretch his legs flat?Should the elbow rest on the table or should it rest on the leg?Even the tongue is as awkward as if it has just been attached, and there is no place for it.And the rustling sound of Lin Ji's writing seemed to be magnified countless times, and the tip of the pen seemed to be tracing in his palm, which made him painful and addictive.

Lin Ji also noticed that Chen Xiyang seemed to have ants crawling on his body, obviously he had lost interest in reading, and just about to say something, he saw his brother fell headfirst on the bed.

Lin Ji's words became: "Brother, are you going to sleep?"

"No," Chen Xiyang said calmly, "Lie down for a while, you can continue to write your homework."

After Lin Ji yelled, rustling noises sounded again, Chen Xiyang closed his eyes tightly, as if countless paintbrushes were wandering around him, he felt that he was going crazy.

The doors and windows were closed tightly, and the cold wind howling outside could not penetrate, but the sound of the window beating shocked Chen Xiyang. He lay motionless on the bed with his eyes closed, and he seemed to be asleep, but he knew in his heart that at least tonight , The fate between him and Duke Zhou is very shallow.

Lin Ji mistook him for falling asleep, and when passing by him, he moved very lightly, even turned off the light, and lay down beside him gently.But he didn't fall asleep for a long time, until Lin Ji's breathing became stable, until the howling north wind began to weaken, until the parents who returned late at night gently opened the door, he didn't feel sleepy, as if he was in a strange, unnecessary place. Dreamland of sleep.

However, people always have to sleep. If they don't sleep enough at night, they can come to sleep during the day. When Chen Xiyang woke up, his eyes were a little swollen, which was obviously caused by not sleeping well. However, the sunshine in the room was particularly bright, as if he had slept Slept through the winter.

"Brother, you're awake," Lin Ji's smiling voice came from the corner, "You've been sleeping for a long time, your parents have already woken up and went to the store."

After slowly sitting up on the bed, Chen Xiyang rubbed his eyes, waiting for his brain to fully wake up. After he gradually got used to the light in front of him, he realized that it was really warmer this weekend. It also made him feel warm in his heart.

"What time is it?" Chen Xiyang asked casually.

"I just checked my watch, it's 10:30." Lin Ji replied.

Since he didn't know when he fell asleep, Chen Xiyang wasn't sure if he had a good rest, but this point was obviously not suitable for going back to sleep.He slanted his forehead against the wall, and the cold touch seemed to make him more awake. If Xu Donghai saw this scene, he would definitely say a lot of ridicule.

Lin Ji didn't have Xu Donghai's lack of smoking, and spoke in a very calm tone: "My parents hurried out after breakfast, and I heard they said that they need to adjust the price...Does it cost a lot of money to do business?"

Chen Xiyang wondered why he asked such a question suddenly, hummed indiscriminately and "take" his head off the wall.

Lin Ji asked this question inexplicably and stopped. Chen Xiyang turned his head and saw his thoughtful face.

Those serious eyes seemed to be deeper, Chen Xiyang wiped his face: "What are you thinking, can you make things difficult for you if you don't spend money? Why, I'm afraid you can't afford to eat?"

"No..." Lin Ji laughed dryly. He remembered his passbook, but he couldn't persuade Chen Li to accept it.

Seeing that Lin Ji was really concerned about money, Chen Xiyang sighed and said, "Stop thinking about it, it's not your thing to worry about, just do your homework well."

The rustling sound came back, but it seemed that it had lost the magic power of last night. Chen Xiyang slowly dressed and got out of bed and came to the window, looking at the alley outside and the pedestrians who wrapped themselves into rice dumplings.

After standing in the sun for a long time, the gathered warmth finally spread in his body, but this kind of brilliance, peace, and tranquility made Chen Xiyang feel restless, as if he had put on his clothes backwards and couldn't breathe.

He has always been reluctant to think about the future, but he is not young anymore, half of his university life has passed, graduation, starting a career, starting a family, these problems will soon appear with the time in the future.

And these shouldn't be a problem, but Chen Xiyang is out of this.

The sun was still flying around and shining so heartlessly, just when Chen Xiyang was worried about the near future, Lin Ji's cautious shout came from behind him.

Chen Xiyang turned around, looked at Lin Ji and pointed at the rolled paper and said shyly, "I don't know how to do this question..."

Chen Xiyang walked over silently, and after sitting down next to Lin Ji, he realized that the corner Lin Ji was in was very crowded. The table and the wall almost surrounded him in the corner, and he didn't know if it was a lack of security. symbol of.

There were only the two of them in the room, but they were posted closer than the day the store opened.

"Fill in the ancient poems and appreciate them..." Chen Xiyang looked at the printed distorted Chinese test paper, "Looking back at the bleak place, go back... The next sentence is neither wind nor rain nor sunshine."

Lin Ji obviously forgot for a while, and started to write immediately after listening to it, but the characters that were as big as a head were really unflattering.

While writing, he muttered: "There is neither wind nor rain nor sunshine, it feels so sad."

Chen Xiyang sighed: "Didn't your teacher teach you? This sentence means that no matter whether the road ahead is wind or rain or sunshine, you must go forward..."

Lin Ji chuckled, painted the written words into black bumps, and re-wrote word by word according to his brother's words, and Chen Xiyang also felt that it was somewhat ironic for him to mention Su Shi's pride at this moment, so he kept silent .

It seems that he has no reason to keep huddling here, but he leaned against the wall without moving, and Lin Ji would not even open his mouth to drive him away. They are next to each other, just like this, inadvertently, this pair of brothers are the closest in private A scene appeared.

About ten seconds later, the rustling of writing stopped, but Chen Xiyang, like an old monk in meditation, didn't even glance to the side, and continued to look at the air in front of him.

"Brother," as Lin Ji turned his head, Chen Xiyang had an illusion, as if the heat was spraying on himself, "Are you unhappy?"

Chen Xiyang already had an answer before he opened his mouth, but he still asked: "Is it obvious?"

Lin Ji squeezed the pen nervously: "I feel that you are different recently, and you are not like when I first came here. Do you have something on your mind?"

Lin Ji didn't get the answer, but a scene that flattered him appeared. Chen Xiyang suddenly raised his arm without warning, and then put it on his shoulder. This action squeezed the space between the two of them even more. Not much, but it adds a bit of warmth to the intimacy.

Chen Xiyang still stared straight ahead and did not give Lin Ji a look, but raised his wrist on the other's shoulder, and touched his smooth face: "It's okay, I just suddenly feel that the sun is always so ignorant."

Lin Ji didn't feel that he was being teased either, so he took advantage of the opportunity to look out the window at the rare clear blue sky in winter, thinking that the sun is pretty good, isn't it?

The only birds that hadn't left the city were sparrows. They were chasing and fighting in the low air in groups of three and four. I don't know if those pairs of black bean-like eyes noticed the brothers.