I am in the crematorium, Wen Dang A Piao

In the morning, during the recess of the small class, a chubby paper bird flapped its wings and flew over slowly, landing on Xin Zhuo's hand.

Shi Huaixi poked his head out of the hanging chair, "Is this the master's reply?"

"Yes," Xin Zhuo said as he opened the little paper bird and looked at it, "Master asked me to go back to the Taoist temple."

"Then there should be something important, you go there, when can you come back?"

Xin Zhuo stood up, he didn't know what Master was looking for him, so it was inconvenient to take Shi Huaixi with him, so he gently pinched the puppet, "I'll do it as soon as possible."

Shi Huaixi and Xin Jianran went downstairs to see him off, and when they saw him driving out of sight, they looked at each other and clapped their hands, "You can bring uncle and aunt back."

Xin Jianran sent them a message. He looked at the time, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning. They agreed with Hao Jiuzi that Xin Zhuo would come back at five o'clock in the afternoon. "Hurry up and get ready."

Shi Huaixi followed him into the house, "Let's go and take out the things we need first."

Today is Xin Zhuo's birthday.

A few days ago, Shi Huaixi asked Xin Jianran to quietly send a message to Hao Jiuzi, asking him to send Xin Zhuo away today, so as to give them time to prepare for him.

Shi Huaixi tried to unpack the packages with a knife, and Xin Jianran was responsible for taking them out.

They picked these things together, custom-made light boards, colorful fluorescent powder, light strips,... There are so many things. When the demolition was almost finished, Xin's parents also came back. He pretended to go to work, but actually hid in the community shopping mall to wait for news, and bought ingredients for cakes by the way.

As soon as they entered the door, everyone simply said hello and then devoted themselves to their respective work.

Shi Huaixi and Xin Jianran were in charge of the decorations, while the Xin's parents went to the kitchen to make cakes and birthday dinners.

They settled the matter briefly for lunch, and finally made the cake and decorated the living room at four o'clock in the afternoon.

It is estimated that Xinzhuo will arrive home around [-] o'clock, so Dad Lu planned to make dinner later. During this period, everyone took out the gifts they had prepared and hid them, and planned the route. After the work was over, another hour passed. The whole family Qi went into battle to work in the kitchen, and then put the prepared dishes into the warming cabinet.

In the end, they went back to their rooms to tidy up, and then sat in the living room on the first floor and waited.

It was already past 40:[-].

Father Lu stared at the phone screen, he greeted the community security, and immediately notified Xin Zhuo's car when he saw Xin Zhuo's car.

Mother Xin was nervous and worried, "I don't know if Ah Zhuo will like the gift I gave..."

Father Lu also had the same worry when he heard that he was close to his wife, "Me too."

Shi Huaixi stared at them, patted left and right, "Don't worry, the most important thing in giving a gift is your heart, he will like whatever you give."

Xin Jianran nodded in agreement, "Don't worry."

Father Lu's mobile phone vibrated, and the latter's expression was also lifted, "I'm back!"

Then Shi Huaixi hid behind the curtain and looked outside. When he saw the familiar car approaching, he waved the small flag in his hand, "Every department is ready!"

Xin Zhuo approached home with a gift from his master, and was kept by the master in the Taoist temple, so he guessed that there must be a surprise waiting for him at home.

When he turned the doorknob, he felt a strange sense of anticipation in his heart.

In the light of the lit strip of lights, he stepped into a small luminous grid, on which was written "starting point" crookedly in luminous characters.

"Dangdangdang——" The familiar little puppet descended from the sky, waving a small flag and carrying a pair of glowing little wings, "Welcome to the adventure game. From now on, the number of steps you move forward will be determined by the number of points you throw."

Xin Zhuo looked at the route that went around the entire living room, and quite cooperatively picked up the large dice placed by his feet, and rolled a number.

Shi Huaixi dutifully played with the little doll in front of him, "Congratulations to the player for throwing three points, please advance three spaces—"

Xin Zhuo then moved forward three grids, and the small characters on the grid read "treasure".

"Congratulations to the player for discovering the treasure. Please find the treasure within 1 minute, otherwise you will be punished before starting the treasure hunt again."

Xin Zhuo grabbed the little doll and put it on his shoulder, "Is it in this area?"

"Yes," the puppet pressed down on the small timer hanging around its neck, "The timing has started."

Xin Zhuo’s eyes searched all around, this is the entrance, the two walls are painted with fluorescent colors of forest scenes, tall trees, rabbits hiding in the bushes, elves with lanterns, and flying fish .

Still a magical forest.

"The countdown starts, ten, nine, eight..."

Xin Zhuo stretched out his hand, and took down a long box painted with fluorescent green on the roof of the small tree house.

Shi Huaixi clapped and clapped, "Congratulations to the player for finding the treasure, please move on!"

Xin Zhuo thinks this game is quite fun.

He continued to roll the dice and was attacked by the evil witch in the foggy forest.

The little puppet solemnly held out a cup of pitch-black drink, "Please increase the favorability of this npc, and you can get the antidote."

Xin Zhuo thought for a while, "You are the best at playing games."

The little puppet was coaxed to decisively hand over the antidote, Xin Zhuo took a sip, it was iced cola.

He found the second gift in the cabinet by the wall by throwing darts, a square package half the width of a person, and he could guess at a glance that it was Xin Jianran's painting.

He found the third gift in the dragon's lair, a sofa submerged in a pile of throw pillows, doing the silly moves required by the game in a precise manner.

Then, he was attacked by the evil elf—that is, the little paper man torn out by Xin Jianran. He was wanted by the forest lord and imprisoned in the tree prison. After ups and downs, the fourth gift was finally "fished" in the endless lake—that is, under the dining table.

In the end, he stood at the finish line.

The puppet beside him tapped the small gong on the dining table, "Congratulations, player, for clearing the level!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the music sounded, and the kitchen was lit with warm yellow light. Mama Xin and Papa Lu walked over with a cake with candles on them. They put the cake in front of Xin Zhuo and said with a smile, "Birthday Be happy, Ash."

Shi Huaixi put the birthday hat made by Xin's mother on Xin Zhuo's head and said loudly, "Happy birthday! Xin Zhuo!"

Xin Jianran walked over from the second floor holding the camera and said, "Happy birthday."

It's hard to describe this feeling, even though he had expected it in his heart, Xin Zhuo still felt a shock at this moment.

He watched everyone who looked at him.

They stood in the warm yellow candlelight, like a dream and a scroll.

He saw the sparkle in Lu's father's eyes, saw Xin's mother's nervousness, and saw Xin Jianran's smile.

He finally looked at Shi Huaixi, who patted him on the shoulder lightly, like an encouragement.

The walls of my heart crumbled a little more.

He looked at the cake, smiled and said, "Thank you."

Shi Huaixi floated to the side of the cake, "Make a wish and blow out the candles."

Xin Zhuo stared quietly at the candlelight for a while, he didn't have any wishes to make, if he had to say something, he hoped that Shi Huaixi's next life would be safe and everything would go well.

Thinking of this, he blew out all the candles in one breath.

After blowing out the candles, dinner is eaten first, and the cake is reserved for dessert in the evening.

They put the dishes on the table, and Lu's father put a bowl of Changshou noodles on the Xinzhuo noodles, with a chubby egg lying on it, "Your mother made it."

Xin Zhuo ate the noodles thoroughly.

He started to unwrap the presents during the digestion time after the meal. This was suggested by Xin's mother. After all, everyone's gifts were secretly prepared, and she really wanted to know what everyone gave.

Xin Zhuo started to unwrap the presents in the order he found them.

After the first small box on the tree house was opened, it was a writing brush. A living puppet was painted on the slender pen. You could tell who gave it to you at a glance. Shi Huaixi stood with the writing brush and actively asked questions , "How about it, exclusive little puppet, exclusive customization, does it look good?"

Xin Zhuo gently put the brush back, "Of course it looks good."

The second gift was unwrapped by the whole family, and it was indeed from Xin Jianran. It was a huge painting.

The painting shows them watching a dance together at night.

On the colorful lanterns all over the river, he and Shi Huaixi sat on a boat full of small gifts with the lanterns, while Xin Jianran and Xin's parents took another boat and followed them.

Together they looked at the stage on the bridge, people in green shirts were dancing, and yellow stars were falling down.

This painting calmed everyone's hearts, as if returning to that night again.

The third gift was from Mama Xin. It was a small incense burner, which was very light green and well-made. Mama Xin said it was made by a friend.

The last gift was an astronomical telescope from Dad Lu.

Xin Zhuo gently touched its shell. When he was very young, he liked to watch the stars. During that time, his parents were away from home for three to five days, so he asked the nanny to take care of him, but the nanny also got off work at night, and he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep. Sometimes, he would get up from the bed to look at the stars. At that time, he didn't know why, but he just felt that the stars were like elves guarding him.

They watched him tenderly, blinking, as if responding to his fear and loneliness.

When he went to his grandfather's place, he rarely looked at the stars like this, and even he himself somewhat forgot about this experience.

But Papa Lu always remembered.

"Use it tonight." He said, and then he smiled at his father after he was stunned for a moment.

It was a grateful smile.

In the evening, they took the cake to the terrace on the third floor. Father Lu also prepared a lot of skewers to take to the open-air barbecue, as well as cold beer and snacks.

The whole family sat together, ate and played games, and watched the stars together.

They watched the famous Orion Nebula together, and the Pleiades star cluster has also been found. It needs a longer exposure to see the star cluster, so they continued to eat, eat and play while waiting.

Xin Chuyun and Xin Zhuo sat on the swing, Xin Chuyun looked at her son who was already much taller than her, smiled and held up a beer to him, "Congratulations, Ah Zhuo is one year older."

Xin Zhuo touched the beer can with her, "Thank you." He paused, "Thank you and Dad for the gift too."

Xin Chuyun shook her head, "We want to thank you, thank you for being willing to go home, Ah Zhuo, my mother has always wanted to tell you that everything we did for you is not to ask you to forgive us, we have caused you a lot of harm in the past , so it is normal that you are not too close to us, we are not qualified parents, mother just wants you to be happy, and if we do something wrong in the future, I hope you can tell us so that we can correct it in time."

Xin Zhuo was silent for a long time before saying: "I will."

He really hasn't been able to accept his parents yet, but he has learned not to resist their love and apology - in someone's company.

He stared at the little puppet who was playing games, and realized that it wasn't just Xin Jianran's life that had been changed by him.

His life, also because of his arrival, turned to another direction.

What would he be like now without Shi Huaixi?

While in a trance, the little puppet turned around and waved to them, "Look at the stars!"

He said this, like many times before, allowing him to see new scenery.

They didn't rest until early in the morning. Xin Zhuo was lying on the bed, listening to the little puppet in dinosaur pajamas nestling on his shoulders and talking about how beautiful the nebula he saw, he gently squeezed his The dinosaur's small tail responded softly to him.

Finally Shi Huaixi fell asleep, "Good night, Xin Zhuo."

Xin Zhuo turned off the light, "Good night."

He said so, but did not feel sleepy.

He thought about everything after meeting Shi Huaixi, and the memories flowed with the night.

I don't know how long it took, the puppet in the shoulder and neck moved, and the voice was sleepy, "Can't sleep? What are you thinking?"

Xin Zhuo held him, his heart beat faster and faster, "Shi Huaixi."

"Ok?"

"I like you, would you like to try with me?"

After he finished this sentence with a blank mind, he felt that time was frozen, until the soft round hand came up, and he heard a very calm and natural answer, "Okay."

The author says:

Happy birthday Zhuoer!

Congratulations to our Zhuo'er for the double happiness today hahaha, it's time to talk about sweet love!

I really like this feeling of success, it's neither strong nor surprising, it's just a natural confession.

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