dear tiger tooth boy

01

When it was close to zero, the drowsy crowd began to stir slowly.

A large golden clock is set up in the central square of the park. Representatives of the Gwangju City Government will ring the bell at zero o'clock and at the same time set off the first cluster of fireworks in the new century.

Crowded, everyone wants to be closer to the center of the square.

The winter night is deep, and the temperature is actually quite low.But the Gwangju government added some heating measures in advance, and there were so many people, and everyone was immersed in the excitement of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. For a while, the whole park showed a rare vitality at night.

Yunhao and Zhao Chengbin protected the three girls in the middle, trying to avoid the turbulent crowd.

Jiang Ning looked around.She is not short, so she rarely realizes how petite she is.

The two boys had long hands and long legs, and although they were both thin, they were enough to make the three girls who huddled in the crowd feel safe.Jiang Ning lowered her head, looked at each other with Zhi Zhi, and smiled inexplicably.

Jiang Ning suddenly thought, the three of them, wrapped in thick padded jackets and moving slowly, looked like three stupid squirrels.

But these two guys are like two trees that haven't grown up yet, but are trying to protect them from the wind and rain.

The crowd finally calmed down temporarily.

"What are you laughing at?" Yunho said so, but he couldn't help laughing.

"Brother! Hug!" Zhizhi suddenly stretched out his hands and threw himself into Yunhao's arms, then raised his face and looked at Yunhao happily with a smirk.

Yunho was hit by this sudden "human shell" and almost backed away.He stabilized his body and patted Wisdom on the head: "You are a fool!"

Jiang Ning couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Enfei and Zhao Chengbin glanced at each other involuntarily, then quickly averted their eyes, and looked elsewhere uncomfortably.

The atmosphere was a bit weird, and Jiang Ning's smile slowly stopped.

Suddenly, Jiang Ning stretched out her arms to Zhizhi and shouted: "Wisdom! Hug!"

Wisdom turned his head and looked at Jiang Ning with some surprise.

Several other people also looked at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning's face was inexplicably hot, but she could only bear it to the end. She took a deep breath and said to Zhizhi again: "Hug!"

Zhizhi came to his senses at this time, let go of Yunhao, and hugged Jiang Ning with a smile.

Yunho and Zhao Chengbin finally understood after watching it.The two boys stretched out their hands and gently held the three girls together.

When Jiang Ning touched Zhao Enfei's back, she could feel his body stiffen.

Although with some hesitation, Zhao Enfei finally hugged everyone slowly, slowly.

"when!"

The first bell of the new millennium has finally struck.

"Make a wish!"

Wisdom almost screamed out the word, but the next second, her voice was lost in the excited voices.

"The dance competition went well!"

"The one you love is in good health!"

"Be the one who will never be abandoned!"

"To be a great man!"

"I don't fail the exam and eat a lot of delicious food!"

The sound of fireworks is deafening, and there is a din of people.

Everyone blushed and roared out their expectations and desires hoarsely.

Although everyone can't hear their own voice at all.

Precisely because everyone can't even hear their own voice.

The fireworks are brilliant, like falling stars.

Everyone's face is sometimes radiant, and sometimes joyful and peaceful.

Jiang Ning looked at the friends around her.

Everyone's eyes seemed to be planted with a firework.

Five children shoulder to shoulder, put five heads together.

"Happy New Year!"

Happy new millennium.

Thanks for your presence.

Thank you for showing up.

Jiang Ning said silently in her heart.

02

Dusk fell.In a certain villa of Zhao Chengbin's family, the lights were brightly lit, and bright laughter could be heard from time to time.

In the house, all kinds of ingredients were piled up on the floor, the hot pot was bubbling, and the mist was filled with a different kind of warmth.

Several children sat around the hot pot, shouting happily.

"Congratulations to our handsome Yunho oppa for winning No.1 in the Gwangju regional audition!"

"Congratulations to Zhao Enfei for successfully entering the selection finals! You can go to Seoul!"

"Oh celebrate! Congratulations!"

"cheers!"

Everyone raised their wine glasses or juice glasses.

"and many more!"

It was Jo Seung-bin who shouted this sentence.He held a can of beer in one hand, and raised the other hand high, with a full face of resentment: "Ah, before drinking, did you forget something?"

"What did you forget..." Jiang Ning pretended to be thinking, "Hmm..."

Zhizhi also looked like he was thinking hard, and then suddenly realized: "Ah, I know!"

Zhao Chengbin hummed: "Really, I need to remind you."

Jiang Ning and Zhizhi looked at each other and smiled: "Congratulations to Jiang Ning and Zhizhi for graduating from primary school! Children's Day will no longer be celebrated, and we will become adults!"

"congratulate!"

"cheers!"

The three girls held their cups high on purpose.

Zhao Chengbin's smile froze just now.With black lines on his face, he drank the wine in the glass sadly.

"Ah, you kid, don't drink so much." Yunho reminded Zhao Chengbin, "I'll carry you to the room when you lie on the floor later."

Cho Seung Bin pretended to be sad, with teary eyes, and said softly: "Leave me alone, I'm not No.1, only No.2 me, just sleep on the floor."

Yunho smiled and punched him.

"Okay." Jiang Ning seemed to have had enough trouble, and really couldn't stand Zhao Chengbin, a big boy biting his lower lip in a disgusting way.She moved to Zhao Chengbin's side with a smile, and lightly touched his cup: "Congratulations to you and Yunho, after so long and hard practice and competition, you can finally go to Seoul to participate in the final selection."

A smile overflowed from the corner of Zhao Chengbin's mouth, but he still tried his best to restrain himself, and raised his head: "I want you to say it alone, Chengbin oppa, congratulations, you are so handsome when you dance! I admire you so much! Well, tell me."

"Eh? I don't want it." Jiang Ning said with disgust, "What you said is disgusting."

"Huh, disgusting?" Zhao Chengbin made an exaggerated injured look again, "Ah, the person who got No.2 really has no human rights! Your name is Yunhao, so Yunhao oppa Yunhao oppa is so easy to say? Come to me. It's getting nasty."

"Seung Bin oppa! You are so handsome!"

Suddenly, there was a voice so charming that it gave people goosebumps.Zhao Chengbin turned his head subconsciously, but a large group of lettuce was stuffed into his mouth unexpectedly.

The coquettish voice seemed to be just an illusion, replaced by Zhao Enfei's vicious voice: "Shut your mouth and eat well. You obviously lost to Yunho's oppa, and the result is even worse than No.1!"

"Ahem, that's because the judge has bad eyesight..." Zhao Chengbin muttered while chewing his mouthful of vegetables, and at the same time took the time to comment on Zhao Enfei's food feeding service, "Oh, classmate Zhao Enfei, you can give me more Get some meat, so many dishes, so much... huh?! Oh my god! Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough... um..."

Zhao Chengbin suddenly coughed in pain, tears welled up in his eyes, and at the same time waved hurriedly, signaling for a drink of water.

Jiang Ning hurriedly handed the water to Zhao Chengbin: "What's wrong?"

While drinking water, Zhao Chengbin glared at Zhao Enfei with hatred.

Zhao Enfei slowly took out a piece of meat from the hot pot and tasted it carefully.

"It's nothing," Zhao Enfei said happily, "I just accidentally put a little extra mustard and chili on the handsome Seung Bin oppa's meat."

"Hahahahahaha..." Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Chengbin wiped his mouth resentfully, and said helplessly, "You, you will never be so cute..."

03

The night was getting dark, Zhao Chengbin and Zhao Enfei drank a few more glasses of wine, and returned to their respective rooms with the last remaining will.Wisdom eats so much that his belly is round and he gets sleepy easily, and he has long since collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.

Jiang Ning and Yunhao helped Zhao's aunt roughly clean up the mess, and stood on the balcony chatting.

The Zhao family's villa is very close to the sea.Standing on the balcony, you can hear the endless singing of the sea not far away, and when you look up, you can see the stars all over the sky.

Taking advantage of the school holidays, five children ran to this idle villa for vacation.It is not only a graduation trip for Jiang Ning and Zhizhi, but also a celebration for Yunho and Zhao brothers and sisters to participate in the SM company's trainee selection contest and win staged victories.

"It's so beautiful." Jiang Ning sighed softly, propping up the fence with both hands.

"Yeah." Yunho responded softly.

"I thought you would say something like, 'You can't see anything at night, how beautiful is it'." Jiang Ning laughed, "If you say that, I might not be able to help but beat you."

Yunho also put his hands on the fence and laughed: "I'm such a spoiler? Now I can hear the sound of the waves, feel the sea breeze, and see the stars. And... Anyway, it's beautiful and I'm in a good mood beautiful."

Jiang Ning nodded: "Yes, it's beautiful. The mood is also beautiful."

"Look," Yunho suddenly pointed into the distance, "Jiang Ning, what is that?"

Jiang Ning looked in the direction Yunhao pointed, and there seemed to be a little light on the sea.

Jiang Ning asked, "Is that a fishing boat?"

Yunho shook his head: "It's a lighthouse."

Jiang Ning looked at the little light and said nothing.

"Look," Yunho said, "everything that can be seen is something that emits light."

Everything that can be seen is luminous.

Jiang Ning silently repeated this sentence in her heart.

"Jiang Ning, actually I've always wanted to ask you," Yunhao looked into the distance, "What do you want to do when you grow up?"

"I..." Jiang Ning was speechless for a while, and then nodded honestly, "To be honest, I don't know... Yunhao, have you always wanted to be a singer?"

Yunho shook his head: "When I was very young, I also wanted to study law and become a prosecutor just like my grandfather. Later, I fell in love with dancing, and gradually discovered that the stage has a fatal attraction for me."

Yunho paused for a moment, his tone was a bit more solemn: "In order to be able to stand on the stage, I am willing to put in [-]% of my efforts."

Jiang Ning turned her head to look at Yunhao.The boy's side face was not very clear in the night, but he was extremely determined.

"That's great." Jiang Ning said sincerely, "I really envy you."

Yunho was a little embarrassed by Jiang Ning's straightforward sincerity. He scratched his head: "You can think about it now, what do you want to do most? What attracts you the most? It's not too late now."

Jiang Ning shook her head with some disbelief: "I told you, the only thing I wanted to do since I was a child was probably... to find my mother and live with her... You still think it's ridiculous, right? However, there is no need for this now..."

"why?"

These three words almost reached Yunhao's throat.But looking at Jiang Ning's expression that he didn't want to talk deeply, Yunhao swallowed these words back alive.

Jiang Ning only mentioned to Yunhao that her parents divorced, her father passed away, and her mother ran away from home when Jiang Ning was very young. Such a simple description.Jiang Ning herself doesn't know all kinds of complicated reasons, let alone talk to outsiders.

"It's not ridiculous." Yunho said seriously, "If you want to find someone, this can also be the thing you want to do the most."

"Thank you." Jiang Ning shook her head with a wry smile, "Unfortunately, I can't find her anymore. Yunho, I can't find her anymore..."

Jiang Ning thought of that interview again, and couldn't help feeling sore again.

Although he didn't understand where the sadness came from, Yunho could feel Jiang Ning's loss and pain at the moment.

"Then let her come to you." Yunho said loudly.

Jiang Ning blinked and looked at Yunhao.

"Then let her come to you." Yunho repeated.

"Jiang Ning, we can become lighthouses, stars, and sparkling things."

"In this way, when your mother sees you, she can find you."

However, even if she saw me, she would not come to me.

Jiang Ning retorted silently and sadly in her heart.

However, these few words of Yunhao are really like stars, like fireworks, which made Jiang Ning feel inexplicably warm and moved.

Jiang Ning laughed: "Well, Yunho is now on the way to become a lighthouse and a star."

Yunho answered with a smile, with the innocence and stubbornness of a boy in his tone: "Well, I will work hard. In order to let you... let you all see me at a glance. I will work hard to shine."

Jiang Ning gave a soft "um", her eyes were unprecedentedly gentle, but her mood was inexplicably complicated.

Yunho, at that time you were shining, can you still see this dusty me?

The author has something to say:

Today I caught a cold and went to the hospital to hang water, and I slept all afternoon.Sorry for the late update.