Rising like the sun

Lin Zhiye breathed a sigh of relief, and when she was gone, she shouted to Meng Sheng, who was showing half of her head, "Come out."

Meng Sheng moved out slowly, rubbed his numb legs, "Brother, I want to know how many Gongdou dramas you have watched."

"Don't tell Li Xin and the others what happened just now."

"It scared me to death. I thought you were going to sacrifice yourself for others." Meng Xing patted his chest, "Since I don't need to do it, why did you ask me to come and watch? Will you interview you afterwards?"

"I'm afraid that if you know that Zhang Xiaoxiao and I met alone, you will not be able to tell clearly."

Seeing Lin Zhiye caring so much about his own thoughts, Meng Xing felt a burst of pride, grabbed his shoulders, and walked across the playground to the school gate.

"Your method is not bad, but the process of using violence to control violence is too extreme, and it gives me a headache."

Lin Zhiye sighed, "I didn't want to get rough with her... If you knew how much her casual slander would affect their brothers and sisters, you wouldn't think I was extreme."

Meng Sheng thought for a while, "You're too nervous, I don't believe she can cause much trouble."

"Maybe, but it's enough to destroy Li Qing."

Hearing what he said, Meng Yuehe asked hesitantly: "Li Xin's sister, has something happened..."

Lin Zhiye's expression clearly showed a trace of sadness, but he replied simply: "Don't ask anything, I don't know."

Soon, Li Yu announced the good news in the "mutual aid study group": "Comrades, brothers, Zhang Xiaoxiao finally stopped pestering me."

Meng Sheng posted a happy emoji in the group.

Li Yu also replied with a cute animation.

The two came and went, fighting for pictures, and the painting style gradually changed from cute to ghostly, and the winner was not determined for a long time.

Until Li Xin said: You probably don't know yet, the final exam will be after New Year's Day, the two of you, Dou Tu, should study hard, if you don't understand, ask me and Ye Zi in time.

There was no sound in the group.

The bus was driving unsteadily, Lin Zhiye caught a glimpse of Meng Sheng's serious face from the corner of his eye, and he was not at all as happy as before.He smiled silently, looked at the sparse passengers around him, and gently rested his head on the broad shoulders beside him.

"My son saved his pocket money and gave me a New Year's gift. I am very pleased, thank you son." Meng Sheng read into his phone.

"what?"

"Uncle Li's latest news, this dress..." Meng Sheng raised the phone to Lin Zhiye's eyes, "It seems to be the same as the one that Brother Yu gave Li Xin."

Lin Zhiye stopped writing, looked up at the accompanying picture, and saw a middle-aged man with a short, fat body, good features, and a friendly face, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in that Burberry down jacket, making a victory gesture.

"Oh, Li Xin returned the clothes to Li Yu."

"Why?" Meng Xing asked puzzled.

"He thinks it's too expensive, maybe I shouldn't remind him to pay attention to the brand of the clothes. Although Li Xin is smart, she doesn't know anything about fashion."

Meng Xing hesitated to speak, and silently did the meeting questions, but still asked: "What New Year gift did Zhao Haocheng give you?"

Lin Zhiye thought about it, "Versace's perfume."

In the past few days before New Year's Day, he received too many small things, such as incense, perfume, essential oils, handmade soap... probably because he often uses the perfume left by his mother, those girls think he likes fragrance s things.It would be more practical to send a family bucket, which can satisfy the gluttony in front of you.

"Oh, he's quite fashionable too..." Meng Sheng commented indifferently, without asking what Lin Zhiye gave Zhao Haocheng, he had already complained about his thermos a hundred times in his heart.

Why didn't he think of perfume or something?The scent I chose by myself stays on Lin Zhiye's delicate skin, and I can smell it even if I bury my nose in my neck...Thinking about it, I think it's too fucking sexy.

Why choose a thermos cup?It feels like a gift given to each other by lonely old people who met while dancing in the square dance.

"Your cup is the most practical."

"I want you to be able to drink hot water at any time."

Lin Zhiye smiled slightly, seeing the beautiful lines on his face made Meng Sheng flustered for a while.

"What are you going to give me?" Meng Xing asked.

"Tonight."

"By the way, Aunt Man asked me to go back for dinner at night."

Lin Zhiye nodded, "Oh, I'd better stay by myself, remember to prepare dinner before leaving."

"Aren't you planning to go home for the whole New Year's Day?"

Lin Zhiye showed a wry smile, "I won't return."

"It's New Year's Eve tonight, how can I leave you alone."

"Aren't you back in the middle of the night?" Lin Zhiye said with a smile.

"Of course come back," Meng Sheng looked at him sincerely, "Come back to have dinner with me!"

Lin Zhiye shook his head slightly, "It's better not to."

"It's okay, they know you are my classmate."

"What else can it be if it's not a classmate? Are you going to come out with your family?"

Meng Sheng suddenly showed a embarrassed expression, and replied seriously: "This... I haven't thought about how to tell my family. I will talk about it when I am ready, so don't miss it."

"I didn't say I was going."

Meng Sheng lowered his head desolately, "I specifically told them to prepare more light food."

After a long silence, Lin Zhiye compromised, "Wouldn't it be strange for your family to take me to dinner?"

"No, our family...was not originally a family."

"Then when we go to the supermarket, buy a toy for your brother."

It was still early, so they went to Meng Sheng's barber shop first.

This is a storefront of about 80 square meters, divided into 2 rooms.Once you enter the door, you will have your hair cut, and then you can dye, perm and wash your hair inside. It seems that there is also a tattoo business.Lin Zhiye could tell that the Meng family really wanted to make the store more fashionable, so they added a lot of fashion elements. The rustic freshness can be integrated with steampunk, bringing the combination of earth and foreign to the extreme.

When Lin Zhiye entered the door, a remote control racing car ran into his feet, and a tiger-headed little boy was standing 2 meters away looking at him.

"Xiao Zhuo, hurry up and say I'm sorry." The pretty young woman was cutting hair for a customer, and she glanced here hastily.

"My brother is here!" The boy blinked his big clever eyes, and rushed towards Meng Sheng who was behind Lin Zhiye.

"Who allowed you to drive in the store, do you have a driver's license?" Meng Sheng stretched out his strong arms, lifted his half-brother Meng Zhuo up, and said with a fierce face on purpose.

"Hello." Lin Zhiye pinched the boy's little face, and said in a soft tone that even surprised him.

"You are so handsome." Meng Zhuo stared at him blankly and said honestly.

"Isn't your brother handsome? You haven't even praised me." Meng Sheng put his brother down and walked to the woman, "Aunt Man, this is my classmate Lin Zhiye."

Aunt Man looked up at Lin Zhiye, smiled softly, "Xiao Meng mentioned you many times, so you are really handsome."

"Dad, my classmate is here." Meng Xing yelled, and walked to the inner room. After Lin Zhiye greeted Aunt Man, he followed behind him.

A tall, middle-aged man in ripped jeans was curling someone's hair, with thick brown curly hair, looking cool.When the man turned his head, Lin Zhiye felt that he almost saw the rock version of Meng Xing when he was middle-aged.Although he had already seen this family in photos, the dynamic ones were obviously different from the static ones.

"Hello, hello, hey, he's so handsome, I thought some celebrity came to my store to shoot a reality show."

Lin Zhiye was also a little embarrassed to be praised by his family one after another.

"I told you, my classmate, Lin Zhiye." Meng Xing introduced.

"Hello, Uncle Meng."

"My father's name is Mr. Philip."

As soon as Lin Zhiye lowered his head, Meng Zhuo appeared beside him at some point.

"Really, I would have chosen an English name in "Game of Thrones" if I knew it earlier." Father Meng fixed the clip skillfully, "Your mother named me this name just to tease me, and now those returning customers call me Mr. Electrical Appliances. "

"Who's messing with you? Don't you like it yourself!" Aunt Man outside laughed and shouted.

Meng Zhuo broke out into a child's sharp laughter, and turned around to play with the remote control car.

"Student Ye, sit down first. After finishing this job, I'll go home and cook."

"Where are the others?" Meng Xing asked his father.

"It's a holiday, young people are going to have a holiday."

Lin Zhiye sat down in the waiting area, Meng Sheng took off his coat, and cleaned up skillfully and swiftly.He was wearing an old tracksuit underneath, which seemed to be specially prepared for work.

"Xiao Meng said that you are studying well."

"It's not bad, better than him." Lin Zhiye picked up a magazine casually.

"He's going to praise you to the sky, saying that you are the school girl and the captain of the basketball team. When I saw you today, you really lived up to your reputation."

"vice captain."

"Your hairstyle suits you quite well. Where do you usually get your haircut? Would you like to come to my place next time?" Father Meng began to use his unique eloquence skills as a barber. "Although my shop is not big, it also often receives From a wealthy family, do you know Xiaomeng's buddy Li Yu?"

"Ah."

"He just often—"

"Aunt Man!" Li Yu's voice suddenly rang out from outside.

Father Meng laughed, "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here."

"Xiao Zhuo, look what I bought for you!"

"Wow, what a big car, much bigger than mine."

"I want to cut it short...Xiao Meng, come and wash my hair." Li Yu walked into the room while taking off his clothes, "Why aren't you at home with me... Handsome Lin, you're here too!"

Lin Zhiye greeted with a smile, and then found that Li Xin and his sister had also followed.

"We'll accompany him to cut his hair and go to dinner." Li Xin sat down next to Lin Zhiye, with a scarf of the same style as Li Yu around his neck, "He insists on participating in some New Year's Eve event in the mall. Went home at midnight."

"It's good to have someone take you to play, otherwise you and Li Qing will be suffocated to death."

Li Qing stood awkwardly, said "Hi" to Lin Zhiye shyly, and hid outside.

"Sister, you are so beautiful." Meng Zhuo's crisp voice came, "Do you want to play with the car together?"

"My sister won't, you can play."

"I'll teach you, this is moving forward...you try it."

"Oh."

"Sister, if you hug me, I'll teach you to drift..."

Li Xin and Lin Zhiye looked at each other, and said in a low voice, "Brother Meng Xing? He is much better than his brother, and his future is limitless."

"Uncle Meng," Lin Zhiye introduced Li Xin to Father Meng, "this is the best student in our school."

"Really?" Father Meng looked at Li Xin in surprise, "I really don't know how the two of them knew such an outstanding child like you."

"Ah, we don't know each other if we don't fight." Li Xin coughed a few times and said in a relaxed tone.

Meng's father thought he was joking, so he smiled heartily, "Little Meng, it's possible. Li Yu's child has been the youngest since he was a child, and his legs are weak when he sees a fight."

When Li Yu finished cutting her hair, Meng Zhuo was completely infatuated with Li Qing, "Sister, don't find a boyfriend yet, I will chase you after I go to college."

Li Qing laughed so hard that she was about to burst into tears, she agreed without hesitation before leaving.

Father Meng also finished the work at hand, told Aunt Man to keep an eye out for the customers who burned their heads, and then went home to cook.

Lin Zhiye silently observed Meng Sheng's stepmother, imagining what it would be like if that heartbroken man remarried one day.