Blow

After dinner, at Xia Jue's request, Wen Xiao took him to a nearby shopping mall to buy New Year's goods.

Before that, Wen Xiao and Wen Rushi had a phone call, and learned that Wen Zhengming's recovery of memory was not entirely accidental, but that the previous "Uncle Shao" Shao Wu had persevered. face.It is likely that Wen Zhengming became conscious because of his stimulation.

It is said that the situation was very urgent at that time, and Wen Zhengming was pushed into the emergency room, where he was on the verge of life and death.The doctor has even informed the family members that the patient may become a vegetative state, who knows that the final result will be a "miracle".

Wen Xiao thought to himself, this is probably also an arrangement of fate, Wen Zhengming went to the gate of hell once, and recovered his crimes.

Only in this way, Wen Rushi can no longer follow the original plan to cancel Wen Zhengming's investment company in the near future.For this reason, Wen Xiao repeatedly confirmed to her whether Wen Zhengming made things difficult for her after he found out about this incident, but Wen Rushi said no.

The tone of her answer was very affirmative, but Wen Xiao was still not at ease.

Maybe Wen Zhengming is still in the hospital for recuperation and doesn't have the energy to take care of too much, but what about the future?And besides that, he couldn't hide for too long that he was admitted to Peking University again and fell in love with Xia Jue.

"It seems that there are only boneless fish fillets here." In the supermarket on the bottom floor of the shopping mall, Wen Xiao came to his senses and heard Xia Jue asking next to him, "Shouldn't it be better to buy fresh fish for the Chinese New Year?"

Wen Xiao paused, and said, "Fish fillet is more convenient. Buy fresh fish and go back, will you kill it?"

"I will, what's so difficult about it," Xia Jue said casually, "I've killed chickens before."

Wen Xiao glanced at him lightly.

Xia Jue buried herself in the selection in the fresh freezer, concentrating as seriously as studying for the exam.He paid more attention to the various customs of the New Year than Wen Xiao, and the things in the shopping cart had piled up a hill.

Pedestrians passing by saw the two of them along this small "New Year's Goods Mountain" with curious eyes.

The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and most of the people who are busy buying new year's goods at this time are local office workers traveling together as a family.Wen Xiao and Xia Jue both had a southern accent and looked like students, but they didn't look like brothers.

But it's just curiosity.Meeting by chance in such a big city, no one would care too much about other people's affairs.

"...Mr. Bei?" When Xia Jue finally made a choice, Wen Xiao pushed the shopping cart to another row of shelves, when he suddenly heard a familiar address behind him.

He looked back, and it really was Wang Jinglei and Ms. Wang.

After entering the final exam week, Wen Xiao asked for leave because she was too busy, and did not go to tutor Wang Jinglei anymore.Not seeing each other for three weeks, Wang Jinglei cut her ponytail short and turned it into a round mushroom head, which made her eyes big and bright, lively and pretty.

Xia Jue once heard Xiao mention the title "Teacher Bei", and guessed the identity of the little girl in front of her in her heart, and turned her head to ask Wen Xiao for confirmation: "Is she..."

"Well, the students and parents when I was a tutor." Wen Xiao replied, taking him to greet each other and introduce each other.

Wang Jinglei looked pleasantly surprised, while Ms. Wang was very surprised.This shopping mall is very close to the community where Wang Jinglei's home is located, so it's not surprising to meet her once in a while. What surprised Ms. Wang was that Wen Xiao hadn't returned home for the New Year.

She knew that Wen Xiao was not a native of Beijing.

Regarding this, Wen Xiao lowered his head and smiled, but did not explain, because once he had to explain, it would inevitably involve a lot of family affairs.

Looking at his expression, Mama Wang sensed that there was something hidden in it, so she stopped asking.

"Then, do you and your classmates want to come to my house for New Year's Eve dinner?" But she took the initiative to send out an invitation, "Anyway, our family is just me and Lei Lei. You two young guys, you probably don't know how to cook? New Year's Eve dinner It’s best eaten at home.”

Wen Xiao was stunned unexpectedly: "That's too much trouble for you. I can't cook, but he is quite good at it."

"Oh, there is nothing to disturb or not to disturb a meal," Wang's mother said enthusiastically, "I couldn't thank you for Leilei's naughty last time, and I forgot to write a thank you letter. I haven't had time. Now Isn’t it just right? It’s good if you can cook, just do me a favor, okay?”

"That's right, you guys come here," Wang Jinglei also said, "My mother just thought it was not lively enough for Chinese New Year."

Wen Xiao and Xia Jue looked at each other.Wen Xiao recalled the scene when he and Wen Rushi were at home during Chinese New Year last year, and felt that Wang Jinglei's words were somewhat true.

"Do you have to hesitate for so long? Think my house is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den? I asked you to come to have a New Year's Eve dinner, but I didn't want to eat you. Why are you so nervous?" Wang Jinglei waited for a while, and began to urge.

Mother Wang reprimanded lightly: "Leilei! There are no rules."

Wang Jinglei snorted.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Wen," Mama Wang apologized to Wen Xiao, "You know, this girl is not polite, don't be as knowledgeable as her. But her main meaning is that you can come, otherwise the house is really deserted. "

Speaking of this, it is very difficult for Wen Xiao to refuse.He finally agreed: "Well, we'll come over together the day after tomorrow, so don't trouble Auntie."

"I'm not afraid of trouble, but I'm afraid you won't come." Mother Wang said with a smile.

They lined up together to go to the cashier to check out, and parted ways at the entrance of the supermarket.Wen Xiao and Xia Jue went to the locker to get the new clothes they bought, and then went back to the apartment.

On the way, Xia Jue was constantly distracted and in a daze.

"What's the matter?" Wen Xiao asked him, "Don't like Aunt Wang, and don't want to go to her house for New Year's Eve dinner?"

Xia Jue was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, she's quite nice. I'm just a little emotional."

"What are you feeling?"

"I feel that you are so attractive," Xia Jue said gloomily, "If that little girl is a few years older, I wonder if my aunt regards you as her son-in-law."

"Impossible." Wen Xiao flicked his head.

Xia Jue said with complicated eyes: "It's hard to say if I'm thinking blindly, but you may be really blind——Wen Xiao, Wang Jinglei obviously likes you, but you didn't see it."

Wen Xiao was puzzled: "Her? She's only very old, and she's said many times that she doesn't like me."

Xia Jue sighed.

"You also said, how old is she?" He said in a rather helpless tone, "The way a little girl expresses her liking is childish, and it's normal. It's like some boys always make the girl they like angry, and she says she doesn't like you , to tell you the truth, I probably fell in love with you, let alone—"

"not to mention?"

"What's more, you did a lot for her: she got lost, you helped her aunt find someone together; when she found out about her father, the sky fell, and you talked with her; even her ideal was protected by you... ...you are so nice, how could she not like you?"

Xia Jue's words were filled with a sour taste that was about to overflow.Wen Xiao was silent for two seconds after listening.

"Speak up." The two sat side by side on the bus, Xia Jue touched him with her knee, "You won't be tempted again."

Wen Xiao laughed.

Xia Jue's jealousy turned upside down in an instant, the alarm bells all over her body rang out, and she immediately threatened: "Don't move!"

"Yes, Officer Xia," Wen Xiao replied lazily, "If I move, you can shoot me, okay?"

"...Playing with me again." Xia Jue couldn't help complaining when he heard that he was obviously joking.

"I always say I'm playing tricks on you, but I don't know how to use my brain more." Wen Xiao looked at him amusedly, "You can also eat children's jealousy."

Xia Jue said angrily, "I'm not referring specifically to Wang Jinglei. There must be more than one Ji Xinci around you, and there are both men and women, you just can't tell."

"So much resentment," Wen Xiao wanted to laugh even more when he heard it, and asked, "Do you want to go back later and let me let you shoot a few shots to enjoy yourself?"

"What?" Xia Jue was at a loss.

Wen Xiao whispered something in his ear.

Xia Jue's face flushed instantly, and she didn't have the nerve to raise her head until she got out of the car.

At night, the two had a serious discussion on the issue of "shooting".

At the depth of the discussion, Wen Xiao asked softly: "You have handed over all my bullets/ammunitions, where else can I be tempted... But you, do you still want to shoot me a few times? Have you enjoyed it?"

Xia Jue's eyes were wet, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" can't control the "barrel" by himself, she was so poor and tearful.

A day later, they took a nap and went out together to spend New Year's Eve at Wang Jinglei's house.

The streets are empty, and Beijing, which has lost nearly two-thirds of its foreign population, looks much more relaxed.The two knocked on the door of Wang Jinglei's house with the word "Fu", and first gave two red envelopes.

Wang Jinglei refused to accept it, and it was even more impossible for Wang Mama to accept it.Wen Xiao and Xia Jue had no choice but to put them back in their pockets, planning to leave them quietly before leaving.

There are a few ceramic New Year's dolls in the room, which has a kind of festive atmosphere that is not usually seen.Xia Jue went to help in the kitchen, while Wen Xiao chatted with Wang Jinglei in the living room, making dumplings.

"Why don't you want to receive red envelopes?" Wen Xiao asked.

Wang Jinglei curled her lips: "Please, can you show some image? If I accept your red envelope, doesn't it mean that you are really an old man in front of me?"

Wen Xiao was noncommittal.

"Oh, don't feel inferior." Wang Jinglei pretended to be generous, "To be fair, you are not much older than me, you are six years old."

Wen Xiao said, "Six years old means that when I fell in love early, you were still playing with mud in elementary school."

"Who is playing with mud in elementary school!" Wang Jinglei was angry.

Wen Xiao smiled.

"...Have you ever been in love since childhood?" Wang Jinglei asked again, "With whom, you should have broken up a long time ago."

Wen Xiao looked in the direction of the kitchen and said, "There is no division, and there will be no division in the future."

This time Wang Jinglei was stunned for a while, then stammered: "You, you really have a girlfriend."

There was an unprecedented loss in her expression.If Wen Xiao was a vagabond who had known girls since he was a child, he would understand that this was the first time a girl's dream had been shattered at an early age.

However, Wen Xiao was not.

So he just thought it was a bit funny for Wang Jinglei to put on such a lost look even though she was a child.

So Wang Jinglei suppressed her sadness and continued to make two dumplings, but she still didn't get any comfort.She suddenly stood up without a word and ran to the room, knocking off the remote control on the coffee table on the way.

Loud "click" sound.Ms. Wang couldn't help but came out of the kitchen to have a look, and asked, "What's going on? Where's Lei Lei?"

Wen Xiao picked up the remote control and pointed to the upstairs bedroom.

Mama Wang wiped her hands apologetically, and came over and said, "This kid is throwing a temper again... I'll take care of it with you. Xiao Xia is so capable, I'm redundant in it."

As she spoke, she sat down and chatted with Wen Xiao while packing.

There were about four or five times during this period, her eyes swept over the earring on Wen Xiao's right ear.Wen Xiao simply stopped what he was doing and looked at her quietly.

"I'm sorry," Mama Wang felt embarrassed, her face was full of embarrassment that she was secretly sizing up and being discovered, "I just saw this on your ear, and Xiao Xia—"

There was already some doubt in her tone.After all, unlike girls, no matter how good the relationship between boys is, they seldom wear similar accessories together.

Wen Xiao thought about it and decided not to hide it, so he calmly said, "Well, it's a couple."

Mama Wang was obviously stunned.

She seemed to be confused and suddenly realized, and repeated uncertainly: "A couple?"

Wen Xiao silently made a new dumpling, put it lightly on the tray, then stood up and said, "Auntie, I didn't mean to hide it deliberately, but I didn't think it was necessary to mention it before. Now if you no longer welcome us here Yes, we can leave now."

His meaning was obvious, and it was impossible for Mrs. Wang not to understand.

But she was more just shocked, and didn't show any hatred or hostility.

"Xiaowen, what are you doing," Mama Wang subconsciously said, "Who said you are not welcome here?"

Wen Xiao stood there quietly without answering.

"Sit down, sit down." Instead, Mama Wang became uneasy, "I'll go to the kitchen to have a look."

But Xia Jue was in the kitchen, she came out not long after she entered.

Wen Xiao sat on the sofa silently, with his head down, and his fingers crossed.

He was actually just recalling what dishes were still in the refrigerator in the apartment, and if he and Xia Jue were driven away, would they be able to eat enough when they went back.But in Wang's mother's opinion, this posture is too pitiful.

Ms. Wang couldn't help thinking: Why, such an excellent, kind-hearted, and sensible boy, just because he is a couple with another boy, can't go home to reunite with his relatives during the Chinese New Year, so he falls into such a wronged situation.

"Xiao Wen," she called out very gently, "you can spend a good year in peace at Auntie's house, don't think too much about it."

Wen Xiao raised his head, his eyes slightly surprised.

Mama Wang simply sat down beside him and continued making dumplings one by one with a calm expression.

Wen Xiao hesitantly picked up another piece of dumpling wrapper: "You..."

"This matter is out of my control, and it has nothing to do with me. Why don't I welcome you?" Mother Wang said, laughing to herself, "And I wanted to talk to you, because I found out that Lei Lei's thoughts It's getting more and more wrong, maybe I have some thoughts about you. Now that you...don't I feel more relieved?"

Wen Xiao was stunned when he heard that, he really didn't expect that as an elder who represented the previous generation, she could accept the relationship between herself and Xia Jue so quickly, and with such a positive and kind attitude.

"Thank you." He pursed his lips and said softly.

Mama Wang smiled and shook her head: "What are you thankful for? I also want to thank you all. This may be the most lively New Year's Eve in our family in recent years."

During their conversation, the bag containing the dumpling wrappers slowly bottomed out, and a large plate of plump and round dumplings was poured into the water and steamed out of the pot.

At around five o'clock in the evening, under the warm lighting, four people gathered around a sumptuous dinner table, chatting while eating.

Wang Jinglei must have cried hard, her eyes were still a little swollen.Wen Xiao soon discovered that she began to keep looking at Xia Jue.

Xia Jue was jealous, but she didn't really care about a child. She met Wang Jinglei's eyes a few times, and smiled at her in a friendly and gentle manner.

Wen Xiao saw that Wang Jinglei's face turned red obviously.

He quietly put a piece of beef into Xia Jue's bowl while staring into Wang Jinglei's eyes.

Naturally, Wang Jinglei also noticed his movements and looked over involuntarily.Wen Xiao looked away again, looked sideways at Xia Jue, and smiled softly.

Wang Jinglei felt dazed for a moment, she had never seen such a gentle expression on Wen Xiao.She looked back and forth between Wen Xiao and Xia Jue several times, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, she understood.

What followed was a burst of resentment over successive broken loves.She pounded the rice in the bowl with chopsticks a few times, making noise, and was scolded by her mother.

The little girl blushed and was about to cry again.

At 08:30 in the evening, before leaving, Wen Xiao handed Xia Jue's red envelope to Wang Jinglei again.This time, Ms. Wang had no time to stop her. Wang Jinglei snatched back the red envelope angrily, and ran upstairs.

"This little girl," Wang Mama said with a helpless expression, "How much did you give me? I will pay you back by WeChat transfer later."

Wen Xiao took out a red paper bag from his pocket and said, "No need, didn't you wrap it for us too?"

——and deliberately did not give it in person, but secretly hid it in the pocket of the coat, fearing that they would refuse.

"You found out?" Mama Wang was a little uncomfortable.

Wen Xiao pointed at Xia Jue: "He is careful, he discovered it."

Xia Jue said awkwardly: "I happened to have my phone in my pocket, and I accidentally found it when I was holding it. I'm sorry...thank you, auntie."

"Why do I have to apologize for this?" Ms. Wang laughed, looked at the two big boys in front of her, and sincerely wished, "If you find out, just put it away. You are all good boys. I hope you can all go home next year." good year."

At this time, Xia Jue still didn't understand the true meaning of Wang's mother's words. It was only after she left that she heard Xiao say that Wang's mother already knew about their affairs, so she was bewildered and surprised.

"You mean, she knows everything, and still treats us so well?" Xia Jue was dumbfounded, "I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Wen Xiao squeezed his face hard: "Does it hurt?"

"... Pain," Xia Jue hissed, "So it's true? Wen Xiao, it's all thanks to you."

Wen Xiao asked strangely, "What?"

"If it weren't for you being outstanding and kind, and helping their family so much, let alone being understood today, we probably wouldn't even have the chance to be invited to a New Year's Eve dinner," Xia Jue said in one breath, "Great, Wen Xiao. Really, that's great."

Seeing that he was happy, Wen Xiao also laughed and said, "Aunt Wang is very good."

"Well, but I'm not just talking about her," Xia Jue squeezed Wen Xiao's hand, and murmured, "Actually, I once doubted...but now I completely believe that all our kindness to the world is really true. is worth it."