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"Fucking, I'm finally seventeen!" Lin Yanxing said with a sip of Coca-Cola.

Chen Yan smiled slightly, sat casually on the curb, stretched her legs, raised her head, and looked at the layers of tree shadows.

Today is not only Lin Yanxing's birthday, but also the first anniversary of his rebirth. In a sense, it is a beautiful coincidence that their birthdays are on the same day.

He was in a great mood—Lin Yanxing is back, how can he not be in a good mood—but he didn't show it on the surface.

Once people grow up, they don't dare to express their emotions recklessly, especially when they show complacency. They always feel that once the god of fate sees them, they will find an opportunity to hit you, lest you stick your tail into the sky.

Therefore, Chen Ren's happiness is often kept secretly in his arms, only he knows it, enjoys it alone, and tastes it alone in the dead of night, he feels so safe.

He was so happy that he might not be able to sleep half the night today. Although he didn't show his expression, his emotions penetrated his skin, exuding a moving look on his face.

Lin Yanxing looked at him with gentle eyes, and finally flicked his cheek with his finger, very lightly, as if he was made of porcelain: "I'm seventeen, are you unhappy?"

"No." Chen Yan turned her watery eyes.

"Then why is your face pale?" Lin Yanxing asked.

Chen Yan asked back: "Is there?"

Lin Yanxing nodded: "Yes, not just today, you've been so weak all day long."

But when he was in South America—in dense forests, in river valleys, on plateaus, on mountain tops, in dangerous waters infested with crocodiles, above the thin air of snow, in the lifeless hot desert, on the banks of thundering waterfalls Bian—I don't know how much I miss this pale face.

I always thought that it would be great if Chen Yan was here, and it would be great for him to see the scenery in front of him. He might never have been out of Licheng City.

Did he know what a mountain was like when it was cut by fierce winds and ice?

Do you know what a mirror-like salt lake looks like?

Ever heard the sound of water like a roar from the devil's throat?

I must not know, I can't even imagine it.

So you must take him with you next time, every time.

Chen Eun said: "I'm naturally light-hearted, it's not interesting to watch anything."

Lin Yanxing made a serious face on purpose: "The birthday star is here today, don't be boring, just laugh and say a few auspicious words."

"I wish you good fortune like the stars in the universe, and a longevity longer than the Antarctic fairy." Chen Ren said.

Lin Yanxing stared: "I'm seventeen, not seventy."

Chen Yan shook the Coke bottle and said, "Shouxing Gong, hurry up and get something to eat, I'm hungry."

Lin Yanxing stood up obediently and went to buy food.

It's a treat, but it's just eating skewers outside the school gate. Today is not the weekend, so I don't have time to sit down and eat slowly.

There used to be a few old shops under the wall on the east side of the school. Recently, due to municipal planning, the wall was demolished, and then an iron fence was installed. As a result, there are bright-minded vendors selling food by the fence, mainly serving the students of No. [-] Middle School. The business here is very popular, welcoming and sending people every day.

Especially before and after evening self-study, the place is as lively as a food stall, known as the "food bar".

The school doesn't care much about this, firstly, small businesses and hawkers can't control it, and secondly, the school also knows that the food in the cafeteria is unpalatable.

Lin Yanxing snatched two handfuls of meat skewers from the crowd, stuffed half of them into Chen Yan's hands, and gnawed on a Coke, saying, "We'll have to have some beer at this time next year, sugar water is so boring. "

Chen Eun said: "Be honest, this time next year when you are in the third year of high school, and you are caught drinking by Mrs. Zhang, why don't you pull your tendons and skin your skin?"

Lin Yanxing suddenly asked, "When is your birthday?"

Chen Yan was taken aback by his question, and actually thought for a moment: "March... month."

"What date is March?"

Chen Yan recalled the number on the ID card: "It seems to be March [-]th."

"Like?" Lin Yanxing was convinced, "You don't remember your birthday?"

In fact, birthdays are things that people don’t remember when they are ignorant. It was only after their parents and family members congratulated and emphasized it that it became clear.

Chen Yan has never celebrated his birthday since he was a child. No one thought of cooking him a bowl of longevity noodles, and no one gave him a birthday gift or bought a piece of cake out of kindness. It was blurred in his mind.

In his previous life, he often saw people celebrating their birthdays with great fanfare, but he didn't envy them very much, because everyone has their own destiny, and he himself is not worthy of these.

"March [-]th, right?" Lin Yanxing said with a skewer in his mouth, "Okay, I'll remember."

Chen Yan chuckled: "Why do you remember this?"

Can you not remember my sweetheart's birthday?Lin Yanxing scolded him in his heart for being stupid.

Just wait for me that day, you'll be the one to watch!

"This meat is too old." Chen Yan puffed her cheeks cutely.

"Then eat slowly. Thanks to the math teacher not occupying the exercise class today, the two of us can sneak out. There is still more than an hour before self-study." Lin Yanxing said, looking at his watch.

Chen E held up the skewer and asked, "You are so tanned, how did you explain it to your father and Mr. Xu when you came back?"

"Tell me that I raise horses." Lin Yanxing laughed: "My mother did get a few horses over there. They were not purebred horses, and they were just riding for fun. But in front of my father and Brother Xu, I Just blow them into gods, and I serve sweaty horses every day, can I not be black?"

He paused for a moment, then leaned closer: "Is it really that dark?"

Chen Ren nodded.

"Won't you be handsome if it's dark?" Lin Yanxing was worried.

In fact, he is still handsome. Lin Yanxing's appearance is here, and he can be seen even if he is burnt into charcoal.

Chen Yan nodded, her cold and beautiful eyelids rolled up, and she said, "But the fuck let me compare."

Lin Yanxing took a bite of the meat skewer in his hand, threw away the bamboo stick, and insisted on opening his eyelids with his fingers: "Let me take a closer look."

"Don't make trouble!" Chen Yan almost burst into tears, and blinked sourly.

Lin Yanxing withdrew his hands and stared blankly.

The touch of Chen Ren's eyelashes still remained on his fingertips, fluffy and dense, itching to the bottom of my heart.

He wondered why the other party could create this itch with such a cold face and cold tone?Why doesn't my own school's flower class want flowers, only this itching?

Chen Yan asked: "What's wrong?"

Lin Yanxing was about to answer when he suddenly looked behind him and muttered a dirty word.

Chen Yan turned her head and saw four or five basketball teams rushing this way, and surrounded them with a smile.

Zhang Leilei, the leader, greeted Lin Yanxing: "Handsome, what a coincidence, you also eat skewers?"

The good world of two people was disturbed, Lin Yanxing was so angry that he didn't want to talk: "..."

Zhang Leilei came to elbow Chen Eun again: "Brother Eun, what a coincidence?"

"What?" Lin Yanxing asked, "You call him brother?"

Zhang Leilei said: "Yes, his birthday is one day older than mine, mine is on March [-], and his is on March [-]. I am such a polite little boy, I have to call Brother Ren even if I am younger."

Lin Yanxing questioned Chen Yan: "He knows your birthday, but you don't remember it yourself?"

"..." Chen Yan looked away in embarrassment.

Zhang Leilei and the others went shopping for skewers laughing and playing, and came back after a while, walking around Lin Yanxing and asking Nanmei if she was having fun.

Chen Yan frowned: "Do you know that he went to South America?"

"I know." Zhang Leilei said, "He told us before he set off, and he also said that he would catch a live crocodile and come back. What happened? Not even a crocodile fart. Hey handsome, let me ask you where the crocodile is?"

Chen Yan turned her head and questioned Lin Yanxing, "Tell them about your travel, but not me?"

"..." Lin Yanxing scratched his chin.

The two of them suddenly had an awkward fight, Chen Yan was really angry, Lin Yanxing just couldn't coax him in front of so many people.

"Hey, hello!" Zhang Leilei also knew that he was in trouble, but he wouldn't leave if he left, so he squatted down to watch the show instead, "Handsome, why didn't you tell Brother Li about such an important matter, lest he ask you for a gift What's wrong with taking advantage of someone?"

Lin Yanxing said angrily, "Get lost."

"Don't get lost." Zhang Leilei grinned, looking more like a monkey, "Are the piranhas in the Amazon River delicious?"

Chen Li got up and left, intending to stay away from these people, but Lin Yanxing grabbed his arm.

Chen Yan broke free, but her thin white wrist fell into Lin Yanxing's hands, just like falling into the claws of a wolf.

Chen Yan didn't turn his face away, Lin Yanxing stared at the ground even more, and the two just competed silently.

Zhang Leilei saw that the two of them were pulling each other out with wrong expressions, so he quickly made amends: "Chen Yan, don't leave, let's play a friendly match?"

Chen Yan let out a sigh of relief slowly, and said with restraint: "I don't know how to play basketball."

"It's not basketball, it's volleyball. I picked up a ball over there." Zhang Leilei smiled playfully, "Do you want to play?"

"Let's play." Lin Yanxing stood up and invited him with clear and deep eyes, "Today is my birthday."

"..."

Chen Yan was obviously still angry, so he followed behind by a ghost.

He does not admit that he is soft-hearted, but only admits that he likes to watch volleyball games, because volleyball does not have the physical collision like football and basketball, nor the dazzling like ping-pong, and it maintains a certain degree of intensity, which is more suitable for his personality.

He also played volleyball. In his previous life, there was a citizen's stadium near his home, which was the home court of a district-level amateur women's volleyball team.

When he has nothing to do, he goes to watch people practice. Watching him becomes a training partner, because volleyball is very easy to learn. As long as he can serve the ball over the net and catch the first pass, he can play without foundation.

If he hadn't died early, he would have been a full-fledged player. The [-] coach over there said that he was too handsome. During games, he wore a wig on his chest and stuffed two steamed buns. Most people would not suspect that he was a man.

If the action is too big and the steamed bun falls out, then rush to eat it, and the masses will understand.

He smiled when he thought of his old friend, Lin Yanxing keenly caught the smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked closely, "Aren't you angry?"

Chen Yan raised his arm to signal Lin Yanxing not to hold on, but the latter let go angrily, leaving red finger marks.

Zhang Leilei and others, together with Chen Yan and Lin Yanxing, made up a total of seven teams. They couldn't make up two teams, and there were three people who thought volleyball was boring and would rather watch from the sidelines, so the remaining four were divided into two teams, Chen Yan and Lin Yanxing. The first team, Zhang Leilei and Qian Kun from Class 8, Grade [-], played beach volleyball.

Lin Yanxing asked Chen Eun, "Can you do it?"

"meeting."

It's hard to say about other sports. For volleyball, Chen Yan has confidence in herself.

Lin Yan is half-believing.

The two have been at the same table for a year, and they have hugged each other countless times, but they have never played together. Chen Yan is not keen on sports, and basically only completes the prescribed movements.

Zhang Leilei won the right to serve, Lin Yanxing wanted to see Chen Yan's level, and when the ball came over, he deliberately let him catch it, but he missed five consecutive balls.

Lin Yanxing said with a little affection: "How can you call yourself a master? You are a two-handed knife."

Chen Yan got angry and shouted to Zhang Leilei: "Come again!"

Zhang Leilei said, "That's right!"

Lin Yanxing scolded with a smile: "Leizi, if you play tricky shots on purpose again, I'll fucking kill you!"

Zhang Leilei laughed loudly: "Did you see it? My volleyball level ranks high in our school, right?"

Chen Yanhou: "Leizi serves!"

Zhang Leilei jumped and served a straight and fierce ball, Chen Yan was hit to the ground, and finally pried the ball up.

"Yo, yes," Lin Yanxing accepted the second pass approvingly, "Pass it!"

Chen Yan jumped up, but it was a pity that she was not high enough, so she was caught in the net.

Lin Yanxing burst out laughing, and Chen Yan was furious!

Zhang Leilei is just strong, and his level is worse than that of the amateur women's volleyball team. If Chen Yan hadn't adapted physically, he would have been able to beat him to the ground no matter what!

"What are you laughing at?" He squinted at Lin Yanxing.

Lin Yanxing stared at the blush in the corner of his eyes, knowing that he was angry, but couldn't help but want to look: "It's nothing, keep going."

Zhang Leilei hit another ball like a cannonball, Chen Yan struggled to catch it, Lin Yan made a second pass, Chen Yan learned his lesson this time, and lobbed the ball over the net.Qian Kun over there was still standing there stupidly, not realizing that his side had lost a game at all.

Lin Yanxing had fun, and wanted to give Chen Yan a high-five, but Chen Yan refused, so Lin Yanxing grabbed his hand and pressed it against his palm: "Good fight."

The right to serve changed hands, Lin Yanxing habitually patted the ball and then held it up: "Now you guys look after me!"

He tosses the ball into the air for a jump serve, very cool, but it's out of bounds.

Zhang Leilei and Qian Kun exaggeratedly set up an arbor with their hands: "Damn it, they went to Siberia!"

Chen Yan burst out laughing, Lin Yanxing wasn't angry at all, and asked softly, "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Eun said: "There must be a pressing force when jumping, otherwise it is easy to go out of bounds."

"You really know how to play volleyball?" Lin Yanxing asked, "When did you learn it?"

Chen E said, "Physical education class."

"Liar, you never touch physical education." Lin Yanxing asked, "Who do you usually play with? Why don't you take me?"

"I played with Hui Hui'er in physical education class." Chen Yan said.

Lin Yanxing still didn't believe it, Jiang Shuhui walked smoothly, let alone playing ball.

Chen Yan reminded him: "Pay attention to the ball."

The right to serve changed hands again, this time for Qian Kun.

Qian Kun is a center forward trained by the school team. He is more than 1.9 meters tall, black and strong like a tower. When his ball rushed to Chen Ren, there was a sharp wind, and it hit the ground with a loud noise, bouncing two meters No matter how tall, Chen Yan didn't dare to answer: "..."

Zhang Leilei shouted: "Six to zero!"

Lin Yanxing glanced at Chen Yan's pale face, and said angrily at Qian Kun: "Fuck, are you serious?!"

Qian Kun said straightforwardly: "Ah? What?"

Lin Yanxing said, "Can you try serving the ball again?"

Qian Kun served the ball again, this time Lin Yanxing picked it up and put it on the ground for Chen Yan, Chen Yan accurately held it to the edge of the net, Lin Yanxing jumped up and dunked, the ball rubbed against Qian Kun's shoulder and landed with a bang, the sound shook the whole field, and the bounce Take off to Siberia.

Qian Kun yelled: "Damn! Shuai forced you to use brute force?"

"Are you fucking going to really try it?" Lin Yanxing roared.

Zhang Leilei understood, nothing else mattered, he couldn't embarrass Lin Yanxing's deskmate, he was invited to come and guide him, and he must serve him well.

Zhang Leilei, the monkey spirit, immediately released Chen Yan twice. Finally, Qian Kun regained the right to serve with a heavy dunk.

Chen Yan saw it, and said with a smile, "Don't let me."

"Never give up, I'm at this level!" Zhang Leilei said, winking at Lin Yanxing behind his back, Lin Yanxing made a tactical gesture, meaning it was received.

Zhang Leilei thought that the kebabs for three months had come to his mouth, but Qian Kun was stupid and thought Chen Ruan was weak, so he hit him with a heavy ball.

Chen Li believed that he had learned from a professional coach, and he was unwilling to show weakness and insisted on picking it up. After a few touches, blood spots appeared densely on his arm, and the capillaries were all broken.

Lin Yanxing quit immediately and dragged Chen Yan to leave, but Qian Kun blocked him stupidly: "Don't go, let's not fight for the right to serve, and we will play [-] balls in one round, two wins in three rounds!"

Lin Yanxing was impatient: "Go play by yourself!"

Chen Yan hurriedly grabbed her: "I won't leave, I want to play."

He was sweating, panting slightly, his face was flushed, his jet-black hair stuck to his forehead, his skin was as white as fine gauze, his eyes were moist and bright: "We won the battle before leaving."

Who can resist such a face?

After Lin Yanxing grabbed the ball, he rammed against Qian Kun. Chen Yan and Zhang Leilei acted as the setters for them. Zhang Leilei yelled, "They're all fucking heavy gunners, they killed them!"

Not long after the first round was over, Chen Yan and Lin Yanxing lost a little. They refused to accept it and urged the second round.

In the second game, Zhang Leilei was a traitor, and the setter was not good. Qian Kun lost very badly, so no one was allowed to rest for a minute, and he wanted to come to the third game cursingly.

In the third round, Chen Yan was exhausted, and Zhang Leilei simply withdrew from the match to serve as a referee. Only Lin Yanxing and Qian Kun were left on the court.

Chen Ren couldn't even straighten her waist, panted while laughing, and staggered to and fro.

Zhang Leilei went to help him, and said like someone who came over, "Men are just stupid, aren't they?"

Chen Yan smiled: "You are also a fucking man."

Zhang Leilei pointed to the two on the field and said, "If I have to be that stupid, I'd rather not be a man."

Those two were already red-eyed, their shirts were all off, they were sweating and throwing heavy balls to each other, calling each other idiots, not to mention skills, even the rules were gone.

Chen Yan collapsed on the sidelines with laughter: "There must be one who admits defeat first, right?"

In the end, it was Qian Kun who admitted first, because Lin Yanxing's two efforts were unreasonable. If Qian Kun didn't admit defeat, he could fight until tomorrow.

Zhang Leilei and those watching the game picked up Qian Kun and left, leaving Chen Ren and Lin Yanxing nestled in the corner, too tired to leave for a while.

Lin Yanxing lay down on the lawn and said, "...I'm dying of thirst."

Chen Yan wanted to buy water for him, but Lin Yanxing suddenly stopped him: "You were very happy just now, weren't you?"

"Huh?" Chen Yan touched her face.

Lin Yanxing propped up half of his body: "I haven't seen you smile like this for a long time."

So fresh, so open-minded, unrestrained, smiling like a flower.

Chen Rin's smile was either shallow or heavy.Lin Yanxing knew that he had a lot of worries, thoughts that did not belong to this age and would never be said, weighing heavily on him.

"If you like to play, come out to play more in the future." Lin Yan said calmly, "I will accompany you no matter what."

"..." Chen Yan moved her face closer, almost staring at her.

Lin Yanxing stepped back slightly, his fingers curled up, his eyes were full of chaos, as if any bandit who broke through his city gate was about to burn and kill him, and he had nowhere to hide.

"I'm not happy because I play ball." Chen Yan said slowly, "It's because..."

Because you are back.

You didn't abandon me.

Seeing that there was no one around, he supported Lin Yanxing's shoulders and put his arms around them: "...Happy birthday, buddy."

Lin Yanxing crashed into his green arms, his whole body was stiff from head to toe, so collapsed that he couldn't even move a hair.

Chen Yan put her face on his shoulder, her eyes were already wet.

How could Lin Yanxing know what he was thinking?This lost and found treasure, this hug that is like the rest of your life.

He once thought that he would never see Lin Yanxing again in this life, only through screens, paper, and billboards.

He said softly: "I didn't prepare a gift today, I will make it up for you later..."

"Do not……"

"No?" Chen Yan asked.

It's not that I don't want it, it's that I don't want to spend money, Lin Yanxing knows it's difficult for him, and doesn't want him to spend an extra penny.

Chen Yan let go, and Lin Yanxing grabbed his hand, clasping his thumbs tightly. The heat almost burned through both of them, until the bones and flesh melted and dripped together.

Lin Yanxing's eyes were burning, and he just said: "No gift, but drink with me on my birthday next year."

Without even thinking about it, Chen Yan said, "Okay."

The two smiled at each other, but unfortunately they were afraid that others would know what they were thinking.