Pretending to be cute

In the end, the two of them took a big bag home together.

Xiao Ling originally thought that since there were many sets of daily necessities at home, she might as well not buy them, but she took out a toothbrush, Li Mi put in another one that was exactly the same, took out a towel, and added another towel of the same color.

One for another, no more, no less, just like a woman's expression, firm and principled, Xiao Ling has nothing to do with Li Mi.

Even though the living area retreated, the food area was out of control. Whether it was Xiao Ling's favorites in the past or new snacks that he hadn't tried, Li Mi swept them all into the shopping cart.Seeing the full shopping cart, Xiao Ling sighed deeply.

"Sister Li, we can't finish eating so much, you prodigal."

Facing the angry responsibilities of his own children, Li Mi took another pack of potato chips with tomato flavor, lime flavor, spicy flavor, and original flavor with a smile, and said casually: "I haven't bought it for a long time, I just want to spend a little money this time. OK?"

Xiao Ling was speechless.She wasn't afraid of Li Mi's murder, but she was terrified of Li Mi's tone, speaking the obvious facts in a negotiating tone, without leaving any leeway.

It's just that I haven't bought this sentence for a long time, it seems that I have exhausted my loneliness for three years, and Xiao Ling's whole heart hurts, so I am not willing to say no to Li Mi again.

Under this kind of tacit indulgence, the shopping maniac became more and more unrestrained, and took whatever was pleasing to the eye into the car.As a result, the two of them walked to the door with heavy bags, Li Mi was like a normal person, but Xiao Ling was panting, his forehead was dripping with sweat, and his little face was blushing.

Even though she is a delicate and weak little girl, she still insists on carrying the bag with her, Li Mi is helpless: "Why are you so weak in physical strength, don't you usually take time to exercise?"

Although it was agreed that neither of them would care about the three years, but there was a gap of three years in getting along, how could it be possible that they really didn't mind at all.Before Li Mi would say that to Xiao Ling, it was just to let Xiao Ling not avoid being like a snake for those three years.

Just like what Li Mi is asking now, he actually wants to know whether Xiao Ling had a good life in those three years.She guessed that Xiao Ling didn't want to see her, so she deliberately avoided, so she asked Ling Sheng and her friends to take care of Xiao Ling.But if you don't do it yourself, you always feel that you can't get up or down.

Xiao Ling understood Li Mi's thoughts.She wiped off the sweat on her face, pretending to be relaxed and said with a smile: "Study takes up all the time, and from time to time I do projects with the tutor, so I don't have time to exercise. I don't know the school until I return to China Is there a gymnasium nearby."

"No wonder I didn't grow taller."

Li Mi opened the door, took out pink slippers and placed them under Xiao Ling's feet at the entrance, then he took the bags by himself wearing sky blue slippers, walked to the refrigerator, and put them away one by one.

Since ancient times, red and blue have been cp, and this was a trick she did three years ago. Unexpectedly, after such a long time, Li Mi still maintains such a color combination, even though she doesn't understand what these two colors mean.

Xiao Ling felt warm in his heart, put on brand new slippers, closed the door, and even hummed coquettishly: "Sister Li dislikes me for being short?"

Having said that, she took a few steps forward, and put her hand on the decorative cabinet not far from the entrance.The cabinet is composed of upper and lower parts. The long part next to the edge is uniform in dark brown, with a height line drawn in red carbon strokes. From bottom to top, there are many small hearts.

The top one is a little shorter than her current height.

"Disgusting? What nonsense. Hmm... don't move yet." A burst of fresh lemon fragrance came from behind, and warm palms covered Xiao Ling's head.Li Mi came over at some point, holding a red carbon pen, and drew a small heart on the corresponding parallel position.

"The kid has become taller, but still not as tall as me." Li Mi compared his own height, and proudly drew the top position.

Xiao Ling was amused by this childish ghost, and gestured up and down the difference between the lowest and highest heights: "I grew up from the lowest place to the present place, and it is already amazing, so I won't compare with you."

Li Mi smiled shallowly: "Well, I raised it, I'm amazing."

"Hmph, Wang Po sells melons, and she sells her own melons."

"I'm not telling the truth? Tell me, Ah Ling, who raised you?"

"Pfft, I don't want to do what you want!"

This distance is so close that it is within reach.

After laughing for a while, Xiao Ling turned her head as if feeling something, and was looking at her with a pair of gentle eyes, which were filled with clear spring water, reflecting the light of the setting sun and herself surrounded by the light.

Xiao Ling stared at Li Mi and announced seriously: "I'm back."

Li Mi replied equally seriously: "Welcome home."

The soft whisper echoed in his ears, Xiao Ling rushed over and hugged him fully, leaving no gaps.During this process, she finally had the real feeling of returning to her own home.

This is their home.

The sun went down and it was dusk.Li Mi was afraid that Xiao Ling would be hungry, so he was going to cook a few small dishes that would take only a short time.The kitchen was full of oily smoke, she drove Xiao Ling out of the kitchen without saying a word, she skillfully chose and washed vegetables, holding the kitchen knife with her knuckles, cut them neatly, then oiled them and stir-fried them, a series of movements flowed smoothly.

If they hadn't lived together for many years, no one would believe that such a person used to stay away from the sun, even poured oil, and hid far away. He was so choked that he completely forgot that there was such a thing as a range hood, let alone potatoes. Instead of peeling, I mistakenly think that the loofah is a cucumber. These ironic mistakes.

Li Mi is very talented in construction and management, otherwise she wouldn't have gained such power at such a young age, but it's the complete opposite when it comes to cooking. To say she knows nothing is to praise her.Ling Sheng and Fu Qiuyue once joked that Li Mi can cook and sows can climb trees.

Xiao Ling didn't know whether sows could climb trees, but she remembered that Li Mi was worried about the unhealthy food outside, so she tried to learn how to cook again and again, but failed again and again. The second set of dishes is cooked by my aunt, while the first set is made by Li Mi herself, which is produced and sold by myself.

Except for Li Mi, there is probably no one in this world who, in order to learn how to cook, eats his own food until he vomits and suffers from diarrhea, and ends up in the hospital.

Xiao Ling looked at the kitchen door for a long time, and then endured the increasingly hopeless "craving for hugs", turned back to the hall, and started strolling around.

After three years of absence, the appearance of the home has basically remained the same.The halls, corridors, rooms, and balconies, as large as all kinds of home appliances, as small as the placement of items, are basically exactly the same as three years ago. I don't know if someone kept them deliberately or unintentionally.

They are all nostalgic.

After searching everywhere for a long time, Xiao Ling finally found what she was looking for in the utility room.In the upper right corner, there is an inconspicuous cardboard box.The surface of the carton was covered with a thick layer of dust, but the inside was full of well-packed daily necessities.

Unused panda toothbrushes, Pikachu toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes... There are also colorful towels and bath towels, all of which are similar to the supermarkets I visited before.Counting, there are twelve sets in total. According to the theory that one set takes three months, 36 months is exactly three years.

Although Xiao Ling had guessed something during the previous conversation, when she actually encountered these things, her heart was still hit hard.

A muffled echo.

Xiao Ling stood dumbly, his eyes were in a daze, he didn't notice the dust on his arm, and slowly lowered his hand.Following this movement, several thin sheets of paper fell to the ground, and one of them happened to land on the edge of her shoe.

Xiao Ling knelt down and picked it up, only to find that it was a plane ticket.She frowned, how could the ticket be placed here?Did sister Li buy it?

Turning to the registration information on the back, the name on it confirmed Xiao Ling's conjecture.Looking down, the departure point is City C International Airport, and the destination... the city where she studied abroad?

Xiao Ling's hands trembled slightly, and a thought came to his mind, and he hurriedly reconfirmed the date - Christmas Eve last year.Christmas Eve?How could it be Christmas Eve?She didn't see Li Mi at all on Christmas Eve, and she didn't know that Li Mi would come over.

Wait, Christmas Eve...

That day was the school's annual carnival, and there were many activities during the day. Rao, who never participated in socializing, was dragged to parties by her friends, where she ate, drank, played the piano and sang. In the evening, there was a make-up party that all students had to participate in.

Because I want to dance, I also need a female or male partner. Most of the classmates and friends around me go with the object. It is said that it is a carnival, but in the end it still has the meaning of joining the carnival.In order to prevent misunderstanding, she rejected the few people who offered to invite her, and had a headache for a while who to invite.

Later, Ling Sheng recommended a friend to come over. That person was wearing a mask and had a familiar figure. She looked like a woman.The strange woman didn't say a word the whole time, but she always helped Xiao Ling at the right time, whether it was to block the peach blossoms, or teach Xiao Ling to dance pas de deux...

Even though the two of them hardly talked at all, they unexpectedly hit it off, just like friends who have known each other for many years, without a single word, there is an invisible tacit understanding.

In the end, before Xiao Ling asked her name, the woman disappeared as mysteriously as when she came. Xiao Ling didn't even know what she looked like, and she was fooled when she asked Ling Sheng. Over time, she forgot about it.

But now that I think about it, the identity of that person...

The bitter and patient emotions in his heart erupted like a volcano, and Xiao Ling felt his throat was so hot that he couldn't speak.Picking up other air tickets, they were all Li Mi's as expected, with slightly different origins, sometimes city C, sometimes other cities, but the destinations were the same.

The time includes last year's Christmas Eve, the domestic Spring Festival, and some days that are not holidays.The ones that fell on the ground, and the cardboard boxes on the bottom, were stacked together in a thick pile, which the heavy Xiao Ling could hardly hold, and a row of water droplets quietly blurred the date.

She mechanically dialed Ling Sheng's number, and when she connected, her voice was unreasonably hoarse: "Sister Ling, I'm sorry to bother you, but I have something urgent to ask you, are you free now?"

Ling Sheng was a little worried: "I'm free, but what's wrong with you, Lingling?"

"fine."

Xiao Ling cleared his throat, clutched the ticket in his hand, and asked straight to the point: "Last Christmas Eve, the dance partner you introduced to me was Sister Li?"