Jasmine

Ran's opened eyes were looking at himself, and said softly.

Xiao Ran looked at Xiao An with the same calm expression as usual, but even though he had slept, he still felt as if he had done something wrong in his heart, both nervous and scared.Xiao Ran rubbed his eyes with his hands, stretched himself, and forced himself to sit up calmly.

"Did I wake you up?" Xiao An looked at Xiao Ran and continued.

"No." Xiao Ran looked up at the wall clock on the wall, and continued, "I wake up at this time almost every day."

Xiao An smiled and prepared to go downstairs.When he reached the gate, he turned his head to look at Xiao Ran again, and asked softly, "I'm going for a morning run, do you want to come together?"

"Okay!" Xiao Ran lifted the quilt quickly, and stood up with both feet on the ground, "Sister, you go down first, I will come right away."

"Okay, I'll wait for you downstairs." Xiao An nodded, opened the door and walked out.

In the same morning sunshine as in the past, Xiao Ran and Xiao An trotted along the beach, a ray of light shot towards the sea surface, sparkling waves reflected on the faces of a pair of morning joggers, outlining the corners of their mouths, is it happy?Is it happiness?Or just because of the relief that comes with exercise?

It was Xiao Ran's first morning run, and his physical strength was obviously not as good as Xiao An's, and his breathing gradually became unstable. He glanced at Xiao An who was still breathing steadily beside him, and asked, "Sister, do you run every morning?"

Xiao An nodded and replied, "Well, it started when I was 19."

"Huh? Isn't that the same age as me now?"

Xiao An turned to look at Xiao Ran, a smile appeared on his face, and then disappeared from the corner of his lips, "I didn't expect to persist for nine years."

"It's not easy, unlike me who doesn't have the stamina to do anything." Xiao Ran pursed her lips and continued, "Sister, teach me how you persevered."

Xiao An paused, and replied: "At first, a friend had this habit and asked me to go with her, and it gradually became my habit."

"Now? Is your friend still running?"

Xiao An suddenly stopped, and stood there in a daze. After a long while, he picked up his steps again, and replied indifferently with no expression on his face, "I shouldn't run away."

"That's a pity." Xiao Ran was also stunned for a moment, but he couldn't get any answer from Xiaoan's face, so he had to agree.

Xiao An didn't reply any more, just stared straight ahead, the coastline couldn't be seen to the edge, and the light reflected on the sea was shimmering.

Back in the store, Xiaobai hadn't gotten up yet.Xiao An went straight into the kitchen and started preparing breakfast.Xiao Ran washed his face under the cold water and followed into the kitchen.

"Sister, can you teach me how to make breakfast?" Xiao Ran stood behind Xiao An, her voice was low but serious.

Xiao An looked back at Xiao Ran with some interest, "Okay! Want to go home and cook for your parents?"

Xiao Ran was only thinking about living in the store during the summer vacation, and planned to get up every morning to make breakfast for her sister, but when Xiao An asked her so abruptly, she blushed instantly, feeling a little unfilial.

Xiao An looked at Xiao Ran's flushed face, and didn't ask any more questions. She smiled lightly, and was about to start making breakfast.

After breakfast was served on the table, Xiaobai also lazily walked down from the second floor, stretching his waist, and said, "I woke up when I smelled the aroma."

Xiao An didn't even look at Xiao Bai, she called Xiao Ran and started eating breakfast.Xiao Bai didn't care, he pulled a chair over and sat down between Xiao Ran and Xiao An.There was still an empty bowl on the table, Xiao Bai took it over with a smile, handed it to Xiao An, and said cheekily: "Congee."

Xiao Ran on the side looked a little angry, raised his voice, and said angrily, "You don't know how to fill it yourself?"

Xiaobai shrugged, "I can't reach it!"

Xiao An put down his bowl and chopsticks, took the empty bowl that Xiao An handed to him, filled a bowl of porridge with no expression on his face, and put it back in front of Xiao Bai.

Xiaobai chuckled, took the porridge in front of him and drank it.

☆, murals

"I'm going to Yilan City in a while, and I'll probably be back in two or three days." Xiao Bai said while drinking porridge with his head down.

Xiao An looked up at Xiao Bai, paused and said, "Okay?"

Xiao Bai put down the bowl and chopsticks, grinning and nodding with the residue of porridge still hanging on his mouth.Pushed the empty porridge bowl forward, pulled the chair away, wiped his hands on his lips indiscriminately, and said to Xiao An: "I'm going upstairs to pack my things!" He ran upstairs and reached the corner of the stairs He lowered his body again, poked his head out, and said to the two people downstairs with a smile on his face: "Beauties, help me wash the dishes! Please!" As soon as the words fell, he disappeared.

Xiao Ran put away the bowls and chopsticks and was about to take them to the kitchen to wash them. Xiao An on the side picked them up, "I'll go wash them! Didn't you say you have to go back to school? Go back early!"

Xiao Ran smiled and didn't argue anymore. She really wanted to go back to school. Although it was Saturday, the exam was about to take place. Today, she had an extra morning class. Moreover, she also needed to hurry up and go back to study, not for other reasons. Just to be able to sneak into the "son-in-law's mansion" during the summer vacation.Just last night, Xiao Ran proposed to move into the shop during the holidays. The excuse was that Huazi would live in their dormitory with her beautiful senior sister during the summer vacation.Xiao An couldn't refuse, and thought that Xiao Ran often skipped classes recently from Huazi. Therefore, Xiao An agreed to Xiao Ran's living in the store only on the condition that Xiao Ran could get all A's in the courses.Although it seemed like a joke when he said it, Xiao Ran took this matter very seriously, and was going to fight hard for a few days, and he had to live in the "son-in-law's mansion".

Xiao Ran wiped off the water stains on her hands, and was about to go back to school. She said to Xiao An who was still washing dishes in the kitchen, "Sister, shall I go upstairs and change?" In fact, she wanted to tell her sister, "I want Go into your room and get your clothes!"

I didn't see Xiao An, only a voice came from the kitchen, "Okay, the clothes are hanging on the balcony of my bedroom, you can get them yourself!" Xiao An tacitly answered Xiao Ran's question directly.

"Okay!" Xiao Ran walked upstairs, the door of Xiao An's room was open, and the quilt was neatly laid on the bed. Hours ago, the snow-white light here was still clearly visible in Xiao Ran's mind. She took a deep breath of the scent that only belonged to Xiao An, and walked slowly towards the opposite balcony.When passing by the bed, his palm caressed the milky white cotton inadvertently. The soft texture made his palm reluctant to leave. Xiao Ran closed his eyes and let his skin feel the only warmth left on the cotton fabric.

The balcony door was opened, and jasmine flowers came into view, "No wonder she has a fragrance on her body." Xiao Ran found the reason for the fragrance of jasmine on Xiao An's body.He took off his clothes from the clothes rail, held them in his arms, and couldn't help but plunge his head into the clothes. The same smell also radiated from his clothes.She changed her pajamas in Xiao An's bedroom and put on her own clothes, which were also clean clothes, but Xiao Ran felt that this time was different, her whole body smelled of Xiao An, as if she was surrounded by Xiao An.The pajamas that had been taken off were neatly folded, placed on the head of the bed, and flattened with hands before turning around and preparing to leave the room.Turning his head, he was a little reluctant to leave. He stood firmly by the bed and looked at the room carefully. For some reason, although the whole room was spacious and bright, it gave people a sense of oppression. It seems that the flower pot on the balcony was removed Except for a touch of green, there is no other color to be found. The interior space covered with black and white lacks the temperature it should have. Even in this hot summer, there is still no warmth in the room.The pure white wall, the sunlight outside the window hits it, stinging the eyes.There is a dark wooden floor under your feet, so dark that you can hardly see the grain that the wood should have. A medium-sized double bed is placed in the center of the room against the wall. Even the bed frame is as black as the floor. Only the bed sheet has a little more soft color, instead of pure black or white, I chose milky white without a trace of pattern, but who would choose such a color?It looks a bit like a cold hotel outfit.A large black wardrobe, a black desk, and a weird black recliner, even the door frame of the glass sliding door leading to the balcony and the curtain rod above the door frame are all black.

Xiao Ran sat down beside the bed unconsciously, looking out from the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, it was a beautiful scenery, blue sea, blue sky, golden sandy beach, but it was a pity that it was seen from such a colorless room, the scenery couldn't be more beautiful. Mei didn't feel it at all.Xiao Ran looked away from the window, his pupils were scorched by the strong sunlight, and the room became darker immediately, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was a huge black curtain in front of him.Xiao Ran stared at the curtain in front of him, frowned, and tilted his head, trying to find out from the cracks in the curtain that was blown by the wind.painting?Xiao Ran looked at it for a long time, as if he saw something, took a few steps forward, buried himself behind the black cloth, and raised one side so that he could see clearly through the light coming in from the window.It's really a painting!A huge hand-painted painting covered the entire wall, Xiao Ran carefully pulled back the black curtain, and the whole painting came into view.

Dawn breaks, the sun slowly rises from the sea, reflecting the new sunshine, and the sea water is also shining with golden light. Under the beautiful scenery, two girls clinging to each other are sitting on the golden sand facing the sea, and a girl walks around. The girl next to her has a slender waist, and the other girl rests her head on the shoulder of the girl next to her. Although it is just a back view, it still cannot conceal the deep affection of the two girls in the painting.And in the blue sky above their heads, a seagull was flying by, struggling to fly towards the rising sun... "What a beautiful picture!" Xiao Ran sighed involuntarily, deeply attracted by the scene in front of him.After staring at it for a long time, Xiao Ran's head suddenly tilted to the right, feeling that he still couldn't see clearly, so he squatted down naturally, squinted his eyes, and looked carefully, only to find that there were two lines of small characters in the lower right corner of the whole painting .

reads:

The twilight reflects the sea water, and the dawn breaks.The good morning is looming, and I don't know the sorrow of the sunset.

The setting sun illuminates all the shadows of the western mountains, and everything is silent.The good morning emerges, and the first awakening stays here like a dream.

"What does this mean?" Xiao Ran asked himself in his heart, stood up and looked at the hand-painted painting again, "Sunset? Am I getting it wrong? This painting is not a sunrise, but a sunset?" Before Xiao Ran waited After trying to figure it out, I heard the sound of wheels rubbing against the floor, and then Xiao Bai's voice came.

"Xiao Ran? Why are you here?" Xiao Bai said with doubts in his voice, pulling the suitcase and staying outside the door of Xiao An's bedroom.

"I..." Xiao Ran took a step back in an instant, looked down at the clothes he had changed, and explained, "I'll get the clothes."

"Oh!" Xiaobai was about to pull the box and leave, but just took a step back, and whispered with a mysterious expression, "You better get out! Xiaoan doesn't like people entering her room, especially..." Xiaobai pointed Pointing to the painting on the wall, he raised his eyebrows and continued, "I especially don't like people looking at this painting."

Xiao Ran turned his head to look at the hand-painted painting, then turned his head to look at Xiaobai, hurriedly pulled up the black curtain, and when he walked to the door, he looked back worriedly.

"Miss Xiaobai, who painted this painting?" Xiao Ran, who walked behind Xiaobai with his head bowed, couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Xiaobai didn't look back, and walked towards the stairs on his own. The wheels of the suitcase made a "click" sound as they rubbed against the ground. Xiaobai hesitated for a moment, and squeezed out two words, "Xiao'an."

"Sister?" Xiao Ran couldn't imagine this answer. She had never heard that Xiao An could draw, and she had never seen any painting tools in the store.

Xiaobai didn't reply again, wondering if he didn't want to confirm the answer again.

Xiao Ran searched for everything related to painting in her head, but found that she couldn't find anything that could be connected with Xiao An. Even if she and Hua Zi occasionally mentioned the sketch class in school, Xiao An never thought about it. Interjected, in Xiao Ran's careful recollection, even the expression on Xiao An's face at that time was as indifferent as before.

"Hand-painted? Xiao An? Such a big pair... It can't be drawn by someone who has no painting skills, and the painting is so vivid and vivid..." Xiao Ran couldn't understand it more and more. She didn't dare to imagine this painting. It was painted by Xiaoan, and I couldn't see the meaning to be expressed in the painting. Thinking in my heart, I couldn't help asking, "Then what is the meaning in the painting?" The Xiaobai in front, but in fact, it is more like Xiao Ran asking himself.

As soon as Xiao Bai turned around and made a silent gesture towards Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran realized that she followed Xiao Bai to the first floor.It can be seen that Xiaobai is in a particularly happy mood today, and there is a smirk on her face again, and she lowers her voice to Xiao Ran: "I only know that the painting is drawn by her, as for the meaning of the painting, I will I don't know, but this painting is a taboo subject for Xiao An, so...you understand!" Xiao Bai blinked at Xiao Ran after finishing speaking.

Xiao Ran sat in the classroom again. She often skipped classes these days, so she felt a strange feeling sitting here now. Listening to the teacher on the stage "chirping" arranging the review points, Xiao Ran realized that she had fallen behind. After doing so much homework, thinking about the conditions proposed by Xiaoan, there was another layer of pressure in my heart, and I couldn't help feeling irritable.Fortunately, the top students in the past 12 years have developed a strong self-learning ability. Although there is no supervision from Ran's mother this time, the conditions proposed by Xiaoan are absolutely no less than anyone's face-to-face supervision.

Twelve o'clock, one o'clock, two o'clock... the night time passed little by little, the lights in the dormitory had long been turned off, the emergency lights shone on the textbooks, and the people in front of them were still writing in the notebook beside them without sleepiness. Write and draw.Xiao An asked Xiao Ran and her classmates not to come to the store to help out these days, and asked them to study hard and prepare for the exam. However, Xiao Ran was not willing to sacrifice her precious time with her sister, and insisted on arriving at the store on time.Therefore, I have to squeeze my sleep time for the review.

After lunch, there is no class in the afternoon, but students can be seen preparing for the exam in the classroom, dormitory, and library, and Xiao Ran is also among them.In a corner of the library, a thin and handsome figure sat there quietly, reviewing the review materials spread out in front of him carefully.A short-haired girl with a pair of black-rimmed glasses hanging on the bridge of her slightly fat nose pulled a girl with a graceful figure who was half a head taller than her and walked over.The girl wearing glasses pointed in one direction to the tall girl, and the tall girl walked in that direction with exaggerated reluctance in her eyes.The girl wearing glasses watched the tall girl sit down, then approached Xiao Ran and sat down next to her.

☆、Students should not be underestimated

"What's wrong with this recently? Suddenly you are working hard? It's not counting to read at night with a lamp every day. Now that you have time, you've come to this library with a strong review atmosphere?"

Xiao Ran turned his head and saw that it was Hua Zi, then turned his head back and continued to stare at the review materials in front of him.As if imitating Xiaoan, he replied in a flat tone: "Isn't the exam coming soon!"

Hua Zi reached out and touched Xiao Ran's forehead, Xiao Ran didn't dodge, let her touch, Hua Zi raised his eyebrows, and continued: "You don't need to study because of Xiao An, do you?"

Breaking through Xiao Ran's intention with one word, Xiao Ran suddenly turned his head to look at Hua Zi, and asked Hua Zi again with a surprised face, "How do you know?"

From Xiao Ran's reaction, Huazi knew that she had guessed right, so she couldn't help laughing out loud, which caused the students reviewing next to her to cast disgusted glances at her.Hua Zi quickly covered his mouth to stop his laughter, leaned into Xiao Ran's ear and whispered: "I found out what you asked me before, do you want to know?"

Xiao Ran blinked her eyes, as if she couldn't remember asking Huazi anything.

Hua Zi, who was still complacent, was hit by Xiao Ran's reaction for a while, feeling a little lost, and asked slyly: "Didn't you ask me to find out what Xiaobai often does when he goes out? You won't forget, right?"

It was only then that Xiao Ran remembered that in the recent period, besides Xiaoan, there were endless review materials in her head. She had long forgotten about this matter, but Hua Zi was quite conscientious.Xiao Ran immediately showed a very interested look, and said, "I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten, tell me quickly, what did she do?"

Seeing that Xiao Ran remembered it, Huazi raised his airs again, "Then let me tell you, what's the benefit?"

"What benefits do you want?" Xiao Ran raised his eyelids and asked back.

"What I said by myself doesn't show your sincerity." Huazi pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, pretending to be serious.

Xiao Ran thought about it, and immediately said with some hesitation: "If I let you and Han Yaxin live in the dormitory during the summer vacation, is it a good thing?"

There was light in Huazi's eyes, and he opened his mouth wide and wanted to cry out happily, but in the end he didn't dare to make a sound under the disgusted eyes of the students around him. Excited, "Is what you said true?"

Xiao Ran frowned, neither nodded nor shook his head.This made Hua Zi feel uneasy, he elbowed Xiao Ran, and asked with some concern: "Are you kidding me? Didn't you say before that you would continue to help in the store during the holidays? How could you not go back to the dormitory?" live?"

Xiao Ran pursed her lips, and said with some embarrassment: "I didn't plan to tell you so early, because I'm not sure it will happen."

Huazi's eyes widened, waiting for Xiao Ran's next words.

"I told my sister that I wanted to borrow a place in the store during the holidays, but my sister agreed only if I could get an A in the exam." Xiao Ran curled her lips a little helplessly.

"Hahaha, it really is one thing lowering one thing, no wonder you study so hard these days."

Xiao Ran wrinkled his nose, stuck out his tongue, and said: "Okay, don't laugh, anyway, I worked hard, no matter if I can succeed or not, it's a good thing, tell me what Xiaobai is going to do now !"

"Okay!" Hua Zi pretended to cough and continued, "Do you know what your sister did before opening the 'Consort'?"

"What are you doing?" Huazi's suddenly serious expression cast a layer of nervousness on Xiao Ran's heart. When Huazi asked him like this, he was afraid that he would hear from her that Xiaoan used to be involved in murder, arson, and drug trafficking. , smuggling... and things like that.

"What do I ask you?" Hua Zi dragged his head with his hands and looked at Xiao Ran to the side and continued to ask.

"Ah? You can't really do something illegal and criminal, right?" Xiao Ran stared at Huazi with wide-eyed eyes.

"Pfft——" Huazi rolled his eyes at Xiao Ran, and the hand that was dragging his head slipped down, "Is this what your sister does in your heart?"

"No! But when you asked me that, I thought of those things!" Xiao Ran scratched her head with shame on her face and replied.

Hua Zi pursed his lips and shook his head, and continued: "Xiao An and Xiao Bai had a photo studio in Yilan City before they came here to open the 'Consort's Mansion'. It is said that the business is very prosperous and they are well-known in the local area. They originally planned to come to Beach City. It's a chain store, but I don't know why Xiao An used the money to open the 'Consort's Mansion'."

"Oh, no wonder you said you saw Xiaobai going out with photographic equipment!" Xiao Ran thought of Huazi's previous words, and connected them together to understand the matter.

Huazi nodded, and continued: "Xiaobai seems to have been doing photography all the time. Later, he met Xiaoan, and then the two of them opened a photo studio together. They have done well in the past few years. Xiaobai proposed to open a branch in Beach City. , but Xiaoan insisted on opening the "consort's mansion", and he insisted on opening here, and it had to be this store, which took a lot of trouble. It was originally not planned to be rented here, but Xiaoan begged the landlord for a few months. It was rented, and the rent was twice as expensive as the surrounding shops.”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered that Xiaobai mentioned that the "son-in-law's mansion" was losing money. At that time, Xiao Ran didn't understand that the business in the store was not bad!Although the price of the meal is not high, but it will not lose money!But thinking about it now, it must have something to do with the high rent.

Huazi didn't notice Xiao Ran's distraction, and continued to talk, "Actually, Xiao An wanted to buy the store at first, but the landlord saw her urgency and asked for a high price. Xiao An and the others still needed working capital for the studio. , I can’t move such a large amount of money. Xiaoan once had the idea of ​​selling the film real estate, and has exchanged cash to buy this store, but her impulsive idea was finally awakened by Xiaobaidian, and finally rented it at a high price .” Huazi spread his hands, a little helpless.

"Then the studio is still working?" Xiao Ran asked.

Huazi nodded, "Well, Xiaobai will often run over to do business." Huazi paused, and then said, "It can also be said that Xiaobai will take care of the photo studio now, and Xiaoan opened from the 'concubine mansion' After that, I never went to Yilan City again."

"Why?" Xiao Ran blurted out and asked.

Hua Zi shook his head to express his confusion.

The two fell silent at the same time, seemingly having their own concerns. After a long time, Huazi stood up, patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder, and was about to leave to find her beautiful senior sister. Just as she stepped out of the seat, she turned her head again and looked at Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran said: "I think Xiao An is a bit irresponsible in dealing with this matter." After a pause, he explained, "Leave Xiao Bai alone to manage the photo studio." After Hua Zi finished speaking, he turned and walked away. Sitting there alone, Xiao Ran began to think carefully about what Huazi said just now.

She believes that her sister is not an irresponsible person. Perhaps the "consort's mansion" has just opened and she is too busy to get away. If there is someone, Xiaoan can spare himself to go to the other side to have a look.If she didn't go, it could only mean that she didn't want to go, but why didn't she want to go?For a moment, Xiao Ran thought about the conversation between Xiao An and Xiao Bai when they came back from the beach that day.Xiaoan said that Xiaobai had worked hard, and Xiaobai smiled and said that she did all this for Xiaoan.Thinking about it this way, even if Xiao An is irresponsible, Xiao Bai still enjoys it.Xiao Ran still had a lot of things he couldn't figure out, and he couldn't read the book anymore. He took out his mobile phone to check the time, and it was almost time to go to the "son-in-law's mansion", so he packed up his things and prepared to leave.

After two weeks of "grinding the guns in front of the battle", Xiao Ran ushered in "the sound of drums on the battlefield".Huazi, Han Yaxin, Feifei, Xiaolu and Xiao Ran, a group of five of them were walking on the examination room road, with green willows on both sides. When they passed the central lake of the campus, Feifei suddenly hummed the song "Childhood". Time passed, and back to the years of youthful indulgence, others also sang along with it. "On the banyan tree by the pond / Cicada is calling for summer / On the swing by the grass / Only butterflies rest on it / The teacher's chalk on the blackboard / Still writing desperately on twitter / Waiting for class to end / Waiting for school to end /Childhood waiting for games..." Everything is green and flowers are in full bloom, and the cicadas on the big banyan tree by the lake are screaming non-stop.Although they are also looking forward to the end of get out of class and waiting for the holiday, their childhood has long passed, and what stands in front of them now is the "super monster" of the final exam.

After coming out of the examination room, Xiao Ran had a confident smile on his face. Xiaoan liked Xiao Ran's smile, and it used to appear on his face often, although Xiao Ran never mentioned how he felt after the exam. How, however, Xiao An already knew eight or nine from her smile, and began to arrange for Xiao Ran's life after moving in.

As Xiao Ran predicted, she passed all A's. She put the report card in front of Xiaoan, and when she got her wish and moved into the "son-in-law's mansion", Xiao Ran found that the wine cabinet and sofa in the small living room had been moved to the side, leaving behind a lot of space. There was an open space, and a single bed was placed. Although the single bed was not spacious enough, the person who placed it added a thick cushion to the bed, with a layer of insulating canvas on top, and neatly folded towels into squares. The shape is placed at the end of the bed.Because there is no window in the living room, the air conditioner has not been installed before. Anyway, Xiaobai and Xiaoan’s bedrooms have air conditioners, and the living room is not often used. The cooling fan was directly facing the small bed. Xiao Ran sat on the small bed with the corners of his mouth curled up. He stretched out his hand to turn on the cooling fan. A gust of cool wind blew across his body, making him very comfortable in this scorching summer.She lay down with her legs on the side of the bed. Xiao Ran liked the softness and firmness of the bed, and the pillows were of the right height.Turning his head, he found a brand new set of pajamas beside the pillow, and there was a faint fragrance of jasmine wafting from the clothes.Xiao Ran picked up her pajamas and covered her face, her heart was full of endless joy.

☆, jealous

After closing the shop again, all the employees left. Xiao An came up holding a watermelon cut in half. She was wearing a smooth lace nightgown with slender white jade legs under the hem. She was sitting on the small bed wiping The hair-haired Xiao Ran walked by her, Xiao Ran's eyes fixed on her sister's body, and the movements of his hands became slow.This made Xiaobai, who was sitting on the phone and chatting ambiguously with some girl, saw it. Xiaobai narrowed his eyes slightly, and one side of his mouth slightly raised, but his tone of speech did not change at all. It was still the same. A flirtatious look.

"Xiao Ran, come and eat watermelon." Xiao An put the watermelon on the tea table, inserted a small spoon obliquely into the red watermelon.

Xiao Ran agreed, hung the towel around his neck, picked up half of the watermelon and sat on the sofa, eating spoonful by spoonful.

Xiao Bai hung up the phone, and when he looked at the coffee table, it was empty, frowning, and asked Xiao An innocently: "Why is there no one for me?"

Xiao An looked up at Xiao Bai, put a spoonful of watermelon into his mouth, and replied flatly: "I asked you just now, didn't you say you don't want to eat it!"

Xiao Bai crawled a few steps towards Xiao An with his legs kneeling on the sofa, looked at Xiao An pitifully and said, "But I want to eat now!" After speaking, he put his head on Xiao An's shoulder and blinked. His eyes looked at Xiao An.

Xiao An cast a glance at Xiao Bai, and continued to speak calmly, "There are still some in the refrigerator, you can get them yourself."

"Oh! It's too far away." Xiaobai shifted his eyes to the watermelon in Xiaoan's hand, licked his lips with the tip of his tongue, and said coquettishly, "I'll have one with you!"

Xiao Ran cast his eyes on Xiao An, but there was no change in Xiao An's expression, and he was still eating her watermelon calmly.

Xiao Bai didn't care, seeing that Xiao An didn't respond, when the spoon in Xiao An's hand just picked up a piece of watermelon, he opened his mouth wide in an instant, moved to the side of the spoon, Xiao An glanced at Xiao Bai, and the spoon stuck into Xiao Bai's mouth.Immediately, he saw Xiaobai's bright smile, chewing the watermelon in his mouth with puffed cheeks.

Xiao Ran, who was sitting opposite and eating melons, pouted involuntarily, lowered his head, slowly filled the spoon in his hand and sent the melons to his mouth, raised his eyelids, and glanced at Xiao Bai from time to time.Although Xiao An's action of feeding Xiao Bai is very ordinary, and there is no expression on his face, but Xiao Bai next to him is different, smiling with bared teeth and mouth, enjoying this way of eating melons very much.Xiao Ran was so angry that he couldn't bear to see it anymore, so he put down the watermelon in his hand and walked out the door.

"Xiao Ran, where are you going?" Seeing Xiao Ran getting up and walking outside, Xiao An asked naturally.

Xiao Ran hesitated, and replied, "I'll go downstairs to get something."

Xiao An didn't think much about it, but felt a little strange, the downstairs was locked, and there was nothing to grab in the dark.

Xiao Bai stared at Xiao Ran walking out of the door, then straightened up, looked at Xiao An and sighed meaningfully.

"What's wrong with you? Don't you eat?" Xiao An asked, seeing that the watermelon stretched out to Xiao Bai's mouth was still there.

Xiaobai opened his mouth and ate the watermelon in one gulp, mumbling: "Didn't you see what Xiaoran meant?"

"Ah? What?" Xiao An didn't understand what Xiao Bai meant.

Xiao Bai swallowed the watermelon in his mouth, shook his head, "Have you been busy with your career these past few years, and your EQ has dropped?"

Xiao An still didn't understand Xiao Bai's meaning, and looked at Xiao Bai with slightly frowned eyebrows.

"I think this kid is probably jealous." Xiao Bai explained with a curled lip.

"Jealous? Why are you jealous?" Xiao An blinked her eyes with doubts on her face.

Xiaobai shook his head and stopped explaining.

Xiao An looked at Xiao Bai, then turned to look outside the door. It had been a while, but Xiao Ran hadn't come up yet.Xiao An was a little worried, and walked downstairs with the finished melon rind.

In the dark hall, only a spotlight inside the bar was on. Under the light was Xiao Ran's slender figure, with his buttocks on the bar chair, leaning forward on the table of the bar, with an arm resting on his head , playing with a glass half filled with clear water with the other hand, staring at the glass thoughtfully.

"Xiao Ran—" Xiao An walked not far away from Xiao Ran, and called softly.

Xiao Ran turned his head when he heard the voice, but his body remained in the original state. In this way, the overall look is unavoidably uncomfortable.

Xiao An walked around in front of Xiao Ran, sat down on the bar chair next to him, stepped on the crossbar of the chair leg with one foot, and put the other foot on the ground, reflecting the light above his head, one could see the gleam in Xiao An's eyes. Be gentle. "Why don't you go upstairs?"

Xiao Ran didn't speak, just followed Xiao An's walk, turned his head back, and still lay on his stomach with his arms propped up.

"Aren't you happy?" Xiao An put her hand on the bar and asked Xiao Ran with her head tilted.

Xiao Ran pursed her lips and stopped looking at Xiao An.

"Tell me about it, okay?"

Xiao Ran thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"Don't want to talk? Or don't you want to tell me?"

Xiao Ran shook his head first, then nodded again.

Xiao An's brows frowned slightly, she didn't understand Xiao Ran's meaning, she remembered what Xiao Bai said just now, and for a moment, she felt that it was better not to ask.

"Then go upstairs!" Xiao An stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Ran's arm with very light force, and stood up from the bar chair himself.

Xiao Ran also straightened up following the tugging, but still sat firmly on the bar chair, bit her lower lip, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, are you and Xiao Bai a couple?"

Xiao An was a little dazed by this sudden question, and was stunned for a moment, then, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she shook her head.

A gleam of light flashed in Xiao Ran's eyes, but he was still a little uneasy, so he confirmed it again: "Really?"

Xiao An nodded.

Xiao Ran showed a bright smile, but before the smile fully spread out, his brows knit together again, "Then why are you so nice to her?"

"Okay?" Xiao An didn't think that she could use "so" to describe her kindness to Xiao Bai, but felt that everything was normal, but she didn't know how to explain to Xiao Ran, "Maybe we have known each other for a long time! I also I don't think there's anything excessive about it!"

Xiao Ran also suddenly felt that he asked a little abruptly, scratching his head in embarrassment, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

After a while, Xiao An pulled Xiao Ran's arm again, and said gently, "Go upstairs!"

Xiao Ran nodded and followed Xiao An towards the stairs. "sister--"

"Ok?"

"I want to ask you something."

"what?"

"Does Xiaobai like you?" Xiao Ran couldn't hold back anymore, and finally asked, she knew that she would ask this question sooner or later, and today seemed to be a good opportunity.

Xiao An stopped in her tracks, stood at the corner of the stairs on the first and second floors, considered Xiao Ran's question in her head, and asked with a serious face, "Which kind of favorite are you referring to?"

The stairwell was dark, only the light from the room on the second floor reflected the weak light, Xiao Ran couldn't see Xiao An's expression clearly, and could only judge her mood at this time from Xiao An's tone. "Uh...it's just...that kind of liking from a lover." Xiao Ran stammered a little in her answer, and she still felt that there was something between her and her sister in her heart, so it could be said that she was a little afraid of her sister.

Upon hearing Xiao Ran's answer, Xiao An turned around and landed on the stairs again. Her tone returned to normal, and she replied flatly, "Probably not."

Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, but another question came from