you are my greatest success

Mu Xi woke up early, after all, there are many things to be busy on New Year's Eve, he can't stand by and watch.

When he went downstairs, the dean was already busy. She was preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening. There was a lot of work to make dumplings and a lot to prepare, so she got up early in the morning to prepare.

"Why is Xiao Mu so early?" She was still a little surprised when she saw Mu Xi walk into the kitchen.

"Come here and help." Mu Xi rolled up his sleeves and took over the work from the dean, "Auntie dean, I'll do the laundry."

"What a good boy." The dean didn't refuse either. Mu Xi had good intentions and couldn't keep refusing, and it happened that she could prepare breakfast this morning.

When Zhu Tianyi came down, breakfast was ready, so he couldn't help but be told by the dean: "Look at Xiao Mu Duo is sensible, look at you."

He was speechless. After Mu Xi came, he found that his ranking kept dropping. This is probably the child of someone else's family in the legend.

But Zhu Tianyi just complained in his heart, saying that he didn't dare to say in front of Mu Xi.

Breakfast was in full swing, and preparations for the Chinese New Year were about to begin afterward. The children were sensible enough to put up the window grilles in their rooms, and put the bought snacks in the candy box.

And Mu Xi and Zhu Tianyi are in charge of the couplets at the gate, and the red couplets will come out immediately after they are pasted on last year.

After a noisy and busy day, the scent from the kitchen made everyone's stomach growl even more.

It's been a long time since Mu Xi had a New Year's Eve dinner with so many people. In the past few years, he spent the past few years cooking by himself in the dormitory, quietly.

Although it is a bit noisy today, this is the taste closer to home.

After the New Year's meal, Mu Xi's eye circles were a little red, he was really homesick.

A pair of small hands tugged at a corner of Mu Xi, he looked down and saw Qi Qi's eyes crooked with a smile, and the melancholy in his heart dissipated a lot in an instant.

Zhu Tianyi led a few older children to set off firecrackers, while Mu Xi accompanied a few younger children to watch.

The dean came out with a stack of red envelopes, and the children rushed forward, and they were all distributed in no time.

There were two left in hand, the dean gave one to Zhu Tianyi, and she gave the other one to Mu Xi: "I hope you can be happy in the coming year."

Mu Xi, who hadn't received a red envelope from his elders for a long time, really blushed at this moment. After taking a deep breath, he accepted it with a smile: "Thank you, Auntie Dean, I wish you a happy new year and good health."

This sentence of thanks and blessings is sincere. If it weren't for them, maybe I would really be alone this year.

The countdown on the TV started, and the children followed along excitedly. When the bell rang, the sky was filled with fireworks, and Mu Xi's cell phone rang suddenly.

"Happy New Year, Mu Xi." Fan Chen's deep voice came from the phone, with the background of noisy fireworks, "I hope I'm the first person to say this to you."

Mu Xi's heartbeat fluctuated with Fan Chen's words, he took a deep breath, suppressed his inner thoughts, and replied calmly: "Happy New Year, Brother Fan."

"Are you busy?" Fan Chen asked with a smile, the wind was a little loud, as if he was outside.

Mu Xi only thought that the other party was outside, and didn't think too much: "No, I'm watching the children setting off fireworks."

"Then come out." Fan Chen said, "I'm outside the orphanage."

Mu Xi's heart skipped a beat, and he was vaguely looking forward to it, but his rationality told him that this was impossible. How could Fan Chen, who is celebrating the Chinese New Year, come here? It must be a joke: "Brother Fan, don't be kidding."

"You'll know when you come out and have a look." Fan Chen was noncommittal, "It's so cold outside."

With a dispensable mentality, Mu Xi greeted Zhu Tianyi and went out. Fan Chen stood not far away and waved.

"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Fan Chen's voice came from the phone.

Mu Xi ran in front of the other party subconsciously, with a smile he didn't notice hanging on the corner of his mouth: "Why are you here?"

"I'll give you a New Year's gift." Fan Chen said with a smile, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" It was rare for Mu Xi, who was a little dazed, not to refuse, probably because the atmosphere today was too good, and Mu Xi threw away his original idea of ​​keeping a distance.

"Good place." Fan Chen replied ambiguously, "Just follow me."

Mu Xi got into the car obediently, and he couldn't help but want to ask Fan Chen all the way, but the other party avoided him with other topics.

After driving for more than an hour, the speed of the car began to slow down, and there were a few sporadic cars in line ahead.

It wasn't until the destination was reached that Mu Xi realized that Fan Chen brought him to the most famous temple for blessings in S City.

"Let's go." Fan Chen waved to Mu Xi who was stunned, "There are a lot of people inside, hurry up."

"...Okay." Mu Xi followed behind Fan Chen, and as Fan Chen said, there were dense crowds of people in front of the temple, many of them came to offer incense.

Thinking of this, Mu Xi was a little curious: "I heard that every time there is a traffic jam, why didn't we encounter it?"

"The path I took was told to me by the employees here, and it's for their exclusive use." Fan Chen said in a low voice, "I also borrowed his employee ID card."

Mu Xi suddenly realized, no wonder the road was smooth, it turned out that he was walking through the staff passage.

However, there was nothing they could do in the temple, so the two had no choice but to follow the crowds step by step. Mu Xi had never been to this place before, so he was a little nervous, and followed Fan Chen closely.

Finally it was the turn of the two to enter the temple. The flow of people in the temple was well controlled, so it wasn't crowded. At this time, Mu Xi couldn't help but ask, "Why did you bring me here? To pray?"

Fan Chen couldn't help but reached out and rubbed Mu Xi's hair: "I heard that the fragrance of the head pillar is very spiritual. I brought you here to hope that you will be safe and happy in the new year."

The other party's focused and smiling eyes made Mu Xi's heart beat a few times faster, and his face couldn't help getting a little hot, he could only pretend to be calm and say: "Hurry up, or you will block the people behind. "

Fan Chen looked at Mu Xi's flustered look with a smile, and the smile at the corner of his mouth deepened.

Kneeling in front of the main hall, Mu Xi couldn't help but peeked at the people beside him, the thoughts in his heart seemed completely irrepressible: Could it be that Fan Chen and I have the same thoughts?

His heart seemed to be out of order, Fan Chen was too kind to himself, so good that he had to misunderstand, although he never explained, Fan Chen's behavior today has already exceeded the boundaries of friends.I couldn't help but think in my heart: If it is true, then it will be fine.

But before this thought fermented, Mu Xi pushed it back to the bottom of his heart. He took a deep breath and told himself not to think too much. He and Fan Chen were just friends, and the other party might just be too kind.

When his mind calmed down, he was finally able to calm down and pray devoutly, but there was only one thing in his mind: I hope Fan Chen is happy.

When he came out of the temple, the clock had already ticked to four, and Mu Xi felt a little sleepy after thinking too much today: "Do you want to go to other places?"

"En." Fan Chen nodded, "Take a break, I'll call you when we arrive."

"What about you?" Mu Xi saw that Fan Chen's eyes were bloodshot, "Why don't you go? You are also very tired."

"It's okay." Fan Chen took a blanket from the back seat and covered Mu Xi, "I brought coffee, you go to sleep."

"I'm already very happy, Brother Fan, there's no need to go to other places." Mu Xi still couldn't help persuading him, Fan Chen's kindness made him a little confused, he really couldn't accept more.

"It's right next to here, not far away." Fan Chen said reassuringly, "You'll be there soon after you sleep for a while."

Seeing Fan Chen's insistence, Mu Xi could only nod his head, but he didn't intend to sleep, he planned to stay with Fan Chen.

However, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the warm temperature in the car made him fall asleep unconsciously. Fan Chen turned around and couldn't help but reached out and touched Mu Xi's cheek.

Fan Chen didn't dare to do this when the other party was awake, he knew that Mu Xi was very resistant to physical contact, the soft touch of his hands made him unconsciously curl his mouth.

When Mu Xi woke up, he saw Fan Chen standing outside the car, looking at the sky in the distance, holding a cigarette between his slender fingers, his side face was clearly outlined, with a certain strange maturity, he looked a little sexy.

Mu Xi only thinks that Fan Chen like this is really handsome.

Fan Chen turned his head and happened to meet Mu Xi looking at him, he extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and only opened the car door after the smell on his body dissipated.

"Wait another 10 minutes." Fan Chen took out an insulated bag from the back seat, took a bottle of milk from the bag and handed it to Mu Xi, "Drink something to pad your stomach."

"Thank you." Mu Xi took the milk, it was still warm, he was a little moved by Fan Chen's care.

The two of them didn't speak, the distance began to gradually brighten, the sun gradually revealed its outline, Mu Xi finally understood what Fan Chen's purpose was for bringing him here.

Before he could be moved, Mu Xi was attracted by the sunrise in the distance, so he didn't realize that Fan Chen's gaze was always on him.

It wasn't until the sun rose that Mu Xi came back to his senses, and turned his head just in time to meet Fan Chen's gaze. The deep eyes with complicated emotions made him unable to move his eyes away, and his heart was out of rhythm again because of this gaze.

"Happy New Year." Fan Chen smiled and took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Mu Xi, "I wish everything goes well this year."

The first ray of sunshine with New Year's blessings slanted down on Fan Chen's face, and the other party's gentle smile could be vaguely seen between the light and shadow. No matter how many years later Mu Xi recalled, he always remembered the heartbeat at that moment.