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Recently, Chen Xi always ran to the hospital when he had nothing to do. He and Zhou Yan took turns taking time to take care of Li Ming. Zhou Yanhang even quit his job of going on business trips every week because of this, and stayed in the hospital bed every day. beside.

Xie Jingnian would occasionally go with Chen Xi.Play with Li Ming's younger sister, the little girl named Yaoyao.

Probably Zhou Yantong thought that a boy of Xie Jingnian's age could get along well with this little guy, but in fact it was not as good as he imagined.

Yaoyao likes to pester people to play games with her, such as peek-a-boo, wooden figures, everything that can be enjoyed in the hospital, she dragged Xie Jingnian to try it.

But even if Xie Jingnian was the only one who played with her, she was still not close to Xie Jingnian, far behind Zhou Yanhang.

"Brother, I want to eat candied haws."

Yaoyao was wearing a heavy down jacket, her small face was more than half covered by the scarf, only a pair of black eyes were exposed, staring straight at the strings of candied gourds on the shelf by the roadside, "Brother give Yaoyao Buy one."

Xie Jingnian hesitated for a while, but still took Yaoyao's little hand.

Xie Jingnian himself has never tasted the taste of candied haws for five yuan a bunch.

"Thank you brother!"

Yaoyao happily ate the candied haws that were bigger than her mouth, and there were still a few hawthorn balls left in the hospital from the street.

The ward was empty, Chen Xi didn't know what to do, only Zhou Yanhang and Li Ming were there.

Zhou Yanhang was holding a basin of water, probably about to wipe Li Ming's face, when he saw the candied haws in Yaoyao's hand, he immediately put down the basin and asked, "Did Xiao Xie buy it? How much will I give you?"

Zhou Yanhang's attitude made Xie Jingnian feel a little embarrassed to accept money.

"No need, there is not much money."

Getting along with each other these few days made Xie Jingnian completely overturn his initial impression of Zhou Yanhang.Today's Zhou Yanhang has dark circles under his eyes and messy hair. He no longer looks like a gentle scum, but looks haggard like a tramp.

"I'll give it." Li Ming lay on the hospital bed and raised his head with difficulty.

She recovered quite quickly now, her complexion is not as ugly as before, and her mental condition has improved a lot. She said to Zhou Yanhang in a weak voice: "You give him the money for me."

"Don't move, I'll give it to you." Zhou Yanhang went over to help Li Ming lie down, took out his mobile phone and added WeChat to Xie Jingnian, and asked him, "How much?"

Xie Jingnian said five yuan, but Zhou Yanhang sent him a red envelope of 100 yuan.

He was about to return the extra money when he was stopped by Zhou Yanhang: "Save it and buy something to eat. I've worked hard on you for a while."

He thanked him, sat next to Yaoyao who was still eating candied haws, and watched Zhou Yanhang wipe Li Ming's face.

Zhou Yanhang wiped her face lightly, as if she was a fragile porcelain doll, carefully as if she was wiping some unearthed ancient relic.

Xie Jingnian once read it in a book, it said that liking someone can't be hidden, every detail is a wordless expression of love.

Zhou Yanhang probably fell in love with Li Ming.

At night, the streets were covered with a thick layer of snow, which reached Xie Jingnian's ankles, making it difficult for him to walk, and a lot of snow got stuck in his shoes, making his feet numb from the cold.

The snow is still falling lightly, very small, but it seems that there is no end and it will never stop.

Xie Jingnian hadn't seen Chen Xi's motorcycle for a long time, and suddenly began to miss it for no reason.

He didn't know the brand of the motorcycle, and he couldn't remember the color and pattern of its body—like snowflakes falling on his skin, it gradually melted and dissipated as time went by.

But he still remembers the temperature when he was sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle and hugged Chen Shi, and he also remembered the beating sound of the heart when it was attached to Chen Shi's back, these things may never be forgotten by him.

But who can tell the future?He is not a great prophet.

Xie Jingnian always felt that he had changed from head to toe after meeting Chen Xi, and sometimes he was terribly unfamiliar when looking in the mirror.

There is still a recent text message in his mobile phone, which was sent to him by the police station.

It was sent to his mobile phone very early, but he never paid attention to it.That text message was just to inform him that his unchanging father who went whoring and prostitution was caught in the bureau and detained.

Xie Jingnian didn't have any fluctuations in his heart from the beginning to the end, he only felt that Xie Lao San deserved it, all of this was caused by himself.

He himself has heard a lot of gossip in the school, and as a big laughing stock for the newcomers in No. [-] Middle School, even he himself finds it ridiculous.

How could he ask Chen Shi to have equal feelings for him——

"Why are you standing here, isn't it cold?"

Chen Kui came out from the hospital door, his knuckles casually poked into Xie Jingnian's neckline.

The sudden touch startled Xie Jingnian, he shrank his neck and hid to the side, tripped over the steps at his feet and almost fell down.

Chen Xi grabbed his collar and was dragged into his arms: "What are you hiding from?"

"Why are you walking so silently?" Xie Jingnian muttered in a low voice, and he didn't slow down for a long time, "Scared me."

Chen Xi laughed softly, wrapped his arms around his shoulders and led him to the snow-free road and walked along the street: "Eat first and then go back."

When turning the corner of the street, the candied haws vendor Xie Jingnian saw during the day was still there, but there was an extra umbrella on his head to block the snow.

Xie Jingnian couldn't help taking a few more glances, Chen Xi walked over to the hawker, bought a bunch of candied haws and put them in his hands.

"Thank you Brother Jiu." Xie Jingnian handed the candied haws to Chen Xi's mouth, and asked after he took a bite, "Is it sour?"

There was no expression on Chen Kui's face, he chewed it a few times without even frowning: "It's not sour, eat it."

Xie Jingnian didn't even think about it, he believed it all at once, and ate the big piece left over from Chen Xiu's bite.

The sugar wrapped in the outer layer of the candied haws melted in his mouth, and after the sweetness dissipated, he was so sour that his eyes burned as soon as he chewed it. It was almost as good as the lemonade in the livehouse last time.

Now he didn't know that Chen Xi was teasing him there, he was ashamed and annoyed, his ugly grin just now must have been seen by others.

Xie Jingnian casually scraped a layer of snow on the wall next to him, grabbed it vigorously to set it into shape, and threw it at Chen Xi, blowing a white flower on his black down jacket.

Before Chen Xi could react, Xie Jingnian had already run away, leaving Chen Xi behind.

Some places on the road turned to ice after the snow melted. Xie Jingnian didn't pay attention, and his foot slipped and sat on the ground, causing his butt to hurt.

As soon as he struggled to get up, Chen Xi unhurriedly chased after him, attacked from behind and knocked Xie Jingnian to the side of the snowdrift beside the road.

In the thick snowdrift, Xie Jingnian's upper body disappeared in an instant, and was half buried by the scattered snow in an instant, with his exposed right hand still tightly holding the bunch of candied haws.

Xie Jingnian's face was icy cold, his eyes couldn't be opened, his breath was full of snowflakes pouring into his nasal cavity, besides, there was Chen Xi's undisguised laughter.

He first felt that the candied haws in his hand had been taken away, and then he was pulled out by Chen Xi.

"Aren't you skinny yet?" Chen Kui asked while brushing off the snow hanging from his body, the corners of his mouth never loosened.

Xie Jingnian's little anger was contained in his stomach together with the candied haws, which made his butt hurt even more.

"Brother Rotten, my butt hurts." He dragged his tune, his tone involuntarily becoming aggrieved.

Chen Kui handed the candied haws to Xie Jingnian, and pulled him forward: "Who told you to run so fast."

After walking a few steps, he asked again, "Did you fall seriously?"

How could Xie Jingnian dare to say that it was serious, there was nothing wrong with him at first, he just came out of the hospital not too far away, he was afraid that Chen Xi would just take him back for an examination - didn't Zhou Yantong and the others all know that he fell his butt?

"It's not serious, it's not serious." Xie Jingnian explained to himself very quickly, "I'm wearing thick clothes, so I didn't fall too much."

Although he said so, his butt still hurts when he walks.

The pain went all the way to the eating place. Fortunately, the chairs in this restaurant have cushions, otherwise Xie Jingnian probably wouldn't be able to eat.

This Malatang seems to be a chain store, there is also one downstairs in Chen Xi's house, Xie Jingnian often eats there.

Chen Xi took out a few pieces of paper to wrap the wooden sticks under the candied haws, and stuffed them back into Xie Jingnian's hand, urging him to finish eating quickly.

In fact, the sugar on the outer layer of the candied haws has already melted, and Xie Jingnian gave it away.He subconsciously put his finger into his mouth and licked it a few times, his mouth was full of sweet taste.

"Wash your hands."

Chen Kui frowned at him, and asked the shopkeeper for a plate to put candied haws on.

Xie Jingnian went to wash his hands obediently, and when he came back again, Chen Xi's expression was still a little strange, he didn't dare to ask, and sat down quietly to eat the steaming Malatang just out of the pan.

Xie Jingnian had a toothache from eating sweets, and the last few hawthorn balls all went into Chen Hui's stomach as a matter of course.

The two didn't go home directly, but went to the practice room. Chen Xi said he wanted to see how far Xie Jingnian had played the guitar in the past few months.

Xie Jingnian couldn't help complaining about Chen Xi in his heart, he wouldn't bring him to perform anyway, and it didn't matter how well he played.

It was probably because Chen Xi saw his thoughts, and the latter suffered another blow on the forehead.

"If you play well, I will take you to a game."

After listening to Xie Jingnian, Chen Xi was silent for a long time, until there was a pile of cigarette butts under his feet.

He didn't say whether it was good or bad from the beginning to the end, but Xie Jingnian felt that Chen Xi probably thought that he played pretty well.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Chen Xi took out his mobile phone and sent Xie Jingnian a few pictures.

It's the scores of a few songs.

"The last match is for you." Chen Xi said, "There is still one and a half months, enough for you to practice."

Xie Jingnian rolled his eyes with a smile, left Chen Xi behind and went back to the house to play the guitar.

Calluses had already been worn out on his fingertips. Although they were still very thin, they were far less painful when playing the piano.

He was looking at the score, and was blocked by a pop-up window popped up by QQ within a few clicks.

He was about to scratch it away when he caught a glimpse of the contents—December 23rd.

It turned out that today is his birthday.

Xie Jingnian rarely celebrates his birthday.When he was young, he could still eat the cream cake Xie Laosan bought for him. Although it was only the size of a palm, he was very happy every time.

So he looked forward to it, and the most anticipated time of the year was his birthday.

Later, and later, he gradually forgot about it. After entering junior high school, he seemed to never have a birthday again.

So it's a birthday this year.Although the candied haws were extremely sour, they were also so sweet that Xie Jingnian's teeth ached.

Go on stage.It's the best birthday present he's ever received.

What about Chen Xi?Xie Jingnian still doesn't know when Chen Xi's birthday is.

He found Zhou Yantong in his WeChat contacts and asked him when Chen Xi's birthday was.

Zhou Yantong replied quickly, it was November [-]th.

It has passed.

Zhou Yantong asked Xie Jingnian why he asked this, and Xie Jingnian chatted with him briefly before ending the conversation.

Not long after, Chen Xi pushed the door open and came in. Before he could throw the cigarette butt in his mouth, the first thing he said when he came in was to ask Xie Jingnian: "Today is your birthday?"

Xie Jingnian nodded and asked how he knew.

Chen Xi replied to him that Zhou Yantong was in a panic, and after the chat, he went to QQ to check it out.

Chen Kui came over and squatted in front of him, took the electric guitar in his arms and put it aside, looked at Xie Jingnian and said, "Happy birthday."

Before Xie Jingnian could speak, he asked again, "What birthday present do you want?"

Originally, he wanted to say no gift, but Xie Jingnian changed his mind when he saw the cigarette butt that Chen Xiu was holding under his fingertips: "I want to smoke your cigarette."

"No." Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and refused without thinking.

Xie Jingnian took Chen Kui's hand resting on the edge of the chair, and tugged lightly: "Can I smoke this too?"

Chen Yu laughed and scolded him for smoking, but he still gave the cigarette butt to Xie Jingnian.

Under Chen Xi's gaze, Xie Jingnian was smoking a cigarette butt, relying on Chen Xi's invisibility, his teeth fit into the tooth marks left by Chen Xi, and the tip of his tongue quietly licked the slightly moist filter.The moment he touched it, his eye sockets became hot, his head couldn't think, and tears seemed to be pouring out of his eyes.

He especially likes this birthday present.