prophet

A bird suddenly flies across the bright blue sky in the camera.Qu and Dong didn't answer immediately, and Xia Yubing didn't rush, just quietly waiting for the other party to speak.

I don't know how long it took before the familiar voice came from the opposite side: "Did you see that bird that flew by just now?"

Xia Yubing thought he was going to say something "big thing": "..."

"Yes, got it."

"That should be the pigeons in the nearby square." Qu Hedong continued.

"Huh?" Xia Yubing signaled him to continue.

"I want to see you." Qu Hedong said suddenly, and in the next second, the camera turned, and Qu Hedong's smile appeared on the narrow screen, and the eyes as deep as lake water reflected the splendor of starlight: "Is that okay?" ?” It was still that familiar smile, Xia Yubing had seen this smile countless times when he lowered his head and raised his head, he thought he was “immune”, but he still lost his mind for a moment.Something seemed to have changed somewhere.During the period when they communicated by mobile phone, no one asked to see each other in a place where there were no other people. For the first time, the camera was no longer aimed at other things, but at the familiar face.

In the end he still broke.

Xia Yubing was silent for a moment, he looked at the person whose eyes were gradually dimming on the screen, smacked, and turned the camera around.His expressionless face all year round appeared in the camera, silently looking at the person whose eyes suddenly lit up again.

Xia Yubing felt the other party's eyes that seemed to be glued to her body, and her face tensed up unnaturally, her eyes became a little wandering, and no one spoke, until Qu Hedong, who had suppressed her smile, couldn't help laughing again .

Xia Yubing looked at the smiling person, his tense face softened a bit, and the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.But he still couldn't help feeling a little annoyed: "Why are you smirking?"

Qu Hedong seemed not to have heard this, he looked at Xia Yubing with a smile and said, "I've never seen you wearing such a red dress."

Xia Yubing followed his gaze and glanced at his bright red sweater with disgust, and said helplessly: "My mother insists on me wearing this. What red is festive."

Qu Hedong's eyes were bent: "It's so pretty." Xia Yubing was already so white that the girls were jealous, but wearing such a bright red dress made her complexion extra rosy, and her pink and tender face made people think A pinch can make him feel helpless through the screen.

"Really?" Xia Yubing doubted what he said with a smile.

"Really, you look good in anything you wear." Qu Hedong was still smiling, unaware that there was anything wrong with what he just said.

Xia Yubing, who didn't know how to answer, thought for a long time before saying cautiously: "Thank you, you too."

Then the other side started laughing again.

Xia Yubing: "..." At first, he felt that this guy's bad mood was definitely an illusion.But it is undeniable that he doesn't seem to dislike his clothes as much as he did at the beginning.

"Have you laughed enough?" Xia Yubing asked.

The other party nodded seriously, and replied with a smile, "Not yet."

Xia Yubing: "..." He found that the other party always left him speechless.

"Let's discuss that pigeon just now." Qu Hedong finally looked "normal".

Xia Yubing didn't know why.

"Didn't there be some flying pigeons to pass on the book before?"

Xia Yubing nodded.

"So let me send you something." Qu Hedong said.

Xia Yubing: "???" Pigeons and posting things are really irrelevant when viewed separately.But he really didn't want to complain.

Qu Hedong hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "The things sent to you should arrive tomorrow night at the latest. Remember to keep the phone open."

Xia Yubing was a little puzzled, when did cross-border logistics become so fast?But on second thought, maybe the origin of the things they sent wasn't London at all?

"Do you want an address?" he asked.

Qu Hedong raised his eyebrows: "You forgot? You gave me the address before." I just memorized it.

Xia Yubing thought for a while in a daze: "When did it happen?"

Qu Hedong: "Think about it yourself."

Xia Yubing thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered the big table of takeaways that Qu Hedong had ordered for him the night he just came home.

Seeing this, Qu Hedong smiled and said, "Remember it."

Xia Yubing nodded.The two looked at each other and laughed in unison.

"Aren't you going to ask me what I want to send you?" Qu Hedong asked with crooked eyes.

Xia Yubing shook her head.

"Not curious?"

It would be a lie if he said he wasn't curious, but Xia Yubing was sure that Qu and Dong wouldn't tell himself. He asked, "Could you tell me if I'm curious?"

Qu Hedong understood his subtext, and just smiled slyly: "You will be very pleasantly surprised."

Xia Yubing looked at the traitor expressionlessly.He always felt that the other party would play some tricks.Then he heard the person he labeled sinister grinned at him again: "By the way, Happy New Year's Eve!"

Xia Yubing: "..." Why does it feel like a weasel is giving a New Year greeting to a chicken?

"Happy New Year." Xia Yubing looked at the bright blue sky behind the other party, and then glanced at the blue sky outside the window.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Xia Yubing stood up and opened the door, before he could ask, Aunt Chen said to him pleasantly, "Xiaoyu, your father is back, and the food is almost ready, let's go eat."

The father and son haven't spoken to each other for half a year, Xia Yubing froze for a moment, then nodded, "Understood, come down immediately."

The new year begins with the annual Spring Festival Gala, perhaps to keep the house from looking deserted, the TV in the living room is always on even if no one is watching it, and the stars inside are smiling Singing a beaming song, the sound of singing floated into the kitchen, virtually dispelling the rather dull atmosphere of the few people at the table.

The dumplings have been cooked, and a bowl is placed in front of everyone.The father and son, who just greeted briefly and then said nothing, happened to sit next to each other, but neither of them said a second word.

Xia's mother turned her eyes around the two of them, with a worried expression on her face. Xia Yubing didn't look like his father at all except for his pair of identical peach blossom eyes, but in terms of temper, he had inherited his father completely. Dad's stubborn temper when he was young.She sighed from the bottom of her heart, but she still had a smile on her face: "My son's father, quickly try the dumplings made by your son."

Father Xia looked at the dumplings in his bowl in surprise when he heard the words, and then at his son sitting beside him: "You made them?"

Only then did Xia Yubing realize that except for the strangely shaped and leaky bowl of dumplings in front of Father Xia, the dumplings in front of everyone else were quite normal, so he couldn't help but look at the two people sitting across from each other. There is no harm if there is no comparison. It's definitely intentional... Xia Yubing turned her face away, and replied very reluctantly: "Yes, I made it. Would you like to exchange a bowl with you?"

Unexpectedly, father Xia laughed: "That's not necessary, although the appearance is not good, but the taste should be similar."

Xia Yubing pursed her lips and said nothing.

As a result, the atmosphere between the father and son suddenly eased a lot, and the conversation slowly opened up.

"Are you still used to staying at school this semester?" Father Xia asked.

Xia Yubing swallowed what he was chewing and replied: "It's okay." He seemed to think that the answer was too simple and perfunctory, so he thought for a while and added: "The facilities in all aspects of the school are very good, and the environment is also very good. Very good, very strong learning atmosphere.”

"Do you get along well?"

"They are very nice people. Um...the four of us in our dormitory plus me, everyone has a good personality and is easy to get along with." Xia Yubing thought of Qu and Dong who had just finished a video call not long ago. Although he didn't say anything, there was no reason. I feel a little guilty.

Xia's father heard the words and teased: "Including the four of you, you have a very good personality and are easy to get along with?"

Xia Yubing "knows the elegance by listening to string songs", and suddenly understood that his father was laughing at him for boasting that "a person with a good personality is easy to get along with".He changed his mind and thought about it. There is nothing wrong with him. Does he have a bad personality?Is he difficult?Of course he didn't know that if his three roommates were here, they would definitely agree with what Father Xia said.

Mother Xia on the side looked at her frowning son and couldn't help laughing: "Have you ever said that about your son?" Her words were ambiguous, and it sounded like she was scolding her husband, but in fact it was Laughing at his own son.

Xia Yubing thought while chewing vegetables, why don't he go back and ask Qu and Dong next time?