Coquettish

Xie Yan's eyes lit up all of a sudden, she stood up from the sofa, put on her coat and wanted to go out.

Fu Qing glanced at him: "Go and change into new clothes, it will be twelve o'clock in a while. Wait a minute, I'll go shopping and come back to pick you up later."

Xie Yan nodded. He walked into the back room and took out the red jacket. The color was brighter than the red envelopes he received tonight, but he still put it on and took a look in the mirror.

This kind of bright red is like a burning flame, it is too hot, and only a very beautiful person can suppress this color, so as not to look dull.On the other hand, Xie Yan's skin was whiter, her delicate eyebrows were sharp, and when she was not smiling, she was cold and distant, but there was a tinge of red in the corners of her eyes, which was very touching.

On the contrary, it seems that this color does not suit him.

Xie Yan looked at the mirror for a while, then took out the scarf and wrapped it around his neck twice, feeling that something was missing, finally took out the box stuffed under the pillow, and hung the jade around his neck.

The emerald is cold, and it is very cold when it sticks to the skin. Before Xie Yan could warm it up, Fu Qing had already returned.

Fu Qing had an extra bag in his hand, he paused when he saw Xie Yan's appearance, and waved to him again: "Xiao Xie, come here."

The night in the old street is very quiet, and all the shops are closed to watch the new year at home.There are also few street lights, half of which are broken and out of light, and I can't even see the road under my feet clearly.Xie Yan was not familiar with the road conditions in the old street. Fu Qing was afraid that he would fall, so he held the bag in his right hand and held Xie Yan's wrist with his left hand, leading him forward.

Xie Yan was always thinking about the injury of Fu Qing's left hand, so she obediently followed half a step behind, not letting Fu Qing exert any strength.

Coming out of the end of the old street, the surrounding area became more and more deserted. There were no longer street lamps, but tall trees were growing all over the place, so we could only drive by the faint moonlight.The surroundings were very quiet, Xie Yan could hear Fu Qing's breathing, because he was too close, as if it was in his own ear.

Fu Qing easily tugged on the child's wrist: "Aren't you going to ask where?"

Xie Yan was still counting Fu Qing's breaths, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Fu Qing smiled: "Go to the old factory in the old street."

Since Fu Qing's father made a big mistake, the factory in Laojie was forced to close down.But the location here is not good, there is no development value, that place has been abandoned, no one cares, no one demolishes it.However, due to an accident, several people died, and people in the old street would not come here for no reason.

The old street is not close to the old factory building, and it takes more than half an hour to walk there.It also took Xie Yan and Fu Qing about [-] minutes to walk together.

The old factory building has been abandoned for more than ten years, but because of the solid materials used back then, although it looks dilapidated, it is actually very strong and looks like it can last for a long time.

Fu Qing hasn't been here for a long time, but he almost grew up here, and the memory of the old factory building is engraved in his bones, and he may never forget it until he dies.So he led Xie Yan to go around in the middle, only to see the river behind the factory building.

The river is low, and the road on the embankment has not been walked for many years. It is already full of weeds and dead branches, and it will take a lot of effort to get down.

When the two reached the riverside, Fu Qingcai put down the bag in his hand and said to Xie Yan while unpacking it, "This is outside the city."

Xie Yan didn't understand what it meant.

Fu Qing took out the contents of the bag and put it in front of Xie Yan: "So we can set off fireworks. Xiao Xie, did you let off the fireworks?"

Xie Yan was startled and shook his head.

He didn't let it go, but he saw it.At that time, he was still in the orphanage, and the festivals there were very simple, usually adding more dishes on the night of the festival, and giving each child a few more candies.But it’s different when a superior leader comes to inspect and visit. The staff will select the child they think is the most obedient and serve a table of good food outside to accompany the leader to finish the meal, while the other children are locked in the back room.Xie Yan is a thorn in the side, locked in a room alone by the staff.He doesn't remember what holiday it was that day, but he can still remember that when he was locked in the innermost place, he suddenly heard cheers from outside. It turned out that there were fireworks, and big flowers bloomed in the air. It was very beautiful, and that was also Xie Yan saw fireworks in reality for the first time.

Later, when he grew up, he left the orphanage. On a whim, he suddenly wanted to set off fireworks, but there was no one around.

Fu Qing bought a whole bag at the grocery store, because the old street is on the edge of the urban area, almost out of the jurisdiction of the urban area, and occasionally some children play without it.

Xie Yan was a little curious, Fu Qing took a few: "I'll show you a few first."

He lit it with matches. These fireworks are small in size, and the sound is not loud when they are set off, but the patterns are very delicate.

Xie Yan is a 20-year-old kid, who was immediately interested. Holding a matchbox alone, he set off fireworks on the bank of the river and had a great time.

Fu Qing sat not far away and looked down at Xie Yan.

The surroundings were too dark, only Xie Yan's body was filled with light, there were fireworks, and there were also his own.

Fireworks are very fast to play with. After a while, Xie Yan had finished setting off all the fireworks. Fu Qing asked him, "Are you happy?"

Xie Yan still had sweat on his forehead, it was because he had so much fun just now, he wanted to save face, it was completely different from the crazy play just now, but he still smiled and nodded with Fu Qing.

But after the fireworks were set off, Fu Qing didn't intend to take Xie Yan back now.This was the original plan before taking him out, but later Fu Qing changed his mind.

After the two of them cleared up the mess after setting off the fireworks, Fu Qing led Xie Yan to the old factory.

Ji'an is not considered the north, but the winter nights are also very cold. Although the old factory building is dilapidated, there are at least a few walls to block the wind.

When Fu Qing came out, he brought two bottles of shochu with him. He opened the caps and handed one of the bottles to Xie Yan.

Xie Yan took it, he couldn't drink much, so he took a sip, it was so hot that it burned from his throat into his stomach, and he immediately frowned, looking very disgusted.

Emotions, anger, sorrow and joy were all on his face, no wonder he was not very happy that day.

Fu Qing suddenly asked: "When I went to buy fireworks today, someone told me that you have to pay for me, right?"

He still remembers how the store owner described it to himself: "What a beautiful little brother, knowing that Brother Fu, you have settled the bill, so you stand here and insist on paying next year's bill in advance, deducting from the money he gave."

"How can this work. I refused many times, and said no, and he didn't leave. In the end, I had no choice, so I said to call you to come and he would leave."

"Oh, my face turned red when I left, my skin is too thin."

When Fu Qing first heard about this, he didn't have any thoughts for a while.Just thinking that Xie Yan is thin-skinned and has a big temper. It's really not easy for such a personality to be entangled here for so long. I'm afraid two fights with people are easier than this.

After thinking about it again, I am afraid that in Xie Yan's heart, I am really a street fighter who eats for nothing.

Finally, on the way home, I slowly realized that the child was protecting me.How much Xie Yancai was paid for the film, she only ate instant noodles and quick-frozen dumplings at home, and kept the money for herself to settle the bill.

So cute, it hurts.

But Xie Yan heard it like a bolt from the blue, only felt that on the last day, the last hour of this year, he had lost all face for the whole year, and even had to overpay for the next year.

He didn't show much on his face when he drank, and his ears usually turned red, but now his face turned from white to red immediately, the same color as his red lips.

Fu Qing smiled, repeated it, and asked again: "Is that right?"

Xie Yan pretended to be calm, took out a cigarette, and struck a match, but because of shaking hands, he failed to light it several times.After finally lighting it, he first took a deep breath and exhaled the smoke ring, trying to cover his hot and red face with the smoke, and then nodded pretendingly, without saying a word.

Fu Qing never got to the bottom of it, and was very considerate of the children's face, but at this moment, he pressed forward step by step, and continued, "I know this is Xiao Xie's wish, but why?"

Xie Yan is now so irritable that she wants to fight Fu Qing.

But it's a pity that he was wearing clothes bought by Fu Qing, a scarf woven by Fu Qing's mother, and a necklace given by Grandpa Fu Qing.

He smashed the pot, closed his eyes, and didn't look at Fu Qing: "Brother Fu is a Street Fighter, and it's almost Chinese New Year now, and the outside inspections are strict. I thought you owed money to those shops in the old street, so I wanted to pay it back first." Drop, less evidence."

Xie Yan's voice trembled: "I know I was wrong."

Suddenly a little frustrated.What he wanted to do was not done, and he was so embarrassed that he was sued to Brother Fu, and in the end he was forced to repeat his mental journey.

For the first time, Xie Yan felt that his soul had been severely wounded.

Fu Qing dragged Xie Yan to her side, said softly with a smile in her voice: "I'm very happy, because Xiao Xie is the first person who wants to protect me like this."

This is true.

Fu Qing has lived to such an age, and has been taught to guard the factories and people in the old street since he was a child. He needs to be more sensible and mature than his peers.Later, even before he grew up, he carried the street.

He does everything and protects everyone.Others would respect him, care about him, and fear him, but maybe it was because Fu Qing was too strong and would never be defeated, so no one ever wanted to protect him.

Fu Qing never felt that she needed to be protected.

Until today, he didn't know that the feeling of being protected by others is so indescribable, but at that moment, even his heart will become soft.

Xie Yan wasn't really angry, she just felt ashamed, but after hearing Fu Qing's words, she felt nothing.After all, Fu Qing didn't make fun of himself, he felt happy because he was the first to protect the other party.

Thinking about it this way, Xie Yan was even a little proud, but he definitely couldn't show it on the surface.

His emotions came and went quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he was quietly sitting next to Fu Qing as a good boy, smoking his own cigarette.

In fact, Fu Qing originally wanted to tell Xie Yan the truth, but the child is too hot-tempered and wants to save face, so he just coaxed him to coax him. If he really knew that he had caused such a big misunderstanding, he would feel even more ashamed. Maybe he would have to write it down from the beginning of the year to the end of the year , in short, don't try to coax it on the first day of the new year.

Fu Qing didn't mention this matter anymore, he saw Xie Yan smoking and wanted to smoke too, but he lit too many fireworks just now and ran out of matches, Xie Yan used the last one.

Only Xie Yan's cigarette was on fire.

If it was normal, Fu Qing might not have smoked anymore, but the desire to smoke suddenly burned up, burning all his reason, and he said, "Bring me a fire."

Then he turned his face towards Xie Yan.

Xie Yan turned her head, but before she could react, she frowned slightly, looking very confused.

Fu Qing was taller than him, and his upper body was longer. He bent down, with a cigarette in his mouth, and wanted to light Xie Yan's cigarette butt.

The gesture was too intimate and too presumptuous.

There is even a sense of surrender.

But Xie Yan was only stunned, and raised her head obediently, deliberately raising the cigarette butt to make it easier for Fu Qing to light it.

His scarf has long since been undone, and the zipper of his coat has been half-opened, revealing a gray sweater with a low collar, and he can vaguely see his thin neck, and there is also a hint of hidden greenness.

The moment when the cigarette butts intersected was when they were closest, and from Fu Qing's angle, he could see every detail of Xie Yan's face completely.

Xie Yan's skin was too white and too thin, and it was easily stained red. His lips were burnt red by alcohol, and they were stained with a layer of moist light, like ripe cherries, waiting to be picked.

Fu Qing quickly separated from Xie Yan after lighting the cigarette, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Xie, don't light cigarettes like this again in the future."

Xie Yan only felt that he had lost his soul just now, how could he suddenly come up to him, he was a person who was never in a weak position, but his posture just now was almost surrendered.

Before he could figure it out, he let out a dry "oh", turned his head to the wind and continued to smoke.

Even the smoke in his mouth seemed to be burning hot.

It was past twelve o'clock at this time, and Fu Qing led Xie Yan home in the dark.Grandpa Fu was still sitting on the sofa, coughing deliberately when he heard the sound of two people entering the door.

Fu Qing pushed Xie Yan into the back room to wash up early. Before Xie Yan went in, she vaguely heard Grandpa Fu curse: "You are still so noisy at the age of 32, you don't look like an adult at all."

I can't hear it anymore.

Before Fu Qing could reply, Grandpa Fu added another sentence: "But it's true, it's the first time you are in love at such an age, and the old house is on fire, so it's reasonable to make noise."

Fu Qing felt helpless: "Master, don't talk nonsense."

Grandpa Fu didn't argue with him: "Whether I'm talking nonsense, you know it in your heart."

After saying this, Grandpa Fu went back to his room.

Fu Qing stood there for a while.

Maybe he was drunk or lost his mind, but Fu Qing couldn't deceive himself.

At that moment, he really wanted to kiss Xie Yan and his little friend.