out of print lover

The night before Lin Xing went to participate in military training, Xu Xi stayed up all night.

She checked the things in Lin Xing's suitcase over and over again, and nagged and asked: "Have you packed your clothes? You have enough clothes for a change. I checked the training base, the wilderness, the village, and the store. There is not even a canteen, what if it rains, I don’t bring enough clothes, I don’t have to change, what if I catch a cold?”

"I've brought enough. It's only been seven days of military training. I've brought a change of clothes for ten days. Even if it rains for seven consecutive days, it's enough."

"What about the cool coat? It's in the mountains and it's cold at night. If you do military training at night, you need to wear two more clothes."

"Take it, take it, you said it several times last night."

"There are also sunscreen, anti-heat medicine, anti-mosquito spray..." Xu Xiwan searched Lin Xing's suitcase for fear of missing something.

"Bring them all, I checked them in the afternoon." Lin Xing pulled Xu Xiwan to sit down, "Oh, Wanwan, why are you nagging now?"

Xu Xiwan has never been a mother-in-law, but if she cares about it, it will cause chaos. It is about Lin Xing. She has to consider all aspects carefully, and she is not willing to let Lin Xing suffer a little grievance. This military training is the first time for Lin Xing to leave her alone. He thought more than usual, for fear that he would miss one thing and make Lin Xing suffer outside.

Xu Xiwan stroked Lin Xing's hair and didn't speak.

Lin Xing's heart was warm, and when Xu Xiwan's hand touched it, she deliberately rubbed her head against Xu Xiwan's palm, "Oh, I know Wanwan is worried about me, but I'm already 13 years old, Wanwan You also have to have more confidence in me, believe that I can take care of myself, right?"

Xu Xiwan's palms were itchy by her broken hair, hearing her cat-like voice protest against his excessive restraint, Xu Xiwan smiled softly.

Lin Xing is like a little animal that has not yet grown up, it has already begun to break free from Xu Xiwan's shackles, and began to yearn for the outside world.

Xu Xiwan smiled, and put his palm on Lin Xing's shoulder, "When you get there, if you encounter any trouble or forget something, you must call me, and I will send someone to send it over there."

The girl's shoulders are thin and soft, and the shoulders are still tender and rounded. They seem to be carved from high-quality white jade, and they feel very good.

"But Feng Yu said that she had inquired. There is no plug in the dormitory over there. Can the battery of the mobile phone last for seven days? What if the battery runs out in the middle of the military training?"

"Then bring more mobile phones."

"..." Lin Xing wiped his sweat and thought, it really is a simple and rude way.

At night, Lin Xing slept very deeply. Xu Xiwan had too many thoughts in his mind and couldn't fall asleep. He simply sat up, leaned against the head of the bed, and carefully traced Lin Xing's profile with the moonlight outside the window.

The delicate and beautiful face that only belonged to a girl, the hazy moonlight covered her face with a layer of warm jade-like brilliance, her beautiful eyes were securely closed, showing slender and curved eyelashes one by one, under the moonlight Casts an elongated shadow.

Xu Xiwan remembered that when Lin Xing was just picked up by him, he was just such a small ball. He bathed her, wrapped her whole body in a large pure white towel, and laughed at her for being like an ET.Now, this little girl who looks like ET is gradually becoming more and more beautiful, like a flower bud that has sprouted from a rose branch, and has a faint fragrance before it is in full bloom.

The moonlight was like water, and Xu Xiwan's thoughts were wandering. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette. After playing with the lighter in his hand for a while, he finally patted it back on the cabinet.

Xu Xiwan remembered that Lin Xing didn't like her smoking.

Xu Xiwan just opened his eyes until dawn.

Lin Xing had a good night's dream. She got up early the next morning. When she got up, she checked the time. It was only a quarter past six. She thought Xu Xiwan was still sleeping, but when she turned her head, there was no one around her. Then she looked at the bathroom Here, Xu Xiwan had already finished washing, and came out of the bathroom refreshed, but his face was a little different from usual.

Lin Xing was taken aback, "Wanwan, are you putting on makeup?"

Xu Xiwan rarely wears makeup, except for some formal occasions that he has to attend.Because of her insomnia last night, she was afraid that Lin Xing would see her haggardness, so she woke up early this morning and put on a thin layer of foundation as a cover. It is so light that most people can't see it, but Lin Xing has lived with her for many years. No slight change could escape Lin Xing's eyes.

"It's the first time I met your class teacher today. It should be more formal." Xu Xiwan was a little embarrassed, and found an excuse to cover up with a smile, "I'll check your suitcase again to see if there is anything else Missed."

"Oh..." Lin Xing looked at the back of Xu Xi who was running away at night, and was a little puzzled, why did he look weird tonight?

After breakfast, Xu Xiwan sent Lin Xing to school.

This military training was chartered by the school. All the students got on the car in order after being called by the class teachers. The whole school arrived at the training base uniformly. Parents were not allowed to drive there without permission.Xu Xiwan and Lin Xing arrived at No. [-] Middle School not too late, but there were already many parents waiting at the school gate. Lin Xing took the lead to find his homeroom teacher, went there with Xu Xiwan, and said hello to the homeroom teacher sweetly, " Good morning, Teacher Chen."

"Ah, student Lin Xing, you came really early." Teacher Chen also greeted Lin Xing with a smile, "It seems that none of our classmates have come yet, and you are the first to arrive." Teacher Chen's eyes turned again Turning to Xu Xiwan next to Lin Xing, "Excuse me, are you the parent of classmate Lin Xing? You look really young."

Xu Xiwan smiled and shook hands with Teacher Chen, "Hi, I'm Xu Xiwan, and Lin Xing will ask Teacher Chen to take care of her in the future. Thank you for your hard work."

When Teacher Chen heard Xu Xiwan's name, he was stunned for a second, and then came to his senses, shaking Xu Xiwan's hand in fear, with a flattering tone in his tone, "Everything is what we teachers should do. Well, Miss Xu, you are too polite."

Just a joke, who in Jinling City has never heard of the Xu family, or Xu Xiwan's name?If Xu Xi stomped his foot late, Jinling City might be shaken three times. How could Teacher Chen dare to offend him.But Teacher Chen couldn't understand why the Xu family would send their children to study in a mere No. [-] middle school?Could it be that their private school closed down?

"Lin Xing? You came so early!" While speaking, Feng Yu and Zhou Xiaohui also arrived. Their parents were busy, and they made an appointment to take the bus together. Feng Yu asked Lin Xing, "When did you arrive?"

"Not long after I came here, Feng Yu, Xiaohui, you guys came so early."

"Can it be earlier!" Zhou Xiaohui screamed, "Lin Xing, you don't even know what time I got up this morning, five o'clock! Five o'clock!" She pointed to Feng Yu next to her, "At five o'clock this guy sent me Shout out! Just to catch the earliest bus!"

Lin Xing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Who told you to be polite to me? I told Wan Wan to drop by and pick you up, but you said no."

"Aren't I being polite to you, who knows that you are serious..." Zhou Xiaohui put her elbow on Lin Xing's back shoulder, "Hey, it's a pity that we won't be in the same class in the future. Feng Yu and I Still living on campus, the three of us will have fewer chances to get along in the future."

Before the military training, the freshmen's classes had already been assigned. Lin Xing, Feng Yu, and Zhou Xiaohui all had good grades, and they were all assigned to the legendary rocket class. Feng Yu and Zhou Xiaohui were also assigned to the same class. In the same dormitory, they were very happy when they received this notice, but Lin Xing didn't have such good luck. She was assigned to the second class by herself, and she was a day student. The time spent with Feng Yu and Zhou Xiaohui in the future There must be a lot less, and I can no longer be inseparable from the triplets like in elementary school.

Lin Xing comforted them: "You are in class one and I am in class two. It is only two steps away, not far away. At least we can have lunch together at noon."

Zhou Xiaohui thought about it, yes, and asked Lin Xing again: "Did you bring anything delicious? My mother packed a big bag of snacks for me when I went out, and Feng Yu also brought a lot of beef jerky that her mother roasted herself. We can exchange food when we get in the car, let me tell you that I ate at her house last time, wow, I almost swallowed my own tongue."

Lin Xing said, "I didn't bring anything, just a few pieces of chocolate."

She has a weak spleen and stomach, and she is not as self-control as she was when she was a child. She often secretly eats snacks when Xu Xiwan is not paying attention, and complains to Xu Xiwan that she has a stomachache when she eats too much. Xu Xiwan is scared by her. Before going out, I searched it all over, and strictly restricted her from eating in places she couldn't see.

Feng Yu slapped Zhou Xiaohui on the back of the head from behind, "You are stupid, Lin Xing has a bad stomach and can't eat these messy things, do you think everyone is like you?"

Xu Xiwan also smiled and said, "Yes, Xiaohui, please help me look after Xiaoxing this week, and don't let her eat randomly."

"Don't worry about sister Xu, we will help you keep an eye on her!" Zhou Xiaohui patted her chest and assured Xu Xiwan, then turned her head to quarrel with Feng Yu, "Feng Yu, you dare to attack me! You say I'm an idiot try?"

Feng Yu rolled his eyes, "Idiot."

"you!"

"What me?" Feng Yu squinted.

"...You are amazing."

Even Teacher Chen, who was on the side, couldn't help laughing when he heard their conversation.

There were more and more students and their parents at the school gate. Teacher Chen saw that the time was almost up. He picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew it. He also started to form a team. He assigned a temporary student number to all the students in order of height, and asked them to Sign in according to the number, and roll your name in turn according to the sign-in form. After confirming that everyone is here, you get on the bus and set off.

Lin Xing was short, and she was the first in the line of the first and second classes of junior high school. She was the first to get on the bus. After getting on the bus, she leaned on the window and bid farewell to Xu Xiwan reluctantly. She had never experienced leaving Xu Xiwan. Xiwan was quite excited for such a long time, but she felt sore when she got in the car. Her face was almost pressed to the window glass, her eyes didn't blink, just to see Xu Xiwan more.

Xu Xiwan stood outside the car and waved goodbye to her, and said cheers to her with a smile.

The car started slowly, and Lin Xing's buttocks were slightly numb from the shock of the seat. She watched Xu Xiwan back away slowly until she was blocked by a sculpture at the school gate and could no longer see her.

Lin Xing's nose was sore and his eyes were moist.

She was already a middle school student, and she shed tears just because she was separated from her parents for a week. She felt ashamed of herself, so she quickly took out a tissue from her bag and wiped the corners of her eyes quietly while no one was paying attention.

She turned her head inadvertently after wiping her tears, and found that a girl sitting next to her was also quietly wiping her tears.

The girl glanced at her and smiled sheepishly, "It's the first time I leave home, and I'm a bit reluctant."

Lin Xing also smiled shyly, "Me too, I almost cried secretly just now."

The girl found a comrade-in-arms with the same disease, and laughed through tears, "By the way, my name is Qian Duoduo. My dad wanted to name me Qian Duoduo back then, but my mother thought it was too vulgar, so she changed it to Flower Duoduo. Your name is Qian Duoduo." what name?"

"Lin Xing, happy Xing."

"Lin Xing." Qian Duoduo smacked, "Well, it sounds much better than my name. Which school did you come from?"

"Experimental primary school."

"Wow, a prestigious school! Xueba, please hug your thighs in the future!"

"No, no, I'm not a top student, but my friend is." Lin Xing smiled shyly, and the two chatted like that.

With a companion on the road, the longing for the family has been diluted a lot. Qian Duoduo is a bit talkative and heartless person. He never stops talking along the way, and pours out all his family background. Douzi told Lin Xing that Lin Xing was not good at making friends with people he just met, but he was a good listener, occasionally responding with a few words to show that he was listening carefully.

Qian Duoduo said he was happy, and patted Lin Xing on the shoulder, "Sisters, you are so kind. My mother always thinks I'm nagging when I talk at home. Cool, you will be my sisters from now on, by the way, how old are you?"

"Thirteen."

"Hey, so big? I'm only twelve! You look younger than me!"

Lin Xing couldn't laugh or cry, "It's not as exaggerated as you said..."

"Why not!" Seeing that Lin Xing didn't believe her, Qian Duoduo took a photo of the person in the front seat and asked, "Hey, who of us is older?"

There was a boy in the front seat, listening to music with earphones on. He took off the earphones to look at the two of them, pointed at Qian Duoduo and said, "You."

Qian Duoduo asked the students behind her again, and she got the same answer. She raised her chin at Lin Xing proudly, "How about it, am I right? Hey, it's rare to meet someone who doesn't bother me today." Man, Lin Xing, why don't we both ask for help? How do you think I'm your sister?"

"But I'm older than you..."

"But I look older than you!" Qian Duoduo shook her shoulder coquettishly, "Yes, yes... Lin Xing... Lin Xing—"

Lin Xing couldn't stand being shaken by her, so he had no choice but to agree, "Okay, okay, can I call you sister..."

Qian Duoduo smiled happily, "Hey! Well then, I'll be the one covering you from now on!"

The training base was far away, and the car rickety and drove for two hours to get there. The road was bumpy. Although Lin Xing had taken motion sickness medicine in advance, he still couldn't bear it. Helped out of the car.

Teacher Chen paid more attention to her. Seeing that her expression was not right, she wanted to ask two male classmates to help her with the box, but she refused, "No need, Teacher Chen, I can do it myself."

"Then Lin Xing, don't be brave. If you can't hold on anymore, you must tell the teacher that you must not hold on, understand?"

"Well, thank you, Teacher Chen."

The dormitory at the training base is a big bunk for more than 20 people. The walls are dusty and there are only two windows. It looks like it was from the last century. The concrete floor is still in disrepair, and it is full of cracks. It is far worse than the conditions at home. Many students have been spoiled since they were young. As soon as they entered the dormitory, they began to complain, "I'm going, how can I sleep on this rickety bed?"

"That's right, what's the use of these broken fans on such a hot day?"

"Hey, look, there are trees around the dormitory, it's over, it's over, there must be a lot of mosquitoes at night! If I had known, listen to my mother, just bring the mosquito net. Does anyone have insect repellent water? Let me spray some for a while, I have type O blood and attract mosquitoes!"

"Have you ever visited the toilet? I went there just now, and I almost vomited! The toilet is just a row of pits, without even a door!"

Twelve or thirteen-year-old girls were chirping and picky, Lin Xing was not so familiar, so he couldn't get involved in their conversations, so he found a bed in the corner, put the bedding he had received on it, and found another bed. After picking up a bucket, fetching a bucket of water and returning to wipe the bed, Qian Duoduo also chose a bed next to Lin Xing, and wiped the bed with Lin Xing.

"Lin Xing, why don't you talk, don't you think the dormitory is broken?" Qian Duoduo asked, she saw Lin Xing's dress and manner of speaking, although she was quiet and shy, she looked like a child from a noble family. It's not like someone who can adapt to such a harsh environment.

"Anyway, it's only a week before I leave." Lin Xing finished wiping the bed, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat, and began to wipe the mat again, "It's useless to complain, why don't you try to make yourself as comfortable as possible during this week , Dodo, are you right?"

At this time, Qian Duoduo had to admit that Lin Xing was worthy of being one year older than him, and that his thinking angle was so different, and it was very reasonable. Qian Duoduo also stopped complaining and scrubbed his bed vigorously.

The first day at the training base ended in such a noisy way. No training was arranged on the first day. The students cleaned up their dormitories in the afternoon and had breakfast in the cafeteria at night, then changed into camouflage uniforms and went to the grass outside the house Go up to pull songs, such as "Return from Target Shooting" and "Unity is Strength".

The instructor who led the training of the first class of junior high school was a shy boy, only 19 years old, with dark skin, bright eyes, and a tiger head. When teaching Lin Xing and the others to sing, there were always naughty students deliberately teasing him, making him laugh. His face was red, and he didn't know whether it was from embarrassment or from the sunset.

The instructor from the next class couldn’t stand it anymore, so he came over and scolded, “Hey, what are you doing? You are smiling, the instructor will teach you to sing, be serious! I will see who is still smiling, and I will pull him out to stand in a military posture for an hour. !"

Those students stuck out their tongues after hearing this, so they didn't dare to be naughty.

At night in the wild in summer, there are no flickering lights and loud voices, but there are insects and frogs singing all around, and the singing of classmates. These city children make a fuss when they see everything. Suddenly, a girl exclaimed: "Wow! There are fireflies !” So ​​hula a large group of students surrounded the past, vying to see.

Lin Xing was wearing a camouflage uniform, sitting on the grass with her hands propped up, looking up, the sky was full of stars, there was no shelter in the wilderness, and the sky above her head was vast and boundless. She took a deep breath, the air was filled with the smell of dewdrops and green grass, even her mood All settle down.

Such a beautiful night sky, if only you can see it at night.

With a thought, Lin Xing secretly observed the surroundings. While the instructors and teachers were not paying attention, he took out the mobile phone hidden in the sleeve of the camouflage uniform, took a photo of the starry sky, and sent it to Xu Xiwan.

Xiao Xing: [Wan Wan, the stars tonight are very beautiful! ] followed by two mischievous expressions.

Xu Xi was working in the study at night, heard the phone vibrate, glanced at it, found that it was Lin Xing, picked it up immediately, opened her message, smiled on his face after reading it, and sent her a message back.

Wanwan: [It's very beautiful.Dress carefully, don't catch a cold. ]

Lin Xing soon received the news from Xu Xiwan, and after reading it, he was typing away with a smile on his face.

Xiaoxing: [It’s not cold today, and I’m wearing camouflage uniform. ]

Wan Wan: [Xiao Xing must look good in a camouflage uniform. ]

Xiao Xing: [Hey, wait until I wear it home for Wanwan to see! ]

Wanwan: [OK. ]

Lin Xing thought, chatting with Wanwan is really easy to kill Tian.A few minutes later, she sent another message to Xu Xiwan.

Xiao Xing: [Wanwan, I really miss you watching such a beautiful starry sky with me. ]

Xu Xiwan doesn't use social software very often. She only has a chat tool installed in her private phone, and there is only one contact person in it, and that is Lin Xing.

Xu Xiwan looked at this short sentence with a gentle expression, as if the starry sky in Lin Xing's eyes had appeared in front of him.

She put down her work, turned her neck and left the study.

Without Lin Xing, the whole house seemed extraordinarily quiet and empty.

When Xu Xi was lying on the bed after washing at night, she realized that this 1.5-meter bed was so horribly big. She had habitually occupied half of the bed, and the other half, no one would talk to her that night. share together.

With Lin Xing by her side for so many years, she is no longer used to being alone.

So that night, she suffered from insomnia again.

She suffered from insomnia for two consecutive nights, so she simply got out of bed, sat in front of the window sill, and flipped through the old photo album. From Lin Xingchu to Xu Xiwan, until now, every bit of Lin Xing's growth was recorded in this album inside.

It was the first time to go to an amusement park, the first time to wear a red scarf, the first time to be a host, and the first time to receive a certificate of merit for a student...

For Lin Xing alone, for her and Xu Xiwan, for three together with Xu Yiqing, or for a group photo, many people.No matter which photo, Xu Xiwan can always find Lin Xing accurately.

Turning to the last one, it was the photo of Lin Xing standing at the gate of No. [-] Middle School with Xu Xiwan on the day he was admitted to No. [-] Middle School.

She is 13 years old, and she greets the world with a more beautiful attitude every day, just like a rose bud opening day by day against the sun.

Lin Xing is Xu Xiwan's only unique rose in this world. Xu Xiwan devoted all his efforts to watering her to grow up, but when she began to bloom, she was getting farther and farther away from Xu Xiwan day by day.

She will eventually open up in a world that Xu Xiwan cannot see.

Xu Xiwan's fingertips touched the photo album, and Lin Xing's face and heart were suddenly torn, which hurt a lot.

As if she had been electrocuted, she retracted her fingers and lit a cigarette in the dark night.

Her eyes looked vaguely into the distance, as if she had seen a lot, but also seemed to see nothing.