you are with the light

Liu Man's eyes were foggy, she looked at Gu Jinbei, and suddenly burst into tears.

"You bastard! You are shameless!" Liu Man cried and scolded, "I hate you!" She ran away after she finished speaking, leaving Gu Jinbei alone in the wind.

He stood there blankly for a while before heading home with flowers in his hands.His good mood will not be affected by Liu Man's episode. He held this bouquet of flowers, and the flowers bloomed just right. Even the water droplets on it were crystal clear and lovely. He looked and looked, and began to look forward to Chen Ke's harvest. The expression on the face.

He arrived at the corridor, knocked on the door of Chen Ke's house for a while, and the door was opened.

"Happy birthday." Gu Jinbei handed over the flowers and smiled shyly, "I hope you like it."

Chen Ke was still holding the doorknob, looking at the flowers in Gu Jinbei's hand with some surprise.The flowers are roses, flowers that will never appear in this season, but at this moment, this bouquet of flowers is blooming so brightly, the color of the petals is warm red, like a flaming work, Chen Ke's whole body is almost overwhelmed. burn up.He took the flowers: "Thank you."

Chen Wanran shouted in the living room: "Who is it?"

Chen Ke turned his head: "Xiaobei." He turned back and asked Gu Jinbei, "Do you want to come in for dinner?"

Gu Jinbei nodded: "Okay."

The atmosphere of the Chen family was deserted even for a birthday, a small cake was placed on the dinner table, and several dishes were arranged comprehensively, which could be regarded as a rare luxury.

When Chen Wanran came in, she saw the bouquet of flowers, envy flashed in her eyes: "Very beautiful flowers!"

Knowing that it was sent by Gu Jinbei, she smiled: "I have a heart." When she was free, she asked Chen Ke in a low voice, "The flowers are probably not cheap, he is just a child, you wait until next time, wait When someone celebrates his birthday, if we give him a more expensive gift, we can't flatter others."

Chen Ke nodded: "I know."

Chen Wanran dug out a vase from a corner of the house, washed it, filled it with water, and put the flowers in it.Although a flower without roots can't live for too long, the life it blooms in a limited time still makes people feel bright.Even Chen Ke, who is not sensitive to flowers, likes them when he sees them.

What he likes is not the flowers themselves, but the heart hidden behind this bouquet of flowers, naive but pure.

After eating, we will start making wishes and cutting the cake.Gu Jinbei was very diligent. He helped insert the candles one by one, and then ran to turn off the lights when Chen Ke lit the candles.As soon as the lights went out, the shadows in the room became indistinct. Gu Jinbei ran back to the dining table and stared at Chen Ke's face illuminated by the candle, unable to move his eyes away.

"Happy birthday," he said again.

"Son, happy birthday." Chen Wanran looked at Chen Ke from the side, and suddenly felt infinite emotion in her heart.

Chen Ke blew out the candle in one go, closed his eyes at the moment of darkness, and silently made his wish in his heart:

"I wish that those who care about me will be safe and well."

Gu Jinbei is lucky this year, his birthday happens to be Saturday, so he can have a full day to celebrate his birthday.

Early in the morning, Gu Jinbei followed his stepfather and Xia Yin to get the big cake that he had ordered before. When he got home, Xia Yin said, "Call your friends, let's come together." She looked at the Chen family meaningfully. the door.

Gu Jinbei smiled: "Okay."

During her birthday, Xia Yin is gentle, she will rarely be like a mother, she will not beat or scold Gu Jinbei, she is extremely gentle.

The stepfather was busy in the kitchen, and the smell of food permeated the house. Gu Jinbei worked skillfully. He washed and cut the vegetables, handed over the bowls and passed the seasonings. The stepfather said, "What are you busy with on your birthday? Just sit in the living room and wait." .”

Having said that, Gu Jinbei just responded and continued to help.Xia Yin called him in the living room: "Xiaobei, come here."

Only then did Gu Jinbei really stop, he walked to the living room, Xia Yin sat on the sofa and waved to him.

Gu Jinbei walked up to her, and she patted the seat beside her: "Sit."

Gu Jinbei sat down next to her, and she looked at Gu Jinbei.She looked very carefully and her eyes were very gentle. Gu Jinbei made her look uncomfortable, so he looked away and didn't meet her eyes.

"Look at me." Xia Yin held his face with her hands, turned his head around, and forced him to meet her eyes.

"Happy birthday." Xia Yin said.

"Thank you." Gu Jinbei said.

Xia Yin looked at him, then reached out to touch his eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth, and said, "Your father likes you very much."

She was talking about Gu Zhong.

Gu Jinbei didn't speak, and didn't know how to answer it.His impression of his father was vague and bad. When Gu Zhong died, he was still young, and most of his knowledge of his father came from Xia Yin's cursing.

"Actually, I like you very much, too."

Gu Jinbei's eyes widened.

Xia Yin smiled, fine wrinkles formed at the corners of her eyes.As she said, she is 31 this year, and the best years of a woman's life are far away from her, and she is beginning to age.

He tentatively stretched out his hand, hesitated for a while, and then slowly hugged Xia Yin.

Chen Ke hesitated for a long time before deciding to give Gu Jinbei a scarf.

This was a sudden flash of inspiration. One day when he put on a scarf to cover his neck tightly, he suddenly remembered that he had never seen Gu Jinbei wearing a scarf.

The rise of this idea was accidental, but its implementation was more realistic than his accidental idea.On their side, they prefer hand-knitting to buying ready-made scarves and sweaters.Chen Ke's craftsmanship is very good. Most of his sweaters and scarves are knitted by himself, which are cheap and warm, so he thought about knitting one for Gu Jinbei as well.

If it's just an ordinary scarf, it's easy to weave it in one color, but Chen Ke always feels that it's too monotonous, so at least he needs to get something on it.He thought for a long time, and when he saw Gu Jinbei one day, he felt like a soft, fluffy puppy, so he thought, let's knit a puppy.

The bottom of the towel is gray, the puppy is brown, and there are a few small flowers floating around, which looks cute.Chen Ke was very satisfied with his gift at first, but the price of this gift was much lower than the flowers sent by Gu Jinbei.

Chen Ke suddenly couldn't make a move.

Originally, he really wanted to exchange for a gift, but after thinking about it all night, he didn't know what to exchange for.As he thought about it, it was dawn.

Chen Ke originally planned to go out again to see if he could get some inspiration, but Gu Jinbei knocked on the door, and he stood outside, wearing a red padded coat, his neck was still empty: "Can you come to my house for dinner? There is a big cake."

He also added: "Call Auntie."

Chen Wanran would not go. Chen Ke knew that if Chen Wanran met Fu Laoqian, it would be awkward, so he said, "I'll just go."

Gu Jinbei said: "Okay." He smiled, "Let's go now."

Chen Ke stood at the door and hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Wait for me to get off, I'll get things."

He finally got the scarf out and put it in a nice bag from his collection.He still felt shabby when he handed over the gift, but Gu Jinbei smiled when he took it: "Thank you."

Entering Gu's house, Xia Yin gave him a rare friendly smile. Chen Ke hated her in his heart, but somewhere in his heart he was deeply attracted to her. She seemed to have a special temperament that called him Excited for it.Fu Laoqian's expression would still stiffen when he saw him, but after all, it's all in the past, so there's no need to dwell on it.

After eating, Gu Jinbei started to play with his big cake.This cake was custom-made, with "Happy Ninth Birthday Gu Jinbei" written on it. The cream of the cake was covered with chocolate chips, which Xia Yin liked.

Gu Jinbei plugged in a candle and began to close his eyes to make a wish.He didn't like to make wishes before, he would close his eyes and then open them every time, and the wish would be considered as fulfilled.But this year is different. He met Chen Ke, accepted his kindness, and also met a very good stepfather, which opened up a new life for him.It was rare for him to be grateful for his fate, and he said in his heart: "I hope I can be so happy forever."

He extinguished the candle, cut open the cake, and cut the "Gu Jinbei" on it to pieces. He first handed a piece to his stepfather, then Xia Yin, and finally Chen Ke. All three were smiling at him, but none of them smiled. Make him feel scared.

After eating the cake, this birthday is over, and life will return to normal in the next half day.Gu Jinbei took the initiative to clean up the dishes, and Chen Ke was embarrassed to watch.They put the dirty dishes into the sink as if they were in Chen's house, Chen Ke washed them, and Gu Jinbei cleaned them.

"Do you want to go out to play?" Chen Ke asked Gu Jinbei while washing the dishes.

"Okay." Gu Jinbei agreed without asking where he was going. He had unfounded trust in Chen Ke, although this kind of intimate trust would always be ridiculed by Xia Yin as being like his father, "leave when you see a good-looking person." Don't move."

Chen Ke took Gu Jinbei to the bridge in the town. The bridge was very large and connected the opposite bank and the other bank of the famous big river in this town.Standing on the bridge and looking down, Gu Jinbei could see the slowly flowing river.

There is no grandeur, no thrills, the river flows peacefully, like a day, and it goes like this day by day.

Chen Ke also followed him and looked down on the railing, his eyelashes drooped slightly with his eyes, trembling in the wind.When Gu Jinbei turned his head to look over, his hands were itchy again.

"There is another place on the opposite side of the bridge." Chen Ke said, "I haven't been there much, and I don't know much about it. But walk along the dirt road and go up the mountain, and you can see a tower."

"tower?"

"Yes, it seems to be called Yufeng Pagoda, which is only one word different from Leifeng Pagoda." Chen Ke said.

"Let's go then."

The two climbed up the mountain, and there were also people living on the mountain, and then they walked up to a small nunnery.

The nunnery is very dilapidated, and the golden light of the Buddha statue has been greatly reduced by the years. There are melons and fruits on the altar, and a merit box is placed below it.

Chen Ke and Gu Jinbei went to worship, and then stuffed a dollar in.

There is a small dirt road at the back of the nunnery, and you will arrive at the Yufeng Pagoda. The pagoda is locked and you can't get in. You can only look at it from the outside.Looking at it up close, there is nothing special about it, it is just an unknown small tower that has been through the years.

There is a small path under the tower, which leads directly to a small pavilion.Chen Ke took Gu Jinbei to the pavilion, and he could see the graveyard opposite.

Gu Jinbei sat in the pavilion, his eyes turned back and forth between the sky and the earth, he closed his eyes, and suddenly felt very happy in his heart.

When going down the mountain, Chen Ke pointed to another trail and said, "Walk in this road, and there is a barbecue restaurant. Our class had a dinner party before, which is quite interesting."

Chen Ke recalled: "I remember that there was a tree planted inside, a bit like a birch tree, and it was quite interesting to walk through the tree."

Gu Jinbei nodded, and turned back to look at the trail frequently when he was leaving. He was a little tempted, it would be great if he could go with Chen Ke, but he couldn't say this kind of invitation.

The two walked back along the way they came, and said goodbye to each other at the door of the house.Gu Jinbei watched Chen Ke walk in before entering the house.

The gift from Chen Ke in the morning was still in his room, and he didn't have the nerve to take it out in person. He just took a quick glance at it. It was gray and fluffy, probably something like a sweater or scarf.

Xia Yin and her stepfather were not at home, leaving Gu Jinbei alone at home.He walked through the empty living room, entered the room, and closed the door habitually.

He took out what was in the bag, and it was indeed a scarf.It's gray, with a puppy on it. To be honest, it's a bit ugly, and the flowers next to it are also a little childish, but in Gu Jinbei's eyes, all of this can be tolerated with "cuteness".He unfolded the scarf under the light, and the light fell into his eyes through the gap between the threads, like countless small and broken stars falling into it.

Gu Jinbei smiled.

He put the scarf on his face and rubbed it, the fluff on it made him feel warm, his whole heart was going to be warmed by the scarf.

Although it is unbelievable to say it, this is indeed the first birthday gift he received. In the ninth year of his life, he was in winter, but his heart flew to spring.

After the birthday, it is time to start preparing for the New Year.

The students in the class have long been infected by the joy of the Chinese New Year, and the whole class has become more active.Liu Man didn't look for Gu Jinbei for several days, and Gu Jinbei felt relieved. He knew that Liu Man was angry that day, but he felt baffled because he really didn't know what Liu Man was angry with.

On Christmas Eve, she blocked him at the door after school: "Apple!"

Gu Jinbei was very surprised: "What apple?"

"Don't pretend!" Liu Man said loudly, "A Christmas Eve apple, I've been waiting for you all day."

"Christmas Eve? What night?" Gu Jinbei was still surprised when he heard this kind of talk for the first time, "Why are you sending apples?"

"Peace and peace." Liu Man said, she stamped her foot angrily, "Give it to me!"

Gu Jinbei could only answer truthfully: "I don't have an apple."

Liu Man looked at him, and there was mist in his eyes again, Gu Jinbei's heart began to beat, he was a little afraid that Liu Man would cry in such a place.

"Huh! You wait for me!" Liu Man didn't cry, she glanced at Gu Jinbei stubbornly, turned around and ran away, Gu Jinbei stood where she was and watched her disappear, heaving a sigh of relief.

When he was returning home, he ran into Chen Ke, not so much because he met, but because Chen Ke was waiting for him.When he saw Gu Jinbei, he smiled at him: "Happy Christmas Eve."

As he said this, he took out an apple wrapped in plastic paper with floral prints and handed it to him.

Gu Jinbei took it happily. Although he still doesn't quite understand the meaning of Christmas Eve, he still learned to say: "Happy Christmas Eve."