Snow country

Humans are quite adaptable creatures.

When he walked out of the teaching building and saw Xuesheng standing under the tree waving to him, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but think so.

This sudden but timely appearance, and he was always able to pinpoint him accurately, Zhang Xiao didn't want to ask Xuesheng whether all the classmates in the school were his eyeliner, and didn't want to ask Xuesheng if he took the unpleasantness of the last meeting as a mistake. It didn't happen.

I got used to it before I knew it.

"Senior, why are you here?" But Zhang Xiao still asked symbolically, "Today is not the weekend."

"Do doctors still have weekends? Only rotations and occasional vacations." Xuesheng patted Zhang Xiao on the back.He blinked at Zhang Xiao. For some reason, there was hope in his eyes, "Do you have anything else to do today? If not, can I arrange the time later?"

Zhang Xiao pursed his lips, but did not give an answer immediately.He looked at Xuesheng in a T-shirt with a refreshing smile, and couldn't help thinking that the last time he saw Xuesheng, the weather wasn't hot enough to wear short sleeves.

Time flies so fast, the snow elf that surprised him in the first impression still has so many different appearances.

Thinking about it, Zhang Xiao nodded under Xue Sheng's eyes that gradually became a little anxious: "I listen to the seniors."

Okonomiyaki, candy apples, scooping goldfish, shooting stalls.The bustling crowd, boys and girls in yukata and kimono.

Standing in front of these, Zhang Xiao was a little dazed.He didn't expect that it would be the time for the summer festival so soon.

"Have you been to a festival before?" Xue Sheng asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiao shook his head honestly.Before studying abroad, summer festivals will always be listed on the must-do list by prospective international students, but when they really come here, these extraordinary routines are left behind.

Unexpectedly, Xue Sheng heard the words, but he seemed to be relieved, and the smile on his face was even brighter.Facing Zhang Xiao's suspicious gaze, Xue Sheng shook his head lightly, but his eyes were like stars, incredibly bright.He explained softly: "I want to give you a surprise, but I'm afraid it's no longer a surprise for you."

Seeing Xuesheng like this, Zhang Xiao unconsciously smiled a little: "What if I've been here before?"

"Of course there is a second hand, I'm Kitazawa Yukio." Xuesheng blinked pretending to be mysterious, and suddenly reached out to hold Zhang Xiao's hand.Before Zhang Xiao came back to his senses, he gently but firmly led Zhang Xiao forward.The thumb ambiguously rubbed against Zhang Xiao's wrist, but Xue Sheng looked back slightly, shining like an elf, "You just need to follow me."

Zhang Xiao was dazed for a moment.Even though the gender didn't match, at this moment, he felt as if he had fallen into the plot of an anime or an idol drama.

You don't need to think about anything, just feel happy.

"How is it, is it comfortable to wear?"

Hearing Xuesheng's voice, Zhang Xiao nodded in a daze.Seeing his dull expression, Xuesheng couldn't help laughing: "Are you in a daze? Am I too good-looking?"

But it is indeed so good that you can't take your eyes off it.Zhang Xiao didn't expect that the surprise that Xuesheng said was the bathrobe that he had prepared long ago.

Xuesheng was wearing a plain light-colored style.Unlike the loose knot around Zhang Xiao's waist, his waist was tied a little tighter.It's not as slender as a woman's, but it can give a glimpse of a man's toughness. Even if there is a modern small pocket around his waist, it just adds some mystery to him, and it doesn't seem to be in any way inconsistent.He wore a fox mask on the side of his head, coupled with his snow-white skin and gentle smile, making the man in front of him as beautiful as a painting.

"Well, senior is very good-looking." Zhang Xiao, who was watching Xuesheng, answered seriously.

Xuesheng laughed lightly, greeted the shopkeeper and dragged Zhang Xiao out.

Perhaps it was because Zhang Xiaofang was so focused on Xuesheng that he forgot to pay attention to himself.He didn't know what kind of charm he had in the dark of night with the bit of stupefiedness revealed in his cold expression when he was expressionless, and himself in a navy blue bathrobe.

That's why he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he was approached shyly by a girl in a kimono.

"That..." At that moment, Zhang Xiao only felt that his tongue was tied and he couldn't even speak Japanese very well, "Do you want to ask me for my contact information?"

The girl nodded firmly.Zhang Xiao sighed and gently refused.The girl didn't bother, but took a step back regretfully, and said with a smile, "Be more confident in yourself, you look good."

Xuesheng who was at the side witnessed the whole process and couldn't help laughing.In the crowd, he squeezed Zhang Xiao's hand calmly: "Why are you so shy? You weren't that shy when I first spoke to you."

Zhang Xiao smiled, but did not speak.Maybe it was the bathrobe on their bodies, or maybe it was the noisy and joyous atmosphere around them, those things added a layer of summer magic to them now, and he had an initial feeling when he saw Shang Xuesheng's gaze.He wanted to say that he was not shameless at that time, but his heart was beating too fast, so he could only be led by the nose by Xuesheng in a daze.

Like a fool, but it is a nostalgic simplicity.

Seeing that Zhang Xiao didn't reply, Xue Sheng didn't care.He smiled at Zhang Xiao, and interlocked his fingers firmly: "We have come to such a far place today, and no one knows us."

So, just keep holding it like this, don't let go.

"It should be almost time for the fireworks, let's go and occupy a place." Xue Sheng grinned, this time the smile was not complicated - he was very happy, "I have always wanted to watch fireworks with you."

Turns out they both thought the same thing.

Not caring about the strange sights around him, Zhang Xiao just held Xuesheng's hand tighter.

The two arrived a little late, and the lawn at the best viewing point was already full of people.I don't know if it's because Xuesheng's appearance is so outstanding, three girls watched them chirping for a while, and offered their seat to them, and ran away smiling before they could thank them.The two looked at each other and sat down.

Xuesheng's pocket was filled with a plastic sheet, allowing the two of them to sit comfortably and rest for a while.Zhang Xiao crossed his legs and stared blankly at the night sky.I don't know if it's because the lights of the summer festival are too bright, and I can't see a star above my head. It's pitch black, and it feels a little lonely.

"Actually, today is my birthday."

Zhang Xiao turned his head abruptly.He stared at Xuesheng with wide eyes, only then realized that he had never asked Xuesheng's birthday.Thinking of this, for some reason, Zhang Xiao felt as if his heart had been stabbed.

He always stood from the victim's point of view. In fact, thinking about it carefully, the time he fell in love with Xuesheng wholeheartedly was only two months.For two months, how much he can like Xuesheng, how long can his enthusiasm burn, can he say that he knows Xuesheng well.

So now standing next to Xuesheng, is he really what he thinks he looks like?

"Aren't you surprised? Because my name is Xuesheng, many people think I was born in winter." But Xuesheng seemed completely unaware of Zhang Xiao's mood.He looked at the night sky, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his lips even curved, "Mom grew up in Akita since she was a child. She has almost never been out of that small place, and for some reason, she seems to like the snow very much. But I hate it. Whenever it snows, I have to stay in the study all the time, can't do anything, can't go anywhere. I can't bear to let her down, so I can only work hard... When I arrived in Tokyo, I couldn't go anywhere. Felt like those shackles were finally taking some weight off. I couldn’t tell what I really wanted, just to do things I didn’t dare to do in Akita.”

Zhang Xiao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Actually today...although I have already inquired about your arrangements with your lab classmates, I am still very scared." Xue Sheng paused, with a self-deprecating smile on his face, "I'm afraid you would reject me, afraid... that you would come to a place like this with other people."

- I am not you.

The sharp words clearly reached his lips, but they were swallowed by Zhang Xiaosheng.He has the means to deal with Xuesheng's tenderness and love, but he cannot face Xuesheng's occasional remorse and fragility.He will be sad and angry, and he doesn't like himself who is out of control like this.

What he wants is obviously very little.

Secretly pinching his own thigh, Zhang Xiao hooked the corner of his mouth, and replied lightly: "Senior, I don't know how to do it, my energy is limited."

"Will you only look at me?"

"Well, just looking at you."

Xuesheng smiled nasally, but didn't respond for a while.

But Zhang Xiao secretly counted the time in his heart.Although the company that submitted his resume said that he could be given internal qualifications, he still refused.He is going back to China for an internship next week, which is the company of his elders that he knows well.If there are no major mistakes, he will stay and work there.

And the last two seasons.

Especially in winter, he hoped that he and Xuesheng could have a good time.

"Xiao, I love you."

Startled, Zhang Xiao subconsciously met Xue Sheng's gaze.

The fireworks rose suddenly, exploding brilliant colors not far away.But none of them cast their eyes on the beautiful firework - they only have each other in their eyes.

He had seen Xuesheng's expression before.At the Ferris wheel that night, when he used his not-so-fluent Chinese to ask whether he loved him word by word, Xue Sheng also looked at Zhang Xiao with the same eyes.So focused, so complicated, so affectionate, as if there are only two people in the world.

Xue Sheng also said this sentence.At that time, Zhang Xiao replied puzzledly that if there were only two people in the world, he would not be able to survive, but he knew in his heart that the real meaning of only two people in the world was not that there were only two of them left in the world, but that there were only two of them in the world. When that person leaves this world, the world no longer has meaning.

It turned out that Xue Sheng also liked him at that time.Zhang Xiao thought, his lips moved, but he didn't answer for a long time.He didn't expect that he would still hesitate because of this kind of thing.He thought he had already figured it out, if telling some lies could make both of them live comfortably, then what does it matter if you love or not.

But now the phrase "I love you too" can't be said.Swallowing it like this, I couldn't digest it, and it made my heart feel dry and painful.Listening to the continuous sound of fireworks, Zhang Xiao stared blankly at Xue Sheng's face illuminated by the streamer.

He thought that the surroundings were too noisy, and he didn't hear the words just now.

So now, just close your eyes and accept Xuesheng's kiss.

Feeling Xuesheng's temperature, Zhang Xiao tightly grasped the fabric of Xuesheng's back.

It's like there are only two people left in the world.

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