Xia Chang

Holding the bowl, Liu Xiaobai poked a large piece of taro in the dessert in half with a spoon.

The sun is still generous, and it is bound to dye the whole summer vacation into a hot golden color. There are still some crushed ice and sugar water in the bowl, and the people around them try their best to wear thin clothes.

After class was over, Zhang Nian lowered his head and organized his backpack. He put the pen into the pen case, took out his mobile phone and opened it.

The girl in the back seat had dreadlocks and dark red lipstick. She suddenly approached her and asked, "Brother, did you quarrel with that friend?"

There were only two middle-aged people waiting for their children sitting outside the glass near the corridor. Zhang Nian didn't look at them too much. He turned around and replied in a very soft voice: "No."

The girl with dirty braids nodded knowingly, she carried her bag on her back, stood on the spot with her arms crossed, stared at Zhang Nian's face, and suddenly curled the corners of her mouth, and said, "Brother, you smile so sweetly. "

A drop of sweat on his forehead was blown cold by the air conditioner.

Zhang Nian himself didn't realize it at first, he was frightened in his tranquility, and suddenly picked up his schoolbag a little impatiently, and said "goodbye" to the girl behind him.

Liu Xiaobai won't come to the classroom to wait for others. He is nestling in the corner of the dessert shop doing English reading exercises, yawning while drinking ice water.

"Sleepy?" Zhang Nian put the water glass on the table, and he suddenly appeared, with the outdoor temperature remaining around his body, he asked and sat down.

Liu Xiaobai trimmed his bangs, he raised his head in a daze, his eyes closed suddenly, he pressed his brows while talking, and said, "I didn't sleep well, I feel so bad."

"What's the matter, you live with your cousin at night?"

"I went home again later," Liu Xiaobai paused for a few seconds in the middle of his speech. He put down the pen in his hand, then blinked his sore eyes, and said, "He has guests at home."

Liu Xiaobai hesitated to speak, and finally only said a few words. He opened his eyelids lightly, and finally saw Zhang Nian's expression clearly. To his surprise, Zhang Nian was actually smiling.

Even though the corners of his mouth were in place, his eyes seemed to be slightly bent, filled with windy air.

"Don't laugh at me, I'm too miserable, what crimes I did, it's none of my business!" Liu Xiaobai couldn't resist being exhausted, so he didn't reach out to trouble Zhang Nian, he buried his face and curled up on the side of the sofa. side.

After Zhang Nian spoke, he said calmly, "I didn't laugh at you, or if I don't practice today, you can go home and sleep."

"also."

There is always time to play, Liu Xiaobai was almost dragged out of the dessert shop by Zhang Nian, he walked with his eyes half closed, and he still had a big bag with shoes and protective gear on his body.

Zhang Nian held Liu Xiaobai's wrist very hard, and he instructed as he walked, "If you want to speak out, you can tell me."

The sun turned the world into amber, and each of the people was a clumsy worm, stuck so that he could not move.

"Then don't say it out there." Liu Xiaobai was talking, and walked a little hastily under Zhang Nian's force. He frowned and recalled what he saw when he went to see Wang Zhanyan last night.

The two stopped in the shade outside the shopping mall, their breathing was a little short, Liu Xiaobai turned his sore wrist and looked at Zhang Nian.

Zhang Nian shook his head and said, "Don't say anything."

Sweat was slowly evaporating from his forehead. Liu Xiaobai stuffed his mobile phone into his trouser pocket. He lowered his head and approached Zhang Nian. He wanted to cover his mouth and said in a very low voice as if revealing a secret: "My cousin's boyfriend, who looks like It looks good, and it looks about my age, like a star."

Zhang Nian was stunned suddenly, he stretched out his hand to straighten Liu Xiaobai's turned up T-shirt collar, within a few seconds, he suddenly laughed out loud.

Liu Xiaobai felt that Zhang Nian didn't look like Zhang Nian when he smiled, because this kind of situation was so rare, Zhang Nian's whole person was suddenly so bright and fresh, as if he had stepped into reality from a picture.

"Don't laugh, don't laugh!" Liu Xiaobai stretched out his fist to poke Zhang Nian's shoulder, his whole face became stiff.

"It turns out that you met someone else on a date, I said why are you so angry..."

Zhang Nian was about to hold back his laughter, but suddenly he couldn't help it again, he put one hand on Liu Xiaobai's shoulder, laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

The two continued on their way to the station, Liu Xiaobai raised his hand to wipe his sweat, he suddenly turned his face and asked, "Aren't you going to see Teng Xi?"

The sun was still burning overhead, and there was a strange smell of asphalt on his breath.

"It's nothing, I see you every day at school anyway." Zhang Nian didn't take it seriously.

Liu Xiaobai's bag was very heavy, and he walked less briskly than usual, but he still had to compete with Zhang Nian and tried his best to overtake him; the topic about Tengxi soon ended, and suddenly there was nothing to talk about.

But you can get along comfortably without talking.

This summer has been very busy. For Zhang Nian, composing is just an attempt. He has to spend a lot of time every day, doing more exercises and reading more books. The third year of high school is coming soon, so he dare not indulge himself.

What's more, he himself is a very self-disciplined person.

At home, Zhang Chengwei was still always away. Xia Honglin needed to travel, make friends, and do a lot of things on her own. Therefore, for a long time, Zhang Nian always watched the news channels on TV at night, waiting for Zhang Qi to come home.

But Zhang Qi felt that Zhang Nian was different.

Unable to tell the difference, Zhang Qi stood in front of the full-length mirror, trying on the newly bought skirt. She carefully looked at a fat dinosaur doll on Zhang Nian's lap, and teased him with a smile: "Zhang Nian, do you miss your mother?" gone?"

Zhang Nian picked up the pillow on the sofa, threw it beside Zhang Qi, and said, "I don't have any!"

He stood up very tall, and clamped the doll with his arms in front of his chest. Zhang Qi just wanted to provoke him, so after dodging the attack, he said, "You are really like a child these days, shouldn't you be with me?" My girlfriend has made some new progress, I can't figure it out, you weren't so cute in elementary school."

Zhang Qi's laughter was neither loud nor malicious, but it came suddenly like a hot arrow, burning Zhang Nian's expression, making him panic and tremble, as if he was about to lose face.

He frowned and said, "Nothing happened to Tengxi and I. I haven't contacted her since what happened last time."

"My fault," Zhang Qi looked at herself in the mirror, she became serious, stopped smiling, sighed, and said, "I really didn't consider that your bag might be seen by her—"

"You're right, I can actually make it clear that I can continue with her, and I can apologize when she ignores me...but I don't want to continue, I actually don't like her at all," Zhang Nian finally confided In his heart, he couldn't recall how deeply angry he was with Liu Xiaobai after the conversation that day, so he forced himself to like Tengxi, and he said, "If you really like Tengxi, maybe you can do anything."

Zhang Qi nodded clearly, and she suddenly held her breath, and tried: "Then do you have someone you really like?"

"not yet."

"Who gave you the doll?"

Zhang Nian stared at the dinosaur's face, thinking that he was nothing like it. Zhang Qi's questions were very common, but after those questions, they suddenly became very sharp.

Zhang Nian replied, "Sent by Liu Xiaobai."

The light was turned on in the living room, so that people's expressions could be clearly observed every second. Zhang Qi just showed a very faint smile. She straightened her skirt and turned around. She put the last question behind her and asked: "How about it, isn't this dress particularly individual?"

"It looks good." Zhang Nian was still in the buffer period from nervousness to relaxation, he nodded quickly and said.

Zhang Nian has indeed changed, he has so many more opportunities to cover up hastily, and he always has more useless reveries than others, he began to regret his relationship with Teng Xi, and he loves to laugh.

This is the most terrible thing.