【Zhou Xiang】Gravity

1.

In the end, Zhou Zekai didn't know which of his words touched the other party.

After Zhang Xingwang listened to him in silence, he took out the cigarette case from his pocket with slightly trembling hands, smoked twice, took out the third cigarette of today, and held it between his fingers.

At one point, Zhou Zekai thought he would pick up the lighter on the table.But Zhang Xingwang did not.

He continued to stare at Zhou Zekai, and Zhou Zekai stood up straight, embracing his gaze calmly.

Zhang Xingwang let out a breath slowly, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You may not have found the right person when you came to me. My authority is more limited than you imagined." He spoke slowly, and every word seemed to be dug out, "When you were sent to the hospital, they asked me to I signed the certificate of incapacity for normal behavior to that trash, but I did not sign it. I was notified that I was 'on leave' due to work that night, and I never had a chance to follow up on the case."

"It doesn't matter." Zhou Zekai said, "I only trust your eyes and ears."

2.

Zhou Zekai got up very early on New Year's Eve.

He opened the door and window of the master bedroom to ventilate for half an hour.Then spread out the sheets washed and dried a few days ago, take out the double quilt and two pillows, and arrange them neatly.After finishing these things, he finally took back from the balcony the two pairs of cotton slippers that had been drying in the sun the day before, with the toes facing inward, and placed them side by side in the entrance.

After finishing these, he had a simple breakfast.

After dinner, I read a book for a while.During the period, I replied with a few messages from Sun Xiang.

Even though it was just text back and forth, Sun Xiang was still keenly aware that Zhou Zekai was not in the mood.

"You..." Sun Xiang grabbed the phone, frowned, deleted "Are you okay" from the input box, and changed it to "Where is the holiday this year?"

Before pressing the send key.Sun Xiang frowned again, and deleted the input box completely.

In the end, he chose to post a full-body photo, the kind that took a selfie in front of the full-length mirror.Caption: That's it!How about it?

"Handsome!" Zhou Zekai replied.

"I'm going to go to grandma's house for lunch with my parents!" Sun Xiang couldn't hold back in the end, and tentatively added, "Today, there are some areas where fireworks and firecrackers can be set off. If you go out, stay away!"

It's a pity that Zhou Zekai's reply was still vague: "Okay~"

Fuck, so annoying!Sun Xiang thought angrily.He scratched his heart with curiosity, but he didn't dare to ask.He knows better than anyone that the Spring Festival is too sensitive for Zhou Zekai.But if he didn't ask, he worried that when Zhou Zekai was unhappy later, he wouldn't be able to comfort him immediately.

——So will his parents come back for the holiday? !

3.

Zhou Zekai also wanted to know this question.The reason why he replied vaguely was that he still had a glimmer of expectation in his heart.

It's a pity that when it was almost noon, there was still no sound of the key being inserted into the lock and turning, but Zhou Zekai's cell phone vibrated.

It was a short message:

Zekai, parents have something to do this year and won't come back.You go to grandpa's house.

There is always a gap between ideal and reality - Zhou Zekai thought calmly.

He went to the door and put the slippers in the shoe cabinet.It's another year, he thought, the style will be out of date next year, he can't throw it away and buy two new pairs.

It was at this time that he realized that he was much less disappointed this year than in previous years.Maybe people are so easily satisfied, he has the unique concern from Sun Xiang in his chest, and he just feels a little regretful about this ungraspable affection.

4.

Grandpa's house is much more lively than his side.

When Zhou Zekai arrived, his uncle was turning a spatula in the steaming kitchen.He said hello, put down his backpack, and opened the door to the backyard.

The steam formed a thin layer of water droplets on the glass, reflecting the shadow of wintersweet.Under the wintersweet tree are the figures of my aunt and grandma.The two of them sat on a small bench, making egg dumplings around the electric stove and small pot in the yard.

"Ze Kai is here?"

Aunt looked up.

"Yeah." Zhou Zekai rolled up his sleeves, "Shall I help?"

Aunt subconsciously exchanged glances with grandma.Zhou Zekai appeared alone, but what about the other two family members who were supposed to appear?They sighed in their hearts, tacitly did not say anything unnecessary.

"No need. At this point, is Zekai hungry? Today's lunch is relatively late, your uncle just made candied eggs, and put them in the chest of drawers, hurry up and eat something to fill your belly."

Zhou Zekai nodded: "Okay. Xiaolin is here?"

"Here, let's talk about my sister. She hid in the back room and refused to come out. Maybe she was looking for another excuse to play games." Auntie cursed with a smile.

5.

The method of sugar swallowing eggs varies from family to family, but "eggs" and "sugar" are essential.Zhou Zekai's aunt hates the taste of candied ginger, and his uncle usually puts twice as much dried longan to increase the sweetness.The dehydrated longan meat absorbs the juice and becomes sweet and thick, which is Zhou Zekai's favorite.The dining table was full of dishes for ancestor worship, so Zhou Zekai took the bowl and chatted with his uncle in the kitchen while eating slowly.

While chatting, the shoulders suddenly became heavy.

"Brother, you are here!" It turned out to be the cousin Zhou Lin who had just been complained about. "Hurry up, go see Little Apple, it's fun!"

Little Pingguo is the daughter of her aunt, Zhou Lin's younger sister, with a generous and smart personality.She giggles no matter who teases her.Coupled with that red cheek like an apple, big eyes looking at you, blinking, so cute that it can melt people's hearts.

Zhou Zekai walked to her small rocking bed, rubbed his fingers to warm up, and then carefully held her little hand that was wobbling outside.

Little Apple was stunned for a moment, then slowly fixed its gaze on Zhou Zekai's face, and then slowly revealed a big smile: Brother~

"How about it, it's amazing! I taught it! She can speak a lot of words now! And her articulation is super clear!" Zhou Lin stroked her hair like a treasure, "How did I teach you just now, every brother has his own Name. Your name is Kai, Kai, Ge, Ge—"

Little Apple can understand, but it is still quite difficult to shout.

"Ke, ke..." She blushed and tried to pronounce it.

Zhou Zekai squatted down so that her hand just reached his face.Little Pingguo flipped over and grabbed the railing of the shaker and got up: "Kai, Kaikai...Brother!"

"Brother is here!" Zhou Zekai smiled and held her under the armpit, picked her up, and turned around gently.

"Fengfeng! There is Fengfeng!" Little Apple was extremely happy, and hugged Zhou Zekai's neck tightly, refusing to get off no matter how coaxed.In the end, it was Zhou Lin who had the experience to tickle her before letting go.

After making a fuss for a while, Little Apple lay back on the shaker, sleeping soundly with a bottle in his mouth.Zhou Lin moved to the other side of the room, peeling nuts and chatting.

"My sister is definitely a face controler. Brother, let me tell you, she turned into an angel when she met you. She is definitely a little devil sent to torment me in her previous life. Brother, you don't know her..."

Well, it's not a chat, it's a unilateral complaint from Zhou Lin.

"...Last week I fed her mush and she refused to eat it alive and well, and she bit the spoon smartly. As a result, she broke her deciduous teeth and felt pain, so she started to cry. Wow, wow, the heart-piercing kind, crying so hard My head hurts, and then my parents didn't listen to my excuses at all, so they gave me a double fight...Brother, I was so angry at that time, I was thinking, they are a family with a younger sister, and it is better to be criticized if I have nothing to do Like you, living alone is the cleanest—"

Zhou Lin suddenly stopped talking.He stopped here, as if he realized that he had said something that shouldn't be said, and carefully raised his worried face: "Brother, yes, I'm sorry I didn't mean that..."

Zhou Zekai acted as if he didn't hear anything. With his slender hands, he nimbly peeled off a pine nut and stuffed it into his mouth: "Aren't you hungry?"

Zhou Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

6.

In the future Spring Festival process, every family will be similar.It's nothing more than eating, chatting, playing cards, watching variety shows, and continuing to eat snacks...

Anyway, come here in a leisurely way.

The only rule that the Zhou family must abide by is to set off firecrackers at 12 o'clock.

But this has nothing to do with Zhou Zekai and the others.

It was not yet 11 o'clock. After coaxing the daughter, the aunt drove him and his cousin upstairs to sleep.Her reasoning is that the two need sleep to help grow their bodies.

After Sun Xiang heard about it, he sent a series of smirks.

"Come on, grow taller, kid Kaikai."

Zhou Zekai reluctantly replied thank you.Although Sun Xiang's reaction was super naive and aggressive, in his eyes, it would be automatically translated into the word "cute".

7.

These cousins ​​are all Alphas, and there is nothing to avoid suspicion.My aunt made a double bed for them to sleep in.

The quilt was warm and comfortable. Zhou Zekai imitated Sun Xiang and buried his face in it, squinting half-closed his eyes to reply to the other party. After returning to the back, he became more and more lazy to type, and the two began to post emojis. can fall asleep.

But not long after, Zhou Lin pushed his shoulder: "Brother! Chat chat?"

Zhou Zekai yawned: "Aren't you sleepy?"

"Not sleepy at all!" Zhou Lin whispered, "Now let me do a hundred push-ups."

Zhou Zekai: "..."

Asking again, it turned out that this guy was thirsty at night, and while his father was not paying attention, he secretly scooped up the wine in the sweet wine barrel as a drink.

This is the top... Zhou Zekai had no choice but to rub his eyes and nodded, "Okay."

In the next half an hour or so, the two of them returned to the noon state—that is, Zhou Lin was soloing excitedly, chattering, talking about everything, playing games, studying, and of course, there must be love.

As soon as this was mentioned, Zhou Lin's excitement immediately went up to ten levels.

Filled with righteous indignation, he complained to Zhou Zekai that with such an outstanding cousin, his parents repeatedly asked him to emulate him, to study well, and not to play with any clandestine moths.

"They praised you for never being in a relationship, that's why your grades are so good!"

Zhou Zekai was embarrassed by the praise, so he quickly dimmed the phone screen where he and his boyfriend were throwing hearts and sending emojis to each other.

"Learning and falling in love are not the same thing!" Zhou Lin said angrily.

Zhou Zekai suppressed a smile: "Are you in love?"

"No!" Zhou Lin replied depressedly and earnestly, "I want to talk, but I have to find someone I like first, right? If I can't find it, I can't let it go!"

Zhou Zekai nodded with emotion: "Yes."

"But brother!" Zhou Lin said, "If you don't delay your studies, you can really try it? You are so old, if you don't talk about it, that's what they said... Twilight Love!"

Zhou Zekai: "..."

Zhou Lin regarded his silence as an acquiescence, and persuaded him more actively: "Really, although I haven't talked about it, my brother has a partner! Is it romantic for you to make it? Many things are done by one person. It's an idiot. Two people If you do it, it will be awesome and romantic!"

Zhou Zekai raised his eyebrows: "For example?"

"Brother, let me give you an example!" Zhou Linte excitedly said, "For example, for example now! I go downstairs to set off fireworks alone. If my classmates in the same yard see me, they will definitely send me Weibo, Aite human beings Seductiveness is the big prize! But if I had a date, of any gender, guess what?"

Zhou Zekai was so amused by his vivid tone that he couldn't help laughing, "...I can't guess."

"Hey, I've given you so many hints, you can't even guess it!" The cousin announced the answer disappointedly, "Even if the two of us are there, we don't do anything, no fireworks, no firecrackers, no light sticks, just dress up in winter." Stone carvings, whatever! People must go to the confession wall and say sourly: Tsk, look at that dog couple in class three! They have to envy me half to death, do you understand?"

"Understood." After Zhou Zekai finished speaking, he lifted the quilt, sat up, and bent over to get the clothes placed beside the bed.

Zhou Lingang was still very complacent, but seeing Zhou Zekai's reaction now, he was very confused: "Brother...you forgot that grandma's house has central air conditioning, and you don't need to wear a coat in the bathroom?"

"No," Zhou Zekai finished putting on his sweater and coat, and began to change out of his pajama pants, "I'm going out for a while."

Zhou Lin froze for a moment, unable to speak at all: "What, what? Isn't it brother, are you crazy? Are you going out at this time?"

"Yeah." Zhou Zekai began to put on his socks.

Zhou Lin's mind finally turned around: "Someone is looking for you? No, even if someone is looking for you, have you told your grandparents? And my parents? No, you must have never said it. Did you just do it on a whim?"

"I'll definitely be back before dawn." Zhou Zekai didn't answer his question directly, and stretched out his hand, "Lend me the power bank."

Zhou Lin has always listened to Zhou Zekai's words since he was a child. Although he was suspicious, he obediently dug out the power bank: "...don't wear slippers when you go out later, keep your voice down, the iron gate outside will rattle when you touch it."

Zhou Zekai was very calm: "I won't go there."

After that, he walked to the window, gently unscrewed the knob, and pushed it out.The window is open.

Before Zhou Lin could react, he saw Zhou Zekai raised his index finger and made a "quiet" gesture, then turned around and put his hands together, turned over the window sill, and disappeared directly.

"Fuck——" Zhou Lin was so frightened that his heart was pounding, he rushed to the window and looked with his head, "..."

It turned out that his dear cousin had already landed firmly on the concrete canopy on the first floor.

Zhou Lin was still in shock, and shouted in a low voice: "Brother, where the hell are you going, you have to explain to me, right?"

Zhou Zekai's smile was full of willfulness and relaxation that he had never seen before: "Do the awesome thing you said."

TBC