The children's artillery and the adults' chatting were loud, and Yu Xiuxiu's face was hidden in the festive festivities, like a boiled egg that had been peeled, white and dyed with a little shy flush, his full lips were slightly pursed, and his eyes were full of affection. The impact of that moment made Huo Zhongnan unable to say a word.

"Zhong Nan?"

Yu Xiuxiu saw that his expression was stiff, as if he had discovered some great secret, he pulled the corner of his clothes chivalously, and asked with a smile: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Huo Zhongnan said: "Understood." ”

Yu Xiuxiu suddenly panicked, and asked with a red face: "Then what do you think?"

Huo Zhongnan: "You have someone you like." Who is he?"

Yu Xiuxiu: "......"

Since Yu Xiuxiu can remember, she has been very popular with boys, probably because she has received too many confessions, and she has been sensitive to the deeper emotions in the boys' eyes since she was a child, happy, fanatical, and wants to be close to ...... She believes that these are all emotions that normal people can understand.

But Zhong Nan opened her eyes.

His eyes were very pure, and even if her eyes were white, she didn't find half of the male and female emotions in his eyes.

Yu Xiuxiu was a little frustrated.

"Can't you really see it? I like you. ”

This sentence was said so easily, Yu Xiuxiu felt that his shamelessness had improved a little more.

"It's not my sister's love for my brother. I didn't say it before because I was afraid of losing. ”

Huo Zhongnan didn't move.

For a while, he just looked at Yu Xiuxiu like that.

Seeing her heart pounding, she asked without fear of death: "Do you understand now?"

“……”

Huo Zhongnan took a few seconds to digest, "Understood." ”

Got it again.

Did he understand what she said?

Yu Xiuxiu expressed skepticism. She prepared for the worst, the big deal was that he still didn't understand, or pretended not to understand, it was no big deal, she could be defeated again and again. But she didn't expect that the answer he gave her was a critical hit of 100,000 volts.

"Hugh, I have someone in my heart. ”

“？？？”

Yu Xiuxiu's ears buzzed, thinking that he had heard something, "What did you say?"

Huo Zhongnan knew that she heard clearly, and did not repeat, but said: "She is very important to me." ”

Yu Xiuxiu took a deep breath and heard his voice tremble, "Who is she?"

Huo Zhongnan shook his head.

He didn't know, and he couldn't tell her, that the girl only existed in his dreams. He didn't know who she was, let alone what she looked like, but she had always been there, occupying a very important position, bringing him an emotion that he couldn't distinguish but had transcended reality.

Because of that, she will always exist. Won't leave, won't lose, it's a secret that belongs to him, secret and down-to-earth-

Yu Xiuxiu was still in a state of shock, "Is it someone I know?"

Huo Zhongnan shook his head.

“…… So where is she?"

"I'm looking for her too. ”

Huo Zhongnan looked at the crowd around him and said euphemistically: "You are my sister, as long as you need it, you will not lose me." ”

Looking at Yu Xiuxiu's innocent eyes, he sank in a deep voice, "Angry?"

No!

She's not angry.

She's just ...... It's just that there are more tigers in my arms who just want to eat people.

Even if she has a thousand abilities in Xiuxiu, what can she do if she is one step late?

"Hahaha, how is it possible?" Yu Xiuxiu was really not angry, Zhong Nan could tell her seriously, instead of stepping on two boats, left and right, and fooling her, which was enough to prove that he attached great importance to the relationship between his brother and sister. In this case, how could she bear to let this loveless child lose a loved one?

"Brother, I'm joking with you. Look at you so nervous, I'm happy to die. Hahahaha~"

Huo Zhongnan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Not next time. ”

"Oh. Yu Xiuxiu smiled and blinked.

~

The Yujiacun Reservoir is located in the middle of a mountain in Yujia Mountain. This is a hilly landform, Yujia Mountain is the highest mountain in the whole mountain forest town, the reservoir is sandwiched in the mountains, irrigates the farmland of the entire county, and is also a water supply area for residents, which has slowly developed into a tourist area in recent years. However, there are not many people who usually come to travel, and only the New Year's holidays are the most lively. Guanyin temple is in the middle of the mountain next to the reservoir, the incense is prosperous, there are many people who come to burn incense, on the dam of the reservoir, people come and go, and the small vendors are endless.

"Do you see the house over there?"

Yu Xiuxiu stood on the high dam and pointed to the rows of houses under the embankment.

"It was the former 'educated youth spot', and those uncles and aunts who cut in line lived there. This reservoir is their youth. ”

This special time and experience is an indelible mark on that generation, with very complex emotions. Therefore, in the group of "Yujiacun Reservoir People", the people who are "reunited" after decades are like a family.

"Do you want to go down and have a look?"

Huo Zhongnan nodded.

"Let's go. Yu Xiuxiu turned around with a smile and found a fleeting light in his eyes. Complex, sad, deep, blink to gloom.

Yu Xiuxiu didn't understand what it was, so he walked down the stone steps on the embankment to the Zhiqing Point.

Zhiqing Point is deep in the trees at the foot of the mountain, the trees are tall, and the houses in the middle of it are a little poorly lit, damp and dark. It has long been inhabited here, but the house is obviously being maintained, and the blue brick house has a large courtyard, which has a sense of age.

A few children were firing cannons, and a little boy ran over happily when he saw Yu Xiuxiu, circling around her like a little spinning top.

"Sister Xiu, Sister Xiu, why are you here?"

Yu Xiuxiu was a little embarrassed.

Even the children here know her, and their identity is almost impossible to hide.

Fortunately, Zhong Nan didn't care, and he didn't find anything. Yu Xiuxiu glanced at him and touched the little boy's head, "Xiaobao, why haven't you returned to the village? ”

Xiaobao: "I'll go back tomorrow." Grandpa said that there are many people entering the mountain today, and he wants to make money. Tomorrow there will be no one on the Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Xiaobao was talking to Yu Xiuxiu, but his eyes were looking at Huo Zhongnan with bony eyes, full of curiosity.

"Sister Xiu, is this brother your boyfriend?"

Yu Xiuxiu was stunned.

"Little ghost, I know a lot. She laughed, "Unfortunately, you guessed wrong." He's my older brother, just like I'm your older sister. ”

Xiaobao was slightly disappointed, "Oh. ”

Yu Xiuxiu noticed his emotions, "What's wrong?"

Xiaobao stuck out his tongue, "If he's your boyfriend, I can ask him for a red envelope." ”

Yu Xiuxiu: "......"

Before Huo Zhongnan came to Yujia Village, the housekeeper prepared some cash for him, but he didn't have much on him. Hearing this, he reached in his pocket, took out several large bills inside, and handed them to the child.

"Take it and buy cannonballs. ”

When Xiaobao saw so much money, he looked at him with wide eyes and didn't dare to take it.

Yu Xiuxiu smiled and said, "My brother gave it to you, take it." ”

Xiaobao thanked happily, took the money and held it in his palm, with a face of real happiness.

So easy to satisfy the child. Huo Zhongnan was a little envious and a little lost.

Yu Xiuxiu took him around the Zhiqing Point.

There are no old things here, the rooms are empty, the windows are rusty, and the bare mud floor is full of traces of time, which can't help but remind people of the picture of a group of young men and women carrying hoes, holding flat poles, and digging a large reservoir with a pile of soil and stone a few decades ago......

Yu Xiuxiu suddenly found that the emotions in Zhong Nan's eyes were so incompatible with the environment. She looked at his handsome face, and actually had a picture in her mind......

"Brother!"

Huo Zhongnan looked at him: "What?"

Yu Xiuxiu: "Are you thinking about that girl?"

Huo Zhongnan was stunned: "No." ”

People in your heart, why don't you want to?

Yu Xiuxiu was a little confused, "Don't you want to be with her?"

"Me and her—" Huo Zhongnan pursed his lips, "It can't be together." ”

It was difficult for him to explain this absurd and nonsensical dream to Yu Xiuxiu, and he couldn't explain his feelings. Instead he pointed to the embankment and digressed the subject, "Let's go over there." ”

The sunset breeze is light, the water depth is bottomless, the clouds on the big reservoir are floating in the gloomy sky, the blue brick houses in the mountains and forests are gradually moving away, and the big words "Yujiacun Reservoir" on the dam bury the stories of the past, only carefree children, running and playing......

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Yu Xiuxiu: I know my brother's secret. What should I do, sisters, save me......