Chapter 4 The Crying Flowers

How hopefully you have a smile forever

In the next few days, Xiaoli rarely saw Cheng Zimu's figure, and occasionally saw it, but it was also in a hurry, she felt uncomfortable, but she comforted herself, "He must have worked hard to review for the key points of the exam, Grandpa Cheng arranged so many exams for him, he must be very busy and tired, I still don't bother him." ”

Finally stayed up on Saturday, Zhang Xiaoli got up and found that his father was gone, there was breakfast and two eggs on the table, and a white box, she rubbed her eyes, opened the box, her eyes were wide open, the mobile phone, it turned out to be a new mobile phone, and she could also take pictures!

She took out her mobile phone and saw the note in the box, "Girl, happy birthday, the gift is for you, but don't think that you can delay your studies with a mobile phone, Dad, I am always supervising." ”

Zhang Xiaoli pursed her lips, but her heart was still warm, she knew in her heart that her father's poor verbal expression, knowing that he was a knife mouth tofu heart, happily took a few turns in the yard with her mobile phone, took a selfie under the tree, and was about to appreciate the beauty, the door was pushed open, Cheng Zimu walked in with a backpack, Zhang Xiaoli subconsciously hid his hand behind his back.

Cheng Zimu grabbed it, saw the photo on the phone, pressed it lightly a few times, and threw it back to Xiaoli, "What's the smelly beauty?"

Xiao Li naturally didn't see what he did with his mobile phone, and pouted back, "It's stinky and beautiful, I want you to take care of it, this is my father's birthday gift to me, what about you?

"Forgot. Cheng Zimu replied very naturally.

"Okay, you are a Chengzimu, we have been playing since we were children, and I have been tortured to follow you in the past few years to fight and skip class, what a strong revolutionary feeling, you even forgot my birthday, you didn't even prepare a gift, you are still not a friend, you have no conscience, too much. Zhang Xiaoli was furious, the more he talked, the more angry he became, as soon as he lifted his slippers, he flew directly to Cheng Zimu's body, Cheng Zimu quickly turned around and caught the slippers that she kicked over, squatted down to dress her up, and patted her head, "You said that your habit of kicking people when you are angry can you change it, change clothes, I am not so unconscientious, there are no gifts, there are still surprises, go quickly, waiting for you." ”

Zhang Xiaoli walked into the house to change clothes suspiciously, Cheng Zimu took out his mobile phone, saved the photo of Xiaoli that he had just sent to his mobile phone, set it as his home screen screensaver, added the password to the mobile phone, put it back in his pocket, and looked at Xiao Li, who walked out of the door with a small satchel, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

Under the sun, he stretched out his hand, Xiao Li slowly walked towards him, looked at him with a pretended reluctant but smiling eye, stretched out his hand, and the two walked hand in hand in the big courtyard, and the gate was gently closed.

Xiaoli sat on the back seat of the bicycle, gently grabbed Cheng Zimu's white shirt, and looked at the scenery on both sides of the town's streets, the spring wind was slightly warm, blowing warm on people, the weather was so good today, it was indeed a good day to go out and play.

Cheng Zimu stopped at the gate of the town's amusement park, stored the car, and he took Xiao Li's hand and walked into the gate, Xing Mo, Qu Qing, and Fang Yi waved at her with a smile.

The two came to the three of them, Xing Mo and Qu Qing hugged Xiaoli, "Happy birthday, Xiaoli", and handed her a pink handbag.

Xiaoli was about to open the handbag subconsciously, and Cheng Zimu slapped her on the head, "What's the hurry, I'll see when I go home, how can I open a gift in front of others." After saying that, he snatched the handbag and stuffed it into his backpack.

"Cheng Zimu, don't pat my head on my birthday, I won't grow tall. Xiaoli muttered dissatisfiedly.

Fang Yi looked at him and smiled, raised the blue box in his hand, Xiao Li was about to reach out to pick it up, but Fang Yi turned around and walked around Cheng Zimu's back, stuffed the box into Cheng Zimu's backpack, and carried it for him, turning his head and blinking.

Xiao Li's hand stayed in mid-air, glared at Fang Yi fiercely, and pulled Xing Mo forward angrily, leaving the three of them laughing happily behind him.

But the more she walked, the more she felt that something was wrong, every time she walked through a junction, a classmate would send a flower, and she received a total of 15 flowers and 15 yellow roses along the way.

Xiao Li stood there, turned around and looked back at Cheng Zimu standing not far away, smiling at herself, and then she saw countless balloons flying up in front of her eyes, with a pink banner hanging on the balloon, and the delicate font was Cheng Zimu's notes, "Zhang Xiaoli, happy birthday, we will always be by your side!"

The corners of Xiao Li's eyes were moist, and she instantly understood what Cheng Zimu's hurry and Xing Mo's dodge meant in the past few days, it turned out that she was preparing for this surprise, she smiled, with tears in her smile, Cheng Zimu, are you telling me, if you want me to believe, will you come back?

Cheng Zimu walked slowly, reached out to wipe away her tears, and patted her head gently, "Silly girl, happy birthday!"

Xiao Li looked at him with smiling eyes, sniffed, and a bright smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

Cheng Zimu, you see, I've been laughing, laughing very happily, Cheng Zimu, you have to remember my laughter!

For the next day, the five of them spent a day playing crazy in the playground, laughing, singing, stimulating, and finally sitting quietly on the merry-go-round, slowly spinning, and enjoying slowly.

Cheng Zimu looked at Xiao Li sitting in front of him, the corners of his mouth were a satisfied smile, his eyes were crooked, his thin bangs were a little sweaty, and he was holding hands with Xing Mo and chatting happily.

"Xiaoli, I hope you will always keep such a smile, ordinary and happy. ”。

"Cheng Zimu, I want to eat cake. ”

Xiao Li turned his head and suddenly shouted.

"Okay, I've been ready for a long time, and your cake is indispensable. Cheng Zimu jumped down, the merry-go-round stopped, he stood beside Xiaoli, reached out to help her down, covered her eyes, and slowly led her to the side of the rest bench, and then let go of his hand, a double-layered cream cake appeared in front of him, saying "Happy birthday." ”

Zhang Xiaoli couldn't wait to reach out and put a little cream in his mouth, Qu Qing smiled and said that she was not ashamed, Cheng Zimu looked at her with a smile, his eyes doting and warm.

The simple and cheerful birthday drew a perfect end in the playground, after several people broke up, Cheng Zimu took Xiao Li to go home, along the way, Xiao Li hummed a brisk song, both hands, but subconsciously tightly grasped Cheng Zimu's slightly thin waist.

The sunset is just right, the streets of the town are not noisy during the day, at the moment it is quiet and peaceful, the light of the sunset stretches the figures of the two, the bicycle happily disappears into the streets of the town, only the brisk singing, not dispersed for a long time.

Time always flows in a hurry between the fingers, and only those who have experienced the high school entrance examination understand that the original lot of time that was wasted by themselves can never come back.

Summer has arrived, from the early morning is the scorching sun, the air is hot and dry, even the occasional wind is with a scorching breath, under the scorching sun, Xiao Li holds a popsicle in one hand, holds an English textbook in the other, while walking and reading, slowly swaying on the path, a drop of water dropped by a popsicle on the words of the textbook, Xiao Li hurriedly wiped off, bit the popsicle in his mouth and lowered his head to take out a tissue, wiped and stopped, looked up and stopped, looked at the big sun overhead, it was already after school in the afternoon, the sun was still dazzling.

It's been two months, in the past two months, in addition to the crazy endorsements around, it is the sound of non-stop shouting day and night, Qu Qing and Xing Mo leave early after school every day to go to cram school, Fang Yi hasn't shown up much recently, Cheng Zimu ,,,,。

Xiao Li sighed slightly, it's been two months, I haven't seen a side, since his birthday, he has been taking exams non-stop, constantly busy, sometimes even the town has not returned for several days, the closed door of the family, Xiao Li always feels that it is now pushed away, it is extremely heavy, Grandpa Cheng asked people to send a few boxes of nutritional products, saying that it is study tension and replenishing brain power, and then there is no contact, maybe it is afraid of disturbing her review, just like that, it is obviously separated by a wall, but the two seem to have discussed it, and there is almost no intersection, Cheng Zimu, even once did not contact himself。。

"Okay, you're a Chengzimu, you haven't contacted me for so long, you haven't even sent a text message, this girl is not rare, it's best not to contact me again for the rest of your life, what's the big deal, go to a good school, what's the big deal about leaving here to go to a big city, hum!"

Xiaoli's tone was full of atmosphere, and there was indeed a thick loss in her eyes that could not be dissolved for a long time, sniffing, she stuffed the book into her schoolbag, strode forward, step by step, her steps were heavy, and her back looked lonely and lonely.

Push open the door of her house, in the empty yard, a bowl of warm rice soup, a plate of fried beef with potatoes, quietly placed on the table, and the father's bicycle in the corner is no longer there, Xiaoli slowly put down the schoolbag, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, took a bite, tears fell, at this moment, she suddenly felt extremely pitiful, friends are busier than the other, so is her father, in addition to studying in the past two months, she has only a shadow left to accompany herself, in the end, it is because Cheng Zimu disappeared for two months, so that she feels unaccustomed, yes, used to him constantly hurting himself by his side, accustomed to going to and from school side by side every day, When he was used to being alone, he suddenly jumped out and made noise, looked up, looked at the family mansion next door with blurry teary eyes, Xiaoli put down the dishes and chopsticks, at this moment, she just wanted to escape from this lonely courtyard, she gently pushed open the door of the family, the yard was very quiet, even the black tiger was lazily lying there, snoring and sleeping, Xiaoli walked into the inner courtyard, gently pushed open the door, the living room was quiet, she changed her shoes, walked into the living room, Aunt Guo looked up from the kitchen and saw her, her eyes lit up and then made a boo gesture, pointed upstairs, Xiaoli nodded with a smile, and went upstairs gently, Grandpa Cheng's study door was open, he fell asleep on the sofa, covered with a thin summer quilt, Holding a photo frame in her hand, Xiao Li has seen the photo, she knows that it is her parents, she has never asked, she has never asked Grandpa Cheng or her father about her mother, she only knows that her mother was also a soldier in the past, and she is a subordinate of Grandpa Cheng, others, she dare not ask, dare not know, she thinks, one day, her father will tell her, cover the quilt for Grandpa Cheng, she gently retreated, went downstairs, Aunt Guo told her that Grandma Cheng accompanied Cheng Zimu to leave the town and went to Cheng Zimu's parents, Xiao Li declined Aunt Guo's request to leave her for dinner, changed her shoes and left。。

Came to the wooden stake in the yard, Xiaoli stood up lightly, looking at the flowers and plants in the garden, as well as the grape trellis not far away, she remembered that when she was in elementary school, Chengzimu carried her on her back and the two secretly picked grapes to eat during the adult's lunch break, and after eating for an afternoon, the two of them had stomach troubles, and they cried in the hospital with a sad face to face for infusion, and laughed unconsciously, as if the two of them were naughty and mischievous together when they were young, squatting down quietly, Xiaoli's body was still very stable, reaching out to touch the wooden stake that had accompanied him for a long time, Xiaoli left tears, but quickly got up again, and began to practice on the stake alone, with light steps and occasional light drinkAfter the whole set of boxing training, her bangs were already soaked, her body jumped off the stake, Xiaoli wiped away her tears, looked around, and turned to leave.

In the past, the lively and warm family mansion, in the afterglow of the sunset, it was quiet and empty, Xiaoli gently closed the door, and the black tiger in the door whimpered, and lowered his eyes.

Back at home, Xiaoli cleaned up the meal, returned to her room, the lights were turned off in the whole courtyard, only a small lamp was lit in her room, and it looked extremely lonely and dim in the gradually dark summer night.

Lying on the bed, Xiao Li looked at the yellow roses on the table that had gradually withered, and there was a sour feeling in her heart, the pressure of the exam, worried about her father's busyness, the loneliness of these days, and the mood of missing Cheng Zimu, swept over at once, pressing her breathlessly, drowsy, she seemed to hear the sound of the door being pushed open, but she was tired after all, and fell asleep with blurred tears.

A pair of white hands gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, put down a box again, and left alone, closing the door lightly.

In Cheng Zimu's room in the Cheng family mansion, a screen was lit, which showed Xiao Li's process of standing on the stake in tears in the afternoon and boxing, Cheng Zimu sat quietly on the sofa, looking at Xiao Li in the picture, he didn't tell her that two months ago, invisible cameras were installed everywhere in the Cheng family mansion.

"Xiaoli, I've been away for so long, you're alone, are you so lonely, so why, do you want to persuade me to leave, do you know, when I go, I really walked on the road of grandpa and father, and I can't turn back ordinarily. ”

"Xiaoli, I am actually much more mature than others, because I am in such a family, I said that I am leaving temporarily, but in the past three years, I can't be by your side, you know, in fact, how scared and reluctant I am, you know, I compromise at the moment, and I want to come back in the future, how difficult will it be, I have been away for so long, do you really think I just went to the exam, Xiaoli, you don't know!"

In the dim room, Cheng Zimu buried his head in annoyance, yes, he was born in a military family, not to mention that he is a little more mature than his peers, his parents, family, everyone's education and ideological indoctrination, as well as the true character of the military family in his bones, doomed him to be extraordinary, but, his entanglement and reluctance, who can understand, in his young heart, he is hidden and dare not speak, and who understands the immature feelings.