"Little one, I'll tell you about ······ today" Xu Duhang flipped through the storybook in his hand very seriously. However, what Lan Xue around her wants to do today doesn't seem to be listening to stories. Lan Xue suddenly raised her head and interrupted Xu Duhang's words, "Let's go and call that new brother to play together, he will be afraid if he is alone." "Oh, yes. Xu Duhang hesitated for a moment, but still agreed with a smile. Lan Xue happily walked out of the study, Xu Duhang looked back at the fairy tale book she had flipped through all night yesterday and said with a smile: "It seems that the little guy doesn't want to listen to the story today." ”

"That brother, does you live next door to you?" Lan Xue looked cautiously and looked at Xu Duhang beside her with curiosity. Xu Duhang nodded and said, "Yes, Dad said that it is convenient to take care of." "What's that brother's name?" "I don't know, he doesn't speak, and Dad doesn't mention it." However, it seems to be called Xiao Chen, I think it should be called Zuo Xiaochen. Lan Xue's question made Xu Duhang a little embarrassed, because even he himself didn't know the name of his "younger brother".

Xu Duhang knocked on the door, but no one came to open it. He cautiously pushed open the door and pulled Lan Xue inside. It was dark in the room, no lights on and no curtains opened. Xu Duhang turned on a small table lamp, and there was no one on the bed, at this time, Lan Xue didn't know what she stepped on, and suddenly lay on the ground. When she came back to her senses, she found that she was lying on Zuo Chen, and she had stepped on his fingers. If it were someone else, he would have yelled in pain a long time ago, but Zuo Chen didn't say a word. Xu Duhang hurriedly pulled up Lan Xue, "Why are you so careless! Did you get hurt?" Lan Xue lowered her head as if she had made a big mistake, and didn't dare to look at Xu Duhang, but after just a few seconds and time, she raised her head and smiled at Xu Duhang, "No." ”

At this time, Sister-in-law Wu came over and told Xu Duhang that there was a call from his classmate and asked him to answer it. Xu Duhang nodded and told Lan Xue and Zuo Chen to wait for him together before going out.

Lan Xue pulled Zuo Chen's fingers and wrapped Zuo Chen's fingers with the small handkerchief he carried with him, "I'm sorry Brother Xiao Chen, I didn't know you were lying on the ground," Zuo Chen shook off Lan Xue's hand and lay down again. Seeing Zuo Chen lying down again, Lan Xue felt a little guilty, "Are you angry?"

Zuo Chen looked at the chandelier and didn't speak. "I know, you're scared to stay in a strange place. It was like my first day of school, leaving my mom and dad and it was terrible. However, Mom and Dad will pick me up, so I won't be afraid. Although my brother doesn't have parents anymore, there are many people here to accompany you. Uncle Xu, Aunt Qiumei, Brother Duhang, and me!" Zuo Chen turned sideways and looked at Lan Xue's face, Lan Xue looked at him and smiled. "My brother doesn't hate me, he likes to play with me, right?"

Sister-in-law Wu shouted outside the door, "Miss Xiaoxue has eaten." Zuo Chen immediately got up and walked out of the house, and Lan Xue immediately followed, "Wait for me." ”

Yuhua Academy

Today is the first day of school, and it is also Zuo Chen's first day of entering the upper class. He is one year younger than Xu Duhang, so he is in a different class. After a brief introduction by the teacher, he sat down in the corner. This is a math lesson, and the teacher's rhythm is like a lullaby. Zuo Chen got up and walked straight out of the classroom, but Teacher Ren shouted behind him, but he ignored it. The school building opposite is the elementary school, and you can see Lan Xue's class through the glass window. Lan Xue was in art class, she was very serious about drawing, but the little boy sitting behind her was a little too naughty, and he painted watercolor on Lan Xue's hair who was concentrating, causing the class to laugh. Lan Xue almost cried. At this time, Zuo Chen rushed into the classroom, overturned the little boy's easel, pushed the little boy to the ground, and pulled Lan Xue out of the classroom.

Zuo Chen pulled Lan Xue into the water room and helped her wash the oil paint from her hair. Although Lan Xue said thank you, he still ignored it, and just helped her wash off the oil paint stuck to her hair little by little.

Lan Xue and Zuo Chen sat side by side in the sports stands, and Lan Xue took out a painting from her pocket, "Brother, look, this is what I painted, this little girl is me, and the little boy next to me is you." Look, I also signed our names, Xiaoxue, Xiaochen. Lan Xue didn't expect Zuo Chen to pay attention to herself, she just told him what she thought. At this time, Zuo Chen suddenly took the painting from Lan Xue's hand, looked at it carefully, he took out his pen and crossed out the prefix of the day character of the morning character. Then hand it to Lan Xue. Lan Xue took the painting and smiled happily, "It turned out to be Brother Xiaochen, this painting is for you, this is a gift, we will really be friends in the future." Zuo Chen took the painting and stuffed it into his pocket. Lan Xue stretched out her hand, "Let's shake hands." Zuo Chen stretched out his hand, shook it gently, and put it back in place.

"Little guy, I heard that you skipped class today?" Xu Duhang smiled and took Lan Xue's schoolbag as he said as he carried the schoolbag onto himself. "No, someone bullied me, and Brother Xiaochen took me out. Lan Xue hurriedly shook her head and tried her best to explain. "Well, why don't I find a few people to bully you tomorrow. Then I'll save you, how about it?" Xu Duhang put Lan Xue in the car, took the schoolbag off his shoulder and stuffed it in, and turned around to leave. "Brother Twilight·····" Lan Xue suddenly stopped Xu Duhang. Xu Duhang stopped and turned around, and looked at Lan Xue with a light smile: "What? Because the person who took you out was not me, do you feel sorry?" Lan Xue looked at the parking place of Xu Duhang's house, and asked, "Is Brother Xiaochen taking your car home?" Xu Duhang was stunned for a moment, and a trace of disappointment suddenly crossed his face full of smiles, but this trace of disappointment quickly disappeared, he shook his head and said to Lan Xue: "No, he doesn't like to take the car, he walks back." "Let's go back." Lan Xue thought for a moment, and then asked, "Isn't that going to be alone?" "Okay, it's time for you to go." Xu Duhang closed the car door and waved at her.

The car had been gone for a while, and Lan Xue suddenly saw Zuo Chen, "Uncle Driver, wait a minute!" Lan Xue hurriedly got out of the car and grabbed Zuo Chen, "Brother Xiaochen, let's go together" Lan Xue and Zuo Chen walked in front, and the car slowly followed behind. "Brother Twilight said, let's go out together this weekend, and you will go too. Lan Xue had long expected that Zuo Chen would not speak, so she asked again, "Are you not going?" Zuo Chen didn't speak, and Lan Xue jumped up happily, "So you will go! I knew you would go! Tomorrow we can also go to the snack street with Brother Twilight, where it is very fun, and there are a lot of delicious foods, and I will introduce you to the best food." ”

There are a lot of people on weekend vacations, but this does not affect the good mood of the Lan Xu family. The wind is a bit strong today, so the waves are a bit fierce. Lan Xue looked around Xu Duhang, but didn't find Zuo Chen, so she asked curiously, "Brother Duhang, why didn't Brother Xiaochen come?" "He came, because he didn't like crowded places, so let's play elsewhere." "Then let's go find him. Knowing that Zuo Chen was really here, Lan Xue, who didn't want Zuo Chen to be alone, proposed to go over to him with Xu Duhang. Xu Duhang thought for a while and replied, "Then let's compete, let's look for him separately and see who finds him first." "Okay!"

Lan Xue knew that Zuo Chen must like secluded places, so she quickly found Zuo Chen sleeping on the beach. Lan Xue didn't dare to wake him up, just sat down next to him slowly. As soon as she sat down, Zuo Chen immediately opened her eyes, startling Lan Xue. Today's wind was very strong, Zuo Chen got up and took off his coat and draped it on Lan Xue. "Thank you" Lan Xue took off her red hat and put it on Zuo Chen's head, a boy with a girl's hat couldn't help but look a little funny. "Brother Xiaochen, what's your name?

Suddenly a gust of wind blew away the hat on Zuo Chen's head, Lan Xue hurried to chase, she was running, and suddenly a wave swept Lan Xue in. Zuo Chen ran over quickly, didn't think about anything, and jumped into the sea desperately to pull Lan Xue hard. Finally pushed her to the shore. Zuo Chen gasped and squeezed the water in Lan Xue's chest with all his might, and Lan Xue slowly opened her eyes, "Thank you, thank you." At this time, Zuo Chen seemed to find that something was missing from his wrist, so he immediately went back to look for it, and Lan Xue immediately helped him find it. Lan Xue saw a shining point of light on the edge of the beach washed by the waves, and when she got closer, she realized that it was a black bracelet decorated with a crystal bead. Lan Xue happily shouted to Zuo Chen, "Brother Xiaochen, I found it!" Lan Xue ran over and tied it to Zuo Chen's wrist. Zuo Chen looked down at the crystal bead and whispered, "My name is Zuo Chen." This was the first thing Zuo Chen said to himself, Lan Xue was really happy, he jumped and laughed on the beach, "Great! I know the name of Brother Xiao Chen!" Lan Xue was happy when suddenly another huge wave hit her. Zuo Chen pushed her away violently, Lan Xue fell on the beach, and in this second, she watched Zuo Chen being swept in. It's so secluded that there's no one to turn to. "Brother Zuo Chen!Brother Zuo Chen!Brother Zuo Chen······" She shouted desperately, but this second had made Zuo Chen completely disappear into the sea. However, it seemed like a huge joke, because after Zuo Chen disappeared, the place was calm, including those ferocious waves, which never appeared again······

For three consecutive days, the staff did not recover Zuo Chen's body. They were convinced that the waves were too strong and washed away the body. The Xu family prepared a funeral for Zuo Chen, and after the funeral, the Xu family returned to their old life, and every day was carried out in a normal and orderly manner. It seems that Zuo Chen never appeared, or he never existed······

——Ten years later——

"Mom, I'm back. Lan Xue returned home with a sketchpad on her back, and now Lan Xue is a college student. She goes home once a week because of the school, but today is not the day she should go home. "Baby girl is back! Mommy cooked your favorite soup today. Shan Ru walked out of the kitchen with the freshly boiled soup and looked at Lan Xue with a smile. Lan Xue looked at the steaming soup in her mother's hand and looked at the wall clock on the wall, and said puzzledly: "Drink soup at two o'clock in the afternoon? Mom, you are very strange." He also specially called me back, there must be a conspiracy. Seeing that her daughter "exposed" herself, Shan Ru hurriedly put down the soup and helped take down the drawing board on Lan Xue's body: "It's not all your father's fault, I went to Japan to attend a medical seminar today." Mom recently talked to Duanshi Group about cooperating with the food festival again. I promised Chairman Duan that the whole family would go to a cocktail party held by their group tomorrow, and I wanted to go with your father, but your father suddenly couldn't go, and my mother couldn't be alone, that would be too rude······" I'll go with you. Seeing that her daughter agreed so simply, Shan Ru still couldn't believe it, "Really! Mom is afraid that you don't like it, and she has thought of a lot of words to persuade you." Lan Xue walked to the table disapplausively, "It's nothing, it's just a drinking party, anyway, it's to help you." "Thank you then. Lan Xue lifted the soup bowl, although it was a little hot, but she still drank the soup in the bowl, and then hurriedly walked to the door again, "You're welcome. Mom, I'll go first. "Remember to come back for dinner!" Shan Ru shook his head after hearing the sound of the door closing, "Hey, it's been ten years, and you're like this every year today." I really don't know what to say about you. ”

Lan Xue came to the beach alone, there are not many people on vacation today, only a group of young people playing beach volleyball. Lan Xue sat down not far from them, he looked into the distance and said to himself, "Brother Xiaochen, I'm sorry, I know this is not the place you left. The place you left was marked on the day you left to prohibit visitors from entering, so I can only commemorate you here for the past ten years. I thought, such a big sea, no matter which direction you are, you can see me. It's been ten years, have I become a little more beautiful every year? Also, I have something to tell you today, Brother Xiaochen, this is the last time I will call you like this. I'm 20 years old this year, and I'm grown up, I can't call you like that anymore, and I'm going to call you Zuochen in the future. Do you like it when I call you that?"