Chapter X

drink

The next evening, Ye Lin went home after work and picked up Ling Xiao to go out to dinner - Ling Xiao's adaptability was amazingly good, such as taking the bus to go out and other daily things were already familiar with the road and there were no problems, but Ye Lin didn't know why he just felt uneasy, and insisted on coming back to pick him up in person to feel at ease.

When the two arrived, someone in the box had already sat down before them - a man and a woman.

The man looks about a year or two older than Ye Lin, with handsome facial features and solemn eyebrows, even if he sits casually, at this time, his back is straight, his sitting posture is upright, the buttons of his shirt are tightly buttoned and meticulous, and even the collar is flat as if it is angular.

Sitting next to him was a little girl, who looked about the same age as Ling Xiao, both sixteen or seventeen years old, and her facial features were five or six points similar to the man, but she was much softer than the man's heroism and fortitude, but she was a very beautiful and delicate girl.

Hearing the footsteps of someone entering the house, the two raised their heads at the same time - the man's expression did not change, but the little girl laughed all of a sudden, and called out sweetly "Brother Ye Lin", and then seemed to want to say something, but stopped when she saw Ling Xiao who entered the door behind Ye Lin.

The little girl bit her lip lightly, pointed at Ling Xiao with some hesitation and asked, "Brother Ye Lin, is she ...... Who is it? ”

"This is Ling Xiao." Ye Lin smiled at her, then turned around and explained to Ling Xiao in a low voice, "This is my brother Shen Zhan, who grew up with me, and this is his sister Shen Qing, who is as old as you." ”

He paused slightly, and then explained: "Shen Zhan is now in the public security system, and I asked him for your household registration book and ID card." ”

Ling Xiao responded a little suddenly, and bowed slightly to the man on the other end: "Thank you for your help, there is work." ”

Shen Zhan didn't speak, but also nodded in response.

Ling Xiao didn't take his coldness to heart, smiled indifferently, and sat down with Ye Lin - Ye Lin booked the smallest box, and the table was just a table for four people. The brother and sister were originally sitting next to each other, but after Ling Xiao sat down with Ye Lin, Shen Zhan was on the opposite side and Shen Qing on the other side.

Ling Xiao turned his head slightly, and saw that the little girl was holding her chin and looking at herself with a slight frown, and from time to time she secretly looked at Ye Lin, looking back and forth.

The two men had already chatted casually, and Ling Xiao didn't speak, holding the teacup and drinking it unhurriedly, looking at herself by the little girl for a long time.

After a while, the little girl finally failed to calm down, opened her eyes wide, and opened her mouth a little suspiciously:

"Don't you have an ID card and a hukou? Why do you want my brother to do it? ”

Even if you have a hukou, it is really difficult to move your hukou this year. But as long as you are at least sixteen years old, anyone can and should apply for an ID card by yourself, is there anything that needs Shen Zhan's help to do it?

Ling Xiao took a sip of tea comfortably, and then said lightly: "I am from the mountains - the mountains are isolated from the world, so I don't have an ID card, and I haven't seen the world. Ye Lin was kind-hearted, so he took me in. ”

When she said this, she habitually raised her eyebrows slightly, and she brought out an indescribable charm and conceit; When he said that he had "never seen the world", he was even more calm.

Shen Zhan, who was originally talking to Ye Lin, looked over at once, and there was actually a little surprise and consternation on his cold and solemn face, frowning slightly and looking at Ling Xiao carefully. He stared at a little girl for a long time for the first time, but he really couldn't see the slightest trace of "I haven't seen the world" from this girl with a comfortable and comfortable face.

When he frowned and withdrew his gaze, he saw Ye Lin with a long sigh and a helpless expression.

"Although it is not exactly what she said, but ......" Ye Lin seemed to want to explain something, but after thinking about it, he felt a little irrefutable, so he could only sigh and say, "Okay...... Pretty much what she said. ”

After speaking, he subconsciously glanced at Ling Xiao, at this time, the girl was holding the cup, bending her eyebrows and looking at Shen Qing with a smile, her whole body was extremely comfortable, and it seemed that what he had just said was becoming more and more unconvincing-Ye Lin looked at Shen Zhan's obviously disbelieving gaze, and reached out and pressed the corner of his forehead with some self-defeat, with a look of lovelessness:

"Let's eat first."

……

Shen Zhan is obviously a taciturn person, but it can be seen that he has a good relationship with Ye Lin, and the two have conversations and are not cold. Shen Qing has a lively personality, and she talks the most after a meal. But although she is lively, she is also very measured, when she was halfway through the meal and her brother and Ye Lin talked about business, she immediately quieted down obediently, lowered her head and concentrated on eating without interrupting.

If you don't speak, you always have to find something else to do. Shen Qing took a bite of the fish, quietly raised his head, and secretly glanced at the girl sitting next to him who had barely spoken, and after being slightly stunned, his eyes widened suddenly-

In the empty wine glass in front of Ling Xiao, I don't know when a small half glass of red wine has been poured down!

When men eat, they always have to drink a little wine, so as soon as they come, they open a bottle of red wine and drink it unhurriedly. But - only the two men drank the wine, she and Ling Xiao, the two girls, were minors, and the cups were obviously filled with juice, how could there be wine?

"You ......"

Shen Qing hesitated slightly, but finally opened his mouth. But as soon as he said the word "you", he suddenly paused - Ling Xiao gently "Huh? With a sigh, he picked up the wine glass and shook it casually, while he had already tilted his head slightly sideways.

This girl named Ling Xiao has very good-looking hands, and when she shakes the wine glass gently, her hands are whiter and the wine is redder, which makes her almost dizzy; She: "Huh? The sound dragged on a little long, the tail note rose slightly, and the pair of phoenix eyes that looked at him with a smile were smiling......

Shen Qing subconsciously reached out and touched his face—inexplicably a little hot.

"Why are you drinking?" The little girl hesitated for a while, but in the end she still frowned slightly and muttered, "What should I do if I get drunk?" ”

Ling Xiao held the glass and shook it slightly, lowered his head and took a shallow sip, and smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, I drank a lot - it's not bad." ”

"Who's worried about you? Flatter yourself! The little girl puffed out her cheeks and glanced at her angrily, and at last she looked at the wine in her glass, but could not hold back her curiosity, and asked her quietly, "Is that good?" ”

Ling Xiao glanced at her, leaned over slightly to get closer, and raised his glass to her: "Taste?" ”

The little girl blinked, a little nervous.

The two men seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and suddenly turned their heads to look at them in unison—and then they saw the girl in the black dress with a slightly red face, with a slight drunkenness, gathered next to the girl in the pink dress, and passed the glass that poured a small half glass of red wine with a smile.

The little girl in the pink dress was a little eager to try it.

"Qingqing." Shen Zhan shouted in a deep voice.

Shen Qing's half-stretched hand shrank back, sat up straight obediently, and stuck out his tongue at his brother a little coquettishly.

"Lingxiao." Ye Lin also shouted.

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked over, and after a while, he withdrew his hand a little lazily, sat back unhurriedly, and then raised his cup and took another sip with a calm expression.

also shouted the little girl, people immediately sat down obediently, and they were coquettish and cute, and they were ...... Intensified and took another sip, this is completely ignoring himself - Ye Ershao looked at other people's sisters, and then looked at his own girl, he only felt that his heart was stuffed under "people are better than people", and he couldn't help frowning and nagging worriedly: "Children are ......"

What to drink...... Before he could say the last few words, he saw Ling Xiao suddenly raise his eyes and look over. Looking at each other, Ye Lin's four words turned around in his mouth, and finally swallowed it again, sighed and asked her resignedly: "Okay-what do you think?"

"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink pipa, urge immediately." After reading two sentences, she paused slightly, looked down at her wine glass again, and then raised her head and poured a big sip, then smiled and casually continued, "Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't laugh, the ancient conquest - a few people back." Wine is good, but unfortunately not a luminous glass. ”

Ye Lin and Shen Zhan were immediately stunned, and their eyes fell on her in unison - she seemed to just read a poem casually, with a slightly drunken and casual tone, but when she read the last two sentences, it seemed to have an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Frivolous, heroic, heroic, even murderous - all in the two lines of the poem, which seem to be uttered casually.

Shen Zhan frowned slightly, and once again carefully looked at the sixteen-year-old girl.

Ye Lin was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed, unexpectedly considerate: "If you want, I can find it for you." ”

-- When others read this poem, they may just say it casually, but she is different: she has been on the battlefield, she has seen the heroism and tragedy that they may not have imagined in their lifetime.

Ling Xiao seemed to look at him with some surprise, and then shook his head: "No need. The quality of wine is only judged by the wine itself, not by the wine glass. The famous wine glass is the icing on the cake; If not, even if the beauty is unkempt, it will not hide the beauty of the country. ”

"Wine is good wine - enough is enough." She laughed as she spoke, raised her glass and greeted the two of them from afar, "When you float a big white!" ”

Say it all - drink it all.

She had taken several sips in quick succession, and the wine left in her glass wasn't too much—but not too little, at least three or four sips. At this time, she raised her head and drank it all, without hesitation, and in a blink of an eye, the bottom of the wine glass was already visible.

She took back her glass and put it on the table, picked up the bottle and poured half a glass - after drinking half a glass of red wine, her lips became more and more red, her face was a little crimson, and her eyes were slightly drunk, but her eyes were still clear.

Ling Xiao finished pouring herself the wine, and when she turned her head slightly, she saw Shen Qingzheng looking at herself a little blankly, looking a little funny - she didn't hold back, she immediately laughed, raised her hand and gave the little girl a drink of more than half of the cup, and poured juice into it again.

The little girl came back to her senses at once, blushed inexplicably, and drank a large sip of juice in a hurry.