"Qin Yiren, it's rare to see Christmas today, we're going to watch "The Ferryman", are you going?"

"Nope. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

If you really want to make an appointment, shouldn't you say, "Let's go to the movies together today, Christmas"?

I'm used to this kind of casual invitation.

I turned around and took a bite of ice cream, walking in the opposite direction from them.

Eating ice cream in winter has a different taste, and when you bite into it, your teeth are shivering with cold, but the sweet taste spreads in your mouth, and it is cold and sweet, and that contradictory feeling is really addictive.

Christmas Eve was so beautiful.

I walked alone and quietly down the street. Watch the beautifully decorated Christmas trees and colorful neon lights illuminate the whole night, watch the children running around the street and laugh and laugh, and watch the couples hugging and taking pictures, smiling happily.

I took out my phone and sent a message to Moments: Christmas Eve, I went to the movies with my friends, I felt good and happy.

Knowing that there would be no reply, I still stared at that circle of friends, in a daze.

There is no contact in WeChat, what are you trying to show off, Qin Yiren?

yes, what am I doing, and when am I going to cover myself up with such a pretty lie?

If you've been alone for too long, can you really be lonely?

"Beauty, your Christmas present has dropped." Santa Claus, with his big white beard, handed over a box.

"It's not mine." I refused.

"It's yours, you take it." Santa Claus shoved the box into my hand and went back to handing out gifts to others.

It turned out to be given away for free.

Now even giveaways are hard shoehorned?

But the box in my hand seems to be different from everyone else's, is it inherently different?

Back in my little apartment, I folded my hands on my knees and curled myself up into the couch.

The sofa is soft, and this position makes me feel safe.

The lights were bright outside, but the house was silent.

Whether it's the hustle and bustle or the quiet, it has nothing to do with me.

At this time, my dad was also at home alone. Listening to vintage records and counting the days I came home.

I picked up my phone and called my dad.

"Hey, Iren."

"Dad, did you sleep?"

"Not yet, listening to old old records. I heard the child of the old Zhao family next door say that today is Christmas, she went to a party with her classmates, and she hasn't gone home yet. Don't go back too late. ”

"I'm back in my little apartment."

"Oh, didn't you get together with your friends? Sometimes it's good to have a chat with friends. Next year you'll be eighteen years old, and you'll be an adult. ”

"I know, Dad. By the way, I got this year's national scholarship. ”

"Really!"

Hearing the happiness in my dad's tone, I hugged myself tighter.

"Hmm."

"Yiren, Dad is very happy, what about you? Yiren, are you happy? ”

"Me? I, of course I'm happy. "I really want to laugh when I hear the joy in your tone, and think of the way your eyebrows are furrowed and raised.

"Yiren, in fact, what Dad cares about is not how many scholarships you get, Dad cares about you, you are doing well, I am really happy."

"Dad, you-"

"Dad is not very talkative, and you are also a non-talkative character. But there are some things that I would love to say at this time. Yiren, as parents, all want their children to be happy. So, Yiren, you must be strong and you must be happy. ”

My dad was drinking - that was my first reaction, otherwise how could my usually taciturn dad say such sensational things.

But then, I couldn't stop crying. I don't know if it's moving, but I feel a little blocked.

My dad can talk about his heart through drinking, but what about me?

"Why don't you speak? Crying, right? ”

"I-"

"I must be crying, I heard it. Okay, okay, go wash up and get some rest. ”

"Dad?"

"Huh?"

"There's one thing I haven't told you, and that's ...... In the year of the college entrance examination, I didn't go to the exam because I was sick, I didn't go on purpose. ”

"I guessed that."

......

I guessed it a long time ago. Dad, do you know me like that?

In the year of the college entrance examination, I actually prepared very well. Just approaching the examination room, I saw circles of people sending the exam, watching their children enter the examination room with earnest and caring eyes, and I suddenly didn't want to go in.

If I missed the exam, there would be a lot of people who would care about me, I thought at the time.

It is true that many people came to ask me about my situation, teachers, classmates, and neighbors, but I was not happy at all.

Then my dad called, and I cried. I cried and said I was sick and went to the hospital. My father believed it, for no reason and willingly, because the person who told him this was me, his daughter. My dad comforted me vigorously, saying that it was okay, that our health was important, and that we would continue to work hard in the coming year.

But I'm still not happy, that incident is a knot in my heart.

But now, I'm relieved.

In this world, there will always be someone who is willing to be deceived by me. That person is family.

I smiled and felt that the world was still quite beautiful. Didn't Santa Claus give me a present tonight? By the way, I haven't dismantled it yet.

I found a fruit knife and was about to cut it when I heard a rustling sound coming from the box, which was especially clear in the quiet room.

I had an ominous premonition.

Sure enough—

With a "pop", the box opened on its own.

With a shake of my hand, I subconsciously threw the box out, and a small snake came out of it.

Before I could react to whose prank it was, I heard the little snake speak: "Just human, you don't run away when you see me?" ”

"Poof—" I couldn't hold back and laughed. It's really that this little snake in front of me is so cute. It is only as thick as a little finger, about 20 centimeters long, and it is covered in silver, it looks beautiful and harmless, it is just a small snake, but it wants to say that kind of lofty words in a child's voice, this contrast is really unbearable.

"Are you a toy? Robot? Remote-controlled? Who's controlling you? Is it that Santa Claus? Hahaha......"

"Humble human, if you don't keep your mouth shut, the consequences may not be too good."

"So, ...... the hell you"

"In your human language, you should call me God."

"God? Tell me, cutie, who made you, this setting is too unreliable. Strange, why didn't you see the switch, and it was so realistic? ”

I grabbed it to see where the switch button was, but it was wrapped around my wrist and struggling to glide, and the slippery touch made my scalp tingle.

"Ahh Covering the wound, I looked at it in disbelief.

"What the hell are you, what the hell are you?"

"When did the humans of this world become so arrogant and rude."

It spitted a snake hyacinth and moved closer to me, and I felt the air around me freeze for a moment, and I stood on my feet with a shudder. I was relieved to see that it didn't make any further moves. The creepy feeling that the other party didn't do anything, made me start to believe what it said.