When Lotte closed the door, a group of people gathered at the door of Lotte and were still chatting excitedly, but at this time, Father An had not come over, Li Minzhe asked the others to go first, and he waited with An Zhaoxi for a while.

"Zhaoxi, Dad can't go back today, can you ask your classmate's parents to send you home, I'm really sorry Zhaoxi."

"It's okay Dad, I'll take care of myself, be careful yourself, don't work too hard." An Zhaoxi comforted his father obediently.

Li Minzhe also took the phone next to him, and after promising to send An Zhaoxi home, An's father hung up the arc with confidence, Li Minzhe looked down at An Zhaoxi, and there was no comfort, just the most ordinary tone: "It seems that you are going to take me in tonight." ”

An Zhaoxi didn't speak, but took the initiative to take Li Minzhe's big hand, and the two walked home step by step under the dim street lamp, stepping on snowflakes.

Housing prices in Gwangju are quite cheap, so Ahn Zhaoxi's home is much better than Lee Min-chul imagined, a relatively remote community, which has no elevator on the top floor, the room is not big but very warm, and there are many Christmas items that have faded in the room: "This is for your father?" Looks like I'm going to be cheaper. ”

Ahn Zhaoxi saw that Lee Min-cheol liked his decoration, smiled shyly, and then ran all over the house, took slippers for Lee Min-cheol, turned over the futon, and laid the floor. Lee Min-cheol told some small jokes from time to time, but he didn't stop her busy, because this is the little girl's home, isn't it?

"Are you hungry oppa? Would you like to cook some ramen? An Zhaoxi tried hard to tune up the TV, but it was still a snowflake, so he could only ask a little embarrassed.

Li Minzhe, who had been sitting for a while, had already felt that the room was a little cold, and the heating in the old community was not very good, but looking at An Zhaoxi in front of him, a trace of sweat appeared on his busy nose, and he was afraid that she would catch a cold if she went on like this, so Li Minzhe simply picked up the two quilts and wrapped the two of them together, just exposing their heads and chatting.

But An Zhaoxi suddenly struggled out of Li Minzhe's arms, thinking that she didn't like it very much, and Li Minzhe also laughed at himself that his charm was not good, and the ten-year-old girl couldn't handle it.

But then Ahn Zhaoxi wore a washed faded pajamas, and the hem of the clothes still had some rough stitching marks, went to turn off the lights and ran over, Li Minzhe hurriedly hugged the little girl in his arms, feeling the body trembling because of the cold.

Then An Zhaoxi took out something from his hand and stuffed it into Li Minzhe's mouth, Li Minzhe bit it hard, and it turned out to be a toffee: "This is my good performance at school, the teacher rewarded me, I will only allow myself to eat a piece when I am particularly happy." ”

Li Minzhe chewed this piece of candy that had obviously been left for too long and was a little hard, hugged An Zhaoxi, looked at the faint orange light coming in through the balcony window, and listened to the children downstairs still screaming excitedly, and the two of them talked a lot all night.

Lee Min-cheol vaguely remembers that Ahn Zhao-hee hugged his arm and cried at the end: "When my parents divorced, no one wanted me, so I sued myself at that time, I don't want to be a burden to others anymore, I have to rely on myself." ”

And Lee Min-cheol repeatedly whispered in Ahn So-hee's ear: "You are a gift from God." ”

The next morning, Lee Min-cheol carefully pulled out his arm from Ahn Zhao-hee's arms, looking at his soaked sleeves and the large water trail next to the pillow, Lee Min-cheol really didn't remember how long the girl cried last night, only that she should have done a lot by now.

Vigorously wiped An Zhaoxi's eyes that were still a little tear-stained, Li Minzhe opened the refrigerator and saw that there was nothing, not even plugged in at all, only some ramen noodles were placed inside, and half of the bag that had been dried and eaten was carefully clamped and put back inside.

When Ahn Zhaoxi woke up, he felt the coldness in the quilt next to him, and he didn't dare to open his eyes to look at it, but he just retracted his head into the quilt and shouted loudly through the quilt: "Minzhe oppa!" ”

"Don't joke with me!" "Hurry up and answer me!" "Lee Min-chul-"

The room was still so quiet, An Zhaoxi curled up his body hard, felt the dampness of the futon under the side of his face, tried not to let himself cry, and whispered: "Mom doesn't want me, I have become sensible; Dad couldn't see each other at work all day, I learned to do housework, I learned to cook, I learned to go home by myself, I learned to rely on myself; You're gone, what should I learn? Should someone like me have friends? Am I still entitled to cry? ”

Li Minzhe carried a plastic woven bag, panting and climbing the stairs while complaining: "The market is not good at this, there is not even a big bag, how many floors is this building, why is it so high." ”

Lee Min-cheol opened the door and threw the bag directly to the ground, and saw An Zhaoxi still sleeping under the quilt, so he quietly walked over, intending to scare the little girl.

An Zhaoxi heard the sound of the door opening, thinking that his father was back, and wiped away the tears that were not stored at all, and a smile appeared on his originally cold face, although it was not so bright.

Then An Zhaoxi directly lifted the quilt and sat up, raised his eyes and saw that Li Minzhe, who was indeed obscene, had already placed his hand in the corner of the quilt, and Li Minzhe, whose prank was exposed, stayed in place in embarrassment, and smiled at An Zhaoxi.

And An Zhaoxi, who was originally smiling, suddenly turned cold, Li Minzhe thought he was angry, and stepped forward to hold An Zhaoxi's hand even more embarrassed, planning to dress her first and then try to apologize.

But An Zhaoxi directly pulled his hand and bit it directly on his arm, and before Li Minzhe could react, he hugged Li Minzhe's neck and cried bitterly, Li Minzhe could only take the quilt and put it on her back again in a panic, and then gently patted An Zhaoxi's back, and kept saying: "I won't joke with you next time, I'm scared, it's me who is wrong, don't cry." ”

Lee Min-cheol, who was in a hurry by An Zhaoxi, still didn't know why Ahn Zhaoxi cried so badly until N years later, saying that it was just an unfinished prank by a brother, okay? It's just that An Zhaoxi has shed tears in front of him when he has nothing to do, and Li Minzhe can't ask others for verification of this kind of thing, but since then, there have been two more voices in An Zhaoxi's fan forum:

Min Xianyi, the group's sister who loves An Zhaoxi the most, said: "Since I met Busy Nei, no matter how bitter it is, she has never cried, but she can always comfort us." ”

Ahn Zhaoxi's pro-oppa Lee Min-cheol said: "Ahn Zhaoxi is a crybaby, especially able to cry, she has been crying since I knew her, and she wiped her tears with me at dinner a few days ago." ”

The two statements that refute each other have made the fan forum quarrel for a long time, and I don't know who said it is true, and it may be true.

Ahn Zhao-hee, who had been crying for half an hour, sniffled his delicate nose, ignoring his swollen eyes, and came up to pick up Lee Min-chul's coat, Lee Min-cheol kept rolling on the ground, and even said: "When OPPA is in good shape, I'll show you if your muscles are good in summer." ”

An Zhaoxi smiled and took a piece of his father's clothes from the side and threw it to him: "It's cold in the house, change it yourself." At this time, Li Minzhe felt a cold, and it turned out that his clothes were already the same as if they had just been taken out of the water.

The two of them, who were also a little shy, silently changed their clothes, while the other stuffed a woven bag of items into the refrigerator, and then harmoniously made breakfast in the kitchen, as if what had just happened had never happened.

Ahn Zhao-hee was beating the egg liquid behind Lee Min-cheol, and he didn't shirk the food that didn't be stuffed in the refrigerator with Lee Min-cheol, because from the moment Lee Min-cheol came back in the morning, in Ahn Zhao-hee's heart, Lee Min-cheol was no longer shirking these relationships, there was always a future, wasn't it?

drove away Lee Min-cheol, who couldn't turn on his old-fashioned gas, An Zhaoxi skillfully spread out the eggs in the pot and made egg cakes, watching her stand on tiptoe from time to time to see if the eggs in the pot were cooked, Lee Min-cheol enjoyed the feeling of this moment very much.

Ahn Zhaoxi turned off the fire, then kicked Lee Min-cheol, who was in a daze, and motioned to Lee Min-cheol to take the egg rolls that he couldn't reach to the plate, sit at the table, and the simple miso soup and egg rolls were just the leftovers at home, and the two of them ate them in a hurry.