Li Xiaogang finished talking with Li, but when he turned around, he was surprised to find that the blessed Ryoji was standing not far behind him, Li Xiao couldn't help but be taken aback: "You eavesdropped on our conversation?" ”

Blessing walked over with a smile: "Don't say it so ugly, I just happened to pass by, classmate Li Xiao." ”

Li Xiao was not surprised that he knew his name. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked with a smile: "Do you think I believe it?" Bless Mr. Ryoji. ”

Blessing showed a surprised expression: "You recognize me?" ”

Li Xiao: "Sister Miri often mentions you. ”

"It can't be." The blessing tone is affirmative. "She won't mention me."

Li Xiao was a little surprised: "You are very self-aware. ”

Blessing shrugged helplessly: "After all, I have been dumped once, and I have to sum up some lessons." ”

Li Xiao leaned in and whispered secretly: "Actually, Sister Miri still has no feelings for you." ”

Blessing smiled confidently: "I know." Misato didn't say anything beforehand, I'm going to find Shinji and plan to take him to a nice place, do you want to come along? ”

"Good place?" Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered. "Oh - do you mean that secret watermelon field of yours? Okay, I'm going. ”

Blessing showed a surprised expression again: "Misato is really right, you really know everything." ”

Li Xiao smiled: "I just happened to know." ”

The blessed watermelon field is near the NERV headquarters, a very remote place. After leading Li Xiao and Shinji out of NERV, a field full of life appeared in front of the three of them.

"It's ...... Watermelon! Shinji exclaimed in surprise, and he walked over and crouched down, curiously touching the cold skin of the watermelon with his hand.

Blessing didn't know where to conjure up a small kettle, and while watering the watermelon, his face was full of happiness: "This is my hobby, cultivating something, watching them grow day by day, but it's a very wonderful thing." Belch...... Xiao, what are you doing? ”

At this moment, Li Xiaozheng was pouting his butt and patting the watermelons one by one in the watermelon field, and when he heard the blessed voice, he replied without raising his head: "Let's see if there is anything to eat." Oh! This seems to be cooked! ”

Blessing: "......"

Shinji smiled awkwardly, and said helplessly to the blessing: "Mr. blessing, don't you mind, this foodie is coming up again, what does he call him...... Racial nature. ”

The blessing didn't care at all, and said very generously: "If you want to eat, take one with you." ”

"Really!" Li Xiao raised his head in surprise, holding a big round watermelon in his arms. "Oh, speaking of which, when I lived in the countryside when I was a child, there was also a watermelon field nearby, and my friends and I often brought our own knives and spoons to run into the watermelon field to steal food, and once accidentally found out, Uncle Wang, who sold watermelons, carried two watermelon knives and chased it, from the east of the village to the west of the village, now think about it, it is really a good memory."

Shinji was surprised to find that he couldn't understand Li Xiao's brain circuit at all: "What's so beautiful about this memory?" Those two watermelon knives? ”

Li Xiao then lamented regretfully: "It's a pity, Uncle Wang raised a dog later." ”

The blessing couldn't help but be amused by the conversation between Li Xiao and Shinji: "I said two, now that the payment has been paid, can you help me do some work." ”

"Remuneration?" Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the blessing raise his finger and point to the big watermelon in his arms, and couldn't help but sigh. "There's really no such thing as a free lunch."

Li Xiao and Shinji helped to pull the grass for an afternoon, and after finally finishing their work, the two of them sat on the ground with their butts on their butts, tired and with back pain. At this time, the blessing didn't know where to conjure up two cans of soda and sent them to Li Xiao and Shinji: "Thank you two for your hard work." ”

Li Xiao and Shinji took the soda and immediately drank it. The blessing squatted in front of the two of them, and suddenly said, "Actually, there is one thing I have always wanted to ask the two of you. ”

Shinji put down the soda in confusion: "What's the matter?" ”

The blessing changed his usual sloppy appearance, and his expression became very serious: "I ask you to protect Misato, this is something I can't do, but you can do it." ”

Shinji was stunned, obviously he didn't understand the meaning of the blessing's words. Li Xiao was silent for a moment, then he stood up and looked at the blessing condescendingly: "Even if you don't say it, Shinji and I will definitely protect Sister Misato, but Mr. Blessing, your beloved woman should be guarded by yourself, I hope you can figure out which one is more important, the truth or the lover." ”

After Li Xiao said this, the whole person was stunned, he looked up at Li Xiao, and was surprised to find that Li Xiao's expression was extremely serious.

"Mr. Blessed, it's not too early, Shinji and I are going home."

Then, Li Xiao went home with a big round watermelon and Shinji in his arms.

After Li Xiao and Shinji left, Fu Fu stood by the watermelon field and was silent for a long time, he chewed on what Li Xiao said repeatedly, savoring the taste. It wasn't until the sunset had completely sunk into the ground that the face of the blessed contemplation finally changed. He opened his mouth and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said to himself: "My beloved woman has to protect myself...... Isn't it, this classmate Li Xiao is really a little adult, every word is in my heart......"

……………………

Rei took Li Xiao's suggestion of a "family dinner", and the next day Rei came to school, Li Xiao was surprised to find that Rei's ten slender fingers were wrapped in Band-Aids - it was proof of Rei's desperate practice, and she wanted to make a delicious meal for Shinji and Commander Ikari to bring the father and son closer together.

Finding that Rei's hands were covered in band-aids, Shinji immediately walked over with concern and asked Rei what was wrong. Leigh stroked the Band-Aid on her hand like a warrior caressing his own scar in battle, and the expression on his face was very soft: "It's a secret. ”

After another period of peaceful days, Ikari Yui's death day is gradually approaching, these days Shinji is like an ant on a hot pot and obviously becomes irritable, because going to sweep the tomb of Ikari Yui means meeting Commander Ikari alone, human beings are always contradictory creatures, Shinji wants to get his father's approval on the one hand, but on the other hand, he is afraid to meet his father, he is so entangled and contradictory.

The day before the death day, Shinji locked himself in his room as soon as he returned home, and he didn't come out when it was time to eat, and there was one less person at the dinner table, and Li Xiao, Asuka, and Misato also ate a little tasteless.

"Really! I can't stand that idiot anymore, so I'm going to call him out, even if I don't want to meet my father, but I always have to eat! Tomorrow Xiang slapped his chopsticks on the table in annoyance, stood up and walked to Shinji's room.

"Hey! No, I'd better go. Seeing this, Li Xiao hurriedly stopped Asuka, and with Asuka's little temper, he used Asuka to count Shinji all over the place, and then dragged him out of the room, which would only make Shinji's state worse.

Li Xiao came to the door of Shinji's room, first knocked symbolically, and waited for a while There was no movement inside, so Li Xiao said "Shinji, I'm in" and opened Shinji's door.

There was no light in the room, and Shinji curled up on the bed sideways, facing the wall, with his back to Li Xiao. Li Xiao walked in and looked at Shinji's back: "Shinji, I know you didn't sleep." ”

Shinji didn't respond.

"I know you're afraid to meet with Commander Ikati, but there are some things that will never change unless you take the initiative to take the first step." Li Xiao went on to say that Shinji was still indifferent.

Seeing that Shinji had been unresponsive, Li Xiao's mood couldn't help but be a little irritable, in fact, he hated Shinji's cowardly and awkward character, his temper was more similar to Asuka, and he liked to go straight. However, you can't blame him too much for dealing with Shinji, he doesn't have much self-confidence, and if you blame him again, he will give up on himself, so the best way to do this is to encourage him.

Li Xiao grabbed his hair irritably, and sighed helplessly: "Okay, I'll accompany you tomorrow, so that you can always muster up the courage to meet Commander Ikati." ”

Now Shinji finally reacted, he turned his head and looked at Li Xiao in surprise: "You go with me?" ”

"Yes." Li Xiao nodded. "The way you look is really reassuring."

Shinji sat up, and in the darkness, his face couldn't help but show a touched look, "Thank you, Xiao." ”

Li Xiao grinned: "It's all brothers, what's polite?" ”

The next day.

The collective cemetery is located in the suburbs of the third new Tokyo city, it is a depressing and dead place, there are black tombstones standing on the desolate land, you can't see your head at a glance, walking between these tombstones, even Li Xiao, who has always had a head off the line, can't help but have a heavy expression.

When Li Xiao and Shinji arrived, Ikari Gendo had been standing in front of Ikari Yui's tombstone for a long time, and he looked at his wife's tombstone intently, looking tired and lonely. Seeing such a Commander Li Xiao couldn't help but be a little surprised, because in Li Xiao's impression, Ikari Yuantang has always been a cold-blooded man, maybe only in front of his wife will he take off his usual disguise and show his vulnerable side. Frankly speaking, Li Xiao doesn't like Ikari Yuantang very much, but seeing a husband standing in front of the tomb of his deceased wife, Li Xiao can't help but sympathize with Ikari Yuantang, no matter how heinous the conspiracy plan of this man is, at least at this moment, he is just a poor man who has lost his wife.

Seeing his father, Shinji visibly hesitated, not daring to take another step. At this time, Li Xiao suddenly gave a gentle push behind him: "Go, your parents are waiting for you." ”

Shinji and Ikari Gendo stood in front of Ikari Yui's tombstone for a long time, because they were far away Li Xiao didn't know what their father and son had said, only to hear that when Ikari Gentang was about to leave, Shinji shouted to him loudly: "Father, I'm very happy to be able to talk to you today." ”

Ikari Gendo looked at his son with deep eyes, there seemed to be something hidden in the depths of his gaze, he was silent for a while, and then said, "Is it?" ”

At the last moment before boarding the plane, Ikari Yuantang suddenly turned his head and glanced deeply at Li Xiao in the distance, but Li Xiao didn't notice this glance at Ikari Yuantang.

After Ikari Gendo left, Shinji returned to Li Xiao's side, and the expression on his face was obviously much more relaxed.

"The conversation with Commander Ikari was quite pleasant?" Li Xiao asked.

Shinji shook his head: "It's still ...... Yes. Thank you for being with me today, Xiao. ”

Li Xiao smiled and waved his hand: "What's this, it's a matter of effort." ”

He had just finished speaking, when his cell phone suddenly rang. Li Xiao connected the phone, and Misato's nervous voice immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Xiao, you and Shinji are together, you two hurry back, the apostle has appeared!" ”