Chapter 5: Former Dust: Brother Xiaobei
Anno 2006.
After the cold winter passed, Phoenix finally ushered in a warm spring day.
The warm sun shone on the earth, and a few new shoots stopped on the branches, adding a touch of green to the spring Phoenix City.
Some flowers that bloom early, with the spring breeze, exude bursts of fragrance. From time to time, a few birds flew in the air, and there were bursts of crisp and pleasant birdsong.
The girl was still wearing the blue tulle dress and stood under a freshly blooming cherry tree. Fluttering cherry blossom petals fell on her body, like an elf flying out of a painting.
The cherry blossoms in Phoenix always bloom very early, and you can usually see the cherry blossoms falling all over the streets in February. However, the cherry blossoms in Phoenix are also very long, and they don't completely fade until early May. Therefore, Phoenix City is also known as the city of cherry blossoms.
"It's so beautiful!" It seemed to be the first time the girl had seen cherry blossoms, she had never seen anything so beautiful before.
The girl reached out her little hand and caught the falling cherry blossom petals. The smile on his face made people a little unable to take their eyes off it.
The boy stood quietly on the side of the road, watching the girl start.
Xu noticed that someone was staring at her, and the girl frowned and turned her head, but a surprised expression appeared on the boy's face the moment she saw it.
"Brother Xiaobei!" The girl recognized the boy in front of her at first sight, the little brother who had saved her at the entrance of the alley that day.
She had wanted to go to him a long time ago, and by the way, she returned the clothes to him. But later, when the man heard that he had almost had an accident, he died and refused to let her out.
This time, she begged the man for a long time before he agreed to come out by himself. But I didn't expect that not long after I came out, I met my little brother. Is this what adults often call fate?
"How do you know?" Xiao Mubei looked at the girl in front of him suspiciously, surprised at how she could know his nickname. He didn't remember that he had such a relative in his family, could it be the daughter of his parents' friend?
"When you left that day, that aunt called you 'Xiaobei', I won't be mistaken." The girl smiled innocently, and her laughter had an inexplicable power that could purify the human heart.
"That day? Have we seen this before? After the little girl's reminder, he suddenly felt that the girl in front of him was indeed somewhat familiar. The long hair that poured down like ink, and the slightly familiar blue light gauze skirt, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it.
"Brother Xiaobei, have you forgotten? That day, at the mouth of the alley, you saved me. The girl looked at Xiao Mubei, and a flash of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Xiao Mubei stared at the girl in front of him a few more times, and then remembered that there was such a thing: "Are you ...... The girl who was bullied that day? ”
"Mmmm, I knew that Brother Xiaobei must still remember." The girl nodded, and the innocent smile returned to her face.
"After that, you haven't been bullied by them anymore." Xiao Mubei suddenly wanted to talk more to the girl in front of him, I don't know why, he just thought the girl in front of him was very interesting.
"No, I haven't seen them since." The girl shook her head, she had been grounded after that incident, and it was impossible to see those people again.
"Why did they bully you in the first place?" The two walked to a park bench and sat down to chat.
"Hmm...... I don't know. The girl still shook her head. She really didn't know why the group had come to her, she didn't even know them.
"Don't you know them?"
The girl shook her head: "I don't know." ”
"Poof~ Why do you keep shaking your head." Xiao Mubei couldn't help laughing. The girl always shook her head like a rattle.
"Shouldn't you shake your head when you answer 'no'? It's like nodding your head when you answer 'yes'. The girl looked at Xiao Mubei suspiciously, isn't everyone like this?
"Whoever told you had to nod or shake his head." Xiao Mubei found that this girl was really getting more and more interesting.
"Well, that's ......," the girl paused, as if she had thought of something, and then changed to another sentence, "Anyway, someone told me." ”
Seeing the girl's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Xiao Mubei couldn't help but start to guess the identity of the "someone" in her mouth.
The little girl thought of the clothes she hadn't returned yet, so she said, "Brother Xiaobei, can you tell me where your family lives?" ”
Xiao Mubei was puzzled: "What are you asking for?" ”
"I haven't returned the clothes you gave me that day, you tell me where your family lives, and I'll send them to you tomorrow." The girl looked at him with clear eyes.
It's just that Xiao Mubei, as a member of the Xiao family, one of the two great families, how could he casually tell his home address to a girl from an unknown source? Although he did save her, it cannot be ruled out that someone with a heart will use her to get close to him.
"Just one piece of clothing, no hassle." Xiao Mubei refused.
"No! Mom said that if you borrow something, you will pay it back, so I have to pay you back! The girl sat up from the bench suddenly, but the next second, as if she realized that she had said something wrong, she quickly covered her mouth.
The girl glanced at Xiao Mubei a few times and found that he didn't seem to notice anything, so she took her hand away with confidence and repeated again, "Anyway, I have to return the clothes to you." ”
Xiao Mubei didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but the girl's abnormal mouth covering action caught his attention. She frowned imperceptibly, but quickly returned to normal.
Xiao Mubei pretended to be vigilant and said, "But I don't even know your name, so it doesn't seem like a good thing to tell you the address of my house like this, right?" ”
The girl then realized that she didn't seem to have introduced herself yet. But that person told herself that she couldn't just tell someone her real name, what should she do?
"You know my name, and you even want to know my home address. But I don't know anything about you, isn't that unfair? Xiao Mubei saw that the girl looked meditative and confused, and suddenly had the idea of teasing her.
"Huh? That, I didn't mean to, I ......"
The girl panicked all of a sudden, would Brother Xiaobei think she was a bad person?