Chapter 48: "Fireworks for Two"
Xu Chenrui leaned next to the car and beckoned to Lin Zi.
"You don't eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home, why are you running here?" Lin Zi saw Xu Chenrui who suddenly appeared at the door of his house, and his heart was full of doubts.
"I'm waiting for you." Xu Chenrui smiled at Lin Zi.
"Wait for me? What are you waiting for me to do? Lin Zi's face was full of doubts and incomprehension.
"Because I know that on such a day of family reunion, there is a child who is left alone at home, which is very pitiful, so I have a kind heart and want to take her out for a walk." Xu Chenrui clasped his hands and looked at Lin Zi with a sympathetic expression.
"You, how do you know?" Lin Zi was very puzzled, everyone still thought that she was traveling happily in Sanya, how did this Xu Chenrui know, could it be that he installed a pinhole camera on his body.
Xu Chenrui pursed his lips and smiled mysteriously at Lin Zi, "Secret." ”
Looking at Lin Zi's confused look, Xu Chenrui also felt a little funny in his heart, after all, an hour ago, he was still alone in the apartment for Chinese New Year's Eve, and at this moment, he actually came here to cherish Lin Zi.
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Xu Chenrui has never returned to the Xu family for the New Year, after all, Xu Jinheng has a new family, no matter how close Xu Shen is to him, in the eyes of his stepmother Wang Wanqing, he is always an outsider, in this kind of day when the family should be reunited, Wang Wanqing will never let herself destroy the family atmosphere. What's more, instead of pretending to have a happy family eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and asking for warmth, it is better to come to comfort by yourself.
Originally, Xu Chenrui was going to spend the holiday in the crew this year, but because of the great mercy of the investors, all the staff of the crew were allowed to take paid leave to go home for the New Year, so Xu Chenrui returned to the apartment and accompanied himself to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve.
In fact, for Xu Chenrui, it is better to spend the New Year in the crew than to spend the New Year alone in his apartment, at least there are more people.
In a person's year, Xu Chenrui has also had enough.
Xu Chenrui was just about to open a bottle of red wine and have a drink to celebrate the festival when he received a call from Xu Shen.
"Hey, brother, what are you doing?"
"What else can you do when you eat?"
"Are you alone in the apartment?"
"Or else? If you're here to call to sympathize with me, you don't have to. ”
"Where? I'm here ......."
"If it's a New Year's greeting, there's no need for it."
"Brother, you listen to me finish speaking, Sister Xiao just called me and said that my sister-in-law was left at home alone."
"She's alone? Didn't I hear you say that they didn't go to something or a place together as a family? ”
"Originally, I was going to go together, but later, my sister-in-law suddenly had acute gastroenteritis, so I didn't make it."
"How do you know?"
"Sister Xiao called her sister-in-law in the evening, felt that her sister-in-law's mood was not quite right, and then saw the circle of friends of her sister-in-law's parents on her parents' mobile phone, saying that her daughter was at home alone for physical reasons, and could not travel together, expressing regret, so Sister Xiao knew, but she couldn't come to her hometown, no, just call me and ask me if I can accompany her, you know, I'm at home, my mother won't let me go out on Chinese New Year's Eve, so, brother, you go to see your sister-in-law, listen to Sister Xiao, When she called her sister-in-law, her sister-in-law pretended to laugh and didn't say anything about being left at home. ”
"Okay, I got it."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Shen muttered to himself, "Brother, seize the opportunity." ”
What is it like to spend Chinese New Year's Eve alone, Xu Chenrui is very clear, he can't stand the people he is used to all year round, let alone a little girl.
Xu Chenrui thought about it and immediately put the red wine in his hand back in the wine cabinet, turned around and put on a coat, went out, drove to the door of Lin Zi's house, and happened to find that Lin Zi was going out.
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"Hey, what are you recalling? So relishing. Lin Zi saw Xu Chenrui standing there in silence for a long time, and couldn't help but ask.
"It's just lamenting the process of coming here," Xu Chenrui came back to his senses and said to Lin Zi: "Then, little friend, are we going to go around together?" ”
"I want to walk alone."
"Don't be reckless, you see your eyes are still red, you just cried." Xu Chenrui said and came to Lin Zi.
"Hey." Lin Zibai glanced at Xu Chenrui, don't say this kind of thing.
"Okay, let's walk together and feel the taste of Chinese New Year's Eve." Xu Chenrui said and pulled Lin Zi to walk in the community.
The whole community, every household, is brightly lit, and the road is empty, only Lin Zi and Xu Chenrui.
"Hey, why don't you go home for Chinese New Year's Eve?"
"Kid, you're poking at my scar, didn't I tell you about my family before?" Xu Chenrui pretended to look heartbroken.
"Your stepmother won't even let you eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, won't your father say anything?" And Xu Shen, your brothers have such a good relationship? ”
"Xu Shen asked me to go home with him for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner every year, but the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is delicious only if it is eaten at home, and that place is not a home for me, so why bother to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with them with a shy face?" Xu Chenrui said, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"yes, I'm sorry." Lin Zi felt a little guilty and poked his sadness like this.
"I'm used to it, for so many years, I'm used to spending the New Year alone."
"Then you must be sad," Lin Zi looked at Xu Chenrui and said with a serious face: "Today is the first time I am alone at home for the New Year, watching my parents accompany others, when facing the whole empty house, I am really sad and scared, I don't like such loneliness, so, for so many years, you are alone, it's really sad." ”
Lin Zi said that her eyes revealed endless sympathy for Xu Chenrui, and this time, she finally felt the same way.
"No, this year, isn't that just the two of us?" Xu Chenrui showed a bright smile at Lin Zi.
"But, it's so cold, what can we do?"
Xu Chenrui looked around and whispered to Lin Zi: "Your community, can you set off fireworks?" ”
"Are you crazy? Fireworks are strictly forbidden here, and you see that no one has set them off in this vicinity. ”
"Little friend, do you dare to go crazy with me?"
"How crazy?" Lin Zi looked at Xu Chenrui curiously.
"There's a big fireworks hidden in my car, let's find a place to put it." Xu Chenrui winked at Lin Zi.
Lin Zi lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Just let it go, it's just right, I'm full of grievances, just let it fly into the sky with fireworks, anyway, today is the last day of 2019, it's okay to go crazy." ”
"Let's go."
As soon as the words fell, Xu Chenrui pulled Lin Zi back to the car and moved a firework from the trunk.
"Where do we put it?"
"Is there a slightly empty space in your neighborhood?"
"Think about it, there's a clearing in the back of there." Lin Zi pointed to the left rear of his yard.
"Then let's go there and let go."
Lin Zi took Xu Chenrui to trot all the way to the open space, Xu Chenrui put the fireworks on the ground, took out a lighter, pointed at the wire, and lit the fire, "1, 2, 3, run." ”
Xu Chenrui pulled Lin Zi back, the wire ignited instantly, and with the sound of "bang, bang", the fireworks bloomed in the air, colorful, and the petals fell like rain.
"It's beautiful." Lin Zi looked up at the fireworks and sighed.
Xu Chenrui's eyes were deep, looking at Lin Zi tilting his head, smiling movingly, although the fireworks were beautiful, they were not as good as the smiles of the people around him at this moment.
"Hey, who are you? Who gave you permission to set off fireworks here? ”
The roar from a distance broke the beauty of the moment, and Lin Zi saw that it was the security guard of the community who came to arrest people. In a panic, he grabbed Xu Chenrui's hand and ran forward.
Lin Zi found that there was a small alley next to it, and there were a bunch of waste boxes in it, so Lin Zi took Xu Chenrui to hide behind the boxes. Because the space is so narrow, the two can only stick together.
"Hey, you ......" Xu Chenrui was just about to speak, but Lin Zi covered his mouth with his hand, "Shh, don't speak." ”
"These two are really fast, I don't believe I can't catch them." The security guard cursed as he continued to look for someone.
"Whew~ It's okay, it's okay." Lin Zi felt that the security guard had walked away when he heard the voice, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Zi, who had relaxed, found that he and Xu Chenrui were so close at the moment, a little shy, and his face was slightly hot, so he wanted to step back and separate from Xu Chenrui.
Lin Zi was just about to let go of his hand, but seeing that the back of his head was about to hit the wall behind him, Xu Chenrui pulled Lin Zi back into his arms.
Lin Zi's cheeks became even hotter, and his breathing became rapid.
Xu Chenrui tilted his head, looked at Lin Zi in his arms and said softly: "Little friend, when you are quiet, you are still, it looks good." ”
"You ......" Lin Zi was too shy, and for a while, he couldn't find the words to fight back against Xu Chenrui.
"Little friend, it looks like this now, that day, when you were drunk, do you remember?" Xu Chenrui leaned against Lin Zi's ear and said softly.
"Remember, what do you remember?" At this moment, in addition to defaulting on the debt, it is to pretend to be stupid.
"It seems that you don't remember, then I'll ......" Xu Chenrui said, kissing Lin Zi's cheek, "Remind you, in this way, I will return what you did to me last time." ”
"You, damn it, bastard!" As soon as Lin Zi reacted to what Xu Chenrui had just done to him, he was angry and wanted to beat him, but as a result, one fell short and knocked down the box next to him.
"Hey, kid, don't be so violent, I'm just asking for the debt back." Xu Chenrui grabbed another fist from Lin Zi.
"Okay, the security guards should be almost gone, if you don't want to stay with me in this cramped space, can we go out?" Xu Chenrui smiled evilly at Lin Zi.
"Forget it, I don't care about you." Lin Zi walked out of the alley as he spoke, and kept muttering, "Hate ghosts, hate ghosts, hate ghosts......", because he was angry, his pace became faster and faster, leaving Xu Chenrui far behind.
Xu Chenrui had no choice but to trot behind Lin Zi, "Hey, don't be angry, wait for me." ”
"Nasty, nasty, kill you, kill you......"
"Hey ......"