Chapter 29: Gifts and Birthdays
Several people watched Zuo Yang enter the registration gate, and his back gradually blurred until it disappeared.
"Alas, I didn't expect Brother Yang to leave so suddenly." Zhou Hao sighed.
"Yes! When he mentioned it before, I thought he was just talking. Gu Bei continued.
"Zhou Hao, Gu Bei, can you go?" Ye Xuan opened the car door and felt funny when he saw the two of them grinding and chirping at the door and saying something with a melancholy face.
"Brother Xuan, go, go!"
"Let's go!"
The two hurriedly took a step, Zhou Hao took the first step to sit in the co-pilot's position, turned his head and made a grimace at Gu Bei, who was in the back seat.
"Don't you wait for Brother Cheng?" Zhou Hao saw Ye Xuan waiting for him and Gu Bei to get into the car, so he started the car and hit the road.
"Zhou Hao, are you a pig brain? Brother Cheng wants to go on a date, do you understand? Gu Bei stared at Zhou Hao with a foolish look.
"Come together when the time comes, can I care about it?" Zhou Hao didn't show weakness at all, but he did forget that Lin Shuxi also came to see Zuoyang later, so Brother Cheng would definitely go back with her.
"The two of them are going to go shopping, let's go back to school first." Ye Xuan explained.
"Oooh!"
"Cheng Yan, what does your brother like?" Lin Shuxi couldn't make up his mind at all what to buy for Cheng Yan's younger brother as a birthday gift.
A week ago, Cheng Yan told Lin Shuxi that his younger brother Cheng Jing was going to celebrate his birthday next Sunday, Cheng Yan meant to let Lin Shuxi go to celebrate his birthday together, Lin Shuxi was a little nervous after hearing this, but Cheng Yan said that he would just have a meal and play together for a while, Cheng's father and mother would not come, they would only invite a few of Cheng Jing's classmates, as well as Ye Xuan, don't worry about anything.
Lin Shuxi thought that they were all children, and there should be no problem, so he nodded and agreed, but now he came to choose a birthday gift for Cheng Jing, and he had no clue.
"It's okay, you can choose whatever you like!" Cheng Yan watched from the sidelines and did not give any useful advice.
"How can I choose what I like, this is to buy him a birthday gift, of course buy what he likes." Lin Shuxi continued to walk towards the mall, thinking about what to choose.
"Then buy this!" Cheng Yan took down a yellow mushroom-shaped night light from the shelf.
Lin Shuxi turned around from the front and took the night light in Cheng Yan's hand, which was very cute, "Do you think your brother will like it?" β
"Yes, I like it." Cheng Yan nodded, in fact, Cheng Yan knew that no matter what Lin Shuxi gave Cheng Jing, he would be very happy, he liked it very much, Cheng Jing would be happy as long as he saw Lin Shuxi, and he would care about any gifts.
"Okay, he's your brother, you know better, listen to you, just buy this!" Lin Shuxi took a closer look again, and made sure that there was no problem with the use of the night light, so he went to the counter to settle the bill.
"Cheng Yan, what is your brother's personality?" The two held hands and waited for the car at the intersection, and Lin Shuxi asked.
"He's fine, it's just that something happened before, so he was a little withdrawn, but now he's slowly getting better." Cheng Yan was dull for a moment before speaking.
"Uh-huh, then I talk to him more on Sundays, will he be scared of life? If you haven't seen me before, will you be afraid? Lin Shuxi asked again, after all, although Cheng Jing is only a teenager, he is the first family member of Cheng Yan he has seen, so he should behave better.
"No, he likes you,...... I mentioned you to him, and he saw your picture. Cheng Yan explained very clearly.
"That's good." Lin Shuxi nodded.
Back at the residence, today Friday, no need to go to self-study, Lin Shuxi cooked some noodles, fried two poached eggs, and after the two of them finished eating, Cheng Yan turned on the computer to write some software, Lin Shuxi didn't understand, and sat next to him and watched the drama and chatted with Su Ge and Lu Min.
"Minmin, do you have a younger brother?" Lin Shuxi asked.
Lu Min: That's right! What's wrong?
Lin Shuxi: I'm going to celebrate his brother's birthday with Cheng Yan on Sunday, so I want to ask how you get along with the little boy?
Su Ge: Just beat, my cousin is three years younger than me, you talk to him normally, he will never listen, you beat him, and he will be obedient.
Lin Shuxi: ......
Lu Min: My brother and I usually quarrel and fight, but that is Brother Cheng Yan, you should be just like an ordinary child.
Suge: Yes, it's pretty much fine, and you don't have to be too careful, how old is the child?
Lin Shuxi: I don't know the specifics, in elementary school, I should be twelve or thirteen years old!
Suge: Mm-hmm, it's still young, so I should be more obedient.
Lin Shuxi: Okay, I almost understand.
Lu Min: Shushu, will you meet Cheng Yan's parents?
Lin Shuxi: No, Cheng Yan said that his parents didn't come, just a few of Cheng Jing's classmates.
Lu Min: Oh!
Su Ge: Minmin, if Cheng Yan's parents also go, the question asked by Shushu would not be how to get along with the little boy.
Lv Min: Hahahaha, yes, I should ask what I should pay attention to when meeting parents!
Lin Shuxi: ......
The three of them continued to talk for a while about the new gossip in the school recently, who confessed, and who was together.
Then the topic somehow turned to Suge.
Lu Min: Gege, what do you think of Zhou Hao?
Su Ge: Zhou Hao?
Lu Min: That's right.
Suge: That's it!
Lu Min: You can't see that he is interested in you, right?
Suge: I see, I told him not to spend time on me.
Lu Min: When did I go? Did he confess to you?
Suge: No, but you can see it, how could I not see it, so I just made it clear.
Lin Shuxi: Gege, don't you like him at all?
Suge: I don't want to be in a relationship right now.
Lu Min: Why?
Lin Shuxi: Gege, didn't you say last semester that the most important thing in college is to find a partner?
Suge: I'm ...... I have people I like.
Lu Min: Who? Which hospital? When did you like it?
Suge: Not from our school, high school classmates.
Lin Shuxi: Oh.
Lu Min: Okay!
Lin Shuxi and Lu Min didn't continue to ask, and shifted the topic to the midterm exam to be held next week.
At ten o'clock, Cheng Yan closed the computer, Lin Shuxi looked up, "Finished writing?" β
"Well, it's done." Cheng Yan put the computer aside and rubbed his eyes, his eyes would still be a little tired after looking at the computer for a long time.
"Are your eyes tired?" Lin Shuxi asked.
"Well, sort of." Cheng Yan nodded.
"Let's do eye exercises!" As soon as Lin Shuxi finished saying this, Cheng Yan burst out laughing.
"Don't laugh, it's really useful, you follow me." Lin Shuxi said and put his finger on the bamboo point next to his eyebrows.
"Ah Xi, I've been working on my fingers for a long time, and I'm tired." Cheng Yan didn't do it along.
"Then I'll do it for you! But it's certainly not as good as your own, turn around and face me. Lin Shuxi said and had already twisted Cheng Yan's body.
"In the first section, press and knead the bamboo holes...... In the second section, press the ...... of the eyes and acupoints, knead the ...... of the four white points in the third section, press the temples in the fourth section, and scrape the eye sockets...... 12345678, 22345678...... Seventy-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight, eighty-two-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight. "Each section is 64 beats, Lin Shuxi's movements are very light, but he is very serious about counting one beat at a time.
"How? Are there any better eyes? Lin Shuxi asked.
"Mmmm, I'm not as tired as I was just now." Cheng Yan nodded, I don't know if it's a psychological effect or if it's really because the eye exercises have an effect, and the eyes are indeed more comfortable than just now.
"I'll just say it's useful, next time your eyes are tired, it's definitely good to do it yourself." After Lin Shuxi got the affirmation, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Ah Xi, you can continue to do it for me in the future! You press it very comfortably. Cheng Yan smiled and spoke.
"Okay." Lin Shuxi didn't refuse, it wouldn't take a few minutes to do an eye exercise, so there was no problem.
"Ah Xi......" Cheng Yan kept looking at Lin Shuxi, and shouted Lin Shuxi's name again.
Lin Shuxi was a little puzzled, thinking that Cheng Yan was going to say something, "What's wrong?" β
"It's fine." Cheng Yan leaned forward slightly, and lightly touched Lin Shuxi's lips, "Go to sleep!" Good night. β
After Cheng Yan finished speaking, he got up and went to the bathroom to take a bath, Lin Shuxi went back to his room in a daze, thinking that Cheng Yan was going to say something important, just fine.
Cheng Yan returned to his room after taking a shower, lying quietly on the bed, and the scene when Lin Shuxi did eye exercises for himself flashed in his mind, Lin Shuxi was very close to him at that time, and he could clearly feel the breath on Lin Shuxi's body, which was little by little around him.
Cheng Yan inevitably had some other thoughts, but when he opened his eyes and saw Lin Shuxi's innocent face, he was reluctant, so he kissed it gently.
Cheng Jing's birthday party was arranged in the afternoon, and he booked a private room in Ye Xuan's hotel, which was not big, and Lu Min also came with a few children, so the space was smaller, and the atmosphere would be better.
Cheng Yan was going to pick up Cheng Jing and his four classmates, so Ye Xuan drove Lu Min and Lin Shuxi over together, and halfway through, Lu Min suddenly thought that he hadn't bought a gift for Cheng Jing yet.
"Ye Xuan, I haven't prepared a gift for Cheng Jing yet, you stop the car at Wanda in front, I'll go buy a toy or something."
"No need, you can give a gift or not." Ye Xuan did not slow down.
"That's not good!" Lu Min felt that it was the first time to go to a child's birthday and not take a gift, how did it feel like going to eat and drink.
"I bought it, just give one for the two of us." Ye Xuan glanced at Lu Min from the rearview mirror and was still a little uneasy, and spoke.
"Okay!" Lu Min nodded, after all, the connection between her and Cheng Jing was here with Ye Xuan, so it seemed reasonable for the two of them to send one.
Ye Xuan, Lu Min and Lin Shuxi came earlier than Cheng Yan, and the two entered the private room, while Ye Xuan took a bunch of balloons, ribbons, colored paper and scissors double-sided tape from the front desk.
After all, it was a child who had a birthday, so Lu Min and Lin Shuxi proposed to decorate this place, anyway, it was Ye Xuan's hotel, and it would be cleaned up at the end, and there would be no problems.
Ye Xuan was playing balloons on the side, while Lin Shuxi and Lu Min cut some various paper cutouts on the round table, "Ye Xuan, what is Cheng Jing?" Lin Shuxi asked.
"What?" Ye Xuan didn't understand at first, and then reacted, "It should be a rabbit." β
"Uh-huh, okay." Lin Shuxi nodded, and used scissors to cut a few rabbits of different shapes.
The two of them cut a bunch of them, and glued them to the wall one by one with tape paper, and Ye Xuan's balloons were almost shot here, so Lu Min and Lin Shuxi took the ribbons, tied the balloons irregularly, and then hung them up by Ye Xuan at a high place.
For more than half an hour, the room was almost furnished, much warmer and more lively than when they just came in, Lin Shuxi and Lu Min were very satisfied, Ye Xuan, who was a coolie, helplessly stroked the broken ribbon on his clothes, "I'll go and see if Brother Cheng are here?" With that, he turned and walked out the door.
Lu Min and Lin Shuxi drank a few sips of water, but they couldn't sit down quietly, so they thought about going outside to look, and just raised their feet, they heard footsteps from outside, the door was pushed open, and the first to come was Cheng Yan, followed by three children, and at the end was Ye Xuan.
Lin Shuxi and Lu Min stood in place, not knowing how to speak, Lin Shuxi then thought that they should buy a candy or something, children will like it.
However, Lin Shuxi always felt that the little boy's eyes at the front looked at him from time to time, and before he could think of something, Cheng Yan opened his mouth to introduce: "Xiaojing, this is Sister Axi, and this is Sister Minmin." β
Cheng Yan motioned to Lin Shuxi and Cheng Jing to say hello with his eyes, Lin Shuxi was still a little nervous, "Xiaojing," only called out his name, and the little boy pounced and hugged Lin Shuxi, Lin Shuxi was slightly stunned, and then squatted down to face to face with Cheng Jing, this hug always felt a little familiar.
"Sister." Cheng Jing looked at Lin Shuxi with straight eyes and shouted, Lin Shuxi felt as if the child was about to cry, and hurriedly responded: "Hmm." β
"Xiaojing, tell us about your classmates!" Cheng Yan stood behind Cheng Jing, watching Cheng Jing hug Lin Shuxi tightly, his eyes were complicated.
Cheng Jing realized it later, let go of Lin Shuxi's neck, but stretched out his hand again, took Lin Shuxi's left hand, walked in front of the four classmates, and introduced his friends one by one.
"Her name is Xia Qingqing, and his name is Xu Bo." A little girl, a little boy.
The two children were very lively, they didn't look afraid of life at all, and called their brothers and sisters neatly and cleanly.
Lu Min slowly moved to Ye Xuan's side and whispered, "Ye Xuan, am I fierce?" β
"What's wrong?" Ye Xuan was puzzled.
"Why does Cheng Jing only talk to Shushu and ignore me? Is it that I wore too much makeup today? Lu Min said and took a picture with the screen of his mobile phone, he didn't feel it, he just simply applied lipstick today, drew his eyebrows, and didn't have eyeliner or anything.
"No, not strong." Ye Xuan said that Cheng Yan only told Lu Min what happened between him and Lin Shuxi before, and did not mention Cheng Jing, so it was normal for Lu Min to be confused, and Ye Xuan didn't explain much.
However, the later facts proved that Lu Min was still very popular among children, except for Cheng Jing, the other two children seemed to prefer Lu Min, but it was also possible that Cheng Jing was too sticky to Lin Shuxi, so the other two children came to find Lu Min.
Several people sat down, Cheng Yan on the left of Cheng Jing, Lin Shuxi on the right, and Lin Shuxi walked to the side in order of Lu Min, the two children, and Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan called the waiter, divided the menu among the three children, and after ordering, he began to chat.
"Qingqing, do you think this house is beautiful?" Lu Min lowered his head and chatted with the little girl next to him.
"Sister, can I tell the truth?" Xia Qingqing blinked her eyes wide and asked seriously.
"Of course we have to tell the truth." Lu Min nodded.
"It's not pretty, it's a little dirty." Xia Qingqing really told the truth, and he showed no mercy at all.
"Yes, that's naΓ―ve, we're not kindergarten kids." Xu Bo next to him echoed.
"Then you're still children!" Lu Min didn't expect that the well-arranged room would be a local character summary in the eyes of several children.
"Sister, this is what you looked like when you were a child, and the New Year's Day party in our school is taller than this now." Xu Bo continued.
Lu Min opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, he stuck out his tongue helplessly, Ye Xuan chuckled lightly on the side, he wanted to say this after seeing the two of them arranged, but he couldn't say it, he didn't expect the two children to say it.
Cheng Jing's hand kept holding Lin Shuxi, his eyes looked at Lin Shuxi from time to time, and then turned his head to look at Cheng Yan, Lin Shuxi didn't know why, so he asked, "Xiaojing, what's wrong?" β
Cheng Jing shook his head and said it was okay.
Lin Shuxi didn't ask again, the dishes he ordered were all served, and a few people began to eat.
Lin Shuxi instinctively let go of Cheng Jing's right hand so that he could eat with chopsticks, but Cheng Jing was a little reluctant and didn't let go immediately.
"Xiaojing, aren't you eating?" Lin Shuxi lowered his head and asked.
"Sister, feed me!" Cheng Jing was not polite to Lin Shuxi at all, and asked her to feed her the first time they met.
"Xiaojing, your sister also has to eat by herself, and when she finishes feeding you, the food will be cold." Cheng Yan reminded on the side, but it was not a harsh tone, on the contrary, Lin Shuxi felt that Cheng Yan was a little cautious about treating Cheng Jing.
"Oh." Cheng Jing responded, let go of Lin Shuxi's hand, and started to eat by himself.
Cheng Yan and Lin Shuxi looked at each other for a few seconds, and Cheng Yan said with a mouth shape: Eat. Lin Shuxi nodded.
Cheng Jing ate quickly, put down the chopsticks in about ten minutes, and kept looking at Lin Shuxi, Lin Shuxi was a little uncomfortable, and after a while, he also put down the chopsticks.
Chat with Cheng Jing, "What grade are you in now?" Lin Shuxi asked.
"Fifth grade." Cheng Jing replied.
"Sister, you've grown taller." Cheng Jing said.
"Huh?" Lin Shuxi was a little confused when he heard this, Cheng Jing should have seen him for the first time, how to say that he had grown taller.
Cheng Yan coughed lightly and explained: "He looked at your photos before, but now when he sees a real person, he will visually feel that you have grown taller." β
"Uh-oh." Lin Shuxi nodded, thinking that it could only be this reason, after all, there is a big gap between the photo and himself many times.
The other two children were almost finished, the waiter cleaned up the table, Cheng Yan wanted to ask a few children what game they wanted to play, but they didn't expect Xia Qingqing and Xu Bo to take out a mobile phone directly from their trouser pockets, and turned their heads to ask Lu Min and Ye Xuan respectively, "Sister, will you play chicken?" "Brother, can you play chicken?"
"You guys started playing games at such a young age?" Lu Min was a little surprised, when he was so old, he would only play with minesweepers, greedy snakes and the like, and now children come up directly to eat chicken, and the gap is so big.
"That's right! I will be in the third grade. Xia Qingqing nodded.
"I'm in the second grade." Xu Bo replied.
"Okay, okay, you're amazing." Lu Min gave a thumbs up to show his admiration.
"We're going to the playground now, and you'll play when you get home." Ye Xuan said.
The two children were obedient, put their mobile phones in their pockets, got up, and prepared to leave.
Here, Lin Shuxi and Cheng Jing also got up from their chairs, Cheng Yan and Ye Xuan went to the parking lot to drive first, and Lin Shuxi and Lu Min led the three children to wait at the door.