It is not clear when he went to bed after cleaning up the things in the house last night, and the medicinal materials in the medicinal bath have the effect of relieving tension and calming the nerves, which provides a good rest premise for Xu Hong, who has been in a "state of combat readiness" last night. After another sleep until he woke up naturally, Xu Hong opened his hazy sleepy eyes and glanced at his side, Xue Chengyu didn't know when he got up, he had already changed his clothes and sat at the desk looking at the medical books.

The sunlight outside the window is just right, and the soft sunlight shines obliquely on Xue Chengyu's face, showing that his facial features are as delicate as carving, and his long eyelashes are even thicker against the backdrop of light and shadow. Xu Hong looked at Xue Chengyu's figure and felt that it was really a blessing for the tenth generation to meet Xue Chengyu in this life.

Xue Chengyu realized that Xu Hong was looking at him, put down the book and turned his head sideways, looked at Xu Hong gently, and asked, "Woke up?" ”

Xu Hong slowly got up from the bed, leaned on the bed rail, stretched his waist, hugged the quilt and shook his head. Yesterday was really dangerous, knowing that Xue Chengyu was a drunkard and didn't mean to drink, he still had to hit the muzzle of the gun, I don't know if this is love or foolishness.

This life was promised to Xue Chengyu when Xue Chengyu saved him, and if it wasn't for Xue Chengyu, he would have frozen to death in the heavy snow. He never expects such days to last forever, only to be able to get one day at a time, and he is as careful as if he is living a stolen day, for fear that such days will be fleeting, even if he lives humblely, timidly, and cowardly. As long as Xue Chengyu is willing to stay with him, he will be satisfied, and he never expects Xue Chengyu to return his amazing love.

Seeing that Xu Hong didn't speak, Xue Chengyu pushed the wheelchair to the bed, took Xu Hong's hand, took out a cherry blossom from behind him and put it in his palm, and said: "I was reading in front of the desk when you didn't wake up, and the breeze blew a cherry blossom that was falling on the window lattice, and I thought that the cherry trees outside should be blooming, so let's go out and see the cherry blossoms later." ”

As soon as he heard that the cherry blossoms were blooming outside, Xu Hong, not to mention how happy he was, he had long wanted to see the beautiful scenery of this eight-fold cherry tree when it was in full bloom. Xu Hong picked up the eightfold cherry blossoms and observed carefully, the cherry blossoms were only a small one but very cute, pink and tender, delicate, presumably the cherry blossoms of that tree should be more prosperous and vibrant.

"I'll get up!"

Xu Hong lifted the quilt and flew out of bed, changed his clothes and washed up, and pushed Xue Chengyu to the courtyard.

The cherry trees planted in Xue Chengyu's courtyard are eight-petaled cherry blossoms, and when it snowed in winter, the branches were covered with snow and could not be seen as special, but now they are in full bloom.

Four or five side branches stretch out vigorously on the main trunk, and several tiny branches grow on each side branch, which are full of eight-petaled cherry blossoms. Due to the large number of flowers, the falling branches droop, and the breeze blows through the branches, and the sound of "rustling" is very beautiful.

With just one glance, Xu Hong's whole person fell into the sea of pink, he never thought that the eight-fold cherry blossoms would be so beautiful, nor did he think that he could enjoy it with Xue Chengyu, it was really beautiful.

At the same time, Xue Chengyi seemed to have calculated the time, and ran to Xue Chengyu's courtyard with the purpose of "enjoying the cherry blossoms together", in fact, his real purpose was to fold the flower branch and give it to his sister Luo.

Xue Chengyu has a deep affection for the cherry tree, and he was unwilling to let his defeated brother break the flower branches, but he couldn't stand his soft grinding and hard bubbles, so he had to agree to break a small piece considering his brother's future happiness.

Xue Chengyi took the flower branch and left the courtyard satisfied, and did not forget to make a grimace at Xue Chengyu before leaving, as if showing off that he had a girl who was in love with him. Xue Chengyu had long been accustomed to Xue Chengyi being angry with him like this, turning a blind eye to his younger brother's naughty behavior, just looking at the truncated place and sighing silently. He felt sorry for the broken branch, after all, this cherry tree had been left by his mother to the brothers, and it was one of his favorite of the few things in the family.

His mother has been gone for almost ten years, and he has been raising this tree alone for ten years, from a thin and small tree bud to a few feet tall now, Xue Chengyu has put too much effort into it.

Xu Hong also asked Xue Chengyu about the origin of the cherry blossom tree, but Xue Chengyu didn't want to mention it. At that time, six-year-old Xue Chengyu and three-year-old Xue Chengyi were still very naughty, the two children were always messing around in the house, Mrs. Xue had also disciplined the brothers but couldn't bear to be young, so Mrs. Xue had no choice but to take the two to plant trees, wanting to use this method to cultivate the sense of responsibility of the two.

At that time, Xue Chengyu was already sensible, and he firmly remembered how to cultivate cherry trees, and because he planted them in his yard, he unconsciously took on the responsibility of taking care of the cherry trees to make them thrive.

I thought that as long as I took good care of the cherry trees, they could grow well, but the next summer, there was a flood, and the frequent rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River almost drowned the cherry trees. Xue Chengyu ignored the people's prevention and braved the heavy rain to run to the yard to drain the cherry trees, the cold rain poured on his body made Xue Chengyu feel extremely harsh, his small body could not withstand the wind and rain and fainted in the rain, and when he woke up, he saw his mother lying on the edge of the bed waiting for him to wake up.

Xue Chengyu realized that he had done something wrong, and wanted to apologize to his mother but was reluctant to disturb his mother's rest, so he had to wait for his mother to wake up.

But his mother never woke up.

Afterwards, Xue Chengyu asked Master Xue the reason, and Master Xue only said that he was in a hurry, and he became ill after hard work, which caused old diseases, and it had nothing to do with Xue Chengyu at all. But Xue Chengyu didn't believe it, he knew that even if his mother was not in good health, he wouldn't be so weak, he felt that if he hadn't fainted, his mother wouldn't have been angry because she was worried about him, he was an important factor in killing his mother, so Xue Chengyu took the responsibility for his mother's death on himself, and since then he has changed a person.

The cherry tree carries his thoughts about his mother, and also his mother's wish that the two brothers can grow up healthy and healthy.

Seeing that Xue Chengyu was looking at the tree in a daze, Xu Hong gently patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Young Master, do you remember some old things?"

Xue Chengyu took his eyes off the cherry tree, let out a long sigh, frowned slightly, and replied: "It's just that you see things and think about people, do you still like this cherry blossom?"

"Like! On weekdays, I see the young master taking care of it carefully, and I can't imagine that it is so beautiful when it blooms. Speaking of this, Xu Hong paused slightly, as if he remembered something, "There is a custom in my hometown, tie wind chimes and red ropes to the branches of trees and make a wish, and the wish will come true." Although I heard this when I was very young, my father and mother thought that the bell was too noisy, and I would pick it once I hung it, and every time I wished for it, many hopes were not fulfilled......"

Xu Hong said these words with a look of disappointment in his eyes, Xu Hong's life was hard, not only did he have no ability but also could not get the love of his parents, the whole person seemed to be superfluous, and few things he said and did could be recognized.

Xue Chengyu heard that Xu Hong's words were there, his fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest, and he said for a while: "There is a brocade box in the cabinet of my bookcase, which contains a wind chime that Chengyi gave me before, Xiao Hong went to find it."

Xu Hong thought that Xue Chengyu liked to be quiet, and if he hung up the wind chimes, there would inevitably be a sound when the wind blew, and confirmed: "Doesn't the young master think that hanging the wind chimes will disturb the rest?"

Xue Chengyu hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly, comforting: "Although I like to be quiet, it's not that I can't hear a sound at all, not to mention that the sound of the wind chimes is very crisp and ethereal, I like it very much, but there is no place to hang it in the house, and it happens to be hanging on a tree today."

"I'll go get it!" After speaking, Xu Hong ran into the house with joy and rummaged, and after a while, he took out the brocade box, put it on the stone table and opened it carefully.

Inside the box is a bronze bell, the bell is divided into two parts, the top is a crane with wings flapping high, and every feather on the crane's body is made like a real crane. The crane's slender legs are connected to a seven-story pagoda below, and the long red tassel leads the hammer inside, making a crisp sound when it is lightly touched.

Xu Hong picked up the bell and shook it, the voice was indeed as crisp and ethereal as Xue Chengyu said. Xu Hong pushed Xue Chengyu to the bottom of the tree, held the bell and gestured on the lowest branch, and asked, "Does the young master think this position is okay?"

Xue Chengyu looked at it, felt that it was still a little lower, and commanded: "Go higher, it looks better."

Xu Hong put down the bell and brought a round stool, stepped on the stool again, and tied the bell to the branch with a red belt. The blue-black bell pendant is not obtrusive among the flowers, and the red ribbon and tassels flutter in the wind, making the bell sound from time to time.

Xu Hong was very satisfied touching the trunk of the tree with a person hugging and laughing, once he was alone in a daze at the big locust tree in front of the medical house, but now he can hang wind chimes with his beloved, which makes him feel like a world away.

Xu Hong closed his eyes, put his hands together in front of his chest, and bowed his head very reverently to make a wish. Seeing this, Xue Chengyu also followed him to do the same action, bowed his head and made a wish, and when he finished making a wish, he raised his head and looked at each other and smiled.

"What did Xiao Hong wish? I don't know if it's the same with me? ”

Xu Hong rubbed the stool he had just stepped on casually with his sleeve, sat on it, and replied, "Doesn't the young master know that the wish he made will not work if he says it?"

Xue Chengyu lowered his head and smiled, took Xu Hong's hand and kneaded it in his hand, "Okay, okay, I won't ask, wait until Xiao Hong is willing to tell me~"

Xu Hong slowly put his head on Xue Chengyu, "Actually...... My wish is very commonplace...... I just hope that the young master can get better, and I can stay by the young master's side for a long time...... Stay together for a lifetime, don't be burdened......"

Xue Chengyu picked up the cherry blossoms that fell on Xu Hong's head, stroked Xu Hong's head and stopped talking. The two snuggled up to each other and watched the cherry blossoms lining the trees, listening to the crisp wind chimes as if time had stood still.

In fact, his wish is not much different from Xu Hong's, his biggest wish is just to be able to protect him for a long time and protect him in this life.

I wish we would stay together for the rest of our lives, and there would be no burden.