At the beginning of December, the Dragon City Playground built a 100-meter-high Ferris wheel, known as the Eye of the Dragon City. Long before the news of the construction came out, Gu Zijin was clamoring to sit at the highest point and overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Dragon City. Her plan, which she had been planning for nearly a month, finally came true today, Chinese New Year's Eve in 2007.

And all the protagonists in her plan - me, Lu Li, Gu Zipei, Wang Ning, and even college entrance examination student Chen Yao went to the appointment very face-saving.

We agreed to meet at the entrance of the playground after dinner, and the playground was not far from the community where Lu and I lived, about three or four bus stops. So I finished dinner slowly, and then staggered downstairs and met Lu Li in the corridor.

Because of the cold weather, he wore a dark gray long down jacket today, an off-white knitted scarf, a light brown woolen hat on his head, and plush earmuffs on his ears, which felt very warm.

I looked down at what I was wearing, a sweater and a short jacket, a pair of warm pants, a pair of jeans and a pair of boots, and I couldn't help but sigh: "Lu Li, you look like a walking warm baby." ”

Lu Li stopped and looked at me, "Don't you go out and look at the weather forecast?" ”

I thought Lu Li was saying that it would rain tonight, so I ran out of the corridor, raised my head and studied the sky a few times, the sky was clear, the moon and stars were sparse, and it didn't look like it would rain at all.

But after a while, I realized the meaning of Lu Li's words, because the weather outside was too cold! The oncoming cold wind hung fine pieces of ice and fell into my neck when it blew, and I shivered in the wind, who was not well dressed.

Lu Li walked up to me with his bicycle and gave me a look of "Are you stupid?"

I pointed to Lu Li's bicycle and asked with a shudder, "Lu Li, you don't want to ride a bicycle, do you?" It's so cold, let's take the bus. ”

"It's rush hour, and you won't get stuck in traffic when you ride a bike."

I thought about it and felt that what Lu Li said made sense, but, "But I don't have a bicycle." ”

Lu Li glanced at me and pointed to the back seat, where a leather cushion had been installed at some point.

"It looks quite soft," I looked at Lu Li with some disbelief and asked excitedly, "Do you want to carry me?" ”

"Or are you going to take me?" Lu Li asked speechlessly.

I don't know if it was because I was too excited or because of the cold, my snot almost flowed out, so in order not to let Lu Li see it, I sucked hard and shivered again.

Suddenly, there was a warmth on both sides of my ears, and Lu Li buckled his earmuffs to my ears. Under my astonished gaze, he untied his scarf again, bent down, and carefully wrapped the scarf around my neck twice.

His face was less than a fist's distance directly above mine, and I could clearly see his long, thick eyelashes shimmering transparently in the light, and I could clearly feel his warm and slightly rapid spray on my face, brushing over every pore of my face like fluff.

I muttered, "Lu Li, you ......"

Lu Li tightened the scarf around my neck, "I don't want you to wait and wipe your snot on my back." ”

I secretly laughed in my heart that Lu Li was obviously a warm-hearted person, but he had to be duplicitous.

I looked at the elongated figures of the two of us in the light, as if in a dream.

"What a daze, come up." Lu Li woke me up from my dream and urged me to get into the car.

"Thank you." I touched the scarf that was still wearing Lu Li's residual warmth, and sat on the back seat of the bicycle.

The girl sat on the back seat of the bicycle and looked at the broad and straight back of the boy she liked, and they shuttled through the streets and alleys, and even the wind became extremely gentle.

I thought it would be such a happy and sweet scene. However, when I got in the car, I realized that this was not the case, and I was holding on to the iron back seat, and my hands were almost frozen to the point of stiffness, so I retracted my hands into my clothes, but I couldn't hold on to the back seat steadily. Along the way, I had to keep changing my hands to avoid getting frozen into carrots when I arrived at my destination.

Lu Li stopped at an intersection at a traffic light, turned his back on my back and said, "You can grab the pockets on both sides of my clothes." ”

I hesitated for a moment, nodded embarrassedly, realized that Lu Li couldn't see it, and replied "yes" in a low voice.

Reaching out and grabbing the pockets on both sides of Lu Li, the big pockets wrapped my hands in hand, and it was really much warmer. After I grasped it, Lu Li set off again.

Soon, we arrived at the entrance of the playground.

Gu Zijin and the four of them were already waiting for us at the door, and when they saw me jumping off the back seat of Lu Li's car, Gu Zijin flew on me excitedly, with the five big words "I want to listen to gossip" written on her face, and she whispered in my ear: "I saw it just now, you hugged Lu Li's waist." ”

I pushed away Gu Zijin, who was almost hanging on me, and denied it with a red face, "What's the matter, I just grabbed his clothes." ”

Gu Zijin didn't believe it, and sighed several times at Lu Li, who was locking the car and walking towards us. Then she took my hand again and looked at me with strange eyes, "Zhen Zhen, what is your outfit today, this earmuff and this scarf, it seems to be men's, when did you buy it?" ”

Hearing Gu Zijin say this, Gu Zipei, Wang Ning and Chen Yao also looked at me curiously, I was embarrassed to say that this was Lu Li, so I could only say casually, "I was in too much of a hurry to go out and couldn't find a scarf, so I borrowed my father's and used it." ”

Gu Zijin looked at the scarf suspiciously, "When did Uncle Ye like such a young style?" ”

"He's been stinky lately, let's go buy tickets and ride your favorite Ferris wheel."

Fortunately, Gu Zijin's attention was quickly diverted, so he didn't continue to ask, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when I saw Lu Li looking at me sadly, I smiled at him weakly.

Because it was Chinese New Year's Eve, there was already a long queue at the Ferris wheel's ticket office. Gu Zijin looked at the long dragon that was gone, and let out a long sigh, "Oh my God, how long will this be in line?" ”

Chen Yao patted Gu Zijin on the shoulder and comforted: "Otherwise, it's still early, Zipei and I are queuing up here to buy tickets, Lu Li, you take a few girls to buy drinks, and we will meet at the merry-go-round." ”

Everyone nodded and went their separate ways. On the way to the beverage store, I hooked Gu Zijin's neck, dragged her to the side, and asked in a low voice, "How did you invite Senior Chen Yao?" ”

Gu Zijin suddenly blushed and said, "I told him that I had my birthday today." ”

I was speechless and threw her a "what a bad excuse" look.

In the beverage shop, Wang Ning and Gu Zijin pondered the menu for almost ten minutes. In the end, the waiter couldn't stand it anymore, politely but with a smile took the menu away, and pointed to the "limited-time special" on the cash register: "Two, this is a winter special drink launched in our store, buy one get one free, or two of you can order this." ”

Wang Ning and Gu Zijin glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.

The waiter handed the menu to Lu Li and me, "Have you two thought of something to drink?" ”

"Iced tea." Lu Li and I pointed to the bottled iced tea on the counter and replied at the same time.

Gu Zijin looked at the two of us in surprise, "It's a cold day, you don't drink hot drinks?" ”

"I like it." Lu Li and I replied in unison again.

I glanced at Lu Li in embarrassment, and the expression on his face was also unnatural.

Gu Zijin and Wang Ning looked at me with deep meaning, and then at Lu Li.

"When did you two get to such a tacit understanding? Even my favorite drink is the same. Zhenzhen, how do I remember that you used to like to drink wahaha. Gu Zijin said with a smile.

"When you grow up, your tastes change, don't you? It's a little hot in the shop, so I'll go to the carousel and wait for you. ”

I grabbed a bottle of iced tea and ran to the drink shop, I always felt a gaze burning hot behind my back.

Compared to the Ferris wheel, the merry-go-round has significantly less traffic, and a few children, accompanied by their parents, sit on the back of the tireless horse, spinning in circles to the sound of light music.

"The music here hasn't changed." Lu Li didn't know when he followed, he looked at the merry-go-round in front of him, his eyes were deep, "When I was a child, I thought that sitting on the merry-go-round was the happiest thing, but now I know that even if I chase desperately, I just spin in place, and I will never be able to catch happiness." ”

When Lu Li was seven years old, he was thrown on the merry-go-round by his mother, is this it?

I turned my head and looked at him worriedly, "Lu Li......"

Lu Li didn't look at me, his voice was astringent, "Today, their family settled abroad, and she still left me." ”

I know that Lu Li is talking about his mother. Lu Li's tone was not resentment, but more regret. Perhaps, he had forgiven her the moment he ate the cake, or perhaps he had never hated her.

It was already 11:54 a.m. when I got on the Ferris wheel, and it is said that it takes 12 minutes to make one rotation of the Ferris wheel, and it is exactly 0:00 when it reaches its highest point.

Gu Zipei took six tickets and proudly showed off in front of us: "You have to thank me, I succeeded in order to grab the first ticket at zero point." So, I'm going to sit with Zhen Zhen in this class. ”

Gu Zipei grabbed my shoulders and made a gesture to push me into the carriage.

Wang Ning intercepted in time, and she couldn't help but pull Gu Zipei to another carriage, "Gu Zipei, I said on the road just now, I'm afraid of heights, you have to sit with me." ”

"Even you, a man, are still afraid of heights, ah, the gentleman doesn't move his mouth, don't pull my ears......" Gu Zipei's scream gradually subsided as the carriage door closed.

I walked into the carriage with peace of mind and beckoned to Lu Li, who was standing outside, "Lu Li, come in." ”

Lu Li hesitated for a while, opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but was pushed in by the management staff.

Lu Li and I sat face to face, the Ferris wheel slowly rising, the surrounding buildings gradually becoming smaller, and finally blending into the night, turning into a little starlight falling on the ground.

I excitedly pointed to somewhere outside the glass, "Lu Li, look, is that our house?" ”

However, after a long time, I didn't wait for Lu Li's response, I turned my head to look at him, he sat motionless in the chair, his whole body seemed to be tense, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were erratic when he looked at me.

Seeing me staring at him strangely, Lu Li grabbed the guardrail next to him with both hands and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I, I seem to be a little afraid of heights." ”

"Poof," I couldn't help laughing, but when I saw Lu Li's cold look at me, I immediately shut up.

I sat down next to Lu Li and gently covered his eyes with both hands, "Don't be afraid, you try to breathe deeply, inhale, breathe, inhale ......"

Lu Li didn't take my hands away, and obediently breathed to my rhythm.

The clock for the zero hour countdown rang, and I slowly let go of my hands that stood in front of Lu Li's eyes. At this time, a brilliant firework blooms in front of us, lighting up the entire night sky.

"Lu Li." I called him softly.

"Huh?" Lu Li turned his head, his face recovered a lot, and his eyes were bright starlight.

I unconsciously covered my chest with a heartbeat, and said seriously to this boy who always concealed his loneliness: "In the process of your desperate chase, these brilliant fireworks, the stars in the night sky, and the friends around you who never leave are the happiness in your hands, and they will not leave you." ”